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[ntp:questions] Adjust serial device speed in ACTS refclock driver?
richw at richw.org
Mon Oct 6 01:33:45 UTC 2014
Replying to Harlan Stenn:
> The docs say it connects at 9600, so there is a discrepancy there...
> I know several folks have been using the current driver without
> problems, so I'm curious about what's going on here. I also know that
> some modems will auto-baud, but that might not matter. Some will allow
> the modem connect speed to be different from what is used by the serial
> connection to the modem.
I'm using a TrendNet TFM-561U USB modem -- one of the very few modems I
was able to find that is not a "softmodem" / "winmodem" and will work in
a Linux system without driver software.
I suspect this modem's telco line speed may be tied somehow to the serial
connection speed. TrendNet didn't supply any documentation for the AT
command set used by this modem, so I tried a "standard" telco line speed
command (ATS37=5) -- this command didn't generate an error, but it had no
discernible effect in ntpd. Again, when I made the driver open the serial
port at 1200 bps, everything worked.
> The NMEA refclock uses mode bits 4/5/6 to control the baudrate, but I
> don't know if 8 baudrate values will be enough. Should be OK, but we
> might be using all the values.
I assume the following speeds should be more than sufficient: 300, 1200,
2400, 9600, and 19200; maybe also 38400 and 57600. I'm not sure anyone
would ever really need to use 300, but why not. So three mode bits should
be fine -- probably use zero (default if no mode is set) for 19200, and
1-6 for the others.
Unless at least one of the known modem time services supports or requires
a very high baud rate, BTW, I'm unconvinced that supporting anything higher
than 9600 is really necessary for this application.
richw at richw.org
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Making sure materials behave in nuclear reactors
Energy consumption is increasing, a large fraction of it powered by fossil fuels. But fossil fuel resources are finite and pose the threat of global warming from greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear energy is an important way to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and resolve global warming issues. However, even though the safety and efficiency of water-cooled reactors — so-called GEN-II and GEN-III reactors — have improved significantly, nuclear energy still is not playing a global role, due to concerns about issues like accidents, nuclear waste and non-proliferation.
The last commercial GEN-I reactor shut down in 2015. GEN-II reactors make up the majority of present-day power plants in the United States. GEN-III reactors began operating in 1996 to provide simpler, standardized designs to reduce cost, extend operating life, provide more safety assurances, and burn fuel more efficiently, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
New reactors that surpass even water-cooled reactors in safety and economics are on the horizon. These GEN-IV reactors, currently in the design and testing phase, show promise to be safer than the conventional water-cooled type of reactors because their coolants operate under lower pressure, with less material degradation and consequent potential for failure.
Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are one example of this next generation. Molten salt is an excellent coolant as it retains thermal energy very efficiently. But these reactors run at more elevated temperatures than water reactors and face higher radiation levels and corrosion concerns. New structural materials and fuels that can resist this severe environment are needed to realize the potential of MSRs as a cost-effective, safe and sustainable nuclear option for GEN-IV commercial power plants.
Molten salts are complex materials whose properties challenge scientific understanding and prediction; the radiation environment adds further complexities. Studies are needed to characterize radiation-driven speciation — the formation of new variants of the substance — and to predict molten salt behavior and possible degradation of the reactor’s structural materials.
Ongoing research that provides a fuller understanding of the behavior of structural materials is critical for the next generation of nuclear energy applications and a more sustainable future.
Structural material degradation is crucial in nuclear applications. The structures include the core, reactor containment and coolant system, and structures used in the fuel cycling system. For example, I am conducting research to develop a method to predict stress corrosion cracking propagation in nuclear-fuel welded dry storage canisters, which are used as repositories for spent nuclear fuel. These canisters are strong enough to resist thermal, mechanical and radiation effects, but they can corrode and rupture due to stress corrosion cracking.
In one research effort, I fabricated a stress corrosion cracking system that can control water chemistry, temperature, pressure, and applied stress to measure crack growth rates during testing. These investigations revealed the fundamental mechanism of structural material degradation and established an experimental database for further studies.
In molten salt reactors and sodium-cooled fast reactors, we need to understand the chemical interactions of fission products with structures and their corrosion effects. I’m exploring the multidimensional characterization of the corroded alloys — a field in which research findings are rare. In addition, I’m developing novel computational methods and machine learning algorithms to predict material failure.
School of Nuclear Engineering
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In a world where the term “transformation” is used constantly, we cannot forget or ignore the importance of sustainable transformation of companies.
New Tandem is a company committed to sustainable development and that is why it has incorporated 10 Sustainable Development Goals in its daily activity in line with those set by the 2030 Agenda approved by the UN.
We encourage the rest of the companies and their staff to convert some measures into habits that contribute to making their offices and homes (“the new offices”) more sustainable and respectful with the environment.
We suggest some:
Lighting; When you have to install or replace lights, we recommend using low-consumption or LED bulbs and, if possible, choose those related to renewable energy sources, such as lamps that are charged with solar energy.
Eliminate single-use plastics: when we order food at home or catering, we ask that the containers be reusable and when it comes to bottles we ask for glass. Our employees receive a bottle in their welcome kit to be able to be constantly well hydrated.
Recycling of paper and consumables such as toner, printer cartridges and waste sorting. It is important to make it easy by installing easily accessible containers and appointing those responsible for their management.
Purchases of office supplies and merchandising: whenever possible we suggest that you opt for the most sustainable, reusable and recyclable materials.
Small repeated gestures end up having a great impact on the environment.
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The CloudSSO directory is the CloudSSO instance. Before you can use CloudSSO, you must create the CloudSSO directory. The directory is used to manage all CloudSSO resources.
To create the CloudSSO directory, you must select a region. Alibaba Cloud stores data in the directory only in the region that you select. However, you can deploy Alibaba Cloud resources including Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances and ApsaraDB RDS instances in other regions. You can also use your cloud account for logons and access the Alibaba Cloud resources in other regions.
You can select a region to create the CloudSSO directory based on your security compliance requirements and the geographic location of specific users. If you do not have strict security compliance requirements, we recommend that you select a region that is the closest to the geographical location of the specific users. This way, access to cloud resources is accelerated.
You can create the CloudSSO directory in the China (Shanghai), China (Hong Kong), US (Silicon Valley), or Germany (Frankfurt) region.
- A management account can be used to create only one directory.
- If you want to change the region of a directory, you must delete the directory and then create a directory in a different region.
- The directory name must be globally unique.
- Log on to the CloudSSO console.
- In the top navigation bar, select a region.
- Click Create Directory.
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Video Games for Education
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Middle school students use smart phones, tablets and videos games like Minecraft in class. School Sleuth: The Case of the Wired Classroom is a one-hour documentary featuring long-time PBS Education Correspondent John Merrow as the School Sleuth, a film noir detective, in a fun and fact-filled examination of the uses and misuses of education technology in the classroom.
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The hymenopteran family Ichneumonidae comprises one of the largest single animal families. With around 2,300 British species, almost 10% of British insect species are ichneumonids. They can be found everywhere and studying them is very rewarding, but it is not without its difficulties. This book provides an extensively illustrated key for the identification of the 35 subfamilies of Ichneumonidae known to occur in Britain and Ireland (plus Brachycyrtinae, not yet found here). This is supported by chapters for each subfamily giving a comprehensive review of current knowledge on systematics, biology and host relations together with notes on useful recognition features and references to the most relevant species-level identification literature concerning the British Isles. Included in each British and Irish subfamily account is a folio of photographs covering all recognised tribes.
"For those unfamiliar with this fascinating group of insects, a book that merely allows the identification of the subfamilies within a single family might sound rather limited. Those ‘in the know’, however, will immediately appreciate that this volume has the potential to unlock a huge treasure chest of species that have the reputation for being ‘impossible’ to identify. [...] This is very much more than just an identification guide. The majority of the book comprises accounts for each of the 35 subfamilies recorded from the British Isles, plus one further subfamily that might reasonably be expected to occur here. [...] All in all – and perhaps the acid test of any such book – I am inspired to ‘give them a go’ next summer, no longer fearful ichneumonids can be done only by a handful of experts. They are still, of course, a difficult group to identify to species level, but this book will surely inspire many more naturalists to pay more attention to these insects. This can only be a good thing: as the authors point out, knowledge of the conservation status of ichneumonids is at a primitive level compared with other Hymenoptera. Given their high degree of specialisation, many species of ichneumon are likely to be genuinely scarce or rare and the first step towards increasing our understanding of their distribution."
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Shadow Q&A: A cloud gaming company’s views on 5G and edge
Interview with Barnabas Cleave, UK Partnerships at Shadow
For more, check out our Research report Cloud gaming: What’s the telco play?
There is a huge amount of excitement and hope on cloud gaming being the “killer use case” for 5G (and edge computing). 5G and edge computing are two key technologies that will enhance the user experience in gaming. However, it is a misunderstood market that needs careful evaluation by companies looking to invest and offer services in this space. We interviewed Barnabas Cleave, UK Partnerships at Shadow – a cloud gaming company created in 2015 to cloudify gaming by leveraging high-speed internet and moving processing power to datacentres. Below are highlights from the interview, the insights of which will also feature in an upcoming STL Partners report on the role of 5G and edge computing in cloud gaming.
How would you describe the cloud gaming market?
There does seem to be an emerging pattern where cloud gaming can mean one of two things.
Firstly, it can be a way for people to consume games directly. By that I mean that the cloud gaming platforms have the games already pre-installed – the games are pre-bundled together with the infrastructure. So instead of having two separate elements [content and infrastructure], you have your games delivered through a single service. This is the “Netflix for games” models that lots of companies are trying to follow. [Google] Stadia is an example of that launching with 22 games.
Different types of gaming: PC, cloud and cloud PC
The second way of looking at [cloud gaming] is cloud compute getting to the point where you can’t tell the difference between a local or remote PC, i.e. accessing cloud infrastructure, without the game bundled in. It has happened in the B2B sector: because of public cloud providers like AWS, businesses [increasingly] don’t host servers internally on-site. Their servers are now in the cloud. Similarly, in the consumer space, this is akin to renting a PC like you would potentially from Dell. The nice thing about doing it digitally is that there is no physical hardware that needs to be delivered to the consumer, which means they are not locked in for X number of months. They could rent the computer for one month or they can rent for 12 months, and they can carry on accessing the remote computer on those loans.
What does Shadow do?
Shadow is very much PC-first. We have a straightforward experience where consumers can access a remote computer and you can’t really tell the difference between that and running the PC game locally at home. We offer a Windows 10 PC, starting with 250 GB worth of hard disk storage, and then it’s up to the consumer to install the content they already own, whether that’s games or applications. That’s different to something where it’s a “Netflix for games”, because the consumer has the access and freedom to put whatever games they want; whether that’s Fortnite, League of Legends or anything from Valve’s PC game store Steam, that carries over 30,000 titles … It isn’t “what has already been whitelisted”, it’s “anything that will work on a PC.”
Telcos and others are hoping they can crack cloud gaming to become the “Netflix for games”, what are some of the misunderstandings when it comes to the gaming market?
From a games point of view, it’s more akin to music. Video streaming [where Netflix plays] is different; people will often watch a TV series or film once, whereas you want to be able to access music to be able to listen to different songs and albums continually over time. This is similar to gaming, where gamers want to own the game and play it over a long time. If someone went to a music store which had 10 albums, that looks pretty poor. It’s quite difficult to place a bet on a handful of “killer” games titles, just like a music platform provider would fail if they tried to predict the upcoming 10 “killer” albums and offer only these. There are some tens of thousands of albums already on iTunes. The ‘media’ is therefore quite different and so are the business models. Many gamers have a library with over a decade’s worth of content, that they want to continue playing. Games ‘media’ is consumed uniquely in that a wider range of games are played longer than typical consumption of music or movies.
Another way of looking at it is that games are already available and there are already established players with established distribution models (e.g. online stores). Therefore, anyone who tries to establish a Netflix-style model has to compete with this existing model. This means potentially competing on two fronts: with the console players (e.g. Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo) and/or PC (e.g. Valve, EA, Ubisoft).
For example, during the first three months of the Stadia launch, Google included eight games with the $119 Founders bundle. At the same time, Epic gave away thirty-two PC games, four times as many titles for free, including one of the eight games included in the Stadia Founders bundle.
Telcos can include an off the shelf “Netflix for games” consumer bundle. However, the question then becomes what value is the telco adding, compared to the customer buying it direct? An alternative strategy is to provide a wide PC foundation, able to play all PC games, plus layered on top a bespoke PC game rental service, that’s defined and owned by the telco.
Where does edge computing play a role?
Cloud providers typically have servers on the west coast and the east coast (in the US) to deliver one off content at around 100 milliseconds. That’s not good enough when you’re continuously streaming games with no caching; you need to have a data centre or some edge compute within a few hundred miles. And that’s quite quickly where the telcos are going to win, because they have local base nodes, and they have a more regional based infrastructure.
The way that Shadow works is that it tries to get as close to the infrastructure backbone as possible because then there are only a few hops [to the user]. The ideal circumstances for Shadow would be to be inside the telco’s network. In fact, that makes it a better offering for the telco because they can defend it and it makes a better offering to the consumer because it reduces latency.
And where does 5G fit?
Although 5G does allow you to simply download more, the real benefit is reducing ping and also jitter. Ping refers to how quickly you connect, but jitter measures the variance of ping over time. Although Shadow does work over a 4G network, it is not an optimal experience when you’re connecting from mast to mast [e.g. when you are accessing content in a train or any moving vehicle.] One of the great things about 5G is that you can connect to more than one mast at a time and avoid taking this leap of faith, where you risk dropping calls or data.
Another thing 5G will do is make it more accessible to have access to high bandwidth networks [through 5G fixed wireless access], which are necessary to play most PC/hardcore games. Fibre is nice, but not many people can access fibre to the home. Even if there is fibre to a building, it is then shared by each apartment, which means each home has access to a relatively small portion of the overall bandwidth available.
What will be interesting is how quickly the 5G radio network is rolled out and its effect on consumer behaviour. Will customers swap their home broadband for 5G? Will thin clients such as lightweight laptops, tablets with keyboards or large phones with pens become more widely used for work and play, if they have the power of high-end desktop computers. It’s going to be an exciting year for 5G.
Special thanks to Barn for this interview:
UK Partnerships @ Shadow
STL Partners has covered 5G FWA in a previous report
About Dalia Adib
Edge computing practice lead
Dalia is the Edge Computing Practice Lead at STL Partners and has led major consulting projects with Tier-1 operators in Europe and Asia Pacific on edge computing strategies, use cases and commercial models. She co-authored the research report “Edge Computing: Five Viable Business Models” and been an active speaker at events including Edge Europe and Data Cloud Congress. Outside of edge computing, she supports clients in areas such as 5G, blockchain, digital transformation and IoT.
Read more about Edge Compute
About edge compute and edge cloud
An overview of edge computing and edge cloud to highlight the key questions being asked by the wider ecosystem and telecoms operators who are exploring the opportunity
Turning vision into practice
Our Telco edge computing: Turning vision into practice research gives an overview of the telco opportunity and seeks to address the key challenges for operators pursuing edge
Edge business models and how to execute them
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The story of one meeting: The Beatles and Elvis Presley - how it was
One day John Lennon said: "Without Elvis, there would be no Beatles..." And it's hard to argue with that. If not Elvis Presley, rock 'n' roll would not be what it is today... The meeting of the two greatest rock artists in history was a long-awaited one! Especially for the Beatles, who, apparently, were a danger to the king of rock and roll. The press was not allowed, and it could not be made public, but ... it was almost impossible to allow this piece of history to go unnoticed. Tony Barrow, public relations specialist for the Beatles:
“First of all, the ground rules were set: no press, no pictures, no recordings, and no announcement of our plans ahead of time. We arrived shortly before 22:00. We rode in a convoy of three large black limousines led by Colonel Parker and his men ... "
Since the meeting "Magnificent Four" this has been asked many times. Despite the bans, the NME reporter was somehow able to be there - allegedly he was in contact with the colonel and Presley a year earlier. Paul McCartney:
“We met Elvis Presley at the end of our stay in Los Angeles. We tried to do this for years, but we could not get to him ... We used to think that we were some kind of threat to him and Colonel Tom Parker. In fact, it turned out that way... Every time we tried to arrange a meeting, Colonel Tom would just show up with a few souvenirs, and that should have worked for us for a while... We didn't feel left out. After all, it was Elvis, and who are we to dare want to meet him? But in the end we got an invitation to visit him when he was filming in Hollywood ... "
So when The Beatles finally met with king and what exactly happened? You can imagine that it was a very magnificent meeting! In fact, the event was so anti-climatic that the tension in the room was palpable. So what exactly happened?
Fun Journey to the Presley Mansion
At Beatles there were several weekends during their tour of North America in 1965 year, and on August 27, towards the end of their stay in Los Angeles, they finally met the King. It happened at the Presley mansion on 565 Perugia Way, Bel Air, LA. The Fab Four arrived at 23:00…
“Meeting Elvis was one of the highlights of the tour. It was funny because by the time we got to his house, we had already forgotten where we were going! We rode in a Cadillac limousine, circled Mulholland Drive, and we drank a couple of “cups of tea” in the back seat of the car ... ”, recalled George Harrison. He continues: "It didn't really matter where we went: it's like the comedian Lord Buckley says, 'We go to our home village and take a couple of peyote buds: we may not know where we are, but we will definitely find out who we are! » In general, we just had fun, we were all hysterical ... We laughed a lot. That's one thing we forgot about for a few years - laughter. We ended up pulling up to some big gate and someone said, "Oh yeah, we're going to see Elvis!" We all literally fell out of the car, laughing, trying to pretend we weren't stupid..."
Tony Barrow, who was surrounded by the Great Four, recalled:
“The estate consisted of two floors located on a hillside. It was a large round building with many windows and a spacious front garden... A Rolls-Royce and a couple of Cadillacs were parked along the road. Members of the famous "Memphis mafia" guarded the high gates ... "
The moment of truth...
As the group was led into the circular drawing room Presley, King I watched color TV without sound, playing the bass guitar. Of all the members, Lennon was the most fascinated by what was going on, as he was the biggest Presley fan!
“It was very exciting, we were all nervous as hell, and we finally met him at his big house in Los Angeles! There were a lot of guys around him and he had pool tables! Maybe many American houses are like that, but it seemed surprising to us: it was like a nightclub ... "
However, very quickly, the meeting began to take on depressing shades ... At some point, the silence became somewhat awkward. Barrow recalled:
“When the two legends met, literally faced each other, a strange silence reigned ... The first to speak was John, who rather awkwardly blurted out a stream of questions to Elvis, something like: “Why are you doing all this? Soft ballads for movies these days? What happened to good old rock and roll?" The situation began to depress ... "
The king remained silent for the most part, while the camp "Magnificent Four" unsuccessfully tried to break the ice.
Did Elvis Presley and The Beatles play together?
Gradually, however, both sides began to exchange travel stories. Finally, when the ice cracked a little, Presley demanded some guitars and there was a short jam session.
“I can't remember everything they played, but I do remember that one of the songs was 'I Feel Fine'. And I remember Ringo, who, of course, had no tool, tapped his fingers on the nearest pieces of wooden furniture, ”said Barrow.
Presley, who still had the bass guitar in his hand, said to Paul, "Look, I'm practicing." For what McCartney jokingly replied, "Don't worry, Brian Epstein and I will soon make a star out of you!" Soon the bass guitar became a great subject for a lively conversation between Paul and Elvis! They even started to get along with each other ... Paul McCartney recalled:
“Suddenly he became my friend! It was a great conversation for me: I could really talk about the bass and we sat around and just enjoyed... He was great - talkative, friendly and a bit shy. But it was his image: we expected this ... "
In many ways, the meeting turned out to be a disappointment. When "Fantastic Four" gone Lennon joked, "Where's Elvis?" He hinted that the King was as if under some strange spell, that is, he was not quite himself ... McCartney concluded:
“I only met him once, and then I think the success of our career started to sideline him a bit, which made us very sad because we wanted to coexist with him ... He was our greatest idol, but the styles were changing in our favor . However, he was a pretty strong image for the British!” | <urn:uuid:504ee289-cafe-4820-97ce-088b6349b58a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fuzz-music.com/en/the-beatles-i-elvis-presli-istoriya-znakomstva/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.988605 | 1,425 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Studying Oscar Pistorius: Does The 'Blade Runner' Have An Advantage? [Video]
The technology that makes walking possible for amputees is also making running possible at the Olympics. On Saturday in London, South African Oscar Pistorius will run on artificial limbs in the 400-meter sprint. Pistorius is a double amputee who runs world-class times on his carbon-fiber legs.
At last month's Prefontaine Track and Field Classic in Eugene, Ore., Pistorius ran in the inside lane of the 400-meter race. He leaned forward on his knees and fingers, and slipped his feet into the starting blocks — well, they're not actually feet.
Instead, Pistorius slipped the flat and spiked bottoms of his curved carbon-fiber legs into the blocks. In the other lanes, all the blocks were filled with track shoes, tied tight around flesh, blood and bones.
After the starter's pistol went off, a careful listener could hear a unique sound among sprints: the tap, tap, tapping sound of carbon blades hitting the track.
As Pistorius raced past, his gait was fluid, like a gazelle. But he looked otherworldly: a man's body from head to knees, fixed atop curved carbon blades. His nickname, in fact, is "the Blade Runner."
Pistorius finished last in this race, but he has qualified for the Olympics, and he'll race with the best runners in the world.
"It's not that I don't want to run Paralympic or disabled races, or races for those athletes who are handicapped, or amputees," he says. "But this is just a challenge for me, and any good sportsman that wants to be better has to face up to challenges that aren't always as easy as some of the others."
There's actually some question about whether Pistorius has it easier, or has some advantage over runners with fully biological legs.
Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the international track federation refused to let him run; so he launched a challenge. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled he had no advantage, and couldn't be barred from the Olympics if he ran a qualifying time. That ruling was based on the work of prosthetics researchers, including Alena Grabowski at the University of Colorado.
"So we had him come into the lab. We measured his oxygen consumption — or, how much energy it takes him to run," Grabowski says. "We did a series of different speeds and compared him to elite athletes of similar caliber, and found that his metabolic energy is the same as other elite athletes. So, we didn't see any differences there."
Grabowski and other researchers found there's a big difference between carbon fiber and bone and muscle. They put Pistorius on a treadmill, where he hit his top speed of around 25 miles an hour.
"He was able to swing his legs a little bit faster, so he had a little bit quicker turnover," Grabowski says. "But he wasn't able to exert as much force on the ground during top-speed sprinting. So, we actually perceived that as a disadvantage. If you're not able to push off on the ground as hard as other people, it could be that that device is limiting that ability, and you're not able to sprint as fast."
Researchers at another lab brought in other runners — each of them had one biological leg and one artificial leg. The biological legs generated 9 percent more force. So at the start and around the track, the stiffer artificial leg has less power.
Still, Pistorius ran fast enough to make the South African team. (NBC, the official network of the Olympics, did a "Science of Olympics" piece on how Pistorius' blades work.) In an interview recently, he told the BBC that he's alone with that distinction which indicates something about natural ability.
"Out of the tens of thousands of prosthetic legs they've made, there's never been any 400-meter athletes run under 50 seconds," he said. "So, if this was such a technologically advanced prosthetic leg, then how come not everyone's qualifying, or coming close to the qualification time, then?"
Pistorius is not posting times that put him close to a medal. And if he competed for a country with a deeper field of runners, like the United States, he probably wouldn't make the Olympic team. Still, he and his Cheetah legs will make history Saturday in a preliminary heat, breaking an Olympic barrier because together, they run fast enough.
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A bonded filling procedure is a process in which your dentist carefully places and sculpts a tooth-colored composite resin to your tooth, allowing quick, economical, and natural-looking repairs for problems such as the following:
First, your tooth will be prepared, removing any decayed tooth structure and old filling material and making any necessary structural adjustments. Then, an etching gel is applied to ensure that the bonding material will adhere to the tooth.
Once the surface of the tooth is prepared and cleaned, your dentist will apply a bonding resin to the tooth which adheres the filling material to the tooth. The filling material is made from a specially formulated composite resin. The composite is a putty-like consistency when applied, allowing your dentist to carefully sculpt the material to the shape of the missing tooth structure. The composite is then cured with a special light to harden. In many cases, the material will be applied in a series of thin layers and built up to the correct size and shape to minimize distortion of the material.
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In this section, you can find information for beginning web developers.
Facebook doesn’t show the website image or shows the wrong one. What to do?
Hosting is a rent of server space with permanent Internet access for your website and/or email.
There are few ways to link hosting to domain. For more detail, read instruction.
Website changes are not displayed? Try to clear browser cache.
Problems with website displaying? Try to clear DNS cache.
There are few ways to upload files to Mirohost hosting.
Download the latest version of FileZilla and make setup in the Mirohost control panel.
Each file and directory kept on UNIX server has a number of rights.
.htaccess file (pay attention to the dot at the beginning of the name) is responsible for Apache web server configuration and allows to apply these settings to specific directories on server. Few task examples which can be performed by .htaccess file: Redirection from one page (domain, section) to another -Запретить загрузку файлов с внешних сайтов-
Restriction of using direct links to your website.
If you want to restrict general access to your website and open it only for certain users, use .htaccess settings.
You can easily create your own error pages by the next configuration.
If you want to ban some user, use the following instructions.
You can restrict access to certain website files by using the following instructions.
You can set a password on the required directory or file, by using following instructions.
To connect using SSH from Windows OS, we recommend to use Putty program.
Here we will tell about possible ways of 301 redirect setting using .htaccess file.
During website developing it’s recommended to close it from search system indexing.
HTTPS is a protocol which provide security and confidentiality during data exchange.
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It is important to know what type of shape your face is, as it will impact what sort of hairstyles will look best on you. With that being said, in this post, we are going to help you figure out your face shape by explaining the most common shapes and in most cases giving some links to styling examples for reference. So, let’s get started…
Is your jaw the widest part of your face? If so, you probably have a pear-shaped face, also known as the triangle-shaped face. Your jawline is your most pronounced feature, with your face narrowing at your temples and cheekbones. Celebrities with this face shape include Kelly Osbourne and Minnie Driver.
Example hairstyle: Deep side part
Do you have a square jaw shape? If so, this indicates that you probably have a square-shaped face. Your jaw, cheekbones, and forehead should be around equal in width. Famous celebs with this face shape include Demi Moore, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna.
Example hairstyle: Short bob
If you have a pointy chin, you probably have a diamond-shaped face, just like Megan Fox! This is especially the case if your cheekbones are the widest part of your face and you have a narrower forehead and chin.
Example hairstyle: Long, side-swept bangs
If your face is long, i.e. it is longer than it is wide, you will have a long face shape. You may also have a rounded jaw. Celebrities with a long face include Sarah Jessica Parker and Alexa Chung.
Example hairstyle: Loose curls
If you have an average length of face, which means your face will be slightly longer than it is wide, and your cheekbones will be the widest part of your face, you probably have an oval face shape. Famous celebs with this face shape include Jessica Alba and Kate Middleton.
Example hairstyle: Side-swept bangs
If your face is short, and you have a rounded jaw, with your face width and length being around equal, this indicates you have a round face shape, like Mila Kunis and Selena Gomez.
Example hairstyle: Short pixie cut
If you do have a widow’s peak, you cheekbones or your forehead is the widest part of your face, and you have a pointy chin, you probably have a heart-shaped face, like Kourtney Kardashian.
Example hairstyle: Shoulder-length styles
If you don’t have a widow’s peak, but your forehead is the widest part of your face and you have a pointy chin, it is likely that you have an inverted triangle shape face, like Scarlett Johansson.
Hopefully, you have now been able to figure out your face shape. The only thing you need to do now is choose a hairstyle that suits your face shape and brings out your features. This is something we can do for you at The Chapel. Browse our website to find a hair salon near you. | <urn:uuid:427dc486-ed1b-4212-a2be-3a116324c343> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thechapel.co.uk/what-weve-learnt/what-is-my-face-shape | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.955396 | 663 | 1.617188 | 2 |
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Our managers are glad to open the world of Central Asia and make the guests happy with seeing the Dorus Siadat, the complex of the times of Timurids. The creation of the complex is connected with the death of the son of the emperor Jahangir. And this complex is considered to be the very first creation in his honor. During the tour the guests will be able to travel along the complex and find out that the body was buried in the complex of Shakhrisabz.
The line of tragic events didn’t stop and the ruler Timur lost his second son in 1394. He was in great grief. And decided to make the tomb for him, namely the "Mausoleum of Omar Sheikh”. The guests of the country are free to rent cars in Uzbekistan and investigate the territory of the complex, and feel the emotions of the ancient times.
Anyway the complex is modest, and is considered to serve never ending grief and sadness of the people from the times of Timurids. In the 19th century there was built the mosque of Khazri Imam. For you we mention that the name of the complex means "Repository of power". | <urn:uuid:69ccfdac-a039-4ffb-9633-2340dbcbb804> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://followme.kg:443/uzbekistan-sights/dorus-siadat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.968863 | 244 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Houdini - COPS
In the Edit > Preferences > Compositing we can set how many threads we want to use for the cooking and the Tile Size of each chunk of the tiles that will be processed. We can also set the Resolution Limit. If we do a mosaic of 1 K images we can exceed this limit and that can lead to issues.
The turn of the thumbnails of each cop node we can disable view > Show Node Previews in the menubar of the cop network view.
To set the Composit Project Settings and adjust things like resolution we go Edit > Compositing Settings This means that any nodes that we add that does not have an input will use this resolution (unles we override the resolution on the node). This means that we can work at a lower rez and set it higher when we export the images.
|Nuke nodes||COPS equivalent|
|Write||ROP File Outout|
|Color Correct||Color Correct|
|Premult / Unpremult||Premultiply|
Lets create a mosaic of an image sequence on disk:
- In the Cops context create an Image Network (or use the default one)
- Create a File node and set the file to the image sequence.
- Note! if the images are not a sequence create a File node per image and create a Sequence node and plug in the file nodes.
- Create an Mosaic node and plug in the file or sequence node we created earlier.
- Create and append a Scale node and set the scale and filter to what you need.
- Append a Rop File Output
A cop network creating a 4x4 number mosaic
Add alpha channel to RGB
- Create a Channelcopy node
- Connect the file that has the rgb values to input 1
- Connect the file that has a channel that you wish to use as alpha to input 2
- Target > New Plane > A
- Target the alpha
- Source > Input2:C.r
- Use the red channel of the second input as the alpha
Save unpremultiplied TGA & PNG
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We have just about all already been presently there. That point from the 30 days when you start to understand that the financial institution declaration arrives, and also you actively prevent getting the actual postal mail within to ensure that it’s not necessary to confront exactly how small is actually remaining inside your accounts this particular 30 days. Purchasing individuals 6 Dvd disks simply appeared Fake bank statement like this kind of advisable at that time! How come every thing need to price a lot?
Nicely, all of us prefer to purchase things, there is no denying which. However you will find methods for getting a minimum of a few of the points you would like without needing past your own obtainable assets every month. Therefore creating the investing strategy does not seem like your own concept of enjoyable however not would like which sensation associated with independence that accompany precisely calculating how much cash you need to invest, through preparing your own buys, and never becoming scared of the financial situation? The economical spending budget might help a lot more than you believe it will harm!
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The idea associated with seated as well as preparing everything you cannot purchase does not seem like a lot enjoyable, however through creating a economical spending budget as well as through allotting numerous allowances in order to each one of the points you’ll probably put money into may genuinely enable you to obtain a feeling associated with energy more than your money. Whilst a good mindset associated with providing cash if you want in order to may appear much less pain-free compared to sticking with the investing strategy, would not you like every single child possess some cash to invest about the points you like and never have to concern the actual appearance associated with mailman at the conclusion of every 30 days? Having a small ahead preparing, you are able to accomplish this.
Therefore end up being daring as well as take a seat together with your checkbook. Take a look at how much cash spent every month upon normal expenses, such as food, gasoline, resources and so forth. Intend to put aside a good allocation with regard to all these points, as well as place the cash inside a individual accounts if you need to, so you cannot invest this. It may appear unpleasant right now to possess in order to set aside a lot cash in order to these types of fundamental points, however eventually you will lay aside within financial institution costs, and you’ll really feel a lot much better understanding exactly where your hard earned money is certainly going. Looking forward to the price of points is a lot less expensive compared to permitting your money type in the red-colored. | <urn:uuid:770c3d64-3194-4ad4-b3fb-39da4485aa65> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://themanfromnowheremovie.com/the-economical-spending-budget-its-the-perfect-time-together-with-your-bank-statement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.969456 | 535 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Neelsutra, at The Oberoi in Gurugram is a multi-designer Indian fashion store
emblematic of the ethos of Indian design. A distinct hut-shaped sectional profile is
rendered with eleven forgotten timbers from across India defining the space. An
elongated axis starts at the glazed entryway and ends in a striking blue void demarcating
the circulation and exhibition spaces. The retail store creates a progressive ambience
that represents avant-garde India.
Completed in 2013
Neelsutra Designs Pvt.Ltd.
Designed as a first in a series of multi-designer pret stores, where the collections are themed
and curated, Neel Sutra-the India Fashion store is emblematic of Indian Design ethos. Sited
at The New Oberoi Hotel in the suburban abode of NCR-Gurgaon, the hotel spawns a high-end luxury international experience. The brief was to create a unique and distinct design ambience that would be conspicuous within the context of other established global hi-design brands at the hotel and elsewhere in the vicinity. The customized and curated store is conceived within this international collective construct as a step ahead of conventional high street retail to showcase a motley bunch of Indian fashion designers. Contemporary design in India usually expresses the complexity in Indian Design discourse with kitsch. The India Fashion Store is a cognizant attempt to stay away from Indian Kitsch, and instead craft a sacred space.
The need for a resilient identity and a compelling space was impending-one that could mark a presence regardless of the ever-changing exhibits. At the same time, it was important to create depth within the spatial volume, and induct a sacred sense of vastness. Fashion design in India, is most often connoted as a fiddly amalgam of colors, weaves and layers. In contrast, an extremely structured space is created using multiple architectonic elements. The store hence becomes a figurative response as a tribute to Indian Fashion. Weaves that are reminiscent of Indian Textile Design, are contrived in the form of layers which use material play that befits Indian context, manifesting themselves as fundamentals within the store.
The India Fashion Store is envisioned as an austere House of Indian Fashion employing the
hut as a rudimentary notion of shelter, with facets of the Indian design ethos as architectural
interventions. A candid reference is made to the Single Line hut diagram; planned in the form
of the veritable architectural notion of the Plan, section and the Walls, a hut-like section with a pitched roof allows for the generation of a strong axis that facilitates the demarcation of the space into the two key components of a retail store-display and movement. The Section exaggerates the linearity of the space, the entrance, and finally, its visual termination with a blue niche at the end to emphasize depth and the axis of the store through dissonance. Given the evolutionary nature of the space with its changing collections, a perception of order and Indian tenet is endowed through a play of scale, materiality and technique.
The aperture at the entrance transforms itself into the main door, its solidity becoming
characteristic of its physical identity. It also aids in announcing the store to casual observers,
rendering its formidable presence, making it larger than life. The niche at the rear converges
into an altar-like entity, bestowing the House with a profound solace that only a visitor can
encounter. The central space is left vacant for topical display, generating a scale that encourages people to look up towards the pitched roof upon entering, a relic of the hut. This allusion to the pitched roof insinuates the home for Indian Fashion. The Hut Wall mimics the elevation of a house with a window (where the attendant sits) and is clad in distressed zinc simulating the Indian fabrication experience.
Upon entering, one is taken in by the rendering of the surfaces with the multiple shades of
foften forgotten eleven timbers of Indian origin (Padauk, Neem, Babool, Rosewood, Teak, Sheesham, Deodar, Spruce/Pine, Mango, Hollock, Eucalyptus). Typically, oak, spruce and
other non-Indian timbers are used in contemporary architecture, without rethinking the
material strategy. In today’s context, Indian timbers cost the same, and have a much more
serious sustainable connotation, and befit the regional context of the store. As homage to
traditional craft and local materials in India, and as a hat tip to the craft styles of the country
and the designers being showcased at the store, the multifarious 11-timber collection from various regions is used in a lattice to highlight the altar-like niche at the termination of the
section and the Display System. The sizes of the timber are determined by the dimension of
easily available planks and the gaps between are measured using the Indian Five Rupee Coin
as a construction module. An interesting visual texture is fashioned, with the timber being
finished with an open grain hand rubbed using Neem Tree Oil (another forgotten Indian craft).
The diverse colors of the timber breakdown the scale of store, and render it with color without
resorting to kitsch or common techniques such as engravings and cutouts. The lattice terminates into a zinc-clad slit in the ceiling that accentuates the hut-section and the lapse in the pitched roof.
The entrance is not a customary shop-window that is planned every season with a new collection, the store façade is conceived as an architectonic entity; a clear glass façade that scales the contiguous corridor and helps to establish the store’s identity despite having a lower clear elevation as compared to others in the vicinity. A 4.5m tall opaque door, finished in distressed hand beaten zinc, augments this vision by delineating the boundaries through a gesture of texture. Had the door been glass, the store volume would recede into its surroundings. The trial room is also finished in the same distressed zinc, creating a continuity of material through the store. The distressed zinc is seized as a reference from the corroded-tin boxes (used by slum dwellers for shelter or households in the 80’s), and is also a remnant of the entrance to the House of royals (the diwan-e-khas)at the Red Fort. Tall, Free-floating, black metal frames are appended to this extremely structured space to enable additional display. The modular storage system fashioned with mild steel members, also makes a reference to the structural members that are used to hold the roof together in a hut. Devised as a framework with voids, the tractable storage system can accommodate an assortment of
products to showcase the shades of Indian design. Tall and varying in dimension, the metallic
stands add a sense of scale to the sheet volume of the store and whilst being flexible, create a sense of order.
An overall muted color palette is used to offset the curated content at the store. All the incidental, residual elements intended as a backdrop, are hence rendered black with a no-sheen, black paint (called Blackboard) that is typically used in public schools to refresh the chalkboards. Another classic technique used to execute the matte black finish, is the use of kajal polish (the Indian Kohl Pencil) to exploit the void-ness of black. The timber lattice defines the volume, with Distressed Zinc, aluminum inserts and Blue Accents. Originally envisaged as a series of the traditional Indian ‘duhrrie’, representative of the Indian weaves, the floor is a hand tufted carpet in Ecru and Blue with nine different tones of grey and knots. Running through both the horizontal and vertical surfaces, this carpet transforms into a blue rung ladder on one wall intended for display and blue niches on the other. The ladder is also a suggestion of the hut prototype of the simple ladder used in traditional huts to move to the top. The Blue carpet terminates into a blue niche at the end of the store, slightly off-centered, emphasizing the axis running right through. A threadwork installation (sutra-a remnant of textile weaves) at the front of the store in shades of blue (neel) and orange also makes a reference to the branding, terminating in the form of a woven wall at the extreme end.
Lighting is premeditated in a simplistic and flexible manner to accentuate the elements of the
design process and the blackness of the residual elements. The primary intention is to light
up the merchandise, whilst simultaneously exploiting light to enhance the volume of the store
by rendering the floor and ceiling uniformly. The apparatus used allows for both functional
lighting for the display and ambient light to render the roof materiality. Typically, retail stores
have too many “light” punctures; At Neelsutra, the intent is to have a minimum intervention
in a defined manner while creating a focus with color at the far end of the store. This also aids
in the definition of the intersection of the church wall and the ceiling with an “imprint” of
light from the top of the church wall. The high contrast of display is minimized by generating
ambient light with a row of deep, recessed fixtures that are finely concealed in the ridge of
the roof. The self-contained track and up light allows for various levels of light to enhance the store, yet permitting flexibility in display. The experience of the hut-section, the clarity of the plan together with the presence of altar-like backdrop at the far end of the space renders Neelsutra as a unique, well-defined, progressive endeavor with a handcrafted approach in retail store design that is befitting to the avant-garde India. | <urn:uuid:e2b209f7-aa82-4bea-bd0f-b30545dd4ecd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.architecturediscipline.com/project/a-fashion-store-for-avant-garde-india/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.918328 | 2,053 | 1.578125 | 2 |
The development of more efficient energy conversion and storage devices remains a pressing need in attempting to achieve a high level of market penetration of electric vehicles and use of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy. Current lithium-ion batteries, although an attractive energy storage device, have limited charge capacity that diminishes rapidly at high charge/discharge rates. We have shown previously that a Si-graphene composite integrated into a 3-dimensional, conducting graphitic network offers high structural and cycling stability and substantially higher charge capacity as an anode material than graphite. However, the composite suffers from the problem of diminishing charge capacity during high current operations. Here, we report a facile microscopic engineering strategy to enhance the Li ion transport in graphene sheets, which could be utilized as a platform to create high-power battery materials. When used with Si nanoparticles to form a Si-graphene composite and integrating the composite into a 3-dimensional graphitic network to form a self-supporting electrode paper, the electrode exhibits an outstanding energy density-power density combination, without compromising the usable lifetime and mechanical flexibility. The power capability was found to be comparable to supercapacitors but with a much higher energy density. For example, a charge capacity of over 1000 mAh/g was achieved at a discharge rate of 8 A/g. Structural characterization by high resolution electron microscopy and impedance measurements provided evidence that relates the structural properties to the Li ion diffusivity for this material, which can bridge the performance disparity between batteries with high energy density and capacitors with high power density. | <urn:uuid:8fd1dd21-2fe5-485b-b315-afe23fc36ba7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.scholars.northwestern.edu/en/publications/engineered-si-graphene-composite-papers-with-enhanced-lithium-ion | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.932746 | 319 | 2.5 | 2 |
Music of America's Peoples
The Americans All music CD contains 22 original recordings of historic songs representing diverse ethnic and cultural groups. In addition, during the program's pilot phase, Chicago teachers, students, parents and volunteers worked together to produce a theme song, “Many Children,” for Americans All. Both the lyrics and the music embody the spirit of the program. The song reflects the theme of ethnic harmony and the importance of education to our nation’s future.
A teacher’s guide, prepared by Dick Spottswood, contains the recordings' scores and lyrics as well as background information and suggested activities that include the use of other Americans All resources (e.g., photographs and posters).
Americans All Music CD
Click to hear tracks from the Americans All music CD.
- Track 07: Unter Dem Doppeladler (German-Austrian-Swiss)
- Track 08: Grosse Mama (Acadian French)
- Track 09: Molly Durkin (Irish)
- Track 20: O Yero Amerikanos (Greek) | <urn:uuid:7eaadadf-3aa2-45dd-a60a-6fb0db243a5f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://americansall.org/page/music | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.907436 | 220 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Be safe &test left-over seeds, growers urged
By Andrew Blake
CEREAL growers with seed left over from last season are being strongly urged to have it tested at least for germination before sowing this autumn.
Last years bad weather and the greater set-aside area mean many more growers will be looking to sow early. At the lower rates required, it is vital that every seed produces a plant, warns Dalgetys Barry Barker.
"A germination test is an absolute must, especially if you are drilling early at low seed rates."
Much more unused certified winter wheat and barley seed remains on farms than usual, and the temptation to sow it untested should be resisted, he advises.
In some parts of the country as much as 20% of last years requirements may still be in the bag, and poorly stored seed can deteriorate.
With the seed production area down about 30% on 2000, supplies will be much more in balance and growers will be keen to make a start with over-yeared seed, believes David Hamilton of Countrywide Farmers. The firm is offering a free germination test on any carry-over farm stocks of certified seed, saving about £30/sample.
"We strongly advise a test as soon as possible before the work load in seed testing laboratories increases at harvest. This will allow sowing rates to be adjusted to compensate for any drop in germination."
Banks Cargills Charlie Whitworth also advises a vigour test. "Seed treatments may affect vigour, and we are prepared to look after growers who bought seed from us by doing germination and vigour tests free of charge."
Provided seed is stored dry and no more than one year old, treatments should have no adverse affect. But under less than ideal conditions some phytotoxicity is inevitable, says Mr Barker. Growers with certified seed bought from the company should speak to their regional office. *
• More on-farm certified stocks.
• Effect of long storage uncertain.
• Pressure to drill early at low rates.
• Germination assessment essential.
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With the congressional majority continuing to gut enforcement budgets, forcing federal environmental and workplace safety agencies to cut staff, criminal prosecution of corporate bad actors is more important than ever. That's the thrust of Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholar Rena Steinzor's commentary in the May/June issue of The Environmental Forum, the policy journal of the Environmental Law Institute.
As Steinzor notes in the piece:
The BP oil spill and Volkswagen emissions cheating scandals, by their size and audacity, should motivate significant changes in the approach to criminal environmental enforcement, and if those changes make the federal Department of Justice more aggressive, they will come just in time, because EPA and the states’ routine civil enforcement is arguably in worse shape than at any time since the agency was created 46 years ago. EPA has endured a decade of deep budget cuts and endless bureaucracy bashing. In constant dollars, EPA has less to spend than at any time since the 1990s, when it began to implement the latest Clean Air Act Amendments. Last year, it announced a 30 percent cut in routine inspections and a 23 percent reduction in civil enforcement actions. Most of the states delegated to implement regulatory programs are in at least as dire shape.
Predictably, industry interests are none too pleased with the renewed focus on prosecuting corporate crimes and holding executives accountable for their companies' irresponsible actions:
DOJ’s toughening stance seems to have accelerated the momentum of conservative efforts on Capitol Hill to weaken the laws that apply to so-called “regulatory crimes,” shoving health, safety, and environmental criminal enforcement into the powerful cross-currents of an election year. Leading the charge for making it tougher to prosecute white collar crimes in the health, safety, and environmental arenas are the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and Koch Industries.
Steinzor explores that cynical push to fold corporate crimes into an overall criminal justice reform bill in another commentary, which was published in the Spring edition of The American Prospect.
Alongside Steinzor's in-depth Environmental Forum column, commentators from the DOJ, a legal defense firm, and the oil and gas industry's American Petroleum Institute offer their views on addressing environmental and workplace safety crimes.
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Learn about Glycemic Index
Nutrition & Food
Glycemic index is a standard of measure based on scores assigned to foods that rank carbohydrates based on how quickly, and in what time span, the food is converted into a simple sugar or glucose in the blood. The rank or number a carbohydrate receives is determined by testing. Testing food for its glycemic index value is accomplished by human trials. A person is given a standard portion of food after a 12 hour fast. Measurements are then taken at specific intervals of time to determine how rapidly the food converts to glucose in the bloodstream. Notice the carbohydrate foods illustrated in the image above, note the variety of fruits, bread, juices, and fruits. Can you identify the foods in the image that might score the highest on the glycemic index?
Foods that breakdown quickly during digestion are assigned a higher number on the glycemic index. Foods that break down slowly are assigned a lower number on the glycemic index. The standard of measure of glucose, or simple sugar, is rated at 100. Essentially, when you eat foods like bread, white potatoes, rice, pasta, candy or cookies your blood sugar will rise quickly. These foods are assigned a high number on the glycemic index because the food breaks down during digestion very quickly causing a surge of sugar in the blood. This is called high blood sugar. People who frequently eat high glycemic foods can develop insulin resistance. In insulin resistance, liver, fat, and muscle cells do not respond properly to insulin and therefore cannot absorb glucose from the bloodstream. Because of insulin resistance, the pancreas creates higher levels of insulin to help glucose leave the bloodstream to enter cells. Over time, this process of insulin resistance can play a part in leading to type 2 diabetes.
Click on the + sign to evaluate the glycemic index of common foods.
Eating foods that rank on the mid to low end of the glycemic index scale can help you to keep stable blood sugar levels. Foods in this category are whole foods that contain fiber and macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fat). For example, fibrous vegetables eaten along with foods that contain healthy fats and protein is better than eating high sugar foods alone. If you eat an apple, eat the whole apple because the skin of the apple contains fiber. The apple’s skin aids in lowering the glycemic index of the apple when compared to eating the apple without the skin. In addition to eating foods that contain fiber and macronutrients that are ranked lower on the glycemic index scale, getting adequate sleep nightly, daily physical exercise, and maintaining your ideal healthy weight can keep you healthy.
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…That thought was in my head when I entered the seminar held by Dr. Ryo Kohsaka on my first day as a communications trainee in EFI’s Bonn Office.
Thanks to Dr. Kohsaka, who is currently Professor at Nagoya University in Japan, that black box was a bit opened and illuminated.
But let us start with some background information on Japanese forestry.
Japan is the country most covered by forest (total forest area is around 25 million ha, accounting for two-thirds of the total land area of Japan) worldwide after Finland and Sweden. Interesting was also, that Japanese people consider protection from landslide disasters as the forests’ most important function, directly followed by the prevention of global warming. | <urn:uuid:ae4bf63e-e92c-438f-ba16-3a20c1d522c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://resilience-blog.com/tag/environmental-law/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.964586 | 151 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Who is Web.com
Web.com market themselves as a one stop shop where services can construct lovely web sites that will certainly provide an outstanding impression to their consumers, as well as also keep them coming back again and again. They offer you with every little thing you need to develop your own personalized site, or a free site structure service for those who desire it all done for them.
Whichever choice you select, you’ll have access to a full suite of devices as well as features that will aid ensure your site looks as well as works precisely the way you want it to. Web.com has been helping individuals and services to build, host, promote and handle their websites for many years, providing the experience to meet your every need.
Prices, Strategies, and Alternatives
Numerous internet site contractors provide cost-free choices, but numerous others do not. Amongst our Editors’ Option picks, only Wix has a free option. Web.com additionally does not have a complimentary option, so you need to spend for the solution no matter which tier you select. The costs are sensible. Your initial month’s fee is heavily marked down, going as reduced as $1.95 monthly, and also even regular prices are in line with what we’ve seen in other places.
The $10-per-month Starter plan provides you the site building contractor, plus more than 150 layouts as well as thousands of stock photos. For $15 monthly, the advertising and marketing plan submits your site right into business directories as well as online search engine, such as Bing, Google, and Yahoo. To open all the online shop alternatives, you should sign up for the $20-per-month Ecommerce strategy. Every website building contractor plan gives you 5 email addresses for your domain name with 2GB of storage each. For even more, take into consideration Web.com’s common holding strategies detailed later on in this testimonial.
Those are the standard strategies, however Web.com provides various other add-ons functions, too. Starting at $7.99 each month, the WordPress site building plans allow you integrate Web.com devices with the popular content monitoring system. Opt for an extra expensive strategy to gain even more storage, more email boxes, and also a lot more WordPress websites to manage. Employ website design and SEO specialists to build your site for you.
To protect your site, Web.com offers spam security through CatchGuard, in addition to email infection security and also removal. You can get a Secure Outlet Layer (SSL) certification starting at $24 per year, which ought to be taken into consideration a necessary acquisition if you prepare to sell items. Keep in mind, however, that Gator (HostGator’s site building contractor) uses a totally free SSL certificate with a few of its plans. For $50 per year, the Cyber Protection Remedy bundle includes extra advantages, such as 24/7 assistance, device and also identification tracking, and a mobile VPN client.
+ Stylish interface
+ Easy to use
+ Great customisability
+ Advanced supply monitoring capacities
– No complimentary test
– Bare bones blogging devices
Assist and Technical Support
If you require help making your website, you can get unrestricted assistance from Web.com’s Internet site Coaches by means of online conversation or telephone.
Just How to Reach Web.com Technology Support
You can get technical assistance by calling them toll-free. You can likewise open a ticket via their customer portal (which comes utilizing qualifications sent out to you in the Welcome email you receive when acquiring a service).
However, we were incapable to figure out from the details on Web.com’s website what their assistance hours are, or what their assurances are with regards to their clients obtaining help.
No Live Chat for Technology Support
While you can get to customer support by phone, there’s no live conversation. Online some clients report negative experiences, including delays in reacting to questions and also slow business e-mail holding.
Web.com preserves profiles on the following social media sites systems: Facebook, Google+, and Twitter. The company is most active on Facebook and twitter, so if you select to reach out to them, these would be the platforms to make use of.
Web.com review conclusion: Is Web.com the ideal tool for you?
The Web.com do it yourself site home builder is a great device for building a straightforward web site with some exciting functions, like the capability to toggle in between desktop, mobile, as well as tablet sight. I additionally appreciated that it made use of blocks as opposed to areas, as this offers the customer much more control over where content takes place their web page.
This makes the Web.com site building contractor ideal in a few situations:
You intend to produce a one-page profile or service portal
You’re developing a website for your ecommerce company and you don’t wish to make use of plugins
You’re producing a company website where the blog will just be used for organization updates
Nevertheless, the screening I did for this Web.com testimonial made it clear that the platform has its limitations, particularly in relation to blog setup. If your main concern is to create a terrific blog site, I recommend making use of something like the Bluehost website building contractor or producing a self-hosted WordPress site instead. | <urn:uuid:6b43251d-5d54-435d-87c3-79d33f38a00e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cafealpha.org/zenfolio-vs-squarespace-vs-smugmug/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.949892 | 1,123 | 1.5625 | 2 |
1. Setup the Anaconda environment
- Download, install and run Anaconda.
- Select the Environments tab on the left.
- Click the Update index… button and wait for the update to finish.
- Click the Create button.
- Create a new environment with the following settings:
- Name: mxnet2onnx
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The Cost of Data Entry
Ah, I remember those days well. As a young auditor, looking a little uncomfortable wearing a suit every day, I was asked to audit the Accounts Payable department of a national retail chain. The office was in a low rise building in the suburbs and the Accounts Payable department took up a whole floor. That’s right, row after row of middle-aged women with comptometers, which were large, manual calculators.
Their job was to check all of the calculations on the invoices received from vendors and then batch the invoices for data entry. The women (and they were all women in those days) down in data entry were not supposed to even think while they entered the invoices. They were supposed to be like human computers and just key in the data, only looking at it if it didn’t agree to the comptometer total that came with the batch.
Funny story: one of the older women in Accounts Payable liked me because I was careful about putting all of the invoices I selected for audit testing back into the right files. She invited me out to lunch one Friday with “some friends from other departments.” At the restaurant, she introduced me to the new credit manager, a woman about my age. Then she looked at her watch and said that she had forgotten to do something important, and that we should go on without her. Lunch turned out to be just the two of us. The credit manager was deeply embarrassed and told me how the ladies in Accounts Payable thought she was much too pretty to be single, so they kept setting her up with eligible young men. I’d love to be able to say that we were married the following year, but such was not to be. The lunch ended quickly and we went our separate ways.
Data entry has changed a lot since those days too. We expect the people who enter information to understand and correct the transactions, as well as flagging any that need further follow up. Data entry is a more responsible position than it used to be. Personally, I think that’s a good thing. It’s a more rewarding experience to be involved in the business than to just sit there doing mindlessly repetitive tasks.
Data entry is also disappearing. When we receive cheques, for example, they are entered via a scanner, which reads the bank’s magnetic encoding, as well as attempting to read the sender’s address information. The data entry clerk reviews and corrects the information before posting the cash receipts, a much faster process. Other companies, more advanced than ours, get rid of paper altogether by using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) where all of the payment information is received from the vendor and the payment is wired into the bank account, freeing up staff to do more value added work, such as following up on outstanding payments. So, instead of having a room full of data entry clerks, you have none. | <urn:uuid:fa6edc84-8299-4a0e-9ba2-ec7a7b015619> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://energizedaccounting.ca/the-cost-of-data-entry-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.985156 | 614 | 1.671875 | 2 |
June 2014. Following significant military conquests in Iraqi and Syrian territories, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi decides to give his movement a new name. What was previously known as ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, shall now be called al-Dawla-al-Islamya, or, in English, the Islamic State. Simultaneously, al Baghdadi proclaims the Caliphate.
The change of name marks a shift in the movement’s aspirations. Gone is the reference to Iraq and Sham, (the whole of Syria or a part of it). Its ambitions are now visibly universal. Al Baghdadi wants his audience to know that his movement is not only of regional relevance, but is also a player in the international arena.
What is the ‘Islamic State’ (IS) from the perspective of international law? IS has declared itself a ‘State’ by drawing up new territorial frontiers, as visualized professionally in its video on ‘The end of Sykes-Piquot’. It controls a population larger than that of Denmark or Finland, and a territory roughly the size of the United Kingdom.
Nevertheless, legally speaking, this is not enough to constitute a State. What IS lacks is recognition by other States. Formally, IS cannot enter into relations with other States, which is one of the three criteria for statehood in international law. IS is, despite its name, a non-State actor, and, moreover, it is on the UN’s list of terrorist organizations subject to an extensive sanctions regime.
The Al-Qaeda challenge
IS forms part of a tradition that last caught the attention of the west after the events of 9/11 and the appearance of Al-Qaeda on the world stage. A phenomenon such as Al-Qaeda was something new; it employed the structures of ‘a State’ but only opportunistically so.
It had global political ambitions beyond the territorial confines of statehood. If Afghanistan turned out to be too dangerous to hold, Al-Qaeda would be ready to move on to somewhere else, without losing the legitimacy that loss of territory must necessarily have entailed for a State.
Bin Laden was of the view that the time for the building of Islamic States had not yet come. Instead, he tried to build his caliphate as a decentralized and robust network of violent entities. Since the foundation of a state was never the goal, the norm system of international law never really captured the phenomenon of Al-Qaeda. Conversely, the movement embodied a fundamental challenge to the system of international law.
The US and some of its allies made the logic of Bin Laden their own. Guantánamo and so called signature strikes or population support overlays in Afghanistan are examples of state violence operating beyond the norm structures of international law. Hostility breeds similarities.
International law kicks in
Isn’t it surprising that IS abandons the strategic advantage that Al-Qaeda so efficiently employed, that is, operating beyond the limitations of territorial frontiers, in the spirit of globalization? IS, on the other hand, has established itself in a certain area, and does not wish to be mobile in the way Al-Qaeda strives for. The contemporary Al-Qaeda supports the idea of lone-wolf attacks in western states, whereas IS presses the point that all Muslims should emigrate to its territory.
The emphasis on a territory, however, implies an emphasis on statehood, and with statehood, international law kicks in. Within the system of international law, IS has everything to lose. IS is violating the laws of war and it is violating human rights. The resistance it meets from coalition forces is legal, at least within Iraqi territory.
If, unlikely as it seems, IS were ever to be recognized as a State, it would be held legally accountable for all the violations of international law it had committed prior to recognition. On top of that, the leaders and members of the movement who have committed crimes to which the Statute of the International Criminal Court applies, can be held personally accountable for those crimes.
My conclusion is that IS poses a much smaller threat to international law than Al-Qaeda did in 2001. Yet international law is a threat to IS. So why is IS making use of the concept of statehood and the acquisition of territory, when both practices entail such risks?
In my answer, let me disregard for now the concrete advantages of territorial presence, such as the control of oilfields and other economic resources.
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Why do we have nation states today? To suppress the extremely violent confessional civil wars that followed the Reformation and the counter-reformation.
Was there no such thing as international law before the seventeenth century? Indeed there was. However its structure was quite different. In the Holy Roman Empire, the Pope’s auctoritas ruled together with the Emperor’s potestas, in an order known as Respublica Christiana. The relation between international law and theology is not only a matter of historical concern. All attempts to universalize norms, human rights being the prime example, have brought with them a metaphysics that reproduce theological structures.
These are the metaphysical, underlying structures of international law that IS engages in controversy. The theological and ideological basis for IS’s struggle is thoroughly, and in a theologically ambitious way, explained in the movement’s journal Dabiq. Dabiq visualizes this as a fight against the spiritual power centre of European public international law: Rome.
After all, the spiritual power of the Pope constituted the justification for the crusades against Islam. In IS’s view, modern international law must be but a historical parenthesis, a means to stop the inter-Christian conflict between Catholicism and Reformation. Whereas IS, on the other hand, refers to the pre-modern conflict between Christian Europe and the Pagan world. This pre-modern conflict is pre-eminent in IS’s publications. The story told by modern international law is cast aside by this narrative. Instead, focus is on the fight between Islam and the infidels. From this perspective, the phenomenon of IS opens itself to our comprehension.
However, one may object, the coalition fighting on Syrian territory includes non-western members such as Bahrain, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates and Saudi-Arabia. Isn’t that a sign that the Caliphate is purely wishful thinking? Does not the conflict on Syrian territory suggest that there are but a plethora of Islamic coalitions, some of which are even acting under US command in the armed conflict against IS. Nevertheless, I am not sure that this is the only way to understand the conflict. IS portrays itself primarily as a theological phenomenon. It only describes itself as a state secondarily. A country such as Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, is perceived as a state within an international legal order that to the greatest extent is Eurocentric and rooted in Christianity. Saudi Arabia, one might think, subordinates theology to statehood. According to IS, such hybrids are polytheists and thus illegitimate.
IS communicates its worldview through the journal Dabiq, named after a town near Aleppo in Syria, which aspires to reach a global readership. In the first pages of the first edition, a famous hadith about the end times is highlighted, according to which a great battle between ‘Romans’ and ‘Muslims’ is predicted to take place close to the town of Dabiq.
The texts in Dabiq repeatedly criticize nationalism. What IS wants is a territory of theological significance, a state transcending nationality, for all Muslims. This state is full of promises: of ‘housing for all’, stability, the protection of private property, a well-functioning market, and low rates of criminality. In other words, capitalism with a touch of the welfare state, however, of course only for the faithful. This is the exact opposite of the rootlessness that Al-Qaeda embodies.
End times and waiting times
Al-Qaeda acts based on the historical-theological premise that there is still a long time left until the end times, and on the assumption that the time for a state-like Caliphate has not yet come. IS opposes this view of Al-Qaeda’s and claims that a form of Armageddon is imminent, where the infidels and the faithful will meet in a battle in which the latter will be victorious.
As mentioned, it draws on a prophetic hadith underlining the very location for this battle. IS’s narrative has turned out to be more accessible than Al-Qaeda’s, not least because of the former’s military success, which is read as a sign of divine benevolence. Furthermore, the waiting time is considerably shorter for IS’s caliphate, than it is for Al-Qaeda’s competing product.
IS is not alone in believing that the end times are close and that the final battle between the infidels and the faithful is approaching. The study of the end times is called eschatology, a term that has its origin in the Greek word eschatos, meaning ‘last’. How we imagine the future affects how we act in the present. This equally applies to individuals, states and to outlaw-movements such as IS. For example, Stanley and Munro Price have argued that the Christian conservatives’ significant support for the state of Israel is rooted in an eschatological conception according to which the Jews must return to Zion before they and the world can be saved (The Road to Apocalypse, 2011).
Carl Schmidt redivivus
In The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum (Der Nomos der Erde im Jus Publicum Europaeum des Völkerrechts, 1950), the German legal scholar Carl Schmitt conceptualizes public international law as a katechon. A katechon is an actor whose theological function is to keep those powers at bay that are destroying order. Which order? The order that shall rule whilst we are awaiting the end times.
Schmitt could indeed easily be dismissed as someone who, after renouncing the Catholic faith, willingly let himself be used by the National Socialists. Such a dismissal, however, overlooks the fact that his thoughts went through a renaissance in the beginning of the twenty-first century, not least with the contra-terrorist international law politics of successive US administrations. Furthermore, it overlooks the fact that every attempt to argue for the existence of universal norms presupposes a doctrine on the meaning of history. In other words, it presupposes an eschatology.
Contemporary international law too is based on an eschatological premise, although an unconscious one. It assumes that the state of history in which we now reside will continue, eternally. This, I believe, is the danger with the portrayal of IS as normless barbarians and the west as opposing katechons. This kind of conceptualization can only strengthen the coherence in IS’s understanding of the world. Moreover, it contributes to our own intellectual laziness.
This article is translated from the Swedish by Sara Bengtson, to whom thanks.
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A common question for many business owners when it comes to online advertising is where is my budget better spent?
Google, with over 85% of the search market share, is undoubtedly known as the most popular search engine on the internet as Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world. Both Google and Facebook are valuable places to advertise your business, but for different reasons depending on a few factors.
We all know that both time and money are limited, so where should you start with paid advertising to get the best bang for your buck?
No matter if you’re an expert in pay-per-click advertising (PPC) or if you’re just getting started, this article will help you understand the key differences between Google Ads and Facebook Ads and which is the best fit for you.
What is the Main Difference Between Facebook Ads and Google Ads?
Before we look at the factors that make each of these advertising platforms their own, let’s take a look at the main difference between Facebook ads and Google ads.
Google ads = paid search
As Google is the world’s largest, most popular search engine, it is also the largest PPC advertising platform.
Google ads is a paid search platform working on a pay-per-click model where ads show up in search results above organic results giving immense opportunity to advertisers.
Pay-per-click means exactly what it says – you do not pay until someone clicks on your ad.
Paid search primarily focuses on targeting specific keywords that advertisers bid on in hopes that their ads will be displayed on SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) when specific words and phrases (keywords) are searched by Google users.
Every time a user clicks on a Google ad, the advertiser is charged a certain amount of money.
Facebook ads = paid social
A great example of advertising on social networks, also known as “paid social”, is Facebook ads.
With more than 2 billion active monthly users, Facebook has become a highly competitive element across many businesses’ digital advertising strategies.
You may think that advertising on Facebook is similar to advertising on Google as advertisers use both platforms to promote their business online… but this is where the two become very different.
Unlike paid search advertising, where businesses can be found with keywords, paid social helps connect users to businesses based on their interests and behaviors online.
A common strategy used with facebook ads is retargeting. Facebook retargeting ads are one of the platform’s prime advertising features where these ads allow you to reach out to users who are already familiar with your brand. We’ll touch back on this advantage later in the article.
When Should You Use One Advertising Platform Over The Other?
Now that we’ve covered the primary difference between Google ads and Facebook ads, let’s take a look into the features of advertising on each platform and how they can be used effectively.
Google ads target users based on specific keywords pertaining to their search queries. By doing keyword research, you can find out exactly what users are searching for to target them accordingly.
Targeting through Facebook ads allows you to target users based on how they interact online. You can focus on demographics, interests, previous behaviors and more.
Although Facebook users don’t use the platform to search for products as they would with Google, with the many different targeting options available, you still have the opportunity to get yourself in front of your audience.
As we mentioned earlier in this article, Facebook retargeting allows you to reconnect with users who have previously interacted with your business in some way.
This could include users who have:
- Interacted with your Instagram or Facebook page
- Shared their email with you
- Watched your videos (or a portion of them)
- Interacted with your app
- Viewed or taken actions on your website
As of late 2020, retargeting on Facebook has changed. With the Apple 14.3 IOS update, Apple will now require people to opt-in to having their data tracked…instead of requiring them to opt-out, which had been the standard. This update will affect your retargeting efforts if you do not take action.
For more information on this update and ways to mitigate the damage to your Facebook ads caused by the IOS 14.3 change, check out our article on How to Avoid Losing All of Your Retargeting Traffic.
Giving users what they want, where they want it
Since Google users see ads based on the keywords they search, it is more likely that they will click on an ad in Google since it is something that they intentionally searched for.
It is likely that those who are served ads while searching on Google are further along in the buyer journey, making them that much closer to purchasing.
When advertising on Facebook, you are most likely putting your product or service in front of an audience who has never heard of you before. You are reaching customers where they already are – social media.
Since social media users use the platform to “hangout” and socialize as opposed to using Google to look for answers, they might not be as far along in the buyer journey as they did not intentionally seek out your product/service.
When this occurs, you have to hope that you are offering the right ad at the right time, hoping that they move along in the buying process.
What is the goal of the ad?
Obviously the goal of every ad is to sell a product or service. But based on what the audience is seeking, these goals change ever so slightly.
The main goal of Facebook ads is to promote awareness of your company, product or service. Advertising to people based on their interests over time will lead to reaching more goals (website visits, new clients, and even purchases!) as users become more familiar with you.
When you advertise on Google, you are advertising with a goal to sell immediately since you are targeting specific keywords.
We know that when users search with specific keywords, they know what they’re looking for and they are more likely to purchase upon finding the product that they want. This is where you are able to make it easy for them to find exactly what they are looking for.
So… Facebook Ads or Google Ads? Is One Platform Really Better Than the Other?
In reality, one of these platforms isn’t necessarily better then the other because both platforms perform differently from one another, bringing unique benefits to the table.
Benefits of using Google:
- Target ready-to-purchase users
- Choose from a variety of ad formats
- Analyze your ads with Google Analytics
Benefits of using Facebook:
- Expansive audience (over 2.4 billion users!)
- Granular targeting based on demographics
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Welcome to the website for Petherick, W: Profiling and Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues, 3rd Edition.
Profiling and Serial Crime illustrates the promise, purposes, and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of serial crime and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students.
Part I, on profiling, examines the history, crucial issues, methods, theory, and treatment in the mainstream media. Part II examines serial crime in detail, including cyber-bullying, stalking, rape, murder, and arson. In addition to the new and replacement chapters, this edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the latest research in criminal profiling and serial crime. | <urn:uuid:4b7f855e-4f90-49b8-8582-a6b61843ffa5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://booksite.elsevier.com/9781455731749/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.899433 | 140 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The TCJA passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump is a sweeping tax package. Below is an outline of some changes and the TCJA’s impact on individual and business tax filers.
Individual Tax Change Highlights
There are seven tax brackets: 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 37%. Your income and how you file will determine your tax bracket. To see which tax bracket you are in, visit https://www.thf-cpa.com/2018/01/05/newtaxbrackets/www.thf-cpa.com.
Increased to $24,000 (joint filers), $18,000 (heads of household), and $12,000 (singles and married taxpayers filing separately). These figures will be indexed for inflation.
Child and Family Tax Credit
Increased the credit for qualifying children to $2,000 and the refundable portion of the credit to $1,400. Also introduces a new nonrefundable $500 credit for taxpayer’s dependents who are not qualifying children.
Mortgage interest on loans used to acquire a principal residence and a second home is now only deductible on debt up to $750,000, starting with loans taken out after 12/15/17. There is no longer any deduction for interest on home equity loans.
Business Tax Change Highlights
Pass-through entities such as S-Corporations, Partnerships, and Schedule C Businesses will receive a 20% deduction on their “Qualified Business Income” and may have limitations for the deduction allowed.
Service Industries and Pass-Through Income
The 20% deduction applies to operating income of a business. Above certain income thresholds, the deduction is not available to service businesses such as health, law, accounting, actuarial science, services, performing arts, consulting, athletics, financial services, brokerage services, or any trade or business where the principal asset of such trade or business is the reputation or skill of one or more of its employees (or owners). Non-service businesses may have limitations as to the 20% pass-through deduction as well, depending upon their income levels.
Meals and Entertainment Expenses
Entertainment expenses are no longer deductible. Meal expenses (including meals for employees) are 50% deductible.
Other Individual Changes
- Exemptions. The deduction for personal or dependency exemptions is suspended.
- State and local taxes. The itemized deduction for state and local income, sales, and property taxes is limited to $10,000.
- Miscellaneous itemized deductions. This deduction is suspended. This category included items such as tax preparation costs, dues, investment expenses, and unreimbursed employee expenses.
- Health care “individual mandate.” Starting in 2019, there will be no penalty for individuals who fail to obtain minimum essential health coverage.
- Casualty and theft losses. This deduction is suspended except for losses incurred in a federally declared disaster.
- Moving expenses. The deduction for job-related moving expenses has been eliminated, except for certain military personnel. The exclusion for moving expense reimbursements is also suspended.
- Alimony. For post-2018 divorce decrees and separation agreements, alimony will not be deductible for the paying spouse and will not be taxable to the receiving spouse.
- Estate and gift tax exemption. Effective for decedents and gifts made starting in 2018, the exemption has been increased to $11.2 million ($22.4 million for married couples).
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Exemption. Retained for individuals with expanded exemption amounts.
- Expiration of above individual provisions is 2025.
Other Business Changes
- C-Corporations. The new tax rate is a flat 21% and the business AMT has been repealed.
- Paid Family Leave Credit. A new credit for businesses paying employees while on leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been established.
- Net Operating Losses (NOL). Losses are now limited to 80% of taxable income and can no longer be carried back; however, for most they may now be carried forward indefinitely
- Luxury Automobile Depreciation. The deduction will increase from $3,160 first year to $10,000, increasing the cap to $50,000.
- Bonus Depreciation. Increased to 100% deduction for assets both new and used when acquired and placed in service.
- Business Interest. Interest paid on business debt will only be deductible up to 30% of your business’ “adjusted taxable income.” For pass-through entities, the deduction will be calculated at the entity level. Any interest disallowed will be carried forward indefinitely.
- Like-kind exchange treatment limited. The rule allowing the deferral of gain on like-kind exchanges of property held for productive use in a taxpayer’s trade, business, or for investment purposes is limited to cover only like-kind exchanges of property not held primarily for sale. Non-real property is not eligible for like-kind exchange treatment.
The TCJA affects many areas of taxation. If you wish to discuss how the law impacts your particular situation, you can contact me at (850) 668-8100 or email@example.com.
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Have you seen “The Freak Book”? It’s an episode in the sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David buys Ted Danson a coffee table tomb housing a variety of photos ranging from a “human pig” to a person with three penises. He shares it with both his manager and John McEnroe, respectively, causing them to erupt into volcanic fits of laughter before Larry is unceremoniously dismissed by a party-goer asking the bespeckled comedian, “Who are you calling a freak you bald f**k?”
I ask only because it’s what comes to mind whenever a website discovers vintage film art from across the globe and unleashes it on its readership. From the headlines straight down to the comments, it’s hard not to feel like you’re scrolling through a room full of Larry’s sneering and jeering at work because it fails to align with what the culture consider’s normal. Fingers get pointed. Judgements are made. The artists themselves are dismissed as drug-addled perverted weirdos or incompetent foreigners completely oblivious to the content of the film they were asked to advertise. And that’s as far as it goes. Context is almost always absent, allowing the cycle to repeat itself with no one the wiser.
But if you shine a light on the social and political nature of Czechoslovakia after the second World War, you can see, in at least one corner of the world, why film posters looked the way they did. The communist regime at the time allowed for a single film distributor to exist, putting the responsibility of selecting, advertising, and screening films into one state centralized entity. Import costs kept Western advertisements from being used, so Czech painters, illustrators, and designers were commissioned to create posters instead, giving them the freedom to focus on crafting stark, expressive imagery without being chained to the marketing dictates of Madison Ave. But rarely did artists get to see the films they were creating pieces for, being given the title, synopsis, and, at best, what few press clippings were available to draw from. So little was at their disposal that they pulled from other art-forms while simultaneously mixing in their personal interpretation of the material.
Designer Zdeněk Ziegler noted that “if you have a common enemy, you are immediately closer to one another.” Designers working for the Central Film Distribution Center shared similar political ideals opposed to the ruling regime of the time, allowing friendships to foster that led to collective efforts in overcoming creative suppression and strengthening each other’s individual artistic voices. All work was submitted to and approved by an advisory board in charge of censorship, whose standards would wax and wane depending on the political climate of the time. The country’s success in Western design competitions and magazines could afford artists a longer leash, but was just as easily squashed at a moment’s notice if the temperature changed.
No greater creative shift came than the one after 1989 with the slow restoration of democracy and the dissolution of the Central Film Distribution Center. The blossoming free market allowed for American film distributors to set up shop in the wake of the disbanded distributor, bringing with them theatrical art from the States and the advertising methods that been crafted and perfected in the post war years. The artists and designers who had spent so long working to subvert the machinations of communist oppression were forced to shift their focus and take their talents elsewhere, undone by a machine that favored star powered photography over surrealism and cut paper.
What remains of their work isn’t simply a collection of oddities from a bygone era - something to be mocked from the comfort of a desk-chair, but a snapshot of what true creative constraints can yield, and the possibilities of what a change in perspective has to offer.
“Spring Changes” - Olga Poláčková-Vyleťalová
“The Big Sleep” - Zdeněk Vlach
“Blowup” - Milan Grygar
“The Birds” - Josef Vylet'al
“Spartacus” - Zdeněk Ziegler
“Go For It, Baby” - Karel Vaca
“Calamity” - Jaroslav Fiser
“Short Circuit” - Zdeněk Vlach
“The Terminator” - Milan Pecak
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About Liliane Atlan
Hommage à Liliane Atlan:
D. Cohen - écrivain - A. Gatti - dramaturge - J.C. Grumberg - écrivain - G. Israël - philosophe - H. Karagheuz - comédienne - F. Lauzon - R. Monod - comédien - M. Rayer - comédienne - V. Théophillidès - comédienne -P. Vial - acteur
Liliane (Cohen) Atlan, was born on January 4th, 1932 in Montpellier in a Jewish family native of Saloniki . During the Second World War, she was kept hidden with her sister Rachel in Auvergne and in the South of France. At the liberation, she learned that all her mother's family had been killed. She did not understand why she had survived while so many others had died. The guilt of the survivor pursued her all her life. After the war, her parents searched for relatives, welcoming survivors of the Shoah. They adopted a young man, Bernard Kühl, who had lost his family in Auschwitz. He told her about the camps. She was thirteen years old, a teenager. The trauma caused by the narrative of the survivors came out as an anorexia. She entered then the Gilbert Bloch School in Orsay, established by Robert Gamzon. He suggested helping the young Jews traumatized by the war and the Shoah to reconstruct their Jewish identity by the study of the Jewish history and the Talmud and thus to give a direction to their lives. In 1952 Liliane married Henri Atlan, another member of the community of the school. Two children arise from this union. Divorced of Henri Atlan, she kept her name. She understood that she was not designed in order to live for herself, but for the sake of to make relive the reality of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps (See "The Passersby", Published in 1993 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. originally published in France in 1988 by Editions[מא2] Payot under the title "Les Passants". This book won The Wizo Prize).
Liliane Atlan began her literary career by publishing A collection of poems, under the name of Galil, "Les Mains Coupeuses de Mémoire" in 1958, then a first play, "La Vieille Ville" (the old city of Jerusalem in 1948). Liliane Atlan lived two years in California from 1966 till 1968 and returned to Paris for the production of her first big play, "Monsieur Fugue ou le mal de Terre" (Mister Fugue or the illness of earth) inspired by the life of Janusz Korczak. It was directed in 1967 in Saint-Etienne theatre by Roland Monod, and resumed in 1968 in Paris at the TNP. In 1969, "Les Portes" (The Doors) was produced in the ORTF. The theme of doors, which lock the human beings and isolate them, is often recurrent in the work of Atlan. In 1971, "La petite Voiture de Flammes et de Voix" (The small wheelchair of Flames and Voice) was produced at the Festival of Avignon. In 1989 France Culture broadcasted "Un Opéra pour Terezin" (Opera for Terezín).
In 1994 Atlan was honored with a retrospective of her work presented at the on the "Festival of Avignon ". In 1999 she was granted the Prix Mémoire de la Shoah (The Memory of the Shoah Award) by the Fondation Buchman.
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The purpose of this research was to explore how students developed over a four-year international higher education experience, the first longitudinal study of student development through undergraduate careers completed entirely abroad. One hundred six students representing forty-three different countries at an American international liberal arts college in Switzerland participated in this grounded theory study, which incorporated an additional 186 anonymous survey respondents. The study addressed the processes and outcomes of such an education. The work utilized data produced through a number of different formats, including student peer-to-peer interviews, reflective student writing, participant observation, and open survey questions.The research showed that this experience prepared students for seven related cosmopolitan futures, ranging from global activist to glocal elite. In addition to classifying typologies, the study explained how students utilized three separate learning arenas to structure their experience: the intercultural bubble, the larger world of travel, and local communities. Students autonomously employed distinct methods within these learning arenas, using cyclical processes involving agency, constant comparison, risk-taking, and reflection. Students developed both intercultural competencies and worldliness. Key aspects of intercultural competencies included adaptability, open-mindedness, and perspective-taking. Worldliness instead comprised independence, travel savvy, and self-assuredness. Findings suggest that, regardless of a student’s original cosmopolitical orientation, the net effect of the extended international higher education experience was to expand students’ orientations and modes of acting and perceiving toward greater global understanding and appreciation, including aspects of ethical cosmopolitanism. The experience was transformative, albeit in an incremental fashion, building upon students’ previous lives. The research proposed a more evidence-based definition of cosmopolitan education than previous conceptualizations, one that encompasses tensions in discourses around internationalization and globalization.This thesis contributes to the literatures on the internationalization of higher education, international education, education for global citizenship, higher education policy, cosmopolitanism in practice, and the sociology of globalization. The thesis concludes with recommendations for international education researchers, practitioners, and campus leaders.
|Date of Award||31 Dec 2013|
|Supervisor||Mary Hayden (Supervisor)|
- education abroad
- intercultural competencies
- intercultural education
- international education
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Noailles, a French family, called after a village of that name in the ancient province of Limousin and the present department of Cor-reze, and which traces its origin to the 10th century. The following are its most celebrated members.
Autoinc Dc, born Sept. 4, 1504, died in Bordeaux, March 11, 1562. He distinguished himself at the battle of Ceresole in 1544, was appointed grand admiral by Henry II. in 1547, and negotiated the truce of Vau-celles in 1556, after having been for three years ambassador in London, where he was succeeded by his brother Francois (1519-'85). Their joint work, Negotiations en Angleterre, was published by the abbé Vertot (3 vols., 1763).
Anne Jules, duke de, a descendant of the preceding, and a son of Anne, count and afterward duke de Noailles, born in Paris, Feb. 5, 1650, died in Versailles, Oct. 2, 1708. He was actively employed in the campaigns against Spain (1668) and Holland (1672), where he was aide-de-camp of Louis XIV. He was mado governor of Langucdoc in 1682, and showed great leniency toward the Calvinists after tho revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685. In 1689 he commanded the French army in support of the revolted Catalans, and in 1694 defeated the Spanish royalists.
Adrien Maurice, duke de, and marshal of France, son of the preceding, born in Paris, Sept. 29, 1678, died there, June 24, 1766. He married a niece of Mme. de Maintenon, served for many years in the army in Spain, and in 1715, on the death of Louis XIV., became a member of the council of regency. As president of the council of finance, he introduced great reforms, compelled the farmers of the public revenue to make restitution of dishonestly acquired funds, and opposed the schemes of John Law, in consequence of which he lost his financial office; and in 1722, through the enmity of Cardinal Dubois, he was dismissed from the council of regency. He resumed military service in 1733, captured Worms, and won the rank of marshal at the siege of Philippsburg (1734). During the war of the Austrian succession he was defeated at Dettingen, in 1743, by George II. of England. As ambassador to Spain in 1746 he effected a reconciliation between the two courts, and subsequently he was a member of the cabinet. His Memoires were published by the abbe Millot in 1777 (6 vols. 12mo).
Louis Marie, viscount de, grandson of the preceding, born in Paris, April 17, 1756, died in Havana in January, 1804. His father was Philippe de Noailles (1715-'94), who became marshal under the title of duke de Mouchy. He fought gallantly in several engagements during the American war of independence, and subsequently espoused the cause of the French revolution of 1789, proposing the renunciation by the nobles of all their feudal privileges. After the flight of Louis XVI. to Varennes he served on the northern frontier, but on the imprisonment of the king he resigned his commission and retired to England. Returning to France after the 18th Bru-maire, he was sent as brigadier general to Santo Domingo, and was mortally wounded in capturing an English sloop of war near Havana.
Duke De Paul, born in Paris, Jan. 4, 1802. The offspring of a younger branch of the family, he inherited the title of duke from his great-uncle, who died in 1823. He took his seat in the chamber of peers in 1827, and kept it after the revolution of 1830, though an adherent of the exiled Bourbons. In 1848 he retired to private life. In 1849 he was elected to the French academy as successor of Chateaubriand. His principal work is Ilistoire de Madame de Maintenon (4 vols., 1848-'58).
Emmanuel Victurnien Henri, marquis de, son of the preceding, born at the chateau of Maintenon, department of Eure-et-Loir, in 1830. He married a Polish lady, and published La Pologne et ses frontieres (1863), and Henri de Valois et la Pologne en 1572 (3 vols., 1867), for which the academy gave a prize. He was minister at Washington from July, 1872, to February, 1874, when he was transferred to Rome. | <urn:uuid:12f474aa-1a2a-4ae0-8ed2-a680b0020902> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-9/Noailles.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.978749 | 1,007 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Today, November 11th, is Remembrance Day in Canada.
In Nova Scotia it was a day off from school, for all children, and work, for many adults, so they could reflect on the many sacrifices that have been made by soldiers of the Canadian Military so that we can enjoy our many freedoms.
It was the first thing on my mind when I woke up this morning.
One of the ways we chose to reflect, pay our respects, and express our thanks, was to attend a Remembrance Day Ceremony at our local cenotaph.
So that is exactly what we did.
It was a gorgeous Autumn morning, so we decided to park a fair distance away and walk along the Bedford Highway and Shore Drive to the cenotaph in Fish Hatchery Park. We were not alone. Many people chose to walk and it was so moving to enter the park from Shore Drive and see a sea of people already there. People were even lining Sunnyside Bridge above the park. It really made me feel so proud.
The ceremony was beautiful and I shed many tears thinking of all the Daddies and Mummies who were lost and the ones who are still offering up their lives to go on dangerous Military missions. Then I thought of all the little children who were without those Mummies and Daddies. It was too much. When “The Last Post” was played I could no longer hold back tears. It’s just such a sad and meaningful piece of music.
I very conscientiously did not touch my iThing for the entire ceremony out of respect for those we were honouring. I chose to remember the ceremony for myself. There were many families present and the children were so respectful and extremely well behaved. It was another proud moment.
After the Act of Remembrance was complete and the many wreaths were placed at the base of the cenotaph and the ceremony was complete we removed our poppies and, along with many of the other attendants, added them to the wreaths.
I felt this was an acceptable time to take a photo (once all the people had gone). I just wanted to capture how lovely the cenotaph looked with all the bright poppies in front of it.
Thing 2 can point out where her poppy is in this photo. It was important to her to choose the right spot. It was sweet to watch the Things taking all of this in this morning. It’s important for children to learn their history and why we do the things we do when it comes to historical events. I am glad our kids are curious and interested. It makes talking about tough topics a lot easier for the parents.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 after removing their poppies and placing them at the cenotaph. They insisted on dressing up this morning. Thing 1 wore dress clothes and, to me, Thing 2 was like a poppy personified.
It was a wonderful morning. We walked back to our car and I noticed these huge poppies on the Mosque on the Bedford Highway and had to take a picture. Isn’t that nice?
We were trying to think of something nice we could do with the remainder of Remembrance Day and we decided to visit Video Difference to see if there was something we could watch as a family. How nice is this “Feature” section for Remembrance Day?
We had a hard time finding something. I mean, let’s face it, war isn’t exactly a topic we want our children exposed to in movies, so it makes sense there are not a lot of selections, but then I spotted “From Up On Poppy Hill”. We have enjoyed many of the Miyazaki films, so we thought we’d judge a book by it’s cover – just this once – and give it a go.
We are just about to watch it, actually.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
It has been a nice day, all-in-all.
Even though it is sad to think about war (and all that goes with it), it is very important to stop and remember all of the people who sacrificed so much, so that we could have the freedom to enjoy a sunny day in November with our families and communities sharing expressions of those very freedoms.
So, how did you spend today? Did you visit a local cenotaph? Did you attend a Remembrance Day ceremony?
Was this Remembrance Day different than last year?
The Act of Remembrance is generally performed by a solo reading of the poem extract, with a response by all assembled. The exact wording of the Act of Remembrance is:
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
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A Management Toolkit for the 21st Century
Many of the management tools used today were developed decades ago, yet they’re still expected to work in today’s fast-evolving workplace and be effective with employees across different backgrounds, cultures, and generations. In addition, many managers’ interpersonal skills are not developed enough to be successful in today’s complex work environment.
Model 21 is a proprietary toolkit developed through years of working with managers in real work environments. The methodology and skills are based on the latest cognitive and psychology research and knowledge, employing easy-to-use, practical techniques to improve interpersonal communications and help manage diverse personalities and people.
The focus of Model 21 is on building relationships, managing diverse people and cultures, giving effective feedback, and conflict management.
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Foreclosure is the procedure through which the lender in a mortgage takes ownership and/or possession of the property that secured the original loan. This happens when a debtor in Hamilton County, Indiana has consistently failed to make their payments. Foreclosure normally involves a forced sale of the house at auction. Banks normally want to rid themselves of ownership of the home as soon as possible, collect as much money as they can, and then move on.
In all states in the U.S., including Indiana, foreclosure by judicial sale is allowed. Under this system, the sale is overseen by a court of law, to ensure that the bank makes a good effort to get a reasonable price at the auction, and that any proceeds above the balance of the mortgage go back to the borrower. In various states, mortgages which have not been refinanced are "non-recourse loans." This means that, in the event of default, the bank can take ownership of the house and sell it; but if the sale price happens to be less than the balance of the mortgage, the lender cannot go after the debtor for the remainder. Because of this, some people have found that their best option is to simply walk away from the home if the mortgage is more than the house is worth. You should talk with a Hamilton County, Indiana Lawyer to see if this state is one of them.
How Can I Avoid Foreclosure in Indiana?
First, you should never dismiss the matter. As unpleasant as it seems, it is necessary to stay on top of the issue. Ignoring the problem will never make it go away. You should keep in mind that banks normally don't want to take your Hamilton County home. They aren't in the real estate business, and expect to make money through interest on the loan, not by selling your house. If you are up-front with them early on, they will probably make a reasonable effort to accommodate your financial system if it will prevent you from defaulting.
If you can't work things out with your lender, there are other avenues. You can try a "short sale," which is when you sell your house for whatever amount you can get for it, and use the proceeds to pay your mortgage. If the house sells for less than you owe, the bank still receives those proceeds, but the remainder of the loan will be forgiven. You may also consider a "short refinance" which allows a part of the debt to be forgiven, and lets you refinance the rest.
How Can A Hamilton County, Indiana Attorney Help?
If you are facing the possibility of foreclosure, a good Hamilton County, Indiana real estate Lawyer can help. At the very least, they will be able to inform you of your legal options. | <urn:uuid:514a7c82-263f-4622-88af-83e4e89c90a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bankruptcyattorneys.legalmatch.com/IN/Hamilton-county/foreclosure-lawyers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.970478 | 556 | 1.75 | 2 |
Henry Whitney Closson
Brigadier General, United States Army
Whitney Closson was born at Whitingham, Vermont, June 6, 1832, the son
of Henry and Emily (Whitney) Closson. He graduated from the United States
Military Academy in 1854 and married Olivia A. Burke, October 26, 1857.
He married a second time to Julia W. Terry, June 2, 1868.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Artillery, July 1, 1854 and advanced through the grades to Colonel, 4th U.S. Artillery, April 25, 1888. He was retired through the operation of law, June 6, 1896 and advanced to Brigadier General on the retired list by Act of April 23, 1904.
He was breveted Major, July 8, 1863, for services at the capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana; to Lieutenant Colonel, August 23, 1864, for services at the capture of Fort Morgan, Alabama.
Prior to the Civil War, he served on the frontier against hostile Indians in Texas and Florida until 1861; he was in the defense of Fort Pickens, 1861-62; Chief of Artillery, District of Pensacola, May-Dec 1862; Commanding, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, to March 1863; on the Teche campaign, Commanding Artillery of General Grover's Division, 19th Army Corps, March-August 1863; Chief of Artillery, 19th Army Corps, October 1863-July 1864; Chief of Artillery, Mobile Expedition, engaged in sieges of Forts Gaines and Morgan; Chief of Artillery and Ordnance, Cavalry Corps, Middle Military District, November-December 1864.
Following the war, he remained in the Army and made his home in Washington, D.C.., where he died July 16, 1917. He was buried with full military honors in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Julia Woodbridge Terry Closson, his second
wife (1839-1913) is buried with him.
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Living a modern life makes it easy for us to communicate. We do not have to be anxiously waiting for a love letter through snail letter because we can directly express our thought through smartphones and social media. Our activities are no longer limited by time and darkness thanks to the non-stop electricity supplies.
In addition, we will love how television and the internet provide unending happiness through shows and various entertainment sources. It is so much comfortable to spend our time just home since we have various kinds of electronic devices with us at home. However, we need to think about the side effects on our health.
Research has shown that electronic devices leave bad impacts on our health. That is why we need to use a wonderful beauty and decoration gadget that can purify the side effects and bring a health benefit to our interior.
It is a Himalayan Salt Lamp, a beautiful interior décor that provides amazing benefits for air purifying impacts. The product is also beautiful as a night lamp and gives a positive effect on mental and physical health. Yet, we might want to know deeper and further whether the salt crystal lamps claims are true or only a scam.
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Is Himalayan Salt Lamp Hoax?
Himalayan salt lamps are mined from Pakistan and India through the vicinity of the Himalayas. The colors are normally orange or pink. However, the colors range from white or off-white to brown.
The salt chunk is crafted into a lamp and will be lit using light bulbs. Some products utilize candles for creating a natural flame that matches the functions of natural Himalayan salt.
Learn more about Do Salt Lamps really work? What does a salt lamp do?
The soft and sheer illumination of the candle creates an attractive appearance. Besides, it has a soothing light which brings relaxation. Therefore, it is good to place this lamp in the bedroom. Besides, it is also great to use this lamp in a room that offers therapy. In addition, it plays an essential role in the electro smog purification.
The negative ions productions are enough to give positive energy to the entire room. It delivers negative ions that bring fresh oxygen to the brain. It reduces indoor pollution which can affect health negatively. In the long usage, salt lamp illumination can boost the immune system. Even, the seasonable affective disorder of SAD can be cured with the Himalayan Salt Lamp therapy.
Science Behind Himalayan Salt Lamps
Salt lamp creates a soothing atmosphere that relieves anxiety and stress at the same time
Though there is no scientific evidence that supports the claims of Himalayan Salt Lamp health benefits. People still love to use the lamp because of the customer’s reviews. Besides, the negative ions function as air purifier has been popular scientifically.
Natural wonders such as waterfall and ocean wave are proven to give good health effects because of the negative ions release. Meanwhile, the usage of electronic devices is proven to be so much hazardous for health due to the positive impact production. Therefore, the natural lamp made of an ancient salt chunk is believed to give similar impact to that of waterfall and ocean wave.
Here is a small sample of some of the other relevant studies about Himalayan Salt Lamp benefits research (salt cave therapy):
- Halotherapy–A New Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis. Maliavin AG, Filiaeva IuA, Umakhanova MM, Chervinskaia AV. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 2004 May-Jun;(3):35-7. PMID: 15216790.
- Effects of halotherapy on free radical oxidation in patients with chronic bronchitis. Farkhutdinov UR, Abdrakhmanova LM, Farkhutdinov RR. Klin Med (Mosk). 2000;78(12):37-40. PMID: 11210350.
- The use of an artificial microclimate chamber in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases. Chernenkov RA, Chernenkova EA, Zhukov GV. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1997 Jul-Aug;(4):19-21. PMID: 9424823.
Learn more about 12 Himalayan Salt Lamp Health Benefits
Are Salt Lamp Benefits Real?
Indeed, not all of us will believe the reviews and stories right away. We will need to deal with a little research in order to get trusted evidence. However, as we surf the internet to get information related to negative ions, the results will be sometimes disappointing.
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A survey of 2,500 chartered surveyors around the world identified cost and a lack of skills as the greatest barriers to digital tech adoption.
According to the survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 94% of members highlighted cost as a medium to high barrier, while 90% said the lack of skilled professionals to support them was also an obstacle.
This prevents the construction sector from progressing in terms of innovation and sustainable practices, RICS said.
The RICS Digitalisation in Construction Report 2022 found that only 19% of respondents use data and technology to help measure the carbon footprint and benchmark and report on all or most of their projects.
However, the transfer of data and information flowing between different participants across the asset lifecycle is encouraging, RICS said.
More than half of respondents share their cost estimating data and 48% share their data and information on health and safety and well-being. However, less than a fifth share information on life-cycle carbon emissions.
Jon Sealy, Faithful & Gould Engineering Services chief executive, a member of the RICS QS leaders forum, said: “The report reveals unsurprising lagging indicators of adoption married with a forceful and important call to arms from the RICS. It is critical that, as an industry, we rise to the challenge.”
Anil Sawhney, RICS global construction and infrastructure sector lead, added: “To address the profound impact of construction on our world, the sector must move even faster to reap the benefits of BIM and digital twins.
“Digitalisation in construction continues to gather momentum, but like the wider construction sector, adoption of such technologies is being held back by increasing costs and shortage of skilled professionals.
“The sector is agile, but with continual cost and time pressures and frequently criticised lack of spending on research and development the sector runs the risk of being left behind.
“Whilst standards such as ICMS 3 and professional bodies upskilling members is helping, construction needs more support, whether that’s private investment or government funding or initiatives to ensure countries can continue to prosper.”
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Shipping Lines and HRAS Help Stranded I-Kiribati Seafarers Get Home
The pandemic has produced many tales of hardship and dislocation for the global seafarer community, with recent reports of the challenges for a group of I-Kiribati citizens highlighting the continuing challenges crew face around the world. However, for one group of residents of the small island nation in the Pacific, some of which have been away for up to two years, their journey home is ending in style aboard a chartered cruise ship.
The international organization Human Rights at Sea working with global partners is calling attention to the fate of nearly 200 seafarers from Kiribati currently scattered around the world waiting for a resolution of their travel problems. The challenge comes from the Kiribati government’s ongoing decision to close its borders to international travel despite appeals from the human rights groups and shipowners and operators, including Maersk, that sought to repatriate the stranded sailors on chartered flights.
“The Government in Tarawa (the capital of Kiribati) have repeatedly refused our suggestions, including covering all costs, to repatriate the seafarers stranded in Brisbane directly from Australia to Kiribati by plane,” Maersk told HRAS speaking on behalf of the international shipping companies.
The charity reports that the shipping lines have sought to assemble the seafarers into groups at various points around the world and when possible are transferring them to intermediary countries in the Pacific region in hopes of arranging the final leg of the journey home. That’s how a group of 165 I-Kiribati seafarers ended up in Fiji. HRAS reports there are also 39 individuals in Australia, 37 in Germany, 12 in Indonesia, and 15 in South Korea. Local humanitarian organizations have been working to support the communities.
Deutsche Seemannsmission in Germany has been assisting the individuals in Hamburg. HRAS has been organizing social events for the seafarers stranded in Australia while also seeking a solution to the travel dilemma. The shipping companies had hoped to organize charters transferring many of the crew to Australia and then on a charter flight home. When that did not work they were working to transfer them to neighboring Fiji.
The government of Kiribati indicated that it would be willing to support a transfer by sea of the stranded crew members and that is when the idea emerged of using a cruise ship. After a lot of arranging, 142 I-Kiribati seafarers boarded the 3,125 gross ton Reef Endeavour and the cruise ship departed Fuji on November 22. The ship is currently sailing north due to reach the capital of Kiribati on November 28.
Cruise ship was chartered to bring the I-Kiribati seafarers home (HRAS supplied photo)
Pastor Matthias Ristau, chaplain at the Deutsche Seemannsmission in Germany, said the voyage is a landmark development in the seafarers’ struggle for repatriation. “After so much time waiting, it’s an incredible moment of happiness for all involved, and especially the seafarers that they are now sailing home finally after eight months stuck in Fiji,” he said.
Under the agreement with the Kiribati government, three doctors joined the cruise ship and its staff for the voyage. All of the seafarers underwent multiple COVID-19 testing before the voyage began and have agreed to a two-week quarantine on the ship when they reach home as well as additional testing before they will be permitted to come ashore.
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Typically, we are led to believe that things like kitchen extensions, off-road parking, and curb appeal are what can affect the overall value of our home. However, it is important not to neglect the garden because it could hide some common plants which could devalue your property according to experts.
We’re not talking about the stylish garden ideas you’ve implemented, such as the roses in your back garden or the neatly planted hydrangeas beside your driveway. Surveying experts at Stokemont.com have revealed that there are a handful of specific garden plants that could have an insidious effect on your home, potentially lowering your property value by up to 15%.
Plants that decrease property value
So, which plants could ruin the value of your home? These are the ones you need to watch out for if you’re looking to sell your home – in order of potential damage.
1. Japanese knotweed
First on the list is Japanese knotweed. An infamous weed among home buying and selling circles, it could seriously damage the foundations of your property.
Aaditya Bhatta, editor and founder of Plantscraze, explains that, if left to its own devices, “Japanese knotweed’s massive root system uses up weaknesses in building foundations and connecting drainage systems, and causes progressive damage, resulting in a defective structure over a long period of time”. period of time.’
“Japanese knotweed poses a high risk to foundations, sidewalks and gardens because its fast-growing root system can cause costly damage,” she continues. Naturally, this can be an extremely unattractive prospect for potential buyers.
Unfortunately, it is also quite difficult to remove. Experts suggest it’s infinitely better to call the experts – before people start visiting.
While this one may look like a bouquet of pretty white flowers, it’s deceptive – because it’s actually just as bad for your home as its rather terrifying name might suggest.
Giant hogweed spreads quickly, but it does not cause structural damage to your home. In fact, it can cause severe skin irritations instead. It is also difficult to remove and therefore expensive to dispose of (going to professionals can cost up to £15,000).
Claudia de Yong, landscape consultant and gardener, explains: “It is not easy to eradicate it simply by cutting it down. It is a very hardy plant and should be dug up with its roots attached, leaving no part of the plant in the ground.
This, and its danger to your skin, can absolutely put off potential buyers, who may be less inclined to buy your property until it’s gone, lest they have to shell out for it themselves. move.
Large trees such as poplars (and willows or oaks) near your home can also be detrimental to the sale. Indeed, their roots can extend up to 40 meters, potentially disrupting the structure of the building.
De Yong explained, “Some tree roots have the potential to penetrate under foundations, lift paving, block drains and cause serious subsidence or structural cracks. Not all mature trees cause structural damage if planted near buildings, but it can happen.
Bradley McKenzie, a Stokemont property surveyor, clarified: “Their age, soil type, location and depth are all important in deciding if your tree is a problem. If so, the repair could cost you between £5,000 and £25,000.
It’s no wonder, then, that they can risk the overall value of your home.
4. Himalayan Balm
Himalyan Balsam can look lovely, with striking purple flowers. But if you find this plant in your garden, it’s probably best to remove it as soon as possible.
Its potential damage to nearby ecological systems makes its presence risky. “Himalayan balsam is another highly competitive, non-native species that enters gardens and shades our native plants,” De Yong said.
“It is illegal to plant it and let it grow wild. Although its nectar-rich flowers attract pollinating insects, it will deter them from visiting native species. Due to its rapid growth, it can also block waterways and increase the risk of flooding.
McKenzie explains: “Its significant ecological impact on nature and associated laws are not favored by buyers. It is therefore recommended to control or eradicate this plant.
Fortunately, however, it is easier to remove than the plants above, with De Yong suggesting that pulling and cutting the plant by hand before it sets seed is a good first step.
Yes, this climbing plant might look perfect, especially when it’s in an old English country house. But, if you have the wrong type, Ivy could create cracks in your structure, allowing moisture to seep through.
“While ivy can improve the appearance of a home, its strong attachment to walls may worry some homeowners, as it can damage wall surfaces or block drains and gutters,” says Bhatta. “To avoid structural damage to the house, large ivy plants attached to the walls should be removed.”
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You can have a vibrant social life with MS, even though it may be harder to get out and about.
In fact, it’s good for you. “Staying active and engaging with others is essential to maintaining function and a positive outlook on life,” says Helen Genova, PhD, assistant director of the Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at the Kessler Foundation.
Use these strategies for having an active, rewarding social life.
First, prioritize. You can’t do everything, so decide which activities are most important to you. Say yes to those, and skip the others.
Next, plan ahead.
Shore Up Your Energy
Get extra rest the day before a social event, suggests Brooke Slick, who’s 55, has MS, and lives in New Enterprise, PA. “It's all about energy allotment,” she says. “I make sure I've had plenty of rest so I don't start getting tired and sloppy by day's end.”
Jennifer TenEyck, from Delaware, OH, uses a similar strategy. “I press reset the day before. I also take my shower the night before so I have all of my energy to devote to the activity,” she says.
To limit fatigue, says Barbara Giesser, MD, a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, plan activities when your energy levels are highest. Go out for small chunks of time. Use assistive devices to save energy. Stay cool and hydrated. Medication and regular exercise may also help.
Boost Your Mobility
When you go out, use a walker, wheelchair, or scooter. Mobility aids help you get where you want to go, save energy, and prevent falls.
Car adaptations that help you drive can make it easier to get out and about. A service dog can help by guiding you safely and supporting your balance.
Know before you go, says Slick. Visit the website of the place you’re going. Find out where it is, if there’s nearby parking, and if there’s an elevator or stairs.
Plan ahead for heat sensitivity. “How you dress matters,” says Jacqueline Nicholas, MD, a neuroimmunologist at the OhioHealth Neuroscience Center in Columbus. Wear layers so you can peel them off when you’re warm and put them on when you’re cold.
Diane V. Capaldi, who’s 56, has MS, and lives in Escondido, CA, avoids humidity and tries to stay indoors whenever she can. “I use a cold neck scarf when I’m going to be outside in dry heat above 80 degrees,” she says.
Stay cool by sipping a cold drink like ice water or sucking on an ice cube or frozen pineapple chunks. Bring a handheld fan or cooling spray. Wear a cooling hat, scarf, tie, or wristband.
Prep for Bladder Issues
If MS affects your bladder, it may help to limit how much you drink before you go out.
Bring protection like absorbent pads. Wear clothes that are easy to remove, like pants with an elastic waistband. Bring a backpack with pads, wipes, paper towels, and a change of clothes.
“I always make a bathroom stop before I go out and check where the restrooms are,” Slick says.
Friends and family don’t always know what it takes for you to go out and be social. Help them understand what works for you and what’s not so easy.
“Don’t be afraid to tell people you have MS,” says Sidney Sterling, a 22-year-old account executive in Miami. “Instead of turning down events and get-togethers, I let people know in advance that I’ll do my best to make it and have a good time, but if I have a flare-up, my health comes first.”
When she’s out and doesn’t feel well, she’ll say, "I’m having a bad MS day. Do you mind if we go back to my house or yours and just hang out and watch a movie?”
Be Social at Home
“Look for alternative ways to be social,” says Vickie Hadge, who was diagnosed with MS in 2017. “I’ve found many online groups that are wonderful, including Facebook groups and YouTube channels.”
When she had little use of her hands, Capaldi started a blog and social media page about living with MS by using her voice to activate the computer. Sharing her story led to a stronger sense of community and connection.
Get Involved With the MS Community
“Try partnering with others facing similar challenges,” Genova says. Join a support group, group class, or research study, where you’ll meet people in the same situation.
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Medicines play a key role in controlling asthma. Some help prevent asthma symptoms from getting worse or prevent flare-ups. Others treat symptoms when they occur. Always take your medicine as prescribed. And use the correct method. Know the names of your medicines. And know how and when to use them. If you have any questions about your medicines, talk with your healthcare provider or pharmacist.
Quick-relief (also called rescue) medicines work by relaxing the muscles around the airways. This helps ease symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Keep your quick-relief inhaler with you at all times. These medicines:
Are inhaled when needed and only when needed. Use this medicine when you first notice your asthma is getting worse.
Start to open the airways a few minutes after you use them.
Can help stop a flare-up once it has begun.
May be used before exercise as directed by your provider.
Long-term control medicine
Long-term control (also called maintenance or controller) medicines help reduce airway swelling and inflammation. Some keep the muscles around your airways relaxed. This makes the airways less sensitive to triggers. Then they're less likely to flare up. These medicines:
Are taken on a schedule. For most people, this is every day. They're taken even when you feel fine.
Help keep asthma under control. So you’re less likely to have symptoms.
Won't stop a flare-up once it has begun.
Biologic therapy is a newer type of treatment. It's for people with moderate to severe asthma that isn't controlled with other medicines. Biologics target certain molecules in the body that cause inflammation and asthma symptoms. People treated with biologics may have fewer asthma attacks, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits. And they may have a better quality of life. Some biologics are approved for use in children. Others are only approved for adults. Biologics are often given by injection or infusion several weeks apart. Your provider will likely have you take this medicine for at least a few months to see how well it works. Side effects may include soreness at the injection site, headache, sore throat, and feeling tired. Your provider can help you know if biologics are right for you and what to expect with your specific medicine.
Inhaled corticosteroids are generally safe for long-term use. They often don't cause serious side effects. That’s because they’re inhaled directly into the bronchial tubes in your lungs to open the airways. The chance of minor side effects can be lowered even more if you:
Use a spacer with your inhaler. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about using a spacer if you don't currently use one.
Rinse your mouth, gargle, and spit out the water after using your inhaled corticosteroid medicine.
Follow all instructions for cleaning inhalers and spacers.
Work with your provider to find the lowest dose that controls your asthma.
Tips for taking medicine
Remembering to take medicine each day can be hard for anyone. It can be even harder to remember when you don’t have symptoms. Try these tips:
Create a routine. For instance, take long-term controllers as part of getting ready for bed. Or before you brush your teeth in the morning. Or take them at both times.
Make sure you understand what long-term controllers do and don’t do.
Refill your prescriptions on time. Or refill them ahead of time. This is so you don’t run out.
Carry your quick-relief medicine with you. If you can, keep a spare quick-relief inhaler at work, at school, or in your gym bag.
When you travel, make sure you have enough medicine for your whole trip.
When traveling by air, keep your medicines with you. Don't pack them in your luggage.
Make sure you know how to tell if your inhaler is empty. Ask your provider or pharmacist. Or check the instructions that come with your inhaler.
Working with your healthcare provider
By working with your healthcare provider, you can get the most benefit from your medicine. Talk with your provider about:
Getting the right dose. Over time, your provider may raise or lower the dose of your controller medicine. The goal is to find the amount of medicine to keep asthma in control, without taking more than is needed.
Finding the right medicines for you. Each person is unique. It may take a few tries to find the right medicine or combination of medicines for you. If one medicine doesn’t work well for you, another may work better.
Reducing side effects. If you have side effects, don’t just stop taking your medicine. Instead, call your provider. A new medicine or change in the amount of medicine may solve the problem.
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April 1 1960 horoscope and zodiac sign meanings.
Horoscope and zodiac sign meanings
Just to start, here are the most often referred astrological meanings of this date:
- The astrological sign of people born on Apr 1 1960 is Aries. The period designated to this sign is between March 21 and April 19.
- Ram is the symbol used for Aries.
- In numerology the life path number for the ones born on 1 Apr 1960 is 3.
- The polarity of this sign is positive and its observable characteristics are confident in people and attention-seeking, while it is generally called a masculine sign.
- The element linked to Aries is the Fire. The main three characteristics of an individual born under this element are:
- being aware that honesty is the best policy for everything
- seeking freedom while fulfilling own mission
- lives live fully
- The linked modality to this sign is Cardinal. Three characteristics for a person born under this modality are:
- very energetic
- takes initiative very often
- prefers action rather than planning
- Aries is known as most compatible with:
- It is very well known that Aries is least compatible with:
Birthday characteristics interpretation
Horoscope personality descriptors chart
Horoscope lucky features chart
April 1 1960 health astrology
As Aries does, the one born on 4/1/1960 has a predisposition in confronting with health problems related to the area of the head. Below there are listed some examples of such potential issues. Please note that the possibility to suffer from any other problems related to health should not be ignored:
April 1 1960 zodiac animal and other Chinese connotations
The Chinese zodiac represents a different way of interpreting the meanings arising from each birth date. That is why within these lines we are trying to describe its influences.
- The 鼠 Rat is the zodiac animal associated with April 1 1960.
- The Yang Metal is the related element for the Rat symbol.
- The lucky numbers related to this zodiac animal are 2 and 3, while 5 and 9 are considered unfortunate numbers.
- The lucky colors representing this Chinese sign are blue, golden and green, while yellow and brown are the ones to be avoided.
- From a list that is definitely larger, these are a few general characteristics that may be representative for this Chinese symbol:
- sociable person
- intelligent person
- full of ambition person
- shrewd person
- Some common behaviors related to love of this sign are:
- thoughtful and kind
- capable of intense affection
- Some statements that can be sustained when talking about the social and interpersonal relationship skills of this sign are:
- integrates very well in a new social group
- available to give advice
- worried about the image in a social group
- very sociable
- Few career related traits that may best describe this sign are:
- is sometimes difficult to work with because of perfectionism
- has a good perspective on own career path
- perceived as cautious
- rather prefers flexibile and non-routine positions than routine
- There is a positive compatibility between Rat and the next three zodiac animals:
- There is a normal affinity between the Rat and these symbols:
- There is no chance that the Rat get into a good relationship with:
- business man
- team leader
- overall is considered healthy
- prefers an active lifestyle which helps on mantaining healthy
- proves to have an eficient diet program
- there is a likeliness to suffer from stomach or intenstinal health problems
- Hugh Grant
- Prince Charles
- Scarlett Johansson
- Kelly Osbourne
This date's ephemeris
The April 1, 1960 ephemeris coordinates are:
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April 1 1960 was a Friday.
The soul number that rules the 1 Apr 1960 date is 1.
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Mastering Bulgarian will take from you 1100 hours or 44 weeks in a class according to FSI. Difficulty category for mastering it is evaluated 2 point.
Learning Albanian might seem like a overwhelming thing to do. FSI has concluded that it takes 1100 hours or 44 weeks in a class to learn the language. The difficulty point is 2.
You will most likely find people, who speaks Bulgarian In Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine, and the U.S. .
Number of native speakers is about 5,700,000.
Number of fluent speakers is about 6,800,000. The biggest country in which Bulgarian is used as a native language is Bulgaria.
Native speakers of Albanian are mostly from Albania and are about 2,900,000 people.
Albanian are spoken fluently by 7,300,000 people.
The language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey.
Bulgarian came from South Slavic group of the Slavic Branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Excel is very important to most workers like wearing clothes and having food. It’s so powerful, it’s hard to imagine life without Excel.
Everyone has used Excel at some point or the other in their lives, and we know how important it is to have Excel with many of our essential data gets save within the workbooks. Excel, basically, is a powerful medium for storing data. A professional person can’t even think to survive a life without Excel, especially in the present lifestyle.
But due to which issue Excel is forced to stop working? Usually, it is because of faulty Excel file. ‘Failed to Parse the damaged Excel File‘ Error. This forces me to find out the main cause behind this error and how to fix ‘failed to parse the corrupted excel file’ error.
MS Office application can rebuild some damaged Excel records naturally. While Office works on the corrupted documents to fix them there will be a long halt than normal working After reconstructing, user records it will either open correctly otherwise an error message will pop up defining the problem.
Tap on the sign present to the right side of the Open key and choose Open and Repair option.
Note: If the corruption level in the users Excel is weak, then the applicant can easily get back all the data in the file.
If the user is able to open the file in Excel, try to store the file into different formats and then re-open them in Excel and try to store them back as Excel workbooks.
Hit on File and then Save As. Select SYLK (Symbolic Link) from the Save as type list and Hit Save. Then close the workbook.
Next, Hit File and Open again, but this time select the SYLK file. Now the user has to select All Files from the Files of type list to see the SYLK file.
Once the file is open, click File and then Save As. Now the user has to select will Microsoft Excel Workbook and click Save.
Note that only current worksheet will be saved using SYLK format. User required to store worksheet separately and repeat the process.
User can simply remove the contents of the C:\Windows\Temp directory and then restart your system. And try to open the file again.
Their many causes of Excel file corruption the presumable causes of Excel File Corruption are given here below:
If manual methods are not helpful then don’t get panic. If you are from the non-technical background then you should choose an expert solution. It consumes less time and gives a perfect result. One of the best tools for Software Recovery is SysInfoTools Excel file Recovery. This tool will support the recovery of single as well as multiple files concurrently. Best possible recovery from corrupt Excel files in minimum possible time.
Above we have explained the manual hacks to troubleshoot the error failed to parse the corrupted excel file; but if the manual procedure does not work then go with an expert software i.e Excel file Recovery software. Now it is up to you be smart and then choose. | <urn:uuid:18738e8d-1644-4b74-bfc8-9735c4518261> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sysinfotools.com/solve-error/failed-to-parse-corrupted-excel-file.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.910684 | 639 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Professor Cheryl Saunders at the PH Constitution @30 Public Forum, University of the Philippines Cebu. (Photo © Nyla Prieto)
Attempts to amend the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines is nothing new. Previous administrations have pushed for opening up the constitution in reference to varying political reasons, but have not been successful. This time around, however, the reason of opening up the constitution for review is centered on a campaign promise by President Rodrigo Duterte to adopt federalism. He believes this change in the form of government is the only hope to achieve lasting peace and development in the conflict-afflicted area of Muslim Mindanao, and to basically de-centralise powers from the capital of Manila.
Most of the discussions around charter change have focused on the choices between a presidential and parliamentary form of government, and between a modified unitary and federal system. Other options in constitutional reform areas have neither been fully explored, nor have the implications of the proposed shifts on other institutional features and practices, such as the electoral system, articulated. Even less examined is the whole framework of making and unmaking constitutions – what does constitution building entail? And a more significant question is how the push for federalism affect other reform agendas such as the Bangsamoro political entity?
Under this premise, International IDEA together with the Department of Political Science of the University of the Philippines-Diliman and the Political Science Program of the College of Social Sciences at the University of the Philippines-Cebu organized a public forum on Philippine Constitution @30: Institutional Choices in a Time of Change, in celebration of the 30th year of the Philippine Constitution.
Cheryl Saunders, Laureate Professor Emeritus at Melbourne Law School and senior technical advisor to the constitution-building programme of International IDEA, discussed constitution-building in comparative perspective. Professor Saunders put the constitution building in the Philippines in the context of developments of constitution-building around the world, particularly from Asia-Pacific region. She also opened up discussions how global experiences in constitution building may be of use to the current debate in the Philippines.
Professor Saunders highlighted the three phases of constitution building in the Philippines and how and where it linked and overlapped with global constitution building. Interesting that during the time Philippine constitution was ratified, it was also in the 1980s that transition from authoritarianism to democracy was on the rise. And while reviewing the Philippine constitution started to gain ground in 1990s in line with intensive peace agreements for Muslim Mindanao, it also broadly coincided with constitutions and peacemaking at the global stage. Currently, there is wide debate on the process and substance of constitutional change to pave way for President Duterte’s federalism initiative; while at the same time the perceived emergence between ‘big bang’ constitution building and incrementalism.
The idea of ‘big bang’ approach as demonstrated by recent attempts of constitution building such as those that did not work out as expected (i.e. South Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Thailand) and those at risk such as Nepal, Afghanistan and Hungary, among others. Saunders brought forward the idea of incremental approach to constitution building. Incrementalism may mean: Amendments to an existing Constitution rather than making a new one; Reforming or adapting existing institutions rather than adopting significant new ones or deferring particular contentious decisions. The Philippines is not alone in this discourse, neighboring countries such as Sri Lanka, South Korea and Myanmar are also in constitution building discussions. Professor Saunders stressed that any approach taken in constitution building must need to weigh pros and cons, in light of international experience and must be distinct to Philippine context.
Professor Saunders also discussed forms of devolution, which has become a feature in constitution building to overcome conflict. Professor Saunders explained the options for devolution – federalism and special autonomy – where significant local autonomy is needed, that comes in different forms, and requires both levels of government to have capacity and work effectively. There much discussion and questions from the audience on how federalism works for Philippine scenario.
“If building federation from a unitary state, it is a long transition period. It is not a matter of adopting a model, there is no model fit for all”, says Saunders.
But she emphasized that transforming to federalism depends much on local context, and how the Philippines will develop the system. It would require strong leadership and established administrative systems and structures in place.
The forum also included Paul Hutchcroft, Professor of Political Science and Social Change at the Australian National University, who spoke about federalism in the context of Philippine politics and other forms of political reform. Hutchcroft emphasized that federalism in the Philippines would require existing regional divide but strengthened administrative structures. Even then, federal system has to be continually be renegotiated as demonstrated by the evolution of the US federalism. At the same time, he suggested the paradox behind decentalisation that would still require strong and capable central state “able to enforce the rules which authority is being devolved to the subnational level”.
Both experts agreed that if the Philippines do decide to go down the path of federalizing the country, it has to prepare now - strengthen the current regional bureau, and regional councils’ planning processes to establish better structures. It will be a long process, but only Philippine citizens and its leaders could decide which system works best for its context. | <urn:uuid:fe55656c-b39c-4193-b5e4-957868e27a25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/philippine-constitution-after-30-years-time-review | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943756 | 1,089 | 2.375 | 2 |
2 edition of Rand gold mines found in the catalog.
Rand gold mines
|Statement||by E. Sturzenegger ...|
|LC Classifications||TN427.S6 S7 1931|
|The Physical Object|
|Number of Pages||173|
|LC Control Number||32029853|
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The Monarch-Rand Mine is a historic gold property that has documented production of thousands of ounces of gold, silver and copper. The property covers the major producing workings. The Monarch-Rand Mine operated until roughly or The mine was closed down amidst low gold . DRDGOLD’s surface operations comprise the Ergo plant and associated TSFs located 70km east of Johannesburg near Benoni and Brakpan, the Crown operations situated on the outskirts of Johannesburg including City Deep (Germiston), Crown Mines (3Cs) and Knights areas and lastly the Far West Gold Recoveries on the West Rand of the Gauteng province.
Rand in Heidelberg, extending westwards across to Krugersdorp and Randfontein areas. Later more gold mines were discovered further south and east of the Witwatersrand. Before long it became necessary to dig a lot deeper to reach the gold, even as much as a kilometre beneath the ground. This became known as deep-level mining. He therefore confines himself in this volume to the consideration of the future of the Deep-level Mines of the Rand.” This book provides an economic analysis of the future of gold mining as understood in For obvious reasons, this is closely linked to the complicated engineering necessary to extract gold .
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Rand Mines, the South African mining house, originated as H. Ekstein & Co. in and was soon nicknamed 'The Corner House'. The founders were Alfred Beit, Hermann Ekstein and Julius Wernher. They formed Rand Mines as a financial company in to help pioneer the first deep level mines with assistance from the Rothschilds.
The Rand Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be medium. The ore mined is composed of pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. The host rock in this area is quartz monzonite from the Neoproterozoic era to billion years ago.
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Gold production from the district was substantial in the s and early s, and there has been intermittent prospecting and development work since. The Wedge had recently been incorporated under the mining laws of Colorado, under the name of “The Wedge Gold Mining, Milling, and Water Supply Company, with a capital stock of $, divided into shares of the value of $1 each.
Listed in the Overland as one of the producing mines of the Rand District in March of It was. Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc. is proud to present the Historic El Dorado-Rand Gold Mine Mineral Claim. The El Dorado-Rand is a 20 acre lode mineral claim for sale exclusively through Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc.
The El Dorado-Rand Mine is located just outside of Searchlight, Nevada and has been properly staked and marked at all corners. R&E continues to operate as an investment and exploration company in the gold mining sector, while the recovery of misappropriated assets remains a high priority.
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These illegal miners work in an area near the Lindelani and. were produced on the East Rand, less than 2% of South Africa's total gold. Randgold Resources Limited provides mining services. The Company offers acquisition, development, and exploration of gold and other precious metal in Africa.
Dawes Points Issue Gold. East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) is a year-old underground gold mining operation on the Witwatersrand Basin at Boksburg, to the east of mine employed 3, people. It was the deepest mine in the world until at 3, metres depth, slightly more than the TauTona mine, also in South Africa, which was 3, metres at the time (in the TauTona mine completed a.
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Wind farms will be granted 30-year U.S. government permits that could allow for thousands of accidental eagle deaths due to collisions with company turbines, towers and electrical wires, U.S. wildlife managers said on Wednesday.
The newly finalized rule, to go into effect on Jan. 15, extends the current five-year term for permits that allow for the accidental deaths of bald and golden eagles. The bald eagle is the national emblem of the United States.
The permits, which are meant for any activity that could disturb or kill eagles but will mostly apply to wind farms, are required under federal law.
Wind energy companies had sought the change from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing they needed the longer permits to provide more stability to investors in the growing renewable power industry. …
The agency concluded that the population of roughly 40,000 golden eagles in the United States could withstand the loss of about 2,000 birds annually. Bald eagles, estimated at more than 140,000, could sustain as many as 4,200 fatalities a year without endangering the species, it found. | <urn:uuid:3080768e-f540-4abf-990a-e776e21814a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johnlocke.org/if-it-wasnt-for-double-standards-continued/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.952284 | 242 | 2.46875 | 2 |
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Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope Having spent the years 1825 to 1833 cataloguing the double stars, nebulae and clusters of stars visible from Slough, in the south of England, John Herschel, together with his family and telescopes, set sail from Portsmouth on the 13th of November 1833 bound for Cape Town. As detailed below, in an extract from his book, the family enjoyed a pleasant and uneventful voyage and arrived some 5 months later at Table Bay with all family and instruments in good condition. Reading on however, one might very well think that it might not have ended so well had they but left shortly after ... “... (iii.) Accordingly, having- placed the instrument in question, as well as an equatorially mounted achromatic telescope of five inches aperture, and seven feet focal length, by Tulley, which had served me for the measurement of double stars in England; together with such other astronomical apparatus as I possessed, in a fitting condition for the work, and taken every precaution, by secure packing, to insure their safe arrival in an effective state, at their destination, they were conveyed (principally by water carriage) to London, and there shipped on board the Mount Stewart Elpliinstone, an East India Company's ship, Richardson,Esq. Commander, in which, having taken passage for myself and family for the Cape of Good Hope, we joined company at Portsmouth, and sailing thence on the13th November, 1833, arrived, by the blessing of Providence, safely in Table Bay, on the 15th January, 1834, and landed the next morning, after a pleasant voyage, diversified by few nautical incidents, and without seeing land in the interim. It was most fortunate that, availing himself of a very brief opportunity afforded by a favorable change of wind, our captain put to sea when he did, as we subsequently heard that, immediately after our leaving Portsmouth, and getting out to sea, an awful hurricane had occurred from the S. W. (of which we experienced nothing), followed by a series of south-west gales, which prevented any vessel sailing for six weeks. In effect, the first arrival from England, after our own, was that of the Claudine, on the 4th of April, with letters dated January 1st.(iv.) ...” “Result of Astronomical Observations, Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, At the Cape of Good Hope ... “ by Sir John Herschel, 1847 John Herschel rented a property and set up the twenty foot reflector near Table Mountain, at a site, that was then, just outside of Cape Town. The Twenty Feet Reflector at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, 1834 This telescope was made by Herschel in England and transported, along with his other instruments, by ship to Cape Town and then inland to Feldhausen. The telescope is a Newtonian reflector, built to William Herschel’s design, with a focal length of 20 feet and clear aperture of 18 1/4 inches ( f13 ). The location of the telescope was established by careful survey to be: lat 33d 55’ 56.55”, long 22h 46’ 9.11” W ( or 18.462 deg E ). The site of the great telescope was memorialised by the people of Cape Town by the erection of a granite column that is still there today. ............. Observations of the Sculptor Galaxy Amongst his many thousands of observations made from Cape Town, of nebulae, clusters of stars, double stars, the sun, etc., Sir John Herschel records that he observed V.1 ( CH10 - Caroline’s Nebula - the Sculptor Galaxy ) during two different “sweeps” and gave it the number 2345 in his South African catalogue. Sweeps: 646 - 20th November 1835; 733 - 12th September 1836 At the latitude of Feldhausen, and on these dates, the Sculptor galaxy would have been at an altitude around 80 degrees above the northern horizon when near the meridian ( which was where the telescope was pointed during Herschel’s “sweeps” ). The sight afforded from this location, with the Sculptor Galaxy almost at the zenith, must have been significantly brighter and clearer than the Herschels had thus far been granted from its location way down near the horizon south of Slough. .......... Other Obsevations by John Herschel from Cape Town Also observed by John Herschel in 1835 were the people and animals that inhabit the moon ... The Great Moon Hoax of 1825 - “Lunar Animals and other Objects, Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope ... “ | <urn:uuid:6546bd77-e6df-4ac3-b0d0-3e36f51878be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stargazerslounge.com/tags/astronmer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.971779 | 1,022 | 2.34375 | 2 |
We interviewed John Mainey, Executive Director of Made4Me to hear his thoughts on the importance of volunteering, and how to get involved. Made4Me is a non-profit located in Raleigh, NC and is one of Greene Resources’ Greene Gives Back partners of 2022. Made4Me works with therapists and the parents of children with special needs to provide them with personalized adaptations (furniture and more) out of industrial cardboard at NO cost to the child or families.
We are so grateful for our partnership with Made4Me!
In your opinion, why is it important to volunteer and/or partner with non-profit organizations?
In my experience, most nonprofit organizations exist to “do good”. Most non-profits are providing a service that either may not be filled via a for-profit corporation, or are doing their best to provide a similar service/product at a more affordable cost. As such, many have limited budgets and therefore often rely on volunteer resources. By volunteering you are enabling that nonprofit to exist. Another key reason why it’s important to volunteer/partner is because of the mission, the “why” the nonprofit exists. It’s important for individuals to discover their own passions in life and then apply those passions to a cause that supports them such as children, health, education, etc.
Why should companies encourage employees to volunteer?
I’m a firm believer that corporations have a responsibility to give back to the community in which they work and live. Corporations are supported by people, and as such a key value of good corporations is understanding and living by a premise they need to take care of their people, employees, families, and their neighbors. In my experience, there are huge benefits for corporations when they allow their employees to volunteer. Employees always want to help their community and in return are grateful to a corporation for giving them the opportunity to do so.
What is the best way for companies to volunteer with Made4Me or other non-profits?
Companies can’t be all things to all people, so they should determine what causes they want to support. Find out from their employees, seek out what’s available in their community, and then reach out to them. In today’s “Google” world it’s fairly easy to do that research. The once they have the cause, and think they have the nonprofit, do your homework on the nonprofit. Visit them, review their website, check them out on CharityNavigator.
Do you have any other advice you would like to share with us?
Doing an effective job as a nonprofit is hard! You do it because you have a strong, unshakable belief in the mission and the mission of the nonprofit. The rewards are immeasurable when viewed from the perspective of the people you are helping. I would encourage other businesses to look at the Greene Resources model of partnering with nonprofits. You do it right by understanding us and then evaluating how best to give of your time, talent, and treasures. Thank you! | <urn:uuid:ff1190d0-7b7e-4dca-ae2c-60ac125e6a75> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.greeneresources.com/blog/greene-gives-back/greene-gives-back-highlight-made4me/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.962718 | 632 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Dancing was a favorite pastime in the Renaissance. Dancing was an elegent form of exercise and an expected social skill for the noble. (Franko, 37) There were basically two types of social dances in the Renaissance. The first type were simple dances that were performed by an unlimited number of people. These dances were usually performed in cirles or lines. The second type were more complex dances that required a dancing master and practice. These complex dances were usually performed for an audience. The important part of the 16th century dance was the footwork. The bulky clothing of the Renaisssance limited the upper body movement, both in men and women. Women wore corsets at this time, and the men's clothing had tight lacing on the upper body.
The Renaissance produced three improtant dance masters who wrote a treatises on dancing: Thoinot Arbeau, Cesare Negri, and Fabritio Caroso. All three wrote detailed explanations of the different kinds of dances and how they were to be performed. All three treatises describe similar dances and steps, which shows that the court dances throughout Europe at that time were international.
Dancing in the Renaissance also brought about some new instrumental compositions written primarily for dancing. The dance music of the Renaissance was written for instruments such as the sackbutt, lute, viol, pipe and the tabor.Some of the music was still improvised, but a good portion of the dance pieces were published in collections by Pierre Attaingnant.
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Did you know animals can use tools? In this fascinating book by award-winning pair Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, we learn all about what makes a tool a tool and the remarkable ways animals can use them to find food, protect their young, and more.
Until 1960, when Jane Goodall observed a chimpanzee using a blade of grass to “fish” for termites, it was believed that humans were the only animal to use tools. Since her discovery, we’ve learned that many creatures use sticks, leaves, rocks, and other natural items as tools.
In this latest nonfiction picture book from Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, readers learn all about what makes a tool a tool—and the remarkable ways animals that use them to interact with our world. From the tailorbird, which repurposes spider silk to stitch a leaf into its nest, to the gorilla, which uses sticks to test water depth and build bridges, these animals are intelligent, innovative, and creative.
Using his signature cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins offers readers a closer look at these animals, their habitats, and their behaviors. In turns jaw-dropping, funny, and inspiring, The Animal Toolkit will fascinate animal enthusiasts and aspiring inventors everywhere. | <urn:uuid:7247b40e-bcab-4dac-abcb-d93439a761c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://onceuponabookstore.ca/products/9780358244448 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941883 | 261 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Image credit: Ayten Gasson
hile you can shop secondhand for many items in your wardrobe if you're trying to be sustainable, lingerie is one item you still need to buy new. So the most sustainable lingerie options come from slow fashion brands - small businesses using recycled materials, deadstock and producing their sustainable lingerie in small batches to avoid creating waste. Here's some of our favourite finds!
Bella black silk high waisted knicker by Ayten Gasson
Based in Brighton, Ayten Gasson Lingerie has become recognised for a firm commitment to ethical manufacturing. Designer Ayten Roberts is dedicated to supporting local companies and is well known for her use of upcycled vintage laces, highlighting traditional skills which the UK was once celebrated for. Organic fabrics such as Bamboo and Peace Silk regularly feature within her collections as a testament to her ethical and sustainable approach.
This retro-inspired 100% silk knicker sits flatteringly high on the waist with scalloped English lace detailing around each leg. Matching bra available.
Organic cotton pyjama by AmaElla
An elegant Organic cotton pyjama set in embroidered voile, with navy velvet adjustable straps and lace details, ethically made in Portugal by women being paid a living wage.This soft and breathable GOTS organic cotton embroidered voile comes from India.
Puglia bodysuit by Cosabella
Cosabella is a family-owned business which has been making luxury lingerie in Italy since its launch in 1983. The Cosabella philosophy is rooted in exceptional quality, classic Italian craftsmanship and unexpected details. Cosabella works closely with local producers in order to manufacture the finest silks and lace and they introduced an eco-conscious lingerie collection made from recycled materials in 2020.
Oh darling bralette by Daniela Paradeis
Handmade to order in Vienna, Austria, this bralette is made with lace appliquéd vegan leather and decorated with herringbone bows. Daniela was inspired to start a sustainable brand after working in the fashion industry and witnessing the problems with fast fashion first hand. Now she designs with materials made of local production surplus or dead stock.
Bustier Liao by Olly Lingerie
Olly Lingerie works with European factories and uses certified GOTS organic cotton and non-noxious dyes certified Oeko-Tex 100, making sure that this underwear does not contain harmful substances. Their recycled lace is made from recycled fiber thread recovered from production scraps (which would usually be thrown away to be destroyed). In addition to the waste savings, this thread saves: 90% water and 80% electricity.
Delilah cup bra by Nette Rose
Ethically made in South Africa – Nette Rose produce in short production runs to avoid creating waste. They source threads from a South African based company who have a zero landfill policy and utilize solar energy.
Matching knickers are available.
Dahlia longline bra by Posie
Delicate barely-there tulle is scattered with the softest floral embroidery featuring hidden golden bees. Stems of delicate green embroidery cover the bust, reaching flowers of burgundy and baby pink. Posie produces their garments with vegan bamboo silk, deadstock lace and organic cotton, in small manufacturing runs on a pre-order model to avoid waste.
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The iPhone and iPad are truly elegant designs, but they are the rare exceptions in the rather drab world of consumer electronics. Most cameras, printers, computers, home theater receivers, and speakers are pretty sedate, but there is one product category that stands out: turntables. I've picked a choice selection that represents remarkable achievements in industrial design, and they're highly functional, exquisitely engineered products.
The Redpoint Model A turntable has an aluminum and composite Teflon platter, damped by silicone oil, and the turntable features a battery-powered 12-volt DC motor with precious metal brushes. The turntable weighs 90 pounds.
The Bergmann Magne turntable's "air" bearing allows the platter to float on a thin cushion of air. Magne means "strength" in Nordic mythology.
The DaVinci Monument AAS Gabriel turntable is available in automotive car color finishes, from the likes of Aston-Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar, and Porsche.
The Continuum Copperhead isn't a turntable; it's a radically designed tonearm, named after a rare, highly venomous Australian snake. The arm "wand" is eggshell thin, shaped with special contours and compound curves to minimize the resonance of the arm.
Precision engineering and classic design are embodied in the first turntable from AMG (Analog Manufaktur Germany), the Viella 12. The AMG turntable was created by Werner Roeschlau, who works with his son and other master machinists at their Bavarian factory located north of Munich.
In 1883, the Thorens family business was first registered in Sainte-Croix (Ste-Croix), Vaud, Switzerland by Hermann Thorens. They originally manufactured musical boxes and clock movements, and started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. The Thorens TD 2035 turntable is just the latest example of the company's long tradition.
The Rega RP6 is a classic British take on what a turntable should be. Rega is known for its excellent build quality, reliability, ease of use, and great sound.
The VPI Classic turntable and tonearm are made in New Jersey. It's a no-fuss, super-easy-to-use design, built to last practically forever.
The belt-drive Thorens TD 550 features a suspended chassis, and the turntable is large enough to be used with 12-inch tonearms, which are preferred by vinyl devotees.
The Unison Research Giro belt-drive turntable features a "resonance optimized" chassis that uses acrylic and three layers of cherry wood.
Spiral Groove turntables sandwich layers of stainless steel and aluminum as a defense against errant vibration. Spiral Groove makes some of the finest-sounding turntables I've heard to date.
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Insurance companies have cancelled policies for several million Americans, causing widespread confusion and anxiety. Here’s an attempt to explain what’s happening and why—and what you can do if you’ve received one of those letters.
I just got a letter from my insurance company, cancelling my health policy. WTF?
Sorry to hear that. It’s pretty scary. Most likely it’s a by-product of the Affordable Care Act—you know, “Obamacare.” You can get a new plan, but you may not find one just like your current policy. The price might be different, too.
I thought President Obama said I could keep my plan if I like it. I’m pissed off.
That’s fair. The vast majority of Americans get their health insurance from large employers or from government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Not much is changing for them. But the law is reorganizing the “non-group” market. That’s for people who buy insurance on their own, directly from insurers. It’s a small portion of the population, but it’s a big country so that’s still a lot of people—probably a few million. It sounds like you’re one of them.
But why disturb insurance for people like me?
Because the non-group market is pretty messed up. It’s probably the source of most health insurance horror stories you’ve heard.
For one thing, insurers don’t like to cover people who might actually get really sick and run up big medical bills. When you apply, they check your medical history and records. If insurers find evidence of pre-existing medical conditions—or something about you, like your age, makes you a likely candidate for illness—they won’t offer you a regular policy at a normal price. They might charge you higher premiums. They might refuse to cover services related to pre-existing conditions. Or they might deny you coverage altogether. This is called “medical underwriting.”
In the past, if you got sick, insurance companies would frequently scour your records all over again, just to see if they could find something—anything—that was an early sign of illness. If they found one, they’d refuse to cover your bills and you’d be stuck with tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills. That was called “rescission.” Pretty much everybody thought that was awful. It was a big scandal. Obamacare prohibited that practice.
The other big problem with the non-group market is that insurers frequently sell policies that have really big gaps in coverage. The worst of these are so-called “mini-med” plans. You pay some absurdly low monthly fee—$25 or maybe $50—so it sounds like a great deal. But the benefit might consist of covering just a few doctor visits, or maybe a few hundred dollars a year. Then you’re on your own.
Even more generous policies on the non-group market frequently leave out key services. They might not include rehabilitative services or mental health or maternity. They might have huge deductibles, like over $10,000 for one person. They might have no limit on how much you could pay out of your own pocket. People usually don’t know about this when they buy the policy, because insurance is pretty confusing. They only find out after they’ve gotten in an accident or developed some ailment—and discover the huge bills.
So what does Obamacare do about this?
It puts an end to medical underwriting. Insurers have to sell policies to anybody willing to pay the premiums. And they can’t charge people more, or hold back benefits, to people with pre-existing conditions. They can charge older people more than younger people, but the rates can’t vary by more than a factor of three. (Today, insurers will typically charge older people as much as five times what they’d charge a younger person.) The only other variable insurers can use in pricing is smoking: If you’re a tobacco user, they can charge you more.
The other big change is on the benefits side. The law sets a broad standard for how much coverage all policies must provide. At a minimum, they must provide an “actuarial value” of 60, which is like saying the policy must cover 60 percent of the typical person’s medical expenses. There’s a limit on out-of-pocket expenses: If you have an Obamacare policy, and over the course of a year you end up spending more than $6,350 in co-payments, deductibles and so on, the policy must pick up additional charges completely, as long as they are part of your covered services. (For a family, the out-of-pocket maximum is twice that—$12,700.)
The law also establishes a set of “essential health benefits” that all policies must cover. The standard is a little complicated to explain, but it’s more or less like the requirements now in place for most small business policies—with specific guarantees of prescriptions, mental health, rehabilitative services, and maternity, among other things.
Insurers who scrapped their old plans did so either becuase state regulators ordered them to do so—or because the insurers decided, for business reasons, to start anew rather than modify existing plans to meet Obamacare guidelines.
Maternity and mental health, huh? What if I don’t need them?
This has been a subject of debate lately. Some people would argue it’s wrong to make you pay for services you don’t think you will need. Others would argue that’s the whole point of insurance—to get you paying for a menu of services, only some of which you might need. For example, most insurance policies cover cancer. You might never get cancer, but most people want to insure against the risk of it. Why not mental illness and other services the law requires that insurance include?
Maternity and pediatric services are a bit different, since only women actually use maternity care and only people with children need pediatric care. Some would say men shouldn’t have to pay for maternity and that people shouldn’t pay for pediatric services if they don’t have or expect to have kids. Advocates for including these would argue that they are an investment in the public good that pays in the long run, that men are equally responsible for parenthood even if they don’t physically carry babies, and that getting born XY rather than XX is precisely the sort of random event for which insurance is supposed to pay. Also, for what it’s worth, lots of people don’t plan to have kids but end up with kids anyway.
Do keep in mind that, for better or for worse, employer policies operate by the same principles. Employees pay the same premiums, regardless of gender or medical condition. And while employees sometimes have choices over benefits, particularly at really large companies, they don’t typically get to choose whether to include stuff like mental health and maternity.
So what kind of options will I have?
Each state has its own marketplace, with its own insurers and multiple plan options. By law, the benefits fall into different categories—bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. Bronze plans are the least generous: For the typical person, they’d cover about 60 percent of medical expenses. Platinum plans are the most generous: They’d cover about 90 percent of medical expenses. People under 30 have the option of enrolling in special catastrophic-only plans, which are pretty similar to the bronze plans but structured a bit differently and sometimes cheaper. See this FamiliesUSA guide to the metal levels if you want more specific information.
The plans are available to anybody, regardless of pre-existing condition. They must cover each of the essential health benefits, with the out-of-pocket limit I mentioned previously. But every plan will structure its benefits differently. You'll want to pay close attention to the co-payments and deductibles, which are the costs you pay out-of-pocket when you go to the doctor, pick up a prescription, and so forth. Those costs can get pretty high. You might be surprised—and in some cases surprised unpleasantly—to learn how threadbare even some of the new Obamacare policies can be.
Before you make any decisions, a little background reading might not be a bad idea. Consumer Reports has a good interactive guide to Obamacare. The Kaiser Family Foundation has more resources for people who want to learn about the new law. HealthInsurance 101 is another useful resource.
How do I learn about my options and pick one?
The primary method of enrollment is supposed to be online. The federal government is running websites for 36 of the state marketplaces, while 14 states plus the District of Columbia are running their own. If you just go to healthcare.gov, it will direct you to the proper site. If you want help from a human being, you can use a toll-free number or visit a “navigator” in person. Navigators are people the federal government and state trained to help people enroll. You can also try enrolling via an insurance broker or insurance company, as people have traditionally done, or by printing out the paper application (from healthcare.gov) and mailing it.
Sounds great. But I heard the websites aren’t working.
This has been a huge problem. Most of the state-run sites are working pretty well right now, after some early glitches. The best seem to be in California, Connecticut, Kentucky, and New York. But the federal site, healthcare.gov, barely worked for the first few weeks. Performance appears to have improved a great deal in just the last few weeks. More and more people are using it successfully. But some still run into errors.
President Obama has said that most people will be able to use the federal sites by the beginning of December, in time to arrange coverage for January. But if the site can't handle the expected rush of traffic, the federal government is going to have to rely more heavily on alternative methods of enrollment—or come up with some other contingency plans, so that nobody goes uninsured at the beginning of the year. They’ll probably think of something, but it might be pretty cumbersome for everybody involved—state officials, insurers, doctors and hospitals and pharmacies, and, of course, people like you. This is another good reason to be angry.
When I go on the websites, I’ll find these new plans with these new benefits, available to everybody. Super. But what are they going to cost me?
Good question. The requirement that insurers sell to everybody and the requirement that all plans include comprehensive coverage will tend to make insurance more expensive in most states. Think of this way: We’re telling the insurers they must cover sick people they wouldn’t cover before and include benefits they wouldn’t include before. That means they’re going to spend more money. In response, they’re going to raise premiums.
How those prices compare to your current policies will depend on what you have now and where you live. In states like New York, which already had many of these regulations, the prices will tend to come down. But most states don't have such regulations on the books already. In those places, the premiums will tend to go up.
I knew it: Obamacare is going to make me pay more for my insurance, right?
Not so fast. The law is changing a bunch of other things, too. It’s introduced a bunch of “payment reforms” into Medicare that will encourage doctors, hospitals, and drug and device makers to be more efficient and lower their prices. Many experts believe the industry is already responding and that those responses are one reason health care costs aren’t rising as fast as they have in the past. You might not notice these savings, because they are the equivalent of premium increases you’ll never see. But they appear to be real. And they are supposed to get bigger over time.
The law also has something called the “medical-loss ratio.” It’s basically a limit on how much money insurance companies can divert to profits and overhead. Or, to put it another way, it’s a requirement that insurers spend most of their money on actual medical services for beneficiaries. This is basically a check on insurance company profiteering and, to the pleasant surprise of many experts who were skeptical of it, it seems to be having some effect. The provision went into effect not long after the Affordable Care Act became law and, already, several million Americans have gotten rebate checks because of it.
But I heard premiums were doubling or more in some cases, even with those changes.
Again, you’re hearing only part of the story. The law also has subsidies, in the form of tax credits. And these are very special tax credits. You don’t have to wait until the end of the year to file for them. You get them right upfront, when you buy your insurance policy through one of the marketplaces. It’s basically like a discount on the sticker prices and for some people the discount will be huge—like thousands of dollars a year, almost as much as the insurance itself. For several million people, the price of the cheapest available policy will be absolutely nothing. The plan will be free. Of course, those are the bronze plans that don’t offer much coverage and those people might want to pay a little more to get better insurance. Also, remember that not everybody gets those tax credits.
So will I get one of those discounts?
It depends entirely on your income. The subsidies are largest for people whose incomes are at or just above the poverty line, which is about $11,000 for an individual and $24,000 for a family of four. The higher your income, the less money you get. Once your income becomes higher than 400 percent of the poverty line, which is roughly $46,000 for an individual and $94,000 for a family of four, you are no longer eligible for subsidies. You’d have to pay the full insurance premium.
To see what kind of subsidy you would probably get, try out the Kaiser Foundation's "subsidy calculator." It will tell you how much you'd have to pay for the second-cheapest silver plan in your area, as well as the cheapest bronze plan. It's not an official estimate. And the actual premiums will be different if you decide to choose a different insurance plan.
By the way, the law has a second set of subsidies that haven’t gotten much attention. These are “cost-sharing subsidies.” They reduce the deductibles, co-payments, and so on, so that you don't have to pay so much every time you go to the doctor, fill a prescription, or need more intensive care. These subsidies are structured in the same way—the higher your income, the lower the subsidy—only they stop altogether at just 250 percent of the poverty, which is about $29,000 for an individual and $59,000 for a family of four.
What if my income is really low. Then what?
The original idea was that anybody with an income below 133 percent of the poverty line, or about $15,000 for an individual and $31,000 for a family of four, wouldn’t even bother with private insurance. They’d enroll in Medicaid, the same program that already insures tens of millions of low-income Americans. But the Supreme Court disrupted that plan. The states run their own Medicaid programs and, thanks to the Court’s July 2012 ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the states have a lot more leeway to reject the Medicaid expansion. About half have done just that.
If you live in one of those states and your income is above the poverty line, you can still qualify for the subsidies that will help you buy private insurance in the new marketplaces. But if your income is below the poverty line, then you may not qualify for Medicaid. It will depend on what guidelines your state had in place before.
If you’re wondering which states have expanded Medicaid to all low-income people and which ones haven’t, just look at a political map. Most of the blue states—the ones in which voters supported Obama in the last election—have expanded their Medicaid programs. Most of the red states have not. But there are some exceptions.
I heard some people won’t be able to see their doctors anymore. What’s that all about?
Insurers are trying to keep premiums low, in order to grab all those new customers in the marketplaces. One way to do that is to limit beneficiaries to a network of doctors and hospitals that will accept lower reimbursement. The idea isn't new: Insurers did a lot of this in the 1990s, when managed care—you know, HMOs—first became popular. Consumers didn't like it so insurers backed off just a bit, but now they're pushing the approach again. They figure that people will generally shop on price, even if it means sticking within narrow networks, and there's a lot of marketing evidence to suggest they are correct.
The problem is that some people want wider access, might be willing to be pay for it, but aren't going to find plans within their means that provide it. (Nobody is going to stop these people from seeing their favorite doctor or hospital, but the out-of-pocket charges will be more than many and possibly most can pay.) Plans are supposed to pick networks that provide quality care, not just cheap care. And Obamacare actually requires all plans to have "adequate" networks. But that doesn't mean plans will always include the doctors or hospitals people want. If you have a favorite provider or hospital, you'll want to check whether they belong to plans available to you—or whether you'd pay more to use them.
I heard the President told insurers not to cancel plans. So I can keep my current policy after all?
That depends. The president told insurers they had the option to renew existing plans, even those expiring sometime in calendar 2014, for one more year. And he told state regulators they had the option to allow plans to take that step. But notice the key word in both sentences: "Option." It's entirely at the discretion of the insurers and the state authorities. Some plans, like Florida Blue, have announced they will be offering customers the right to renew expiring policies. But the state insurance commissioner of Washington has already said he's sticking with the original policy: In his state, insurers can't renew plans expiring after December unless those plans qualify for the law's original "grandfather" clause. (That clause allowed plans in place as of March, 2010, to remain in effect indefinitely.)
What if I decide not to get insurance?
The law includes an individual mandate. If you have access to affordable coverage and decline to get it, you'll have to pay a financial penalty. In 2014, it's either 1 percent of your household income or a flat fee of $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, up to $285 for a family. You would pay whichever is sum is greater. The penalty increases in 2015 and 2016. The law does inculde some exemptions, so you can always check to see if you qualify for one.
So is Obamacare a good deal for me?
Only you can answer that. Partly it will depend on your circumstances. What's your income and health status? Where do you live? What kind of insurance do you have now? But partly it will depend on what you value. The government is establishing a new set of standards for health insurance and those standards are forcing many people, like you, to change your arrangements. Do you care about the protections the new law gives you? If those protections cost you more money—and for some people they will—are they worth it?
You might also have an opinion about the law's underlying philosophy. One way to think of Obamacare is as an attempt to spread the financial burden of illness across a more diverse group of people, so that they healthy will subsidize the sick and the wealthy will subsidize the poor. It's more or less the way employer insurance already functions. Do you think that's the right thing to do? The law pays for its new protections with some new revenues, like a new tax on the wealthiest Americans, and with some reductions in what Medicare pays providers and insurance companies. Do those bother you? Do they seem like a worthwhile tradeoff for making coverage more stable and widely available?
One parting note: Don't simply compare Obamacare coverage to the insurance you have now. America's health care system has been in flux for a long time. Even if the Affordable Care Act had never become law, you could have run into problems down the road—because your insurance had become unaffordable, because you needed new coverage and couldn't get it, or because your benefits didn't meet your needs once you got sick. Maybe you will like your options under Obamacare. Maybe you won't. Either way, make sure you think through what the future without those options might really be like. | <urn:uuid:159e0e85-8e2b-45ae-8ac5-3afd3fa7def6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newrepublic.com/article/115661/obamacare-plan-cancellations-faq-about-what-do-next | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.970626 | 4,451 | 1.742188 | 2 |
From Multiply Labs: Pre-Order Now to Design & Customize Your Own 3D Printed, Multi-Release Supplements
For those just catching a glimpse into 3D printing, it may seem like a conglomeration worldwide of outrageous innovations—some which could possibly offer benefit—and others which seem incredible but are one-offs for someone’s design portfolio, and wonderful for singular headlines. Underneath all that pizzazz and publicity, however, are some very important contributions that will mean a lot to people around the world in the future, and many that already do.
In the medical world (and this translates to other sectors as well), what is key is that patient-specific care can be offered, and with products and techniques that also far improve upon what we know traditionally. So many factors come together with 3D printing, offering the motherload of benefits, from customization to unprecedented affordability. And Multiply Labs is showing you exactly what they mean with their 3D printed pill that will offer those interested in supplements a whole new boost.
Certainly not the first to run with this concept lately, the most famous in the 3D printed medication arena is that of the FDA-approved Spritam, for treating epilepsy. The medication was approved for commercial use and made available earlier this year, paving the way for others. This latest, coming from Multiply Labs, is the result of patent-pending release technology that was created at both MIT and the University of Milan.
The goal? Multiply Labs wants to transform the general public’s thinking regarding supplements—and how they take them. Their product is the first personalized supplement on the market. Not only that, the capsules are 3D printed with FDA-approved pharmaceutical polymers, and then filled by a robotic system. Each capsule is half an inch long, and it can combine multiple traditional pills within. It contains only pure elements, and no additives. This is in many ways what we’ve been waiting for, as it is capable of multiple release times—and there are a multitude of combinations that can be set.
“We can control the release timing of the supplements via the material we use and the thickness of the capsule shell,” states the company.
The project and resulting product have all been outlined in an award-winning paper, ‘3D printing by fused deposition modeling of capsular devices for oral pulsatile release based on swellable/erodible polymers,’ by A. Melocchi, F. Parietti, F. Casati, A. Maroni, A. Gazzaniga, and L. Zema. There, they outline their goals and procedures as they began prototyping with a MakerBot Replicator 2.
First, the team began by preparing HPC-based filaments. Once they had a suitable design, they were able to 3D print the oral pulsatile release capsular devices.
“CAD files for 3D printing the bodies and caps of the capsule shells were created,” stated the research team. “The size of the gap between cap and body was defined to enable their efficient matching and the locking of the resulting capsule shell.”
“By defining a suitable printing temperature (i.e. 180 °C), HPC bodies and caps were obtained with 5 min printing time each.”
No support materials were used as they worked toward their final prototype, the research team pointed out, and rafts were employed with easy removal in mind. They found that the filaments they produced were indeed suitable for FDM 3D printing and could be exploited for fabricating ‘swellable/erodible capsular devices with the desired pulsatile release performance.’
Another paper was also released in regards to the materials they used: ‘Hot-melt extruded filaments based on pharmaceutical grade polymers for 3D printing by fused deposition modeling,’ by Alice Melocchi, Federico Parietti, Alessandra Maroni, Anastasia Foppoli, Andrea Gazzaniga, and Lucia Zema. There they explained that 3D printing indeed holds ‘huge potential’ for the area of 3D printed medications and supplements.
“Accordingly, a number of polymers of common use in pharmaceutical formulation were evaluated as starting materials for fabrication via hot melt extrusion of filaments suitable for FDM processes,” stated the researchers in their paper.
According to the team, they used a twin-screw extruder, filaments based on insoluble (ethylcellulose, Eudragit RL), promptly soluble (polyethylene oxide, Kollicoat IR), enteric soluble (Eudragit L, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate) and swellable/erodible (hydrophilic cellulose derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol, Soluplus) polymers. These were made successfully and then the team went on to use them to print 600 μm thick disks.
“The produced filaments were thus considered potentially suitable for printing capsules and coating layers for immediate or modified release, and, when loaded with active ingredients, any type of dosage forms,” stated the researchers.
In this context, the company means for their futuristic and innovative new product to be used for supplements increasing energy, allowing for a healthier lifestyle, and even improved performance in training and exercise. Users are advised to take a pill in the morning, and then supplements are released throughout the day.
“For example, your pill could release vitamins right away and caffeine later in the day for an energy boost,” states Multiply Labs.
The company uses the following in their supplements.
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B1
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D3
- Folic Acid
- Omega 3
What’s really amazing here is that Multiply Labs allows you to design your own pills by specifying the supplements and quantities you desire. The supplements are available now for pre-order, and the first 500 customers will be eligible for their Early Access program, guaranteeing first rights for delivery. Multiply Labs will also be offering a beta testing program. For pre-order, enjoy 25% off retail price at $19 for your first two-week shipment of 15, with the first supplements shipping out by May 2017. Those enrolled in Early Access should look forward to receiving them one month earlier. See the Multiply Labs FAQs if you are interested in more information on pre-ordering, and other details regarding the supplements themselves. Is this a supplement that would benefit you over traditional ones? Discuss in the 3D Printed Supplement forum at 3DPB.com.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments, 1848
The campaign for women’s voting rights lasted more than seven decades. Considered the largest reform movement in United States history, its participants believed that securing the vote was essential to achieving women’s economic, social, and political equality. Culminating 100 years ago in the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the fight for women’s suffrage was not for the fainthearted. Determined women organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, and picketed for years. Suffragists were ridiculed, patronized, and dismissed by opponents, yet they persisted. Some were assaulted and endured the harsh confines of prison for daring to claim rights equal to men, but they would not be denied.The movement questioned the country’s commitment to democracy, exposed the nation’s longstanding class, regional, and racial divides, and challenged existing gender stereotypes. Arguments and strategies for and against women’s suffrage varied over time and place. Proponents forged uneasy alliances and overcame countless controversies. Although few of the women who began the suffrage campaign before the Civil War lived long enough to witness its final victory in August 1920, their work was carried on by their daughters, granddaughters, and other women whom they had inspired, nurtured, and taught. Their collective story is one of courage, perseverance, savvy, creativity, and hope that continues to inspire women today. #ShallNotBeDenied | <urn:uuid:01cec0c3-f9d9-4c4b-9516-d8964a00c0b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://loc.gov/exhibitions/women-fight-for-the-vote/about-this-exhibition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961317 | 380 | 4.21875 | 4 |
A bus travelling back from Paihia to Port Waikato on the Brynderwyns on the morning of 7 February, 1963, crashed when the brakes failed. The bus was completely smashed, killing 15 people.
A bus chartered to make the return trip from Port Waikato to the Bay of Islands for the Waitangi Day celebrations, left Paihia on the morning of 7 February. After a lunch break at Whangarei, the bus with its load of 35 passengers headed south to the Brynderwyns, a range of hills lying between Waipu and Wellsford, with a steep, narrow and winding road.
At the top of Pilbrow’s Hill, the highest point on the road, the driver pulled to the side for a brief stop. When the bus continued, the brakes failed almost immediately. The driver tried to control the downhill race by changing gear and using the handbrake, but the bus continued to increase its speed. The driver decide to try and keep driving down the hill knowing that there was a straight road at the bottom. He knew that the wooden body of the bus would shatter easily if he tried to stop the bus by steering it into the bank at the side of the road. Unfortunately the bus failed to take the last bend, smashing through a wire fence and rolling down a 30 metre slope to the Piroa Stream.
A local farmer heard the noise of the crash and went to the scene of the accident while his daughter called the rescue services. The bus was completely destroyed in the accident, killing 15 people.
How many died?
15 people died.
Other events and outcomes
A commission of enquiry found that the accident had been the result of brake failure. Sixteen months later, the passenger service vehicle construction regulations were changed, in particular the requirements for brakes and handbrakes on buses and other passenger vehicles.
More information and sources
- Darkest days, Bruce Morris, Auckland, 1987.
- Find resources in our catalogue about The Brynderwyns
- Brynderwyn tragedy: The nightmare never fades, The New Zealand Herald, Feb 7 2013.
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City Nature – The Dream Sky of a Nightmare City, Mainly East Delhi
The heavenly view.
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]
A freak occurrence, this was unthinkable in one of the world’s most polluted cities.
One evening The Delhi Walla saw an incredible sight near the Oberoi Hotel flyover. The normally grey sky was instead dyed in deep blue. Puffy blackish clouds floated like heaps of suspended cotton balls. The sky seemed to have seceded from our everyday reality.
To reassure that it was not merely a hyper-local phenomenon, I boarded an auto rickshaw and headed towards the direction of ITO to examine the sky in the north of the city. The rickshaw stopped at a traffic light near the Old Fort. Huge clouds were slowly gathering over the Mughal-era Khair Ul Manzil Masjid like a horde of Central Asian invaders.
Moved by the sight, the auto rickshaw driver said the monsoon rains have cleared the heavens of its pollutants.
Further ahead the scenery above the Pragati Maidan Metro station looked so inviting that I immediately got off the rickshaw and went up the station. The building felt like an art gallery. The balconies that overlooked the sky looked like paintings. A distant railway track looked like a last-minute embroidery hemstitched at the bottom of this once-in-a-lifetime sky. Blue and red passenger trains followed one after another in swift successions. Meanwhile, a Metro train arrived on the platform. I stepped inside.
As the Metro train ran along the heart of East Delhi, the sky became drenched with the glow of the setting sun. The last station was Vaishali. The sun had clarified into a sphere of gold. A far-away factory chimney, probably in Anand Vihar, bellowed smoke into the air.
The pedestrian bridge at the last station seemed to go all the way to the sky’s deepening red. I boarded yet another auto rickshaw. By the time it neared the apartment blocks of Vasundhara, the clouds, hanging upon an expanse of garbage, were burning in a shade of orange. Nearby, a dengue swamp nonchalantly absorbed the bleeding sky into its mosquito-filled water. A solitary red cloud standing behind a mobile phone tower looked as wrathful as the Old Testament God. He was, however, kind enough to have briefly transformed our filthy metropolis into a state of sublimity.
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Start today and improve your skills. Video instructions available from Riccardo Foschis YouTube.
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Origami koi instructions. Using your picture from the previous step as guidance hot glue the smaller wire triangle to the back of your koi. Are now in their own category. No audio – just good simple demo of how to fold a paper Koi.
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Start with an origami square base then fold corner A upwards as shown below. Start today and improve your skills. Origami Koi Step 4.
There are also some simpler animal faces over in the Origami Kids section so dont forget to check those out as well. 49 50 Pleat to create the lips. Some of these origami animals are easier to fold than others.
Next fold the top point of the model down. Koi Designed and Folded by Riccardo Foschi. Im asked all the time about how to make paper-folded Koi – Here is another tutorial.
Start with an origami square base then fold corner A upwards as shown below. Go back to the original view step 48 Thin the body towards the tail on both sides making a crimp. Its hard to follow someones instruction from opposite try sitting next to the child so that the paper is the same way up as theirs.
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Make the valley fold on the printed line. Now fold the corners B and C to the centerline then fold D and E to the centerline as shown. 59 Rabbit ear to thin flap.
Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper fish head. Heres a different kind of koi design thats more like the ones you see on traditional asian buildings. These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper fish head Japanese style.
55 The head lips and whiskers are now complete. May 21 2017 – 1353. Time to attach the koi to the wall.
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Origami Koi Step 2. Origami birds including the chick duck flapping bird heron owl penguin etc. Use the pattern printed on the note as a reference.
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5G is intended as the infrastructure that is to serve as the basis for future telecommunications, characterized by the combination of voice, data, and video, both in the real and in the digital sphere. This technological deployment will allow users to live fully connected to an “enhanced reality”, with unprecedented quality and efficiency rates in their professional and personal interactions.
Once the development, test, assignment of radio spectrum, and deployment of technology phases have been completed – which will probably be by the end of the current year or the beginning of the next one – the EU Member States, obviously including Spain, will have deployed their 5G networks and, therefore, the service and application marketing phase will start.
It is a reward for the work of the industry and telecom operators and multimillion-dollar investments to turn the peoples’ ubiquity dream into reality. The first pilot programs started in 2018 in countries such as Finland or the United States, where Verizon was the pioneer in its use. From that moment on, in just two years more than 133 cities around the globe have these incredibly fast information highways.
A quality leap
Given its immediateness to connect objects, besides people, the widespread use of the new 5G network will entail a quality improvement if compared to previous mobile generations (3G and 4G).
But what makes 5G different from previous mobile generations? This technology increases data transmission speed up to 20 gigabits per second, compared to 1Gbps of 4G; this enables, for example, ubiquity to be present virtually at any time and in any place. It also increases data transmission speed of large volumes of data in a bidirectional sense, enabling 8K video transmission, even in movement, as it has already been proven in pilot projects in Japan in the bullet train network of the country. Low latency or waiting times in accesses and downloads (lower than 1ms) is crucial for the remote control of activities in real time, such as, remote surgeries or self-driving cars, where for obvious reason, delays in response cannot be afforded.
Momentum to the global socio-economic development
This set of improvements will translate into benefits for everyone. It will launch digital transformation of companies, institutions and industries which, in less than two years, will have adopted 5G technology to make their processes more efficient and will open the door for structural innovation through the adoption of new technologies. Likewise, it will offer new business opportunities both for operators –who will be able to offer their customers innovative services and unimaginable applications – and for industries, who already study the deployment of private 5G networks and will obviously serve as the key to stimulate the lagging global economy.
Telecom analyst are confident that the power of the new network will create new immersive experiences, such as virtually attending cultural or sport events or enjoying shows from unbelievable angles, such as the center of the stage or the playing field. This new leisure also points to a reduction in mobility and emissions.
The litmus test for 5G will be known in a few months when we will start watching sport events or music shows live and with 360º vision and 8k resolution, which is clearly unfeasible without the capacity, speed, and low latency of 5G networks.
Data will be crucial in the basis of new 5G applications
5G capacity to connect millions of devices and objects, making IoT become true, poses a challenge in terms of data analysis and processing, data that are constancy multiplying in the digital era. Analysts estimate that a self-driving car generates around 4TB of information every day, but in fact there are 50,000 million devices connected to network services, which means multiplying by six the world population, counted as 7,700 million people, according to the UN.
This vast amount of data generated by people and devices has forced to reconsider their management. Thanks to 5G networks, which is the only infrastructure ready to massively support IoT, we have evolved to an information processing model that eliminates the need for data to travel thousands of miles to remote Data Centers, instead they are processed in the device itself or nearby. We are talking about Edge Computing, an option that offers a significant reduction in latency, as well as in the information processing and transport volumes through the network. Meanwhile and with the aim of optimizing and increasing the flexibility of 5G infrastructures, Network Slicing has been created. It allows service operators to divide a physical network into layers, as different virtual networks, to manage more efficiently the network capacity according to the demand and the quality needed for the different services.
Once technical issues are overcome, there is a new challenge ahead for the ecosystem of operators and industries that has stimulated the development and deployment of 5G technology: identifying applications and services that will offer users a new universe of attractive and disruptive experiences yet to be discovered.
The Japanese operator NTT Docomo already works on this line and has launched a program aimed at the co-creation of new services and at the application of technologies that improve people’s lives and business processes. This program, where already 2700 companies collaborate (some of them of the standing of Yamaha, Fujitsu, or Mitsubishi) is open to participation of other companies.
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Those of you who take their training seriously, know that Monday is chest day at the gym. It’s like an unwritten law that everyone should workout their pecs at the beginning of the week. Why? That’s anyone’s guess but this article should give you some inspiration on what exercises to incorporate in your chest workouts.
“To me, life is like a bench press: if I don’t push the weight, it will fall on me.” – Lazar Angelov
My favourite body part to train is my chest and that’s why I begin the week with an upper body workout. Whatever your reason is, here are a few tips on how to get the best out of your chest workout:
TIPS ON CHEST TRAINING
- Retract your shoulder blades in order to increase the load on your pecs.
- Arch your lower back slightly to stimulate your pecs further.
- Press through your elbows to minimise triceps involvement and increase the involvement of your pecs into the movement.
5 CHEST WORKOUTS BY 5 FITNESS MODELS:
- Machine Fly Partials
- Bench Press Cluster
- Incline Dumbbell Bench Press
- Incline Dumbbell Fly
- Decline Hammer Press
- 200 Wide Incline Pushups
- Dumbbell Flies
- Barbell Press (flat) X 4 sets
- Dumbbell Decline Press X 4 sets
- Cable Flies X 3 sets (high pulley)
- Cable Flies X 3 sets (low pulley)
- Incline barbell press
- Flat dumbbell press
- Guillotine bench press
- Incline flies
- Incline chest press super-set incline dumbbell flys
- Cable Flys
- Decline Press
- Dumbbell pullover
- Dumbbell or Barbell Bench Press
- Dumbbell or Barbell Incline Bench Press
- Barbell Decline Bench Press
- Dumbbell Pullovers
- Cable Chest Flyes
How many sets and reps you perform depends on your goals and strength. If you struggle to complete all of the reps you have planned, try doing drop sets – reduce the weight so that you can complete your reps.
Apparently, Arnold Schwarzenegger used to train chest on Mondays, so that maybe a contributing factor to the Mondays chest craze.
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The Algerian war / Heather Lehr Wagner
- Wagner, Heather Lehr
- New York : Chelsea House,
- Copyright Date:
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 cm.
- One war ends, another begins -- North African conquest -- The French arrive -- A French colony -- The seeds of nationalism -- The struggle for freedom -- A time of war -- The final struggle -- After the revolution.
- "Many different factors led to the French invasion of Algeria in June 1830, but the result was the establishment of a French colony in North Africa that would last 132 years. For more than a century, Algeria was marked by sharp divisions between its European colonizers and the mainly Muslim people who had occupied the land prior to the arrival of French troops. Discrimination, prejudice, and injustice separated these two groups until a war for independence began on November 1, 1954. After nearly eight years of violence, Algeria became an independent nation in 1962, but a half century later, it remains a country haunted by violence and struggling to achieve stability and prosperity for its people. Read about this conflict in The Algerian War"-- Provided by publisher.
- 9781604139235 (hbk.)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-114) and index.
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Using activities that kids naturally enjoy and movements that allow Teens to optimize their physical ability, our Fit Kids and Teens programs provide a fitness program that is safe, fun and energetic. A variety of games are used to focus on basic physical skills. Fit Kids and Teens workouts are tailored to the unique needs of children and teens- helping them stay active and healthy.
Our Fit Kids & Teens program is designed for both the young athlete and the Teen looking to start their fitness journey. The focus of the class is very simple: Make them a better athlete. This is relative to the individual. It is not uncommon for High School athletes chasing college scholarships to work alongside someone younger who is just looking to get their bodies moving. The scalability of the program allows them to workout side by side competing and pushing each other in a healthy environment.
At CrossFit Edina, we use a combination of skill practice, workouts and games to build strength and conditioning in children. Our classes include elements of gymnastics, weight lifting, body weight movements and plyometrics.
Specifically, our Fit Kids and Teens programs teaches the 10 General Physical Skills. These skills are the base for any sport or discipline your child may pursue.
The 10 General Physical Skills
Cardiovascular Endurance – Can you get enough oxygen to your body?
Stamina – Can you get enough energy to your muscles?
Strength – How much can you lift?
Flexibility – Can you touch your toes?
Power – How much work can you do in the least time?
Speed – How fast can you go?
Coordination – Can you pat your head and rub your stomach?
Accuracy – Can you kick a soccer ball into the net?
Agility – How quickly can you change direction?
Balance – Can you stand on one foot? With your eyes shut?
In addition to learning new skills, you will notice your child makes better food choices, is more focused in school, transitions to new sports easier and has a reduced risk of sport-related injury.
Our goal is to help children become the best version of themselves possible. The tool we use is physical fitness, but our philosophy is that training CrossFit increases quality of life, both inside and outside the gym. We are committed to teaching children to become successful leaders while promoting the importance of health and fitness for a lifetime in a safe and positive learning environment.
Our Fit Kids and Teens learn not only basic physical skills, but also social skills and confidence. Kids and Teens learn fundamental movements including squats, push-ups, pull ups, climbing, jumping, running, weight lifting basics, stretching and elementary gymnastic movements.
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Science proves that the best way to build strength is through weight training. But that’s old news. Since the days of Jack Lalanne , Joe Weider, and Arnold Schwarzenegger bodybuilders have been lifting weights to get big and ripped. However, since then science has taught us a lot about what works, what doesn’t, and most importantly, what works BEST.
A few of the findings:
Resistance training is essential to bone and muscle health.
This means that jogging alone won’t cut it. You need to put stress on your bones and muscles to get the kind of recuperative response that leads to improved bone density and muscle growth. Read more.
High intensity interval training (HIIT) is the most effective and efficient form of training.
Gone is the notion that long, grueling workouts are needed to promote fat burning, muscle growth and improved strength and endurance. 20 minutes and even 10 minute workouts are proven to be effective in creating that lean physique you’re looking for. Read more.
Diet is essential to maximize fat loss and muscle gains.
Nutrition, primarily from plants, is essential to good health overall, and lean, muscular physiques are achieved by eating the right stuff. Read more.
Daily workouts are best for fast muscle gains and fat loss.
The anxiety over overtraining is unnecessary. Given the proper nutrition and rest, daily workouts are THE BEST way to obtain a lean, muscular physique. Read more.
Stress is a necessary component of maintaining good health.
Yep – that’s right. But I don’t mean the grinding, low-level, insidious stress that comes from mundane daily activities like driving, or worrying about your bills, or dealing with your boss. I’m talking about the constructive kind of stress without which your body cannot build and re-build itself. Read more.
Mental health, the health of your brain improves with physical activity.
It turns out that there’s a direct connection between the health of your brain and your level of physical activity. To quote Heidi Godman, executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter, “exercise changes the brain in ways that protect memory and thinking skills.” (Read the whole article) Read more.
Variety is the spice of life. Essential to continuous improvements in all aspects of your health, a varied workout regimen is key. Just like you wouldn’t do the same thing over and over again and expect to get a different result, you have to vary your workouts, and your training programs in order to keep improving your physical and mental well-being. | <urn:uuid:3e2227ce-9c00-40f1-8b83-5a2eff9ad108> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://youroptimumfitness.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.944588 | 545 | 2.234375 | 2 |
American citizens love their nutritional dietary supplements. Consistent with the Council for Accountable Vitamin, 77% of American citizens use nutritional or diet dietary supplements of their day by day lives. Then again, opting for the complement that’s proper for you’ll be able to be moderately exhausting, particularly since there are 29,000 choices to be had. Moreover, since dietary supplements don’t seem to be topic to legitimate scrutiny, it’s tricky to inform which complement is pretend and which isn’t. However don’t worry. This information will lend a hand you in opting for high quality nutritional and effort dietary supplements.
To start, you should examine when you even want a nutritional complement.
Do you even want dietary supplements?
Some folks may now not want dietary supplements if they have got an ok day by day consumption of nutrients and minerals. Then again, this is determined by your dietary wishes. Individuals who require nutritional dietary supplements come with:
- Pregnant ladies and the ones breastfeeding require dietary supplements. Since folic acid dietary supplements are essential for a child’s wholesome construction, maximum pregnant ladies take folic acid dietary supplements.
- Mature folks additionally depend on dietary supplements to satisfy diet and mineral deficiencies. As age impacts how our our bodies take in and procedure diet D, the aged require diet D dietary supplements.
- Folks with dietary deficiencies, meals allergic reactions, or clinical prerequisites would possibly want some dietary supplements. Other people with allergic reactions have restricted diets, so they won’t get the beneficial dosage of vitamins. Additionally, clinical prerequisites that harm organs may end up in nutrient deficiencies.
- Vegans and vegetarians want additional vitamins to satisfy nutritional wishes. As a result of vegan diets would not have the beneficial B12 dosage, vegans use B12 dietary supplements.
You could now not want dietary supplements if you don’t fall into any of the types discussed above. Then again, it could be higher to get a blood check to rule out the will for dietary supplements.
After you have made up our minds that you want nutritional dietary supplements, you will have to discover ways to pick out the most suitable option for you.
Learn the label:
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The November 9 judgment of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya matter has resulted in the failure of justice by sanctioning serious illegalities, at least seven separate review petitions filed in the Supreme Court on Friday said.
The review petitions were filed by individuals, who were parties to the case, on the day marking the 90 th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid. The pleas have the backing of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), an AIMPLB press release said. “The petitions have been filed by seven litigants. One petition has two petitioners, ”said AIMPLB secretary and senior board member Zafaryab Jilani.
The petitions challenge the verdict of the five-judge bench headed by then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and also comprising current CJI SA Bobde and justices DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer. The court had awarded the title of the 2. 728 – acre disputed land to Ram Lalla Virajman, the child deity, while granting five acres to Muslims at an alternative site for a new mosque. The court also asked the government to set up a trust to oversee the construction of the temple and manage the disputed site.
The petitioners submitted that the SC verdict took advantage of the destruction of the mosque to award the title of the disputed land to Hindus, effectively holding that had the mosque not been destroyed, the judgment would have ordered it to be destroyed.
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(Alternate title: Why running long distances is a bad idea for baseball pitchers.)
You can read an updated article with more alternatives for running poles here.
As high school tryouts commence and spring training games begin, pitchers all over the nation are running poles after they throw their long toss or their bullpens. Coaches are making their kids run 30 minutes at the end of tryouts just to gauge “fitness” and weed out the bad apples, assuming the ones who can’t display shows of endurance over long runs are not fit to play baseball. This practice has got to stop.
The common arguments on both sides of the aisle are:
- Pro-long distance running: It builds endurance for pitchers and helps them to pitch longer into games!
- Anti-long distance running: When’s the last time you ran the ball across the plate?
While the second argument is a bit more funny, it doesn’t address the logical fallacies of the first argument. As such, this ends up being a circular argument and neither side gets much done.
At best, long distance running is mildly useful to the completely untrained athlete (and remember what I said about untrained athletes in my post about P90x – anything works, but that doesn’t make it a good idea) to extremely detrimental for advanced athletes. The most likely result of running long distances is simply wasting the athlete’s time when he can be doing more sport-specific work or training in more efficient ways.
Eric Cressey wrote a post about this subject, but I’d like to go more in-depth on the topic he covered with this statement:
Reason #6: Inappropriate Intensities
In what was – at least in my eyes – a landmark study, McCarthy et al. (1995) looked at “compatibility” of concurrent strength training and endurance training. Traditionally, the attenuation of strength and power gains has been a big issue when endurance exercise is added to a strength training program. As I noted in Cardio Confusion, these researchers found that strength and power loss was only an issue when the intensity of the endurance exercise was greater than 75% of heart-rate reserve (HRR) (4). I can guarantee you that the majority of pitchers who are running distances are doing so at well over 75% HRR.
As I’ll note in my recommendations at the conclusion of this article, I strongly feel that the secret is to stay well above (circa-maximal sprinting, in other words) or below (70% HRR, to play it safe) when implementing any kind of running. The secret is to avoid that middle area where you don’t go slow and don’t go fast; that’s where athletes get SLOW! And, ideally, the lower-intensity exercise would be some modality that provides more mobility benefits.
“Inappropriate intensity” is the exact phrase I use all the time with my pitchers (and coaches I talk to) in explaining to them that long-distance running is a giant waste of time for them. The metabolic energy systems can be viewed as a spectrum: On one end, we have aerobic training that utilizes triglycerides and oxygen to fuel a workout that is long in duration. On the other end, we have two types of anaerobic training that utilizes creatine phosphate or glycolysis to regenerate/recycle ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the very source of energy – remember that!
For very intense and short duration efforts – 40 yard dash, throwing a fastball, a set of 5 squats – ATP is recycled by creatine phosphate. This is commonly called “anaerobic” work. But remember, there are two types of anaerobic “training.” For efforts that are intense but slightly longer in duration – 400m dash, a set of 20 squats – glycogen molecules are broken down into glucose (glycogenolysis) and eventually turned into ATP for energy. For efforts low in intensity and long in duration – long-distance running/jogging/cycling – ATP is produced through a complicated series of events called the Krebs cycle which essentially transforms fatty acids into ATP with the use of oxygen.
Whew! If you made it this far, you can already probably tell that aerobic training is not specific to baseball pitchers (or hitters, actually) at all. All efforts in baseball involve short bursts of intense effort – throwing a fastball, swinging a bat, stealing a base, bolting after a line drive hit in the gap, fielding a one-hop sharp grounder, throwing to first base, picking a ball out of the dirt, sprinting to cover home plate… you get the idea.
Interestingly enough, training a baseball player’s energy systems are very similar to training a sprinter’s energy systems – we use xpxlyometricxx jump boxes, short ladder sprints, interval training (on the AirDyne, Concept2 rower, or just sprint intervals), and our favorite new toy, the weight sled:
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So believe it or not, training to reduce your 60 yard dash time, 20 yard shuttle time, and jack up your vertical leap (3 out of 4 of the metrics on the SPARQ Baseball test, by the way) will go a long way in making you a better baseball player… and could increase your VO2max better than long-distance running could!
“What,” you say? “You just said that training anaerobically was the best way to train a baseball player… how could that increase an aerobic metric like VO2max?”
Enter… the Tabata Training Method. In a groundbreaking study published in 1996, a Japanese exercise scientist named Dr. Izumi Tabata concluded that “…moderate-intensity aerobic training that improves the maximal aerobic power does not change anaerobic capacity and that adequate high-intensity intermittent training may improve both anaerobic and aerobic energy supplying systems significantly, probably through imposing intensive stimuli on both systems.”
This meant that running long-distances with moderate intensity didn’t help anaerobic efforts, but interval training (20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds rest for 4 minutes as Dr. Tabata defined it) not only improved both energy systems, but that interval training was better at improving VO2max than simply training with moderate intensity efforts!
We’ll talk more about Tabata methods and interval training in a future post, but what you need to know is that long-distance running isn’t going to help you last longer on the mound because “endurance” is specific to the task. Maybe those guys saying “you don’t run the ball across the plate” had something after all… | <urn:uuid:4209488c-33e7-41ba-9031-7ce4965194b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2010/03/appropriate-energy-system-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.945672 | 1,431 | 1.84375 | 2 |
We have all been there, we stand in front of the mirror, look at the reflection staring back at us and judge!! We judge the lumps and bumps, the spots, the wrinkles, the saggy bits, and we internally criticise ourselves for how we look.
We compare ourselves to the filtered images on social media, advertising billboards and magazines, and we put ourselves down and judge ourselves as second rate in comparison.
The reality is though, that even the people on the billboards don’t look like the people on the billboards in real life. They have cellulite and wobbly bits, wrinkles and spots, stretch marks and scars. They are human just like us.
In the past, we have all probably seen the front covers of gossip mags where some ‘hot’ celebrity is snapped on the beach having fun with their friends and they circle their cellulite or muffin top and draw the worlds attention to it… really? did you have to?! The media make us feel that if we don’t look airbrushed then we aren’t good enough.
Well we are here to say that this is just absolute rubbish, and we need to love our bodies for what they do for us, not what they look like!
Join the Body Positivity movement!
Body positivity isn’t just about how we view our own selves in the mirror, it’s about how we view everyone. And, that regardless of shape, size, colour of skin, gender, sexuality or disability, we are all amazing!!
The movement aims to help people understand how media messages contribute to our relationship with ourselves, including our feelings about food, activity, our health, identity and how we practise self care. It aims to improve our well being, and to love ourselves for who we are.
Like everything, the Body Positivity movement has been subject to criticism, with its critics stating that it still places too much focus on the appearance of our bodies, when we are more than that – in fact we have to agree with this too – Be Strong’s idea of Body Positivity is that we should be focusing more on what our bodies can do for us, rather than what we look like.
Being more Body Positive the Be Strong way
We want everyone to love and care for their bodies, and feel happy with their lot. So we have come up with some ways in which you can become more body positive, the Be Strong way.
1. Adopt Body Neutrality – Accept that it’s ok to love some parts your body, but not like, or be indifferent towards other parts – this means you are taking the pressure off yourself to accept and love every aspect of your appearance, when you perhaps really don’t!
What parts of your body are you proud of? Focus on those instead of the bits you don’t like.
2. Nourish your body – Whilst we clearly have a focus on weight loss at Be Strong, it isn’t actually the be all and end all for us. What we are really interested in, is people understanding how to live a healthy lifestyle and enjoying doing so, for as long as possible. That includes eating well. It doesn’t always have to mean focusing on calories, but it does mean eating food which is nourishing – food that gives your body everything it needs – not just empty calories, or food that makes us feel good in the moment – rather food that allows us to feel good for the long term.
3 – Exercising regularly – Because exercise energises us, helps to improve our mood, keep our mental health in check and also helps us to love our bodies for what they can do. Exercising is amazing for helping us to age well, keeping our bones and muscles strong, improving the density of our bones, which is so important as we age. The more we exercise the less likely we are to have slips and trips, protecting ourselves from injury. It allows us to reduce our disease risk to ensure we live long and healthy lives which in our view is the biggest act of body positivity and self-love going!!
4. Compliment others and learn to take a compliment yourself – Telling other people that you like their outfit, they have lovely eyes, or you see how hard they work in an exercise class, not only gives them a little boost but it gives you a boost too, when you see the smile on their face. If you can find the positive in others and let them know about it, you may also start to see more of the positive in yourself. When we are kind to others, it opens us up to being kinder to ourselves.
Taking a compliment is hard for a lot of us. We seem to have an inbuilt response to receiving a compliment, which is to talk it down. Do you automatically tell someone where your outfit is from, and how much it cost, if they say that you look nice? Do you laugh off a compliment about your smile or your eyes? Well now is the time to learn to take these compliments – and it’s easy to do – in fact it’s easier than all the other responses we might give. Simply say ‘Thank you!!’ and feel the glow inside. When you say ‘thank you’, you are focusing on what that person has said to you, rather than the negativity involved in talking it down. Practice this when someone compliments you next.
5. Focus on what your body can do – All of our bodies are amazing machines. We all have a different set of challenges, and we all achieve amazing things every day. Celebrate everything your body achieves mentally and physically, whether you get out for a lunchtime walk, can run 5k without stopping, complete a challenging project at work, get all the housework done, bills paid, hold down a job, whilst sorting the rest of the family out. We are all amazing and there will be people looking at you and thinking ‘I don’t know how they manage to do all that!’ Make sure you acknowledge what you, your body and mind, has achieved every single day.
6. Banish negative self-talk – Give yourself a little rule – if you wouldn’t say it to a friend, don’t say it to yourself. Negative self-talk only digs us deeper into the pit of negativity. Treat yourself as you would treat those you love.
7. Surround yourself with positivity – Is your social media feed dragging you down? Is it full of airbrushed images of so called ‘beautiful’ people? Maybe it’s time to do a little spring clean of your newsfeed and remove anything that makes you feel negative about yourself. Search out positive people, with a positive, yet honest outlook on life, not just those who share the airbrushed selfies, and ‘best life’ posts. Find your tribe!
8. Be your own competition – Forget how everyone else is performing and focus solely on being the best version of you, instead of feeling like second best to someone else. Life would be very boring if we all looked the same, and were able to do the same things to the same standard. We are all awesome in our own way and any progress we make is to be applauded. Make sure you applaud your own victories then strive to beat yesterday!
9. Dress to impress (you!) – Put away those clothes that don’t fit you right now (whether that’s the ‘thin clothes’ or the ‘fat clothes’) in a suitcase, and focus on what’s in your wardrobe that makes you look and feel a million dollars. Whether that’s for a workout, a day at work, a trip to the supermarket or a night out with friends. You don’t need a huge wardrobe to look and feel great, a few staple pieces that fit well and make you feel great, can go a long way. The world is your catwalk and you have to own it!!
10. Do something nice for yourself – Make sure you take time out to do something nice for yourself regularly. We often get so wrapped up in looking after everyone else we forget to look after ourselves. A bath, a walk in nature, reading a book, getting lost in a great movie, or a trip to the beach can do wonders for us. Make sure you reward yourself with these simple pleasures, for all that your body does for you.
Body positivity is more than just feeling positive about our appearance, it’s about looking after ourselves, keeping ourselves well and being proud of who we are.
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While the world focuses on Afghanistan, another border drama is playing out in the tiny Baltic nations of Lithuania and Latvia. Belarus is granting Iraqi asylum-seekers tourist visas, busing them to its border with the European Union and pushing them across. It's seen as revenge for EU sanctions on the government in Minsk, as Teri Schultz reports.
TERI SCHULTZ, BYLINE: Go, go, go, the Belarusian guards dressed in riot gear yell at the group of people. The guards point ahead and sometimes even give a shove to move reluctant ones forward.
SCHULTZ: The governments of Lithuania and Latvia have released numerous videos like this one, showing some of the thousands of people, most of them Iraqi, crossing their southeastern borders with Belarus in recent weeks. The Baltic governments say the regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko lures people to Minsk with tourist visas and promises of access to the European Union, then pushes them over the border. Many of the new arrivals in Latvia are held in government detention centers, like the one where I meet Iraqi asylum-seeker Salad Sadeq Ali just outside the capital. He describes how Belarusian authorities help Iraqis get there.
SALAD SADEQ ALI: Some people, they have stamp on the passport. Or they said we have a stamp, and we cross from Belarusia (ph).
SCHULTZ: We have a stamp from where?
ALI: From airport.
SCHULTZ: In Minsk?
ALI: In Minsk.
SCHULTZ: So they admit that the officials were helping them come in.
ALI: Yeah, yeah.
SCHULTZ: Latvia says Lukashenko is weaponizing migration to retaliate for EU sanctions imposed on his regime for allegedly rigging elections last year and violently attacking those protesting the outcome. More EU sanctions came in May when a flight from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land in Minsk over what turned out to be a fake bomb threat so authorities could arrest a dissident journalist on board. Latvian Interior Minister Marija Golubeva.
MARIJA GOLUBEVA: Obviously, after that, Europe had to act. We couldn't refrain from acting. We had to impose those sanctions. So now, as a response to that, we would get this specially organized stream of regular migration to our borders.
SCHULTZ: If Lukashenko's goal was to create chaos in his EU neighbors, he achieved some success, if only modest. Ingrida Simonyte is prime minister of Lithuania, which has seen well over 4,000 people crossing from Belarus in just the last few weeks, 500 times more than in all of last year.
PRIME MINISTER INGRIDA SIMONYTE: This problem was imposed on us very wickedly, I would say, because it was a high - influx of high number of people within a very short period of time. Definitely, that was a very significant challenge and still is a very significant challenge for us.
(SOUNDBITE OF POWER TOOL WHIRRING)
SCHULTZ: Lithuania is reinforcing its border with barbed wire and extra guards, but still has to manage those people who made it in.
In the Lithuanian town of Rudninkai, I ask a small group of men chatting on a street corner for directions to the nearby migrant holding center. They're standing in front of a sign that reads in Lithuanian and Russian, Rudninkai says no to migrants. The men say they didn't put up the sign, but it's quickly clear they agree with its sentiment. One of the group happens to be the town's mayor, Gennadi Baranovich, who says his displeasure is shared by his constituents.
GENNADI BARANOVICH: (Through interpreter) The government has tricked us. They aren't telling people anything. If immigrants are coming here, we should know what it means for security.
SCHULTZ: This resident has agreed to lead me down a very potholed, muddy road to the camp, which he says was set up here in this farming village without anyone's notice.
Authorities wouldn't let me speak with any of the roughly 800 residents of the Rudninkai camp. They're detained behind high metal fences, and many of them have told local media they don't want to be here, having hoped to end up elsewhere in Europe. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says the real problem is not just this wave of illegal migration, but what may be next.
GABRIELIUS LANDSBERGIS: It's extremely easy. You just need a country or rogue state that just stops the control of the border. To add to that, if it offers help for people to, you know, to go to the border that it's stopped controlling, you have a hybrid attack. The whole democratic world needs to - it will sound strong. But I mean, it needs to wake up to new reality because these sort of weapons will be used against us in the future as well.
SCHULTZ: The Baltic governments and Poland are calling on the United Nations Security Council to take up the issue of the Belarusian tourist trap.
For NPR News, I'm Teri Schultz in Rudninkai, Lithuania.
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Financial markets have long struggled with tracking GDP growth trends in a timely and consistent fashion. However, over the past decade statistical methods for “nowcasting” various economies have improved considerably, benefiting macro trading strategies. Dynamic factor models have become the method of choice for this purpose: they extract the communal underlying factor behind timely economic reports and translate the information of many data series into a single underlying trend. The estimation process may look daunting, but its basics are intuitive and calculation is executable in statistical programming language R.
For sources and links see the end of this post.
The post ties in with this site’s lecture on macroeconomic trends.
The below are excerpts from various papers. Emphasis and cursive text have been added. Mathematical formulas have been replaced by text.
Solving the nowcasting problem
“Macroeconomic indicators tend to be released with substantial delays, and this is especially true for gross domestic product (GDP). To deal with this issue, policy institutions have traditionally used simple forecasting models and judgement to predict the current state of the economy, as well as that of the recent past. This process is now commonly referred to as nowcasting.” [Chernis and Sekkel, 2017]
“Macro-econometricians face data sets that have hundreds or even thousands of series, but the number of observations on each series is relatively short, for example 20 to 40 years of quarterly data…Dynamic factor models…[have] received considerable attention in the past decade because of their ability to model simultaneously and consistently data sets in which the number of series exceeds the number of time series observations…[The] central empirical finding that a few factors can explain a large fraction of the variance of many macroeconomic series has been confirmed by many studies.” [Stock and Watson, 2010]
“The problem of nowcasting lies in estimating GDP in the interval of time between the beginning of the reference quarter and its official release, exploiting the information coming from other higher frequency variables. More formally, the nowcast of GDP can be defined as the orthogonal projection of quarterly GDP on the available information set, which contains mixed-frequency variables and is characterized by a ‘ragged edge’ structure given that the time of the last available information varies from series to series. Each time new information arrives, a new nowcast is produced.” [Bragoli, Metelli, and Modugno, 2014]
“Dynamic factor models (DFMs are particularly appealing for addressing the characteristic problems of nowcasting. First, there is typically a large number of relevant variables available. Second, the release schedule can be different for each variable, which results in unbalanced data sets. Finally, most leading indicators are monthly, while most often the variable of interest is quarterly. Traditional models can struggle with these challenges, while a DFM handles them elegantly…Papers have shown that DFM nowcasts not only outperform simple benchmarks and other competing nowcasting approaches, such as bridge models and mixed-data sampling (MIDAS) regressions, but also often produce nowcasts that are on par with those of professional forecasters.” [Chernis and Sekkel, 2017]
Dynamic factor models in a nutshell
“Large-dimensional dynamic factor models have become popular in empirical macroeconomics…Factor models can cope with many variables without running into scarce degrees of freedom problems often faced in regression-based analyses. A second advantage of factor models is that idiosyncratic movements which possibly include measurement error and local shocks can be eliminated…Dynamic factor models were traditionally used to construct economic indicators and for forecasting.” [Breitung and Eickmeier, 2005]
“The model we use in order to compute the nowcast and the news is a dynamic factor model…It exploits the fact that there is a large amount of co-movement among macroeconomic data series, and hence that relatively few factors can explain the dynamics of many variables…The model can be written as a system with two types of equations: a measurement equation linking the observed series (i.e. economic indicators) to a latent state process [latent factors], and the transition equation, which describes the state process dynamics.” [Bragoli, Metelli, and Modugno, 2014]
“The premise of a dynamic factor model is that a few latent dynamic factors drive the co-movements of a high-dimensional vector of time-series variables, which is also affected by a vector of mean-zero idiosyncratic disturbances. These idiosyncratic disturbances arise from measurement error and from special features that are specific to an individual series (the effect of a Salmonella scare on restaurant employment, for example). The latent factors follow a time series process, which is commonly taken to be a vector autoregression [a model based on linear interdependencies among several time series].” [Stock and Watson, 2010]
“An important motivation for considering dynamic factor models is that, if one knew the [latent] factors and if the disturbances are Gaussian, then one can make efficient forecasts for an individual variable [such as GDP] using the population regression of that variable on the lagged factors and lags of that variable. Thus, the forecaster gets the benefit of using all variables by using only [a small set of latent] factors.” [Stock and Watson, 2010]
“Nowcasters are frequently interested in the impact of each new data point. For example, it might be interesting to know what the impact of the latest industrial production figure is for the GDP forecast. Furthermore, the nowcasting environment is characterized by a large set of variables that can arrive at a high frequency. This results in the nowcaster studying a sequence of nowcasts that can be updated very frequently, reflecting the steady stream of new information arriving. The DFM framework…allows us to study this so-called ‘news’…We have a way of quantifying the change in information set and the average impact of each variable.” [Chernis and Sekkel, 2017]
How to estimate dynamic factor models
“Factor estimation…focused on time-domain methods in which latent factors could be estimated directly…Theoretical econometric research…over the past decade has made a great deal of progress, and a variety of methods are now available for the estimation of the factors and of the number of factors…The first generation consisted of low-dimensional (small number of time series) parametric models estimated in the time domain using Gaussian maximum likelihood estimation and the Kalman filter [state space model]…The second generation of estimators entailed nonparametric estimation with large a number of time series using cross-sectional averaging methods, primarily principal components and related methods…The third generation uses these consistent nonparametric estimates of the factors to estimate the parameters of the state space model used in the first generation [allowing it the expand to a large number of time series].” [Stock and Watson, 2010]
“MARSS stands for Multivariate Auto-Regressive State-Space. The MARSS package is an R package for estimating the parameters of linear MARSS models with Gaussian errors…The MARSS package allows you to easily fit time-varying constrained and unconstrained MARSS models with or without covariates to multivariate time-series data via maximum-likelihood using primarily an expectation-maximization algorithm.” [Holmes, Ward, and Scheuerell, 2014]
“[One can] use MARSS to do dynamic factor analysis (DFA), which allows to look for a set of common underlying trends among a relatively large set of time series…Here we are trying to explain temporal variation in a set of observed time series using linear combinations of a [much smaller] set of hidden random walks…DFA model is a type of MARSS model…The general idea is that the observations are modeled as a linear combination of hidden trends [latent factors] and factor loadings plus some offsets [constant parameters]. The DFA model…and the standard MARSS model…are equivalent.” [Holmes, Ward, and Scheuerell, 2014]
Examples for emerging and developed economies
“The Brazilian statistical office publishes real GDP growth two months after the end of the quarter. The aim of the statistical model…is to predict GDP before the official figures are published by taking advantage of the information in the flow of economic data releases that precede them and updating our prediction with each successive data release. We include in our model those variables whose headline number is reported by the main statistical sources and central banks; in addition we consider those indicators monitored by financial markets and by the press… The peculiarity of the Brazilian data set is the fact that it includes two indicators that are strictly related to the target variable (quarterly GDP). The first is the monthly nominal GDP, published by the BCB, based on monthly indicators for economic activity and prices. The second is the economic activity index (EAI), also published by the BCB…The rest of the variables can be divided into four categories: surveys, labor, production/demand, and trade indicators…We choose the transformations that guarantee stationarity of the variables.
Given that most of the indicators we include in our model are characterized by missing data at the beginning of the sample (as it is in the case of the consumer confidence index, which starts in September 2005, or the PMI, which starts in February 2006) and by a “ragged edge” structure, due to unsynchronized data releases at the end of the sample, we adapt the estimation procedure to the presence of arbitrary patterns of missing data.
The nowcasting model for Brazil… proves the relevance of updating GDP forecasts to take advantage of the flow of data releases. Institutional forecasts, which in Brazil are revised as often as once a week, perform as well as model-based forecasts. This result…proves that pure judgment turns out to be no more accurate to the scope of forecasting.”
[Bragoli, Metelli, and Modugno, 2014]
“We estimate an approximate dynamic factor model (DFM) for Canada and evaluate its nowcasting performance for Canadian GDP…When building a nowcasting model, it is important to find variables that are: i) helpful to predict GDP growth; ii) timely; and iii) updated frequently (e.g., monthly).To help us meet these criteria, we choose…a mix of hard and soft indicators. We also include commodity prices and a set of US economic indicators because of the Canada’s close economic ties with the United States.
Recent papers…show that medium-sized data sets (i.e., with 10-30 variables) perform equally well as models with larger data sets with over 100 variables. With these considerations in mind, we select 23 predictors of the Canadian economy…Of the 23 variables that we include, 14 are domestic, 6 are US and the remaining 3 are the Bank of Canada non-energy commodity price index, WTI oil prices, and Global Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI).The domestic variables cover most of the standard nowcasting variables: car sales, PMI, merchandise trade, housing variables, and various real activity measures…We transform the series to ensure stationarity….
Furthermore, several series published by Statistics Canada have been re-based or undergone definitional changes…To overcome this obstacle, series that suffer from this problem are simply spliced together with the corresponding older series….There are two notable peculiarities in Canadian macroeconomic data: first, the data are released with a larger delay relative to other developed economies, and second, Canada has a monthly GDP indicator…
Through a pseudo real-time exercise using data from the first quarter of 1980 to the second quarter of 2016, we show that the root-mean-squared forecast error (RMSFE) of the DFM improves steadily as more information is released.”
[Chernis and Sekkel, 2017]
“We produce ‘predictions’ of the current state of the Indonesian economy by estimating a dynamic factor model on a dataset of eleven indicatorsover the time period 2002 to 2014.
Indonesia’s GDP data…[suffer from] number of issues in the data that need to be carefully tackled even before starting any monitoring process…There is no single long series available from official statistical sources…the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s stands out as a unique episode for Indonesia’s growth path with GDP falling by more than 15% in 1998. Then, since 2002 the growth rate stabilized somewhat at a yearly rate of around 5%, with low volatility. As a consequence of this pattern, we exclude the Asian financial crisis years from our sample and use the series only from 2002…Growth series exhibits a marked seasonal pattern, and yet, there is no seasonally adjusted GDP series available from official sources…In order to deal with the two issues highlighted, we construct a long time series for GDP by using over-a-year-ago growth rates.
To gauge the current state of the Indonesian economy in real-time, we need to construct a prediction of GDP growth before the official data is released. This means that at each point in time we want to predict not only the current and next quarter estimates for GDP growth (henceforth nowcast and forecasts), but also, wherever the official data has not been published yet, the past quarter GDP growth (backcast).
We find that relying on market ‘revealed preferences’ for certain indicators on the Indonesian economy is an effective guide to choosing what variables to include…Since Bloomberg constantly ranks the analysts’ demand for these alerts by constructing a relevance index for each macroeconomic indicator, we can select variables based on this relevance index…For Indonesia only a relatively small number of macroeconomic series are tracked in real-time by the markets…We end up with a data set of ten macroeconomic indicators…While Business Tendency Index are quarterly series, the remaining are at monthly frequency…There are substantial differences between series in terms of their publication delay. For example, the PMI for developing economies is published just four days after the reference month, while data on imports are released a month after the reference month.
Despite using a relatively narrow set of variables, when focusing on the year-on-year growth rate, the dynamic factor model nowcast error falls by 35% compared to the benchmark AR…Our model predictions perform compared to those of experts’ forecast surveyed by Bloomberg. Still, our ‘pseudo-real-time’ forecasting performance is comparable to the one achieved in a truly ‘real-time’ setting by the median Bloomberg survey.”
[Luciani et al, 2015]
“We make real-time factor model forecasts for real GDP growth [and inflation]…we construct factor model forecasts using real-time panels of data consisting of almost 2000 series…The paper then examines the marginal impact of each of the 21 release blocks on predictions for real GDP growth the CPI inflation.
We found that, for some horizons, the factor model achieved forecast accuracy comparable to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for real GDP growth…Analyzing the marginal value of 21 different data releases revealed that surveys of business opinion – the QSBO and the NBBO – were important determinants of how the factor model predictions, and the uncertainty around those predictions, evolves through each quarter. The importance of the surveys of business opinion to forecasting in New Zealand appears not only due to their timeliness, but also to the underlying quality of the data.”
“We produce predictions of Norwegian GDP. To this end, we estimate a Bayesian dynamic factor model on a panel of fourteen variables (all followed closely by market operators) ranging from 1990 to 2011. By means of a pseudo real-time exercise, we show that the Bayesian dynamic factor model performs well both in terms of point forecast and in terms of density forecasts. Results indicate that our model outperforms standard univariate benchmark models, that it performs as well as the Bloomberg survey, and that it outperforms the predictions published by the Norges Bank in its Monetary Policy Report.
To evaluate the performance of our model, we perform a pseudo real-time out-of-sample exercise. Backcasts, nowcasts, and forecasts are produced according to a recursive scheme, where the first sample starts in January 1990 and ends in December 2005. More specifically, starting from January 2006, we construct real-time vintages by replicating the pattern of data availability implied by the stylized calendar. Every time new data are released, the model updates the backcast, the nowcast, and the forecast of GDP growth rate based only on information actually available at that time; that is, in each quarter, the model produces a sequence of predictions, where the prediction of GDP growth rate is obtained.”
[Luciani and Ricci, 2014]
Bragoli Daniela, Luca Metelli, and Michele Modugno (2014), “The Importance of Updating: Evidence from a Brazilian Nowcasting Model”, Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Federal Reserve Board, 2014-94
Luciani, Matteo, Madhavi Pundit, Arief Ramayandi, and Giovanni Veronese (2015). “Nowcasting Indonesia,” Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-100. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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I heard the sound of freedom in Baghdad's Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled one year ago. It sounds like machine-gun fire.
On Sunday, Iraqi soldiers, trained and controlled by coalition forces, opened fire on a demonstration here. As the protesters returned to their homes in the poor neighbourhood of Sadr City, the US army followed with tanks, helicopters and planes, firing at random on homes, shops, streets, even ambulances. According to local hospitals, 47 people were killed and many more injured. In Najaf, the day was also bloody: 20 demonstrators dead, more than 150 injured.
In Sadr City yesterday, funeral marches passed by US military tanks and the hospitals were overflowing with the injured. By afternoon, clashes had resumed.
Make no mistake: this is not the "civil war" that Washington has been predicting will break out between Sunnis, Shias and Kurds. Rather, it is a war provoked by the US occupation authority and waged by its forces against the growing number of Shia who support Moqtada al-Sadr.
Sadr is the younger, more radical rival of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and portrayed by his supporters as a cross between Ayatollah Khomeini and Che Guevara. He blames the US for attacks on civilians; compares the US occupation chief, Paul Bremer, to Saddam Hussein; aligns himself with Hamas and Hizbullah; and has called for a jihad against the controversial interim constitution. His Iraq might look a lot like Iran.
And it's a message with a market. With Sistani concentrating on lobbying the UN rather than on confronting the US-led occupation, many Shia are turning to the more militant tactics preached by Sadr. Some have joined the Mahdi, his black-clad army, which claims hundreds of thousands of members.
At first, Bremer responded to Sadr's growing strength by ignoring him; now he is attempting to provoke him into all-out battle. The trouble began when he closed down Sadr's newspaper last week, sparking a wave of peaceful demonstrations. On Saturday, Bremer raised the stakes further by sending coalition forces to surround Sadr's house near Najaf and arrest his communications officer.
Predictably, the arrest sparked immediate protests in Baghdad, which the Iraqi army responded to by opening fire and allegedly killing three people. At the end of the day on Sunday, Sadr called on his supporters to stop staging demonstrations and urged them to employ unnamed "other ways" to resist the occupation - a statement many interpreted as a call to arms.
On the surface, this chain of events is mystifying. With the so-called Sunni triangle in flames after the gruesome Falluja attacks, why is Bremer pushing the comparatively calm Shia south into battle?
Here's one possible answer: Washington has given up on its plans to hand over power to an interim Iraqi government on June 30, and is creating the chaos it needs to declare the handover impossible. A continued occupation will be bad news for George Bush on the campaign trail, but not as bad as if the hand-over happens and the country erupts, an increasingly likely scenario given the widespread rejection of the legitimacy of the interim constitution and the US- appointed governing council.
But by sending the new Iraqi army to fire on the people they are supposed to be protecting, Bremer has destroyed what slim hope they had of gaining credibility with an already highly mistrustful population. On Sunday, before storming the unarmed demonstrators, the soldiers could be seen pulling on ski masks, so they would not be recognised in their neighbourhoods later.
The coalition provisional authority is increasingly being compared on the streets to Saddam, who also didn't much like peaceful protests, or critical newspapers.
In an interview yesterday, Iraq's minister of communication, Haider al-Abadi, blasted the act that started the current wave of violence: the closing of Sadr's newspaper, al-Hawzah. Abadi, who is supposedly in charge of media in Iraq, says he was not even informed of the plan. Meanwhile, the man at the centre of it all - Moqtada al-Sadr - is having his hero status amplified by the hour.
On Sunday, all these explosive forces came together when thousands of demonstrators filled Firdos Square. On one side of the plaza, a couple of kids climbed to the top of a building and took a knife to a billboard advertising Iraq's new army. On the other side, US forces pointed tanks at the crowd while a loudspeaker told them that "demonstrations are an important part of democracy but blocking traffic will not be permitted".
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The CDC recommends that you get a flu shot every year, but this year, the pandemic makes getting one even more important!
Getting your flu shot is an important step in being as vigilant as possible in order to avoid what doctors are referencing as a “twindemic” of the flu and COVID-19. If you have questions about whether to get a flu shot this year and how it can help, your AFC Urgent Care Ballantyne team has all the details.
Who Needs to Get a Flu Shot?
The CDC recommends that nearly everyone above the age of 6 months should get a flu shot every year.
Certain groups are at higher risk, which means they should definitely get the flu vaccine—adults over 65 years old, those with underlying illnesses like asthma or heart disease and pregnant women.
Other Ways to Avoid Illness
- Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds.
- Frequently sanitize highly trafficked areas in your home.
- Wear a mask when out in public.
- Remain six feet apart from others outside the home.
- Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
When Should I Get the Flu Shot?
The CDC recommends that you receive your annual flu shot each year by the end of October. This allows your body to build up antibodies against the flu after you’ve received the vaccine, a process that takes around two weeks.
Wondering whether it’s ever “too early” to get your flu shot? Experts recommend waiting until mid-September each year if you’re in a high risk category and until at least September for everyone else.
Benefits of the Flu Shot
- Less likely to contract the flu
- Can save healthcare resources for the care of patients with COVID-19
- Helps protect women during and after pregnancy
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To support our future energy needs the world needs clean, flexible, storable and safe fuels. Hydrogen has all of these characteristics. As a fuel it produces no carbon emissions, only water.
We can use it:
- to blend with (or replace) natural gas for homes, industry and cooking
- for fuel cells to generate electricity to power cars, trucks, buses and trains
- to store energy and generate electricity for mining sites and remote communities
- as an industrial chemical feedstock for products such as ammonia, fertiliser and steel
- to trade clean energy with other countries.
Australia has an abundance of natural resources to make clean hydrogen for our own use and to supply the world.
Our vision is to build a clean, innovative, safe and competitive hydrogen industry that benefits all Australians.
Prioritising hydrogen to reduce emissions
The State of Hydrogen 2021 report provides an update of our progress so far. It shows that Australia is making significant progress on the priority actions in the National Hydrogen Strategy.
Partnering internationally to supply hydrogen
We are setting the foundations for Australia to be a major hydrogen exporter. We are doing this by partnering with other countries to attract investment, build supply chains and advance research and development.
- investing in new hydrogen initiatives with Germany as we explore hydrogen supply chain possibilities. These initiatives include HyGATE, a hydrogen project incubator co-led by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- working to accelerate low emissions technologies with Singapore. This includes maritime and port operations
- supporting exports to Japan through the Australian Clean Hydrogen Trade Program as part of our partnership to decarbonise through technology. We cooperate on hydrogen fuel cells and a world-first clean liquefied hydrogen export pilot project
- strengthening research connections and knowledge exchange through the Hydrogen RD&D International Collaboration Program
- cooperating with the United Kingdom on research and development across low emissions technologies, including clean hydrogen
- collaborating on research into hydrogen supply chains under the Australia–Republic of Korea low and zero emissions technology partnership. Clean hydrogen is a focus of new deals under the partnership
- working with India to drive down the cost of ultra low cost solar and clean hydrogen
- promoting hydrogen safety best practice as a member of the US Center for Hydrogen Safety
- supporting the Special Adviser to the Australian Government on Low Emissions Technology to engage with international partners.
Guarantee of Origin scheme
We are working with industry to design and develop an internationally consistent Guarantee of Origin scheme for Australia.
The scheme will support a future trade in clean hydrogen by informing customers about the:
- emissions associated with the hydrogen they buy
- source and type of technology used in its manufacture.
The trials also draw on our work with the International Partnership on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE). Through the IPHE, we are working with other countries on methods to determine the carbon emissions from hydrogen production.
Creating clean hydrogen industrial hubs in regional Australia
The National Hydrogen Strategy supports the creation of hydrogen hubs. Hubs are regions where hydrogen users, producers and potential exporters are co-located. This lowers infrastructure needs and reduces costs, making the hub model an efficient approach to producing hydrogen at scale and increasing demand.
The Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs program supports industry to develop 7 hubs in regional Australia.
Improving hydrogen regulation
We are reviewing Australia’s regulatory frameworks to better support hydrogen industry development and safety.
This includes working with state and territory governments to:
- review federal, state and territory laws that affect the hydrogen industry
- identify regulatory barriers to hydrogen projects in Australia
- recommend ways to address these barriers, including regulatory reform.
We will consult industry as part of this review. You can also provide feedback on hydrogen regulation by emailing email@example.com.
Helping Australians understand hydrogen
We are looking at ways to improve community awareness of hydrogen.
This will help Australians understand:
- the benefits and risks of hydrogen
- how to use hydrogen safely
- the benefits of a strong Australian hydrogen industry, including economic opportunities and lower carbon emissions.
Progressing the hydrogen industry
We are also:
- completing a National Hydrogen Infrastructure Assessment
- reviewing national gas laws and considering the economics of using hydrogen in gas networks
- providing support for hydrogen pilots, trials and demonstrations
- working with CSIRO to support the Australian Hydrogen Researcher Network (AHRN) and collaboration on hydrogen R&D, including the HyResearch website
- mapping future hydrogen workforce needs.
Connect with us
Subscribe to Australian hydrogen news
- State of Hydrogen 2021 reports on Australia’s hydrogen industry and compares it to the rest of the world
- Discover hydrogen projects around Australia with CSIRO’s HyResource website
- Explore the latest hydrogen research on the CSIRO’s HyResearch website
- Read reports that informed development of the National Hydrogen Strategy
- Search hydrogen production regions in Australia using Geoscience Australia’s interactive tool (for best results use Chrome or Firefox)
- Watch videos about Australia’s hydrogen potential and developing our hydrogen strategy
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How does a parent handle the death of a loved one, when talking with children? On more than one occasion, apparently to soften the sting of death’s cruel intrusion, parents sometimes say, “your grandma has gone to heaven to be an angel with the Lord.”
To make a child feel better by telling them that the dead transition from this life to a new assignment as an angel seems like a good idea. What parent does not want to comfort and reassure their offspring? But, is it true that humans who die go to heaven to be angels?
Scripture describes two types of angels, only. In Genesis we learn of cherubim (plural for cherub), armed with a flaming sword, stationed by God near the tree of life (Genesis 3). The Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 6) acquaints us with another type of angel, seraphim (plural for seraph). Whereas cherubim have two wings, the seraphim are said to have six.
There is one other supposed classification of angels that has been mistakenly identified—archangels. Tradition has even provided names for three archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Of the three, God’s Word calls only Michael an archangel. The term is never applied to any other. The myth of multiple archangels is erroneous on at least two levels.
The word archangel comes from the combination of two Greek words: ark, which means first in political rank or power, a prince or ruler and “angelos” which means messenger. So rather than being a type of angel, archangel is a title given to Michael, who is not merely another angel. He is the prince or commander of the angels. Jude 9 presents Michael, the archangel, contending with the devil for the body of Moses. The only other reference to him is in the narrative of Christ’s Second Coming, when the Lord descends with a shout and “the voice of the archangel.”
Amazingly, not all angels serve God. Revelation 12 tells of conflict in heaven. Two-thirds of the angels remained loyal to God, while one-third united with Lucifer in rebellion. So, angels may be righteous or wicked.
Angels are supernatural beings, created by God. Even Lucifer, who would later become the devil, owes his existence to God (Ezekiel 28). The word, angel, translates as messenger or envoy, someone sent by God to carry out His purposes. Among their many functions, angels declared God’s edicts (Genesis 22), proclaimed special events (Genesis 16), protected God’s people (Exodus 14), and administered Divine justice (Psalm 35).
Angels also played an important role in the earthly ministry of Jesus. It was the angel, Gabriel (never referred to as an archangel in the Bible), who informed Mary of her miraculous conception. The shepherds learned of the birth of Christ from angels. And, following His wilderness temptations, angels ministered to Jesus.
We know, too, that angels are powerful creatures, who: excel in strength (Psalm 103), are mighty (2 Thessalonians 1) and are great in power and might (2 Peter 2). So awesome in power are angels that in 2 Kings 19, during Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem, a single angel broke the back of the assault by killing 185,000 Assyrians in a single night. Indeed, Jesus believed in the power of the angels, telling His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, “Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and He will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:52).
Although information is limited, a key understanding of angels can be found in Psalm 8:5, “What is man that You are mindful of him… For You have made him a little lower than the angels.”
The Psalmist helps us to understand that angels are not humans, promoted to angelic positions after death. Angels are created as angels. Humanity is not progressing toward angelic status. And, as reiterated in Hebrews 2, we are made lower than the angels. Nonetheless, we are special in God’s sight.
God created all angels and humans. And, not once does the Bible suggest the prospects of humanity dying, only to be elevated to new positions as angels. When a loved one dies, his or her body returns to the dust of the ground and their breath returns to God. Then, depending on the nature of their relationship with the Lord, they await either the resurrection of the righteous or the resurrection of the unrighteous.
The play of life has one final act, when the Lord Himself shall descend with a shout, the voice of the archangel and the trump of God. And, the dead in Christ shall rise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16). That is also when the change promised by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 shall take place, when mortality shall become immortality and corruptible shall become incorruptible.
Comfort and encouragement for children and adults can be found in God’s Word. No need to create fairy tales about humans becoming angels. Solace can be found in knowing that when Jesus comes again, we shall join Him and our loved ones, who died in Him. And, we will be together forever, never having to say goodbye, again. | <urn:uuid:8abdf1f3-2a17-41d8-8d9d-6576c9a3df45> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.messagemagazine.com/grow-your-faith/myth-busters/grandmas-no-angel-the-truth-about-angels-is-actually-comforting/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.939673 | 1,133 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The NUTMEG tree is a native of the Banda Islands, a cluster of small volcanic islands historically known as the Spice Islands and now part of the province of Molucca in Indonesia. Nutmeg isn't really a nut, but the kernel of an apricot-like fruit. It has a sweet, pungent aroma.
NUTMEG is used in cooking as a freshly grated topping. It is wonderful on fruit, oatmeal, whipped cream, and green vegetables, notably brussels sprouts and spinach. It is also wonderful as an addition to a pasta sauce, or in baking.
We recommend that you buy whole Nutmeg, as it contains a lot of volatile oils which are lost when ground. Whole nutmegs will last up to 3 years when stored correctly (in an airtight container). | <urn:uuid:2cbafc82-4dd1-42ce-89ee-4dfad02d9733> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thespicetrader.ca/products/nutmeg?_pos=1&_sid=b84859111&_ss=r | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.946637 | 195 | 2.4375 | 2 |
10 Most Beautiful Villages in India: Usually, whenever it comes to traveling, we first come to the popular tourist spots of the country and abroad. We all want to roam here. But do you know that there are some beautiful villages in the country, where nature has given its own separate rain. There are such beautiful views here, which will fascinate anyone. If you say that in front of the beauty of these villages, you will forget big tourist spots. Let’s know about these villages.
Here are a few names of 10 beautiful villages in India, which are worth visiting this year.
Mawlynnong Village, Meghalaya
Mawlynnong village in Shillong’s capital, Meghalaya, has already been included in Asia’s cleanest village. The cleanliness here outperforms the city. At the same time, the natural views here can make anyone crazy. Therefore, one must also come here once in life.
Malana, Himachal Pradesh
Malana is another village in Himachal Pradesh. The beauty of this village also fails the best tourist. The beauty of this village is its snowy peaks, which remain covered with snow for years. It is also very pleasant to see in itself.
Gunneh Village, Himachal Pradesh
By the way, the entire Himachal Pradesh is full of beautiful treasures. Natural beauty is seen in every corner. But if we talk about the village here, then there should be Gunneh in the lap of the Himalayas. There is a lot of beauty in Kayanat here. Tourists can visit places like Monastery, China Pass, Barot Valley, Village Walk.
If you are looking for a quick Naga village experience, Khonoma, some 20 km from Kohima, is the place to visit. While the road to reach the village might not be in the best of condition, the scenic beauty of the deep valleys surrounded by a thick forest cover definitely makes for it. With a population of as little as 3,000 people, many call it the greenest village of India.
Kasol, Himachal Pardesh
The place features a beach park this green little getaway is a favorite among youngsters for reasons more than one. Settled between thick forests, this quaint little village is one of the most cost-effective quick getaways.
Gokarna village, Karnataka
Near the crazy town of Goa, but still distant from the hustle-bustle of it, Gokarna may be a peaceful village that houses the first image of Lord Shiva’s lingam. The place sees tons of pilgrims due to an equivalent but has developed as a tourist attraction over the years.
Lachen Village, Sikkim
Located at an elevation of 2,750 meters, this village in Sikkim offers everything from lakes to trekking trails to monasteries.
This little village, 40 km far away from the sunny coastal village of Gokarna, is hidden away within the forests and in it lies a secret. A passage through the overhanging rocks results in a cave (a symbol for the self-manifested Shiva Lingam) with an idol of the goddess Parvati inside.
Valparai, Tamil Nadu
The approach to Valparai is one of the most enjoyable and raising experiences you will ever have. Rich wildlife, tribe spotting, neverending tea estates, silver waterfalls, and soulful hikes – Valparai promises to satisfy all kinds of travellers.
Khimsar is a tiny hamlet in the center of Rajasthan. Nestled in the Thar Desert, the environs add on the aesthetics of this beautiful village. There are desert safaris, and camel rides that one can enjoy on their trip to this village.
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The e-Government component of the Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance Project (LICT) implemented by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) has been responsible for:
Building shared infrastructure for IT hosting
Bangladesh Computer Council is managing the only Tier 3-certified data centre in the country, providing application and database hosting services for government agencies, together with 24x7 support provided through an online helpdesk, telephone or e-mail.
Around 200 government entities have been using the BCC data centre to host their websites; 60 of them have their email services managed by the BCC. The centre has also been hosting multiple web applications, such as the online Birth and Death Registration System.
Any government agency or constitutional body of Bangladesh can host their applications, databases and websites on BCC infrastructure. Clients who decide to make use of the National Data Centre have full access to their applications or databases and remain responsible for their development and administration. At the same time, hosting data on BBC premises brings multiple advantages:
Additionally, BCC is launching a government Certification Authority (CA), providing public key infrastructure (PKI) for ministries and government agencies. A common government certification authority will ensure that government applications that use encryption are singed with a trusted key and are no longer required to use certification services provided by private for-profit companies. That should result in more secure web applications and more efficient management of government IT resources.
Hosting your applications at the National Data Centre
Any government agency can contact the BCC to arrange hosting their applications and databases at the National Data Centre. There is currently no charge for Application hosting. A memorandum of understanding with service level agreement (SLA) will have to be signed. For more information, contact:
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Creating shared IT governance policies, standards and structures
BCC has been leading the development of the National Enterprise Architecture, including the e-Government Interoperability Framework, setting the standards for data management and data exchange between different e-government applications. More information on National Enterprise Architecture can be found on the website: nea.bcc.gov.bd.
Capacity building on e-Government skills
Up to date, BCC has provided training to hundreds of around 250 government officers, who completed courses in Bangladesh, Singapore and India. In particular BCC cybersecurity-trained and certified staff regularly train officials from other government agencies, strengthening good practices in the area of information security. Among other qualifications, BCC staff have completed training on National Enterprise Architecture, e-Governance, implementation of ISO-27001 and ISO-20000, ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. The have also been actively participating in the Asia Pacific Regional Forum on e-Government, Smart Cities and Digital Societies for Sustainable Development.
Thanks to 800-node videoconferencing network maintained by the Council, training can also be provided remotely. Tailor-made courses can thus be delivered to staff based in districts and sub-districts of Bangladesh, without requiring them to travel to Dhaka. Finally, a new state-of-the art computer lab will be inaugurated on December 15 by the ICT Adviser to the Prime Minister.
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Hair is definitely anther part of a fashion illustration that can affect the entire mood and the story you want to tell. So far I have been keeping the hair drawing very simple but I am eager to practice and improve in this area as it is one of my weak spots.
Hairstyle is a very important part of the figure and choosing the right hairstyle can completely transform face and even convey character, style and social class. For example if you take the same face and add different hairstyles to it, the face will take on different characteristics. It may appear younger, more glamourous or professional.
The best way to draw hair is to first sketch a simple shape of the hairstyle just outlining the edges. After that you add some shape and layers to the hair and then at the end add details such as fine lines and some hair flying over the edges, darker spots in the partings and so on.
Try sketching a hairstyle using an HB pencil first and then when you get a grasp on that move on to practice drawing hair in color and different media. Draw closer lines on the areas where hair is full or tied up.
Exercise Tip: Take a fashion magazine and find hairstyles that you like. Use tracing paper to trace them and fill in the silhouette with pencil.
Drawing Straight Hair
It can be easily drawn using straight line and drawing the edges of the hair shape first. The hairline starts 1/4 of the distance down from the top of the head.
Drawing Curly Hair
When drawing curls start with a basic shape as well and fill it out.
Just try to think of hair as a combination of simple shapes. Each shape should have highlights, mid-tones and shadows to make it look 3-dimensional. Different line quantities can convey a variety of hair types and styles.
When it comes to coloring hair I use the same principle as for any other part. Pick 3 shades-light,medium and dark that are in the same color range. Start with light color covering the entire surface, then add medium shade everywhere else except highlights. And then use the dark color for parts that are away from the light source, like hair against the face or layers underneath. I also like to use a Prismacolor Pencil to draw some individual strands and make it a bit more realistic.
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A method has been developed for the determination of 23 elements in marine plankton in which inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source mass spectrometry (MS) was used to quantify the elements in the solution after digestion in a mixture of hydrofluoric and nitric acids in sealed PTFE vessels in a microwave field. The procedure was validated by the analysis of a standard reference soil (SRM 2709 San Joaquin Soil) and a standard reference fresh water plankton (CRM 414). The method was applied to the analysis of several marine plankton samples grown under controlled conditions including several whose growth media had been enriched with selenium. Matrix induced signal suppressions and instrumental drift were corrected by internal standardization. The suitabilities of germanium, indium, rhodium, scandium and yttrium as internal standard elements were evaluated. Neither scandium nor yttrium could be used due to the presence of these el elements in the samples, germanium was used for the determination of As, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Se, Si and Zn, indium was used for Al, Ba, Ca, Eu, Sr, and Tl, and rhodium was used for Cd, Cr, Hg, Mg, Pb, Sb, Sn, and V. For Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Si, Sr, V, and Zn internal standardization did not completely compensate for the suppressive effect of the heavier elements and the solutions were diluted. However, for As, Ba, Cd, Co, Eu, HE, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn and T1, it was possible to obtain accurate results despite the 35-40% suppression in the signals. Isobaric overlap was only a problem in the cases of Ca-42 and Se-78; Ca-44 and Se-77, respectively, were used. Memory effects were only observed with Hg for which a nitric acid-sodium chloride solution was the most effective wash-out solution. The marine plankton samples were able to tolerate a higher concentration of Hg as the selenium concentration increased. | <urn:uuid:69342ff7-9949-4aa2-8f69-22f9dd5f4329> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/yayin/7e7eee90-5da9-4761-9e24-5af418aa7f16/determination-of-trace-elements-in-marine-plankton-by-inductively-coupled-plasma-mass-spectrometry-icp-ms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.966289 | 456 | 2.09375 | 2 |
2016 № 3 Provision of medical rehabilitation care for the population of Russian Federation on an outpatient basis
Annotation. Demographic changes in the direction of increasing of older age groups in the population structure, chronicity diseases, disability height, high premature mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases and due to this enormous economic damage to the national economy of the country pose the problem of organizing measures of effective medical rehabilitation of patients to the category modern Russian health priority issues. The results of analysis of medical institutions and professionals activities, that provide assistance for medical rehabilitation in outpatient settings, indicate that there is a low level of cabinets and experts providing assistance on medical rehabilitation in Russia. The low number of visits to the professionals of all profiles in combination with a high coefficient of combining and low understaffing, indicates lack of sending patients for this type of restorative treatment, that is unfairly against a background of increased morbidity, especially chronic and disabling forms of diseases. This, in turn, shows the lack of organizational and legal forms of regulating the flow of patients from the active treatment to the rehabilitation, that leads to the dissatisfaction of the population need for this type of care. The structural analysis of the situation and identify unsolved problems so far give us basis for looking for priority actions for the development of provided medical rehabilitation on an outpatient basis – a necessary condition for the implementation of medical and social functions of the state to preserve and strengthen health of the population. | <urn:uuid:47e2abd5-7a43-494a-9b0a-e1598261ed94> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.idmz.ru/journals/manager-of-health-care/tags/provision-with-doctors-for-medical-rehabilitation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.913884 | 289 | 1.96875 | 2 |
When you find the toothpaste in the refrigerator. When you lie awake at 5AM. When the meditation bell rings and you realize you just spent 30 minutes grocery shopping. When your mind goes round and round in circles to the rhythm of whatever rimes with anxiety. Say hello to monkey mind.
Migrating from Buddhist teachings, the concept of monkey mind has today found its way into modern yoga vocabulary. In the popular understanding, monkey mind refers to the incessant, repetitive chatter of your mind, especially (but not exlusively) during meditaton. I´ll leave the Buddhist history of the concept to the scholars. My business here is to reflect on popularity of this metaphor as a cultural phenomenon in modern spiritual practice. As the use of “monkey mind” is beginning to enter colloquial language in yoga studios, meditation circles and even corporate environments across the western world my question, is what does this metaphor do for us? And what can we do with it?
Most of us are conditioned to experience our encounter with monkey mind as quite irritating. It is painful to experience a hyperactive mind. It is painful to be unable to stop. Adding to this is cultural conditioning. Modern yogis live in a world that is increasingly intolerant to waste of time, fuckups, unproductiveness, daydreaming and irrational behavior. We are expected to be focused, efficient, present, goal oriented and above all: In control.
The concept “Monkey Mind” seems to be doing some work here; externalizing that in us, which do not have “spiritual table manners”. Monkey mind is a concept that helps us distance ourselves from the things we are not proud of. It creates a comfortable split between “me” and that part of me which is hard to own. Here is an example: When our thinking mind has a brilliant thought, we say: That was me! When it has a random, superfluous, repetitive, embarrassing thought, we say: That was monkey mind. (I´m paraphrasing a dharma talk by zen master Genpo Roshi, go here to hear it live). Consequently, modern yoga and meditation practice easily slips into a domestication project: “Taming the monkey mind”. Disciplining that in us that does not comply to the cultural norm. Show that unruly beast in your head that you mean business!
Show who? Who is the real monkey here? You or your thinking mind? Let´s face it. Without our ability to think, we naked apes would not have lasted a minute in the evolutionary history of planet earth. No way we could have pulled off civilization without creative and wild thinking. Without the human mind´s ability to gnaw incessantly at a problem until it’s solved, we would still be living in trees.
So why is it that once we start doing yoga and meditation we suddenly see the thinking process as “not me”, something we need to tame and control, something we need to distance ourselves from. Maybe we have been taught to split our heads in two so we can maintain an illusion of control. Maybe we just can´t bear life in our own skin, maybe the pain is just too much to bear. I have no idea. I do, however have a feeling that separation, domestication and control is not going to deliver the permanent peace that yoga so boldly promisess. On the contrary it may be pushing us further into suffering.
My best guess is that if you really do have a monkey in your head, it is likely to behave like any other wild animal. It does not purr and cuddle when met with insensitivity and domination. If yoga and meditation becomes a project of externalizing or demanding docility and obedience from your mind, don´t be surprised if it gets up at 5 in the morning to slap you around while it can. In bed, on the yoga mat, in meditation, when bored, when anxious. Any chance it gets, your monkey will fight for free expression. And we fight back. Sometimes we become loud and irritable “schhhh!. Sometimes we do it with soft bells, smiley voice, endless patience and a hidden agenda of slowly and silently strangeling the monkey in our heads by teaching it how to sit still and be quiet. I´m imagining that to the monkey mind, both strategies feel like a cage, one slightly more manipulative than the other, yet still a cage.
When monkeys feel entrapped and need a way out they can keep a pace and intensity that will drive any human insane! Monkeys are strong, agile and incredibly fast. But that temporary calm of your inner monkey can be a deceptive form of compliance. When the bell rings, when you are trying to go to sleep, when somebody pushes your buttons, monkey mind will take the opportunity to drag you by the heels into your darkest, deepest shadow and have its way with you. Oh that battle ground of Man against monkey mind. Mind against itself. An auto-immune response to spiritual self-improvement. Fighting Monkey Mind is a battle you can’t win.
Unless, of course, you are willing to loose.
Very few people have taught the art of completely loosing it. It’s a bold move to give up and leave the battle ground. It takes tremendous trust. I met only two teachers who extend this invitation to me – and really meant it. One, Genpo Roshi, teaches zen, the other, Godfrey Devereux, teaches yoga. In their respective approaches we find some interesting ideas of how to relate with the the monkey mind metaphor in new and productive ways. Both seem to have left the battleground of a split mind at war with itself to step onto a path of becoming intimate with that which we tend to externalize or push away as “not me”.
In zen (Genpo style) Losing it means allowing the splitting mechanism in our head to break down by becoming one with whatever happens. In relation to the problem of monkey mind, this could be done in many ways. If for example you are sitting, sit as monkey mind. Become one with the unruly thinking process. Let me just stress, sitting as is not the same as sitting with monkey mind. Sitting with is akin to witnessing or observing the mind. This is just another split. The observer and the observed. A trip to the zoo.
Sitting as monkey mind is different. It means no separation. No bars between you and the beast in your head. Enter the cage. Become monkey mind. In this version of zen practice it is just a matter of letting go and relaxing into that which is happening here and now. Genpo says:
“There is no barrier to begin with, nor a window to go through. The other shore does not exist. If this shore is not enough, it’s too bad”
(Genpo Roshi, 1994)
You already are monkey mind. Becoming one with it it not going to another shore, its staying here and becoming intimate with what we are. If we are full of confused, repetivite, imaginary chatter that is what we need to become one with. So here we encounter an approach of leavning the domestication project and unleashing the wild thinking process with no agenda of control. Becoming monkey mind means getting intimate with thinking. Honoring and empowering the mind to do its job and become one with thinking (if that´s what is happening at that moment, could be sensation, sound, emotion, action, anything). If 40 minutes of planning in seated meditation is what is going on, let it. You are still sitting. If reconstructed memory, imaginary scenarios, or incessant, insane, repetitive commentary is happening then allow it to run amok. You are already here sitting. There is nowhere else to be than where you are now. This is it. You have always already arrived where you should be. Whatever arises, the zen path of intimacy is to become one with it. Allowing yourself the freedom of having no agenda for what goes through your head. Even the agenda of having no agenda is unneccessary.
In yoga (Godfrey style) the practice of intimacy is primarily a somatic one. Similar to the zen approach yoga does not begin with splitting the observing subject (mind) and the observed object (body). The path of intimacy in yoga encourages an immersion into activities that are already expressing the unity underlying our ideas of body/mind. Feeling sensation is one such process. Feeling is not the same as observing, labelling, naming, verbalizing or visualizing what is going on in the body. Feeling has no split. It is an invitation to intimacy, to become one with. No bars.
Where was your mind when you were fully engaged in that first kiss from your first love? Doing its job: Enjoying it! Relaxing into the delight, completely gone in kissing. (If it was a really good kiss – that is). For yoga posture practice we could call Godfrey´s strategy: Give the monkey a banana. One implication is practicing pain-free movement. No intense, acey or sharp sensations, no alarm bells ringing in your joints. Yoga posture practice should feel soft and delicious like a good kiss.When your joints are not in any immediate threat or danger the mind does not have to think and work out ways to stop the threat or prevent injury. Neither does it have to disocciate into a dream land far away from the painful sensations that sometimes are our bodies. Hence it can relax into feeling whatever sensations arise (if you take ahimsa seriously and practice in a way that does not harm your joints) perhaps also enjoying the more and more subtle , elusive, soft sensations. In time we can perhaps practice intimcy with whatever sensations arise, even the ones that are not comfortable. Emotional pain such as fear, anger or grief often have a rythmic sensation-complex to them that can be felt deeply and appreciated for being what they are. But in yoga posture practice, the Godfrey-strategy would be to allow soft delight to draw us in and internalize the mind until we completely lose the battle of distinctions and splits and become one with sensation. Feeling sensations invites a becoming one with, simply because there is nowhere else we would rather like to be than here feeling the sensations that are our body at this moment in time.
So does that solve the monkey mind problem? Godfrey says:
“It doesn’t mean that the monkey mind runs away. The monkey mind is still there. Having its fun while disturbing no one. Because there is no one there to be disturbed”
(Godfrey Devereux, recorded teaching).
So similar to the “becoming one with” approach of zen, this approach to yoga invites us to feel sensation so intimately that the one who experiences disturbing thoughs dissolves into that which is experienced. From that place it doesn´t matter what that monkey supposedley living in your head is up to. You are the tingling in your fingertips, the delight of your breath, the throbbing of pulses, the spaciousness, tightness, hardness, softness, flow, warmth, coolness, rhythm, sound, thinking.
So in both approaches, as i understand them, monkey mind is not neccessarily a problem in itself. Our relationship to this concept of someone thinking crazy thoughts inside our head is what makes us suffer. If we do buy into the idea that there is a monkey in our minds then it seems the best thing we can do is become intimate with it. Turning away from it, fighting it, training it, taming it, domesticating it is a declaration of a war you can´t win anyway. Any fight with your mind is only a fight within your mind. (This includes the battle against your own tendency to fight with your mind btw!). The path of intimacy allows you to give up, loose that battle and win something much more satisfying.
When not under attack, monkeys can be quite peaceful creatures. Have you seen a monkey picking its fur or eating? When engaged in something interesting, they just chill out in quiet activity. One of my colleagues once tried to sit still and meditate until the monkey that was sitting in the tree a few meters away had moved. The monkey won. Of course! It was totally relaxed, it had no agenda. It was chilling out as monkey. Not trying to accomplish anything it wasn´t already doing.
The same thing is going on in you when you meditate or practice yoga postures. When you become intimate with what is happening, your mind goes quiet all by itself. No taming, stopping, stilling, cultivating, domesticating necessary. When a wild monkey is left in peace, it feels safe. When it feels safe it relaxes. When nobody needs its presence or activity, a relaxed monkey may actually use the break to get some rest.
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Frequent occurrence of power quality events are the results of deficiencies in the power delivery system. Prudently incorporating and integrating of Smart Grid technology, which encompass varieties of monitoring, communicating, and digital computing technologies, into the power delivery system can provide a clean power to the end-user equipment with minimal disturbances.
By Claude Ziad El-Bayeh and Khaled Alzaareer
Distribution networks (DNs), are generally operated using traditional techniques without any smart or monitoring devices. With the large - scale integration of distributed generation (DG) in the distribution power grids, many new opportunities have been evolved for voltage control. Moreover, due to the flexible operation of DG units, active distribution networks are requested to provide ancillary services by exporting reactive power to the transmission networks. In this regard, applications of smart grid technologies are urgently required for voltage control in DNs to achieve the best services presented by DG units while maintaining safe system operation.
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Necessity and importance of ensuring sustainable, secure, and affordable supply of electricity is undeniable. Power systems around the world are undergoing the continuous shift from centrally dispatched large-scale synchronous generation towards smart grids incorporating intermittent renewable and distributed generation. This change in the generation mix has implications for the whole interconnected system designs, its operational strategies, and the regulatory framework. Though there is no single solution, the smart, responsive grid is undoubtedly the significant proactive investment for the safe energy future. With the increasing number of wind farms integrated at both distribution level as well as transmission levels, they have a unique role to play in future smart grids in maintaining the power continuity and energy balance as part of power quality. This article highlights the capability of modern wind farms to regulate the grid frequency to maintain the energy balance, which is an essential criterion of good power quality in a smart and responsive grid.
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California’s phased implementation of smart inverter functionality addresses power quality issues including issues caused by independent and intermittent renewable energy sources. Recommendations from California’s Smart Inverter Working Group (SIWG) enable smart inverters to improve power quality. Inverters can be harnessed to improve power quality including rapidly changing production caused by clouds moving over solar PV sites. Previously per IEEE 1547, inverters were required to disconnect from the grid when power quality issues arose. Recent changes in IEEE 1547-2018 and the corresponding aligned state interconnection requirements now require smart inverters to sense grid conditions and respond accordingly. Smart inverters can positively impact the utility grid, or at the minimum leave the grid unaffected. Smart inverters are also capable of receiving signals from the utility to support the utility’s distribution system. | <urn:uuid:fc1b697b-e7cf-428c-9e08-3b1ed2dadd75> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://smartgrid.ieee.org/bulletins/june-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.912627 | 599 | 2.5625 | 3 |
“Which yoghurt is better for me”?
I’m going to start answering this by saying that no yoghurts are going to make you ill unless you are lactose intolerant. No yoghurts are truly ‘bad’ and we have to stop thinking like that when it comes to food. I usually eat yoghurt to fill a gap. Sometimes in a smoothie, always aware that it will contribute to my protein intake (especially as a vegetarian). But whatever your goals, if you are tracking your food for weight loss, health or performance, then ideally you should be looking at each meal in the context of your full day of food.
You may have seen on social media that yoghurts are often demonised for being full of rubbish if they are labeled ‘low fat’. I have seen people proclaim that they are full of chemicals when in fact they have added pectin or gelatin to thicken them. Of course there are some yoghurts with added colouring, extra flavouring etc – but these are easily seen in the labelling. So, here are some of the actual facts about yoghurt and how you might integrate this tasty snack into your day.
What Is Yoghurt?
Yoghurt is a food produced by the bacterial fermentation of milk. The milk is first heated so that it does not split into curd and whey during the fermentation process. Once a culture is added, the fermentation process begins and within 6-12 hrs, fermentation occurs and the yoghurt is produced.
Yoghurt is about 80% water but also contains a mix of protein, carbohydrate and fat and a multitude of vitamins and minerals such as B12, calcium, Vitamin C and A and phosphorous amongst others. Different types of yoghurts vary in their balance of macronutrients (protein, carbs/sugars, and fat) and for this reason, it is a good idea to be informed about what the label is actually telling you.
What is Greek Yoghurt
Cava, Prosecco, Champagne…….all “Bubbly” but all made in different places – and if it wasn’t produced in Champagne in France, you can’t call it Champagne. Well, thats the same as Greek Yoghurt.
Made in Greece, Greek yoghurt is strained and a portion of the whey removed. This results in a thicker consistency, a denser protein content and less sugars and fat. The eastern mediterranean version is ‘Labneh’ (has honey added and it’s bloody gorgeous), the Turkish version is ‘Torba’ and so on. There are many versions which have increased in popularity in recent years. As ‘clean eating’ has come into fashion, these yoghurts have proved popular with little to no added ingredients, higher protein content and reduced fat and carbohydrate amounts. .
Greek Style Yoghurts
Ok, here is where it gets a little fuzzy. Because of EU laws, a yoghurt cannot market itself as ‘Greek Yoghurt’ unless it was made in Greece. However, you may be familiar with ‘Greek Style’ yoghurts claiming to be exactly like Greek yoghurt. Some of these products are made in the same way as Greek yoghurt. They are thick and creamy with higher protein and lower fat and sugar content. But some products simply add a thickening agent to their product. Are you thinking ‘chemical fallout’ ? Yup – thought so! That is probably due to the latest influencer post you have seen on instagram telling you that chemicals and hazards are abound in the dairy industry. But hang on!!!!! Don’t jump to conclusions!
Most thickeners will actually add to the nutrition profile of the yoghurt. Some companies add a little gelatin making the yoghurt more solid (think ‘Rolo Double Layer Chocolate and Toffee’ kind of consistency). There is some evidence to suggest that gelatin ingestion (paired with a good intake of vitamin C) can stimulate collagen synthesis and aid in repair or prevention of injury when given to those undertaking exercise programmes. While the studies involved express a need for further investigation, the results do look promising [2,3]. Imagine, for any of you playing sports, it may be beneficial to have one of those tasty treats with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice as part of your recovery!
Some yoghurts will add pectin (a polysaccharide or sugar acid found in berries and apples) to create a thicker consistency. In terms of nutrition, it adds nothing unless you are looking for food to fuel an upcoming workout. This Glenisk salted caramel yoghurt with some berries and a little granola is my perfect pre training snack!
With all these alternatives, how do we know which to choose? Really, the choice is yours. If you are trying to add more protein into your diet without eating more meat, then a yoghurt higher in protein is ideal. Try going for a Greek yoghurt or a Greek style yoghurt with a higher protein content per 100g of product.
If you are looking for a snack to fuel a session in the gym, then a yoghurt with some protein and lots of sugars is ideal – perhaps try choosing one with fruit in it to add to the variety of sugars you are taking in. Remember, diversity is key when it comes to nutrition and the same is true for fuelling. Your body can utilise more fuel when it comes from different sugars, so make sure to mix it up – think fruit yoghurt and granola.
What About Dieting and the Calorie Content
First and foremost, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Its ok to want to change your body shape! The #selflove movement has taken off. But I’m also very much in favour of the #selflove #butwantmore movement too. Challenging yourself to be a healthier, fitter version of you is totally fine! Don’t let any #selflove guru tell you otherwise. Some of us do need to lose weight in order to be healthier. Having a lower calorie snack to help stay on track is a great strategy and can mean the difference between succeeding with a plan.
Which Strategy Works?
There are 2 trains of thought here. Some people find that texture is the key to feeling satisfied with a snack. I personally find that the runnier the yoghurt, the less satisfied I am with it. I prefer to eat my calories as opposed to drink them. Options like the one below don’t fill me and they don’t leave me feeling satisfied. However, they are a saving grace for others looking to cut down on energy intake whilst feeling like they are having a tasty snack.
With only 49kcal per 100g of product, this yoghurt is very low in calories for the volume of yoghurt. It also has almost 5g of protein/100g with very little fat and sugar. It uses aspartame as a sweetener and pectin as a thickening agent. All in all, it is a tasty product and there are no wild claims that will put me off having one of these once in a while.
Some feel that products with a higher fat content create a feeling of fullness. This can be true for many and it is a completely individual preference. There is no denying that our brains crave that dopamine hit from a mix of sugar and fat but in this era of plentiful food and convenience, there really is no need for very energy dense snacks. We are no longer living in an age where we have to go days without food while the hunter gatherers are out to bring back the spoils.
Why Are We Having This Conversation
We are becoming more and more aware of the foods we eat. That is a good thing! We are more conscious of air miles, use of plastics, false advertising, sneaky marketing and claims that say we are eating ‘better food’. A ‘healthy’ lollipop with added vitamin D is still a lollipop! We have to be more aware of what we need in our own diet and listen less to the marketers that sell us all the wonderful health foods (that may not be so wonderful).
Top Tips For Choosing Products
My favourite Top Tips for choosing a yoghurt are to choose a local product with as few ingredients as possible. Take a look at the ingredients and have a look at the additives. Also have a look at the split between sugars, fats and proteins – you will always see a higher sugar content on yoghurts with fruit in them. This doesn’t mean they are bad for you – it just means that you have to be a little more conscious of your sugar intake throughout the day. What are the worst claims you have heard about health foods? Did they include yoghurt? I would love to open up the conversation on ‘healthy’ food.
- 1. J. Mellentin (2016) 10 key trends in Food. Nutrition & Health 2017, Vol. 22
- 2. G. Shaw et al, (2017). Vitamin C–enriched gelatin supplementation before intermittent activity augments collagen synthesis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jan 105(1): 136-143
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A team of researchers has found a way to gauge the rate of extreme inbreeding (EI) in the U.K. and its possible health repercussions. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their study of data from the U.K. Biobank and what they found.
The researchers began their study by noting that not a lot of research has been done surrounding EI, which they define as reproduction between people that are closely related, such as siblings or aunts or uncles. They note that EI is considered taboo in most societies, and is very often outlawed. This has led to limited information on the topic. To learn more about EI in the U.K., the researchers turned to the U.K. Biobank, which contains information from approximately 450,000 voluntary participants, all of whom have European ancestry.
In sifting through the data in the Biobank, the researchers looked at genetic information, specifically, for large runs of homozygosity—an indicator of close family ties between parents. They report that they found 125 cases of individuals who they believed were the product of inbreeding—a rate of one in 3,652. That number differs significantly from police incest reports, which show a rate of one in 5,247.
The researchers then looked at the health histories of those individuals and compared them with people in society at large. They report that they found that such individuals were at a slightly higher risk of a variety of health effects. They were on average slightly shorter, were less smart, and were less able to reproduce. They also were more likely to have lung function problems and were more likely to contract diseases than the average person.
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Examine, organize, and annotate slide images.
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It’s that time of the year! Colds and flu are common and I hate to say it but spending time with family and friends is the ideal opportunity to pick up viruses. Enjoy your time together but also protect yourself. First, remember to wash your hands, it really decreases your exposure to germs. Next, consider some other preventive measures such as medicinal mushrooms (Ex. Host Defense) and botanicals that can support your immune system. Here is a recipe for elderberry syrup from Mountain Rose Herb Company. I just made it yesterday and it is delicious! You can even put it on pancakes or add it to bubbly water and enjoy. And here is a recipe for fire cider, you can get a batch going now. It is a nice spicy way to ward off an oncoming cold. Of course during the holidays and the winter season we often times exercise less and eat poorly, leaving us more vulnerable to colds. Keep in mind that overdoing the alcohol and sugar can also raise havoc with your immune system. Do your best to take care of your body this holiday season and you will be rewarded with more time to play and enjoy loved ones. Wishing you many blessings during the holidays and in 2017! | <urn:uuid:6be133d4-a3dc-441e-9dc7-46138dff5b63> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://womenshealthandhealing.net/2016/12/20/happly-holidays/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.973604 | 248 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 is electric kettle that can hold up to 1.7 liters of water. It has 1500 watt power supply.
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 brings water to boil pretty fast. Minimum capacity of water (0.5 liters) takes less than 2 minutes to heat up whereas maximum capacity (1.7 liters) takes 5-7 minutes.
With that being said majority of modern electric kettles have 1500 watt power supply so they heat up water in roughly same amount of time. Pohl Schmitt KE-100 works just fine which is what matters the most for a budget priced kettle.
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 electric kettle is mostly made from borosilicate glass and stainless steel. It’s not compltely plastic free as it’s usually the case with electric kettles at this price point. There is a small plastic part in the lid and even thought water doesn’t touch it directly the steam will.
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 has auto-shutoff and boil-dry protection safety features.
The bottom of glass pot as well the ring on the metal body illuminates in blue color when electric kettle is turned on (when it heats water).
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 performs about the same as other kettles at this price but looks better than most.
Pohl Schmitt KE-100 1.7L Electric Kettle Specifications:
- Power: 1500W
- Max. capacity: 1.7 liters
- Borosilicate glass pot: ✓
- Stainless steel housing: ✓
- Water-level indicator window: ✓
- Different temperature settings: ✘
- Water doesn’t touch plastic: ✓
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Reproduction of a baroque guitar by Dieter Hopf from 1967, this handmade master guitar is an excellent opportunity for guitarists to revive melodies from old times in a stylistically appropriate way.
The Hopf family has been making instruments since 1669. Since that time this tradition has been passed on from generation to generation until today. Today Hopf is one of the leading manufacturers of guitars in Germany. Many guitar builders learned with Hopf and later opened their own workshops.
Currently the company is managed by Dieter Hopf. Dieter Hopf is an outstanding guitar maker and enjoys a very good reputation worldwide.
He has contributed much to the development of the concert guitar through various advancements and patents.
Well-known guitarists who played and still play Dieter Hopf’s instruments are Baden Powell, Alexandre Lagoya, Michael Tröster, Joana as well as Joe Sander of Johnny Cash Experience.
The label of this baroque guitar in Latin language means translated:
“Outstanding art produced at the Hopf workshop in 1967”
This guitar was built in the style of the Voboam guitars from Paris.
The top of this Dieter Hopf is made of spruce, back and sides of maple. The frets are adjustable. The tuning pegs are made of wood.
The guitar is in very good condition for its age. There are some signs of use and play and a small crack repair.
The sound is clear and sweet. Despite the small body the guitar has a great volume. One feels immediately carried away by the sound of the guitar into a different epoch.
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Aromatherapy Massage - Relaxation Techniques Using Essential Oils
Aromatherapy massage is a really distinctive type of massage that incorporates the use of specific, aromatic, natural essential oils to a massage treatment. The massage usually involves alternating between hard and soft pressure with a distinctive combination of aromatic, natural essential oils used. Aromatherapy massage therapy promotes relaxation and stimulates the senses. This treatment is highly popular particularly for stress and strain relief.
Many people suffer from chronic pain or trauma due to overexertion, stress, aging, or other disorders. Through massage therapy the practitioner applies soothing pressure on the muscles, joints, and connective tissues in the complete body to release muscle tension and reduce pain. This promotes relaxation, improves circulation, and promotes overall health by providing the body with an chance to heal itself. Aromatherapy massage helps promote a feeling of well-being and comfort, which enables the person to be more active and take on activities of daily living with a lot more ease.
Aromatherapy massage may be used on the painful areas of the body using different essential oils such as lavender, chamomile, and Rosemary. These oils are often combined with carrier oils such as jojoba, rose hip seed, and rice bran oil. A massage therapist will determine what areas of the body using that natural ingredients and which carrier oils will offer the best benefits. Aromatherapy massage is very gentle to offer a soothing, relieving effect that also promotes healing. This therapy provides a natural way of relaxation that promotes healing and relaxation.
Massage therapists also use various types of music in a massage 창원출장안마 therapy session. Music is often an integral element of a massage therapy to help a client to relax and escape any negative ideas. Music is most often chosen by the massage therapists themselves based on the needs of the individual receiving the massage. Some common music selected includes oriental, classical, gospel, as well as country music. The type of music chosen depends upon the individual preferences of the massage therapists.
Aromatherapy massage isn't restricted to the use of massage oil or cream on the skin. An essential oil is often used to provide a calming or energizing sensation on the skin of the person receiving the treatment. Aromatherapy essential oils include eucalyptus, peppermint, geranium, jasmine, lavender, meadow pine, rose, and sandalwood.
There are many health benefits associated with aromatherapy massage therapy. Many of these benefits are not associated with physical pain or distress but our mental and psychological in nature. By way of example, the act of receiving a massage gets the ability to increase one's general sense of wellbeing and comfort. It also has the power to reduce one's stress level and increase one's overall mental awareness. Aromatherapy provides a very relaxing and fun experience.
Massage therapy is a very natural form of health care that does not require the ingestion of any medicines, drugs, or surgical procedures. Aromatherapy massage therapists aren't allowed to give a person's medication to help them with their illness if it's contrary to the express wishes of the patient. Aromatherapy massage therapists are also permitted to use essential oils to help their patients. Using essential oils during massage therapy has been practiced for centuries. The key essential oils used are rose, lemon, lavender, peppermint, jasmine, and rose. These essential oils are all natural, safe materials that don't have any ill side effects.
When performed correctly, aromatherapy massage can have the same positive effects that a real massage therapist could have on the skin. The only distinction is the application of the essential oils on the individual's body. The use of these oils will have the effect of relaxation on the person's muscles. When the muscles are relaxed, the massage therapist is able to work deeper into the muscles of the customer. It's essential that the massage therapist knows how much essential oil to apply on the skin in order to have a positive effect on the skin.
Prenatal Massage Therapy - Have Adorable Benefits For Mothers-To-Be
When searching for relief from swollen joints and stiff muscles during pregnancy (which, trust us, is rather a frequent occurrence ), consider massage! There are several reasons you should add massage into your lifestyle, regardless of whether it's a quick foot massage from the trusted partner or a prenatal massage conducted by an expert. The massage provides relief to sore muscles, calm whiplash, improve range of motion, ease colic, etc.. What's more, regular massage sessions strengthen the bond between child and mother, developing a happy, satisfying pregnancy.
Even though there's absolutely no consensus about the benefits of massage during pregnancy, many women swear by it. Along with strengthening the bond between child and mother, massage can also reduce the possibility of jelqing labour and increase the odds of early labour. Pre-term labour occurs when an expectant mother suffers from cervicitis or placenta abruption before she gives birth. While this condition can happen at any moment, more so during the last month of the pregnancy, it's more likely to occur prior to 24 months of conception.
If you experience pain, cramping or other similar symptoms during intercourse, you should see your doctor immediately. Strong or sudden pressure can cause severe discomfort and shouldn't be ignored. In case you've given birth before and are worried about a problem reoccurring, you should ensure that you pay a visit to a massage therapist soon after childbirth. A massage therapist might have the ability to provide you with an effective massage that relieves pain brought on by childbirth.
Even if you've had a successful pregnancy, there is no guarantee that you won't have any one in the future. It's always important to be prepared. Therefore, it's always a good idea to talk to your doctor about miscarriage prevention and any other medical concerns. This can help to stop undesirable stress and anxiety that can affect your pregnancy. If you're already full duration, you should avoid prenatal massage since it will only increase your chances of experiencing miscarriage again.
It's also important that you know about the possible side effects of prenatal massage. Heavy or recurrent pressure can sometimes result in scar tissue formation around the uterus. This is most likely to occur to women with high blood pressure. As a result, you should always consult with your doctor about the possible side effects of prenatal massage. You should also bear in mind that it's been reported that girls who were exposed to massage were at a higher chance of developing hypertension.
It's widely known that stress is well known to have many benefits for women that are pregnant. One of these benefits is helping alleviate muscle spasms associated with morning sickness. However, in case you have a history of miscarriages, miscarriage prevention through massage might not be advocated. There is no direct evidence that massage may actually stop a miscarriage, however there are many benefits of doing this.
The final thing you need to know about prenatal massage is that it can be helpful for preterm babies. The delivery of a preterm infant might be extremely stressful for the mom. Many women report feeling extremely sore and bloated. By doing preterm massage, you can help to alleviate muscle spasms, cramps, and other distress that are associated with preterm delivery.
In general, there are lots of positive advantages related to prenatal massage. Along with having the ability to naturally relieve some of the distress associated with massage has many additional benefits. Women that are pregnant are much more likely to acquire good pregnancy health than girls that are not. By receiving advanced training in massage therapy, you can help to ensure that your body is in optimum physical condition during your pregnancy and pregnancy. | <urn:uuid:b67d26f4-dca0-4e27-8890-3a00cecb00db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://massage9whyttaqjqi.theburnward.com/20-gifts-you-can-give-your-boss-if-they-love-chang-wonchuljangmasaji | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.952794 | 1,591 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Elemental Parasite (3.5e Spell)
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|Level:||Druid 6, Sorcerer/Wizard 7, Warmage 7|
|Components:||V, S, M|
|Casting time:||1 standard action|
|Range:||Medium (100 ft. + 10ft./level)|
|Saving Throw:||Fortitude negates|
|Spell Resistance:||Yes (see below)|
This spell calls into being a tiny creature of elemental power that appears within the selected target and begins burrowing through their body with frenzied hunger. This parasite consumes the host from within and, after killing its first target, immediately leaps to another body to begin the process again. When the spell is first cast, the target(s) of the elemental parasite is allowed a Fortitude save. If successful the target rejects the infestation and suffers no further ill effects from the spell; the spell ends immediately. The same applies to spell resistance – if a target’s spell resistance is not overcome, the target is not affected by the elemental parasite and if any target successfully resists the spell it ends immediately. When a target is infested, he immediately suffers 1d4 points + 1 point per three caster levels of temporary Constitution damage. At the beginning of each round thereafter, the target suffers another 1d4 points of temporary Constitution damage. If killed by this damage, the target’s body is utterly destroyed and only a true resurrection spell can return him to life. On the round following a target’s death, the creature created by the elemental parasite spell attempts to launch itself into a new, randomly selected host within 20 ft. of the original target. The caster has no control over which host the infestation will choose after he selects the initial target. The new host is allowed a Fortitude save, but spell resistance is not effective against infestations once the elemental is already on this plane of existence. If the new target saves successfully, the elemental is immediately returned to its home plane. If the target fails, however, he suffers 1d4 points of temporary Constitution damage immediately and an additional 1d4 points of temporary Constitution damage at the beginning of each round thereafter. If the new target dies from this damage, the elemental parasite will attempt to attack a new host, as detailed above. Targets that are infested may take no action other than movement each round and suffer a –4 circumstance penalty to all skill checks due to the internal destruction taking place. Note that the elemental creatures summoned are not true elementals. This spell continues until its duration expires or a target successfully resists infestation. If a dimensional anchor, lesser planar binding, planar binding or greater planar binding spell is cast on the current target of the parasite, the creature will not be able to switch bodies when the current host dies. Instead, the spell will end and the creature will dissipate harmlessly. The banishment spell will end the effects of the elemental parasite spell immediately if cast upon the parasite’s current host.
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Chalk and talk schools are a thing of the past. The modern era has brought changes in all fields, how can you leave education? New schools, known as international schools, took over. These schools comprise students and staff who come from diverse cultures and teach a curriculum that represents a global perspective.
Are international schools worth it? If you have set the standard of education in school and can afford to put your child there, then that’s for sure! Compared to the monotonous curriculum and teaching materials used in traditional schools, international schools seem to be a breath of fresh air for students in the new era. You can also find top international institutions in Holland via the internet.
The international school offers a good combination of avant-garde education and internationality, building on the necessary cultural foundations. Not just that, even after students have completed their education in international schools, they are recognized and even offered scholarships in universities worldwide.
Finding the right international school for your child can be a long process. Before considering an international school directly, visit their website and check all the details available online.
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Year of Publication: 2001
Main focus on developments after 1996, the role of the Kosovo Liberation Army and the NATO war on Serbia (including documents such as the Rambouillet Text and the UN Security council Resolution of June 1999). But chapter two (pp. 11-19) discusses Albanian schooling in Kosovo, 1992-98, and chapter 19 ‘The limitations of violent intervention’ raises questions about nonviolent alternatives.
A Guide to Civil Resistance
The online version of Vol. 1 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). ICNC is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide.
For more information about ICNC, please see their website.
The online version of Vol. 2 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of The Network for Social Change. The Network for Social Change is a group of individuals providing funding for progressive social change, particularly in the areas of justice, peace and the environment.
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