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GST/HST on Additional Costs in Lease Agreements
The specifics of extra charges required of a lessee vary from lease agreement to lease agreement. Most lease agreements will stipulate a base rent and then expand on any additional amounts the lessee is responsible to pay such as certain cost reimbursements like property taxes.
Property taxes may be included as one of these additional costs in a lease agreement. This is arising more frequently as a means for landlords to pass down costs to the tenant. The lessor is typically legally responsible to remit payment for property taxes; however a lease agreement can stipulate payment of property taxes as an additional cost reimbursement responsibility of the lessee. The payment of property taxes by the lessee is normally paid to the lessor or landlord as a reimbursement of the landlord’s cost. Property taxes can also be paid by the lessee directly to the appropriate municipality.
Typically, payments for property (or business taxes) that are made to a municipality are not subject to GST/HST when made by the owner of the property. Commercial landlords and tenants often fail to consider any GST/HST considerations on this additional rent or may structure as a direct payment to the municipality to avoid payment of GST/HST.
In general, commercial rents are taxable for GST/HST purposes, provided the landlord is not a small supplier as defined under the Excise Tax Act (ETA). The treatment of additional rents in commercial lease agreements is often accounted for incorrectly. (GST/HST memorandum 19.4.1 on Commercial Real Property Sales and Rentals further expands on these taxability rules.)
Where the ETA reflects on additional rents, these rents take on the tax treatment of the base rent. For example, if the base rent is a commercial rent subject to GST/HST, any additional rents would also be subject to GST/HST as the additional rent is part of the total consideration for the supply. On the other hand, if the base rent was a residential rent not subject to GST/HST, any additional rents such as property taxes would retain that characteristic of the base rent and also be exempt from GST/HST.
In determining the taxability of property taxes paid by the lessee, paragraph 32 of GST/HST memorandum 19.4.1 provides some additional clarity.
Property and business taxes paid by the property owner to the municipality are generally not subject to GST/HST. The property owner includes an amount that represents a recovery of such taxes from the lessee either as part of the basic rent or as an additional rent in the lease agreement. Where a separate amount is paid by a lessee on account of property and business taxes, this amount is part of the consideration for the rental of the property, even if the lessee pays the amount directly to the municipality. Since the lessee’s payment is part of the consideration for a taxable supply, it is subject to GST/HST in the same way as the basic rent payable by the lessee. However, if the lessee is directly liable to the municipality or other entity for the payment of any such amount the GST/HST will not apply.
The essential factor in determining GST/HST taxability of additional lease costs comes down to determining who is legally liable to pay the cost reimbursement. Typically, any property taxes payments are legally the liability of the owner of that property whether or not the lessee has a legal liability to reimburse the lessor for this cost. And as seen in paragraph 32, this liability is not negated where the tenant remits payment directly to the municipality on behalf of the lessor.
It is beneficial to stipulate whether any extra charges in the lease agreement are considered additional rents for GST/HST purposes after considering legal liability of any specific extra costs to avoid confusion at the outset of the agreement.
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When constructing your cycle, you should take notice to specific guidelines that you should use. If you are thinking of starting your first steroid cycle, you might have a lot of questions. Steroid cycles can be complicated to a novice. The bigger problem is your lack of understanding of how the hormones work. Most individuals on their first cycles are not able to reach their potential because they are not sure about what they want and how to go about it. There have even been cases where people have started taking anabolic steroids randomly, with disastrous effects.
To start, off there are some basic questions that you should ask yourself such as: how to steroid cycle
It should be a basic rule that you should keep your first cycle simple and easy and run your first cycle with LONG esters. Also, always run your first cycle with a long ester of test. You should also keep in mind that bulking is easier with AAS than cutting, so it’s best to try to bulk on your first cycle.
You should also not try to achieve too many things in your first cycle and keep in mind that your first cycle is all about trial, error and learning how compounds react to your body as people’s bodies react differently. Having an understanding of how your diet works with your cycle is also crucial. You should also acclimatize your bodies caloric needs to suit your cycle and the compounds you are using for your cycle. You should never treat your body like a roller coaster or a lab experiment. Blood levels take time to adapt so there is no point in running an ester-based hormone for a week and bumping it up a few notches. No point whatsoever to this.
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An anabolic steroid cycles refers to the time frame anabolic steroids are being used. This time frame is often referred to as “On-Cycle.” When steroids are not being used, this is referred to as “Off-Cycle.” For the on-cycle phase, there are countless options and stacks. “Stacks” refer to the combination of anabolic steroids as well as non-steroidal items used during the on-cycle phase. With hundreds of anabolic steroids, varying peptide hormones, SERM’s, AI’s, thyroid hormones and more, there are truly innumerable possible stacks. The options are so vast, every stack and cycle you undertake could be completely different. However, most steroid users will become comfortable with certain stacks; they’ll discover specific combinations that yield the best results, and they will stick with those plans.
Regardless of the stack or cycle you run, there are general rules and advisements that will help keep you safe. For example, the primary rule of every cycle is that it includes some form of testosterone. The form of testosterone used is of no consequence. The only thing that matters is that the body has enough of this essential hormone in order to function properly. (The use of essential testosterone does not apply to female anabolic steroid cycles)
Beyond testosterone there are several recommendations, general rules of thumb that most stacks and cycles are advised to follow. We’ll go over these, along with the testosterone rule in more depth, and in doing so, ensure your success. By following these rules, you will increase your chances of an enjoyable, safe and successful steroid cycle, and that is important; after all, if it’s not safe we can in no way call it successful.
The dosage is very important and it will determine the benefits you receive. To see gains you will have to take a large dose (a substantial improvement over a therapeutic dose). Below the therapeutic dose, the body may suppress the endogenous Testosterone. A 100mg dose of Testosterone Cypionate or Enanthate in a week is considered a therapeutic dose. But if the dosage is increased to 250 or 500mg per week, it will start supporting muscle growth.
A Typical First Time Steroid Cycle
The truth is, there is no one-size-fits-all steroid cycle for beginners. Factors like the individual's weight, age and height will make a difference. Every bodybuilder will need a custom cycle that is designed keeping his body features and individual goals in mind.
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Now almost all the world’s device manufacturers have joined GSMA Network Settings Exchange. So this means they’re doing all they can to give their customers the best experience of their branded devices. Although it’s not enough to simply join the platform, you need to act on the settings information you receive.
What are the risks of not acting on the latest settings information?
- Outdated settings can mean no internet access on your devices
- Unavailable MMS – no picture or video messaging
- Loss of tethering or hotspot feature
- Unavailable VxLTE services – no video calling or 4G
- Less than expected coverage or service availability
Guidance for device manufacturers
Here are the best practice guidelines for using GSMA Network Settings Exchange, from the service experts here at GSMA:
1. Download the latest network settings as they become available, then have them stored and issued in a manner that new and current devices can access and configure
2. Always download settings based on IMSI range, not just the MCC / MNC, to ensure mobile devices are configured to the correct mobile network operators – since multiple MNOs can use the same Mobile Country Code
3. Ensure that only the most recent/latest file versions of network settings are being published to your current and future devices
4. Make sure the GSMA Network Settings information (and access) does not become lost knowledge when the individual responsible for processing it, leaves the business
5. Make sure that the individual who has access to the GSMA Network Settings Exchange is the correct person for processing network settings information – so the settings are made available to your devices. If the TAC administrator is not the correct person, a new user account for GSMA Network Settings Exchange can be requested here
6. Read up on Network Settings, which are described in detail in TS.32, here
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The Tbilisi Chess Palace and the Alpine Club by Vladimir (Lado) Aleksi-Meskhishvili (1915-1978) and Germane Gudushauri (born 1939) opened in 1973 in Kirov (today’s Vere) Park. It is one of the unique examples of late Soviet Modernist architecture.
Mostly referred to as Tbilisi Chess Palace, building was dedicated to five-time world champion, Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, who in 1962, in age of 21, became the world chess champion for the first time. It is believed that the building is dedicated to one type of sport – chess. However, in all official documents, it was defined as Chess and Alpine Club from the very beginning.
Architects had a very interesting task and had to solve many challenges in planning this building. As a location a park with slopes was chosen. The function of the building should accommodate two types of sports; the idea and purpose of the building should have been in harmony to each other and decorative design of the building to be adequate.
The Tbilisi Chess Palace and the Alpine Club organically sits in the Vera Garden landscape. It is not distinguished by large size and does not dominate the rest of the public space. The floors layout follows the relief. Using natural materials such as stone and wood supports it’s merging with the park. Glass windows and doors on the façade of the building, on the one hand give lightness and does not aggravate the outside view, on the other hand it supports flow of natural light into the building.
On the second and third floors the building is framed with a continuous single balcony, which points to openness. Even in designing the interior, architects continue the idea of openness. The whole building is planned around the main hall, which can accommodate 520 viewers. At the third floor level, the halls are separated from side galleries with 6 mobile panels. These panels can be lifted up if needed, and it is therefore possible that more spectators will watch the game as well as provide natural light to the hall, which is in the centre of the building. Special attention is paid to the selection and implementation of the material of these panels. They are done in the technique of wood encrustation, which is not very common in Georgia. But this technique resonates with the surface of the chessboard. Generally, “Sameuli” artists very consciously decided on the materials – assembling wood pieces on mobile panels, wood carving in the main lobby of the second floor, stone carving in the halls on the first and second floors – that all resonate with the chessboard as similarly chess figures are usually carved in wood, more exquisite ones in stone or some other material. Artistic performance is also noteworthy – on one hand, stylized and geometric forms of chess figures on wooden panels create an association of the geometric character of a chessboard and a rectilinear and diagonal movement of the figures. On the other hand, more allegorical and narrative motives of wood and stone carving hint to the character of chess concerning battle.
The Tbilisi Chess Palace and the Alpine Club is not only architectural planning mastery but also urban planning.
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Pakistan Day Parade is an annual event held in Shakarparian in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital on the occasion of Pakistan Day known as the National Day Joint Services Parade. This is especially celebrating the anniversary of Lahore Resolution 1940. Pakistan is overseen by the Prime Minister with the President of Pakistan.
Two Staff Committee Chairman accompanied by foreign guests as well as the Joint Chiefs (JCSC), Army Chief of Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Air Force Chief of Staff. It is organized by the Headquarters Joint Staff (JS HQ).
Between its inception and 2008, the parade was held in different places of the country. These include Constitution Avenue, Jinnah Avenue Grounds Race Course in Rawalpindi. Two weeks before the parade was in 1980, during the ceremony, Major General Mohammad Zia tajm assassination of President Hussein of the country’s plot was foiled.
The parade led to increasing amounts of terror in the country was suspended for an extended period and there was fear that the attack on the parade.
After 7-year break, it was reconstituted in 2015 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary. It has been decided with the anniversary of the military part of the operation’s success.
However, as a precaution, the phone networks can trigger the bomb that militants had been blocked to thwart militant cell signals.
80th anniversary parade was canceled due to the outbreak of the corona virus in Pakistan in 2020, was trying to fall away from infectious diseases with the cancellation.
During the closing parade rehearsal, RFE crashed in the Pakistani Air Force Wing Commander Forest area 16 jet flying.
March 13, 2020, and will be dispatched to honor the pilot through March 13 PAF in the form of a missing person. 2021 parade was postponed due to “bad weather and rain season” and it was scheduled for March 25.
The event is broadcast live as morning begins at 10 and quickly it through the media. Parade, is representing the Pakistani armed forces service: Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. And president of the senior officer leading parade parade honors Army unit commander.Headed by distracting color guard, parade included the 24th Cavalry (Frontier Force), Guard Battalion and the Pakistan Rangers unit.
The military parade was hoisted them are exposed type 84 and SLC-2. Syrdyl take part in the annual ceremony of PAF Academy Risalpur, which was demonstrated at Aero baytks.
The planes used by the group, hangdu is being presented for display in the parade JL 1994 -8. Other planes in the Red AC / PAC JF-17 Thunder has also been unveiled. Armed Forces who have joined Pakistan Military Academy Band band (PMA band), Pakistan and the Pakistan Air Force Band of the Armed Forces Band. | <urn:uuid:a8df87ff-ab49-4c01-adc1-f864eb6c2aba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://syasitv.com/pakistan-day-parade-23-march-2021/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.970394 | 576 | 1.75 | 2 |
When my son was younger I, like many other parents at this time of year, went to great lengths to weave the special magic that is Santa Claus – I supervised as he carefully wrote his painstakingly detailed letter to Santa, we waited dutifully in line at the mall so he could have his picture taken with the Big Guy, we thoughtfully left gingerbread cookies and milk for old St. Nick on Christmas Eve (and snacks for the reindeer, too!). He believed wholly and unquestioningly in Santa, and as that belief was nurtured and grew year after year, I started suffering from what I call ‘Claus’-trophobia – a fear of the day when my son would question the existence of his beloved Santa Claus.
I was recently asked by FamilyCorner.com to write about this very subject – here are some points to consider when your child eventually asks you: is Santa real?
Listen to their concerns: Lend an ear first before you begin any explanations. Give them your undivided attention; if they come to the conclusion on their own, share with them the story about how you found out the truth about Santa when you were their age. Kids are intuitive and sometimes know the answers to their own questions, and just need a sympathetic ear from parents.
Be prepared for their reaction: Some kids might take the news in stride, as I did when I found out the truth. My parents were a little sloppy in hiding the presents, so after finding way too many new toys under their bed one year the secret was out. And I was okay with it. As long as everything else stayed the same and I could still pretend that Santa was real even though I knew he wasn’t, things were cool.
Others may feel betrayed – as my son did when the curtain was pulled back on this part of his childhood. To this day I still feel awful as I recall the hurt in his eyes as he incredulously accused, “you mean. . . you’ve been LYING to me all these years???” Yes, that was a bad, ugly day.
And, some may cry. So. Many. Tears. It can be a momentous event – having doubts, kids turn to their parents for confirmation of Santa’s existence, only to find out otherwise. Help kids feel better with an explanation that, although he’s not any one real person (but really mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, etc.), the symbolism of Santa Claus embodies the true spirit of Christmas – the joy of giving and putting others first. Remind them how wonderful it feels to be with family and friends, the special traditions you share at this time of year, the significance of any religious customs in your family, and reassure them that there will still indeed be presents on Christmas morning! Let them know that the Christmas spirit is very real, even if Santa Claus isn’t.
Enlist their help: This is a good time to let them know what an important role they can play in the preparations if they feel ready for it. Now that they know “the truth,” they can help in making the holiday special for the younger members of the family. Recruit them to help shop, wrap presents and fill stockings. Have them help the younger kids with their letters to Santa. Asking them for their help in maintaining the tradition will add a positive new dimension to the experience.
A sympathetic ear and a positive outlook can help take the sting out of the big reveal. After the shock wore off (and he was able to trust me again), my son began to enjoy taking a more grown-up role in the preparation and festivities of the Christmas season, and keeping the lie – I mean, the magic – of Santa Claus alive for the little ones in our family (and the big ones, too!).
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This week I’m reflecting on my experience employing Active Listening with my children. When I initially considered this topic I thought, “Well, this is easy. I’ve been teaching adults the skills of active listening for years. I’ve got this for sure!” Then I started paying attention to my interactions with my kids, and I remembered the old saying, “The shoemaker’s children have no shoes.”
To be clear, I work to integrate my conscious parenting and conflict management skills in to all of my relationships, especially with my children. What I discovered when I started really paying attention, though, was that I had to REALLY PAY ATTENTION to be successful.
For purposes of this discussion, Active Listening includes:
Listening without Judgment;
Refraining from Interpreting;
Refraining from Comparing;
Not a small order, even for someone with years of training and practice under her belt. Here is what I’ve found. I hope it will be of use to you.
When my children are excited or upset about something there are typically at least two things going on. First, they are experiencing some big emotion (joy, embarrassment, grief, anticipation) and that is reflected in how they are communicating. Second, the form of communication they use might be verbal, lots of words, it might be complete silence and isolation, or it might be somewhere in between. No matter where they are on this spectrum, though, true active listening by me as their parent requires energy and focus every time.
The best place to start, always, is with an open-ended question. “You seem upset. What’s going on?” “Wow! You’re bursting with energy right now. What’s that about?” The next step is the most difficult. Be silent and wait. It may take a few seconds, it may feel like an eternity, but I promise patient silence will get you somewhere almost every time. The key to keeping things going in a positive direction, in my experience, is to reflect what my kids are saying rather than respond. In reflecting, repeating back to them the message they shared with me, I’m letting them know that I truly heard them. If I get it wrong, they always tell me, and I get a second chance!!
As parents, we want to help, to solve, to make things better or give advice. We have years of education and experience from which our kids should benefit! Active listening, however, requires we put that aside and focus on what our children are experiencing right now.
Invariably, we will have reactions to what our kids tell us, but our job, as active listeners, is not to share those reactions. It is to listen without judgment. We naturally make assumptions and fill in blanks in our children’s stories, but our job, as active listeners, is to ask clarifying questions to understand their reality. We have our own experiences and stories that we believe will be relevant and helpful, but our job, as active listeners, is to refrain from sharing those unless asked.
Initially, this approach might feel incomplete somehow. I know it did for me. There’s often no real conclusion to the interaction, other than that your child feeling acknowledged and heard. The rewards for engaging consistently in active listening with your child, however, are great. Before long, a child who did not want your opinion may very well come to you asking for it. | <urn:uuid:a80f5052-a819-45bc-8a78-1ec7cc21fb11> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nathanswaypoint.com/post/lessons-of-a-parent-coach-the-value-of-active-listening | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968178 | 736 | 2.4375 | 2 |
How to Manage and Maximize Gifted Jerk-Holes
Fitting in is unsophisticated self-sabotage, but effectively standing out requires finesse.
“None of us is dumb as all of us.” Astronaut Mark Kelly*
Like black holes, jerk-holes suck life out of the universe.
Incompetent jerk-holes are easy; remove them. But gifted jerk-holes might be worth the trouble.
Authenticity as excuse:
Destructive jerk-holes excuse tramping on others with, “I’ve got to be me.”
Authenticity isn’t an excuse for self-important self-service.
10 ways to maximize gifted jerk-holes:
- If you want to stand out, rise above conformity.
- Notice, honor, and encourage useful uniqueness.
- Don’t expect gifted jerk-holes to magically change. They’re full of themselves. They have little room for others.
- Find ways to maximize their genius without destroying teams, when possible.
- Assign gifted jerk-holes to individual projects.
- Limit jerk-holes to their unique area of responsibility. They DON’T know what everyone else should do.
- Focus their involvement and contribution on narrow areas.
- Explain how they damage teams, but change comes slowly, if at all.
- Say, “No,” clearly and forcefully when appropriate.
- Practice conversational turn-taking to maximize team effectiveness. (Juvenile Jerk-holes struggle with turn-taking.)
Don’t flaunt unique qualities; use them in service to others.
Warnings and tips:
Self-important jerk-holes make demands but don’t affirm others.
Reject people who ooze with endless demands. They’re constantly disappointed and dissatisfied but pleased with their inadequate selves.
Avoid incompetent jerk-holes. Try to manage gifted jerk-holes.
Gifted jerk-holes make teams stupid and ineffective. Collective intelligence requires individual uniqueness, but the number one contributor to smart teams is social intelligence.
The person who flaunts their ‘preciousness’ needs acceptance and approval. Emotional juveniles pout to manipulate and bully in response to resistance. (The person who is “right” never feels like a bully.)
Infantile giftedness serves itself and devalues others.
How might gifted jerk-holes damage teams and organizations?
What suggestions do you have for managing gifted jerk-holes?
‘A– Hole Survival Guide: 9 Tips for Dealing with Jerks (Today)
How to Deal with a Jerk Boss – Simon Sinek (YouTube)
Competent Jerks, Loveable Fools, and the Formation of Social Networks (HBR)
A Field Guide to Jerks at Work (Washington Post)
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Lottery Winner: Lottery is such a thing that if it seems like a millionaire or not, then it does not take long to become a special person. There are some lucky people whose luck changes forever. Lotteries are conducted till Britain, America and UAE including India. Here another person’s luck has shone through the lottery. The surprising thing is that the father became a millionaire due to the mistake of a child.
The case is of America where a person won crores of rupees in the lottery due to the mistake of his child. This person is a resident of the US state of Maryland. He told that he had gone to get his son’s jacket drycleaned. There he bought a lottery ticket. He got a chance to win a million dollars on this ticket. If this amount is converted into Indian currency, then it is about Rs 7.5 crore.
son’s mistake made millionaire
In fact, this man, a resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland, told lottery officials that he had gone to pick up his son from school. While coming from school, he noticed that his son’s jacket accidentally got stuck in the car door due to which it got torn. After this he reached a nearby dry cleaner. It was to take some time there, so the father went to a nearby shop and bought a lottery ticket. | <urn:uuid:b377df15-7937-4265-84b5-fc16ed695aa1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsinassam.com/the-child-accidentally-won-the-lottery-for-his-father-made-him-a-millionaire-in-a-jiffy-got-rs-7-5-crore/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.9865 | 286 | 1.601563 | 2 |
A chemical substance, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, produced by the oxidation of tyrosine to tyrosinase. It is a precursor of catecholamines and melanin.
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In an 8,000 sq ft (743 sq m) facility in the western Indian city of Pune, a bunch of young engineers are racing against time to develop a low-cost ventilator that could save thousands of lives if the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the country’s hospitals.
They are being tested on artificial lungs, a prosthetic device that provides oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the blood. By 7 April, they plan to be ready with machines that can be tested on patients after approvals.
At least two Indian companies make ventilators at present, mostly from imported components. They cost around 150,000 ($1,987; £1,612) rupees each.
The invasive ventilator being developed by young engineers at Nocca Robotics will cost 50,000 rupees ($662). Within five days of beginning work, a group of seven engineers at the start-up have three prototypes of a portable machine ready.
AgVa Healthcare, another company plans to make 20,000 in a month’s time. India has also ordered 10,000 from China, but that will meet just a fraction of the potential demand.
The engineers – from some of India’s top engineering schools – belong to a barely two-year-old start-up which makes water-less robots that clean solar plants.
India, by most estimates, only has 48,000 ventilators. Nobody quite knows how many of these breathing assistance machines are working. But it is a fair assumption that all those available are being used in intensive care units on existing patients with other diseases.
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Love and healthy relationships are something that we all desire and deserve. We all want to feel appreciated and acknowledged, safe and secure, celebrated and cherished, and embraced and engaged. We all want and need to feel loved. The challenge, however, is that many of us struggle with giving and receiving love. In many ways, we don’t know H.O.W. to give or receive love in a way that honors ourselves and our partners. But what I know for sure is that there are three very important steps that are required to CREATE Love that is supporting, sustaining and most all, satisfying.
The first step to giving and receiving love is the practice HUMILITY. Over the years, being humble has gotten a bad rap because we usually associate humility with being weak, shy or timid. But it takes a strong and confident person to be humble. It takes a secure person to appreciate that she is not higher than you or lower than you, but that you are equals. Humility is important in a relationship, and without it, you will not experience the depth of love that you desire. If you want true intimacy, you must practice humility.
Humility is also important because it keeps the relationship killers away. What are relationship killers? They are pride and arrogance. Believe me, nothing kills a relationship faster. Just think about your current friendships and relationships. Do you like to interact with people who are smug, self-righteous, egotistical or conceited? I bet you don’t. I don’t either. And, if you think of the top reasons why relationships and friendships fail, I am confident that pride and arrogance somehow played a role. Both of them create emotional barriers and emotional distance in a relationship. Pride shuts people out, and arrogance shuts them up. Both are hazardous to any relationship.
What are some ways to exercise more humility in your relationship? I am glad you asked.
· Realize that you don’t know everything. Your partner has her own perspectives, opinions, traditions, customs, beliefs, and systems. She does not have to abandon hers to partner with you and you don’t own the market on truth. Remain teachable. You don’t and will never know everything about your partner because she is not static. So don’t assume that you do. Ask questions and show interest. Also, ask for advice. She may know more than you know about certain subjects.
· Practice forgiveness. In other words, Give up your past hurts and disappointments, FOR a better future. Remember the forgiveness you extend, will one day be the same forgiveness you will need. Act responsibility too when you hurt people. Humble people accept accountability when they hurt others, even it if they hurt unintentionally. Don’t gloat or criticize when you are right. Nobody wants to hear “I told you so” or “you should have listened to me” or “you should have asked me”. Keep in mind that people who gloat are usually alone and friendless.
· Remember that you also have skeletons in your closet so don’t judge, especially when you don’t know or have the facts. And remember, even when the facts, you still MAY NOT have understanding.
· Remember that humility means different things to different people; humility is influenced by a person’s culture. So make sure you know the culture, and then practice humility.
The second step to giving and receiving love is to remain OPEN. Openness is key because it is the ability to welcome and invite people into your presence, and at the same time, make them feel safe. It is the invitation and the request to bring all of who are you to the relationship. Openness is a wonderful gift to give someone, but openness is sometimes difficult for us to accept and practice. Why? Because society, families, churches and other external factors have forced us to hide or conceal parts of who we are. We have in many ways been rewarded and encouraged to lie, or at least obscure the truth. But like the saying goes, “I rather be hated for who I am, than to be loved for who I am not”.
So, who are you? Only you really know, and only you can really tell. So strive to be open, honest, direct and sincere. Challenge yourself to be transparent and vulnerable. But remember that openness does not guarantee acceptance or agreement, but it does promote awareness. And, many times awareness is what we need to feel acknowledged and appreciated. How you can you encourage openness in your relationship? Remember the following. A closed mouth does not get fed. Openly express your needs, desires and wants so that they can be addressed.
· A closed mind can’t be lead. Remain receptive, approachable and teachable. Always be willing to learn about yourself, your partner and your relationship. And most of all, try not to label or categorize things you don’t understand. Increase your tolerance for ambiguity.
· A closed book does not get read. In many ways, your life is a book of experiences. Let your partner read your book so that she can win at loving you. Without data, people do damage. Nothing good comes from being closed. Opportunities mainly come from opening your mouth, mind, heart and soul. So be open - to love, to learning and to life.
The finally way to love is to be WELCOMING. Being welcoming not only means being friendly, kind and generous, it also means being accepting. And, there is a difference between being open and welcoming too. Openness says I am receptive to you, however welcoming says I receive you. Welcoming says I accept you, hear you, grasp you, get you, and meet you. Being received and admitted into a person’s heart can be life-changing. In many respects is a way of saying I love you - warts and all. Acceptance is powerful; it is one of our greatest human needs.
Welcoming, acceptance, is also one of the ways that we communicate respect and dignity for others. It is one of the ways we communicate value to our love ones. You want a loving relationship, be welcoming. I will discuss the importance of acceptance in greater detail at the CREATE Love conference.
So H.O.W do you love? Practice Humility, Exercise Openness and Be Welcoming. These three decisions can make a good relationship, great. Also, three decisions can make you better as a person and partner. So when you don’t feel good about yourself or your relationship, ask yourself one question: H.O.W.am I loving me and my partner? As the saying goes, the truth will set you free.
I look forward to exploring some of these concepts in greater detail at the CREATE LOVE Conference. Imani and I look forward to seeing you there. Be sure to register!
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Christmas Words In Spanish Worksheet – Christmas is a time that a lot of people specifically youngsters look forward to. It is actually a period of delight, bonding and large amount of entertaining. This is a period of time for family members to combine performing various activities. These activities could possibly be inside games or outdoor sporting activities. The interior games change from family to loved ones for a few; it can be printable games like cross expression puzzle, scrabble, snakes and step ladder, chess and monopoly. These various inside games support to bring togetherness and oneness in the family. Christmas time is yet another time when family members that have been away for an extended period of energy get to combine once more.
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Outdoor Christmas activities along with Christmas Words In Spanish Worksheet are available in many forms and they also vary from snowballing to moving to the playground, and if you are located in sun-drenched regions, also journeys to the beach. Another activities also include Christmas mazes, hunting and Christmas celebrations, which can be most popular with folks. These backyard activities assist certainly increase bonding amongst relatives, hoping for a greater upcoming collectively. This short article will be centering on numerous activities that could be embarked on in the course of Christmas period or at Christmas time.
If while in Christmas you decide to stick to keeping yourself in your own home, there are many interior games that will charm to you. By way of example there are many printable games that could be purchased from any departmental retail store or shop. A number of these games may also be obtained online by searching via search engine listings, or proceeding straight to the shop’s internet site.
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In addition there are Christmas Words In Spanish Worksheet readily available that assist little youngsters in solving problems. The Christmas Words In Spanish Worksheet assist the youngsters in becoming innovative and impartial. One more inside Christmas activity consists of drawing and painting by tiny children. There could also be recitation of poems and story showing. Sudoku is yet another crucial interior online game that families can engage in. This video game act as a brain teaser which is more complex that really engages the brain. The video game is good for young people and adults. Although very little youngsters are engrossed inside their sketching and piece of art, grown ups will have a bet on sudoku with the fireplace.
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“Where the Rubies Grow III” entitles a recent series of works in which the diverse beauty and mystery of the ruby red glass is investigated and where I also try to connect the significance of ruby gemstones to the magical process of making gold ruby glass.
Since my time as a student at the Glass School in Zwiesel Bavaria in 1984 I am captured by the lore and historic secrecy that surrounds this seductive colored
Ruby’s inner glow seems to hint that perhaps it contains an inner fire.
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How to use Hinges in a sentence
The rise from side to centre hinges is 20 ft.
The dairy door creaked on its hinges when she pulled it open.
Then there are the corrosion-resistant, stainless steel hinges.
Make sure the hinges line up perfectly across the body of the panels.
He helped resolve the problem with articulating hinges, which allowed flexibility in the ankles, knees and elbows while preserving the shape of the suit around the joint.Advertisement
For use as bay window treatments, these valances and cornices are fitted with hinges or may be built using the exact angles of the bay corners.
Patio hinges - enough so that each panel of wood can be joined to another at the top, center and bottom.
Other materials needed include two by fours, deck screws, and hinges.
They offer flex bridge systems and hidden hinges for a seamless look.
Fakes use inferior hinges that pop or break when stressed.Advertisement
Smooth hinges, adjustable frames, a comfortable fit, and 100% UVA and UVB protection make these glasses as smart as they are stylish.
Rusty hinges were still visible in the wood but no door barred the entrance nor could anything be seen beyond but utter blackness.
For hinges, Leibbrand, of Stuttgart, uses sheets of lead about i in.
This means that the door has the hinges already attached and is mounted in the door frame.
Leave a small gap, big enough to insert the hinges, between each one.Advertisement
Using the screws and a drill or screwdriver, attach the hinges at the top and bottom of each panel, in turn attaching each panel to the one next to it.
To create a uniform look, keep the finish of cabinet hardware the same as the faucets, hinges, and doorknobs.
They're still built to perform and even include stainless steel hinges to stand up to the challenges of salt water.
The plastic or metal may be flimsier, the hinges less sturdy, and the designer logo may easily be scratched off.
The frames should be comfortable, the hinges should move smoothly, and the lenses should not distort your vision.Advertisement
These hinges then taper into wire core temples that adjust for a perfect fit.
Most styles are 8-base grylamide with 8-base polycarbonate lenses and three-barrel stainless steel optical hinges.
In some cases, there will be a "spring-hinge" which keeps the pressure from breaking the glasses in this spot; however, spring hinges are not easily repaired.
However, there are some repairs best left to professionals, such as those that concern mountings or spring hinges.
Attach metal hinges back onto the frame with an application of quick drying glue or epoxy, which can be purchased at the same drugstore where the kit is purchased.Advertisement
Use the tiny screwdriver to tighten the hinges on the side of your glasses.
Replace your hinges on your glasses if one gets lost with the special ones in the kit.
Additionally, the Trestle features precision flex hinges for the utmost in comfort.
The "0" Degrees pair features 100% hypoallergenic optically glazed frames with spring hinges, silicon nose pads and a CR-39 polarized lens.
A classic metal aviator frame with spring hinges designed for a comfortable fit, these Marcelo frames are the very embodiment of cool.Advertisement
They simply clip onto the sides of the eyeglass frame, most often near the hinges or the bridge.
The hinges on quality replicas should move smoothly and not rattle.
All of the frames have spring hinges, which make them less likely to break.
If they appear flimsy, cheaply made, the hinges don't move smoothly, they are uncomfortable, or if the logo is blurred, chances are they are not the thing.
If you're shopping in person rather than online, take time to check the hinges and the material.Advertisement
Backdrop Evolve is a medium sized frame with spring hinges.
Other features include dual action spring hinges and wrap style design.
Other features include nose pads and dual action forged spring hinges.
Alarms sounded a few moments before the doors exploded off their hinges.
As she approached the barn, it was obvious that the door had been torn off its hinges.Advertisement
No iron-work is used; the doors open on ingenious wooden hinges.
We are the hinges (cardines) upon which the universal Church rests and moves.
The rich and graceful iron hinges, made often for small and out-of-the-way country churches, are a large and important class in the list of English wroughtiron work.
The door should be hung on three 100 mm steel butt hinges and be fitted with an overhead hydraulic self-closing device of approved specification.
Gift boxed in an oak-stained wooden box with brass hinges encased in a silk lining.Advertisement
With a semi concealed hinges, reinforced doors and strong chrome 3 way locking handle for security.
Pulling on just one, high-mounted handle hinges the backrest forward and makes the cushion move forward and down at the same time.
She unlocked huge, studded, oak doors, pushing them open to the accompaniment of perfect B movie groans from the rusty hinges.
Additionally, the adjustable roller hinges allow you to select the aggressiveness of rotation.
Safety - Children are prevented from opening windows far enough to fall out by restrictor hinges.Advertisement
We have developed and rigorously tested a variety of butt hinges for differing leaf weights.
The window also has positively locating stainless steel friction stay hinges.
The lid and lid flap have large elaborate brass strap hinges which are beautifully set off by the dark walnut veneer.
There is another point to be made regarding the way the wheel hinges using the very robust mudguard stays and mudguard stays and mudguard.
There was a hatch with still movable iron hinges on the deck, and the side were also perforated.
They can be fixed in place using the existing ' poppers ' on the car, hinges or pop rivets.
This time his skill was greater or his tool was better, for there was a sudden snap and the creak of the hinges.
Secure your shed door with a sturdy padlock and ensure it is hung on strong hinges that cannot be easily unscrewed.
We present them in a silver case with gold hinges and clasp, glass topped and lined with purple crushed velvet.
The galleries are generally very narrow, furnished on each side with arched tombs, and communicating with family sepulchral-chambers closed originally by locked doors, the marks of the hinges and staples being still visible.
If, however, hinges or joints are introduced at the points of contrary flexure, they become necessarily points where the bending moment is zero and ambiguity as to the stresses vanishes.
The controversy between determinism and libertarianism hinges largely on the significance of the word "motive"; indeed in no other philosophical controversy has so much difficulty been caused by purely verbal disputation and ambiguity of expression.
Not realizing the tape formed flexible hinges, he watched with rapt fascination as the form collapsed into a small, neat bundle.
Into this symphony of white goods comes the groaning crash of self-closing doors whose hinges are badly in need of oil.
From hand made strap hinges to specially designed systems in stainless steel, we have hinges to suit any given scenario.
The hinges on the crib should lock into place, so that there is no chance of the crib collapsing and injuring your child.
If you are searching for an authentic antique be sure to carefully look over the construction details, such as the drawers, the door hinges and make certain that the shelves are still sturdy.
Consider using door hinges that are situated inside the gun cabinet rather than outside.
These can be used as a lubrication for doors and hinges.
Attach the piece you have just removed to the barrel with hinges on one side and a latch on the other.
Here in the same store was this wall of doorknobs, hinges, latches in all manner of styles from rustic colonial to sleek modern nickel.
Alternate the direction of the hinges so that you can fold the room divider easily.
Attach to the frame using hinges along one edge.
Lift the window up and down to make sure the hinges are aligned properly.
Casement - Casement windows have hinges on either the right or left and open opposite the hinges by an inside crank mechanism.
Awning - Used above a door or below a stationary window to get more ventilation, awning windows are generally wider than they are tall and have hinges on the top so that they open outward.
Casement - Casement windows have the hinges on either the right or left, and open outward either right or left.
You can paint doors in place, but experts recommend taking them off the hinges and painting them horizontally.
Generally they will have vertical wood planks and forged iron hinges.Carriage house doors can be manufactured as overhead doors or they can swing out from side hinges as the original carriage house doors did.
Correct maintenance of shutters includes upkeep of both the tracks and the hinges.
It's important to remove all of the knobs and hinges rather than just taping them off.
Conventional folding ladders are divided into sections divided by hinges.
A jeweler can polish away small scratches, but be sure to check the condition of the hinges, as these are much more of a nuisance to repair.
There are other ways of fastening hoop earrings, however, including hinges, clips and wires.
Make sure the lid opens correctly and does not have missing hinges or other pieces.
Getting rid of squash bugs organically hinges on commitment and consistency.
Finally, spring hinges and adjustable nose pads add to the comfort factor of these stylish frames!
The hinges should open and close smoothly and the glasses should be comfortable and not pinch or scratch.
Even better is the fact that you can select your perfect pair of glasses by focusing on factors such as temple shape, color, and even the hinges used.
After you’ve decided on your temple type, you’ll also want to consider whether you want the eyeglasses to have hinges.
Regardless of whether you choose a hingeless style or go with hinges, you’ll be happy to note that you’ll still be able to select a pair of glasses from the latest collections.
On the contrary, you can expect large lenses that completely cover the eyes, wide temples that securely hug the face and polycarbonate lenses and steel hinges that provide the ultimate in durability.
These are available in a black gloss frame that comes equipped with grey, polarized lenses, features metal icons, has a grilamid injected frame and stainless steel hinges.
It features regular hinges and skull temples.
The lenses and treatments are listed as saltwater safe and the hinges are made from anti-corrosive materials.
They can do repairs on metal and plastic frames as well as replacement parts such as hinges.
Another idea to consider is getting your frames inspected every several months to make sure that screws and hinges are tight and your lenses are secure in the frame.
Another unique feature is that Ocean waves uses nickel for their hinges instead of a metal with lead.
There are 36 canons launching flames; 12 of these canons are on mechanical hinges.
This is a fitting analogy for a game that hinges itself on movie spoofs ranging from Saving Private Ryan to The Matrix.
However, the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Collection definitely hinges on its nostalgia factor.
These aid in preventing finger and hand injuries by preventing small fingers and hands from being pinched in doors or hinges.
Remember that the hip joint is a ball and socket joint, making it one of the most versatile hinges of the body.
Approval hinges on the amount of equity that you have.
The housing of the grill is stainless steel and offers heat resistant handles with adjustable hinges to accommodate thicker foods.
Some product owners note that the hinges on the back of the grill lid seem loose at first.
The updated grille and low profile hinges are just a few of the refinements that make this model appealing.
Whether it's the gameroom, bedroom or in the kitchen, integrated options blend into any décor and have no visible grilles or hinges.
Door hinges should be checked for wear or loose fasteners.
As with any diamond, the four Cs are all important for judging diamond quality, but because a champagne gem's value hinges on its color, that is the most valuable characteristic.
Finally, be sure that the answer the question never hinges on the outcome of the game, or the relationship may never make it to the fourth quarter.
All suspense hinges on the opening of that little sealed envelope, an envelope that often seals the future of many a giddy Hollywood newcomer or re-ignites interest in an older celebrity whose star had begun to fade.
To fix cabinet doors that seem to droop or shut poorly, simply change the hinges.
Use exposed decorative hinges to add an extra design element.
Pay close attention to irregularities, such as loose hinges, unreasonable dents, warping, and missing parts like screws.
The type of resignation letter you submit hinges on your position within the company and the requirements of employment.
The solution of the question hinges upon the interpretation of the canons, that is, upon whether they are to be taken as reflecting a recent, or as pointing to an imminent, persecution.
For an elastic arch of metal there is a more complete theory, but it is difficult of application, and there remains some uncertainty unless (as is now commonly done) hinges are introduced at the crown and springings.
But if hinges are introduced at crown and springings, the calculation of the stresses in the arch ring becomes simple, as the line of pressures must pass through the hinges.
Such hinges have been used not only for metal arches, but in a modified form for masonry and concrete arches.
The St Louis bridge is not hinged, but later bridges have been constructed with hinges at the springings and sometimes with hinges at the crown also.
Inside the archway were several doors, leading to different rooms built into the mountain, and Zeb and the Wizard lifted these wooden doors from their hinges and tossed them all on the flames.
Balashev took out the packet containing the Emperor's letter and laid it on the table (made of a door with its hinges still hanging on it, laid across two barrels).
By the introduction of hinges the position of the line of resistance can be fixed and the stress in the arch ring determined with less uncertainty.
There is a regulating arrangement, by which onehalf of the guide-passages can be shut off in pairs from the water, and at the same time air is freely admitted into these unused passages by pipes which pass through the hinges of the controlling shutter.
Often, a buying decision hinges on a piece of arcane information about a product that is difficult to locate.
The abundance in which iron is found in so many places, its great strength, its remarkable ductility and malleability in a red-hot state, and the ease with which two heated surfaces of iron can be welded together under the hammer combine to make it specially suitable for works on a large scale where strength with lightness are required - things such as screens, window-grills, ornamental hinges and the like.
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With summer fast approaching, hair risks lots of damage from sun, salt and chlorine. Stop the hair-damage downward spiral with these three tips to prevent hair breakage this summer. (Adapted from an article that was originally published on Into the Gloss.)
We’ve all been there: it’s mid-summer and we’ve been living our best summer lives, non-stop. We’ve been running in the sun, swimming in a chlorinated pool, and maybe even taking a dip in the ocean. All those UV rays, chlorine, salt and — yes — sweat, can cause hair breakage.
First, a little background… breakage happens when your hair is so brittle that it snaps off. On top of the damaging elements facing your hair during the summer, if you color and heat style your hair regularly, your risk for breakage and damage goes up even more. But fear not — read on for three easy steps you can take to repair that hair damage, and keep your hair looking healthy all summer long.
How to Avoid Summer Hair Damage
1. Eat More Protein, Vitamins & Nutrients
“Avocado toast with an egg is the key to life,” bellows Into the Gloss senior editor Emily Ferber daily. She’s right — if you swap “life” with “healthy hair.” Protein-rich foods like eggs and marine proteins (fish, shellfish) promote thick, full hair growth. Good fats like omega-3s are also essential, as are B vitamins like Biotin and Niacin, as well as Iron and Zinc. Or you can take Viviscal hair growth supplement. Models and celebs like Caroline Trentini, Karlie Kloss and Reese Witherspoon have sung our praises in the press (just saying). A good diet or a complete supplement is the key to beautiful hair growth because you’ve got to nourish that healthy hair from within.
2. Switch to Silk
Friction between your hair and your cotton pillowcase is a real thing, but sleeping on silk helps prevents that damaging friction. Silk pillowcases can even help prevent skin damage. Replace your regular pillowcase with the Slip silk pillowcase or wear a silk hair cap at night. For a glam nighttime fashion statement, try this jewel-toned sleeping cap.
3. Do Hot Oil Treatments
A hot oil treatment helps moisturize the hair and scalp, protecting it from serious summer damage. First, choose your favorite oil (here at Viviscal, we recommend avocado, neem, rosehip, or coconut oil). Heat the oil on the stove until it’s warm, but not hot. Test a little of the warm oil on the back of your hand first, to be sure it’s not too hot. When the oil is ready, lean over your bathtub and pour it into your scalp. Then massage the oil into your scalp and spread it from root to tip. Separate out any excess oil and then tuck your hair into a towel or shower cap. Leave it on for at least one hour and then use a gentle shampoo to wash it out. The general rule of thumb is to do this once a week, but you can repeat it as often as you think your hair needs it.
Throwback Bonus Hair Tip: Swap Elastic Hair Ties For Scrunchies
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Submitted to: Joint Federal Interagency Sedimentation and Hydrologic Modeling
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/19/2015
Publication Date: 4/19/2015
Citation: Wren, D.G., Goodwiller, B., Rigby Jr, J.R., Carpenter, W.O., Kuhnle, R.A., Chambers, J.P. 2015. Sediment-generated noise (SGN): Laboratory determination of measurement volume. Joint Federal Interagency Sedimentation and Hydrologic Modeling Proceedings, april 19-23, Reno Nevada. pp. 408-413.
Interpretive Summary: Sediment measurements are important for many areas of stream and river management, such as detecting changes in watershed erosion and evaluating the effects of mitigation efforts. In many streams, bed load transport, which is comprised of coarse particles that are in frequent contact with the stream bed, may be dominated by a few significant storms each year. These flood events are hard to predict and frequently occur at night, making it difficult and expensive to collect physical sediment samples. Instrumentation can alleviate the need to have personnel at field sites during dangerous conditions and at inconvenient times. Using hydrophones to record the sound made when rocks in the stream contact one another and the stream bed has the potential to provide a low cost method for monitoring coarse bed load in streams; however, there is still a need to further develop our understanding of the acoustic properties of stream channels so that a general calibration methodology can be found. This extended abstract briefly describes a series of measurements that were taken in a laboratory for the purpose of determining how the magnitude of sound decreases with increasing distance from the source of the sound. The results will be used to find out the size of the area that a hydrophone can receive sound from.
Technical Abstract: Passive acoustic technology has the potential to allow continuous measurement of bedload moving through streams by recording Sediment-Generated Noise (SGN) from interactions between coarse bedload particles. The technology is relatively economical and is amenable to automated operation. While the magnitude of recorded sound has been shown to be well-correlated with bedload transport, substantial work is still needed before the technique is ready for wide-spread deployment. A key need for its advancement is a quantitative understanding of the measurement volume from which sounds are received so that field sites may be properly instrumented and data properly analyzed to estimate bed material flux. The propagation of sound in an acoustic waveguide, limited propagation of lower frequencies in shallow streams, and the effect of bed roughness on sound propagation are examples of specific areas that require new laboratory data to address. Towards this end, a series of experiments was initiated, in collaboration with the University of Mississippi National Center for Physical Acoustics, in a flume at the National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi. The results of sound propagation testing in an empty tank, over a gravel bed, and over a cobble will be presented, along with a relationship for determining transmission loss over the different bed types. | <urn:uuid:41e8cff8-95ad-4f06-8dcd-adcf35ed746a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=312762 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.917457 | 700 | 2.328125 | 2 |
High school football games usually run between 2 and 2.5 hours. Before the quarter concludes, each quarter lasts roughly 12 minutes. Between the second and third quarters, there is also a halftime performance. Depending on the high school and show, the halftime performance might span anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes.
Similarly, How long is a high school football game quarter?
12 minute timer
Also, it is asked, How long does the average football game last?
around three hours
Secondly, How long is a Canadian high school football game?
THE COMPETITION. The game will have a total playing length of 60 minutes, broken into four 15-minute quarters. For participants in high school, it is advised that the game be played for 48 minutes, split into four 12-minute sessions.
Also, How long does the first half of a football game last?
The NFL game is divided into four 15-minute quarters. A football game is only intended to last 60 minutes in actuality. A game’s first half, which is divided into two quarters, lasts 30 minutes. Football games include a 12-minute halftime before the two sides return to the field for two more quarters.
People also ask, How long is a football game halftime?
around 12 minutes
Related Questions and Answers
How long is a football game quarter?
What Is the Length of an NFL Quarter? Quarters in the NFL are 15 minutes long. The time it takes to play a 15-minute quarter in real time is somewhat more than 40 minutes on average because the NFL game clock does not run constantly.
How many quarters are in a football game?
How long are American football games?
In professional and college football, games run 60 minutes and are broken into two halves of 30 minutes and four quarters of 15 minutes. High school football games go 48 minutes, with two 24-minute halves and four 12-minute quarters.
What is the CFL minimum salary?
In 2020, the basic individual minimum wage for National and American players was raised to $65,000, while the base individual minimum compensation for Global players was set at $54,000. Starting this season, CFL Draft choices were subject to a compensation scale, with first-round picks receiving a maximum of $80,000 and lowest-round picks getting a maximum of $75,000.
How long do football games last on TV?
When watching an NFL game on TV, you will be exposed to around 20 commercial breaks, each of which may have over 100 advertisements. According to some estimates, the TV ads account for nearly a third of the game’s duration, or about an hour of screen time. As a consequence, NFL games on television may take up to three hours and thirty minutes.
What football do most high schools use?
Product Specifications. The Wilson® GST football is the official ball of over 180 NCAA schools and 38 high school football state organizations, with a new contemporary aesthetic style chosen by today’s generation of talent.
How many plays are there in a high school football game?
Youth football players played in an average of 333.9 178.5 plays each season and 43.9 24.0 plays per game.
Why does football take so long?
What’s taking so long? In an NFL game, the clock management is a major factor in why the game takes so long to finish. When a team loses control of the ball, the time pauses and the players switch positions, rotating between their 11-man offensive and defensive units.
How many periods are in a football game?
The game of football is divided into four quarters, each lasting 15 minutes. The 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, and 4th quarter are the four quarters. Halftime occurs after the second quarter, when both sides take a break from the game to recuperate and plan.
Why is football 45 minutes a half?
Half-time is a concept that stretches back to the early days of the game. One of the rumored motivations for its creation was to enable two teams from different Associations to play against each other and employ one set of regulations for the first half and a different set for the second.
How do footballers last 90 minutes?
How to Maintain High Energy Levels During a 90-Minute Football Match The night before a game, eat a carb-heavy dinner. On match days, always eat breakfast. Prepare some refreshments in advance of the game. Drink plenty of water! Make use of energy drinks.
How long is a football game in minutes?
How many innings are in football?
What is the average length of an NFL football game? NFL games are split into four 15-minute quarters with a 12-minute halftime break. After every 15 minutes of play, teams switch ends of the field, resulting in 2-minute rests at the conclusion of the first and third quarters.
What happens at half time in football?
Halftime is a lengthy pause in play that occurs between the second and third quarters of a game. This timeout lasts around twelve minutes and enables players and teams to regroup and prepare for the third and fourth quarters. Play is halted at halftime.
How long is the 4th quarter in football?
1 hour 15 minutes
What does 1st & 10 mean in football?
You may have seen the words “1st and 10” scribbled in the corner of your TV screen if you watched the Super Bowl. That indicates we’re on 1st down and have 10 yards to go. If a team gets three yards, for example, the second and seventh yards, the third and fourth yards, and so on.
What quarter is halftime in football?
Halftime occurs after the second quarter, when the teams leave the field and head to the locker room to recuperate and strategize for the upcoming half. At the professional level, the majority of advertising air at halftime.
How long do football players play?
about 3.3 years
How long is a college football game?
3 minutes and 24 seconds
Why American football is not popular in the world?
1) There is no established tradition in other nations. 2) There are more regulations than in other sports. 3) Many big nations already have similar sports (Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, and Rugby Union). 4) It is a brutal sport with a high rate of injury.
How much money do Waterboys make in the NFL?
NFL waterboys earn an average of $53,000 per year (according to Stack.com). However, it is just the starting pay. For pros, their pay might be comparable to that of any other NFL waterboy.
Who’s the highest paid NFL player?
The NFL’s largest contracts for 2022 are ranked. 1) Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (QB) – $50.272 million 2 out of 25. 2) Cleveland Browns’ Deshaun Watson (QB) – $46 million 3 out of 25. 3) Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ($45 million). 4 out of 25. 4) Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen (QB) – $43 million 5 out of 25. 6 / 25, 7 / 25, and 8 / 25
How many hours is a football game?
three hours and twelve minutes
What is the actual play time in football?
Time: 11 minutes
How much of a football game is actually played?
We may not know it, yet just a little amount of football is really played. Yes, the players run about, return to the huddle, and repeat, but the amount of time they spend playing the game is astonishingly brief. Eleven minutes have passed. Yes, the time the ball is in play equals around eleven minutes in a three-hour game.
Do you have to buy your own pads for high school football?
A football club or program will usually provide a helmet, shoulder pads, trousers, jersey, and mouthpiece, but you may choose to update as needed on your own cash.
How big is a pee wee football?
Footballs for Pee Wees (Size 6, Age 9 & below) Pee Wee footballs are around 10 ounces in weight and have a 24 inch long circumference and a 17.5 inch short circumference.
How heavy is an NFL football?
14 ounces to 15 ounces
What does 6A mean in high school sports?
4A Conference – The lowest (in terms of enrolment) 33 percent of institutions with 1,000 or more students. 5A Conference – The middle (in terms of enrolment) 33% of institutions with 1,000 or more students. 6A Conference – The biggest (in terms of enrolment) 33 percent of schools with 1,000 or more students.
A football game usually lasts for three hours.
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What is commercial/garage Insurance?
So you’re a new owner of an auto repair garage – congratulations! There are so many things to consider as you get your business set up and operating. Don’t let the stress of being properly covered slow you down. Today, we’re sharing what we know about Garage and Commercial Auto Insurance.
There are a variety of things you need to consider in order to properly protect your business, from property coverage including your building and contents to business interruption, equipment breakdown, commercial general liability (CGL), and even cyber insurance coverage.
At McFarlan Rowlands, our experienced Account Executives will customize your policy with the proper coverage depending on your needs.
Key types of insurance coverage that can help you understand your policy include:
General Liability: How much insurance should a garage carry? Our sales specialists will meet with you to understand your business and then make recommendations for the amount of liability your garage should have. There are various factors that could impact your decision, for example you may be leasing a property and the landlord requires that you carry a specific amount of liability coverage based on your lease agreement.
Contents: From tools to equipment, your insurance broker will need to know what you have in your garage and the approximate value of each, so they can obtain the proper coverage and fair and competitive pricing.
Business Interruption: Called “BI” in insurance lingo, this coverage provides for loss of income while your business is shut down following an insured loss such as a fire. It is important to know what your loss of profits would be if your business was shut down for repairs as this coverage would continue to pay you for your loss of profits while repairs are completed.
Cyber Insurance Coverage: Every garage has cyber exposure. It might not be the first thing you think about when needing insurance, but if you accept credit card payments or store any information about your customers on a computer database, you have an exposure risk that you could be held liable for by your customers if that information were to be released.
Additional coverage that you should know about:
There are a number of additional coverages that should be considered in your package as well such as flood, quake, sewer backup, debris removal, accounts receivable, valuable papers, and crime coverages to name a few.
There are also some types of coverage that are unique to repair garages. This includes coverage for your employees’ tools and you’re legal liability for customer’s automobiles.
Pollution is also a concern for mechanics garages. Consider new and used oil, paint and antifreeze, oil tanks and so on. Every repair garage has pollutants present which presents a risk in and of itself.
If you provide storage for your customers’ winter tires your Insurance Broker will also take
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During the course of this year, we will cover a wide range of topics concerning Floral Design. Some of the topics we will cover are listed below:
- Identify & Classify Flowers
- Floral Tools & Materials
- History of Floral Design
- Collecting & Drawing Floral Designs
- Corsages & Boutonniere Construction
- Homecoming Mum Construction
- Floral Design for Holidays & Occasions
- TSFA Level 1 Floral Certifications and/or iCEV Certifications
Major Objectives of Course
This course is design to develop students’ ability to identify and demonstrate the principles and techniques related to floral design as well as develop an understanding of the management of floral enterprises. Some of the topics we will be covering are historical periods of floral design, floral careers, and many more. A brief introduction of floral certifications will be discussed as well.
1 – Composition Notebook (preferably not a spiral notebook) for interactive notebooks/warms ups
Black or Blue pen/pencil
Laptop & charger if needed
NOTE** Additional materials may be called for throughout the year: empty cans, mason jars, craft supplies, and other essentials for class. I will provide all other floral supplies.
Class Supply Fee
Each student enrolled in Principles of Floral Design are required to pay a $25 course fee. Please see the campus bookkeeper for questions regarding payment.
The majority of class work will be completed through iCEV and hands on projects. iCEV is an online curriculum platform that houses many different subject areas. Student will be responsible for their own log in and completing their own assignments in a timely manner. All floral arrangements/ designs will be counted as major grades. Grades will be determined based on Santa Fe High School grading policy.
Major grades 40% Minor grades 60%
Make-up assignments or test shall be made available to students after any absence but it is the responsibility of the student to come and ask for his/her make-up work. Students shall have the same number of days to complete make-up work as they were absent from the class. If not completed in the allotted time, the work falls under the guidelines of late work.
Expectations and Procedures
All agricultural science classrooms will follow the Santa Fe ISD teacher/student handbook. I would like to stress the following classroom policies:
- RESPECT: teacher and each other
- Be on TIME. I am strict on tardiness.
- No food or sodas in class (sealed water can be brought to class).
- No sleeping or walking around the room during instruction or class work
- Be prepared for class every day.
- No cell phones or air pods/ear buds.
- Clean up after yourself, especially on design days.
- Treat all supplies with respect. (Floral materials, tools, laptops, markers, desks, sinks, etc.)
- Safety – Student will behave in a safe manner 100% of the time while being enrolled in this hands on CTE class. If student does not make a 100 on the safety test the student will not be allowed to participate in any hands on activities or handle tools (arranging, designing) until a 100 (mastery) is achieved on the safety test.
- Students must sign in and out when leaving the classroom for any reason unless deemed an emergency by the teacher. The student is not allowed to leave the classroom without a pass.
*** Any violation of the above will result in disciplinary action.
Students who choose to violate my classroom rules and procedures will fall under the follow disciplinary plan.
1. Verbal warning
2. Contact parent via Phone and Email
3. Detention with teacher after school
4. Office referral with students AP
The absolute best way to reach me to discuss grades, behavior, or any other school concerns will be by e-mail. If you call, please leave a message and I will return your call as soon as I can. Grades and attendance can be checked on the district website regularly.
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ACTIVE is an European Union funded Integrated Project running from 2008 to 2011. ACTIVE aims to increase the productivity of knowledge workers in a pro-active, contextualised, yet easy and unobtrusive way. The aim is to convert tacit and unshared knowledge – the "hidden intelligence" of enterprises – into transferable, interoperable and actionable knowledge to support seamless collaboration and to enable problem solving. A key aspect will be support for informal procedural knowledge - the informal collaboration and problem-solving tasks that drive much knowledge work in the enterprise.
ACTIVE will integrate concepts, methods and tools from the fields of (i) Social Software and Web 2.0, (ii) Semantic Technologies, (iii) Context Mining, Context Modelling, and Context Sensitive Task Management, and (iv) Knowledge Process Mining, Knowledge Process Modelling and Pro-Active Knowledge Process Support into highly innovative application systems. The development will be accompanied by an analysis of key economic and organizational factors and incentive mechanisms, and strongly user-centric system development and evaluation.
Semantic MediaWiki is one of the applications being further developed in the ACTIVE project.
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What does classical mean quizlet?
A style that reflects the principles and concerns of the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Typically a classical style displays simple, harmonious form. Voice.
What is classical art quizlet?
Classical Arts. Art influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome. ( 1775-1825)
What was an important feature of classical music quizlet?
– Emphasis on beauty and elegance/grace of melody, and balance and control. – More variety and contrast within a piece than Baroque (dynamics, instruments, pitch, tempo, key, mood and timbre).
Which best practice from premium service industries is defined as make everything all about the customer build loyalty to you and your brand?
In which key delivery-related measure did Jeep Dealers show year-over-year improvement? Which best practice from premium service industries is defined as “Make everything all about the customer. Build loyalty to you and your brand by finding ways to make their life easier.”
What does the idea of classical music centered on?
Classical values of rationalism, universality, cosmopolitism, and elegance were the artistic inspirations for Classical Era music. These Classical ideals manifested themselves in music using: Homophonic melodies to create clean, simple, texture audiences could connect with.
When was the classical music period?
The Classical period of music was an era that lasted from approximately 1730 to 1820, although variations on it extended well into the middle of the nineteenth century.
What are the three basic characteristics of classical art?
Although it varies from genre to genre, classical art is renowned for its harmony, balance and sense of proportion. In its painting and sculpture, it employs idealized figures and shapes, and treats its subjects in a non-anecdotal and emotionally neutral manner. Colour is always subordinated to line and composition.
What are the 3 main trademarks of classical Greek art?
What are the 3 main trademarks of classical Greek art? In the same way that the three periods of Greek architecture – Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian – can be used as trademarks of classical Greek art, these periods can also be thought of as trademarks of classical Greek art.
What is the characteristics of the Classical?
The Classical period an emphasis on elegance and balance. short well-balanced melodies and clear-cut question and answer phrases. mainly homophonic textures (melody plus accompaniment) but with some use of counterpoint (where two or more melodic lines are combined)
What are the characteristics of music from the Classical era?
Main Characteristics Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than baroque music and is less complex. It is mainly homophonic—melody above chordal accompaniment (but counterpoint by no means is forgotten, especially later in the period).
What is the definition of customer service quizlet?
The definition of customer service is “making sure customers are satisfied and will continue to buy products or services of a company” Assisting Difficult Customers. To assist difficult customers, a service representative must apologize that the situation occurred, then figure out how/why the problem occurred.
How is customer service defined?
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LAPSE: Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation It is well known that sepsis represents the leading cause of childhood mortality worldwide. However, as distinct from adult medicine, there exists a large knowledge gap regarding long-term health-related quality of life (HRQL) and functional status (FS) following pediatric sepsis. This lack of sepsis outcomes data is critical because failure to identify children at risk for sepsis-associated HRQL/FS deterioration may delay delivery of crucial rehabilitation medicine efforts to facilitate recovery. Moreover, failure to identify mechanisms of sepsis- associated HRQL/FS deterioration may impede development of novel, effective interventions for these children. For the first time this investigation will measure the incidence, intensity and duration of HRQL/FS alterations among children surviving septic shock, and examine potential clinical risk factors for such adverse outcomes. Mechanisms underlying adverse sepsis-associated outcomes among children are poorly understood at this time. Clinically however, two circular reciprocating sepsis insults, namely inflammation and ischemia/dysoxia, appear to be key antecedents for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) that has been linked to sepsis mortality and perhaps long term morbidity. Organ failure burden, particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary dysfunction, has been shown to be strongly associated with long term morbidity and mortality following adult critical illness. The LAPSE investigation hypothesizes that validated measures of sepsis-mediated organ dysfunction will predict magnitude of sepsis-associated deterioration in HRQL/FS, and that recovery towards baseline HRQL/FS will be strongly influenced by complexity of children's chronic comorbid conditions and parent, family and home characteristics. As improving HRQL may be the most important goal of medicine, the long-term goal of this research program is to timely identify children at high risk of sepsis-mediated HRQL/FS deterioration and to ultimately design effective interventions to minimize such risk. The primary objectives of this application are to comprehensively characterize HRQL/FS outcomes and to critically examine the potential clinical risk factors for sepsis-associated HRQL/FS deterioration. The central hypothesis is that magnitude of HRQL/FS deterioration will be predicated on validated clinical markers of organ dysfunction, and that parent, family and home characteristics as well as premorbid conditions will influence trajectory back to baseline HRQL/FS. Knowledge of the contemporary natural history of pediatric septic shock will facilitate development of targeted interventions to maximize HRQL/FS among children surviving sepsis.
Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation, LAPSE it is well known that shock caused by infection, that is septic shock, represents the leading cause of childhood deaths worldwide. However, there exists a near complete knowledge gap regarding long-term adverse outcomes among children surviving septic shock. For the first time the LAPSE investigation will longitudinally measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) and functional status (FS) alterations in this population and examine potential clinical risk factors that may be associated with adverse sepsis outcomes. LAPSE will derive a contemporary natural history for pediatric septic shock that will facilitate early identification of children at high risk for sepsi-associated HRQL/FS deterioration, and inform design of future interventional trials to maximize HRQL/FS among children surviving sepsis.
|Zimmerman, Jerry J (2018) Corticosteroids in Pediatric Septic Shock Are Not Helpful. Crit Care Med 46:637-639|
|Zimmerman, Jerry J (2015) Pediatric sepsis from start to finish. Pediatr Crit Care Med 16:479-80|
|Zimmerman, Jerry J (2015) Molecular Biology Ying Yang in Alveolar Fluid Clearance. Crit Care Med 43:2270-1|
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Category Archives: Quotes to Ponder
“In every encounter, we either give life or we drain it, there are no neutral exchanges.”-Brennan Manning
Every time we encounter someone, we change both their life and our own. Words matter. Words have power. The words we say, and how we say them, can either serve to uplift another person or bring them down. Every interaction becomes a part of our being, impacting the way we handle the next. This is not a new realization to most people. It’s common sense, really.
The literal concept of giving or draining life; however, is novel to me. My heart aches at the remembrance of words said in anger or frustration, the short-tempered or heated exchanges with the people I care about the most. Even recollection of nonchalant, distracted conversations brings remorse.
When I am stressed, I have a tendency to speak sharply. The fight or flight impulse kicks in and I fight against the fear. The words don’t always come out the way they are meant. I sound angry when I am not, at least not angry at the receiver of my burst of words.
I try to explain, but those words often do little but further the communication imbalance. A gentle touch and shared silence can bridge the verbiage. I hope heartfelt apologies stop the drainage of spirit.
A few nice words can go a long way in recharging another person. Building others up is imperative. People thrive on honest encouragement and support. Kind words can inspire a child, perk up an ailing elder and forge bonds with friends and family.
I strive to interact freely while choosing my words wisely. Many times, I struggle to keep unkind words to myself. I aim to speak kind words that are true. I want the impact of my words to be positive.
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Known from East Pacific from Baja California, Mexico; Panama; northern Peru.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Photographer: Alicia Hermosillo
The body is translucent reddish pink with closely spaced opaque white spots all over the head and dorsal part of the body. Scattered opaque white spots are also found over the ceratal wall, except near the tip. The digestive gland duct varies from orange brown reddish pink. The lamellate rhinophores have a translucent pink stalk, and the leaflets on the club are white with with a pink patch at the top of the club. The tip of each rhinophore is translucent clear. The long tapering oral tentacles are translucent pink with a whitish tip and two darker purplish pink bands.
The cerata are arranged in groups which are described by the authors as pedunculate arches with 2 rows of cerata per arch. While the precardiac ceratal group on each side could be described as a shallow arch, in the post cardiac ceratal groups the curve is so slight that they could be described as forward sloping rows. As in Pteraeolidia, the groups are on raised ridges sometimes described as 'pedunculate'.
They have been reported exclusively from athecate hydroids of the genus Eudendrium. The hightly convoluted salmon coloured egg masses are found on the hydroid colonies.
Gosliner, T.M. & Behrens, D.W. (1986) Two new species and genera of Aeolid nudibranchs from the tropical eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 29(1): 101-113.
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Masbia In The HuffPost: Hasidic And Black Leaders Celebrate Communal Ties On MLK DayPost by: Jose Gavidia • January 21, 2020
Read the article below written by Daniel Marans, published in the HuffPost, on the meeting to bring unity to our communities after several attacks against Hasidic and other minorities. Our ED Alexander Rapaport convoked the Martin Luther King Day gathering at Masbia of Boro Park; among the attendance were: New York Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein; Jersey City Councilwoman Denise Ridley; Pastor Gil Monrose; and Jonah Boyarin from the NYCCHR.
Hasidic Jewish, Black, and Latino elected officials, clergy, and community activists gathered on Monday for a day of service to express their shared vigilance against anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred, invoking the humanistic message of Martin Luther King Jr.
Alex Rapaport, the founder of Masbia, a kosher soup kitchen and food pantry in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park, convened the Martin Luther King Day gathering. Participants helped restock Masbia’s shelves and promoted a charity drive for survivors of the earthquake in Puerto Rico.
Those in attendance included New York Assemblymen Simcha Eichenstein and Felix Ortiz; New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger; Jersey City Councilwoman Denise Ridley; Rockland County, New York, legislator Aron Wieder; Pastor Gil Monrose, head of faith affairs for the Brooklyn borough president; the New York Police Department’s deputy chief Charles Scholl; and Jonah Boyarin from the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
The event was designed to demonstrate inter-communal dialogue and solidarity following a wave of attacks against Hasidic Jews in the metropolitan New York City area. The violence, which for months was limited to verbal and physical assaults, culminated in December with a deadly shooting targeting the small Hasidic community in Jersey City and a gruesome stabbing in the Rockland County suburb of Monsey.
The vast majority of the attacks, including the shooting and stabbing in December, have allegedly been perpetrated by residents of low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods adjacent to Hasidic enclaves.
As a result, participants in Monday’s MLK Day event were keen to emphasize positive bonds between the Black and Jewish communities and downplay divisions.
“We are bound to the Jewish people by our past. We are bound by our present. And we are also bound by our future,” said Monrose, a Black immigrant from the Virgin Islands who ministers to a Christian congregation in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood. “We are standing together in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters. We are standing together because we are one.”
Several speakers cited King’s broad legacy of love for fellow human beings regardless of their backgrounds and commitment to combating intolerance and persecution of minorities of all kinds.
Assemblyman Ortiz, who recently returned from an aid trip to his home island of Puerto Rico, thanked Rapaport for his work organizing a charity drive for the U.S. territory. That kind of assistance is in the spirit of King, Ortiz said.
“It doesn’t matter … where we come from, what we look like, how we speak, what have you ― we are humankind,” Ortiz said. “And that is what Martin Luther King was trying to say.”
Chesky Deutsch, a leader of the Hasidic community in Jersey City, criticized news coverage for trying to create a narrative that pits African Americans against Jews. He noted that in his Hasidic enclave in Jersey City, his wife relies on their Black neighbors to keep an eye on their kids.
Rapaport interjected to affirm: “We look out for each other!”
As much as the event signaled a moment of healing and reconciliation after a violent December, some challenges lie ahead.
Assemblyman Eichenstein, who has called for more state and city resources to beef up security in Hasidic neighborhoods like Borough Park, is eager to see what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) allots in additional funds to protect institutions vulnerable to hate crimes when he announces his budget proposal on Tuesday. Eichenstein thanked the governor for $45 million in state funds to protect such institutions, which was allotted in the budget passed last year, prior to the wave of attacks. But he wants additional resources for vulnerable institutions, including schools and houses of worship, in light of the recent anti-Semitic hate crimes.
And though Deutsch, the Jersey City Hasidic leader, sounded a harmonious note, a dispute transpired in the weeks after the attack over an anti-Semitic Facebook message posted by Jersey City Board of Education member Joan Terrell-Paige. Terrell-Paige, who is Black, called Jews “brutes” in a since-deleted Facebook message, and suggested that observers should analyze the “message” of the assault on the kosher supermarket.
Although Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop (D), who is Jewish, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), immediately demanded Terrell-Paige’s resignation, she has defied the calls with help from supportive members of her Jersey City community. Those community members argue that Terrell-Paige’s comments were a response to complaints about unscrupulous real estate speculators, some of whom are allegedly Jewish, and to concerns that the city is more responsive to Hasidic Jews than to African Americans.
Deutsch has decided that doubling down on calls for Terrell-Paige’s resignation would be counterproductive.
“I really don’t feel that it’s my place to come into something like that. I don’t know anything about that woman,” the Hasidic leader said. “I do see that she’s well respected in the community. And I’ve talked to numerous people who told me that she’s a really good person that may be expressed herself wrong. But my focus is on talking to people that would like to communicate.”
City Councilwoman Ridley, who is Black, also said it was better to move forward with efforts to educate people like Terrell-Paige, rather than seek to force her resignation.
“[Former President Barack] Obama said it best: We have this culture now called cancel culture, and people making a mistake and we kind of discredit anything they’ve said in the past,” Ridley said.
Referring to Terrell-Paige’s anti-Semitic comments and other prejudiced speech, Ridley added, “I definitely think there needs to be sensitivity training to understand that these things can’t happen that way.”
Ridley represents some of the estimated 75-100 Hasidic families who have moved into the Greenville section of Jersey City, which is predominantly African American. She has already made plans to convene an interfaith clergy meeting with the goal of increasing understanding between Black residents and Hasidic Jews.
Ridley has met at least one Jersey City woman who recounted her confusion when Hasidic children did not respond to her kids in recreational settings. The woman did not realize that Yiddish is the native tongue of many members of the Hasidic community, which may be the reason for the children’s reticence, according to Ridley.
Ultimately, Ridley believes that the two communities’ shared quest for economic security is the best basis for mutual understanding.
“We have the same needs: We want affordable housing, we want safe streets, and we have to join together on those things,” she said.
Read the original article HERE.
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Recently, the GiveWell blog looked at how individuals are by far the biggest philanthropists in the United States. Total annual giving from foundations pales in comparison to donations by individuals. Depending on how you slice it, well over 80% of giving comes from individuals.
This fact was a driving force behind the creation of the philanthropic services platform at my firm Ensemble Capital Management. The way that the chart shown on the GiveWell site is designed, “individuals” and “bequests” become proxies for “non-institutions”. However, they are actually just “non-structured” giving. With donor advised funds, private foundations and charitable remainder trusts (a potential replacement vehicle for bequests) becoming available to smaller and smaller donors, I believe we’ll see a huge decrease in “individual” giving as defined by the statisticians. But we’ll actually being seeing a rapid increase in the use of sophisticated giving techniques by individual donors.
This doesn’t just matter to me (as an advisor to these donors) it matters to the whole field of philanthropy and by extension to the social sector because these “non-institutional” donors are our field’s “low hanging fruit.” Recently marketing guru Seth Godin commented on the magic of low hanging fruit:
Imagine that half the cars in the US get 10 miles per gallon. And half get 40 miles per gallon. Further stipulate that all cars are driven the same number of miles per year.
Now, you get one wish. You can give every low-mileage car a new set of spark plugs that will increase fuel efficiency by 5 mpg, up to 15. Or you can replace every 40 mpg car with a car that gets 75 mpg, an increase of 35 miles for every gallon driven.
Which is better?
It turns out that the 5 mpg increase is far better for overall mileage than the 35 mpg increase, even though it’s smaller both as a percentage and absolutely. That’s because the 10 mpg hogs use up so much gas. They’re the low-hanging fruit, not just easy to fix, but worth fixing.
As marketers, we’re tempted to tweak the already tweaked, to turn the 100 to 101, to optimize for the peak performances. That long tail is very long, though, and if there’s a way you can raise the floor (instead of just focusing on the ceiling) you may be surprised to discover that it can have a huge impact.
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What is God like? Is He monadic in nature or is He triune? This has been the source of great contention for many great thinkers throughout history. Many view the concept of Trinity as a creation of heretics in the early church. They accuse Trinitarian Christians of being tri-theistic, but is this an accurate accusation? Often, opponents point out that the word “trinity” is nowhere to be found in the canon of Holy Scripture. However, Trinitarian theologian Karl Barth counters this argument by stating that the doctrine of the Trinity is “appropriate” dogma of the church universal. By examining Karl Barth’s doctrine of the Trinity, we can witness that although not directly revealed in Scripture, it is a correct dogmatic understanding of the nature of God, thus refuting other monarchist views. It is the intent of this work to investigate the grounds of Barth’s reasoning by looking to the Scriptures exegetically and by surveying teachings of the Church Fathers
Who is Karl Barth?
First, Karl Barth was born May 10, 1886 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a theologian that had been schooled in the German inspired liberal theology of the Nineteenth Century, but later in his life he became critical of this branch of theology. He is accredited of launching the Neo-orthodox movement. This movement had seen the shortcomings of liberal theology in the wake of the World at War and offered another perspective. He sent shockwaves through the theological world when he published The Epistle to the Romans in 1933. In a biographical sketch it is written of Barth,
An indefatigable worker and prolific writer, Barth produced more than five hundred books, articles, sermons, and papers during the course of his long and illustrious career. His magnum opus, Die kirchliche Dogmatik (Church Dogmatics , 1936-1969, 1975), the first volume of which appeared in 1932, grew to thirteen large books totaling more than nine thousand pages in German (Bilhartz).
Karl Barth passed away in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland on December 10, 1968.
His Trinitarian Views
First, the doctrine of the Trinity, for Barth, is interwoven with the doctrine of revelation. He argued that God had revealed Himself as triune in nature within the gospel of Christ. It was in the Incarnation we received the revelation of the doctrine of the Trinity. Barth writes,
The act of revelation as such carries with it the fact that God has not withheld Himself from men as true being, but that He has given no less that Himself to men as the overcoming of their need, and light in their darkness – Himself as the Father in His Own Son by the Holy Spirit” (Barth, 38).
It is clear to see from the statement above, Barth had no qualms for attributing divinity to each member of the Godhead. Barth’s entire theology hinged on the Trinitarian view of God. He argues “that God reveals Himself as Lord” (Barth, 308).
Secondly, Barth noted that the doctrine of the Trinity is not directly revealed in Scripture, but rather is a dogmatic teaching of the church. He writes,
The doctrine on the Trinity is an analysis of this statement [see quote above], i.e., of what it denotes. The doctrine of the Trinity is a work of the Church, a record of its understanding of the statement or of its object, a record of its knowledge of God or of its battle against error and on behalf of the objectivity of its proclamation, a record of its theology and to that degree of its faith, and only to that extent, only indirectly, a record of revelation (Barth, 308).
In a nutshell, Barth argues that the Incarnate Christ is the moment of clear revelation of triune nature of the Godhead and the Bible, produced by the church, is a record of this fact. All through Scripture, God has been hinting to His nature, but it becomes apparent in Jesus the Christ. The revelation of Christ and the revelation of Holy Scripture identify the doctrine of the Trinity.
What does Scripture Reveal?
If Barth’s placement of the doctrine of the Trinity in the arena of church dogmatics is correct, we should be able to reproduce or prove his assertions by looking to the Scriptures. Don K. McKim defines dogmatics as, “the formal study of the Christian faith which presents its beliefs and doctrines in an organized and systematic way. (McKim, 81). It is the intent to appeal dogmatically and exegetically to the Scriptures in this section to affirm the hints of the Trinity given to us by God in the Bible.
Trinity in the Old Testament
First, God attests to the validity of the doctrine of the Trinity at the very beginning of His
revelation. The Trinity is alluded to be present in the act of creation. The Bible states, “In the beginning God [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (KJV, Gen. 1:1). The word used in this passage that we translate in English as “God” is the Hebrew word Elohim. This is the plural form of the Hebrew word and it could be translated as “gods” and indeed has been elsewhere in Scripture. Yet, it should be noted the singular verb “created” (Heb. Bara) indicates plurality of a single object. Bryan Murphy states, “The normal way to tell the difference in most OT contexts is that Elohim is used in conjunction with singular verbs and predicators when it refers to the God of Israel” (Murphy, 168). On the other hand, when Elohim is used in identifying the gods of the Canaanites a plural verb is used in conjunction with it. Although, this could be seen as God revealing himself as one in essence, but with multiple distinctions, scholars on both side of the argument say this simply could be majestic speech on behalf of God. We need to look further on into the creation account to prove Barth’s assertion correct.
We encounter the use of the plural noun Elohim in Genesis 1:26. The Bible records, “And God [Elohim] said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (KJV, Gen. 1:26). Who is God speaking to? In his article about the Trinity in the creation story, Murphy writes, “In Gen. 1:26 there is a significant deviation from the syntactical pattern followed throughout the creation narrative. A statement of deliberation is made-seemingly within the Godhead itself” (Murphy, 172). This apparent communication between the divine hypostases allude to the affirmation of Barth’s concept of the Trinity which is indirectly revealed through Scripture.
Secondly, how are we to handle the Shema found in the Book of Deuteronomy? Does it not declare the God of Israel is one? The Shema states, “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one [echad]!” (NASB, Deut. 4:6). The key to viewing the shema in a Trinitarian sense is the Hebrew word echad, which is translated in English as “one”. In his article on the Trinity, Kevin Giles writes, “The word translated into English “one” in the Shema is the Hebrew word echad. It can be used to speak of the unity of husband and wife. In the New Testament, the belief that God is one continues to be affirmed” (Giles, 14). In other words, the term echad does denote oneness, but with the capability of have multiple distinctions within the “one”. After hearing the shema recited on face value, some would accuse Christians of being tri-theistic, but upon a closer look one can see such claims are erroneously false. Also, on a side note, it is nteresting the names attributed to God appear three times in the shema. Could this have been an indication of God’s triune nature that Barth spoke about?
Furthermore, could there have been a vision of the distinct persons within the Godhead? In fact many scholars believe this is exactly the case in the vision recorded in the Book of
Daniel. The Bible states,
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed (KJV, Dan. 7:13-14).
It is clear that “one like the Son of man” approaches the “Ancient of Days”, but what could this mean? Could it be that the “Ancient of Days” is the unbegotten Father and the one approaching is God the Son? It is clear that the “one like the Son of man” is given attributes reserved for God. For instance, He is coming of the clouds of heaven. Also, He is given dominion, glory, and a kingdom! Some would argue that this, if anything, proves a bi-unity. Yet, could it be the “shy” member of the Trinity is staying away from the spotlight? Or it could be stated the Holy Spirit’s presence is affirmed in the fact a person is able to read of such inspired vision. Finally, it is easy to see from these few passages the doctrine of the Trinity is alluded to all through the Old Testament.
Trinity in the New Testament
It may seem trivial to document evidences of the Trinity in the New Testament, but this is the portion of Scripture where the triune nature of the Godhead is presented with clarity. Barth knew the New Testament surrounded around the death, burial, and resurrection of the Incarnate Christ. It is within this Incarnation the Trinity is revealed to the Church. The Church in turn, analyzed the information presented by the Incarnation and then it formulated the doctrine of the Trinity.
First, the Threeness of God is illustrated at the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. The Bible records,
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (KJV, Matt. 3:16-17).
Although, some may object to this passage being used for a defense of Trinitarian dogma on the basis that it does not affirm the divinity of Christ (I will refute the claim Monarchianism later), it is paramount to viewing the distinctions within the Trinity. God the Son is being submerged into the waters baptism, then we see the Spirit of God descending in the form of a dove, and finally God the Father speaks with affirmation of the Son. Again, this passage may be weak apologetically, but it does define the distinctions of Father, Son, and Spirit. Also, this is the basis of the baptismal formulas found in Matthew 28.
Secondly, to support the divinity of the Son, which is needed for the doctrine to stand, we come to Jesus’ high priestly prayer. The Apostle John writes,
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was… 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world (KJV, John 17:5, 21-24).
This passage clearly refutes the notion of Jesus of Nazareth being adopted by God at his baptism. It is also clear that, although distinct from the Father, the Son is of the same substance or homoousios with the Father. Jesus of Nazareth is the eternally begotten Son of God the unbegotten Father!
On the other hand, how do you properly handle the statement of Christ in John 14:28? The Bible states, “Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I” (KJV, 14:28). The statement must be viewed through the kenosis of the Son according to Philippian 2. Christ divested himself to human form, but kept his divinity in order to bring salvation to mankind.
In summary, although not directly revealed in Scripture, it is quite evident that the Trinity is a proper understanding of the nature of God. Thus, Barth was correct in his assumption that the doctrine of the Trinity is a dogmatic teaching of the church. Yet, this work would not be complete without looking at the early teachings of the Church.
The Trinity and the Church’s Teachings
What did the early church teach concerning the Trinity? In fact, the era of the Apologists came about due to the Church facing outside pressures. The Roman Empire had viewed Christianity as a sect within Judaism, but the Jews accused Christians of being olytheistic. To name a few, men like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, Tertullian, and Athanasius rose to the challenge of defending the orthodox view of the Christian faith. It is important to mention that the doctrine of the Trinity is solidified as heresies were put to rest. This essay will only look to a few Church Fathers to confirm Barth’s view of the doctrine of the Trinity.
First, Justin Martyr was one of the first apologists to come on the scene to defend the divinity of the Son. He argued that the Father and the Son were different in number, but the same in will. Terry Cross in his work on the doctrine of the Trinity explains Justin’s reasoning when he writes, “… the Logos is like a fire that is set by another fire; or a torch lit by another torch. The first torch and second torch are numerically distinct, yet both are fire. The first fire is not diminished by the second one that is lighted” (Cross, 4). Logically speaking, Justin Martyr seen Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ or the Logos of God. The two were one and the same. This was laying of the foundation for Church’s the doctrine of the Trinity.
Secondly, Irenaeus of Lyons was a staunch supporter of the doctrine of the Trinity.
Irenaeus coined the expression the “two hands” of God, as he spoke of the work of the Spirit in creation and the Son in redemption. M.C. Steenberg writes,
His confession of Christ raised to the Father by the Spirit, who thus is the ‘cosmic Christ’ inasmuch as he raises with him-self the cosmos of his formation, is the bedrock of his whole theological vision, and this tri-personal reality stands as the foundation on which rest Irenaeus’ views regarding every aspect of Christian theology (Steenberg, 62).
Thus, we can see that concept of Trinity was at work in this early Church Father’s theology. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit was paramount to Irenaeus of Lyons understanding of the nature of God.
Furthermore, some would argue the church invented the term Trinity and they would be absolutely correct! Tertullian was the first to coin the phrase Trinitas or Trinity. Trinity is nowhere in the Scripture, but the concept is there. The deity was Christ was taught and believed on in the early church. Church Fathers, like Tertullian, merely acknowledged the triune nature that was revealed in Christ and the Scripture.
Even furthermore, some would argue that the Trinity was a later addition to Christian doctrine, but that simply is not case. As mentioned above, the term Trinity was coined by Tertullian in the Third Century, but according to Athanasius’ defense against Arius the triune nature of God was the teaching of the Apostles! In his argument against the Arian heresy, he appealed to the Rule of Faith which was the doctrines handed down from the Apostles themselves. This Rule of Faith actually even predates the canonized New Testament. So, to state that the Trinity is a later invention or addition is absurd.
The Councils of the Church and the Creeds they produced clearly teach the doctrine of the Trinity. This doctrine can be seen in one of the most recited and beloved creeds. The Nicene Creed declares the Trinity! It states boldly,
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the
Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and
glorified; who spoke by the prophets. And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen (Nicene Creed).
This creedal response was forged in the furnace of fiery conflict to explain the nature of God. It answers with a resounding, Yes, God is Trinity!
In summarizing this section, the Trinity is and has always been the orthodox view of the God of the Bible. He is one in essence, but three in persons. This affirms Barth’s concept of the doctrine of the Trinity being a dogmatic teaching of the Church.
On the other hand, there are some that may object to the Trinitarian doctrine of God as put forth in this work. They see God as a monarch or one ruling sovereign over the cosmos. According to Grenz et al, Monarchianism was “a movement in the second and third centuries that attempted to safeguard monotheism and the unity of the Godhead. By denying the personal reality of the Son and the Spirit as separate from the Father, however, this defensive attempt resulted in an anti-Trinitarian heresy” (Grenz et al, 80). Although, there is many variations of this heresy, it can easily be divided into two camp; Dynamic Monarchianism and Modalistic Monarchianism.
First, Dynamic Monarchianism views Jesus as merely a Spirit empowered prophet. Christ is a man, thus, prohibiting him from being of the same substance of the Father. This heresy is still ongoing in factions like the Jehovah’s Witness, Christadelphians, and Unitarians. This heresy was debunked by Athanasius by appealing to the soteriological work of Christ. How could a mere man reunite God and man? Could we save ourselves? The only hope mankind has in the redeeming work of the God-man, Jesus Christ.
Secondly, Modalistic Monarchianism views the Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of
appearance of the one God. In other words, there is one God without any distinctions with
Himself. He is a monad. Oneness Pentecostals are adherents to this doctrinal error. To challenge this claim, one needs to look at the baptism of Christ found in Scripture. There were three distinct personalities. Also, one could appeal to “God being love”. How can God be love if there is not an object of love? The object cannot be creation, because this would make God dependent on creation. No, God must have distinctions within the Godhead to which He can give and receive love.
In conclusion, the doctrine of the Trinity is not directly spoke of in Scripture, but the concept is ever present. When one looks at the clues contain in Scripture it is easy to confirm Barth’s theology of the nature of God correct. Also, it is supported by an overwhelmingly majority of early Church Fathers as a legitimate view of God’s nature. By investigation of Scripture and history, Barth’s claim that the doctrine of Trinity is a dogmatic teaching of the orthodox Church is affirmed.
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Cambodian archaeologists have unearthed a large centuries-old statue of a turtle in an excavation at the famous Angkor temple complex in the country's northwest.
The 56-by-93 centimetre carved stone turtle believed to date from the 10th century was discovered on Wednesday during digging at what was the site of a small temple that had been built on Srah Srang, one of Angkor's several reservoirs.
Researchers pinpointed where the temple had been and workers drained water off to enable the dig, which began on March 16, said Mao Sokny, head of the excavation team of the Apsara Authority, a government agency that oversees the Angkor archaeological site.
The bottom half of the turtle remained buried on Thursday while preparations were being made to lift it out without damaging it.
Angkor was strongly influenced by Hindu culture, and as a result, when a temple or other important structure was built, sacred objects would often be buried in the ground underneath as a gesture to ensure safety and good fortune.
In several Asian cultures, turtles are seen as symbols of longevity and prosperity.
The dig also discovered some other rare artifacts, including two metal tridents and a carved head of a naga, a mythical creature.
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Every groomed beard requires effort. From washing to trimming to apply the beard oil, every step is crucial for a thicker and fuller beard. Washing the beard removes harmful bacteria present on your skin and hair. Therefore, washing is essential to enjoy clean beard on a daily basis. But the question is, “How often should you wash your beard?” That’s what we’ll answer in detail in this blog.
How Often Should You Wash Your Beard?
Generally, the experts recommend washing your beard 2-3 times a week. Use a beard shampoo to get the job done. The idea is to wash your beard often enough to prevent it from smelling. At the same time, avoid washing your beard every day. Doing so will strip natural oils from your stubble leading to potentially damaged and dry beard.
However, this number isn’t fixed for every man. Skin type, texture of beard hair, lifestyle, all matters. Knowing all the beard wash determining factors are essential to decide how often your beard needs to be washed.
Factors to Consider
a) Dry Skin
Dry skin does not secrete much oil. Therefore, you’re likely to have dry beard. Wash your beard twice weekly to prevent it from drying out.
b) Oily Skin
Oily skin produces excess oil. Hence, there’s a high chance to get acne and beardruff. Hence, we’ll advise you to wash the beard daily so as to not to allow the buildup of dirt.
c) Combination Skin
Combination skin has oily T-zone and dryness in other parts. If you’ve combination skin, wash your beard three to four times a week with plain water. You can use a good beard shampoo for washing once a week.
Texture of Beard Hair
a) Thin Hair
Thin hair has the tendency to become oily quickly. Wash your beard after every two days to make it appear fuller and to remove the excess oil.
b) Thick Hair
Thick and curly hair gets dry faster. Go for a thorough beard washing once every three days to prevent dryness.
Do you work in a construction? Or, is your job requires heavy manual labor? If ‘yes’, you may need to wash your beard every day. Otherwise, it will get dirty.
In such cases, wash your face fuzz daily with a gentle shampoo and plain warm water. If you’re feeling that your beard shampoo is making your stubble drier, revert it 1-2 times a week. Use only water to wash your beard the remaining five days.
Environment impacts the moisture level of your beard. The right level of humidity softens and strengthens your beard and skin. In wet climatic regions, the level of humidity is high. This high humidity can make your skin sticky and quicken the building up of dirt. Hence, you may need to wash beard 3 times a week. Apply conditioner and beard oil afterwards to retain moisture.
Dry climatic regions can cause parch skin and beard. Maintain a certain gap between the washes to allow your sebum glands to produce enough oils to keep the beard and skin moisturized. Wash your beard twice daily. Follow up with conditioner and beard oil to replenish lost moisture. Use a beard balm to lock in the moisture.
Should I Wash My Beard Every Day If I Work Out?
Wash your beard daily if your lifestyle involves sweaty activities. This prevents oil and grime from clogging the pores. Avoid using a bar of soap for cleaning beard. The harsh ingredients in your bar soap strip your beard of its natural oils. Apply oil right after washing.
Does Washing Your Beard Help It Grow?
Well-maintained skin is the secret of all groomed beard. You have to focus on skincare when you want to grow your beard. Taking care of your skin is crucial to maintain the health of your beard. Wash your face in the morning and before bedtime daily. Doing so will help your beard grow faster and thicker.
While washing your face daily, make sure you’re not doing so for your beard.
Should You Wash Your Beard Before Trimming?
Cleanliness and softness count for proper trimming. Therefore, you always need to wash your beard before trimming. Washing will help your beard get rid of excess oil and dirt. It will become soft and manageable, which will make trimming easy.
As your facial skin is different from your scalp, apply shampoo and conditioner for beard washing.
Can You Use Hair Shampoo on Your Beard?
Do you splatter hair shampoo while washing beard?
Stop using hair shampoo for your beard. Hair shampoos remove oil from your hair literally. Shampoos have detergents. This detergent takes away oil from beard and the skin beneath it. Even if you apply beard oil afterwards, it cannot safeguard your beard from the damage the hair shampoo is causing.
Maybe you’re using the best hair shampoo in the world. But, it cannot replace the good a beard shampoo can do. A beard shampoo softens the beard and cleanses the skin under it.
How to Wash Beard?
A beard washing can be a smooth sail. But, if done wrong, can make your beard more abrasive.
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Car owners often face the possibility of a diagnostic test to find out what’s wrong or why the car is performing a certain way. Many are wary of these computerized tests because they think they are just another way for shops to make money. Actually, a car diagnosis can help figure out exactly what’s going on with your car.
However, the diagnosis test does usually cost. The car diagnosis cost can vary from shop to shop and can either be a fixed rate or charged by the hour. A standard test that is done as part of a regular maintenance plan can be $40 but a diagnosis that points to repairs can cost a couple of hundred dollars.
Read on to find out what you are paying for when you get a car diagnostic test.
What is a car diagnostic test?
A car diagnostic test is a computerized analysis of all your car’s parts and systems. Many computers exist in modern cars and your engine monitors many features and creates data reports that can be gathered by a mechanic’s computer during a diagnostic test.
Some tests spit out lots of paper data while others push out codes. It never hurts to ask a mechanic what kind of testing system they use. Most are happy to explain it to you.
What Is Tested?
Several components of a car are tested. This includes:
- The engine
- The transmission
- Exhaust system
- Major components like the ignition coils, fuel injector, and throttle.
Tests can’t point to an exact problem but do help the mechanic narrow down issues and can help prevent problems down the road if it’s caught early.
When Should You Get a Diagnostic Test?
Some warranty and service agreements stipulate when you should have a diagnostic test done on your vehicle. However, the truth is, most people don’t seek out these tests unless either they have a problem with their car or the check engine light comes on.
In some sense, a car diagnostic test isn’t something you must have. However, mechanics can use them to speed up the repair because it helps them narrow down the problem.
A diagnostic test can be useful if you bought a used car and don’t know its entire repair history.
Some cars may have issues that seem like they can never be properly repaired. Something else goes out when a part is repaired or replaced. A diagnostic test can get to the root of the problem.
You can run these types of tests yourself at home if you have the right equipment and, for some, they like to do that to stay ahead of repairs by testing their vehicle quarterly.
The most important tool if you want to test your car regularly at home is a scanner. The scanner is something that mechanics plug into the car to obtain all the error codes.
The error codes will tell you the area of the problem, although they aren’t specific.
What Happens During a Test?
It takes a mechanic only a few minutes to do a diagnostic test with their software and scanner. The scanner first checks the check engine light to see what other codes are produced. These other codes could indicate exactly where the problem lies.
Mechanics then plug the scanner into the car to read the codes. Then, they use the information from the error codes to close in on the problem. After that, they can perform repairs and may repeat the diagnostic test to make sure the code is gone.
There are other diagnostics a mechanic may use after the basic diagnostic once they settle in on a problem area. Some of these check specific things like the engine or exhaust.
Some mechanics have a computer that attaches to the car and they put the car on a lift to watch it as the car is tested.
Typically, you wouldn’t be charged for these additional tests because they are considered to be part of the overall diagnostic test.
How Does a Diagnostic Test Benefit Me?
Car diagnostic tests are helpful for several reasons. They help find problems before they become big headaches. That can save you money but can also save your life.
A diagnostic test can also look at any manufacturer notifications or information on the onboard computer system. This can assist in things like recalls or repairs.
It could be a wise idea to have a test run on any used car you are buying, especially if it’s a private owner sale. Some car owners can cover up issues well to sell the car but a car diagnostic test would catch any make-shift fixes that you would want to know about.
A test would also allow your mechanic to tell you how much any future repairs would be and how soon they may come.
Why do mechanics charge for a test if it’s so quick?
Mechanics invest money into these scanners and are also spending their time to look at your car so they must charge for that investment. That is especially true if you decide not to get your car repaired or take it to another shop.
It’s just a standard part of doing business.
Are there any free car diagnostic tests?
Typically, no, there aren’t any free car diagnostic tests. Some mechanics may run a special offering a free test to compete with other shops in the area.
Another reason they may offer a free diagnostic test is that they are a new shop and want people to try them out.
However, most shops will charge a fee to run a car diagnostic test. Be sure to ask what the price is upfront before allowing them to do it.
One thing to be aware of when getting a free diagnostic test is to read the fine print on any service agreements before signing. It can have hidden fees or allow mechanics to make any repairs without consulting you. Make sure you know what a free test includes.
What is a general diagnosis?
A general diagnosis is an overall review of all car components because the symptoms of a needed car repair don’t fit any one category.
Most of the time, this type of test is run when the car owner can’t specifically describe what is going on with the vehicle and use vague terms like “it’s shifting funny” or “it’s making a loud noise.”
Can I drive my car if I’m getting it tested?
Most of the time, yes. It depends on the problem. Those who have the check engine light come or hear a random noise may be perfectly safe driving it to the mechanics to have it checked out.
However, there may be times where a vehicle is unsafe to drive. Things like an overheating engine, brakes, or axel problems are too dangerous to take a chance on and the car should be towed.
What does general diagnostics include?
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Executive Director of the Dolphin Research Institute, Jeff Weir shares his thoughts on a new project that he wants Merricks Beach locals to share in – but it doesn’t come with bragging rights so be sure to keep it under your sunhat!
There’s a secret in the waters of Western Port that we want to understand but keep quiet at the same time. It’s about some unusual dolphins and a bay that is very different to Port Phillip Bay which has both resident bottlenose and common dolphins.
The Dolphin Research Institute (DRI) has records of Western Port dolphins spanning three decades, with regular sightings of bottlenose dolphins in the southern half, especially along the western and eastern shores.
Will Webster from Merricks Beach has spent much of the COVID-19 lockdown as a Monash Uni intern with DRI, developing a new project that aims to uncover some of the mysteries of the bottlenose dolphins that frequent local waters from Somers to Flinders. He is asking questions like: How many are there? What are their patterns of movement? What happens to the calves when they mature? Why does Port Phillip have about 160-180 resident dolphins and Western Port only a couple of dozen? What are the human impacts?
Will has also helped in the creation of a new web-tool called ‘PodSurveyor’ to record dolphin sightings. We are now also encouraging locals to report “ad-hoc” sightings through our PodWatch app. (You can save a shortcut to PodWatch on your phone.) Have a look at the tutorial for PodWatch at this link: https://youtu.be/fJKOxk60aZM and the direct link to PodWatch is here: https://www.dolphinresearch.org.au/report-sightings-page/
It’s important to reinforce that DRI are keen to record cases of harassment so that we can help to build a case with wildlife managers to support the protection of these unique dolphins. Important for the same reason, are the dolphin watching rules: Swimmers should not deliberately approach dolphins closer than 30 metres. Sailboats, (including paddleboards etc.) 100 metres, and Jetskis should stay 300 metres away. If they approach you then stay calm, enjoy the experience and let them swim off.
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What is dyselxia?
There are different ways of defining dyslexia. Some definitions are used in research, others in medical diagnosis, others in civil rights law, and still others in educational evaluations or intervention plans.
As a way to demystify dyslexia, Hugh Catts (2018) suggests that a basic definition of dyslexia is unexpected trouble recognizing words while reading, focusing on measurable skills rather than underlying causes.
Dyslexia Connection: In the graphic below, individuals with dyslexia are found in the upper left quadrant, with strong language comprehension, but weak decoding skills. Individuals with dyslexia who also have language comprehension difficulties are found in the lower left quadrant.
IDA and NIH Definitions of Dyslexia
One of the most widely used definitions comes from the International Dyslexia Association (IDA Editorial Contributors, 2018), Wisconsin 2019 Act 86 and Wisconsin's Informational Guidebook on Dyslexia and Related Conditions:
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.”
Another comes from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2019):
“Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence. Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among people with dyslexia are difficulty with phonological processing (the manipulation of sounds), spelling, and/or rapid visual-verbal responding. In individuals with adult onset of dyslexia, it usually occurs as a result of brain injury or in the context of dementia; this contrasts with individuals with dyslexia who simply were never identified as children or adolescents. Dyslexia can be inherited in some families, and recent studies have identified a number of genes that may predispose an individual to developing dyslexia.”
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5 315.00) from the American Psychiatric Association discusses dyslexia under the Specific Learning Disorders, saying:
“Dyslexia is an alternative term used to refer to a pattern of learning difficulties characterized by problems with accurate or fluent word recognition, poor decoding, and poor spelling abilities.”
Dyslexia is also defined in federal law. Public Law 115-391, "The First Step Act," provides the following definition:
"The term 'dyslexia' means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in the phonological processing (the application of the individual sounds of spoken language), which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell."
A closer look at each part of the definition from the IDA highlights similarities among definitions and clarifies understanding of dyslexia:
Specific learning disability (SLD)
SLD is one of the categories of disability listed in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and dyslexia is one of the disabilities included under the umbrella of SLD.
SLD is a term used by Wisconsin schools to determine eligibility for special education.
IDEA and Wisconsin define SLD as “a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations. . . . Such term includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. . . . Such term does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage" (20 U.S.C. §1401(30), 34 CFR 300.8©910); PI 11.36(6) (a)).
Neurobiological in origin
Dyslexia originates in the brain.
Brain imaging shows differences in the development, structure, and functioning of the brain in people with dyslexia.
Difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition
Difficulty reading words accurately
Lack of automaticity and effortlessness in reading
Deficit in spelling and decoding abilities
Trouble sounding out and spelling words
Can include difficulty perceiving individual sounds in words, blending them together, or segmenting them
Difficulty learning and remembering the sound-letter correspondences, and grasping and applying the alphabetic principle (the idea that the letters of our written language represent speech sounds)
Deficit in the phonological component of language
Weaknesses in one or more phonological processing skills including phonemic awareness (PA), phonological memory (PM), and rapid automatized naming (RAN) (Wagner et al., 2013)
PA includes the understanding that words are made up of speech sounds and the ability to blend, segment, and manipulate (delete, substitute, or reverse) the smallest units of sound: the phonemes. A key research discovery several decades ago was that PA at the phoneme level is essential to reading, and PA performance in the early grades is more closely correlated with reading success than is intelligence or any other factor (Ehri, 1984; Stanovich 1986, 1994; Adams, 1990; Griffin and Olson, 1992; Scarborough, 1998). PM and RAN can be thought of as underlying brain processes that are necessary for strong reading skills. PM is the ability to temporarily store and retrieve verbal information from working memory, which impacts ease and accuracy of reading. Phonological memory lets a reader hold the beginning sounds of a word in mind while they decode and blend the rest of the sounds to figure out the word (Wagner et al., 2013). PM problems can often be detected in difficulty repeating real and nonsense words with accuracy (Hulme and Snowling, 2009). RAN is the ability to quickly retrieve the name of a letter, number, object, or other stimulus from long-term memory. RAN is a predictor of reading fluency. It is important to note that some students with dyslexia do not have a deficit in PA, but may have weaknesses in PM and/or RAN (Pennington et al., 2012; Fuchs et al., 2008). Though weakness in the phonological component (especially phonemic awareness) is the hallmark of dyslexia, there are some individuals who have trouble linking graphemes with phonemes, but whose cognitive profile does not include any phonological deficits (Catts et al., 2017; Pennington et al., 2012; Ring and Black, 2018; Elliott and Grigorenko, 2014; Seidenberg, 2017, Chapter 8).
Often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction
Dyslexia is often a surprise, given the other strengths of the individual, as shown in Figure 2.
Other intellectual strengths, motivation, and instruction are all sufficient for reading.
A negative impact on reading comprehension caused by weakness in accurate decoding and automatic word recognition
Lagging development of vocabulary, background knowledge, and other aspects of language comprehension caused by lack of reading experience, leading to further difficulties with reading comprehension
What Does it Mean To Be “At Risk for Dyslexia?”
Common definitions of dyslexia focus on a child having trouble with word recognition and spelling. Therefore, younger children who aren't expected to be able to read and spell yet would not fit the definition even if brain imaging showed a structure or pattern typical of a dyslexic brain.
If a child aged 3 to 5 has a family history of dyslexia, or if early screening shows weakness in pre-reading skills, such as age-appropriate phonemic awareness, phonological memory, automatized rapid naming, or letter recognition, the child should be considered “at risk” of developing a reading or spelling problem that could later be classified as dyslexia.
A child aged three to five is in the critical stage for intervention and prevention. Intervention should never be delayed until reading failure occurs. Early evidence-based intervention is an opportunity to prevent or significantly lessen future reading and spelling difficulties.
A child with an affected parent has a 40-60% risk of developing dyslexia. The risk of developing dyslexia is increased when other family members are also affected.
Journal of Medical Genetics, 2007
Causes of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is brain-based and has a genetic component. Dyslexia runs in families. About 40% of siblings of children with dyslexia will also have the condition, and almost 50% of the children of a parent with dyslexia will be affected. If both parents have dyslexia, 75% of their children likely will be impacted.
Tracking the genetics of dyslexia is complicated because more than one gene is involved, and environment also plays a role in the development of the disability. Studies on twins have shown that about 30% of the risk for dyslexia comes from a child’s early environment, with poverty and parent education being risk factors. For a child with a genetic predisposition, the early literacy environment and quality of instruction are especially critical (Dorta, 2021).
The inherited genes impact both the structure and functioning of the areas and pathways of the brain that are used for reading. With the development of brain imaging technology in the 1990s, scientists have been able to demonstrate that dyslexia is brain-based. The brain models below represent the normal activation patterns of the reading brain compared to the “neural signature” of the dyslexic brain engaged in the same task.
Myths About Dyslexia
7 common myths about dyslexia, Understood.org
Dyslexia Myths, Dr. Nadine Gaab
Dyslexia: Myths and Facts, Scholastic
Myths and Misunderstandings about Dyslexia Explained, Wisconsin's Informational Guidebook on Dyslexia and Related Conditions
The efficient processors of written language are found in the left hemisphere of the typically-developing brain. These parts of the brain include areas that process the visual aspects of written symbols, areas that connect symbols with speech sounds, and areas that connect words with meaning.
The back (red and yellow) areas are more heavily activated in reading than the front (green) area. Beginning readers slowly analyze words in the red area with some assistance from the green area. After a word is analyzed correctly several times, its spelling, pronunciation, and meaning are stored permanently in the yellow “word form” area, where maturing readers can recognize it instantly. A skilled reader can effortlessly and quickly recognize most words in the word form area (Shaywitz, 2003).
On the other hand, individuals with dyslexia experience disruption of the left rear pathways, and show under-activation of the red and yellow areas. Over time, they rely more and more heavily on the green area, along with some less efficient right-hemisphere areas, to figure out words. This pattern of reading, though it may provide some degree of accuracy, does not lead to the effortless and instantaneous word recognition that is so important for reading comprehension and motivation (Shaywitz, 2003).
The good news is that a group of studies has presented strong evidence that early, evidence-based intervention can improve reading performance and also change dyslexic brain activation patterns to more closely resemble non-impaired functioning. Typical of this line of research is a 2003 study by Shaywitz et al., in which struggling readers were provided with a phonologically-based reading intervention over the course of a year. At the end of the intervention, fMRI imaging showed increased activation in the red and green areas of the left brain, and students were reading more accurately and fluently. Moreover, a year after the intervention ended, the same students showed activation in the critical yellow word form area of the brain, and less activation in the right hemisphere. Struggling readers who had received a non-phonologically-based intervention did not show these brain changes. Study authors concluded:
[T]hese data demonstrate that an intensive evidence-based (phonologic) reading intervention brings about significant and durable changes in brain organization, so that brain activation patterns resemble those of typical readers, with the appearance of the left occipitotemporal area and improvement in reading fluency. These data have important implications for public policy regarding teaching children to read: the provision of an evidence-based reading intervention at an early age improves reading fluency and facilitates the development of those neural systems that underlie skilled reading.
Are Word Recognition Problems Always a Sign of Dyslexia?
Word recognition problems do not all emerge from dyslexia. Children may struggle to acquire the foundational skills of reading for many other reasons, both personal (poor vision or hearing, short attention span, low global intelligence, slow cognitive development, lack of motivation, etc.) and environmental (low literacy home environment, erratic school attendance, nutritional status, trauma, poor instruction, etc.). What distinguishes dyslexia from these related conditions are the language-related aspects of the reading problem and its genetic and neurobiological roots.
ALL children with reading difficulties deserve effective intervention. Children who struggle with automatic word recognition, regardless of the reason, need the explicit and systematic instruction in the alphabetic code recommended by the Report of the National Reading Panel in 2000 and the DSM-5 manual of the American Psychiatric Association (Elliott and Grigorenko, 2014).
Uncovering the underlying causes of the word recognition problem in dyslexia is not necessary to begin effective intervention, but may be helpful in forecasting the need for a more intensive and extensive intervention than might be needed for other children who are exhibiting similar symptoms.
What More Do We Know About Dyslexia?
Early identification and effective treatment of pre-literacy skills and emerging decoding/encoding deficits are essential in allowing age-appropriate development of reading accuracy and automaticity, building comprehension skills through reading, achieving academic success, maintaining interest in school, promoting self-esteem, and helping prevent anxiety, depression, and anger. Although dyslexia is often diagnosed around 3rd or 4th grade, the optimum window for intervention is kindergarten to 1st grade.
Dyslexia has a genetic component and runs in families. Family history is important in early screening of children for reading risk factors.
It is the most common reading disability.
Dyslexia occurs along a continuum from mild to severe.
It occurs in 5-20% of the population, depending on how inclusive your definition is and where you set the cutoff on the continuum. Regardless of where the cutoff is set, many students who fall above that benchmark undoubtedly are in need of the same kind of explicit, sequential, and systematic instruction as those who fall below.
As noted by reading researcher Susan Brady (2019), “Restricting access to intervention may satisfy the aim to limit school resources allocated for these purposes, but is not the kind of equitable and adequate system one would want." Solutions should be available in general education as well as special education.
Dyslexia frequently occurs along with other conditions such as ADHD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, executive functioning weakness, and/or oral language impairment. A diagnosis of one of these disorders should trigger a comprehensive evaluation to determine if other disorders are present.
It affects people of every gender, economic class, and ethnicity nearly equally.
Dyslexia can impact an individual of any intelligence level.
It can be found in people who speak any world language, though its symptoms may vary depending on the structure of the language.
Reading failure frequently leads to inadequate academic, social, and emotional development, with an elevated incidence of anxiety, depression, school dropout rates, involvement with the juvenile justice system, incarceration, and suicide risk.
Dyslexia is a lifelong condition without a “cure,” but effective intervention can mitigate symptoms.
The International Dyslexia Association recommends Structured Literacy instruction for students with dyslexia. Having children listen to books, watch educational television, and engage in a wide variety of life experiences can help language comprehension development while the child is being taught to read. Dyslexia may make it difficult to acquire written proficiency in a second language.
Dyslexia is not the result of laziness or lack of intelligence.
As noted in the Joint Statement: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, dyslexia is not a vision problem, such as seeing letters backwards. It is a language-based disability. There is no evidence that colored overlays, special lenses, vision therapy, vitamins, antibiotics, mid-line crossing exercises, or other non-language-based interventions help dyslexia.
Characteristics of Dyslexia at Different Ages
Podcasts & Videos About Dyslexia
The Definition of Dyslexia and Its Impact on Education - Glean's Research to Practice Podcast, Emerson Dickman
Dyslexia and developmental trajectories - S4-E9: Science of Reading: The Podcast, Dr. Nadine Gaab
The facts and myths of dyslexia - S1-06 Science of Reading: The Podcast, Emily Lutrick, a PreK-5 Curriculum and Dyslexia Coordinator
Learning disabilities and their emotional impact - S4-03 Science of Reading: The Podcast, Dr. Sheila Clonan
Our Journey from Dyslexia to Literacy - EDVIEW360, Lois Letchford, author of 'Reversed'
Running the Distance and Beating the Odds: Dyslexia Is a Superpower - EDVIEW360, Jared Blank, runner, dyslexia advocate/public speaker
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Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Abdullah Heba, rasool Allah, Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa Germain,
my brothers and sisters,
that we may be asked, Why are you a Muslim? Why is it that you have chosen the faith of Islam? Many people born Muslim have probably not even thought about it. But the day may come when someone might ask you,
and you might not have thought of the deep reasoning, and so you may not have at times perhaps, due to lack of knowledge, a convincing response.
And if you have embraced the fold of Islam later on in life, mashallah, congratulations, may Allah bless and grant goodness not just to you, but to all of us. And may Allah bless humanity at large and guide us all, I mean,
we need to know when we say
it Graha fidi, repeating the verse of the Quran the words of Allah, there is no compulsion. Indeed, in the religion, what does it mean? It means no one can force you to enter the fold of Islam.
Once you enter the fold of Islam, you have adopted something through your own freewill that you have chosen as your faith.
And there is a set of rules and regulations that are unaltered, not changed. You have no right to come and start changing things in chopping, and still call it Islam.
Islam is a religion that has been set by Allah, the Creator, the maker, and the messenger peace be upon him related to us. Those rules and regulations collectively are known as Islam. But if I come and I say, I'm a Muslim, I am required to follow that set of rules and regulations. If I think that no, I don't agree with x y Zed, then is it fair to call yourself a Muslim? That's a question because people come and try and change things and bring that which goes against the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. And they say no, but I am Muslim, by the way, by the way, by what way?
You'd rather be honest and say, Look, do you know what? I don't agree? And that's it? Yes, if there is a question in your mind, and you're inquisitive, it happens to everyone with ignorance, that sometimes you are a Muslim, but there are few concepts you may not have grasp so well. So all you need is enlightenment. And all you need is a little bit of knowledge, and you will get the answers. So that doesn't make you a non Muslim simply because you haven't understood a thing or two, or you haven't grasped some aspects and concepts of Islam. But as time goes on, and you learn and you continue to ask and you find out and you begin to grasp it better, you become consolidated in your
faith. And this is why it's important to have knowledge. Yes, the pillars of Islam. Those are known as you were entering the fold of Islam or if you were a born Muslim, as you grew older, and you became a teenager, you became an adult, it was your duty to start finding out even prior to that actually. So the pillars No compromise. When it comes to the in depth teachings, you may not understand some of the concepts because not everyone is that knowledgeable. So Allah says Fasano levy Vickery in cold tumbler, lotta lamona bien bien de was Zombot if you're unaware of Revelation, if you don't know and you're ignorant, and you don't understand, perhaps ask those with knowledge,
ask those who know.
They will respond to you with evidence and at the same time, it will enlighten you from the ignorance that you had of the Revelation.
But if I were asked, Why am I a Muslim? That's a very good question. Why am I a Muslim? I am a Muslim because I believe I was created by a maker. And I believe that maker is the only one who deserves any act of worship. I want to have a direct relationship with my maker. That's why I'm a Muslim. I don't want to go via a stick or a stone or a tree or a grave or another person. I want to go me and Allah, me and my maker who made me and made entire creation. That's why I'm a Muslim.
Because Islam teaches submission to the make
alone, no one else. I go to Allah. Yes. I have learned what Revelation has brought through the messengers. I respect and honor the messengers, all of them. That's why I'm a Muslim. I believe Allah Almighty, the maker, the creator of entire creation, would never leave us
would never leave us without a message as to why he made us as to what he wants from us. I believe I'm a Muslim, because I'm so sophisticated that when I die, I cannot just disappear into thin air. I have to go back to the one who had me before I was even born. That's why I'm a Muslim. I believe in the afterlife. I believe in accountability. That's why I'm a Muslim. I respect all the messengers I believe that Adam May peace be upon him was the first of my species. That's why I'm a Muslim. I believe that Eve or Hawa, may peace be upon her was the first female from the species. I believe Allah created us male and female. That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe that Allah taught Adam and Adam taught his children and the children taught their children. And I believe that from among them, they were missing just 1000s of them. Those I know those I don't know all of them taught one thing to worship your maker alone. That's it. What did they teach one thing? Who do you worship? Not a single messenger said, worship someone or something besides your maker. All of them said, worship your maker alone, Jesus may peace be upon him a great Messenger of Allah, we respect him, we will never have a single negative thought about him, his mother, the Virgin Mary, may peace be upon her. Amazing, very respectful, we will never utter a word
about him. We will be in the deepest of pain and sadness, if anyone were to blaspheme them, or to utter utterances that were belittling to Jesus may peace be upon him or them or his mother, the Virgin Mary May peace be upon him. The same applies to the Prophet Moses May peace be upon him. And Aaron are Harun Musa alayhis salam, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon all of them, Noah or Abraham or Ishmael or Isaac or whoever else it may be. That's the English language, the English names but the Arabic is Huck is my Abraham Yaqoob use of whoever else they were, we respect all of them loop Allah is Salam, the Prophet, Lord may peace be upon him, we respect him. And we believe
the Almighty sent the best of the time, to the people, those who were the most befitting, he would not be sending people who contradicted the very message that they brought on, already do an OHA leaf comb, ILA and her Kumano I think it was the prophet tribe may peace be upon him saying, I'm not going to go against that which I have told you not to do. You find me doing it. But I told you, you don't do it. I mean, come on. May Allah Almighty grant us ease and goodness. So I believe that the almighty who made me is the only one who's owed worship. And I will always respect all of the messengers I followed, Nabi Muhammad, may peace be upon him, I believe he was the highest, the best
of creation, the most noble of all prophets. And I do believe that every word that was revealed by the Almighty, To the Messengers is the truth.
That's why I'm a Muslim.
I believe that I will surrender to the Almighty, He has supreme control of entire existence that way. That's why I'm a Muslim. And I believe he's allowed me a certain leeway. He's given me certain energies, certain understanding, certain control over certain aspects through his permission. And then he's tested me to say, I'm going to give you a brain, I'm going to give you energy I'm going to give you ability I'm going to give you understanding. And let's see, if as you go on to the earth for a few decades, perhaps in the case of the majority, are you going to utilize what we've given you in order
to come back to us in worship us alone and understand that we are or I am your Lord
Subhanallah or are you just going to go and do as you please knowing that oppression is not allowed you know, there is a Hadith Bootsy Abadi in the haram to Luma Allah NFC, what you're allowed to buy in a coma haram and Fela Tavella mu Oh, my worshippers, I have prohibited oppression for myself, and I have prohibited oppression amongst yourselves. So Do not oppress one another don't do wrong. Now a man comes and says I don't believe in anything I just came on to the earth. I'm a Muslim because I believe I'm too sophisticated for that type of statement.
I just came, you just came did you arrive at this mosque? This Masjid today just by chance or did you make an effort to get here?
If you made an effort, it's proven evidence that there is a Lord who created you. Because nothing just happened coincidentally, for you to come to the masjid is far greater a chance to happen coincidentally than entire creation to just occur. Coincidentally, if you understood what I just said, which one is easier, it's easier for me to just go to the mosque and say it happened. Okay. Then entire creation is much more difficult meaning it is Allah Almighty Who creates
to I'm looking at you today I have a feeling I'd like to spend more time with you. I don't have the time. Something is wrong. Will I ever get it? Yes, I will wait. On the other side, I can sit with you forever. SubhanAllah. So relax. I want things I need things. You cannot have everything you want here on Earth. But Allah promises you and all the rules and regulations he made a just and fair in order to instill discipline in mankind so that you lead the best of lives. When Allah tells you we have predestined things, do you know what he says? Li Kala, some
Kumala the frog aubema Come, don't become arrogant because Allah gave you something. It was predestined as a test for you. That's what it was. You became loaded, wealthy, you have everything you are the most good looking, you have power, authority, whatever you may have, hang on, relax. There is someone above you who's just testing you with all of this. That's your maker. Allah says when you get don't become arrogant. Remember, it's a test. And when you lose, don't lose faith. Allah says don't become too saddened by what you've lost. Don't become too sad, why? These are the days of the world. What's the worst thing that can happen to you and I people will say death. That's
actually not the worst thing. It might just be one of the best things that ever occurred. But you don't know. Man is so weak that we don't even know what lies beyond our planet, except that which we have seen. And we're discovering more and more on a daily basis, but man knows that there is something and I don't know what exactly it is. And yet he says if I haven't seen my maker, I don't believe in him. But he knows he hasn't yet seen all the planets, but bottom of his heart. We're going to see them one day. Well, I'm gonna see my maker one day to Subhanallah the one who made all of this Rabbana Mafalda.
O our Lord, Oh Allah, Oh maker, or maker of entire creation, you have not created all of this for nothing in vain just to pass time. It's created for a purpose for a reason. That's why I'm a Muslim. I want to go back to Allah, I want to lead a life of discipline. I don't want to intoxicate my mind in any way, because it's a gift that distinguishes myself from animal, I will not have a single intoxicant. Because I don't want to tamper with that brain that has distinguished me. I'm a Muslim. Therefore, I'd like to lead a life of discipline. I'd like to be sober. I'd like to be a person who has morals and values. That's why I'm a Muslim. I want to respect everyone on Earth. That's why I'm
a Muslim. I want to stand for justice. That's why I'm a Muslim. I want to be fair, whether it's against myself, my parents, whoever else it may be, that's why I'm a Muslim. These are the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
And I do know that anything that was uttered in the Quran, anything that the Prophet Muhammad peace, be upon him, taught authentically cannot be wrong. Even if science says something else, science will change over time, it will come back to what Allah and it has already in so many things come back and confirmed what Allah and His Messenger SallAllahu Sallam have said, it has already come back. So beyond your understanding and mind 100 years, 200 1000 years from today, people will discover that oh, this was actually the truth. I will not allow myself to die in disbelief simply because I did not grasp one concept of that. I will rather surrender and say if Allah has said it, I believe it.
May Allah Almighty grant us ease. So my brothers, my sisters, like I say, you need to ask yourself, Why am I a Muslim and the day are proper, solid answers, you will study the other faiths. I am a Muslim because I do believe with all due respect to the other faiths, there have been tremendous temporary things in the revelations of the other faiths and I've studied a lot tremendous. Look at how many versions they have some of the Testaments mind boggling look at how changed things are mind boggling. Look at how things were prohibited they became permissible Islam is one faith there will always be people from among the Muslims who will consider the prohibited prohibited right up to the
end and the permissible permissible right up to the end non tampered in an Act known as Zelle Nicaragua in Hola Hola, half Yvonne, we have revealed this and we will protect it one might ask why didn't Allah choose to protect the pre
Use ones, I'm not Allah. But Allah chose to protect the final one for reasons known to him.
And Allah says, We know, it's, it's a completion of the message. That's what it is. If you look at the commandments of Allah subhanho, wa Taala
they're all the same. Look at the fates. May Allah Almighty grant a strength. So I'm a Muslim, because I'm totally, totally convinced after deep study, totally convinced that you know what, when I put my head down on the ground, and I say, Oh, you who made me, You are the greatest, I am so reassured to say, when I closed my eyes, it's going to be the happiest day ever. I'm going to return to my maker. And I know he's merciful. He's kind, He's forgiving. He is amazing. I can't wait to get back to him. Rob Bell, Allah, my Lord is the highest. I can't wait. I have no doubt. The minute you start taking names, you put your head on the ground and you're thinking of another person you're
thinking of, of an article, an artifact, you're thinking of a building, you're thinking of something made a tree or a stone or the oceans or something else. You know what? You risking something that only will come once? I'd rather say, Oh, you who made me, I worship you alone. No risks involved? Zero. So there's no risk when it comes to Islam.
Worshiping Allah, that's what it is. And yes, discipline, I believe all these rules. Yes, there are tough, tough, some of them are tough, but they are only there in order to be able to lead a beautiful life of justice and goodness, and to succeed truly to be contented and happy when Allah says don't look, don't look doesn't mean No, why should I not? Look I'm looking, when you will pay a price for it. That's what it is. If Allah says, Do this, and you don't want Allah says don't consume in toxicology. Say why you shouldn't let me try it out. I'm the adventurous type. You know, okay, you're gonna pay a price for it. I am a Muslim. I won't even do that. Yesterday. Someone asked me
filling out a form. Have you have you? Do you drink? Water? Yes.
No, do you drink? I said no, never. I don't even know what it tastes like.
I don't believe you. I said, Well, if you don't, it's your problem. It's not mine. I'm a Muslim. I've never touched it and inshallah I will never. That's what it is. May Allah protect all of us? May Allah grant strength to the youngsters, young and old who are challenged with addictions. May Allah take you out of the mess, be strong. We need you. You are part of us. Work on your weakness. Cut it out, no matter what it is your bad habits. We need you cut them out, come back and inshallah see the strength of the ummah. May Allah strengthen all of us. I wish we had a little bit more time but in sha Allah, I pray that whatever I've said is of benefit to myself and yourselves are Kulu
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Dear Dedicated Members for Change,
Just the other day I was walking along G Street in downtown Davis. A new coffee shop had recently opened at the corner of G Street and 3rd Street and it was distinguished by an expanse of windows so that most everything in the shop was visible from outside the shop. I could clearly see the patrons with their coffee cups. And glancing through the floor-to-ceiling windows, I was struck by the fact that every single person in that coffee shop – and there were over a dozen patrons – was sitting alone with his or her cup of brew, looking down to their laptop or cell phone. Every single person was engrossed in their electronic window on the world. No one looked up, and no one was engaged in conversation with anyone else.
And then it hit me.
Our society has changed in a dramatic way. We have become – to a great extent – a society of loners. And this effect is most pronounced in the new generations of our society – those men and women generally under the age of 40. This has been a sea change in our sociology. The only comparable event in our American history is the advent of the car and train – which took us out of the horse-and-buggy era and made people mobile. But even that enormous change did not come on as rapidly as the change we are seeing today. We are in midst of it, and the change seems to be evolving and morphing almost daily. The Internet, computers, laptops, iPads, iPhones, Twitter, Facebook, the Cloud, email, texting, YouTube, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Tumbir, Google, WeChat, and a plethora of other components of social media – these innovations have fundamentally changed the way we interact with each other and communicate with the world. A member of Sycamore Odd Fellows Lodge #129 sent me an email with a remarkable quote and statistic from the New York Times: “Social isolation is a growing epidemic – one that’s increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences. Since the 1980’s, the percentage or American adults who say they’re lonely has doubled from 20 percent to 40 percent.” Forty percent! Understand this: We have a large percentage of the population who are isolated, and who could gain from a connection to other human beings.
Recognition of this modern reality is important at many levels. It has direct relevance to fraternal orders in general, and Odd Fellowship in particular. There is a population of men and women who would greatly benefit from membership in our fraternity; and of course, our fraternity would greatly benefit from their membership.
Here are the simple facts:
(1) If an Odd Fellows Lodge does not add new members, that Lodge is in trouble. We need only look at the recent history of our Order in North America. Over the past 50 years, hundreds of our Lodges have withered and passed away. In virtually every case it was the result of lack of members. (And make no mistake about it, a “consolidation” of Lodges is simply a genteel way of saying that a Lodge has died.) Without the addition of new members on a regular basis, the Lodge will diminish and die in time.
(2) The majority of our Odd Fellow Lodges have not added new members in sufficient numbers to replace the existing members who pass away, move away, or let their memberships lapse. This has been going on for decades, and the numbers of members keep shrinking in those Lodges. Only a few Lodges have actually shown net gains in members. There is no question that a Lodge that continues to show a net loss in members will diminish and die in time.
(3) Most Odd Fellow Lodges that add new members, add members who are in their 50’s, 60’s, 70’s. It’s wonderful to add these new members, but without adding members in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, that Lodge will create an age gap that – in time – can’t be filled. A Lodge where the average age is in the 60’s or 70’s is destined to diminish and die in time.
So, our fraternal order has a great opportunity to tap into a new generation of men and women in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. We need to do so in the interest of our fraternity and our Lodge. And, frankly, many of these potential younger members want the social interaction and community involvement that a Lodge can offer. Many of them do not want to be isolated all the time. How do we tap into the younger generation? One thing is certain, we cannot do so if we continue to behave like we are a fraternal order from 1917. We have to reinvigorate and reinvent our Lodges to make them relevant not only to Baby Boomers, but also to Millennials. This means, for example, that our Lodges must have Facebook pages and we must be present on social media. More importantly, we have to offer activities in the Lodge and in the community that interest and attract younger members. Just having baring meetings where we read the minutes of the last meeting, talk about repairing the roof, and spend most of our time talking about who is sick and in distress will not be a recipe for success with the new generations. On the other hand, focusing our meetings on socially responsible activities in the community (for example, helping foster families, feeding the hungry, helping frail seniors in town, cleaning up highways, etc.) and fun activities for Lodge members (for example, a New Year’s Eve event, or an Oktoberfest, taking hikes, poker night at the Lodge, a family potluck, etc.) – these are things that will interest all members – and in particular the younger generations that we need to grow and flourish.
F – L – T
Past Grand Master
Jurisdiction of California
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By Chandrama Anderson
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong . . .Uploaded: Oct 22, 2021
. . . is to think you control it."
Steinbeck makes a great point; we control almost nothing, whether on a journey or in marriage. We have control over our behavior, words, and our acts of service.
If you don’t have competence in those areas, do something about it. Read, learn, practice, go to therapy, etc.
Maybe you think that if you tell your partner something often enough that s/he will comply and you will feel in control. Maybe you have underlying anxiety (that you may or may not be aware of); acting in control is a great means to cover up anxiety. Maybe you think your way is more efficient (and it might be); but relationships are not about efficiency. Maybe you controlled yourself enough to be successful in your career; does that include your interpersonal skills? Gaining interpersonal skills will help you be successful in your marriage--and at work, with your family, friends, and the community at large.
It's not easy to accept that we’re not in control. Yet if you look closely at your life, you will have experienced many situations and relationships that are clearly not in your control. It can actually be freeing to relinquish control. It’s not the same as giving up on your dreams and goals. It’s a more authentic way to be yourself in this world full of challenges, joy, sadness, loss, grief, surprises and delight as you move toward those dreams and goals. It’s also likely others will trust you more and want to be around you as you give and take what life offers.
Here's an example of what you do and don’t have control over: The latest worldwide COVID-19 deaths reported by Reuters as of 10-1-21, now surpass 5 million. No one is in control of Covid overall. You can have control over your own behavior in relation to Covid: get vaccinated, wear your mask, don’t take risks, pay attention to CDC guidelines.
Despite the first world belief that if we have and hold an intention, we can manifest what we want in life (success, money, happy relationships, etc.), I’m going to burst that bubble. No one wants to be poor, hungry, alone, have their child die, etc. If it were true that intention could manifest what’s wanted, we wouldn’t have any problems in the world.
Focus on yourself and what is within your control. Be kind (to yourself and others). Be loving. Be dependable. Be loyal. Forgive easily and be long to anger and upset. In other words, behave like a dog. Then maybe being in the proverbial “doghouse” would be a welcome place to call home with your beloved. | <urn:uuid:f6dfe2e1-8097-4fbe-859f-d9e153adf3de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mv-voice.com/blogs/p/print/2021/10/22/a-journey-is-like-marriage-the-certain-way-to-be-wrong--- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.951076 | 662 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Why does luxury brand Balenciaga sell a $2,000 purse modeled after a $1 blue Ikea shopping bag? What’s behind the craze for seemingly distressed and worn-out Gucci sneakers? What is Sarah Jessica Parker doing rummaging through the dusty clothes in Rome’s Via Sannio flea market? Why is Cracco, a Michelin star–winning Italian chef, using commercial potato chips in his dishes?
We tend to think of status symbols starting at the top tiers of society (among the glitterati and trend setters of high society) and then trickling down to the rest of society. But a new trend seems to contradict this pattern. Instead of adopting a new luxury product or embracing fresh high-end tastes, an increasing number of prestigious brands and celebrities are adopting lower-end fashions and items (e.g., duct-taped shoes, plastic shopping bags, street food). Intrigued by these puzzling examples (this one in particular: a high-end perfume made to look like a household cleaning bottle), we decided to adopt a signaling perspective (that is, to understand how consumers use products and brands to signal who they are) to try to make sense of this phenomenon.
Instead of trickling-down, we propose that these peculiar status signals travel in a different direction, trickling-round from the bottom straight to the top, bypassing the middle. Duct-taped sneakers or potato chips are downscale, but it is not as though they were omnipresent in mainstream stores or in middle-tier restaurants before luxury brands or Chef Cracco adopted them. Thus, instead of percolating through the middle, some signals seem to leapfrog directly from low to high. What might explain this different trajectory?
As traditional luxury goods, such as the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram bags or Chanel number 5, have become more widespread and attainable than in the past, the wealthy need alternative ways to signal their prestige and power. In this context, elites can experiment with lowbrow culture and downscale tastes without fear of losing status, while middle class individuals, whose position is more tenuous, stick to clear-cut status symbols.
But there is a catch! When adopting low-end trends, elites combine them with high-end items to make sure the signal is still clear. Sarah Jessica Parker may wear a flea-market jacket, but she does so while wearing Louboutin heels. Timothée Chalamet’s zip-up bomber jacket raised many eyebrows this year on the red carpet, but it was the platinum, rubies, and diamond Cartier brooch pinned to his front pocket that unmistakably elevated the whole outfit to the next level. Cracco may serve potato chips in his dishes, but this junk food is accompanied by sophisticated delicacies in an exclusive atmosphere. In other words, high-status individuals, and the luxury brands that cater to them, mix and match high-end and low-end tastes to distinguish themselves from more mainstream consumers.
To test our propositions, we conducted a series of studies across various domains such as food and clothing, demonstrating that high-status individuals mix and match traditionally low-status items with other types of signals to distinguish themselves. For example, we examined the menus of more than 1,000 restaurants in New York City and found that, when offering lowbrow items (e.g., tater tots, grits, fried chicken), high-end restaurants tend to mix them with more highbrow ingredients (e.g., truffle, lobster, or duck). Similarly, high-status respondents were more likely than other groups to choose a catering menu that mixed upscale and downscale ingredients in dishes like burger with foie gras and lobster mac ‘n cheese.
In another experiment where respondents were asked to select accessories for an outfit, fashion-savvy individuals were more likely than others to choose upscale products that draw on low-end cultural symbols, like the Helmut Lang’s Trash Bag or a designer platform shoes inspired by Crocs. Finally, to reproduce the trickle-round dynamic in the lab, we also created an incentive-compatible game in which participants could choose the shape and the color of their watches to signal their status to other participants. Consistent with our predictions, we find that, when the need to distinguish oneself is prominent, a significant proportion of respondents opt for the watches that mix-and-match signals; that is, they either opt for the watch with the high-status color and low-status shape, or for the watch with the low-status color and high-status shape.
If low-status items trickle round and become high, what implications does this have for brands? High-end brands can stay relevant by incorporating select downscale styles and trends in their collections. Indeed, several luxury brands already use this strategy. Brands such as Prada and Gucci have produced luxury versions of traditionally low-key or unremarkable items, such as pool slides and legwarmers. In an interview, Miuccia Prada, the head designer of the luxury brand of the same name, declared that she is constantly fighting established beauty clichés and working to introduce ugliness in her designs. Similarly, Gucci’s recent campaign and collection “Gucci in the Streets” (#GucciDansLesRues) seize inspiration from students’ counterculture and the May 1968 protests in Paris.
Louis Vuitton chose a slightly different strategy. Rather than revisiting downscale items, Louis Vuitton’s recent initiatives and collaborations seem to reveal a similar interest in edgy subcultures and kitsch artists. In the last years, the brand launched a co-branded collection together with Supreme, an American skateboards’ brand, and a collaboration with artist Jeff Koons, known for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of kitsch, banal objects. Through these collaborations, Louis Vuitton has effectively mixed-and-matched mundane prints on its refined and high-priced leather goods. These choices will certainly alienate some shoppers, but our results suggest that the most sophisticated consumers may appreciate these moves by their favorite high-end brands.
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The sale of this experience will support Beyond Sport’s Sport Together Fund. The Sport Together Fund, delivered by Beyond Sport in partnership with the United Nations High Council on Refugees (UNHCR), leverages the platform of sport to support sport-based development organisations around the world that step up to the challenge when the communities they serve face conflict, harm and insecurity.
As the world responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fund's first initiative will provide directsupport to community organisations that are using sport to provide vital resources to Ukrainians during and coming out of the crisis. Support will be given through cash grants and capacity building tools based on the specific needs of the communities guided by an expert advisory group encompassing specialists in trauma and health, conflict resolution, youth sports and social and community cohesion.
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All volunteers must now do updates for RRHAN-EC training. You must do this if:
- your certificate has no expiry date, or
- you have no certificate.
If you want to volunteer at one of our schools, preschools or children’s centres, you need to contact the site you want to help.
As a way to get ready to volunteer with us, you can do an online induction. It will cover:
- our organisation
- our policies
- your work health and safety responsibilities
- other information for volunteers.
To sign up for the course, go to www.plink.sa.edu.au/pages/signup.jsf to register your details, and away you go.
Returning to the online induction
If you’ve already signed up for the course and want to revisit it, just go to www.plink.sa.edu.au/pages/login.jsf and log back in with your new plink username.
When you start, you’ll meet some of the children, teachers, staff and other volunteers. This induction might include:
- how to sign in
- where to make a cup of coffee or tea
- what to do in an emergency
- where to find the adult toilets
- start and finish times.
It’s also a good time to ask questions.
As part of applying to be a volunteer, you might already have done a Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care Training (RRHAN-EC) training. If not, this will happen as you get started.
You will also be asked to fill in some forms. Some examples are:
- volunteer induction checklist (Word 95KB)
- volunteer role description, suggested template (Word 66KB)
- volunteering agreement (Word 67KB)
You’ll be supported and given any training you need to do your role. If you have concerns, always feel you can ask questions.
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By Melinda Myers
Lilies add long-lasting color and fragrance to flower gardens and summer bouquets. These stately flowers provide vertical interest and blend nicely with other perennials. And best of all, with very little care, you’ll be enjoying them for years to come.
Plant different types of lilies to extend your enjoyment from early summer into fall. The colorful and often fragrant blossoms add elegance to any bouquet and are long-lasting in a vase.
Start off the summer with Asiatic lilies. These compact plants have upward or outward facing blooms, and though they are not fragrant, they do come in bright colors that will light up your early summer garden. All are hardy in zones 4 to 9.
The next lilies to bloom are LA Hybrids. These trumpet-shaped lilies are a cross between fragrant Easter lilies (Lilium longiflorum) and colorful Asiatics. Choose from an array of rich colors including cream, pink, yellow, orange and red. Hardy in zones 4 to 9.
The dainty blossoms of turk’s cap lilies open in early summer. Also known as Martagon lilies, these flowers have recurved petals and look like they are dangling from an upside-down candelabra. Hardy in zones 3 to 9, these lilies prefer partially shaded gardens and woodland edges.
Trumpet lilies steal the show in midsummer. Like their close relative the Easter lily, these big, outward-facing blossoms have long trumpets and are wonderfully fragrant. Hardy in zones 4 to 9.
Another group of midsummer lilies are the Oriental-Asiatic (OA) hybrids. These have the compact height and outward facing flowers of Asiatics and the larger flowers and heady fragrance of Orientals. Look for the variety Kaveri, which has golden yellow petals touched with tangerine and burgundy. Hardy in zones 4 to 9.
Species lilies have downward facing flowers with reflexed petals and extra-long stamens. Bloom times vary. Lady Alice (Lilium henryi) and coral lilies (Lilium pumilum) flower a full month before tiger lilies (Lilium lancifolium). The latter are treasured for their big orange flowers and prominent black spots. Over time, tiger lilies form impressive clumps, with towering, 4-foot stems. Hardy in zones 3 to 9.
Oriental-Trumpet (OT) lilies are hybrids with fragrant, upward-facing flowers that can measure 9” across. Colors range from maroon and rose pink through gold and cream. The cool yellow flowers of Yelloween make this OT lily a favorite among florists. Hardy in zones 4 to 9.
The lily season ends with a bang, when the Oriental lilies begin to bloom. These big, open-faced flowers have a spicy fragrance that can perfume an entire garden. A wide range of colors, including the popular variety Stargazer, invites lots of creative pairings in the garden and in a vase. Hardy in zones 5 to 9.
Now is the time to order your lily bulbs. The earlier you shop the more choices you’ll have. To get your lilies off to a great start, read 8 Tips for Growing Better Lilies, available from Longfield Gardens (longfield-gardens.com). Lily bulbs planted this spring will flower this summer and return to bloom again for years to come.
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Some advice on how to break up with someone and on how to deal with the aftermath.
Relationships end, either through one person dying or a break up. Breaks ups can be sudden events, or people may just realise that over time the relationship has fizzled out. They can be really difficult and emotional. People can feel angry, sad, down, frustrated. Even if you’re the person doing the breaking up there can be a real sense that you have lost something.
Do you want to break up?
You could try and make the relationship work. You could struggle on and hope things get better (sometimes people have a bad patch in a relationship).
Sometimes unhappy relationships can be rescued, particularly if they haven’t been communicating very well with each other.
A bit of honest talking (which isn’t easy to do) and some proper listening (which is even harder) can really help people in a struggling relationship. Finding out what is actually going on in someone’s head rather than assuming can make you feel connected again.
If this is something you are thinking about maybe check out my relationships graph. This hopefully will assist you in thinking about what is important to you in a relationship, what you have, what you don’t have and what you can work on.
How *not* to break up
There’s not usually a great way of doing it, but there are bad ways …
It’s never nice hearing that your partner wants to end the relationship (no matter whether you’ve been going out for 2 days, 2 weeks or 2 years), but there are bad ways to do it.
- In public or in front of your friends. Facebook walls and Twitter feeds are also in public.
- Saying something that is unkind or deliberately hurtful (even if it might be true). Eg “you were crap at sex”, “your breath is terrible”, “I always thought you were ugly but I took pity on you.”
- Telling them 3rd hand, through a friend or just letting them find out.
- Just letting it fizzle out or not returning phone calls, emails, WhatsApps or texts without explanation.
If your partner has been a complete and total shit, or your relationship has put you in danger, or you have been really badly treated, then put yourself first. It’s okay to block them on facebook, not return their calls or texts and to cut them out of your life altogether.
Read more about signs of an abusive relationship
Better ways to break up
First, think hard about what you are feeling in the relationship and get it really clear in your mind. Do it privately. It could be in a letter or private message or email or text or whichever method of communication works best for you.
Ideally this is something that you might already have talked about. Think about how you have talked about big things in your relationship before, what’s worked well in the past?
If you choose to do it in person or on the phone then make sure that you are in private and that you have a good signal on the phone, lots of battery and lots of credit/minutes.
Choosing the right time
Choose the right time, but do it soon. Don’t let it linger but don’t do it on the same day as they get bad news. Or if there is so much stuff going on in their lives that they won’t be able to hear what you are saying properly. Daytime is good, then they can get their mates to help them. In the middle of the night is bad because their peoples will be asleep.
Speak for yourself and don’t blame. “I’m sorry but this isn’t what I want.” “I feel unhappy in the relationship”, “I don’t feel any trust any more”, “I don’t feel like I’m part of a team”. People can’t argue with what you are truly feeling.
They deserve an explanation, not an essay. Say what you have to say as clear and as concisely as you can.
Be nice but be honest and clear. Don’t say you still love them if you don’t. Don’t say you want to be friends unless you really, really do.
Make sure that they have heard and understood what you have said. Listen to what they have to say back, but remember that they might say things they don’t mean if they get angry. Remember that you are probably having really strong complex feelings, they probably will too, so take a bit of a deep breath before you say anything.
Depending on how long you’ve been together this could happen in one conversation or it might take a lot of talking.
Once you’ve done it you might feel terrible but, all you have to worry about is how you get over it. How the other person gets over it is up to them but it isn’t your responsibility – especially if the other person was controlling or abusive.
Some people are able to be friends straight away after a break up, others might not. If you do have a friendship after a relationship I think it’s important to recognise that it’s a different kind of relationship. Being friends afterwards probably won’t make the sad, painful feelings go away. It’s okay not to remain in touch with exes – which might be sad.
You’re allowed to have sad feelings. After a relationship you might have these a lot, don’t try and fight them. They will go away just as they come in – like clouds. Or farts.
Your relationship with yourself
It’s hard to change FEELINGS, but you can change what you THINK and DO. If you’re feeling really low, try to keep doing the basics – getting the right amount of sleep for you, eating, drinking (maybe think about whether booze makes you happy), some gentle exercise, tidying up.
How to do self care
When you’re feeling a bit better. Try to go out, see your friends. Do stuff, stay active. Try getting creative. Learn something new. Feel yourself stretching and growing. Happier feelings will come back, welcome those when they come but remember that it’s still ok to feel sad now and again. You may feel a sense of loss for a long time but this will get smaller and smaller as the rest of your life gets bigger and bigger.
How to love yourself
Try not to compare yourself with other people – especially your ex. You might feel other people are doing better than you but you’re only comparing their outsides with your insides – which is not a fair comparison.
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The Myth of the Lie Detector – Polygraph
The myth of the lie detector (polygraph) is that they don’t work. However, polygraph’s are scientifically proven to be over 90% accurate. The accuracy of the test increases even further when combined with other deception detection techniques by a skilled examiner. The FBI, CIA, DIA, NSA, ICE, DHS, Military and Police all use the polygraph on their own staff as part of the hiring process and/or during investigations. Polygraphs are a routine part of security clearances for government work for civilians as well. With virtually all intelligence & investigative agencies in the US using polygraphs and science backs the exam, why are people still saying they don’t work?
The simplest answer is, people don’t want to believe it. Many people will focus all their attention on the 1%-8% of times the test fails while ignoring the 90%+ times it does works. While it’s very important to be mindful that results aren’t guaranteed, it’s also important to understand that most polygraphs are usually used in conjunction with other investigative techniques. The polygraph is only one piece of the entire investigation. While nothing is 100%, the polygraph exam is one of the absolute best ways to validate truthfulness during an investigation. | <urn:uuid:2f371180-8270-40de-aa49-11f3d0a38cd1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://deceptiondetectionspecialists.com/the-myth-of-the-lie-detector-polygraph/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946966 | 278 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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How Does Writing Affect Your Brain?
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- In the fall of 2000, four Howard County women attended a meeting in Baltimore promoting women’s philanthropy, and this proved the catalyst for a two-year planning effort by 16 diverse women to create a philanthropic group targeted to the concerns of women and girls.
- Several early issues emerged as historically significant: the desire to be inclusive, the commitment to creating a permanent legacy, and the reluctance to duplicate or detract from efforts elsewhere.
- Decisions were made to start giving levels low to allow all women to participate, to immediately establish an endowment to ensure funds for women and girls in perpetuity, and to house this new Women’s Giving Circle within The Columbia Foundation (now the The Community Foundation of Howard County) as a Donor Advised Fund.
- On February 26, 2002, the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County was formally launched to the public at Kahler Hall in Columbia at a tea. More than 200 women filled the hall. Donations and pledges poured in as women opened their hearts – and their checkbooks - read our remarks from the event!
- A portion of all donated funds have become part of an endowment to ensure perpetuity and the balance will be immediately invested in initiatives to improve the lives, the health, the future, and the personal authority of women and girls.
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ISO 21927-7:2017 applies to smoke control duct sections placed on the market and intended to operate as part of a pressure differential system or smoke and heat exhaust system. This document specifies requirements and gives reference to the test methods defined for smoke control duct sections and their associated components (for example, hangers and other items proven at the time of testing), which are intended to be installed in such systems in buildings. Furthermore, marking and information on installation and maintenance of these products are also given in this document.
NOTE To avoid duplication, reference is made to a variety of other standards. To this end, this document can be read in conjunction with EN 1366‑8, EN 1366‑9 and ISO 6944‑1, for details of the fire resistance testing and EN 13501‑4 for corresponding classification.
ISO 21927-7:2017 has not considered in detail the detrimental and/or corrosive effects that may be caused by process chemicals present in the atmosphere, which are drawn through the system intentionally or inadvertently.
ISO 21927-7:2017 also governs associated components used together with smoke control duct sections such as turning vanes and silencers, with the exception of natural and powered smoke ventilators and smoke control dampers, which are covered by separate standards.
Ducts for use other than in smoke and heat exhaust/control systems are not covered by this document.
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Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 19.055; area: 44,00 km². Settlements:
Groesbeek (seat), Berg en Dal (part), Breedeweg, De Horst, Heilig Landstichting.
Groesbeek is a municipality southeast of Nijmegen, on the German border.
Many battles were fought in the environment of Groesbeek, among which one
at the end of the WW2. Our former cycling PM (Dries) van Agt lives here.
The old flag (adopted 1962) had horizontally on top and bottom small
BY and YB stripes, to accentuate the link with the province Gelderland.
Apparently this has now been established and the small stripes have
gone. The nebuly bar is derived from the municipal Coat of Arms.
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As an exercise, let’s use our imagination for a minute. What if the National Assembly approves the law for punishing “hate crimes”, as Daniel Ortega wishes? Our future won’t just be determined by the threatening trucks full of police, stationed at strategic points in the country’s main cities. Nor on the confiscations for imaginary overdue taxes. Nor on those imposed for profit margins that only existed in the minds of greedy lawyers.
We won’t just be bowing our heads and swallowing the slow, antiquated discourses of the ruler, whenever he decides to scold us. Nor will we merely be enduring the incendiary verbiage of the assistant dictator. Or having to accept the statistics that they choose to dictate regarding pandemic-related deaths. Or dealing with the other arbitrary policies that we’ve had to bear in this dysfunctional Ortega-Murillo government.
No, it won’t only be that. Now, in addition, we’ll have to resign ourselves to living in an enormous jail. A jail in which the least sign of protest will be punished with a life sentence. It could be a blue and white flag, graffiti, a protest yell, a news post the regime doesn’t like. Any situation that the regime sees as threatening could be a motive for punishment. And not just any punishment, but one that carries a life sentence.
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At least the world doesn’t accept the death penalty, since according to the rulers, we also deserve that. The deaths that the regime carries on its back are mute witnesses to this. Such deaths topped 300 after April 2018, plus hundreds or thousands more uncounted deaths in the rural areas.
Living in a state of fear
What’s happening to us? How have we reached this extreme? We can find a ton of guilty parties, or not find any, but that’s not what it’s about. Rather, it seems to me, the important thing is to recognize that we can’t live like this. We don’t deserve to live in a state of fear; the terror the regime wants to impose isn’t sustainable.
What does seem clear is that the regime is raising its repressive bets. Perhaps its zeal to confront a hardliner like Trump has led it to assume harder positions. At any rate, every day the regime reveals more clearly its cruelty. This threat of life in prison shouldn’t pass unnoticed among Nicaraguans, whose rebellious spirit is extremely well known.
- This interview may interest you: Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance Can Defeat a Dictatorship
I don’t believe that the hardening of positions works in Daniel Ortega’s favor. Those who recommended the strategy of “going in with everything” in 2108 disaffected a good portion of his sympathizers. I’m sure that a life imprisonment law like this will cause still others to turn away from him. Maybe he thinks he can manage as Maduro has. The Venezuelan ruler has only 13% of the electorate behind him, but the armed forces are ready to back him.
Mirroring other dictators
In his growing eagerness to mirror Somoza, might Ortega apply the “3 P” rule attributed to Somoza Garcia? “Plata [money] for friends; Palo [the stick] for the indifferent; Plomo [bullets] for enemies.” Or perhaps he’ll imitate Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator. In the words of intellectual Soledad Loaesa, Franco left his political enemies only three options: “burial, imprisonment or exile”.
It’s clear that in this atmosphere an electoral contest isn’t in Ortega’s favor. In this situation, he won’t be able to fool anyone. The majority will seek other options, except for those who can’t conceive of life without the benefits of a party credential, or those raking in great profits from the little that’s left of the country.
- You may want to read: Nicaraguan VP’s Hate Speech “in Defense of Love”
It seems to me that this is the key. He’ll surely be looking for a way to eliminate the elections. He’ll recur to the constitutional legal fictions that he’s used on other occasions. If he can’t do that, he’ll keep looking for a way to divide the opposition. His expertise in seeding discord and spreading dirt is well known. It’ll be in the hands of the citizens to assure that this doesn’t happen. It will be the work of organized groups to see that he doesn’t get away with this.
If we don’t unite the opposition to thwart Daniel Ortega’s desires, the future isn’t very bright. What will await us is jail, the cemetery, or exile for the few who can. I wonder if we really aspire to live in that immense jail that Ortega is offering us. Are the aspirations for freedom that we Nicaraguans have proclaimed so many times still valid? I’m placing my bets on the latter and trusting that we’ll be sensible enough to achieve it. | <urn:uuid:eff2d90a-0a55-44ab-8b50-67b943a740d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.confidencial.digital/english/the-future-we-already-know-nicaragua-with-daniel-ortega/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940205 | 1,137 | 1.5 | 2 |
Day 1 : Travel from Delhi to Leh by air. Free for accalimazation.
Day 2 : This day is meant to provide an opportunity to get a feel of the place. Guests will be driven to the Leh Palace, which houses old relics that belong to the sixteenth century ruler of Ladakh. Later in the day a trip to the monasteries at Shey. Thiksey and Hemis will also be arranged.
Day 3 : Drive from Leh to Kargil (234 kms. / 10/12 hrs.)
Driving along the Srinagaer to Leh National Highway the route traces its way past the villages of Nimmu, Khaltsi, Lamayuru, Bodhkharbu and Mulbek. Kargil (2704m) is the second largest urban centre of Ladakh and lies on the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. We halt here for the night in a local hotel.
Day 4 : Drive from Kargil to Rangdum (130 kms. / 6 hrs.)
Rangdum (3657m) is almost midway between Kargil and Padum. It is a picturesque place, surrounded by colourful hills on the one side and glacier – encrusted rocky mountains on the other. Rangdum also has a 18th Century Buddhist monastery of the Geluks-pa order. We shall camp here for the night.
Day 5 : Drive from Rangdum to Padum (110 kms. / 5 hrs. )
About 20 kms. southeast of Randum stands the Penzi-la axis across which lies Zanskar. The Penzi-la pass (4401m) is a scenic tableland surrounded by snow-covered peaks. As the Zanskar road winds down the steep slopes of Penzi-la to the head of the Stod valley, the majestic Drang-Drung glazier looms into full view. Drang-Drung is one of the largest glacier in Ladakh.
Padum is just a scattering of small, white-washed buildings in a vast plain with a tiny population of about 1500. We shall camp here for the night in one of the many camping sites.
Day 6 : Today is a day reserved for some local sightseeing
On the banks of the Lungnak river is a set of ancient rock carvings which date to the 8th century. During the day we shall visit the monasteries of Tongde, Zangla and Karsha by jeep. These monasteries are located within 30 to 40 kms. of Padum.
Day 7 : Padum to Reru (5/6 hrs. )
Today we begin our trek. The day’s walk is relatively easy. On the way our first halt is at Bardan Gompa which is worth visiting because of its enormous prayer wheel. Further ahead is Mune Gompa. The campsite at Reru takes another three hours to reach.
Day 8 : Reru to Changpa Tsetan (6/7 hrs. )
The trail, today, follows the Tsarap River up and down through a dark, rocky landscape. There are some stream crossings. The campsite at Changpa Tsetan is located in the fields.
Day 9 : Changpa Tsetan to Purne (4 hrs. )
The trail continues to follow the Tsarap River. We trek past the villages of Surle, Kalbok and Zantang to the confluence of Tsrap and Kargyak rivers. A little ahead is Purne Village.
Day 10 : Purne to Phuktal to Purne (4/5 hrs. )
Today while keeping our base at Purne we shall visit the famous Phuktal monastery during the day. Phuktal is by far the most spectacularly located monastic establishments anywhere in Ladakh. The Phuktal complex spills out of the mouth of a huge cave high up in the vertical mountainside of the lateral Shadi gorge through which a major tributary of the Lung-nak river flows. The foundation of Phuktal dates back to the early 12th Century.
Day 11: Purne to Kargyak (6/7 hrs.)
It’s a long but easy day today. The trail follows the Kargyak River. On the way are the villages of Testha, Kuru and Tanse villages. Kargyak is four hours beyond Tanze. We shall camp at Sking Village which is just before Kargyak.
Day 12: Kargyak to Shingo La Base (5 hrs.)
The valley widens up here and the trail follows the traverse of the Karyak stream. After passing through an impressive rock face known as Gombu Rangjom, the trail lands to Lakhang (4470m). A little ahead is the Shingo La Base.
Day 13: Shingoha Base to Ramjak across Shingo La (7/8 hrs.)
Today is a tough walk. The ascent to Shingo La (5050m) takes two hours, and this is the highest point of the trek. The views are fantastic but the place is cold and windy. After the pass, the track goes on for half an hour at the same altitude crossing a torrent. This is followed by a steep descent on a path full of rocks and scree for two hours to Chumik Nagpu. Another three hours of walking brings us to Ramjak (4300m).
Day 14: Ramjak to Pal Lhamo (7 hrs.)
Today is the momentous day when we leave the rocky landscape of Zanskar and enter Lahul, the vista gradually becoming green. It is a gradual descent on an easy path southwards crossing a bridge at Zanskar Sumdo. The trail leads to Pal Lhamo, with a few stream crossings. We shall camp here for the night.
Day 15: Pal Lhamo to Darcha (3 hrs.)
The descent to Darcha is fairly easy. Within the first two hours of our walk we reach Chika Village where the road starts and the last stage is a straight walk into Darch (3300m). We shall all board a jeep that will drive us to Manali (190 kms.) through Jispa, Keylong, Khoksar and Rohtang. At Manali we shall check into a three/from star hotel to spend the night.
Day 16: Rest day in Manali.
Day 17: Departure
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Resistance bands are a fun alternative to weights. They are simple to use and inexpensive. There are two types, those with handles and those without. The ones without handles allow you to adjust your hold to anywhere on the band. They are all you need.
Bands come in different levels of tension. Start with a low resistance or medium resistance band. Used regularly these bands help you maintain your range of motion, build strength and improve blood circulation. Here are a few exercises to get you started.
Keep a medium tension on the bands throughout. You should be able to do 10 repetitions of an exercise with some effort for the last few reps.
Oblique Twist – stand and hold the band in two hands with your arms out in front. Turn arms and torso to one side, lifting the heel of the opposite foot. Turn to the other side. This warms up your lower back. Repeat for a few minutes.
Lateral Raises – sit on a stable dining chair. Sit on the resistance band and hold the ends. Start with your arms down at your sides. Then lift them until they form a T with your body. Then slowly lower your arms to the sides. Do not lock your elbows during this exercise. Adjust the band as needed. Repeat 5 times. Add in some single arm lateral raises. Finish with 5 more lateral raises with both arms. This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles in particular.
Posture Pull – this exercise helps your posture by strengthening your upper back. Sit upright in a stable dining chair. Hold the band with both hands. Put your arms out in front of you at shoulder width. Inhale and slowly open your arms out to the sides. Exhale and return your arms to the relaxed position. Keep your torso, neck and head upright as you do this. Repeat 10 times.
Rowing – Sit on the floor with your legs out front and your band around your feet. Hold the band firmly in both hands. Pull your elbows back until they are slightly behind your body. Do not raise your arms up. Repeat rowing action 20 times. Work slowly, keeping the resistance on the band at all times. Rest and repeat another set.
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What every first responder should know about large vessel occlusion
LVOs are commonly misunderstood; here’s what we know about them and how to treat them
Sponsored by Medtronic Neurovascular
By Sean Hulsman for EMS1 BrandFocus
The Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS), used for decades to identify potential stroke patients, has done well during its run as a field assessment tool. It is brief, simple to administer and accurately identifies patients who are suffering a stroke.
Its simplicity, however, has made it obsolete. With the advent of high-tech treatments for large vessel occlusions, there is a growing need for EMS providers to not only identify potential strokes but also to differentiate between types of strokes.
Neurology specialists are now engaged in research and debate about the best way to identify what type of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is occurring and to direct patients toward the most appropriate medical centers for their conditions.
What is Large Vessel Occlusion?
Large vessel occlusions (LVOs) are ischemic strokes that result from a blockage in one of the major arteries of the brain. These large vessels include the basilar artery, carotid terminus and middle cerebral artery, and occlusions therein cause loss of blood flow to significant portions of the brain. Higher-order brain functions tend to be disrupted, and these strokes tend to be more severe and result in less favorable outcomes for patients. (1)
While tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the go-to treatment for about 25 percent of ischemic strokes(2), LVO presents an opportunity for neurovascular interventionalists to perform what is now considered the gold standard for stroke treatment: endovascular therapy (EVT).
Using advanced real-time imaging, guide wires and stent retrievers, neuro specialists enter the vasculature of the brain and physically remove the offending clots (thrombectomy), immediately restoring blood flow.
Only about 10 percent of AIS patients are eligible for EVT (2); however, those who are eligible need to be identified early and transported to a facility where they can receive this state-of-the-art care. The trouble is this: Although the CPSS is not capable of giving EMS enough information about the potential for LVO, many EMS clinicians still rely on it.
A recent EMS1.com poll found that while the CPSS is useless for any sort of AIS differentiation, just over 70 percent (814) of prehospital respondents use it as their primary stroke assessment tool.
Add to this the fact that 33.8 percent of EMS providers reported that they most frequently transport stroke patients to the nearest hospital (in lieu of a stroke center of any level), and it’s not hard to extrapolate that some patients who might benefit from advanced stroke care are not getting to the medical centers where they can receive such treatment.
Not all stroke centers are alike.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) currently identifies three levels of stroke center. (4) The first, an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital (ASRH), is any facility that has 24/7 CT capabilities and can initiate tPA. CT is required to differentiate ischemic strokes from hemorrhagic strokes, to determine patient eligibility for tPA and is the only non-invasive procedure that can conclusively diagnose LVO. Training for ED staff at an ASRH is only required twice per year and core stroke team members must receive only four hours of training annually.
The second level is the Primary Stroke Center (PSC). The PSC must have 24/7 CT and MRI capabilities and must also be able to administer tPA. Some PSCs offer EVT, but it is not a requirement according to JCAHO. Additionally, core stroke team members at a PSC are required to have eight hours of annual training.
The third and most advanced center is the Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC). A CSC must meet far more stringent standards for training, documentation, research and planning and must be able to offer several different treatment options for stroke, including endovascular therapy.
The differences between the training and capabilities of these three types of facilities underscore the importance of recognizing LVO early. Patients with LVO are candidates for endovascular therapy, and if EMS transports these patients to an ASRH or a primary stroke center without EVT capabilities, precious time is lost while the patient gets CT imaging and is then transferred to a higher-level care facility.
The term “Time is Brain” is commonly used in stroke treatment. For every 30-minute delay in reperfusion, the possibility of a favorable patient outcome decreases by 26 percent. (5)
What can be done?
Most physicians agree that the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is the best tool for triaging patients presenting with symptoms of acute ischemic stroke, but it’s a lengthy, cumbersome assessment that requires time many EMS providers don’t have during a patient encounter. Some headway has been made in developing new stroke scales, but none have yet emerged as the holy grail of prehospital assessment for LVO.
Nevertheless, there are some things that EMS can do in partnership with physicians and neurology specialists to give stroke patients a better chance for positive outcomes. To begin, providers can learn to identify specific symptoms and signs that might predict LVO. Some of the more common ones include conjugate gaze deviation, various forms of aphasia or language disturbance (dysarthria – simple slurring of the speech – is not considered a language disturbance (3) ) and agnosia (the inability to recognize objects).
These three symptoms are accounted for in the South Carolina EMS Rapid Arterial oCclusion Evaluation (RACE) scale. A simplified version of the NIHSS called the NIHSS-8 has also been developed, and it, too, accounts for some of these LVO predictors. It should be noted that to date the efficacy of these and other assessment scales are not yet supported by significant evidence from any prehospital trials. (6)
Once an acceptable prehospital stroke scoring scale can be agreed upon, the next step is for regional medical directors and hospital systems to collaborate on guidelines outlining which facilities are most appropriate for a given patient.
As previously mentioned, not all stroke patients are eligible for EVT and therefore do not require transport to an EVT-capable facility. In the meantime, however, it seems that the best EMS option is to send all suspected stroke patients to a facility capable of endovascular therapy whenever possible. While we run the risk of swamping hospitals with patients that are not LVO or are otherwise non-candidates for EVT, this practice would provide operational assurance that the most critical stroke patients end up where they can be best treated.
About the author
Sean Hulsman, MEd, EMT-P is Director of Education at Twin City Ambulance Corporation in Western New York. He began his EMS career in 1992 and continues to teach and work in the field. You can contact Sean via his blog: Coarse Asystole.
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- Vanacker P, Lambrou D, Eskandari A, Mosimann PJ, Maghraoui A, Michel P, Eligibility and predictors for acute revascularization procedures in a stroke center. Stroke. 2016;47:1844-1849. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.012577.
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2006, August 17). Clinical differentiation: Cortical vs. subcortical strokes. Retrieved from: http://casemed.case.edu/clerkships/neurology/NeurLrngObjectives/NeurLrngObj_Stroke01new.htm
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (2017, January). Stroke certification programs – Program concept comparison. Retrieved from: https://www.jointcommission.org/stroke_certification_programs_program_concept_comparison/
- Ribo M, Molina CA, Cobo E, Cerda N, Tomasello A, Quesada H, Angeles De Miquel M, Millan M, Castano C, Urra X, Sanroman L, Davalos A, Jovin T, Association between time to reperfusion and outcome is primarily driven by the time from imaging to reperfusion. Stroke. 2016;47:999-1004. Doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011721
- Demeestere J, Simplified 8-item NIHSS to identify acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion: a pilot study. Retrieved from: https://professional.heart.org/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/@scon/documents/downloadable/ucm_481666.pdf | <urn:uuid:c6e3c88e-08e4-41b2-bbf8-a403ffffa98e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ems1.com/sponsored-article/articles/what-every-first-responder-should-know-about-large-vessel-occlusion-Q4RTOnGcL1AZ3gg4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.915948 | 2,000 | 2.390625 | 2 |
May 3, 2012 -- More girls in the U.S. are remaining virgins until their late teens and into their 20s, with the biggest rates of decline in sexual activity seen among African-Americans and Hispanics, the CDC says.
More than half of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 -- 57% -- reported that they had never had vaginal intercourse in the latest CDC survey covering 2006-2010, up from 49% in 1995.
More Teens Using Birth Control
For the first time since the CDC began gathering data on teen sex practices, the percentage of teen girls who reported having never had sex was the roughly the same for African-Americans, whites, and Hispanics.
Racial disparities persist, however, in the number of teen girls using the most effective forms of birth control, including hormonal pills, patches, rings, implants, injections, and IUDs with or without condoms.
Roughly 60% of sexually active teens reported using these forms of birth control between 2006 and 2010, up from 47% in 1995.
In the latest survey, 2 out of 3 (66%) sexually active white teens said they used highly effective birth control, compared to 46% of African-American teens and 54% of Hispanic teens.
The delay of sexual activity and the increased use of birth control are largely responsible for a sharp decline in teen births in the U.S., says CDC epidemiologist Crystal Pirtle Tyler, PhD.
"Many teens still believe most of their peers are having sex, even though the data show that the majority aren't," she tells WebMD. "That is why it is so important to get the message out that the majority of teens are not having sex."
Teen Pregnancy at 30-Year Low
Teen pregnancy rates have dropped more than 40% since their peak in 1990, and they remain at a 30-year low.
In 2010, the birth rate among 15- to 19-year-olds was 34 births per 1,000 teen females, a 44% decline in just two decades.
Tyler says it is clear from the declining birth rate and the latest survey that comprehensive sexual education and abstinence-based programs aimed at delaying teen sexual activity have had an impact.
She adds that organizations like the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other groups are increasingly using social media to reach teens.
The new report was based on a nationally representative survey of 2,300 teen girls ages 15 to 19. Survey findings are published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Among the other key findings:
- Only about half of sexually active teen girls who said their partners used condoms reported consistent condom use.
- Between the first and most recent surveys, the percentage of teen girls who reported never having had sex increased by 34% among African-Americans, 29% among Hispanics, and 15% among whites.
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How to use Graduating in a sentence
Graduating from Harvard in 1841, he was a schoolmaster for two years, studied theology at the Harvard Divinity School, and was pastor in1847-1850of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and of the Free Church at Worcester in 1852-1858.
After graduating at Cambridge (Emmanuel College) and taking holy orders, he officiated for several years as curate at Mitcham.
He was educated at the university of Edinburgh, and after graduating as M.D.
After graduating at Strassburg University he spent a year in the counting-house of his father, a banker and merchant, and then in 1851 went to live in Paris with his maternal grandfather, Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777-1855), professor of natural history and, from 1850, of comparative anatomy, at the College de France.
He studied at Yale and Princeton, graduating from the latter in 1766, studied theology for a year, then law, and began to practise at Hartford in 1771.Advertisement
Graduating from West Point in 1831, he served with the 2nd Artillery in the Florida war in 1835.
In 1836 he entered West Point, and on graduating near the head of his class he was appointed second lieutenant in the 3rd artillery regiment.
In November 1837 he returned to Edinburgh, where he became the most distinguished student of his time, graduating M.A.
After graduating at Harvard College in 1852 and at the law school of Harvard University in 1854, he was admitted first to the Massachusetts (1855) and then (1856) to the New York bar, and entered the law office of Scudder & Carter in New York City.
After graduating from Harvard in 1754, he entered the mercantile house of his uncle, Thomas Hancock of Boston, who had adopted him, and on whose death, in 1764, he fell heir to a large fortune and a prosperous business.Advertisement
Entering the Cistercian cloister Bolbonne, and graduating doctor of theology at Paris, he became in 1311 abbot of Fontfroide, in 1317 bishop of Pamiers and in 1326 of Mirepoix.
After graduating he took part, as second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery, in the Mexican War.
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Graduating at Harvard College in 1829, he became mathematical tutor there in 1831 and professor in 1833.
After graduating in 1538 he spent twelve years as docent at the university, and having then received his doctorate of divinity, was appointed professor of divinity and pastor of the church of St Nicholas at Rostock.Advertisement
After graduating in law at the university of Catania, he began his public career in the field of local politics and in 1879 was chosen mayor of his native city.
Graduating four years later second in his class, he was given a commission in the U.S. Engineer Corps.
He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow and tutor, graduating fourth in the classical tripos of 1860.
After graduating as a staff officer at St Petersburg he was sent to Turkestan in 1868 and, with the exception of an interval of two years, during which he was on the staff of the grand duke Michael in the Caucasus, remained in Central Asia until 1877.
After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1891 and admission to the bar in 1893 he practised law at Stroudsburg, Pa.Advertisement
After graduating from Harvard in 1879 he was engaged in business for 20 years.
After graduating at Yale in 1839, he taught for a time at Greenfield, Mass., and also edited The Greenfield Gazette.
After graduating B.A., he became assistant and then headmaster of the grammar school of his native town, uniting to these duties those of assistant curate.
After graduating at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825, he acted as assistant professor there for some time, and as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers he was engaged for a year or two in the erection of coast fortifications.
He was a wide reader, but a somewhat indifferent student, graduating at Harvard without special honours in 1838.Advertisement
During his college course he wrote a number of trivial pieces for a college magazine, and shortly after graduating printed for private circulation the poem which his class asked him to write for their graduation festivities.
On graduating at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1764, Jay entered the office of Benjamin Kissam, an eminent New York lawyer.
After graduating at the College of William and Mary in 1807, he began the practice of law in his native state.
After graduating at Hamilton College in 1818, he assumed the management of the vast estate of his father, Peter Smith (1768-1837), long a partner of John Jacob Astor, and greatly increased the family fortune.
Graduating at Harvard in 1825, he was a teacher till 1835, was an actuary in 1835-1845, and then became assistant at the Washington observatory.Advertisement
After graduating there as M.D.
Being a native of the west of England he was educated at Stapledon Hall, Oxford, and after graduating in law was chosen chancellor of the university in 1367.
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He continued to study history in London, and at Berlin and Gottingen, graduating as doctor of laws at Gottingen in 1816.
After graduating at Bowdoin College in 1823, he studied law, and in 1827 was admitted to the bar, eventually settling in Portland, Main, where for two years he was associated in practice with his father, Samuel Fessenden (1784-1869), a prominent lawyer and anti-slavery leader.Advertisement
After a short period spent at Cambridge (at God's House, afterwards Christ's College) he entered the university of Paris in 1493, studying successively at the colleges of St Barbe, Montaigu and Navarre, and graduating as master of arts in 1496.
He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating B.A.
Entering Amherst College in 1830, and graduating four years later, he gave more attention to his own courses of reading than to college studies, and was more popular with his fellows than with the faculty.
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He then again returned to school to prepare for the university, and in 1733 entered as a servitor at Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating in 1736.Advertisement
After graduating at South Carolina College in 1826, the son practised law in his native state and at Helena, Arkansas, and in 1839 settled in Washington county, Virginia, which in1847-1849and again in 1853 he represented in the state legislature.
After graduating from Williams College in 1890, he studied at the Columbia Law School and the New York Law School.
He studied chemistry at Gottingen, graduating as Ph.D.
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He received his early education at the school of Stirling from Thomas Buchanan, a nephew of George Buchanan, and, after graduating at St Andrews, became a regent there in 1580.Advertisement
On graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University (1872) he became a newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh.
He studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and after graduating from Princeton in 1873 and from the Princeton Theological School in 1877, he spent two years at the university of Berlin.
With an annual graduating class between ten to twenty students, the school was hard pressed to field notable teams.
Consequently, at the time of the visit some programs were new and still had not produced a graduating cohort.
There are 65 students in this graduating class, and all looked very smart in their uniforms, each with a beautiful orchid corsage.Advertisement
The statistics show that 98% of graduates are in full-time employment within 12 months of graduating.
The back can vary from almost black to olive green in color, graduating to a creamy or white belly.
Initially it allowed foreign nationals in specific subjects to work in the UK for twelve months after graduating.
Thereafter, he continues at Warsaw University, graduating with an MA in romance philology.
Paul Grace, FFA On graduating from St Andrews University in 1960, Paul Grace joined Scottish Equitable as an actuarial trainee.
On graduating later that year, he established his own business and began to sell wholesale to shops.
He was educated at Ipswich free school, over which his father presided, and at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating B.A.
He started shooting with a rifle when he was 12 before graduating to shotguns at 17.
During this time he investigated the presence of herpes simplex virus genome in cervical cancer, graduating MD in 1983.
The grandparents were incredulous that their grandchildren were graduating.
Graduating at the top of her class at Yale Law School was a formidable accomplishment for Anna.
Derek sought enlightenment from his professors so that he could be more successful in the workplace after graduating.
Additionally, some children may be taller or heavier than their peers, graduating them out of some models of car seats faster.
Many people think class rings are strictly for people graduating from high school, college, and graduate school.
Those graduating from police, fire and EMS training, the armed forces and championship sports teams can now have class rings as well.
Since many students graduate at this time, stores and sites often start their electronics deals early to make it easy to find graduation gifts for students graduating and going off to college.
Graduating two years after his 2000 win from the Art Institute of Colorado, Brent went on to become executive chef at the 4th Street Steakhouse in Loveland, Colorado.
However, taking the completed layout to your local Kinko's and having it printed and bound may be a better option for older students, especially those who are graduating.
If you are creating a personal album, write the poem as a reflection of your feelings about graduating.
You can congratulate younger students graduating from preschool, kindergarten, or middle school.
Anyways, he is graduating this year but planning on staying here for college (as do I) and I have one more year before I graduate but we will stay really close friends after high school.
High school graduation announcements are more than just a tradition; they are a great way to let friends and family know about the huge achievement of the graduating senior.
Plenty of options exist for graduating seniors, and the announcements should reflect the senior's personal taste and style.
The graduating seniors should pick out their own announcements instead of passing this important task off to a parent.
Many schools choose a valedictorian and salutatorian from the graduating senior class.
It's easy to design your speech to focus on others who have also found success in their high school years as well, but please consider the broad range of students that may comprise your graduating class.
The event is normally exclusive to seniors graduating that year (many schools have a junior prom for other students) who have paid in advance for a ticket.
Whether your gift is for a young man or woman, you can find that appropriate choice for your graduating senior.
The graduating senior class of (high school name) proudly announces commencement ceremonies on (date, time, location).
They should be a way to bring people of all backgrounds in your graduating class together.
Even the young adult graduating can use poems, whether they are used in a graduation speech, in a class slideshow, or even in a letter home.
If your school does a slideshow for the graduating class, then using a short poem at the beginning or end of the slideshow can make it more memorable and special.
Graduating is a huge milestone in a teenagers life, and the teen will usually want to commemorate their accomplishment with a party or ceremony.
Things like cards, gifts, parties, and gatherings with loved ones help bring a sentimental wish to any graduating senior.
A sentiment can be defined as something that brings tender, nostalgic or emotional feelings to a graduating senior.
Prom. While it might not seem the place for it, prom is normally one of the more popular locations to hear songs about graduation as it is the large celebration for a graduating class.
Graduating from high school is a huge milestone in a teen's life, and usually a graduate will throw a party to celebrate it.
Though, if you can think of a clever rhyme, then the graduating student is sure to smile at it.
Graduating high school students might be worried about what life will bring after their high school years are over, though many are more excited than concerned.
The best prom themes really mean something to the graduating class or revolve around an event that has happened specifically at that school.
Most high schools let the graduating class throw ideas together and later vote on what the prom theme will be.
If there's a common interest shared by the graduating class, you might consider developing a prom theme around it.
Many teens choose to create homemade graduation gifts for friends and classmates graduating in the spring, rather than buying a pre-made present.
Cookbook - If your graduating friend is heading off to college and dorm life, she'll likely experience a crash course in having to feed herself.
If the student is graduating high school, she can use the extra funds to pick up last minute items she needs for her dorm room or save for entertainment costs.
Graduating from high school is a huge accomplishment in a young person’s life, and it often signifies the transition into adulthood.
Despite attending and graduating from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, a school well-known for its students' academic and athletic prowess, Snoop made the news for his many misadventures.
After graduating from East Tennessee State University, Chesney headed to Nashville to chase his country music dream.
Johansson attended high school at Manhattan's Professional Children's School, graduating in 2002.
After graduating from Brookline High School, O'Brien attended Harvard University, where he was the president of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine.
After graduating from Harvard, O'Brien moved to Los Angeles, California, where his first job was as a writer for HBO's Not Necessarily the News.
After graduation at Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, he attended Ball State University, graduating with a degree in telecommunications in 1969.
After graduating from Cherokee High School, Holloway attended the University of Georgia.
He soon discovered improvisational theater, first performing at the Annoyance Theatre, and after graduating in 1986, he joined the famed Second City in Chicago - answering phones.
After graduating from George Washington High School in 1990, Garner went on to Dennison University in Granville, Ohio where she originally majored in chemistry.
She also has an older brother, Peter.After graduating from Upper Darby High School, Fey attended the University of Virginia and studied drama.
After graduating from high school, Owen attended the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in English.
Vaughn developed an affinity for acting at a young age; shortly after graduating from Lake Forest High School in 1988, he moved out to Los Angeles to become a star.
After graduating from high school in 1988, McConaughey decided to take a year off to travel as opposed to going straight to college.
After graduating from The Derryfield School, a private day school in Manchester, Silverman left New Hampshire to attend New York University.
After graduating high school, Pinsky attended Amherst College in Massachusetts majoring in biology.
Was a journalism major at the University of Missouri but dropped out just shy of graduating in order to move to Hollywood to pursue acting.
Just before graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in 1988, Sandler landed a supporting role on the sitcom The Cosby Show, playing Theo's friend Smitty.
After graduating high school and eventually dropping out of college, Reynolds took on a variety of jobs including waiting tables and working at a grocery store.
After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in History and Architectural History, Stewart went on to become a stock broker.
Upon graduating, he wasn't finished with football and the Canadian Football League drafted the 6 foot 4 inch 290 pound athlete, but he was cut a couple of months later.
Just before graduating, she left school to move to New York to try her hand at acting professionally.
She attended the Catholic University of America, graduating in 1968 and made her first movie (Joe 1970) shortly thereafter.
After graduating, he became a bodyguard for high-profile bands such as Danzig and Soundgarden and traveled with them on tour for several years.
After graduating from the University of Iowa, Wilder studied theatre at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England.
After graduating college, Keshia Knight Pulliam is back in the entertainment world with stints on reality TV shows, and co-stars on the sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
After graduating high school in 2004, the sisters briefly attended New York University.
Just two semesters shy of graduating from dental school, a photographer discovered the beach-strolling Vergara.
After graduating high school he joined his father on the stage and in film, interrupting his career for a short time to enlist in the Marine Corps and fight in WWII.
They are designed mostly for toddlers who are very happy to be graduating to big boy underwear as they get on with the serious business of potty training.
In such an environment, any student who intends to go to school for nursing should have no problem graduating with a four year nursing degree, owing nothing in the form of student loans.
Itawamba Community College began serving students graduating from Itawamba County Agricultural High School in 1920.
Students must be seniors who are graduating the coming June with the intention of going to an accredited U.S. college.
Through one of these opportunities, you might find yourself landing the job of your dreams shortly after graduating, a lot quicker than you would have had you not gone to college!
The site also features a listing of schools that are popular with users on the site - helping you know which schools many of the students in your graduating class are considering.
Beginners may want to follow one of these structured programs before graduating to more free-form self-instruction.
Traditionally, a boy marked his entrance into adulthood both with graduating from shorts or breeches and from short sleeves to long.
When graduating from one difficulty setting to the next, it will feel like you took a quantum leap in difficulty.
Students graduating or transferring from alternative schools may continue to require special support, such as counseling, group therapy, or medical care.
Cut the opposite side a small piece at a time, again graduating slightly in an arched manner, until you reach the end of the eyebrow.
In 1998, graduating homeschoolers had an average score of 22.8 out of a possible 36 on the ACT.
Graduates can purchase a cap, gown and tassel package, souvenir tassels, diplomas, graduation announcements, and even fun accessories like a tassel key ring and a graduating stuffed bear.
When graduating from a traditional high school, the tassel color is typically determined by the school's colors.
During other milestones of life, like graduating high school and college, engagement, and marriage, it is common to have professional photographs taken to commemorate the experience.
Are her fears that if a man is in your life your studies might suffer which would delay or keep you from graduating from college?
After graduating from Parsons School of Design with highest honors, Jacobs launched his first collection in 1986.
After graduating, he started his own business, aptly named Dr. Scholl's, and began developing foot care products like the revolutionary first corn-pad, the "Zino-pad."
At the end of the OC's run Julie is shown to be graduating college.
At the end of the OC, Willa's Kaitlin is shown congratulating her mother Julie about graduating from college.
The TV show Felicity begins with Felicity Porter graduating from high school.
In 1969, just one year after graduating college and making the leap to New York City, Susan Lucci auditioned for writer/producer Agnes Nixon and the new soap opera she was creating.
According to his biography at Soap Central, David Canary got his start as a football player, attending the University of Cincinnati on a scholarship, and graduating with a degree in music.
After landing the lead roles in her high school musicals, she moved on to Marymount College at Fordham University, graduating with a BA degree in drama in 1968.
Before graduating, students must successfully pass an exam and create a video demonstrating their mastery in different yoga poses.
After graduating college, I started an accounting business.
While it may be possible to get an executive administrative position directly upon graduating from college or getting an associates degree, most often companies prefer someone who already has work experience in the role of support staff.
University students who are close to graduating may want to check with Student Services to find out if there is a short-term health insurance plan available for alumni.
She began modeling at the tender age of fifteen before graduating high school after a close friend sent photos to an agency in Prague.
Natori left Manila to study economics in New York and after graduating from college, she went on to become the first female vice president of investment banking at Merrill Lynch.
She then decided to pursue a singing career and after graduating high school, she headed to Los Angeles.
Madonna studied dance from a very young age and after graduating from Rochester Adams High School in 1976, she went on to the University of Michigan with a dance scholarship.
Upon graduating college, a new Lauren Curtis emerged.
Anything with the students' graduating year on it will make a great graduation party favor.
Graduating seniors love collecting autographs from the friends they'll soon leave behind.
If your daughter is graduating with an art degree, get creative!
Classic graduation parties are planned to honor either one graduate or a small group of graduating friends.
High school graduation parties, whether they are hosted by the school or the graduate's family, are a fun way to celebrate the momentous achievement of graduating from high school in the company of family members and friends.
After graduating high school, he worked as a carpenter to pay for his education at Kennesaw State University, where he studied art and history.
She met husband Jon in 1997, shortly after graduating from nursing school.
The graduating classes reuniting on High School Reunion were suddenly from twenty years ago.
After graduating from college in New York he taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem for years.
While Josh skips school and jeopardizes his chance of graduating, Ebony is hard at work trying to finish her courses and enroll in college, all while coming to terms with the fact that her life is about to change forever.
After graduating from Marymount High School in Los Angeles, Kourtney Kardashian attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, for two years.
After graduating high school, he enrolled at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, where he completed the Music Industry Arts program.
Eldon joined the company shortly after graduating high school.
In the end, those who are still in the Academy end up graduating.
Unlike Suzanne, Sarah ended up graduating.
In December 2010, Farrah completed her goal of graduating from culinary school.
Though he was not involved in sports while growing up, after graduating from nearby Austin Peay State University he headed west where he established himself as a personal trainer for the stars.
Whedon's challenge beginning with the fourth season was taking a coming of age drama and graduating it to a more adult oriented series.
Graduating sizes - Your bump clusters will likely appear in graduating sizes.
After graduating with a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, I went professional in 1985.
Timing was with her and she was able to take all the state exams shortly after graduating.
She'd known Evelyn since they were in elementary school, and she'd been renting a room from her for the past two years since graduating high school.
He studied law, first at Bologna and later at Pisa, and after graduating in utroque jure, practised as a lawyer in Naples.
He was educated at Broadgates Hall, now Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating bachelor of civil and canon law in June 1519.
After graduating honourably in 1814 he entered his father's office as a student of law; but in January 1815 the uninjured eye showed dangerous symptoms of inflammation.
Graduating at the university of North Carolina in 1816, he studied law in the famous Litchfield (Connecticut) law school, and in 1819 was admitted to practice in Southampton county, Virginia.
On graduating in 1895 he worked for a time at a California mine to get experience.
After graduating from the university of Pittsburgh he entered the banking house of Thomas Mellon & Sons and later became a partner.
On graduating at Berlin in August 1836, Waitz went to Hanover to assist Pertz in the great national work of publishing the Monumenta Germaniae historica; and the energy and learning he displayed in that position won him a summons to the chair of history at Kiel in 1842.
His early life was spent in a country district in Perry county, Ohio, and he proceeded to West Point in 1848, graduating in 1853.
Indeed in 1864 he was recognized as leader of the radicals after his reply to Dr Hedge's address to the graduating students of the Divinity School on Anti-Supernaturalism in the Pulpit.
His address before the graduating class of the divinity school at Cambridge, in 1838, was an impassioned protest against what he called "the defects of historical Christianity" (its undue reliance upon the personal authority of Jesus, and its failure to explore the moral nature of man as the fountain of established teaching), and a daring plea for absolute selfreliance and a new inspiration of religion.
Alumni also noted that even after graduating, they felt like they received a good education.
The Pepsi Cola Scholarship at Florida Atlantic University is open to graduating high school seniors and current first-year students.
After graduating at Princeton in 1841 he practised law in St Louis, and later served in the Mexican War.
After graduating from Amherst in 1895 he studied law in an office at Northampton, Mass.
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What if you are discharged from the hospital?
The date and time of your discharge from the hospital will be determined by your attending physician.
You are responsible for notifying your family or loved ones about your discharge. This will also allow you to discuss transportation and possible home care.
If you move to another healthcare facility after your hospital stay, the social worker will arrange this in consultation with your physician, yourself or your loved ones.
We want to keep the length of stay as short as possible. This means that at the time of discharge, you may not be able to take up all the activities you did before you were admitted.
- You may need aids to get around…..
- Daily household chores may be more difficult for the time being.
- Are you considering spending your rehabilitation or recovery period away from home?
We encourage you to think about the possible care or assistance you may need after your procedure or treatment already prior to your admission.
The social workers in the hospital can inform and advise you about the possibilities upon discharge, and if necessary, plan the necessary practical help even before your hospital admission.
You can contact Social Services with your questions and concerns at :
- 02/ 257 54 66, on weekdays between 8 AM and 4 PM.
- socialediensten [at] azjanportaels.be
- If you have already been admitted, ask the ward nurse to contact the social worker.
If home nursing care is required, you will receive contact information for home nursing services or be assisted by the nurse or social worker.
The day of your discharge from the hospital
On the day of your discharge, you will usually need to leave the hospital in the morning. No lunch will be provided.
You will receive a discharge brochure from the nurse. This brochure contains all the documents and prescriptions needed for your follow-up care: medication prescriptions, check-up appointments, etc.
- Your attending physician will send a discharge letter to your GP, in most cases it will be sent electronically.
- If you need your doctor to complete certificates for your insurance or employer, it is best to provide them to the physician in advance. That way, they will be filled out in time and ready in your discharge folder.
The home medication that was stored for you when you were admitted will be returned to you. Hospitals are not allowed to give medication to take home with you. You will be given the necessary new medication to cover the first 24h. With the exception of discharges on Friday evenings, during the weekend or on holidays. Then you will get enough newly started medication for a maximum of three days.
If you are being picked up by a family member or loved one, they can use paid parking lot 1 at the Gendarmeriestraat entrance. You can park there for free for the first 30 minutes, to allow for a quick pick-up. You can also wait in the entrance hall for your driver to bring the car around. Here you will also find wheelchairs, available with a 2 EUR coin.
If you need to be transported by ambulance, this will be arranged by the nurse. For short distances, we have a regular ambulance service. If you use this service, the insurance does not pay the cost, as it is based on your own contribution.
If you can be transported sitting down, but have no one to come pick you up, please notify the social worker in advance. Other solutions will then be discussed with you.
Upon your departure
When you leave the room, check carefully to make sure you haven't left anything behind.
We ask that you stop by the nursing station to notify the nurses that you are leaving. This is important to record your discharge.
If you leave the hospital without the express approval of the physician, you do so at your own risk. In that case, we will ask you to sign a statement. Your GP will be notified so he can vouch for the continuation of treatment.
We wish you a speedy recovery in advance!
Read more about preparing for your discharge, in the brochure below.
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"TARVES, a parish, in the county of Aberdeen, 17 miles (N. N. W.) from Aberdeen; containing 2397 inhabitants. . . Tarves is about eleven miles and a half in extreme length, and six and a half at its greatest breadth, comprising about 12,000 acres, of which nearly 11,000 are arable and good pasture, 1000 woodland, and the remainder moss and moor. . . The crops usually raised are barley, oats, bear, turnips, potatoes, and cultivated grasses. Of these, the potatoes are grown only in small quantities for home consumption. Turnip husbandry is practised to a considerable extent, and with much success. . . The shipping of cattle from Aberdeen for the Smithfield market has of late years been practised to a considerable extent by the farmers of the parish. . . Agriculture throughout the parish has undergone a total change since the latter part of the last century. The lower grounds, where the stagnant waters rendered the operations of the plough impracticable, have been drained, and the higher parts cleaned, well prepared for the various sowings, and preserved by good inclosures. . . Ecclesiastically this place is in the presbytery of Ellon, synod of Aberdeen, and in the patronage of the Earl of Aberdeen: the minister's stipend is £192, of which about £30 are received from the heritors by a private agreement; with a manse, and a glebe of four acres valued at about £10. 10. per annum. Tarves church was built in 1798, and repaired an improved about 1823; it is a spacious and comfortable edifice, capable of accommodating 870 persons with sittings. There is a place of worship for dissenters at Craigdam. . . More"
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
A book of monumental inscriptions for this parish is available from the Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS.
Presbytery of Ellon - Synod of Aberdeen
Here are details of the Birth, Marriage and Death records for this parish, available on the OPR films.
Here is a detailed description of the parish, written in 1875.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Tarves to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Tarves has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NJ851332 (Lat/Lon: 57.388554, -2.249134), Tarves which are provided by:
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
Here is a list of place names in the parish.
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CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. CRM is basically various strategies that you can use to manage the relationship of your company with your customers or potential customers. You can use CRM to automate business processes.
A transformation is successful when a business process is well thought out and the reason for the business automation strategy is identified like where it is needed and why it is needed. It also tells us about how successful it will be. You will have to evaluate the strategies that are fluid and iterative against your BPA and then create your business and automation goals and achievements.
Here are further details about the CRM system for Business Processes Automation.
1. Knowledge About Your Business
Having knowledge is the first and foremost thing that is Required.
By knowing where and how you can automate data and how will it pass between points and will inform which software or tools you can use for the best effect, you will know, Uniqueness is found in every organization. It will inform which software or tools you can use for the best effect.
The going with exhibits that a cycle is a magnificent opportunity for computerization:
- Across the organization, consistency is required.
- The process can be repeated.
- The process has to be error-free, completely.
You have to Outline your business goals and need to know what will work best for you.
The following are a couple of occurrences of how business process robotization has an impact across various divisions and capacities:
You can simplify your accounts payable process which can be streamlined from days to minutes. It can be as simple as:
- A vendor will be able to fill out and complete an electronic form.
- Routing of documents will be automatic
- Information is stored in an easily searchable, secure electronic repository
Services for Customers
If there are certain keywords and they show up in a chat or an email, the automation of your computer will let your customer service team know so they can quickly reach out with a relevant automated reply. You are also able to remove some of the tasks from their list that they have to do depending upon requirements. For example, creating automated responses on chatbots for a list of frequently asked questions.
Taking HR on Board
When you are onboarding new hires and you spend a lot of time screening every candidate manually, you waste a lot of time and energy in doing so. With BPA automation you can save it. For instance, the necessary paperwork can be done in 15 minutes which will include:
- Sending documents & forms to candidates.
- Routing of documents to the archives and team with automation.
- Informing all the stakeholders about the completion of onboarding.
Use Social Platforms for Marketing
Rather than physically transferring individual posts across different stages, BPA programming lets you curate content and timetable posts in mass, ahead of time.
Management of Customer Relationships
Wouldn’t it be great for you if you get to be able to track the engagement of your customers with your company? BPA makes it possible for you to do so. Doing so saves you from committing the mistake of sending the same email or newsletter to the same customer twice.
The 2nd most important thing is the identification of the tasks and coming up with a list and then moving forward. You need to know which places you can automate in your business; you need to identify every department thoroughly. If you have the automation going on then you have to review every single department and check if they are optimized or not, if moving to business processes automation has made a difference and opened new opportunities or not. Then you will know exactly what is going on and after mapping, you will get the answer of your why, when, where, and what. For instance, where the data is being transferred, what data is being transferred, how is it happening, and where is it needed.
Use a process map to identify such tasks that can be automated within your organization
3. Select the Right Tool
Before you move towards automation, you need to know about the right tool. You need to consider the following things in your mind while looking for the right tool.
- It should be simple to use and easy to understand. For instance, SolveXia has training resources that come with a library or processes. In this, you will get a step by step guidance and you will be able to follow the steps easily.
- It should be scalable and has flexibility.
- It should integrate with the existing tool stack. You have to make sure that the tool is able to pull data from existing tools to work seamlessly with the information your business already stores.
- This will help you a lot in securing and storing information centrally in case anyone needs information, they will be able to pull insights and reap the benefits of the system’s workings.
4. Changes in Management
Here is what you need to know:
- You have to set up tutorials and training for the staff, especially the ones who will have to work in the tech department most of the time.
- You will have to create a system that you can manage and change whenever you would like to.
- You will have to take your team on board and share stuff with them.
- You will have to provide various training sessions to educate them further.
5. Measuring and Monitoring
As your business changes, these tools also change and they are not static, so you have to keep monitoring and managing the KPIs and make adjustments as required.
Wrapping It Up!
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How Safe Is Holiday Shopping? Or Going To The Dentist? A Virologist Helps Us Evaluate Personal Risk, During The Winter Coronavirus Surge
Assessing personal safety has not been easy lately, given the abundance of mixed signals and confusing public health messages we've been getting.
So we reached out to Professor Paula Cannon, a virologist at USC Keck School of Medicine, for her professional take of which activities carry the highest, and lowest, risk during this holiday season.
For context, Los Angeles is currently riding a wave of broken records -- on December 10, 12,819 new coronavirus cases were reported in a single day. Mayor Garcetti has said that someone dies from the virus every hour in Los Angeles, and every 20 minutes in L.A. County. Restaurants are closed. Non-essential travel is against the rules. Business capacity is low. And all of Southern California is under a regional state-prescribed Stay-At-Home Order.
With the vaccine on its way, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
But Professor Cannon told our news and culture show Take Two that even though it's hard, and we're all suffering from pandemic fatique times a thousand, "we need to keep following the advice and the rules from our officials."
Here's her take on being out and about during the holidays.
Important note: Your personal risk depends on many factors, including your age and health, the prevalence of the virus in your area, and the precautions you take during any of these activities.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Get in and get out
Cannon says she has two goals this when shopping for gifts this year: to support local stores and buy things as safely as possible.To do that, she suggests first going online to see if the things you want to buy locally can be ordered virtually.
If the store doesn't have a great website, "and you can forgive them for that!", she says, "I call them and I ask them what are they doing? Some of them are like, you know if you come in at 8 o'clock on Tuesday, we're not going to have anyone else in. Others are like, 'tell me what you want, come up in your car and we'll drop off gifts for you."
Yes, it's more effort, Cannon admits, but it's do-able - and it could make a difference between spreading the virus and staying safe.
In terms of actually going into stores in-person, she has some tips:
- Look in from outside - does it seem like the store is actually below 20% capacity, as it should begiven the current guidelines? Is everyone inside wearing masks? If it looks crowded, consider hanging back or visiting another day.
- is there a "culture of care" in the store? I.e. do they value safety and are they going the extra mile to help customers feel secure? Check their website/social media presence. If they're talking about these things and have extra bottles of hand sanitzer, are being careful about tracking occupancy, etc., chances are they care and are doing their best. That's a sign.
- Be efficient. "This is not a time to browse. This is a time to be surgical," Cannon says. Figure out what you need to buy and get in and out as soon as possible.
NON-EMERGENCY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS: Low risk if you're mindful
Have you been holding off on that regular doctor's appointment you were supposed to check off your list back in March? We're talking physicals, cervical cancer screenings (for women), mammograms, physical therapy, regular scheduled check-ups...
Cannon says doctor's offices tend to be very clean and quite safe and at this point in the pandemic, they're "a well oiled machine." But while you're there, pay attention.
"This morning, I actually went and had my annual physical in Pasadena at USC's Keck Medicine and I was impressed by all the procedures that are in place now; everyone is wearing a mask and wearing it well," she says. "But I also did my part. I was paying attention I wasn't just looking on my phone I was making sure I didn't get close to other people. I let other people go in the elevator by themselves. And I didn't just, you know, don my grocery outfit. I actually put on a much more uncomfortable and tight-fitting mask."
And she took it one step further. "I also wore goggles because they help, you know? And I thought, 'I look stupid, but I probably also look like a hero.' It was hard but I'm only going to be in there for an hour."
She says that little bit of extra mindfulness can go a long way.
DENTIST APPOINTMENTS: Low risk but do your homework
Dentists are experts at infection control, Cannon says.
"Frankly, they have a vested interest in this, as they are more at more risk than you are, spending all day in close proximity to people's open mouths with the potential to breathe in Covid from an infected patient," she explained.
But ask your dentist specifically what they are doing to ensure extra safety.
"I went to my own dentist, and they had reconfigured their rooms for procedures that generate aerosols like drilling, extract air," Cannon says. "They also required me to have a Covid test 72 hours before going for my appointment, and like many healthcare workers, they were wearing both masks and face shields. I felt very safe."
Keeping our mouths healthy is important for our overall health, and should not be considered something to be put off. Especially if you've gone through most of the year not getting your teeth cleaned and checked, Cannon says.
But if you have no issues, you could also consider delaying this until late spring or early summer when vaccines are expected to be much more widely available. It all comes down to your individual's comfort level...and the state of your, shall we say, oral health.
DAYCARE: Only if it's essential
This is a tricky one, Cannon says.
If you're an essential worker and you have no other option, then yes, your child should go to daycare, she told us. But if you're taking your child there for the social experience then, you might want to press pause until the vaccine arrives and/or the curve flattens again.
"I would suggest maybe that's something you can hold back on, just to help people who have no other option," Cannon says.
So be mindful of that when making deicisions are right for you and your family.
GOING TO THE PARK: Low risk but keep it in the family
"Outdoors is clearly massively less risky," Cannon says, "especially if it's not busy. But the risk is really about, who are you with outdoors? So again, remember the Stay At Home orders right say we shouldn't mix households."
That means, if you're going to the park or the beach or doing any outdoor activity with the people you live with, and you're able to maintian the right about of social distance, go for it.
But now isn't the time to gather with 10 friends at Echo Park Lake for afternoon drinks.
"That extra ingredient of meeting up with your friends, even though yes it's safer outdoors than indoors, means you're adding something else to the recipe that's going to help this virus spread," Cannon says.
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A message from deep blue America
by Taylor Dinerman
|Going back to the Moon or eventually to Mars are, according to them, “elaborate and expensive photo opportunities” that somehow detract from “unmanned research and exploration”—as if only robots are allowed to do science in space.|
The Clinton-era document said that “Consistent with treaty obligations, the United States will develop, operate, and maintain space control capabilities to ensure freedom of action in space and, if directed, deny such freedom of action to adversaries.” Sounds a lot like a slightly softer version of Bush’s cowboy unilateralism. In fact, the US has always kept open the option of deploying weapons in space; the only limits have been the ones against weapons of mass destruction in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and the ones against missile defense systems in the (now thankfully defunct) 1972 ABM Treaty.
In 1989, when then Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze stood up in front of the UN General Assembly and admitted that the USSR had been blatantly violating the ABM Treaty, the debate on the ABM Treaty should have been over. However, it took this president to have the guts to withdraw from it and allow the Missile Defense Agency to do its job without a couple brigades of lawyers telling the scientists and engineers what they can and cannot do.
So when, in 2006, the Eagle finds it necessary to slam “President Ronald Reagan’s absurd Strategic Defense Initiative” (SDI) they are saying more about their own mindset than about the realities of Missile Defense then and now. To begin with, SDI was designed to acknowledge Issac Newton’s “absurd” law of gravity: it takes a lot of effort to ignore that it is easier to be “up” and to shoot “down” than it is to be down and shoot up. SDI changed the nature of the US-Soviet arms race from a contest of who could build the bigger nuclear stockpile to which side had the better technology.
The editorial seems to believe that missile defense was put to rest “until the Bush Administration arrived and gave it new life.” This is simply not so: the currently deployed rudimentary missile defense system is largely based on the national missile defense program developed during the Clinton years. It may have it flaws, but it’s better than nothing. At some point soon we may move back to an improved version of the “Brilliant Pebbles” space-based interceptors that the first Bush Administration had hoped to build, but throughout the eight years of the Clinton Administration, under pressure from the GOP Congress, several programs moved forward and some are beginning to show real promise.
The Eagle is not content with denouncing the Administration’s military space policy. It is also not too happy about Bush sending humans up their either. Going back to the Moon or eventually to Mars are, according to them, “elaborate and expensive photo opportunities” that somehow detract from “unmanned research and exploration”—as if only robots are allowed to do science in space.
They may not realize what many space scientists, including the late Carl Sagan in his final years, have come to accept: that the US government’s civilian space program cannot exist without both vigorous human and robotic activities. If the astronauts were grounded—and that is the implied in the Eagle’s editorial—the rest of the space program would soon lose momentum and funding. The Bush administration has kept up most of the robotic exploration programs begun by previous administrations, including the Mars projects and some very valuable solar physics programs, such as the STEREO probes that were launched last week. Under pressure from Congress they even reinstated the Pluto Express program, renamed New Horizons, that it is now well on its way for a 2015 flyby of that “planet”. (I’m old fashioned, so sue me.)
|The best thing about the Vision for Space Exploration is that it is not just a Bush Administration idea: some Democrats are supporting the idea. For them, as for many Republicans, the fact that no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since 1972 is disgraceful.|
Robots have their limits. No robot, for example, could be expected to perform the Hubble repair mission, at least not without spending the Gross National Product of Panama or more. It has been estimated that a trained human geologist will be able to tell more about the history of Mars in the first five minutes of his or her first Marswalk than all the previous robots put together. Most important of all is the fact that the exploration and colonization of the solar system is needed to eventually provide the Earth’s population with the resources they will need as more and more people aspire to a decent and prosperous lifestyle.
The best thing about the Vision for Space Exploration is that it is not just a Bush Administration idea: some Democrats such as Nick Lampson, who is running for Tom DeLay’s old seat, and Sen. Barbara Milkulski are supporting the idea. For Democrats like them, as for many Republicans, the fact that no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since 1972 is disgraceful. Going back to the Moon and building a permanent base there is a first step towards the colonization of the solar system.
The plan to retire the shuttle and develop and build hardware that will take humans to the ISS, the Moon, and perhaps in the long term to Mars is based on a realistic estimate of what the nation is willing to pay for. NASA consumes less that one percent of the federal budget, and that is not going to change. We can either spend that money to go back to the Moon or we can spend it to keep going in circles.
Finally, the Eagle attacks Bush for refusing to “consider any kind of multilateral action, in concert with other nations of the world.” The refusal to enter into international agreements just for the sake of having something to sign has been one of the best aspects of this administration’s policy, both on the civilian and military sides. Like its predecessors, it has refused to rule out the deployment and use of American space weapons. Large, expensive, defenseless spy satellites in LEO are tempting targets. They are going to need protection, both passive and active, in the near future. Space is already a theater of war, and thus it is only prudent that the US be prepared to fight and prevail there, just as it does on land, air, and sea.
In other areas, this administration has negotiated hardheaded agreements with Europe on their new Galileo satellite navigation system and it has forged a new and promising civil space relationship with India. In spite of the Columbia disaster, it has worked hard to keep America’s commitments to its ISS partners. The US has maintained a high level of international scientific cooperation, such as providing Europeans with access to the Deep Space Network for communications with their Rosetta comet probe. Yet, as NASA administrator Mike Griffin recently explained to an international conference, he has stopped paying serious attention to foreign governments whose primary interests were in “helping NASA to spend its money.” It is not part of NASA’s function to help grow the aerospace industries of other nations, and it’s nice to see leaders who remember that. | <urn:uuid:7be1115a-9bc1-49a6-a54f-35cfa7eb6a34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thespacereview.com/article/732/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.963293 | 1,526 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Informatics in healthcare is becoming increasingly important, which is emphasized by the regulations and a shift towards using Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. The Independence Medical Center, although it possesses an EHR system, does not benefit from its capabilities due to improper use that leads to financial and quality-related issues, which can be mitigated by hiring an information technology professional. The need to comply with the incentive program requirements and challenges that may arise when hiring an information technology professional is explained in this paper, which will help understand the role of this position in the context of EHR system implementation and potential issues.
Importance of Informatics Professional
The relationship with the Compliance to Meaningful Use or current incentive programs is emphasized by the transformations in the external environment of the industry. Abrams et al. (2017) outlined the changes that occur in the current healthcare environment. Those include alterations that transform the reimbursement practices and that are inseparably connected to EHR. Potential challenges that may obstruct hiring the right professional include a rapidly changing environment that can require an advanced set of skills and knowledge (Abrams et al., 2017). The current incentive program compliance of Vila Health Independence Medical Center lacks cohesiveness.
The HITECH Act requires health establishments to improve their health record practices to promote safety and quality of care in the country, which Independence Medical Center is currently not capable of achieving. Potential challenges that may arise due to a need for adhering to the incentive program requirements include a need to change Opus for a more effective system, which will consist of a need for substantial financial investment, transfer of records, and staff training. By hiring an information technology professional, the Independence Medical Center to be able to receive expert advice regarding a specific Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system that should be purchased as well as assistance in implementing it and supporting medical professionals in their training process.
Therefore, an information technology professional will help improve compliance by offering insight and developing strategies that will help address issues of different departments. According to Gibson, Abrams, and Dixon (2016), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is designed to encourage establishments to adopt and utilize EHRs. Apart from that, HIPPA and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid are engaged in controlling the adherence of organizations. Sines (2017) stated that the efforts of regulatory departments are aimed at incorporating EHR systems in every hospital in the country.
Impact on the Independence Medical Center
Therefore, the inability to comply will result in a loss of revenue for the Independence Medical Center. The potential financial impact of hiring a new specialist is reflected in the Meaningful Use payouts that, according to Mushtaq (2015), were estimated at $375,00 in 2015, and it is anticipated that it will cost approximately $117,000 a year in salary payments (UV HIMT Team, 2016). Failing to achieve incentives from the current programs can cost the Independence Medical Center by both mitigating the possibility to access monetary incentives for the EHR programs and by reducing customer satisfaction rates, which can lead to a decrease in revenue.
The long-term costs and potential financial gains from the new hire include the ability to meet challenges presented by innovation and new practices in healthcare (Abrams et al., 2017).
If the health information professional is hired, the following knowledge gaps, unknown and missing information will be addressed – connection of internal processes with the EHR and impact of EHR application on patient outcomes and reimbursement. Thus, evidence provided by Abrams et al. (2017) suggests that adequate application of health information is critical for ensuring that innovational systems, for instance, EHR, do not obstruct physicians and other medical personnel but help them achieve better outcomes for their patients. In order to convince the leadership to support hiring, the issue of transformation, compliance with governmental programs, and problems that arise with an improper application of EHR can be explained.
Overall, the evidence reviewed in this executive summary provides an understanding of the critical role that an information technology professional has for the Independence Medical Center. The Appendix provides a job description for the information technology professional. Although this hospital has a patient data storage system, its application is not efficient because of a large number of essential functions, such as the ability to synchronize data between different departments or manage the sourcing of medication, which can be improved by hiring a proper professional.
The healthcare information manager will be responsible for implementing new practices of EHR that are compliant with the current standards, which will include an implementation of the new EHR, cooperation with vendors and medical personnel. The specifics of the job functions for this position include ensuring that the EHR system used by the Independence Medical Center operates efficiently, adjust the system to adhere to the requirements of the Meaningful Use Guidelines, contribute to the safety of patient data within the EHR, and assist physicians in training and use of the EHR. It is anticipated that the candidate will be able to choose and implement a coherent EHR that will incorporate and coordinate the work of all departments at this medical center.
Experience and Qualifications
Prior experience in working with Health Information Management (HIM) is necessary because this medical establishment is a large organization that incorporates several departments. A license from the American Health Information Management Association is required for this position (Gibson et al., 2016). Other certifications such as Registered Health Administration, Center for Health Information Management, or Registered Health Information Technician are applicable as well. A certificate in Healthcare Privacy and Security is necessary to ensure compliance with the Meaningful Use Guidelines.
Leadership skills are crucial for this position, as well as the ability to analyze data, solve problems, and present the new EHR to the personnel. The CAHIIM developed specific standards applicable to health informatics and provided tests that can be used to establish the knowledge and skills critical for health-related professionals (“About Us,” n.d.). Thus, the accreditation from CAHIIM provides reassurance that a hired professional will understand and comply with the global and national standards of healthcare and information technology management. According to Gibson et al. (2016), the candidate should have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an educational establishment accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Health Information Management Education (CAHIIM). It is crucial for the candidate to have prior experience in managing a physicians’ practice or other healthcare organization that uses EHR similar to Opus.
Alignment with Organizational Goals
Specific job functions are connected to the goals that the Independence Medical Center aims to achieve through its work. The goals and needs of the Independence Medical Center include improvement of compliance with the Meaningful Use Guidelines and incentive programs, which will help improve internal processes and provide a better quality of health care services to patients. The skills and training will help the information professional to be successful because the field of health information is challenging and constantly evolving. Abrams et al. (2017) stated that technological innovation continues to radically transform the strategies of collecting, storing, and processing data. Additionally, the field of healthcare has significant specifics connected to patient safety and data privacy that should be understood by prospective candidates. Overall, it is expected that the candidate will have a degree in health information management and prior experience and that his or her vision for work will be compliant with that of the Independence Medical Center.
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Sines, G. (2017). Potential effects of the electronic health record on the small physician practice: A Delphi study. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 14(Spring). Web.
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According to media reports and animal rights activists, around 100 dolphins have been killed in the Faroe Islands. The animals were sighted in the Skálafjord on Friday and killed in the morning hours, Faroese radio reported.
The killing went smoothly. According to the whale and dolphin protection organization WDC, this time around 100 bottlenose dolphins were killed.
For the first time, a special lance was used with which the death of the dolphins should be brought about more quickly. According to the WDC, experts see this critically.
According to the animal protection organization Pro Wildlife, this dolphin hunt is unusual and shocking for several reasons, including because it is a species of dolphin that has only ever been caught sporadically in the Faroe Islands and has not been caught at all for over ten years.
Only recently, the Faroese government announced the introduction of a catch quota for hunting white-sided dolphins. According to this, a maximum of 500 of these specimens may be caught per year in 2022 and 2023.
The background to the move is a dolphin hunt that got out of hand, in which 1,423 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were driven into the Skálafjord and killed last late summer. This had caused international criticism.
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Having 12 men in the huddle when on offense is going to result in an illegal substitution penalty. If 12 men enter the huddle the whistle will be blown immediately and will result in a loss of five yards.
12 men in the huddle is not an official penalty but rather an infraction that fits under the illegal substitution penalty.
Having twelve men in the huddle will only be called on the offense and not the defense.
Why is having 12 men in the huddle illegal?
Obviously, teams are not allowed to play a down with one more player than their opponents by why is this penalty called if twelve players simply huddle up in the backfield?
The reason this penalty is called in the huddle is because of its effect on defensive substitutions.
In football, the defense is constantly going to be watching which offensive players are on the field.
Say the offense is in 22 personnel which features two tight ends and two running backs. This likely means they are going to run the ball. To react to this the defense is going to bring some larger run-stopping players onto the field.
Now say the offense is in 10 personnel this will feature one running back no tight ends and four wide receivers.
This is a personnel grouping that is very likely to throw the ball which is why the defense will react by bringing on more defensive backs to stop the pass.
When the offense brings twelve players into the huddle the defense is left in the dark when it comes to what personnel they are using.
Without knowing which player is going to come off the field the defense will not be able to react with a substitution of their own. Once the offense breaks the huddle there will simply not be enough time.
In order fix this issue the offense must have only eleven players on the field by the time they start to huddle.
This gives the defense enough time to react to the substitutions that the offense may make.
Can the defense receive a 12 in the huddle penalty?
Only the offense can receive a penalty for having twelve players in their huddle. The reason for this is again due to substitutions.
In football, the defense makes substitutions based on what the offense is doing. This means it is always going to be the defense that reacts to the different personnel of the offense.
This results in the defensive team being the second team to complete their substitutions. For this reason, the defensive team can have more than eleven players on the field all the way up until the snap.
Since these defensive substitutions are made so last minute they are not penalized for having twelve players earlier in the play.
And since the offense is not reacting based on the defenses personnel they don’t have to be worried about giving the offense time to react to their changes.
If the play starts and the defense has twelve on the field they will be assessed a penalty.
Though instead of being assessed an illegal substitution penalty for having twelve players n the huddle they will be assessed a too many men on the field penalty.
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With allied western nations having all but abandoned Afghanistan over the past few weeks and the Taliban having stepped up its offensive taking significant gains in the northern half of the country to the extent that we believe that it now controls in excess of one third of all 421 districts and district centres in Afghanistan one may perfectly well question whether the statement issued by the NATO council overnight will make one jot of difference for the people of Afghanistan who fear that Taliban control and loss of hard fought for freedom is now all but inevitable.
That the 15 diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul seemingly joined hands on Monday to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan is welcome. But coming just a few hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree a ceasefire, I am bound to doubt whether a mere statement asking that the Taliban lay down their weapons for good and show the world their commitment to the peace process will do any good. I hope that I may be proved wrong but given the intensity of the situation in Afghanistan with militia’s reportedly putting up only a half-hearted fight against the Taliban religious movement, I am bound to fear that without the promise of military support to the struggling Afghan government a joint statement which I might add is supported by Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union delegation, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Britain and the United States along with NATO’s senior civilian representative will fall on completely deaf ears Taliban ears.
Recalling Heroism of Flt Lt John Alexander Cruickshank VC – Last Surviving RAF WW2 Victoria Cross Holder
Now 101 years of age and the last living Royal Air Force holder of the Victoria Cross what follows is yet another timely reminder of what real heroism is.
A pilot in the Royal Air Force during WW2, Flight. Lieutenant John Alexander Cruickshank flew Catalina flying boats out of the Sullom Voe. During World War Two RAF Coastal Command had an extensive flying boat base at Sullom Voe. It was an important part of the Battle of the Atlantic, involving a large number of men and women, and equipment. For the aircrew, it was a taxing operation, long ocean flights, often in poor conditions. The aircraft were noisy, and in modern terms, uncomfortable.
John Cruickshank (Jock) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on May 20, 1920. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Daniel Stewart’s College in Edinburgh. A bank clerk until joining the Royal Artillery in the Territorial Army on May 10, 1939, he transferred to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) on June 30, 1941 and was shipped to Canada – arriving at No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada’s processing centre for the British Commonwealth Air Training plan. After graduating in primary flight training at NASGI, he was sent to NAS Pensacola, Florida where he earned his Wings before being shipped back to the UK continent where he undertook Catalina Conversion Training at the Operational Training Unit in Invergordon, Scotland. He was then posted to Coastal Command Flying Boats as a Flying Officer with 210 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) at Sullom Voe on the Shetland Islands. By July 1944 he was an experienced pilot, flying Consolidated Catalina flying boats. The Catalina was by then considered to be an obsolescent but still effective aircraft, slow, but with a long range and very useful for North Atlantic missions.
On the 17th July 1944 Cruickshank was piloting Catalina JV928/Y on what was his 48th sortie. One of the crew, Flight Sergeant Fidler was on his first sortie. When they were nearly 300 miles west of Lofoten the Catalina picked up a German U-boat radar contact.
Moving in, the crew fired recognition flares only to receive a barrage of anti-aircraft fire in return. It was nearly 10 pm. An attempt to drop depth charges at 50 feet failed, and Flt Lieutenant Cruickshank decided to take his aircraft round again for another attempt to destroy the U-boat against what was now a well-prepared and determined enemy crew. This time round, depth charges successfully straddled the enemy submarine and sank it.
The U-boat in question was U-361,a V11 C class submarine with a crew of 52. However, before it was sunk the doomed U-Boat gunners had succeeded in damaging the Catalina – starting small fires, killing Navigator Flying Officer John Dickson and wounding other members of the crew. F/Sgt Appleton was however able to dress the crew’s wounds, including the wounded hand of the second pilot, F/Sgt Garnett, before realising how badly hurt Flight Lieut. Cruickshank was. He had initially collapsed and was taken aft for treatment but he subsequently revived and insisted on going back to the cockpit, taking the second pilot’s seat.
F/Sgt Fidler took over navigation and calculated a five-hour flight back home although at that point he had expected the need to ditch at some point as it appeared that the Catalina’s fuel consumption was too high. In fact, damage to the Catalina’s instruments caused an error in the fuel consumption calculation and the aircraft somehow managed to make it all the way back to Sullom Voe. Flt Lt John Cruickshank remained in command and even refused pain-killing morphia fearing that this would diminish his alertness. Once in the vicinity of the Sullom Voe base, he was forced to wait another hour for light before landing.
On examination, the doctor at Sullom Voe found that Flt Lt John Cruickshank had received no fewer than 72 wounds among which had been two in his lungs and ten in his legs. He received an immediate blood transfusion and was transferred to the hospital in Lerwick in the then Anderson Institute building, before being sent south.
Successfully achieving his mission to sink the U-Boat west of Lofoten it is simply amazing that he was able to fly his aircraft and crew home having himself sustained 72 wounds.
John Cruickshank somehow managed to recover but he did not fly operationally again. On 21st September 1944, he received the Victoria Cross from King George VI at Holyrood Palace and F/Sgt Garnett got a DFM. The King asked John Cruickshank how he was. “I am still a bit week” he said.
A man who was and remains exceedingly modest and also averse to talking about his exploits his exploits are an important reminder of the generation who gave so much, and in his case, someone who pressed on so determinedly. He had never expected reward and apparently, the first thing he asked for after regaining consciousness on the aircraft was about his crew.
In 2004 he told Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth that “Decorations didn’t enter my head.” After the war he returned to his career in banking. He is now the last living Victoria Cross holder to have been awarded the medal during World War Two.
From the RAF Museum – Obituary of Squadron Leader Lawrence ‘Benny’ Goodman
The Royal Air Force Museum is saddened by the news that Squadron Leader Lawrence ‘Benny’ Goodman has died at the age of 100. Benny enjoyed a distinguished RAF career spanning 24 years, during which he completed a full operational tour as a wartime bomber pilot with No. 617 Squadron, the celebrated ‘Dambusters.’
In retirement, Benny supported several RAF charities and worked hard to promote reconciliation with Germany and educate younger people about the realities of war. More recently, he offered tireless support to the RAF Museum’s ‘Jewish Hidden Heroes’ project, which highlights the vital role played by Jewish people, like himself, in the RAF’s battle against Nazi tyranny.
Lawrence Goodman was born in London and volunteered to join the RAF, aged 18, at the outbreak of war in September 1939. Selected to train as a pilot, he proved so skilful that in 1942, he was posted to Canada as a flying instructor. Benny requested a return to the UK, and after retraining, became the first pilot without operational experience to be posted to No. 617 Squadron, the RAF’s crack precision bombing unit.
Beginning in August 1944, Benny participated in 30 operations with the squadron against important enemy targets. On 19 March 1945, he demolished the Arnsberg railway viaduct with a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) Grand Slam bomb, and on 25 April, he attacked Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ at Berchtesgaden.
Benny was compulsorily demobbed in 1946, but joined No. 604 Squadron (Auxiliary Air Force) flying Spitfires from RAF Hendon, now the site of the RAF Museum. With the Berlin Blockade in 1948, he voluntarily re-joined the regular air force; and in the following years piloted Hastings transports with No. 53 Squadron and photo-reconnaissance Canberra’s with No. 80 Squadron. Benny eventually retired as a squadron leader in 1964, having logged over 3,500 hours on 22 different aircraft types; and he would hold a private pilot’s licence until he was 93. In 2017, the Republic of France appointed him a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur.
When ‘Jewish Hidden Heroes’ was launched in 2018, Benny supported it energetically, sharing his remarkable story at a special event at the RAF Museum that November. He was also an enthusiastic supporter of the RAF Museum’s partnership with Chelsea FC and of their campaign to challenge anti-Semitism and racism through education. Thanks to this partnership, Benny’s oral testimony, captured by Museum Ambassador Joshua Levine, will feature in the augmented reality displays planned for the forthcoming Bomber Command exhibition.
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, in September 2020, Benny joined us, along with Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and his own 100th birthday. And earlier this year, he also agreed to be the face of the virtual Lancaster Challenge, helping the Museum to raise funds by encouraging participants to maintain their physical fitness. Sadly, Benny was to have been the guest of honour at the Battle of Britain gala in September.
Maggie Appleton MBE, CEO of the RAF Museum, concludes:
‘So many of us will be mourning Benny, while celebrating his outstanding contribution during the Second World War and his faultless RAF Service. The RAF Museum has been fortunate to call Benny a friend. He supported us in sharing the incredible story of Jewish servicemen and women during the war, and the brave airmen who were in a particularly perilous situation should they have been captured. Benny was a special man who lived a long and fruitful life and brought joy and inspiration to many. He will be sadly missed by his friends at the RAF Museum, but we will ensure that his stories live on to inspire generations to come.’
CHW (London -19th July 2021)
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Chiropractic: Nurses provide love, care, empathy and dependability for many of their patients. While they are constantly on their feet for extended periods of time, working quickly to serve as many individuals in need as possible throughout their day in an environment where in a moment notice, a circumstance could leave no room for error, the job of a nurse can be very demanding and they have to be ready when others need them, regardless of how they feel.
Because many healthcare jobs can be very demanding, always working at peak performance is essential. From a rush into the emergency room to a simple clinical visit, most patients are assisted by healthcare workers even before seeing the doctor, including being the first ones to be exposed to infections and viruses. Getting sick is not an option and nurses need a healthy and strong immune system to stay well and do their job.
The human body is designed to remain healthy. When the immune system is functioning to its fullest capacity, it’s intended to fight off, hunt down and destroy foreign organisms and viruses. But, if the immune system is functioning at less than its best, the individual’s health is at risk and as a health professional, so are those individuals that depend on their care. By incorporating chiropractic into your lifestyle, one can learn a healthy new habit for improving and achieving the maximum potential of overall wellness.
Everyday healthcare job activities, such as sitting, standing, bending, reaching, and lifting, can add pressure and cause stress to the spine and extremities. This added stress can lead to joint restrictions, also referred to as joint dysfunctions or subluxations, without the individual ever knowing of their presence. When the joints of the spine become stiff, limiting a person’s mobility, the rest of the body can in turn be affected. Normal nerve transmissions can become interrupted and the immune system suffers, altering your health, lifestyle, and ultimately affecting your job. Symptoms including pain and discomfort can usually suggest an underlying injury or condition and masking the symptoms will only provide temporary relief that could lead to further complications if left untreated.
When a single or multiple joints become restricted on the spine, it can decrease an individuals natural range of motion as well as cause an interruption of the nerve communications between the brain and the body if there is a compression of the nerves in the spine. This interruption can affect the cells, tissues, and organs of the body which can generally inhibit the structure’s ability to fight off illness. Doctors of chiropractic, also referred to as DCs or chiropractors, apply a gentle and focused series of manual manipulations and spinal adjustments to improve the mobility of the restricted joints on the spine and extremities, enhancing nerve function.
As a nurse, its important to maintain the health and strength it takes to perform essential roles throughout a busy workday, especially to help others in need. Chiropractic adjustments are highly controlled procedures that carefully use gentle pressure and force to gradually improve the condition of many individuals experiencing pain and discomfort, including nurses and other healthcare workers. Regular chiropractic adjustments have been shown to produce reparative and preventative benefits even helping to reduce muscle tension that frequently produce stress-related conditions. Chiropractic care is widely recognized as one of the safest, drug-free and non-invasive forms of healthcare available. More and more nurses are currently benefiting from routine chiropractic treatment and they are learning to find relief from their pain while maintaining a pathway to wellness as well as a healthier, more active lifestyle with chiropractic.
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Nurses provide love, care, empathy and dependability for many of their patients. While they are constantly on their feet for extended periods of time, working quickly to serve as many individuals in need as possible, many healthcare jobs can be very demanding and always working at peak performance is essential. Getting sick is not an option, nurses need a healthy immune system to do their job properly and chiropractic treatment can help. For more information, please feel free to ask Dr. Jimenez or contact us at 915-850-0900 .
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Birds are widely kept all over the world. They are easy to rear and are a source of food for humans as well as income generating animals.
Look at the following pictures.
Describe each picture above.
Predict what you are going to learn.
10.1: Keeping chickens
Chickens are kept in many parts of the world. Many people keep them for eggs, meat and feathers.
Conditions of a good chicken house
Chicken should be housed properly to protect them from harsh weather conditions and predators.
Activity 10.1: Identifying conditions of a good chicken house
1. The following pictures shows chicken houses (coop).
2. Outline any characteristics of a good chicken house that you can see from the pictures.
1. The chicken coop should be in a place that is easy to get to for the farmer, so that he/she can look after them well and keep them safe.
2. It should be built where there is a good drainage to prevent waterlogging. A cold and wet poultry house encourages diseases and parasites.
3. It should have adequate lighting for the birds to feed and water properly.
4. The open side of the chicken house should face away from the direction of the wind. This will prevent wind from blowing into the building.
Identify 5 other conditions of a good chicken house by researching from the Internet. Write them in your notebook.
10.2: Types of breeds
Activity 10.2: Identifying types of chicken breeds
What you need:
Pictures of broilers, layers and dual purpose types of chicken.
What to do:
(i) Visit various poultry farms around your school. Identify the kind of breeds of chicken that are kept.
(ii) Collect newspaper cuttings or books showing various breeds of chicken.
Observe keenly the features of the chicken. You can also browse on your XO laptop to see the various breeds of chicken.
(iii) Research the common characteristics of various chicken breeds.
(iv) Write short notes in your notebooks.
(v) Share your points with other members of your class.
There are three types of breeds of chicken.
1. The egg-laying breeds.
2. The meat – type of chicken.
3. The dual purpose type of chicken.
The egg-laying breeds
• They are also known as layers.
• This type of chicken is kept mainly for eggs.
Outline one physical characteristic of an egg laying chicken.
• Common breeds include White Leghorn, New Hampshire and Rhode Island Red.
The meat-type breeds
• They are also known as broilers. Broilers are kept mainly for meat.
• Broilers grow faster than layers. They are also heavier.
• Examples include Cornish Cross, Light Sussex, Cornish Rock, Jersey Giant, among others.
• They are kept for both meat and eggs.
• They are medium in weight.
Fig. 10.4: Dual purpose breeds.
10.3: Chicken reproduction
Activity 10.3: Chicken reproduction
Read the following story.
Once upon a time in the village of Kimirongo there lived a young man called Inkoko. He kept a big cock called Igitondo. The cock was a good friend to Inkoko because it used to wake him early in the morning.
One day Igitondo went out in the field to feed. He walked on until he came to a beautiful pond. There, he found a beautiful golden hen. Igitondo asked her to go with him back to Inkoko’s house.
The beautiful hen was known as Ingabire. She told Igitondo that she wanted a beautiful nest to lay eggs in.
When they got back to Inkoko, he was so happy. A few days later, Ingabire started laying eggs in a beautiful nest that Inkoko had made for her. She laid one big brown egg each day.
Inkoko cooked some of the eggs for breakfast and sold some to his neighbours. The eggs were very tasty.
eggs and refused to go out. Ingabire told Inkoko and igitondo not to worry because she was brooding the eggs for chicks to form.
After three weeks, nine tiny yellow coloured chicks came out. Only one egg had failed to hatch.
A few years later Inkoko’s home had so many chicken, that people called him “The Great Inkoko”. He was a very rich man.
He married a hardworking wife to help him take care of his many chickens.
Till now, people of Kimirongo still talk about how chicken keeping made Inkoko a rich man.
1. Give a suitable heading for the story above.
2. From the story above:
(a) Who were Inkoko, Igitondo and Ingabire?
(b) What is brooding?
(c) How should a hen be cared for while it is brooding?
(d) Write short notes about the chicken reproduction.
3. (a) How do chicks form from eggs?
(b) What conditions should be present for chicks to form in the eggs?
(c) How does a broody hen behave?
4. Research using your XO laptop about artificial brooding? Write short notes about it.
5. Present your books to the teacher for marking.
Reproduction in chickens involves laying eggs followed by incubation. After the incubation period is over chicks hatch from the eggs.
• Hens are the ones that lay eggs.
• The eggs should be laid in nests.
• If there are a lot of chickens, the eggs should be collected at least three times a day. This way, the eggs cannot get dirty or be broken.
Incubation of eggs means keeping eggs under conditions that allow them to hatch into chicks. Incubation is also known as brooding.
There are two methods of incubating eggs. These are artificial incubation and natural incubation
Artificial incubation/ Brooding
In this type of brooding, the eggs are put in a special machine called an incubator for them to
Natural incubation is when a broody hen sits on eggs for 21 days for them to hatch.
A broody hen is one that shows a natural tendency to sit on eggs for them to hatch.
necessary to provide the following conditions:
(i) A clean dry nest, made of soft materials. The nest should be free of parasites.
(ii) A place with dim light and free from disturbance.
(iii) Clean water and feeds.
• All eggs for incubation should be fertilized. Select eggs from hens that interact with a cock.
• Select clean, medium-sized eggs. Do not brood very large or very small eggs because they may have defects. Incubate fresh eggs.
• Do not brood eggs, which are more than one week old. Avoid wetting the eggs when handling them.
• Let the hen sit comfortably on eggs. Do not give it too many eggs. Eggs that are not covered will not hatch.
• Brooding also means giving special care to chicks from when they are one day old to the time they are about eight weeks.
• Chicks can be reared naturally by the mother hen or artificially in a chicken house.
10.4: Proper feeding of chicken
Do you keep chicken in your home?
What type of feeds do you give to your chicken?
What feeds do they get from the field by themselves?
Activity 10.4: Proper feeding of chicken
What to do:
(i) Visit a chicken farm near your school.
(ii) Observe the breeds of chicken kept in the chicken house.
(iii) Ask the chicken farmer to let you:
• see how chicken feeds are prepared.
• observe the chicken as they feed.
• record the amount of feeds given to the chicken groups.
• collect various green feeds and give them to the chicken.
• clean the watering containers and feeding troughs.
(iv) When you go to school, write down short notes on practising good feeding and hygiene for chickens.
(v) Present your findings to the rest of the class.
Chickens can be fed on a variety of feeds. Examples of common chicken feeds include grains like maize and millet, crushed cereals, small insects and soft vegetation.
Apart from feeds that can be obtained locally, chicken can be fed on commercial feeds. Commercial feeds are also known as concentrates.
The following table shows examples of commercial chicken feeds.
• Ensure that all the feeds given to chickens contain proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and essential minerals.
• Give chicken clean drinking water.
• Feeding troughs and watering containers should be kept clean at all times. This prevents the spread of diseases.
Practice Activity 9.1
1. (a) Why do some hens lay soft shelled eggs?
(b) What can be done to avoid this?
2. (a) What is cannibalism in chicken farming?
(b) How can you avoid cannibalism in chickens?
10.5: Chicken diseases and parasites
Activity 10.5: Chicken diseases and ways of preventing them
What to do:
(i) Search on the Internet “ common diseases that affect chicken”
(ii) Discuss with your friend on ways to prevent chicken diseases.
(iii) Write down notes from the discussion in your notebooks.
(iv) Exchange your notes with others.
Various diseases can affect chicken. Some of these diseases may be infectious diseases while some may be caused by parasites.
(a) Parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases are caused by parasites.
What is a parasite?
A parasite is an organism, which lives in or on another organism. It benefits by getting nutrients from the host.
These are diseases that spread from one chicken to another. Examples of infectious diseases are salmonella and infectious bronchitis.
The following table shows examples of parasitic and infectious diseases in chicken.
Disease Cause Signs and symptoms Prevention/Treatment Coccidiosis Is an intestinal
• Pale combs and wattles.
• Blood or mucus in the droppings.
• Keep the chicken house clean and dry.
• Feed chickens with feeds containing coccidiostats.
• Keep any sick chickens warm.
Is an intestinal parasitic
• Affected chicken
becomes thin and weak.
• Slow growth and
• Production of thinshelled
• Do not mix young and older chickens.
• Give clean feeds to the chickens.
• Treat affected chickens using dewormers.
Is an infectious disease.
Bacteria • Affected chicken look weak.
• They have purple
combs and wattles.
• They look drowsy and sluggish.
• Vaccinate the chickens.
• Disinfect the chicken
coop from time to time.
• Give clean feeds and drinking water to
Is an infectious
Bacteria • Gasping
• Nasal discharge
• Vaccinate the chickens.
Table 10.2: Chicken diseases signs and symptoms and ways of prevention.
General measures to prevent chicken diseases
Activity 10.6: Identifying general measures to prevent chicken diseases
What to do:
(i) Visit a poultry farm around your school.
(ii) Identify the sick chickens.
(iii) Observe how they are feeding, their houses and feeding containers.
(iv) Back at school discuss in groups the ways to prevent chicken diseases.
(v) Present to the rest of the class.
Have you ever seen a sick chicken?
What did you do to the chicken?
The following can be done to prevent chicken diseases:
1. Always keep the chicken house clean.
2. Disinfect the feeding and watering equipment.
The chicken house should be disinfected before bringing in a new flock.
3. Feed the chicken properly. Chicken should be given enough well balanced feeds for them to
be healthy and strong.
4. Add preventive drugs to chicken feeds or drinking water. Call a veterinary officer to give
vaccines to chicken.
5. Quarantine sick birds to control the spread of infections.
Name 3 other ways of preventing chicken diseases.
10.6: Importance of chicken farming
Activity 10.6: Identifying benefits of chicken farming
From the story of Inkoko and his chicken (Activity 10.3), name three importance of chicken farming.
Chickens are reared all over the world because of their great economic, agricultural and nutritional
Chickens are a source of food. Chicken meat and eggs are a good source of proteins.
Eggs are widely eaten because they are cheap and readily available.
Source of Employment Chickens can be kept on a large scale for production of eggs or for meat production.
Many farmers get income from selling their chickens or eggs. Chicken meat and egg processing companies also employ workers who get an income from their work.
Chicken feathers can be used to create beautiful crafts that can be sold.
The feathers can also be used to fill pillows and duvets.
Chicken bones and egg shells can be ground to make feeds for other animals.
The droppings from chickens can be used as manure on farms.
Chickens feed on insects that destroy crops.
Name 3 examples of destructive insects that chickens feed on.
10.7: Chicken farming process
Project: Managing a chicken farm in school
• Manage a small chicken farming project at school.
• The following is a guide on what you need to consider before starting a chicken farming project.
What you need:
• Poultry house • Feeding troughs
• Waterers • Chicken feeds
What to do:
(i) Construct a good chicken house ensure the poultry house is clean and in good condition.
(ii) Put feeding troughs, waterers and perches in the chicken house.
(iii) Buy required commercial feeds and supplements.
(iv) Let the chickens in and take care of them.
Care of chickens involves disease control and proper feeding. Disease control can be practised by proper hygiene and vaccination of the flock.
The following table gives a simple vaccination programme for chickens.
Chickens can be reared both on a large scale and a small scale.
Chickens can be reared easily because:
• Many birds can be kept in a small area.
• They grow fast. Therefore, they can be eaten or sold within a short time.
• Their feeds can be found easily.
There are various methods of rearing chickens. These include:
(a) Free-range system. (c) The fold system
(b) Deep litter system (d) The battery system.
(a) Free range system
In this system, chickens are left to move freely in an area and feed by themselves.
(b) D eep litter system
In this method, chickens are put in a permanent structure.
The chicken are provided with clean feeds and water in their housing.
(c) Fold system
In this method, chickens are enclosed in a movable structure. The structure is moved to a new place everyday to prevent spread of diseases and pests.
(d) Battery system
This is an expensive method of rearing chicken.
Each chicken is kept in a cage with a sloping floor for collecting eggs.
The chickens are fed and watered in their cages. It is easy to maintain individual record of each chicken.
Revision Activity 10
2. List 5 conditions of a good chicken house.
3. Name the 3 broad types of chicken breeds.
4. Define the following words:
(a) Incubation (b) Cannibalism (c) Quarantine
5. Write down characteristics of a broody hen.
6. Name two examples of parasitic diseases in chicken.
7. Why do we quarantine sick chicken?
8. (a) Describe briefly the importance of chicken farming.
(b) Look at the following products.
(i) What chicken parts are they made from?
(ii) Name two other uses of the parts named in (i) above.
9. Name the four methods of rearing chicken.
10. (a) Why is it easy to rear chicken?
(b) Explain any two challenges that you may face when rearing chicken.
11. (a) You have bought two very young chicks.
Describe briefly how you are going to manage them until they are big enough for eating.
(b) How will you protect your chicks from predators?
1. Read the following words in pairs.
• Incubation • Quarantine • Brooding
• Vaccinate • Hatch • Predators
• Broilers • Ascarids • Casual purpose
• Coccidiosis • Cannibalism • Bronchitis
2. Spell 3 words while your friend writes them in his or her notebook.
Let your friend also spell 3 other words as you write them in your notebook.
3. Discuss with your friend the meaning of any 3 words in the word list.
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With the development of technology, tourists are the ones who benefited the most when they are provided with many different conveniences and experiences. In addition to the efforts of the Hanoi Department of Tourism, many districts in the capital have also deployed the construction of technological applications such as QR code design, 360 software and tourism management software.
Using QR code to look up information at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.
The One Pillar Pagoda in Ba Dinh district has just been affixed with a QR code to help visitors to find out information conveniently when visiting the monument. The QR code board is located at the entrance to help guests easily identify them. Visitors only need a smartphone with software to read QR codes or install applications that read QR codes (such as Zalo). When visitors turn on the app and hold it up in front of the code board, their smartphone will immediately jump to the link to introduce the relic on the website of Ba Dinh district. From the website, visitors can access many information about monuments, landmarks, and other tourist destinations in the district. The QR code attachment is a part of the project "Application of information technology in tourism promotion in Ba Dinh district" implemented by the Youth Union of Ba Dinh district in coordination with the District's Office of Culture and Information that aims to digitize information of ranked historical sites in the area. Deputy Secretary of Youth Union of Ba Dinh District, Nguyen Thanh Phuong said “Currently, we have attached QR codes at important relics such as the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the One Pillar Pagoda, Voi Phuc (Kneeling Elephant) Temple, and the Flag Tower of Hanoi. By the end of 2020, they will attach QR codes to 30 monuments in the area. Along with attaching codes, the information on monuments and tourism destinations is implemented by the District's Office of Culture and Information. The design of QR code is also implemented by youth union members.”. It is expected that the attachment of the new QR code is the beginning of the more widely deployed smart applications that Ba Dinh district will deploy in the near future. Specifically, Ba Dinh district will has specialized travel introduction page accompany with the facilities of hotel booking, food service, entertainment, travel for easy information search and discovery.
Like Ba Dinh district, the Youth Union of Tay Ho district deployed QR codes for monuments when implementing the project "Application of information technology in propaganda and promotion on Tay Ho tourism". Up to now, all 39 ranked monuments in the district have been tagged with QR codes. The historic site and cultural monuments at the information portal of Tay Ho district is updated to provide more interesting information about monuments and tourism destinations in the area. After attaching a QR code, the historic site of the district significantly increased accessing. Many visitors to relics such as Kim Lien pagoda, Tran Quoc pagoda, and Phu Tay Ho (Tay Ho Temple) used their phone to get more information.
Promoting the application of technology and developing smart tourism is a common trend of the tourism industry in recent years. In recent years, the Hanoi Tourism Department, monuments and tourism destinations have implemented many technology application activities in tourism introduction, promotion and management such as building applications, websites, and attaching QR code to introduce tourist destinations or help guests book travel services.
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing visitors to tend to travel in small groups or as individuals, and self-discovery, therefore, many localities have launched smart gadgets. One of the localities to carry out the promotion and introduction of culture and tourism is Dong Da District. In recent times, Dong Da District has implemented the project "Digitalizing data, building a 360° interactive system to promote cultural heritage and tourism in Dong Da District".
The project includes: Developing a set of communication publications to introduce Dong Da District; digitizing historical, cultural destinations and tourist sites in Dong Da District with 360° image technology; building a Dong Da 360° information and application site; setting up smart electronic information stations for looking up tourism in Dong Da District; and building a Dong Da 360° virtual travel assistant system. In particular, the Dong Da 360° website and interactive application (www.dongda360.vn) that has been in operation since July 2020 is a data storage system for historical, cultural and digitalised travel destinations. Accessing this website, from anywhere in the world, the guests can experience the relics and landscapes in the district such as Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), Go Dong Da (Dong Da Mound), and Lang Pagoda in virtual space. With the use of 360 image technology, combining 2D video clips and photos, users will be experienced a lot of interesting information. Notably, in order to effectively support tourists, the website also offers suggestions and guides for guests about the hotel system, restaurants, and local specialties. The information is connected with many websites providing other travel facilities, so just using a computer or smartphone, customers can book many travel services such as accommodation, entertainment and travel online. The information site also guides visitors to make short tours in the city, providing tourist maps to locate visitors, with surrounding tourist facilities. According to Head of Dong Da District’s Office of Culture and Information Nguyen Trong Hai, in the coming time, the website will continue to be completed in content and form of expression to contribute to local socio-economic development.
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The statistics, in particular financial losses, related to careless driving are mind numbing. While we can bombard you with statistics, suffice it to say that unsafe driving is costing the average landscape company about 16 cents a mile, says the National Safety Council. Crashes involving injuries cost substantially more, on average $504,408 for a fatal injury and $73,750 for a nonfatal injury.
Patrick McGuiness, attorney at Zlimen and McGuiness, based in Minneapolis and one of the premier green industry law firms in the country, explains the importance of safety training this way: “There is no question that driver safety training is of the utmost importance to any business, especially in the green industry where we are dealing with large commercial vehicles and often towing trailers and equipment. In the long run, all safety training pays off. The end result is less insurance claims, less worker injuries and an overall safer work environment. Make safety training a mandatory part of any driver’s job and, while it won’t prevent every accident from happening, it will greatly reduce your exposure to liability.”
Dave Sanders, safety and loss prevention manager, Ruppert Landscape, Laytonsville, Md., one of the largest landscape firms in the United States, explains that in order to address the problems related to driver safety, companies first must understand where they are most vulnerable.
“The primary cause of traffic accidents in our firm is due to backing up and rear-end collisions. Safety is a two-way street and everyone has to be dialed into the programs with information and ideas flowing up and down the chain in order for it to be successful,” says Sanders.
Sarah Lampert, human resources manager, Gothic Grounds Management, a leading landscape company in the U.S. Southwest, concurs. “I would say that a majority of accidents, where the company is at fault, are as a result of not practicing defensive driving: following too closely, not paying attention and not being alert.”
Research indicates that a commitment to safety from management carries over to drivers. According to OSHA, when incentive programs are initiated, the incidence of insurance claims, workers’ compensation claims and crashes were reduced by 65 percent.
Vehicle safety checklists make sure that service vehicles’ brake lights and turn signals are operating properly and that their tires and brakes are in good working order. It keeps small problems from becoming big ones.
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Sanders continues, “Because safety is viewed as everyone’s responsibility it is also measured, incentivized and discussed at all levels. We have a safety improvement plan we call The Safety Net Program that is designed to promote hazard awareness to prevent accidents and to reduce injuries.”
Ruppert employees are encouraged to complete a standardized form for any hazardous or unsafe situation they observe and to offer corrective actions. Each hazard observation form is entered into a monthly drawing for prizes with no limit on the number of entries.
In addition, safety performance is measured at each branch by policy and compliance criteria, crew inspections and incident rates. A “Safest Branch of the Year Award” is presented annually, and the winning branch receives a monetary reward to host a celebration to recognize their team members for this honor.
“Safety is always at the forefront of our minds,” adds former Ruppert President Chris Davitt. “We need to continue to focus on the basics each and every day and emphasize its importance at all levels to get the results we want.”
Establishing new-hire training, mandatory regular safety meetings, working closely with insurance carriers and establishing safety goals are effective strategies that lower the costs associated with safety incidents and vehicle accidents.
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While there is no federal law against texting when driving, many states and municipalities have passed legislation prohibiting this act. OSHA reports that drivers who send or receive text messages lose their attention span for an average of 4.6 seconds, driving about the length of driving a football field. In 2010, the last year for which statistics are available, 416,000 people were injured in vehicle accidents caused by distracted drivers. The reaction time for a driver talking on a cell phone is about the same as that of a drunk driver.
Both OSHA and the Department of Transportation “call upon all employers to prohibit any work policy or practice that requires or encourages workers to text while driving.”
That policy is clearly understood at Ruppert Landscape: “Drivers of production vehicles are prohibited from using any wireless device for any reason, except in the case of an emergency.”
Gothic Landscape also has a written “no texting” policy: “No texting while driving (regardless if it’s state law or not) and only use of cell phones is permitted with hands-free devices.”
More workers are killed every year in motor vehicle crashes than any other cause.
OSHA recommends that employers should:
- Prohibit texting while driving. OSHA encourages employers to declare their vehicles “text-free zones” and to emphasize that commitment to their workers, customers and communities.
- Establish work procedures and rules that do not make it necessary for workers to text while driving in order to carry out their duties.
- Set up clear procedures, times, and places for drivers’ safe use of texting and other technologies for communicating with managers, customers and others.
- Incorporate safe communications practices into worker orientation and training.
- Eliminate financial and other incentive systems that encourage workers to text while driving.
New hire training
Sanders outlines Ruppert’s initial driver orientation program. “We ask our new employees to agree to our safety contract. Our approved driver process includes a ride along “test,” in addition to other measures of driver behavior. Additionally, as it relates to defensive driving, we also have been using DriveCam since 2006. All production vehicles are equipped with cameras that record driving incidents triggered by certain actions such as sharp turning, hard braking or collision. DriveCam records any unsafe incidents eight seconds prior to the occurrence and four seconds after.”
These incidents are then used as a teaching tool to coach drivers on better driving techniques. Sanders notes that the system has also been helpful in vindicating certain accident claims.
In addition to testing, each Ruppert new hire receives a Safety Policy Manual at orientation that outlines the company’s policy with regard to specific safety issues including personal protection equipment, incident management, driver safety and drug screenings.
Ruppert provides a pre-employment drug screening to all CDL applicants and also enforces a random drug testing policy as well as periodic urine screenings. The company also may administer a drug/alcohol test, if reasonable suspicion exists based on adverse behavior or an employee is involved in a preventable incident or injury of any kind – workers’ comp, auto, liability or property damage.
Gothic Landscape’s approach with new hire training starts on day one, says Lambert. “New hire orientation consists of going through our basic safety program rules and regulations. We utilize our IIPP (Injury and Illness Prevention Program) as the basis for introducing employees to our safety program.” The IIPP is a mandatory safety program in California covering eight elements including training and instruction. The company also administers mandatory new hire drug testing for all employees as well as mandatory post-incident drug testing, including after auto incidents and work-related injuries and accidents.
Gothic is currently in the process of completing defensive drivers training and finalizing a “coning-off” standard for all crew vehicles. “We found that we did not have a standard practice throughout our organization, so our safety professionals developed a picture guideline that has been communicated to our branches. Each crew has the required number of cones, are trained properly and we are following-up to ensure they are maintaining the standards in the field.”
Mandatory safety meetings
Both Ruppert Landscape and Gothic Landscape work diligently to provide carefully planned and scheduled safety meetings. According to Sanders, “Ruppert has a safety committee representative in each branch that is responsible for training branch personnel, disseminating information and performing safety inspections at jobsites and on equipment. These safety reps participate in biweekly safety conference calls and quarterly safety meetings to review safety performance, including accidents and near misses, policy updates and to garner best practices by touring other organizations. This point of contact in the branch helps to create greater connection between what is going on in the field and procedures company wide.”
So-called “tailgate meetings” at each branch are bolstered by The Ruppert EDGE, a one-page quick reference training tip safety sheet that provides quick pointers on issues that come up frequently; topics include seat belts, reducing general liability claims and proper backing up. The company also utilizes a company safety manual and materials provided by their insurance carrier. Safety performance is also discussed, documented and included in employee performance evaluations and files. These standards help to determine an employee’s overall value within the company.
In addition to safety meetings, Ruppert offers employees various certifications and ongoing training in CPR, OSHA, first aid, defensive driving, work-zone safety and flagger certifications. Vehicle safety inspections are made as crews leave the yard in the morning, on a rotating and random basis.
The Ruppert EDGE is a one-page quick reference training tip safety sheet that provides quick pointers on issues including seat belts, reducing general liability claims and proper backing up.
Gothic Landscape also has a comprehensive approach to safety meetings. “We actually like to change up who leads these weekly meetings to ensure that more people are engaged in our program,” says Lampert. “We have found that while it’s perfectly acceptable to have a manager or one of our safety managers conduct these meetings, they are more effective when “one of their own” is leading the meetings. We want everyone in our company to be a safety officer and this is one of the ways we accomplish this goal.”
Managers and safety personnel take part in a weekly conference call to review accidents from the prior week and to help drive and follow up on safety initiatives. “Safety starts at the top,” said Lampert, “and it’s important for our managers to drive the culture so that it spreads throughout our organization.”
Gothic also holds monthly safety committee meetings, comprised of representatives from different areas in the company who review incidents and also develop and determine branch specific issues. In addition, each quarter, safety representatives meet with senior management as well as insurance and broker representatives to review claims and safety initiatives on a national level.
“We are heavily involved with our carriers and brokers,” reports Lampert. “We look at our carriers and brokers as partners in our safety program. We are not the type of organization that turns over a claim to the insurance company and never looks at it again. We are heavily involved in the claims management, making sure we have good relationships with our adjusters.”
Gothic utilizes safety specialists and risk engineers with their broker and insurance company who offer suggestions as to where they see deficiencies in safety programs and offer suggestions for improvement.
“They do site inspections for us, training, help troubleshoot issues, bring resources to us and introduce new programs,” says Lampert.
Ruppert has a safety committee representative in each branch that is responsible for training branch personnel, disseminating information and performing safety inspections at jobsites and on equipment.
Sanders agrees with the necessity to bring in outside help from their insurance carrier. “Our insurance company has provided us with their defensive driving program, the Business Vehicle 10-4 Defense, which provides training aids that include a script, CD and DVD materials. Additionally they also provide us with a loss control consultant as well as an absence, health and productivity consultant.” Their program examines past crash details that could have been avoided, common driving problems in heavy traffic zones, dangerous intersections and proper safe driving distances.
Both Gothic Landscape and Ruppert Landscape have ambitious safety goals established for 2013 and beyond. By defining their goals, both companies understand that they have made a crucial first step to attaining an accident-free workplace.
Lampert explains, “We hope to reduce lost time incidents to zero for 2013. We need to focus on preventing severe incidents altogether, but if an incident does occur we need to attempt to prevent it from becoming a lost-time incident which includes preventing litigation.”
In addition, the company aspires to develop and implement a consistent and comprehensive new hire safety orientation for all regions, which includes personal protection equipment, equipment, policies & procedures, best practices and the use of training crews.
They also hope to develop and implement a system of regular training company-wide; first, by identifying legally required training and emphasizing the areas that have the highest hazard (e.g. equipment, heat) and then developing a system of tracking so that all employees get refresher training at least once per year. Gothic will also develop a system of regular and consistent reporting of claims for managers to help keep them focused on safety and know exactly how they are performing.
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Sanders looks to 2013 and beyond for Ruppert Landscape to: “Continue to raise awareness about individual responsibility for safety through incentive programs, complete job hazard analysis on all projects, manage DriveCam progress to achieve results on investments and complete two formal safety audits per branch, per year through 2013. We have a three-year trend of decreased incident ratings in all lines (auto, workers’ comp and general liability) and our goal is to continue that downward trend.” | <urn:uuid:d571390b-d8bf-4c76-818a-ffefbb8d8117> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://turfmagazine.com/resources/the-huge-cost-of-unsafe-driving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.957905 | 2,906 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Author: Tara Oldfield
Senior Communications Advisor
It took Wentworth Miller and the gang an entire season of television to break out of Fox River Prison. Clint Eastwood and his buddies spent months digging through the walls of Alcatraz. And the Shawshank escape took years! This real-life escape from Pentridge didn’t take nearly as long, nor as much planning, as any of these fictional tales.
According to the newspapers following the 1955 escape of five prisoners, one of the escapees had earlier warned:
The 27th day of August, 1955
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon at Pentridge and 76 prisoners were taking part playing and watching a game of football in the farm area of the gaol - a regular occurrence for B and C Division prisoners. Included on the ground that day:
- Peter Leslie Dawson, a thief serving five and a half years
- Kevin Arnold McGarry, serving nine years for two charges of robbery under arms
- William O’Meally, a convicted murderer imprisoned for life
- Raymond Kevin Morrison, serving fifteen months for illegal use of motor cars
- John Henry Taylor, serving a ten year sentence for three charges of robbery under arms.
The football game was being supervised by three unarmed gaol warders who proved no match for the above assailants when, at the conclusion of the match, they made their escape.
Not just a lucky escape
The farm area where football games were played at Pentridge was unguarded at night. In the Board of Inquiry report in our collection, it’s deduced that guns were earlier brought in by outsiders under the cloak of darkness. The guns then lay waiting in the bushes for the Saturday match for prisoners Dawson and Taylor to retrieve them. The report states:
“At the conclusion of the match, at 3.15pm, the three warders in attendance, who were unarmed, were suddenly confronted and menaced, at a range of about 9 feet, by the prisoners Dawson and Taylor, who were then armed with a rifle and shot-gun, respectively. The three other escapees joined in, and two of the warders, named Elliott and Walton, were seized by the arms, and hurried, with threats, to an unoccupied control tower, known as No. 13 Post, on the outer wall, about 170 yards away. There the five prisoners climbed up a rope affixed to the wall, which controls the ladder to the post, and dropped to the other side, taking the firearms with them, and leaving the two warders inside. While all this was taking place, shots were fired from the three nearest occupied posts, but without apparent effect. The third warder, Mr Scoberg, who had been left with the other 71 prisoners, after sounding the alarm on his whistle, returned them to the gaol without further trouble.”
It is a wonder more prisoners didn’t seize the opportunity to make their own escape, riding the coat tails of the five who planned it.
Outside the prison walls
The jail-breakers weren’t on foot for very long. Detailed in the inquiry report, two men were sitting in their car on Drummond Street in Coburg when they were confronted by one of the escapees and ordered out of the car at gunpoint. While the escapee rested the gun on his lap and looked back towards the gaol, one of the civilian men seized the gun and threatened the escapee with it. The escapee put foot to pedal and drove the car towards Bell Street. The car stopped briefly to pick up another escapee while the civilian man shot at it to no avail. The civilian men were then confronted by two more escapees who promptly took back the gun and followed after the car! It was those second two escapees that forced a married couple and the wife’s brother out of their car. The two escapees, like the first two, got clean away.
McGarry, O’Meally and Morrison were quickly recaptured but Dawson and Taylor proved more difficult for police.
“Victoria’s 3,000 police have turned the State into a vast mantrap in their search for two of five convicts who escaped from Pentridge Gaol on Saturday.”
Unbeknownst to the police at the time, Dawson and Taylor had been taken in by a woman named Lillian Jean Boundy. The papers described her as the “broken hearted” lover of a man still serving time at Pentridge. She fed the men, bathed a bullet wound Dawson had acquired during the escape, and assisted them in checking into hotels. Her hospitality didn’t save the men from recapture however. The lure of a Collingwood jeweller proved armed robber Taylor’s undoing. Journalist George Gaertner reported how he’d seen Taylor after the robbery, crash the black Holden he was driving into a Chevrolet before being recaptured by police who’d been chasing them. Though Dawson had held up the store with Taylor, he couldn’t be found by police at first, as they searched the area extensively.
But by the next day police had also recaptured Dawson who’d been seeking refuge at a house in North Richmond. The men who’d been harbouring him were also arrested.
The resulting inquiry found many failures on the part of Pentridge management contributed to the escape, including:
- inadequate security surrounding the football ground
- security risk of individual prisoners not taken into account when selecting players for the football teams
- the fact that the warders were unarmed
- inadequate gun training for armed guards in the control towers
- lack of a search for contraband hidden around the football ground prior to playing the match.
“That an escape such as this from Pentridge, which is properly regarded as the State’s ‘maximum security’ prison, should have been possible must of necessity cause uneasiness in the public mind, particularly when, as was the case, there had been three other successful escapes from the same prison within the preceding ten months… it must be agreed that the evidence given at this inquiry disclosed a lack of precautions which, to the criminal mind, made this escape quite an easy matter. I find that the principal responsibility for the lack of precautions lies with the Governor.”
Recommendations were made to address the failings including that the outer wall of the farm area be made more secure, that sporting activities be confined to the Gaol proper, and that more effective rifles and better training be applied, to name a few.
Other criminals weighed in on the findings in the media, declaring:
“Pentridge is the easiest gaol I have had to escape from. All you need is plenty of ‘guts’ and the ability to keep running,” Maxwell Carl Skinner.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Sanctions are counterproductive and do not serve to resolve problems, he stressed, adding that differences must be resolved through negotiations.
"If Catalonia gets independence, it will recognize Crimea as a part of Russia. Why shouldn't we recognize Crimea? A referendum was held on the peninsula, and the people decided to join Russia. The results of the plebiscite can only be respected. And even though an independent Catalonia plans to join the European Union, this will not impact the decision. The same goes for anti-Russian sanctions," Folch told the Russian Izvestia newspaper.
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In case of Guatemala, where U.S. confrontational policy was provoked by an ethical concern for human rights, was a past irregularity in U.S. foreign policy. Prior to and throughout the cold war, the United States constantly sustained conventional administrations in Latin America; irrespective of how justifiable the claims of resistance groups were for economic or political reform.
The most important United States precedence in the district was political steadiness to support economic interests, and this policy asked for forceful opposition to groups seeking undermining change by aggressive means. The previous predisposition was fateful in many cases. Instead of being a hands-on representative for reorganization and revolution, United States policy toward Latin America and other parts of the world kept fraudulent, inequitable, and frequently vicious leaders in authority and aggressively opposed forces sustaining political, economic, and social reforms.
The world has altered noticeably, nevertheless, and these changes present thrilling prospects for a significant change of U.S. foreign policy. Within Latin America, political spectators have observed an enormous return, and in a lot of cases the establishment for the first time, of self-governing governments. Military commands which subjugated the area all throughout the 1960s and 1970s were dishonored by extensive human rights neglect and their failure to generate sustained economic development. By preserving Latin American political solidity, U.S. policy has tried to encourage constructive investment circumstances for U.S. businesses in the area.
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While I am desperately praying for the sun to come out in a grey and freezing London, I understand more than ever why praying to the Sun has always been such an important part of Hinduism. The sun is essential not just for life but for our general well-being too.
The Sun enjoys a special place in the Hindu pantheon and is one of the five main deities that are meant to be worshiped daily . It is the only pratyaksha Brahman, the only deity that can be seen with the naked eye.
Several hymns from the Rig Veda, invoking the Sun, are chanted as a daily ritual in many hindu households even today.
I need this one today….
sarva mangalya maangalye sarva pap pranashanam
Chinta Sok prashamanam ayuvardhanam uttamam
‘The Sun Lord is auspicious and bestows auspiciousness.
He subdues grief and worries, and nourishes life.’
I am sure all of us, in places further away from the equator, can identify with the above hymn. We know what a little bit of sun can do to lift our spirits and how much the lack of it can weigh us down. It is a well accepted fact that people living in warmer places tend to be happier.
The ancient seers obviously knew what they were talking about. Furthermore ,they understood the impact the sun has not just on us, but the earth as well.
One poem states- ‘at his command even the waters are still, even this wind comes to rest in its circling’ Science tells us today that all weather changes are caused by the Sun.
They saw him as the mover of the solar system and the prime source of Agni ( fire) . In the earliest poems, the sun is worshipped as Agni itself, the Universal Fire.
Later on he is depicted as Surya, the Sun Lord, riding a golden chariot pulled by seven white horses.
In praise of the Sun God one hymn says…
Upholder of the sky, Lord of the creatures of existence,
The seer spreads out a variegated mantle.
Far-sighted, extending, filling space
Savitar (Sun) has created a boon worthy of holy song.
Undeceivable, overseeing beings,
Divine Savitar guards the holy laws.
He has stretched out his arms to the creatures of existence,
He whose command is firm rules shining over the great course.
The bringer to life, the source of rest, of high benevolence,
Who holds sway over both the moving and the standing world,
May he, divine Savitar, extend refuge to us,
With three-fold security for us, for home, from trouble.
The Gayatri Mantra, the most important of all mantras, also from the Rig Veda, worships the sun not just as the giver of physical light but also spiritual light.
Although this mantra deserves a post of its own, here is a brief translation:
“We meditate upon the spiritual radiance of this Supreme divine reality
Who is the source of the physical, the astral and the heavenly spheres of existence.
May that supreme divine being enlighten our intellect, so that we may realize the supreme Truth.”
The Rig Veda, the oldest of the vedas is full of songs in praise of not just the sun but the moon, the planets, the wind, thunder and lightning, the ocean,the rivers, trees and rocks.
It is an expression of a people in awe of the world around them and I think it is the forgotten core of Hinduism. The rituals came later when the elements were enshrined as deities. Perhaps the rituals were just an elaborate ways of preserving that sense of awe and reverence.
Worshipping nature is not a primitive or superstitious act. It is a recognition of the wonder of nature, a respect for its forces which cannot be controlled and an understanding that we cannot exist without it .
Unfortunately, today we seem to be lost in the rituals alone. How wonderful it would be if every time a prayer was chanted, we could pause to ‘listen’ and look around us with the same sense of awe as our ancestors and see this amazing blessing that is Nature.
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Full disclosure. I have been divorced and have remarried.
Jesus has some very clear instructions on marriage and divorce. This is the short version in the Jesus Manifesto (Matthew 5-7). Matthew gives more detail in Matthew 19. It might be useful to consider them both together.
“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.“ | Matthew 5:31-32
So here is the longer version from Matthew 19. It seems to me that the religious elites were preoccupied with the grounds for divorce; Jesus with the institution of marriage.
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Some Pharisees [religious elites] approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
“Why then,” they asked him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?”
He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning. I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry.”
He responded, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”
Their question was so framed as to draw Jesus on what he considered to be legitimate grounds for divorce. For what cause might a man divorce his wife? For one cause or several causes or any cause?
Jesus’ reply was not a reply. He declined to answer their question. Instead, he asked a counter-question about their reading of Scripture.
Instead of going back to Deuteronomy, Jesus went back to Genesis. What God did when He established the first marriage teaches us positively what He had in mind for a man and a woman. If we build a marriage after God’s ideal pattern, we will not have to worry about divorce laws.
This biblical definition implies that marriage is both exclusive (‘a man … his wife’) and permanent (‘cleave’ or ‘be joined’ to his wife). It is these two aspects of marriage which Jesus selects for emphasis in his comments which follow
- ‘So they are no longer two but one flesh,’
- ‘What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.’
- Marriage, according to our Master’s exposition of its origins, is a divine institution by which God makes permanently one two people who decisively and publicly leave their parents in order to form a new unit of society and then ‘become one flesh’.
The religious elites called Moses’ provision for divorce a command; Jesus called it a concession to the hardness of human hearts. That is a big difference.
The elites responded to Jesus’ exposition of the institution of marriage and its permanence by asking: ‘Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?’ Jesus’ quotation of scribal teaching in the Jesus Manifesto was similar: ‘It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce”.’
Both these were garbled versions of the Mosaic provision, typical of the elites disregard for what Scripture really said and implied. They laid their emphasis on the giving of a divorce certificate, as if this were the most important part of the Mosaic provision, and then referred to both the certificate and the divorce as ‘commands’ of Moses.
How, then, did Jesus respond to the Pharisees’ question about the regulation of Moses? He attributed it to the hardness of people’s hearts. In so doing he did not deny that the regulation was from God. He implied, however, that it was not a divine instruction, but only a divine concession to human weakness. It was for this reason that ‘Moses allowed you to divorce …’, he said. But then he immediately referred again to the original purpose of God, saying: ‘But from the beginning it was not so.’ Thus even the divine concession was in principle inconsistent with the divine institution.
What, then, did Jesus teach? N. B. Stonehouse offers a good paraphrase of the first part of the antithesis in the Jesus Manifesto:
‘You have heard of the appeal of Jewish teachers to Deuteronomy 24:1 in the interest of substantiating a policy which permits husbands freely at their own pleasure to divorce their wives — simply by providing them with a duly attested document of the transaction.’ ‘But I say to you,’ Jesus continued, that such irresponsible behaviour on the part of a husband will lead him and his wife and their second partners into unions which are not marriage but adultery. To this general principle there is one exception. The only situation in which divorce and remarriage are possible without breaking the seventh commandment is when it has already been broken by some serious sexual sin. In this case, and in this case only, Jesus seems to have taught that divorce was permissible, or at least that it could be obtained without the innocent party contracting the further stigma of adultery. The modern tendency of Western countries to frame legislation for divorce on the basis rather of the ‘irretrievable breakdown’ or ‘death’ of a marriage than of a ‘matrimonial offence’ may make for better and juster law; it cannot be said to be compatible with the teaching of Jesus.’ | <urn:uuid:b3e88766-e1dc-47ce-bccf-637074f71299> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://quotesthoughtsrandom.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/i-say-to-you-that-everyone-who-divorces-his-wife-except-on-the-ground-of-sexual-immorality-makes-her-commit-adultery-and-whoever-marries-a-divorced-woman-commits-adultery-jesus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.9831 | 1,433 | 1.6875 | 2 |
California adopts requirement for every public bus in the state to be zero-emission by 2040
California on Friday became the first state in the nation to commit to a 100-percent zero-emissions bus fleet. The regulation, passed unanimously by the California Air Resources Board, sets increasingly tough purchasing standards that require all public transit buses to emit no greenhouse gases or lung-damaging pollutants by 2040.
“We’re at the beginning of a process here, but we’re moving forward with a highly visible measure. Everyone who lives in a city and sees buses knows how awful they can be. You can see and feel what people who live in that community are breathing. So this is a very important step forward,” said board chair Mary Nichols.
Environmental groups, electric and hydrogen fuel manufacturers and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union applauded the measure, which took years to create and adopt.
“It’s a great day for California. This is a balanced, reasonable plan that will guarantee zero emissions in our communities and set an example for the rest of the country,” said Jimmy O’Dea, the program manager for the Union of Concerned Scientists. O’Dea also worked with the board’s staff and a coalition of clean air advocacy groups to design the innovative rule.
But critics warned there are costly hurdles for the program. Between 11,000 and 12,000 transit buses and shuttle vans now on the road will need to be replaced, at an average cost of up to $750,000 per electric rig and $900,000 for a hydrogen fuel powered one. Currently, a new natural gas bus costs between $500,000 and $600,000. The air board will continue for a few years to offer incentives of between $150,000 to $300,000 to subsidize the difference, and other federal and state subsidies could be provided too. But funds or no funds, by 2029, every new coach purchased will need to be “zero emission.”
“I don’t like being the grinch here, but I just came from a three-hour hearing yesterday where we already had to raise rates for our riders,” said San Diego Transit CEO Paul Jablonski. He and others said already declining ridership could accelerate if costs rise even higher in lower income communities that need public transportation.
Joshua Shaw, executive director of the California Transit Association, which represents many of the state’s roughly 200 transit agencies, said professionals running transit systems that were adding zero-emission buses had already experienced problems with them, including delivery delays, engine reliability, lack of necessary mileage range and high costs of installing charging or fueling infrastructure.
Board member Daniel Sperling, sympathized with those concerns. He noted transit buses create a tiny fraction of the state’s dangerous pollutants and greenhouse gases, and said he worries that staff of the most “fragile” transportation systems, which have been “starved for decades financially” while the auto industry benefited, would be forced to turn their attention away from the critical task of providing reliable transportation to those who need it most. He did vote in favor of the measure, saying he understood it was important to send a strong signal to other industry sectors, such as trucking,
Air board chair Mary Nichols and fellow directors and staff said escape hatches were designed into the program to allow for genuinely needed exemptions from the timelines. They said the buses, while small contributors to overall pollution, were highly visible and important billboards for clean energy.
“The overall environmental gains may be small (compared to bigger polluters) but this is very critical because bus and transit vehicles are highly visible and highly localized, with people walking, shopping, even bicycle riding,” said director Alex Sheriffs, a medical doctor in Fresno. “They will see our public agencies are embracing things that are positive for their health and for the environment. I think that ought to be emblazoned on every vehicle.”
Over the life of the buses, the purchases will actually save the state’s approximately 200 transit agencies $1.5 billion between 2020 and 2050 on fuel and maintenance, air board staff calculated. They also predicted purchase costs will go down as the scale of production rises and technology improves.
Full implementation of the regulation adopted today is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19 million metric tons from 2020 to 2050, the air board predicts – the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road. And it will reduce harmful tailpipe emissions, including smog-forming nitrogen oxides and sooty particulate matter by about 7,000 tons and 40 tons respectively during that same 30-year period.
Many transit agencies are already buying clean energy buses, including several who testified in favor of the regulation at the hearing in Sacramento on Friday. LA Metro has committed to a completely zero-emission fleet by 2030, ten years ahead of the state requirement. Sunline in the Coachella Valley has already bought and is using several hydrogen fuel buses.
College students, environmental justice groups and bus riders all expressed strong support, though several noted that the timeline could have been much faster to guarantee less pollution sooner. But many said they understood the need for a flexible plan.
“It makes no sense to continue to use buses that impact our climate and hurt our kids, especially when we can use clean electric buses,” said Dan Jacobson of Environment California, who took a bus to the hearing. “We want 100-percent clean buses and zero percent child asthma.”
California is rapidly becoming the center of zero-emission bus manufacturing in the U.S. too, led by companies like Proterra and China-based BYD, which built a factory in Lancaster. There have been complaints about delays in manufacturing and delivery by BYD in particular. Some cities and college campuses are using hydrogen fuel cell buses as well. Supporters said strong training programs should be implemented for new workers, and production should be sited in working-class communities that both suffer more from transportation pollution and have a greater need for jobs.
Advocates also say transitioning to a zero-emission transportation fleet is essential for California to meet its air quality standards and greenhouse gas emissions goals, and for other states to follow the same course.
“We support moving forward with this important regulation, and we encourage other states to adopt the same or similar regulations,” said Adrian Martinez, an attorney with Earthjustice.
He noted that unlike other pollution rules, which often require other states to get federal approval to join California’s often controversial clean air waiver, “this is strictly a purchasing decision. In fact, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation is providing millions to cities and towns across the U.S. for near zero or zero energy already. That will help with the transition here too.” | <urn:uuid:0adbfe96-b4a2-4e5f-a116-001eb1752bb3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.desertsun.com/story/tech/science/greenenergy/2018/12/14/california-require-public-buses-zero-emission-2040/2317970002/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.963123 | 1,429 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Boca Raton, FL, January 31, 2001 SIRS Mandarin, Inc. recently announced that one of Quebec's oldest public libraries, Pettes Memorial Library, located in Knowlton, Quebec, will automate its collection of 20,000 English and French titles with the Mandarin M3 Library Automation System.
Pettes Memorial Library, founded in 1894 and currently Quebec's oldest free rural library, purchased Mandarin M3 after evaluating the performance and price of ten different library automation systems. In December, the library selected Mandarin M3 based on the automation system's user-friendliness, large system capabilities, affordability and compliance with government requirements. SIRS Mandarin's high level of technical support and extensive experience in the Canadian market were additional factors that favorably influenced the Mandarin M3 purchase.
According to Head Librarian Susan Baily-Godin, the Mandarin M3 Library Automation System will directly benefit both librarians and patrons. “The new automation system will effectively decrease the manpower input on many tasks, allowing library staff to spend more time assisting the public,” said Baily-Godin. “Custom reports and statistics will no longer have to be tallied manually. In addition, staff will be able to process check-ins, reserves, overdues and other common library tasks more quickly and accurately.” | <urn:uuid:9ffdd36f-e782-4a81-a01c-1c268a404bbf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://librarytechnology.org/pr/8627/pettes-memorial-library-to-automate-collection-with-mandarin-m3-library-automation-system | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937765 | 272 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Whether you are a politician or a voter, do you know what the deadweight losses of tax are?
If not, you cannot start to sort Scotland’s economic and social problems.
That is because the damage inflicted to economies and communities when the wrong taxes are chosen is devastating (currently up to £1 trillion a year in the UK; Scotland up to £72bn). The level of damage, even if it were half as bad as this, is far worse than any worst case scenario that could be inflicted on us by the EU post-Brexit.
Voters need to press their political representatives to move from taxing wages and trade to raising revenue from the rents produced by society itself, or which are provided free by nature. Only then can the enterprises needed to empower communities across Scotland be free to add maximum (shared) wealth to our country. | <urn:uuid:eea4cfcb-00e7-4e3e-8d39-a1d673cfd3db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://slrg.scot/blog/voters-and-politicians-need-to-identify-deadweight-losses/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968829 | 181 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Did you know that some of the most common plumbing issues can be simply and effectively remedied on your own? While it’s good to have the name and contact information of a reliable plumber when emergencies, big jobs, and renovation projects come along, the average homeowner can take care of a few simple jobs around the house. All that’s requires is a little patience and help from our list of helpful tips:
Problem: Running Toilet
How to fix it: If you hear your toilet running long after you’ve last flushed, there’s more that you can do beside ignoring it or jiggling the handle. The next time you hear it running, lift the lid off of the tank and look inside. If the tank isn’t full and you see no signs that it is in the process of filling, then the flapper may not be correctly positioned. If this is the problem, reach in and close it manually. If the problem persists you may have to replace one of three parts: the fill valve, the toilet flapper, or a leaky flush valve.
Problem: Clogged kitchen drain
How to fix it: Fortunately, the commonality of sink clogs means that there are a number of easy fixes that homeowners can do on their own. One easy way to clear a greasy clog is with a combination of white vinegar, baking soda and boiling water. Simply add a ¼ cup of baking soda to the drain and then pour in an equal amount of vinegar. Flush the vinegar and baking soda with boiling water, and then use a plunger to free the clog. If at home methods are unsuccessful, then it may be time to call in a professional.
Problem: Clogged toilet
How to fix it: No one likes the thought of dealing with a clogged toilet; however, oftentimes, toilet clogs are among the easier problems to fix. The first step is to put your plunger to work. If there is no water in the toilet bowl, be sure to add some prior to using the plunger. If the toilet remains clogged, you can use a toilet snake to try and dislodge it. If you don’t own a toilet snake, you can use a wire coat hanger in its place. Simply untwist the coat hanger and wrap a scrap of old t-shirt around it to keep from damaging the bowl. Then push the wrapped end of the hanger into the bowl and move it around until the water starts to drain.
Problem: Low water pressure in the shower
How to fix it: more often than not, reduced water pressure in the shower is the results of mineral buildup. The easiest way to solve this problem is by removing your shower head and soaking it in vinegar. If your showerhead is not removable slip a plastic bag filled with vinegar over the showerhead and hold it in place with a rubber band. | <urn:uuid:72e28085-8dad-4c81-8b25-9d7d91e87392> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marcoplumbing.ca/blog/fixing-common-plumbing-problems/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.913308 | 599 | 1.617188 | 2 |
What We Do - Drivers of Change
Although the future is inherently uncertain, we have identified a number of major drivers of change that will have a significant effect. The speed at which these drivers develop and the scale of their impact remain uncertain. However, a good foresight project should begin by considering the effect of these drivers on the subject in question. Combined with horizon scanning and expert interviews, these drivers can then be tailored to provide the structure for scenario analysis.
SAMI have produced a summary of twelve key drivers of change that we believe to be important for futures thinking:
For each of these drivers we examine the effect it is having now, in the medium-term and by 2030. We also explore the factors that might push in the opposite direction, critical uncertainties and wild cards – low probability events that could disrupt the trend. All of this is supported by a range of references. | <urn:uuid:84dac6b4-ee6b-4380-9ac5-bcd050cd1762> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://samiconsulting.co.uk/drivers-of-change/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96099 | 178 | 1.984375 | 2 |
A Harm Reduction Approach
Harm Reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug and alcohol use. Harm Reduction is also a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of people who use drugs. A Harm Reduction practice aims to support individuals by helping them identify the safest goals for them around substances and this may include abstinence.
"Nice People Take Drugs"
Accepts, for better and or worse, that licit and illicit drug use is part of our world and chooses to work to minimize its harmful effects rather than simply ignore or condemn them.
Choose your Path
Understands drug use as a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that encompasses a continuum of behaviors from severe abuse to total abstinence, and acknowledges that some ways of using drugs are clearly safer than others.
You are Powerful!
Affirms clients themselves as the primary agents of reducing the harms of their drug use, and seeks to empower users to share information and support each other in strategies which meet their actual conditions of use. | <urn:uuid:92abc5f4-388c-4797-891c-082bf080540b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.harmreductionpractice.org/harm-reduction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940683 | 218 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Consider the following statements about free rider problem:
1. Free rider problem is an instance of market failure
2. The goods and services that are suffered from free rider problem are under produced and overutilized.
3. Consumers show a tendency to use them without making any reciprocal payment.
4. Free rider problem can lead to the situation of tragedy of the commons.
Of these, the correct statements are: | <urn:uuid:9158b035-64d2-43c5-8d8d-22d2ed086b3b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://quiz.indianeconomy.net/quiz.php?q=182 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.933916 | 85 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Let us know about the Marketing of a product, build personal branding and get the right customers and become a leader in our category.
Hi, Do you like to create your own personal branding? Do you like your products and services to reach several customers based on personal branding and get a huge business lifetime? Then, how to do it for your product and services thru Digital Marketing?
Here we go one by one in-depth to understand better on Marketing aspects.
WHAT IS MARKETING?
Marketing encompasses the strategies and tactics brands use to promote their products and services to consumers. Marketing even a single product or service can seem like an enormous challenge. You understand the value of your offering to customers thru proper way so that they pay attention to your message.
To become successful marketing process, work on various marketing strategies in the following ways:
- We need to conduct market research thoroughly.
- Be aware of currently, where your company and brand are, for which level, the company can be expanded to?
- Write a brand summary for submitting to clients which strengthens the ability of the company when compared to competitors.
- Identify the target audience using market segmentation.
- Analyze the market scenario, create marketing objectives, strategy by listing the tactics & how to implement for executing the plan.
- Prepare the overall budget, set the goal based on the market scenario, get the leads from the targeted audience, convert it to sales, then monitor and review the total marketing and sales done.
We are going to cover the following factors while doing the marketing.
LAW OF MARKETING:
- Marketing is a science and cannot be happened by creativity. Marketing cannot happen by overnight.
- Marketing starts when you develop an idea for a product or service. Before launching a product or service, it starts with understanding the customer and their needs. You must decide what you are selling, how many options are available, and how it will be packaged and presented to consumers, and the product that fits the customer needs.
- Marketing is not all about only selling the products. It is also about retaining the existing customers keeping them happy by frequently communicating about the products even after the sale to them.
- Once we have created a good personal brand in the market by building trust, marketing is not necessary further because trust is already created in the market and all the customers consider our product as and when necessary for them.
- Peter Drucker said that “The aim of best digital marketing to know and understand the customer so well the product and service fits him and self itself…. The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.”
- Take PayPal, for example, focused on relaying a simple message to a specific market. The purpose and benefit of its services are well-known and clear in the minds of the right people/customer. Paypal has created a useful product and built a brand in the market. Currently has a customer base of hundreds of millions of accounts, of which 179 million are active. In 2015, almost 5 billion e-commerce transactions occurred using PayPal.
Now, PayPal does not require any further marketing as it is doing well.
Marketing is about sending the right message, to the right person, at the right time.
Marketing is a game of perception and also an initial starter of the product. We need to focus on the quality of the product and ensure that customers are happy with us and remain in the minds of customers. The product once reached into the minds of the customers, the products will get sold by themselves as it does not require any further marketing. Never let marketing become more important than the product.
Word-of-mouth marketing (WOM marketing) is when consumers talk about a company’s product or service to their friends. It is the best channel for marketing. WOM marketing is one of the most powerful forms of advertising as 92% of consumers trusts their friends over traditional media.
Copywriting, sales, and advertising are alone of the components of the marketing. Marketing not only just helps people to discover the product, but also gives good perception about the product.
Market segmentation is a concept that splits the entire market into narrower subsets of customers with comparable flavor, request and preference. A market segment is a small unit of like-minded people in a big business. One business section is completely different from the other. A market segment is made up of people with comparable concerns and thinking along the same lines. Below table itself explanatory regarding marketing segments.
4 Ps OF MARKETING:
“Marketing Mix,” a set of concepts and tools that help companies achieve their objectives within a market. At the core of this model are the four Ps:
Product: You’ll need to think about how to package or present the product. Marketers should be familiar with all the features and specifications of the products.
Price: Find out how your competitors price their offerings and understand how much consumers are willing to pay and determine the cost of the product.
Promotion: Marketers to decide thru which channel they can promote their products right from radio ads to social media banners which are right for your brand.
Place: Your customers need to find and purchase your product. Can they buy your product online or visit a store? You will need to consider the inventory part of the product and its storage.
IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION & HOW TO IMPROVE IT.
- Good marketing is all about good communication. If the product is good, manipulation techniques thru marketing are not necessary for selling products.
- To ensure the right thoughts are transferred to the customer while selling the product and the customer is able to understand the communication.
- The written communication must be as if we are talking to customers and understand the target audience very well.
- To improve communication skills, keep writing more and more consistently which will be fed in our mind and our writing skills and speaking skills will increase rapidly. Writing in a book slows down the thought process and hence gives clarity.
Economics is a social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Studying economics enables us to understand past, current and future models, apply them to societies, governments, businesses and individuals.
Every entrepreneur should be aware of global economics. The MD / CEO of the company must be able to take decisions based on economics.
India Nominal GDP: $2.94 trillion-India GDP (PPP): $10.51 trillion. India is the fastest-growing trillion-dollar economy in the world and the fifth-largest overall, with a nominal GDP of $2.94 trillion. India has become the fifth-largest economy in 2019, overtaking the United Kingdom and France.
DIGITAL MARKETING VS TRADITIONAL MARKETING
PROS & CONS OF DIGITAL MARKETING & TRADITIONAL MARKETING
Other Important Inputs on Traditional and Digital Marketing
If your product is a day to day life-based product or generic product then to get a large reach traditional marketing is the best option at a very low cost. Ex Ghadi Washing powder, Parle-G biscuit, Dettol, etc.
Data collected from Wikipedia — TV has a reach of 800 million to 1 billion.
Data collected from Financial Express — Radio has a reach of 65% of the Indian population.
Data collected from Business — Newspaper has a reach of 465 million people.
If your target customers are connected with Radio, TV, Newspaper then traditional marketing will give you fruitful results.
Similarly, Digital marketing also has almost 100 million reaches in India. If your targeted customers are from the affluent English speaking population of India then Digital marketing is the best option for you.
THE nCATT FUNNEL
Mr.Deepak Kanakaraju whose personal brand is Digital Deepak who is top in Digital Marketking in India has introduced the powerful marketing funnel called as The CATT marketing funnel.
A marketing funnel describes your customer’s journey with you. By evaluating your funnels, you can potentially drive greater sales, more loyalty, and stronger brand awareness.
This funnel is based on wealth which is totally based on a selection of a niche.
One formula is used here to describe the funnel.
Wealth= n^ CATT
where n= niche which you choose
Here everything is based on your niche which you choose. Because according to this formula your wealth is directly proportional to your niche. Your success success and wealth depend on your niche.
Here C stands for Content:- Your attractive content always attracts from your niche and creates wealth for you. Ex YouTube Videos.
Here A stands for Attention:-To get high traffic or engagement with the help of SEO, Social Media.
Here T stands for Trust:- Build trust among your audience with the help of automation.
Here T stands for Transaction:- Convert your leads into a customer with the help of sales techniques.
INTEGRATED DIGITAL MARKETING:
Integrated Digital Marketing is the combination of all the digital marketing methods. Investment of time, energy, and money all are used to build up an integrated digital marketing process for your business.
This diagram explains everything that how to do the best content marketing, SEO, paid marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, sell, all are connected to one another. This CATT framework executed with the help of integrated digital marketing. Because the CATT funnel is very linear. So I can say that the integrated digital marketing framework is just like an engine that drives the CATT funnel.
The benefits of integrating your Digital Marketing
- Brand Awareness: When marketers integrate the means of communication, they can easily build brand awareness.
- ROI: Creating a consistent marketing plan is the key to achieving a higher and faster ROI (Return Over Investment).
- Conversions: you can enhance your conversion rates with an integrated plan.
- Brand loyalty: A great way to generate loyalty is to position your brand consistently on the mind of the customer.
DIRECT RESPONSE MARKETING
Direct response marketing is a marketing tactic that demands a quick response from consumers who are exposed to it.The goal with direct response marketing is to convince consumers to call a number, visit a website URL, or take some other desired action.
If you watch television in late hours, you must have seen he most popular forms of direct response marketing. The infomercial allows entrepreneurs access to consumers who might want to buy their products.
During an infomercial, the person who is pitching the product mentions the call to action several times over the course of the program. A phone number or web address often appears on screen at all times, and viewers know exactly what they need to do to buy the product.
Other examples of direct response digital marketing could include hosting webinars, running search ads, creating a podcast, and hosting a Twitter chat. Each of these digital channels allows you to create an offer to which your audience must immediately respond.
MASS TRUST — POWER OF PERSONAL BRANDING
- Begin with learning a new skillset.
- Put it to practice by working in the real world, as an employee or freelancer. Putting your learning to practice leads to a practical understanding.
- Blog about your experiences. Writing solidifies your learning and will help you to build your personal brand.
- Based on your experiences and knowledge, provide consultation in your field and be paid to advise.
- Mentor others who are on a similar path as you. Teaching makes you delve deeper and scale your understanding.
- Build your own startup company.
Even when you have a startup, you still can learn and follow this cycle to build another brand. The evolution of personal branding is an ongoing process. It never ends.This is the beauty of this Blueprint.
All in all, I would say that marketing is not all about selling but it’s about fulfilling the needs of customers and also maintaining healthy relationships with them. Personal branding creates trust in you and your product for your customers. The better you communicate, the better you connect to your audience.
Your personal brand is how you promote yourself. It is the unique combination of skills, experience, and personality that you want the world to see you. It is the telling of your story, and how it reflects your conduct, behavior, spoken and unspoken words, and attitudes.
You are your greatest asset as a marketer and your relationship with your customers is the thread of connection to be cultivated at all stages of the buyer’s journey.
The technologies, software, and advertising channels we use as marketers will continue to evolve, but the core concepts of marketing are based on the timeless principles of human relationships.
It is an intrinsic human need to connect with others. But before you arrive at the stage of paying for a product or service, you need to be able to trust the person or brand.
So how can you earn this trust?
It can be earned with time, consistency and delivering genuine value.
To improve your personal brand-build on your communication skills, know who you are and have a clear story and personalize your marketing communication.
We need to improve our skillsets and expertise to be in a constant state of evolution. Keep learning to grow. Therefore, we need to develop a system by which we can keep challenging our growth curve.
“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.” — Walter Landor, Founder, Landor
“Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” — Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO, Amazon
There is a saying that “The best known will always beat the best”.
NICHE SELECTION AND MARKET ANALYSIS
A niche is a known, focused, specific and targeted area that you serve particularly well. It is small (and the smaller the better).
Carving out a niche market and positioning yourself as the go-to brand for a specific audience not only establishes your credibility over competing generalists but also results in a more focused business.
If you’re racking your brain trying to think of your first product idea, starting with a niche is a great place to begin. The key is to identify a niche market that you can master and has a viable audience of customers.
You Can Use to Find Your Niche by identifying your interests and passions, identify the problems, research niche’s competition, determine the profitability of your niche and finally test your idea.
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Can You Develop Standards That Embrace Both Agile and Traditional Approaches?
In recent years, we’ve seen even the most conservative, tightly-structured organizations begin to experiment with agile and hybrid approaches. These organizations have a long and comfortable relationship with the traditional waterfall approach, but their curiosity leads them to dabble in agile. Where does this leave their well-defined and well-protected organizational templates, standards, and best practices?
When these traditionally waterfall organizations add agile teams or transition to an agile approach, interesting things happen. I have seen and heard all of the following:
- Teams say, “We don’t need templates because we are agile.”
- Team leaders say, “We just need a waiver for agile projects to skip the templates.”
- PMO Leaders say, “But we need standards and consistency!”
- BAs are confused about their role and responsibilities!
- Traditional BAs start projects with standard templates and then re-shape details into user stories.
- Agile BAs build story maps and user stories with the team and then re-shape details into traditional requirements templates.
The confusion about governance, templates, standards, best practices, roles, etc. turns most agile teams into castaways, isolated from the rest of the organization or PMO like this:
Or they get chucked out in the rain like this:
The move to agile causes everyone to question the importance of standards, templates, and project processes. Are they still relevant? If we don’t use templates, where do we document details? Do we need to document? Can we have the same standards for all project approaches?
I realize some people think the words agile and standards should never be written in the same sentence. Standards may seem completely antithetical to the agile mindset. However, we need to consider the purpose of standards and challenge how they evolved to become so rigid and ill-suited for most projects.
We know that appropriate standards provide many benefits to organizations including:
- efficiency, consistency, quality
- a common path to shared understanding
- shared lessons-learned and best practices
- strengthened corporate culture and values
- reduced legal and regulatory risks
So, how can we bring agile to the mainland? How can we get agile out of the rain? Many people would assume that agile projects need their own standards:
But why would we build, manage, track and apply two completely different sets of standards for requirements, especially considering it’s rare that modern-day projects align 100% with any one methodology? In fact, most projects exist in some type of limbo-hybrid, where each part of the project team does what makes the most sense, or more commonly, what they perceive as most comfortable. (We’ll save this topic for a future blog!)
Some will question if it’s okay to have a hybrid model. Is that really following agile? Are we getting the benefits if we are not really 100% agile? What is 100% agile? Manifesto, Principles, or following an agile methodology? Can we follow agile principles and uphold standard governance all at the same time? Is there a middle ground where we can leverage the best of multiple approaches while balancing organizational culture, risk, value and pace?
So here’s the challenge: Can we work toward a single set of organizational standards for requirements?
Can we build requirements standards that apply to all projects regardless of methodology? Yes and yes!
If we elevate our standards, we can identify core components for every project. Here are a few suggestions:
- Identify universal truths. Elevate your standards by stripping away the details related to methodology and focusing on the purpose and goals of your solution development process. Review your current standards and templates and understand their function and value. What risk do they minimize? What regulatory requirement or corporate policy do they satisfy? Is the policy needed? Consider corporate culture and core values and how your requirement process should support them, accept what the cultural limitations are, and yet push the organization where it can be pushed for positive change. Look at the timing and detail required: question if they matter based on purpose and goals.
- Identify universal constraints. Regardless of approach or methodology, every organization operates under at least a few widely accepted constraints. What are your financial, physical, political, cultural, regulatory constraints? Are they real or assumed, temporary or long-term? Use the real, long-term constraints to elevate your standards above the details related to methodology.
- Decouple. Standards may not include details related to format and timing. Let go of standard assumptions about when and how tasks need to be completed. Remove standards that require specific deliverable created in a specific format or tool. Also, look at timing and stage gates. Stage gates are typically about a certain document, and perhaps level of detail, at a certain time. Stage gates could be about shared understanding and other attributes of decision making. Challenge what we currently view as the purpose of the stage gates and what is really needed to make good decisions. Good decisions are based on shared goals, shared understanding, and understood risk; they are not based on fear of something not getting done or someone not following through.
- Share techniques and tools. Don’t put limits on techniques and tools. Don’t categorize them by methodology. Be open to using the appropriate technique or tool needed to meet the needs or address the risks for each project. Story maps and user stories can be used for agile or traditional projects, and process modeling may be needed for both types of projects too. It’s only the timing and format that are different. Many traditional BA techniques (process modeling, scope modeling, etc . . .) need to be used in agile approaches as well. The timing, detail, and collaboration looks different, but the same technique in concept is used.
We use techniques and models in both waterfall and agile projects, but not at the same time or at the same level of detail. Though agile projects might present requirements in the form of sticky notes, whiteboards, a tool, or a SharePoint library of user stories, does that really require a unique set of standards vs. the waterfall word templates? The approaches seem so different, but fundamentally, the standards are the same.
So, what do you think?
- Can you envision useful standards that apply regardless of methodology?
- Do you think requirement standards are still relevant and important for organizations?
- What are the consequences when we allow projects to operate outside of standards?
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This is the second part of the hands-on seminar on video-based devices: examples, current possibilities, and limitations, given by Pau Climent-Perez as part of the GoodBrother OnlineSpeak event that GoodBrother organised in October. Due to lack of time, the part on machine learning was postponed. Several tutorial videos on machine learning will be reproduced and a discussion will be open next. If you did not attend the 1st part , we recommend that you watch these videos before this seminar:
Dr Pau Climent-Pérez was granted his Ph.D. in Computer Vision in October 2016, by Kingston University London. He has since had industrial experience in a smart video surveillance company (2016-2018), and as a postdoctoral researcher in the PAAL – Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Lifelogging services for older and frail people project (2018-2021). He got his Computer Engineering (B.Sc.) by the University of Alicante in September 2009, and a Master in Computer Technologies (M.Sc.) in October 2010, by the same institution. His research interests include video solutions for assisted living in the home, as well as privacy preservation methodologies required for improved end user acceptance..
Facial image processing and analysis is the task of automatically analyzing face images in order to acquire information about the depicted persons. This includes a person’s identity, emotional state, facial gestures, age, and gender. The large number of European projects that involves facial image processing as a part shows its crucial role in a wide range of application domains, such as security, smart environments, human-computer interfaces, and content-based image and video analysis. Considering the advanced security needs of the society and the shift to the paradigm of human-centered computing for natural interfaces, the interest in face processing is expected to continue with increasing pace. In this talk Dr. Ekenel is going to present an overview of computer vision research activities @ Smart Interaction and Machine Intelligence (SiMiT) Lab. The covered topics will be about face alignment, face recognition, facial expression analysis, and their applications. Deep learning topics like transfer learning, dataset bias, domain adaptation, and context adaptation will also be discussed.
Dr. Ekenel is a full Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering in Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. His research interest covers computer vision and machine learning with a focus on face analysis and human perception. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed publications in prestigious international journals, conferences, and workshops in the related fields. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in 2009. He has founded the Facial Image Processing and Analysis group at the Department of Computer Science in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He has received the EBF European Biometric Research Award in 2008 for his contributions to the field of face recognition. He is also a recipient of the Science Academy Turkey’s Young Scientist Award 2018 and IEEE Turkey Chapter Research Award 2019.
English philosopher and political reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) conceived in 1791 a model of prison that, according to him, was much cheaper and more functional than the deportation of convicts in distant colonial islands. In his model prison, there was only one guardian, placed in a tower central, who could check the inmates in all the cells, placed in a circle with the door in the inner part of the circle and a window to give light to the outer wall. The inmates could not see the other prisoners, nor – thanks to an ingenious play of light and backlight – the guardian, who instead had a complete view of their life inside the cells, and also on the activity of the guards under him. Hence the name “Panopticon”, the one who can see everything. The prisoners never knew whether the guardian was watching them or not. In the primitive project, the guardian could also connect to the cells “in audio”, thanks to metal pipes that allowed them to listen and give orders. This detail was later left out because in the tube audio was not guaranteed the unidirectionality of the communication of the whole device. To be a guardian you don’t need any particular qualities: just look. The family of the guardian, housed in the tower, collaborates in the surveillance and, adds the utilitarian Bentham, without no extra costs. According to Bentham, the architectural structure of the Panopticon could be applied to almost any public buildings, hospitals and nursing home included, where it was needed to supervise hosts. Finally, the scope of the panopticon was to realize a situation in which people are not continuously controlled but think to be: in such a way they strictly adhere to disciplinary rules because they are sure to be seen although actually they could not, at least to the extent they imagine. The panoptic vision is a differential, asymmetrical vision: there is only one who sees everything and all others see nothing. This is why it lends itself perfectly to exemplifying social control. A technological application of the Panopticon is the bidirectional television of 1984, the novel by George Orwell. The “telescreen” plays a fundamental role in the novel, so much so that it makes its own appearance on the first page. It is turned on in all houses, it cannot be turned off while it is it is compulsory to attend continuous propaganda broadcasts. It transmits and receives at the same time: everything that happens in the house is transmitted via cable to a centre of police check and you never know if they are at any given moment observing or not. Bentham’s project was subsequently taken up, and brought back to current events, by M. Foucault’ “Discipline & Punish” (1979). The visibility (which ensures the functioning of power), surveillance (which becomes prevention, because it avoids the repetition of guilt), punishment (which ensures the modification of the behavior that in due time generated guilt) are forms of modern power, in which each supervisor spies on his subordinates and is in turn spied on and observed, in institutions that increasingly tend to be all-encompassing, closed, disciplinary. To Foucault, the Panopticon becomes a metaphor for modernity. In this seminar, we will pose the question whether AAL systems – which allow to monitor an environment and gather information, being the most straightforward and natural ways of describing events, persons, objects, actions, and interactions – threaten to create a decentralised and dispersed panopticon and, in case, what are the main ethical issues they raise.
The aim of GoodBrother is to increase the awareness on the ethical, legal, and privacy issues associated to audio- and video-based monitoring and to propose privacy-aware working solutions for assisted living, by creating an interdisciplinary community of researchers and industrial partners from different fields (computing, engineering, healthcare, law, sociology) and other stakeholders (users, policy makers, public services), stimulating new research and innovation.
What we know from literature and other projects is that it is essential to involve stakeholders in an early stage. This workshop will address the identification of the other stakeholders of GoodBrother, potential methods to involve them and to learn more about their needs and expected outcomes of GoodBrother, and factors for success and lessons learned.
We are very interested in your points of view and approaches of this topic. Therefore, we cordially invite you to share your point of view during the workshop in a short presentation. Please send your interest to Natália and Willeke, so we can schedule your contributions.
This session will present 2 ongoing projects related to Ethics and ICT:
The work developed under CEN/CENELEC (with Uninfo) to build and validate the European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession. The project is planned to work in close cooperation and complementarity with other CEN/TC 428 projects and aims at long-term strengthening of the ICT Profession in Europe giving attention to all stakeholder perspectives and needs that are influenced by ICT Professionalism, including ICT business requirements, market trends and overall digitization of industry.
The AAL Programme Guidelines on Ethics, data security and privacy. These guidelines address the AAL Framework of Excellence, including legal compliance and the ethical dialogue, together with some practical cases and use cases and can support the successful adoption and use of ICT solutions by integrating an ethical and basic legal perspective right from the development stage of products and services.
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New government measures to preserve the Great Barrier Reef are more about protecting the ‘brand’ than admitting any environmental mismanagement. By Mike Seccombe.
Govt acts to reassure World Heritage committee on Reef
Malcolm Fraser was Australia’s great protector of the environment. His government protected Uluru and Kakadu, it stopped Australian whaling, it stopped sandmining on Fraser Island.
But perhaps Fraser’s proudest achievement was the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Back in 1979, the benighted Queensland government of Joh Bjelke-Petersen was intent on allowing oil drilling on the reef. Fraser banned drilling. Two years later, he saw the reef inscribed as Australia’s first entry on the World Heritage List.
The reef park is the largest World Heritage Area on the planet, and one of only a handful that meets every one of the major criteria for inclusion on the list.
That’s mostly Fraser’s legacy.
It was poignant then that last Saturday, the day after the big man died, Tony Abbott held a press conference on Hamilton Island to belatedly announce measures to try to save a dying reef.
Decades of pollution from fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, sediments from land clearing and dredging, overfishing, ever increasing shipping, and above all climate change, have combined to see 50 per cent of the reef’s coral disappear in the 30 years since Malcolm Fraser became prime minister.
The scientific facts make action necessary, but they were not the catalyst for the visit to Hamilton Island by Abbott and his environment minister Greg Hunt.
The direct stimulus for their appearance and the production of the optimistically entitled Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan was the World Heritage committee to which Fraser signed up Australia all those years ago.
At its meeting beginning on June 28 in Bonn, Germany, the committee will decide whether the Great Barrier Reef has become so degraded as to justify a declaration that it is in danger of losing the “outstanding universal values” that made it worthy of listing.
And that prospect strikes fear into the wallets of the government. As George Christensen, the National Party MP who holds the north Queensland federal seat of Dawson, told parliament on Wednesday: “A label of ‘in danger’ would do enormous damage to the brand of the reef and threaten millions of tourism dollars. It would also threaten major investments in my region.”
Christensen’s far-right pronouncements on many issues, from Islam to homosexuality to climate change, which he considers to be “science fiction”, are highly contentious. But he was right about that one.
A World Heritage committee finding that the reef was in danger would be an economic disaster for Australia and for the economically depressed north Queensland economy in particular.
According to a 2013 report for the government by Deloitte Access Economics, the dollar value of the reef was $6.4 billion in 2012 in direct expenditure terms, or $5.2 billion in value-added terms. More than 90 per cent of that money came through tourism, which employed almost 65,000 people.
And that money, those jobs, would be at risk if the World Heritage committee went against them.
So the Hamilton Island announcement by Abbott, his environment minister Greg Hunt and their Queensland government counterparts, was all about persuading the World Heritage committee that they were serious about caring for the reef. A promise of $100 million in federal funding was added for good measure.
“The plan categorically addresses the UNESCO World Heritage committee’s concerns through identified actions, targets, objectives and outcomes…” said a press release that accompanied the announcement.
The headline announcement went to one of those concerns. Henceforth, there would be a ban on the dumping of spoil from dredging associated with new port developments.
This was quite a turnaround. Only a matter of months ago the state and federal governments were staunchly defending the practice.
In particular, they were defending the proposal, signed off by Hunt in December 2013, to permit the dumping of millions of tonnes of material from the expansion of the Abbot Point coal port near Bowen in the marine park.
Then, Hunt earnestly assured us that after “a very careful and deep review” he saw no ecological danger in taking three million cubic metres of “clean, sand-based material a short distance” and depositing it on top of “other clean, sand-based material”.
It wasn’t as though the scientific advice had changed. Almost all Australia’s marine scientists, including most of those at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which ticked off on the plan, were opposed from the beginning.
What did change was the government’s understanding of the politics relating to that science. Its previous approach of ignoring and, in some cases, like that of the marine park authority, cutting funding for inconvenient scientific endeavour, was not fooling the World Heritage committee.
At its meeting last July, the heritage committee noted the government’s submission on the reef and its management was contradicted by “many contrasting reports from other sources”.
It made numerous criticisms. It expressed concern about the approval processes for coastal development in general and “regret” about the Abbot Point dumping in particular. It was critical, too, of the federal government’s move to devolve the environmental assessment processes to the states.
The committee rejected the government’s submission and asked that it be redone for consideration this year. It warned that unless it was satisfied, the reef would be inscribed “on the List of World Heritage in danger”.
Hence the government’s urgency about producing its Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan.
A draft plan released last year was not received well. The response of the Australian Academy of Science, a body made up of 476 of the nation’s most eminent scientists, was typical of the reaction of scientific and conservation organisations.
It damned the plan as “inadequate to achieve the goal of restoring or even maintaining the diminished Outstanding Universal Value of the reef”.
The revised plan released last Friday is in some ways worse, according to the academy. It complains that an appendix to the draft, which provided the most accurate picture of the reef’s decline, “has inexplicably been deleted from the final plan”. That appendix showed 24 out of 41 values that go toward determining outstanding universal value for the reef had been “assessed by the Australian government as deteriorating”. Of those 24, 10 already were in poor condition.
The academy makes many other criticisms. It notes funding cuts to science agencies concerned with reef health: the marine park authority, the CSIRO and the Australian Research Council. It laments the government’s abandonment of a meaningful strategy for dealing with climate change. It condemns the environmental impact assessment process – which the Abbott government is intent on handing over largely to the states – as “badly broken”. It says that while water-quality targets have improved from the draft plan, “they remain too low to produce biologically significant outcomes, and remain above international guidelines”.
And it notes that while the government has now banned the dumping of dredge spoil in the reef, it has done nothing to reduce dredging, which it says is “projected to grow strongly”.
“All in all,” says Professor Terry Hughes, director of the Australian Research Council centre of excellence for coral reef studies at James Cook University and a fellow of the Academy of Science, “the final plan remains seriously deficient.”
He elaborates on other concerns, such as funding arrangements for the government’s newly established reef trust, which will raise money through “offsets” – effectively payments made by developers including fossil fuel companies as compensation for their activities.
“I think that is perverse because by its nature an offset is an outcome of permitted damage.”
He also questions how much of Abbott’s promised $100 million – and a matching amount from the Queensland government – is new money.
There are, of course, welcome initiatives in the plan. Hughes notes in particular the targets for cutting the amounts of fertiliser and pesticide entering reef waters (50 and 60 per cent respectively by 2018) and the plans to improve riparian vegetation and wetlands to limit sediment runoff.
These sources of pollution have historically been the major factors that have devastated the southern two-thirds of the reef, particularly close to shore.
But for the biggest current and future threat to the reef – climate change – there is no target.
“The government itself, in the preamble to the plan, says climate change is the greatest problem, and then it proceeds to do nothing at all about it,” says Hughes. “There is no mention of the development of renewable energy between now and 2050.”
Science has shown that coral reefs are the canary in the coalmine for climate change. They are highly vulnerable to increased acidification of the oceans, damage from more intense storms and increasing water temperatures.
Says Hughes: “The average temperature on the reef has gone up by close to one degree over 30 years, which doesn’t sound a lot but a spike of more than a couple of degrees is enough to bleach and ultimately kill the coral. This is not a potential problem of the future. The reef has already bleached badly twice, in 1998 and 2004. These events are going to become more common.”
It is an irony of nature that the world’s largest coral reef exists adjacent to some of the worlds largest coal deposits. The most climate change-sensitive of ecosystems exists side by side with the dirtiest source of greenhouse gases.
“The fundamental question is, can we maintain a healthy Great Barrier Reef and operate the largest coalmines in the world, serviced by some of the biggest coal ports in the world?” says Hughes. “I think the answer to that is no.”
Australia’s two major political parties think otherwise. They continue to believe they can sustain both the mines and the reef, and the billions of dollars both generate.
The science, however, suggests that is not an option. We can have one or the other. Or quite likely, given the indications for the long-term future of both the reef and the coal industry, neither.
This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on March 28, 2015 as "Unsound barrier".
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My family is originally from the coastal Chinese province of Fujian. Traditionally our noodles are cooked in soup, boiled unadorned except for seasonings, or stir-fried in a wok with a thin sauce. When I was about ten years old my family went to a Cantonese dim sum house in Singapore, which at that time was an exotic excursion for a family accustomed to mostly eating Fujianese food. We were served a pan-fried noodles dish of delicious seafood vegetable sauce dripping all over thin golden brown crispy noodles. That was the beginning of my life long love affair with Hong Kong pan-fried noodles.
Similar to the old-fashioned American Chinese food known as chow mein, Hong Kong pan-fried noodles share the same name in transliteration. In Cantonese it is in fact called “chow mein,” which means fried noodles. But they are not exactly the same.
In both cases the noodles are characteristically crunchy. While the noodles in the American version are thick and dry and have the consistency of a cheese stick, noodles prepared in the Hong Kong style are thin like vermicelli that are fried like pancake with crispy surface and soft center. The sauces in both cases are made with meat accompanied by a mixture of vegetables covered in a fair amount of thickened gravy. In the American version though the vegetables are mostly ingredients easily available at local markets such as celery, bean sprouts, carrots and onion. They are regularly overcooked to the point that the individual vegetable looses its own distinctive well-rounded flavor that complements the noodles.
There are enough differences between American chow mein and Hong Kong pan-fried noodles that food historians wonder if these are versions of the same dish, or whether they developed separately. In his book, Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States, food historian Andrew Coe argues for separate development when he states that “Although the chow mein that was cooked in the Pearl River Delta (in China) was a distinct dish, as served in the uptown joints (away from downtown Chinatown) chow mien was simply chop suey over fried noodles instead of rice.” I speculate that the early Chinese settlers were very likely trying to recreate Hong Kong style pan-fried noodles but with limited access to Chinese ingredients ended up creating the American chow mein.
Old-fashioned American chow mein is now very rare and hard to find. It is easy to see why people are abandoning the American version and falling in love with the authentic kind. It is flavorful and easy to make. My neighbor, Kim, has become a devoted fan of the Hong Kong style pan-fried noodles. She fell in love with this dish after I served it one Sunday dinner as a last minute meal. She now regularly stocks up noodles that she buys from Chinatown in her freezer. Then when her daughters Lucy and Edie are in the mood for noodles she’d prep all the ingredients in the afternoon and pan-fry the noodles at the last minute while stir-frying the toppings at the same time. So try my recipe and you might also fall in love with it.
Hong Kong Pan-Fried Noodles with Chicken (港式雞肉炒麵)
- 8 ounces Hong Kong style noodles for pan-frying
- 8 ounces chicken breast cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
- 3 ounces carrot cut into 1/16-inch slices
- 1 ounce dried shiitake mushrooms rehydrated and cut into halves
- 5 ounces broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup water
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil separated
- 1/4 ounce garlic cut into 1/16-inch thick slices
- 1/4 ounce fresh ginger cut into 1/16-inch thick slices
- 1 scallion cut into very thin shreds
- 4 – 5 sprigs cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine (紹興料酒)
- 1/4 cup Shaoxing cooking wine (紹興料酒)
- 1-1/2 cups chicken stock or water
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- Cornstarch slurry made from 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 3 tablespoons water
- Combine the chicken marinade ingredients and mix well. Marinade the chicken slices for about 20 minutes.
- Over medium setting heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large frying pan until hot, about one minute. Spread the noodles evenly in the frying pan. Pan-fry the noodles on both sides until golden brown, or about 8 to 10 minutes on each side.
- Heat a wok over high setting until hot, about two minutes. Swirl 2 tablespoons vegetable oil into the wok and heat for another minute. Put the marinated chicken slices in the wok and stir-fry until the exterior of the chicken has completely changed color, about 2 minutes. Remove the chicken from the wok and set aside.
- Wipe the wok clean and heat it over a high setting until hot. Swirl 2 tablespoons vegetable oil into the wok. Add the ginger and garlic slices and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the carrot slices and stir-fry for about one minute. Add the shiitake mushrooms and broccoli to the wok and stir fry for another minute. Add about a half cup of water while stir-frying the vegetables if necessary to prevent them from scorching. Cover the wok and continue to cook for one more minute.
- Return the chicken slices to the wok and add all the sauce ingredients except for the cornstarch slurry. Cook until the sauce starts to bubble then add the cornstarch slurry. Continue to cook until the sauce thickens.
- Place the crisp-fried noodles on a large round platter then pour the chicken sauce over the noodles. Garnish with the scallion slices and cilantro sprigs. Serve immediately. | <urn:uuid:c743d1c5-4659-486b-87e9-3f75cc24c42e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://redcook.net/2013/03/18/pan-fried-noodles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.931092 | 1,302 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Are cordless jump ropes effective?Asked by: Eliseo Kunde
Score: 4.1/5 (10 votes)
Jumping rope is an excellent exercise to improve cardio capacity and burn calories. ... In these circumstances, I recommend a cordless jump rope. Most cordless jump ropes have a digital keypad to track time and number of jumps, plus estimate calories burned based on your height and weight.
Are Ropeless jump ropes effective?
This ropeless jumping rope technique is very useful for a few groups: Those who can't do double unders but who want to realize the benefits of the movement (lower body explosive power, cardiovascular endurance, and foot/ankle strengthening). ... Jumping rope is a great warm-up for running and for training runners.
What are the benefits of a cordless jump rope?
- It can burn more calories than jogging. ...
- It's great when you're pressed for time. ...
- It can help your coordination. ...
- It offers a mental boost. ...
- It can help you build power. ...
- It helps keep your bones strong and healthy. ...
- It can help with cross-training.
How many jump ropes should I do a day?
“Work in jumping rope as part of your routine on an every-other-day cycle.” Ezekh recommends beginners aim for intervals of one to five minutes, three times a week. More advanced exercisers can try 15 minutes and slowly build toward a 30-minute workout, three times a week.
Why can I not jump rope?
The first common mistake beginners make is using a rope that is too light. ... They offer very little feedback which means you have absolutely no idea where the jump rope is while it's turning around your body. This makes it very tough to time your jumps.
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Is Jumprope better than running?
Both forms of exercise have been shown to improve cardiovascular endurance. However, if you're pressed for time, jumping rope may benefit you more than running. ... Furthermore, if you're more inclined to enjoy a change of scenery during exercise, running is definitely a better option.
Can I just jump without rope?
Jumping without a rope is still effective, but generally, it is not as useful as jumping with a rope. ... Instead of just jumping up and down or even doing jumping jacks, you can add squats and even pushups to your jumps. With these additions, jumping becomes a much more powerful exercise.
Should I skip barefoot?
Skipping shoes and choosing to jump rope barefoot will force your feet and ankles to work harder and will heighten your proprioceptive feedback (spatial awareness). Barefoot jumping will strengthen your Peroneal muscles which help keep the ankle stable when standing or rising onto the toes.
Is it better to skip with shoes or barefoot?
Shoes today provide so much support and in return they've weakened the stabilizer muscles in our feet dramatically. By jumping rope barefoot, or exercising barefoot in general, it greatly strengthens our feet and ankle's stabilizer muscles, allowing for more stability and better balance.
Is it bad to jump rope everyday?
Jumping rope is great for toning your entire body, but it doesn't just make strengthen your muscles. Jumping rope every day could, over time, make even your bones stronger. ... Nonetheless, a daily jump rope routine could mean more robust bones on your lower half, which can only be a good thing — especially as you age.
Can I jump rope in bare feet?
Yes, you can jump rope barefoot. Bear in mind though that it's an advanced movement, so no fancy footwork to begin with. Keep it simple. Choose a low impact surface like a gym floor or jump mat.
Does skipping reduce belly fat?
Jumping rope can decrease belly fat
No workout is effective on its own — without dieting — to get rid of belly fat. But HIIT exercise like jump rope has been linked to faster fat loss results, particularly around your abs and your trunk muscles.
What can I use instead of a jump rope?
“See-saw” towel pull-ups are also an option. If you have a rope but can't pull your weight, tie a dumbell or kettlebell to one end and pull the rope toward you hand over hand. You can do this along the ground or you can throw the rope over a bar and hoist the weight to the top.
How long should I jump rope to lose weight?
That makes it a great head-to-toe muscle toner and calorie burner. According to the online calculator at Calorie Control Council, a 150-pound person will burn about 180 calories in 20 minutes of jumping rope.
Is 1000 skips a day good?
"You are not gonna lose weight just by skipping rope 1,000 times a day," he says. ... Six to eight minutes a day is not quite enough to give you the cardiovascular workout you need to consistently lose weight and create the body that you want."
Is 10 minutes of jump rope enough?
Very few exercises burn calories like jump rope. Even jumping at a very moderate rate burns 10 to 16 calories a minute. ... According to Science Daily, 10 minutes of skipping rope is about equivalent to running an 8-minute-mile.
Is jump rope bad for knees?
To answer your question: “Is jumping rope bad for your joints?” or “Is jumping rope bad for your knees?”. The answer is no, jumping rope is not bad for your joints. However, you could be suffering from pain while jumping rope from improper form, overtraining, high impacts, & so much more.
Can I fake jump rope?
Yes, you read that correctly—you can jump rope without actually jumping over any rope. Cordless jump ropes consist of two handles that each have a short rope attached with a weighted ball at the end. ... This allows you to reap the cardiovascular benefits of jumping rope without having to worry about the rope.
Can I do jumping jacks instead of jump rope?
Jumping Jacks Improve Major Muscular Strength
You involve your legs, core, cardiovascular system, and arms. Jumping jacks involve the arms much more than jumping rope does. The swinging of your arms up overhead is a great way to loosen up the shoulders.
How can I reduce my tummy in 7 days?
- Include aerobic exercises in your daily routine. ...
- Reduce refined carbs. ...
- Add fatty fish to your diet. ...
- Start the day with a high protein breakfast. ...
- Drink enough water. ...
- Reduce your salt intake. ...
- Consume soluble fiber.
How many calories does 100 skips burn?
You will be able to shed fat by skipping for about 30 minutes every day. As compared to jogging, skipping rope can burn more fat and engages more muscles; you can burn about 13 calories per minute if you are doing about 100 to 120 skips per minute.
How many calories will 500 skips burn?
This means that they will burn 0.15 calories per single skip. Therefore, they can easily burn around 30 calories with 200 skips, around 45 calories in skipping 300 times and 77 calories for every 500 skips with a sustained light pace of 100 skips per minute.
Is it okay to jump rope on carpet?
Do not attempt to jump on carpet, grass, concrete, or asphalt. While carpet reduces impact, the downside is it grabs your shoes and can twist your ankle or knee. Use a wood floor, piece of plywood, or an impact mat made for exercise.
What part of the body does jump roping help?
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The UK Social Talent Management report found employees use social networks to look outside rather than inside the company, with two-thirds (66%) of respondents 'flirting' by using social networks to enhance their career prospects outside of their current company while less than half (45%) use them to look for internal opportunities.
For passive job seekers, social networks are valuable for finding out about career opportunities, and keeping an eye on social networks is seen as an easy, quick way to identify available jobs within their sector. This can be clearly seen from the survey findings: 39% plan to use social networks to find new jobs, 40% to research prospective employees, and 32% to apply for job roles. Ultimately, employers run the risk of losing top employees by failing to utilise these networks by choosing to instead rely on intranets and company websites.
Office staff are active across a wide range of social tools for professional purposes, with 72% of employees using social media at least once a month. More specifically 21% use LinkedIn; 20% use Facebook; 9% use Google+; and 8% use Twitter.
The report shows that UK businesses need to better understand the potential value of a social talent management strategy. Many companies see social networks as mere distractions for their employees rather than recognising the tremendous opportunity that they represent. Although many organisations (61%) have a social networking presence of some kind, only 10% of employees routinely use social networks internally to discuss work with colleagues, and just one in four think that employers leverage their social network connections. Forming a sound social network and connecting this to a talent management strategy should be at the top of successful business agendas in 2012.
Dave Wilkins, VP of Taleo Research, said: "Social networking is here to stay, so to retain top talent in the current environment, employers should leverage internal social talent practices to better engage employees and identify top performers. Employers need to focus on building a strong employer brand and incorporating social media presence into their talent acquisition strategies. At the same time, companies need to do a better job in tapping into employee networks and self-identified areas of expertise without being perceived as overstepping boundaries.
"Businesses who can successfully use social talent practices to harness the collective wisdom and expertise of their teams while also connecting with a broader pool of external talent will be poised for success."
The report states that lack of internal investment in social talent management and overall lack of Talent Intelligence can lead to unnecessary turnover, leading to additional spending and investment in external social systems. Companies should adjust their social and talent awareness efforts to be more internally focused, reducing their hiring requirements by creating a more engaged and collaborative work environment, helping them to fully realise the potential of their workforce. | <urn:uuid:a175d58c-5c31-43f3-ab42-2d73e6b4b4ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/has-social-media-created-a-generation-of-job-flirts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.950619 | 553 | 1.71875 | 2 |
MUSAFIR, THE BOAT
The Musafir is a platform for the message of peace, freedom and unity.
She is a 70 foot traditional engineless dhow, built in Kipini (Kenya) with archaic techniques using locally sourced material with the support of dozens of volunteers and craftsmen. The construction started in 2011 with the building of the boatyard, which also worked as our house and after 3 years gave birth to the Musafir.
The day of the launch we celebrated by providing food for all the town community, 800 people, local band and cultural blessing.
Few months later we managed to rise manually the mast, and with no electricity nor fix deck we left for the maiden voyage.
The boat is in continuous upgrade, receiving care and yearly maintenance.
Musafir was, and still is, the largest engine-less Dhow sailing the Indian Ocean.
We are powered by the wind. Not having an engine is a choice that we took to be conscious of our surroundings, moving in harmony with nature and her rhythm. We put aside the well established human mind set of imposing our desires over nature. We need to stay more connected to be able to appreciate and take care of the planet we all share. We deliver our message to the world without the use of fossil fuels, and minimise our impact on the environment through conscious choices of life.
Rig: double mast – lateen rigging
Length Overall: 24 meters
Length on Deck: 21 meters
Draught: 2 meters
Cargo Capacity: 60 tons
Maximum Number of Sails: 3 sails
Professional Crew: 7 people
MUSAFIR, THE PEOPLE
The very founder of the Musafir. He is an adventurous traveler that took him around the globe, cycling, hitchhiking, and walking. During a march from South Africa to Kenya, together with a Masai activist, Paolo had the vision of the Musafir as a vessel to spread the values of Peace, Freedom and Unity.
Born in a port town in Italy, Paolo most impressive memory is when, together with a Maasai activist walk for 5000km from South Africa to Zimbabwe, spreading the message of Peace, Freedom and Unity. Over ten years of constant adventure Paolo has traveled extensively throughout Central, East and Southern Asia, Central and North America, Europe and Africa. Focusing mainly on human interaction and respect Paolo has developed an amazing skill to be at ease in every circumstance and to make feel comfortable any living being on the planet. In the last ten years has been busy developing the Musafir project, constructing the boat while hosting and guiding hundreds of people in the different initiatives that the Musafir ventures in.
While not on board the Musafir Paolo is continuously spreading the value of Peace, Freedom and Unity in gatherings and festivals, showing the diversity and kindness of humankind.
An unconventional, unpredictable musician, tirelessly curious about tradition and prone to experimentation. Marco is a composer, performer and producer. He travels the world following the Music, after earing only a few notes he can understand and tell the trade and history of the community. He joins some of the Musafir Odyssey guiding the cultural exploration of the local musicians, engaging and performing in a language that brings all of us together, Music.
Alicia was born in the USA, she studied and started filming at 16, co-founder of the collective “What Took You So Long?” She extensively films worldwide, creating awareness on social issues and climate change. She is an amazing teacher that leads our first production of documentaries. To mention one of her quotes:
“Our belief is that better relationships on the ground make for better stories and better video results.”
Omar Mohamed Salim
Omi was born in the archipelago of Lamu, since a child has been adventuring in the ocean, he has traveled on every journey on board the Musafir, providing is knowledge and company. Omar has become an impossible to miss member of any Odyssey. Continuously living onboard he takes care, with his amazing personality, of any person that steps onboard.
Ibi was born in Kenya, then he moved to Scotland where he graduated as renewable energy engineer. Our man to call for any issue or help needed on board. Tireless he will steer the Musafir trough the night, fix any electrical and mechanical issue while keeping the vibe high.
Romain was born in France, studied marine biology in Australia, he is our best promoter and fisherman on board, currently be the CEO of the biggest music festival in Kenya and Distant Relatives Eco Lodge and Backpackers. Romain is constantly supporting the marketing and making sure that our Odyssey are as enviromentaly friendly as possible
Esther and Paolo met by “chance” in a Kenyan hostel in Kilifi where the Musafir was anchored and quickly jumped on board. Ever since, she’s found a place she can call home in between her 9-5, where she works on building climate change resilience for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Esther has continued to support Musafir programming on and off board as a key focal person, conducting admin-related roles in preparation for sailing odysseys and coordinating community engagement and partner relations. | <urn:uuid:4a6e3e08-0668-4365-adcb-1392bb41b422> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pamoja.musafir.org/index.php/portfolio/the-musafir/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955298 | 1,127 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Ever hear of the "Frankenstein" veto? How about the "Vanna White" veto? Every state governor has the power to overrule actions by his or her legislature through a "veto" - the word is Latin for "I forbid" - but some governors can do more than simply say no.
The veto power enjoyed by Wisconsin's governor is broader than most. That state's top elected official can rewrite parts of a bill, reduce the amount of spending it authorizes or appropriates, and even strike out objectionable provisions. In 2005, Democrat Jim Doyle used the power to strike out 752 words from a budget bill in order to cobble together a 20-word sentence that diverted $427 million from transportation to education.
Enraged lawmakers dubbed Doyle's action a "Frankenstein" veto, but they were unable to slay the monster by mustering the two-thirds majority required by the state constitution to override a gubernatorial veto.
The legislators are now talking about asking Wisconsin voters to ban such a creative use of the veto in the future. The voters last got involved in 1990 when they prohibited state leaders from deleting individual alphabetic letters and numerical characters in a bill to change the intent of the legislation.
That practice was known as the "Vanna White" veto, immortalizing the "Wheel of Fortune" hostess who flipped letters and numbers in a TV game show.
At its core, veto power enables governors - and the president of the United States in the federal system - to block a legislative action. But it's not the last word. Legislators can override a veto by assembling a supermajority, usually three-fifths or two-thirds.
The vast majority of governors (43) have "line-item" veto power over spending bills. Not only can they reject an entire bill, they also can strike out individual items. A dozen also can reduce the amount of money the legislature wants to spend on a project by exercising "reduction" veto power. And eight governors have the option of rewriting bills and sending them back to the legislature, so-called "amendatory" veto power.
Wisconsin's quirky veto is a hybrid of the amendatory veto, reduction veto and the line-item veto. Six states - Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey and Virginia - grant their governors the power of the amendatory veto. That power applies to all types of bills, not just spending measures. (In addition, South Dakota's governor can amend bills during session, Wisconsin's can re-write spending bills.)
Those types of vetoes often stir up controversy. This month, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) added a politically explosive amendment giving fishermen the right to access private streams by way of public bridges to a mundane bridge-repair bill. Lawmakers haven't voted on Schweitzer's proposal yet. And in March, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) used an amendment to force lawmakers to vote on whether to institute a statewide smoking ban, an idea the General Assembly rejected.
But even the straight thumbs-down veto power that all governors wield packs a powerful punch.
Rookie Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) flexed his muscles on his first day in office Jan. 8, vetoing a bill his predecessor assumed was heading for the statute books. His rejection of a Republican initiative to curb consumer-fraud lawsuits set the tone for his new administration and set off a legal scuffle that's already reached the state Supreme Court.
In Colorado, freshman Gov. Bill Ritter (D) alienated the labor wing of his party by striking down a hastily approved measure to make it easier to organize unions. That led to some national labor leaders demanding that Democrats move their 2008 national convention out of Denver.
And lawmakers in Texas are rallying behind a constitutional amendment to weaken their governor's veto. They're concerned with Republican Gov. Rick Perry's use of executive power, including his veto of the entire education budget in 2005 after the legislature adjourned. Their proposal would allow the Legislature to reconvene to overturn a veto. | <urn:uuid:e01f1251-0340-4189-9f3d-6b3d1faf7aff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2007/04/24/govs-enjoy-quirky-veto-power | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.939779 | 830 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Conduct preliminary studies and evaluations of projects to determine interior design requirements. Preparing initial drawings for the approval of the client Prepare assembly and detail drawings on the basis of the information and instruction provided. Analyze building specifications, codes, space to create architectural design. Sel ect and suggest color schemes, furniture and materials as required by the client. Assist in design planning and detailing by preparing studies, layouts, and preliminary work in connection with architectural projects Prepare and assist in drawing revisions are required. Prepare detailed architectural drawings for warehouse, residential and commercial construction projects. Assist owner in filing the required documents to secure approval in government authorities for building permit Visit construction sites to collect measurements and dimensions as needed. Transform AUTOCAD drawings into 3D drawings 40 If required 41 Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned fr om time to time. Responsible for Architectural full set of drawings and shop drawings to include detailing of Doors, Kitchen, wardrobes and other interior design components of the project. Responsible for the preparation of as built drawing and approve plan for occupancy permit. Encode change order in preparation of as build plan Assist purchase and select materials needed. Responsible for conceptualization of Structural, Electrical and Plumbing layout. Responsible for detailed structural drawing for residential building under the supervision of the structural designer. | <urn:uuid:6adf499c-3d6c-44e5-8285-26963ee5a718> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jobzella.com/en/job/open-external/ab1af9870932129bccfe918b09531e0b | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.92443 | 262 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Wherefore? Why, doth not every earthly thing
Cry shame upon her? Could she here deny
The story that is printed in her blood?—
Do not live, Hero, do not ope thine eyes,
For, did I think thou wouldst not quickly die,
Thought I thy spirits were stronger than thy shames,
Myself would, on the rearward of reproaches,
Strike at thy life. Grieved I I had but one?
Chid I for that at frugal Nature's frame?
O, one too much by thee! Why had I one?Epanalepsis
Why ever wast thou lovely in my eyes?Synecdoche
Why had I not with charitable handSynecdoche
Took up a beggar's issue at my gates,
Who smirched thus and mir'd with infamy,
I might have said, —No part of it is mine;
This shame derives itself from unknown loins?
But mine, and mine I lov'd, and mine I prais'd,
And mine that I was proud on, mine so much
That I myself was to myself not mine,Anaphora, Epanalepsis & Epimone
Valuing of her—why, she, O she is fall'n
Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,
And salt too little which may season giveMetaphor
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What Are the Characteristics of an African Marigold?
African marigolds (Tagetes erecta) are annuals like their smaller cousins, French marigolds (Tagetes patula). The flowers bloom profusely from late spring to early fall. Because the flowers thrive in hot, dry conditions, they create an ideal border for hotter inland areas. African and French marigolds didn't make their appearance in what would become the United States until right after the American Revolution.
The flower was used by the Aztecs in Mexico for its spiritual and medicinal uses, including curing hiccups, according to the document De La Crus-Badiano Aztec Herbal of 1552. Smaller, shorter marigolds were bred to become taller and larger. The flower was also said to assure a safe journey for those crossing water. African marigolds naturalized in Africa after a journey over water from Mexico to Spain, then France and finally to Africa.
Flowers are warm-season and need full sun to thrive. They will tolerate drought conditions and perk up when watered. Plant from seed directly in the garden when the days warm up to 65 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. If you want a jump start on the season, African marigolds are easily started in pots on a warm sunny window sill. Remove spent flowers to keep the marigolds blooming all summer and into early fall until the first frost. Let the last batch of marigolds go to seed. Save the seeds in paper bags and replant the next season.
The plant has finely cut leaves resembling ferns on branched stems. The stems are hollow and break, or bend, easily. Fortunately, trimming off any broken stems encourages African marigolds to bush out. It will grow from 18 to perhaps 36 inches high. The flowers bloom on the end of the stems. Colors include yellow, orange, gold and cream. The flowers range from the size of a golf ball to that of a tennis ball. The ruffled petals are packed tightly together in a similar fashion to a carnation. Unlike French marigolds, which are too short, African marigolds do make good cut flowers. The flowers will last in bouquets for several days. They tend to make the water cloudy quickly, so fresh water in the vase every day helps the flowers last longer.
The unmistakable scent is spicy to some and musky to others. The leaves are scented as well as the flowers. Some gardeners dislike the scent. If that's you, plant them away from patios, or play areas, so the smell isn't noticeable.
Katie Jensen's first book was published in 2000. Since then she has written additional books as well as screenplays, website content and e-books. Rosehill holds a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. Her articles specialize in business and personal finance. Her passion includes cooking, eating and writing about food. | <urn:uuid:0d5f5782-73b2-4959-917c-b4d5917bdf60> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://homeguides.sfgate.com/characteristics-african-marigold-58967.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.960066 | 633 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Infrastructure is not only important for maintaining and developing societies, it is foundational. For this reason, resilient infrastructure also plays an increasingly important role in the context of European and German strategies for climate change adaptation. Designing infrastructure to be climate-resilient is a complex process that must take into account various climate scenarios, path dependencies, usage routines and a large number of actors. Existing infrastructure must be adapted to climate change and its consequences, while new infrastructure must be designed for long-term resilience.
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has commissioned a consortium, headed by adelphi, to compile relevant knowledge on climate-resilient infrastructure and identify the most important scientific and political institutions and practitioners in Europe on this topic. Relevant actors from science, practice and policy-advising institutions from various disciplines will take part in the exchange in order to develop and disseminate innovative research and implementation activities and increase infrastructure climate resilience. This will also create small networks of participants and experts in the field.
Core activities to the project are the writing of a series of policy papers and the implementation of smaller events to bring together the identified experts from science, practice and politics. The focus is on three themes: the role of adaptation to climate change in the EU taxonomy, blue-green infrastructure in cities, and tools for analysing resilience. adelphi is leading the project and will implement the activities related to the EU taxonomy. | <urn:uuid:21f24ebf-3480-4888-a376-05c9301e7f30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.adelphi.de/en/project/climate-resilient-infrastructure-europe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.928098 | 290 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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During the roundtable, I had the opportunity to present how I have engaged with art in my research and to discuss with the other panelists how the arts can contribute to peacebuilding.
Art and political engagement
Having engaged in theatre for many years, I have always found it ‘natural’ to link art and politics, especially art and political engagement. For this reason, my research has focused on these subjects and their intersections. My PhD thesis investigated the way artists in Moldova and Transnistria express their political engagement through their art. Through a focus on different types of artistic forms (theatre, music, performance, film), I demonstrated that art and its distinct mode of knowledge production can be an important vehicle for citizens to actively participate in current political debates. In this same research, I have also questioned the term “political engagement” and have exhorted researchers and practitioners to look at alternative ways of engagement, according to the contexts in which they take place. Contextualising the definition of political engagement means to broaden it without excluding the perspective of those who contribute in visualising and implementing social change. Applied to different contexts, the concept can assume a variety of meanings and can even sometimes be rejected by those who refuse to be associated with it. For example, in countries such as Moldova, some artists might feel uncomfortable with being defined as politically engaged. The reasons for this uneasiness can be found in the country’s past history, during which being politically engaged often translated into some kind of affiliation with the state-apparatus. Furthermore, some artists may avoid the label “politically engaged” to defend their work’s aesthetic value, as they believe that most political artworks do not evoke aesthetic pleasure in audiences.
Another important issue discussed during the roundtable concerned the need to take into account the fact that not all art is suited to serve as a political tool. Some art forms can be considered more ‘accessible’ in terms of political engagement. Music, for example, is easier to circulate and the messages it carries can be spread around faster and more efficiently. With other art forms, such as theatre, on the other hand, it could be challenging to reach audiences. In Moldova, for example, most theatres are located in the capital Chisinau, thus those living in remote areas have less access to them. Hence the necessity to contextualise and recognise local artistic practices as those that matter most in political engagement.
Art and peacebuilding
The discussion we had during the roundtable underlined the importance of considering peace and conflict as entangled elements which work in complex ways. Because of this complexity, it is important to embrace the ‘messiness’ and incompleteness derived through their interaction. The question we tried to answer was “what kind of opportunities emerge when we let creativity work?”. In my work, I have explored how art can offer alternative visions of peace in post-conflict societies. These societies are often portrayed by certain media as stuck into intractable conflicts, where limited opportunities for dialogue or peace can emerge. This seems to be a reductive perspective which does not take into account the variety of voices participating in the construction of everyday peace. Artists are part of these voices. Through their contribution of aesthetic knowledge, they can demonstrate the intricacy of peace and conflict narratives. It is the case for example of photographers working in post-conflict zones, immortalising life in the aftermath of a conflict. In doing so, they challenge epistemic violence and open ways to new thinking, overcoming conflict’s binary divisions and facilitating peace processes. Looking at these ‘unconventional’ ways to approach peacebuilding can help us to better understand the influence that art can have in the aftermath of violence and to recognise the role that artists play in healing divided communities. | <urn:uuid:b771e7fd-b750-417d-87e7-0a188f2dd85c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/seewg/articles/art-forgetting-art-and-peacebuilding-moldova-and-transnistria | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96591 | 782 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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