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The development of plagiarism detection systems using Internet, to enable academic institutions and publishers identify stolen intellectual property is discussed. The already available plagiarism detection tools include Turnitin; EVE2 and WCopyFind. The detector tool uses the Google search engine for Web searching and for doing automatically the detector accesses the search engine through the Google Web APIs service using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The detector engine is a Java application that resides on a server for shared user access.
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SunCalc Disproves Manila Bay Sunset Will Be Blocked By Manila Solar City
Thanks to FB Friend Atanacio Salvador, outrage faddists will be outed again for a fair bit of deception.
Atanacio sent me an infograph and a link to a site which scientifically disproves the claims of a supposed altruistic movement that the majestic view of the sunset of Manila bay will be blocked by a joint reclamation project by the Manila City Government and Manila Goldcoast Development Corporation.
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The infograph shows an artistic rendition of the Manila Bay sunset supposedly as it is now and below this is another rendition of the Manila Bay sunset blocked by tall buildings, supposedly those that are going to be constructed on the Manila reclamation project.
This picture is being circulated by Paulo Alcazaren, Jim Libiran, and other members of the SOS Save Manila Bay movement.
It is a picture that will rile anybody up, unless they’re actually Manilenyos and actually took time to think about where exactly the sun sets.
The artist made one glaring inaccuracy, he or she depicted the sun setting towards Quirino Grandstand or towards the Manila Pier.  Here is a closer picture of the erroneous sunset being spread by SOS Save Manila Bay.
Below the picture of the erroneous depiction of the Manila Bay sunset is another picture from SunCalc, a website that “shows sun movement and sunlight phases during the given day at the given location.”  This picture shows where the sunsets around this time of year and clearly, it indicates that the sun sets right towards the center of the bay, NOT towards the Pier.
Moreover, I used SunCalc to see whether the proposed Manila Solar City project will block the sunset along Roxas Boulevard and guess what? It won’t.
Check out the sun’s path on Quirino Avenue.
Check out the sun’s path on Malate.
Check out the sun’s path at the Quirino Grandstand.
Of course, the place where the sun sets will differ through out the year and this is because the Earth is slightly tilted. Â Come March 22, the sun’s path will be a direct line crossing east to west and from that point, the sun will set progressively towards Quirino Grandstand.
By July 13, the sun will set nearest to Quirino Grandstand.
I think SOS Save Manila purposely timed their sunset viewing at this time of year when the sun sets nearest the proposed site of Manila Solar City. SOS Save Manila is PURPOSELY DECEIVING THE PUBLIC by not telling them that from March onwards, the sun’s trajectory will progressively veer away from Manila Solar City and the succeeding sunsets will be closer to the Quirino Grandstand. Â COMPLETELY MISSING THE MANILA SOLAR CITY DEVELOPMENT!
Even now, the sun’s trajectory barely glances the edge of the proposed development and really, this can be addressed by not building structures that would obstruct the view of the setting sun from Quirino Avenue.
Oh, and Mr. Jim Libiran, I didn’t use fancy equipment for this and am just using FREE stuff on the net. Â Nothing fancy that will obviously need a lot of funding to execute and publish or broadcast.
So, before you insinuate anything, let me ask you… How was your lunch with PR Man Bobby Capco?
Let me end this post with a few words from Atanacio:
How far will these guys go to pursue their so-called public interest agenda? The fact is they are pursuing their own agenda. Public access to the sunset is not limited to that few meters of Manila Bay’s shore. It is available to all in a far wider coastline of the country’s western side. In fact, it shouldn’t be touted by the Department of Tourism as the Manila Bay Sunset… it should be the Philippine Sunset.
The reclamation islands on Manila Bay — yes, ISLANDS — will breath new life (and land) into the old decrepit city that is Manila: new jobs, new business opportunities, new clean and well managed environment.
Yet these sunset savers want to save THEIR “view” — what have they done for Manila lately? And if they are able to stop this reclamation project for the reasons they state, what good will they do then for Manila and its ills?
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Furniture is always the pearl of the place where it has been kept. Since the ancient days, people have been using different sorts of natural objects as furniture. It is supposed to be from the very early human civilization. Evolution of furniture design started in the ancient city of Greece and Rome. Since then, furniture transformed from different structures of heavy weight to sophisticated design of lightweight. Traditional form of furniture is intended to fill a place of traditional and modern world. This can be clearly depicted from the cafe furniture present in various renowned cafes from across the world. Club furniture| Cafe tableshttps://haveaseat.com.au/product-category/hospitality-furniture/hospitality-furniturecoffee-tables/ we offer the best cafe chair at an affordable price range. Chairs- The Immortal Movable that still Stand Tall Seating has been the oldest known furniture types and is considered as the most important. Seating has always had a decorative feature from pre-historic age. The simplest form of seating is the chair that we see in the present days. Design and structure of chairs kept on changing as per the basic necessity and comfort of the people. Chairs came into limelight when the demand for sophistication and aristocracy started creeping into the mind of people. Its comfort urged people to use chairs at a war-footing level. Every household, institutions at that time started to switch over to chair. It has been a success and is considered as the greatest invention in mankind. Transformation or Transition- Not to be Overlooked During the last few decades or so, restructuring and remodeling of chairs started. As per the demand of people and the place, sizes, design and structure of chair changed. Chairs were then started to be available as per the requirement of place. For office purpose king-size chairs were made; for house, house-like chairs were designed and for cafes, cafe chairs were in demand. Cafe chairs provided the much needed aristocratic and the antique look to the cafes. And since then, these were selling like hot cakes. Cafe furniture was more or less associated with cafe chairs. Cafe chairs are made up of wood, metal or other strong materials. In some cases a number of materials is cleverly molded to give the exquisite look because it is all about the look. The design was made in such a way keeping in mind the comfort it has to provide to the occupant so that it does not spoil the mood of the moment. Modernization of Chairs With advancement of science and technology, chairs took the different forms. Starting from the molded plywood-make to wood-laminate chairs and leather ornate chairs were readily available. With further implications of science into the making, mechanical chairs were invented. To its credit was the introduction of adjustable knobs and wheels so that it can be rolled to a desired place if needed with leaving the seat. It is true that furniture adds beauty to a place it is kept at. It is evident from the fact that since the pre-historic times royal families added the required decor to their royal palaces or home they stayed in. Once there was a time when the status and stature of a family was judged with the furniture. Cafe owners are following their footsteps and stress upon renovating their cafe furniture with the time to give their cafe that modern look. | <urn:uuid:3aa0a25e-5754-45d8-bca9-bbb8e96ba693> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.homesbuilder.org/furniture/blend-yourself-in-coffee-at-cafe-furniture.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980825 | 673 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Ralph Torrie is a senior associate with the Sustainability Solutions Group, partner in Torrie Smith Associates, and one of Canada’s leading energy and carbon modellers. He helped design and lead a series of green recovery webinars and publications that laid some of the groundwork for last week’s Throne Speech. In this interview, he talks about what the speech got right, the tough path to 1.5°C, and what’s still needed to get Canada’s transition off carbon on track.
The Energy Mix: What gains did you see in the Speech from the Throne?
Torrie: A national commitment to net-zero carbon by 2050 is a good thing, and overdue. But we’re in a climate emergency, and the sense of urgency is not yet where it needs to be if we’re going to move quickly enough and forcefully enough to get on a 1.5°C pathway. And that pathway is no picnic, we’re seeing that every day now.
Since we put forward our green recovery agenda in the spring, there has been a remarkable consensus develop over what would make up the main components of a green recovery, and the Throne Speech included all of them—building retrofits, electric vehicles, renewable electricity, nature-based solutions, cleantech innovation, and redeployment of the energy sector itself. So I thought there was much to commend in the Throne Speech. Of course the proof will be in the policy and budgetary commitments that follow, but the rhetoric hit the right notes.
The Energy Mix: In the weeks leading up to the speech, there was a wave of pushback against pursuing a green recovery while we’re still in a pandemic. Did the government get the balance right?
Torrie: In recent weeks, there have been suggestions from some quarters that the green recovery must wait, that we can’t afford to address the immediate disruption and suffering caused by the pandemic while at the same time laying the foundation for a green economic recovery. But that’s a false dichotomy: pandemic relief without a green economy is a recipe for more public health disasters in the future.
And the need to address climate change was already urgent before the pandemic. We’re running out of time to prevent catastrophic climate change, and we’re running out of time to secure a place at the green economic table that is clearly the future of prosperity the world over. The Throne Speech reflected that urgency.
We’ve known for some time that we need to accelerate the transition to a green transition for environmental reasons, but we also need to up our game if we want to be players in the low-carbon economy that is emerging as the central business story of the 21st century. There was an explicit acknowledgement in the Throne Speech that “this is where the world is going. Global consumers and investors are demanding and rewarding climate action.”
The Energy Mix: Before the speech, we heard a lot of concern about the government setting aside its traditional “fiscal anchors”. But both parts of the agenda—pandemic relief and green recovery—need public funding and federal leadership. Can green recovery investments actually help ease the anxieties coming from conventional economic thinkers?
Torrie: Oh yes, in fact the green recovery investments are our best hope for Canada’s economic success in the 21st century, and even among those you refer to as “conventional economic thinkers”, there is a growing recognition of that fact. A day does not go by now without an announcement of one or another major investment bank or multinational corporation throwing its financial muscle into the green economy.
It’s a mistake to underestimate the massive opportunities in the low-carbon economy. That’s an important part of the answer to the concern about federal deficit financing for both pandemic relief and the green recovery. Now is the time for the federal government to use its fiscal power and monetary sovereignty to accelerate the transition to a green economy. Sovereign debt injects money into today’s economy, not the other way around, and borrowing for a green recovery can be done with negative real interest rates.
The real issue is the capacity of the Canadian economy to rise to the challenge of building a carbon-free economy, and this is the time to invest heavily in Canada’s future. The Throne Speech went at least part way to taking that position: “This is not the time for austerity…The government will do whatever it takes, using whatever fiscal firepower is needed to support people and businesses during the pandemic”.
We haven’t seen the government’s numbers yet, but our analysis shows that $110 billion of strategically-placed federal government investments in a green recovery would stimulate $1.6 trillion of value creation in the Canadian economy over the next ten years. If we lock in the borrowing at today’s rates, the government’s share of the resulting economic value creation will be more than enough to pay down the sovereign debt incurred for the initial investments.
It is not about whether we can afford to do this, so much as whether we believe in ourselves and in the coming generations of Canadians. Just on the basis of the climate emergency itself, never mind the urgency of securing our position in the global green economy, if ever there was a time for the government to go all in on a green economy for Canada, this is that moment. It is not the economy we get by fighting climate change we should be worried about, it is the economy we get if we don’t.
The Energy Mix: So the spending and the political agenda won’t just be incremental. But what about the actual programs? You’ve been leading the conversation on mass, deep energy retrofits. The Throne Speech talked about retrofits creating “thousands” of jobs, when it’ll take so many more to upgrade the entire building stock in 20 or 30 years. Even after this big-picture, aspirational speech, are they still thinking too small when it comes to implementation?
Torrie: We aren’t going to get there with tools and strategies from decades past. Those methods emerged in an era when the best we thought we could do was to bend the energy demand curve in the right direction, without worrying too much about where it would end up. That approach simply isn’t up to the task we now face.
Retrofits are a great example of the need for a step change in the ambition and creativity required to switch from incrementalism to a full-blown emergency response. After decades of effort, we’ve yet to see a program designed to be both wide and deep, covering the entire stock of existing buildings with the goal of phasing out its use of fossil fuels while building up its resilience to climate disasters. To get that done, we need an industrialized retrofit process that is 100 times faster, 1,000 times wider, and three to four times cheaper than anything we’ve done before.
We should not be surprised at the very low rate of building retrofits so long as we keep expecting individual households and building owners to take on the logistics, up-front costs, and the months of disruption that come with the way we have been doing renovations. Can you imagine if we took that approach to other big, expensive undertakings? How many power plants do you think would get built if we asked individual homeowners to pony up the capital, find a contractor, and manage the design and construction? Innovations like property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing are fine as far as they go, but they don’t go very far and they do not address the full range of barriers to deeper, faster, and more widespread building retrofit activity.
The spending has to be smart, but we’re capable of that, too, and this is the moment to show it. The pandemic pause has delivered an opportunity for an economic reset, at a terrible cost in human lives and suffering. So we must not squander this opportunity. We owe it to the victims of this wretched virus, and we owe it to our children and grandchildren to build back better. | <urn:uuid:3d128a29-94e4-48a7-8917-622bfba0db1f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theenergymix.com/2020/09/27/ottawa-needs-wide-ranging-programs-to-match-big-picture-throne-speech-torrie-says/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.947672 | 1,704 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Homage to my love of sculpture, the collection is inspired by a statue of the ‘Winged Victory of Samothrace’ from the Hellenistic period, created in the 2nd century BC.
The collection tells a story of an event in time that happened during the Second World War, on Sep.3 1939 the evacuation of the statue to safety from the Louvre museum; the day France declared war on Germany. The statue was removed from her perch in anticipation of the outbreak of war and descended the stairs to be transported to Château de Valençay. The collection explores the concept of destruction – support, and asks a question is it human nature to create or to destroy.
It was important to me to work with only natural fabrics throughout the collection; waxed cotton, cotton, linen and silk, wanting to explore silhouette and work with fabric instinctively on the mannequin.
The collection portrays artful drapery by experimenting with the dynamic potential of fabric manipulation; pleats, gathers and pinches while still incorporating innovative cut. Creating an allure of sensual mystery, hiding and revealing certain parts of the body, however always leaving the mind some room for imagination.
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A Q&A with Expert Cassandra Potts Hannahs
Q. What do you love about being a historian on Smithsonian Journeys tours?
A. There are many different types of Smithsonian Journeys trips. The ones I join generally focus on the history and culture of a region, so my job is to be on hand to help interpret specific sites and also to propose broader themes that help tie the tour together. In Ireland, for example, we explore how the medieval past was reinterpreted in the 19th century to inspire a new national consciousness that helped inspire their movement for independence. In France the big question is how the different regions we visit were gradually, and often reluctantly, assembled into the whole. Identifying these unifying themes helps people at the end of the tour remember and understand the significance of what we saw at the beginning, since we’re talking the whole time about how it all fits together. So, to answer your question directly, it’s incredibly refreshing for me as a historian to step back and consider the big picture this way.
Q. As a historian, what is your main goal as a Smithsonian Journeys Expert?
A. My first priority is to help our travelers appreciate the places we visit in terms of their broader historical and cultural significance. Grasping the order of things is the first step—it’s like drawing a map of the past, one that starts out fairly simple but gains depth as we travel and fill in details. We might begin the day at a Georgian mansion and then visit a medieval castle, followed by a neolithic tomb. Moreover, a single site will often have witnessed important events at different times, so there are layers upon layers of significance. Going to these sites ourselves makes them and their pasts meaningful in a personal way that no classroom experience can replicate.
Q. What keeps you interested in traveling as a Smithsonian Journeys Expert?
A. The whole process—before, during and after! I love the preparation of crafting a series of lectures to help our travelers get the most out of their experience. Of course, it’s also great fun being on these tours too, even ones I’ve done over and over, because each group creates its own chemistry and makes the journey unique. I tend to specialize in small-group tours where we can really get to know each other. And that’s a big part of the pleasure too since “Smithsonians” are a self-selected group, focused on learning and keen to share their questions and insights with each other. Traveling with them is invigorating. It reminds me of teaching honors courses, where the students are willing to work harder to learn more, and their ideas and insights are flying fast and furious. And finally, after the tours there’s always a flurry of emails as we exchange photos, articles, book recommendations and favorite moments. These tours create communities that stay in touch for years as we continue to trade stories and let each other know what we’re reading now and where we’re going next. And we often meet again. For example, on my upcoming Highlights of Britain tour, five of the twenty-two people on it have been on previous Smithsonian Journeys trips with me. I’m really looking forward to seeing and traveling with them again. | <urn:uuid:948fd81b-1bf9-4862-b614-fef9b87a208e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blogs/blog/2020/04/07/q-expert-cassandra-potts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955346 | 690 | 1.671875 | 2 |
The prosecutions and severity of the charges are unprecedented, says senior Turkey researcher Emma Sinclair Webb of the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch.
«It is the most serious move against democratically elected mayors in towns we have seen in years,” she said. “Mayors have been targeted in the past, with arrest and periods in jail. But the charges they face this time are unprecedented. Basically they amount to life in prison for offenses that do not in any way amount to terrorism or violence and deadly acts.»
Most of the charges against the representatives are for attempting to overthrow the state, following statements calling for Kurdish autonomy.
For more than a month, Turkish security forces have been attempting to eradicate the presence of PKK rebels in towns and cities across the predominantly Kurdish southeast.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu defended the prosecutions, accusing the mayors of working with the rebels.
Davutoglu said their concern is polemics, ideology and terror.
The mayors, he said, spend the people’s money in dark channels and function as the logistics center of terrorists. Now, he said, the mayors had to account «for this betrayal.»
But political scientist Cengiz Aktar of Istanbul’s Suleyman Sah University says these are the same policies used by the state since the PKK took up arms in 1984.
«The Turkish establishment, be it civilian or military, is repeating the same good old strategy of repression, hoping that this time it will produce another result,” Aktar said. “Of course, it will not. The Kurdish problem cannot be resolved by force. I mean, the Turkish political establishment is back to square one.»
Observers say the government appears to believe it has no one to negotiate with and that current representatives of the Kurds are part of the problem, rather than the solution. | <urn:uuid:5dcd7887-31ff-4c5d-b86a-83f109f58ac5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lprnoticias.com/turkeys-crackdown-on-kurdish-rebels-includes-local-mayors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.96083 | 382 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Word Origin for pech
Words nearby pech
How to use pech in a sentence
Pakistan is less than ten miles to our right, the Pech Valley immediately to our left.
Most drivers using this road are headed to and from a handful of capillary valleys in the Pech.
We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.
Soldiers rotated out of the valley from other bases in the Pech for a weekend of relief from the fighting before being sent back.
Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.
Pech adds a list of the names of Conquistadores which I have not inserted, as it is less complete than that found in Cogolludo.The Maya Chronicles|Various
I proposed to employ the afternoon by a walk through Pech, and evoked a chorus of dismay and horror.
The landlady rushed out when she heard our horse hoofs, for she was expecting her husband, who had also gone to Pech.
Because pecht (or pech), trow, and fairy are all synonyms for "dwarf."The Testimony of Tradition|David MacRitchie
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UCLA sociologist’s demographic tool clarifies impact of temporary ‘shocks’ like epidemics and natural disasters
By Jessica Wolf
At its peak, COVID-19 drastically reduced the average human lifespan — by as much as nine years in one U.S. state — according to a new longevity metric developed at UCLA.
Sociology professor Patrick Heuveline devised the metric, called the mean unfulfilled lifespan, to assess the impact of temporary “shocks” like the novel coronavirus on average length of life. To date, the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 4.2 million people worldwide.
The tool allows demographers to conduct fine-grained analyses in specific regions over various periods of time, offering a new and more dynamic way of gauging how different areas of the country and the world experience decreases in lifespans over the course of the pandemic, Heuveline said.
Heuveline’s analysis, published online in the open-access journal PLOS One, suggests, for example, that as COVID-19 peaked in New Jersey in mid-April 2020, the average lifespan in the state plummeted by almost nine years, the most dramatic example from the U.S.
Demographers typically calculate lifespan using a metric known as period life expectancy at birth, or PLEB, which is the average number of years a person born at a certain time would be expected to live if future death rates remained at present levels. When researchers factor in the impacts of a given cause of death — a steady increase in heart attacks or car accidents, for instance — they see how these factors can reduce PLEB.
However, calculating changes to life expectancy in this way cannot adequately capture the effect of large, temporary shocks like natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic, in which mortality conditions are rapidly shifting, Heuveline said.
To more clearly illustrate the impact of such phenomena, Heuveline’s mean unfulfilled lifespan measures the difference between the average age at death of individuals who died within a given time frame and the average age these people would have been expected to reach had there not been a temporary shock.
“As did a few other demographers, I initially tried to convey the mortality impact of COVID-19 by assessing how much life expectancies would decline during the pandemic,” he said. “When mortality conditions are continuously changing, however, life expectancies are hard to interpret, and I wanted to provide a more intuitive indicator of that mortality impact.”
Heuveline demonstrated the mean unfulfilled lifespan by applying it to COVID-19 mortality data from regions with similarly sized populations, including New Jersey, Mexico City, Lombardy in Italy, and Lima, Peru. He compared decreases in life expectancy by calendar quarter (from March 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021) and using rolling seven-day windows (from March 15 to June 15, 2020). The latter analysis suggested that the mean unfulfilled lifespan peaked at 8.91 years in New Jersey, 6.24 years in in Mexico City, 6.43 years in Lombardy and 2.67 in Lima.
In addition, his study found that during the month of April 2020, the mean unfulfilled lifespan may have reached 12.7 years in the Guayas province of Ecuador.
Heuveline noted that uncertainties in calculating mean unfulfilled lifespan may arise from potential differences between deaths related to temporary shocks like the pandemic and actual or excess deaths — differences that, when accounted for, may push the peak unfulfilled lifespan figures seen in the study even higher. His analysis demonstrates how these issues can be factored into calculations.
Heuveline said he hopes the new metric will eventually be applied broadly as researchers seek to better understand the impact of epidemics, natural disasters and even violence on life expectancy.
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Gamma Knife® radiosurgery is a leading-edge technology that uses radiation instead of open surgery to shrink tumors or repair other brain abnormalities.
Its unique technology spares normal, healthy tissue because low-dose radiation is delivered via a circle of beams around the head, all of which converge at a specific point to deliver a concentrated blast of radiation to the target. Unhealthy cells slowly die, stabilizing or shrinking the tumor, or correcting other conditions.
Gamma Knife surgery is extremely effective in treating malignant and benign tumors, vascular abnormalities, and functional disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia. Some of the more common tumors include meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, and metastatic tumors.
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The German satellite duo TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have consistently delivered one-of-a-kind Earth observation data since 2007 and 2010, hence shaping the international research landscape. Now, scientific users from across the globe have gathered for the TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Science Meeting at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, where they will discuss the results obtained from the data and define requirements for future remote sensing technology. Approximately 200 presentations between 17 and 20 October 2016 will describe state-of-the-art research, including insight from the areas of glaciology, hydrology, permafrost, sea ice, landslides, agriculture, forestry, volcanology, coastal and ocean research, geo-risks, and the methods applied to produce digital terrain models. Reporting live from the conference, the TanDEM-X Blog will present DLR talks from the Science Meeting and will outline how researchers around the world use data from the two radar satellites.
Radar sensors are particularly important in the field of Earth observation, as they can deliver images irrespective of cloud cover and at any time of the day or night. From space, they are able to capture expansive areas of more than 100 kilometres in length. Moreover, the civilian radar satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have measured the Earth with unprecedented accuracy over the course of their missions, contributing significantly to the scientific exploitation of the data. The satellites are still in operation and may indeed continue to be in the service of science for many years.
"International research facilities and organisations have been using the data acquired thus far to analyse, among other things, natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. The strategies and measures developed on the basis of the data will become increasingly effective for the prevention or management of crises situations as the influential factors and correlations are known," explains Achim Roth from the The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD).
Users in the area of environmental protection have shown, among other things, that they can utilise the radar satellites to observe systematic deforestation or illegal felling of woodland areas. This applies in particular to rainforests, as their sheer magnitude and the prevailing weather conditions mean they can only be satisfactorily monitored using radar sensors. Forested areas are among the key fields of scientific concern, as their vast reservoirs of biomass directly influence the greenhouse gas effect: a substantial quantity of carbon dioxide is extracted from the woodlands during removal or decomposition of vegetation. Large-scale slash-and-burn practices are particularly critical, as the carbon dioxide stored in the forests is released directly, producing a correspondingly high concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In contrast, planned deforestation – for instance as a source of timber – releases the natural carbon reservoirs contained in the woodland areas over a longer period and with a significant delay.
Impact on future research
The view from space can provide precise information on the changes taking place in glaciers and ice shelves. The sometimes dramatic developments require regular monitoring and must be viewed in context with global warming. Here, the TanDEM-X elevation model is a true treasure trove of data; never before have Greenland and the Antarctic been surveyed so comprehensively and in such immense detail. Until now, the ice masses have been, from a scientific perspective, 'expanses of white' on a map of the world.
The polar regions present immense difficulties for radar imaging. Smooth, snow-bound surfaces do not contain any striking points of reference that would permit the superposition of several images. Moreover, an extremely precise allocation of the pixels would lead to image noise. "Our highly accurate data processing technologies here on the ground, combined with meticulous calibration of the radar instrument, allow us to observe glacier movements in the centimetre range, or to measure changes in elevation caused by ice melting in the metre range," says Irena Hajnsek from the DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute.The global TanDEM-X elevation model has now given climate researchers and geoscientists entirely new perspectives and opportunities for research. The insight they will acquire, and how this will influence the international research community, will be key issues at this Science Meeting as well as at future gatherings.
Looking ahead: HRWS and Tandem-L
Successful operation of the satellites in formation flight and the outstanding quality of data yielded by the TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X missions represent a new milestone in the history of Earth observation. Seeking to expand the German radar satellite programme, DLR has set its sights on a successor programme, HRWS (High Resolution Wide Swath), to ensure continuity in Earth observation within the proven X-band frequency range. HRWS is scheduled for launch in 2022, and DLR is also involved in intense work on a revolutionary Earth observation system with the Tandem-L mission proposal.
Tandem-L, the highly innovative radar mission, aims to acquire important environmental and meteorological data on a global scale and in high temporal resolution. In the proposed mission, two radar satellites will map the Earth's landmass in three dimensions every eight days. This would enable timely and systematic mapping of dynamic processes as they unfold across the globe. Earthquake researchers and risk analysts would be able to detect deformations in the Earth’s surface in an accurate millimetre range. Glacier movements and melting processes across the polar regions would be measurable on a more regular and therefore precise basis. The plan proposes that the Earth observation data acquired by the three radar systems should be complementary.
Tandem-L will operate in a longer wavelength compared with the two current missions. An approximately 24-centimetre wavelength permits penetration through the vegetation, hence revealing surface structures in the subsoil. New technologies and imaging methods such as polarimetric SAR interferometry also enable three-dimensional mapping of forests. This could be used to calculate forest elevation and hence to produce an indirect estimate of biomass, a factor that is currently beyond the reach of science on a global scale.
Researchers from various Helmholtz Centres involved in preliminary mission studies will now present their findings in Oberpfaffenhofen, explaining the pivotal role of Tandem-L in providing answers to challenges faced by our environment. The Science Meeting offers the roughly 300 international participants a platform to identify all necessary issues of upcoming research and to launch the future of Earth observation.
About the mission
TanDEM-X is being implemented on behalf of DLR using funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie). It is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project operated in conjunction with Airbus Defence and Space. DLR is responsible for providing TanDEM-X data to the scientific community, mission planning and implementation, radar operation and calibration, control of the two satellites, and generation of the digital elevation model. To this end, DLR has developed the necessary ground-based facilities. The DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute, the The Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) and the DLR Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) in Oberpfaffenhofen are participating in the development and operation of the ground segment of TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X. Scientific coordination is the responsibility of the DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute. Airbus Defence and Space built the satellites and is sharing the development and operating costs. The company is also responsible for the commercial marketing of the TanDEM-X data.
Access to the TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is restricted – DLR supplies the data free of charge to scientific projects. Interested parties must, however, demonstrate the scientific nature of their project with a proposal and submit it to DLR. All information about this can be found on the TanDEM-X Science Service System: Information on availability products. Prospective commercial users of the data should contact DLR's project partner, Airbus Defence and Space, where they can purchase the data.
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After many years of campaigning for a ‘no fault divorce’, the government’s Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 was finally passed in June 2021 with the changes due to come into effect from 6 April 2022.
The new divorce system aims to modernize the divorce process into the 21st Century with the aim of avoiding assigning ‘blame’ to the other spouse, i.e. alleging fault. The idea is that by introducing a no fault divorce process, this will reduce conflict and its inevitably damaging effect on both the parties’ wellbeing and any children of the relationship. The breakdown of a marriage/civil partnership is an emotionally draining situation for all couples and applying for divorce relying on the fault of one party under the current system often increases conflict, which then leads to high levels of solicitor involvement and therefore higher legal costs.
Currently under the pre April 2022 divorce regime, couples are required to prove to the court that their marriage/civil partnership has broken down irretrievably due to one of the following five facts:
- 5 Years Separation without consent;
- 2 Years Separation; or
As of 6 April 2022, as a result of changes made to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973/Civil Partnership Act 2004 by the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, couples will no longer need to prove fault or rely on any of the above five facts.
What will change in April 2022?
- The irretrievable breakdown of a marriage/civil partnership will be the sole reason for a couple choosing to file for a divorce.
- As well as an individual application supported by a statement, the new law introduces the ability for a couple to provide a signed joint statement confirming that their marriage has broken down irretrievably. In either case, this will be used as conclusive evidence by the court to make an order for divorce and the ability to contest a divorce, dissolution or separation will be removed.
- The language using during the divorce process will be updated and simplified: the ‘Decree Nisi’ will become a ‘Conditional Order’ and the ‘Decree Absolute’ will become a ‘Final Order’.
- There will be a new ’20 week cooling off period’. This means that the new minimum time period from submitting a statement will increase to 20 weeks instead of the previous 6 weeks and 1 day. This allows for both parties time to agree arrangements surrounding the divorce such as finances, property and child arrangements. After this period, a ‘Conditional Order’ is granted by the courts.
What will the above changes mean going forwards?
By removing the blame on one party, it is intended that the new Act will help increase the likelihood of resolving divorce matters outside of court, which will make getting a resolution faster and more cost effective.
If you’re unsure about how the new divorce system will affect you or if you’re thinking about applying for a divorce, our highly experienced team of family lawyers are here to guide you every step of the way to ensure that you reach your desired conclusion.
The Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021 has seen our Saadia Sharmin selected as a Finalist in the brand new Paralegal of the Year category.
The Inspirational Women in Law Awards seek to identify individuals from across the legal profession who are leading the way in improving equality and diversity.
This year’s ceremony will take place on 3 November 2021 and will be overseen by a distinguished panel of judges from across the Bar, the Solicitors profession and Cilex.
Saadia had this to say about her nomination:
I feel extremely honoured to have been shortlisted as Paralegal of the Year at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021 amongst some noteworthy inclusions. It feels great to have my hard work and dedication towards my role recognised and has made me feel proud of how far I’ve come as a paralegal.
The We Are The City Rising Star Awards were introduced to showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and to create female 100 role models across different industries and professions.
Following her win, Saadia had this to say:
To win the EA/PA Award is not just an individual recognition but reflects on the work that my team does daily. Too often organisations forget to remember or award the nitty gritty work administration professionals undertake on a daily basis, so to receive this award has certainly been refreshing and I encourage more organisations to nominate their often unsung colleagues. I am ecstatic to be recognised amongst some of the best women in the profession and I am extremely grateful
An individual’s right to claim compensation following a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is given effect in section 168 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). An equivalent right is provided in section 169 for an infringement of the DPA 2018 which is not a contravention of the GDPR. Although the DPA 2018 does not assist with determining the amount of compensation, case law decided under its predecessor, the Data Protection Act 1998, continues to provide guidance.
Overlap with other types of claim
Unsurprisingly, claims under the 1998 and 2018 Acts frequently overlap with claims for misuse of private information, negligence, and contravention of the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. If multiple causes of action succeed, the usual approach is not to distinguish between them when awarding damages (Crook v Chief Constable of Essex Police EWHC 988 (QB)). Claims are unlikely to succeed if the damages claimed under data protection legislation cannot be treated as arising separately from damages already compensated via an alternative cause of action (Crook v Chief Constable of Essex Police EWHC 988 (QB)).
Damages for distress
It is well-established that damages under the 1998 and 2018 Acts may include full compensation for monetary loss and personal injury, including causation of mental illness. But what about distress caused by infringements of data privacy? The early case of Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers EWHC 499 (QB) signalled that damages awarded for distress following a data privacy infringement would be limited. The defendant newspaper had published photographs of the claimant leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting along with an article containing details of her drug addiction and ongoing therapy. The High Court found that there had been a breach of the 1998 Act and awarded damages of £2,500.
By contrast, the High Court recently awarded £18,000 each for distress caused to two claimants whose data had been inaccurately featured in the infamous ‘Steele Dossier’ which alleged links between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (Aven and others v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd EWHC 1812 (QB)).
The leading case in this area is now TLT v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 2217 (QB). At least two developments can be identified from this case. First, there is a threshold of distress below which damages in respect of distress alone may not be awarded. The court did not specify where this threshold lies, apart from to say the de minimisprinciple applies. Second, there is no reason why compensation for distress alone cannot run into many thousands of pounds.
In Woolley and Woolley v Akbar SC Edin 7, the Sheriff Court awarded each of the claimants £8,634 after their neighbour installed CCTV cameras and audio recording equipment directed at their property. The defendant did not dispute the claimants’ calculation of damages for distress, namely £10 per day the equipment was operational. In the absence of a dispute, the Sheriff merely commented that the calculation seemed logical and easily applicable.
Damages for mere breach
A breach of the DPA 2018 has generally been regarded as not actionable per se. A notable case in this area is Lloyd v Google Inc EWHC 2599 (QB), which concerned the defendant’s unlawful placement of tracking software on a large number of iPhones. At first instance, it was held that the infringement itself could not constitute damage. That decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal in Lloyd v Google Inc EWCA Civ 1599, but the defendant has now appealed to the Supreme Court.
The outcome of the case law is that damages for a breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 will be unpredictable and highly fact-specific. Currently, damages can be claimed for material and non-material loss, including distress. However, the Supreme Court’s decision in Lloyd in early 2021 could have far-reaching consequences for potential claimants under the DPA 2018 who have suffered no loss at all.
If you have been affected by a breach of your subject rights under the Data Protection Act 2018, Data Protection Act 1998 or the General Data Protection Regulations, do not hesitate to contact a member of our Civil Litigation team to find out what rights to compensation you may have.
Taking a stronger hold on immigration policies and borders isn’t a new agenda for the government. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel’s post-Brexit plan from January 1st 2021 for immigration undeniably proves this with a planned ‘points-based system’ with an aim to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the UK. But what will this mean for workers?
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 11 November 2020 and freedom of movement will be replaced with a points-based system to allocate points to workers aspiring to earn a living in the UK based on skills, level of education and their standard of English, to give some examples. The higher the score, the better for those wishing to reside here. This system has various purposes, but Priti Patel has made great emphasis on the need to reduce the number of economically inactive people aged 16-64 in the economy, which is estimated at 8.6 million as of November. However, not all will fit into one category as to why people are unemployed. There are a variety of reasons and it could be that they are full-time students, retired or carers rendering them incapable of having a full-time job. The Office for National Statistics reinforces this as the majority of the 8 million have viable and valid reasons for being out of work such as illness and carer duties as mentioned above. So, will this policy aiming to select workers from the existing pool truly boost the employment rate and the economy from January and is there any vulnerability to job loss risks which existing EU national workers could face?
This policy will affect many job sectors including the healthcare sector. The health correspondent for the BBC, Nick Triggle has explained that foreign nationals currently make up a sixth of the 840,000 care workers in England alone. But as these workers are considered ‘low-skilled’, could this new policy effectively push them out? It seems that thousands of workers will not meet the threshold put in place by the government and Home Office as many do not have or hold A-Level qualifications or earn a high enough salary. On the contrary, the BBC highlighted earlier this year that the definition of ‘skilled worker’ would broaden to not only include graduates but also A-Level qualification, Scottish Highers and technical equivalents. But will a broadened definition of ‘skilled workers’ relax the system for EU nationals in certain sectors? In more labour orientated jobs such as the building sector, many of the workers come from other EU countries and have learnt their skills required for their work practically as opposed to solely education. This implies that they may not have the necessary A Level or equivalent qualification the government is expecting, despite these workers exceling in their respective field. The figures which state that EU nationals make up roughly 28% of construction workers in London strongly suggest that many workers of this industry could be at risk because of the points system as they may be unable to get visas. But this is not unique to the constructive sector as many fields will experience this same vulnerability.
As well as mere risk, the government have stated that EU migrants who lose their job will have to return to their home country, unless they have indefinite leave to remain. This confirms that visas will not be given to many workers already working in the UK unless they meet the said conditions.
It is clear this post-Brexit immigration plan will affect many workers as freedom of movement comes to a close for the UK. EU nationals who wish to come to the UK will almost certainly struggle much more than under the existing immigration rules. The lingering question is how much strain will it put and how much will it benefit the struggling economy?
Many individuals in positions of hospitality, the labour market, seasonal work and plenty more may be unable to change their situation and be worried for their future as ‘low-skilled’ or ‘economically inactive’. If you are in a similar position and are concerned for the assessment of your economic activity, please contact us for a consultation and speak to a member of our award winning Black Antelope Law Immigration Team.
Black Antelope Law is pleased to announce that our Simao Paxi-Cato has been appointed as Programme Facilitator for the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn Griffin Access Programme.
The Griffin Access Programme (GAP) is a student development and careers advice programme for Year 12 and Year 13 students.
The overarching aim of the programme is to de-mystify careers at the Bar by providing an opportunity to meet and work with the members of the Inn and to provide practical advice to plot a route to the Bar for committed students. The Griffin Access Programme will differ from other schools’ outreach programmes run by the Inn in terms of the duration and contact students will have with the Inn’s members.
The Programme will be driven by the Barristers of the Inn (Programme Facilitators) and will act as a gateway to the career services of the Inn.
Simao is very excited to be part of this new initiative and considers that his role is an opportunity to further Black Antelope Law’s commitment to positive action in the legal profession and achieving a more representative profession.
Shaheen Mamun features in the July 2020 edition of Managing for Success, the magazine of the Law Society’s Law Management Section. In a wide-ranging interview with Lucy Trevelyan entitled “Lock and key”, Shaheen discusses:
- Setting up a law firm as an introvert;
- The service mindset;
- People and diversity;
- Lockdown and remote working; and
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A UNIQUE new book is set to take South Asia by storm as it addresses burning issues such as love, death, rape and religion in the developing sub-continent.
Divided by partition, war and politics, but united by creativity and common humanity, Asian Voices has brought together 20 emerging writers from across the region to shine a light on their diverse societies.
In 37,000 words, across 260 pages, the contributors paint graphic pictures in poetry and prose of issues which divide and unite people in their respective countries of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The book is divided into 10 sections: Darkness, Light, Love, Loss, Heaven, Hell, Life, Death, War and Peace.
And it is within these sections that the diverse Asian Voices can be heard.
With an infant mortality rate of 4.4% in India and 6.1% in Pakistan (the UK rate is 0.28%) and an adult death rate of 31% and 21% respectively (UK rate 10.3%) – an even higher rate in war-torn Afghanistan – it is hardly surprising that the issue of death features strongly.
Mortality is dealt with sensitively by the Asian Voices writers in at least three sections of the book.
This extract on coping with grief by Lahore based writer Shahreen Iftikhar is an example:
“They say, there are five stages of grief;
I got stuck in denial, with no reasons to heal.
Is this what life is; scribbles on an empty sheet?
Making no sense, just filling the voids of our being?
I said to myself: ‘To Hell with all this grieving and the misery.
It’s time for me to let go of all the tragedies.’
All I had to do was believe.
That is all it took for me to heal.”
All countries in South Asia live under different degrees of social patriarchy and this is reflected in the treatment of women.
Rape is the third most common crime against women in India.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012. Out of these, 24,470 (98%) were committed by someone known to the victim. And many more rapes go unreported.
Similarly, physical abuse, house-arrest imprisonment and even bride-burning (now illegal) also go largely unreported.
One of the Asian Voices writers, Janvi from Jaipur has already made a name for herself in calling out for social reform.
This extract speaks volumes:
And then one day we decide to raise our voice
But again, this society shut us by claiming it as useless noise.
The politicians and the media cry that they worship women and cow!
Is this a way of worshipping? But How?
As our wails grow louder and louder about the demons residing in our own town
They paint henna on our hands and send us off to an unknown place, looking like a clown.
Wondering that this was not the life that we were destined to live, we decide to put an end
And here you go, creating loads of new monsters and making it Trend.
We are sacrificing ourselves from centuries just so that you know
And here you go, treating us again like the trash that you throw.
We’ve had enough, being the sacrificed Goddess
Next time we’ll turn this country into a bloody mess.
Religion also resonates within the pages of the book.
India is home to at least nine recognised religions, and while Islam dominates in Pakistan, there are also significant minorities of Christians, Hindus and Ahmadi, and even more diversity in Afghanistan.
So the sections on Life, Heaven and Hell deal with each writer’s views of spirituality and faith.
This piece by 16-year-old Shaheeba from Sibsagar touches many pulses:
How could she survive further?
When her life resided in this heart rate.
Though not here, but in Heaven
They merged to a single soul
Whenever their love tale was evoked
It started raining
Dripping all with pure love.
This flooded the river of love
Which immersed both the fragments of the hamlet
With the virtue of love.
There was love everywhere
Flowing in the winds of hamlet
Residing in the lifeless soil
Felt in the arms of the mother
And in the oneness with God.
Some souls are united in Heaven.
Some stories are plenary despite being partial.
The one thing which binds all the writers together is the eternal subject of Love.
For centuries the Indian sub-continent has given birth to some of the world’s greatest love poets. And they continue to emerge as we enter 2019.
This poem by Agathaa Shelling of Ahmedabad, explores that deepest of all human emotions:
You’re the sanctified sacrament in the shrine of love. I’ll devour you and I’ll become pious forever.
Yes, I’m an atheist and there’s only one religion that I practise. That’s love. And there’s only one deity from whom I receive my hymn… it’s you.
And if this is not love. I don’t know what it is. A little bit of fall in your summer. A little bit of rains in your spring. Sunshine in your winters. And a chilly gust of wind in scorching heat.
“There was once a king of verses. Power were his words. Mightier than any sword. And then there was a queen of metaphors. Deep were her rhymes. Deeper than any ocean.
He weaved a tiara out of his words and she sharpened his sword out of hers.
And that’s how they announced their love, with poetry.”
Minnie Rai, a writer and 26-year-old refugee from Kabul, who now lives in London, sums up the ethos of Asian Voices: “We don’t become by knowing… we become by doing.
“It is in the present we live and share diversity from within outwards. Through love and death we learn the language of war within us that separates us from the truth that sits beside our heart. When we share that truth, we become one… Asian Voices,” she adds.
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When installing a Linksys adapter or any other device that requires a driver, you may encounter an error message on the Device Manager. This will result in not being able to proceed with the installation of your device. Below is a list of the most common error codes and messages encountered in the Device Manager and tips on what you can do to resolve the issue.
NOTE: This is applicable on a computer with Windows operating system.
|Error Code||Error Message||Troubleshooting Tip / Solution|
|Code 1||This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)||This issue is caused by drivers not installed or not properly configured on the computer. The solution to this issue is to update the driver.|
|Code 2||The <type> device loader(s) for this device could not load the device driver. (Code 2)||A solution to this issue is to remove the device from Device Manager, restart your computer and update the driver.|
|Code 3||The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your system may be running low on memory or other resources. (Code 3)|| Possible solutions to this issue:|
- close some of your running applications to free up memory
- uninstall then reinstall the driver
- install additional RAM to your computer
|Code 10||This device cannot start. (Code 10)||The solution to this issue is to update the driver.|
|Code 18||Reinstall the drivers for this device. (Code 18)||The solution to this issue is to update the driver.|
|Code 28||The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)||The solution to this issue is to install the driver. If you already installed the driver, you may need to uninstall then reinstall it.|
|Code 31||This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)||The solution to this issue is to update the driver.|
|Code 37||Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)||The solution to this issue is to uninstall and reinstall the driver.|
Uninstalling and reinstalling the driver
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Let me begin by saying that an Art Journal is not a simple sketchbook (even though you can definitely sketch in it), it is rather a creative way of keeping a diary. And that’s the beauty of it. No one will ever see it, unless you decide to share it. You can do whatever you want in it, trust it with your biggest secrets, try any idea, let go of your fears and anxieties. And no, you don’t need to consider yourself a creative person to keep an art journal, in fact, it is a perfect way for anyone to become a creative thinker, and, if you already are one, then it is an even better way to keep your creative juices flowing and explore new ways of expressing yourself. It’s a judgment free space to create and develop you creativity, exercise your visual thinking, without having to complete an academically correct drawing or thinking f whether anyone would like it. It’s your own personal space to think creatively.
Why everyone needs an art journal!
And by ‘everyone’ I literally do mean EVERYONE! Let me explain why.
We all know how our brain works. We have two hemispheres where left one controls analytical thinking, verbalizing, drawing logical conclusions, counting, marking time, planning, in other words, performing all of our daily tasks. The right one, highly underestimated and overlooked, is responsible for our creative thinking, visual imagery, intuition, dreaming. And why did I say that the right side of the brain is highly underestimated? Well, there is one interesting fact to it. While the left hemisphere helps us in making rational and logical decisions, the right hemisphere helps us in seeing the subject as a whole and how it exists in space, we can transcend our thinking and look at things from different perspectives letting our intuition lead us to the new complex ideas which could not be reached by simple logical order.
The left hemisphere analyzes over time, whereas the right hemisphere synthesizes over space.Jerre Levy “Psychobiological Implications of Bilateral Asymmetry” 1974.
Sounds confusing, but stay with me because this is where it gets interesting. We all know how everyone considers artists as weirdos and out-of-space creatures that come up with all the crazy ideas and paint these hard-to-understand abstract artworks that our left hemispheres struggle to analyze and put into any category. Well, these are the people that ‘think’ with their right hemispheres, that’s why their ideas are hard to explain with the actual words or logical connections. They paint their visions of political and social issues giving us a whole new perspective on seeing things existing in space in a whole different way. And we sometimes just think “Wow, how did he/she even think of this?”.
If I could say in it words, there would be no reason to paint.Edward Hopper
That is what the right hemisphere does, it helps you reach the ideas that you never knew existed and find solutions to problems that seemed impossible to resolve. It’s what the Thinking Outside The Box is all about. But it’s often overlooked as a simple nice addition to our brains that helps people draw. Betty Edwards in her book Drawing on the Right Ride of the Brain says “Most of our educational system has been designed to cultivate the verbal, rational, on-time, left hemisphere, while half of the brain of every student is virtually neglected.” We often assume that only the chosen ones, the artists or geniuses, get to use their right hemisphere to the full potential and forget to teach our young generation that their access to the right hemisphere could be trained on demand by anyone. We hear big and small corporations looking for creative thinkers, “outside of the box” solutions, at the interviews people are being asked to answer not just the questions on the subject, but also find abstract and creative answers to complex and sometimes silly questions. For example, “Define a service that would allow you to travel to the future.” You can find quite a lot of amusing questions scrolling though the list of Google’s Interview Question. And do you know why Google is on top of their game? Because they hire creative thinkers.
But who are these geniuses? And what’s their secret? They are simply the people who hacked their access to the right hemisphere on demand. Left hemisphere is a dominant one, and it has some control issues. Left side of our brain is not that easy to shut down, it always gets in a way. It always thinks it knows better. When in an art school we were asked to draw a portrait from a picture, we first all panicked because we didn’t know how to draw a portrait at that time, or so we thought, because our left hemispheres concluded that this is a human face which is hard to draw and so we can’t do it. And so with shaking hands we drew a cartoonish looking disproportional heads with big eyes.
So how do you hack your access to the right hemisphere?
Simply by giving your brain a task that left hemisphere is unable to help you with. Flipping the image of the face upside down significantly improved the outcome of the drawing. You know how? Our brains had no other solution but to give into the creative thinking with the right hemisphere, we had to trust what we were seeing, not what we thought it was. We saw lines, shapes, forms and connections between them. We though of things how they existed in space and worked together as a whole. And to our surprise, we all produced pretty decent portraits. And another reason why we had success was because left hemisphere was quiet the whole time, we didn’t check the time, we didn’t compare ourselves to others, we stopped our rational thinking, we simply let the right, intuitive and creative, hemisphere take over.
Now, to clarify my point, you don’t need to flip everything upside down to find a solution, though it does help even with business decision making. My point is that the access to the right hemisphere is easily trainable by giving your brain tasks that the left hemisphere is unable to perform, basically to shut it down and end its dictatorship! And the easiest way to do it is through the visual tasks or, in other words, keeping an art journal.
Another important reason for keeping an Art Journal is simply its therapeutic abilities. We all know about the power of art therapy and the advantages of keeping a diary. Artistic activities not only help you access your creative thinking through the right side of the brain, shutting down the left side of the brain gives you a chance to rest. We are all familiar with that feeling of being “in the zone” when we lose track of time, forget about our problems, sort of drift away from reality and simply relax.
We need something that takes us far out of ourselves that we forget to eat, forget to pee, forget to mow the lawn, forget to resent our enemies, forget to brood over our insecurities.Elizabeth Gilbert.
And accessing your right hemisphere does just that. Also, we are all familiar with the benefits of keeping a diary. You record your thoughts and feeling, becoming more aware of them and acknowledging your state of mind. Often times, letting something out on a page can ease your mood as if you were discussing it with your closest friend. It helps you clear your thoughts and get better at expressing yourself. You will have to think of a structure for what you are trying to say and what is the best way of expressing it.
Keeping a personal journal a daily in-depth analysis and evaluation of your experiences is a high-leverage activity that increases self-awareness and enhances all the endowments and the synergy among them.Stephen R.Covey
And that is what makes and Art Journal so special – the ability to combine an experience of art therapy and personal diary in one place without much effort because both things are easily accessible on a daily basis.
Why an Art Journal and not a Sketchbook?
The advantage of an art journal simply lies in our close familiarity with the concept of a journal or a diary. It is a safe place for you to express yourself. We tend to think of a sketchbook as a place to perform a certain drawing or painting task, focusing rather on our drawing skills than the purpose of drawing. Art journal can be flimsy, raw, childish if you wish, with doodles, collages, safe techniques or brave experiments. It’s an extension of your mind, a place for it to expand its horizons and transcend into an intuitive way of thinking. I don’t ask you take any drawing classes, buy any expensive art supplies (well maybe just a journal itself). The purpose is not in improving your artistic abilities. The purpose is to build a bridge to the place of unlimited possibilities of your right hemisphere. It just happened that the easiest way to achieve it is through a mild amount of messing around with some art supplies. Therefore, people tend to be more open with their art journals, trust their instincts, be less self conscious, more daring to explore, having more honest conversations with their subconscious.
So what are some of the things that you can do with your Art Journal?
The possibilities are absolutely limitless. But for someone who never tried Art Journaling before, I will list a few ideas just to get you started. You can also go on Pinterest and get inspired by what other people are doing. Jut remember that there is no pressure to be ‘good’, in fact, there is no ‘good’, there’s only you!
Collage! This is probably the easiest way to get started because no art supplies are required and also if you feel hesitant to try drawing, this is a good method to ease your way into more artistic techniques. All you need is to get some scissors, old or new magazines, various color papers and a glue stick. You can do it in many different ways. For example you can find the images that you like that are on the same subject, or have the same color palette and see how they work together, how they can be arranged on the pages of your journal to create an interesting effect. You can try different textures, get a piece of fabric, or a textured tape, a few different textures of paper, any feathers, leaves, etc. Experiment with what you have. Rip off a piece of news paper and arrange letters and images separately or together, write something on top. Create an image of a subject out of random pieces of paper.
Keep a few interesting pictures or pieces of paper in a small improvised pocket inside the journal, for the times when you don’t have any magazines at hand. Do something that doesn’t make sense to your brain, and this way you will explore a new and more abstract way of thinking. Soon you will notice an improvement in your daily thinking process, you will be involuntarily picking up different pieces of information and finding interesting connections without much effort.
Do Abstract Sketches. Surprisingly, abstract art tends to be a very complicated technique to try. Mainly because our left hemisphere cannot make sense of it. We are left to respond to it with our feelings and emotions that abstract art evokes. Therefore, this is another great way to reach your right side of the brain. Simply begin by putting colors next to each other, you can get inspired by the colors you see around you or experiment with some new color combinations, do something that feels right to you at the moment. At first, you will feel very confused by what you see because your left side of the brain will be working hard to make something out of it, give it a category, telling you that it has to be something! Make something out of it, an apple, a tree, anything! But don’t listen to that voice and keep it simple, only colors, lines and shapes, and most importantly your feelings, because as your right hemisphere will be taking over, you will start experiencing your intuitive thinking. This is another great way that will change your daily thinking. You will learn to see simple shapes, strip away all the unnecessary information and focus better on the main points, the core of the problem.
Experiment with drawing or coloring. Don’t think right away that you can’t draw. The point here is not in drawing a realistic still-life, the point is in accessing your creative thinking. Just pick up a pencil and draw something, a line, a simple flower, your cup of coffee, imaginary creatures, whatever comes to your mind. No one will see it, it’s your personal diary. If you feel like drawing a mermaid and you never drew it before, do it. If you like what someone else drew, copy it (just don’t later claim it as yours). Draw something that happened to you that day, or write it in a short essay and illustrate it.
For the days when you don’t feel like drawing, pick up a coloring book, cut out a few pages and stick them into your art journal so you can pick it up at any time and color in (this also can be used as a “warp up” exercise, after coloring in you might want to draw something of your own).
Remember! No one cares about the accuracy or the final result. This is your daily exercise to train your creative thinking. So don’t take it too hard on yourself. If you have a fear of a blank page, write down a quote and simply doodle around it.
If something really doesn’t look the way you wanted it to, get some gouache paint and simply paint over it. I like to paint over mishaps with a black paint. It challenges me to give that page a different perspective. If on a white page something didn’t happen, then let’s do a total opposite. Again, it’s all about training your brain to think in new interesting ways.
Don’t spend a fortune on art supplies! In fact, I would challenge you to get the cheapest markers or pencils to start with. Having nice supplies often times prevents people from even starting, because they are afraid they will mess them up or the outcome won’t be as good as they imagined it. Having cheaper art supplies lowers the expectations and helps you to loosen up. If you really want to treat yourself, I would suggest getting a good notebook, something with thicker paper that would hold moisture better, because cheap notebooks can’t even handle the glue stick and start buckling. I recommend using Moleskine Art sketchbook.
But if you want something on a budget, a Canson XL multimedia is a great choice.
I suggest keeping your supplies to a minimum at the beginning. Get a pencil pouch, throw in a few markers, a few gel pens, a few pencils, stickers or colorful tapes and take your journal with you anywhere you go. Relax on a lunch break and doddle for a little bit. Write down something on a train, or on a bus, keep it accessible so that whenever the inspiration comes, you can express it on a page.
I love my pocket size Moleskine sketchbook and how it fits right into my pencil pouch. I can throw it in my purse or in my backpack and sketch something even while I’m waiting for my appointment. Now I can’t go even on a smallest trip without my journaling supplies. There’s really no excuse not to grab them with you.
Just give it a try!
Don’t overthink it too much, don’t ask yourself whether you can or cannot draw, don’t ask yourself whether you have time or the means. Just give it a try! Creative thinking is a trainable skill and anyone can develop it and expand its horizons. Enrich your life with a new perspective on things, discover ideas you never knew were possible to think of. Feel the freedom of thinking “outside the box”. I wish there was a higher emphasis on the importance of the right hemisphere in schools and I wish our young generations gave it as much attention as they give to their mathematical and analytical thinking. Simple art journaling is such an easy and accessible tool to use with such a great impact on our daily and professional lives. Just give it a try!
If you are interested in starting drawing and advancing your drawing skills, I have a post for you 🙂
I hope you found this post interesting and informative. I am happy to hear your thoughts and ideas on this matter, just leave a comment and let’s keep this conversation going!
Here’s an additional list of supplies and resources you might find useful:
- Moleskine Art sketchbook.
- Canson XL multimedia.
- Pocket size Moleskine sketchbook.
- Gell pens.
- Gouache paints.
- Faber Castell Black ink pens.
- Color pencils.
Books and journals for inspiration:
This is just a small list of ideas to help you get started. The internet is full of resources and inspiration. You can also check out my review of the book “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert which I found to be life-changing for the way I treat my creativity.
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“Politics is downstream from culture” Andrew Breitbart famously said, before they killed him. He was just ripping off seminal leftist thinker Antonio Gramsci, but the observation nonetheless remains true. Culture isn’t just a noun after all, but also a verb—to culture something or someone means to grow it, to shape it in a certain way.
American culture has for some time swung between a right-wing or conservative cultural ethos and a left-wing or liberal cultural ethos. Please don’t confuse these terms too much with their political equivalents because that’s not what I’m talking about, although there is overlap. Liberal culture values freedom, tolerance, compassion, and novelty. Conservative culture values order, justice, strength, and tradition. Neither is inherently good or bad, but both can become too extreme, or too stagnant, which is why it then gives rise to its opposite.
A look back at 20th century American history shows a swing from a conservative culture in the 1940s and 50s to a liberal culture beginning in the mid-’60s through the 1970s. This change was reflected not only in politics, in the differences between conservative Dwight Eisenhower and liberal John Kennedy and Jimmy Carter (Nixon was a man against his time), but above all in the culture, in the music, film, and fashion of the eras. Michael Hoffman comments on the abrupt and radical change in American culture after the assassination of JFK:
“What ought to be unambiguous to a student of mass psychology, is the almost immediate decline of the American people in the wake of this shocking, televised slaughter. There are many indicators of the transformation. Within a year Americans had largely switched from softer-toned, naturally colored cotton clothing to garish-colored artificial polyesters. Popular music became louder, faster and more cacophonous. Drugs appeared for the first time outside the Bohemian subculture and ghettos, in the mainstream. Extremes of every kind came into fashion. Revolutions in cognition and behavior were on the horizon, from the Beatles to Charles Manson, from ‘Free Love’ to LSD.”
The 1970s was a morning-after decade, a hangover decade. Even drug use switched from expanding one’s mind to just getting stoned. The vibe was still liberal, but everything slowed down because everyone was strung out from the excesses of the late ‘60s. I will leave aside for now the question of whether the Boomers are to blame for the hedonism and degeneracy they wallowed in during their youth, or whether it was a psyop foisted upon them by the social engineers of the Silent Generation that preceded them. What I want to discuss instead is the decade that came next.
The contemporary dissident/outer/new/fringe/far right, or whatever one wishes to call it, is usually spoken of as a youth movement of Millennials and Zoomers, raised on 4chan irreverence and twitter memes. I have no doubt that this demographic forms a large and important part of the movement. In fact, I believe these children are our future. We should teach them well, and let them—
If you can complete that sentence, you might just be a part of the demographic that I believe forms the actual hidden core of the emerging right: Generation X.
GenX grew up in the 1970s and ’80s, in the aftermath and fallout of the Boomers’ adolescent excess. They—I should say “we” for the sake of transparency—were the last generation to grow up analog, without the internet and without cell phones, yet with a foot in the new tech world and its current challenges. But more important for this discussion is the cultural milieu in which we grew up, which was the reactionary swing back to the right during the Reagan ‘80s.
The reaction against the ‘60s began in the ‘70s in a few separate areas. In film, it began with vigilante and pro-cop films like the Death Wish and Dirty Harry series, which took aim at liberalism’s permissiveness of criminality and degeneracy. In music, the reaction began a little later, with punk rock, which was at first a playfully nihilistic rejection of hippie values and left-wing idealism. The overlap between right-wing vigilantism and punk rock is best exemplified in Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle, violently disgusted by the filth of ‘70s Times Square—“sick, venal”—and whose mohawk haircut became a staple of the punk scene.
During a right-wing cultural phase, even the left takes on right-wing characteristics. This is evidenced by the aggression of protest music in the ‘80s, in contradistinction to the soft, mellow feeling of ‘60s protest songs. Compare Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” with Genesis’ “Land of Confusion” or Springsteen’s “Born in the USA.” Whereas during the ‘60s, even right-wingers were inclined to wear their hair longer and sport sideburns, in the ‘80s even the liberals dressed like punks or preppy fascists. Ethos is destiny, as Heraclitus said. And this reactionary ethos is what shaped the childhood of an entire generation that grew up in that decade.
It is well documented that ‘80s kids were a latchkey generation. Boomer parents were so self-absorbed that they scarcely remembered that they had kids at all, and couldn’t be bothered to do much actual parenting. We were the first generation to experience large numbers of divorces and the rise of illegitimacy, therefore many of us grew up in broken, single-parent homes. What all this means is that popular culture took on a much greater importance in our lives than it might have otherwise. As GenX rapper Slug from the group Atmosphere put it, “My best friend was my TV / Game shows and cartoons / substituted for puppies, rainbows, and balloons.”
Cable television and VCRs became household staples in the 1980s. For the first time, uncensored R-rated movies were available on demand inside the home. And what were the best things about uncensored R-rated movies for a young boy? Sex and violence, of course. Late nite Skinemax softcore skin flicks, and shoot-em-up action movies with ripped alpha male anti-heroes who beat the &%$! out of bad guys and who always scored with hot chicks. (Honorable mention to volcel heroes one sees in ’80s action flicks, especially the martial arts variety, because, as Coach Mickey said to Rocky, “Women Weaken Legs.”)
We can have a laugh at some of the schlock that was produced during this era—for a good overview of some of the best of it, see the documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films. But whereas the ironic soy hipster response is to dismiss this entire ethos and decade as an absurd fantasia of over-the-top machismo, implicit white supremacism and latent homoeroticism—because every college graduate knows muscles are gay—the truth of the matter is that the best of ‘80s reactionary culture hearkens back to the adventurism and masculine heroism that lies at the very foundation of Western civilization in tales such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid, all of which would be denigrated as mere “genre fiction” were they written today.
The quintessential American myth is a lone man with a gun who cannot trust on a higher authority but knows what is right whether pioneer, cowboy or Dirty Harry. Boys who grew up in the 80s looked up to the heroic characters played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, characters who exemplified bravery and strength, not least of all through their bodybuilder physiques. Both action stars played heroes who would have to go outside the broken legal system to protect women whether family or love interests. The troubled solitary warrior John Rambo, or Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon, is a variation of the Achilles character archetype, while clever Indiana Jones is a modern Odysseus.
Jonathan Bowden correctly said that the spirit of the heroic was not killed in modernity, it was only displaced into “junk films and comic books.” So what happens to a generation that is raised on the heroic in just these forms? In the case of GenX, after a decade of action film heroism—and its accompanying soundtrack of power ballads, hair metal, and synth—there was a cultural shift just as profound, in its own way, as the one highlighted by Michael Hoffman in the above quotation about the post-JFK ‘60s. In true Hegelian fashion, the Reagan reactionary ‘80s gave way to its own reaction, which was late ’90s Clintonian neoliberalism.
The ‘90s began a cultural swing back to liberal dominance that only came to an end with the election of Donald Trump in 2016. All of the old left-wing causes of the ’60s and ’70s, which had to some degree faded into the background during the ’80s and stuffed in a trunk by the Clinton campaign of ’92, began to once again assert themselves and to attach themselves to the triumph of Western liberalism over Soviet communism. Feminism, racial grievance politics, gay rights, all reasserted themselves and gained moral force within the culture. The television shows began to reflect this revaluation of values in the types of characters they portrayed and the kinds of values they espoused. Hardness and heroism gave way to a cynical overlay of softness and sensitivity, essentialized in Bill Clinton’s catch phrase “I feel your pain.” (‘80s action heroes don’t feel your pain, they make you feel pain, then they say something witty about it.)
The shift in popular music in the early ’90s coincided perfectly with the shift in political leadership, with Bill Clinton winning election the same year that Nirvana and grunge displaced hair metal at the top of the music charts. Hair metal, whatever its faults, was music that celebrated partying and good times. Grunge was angst, moping, whining and screaming; despair-mongering junkie music. No metal band ever went to bat for liberal politics the way Kurt Cobain did in the liner notes to the Incesticide album. And when he killed himself (or got offed by his wife) two years later, it was only the logical and predictable outcome of this new white leftist ethos. That is why Cobain is still held up as an icon to this day: because what white liberals ultimately believe is that they should kill themselves.
For the kids who grew up wanting to be like our heroes in action films and adventure tv shows (The A-Team, MacGyver, Airwolf, Magnum PI, Bring ‘Em Back Alive, the list is endless—and don’t even get me started on ’80s cartoons) the ’90s cultural shift was a giant mindfuck. We entered college hoping for something like Animal House, and instead we got PCU, professors and the new popular culture telling us that all that stuff we grew up loving was nazi, patriarchal, racist, evil, or all of the above and needed to be deconstructed, dismantled and shunned. Real heroes aren’t explorers, adventurers, or warriors—real heroes are nurses.
There was a dearth of political options from the ’90s until Trump. Pat Buchanan and paleoconservatism were always admirable, but as a movement it suffered from still allowing the left to hold the moral high ground, and therefore needing to always censor itself, apologize, and pretend to kowtow to values it didn’t really hold anyway. Anti-globalization was mostly a left-wing movement, which coalesced around Ralph Nader’s two campaigns for President, which went nowhere and achieved nothing except perhaps to swing the 2000 election to George W. Bush. Ron Paul came along in ’07 and did the best he could under the circumstances, but was simply too good a man for the dirty world of politics. Smaller dissident movements had even less power and more unsavory elements.
During this time, the culture only drifted further and further from the values embodied in the ethos of ’80s culture. Much of GenX went along with the zeitgeist, because as they learned as children of divorce, that is what you have to do to get along in society. Many of us felt that those values we had caught a glimpse of in our younger days were just dreams and stories, things to be put aside for the sake of “real life,” which was really about paying bills and having a career and going to winebar with gf. After all, that’s what everyone else does. That’s what they do on Friends.
When the dissident right began to take shape perhaps ten years ago, mostly online on various platforms, and under different names at different times, a good number of the people involved were GenXers who were never entirely able to let go of the vision of life that had formed during their childhood in the reactionary ’80s, who were never quite able to trade The A-Team for Friends. People who had only become more and more alienated by the far leftward drift of popular culture in 21stcentury America. In the beginning it seemed like it would just be another internet ghetto, like some sort of obscure fan club for people into Ernst Jünger novels and Julius Evola books.
Then Trump happened. The year 2015 marks the turning point, the swing back to the right for the culture. Suddenly, the younger generation was on fire with an energy not seen for a very long time. Hillary Clinton gave her famous speech, during which a young edgelord yelled out “Pepe!” and the movement has continued on ever since, however divided or distracted. To be clear, I am not referring to “the alt right” or “white nationalism” or any other stupid label or ideological construct that attracts feds. I am talking about a general cultural shift, a cycle of nature which is both predictable and unavoidable. Regardless of what happens with any particular political movement, even Trumpism, this rightward drift will continue, at least until its time is up, and the pendulum swings back the other way again.
For those of us who belong to Generation X, the feeling is something of a second childhood. Part of this I think is seeing the younger generation discover and rework elements of ’80s culture, such as synthwave music, a staple of ’80s movie soundtracks. I first noticed this in the now classic Drive, the opening credits of which are an obvious homage and throwback to ’80s neon noir films like Michael Mann’s Thief. Or to see old ’80s franchises like The Karate Kid not merely resurrected for nostalgia’s sake, but reimagined and used as a platform to promote right wing values and criticize liberal culture, as in the Cobra Kai show.
The most important development, in my opinion, is the loose knit world of “right-wing bodybuilders” and “raw egg nationalists” that is sometimes called “frogtwitter,” “surf right,” or other esoteric names that I readily admit I’m not cool enough to know about. It’s the most important because it scoffs at ideology and doctrine in favor of raw vitality, aesthetics, and power. It is the first movement that can inspire new art, because it is itself more inspired by the art of the past than any mere “ideology” could be. As I have tried to illustrate in this essay, it is art above all that can inspire new generations, that can shape culture, and thereby shape new politics—because it can shape new men.
In spending some time on twitter recently, I have come to find that there are more GenX guys like me there than I expected. We occupy a unique middle ground, in that we still have some time to grow stronger and improve ourselves—and we can look to still older guys like P.D. Mangan for wisdom and inspiration—but we are also a bit older and wiser than the Zoomers and Millennials. We may also be a bit less broken in some respects, and perhaps a bit more broken in others. When I think about guys who are in their twenties right now, I both envy them for the resources and information they have access to, which my generation didn’t have, and I pity them for having to grow up in a culture that is far more pozzed than the one I had to grow up in. My hope for them, and for those who come after them, is that the resources at their disposal can help them to fight against the degeneracy; to get wise to it faster than we did; to get healthier and stronger, and more independent, and more focused on positive growth and values.
When Boomers took over the reigns of cultural power in the ’90s, almost all the content they produced was about how great their generation was and how groovy the ’60s were and how important their fake and ghey protests were and on and on and on. We’re all sick of it, we’ve all been sick of it our whole lives. They were incapable of seeing anything they did as wrong or misguided, and so they were incapable of passing along any life advice except to hold themselves up as some sort of perfect heavenly pattern to be imitated, however imperfectly. A pattern which of course didn’t even work for them, and worked even less well for succeeding generations because the country no longer had the economic conditions with which to cushion the fall brought about by living a vapid, hedonist lifestyle.
That time has passed. Our job, as I see it, is to create as much positive content as we can, not to glorify our own generation—which has plenty of flaws—but to help the younger ones. GenX right now is perfectly symbolized by the character of Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai: a bit battered and broken, a bit worse for wear, but with something hard won to offer, something to pass down. And still with work to be done. | <urn:uuid:f7f71a9e-5b45-4c99-ab5a-f6fd5d1b2e79> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theamericansun.com/2020/05/12/the-hard-core-of-the-new-right/?like_comment=19707&_wpnonce=8d481dad6e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.97146 | 3,889 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Take your WordPress site to the next level!
Over the course of two days you’ll dig deep into theme customisation and learn how to make your site work perfectly on mobile devices. You’ll begin to unleash the full potential of the platform: from search engine optimisation (SEO) to security, caching to e-commerce.
Who is this course for?
The course is aimed at those who’ve already got to grips with WordPress. You don’t need any programming experience, but a little CSS knowledge is useful. If you want to work on an existing WordPress site you are more than welcome, but we will provide a pre-installed site for up to a month for all attendees.
This course starts at 10:00am and finishes at 4:30pm. Lunch is served at 12:30pm.
- Introduction To WordPress: What is WordPress? A little history
- Recap of the WordPress basics: Posts, pages and all that jazz
- Settings in depth: More ways to configure your site
- Advanced posts and pages: Featured images, the kitchen sink, paging and more
- Exercise: Getting to grips with the WordPress Editor
- The Image Editor: Make your own thumbnails
- Themes, Widgets and Menus in depth: Learning the building blocks
- CSS introduction: An overview and some useful tools
- Pulling it all together: Improving the look of your site
- Exercise: Customising your theme with CSS
- Security: Hosting, plugins and good habits
- Caching: Make your site fly!
- Exercise: Security and caching plugins
- SEO – an overview: The strange art of Search Engine Optimisation
- Anti-spam techniques: Akismet and beyond
- Jetpack in depth: Juicy goodness form WordPress.com
- Exercise: Getting to know Jetpack
- E-commerce – an overview: An intro to selling your stuff
- More useful tools and plugins
- Question and Answer session with Mike
Please note: This course does not teach WordPress development (PHP coding).
Mike is the co-founder of WordPress. He’s also the founder and CEO of WordPress consultancy zed1.com, has a portfolio including prominent government sites, is a published author, technical editor and member of the Usability Professionals Association… but let’s face it, we had you at ‘co-founder of WordPress’.
Equipment you’ll need:
If you don’t have access to a computer please let us know in advance of the course so we can arrange one for you.
The course is £300 (inclusive of VAT). This covers:
- Two days tuition
- Lunch and refreshments on both days
- An electronic copy of the teaching materials
- One month’s free hosting, to test and refine your site (you’re welcome to work on your own site if you prefer)
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Your lake is at risk. Why?
Many Snohomish County lakes suffer from too much phosphorus, which comes from homes that drain into the lake from the watershed. When it rains, the phosphorus washes into ditches and streams and ends up in the lake. A little phosphorous from many homes can add up to big problems for lakes like:
- Excessive algae and toxic algae blooms
- Lower water clarity
- Stress on fish and wildlife
- Lower property values
How does phosphorus get from my house to the lake?
Most people don't even realize that they could be contributing to phosphorus pollution. Phosphorus comes from common household sources like lawn fertilizers, pet and animal wastes, septic systems and dirt from driveways, roofs or erosion. Plus, soils in this area are naturally rich in phosphorus.
Major phosphorus sources
How can you make a difference? Be LakeWise!
The good news is that by making a few small changes on your property, you can be part of the solution. The "Clear Choices Checklist (PDF)" is a guide to the most important actions you can take to protect your lake and be LakeWise. Learn more about the checklist items for:
By completing the checklist, your property can be "LakeWise Certified" and you will receive an attractive sign for your property. If you live right on a lake, you can also earn an optional "Healthy Shores" recognition
Incentives for taking LakeWise actions
Earn $200 in septic system care rebates
Visit Snohomish County’s Savvy Septic program to learn more about how to apply for rebates for your next professional septic inspection (with or without pumping) and riser installation.
Free northwest native plants for your shoreline
You can create a healthy shoreline that is also good for the lake by replacing some of your lawns with shrubs, perennials, or trees while still preserving your views and lake access. Interested shoreline owners may receive a free landscape design and free plants. Learn more on our LakeWise Healthy Shores page
Here’s how you take the first step
The process to become certified is easy! Start by signing up online or calling 425-388-3204 to schedule a free LakeWise certification visit. We offer flexible scheduling and you don’t need to complete any of the Clear Choice actions before the visit.
A local expert will meet with you to provide practical suggestions for implementing the Clear Choices such as tips for your lawns and yard. The visit is not an inspection -- just a way to provide support to help you move forward.
Participation in the LakeWise program is completely voluntary and you will be under no obligation to take any actions following the visit.
A LakeWise testimonial:
“As a resident of Lake Crabapple these past 10 years, I want to do everything in my power to keep it as pristine as it is today. I attended the free Safe Septic System workshop offered in the Seven Lakes area last fall. It was there that I found out about LakeWise Certification, so I invited them out to assess my property. I was pleasantly surprised at how many things we were already doing to protect our lake and environment. They also gave us great ideas to improve vegetation around our shoreline that would squeeze out the invasive, non-native plants. I highly recommend this program to anyone who has an interest in keeping their lake safe for children, adults, pets, fish, birds, waterfowl and any living organism that thrives in a lake environment.”
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by Nina Shoroplova, cherry scout, and author of the nonfiction book for adults, Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver's Stanley Park. Each week, I write a story for some of my grandchildren. The story below honours the 2021 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. It also appears on my website with a few more photographs under Author -> Writer. ~ ~ ~ “Arabella, you can carry the picnic mugs,” says Mom. “Willoughby, you can carry the picnic plates.” “Dad and I will carry the snacks, the treats, and the juice,” says Mom. “And the blanket,” says Dad. “Where are we going, Mom?” asks Arabella. “What are we doing, Dad?” asks Willoughby. “We’re going to Stanley Park to have a picnic party under the cherry blossom trees,” says Mom. “We’re going to have a hanami under the sakura,” says Dad. “Which one?” asks Arabella. Mom and Dad laugh. “They’re the same thing,” says Mom. “A hanami is a picnic party under a cherry blossom tree.” “And a sakura is a cherry blossom tree that’s so big we can picnic under its canopy and enjoy the beauty of its blossoms,” says Dad. “And marvel at the arrival of spring,” says Mom. The family walks toward the park. The flowering plum trees lining the road are changing colour—bronze leaves are mingling with clusters of single pink blossoms. Tiny chickadees with their black and white faces flit from trunk to branch to bough to post, singing cheerfully all the while. “Chick-a-dee-dee-dee.” A pair of Canada geese flies overhead, honking loudly. The family enters Stanley Park at Pooh Corner Day Care. Willoughby bounds down to Lost Lagoon and startles some ducks that fly up into the air. Before long, the mallards settle back into the lagoon again, putting their heads in the water, searching for food. “There are lots of cherry trees to choose from here,” says Arabella. “Perhaps one of these,” says Dad. “Or that one over there,” he says again. Willoughby runs past the weeping willows, which are greening up with their spring leaves and long catkins, and past the black locust, which won’t be leafing out for a long time. “What about here,” says Willoughby. He’s looking up at a large, wide-spreading cherry tree. “I can see high up,” he says, jumping excitedly beside the tree. Willoughby has such springy legs that he can jump up really high. “This is a good choice,” says Mom. She throws the blanket into the air, still holding on to one side. The blanket settles gently over the grass and moss and cherry blossom petals below the tree. Dad puts out the sandwiches, cookies, fruit, health bars, and juice. Willoughby puts out the plates. Arabella puts out the picnic mugs. “What did you call this kind of picnic, Dad? A something-mee?” “A hanami. It’s a Japanese word. I’ve been working with a man from Japan. He tells me all about their customs, like having a picnic party under the cherry trees.” Mom is looking at the creamy-white flowers in the tree. “The blossoms are double and they hang in bunches. The leaves are still very small. They’re hairy on the leaf margins. I wonder what kind of cherry tree it is.” “I’ll look it up on my tree app,” says Dad. “It looks as though it’s a Mount Fuji village cherry, a ‘Shirotae’.” “I’m jumping up to the top of Mount Fuji,” says Willoughby, and he jumps up high again. “I like this cherry tree,” says Arabella. “Its petals are so frilly and there are hundreds of them!” “Thousands,” says Willoughby. “These flowers will attract bees and flies,” says Mom. “And people,” says Arabella. “Do butterflies ever land on the cherry blossoms? A cherry tree would look so pretty covered with butterflies.” Dad searches on his smart phone to find out. “Yes, they do,” he says. Arabella is eating a cherry tomato when she spots a heron preening itself and stretching its neck tall. It’s sitting on a branch of a fallen tree. Dad lies down to have a snooze. The sun is almost warm on his face. Mom wanders around taking photos of all sorts of growing things. Willoughby has already eaten two of Mom’s peanut butter sandwiches. He explores a path along the shore. Arabella skips over to her Mom, She’s holding her favourite stuffy, Mr. Purple Beak. Today, Mr. Purple Beak is out of his cage and flying free. Arabella is teaching him all about cherry trees. “What was the other Japanese word Dad used? A word for the tree?” “Sakura,” says Mom. “Sakura! Sakura! That’s such a pretty word,” says Arabella. “Is this cherry tree a sakura, Mom?” she asks. “Yes, it is, Arabella,” says her Mom. Arabella teaches Mr. Purple Beak. “These are the petals. They’re creamy white. See how many petals grow in one flower! “And here are the leaves. They’re green. “And this is the trunk. See its stripes?” Mr. Purple Beak looks. “Now, say this: hu-naa-mee.” Arabella listens while Mr. Purple Beak repeats the word. “And now this: sa-koo-ra.” Again, Arabella listens while Mr. Purple Beak says the word. Willoughby emerges from some brush beside the lake. He’s covered with leaves and twigs and earth. “The Canada geese were fighting each other,” he says, breathless with excitement. “I expect there’s a nest on that island,” says Mom. “And in that nest are some eggs, with goslings about to hatch. It’s another sign of spring.” When it’s time to go home, everyone pitches in, packing the leftovers, wrapping the dirty dishes, and folding the blanket. Fluffy white clouds float along in the sky as the family walk home “We had a hanami, Mr. Purple Beak,” says Arabella. 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Develop a plan to tackle ergonomic concerns to promote a healthy productive work environment. This includes developing a comprehensive plan for roll out, engaging management commitment, building the case for change and follow-up to ensure the initiative is sustained and effective.
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Lean Drink – Also Known As Dirty Sprite Or Sizzurp
If you’ve been wondering what a “Lean drink” is, it is a Schedule II controlled substance that’s very popular in hip-hop culture. It is a popular choice for a drink because it produces euphoria and sedation, but it can also be very dangerous because of its illegal manufacturing and poor measurement methods. In this article, you’ll learn all about the dangers of this drink and discover how to avoid becoming a victim of the abuse it causes.
Lean drink is a Schedule II controlled substance
The lean drink, also known as a dirty Sprite or Sizzurp, is a dangerous mixture made from codeine-based prescription cough medicine. It is often flavored with hard candy and is intended to induce a dissociative euphoric high. It is often illegal to purchase, but it is widely available at pharmacies.
The ingredients in lean vary, but all of them contain codeine, a powerful opioid that produces feelings of euphoria. At high dosages, users experience side effects similar to those of the hallucinogenic drug PCP, including psychosis, hallucinations, rapid breathing, and coma. These are all serious problems.
The primary ingredient in lean is codeine, a highly addictive narcotic. Its potential for abuse and addiction are high, making lean a dangerous substance. Because it is disguised in flavors that are familiar to many people, it can be difficult to detect how much you’re drinking until it is too late. Moreover, lean may not be prescribed for chronic use.
In addition to being addictive, Lean is a habit-forming substance. It is just as dangerous as alcohol and prescription drugs when taken in large quantities. Using lean can lead to life-threatening complications, financial loss, and even legal trouble. Despite the dangers associated with this substance, if you or a loved one suspects a loved one is drinking lean, seek help immediately.
Lean is a mixture of cough syrup, soft drinks, and hard flavored candy. It contains a combination of opioids – codeine and promethazine – and is highly addictive. When used as prescribed, codeine is safe but has habit-forming properties, making it dangerous when misused. If you’re thinking of buying a lean drink, be sure to check out our guide to Lean and other similar products.
It is popular in hip-hop culture
Lean drink or purple drinks have been a staple of hip-hop culture for a number of years, but in recent years, they have been getting a little more mainstream. While formerly only available to hip-hop artists, the drink is now a popular drink amongst everyone, including hip-hop royalty. In its most popular form, the drink is made up of syrup and contains no calories, and is often mixed with other substances like alcohol or Robitussin.
The Lean Drink is a was mixture of codeine and beer. Since codeine is no longer sold over-the-counter, it was later marketed to include DXM cough syrups, also known as “robotripping.” It eventually became a mixture of Robitussin and beer, and then a mixture of soda, hard candy, and ice. The drink has become so popular in the hip-hop culture that it has even been mentioned on the soundtrack for the film Black Panther.
Although not widely known outside of hip-hop circles, the lean drink, also known as a purple drink or sizzurp, has become an extremely popular drug in the hip-hop culture. Often made with codeine and promethazine, the drink has become incredibly popular in hip-hop culture and has become a staple of hip-hop culture.
While lean is a legal substance and is often enjoyed by hip-hop fans, it is not without its risks. It is a respiratory depressant and can be deadly in higher doses. As a result, many people mistakenly believe that the drink is not dangerous. Ultimately, lean is addictive and dangerous. It is not a wise choice for anyone to try to stop drinking the drink without the support of a doctor.
It causes sedation and euphoria
The dangerous and addictive drug cocktail known as lean contains codeine, promethazine, and antihistamines. Cough medicines containing codeine can cause sedation and euphoria and are only available with a prescription. These medications also cause dizziness, hallucinations, and nausea. The effects can last for three to six hours.
While it is illegal to distribute or consume this substance in the United States, it can lead to legal and medical complications. Cough syrups containing codeine are not as dangerous as heroin or opioid painkillers, but the solution that Purple Drank creates can be equally harmful. Users may accidentally consume too much because the drink masks the taste of cough syrup. Additionally, users may drink too quickly and not realize how much codeine they are consuming. Lean consumption can lead to an addiction to opioids, a serious medical condition.
The dangers of Lean and its combination with alcohol or other drugs are obvious. When mixed with alcohol, they can cause sedation and euphoria, making the user depressed and sleepy. People who drink lean may not realize that it is an issue, but an empty bottle of cough suppressant or liquor can signal a problem. While it may be hard to know exactly what the effects of Lean are, it is never a good idea to take the substance yourself without professional help.
There are many people of all ages who abuse these substances. Young adults and teenagers are the main group of individuals who abuse purple drank. It is known that the drink is widely promoted by celebrities on social media. Rapper Mozzy, who collaborated on the soundtrack for the movie Black Panther, posted a video showing him dumping codeine-laced cough syrup that had no effect.
It is dangerous because it is made without measurements
This sugary beverage contains varying amounts of codeine, an opioid that is safe in small amounts. However, the substance is potentially dangerous in larger amounts. People who mix cough syrup with alcohol may experience sedation or euphoria. They may also feel sleepy or depressed. While many people don’t realize they’re abusing lean, they may have empty bottles of cough suppressants or liquor. In such cases, they should seek medical attention and seek assistance as soon as possible.
The combination of alcohol and codeine can cause serious health consequences, and consuming excessive amounts of the substance may lead to liver failure. The drink is habit-forming and contains ingredients that can cause addiction and even death. To make it, people use prescription cough syrup with opioid codeine and antihistamine promethazine, which are both known to be toxic in excessive amounts. People can also add other substances, such as hard candies or candy bars, to the drink, including codeine tablets.
While the combination of drugs in Lean may seem harmless, it is extremely dangerous. The ingredients in this illicit drink are made from cough medicine, soft drinks, and hard candy. Although these are legal and available at any pharmacy, they are highly addictive and highly dangerous to the body. The codeine contained in lean has a long history of misuse and abuse. Many pop stars, including hip-hop artist Mac Miller, have sipped lean and spoken about it.
Making lean without measurements can be dangerous for several reasons. Lean contains codeine, which is a narcotic that is commonly used as a cough suppressant and a mild analgesic. People taking lean may not realize how much they have consumed. They may not know how much codeine they’re taking until the drink is too late. Moreover, it is made with ingredients that people recognize and can’t stand.
It is addictive
There are many reasons why people are addicted to the opiate called codeine, which is found in cough syrups. Codeine belongs to the same family of opioid drugs as heroin and highly addictive prescription painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. Both are central nervous system depressants, and while these drugs are legal, they are also extremely addictive. If you are worried that Purple Drank or Sizzurp may be the culprit behind your addiction, it’s time to seek treatment.
Once you’ve finished the detoxification process, you’ll need to join a rehabilitation program. Rehab programs typically provide individual, family, and group therapy, as well as complementary treatments. These treatments can help you rebuild relationships, cope with stress, and learn about addiction. In addition to detoxifying your body, treatment will also help you learn how to cope with stress and other mental health problems. If you’ve been thinking about trying purple drank or sizzurp but have been unable to make a decision yet, don’t let the fear of withdrawal overwhelm you. With many different rehabilitation programs available, you can find the best treatment for you.
When it comes to the addiction potential of purple drank or sizzurp, you can’t ignore the fact that this combination of drugs can be extremely dangerous when mixed with alcohol or other substances. Even in moderate doses, this combination can have devastating effects on your body, and repeated use can result in death. Therefore, you should always ask your children about their use of this substance. The questions to ask include your child’s health history, mental health history, and medications. If you or someone you love is struggling with substance abuse, please visit our drug rehab directory and find a center that can assist you. | <urn:uuid:7704b963-96c0-4fff-9da4-c3fd58b0469e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://therecover.com/lean-drink-addiction-and-abuse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.960863 | 1,965 | 1.640625 | 2 |
A hardy group of about 50 growers, industry professionals and researchers gathered under the hot sun — and in the shade, where they could find it — in Grandview, Washington, for a Smart Orchard field day held July 26 in English and July 27 in Spanish.
Organized by Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission and technology company innov8.ag, the field day featured updates on soil nutrient analysis, heat stress management and canopy vigor mapping technologies being studied in a Honeycrisp orchard owned by Washington Fruit and Produce Co.
Attendees rotated among three different stations to hear presentations on the latest research findings.
Bernardita Sallato, WSU tree fruit extension specialist, said her role in the Smart Orchard project is to “ground truth” the information coming from the sensors and other technology by checking how well it correlates with the information coming from standard soil analysis procedures.
After explaining a series of data maps, graphs and charts, she pointed to a soil pit behind her. “Unfortunately, there’s no other way to understand what is going on, but looking,” she said. “We’re going to remain with the 100-year-old technology … it works.” (See “Soil pits get the view from below.”)
She is also taking measurements of fruit growth, by hand, and will evaluate fruit quality at the end of the season. This data is needed to understand if the new technologies can deliver on their promises to improve either yield or quality, or both.
Plant sensors in the orchard
Lee Kalcsits, WSU endowed chair for tree fruit environmental physiology and management, explained that his role in the Smart Orchard project focused on plant-based sensors, including dendrometers and microtensiometers that measure plant responses to the environment.
WSU doctorate student Basavaraj Amogi talked about a project involving noncontact sensors used to measure fruit surface temperature. The image-based technology can also integrate different types of sensors for heat stress management, spectral analysis of the canopy or air quality sensing.
Acknowledging the wide array of sensors available today (see “Sensor overload”), Kalcsists recommended growers stick to the ones that have scientific literature behind them, and he encouraged growers to push the companies to share data.
“One of the big issues with sensors is data ownership,” Kalcsits said. “Your data is really powerful, and your historical data is even more powerful. Make sure, before you’re adopting a technology, that you own that data and you have access to that raw data.”
AgWeatherNet and drone imagery
Lav Khot, associate professor at WSU’s Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems and director of AgWeatherNet, is leading a project focused on collecting data and developing products growers can use for canopy management, irrigation management, stress management and more.
From his laptop, Sean Hill, AgWeatherNet application systems analyst/developer, showed the group the range of data collected by the weather stations — including climate summaries that show the normal range of temperatures, extreme temperatures, precipitation, evapotranspiration and winds.
“All that data is great on its own, but if you take it and put it into some sort of decision support tool or model that’s been developed, you can become proactive in your management decisions,” Hill said. (See “A new day for DAS.”)
Khot and project team members also talked about integrating private weather stations with AgWeatherNet (see “Ag weather or not”) and gave an overview of drone imagery-based canopy vigor and ET mapping technology.
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Prescription Drug Misuse Remains at Alarming Levels
Prescription Drug Misuse Remains at Alarming Levels
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Despite increased public attention on the epidemic of prescription medication abuse, about three in five Americans tested misused their prescription drugs in 2012, virtually the same as in 2011, according to a national study issued today by Quest Diagnostics.
The new study, believed to be one of the largest to examine trends in the use of commonly abused drugs such as opioid pain killers based on objective laboratory data, suggests a substantial number of patients continue to use their prescribed medications in ways that put their health at risk. The report is now available at QuestDiagnostics.com/HealthTrends.
"Despite public education and publicity surrounding the dangers of prescription drug abuse, our study shows that misuse rates continue to be alarmingly high for opioids and other powerful medications," said F. Leland McClure, Ph.D., director, pain management, mass spectrometry operations, Quest Diagnostics. "We are hopeful that recent efforts by policy makers and public and private health professionals will help to rein in the nation's prescription drug epidemic."
The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ report, A Report on Marijuana and Prescription Drug Misuse in America, is based on an analysis of 227,402 de-identified urine lab-test results of patients, age 10 years and older, of both genders in 49 states and the District of Columbia performed by the company's clinical laboratories in 2011 and 2012. The testing was performed in connection with the company's prescription drug monitoring services. These services aid clinicians in monitoring patients for appropriate use of up to 26 commonly abused prescription medications, such as opioids and sedatives, and illicit drugs, such as marijuana and cocaine.
Consistent results indicate that only the drug or drugs prescribed for the patient were detected. Inconsistent results suggest a patient has misused one or more drugs. Forms of misuse include combining a prescribed drug with other non-prescribed drugs, which can lead to dangerous drug combinations; not taking a prescribed drug, which contributes to healthcare waste and failed treatment; and using other drugs, which indicates illicit drug use without a clinician's oversight.
The study's key findings:
• Drug misuse continues to be highly prevalent, with three in five patients tested still misusing drugs. Sixty percent of patients tested in 2012 misused their medications, a slight improvement over the 63% inconsistency rate of 2011.
• Marijuana was the most commonly abused drug, followed closely by opioids. Among patients with inconsistent test results in 2012, evidence of marijuana was found in more than one in four (26%) patient test results, followed by opiates (22%), benzodiazepines (16%), oxycodone (14%), cocaine (8%) and methadone (6%).
• Drug combinations are a common form of misuse. Of patients with an inconsistent test result in 2012, about one in three, or 33%, tested positive for the prescribed drug and at least one additional drug.
• Substantial numbers of patients did not take their medications. Among patients with inconsistent results, about 42% did not use their prescribed medication, possibly due to forgetfulness, financial constraints or illegal sales.
The study also found that men and women misused prescription drugs equally. Although misuse rates were above 50% for all government and private health plan categories, Medicaid beneficiaries had the highest rates of misuse, at 70%.
"While we had hoped for a noteworthy decline in misuse rates in 2012 compared to 2011, this was not the case," said Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., senior medical director, Quest Diagnostics. "Not only is prescription drug misuse potentially dangerous for patients, it also contributes to healthcare waste and illegal activity. Our data underscores our nation's need for better solutions for promoting responsible use of prescription drugs."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributes 22,134 deaths in 2010 to prescription drug overdoses, a four-fold increase from 1999.
Quest Diagnostics is a leader in prescription and workplace drug monitoring by diagnostic testing. The company's Drug Testing Index™ is widely considered a benchmark in national trends of drug use by American workers. The company extended its drug monitoring services with the addition of a new portfolio of prescription drug monitoring services for clinicians in 2010.
Study Strengths and Limitations
The study's strengths are its size and national scope; use of an objective laboratory method, versus surveys or polls, which may be subject to user misrepresentation or error; confirmation of all positive drug screens by mass spectrometry, the most advanced drug testing method; and inclusion of patients under care by clinicians in a primary care or pain-management setting, but exclusion of those in drug rehabilitation or addiction treatment settings, where unusually high rates of drug misuse may be expected.
Study limitations include geographic disparities; inability to confirm drug misuse through access to medical records or clinical evaluation; and technological factors and patient variations, such as drug metabolism and hydration state, that may affect the reliability of a minority of results. Quest Diagnostics does not provide services to all clinicians in the U.S., so results are not broadly representative of all patients taking prescription medications in the U.S. It is also possible some clinicians tested patients due to appropriate suspicions of drug misuse, and that some clinicians omitted to specify all drugs prescribed for the patient on a test order, skewing some results.
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The conga drum and it's rhythms has it origins in Africa and Cuba and thus, it is Afro-Cuban in origin. The conga is likely a descendant of a one or more African drums, which were brought to Cuba, as well as the Cuban Cajon.
The African predecessors likely include the Makuta, Ngoma, Yuka, Bembé and possibly Ashiko. At least one Cuban predecessor of the conga is the Cuban Cajon (see A History of the Congas Dr. Olavo Alén Rodriguez.)
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The vessels out at sea needs to be very self-contained during the span of her voyage. She needs to produce her own power in order to carry out various operations onboard a vessel. The most vital operation with top notch standards of precision is “Propulsion”. The large sized engines burn fuel oils to converts the chemical energy stored in the fuel into heat energy which in turn converts into rotational form of energy to drive the propeller. The keyword, “HEAT”, needs to be dissipated as all the heat generated is not useful. If not done so effectively it would damage various machinery on board a ship.
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Heat generation is part and parcel of various systems in ships. The excess or the unused heat is usually carried away using an especially dedicated system called “Cooling Water System”. As the name suggests, the above mentioned system uses water as the coolant or the cooling medium as seawater is in abundance out there at sea. The basic components of the cooling water system onboard includes:
- Sea chest
- Main seawater pump
- Heat exchangers or coolers
- Various valves
SEA CHEST: It is a reservoir or can be defined as the intake from which seawater is drawn to be supplied in the pipelines.
STRAINERS: They are used to prevent the entry of pollutants such as plastics from entering the supply line.
MAIN SEAWATER PUMP: This pump is used to draw seawater from the sea chest into the supply line and also to circulate the seawater through the entire cooling water system.
HEAT EXCHANGER: They are used to cool the hot fluid in order to draw the heat from them, as a result, the hot fluid’s temperature drops. Heat exchangers are devices which work on the principle that heat flows from a substance at higher temperature to a substance at low temperature. Heat exchangers used are basically of two types:
- Shell and Tube heat exchangers
- Plate type heat exchangers
VALVES: Several valves are used to regulate the flow of fluid in the different section of the cooling system such as
- Temperature Control valve
- Globe control valve
- Butterfly valve etc.
Types of Cooling Water System on board:
- Direct Seawater Cooling System
- Centralized Cooling System
Direct Seawater Cooling System:
In Direct Seawater Cooling System, seawater is directly fed into each and every heat exchanger in the system. Basically, the seawater, drawn from the sea chest using the main seawater pump, is made to pass through various heat exchangers such as the lube oil cooler, the jacket water cooler, the main engine air cooler and various other coolers used in the auxiliary machinery which is a part of the cooling system. After extracting heat from the hot fluids, the seawater exits the heat exchangers or coolers and gets overboard into the sea.
Advantages of Direct Seawater Cooling System:
- Less complex design
- Installation cost is low
Disadvantages of Direct Seawater Cooling System:
- Frequent maintenance required, high running cost
- Seawater is highly corrosive, need to deal with corrosion very frequently
- In case of any leak, fluids get contaminated because of seawater
Centralized Cooling System:
In Centralized Cooling System, seawater along with fresh water is used to extract the extra or the unused heat from the hot fluids. In such systems, an extra component known as the CENTRAL COOLER is also installed. Instead of making the seawater to circulate in the entire system as in Direct Seawater Cooling System, the seawater is made to pass only through the central cooler and the fresh water circulates in a close loop within the system. The fresh water is made to pass through every heat exchanger in the system where it draws heat from the respective hot fluids and since it flows in a closed circuit, it is passed through the central cooler. Eventually, the central cooler is now used to transfer the extracted heat from the fresh water to the seawater. The seawater outlet from the central cooler is then dumped into the ocean. The fresh water used in the closed circuit is provided by a Fresh water Expansion tank which is also used to refill the fresh water when required.
Advantages of Centralized Cooling System:
- Less corrosion in the pipelines
- Less Maintenance cost
Disadvantages of Centralized Cooling System:
- Initial installation cost is more
- Complex design
Features of the Cooling Water System:
- Jacket Cooling Water System/ High Temperature Line
- Low Temperature Line
Jacket Cooling Water System/ High Temperature Line: The Jacket Cooling Water System is a closed loop circuit which mainly comprise the cooling of the jacket water of the main engine. The temperatures involved in this system are quite high. The fresh water flows in the jackets, if the vessel is fitted with central cooling system, around the cylinders to draw the excessive heat from the main engine cylinders when they burn fuel. After absorbing the heat, the fresh water transfers the heat energy to the seawater in the central cooler. Some additional features included in this system are:
- Jacket Water Pumps: They are used to draw water from the expansion tanks to supply it to the jackets around the main engine cylinders.
- Pre-Heater: Pre-Heaters are used to maintain the jacket water temperature especially when the heat production is not very high or when the engine is running at slow speed. They are also used to keep the main engine warmed up while the engine is stopped.
Low Temperature Line: Low Temperature Line or Low Temperature Circuit also uses closed loops in the case of ships fitted with Centralized cooling system. A low temperature line is used for cooling small machinery or to extract heat from machinery with low temperature range. The fresh water is made to pass through various heat exchangers or coolers of various auxiliary machines in the system. After the fresh water has extracted heat from every heat exchanger in the system, it is passed through the central cooler also known as the Low Temperature Water Cooler. Eventually, the seawater after absorbing the heat from the fresh water will be dumped out into the sea. Low Temperature System can be used for:
- Lubricating Oil coolers
- Air compressor intercoolers
- Main engine and auxiliary machine air coolers
- Various auxiliary machines’ coolers
From the above study it is very much significant that there are several safety measures on board a vessel such as the cooling water system. The cooling water system enhances the level of safety by extracting the excessive heat from the machinery which, if not done, could lead to hazardous situations. Thus, Cooling water system is yet the best and the most efficient way to prevent the damages which may occur due to heat. | <urn:uuid:9c8c6cdd-d35b-4ef2-8c06-7cc7a444005d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sailorstaan.com/life-at-sea/cooling-water-system-onboard/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941317 | 1,421 | 3.546875 | 4 |
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Covid-19 cases, emergency department visits and hospital admission rose between June and August among children aged 0-17 years in the USA (CDC).
The studies published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Report on Friday reported that, over a two-week period (14-27 August), visits to the Covid 19 emergency department and hospital admissions in the age group in the states with the lowest vaccination coverage were 3.4 and 3.7 times higher than those with the highest inoculation rates. Meanwhile, during the period from late June to mid-August, the weekly hospitalization rates of Covid-19 linked with the highly transmissible Delta variety surged almost five times over, a second CDC report also released on Friday revealed.
Including the proportions of hospitals and adolescents with a serious illness before and during the Delta predominance, according to the research, hospitalization was 10 times greater among non-vaccinated youngsters than among fully inoculated adolescents. The report claimed.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, the Child Covid-19 instances are increasing, with nearly 204,000 cases added last week. In addition, 22.4% of reported weekly cases were for youngsters for the week ending the 26th of August.
Approximately 4.8 million children have tested positive in Covid-19, a study from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association stated, since the beginning of the US epidemic earlier in the year.
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You may have thought to yourself, why does champagne cost so much? And that’s a very good question. However, when we understand how this famous drink is made, the time, dedication and passion that is put into it, we could be asking ourselves, why is it so cheap?
Let me explain…
Champagne is a complex product, and unlike still wines, undergoes a second and sometimes third process before it reaches the shops. Here’s what happens from grape to glass in a nutshell.
First the vines are planted in the vineyard, and keep in mind that the average vine doesn’t bear any fruit for about three years. When the grapes produced are harvested, the picking is all done by hand. Why? I’ll explain that a little later, but first let’s remain with the process.
The grapes are then crushed, mechanically this time, to extract the juice which is called “must”. The juice is then transferred to large vats, usually stainless steel but not always, to begin its first natural fermentation. This is caused by the reaction of the yeast on the skins and the natural sugar in the juice. When you visit Champagne at this time of year, around the middle of September, you’ll be struck by the smell of alcohol in the air.
We’re going to leave that process to take its course over a period of about six weeks.
So now we have a vat full of still wine ready for the next process. Enter the cellar master. He will start his work by selecting various still wines from his reserve collection kept back from previous years’ harvests uniquelyfor the purpose of blending. Why? The aim of the cellar master is to deliver a consistent product to the consumer. Unlike Bordeaux wine for example, which tastes different depending on the weather conditions etc. during the year, we are looking to create a similar product every year, regardless of how much it rained, or how much sunshine we enjoyed.
So he takes his secret recipe, and begins the blending process. He will use his experience and skill to create a still wine blended from many different grapes, from many different years to deliver the still version of what will become the bubbly version later.
So how do we get the bubbles in the bottle? After the cellar master is satisfied that his creation is right, a small amount of new yeast and sugar will be added to the bottle, to activate the second fermentation, this time in the bottle, so the bubbles cannot escape, and so we end up with a bubbly wine. At this stage, the bottles are then laid down horizontally in the cellar to age. Again, unlike still wine, which is sold almost as soon as it’s been bottled, champagne is laid to rest in the dark underground cellars below the towns and villages of the region for a minimum of 15 months and sometimes up to 10 years. Imagine the financial investment required if your product is not ready to sell for 10-15 years!
Anyway, back to the process. And there’s a problem with the sediment left over from the second fermentation process and it’s stuck in the bottle. This problem foxed many a cellar master in the past, including Dom Perignon, until later, Veuve Clicquot who was a pioneer in this part of the world, discovered that by drilling holes in her wooden kitchen table, she could put the bottles into the holes, neck down, and gradually turn them to the right and to the left, into a vertical position, coaxing the fine sediment down to the neck of the bottle. This process today takes about 6 weeks and is done mechanically usually, although many of the small champagne producers still undertake this job by hand. It’s called “riddling” or “remuage” in French.
Now we need to get the sediment out. So we plunge the bottles neck-down into a freezing solution, a small ice-cube forms in the neck, we remove the cap and bingo, the sediment is gone and the bottles are ready to be corked, washed, labelled and sent off to the shops.
And why do we pick the grapes by hand? Because champagne is the only white wine made from black grapes and we don’t want those dark skins contaminating the clear white juice inside the grapes. More about the grapes in Part 2.
- Written by Yvonne Halling, owner of Les Molyneux, a luxury B&B in the heart of champagne country.
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Hazardous Material crews from Fire & Rescue NSW, alongside the NSW Police bomb squad have attended a medical research facility after reports of a chemical spill at the Garvan Institute in Darlinghurst.
Emergency services responded to the scene after a triple zero call around 1:15pm today, with early reports of a “highly explosive” chemical spill.
“Fire and Rescue HAZMAT crews are attending an address on Victoria Street Darlinghurst after the discovery of a container of perchloric acid,” Fire and Rescue said in a statement.
“The acid is crystalised in form and has high explosive potential.”
A spokesperson for the Garvan Institute confirmed the presence of the substance had been identified during a chemical inspection last month.
“The small quantity of perchloric acid was scheduled for proactive removal,” she said.
“In accordance with routine procedure, [Garvan] has enlisted the assistance of Fire and Rescue NSW.
“Garvan staff were temporarily evacuated from the building as a precautionary measure only.”
NSW Fire and Rescue have confirmed they are conducting atmospheric monitoring at the site, while roads are closed between Victoria Street and Burton Street, and Liverpool Street remains closed to pedestrians.
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Every pet parent wants the best for his/her dog. Often, dogs are allergic to common ingredients found in dog food brands. To counter these, pet food manufacturers have started developing good quality hypoallergenic dog foods for such dogs. However, not all hypoallergenic dog foods are made the same. This leaves pet owners utterly confused about such products and most do not know the pros and cons of feeding these to their pets. In this guide, we are going to talk about everything you need to know to choose the best hypoallergenic dog food and the best brands for your beloved pet.
Food Allergies in Dogs
A dog’s digestive system is designed to only break down proteins and some vegetables and fruits. However, majority of the economical dog food brands contain large quantities of corn, rice, maize, wheat, dairy, soy and other grains. These grains are difficult to digest for the hypoallergenic dog’s gentle system. Feeding this to the pet regularly can cause the digestive system to turn against itself leading to allergic reactions like:
- Intense itchiness
- Diarrhea or loose watery stools
- Gas, bloating and other signs of indigestion
- Paw licking
- Red eyes
- Poor, unhealthy coat
- Extreme patchy hair loss
- Hot spots on the skin
If your dog is displaying these symptoms from time to time, it is time you switch to hypoallergenic dog food.
What is hypoallergenic food for dogs?
Hypoallergenic dog food is designed to work gently on your dog’s digestive system. It contains different ingredients than those you would find in regular foods. For example, instead of chicken or lamb, you might see venison, duck, rabbit, turkey or salmon. Also, grains like wheat, corn and soy or dairy may be replaced with brown rice. Hypoallergenic food does not contain common allergens like soy, dairy and refined grains. The percentage of lean protein is also usually greater than carbohydrates. Good quality hypoallergenic dog foods are also fortified with Omega essential fatty acids, antioxidants and vitamins and minerals.
Different categories of hypoallergenic dog food
When it comes to buying hypoallergenic dog foods, pet parents often get thrown off by terms like organic, natural, hypoallergenic etc. All three terms have different connotations and it would be beneficial for pet owners to learn the differences.
- Organic dog food The term organic has become a household craze now. If we humans choose organic for ourselves, why not feed organic to our pets as well? Organic dog food is toxin-free food. It contains no artificial fillers, dyes, preservatives or hormones. Research has shown that the most common reason for allergies in puppies is oxytetracycline, an antibiotic found in mass produced pet food. This harmful toxin gives rise to food intolerances and is found in farm raised pork, chicken, lamb and other meats that come from factory farms.
- Natural dog food Pet food can be natural but it might not be organic and vice a versa. When we use the term natural food for pets, we are talking about a feed that has not been processed. It is not subjected to any physical processing such as hydrolysis, fermentation, heat processing etc.
Hypoallergenic dog food is more about a diet rather than being about natural or organic. The best hypoallergenic dog food will consist of organic ingredients in their natural state which are not artificial or artificially preserved. When selecting the right hypoallergenic dog food for your pet, it is best to consult your vet first. Determine whether your dog is allergic to a specific allergen in which case, she/he may be fed a limited ingredient diet.
Such a diet contains fewer components so that you eliminate that particular allergen. Alternatively, your dog may be fed a novel hypoallergenic diet where the components or ingredients are the ones your pet has never been exposed to. This ensures that your pet won’t be allergic to the new components. A third category of hypoallergenic diet would be a prescription diet recommended specifically by the vet.
What to look for in hypoallergenic dog food?
When selecting the best hypoallergenic dog food brands, you must start by reading food labels. Here is how to make sense of a pet food label:
- Guaranteed analysis- The guaranteed analysis on pet food label will tell you the amount of protein, fat, fiber and moisture the food contains.
- Look at the source of each nutrient. Know that the combination of different ingredients is also important than the single nutrients
- Note that pet food can contain different forms of the same ingredient, so read the entire label and ensure the food contains a healthy balance of fat, proteins and carbohydrates
- The order of ingredients is important too and they are listed by their weight. But it is important to look beyond the first three ingredients since meats (which are usually listed first) contain more water and naturally weigh more. Learn to look at least 5-8 ingredients
- The age of your dog matters too; puppies need more protein, while adult dogs need more fiber.
Sometimes, meats like lambs or chicken can also cause allergies in dog. In such case, you may go in for hypoallergenic dog food that does not contain these ingredients. Thankfully, there are tons of choices for you when it comes to selecting good dog food brand for your allergenic pet. Pick the one that works best for your dog.
5 Best brands in hypoallergenic dog food
Following are some of the best brands in this category of dog food
“My 9 year old dog is walking as if he is 9 months old!”
The above review states it all. Orijen is indeed one of the leading manufacturers of hypoallergenic dog foods. The company has consistently received rave reviews from breeders, vets and dog owners alike.
- The meat fish and poultry are raised on their own farms and they use organic whole eggs, omega 3- rich natural salmon and fish as well as organic vegetables and fruits to round the nutrition.
- There are no fillers you’d normally find in cheaper dog food brands.
- Many pet owners have seen remarkable health changes in the pets in just 3-4 weeks of starting their pets on Orijen Hypoallergenic Grain Free dog food.
2.Acana Dog Food
Acana is the sister company of Orijen and their products are a little cheaper than Orijen dog food. Picky eaters love this brand and pet owners are grateful that they do not have to mix any wet chicken, beef or lamb to make dry dog food palatable! Dogs fed on Acana have no problems digesting it easily-their coat is healthier and shinier and the stools are dry.
There are tons of varieties to choose from in this hypoallergenic dog food brand: Merrick Adult Texas Beef and Sweet Potato, Merrick Backcountry Puppy, Salmon and Bison etc. All have been loved by pets and pet owners are pleased with them! The high protein content of Acana Heritage Meats Formula comes from grass fed lamb, Yorkshire pork and Angus beef. Do try their Acana Grasslands which has 0% grains, freshly caught Canadian fish, whole eggs and New Zealand lamb.
• Suitable for all breeds, especially for performance dogs
• Contains several different sources of high quality hypoallergenic proteins
3.Taste Of The Wild
“Stopped my Labrador from getting seizures!”
This brand of best hypoallergenic, grain free dog food comes in dry and canned varieties. Thousands of pet owners have loved this brand which consists of roasted meats (venison and bison) along with fresh fruits and vegetables for antioxidants.
• Grain- free dog food for different stages
• Roasted meat offers great flavor.
• You need to source the food from reputed vendors as certain batches of this food were recalled due to mold-especially the ones sourced from online retailers. Make sure you talk to a vet before starting your pet on this brand.
4.PS for Dogs
“My fat dog is now at a normal weight!”
“My picky eater eats only 2 brands of hypoallergenic dog foods and this is one of them!”
“PS I Love You”!
PS for dogs is a well loved brand which advertises itself as “No more hotspots and paws licking. PS dog food solves allergies naturally without pills, steroids and harmful shots!”
• The company’s sole mission is to solve allergies in canines. Their products completely stop paw licking, chewing, watery stools, gas, red eyes and other allergy symptoms. Dogs on PS maintain dry stools and great coats.
• Dogs that have had the habit of licking paws so much that they were stained red were placed on this food and within weeks their paws color was restored.
• Expensive because of the small size of kibble.
5.Purina Pro Plan Focus Sensitive Skin and Stomach
“No more itchiness flakiness and our dog has a wonderful shinier coat!”
This wonderful brand of hypoallergenic dog food has salmon, rice and easy to digest antioxidants that will leave your pet with wonderful coat. It also contains zinc and omega essential fatty acids.
- 30 pound bag costs only $40 approximately.
- Recommended by vets for dogs with stomach issues
• Has a fishy smell which pets love nevertheless!
Having a dog with allergies is no fun. It can be confusing for a pet owner who may have to make numerous visits to the vet for shots, pills and other harmful stuff that leaves the dog tired and lethargic. Hypoallergenic dog food can be expensive but it is worth the price. When fed regularly to allergenic pets, it can prevent all these issues and leave your dog with a healthy, shiny coat. We hope these honest reviews of top hypoallergenic dog food brands help you make an informed choice. | <urn:uuid:825d90aa-c075-402f-8089-ee5e5f9a4b70> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mypuppymylove.com/hypoallergenic-dog-food-brands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941873 | 2,171 | 1.664063 | 2 |
How Was The Collection Acquired?
We hold approximately 6,000 in our collection, each one cared for in accordance with best practice museum standards. We hold many objects relating to David Livingstone, Blantyre and the Blantyre Cotton Works, plus items of African origin.
Through our historically significant collection, we can tell the story of Livingstone and learn the history that Scotland shares with the many Central and Southern African countries that Livingstone lived and worked in. We also hold objects that testify to the history and brutality of the East African Slave Trade and show the social and political impacts of 19th Century missionary work, imperialism and colonialism.
Historic issues with the Museum’s documentation mean that we do not know the source of many objects in our collection. We do know that many objects were donated following an open call for objects when the museum was founded in 1929. Many objects were donated by Livingstone’s descendants, organisations Livingstone was affiliated with, as well as the local Blantyre community. A large part of our collection was also donated by people with no direct link to Livingstone, but who lived and worked in various African countries.
It is likely that many objects of African origin in our collection were acquired by their original owners through trade networks, colonial offices, and missionary work. In many cases, the information about the communities who made and originally owned these objects has been lost.
Have you considered repatriating any of the Museum’s objects?
Yes. We have started the process of carrying out systematic research on the objects that we hold in our collection by using the documentation we do have, in addition to research into the communities who likely once made and used the objects.
We continue to improve and update our exhibition and museum interpretation as we learn more about our collection and engage with communities and international partners. This is an ongoing commitment, as outlined in our organisational our organisational values.
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How many platforms for Web Development and Web Development is good option or not?
Web Development Platforms and Scope in Future
E-commerce Website builders are considered as the right solution for small businesses and individuals to start without hiring a developer. They have been around since 2000s, and features get more advanced, user expectations increase, and building a website is not same as it was before.
However, finding the best web development platform can be hard for beginners of Top Engineering Colleges in Jaipur. Some of the demanding platforms are as follows:
Wix is a popular cloud-based e-commerce website builder software that offers ease of use. They are combined with a powerful set of features to build your website easily. Wix enables access to hundreds of templates, and each template is fully editable with their intuitive drag and drop site builder.
Dozens of free and paid apps lets you install your website to add new features and functionality to your website. Moreover, Wix offers free SSL and a free plan with limited bandwidth and storage to the students of Best Engineering Colleges in Jaipur.
WordPress.com is a website hosting service that plays an important role by taking care of them on its own. Both paid and free plans have different features by allowing users to choose from hundreds of WordPress themes. Later, WordPress website development uses the built-in customizer to add navigation, add your site title and further use widgets for drag and drop website builder.
Weebly is a drag-and-drop website builder that makes it super easy to create a website if students of Engineering Colleges want more guidance on the design of their pages. It lets you change your mind with Weebly’s quality range of over 50 industry-tailored templates. Without learning any coding skills, an individual can edit your website with a beautifully crafted page builder. In addition, they can rebrand or refresh their site.
Shopify is the popular eCommerce website builder that helps you create a website specifically for online stores and eCommerce websites. While installing updates, managing software or keeping backups, an individual does not have to panic as Shopify is an all-in-one fully hosted solution.
Also, Shopify Payments is there for an integrated payment solution. Moreover, students of Private Engineering Colleges in Jaipur can add third-party payment gateways to accept payments. In addition, Shopify offers unlimited products, easy marketing solutions, full inventory management, powerful stats with hundreds of designs to choose from and no need to add code.
BigCommerce with zero transaction fees is a powerful eCommerce website builder that offers an excellent website builder functionality. Additionally, it includes an advanced feature set, including conversion rate-optimized themes, best in class SEO (URL structure, site speed, uptime), and wide range of product options. With more advanced functionality than other tools, you might sell products easily.
Squarespace creates amazing websites, with sophisticated, modern, and sleek templates. It offers best quality designs to the students of Privarte Engineering Colleges In Jaipur and knows how to make your site look amazing by offering ideas for creatives and those after real customization. Squarespace is technical platform that is not available for beginners. However, it includes enterprise-grade infrastructure for hosting your website, and helps you secure and robust platforms.
Laravel is an open-source framework that enables the construction of large & complex websites with ease and at no cost. It is easy-to-use and does not take long to develop a website. Therefore, it is a perfect solution for small and middle-sized projects.
Moreover, choosing Laravel as a web development platform makes it simpler for the students of Best Computer Science Engineering Colleges in Jaipur to establish a digital platform. Website development is a combination of both logic and creativity.
Why Is Web Development a Good Career?
Today, facing a shortage of skilled tech talent and few positions are in hotter demand than Web Developers. The development of e-commerce and an ever-increasing reliance on mobile search will only create further need for talented Developers.
Additionally, Developers have the choice of working mostly independently, on a team of Developers, or working cross-functionally between design and product teams. Also, there is a flexibility on the work-life balance front, as Developers can essentially work anywhere that has an internet connection.
Being a Web Developer of BTech Colleges Jaipur is not without its challenges, however, as the field involves continuous learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Technology changes quickly and Developers have to stay on top of the new languages, tools, and trends.
According to the research, the top three resources Developers use to learn new techniques or ideas were online forums, blogs and digital skills training options. When it comes to learning opportunities and training, Developers creates online courses as the most frequent format for improving their skills.
How to learn via the best web development platforms?
In the modern age of technology, the clients are not effortlessly impressed. Having an online presence is not sufficient to increase all the benefits that it can acquire. Today, the clients anticipate that you should stay informed concerning the most recent patterns and they are essentially going to excuse you as a brand that is obsolete and not important.
Undoubtedly, your web developers need to keep on the most recent patterns relating to the web development frameworks. Various web development frameworks help you look over, and finding the one that suits you the best can transform your business into the real brand.
These web development platforms that build your websites fall into different categories including large businesses, small businesses, eCommerce, etc. You can choose one of these for your website development.
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After a sharp drop in 2014, workplace fatalities in New Jersey rose in 2015 and again in 2016, according to data recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. NJ.com reports that the Garden State ranked 17th in the nation in workplace fatalities in 2016 with 101 deaths from occupational injuries. In its analysis of the Bureau’s findings, NJ.com sought to answer two questions: What are the most dangerous occupations in the state, and why are workplace fatalities in New Jersey on the rise?
The most hazardous industries are in the private sector and include transportation, warehousing, and waste services. The greatest number of deaths, 27, was seen in the transportation and material moving occupations, while construction and extraction followed with 19 deaths. NJ.com listed installation, maintenance and repair, protective services, and production among other dangerous jobs in New Jersey.
Nationally, the five deadliest occupations from 1990 to 2013 were:
- Drivers of heavy trucks and tractor-trailers — 250
- Construction laborers — 177
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material mover/handlers — 73
- Taxi drivers and chauffeurs — 67
- First-line supervisors of retail sales workers — 63
The leading causes of fatal worksite accidents in New Jersey in 2016 included:
- Transportation incidents (motor vehicle accidents)
- Falls, slips and trips
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Contact with objects and equipment
Workers killed on the job were mostly white males between 45 and 54 years of age. Of the 101 people fatally injured in New Jersey work accidents, 95 were men and only six were women.
The increase in workplace deaths, according to Carmen Martino, co-director of Rutgers University’s Occupational Training and Education Consortium, is simply a consequence of an improved economy. More people at work means more people getting hurt at work, some fatally. Plus, the industries that are now booming, such as construction, tend to be more dangerous than occupations that are generally recession-proof, such as those in local, state, and federal government. However, Martino cautions against accepting an increasing death toll as the inevitable by-product of an improved economy.
We quite agree. Employers cannot be complacent when it comes to safety and then blame fate or careless workers when tragedy strikes. It’s easy to view accidents, even fatal ones, as individual failures. But when employers view each accident as a system failure, they are more likely to make improvements to their system, and in doing so reduce future accidents, saving lives and improving the company’s bottom line.
Unfortunately, New Jersey workers’ compensation law shields negligent employers from liability for most workplace accidents, even when safety violations cause an injury. It’s ironic that a law which provides a safety net for injured workers also removes what could be the greatest incentive for employers to keep their workers safe. Profit is the employer’s greatest incentive, and in many inherently dangerous industries, such as commercial transportation and construction, the employer’s pursuit of profit often increases risk to employees.
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- 1 How long are bears pregnant in months?
- 2 How long does a bear carry a baby?
- 3 How do brown bear have babies?
- 4 Do bears give birth while sleeping?
- 5 How many days is a elephant pregnant?
- 6 Do brown bears give birth during hibernation?
- 7 Do brown bears eat humans?
- 8 At what age do black bear cubs leave their mother?
- 9 What month do black bears give birth?
- 10 Do bear siblings stay together?
- 11 How long does a brown bear live?
- 12 What is the life cycle of a brown bear?
How long are bears pregnant in months?
Typically a female will have a litter of one to three cubs, although litters of four occur occasionally. They are born tiny and hairless, sometimes weighing less than half a pound. They spend the winter sleeping and nursing, warm in their dens with their mother.
How long does a bear carry a baby?
Family Breakup. Black bear mothers give birth in January and stay with their cubs for 16-17 months. Family bonds remain strong right up to the day of family breakup.
How do brown bear have babies?
Females, or she-bears, den while pregnant and give birth during this winter rest, usually to a pair of cubs. Brown bear cubs nurse on their mother’s milk until spring and stay with her for some two and a half years—so females only reproduce once every three years.
Do bears give birth while sleeping?
Finn from Hinesburg wants to know how bears sleep all winter? Female black bears give birth to cubs like these while in hibernation, but are in a shallow enough sleep to care for their cubs.
How many days is a elephant pregnant?
Behavior: Most bears become active a half-hour before sunrise, take a nap or two during the day, and bed down for the night an hour or two after sunset. Some bears are active mainly at night to avoid people or other bears. In southern states where food is available year-round, some bears do not hibernate at all.
Do brown bears give birth during hibernation?
Bears give birth in February, during hibernation, and the offspring nurse and grow until the momma bear wakes up.
Do brown bears eat humans?
It is not normal behaviour for bears to feed on humans, park officials said. ” If a bear consumes an individual, it’s not allowed to remain in the population,” park spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said. Two of the female bear’s cubs also fed on the man, but the park does not plan to kill the cubs.
At what age do black bear cubs leave their mother?
The cubs grow fat on their mother’s milk until they are weaned, usually at about six to eight months of age. They stay with the mother and spend a second winter with her in hibernation. During their second spring, they usually leave and strike out to live the more solitary life of an adult.
What month do black bears give birth?
Adult females give birth in dens to baby bears called cubs. Cubs are born in January and they weigh about 8 ounces at birth. They are born blind, covered with fine hair and they nurse on their mother’s milk. Female bears may give birth to 1 to 6 cubs at a time, but 3 is the average litter size in New Jersey.
Do bear siblings stay together?
Alone and vulnerable, siblings will often stay together for some time after their mother leaves them, eating and sleeping side-by-side, and even denning together. Sub-adult females tend to establish home ranges within or overlapping their mother’s home range.
How long does a brown bear live?
According to the National Wildlife Federation, the brown bear, also regarded as a grizzly bear, has the quickest forelegs, reaching speeds of up to 35 mph. The grizzly bear is just marginally faster than the American black bear- the nation’s most prevalent bear species.
What is the life cycle of a brown bear?
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In the world of language programs, there are lots of acronyms and capital letter abbreviations. ESL, or English as a Second Language, is the one you’ve likely heard about, mainly because it’s the endorsement Michigan teachers need if they want to do public school work with English language learners. (ELLs is the shorthand for that, btw.) But UM-Dearborn offers another certificate program called TESOL, short for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. So what’s the difference? TESOL Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor Kyongson Park says that for starters, the TESOL program offers a wider range of applications, it’s open to students from any major, and because it’s all online, you can study from any country in the world.
“The ESL endorsement is really targeted for those who want to be a K-12 teacher in Michigan,” Park says. “But the TESOL program expands your target students globally. Let’s say you want to teach English in the U.S. or outside the country in various educational settings, like a pre-school or adult education setting; or maybe you’re someone who dreams of living abroad for a while; or you are an international student who wants to teach English in your home country. If so, then the TESOL certificate is a pretty exciting credential to have. The ability to teach English for linguistically and culturally diverse students gives you a really marketable skill, especially if you have a TESOL certificate, because it’s recognized internationally.”
UM-Dearborn MA in Education student Erika MacLaren says those perks are part of what drew her to the TESOL program. MacLaren did her undergrad in Spanish language education at UM-Ann Arbor, after which she traveled to Spain on a Fulbright and taught English in an elementary school. After that, she found the demand for teaching English was so strong, she started taking on private students. Now, her full client roster includes a five-year-old boy, a trio of 60-something women and just about everyone in between. The whole experience has left her with a big dream of opening her own language academy in Spain, and she sees TESOL as part of getting there. | <urn:uuid:8c74ae44-ba39-4843-bc4e-721330cf96c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://umdearborn.edu/news/interested-teaching-abroad-certificate-program-could-be-your-ticket?maxWidth=80%25&maxHeight=80%25&inline=true&title=MacLaren%20at%20the%20school%20where%20she%20taught%20English. | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.963165 | 479 | 2.0625 | 2 |
The Dodge County Volunteer Nitrate Monitoring Network (VNMN) started in February of 2008 in order to get an accurate representation of nitrate in private drinking wells. This program helps state agencies, local governments, and the public get a better understanding of what effects our groundwater. High nitrate levels in drinking water can results in serious health effects for infants. The state’s Health Risk Limit for nitrate-nitrogen is 10.0 mg/L, but drinking water is considered impaired even if tests are above 1.0 mg/L.
Previous Water Quality Updates/Newsletters:
2021 Volunteer Nitrate Monitoring Network (VNMN) Results - Spring 2021
2013 Dodge County Water Programs and Trends
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FINAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS
Final Project Materials
- Foley, M., Kifaieh, N., & Mallon, W. K. (2011, May). (Institute for Healthcare Improvement Business Case Template)
- Login to your and review the additional supporting IHI resources and documents. Complete the IHI Business Case Template provided using the content provided in the Foley article. (You must be logged into the site to download the template.) Use and modify the template as appropriate and necessary for your final project. Note: You are using the assigned article as your case study (not making up a new one). You will use the fact pattern from the article to develop the business plan.
- Using the template as a guide, write a paper of 1250 to 1750 words (5 to 7 pages) discussing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the completed business case. Specifically, explore the financial calculations (hard dollars) and the impact on the organization (soft dollars). Propose how the nursing leader could ensure that the impact on nursing care is identified, understood, and addressed in this improvement project and business case. Discuss the role of the nursing leader in the development of future business cases for quality and safety in your own or another practice setting.
Additional note: Be sure to read the article and fill in the template as you go. You may use bullets, sentences, lists, etc. Keep in mind, the template is not in APA format and must be submitted in addition to the paper – you can place it at the end of the paper (after the references) or submit the template as a separate document. Follow the rubric for additional guidance on grading.
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What doctors say*
* Official guidelines from NICE.
Should antibiotics be used? >
Only if more than two of the following
- Fever during previous 24 hours
- Pus on tonsils
- Tender and swollen glands on neck
- Absence of cough
- Symptoms severe enough to call out doctor.
Likely duration if untreated >
Conventional self-care advice >
- Consider paracetamol for pain or fever, or if preferred and suitable, ibuprofen
- Drink adequate fluids
- Some evidence that medicated lozenges can help reduce pain in adults
Opportunities for antibiotic alternatives >
If less than two of the NICE criteria above
Only a little published scientific evidence, though this supports everyday experience of relief of symptoms. See tips for using propolis below.
Traditional home remedies worth trying
Propolis, resins and balsams
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While most forms of entertainment today are strictly forbidden, they can have a long and fascinating history. From shamanistic rituals to stage shows, entertainment has always been a vital part of human life. Throughout history, music, banqueting, and dance have played a major role in entertainment. While we may think of entertainment as an activity, it is most likely to be an event or an idea. Whether it be an art form, sport, or event, it is a great way to spend time with family and friends.
Unlike many other industries, entertainment is a highly diverse and flexible industry. Not only can you hire a professional entertainer for a small party, but you can also find pre-recorded products that can satisfy any audience. Whether you need an evening of entertainment for two or a week, you can be assured that it will be a unique experience. Whether you want to spend the evening with your family or friends, there is a type of entertainment for you.
From classical orchestral concerts to improv comedy, you’ll find a variety of options for entertainment. The scale of an event can vary widely. Depending on the size of the audience, you can customize entertainment to suit your needs. A small party for two can be customized to include dancing and music that will suit the occasion. A larger event involving thousands of people can also have a performance that is intended to entertain a worldwide audience.
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Entertainment is a very diverse industry. From individual entertainers to elaborate shows, entertainment can be tailored to any size and style. A banquet for two people can be tailored to accommodate the audience size, while a large-scale show can be designed for thousands of people. From impromptu performances to classical music concerts, there are endless possibilities for entertainment. The entertainment industry is huge, and there’s no limit to its diversity. It is not limited to musical shows.
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Magnetic Susceptibility Application: A Window onto Ancient Environments and Climatic Variations
Magnetic susceptibility (MS) is a tool frequently used by geologists on sediments or rocks to perform correlations and sea-level or climatic reconstructions. Applied measurements are made on unoriented, bulk samples and bulk MS is mostly influenced by the magnetic mineral content of the rock and often interpreted as influenced by detrital inputs. Magnetic data acquisition is fast and straightforward and this allows the high-resolution sampling needed for palaeoclimatic research (e.g. spectral analysis). However, the link with detrital inputs is not always preserved and the impact of diagenesis on the final MS signal can blur primary information. This volume includes contributions dealing with the origin of the magnetic minerals, and the application of MS as a palaeoenvironmental or palaeoclimatic proxy and also as a tool to provide astronomical calibration in order to improve the chronology of selected time intervals.
Sedimentary development and magnetic susceptibility evolution of the Frasnian in Western Belgium (Dinant Synclinorium, La Thure section)
Published:January 01, 2015
D. Pas, A. C. Da Silva, X. Devleeschouwer, D. De Vleeschouwer, C. Labaye, P. Cornet, J. Michel, F. Boulvain, 2015. "Sedimentary development and magnetic susceptibility evolution of the Frasnian in Western Belgium (Dinant Synclinorium, La Thure section)", Magnetic Susceptibility Application: A Window onto Ancient Environments and Climatic Variations, A. C. Da Silva, M. T. Whalen, J. Hladil, L. Chadimova, D. Chen, S. Spassov, F. Boulvain, X. Devleeschouwer
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Recent opening of the La Thure quarry in Western Belgium allowed the collection of new data from a poorly outcropping area of the Belgian Frasnian platform. The studied section covers an interval extending from the falsiovalis to hassi s.l. Zones. Sedimentological analyses allowed the reconstruction of depositional settings in the northwestern part of the Dinant Synclinorium after the demise of the extended Givetian carbonate platform. Two depositional models are distinguished: (a) siliciclastic drowned platform during the Early Frasnian; and (b) a fore-reef depositional setting belonging to a rimmed shelf during the Middle Frasnian. Moreover, interpreted depositional settings in the... | <urn:uuid:86943a8a-ff62-47eb-9421-8f119da1ab14> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/1786/chapter-abstract/107677902/Sedimentary-development-and-magnetic?redirectedFrom=PDF | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.852431 | 564 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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How long does it take to hike to the Hollywood Sign? The trail is 3.3 miles and can take up to two hours.
- 1 Can you actually hike to the Hollywood Sign?
- 2 Is it safe to hike to the Hollywood Sign alone?
- 3 How long is Hollywood trail?
- 4 What is the best hike to the Hollywood Sign?
- 5 Is it illegal to take a picture of the Hollywood Sign?
- 6 Is the Hollywood Sign lit up at night?
- 7 Can you go to Hollywood sign at night?
- 8 What freeway Can you see the Hollywood Sign from?
- 9 Is Hollywood trail hard?
- 10 How long does it take to hike the Mt Hollywood trail?
- 11 What is on top of Mt Lee?
- 12 Why is the Hollywood Sign important?
- 13 How do you get behind the Hollywood Sign?
Can you actually hike to the Hollywood Sign?
There’s no getting around it, to hike to the Hollywood sign, you have to go up. The trail is pretty easy, and there are views of the sign and LA for most of the way up, so take your time and soak in the views when you need a break.
Is it safe to hike to the Hollywood Sign alone?
It is no longer safe near the Sign. Instead go to the LA Observatory, or Runyon Canyon to see the Sign. There is great parking, hiking trails and more amazing views that include the Hollywood sign. If you have great stamina then you can hike to the sign.
How long is Hollywood trail?
Mount Hollywood Trail is a 5.3 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Los Angeles, California that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, running, nature trips, and horses and is accessible year-round.
What is the best hike to the Hollywood Sign?
Griffith Park Hiking Trails The best place to see the Hollywood Sign is at Griffith Park. There are multiple hiking trails on Mt. Hollywood leading from the back corner of the Observatory parking lot. The main Griffith Observatory hike leads to an advantageous spot that allows you to view the sign in comfort.
Is it illegal to take a picture of the Hollywood Sign?
The sign truly belongs to the public. And yet, in a sleight of hand, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce insists that it owns trademark rights to the sign’s “likeness” and therefore can charge for the use of that image. The Hollywood sign may be a landmark, but it is also the name of a place.
Is the Hollywood Sign lit up at night?
And if you want to see the sign at night, it’s unlit —though that didn’t used to be the case. In 1923, when the sign first went up, it went up with lights (4,000 lights to be exact), making it easily visible at night.
Can you go to Hollywood sign at night?
The Hollywood Sign is not lighted at night. It faces south and is visible during daylight hours only. You cannot walk up to it, but there are plenty of ways to get a look at it. If you want to see the Hollywood Sign from all angles, browse through these best shots.
What freeway Can you see the Hollywood Sign from?
The 101 Hollywood Freeway sign in between the Santa Monica Boulevard exit and the Sunset Boulevard exit. It’s impressive to alot of people and it’s free.
Is Hollywood trail hard?
While there is no shortage of great hikes in Griffith Park, it is hard to beat the 2.5 mile round trip hike to the summit of Mount Hollywood. The trail is gradual, but will still get your blood pumping.
How long does it take to hike the Mt Hollywood trail?
This route up to Mount Hollywood is short and can be done in around 90 minutes if you’re making good time – but features enough of an incline that you’ll feel like you got a good workout along the way. This hike starts on Vermont Avenue, right near the Greek Theater.
What is on top of Mt Lee?
At the top of the mountain, the road makes a horseshoe bend to the left, passing a plaque and a junction with Aileen Getty Ridge Trail, which crosses a ridge to Cahuenga Peak. Around the bend in Mount Lee Drive, you will find yourself right on top of the H in Hollywood.
Why is the Hollywood Sign important?
It’s fitting that the Hollywood Sign, the worldwide symbol of the entertainment industry, was conceived as an outdoor ad campaign for a suburban housing development called “Hollywoodland.” After all, despite the high profile of the film biz, real estate has always been Hollywood’s primary economic driver.
How do you get behind the Hollywood Sign?
Both Hollyridge Trail and Brush Canyon Trail link up with Mulholland Fire Road, taking that trail to Mount Lee Drive to ascend to the the viewing area behind the Hollywood Sign at the top of Mount Lee. Stand at the summit and look down on the Hollywood Sign and out over the cityscape of Los Angeles. | <urn:uuid:7dd85d13-b19e-43c2-9d95-28af946a4623> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://havekidwillteardrop.com/hike/readers-ask-how-far-is-the-hike-to-the-hollywood-sign.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.931868 | 1,082 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Jesus told you to eat that bacon
I think a lot of Christians would do well to throw out their red-letter Bibles and replace them with Bibles that have all of the words in the same color. Despite the fact that all of Scripture is the Word of God, many people are so laser-focused on the red letters that they ignore the rest of the Bible. Worse, they outright dismiss the rest of the Word.
That is not what is happening with eating "unclean" foods, but it is a related issue. It is a common theme among scoffers and fools that Christians are disobeying God when we eat "unclean" foods. Since we do not take scripture seriously, the argument goes, why should they? The moral teachings of Scripture, then, are tossed aside.
We know from 1 Timothy 4:1-5 that "every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused." The Apostle Paul describes those who forbid meats as advancing a doctrine of devils with their lies and hypocrisy. But am I am Christian or a Paulian? A key point here is that Jesus Christ directly told the Apostle Peter in Acts 10:9-16 that He has made all creatures clean after commanding Peter to "kill and eat" unclean animals. Obviously, we are not contradicting Jesus Christ when we eat foods that were described as "unclean" under Old Testament dietary laws.
What is amusing is that many of the same scoffers who condemn Christians for eating "unclean" foods also point out that Jesus never said anything about specific sins. Of course, we do not actually know this as not every word He spoke was recorded, but other parts of Scripture (including the New Testament epistles written by the Apostles) reinforce Old Testament teaching. The inconsistent "arguments" here - especially ignoring Jesus' direct words to the Apostle Peter - prove that the scoffers are not serious and do not actually believe their own arguments. They are the hypocrites, not the Christians who enjoy eating a bacon cheeseburger. | <urn:uuid:4f481eae-3e08-49d9-ba2b-0700066a8475> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.conservatibbs.com/p/jesus-told-you-to-eat-that-bacon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.971143 | 414 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The ceramic substrates market size is estimated to be USD 6.5 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 8.7 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.0% during the forecast period. Ceramic substrates are packaging layers used to support various electronic components such as microelectronic circuits, resistors, and capacitors. These substrates can be a combination of glasses, ceramics, and metals and are used in microelectronic, semiconductor, and electrical applications in various end-use industries. According to United States Environmental Protection Agency ceramic substrates is also formed by applying a thick film of ceramic paste on a substrate. Ceramic pastes are used for decorating ceramic tableware and forming capacitors and dielectric layers on rigid substrates for microelectronics. Slurry forming of ceramics generally is accomplished using slip casting, gel casting, or tape casting. Tape casting consists of forming a thin film of ceramic slurry of controlled thickness onto a support surface using a knife edge. Tape casting is usually used to produce thin ceramic sheets or tape, which can be cut and stacked to form multilayer ceramics for capacitors and dielectric insulator substrates.
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Consumer electronics is the largest end-use industry of the ceramic substrate market. Asia Pacific was the largest market for ceramic substrate in 2019, in terms of both volume and value. Factors such as Factors such as Increasing need for advanced architecture and miniaturization of electronics devices and increasing demand for ceramic substrates over traditional metal substrate will drive the ceramic substrate market.
The Automotive industry is projected to be the fastest growing industry of the ceramic substrate market
Ceramic substrates have been widely used in the automotive industry since its introduction in the early 1970s. High reliability; excellent thermal, mechanical, and dimensional stability; and high thermal conductivity make ceramic substrates a suitable choice for automotive manufacturers. Thick film substrates were used in engine components, voltage regulator components, and radio audio amplifier modules during the 1980s. Ceramic substrates such as thick film and LTCC have gained importance in recent years and are widely used in engine control units, antilock brake systems, airbag control modules, LEDs (automotive lighting), entertainment & navigation systems, pressure control modules, and transmission system modules. Ceramic substrates have proven to be cost-effective and can sustain very harsh environments and are used in various automotive applications such as motorcycles and car engines.
APAC projected to be fastest growing region for the ceramic substrate market
The demand for ceramic substrates is highly dependent on the economic growth of a region. Therefore, high growth in the region is attributed to the rapid economic expansion. According to IMF, China and India are among the fastest-growing economies, globally. In addition, India is expected to outpace China with the highest growth rate, thus driving the global economy. Such economic developments in these countries will lead to the growth of the manufacturing sector. In addition, the rapidly growing end-use industries, competitive manufacturing costs, and high economic growth rate are the favorable factors for the growth of the ceramic substrates market in this region. These factors are also attracting the market players for expanding their businesses in APAC.
The key market players profiled in the report include Kyocera Corporation (Japan), Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan), Coorstek Inc. (US), Ceramtec (Germany), Maruwa Co. Ltd. (Japan), Koa Corporation (Japan), Yokowo Co. Ltd. (Japan), Tong Hsing Electronics Industries (Taiwan), Leatec Fine Ceramics (Taiwan), and Nikko Company (Japan).
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Read an article this past week on how quantum geometry can enable a new form of PCM (phase change memory) that is based on stacks of metallic layers (SciTech Daily article: Berry curvature memory: quantum geometry enables information storage in metallic layers), That article referred to a Nature article (Berry curvature memory through electrically driven stacking transitions) behind a paywall but I found a pre-print of it, Berry curvature memory through electrically driven stacking transitions.
The number one challenge in IT today,is that data just keeps growing. 2+ Exabytes today and much more tomorrow.
All that information takes storage, bandwidth and ultimately some form of computation to take advantage of it. While computation, bandwidth, and storage density all keep going up, at some point the energy required to read, write, transmit and compute over all these Exabytes of data will become a significant burden to the world.
PCM and other forms of NVM such as Intel’s Optane PMEM, have brought a step change in how much data can be stored close to server CPUs today. And as, Optane PMEM doesn’t require refresh, it has also reduced the energy required to store and sustain that data over DRAM. I have no doubt that density, energy consumption and performance will continue to improve for these devices over the coming years, if not decades.
In the mean time, researchers are actively pursuing different classes of material that could replace or improve on PCM with even less power, better performance and higher densities. Berry Curvature Memory is the first I’ve seen that has several significant advantages over PCM today.
Berry Curvature Memory (BCM)
I spent some time trying to gain an understanding of Berry Curvatures.. As much as I can gather it’s a quantum-mechanical geometric effect that quantifies the topological characteristics of the entanglement of electrons in a crystal. Suffice it to say, it’s something that can be measured as a elecro-magnetic field that provides phase transitions (on-off) in a metallic crystal at the topological level.
In the case of BCM, they used three to five atomically thin, mono-layers of WTe2 (Tungsten Ditelluride), a Type II Weyl semi-metal that exhibits super conductivity, high magneto-resistance, and the ability to alter interlayer sliding through the use of terahertz (Thz) radiation.
It appears that by using BCM in a memory,
- To alter a memory cell takes “a few meV/unit cell, two orders of magnitude less than conventional bond rearrangement in phase change materials” (PCM). Which in laymen’s terms says it takes 100X less energy to change a bit than PCM.
- To alter a memory cell it uses terahertz radiation (Thz) this uses pulses of light or other electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is on the order of picoseconds or less to change a memory cell. This is 1000X faster than other PCM that exist today.
- To construct a BCM memory cell takes between 13 and 16 atoms of W and Te2 constructed of 3 to 5 layers of atomically thin, WTe2 semi-metal.
While it’s hard to see in the figure above, the way this memory works is that the inner layer slides left to right with respect to the picture and it’s this realignment of atoms between the three or five layers that give rise to the changes in the Berry Curvature phase space or provide on-off switching.
To get from the lab to product is a long road but the fact that it has density, energy and speed advantages measured in multiple orders of magnitude certainly bode well for it’s potential to disrupt current PCM technologies.
Potential problems with BCM
Nonetheless, even though it exhibits superior performance characteritics with respect to PCM, there are a number of possible issues that could limit it’s use.
One concern (on my part) is that the inner-layer sliding may induce some sort of fatigue. Although, I’ve heard that mechanical fatigue at the atomic level is not nearly as much of a concern as one sees in (> atomic scale and) larger structures. I must assume this would induce some stress and as such, limit the (Write cycles) endurance of BCM.
Another possible concern is how to shrink size of the Thz radiation required to only write a small area of the material. Yes one memory cell can be measured bi the width of 3 atoms, but the next question is how far away do I need to place the next memory cell. The laser used in BCM focused down to ~1.5 μm. At this size it’s 1,000X bigger than the BCM memory cell width (~1.5 nm).
Yet another potential problem is that current BCM must be embedded in a continuous flow of liquid nitrogen (@80K). Unclear how much of a requirement this temperature is for BCM to function. But there are no computers nowadays that require this level of cooling.
Finally, from my perspective, can such a memory can be stacked vertically, with a higher number of layers. Yes there are three to five layers of the WTe2 used in BCM but can you put another three to five layers on top of that, and then another. Although the researchers used three, four and five layer configurations, it appears that although it changed the amplitude of the Berry Curvature effect, it didn’t seem to add more states to the transition.. If we were to more layers of WTe2 would we be able to discern say 16 different states (like QLC NAND today).
So there’s a ways to go to productize BCM. But, aside from eliminating the low-temperature requirements, everything else looks pretty doable, at least to me.
I think it would open up a whole new dimension of applications, if we had say 60TB of memory to compute with, don’t you think?
[Updated the title from 60TB to PB to 36PB as I understood how much memory PMEM can provide today…, the Eds.]
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On here’s to health , I’ll be talking about OVARIAN CYSTS: SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES. Some might feel this write-up is disgusting but we all have mother’s, sisters, nephews, aunts and loved ones that are girls. You can kindly direct them to the blog to read about this and get themselves checked.
Baby girls are usually born with two ovaries that already contain all the eggs that a woman would ever have in the course of lifetime. These two ovaries release their eggs to turn,one at a time,on a monthly basis. An ovary is located on each side of the uterus (womb). An egg grows inside the ovary until it is mature and ready to be released into the fallopian tube for possible fertilisation and eventual implantation in the womb, resulting in pregnancy. The egg is enclosed in a sac called a follicle. However, if a follicle fails to rupture and release the egg, the fluid remains and can form a cyst in the ovary.
Ovarian cysts are, therefore, small fluid-filled sacs that develop in a woman’s ovaries. Most cysts are harmless, but some may bleed, rupture, or cause significant pain and discomfort. Ovarian cysts resemble bubbles. This can be clearly seen on an ultrasound image. The cyst contains only fluid and is surrounded by a very thin wall. This kind of cyst is also called a functional cyst. This means some cyst occur normally and are not part of a disease process.
Ovarian cysts affect women of all ages. They occur most often during a woman’s childbearing years.
Don’t fear because most ovarian cysts are benign (I.e non-cancerous) and many disappear on their own in a matter of weeks without treatment ,but still it’s better than safe than sorry😊.
Now here’s to the SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CYSTS:
Smaller ovarian cysts do not usually produce symptoms. However large cysts do.
- Irregular menstrual periods.
- Long term pelvic pain during menstrual period that maybe also be felt in the in the lower back.
- Vaginal pain or spotty bleeding from the vagina.
- Pelvic pain after strenuous exercise
- Lower abdominal pain which may start and stop and the pain might be severe, sharp and sudden.
- Nausea or vomiting
CAUSES OF OVARIAN CYSTS
Many conventional medical experts believe that any or a combination of the following risk factors can predispose a woman to developing ovarian cysts.
- Early menarche I.e first menstruation at the age of 11 years or younger
- Irregular menstrual cycles
- Infertility treatment with gonadotropin medications I.e infertility drugs
- Increased upper body fat distribution
- Hypothyroidism(low thyroid function)
- Tamoxifen therapy(often prescribed for breast cancer patients)
- Cigarette smoking also increases the risk of ovarian cysts.
It has been however established time and again that dietary and lifestyle changes can significantly improve a woman’s health, including the prevention and reversal of ovarian cysts. In the next issue I’ll dwell on resolving ovarian cysts, the medical and lifestyle remedies. I’ll also talk about healthy tips and recipes in the aspect of food and eating. I’ll also talk about the common illness in men and boys and the likes. Make sure you check out the next write up of “HERE’S TO HEALTH”. Thanks😊😇😄💗 | <urn:uuid:08c8aa6b-6877-4530-9dd4-b755665722ca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://inspiredpensblogs.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/heres-to-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943049 | 793 | 3.03125 | 3 |
I don't know what put this into my head , possibly the fact that the BBC (and virtually all the media, see here) had reported that the outcome of the meeting between Angela Merkel and that dangerous clown Boris Johnson was that the UK had thirty days to sort out the brexit backstop when what she had said was a sarcastic comment that it might be thirty days or two years to sort out the backstop, but I cannot find any trace of that , all the media just mentions the thirty days, but really these days , generally we can't trust what's being said.
This made me think of when the BBC were so anti product placement that songs had their lyrics changed to ensure they weren't banned from the radio. One example was the Kinks "Lola" which was fine addressing gender fluidity in majorly homophobic times but Coca Cola was an absolute no no and had to be changed to Cherry Cola, the irony being that there is now Cherry flavoured Coca Cola (and lots of other atrocious flavours) , I wonder if "Lola" gave them the idea?
The when Mott The Hoople were going to call it a day David Bowie gave them "All The Young Dudes" which kicked off their singles sales bt was only approved when the line "And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks & Sparks" became And Wendy's stealing clothes from unmarked cars" although eventually the original words were restored.
Again the censors didn't like that but let though:
"But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head"
again addressing trans and sexuality in Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" a hit single from the Bowie produced album "Transformer".
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The impact of tweeting on the buying and selling of stock was the focus of the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
You can listen to their conversation via the Soundcloud link above.
Shirley and Stark’s study, co-authored with a colleague from the University of Texas at Arlington, examines more than 21 million company-specific tweets over the five-year period from 2011 to 2015.
The scholars discovered that information rising from Twitter without concurrence from other media results in temporary share price spikes and reversals, while more lasting and substantive actions result when the social media platform acts as a way to spread information from other sources.
“I don’t know if it’s necessarily that it’s confirming that it’s true information or just sharing it faster,” Shirley said. “But it definitely is helping compound the spread of that information.”
They also found that Twitter influences stock trading, especially among small securities traded mostly by retail investors, who are average citizens without specialized professional knowledge of the markets. However, Stark said he doesn’t think Twitter will have a game-changing impact on the financial world.
“I don’t think so, not unless something happens where Twitter just explodes in popularity beyond what it already has,” Stark said. “I just don’t see that being the case.”
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When face masks will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets in England - and the rules explained
Face coverings are to be made mandatory in shops in England this week, as the UK government updates the law.
It is already mandatory for face coverings to be worn on public transport in England, after the law came into effect on 15 June, but rules are to be made stricter as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.
When will face masks be mandatory?
As of Friday 24 July, it will be mandatory to wear a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England.
This change in the law comes following rules enforced by the government in June, which requires the public by law to wear face coverings on public transport.
Government guidance also encourages people in England to wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces, in which it is more difficult to observe social distancing, or where people are more likely to come into contact with others they would not normally meet.
At the moment, people are not being told to wear masks outdoors, while exercising, or in schools or offices.
The government has said that while a face covering does not protect the wearer, it is beneficial as it may protect others from contracting an infection. This is particularly the case if other people are infected with the virus, but have not yet developed any symptoms.
Does everyone have to wear face masks?
Some people will be exempt from wearing face coverings in shops when the law comes into effect on 24 July.
This included children under the age of 11, people with certain disabilities, and those who have breathing disabilities.
These exemptions also apply to wearing masks on public transport.
All other members of the public who do not fall into any of these categories must comply with the rules.
How will rules be enforced?
Under the new rules, the UK government has said people who do not wear a face covering will be fined, as is already the case on public transport.
However, unlike on public transport, retail staff will not be expected to enforce the rules - the new measures will instead be upheld by the police.
Those who do not comply with the new measures could face fines of up to £100, although this figure will be reduced to £50 if people pay within 14 days.
Should people who are not exempt from the rules refuse to wear a face covering, a shop has the right to refuse them entry into the store. Shops can also call the police in the event of non-compliance, with police given the formal enforcement powers to issue a fine.
What sort of face covering should I use?
The government has advised that scarves, or homemade cotton coverings, that cover the nose and mouth, and other bought masks that are not the same as those used by the health service are fine to wear.
Surgical masks should be kept for use by health professionals.
Officials have said that people can make a face covering at home, but added it is key to ensure it covers your nose and mouth.
Can I still go out if I have symptoms but wear a mask?
You cannot go out under any circumstances if you have symptoms of coronavirus.
If you develop symptoms, you and other members of your household should self-isolate at home.
Are face masks scientifically effective?
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) believes that the evidence of masks or coverings preventing the spread of infection from one person to another is "marginal but positive".
However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stressed that there is no evidence that wearing a mask, whether medical or not, by a healthy person in the community can prevent them from infection with respiratory viruses, including coronavirus.
What are the downsides of wearing a mask?
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If you are a woman in your 40s, then you are likely aware it’s time to start scheduling your yearly digital mammography screening.
What is a digital mammogram and why is it so important?
A mammogram is a simple, non-invasive X-ray used in breast cancer screening. Mammograms can detect cancer early — at the time when it is most treatable and the treatments themselves are less extensive and risky.
Mammography has helped reduce breast cancer in the U.S. by nearly 40 percent since 1990. These tests are incredibly important as breast cancer rates are very high. According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer.
This article will walk you through the most common questions about mammograms and what to expect during your own.
What is a mammogram?
A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast used to detect early signs of breast cancer and other abnormalities. Mammograms are the best way to detect breast cancer early before symptoms arise.
Who needs a mammogram?
Generally, women between the ages of 40 and 45 are recommended to have a yearly mammography screening. Women in their 40s are most at risk to develop breast cancer. Once a woman turns 50 or 55, the screens may reduce to every two years. You should discuss when to get a mammogram with your doctor.
How is a mammogram done?
A mammogram test may be performed at your doctor’s office, at a special radiology and imaging center, or at a mammogram clinic. You will need to remove your top and bra for the procedure. For this reason, wearing a skirt or pants on the day of your mammogram may be preferable to a dress. Additionally, do not wear deodorant, perfume, or powder because these products can interfere with X-ray results.
During the screening, you will stand in front of the mammography X-ray machine, and a technician will place your breast on a clear plastic compression plate while another plate firmly presses your breast from above. The plates hold the breast in place and flatten it while the X-ray is taken. This is repeated to get a side view of the breast. Then, the same images are taken of the second breast.
The technician will check the images to make sure they are clear and do not need to be retaken. Note that the technician cannot tell you the results of the mammogram; they need to be interpreted by a radiologist — a doctor with special training to examine this kind of X-ray.
3D Digital Mammography Screening: Is It Better?
The standard mammography procedure is a 2D screening. However, many facilities are now using 3D digital mammography screening technology to provide more accurate imaging results. This 3D technology has been found to reduce false-positive results compared to 2D technology.
The procedure itself is very similar to a 2D mammography screening. The technician will take images of the breast from many different angles and then compile these images to create a digital recreation of the breast. This 3D representation shows the image in much more detail, allowing for more accurate and precise detection of abnormal tissue growth.
What does a mammogram feel like?
Most women find a mammogram to be uncomfortable. You will feel pressure, discomfort, and perhaps some pain. The process only takes a few minutes to complete, however. The extent of the discomfort depends on the size of your breast, how much it needs to be flattened, and the skill of the technician.
Scheduling your mammogram soon after the completion of your period is recommended, as many women’s breasts are more tender during the week of or the week just before their period.
When can you expect results?
You will receive your mammogram screening results within a few days or weeks, depending on how busy the mammogram center or radiology center is. Once a radiologist looks at your X-ray, they will report the results directly to you or your doctor, who will then contact you. Typically, if a concerning abnormality is found, you will be contacted earlier.
Do I need to continue getting digital mammography screens if my results are normal?
Typically, yes. Even if your digital mammogram results are normal, your doctor may recommend you continue to get an annual or bi-annual check, depending on your age and level of risk. Mammograms are most effective when compared to previous screens, so any changes are noted.
What if my mammogram is abnormal?
If the doctor finds an abnormality in your mammography screen, it does not always mean there is cancer present. If abnormalities are found, your doctor will likely recommend additional testing or perform another mammogram. You may be referred to a specialist. These measures will help to diagnose the abnormalities and determine if any further action is necessary.
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Laws made in both Westminster and Cardiff Bay will start to have an effect in Wales this year.
Whether you're buying a house, contemplating buying a drone or own a classic car, these changes will affect you.
Among the changes are new guidelines for MOTs and maternity leave being introduced for grandparents.
Here is a rundown of some of the new laws that you need to look out for at the turn of the New Year and some that could come into effect during 2018 or 2019.
New high taxes on expensive homes
People buying houses worth more than £400,000 in Wales will have to pay significantly more in tax.
The Welsh Government has announced a significant hike in the taxes paid on house purchases worth between £400,000 and £925,000.
It means someone buying a large house in Wales could end up paying up to £17,500 more in tax than they do under the rates that apply in England.
However nobody buying a home in Wales for less than £180,000 will have to pay the new Welsh-only Land Transaction Tax , which is replacing Stamp Duty here, the Welsh Government has announced.
Nine out of ten house buyers will pay the same or less under the new plans
It is the first Welsh-only tax in almost 800 years and will be introduced on April 1, 2018.
New drone laws
Did you get a new drone for Christmas? Well you will need to know about the new laws coming in in 2018.
This year the UK government is bringing in new rules which mean users will need to take a basic online safety test and register their drone - or unmanned aircraft - in order to use it lawfully.
Police will also be able to search and seize drones if they have grounds for suspicion. The test has been described as ‘similar to a driving theory test.’
Classic car MOTs scrapped
From May onwards, nearly 300,000 classic cars in the UK will no longer need a Ministry of Transport test.
Under new plans from the government, cars older than 40 years old will not need to take the yearly test, meaning that 1.5% of cars in the country will not have an MOT certificate but will be allowed to be driven on the road.
The Department for Transport defended the decision from suggestions it was an unsafe move, by saying owners of older cars usually keep them in good condition and do not use them regularly enough for an MOT test to be necessary.
The Assembly gets the power to cut the voting age in Welsh elections
There would have to be another law made for this to happen but Wales will officially get the power to cut the voting age to 16 in Welsh elections this year.
The Wales Act 2017 is expected to come into force on April 1 this year. It will devolve powers to the Assembly over its size and electoral arrangements including who is eligible to vote in Assembly elections.
The Assembly Commission has already announced it intends to introduce legislation this year to change the name of the Assembly to the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru.
Banks will freeze illegal immigrants’ accounts
Part of Theresa May’s pledge to create a “hostile environment” for illegal immigrants in Britain, banks will carry out immigration checks on 70 million accounts from January 2018.
The checks will happen four times a year and banks will freeze the assets of illegal immigrants.
The Home Office expects the checks will identify 6,000 failed asylum seekers and visa overstayers.
However, the plans have attracted criticism as it is feared people who have legitimately settled in the UK will be affected.
Gender pay gap data will be revealed
For the first time ever, employers with at least 250 employees have to publish information about the differences in pay between men and women in their workforce.
The first reports must be published by April 4, 2018, the Hull Daily Mail reports.
This is part of the government’s pledge to eliminate pay differences between men and women in the UK.
Grandparent leave could be introduced
In 2015, the government announced plans to introduce a shared parental leave scheme which includes grandparents.
The government now estimates there are two million grandparents who have stopped work or taken time off in order to help look after their grandchildren.
Grandparents will be able to share up to 50 weeks leave with their child in order to care for their grandchildren in the first year after birth.
While the policy is expected in 2018, it has not be officially confirmed by Theresa May’s government.
Unless you have been living in a cave for a couple of years you will know the UK is leaving the European Union.
Despite this, we are still expected to adopt the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation into our national law in March this year.
This will impose much tougher punishments for companies that fail to stick to new rules around the storage and handling of personal data.
Thousands of businesses in the UK not only collect personal data, but store and access it online - and it is then used for sales and marketing.
The new law will make this harder - and aims to protect people’s data being hacked by cyber criminals.
And in 2019...
- Wales will be able to change income tax levels for the first time
- A ban on smoking outside hospitals, schools and playgrounds in Wales will come into force
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Siyasi Taqdeer is a popular newspaper in India, published from and headquartered in India. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze Siyasi Taqdeer’s media bias and Siyasi Taqdeer’s factual reporting on the basis of its coverage, language used, presidential endorsements, media reports, research and blind surveys. We have also commented on the left or right biasedness of the Siyasi Taqdeer along with its factual accuracy.
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It is surprising that a former teacher of philosophy at St Stephen’s College would present a contrast between two scenarios — one deeply personal, and the other his sharply visceral idea of what is happening in India (‘Lessons from a Kerala Covid ward’, IE, June 19) — and believe it is a sound comparison. Being a fiercely loyal person from Kerala myself, I have been proud of many things in the state that were in existence long before the party system and an independent India came into being. The Maharajas in feudal times were highly educated and enlightened, instilling the need for education in the people. Women in Kerala achieved the highest degree of literacy before other states. The matriarchal system prevailed in certain communities and women achieved many firsts in public positions of importance. Its plentiful water allowed for cleanliness in daily living, and wealth was not displayed through flamboyant lifestyles and outward displays. Despite belonging to a highly-placed household, we often slept on the floor on hand-woven grass mats, and would eat off banana leaves. The lack of industrial development led to many Malayalis fleeing to the Gulf countries.
It is not surprising that K P Shankaran, the author of the article in question, should find the treatment he, his wife and his sister-in-law received at a government hospital to be excellent. Two-thirds of the article had details of their collective ailments and treatments, before arriving at his main point that if it were not for the Ram Temple and the proposed new Parliament House, or the Statue of Unity being built, and India becoming the Hindu version of Islamist Pakistan, all of India could be as unique as that hospital.
It is tragic how a professor could be so ill-informed about what is happening in the rest of India. First and foremost, India is a nation of states and health is a state subject. The condition of hospitals depends very much on the competence and priorities of each state government and there are no statistics to show hospitals are better in non-BJP ruled states. It is an entirely mixed bag and religion does not enter the picture. The All India Institute of Medical Science, a national institution under the central government, is considered among the finest hospitals anywhere, with the very best doctors and treatment. Presidents, prime ministers and ordinary folk have been treated equally well there. Replicas have been initiated in many states. In terms of treatment, I have not had a single person, whether well-placed or from the poor working classes, complain about the efficiency, cleanliness and caring behaviour of government personnel in vaccination centres across the country. A small centre in the heart of the crowded area of Bhogal in New Delhi was silently and efficiently managed entirely by police personnel, with two nurses administering the jabs.
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As for education, the government schools in Delhi are held up as an example of good education. The New Education Policy is visionary if implemented by all states with the proper infrastructure, syllabi and personnel. Many states have high literacy levels for historical and cultural reasons. These are not getting affected by the new Parliament building or other developments listed by the author. The Statue of Unity highlights the great contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who put modern India together as one unified country, assisted by his Malayali lieutenant V P Menon. He had been relegated to a non-entity by the Nehru-Gandhi regime. Now the area around the statue in Gujarat has become a magnet for tourists and sustains multiple livelihoods.
The author speaks of multiple government buildings “bearing distinctly Hindu designs”. India’s artistic heritage is often a multicultural amalgam with even British and Persian motifs, but largely stems from layers of ancient civilisations, far beyond any religious labels. Even if India’s artistic heritage is largely Hindu, should it be rejected as non-secular and sectarian?
Of course, eternal vigilance to defend the true nature of every Indian is necessary, but only if people like Shankaran take off their myopic lenses and see the entirety of India for what it really is — a democratic, secular and peace-loving country.
This column first appeared in the print edition on July 13, 2021 under the title ‘Through coloured glass’. The writer is former president, Samata Party
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Remains of an ancient synagogue were discovered during the hotel's construction last year and the mikvah was preserved as part of the building plan.
A Spanish hotel built on the remains of a 15th century synagogue opened a new synagogue on its seventh floor.
The opening last week at the four-star Parador de Lorca hotel in Lorca, a city in the southeastern region of Murcia, was the result of negotiations between management and the Sefarad Beitenu Jewish association, which will run the shul, according to a report in the Murcia Economia newspaper.
The president of Sefarad Beitenu, Aharon Franco, signed a cooperation contract with the Paradores hotel network on Dec. 4, the report said.
The synagogue was unearthed during the construction of the new hotel, which was opened last year.
The seventh floor also houses a small Jewish cultural center offering an overview of Jewish history in Spain and a description of the synagogue and other findings recovered in the ruins.
Several heritage preservation groups opposed the hotel's construction because it would mean the loss of archaeological finds. The management pledged to incorporate the findings, including a 15th-century mikvah, or ritual bath, into the building's architecture.
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1.When is Christmas celebrated in Europe? a. On the 24th of December; b. On the I st of January; с. On the 25th of December.
2. Do Russians celebrate that holiday? a. yes; b. no;
3.When do they celebrate it? а. on the 26th of December; b. on the 7th of January; c. on the 13th of January
4. Whose birthday is celebrated on Christmas? a. Queen Elizabeth; b. Jesus Christ; c. William Shakespeare.
5. What country gave us the tradition to decorate the Christmas tree in Russia? a. France; b. England; c. Germany.
6. Who introduced the tradition to decorate the Christmas tree in Russia? a. Peter the Great. b. King Henry VIII. c. William the Conqueror.
7. When was the custom of decorating Christmas trees with candles and presents introduced in Britain? a. After Queen Victoria married Prince Philip. b. After Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. c. After Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles.
8. Where does the most famous Christmas tree stand in London? а. In Buckingham palace. b. In the Tower of London. c. In Trafalgar Square.
9.Whose present is it? a. from the people of Norway. b. from the people of Russia. c. from the people of Scotland.
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Go Dotty is a strategic two player game that combines elements of noughts and crosses and domino’s. The aim of the game is lay tiles of your colour to make as many horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines of three as you can, the player at the end of the game with the most lines is the winner.
Please note this is a pre-production prototype of the game, elements of the game and design may change at the publishers discretion.
Each player starts with five tiles of their colour that are drawn from their own bag of tiles. All tiles are four sided and have a number of dots from one to four along each edge. Players take turns to play tiles to the board ensuring that the dots on all sides of their tile match that of any adjacent tiles. After playing a tile the player draws a new tile from their tile bag. Play continues until the board is full or neither player can lay a tile.
As well as the regular tiles each player has a number of “Blank” tiles that display no dots. These tiles can be laid in spots where other tiles are not allowed. For example, the rules forbid making a line of 4 tiles in any direction of your colour. A blank tile, however, may be played in this forbidden spot allowing a player to block their opponent or open up more playable spaces for themselves.
Go Dotty is a simple yet strategic little game. It is easy to learn and play but I also believe that the more you play the more strategy could be developed and I would imagine that if played against the same opponent, or an opponent of similar experience, the game would become highly strategic and require far more thought than the premise initially suggests.
We have only played the prototype copy of the game so it is hard to pass any judgement on the standard of the components. The board is reversible giving players option of both a basic game and an advanced game with more available squares on the board to place your tiles. In this prototype copy the design on the tiles was clear and easily understandable. The tile holders (like scrabble letter holders) were also a nice touch which made it easy to view and sort your tiles.
Overall I would recommend Go Dotty for anyone who enjoys strategic two player games. The simplicity of the gameplay means it can easily be played with children and non-gamers whilst also offering an intriguing option for more experienced gamers who are looking for a quick strategic fix that doesn’t take hours to play but does get your brain working!
Go Dotty is due to launch on Kickstarter Wednesday 30 January 2019.
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Vietnam travel packages are designed to show clients all the highlights of the Country. That includes both the cities but also the remote regions where tribes live as they have for generations. The climate has changed little as well and the flooding that can occur each year meant that stilt houses, sitting above the rising water on the plains have been the solution all that time, as long as four thousand years as well as keeping vermin out of the home.
Vietnam has over 50 ethnic groups and whether it is on flood plains or mountain slopes the traditional stilt house where families sleep, eat, work, entertain and worship is found throughout the country. Constructed from bamboo, rattan and wood, houses are functional. There is an area below the main living area where rice can be dried, a level above where a family may keep any livestock.
In the highlands to the north of Hanoi, the Tay and Nung live on slopes; the houses overlook the fields, and not too close to mountains, forests and rivers. They believe that a mountain peak, similar to an arrow, can injure people, forests contain dangerous animals and flowing water may take riches away.
In Lao Cai Province, some of the Tay villages have stilt houses renowned for their sophisticated architecture and the rare wood used in their construction, one of the reasons they often took some time to build. One example belonging to Nguyen Van Su in Tham Luong was said to be made of rare ironwood from the jungle and it had taken the family five months to cut down and transport to the village. Such houses and many others are regarded as treasures, beyond value with their real value the attractiveness for inclusion in Vietnam packages. Travelling in Vietnam is a great experience and the village communities play a large part in that experience.
A Vietnam family tour that visits the Xa pho will see narrow fronts with several columns supporting the sides. Stilt houses on open plains tend to be wide with two staircases, one each side of the houses, with roofs resting on pillars and beams. Each part of the house is used for specific things.
Guests are usually entertained on the lower level of the house with the family living above, sleeping, eating and praying. Typically, with two doors and two covered porches, the left door (chan) and the right door (quan) are both used by all family members but visiting women will use chan, visiting men the quan door.
Central Vietnam and beyond
The Central Highlands of Vietnam are home to the Bana, Xedang, and Giarai. Their homes, rong, are huge with a high, steep roof and a front balcony. The main rooms are like communal halls and tourists travelling throughout the Country on Vietnam travel packages will see the differences from other regions. Further south and east towards the Coast is Dak Lak where longhouses are common. The living space takes up much of the floor area with long bench seating for guests, often with very intricate carving.
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Having a baby can be both exciting and challenging. You may have many questions and need help adjusting to life with a new baby.
The City of Hamilton has a program for pregnant women or new moms, where a public health nurse visits your home to answer questions.
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program
The Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program provides home visits by public health nurses and home visitors. They visit pregnant women and parents, with children whose ages range from birth to ready to go to school. Home visits help you learn about:
- Connecting with your baby
- Your child’s growth and development
- Breastfeeding, food and healthy eating
- Local community programs and supports
How to access the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program
Call Health Connections at 905-546-3550 to see if you are eligible for the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program.
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Flat Fee Realtors: A Guide
Basically, flat fee realtor is a real estate salesperson who is licensed and paid a fixed amount for the services they’re offering instead of getting a commission from the sale. Generally, flat fee realtors are being paid on closing set rate that had been agreed upon previously by all parties involved. Rather than paying the agent a percentage or a commission of sales or lease price, flat fee is paid depending on the transferring or closing title.
The fee may be based on a number of factors like the length of time in which the realtor is planning to work for the client, the property is for rent or sale or any other circumstances in which a flat fee is preferred than a commission based transaction.
In case that flat fee is what preferred, it can be beneficial either for the realtor or for the owner. To give you a quick example, if someone is in the market selling a house and the realtor fee of traditional seller is 3 percent which is equivalent to 6,000 dollars commission if the purchase price is 200,000 dollars. In case that the realtor is a discount realtor, you may expect them to offer to service clients with flat rate of not higher than 6,000 dollars even if the purchase price of the house is higher than 200,000 dollars. This only ensures that the discount realtor is going to retain the fee of less than 6,000 dollars and the client can save cash on the sale of property.
The benefit of being a flat fee realtor is quite a lot like having higher appeal to customers in the real estate market to sell or buy a property and help those who are in need to save more money on commission. Potentially for higher income is also high when you work on commission based salary but the guarantee of having flat rate income adds great peace of mind too.
In general, discount realtors might offer to service client’s for sale needs of property owner and require flat fee to pay for just the needed services. The conventional total of 6 percent commission is typically split between the buyer agents and the seller. Flat fee is much different in a way that it may or may not be split and depends upon the set price that the parties have agreed upon before the start of transaction. Discount realtors can be preferable to some people like homeowners who are looking to sell their high end properties in which commission rates would be equal to 20,000 dollars and up.
So, if you would like to save on the sell price of your property, you better consider working with a flat fee realtor.
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Imitation memory is a functional fabric that uses filament as raw material and has a memory effect (a performance that can quickly return to the original state after the raw material is stretched).
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|Loading capacity:||About 85,000 meters / 20-foot container|
Raw material - warping and sizing - spooling - weaving - reservation - refining and cleaning - dyeing - setting - packaging - finished product
Product features and advantages:
This kind of fabric has good drapability, smoothness, good luster and memory recovery performance, anti-wrinkle, anti-imitation compression, and soft hand feeling are its characteristics.
Outdoor, sportswear, trench coats/jackets, down jackets and padded jackets, etc. Therefore, it has good anti-wrinkle performance, and can still restore its original state function under the action of multiple external forces combined and folded, especially suitable for the field of suits.
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As the dust settles upon Gaza following a tenuous ceasefire called after 11 days of relentless attacks on the population, our partners in Palestine are taking stock of the unfathomable damage and urgent needs at present.
The death toll in Gaza, currently at 247 people, including 66 children, continues to mount as bodies are pulled out of the rubble. At least 1,417 people – 412 of them children – have been injured. And at least 12 Israelis were killed.
Homes, schools, hospitals, and Gaza’s only COVID testing site have been destroyed. More than 90,000 Palestinians were displaced. Infrastructure that came under heavy attack in 2014, such as the energy grid, water supply, and roads, has been even more extensively damaged or destroyed.
This and much more has happened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing blockade hindering movement into and out of Gaza and cutting off access to life-saving medical supplies and other essentials. And then there is the vast psychological toll upon the population.
According to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society:
“[T]he humanitarian crisis mounts. Of particular concern are the most vulnerable of Palestinian demographics, including, women, elderly, those already displaced, those with disabilities, and especially our children and youth, who should be representing our future. Every child deserves the right to feel safe and protected, and to have a peaceful childhood, free from violence. The children of Palestine have never had this right, and therefore, we ask for support to protect the rights of Palestinian children and all Palestinians.”
Work on the ground
Even as their own lives have been turned upside down, our partners on the ground have been working tirelessly on emergency response while building toward longer-term change. They assert that now is not the time to return to «normal» in Palestine because normal before the most recent attacks meant ongoing human rights violations, military occupation, suffocating blockade, displacement, apartheid and settler colonialism. Now is the time to achieve a just peace and Palestinian self-determination.
To support our partners as they engage not only in emergency relief, but also in the hard work of recovery and transformation, Grassroots International has launched the Palestine Solidarity Emergency Fund. Over $400,000 has been raised thus far through an outpouring of solidarity by hundreds of donors, and we continue to raise funds to support such critical efforts as:
- Urgent medical relief, including care for Palestinians injured by Israeli attacks, along with COVID preventative care and education for the broader population
- Community organizing and mobilization to resist displacement, theft of homes, and home demolitions in East Jerusalem, while connecting these local struggles to broader efforts to challenge settler colonialism
- Mental health support to those in Gaza, especially children, subject to ongoing trauma from the twin stresses of siege and extreme violence
- Organizing by Palestinian youth to resist state repression – including in the face of mass arrests happening right now – while constructing alternative futures based on values of pluralism, justice, democracy, and self-determination
- Research and advocacy from the local to global levels to challenge the apartheid wall and ongoing land grabbing in the West Bank
- Defense of land and water rights of Palestinian farmers and fishers
- Documentation of war crimes committed by Israeli occupying forces against Palestinians, to serve as evidence before the International Criminal Court
- Advocacy to hold the US and other complicit governments accountable, while building global solidarity
Grassroots International believes in long-term partnership and deep relationships with movements on the ground addressing the root causes of injustice. Out of those abiding relationships comes the ability to respond to urgent crises with a base of trust and solidarity. We are grateful to our community for joining us in expressing that solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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Payal Khandwala was searching for a particular shade of blue for her new collection when she recalled an image of tribal African women she’d seen in an old issue of National Geographic. The contrast of the women’s blue abayas against the beige sand held an irresistible attraction for her, and she set out to research who these women were.
What she found left her amazed. “The Tuaregs are a Muslim, semi-nomadic tribe that have survived more than a 1,000 years. And today, they’re more relevant than ever,” says the 44-year old artist- designer whose distinct style signature has made quite a mark in the industry just a few years after she launched her eponymous label.
“It is not just that the Tuaregs are a matrilineal people but women genuinely enjoy equal status in society,” she explains of her autumn-winter 2018 collection, ‘The New Order’.
“They own homes and animals even after they marry. Their opinions are valued and they pull the strings in all major social and political decisions. They are allowed the same freedom as their men, and can take as many lovers as they want, before and even after marriage as long as the men only arrive at the woman’s tent after dark and leave before sunrise. These women marry later and divorces call for celebration because the women are single again.”
What surprised the Ahmedabad-born designer most about the tribe was the fact that the women kept their faces uncovered and men had to veil theirs at the start of puberty and continue to cover their faces in front of most women and elders, except their wives and girlfriends.
“I found this to be so intriguing,” says Payal, especially when a tribe considered ‘primitive’ is compared to the Western world that prides itself in being ‘progressive’. “The men and women are equally invested in making sure women are empowered,” says the artist.
Born the only child to a father who loved reading books on philosophy and a mother who hailed from a family of poets and playwrights, Payal was brought up ‘like a boy’ and encouraged to follow her creative pursuits. Having done her BFA from Parsons in New York, she credits the city for opening her mind and horizons.
She went on to study another six months in Barcelona and moved back to India in 2002, taking up full-time painting. After her wedding in 2007, her husband encouraged her to take up fashion as a second calling “because I couldn’t find clothes I could wear.” So successful were her collections that he left his own investment banking career and took on the mantle of her business instead.
Payal’s label now retails from three of their own standalone stores and almost a dozen multi-brand stores around the country. Their e-store has also just gone live. As per her original plan, Payal only makes clothes she herself would wear, clothes that are comfortable, make the wearer feel good, and have an artistic quality to them.
“I am a mother; I gained and lost 25 kg during pregnancy. I understand women’s bodies. That helps me isolate my brand story,” she explains. “It’s only authentic if it stands out.”
Payal is concerned about the messages young children get regarding social and body norms, and teaches her nine-year-old daughter not to be enslaved by fashion. “No one should care what’s in trend,” she says.
Someone recently asked her how her new collection would help the Tuaregs. She replied, “I don’t think they need our help. We are the ones who need inspiration from them. It’s time to rewrite what is ‘conventional’ and what is ‘modern’.”
First published in the October 2018 issue of eShe magazine
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Travel and aviation are two of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19, and reviving these two sectors is no easy task! The first step to achieve this is to re-establish the withered confidence in flying and ensure the passengers that traveling on planes could be safe. This indispensable necessity has driven airports to redefine the passenger experience and thus enhance the overall air travel experience.
All the domestic and international airports across the world have adopted new measures to facilitate ‘safe travel in the new normal’ and it seems some of the safety measures are going to stick for years to come. As air travel strives to inch toward recovery, let’s reimagine post-pandemic flying by taking a look at how COVID-19 has changed airports for the better.
Automation of most airport operations is the silver lining of this dreary COVID cloud looming large over air travel. Although many airports started investing in automation prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, it can be said that the ongoing crisis has acted as a catalyst for this anticipated change!
Airports are incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and biometric technology to transform the passenger experience right from the point when they enter the airport until they get on the plane. This might influence the post-pandemic flying in the following ways, according to aviation experts:
Robots replacing airport staff:
Airports might prefer to deploy robots for different functions, say cleaning and sanitation of airport terminals, greeting and guiding passengers, luggage maneuvering, and other passenger services. In the near future, robots will come to the aid of airport restaurants and food outlets in providing customers a safe and contactless dining experience.
As contactless travel plays an important role in restoring passenger confidence, airports might completely shift to zero-touch check-in, security, and boarding procedures by leveraging futuristic emerging technology.
Biometric check-in system, which is now available only at a few airports and fewer terminals (for e.g., Delta terminal in Atlanta Airport), will become the standard check-in procedure at every airport. Self-service kiosks, self bag drop, automated restrooms that use sensors might largely define the passenger experience at airports in the post-pandemic world.
Quick security screening:
For a smooth passenger flow at checkpoints, security screening procedures will get faster and simpler than they are now. Airports are working on fully automating the screening system, thereby speeding up the screening process while also reducing the interaction between passengers and airport personnel.
Assigning a specific time slot to every passenger to pass through the security checkpoint might be an alternative to manage the snaking security lines. TSA has recently installed acrylic shields at the security checkpoints and at places where the officers typically interact with passengers as a part of its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Heightened health screening:
Advanced health screening procedures will help airports to efficiently deal with the current situation as well as any unforeseeable pandemic outbreaks.
Airports such as Los Angeles International Airport are already using thermal cameras to detect passengers with higher temperatures. Experts predict passengers will be made to pass through disinfection tunnels, down the line. They might also be required to complete a health acknowledgment form during check-in and additional health screenings and tests after arriving at the destination airport.
Social Distancing Solutions:
Airports across the world are likely to continue the social distancing measures, due to which certain limitations like entry restrictions (only ticketed passengers might be allowed to enter) and lounge capacity limitations, etc., might become permanent.
While floor signage (such as directional arrows) guides passengers to maintain proper social distancing, virtual queues ease congestion at departure gates. Here, passengers will be notified on the mobile when it’s their turn to move toward the gates.
How is flying experience going to be like post COVID?
Above is the infographic that we have made while understanding aviation experts’ views on ‘what air travel might look like’ in the not too distant future and the role of tech revolution in the aviation industry to ensure passengers a safe and risk-free flying.
How will airport design change in the wake of COVID-19?
Airport architects say that the airport design takes into careful consideration the realities of COVID-19 travel so as to provide passengers a stress-free post-pandemic flying experience. The future airports are expected to have spacious terminals with the focus on efficient use of the space on both the airside and landside of terminals to reduce the occupancy in the usual high-density areas. | <urn:uuid:6395fd54-9798-4e8c-af48-1f2393563040> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cityvillagenews.com/future-air-travel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943014 | 946 | 2.375 | 2 |
Pls follow the instruction below. I have attached pictures of cases in textbook and the Vera Bradley Financial ratios excel that I calculated.
Read “Vera Bradley in 2015: Can Its Turnaround Strategy Reverse Its Continuing Decline?” (In Textbook pp. 320-332)
Answer the following questions with short essays (Typed, Double-Spaced, 12pt. Font w/ 1″ margins). Please clearly separate and mark each essay:
(1) Does Vera Bradley have a clear and well-defined strategy? How can the company’s strategy be best characterized? (Recommended page length: 1⁄2 to 1 pages).
(2) Briefly summarize the major strategic and operations issues faced by the company. What are the major items that demand managerial attention at Vera Bradley? (Recommended page length: 1 to 11⁄2 pages).
(3) Based upon your calculations from the Vera Bradley spreadsheet, comment on the financial condition of Vera Bradley. Briefly analyze the company’s: sales growth, margins, profitability, liquidity, leverage and activity ratios. What is your overall assessment of Vera Bradley’s financial condition (Recommended page length: 1 to 2 pages).
(4) Based upon your analysis of the major strategic, operational issues and financial issues faced by Vera Bradley, make recommendations regarding how to address these issues. How would you advise Vera Bradley management regarding how to improve the company’s market standing, competitiveness and financial performance over the next three to five years? What steps should management take? (Recommended page length: 1 1⁄2 to 2 pages). | <urn:uuid:1301b7f7-6c3a-4157-806f-f61ccdb157fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://college-experts.com/2022/05/21/turnaround-strategy-reverse-its-continuing-decline-management-homework-help/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.895282 | 331 | 1.953125 | 2 |
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White Background Tutorial:
How to Create a White Background and Keep the Original Shadows
About the Author of this Post Production Tutorial: How to Create White Background
My name is Nenad Veljkovic. I’m a father of two, now adult children, that I also made interested for Photography and Post Production, at least in the hobby level. Photography was also my hobby and partially a job during my youth. I especially love portrait and Life (street) photography and, for a long time, I’m photographing numerous scenes from the streets of my home town Belgrade. In the early eighties I wrote articles for our first foto magazine (themes about wet processing techniques) in analog photography. Also, I was very interested in Ansel Adam’s Zone system. I continued with same interest in digital photography, following modern trends, especially processing in Photoshop, with special interest on selections.
Since 1995. I have been working for one of our computer magazines for which I write articles about various aspects of processing in Adobe Photoshop. Now, in my fifties, I became interested in Tabletop photography, but this finally became a passion after i was introduced to the work of Alex Koloskov, whose lessons and reviews I find very useful for any serious progress.
The Original and Final Image on White with Retained Shadows
How to Make an Absolutely White Background and Keep the Original Shadows
When you get a correctly exposed pictured object, this also means that we want all the bright parts on that object to have details at the highlighted areas. If we succeed in that, almost definitely the current “white” backgrounds will also have some of the details, and sometimes we don’t want that. Therefore, the background will not be absolutely white. However, sometimes a correct picture demands an absolutely white background (for some catalogs, for example).
Getting back to the nittygritty!
On the other hand, it is sometimes necessary to maintain the original shadows on the picture. Simple shadows are easy to simulate in post production, but there are some that are more complex, that represent the true gradients from completely black to light gray. If at the same time objects have more complex forms, it will be quite tedious to digitally simulate these shadows. It is, after all unnecessary, especially when the original picture already has them all. So we need to extract them, somewhere before the final steps. In this article There are 3 Steps and (11) Processes which are part of the steps
The Steps of this Process Are:
Step 1 – Extracting the Main Object(s) to a New Layer
Step 2 – Extract the Shadow(s) on a New Layer
Step 3 – Creating a New Absolutely White Layer and Make the Ultimate Combination of Three Key Layers – a “Separate Object”, Shadow, and White Background.
The Original Image without Post Production
How to Create a White Background: Step 1- Extracting the Main Objects
(1) The main object(s) must be previously isolated from the background by using some of the selection tools. We recommend the Pen Tool. Holding the CTRL key and clicking on the resulting Path gets the active selection. The Selection parameter Feather should be set to the value of the 0.3.
(2) The follow step is to right-click on the selected objects and choose the option Layer Via Copy (If this option is not visible make sure that there is any active selection tool on the Toolbox).
On a new layer (we named it “Selected objects”) there are now main object(s) separated from the original background.
In order to match further descriptions along with the logic of this description, I draw your attention to the condition of my Quick Mask options. Double-clicking on the Quick Mask icon brings us to a form where you can see that my color indicates that Selected Areas will be highlighted in red.
A very important note before continuing – return the focus to the Background layer
How to Create a White Background: Step 2 – Shadow Separation
(3) With the focus on the Background layer move on to the Channels palette. While holding down the CTRL key, click on the RGB layer. We get an interesting (proportional) selection. In fact, everything is selected (!) in degree of brightness. The more an area is brighter the more that it is selected, the darker it is the selection is smaller (more transparent).
(4) In order to see that, we should activate the Quick Mask mode. It will seem to you that almost all of the picture is selected (colored in red).
(5) Since we are interested in surfaces that are the least selected (shadows) we should invert the selection CTRL + I. In that way we come to the situation where darker areas are more selected.
(6) In order to reduce and limit the selection to the darkest parts (including our shadow), on the Levels form (Image / Adjustments / Levels) move the right slider slightly to the left. At this point you must experiment.
(7) Clicking on the Quick Mask icon again, we get a classic presented selection (marching ants). Don’t let the visual inconsistency in the selection layout confuse you. Although, somewhere where you may expect, if you don’t see the marching ants selection, don’t worry it still exists. Photoshop does not show the selection when the quantity of the selected pixels is below some extent.
(8) You now need to copy the selected shadow on the separate layer. Right-click on the selection and select Layer Via Copy to copy the shadow(s) on a separate layer (if this option is not visible, make sure that there is at least any selection tool active on the Toolbox palette).
(9) Then activate the option Lock transparent pixels (1) on the formed layer (preserve transparency in older Photoshop versions).
(10) Set the foreground color to black and paint over pixels of the previous layer with Edit / Fill… / Foreground Color. If you find that the formed shadow is brighter than you want, repeat part of the process from process number (6). If we feel that the shade is too dark, you can brighten it by using the Opacity.
How to Create a White Background: Step 3 – The Formation of New, Pure White Layer, and the Correct Combination of Three Key Layers
(11) Now you just need to create a pure white new layer. It will be a new Background layer. Above that Background there will be shadow(s) copied in section (8), (Shadows layer), and on the top of the layers palette will be a layer with the main objects selected in process number (2) (Selected objects layer). | <urn:uuid:3ff47c21-ac73-4016-b6a8-dce75ecb6d70> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.photigy.com/school/post-production-how-to-create-a-white-background-and-keep-the-original-shadows/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.902343 | 1,403 | 1.78125 | 2 |
PPAO Stands in Solidarity to #StopAAPIHate
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon stands in mourning and solidarity with our AAPI community after the white supremacist hate crime committed last night in Atlanta. This brutal event reveals how misogyny, harmful sexual stereotypes and white supremacy continue to drive hate and violence against women and communities of color, with devastating impacts. Our hearts are with the loved ones of the 8 people murdered, 6 of whom were Asian American women, and with our AAPI staff, supporters and movement leaders.
People of Asian heritage nationwide are experiencing escalating incidents of racism and discrimination related to COVID-19, and 68% of reported anti-Asian harassment and violence has been toward women. This includes violent attacks, shunning of their businesses, and racist and xenophobic portrayal of COVID-19 as a “Chinese virus” by the media and politicians. Anti-Asian bias in this moment continues a history of scapegoating communities of color during public health crises, while ignoring a legacy of systemic racism, which is intrinsic to the American experience, a continuing reality for communities of color and a tragic force behind the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on these communities.
As advocates for policy change, we must constantly reckon with the ways in which strategies of reproductive oppression throughout American history uniquely harm Asian American women — including economic marginalization, regulation of families and outright violence, as evidenced by the spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans over the past year. Local movement leaders with the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization and other groups today published an important op-ed calling out the disturbing uptick in violence against AAPI Oregonians. We urge PPAO supporters to read it, and follow and financially support APANO’s community organizing work.
We must all commit collectively and continuously to dismantle the systems of white supremacy and patriarchy that create acts of violence like those in Atlanta, as well as the violence created by white supremacist policy.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said on Monday that it will extend a helping hand to students of Kerala who have lost their education certificates due to the floods. The organization will supposedly replace the lost certificates with new ones through its digital repository. Right now, it has 1,300 schools affiliated to it.
The digital academic repository called ‘Parinam Manjusha’ will help students retrieve their mark-sheets, migration certificate, and pass certificate. The repository has been integrated with DigiLocker, a government storehouse of documents.
“The CBSE will re-send login-id and password of Parinam Manjusha/DigiLocker pertaining to students of the year 2016-2018 on their mobile numbers provided with Class X or XII data,” CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said in a statement.
2004-2015 students will visit the DigiLocker website and link their Aadhaar to their account and retrieve their documents by entering their names, roll number and year of examination.
“In case any student finds a variation in the document, he/she may contact the CBSE Regional Office in Thiruvananthapuram immediately, giving roll number, name, class and year,” the statement said.
The deadline for submitting school information at Online Affiliated School Information System (OASIS) for affiliated schools in Kerala has also been extended by the board to September 30th, 2018.
In one of the first unprecedented floods in history, fresh onslaught of rain in Kerala since August 8 has led to a death toll of over 300. 80 dams have been opened. A red alert has been issued in all the 14 districts of the state. There have been power cuts and food shortage across the state.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi announced a financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to the flood ravaged state of Kerala after chairing a high level meeting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister Alphons KJ and other state ministers for checking rehabilitations measures and assessing the damage. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased.
The President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan instructed officials to set up a national emergency committee to help flood-hit areas of Kerala, reported news agency ANI.
The author of a report on the conservation of the Western Ghats, Scientist Madhav Gadgil, said on Sunday that the scale of the disaster would have been smaller had the state government and local authorities followed environmental laws. He headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel formed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2010, said at least a part of the problem in Kerala was “man made”.
“Yes, there is an intense rainfall event which has caused this. But I am quite convinced that the last several years’ developments in the state have materially compromised its ability to deal with events like this and greatly increased the magnitude of the suffering that we are seeing today. Had proper steps been taken, the scale of the disaster would have been nowhere near what it is today,” Dr Gadgil told The Indian Express. | <urn:uuid:cada742a-a174-435e-9aad-2a20c6f2b79d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/08/28/cbse-to-help-kerala-flood-victims-get-school-certificates-back-through-digital-repository/amp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.964793 | 658 | 1.8125 | 2 |
US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is looking to gain a government contract that would license its blockchain analytics software to two U.S. government agencies.
According to public records, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service are planning to buy software licenses from Coinbase for a cloud-based software called Coinbase Analytics. The public documents were issued on May 18 and April 21, respectively. Industry publication The Block was first to report the news.
“Coinbase Analytics (CA) cryptocurrency intelligence tool, provides investigators with identity attribution and de-anonymities virtual currency addresses domestically and internationally,” the DEA document stated. “CA is known for its accuracy of attribution which includes some of the most conservative heuristics used in commercial blockchain tracing tools. This is critical in avoiding false positive during target identification.”
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Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. He dreams about having space adventures, paints beautiful pictures and sings the loudest during circle time. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center — he loves wearing the tangerine dress.
But the children in Morris’s class don’t understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn’t welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. Astronauts, they say, don’t wear dresses.
One day when Morris feels all alone, and sick from the taunts of his classmates, his mother lets him stay home from school. Morris reads about elephants, and puts together a puzzle, and dreams of a fantastic space adventure with his cat, Moo.
Inspired by his dream, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw and brings it with him to school. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure.
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Whether your heart rate is going through the roof because you’re in the start box, outside the interview room, or about to get on stage, knowing how to control the cause of it can make the difference between success and failure. Top riders can transform fear into excitement. They can channel their adrenaline into creating an epic performance instead of letting it paralyze them into inaction.
Horse sport is unquestionably dangerous — and some of the activities covered in our adrenaline junkies feature (Also see H&H magazine Thursday 22 January, 2015) are beyond borderline crazy — so it’s little wonder our bodies on occasion ask us: “Is this wise? Really? Are you absolutely sure?”.
Meanwhile it endeavours to equip us with the fight or flight responses we may well need in such a scenario — not realising that, yes, we have actually signed up to do this. Paid money for the privilege, even.
That psychology coaches and other experts are able to train top riders to make adrenaline work for them rather than against them is yet another tool in the armoury of our best athletes — and one which amateur riders can just as well capitalise on.
I find the topic fascinating — it explains why I always experienced the urge to have a nap before going cross-country, rather than feeling fired-up in the start box. Not to mention why, heading towards that first fence, though thinking now is the moment when I really must put my legs on, my legs put their fingers in their ears and sang: “La, la, la, can’t hear you!”.
Meanwhile, it seems unfeasible that equines could be considered a “species in crisis”. With particular breeds, including Dales, moving steadily down the rare breeds’ critical list, never has the work of rare breed societies been more important. And it is time for all equestrian enthusiasts to lend their support. | <urn:uuid:198d0a1a-5330-444c-88fd-aeb6a91c9328> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/blog/sarah-jenkins-fight-flight-responses-471711 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.947475 | 403 | 1.617188 | 2 |
BEIJING – Taiwan’s legislature has explicitly banned the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat and increased the penalty for animal cruelty, underscoring growing awareness of animal welfare in one of Asia’s most prosperous societies.
The legislature amended Taiwan’s animal protection law to double the maximum penalty for deliberate harm to animals to two years in prison and a fine of 2 million Taiwan dollars ($65,000).
People who sell or eat dog or cat meat face a fine of up to 250,000 Taiwan dollars ($8,000) and their names and photos may be publicized. Drivers and motorcyclists who pull animals along on a leash also face a fine of up to 15,000 Taiwan dollars ($500), according to the amendments passed Tuesday.
While consumption of dogs and cats was never widespread in Taiwan, the amendments point to increasing concern for the treatment of animals on the island, where many residents lavish money and attention on their pets amid a plunging birthrate. Two decades after Taiwan began grappling with the abandonment of pets and other problems, the island has some of the most comprehensive protections on the books anywhere in Asia.
President Tsai Ing-wen’s team portrayed her as an animal lover during her election campaign, focusing on her two cats. She later adopted three dogs.
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Some of our Favorite Books
The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes: Statistical Power, Meta-analysis, and the Interpretation of Research Results
This concise book by Paul Ellis (2010) provides an excellent introduction to effect sizes, statistical power, and meta-analysis. Dr. Ellis has written a book in straight-forward language that many have found helpful. The examples used do a great job of making the content accessible and interesting. This book is a great place to start for those who want a general treatment of effect size and statistical power.
The Reviewer’s Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
This guide, edited and authored by Laura M. Stapleton, Ralph O. Mueller, and Gregory R. Hancock (2016), is a must-have book for quantitative researchers in the social sciences who submit their work to academic journals. The second edition covers 35 commonly-used analyses from Analysis of Variance to Latent Growth Curve Modeling to Multilevel Modeling to Survey Research. Each chapter presents an introduction to a method’s key principles, usage, assumptions, and limitations with a table listing the criteria that should be included and where the criteria should be (e.g., Introduction, Methods, Results) when writing up research that uses that method. We give this book five stars!
An Introduction to Statistical Concepts
This book, by R.G. Lomax and D.L. Hahs-Vaughn, provides a great introduction to univariate statistical analysis. It includes step-by-step instructions for how to do analyses in SPSS, including screen shots, how to interpret the SPSS output, how to use G*Power to compute power, and how to write up the analyses in APA style. Both the 3rd edition (2012) and the 4th edition (2020) are available as electronic books through the OSU library.
Applied Quantitative Analysis in Education and the Social Sciences
This book, edited by Yaacov Petscher, Christopher Schatschneider, and Donald L. Compton (2013), is a useful guide to advanced research methods. The chapters are written by researchers who are well-regarded in the field. The book is divided into four parts: Individual-Level Analysis, Multilevel Analysis, Item-Level Analysis, and Covariance Structure Analysis and is chock full of SPSS, SAS, Mplus, LISREL and R syntax for conducting advanced analyses such as Linear and Quadratic Growth Models to Structural Equation Modeling.
Applied Missing Data Analysis with SPSS and (R)Studio
This book, by Martijn W. Heymans and Iris Eekhout, provides a great introductory overview of missing data analysis. Click on the title of the book to access an electronic copy of the book.
This new podcast is “dedicated to all things quantitative” with co-hosts Patrick Curran and Greg Hancock. The two hosts are experienced, well-known quantitative methodologists who are good friends. They discuss interesting quantitative topics like Statistical Power (Struggles) and Talking to Strangers… About Quantitative Methodology. The podcast is funny and interesting to anyone who likes quantitative methods and even to those who don’t! We recommend it.
Research in Action
This podcast with over 130 episodes from Oregon State University covers topics and issues related to research in higher education from experts across a range of disciplines. For example, you can listen to experts discuss non-parametric statistics, effect sizes, or learning analytics and big data. Episodes are posted weekly and include guest interviews and solo episodes. | <urn:uuid:6d0d9ff5-133d-4f69-a32f-b5eb4d498307> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://u.osu.edu/qmc/books-and-podcasts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.900453 | 756 | 2.5 | 2 |
The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, is remembered in part for his last words, “The best of all is, God is with us.” He actually said the phrase twice before dying. The second time, we are told, he raised his hand and waved it in triumph. Below is a book engraving of his passing, artist unknown. (If you can help me find a proper attribution, please pass it along.)
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Dream about Being A Homeless Person is a signal for confidence, self-worth, success, or values. It is okay to let loose once in a while. You are moving into a new phase. Your dream is an evidence for a developing awareness. You have a positive outlook in life and are not limited by anything.
Be in your dream expresses your control over a situation. You are trying to gain some recognition or get someone’s attention. You will find yourself in an adverse situation. The dream is an omen for something that you need to act quickly on or someone else will. You are still dealing with a break-up.
Homeless dream is a clue for hard work, labor and diligence. An aspect of yourself needs to be set free. You have pushed yourself to the limits. Your dream is a portent for cross-words directed at you or aimed toward someone. You are willing to go to any lengths in order to get the information you need.
Person in this dream is a clue for feelings of aggression. Perhaps, you feel that someone is never quite there for you. There is some matter that you are trying to resolve or settle. The dream refers to characteristics or qualities that you can learn or adopt from your descendents. Perhaps you are searching for a little more variety or excitement.
Dreaming of Be and Homeless and Person
Dream About Being Homeless is an omen for neediness. You have a high sense of self worth. You are rising to a high position. The dream denotes your rapid rise to success and honor. You need to open up yourself to love.
Dream About Being A Person is an omen for the rewards of your work. You are seeking for better understand of your Self and of your origins. You being conscious and aware about a particular situation. The dream is your desire to open up and be understood. You need to get out and enjoy what nature has to offer.
Dream About Homeless Person is an omen for the moon, intuition and the feminine aspects of yourself. You need to respect your past and where you came from. The truth of some matter will soon be revealed to you. This dream hints spiritual harmony. You are keeping your feelings inside.
Dream about Being A Homeless Person is a message for your subconscious mind and intuition. You are lying about something or that you are being a hypocrite. You are so focused on your goals that you are leaving behind the people around you. This dream is a clue for something that you are refusing to acknowledge. You need to take a much closer look at some situation or relationship.
Sometimes, dream about being a homeless person refers to some aspect of your life is in discord. You are evaluating a situation in your life where you need to be more rational in your thinking. You have a carefree attitude, free from any responsibilities. Your dream points to your weaknesses, character flaws or fragileness. May be you are having difficulties trusting your own judgment and decisions. | <urn:uuid:42324829-bcb6-4124-b836-255a879203e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dreamsopedia.com/dream-about-being-a-homeless-person.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.958571 | 604 | 1.507813 | 2 |
I’m starting to realize something truly terrifying . . Googling does not pay well.
I was raised in a family where we sacrificed grocery money to buy the World Book Encyclopedia. Some of our best evenings involved the words, “I’m not sure. Let’s get the World Book Encyclopedia and look it up.” Those red books were like magic to me, and I often just held one in my lap so I could have immediate access to amazing information. That sentence makes my childhood sound a lot more pathetic than it actually was, by the way.
Now I’ve transferred that intellectual crush to Google, a place where even more information can be found.
Unfortunately, my love for information is costing me a little thing called income. I am discovering that a day filled with Googling gives me a false sense of productivity.
If there were a method to my madness, then Google would be a fine partner. However, Google must partner with my brain which is on a permanent Red Bull status, even when my body is exhausted.[quote button_text=”Tweet the Quote]If I kept a time-management log of the things I just HAVE to know immediately, my list would look like something straight out of a manual for Attention Deficit Disorder.[/quote] Here are just a few examples of the thought processes that have lead me to Google:
- I heard a reference in a phone call to something called a marmoset, so I look it up. Apparently, it’s a tiny little monkey. I wanted to know what the TINIEST monkey might be. I Googled it and found the pygmy marmoset. Then I spent 39 seconds watching the video of one eating a noodle.
- I received a notice about a friend’s nephew’s graduation from high school. I started thinking about the march called Pomp and Circumstance. I had to know where the name originated. I looked it up and found it was from Shakespeare, like everything else. I proceeded to listen to a recording of the song which made me cry, and in my saddened state I felt a need to listen to the song “Build Me Up Buttercup” which I thought was “Fill Me Up Buttercup” and then I saw a link to the clip from “There’s Something About Mary” where everybody sang it at the end of the movie and I laughed. Again, no income.
- I suddenly wondered if there were any pictures of my father (who passed away almost 20 years ago) on Google. I entered his name and hit “images.” He was not there, but I noticed that a lot of people with our family’s last name have criminal records including murder. I proceeded to try and look up information about these relatives, and lost an hour of my time. However, I did find out the reason that I have such anger issues. It seems to run in the family.
In the time that it took me to write the messages above, I Googled three different topics. I don’t even have time to see my friends any more because I just have to know if “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was written specifically for Judy Garland and at what age she died and if her daughter Liza is dead and if not has she had any surgeries because she looks really different from her role in the movie “Arthur” played by Dudley Moore who was a great drunk much like Foster Brooks who I looked up on YouTube and watched on the Dean Martin Roast and realize he wasn’t as funny as I remembered.
Once I stepped slowly away from the roast, I remembered that I had forgotten what I was supposed to be working on in the first place.
I’m finding that Google is a lot like my high school experience with Grape Malt Duck. I want to stop. I know I am ingesting too much. But I keep going, and will chug Google until I am vomiting up useless information on innocent friends.
Do you want to know how severely I am affected by this disease? Right now I am dying to know if Grape Malt Duck still exists. I remember it all over the back of my friend’s car, and I want to know if some other teenager might be given the opportunity to be sickened by it the way I was. Now I want to Google it. But I refuse. I have to stop. I have work to do.
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Wisconsin prisoners fearing coronavirus exposure seek consideration for clemency
Dozens of state prisoners who wouldn't ordinarily be eligible for clemency under Gov. Tony Evers' criteria have been seeking waivers for consideration as prisons try to hold off the spread of COVID-19.
The inmates are getting help from a non-profit advocacy group called Forum For Understanding Prisons, which held a virtual news conference about the efforts Tuesday.
"We want the criteria waived during the coronavirus pandemic," said Ben Turk, one of the event's organizers. "The best way to mitigate risk in prisons is to reduce the population."
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Since he took office, Evers has granted 29 pardons, but to people who had already completed the prison terms and extended supervision portions of their sentences.
The FFUP thinks Evers should use the power to release some inmates directly from the prisons. The 31 petitions its sending to his office include those from men with various existing health conditions, like asthma, heart disease, diabetes and prostate cancer, and range in age from 27 to 71, though most are in their 50s or older.
They also were convicted of crimes from repeated drunken driving and burglary to sexual assault and homicide, some serving life sentences.
Relatives of some prisoners described their loved one fears of the coronavirus inside prisons. Jodi Nelson said her son leaves his facility once a month for infusions to treat his ulcerative colitis, and then must remain in segregation for two weeks when he returns. She said that's where he's in contact with newly arrived inmates and fears COVID-19 exposure.
Another woman said her incarcerated husband has taken to asking corrections officers who intend to do a pat-down if he could instead submit to a self-strip search, so they can check him visually and from a distance.
"I understand that's a horrible option" she said, "But when it comes down to pride or safety, many will pick safety."
Nelson said her son told her some inmates don't report symptoms, because they get put into quarantine right away, which is essentially segregation, and lose access to their property and communications.
"It's a disincentive to testing," she said.
While some states have seen massive COVID-19 outbreaks in their prisons or large urban jails, as of Tuesday, Wisconsin's Department of Corrections reports just 11 positive tests for inmates at three prisons and 15 staff with confirmed infections at four prisons and a community corrections office.
The Forum for Understanding Prison wonders if enough prisoners are getting tested fast enough, even though the state Department of Health Services ranks them a top priority, along wth other aggregate living facilities, like nursing homes.
Turk notes that the rate of testing in prisons, at least based on available information, appears to be half of that among the non-prison population. "We have lots of questions about testing on the inside," he said.
He did note that since between March 20 and Friday, the overall DOC population appears to have shrunk by 585, from nearly 23,300, to just over 22,700. He said the DOC made the efforts it was taking to reduce crowding sound like more.
"The numbers don't add up," Turk said. "DOC is not being transparent about releases."
Anna Neal, spokesperson for the DOC, said the agency shares what it can, within privacy restraints, about testing and cited the DOC's online site for information about how many staff and inmates have been tested, at which facilities.
As to releasing inmates, Neal said the DOC has limited authority under its Earned Release Program for alcohol abusers and special action parole for inmates sentenced prior to 2000, when necessary to relieve overcrowding.
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Last Saturday, I found myself sharing a New York City subway train with protesters from the Millions March and drunken revelers from SantaCon. Both events drew comparable-sized crowds, hovering around 25,000 participants each. Both ended up on the tiny island of Manhattan on the same day. And this coincidence is a perfect metaphor for Christmas this year.
Now we have a legally immune, self-policing, occupying army with a widely acknowledged racial bias loose in our cities. And your personal experience with them is largely based on your income level, age and race.
In a town which gladly welcomes some 54 million visitors annually, special contempt is held for the excretions from the tens of thousand of pub crawlers known as SantaCon. The swarm of stocking-hatted boozers descend onto New York much like the biblical plague of locusts (if locusts were noted for copious amounts of Garden State-bought Fireball vomit). This year they even hired a civil rights attorney, Norman Siegel—whose former clients include the Occupy movement—to tell New Yorkers that Santas have a constitutional right to treat the entire city like their frat house’s bathroom. The group has roots in the culture-jamming anti-consumerism subculture, yet has devolved into a parade of public urination and indiscriminate puking. There’s, of course, a tongue-in-cheek claim that it’s for charity, but really it’s an excuse to travel to an iconic city and make a drunken, sloppy, red-clad mess of yourself, all in the name of this holiest of holy days.
This to me is the American celebration of Christmas. It’s summed up in those annual Lexus commercials that promise if you’re nice enough to Santa or your spouse truly loves you enough, you deserve a $50,000 luxury car. Average Americans whose wages have flattened while the expense of everything from college to their calling plan has gone up, decidedly put themselves in debt to consume as much as possible at the end of the year. Go to any store in December—tempers are short, patience is non-existent and Bing Crosby (an accused child abuser) is crooning about how great it all is.
The Millions March, on the other hand, tells the story of the other America. The media treats our 47 million citizens in poverty like they’re some kind of novelty. There are more Americans living below the poverty line than Canadians on this planet (35 million). Poverty has effectively been criminalized by the follies of the War on Drugs. During that time police have gotten more armor and more legal leeway. There’s well-documented evidence people of color are disproportionately targeted and apprehended for drug crimes.
So now we have a legally immune, self-policing, occupying army with a widely acknowledged racial bias loose in our cities. And your personal experience with them is largely based on your income level, age and race.
Eric Garner was choked to death for selling untaxed cigarettes. He was a married father of six. He should have been fined at the worst. It cost more taxpayer dollars to arrest him than we would have ever made off of the singles he was hawking. The only reason we know about this incident is because a man named Ramsey Orta filmed it and let the world see this stupid, cruel and now fatal policy at work. And even with the whole world watching, the police were not punished, policies were not changed and we were all told it was justifiable homicide—so it was OK.
Then those clenched fists, the timeless and ancient symbol of the disenfranchised standing up to subjugation, showed up en masse at City Hall last Saturday. The overlooked reality for millions of Americans perfectly wrapped up in the chant, “We can’t breathe.”
So there was simultaneously, the sick from consumerism-dressed-as-a-fairy-tale-fat-man who gives presents to “good” children (which means children of well-off parents) and the signs of anger at inequality and unequal treatment in the hands of the law.
Those consuming themselves into oblivion and those protesting the all-too-obvious: a tale of two Christmases.
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The Native community at Cosumnes River College includes students, staff, faculty and alumni from a variety of tribal/cultural backgrounds. NAHER promotes academic, personal, and career success to Native American Students. Culture and education both play an intrinsic role in the development of life and what transpires to one reaching their full potential and career endeavors. NAHER resources and services focus on cultivating student success, developing personal wellbeing, and embracing culture for Native American students.
We are proud of all of our Native Graduates for 2019!!!! Thank you all for your participation and support of our Recognition Ceremony. We wish all our graduates the best in their future endeavors.
We would like to thank everyone who was able to participate in our Native American Heritage Week here at Cosumnes River College. The week was a complete success and we are looking forward to planning next years event!!!
Spring 2018 Native Graduates
Angelina Paxton Alejandro Orozco Fernandez Lauren Glantz
United Keetoowah Band Purepecha/ Tarascan River Valley Miwok
AA Liberal Arts-Social/Behavioral Sciences AA Social Sciences AA Liberal Arts- Math & Science
AA Social Sciences
In honor of Achievements
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Being challenged by other people’s thoughts and opinions can help you to think more deeply about your faith. Discussion groups are a great way of sharing thoughts and ideas.
Planning the discussion
Deciding what to discuss is, of course, the starting point. If the discussion will be held with an established group why not have a brief brainstorm session about what people are interested in. Once you’ve settled on a topic it’ll be useful to come up with some questions to stimulate debate. You may also want to include films or reading material to spark discussion; bible verses can be good for this. You could also start with someone giving a short talk, or two of more people giving different points of view on the topic and then opening the discussion out.
Before the meeting, decide on the layout of the room e.g. putting all the chairs in a circle will create a more informal atmosphere which encourages group discussion but this layout is less suitable if everyone needs to be able to see a screen. Make sure you have all of the materials to hand that you will need during the meeting, and take a few minutes to put your notes and props in order before you start.
When leading from the front, speak slowly and more loudly than normal and remember to smile; nobody would ever guess you’re a bag of nerves! Remember your mood will often set the tone and put people at ease, so be calm but enthusiastic! Try and maintain eye contact with people and use positive body language rather than clutching onto notes – people find it easier to listen when you look at them and speak naturally.
Never forget that group work is totally unpredictable. It doesn’t matter how prepared or experienced you are, you are never in full control. So much depends on how your group responds – so don’t be too hard on yourself and try to be flexible.
Get everyone involved
Remember you don’t need to be an expert in a subject to be able to lead a discussion on it. You will acquire sufficient background knowledge as you prepare for the session. Most important is a sensitivity to group dynamics, which you’ll develop with practice.
- Use open questions and avoid ones that can be answered with a simple yes or no. This will ensure a more flowing conversation.
- Breaking up into small groups (then getting them to feed back ideas to the whole group) helps to deal with quiet groups and gives everyone a chance to speak.
- You may need to be fairly assertive if you have a chatterbox or someone who keeps going off on a tangent or if people keep interrupting each other.
- Give individuals every opportunity to contribute but don’t get too pushy – someone may want to take a back seat for all kinds of reasons. You can always have a quick chat with them afterwards.
Some ideas when leading a discussion
- Vote with your feet. Have some statements based on the theme you are discussing, e.g. “You can have faith without being religious” Explain that one side of the room is for those who agree and the other for those who disagree. People can then sort themselves so those who agree strongly stand on one side of the room, those who utterly disagree on the other, those who have no preference in the middle, and everyone else somewhere along the scale according to their opinion. This can be adapted for any theme. It will give people an opportunity to move around and even quiet people get to express an opinion. You can then get discussion going by getting people to talk about why they stood where they were either in pairs or as a group.
- Quotation sheets. If you have the time to prepare them, quotations sheets are a very good way of getting a discussion started. Find quotations that express a variety of opinions on the topic you are discussing and ask people what they think. These can be quotations from the Bible, books, newspapers, websites or wherever you can get them. Give the source and then people can read up more if they want to afterwards. Keep quotations short and never give people any more than one side of A4 to read (there will be a pause while people read them, don’t panic when people don’t all start talking at once).
- Quotation cards. Another thing to do with quotations is to put them onto cards and ask groups to order them, with the ones they agree with most at the top and those they disagree with at the bottom. Ask each group to pick three cards; one from the top, one from the bottom and one other (maybe one that struck them or one they couldn’t agree on) and explain why they have picked those cards. | <urn:uuid:61cbf115-cc8e-4370-b551-87b4c1225747> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.movement.org.uk/resources/how-plan-and-lead-discussion-0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.95668 | 976 | 2.625 | 3 |
Test strips for drugs are increasingly being used as part of harm reduction programs. These test strips in this context aren’t the same as an at-home drug test to determine if someone has been using a substance, including prescription and illegal drugs like a synthetic opioid. We’ll cover both scenarios below.
Test Strips for Drugs—Drug Checking
One type of drug test that uses strips is called drug checking. Drug checking lets people who use substances identify what they’re going to take. This helps avoid the risks of taking something unknown. In this context, drug checking strips aim to prevent injury and overdose-related to drugs.
- Research shows that people want to know what’s in the drugs they take, particularly if it contains fentanyl.
- In one study of 335 people, 76% believed they’d consumed fentanyl unknowingly.
- In the same sample, 85% said they wanted to know if there was fentanyl in drugs before using them. Most participants also wanted to know the amount of fentanyl and if other substances were present.
- Drug testing is a harm reduction strategy used in many settings to help people understand what they’re consuming.
- When someone is aware of contamination by fentanyl or other substances, it reduces the risk of overdose. Individuals can decide not to use the drug or use it more slowly. They can also use it with other people who have naloxone on hand.
Along with drug checking strips, there are also reagent kits available. A reagent is also known as a colorimetric or spot test. Reagents are liquid drops you can apply to a substance sample with minimal training.
Then, a chemical interaction can identify whether certain substances are in the sample based on color changes. The results take around 30 seconds and can identify many substances, including methamphetamine and opiates.
Fentanyl Testing Strips
As fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths have been soaring recently, fentanyl checking strips have become more widely used.
Fentanyl checking strips were initially designed for urine drug test kits. Now they can be used off-label to test if something has fentanyl or fentanyl analogs.
- The user would take the drug testing strip and dissolve a small drug sample into water.
- Then, they’d insert the test strip, and an indicator line would alert them if fentanyl were in the sample.
- These drug test strips are single-use for around $1 to $2 per test.
- They are inexpensive and easy to obtain and can give illicit drug users an accurate read of whether or not a substance contains fentanyl.
- In 2018, a John Hopkins study indicated the test strips could indicate the presence of fentanyl almost 100% of the time.
- Some government programs in the United States, such as the California Department of Public Health, have started paying for fentanyl strips distributed to people at syringe exchange programs to reduce opioid overdoses. Other states that have enacted similar programs include North Carolina, Ohio, Maryland, New York, and Massachusetts.
At-Home Drug Tests
As mentioned, fentanyl test strips are derived from at-home drug tests.
These tests are traditionally used to determine if there are illegal or prescription drugs in someone’s system via their urine.
The tests can detect drugs, including:
At-home test strips for drugs are usually qualitative, meaning you find out if there’s the presence of a drug in urine, but you don’t find out how much.
How Accurate Are Test Strips?
Test strips are considered fairly accurate in testing for the presence of drugs in someone’s system. If drugs are present, it’s usually going to lead to a positive test result. However, sending urine samples to a lab to confirm at-home test results can be a good idea. Some foods, supplements, medicines, and drinks can affect the results of at-home tests.
- How you do the test, the way the test or urine is stored, and the specific things someone ate or drank can impact the outcome.
- If a result shows the presence of amphetamine, it can be triggered by over-the-counter medicine, which is a situation considered false positive.
- If the test results are negative, they will not be 100% accurate.
- Some factors can lead to a false negative. You might have tested for the wrong drugs or not have tested the urine when the drugs were in it. It takes some time for drugs to appear in someone’s urine after using them, and they don’t stay there indefinitely. The urine sample could have been collected too soon or too late.
- The chemicals in the test can also go bad if they expire or are stored incorrectly.
How Long are Drugs Detectable?
On an at-home drug test, how soon someone takes the substance and how long it will continue to lead to a positive drug test depend on the drug and the person. Average examples include:
- Marijuana may show up 1-3 hours after someone takes it, and stay positive for 1-7 days
- Cocaine could show up in 2-6 hours and stay in someone’s system for 2-3 days
- Heroin or opiates can create a positive drug test result in 2-6 hours and last for 1-3 days
- Benzodiazepines can appear in 2-7 hours after someone uses them and continue to lead to a positive test for 1-4 days
An at-home drug test will usually include a collection cup for the sample and the test itself. Commonly it will be test strips, but it can also be a test card or cassette. You should read the instructions carefully before doing one of these tests.
You collect urine in the sample cup and test it based on the instructions. If the test shows the preliminary presence of drugs, it should be sent to a lab for a final result. Some home kits include a container and a pre-addressed mailer for shipping.
Saliva vs. Urine Drug Testing
Another option for drug testing is using a saliva test, also known as oral fluid testing. A saliva test can detect drug use faster than urine tests because urine tests require that the drug metabolizes in the user’s system before there’s a positive result.
The downside of a saliva test is that the result will be positive for a shorter window of time than with a urine test.
Blood tests are also a testing option, but health care professionals administer these tests.
Where Can You Buy Drug Test Strips?
You can buy drug test strips online and from most pharmacies. But if you’re buying drug test strips, it might be an indicator of a bigger problem. If you’re in the SF bay area and you’re ready to tackle substance abuse once and for all, we’re here to help. Contact Silicon Valley Recovery at 408-547-4089 to learn more about programs available for you or your loved ones. | <urn:uuid:f1f5c1aa-de1f-44b9-99b2-8e309678db34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://siliconvalleyrecovery.com/test-strips-for-drugs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937092 | 1,442 | 2.5 | 2 |
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“It seems to me that love is everywhere. If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.” -Love Actually
Valentine’s Day is one of those days that people seem to either love or loathe. But here’s the deal: Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be something we dread. February 14th doesn’t have to be limited to cards and candy. And it certainly shouldn’t be limited to the human loves in our lives. Animals can be our Valentines, too!
Check out how you can make every day of the year, February 14th:
This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds, but just right for souls. ― Aberjhani, Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
Are You All About The Valentine?
Valentine’s Day is one of those days that people seem to either love or loathe. Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of Love and St. Valentine. The history of this centuries-old holiday stems from ancient Roman rituals, but today February the 14th has been taken over by the chocolate, flower, lingerie, and greeting card companies.
Valentine’s Day has morphed into a world wide day of obligatory gift giving. Men and women usually forget that the day is coming, then at the last…
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There is nothing like the sight of a cherry blossom tree in full bloom, especially in the crisp spring air of Ohio. In addition to the many varieties of cherry blossom trees that produce flowers, some produce pruned cherries. While some cherry blossom trees produce cherry blossoms, other varieties produce flowering branches and fruit.
In both public and private gardens as well as in the urban forest, Flowering Cherries can become iconic trees. If planted individually or in groups, Flowering Cherries will provide an impressive blooming event that you, your family and friends will surely enjoy after a long winter.
Adapted roughly to the United States, the majority of flowering cherry trees are native to Japan and other parts of Asia. Zones 5-8 according to the Department of Agriculture, though specific climate requirements will differ between varieties.
There are few trees that are as spectacular and as showy as cherry trees growing in a home or business landscape. In the spring, they burst into bloom, covering their branches with confetti-like flowers in rubies, pinks, and whites. Flowers of the various types are both fragrant and attractive.
In the summer, the trees remain interesting because of their dark green foliage even after the flowers fade. During the autumn, many leaves are colorfully adorned with amber, orange, and red hues. The shiny, coppery bark can be enjoyed through the winter after the leaves fall.
Lambert Sweet Cherry Tree
Fruiting plants are becoming more popular in landscapes across the country as homeowners rediscover their earthy pleasure in growing them. This long-lasting trend takes full advantage of your soil and sunlight with edible landscaping.
As a tree, Lambert Sweet Cherry is quite attractive. A stunning spring bloom and a striking fruit set will keep you occupied for many years to come.
If it’s your first harvest, we guarantee that you will feel like a kid again! You can get the most out of a sweet cherry in countless ways. A healthy sweetener for sauces and pies, preserves, fruit leather, and fresh from the tree, of course.
The harvest season will be extended by pollinating two or three varieties. In order to pollinate Lambert, Van, Black Tartarian, and Rainier will all work together.
Corum Sweet Cherry Tree
It would be nice to include the trees in an edible landscape. How can that be? It is not uncommon for homeowners to grow fruit trees in their gardens and yards.
Branches of this variety are well developed and spread widely. It’s absolutely breathtaking to see the blossoming spring crop and the harvest in progress.
This variety will start your product years off on the right foot. During its early life cycle, it bears fruits of high quality. It also works as a pollinator for other Sweet Cherries.
Larger leaves distinguish these trees from others. Also useful as a privacy screen, Corum’s sturdy branches make it a viable option.
Nanking Cherry Tree
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) is an easy-care bush for homeowners in cold winter zones 2 – 6. If you want to eat this tangy, sweet-tart fruit fresh or bake it into pies, you will love its taste.
There are spectacular flowers in bloom this spring! Early in spring, the shrub’s buds turn pink, opening to reveal white flowers. After the long winter, you can’t go wrong with an early bloomer like this.
This plant’s fragrant flowers are also frost-tolerant, making it a real signal of spring. Butterfly and pollinator nectar is also a welcome addition to the white blooms.
In harsh climates, the Nanking Cherry has proven to produce delicious red fruits. This foliage is attractive and textured, allowing the berries to stand out. Red cherries are translucent jewels filled with brilliant brilliance.
A single specimen or long hedge is suitable. A backyard homestead can be transformed into an orchard. It is the first Cherry to bloom, and it produces delicious cherries.
It is not possible to reliably self-fertilize Nanking Cherry. It is important to plant two or more shrubs close to each other for cross-pollination to ensure fruit set.
Black Tartarian Cherry Tree
A favorite among homeowners, Black Tartarian is a variety of dark, sweet Cherry (Prunus avium ‘Black Tartarian’) which provides reliable fruit as well as the ability to pollinate many cherry varieties. Black Tartarian trees produce delicious fruit for years with very little effort.
From the spring onwards, this tree will be adorned with blooms of white, fragrant blossoms. A pristine splendor veritably covers the branches in clusters of 5-petalled beauties.
In the days following the flowering, the Black Tartarian will develop shiny green leaves and the fruit that your tree is most prized for will appear. Its waxy dark-green leaves maintain their toothed edges and pointed tip all season long.
Sweetheart Cherry Tree
You will be the center of attention in your yard once friends and neighbors taste the delectable fruit of the Sweetheart Cherry Tree (Prunus avium ‘Sweetheart’). This cherry tree is easy to grow and requires less maintenance than other cherry varieties!
In mid-April, pristine pinkish-white blossoms appear, followed by mid-July cherries that sparkle among the shiny, bright-green foliage like golden ornaments.
Shiny, bright red fruits cover the smooth, crisp skin of this exquisite cherry, whose exterior resembles a heart. Your taste buds will water as you bite into the meaty, firm interior flesh. A slight acidic-tart hint gives this cherry just enough bite to make it unique. The fruit remains crisp even after it has been picked.
You can harvest this sweet cherry from early to late, so you can enjoy the harvest for a few weeks longer.
North Star Cherry Tree
A dwarf cherry tree with robust, fast growth and cold hardy adaptability, the North Star Cherry Tree was introduced at the University of Minnesota in 1950. Furthermore, North Star cherries are particularly versatile since they are considered ideal for snacking, baking, and more.
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When was the last time you thought about your thinking? How much of your thinking is positive? Negative?
‘Well-known neurologist’ Willie Nelson said:
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
It turns out that this is true where your brain health is concerned.
Is negative thinking bad for your brain?
Scientists seem to think that it is. Researchers at King’s College London found that repetitive negative thinking may increase your risk for Alzheimer’s disease (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease). Remember, at this time there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, so this deserves your attention.
The study found that a habit of prolonged negative thinking diminishes your brain’s ability to think, reason, and form memories, essentially draining your brain’s resources.
Another study reported in the Journal of American Academy of Neurology found that cynical thinking also produces a greater dementia risk.
Remember, brains get good at what they do. Negative thoughts create ‘channels’ in your brain. This way of thinking can become your default. If you do a lot of negative thinking, your brain wires to be good at producing negative thoughts. Your brain also gets good at seeing things to think negatively about.
One of the byproducts of negative thinking is stress, which then leads to more negative thinking.
A “sure fire” stress buster
Here’s a suggestion:
When negative thoughts come, and they will, don’t just ignore them. Pay attention. Stop what you are doing. Close your eyes if you need to. Replace the negative thought with a positive thought. Hold the positive thought in your brain for a full minute, or more.
When you do this, neuroplasticity starts to work in your favour. The two keys are attention density, and holding the thought long enough for your brain to begin to create new ‘channels’. Scientists refer to this as quantum zeno effect.
You become a sculptor of your own brain. How cool is that?
A good book to read on self-directed neuroplasticity is You are Not Your Brain, Jeffrey Schwartz. When you change your habits of mind, your life changes.
Tom Hopkins once said:
“Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours”. There is some truth to this.
One more suggestion:
Go for a whole week without complaining. Not even once. Log it. If you relapse, start your week over. Back to day one. Go for a week without complaining… and watch the people around you change. Such is the power of mirror neurons.
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I’ve been thinking a little bit about the difference between establishments and disestablishments of religion. Constitutions serve several functions, but for this post, I’m interested in one in particular: to entrench the idea that there is a law above the state’s law — a law that cannot be changed by ordinary legislation. Could one say this about established religions in constitutional states? The argument would be that established religions in constitutional states place the constitutional state above its ordinary law, and they thereby control and restrain (the reach of) ordinary law. If the claim works, then as a functional matter, one might think of the Constitution as an establishment of religion. The Constitution — and, even more specifically, the First Amendment — is our establishment. It enshrines limits on the power of government, and in the case of the Free Exercise Clause, it can even subordinate the ordinary acts of government to higher law. And the First Amendment is an establishment inasmuch as it incorporates certain relationships between the state and religion right into the fabric of the governmental structure — relationships which it then fixes and removes from the purview of ordinary law. The difference between constitutional states with establishments of religions and those without them is that in the former, God or the gods establish the state, while in the latter, people do. But in both cases, constitutions ‘establish’ the (for lack of a better term) sacredness of the state and cement its position above ordinary law. And so, from this perspective, the opposite of establishment is not so much disestablishment as tyranny.
A couple of days ago, I posted about the controversy surrounding a proposed new Christian law school in Canada. I questioned whether it’s a good idea to found a new law school in the current environment and wondered whether Canadian law would allow the proposed school, at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, to require its students, faculty and staff to adhere to traditional Christian sexual ethics. Over at First Thoughts, Dr. Janet Epp-Buckingham, a professor at Trinity Western and member of the group that developed the proposal for the new school, objected to some elements of my post, and I offered her the chance to respond more fully. Janet’s response follows below:
Mark Movsesian wrote a blog on January 22 questioning the wisdom of trying to start a law school at Trinity Western University. The university has a 50 year history and is located in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. Mark based some of his concerns on the downturn for lawyers and law schools in the U.S. While legal education has had its issues in the last few years in Canada, the situation is much different in Canada than in the U.S. Actually, the whole university structure is much different, and more regulated, in Canada.
Trinity Western is the largest of only a handful of Christian universities in Canada. There are very few private universities. Most universities are public universities and subsidized by provincial governments. Before a new program can start at any university, public or private, it must be approved Read more
The New York Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will host a panel discussion, “Can Government Deny the Use of Public Space for Religious Services? Bronx Household of Faith v. NYC Department of Education,” in New York on Wednesday, February 20. Speakers include Jordan Lorence (Alliance Defending Freedom) and CLR Forum Guest Author Nelson Tebbe (Brooklyn Law School). Details are here.
Here’s an interesting issue for readers’ consideration involving the alignment of support and opposition for religious liberty with political orientation, and whether that alignment is undergoing a fundamental shift or not. And here are chunks of three writings to set the stage.
The first is from something I wrote a few years ago:
My horse sense is that the political history of law and religion scholarship might track (very) roughly the comparatively recent history of American politics. It would evince, that is, a movement from a state of relative convergence on a set of agreed upon views to a state of increasing splintering and balkanization (or, to put it in more sanguine as well as ambiguous terms, to a state of increasing pluralism) of perspective. Of course I don’t mean that the earlier convergence among religion clause scholars tracked or mirrored an earlier political convergence, or that the current, more balkanized situation runs parallel to contemporary American politics.
What I mean is that if one were to survey the state of the field, say, roughly 30-40 years ago, one would probably see something approaching a rough similarity of perspective among many law and religion scholars — folks who read both the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses in a ‘strong’ way. Read more
This month University of Pennsylvania Press published The Roman Inquisition by Thomas F. Mayer (Augustana College). The publisher’s description follows.
While the Spanish Inquisition has laid the greatest claim to both scholarly attention and the popular imagination, the Roman Inquisition, established in 1542 and a key instrument of papal authority, was more powerful, important, and long-lived. Founded by Paul III and originally aimed to eradicate Protestant heresy, it followed medieval antecedents but went beyond them by becoming a highly articulated centralized organ directly dependent on the pope. By the late sixteenth century the Roman Inquisition had developed its own distinctive procedures, legal process, and personnel, the congregation of cardinals and a professional staff. Its legal process grew out of the technique of inquisitio formulated by Innocent III in the early thirteenth century, it became the most precocious papal bureaucracy on the road to the first “absolutist” state.
As Thomas F. Mayer demonstrates, the Inquisition underwent constant modification as it expanded. The new institution modeled its case management and other procedures on those of another medieval ancestor, the Roman supreme court, the Rota. With unparalleled attention to archival sources and detail, Mayer portrays a highly articulated corporate bureaucracy with the pope at its head. He profiles the Cardinal Inquisitors, including those who would play a major role in Galileo’s trials, and details their social and geographical origins, their education, economic status, earlier careers in the Church, and networks of patronage. At the point this study ends, circa 1640, Pope Urban VIII had made the Roman Inquisition his personal instrument and dominated it to a degree none of his predecessors had approached. | <urn:uuid:af267129-4240-4ca9-b0ba-ce0ba8f98b7b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lawandreligionforum.org/2013/01/24/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.958244 | 1,316 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Variance is a measure of the uncertainty caused by the use of a sample of producer prices instead of the complete universe of producer prices. The most commonly used measure of variability is the standard error of the estimate—the square root of the variance. The standard error of the percent change in the Producer Price Index (PPI) can be used to construct confidence intervals and to determine whether the percent change for a particular PPI series is significantly different from zero.
For example, the 1-month median absolute percent change for the final demand index in 2021 was 0.81 percent, and the 1-month median standard error (SE) was 0.15 percent. (See table 1 of the 2021 PPI variance data release.) Margins of error for a point estimate are commonly expressed as plus and minus two standard errors. The margin of error for the 1-month final demand index in 2021 is approximately 0.81 percent plus and minus 0.30 percent (2 x 0.15 percent). Therefore, in a typical 1-month period in 2021, the percent change in the final demand index was probably somewhere between 0.51 percent and 1.11 percent. On a 12-month basis in 2021, the median absolute percent change for the final demand index was 7.76 percent, and the median SE was 0.36 percent. Margins of error for the 12-month period can be calculated in the same way as for the 1-month period.
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Gregory C. Ellison II A profile with bibliography and distinctive contributions to spirituality of Gregory C. Ellison II, founder of Fearless Dialogues.
Anchored in the Current A book that offers Black theologian, educator, and mystic Howard Thurman as an anchor for your spiritual vocation.
Anchored in the Current An understanding of how the infinite diversity of expression emerges from an infinitely inclusive whole.
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Author Dr. Mel Levine has written a thought-provoking book which begins with the premise that no adult or child is inherently lazy. He states in The Myth of Laziness that everyone wants to succeed and accomplish their goals, and an inability to do so can often be linked to difficulty with various output tasks. He says that there are four common forms of organizational problems.
2. Managing Time: The problem here comes from understanding how long a project will take, difficulty with multitasking, knowing what to do when, and procrastination. Some students (and some adults, too!) need an “organization coach” – someone who can help with scheduling and meeting deadlines.
3. Material Management: If a person’s room or office is a mess and they constantly lose important items and papers, they probably have difficulty with material management. Dr. Levine states that most of the worst material disasters happen at the critical transition points during the day as a person goes from one activity to the next. A helpful intervention would be to slow down at each transition (Leaving for school, going to music lessons, finishing homework etc.) and ask yourself questions such as, “Have I left anything behind?” or “Do I have what I need for the next activity?”
Levine states that other trouble spots such as poor motor function, difficulty with language, memory difficulties, mental-energy (maintaining alertness) control or social distractibility can cause a child or adult to put forth a low level of output and “products” of poor quality. Having an accountability partner can help.
Parents are a child’s first accountability partner, and when my kids were small, I remember taking poster board and creating colored pockets to hold index cards that listed each day’s studies and chores, and we posted this “accountability chart” on the refrigerator. When an activity was completed, my kids could move the labeled index cards from one pocket to another, and it was very clear what had gotten done that day.
Parental support is very important through the teen years and beyond, but as a youth gets older, an outside accountability partner can provide training that can make the move to adulthood easier while helping the parent/child relationship transition to a new level as well.
Assessing the difficulties that students have with their various challenges and then helping them come up with and implement a plan to overcome these barriers is one of the rewarding aspects of the coaching and accountability partnering that I do when I am tutoring a student.
Because students’ abilities to plan, time manage and prioritize are still developing, I often create accountability charts for them so they have a visual reminder of what needs to be accomplished, and so they can have the satisfaction of marking a task as completed when they finish one of their goals. Because I see the students that I tutor every week, I can visually check to see that their accountability charts are filled in and that they are completing the goals we have worked together to set for them. There is an old saying that is very true – “What gets measured gets | <urn:uuid:dde8cfea-29fe-4a76-b75c-fb374e88e26a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.upandovered.com/blog/archives/04-2020 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968998 | 644 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Bias-Motivated threats and others have been reported since the elections, 800 number to call
BOSTON—Following reports of harassment and intimidation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women, LGBTQ individuals and immigrants since Election Day, Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office has established a new hotline for Massachusetts residents to report such incidents.
“In Massachusetts, we will protect people’s rights, fight discrimination and keep people safe,” said AG Healey. “There are reports from around the country following the election that people have been targeted and subjected to conduct that imperils safety and civil rights. Today, I am establishing a hotline for residents to report bias-motivated threats, harassment, and violence. Such conduct has no place in Massachusetts.”
“The Police Departments across the Commonwealth are committed to ensuring that the constitutional rights of all individuals including racial, ethnic, religious, and LGBTQ groups are not violated by any form of harassment and/or intimidation contrary to the law and stand ready to investigate any allegations of wrongdoing and take the appropriate enforcement action,” said Chief Brian Kyes, President of the Massachusetts Major City Chiefs.
The hotline will be managed by attorneys and staff in the AG’s Office. While not every incident will be appropriate for legal action, the AG’s Office will be tracking reports and appropriate matters may be referred to local law enforcement or the Attorney General’s Criminal Bureau.
Any Massachusetts resident who has witnessed or experienced bias-motivated threats, harassment or violence may call the Attorney General’s Hotline at 1-800-994-3228 or fill out a civil rights complaint form at this link. Residents may also contact the AG’s Office through its social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter.
Potential hate crimes – including bias-motivated assault, battery, and property damage – should also be reported to the local police in the first instance. Residents who fear for their immediate safety should call 911.
Most hate crimes are prosecuted by the local District Attorney’s Office. However, in some cases, the offender may also be prosecuted civilly, either in addition to criminal charges or instead of criminal charges, by the AG’s Office under the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act (MCRA).
The MCRA protects the rights of all residents and visitors to Massachusetts to be free from bias-motivated threats, intimidation, and coercion. The MCRA protects the right to use public parks and transportation, walk on public streets, attend school, live peacefully, and enjoy other basic rights. Under the MCRA, the Attorney General may bring legal action against a perpetrator who threatens, intimidates, or coerces another person on the basis of that person’s membership in a protected group (e.g., race, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability) or protected activity (e.g., exercising the right to vote or the right to associate).
Whether it’s potential hate crimes, housing discrimination, or wage theft, the AG’s Office encourages immigrant communities to come forward with their concerns without fear of reprisal based on immigration status.
For more information, visit the Attorney General’s Office website.
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On The Economic Ladder, Rungs Move Further Apart
America is the land of opportunity — that's the bedrock of the American dream. Many expect each generation to do better than the last.
That dream of economic mobility is alive and well for Pam Krank and her husband, Brian McGee. The two are proud owners of The Credit Department Inc., a successful business in the Minneapolis suburb of Mendota Heights.
"Mostly manufacturing companies around the world will hire us to study their customers and tell them how much ... unsecured credit they should grant to each customer," Krank explains.
"We have financial analysts ... who study financial statements and tell our clients how much credit to grant, and the risk of their customers going bankrupt," she says.
The tour Krank offers of the office is short; she and McGee recently moved much of their workflow to the cloud, reducing the need for traditional computer hardware and workspaces. While the company employs about 20 people, few are in the office on a typical day.
After shifting to the cloud, "we sent most of [our] people to work from their homes," Krank says.
The business has about $2 million in annual revenues, providing the couple with an income exceeding $200,000 a year. They're not in the top 1 percent of all earners, but they are doing quite well, according to an online calculator they used.
"I did that little Wall Street Journal thing online, and we're about 95th percentile," Krank says.
Doing Better Than Their Parents
That's much higher on the American income ladder than either of their parents. Pam, who is white, grew up a few miles away in a middle-class suburb. Her father was a maintenance man at the Armour Meat Packing plant in the old St. Paul stockyards.
Brian, who's African-American, grew up in an inner-city neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
"There is no comparison whatsoever. I mean, my parents were so dirt poor. They came from an even worse inner-city environment in Chicago, where my mother was raised by her great-grandmother who couldn't take care of her," McGee says.
His mother had to fend for herself, he says. "It was just totally up to her to do anything. They didn't even care if she went to school or not. And I think it really was my mother's dream ... for her kids to do better than she did with education."
Both Krank and McGee have college degrees. He has an M.B.A.
In one sense, they aren't unusual. Two-thirds of Americans earn more than their parents did, even after adjusting for inflation, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts. But most exceed their parents' income by only a little bit, and their progress is largely due to economic growth in general.
Less common in American is climbing to a higher rung on the income ladder than one's parents; that is, moving from the bottom to the middle class, or the upper middle class, as Krank and McGee have.
Stuck On The Bottom Rungs
While many believe it's easier to move up the economic ladder in America than anywhere else in the world, the United States simply does not do very well on that score.
"This notion that we have about ourselves, as America being somehow exceptional in terms of our opportunity, is not accurate," says Erin Currier, director of the Economic Mobility Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts. "The data show that the United States actually has less relative mobility than Western European nations and Canada."
This lack of mobility is especially true for people at the bottom of the income ladder. If you're born to low-income parents in the United States, you are significantly more likely to remain on the bottom rungs than in countries like Norway and Germany. In fact, 40 percent of Americans born in the bottom fifth don't get to the next rung.
Similarly, if one's parents are well-off, Americans are more likely to remain in the top income rungs than in those European nations.
"I think [the dream is] alive and well, generally, for people who start in the middle class and the upper-income levels. I think there is still enormous opportunity," says Stuart Butler, director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Policy Innovation. "I think it has eroded significantly for people at the lower end of the income level. We need to absolutely deal with that."
Isabel Sawhill, director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution, agrees that there is a crisis at the lower levels of income. But she also sees growing income inequality posing a broader threat to the American dream.
In the 28 years from 1979 to 2007, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their incomes rise 275 percent — seven times more than middle-class incomes rose, and 15 times more growth than the bottom one-fifth of Americans experienced.
And the past decade has been even more disappointing, Sawhill says.
"Even before the recent recession, incomes were not growing, on average," Sawhill says. "Then, if you add in the last few years since the recession and very weak recovery began, most people's incomes have actually declined after adjusting for inflation."
'The Dream Ended'
The Great Recession has made millions of Americans downwardly mobile — like Kevin Hill, a landscape designer from San Diego.
Hill, who is African-American, grew up in a middle-class family in Texas, Arkansas and Detroit. Both his parents worked, and both were college graduates.
Hill, 44, decided not to get a college degree. Instead, after working for a while at a big Boston bank, he quit and ultimately moved to California. There, he developed a thriving landscape business during the housing boom. In his best year, he made $125,000.
But then, things fell apart.
"The dream ended in 2007," Hill says. "I mean it did — it really did."
That year, the housing bubble burst and Hill's clients evaporated. He lost his own home, too, a bedrock of his American dream.
"Part of the American dream is homeownership," Hill says. "If have a home, you have the equity, you can start a business. You can do lots of things. You can better your life."
Hill estimates he made just $25,000 in 2011.
Hill's experience illustrates another troubling statistic. Nearly 40 percent of African-American men whose parents make it into the middle class slide back down the income ladder in the next generation. One factor is that those families have fewer financial assets.
Hill's family couldn't help him hang on to his home, for instance.
"I'm still lost. I'm still just kind of — I don't have control of my life. Because the opportunities aren't there," Hill says. "How do you dream, when there's no opportunity for you to dream?"
Hill is not alone in feeling disillusioned. A 2011 Gallup poll found that only 44 percent of Americans believe that the next generation will have a better life than their parents. Of course, those views are colored by the financial crisis and Great Recession. Opportunity should increase as the economy mends over the next few years.
But the Brookings Institution's Sawhill says she's worried that with inequality continuing to grow, moving up will be more difficult.
"If the rungs on the ladder are getting further apart — which they are, with growing income inequality — then it may become a lot harder to climb that ladder," Sawhill says.
That's because the foundations of the dream — decent incomes, a good education and stable family structure — will be harder to come by for those on the middle and bottom rungs of the ladder, Sawhill says. That, she fears, could reduce mobility further and set the stage for a more rigid class structure in America.
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The most discussed naval accident of modern times is now over a century old.
One thing that cannot be argued is that the April 1912 Titanic tragedy was the result of a whole series of bad choices.
Many have been well documented.
The first such decision, taken by the owner, the White Star Line, was to halve the number of lifeboats originally specified by the shipbuilder, Harlan & Wolfe.
Obviously, the top management of the line did not want to encumber the deck of the boats and, thereby, possibly alarm first-class customers.
The reduced number of ships was still four more than that required by the British Board of Trade at the time.
The misguided move doomed around half of the passengers when the ship hit the iceberg. The second was that the captain of the Titanic, Edward Smith, had chosen to enter the known ice field in the dark at 22 knots, the ship’s cruising speed. It is still unclear whether he was “pushed” by Bruce Ismay, the president of the White Star.
It is the disastrous choice most often mentioned.
There were several key flaws in the basic design of the Olympic-class ships.
Some were corrected after the sinking and others were not found until decades later using computer models and methods that the original engineers, men armed only with slide rules and slide machines. calculate, could never have imagined.
Some of them were:
1. The design of the hull expansion joints was a real design flaw on the Titanic. They were corrected on the Britannic, the third ship built (this was confirmed by recent explorations of the two wrecks).
2. The watertight compartments were open at the top and the walls were not high enough to prevent water from cascading from one compartment to another like in a giant âice cube trayâ.
3. The rudder was far too small for a ship of this size.
4. A final technical choice that slowed down the vessel’s ability to turn was that when the engines were reversed, the third screw, the one directly behind the rudder, stopped turning (as it was being driven by a steam turbine powered by the rudder). outboard engine exhausts piston engines).
This further reduced the efficiency of the rudder.
Extended sea trials could have demonstrated the turn problems to the crew, but Ismay ordered the trials to be cut back in order to maintain the scheduled departure date.
And, let’s not forget, a very careful captain made another bad decision, on another ship close enough to rescue everyone aboard the stricken liner.
Stanley Lord, master of the Californian, had wisely decided to stop for the night, rather than risk navigating the ice floes in the dark.
A wise move, but neither did he order the Marconi wireless to be monitored all night. (Lord has been castigated to this day for his decisions).
The list seems almost endless, but the Titanic’s first officer, William Murdoch, made the last bad choice: one that means life or death for most passengers.
When Frederick Fleet telephoned the gangway from its position in the crow’s nest, high above the foredeck with his cry, âIceberg, straight ahead,â Murdoch was in command.
He had to make a decision in seconds.
He basically had three choices, none of them were good.
He could attempt a sharp turn to port, hoping to miss the iceberg entirely, much like a modern motorist would drive around an obstacle that suddenly appeared.
Of course, a ship nearly three football fields long doesn’t turn like an automobile.
Second, he could reverse the engines and apply full power; an attempt to slow the ship in time, knowing that a collision with the iceberg was very likely.
In this case, the ship would suffer a severely damaged bow, possibly severe enough to kill or injure several of the third-class passengers, all unaccompanied men, moored there.
Or he could try to do both. This third choice, the one that seems so simple, was, in hindsight, the worst he could choose.
And that’s the one he took, causing over 1,500 deaths, including his own.
Murdoch was often portrayed in film versions of the tragedy as incompetent.
It just wasn’t true.
His performance as a White Star officer during his sixteen-year career with the line was exemplary.
This was the case on the fateful night.
He just made a “bad call”, the one most sailors would have made.
Modern analysts, aided by modern tools and exhaustive research, determined that the liner would have cleared the iceberg if the engines had not been reversed while performing the difficult turn to port.
In the worst case, it would have hit the ice with its stern, where the powerful bilge pumps were located.
A minority of the same experts believe that if the ship had struck the iceberg, thus crushing the bow, the ship was doomed anyway.
Most, however, cite the two instances where ships of the time, although smaller, suffered such collisions and limped into port.
A wise move Murdoch had made earlier, the only action a senior officer took in response to the ice warnings, to dim the forecastle lights, at least allowed Fleet in the crow’s nest to see the ‘iceberg early enough that Murdock tries to avoid this.
So his third choice, the one that seemed so logical to him, brought the ship close to the iceberg with its starboard bow, buckling plates and shear rivets.
The ship was designed to stay afloat with four pierced compartments, but six were inundated.
She sank in three hours.
Did the tragedy affect history? No one can say for sure.
More than 1,500 people little known at the time were lost.
Some were greedy immigrants; other well-educated businessmen, scientists and professionals.
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I am so glad my first post on this blog is about the Azusa Street Revival. I have read this recently and I thought it is worthy sharing. Apparently, many Christians do NOT agree on a number of points, including speaking in tongues as being the evidence of baptism of the Holy Spirit.
What happened in 1906?
William J. Seymour
The Azusa Street Revival was a historic Pentecostal revival meeting that took place in Los Angeles, California and is the origin of the Pentecostal movement. It was led by William J. Seymour, an African American preacher. It began with a meeting on April 9, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915. The revival was characterized by ecstatic spiritual experiences accompanied by miracles, dramatic worship services, speaking in tongues, and inter-racial mingling. The participants were criticized by the secular media and Christian theologians for behaviors considered to be outrageous and unorthodox, especially at the time. Today, the revival is considered by historians to be the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century.
In 1905, William J. Seymour, the one-eyed 34-year-old son of former slaves, was a student of well-known Pentecostal preacher Charles Parham and an interim pastor for a small holiness church in Houston, Texas. Neely Terry, an African American woman who attended a small holiness church pastored by Julia Hutchins in Los Angeles, made a trip to visit family in Houston late in 1905. While in Houston, she visited Seymour’s church, where he preached receiving the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in others tongues, and though he had not experienced this personally, Terry was impressed with his character and message. Once home in California, Terry suggested that Seymour be invited to speak at the local church. Seymour received and accepted the invitation in February 1906, and he received financial help and a blessing from Parham for his planned one-month visit.
Seymour arrived in Los Angeles on February 22, 1906, and within two days was preaching at Julia Hutchins’ church at the corner of Ninth Street and Santa Fe Avenue. During his first sermon, he preached that speaking in tongues was the first biblical evidence of the inevitable infilling in the Holy Ghost. On the following Sunday, March 4, he returned to the church and found that Hutchins had padlocked the door. Elders of the church rejected Seymour’s teaching, primarily because he had not yet experienced the blessing about which he was preaching. Condemnation of his message also came from the Holiness Church Association of Southern California with which the church had affiliation. However, not all members of Hutchins’ church rejected Seymour’s preaching. He was invited to stay in the home of congregation member Edward S. Lee, and he began to hold Bible studies and prayer meetings there.
Seymour and his small group of new followers soon relocated to the home of Richard and Ruth Asberry at 216 North Bonnie Brae Street. White families from local holiness churches began to attend as well. The group would get together regularly and pray to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. On April 9, 1906, after five weeks of Seymour’s preaching and prayer, and three days into an intended 10-day fast, Edward S. Lee spoke in tongues for the first time. At the next meeting, Seymour shared Lee’s testimony and preached a sermon on Acts 2:4 and soon six others began to speak in tongues as well, including Jennie Moore, who would later become Seymour’s wife. A few days later, on April 12, Seymour spoke in tongues for the first time after praying all night long.
News of the events at North Bonnie Brae St. quickly circulated among the African American, Latino and White residents of the city, and for several nights, various speakers would preach to the crowds of curious and interested onlookers from the front porch of the Asberry home. Members of the audience included people from a broad spectrum of income levels and religious backgrounds. Hutchins eventually spoke in tongues as her whole congregation began to attend the meetings. Soon the crowds became very large and were full of people speaking in tongues, shouting, singing and moaning. Finally, the front porch collapsed, forcing the group to begin looking for a new meeting place. A resident of the neighborhood described the happenings at 216 North Bonnie Brae with the following words:
They shouted three days and three nights. It was Easter season. The people came from everywhere. By the next morning there was no way of getting near the house. As people came in they would fall under God’s power; and the whole city was stirred. They shouted until the foundation of the house gave way, but no one was hurt.
The group from Bonnie Brae Street eventually discovered an available building at 312 Azusa Street in downtown Los Angeles, which had originally been constructed as an African Methodist Episcopal Church in what was then a poverty part of town. The rent was $8.00 per month. A newspaper referred to the downtown Los Angeles building as a “tumble down shack”. Since the church had moved out, the building had served as a wholesale house, a warehouse, a lumberyard, stockyards, a tombstone shop, and had most recently been used as a stable with rooms for rent upstairs. It was a small, rectangular, flat-roofed building, approximately 60 feet (18 m) long and 40 feet (12 m) wide, totaling 2,400 square feet (220 m2), sided with weathered whitewashed clapboards. The only sign that it had once been a house of God was a single Gothic-style window over the main entrance.
Discarded lumber and plaster littered the large, barn-like room on the ground floor. Nonetheless, it was secured and cleaned in preparation for services. They held their first meeting on April 14, 1906. Church services were held on the first floor where the benches were placed in a rectangular pattern. Some of the benches were simply planks put on top of empty nail kegs. There was no elevated platform, as the ceiling was only eight feet high. Initially there was no pulpit. Frank Bartleman, an early participant in the revival, recalled that “Brother Seymour generally sat behind two empty shoe boxes, one on top of the other. He usually kept his head inside the top one during the meeting, in prayer. There was no pride there…. In that old building, with its low rafters and bare floors…”
The second floor at the now-named Apostolic Faith Mission housed an office and rooms for several residents including Seymour and his new wife, Jennie. It also had a large prayer room to handle the overflow from the altar services below. The prayer room was furnished with chairs and benches made from California Redwood planks, laid end to end on backless chairs.
By mid-May 1906, anywhere from 300 to 1,500 people would attempt to fit into the building. Since horses had very recently been the residents of the building, flies constantly bothered the attendees. People from a diversity of backgrounds came together to worship: men, women, children, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, rich, poor, illiterate, and educated. People of all ages flocked to Los Angeles with both skepticism and a desire to participate. The intermingling of races and the group’s encouragement of women in leadership was remarkable, as 1906 was the height of the “Jim Crow” era of racial segregation, and fourteen years prior to women receiving suffrage in the United States.
Among first-hand accounts were reports of the blind having their sight restored, diseases cured instantly, and immigrants speaking in German, Yiddish, and Spanish all being spoken to in their native language by uneducated black members, who translated the languages into English by “supernatural ability”.
Singing was sporadic and in a cappella or occasionally in tongues. There were periods of extended silence. Attenders were occasionally slain in the Spirit. Visitors gave their testimony, and members read aloud testimonies that were sent to the mission by mail. There was prayer for the gift of tongues. There was prayer in tongues for the sick, for missionaries, and whatever requests were given by attenders or mailed in. There was spontaneous preaching and altar calls for salvation, sanctification and baptism of the Holy Spirit. Lawrence Catley, whose family attended the revival, said that in most services preaching consisted of Seymour opening a Bible and worshippers coming forward to preach or testify as they were led by the Holy Spirit. Many people would continually shout throughout the meetings. The members of the mission never took an offering, but there was a receptacle near the door for anyone that wanted to support the revival. The core membership of the Azusa Street Mission was never much more than 50–60 individuals with hundreds and thousands of people visiting or staying temporarily over the years.
In a skeptical front-page story titled “Weird Babel of Tongues”, a Los Angeles Times reporter attempted to describe what would soon be known as the Azusa Street Revival. “Breathing strange utterances and mouthing a creed which it would seem no sane mortal could understand”, the story began, “the newest religious sect has started in Los Angeles”. Another local paper reporter in September 1906 described the happenings with the following words:
…disgraceful intermingling of the races…they cry and make howling noises all day and into the night. They run, jump, shake all over, shout to the top of their voice, spin around in circles, fall out on the sawdust blanketed floor jerking, kicking and rolling all over it. Some of them pass out and do not move for hours as though they were dead. These people appear to be mad, mentally deranged or under a spell. They claim to be filled with the spirit. They have a one eyed, illiterate, Negro as their preacher who stays on his knees much of the time with his head hidden between the wooden milk crates. He doesn’t talk very much but at times he can be heard shouting, ‘Repent,’ and he’s supposed to be running the thing… They repeatedly sing the same song, ‘The Comforter Has Come.’
The media, especially the American media has always been that way..
Apostolic Faith publication
Also starting in September 1906 was the publication of the revival’s own newsletter, the Apostolic Faith. Issues were published occasionally up until May 1908, mostly through the work of Seymour and a white woman named Clara Lum, a member of the Apostolic Faith Mission. The Apostolic Faith was distributed without charge, and thousands of laypersons and ministers received copies worldwide. Five thousand copies of the first edition were printed, and by 1907 the press run reached over 40,000.
Seymour and his wife, Jennie.
Cessationism vs Continuationism?
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Tip: Log in with your student record details to gain full access online. | <urn:uuid:937d5124-8999-441a-8c56-a16546923304> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ait.libguides.com/c.php?g=374925&p=2536740 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.928641 | 217 | 2.515625 | 3 |
A total of 45 journalists were killed worldwide in 2021, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said on Friday — “one of the lowest death tolls” it has recorded for any year. The figure tracked closely with a toll of 46 killings of journalists given two weeks ago by another media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (known by its initials RSF), which also noted it as its lowest-ever since starting its tallies in 1995. “While this decrease is welcome news, it is small comfort in the face of continued violence,” the Brussels-based IFJ said in statement. The toll included nine in Afghanistan, the highest number suffered by a single country. Elsewhere, eight died in Mexico, four in India and three in Pakistan. The IFJ said the media workers “more often than not are killed for exposing corruption, crime and abuse of power in their communities, cities and countries”. According to the group’s count, the Asia-Pacific region — which includes Afghanistan — was the deadliest, with 20 killings. Then came the Americas, with 10, Africa, with eight, Europe with six, and the Middle East and Arab countries with just one. It also mentioned the death of two journalists in a “deadly accident” in Iran. While “the risks associated with armed conflict have reduced in recent years” because fewer journalists were able to report on the ground, “the threats of crime gang and drug cartels’ rule from the slums in Mexico to the streets of European cities in Greece and the Netherlands continue to increase”, it added. | <urn:uuid:d0c62005-ecb0-480e-beb9-82924ea82975> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailytimes.com.pk/862388/45-journalists-killed-in-2021-media-watchdog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.979686 | 331 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Recent Congressional hearings on health policy issues include the following:
- House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on the “Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act”; the FDA’s proposed changes to generic drug labeling; and legislation intended to improve predictability and transparency in Drug Enforcement Agency and FDA regulation (H.R. 4299, H.R. 4069, and H.R. 4250).
- A House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on final Treasury Department regulations implementing the employer mandate and employer information reporting requirement provisions of the ACA..
In addition, on April 9, 2014, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is holding a hearing on “Addressing Primary Care Access and Workforce Challenges: Voices from the Field.” | <urn:uuid:fc42f360-6766-4655-953e-13cd6129a8bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=39fea29f-9f81-47b9-b67c-c979546a2da4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.893381 | 159 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Community-Based Research and Ethics: From Ethics Forms to Honouring Relations
Kerr, Jeannie. Community-Based Research and Ethics: From Ethics Forms to Honouring Relations. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Community-Based Research Training Centre, 2021.
What is ethical in research and what are our responsibilities as researchers? Unless you have designed a research project and completed ethics requirements yourself it may be difficult to know how the process works, especially in community-based research. As a Research Assistant on a project, you might not know what your own responsibilities are and why it might even matter to you. In this session, we will consider the ethical responsibilities of the research team when participating in community-based research projects. You’ll see the big picture of the ethics requirements in research in Canada linked to Universities and communities. Through working through a case-study, we will think more specifically about what it means to recognize and honour our ethical responsibilities to research participants as a research team member. | <urn:uuid:651e6089-09c4-416e-bc41-92819a45df0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://winnspace.uwinnipeg.ca/handle/10680/1940?locale-attribute=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.93503 | 218 | 1.960938 | 2 |
When Patients With Hearing Impairments Encounter Masked Medical Professionals
Audiology Professor Barbara Weinstein explains a COVID-19 risk and how to address it.
By BETH HARPAZ
Editor of SUM
Mask-wearing and social distancing are essential to preventing the spread of COVID-19. But these practices also create communication barriers for people with hearing impairments. It's hard to hear someone speaking through a mask 6 feet away. It's impossible to read their lips unless they're wearing a transparent mask (and those can fog up). These challenges can increase isolation and prevent hearing-impaired individuals from getting adequate medical care or services.
Professor Barbara Weinstein, founding director of the Doctoral Program in Audiology at The Graduate Center, is working to raise awareness of these issues. She's written extensively about them over the past few months, including in an article in SpeechPathology.com, a Q&A, an invited blog post, and an op-ed.
She's also got the facts and figures to prove her point. She notes that sales of hearing aids declined at the height of the pandemic, while hearing-aid dispensing activity decreased 83% this spring at the Department of Veterans Affairs. For The Graduate Center's 2020 audiology graduates, the reduction in services made it hard to find jobs compared to past years when "nearly 100% of our graduates found employment even before graduating," she said. Despite this, the incoming class is "comparable in size to past cohorts," and is also diverse.
But there's no doubt that the pandemic has hurt "patient-centered communication," which Weinstein describes as "a foundation of health care."
"COVID-19 is exacerbating the problems attending hearing loss which include social isolation, loneliness, and cognitive decline," she said. On the bright side, it's also "an opportunity to highlight the important role of hearing in communication and the impact and burden posed by untreated hearing loss."
How big is the problem? "More than 38 million Americans over 12 years of age have hearing loss," she said, "with prevalence increasing with age: 27% of persons 60 to 69 years, 55% of persons 70 to 79 and 82% in persons 80 and older." The problem also tends to be "under -treated, under-valued, and under-recognized."
Hospitals and emergency rooms are particularly challenging for hearing-impaired individuals "because of the cacophony of voices and white noise from machines." Older people are most likely to need hospital care for COVID-19, but they are also the ones most likely to have hearing loss. And while loved ones can often assist with communication, at the height of the pandemic, patients were not permitted to have visitors.
The overall impact of all this, even before pandemic times, is substantial. "People with hearing loss report poorer care quality and worse communication with their physicians, have a greater likelihood of hospitalization, and have an increased risk of 30-day hospital readmission," she said. "Hearing loss is also associated with higher total costs of care."
What can be done? Weinstein says individuals with hearing loss should let others know about their impairment and ask that they speak more slowly (but without exaggerated lip movements), raise their voices slightly, and position themselves so their facial expressions can be seen. Speech-to-text apps can be helpful, and doctors should put instructions in writing.
Weinstein says aspiring audiologists can also play a role in raising awareness about "the effects of this invisible disability." Weinstein's own doctoral dissertation was the first study to document links between hearing loss and loneliness, and that led to the development of a way to measure self-reported social and emotional difficulties connected to hearing loss. She encourages students to inquire about their patients' well-being and how hearing loss impacts them. "Our interventions can be life-changing," she said. | <urn:uuid:b019abfe-d2f4-43e0-9653-b9c6c050f4d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/when-patients-hearing-impairments-encounter-masked-medical-professionals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968083 | 800 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Just in time for the new winter season, the Scottish Mountaineering Club have published a new edition of their mini-guide to the easily accessible Creagan Cha-no on the east side of Cairn Gorm. The guide is fully comprehensive and includes all winter routes climbed until the start of the current season. Over 100 climbs are described with grades ranging from II to VII and illustrated with 20 topos and a map.
The mini-guide can be downloaded as a PDF from the Scottish Mountaineering Press website.
The cost is £4.00 and all profits go to the Scottish Mountaineering Trust.
To complement its print range of guidebooks, the SMC are developing a number of digital publications. These include aMunros App for iOS and a range of packages to climbing areas, available via the Rockfax App. The SMC are also building a collection of online PDFs to download, for areas that aren’t currently published in print (such as this mini-guide to Creagan Cha-no). | <urn:uuid:a6117f14-2f21-4311-8131-d287cc005ed5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.scottishwinter.com/?p=7429 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946154 | 212 | 1.625 | 2 |
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