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Planning for College in a COVID-19 WorldWritten by Kristi Mast
The coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of our lives, and schools especially have been upset. For students searching for colleges to attend in the fall of 2021, the pandemic has made an already difficult process even harder. In order to plan for college in a COVID-19 world, it’s important to have a healthy mindset and to start taking practical steps towards the future now.
Shift Your Mindset
The high school seniors of 2021 are the first ones in over a century to plan for college in the middle of a global pandemic. But this doesn’t have to be an obstacle; rather it can be a valuable opportunity to take initiative and responsibility for your future. The pandemic has canceled a lot of things, but it doesn’t need to cancel your career and certainly can’t cancel your life mission. “Pivot, don’t panic” is a mantra from self-help author Jon Acuff that encapsulates the choice we have. Planning for college will be different this year than it has been in the past, but that means you have an opportunity to innovate and rise to the challenge.
If you’re thinking about college in the fall of 2021, resist the urge to wait until things are more settled or clear. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that change is constant. But this is not a reason to delay doing your research and making your plans. Things will almost certainly change significantly between now and the fall of 2021, but you have nothing to lose by starting. In fact, if you don’t start now it will be easy to get behind in the process or be unprepared to take action when things are more settled.
Start now by taking practical steps to research the schools that interest you. First, visit college websites to see what they’re about and what they have available. Browsing social media accounts is also a good way to get a feel for the flavor of different schools, who they are, and what they emphasize. Some good questions to ask as you explore online resources are:
- What sets this school apart from others like it?
- How will this school provide for my educational and spiritual needs?
- What kind of content is this school producing?
- How have they pivoted in light of the pandemic?
Attending virtual events is another excellent way to take action. Because most colleges are not able to host the normal in-person events, many are shifting these events online. Not many people prefer a webinar or Zoom event over face-to-face interaction, but don’t give up on virtual events because you’re tired of them or because they are harder to enjoy than in-person events. Attend the events that colleges are offering because, while it takes more effort to engage, virtual events give you many of the same opportunities as in-person events with a lot more flexibility. Lesley Britton, our Director of Admissions, said, “While we know virtual events are not quite the same as being in person, we are fortunate that technology does allow us to connect on a new and different level.”
Here at Sattler, we’re planning three virtual info sessions (September 22, October 22, and January 9) and a virtual open house in the first part of October. For myself, visiting schools, meeting faculty and staff, and interacting with students were the most helpful in making my decision about which college to attend.
“At Sattler,” Lesley continued, “we are committed to doing our best to make sure every student knows what it’s like to be part of the Sattler community. We want to connect prospective students to current students, faculty, and our college leadership as well, including the founder and president. That's the true measure of what Sattler is; the people are what make up Sattler.” And that’s why virtual events are an important part of your path to college in 2020-21. Even though the technology can be intimidating and potentially awkward, the best way to get the information you need is to be brave and ask to interact. “If prospective students reach out to meet and talk with our faculty, staff, and students, they will definitely get the right feel for what it's like to be a student at Sattler.”
The college application process has been disrupted this year, but that does not mean that students are without options. By shifting your mindset and taking practical steps to engage with colleges, you can take control of the application process, even while many things are still shifting and uncertain.
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What Is Sports Injury Rehabilitation?
Following a sporting injury (or some other similar injury not sustained in the sporting pursuit; possibly the working or home environment), it is important to ensure complete rehabilitation and a return to physical health prior to returning to sport or working environment and. Treatment undertaken will depend on the diagnosis, severity of injury and specialist orders when indicated. There are various methods of treating injuries; at Active Physiotherapy, treatment is based on a thorough assessment by one of the qualified physiotherapists.
Active Physiotherapy will design a specially tailored rehabilitation to bring you back to optimum health.
Signs of Sporting Injuries
If you are experiencing discomfort in your joints, bones, or muscles, you may well be suffering a sporting type injury. These can include the following injury types:
- Sprains are the most common injury, and occur when a ligament is, torn or stretched.
- Strains (or pulling a muscle) occur when the muscle tissue is stretched beyond its natural limit, resulting in a tear.
- Back pain resulting in soreness or stiffness in the lower back, neck, can happen if you do not warm up properly prior to exercise.
- Knee pain is common. When ligaments or cartilage gets damaged, the knee can swell, become sore, and even feel as if the joint is locking. If the anterior cruciate ligament is torn, you will suffer restricted movement.
- Discomfort in the shins (shin splints), common in runners, happens when there is inflammation around the tibia or shinbone.
- Stress fracture is a microscopic crack in the bone, often occurring due to repetitive, high-impact exercise such as long distance running.
- Hamstring injuries, common in athletes, are tears in the large muscles at the back of the thigh or in tendons. The muscle seizes up, often with signs of swelling and bruising.
- Heel pain occurs when the tissue on the sole of the foot (plantar fasciitis or insertion into the back of the heal (Achilles tendinitis) is inflamed. This is common in runners and people with pronated feet. The result is a sharp pain when weight is placed on the heel.
- Shoulder pain is common in athletes or workmen who do repetitive movement, such as tennis, squash players and carpenters. Tendons can become torn or inflamed, which causes pain and altered function.
- Inflamed tendons such as with tendonitis or bursitis result in the associated joints and tendons becoming painful. Two examples are tennis elbow and golfers elbow that affect the function of the elbow joint.
- Bone injuries can include stress fractures (cracking or breaking the bone) as a result of repeated exercise such as long distance running, or falling. Usually this will require an orthopaedic opinion that Active Physiotherapy can facilitate due to its close working relationship with a number of Melbourne’s excellent orthopaedic specialists.
Treatment and Rehabilitation for Sporting Injuries
Depending on the severity of the sporting injury in question, there are various methods of treatment, some of which involve physiotherapy and working with your specialist if you have one, while others use physiotherapy alone to return to fitness.
- Pain management utilising electrotherapeutic modalities such as TENS and Interferential
- Compression, which uses a bandage or tubigrip to reduce swelling.
- Giving the affected area extra support where needed, such as using a stabilising athletic support bandage.
- Specific exercises developed by your Active Physiotherapy physiotherapist to target your area of injury.
- Ultrasound using high frequency sound waves to improve blood flow, break up adhesions and promote healing
- Manual therapy, which is the use of gentle joint mobilisation techniques to improve joint movement, reduces pain and improves function.
- Massage of the injured area of the body.
- Hydrotherapy (water therapy) combining the use of exercise in water to alleviate symptoms, relax muscles, and aid in recovery.
- TENS, which uses a small battery-operated device to administer an electric current on the affected area and reduce symptoms of pain.
- Dry Needling, which uses fine needles on trigger points (tight and sensitive areas) to relieve pain and help to restore movement.
Prevention of Sporting Injuries
Sports injuries are the most common form of trauma to the body, and many can be avoided by taking appropriate steps to ensure you are exercising safely. At Active Physiotherapy, we recommend the following:
- Warm up and stretch properly before exercising and warm down post workout, as muscle stiffness is directly related to muscle injury risk.
- Ensure that you do not over-train, as this puts pressure on muscles, joints, and bones if they are fatigued, thereby increasing risk of damage.
- Ensure proper recovery time between training so your muscles can rest.
- Acknowledge weaknesses if you have had an injury previously, and use appropriate support on the affected areas during exercise in conjunction with appropriate rehabilitation.
- Increase consumption of carbohydrates during heavy training periods.
- Do not continue training if you experience pain during your session.
- Stay hydrated and ensure a good, nutritious diet.
- Use the correct footwear for your sport.
- Treat minor injuries appropriately to prevent them from becoming complications.
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I’m sure that most of us like feeding the animals. Heck, some of us have to feed the animals every day, our dogs, cats, horses and what have you. Then we have to pick up what comes out the other end, they being the animals they are. The feeding of wild animals possess different issues. Urban dwellers on the edge of open spaces are urged not to keep food for their pets out at night so as not to attract coyotes, raccoons or bobcats. There are regulations in our National Parks about food use and storage pertaining to black bears. Animals have three needs, food, shelter and water. And they will search for the most food for the least effort. Given this, if you wish to attract an animal or bird, put out food and they will come! Water helps a lot also. However we don’t always want, or should have, some critters real close. There is the ethical issue of the animal becoming dependent on a non-natural food source and losing touch with it’s normal habitat and habits. There is the issue of over population, creating more animals, through our feeding, than the habitat can sustain once the feeding stops. And here’s a twist, I’ll have a future blog on how I raised the numbers of alligator lizards, through feeding, much to the delight of the snakes. And there are other issues as well, as you will see further in my blog. This does not include all the other animals that I feed inadvertently. There are bunches of rabbits, fox squirrels, occasional deer, and mantled ground squirrels that forage in my yard on the plants that I put in the yard for decorative purposes! Oh well, they are nice to have around to watch and I can always replant. Well, here’s my thoughts on these issues and on how and what I feed.
Feeding birds does not seem to have these concerns. One thing I noticed is that for what we feed the birds they will always go off and forage on their own. The hummers all go to the flowers, the orioles go of after insects, the oak titmice, the house wrens and California towhees all go off foraging after feeding with us. And the squirrels do also. They all seem to have a drive to search for more food, remember the three needs? Because of that, I am not sure that birds would become dependent. Except for nectar feeders I do not put out any other full time feeders. In urban yards it’s a great thing to put out seed feeders for the birds. It helps make up for lost habitat from development. We can do things to help our yard be an urban oasis. In the winter that feeding can be crucial for the birds survival. However, my yard is a wild yard, not urban . There is food for everyone here. What I did was add lots of water. I have six bird baths! If you don’t think that helps bring things in! Hey, this is Southern California after all. For help making your yard more bird friendly please contact YardMap, http://www.yardmap.org/, Cornel Lab of Ornithology. Although I would like to, I don’t put out seed feeders or piles of seeds for one reason, scrub jays! The food attracts them. I try to shoo them away as much as I can and they have seemed to have taken the hint. They are little Velociraptors with wings! They are the primary reason for a lot of my nest failures with NestWatch, http://www.nestwatch.org, Cornel Lab of Ornithology. I feed by hand.
I have found that feeding by hand has a huge benefit. The animal makes a direct connection between you and the food. If you go out to replenish a pile of food, birds that are close by will fly away until you back off. If you come out with food to feed by hand, the birds come to YOU! Feeding by hand consist of gently tossing out the food to an animal close to you. After that the ones that will take directly from the hand will show themselves. The animals and birds lose their wariness of you. You are not a threat, you are a food source! What this means is that they do their thing closer to you even when they are not being fed. Instead of the squirrels, or birds, staying twenty feet away they are now at your feet. You can then see a lot more of their habits and antics. Their whole behavior with you changes. It is great fun to watch them close up!
The fox squirrels get the same treatment. What I also do with any animal that I feed is I try to feed them later in the day. I want them to be out foraging on their own so they don’t lose touch with their habitat. What we give them is a nice healthy snack as a supplement to their diet. Trying not to be a main food source. There is plenty of food around here for them. I just want them friendly.
One thing about squirrels though, they can be a little aggressive at times. Especially if there are more than one feeding. And they have claws as sharp as a cats, with very sharp teeth. Believe me, we know! One morning I was at the kitchen table reading the paper when I heard this crash against the window. When I looked up there was nothing to be seen. Within a few seconds a paw came up grabbing the window frame and a head that soon followed! It was Precious. She had seen me from the oak that is about two and a half feet from the window and had tried to jump to the ledge. We at first thought this was very cute and we went out and fed her. WRONG! She started to make this a habit. She was training us! We stopped rewarding that habit and she quit. Thank God. I really thought she might break the window. I just think one has to be very aware when your feeding the wild animals.
The “other issue” that I referred to in my first paragraph is that the fox squirrels are an introduced species. They were introduced to the LA. area in 1904. By 1947 they were considered an agricultural pest. They are basically an invasive species. I knew this when we started feeding them. The problem for me was that I have not allowed us to have any pets. Cats are voracious killers and even dogs will keep the animals away. My wife has always had pets, especially cats. She really misses that and had focused on the squirrels. She was the one that first got them to feed by hand. I am not blaming her though, I’m right there with her feeding them. It’s a ton of fun and as I mentioned we get to observe them more. Dr. Alan Munchlinsky of California State University, Los Angeles has a Fox Squirrel Project going on so I plan to contact him to see what he thinks of all this. I would appreciate any comments anyone would have regarding this. All I know for sure is that one has to be careful feeding the Wild Ones.
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Franciszek Smuglewicz. From ancient Rome to Vilnius University
13 May – 13 March 2022
Franciszek Smuglewicz has a special place in the history of Lithuanian art. In the late 18th – early 19th century, he was one of the most popular and most acclaimed artists of local origin – pictor doctus, much superior to many of his contemporaries in education and professional training. In 1797, invited to work as the head of the Drawing and Painting Department, which was being founded at Vilnius University, Smuglewicz became its first professor, and the founding father of the national school of art.
Smuglewicz lived in a period of historical shifts, witnessing and actively participating in important events of the political and artistic life. Born into the family of artists, he acquired basic professional training in Warsaw, in the studio of his father Łukasz Smuglewicz and relative Szymon Czechowicz, but it was Rome that was the making of him as an independent creator. During his twenty years in that city, which was a hub of culture and art at that time, he kept company with artists, antique dealers, publishers of various nationalities, and was among the first European artists to embrace the new style of Classicism. Smuglewicz’s name earned fame, and his works – above all, professionally executed copies of classical monuments – contributed to the formation and dissemination of the style of Classicism in all Europe.
While studying in Rome, Smuglewicz received a scholarship of the ruler of Poland and Lithuania, Stanisław August Poniatowski, but upon his return to the homeland, he did not become a court artist. Sturdy and somewhat coarse characters of Smuglewicz’s works were not quite up to the ruler’s aristocratic and refined taste; besides, the court milieu was alien to the artist’s nature – his love for creative freedom and his democratic convictions had the upper hand. The artist’s activity was related to the city – he founded a private painting school in Warsaw, and later led the Drawing and Painting Department of Vilnius University.
Smuglewicz was a representative of Enlightened Classicism, an active and progressive citizen of his country. He kept in contact with the most forward-thinking public figures of that time – Hugo Kołłątaj, Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Karol Prozor, Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski, Jakub Jasiński and other educators, reformers, patriots. Through his work, the artist boldly expressed his views, and sought to shape the mentality and political views of his compatriots, to improve people’s cultural level and aesthetic education. While working as the head of the Drawing and Painting Department of Vilnius University, Smuglewicz not only trained the first generation of local artists, but also significantly contributed to the strengthening of the social status of artists, advancing the understanding of professional art, and created the preconditions for the further development of art genres – Smuglewicz and his students created not only portraits and altarpieces, which were dominant in Lithuanian Baroque art, but also classical, historical and genre compositions and landscapes.
As a creator, Smuglewicz was both praised and criticized, forgotten and rediscovered. Today, Smuglewicz’s significance for Lithuanian, Polish and even European art is not doubted. His works take an honourable place in permanent museum exhibitions, are shown in thematic exhibitions, and his less analyzed work of the Rome period has been receiving more research attention lately. However, a larger exhibition dedicated to Smuglewicz has not been held to date.
The aim of this exhibition is to present Smuglewicz’s many-faceted activity and creative work. The exhibition starts with a room dedicated to the artist’s family, presenting the artistic environment in which Smuglewicz came of age. Further, his copies of monuments of classical antiquity created in the Roman period and independent compositions are shown. The bulk of the exhibition is comprised of Smuglewicz’s works created after the artist’s return to the homeland. They are divided by themes and genres, thus allowing to reveal the wide range of Smuglewicz’s creative interests and his impact on the further development of Lithuanian art. One of the last rooms of the exhibition is devoted to his teaching work and his students.
Brief descriptions given at the majority of works and the supplementary video material will help to bring the distant past nearer and better understand Smuglewicz’s work. The organizers hope that the exhibition will not only offer the viewers memorable aesthetic impressions, but also will involve them in an exciting adventure of discovery.
The works in the exhibition are courtesy of:
Šiauliai Aušros Museum
Samogitian Museum Alka
Vilnius University Library
Vilnius University Museum
Lithuanian Art Centre Tartle
Curia of the Kaišiadorys diocese
Dr. Jaunius Gumbis
Archival video material for the exhibition is courtesy of
Lithuanian National Radio and Television
Exhibition curator Dalia Tarandaitė
Exhibition architects: Vytautas Biekša, Eglė Matulaitytė
Exhibition designers: Loreta Uzdraitė, Laura Grigaliūnaitė, Vadim Šamkov
Current safety regulations require the visitors to wear face masks and maintaining social distance of at least 2 m. Please follow the instructions given by the museum personnel and the signage that is placed throughout the museum floor to help encourage proper social distancing. Don’t forget to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your elbow before coughing or sneezing.
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You may not recognize Varetta Dillard, Tiny Grimes and the Rockin’ Highlanders or The Dominoes. But they were scheduled performers at what’s widely considered the first major rock ‘n’ roll concert.
Now-legendary DJ Alan Freed had been finding success with playing rock ‘n’ roll on Cleveland’s WJW AM radio station, and decided to hold a live dance event with some of their show’s featured musicians.
On March 21, 1952, the Moondog Coronation Ball was held in an arena of 10,000. But when more than double that amount showed within an hour, police shut it down. Cleveland hasn’t stopped rocking since that day.
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While books like 1984 and Brave New World are getting a lot of buzz right now because of the political climate of the country, I think there’s a classic dystopian title which is even more deserving of our reading (and re-reading): Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
If you’ve not read the book, you likely at least know its general plot: In the future, firemen no longer put out fires, rather, they start fires to piles of books. Books have been outlawed, and anyone caught with them is a criminal whose stash is to be burned up, sometimes with the daring reader along with it.
One particular firefighter, Guy Montag, encounters a couple of people who help change his mind about books, and particularly, the ideas held within them.
While 1984 and Brave New World offer scary glimpses of a future that some argue is already here, Fahrenheit 451 is filled with hope, and offers ideas for how people can resist — not the government necessarily, but the shallowness and thoughtlessness of the age.
Let’s look at a few specific lessons we can garner from Bradbury’s classic.
If You Want Better Media, Vote With Your Clicks and Dollars
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
In the dystopian future Fahrenheit 451 depicts, books slowly lost their value over time. As society began to move at a faster pace (quite literally — cars travel so fast that billboards must stretch 200 feet long to be readable), the written word started to seem too slow and boring, especially in comparison to the new forms of media that became available. People preferred to stay home and watch the “parlor walls” — giant television screens — or go see a sporting event instead of reading. Publishers abridged books into shorter and shorter works to meet the needs of steadily atrophying attention spans, but demand for even these “Cliffs Notes” shriveled.
Eventually, the government simply banned books altogether, under the pretense that not having to deal with reading and difficult-to-digest ideas would make the public happier.
Looking at the current media landscape, it’s a course of events that doesn’t seem entirely far-fetched.
Articles and books have been made ever shorter (or substituted altogether for videos) in order to appeal to those who cry “TL;DR!” to anything over 500 words. News and debates are often conducted in soundbites and conveyed in 140-character tweets.
Many people shake their heads at these trends, and act as if they’ve been brought about by shadowy forces and greedy media corporations. “Those people” over “there” are to blame.
It’s true that media companies do want to make money. But they’re only able to do so by fulfilling what the consumer demands. If the consumer wants short, dumbed-down content, that’s what is produced. Websites wouldn’t create clickbait headlines if they weren’t effective in soliciting clicks.
The reality is that it isn’t corporations who are responsible for our media, but the public. You, me, and everyone else. How you direct your attention, what subscriptions you’re willing to pay for, and what you click/share/re-tweet greatly determines the content that is put out by websites and media corporations.
If you vote for quality with your clicks, that’s what you’ll get. If you vote for bite-sized nuggets of fluff, an endless supply will be produced.
Until at some point, as in Bradbury’s novel, all information becomes so trivial and seemingly useless, that it could be banned outright and only elicit a shrug of the shoulders.
Facts Are Useless Without Context
“Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.”
Our modern society has an obsession with acquiring information, most of it in the form of social media and internet articles. We think that reading about the news (in reality, often just the headlines of the news) and keeping up with what’s happening with our Facebook friends, makes us smart, informed citizens.
And to some degree it does. Surely, having some knowledge of mere facts is better than none. The problem, especially today, is that by simply watching the news or reading articles on the internet, you can hear very different facts about the exact same subject. It’s really hard to know who to trust, how to suss out what the truth is about a certain matter (if that’s even possible at all), and how to develop a truly informed opinion about something. Rather than putting in the hard work of doing those things, we simply hit the “Share” button or re-tweet something after reading a headline that we think conveys some new information.
In today’s world, being informed doesn’t actually matter much, or set you apart. Simply knowing isn’t enough, even though it can sure feel like it. As Bradbury writes above, when you’re chock-full of information, you feel satisfied and enormously “brilliant.” But are you really?
Our world isn’t made better or moved forward by knowing facts. It’s the “slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology” that enables progress of thought and action. It’s thinking deeply, connecting ideas, knowing the context of those ideas, and solving problems by delving into your toolkit of mental models that matters.
As Montag’s sage mentor, Faber, says:
“It’s not books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books. … There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”
You don’t need more information. You need new ways of stitching the world together.
To give a quick example, let’s briefly look at Paleo dieting. Many folks in the last decade have taken up what they consider to be the diet of cavemen. Eggs every morning, plenty of meat/seafood, nuts, leafy greens, etc. This is based on the information that those foods are what our prehistoric ancestors — who were presumably healthier than their modern, overweight descendants — had available to them.
But it’s not that simple. As Kamal Patel asked in his podcast with Brett, “Would paleo man have really eaten 3 eggs every morning?” It’s far more likely that ancient humans had a varied diet based on what they could hunt and forage at that time and season rather than eating the same things every day. They likely had intermittent periods of fasting and gorging, and consumed many foods that are either now extinct or look very different than they did 10,000 years ago (though of course some are also remarkably similar).
On top of all that, can we really be sure that a caveman diet is what’s best for everyone in the 21st century? It’s more likely that folks have different needs and that various diet regimens can work for them.
See how adding a little bit of context from history, archaeology, and modern nutrition creates a very different picture than the simple facts of “knowing” what constituted a caveman’s diet?
So what does one do to be able to look at ideas through different lenses, and not just amass facts but connect them together?
Read widely, both fiction and non-fiction. Consider both sides of an issue — or take it a step further and dismiss both and come up with your own opinion or theory (one based on evidence, of course). Delve into various disciplines like biology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, physics — spend more effort on trying to understand how the world works and less on understanding pop culture. An ancient Greek classic could end up giving you more insight into the modern world than a catchy internet headline (or even an evening newscast) ever could.
Don’t Let Fictional Characters Become Your “Family”
As a man in my late 20s, in social situations it feels as if I’m expected to be in touch with every corner of popular culture. Inside jokes are based on an SNL skit, references are made to Breaking Bad’s Walter White (even here on AoM), and of course, Queen Bey’s upcoming twins are even a topic of conversation.
Frankly, it’s a lot to keep up with. You truly can end up feeling out of the know if you’re not aware of what’s going on in the world of sports and entertainment. I’ve only fleetingly even heard of Chance the Rapper, so I felt rather out of touch when everyone was talking about his Grammy win a while back.
To be a Netflix or Hulu “binger” has become common (and yes, my wife and I are plenty guilty at times — we plowed through The Crown and loved it).
And when we’re not in front of a TV, our attention is bogarted by some other screen — be it a phone or laptop or tablet. Americans are in fact consumed by screens for more than 10 hours a day. This can be a little misleading — if you’re working for 8 or 9 hours in an office, that’s the bulk of it right there. And yet, if you’re honest, you know that even outside the office a lot of your life is spent staring at backlit rectangles.
While this is partly just the new reality of the world we live in, it’s also a sad testament to the inevitable loss of “analog” experiences — the way digital gigabytes have become substitutes for flesh and blood relationships.
Guy Montag sees this happening in his own household and tries to quell it, asking his wife “‘Will you turn the parlor [television] off?” To which she indignantly replies: “That’s my family.”
His wife can’t bear the thought of turning off the tube because the characters provide her companionship.
This idea — of the entertainment being her family — is repeated throughout the novel, and really stuck with me. It’s a little absurd, but when you think about it, our lives just aren’t that different. The people in our screens — be they internet celebrities or TV show characters — in many ways have become our extended kin. We spend a lot of time with them, we quote them, we aspire to be like them. We plan our weeks and evenings around when certain shows are on (or when they’ll be available online). We analyze the events in a fictional storyline and come up with “fan theories” about how those universes operate. All the while, we may be ignoring the many nuances, plot developments, and character arcs of our own loved ones and the communities right outside our door.
Make an effort to give a little less credence to your fictional family, and more time and effort to your IRL family. (That’s internet slang for “in real life.”)
Substance Matters; Conversation Matters
“‘Sometimes I sneak around and listen in subways. Or I listen at soda fountains, and do you know what?’
‘People don’t talk about anything!’
‘Oh, they must!’
‘No, not anything. They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.’”
If I’m being honest, many phone calls with family (especially the guys) are a little shallow. There’s a lot of sports and weather chit chat. Sometimes there’s a question about a house project. And of course I always give an update about how our son is doing and if he’s added any words to his growing vocabulary.
But, generally, there isn’t a ton of substance about how work is going, the general mood of the household (which fluctuates greatly with a toddler), our thoughts on current events, etc. And when those questions do pop up, I’m often guilty of a quick answer: “Things are going well!”
And I notice the same pattern when amongst friends too. We rarely dig deeper than the shallow topsoil of weather, sports, quick updates about work, etc. Sometimes it goes beyond that into deeper bedrock, but it admittedly takes some event for that to be the case — being laid off, a breakup, an illness, etc.
While small talk and even seemingly shallow subjects are often what grease the wheels into deeper topics of conversation, you can’t stay flat forever with the people you love and have repeated interactions with. Things lose momentum that way. Relationships become stale. The idea of any disagreement or conflict, or even simply not getting affirmation, leads us to not bring up our fears, dreams, even the interesting things we’ve maybe learned that day.
Guy Montag feels this throughout the book. Within his group of “friends,” there is nothing of depth ever talked about. It revolves around complaining about kids, the latest gossip about town, political trivialities, and of course, the “family” in the TV parlor. When he tries to bring up bigger ideas about the society they live in, or even when he tries to read some poetry aloud, he’s scolded and called crazy. Which in turn, makes him indeed feel crazy.
In order for life to have texture and meaning, we need to be able to talk about important things with other folks beyond just the latest smartphone apps or the new car you bought. As Susan Neiman rightly argues, asking big questions — those of a moral and value-based nature — are a sign of growing up.
My challenge to you is not simply to have those conversations and thoughts within yourself (that’s Step 1, as noted above), but to share those thoughts and questions with your friends and family. Ask your wife or girlfriend what her dreams are (and ask repeatedly — they’ll probably evolve and likely even change entirely over the course of time). Share with your friends some thoughts you had about a book you recently read. Heck, read some moving poetry aloud! You might be literally laughed at, but you might not, and if you’re among friends, there’s really no risk.
In a world of clickbait headlines and “hot takes” about current events and trends, being someone who can think for themselves, and takes seriously the value of community and family, makes you stand out amongst the crowd, and allows you not to be tossed about by whichever cultural current has the most steam that day. Be like Guy Montag. Rather than setting little fires of pop culture and political debate, and letting your attention span smolder into ashes, pause from time to time to extinguish the ever-burning glow of your smartphone and restore the values of deep knowledge, face-to-face relationships, and real conversation. | <urn:uuid:d24be480-34d6-46cd-95e4-a67c1ddae099> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/manly-lessons/lessons-fahrenheit-451-modern-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.953229 | 3,345 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Millions of tons of waste are generated each year in our homes and communities. Due to how these wastes affect our health and environment when they are not correctly handled, every one of us has a role in saving our environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling materials and encouraging others to embrace sustainability.
The first place to start making a difference is right from our homes. Here are ways to reduce the amount of waste you generate, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a sustainable life.
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is a business approach or concept based on building long-term value by considering how a particular company operates in the ecological, social, and economic environment.
A sustainable business is one that incorporates the principles of sustainability into each business decision it takes, that is, one whose goals and actions are based on financial, economic, and social concerns. Such businesses have made enduring commitments to environmental principles, and so they supply environmentally friendly products to customers and are greener than traditional competition.
LEDs and Other Non-Fluorescent Bulbs
The most preferred and effective method of managing waste is preventing waste generation in the first place. The idea is to reduce what is produced and what is consumed since if there’s less waste, there will be less to reuse or recycle.
The ‘reduce’ process starts with assessing the items you use and the purpose they serve. To reduce production and consumption, you are expected to go for things that have multi-use. For instance, buying a KitchenAid mixer that can serve as a mixer, beater, juicer, food processor, food grinder, spiralizer, and ice cream maker with some attachments takes away the need to buy a separate item for each purpose; hence the need for new products will be reduced for the items you didn’t buy, and you’ll also generate less packaging waste material.
Also, ensure that the items you purchase are things you really need or consume since buying them encourages more production, wastes resources, and generates waste.
Other ways to reduce waste include:
- Do not buy items that are over-packed with paper, plastic, and foil.
- Purchase durable/long-lasting products.
- Buy reusable plates, spoons, cups, and napkins instead of the disposables.
- Borrow, share, or rent items that you don’t frequently use, for instance, party decorations.
- Print on both sides of the paper and send emails instead of paper mails to reduce paper wastage. Etc.
Another method to save waste materials from our landfills is to find new purposes for them. Many items can be put to other uses different from what they are originally intended for. You may either reuse such items yourself or give them out to others to use.
Ideas on Reuse include:
- Turning empty jars into left-over food containers.
- Using old tires to make swings.
- Using water bottles as flower beds.
- Turning old jeans, t-shirts, and other clothes into bags and tote-bags with the help of online tutorials. Etc.
Recycling means transforming waste into raw material that can be made into new items. Using materials recovered from the recycling process leads to less solid waste. There are very few materials on Earth that cannot be recycled.
Recycling is beneficial in the following ways:
- Saves resources for future uses.
- Supplies valuable raw materials to industries,
- Prevents the emission of many greenhouse gases and water pollutants.
- Saves energy
- Reduces the need for new incinerators and landfills. Etc.
However, the job doesn’t end when you recycle your household waste. Buying recycled products and packaging is also vital to make recycling economically feasible.
In conclusion, the earth is ours to protect; hence everyone needs to adopt environmental-friendly practices to help manage waste better. The methods discussed here are not difficult to implement; you only need to make small changes to your lifestyle, and you are set on a sustainable life. | <urn:uuid:cc4e0fb6-a881-46df-a1bb-113747783cca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://lydiakeith.com/life/reduce-reuse-recycle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932723 | 852 | 3.46875 | 3 |
It’s that time of the year again — time to sign up for Obamacare! Those who are currently without access to healthcare can browse through a number of plans on healthcare.gov. But health experts have warned would-be buyers looking for plans outside of the federal marketplace to watch out for the so-called “junk insurance” plans that have popped up due to new laws signed by the Trump administration.
Those plans don’t meet the standards of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that will determine whether or not insurers are reimbursed $12.3 billion to which they believe they are entitled. We should have an answer before the Senate goes on recess in summer next year.
According to insurer Land of Lincoln Health, the company is down over $75 million that it should have been able to recover from the risk corridor program under the ACA.
Risk Corridors are a provision of the ACA. They “limit the risk borne by qualified health plans on the insurance marketplaces. Risk Corridors are a mechanism to minimize the year-end losses of insurers who covered a disproportionate share of sicker, often older, insured customers. The federal government, through the Department of Health and Human Services, agrees to cover 50% of the excess costs borne to insurers if those costs exceeded premiums by 3-8%.”
Land of Lincoln Health says that their monthly premiums were set low due to the provision. In addition, insurers Moda Health Plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Maine Community Health Options are all suing as well.
A federal appeals court has already ruled that the Risk Corridor provision of the ACA was non-binding, and that it was more of a description of what an optimal system should look like. The Supreme Court has been asked and subsequently agreed to review the previous rulings.
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) CEO Matt Eyles said, “The Supreme’s Court’s decision to hear this case recognizes how important it is for American businesses, including health insurance providers, to be able to rely on the federal government as a fair and reliable partner. Strong, stable and predictable partnerships between the private and the public sector are an essential part of our nation’s economy, and our industry looks forward to having this matter heard before the Court.”
Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) CEO Margaret Murray said, “We’re pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case, as it gets to the heart of the concept of the full faith and credit of the United States government. We asked the appeals court in an amicus brief to affirm that the Federal government should be as good as its word in statute, and urge the Supreme Court to do the same.” | <urn:uuid:099a2aca-4d42-49aa-ae5b-598f67a33460> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insurancelitigationregulatorylaw.com/officials-warn-to-be-careful-where-you-buy-insurance-outside-federal-marketplace/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.969309 | 582 | 1.828125 | 2 |
W. W. MORRIS
BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Coosa County, Alabama
(Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887)
W. W. Morris was a native of Tennessee and came perhaps with Joseph Bradford from there to Alabama in 1834 or 1835. He was a lawyer, and such was his ability in his profession that he soon took the lead and held it for several years.
He was the first County Judge, and representative the county had in the House, which was in 1837. He then lived in Wetumpka. But after his return from Tuscaloosa, he moved to Rockford. He was very popular and was returned to the House in 1838. In 1839, A. B. Dawson defeated him by a few votes, but in 1840 he beat Dawson by a large majority. In 1841 he ran before the Legislature for solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, but was beaten by Sampson W. Harris. In 1843 he and William L. Yancey ran for the Senate on the white and mixed basis issue. Yancey defeated him. In 1845 he ran before the Legislature for Chancellor of the Middle Division. Again he was opposed by a fellow county man, Wiley W. Mason, and was again beaten. These successive defeats chagrined him, and he moved to Texas, where he soon secured a good practice, and after some years became a popular judge in his adopted State. His religious connection is not known
Additional information and photograph of W. W. Morris from The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names By Zachary Taylor Fulmore Press of E. L. Steck, 1915
W. W. Morris was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1805, and he was there reared and educated. About the year 1840, he removed to Alabama, where he taught school and studied law. After practicing his profession in that state he came to Texas, in 1849, and located near Henderson, in Rusk County. He practiced in the courts of Marshall, Gilmer, Quitman, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Carthage and adjoining counties, and in the higher courts of Texas.
He served two terms in the Legislature, and in his later years gave much of his time and money to the construction of railways in that part of Texas. He died at his home near Henderson, in Rusk County, June 3, 1883.
Faith and Courage: A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love) (Volume 2) In this action packed novel depicting true events the family saga from Tapestry of Love continues with Ambrose Dixon’s family. George Willson witnesses the execution of King Charles II and is forced to leave the woman he loves to witch hunters in 17th century England as he flees to his sister, Mary, and her husband Ambrose Dixons home in Colonial American. Ridden with guilt over difficult decisions he made to survive, George Willson and the Dixon’s embrace the Quaker faith which further creates problems for their existence in the New World. | <urn:uuid:18c27cf2-d839-4da3-a15b-3b6ecf03adcf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.alabamapioneers.com/biography-w-w-morris-1815-1844/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.989037 | 670 | 2.421875 | 2 |
A SCIF can be yours…if the wallpaper is right.
According to PC Magazine, a SCIF (Sensitive Compartment Information Facility) is a secure area where classified information can be discussed and handled. A SCIF is built to prevent information from leaking, being intercepted and compromised.
Now, your business or home office can have its own SCIF-type protection without the use of more expensive Faraday cage electromagnetic mesh (e.g. chain-link) conductive shielding or Japanese anti-Wi-Fi paint that blocks all frequencies.
BusinessWeek (31 January 2013) reports on a new wallpaper called MetaPaper that blocks Wi-Fi signals and helps “improve data security and network speeds.”
The Wi-Fi shielding wallpaper is developed by the French pulp and paper institute, Center Technique du Papier (CTP).
MetaPaper is a snowflake pattern wallpaper “printed in conductive metallic ink” that “blocks Wi-Fi signals, while still allowing FM radio and emergency frequencies to pass through.”
Its filtering is 99% effective (which may not be good enough for handling state secrets, but could be terrific for safeguarding most information) and sells for $12 per square meter.
Aside from information security, additional benefits of MetaPaper is to protect people’s health in terms of attenuating electromagnetic waves that cause genetic damage and cancer as well as socially to create quiet space, Wi-Fi free zones, such as in hospitals and movie theaters.
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Commentary: Economic citizenship in the Caribbean: A threat to Western security?
By Rebecca Theodore
As cash strapped Caribbean nations continue to hunt for ways of raising revenues amidst the turmoil of the economic crisis facing the world at large, economic citizenship presents an interesting portrait. Deemed controversial from its inception into the Caribbean domain, it now seems that this concept of providing a legal means of individual citizenship to a sovereign state is now anchoring another heated debate in international debates and dialogue.
While many contend that economic citizenship will create a new revenue stream for government and inward investment in the islands, critics are pessimistic about the low tax rates that economic citizenship offers to investors and its appeal to international criminals to evade taxes.
Many findings suggest that economic citizenship in the Caribbean can be a manipulative system and a national security risk that enable capital to be moved around freely especially at a time when industrialized nations like the United States and Canada are fastening down on so called tax havens in the Caribbean.
Despite the fact that economic citizenship evokes many nationalistic sentiments and abridges different inclinations as "the sale of land and passports to expatriates and terrorists," economic studies indicate that a high end economic citizen program will assist in attracting foreign direct investments and a larger skills pool to the Caribbean.
According to press reports, the Caribbean islands of Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis are the fastest emerging popular immigration destinations for recipients of economic citizenship in the Caribbean.
But while economic citizenship have eased the economic sufferings of many Kittitians by having a functional well respected international citizenship by investment program for more than 28 years, thus acquiescing profits and investments that include the EC billion-dollar Marriott resort, the Caribbean island of Dominica on the other hand presents a completely different picture.
The dispute over the cheap, dishonest sale of Dominica passports continues to be entangled in many claims in Washington that the island of Dominica is rapidly becoming a gateway for terrorists and can become a threat to the national security of the United States and Canada.
The continual mismanagement of passports by the Dominica government are a strong confirmation that this is not the purpose of economic citizenship, but the incompetency of corrupt officials that will in time become an insult to national security in the region and the world.
Arguably enough, it is also the contention of many that "it is impossible for economic citizenship to bring economic relief to citizens and government." However, with the ravaging effects of crime and illiteracy in the Caribbean, the returns from economic citizenship can be used to educate people on the destructive effects of crime and revolution, and also as the new advertising model to attract investors to the Caribbean.
Moreover, if all the profits from economic citizenship are used sensibly, then it can be an incentive to improve the living standards of people in the Caribbean as well.
If many Caribbean governments abstain from their fraudulent and avaricious ways, then economic citizenship can be combined and structured with tourism, investment, offshore financial services and diplomacy with Washington to achieve its desired goals of allowing successful applicants the opportunity to reside in a country where they can be protected from economic suffering, social confusions and political instabilities.
In this way, economic citizenship will stimulate economic growth and become an essential constituent of political literacy to citizens and foreigners alike.
In fairness, the development of the Caribbean depends on economic citizenship. It is now time for Caribbean governments to begin to reap the profits of economic citizenship by operating the program in a translucent manner with a bi-partisan parliamentary oversight committee with direct communication to Washington via their respective consulates in the United States.
At that juncture, economic citizenship will be the rudder to propel the Caribbean forward in the coming years
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We almost never personally know the person who makes the things we buy and, yet, we blithely go into the world and buy stuff.
That would be insanely more difficult without trademarks.
Imagine a trip to the grocery store where the packages identify the contents with generic names but nothing else.
You liked the IPA you bought last week. Is the bottle that says “IPA” from the same brewery? That TP was soft and yet strong. I wonder if this package labeled “toilet paper” is the same stuff?
Maybe you fall back on knowing the grocer personally and that she stocks stuff only from reputable suppliers, but last week you bought three cans of tomato soup. They were all good, but one was creamier, just the way you like it. Here you are facing a shelf of cans marked “tomato soup.” Which have the soup you like?
It’s hard enough to imagine traditional commerce existing without trademarks, but how would e-commerce ever work? What good is a product review without branding? How much confidence would you have in the goods you’d receive from Amazon® or PeaPod® without being able to order by brand?
We sort of know how it would be. Not many people are comfortable ordering produce online because the brand doesn’t really tell you whether the item is overripe or has been mishandled.
Now imagine that every purchase was as involved as finding that perfect peach.
Trademarks are awesome.
Some companies just nail the trademark choice.
They hit that sweet spot between coming right out and saying what they are (think Pizza Hut®) and having a trademark that tells you nothing at all (think Starbucks®).
In the trademark world, that sweet spot is called a “suggestive” trademark.
Suggestive trademarks are unlike any other kind of trademark. They “require imagination, thought, or perception . . ..” unlike a descriptive trademark “which immediately tells something about the goods or services.”*
Here are some of my favorite suggestive trademarks:
- Insomnia Cookies®
Each one gives you just a faint idea of what it is and what it stands for. Each pops up in the corner of the customer’s eye and reels her in. Great suggestive marks contain some or all of these elements:
- Incongruity – The trademark contrasts with the product or service in some way.
- Humor – The trademark makes you laugh because of the incongruity or surprising connotation.
- Stickiness – The incongruity, humor, or another element of the trademark makes the trademark easy to remember and distinguishes it from the trademarks of competitors.
- Relatability – The trademark reaches your memories or feelings in a direct way.
- Imagination or mental pause – There may be a moment between hearing or seeing the trademark and fully grasping all of the connotations and hidden meanings.
It’s crazy hard to think up a suggestive trademark, but it’s worth its weight in gold.
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This is from the famous La Pastora estate in the Tarrazu region. and is a microlot of their red honey process (pulp natural). Estates are starting to differentiate their different honey lots with a color, and while there isn't yet a universal definition of the different colors, the basic idea is that it demonstrates how often they turn the beans while they are sun-drying and how long they are allowed to sun dry. The shortest process is the White, and then Yellow, and then Red, and then Black. The longer you go, the more fruity flavors you get. A red and a black are getting pretty close to being a natural.
They "honey processed" this lot of coffee by hand which means the "honey" (the fruit pulp) was left on the coffeebean in order to give it an extra dimension of flavor and sweetness. It is only in the last few years that it has been possible to get a honey processed coffee out of Costa Rica, which usually only exports washed process beans. However, their honey processed coffee is some of the best you can find anywhere. The beans are of the bourbon varietal, and the microlot was imported by La Minita.
A few degrees difference does give you very different results and it's a pretty easy coffee to mess up. It is a delicate bean that is susceptible to scorching, so if you have a drum roaster, don't preheat it above 350 degrees, and go lower than that if you can. Then nudge the heat up gently, evenly, give it plenty of time to get through the 1st cracks, maybe wait 20 seconds more, let it out. We give it a burst of heat and less airflow for the last 30 seconds of the roast, and keep the roast to 15 minutes or less. It tastes fruitier and has a very nice tartness (think hibiscus) that I find quite remarkable, whereas the more common "yellow honey" coffees from Costa Rica tend to not be as fruity or tart.
USA Arrival: August 2017
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We learned of the defeat of Premier Churchill of Great Britain by Clement Attlee, a Laborite. Politics is certainly a most ungrateful game. It was Churchill who saved Britain. If it were not for his indomitable spirit, his determined will to fight, Britain might have succumbed. But people or the electorate is fickle. The same thing happened to great Clemenceau of France after the First World War. Wilson died disappointed because the United State Senate turned down his League of Nations.
But I give a more important significance to the victory of Laborite Attlee. I consider it the triumph of Sovietism. It is the Russian ideals surging and spreading. Almost the whole of Europe now is under its influence. Capitalism must do something to arrest the rapid propagation of Communism. To me the only panacea is to embrace radicalism in the proper sense. The capitalistic system shall be retained, but it must be so controlled and regulated by the State so that at the same time that many get rich, there will be no poor, no suffering discontented masses. Each one willing to strive must be able to acquire properties — a suitable area of land, or an income which shall assure him of a decent living. He must have sufficient food to eat, a habitable shelter, funds to give proper education to his children, and a little something for entertainment. I stand upon this idealism and I shall fight for it. | <urn:uuid:d22c436b-eacf-4eca-b211-30591326f29c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://philippinediaryproject.com/1945/08/08/august-8-1945-wednesday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.964731 | 288 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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Sunday morning's ritual: a large cup of coffee and piles of newspaper spread out all over my bed. Then, out into the world to the farmers' market, with its abundance of color, texture, and taste. The Santa Monica market is brimming with eccentric characters vying for attention. Last Sunday, it was a slim, shirtless young fellow, with his pants so low that the only mystery remaining was whether he'd been circumcised or not. Looking at the multitude of his boring tattoos, I wondered if he had been exposed to art in school or had ever been taken to a museum. You see, I have a theory that if our schools provided a decent art education, then maybe young people like him would at least choose more interesting tattoos. And maybe with more art education in school, we would be spared the embarrassment of seeing hoards of abysmal portraits of our leaders in the halls and chambers of power throughout the nation.
Here's the latest example. Last week, the seven-foot tall bronze statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled in Washington at the Capitol Rotunda, and seeing photographs of it, I cringe at its dullness and lack of artistic ambition. Its stiff pose and bland facial expression echo thousands of similarly banal portraits – whether painted or sculpted – commissioned every year by public officials all across the U.S. As the pool of skilled figurative sculptors and painters is limited, such commissions are usually awarded to second-rate practitioners of the craft, and that's why this latest presidential portrait was awarded to Chas Fagan, a self-taught artist who knows how to please his less than demanding clients with a stream of banal likenesses of various presidents and iconic figures such as Rosa Parks and Mother Theresa.
Last year I talked about the controversy surrounding the ambitious monument to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. commissioned for the National Mall. The thirty-foot tall granite portrait is being carved by a Chinese artist who presented the best model of the competition. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that in Chinese art academies, young artists are still required to learn the traditional art of portraiture, while in American schools, this subject and the required skills are hardly considered worthy of attention.
If you stroll through New York's Central Park, you may discover the large, cumbersome bronze portrait of Duke Ellington by Robert Graham, a distinguished figurative sculptor who nevertheless completely failed to capture the joyous spirit of the man and his music. I don't care that statues of Soviet leaders or dictators of Third World countries have the same dull appearance and lack of artistic quality, but it pains me to admit that most portraits of official leaders here in this great nation of ours are scarcely better.
Hopefully Barack Obama will end up with a better-than-average likeness when his presidency is over; at least he is already ahead of the game with the semi-official portrait of his by Shepard Fairey. President Obama's popularity around the world is well acknowledged, but still I was surprised to receive an email from Berlin, written by a listener who is a plastic surgeon by day and an artist in his free time. He sent me an image of a life-size sculptural head portrait of Obama, which impressed me with its skill and definitely put this doctor at the top of the list of candidates for my future plastic surgery.
So, if any of you has the ear of the President, tell him that the nation deserves good art education, which just might lead to public art that is worthy of our ambitions. And please tell him that my next art appreciation class starts on July 11 and that he and any of his colleagues are more than welcome to join as my guest.
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Hemlock Lake is the most undeveloped and pristine of the Finger Lakes, and just 45 minutes from Rochester.
As a source of drinking water for the City, the DEC protects the lake and it’s tributaries, making this forever-wild, tranquil landscape the perfect place to unwind. There are no cottages on the shore, and swimming and large motorized boats are prohibited. Boats are limited to 17 feet in length and a maximum of 10HP engine power, which makes Hemlock Lake an ideal spot for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing.
The forests surrounding the southern end of the lake are classified as "old growth" forests. This means that they were not cut down by settlers and naturally re-grown, as in the case of the other lakes. The Eagle Crest Preserve is a nature conservancy found on the west side of the lake and is dedicated to protecting the old growth forests. The 415 acres of untouched hemlock, beech, sugar maple, and oak trees provide the ideal setting for hiking, bird watching, and trout fishing.
Adjacent to the lake you will find Rob's Trail, a challenging hike between Hemlock and Canadice Lakes or you could visit Harriet Hollister Park, home to some of the most spectacular views in the area.
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Conversational advertising brokers, or chatbots, have change into virtually ubiquitous on the web immediately. In response to Botco.ai, not solely do eight out of 10 individuals say they’ve used a chatbot previously, however the overwhelming majority of shoppers — 70% — say that chatbots usually reply all or most of their questions satisfactorily.
Chatbots have change into such an vital method of navigating web sites and discovering info that two-thirds of shoppers say they’d moderately use a chatbot than browse a web site to search out what they’re on the lookout for. Roughly 18% of shoppers use chatbots to search out enterprise hours, whereas 17% are enthusiastic about studying extra about product info, and 16% want to discover a close by enterprise location; different use instances embrace making a customer support request (16%), requesting technical help (12%), requesting a quote (11%) and asking for personalised suggestions (9%).
In the meantime, entrepreneurs are deploying chatbots in higher numbers to reinforce the client journey. Ninety-three p.c of advertising professionals say their firms at the moment use chatbots to work together with prospects and clients, whereas 87% of firms that don’t at the moment make the most of chatbots anticipate to take action sooner or later, with half of them anticipated to take action within the subsequent yr or sooner. Practically all advertising professionals — 98% — verify that chatbots have improved the client journey total for patrons and prospects, in addition to elevated lead conversions for his or her firms. Probably the most famous profit was elevated gross sales conversions, adopted by extra certified leads, decreased customer-support requests, a extra optimistic buyer expertise and elevated model affinity, respectively.
In November 2021, Botco.ai carried out two surveys to gauge the utilization of chatbots within the area of promoting. The primary survey was directed in the direction of shoppers and had 1,000 individuals. The second survey carried out had 250 respondents, all of whom held a title of both chief advertising officer, digital advertising supervisor, vice chairman of promoting or director of promoting. The purpose of the survey was to guage the individuals’ familiarity, use of and satisfaction with clever chatbots, in addition to the attraction of the know-how in comparison with different merchandise at the moment accessible. Respondents represented all kinds of industries, schooling and earnings ranges.
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Vintage pinball machines, from the old wooden rail machines, which were made in the early 1960s and earlier. They were called wooden rail games because they had wooden rails on the sides of the machine and a wooden frame around the rear glass.
This vintage pinball machine with a wooden rail called the “Gusher” in the late 60’s sold for $ 200. And now you couldn’t find one like that for that price. Nowadays there are a lot of arcade games machines available like jetball alley, iceball pro, skee ball, etc. You can also buy such arcade machines online via alleyrollers.com/.
The machines that appeared in the 1960s and 1970s were considered old-fashioned pinball machines. This is the period when pinball was king, before coin-operated video games appeared.
One of the most popular antique pinball machines of this era was called “King Kool”. It was a very fun machine with double fins on each side. It seems so simple now compared to the modern machines of the last 10 or 15 years.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, all pinballs were what were known as electromechanical or EM machines. They had reels that spun to show the score, or lights that showed through the rear glass.
If you are looking for vintage pinball machines, you are probably referring to any that were built before 1977. In 1977, the advent of the solid state or SS pinball machine occurred, and the industry changed forever. Now, circuit boards and digital displays have taken over.
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Most cars turn off the cigarette lighter sockets when the ignition key is off. In that case, no, it won’t run the car battery down. If you have a car that leaves 12vdc to the lighter socket without the ignition key being on, then anything plugged into the outlet will consume power and yes, run your battery down.
Does using cigarette lighter in car drain battery?
What can cause this? Besides the instances where we simply leave the lights on, here are a few examples: First, air fresheners, radar detectors, phone chargers, dash cams and other accessories that plug into the cigarette lighter socket can drain the battery.
Does leaving a charger plugged in damage the car battery?
Just leaving your phone plugged into your car doesn’t mean your battery will drain. Many cars require that the keys be in the ignition and turned to the “accessory” position for the battery to power the cigarette port.
How much power does a car cigarette lighter put out?
For example, a car cigarette lighter fuse has 15 Amps and most cars use a 12V system, you take 15 and multiply it by 12 and you get 180 Watts which is your safety zone. If you happen to surpass that 180 Watt ceiling, then your fuse will blow.
How do I find out what’s draining my car battery?
Pull the negative off the battery. Put the test light between the post and the ground wire. If the light illuminates, you have a draw. Use the fuse pull method to find the draw; when the light goes out, you found the draw.
Does charging my phone in the car drain the battery?
Turns out, charging your phone in your car could do more harm than good. Plugging your phone into a car’s USB port could stall the charging and even damage the charger. Charging your phone could even drain a car’s battery, especially if it’s an older model.
Is it OK to leave a car battery charger on overnight?
Even though there is no risk of overcharging with the use of a high quality charger, the battery should not remain connected to the charger for more than 24 hours. A full charge is usually achieved by charging overnight.
Does Carplay drain car battery?
Several users who installed iOS 14.6 on their iPhones noticed a significant battery drain, with the battery life per charge said to drop to less than 10 hours. …
Do car chargers drain gas?
The outlet a car charger is plugged into draws its power from the battery. When the car is off, this power comes from the battery only. … The drain on fuel is essentially insignificant because the alternator is running if the vehicle is turned on, regardless of whether a phone charger is plugged in or not.
What year did cars stop having cigarette lighters?
The ashtray and cigarette lighters were popular in cars from the ’50s and ’60s and became a staple for the interior for years after that. It wasn’t until the ’90s that automakers started phasing them out altogether.
Do new cars have 12V outlet?
While newer car models don’t typically come with cigarette lighters anymore, most still offer the 12V socket that used to power them. These days, that 12V socket serves as a potential source of power for all sorts of different car accessories, gizmos, and gadgets.
Can you use a cigarette lighter as a power outlet?
In terms of powering accessories and devices, like your cellphone, there is functionally no difference between cigarette lighter sockets and accessory sockets. … The only important difference is that you can’t, or at least shouldn’t, plug a cigarette lighter into an accessory socket.
How do you stop a car battery from draining when not in use?
If so, here are some things you can do to save your car battery when it’s not in use.
- 1) Use a trickle charger or battery conditioner. …
- 2) Avoid turning your car on and then off again. …
- 3) Avoid short journeys. …
- 4) Drive your car for 15-20 minutes at a time. …
- 5) Alternate trips if your household has more than one vehicle.
How long until car battery dies?
When stored properly out of the car in a secure place, a detached car battery has the chance to last up to six months. Just like any other car battery, it will need charging, but not as often as if it were attached. Giving the battery a charge around every 12 weeks is a good rule of thumb.
How long should you leave a car running to charge the battery?
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The short film “Natkhat“, starring and co-produced by Vidya Balan, depicts how toxic masculinity and patriarchy are instilled in kids right from the start through various small and big instances.
Speaking about the concept, the film’s director Shaan Vyas said: “‘Natkhat‘ is a film that addresses the fact that no matter how many reforms and institutions we set up to address female oppression, fundamental deep-rooted change can only be brought about by proper parenting and teaching children the values of equality at an early age.”
“When me and my co-creator Annukampa Harsh went out to research for the film, we realised that every sensory cue available to a child is representative of a power-difference between men and women. He looks around and finds policemen, army men, male politicians, male principals in school, and even in entertainment, male heroes,” he added.
Continuing on external forces that influence kids, Vyas said: “These social forces are too strong and parents can’t control this. The kids assimilate this and form belief systems that men may just be the more superior gender. The one thing that parents can change though is the way that their own children see this and perceive this inequality.”
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One of the complex (but how interesting) parts of webdesign is the z-index capacities. Some people call it layers or layering of elements.
If you are really new on the subject, we recommend you to start with the documentation below.
If you want to confirm a few doubts the limitations and principles of the z-index CSS property, you can directly check the MDN doc about the z-index CSS property.
First of all, why is it called z-index?
In a 2-dimensions world (which is the case of the paper/print medium for example), you need two coordinates to position elements in the "universe".
In short, you need a x-axis (horizontality) and a y-axis (verticality), like this:
By giving a value of both axis, you can define the position of something in the referential.
But in a 3D universe like space, real-life or a web page, you need a 3rd axis (z) to be able to position/locate "stuff", like this:
The "(z-)index" value is the position of an element on that axis
Now, you have to understand that the <body> element of a page is by default with a z-index value of 0, like this:
Obviously, you can change its z-index value with the z-index CSS property ; but if there is only one element at the same level of the <body> element, no good reason to change it.
All children of an element have the same value of z-index
Children elements of the <body> have a similar z-index. "It's all flat."
For example, in the following HTML snippet:
<p>Lorem <a href="#">ipsum.</a></p>
<img src="../img.jpg" />
Body, the title, the paragraph, its contained link and the image all have a z-index value of 0 (by default).
But not all elements are children of <body>!
In some cases, for example, a sticky navbar, it needs to be displayed visually on "top" of <body>. So that, as you scroll down, it "remains" visible.
The elements which compose the navbar can be:
- children of <body>
- at same level of higher of <body>
The first case is the most common one.
In order to make the navbar "sticky", we give it a higher value of z-index. Let's say "1". We also have to give it a "position" value. Let's say "sticky".
So, as you scroll down, the <body> is moving up but the navbar is not.
Conditions to use z-index CSS property
- z-index can only be defined on "positioned" elements, which means only on elements whose "position:" CSS property value is: "relative", "absolute", "fixed" or "sticky". "Static" is not accepted.
- its value can be "auto" or any integer between "-2147483548" and "2147483547" (long story...)
Let's talk about AB Tasty widgets
Now, when you add an AB Tasty widget to your page and choose a "modal" layout (in a popin widget for example), you probably want it to be displayed "on top" of the <body> element.
So we took the decision to "inject" the widget container element at the same level of <body> in the page code and give it a higher z-index value (1).
This is why, you will see the popin "on top" of the page.
Now, let's imagine (if you have good reason or just being curious) that you want to display the widgets "under" the page (<body>). You are able to do it giving a lower value of z-index (for example: -1).
You're getting the idea. And that's good.
It's becoming trickier...
Now, let's say you want to display a widget between an element with a higher value of z-index than <body> and <body> itself or "on top" of this element.
You need to know the z-index value of this element "on top" of <body>. You can find it through to the inspecter of your browser.
- If this element has a z-index value of 1, and if you want to display it on top, you will need to give the widget a higher value of z-index, for example 2.
- If this element has a value of 1 and you want to display the widget between it and <body>, you'll need to give your widget a z-index value of 1 and a higher value to the already in place element.
Of course, all this is doable with custom CSS.
But, we came up with a handy solution for the widgets: a new component in the "Layout" tab called "Layer position (z-index)."
You will have 5 different options to choose from:
- Above (will display the widget "on top of" anything, z-index value is: 2147483647)
- Default (selected by default) (the widget is "on top of" <body>, z-index value is: 1)
- Auto (the value will be "auto" and therefore, it will adapt to the z-index context already in place)
- Under (will display the widget "under" <body>, z-index value is: -1)
- Custom (a number input is shown and you can use any value between "-2147483548" and "2147483547")
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Clean Energy Future President Vows H.B. 6 Referendum
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A referendum committee has been formed to overturn legislation signed into law Tuesday that subsidizes two nuclear plants owned by FirstEnergy Solutions.
The announcement by Bill Siderewicz, president of Boston-based Clean Energy Future, followed House Bill 6 being signed into law Tuesday afternoon by Gov. Mike DeWine. The bill passed by a 51-38 vote in the Ohio House of Representatives. On July 17, it was approved by a 19-12 vote in the Ohio Senate.
The legislation will apply monthly surcharges of $2.50 for residential energy customers, $20 for commercial customers and $250 for customers classified as industrial. It also creates the Ohio Clean Air Quality Development Authority, which would provide during the first year “clean air credits” under the Ohio Clean Air program to power plants, such as nuclear power plants, that produce zero carbon emissions.
FirstEnergy Solutions operates two nuclear plants in Ohio, the Davis-Besse plant near Toledo and the Perry nuclear plant along Lake Erie.
Nearly all of the members of the Mahoning Valley’s delegation to Columbus – state Sens. Sean O’Brien and Michael Rulli, and state Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan, Michael O’Brien, and Gil Blair – all voted against the legislation. State Rep. Don Manning, R-59 New Middletown, voted in favor of the legislation.
Critics charge the legislation amounts to nothing more than a bailout for FirstEnergy Solutions.
“The voters hate this blatant ‘pay to play’ scheme” to the tune of up to $400 million per year, Siderewicz said in an email responding to a request for comment Tuesday. Clean Energy Future developed the natural gas-fueled Lordstown Energy Center that opened last year and has plans to build a second such plant next to it.
The first $170 million will go to the two “currently bankrupt and money-losing” Davis-Besse and Perry plants, he said. Nearly all of the rest goes to Ohio electric utilities invested in Ohio Valley Electric Corp. coal plants, which include FirstEnergy Solutions, FirstEnergy, American Electric Power, Dayton Power & Light Co. and Duke Energy Ohio.
By September, the referendum committee will have gathered enough signatures to “hold [H.B. 6] in a coma until permanently killing it” in the November 2020 election, and “sweep away many of its ill-advised proponents” such as Manning and “Republican ‘follower’ sheep in Columbus,” he said.
Lepore-Hagan, D-58, in a statement issued by her office accused the state legislature of siding with “corporate interests” and of gutting Ohio’s renewable energy and efficiency standards.
“H.B. 6 harms our state’s growing renewable energy industry, our environment and working Ohioans who will now foot the bill for a corporate bailout,” she continued. “Once again, the legislature has turned its back on the future at the expense of Ohio families, clean energy workers, small businesses and the health of Ohioans.”
More than 112,000 Ohioans now work in the clean energy sector, eighth highest in the country and third in the region, according to her release.
“This bill offers no aid to the gas-fired power plant located in Lordstown or the two additional plants slated for construction,” Blair, D-63 Weathersfield, said in a separate statement.
“Although the bill is touted to save jobs and nuclear plants, there is no language contained in the legislation which guarantees either. General Motors has shown us in Lordstown that bailouts without commitments from the bailed out corporations are bad policy,” he continued.
Daniel Sawmiller, Ohio energy policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, called the legislation “irresponsible economic policy” in a statement issued following the House vote. While the rest of the country is adding jobs in “one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy,” Ohio is signaling to the clean energy sector that it isn’t welcome in the state.
“If this mess of a bill passes, the rest of the nation will be looking closely at Ohio’s statehouse trying to understand the motivations for a bill that is so far out of line with what is happening everywhere else,” he said.
A firm representing FirstEnergy Solutions said it was preparing a statement it would release today.
Hearings Begin on Bill to Subsidize Nuclear Plants | April 12, 2019
Pictured: FirstEnergy’s Davis-Besse nuclear power plant outside Toledo.
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Technology has revolutionized our life and the way we shop, eat, work, and unwind. We can order meals, buy home appliances, make reservations, and do so much more with just a few touches on our smartphones.
Technological breakthroughs have also occurred in the travel sector. You may use your mobile device to book hotels, flights, sightseeing excursions, and other activities, as well as organize your complete vacation.
Travel has become more fun and convenient as a result of technological advancements. This tremendous revolution in the tourist industry is now referred to as travel technology. Let’s take a closer look at these tourist industry facts and how you may benefit from them.
What Exactly Is Travel Technology?
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Technology is being used in travel to arrange journeys. It enables travel agents to arrange trips for their clients, such as hotel rooms, airline tickets, vehicle rentals, and other travel-related activities.
They may manage all aspects of their vacation in minutes owing to computerized reservation systems (CRSs) supplied by their hotel partners.
Each reservation system saves and retrieves real-time data, allowing each travel agent to connect with all parties involved.
Travel technology simplifies reservations and payments for Ladakh tour packages for travel firms.
Definition Of Travel Technology
Travel Tech refers to the use of information technology to help the travel, tourist, and hospitality sectors.
It is the application of IT and eCommerce solutions in tourism and travel to automate travel, save time, save expenses, and provide travelers with a seamless experience before, during, and after a trip.
What Role Does Technology Play In Travel?
We’ve briefly touched on some of its general uses to help you grasp the potential of this technology as a game-changer in tourism. Now consider how technology is employed in travel.
These are the top travel technology developments you should be aware of.
Make Your Smartphone Your Travel Companion
You may use your smartphone to plan your trip. Your smartphone may also serve as a tour guide, no matter where you are.
It may be used to get real-time flight information, check into and out of hotels, and navigate around your location. It functions as a map and compass, locating local restaurants, cafés, museums, and other important information.
Voice search and virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google (News – Alert) Assistant may make your travel even easier and more fun.
Chat Bots And AI
AI-powered solutions are being used by an increasing number of online hotels and travel firms to automate reservations and provide tailored services.
One example is chat bots. They can provide 24-hour customer service, make appointments, instantaneously answer FAQs, handle payments, and conduct intelligent discussions that mimic human dialogues. They make excellent traveling companions.
Machine learning offers insights into customer behavior, preferences, and interests in terms of travel locations, hotels, and facilities, as well as price and other considerations.
OTAs can use this information to send or show appropriate offers to their clients.
Virtual Reality And Augmented Reality
VR (Virtual Reality) in travel allows you to travel to another location virtually. Before making a reservation or booking a table at a restaurant, you may take a virtual tour of the establishment.
You may take room tours or interact with hotel features using AR (augmented reality).
Inside an airplane, you can see around. You can check your carry-on bags, look up public transit timetables, and overcome linguistic hurdles.
The Internet Of Things (IOT)
The Internet of Things in Travel enables you to customize and simplify your travel experience.
IOT-enabled hotels allow customers to use their smartphones to operate various internet-enabled equipment in their rooms. They can control lights, thermostats, televisions, and a variety of other devices.
What Impact Has Technology Had On The Travel Industry?
Technology has enabled travel automation, making trip planning easier and more fun for both travelers and travel firms.
Plan your trip in minutes, book your accommodations and flights, and obtain your favorite Kashmir holiday packages. You may maintain your full trip itinerary at your fingertips with your smartphone as your travel buddy.
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What is cryptocurrency?
A cryptocurrency is a currency unit, represented by a data encryption string. A blockchain, a peer-to-peer network that functions as a secure log of transactions such as buying, selling, and transferring, monitors and organizes it.
Cryptocurrencies, unlike traditional currencies, are stateless, which means governments or other banks do not issue them.
Encryption secures the cryptocurrencies after their creation. Mining is a process that maintains and confirms the encryption.
In which, we can do transactions and validate them by a network of computers or specialized hardware. These systems may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The procedure rewards the miners who power the network with cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency. It is still the most well-known today. The majority of interest in cryptocurrencies is speculative with speculators.
How does cryptocurrency mining work?
Cryptocurrency miners must tackle extremely complicated arithmetic to correctly add a block. It also requires two important things:
- Powerful computers
- A huge amount of electricity
To finish the mining process, the miner must first find the proper answer to the question. Proof of work refers to the process of estimating the correct number.
Miners must guess the target as soon as possible, requiring significant computing power.
PC hardware always requires Software integrated circuits. These circuits can cost up to a thousand dollars. Manufacturers consume a huge amount of power. This power has caused analysis by limits and conservation activists on the utility of miners.
If a miner successfully adds a block to the blockchain, they will get reward with some points of cryptocurrency. The award amount is normally less at the normal gap or every 210,000 blocks.
There isn’t a reason to use physical machinery in mining. Before you decide whether mining is for you, let’s go over how crypto mining power generation works.
Electricity Consumption and demand:
Industrial-scale cryptocurrency miners can use electricity from 25 megawatts to hundreds of megawatts of power around the clock.
In contrast to traditional data centers, cryptocurrency miners provide the option to shut download. Whether for forced outages or to sell power to the electric grid, it is more cost-effective to do so during peak price periods.
In addition, bitcoin mining operations are not like typical data centers, which must be built near backbone fiber networks. Bitcoin mining operations can be located anywhere there is enough electricity and internet access.
However, cryptocurrency miners typically report that there is a sufficient supply of cutting-edge mining machines. In addition, access to electric power infrastructure, has become the most difficult component of building new cryptocurrency mining sites. Whether it is behind the fence or on the electrical grid.
Electricity demand by cryptocurrency mining has reached a level that is attracting the attention of all-electric sector participants. One can believe it to become an integrated world element of the electric grid.
A primary source of energy for cryptocurrency mining:
Industry artists and executives have expressed concerns about the possibility of cryptocurrency mining energy production. Because it is a greater activity that requires a lot of energy. Experts worldwide believe that fossil resources are generating dangerous and unexpected climate change.
It is odd that biofuels are the primary and sole source of energy for crypto mining. In reality, all cryptocurrency miners worldwide get their energy from renewable sources. Many cryptocurrency miners are turning to alternative electricity to boost their business revenues.
Cryptocurrency mining rises energy consumption:
Back when cryptocurrency was less popular and valued less, anyone with a computer could simply mine it at home. Not so much any longer.
How have things changed throughout time? How much electricity would have been required to mine one cryptocurrency coin at home (in terms of an average household electricity bill) if the most energy-efficient gear were utilized?
Today, following equipment is essential to keep the always running hardware from overheating:
- Highly specialized machinery
- A lot of money
- A lot of space
- Plenty of cooling power
As a result, mining is now done in massive data centers. Organizations or groups of people control these data centers.
How can we calculate the long-term sustainability of cryptocurrency mining?
Some might presume that looking at emissions could indicate the sustainability of cryptocurrency mining power generation. This, however, is not such simple to compute.
It is difficult to locate the fossil fuel outputs of crypto mining without understanding the precise energy mixture used to regulate it. For example, one unit of water energy has a lower environmental impact than one unit of coal energy.
Structures of Transactions:
Electric power companies must first decide if they want direct exposure to the positive potential and adverse hazards of bitcoin mining.
Power is sold at a fixed price under a standard power purchase with a cryptocurrency miner. The electric power provider does not profit from mining bitcoin.
Depending on the strike price, traditional power purchase agreements might still give value to certain electric power providers as a hedge against merchant power costs.
This year, several power purchase agreements have been disclosed among merchant producers and cryptocurrency miners, with many more in the works.
Furthermore, cryptocurrency miners are intensely interested in directly acquiring power-generating properties.
As low-cost power purchase agreements difficult to locate and joint venture partnerships tough to negotiate. Bitcoin miners are aggressively seeking generation to secure electricity and expand operations as soon as possible.
Prismecs – One stop shop of energy for cryptocurrency miners
Prismecs is a cryptocurrency mining energy provider. Prismecs is the answer to all of your problems.
Our prismecs team provides the entire package, from planning and design to supply chain management. As the crypto mining power production industry grows, our experts will guide your activities with the most efficient, cost-effective solution.
We rely on energy to provide electricity, fuel, and hot water for our vehicles. This energy is derived from oil-based goods similar to coal, oil, and gas.
These are nonrenewable energy sources, which means that even if we use them all, they will never be created again in our lifetime.
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With advances in know-how, demand for computer engineering specialists is high. An increasing number of faculties provide an info safety program specifically designed to prepare students for this place. Part I on this NSF program was designed to encourage the use of high efficiency computing at American universities by making cycles and training on three (and later six) existing supercomputers immediately available. If you happen to hold observe of these things, you’ll note that the list of the world’s high 10 technology companies continues to be dominated by American names.
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The COVID 19 pandemic has thrown up the novel challenge of setting up rapid diagnostic facilities in remote areas which do not have adequate infrastructure. This calls for low cost devices that do not require very stringent storage facilities. Scientists have put in a research plan to meet this urgent requirement.
With support from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, has initiated a research with the detection of a target protein using bioinformatics tool against which the diagnostic kit has to be developed. This study has taken the special domain of spike protein in consideration for the development of the diagnostic kit.
The researchers are developing an aptamer-based diagnostic kit for detection of SARS-Co-V2 infection. Their study will first ensure the detection of corona virus infection while subsequently, the kit will also differentiate the various types of corona virus infection (SARS Co-V1, MERS) including COVID 19 infection. The general corona virus infection may be detected on the basis of conserved domain present in all three corona virus infection (SARS Co-V1, MERS & COVID 19) while the differential kit will be developed on the basis of combination of conserved and non-conserved domain present in SARS-CoV2 virus, SARS-CoV2 virus & MERS virus respectively.
Armed with state-of-art expertise in molecular biology and drug delivery domain, Dr. Abhimanyu Dev, Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) Ranchi, has teamed up with Dr. Venkatesan Jayaprakash, Associate Professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi to carry out this research. The development of the diagnostic kit will be done at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra lab while testing of kit will be conducted at Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar under supervision of Dr. Rajeeb Kumar Swain, Scientist E, ILS Bhubaneswar.
The aptamer-based technology is a relatively new technique. It can detect a number of infections in precise & efficient manner. Besides, it makes detection of COVID 19 infection less costly and the devices can be stored in less stringent conditions, making it more effective over conventional antibody-based detection techniques, especially for the rural and remotely located population. The detection of other corona virus infection (SARS-Co-V1 & MERS) will also be an added advantage of our research.
This kit also has the advantage of detecting corona virus infection in very less time as it will be a rapid diagnostic kit for detection based on the change in color. Further, the kit will be less costly in comparison to antibody-based detection technique due to low production cost and requirement of the less stringent storage facility.
For more details, please contact: Dr. Abhimanyu Dev, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) Email: abhimanyudev[at]bitmesra[dot]ac[dot]in, Mob: 9955165915
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So, you think you know Galileo? A new book out from Simon and Schuster publishing looks at the exploits of one of the most famous astronomers there ever was: Galileo Galilei. Galileo and the Science Deniers by Dr. Mario Livio not only looks at the life and times of the famous astronomer, but busts some of the most famous myths surrounding Galileo, and looks at his greatest discoveries and tempestuous clash with the Roman Catholic Church and its aftermath. Livio also connects the science denialism of the day with comparisons to modern clashes between politics and science.Continue reading “Review: Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio”
In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei looked up at the heavens using a telescope of his making. And what he saw would forever revolutionize the field of astronomy, our understanding of the Universe, and our place in it. Centuries later, Galileo’s is still held in such high esteem; not only for the groundbreaking research he conducted, but because of his immense ingenuity in developing his own research tools.
And at the center of it all is Galileo’s famous telescope, which still inspires curiosity centuries later. How exactly did he invent it. How exactly was it an improvement on then-current designs? What exactly did he see with it when he looked up at the night sky? And what has become of it today? Luckily, all of these are questions we are able to answer.
Galileo’s telescope was the prototype of the modern day refractor telescope. As you can see from this diagram below, which is taken from Galileo’s own work – Sidereus Nuncius (“The Starry Messenger”) – it was a simple arrangement of lenses that first began with optician’s glass fixed to either end of a hollow cylinder.
Galileo had no diagrams to work from, and instead relied on his own system of trial and error to achieve the proper placement of the lenses. In Galileo’s telescope the objective lens was convex and the eye lens was concave (today’s telescopes make use of two convex lenses). Galileo knew that light from an object placed at a distance from a convex lens created an identical image on the opposite side of the lens.
He also knew that if he used a concave lens, the object would appear on the same side of the lens where the object was located. If moved at a distance, it appeared larger than the object. It took a lot of work and different arrangements to get the lens the proper sizes and distances apart, but Galileo’s telescope remained the most powerful and accurately built for a great many years.
History of Galileo’s Telescope:
Naturally, Galileo’s telescope had some historical antecedents. In the late summer of 1608, a new invention was all the rage in Europe – the spyglass. These low power telescopes were likely made by almost all advanced opticians, but the very first was credited to Hans Lippershey of Holland. These primitive telescopes only magnified the view a few times over.
Much like our modern times, the manufacturers were quickly trying to corner the market with their invention. But Galileo Galilei’s friends convinced his own government to wait – sure that he could improve the design. When Galileo heard of this new optical instrument he set about engineering and making improved versions, with higher magnification.
Galileo’s telescope was similar to how a pair of opera glasses work – a simple arrangement of glass lenses to magnify objects. His first versions only improved the view to the eighth power, but Galileo’s telescope steadily improved. Within a few years, he began grinding his own lenses and changing his arrays. Galileo’s telescope was now capable of magnifying normal vision by a factor of 10, but it had a very narrow field of view.
However, this limited ability didn’t stop Galileo from using his telescope to make some amazing observations of the heavens. And what he saw, and recorded for posterity, was nothing short of game-changing.
What Galileo Observed:
One fine Fall evening, Galileo pointed his telescope towards the one thing that people thought was perfectly smooth and as polished as a gemstone – the Moon. Imagine his surprise when found that it, in his own words, was “uneven, rough, full of cavities and prominences.” Galileo’s telescope had its flaws, such as a narrow field of view that could only show about one quarter of the lunar disk without repositioning.
Nevertheless, a revolution in astronomy had begun! Months passed, and Galileo’s telescope improved. On January 7th, 1610, he turned his new 30 power telescope towards Jupiter, and found three small, bright “stars” near the planet. One was off to the west, the other two were to the east, and all three were in a straight line. The following evening, Galileo once again took a look at Jupiter, and found that all three of the “stars” were now west of the planet – still in a straight line!
And there were more discoveries awaiting Galileo’s telescope: the appearance of bumps next to the planet Saturn (the edges of Saturn’s rings), spots on the Sun’s surface (aka. Sunspots), and seeing Venus change from a full disk to a slender crescent. Galileo Galilei published all of these findings in a small book titled Sidereus Nuncius (“The Starry Messenger”) in 1610.
While Galileo was not the first astronomer to point a telescope towards the heavens, he was the first to do so scientifically and methodically. Not only that, but the comprehensive notes he took on his observations, and the publication of his discoveries, would have a revolutionary impact on astronomy and many other fields of science.
Galileo’s Telescope Today:
Today, over 400 years later, Galileo’s Telescope still survives under the constant care of the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza (renamed the Museo Galileo in 2010) in Italy. The Museum holds exhibitions on Galileo’s telescope and the observations he made with it. The displays consist of these rare and precious instruments – including the objective lens created by the master and the only two existing telescopes built by Galileo himself.
Thanks to Galileo’s careful record keeping, craftsmen around the world have recreated Galileo’s telescope for museums and replicas are now sold for amateurs and collectors as well. Despite the fact that astronomers now have telescopes of immense power at their disposal, many still prefer to go the DIY route, just like Galileo!
Few scientists and astronomers have had the same impact Galileo had. Even fewer are regarded as pioneers in the sciences, or revolutionary thinkers who forever changed humanity’s perception of the heavens and their place within it. Little wonder then why his most prized instrument is kept so well preserved, and is still the subject of study over four centuries later.
We have written many interesting articles on Galileo here at Universe Today. Here’s
Astronomy Cast also has an interesting episode on telescope making – Episode 327: Telescope Making, Part I
For more information, be sure to check out the Museo Galileo‘s website.
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Ever since Galileo first observed it through a telescope in 1610, Jupiter and its system of moons have fascinated humanity. And while many spacecraft have visited the system in the past forty years, the majority of these missions were flybys. With the exception of the Galileo space probe, the visits of these spacecraft to the Jupiter system were one of several intended objectives, taking place before they made their way deeper into the Solar System.
Having launched on August 5th, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has a different purpose in mind. Using a suite of scientific instruments, Juno will study Jupiter’s atmosphere, magnetic environment, weather patterns, and shed light on the history of its formation. In essence, it will be the first probe since the Galileo mission to orbit Jupiter, where it will spend the next two years sending information about the gas giant back to Earth.
If successful, Juno will prove to be the only other long-term mission to Jupiter. However, compared to Galileo – which spent seven years in orbit around the gas giant – Juno’s mission is planned to last for just two years. However, its improved suite of instruments are expected to provide a wealth of information in that time. And barring any mission extensions, its targeted impact on the surface of Jupiter will take place in February of 2018.
As part of the NASA’s New Frontiers program, the Juno mission is one of several medium-sized missions intended to explore the various bodies of the Solar System. It is currently one of three probes that NASA is operating, or in the process of building. The other two are the New Horizons probe (which flew by Pluto in 2015) and OSIRIS-REx, which is expected to fly to asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2020 and bring samples back to Earth.
During a 2003 decadal survey – titled “New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy” – The National Research Council discussed destinations that would serve as the source for the first competition for the New Frontiers program. A Jupiter orbiter was identified as a scientific priority, which it was hoped would address several unanswered questions pertaining to the gas giant.
These included whether or not Jupiter had a central core (the research of which would help establish how the planet was formed), the water content of Jupiter’s atmosphere, how its weather systems can remain stable, and what the nature of the magnetic field and plasma surrounding Jupiter are. In 2005, Juno was selected for the New Frontiers program alongside New Horizons and OSIRIS-REx.
Though it was originally intended to launch in 2009, NASA budget restrictions forced a delay until August of 2011. The probe was named in honor of the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter (the Roman equivalent of Zeus) who was able to peer through a veil of clouds that Jupiter drew around himself. The name was previously a backronym which stood for JUpiter Near-polar Orbiter as well.
The Juno mission was created for the specific purpose of studying Jupiter for the sake of learning more about the formation of the Solar System. For some time, astronomers have understood that Jupiter played an important role in the development Solar System. Like the other gas giants, it was assembled during the early stages, before our Sun had the chance to absorb or blow away the light gases in the huge cloud from which they were born.
As such, Jupiter’s composition could tell us much about the early Solar System. Similarly, the gas giants are believed to have played a major role in the process of planet formation because their huge masses allowed them to shape the orbits of other objects – planets, asteroids and comets – in their planetary systems.
However, for astronomers and planetary scientists, much still remains unknown about this massive gas giant. For instance, Jupiter’s interior structure and composition, as well as what drives its magnetic field, are still the subject of theory. Because Jupiter formed at the same time as the Sun, their chemical compositions should be similar, but research has shown that Jupiter has more heavy elements than our Sun (such as carbon and nitrogen).
In addition, there are some unanswered questions about when and where the planet formed. While it may have formed in its current orbit, some evidence suggests that it could have formed farther from the sun before migrating inward. All of these questions, it is hoped, are things the Juno mission will answer.
Having launched on August 5th, 2011, the Juno spacecraft spent the next five years in space, and will reach Jupiter on July 4th, 2018. Once in orbit, it will spend the next two years orbiting the planet a total of 37 times from pole to pole, using its scientific instruments to probe beneath the gas giant’s obscuring cloud cover.
The Juno spacecraft comes equipped with a scientific suite of 8 instruments that will allow it to study Jupiter’s atmosphere, magnetic and gravitational field, weather patterns, its internal structure, and its formational history. They include:
- Gravity Science: Using radio waves and measuring them for Doppler effect, this instrument will measure the distribution of mass inside Jupiter to create a gravity map. Small variations in gravity along the orbital path of the probe will induce small changes in velocity. The principle investigators of this instrument are John Anderson of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Luciano Iess of the Sapienza University of Rome.
- JunoCam: This visible light/telescope is the spacecraft’s only imaging device. Intended for public outreach and education, it will provide breathtaking pictures of Jupiter and the Solar System, but will operate for only seven orbits around Jupiter (due to the effect Jupiter’s radiation and magnetic field have on instruments). The PI for this instrument is Michael C. Malin, of Malin Space Science Systems
- Jovian Auroral Distribution Experiment (JADE): Using three energetic particle detectors, the JADE instrument will measure the angular distribution, energy, and velocity vector of low energy ions and electrons in the auroras of Jupiter. The PI is David McComas of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
- Jovian Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI): Like JADE, JEDI will measure the angular distribution and the velocity vector of ions and electrons, but at high-energy and in the magnetosphere of Jupiter. The PI is Barry Mauk of NASA’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
- Jovian Infrared Aural Mapper (JIRAM): Operating in the near-infrared, this spectrometer will be responsible for mapping the upper layers of Jupiter’s atmosphere. By measuring the heat that is radiated outward, it will determine how water-rich clouds can float beneath the surface. It will also be able to assess the distribution of methane, water vapor, ammonia and phosphine in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Angioletta Coradini of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics is the PI on this instrument.
- Magnetometer: This instrument will be used to map Jupiter’s magnetic field, determine the dynamics of the planet’s interior and determine the three-dimensional structure of the polar magnetosphere. Jack Connemey of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is the instrument’s PI.
- Microwave Radiometer: The MR instrument will perform measurements of the electromagnetic waves that pass through the Jovian atmosphere, measuring the abundance of water and ammonia in its deep layers. In so doing, it will obtain a temperature profile at various levels and determine how deep the atmospheric circulation of Jupiter is. The PI for this instrument is Mike Janssen of the JPL.
- Radio and Plasma Wave Sensor (RPWS): This RPWS will measure the radio and plasma spectra in Jupiter’s auroral region. In the process, it will identify the regions of auroral currents that define the planet’s radio emissions and accelerate its auroral particles. William Kurth of the University of Iowa is the PI.
- Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVS): The UVS will record the wavelength, position and arrival time of detected ultraviolet photons, providing spectral images of the UV auroral emissions in the polar magnetosphere. G. Randall Gladstone of the SwRI is the PI.
In addition to its scientific suite, the Juno spacecraft also carries a commemorative plaque dedicated to Galileo Galilei. The plaque was provided by the Italian Space Agency and depicts a portrait of Galileo, as well as script that had been composed by Galileo himself on the occasion that he observed Jupiter’s four largest moons (known today as the Galilean Moons).
The text, written in Italian and transcribed from Galileo’s own handwriting, translates as:
“On the 11th it was in this formation, and the star closest to Jupiter was half the size than the other and very close to the other so that during the previous nights all of the three observed stars looked of the same dimension and among them equally afar; so that it is evident that around Jupiter there are three moving stars invisible till this time to everyone.”
The spacecraft also carries three Lego figurines representing Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno. The figure of Juno holds a magnifying glass as a sign of her searching for the truth, Jupiter holds a lightning bolt, and the figure of Galileo Galilei holds his famous telescope. Lego made these figurines out of aluminum (instead of the usual plastic) to ensure they would survive the extreme conditions of space flight.
The Juno mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5th, 2011, atop an Atlas V rocket. After approximately 1 minute and 33 seconds, the five Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) reached burnout and then fell away. After 4 minutes and 26 seconds after liftoff, the Atlas V main engine cut off, followed 16 seconds later by the separation of the Centaur upper stage rocket.
After a burn that lasted for 6 minutes, the Centaur was put into its initial parking orbit. It coasted for approximately 30 minutes before its engine conducted a second firing which lasted for 9 minutes, putting the spacecraft on an Earth escape trajectory. About 54 minutes after launch, the spacecraft separated from the Centaur and began to extend its solar panels.
A year after launch, between August and September 2012, the Juno spacecraft successfully conducted two Deep Space Maneuvers designed to correct its trajectory. The first maneuver (DSM-1) occurred on August 30th, 2012, with the main engine firing for approximately 30 minutes and altering its velocity by about 388 m/s (1396.8 km/h; 867 mph).
The second maneuver (DSM-2), which had a similar duration and resulted in a similar velocity change, took place on September 14th. The two firings occurred when the probe was about 480 million km (298 million miles) from Earth, and altered the spacecraft’s speed and its Jupiter-bound trajectory, setting the stage for a gravity assist from its flyby of Earth.
Juno’s Earth flyby took place on October 9th, 2013, after the spacecraft completed one elliptical orbit around the Sun. During its closest approach, the probe was at an altitude of about 560 kilometers (348 miles). The Earth flyby boosted Juno’s velocity by 3,900 m/s (14162 km/h; 8,800 mph) and placed the spacecraft on its final flight path for Jupiter.
During the flyby, Juno’s Magnetic Field Investigation (MAG) instrument managed to capture some low-resolution images of the Earth and Moon. These images were taken while the Juno probe was about 966,000 km (600,000 mi) away from Earth – about three times the Earth-moon separation. They were later combined by technicians at NASA’s JPL to create the video shown above.
The Earth flyby was also used as a rehearsal by the Juno science team to test some of the spacecraft’s instruments and to practice certain procedures that will be used once the probe arrives at Jupiter.
Rendezvous With Jupiter:
The Juno spacecraft reached the Jupiter system and established polar orbit around the gas giant on July 4th, 2016. It’s orbit will be highly elliptical and will take it close to the poles – within 4,300 km (2,672 mi) – before reaching beyond the orbit of Callisto, the most distant of Jupiter’s large moons (at an average distance of 1,882,700 km or 1,169,855.5 mi).
This orbit will allow the spacecraft to avoid long-term contact with Jupiter’s radiation belts, while still allowing it to perform close-up surveys of Jupiter’s polar atmosphere, magnetosphere and gravitational field. The spacecraft will spend the next two years orbiting Jupiter a total of 37 times, with each orbit taking 14 days.
Already, the probe has performed measurements of Jupiter’s magnetic field. This began on June 24th when Juno crossed the bow shock just outside Jupiter’s magnetosphere, followed by it’s transit into the lower density of the Jovian magnetosphere on June 25. Having made the transition from an environment characterized by solar wind to one dominated by Jupiter’s magnetosphere, the ship’s instruments revealed some interesting information about the sudden change in particle density.
The probe entered its polar elliptical orbit on July 4th after completing a 35-minute-long firing of the main engine, known as Jupiter Orbital Insertion (or JOI). As the probe approached Jupiter from above its north pole, it was afforded a view of the Jovian system, which it took a final picture of before commencing JOI.
On July 10th, the Juno probe transmitted its first imagery from orbit after powering back up its suite of scientific instruments. The images were taken when the spacecraft was 4.3 million km (2.7 million mi) from Jupiter and on the outbound leg of its initial 53.5-day capture orbit. The color image shows atmospheric features on Jupiter, including the famous Great Red Spot, and three of the massive planet’s four largest moons – Io, Europa and Ganymede, from left to right in the image.
While the mission team had hoped to reduce Juno’s orbital period to 14 days, thus allowing for it to conduct a total of 37 perijoves before mission’s end. However, due to a malfunction with the probe’s helium valves, the firing was delayed. NASA has since announced that it will not conduct this engine firing, and that the probe will conduct a total perijoves in total before the end of its mission.
End of Mission:
The Juno mission is set to conclude in February of 2018, after completing 12 orbits of Jupiter. At this point, and barring any mission extensions, the probe will be de-orbited to burn up in Jupiter’s outer atmosphere. As with the Galileo spacecraft, this is meant be to avoid any possibility of impact and biological contamination with one of Jupiter’s moons.
The mission is managed by the JPL, and its principal investigator is Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute. NASA’s Launch Services Program, located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for managing launch services for the probe. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
As of the writing of this article, the Juno mission is one day, four hours and fifty-five minutes away from its historic arrival with Jupiter. Check out NASA’s Juno mission page to get up-to-date information on the mission, and stay tuned to Universe Today for updates!
We have written many interesting articles about Jupiter here at Universe today. Here’s Juno Blasts off on Science Trek to Discover Jupiter’s Genesis, Jupiter Bound Juno snaps Dazzling Gallery of Planet Earth Portraits, Understanding Juno’s Orbit: An Interview with NASA’s Scott Bolton, NASA’s Juno probe Gets Gravity Speed Boost during Earth Flyby But Enters ‘Safe Mode.
Four fundamental forces govern all interactions within the Universe. They are weak nuclear forces, strong nuclear forces, electromagnetism, and gravity. Of these, gravity is perhaps the most mysterious. While it has been understood for some time how this law of physics operates on the macro-scale – governing our Solar System, galaxies, and superclusters – how it interacts with the three other fundamental forces remains a mystery.
Naturally, human beings have had a basic understanding of this force since time immemorial. And when it comes to our modern understanding of gravity, credit is owed to one man who deciphered its properties and how it governs all things great and small – Sir Isaac Newton. Thanks to this 17th century English physicist and mathematician, our understanding of the Universe and the laws that govern it would forever be changed.
While we are all familiar with the iconic image of a man sitting beneath an apple tree and having one fall on his head, Newton’s theories on gravity also represented a culmination of years worth of research, which in turn was based on centuries of accumulated knowledge. He would present these theories in his magnum opus, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (“Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”), which was first published in 1687.
In this volume, Newton laid out what would come to be known as his Three Laws of Motion, which were derived from Johannes Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion and his own mathematical description of gravity. These laws would lay the foundation of classical mechanics, and would remain unchallenged for centuries – until the 20th century and the emergence of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
Physics by 17th Century:
The 17th century was a very auspicious time for the sciences, with major breakthroughs occurring in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry. Some of the greatest developments in the period include the development of the heliocentric model of the Solar System by Nicolaus Copernicus, the pioneering work with telescopes and observational astronomy by Galileo Galilei, and the development of modern optics.
It was also during this period that Johannes Kepler developed his Laws of Planetary Motion. Formulated between 1609 and 1619, these laws described the motion of the then-known planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) around the Sun. They stated that:
- Planets move around the Sun in ellipses, with the Sun at one focus
- The line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps equal areas in equal times.
- The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube (3rd power) of the mean distance from the Sun in (or in other words–of the”semi-major axis” of the ellipse, half the sum of smallest and greatest distance from the Sun).
These laws resolved the remaining mathematical issues raised by Copernicus’ heliocentric model, thus removing all doubt that it was the correct model of the Universe. Working from these, Sir Isaac Newton began considering gravitation and its effect on the orbits of planets.
Newton’s Three Laws:
In 1678, Newton suffered a complete nervous breakdown due to overwork and a feud with fellow astronomer Robert Hooke. For the next few years, he withdrew from correspondence with other scientists, except where they initiated it, and renewed his interest in mechanics and astronomy. In the winter of 1680-81, the appearance of a comet, about which he corresponded with John Flamsteed (England’s Astronomer Royal) also renewed his interest in astronomy.
After reviewing Kepler’s Laws of Motion, Newton developed a mathematical proof that the elliptical form of planetary orbits would result from a centripetal force inversely proportional to the square of the radius vector. Newton communicated these results to Edmond Halley (discoverer of “Haley’s Comet”) and to the Royal Society in his De motu corporum in gyrum.
This tract, published in 1684, contained the seed of what Newton would expand to form his magnum opus, the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. This treatise, which was published in July of 1687, contained Newton’s three laws of motion, which stated that:
- When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force.
- The vector sum of the external forces (F) on an object is equal to the mass (m) of that object multiplied by the acceleration vector (a) of the object. In mathematical form, this is expressed as: F=ma
- When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.
Together, these laws described the relationship between any object, the forces acting upon it and the resulting motion, laying the foundation for classical mechanics. The laws also allowed Newton to calculate the mass of each planet, the flattening of the Earth at the poles, and the bulge at the equator, and how the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon create the Earth’s tides.
In the same work, Newton presented a calculus-like method of geometrical analysis using ‘first and last ratios’, worked out the speed of sound in air (based on Boyle’s Law), accounted for the procession of the equinoxes (which he showed were a result of the Moon’s gravitational attraction to the Earth), initiated the gravitational study of the irregularities in the motion of the moon, provided a theory for the determination of the orbits of comets, and much more.
Newton and the “Apple Incident”:
The story of Newton coming up with his theory of universal gravitation as a result of an apple falling on his head has become a staple of popular culture. And while it has often been argued that the story is apocryphal and Newton did not devise his theory at any one moment, Newton himself told the story many times and claimed that the incident had inspired him.
In addition, the writing’s of William Stukeley – an English clergyman, antiquarian and fellow member of the Royal Society – have confirmed the story. But rather than the comical representation of the apple striking Newton on the head, Stukeley described in his Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton’s Life (1752) a conversation in which Newton described pondering the nature of gravity while watching an apple fall.
“…we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some appletrees; only he, & my self. amidst other discourse, he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind. “why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground,” thought he to himself; occasion’d by the fall of an apple…”
John Conduitt, Newton’s assistant at the Royal Mint (who eventually married his niece), also described hearing the story in his own account of Newton’s life. According to Conduitt, the incident took place in 1666 when Newton was traveling to meet his mother in Lincolnshire. While meandering in the garden, he contemplated how gravity’s influence extended far beyond Earth, responsible for the falling of apple as well as the Moon’s orbit.
Similarly, Voltaire wrote n his Essay on Epic Poetry (1727) that Newton had first thought of the system of gravitation while walking in his garden and watching an apple fall from a tree. This is consistent with Newton’s notes from the 1660s, which show that he was grappling with the idea of how terrestrial gravity extends, in an inverse-square proportion, to the Moon.
However, it would take him two more decades to fully develop his theories to the point that he was able to offer mathematical proofs, as demonstrated in the Principia. Once that was complete, he deduced that the same force that makes an object fall to the ground was responsible for other orbital motions. Hence, he named it “universal gravitation”.
Various trees are claimed to be “the” apple tree which Newton describes. The King’s School, Grantham, claims their school purchased the original tree, uprooted it, and transported it to the headmaster’s garden some years later. However, the National Trust, which holds the Woolsthorpe Manor (where Newton grew up) in trust, claims that the tree still resides in their garden. A descendant of the original tree can be seen growing outside the main gate of Trinity College, Cambridge, below the room Newton lived in when he studied there.
Newton’s work would have a profound effect on the sciences, with its principles remaining canon for the following 200 years. It also informed the concept of universal gravitation, which became the mainstay of modern astronomy, and would not be revised until the 20th century – with the discovery of quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of General Relativity.
We have written many interesting articles about gravity here at Universe Today. Here is Who was Sir Isaac Newton?, Who Was Galileo Galilei?, What Is the Force of Gravity?, and What is the Gravitational Constant?
Continuing with our “Definitive Guide to Terraforming“, Universe Today is happy to present to our guide to terraforming Jupiter’s Moons. Much like terraforming the inner Solar System, it might be feasible someday. But should we?
Fans of Arthur C. Clarke may recall how in his novel, 2010: Odyssey Two (or the movie adaptation called 2010: The Year We Make Contact), an alien species turned Jupiter into a new star. In so doing, Jupiter’s moon Europa was permanently terraformed, as its icy surface melted, an atmosphere formed, and all the life living in the moon’s oceans began to emerge and thrive on the surface.
As we explained in a previous video (“Could Jupiter Become a Star“) turning Jupiter into a star is not exactly doable (not yet, anyway). However, there are several proposals on how we could go about transforming some of Jupiter’s moons in order to make them habitable by human beings. In short, it is possible that humans could terraform one of more of the Jovians to make it suitable for full-scale human settlement someday.
At the end of the millennium, Physics World magazine conducted a poll where they asked 100 of the world’s leading physicists who they considered to be the top 10 greatest scientist of all time. The number one scientist they identified was Albert Einstein, with Sir Isaac Newton coming in second. Beyond being the most famous scientist who ever lived, Albert Einstein is also a household name, synonymous with genius and endless creativity.
As the discoverer of Special and General Relativity, Einstein revolutionized our understanding of time, space, and universe. This discovery, along with the development of quantum mechanics, effectively brought to an end the era of Newtonian Physics and gave rise to the modern age. Whereas the previous two centuries had been characterized by universal gravitation and fixed frames of reference, Einstein helped usher in an age of uncertainty, black holes and “scary action at a distance”.
When it comes to scientists who revolutionized the way we think of the universe, few names stand out like Galileo Galilei. A noted inventor, physicist, engineer and astronomer, Galileo was one of the greatest contributors to the Scientific Revolution. He build telescopes, designed a compass for surveying and military use, created a revolutionary pumping system, and developed physical laws that were the precursors of Newton’s law of Universal Gravitation and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
But it was within the field of astronomy that Galileo made his most enduring impact. Using telescopes of his own design, he discovered Sunspots, the largest moons of Jupiter, surveyed The Moon, and demonstrated the validity of Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the universe. In so doing, he helped to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, our place in it, and helped to usher in an age where scientific reasoning trumped religious dogma.
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564, into a noble but poor family. He was the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati, who’s father also had three children out of wedlock. Galileo was named after an ancestor, Galileo Bonaiuti (1370 – 1450), a noted physician, university teacher and politician who lived in Florence.
His father, a famous lutenist, composer and music theorist, had a great impact on Galileo; transmitting not only his talent for music, but skepticism of authority, the value of experimentation, and the value of measures of time and rhythm to achieve success.
In 1572, when Galileo Galilei was eight, his family moved to Florence, leaving Galileo with his uncle Muzio Tedaldi (related to his mother through marriage) for two years.When he reached the age of ten, Galileo left Pisa to join his family in Florence and was tutored by Jacopo Borghini -a mathematician and professor from the university of Pisa.
Once he was old enough to be educated in a monastery, his parents sent him to the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa, located 35 km southeast of Florence. The Order was independent from the Benedictines, and combined the solitary life of the hermit with the strict life of a monk. Galileo apparently found this life attractive and intending to join the Order, but his father insisted that he study at the University of Pisa to become a doctor.
While at Pisa, Galileo began studying medicine, but his interest in the sciences quickly became evident. In 1581, he noticed a swinging chandelier, and became fascinated by the timing of its movements. To him, it became clear that the amount of time, regardless of how far it was swinging, was comparable to the beating of his heart.
When he returned home, he set up two pendulums of equal length, swinging one with a large sweep and the other with a small sweep, and found that they kept time together. These observations became the basis of his later work with pendulums to keep time – work which would also be picked up almost a century later when Christiaan Huygens designed the first officially-recognized pendulum clock.
Shortly thereafter, Galileo accidentally attended a lecture on geometry, and talked his reluctant father into letting his study mathematics and natural philosophy instead of medicine. From that point onward, he began a steady processes of inventing, largely for the sake of appeasing his father’s desire for him to make money to pay off his siblings expenses (particularly those of his younger brother, Michelagnolo).
In 1589, Galileo was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa. In 1591, his father died, and he was entrusted with the care of his younger siblings. Being Professor of Mathematics at Pisa was not well paid, so Galileo lobbied for a more lucrative post. In 1592, this led to his appointment to the position of Professor of Mathematics at the University of Padua, where he taught Euclid’s geometry, mechanics, and astronomy until 1610.
During this period, Galileo made significant discoveries in both pure fundamental science as well as practical applied science. His multiple interests included the study of astrology, which at the time was a discipline tied to the studies of mathematics and astronomy. It was also while teaching the standard (geocentric) model of the universe that his interest in astronomy and the Copernican theory began to take off.
In 1609, Galileo received a letter telling him about a spyglass that a Dutchman had shown in Venice. Using his own technical skills as a mathematician and as a craftsman, Galileo began to make a series of telescopes whose optical performance was much better than that of the Dutch instrument.
As he would later write in his 1610 tract Sidereus Nuncius (“The Starry Messenger”):
“About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a certain Fleming had constructed a spyglass by means of which visible objects, though very distant from the eye of the observer, were distinctly seen as if nearby. Of this truly remarkable effect several experiences were related, to which some persons believed while other denied them. A few days later the report was confirmed by a letter I received from a Frenchman in Paris, Jacques Badovere, which caused me to apply myself wholeheartedly to investigate means by which I might arrive at the invention of a similar instrument. This I did soon afterwards, my basis being the doctrine of refraction.”
His first telescope – which he constructed between June and July of 1609 – was made from available lenses and had a three-powered spyglass. To improve upon this, Galileo learned how to grind and polish his own lenses. By August, he had created an eight-powered telescope, which he presented to the Venetian Senate.
By the following October or November, he managed to improve upon this with the creation a twenty-powered telescope. Galileo saw a great deal of commercial and military applications of his instrument(which he called a perspicillum) for ships at sea. However, in 1610, he began turning his telescope to the heavens and made his most profound discoveries.
Achievements in Astronomy:
Using his telescope, Galileo began his career in astronomy by gazing at the Moon, where he discerned patterns of uneven and waning light. While not the first astronomer to do this, Galileo artistic’s training and knowledge of chiaroscuro – the use of strong contrasts between light and dark – allowed him to correctly deduce that these light patterns were the result of changes in elevation. Hence, Galileo was the first astronomer to discover lunar mountains and craters.
In The Starry Messenger, he also made topographical charts, estimating the heights of these mountains. In so doing, he challenged centuries of Aristotelian dogma that claimed that Moon, like the other planets, was a perfect, translucent sphere. By identifying that it had imperfections, in the forms of surface features, he began advancing the notion that the planets were similar to Earth.
Galileo also recorded his observations about the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger, which was previously believed to be nebulous. Instead, Galileo found that it was a multitude of stars packed so densely together that it appeared from a distance to look like clouds. He also reported that whereas the telescope resolved the planets into discs, the stars appeared as mere blazes of light, essentially unaltered in appearance by the telescope – thus suggesting that they were much farther away than previously thought.
Using his telescopes, Galileo also became one the first European astronomer to observe and study sunspots. Though there are records of previous instances of naked eye observations – such as in China (ca. 28 BCE), Anaxagoras in 467 BCE, and by Kepler in 1607 – they were not identifies as being imperfections on the surface of the Sun. In many cases, such as Kepler’s, it was thought that the spots were transits of Mercury.
In addition, there is also controversy over who was the first to observe sunspots during the 17th century using a telescope. Whereas Galileo is believed to have observed them in 1610, he did not publish about them and only began speaking to astronomers in Rome about them by the following year. In that time, German astronomer Christoph Scheiner had been reportedly observing them using a helioscope of his own design.
At around the same time, the Frisian astronomers Johannes and David Fabricius published a description of sunspots in June 1611. Johannes book, De Maculis in Sole Observatis (“On the Spots Observed in the Sun”) was published in autumn of 1611, thus securing credit for him and his father.
In any case, it was Galileo who properly identified sunspots as imperfections on the surface of the Sun, rather than being satellites of the Sun – an explanation that Scheiner, a Jesuit missionary, advanced in order to preserve his beliefs in the perfection of the Sun.
Using a technique of projecting the Sun’s image through the telescope onto a piece of paper, Galileo deduced that sunspots were, in fact, on the surface of the Sun or in its atmosphere. This presented another challenge to the Aristotelian and Ptolemaic view of the heavens, since it demonstrated that the Sun itself had imperfections.
On January 7th, 1610, Galileo pointed his telescope towards Jupiter and observed what he described in Nuncius as “three fixed stars, totally invisible by their smallness” that were all close to Jupiter and in line with its equator. Observations on subsequent nights showed that the positions of these “stars” had changed relative to Jupiter, and in a way that was not consistent with them being part of the background stars.
By January 10th, he noted that one had disappeared, which he attributed to it being hidden behind Jupiter. From this, he concluded that the stars were in fact orbiting Jupiter, and they were satellites of it. By January 13th, he discovered a fourth, and named them the Medicean stars, in honor of his future patron, Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and his three brothers.
Later astronomers, however, renamed them the Galilean Moons in honour of their discoverer. By the 20th century, these satellites would come to be known by their current names – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto – which had been suggested by 17th century German astronomer Simon Marius, apparently at the behest of Johannes Kepler.
Galileo’s observations of these satellites proved to be another major controversy. For the first time, a planet other than Earth was shown to have satellites orbiting it, which constituted yet another nail in the coffin of the geocentric model of the universe. His observations were independently confirmed afterwards, and Galileo continued to observe the satellites them and even obtained remarkably accurate estimates for their periods by 1611.
Galileo’s greatest contribution to astronomy came in the form of his advancement of the Copernican model of the universe (i.e. heliocentrism). This began in 1610 with his publication of Sidereus Nuncius, which brought the issue of celestial imperfections before a wider audience. His work on sunspots and his observation of the Galilean Moons furthered this, revealing yet more inconsistencies in the currently accepted view of the heavens.
Other astronomical observations also led Galileo to champion the Copernican model over the traditional Aristotelian-Ptolemaic (aka. geocentric) view. From September 1610 onward, Galileo began observing Venus, noting that it exhibited a full set of phases similar to that of the Moon. The only explanation for this was that Venus was periodically between the Sun and Earth; while at other times, it was on the opposite side of the Sun.
According to the geocentric model of the universe, this should have been impossible, as Venus’ orbit placed it closer to Earth than the Sun – where it could only exhibit crescent and new phases. However, Galileo’s observations of it going through crescent, gibbous, full and new phases was consistent with the Copernican model, which established that Venus orbited the Sun within the Earth’s orbit.
These and other observations made the Ptolemaic model of the universe untenable. Thus, by the early 17th century, the great majority of astronomers began to convert to one of the various geo-heliocentric planetary models – such as the Tychonic, Capellan and Extended Capellan models. These all had the virtue of explaining problems in the geocentric model without engaging in the “heretical” notion that Earth revolved around the Sun.
In 1632, Galileo addressed the “Great Debate” in his treatise Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems), in which he advocated the heliocentric model over the geocentric. Using his own telescopic observations, modern physics and rigorous logic, Galileo’s arguments effectively undermined the basis of Aristotle and Ptolemy’s system for a growing and receptive audience.
In the meantime, Johannes Kepler correctly identified the sources of tides on Earth – something which Galileo had become interesting in himself. But whereas Galileo attributed the ebb and flow of tides to the rotation of the Earth, Kepler ascribed this behavior to the influence of the Moon.
Combined with his accurate tables on the elliptical orbits of the planets (something Galileo rejected), the Copernican model was effectively proven. From the middle of the seventeenth century onward, there were few astronomers who were not Copernicans.
The Inquisition and House Arrest:
As a devout Catholic, Galileo often defended the heliocentric model of the universe using Scripture. In 1616, he wrote a letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, in which he argued for a non-literal interpretation of the Bible and espoused his belief in the heliocentric universe as a physical reality:
“I hold that the Sun is located at the center of the revolutions of the heavenly orbs and does not change place, and that the Earth rotates on itself and moves around it. Moreover … I confirm this view not only by refuting Ptolemy’s and Aristotle’s arguments, but also by producing many for the other side, especially some pertaining to physical effects whose causes perhaps cannot be determined in any other way, and other astronomical discoveries; these discoveries clearly confute the Ptolemaic system, and they agree admirably with this other position and confirm it.“
More importantly, he argued that the Bible is written in the language of the common person who is not an expert in astronomy. Scripture, he argued, teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go.
Initially, the Copernican model of the universe was not seen as an issue by the Roman Catholic Church or it’s most important interpreter of Scripture at the time – Cardinal Robert Bellarmine. However, in the wake of the Counter-Reformation, which began in 1545 in response to the Reformation, a more stringent attitude began to emerge towards anything seen as a challenge to papal authority.
Eventually, matters came to a head in 1615 when Pope Paul V (1552 – 1621) ordered that the Sacred Congregation of the Index (an Inquisition body charged with banning writings deemed “heretical”) make a ruling on Copernicanism. They condemned the teachings of Copernicus, and Galileo (who had not been personally involved in the trial) was forbidden to hold Copernican views.
However, things changed with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII) in 1623. As a friend and admirer of Galileo’s, Barberini opposed the condemnation of Galileo, and gave formal authorization and papal permission for the publication of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
However, Barberini stipulated that Galileo provide arguments for and against heliocentrism in the book, that he be careful not to advocate heliocentrism, and that his own views on the matter be included in Galileo’s book. Unfortunately, Galileo’s book proved to be a solid endorsement of heliocentrism and offended the Pope personally.
In it, the character of Simplicio, the defender of the Aristotelian geocentric view, is portrayed as an error-prone simpleton. To make matter worse, Galileo had the character Simplicio enunciate the views of Barberini at the close of the book, making it appear as though Pope Urban VIII himself was a simpleton and hence the subject of ridicule.
As a result, Galileo was brought before the Inquisition in February of 1633 and ordered to renounce his views. Whereas Galileo steadfastly defended his position and insisted on his innocence, he was eventually threatened with torture and declared guilty. The sentence of the Inquisition, delivered on June 22nd, contained three parts – that Galileo renounce Copernicanism, that he be placed under house arrest, and that the Dialogue be banned.
According to popular legend, after recanting his theory publicly that the Earth moved around the Sun, Galileo allegedly muttered the rebellious phrase: “E pur si muove” (“And yet it moves” in Latin). After a period of living with his friend, the Archbishop of Siena, Galileo returned to his villa at Arcetri (near Florence in 1634), where he spent the remainder of his life under house arrest.
In addition to his revolutionary work in astronomy and optics, Galileo is also credited with the invention of many scientific instruments and theories. Much of the devices he created were for the specific purpose of earning money to pay for his sibling’s expenses. However, they would also prove to have a profound impact in the fields of mechanics, engineering, navigation, surveying, and warfare.
In 1586, at the age of 22, Galileo made his first groundbreaking invention. Inspired by the story of Archimedes and his “Eureka” moment, Galileo began looking into how jewelers weighed precious metals in air and then by displacement to determine their specific gravity. Working from this, he eventually theorized of a better method, which he described in a treatise entitled La Bilancetta (“The Little Balance”).
In this tract, he described an accurate balance for weighing things in air and water, in which the part of the arm on which the counter weight was hung was wrapped with metal wire. The amount by which the counterweight had to be moved when weighing in water could then be determined very accurately by counting the number of turns of the wire. In so doing, the proportion of metals like gold to silver in the object could be read off directly.
In 1592, when Galileo was a professor of mathematics at the University of Padua, he made frequent trips to the Arsenal – the inner harbor where Venetian ships were outfitted. The Arsenal had been a place of practical invention and innovation for centuries, and Galileo used the opportunity to study mechanical devices in detail.
In 1593, he was consulted on the placement of oars in galleys and submitted a report in which he treated the oar as a lever and correctly made the water the fulcrum. A year later the Venetian Senate awarded him a patent for a device for raising water that relied on a single horse for the operation. This became the basis of modern pumps.
To some, Galileo’s Pump was a merely an improvement on the Archimedes Screw, which was first developed in the third century BCE and patented in the Venetian Republic in 1567. However, there is no apparent evidence connecting Galileo’s invention to Archimedes’ earlier and less sophisticated design.
In ca. 1593, Galileo constructed his own version of a thermoscope, a forerunner of the thermometer, that relied on the expansion and contraction of air in a bulb to move water in an attached tube. Over time, he and his colleagues worked to develop a numerical scale that would measure the heat based on the expansion of the water inside the tube.
The cannon, which was first introduced to Europe in 1325, had become a mainstay of war by Galileo’s time. Having become more sophisticated and mobile, gunners needed instruments to help them coordinate and calculate their fire. As such, between 1595 and 1598, Galileo devised an improved geometric and military compass for use by gunners and surveyors.
During the 16th century, Aristotelian physics was still the predominant way of explaining the behavior of bodies near the Earth. For example, it was believed that heavy bodies sought their natural place of rest – i.e at the center of things. As a result, no means existed to explain the behavior of pendulums, where a heavy body suspended from a rope would swing back and forth and not seek rest in the middle.
Already, Galileo had conducted experiments that demonstrated that heavier bodies did not fall faster than lighter ones – another belief consistent with Aristotelian theory. In addition, he also demonstrated that objects thrown into the air travel in parabolic arcs. Based on this and his fascination with the back and forth motion of a suspended weight, he began to research pendulums in 1588.
In 1602, he explained his observations in a letter to a friend, in which he described the principle of isochronism. According to Galileo, this principle asserted that the time it takes for the pendulum to swing is not linked to the arc of the pendulum, but rather the pendulum’s length. Comparing two pendulum’s of similar length, Galileo demonstrated that they would swing at the same speed, despite being pulled at different lengths.
According to Vincenzo Vivian, one of Galileo’s contemporaries, it was in 1641 while under house arrest that Galileo created a design for a pendulum clock. Unfortunately, being blind at the time, he was unable to complete it before his death in 1642. As a result, Christiaan Huygens’ publication of Horologrium Oscillatorium in 1657 is recognized as the first recorded proposal for a pendulum clock.
Death and Legacy:
Galileo died on January 8th, 1642, at the age of 77, due to fever and heart palpitations that had taken a toll on his health. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, wished to bury him in the main body of the Basilica of Santa Croce, next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors, and to erect a marble mausoleum in his honor.
However, Pope Urban VIII objected on the basis that Galileo had been condemned by the Church, and his body was instead buried in a small room next to the novice’s chapel in the Basilica. However, after his death, the controversy surrounding his works and heliocentricm subsided, and the Inquisitions ban on his writing’s was lifted in 1718.
In 1737, his body was exhumed and reburied in the main body of the Basilica after a monument had been erected in his honor. During the exhumation, three fingers and a tooth were removed from his remains. One of these fingers, the middle finger from Galileo’s right hand, is currently on exhibition at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.
In 1741, Pope Benedict XIV authorized the publication of an edition of Galileo’s complete scientific works which included a mildly censored version of the Dialogue. In 1758, the general prohibition against works advocating heliocentrism was removed from the Index of prohibited books, although the specific ban on uncensored versions of the Dialogue and Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus orbium coelestium (“On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres“) remained.
All traces of official opposition to heliocentrism by the church disappeared in 1835 when works that espoused this view were finally dropped from the Index. And in 1939, Pope Pius XII described Galileo as being among the “most audacious heroes of research… not afraid of the stumbling blocks and the risks on the way, nor fearful of the funereal monuments”.
On October 31st, 1992, Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled, and issued a declaration acknowledging the errors committed by the Catholic Church tribunal. The affair had finally been put to rest and Galileo exonerated, though certain unclear statements issued by Pope Benedict XVI have led to renewed controversy and interest in recent years.
Alas, when it comes to the birth of modern science and those who helped create it, Galileo’s contributions are arguably unmatched. According to Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, Galileo was the father of modern science, his discoveries and investigations doing more to dispel the prevailing mood of superstition and dogma than anyone else in his time.
These include the discovery of craters and mountains on the Moon, the discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), the existence and nature of Sunspots, and the phases of Venus. These discoveries, combined with his logical and energetic defense of the Copernican model, made a lasting impact on astronomy and forever changed the way people look at the universe.
Galileo’s theoretical and experimental work on the motions of bodies, along with the largely independent work of Kepler and René Descartes, was a precursor of the classical mechanics developed by Sir Isaac Newton. His work with pendulums and time-keeping also previewed the work of Christiaan Huygens and the development of the pendulum clock, the most accurate timepiece of its day.
Galileo also put forward the basic principle of relativity, which states that the laws of physics are the same in any system that is moving at a constant speed in a straight line. This remains true, regardless of the system’s particular speed or direction, thus proving that there is no absolute motion or absolute rest. This principle provided the basic framework for Newton’s laws of motion and is central to Einstein’s special theory of relativity.
The United Nations chose 2009 to be the International Year of Astronomy, a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture. The year 2009 was selected in part because it was the four-hundredth anniversary of Galileo first viewing the heavens with his a telescope he built himself.
A commemorative €25 coin was minted for the occasion, with the inset on the obverse side showing Galileo’s portrait and telescope, as well as one of his first drawings of the surface of the moon. In the silver circle that surrounds it, pictures of other telescopes – Isaac Newton’s Telescope, the observatory in Kremsmünster Abbey, a modern telescope, a radio telescope and a space telescope – are also shown.
Other scientific endeavors and principles are named after Galileo, including the NASA Galileo spacecraft, which was the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Jupiter. Operating from 1989 to 2003, the mission consisted of an orbiter that observed the Jovian system, and an atmospheric probe that made the first measurements of Jupiter’s atmosphere.
This mission found evidence of subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, and revealed the intensity of volcanic activity on Io. In 2003, the spacecraft was crashed into Jupiter’s atmosphere to avoid contamination of any of Jupiter’s moons.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is also developing a global satellite navigation system named Galileo. And in classical mechanics, the transformation between inertial systems is known as “Galilean Transformation“, which is denoted by the non-SI unit of acceleration Gal (sometimes known as the Galileo). Asteroid 697 Galilea is also named in his honor.
Yes, the sciences and humanity as a whole owes a great dept to Galileo. And as time goes on, and space exploration continues, it is likely we will continue to repay that debt by naming future missions – and perhaps even features on the Galilean Moons, should we ever settle there – after him. Seems like a small recompense for ushering in the age of modern science, no?
The 17th century was a very auspicious time for the sciences, with advancements being made in the fields of physics, mathematics, chemistry, and the natural sciences. But it was perhaps in the field of astronomy that the greatest achievements were made. In the space of a century, several planets and moons were observed for the first time, accurate models were made to predict the motions of the planets, and the law of universal gravitation was conceived.
In the midst of this, the name of Christiaan Huygens stands out among the rest. As one of the preeminent scientists of his time, he was pivotal in the development of clocks, mechanics and optics. And in the field of astronomy, he discovered Saturn’s Rings and its largest moon – Titan. Thanks to Huygens, subsequent generations of astronomers were inspired to explore the outer Solar System, leading to the discovery of other Cronian moons, Uranus, and Neptune in the following century.
Exploring the Solar System is like peeling an onion. With every layer removed, one finds fresh mysteries to ponder over, each one more confounding than the last. And this is certainly the case when it comes to Jupiter’s system of moons, particularly its four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Known as the Galilean Moons, in honor of their founder, these moons possess enough natural wonders to keep scientists busy for centuries.
As Jupiter’s innermost moon, it is also the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System, has the highest density of any known moon, and is the driest known object in the Solar System. It is also one of only four known bodies that experiences active volcanism and – with over 400 active volcanoes – it is the most geologically active body in the Solar System.
Neptune is the eight planet from our Sun, one of the four gas giants, and one of the four outer planets in our Solar System. Since the “demotion” of Pluto by the IAU to the status of a dwarf planet – and/or Plutoid and Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) – Neptune is now considered to be the farthest planet in our Solar System.
As one of the planets that cannot be seen with the naked eye, Neptune was not discovered until relatively recently. And given its distance, it has only been observed up close on one occasion – in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spaceprobe. Nevertheless, what we’ve come to know about this gas (and ice) giant in that time has taught us much about the outer Solar System and the history of its formation.
Discovery and Naming:
Neptune’s discovery did not take place until the 19th century, though there are indications that it was observed before long that. For instance, Galileo’s drawings from December 28th, 1612, and January 27th, 1613, contained plotted points which are now known to match up with the positions of Neptune on those dates. However, in both cases, Galileo appeared to have mistaken it for a star.
1821, French astronomer Alexis Bouvard published astronomical tables for the orbit of Uranus. Subsequent observations revealed substantial deviations from the tables, which led Bouvard to hypothesize that an unknown body was perturbing Uranus’ orbit through gravitational interaction.
In 1843, English astronomer John Couch Adams began work on the orbit of Uranus using the data he had and produced several different estimates in the following years of the planet’s orbit. In 1845–46, Urbain Le Verrier, independently of Adams, developed his own calculations, which he shared with Johann Gottfried Galle of the Berlin Observatory. Galle confirmed the presence of a planet at the coordinates specified by Le Verrier on September 23rd, 1846.
The announcement of the discovery was met with controversy, as both Le Verrier and Adams claimed responsibility. Eventually, an international consensus emerged that both Le Verrier and Adams jointly deserved credit. However, a re-evaluation by historians in 1998 of the relevant historical documents led to the conclusion that Le Verrier was more directly responsible for the discovery and deserves the greater share of the credit.
Claiming the right of discovery, Le Verrier suggested the planet be named after himself, but this met with stiff resistance outside of France. He also suggested the name Neptune, which was gradually accepted by the international community. This was largely because it was consistent with the nomenclature of the other planets, all of which were named after deities from Greco-Roman mythology.
Neptune’s Size, Mass and Orbit:
With a mean radius of 24,622 ± 19 km, Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the Solar System and four times as large as Earth. But with a mass of 1.0243×1026 kg – which is roughly 17 times that of Earth – it is the third most massive, outranking Uranus. The planet has a very minor eccentricity of 0.0086, and orbits the Sun at a distance of 29.81 AU (4.459 x 109 km) at perihelion and 30.33 AU (4.537 x 109 km) at aphelion.
Neptune takes 16 h 6 min 36 s (0.6713 days) to complete a single sidereal rotation, and 164.8 Earth years to complete a single orbit around the Sun. This means that a single day lasts 67% as long on Neptune, whereas a year is the equivalent of approximately 60,190 Earth days (or 89,666 Neptunian days).
Because Neptune’s axial tilt (28.32°) is similar to that of Earth (~23°) and Mars (~25°), the planet experiences similar seasonal changes. Combined with its long orbital period, this means that the seasons last for forty Earth years. Also owing to its axial tilt being comparable to Earth’s is the fact that the variation in the length of its day over the course of the year is not any more extreme than it on Earth.
Neptune’s orbit also has a profound impact on the region directly beyond it, known as the Kuiper Belt (otherwise known as the “Trans-Neptunian Region”). Much in the same way that Jupiter’s gravity dominates the Asteroid Belt, shaping its structure, so Neptune’s gravity dominates the Kuiper Belt. Over the age of the Solar System, certain regions of the Kuiper belt became destabilised by Neptune’s gravity, creating gaps in the Kuiper belt’s structure.
There also exists orbits within these empty regions where objects can survive for the age of the Solar System. These resonances occur when Neptune’s orbital period is a precise fraction of that of the object – meaning they complete a fraction of an orbit for every orbit made by Neptune. The most heavily populated resonance in the Kuiper belt, with over 200 known objects, is the 2:3 resonance.
Objects in this resonance complete 2 orbits for every 3 of Neptune, and are known as plutinos because the largest of the known Kuiper belt objects, Pluto, is among them. Although Pluto crosses Neptune’s orbit regularly, the 2:3 resonance ensures they can never collide.
Neptune has a number of known trojan objects occupying both the Sun–Neptune L4 and L5 Lagrangian Points – regions of gravitational stability leading and trailing Neptune in its orbit. Some Neptune trojans are remarkably stable in their orbits, and are likely to have formed alongside Neptune rather than being captured.
Due to its smaller size and higher concentrations of volatiles relative to Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune (much like Uranus) is often referred to as an “ice giant” – a subclass of a giant planet. Also like Uranus, Neptune’s internal structure is differentiated between a rocky core consisting of silicates and metals; a mantle consisting of water, ammonia and methane ices; and an atmosphere consisting of hydrogen, helium and methane gas.
The core of Neptune is composed of iron, nickel and silicates, with an interior model giving it a mass about 1.2 times that of Earth. The pressure at the center is estimated to be 7 Mbar (700 GPa), about twice as high as that at the center of Earth, and with temperatures as high as 5,400 K. At a depth of 7000 km, the conditions may be such that methane decomposes into diamond crystals that rain downwards like hailstones.
The mantle is equivalent to 10 – 15 Earth masses and is rich in water, ammonia and methane. This mixture is referred to as icy even though it is a hot, dense fluid, and is sometimes called a “water-ammonia ocean”. Meanwhile, the atmosphere forms about 5% to 10% of its mass and extends perhaps 10% to 20% of the way towards the core, where it reaches pressures of about 10 GPa – or about 100,000 times that of Earth’s atmosphere.
Increasing concentrations of methane, ammonia and water are found in the lower regions of the atmosphere. Unlike Uranus, Neptune’s composition has a higher volume of ocean, whereas Uranus has a smaller mantle.
At high altitudes, Neptune’s atmosphere is 80% hydrogen and 19% helium, with a trace amount of methane. As with Uranus, this absorption of red light by the atmospheric methane is part of what gives Neptune its blue hue, although Neptune’s is darker and more vivid. Because Neptune’s atmospheric methane content is similar to that of Uranus, some unknown atmospheric constituent is thought to contribute to Neptune’s more intense coloring.
Neptune’s atmosphere is subdivided into two main regions: the lower troposphere (where temperature decreases with altitude), and the stratosphere (where temperature increases with altitude). The boundary between the two, the tropopause, lies at a pressure of 0.1 bars (10 kPa). The stratosphere then gives way to the thermosphere at a pressure lower than 10-5 to 10-4 microbars (1 to 10 Pa), which gradually transitions to the exosphere.
Neptune’s spectra suggest that its lower stratosphere is hazy due to condensation of products caused by the interaction of ultraviolet radiation and methane (i.e. photolysis), which produces compounds such as ethane and ethyne. The stratosphere is also home to trace amounts of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide, which are responsible for Neptune’s stratosphere being warmer than that of Uranus.
For reasons that remain obscure, the planet’s thermosphere experiences unusually high temperatures of about 750 K (476.85 °C/890 °F). The planet is too far from the Sun for this heat to be generated by ultraviolet radiation, which means another heating mechanism is involved – which could be the atmosphere’s interaction with ion’s in the planet’s magnetic field, or gravity waves from the planet’s interior that dissipate in the atmosphere.
Because Neptune is not a solid body, its atmosphere undergoes differential rotation. The wide equatorial zone rotates with a period of about 18 hours, which is slower than the 16.1-hour rotation of the planet’s magnetic field. By contrast, the reverse is true for the polar regions where the rotation period is 12 hours.
This differential rotation is the most pronounced of any planet in the Solar System, and results in strong latitudinal wind shear and violent storms. The three most impressive were all spotted in 1989 by the Voyager 2 space probe, and then named based on their appearances.
The first to be spotted was a massive anticyclonic storm measuring 13,000 x 6,600 km and resembling the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. Known as the Great Dark Spot, this storm was not spotted five later (Nov. 2nd, 1994) when the Hubble Space Telescope looked for it. Instead, a new storm that was very similar in appearance was found in the planet’s northern hemisphere, suggesting that these storms have a shorter life span than Jupiter’s.
The Scooter is another storm, a white cloud group located farther south than the Great Dark Spot. This nickname first arose during the months leading up to the Voyager 2 encounter in 1989, when the cloud group was observed moving at speeds faster than the Great Dark Spot.
The Small Dark Spot, a southern cyclonic storm, was the second-most-intense storm observed during the 1989 encounter. It was initially completely dark; but as Voyager 2 approached the planet, a bright core developed and could be seen in most of the highest-resolution images.
Neptune has 14 known satellites, all but one of which are named after Greek and Roman deities of the sea (S/2004 N 1 is currently unnamed). These moons are divided into two groups – the regular and irregular moons – based on their orbit and proximity to Neptune. Neptune’s Regular Moons – Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, S/2004 N 1, and Proteus – are those that are closest to the planet and which follow circular, prograde orbits that lie in the planet’s equatorial plane.
They range in distance from 48,227 km (Naiad) to 117,646 km (Proteus) from Neptune, and all but the outermost two (S/2004 N 1, and Proteus) orbit Neptune slower than its orbital period of 0.6713 days. Based on observational data and assumed densities, these moons range in size and mass from 96 x 60 x 52 km and 1.9 x 1017 kg (Naiad) to 436 x 416 x 402 km and 50.35 x 1017 kg (Proteus).
With the exception of Larissa and Proteus (which are largely rounded) all of Neptune’s inner moons are believed to be elongated in shape. Their spectra also indicates that they are made from water ice contaminated by some very dark material, probably organic compounds. In this respect, the inner Neptunian moons are similar to the inner moons of Uranus.
Neptune’s irregular moons consist of the planet’s remaining satellites (including Triton). They generally follow inclined eccentric and often retrograde orbits far from Neptune. The only exception is Triton, which orbits close to the planet, following a circular orbit, though retrograde and inclined.
In order of their distance from the planet, the irregular moons are Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Neso and Psamathe – a group that includes both prograde and retrograde objects. With the exception of Triton and Nereid, Neptune’s irregular moons are similar to those of other giant planets and are believed to have been gravitationally captured by Neptune.
In terms of size and mass, the irregular moons are relatively consistent, ranging from approximately 40 km in diameter and 4 x 1016 kg in mass (Psamathe) to 62 km and 16 x 1016 kg for Halimede. Triton and Nereid are unusual irregular satellites and are thus treated separately from the other five irregular Neptunian moons. Between these two and the other irregular moons, four major differences have been noted.
First of all, they are the largest two known irregular moons in the Solar System. Triton itself is almost an order of magnitude larger than all other known irregular moons and comprises more than 99.5% of all the mass known to orbit Neptune (including the planet’s rings and thirteen other known moons).
Secondly, they both have atypically small semi-major axes, with Triton’s being over an order of magnitude smaller than those of all other known irregular moons. Thirdly, they both have unusual orbital eccentricities: Nereid has one of the most eccentric orbits of any known irregular satellite, and Triton’s orbit is a nearly perfect circle. Finally, Nereid also has the lowest inclination of any known irregular satellite
With a mean diameter of around 2700 km and a mass of 214080 ± 520 x 1017 kg, Triton is the largest of Neptune’s moons, and the only one large enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium (i.e. is spherical in shape). At a distance of 354,759 km from Neptune, it also sits between the planet’s inner and outer moons.
Triton follows a retrograde and quasi-circular orbit, and is composed largely of nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and water ices. With a geometric albedo of more than 70% and a Bond albedo as high as 90%, it is also one of the brightest objects in the Solar System. The surface has a reddish tint, owning to the interaction of ultraviolet radiation and methane, causing tholins.
Triton is also one of the coldest moons in the Solar System, with surface temperature of about 38 K (-235.2 °C). However, owing to the moon being geologically active (which results in cryovolcanism) and surface temperature variations that cause sublimation, Triton is one of only two moons in the Solar System that has a substantial atmosphere. Much like it’s surface, this atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen with small amounts of methane and carbon monoxide, and with an estimated pressure of about 14 nanobar.
Triton has a relatively high density of about 2 g/cm3 indicating that rocks constitute about two thirds of its mass, and ices (mainly water ice) the remaining one third. There also may be a layer of liquid water deep inside Triton, forming a subterranean ocean. Surface features include the large southern polar cap, older cratered planes cross-cut by graben and scarps, as well as youthful features caused by endogenic resurfacing.
Because of its retrograde orbit and relative proximity to Neptune (closer than the Moon is to Earth), Triton is grouped with the planet’s irregular moons (see below). In addition, it is believed to be a captured object, possibly a dwarf planet that was once part of the Kuiper Belt. At the same time, these orbital characteristics are the reason why Triton experiences tidal deceleration. and will eventually spiral inward and collide with the planet in about 3.6 billion years.
Nereid is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has a prograde but very eccentric orbit and is believed to be a former regular satellite that was scattered to its current orbit through gravitational interactions during Triton’s capture. Water ice has been spectroscopically detected on its surface. Nereid shows large, irregular variations in its visible magnitude, which are probably caused by forced precession or chaotic rotation combined with an elongated shape and bright or dark spots on the surface.
Neptune’s Ring System:
Neptune has five rings, all of which are named after astronomers who made important discoveries about the planet – Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago, and Adams. The rings are composed of at least 20% dust (with some containing as much as 70%) while the rest of the material consists of small rocks. The planet’s rings are difficult to see because they are dark and vary in density and size.
The Galle ring was named after Johann Gottfried Galle, the first person to see the planet using a telescope; and at 41,000–43,000 km, it is the nearest of Neptune’s rings. The La Verrier ring – which is very narrow at 113 km in width – is named after French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier, the planet’s co-founder.
At a distance of between 53,200 and 57,200 km from Neptune (giving it a width of 4,000 km) the Lassell ring is the widest of Neptune’s rings. This ring is named after William Lassell, the English astronomer who discovered Triton just seventeen days after Neptune was discovered. The Arago ring is 57,200 kilometers from the planet and less than 100 kilometers wide. This ring section is named after Francois Arago, Le Verrier’s mentor and the astronomer who played an active role in the dispute over who deserved credit for discovering Neptune.
The outer Adams ring was named after John Couch Adams, who is credited with the co-discovery of Neptune. Although the ring is narrow at only 35 kilometers wide, it is the most famous of the five due to its arcs. These arcs accord with areas in the ring system where the material of the rings is grouped together in a clump, and are the brightest and most easily observed parts of the ring system.
Although the Adams ring has five arcs, the three most famous are the “Liberty”, “Equality”, and “Fraternity” arcs. Scientists have been traditionally unable to explain the existence of these arcs because, according to the laws of motion, they should distribute the material uniformly throughout the rings. However, stronomers now estimate that the arcs are corralled into their current form by the gravitational effects of Galatea, which sits just inward from the ring.
The rings of Neptune are very dark, and probably made of organic compounds that have been altered due to exposition to cosmic radiation. This is similar to the rings of Uranus, but very different to the icy rings around Saturn. They seem to contain a large quantity of micrometer-sized dust, similar in size to the particles in the rings of Jupiter.
It’s believed that the rings of Neptune are relatively young – much younger than the age of the Solar System, and much younger than the age of Uranus’ rings. Consistent with the theory that Triton was a KBO that was seized, by Neptune’s gravity, they are believed to be the result of a collision between some of the planet’s original moons.
The Voyager 2 probe is the only spacecraft to have ever visited Neptune. The spacecraft’s closest approach to the planet occurred on August 25th, 1989, which took place at a distance of 4,800 km (3,000 miles) above Neptune’s north pole. Because this was the last major planet the spacecraft could visit, it was decided to make a close flyby of the moon Triton – similar to what had been done for Voyager 1‘s encounter with Saturn and its moon Titan.
The spacecraft performed a near-encounter with the moon Nereid before it came to within 4,400 km of Neptune’s atmosphere on August 25th, then passed close to the planet’s largest moon Triton later the same day. The spacecraft verified the existence of a magnetic field surrounding the planet and discovered that the field was offset from the center and tilted in a manner similar to the field around Uranus.
Neptune’s rotation period was determined using measurements of radio emissions and Voyager 2 also showed that Neptune had a surprisingly active weather system. Six new moons were discovered during the flyby, and the planet was shown to have more than one ring.
While no missions to Neptune are currently being planned, some hypothetical missions have been suggested. For instance, a possible Flagship Mission has been envisioned by NASA to take place sometime during the late 2020s or early 2030s. Other proposals include a possible Cassini-Huygens-style “Neptune Orbiter with Probes”, which was suggested back in 2003.
Another, more recent proposal by NASA was for Argo – a flyby spacecraft that would be launched in 2019, which would visit Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and a Kuiper belt object. The focus would be on Neptune and its largest moon Triton, which would be investigated around 2029.
With its icy-blue color, liquid surface, and wavy weather patterns, Neptune was appropriately named after the Roman god of the sea. And given its distance from our planet, there is still a great deal that remains to be learned about it. In the coming decades, one can only hope that a mission to the outer Solar System and/or Kuiper Belt includes a flyby of Neptune.
We have many interesting articles about Neptune here at Universe Today. Below is a comprehensive list for your viewing (and possibly researching) pleasure!
Characteristics of Neptune:
- Neptune Fact Sheet
- How Big is Neptune?
- What is Neptune Made Of?
- Diameter of Neptune
- Density of Neptune
- Gravity on Neptune
- Mass of Neptune
- Axis Tilt of Neptune
- Size of Neptune
- Radius of Neptune
- Temperature of Neptune
- Neptune Compared to Earth
Position and Movement of Neptune:
- How Long is a Day on Neptune?
- How Far is Neptune from Earth?
- Orbit of Neptune
- How Long is a Year on Neptune?
- How Long Does it Take Neptune to Orbit the Sun?
- Neptune’s Distance from the Sun
Neptune’s Moon and Rings:
History of Neptune:
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Allowing internet sales to grow at predicted rates could cost between 79,000 and 580,000 UK jobs by
2018, according to new research.
Tech distributor Target Components has also found that primarily bricks and mortar multiple retailers employ 2.6 times more staff per £1 million in sales than internet retailers.
It claims that single store independent retailers employ 23 staff per £1 million sales, almost five times more than multiple retailers (4.7 per £1 million) and almost 13 times more than internet retailers (1.8 per £1 million).
Target also estimates that every one per cent of retail spend switched from multiples to independent retailers would result in a net increase in employment of around 57,000 jobs.
Shifting all online sales offline would create between 114,000 and 837,000 net additional jobs, claims the report, depending on whether sales were picked up by multiples or independents. This is the approximate ‘cost’ of internet retail seen purely from the point of view of retail employment.
Findings suggest that since 1990, large businesses have doubled their market share in the retail sector, and that reverting back to the relative market share of 1990 would create an additional net 1.2 million retail jobs.
Target said in a statement: "In publishing these results, we don’t expect to change the world. We don’t have the influence, the ability, or even the time to try. Our aim is simply to highlight the issue to people in a position to make a difference, and at the very least to those who may commission or undertake the additional research that is the necessary next step.
"What we would stress is that there is some urgency. With the much-reported deterioration of the High Street and the continuing growth of internet retail, we cannot simply wait and see what happens next. We need to start now, whilst we still have a High Street to save."
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NOLA Mayor – Mardi Gras 2021 Could be Cancelled
How hard has the New Orleans area been hit by COVID-19? Well, the day to day life has been affected so much that Mayor LaToya Cantrell is not ruling out the cancellation of the city's biggest party, Mardi Gras.
New Orleans without Mardi Gras? Why that's almost unthinkable!
But according to a story on NOLA.com, that's exactly what Mayor Cantrell is thinking. Obviously, any decision about the Carnival season won't be made for several months but it's important to note that city leaders are looking that far ahead as they attempt to recover from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Carnival season in New Orleans will officially begin next year on January 6th. That leaves city leaders about nine months to finalize their plans regarding the holiday in New Orleans.
Cantrell suggested in a story published by the Washington Post that the fate of Mardi Gras will be determined by how the city rebounds over the next several months. It will also depend on how New Orleans' business community rebounds after being shuttered for the better part of two months.
In other words, there is just a whole lot of wait and see that we will simply have to wait and see as to what unfolds. My gut tells me there will be a Mardi Gras, just how well attended it will be is not a question I don't think any of us can answer accurately today. | <urn:uuid:dc6ad0c3-cd46-446d-998d-f6c622c1c50c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://1079ishot.com/nola-mayor-mardi-gras-2021-could-be-cancelled/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973227 | 312 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Monitoring and health
This content is an excerpt from the eBook, Architecting Cloud Native .NET Applications for Azure, available on .NET Docs or as a free downloadable PDF that can be read offline.
Microservices and cloud-native applications go hand in hand with good DevOps practices. DevOps is many things to many people but perhaps one of the better definitions comes from cloud advocate and DevOps evangelist Donovan Brown:
"DevOps is the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users."
Unfortunately, with terse definitions, there's always room to say more things. One of the key components of DevOps is ensuring that the applications running in production are functioning properly and efficiently. To gauge the health of the application in production, it's necessary to monitor the various logs and metrics being produced from the servers, hosts, and the application proper. The number of different services running in support of a cloud-native application makes monitoring the health of individual components and the application as a whole a critical challenge.
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…restitution not a preserve of the Jews
By Nthungo YaAfrika
AFRICA does not need platitudes, but implementation of Leviticus 6 verses 1-7: The Lord said to Moses:
“If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbour about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbour, or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit — when they sin in any of these ways and realise their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about.
They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilty offering. And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way, the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”
Pope Francis’ visit from July 25-30 to Canada’s indigenous population was a sham as he did not read and practice Leviticus 6 verses 1-7.
Although they corrupted ‘The Way Of Yahweh’ and called it their ‘Holy Bible’, they failed to totally extinguish the truth, as no human being can ever bury Yahweh’s truth.
If the Pope was genuine, he should have told the Canadian Government about this chapter and talked about compensating the indigenous people of Canada.
The Patriot of July 22-28, 2022 had an article titled, ‘Are we really a race with no soul?’
The article began thus: “At the beginning of the 15th Century, the Roman Catholic Church provided the ‘ethical’ base for the enslavement of American natives and studier Africans, stating that, ‘unlike Europeans, the Africans have no Soul’.”
This is still the same today because the Pope ‘apologised’ to light-skinned natives like himself of Canada first before the remnants of slavery in the US, the Caribbean Islands, South America and here on the motherland, who suffered colonialism.
The natives in Canada were never relocated from their homeland like the Africans (Nahasis).
Because of the statement of the Catholic Church, Africa has never recovered and regained her Yahweh-given self-worth.
Robin Walker from his book When We Ruled, shows how the motherland was before being overrun by Tambous (whites) at the instigation of the Roman Catholic Church and I am sure the Pope is well aware of this.
This is what European merchants, travellers and explorers saw when they visited Africa 500-or-more years ago, before slavery.
Writes Walker: “When they arrived in the Gulf of Guinea and landed at Vaida (West Africa) the captains were astonished to find streets well laid out, bordered on either side for several leagues by two rows of trees; for days we travelled through a country of magnificent fields, inhabited by men clad in richly clad coloured garments of their own weaving.
According to Professor Leo Frobenius: “Further south in the Kingdom of the Congo, a swarming crowd dressed in ‘silk’ and ‘velvet’; great states well-ordered and down to the most minute details: powerful rulers, flourishing industries – civilised to the marrow of the bones.
And the condition of the countries on the eastern coast- Mozambique, for an example – was quite the same.
And they told those old captains, those chiefs of expeditions the De Marchis, the Pigafettas and all others what they told is true.
It can be verified.
In the old royal Kunstkammer of Dresden, the Weydmann collection of Ulm, in many other European ‘curiosity cabinets’ one still finds collection of objects from
West Africa dating from that epoch; wonderful plush velvets of an extreme softness, made from the tenderest leaves of a certain banana tree; stuffs, soft and pliant brilliant and delicate as silks, woven with well-prepared raffi fibre, ceremonial javelins – their blades to the very points inlaid with the finest copper, bows so graceful, and ornamented so beautiful that they would do honour to any museum of arms whatsoever; calabashes decorated with the most perfect taste; sculpture of ivory and wood, the workmanship of which reveals skill and style.”
These narratives were first-hand supplied to Phillipo Pigafetta by a slave trader Duarte Lopes.
Pigafetta says the Congo measured 1 685 miles in circumference and was divided into six administrative provinces.
The capital Mbanza Kongo lay in the province of Mpemba.
It had a population of 100 000 people and was already cosmopolitan.
Some Portuguese lived there.
Moreover Christianity had spread to the region.
The Congolese King Nzinga a Kuwu had been baptised and renamed Dom Affonso.
The Portuguese who lived there had their town and it measured one mile.
This, I conclude, led to the downfall of the Congo Empire.
The Portuguese knew the weakness and the strength of this empire and the rest as they say is history.
In 1520 the Portuguese sent Francisco Alvarez a friar to Ethiopia to convert them to Roman Catholic Christianity but found them already converted and they were observing Coptic Christianity.
He saw the Ethiopian city Lalibela which contained 11 underground churches.
He was so overawed by what he saw that he wrote thus to his countrymen: “I swear by God in whose power I am, that all that is written, and I have left it (out) that they may not tax me with it’s being falsehood.”
This is from a Dutch visitor, Diereck Ruyters: “At first the town seems to be very large; when one enters it one comes into a great broad street which appears to be seven-or-eight times broader than the Warne Street in Amsterdam (Holland); this extends straight out, and when one has walked a quarter mile along it, he still does not see the end of the street.
The houses in this town stand in good order one close to the other, like houses in Holland.”
This is from Thomas Bowditch, an Englishman in 1817. His book Mission from Cape Coast to Asante was published in 1819.
This is what he says about Kumasi: “We entered Kumasi at two o’clock.
Upwards of 5 000 people, the greater part warriors, met us with an awful burst of martial music.
The smoke which encircled us from the incessant discharges of marquetry confined our glimpses in the foreground.
The dress of the captains was a war cap, with gilded rams horns projecting in front, the sides extended beyond all proportion by plumes of eagle feathers. Their vest was of red, covered with fetishes (ie) and sapphires in gold and silver.
They wore loose cotton trousers, with immense boots of dull red leather, coming half way to the thigh.
The king, his tributaries and his captains were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description.
At least 100 large umbrellas, or canopies, which could shelter 30 persons, were sprung up and down by the bearers with brilliant effect, being made of scarlet yellow and the most (sic) cloths and silk and crowned on top with crescent, pelicans barrels and arms and swords of gold.”
Kanem Borno Kingdom
The English sent yet another fact-finding mission into West Africa.
This was led by a German called, Dr Henry Barth.
The findings were published between 1857 and 1858. During his travels, Dr Barth heard that African historians in the 1600 had already mapped the early history of the region.
The Book, Tarikh a Soudan, was still in circulation. William Winhood Reade wrote this about Denham and Clapperton: “Denham and Clapperton were astonished to find among the Negroes magnificent courts; regiment of cavalry; horses caparisoned in silk for gala days and clad in coats of mail for war, long trains of camel laden with salt corn and cloth with cowrie shells which form the currency – and kola nuts which Arabs call the coffee of Negroes.
They attended with wonder the gigantic fairs at which the cotton goods of Manchester, the real cloth of Saxony, double barreled guns, razors, tea and sugar, Nuremberg ware and writing paper were exhibited for sale.
They also found merchants who offered to cash their bills (i.e. cheques) upon houses at Tripoli; and scholars, acquainted with Avicennd, Averrors and Greek philosophers.”
Djenne, the mysterious
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This is Major Dubois’ narrative about the Songhai: “As my boat approaches, the banks and walls of the city (of Djenne in Mali) emerge in greater proportions from the encircling water.
At their feet, I can distinguish a harbour filled with large boats that have nothing in common with the accustomed piroque.
They were larger and strange in form, like the city that shelters them.
When I climbed the bank and entered the walls, my surprise took definite form, I was completely bewildered and thrown out of reckoning by the novelty and strangeness of the town’s interior.
Surely the angel of Habakkuk has suddenly transported me a thousand leagues away from the Sudan (i.e. Africa).
For it is not in the heart of a country of eternally similar huts (childish in their simplicity and confusion) that I should look to find a real town.”
The above were destroyed because of the utterances and actions of the Roman Catholic Church as alluded elsewhere in this article.
The spear of our destruction was Portugal and Spain.
The Pope must activate Leviticus 6 verses 1-7 before he retires in order for the motherland to reclaim her past glory and not a penitent visit to every country on the motherland.
He must address us as a continent because Africa was one country, one people and not 54 peoples inhabiting 54 countries before whites imposed themselves on us and then divided us in 1884.
The Jews got compensated, why not us the blacks?
If the Pontiff does not raise this, then, he also still believes we still don’t have a soul.
Why then worry about soulless people.
Credit however, must be given to him as he uttered the word ‘genocide’ about the Catholic behaviour in Canada but, this must be followed by reparations to the indigenous people of Canada.
Reparation must not be a preserve of the Jews because they are deemed white.
The missionaries were actually military personnel on reconnaissance and they achieved their missions.
History is a fable agreed on, said their hero Napoleon Bonaparte.
We as Africans must rewrite our story and leave a worthwhile legacy for our descendants.
In 1957 during Ghana’s independence, Kwame Nkrumah said a new African was born.
He forgot to mention that without retracing and claiming our past, we will always be in the doldrums.
Some might ask, what past and to these I urge them to read Lord Macaulay’s address to the British Parliament in 1835 and the letter by King Leopold II to his missionaries to Africa in 1883.
These two knew where our ancestors’ strength came from but we don’t because of the three evils among us we physically and spiritually cherish, Western religion, education and politics.
Nthungo yaAfrika, aka J.L. Mtembo is a Hamite who strongly believes in the motherland renaissance.
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Reading Parent Support
Supporting readers at home, adults can:
- Read aloud daily to your child. Your child might be ready for you to read a chapter book aloud, a chapter or two each night. Children also enjoy wordless picture books, picture books, nonfiction, and joke books.
- Provide time each night for your child to read on his or her own.
- Help your child find “just right” books at his/her reading level.
- Ask your child to make predictions as you read a story and to retell the story you read together.
- Encourage your child to make meaning while they read. (Does it sound right? Does it look right? Does it make sense?)
- Continue reading aloud to your child. This type of shared reading opens the door for conversation about reading and life.
- Provide time for your child to read on a regular basis. Research shows a direct correlation between how much a student reads during the day and reading achievement and success in school.
- Provide a quiet place for reading as well as for homework.
- Help your child find “just right” books. Keep up with new children's books by talking to teachers, friends, librarians, and bookstore staff.
- Encourage your child to try new genres and types of books.
- Look up the meaning of an interesting word together. Talk about the interesting words you find as you read.
- Point out what your child does well as a reader and celebrate successes.
Adolescent/Young Adult Readers:
- Help your child make time for reading and set goals as a reader.
- Ask your child for their opinions about what they are reading and/or about the author. Offer your opinions about what you are reading.
- Acknowledge your teen’s mature interests and recommend appropriate adult books.
- Read the same books that your child is assigned for school and/or books they chose for independent reading.
- Discuss the books your child is reading including concepts, symbols, well-written passages, and the author's craft.
- Engage in rich conversations with your child about political or social issues, books, magazines, editorials, documentaries, and television programs.
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Top 10 Tips for Beating Depression
Due to the comments on our recent list dealing with suicide, I thought it would be useful to put together a list of things you can do to help you overcome depression and improve the quality of your life. This is a list of the top 10 tips for leaving depression behind.
10. Develop Interests
Perhaps one of the most common reasons for depression is a lack of enough interests and activities. A small number of them tend to become routine and often boring. Interests and activities are very important in mental health, contributing to self-esteem and happiness. They give satisfaction, help make you feel good about yourself, and keep your mind off problems and negative thoughts and emotions. Simply cultivating them can sometimes cure depression, grief, addiction, explosive anger, anxiety, excessive worrying, or guilt, especially if you do the activities whenever you feel the negative emotion. There are many things you can do in this area: house work, visiting the sick or elderly, developing a hobby that involves the use of the hands, and so much more.
9. Keep Positive
Negative thinking habits play a very important role in depression. Research shows depressed people tend to minimize their accomplishments, talents, and qualities. Happy people experience failure, disappointment, rejection, negative emotions, pain, and great sorrows, too, just like depressed people. But happy people keep a positive attitude by gracefully accepting sadness and suffering as normal parts of life, while doing what they can about their problems. This also makes them more pleasant to be around and improves their social lives. Part of happiness is a courageous choice of loving life in the face of suffering, a chosen position or view of things.
8. Fix your Personal problems
Work on your personal problems, using small steps to make sure you avoid becoming overwhelmed. Work on only one or two simple things at a time, breaking large or complex problems into goals you can easily accomplish. Use rewards, friends, family, and support groups. What negative or stressful situations exist in your life? What can you do about them? Don’t give up and allow your problems to continue. Brainstorm solutions and ask other people for ideas. Some depressed people reject all the possible solutions, finding reasons to eliminate each one as unacceptable, unpleasant, or unworkable. Don’t let negative thought habits interfere with problem solving. Keep an open mind to all possible solutions.
7. Create a Positive Social Life
Work to make your social interactions more positive by showing warmth toward other people, taking an interest in them, developing and sharing interests and activities, etc. Ask your friends and loved ones to ignore your depressed behaviors and to cut telephone calls and visits short when you dwell on complaints or drown in self-pity, spending more time with you and showing more warmth and interest when you act in more normal ways. Tell them to avoid taking pity on you and feeling guilty for not catering to your depression. Which leads us to point 6:
6. Stop Bad Behavior
When you complain, cry, talk of sad feelings, or discuss problems, your friends and loved ones probably respond with sympathy and tender loving care. Unfortunately, these loving responses reward and help maintain the depressive behaviors. Some friends or family even take over chores for a depressed person who stays in bed or asks for help. Again, this rewards the passive or dependent behavior. Perhaps you reward yourself when you drown in negative thoughts or self-pity. Many depressed people eat, spend money excessively, abuse addictive substances, or have sex without love to feel better. Eliminate these and any other subtle rewards for depressive behavior.
5. Be Realistic
Reexamine your expectations or priorities in life and, if necessary, adjust them to suit reality better. Depressed people often think they can’t be happy without certain things, such as a lover, a particular lover, material possessions, a much higher income, etc. You can eliminate such problems by changing your negative thinking and learning to accept the situation. Certain situations or troublesome people simply won’t change. When you can do something about a problem, however, you should. For example, you may need to leave an alcoholic spouse or to go to school to prepare for a better job.
4. Make Changes
Change bad habits that keep you depressed. Work on replacing negative thoughts with positive thought alternatives every day. If you tend to blame circumstances or other people for your depression, combat these thoughts of helplessness by reading or by repeating, “I made myself down over that. I didn’t have to respond that way.” Use assertiveness skills, good problem-solving skills, or more positive thinking the next time a similar situation arises. If you often assume other people think badly of you read or repeat “I can’t read other people’s minds.” Humor also helps a great deal in facing life’s problems without drowning in negativity.
3. Become active
Exercise and proper nutrition should be looked at, not as a quick fix, but as an ongoing way to make our tomorrow a little better and as an aid to facilitate our other therapeutic endeavors. We are then less likely to give up after a short time because we are not expecting an instant cure, just a little more control over our emotions and our life situation. You don’t have to run a marathon – just a daily walk for 30 minutes can be a huge step in the right direction.
2. Fix your diet
Overeating, starving, and binge drinking are all ways we use to suppress our feelings. When feelings are suppressed, they eventually emerge later in other ways – such as through depression. By overeating, you are just putting off feelings that need to be dealt with. Think of it like this: every time you eat/starve when you are not hungry, you are trying to suppress your feelings which will, in turn, make you eat/starve more. Next time you are going to starve or eat your feelings away, think of a phrase like this: “I want my feelings to come out so I can deal with them – if I eat/starve now I will be hurting myself and making the problem worse. Because of this I am going to wait until my next meal.” You will be surprised how quickly your eating habits come under control with this thinking. Try to eat a balanced meal three times a day with no snacks in between. Remember that hunger is not a bad thing – it is a natural physical reaction to having processed all of the food you have eaten. NOTE: I am not suggesting you go on a health food diet – I believe you should eat whatever you want – as long as you only eat a small portion.
1. Control your thinking
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The impact of early AI systems is already being felt, bringing with it challenges and opportunities, and laying the foundation on which future advances in AI will be integrated into social and political domains. The potential wide-ranging impact makes it necessary to look carefully at the ways in which these technologies are being applied now, whom they’re benefiting, and how they’re structuring our social, economic, and interpersonal lives.
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Currently valued at US$20.4 trillion, ‘no decision’ opportunities are languishing in pipelines all over the world; a global ‘gold reserve’ of seismic proportion waiting to be unlocked by sales people. This is one conclusion from our latest research The Sales Persons Secret Code, which suggests more than 27 per cent of opportunities forecast and pursued by salespeople result in no one winning business and much-needed buying decisions not made.
According to the World Bank, the 2013 nominal gross world product (the combined gross national product of every country in the world) was approximately US$75.5 trillion. A 27 per cent increase creates a US$20.4 trillion opportunity, enough to halt any global recession. Economists will be interested to learn that this global gold mine is growing. In fact, only five years ago ‘no decisions’ equated to 14 per cent of opportunities forecast and pursued by salespeople.
Why is this the case? Only after interviewing 1000 of the world’s most iconic salespeople from organizations including Adidas, Apple, Cisco, Deloitte, GSK, JP Morgan, Microsoft, Oracle, Steinway & Co. and Vodafone did we start to understand why.
It is clear that ‘no decisions’ are becoming the significant threat to salespeople. 85 per cent of B2B customers now commence their buying purchasing process via referral, with peer recommendations influencing more than 92 per cent of buying decisions. This represents a great disintermediation of salespeople from buyers.
Analysts at Forrester believe the disconnect is a backlash against too many sellers having disappointed buyers by being more focused on their own sales agenda and commission cheque than on defining and solving customer problems. This view is consistent with our own research, which suggests that by 2020, one million B2B salespeople may lose their jobs to self-service eCommerce, if they rise no higher than the ’talking brochure’ syndrome described by SPIN-Selling author Neil Rackham.
The purpose of a dialogue between a sales person and a corporate executive is to promote change, create new patterns of thinking and to offer challenging insights. When executives refrain from making a decision and continue in their current state, they are either unconvinced to enter a different end state, or have not been equipped by the salesperson to make the case for change within their organisation. The ‘no decision’ demonstrates the ‘least worst option’, but this simply kicks the can down the road.
According to Lee Wood, the former head of Global Sales Operations, Planning & Strategy at Thomson Reuters, executives want ideas from salespeople, not solutions. Lee is responsible for improving sales productivity and effectiveness within the IP and Science business unit. He has 30 years of experience and has observed thousands of sales won and lost. He concludes that salespeople need to understand how executives view the world if they wish to unlock ‘no decision’ opportunities and suggests the following three steps:
Clearly, this approach takes preparation. Our research suggests it requires a level of mastery in three areas.
Pathos is Greek for ‘feeling’. It enhances confidence in both seller and executive and is used to evoke a stirring emotional connection with what you’re discussing. Great speeches and sales pitches build pathos by using light and shade — fast and loud words to convey the excitement of moving forward to achieve one’s hopes and dreams (light), and slow whispers or dramatic pauses to drive home why maintaining the status quo is unattractive (shade).
The purpose of pathos is to cause the buyer to relate to the beliefs, ideals or product you’re offering. Cynics might cry, “Acting!” Our research demonstrated that top-performing salespeople believe that the entire purpose of communication is to create connection through the dialogue and not to simply transmit a message. In summary, no sales conversation is complete without capturing the buyer’s heart through pathos. Without it, why should they care?
Logos is Greek for ‘reason’. It enhances your competence and is used to persuade people with logical thought and facts. This is where you pitch a proposal using data, charts, percentages, case studies and expert testimony, so the audience is persuaded that your reasoning is irrefutable. Logos causes the buyer to feel a logical conviction about what you’re selling…and another expression for ‘logical conviction’ is ‘belief’. No sales conversation is complete without capturing the buyer’s mind through logos. Without it, why should they believe?
Ethos is Greek for ‘character’. It enhances your communication and is used to convince an audience about your credibility and authority and, therefore, the veracity of your proposition. Ethos allows you to build a compelling argument that reassures an executive that your idea will deliver against their vision state. But there is more. In a sales context, you generate ethos when you choose language appropriate for the audience, use correct grammar, and cite your background and credentials in ways that add value and are not self-serving. All the while you communicate your knowledge in a likeable manner. This builds trust — your ethos creates an ethical appeal. The purpose of ethos is to build an impression of your authority, competence, credibility and trustworthiness. The acid test in any executive’s mind after the salesperson leaves the room will be, “Can I trust them to deliver?” No sales conversation is complete without establishing your ethos. Without it why should they listen, or trust you to deliver idea(s) that result a different end state?
High-performers have continuous, meaningful and adaptive dialogue with their customers because building credentials, even when there’s no immediate gain in sight, is the surest way to be in the right place at the right time to spot future sales opportunities emerging. Our research suggests that salespeople who do this find themselves in a position to influence the criteria all other suppliers will later be assessed against and, thereby, they gain incremental advantages.
They keep their personal and company brands in front of customers and prospects on a regular basis, knowing that repeat exposure and repetition (via email, print, phone calls, texts, meetings and social media posts) is like the pealing sound of thunder in a mountain pass — it reverberates back and forth, up and down, long after the initial conversation. As one top-performer from Amex explained, “My job description is for the customer to regard me as someone they should have in their inner circle when they choose to explore ideas my company provides solutions for. For that to happen, they need to know me, trust me, and see my contributions to them aren’t only made when they put money on the table.”
Ideas, not solutions, will prevent the next global recession. For our sake, let’s hope salespeople are able to unlock the ‘no decision’ gold reserve, for we will all prosper as a result.
- This blog post includes insights from the authors’ book The Sales Persons Secret Code (LID, 2017)
- The post gives the views of its authors, not the position of LSE Business Review or the London School of Economics.
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Ben Laker is a Visiting Professor at Audencia Business School and the co-founder of the Centre for High Performance. He works with Apple, NASA and the New Zealand All-Blacks among others. His research has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, Forbes, The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent and on BBC Newsnight. Twitter @DrBenLaker
Mark Ridley is a founding Partner of Transform Performance International and co-author of 100 Big Ideas to Help You Succeed (LID, 2013). He has worked as a strategist, chair and facilitator with global brands, investment houses and academic institutions for over 25 years, in more than 50 countries, inspiring leadership, growing sales and transforming the way people communicate. Twitter: @Mark_at_TPI | <urn:uuid:3d3a30d8-54bd-4ec0-af23-2ccd7f5832a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2017/01/25/how-salespeople-can-stimulate-the-global-economy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937565 | 1,710 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Expressions of Envy
There’s this memory stuck in my mind. I must have been 12 years old and my brother was around 10. We were walking home from school as this beautiful brand new Porsche 911 drove by. Both of us were as impressed as two little kids can be when they see a big new shiny toy. At this moment I remember thinking to myself “Wow, what a nice car, I wish I had one…”, while my brother simply said “Motherfucker!”
Throughout the years this memory keeps returning to my mind, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and rethinking about this incident. Trying, again and again, to understand how our reactions to the exact same incident could be so vastly different, and I think I finally got it. It was obvious to me that my brother liked this car just as much as I did, and that he wanted it just as much as I did, but for some reason, where I became motivated, he became angry, and when I felt envy, he was jealous.
This article will explore the entire span of emotion which lies between admiration (the emotion which makes us appreciate and adore the possessor of something desirable) and jealousy (the emotion which causes us to hate and attack the possessor of something desirable).
The Pattern of Jealousy
First, it is important to emphasize that wanting things that we don’t have is a natural human tendency. An innate tendency, hardcoded into our minds; it doesn’t require learning, and it is present in all humans, for their entire lives, whether they want it or not. Furthermore, this tendency to want more has played a crucial role in evolution as it pushed organisms to seek growth and expansion, as they eventually became what we are today. But when desire arises we encounter a fork in the road. On one hand, this desire can be expressed and pursued, while on the other, suppressed, hidden, and rejected. One path leading to envy, motivation, and admiration, the other to jealousy, hatred, and aggression.
In the case of envy and admiration, the individual allows themself to acknowledge and express their desire in an acceptable manner. Setting goals, making plans, and allowing the urge to motivate them in the pursuit of growth and expansion. A positive process in which the person aspires to something more, challenge themself and puts in the work needed to improve their current situation.
But in some cases, and under some conditions, such desires may encounter internal resistance and become blocked and suppressed. That usually happens due to a disempowered mindset which causes the person to believe that satisfying such desires may be beyond their capabilities, fear of failure and social judgment, or practice of self-denial. Whatever the reason may be, once envy has been rejected from conscious awareness, the urge does not disappear. It is still very much alive, only now it will be managed by the unconscious. There, far from sight and without any reason or boundaries, it is no longer considered envy, but from this point on, it becomes jealousy.
The Consequences of Suppressing Envy
When accepted and expressed, envy can be beneficial, and even pleasant. It’s an emotion that carries the power to motivate change combined with a clearly defined goal. It is a desire which induces competitiveness, pushes us out of our comfort zone, and drives us to try harder and pursue greater things.
When accepted and dealt with consciously, envy may also transform into admiration. With the understanding and appreciation of the challenges and difficulties of reaching some goals, we also learn to appreciate the efforts which the object of our envy must have invested. And it is that exact same desire for someone else’s achievements, joint with understanding and appreciation, which bring forth the emotion of respect and admiration. But when suppressed, repressed, and dealt with unconsciously, envy morphs into something quite different.
In the conscious mind, thoughts of envy are desires for similar objects, such as: “I want a job like yours, I want a wife like yours, and I want a car like yours”. But since the unconscious is incapable of generalization, the unconscious version of envy is directed towards the same specific object. Bringing forth thoughts such as: “I want your job, I want your wife, and I want your car”.
Moreover, after pushing envy down into the unconscious, we can no longer appreciate anyone’s efforts. When dealt with unconsciously, the object of envy is being treated as an enemy which stands in our way. In this process, instead of motivating competition, the energy of envy is being used to motivate a fight. Mutating into an uncontrollable urge to take from the other, rob, steal, and hurt others in order to fulfill our secret and often shameful desires. It is this perceived need to fight which fills the jealous person with hatred and aggression.
Once envy transforms into jealousy, it becomes dangerous, primitive, and inappropriate. The anger which rises with it disrupts the thinking process and clouds perception, throwing the person into a state of fight or flight. It is a lose-lose situation, in which acting on these urges would result in irrational acts and failures, while suppressing these urges will only make them stronger.
Jealousy is a self-reinforcing situation that sends the person tumbling down a spiral of anger, frustration, and insecurities. If left unattended, it slowly eats away at the person’s sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem, which only causes more avoidance and brings more jealousy.
Sublimation of Jealousy
Jealousy is such a challenging emotion to work with, not only because it is impossible to control, but because it alters our perception. It is a self-reinforcing pattern that continuously strengthens itself. But once you can see it for what it is, and accept it back into the realm of the conscious, it will be cleared of aggression and transform back into envy.
When feeling the desire to have something that someone else has. Whether it’s their possessions, their confidence, or their emotional state, remember that this feeling is not wrong. Envy is an emotion that we all have, and feeling envious is an inseparable part of being human. So, when feeling it, don’t fight it, but instead, use it.
Use it as guidance – as an invitation to step out of your comfort zone and do something that you haven’t done before.
Do you want what they have?
Good! Now you have a clear vision of your goals. Try to synthesize what exactly it is that they have which you feel envious of, and set yourself a goal to get something like it.
You don’t know how?
No problem! Now you know someone who does, and you can learn by watching them or maybe even ask them.
Afraid you might fail?
Of course you will, failing is part of the game. Cherish your failures and extract from them every single piece of information you can use to do better next time. If you keep improving, eventually you’ll get it right!
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Officials with Public Health – Seattle & King County are reporting a bat found near Husky Stadium at the University of Washington (UW) last Saturday was rabies positive and at least one person was bitten.
The bat was reportedly found near Union Bay behind Husky Stadium at around 2:00 p.m. The bat acted aggressively and bit at least one person, latching on to that person’s fingers.
The person sought assistance from others in removing the bat at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at the UW campus prior to seeking medical care. The health department received the positive rabies results from the Washington State Public Health Laboratory on May 21.
Health officials worry others may have exposed to the rabid bat and should seek medical care immediately, including anyone who helped to remove the bat.
“Rabies is treatable if caught before symptoms appear, so identifying anyone who has had contact as soon as possible is important,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County. “Contact includes touching a bat, being bitten, scratched, or any other bare skin contact with a bat or its saliva.” | <urn:uuid:63537aa3-e896-463d-8a8b-dab8703fa722> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://outbreaknewstoday.com/university-washington-rabid-bat-bites-one-others-may-exposed-97592/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.976487 | 239 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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Your career in finance begins with acquiring expertise that set you apart from most working professionals. You thrive in that profession based on the trust you earn from the people around you and the improvement you convey to their lives. Pursuing corporate finance may lead you to become an analyst or executive at a multinational company or a key member of a start-up enterprise. Pursuing wealth administration may lead you to financial planning, asset management, or insurance, either as half of a large firm or as a business owner.
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An understanding of those theories helps college students develop the power to make sound and practical business and personal funding choices. If your organization is incomes money however has no working capital, business finance can help you perceive where your money has gone. For example, your accounts receivable whole could also be unsustainably excessive and you can enhance cash circulate by being extra proactive about accumulating the money owed to you. Reading your money move assertion will provide extra information about when it’s most important to earn more revenue or have more liquid money.
This new useful resource is a useful tool for students and researchers who are just beginning their examine of finance and want a solid background of the key terms and components in the subject. Student Experiences Student organizations and alumni-supported travel present hands-on experience.
Students majoring in accounting, business or finance have the opportunity to work together with faculty that have expertise in business, nonprofit and educational realms while gaining insightful business knowledge from a liberal arts perspective. Many college students additionally elect to review overseas, double major or take part in a student-managed funding fund, gaining real-life investment expertise. The mission of Loyola Marymount University’s Business & Finance Division is to assist all operations of the University by offering business, monetary and risk management providers. We work with all campus departments in an effort to solve their monetary challenges, and to help of their financial planning needs.
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Whether your interests embody corporate finance, actual estate, or investments, the Finance main in the School of Business at FMU is your vacation spot. The research of finance will help you develop the skills wanted not only to make the choices essential to business, but additionally teach you why those selections are necessary to the corporate, the stockholders and the stakeholders. To achieve success in business, proficiency in financial Finance administration is key. Many organizations, non-profit groups and people want individuals who can help make choices on how funds and assets shall be used in the future. With a finance diploma from UNI Business, you will be highly able to managing property for a wide selection of corporations and people who will want a financial professional like you to thrive and develop.
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This is a rapidly growing industry throughout the United States. The BLS estimates that demand for database administrators will increase by more than 44% in the next several years. They also report that the annual median income for database administrators is over $65,000.
Most companies hiring database administrators seek candidates who have completed a college program. Students enrolled in database technology programs usually take classes familiarizing them with programming languages, including SQL, Oracle databases, and query development. They will also become familiar with information systems through the course of their studies.
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On March 7, 2017, State Senator Patrick Colbeck testified before the Michigan State House Energy and Technology Committee regarding House Bill 4220 which would allow homeowners to opt-out of having to use Smart Meters without incurring fees. He is hoping to, at best, keep so-called smart meters from becoming mandatory in Michigan homes as they have in other states. His pleas are based on evidence of the risk of the cybersecurity threat they pose, privacy invasion, health hazard, and cost increases associated with the use of smart meters. Sen Colbeck believes Smart Meters are “putting our homes, our nation and, frankly, some of the power suppliers at risk.”
In the past, the data from meters was checked, or read, by a person. The information was compiled and then reported to gas and electric companies for billing purposes. Today more states are turning to smart meters to record resource usage of electricity and water over time. The smart meters automatically send usage information back to the product supplier using RF transmissions, typically based on a cell phone, pager, satellite, radio, power line, Wi-Fi, or Internet communication method. Because the new technology exposes users to EMF radiation, some people have experienced side effects such as:
– Leg cramps
– Eye problems
– Ringing in ears
– Problem sleeping
– Learning problems
– Heart problems
– Balance problems
Smart meters connect every home to a digital network. Unlike analog meters, this new system allows suppliers to remotely control power usage, giving them the ability to shut your resources off if they feel you’ve used too much, even if you are willing to pay the bill for the additional usage. There is also the threat that if there were a disturbance to the power grid on which the system operates, millions of users would be cut off from gas, water, and electricity until restored. (RELATED: Stay informed with news about this silent killer at Smartmeters.news.)
Current users of smart meters have reported cases of widespread overcharging and irregularities reported from utility usage. Some report bills are skyrocketing after smart meter installation despite using the same amount of electricity that had been used prior to getting the smart meter. The overbilling is still considered a mystery, and even though companies know this occurs, refunds to customers for overcharging are scarce. When it comes down to it, the suppliers are going to rely on the technology rather than listen to the customer.
If your State still allows you to use the analog meter, you should consider it. Analog meters do not incur the same health and system reliability risks that the smart readers do. If you are not allowed to make the decision for yourself, make sure to continue to record your own power usage to prevent overbilling. Document your historical usage, and then call, email and write letters to your utility company. Continue lobbying to your state politicians to overturn the mandatory usage of smart meters. | <urn:uuid:65feab8d-ec8f-4996-9f0d-b9600147315a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newstarget.com/2017-03-20-silent-killer-smart-meters-are-destroying-your-health.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941961 | 613 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Why Aerosmith’s ‘Night in the Ruts’ Was Doomed to Fail
The title of Aerosmith's 1979 album Night in the Ruts was more than just a clever spoonerism for "right in the nuts." It encapsulated the dire state of affairs for the drug-addled, feuding rockers, whose underrated sixth LP was nonetheless doomed to fail.
The Boston quintet had been knocked from its mid-'70s perch by the end of the decade, hobbled by escalating substance abuse and exhausted from touring relentlessly in support of 1977's underperforming Draw the Line. This incessant tour schedule interrupted the sessions for Night in the Ruts, and Aerosmith's performances grew increasingly erratic as they ramped up their drug usage even more.
This exhaustion and debauchery worsened the friction between Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The tension came to a head backstage after a show in Cleveland on July 28, 1979, and the guitarist quit the band following a cataclysmic argument. Aerosmith replaced Perry with Jimmy Crespo, who served as an official member of the band from 1979 through 1984.
Night in the Ruts' commercial performance reflected the band's burnout. The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 but quickly fell down the charts and was panned by critics. Its only single, a cover of the Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," fizzled at No. 67 on the Hot 100.
Still, Night in the Ruts is far from the unmitigated disaster some critics made it out to be. From the autobiographical rocker "No Surprise" to the sleazy, riff-driven "Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)," the record features some of Aerosmith's most fiery performances, harking back to their mid-'70s glory days of Toys in the Attic and Rocks. Still, the album was relegated to the dustbin of history when Aerosmith made their miraculous, MTV-fueled comeback in the late '80s.
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SHOE OF CHOICE
Youth-driven social initiative to reduce plastic bag use
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Hi ladies! Please tell our readers a bit about yourselves and the initiative you founded.
We are sisters Melati (15) and Isabel (13) Wijsen, and three years ago we started Bye Bye Plastic Bags (BBPB), a social initiative driven by children to get the people of Bali to say no to plastic bags. Our volunteer team of 25-30 are students from schools around Bali, local and international. We have a lot of activities and do many different things at the same time--it’s hard work but we have reached many milestones and achievements, from winning awards, to working closely with the government, to a global TED Talk.
Now we have the support and commitment of the government and the governor of Bali to work towards a plastic bag free Bali by 2018, and our team is so proud and happy and cannot stop celebrating! But the work has just begun! We are motivated now more than ever as our story is becoming an inspiration to people around the world and empowering the youth to rise up and go for their passions. Us kids may only be 25% of the world’s population but we are 100% of the future.
Could you tell us more about your background?
Melati: I was born in the Netherlands, but ten days after I was born, mum and dad flew me to Bali, my home. I love growing up here, I think it is one of the most beautiful and special islands in the world. We are so lucky to be a part of the land.
Isabel: I was born in the busy city of Denpasar. I’m a real Bali Baby. :) I feel more at home here than anywhere else. Our dad is from Java and our mum is from Holland, but Melati & I are raised in Bali in a home in the middle of rice fields.
Who are the people you look up to?
We were inspired by a lesson in class about significant people like Nelson Mandela, Lady Diana, and Mahatma Ghandi. We went home that day and thought, “What can we do as children living in Bali? What can we do NOW?” That is how Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born in 2013. We weren’t going to wait until we were older to do something. We were going to do it now. Throughout our three years of campaigning, we have come across many significant heroes. Captain Paul Watson, Earth Guardians--a personal favorite--and the Diet Canting Plastik activists. All of these amazing movements and people are rising up and using their voices to lead the world into a better place.
What is the best way to communicate with local communities about the importance of environmental preservation?
Socialization. One of the key learnings we have gotten through BBPB is that without the support of the locals no change will happen. It is their island and we have to honor and respect that. We have done socialization days and events with the children, the women, and the men. When we do activities with the children it’s really fun because we’re in our element, and we get really creative with our workshops and games. It doesn’t matter if we cannot speak the same language, we all understand and learn the importance of our home and the environment. We have done meetings and discussions with local adults, all resulting in the positivity and the urgency that the time to act is NOW.
What is your most memorable moment so far involving BBPB?
The day Bali started paying for plastic bags! This is a HUGE step forward to the final no to plastic bags. Even though the amount is very low in Bali, the intention and “pause” before taking that plastic bag at the register is there. This is what we need to move in the right direction.
What are your plans for BBPB in the near future?
2015 has been good to us but we’re excited and so ready to rock 2016 out of the roof! We’re focusing on education and ‘One Island One Voice.’ Education simply because we believe that the only way to bring about change is through the power of knowledge! We have educational booklets illustrated by one of our local team members (age 12, he’s a madly talented artist!) with experiments in the Indonesian language highlighting the 3R’s + waste management and youth empowerment!
One Island One Voice is a campaign we started last year where we go to all the shops, restaurants, hotels, etc. and ask them if they are plastic bag free. If they are, meaning they do not hand out plastic bags, we give them a sticker that shows all who enter that they are walking into a plastic bag-free zone. Once they join this campaign and carry the sticker we reward them by publishing their name and picture in our social media streams. The classic name and shame technique.
What advice would you give to someone trying to overcome a hurdle in their efforts to work on a good cause?
Well, we definitely won’t say it’s easy. There will be times when you think of giving up! But never give up! Go for that extra mile. Because all of it is worth it.
Great advice. So moving on to a lighter topic... Where is your favorite place to spend time when you’re not working?
Melati: I love taking time out of my day to go to the beach. Where we live, it’s really easy to get to the beach. It’s just a minute walk through the still really authentic Balinese village, and then my feet are in the sand and sea.
Isabel: I am in LOVE with my dance studio. Any dance studio in general, bring me there and I’ll be a happy girl!
Why do you choose to rock Indos?
Indos are absolutely awesome! We believe in the Indosole mission and vision and love all the pureness that goes into making them. We choose to rock Indos simply because what better shoes to wear than Indos?!
Thanks, ladies! Any last words or shoutouts?
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Las Vegas, Baby... Yeah!
a bit of historyLas Vegas means "The Meadows," and was mostly visited by the Paiute Indians in its early beginnings. There is a natural spring that is north of downtown, a great source and stop to replenish water. Mexican scout Rafael Rivera stumbled upon the spring in 1829, which became a reliable water source and feed area for horses.
Las Vegas became a regular stop on the southern emigrant route to California, the Spanish Trail. By the 1850s, Mormons had built Las Vegas' first structures, a small mission and fort. In 1902, much of the land was sold to a railroad company. This is the downtown area now. It was subdivided when the tracks came through. There were 1200 lots sold on May 15, 1905, the city's official birthday.
During the Depression, workers came from all over searching for work. In 1931, the city's Hoover Dam Project, also known as the Boulder Dam project, offered jobs and began the growth of Vegas. During this time, gambling became legalized. The first casino on the "strip" was the El Rancho completed in 1941.
Mobster Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, which set the tone for the new casinos. The Flamingo was big and flashy, with lavish entertainment to attract high rollers. It is said that the Flamingo's over the top budget, a flop on opening night, and a Hollywood actress girlfriend skimming funds off the top all may have attributed to Bugsy's murder by unhappy mob bosses.
las vegas nowSince the early '80s, the boom has commenced and Vegas has grown faster than any other city in the nation, offering employment opportunities, comfortable retirement options, and of course.... plenty of fun!
Not just an adult playground anymore, Vegas has more to offer than just gambling. It has more than a hundred dining establishments on the strip alone, activities such as roller coasters, desert tours, spas, one of the largest convention facilities in the world, helicopter rides, theme parks... the list goes on and on.
I have been going to Las Vegas pre-21 (you know, yesterday) and I have to admit, I am torn between what Vegas has to offer now as opposed to then. I have to say, it has lost some of its glamour. Yes, it was cheesy, but that was part of the appeal.
Sure, the hotels have gotten bigger, not necessarily "grander," yet on the flip side, there is much more that these hotels can offer to a vast majority of visitors. Vegas has opted for family appeal, not the jet set "adult playground" it used to be.
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The current price of a house in the United States is more than it was in 2006 in every single state. Even if prices remain extremely high for the foreseeable future, the market will not be subject to a comparable catastrophic drop. This is because the majority of these prices are the result of an inadequate supply not being able to meet demand.
At this time, we are unable to create a sufficient number of homes to match the demand. The ease with which individuals were able to access credit fostered speculation, which in turn led to an increase in demand, which ultimately resulted in a market that was overvalued.
Although a crisis in the economy brought on by the housing market is not on the immediate horizon, rising property prices will have a significant bearing on the economy throughout the longer period.
Cheap financing was a trademark in the years leading up to the housing crisis; however, in the years following the Great Recession, it became significantly more difficult to obtain a mortgage, particularly for families with low incomes and individuals with less than stellar financial standing. Since the year 2000, there has been a marked reduction in the number of people who have been approved for mortgages despite having credit that is less than ideal. This has led to an increase in the median credit score, particularly at the lower end of the scale. Between January 2000 and April 2018, there was a 43-point increase in the median credit score, and a 67-point increase in the credit score of the lowest 10 percent of borrowers. Both of these increases were seen.
Because of the recent economic downturn, there are currently fewer new building projects underway in addition to a general reduction in the amount of newly built homes that are available for purchase. Although it has increased from its all-time lows, it is still sixty percent lower than it was in the 1960s, which had a total population that was sixty percent bigger than it is now. This improvement has been made, but it is still sixty percent lower.
The contribution of residential real estate to the nation’s gross domestic product ranged from 4.5 percent to 5.3 percent, with a mean of 5.0 percent, during the years 1980 and 2000. In 2005, it reached its highest point of 5.9 percent, and then it gradually declined till it reached 2.5 percent in 2010. Despite a modest increase to 3.3 or 3.4 percent since 2016, this is still far lower than the norm throughout history.
It is estimated that there were 350,000 fewer housing units constructed in 2017 in comparison to the number of new households. In addition, the type of housing that is being created does not match the type of demand that is being expressed by households, which results in an inadequate supply. As a result of rising construction costs, an increasing proportion of new homes are being built at the more expensive end of the market. This is occurring despite the increased demand for housing at more affordable prices.
The lower end of the housing market is experiencing a disproportionately larger increase in property prices due to supply and demand imbalances. Since 2014, there has been a large annual increase in housing prices for individuals in the income groups with the lowest 20 percent of households.
How Does this Translate to the Larger Economy?
Even though we are not as susceptible to a housing collapse as we were in 2006, the high home prices that were caused by a lack of supply will have repercussions in at least four different ways throughout the larger economy.
Rent Responsibilities Have Skyrocketed in Recent Years
When there is less affordable housing available on the market as a result of rising prices at the lower end of the market, it is more challenging for families with lower and middle incomes to purchase their own homes. Based on the results of the decennial census and the American Community Survey, an increase from 39.8 percent in the year 2000 to 49.7 percent in the year 2016 is estimated.
Between the years 2000 and 2016, the percentage of households who were struggling to pay their rent increased from 27.3 percent to 62.3 percent for those with an annual income of $20,000 to $50,000.
Further factors augmented by this are the changes realized in the event of hiked rental prices which include:
The Desire to Purchase by Long-Term Renters
Everyone knows long-term tenants who are now interested in buying a home. When rent rises, sensible renters weigh the commitment and costs of homeownership (maintenance, repairs, property taxes) against the growing percentage of their incomes spent on rent. Renters who want to buy a property should consult a mortgage lender and real estate broker as soon as feasible, preferably months prior to their lease ends.
There are Fewer Options for Low-Cost Rentals
To find an economical location to live, you’ll need to be flexible. Without cheap housing, families may have to share bedrooms. Tenants who can’t locate a place to dwell may rent out rooms to pay rent. Only a few tenants can afford high-end rentals.
More People are Getting into Multi-Family Housing
People who could afford to leave multifamily or apartment housing migrated to single-family houses, increasing the rural population. More people are moving to densely populated cities, driving the demand for multifamily housing. Freddie Mac anticipates multifamily investment to surge in 2021. Additional units won’t totally offset high rates, but they may decrease rent rises over time.
Savings for a Down Payment are Reduced when Rent Increases
Temporary tenants trying to save for a down purchase may have to stay in their current property longer. Many tenants are delaying their house hunt. Rising home values mean renters must save even more for a 15 or 20 percent down payment.
Consumer Goods are Seeing a Drop in Demand
If a bigger portion of a household’s income goes toward housing costs, that household will have less money available for discretionary spending on other things. Likely, decreases in housing costs and an increase in the availability of housing will lead to a rise in demand for other goods and services, which could lead to greater job creation and economic growth in other industries.
There is a Misallocation of Resources
Employees are unable to relocate to locations that offer greater employment opportunities or to remain in such locations because there is an inadequate supply of housing in those locations. Recent research indicates that inadequate housing supply was responsible for a 36% increase in the rate of economic growth from 1964 to 2009.
The Growing Disparity in Levels of Wealth
Low-income renters are experiencing increased rent obligations and difficulty finding an affordable home to own as a result of the tight financial market and rising housing costs caused by supply restrictions in the housing market.
Existing homeowners, on the other hand, may look forward to continuing to watch their worth grow. Because owners typically have incomes and assets that are significantly larger than those of renters, the wealth gap between owners and renters widens as a direct consequence of this disparity. This could result in a further widening of wealth disparities in the future because homeownership is a key factor in the creation of long-term wealth and the fact that children of owners are much more likely to become owners themselves.
Why Does an Increase in the Value of a Residence Cause There to be an Increase in the Price of Products that are Sold?
Pricing always takes into account both the cost of producing an item as well as a markup on that cost. According to this interpretation, all changes made to retail prices always signify either a change in the markup or a change in the expenditures. Even though either route would be exciting, we contend that our empirical relationship is mostly driven by markups. This is even though both channels would be interesting. To establish that this is the case, we must first demonstrate, after controlling for several observable costs such as local salaries, commercial rents, and wholesale costs, that these factors are unable to explain the correlation between rising retail prices and rising housing prices. If the costs are not being accounted for, then the variation in our markups must be. Why should retail establishments hike their pricing whenever the cost of real estate goes up? We are all aware that an increase in the worth of home translates into a bigger wealth for the family that currently resides in it. As homeowners advance in socioeconomic status, they become less interested in the particular prices of the retail goods they purchase. When retailers recognize an opportunity, they often respond by increasing their markups to capitalize on it.
Whatever the cause may be, rising housing prices are putting homeownership more and further out of reach for a growing number of American families. The decision-makers in the United States should give serious consideration to any and all viable options for expanding the housing stock in the country.
As a first-time buyer in the real estate market you had plenty of optimism when reviewing all the potential homes that had great curb appeal. However, monthly housing payments, ongoing plumbing issues, and all the time spent tending to the yard makes you a hardened and experienced homeowner. Now you have that desire to sell your home, but you have no idea where to start.
Whether or not you have regrets as a buyer, there is also the possibility of having regrets as a seller. Asking yourself those dreaded “What if…?” questions after you have completed a sale can happen. Just like with buying property for the first time, selling a property for the first time will be a learning experience that you can take with you for any selling process.
1. Confirm that You Are Ready to Sell
If you truly ready to sell your property, then you must have some form of confirmation. There will be emotional baggage involved if this property happens to be your home, but it is key to remember that in the real estate market there is no place for emotional investments. Just as you bought the home as a financial investment, you will also be selling the home as a financial investment going forward.
Before you officially put your home on the market, walk through your home and discuss old memories. Reflect on how the house has served its purpose for the time you spent living in it, and think about what life after the sale will be. Get the emotional baggage out of the way first before you can begin putting in the actual work.
2. Know the Specific Market
In real estate there is more than one particular market to account for. If you are selling an investment rental property, for example, then that is not in the same market as selling a home. Different markets will have different buyers that will be looking at properties differently. The most experienced buyers don’t care about curb appeal as much as they would like to know the details of current lease agreements and cash flow history.
Knowing the specific real estate market takes more than telling the differences between New York and Los Angeles from Charlotte and Seattle. Are you selling in the investment rental market? Are you selling in the home market? Is it specifically a commercial property you are trying to sell?
3. Review Your Financial Information
If you decide to sell your property, then you have to make sure that you will be in a strong financial position to sell. The proceeds from your sale will need to cover all the fees that are associated with selling it, or else you will have bring money out of pocket right to the table. One of the main objectives in real estate sales is to make a profit.
If you list a property but refuse to carefully go over the numbers, then when you get to escrow, you will realize just how expensive it really is to sell a property. It is better to know financial statistics ahead of time. Start with a general estimation of your home’s value, and then subtract your remaining mortgage balance (which is also known as home equity). Then you will subtract closing costs, which include fees, taxes, agent commissions, and those costs may amount to a range from 6% to 10% of your home’s sale price.
Ultimately, you have to know where you stand financially if you are going to be successful in selling real estate. If you fail to make a profit from your sale, and if many things go wrong during the selling process that involve financial oversights, then you will be left in a more unfavorable financial position.
4. Establish an Offer Due Date
It takes proper positioning of the price that you want for your property so that the right buyers get to see it and think about it. One selling strategy that works is to price a home slightly below its expected value and place the property on the market. However, the catch here is to not accept bids right away. Don’t take any offers for around seven days, group show the property, and then do a couple open houses. If you wait, a successful purchase will not be dependent on who is able to bid first, but rather who is serious about buying the property and able to come up with the most reasonable bid. Such bids can include a flexible timeline or an all-cash offer alongside the right price.
5. Work According to the Current Market
Chances are good that your real estate agent will have a strategic plan in place for the sale of your property based on what is currently working best in your respective market. To achieve that top dollar, you need to have an idea of what is happening in the current market. Depending on the price range for your property, it could mean various things such as hosting multiple open houses and presenting it as a pocket listing. Real estate markets are always changing, and some of these changes are caused by additional inventory or a decrease in the amount of active buyers. These changes make agents and brokerage firms adjust their strategy to fit whatever the demands and buyer preferences are.
6. Don’t Forget Tax Implications
If you become a seller, never put aside any potential tax implications. By selling your property, you will owe a great amount of capital gains taxes on whatever profits you make. If you claimed yearly depreciation against a rental property, then you will have to pay capital gains taxes on that.
Here is one illustration of paying property taxes. You bought a rental property for $180,000, and later you decide to sell that property for $240,000. You will owe capital gains taxes on that $60,000 profit. In terms of claiming depreciation, if you claim $30,000 over the time you owned the property, you subtract that from the original purchase price when assessing capital gains. As a result, the capital gains taxes you owe is on a difference between $150,000 (which is the original buying price minus the $30,000 depreciation) and the sale price of $240,000. Along with depreciation, you owe capital gains on $90,000 instead of $60,000.
If you want to avoid capital gains taxes altogether, then consider what the 1031 exchange can do for you. The 1031 exchange allows you to essentially trade your rental property for a property that is better and more valuable. The 1031 exchange is a tax provision that allows you as an investor to take the proceeds from the sale of a property, and then immediately flip whatever profits you make into the purchase of a new property while also deferring capital gains. However, there are some restrictions; both the initial and replacement properties must be “like-kind”, meaning they must be similar to each other in type. You can’t use the 1031 exchange to trade a commercial office building for a single family home, but you can trade an office for an office or a family home for a family home.
7. Don’t Overprice at the Start
No matter how hot the seller’s market is, if your asking price is set too high, then buyers will most likely stay away from your property, and they won’t even look at it. You may feel confident about the value of your property, but there is a certain line that you can’t cross as a seller. If your property is overpriced in the beginning, then it will cause the property to lose momentum. A property that loses momentum can hinder real estate sales success.
Asking prices that are set too high give buyers reason to hesitate, which is something you don’t want to see happen. Depending on your situation, if you are in urgent need to sell or you are just casually testing the market, the idea of conceding to a lower asking price for your property than the one you wanted may be unsettling. However, by setting the asking price low enough you encourage buyers to at least look at your property for a lengthy review. If there is a chance to raise the asking price later in negotiations, then keep that in consideration, but when starting out, make a reasonable, friendly asking price.
8. Consider Including a Home Warranty
Systems and appliances in a home whenever they need to be repaired or replaced can be covered by a home warranty. Those who don’t have the funds to make expensive repairs to systems and appliances use home warranties all the time. Home warranty companies offer customized home warranty coverage, allowing you to choose which systems and appliances you want to be covered.
Including a home warranty as part of the deal for buying your property can have a positive impact on your sale. Buyers typically find home warranties appealing, so it could help you to sell your property in a shorter period of time. If the homes in your area stay on the market some time longer than you would prefer, then including a home warranty as part of your property’s deal makes even more sense.
Oftentimes it is the home warranty that serves as the tipping point or bridge that helps both the buyer and seller come to agreeable terms for the sale of a home. Knowing that they have some form of protection in a home warranty is what sets buyers at ease. It doesn’t matter whether your home has newer or older appliances as long as you have a home warranty attached to them in the deal. It is often the case that home warranties save you a lot of money, and much like car insurance, there is the hope you never have to use home warranties but you will be relieved when you do.
9. Schedule a Prelisting Inspection
Although this is not a requirement, it is highly recommended for you as a first-time seller to have a prelisting home inspection before putting it on the market. This is done to avoid sudden surprises during the course of a transaction. A wide variety of unknown issues in the house may rise to the surface and sabotage a sale if you don’t discover them and address them.
The typical cost of a prelisting inspection ranges anywhere from $250 to $700, depending on what part of the country you live in and how small or large your home is. What this kind of inspection covers is a general checkup of major systems, mechanicals, windows, and doors and locks along with detection of water damage, mold and cracks. Radon testing, well-water testing, lead paint testing and internal mold testing can also be covered by a prelisting inspection if you so choose.
Some of the benefits that you will receive from having a prelisting inspection include (but are not limited to) better marketing leverage, valuable advice for improvements, and more negotiating power. As well as discovering the negatives about your property, inspectors can give you great details about the positives, like your old furnace is still sturdy enough, or you have a perfect sewer connection. These positives can give the marketing leverage you need when promoting your listing.
Whatever advice your inspector gives you regarding improvements, take it seriously because such improvements can make or break your listing. By updating the parts of your home that need updating, such as replacing your roof, upgrading your HVAC system or installing new energy-efficient windows, you can put yourself in a better position to sell. If you already know the issues your property has during the inspection, you can price accordingly, which will give you more negotiating power. For example, if you have already factored the need for new gutters around your home into your listing price, and that is made clear upon receiving the initial offer, buyers will be less likely to try to drive the price lower.
As is the case with buying a property for the first time, there is also a learning curve to go through if you are a first-time seller in real estate. You will need to carefully crunch the numbers first before you settle on an asking price, and once you do the selling process will straighten itself out. As a seller in your respective market, you need to make the transaction comfortable not only for yourself, but also for the buyer you are handing the property over to.
Selling property is much like creating works of art. It takes time and patience to paint the picture you want, and then behold the beauty of what you have accomplished. In other words, don’t be in too much of a rush to close on a real estate deal, and see the entire process through.
You are interested in buying a property and you can’t wait to get started with the process of searching for one, which can be both exciting and rewarding. However, it’s important to know that you are also making a major financial commitment and you will potentially have to do a lot of work. Investing in real estate has its benefits as it is a source of passive income. This means that it will never dry up nor mature. Instead, ongoing income is provided with no loss of assets.
1. Know Your Priorities
Before you start the process of buying a property, you need to have a firm understanding of your priorities. What kind of property are you looking for exactly? How long do you intend to use this property? Will you be living on this property?
What should be high on your list of priorities is the level of commitment. Especially if you are married and along with your spouse you buy your first home, you need to make sure you have backup plans and an exit plan in case everything goes south with the purchase. From the start, if your level of commitment to buying a certain house isn’t where it needs to be, then you need to stop before you buy and review your priorities.
2. Have a Plan
Along with having the right priorities, you need to have a plan in place for the property you are buying. Is this property your forever home? Is it just a starter home to build up equity? Your search for a home will have more structure if you can determine what this property’s role will be in your plan. It can help to look exclusively in areas where either resale or rental properties may be easier for you, or you may want to invest in an up-and-coming neighborhood. It is highly recommended to have a real estate agent help you create a plan.
3. Crunch the Numbers Correctly
Miscalculating costs, values and rental prices of properties is one of the most common mistakes you can make as a first time real estate investor. Accurately calculating cash flow and house flipping profits are not intuitive. If you only intend to flip a property or buy a rental property to renovate, first know the costs of repairs. Contractors can sometimes be very difficult to work with, and renovations rarely go according to their initial plans. More often than not, contractors promise too much and end up delivering too little, both in costs and in time.
For your first investment property, keep it to just minor cosmetic repairs. Next, budget a large cost overrun reserve to handle the issues that will inevitably arise. It’s also wise not to tell the contractor about this reserve because otherwise he might find a way to spend it.
There are many costs and expenses to account for if you plan on renovating your first property. In the beginning, you should budget 50% extra as a reserve for any renovation costs, and an additional 50% cushion for estimated carrying costs. There is the After-Repair Value (ARV) to consider, the After-Repair Rent if you keep the property as a rental, and the non-mortgage expenses you will have to factor in. These non-mortgage expenses can include property taxes, property insurance, maintenance, property management costs, and major repairs and capital expenditures, to name a few. Expect these same expenses to average around 50% of the rent.
4. Practice Patience
One critical thing to remember is that the first property you purchase is a financial investment. When it comes to real estate, there is no room for emotional investments. You may find yourself emotionally attached to the first property that catches your interest. On the surface, you may love everything about this property and think that you would love to retire in that location. However, emotional investments lead to bad decision-making and “intuitive investing” such as guessing the time of the market.
Searching for the right property will take much more than reviewing only one property. For instance, if you make offers on 12 properties, it’s probable that 4 of those sellers will negotiate with you, and possibly 2 of them will reach an agreement with you. Finally, one of them will back out of the deal, and the other one will successfully close with you. This is partially how real estate works. Ultimately, you have to practice patience to see deals through, whether they succeed or fail.
5. Freely Negotiate
Negotiating is at the heart of the process of buying properties. Sellers expect you to do it, because otherwise they will second-guess the purchase price and wonder if they should have drove up the price. Knowing how to negotiate real estate begins with research of the seller. Gather as much information on sellers as you can, such as their sense of urgency in selling, why they are selling, and when they want to move if the property is occupied by an owner. A real estate agent can help you learn more about a listing agent. Be thankful to know that listing agents often get talkative.
When negotiating, make the lowest offer you think the seller will take seriously enough to make a counteroffer. If the seller wants to close very urgently, don’t be surprised if the selling price stays low. Build a seller concession into the negotiation so that you can reduce your cash due at settlement. The main thing to do is set a ceiling price before making an opening offer. Put it in writing, and tell someone that ceiling price to lock it in place. After negotiating, if the seller won’t accept a number under that ceiling, then simply prepare to walk away.
Some sellers will call you back a few days later and say they can reconsider your offer, whereas other sellers will bluster and posture. By staying emotionally detached, you can freely walk away from deals you don’t like, which allows you to freely buy better deals. This is why it helps to freely negotiate.
6. Review Turnkey Properties
Contractors, permits, and refinancing for a long-term mortgage can be too stressful for some first-time investors. If you can’t oversee a renovation project right away, then you should consider buying a turnkey property instead. Properties that are already rented to legitimate tenants or properties that are in rent-ready condition can be bought on the market.
You can easily buy turnkey properties anywhere in the country by using various real estate platforms. One such platform is Roofstock, which helps you with large-scale investing and allows you to track and optimize key figures via a cloud network. Each listed property on Roofstock also has an abundance of data that you can use to make an informed decision about whether to buy or not. This data ranges from local market data to both historical and forecasted home value trends. You also get two guarantees from Roofstock: you are first allowed to return the property at no cost within a 30-day period, and you are also allowed to rent the property to a tenant within 45 days of your purchase.
7. Look at Mortgage Options
If you are in the favorable position of being able to pay cash for a house straight up, then you will be just fine. However, if you are like most people who don’t readily have cash available, then you might want to look into the various forms of a mortgage loan.
Calculating your debt-to-income ratio isn’t as easy as it sounds since it factors in specific incomes and debts or expenses. The debt-to-income ratio (DTI) consists of total debt payments divided by your gross income before tax either per month or annually, which is expressed as a percentage. You use the DTI to indicate your debt level. This is key because you have to factor in how much you will have for a down payment.
Look for the best interest rates and features possible in a property. If you can’t make an adequate down payment or have bad credit, spend more time improving your finances before you consider buying a home.
8. Learn the Legal Formalities
Before you buy a property, it is always essential to make sure that it is compatible with all legal documents. The best course of action to take is contacting real estate agents regarding how to obtain legal information. Real estate signage or prints in front of a property serve as a good clue of how legally safe that property is. Analyze the level of professionalism and find information online about these materials. The real estate company associated with the selling process must be reputable or else you will not have an enjoyable purchase.
The legal aspects of real estate include promissory notes, guaranties, mortgage defaults, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Promissory notes live up to their name, documents that declare a promise made by one person to pay a debt that is owed to another person. The writer of this note states their promise to make a payment of a specific amount to the payee.
Parties that sign an agreement is known as a guaranty. These parties accept responsibility of debt payments. With this agreement, lenders are reassured that they will be repaid for the money that was loaned to any borrowers. A mortgage that hasn’t been paid for in a specific time frame is known as a mortgage default. Once a mortgage passes this time frame, it is considered to be in default, which can instantly and negatively impact a person’s credit report and score. Mortgage defaults can also result in losing your property due to an order of foreclosure and sale of that foreclosed property
Lastly, there is the Uniform Commercial Code, which consists of a set of codes that maintain control over any commercial transactions that are done. All 50 states have adopted this code and it has been approved by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commissioners. The Uniform Commercial Code has helped alleviate issues related with commercial transactions, enabling smoother transactions overall.
9. Beware of Appreciation
The belief that real estate always goes up in value is only a myth. Homes typically do increase in value, but if you are banking on this typical occurrence, then you are blindly speculating, and not properly investing. If you enter real estate with the intent of flipping houses, use today’s housing market prices when flipping. Long-term rental investors are encouraged to buy properties based on today’s cash flow.
Home values can and do collapse, but rents remain very resilient in real estate. The best example of this is the Great Recession period from 2007 to 2009 when home values dropped by 27.42%, but rents continuously rose, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Facts like these are part of the reason why rental investing works. If you know how to forecast cash flow, you can accurately calculate the returns on any investment property. You can also opt to invest in only high-yield properties, if you prefer. Investing in rental properties based on current rental income allows you to welcome any appreciation that occurs.
Judging from the list above, it may feel like it will take so much time and effort to get the first property purchase right. To a small degree, that is the reality of the real estate business. Investing in real estate is not for everybody. In the cases of many people, there is not enough patience and discipline to see the right deal close.
If you have legitimate interest in buying a property, as well as the patience and discipline, then you will see predictable returns, favorable tax benefits, and high-yield passive income. There are plenty of options for real estate investing, including living in a property via house hacking. This can be done with the help of roommates (think foreign exchange students, for example), renting out rooms on platforms like Airbnb, or renting out an accessory dwelling unit.
If you are generally good with numbers and can cooperate with professional real estate agents, then buying your first property will not be the headache some critics make it out to be.
What is a CRM System?
CRM refers to a collection of business tactics, tools, and processes that are used to assist organizations and their customers establish and maintain long-term relationships. CRM refers to all of the techniques, approaches, tools, and technologies that businesses use to gain and retain customers. CRM is an acronym that stands for customer relationship management.
Business divisions discovered that it was better to focus on customers rather than products in the early 1970s, and CRM was born. A result of this careful observation was the birth of customer relationship management (CRM).
Customer acquisition and retention, according to Peter Drucker, is the true business of every corporation. Because of the company’s reliance on goodwill, it has historically been difficult to gain new clients. Through the introduction of new products and services that were truly extraordinary, businesses were able to attract more customers and expand their operations at an accelerated rate. Customers were first satisfied and loyal in a way that could not be duplicated in the future due to the lack of a genuine relationship between the two sides.
What is the Need for a CRM?
Previously, conducting business consisted of a straightforward one-on-one transaction with no established process. Nevertheless, as additional communication issues occurred, the ship found itself in increasingly treacherous waters. Because of the rapid development of new techniques and technology in the global marketplace, as well as the resultant strong rivalry, it was vital to transit from a reactive to a proactive mode of operation. Due to the numerous advantages of CRM, both customers and suppliers were able to rapidly get up and running with it. Originally, it developed as a tool for maintaining long-term relationships with customers, customer relationship management has expanded to include all elements of a company’s operations.
Initially, customer relationship management (CRM) was founded on three fundamental principles: preserving and attracting existing customers, acquiring new customers, and enhancing the overall asset value of all clients. In the wake of the advent of cutting-edge software and technology, corporate perspectives were fundamentally transformed. Eventually, a customer relationship management system (CRM) was developed, which consists of a company’s worth of information that is presented sophistically in order to increase profits for the firm while also enhancing customer pleasure and loyalty while reducing the company’s cash outlay.
With this program, every stage of the engagement with clients is automated, guaranteeing that earnings are maximized at all times. The software gathers information from a range of different sources. Therefore, customer relationship management (CRM) systems are equipped to store an enormous amount of information on customers’ purchases, personal information, and even their purchasing habits.
With CRM, or customer relationship management, a company’s best chance of keeping and obtaining new customers is greatly increased by using it. The art of relationship management is about much more than just selling to customers; it is also about developing strong emotional bonds with them. This type of cooperation catapults the company to new heights of financial success.
In the event that a firm can build a personal and emotional connection with a customer, it becomes much easier for the organization to identify the customer’s genuine wants and deliver greater service to them. Many individuals believe that the effectiveness with which a firm implements a customer relationship management system determines the company’s capacity to expand and prosper. In most It’s easy to see why a firm needs a CRM system if we take a look at some of the larger viewpoints below. Businesses, CRM systems are well-maintained thanks to specific world-class technologies that have been developed. BatchBook, Salesforce, Buzzstream, Sugar CRM, and other popular business software are relied upon by numerous well-known enterprises.
CRM strengthens a company’s client base through successful marketing. In fact, CRM has expanded marketing possibilities by increasing campaign efficiency and efficacy. Using direct marketing, web marketing, e-mail marketing, and other CRM-related marketing methods has advanced recently. Compared to more traditional marketing strategies, these new approaches are more likely to deliver better outcomes and more business. Their modest asset values help boost marketing response rates, cut promotion costs, and raise accountability for investment decisions.
The Following Section Examine CRM-Centered Marketing in Detail
Customers are increasingly turning to web marketing and online purchasing as the internet becomes more prevalent. Transactions between customers and suppliers can be completed instantly and from any location. The following are a some of the many advantages of Internet marketing:
- This is a low-cost solution compared to personally interacting with target clients.
- Suppliers can now reach customers faster thanks to modern technology.
- Online marketing tracking, calculating, and testing is straightforward.
- Using proven online research and analysis techniques simplifies product or brand selection.
- Online marketing is more promotional than traditional marketing, making it more effective.
- Email marketing outperforms older tactics like direct mail and phone calls. Email marketing is a type of direct marketing that uses data to better target customers and meet their needs. Subscribers will enjoy newsletters, Coupons, e-cards, and the opportunity to save events to calendars.
Analyzing client internet shopping behavior, a CRM system tracks customers’ internet purchases. This interactive technique delivers tremendous accuracy and quickness in addition to profiling services that provide precise information on consumers’ buying habits. Individual client behavior analysis can disclose favorite products or brands. For example, a customer’s past purchases can be used to predict future purchases. Consumer satisfaction and long-term partnerships result from appropriately identifying and meeting customer wants. Customers’ online shopping behaviors can be studied to improve marketing methods and strategies.
Future marketing strategy forecasting Marketing strategies change as clients’ emotional and behavioral states fluctuate. CRM market forecasting solutions leverage regression and statistical analysis of online customer behavior to grasp this transition. The more advanced yet more accurate analysis tools of CRM systems are among the most effective marketing methods. Those who have tried it say the potential rewards are astonishing.
To achieve better results, a firm must monitor marketing performance to ensure that procedures are always up-to-date and coordinated. CRM-based platforms provide for consistent marketing performance measurement across the organization.
These synergistic marketing approaches are integrated into CRM for high-end marketing. It must therefore anticipate change, test the tactics’ efficacy, and optimize their combination to meet client needs and maximize marketing expansion.
It’s easy to see why a firm needs a CRM system if we take a look at some of the larger viewpoints below:
- In a customer relationship management system, all customers who have purchased or who are in the process of purchasing may be examined and analyzed at any point in time. As a result of using this strategy, the amount of time spent searching for and correlating customers is reduced, resulting in an increase in business.
- A customer relationship management system makes it simple to keep track of clients and discover which ones are most likely to be successful in the long run.
- Clients are divided into groups by the CRM system depending on the nature of their business or their physical location, and each group is assigned to a specific customer manager, also known as an account manager. Consequently, you will be able to devote more attention to each individual customer.
- A customer relationship management system (CRM) can be used to manage existing clients as well as to acquire new ones. The first step is to identify an ‘Opportunity of Business,’ which is also known as a CRM opportunity, and then enter all of the information related with it into the CRM system. Then, Sales and Field staff court the clients, following up with them and attempting to convert them into paying customers by diplomatic ways. An integrated customer relationship management system handles all of this with ease and efficiency.
- CRM outperforms all other alternatives in terms of cost-effectiveness by a significant margin. By removing the need for paper or manual labor, a successful customer relationship management system helps to reduce the number of people and resources required for maintenance and upkeep. The development of a customer relationship management system, in comparison to the traditional method of conducting business, is also significantly less expensive and time-consuming.
- The customer relationship management system (CRM) keeps all of the information you need at your fingertips at all times. This shortens the amount of time it takes to perform a task, which in turn increases the amount of output.
- The level of customer satisfaction can be raised by effectively dealing with all customers and issuing them with precisely what they require. The likelihood of acquiring new clients is increased, resulting in increased sales and profits.
- Customers will remain loyal to you and your organization as long as they are satisfied, resulting in an ever-growing customer base and a higher net profit for your business.
Dealing with current customers and obtaining new customers is a common practice in today’s economic climate, but it is also a difficult one to master. Implementing a customer relationship management system (CRM) allows you to effectively challenge innovative ideas to marketing and doing business. Everyone in today’s business world should be encouraged to implement a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) system that can accommodate the diverse needs of their organization’s various departments.
What is a CRM?
When people refer to a CRM, they are talking about a customer relationship management system or software. In general, they can be used to track web activity like sales, marketing and social media relationships, connections with the business, and more.
This is used by businesses to track data in relation to their customer’s activity in relation to different important areas. The way businesses choose to use different CRM systems is dependent on what products or services they sell, and what customer data they find most useful.
Continue reading through this article to discover why a good CRM system is beneficial to businesses to improve client relationships and more.
Track Client Activity
Using an efficient CRM system within your business is very important in terms of tracking client activity. It’s important to note that there are several different systems out there; some are very specific to one major platform like sales, marketing results, or tracking support tickets with customers.
As mentioned above, there are many areas of client activity that may be more beneficial to one company over another. Maybe you are a small business that sells and ships products to their customers via social media direct messages – most likely you’d be looking for a system that tracks social media engagement. However, think of a larger business that tracks direct sales inquiries; they might have less dependence on social media and more on support.
Depending on what aspect of your customer base requires tracking, it may be a good idea to do a deep dive into features of different systems to ensure the right fit.
Access to Leads – Increase Customer Base
There are benefits to seeing where most of your engagement is coming from, mainly because you could be targeting the wrong audience. This is a benefit of CRM systems as they can help you by housing all this data in one place.
A customer management system that places an emphasis on client sales and their engagement with your advertising and marketing content can provide answers to gaining leads over time. Generating leads are essential to increase your client base and gain traction as a business.
It is easy to see why this is an important aspect of any business that depends on customers to increase profitability. Systems that can easily turn customer activity into usable data will help you understand where existing customers are coming from, and where potential future customers are. This gives you the opportunity to direct your marketing and sales teams towards this audience and thus, generate leads.
Other Important Benefits that Increase Business
Technology has come a long way to make everyday business interactions easier. Systems put in place to give users a snapshot of how different strategies are performing provides a deep dive into easy-to-analyze data about what customers are drawn to or, what isn’t working and causing customer loss.
Whether you use a CRM system to analyze marketing strategies, track sales, or a general central workspace to keep communication efficient with customers, the options are endless. When you find the right system and begin to get an in-depth look at how a business is performing across departments, productivity will rise.
Not only is this system providing you with client data, but it will also show you what pain points exist in your company. This provides a direct answer to why you might be seeing a decrease in customers. If you see clicks on a social media ad with no results, or many of your customers are on your website and never browse through a certain category, address these dips in business.
Employees and business owners who know their audience, what they need, and how to solve their problems will have a much higher rate in productivity than those who “guess” where their best results come from.
Results of Customer Relationship Strategies
An additional benefit to using a CRM system for business is to track which strategies related to customer management is working. This means using customer data to manage, analyze, and report on the results of your customer relationship strategies.
So, how does this benefit your company? Well, being able to run analytics on whether different aspects of your business are generating new leads, increasing the chances of returning clients, or driving traffic, will give you a good overview of what you should continue doing. Think of spending thousands of dollars on an ad that you didn’t realize was only giving you a fifty percent return on your investment – it would be a financial loss.
Learning what your customers react to with positive impact and lead-generating results is a huge proponent of company success.
Learn to Pivot Your Business
There may be a time in your business to switch up your strategies for increasing traffic to a website or increasing profit. There’s no sense in continuing to put effort behind a strategy, that through a customer relationship system, shows you that it isn’t doing well. This will also give you a bird’s-eye view of how customers are being responded to through business inquiries, if they are being followed up with, if the communication resulted in a solution, and more.
There are also great options in terms of analyzing trends over time. It’s possible that a previous customer audience has shifted; maybe you released a new product with better sales. It would be beneficial, without a doubt, to be able to track when this shift in customers happened and why. You can project sales using reporting tools which is a great option for the financial department of a company.
This article has provided an overview of the benefits of implementing a good CRM system into your business. Not only will it increase productivity, efficiency, staff performance, customer satisfaction, and overall business rating, but it can save you time and money in the long run.
Running a business is quite the undertaking, so adopting any type of technology that could make running day-to-day operations easier is a good reason to shop around for the best fit for you. Before you choose one, do the research into all the available systems to ensure it matches the areas you need.
Within an office setting, technology is present in different forms that could contain important information like documentation, finances, employee information, and more. For these reasons and many more, it is important to address the possibility that this data can be compromised or accessed without permission. This usually occurs through third-party organizations or external people through what is called, “cyberattacks.” The increase in cyberattacks over the past few years increases this cause for concern and protection.
Keep reading to understand why businesses should be concerned about reviewing any existing cybersecurity and ensuring you have the best practices in place.
What is a Cyberattack and Cybersecurity?
The term “cyber” refers to systems and networks, usually in reference to computers but can also be used in reference to other technology. When a malicious action occurs on a piece of technology like a mobile phone, computer, laptop, or other device containing important business or personal information with the intention of stealth or fraud, this is called a cyberattack.
Cyberattacks can be many different things that occur to invade and disrupt the security of information contained in computer systems for the purpose of stealing data, committing fraud, and more. Thus, cybersecurity is the defense against these types of attacks. It involves implementing different security measures that work to stop these attacks before they can occur.
Protecting Your Business
There are many reasons why someone should keep processes and practices in place to protect the technology used in a business setting. The following are some examples of important information a business may want to protect from a cyberattack:
- Employee personal details (contact information, addresses, banking details)
- Business finances, transactions, credit cards, etc.
- Customer details, payments, personal information
- Hacking leading to shutting down entire systems
When a business has an unauthorized user access this type of information, it can be very detrimental to its productivity and continuing success.
Keeping employee data safe is critical to any business for so many reasons that may seem obvious but should be seriously considered when you have multiple computers accessing shared folders, drives, or networks that hold this important data. The potential for someone to access an employee’s address or credit card number is a big concern and can result in potential lawsuits.
The second item listed above to consider is the importance of keeping the business’ finances, payment details, and transactions secure and safe from external sources with cybersecurity. The last thing a growing business wants is an unauthorized user gaining access to a company’s financial information and using it to purchase goods. This type of information is usually stored in the office itself with HR personnel and the finance department.
Businesses that interact with customers and obtain personal information need good cybersecurity as well. For example, obtaining payment information over the phone for purchases that is entered into a system can be hacked by third parties.
An additional situation where cyberattacks can negatively impact your business is when they gain access to an entire system or network. These cyber attackers can shut down your network, block access to your own websites, and worse.
Making Clients Feel You are Trustworthy
If you step aside from thinking of personal reasons why cybersecurity is important to have in a business setting, you can see how the lack of this security can make a business appear in terms of liability and trustworthiness.
Think about when you type in your credit card details in a website, imagine hearing months later that the company was hacked and there is a possibility of your credit card details being compromised? You would never use that website again!
As a business, you want to be able to assure customers that their information is safe and secure against unauthorized access or complete loss. If a customer was to ask what types of policies and procedures are in place to secure shared information, it is vital to have concrete documentation or certifications that can put their minds at ease. A trustworthy business is one that people will return to and want to continue working with.
It gives a business a lot of notoriety and praise when they can share details of their cybersecurity practices outright.
How do I Increase My Business’ Cybersecurity?
After reading this article some may be asking questions regarding one of two things – how you can confirm the security of the technology your business is using, or how you can increase or enhance this security.
The first and possibly obvious answer would be to team up with a cybersecurity company that are experts in the field of IT to review your networks and tech systems for any so-called “red flags.” The process usually tells a business if there are areas that need improvement and suggestions on how to implement those improvements.
Train your staff on privacy and security best practices when it comes to keeping company data secure. This can be as simple as not sharing personal information through non-secure email networks, leaving computers open and logged in when working in public or at home, etc.
Another important factor in cybersecurity is the ability to reboot systems and possible lost data after a shutdown or cyberattack. This refers to situations where cyberattacks result in clearing out files, deleting data, etc.
In summary, the rise in cyberattacks on larger companies and the various types of client and employee data that is usually shared in a business setting, puts substantial importance on implementing good cybersecurity practices.
Cyberattacks can negatively impact the everyday productivity, future success, customer growth, reputation, finances, and the overall standing of a business. If external sources access bank details, customer addresses, financial statements, credit cards, or other personal details of both employees and clients, it can cause a substantial loss.
Business owners need to review their existing policies in place for data security and privacy within their office settings. Those that already have IT experts or a team in the business should check in on a constant basis to ensure any security practices stay up to date as well. Technology is everchanging and unfortunately cyber-attackers change their methods just as frequently.
These unfortunate situations can be avoided through things like staff training, following best practices on a regular basis, and teaming up with a trusted, high-rated cybersecurity company. As mentioned, there are even infrastructure/system tests available that can be run (usually by third-party cybersecurity companies) that will test for the levels of protection that exists or can be implemented across the business.
If you own commercial property, one of the main questions you will ask yourself when evaluating the health of your property is “Can I fix my roof, or is the damage so much that I have to replace it?” Whenever the time comes that your commercial roof starts experiencing problems, it is important to address these issues immediately and not wait. Otherwise, these issues may become more expensive as time goes on.
When it comes to roofs, making repairs is the most cost-effective option available. Minor issues can be safely and easily repaired, which include missing individual shingles and small leaks. If there is no damage to the insulation, flashing and membrane, then you can afford to repair a single isolated area, which will help extend the life of your roofing system.
When assessing the current condition of your roof, one of the first things to consider is the age of your roof. Most asphalt shingle roofs generally last anywhere from 15 to 30 years. If the roof has damage but most of it is still in tact, a spot repair can be performed.
You should also consider the value of your commercial property especially if you intend to sell it in the future. After determining how long you want to own a commercial property, if your roof is mostly in good condition it would make more sense to have repairs done. If you become a seller in the commercial real estate market, scheduling minor repairs is the best action to take.
In other cases, however, the roof has sustained so much damage that a minor repair will not address the issue. If the current roof’s integrity is compromised to the point where a roofing overlay is not possible, then you will need to consider having a complete replacement. Hail, strong winds, and severe amounts of rainfall can lead to major interior leaks. Because of this investing in a new roofing system can potentially save you thousands of dollars.
After replacing an old roof with a new one, you will be better prepared to stop future leaks from developing and prevent future repairs that may become too expensive to afford. You will also protect the value of your commercial property by having your roof replaced. If you decide to replace your roof, depending on the type and/or quality of the material you use, you may qualify for significant discounts on your insurance policy. You may also qualify for local or federal tax credits to offset the cost of your roof replacement if you incorporate environmentally-friendly features.
Concerning HVAC Units
The HVAC system is a highly important and often highly expensive part of a commercial property. As the property owner you face a tough decision to make when this system starts developing uncharacteristic habits. You particularly want your HVAC system ready for the colder temperatures of the winter season, so typically an annual inspection is scheduled for the furnace and heating system during the fall season. If substantial issues with your heating system arise, you must decide to either repair or replace it.
A case can be made for delaying the replacement of your HVAC system because there are some advantages to making repairs first. At first glance when your furnace goes out, it initially seems logical to have it replaced. However, considering the current condition of your commercial property and its long-term possibilities along with the ever changing weather patterns, it could be wise to hang on to additional thousands of dollars and instead pay less for repairs.
Whether you decide to repair or replace your HVAC system, you will need to have a plan in place. Ask yourself the following questions; How much will a repair cost? When is the right time for a complete replacement? What is the best long-term option for your commercial property? In terms of function and dependability, will the new system be worth the investment?
Potential HVAC Issues
Beware of the signs that will indicate whether you should repair or replace your HVAC system. Potential issues that could affect your HVAC system include the system becoming sluggish or inconsistent, or if it is simply not working at all.
If you turn on the heat but the building does not warm up, then the filters should be checked. Clogged filters do not allow proper air flow, and because of this the HVAC system can become inefficient. Check your filters on a monthly basis and plan for regularly scheduled replacements.
It is easy to diagnose an HVAC system that has leaks, but it can be complex to fix these leaks. Start with what you can obviously see and trace back to the source of where the liquid is leaking from. If it is coming from anywhere but the condenser pipe (the part where the water should leak from), then it needs to be repaired immediately. If you let the leaks linger for too long then the HVAC system will need to be replaced.
There are electrical components in all HVAC systems, including units powered by oil or gas. Most electrical issues typically involve the ignition system. If your unit clicks many times before ignition or it continues to click without igniting, then the issue is with the electrical igniter. Fuel is wasted and the HVAC system’s performance suffers as a result of electrical issues.
Parts wear out as HVAC systems age. Parts such as belts and motors can easily wear down, which causes the system to become less efficient. If your system starts operating out of the ordinary, then contact a professional technician for an annual inspection. The upfront cost may be steep, but in the long-term you will save money with an efficiently running HVAC system.
Terms Concerning Repairs and Replacements
Duty to Repair
Pay attention to the commercial lease agreement you have because in that agreement you have specific responsibilities that can affect the condition of your commercial property. Any major defects in the premises of your commercial property can negatively impact your business. If you let repairs to your damaged premises go for too long you will be forced to shut down the premises and halt business until repairs are done.
Should anything go wrong with the premises where you operate your business, make sure your business will still be able to function in some capacity, or at least get compensation if it cannot. The following listed terms are referred to as the “Duty to Repair” terms of a commercial lease agreement.
Repair Defects in a Timely Manner
It is wise to put a provision in the commercial lease that states the tenant is allowed to make the repairs and then receive compensation from the landlord either directly or by way of a proportionate deduction in paying the rent.
It is recommended to negotiate with the landlord to put a provision in place that the landlord will be held liable for any loss that your business experiences because of any defect in the premises. With this provision you are ensured that the landlord will stay vigilant in making fixes to any problems that have been reported about your commercial property as quickly as possible.
Reasonable Rent Reduction
A provision can also be negotiated that will grant the tenant of the commercial property a rent reduction for the period of time the defect remains in tact. This will keep the landlord motivated to fix any defect, whether minor or major, as quickly as possible.
A replacement reserve is basically a dedicated fund that serves to finance the periodic replacement of commercial property components. When setting up your annual budget, as a commercial real estate owner and investor you should have a replacement reserve in place.
Money in a replacement reserve is what you put aside to cover any major replacements or refurbishments that need to be done to your property. Replacement reserves should be specifically used to pay for capital expenditures to your property, including resurfacing an attached parking lot or replacing old floor tiles and paint in the building’s most common areas.
In the case of homeowners and condominium associations, a reserve requirement is always in place, or at the very least dedicated statutes that outline how much money must be kept in funds at any given time. Reserves help these associations avoid the need to charge residents any special assessment fees when a major project needs to begin.
At the heart of the matter, having adequate replacement reserves for the commercial real estate investments you make is a logical thing to do. Compared to a homeowners association’s governing body that depends on multiple residents to fund its reserves, you and your team of investors are the only ones responsible to pay the bills for replacements. If you have a sufficient operating reserve in place you will have the necessary funds to handle capital expenditures whenever they emerge without adding anything to your existing debt service.
What are Replacement Reserves Best Used For?
Any items in your commercial property that have a shorter lifespan than the building itself will need to be replaced at some point in time. This is where it helps to have a replacement reserve fund ready. The more support you have in this fund the more you reduce the possibility of constantly deferred maintenance to the building.
A replacement reserve fund normally prioritizes tasks such as putting on a new roof, replacing an old HVAC system, replacing windows or exterior masonry, and making accessibility upgrades, among other things. Routine maintenance costs are not factored in to your replacement reserve fund because they are normally considered to be part of your traditional operating expenses.
Other tasks that are well suited for your replacement reserve fund are reparations to a communal plumbing system, repaving the sidewalks, driveways and parking lots of your commercial property, and overhauling any elevator systems.
How Replacement Reserves Factor in to Your Budget
Any debates that you might have when it comes to where to put this line item in your budgeting plan can be put to rest. Should a replacement reserve component be included in your Net Operating Income (NOI) calculations? Items of capital expenditure are not counted as operating expenses, so therefore they should not be included in your NOI. Instead, consider your calculations for your cash flow and incorporate these items there.
The standard accounting equation for your cash flow should look like the one below.
Net Operating Income – Replacement Reserve – Existing Debt Service = Cash Flow
The main question to ask is “Should you repair or replace your commercial property?” The answer depends on your situation, what your needs are, how much you can afford in either action, and how much of an impact either action will have on your business. The condition of the building you own should be your first priority, and whatever message the building’s condition is sending you is where you develop your plan around. Whether you decide to repair or replace your commercial property, one thing for certain is that you must be aware of the expenses involved with either action.
When you think of building maintenance, what comes to mind? For many commercial investors, this term conjures images of repainting between tenants, replacing and repairing light fixtures, worn carpeting, and leaky faucets, and consistently ensuring that HVAC systems are running up to par. While yes, these things are big components to the overarching idea of maintaining your property, they are far from all that is required. Properly maintaining the exterior of your building is equally, if not more, important to consider and for a lot of legitimate reasons. Let’s take a closer look at some of the top incentives to keep up the exterior of your building.
1. Protection From Elements
The exterior of your building is its first line of defense against rain, snow, sun, wind, and even wildlife. Holes or cracks in the roof, concrete or siding can allow these elements to permeate the barrier, potentially causing a lot of unwanted and unnecessary damage to the interior of your building. Mold, mildew, rust, rot, leaks, and animal nesting, to name a few, can wreak havoc and could even lead to your building being deemed uninhabitable in more serious cases. For this reason, it’s imperative to schedule regular exterior assessments so that you can catch problems while they are still small.
2. Compliance & Safety
All throughout the United States, exterior building and maintenance standards have been set that every business is expected to comply with. These standards help to ensure that all of those working at or visiting your property are safe. Routinely checking walkways can help you to avoid slips, trips, and falls. Regularly checking exterior lighting fixtures can do the same. Proper lighting can also help to deter burglars and other offenders who might be bolder in a poorly lit environment.
A well-maintained exterior not only shows that you take pride in your commercial property, it also speaks to the businesses that make their home there. Customers entering a building with shoddy or nonexistent landscaping, chipping paint, and cracked windows are likely to feel deterred by its appearance. A building that is clean, well-maintained, and properly landscaped, however, will exude an air of professionalism that is much more likely to help them build faith and positive rapport with the business(es) inside. These factors also set a precedent which can encourage your tenants to take as much pride in your building as you do.
4. Happy Tenants
Repeat customers and referrals are the crux of any business model. As customers build confidence in their relationship with a business, they are much more likely to keep coming back and to make those crucial referrals. Happy customers mean happy tenants! Proper exterior maintenance can help your tenants to feel valued as their businesses grow, meaning that they are likely to sign longer leases and to renew at lease end. It can also help them to feel safer in their work environment. Asking for feedback from your tenants and their customers and making the changes requested is a wonderful way to ensure that you will maintain a low vacancy rate within your commercial property!
5. Reduced Long-Term Maintenance Costs
Taking care of the small problems before they become big ones can be very beneficial in keeping your long-term maintenance costs down. Working your exterior maintenance into your yearly budget will ensure that you are always able to handle these small issues as they arise and will be able to accurately plan for the heftier costs. Roof replacement, for example, should take place every 20-30 years (depending on your location, exposure to the elements, materials used, et cetera) and can be a very costly job. Inconsistent maintenance could drastically reduce this time span, meaning you could get hit with a high price tag far sooner than you were prepared for.
6. Improved Energy Efficiency
Even small cracks or holes can have a very significant impact on your heating and cooling costs throughout the years. Windows and doors that aren’t properly sealed, for example, can cost you up to 30% more on your energy bills throughout the year! Investing in energy efficient windows and doors can alleviate these extra costs. Unnoticed holes in the roof or cracks within the façade of the building can also cause heating and cooling to escape.
7. Increased ROI
When you purchase a commercial property, it’s typically done with the understanding that you are embarking on a long-term investment. That being said, you want to make sure that you have a lot of equity in your building when the day comes that you’re ready to unload that investment. Properly maintaining the exterior of your property is one way to guarantee this. Even if the month-to-month costs and effort of exterior maintenance feel a little daunting, zoom out and look at the bigger picture. A properly maintained building is going to market itself in a much prettier light than a building that has been neglected and left to the elements.
Ready to Become a Commercial Investor?
If you feel ready to find your next commercial investment property, there’s never been a better time than now. Let an SVN Alta Commercial broker help to find the right property for you! We’ll we beside you every step of the way to ensure that your investment is a success.
Investing in commercial real estate can be a fun and lucrative undertaking. In fact, the annual ROI for commercial properties typically falls between 6 and 12%, depending on the health of the local economy and location of the property, among other factors. These types of figures can make commercial investment extremely appealing, but it’s more than just a numbers game. Successfully investing in commercial property takes research and preparation. The more that you understand the ins and outs of commercial investing, the less likely you are to fall victim to some of the pitfalls that can come with the territory. Here’s everything that you should know prior to investing in a commercial space to ensure your success.
Understand What the Term Means
The term itself, “commercial property” is actually quite broad. When you break it down, there are five main types of commercial properties; industrial space, office space, multifamily properties, retail properties and special purpose properties. Broken down even further, you might find more specific niches, such as hotels, medical office space, self-storage facilities, land, elder care housing, and more. Understanding the differences between these could be the difference between success and failure as an investor.
To understand exactly how property type can be so influential, you have to also understand the importance of knowing the market dynamics in your area. This largely includes knowing the supply and demand in your local market for particular types of properties. The higher the demand, the more lucrative your investment will be. That being said, you can also likely expect to pay a higher premium up front for the property if the demand is high. Real estate markets are constantly fluctuating, so watching the trends in your area is crucial to your success. You may be able to buy a property now for a lower price, knowing that the demand for that property type is likely to increase in the future. The health of your local market is imperative information that deserves diligent research.
Vacancy & Rental Rates
Within the commercial property that you are looking to invest in, you have to know the percentage of all of the available units that are not currently occupied. This helps you to assess how much work you will have to do to secure tenants, what rents you can expect to be bringing in immediately and how that will offset the initial investment costs. Another part of this is diligently researching rental rates with comparable properties in your area. How much can you realistically ask for your space? Also, how long are competitive properties sitting on the market, on average? All of this information will assist you in making a fully informed decision.
The Importance of Location
Even within an individual market, there can be huge fluctuations in price and demand based on property location. Location is potentially the largest influential factor that will determine your success as an investor. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to pay top dollar for a prime commercial property, either. Sometimes up-and-coming properties can be extremely valuable investments. The main things to look for are low vacancy rates in neighboring properties, good connectivity and exposure, and the presence of some established businesses within the area. These elements can have a big impact on your ability to generate regular rental income that boasts high capital appreciation.
Not all commercial properties are created equally, and this is important to remember. Just because a property may appear one way, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do some deep digging before you dive in headfirst. The stability of the building structure (foundation to roof and everything in between) and the quality of the materials used (both inside and out), among other things, can greatly impact the return on your investment. Purchasing a quality property will also help you to avoid costly expenses later down the line. Make sure that you are hiring a qualified inspector and/or contractor to go through the punch list with you.
It’s also important to recognize that both purchasing and maintaining a commercial property can involve a bit more time than a residential property. To close on your investment involves four main stages:
- Escrow: This part of the process ensures that both parties in the sale have met the agreed upon requirements. It is a much more formal process with CRE transactions with more extensive paperwork.
- Legal entities and authorities: Unlike residential transactions that take place between two parties, commercial properties are typically carried out between two or more legal entities and may have multiple contracts. This can add a lot of time to the process.
- RESPA and due diligence: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act protects buyers from purchasing potentially hazardous or faulty properties without full disclosure and, because buyers will often push for more time in this process in commercial transactions, it can become lengthy. It also influences the due diligence process, which becomes much more extensive.
- Title and closing: Lastly, the title and closing will need to be signed and there is far more paperwork included in this process than in a residential property because of zoning and environmental clauses, among other things.
Maintaining the property is, in and of itself, a time-consuming undertaking, as well. Will you work with a property management company or maintain it yourself? Who will collect rents, maintain the landscaping, monitor the structural integrity of the building, et cetera? There are lots of factors to consider here.
Is Commercial Investment Right for You?
As you can see, there are lots of factors that play into a successful commercial real estate investment. The best idea? Don’t go it alone! Working with a reputable commercial real estate broker can help you to navigate the Salt Lake City commercial market with ease, while also ensuring that no steps are skipped in the process. Contact SVN Alta Commercial today and let us invest in your success.
For a real estate business, there are a number of ways that implementing high tech gadgets and the latest and greatest technology in the office, will benefit your overall business productivity. These types of technological upgrades can make employee work life easier, smoother and can increase efficiency. This will in turn improve the quality of work being done and leads to higher chances of success; this equates to more money as well.
How can you use upgraded technology to increase employee efficiency, productivity and overall business success? Continue reading for a number of examples.
Real estate in general can use their own website for so many different reasons; advertising services, showing commercial real estate properties available, contact information for potential clients and more. A good website entices visitors to contact the business for the services that are advertised. It displays professionalism and seeing a good website makes people think your business must be doing well. There is an increased chance that visitors will trust in a company or business with a well-built website, because it also makes people think you have enough resources to spend the money on a well-functioning, high quality website. In addition, a website that encompasses a good user experience lowers the chance of visitors becoming frustrated or not finding what they’re looking for and navigating elsewhere for service. This is important in terms of having a positive online presence. Having a good online presence involves having good technological resources. A business will need to have good web designers involved, which also requires web design programs and software available to employees. This involves good quality computers and space designed for these types of employees.
Also, having resources who specialize in search engine optimization and ensuring the website shows up in Google search results will greatly increase traffic which eventually leads to company success. There is specific educational experience that is involved with employees being successful marketing specialists; this usually involves a number of years of experience and knowledge of marketing tools. The more opportunities the website has to appear across multiple platforms increases online presence.
Marketing and Outreach
If a company has the best in technology, they can increase the performance of both their webpages and the quality of their resources in the office. Something as simple as having the fastest internet connection in the office allows higher productivity, employees can work without setbacks. This is especially important for a company with hundreds of employees and multiple departments.
A benefit of having access to high-end technology is that it can be very apparent through a business’ methods of marketing and engagement. There are usually budgets set for businesses’ marketing tools and resources and you can almost see how large a budget might be by how much you see the company advertised across different platforms, like social media ads or in related online blogs or articles. In addition to social media, the use of email marketing is a very important tool. It’s pertinent to have a list of contacts in real estate, including clients, business associates, colleagues and other real estate companies. The reason this is important is because another technological advancement that exists in today’s world of marketing and outreach for businesses involves email marketing. Of course, email has been around for quite some time now, but the way it has expanded really benefits businesses. Email marketing has specific online tools available for purchase (where price usually depends on number of contacts), where you can contact entire groups of contacts at once. This is important to keep up regular communications to consumers about advancements, updates and most importantly it’s a great way to advertise new properties available to a large group at once. This increases the potential for engagement and outreach when people are simply browsing the web for unrelated things.
Most of these marketing platforms include a central hub for different marketing tools that your business uses to promote themselves. It acts as the centre of your marketing platforms and as a tool for keeping all your contacts in one place. What’s great about the more advanced marketing platforms is that it also provides the company with reports in regards to engagement across different platforms, in terms of how many clicks and opens your emails have received. This is one of the new marketing tools that greatly benefits the whole company by showing you what your clients respond well to.
Communication with Clients
Through marketing strategies, companies are consistently communicating with potential clientele. There is an aspect of direct communication with people interested in the service. For example, visitors to your website or social media page may send you a direct message or send an email to your support team. It’s good to have an easy, quick and effective means of communication through any and all channels. The easier the user experience, the higher the chance of making connections and building a client base. Again, this will lead to more money and higher chances of success by landing more clients looking for commercial or investment properties. The chances of someone trying to reach out to a company after being unable to contact someone easily, is very low. The advantage of using good quality tools in an office can benefit this aspect of a business greatly.
You want the best kind of communication tools. This can involve a number of different technological advancements like rather than having one main landline, each employee in the office has their own lines. Having individual extensions to reach someone directly can greatly impact the efficiency of contacting the business. Nobody wants to reach a voicemail box that’s full, or listen to an endless list of employee names and their extensions trying to reach a particular agent. It seems like a small thing, but it can really affect the experience someone has trying to make contact. Especially if a potential buyer is serious about a property and is eager to make contact. It can even affect the experience of buying property and make it seem tough and negative overall.
To elaborate further on the additional ways you can increase ease of communication using high-end office technology, would be by increasing the available means of communication. When a business has a “dead” social media page, or a very low amount of traffic or engagement, it deters people from using them as a point of contact for purchases. People don’t generally trust a page where their last post was a couple years ago, or if someone tries to contact the business through the page and they don’t get a response. It’s important to keep redirected contact information on all pages, even if it’s been shut down. Think about an Instagram page that’s obviously been inactivated and they don’t include any redirections to their website or contact information, people will look elsewhere.
A good technological component of real estate web pages and online presence that puts a business ahead of its competitors, is incorporating the option to browse properties easily and quickly on the website itself. An example of this would be adding the option to tour commercial properties virtually. This provides a great user experience where potential clients can browse available properties and all associated property information even before having to contact an agent, or leaving their homes. Making virtual tours available online is largely dependent on having staff who can integrate this tool into a website, in addition to ensuring it works correctly without lagging or other technical complications. It is also a great addition to marketing notices, campaigns and ads to integrate video components.
It would also be an added benefit to think of adding buttons to directly link to the company’s website, or even better, a link to the property itself. You can include contact information for the agent representing the property and list some important and prominent information about the property. It’s important to include multiple methods of contact for both the agency representative and the company; like phone, email and chat (if available).
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Stephanie Chen's Cello Studio
My teaching style is uniquely tailored to each student because everyone has a different way of learning and musical growth. I structure my lessons to match my students’ personality, learning style, as well as emphasizing on solid technical foundation using the Suzuki Method.
I believe that a fun and educational environment can foster a special relationship between the student and their instrument, thus allowing students to find joy in learning! The most important aspect of a one-on-one lesson is the teacher and student relationship and I believe in encouragement and positivity in my teaching studio. My students have gained great success in Junior & Senior Districts, school orchestra evaluations, New England Conservatory's Preparatory School, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, among others. Private lessons in Manteca, CA, or via Zoom.
Lessons may be taught in both English or Mandarin Chinese.
Steps to Getting Started:
Read through The Suzuki Method (below)
Review my Studio Policies
Schedule a brief phone call.
Schedule an in-person or online observation.
What does a typical cello lesson look like?
Scale/ Arpeggio/ Warm-ups
Technical Exercises/ Etude (Vibrato/Shifting/Thumb Position)
Solo Piece (and/or additional district pieces)
Recap of the lesson by writing in your notebook or filling out a mutual google doc/ notebook on what to focus on for the week.
30 Mins= Pre-Twinkle - Book 1
45 Mins= Book 2- 4
60 Mins= Book 4 +
Adult learners can begin with 45-minute lessons.
What is the Suzuki Method?
The Suzuki Method was conceived by Japanese violinist, Shinichi Suzuki in the mid-20th century. Suzuki believed that Every Child Can, if properly taught, is capable of high musical achievement. Our goal is to create a positive environment, emphasize positive reinforcement, and nurture with love (and laughter).
Think of it as a Triangle — parent, child, and teacher. The teacher is just there once a week, so as parents it’s essential to make sure you are supervising your child to practice his/her instrument every day and take notes during the lessons.
Starting children at a young age (between ages 3-5) BUT it is never too late to start a musical instrument!
Mother Tongue Method
The Suzuki method is all about following the mother tongue method— which means listening first, reading later, and creating an environment for learning music that is similar to learning your native language.
Listening to Suzuki recording at home is essential, even if it's just in the background.
Group Classes are also important to the Suzuki method because the common repertoire helps students to participate together and fostering a local community.
"Stephanie is a fantastic teacher and has already helped me so much with the cello. She uses every minute of our lesson time well. She is very patient, kind and understanding. She was also very aware of an arm injury, and gave me a lot of feedback on how to fix it, and how to adjust my playing so that my progress wasn't slowed. I love how many different approaches she has to all aspects of the cello. She's fantastic, highly recommend!"
- Kimberly, Adult Student
"Stephanie is an amazing Cello teacher. She teaches me in a fun way! I enjoy every lesson! She is my first cello teacher and I think she will be my last cello teacher, too."
- Joy, Age 9
"Stephanie Chen is a very patient and capable cello instructor. I am 66 and she has been a wonderful inspiration with her teaching style. Every lesson seems to be just what I need at the time.”
- David, Adult Student, Age 66
I started weekly lessons with Stephanie in August 2019. She is the quintessential teacher. She cares about her students’ success. She instills good habits and technique from day one. She caters to her students’ needs and interests through a variety of learning material and exercises. In less than a year, I’ve learned scales, solfeggio, and repertoire. I highly recommend any student at any age looking for a high quality teacher to check out Stephanie’s studio.
- Cynthia, Adult Student
"Stephanie is kind and patient with all her students. She is creative with her teaching styles and her passion for cello inspires me to be the best player I can be!”
- Sherry, Age 17
"Stephanie is an amazing cello teacher. Her teaching style is the best I've seen and her lessons are always enjoyable."
- Tianna, Age 17
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21st June 2022
Including Peace and Disarmament Education in Implementing Universalization Obligations under Article 12
This working paper was submitted to the First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Written by SGI and the International Disarmament Institute, Pace University, the paper discusses interpreting Article 12 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Universality in light of the preambular paragraph: "Recognizing also the importance of peace and disarmament education in all its aspects and of raising awareness of the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons for current and future generations, and committed to the dissemination of the principles and norms of this Treaty…”
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Disarmament Education - For a Truly Universal Treaty
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There's a new health trend that’s all over the news. It's called PRP or Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy. It can be mostly used as a great way to help people heal from injuries but is also used for beauty treatments. So far, it's mostly been athletes who have been doing it. People like Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Kobe Bryant, but now more and more, celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Bar Rafeli are using it to help their skin look more luminous and youthful. The good thing is that you don't have to be a professional athlete or a celebrity to try it. Liquivida Lounge offers this service to people like you and me. We know you have some questions about it, so we asked Chad Van Horn everything you need to know about PRP treatments.
How Did PRP Therapy Come into the Mainstream?
PRP has been around for several decades now, as it has been proven to be quite effective for several specialties. Plasma donations help boost the immune system of cancer patients, orthopedic doctors use it to help speed healing in a muscle or tendon injury, and now it is gaining traction as an aesthetic treatment for the face, the hair, and even for sexual health and rejuvenation. It is becoming well known due to its successes and the fact that many celebrities have used it to take advantage of its different benefits.
How Does PRP Therapy Work?
PRP therapy, which takes approximately twenty minutes to complete, begins with collection of 30 milliliters of the patient’s blood. The blood sample is placed in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma from the other components of whole blood. Doctors then inject the concentrated platelets into the area often using ultrasound guidance for accuracy.
Platelets function as a natural reservoir for growth factors that are essential to repair injured tissues. The growth factors that the platelets secrete stimulate tissue recovery by increasing collagen production, enhancing tendon stem cell proliferation, and tenocyte-related gene and protein expression. These growth factors also stimulate blood flow and cause cartilage to become more firm and resilient. Basically, by injecting your own plasma into your cells, your cells become healthier and any damage is repaired.
What is a Vampire Facial?
You might've seen the photos on Instagram of a celebrity with blood splattered onto their face. No, it's not Halloween makeup — it's one of the latest treatment trends in skin care, also known as a "vampire facial", which might look quite scary in progress, but boasts big-time results.
How Does the Vampire Facial Work?
Don't let the name fool you. It has nothing to do with Transylvanian counts or sparkling teenagers. In all seriousness, the treatment is a combination of a microdermabrasion, followed by the application of PRP. The PRP is derived from the the blood, which contains platelets. The platelets contain high levels of growth factors, which, when applied to the skin, will stimulate cell growth.
Where Did the Idea for this Vampire Facial
The PRP vampire facial has been around for a little while but has come into popularity thanks to a photo that Kim Kardashian posted with what appeared to be blood on her face. It is actually the combination of 2 great treatments—microneedling and platelet-rich plasma, or “PRP”. Both of these are quite effective individually, and work even better when paired together.
Microneedling involves a medical grade handheld pen with a 12-pin tip that creates microchannels in the skin at a rapid speed, and plasma is the liquid component of the patient’s own blood which is extracted after spinning the blood in a centrifuge. Plasma contains all the healing factors that help the skin heal after a cut or scrape, for instance. So we create a “controlled injury” with the microneedles, and provide the healing factors in the plasma. The immediate result is fresher tighter skin, and the long-term benefit is increased collagen production over time. Patients love it because it is all natural from their own body.
Is PRP Safe? It Sounds Painful.
It can be a bit uncomfortable if you go to less experienced spas, but at Liquivida there are anesthetics to help numb the pain, so you can actually enjoy the process and not be made uncomfortable. And yes, it is completely safe.
Does PRP also Work for Hair Loss?
Definitely. PRP therapy is a safe procedure to stop hair loss and hair thinning. The process itself is safe and fast, and promotes follicle enlargement. Using PRP for hair loss helps your scalp grow natural, thicker and healthier hair. You can even combine them with other hair-loss procedures to get even faster results.
What Is It About these Treatments that Make It an Effective Option?
There is a shift in aesthetic medicine moving towards non-invasive and regenerative procedures, which is great for patients- less cost and less downtime. PRP is a form of regenerative therapy that signals the body’s own stem cells to come help the body grow its own new hair follicles and repair the damaged cells of the skin.
Who Would You Suggest these Treatments to?
Anyone can try it. Both men and women can do microneedling with plasma (the vampire facial). It really is truly amazing for the face. Hair loss clients will require a more thorough consultation to make sure they are a good candidate. Liquivida Lounge typically does bloodwork to screen for any nutritional or hormonal causes of hair loss, so as to provide a comprehensive approach to treatment and make sure that their clients are being taken care of.
I’ve Read that PRP Therapy Can Help with Osteoarthritis and Muscle Pain as Well. Is It True?
The underlying principle is definitely the same. As stated earlier, PRP signals the body’s own stem cells and growth factors to come to the area they are being injected like its own 911 emergency response. Stem cells are “smart” cells that will differentiate or morph into whatever type of cell is needed in that area to help, whether muscle, tendon, collagen, or hair follicles.
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Thanks for tuning into my #CarnivalEmancipation Week posts and videos from July 25 to August 1st. This was a fun and reflective time. I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors who persevered and overcame a lot.
I selected this spiritual to accompany the video because it’s one I adore and this particular version as I find it moving.
I also edited and added an old video to include my books that address #Carnival, #Emancipation, and #UndergroundRailroad.
Posted @withregram • @nadialhohn_author August 1 is Emancipation Day!
On this day in 1834, enslaved Africans in Jamaica 🇯🇲 (my ancestors) and all over the British Empire were liberated from slavery. We still celebrate this day all across Canada, the UK, the Caribbean, former British colonies, and diaspora through Carnivals, parades, songs, picnics, and festivities. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇿🇦 🇬🇾 🇧🇸 🇹🇹 🇯🇲 🇰🇳 🇦🇬 🇩🇲 🇱🇨
Emancipation Day is equivalent to the African-American celebration of #Juneteenth.
My books in the video are:
The others are:
- C is for Carnival by @author_ytm
- Playin' Mas" A Carnival ABC by #dirkmclean
- To Carnival: A Celebration in St. Lucia by @baptistepaul77
- HOME by @travellingfeetbooks
- Adria the Carnival Princess by @adriaadventures @thekiddiesclub
- AlphaFete by #JustinaPredelus
- Keman's First Carnival by #YolandaTMarshall
- I Am the Midnight Robber by @danielostudios
- Blood 🩸Like Magic by @lisellesambury
Celebrate by reading these Carnival-themed picture books by Caribbean-descended authors. For more ideas, read Yolanda’s recent article in the @caribbeancameranow.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Jay, the Distinguished Flash
As I discussed in a recent post, I'm all for the Return of Barry Allen and the Humanization of Wally West. By "Humanization", I of course mean "the Slowing Down to the Speed of Sound". Kind of like how Confederate women used to refer to the war as "the Late Unpleasantness".
There are a few reasons for my position. First and foremost, naturally, is that the changes reassert the Dynastic Centerpiece Model (my pet theory, which originally sparked the creation of this blog) among the Flash family. Second, Wally's transsuperhypermegaultrametaspeed was -- and always has been - - a storykiller. Third, the original Flash (Jay Garrick, currently starring in the Justice Society of America) topped out at between 700 and 1000 miles an hour. Frankly, if that was good enough to Jay, it's good enough for Wally.
But, most pertinently for this post, returning Wally to his '80s era speed limit helps distinguish him from his principle, Barry Allen. This, then, brings us to the real point of my post.
We know how they'll distinguish Wally from Barry. But how should they distinguished Jay from Barry (other than merely being older)?
Well, a look at some of the original Flash stories gives us plenty of good ideas of how to write a Jay Garrick who's not only different from Barry Allen, but more in keeping with his original characterization...
Jay was rather snarky. Pardon me, as he was a Golden Ager, it would be called "being a wiseacre". This was one of the ways (the many, many ways) that Golden Age characters expressed confidence. Most writers wouldn't dare write the venerable Jay Garrick that way now, but I think it's a perfect way (one of many, many ways) to distinguish him from his fellow Flashes. Let Jay be "the Wiseguy Flash".
Jay was kind of spooky. And he used to use his speed to gaslight people or just scare the bejeezus out of them. This is not something Wally and Barry do, and it's a great schtick to give Jay. Let Jay be "the Spooky Flash".
Jay threw metal shards shaped like lightning bolts at people. Tell me that wouldn't shake you up. It also gives Jay what Heroclixers call "a ranged attack". Let Jay be "The Flash Who Throws Stuff at You".
Jay had his own visual style for superspeed. When Jay runs, let it look like this picture, like he used to. In fact, each of the Flash speedsters should have a different visual look to their superspeed. No, it doesn't make any sense. Not at all. But it looks cool. Let Jay be the "Pencil Line Flash".
Jay was a one-dollar whore. Just kidding! Jay used to steal clothes, borrow clothes, and generally denude people -- guys, really -- at superspeed all the time. There's a clothes-gag in almost every story. What a charming eccentricity to have, particularly in a gentlemen of his years. Let Jay be "the Haberflasher".
Jay sang. Well, really, all Golden Agers sang. And, yes, that includes Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Within continuity, there are only a few Golden Agers remaining (e.g., Jay, Alan Scott, and Ted Grant). Alan's got a bit too much gravitas for public crooning and I can't imagine Ted's got much of a singing voice. Let Jay carry the torch, or rather the microphone, for the Singing Heroes of the Golden Age. Let Jay be "the Singing Flash".
Jay had a thing with "Mister". He called people "Mister Killer" and "Mister Kidnapper". He called inanimate objects "Mister". People called him "Mister Flash". Sure it was probably just a characteristic of Golden Age writing style, but, gosh, it sounds odd today. It's a charming anachronism. Let Jay be "Mister Flash". | <urn:uuid:ce9a9207-aeab-42fa-aeed-f741ab59372e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2008/10/jay-distinguished-flash.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96684 | 866 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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In the United States the rate of obesity was 39.8% and affected 93.3 million US adults in 2015 and 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention data. The rate of obesity is up due to technology that is constantly developing. Technology that is altering the food we eat on a weekly to daily basis. Little did you know, that the beef, chicken, and pork you are eating is not going straight from the butcher shop to the store. Scientists are now growing beef hamburgers in petri dishes.
Many of us have taken a bite out of a nice juicy hamburger, whether it came from a high class restaurant or it was an original McDonalds burger. However little did you know that hamburger did not come from a living bovine creature. Instead it was created by a scientist in a lab. Magical meat is being grown in petri dishes and you will soon be consuming it almost on a daily basis in just a few generations. This is not only bad for the consumers, the environment, but the economy as well. This vitro meat is just another added factor to our growing obesity problem.
According to Professor Chris Jozefowicz from Current Science “Mystery Meat” explains what this magical meat really is. Vitro is basically just a fancy word for cultured or cell-cultured meat. This involves injecting muscle tissue from an animal into a cell culture, allowing cells to “grow” outside the animal’s body. A new way of creating more genetically modified “food” and keeping it hidden from the consumers as much as possible.
An article from Scientific American titled “The Petri Dish Platter” explains the process of how this vitro meat is grown. This technique has been used for about fifteen years in regenerative medicine for repairing human tissues and organs for severe injuries and burns, but some food companies have undertook many experiments to take the same process and grow hamburger. Step one in this process is to isolate the mature adult stem cells from a livestock animal generally from a cow but it can also be done through a chicken or a pig. Step two, the mature cells are easily then converted into muscle sheets. Step three, they then induce the cells to multiply by culturing the cells in a bacterial growth serum. Step four, the cells are prodded to form the muscle cells and are then harvested. Finally step five, the easiest step of all… the consumption of the freshly lab grown meat. Completely altered food, meat that you can not consider real meat as it is poked and prodded to grow in a petri dish.
Vitro meat is a rather new technology. In 2013 a Dutch pharmacologist who is a Professor of Angiogenesis in Tissue Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, demonstrated the possibility of this technology with the world’s first lab-grown hamburger. “It required 20,000 fibers of beef, cost about $325, 000 to make, and took about three months to grow.” The experiment was mostly successful; the meat was completely safe and formed something that looked almost identical to a hamburger, yet the taste testers were not so easily convinced. They reported that the artificial meat was similar in texture to that of actual meat, yet the flavor was not comparable. Which is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard. With this experiment being mostly successful our government will be over spending on the altercation of simple foods which is ridiculous. “Consumers will no longer be able to afford simple foods such as meat which is necessary for the human diet to be healthy. If vitro meat is the future food, people we need new ways to be paying for 325,000 dollar hamburger.” We will all need new jobs then.
Although the flavor is not comparable to a nice juicy burger from Bardenas, scientist can make healthier hamburgers. A side effect to this however is the mass consumption that will ensure the growing obesity problem. The fact that scientists such as those working at Scientific American like Jeffery Bartholet are growing this meat outside the animal body in a lab, they have complete control over the lipids and proteins that are in each and every hamburger patty. “Controlling the ratio of unsaturated to polyunsaturated fats in the product can conceivably make the meat healthier than conventional alternatives”. We are now able to keep track of how much fat is in each bite. However due to this, more people are going to want to eat this meat and continue to eat this meat, more than normal, in the end it will cause a growing obesity problem.
Due to our growing population there is an increase of food demand. Theoretically we would only need a handful of animals to collect the cells. Some researchers from the Scientific American believe that even ten tiny muscle cells from a single pig could produce 50, 000 tons of pork. These statistics show that vitro meat would save us ranching land to turn into more housing. Yes this would be an advantage, however we if keep altering the food we eat this will negatively affect us health wise. Eating completely genetically modified foods will begin to harm people. If we kill off all people from feeding the population altered food we will not need land for housing.
“There’s a very real danger that those at the bottom of the business pyramid find themselves excluded from the marketplace”. “Balancing the need for development in our farming practises with maintaining peoples’ livelihoods promises to be a difficult tightrope to walk over the coming years.”
Whether you want to or not, with today’s technology you will be eating magical meat as well as other foods with no idea that it did not come straight from the garden or straight from the ranch. It is up to you to take a stand against this mysterious lab grown food before it gets out of hand. Today was a start to inform you with what you are eating. The next time you are biting into a nice juicy burger you will be conscious about what you are consuming and just how exactly it was made.
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The automobile is one of the great American pastimes. The open road. Muscle cars. Road trips. Electric supercars.
Hidden beneath the joys of car ownership, are the high, and largely ignored, expenses:
According to Nerdwallet, the average cost of car insurance in America is $1400 per year.
According to Wallethub, in the 27 states that place an annual property tax on vehicles, the average amount paid is $440 per year.
About $30 dollars per year in most states.
$30 dollars per year in certain states.
Traditionally this would be the cost of gas, but with the tesla model 3 breaking into the top 10 best selling vehicles in the USA, the cost of electricity may be an increasing alternative to gas costs. In 2020, with the average gas price in the USA of about $2.50 per gallon, driving 15k miles per year will cost about $1,500 with an average 25 mpg car. A 100 kWh electric battery will cost you about $15 per full charge at average electricity prices in the US. Given that 100 kWh battery will get you about 300 miles in range, you can expect to pay around $750 in electricity to go the same 15k miles as the gasoline car.
According to AAA, this can cost an average of $1200 per year for a newer vehicle.
Depreciation is one of the biggest costs of owning a car. For the typical $30k car, the car depreciates about $7k in the first year and about $3k each year for the few years thereafter.
Total car ownership costs:
Adding all the costs, the total cost of a $30k car in the first year is a whopping $11,600. The second and 3rd years will still be $7,600 per year.
DIY Electric Bike
While some bikes may be worth enough that insurance makes sense, for a budget DIY Electric bike build, insurance is largely not necessary. Further, there will be zero cost for property tax, registration, and inspections.
The national average cost for a kWh of electricity is 13 cents. A 48V/13AH battery holds about 0.6 kWh of energy generating some 20 miles of all-electric range. Therefore the cost per mile for an e-bike is 0.4 cents per mile. Riding 50 miles a week, or 2500 miles a year will cost a whopping $10 in electricity for the whole year!
An electric bike will have a higher maintenance cost than a regular bike. As with a regular bike, tires, inner tubes, brake pads, and the chain will need to be replaced after a few years in the range of about $50 total. Brakes and gears will need to be tuned up every year or so which can be done yourself or an hour or so of labor from a bike mechanic for about another $50. Regarding the electric components, motors typically have long lives but the lithium ion battery will need to be replaced about every 3 years at a cost of $250.
DIY E-bike Build Cost and Depreciation
A well built 21 speed hybrid bike can cost you under $500 brand new, even cheaper for a used model. An entry level kit for electric bike conversion can run $250 for a 1000W motor bike and an electric battery can be about $250. So, the total cost of a very functional electric bike can be about $1000. Electric bikes will depreciate just like cars and if we use the same depreciation curve, a $1000 bike will incur $240 in depreciation in the first year and about $110 in the few years thereafter.
Total DIY Electric Bike Ownership Costs
Adding up the electricity, maintenance and depreciation, an electric bike comes out to $400 in the first a year, and $250 per year for the next few years. This total cost is less than 5% of the total car ownership cost.
Car vs Bike Utility Comparison
Now that we have explored the monetary benefits of a bike, let’s consider other daily benefits/costs of a bike vs a car:
There are likely very few places where there is “bike traffic,” such that the traffic is actually caused by bikes themselves. However, bikes often have to compete with cars whether you are sharing the road or riding on bike paths, meeting congestion at car intersections. Additionally, the traffic comparison between bikes and cars is highly dependent on the level of dedicated bike trails in your area and the number of street crossings on your ride. In most cases, riding a bike will result in no more waiting at traffic lights than a car and likely much less.
This is an easy one. Bikes are pure exercise unless of course you are getting an electric powered assist. The nice thing about most electric bikes though is that you can either choose to use the electric boost or not, dialing in the desired amount of exercise for the commute. However, on a hot day, a human powered bike will cause a lot of perspiration, likely requiring a shower and change of clothes at work.
Modern cars are highly reliable machines and rarely break down. However, there are a lot of moving parts in a car and breakdowns do happen from time to time. Breakdowns are a real hassle in a car too since you have to call a tow truck, bring the car to a repair shop, get a rental car, etc. Bikes, on the other hand, are simple machines that do not really “break” down. Sure a tire may pop or a chain may fall off, but these are easy fixes that can often be done on the go. Even if the electric motor fails on an ebike, human power can always replace the motor until it is fixed.
Most bike maintenance can be done at home with a few basic wrenches. Maintenance typically includes brake adjustments and pad replacements, replacing tires, chain lubrication/replacement, and gear shifter tuning. For a car, maintenance is never ending, costly and time consuming: Oil changes, tire rotation/replacements, fluid refills, brakes, alignments, transmission, batteries, and lights, to name a few.
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Artist Leslie Wayne molds and manipulates oil paint to create surfaces that blur the confines of painting and sculpture. Wayne found “an approach to [paint] that was very dimensional,” as she told Brooke Jaffe in a recent interview for “ARTnews Live,” our ongoing IGTV series featuring interviews with a range of creatives.
Wayne, the daughter of a concert pianist and a writer, began painting lessons at the age of 7 and lived in what she describes as a very open and “encouraging” household. Dissatisfied with the body of abstract geometric paintings featured in her first show—she says they felt formally rigorous but “hollow”—Wayne soon began integrating sculptural techniques into her paintings, which she says “helped me kind of build a vocabulary that was fresh and new to me.”
It was then that Wayne realized “paint could be used like you would use any other material to build a work of art.” Her advice to aspiring artists is to “be courageous in the studio.”
Wayne said her latest body of work, currently on view at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, was born from reflection. “I was looking inward as I gaze outside,” she wrote, referring to time spent indoors during the pandemic. Her paintings depict objects that she has been surrounded by in her studio, including work tables and rolling carts as well as stacks of marble that her husband, sculptor Don Porcaro, uses in his work.
“I think that we invest objects with meaning because they reflect our lives [and] the passing of time,” Wayne said. “They’re packed with memories, and so, they have meaning.” Paintings of broken windows take up one room at Jack Shainman Gallery and suggest a need for repair. Additionally, two self-portraits painted from mirror selfies suggest a more literal self-reflection.
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Summer School on Affective Neuroscience
Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions & Trauma
3-8 July 2022 - Irish College Leuven, Belgium
Anxiety, depression and related affective disorders are the most prevalent mental health disorders worldwide, but the underlying mechanisms of emotions are also the least understood by modern science. Virtually all psychiatric disorders are characterized, or at least accompanied, by some degree of emotional disturbance. Affective neuroscience studies brain mechanisms underlying emotional behaviour. Affective neuroscience increasingly contributes to the insight in the underlying biological mechanisms of psychological therapy and can thus drive the improvement of current therapies and development of new ones. These developments in the field illustrate the need for interdisciplinary and translational approaches to come to a deeper understanding of emotions.
The Summer School on Affective Neuroscience provides an education in the specialized field of affective neuroscience. The overall aim of the Summer School is getting closer to understanding the mechanisms behind human psychopathology. The Summer School comprises two courses: one on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions & Trauma, and the other on Mood, Aggression & Attraction. The courses aim at an in-depth analysis of the latest developments in the field of affective neuroscience. The teaching format is a stimulating combination of lectures and workshops.
The Summer School on Affective Neuroscience is an ideal opportunity for clinicians, both psychologists and medical doctors, and young scientists to update their knowledge and expertise on the fundamentals of affective disorders.
European Certificate in Affective Neuroscience
For each of the courses that was completed successfully the participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Upon completion of both Summer Courses of the Summer School participants will receive the European Certificate in Affective Neuroscience from the Maastricht University.
Both Summer Courses have been accredited by the European Accreditation Committee in CNS (EACIC) for continuous medical education (CME) credits.
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Investors should be wary: Persistent chemicals are more than just PFAS
In ChemSec’s latest project – ChemScore – we analysed and ranked the world’s 35 biggest chemical companies based on their efforts to reduce their chemical footprint.
One of the main things we looked at was how many hazardous chemicals they produce. Special attention was given to a specific chemical property that is extra problematic for investors – persistence – since liability cases connected to these substances may surface a long time from now.
In chemical terms, persistence means that the chemical doesn’t degrade in the environment – or in humans for that matter – for a very long time. The most well-known group of persistent chemicals is PFAS, a group of almost 5,000 chemicals that are commonly found in everyday products such as non-stick cookware and water-repellent outdoor clothing.
Many persistent chemicals are also hazardous to human health and the environment. They are known to cause cancer, reduced sperm quality and attention deficit disorder in humans and to threaten to disrupt fragile ecosystems in nature.
“It’s not enough that the chemicals won’t degrade, they are also extremely bad”
These chemicals create a double-whammy of negative effects – it’s not enough that the chemicals won’t degrade, they are also extremely bad for anyone exposed to them.
Regulators are slowly starting to realise that persistent chemicals are a big problem – and so should investors, because in the long run they are also bad for business.
Last year, ChemSec wrote about PFAS-producing companies having to pay billions of dollars in legal fines due to PFAS contamination that happened years ago. The various lawsuits and litigations sent the companies’ stock prices plummeting to the ground.
Due to the persistent nature of PFAS, more expensive liability cases will surely surface in the future. According to Gordon Haskett analyst John Inch, the PFAS industry could be forced to face costs ranging from $25 billion to $40 billion.
“Investors would do well to convince companies to phase out persistent chemicals”
To avoid financial blows such as these, investors would do well to convince companies to phase out persistent chemicals from their product portfolios or to simply divest and focus on companies that do not produce them.
Even though PFAS have started to gain a bit more negative attention over the last years, there are other persistent chemicals that investors need to look out for as well. Here a couple of them:
Benzotriazole UV filters
High-volume chemicals used in everything from personal care products to electronics, plastics, rubber, sports equipment, coatings and paints. These bioaccumulative and toxic UV filters are included in the EU Candidate List, which means that they are up for regulation in the European Union. Six of the 35 chemical companies included in ChemScore produce benzotriazole UV filters. These are: BASF, Covestro, DSM, PPG, Solvay and Sabic.
D5 and D6
These bioaccumulative and toxic siloxanes are used in various applications such as personal care, washing and polishing products. D5 and D6 have been on the EU Candidate List since 2018. Four companies in ChemScore produce them: Dow, DuPont, Evonik and Shin-Etsu.
Chloroform and carbon tetrachloride
These chlorinated solvents are used mainly for cleaning and in manufacturing. Even though they are very toxic, they have so far escaped the regulatory radar for being water soluble. This is however part of the problem since it means that they easily spread through drinking water and other waterways. Chloroform and carbon tetrachloride are produced by three companies included in the ChemScore ranking: Dow, Solvay and Shin-Etsu.
Chemicals such as these are labelled PMT (Persistent, Mobile and Toxic), a new criterion that was introduced in the EU’s legislative framework last year.
This high-volume chemical is also PMT and used in everything from wood panels to washing powder. It is also the building block of a porcelain-like plastic used for children’s tableware. It has a history of scandals that ChemSec predicts will continue. Three companies in ChemScore produce melamine: BASF, PPG and Sherwin-Williams. | <urn:uuid:32a55f3f-1ec8-49ad-b84f-42e7b1d060ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chemsec.org/investors-should-be-wary-persistent-chemicals-are-more-than-just-pfas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.960755 | 910 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Europe is facing unprecedented challenges to guarantee sustainable and accessible healthcare solutions for its citizens. Research and Innovation will be instrumental to develop new approaches as well as to increase the knowledge, understanding and know-how that underpin innovation for promoting health and for preventing, treating and curing diseases.
The European Society of Radiology (ESR), representing the radiology profession across Europe, welcomes the progress made by the European Parliament and the Member States in defining the strategic priorities of the EU’s new framework programme for research & innovation ‘Horizon Europe’ and its aim to elevate research and innovation in the European Union. The ESR supports Horizon Europe’s focus on unleashing the potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions in healthcare. Medical imaging has successfully integrated innovative solutions and artificial intelligence into the discipline to offer interoperable and cost-effective solutions to healthcare systems and high-quality personalised patient care. Moreover, it can contribute significantly to the areas of intervention laid out in existing and future EU research programmes. Indeed, advanced application of health data and artificial intelligence in medical imaging can help decision-making by improving image interpretation and enabling early diagnosis, more effective disease prevention and accelerated treatments for patients.
The ESR also strongly supports the EU research mission on Cancer, launched in the framework of Horizon Europe to better pool resources for cancer research, as it holds yet untapped potential to generate transformative solutions in cancer prevention, prediction, detection, diagnosis and treatment. We believe that medical imaging could be a strong driver in the mission as continued innovations in the sector, applying the full potential of AI, big data and machine-learning, would result in more integrated and person-centred approaches accelerating and improving the detection and diagnosis of cancer. The appointment of a radiologist and oncology expert, Prof. Regina Beets-Tan, to the Cancer Mission Board is a first step towards an EU cancer research agenda that acknowledges the key role of imaging and technological innovation in cancer care and high societal impact of investments in screening, detection and early diagnosis. Working in close synergy with other cancer professionals and the patient community, the ESR is more than ever supportive of an ambitious multidisciplinary and multinational cancer research agenda putting patient-centred outcomes at the core of the debate and strengthening Europe’s lead position in health research.
The ESR furthermore welcomes the creation of the new public-private partnership, the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) that succeeds the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). Medical imaging has a significant role to play in the new public-private partnership that has rightly broadened its scope of action by including medical imaging and diagnostics and thus elevating the standards of health research in the European Union. Medical imaging is at the forefront of technological innovation and thus driving advances in health research resulting in medical breakthroughs to the benefit of clinical practice and enabling a shift from treatment to health promotion and disease prevention.
To this end, the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), the research management organisation established by the ESR offering support services to scientists in the field, has published a Strategic Research Agenda identifying pressing needs in medicine and illustrating how medical imaging can contribute to overcoming existing challenges in healthcare as identified by the European Commission. The Strategic Research Agenda advocates for the swift implementation of practical solutions to make best use of medical imaging to shift from a reactive and treatment-based system to prevention and personalised approaches. A comprehensive research agenda, taking also into account external factors affecting people’s health, is central to developing targeted research and approaches for individualised therapies. Next to the development and application of innovative medical imaging technologies, it is crucial to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and interoperable solutions for big data in medical imaging to put into practice personalised approaches for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s healthcare industry.
Medical imaging should firmly be embedded in transnational, national and regional initiatives to enable the translation of innovative solutions into clinical practice. In view of the new framework programme, Horizon Europe, the ESR encourages politicians to even raise the level of ambition for dedicated research to make healthcare systems more resilient and enhance Europe’s leading position in the field of research and innovation. Considering forthcoming decisions defining research priorities in Europe, the ESR is ready to engage with stakeholders, the EU institutions and Member States and extend its expertise on medical imaging and health research, as laid out in the Strategic Research Agenda, to shape Horizon Europe and associated initiatives. Only through a partnership between industry, the medical professions, academia and the patient community, Europe can uphold the sustainability of healthcare systems and guide the transition to personalised and patient-centred healthcare.
Mr. Jonas van Riet
European Society of Radiology - ESR
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Visioneering: A Repeatable Process for Achieving Goals
In this webinar, you are going to receive an introduction to a process called Visioneering. After, you will have a deeper understanding of how our mind functions and what mental tools you have. With proper strengthening, you can use these tools to enhance anything from your professional practice to your personal health and fitness. You will gain an understanding of how you can use visualization for yourself personally and in your practice.
Whether you have a goal or you are interested in creating a goal, this webinar will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted to go after worthy goals that will help you grow into the individual you want to become.
- Introduction to what is Visioneering
- Understanding of how our mind functions
- Introduction to mental faculties vs sensory factors
- Understand the purpose of goals and how to develop proper goals
- Application and use of visualization tools and skillset
Register below and join us for this insightful 60-minute session with Kayla Baran
MPT, B.Kin, AFCI
Kayla is a physiotherapist and entrepreneur from Regina Saskatchewan. She graduated with distinction in 2015 from her bachelors in Kinesiology majoring in Humans Kinetics and Adapted Movement Science. She completed her Masters of Physical Therapy at the University of Saskatchewan in 2017. Kayla believes that it is essential to have a holistic approach to health and wellness. She enjoys using acupuncture, myofascial release and education as part of her treatments. Her areas of special interest include visualization to enhance motor function, goal setting to achieve ideal health and wellness as well as the sensitive nervous system and stress. She has been studying Mind-Body research and participating in numerous courses since 2018.
As a Treaty Four person, she is passionate about upholding the Truth and Reconciliation Act and working towards better health care. She incorporates the use of the medicine wheel into her practise by addressing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of an individual's health. Her goal is to promote health and well-being as preventative medicine across a person’s life span. She believes that effective treatment includes education and empowering our youth to create a healthier future. Kayla enjoys studying personal development, physical fitness, camping, fishing and traveling with her husband Nick. | <urn:uuid:2d1409fa-716a-46ba-b326-17c02d88e9e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cpa.embodiaapp.com/webinars/302-visioneering-a-repeatable-process-for-achieving-goals-kayla-baran | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.947204 | 474 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Alert and watchful, a kaitiaki or guardian watching over you
A parata is a human-style face, usually with moko (facial tattoo). This beautiful work is cast in ceramics from an original wood carving and fired with a range of colourful glazes. These works explore the fusion of traditional whakairo (carving) and the potter’s kiln. Please note that as each piece is hand cast and brush glazed, the markings will always have unique characteristics. They will differ slightly to those pictured.
Surface pattern This work is an example of a full/half facial moko (tattoo). In both Pre-European times as well as today, moko embellish facial features and are usually a sign of status and standing in one’s hapū (sub-tribe) and iwi (tribe). The style of patterns generally signify whakapapa (genealogy).
Mike sees whakairo (carving) as a language which transforms Māori cultural ideals into a physical form. As a personal expression his art personifies the emotional and intrinsic; subtle nuances affecting the mood and āhua (look) of a piece. These expressions may be as simple as downcast eyes or as complex as recognising and utilising the inherent qualities of the medium. He also acknowledges the valued contribution made by the viewer as they also find their story within each unique piece.
Mike is part of a legacy of whakairo. He descends from an Iwi recognized for their contribution not only to whakairo but also to teaching. He is the nephew of internationally renowned Te Whānau-ā-Apanui artist and carver Para Matchitt and has been influenced by Tohunga Whakairo (expert carvers) such as Roi Toia, Lyonel Grant and Clive Fugill. He was trained at Te Puia (The NZ Māori Arts and Craft Institute), graduating with honours in 1988, and since then has been involved in the carving and restoration of a number of Wharenui (meeting houses) throughout the country. For the past several years, he has taught Traditional Māori Arts at one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary institutions and has been involved in the development and teaching of arts programs into schools around the country. | <urn:uuid:90eeeda3-153e-4a73-a137-505dbf6d2302> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shop.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/collections/homeware/products/parata-kaitiaki-by-michael-matchitt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968968 | 491 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Xiaomi yesterday revealed that its new CC9 smartphones will incorporate a new version of its MiMoji app that was presented and launched with the Mi 8 Explorer Edition. Basically, MiMoji was at the height of what Apple had done with its work in software and facial recognition with the application Animoji.
This is the only Xiaomi smartphone that introduces 3D facial scanner as Apple’s iPhone X and that could use the MiMojis that the company designed for the face change function. The new version of MiMoji comes with the functionality of being able to create our own avatar and add distinctive facial features such as glasses, hats, beards and etc.
Today some images leaked on the Weibo social network by a user whose account has been removed showed signs that Xiaomi would have plagiarized the style devised by Apple and its Animojis app. The images show great similarities in the creation of avatars and sharing options through SMS or third-party applications.
The response from Xiaomi released a statement warning that the images would have been manipulated. Xiaomi says that they would have been manipulated to make an avatar sticker with the Animoji app and its customization with MiMoji, looking for the images to resemble each other. On the other hand, Xiaomi in the statement says that the technology developed by Xiaomi with MiMoji works differently since the application can detect what objects or facial features we have to create an avatar automatically.
This automated generation feature that allows the use of up to 165 styles which is not available in Apple software. The Animojis of Apple is created by means of the facial scan and the use of the personalization chosen by the user. Xiaomi would not allow so much personalization chosen by the user and would be more automatic making facial adjustments automatically. The Animojis of Apple is created by means of the facial scan and the use of the personalization chosen by the user.
On the other hand, Xiaomi says that if Apple feels plagiarized they will take the case with a lot of attention and care and will seek the responsibility of who has filtered and worked on this improvement project in MiMoji. | <urn:uuid:3f4df30b-0278-44a5-a95f-ff1a89051b90> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techgenyz.com/2019/07/03/xiaomi-defends-accusations-of-plagiarizing-apples-animojis-with-its-mimoji-app/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.965652 | 431 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Cloud - the application is hosted centrally in the data center without initial HW costs with a monthly fee. Cloud solutions are nowadays used by most companies because of their simplicity and security.
No initial cost
Cannot be physically accessed
No HW and SW maintenance costs
Access anywhere, anytime
On-premise - the system is software that is installed and operated directly on the infrastructure of a given company or user. The entire software is thus "in the company" - on its own server and workstations.
Responsibility for HW and SW maintenance
Customizable to your exact needs
Responsibility for system security
Complete control option
High start-up costs
Why is Cloud storage increasingly preferred today?
The clear advantage of the cloud over on-premise solutions is scalability. At the SaaS level, this means that the client always has the latest version of the application being used. At the level of all cloud services, the possibility to expand the user data space according to the current needs. With on-premise solutions, additional HW equipment needs to be added to increase the capacity, which is a lengthy and demanding process.
What about on-premise and cloud affordability?
One of the most debated items is affordability. Cloud services are financially worthwhile in the vast majority of cases. Thanks to the fact that the client does not have to worry about the overall infrastructure and does not have to maintain an in-house team of IT professionals. In data centers, the client only pays for the space used and any other related services.
What is the future of Cloud solutions?
Because the Cloud solution has a long history and today the Cloud technology is both secure and very innovative. However, a lot of companies don't trust Cloud solutions. A very common reason is ignorance or fear of switching to more modern technology. Cloud solutions represent the future and sooner or later even hesitant companies will join Cloud services. | <urn:uuid:5a5a6ed1-fe56-4665-9f42-53812d29a7ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.streyda.eu/post/on-premise-or-cloud-storage | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941293 | 416 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Texas added 82,500 nonfarm jobs in June, the Texas Workforce Commission reported. This is the largest numerical increase in the nation for June.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas led the nation in June job gains, followed by Tennessee and Florida. The largest percentage increase in jobs, however, was in Tennessee (1%), compared to 0.6% in Texas.
The video above is from a previous report.
Texas' high job gains are partially due to increased demand. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people went on vacations, visited restaurants and had elective medical procedures, said Angela Woellner, the press officer for the TWC.
As people return to "normal" activities, more jobs are needed to serve them. And more people are moving to Texas, Woellner said, citing a population increase of "more than 1 million people from June 2019 to June 2022."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Texas as of July 1, 2021, was roughly 29.5 million people. As more people move to Texas, businesses are expanding and hiring more employees to meet increasing demand, Woellner explained.
More people are returning to work after the height of the pandemic. Woellner said that in April 2020, Texas' labor force participation rate was 59.8%, compared to 63.8% this June. A labor force participation rate is the percentage of civilians age 16 and older who are employed or actively looking for work and do not live in institutions.
Unemployment steadily decreases
Texas' unemployment rate was 4.1% in June, a one percentage point decrease from May. The state's unemployment rate has consistently declined since its peak of 12.6% in April 2020, the BLS reported.
But at 4.1%, unemployment in Texas was still higher than the national rate of 3.6% in June. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation was 1.8% in Minnesota, according to the BLS.
Woellner said that although many businesses have job openings, unemployed Texans do not always have the skills needed to fill open roles.
"If we look at the amount of people looking for work, and then just how many job openings there are ... technically then the unemployment rate should be zero, right?" she said.
But when Texans do not have certain skills, jobs remain unfilled. The TWC has multiple programs to help fill these gaps, including the Skills Development Fund, the Jobs & Education for Texans grant program and apprenticeship opportunities. These programs help train Texans for the workforce both on the job and in classroom settings.
On July 13, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provided higher education institutions with $15 million for the creation, expansion and redesign of short-term vocational programs.
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When we think of forgiveness, we usually think of forgiving others. It is, however, also vital to forgive yourself. As Christian Women, we need to take stock of our hearts occasionally to see whether we harbor unforgiveness against ourselves. You may hide it in your heart because you believe it is hard to forgive yourself.
Learning to forgive others also means learning to forgive ourselves. We can find it tough to forgive ourselves because we feel guilt or shame. Guilt and shame are not the same things.
Shame is a painful emotion caused by having done something wrong or improper. If we feel ashamed, we usually want to hide our mistakes and we definitely don’t want to admit them. The feeling of shame is not from God. The devil prompts shame. He first traps us into doing the wrong things and afterward whispers condemnations in our ears.
Guilt is taking the responsibility for having done something wrong. If we feel guilty about what we did, it means we acknowledge we harmed. Guilt is a healthy basis for forgiveness. The feeling of guilt originates from God. It is a feeling prompted by the Holy Spirit living in us.
Whether we feel shame, guilt, or none of it, God wants us to forgive ourselves.
What does it mean when you can’t forgive yourself?
When we find it hard to forgive ourselves, it means we carry guilt and shame at the same time. We know we should forgive ourselves-we may even tell others to forgive themselves-but doing it simply seems impossible. We feel the nudge, but we postpone the action because we feel paralyzed to do it.
If we can’t forgive ourselves, we most likely didn’t accept God’s forgiveness. Receiving God’s forgiveness is the basis for forgiving ourselves and others. When we say, “I can’t forgive myself,” it usually means we are holding on to guilt and shame for sins already paid for by Christ. We see ourselves as owing a debt we can never repay, instead of resting in the grace of the fully paid debt on the cross. Jesus’ forgiveness is a gift, not something we must earn.
Pride and stubbornness can also be at play, because we don’t want to admit we did something wrong… so there isn’t anything to forgive ourselves for. You cannot forgive yourself if you don’t own up to what you did to yourself and to the person you wronged.
If we don’t forgive ourselves, it can become a massive weight, suffocating us with guilt and shame. You may spend your days obsessing about how to overcome the past, desperately searching for a way to forgive yourself somehow.
What to do when you can’t forgive yourself?
If forgiving yourself looks like a daunting task in your eyes and you think it is too hard to do, face yourself and face God. We face ourselves by telling the truth; admitting we did wrong and feeling sorry, and acknowledging we shouldn’t have done it. With this acceptance of our mistakes, we can face God and ask Him for forgiveness.
We should ensure we stay in God’s presence, if we feel like it or not, and whether we feel forgiven or not. It is only in His presence that we will learn to forgive ourselves, no matter how hard that is. We can remind ourselves that we are free of condemnation. Why would we condemn ourselves? God doesn’t condemn us. He loves us. So why would we not love ourselves?
If we find it difficult to forgive ourselves because we feel so guilty, we can engage in worship, prayer, Bible study for ourselves, and declaring God’s Word over ourselves. We can declare God’s Word over ourselves by reading-aloud positive Bible verses about forgiveness and by creating Biblical declarations we can speak over ourselves to help us forgive ourselves.
Spending time with God is always the best thing to do if we don’t know what to do.
How do you forgive yourself for saying hurtful things?
Mostly when we hurt people, it is by our words. Yes, we can hurt others with our actions as well, but our tongue is more frequent in sinning. It can lead us into all kinds of trouble.
We can also harm ourselves with our words. If we always declare negativity over ourselves, we hurt our self-image.
So, with forgiving for saying hurtful things, we need to look at the things we say to and about others, as well as at the things we say about ourselves.
“In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.”James 3:5-6 (NLT)
God gave us a tongue to praise and serve Him. It is up to us to use it well. If we don’t want to get into trouble, we need to control our tongues. If not, our tongues will control us.
“but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.”James 3:8-9 (NLT)
Unfortunately, even as Christian women, we often still use our tongues wrongly, no matter how hard we try not to sin with our mouths. That is because trying to do this on our own might be impossible. We need the Holy Spirit to help us.
Things to do to spiritually forgive yourself
The things we said can be against ourselves and against others, triggered by our moods and emotions or by external factors. No matter the cause and no matter the depth of harm caused, and no matter how hard we think it is, we need to ask God for forgiveness, and we need to forgive ourselves. So, if you are wondering whether you should forgive yourself, the answer is ‘yes!’.
Here are a few things to do to help you forgive yourself spiritually:
- Admit your mistake.
- Repent of what you said.
- Confess to God and ask Him for forgiveness.
- Know you are human and not perfect.
- Understand the reason you said it and the circumstances under which it happened.
- Approach the person you hurt and apologize.
- Forgive yourself.
- Write yourself an apology note.
- (Re-) Commit yourself to God and stay in His presence daily.
- Take care of yourself, spiritually, mentally, and physically.
How do you forgive yourself and let go?
When we forgive ourselves, it is vital to let go as well. If we would forgive but still hold on to the harm we caused, it would be difficult to go on with our lives and have peace at the same time. To let go is already difficult, but it would be even harder without forgiving ourselves.
To let go of what we did, no matter how terrible that was, we need to focus on God fully, not on our faults. God loves us and has forgiven us. He forgives our terrible mistakes and our ‘tiny’ mistakes. There is no difference for God.
It is His love that forgave us, and it is His love that keeps us going. When we accept that love, we brace ourselves to let go. God washed us with His blood. He has set us free. We shouldn’t keep ourselves as prisoners in our own condemning voices and spirit of unforgiveness.
Here is how to forgive yourself and let go of regrets:
- Admit. Acknowledge you hurt someone.
- Accept. Recognize that you are human and know that every human makes mistakes.
- Humble. Ask forgiveness from God and the one you hurt.
- Release. Cast the burden on to the Lord.
- Learn. Discover the lesson from your mistakes.
- Visualize. Imagine a future picture of yourself free from guilt, regret, and self-condemnation.
If we forgave ourselves and let go of past wrongs, it means we took two crucial steps to clear our pasts. However, if we do nothing else afterward, our lives will be stagnant. We need to focus on the future as well.
How do you forgive yourself and start all over?
Starting all over means we need to focus fully on the future. As Christian women, this means we focus on God and the plans He has for us. We take a step of faith and trust Him with our future.
Our faith is the bridge between the rocky side of the ravine where we hurt others and ourselves and the green pastures on the other side which are full of options and possibilities. The bridge may look wobbly, but it is the only way to get to the other side. If we look back (or down) while we walk, we may slip. Our heads must face forward to the promised land.
To take this bridge, we need to repent truly and keep our eyes fixed on the desired end. We should stop focusing on our mistakes and stop dwelling on the past. To reach the other end, we must take steps. We will never arrive if we stand on the rocky side, gazing to the other side. No matter how pretty it looks over there, we won’t arrive unless we take steps.
To start all over starts with one little step, a step of faith. Then, we keep going, one step after the other, until we arrive. We should take sides with God to reach our destination. God is faithful. He won’t let us down on the way and He won’t leave us when we are on the other side of the ravine.
God has a plan for you. So why would you want to continue living in the past?
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
7 Forgive yourself quotes
In the same way as we need reminders to do groceries and book an appointment, we can use some reminders to forgive ourselves. Here are seven quotes about forgiving yourself.
- “The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.” – Confucius.
- “Never forget that to forgive yourself is to release trapped energy that could be doing good work in the world.” – D. Patrick Miller.
- “The burden of regret can weigh us down heavily on our spiritual journey. The best way to release regret is to forgive ourselves.” – James Van Praagh.
- “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.” – Bible, Psalm 86:5.
- “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and realize that prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes.
- “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” – Bible, Luke 6:37.
- “Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them, forgive yourself.” – William Shakespeare.
God forgives anyone and everyone. We can copy this attitude and forgive others but also ourselves because we are part of ‘everyone’. So, if we want to live like Jesus, we should be kind and forgiving toward ourselves no matter how hard that can be.
The Bible has many verses about forgiveness and many verses with the concept of forgiving and forgetting. A verse we can use as a quote to remember to apply kindness and forgiveness to others and ourselves is:
“Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.”Ephesians 4:32 (NLT)
Thank You, Jesus! You paid the price for me. I am forgiven. I am sorry I used this freedom to sin and hurt others. Please forgive me. Help me guard my heart and mouth, and not to sin again.
People tell me, “No need to forgive yourself”, but even though it is hard, I choose to do it. I want to obey You and be a forgiving person, including toward myself. I forgive myself.
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This function will return a specified value if your given expression results in an #N/A error. Only the #N/A! error will result in the alternate value.
IFNA(Expression, Value if #N/A!)
- Expression (required) – This is part of the formula that is checked for an #N/A error.
- Value if #N/A! (required) – This is the value that is returned if the expression results in an #N/A! error.
In this example we use the IFNA function with a VLOOKUP function. If the VLOOKUP function results in an #N/A! error (ie the lookup value was not found), then the IFNA function will return the text “Item not found”.
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The 2011 International Rubber Conference (irc2011) was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From June 15 to 17, 2011, a Chinese delegation composed of Beijing University of chemical technology and Beijing Rubber Research Institute participated in the 2011 International Rubber Conference (irc2011, Sao Paulo, Brazil), which was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil (the largest city in South America). During the meeting, members of the Chinese delegation carefully studied the reports of foreign scholars, actively asked questions, and achieved good results in international academic exchanges
the participating teachers of Beijing University of chemical technology took a group photo in the meeting place.
at the end of the meeting, it was proposed that the standards should be clearly mentioned in the aspects of air quality, buildings, disaster prevention, construction land, frugal and intensive land, high standard farmland, livestock and aquatic products, standardized vegetable market, compulsory education, etc, Professor zhangliqun, School of materials, Beijing University of chemical technology, made an academic report entitled "new understanding of filler dispersion, interface interaction and mechnical strengthening of elastomer nanocomposites through computer simulation", which showed the latest research progress in understanding the basic scientific issues of rubber nano reinforcement by using computer molecular simulation, which attracted wide attention of the participants. After the report, many international scholars took the initiative to contact professor zhangliqun to exchange and discuss academic issues in related fields. Professor luyonglai from the school of materials, Beijing University of chemical technology made an academic report entitled "preparation, structure and properties of the nano reinforced, thermal conductive rubber composites", in which he reported that they had invented a new method for preparing CNT rubber nanocomposites, which was highly praised by the audience. After the report, international scholars shook hands to welcome the new round of global green economy. These two reports are the only two academic reports that China participated in this conference. Their academic level has been confirmed by the scholars of the participating countries. They not only reflect the dominant position of Beijing University of Chemical Technology in the field of domestic rubber science and engineering, but also show that China's basic research level of rubber application has gradually entered the international advanced ranks on behalf of China
professor zhangliqun is making an academic report
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OVER-TRAINING IN THE PRACTICE
What are the symptoms of over-training?
— Achim, Switzerland
Being tired, pain and feeling nauseous are the three very common symptoms of over-training.
A practitioner will feel energized when he has practiced chi kung. But if he feels tired instead, it is a symptom of over-training. He feels tired because he has generated too much energy that his physical body cannot bear it. This tiredness is different from having not enough energy. It is Nature's way of telling him to rest.
He should feel fresh after practicing chi kung, but if he feels painful, it shows over-training. The energy he has gathered from his training is too much that it pushes too hard on his thick blockage making him feel painful. If he has practiced less or less intensely, the energy gathered is less and the push is gentle.
He should feel pleasant after chi kung practice, but if he feels nauseous, it shows that too much negative emotion is being pushed out. If he has practiced less or less intensely, the pushing out of negative emotion is gentle and he feels pleasant.
If a person has practiced wrongly, he may also feel tired, painful and nauseous, but the feelings are different. This is due to the limitation of words. Words do not exactly describe what we want to say when there are shades of difference. A good example is the sour taste of an orange. The sour taste can be due to the fact that the orange is good, and it can also be due to the fact that the orange is bad.
Tiredness, pain and nauseousness due to wrong practice are sharp and severe, whereas those due to over-training are less severe and sometimes even pleasant. Tiredness, pain and nauseousness due to wrong training come immediately, whereas those due to over-training come after pleasant feelings.
What should we do if we have over-trained?
In other schools where students practice for about an hour per session, a good way to overcome over-training is to practice less, like half an hour instead of an hour, or alternate day instead of every day.
Reducing the time of training is not feasible in our school because our practice session for chi kung is short, just about 10 minutes. More significantly, our students enjoy their practice. For those who practice kungfu, the earlier recommendation was an hour. They can reduce their practice time to half an hour.
An excellent way for us in Shaolin Wahnam is to reduce the intensity by not entering too deeply into a chi kung state of mind, or not entering too deeply into Zen or Tao. If you take as 100% the depth you enter into a chi kung state of mind, or enter Zen or Tao, in my courses, half that in your daily practice to 50%. Then half the 50% to 25%.
Practicing at 25%, and not at your potential of 100%, is an excellent way to reduce the intensity of practice, which will overcome or prevent over-training. If you find 25% is still too powerful for your daily practice, you can reduce the intensity to 20% or less.
If you practice at 60% or 70%, you may over-train, and have adverse effects instead of benefits. By practicing at 25% or at an level suitable for you, you get the best results. If you find that you still have over-trained when you practice at a lower level of performance, you may adopt negative action. A good method is to purposely intellectualize. When you intellectualize, your result will be less, but it is the best for you.
Another method is to purposely tense your muscles. Again, your result will be less, but it is good for you if you have over-trained. Have a gentle chi flow at the end of the session to clear the harm caused by your purposely tensing your muscles.
The above is taken from Questions 7 and 8 December 2018 Part 2 of the Selection of Questions and Answers.
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Partial Knee Replacement Surgery
A partial knee replacement surgery, also known as unicompartmental knee replacement, is a surgical procedure that can help relieve knee pain and restore function. During a partial knee replacement, only the damaged compartment of the knee joint is replaced or resurfaced with artificial materials, such as metal and plastic.
Compared to a total knee replacement, a partial knee replacement procedure removes and replaces fewer structures in your knee, and the healthy cartilage and bone remain untouched.
Your knee joint is a hinge joint, and when damage to structures at or around a specific area of the hinge results in pain, you may need the joint partially replaced. A partial knee replacement will replace one compartment of your knee or knees. This will mean removing the inner (medial), outer (lateral), or middle (patellofemoral) portion of the end of your thighbone (femur) at the knee and replacing it with an implant. The damaged compartment of your shinbone (tibia) will also be removed and replaced.
When Would a Partial Knee Replacement Be Appropriate for Me?
The primary symptom that leads to a partial knee replacement procedure is pain. If you are a candidate for a total knee replacement procedure, you may experience:
- Knee pain at night that may keep you from sleeping
- Knee pain while standing, walking, bending, or even while sitting or resting
- Limited range of motion in your knee or knees or restricted mobility
Typically, the pain is so severe it is unrelieved by conservative treatments, including over-the-counter medications, injections, or physical therapy.
To determine if a partial knee replacement surgery is the best treatment option for you, your orthopedic surgeon will perform an evaluation of your medical history as well as a physical examination, X-rays, and other tests, such as an MRI scan.
Following the evaluation, your surgeon will discuss whether a partial knee replacement is the best treatment for you, based on your needs, knee anatomy, overall health, and goals. Typically, younger patients or those with limited knee joint damage are appropriate candidates for this procedure. Your surgeon will explain any risks and complications associated with partial knee replacement procedures.
What Benefits Does Partial Knee Replacement Surgery Offer?
Following a partial knee replacement surgery, you can expect reduced knee pain and limitation. With your new knee component or resurfacing, the friction and degeneration of structures in your knee will be eliminated and your knee function will be restored.
Because of incisions and adjustment to your knee prosthetic, you may experience some tightness and occasional aches postoperatively, but you should expect to return to your favorite activities with more mobility.
Why Choose Southern Indiana Orthopedics?
Our joint replacement doctors have extensive experience and training in specific joints and procedures. At Southern Indiana Orthopedics, you are in excellent hands with our partial knee replacement surgeons, Dr. Cary Guse and Dr. Matthew Lovell. Our partial knee replacement specialists are all board-certified in orthopedic surgery or fellowship-trained in advanced treatments and have the specialized knowledge and skills to treat your knee injury or condition individually to meet your needs.
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The internet, while incredibly useful and powerful, also offers many cyber threats. The global pandemic of 2020 saw a 414% increase in cyberattacks.
With this increase, businesses need to ensure they have superior cybersecurity solutions in place. This will protect them from online criminal behavior.
How can you ensure that your company is protected and is not a cybersecurity threat to its employees and other businesses?
The best place to start is by seeking out cybersecurity services to protect your business and its employees.
There are many cybersecurity companies offering their services. How do you choose the best cybersecurity service provider for your needs?
This article will highlight factors to consider when choosing a business cybersecurity service provider.
Reputable and Experienced
It’s also important to make sure that you choose from a group of experienced IT cybersecurity services. Read reviews and check out their credentials. Make sure they have a good track record of protecting their clients’ data.
Type of Threat You Face
Services are designed to protect against specific types of threats. It is important to choose those that are most relevant to the types of threats you are likely to encounter. The type of threat you face will also dictate the level of protection you need.
Cost of Services
It’s important to remember that the cheapest option is not always the best option. You need to weigh the cost of the services against the benefits that the services can provide. Services that are more expensive might be able to provide better protection and more features.
Recommendations and Reviews
Recommendations from friends or trusted sources can be a big help in finding a reputable service. Reviews from actual users can also give you a better idea of what to expect from a particular service. Ultimately, it’s important to do your own research to find the best possible option for your needs.
Great Technical Support
When a company’s cybersecurity is breached, it’s important to have someone on hand who can help you quickly and easily resolve the issue. Technical support should be available 24/7 and should be able to help you with any problems you may have.
A professional cybersecurity service will be able to work with the systems you already have in place to provide a comprehensive security solution. The service should also be able to provide reporting and analytics that can help you understand the effectiveness of the security measures you have.
Encryption and Security
Make sure that the provider offers the latest and most secure encryption methods. This will help to protect your data from being accessed by unauthorized individuals.
It is also important to inquire about the security features that are in place to prevent data breaches. The provider should have a robust security system that includes firewalls, intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention.
Choose a Trusted Cybersecurity Services
There are a number of important factors to consider when choosing cybersecurity services. These include the type of services offered, the experience of the service provider, the price of the services, and the reputation of the service provider.
It is important to do your research and choose a service provider that can offer the best possible protection for your data and your business. These will help you narrow down your cybersecurity options.
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O’Reilly Learning Python is *my jam*
Vocabulary and notes from the book. Just started it today. It’s awesome.
mutable: object whose state can be changed after its creation.
immutable: object whose state cannot be changed after it’s creation.
Variables are just names, like a label you put on a drawer if you’re organizing your craft room. They reference the object, but aren’t the object themselves. (mind blown) They don’t hold the object, or store the object, or copy the object, they reference it. (again, mind blown).
class: the definition of an object. i.e. (in Python 3)
in python 2.7, it doesn’t say class, it says:
They’re more or less the same thing.
More to come later.
Fun fact: open a Python shell, and run:
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You may think that humans are the only ones to blame that pandas are endangered, but they’re actually working hard to make themselves extinct, too. While looking at the pictures below, only one thought comes to mind: “It’s a miracle how pandas have lasted this long.”
Why are pandas so clumsy? That’s because they spend lots of their day lazing about or climbing, their leg muscles aren’t nearly as strong as their forearms. When they do actually move, they can’t rely as heavily on their legs, so it’s not so surprising then that they are pretty clumsy, with how unevenly developed they are. Their eyesight also sets them up for failure. Pandas are very nearsighted. In the wild, they don’t need to see too far because nobody could see very far when living in a bamboo thicket. This could be one reason why they look like they’re stumbling around in the dark… because they kinda are.
Pandas usually don’t get hurt when they fall, so you are not a bad person for laughing at these pictures. In most cases, a downed panda gets up and walks away after a fall. They tend to roll over and keep going about their business. Starting from a young age, their dangerous adventures will help build up a tolerance. Their thick hair and round body shape will help, too. | <urn:uuid:42e8f411-2250-4cd4-a70d-9c1c3c6dce25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sadanduseless.com/why-pandas-are-endangered/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96396 | 298 | 3.171875 | 3 |
The hedgerows that populate our retired farm are home to many native species of plants, like this Common Milkweed which is critical to the Monarch Butterfly’s survival. The adult butterflies thrive on their nectar and lay their eggs on the plant. The caterpillars eat the leaves of the plants. Milkweed is an all around good bloom for pollinators.
Check out the intricacy of that wonderful flower. I actually think that botanists refer to the flower’s design as “complex.” It’s a large ball of many smaller flowers. I also notice that a single milkweed plant will be topped with multiple blooms which mature at varying rates. That gives the the pollinators more food over a longer period of time.
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This tango was originally composed in 1990 as the fourth movement of the composer's Fourth Symphony. It was intended there as a modern equivalent of the classical minuet. The tango is the most alluring of contemporary dances, and a number of arrangements of it exist, including ones for solo piano and for various chamber ensembles. This latest version for thirty (or more) players was arranged in 1999 by the composer especially for the Faber Wind Band Series. | <urn:uuid:56d38c41-f557-4fab-9111-8deca993ff89> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eastcoastmusic.com/Thirty-to-Tango-p/yl12-0571564429.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.95863 | 141 | 1.671875 | 2 |
THE PAKISTAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
The IMF Stabilization Package and Pakistan’s Stabilization Experience
The application of IMF stabilization packages in the less developed countries (LDCs) has always been a controversial issue. The debate on IMF stabilization packages with their strong elements of conditionality and impact on the LDCs has intensified with the re-emergence of the payments imbalances in the Seventies and early Eighties. The objective of this paper is to evaluate, very briefly, Pakistan’s three-year stabilization programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for the period 1980-83. The plan of the paper is as follows. Section II describes the IMF stabilization package under the standby arrangements and developments leading to the EFF arrangements. Section III provides a brief evaluation of the stabilization programmes. In Section N we attempt to evaluate Pakistan’s programme in terms of quantifiable macro indicators as well as supply-side variables. | <urn:uuid:6bad19c3-10b7-4451-8be3-53f708a689be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pide.org.pk/research/the-imf-stabilization-package-and-pakistans-stabilization-experience/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.923598 | 201 | 1.804688 | 2 |
How to Create a Website Free of Cost Explained
Starting a website, whether for business or personal use, is becoming more popular every day. More so, it’s essentially necessary.
Whether you’re a professional, student, entrepreneur, or small business owner, having an online presence is crucial to future success.
Unfortunately, many people have the idea that starting a website is expensive. While it’s true that you can pay thousands of dollars for a website, you don’t have to. Instead, you can create a website free of cost, and this guide will show you how to do just that.
Table of Contents:
#1 How Can a Website be Free?
Websites will never be free—at least in terms of the complete picture. If you’re creating a website as a beginner, you’re likely going to use the services of a company. This company then uses resources, such as electricity, hardware, and software, that they must pay. Considering that they must pay for these resources, they need income streams to cover the costs and deliver profit.
There are several free hosting options that don’t explicitly charge you to use their services. However, like mentioned before, they must get money from you and their users to keep running their business.
Companies that offer free services will cover their expenses and earn profit through several means. First, many of these companies will monitor your website to sell that information to other companies. Additionally, they will have their own advertisements on your website which nets them more money. Lastly, after some time, they’ll likely convince you to upgrade from a free tier to a premium tier which is likely to cost you more money than if you found an economical solution from the start.
#2 Is a Free Website Right for Me?
There’s a good reason why people pay well for a custom-built website— they want and need a professionally designed and developed site to show their audience what they’re all about.
If you’re a business without design or development skills and who is looking to establish yourself online, a free website may not be for you.
It would be a better investment to pay a professional. On the other hand, if you’re an individual starting a blog, portfolio, or even a startup business website, creating a free website may be the right option for you. Tools called website builders allow users who have no coding knowledge to make a website in just a few steps.
Some of the best website builders offer free tiers to beginners which include plenty of built-in themes, plugins, and support services. Although website builders facilitate the process, they do not come without challenges.
Anyone who wants to make a website free of charge must understand the time, effort, and patience it requires. Many beginners may want to take some time to learn about the basics of web design. With the fundamentals down, you’ll be able to create an attractive website free of charge thanks to platforms like Shopify and Wix.
A related yet different option is to use a content management system like WordPress. This well-known platform is a website builder plus more. WordPress users can take advantage of website building functionality while also retaining significantly more customizability compared to traditional builders like Wix.
If you’re going the route of a CMS, you must be aware of the learning curve. Content management systems are inherently more complex, so it requires more time and effort to create and publish a well-designed website. If you choose to go the route of a CMS, it helps to understand basic HTML and design principles. To make a professional site with custom functionality, you’ll need experience coding websites.
#3 Choose Your Website Builder or CMS
Deciding between using a CMS or a website builder should be straightforward. Are you interested in the complexity of website development, or do you want to get your site running with as little technical input as possible? The easiest way to get your free website published is to use one of the two website builders below. Alternatively, WordPress, a CMS, is better for those who want more control over their website.
Wix is likely the most well-known website builder today. It’s well-liked for its easy-to-use interface and abundance of web templates. For those who want to create a free website with Wix, you’ll have to be okay with having a domain name that includes Wix in it. Furthermore, your website will have advertisements for Wix.
When creating your website with Wix, beginners benefit from having an easy drag and drop feature. That means you can select elements to add to your site and place them in select locations within a grid. This grid system can be seen as an advantage or a disadvantage for users as it makes the development easier, but it also limits the freedom in design.
Another option for designing a site with Wix is to take advantage of their Artificial Design Intelligence tool, called Wix ADI. By answering various questions about your site and uploading some content, this tool will design and create a complete website for you.
The free tier serves well as a blog or a general business site as you can add all the content and media necessary for your audience. However, if you wish to create an eCommerce store, you won’t be able to accept payments through your site with the free tier. For that, you’ll need to pay a monthly fee.
Try Wix today and see why it’s the preferred website builder for millions of site owners.
Another well-established website builder, Weebly is fairly similar to Wix regarding its user-friendly nature. It can even be argued that Weebly may be easier than Wix to get a site up and running. Once you sign up for your free account, you can get a website completed and published in just minutes—although, it may be a bit bare bones.
The platform offers numerous attractive designs that can be tailored to mobile or web applications. It uses a drag and drop feature to ease the process of adding elements to your pages. Additionally, users can create as many web pages as they want on their site. This allows users to create a complex yet free website.
Weebly is a great platform for those who are just getting started in creating websites. However, the platform does lack some free features like the ability to embed audio into web pages. With that in mind, Weebly does allow free tier users to easily upgrade to premium features whenever they wish.
Check out Weebly today to see some creative themes and professionally designed websites.
As the only true content management system on the list, WordPress is unique to the website builders above. First of all, there are two options to use WordPress, although only one method is truly free. WordPress.com allows users to create an account and host their website directly through the site. This means your domain name will include WordPress in the URL, similar to Wix.
The free tier through WordPress.com provides users with select themes and sufficient customizability for beginners. Users can create their website, add pages, media, and content. It’s a great method to create a basic business website or a blog. However, if you want to use WordPress for a more functional and professional website, you’ll have to use WordPress.org which requires paying for your own hosting and likely domain name.
All in all, WordPress is a great option for those who want to create a blog with the most popular CMS available. Check out what WordPress.com offers users for free today.
#4 Customize Your Website
Once you’ve chosen your preferred platform to create and host your website, all you need to do is sign up and get started. The process for creating a website will be relatively similar regardless of your chosen platform.
The first thing to do is select your desired theme. You will likely have several options to choose from, so you need to take your time to explore the options and look at the sites that have been created with each theme. You’ll find some of the themes are better for blogs whereas others are better for portfolio websites or professional websites.
Choose a Theme 🖼️
Upon choosing a theme, you’ll be able to customize it to your liking. Depending on the theme and platform you’re using, you can change the default colors, edit elements, and select your preferred font.
Alternatively, on each platform, you should be able to start with a blank canvas to fully customize your website. If you already have an idea of what you want your site to include, this may be the best route to complete your design. For example, you’ll be able to create elements like navigation bars, sidebars, text boxes, and more.
Once you’ve got the basic layout of your pages finalized, all you need to do is start adding content. You can upload already written blogs to create new pages, add copy for your basic home and about pages, and strategically place images to improve the site’s look.
For any beginner creating a website, it’s a good idea to look at your competitor’s sites to see how they design their web pages. If you’re creating a blog to cover new technology products, look at other blogs to see what their homepage and individual blog pages look like.
Be careful not to copy anything explicitly, but you can take ideas from various competitor sites. For example, look to see how new blogs are advertised on the main page, what’s included in navigation bars, and so on.
With time and experience, you’ll learn what looks good and functions well on your site, and you’ll always be able to make changes.
#5 Alternatives to Free Websites
If you are not satisfied with what free options can provide you can always turn your attention to paid options. Some features you can only get with alternatives or upgraded features.
Premium Tiers from Website Builders 💰
After reading all about creating free websites, you may find that your best option is to pay for services.
While it’s entirely possible to create a free website that continually grows and maintains a loyal audience, your website will be limited in its functionality. You won’t be able to place your own ads, sell products, or have a fully custom domain name.
Additionally, you may find that after creating a free website, you prefer paid services. Many people like to start with a free site simply to get their feet wet, and later, they upgrade their services. Depending on the platform of your choosing, upgrades can improve the design, functionality, and overall purpose of your site.
For example, some website owners choose to create a free site to build their online presence and audience, and later, they transition to a paid tier to start an eCommerce website.
With a paid tier, website owners can sell products seamlessly, use advanced data analytics to track their website’s performance, and even offer paid online services to their audience.
Content Management Systems 👔
Like upgrading to premium features on a platform like Wix, many people find that WordPress.com doesn’t provide all the services they want. Instead, WordPress users may decide to pay for the premium features WordPress.org offers is better than a completely free website.
By starting a free site on WordPress, beginners can learn about the web development and design world before fully getting involved. From there, users will transfer their website to a different hosting platform and sign up for one of the paid tiers offered by WordPress.org.
Before you can make the switch from WordPress.com to WordPress.org, you need to find a hosting service and a domain name. Once you’ve made the transition, you can take advantage of the plugins and other services.
The Bottom Line
Creating a free website is entirely possible and arguably easy-going. Depending on how interested you are in diving into web development and design, you can spend hours or weeks creating a free website.
Regardless of your skill or comfort level with website design, you have several options to choose from, and the best option for you is what you’re comfortable with. To select the right website builder or content management system, you should visit the sites of each and see which is easiest for you. Alternatively, consider a low-cost website that offers more potential for growth. | <urn:uuid:36a966d2-b340-4477-a0da-6d4230806545> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bestwebhostingaustralia.org/how-to-create-a-website-free-of-cost/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943617 | 2,597 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Do you have a plan for what might come “after”? So often, we become hyper-focused on chasing a dream, with no real thought or plan for what might come next or how we need to pivot when circumstances change. My guest today was focused on her dream of being a gold medal Olympic athlete, but then she converted that ambition into other fields when her athlete days were done.
Lauryn Williams, CFP, is a four-time Olympic medalist AND the first American woman to medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. While pursuing professional sports, Lauryn interacted with two financial advisors who didn’t provide the services she needed. She asked friends what they were doing about their finances, and the answers were vague and unsettling. Constantly looking for ways to make a difference in the lives of others, she decided to put her finance degree and MBA to use to fill the gap for young professionals. Eager to learn everything she could, she then pursued the Certified Financial Planner certification.
Her company, Worth Winning, offers virtual services to help young professionals get the answers to the financial questions that matter most to them. Whether that is creating a budget, figuring out a plan for paying off student loans, setting goals for savings, or understanding your 401(k), Worth Winning is ready to help with all things personal finance.
An athletic career doesn’t last forever
What do you do when one phase of a career is over? Lauryn had no idea what would come next for her. The truth is, when we chase one dream for a long time, we need to be prepared for what happens next. There is no shame in having a Plan B and knowing when to pivot to something else. Having a plan in place is a life skill that Lauryn encourages people to cultivate. Sometimes the transformation is tough when you have to find a new identity and a different dream to chase.
TWEET: “Having a back-up plan is NOT a bad thing.” @worth_winning
Making financial plans
How do you pay for college when your family has limited resources? With no trust fund and no savings for college, Lauryn wasn’t sure how she would pay for college. Even though she had been taught financial responsibility from a young age, she needed an expert to help make plans. People usually do business with someone they know, like, or trust—-but Lauryn had none of those connections. The first financial planner she saw didn’t get to know her needs and wasn’t able to help her. What she really needed was someone to teach her financial literacy, which is what Lauryn seeks to do for her clients today.
TWEET: “Know how to pay yourself first.” @worth_winning
Choosing someone to help
Since anyone can proclaim themselves a “financial advisor,” many have a conflict of interest or seek to sell insurance or other services to people instead of helping them with what they really need. Lauryn’s advice is to look for a CFP (Certified Financial Planner) because no one can attach that title without going through the proper training and certification process. It’s important to know which questions to ask and whether the professional is commission-based or fee-only.
TWEET: “Time is on your side when you start while you’re young in planning your financial future.” @worth_winning
OUTLINE OF THE EPISODE:
- [:33] Lauryn’s interesting background
- [1:43] The intersection of academics and athletics
- [5:43] Becoming a bobsledder
- [10:08] The average “life span” of an athlete
- [11:23] What comes after the athletic career?
- [16:20] Using her financial degrees
- [20:00] When to hire a financial planner
- [25:26] How to find a true CFP
- [32:08] What we need to know about using Lauryn’s “Four Buckets” for budgeting
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
Lauryn on Facebook
Lauryn on Twitter
Lauryn on Instagram
Lauryn on LinkedIn
Fee-Only Financial Planners for young people (All of which are CFP's)
TWEETS YOU CAN USE:
TWEET: “Chase YOUR authentic dream, not someone else’s.” @worth_winning
TWEET: “Growing up, I knew that being smart would be the key to accomplishing my dreams.”@worth_winning
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With only three FOMC meetings left this year, professionals and consumers patiently await to hear how the Fed will approach the current signs of an “improving” economy. Most recent economic data shows that America’s jobless rate has fallen nearly a percentage point over the last year, home construction has accelerated and the equity markets continue to rally on the slightest positive news. However, do these recent improvements portray a healthy growing economy? The current pace of inflation, tells a slightly different story.
With the rate of inflation cooling off recently, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledges the risk that it might have on the economy and mentions that inflation would have to rise before the Fed could end its bond-buying program and for the economy to grow. Bernanke, personally points to recent temporary factors, such as federal budget cuts, to the cooling off of inflation. Remaining divided, the Fed continues to squander over why inflation has been persistently below its 2 percent target. Minutes from the central bank’s July meeting (July 30-31) show that a number of policymakers believe that persistent economic weakness is the reason behind the current low level of inflation, rather than temporary factors. Many economist are surprised inflation is not even lower, given that the unemployment rate has been above 7 percent for more than four years. In short, current US inflation may damage the Fed’s plan to end a bond-buying stimulus by the middle/late next year and could leave the economy in a stalemate.
Directly pointing to a commodity that has hasn’t experienced inflation, but rather deflation is the Corn market. Please refer to the Corn chart below and notice how the price of Corn peaked at $7.00 a bushel back in July 2012 and is now $4.60, losing nearly 35% of its value in less than one year.
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Final sale: Millersburg landmark Maxwell's to close after 145 years
In 1866, the owners of Maxwell's Clothing Store took pride in being able to provide a man his sturdy work clothes and his Sunday suit. On Dec. 31, after the last sale is made, that claim will still stand unchallenged.
That is when, 135 years after Robert Maxwell opened his retail business on Main Street in Millersburg, his great great grandson John Maxwell is closing the doors of what he says is the oldest family-owned clothing store in the United States.
"Quitting while you're ahead" may be a factor in the decision, because, Maxwell says, the year 2000 provided the best business of the past eight to 10 years and 2001 looked even brighter.
"It's a fact of life," he said, "Malls and Wal-Marts -- not that they aren't good stores -- have taken a toll and made tough times for retail businesses in Small Town, U.S.A."
The tradition will end without a fifth generation of Maxwells to carry on the clothing retail legacy.
"The store was doing fine for me, at my age, but it wasn't right for my sons," he said. "It was a tough decision."
Sons Todd and Brad, and their families, live in Florida and Colorado, respectively.
John and his brother, H. Richard Maxwell of Millersburg, who co-own the building, have searched for a buyer who is willing to protect the structure's integrity. The Victorian atmosphere of the store has been retained almost a century and a half at the same site, although the address is now listed as 45 W. Jackson St.
The Civil War was over in 1866, when Robert Maxwell, his wife, Mary, and brother J.T., built the store and began in business, according to Alathea Maxwell of Millersburg, wife of third-generation owner, H.R. Maxwell, who has carefully chronicled the store's history.
It was constructed next door to the Hotel Millersburg, established in 1847. In its early years, water for the store was carried in an earthenware jug from a pump on the courthouse lawn.
While his brother was minding the store, J.T., who was later elected Holmes County Common Pleas judge, practiced law in an upstairs office. Most of the second story was a display area for trunks, which were used for stagecoach and train travel in the 1800s.
After Robert Maxwell's sons, H.B. and J.W., took over the business, merchandise arrived in wooden boxes and clothing was spread out on oak tables or tucked into drawers, she said.
The interior of the store underwent extensive restoration in 1907. The second floor was completed and a decorative tin ceiling, skylight and rock maple floors were installed. Fifty years later, an elderly man paid a special visit to the store to see the ceiling. As a young child, he had accompanied his father to Millersburg to install the ceiling that was delivered by rail and hauled by horse and buggy to the store.
H.R. and Alathea Maxwell, who became the owners in 1925, upgraded the store with counters, shelves and showcases. Their sons, John and H. Richard, grew up in the business and were partners until 1980.
Businesses that have provided clothing lines for Maxwell's since its beginning are now offering to buy back antique signs that still enhance the Victorian flavor of the store, John Maxwell said. Old lines include Levi Strauss, Hart, Schaffner and Marx and Woolrich.
The Woolrich company, which dates back to 1830, claims Maxwells as its oldest customer. "We've been their top line and they are still a family owned business too," he said.
Maxwell's inventory still lists vintage hat boxes and, here and there, a beaver felt hat. Many of the original fixtures remain. The safe, now blackened on one corner from use, was installed in the late 1890s.
"Selling the merchandise is not the difficult part of going out of business, it's selling the antiques," he said.
John Maxwell said he has heeded his father's business advice over the years, personally greeting his customers and making each welcome.
"Dad always said if you treat people right and give them good service, the profits will come. It's a two-way street," he said.
Longtime customer Ralph Kasner of Killbuck said he bought a suit at Maxwells' Clothing to wear to his high school graduation in 1921.
"It was always a dependable store that kept up with modern day styles. I'll miss it," he said. "I'll miss talking to John. I remember him as a little kid."
Older customers have many memories of Maxwell's store. In 1929, work clothes were the specialty with shirts selling for 19 cents and overalls for 59 to 79 cents. When the automobile became the popular mode of travel, one whole side of the upstairs was devoted to white dusters, scarves, goggles and sporty driving caps, John Maxwell said. A clothing club, established in 1962, was still going strong in 1992. Over that time, $35,000 in clothing had been given away, according to Alathea Maxwell.
John Maxwell said he is very optimistic about the future of downtown Millersburg.
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As the result of how schools in California are funded, all districts must write a Local Control and Accountability (LCAP) Plan. The purpose of this plan is to outline how the district will use Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) funds to meet the needs of students. Plans must align with eight state priorities and be updated annually. Each year the LCAP Committee meets to review the purpose of the plan, analyze academic data, district and school needs and discuss how to address future needs. The Committee includes teachers, administrators, classified staff, parents, high school students, and a member of the Board of Education. | <urn:uuid:f2cff64d-8675-4005-aebf-13d0d80ec737> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ece.pusdschools.net/apps/spotlightmessages/2400 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943057 | 123 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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G7 Working Group Neglected Tropical Diseases and Poverty Related Diseases (NTD-PRD)
Turin, Italy, September 28, 2017
G7 Science Ministers Communiqué
Annex 1: G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Working Group — Progress Since May 2016
Annex 2: Report of the Group of Senior Officials on Global Research Infrastructures
Annex 4: G7 Expert Group on Open Science
In the follow-up of the G7 consultations in Elmau 2015 the G7 Science Ministers decided to initiate a G7 working group on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Poverty Related Diseases (NTD-PRD). Concrete areas of action for the working group were agreed on at the G7 Science and Technology Ministers' meeting in Tsukuba from 15-17 May 2016, where G7 Countries decided to:
The G7 working group on NTDs and PRDs focused in particular on how to improve R&D mapping, options for coordination of current R&D activities and on possibilities for future joint or complementary actions.
The working group has been jointly chaired by the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. An overview of the follow-up activities since the G7 consultations in Elmau 2015 is given below:
The G7 working group has actively promoted the dialogue between the three databases G-Finder, WorldReport and the WHO Global Observatory that monitor nationally funded R&D activities on NTDs and PRDs.
Together with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Welcome Trust, the G7 group proposes to evaluate the possibility of launching a pilot project on data extraction as a next step towards the interoperability of these databases. To prepare this pilot project, a survey will be conducted among the members of the G7 working group, the BMGF, Welcome Trust and the three databases in order to define a set of variables for the pilot project. Then, the pilot project would provide a starting point to see how accurate the information obtained by current data extraction protocols is and where the current gaps are. The members of the working group will validate the results of the data extraction pilot.
The G7 group suggests the set-up of an overarching, light structure in the sense of a network of networks. This network could, for example, be set up for specific diseases and promote the exchange of experiences, access to experts, and the sharing of information existing and future R&D funding mechanisms among the G7 countries. Step 1: In a first step, different, desired elements (composition and structure) of a network of networks, including training programs will be identified. These elements shall be checked across existing academic and government networks, to see where gaps and needs for networking are. This preliminary work would not require funding of any specific element.
Step 2: Based on the elements identified from step 1, the network of networks would be set up.
The G7 group proposes to focus on existing, multilateral funding mechanisms for possible future joint or complementary actions. The Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) could be an interesting platform covering operational research. The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) could be considered as instrument for the joint funding of late stage expensive clinical trials. Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) also provide a platform for development of new products for NTDs/PRDs.
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Andrew: Is there a high success rate with the people you coach, in making these changes in their attitude?
David: A very high percentage. However, I have to add a note of caution. A very high percentage, if they’re willing to buy into the philosophy of coaching. You are absolutely right, Andrew, if a person thinks that there’s a quick fix, there may be a problem. We live in a world that people think you take a pill and the pill will give you the skills.
With diabetes you take insulin and live a better life. ADHD medication is just one element that allows you to be on a level playing field. But if you’re on a level playing field, you’ve still have to learn how the rules and skills of how to play soccer.
Andrew: Medication doesn’t teach football skills or win games?
David: That’s right, in Europe it’s football and here we call it soccer right! But if you’ve never learned how to play and you’ve been told that you’ll never be able to play, and you get these medications so all of a sudden you’re able to get on the field. Once you are there you think “Now what do I do? I’ve never learned. Nobody has taught me.” Well, are you willing to learn?
People coming to terms with their ADHD are like kids learning to walk – once they can understand the moves they can go anywhere they want to go! The key is learning about your biology, then looking at the fuel that affects that biology: your daily thoughts.
These subconscious daily thoughts are so powerful, Andrew, you and I both know that to not pay attention to them is to really mess up your life. I say to my clients “If you want to leave this negative pattern that you’ve been in for the last 40 years, you’re going to feel uncomfortable because change is not easy.
But you have two choices: to remain stagnant and be comfortable, or to become uncomfortable and to change your thoughts and life in a positive way. It’s your choice. For ADDers it so much more difficult to make these changes. It is why they need a well trained coach in their corner that understands them and speaks their language.
You know that we’re often the first person to hear an ADHD adult say “You’re the first person that really understands me.”
Andrew: I have heard that many times, it is so sad to live alone, often for decades with an invisible problem, but I love to help people feel less alone.
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Itations Of Jamaica and I Rastafari
ITATIONS OF JAMAICA AND I RASTAFARI – EDITIONS 1, 2 & 3
Writer: Mihlawdhd Faristzaddi
Publisher: Judah Anbesa
Published: 1982 / 1991 / 2002
Book: Paperback / (total) 640 pages
ISBN: 978-0951222201 / 978-1962333313 / 978-1973444411
Website: Itations Of Jamaica and I Rastafari @ facebook
ITATIONS OF JAMAICA AND I RASTAFARI
“Itations Of Jamaica and I Rastafari” is a remarkable three volume Trinity / Trilogy of books. Over a decade in the making Mihlawdhd Faristzaddi’s truly beautiful books represent a colorful and poetic expression of the culture, music and spirituality that are embodied in the worldwide movement known as Rastafari. These little editions are nicely bound and stuffed with page after page dazzling color photographs interspersed with poetry, lyrics, Biblical quotations and meditations about the nature of Rasta consciousness.
Mihlawdhd Faristzaddi, Jamaican of Arab, Jewish, African, European, and indian ancestry, is an English trained graphic artist and photographer. “Itations Of Jamaica and I Rastafari” is his “Itation” (meditation) of the manifesting culture and the beautiful Caribbean Island of Jamaica. His books are the record of the “I and I” that is his personal history, the history of Jamaica – in the metaphor of the Jamaican creole experience.
Each over 200 pages of amazing colour pictures, texts, poetry, DUB poetry, Reasonings, Biblical meditations and Songs of Praise. Visionary images feature the Rastafari way of life, the ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX KEDASSA and MASKRAM / the FINDING OF THE TRUE CROSS. THE CHURCHICAL NIHYAHBINGHI and musical artists; THIRD WORLD, PABLO MOSES, I JAHMAN LEVI, BUNNY WAILER, BURNING SPEAR, MISTY IN ROOTS, JUDY MOWATT, BOB ANDY, LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY, A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY, MUTABARUKA, MIKEY SMITH, OKU ONUORA, ASWAD, NORMAN GRANT, BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, JEAN BINTA BREEZE, BROTHER RESISTANCE, KAREGA MANDELA, AUGUSTUS PABLO and much more in many beautiful photos.
Each book explores different themes, but the three together are an almost seamless whole in the concept and presentation. The “First Itation” is the most concerned with Jamaica, proclaiming itself to be “An iconography and meditation about Jamaica and the uprising of the most controversial culture and philosophy of Rastafari.” The “Second Itation” is mostly concerned with the land of Ethiopia. The “Third Itation” brings it all together with the heartbeat riddim known to all creation as Reggae Music.
The three volumes are a 640 page one of a kind unique photo essay which stands not as a book about Rastafari and the culture, but rather one created from the heart of IHI and IHI, that IS the RASTAFARI NATION and people and THEIR message to the world; their theology and “reasonings” – poetry and songs in praise of Rastafari. “Itations” is a unique book, a contemporary revelation dealing with the spirit of Rastafari as it is evolving in the world at large today. The Biblical passages are inspirational, there are many poets and writers with their “reasonings – a dialectic line of discussions which Rastafarians engage in when gathered together to give thanks and praise.” There are also many Sistrin poetesses with their words of liberation, sister like Sister Faybienne Miranda, Sister Farika Berhane, Askale Mirriam, Daughter Jeenih, Sister Jennifer Gad, Sister Sheilah, Sister Netifah, Sister Asherin Gad amongst many other Ihiyaahtahzhs (daughter) of Rastafari, Sister Alika Selassie with her Twelve Tribes reasoning, Sister Nigisti Selassie with the Knowledge of the Ancient and Divine.
Here’s a summary of each volume.
THE FIRST ITATION
Interwoven into the pictorial images of many Rastafarians in their natural surroundings are twelve collage like texts (The Setting For The Scenario) which explain elements of history, the beginning of the movement, concerns of the contemporary life, merging religion and politics, questioning mores, breaking the old conventions and creating a new image for the millennium. It is the collective experience of the IHI and IHI, the revolutionary spirit which is Rastafari. There are selected Biblical passages and a collection of prose and poetry from many leading Rastafarian poets. Dub poets and sisters with their poems of protest and liberation. There is creative text about Ethiopia and the return to Mother Africa, about His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Ganjah as their religious sacrament, Babylon, texts about Jamaica and Rastafari explain their ideals and aspirations.
Ital (vegetarian) foods, fruits and juices discuss the whollistic aspect, there is also Riddimistical IHI Riddims which speaks about the very important influence of music in the culture and its prominence in world Pop culture which was led by Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Third World, Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Israel Vibration, Aswad amongst the many well known singers and players of instruments.
THE SECOND ITATION
The Second Itation, The Revelation, expands and explores further aspects of the movement in more depth. Rastafari musical reality is illustrated with international artists live on stage, including THIRD WORLD, JUDY MOWATT, MISTY IN ROOTS, I JAHMAN LEVI, MUTABARUKA, BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, all beautiful pictured in various settings, mostly LIVE on stage. There is a revealing series of pictures set in Ethiopia in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church showing the celebrations of Maskram (the finding of the true Cross), the huge and thunderous Koborro drums used in the ritual chanting of the Church, there are the awesome Tabots (the representatives of the Ark of the Covenant, said to have been taken to Ethiopia by Menilik, the son of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon), there are the priests and deacons in church robes with the huge ornate gold and silver ceremonial crosses, the church and its collection of icon wall paintings and the reality of the Holy of Holies.
There are some in depth theological Rasta reasonings featuring Message from the IHISEHMBLE of Elders in Jamaica by Jah Stone, the Godhead of Rastafari by Jah Bones, the Armageddon World War by Ras Joel Lawson, the International Rastafari Credo, the Holy Tabots of Ethiopia, Sheba’s journey to Jerusalem to King Solomon and other texts from the Kebra Nagast (the Glory of the Kings of Ethiopia) and many other writings written as a kind of “Revelation Reasonings” to the readers from Rastafarian writers, poets and theologians of the movement.
THE THIRD ITATION
The Third Itation, The Liberation, features Reggae/Rastafari musical reality lavishly illustrated with major International artists like ASWAD, ISRAEL VIBRATION, PABLO MOSES, BUNNY WAILER, BOB ANDY, BURNING SPEAR, SISTER JEAN BINTA BREEZE, RAS MICHAEL AND THE SONS OF NEGUS, MUTABARUKA, AUGUSTUS PABLO, a tribute to BOB MARLEY, LEE “SRATCH” PERRY, NORMAN GRANT of the TWINKLE BROTHERS, BROTHER RESISTANCE, KAREGA MANDELA, SISTER NETIFA and the CHURCHICAL DRUMMERS AND CHANTERS OF THE NIHYAHBIHNGHI, in musical concert or caught in natural settings in “YAAHDH”. Itation three expands the word, sound and power of Rastafari, and reveals further theological Rasta reasonings with writings from Dreahdd Level by Shango Baku, Babylon Overboard by Saint Patrick, The Livity Of Rastafari and the Mystic interpretations of the Gospels by Ras Bassa Rahjah.
Itations three continues with the word, sound and power of Rastafari with many poems/songs of praise to Rastafari, as well as important Biblical passages which are used to embelish the iconographic photographic.
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Russian Communists Try Multi-Ethnic Fundamentalism
by Maryanne Ozernoy
In a recent broadcast, Russia’s official radio station "Voice of Russia" stated that Zyuganov’s Communist party, the KPRF, was backed in Russian provincial regions and autonomous republics for economic reasons. The central government halted subsidies to the periphery and as a result, living standards in regional Russia dropped far below the poverty line. This "economic" interpretation of regional public preferences, as we will see further on, is insufficient. It fails to explain why Russian people in regions and the ethnic minorities in autonomous republics voted primarily for Communists and not for Zhirinovsky’s LDPR or General Lebed’s KRO. These parties, like the Communists, used popular disappointment with Yeltsin’s regional economic policy to gain votes in the regions. What distinguished the ideology of Zyuganov’s Communists from that of the other opposition parties was their ethnic policy. This ethnic policy was a substantial component of the Communists’ strategy that was largely overlooked by observers and analysts of the recent elections.
Fundamentalism as a Core of Neo-Communist Ethnic Politics
The neo-communists have used the revival of ethnicity in Russia to appeal to militant nationalistic feelings and co-opt anti-colonial movements in the Russian provinces for their own ends. Zyuganov has skillfully connected Marxist-Leninist notions of friendship between nationalities with support for traditional cultural values and religious orthodoxy, opposing the latter to liberalism, democracy and the West. Zyuganov speaks to ethnic Russians as a Slavophile preaching Orthodox messianism. When talking to ethnic groups such as Tatars, Buryats and Bashkirs he poses as a defender of their civilization and religion. This point distinguishes his attitudes toward ethnic minorities from those of the Russo-centrists, who have preached russification of these minorities and the division of Russia into the old imperial guberniyas (regions equally subordinated to the Center as in Zhirinovsky’s program,) or into Western type territorial divisions (zemli modeled on the German Landers as Oleg Rumiantsev proposed in his initial draft of Russia’s new constitution.) If ethnic politics was used by both radical nationalists and democrats to undermine the ethnicity of the republic’s minorities, Zyuganov promised the national elite a new distribution of state property and a restoration of their influence which had been undermined by Yeltsin’s reform. These policies brought the new Communists political dividends in recent elections.
At first glance, it is hard to understand how it is possible for Zyuganov’s program to support the aspirations of local ethnic elites for independence and autonomy from Moscow while at the same time promising to prevent a disintegration of the Russian Federation. The explanation lies in his model of a multiethnic fundamentalist state, that includes Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists while excluding Catholics, Protestants and Jews as anti-national. The leader of the KPRF tries to merge left revolutionary ideas with rightist ultra-national values On one hand, he claims that the KPRF "Is a part of the union of Communist parties on an international scale."On the other hand, he supplants Lenin’s idea of internationalism and the proletarian state with the concept of the state as a federation of fundamentalist chauvinistic ethnic groups. He proposes a state model that offers equal comfort for Russian ethnic fundamentalists (pochvenniki) and Tatar, Bashkir, and Buryat nationalists. Zyuganov found and utilized the niche of multiethnic fundamentalism as a taming force for nationalistic and separatist movements in the regions. The patriotic idea of a strong mighty state embodies the communist concept of a union of equal nations at a time when other major parties have failed to recognize the importance of these components. The mighty State, Derzhava, cements ethnic orthodoxy into the Communist union of different multi-national fundamentalisms. This allows Zyuganov to speak as a true Communist-internationalist who promotes friendship between nations and multicultural diversity in the framework of Derzhava, the Great State.
The Eurasian Concept and Neo-Communist Ethnic Politics
It is not surprising that Zyuganov openly claims to be the heir of traditional communism and a proponent of the Eurasian concept developed by the ultra nationalist press in such newspapers as Elementy (the Elements), Ataka (attack), and Den, (the Day) that was renamed Zavtra (Tomorrow). When democrats consciously fought Russian authoritarianism and helped to destroy the USSR, Zyuganov insisted that first the Russian empire and then the USSR comprised Eurasian civilization. The new-Communists were not the first to feel threatened by nationalistic movements to central government authority. But they were among the first to elaborate an antidote to separatist movements in the periphery. Using the new guiding national doctrine of Russian communism, "the equality of nations, the friendship of nations, and international roots," neo-communists are using traditional communist internationalism to justify Eurasian chauvinism with its passionate hatred for Western civilizations, primarily the Anglo-Saxon world, and the Atlantic powers. Since Islamic fundamentalism is viewed by Russian Eurasianists as committed adversary of the US, the Communists consider an alliance between Orthodoxy and Islam as a coalition against Americanism which they associate with Moscow, Yeltsin’s government and market economics. The Communist Eurasians highest priority was to create an immediate geopolitical alternative to an Atlantic superpower. This new construction was Derzhava, a Great State, uniting the ethnic minorities of the Russian Federation into a continental power as opposed to the Atlantic, oceanic world. However, unlike many Eurasians, the Communists did not plan to break with Bolshevism, but to create a system combining the "best of two worlds."
Zyuganov praises the revival of "respect for historically developed religious beliefs as part of national cultures–Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism" and "regard for the traditional nature of all ethnic groups [emphasis given by Zyuganov] for the formation of not only cultural, but also social economic policy in the whole state, including each republic, and region." As a Communist, he talks about the new Communist Program that describes the coming "national liberation" wave "from the policy of national treason." The neo-communists exploit anti-Moscow and anti-Yeltsin governmental sentiments in the ethnic republics and provincial regions in the same manner the old CPSU exploited the anti-colonial drive in Africa or Asia. The success of neo-communists in the recent elections demonstrates that Zyuganov was, at least, partially successful in creating a mutually beneficial program that would be acceptable for the country, for the nation, and the multinational community."
The KPRF ideologists realized earlier than others that the disintegration of the USSR and Soviet identity is sharpening the search for a Russian national identity bringing the national problem to the forefront. The so-called "red-brown bloc," with which Zyuganov has been affiliated, redeveloped the pre-war Russian Eurasian doctrine into a nationalist concept that conflated proto-fascist ideas with Slavophilism and statism. The popularity of this new form of Eurasianism in Russian politics is so high that its rhetoric is occasionally used not only by Slavophiles, but by such "Atlanticists" as former Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev who called for reconstruction of the Berlin-Moscow axis. But when it comes to ethnic politics, racism prevents Eurasianists from giving ethnic minorities equal rights with the Russian nation. The main ideologist of Eurasianism and Zyuganov’s close associate A. Prokhanov preaches "loyalty to national, ethnic and racial traditions …with a preference to the imperial type of ‘great nationalism’ over ‘little nationalism’ with separatist tendencies." That policy, in fact, means the automatic subordination of minorities to the Russian nation. In spite of his anti-Semitic and anti-Western ideas, Zyuganov never talks about the subordination of the ethnic minorities populating provincial Russia to Russian ethnicity. Unlike Eurasian ethnic politicians, he constantly gives reminders about equality and friendship of all nations comprising the Russian Federation. He has developed the idea of a supernational, national state that is a replica of the former Soviet Union. From this point of view it is a communist concept. However, the multinational fundamentalist state based on the Eurasian model is a dangerous nationalistic idea connected with traditional Russian xenophobic and messianic Slavophilism.
What kind of ethnic and national politics can we expect now, when neo-communists comprise the majority of the newly elected Duma? What steps should we expect from the neo-communists when the best minds in Russia’s political world are concentrated on the forthcoming presidential elections?
It is hard to foretell the exact direction of neo-communist policies in advance of the Communist Party Congress that is scheduled for January, 1996. However, it should be assumed that the Communists won’t take any responsible position in Yeltsin’s government.
There are several reasons for this:
1. By doing so, the Communists would lose their status as an opposition to Yeltsin’s unpopular government before the elections (unless they manage to negotiate substantial concessions from the Yeltsin’s government that they can claim as victory);
2. Their economic and foreign policies are utopian and certainly cannot produce success in the short run, that is, before the June presidential elections;
3. Their ethnic politics is a successful but volatile deal with the regions and that can work only as a result of a package of economic and political promises made during an electoral campaign.
Expressing ethnic fundamentalist ideas, neo-communists undermine the democrats and reformers cause and help the KPRF to present itself as the only true national (Russkaya) and supernational (rossiiskaya and sovetskaya) party. The Neo-communists made the emphasis of their electoral campaign the Russian provinces from the very beginning. With its more traditional and native ways of life, and a worsening economic, political and cultural situation, the KPRF’s patriotic communist fundamentalism were expected to get a better response from the local electorate and the results of the parliamentary elections are witness to the strategy’s success.
Other potential Russian leaders have shown little sensitivity to the feelings of Russia’s ethnic minorities.
In his interview with the leading Eurasianist A. Prokhanov, Aleksandr Lebed defines nationalism as a merger of ethnicity and statehood. His statements reflect the Russo-centrist plan to divide Russia into nonethnically based federal regions. "We are all Russians, we are finally Superrussians (Rossiyane), we all live on the same territory… we can’t convince a Bashkir that he is not superrussian… And the main point is why do we have to do this?" (Newspaper Zavtra, "Tomorrow," No. 34, August, 1995, p.3)
Lebed’s wishful thinking that the ethnic minorities would like to give up their ethnicity is in line with anti-ethnic and pro-Russian statements in which he objects to Kalmykia having more rights in the current administrative structure than Russia’s regions. His statements reveal an underlying feel for Russo-Centrist ethnic politics. "Kalmykia is populated by 300 thousand people. It has more rights and, accordingly, more opportunities than the industrial Sverdlovsk region which is populated by five million people. It is absolutely unclear why such discrimination takes place. Perhaps because the people of the Sverdlovsk region are not Kalmyks. I don’t have anything against Kalmyks but this is an abnormal situation." (Segodnya, No. 213, 1995, p.4)
Among the Russo-centrist Eurasianists, the most outspoken theoreticians of the privileged place for Russian ethnicity and race in the Russian Federation are A. Prokhanov and A. Dugin, the editors of Elementy. In an editorial, they state that "from the ethnic point of view, we prefer the imperial type of ‘big nationalism’ to the separatist kind of ‘minor nationalism’. On the religious level, we are for loyalty to genuine, traditional Orthodoxy and Islam." (Elementy, No. 2, 1992, p.2)
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‘Black Island’ he takes the audience to an island with a few people to be described as a cast. The story revolves around Jonas, who is finishing his final days of school. After the death of a respected teacher at a local school, a mysterious island teacher appears on the island. The story of revenge reveals that the teacher has a more serious reason than teaching students Rilke’s poems.
The movie shines with a good performance by actors including Alice Dwyer, Philip Froissant, and Mercedes Müller, and cinematography adds a layer of destruction to the unflattering story. Quick deadlines can raise some questions in your mind. Know about the Black Island movie.
Black Island: Overview
The Black Island’s story takes the audience to the island of Kiel in the Northern Frisian Islands to tell a story of mystery and revenge. The story begins with the death of Mr. Maineke, Jonas’ father, and a German schoolteacher. Jonas’ grandfather Friedrich also held a high position at the school, having previously worked as a teacher. After the death of Mr. In the meantime, a new teacher, Helena Jung, is taking over the ministry in Germany. She emerges as beautiful and relaxed at first glance, interested in the beauty of nature.
After class, Helena calls Jonas, Nina, and Florian to help her pack her boxes home. While Helena, Jonas, and Florian have a good conversation over a shelf, Nina hurts herself. Florian takes Nina home with him and Jonas follows in his cycle. (Black Island) Later in her home, Helena burns Jonas’s printed pictures. She assigns students to write a poem that sounds like a classke in the classroom, and the aspiring poet Jonas helps Nina to write her own poem. Jonas’ grandfather frustrates his efforts, but Helena encourages him wholeheartedly, even though he knows he helped Nina write her assignment.
Later, Jonas will show Helena his manuscript, which seems to break Helena’s tears. Jonas quickly kisses, then responds with a refreshing kiss. They start dating, but the sudden arrest of his grandfather at a school party after Helena’s sight raises doubts in Nina’s mind about Helena’s deceptive appearance. Nina’s investigation pushes her into a fatal thought, while Jonas finds out about the terrible past of following Helena.
Who Is Maria Roth?
Friedrich fell after seeing Helena at the event. Although Jonas misses the detail, Nina and her friend Jule are aware of this. Nina decides that Helena may be the cause of Friedrich’s sudden illness and that the two may never know each other. Jule knows from her father that Helena looks just like her German teacher at school.
Nina visits the library to look at the school’s old archives to see if there are any Helena and face competitions with one of the staff. (Black Island) Stand on the page to get the same picture. This photo is of Maria Roth, a former German schoolteacher. Unexpected revelation prepares Nina to face death with Helena. Helena suffocates Nina until she dies and then tears off the page of the yearbook.
When Jonas comes looking for Nina in the library, Helena tells Jonas that Nina left the place earlier. While Jonas forgets to look for Nina’s bike, Helena sees it after putting Nina’s body in her car. He takes the keys out of Nina’s bag and returns the cycle again. Helena carries Nina and her belongings to the island’s shores and dumps the body into the sea.
That night, Helena sneaks into Jonas’s house to contact another dreamer, and the next day, Nina’s body washes the beach. After being exposed, (Black Island) Friedrich fainted a second time and was taken to hospital. Jonas looks worried and goes to Helena’s house to fight.
By then, however, Helena has left to visit Friedrich at the hospital. From Helena’s arousing monologue to the hospital, we understand that Maria is Helena’s mother. Friends return to the library to find the page taken out of the book. They searched online to find a picture of Maria Roth and Friedrich together. They are investigating further finding that Maria Roth died in a 1988 accident. The next morning, Helena was released from the hospital by Friedrich and knocked on Jonas’ door. Before Jonas could understand anything, Helena carried Friedrich’s bed in the doorway.
“Black Island.” Jonas explodes at Helen, who promises to tell her everything she drinks. Audiences see Helena eating Jonas’s coffee, possibly a stabbing death following a fight. He later puts Friedrich’s bed in the window to get a better view of Jonas’ fate.
The argument reveals that Helena is Jonas’ blood-related aunt. When Maria Roth arrived as the new German teacher at the school, Friedrich committed an illegal act with Maria, and Helena was the child of their love. When Maria was head over heels in love with Friedrich, Friedrich was concerned only with dignity. Thus, Friedrich plunged Maria into cold blood, and Helena survived, reborn with a desire for revenge. Black Island.
Is Helena Dead or Alive?
After being exposed, Jonas feels drunk. (Black Island) At that moment, Helena drags her into the pool while assuring her that it will be all right. Helena tries to drown Jonah in the pool, but Jonas still has the power to free himself from Helena’s clutches. He escapes from the lake and crawls home in difficult times. Helena chases Jonas home, and a fight ensues between the two.
Helena tries to choke Jonas, but he grabs a piece of glass. Jonas stabs Helena in the chest with a piece of glass, then falls next to Jonas. At the end of the story, he appears to have died while both Jonas and Friedrich escaped while still alive. But Helena’s specter haunts Jonas as he escapes to a dump island on a boat. In the boat, he chases after a woman wearing a yellow jacket that looks exactly like Helena.
Jonas follows (Black Island) the woman to the side of the boat, near the engine room. The woman is not Helena, but she is carefully looking at a map of the North Frisian Islands hanging from the side of the boat. The woman greets Jonas, who is relieved to learn that she is not Helena. A woman asks Jonas if he has taken a boat on Kiel Island, where Jonas shakes his head. The woman is curious as to why the island is black on the map.
Jonas looks at the map, then touches the dark area to find that the island is darkened in black or muted pastel. The final revelation draws the story into another shadow of darkness following a series of tragic events. The island was not originally painted but was hand-painted afterward. It is possible that the island was previously darkened by Helena because of her hatred and anger towards the island and its inhabitants. Black Island. | <urn:uuid:35e04aad-99c1-4b0f-b917-a7523ac3691a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.readsme.com/2021/08/20/black-island-is-helena-dead-or-alive/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.953961 | 1,461 | 2.03125 | 2 |
I am male, does that make me a bad person? (In some people’s minds, yes.) I am white, does that make me a bad person? (In some people’s minds, yes.) If I were to follow a particular faith,would that make me a bad person? (In some people’s minds, yes.) The list is endless.
The mind’s brilliant ability to categorise people and things in an instant has obvious benefits for our survival. But there’s a downside, and that causes so many problems, so it’s worth examining the habit from time to time.
Premature conclusions, harsh judgements and untested assumptions are at the heart of much human misery. This ‘quick and dirty’ habits don’t just cause problems between people, but also within people. You and me, for instance.
Depression, for example, can be triggered by many things, but it is largely maintained by the rubbish thinking styles that it brainwashes us with. That’s why, when you are depressed, you actually come to believe that you are stuck with it. The knock-on effect is that many people won’t seek help (why go for help if nothing can help?).
The same faulty logic causes all sorts of problems, in all areas of our lives. The real villain, in many cases, is not that which we instantly judge it to be, but that which we fail to judge dispassionately.
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Since 1993, employers have been required to provide protected leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Although FMLA has been around for almost 30 years, FMLA violations are increasing. Recently, one employer was fined a penalty of $200,000 for firing an employee improperly during FMLA leave.
Chances are, you’re like us and looking to avoid incurring any unnecessary penalties. Read on for the top 13 FMLA mistakes to avoid to keep your own business protected.
1. Not Forming an FMLA Policy
FMLA allows you to decide some policies in how you administer FMLA leave. For example, employees can take up to 12 weeks of FMLA leave in a 12 month period. However, you can define if that time is in a calendar year, or a rolling 12 months backward.
This is important because unless an employer defines the method of 12-month calculation for FMLA, employees will usually choose a calendar method.
Additionally, this means that technically an employee can take the last 12 weeks of the calendar year off and the first 12 weeks of the new calendar year. Unless you have already defined and notified employees of the calculation method of the FMLA 12-month period, employees can choose to take leave in the way that is most advantageous.
Top Tip: Define how you calculate FMLA leave per year (and whether or not employees must use paid leave for FMLA leave!) and include it in your employee handbook.
2. Failing to Notify Employees of FMLA Rights
Unfortunately, many employers assume that employees already know their rights under FMLA. You are required to notify employees of their FMLA leave rights in two separate ways:
- Post FMLA rights at your place of business.
- Notify employees of FMLA rights when hired.
You must notify new employees of FMLA rights upon hire. Otherwise, employees won’t automatically know if an employer is a covered employer under FMLA or what the employee must do to qualify.
Top Tip: Display an FMLA poster, outline FMLA rights in your handbook, and include an electronic copy in your onboarding materials.
3. Not Using FMLA Forms
In addition to notifying employees, employers must use FMLA forms for employee leave.
This helps to ensure that you are following FMLA guidelines for employers. The forms also simplify medical verifications of employee leave. Using the official forms will ensure that you don’t ask for information prohibited under FMLA.
Top Tip: Download FMLA forms from the Department of Labor. Include this link and instructions for filing in Human Resources training materials and have your HR manager give their team a refresher course on filing FMLA forms.
4. Failing to Confirm when Employees will Become Eligible for FMLA
Employees are eligible for FMLA leave when they have worked for the employer a total of 12 months over the previous 7 years and 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months.
This means that rehired employees may be eligible under FMLA shortly after rehire. Essentially, a full-time rehired employee (who hasn’t worked in the last 12 months for the same employer) would become eligible during the 32nd week.
If the employee has worked for the same employer in the last 12 months, then those hours would count toward the 1,250 required hours for eligibility.
Top Tip: Use an HR portal like SDP Connect to track employee work tenure. Ask us how to set custom notifications to indicate in each employee’s profile when they are eligible for FMLA!
5. Silent Managers Who Fail to Inform HR of Employee Leave
Too often, managers fail to let HR know when an employee requests FMLA-eligible time off. Unfortunately, FMLA leave cannot be backdated. If you fail to inform employees correctly, they may end up getting more than 12 weeks of FMLA leave. Employers must:
- Notify employees who take FMLA leave.
- Give the eligibility notice within 5 days of the first day of FMLA.
- At the same time, provide a notice of FMLA rights and responsibility.
- Provide a designation notice within 5 days of leave.
Failure to adequately notify employees of FMLA usage has resulted in crippling FMLA violations by employers.
Top Tip: Train managers on FMLA notification instructions. Remind managers and employees in your HR portal.
6. Managers Who Don’t Understand FMLA Rights or Recognize Leave
Too often managers are not trained well enough on FMLA to recognize eligible leave or understand the protection provided. Remember that an employee doesn’t have to specifically invoke FMLA leave to qualify for leave.
The courts have ruled that if an employee provides enough information to the employer for the employer to know that the leave should have been FMLA covered, the employer must abide by FMLA law.
This means that if an employee mentions a serious health condition and a manager doesn’t recognize the leave as FMLA qualified, you might be found out of compliance.
Another risk of untrained managers is that employees may be given repercussions from taking FMLA leave. Employers who retaliate against an employee for absences that should be counted as FMLA absences will be found non-compliant and will be liable for all penalties and fines.
7. Denying Leave and Then Taking Adverse Action
Although employers can deny FMLA leave for non-qualified events or for employees who aren’t covered, it can be a big mistake to deny leave and then immediately take adverse action against that employee.
While adverse action may have already been in the works and may be completely justified, the employee could view the request for FMLA leave as the reason for the adverse action.
This could set the employer up for increased liability under FMLA laws. The courts have been very sensitive to retaliation cases lately.
8. Too Little FMLA Coverage
Some employers mistakenly believe that FMLA leave is related only to work-related conditions. This is a dangerous misconception. Employees can take leave not only for themselves, but also for qualified family members, parents, children, and spouses.
Further, employees can take leave for a serious health condition related to employment, but also for something not related to their work. This can include a physical or mental illness that qualifies.
A serious health condition is any condition that requires inpatient care at a hospital, hospice or continuing medical treatment. In some cases, employers should grant FMLA leave for situations arising from natural disasters.
Top Tip: Review the FMLA guidelines and include them in your employee handbook. Remind employees and managers in your HR portal, too, just to be safe!
9. Too Much FMLA Coverage
Employers sometimes make the mistake of granting too broad of FMLA coverage. This is more common in states like Colorado and California, with their own state FMLA laws in addition to federal FMLA.
For example, many states expand FMLA coverage to include in-laws, domestic partners, siblings, or grandparents. While your company can provide leave for these situations or may be required under state law, it does not count as federal FMLA leave.
Employers who count leave for these relationships or for expanded reasons and then deny true FMLA leave will be non-compliant with FMLA laws. In a best-case scenario, you will have to grant more leave than may have been intended to employees who seek legitimate FMLA leave after being given ‘expanded’ FMLA leave.
10. Not Keeping Thorough Records of FMLA Leave
FMLA, like all employment laws, requires you to keep detailed records or risk repercussions for non-compliance. Employers who don’t keep exact records of employment leave may provide more leave to employees than intended.
This could leave you open to a discriminatory lawsuit if some employees are inadvertently given more leave than other employees. It could also mean that absences that should be FMLA leave are not counted as FMLA leave and that the employee gets punished or held back from promotions because of those absences.
Top Tip: Include a copy of the notice provided to employees, proof of any premium payments for employee benefits, documentation regarding all FMLA disputes, certifications, re-certifications and medical records, and all employee notices to employers regarding FMLA leave. These records should be kept separately from personnel records.
11. Inaccurate Medical Certifications and Missing Job Descriptions
Employers should attach the employee’s job description to the designation notice. This allows the healthcare provider to understand what the employee’s duties are and to accurately release the employee for work.
If the employee’s job description or duties aren’t attached to the designation notice, then the health care provider may rely on the employee to describe their work and may mistakenly release them for work when they are not ready.
Additionally, some employers mistakenly believe that only a medical doctor can provide a fitness for duty certification. In fact, any healthcare provider can release an employee for work. This includes clinical psychologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and even chiropractors in some situations.
Top Tip: In your human resources software, include the appropriate job description to each employee’s profile. (Hint: you can find our entire job description library in SDP’s HR Support Center!) Have Human Resources personnel attach this job description to all FMLA paperwork.
12. Not Understanding ADA or How Light Duty Work Affects FMLA Leave
FMLA includes the possibility of intermittent leave which can jointly qualify under the Americans with Disabilities act. This could include an adjusted work schedule, part-time work, or adjusted work duties.
The way ADA and FMLA work together isn’t straightforward. Consult legal counsel to make sure you are in compliance. Review Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines. Add to your company handbook and Human Resources training.
And remember, after an employee has exhausted all 12 weeks of FMLA leave, they must still be aware of ADA laws.
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies in nearly every circumstance in which an employee would use FMLA for a serious health condition of their own. Thus, even after 12 weeks of leave, employees may be eligible for additional accommodations due to their disability and may be protected from retaliation.
13. Not Handling Benefits Properly While Employees Are On Leave
Employers must maintain employee healthcare coverage while employees are on FMLA leave. However, you may be able to require the customary employee contribution.
If employees must make health care contributions, but this isn’t required after returning to work, coverage must be provided without any waiting periods.
Top Tip: Remember any benefits that the employee qualified for previous to leave (such as seniority or attendance related benefits) must be reinstated to the employee upon their return to work.
What do you think?
How confident are you in your FMLA compliance? Employers must track not only FMLA laws, but also local, city, and state sick leave, minimum wage, and scheduling laws.
Southland Data Processing provides a comprehensive array of workforce management and time tracking tools that can help businesses maintain compliance.
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MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. The world Cup, which will be held in the summer in Russia, will not have a significant impact on inflation in the country, told reporters Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
“No significant effect on inflation will be. The expenditures that were made were spaced out in time and in total volume is not so significant part, moreover, it was productive investment, which does not create inflationary pressure on the consumer market,” he said.
Last autumn the Bank of Russia made temporary acceleration of inflation in the regions of the holding of the world Cup amid growing consumer demand.
The world Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15, 2018 in 11 cities of Russia.
Monetary authorities acknowledged that the sharp weakening of the ruble in April, after the expansion of U.S. sanctions could over time be broadcast in inflation. The Russian stock and foreign exchange market answered introduced on 6 April the new US sanctions “black Monday”, which seriously weakened the ruble.
Despite some recovery, the Central Bank has not ruled out increasing the inflation forecast for the year, which is still at the level of 3-4%.
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Healthy twists make this favourite food better for your heart
October is National Cholesterol Month, and to mark the occasion Flora ProActiv has created new recipes to help maintain a healthy cholesterol level, without losing out on taste.
Many suffer from raised cholesterol, but it can easily go undetected, and without symptoms. These recipes, which put a healthy twist on our favourite foods, make cholesterol management easy.
Autumnal French toast
1 medium cooking apple (about 100g after preparing)
10g Flora 100% Natural Ingredients
1tbsp dark brown sugar
1 large egg, beaten
60ml semi-skimmed milk
¼tsp vanilla extract
2 thick slices of bread
1tsp vegetable oil
20g Flora ProActiv Light
1. Firstly, peel the apple and cut into cubes.
2. Melt the Flora 100% Natural Ingredients in a frying pan over a medium heat, add the sugar and mix to dissolve it into the Flora. Add the apple to the pan and sprinkle over the cinnamon. Cook for about five minutes until the fruit starts to colour, stirring regularly.
3. Meanwhile prepare the mixture for the French toast. In a wide shallow bowl, mix the beaten egg, milk and vanilla extract.
4. Once the apple is ready, remove from the heat into a bowl.
5. Add the oil into the pan over a medium heat (no need to wash it first, all those lovely flavours will soak into the French toast!).
6. Place one slice of bread into the egg mixture for a few seconds and then turn it over to coat the other side. If the bread is fresh, it won’t need much dunking at all (just a few seconds), whereas older bread will take a bit longer.
7. Quickly transfer the coated bread into the frying pan. Repeat with the second slice.
8. Fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until the bread starts to brown.
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Triple C is a “first line” antibiotic powder is used for the treatment of bacterial infections in birds. It is effective against E.coli (Enteritis), Mycoplasma (Chronic Respiratory Disease) and Chlamydia (Psittacosis) infections.
Triple C is easy to use as it may be added to the drinking water or the food of birds.
Remove all sources of unmedicated water and prepare fresh solutions daily.
Remove sources of grit and calcium for the duration of treatment.
Supply medicated water for 5-7 days (Psittacosis 45 days) in glass, glazed or plastic containers.
Parrots - 5.0 g/L in clean water.
Finch and Pigeon - 2.5 g/L in clean water.
All ornamental Birds - 5.0 g/Kg in dry food.
All ornamental Birds - 10 g/Kg in hand rearing food.
Triple C Antibiotic is an ideal 'first line' antibiotic
Broad spectrum antibiotic for treating Psittacosis
For the treatment of organisms susceptible to Chlortetracycline
Treats bacterial infection including E.coli (Enteritis), Mycoplasma (Chronic Respiratory Disease) and Chlamydia (Psittacosis)
Keep out of reach of children and pets.
Store in a cool and dry place.
Do not use for birds intended for human consumption.
It's an antibiotic for treating Psittacosis.
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The scientific consensus is clear that we must limit global warming to 1.5°C. To achieve this, the planet needs to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Tackling climate change and thinking about our own ability to reduce carbon emissions is one of the ultimate ways of "being a force for good," one of our guiding values.
Canva’s Australian operations have been carbon neutral since 2020. As of 2021, our entire global operations, including print and subsidiaries, are also carbon neutral. We’ve now entered the Beyond Net Zero phase, where we focus on regeneration, building our impact and healing the planet.
Australian operations are powered by renewable energy. We are currently working on matching our renewable energy generation and usage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our regional operations in the Philippines, China, US, and Europe are due to follow in the near future.
For every print order placed with Canva, we plant a tree – it is a simple idea with a big impact.
By the end of 2022, there will be 3.5 million trees in the ground, focusing on native restoration which mimics what a native forest would do. Tree planting sites are selected based on the degree of deforestation and poverty in the region. We are committed to working alongside local villages and communities to achieve a successful and longstanding reforestation effort.
By creating jobs such as Planters and Site Managers we also help to generate social benefits for the local communities.
Carbon offsets are an important starting point, but they are not our focus. In line with limiting warming to 1.5°C, Canva is deeply committed to tackling the challenge of decarbonization.
It is important for Canva to be transparent in our approach to carbon credits. There are two major types of carbon credits defined by the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets:
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A bug control technician might be called an exterminator, which sounds much more major than a parasite control representative. But both line of work are comparable, and both entail utilizing some form of chemicals to remove insects and pests. A pest control operator is educated to find and also eliminate any kind of bug that might be hurting a house, service, school, factory, and so on. This sort of work may remain in the professional or customer sector, as well as is usually the parasite control professionals who see houses and also offices to clear them of termites or ants. They are likewise called exterminators due to the fact that they utilize various approaches to do away with these unwanted burglars.
Pest pest control specialists utilize different methods to eliminate these bugs. A regular insect control specialist will make use of catches to trap termites, after that utilize chemicals to kill them and secure up the holes or tunnels where they have actually settled. Various other approaches are likewise made use of to annihilate pests, such as the application of fumigants that maintain the area they are assaulting devoid of termites and other insects, and poisonous substance lure. Traps, fumigants, and poisonous substance lure are all kinds of chemical agents that might be made use of by an insect control specialist to rid a home or service of any pest, worm, or rodent. These strategies are not constantly effective, and also often an extermination is unsuccessful. виж тази страница
Parasites like rats, mice, bees, as well as also flies are a significant issue for many property owners. Actually, in some parts of Houston, parasite control problems are considered to be virtually epidemic proportions. Bugs can infest an entire area in simply an issue of days as well as can spread out from there. For instance, in Galveston, TX there was such a large infestation that the authorities had to establish an abounding fence to maintain the regional insects under control.
The big issue is that some bug control professionals are not educated to take care of bug control problems successfully. It is essential that they have experience dealing with particular pests, chemicals, as well as mixtures. They should know exactly how to act in hazardous circumstances, since it is typically difficult to anticipate where a problem can occur. Texas pest control firms are required to educate their workers in hazardous waste, hygiene, as well as safety. A Houston insect control technician need to have a certification released by the Texas division of agriculture that shows his or her understanding as well as experience with insects. A bug control specialist must likewise be able to record the specific parasite he or she is taking care of.
There are a few basic means to avoid rats from infesting an area and avoiding chemicals to do away with insects is one. If you understand computer mice are nesting in a particular area, buy an air top quality screen that will certainly let you understand if there is a problem before it ends up being too extreme. Numerous birds, as well as some bugs, rely on plants for food. Eliminate those plants if you think a problem and also clean them up correctly after that.
Ultimately, tidying up after yourself and your animals is one more vital action to take during Houston bug control season. Remove leftover food, garbage and food crumbs, and clean your animal’s bedding and towels frequently. This not just keeps your home clean as well as smells nice, however it stops disease. Keeping your house as well as company properly is an additional important part of having an effective organization, as well as it can settle for both you and your clients when the problem lastly finishes as well as the rats move on to greener fields.
A bug control service technician may be called a pest control expert, pest exterminator, or rodent controller. Most of the times, this term is utilized reciprocally with insect control. Pest exterminators enter into client houses and services in order to look for rats or pests. щракнете върху следната статия
They after that use the right approach to get rid of or remove the pest, whether that be a pesticide traps, or any other approach. Some pest exterminators are qualified and also have particular pest-control training courses that are accepted by the state. Others are not licensed but have actually obtained specific training programs that fulfill standards set by the insect control association or the national parasite control organization. In any case, they are qualified to make sound pesticide application choices, which is why they are frequently contacted to choose in the line of responsibility.
The work of a pest control expert or insect management technician is to make sure that no damage falls upon individuals and also residential property they are employed to secure. A pest control expert could work in a company’s store or office complex to free the building of insects. They can also be hired to manage an infestation of ants in a home. The therapies involved with managing these type of problems can range from using chemicals to individual health.
Numerous services pick to utilize pest-control firms to help them keep their offices and also stores disinfected since they do not want to invest money on pest therapies once in awhile. For house owners, it may be an issue of price or trouble, depending on the extent of the invasion. Many people simply don’t have the moment to apply or keep in mind the correct treatments for regular parasites like ants. A few of these insects are likewise able to get under people’s skin and also cause unpleasant irritation or rashes.
While some bug administration technicians are trained to deal with the chemicals, numerous are trained to use more all-natural and less hazardous items. A few of these include biological chemicals and also other natural chemicals. These natural products, nevertheless, can present possible threats of their very own and also ought to only be made use of by trained specialists. A lot of insect management professionals also carry out test of houses and also offices to see if the correct chemical treatments have been used. This is called pre-treatments and also it is necessary for the appropriate therapy to be applied before a problem can hold. Главна страница
If you find yourself faced with pest concerns, there are a number of Do It Yourself techniques you can take to take care of the problem. A few of these choices include using my techniques at home, making use of lures around the home, making use of catches and even more. The goal for any kind of pest control expert or parasite control technicians is to keep any kind of insect issues from becoming a significant issue for your household and also employees. Using exterminators and Do It Yourself methods, they can do this. | <urn:uuid:4361b6aa-348c-42e3-a298-002184de02f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/2021/07/23/bug-control-is-so-famous-yet-why/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973717 | 1,392 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Air Passenger Duty (APD) is soon to be reviewed and possibly be replaced with a flat £7 rate for all domestic flights. This in effect will see the tax being cut by half.
A government consultation will take place this spring and look at all options, including a new lower rate for domestic flight segments.
The news has been applauded by the airline industry who have been urging the government to reduce this tax which they believe is partly to blame for the demise of regional airline Flybe.
PM Boris Johnson said he wants to reduce air passenger duty on domestic flights to help ‘support connectivity’ across the nation in order for a speedier post-pandemic recovery. APD is the only tax on air tickets on which no tax or VAT is paid.
For airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair who operate a large number of domestic flights, the reduction could prove to be the journey back profit and maybe even lower fares passengers
However, there is an anomaly that will be addressed by this move. APD is currently charged at a minimum of £13 per passenger for flights from a UK airport. That means for a return domestic flight £26 is charged.
it is “bizarre” that you could pay less tax on a flight from London to Barcelona than a flight from London to Edinburgh
Yet anyone flying out of a UK airport to a destination in Europe will be paying tax on the outward bound flight only meaning it is only paid once when travelling abroad.
According to Grant Shapps Secretary of State for Transport, this is the wrong way round.
Speaking on Sky News, he said it was “bizarre” that he could pay less tax on a flight from London to Barcelona than a flight from London to Edinburgh.
Airport Operators Association Chief Executive Karen Dee said:
“Domestic aviation suffered a double-hit in the last year, with the collapse of Flybe and the Covid-19 pandemic, and this offers a glimmer of hope for the future.”
BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said:
“We welcome the Government’s announcement of a consultation on reform of domestic APD. It is important that domestic connectivity is reinvigorated post-Covid as this is something which can really help power our economic recovery.
“The double taxation of domestic flights is an anomaly which is a real barrier to new routes being established and new connections being made between the regions and nations of the UK.”
Not everyone was pleased. Dr Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK said:
While the move is welcomed by the aviation industry, it was slammed by green groups.
“A reduction in APD would continue our nonsensical trend of the higher the carbon, the lower the tax”
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Vol. 10 No. 4 April 2008
A Moment of Reflection
By Ernest S. Underwood
A panel of judges in our state upheld a $108,800 fine against a man who poached 1088 turtle eggs from a state park. It was argued that 80 to 90 percent of marine turtle eggs are fertile; therefore, each egg must be considered a unit of marine life. The judges agreed.
Those who support abortion claim that a “fetus” is not a human “person” until birth has occurred. In 1973, the Supreme Court agreed with this insanity, ruling that it is perfectly acceptable to abort, also known as murder, the fetus. According to these judges, it would be unconstitutional to protect the unborn baby.
Isn’t it ironic that laws protecting unhatched turtle eggs are perfectly all right, but laws protecting unborn human beings are unconstitutional? Swipe a turtle egg and get sixty days in jail, plus a hundred dollar fine for each egg swiped. Murder a thousand unborn children and be rewarded with tax money to continue the practice, and be lauded as a champion of “reproductive freedom!”
May God avenge all those innocent lives that have been so callously and viciously snuffed out—and He will!
By Ernest S. UnderwoodIn a society where wicked and evil men and women are cowardly (through terrorism, killing others), where lawyers and judges support and promote that which is ungodly (where money apparently speaks louder and with much more force than does integrity, justice, and honesty) and where immorality has engulfed our nation and world, it is of great consolation to those who, unlike the fool, believe in God and His sovereignty. In | <urn:uuid:6f2457c6-aa12-431e-88ce-4f5aad1159e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gospelgazette.com/gazette/2008/apr/page18.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.956393 | 385 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Qiskit provider for AQT backends
Qiskit AQT Provider
Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of circuits, algorithms, and application modules.
This project contains a provider that allows access to AQT ion-trap quantum system.
You can install the provider using pip tool:
pip install qiskit-aqt-provider
pip will handle installing all the python dependencies automatically and you
will always install the latest (and well-tested) version.
Setting up the AQT Provider
Once the package is installed, you can use it to access the provider from qiskit.
Use your AQT credentials
You can initialize an AQT provider using your token locally with:
from qiskit_aqt_provider import AQTProvider aqt = AQTProvider('MY_TOKEN')
MY_TOKEN is your access token for the AQT device. Then you can access
the backends from that provider:
print(aqt.backends()) backend = aqt.backends.aqt_qasm_simulator
You can then use that backend like you would use any other qiskit backend. For example, running a bell state:
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, transpile qc = QuantumCircuit(2, 2) qc.h(0) qc.cx(0, 1) qc.measure([0,1], [0,1]) trans_qc = transpile(qc, backend) job = backend.run(trans_qc) print(job.get_counts())
For running the quantum circuit on the ion-trap quantum device you need to use
aqt_innsbruck as backend, which needs a different access token.
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Hashes for qiskit-aqt-provider-0.4.3.tar.gz
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May 05 2019
The benefits of LED lighting in terms of productivity for your workers doesn’t simply mean staff work harder. Especially for industrial workspaces, pushing workers too hard is detrimental to the individual, the business and the industry as a whole.
To understand how LED lighting can help increase workplace productivity in a holistic way, OEO shows how workers can see and see rewards in it.
Practical benefits of LED lighting
LED lighting not only provides brighter bulbs, but also USES less energy than rival bulbs, such as CFLS and metal halide bulbs. It also helps to manage the types of lighting it can provide.
We mean using different types of light for different purposes. If you need strip lighting for refrigeration equipment, you can provide LED lighting. It will be done by using plug and play, retrofitted ballast or bypass bulbs, even for the most outdated fixtures. Not only that, it doesn't waste energy because of the CFL's known heat.
The effect on workers' productivity is through function. If you work in a paper mill and need bright white light to check the watermark, LED lighting will help you do this effectively. If you work in laboratory conditions and need color lighting of sensitive materials, leds can create the environment you need, with extremely high adaptability and a variety of different color bulbs.
This is also true if you work in confined Spaces or in large areas (indoors or outdoors). High shed LED lighting can create a light filled space. It can be operated and transmitted by tilting the lens, but it can also be controlled in terms of volume and strength. It does all of these things, it has a very high lumen depreciation rate, it's very energy efficient, it's very cost effective, and it allows you to hire more people through cost savings. Productivity improved across the board.
LED lighting can also be programmed like other bulbs. This saves workers the time to set up lighting combinations and the simple operation of having to turn on and off different bulbs. They're doing it with much less risk, like you might get an explosion from a fluorescent light.
How does LED lighting affect workers
LED lighting can provide different types of light from the same lamp, which means workers can get the right type of light at the right time of day. This allows employees to take advantage of natural light to align with their circadian rhythms and mitigate the adverse effects of certain types of light on the body.
That means workers are not only more productive, but healthier overall. Whether it is a steel mill or a biological treatment plant, lighting in industrial Spaces often keeps workers out of the sun. By allowing leds to mimic the effects of sunlight when needed, it could mean workers are healthier at work and at rest.
This increases productivity in terms of security. Healthier, happier workers are safer workers. Bright and effective lights can help avoid accidents that may hinder production and, of course, even lead to death. This affects not only productivity but also the impact of terrible accidents.
LED lighting is better for your staff, which makes your business better and the industry better. It is the light of the future because its environmental benefits can make the whole world more productive.
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With every year that comes, the more impressive games get, from the environment you play into how you control the game like VR. Games are constantly evolving and getting better. One key feature of game design is animation. The animation is creating an image into an illustration and realism is very similar but more detailed and true to life. Some examples of animation in games are Super Mario Brothers and Angry Bird and for realism it’s games like GTA V and Call of Duty. Realism has become extremely popular in the past few years and is slowly taking over the animation sphere as games are becoming more and more realistic and realism sells. But when it comes to animation there are many things that keep pulling people in keeping animation alive. Some may debate that one is better than the other but both have their advantages and how they affect the player but which one is considered ‘better’?
Technology is ever-changing and traditional animation is slowly fading out and realism has become more and more popular within the gaming developing sphere. Technology is developing into something better every year. This means that games are just getting more and more realistic. (Hodgkinson, 2009) ”A prime goal of animation is the illusion of life. In order to achieve this illusion, an illusion of reality is conveyed” The improvement of animation brings a game to life and helps game developers produce a game that feels like a simulation. To make a game come to life it is important to add some imperfections that you would see in everyday life like a stain from a mug on a wooden table or scratches on glass. Technology is always evolving and helping games come to life, especially in the aspect of animation.
Elements of Animation
When it comes to animating your game there are many factors that you may have to consider that you did not think about before creating your game. The face of your character is what is most important when creating your character. The way its mouth moves and how it faces wrinkles when it’s speaking helps the audience to develop an emotional connection with the character of your game. (Maddock, Edge and Sanchez, 2014) “the most important aspect of facial animation is visual speech”. The less realistic your character can prompt the audience to feel less emotionally attached to the character. Higher geometric realism in your game helps the player to feel like they are playing a simulation of life. Higher geometric realism gives the items around the player more shapes and textures to make them seem more realistic. The main goal when it comes to your animation is to make it feel as real as possible to help the audience connect to your game.
Effects of Animation on the player
When it comes to making a game how realistic your game is can influence the player. Realistic games are becoming more and more popular in the gaming universe, but this can cause aggression in your players if the game is too aggressive. For example, games like GTA V would have these effects on the player. Games with guns and knives are more likely to make your player violent. (Barlett and Rodeheffer, 2009) “The more realistic a game is the more confrontational the player of your game might be. graphics quality should be highly related to the probability of seeing video game images in real life because less pixelated images make such images appear clearer helping players interpret the attributes of the video game as resembling real life.” A test was carried out on a group of players and violent video games are more likely to make the players more hostile and influence their heart rate because it gives them that rush. In conclusion, the more realistic and violent your game is the more angry or assertive it may make your audience who are playing your game so it should be taken into consideration when creating your game.
Animation in E-Learning
E-learning is a new way to approach teaching, it’s available to many students and helps them feel more engaged. E-learning is more likely to grab a student’s attention and help them to retain the information better because they can refer what they learned to an image or something they remember from the game. A study was carried out amongst students who had completed a course and students who were interested in the course and both students found it extremely helpful and could retain a lot of the information. (Taylor, Pountney, and Baskett, 2008) “students participating in the experiment reported that the animated learning materials could improve their speed of learning the topics presented”. E-learning is a good substitute for traditional learning as it engages students and helps them to retain information easier.
When it comes to animation vs realism, which one is considered ‘better’ is all based on preference. As we found out realism can become very realistic and has been shown to give people spurts of energy when playing games like GTA V. But realism also has its perks like making the game feel more like a simulation of life and helping those playing feel more connected. When it comes to animation you may feel a lack of that connection but animation plays a big part when it comes to electronic learning. Animation in electronic learning has proven that it has many perks and helps those who learn put an image to what they are learning. Both realism and animation and excel more at one thing than the other may not. That’s why I feel as though it is not up for debate which one may be considered better because both hold their own in what they are trying to produce.
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Woodstock Gardens in County Kilkenny
Base yourself at Hotel Kilkenny and explore the wonderful outdoor activities that surround Kilkenny.
The beautiful Woodstock Garden and Arboretum is located in the very picturesque town of Inistioge in County Kilkenny. The gardens overlook the River Nore Valley.
Woodstock Gardens is a perfect outdoor activity for all the family, with woodland walks, a children's playground, walled gardens and a history story it is a great day out.
The walk in the gardens
During your walk in the gardens enjoy the walled garden filled with fruit trees, rose garden, rockery garden and the rustic summer house. The monkey puzzle avenue and Noble fir avenue are great to see.
The arboretum is home to a collection of rare and exotic trees. A lot of the trees here are recognised as champion trees due to their size.
There are lots interesting facts from the garden... The Monkey Puzzle tree which comes from Chile may of got its name because it would be puzzling for monkeys to climb up its whorls of spiny leaves. It’s also worth noting, there are no monkeys in Chile!
The history behind the gardens
The gardens date to the 1740's with the main development taking place in the 1800's. A period of disrepair followed during the 1900's following the burning of Woodstock House, however in 1999, Kilkenny County Council undertook an ambitious programme of garden restoration which is now well advanced.
Woodstock House was built in 1745-47 for Sir William Fownes by the architect Francis Bindon. It has a rusticated front facade and is unusual in being built around a small central court.
Both the main house and the wings were built of stone with brick lining inside. The basement vaulting was, unusually, also of brick. Only parts of the east and west walls of the centre block and parts of the wings had no internal brick lining.
Like many early 18th century Irish country houses, the decorative emphasis of the building was focused upon the front facade. The five bay garden frontage is much plainer though a very decorative iron staircase was added in the 1850″s by Richard Turner, the famous iron master.
The main house was burnt in 1922. The house is now in an unstable condition, having been in a ruinous state for approximately eighty years.
Due to its constant exposure to weathering, there has been considerable decay of the fabric and undermining of the structural stability of parts of the building. The central bay of the front facade collapsed in March 2001 during a storm which has left the building now even more unstable and extremely dangerous. (Works are now underway to protect the building from further deterioration)
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