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Drone Surveying a 250 km Corridor in Western Australia (Picture Gallery)
Geospatial projects don’t get more intense than Survey Group’s eBee RTK drone survey of the Talawana Track road where, aside from the project’s enormous scale and complex logistics, dusty terrain and the threat of bird attacks also had to be overcome. (Read/download the full project story.)
The Talawana Track corridor that Survey Group surveyed for Reward Minerals, measuring 250 km x 400 m. As part of a feasibility study into the possible exploitation of potash on Lake Dissapointment, Reward Minerals was looking to survey this potential access road, demanding a positional accuracy of +/- 10 cm.
Two eBee RTK flights in progress. The survey corridor was divided into 2 km sections, with a ground control point (GCP) recorded at the centre of each and one mapping flight then flown at either side of this point (shown above in eMotion).
Why senseFly drones? “Ease of transport, limited set-up times, all the software, ease of landing and launching, with parts very easy to replace and RTK positioning meaning less time spent setting GCPs”, says Survey Group’s Ben Simpson.
The team used an RTK GPS base station to record a GCP at the centre of each 2 km survey section and to locate the existing road in order to compare vertical heights to the processed eBee heights, for quality control.
50% of the project’s data processing was carried out on-site, using the two PCs on the left, running the drones’ supplied Postflight Terra 3D software.
According to Survey Group’s managing director, Ben Simpson, the return on its drone investments to date has been highly positive: “We have invested approximately $160,000 over the last two years and generated $300,000 in fees,” he reports.
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Talking Drone Training & senseFly’s e-Learning Platform with Andrea Blindenbacher
With the launch of senseFly’s new e-learning platform and dedicated Certified senseFly Operator Program, Waypoint recently sat down with senseFly Global Head of Training Andrea Blindenbacher to learn more about how the new platform and certification course works, where to access it and how senseFly users (and even non-users) can benefit from the various self-guided tutorials... | <urn:uuid:df210bff-4a94-4ac4-9165-51b2bcc18a1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stage.sensefly.com/blog/drone-surveying-a-250-km-corridor-in-western-australia-picture-gallery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.899763 | 559 | 2.15625 | 2 |
CUBA – The Electric Union of Cuba announced a deficit of up to 20% in the energy supply, after three days of relative stability during the day.
The deficit will be 17.9% in prime time, with an availability of 2,502 megawatts (MW) and a maximum demand of 2,950 MW, the state company reported in its usual statement.
Earlier that week the deficient electricity supply began to affect users from 10:42 and was restored at 22:30. The company also reported that eight units out of a total of five thermoelectric power plants in the country are out of service due to breakdowns or maintenance.
In a speech to Parliament, Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged the discomfort among the population over the cuts, which have been intensifying in recent months. He added that those who blame the Government for its handling of the prolonged blackouts “are responding to what the counterrevolution wants.”
The Government affirms that the cuts in supply have been caused by breakages in the plants, the shortage of fuel for generation and scheduled maintenance. Despite the state rhetoric, which affirms that everything possible is being done to avoid blackouts, and the deals with foreign companies to repair thermoelectric plants, the crisis of the Cuban energy system doesn’t seem to have an immediate solution.
A report published collects the testimony of workers of the Cienfuegos thermoelectric plant. Affected by rust and marine microorganisms, the machinery repeats the pattern of other plants in the country: lack of spare parts and lack of adequate maintenance.
In a thermoelectric plant “we work many early morning hours, many Saturdays, Sundays, many carnivals; maintenance is twenty-four hours,” says a 72-year-old technician.
“The units aren’t given the maintenance they need, so each operation becomes more complicated,” another operator admits to the official press. “There’s a lot of instability in parameters; we are working with parameters that aren’t in accordance with the plant system. You have to keep your eyes wide open. One mistake from us and the plant is gone.”
“I left work one morning and arrived home without electricity. I can’t sleep. I’m also suffering,” adds another.
However, the media has no qualms about stating that the Cienfuegos thermoelectric plant is “one of the most stable in the country.”
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Button design guide
Guidelines for creating custom buttons
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The branded Log in with PayPal buttons use the Identity API and offer built-in properties that ensure a consistent design experience. However, you may want to create your own custom Log in with PayPal buttons to better fit the design of your website or app.
The following are PayPal's branded Log in with PayPal buttons:
When creating custom Log in with PayPal buttons, abide by the following design guidelines:
- Recommended labels
- Color and contrast
- Size and shape
- PayPal icon monogram
- Do's and Don'ts
- In context messaging
When you use Log in with PayPal to enable account creation and log in, use either the label
Log in with PayPal or
Continue with PayPal. We recommend these labels because they most accurately reflect the purpose of the button. Depending on the context of your website,
Log in or
Continue might also be good choices.
You can choose the font, font weight, and kerning that fits the style of your website or app. Easy legibility is always important. The smallest size we recommend is 13 pt and Sans-serif typography.
Color and contrast
We recommend button background colors of gray
#EEEEEE and the PayPal accessible blue
To ensure good contrast and legibility, use white font color on dark backgrounds and black font color on light backgrounds. If you decide to use other colors that are more appropriate for your website or app, always choose a combination of colors that fit within accessibility parameters.
For best results always put the button over white or light backgrounds.
Size and shape
Depending on the devices and context of the user action, always use an appropriate size for your button. For example, for mobile apps, always use the button close to the thumb position and be sure it's big enough to be tapped. Keep in mind that larger buttons tend to lead to higher conversion rates.
These are the minimum sizes you can use for padding and margins. If needed, you can scale the size upwards, but you should always try to balance the proportion of all of the elements.
You can use any button shape that works for your app or site, but we recommend the pill-shaped button because its strong association with PayPal will lead to faster recognition by users. A rectangle-shaped button is also available.
PayPal icon monogram
Use the correct PayPal icon from PayPal Logo and Marks. The PayPal icon is available in various sizes for button scaling, but the proportions and typography style must stay consistent with the ones described on the original button.
Use the version of the PayPal icon that matches the color on your button. If you're using a colored button, use the white version. If you're using a white button, use the colored version of the PayPal icon.
Don't use any other icon, an outdated version, or a custom variation. Doing so could give the impression that your app is outdated or untrustworthy.
Do's and Don'ts
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Don't change the aspect ratio of the elements.
Don't change the alignment and the position of the elements within the button.
Don't stretch any of the elements on the button. Elements must always maintain their proportions.
|Although we don't recommend changing the color of the button, you can do that if it results in a more accessible button for your site.||Don't change the background color on the colored version of the button.|
|Although we don't recommend changing the shape, you can customize it to one that makes sense with your site as long as you always maintain the minimum sizes for paddings and margins.|
In context messaging
Including messaging next to your button can add more context and clarity about what's going to happen next and the actions that the button triggers.
Reassure your users that your app doesn't actually see or do any money transactions on their behalf and that it doesn't share anything private without their consent or being notified.
Examples of in context messages
We don’t share your money transaction history.
We'll never transact anything without your permission.
Examples of benefits statements
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Our scientists and engineers have contributed to the development of some innovative armor, missiles and munitions through defense materials testing. EAG has a broad set of expertise and equipment to test, qualify, and analyze electronics. We are approved by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to perform testing according to MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883, and our certifications also include ISO 9001:2015, ISO 17025, DSCC. Our US facilities are ITAR-compliant for defense-related articles and services.
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By Marc Morial
“The reactionary right wing of the Supreme Court showed its true colors this week. Just as Selma’s officers didn’t arrest or charge John Lewis before administering the punishment of their billy clubs, SCOTUS denied Black voters in Alabama a seat in Congress without even hearing arguments. Such extremism is alarming, but it is also a sign that those defending the status quo are in a panic. No one would be fighting this hard to subvert democracy if they didn’t understand that the overwhelming majority of citizens want something else.” — Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits any standard, practice or procedure that results in a “denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.”
An obvious – and common — violation of this law is a gerrymandered political map that splits Black communities among two or more districts so they don’t constitute a majority in any of them – a process known as “cracking” – or that crams Black voters into one district so they can’t influence the outcome in other districts – a process known as “packing.”
Alabama’s newly-drawn congressional map does both. There’s no question the map was gerrymandered to dilute Black voting power. There is no question the map violates Section 2. The United States Supreme Court decided to let Alabama use it anyway.
The Court didn’t even consider the question of whether the map is racially gerrymandered, as a lower court unanimously ruled when it ordered Alabama to redraw it. While the five-justice Supreme Court majority provided no reason for blocking the lower court’s decision, justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote separately that the lower court’s order came too close to the election and could create “chaos.”
There was no way to challenge Alabama’s racially-gerrymandered maps faster than they were challenged in this case, as legal analyst Elie Mystal pointed out. “When Kavanaugh says that the challenge is too close to the election, he means that literally any challenge to any new, racist state districting map cannot be heard until at least one election cycle has taken place under the racist maps.”
Furthermore, the plaintiffs who sued to block the map presented 11 alternative plans that comply with the law. Alabama quickly and easily could adopt any one of them without any “chaos.”
State legislatures redraw Congressional and other legislative districts every 10 years following the decennial Census so that each district has about the same population, as required by the U.S. Constitution. Since 2010, Alabama’s white population shrank from 67% to 63.1%. The Black population is now 27%. But under the gerrymandered plan, Black voters have the power to elect their preferred candidate in only one – 14% – of the state’s seven congressional districts.
As the ACLU pointed out last fall, “the maps pack Black voters into dis- tricts in ways that unfairly limit their political power in a number of districts in Jefferson County, Montgomery, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, while cracking Black communities of interest in Huntsville and Talladega and Calhoun Counties. In majority-minority Jefferson County, where Birmingham is located, the state legislative maps also allow a collective nine districts, all majority white, to cross county lines to change the makeup of the county’s legislative delegation and dilute the power of voters of color.”
In determining whether a legislative map violates Section 2, courts have used the “Gingles test,” established by the Supreme Court’s 1986 decision in Thornburg v. Gingles:
The minority group is “sufficiently large and geographically compact to constitute a majority in a single-member district,”
The minority group is “politically cohesive,” meaning its members tend to vote similarly; and
The “majority votes sufficiently as a bloc to enable it … usually to defeat the minority’s preferred candidate.”
Regarding the first precondition, known as the “compactness” requirement, Justice Elena Kagan wrote, “Alabama’s Black population is heavily “concentrated” in the urban population centers and an area of the State known as the Black Belt .. Because Black voters in Alabama are relatively geographically compact, the plaintiffs argued that the State could have drawn a second congressional district, meeting traditional districting criteria, in which Black Alabamians would constitute a majority.”
Regarding the other preconditions, known together as the “racially polarized voting” requirement, the lower court noted that “there is no serious dispute that Black voters [in Alabama] are ‘politically cohesive,’ nor that the challenged districts’ white majority votes ‘sufficiently as a bloc to usually defeat [Black voters’] preferred candidate[s].’” Recent political campaigns in Alabama, the court said, had included “obvious and overt appeals to race.” Congressman Mo Brooks has repeatedly referred to “a war on whites,” and Senate candidate Roy Moore asserted that the Civil Rights Amendments to the Constitution “completely tried to wreck the form of government that our fore fathers intended.”
The Supreme Court did not overturn the lower court’s order that Alabama redraw its maps, but it put the order on hold and agreed to hear ar- guments in the case next fall.
In doing so, the Court declared their contempt for the constitutional and civil rights of Black Alabamians.
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Dried fruits are added to hundreds of recipes, from cakes and pies to puddings and granola. But are they really that healthy? It depends on whom you ask. For low-carb dieters, dried fruits are a sugar bomb. Nutritionists, on the other hand, emphasize the health benefits of dry fruits and their role in a balanced diet.
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How Healthy Is Dried Fruit?
Raisins, dried figs, banana chips, coconut chips, prunes and other dried fruits are promoted as a natural, healthier alternative to sugary treats. Rich in simple and complex carbs, fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, these savory treats pack a hefty nutritional punch. The downside is that they're high in sugar and calories.
Search for "dried fruit nutrition facts" or "dried fruit calories" online and you'll see that most foods that fall into this category are loaded with carbs. Raisins, for instance, have 493 calories and 131 grams of carbs per packed cup. Grapes, by comparison, provide only 61.6 calories and 15.8 grams of carbs per cup — that's a huge difference. Let's see other examples:
- Prunes — 418 calories and 111 grams of carbs, including 12.4 grams of fiber and 66.3 grams of sugars per cup
- Raw plums — 75.9 calories and 18.8 grams of carbs, including 2.3 grams of fiber and 16.4 grams of sugars per cup
- Dried banana chips — 480 calories and 51.1 grams of carbs, including 6 grams of fiber and 33 grams of sugars per cup
- Raw bananas (sliced) — 133 calories and 34.3 grams of carbs, including 3.9 grams of fiber and 18.3 grams of sugars per cup
- Dried cherries — 533 calories and 129 grams of carbs, including 4 grams of fiber and 107 grams of sugars per cup
- Raw cherries (without pits) — 97 calories and 24.7 grams of carbs, including 3.2 grams of fiber and 19.7 grams of sugars per cup
Dried fruits are smaller than fresh fruits, so it's easy to go overboard and eat too much in one sitting. Additionally, some manufacturers add sugar to dried fruit for extra flavor, which is why you should always check the labels. Otherwise, these foods are packed with nutrients, especially fiber and vitamins. The key is to watch your portions.
Read more: Is Dried Fruit Good for You?
Potential Benefits of Dry Fruits
These energy-dense foods boast a high nutritional value. According to a 2017 review published in the journal Nutrients, dried plums promote bone formation and may improve bone density. Rich in fiber and sorbitol, they act as a natural laxative and can prevent constipation. Researchers also point out that dried plums are an excellent source of vitamin K and potassium as well as phenolic acids that support overall health.
If you're trying to cut back on carbs, swap your go-to snacks for dried coconut chips. One cup has 675 calories, 7.1 grams of protein and 25 grams of carbs — including 17.9 grams of fiber and 7.1 grams of sugar; if you subtract the fiber, you get 7.1 grams of net carbs. These delicious treats also provide 18 percent of the daily recommended intake of iron and 4 percent of the daily recommended allowance of vitamin C.
Read more: The 10 Best Foods to Beat Your Sugar Cravings
As Today's Dietitian notes, dried fruits are packed with flavonoids, polyphenols, carotenoids and other antioxidants. Your body needs these nutrients to fight oxidative stress and offset its harmful effects. A diet rich in antioxidants can prevent and reduce inflammation, boost brainpower, improve immune function and positively impact DNA repair. These natural compounds have been linked to a lower risk of kidney and liver damage, cancer and age-related mental diseases.
Prevent and Manage Diabetes Naturally
Despite their high sugar content, dried fruits may help prevent diabetes and improve its symptoms. In 2017, the journal Nutrients published a surprising review of the benefits of nuts and dried fruits. Researchers have linked dried fruit consumption to improved nutrient intakes, lower body weight and reduced diabetes risk. Certain antioxidants in grapes and other dried fruits may help improve insulin response and protect the pancreas against inflammation and oxidative stress.
One of the studies cited in the review indicated that grape skin extract may help preserve pancreatic function and prevent blood sugar fluctuations. Another study found that date fruit extract may reduce diabetes-related neurophysiological and behavioral changes. Scientists also pointed out that both nuts and dried fruits are rich in quercetin and other polyphenols with anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetes and anti-obesity effects.
Read more: 9 Tips for Dining Out With Type 2 Diabetes
When consumed as part of a balanced diet, dried fruits can protect against metabolic disorders. Just make sure you choose natural varieties, with no added sugar. If you're allergic to sulfites, opt for organic dried fruit. Manufacturers often add these preservatives to dried apricots, dried mango, dried papaya, wine, grapes, maraschino cherries and other foods to increase their shelf life.
Boost Your Immune System
If your immune system needs a boost, add goji berries to your diet. These superfoods are loaded with vitamin A, vitamin C and iron. Plus, they're lower in calories and carbs than other dried fruits. Five tablespoons of goji berries provide:
- 98 calories
- 22 grams of carbs
- 3.6 grams of fiber
- 13 grams of sugars
- 4 grams of protein
- 23 percent of the daily value (DV) for vitamin C
- 150 percent of the DV for vitamin A
- 11 percent of the DV for iron
Vitamin C is known for its immune-boosting properties. This nutrient can enhance your body's natural defenses, protect your skin from oxidative stress and prevent systemic infections. Furthermore, it reduces the oxidative damage induced by environmental pollutants and activates the enzymes that regulate cellular detoxification.
Ward Off Depression and Anxiety
There are plenty of other advantages of eating dry fruits, from having a better mood to younger-looking skin and improved digestion. What you may not know is that these foods can help with anxiety and depression, according to a 2016 study published in the Turkish Journal of Biology. Rats fed goji berries experienced a major reduction in anxiety levels and depressive behaviors. Their learning performance and sleep improved, too.
Although the study was conducted on rats, its findings pave the way for further research. Scientists attribute these benefits to certain polysaccharides in goji berries, which have been shown to reduce anxiety by increasing serotonin or melatonin levels in the brain. These fruits are also rich in beta-carotene, a potent antioxidant that improves memory and relieves anxiety.
Enjoy Better Digestion
Struggling with constipation? Prunes can help. A 2014 review featured in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics indicated that dried plums are more effective at improving stool frequency and consistency than psyllium husk, a bulk-forming laxative.
Dried fruits, especially prunes, are rich in both soluble and insoluble fibers that promote digestive health and keep you regular. Soluble fibers also serve as prebiotics, feeding the good bacteria in your gut. Additionally, sorbitol — a sugar alcohol in prunes — has laxative effects in some people.
Read more: 10 Prebiotic Foods to Add to Your Diet Today
Now that you know the benefits of dry fruits, incorporate them into your diet. Even though these foods contain a lot of sugar, they're healthier than ice cream, candy or milk chocolate. Enjoy them in the morning, after exercise or between meals. Keep your portions small to prevent weight gain and blood sugar spikes.
- SELF Nutrition Data: Raisins
- SELF Nutrition Data: Grapes
- SELF Nutrition Data: Prunes
- SELF Nutrition Data: Raw Plums
- My Food Dairy: Dried Banana Chips
- Nutritionix: Bananas
- Nutritionix: Dried Cherries
- SELF Nutrition Data: Raw Cherries
- MDPI: Dried Plums, Prunes and Bone Health
- SELF Nutrition Data: Coconut Chips
- Today's Dietician: Dried Fruits: Underconsumed but Oh so Nutritious
- MDPI: The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person
- MDPI: Nuts and Dried Fruits: An Update of Their Beneficial Effects on Type 2 Diabetes
- Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy: Sulfite Sensitivity
- Nutrition Value: Dried Goji Berries
- MDPI: Vitamin C and Immune Function
- NCBI: Vitamin C Compound Mixtures Prevent Ozone-Induced Oxidative Damage in Human Keratinocytes as Initial Assessment of Pollution Protection
- Turkish Journal of Biology: Lycium barbarum L. (Goji Berry) Fruits Improve Anxiety, Depression-Like Behaviors, and Learning Performance
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Relative Pay and Labor Supply
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School discipline expert George Bear, Ph.D., explains how discipline policies often allow little room for discretion.
Have you noticed how often we hear baffling news stories about students being suspended or expelled for minor infractions? Two six-year-olds are suspended for pretending their fingers are guns during recess play; a kindergartener is suspended for his “disruptive haircut”; a middle school student is suspended for bringing a butter knife to school to cut a pear.
As a parent, I can easily imagine my more “spontaneous” child starring in a future news story like one of these. Why do schools seem to throw discretion to the wind, doling out harsh penalties for seemingly harmless offences?
To learn more, I talked with George Bear, Ph.D., author of School Discipline and Self-Discipline: A Practical Guide to Promoting Prosocial Student Behavior and a national expert in positive school discipline. He explains that school discipline decisions, in many cases, are less about the misguided judgment of school administrators and more about inflexible school, district, or even state policies. “School administrators, and especially teachers,” says Dr. Bear, “often have their hands tied when it comes to actions they can take in response to a student’s misbehavior.” School staff are frequently beholden to strict “zero tolerance” discipline policies, despite having little or nothing to do with their creation.
Zero Tolerance Policies
“Zero tolerance” school policies proliferated in the 1990s, starting with the “Gun-Free School Act of 1994,” which made federal school funding conditional on each state’s adoption of legislation that would suspend any student found with a gun for at least a year. The philosophy behind zero tolerance was that by applying mandatory discipline—usually in the form of suspension or expulsion—students would be deterred from committing these and more serious offenses. However, reasonable safety policies soon spread beyond weapons to include alcohol and drugs, and then even further to encompass a host of nuisance offenses that occur in schools.
“It is important to distinguish a pervasive and overly harsh zero tolerance approach,” explains Dr. Bear in his recent book, “. . . from more reasonable zero tolerance policies adopted by many schools pertaining to serious behavior problems, especially among older children and adolescents, that may truly harm the safety of others or seriously disrupt learning.” Those behaviors include bringing drugs or weapons to school, inflicting serious bodily injury on another student, or engaging in seriously disruptive behaviors resistant to evidence-based interventions.
Certain zero tolerance policies should be part of a school’s comprehensive discipline approach, Dr. Bear contends, because they can act as a deterrent—as long as students perceive them as fair and reasonable. Furthermore, certain policies—such as the 1994 Gun-Free School Act—are mandated by most, if not all states. However, writes Bear, “Zero tolerance policies and practices become problematic when they pertain to relatively minor acts of misbehavior, such as noncompliance, nonharmful physical aggression (e.g., shoving another), and teasing (not bullying), especially when the circumstances involved are not considered, such as the student’s history of misbehavior and context in which the behavior occurred.”
School Conduct Codes
When it comes to troublesome student behavior, how do schools create and adopt disciplinary codes? And then how do these codes become inflexible and punitive, as headlines so often indicate?
According to Dr. Bear, a small committee—which may include parents, teachers, administrators, and community representatives—is often chosen by the school district to create school codes of conduct. Many of the behaviors (and subsequent consequences) governed by these codes are guided largely by state law. Once in place, a teacher or administrator may face fines or dismissal for not following the established disciplinary procedures.
Dr. Bear provides an example from his home state of Delaware: “This year, my grandson, who is in kindergarten, was sent to the principal’s office for shoving another kindergartener.” The student, a good friend, stood with his arms extended in front of Dr. Bear’s grandson in the cafeteria, blocking his way. “My grandson shoved him, causing no harm. The cafeteria aide on duty sent them both to the office. Fortunately, neither was suspended.”
Under Delaware law, Dr. Bear explains, such behavior falls under the category of “offensive touching,” which is defined as when a student “intentionally touches another person either with a member of his or her body or with any instrument, knowing that the person is thereby likely to cause offense or alarm to such other person.” When such behavior is observed—even among five year olds—it must be reported to the Delaware State Department of Education. If not reported, the teacher faces a $250 fine ($500 for a second offense), and the school faces being identified as a “Persistently Dangerous School” under No Child Left Behind.
Local school districts’ codes of conduct vary in terms of what actions are to be taken in response to Delaware’s “offensive touching” law. “But in the District in which I live,” says Dr. Bear, “‘Detention and/or suspension of 1 to 2 days’ is required (with ‘police notification, when necessary’), as stated in the 95-page Code of Conduct (to be read and signed by every parent). So, I guess our grandson was lucky that he does not attend school in my District, or he could have been suspended and the police might have been notified—instead of a more reasonable phone call home. If he had shoved a teacher, a suspension of 1 to 5 days would have been required.”
Another nonsensical regulation in the District’s code of conduct, Dr. Bear expounds, is that any student in grades 6–12 who cuts class is to be suspended (or serve detention) for one to three days (two to five days if repeated). “So, if you don’t come to class your punishment is that you don’t have to come to class!”
Irrational policies can be found in states and school districts throughout the United States. What we often perceive in the news as absurd practices of zero tolerance, Dr. Bear asserts, are, in reality, often not discretionary on the part of a student’s teacher or even school principal, but instead are practices mandated by a representative committee of the school community and/or by state legislators.
Student and School Success
It is doubtlessly upsetting to both families and children when students are suspended or expelled for minor offenses. Parents and students may fear that the disciplinary action will appear on their permanent record, causing damage to their reputation and hurting their future prospects, whether college or career.
In addition, if we look at this issue from the lens of schools being successful in their mission to educate, graduate, and prepare students, research demonstrates that when kids are not at school, they are falling behind; suspension and expulsion are associated with dropout and involvement with the juvenile justice system, and they disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities. Although sometimes necessary and unavoidable, suspension and expulsion should be a last resort, as they hurt students’ and schools’ chance for success.
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Global PC shipments slipped nearly 7 percent year over year in the final quarter of 2013 to put an exclamation point on a devastating year for PC makers that saw the worldwide market shrink 10 percent compared to 2012, according to Gartner.
The research firm called the free-falling numbers for 2013 the 315.9 million units shipped was about what PC makers moved way back in 2009 the"worst decline in PC market history."
Worldwide PC shipments of 82.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 represented a 6.9 percent drop from the same period in 2012marking a seventh consecutive quarter of declining unit shipments, Gartner noted in a new report out this week.
But Gartner seemed to see some light at the end of the tunnel for a PC industry that since 2008 has been buffeted by an economic recession and new challenges from smaller computing devices like smartphones and tablets. The research firm includes mini-notebooks in its assessment of PC shipment numbers but not "media tablets" like Apple's iPad.
"Although PC shipments continued to decline in the worldwide market in the fourth quarter, we increasingly believe markets, such as the U.S., have bottomed out as the adjustment to the installed base slows," Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa said in a statement(Opens in a new window). "Strong growth in tablets continued to negatively impact PC growth in emerging markets. In emerging markets, the first connected device for consumers is most likely a smartphone, and their first computing device is a tablet. As a result, the adoption of PCs in emerging markets will be slower as consumers skip PCs for tablets."
While PCs continue to play a crucial computing role for many consumers, particularly in advanced markets, the dynamic in emerging markets as described by Kitagawa has to be chilling for computer makers. A comparison might be made to the rise of telecommunications in in poorer countries over the past couple of decades. In many instances, less developed countries skipped over the installation of landline infrastructure to get their telecom coverage up and running, instead moving straight to cellular networks.
Even in a dismal PC marketplace, there were winners. Or, more accurately, one big winner, according to Gartner.
Lenovo became the biggest shipper of PCs in 2013 and was the only top computer maker to positively grow its unit shipments year over year. Gartner pegged Lenovo as shipping 53.3 million PCs last year, up 2.1 percent from 2012 and good for a 16.9 percent and leading share of the global PC market.
In second place was former top dog Hewlett-Packard, which shipped 51.3 million PCs in 2013, down 9.3 percent from the previous year, for a 16.2 percent share of the market. Dell was third with an 11.6 percent share, shipping 36.8 million PCs last year, or 2.2 percent fewer than in 2012.
Below that trio of companies, the drop off in performance becomes really stark. Acer (8.1 percent market share) saw its unit shipments decline a whopping 28.1 percent year over year, from 35.7 million in 2012 to just 25.7 million in 2013. Asus (6.3 percent market share) went from moving 24.3 million PCs in 2012 to just 20.0 million last year.
All other PC makers combined, a huge group of companies making up almost 41 percent of the global PC market, experienced a 10.9 percent drop in global unit shipments in 2013, going from 144.7 million to 128.9 million, according to Gartner.
Meanwhile, no amount of Black Friday and Cyber Monday pot-sweetening could prevent the PC market in the United States from shrinking considerably in the holiday quarter. HP held on to a leading, 26.5 percent share of the U.S. market during the fourth quarter. But the computing giant still experienced a 10.3 year-over-over decline in unit shipments and overall, the U.S. market shrunk 7.5 percent in the final quarter of 2013 as compared with the same period in 2012.
"Holiday sales of technology products were strong in the U.S. market, but consumer spending during the holidays did not come back to PCs as tablets were one of the hottest holiday items," Kitagawa said. "We think that the U.S. PC market has bottomed out. A variety of new form factors, such as hybrid notebooks, drew holiday shoppers' attention, but the market size was very small at the time. Lowering the price point of thin and light products started encouraging the PC replacement and potentially some PC growth in 2014."
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Set a time
Make it the same time every time, so that people book it in as a habit
Set a Frequency
Make it consistent so that’s it’s booked it in as a habit
Select a location
In the office, café or on the phone – make it the same place each time
Publish an agenda
So that the team knows what’s being covered
Start on time
Reward the organised people, train the tardy people to be early
Thank them for making the time
Allow everyone to have ‘their say’ on how they are feeling – 1 minute max. This gets participation and everyone involved.
Each person to talk about what they have done from the previous weeks action list. If they have done them – congratulate them. If they haven’t done them, get them to commit to getting them done and ask “how can I/we support you on getting it done for next week?”
Celebrate the wins
Acknowledge and recognize the achievements
Anything to add to the agenda?
Gives the team the opportunity to add topics they want covered
What’s happening with the business good and bad. Important to get this out of the way early (there can be negatives that need to be addressed) and then end with positives so that the team leave the meeting on a high.
Keep it fun and lively. Get everyone involved. (A great way to get people learning fast is to set them a topic that they need to work on as a teaching topic for them the following meeting or meetings.)
To Do’s for the next meeting
Each person is to list down the things that they will commit to doing before the next meeting.
Share action commitments
Each person reads out their commitments to the group
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New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti, author of a book on drones, writes that a number of bungled drone strikes carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in Yemen led the Yemeni government to issue a temporary ban on drones launched from an American base in Djibouti. JSOC is said to “execute special operations missions worldwide”. It often recruits from the CIA’s Special Activities Division (SAD).
- In Pakistan, the C.I.A. remains in charge of drone operations, and may continue to be long after American troops have left Afghanistan.
- In Jordan, it is the C.I.A. rather than the Pentagon that is running a program to arm and train Syrian rebels.
- Despite Yemen’s JSOC ban, the C.I.A. feels free to wage its own drone war in Yemen, launching unmanned planes from Saudi Arabia.
A series of air strikes hit Yemen at the end of April. Country and military officials, security sources and eyewitnesses described how a US drone attacked a truck carrying alleged members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula but also hit a vehicle carrying civilians described as construction workers or ‘labourers’ in some reports.
Arrogant and unaccountable: the Pentagon declined to discuss the operations
A New York Times article reports: “American officials said the airstrikes had been carried out by drones operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, but an agency spokesman declined to comment. Other officials said American Special Operations military personnel had supported the Yemeni operations on the ground with intelligence and possibly logistical assistance. The Pentagon declined to discuss the operations”.
The words of Saad Rasool, a Lahore lawyer with a masters in Constitutional Law from Harvard, who heard the testimony of a man whose wife and two children were killed in a drone strike last year:
“There is no law that could have prevented the murder of his family, and there is none that can now bring the perpetrators to account. Innocent victims of drone strikes wait in vain for humanity to choose justice over lawlessness
“Being a superpower affords US the privilege to stretch the law whenever suitable, or ignore it altogether when needed, without any real consequence, except muted criticism from distant corners of an irrelevant world. And the feeble State of Pakistan can do nothing more than stretch out its bloodstained hand for more aid dollars.
“The US drone strikes are nothing more than a superpower violating another nation’s sovereignty and killing its people… simply because it can”.
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The Warm Up
An effective warm up before exercise is an important aspect to a training regime. Professional athletes devote considerable attention to their warm up because they know it will improve their performance and reduce injury risk.
The principals of warming up are to prepare the body for intense activity without risking injury in the process or causing undue fatigue. It also serves to focus the mind on the forthcoming event and should be tailored to the intended activity.
Upon the commencement of activity a number of physiological changes occur in order to meet the demands and an effective warm up will activate these changes.
For muscles to produce extra power they need to be supplied with more fuel and oxygen. This is achieved by diverting blood flow to the active muscles and away from non essential activity. The heart beats more strongly and faster to supply this blood and the lungs breathe more deeply and frequently to deliver the additional oxygen.
Active muscles produce heat and this must be dissipated to avoid overheating which will compromise cellular functioning. Blood diverts to the skin to release excessive heat by sweating.
Most exercise requires the body’s joints to move over a greater range than when at rest. The heat produced with activity makes the bodies tissues more elastic and able to function over a greater range without injury.
A warm up is also an opportunity to practice the skilful movements required for the forthcoming event and to focus the mind on the competitive strategies to be employed.
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Tech company departures to lower-cost states during the pandemic stoke worries about companies moving elsewhere.
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SACRAMENTO — Fed-up Californians have been trading their cramped, pricey apartments for affordable living in cheaper states for decades. Now, California’s businesses are making similar calculations after a monthslong remote work experiment triggered by the pandemic.
Back-to-back moves of iconic Silicon Valley firms’ headquarters to Texas are raising fresh concerns about California’s standing in the innovation economy. Business leaders worry that the successful shift to remote work — and the ability of many jobs to be performed from anywhere — will drive yet more companies out of the notoriously high-cost state.
“This pandemic really had a steroidal effect on the ecosystem,” said Jim Wunderman, who heads the Bay Area Council, a business group that represents CEOs in the region. “I think it behooves us to recognize we have a problem.”
California has long counted on its natural beauty and sunny climate, along with its concentration of venture capital, talent and prestigious research universities, to maintain its status as the world’s premier tech hub. The state’s cultural diversity has long drawn some of the world’s best talent.
But there is more to the package: the nation’s highest top marginal income tax rate, runaway housing costs — driven in part by an influx of well-paid tech workers — and extreme wildfires that have swept the state with ferocity in recent years. Companies also must pay employees higher wages to live in California.
Such costs, paired with the pandemic, appear to have tipped the balance for established tech companies such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, an IT company that spun off from HP during a 2015 corporate split. Both announced in December they would move their headquarters to Texas while maintaining a presence in California and allowing many employees to remain there.
“We believe these moves best position Oracle for growth and provide our personnel with more flexibility about where and how they work,” the software giant wrote to shareholders this month, explaining its surprise decision to move its headquarters from the heart of the Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas.
Also this month, the Bay Area cybersecurity firm Tanium announced it was moving to the Seattle area while allowing employees to “live where they want, and work from there.” Palantir, a data analytics company co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, shifted its headquarters to Denver before going public this fall. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also said he is moving to Texas, where he is building a new factory; Tesla’s headquarters remains in Palo Alto.
At a Wall Street Journal event this month, the billionaire compared California to a winning team that grows “complacent” and takes its success for granted. Musk will also avoid state income taxes by decamping to Texas, given California’s progressive tax structure that relies overwhelmingly on top earners.
If enough wealthy businesspeople and high-paying jobs leave the state, California’s budget could feel the pinch. Nearly half of the state’s personal income tax revenue — 46 percent in 2018 — comes from California’s top 1 percent of earners, according to data from the state Franchise Tax Board. And about two-thirds of those dollars come from the top 5 percent.
The pandemic could accelerate departures among companies and workers that have already mulled a move, said David Shulman, a senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast. He also predicts that more firms will allow their employees to live anywhere, even when it’s deemed safe to return to the workplace.
“Everything’s up for grabs right now because everybody’s rethinking location,” Shulman said.
Accounting, legal and real estate firms are now being asked to help corporate clients in the Bay Area investigate whether and how to relocate, Wunderman said.
“This is a tough state to do business in,” he said. “There’s a wariness that the next shoe will certainly drop and what will it be?”
Californians in November rejected a ballot measure that would have hiked taxes on commercial properties by reassessing them at market value. Separate proposals backed by labor, environmental and health care groups aimed to create new “millionaire” taxes to increase funding for education and government services. Neither bill advanced, but they may be considered next year.
For all of the talk of an exodus, California’s budget has weathered the pandemic well thanks to continued gains among affluent residents who remain here. The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office reported this week that income tax withholding has actually outpaced 2019 over the nine months since pandemic closures began while it projects the state will have a $26 billion “windfall” over the next 18 months.
Dee Dee Myers, a communications strategist and former White House press secretary recently hired to lead Gov. Gavin Newsom’s business and economic development office, says the California exodus narrative is overblown — as it was after the dot-com bust, the Great Recession and other low points in the state’s recent history.
“This kind of breathless, ‘Oh my God it’s over!’ Like I said, we’ve seen this movie before and it’s predictable,” she said in an interview last week.
Days after the Oracle news broke, her office tweeted a link to Fortune’s new rankings of the fastest-growing companies, noting that eight of the top 25 are based in California — including top-ranked AppFolio, a cloud-based software company headquartered in Santa Barbara.
But the recent moves created enough angst that prominent tech leaders like Salesforce Chief Operating Officer Bret Taylor and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky felt compelled to affirm their commitment to California.
“Yes, I spoke to @GavinNewsom about this,” Chesky tweeted after the Oracle announcement. “Airbnb is staying in California and I’m staying in California. This is a special place.”
Taylor addressed the situation in a series of tweets in which he noted that “the tone of many leaving has bothered me” and that he was “excited to stay in the Bay Area,” where he was born.
“And I have never been more optimistic about the future of California,” he wrote.
Myers said the state will need to keep investing in areas such as clean energy and higher education to keep its edge. But it’s too soon to know how the pandemic will change where people live and work in the long run, she said — or how many businesses will continue their fully-remote policies permanently.
“We are not oblivious to the challenges,” Myers said. But, she added, “I think anybody who thinks they know what the world is going to look like in three years is just making it up.”
For now, most tech companies in California are sticking it out. The number of innovation-economy jobs statewide grew between the second quarters of 2018 and 2020, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics employment and wage data by Ken Murphy, an assistant professor at UC Irvine’s Merage School of Business.
But Washington, Utah and Florida have added tech jobs at an even faster rate, Murphy said, and there is evidence that firms may be looking outside of the state for lower-cost, lower-tax alternatives. Counting each office and facility separately, he found a sharper uptick in the number of “innovation establishments” in nine other states during the past two years, with the largest percentage increases in Arizona, Utah, Oregon and Texas.
Rental data suggests that workers have left the Bay Area in significant numbers as the pandemic untethered many from their company offices — and, in some cases, from their children’s schools, which have remained fully virtual since mid-March. Rents in the city of San Francisco have fallen by nearly 14 percent since last year, according to data from the real-estate firm Zillow. Some people have simply left for the suburbs, but the metro areas in San Francisco and San Jose have also seen rents soften.
“The big question, really, is how permanent is this move?” said Cheryl Young, a senior economist at Zillow.
The latest corporate announcements, Young said, could signal a more lasting shift. “There is some movement away from California as a central headquarters,” she said. “It’s much more expensive here to own a home, so recruiting talent and paying talent to move here does cost a company more.”
Another potential sign that California may be losing its magnetic pull: State data released this month showed historically low population growth, a trend attributed partly to the pandemic. The state’s net outmigration rate continues to climb and has not been offset by as many residents from other states and nations moving to California as in the past.
Meanwhile, some business leaders are publicly casting doubt on the California bargain.
“I think every responsible chief executive officer has to consider moving their company out of California,” Tom Siebel, CEO of the artificial intelligence software company C3.ai Inc., told the Silicon Valley Business Journal this month on the day of the Redwood City-based company’s IPO. “If you’re not considering that, you’re not fulfilling your job for your shareholders and your employees.” | <urn:uuid:a222c4a9-212d-48b2-b58c-adb5f2f72669> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.michaelhockinghomes.com/california-leaders-fear-remote-culture-could-fuel-business-departures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960595 | 2,017 | 1.523438 | 2 |
/ What Is The New York City Pass For
The New York City Pass is a pass that gives you access to 6 must-see monuments and museums in New York for a fixed price much lower than the total that you would pay if you had to buy each of the 6 entries at the normal price.In 2020, the New York City Pass costs around 122 while the total of 6 entries is around 150: this still represents nearly 30 savings per person!
Those Who Want To Take A Day Off From Sightseeing
Once the New York Pass has been activated, its valid for consecutive days only. If youre getting the 1, 2, or 3-day pass, visiting two to three attractions per day will ensure you get the best value from the pass. The 5, 7, and 10-day pass can still offer a good value if you decide to take a day off from sightseeing.
How Do The New York Passes Work
The New York passes are offered specifically for tourists. Maybe youve already seen something similar in other cities. These passes are often called City Cards as well.
You buy the passes for a certain amount and can then use them to visit different sights, museums and attractions.
Besides that, you can take part in numerous guided city tours for free and take various bus and boat rides.
There are two types of New York passes:
#1 Time-based passes
There are passes that are valid for a specific amount of time, e.g. for 3, 5 or 7 days. In this time, you can go to all of the sights, tours and attractions that are included in the pass.
#2 Attractions-based passes
The second variation is passes that can be used for a certain number of sights and attractions. So you buy these passes for 5, 7 or 10 attractions, for example, and are more flexible time-wise.
Today, youll simply get an email with a mobile pass after your purchase. You can then show this on your smartphone at all sights quite comfortably. You dont necessarily need internet while there either, as you can easily just save your pass and then show it offline as well.
Alternatively, theres also always the possibility of printing out the pass yourself. Anyone who doesnt have a smartphone or doesnt trust their battery-life can choose this option. In any case, theres no annoying pick up on-site.
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Round : Booking And Pick Up
It looks like another tight battle between New York Pass vs. Sightseeing Pass NYC because both offer mobile passes that you can simply save on your smartphone and show to at the ticket box at the attraction. The New York Pass offers also pickups from their New York collection desks. Open 7 days a week. If youd like you New York Pass delivered to your house, expect delivery fees starting at $30.
The Sightseeing Pass will send you an email confirmation with a link to your Pass which you can print out or add them to your Apple / Android Wallet and use your mobile phone as your ticket. Both passes are as simple as using your flight boarding card you either print it or show on your mobile phone.
Booking both passes is just as simple as well. You can purchase both the New York Pass and the Sightseeing Pass online before your trip. Since both passes offer a high convenience when it comes to booking and pick up, they both are getting one point.
New York Pass vs. Sightseeing Pass NYC5:4
How Much Do New York City Passes Cost Price Comparison
With each pass having its own unique selling points it becomes quite an uphill task to decide which pass you should purchase to explore the incredible highlights of the city. So it boils down to the monetary aspect i.e., weighing all your options and streamlining the one that is not just highly economic but also lets you visit the hotspots you wish to. Considering this in mind New York Pass becomes the choice of many visitors.
With a maximum saving of up to 70%, you will save a fortune with New York Pass and choose the places of your preference, as every new day unfolds, from 100+ attractions the pass has to offer. If you have One World Observatory to visit in your mind then you definitely should go for either Sightseeing Pass or Sightseeing Flex Pass. While the former one lets you buy the pass as per the number of days, the latter one lets you pick certain highlights to visit.
New York City Pass would be your go-to-choice if you can manage to spare some to marvel at the incredible hotspots during your stay in the Big Apple. New Explorer Pass is going to be the choice of the visitors who have already decided to visit a definite number of attractions. To assist you in your decision-making process we have categorized different passes as per their cost for visiting a fixed number of highlights or unlimited hotspots for a limited time.
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Everything You Need To Know About The Citypass New York Pass And Sightseeing Pass To Save Money On Nyc Attractions
I often get asked on if it is worth buying one of the discount passes for most attractions available in NYC. I know it can be a little overwhelming and I feel like they are always coming up with more and more passes so, to make your trip a little easier, here I am to help you understand and compare some of the main ones! Make sure to follow me on instagram and let me know which one is your favorite! You can follow me at and !
All Nyc Sightseeing Passes Listed
Find the most important information on all NYC Passes below. In terms of popularity, the Sightseeing Day Pass, New York Pass, Sightseeing Flex Pass, and Explorer Pass lead the list. Other available passes include CityPass, FreeSyle, Go Select, Turbopass, and C3 Pass. Just because some passes are more popular than others, however, does not necessarily mean that these are the best passes for you, too. Each pass has different strengths and weaknesses.
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What Are Current Mask Rules In Nyc
Optional for some areas and required for others.
Most of the places I went in NYC had signs that said Masks are mandatory for unvaccinated people and optional for fully vaccinated individuals, however, I saw about 80%-90% of people wearing masks at all times indoors anyway. There were a few shops and businesses that required them to be worn for entry, but the majority said optional providing you are fully vaccinated.
NYCs official health authority states this for current mask rules:
If you are unvaccinated, you must wear a mask covering:
Whenever you are in a public space, indoors or outdoors, and cannot maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others. Examples include walking on a busy street, shopping in stores, going to the doctor, dining at a restaurant , going to your place of worship, being in a shared office or attending a gathering.
When riding public transportation .
When around someone who is sick, or if you need to leave home while sick.
Once you are fully vaccinated , you do not need to wear a mask outdoors or when gathering with friends and family at home or in other private settings. However, masks are still required:
When riding public transportation .
When in a school or health care setting.
In certain group residential facilities, such as nursing homes and homeless shelters.
When in a store, restaurant or other public space where the owner or operator requires masks.
At work, if required by your employer.
How Does It Work
The New York Pass can be used in two ways: either by downloading the mobile pass with their app, or getting a physical pass which you can collect on arrival in New York or have delivered to your house.
After you activate the pass, you can take it to any included attraction and present it to the cashier in order to receive free admission.
Some activities will require reservations to be made ahead of time, but most of the services included can be enjoyed simply by walking up to the ticket counter and showing your pass.
In addition to this, youll also enjoy skip-the-line privileges at certain locations, which could save you a lot of valuable time!
New York Without A Pass
Does there absolutely have to be a New York Pass? Of course not! You can also discover the best attractions in New York without a pass.
If you dont plan on visiting a lot of ticketed attractions, wed suggest that you do without a pass. You can also jump the line for the ticket desk at most attractions, even without a pass, by booking your tickets online ahead of time. Wed definitely recommend doing that.
You do always save some money with the passes, but with just a few sights, the savings usually arent so high anymore. Its better then to stay flexible and forgo a pass.
In the following table, weve shown you an overview of which ticket you can buy beforehand online, also without using any of the passes.
/ What Does The New York City Pass Include
The New York City Pass includes must-see monuments and museums on your first visit to New York, with certain tours to choose from. Heres whats included:
- The Empire State Building Observatory, with audio guide.
- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island OR a Circle Line cruise.
- The Top of the Rock Observatory OR the Guggenheim Museum.
- The National Museum of September 11, 2001 OR the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
- The American Museum of Natural History.
- Le Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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New York Explorer Pass Prices
New York City Explorer Pass prices start at $94. The more attractions you choose, the higher will be your savings compared to regular ticket prices. Due to its low price offer, there are no further New York Explorer Pass discounts, meaning that an Explorer Pass promo code isnt even necessary anymore!
Number of attractions
Which New York Pass Is Suitable For Whom
Now we of course want to answer the question of all questions: which New York pass is the best?
Needless to say, we cant give the ultimate answer here, since a different New York pass is the best option for each person.
So weve put together three different types of travelers and our recommendation for the best New York Pass for each type of traveller.
These are the types of travelers:
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Why New York Pass Is Worth Buying
NEW YORK PASS is suitable for you because of so many reasons. They include:-
- It has no daily limit to the amount of attractions you can visit per day
- It has a 300 page guidebook with opening hours, maps and directions to all New York City attractions and tours.
- You can save money with the more attractions you visit
- Has unlimited free entry to 90 + attractions with additional discounts
- It is the only Pass that includes all Hop-on Hop-off buses for the duration of your sightseeing.
Pass Comparison New York At One Glance
Its important to understand a key difference: Some passes are attraction-based, meaning you choose the number of attractions beforehand, while others are day-based, meaning that you choose the number of days beforehand. Besides the type and validity, other differences can be found when it comes to inclusions, advantages, pricing, and discounts.
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Is It Worth Buying A Sightseeing Pass For New York
Most visitors are going to see 5-8 attractions within 7 days. In case you are planning on going to visit 3 attractions per day, youll need the New York Pass for 2, or 3 days which costs you $149 for two days and with a discount of $40 you only pay $159 for three days.
The Sightseeing Pass NYC costs you for two days $159 and for three days $223 So it is a little bit more expensive.
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Select Colleges And Universities
Current CUNY faculty, staff, and students receive free admission from October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. To receive a complimentary ticket, and purchase companions tickets if needed, check in at the Ticketing Desk onsite with a valid ID advance timed-entry tickets are not required.
Students currently enrolled full-time at the following schools receive one free admission per MoMA visit with valid college ID at the Ticketing Desk. Free admission is not available to staff.*
The following students receive one free admission:
- CUNY Schools
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Cooper Union
*Staff from the following colleges receive one free admission:
- The New School
- CUNY Schools
- The Rockefeller University
Which Pass Duration Should I Get
The New York Pass is available for purchase as a 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, or 10-day pass.
Its intended to be used on consecutive calendar days and will become activated once you visit your first attraction. To save time and hassle, I recommend buying your New York Pass before your trip. Then you can plan your itinerary and activate your pass anytime in the next 12 months.
You can to purchase your New York Pass from their official website.
This means if youre using the 3-day pass card , Day 1 starts when the card is first activated. If you active the card on Monday, it will be active for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The pass will expire on the last day at midnight.
To maximize your time and get the best value from your pass, I recommend starting early in the day for sightseeing. This lets you get a full days worth of sightseeing when you activate your pass.
PRO TIP: You can buy the New York Pass on sale now and activate it anytime in the next 12 months. This can help you save money and plan your sightseeing itinerary ahead of time.
The Downside Of The New York Pass
Of course the price itself seems like a lot of money all at once, so those on tight budgets might be ruled out altogether. Another thing to seriously consider before buying a New York Pass is that doing even 3 or 4 main sights in a day is going to be busy and probably frantic.
There are plenty of free and cheap things to do in New York City, so for many people they are better off visiting perhaps one major sight per day and then spending the rest of the day shopping or visiting neighborhoods or taking photos. A trip like that might be more memorable in the long run, and it will certainly be more unique than rushing from sight to sight. If you prefer a more relaxed sightseeing schedule, don’t buy the pass.
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Scanning Excelsior Pass And Excelsior Pass Plus
The following questions outline scanning information for organizations using the NYS Excelsior Pass Scanner app.
Is my organization required to use the NYS Excelsior Pass Scanner app?
Participation in Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus is free and voluntary. If your organization chooses to participate, you can use the NYS Excelsior Pass Scanner app to scan an individuals Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus and/or SMART Health Card Pass from a trusted issuer.
What do I do when scanning someones Excelsior Pass or Excelsior Pass Plus?
When scanning an individual Pass you are required to verify the identity for adults aged 18+ with a photo ID that includes the individuals name and date of birth.
In accordance with State reopening guidelines, if no photo ID is available or the Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus and/or SMART Health Card issued by a trusted issuer does not match a photo ID, entry should be denied.
Adults can hold an Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus for children under 18 years old.
What do I do if something is wrong with the Excelsior Pass or Excelsior Pass Plus Ive attempted to scan?
If an Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus is invalid, please share with the individual the reason for which it is invalid, as it appears within the NYS Excelsior Pass Scanner app. If an Excelsior Pass and/or Excelsior Pass Plus is expired, please let the individual know and ask them to confirm that they are sharing the correct one.
Compare Prices On Official Websites & Online Travel Agencies
Booking and buying passes online via official websites or any reliable travel agency has numerous perks. All you have to do is visit the website, book the ticket for the day you wish to start marveling at the major attractions of New York City and make an online payment.
Doing this will not only assure you a good discount but also give an assurance of a refund if you pay some amount for travel insurance. So if you are unable to use the card due to any reason you can get the cashback without any hassle. Moreover, you will also be able to make a comparison of all the available deals on TourScanner and find the one that suits you the best.
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Carac Cream (Fluorouracil)
What is Carac Cream (Fluorouracil) ?
Carac is a topical cream with the active ingredient fluorouracil and is intended for dermatological use. This medication is classified as an antineoplastic metabolite. Carac cream is indicated for actinic or solar keratosis. These skin lesions come around after years of excessive exposure to the sun and display as scaly and dry patches of skin. Although not all solar keratotic lesions are harmful, some of these lesions could become skin cancer. Fluorouracil can also be used for superficial basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma lesions often come around skin areas exposed to the sun, like the face. Such lesions are characterized by a shiny, bumped, colored skin area. Carac cream is prescribed for basal cell carcinoma when other conventional methods have proved insufficient. In addition, carac cream could be prescribed in case of multiple basal cell carcinoma lesions or sites that are difficult to treat. If untreated, basal cell carcinoma can become invasive and grow, with aggressive cases spreading to other body parts other than the skin.
The location of basal cell carcinoma and solar keratotic lesions can vary from the scalp, face, hands, forearms, and chest, amongst many others.
How does Carac cream work?
Fluorouracil works on cancer cells by inhibiting the production of DNA in these cells. This inhibition prevents the cancer cell from multiplying and producing vital proteins for its growth. In addition, fluorouracil will mask itself as purine, a DNA building block. In this manner, these substances will not be incorporated into the cell’s DNA in the cell cycle. This will seize normal cell development and division. All this leads to the death of such cells.
Carac cream comes in 0.5% of fluorouracil
For actinic keratosis, Carac cream is usually prescribed twice daily for 2 to 4 weeks.
Carac cream is usually prescribed twice daily for 3 to 6 weeks for superficial basal cell carcinoma.
How to Use Carac Cream
Carac cream is usually applied twice a day. However, the duration of the treatment depends on what your doctor deems fit and the condition for which it is being prescribed.
To help you remember, try applying Carac cream around the same each day.
Apply Carac cream as prescribed by your doctor and at the specified frequency.
Wash the area to be treated with water only and dry it. Wait 10 minutes before you apply the cream. Then, apply Carac cream with an applicator. Such applicator must not be made of metal. Suppose you are using your hands to apply; either wear a glove or wash your hands immediately after you are done. Leave the treated areas uncovered unless your doctor tells you otherwise. If you are advised to cover the treated area, be sure to use porous gauze dressings, allowing the site to breathe.
Carac cream should not be applied to the eyelids, eyes, mouth, nose, vagina, or mucous areas.
Apply sufficient amounts of cream that cover the area to be treated.
How to store Carac cream?
Store this cream in its original container, at room temperature, and out of reach for children or pets. Keep it away from excess heat or moisture. Carac cream can be fatal for pets. Seek veterinary care if your pet licks or ingests Carac cream. Avoid storing this medication in the bathroom.
Since Carac cream requires topical application, topical overdose is less likely to cause acute problems. However, vomiting and gastric lavage may be necessary if Carac cream is ingested. In addition, if Carac cream comes in contact with the eyes, it is essential to flush with plenty of water. If you think you misused this medication as described above, feel like passing out, or experience difficulty breathing, it is crucial to call 911 or contact the poison control center.
If you have any of the following adverse effects, speak with a doctor:
Common side effects include:
- Scaly skin
- Mild skin discomfort
- Burning sensation
- Swelling and inflammation around the affected area
- Discoloration of the skin
- Increased sensitivity to sunlight
- Erosion of the upper layer of the skin
- Eye irritation includes burning sensation, watering, sensitivity, itching, and stinging.
Serious side effects include:
- Stomach pain
- Blood in stools
- Unresolved sore throat
- Mouth sores
- Unusual bruising and bleeding
- Fever and chills
- Signs of infection like yellowish skin, crusting, or a solid red color
- Severe discomfort that is difficult to tolerate
- Difficulty breathing
- Swelling of the face, tongue, and throat
- Open skin sores
- Shedding of dead skin
If you experience severe side effects, consider discontinuing the treatment and speak to your doctor immediately.
If you have a reaction to capecitabine or flucytosine, tell your doctor.
Avoid sunlight while using Carac cream. Direct exposure to sunlight between 10:00 am, and 2:00 pm should be avoided. Sun exposure increases side effects. Wear high SPF sunscreen, a hat, protective clothing, and sunglasses when sun-exposed, and use Carac cream.
Speak to your doctor if you get sunburned or develop skin blisters or redness.
Leave a 2-hour interval before applying sunscreen or any moisturizers.
Consult your doctor before using other topical creams or lotions while on Carac cream.
Avoid ultraviolet light like tanning booths and sunlamps while using Carac cream.
Ulcerated skin increases absorption and may result in inflamed skin and heightened side effects.
Avoid applying Carac cream at night before going to bed, as it may rub on your pillowcase and come in contact with your eyes.
Avoid applying Carac cream before any physical activity because sweat may cause the cream to come in contact with your eyes.
Carac cream should not be used in children under the age of 18 years.
Do not breastfeed while using Carac cream. It is unknown if fluorouracil passes through breast milk.
Suppose you become pregnant or conceive while on this treatment; stop using Carac cream and speak to your doctor. Use effective birth control methods while on Carac cream.
Do not use Carac cream if you are allergic to fluorouracil and any of the excipients found in it.
You must inform your doctor if you take any prescription medication, over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and herbal medication.
Topical medication is less likely to interact with other medicines. However, you should always inform your doctor if you take any other medication before starting any new treatment.
Carac cream is contraindicated in:
- Pregnant women or those planning to
- Nursing women
- Patients with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase enzyme deficiencies are also referred to as DPD deficiencies. This enzyme mostly catabolizes fluorouracil. Therefore, the lack of this enzyme can lead to fluorouracil toxicity. In addition, individuals with DPD deficiency could develop stomatitis, erythema, skin rash, neutropenia, thrombocytopaenia, inflamed esophagus, stomach, and small intestine.
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U.S. consumers were dealt a flurry of sluggish economic data Tuesday, both hard and anecdotal, suggesting that a tangible recovery might not be on the horizon.
For starters, a Gallup Poll for June revealed that two-thirds of respondents (67%) say escalating gas prices are causing moderate to severe financial hardship in their own households.
That's up a staggering 15 percentage points from an April survey featuring a similar question.
More than 60% of respondents said they are driving less this summer because of higher prices, a higher percentage than in previous years of significant gas price increases — namely 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2018.
Second, Gallup's Economic Confidence Index — a summary of participants' ratings of current economic conditions and outlook — has tumbled 13 points from last month to minus 58.
The index ranges from 100, if all respondents describe the economy positively, to minus 100, if all respondents describe the economy negatively.
The ECI's current score has reportedly reached its lowest point since February 2009, when the country was in a recession.
Third, in the past month, citing ECI history, the percentage of Americans surveyed calling the economy "poor" jumped 8 points to 54%, and the percentage of those asserting the economy's "getting worse" rose 7 points to 85%.
Finally, the average national price of regular unleaded gasoline stands at $4.88 per gallon, according to AAA.
The high averages run similar to numbers produced from GasBuddy.com, which tracks fuel prices worldwide.
Right now, 11 states have average gas prices exceeding $5.00 per gallon — Michigan ($5.01), Utah, ($5.17), Idaho ($5.21), Arizona ($5.28), Illinois ($5.44), Washington ($5.48), Oregon ($5.49), Hawaii ($5.54), Nevada ($5.56), Alaska ($5.58) and California ($6.31).
Last week, President Joe Biden endorsed Congress enacting a three-month federal gas tax holiday in an effort to foster more summer travel.
The proposal, however, has failed to generate enthusiastic support from many members of Congress — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Biden also called on states to temporarily lift their respective gas taxes.
The Gallup survey sampled 1,015 U.S. adults June 1-20 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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What is Baobab Ingredient?
Baobab ingredients are derived from baobab fruit. Baobab is the name of a fruit found within hard pods that hang upside-down on trees belonging to the Adansonia genus. Baobab is generally taken as a powder derived from dried and crushed harvested fruit. It has a refreshing citrus flavour. Baobab is collected from the wild. It is harvested from its natural habitat and allowed to dry naturally. The seeds are taken out and crushed into a powder that may be used in meals. Vitamin C, potassium, carbs, and phosphorus are all abundant in this fruit. The vitamin C level is said to be 10 times that of oranges. Because of its high nutritional components, it is also known as the super fruit of the Africa. The baobab ingredient is stated to aid in improving digestion, enhancing skin health, rehydrating body, and improving the immune system among providing other health benefits. Increasing demand for natural herbs and fruits based products due to people’s shift to veganism and rising consciousness about benefits of natural sources has led to the growth. North America and Europe are the two prominent markets of baobab ingredient.
The market study is broken down by Type (Baobab Pulp, Baobab Powder and Baobab Oil), by Application (Nutraceutical, Food and Beverage, Cosmetics and Personal Care and Others) and major geographies with country level break-up.
In 2020, B’Ayoba Ltd., a Zimbabwe based baboa fruit producer and processer of industry’s only FairWild and organically-certified Baobab Fruit Powder has announced launch of Ready-to-Use Baobab Paste and Red Baobab Tea. The new products are B’Ayoba’s attempt to enter into fast growing beverages segment, where it may have applications in smoothies, teas, ice cream, yogurt and nutraceuticals along with cereals and energy bars. Established and emerging Vendors should take a closer view at their existing organizations and reinvent traditional business and operating models to adapt to the future.
Indigo Herbs Ltd. (United Kingdom), Woodland Foods (United States), B'Ayoba Ltd. (Zimbabwe), Afriplex Pty Ltd. (South Africa), TheHealthyTree Company (United Kingdom), Halka B Organics (Australia), Mighty Baobab Limited (United Kingdom), Atacora (United States), Baobab Fruit Company Senegal (Italy) and Baobab Foods Inc. (United States) are some of the key players that are part of study coverage. Additionally, the Vendors which are also part of the research coverage are Simply Ingredients Ltd. (United Kingdom), Organic Herb Trading (United Kingdom) and Rawtanica (Australia).
AdvanceMarketAnalytics has segmented the market of Global Baobab Ingredient market by Type, Application and Region.
On the basis of geography, the market of Baobab Ingredient has been segmented into South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico). If we see Market by Nature, the sub-segment i.e. Organic will boost the Baobab Ingredient market. Additionally, the rising demand from SMEs and various industry verticals gives enough cushion to market growth. If we see Market by Distribution Channel, the sub-segment i.e. Direct will boost the Baobab Ingredient market. Additionally, the rising demand from SMEs and various industry verticals gives enough cushion to market growth.
In 2020, B’Ayoba Ltd., a Zimbabwe based baboa fruit producer and processer of industry’s only FairWild and organically-certified Baobab Fruit Powder has announced launch of Ready-to-Use Baobab Paste and Red Baobab Tea. The new products are B’Ayoba’s attempt to enter into fast growing beverages segment, where it may have applications in smoothies, teas, ice cream, yogurt and nutraceuticals along with cereals and energy bars.
- Baobab Powder Accounts for Largest Market Share
- Increasing Demand for Natural Fruit Based Products
- Rise of Veganism and Vegetarianism Culture
- Growing Demand for High Protein, Mineral and Vitamin Comprised Products
- Presence of Alternate Products made out of Other Natural Ingredients
- Less Awareness about the Presence of the Baobab Fruit and its Potential Nutritional Benefits
Key Target AudienceBaobab Ingredient Manufacturers, Suppliers and Distributors, Raw Material Suppliers, New Entrants/Investors, Venture Capitalists and Private Equity Firms, Government Regulatory and Research Organizations and End-Use Industries
About ApproachTo evaluate and validate the market size various sources including primary and secondary analysis is utilized. AMA Research follows regulatory standards such as NAICS/SIC/ICB/TRCB, to have the better understanding of the market. The market study is conducted on basis of more than 200 companies dealing in the market regional as well as global areas with purpose to understand companys positioning regarding market value, volume and their market share for regional as well as global.
Further to bring relevance specific to any niche market we set and apply number of criteria like Geographic Footprints, Regional Segments of Revenue, Operational Centres, etc. The next step is to finalize a team (In-House + Data Agencies) who then starts collecting C & D level executives and profiles, Industry experts, Opinion leaders etc. and work towards appointment generation.
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- by Floyd Kermode
- The Guardian
- Issue #2003
Photo: Anna Pha
May Day was chosen as the day for International Workers’ Day in 1889 by the Marxist International Socialist Congress, in Paris. 1889 is a long time ago, and Paris is a long way away from Australia. So why care? Why celebrate May Day?
Paris is indeed a long way away from most Guardian readers, but Melbourne and Sydney are a lot closer, and in 1856 stonemasons in these Australian cities won the eight-hour day as an industry standard. We started it (kind of)! In the United States there was a gigantic strike planned on 1st May 1886 in support of the eight-hour day. The Congress of the Second International declared the first of May International Workers’ Day to mark the anniversary of that strike.
Back home, Australians initially didn’t celebrate May Day. We already had the eight hour day to celebrate – to this day, different states have different Labour Days. But in 1891, we had our first May Day protests as part of the Shearers’ Strike. More than 1300 workers took part, waving the Eureka Flag and union banners.
Since then, May Day has grown into a global celebration of workers and their movement, and a reminder of present struggles for workers’ rights and conditions.
Working conditions in Australia now are much better in many respects than they were when May Day was established. In a large part, this is because of the struggles of generations of workers who came together, organised and protested for conditions we should never take for granted. The struggle is by no means over. People still die at work – 29 so far this year, and employers never stop demanding “flexibility,” that weasle word also known as “savage cuts,” as far as wages and conditions go.
Last year, The Guardian – The Workers’ Weekly described May Day as a “display of class solidarity in opposition to the attacks by capitalist governments and employers on working people.” Those attacks continue.
In addition, this year, the Morrison Government which casually spent $5.5 billion on not getting any submarines from the French, has committed us to AUKUS, an open-ended alliance of English-speaking imperialist and neo-imperialist countries which includes a blank cheque (starting price $80 billion, end price who knows?). What does this have to do with May Day and with workers? For one thing, these billions will have to come from somewhere, and neither of our major parties is going to take them from the rich (the Liberal-national government has introduced tax cuts which unsurprisingly are aimed at people on over $200,000 a year, while the Labor Party, laughably described as “the only party in Australia that holds itself accountable to the needs of the working class” has waved the tax cuts through). The money for AUKUS will not come from thin air, and it will not come from the employers. It will come from workers and the debt will be used to put pressure on workers’ wages and conditions.
If there are problems and/or dangers at your work – that’s why we march on May Day. None of the good things about your work – wages, sick leave, holidays, workplace safety – came without struggle and work from organised labour. None of the good things about your work enforce themselves. That’s why we march on May Day.
Long Live May Day!
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A new study has found that almost 20% of people will treat themselves just for stepping out of their comfort zone, and another 20% do so just to post it on social media!
Almost 90% of people agree that it’s important to their well-being to regularly indulge in little luxuries.
But 45 percent admitted they are treating themselves less at the moment due to the cost-of-living crisis.
From buying a bar of chocolate to a coffee or beauty treatment and sleeping in, over half feel happy, 47 percent content and 25 percent calmer after treating themselves.
That ‘Magical’ Feeling
More than half of people also feel positive after treating someone else.
And two-thirds agreed they get a “magical” feeling when they receive an unexpected treat from a loved one or friend.
The ‘glow’ of a treat typically lasts for several hours, according to 34 percent polled via OnePoll, although 26 percent say they’ll get a thrill for days as a result.
Although many may be being more cautious of their spending due to the current cost-of-living crisis, 32 percent have still treated themselves within the past week and 22 percent in the past month.
Top 10 Things People Regularly Treat Themselves To…
- Chocolate bar
- Glass of wine
- Takeaway coffee
- A lie-in
- Video game
- Meal out
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Learning how to drive a car is not just about passing the driving test and getting the licence. But the drivers need to be fully focused when they are behind the wheels. They need to make sure that they start their journey and reach their destination safely. It won’t be wrong to say that though thousands of people try to clear the driving tests, very few of them are successful in doing so. Hence if you don’t want to miss out on the chance of getting your driving licence on the first attempt then you must enrol in the best driving school in South Morang.
Tips To Improve Concentration While Driving
- Stay Alert: The first and foremost thing that you need to do when you are driving a vehicle is alert. You should not drive if you are feeling drowsy or sleepy. It is better to leave the driving seat and ask your co-passengers to drive the vehicle. You need to understand that driving in such conditions can lead to accidents that can be life threatening too. You will learn how to stay alert and remain focused while getting your driving lessons in Melbourne from an expert driving instructor.
- Eliminate Distractions: Another problem because of which accidents happen is when the drivers get distracted. It would be best if you tried to find a way to eliminate getting distracted. The things that you can do is avoid using your cell phone, don’t talk too much with co-passengers while you are driving, listening to loud music is restricted too, etc.
- Do not Day Dream: Many drivers start thinking and daydreaming while driving. They start thinking about the kind of problem that they face in their office, a fight with their family member, things that they need to take while returning home from the office, etc.
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For PE this morning, we would like you to join Joe Wicks for his online workout. Find the link below
Take a look on tapestry for your maths today.
This week, we will focus on learning new sounds in Phase 3 every day using the letters and sounds videos on youtube.
For phonics today, we would love for you to watch the letters and sounds video which will help your child to blend their sounds. Find the link below.
For reading, we will upload a book to Tapestry for you to look at with your parents.
Read it together and talk about what has happened in the story.
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One of the most critical data points for anyone running a school, much less the nation’s largest school system, is the number of students showing up each day. And this year COVID-19 has made it extremely difficult for New York City public school administrators to track daily attendance in a reliable way.
The numbers submitted to date show that attendance is down several points across the system compared to the pre-pandemic average. That has educators scrambling to account for their students and seeking creative ways to get them to attend class, whether that’s in person or online. To them, it’s a question of fighting back learning loss and providing a lifeline to children who may be in crisis.
“Attendance is a symptom of something,” said principal Kyle Brillante, head of The Highbridge Green School in the Bronx. “That’s why, like doctors, we have to diagnose it. We have to figure out what the root cause is. Is it technology? Is it mental health stuff? Is it something else that’s going on at home?”
Attendance is a key predictor of student achievement. Studies show students who miss class are far less likely to graduate from high school. Meanwhile, the pandemic has exacerbated inequities in absenteeism: Preliminary data from Connecticut and California have shown that Black and Latino students, poor students, English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and homeless students have had substantially lower attendance rates than white or more affluent peers.
Listen to Jessica Gould's report on WNYC:
The New York City Department of Education says it has tightened attendance rules since the spring, when schools were only required to tally daily “interactions.” Now officials said students must be present for in-person school, log-in for synchronous instruction, and complete any asynchronous assignments that are due. But current policy still counts a student as present for the day if they show up for one class, participate in one video, or hand in one assignment.
Pre-pandemic, the odds were good that a student marked present in the morning would stay in the building and show up for the other classes as well. Now, administrators said, period-level attendance is erratic.
“Attendance is supposed to be binary,” said Tom Liam Lynch, education policy director at the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School. “Either you’re here or you’re not. If your schooling model is online, you should be able to be even more precise. But because there’s a complete variety of what remote learning is it’s hard to know.”
Pre-pandemic, the five-year average attendance rate in New York City’s public schools was 91.6%. In April, right after schools went remote, it dropped to 85.9%. This fall, it was 88.6%, though that number slipped a little after schools shut down in November.
Even at The Highbridge Green School, where pre-pandemic attendance rates are generally higher than the city’s average, getting students to come to class has become an all-hands-on-deck affair. Administrators run through lists of absent students every day and call their parents; they make home visits if necessary. Some teachers text students every morning with reminders to log on.
For example, all semester Brillante and his team have been keeping a close eye on Fanta Sangare. Sangare is in eighth grade. She gets good grades, was elected to student government last year, plays basketball and volleyball. But since quarantine last spring, her attendance has been inconsistent. By the time in-person learning started in October, she had already missed so many remote classes that her principal was pleading with her over the phone to come in.
Sangare admitted it’s hard to focus on schoolwork at home, because of the stress of the virus, and because she gets distracted. “We have other things to worry about,” she said. “There’s people dying. It’s the pandemic. The election.” Like many students, she said her sleep schedule has been off -- she’s up until 3 or 4 in the morning and often sleeps through her remote classes. When she comes to school in person, “I feel more motivated,” she said.
Hedy Chang, the director of Attendance Works, a national group that tracks and promotes student attendance, said the coronavirus has made the straightforward task of taking attendance much more complex. “What happens if they don't show up virtually, but they do submit an assignment, is that showing up? Is it logging into a system? How long do you have to log in?”
Chang said it’s important not to penalize students for absences, particularly since so many are juggling their own stress, technical obstacles, responsibilities for siblings, and jobs. In New York City, parents have said they’ve been contacted by the Administration for Children’s Services because their kids didn’t log on. Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has said child protective services should not be involved when students can’t participate online because of problems with technology.
The city’s education department said it’s taking steps to support schools and improve attendance, troubleshooting around technology access, improving data collection, pairing students with special mentors and deploying central staff known as “attendance teachers” to investigate chronic absenteeism.
At Highbridge, Sangare disappeared for a week after buildings closed in November. Now she’s logging on again. “I’m dependent on school to get my work done because school is more of a working place,” she said, compared to home which feels like a place to relax.
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Mind, body … belly? A monthly community dinner adds to the physical and spiritual benefits of tai chi
Tai Chi in the KitchenLocal Society Members Share Cultures While Cooking Up Sumptuous Dinners
By Karen Thurston Chavez
Food probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of tai chi – that would be the mesmerizingly slow, balletic movements that can improve health and foster meditation. But those who are members of the Tallahassee Taoist Tai Chi Society, or are lucky enough to score an invitation, know they’ll find superb cuisine at the group’s communal meals.
Converting a recipe designed to serve six into one that serves 50 to 100 takes mathematical and culinary finesse, but that’s just what society members do when they volunteer to make one of the organization’s delightful dinners.
Each month, the group serves up traditional Jai cuisine – a rich vegetarian stew of vegetables, seeds, nuts and noodles that features a plentiful mix of texture and color – as well as meals from other cultures, including Irish, Greek and Cuban.
“The Cuban dinner we had was just wonderful,” says Virginia Bell, a 22-year member of the Tallahassee Taoist Tai Chi Society. “We’ve also had shrimp boils, German food, Greek – just about everything you can think of.”
Although the feasts have a reputation among members for being fabulous, it isn’t just about the dinner fare.
“It’s very much about a sense of community,” Bell says. “It’s about family and sharing a meal around the table.”
Bell says the dinners are unique because, often, volunteer cooks share a story behind a recipe.
“If we have Irish food, it’s family Irish cooking. It’s not what you might find in a restaurant,” Bell explained. “It’s what that family’s parents or grandparents used to cook and they might have a story or history behind a particular dish. It is all part of our aims and objectives to have cultural exchange.” And cultural exchange is one of four primary objectives of the Tai Chi values.
“Those have been my philosophy most of my life,” Bell says. “The quality of the organization itself has been very meaningful to me.”
The Tallahassee Tai Chi Society, which has about 300 members, schedules several dinners throughout the year, but you must be a member (or, in some cases, related to or friends of a member) to attend. Dinners start at 6 p.m. and wrap up around 9 or 10. They are served family style and typically include several courses.
This year, May’s menu featured vegetarian Thai food, while the theme for June was “Grape Expectations.” On the calendar are a shrimp boil for July, an Irish dinner in November and a holiday potluck in December.
The society’s biggest and most popular dinner event is its Chinese New Year celebration, which usually falls in February.
“Our most attended event is always the Chinese New Year banquet,” Bell says. “It’s also our most formal meal of all. We try to present a joyous celebration. We have decorations and speeches, and we invite members of the city and county commissions, the mayor and governor.
“I have always been impressed these 22 years. This organization is so big and run almost totally by volunteers. That’s very unique about the society here: it’s all volunteers trying to help other people,” Bell says. “The community of meals is just part of it. You share with your family, you share with your community.”
Karen Thurston Chavez is a Tallahassee native and a freelance writer and editor.
About Taoist Tai Chi
Developed by Master Moy Lin-Shin, Taoist Tai Chi is a low-impact exercise designed to enhance health. It is an ancient Chinese exercise emphasizing relaxation, stretching, health improvement and stress reduction.
The Tallahassee Taoist Tai Chi Society teaches a 108-move form of the Taoist Tai Chi Taijiquan set, which is designed to bring your mind, body and spirit into balance, providing many health benefits.
The International Taoist Tai Chi Society is a nonprofit organization, featuring four aims and objectives:
• Make Taoist Tai Chi available to all
• Promote the health-improving qualities of Taoist Tai Chi
• Promote cultural exchange
• Help others
To learn more about the Tallahassee Taoist Tai Chi Society, visit tallahassee.florida.usa.taoist.org, call (850) 224-5438 or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
On the Menu: A selection of recipes that have been served at the Tallahassee Taoist Tai Chi Society’s community dinners
Thai Cold Spring Rolls
8 oz – lightly braised tofu, cut into thin strips
8 oz – Napa cabbage, shredded and blanched for 30 seconds
1 c – bean sprouts, blanched for 30 seconds
1 c – grated carrot
½ tsp – black pepper
2 Tbsp – sugar
3 Tbsp – rice vinegar
½ tsp – salt
5 – egg yolks, lightly beaten, fresh cilantro
4 – rice paper sheets (round, 12 inches in diameter), garnish (herbs or vegetables of choice)
1. Place grated carrots in bowl with pepper, vinegar, salt and oil. Mix thoroughly and allow to marinade.
2. Cook the egg yolks over medium heat so you get a thin omelet; do not stir. When cooked, slide omelet out of pan and fold into thirds. Slice into thin strips.
3. Heat 8 to 10 cups of water in wok or wide pan. Soften the hard rice paper sheets by passing them through the water for a second or two, holding one edge. Grab the sheet by the moistened edge and moisten the hard edge. Lay the sheet on a clean, smooth surface.
4. Place one-fourth of tofu strips running the width of the sheet, a little bit in from the outer edge. Continue layering on this row with the egg juliennes, marinated carrots, Napa cabbage, bean sprouts and cilantro. Flap the outer edge over the stuffing and pull it tight. Roll the spring roll tight as if it were a cigar. Cut folded ends prior to serving. Garnish as desired. Serve with peanut sauce (see below).
Spring rolls may be served immediately or kept at room temperature up to 1½ hours. Do not refrigerate, as the rice paper will become stiff.
2½ oz – roasted, unsalted peanuts, processed into a fine meal
2 Tbsp – red curry paste
1½ tsp – lemon juice
2 c – unsweetened coconut milk
1 Tbsp – sugar
1½ Tbsp – soy sauce
1. Dissolve curry paste in one-half of coconut milk, cook on high 10 to 12 minutes until oil from milk has risen to surface.
2. Lower heat to add peanuts and rest of coconut milk. Bring to boil and add balance of ingredients. Cook, stirring occasionally 15 to 20 minutes, until sauce is the texture of thick cream and oil has returned to the surface.
3. Allow to rest for a half-hour. Stir to blend oil that has risen again to the surface. Serve lukewarm or reheat to piping hot.
Spareribs in Special Sauce
1½ lb – spareribs (sweet-and-sour cut)
½ c – cornstarch for coating oil for deep frying
1 Tbsp – oil
1 tsp – light soy sauce
1 tsp – sugar
1 tsp – dry sherry
½ tsp – salt
2 tsp – finely chopped garlic
2 Tbsp – tomato ketchup
1 Tbsp – Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp – sugar
½ tsp – sesame oil
2 Tbsp – water
1. Separate ribs. Marinate and set aside for 30 minutes or longer.
2. Heat oil. Coat each rib evenly with cornstarch. Deep fry spareribs for about 8 to 10 minutes over medium-high heat. Remove and drain.
3. Heat the oil again over high heat until very hot. Return spareribs back to the hot oil and fry about 1 minute more. Remove and drain on paper towels.
4. Remove oil and clean the wok.
5. Mix and pour the sauce into the wok over high heat. Add spareribs. Toss lightly until the sauce is almost absorbed by the spareribs. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to spareribs and mix well. Transfer to a plate and serve hot.
Beef and Green Pepper in Black Bean Sauce
8 oz – flank steak, or beef cut from a roast
1 – medium green pepper, diced
1 – medium onion, cut into 1-inch wedges
1 Tbsp – fermented black beans, coarsely chopped
1 tsp – minced garlic
3 Tbsp – oil
1 tsp – light soy sauce
½ tsp – sugar
1 tsp – cornstarch
2 Tbsp – water
¼ tsp – baking soda (optional)
1 tsp – dark soy sauce
½ tsp – sugar
¼ tsp – salt
½ tsp – cornstarch
¼ c – water
1. Cut flank steak lengthwise into 1½-inch strips. Thinly slice each strip across the grain. Marinate beef. Set aside for 30 minutes or longer.
2. Heat wok over high heat until very hot. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Add green pepper and onion, and stir fry about 2 minutes. Remove and set aside.
3. Add 2 tablespoons oil to same wok. When oil is hot, add black beans and garlic, and stir fry until fragrant. Add beef and stir quickly to separate beef slices.
4. When meat has lost most of its reddish color, add cooked onion and green pepper, and mix well with beef.
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Pakistani and Indian troops have been at loggerheads on the border in Jammu and Kashmir for decades with both sides accusing each other of ceasefire violations and killing their civilians.
India has consistently blamed the Pakistani army for providing cover to help terrorists sneak into Jammu and Kashmir and carry out attacks.
The ties between the two countries have further deteriorated after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year, which stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status, with both sides exchanging fire and regularly involving in cross-border shelling.
From January 1 to September 7, there have been 3,186 ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC, the Indian government told Parliament. This is the highest in the last 17 years.
Moreover, there were also 242 incidents of cross-border firing (from January 1 to August 31), in the Jammu region, along the international border with Pakistan, Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Defence said in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Parliament.
However, this time the Indian Army has earned the praise of the Pakistani people as they repatriated two minor girls from the Pakistan-administered Kashmir who were taken into custody after they inadvertently crossed the LoC.
Laiba Zabair, 17, and Sana Zabair, 13, are both residents of village Abbasspur tehsil in Kahuta. They were found on the Indian side of the LoC and were detained by the Indian Army.
The Indian Army assured that a “complete restraint” was exercised to prevent any harm to the minor girls. The two girls left home after a squabble with family members although the disappearance report lodged by the brother didn’t mention any such thing, the Pakistani local media reported.
Abbaspur Assistant Commissioner Syed Tasawwar Hussain Kazmi conducted an inquiry into the incident and told Dawn that there was a “heartbreaking story” behind it. He revealed that the father of the two girls had passed away six months ago, following which the family was left “destitute and that would trigger squabbles at their small home almost daily.”
He further remarked that it’s because of this miserable situation they took this step and that society as a whole is responsible for what they have done.
The two girls spent less than 24 hours in custody and were released at the Chakan Da Bagh crossing point near Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir in the presence of Pakistan army officials. The two sisters received gifts from the Indian Army as a goodwill gesture before their repatriation.
“We lost our way and accidentally crossed the Indian border into India. We were afraid that the soldiers would beat us,” Laiba Zubair said in a video message after returning home.
“But they all get along very well with us. They give us food and a place to stay. Everyone was constantly trying to get us back. Their use was very good. At first, we thought they would not let us go home, but today we are going back home. They are really good.”
#WATCH | We lost our way & entered Indian territory. We feared that Army personnel will beat us up but they treated us in a very good manner. We had thought that they would not allow us to go back but today we are being sent home. People are very good here: Laiba Zabair https://t.co/u6DXgPEf7C pic.twitter.com/2rkf8hOdxk
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2020
Both the countries have accused each other of targeting civilians in the region. In June, the Indian Army killed nine militants in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, all belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen outfit. Pakistan condemned the killing as “extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youths in acts of state terrorism” by Indian forces.
— XARKAR TIPU AFRIDI (@XarkarTipu) December 8, 2020
Two minor girls (Laiba zubair, Sana zubair) from POK accidently crossed the border near J&K. #IndianArmy sent them back with sweets and gifts. What a wonderful gesture! Setting and example.
#India 🇮🇳❤️ pic.twitter.com/P469etI70S
— 𝓤𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓐𝓷𝓼𝓪𝓻𝓲 (@Mr_UsmanAnsari) December 9, 2020
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(CNN)It's no secret that Ramadan this year looked very different for Muslims around the world.
The coronavirus pandemic took praying in congregation and breaking fast with loved ones off the table, leaving many feeling lonely this holy month.
And now that Ramadan has ended, Eid al-Fitr, one of the most festive holidays in Islam, will be a somber affair, just like the month that preceded it.
A three-day holiday Muslims celebrate to mark the end of the fast, Eid al-Fitr, or "festival of breaking the fast" in Arabic, will fall over Memorial Day weekend this year, spanning from May 24 to 26.
If it were any other year, this would be a time of limitless excitement and celebration over getting through a difficult month. It would be a three-day feast of gift-giving and gorging on food. Of visits to the homes of loved ones. Of tithing those less fortunate.
But this year is different.
This is the year when the world unexpectedly came to a halt, making a casualty of what is one of the happiest times in the Muslim calendar.
Eid al-Fitr in the US epicenter of Covid-19: cancelled prayers and plans
In New York, the epicenter of the virus in the United States, Eid will be especially isolating this year.
Mazhar Ladji, a product manager who moved to New York from India four years ago, was looking forward to attending the early morning prayer on the first day of Eid in Washington Square Park with the Islamic Center at New York University. But the annual prayer was cancelled this year due to Covid-19.
"It felt celebratory coming together at Washington Square Park, dressed in our best clothes and greeting each other after the prayer," said Ladji, who also previously attended a post-prayer brunch with fellow Muslims. "There will be no prayers, no brunch and no hugs."
This year, a Zoom call will replace the congregational outdoor prayer for Ladji.
Ladji isn't the only Muslim in New York who had to change his plans.
Around this time each year, Sarah Moawad would usually be packing her bags to head to Massachusetts to spend Eid with her family. This year, Moawad is staying in her apartment in Harlem with her roommate, who is also a Muslim.
"Me and my roommate are still trying brainstorm ways to make Eid festive this year," said Moawad. "Maybe a little picnic on our roof or in the park," said Moawad.
Naoual Elidrissi, an accountant for a small food business who lives alone in Queens, plans to spend Eid the same way she spent Ramadan: alone.
"It's better to be safe than sorry," said Elidrissi, who lives 10 minutes away from her elderly parents but doesn't visit them out of fear of spreading the virus.
Eid al-Fitr is usually a very exciting time for Elidrissi, who has a lot of extended family in New York City.
"Every year we dress up to the nines and visit all our family in Brooklyn and Queens. Then my cousins and I go out for a night of dancing," said Elidrissi. "This year, I'll probably just FaceTime my family."
Celebrating Eid while fighting the virus
For Mohamed Madboly, things are a little more complicated this year.
Mohamed Madboly, who is quarantined with his parents, aunt and cousin in his Queens home, hasn't been able to spend Ramadan with his three nieces on Long Island like he usually does. Both him and his parents tested positive for coronavirus, which meant that seeing his nieces over FaceTime was the only option this year.
"When I saw my youngest niece crawl for the first time on FaceTime, it really got me," said Madboly of his eight-month-old niece, Nelly. "It made me feel like we're in different countries when she's really just 10 minutes away."
Madboly and his family still hope to spend Eid in his sister's backyard on Long Island like they do every year. To do this safely, Madboly and his family members in quarantine have each taken Covid-19 tests that they hope will come back negative in time for the holiday.
We're praying that all five of us test negative," said Madboly. "It would be a perfect time to see the rest of the family and celebrate since we weren't able to sit at an iftar together this Ramadan."
Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best
For many Muslims, Eid al-Fitr this year is a painful reminder of happier times.
A once undeniably jubilant time now feels like it was part of a different life. It almost seems unfitting to celebrate in light of so many lives lost to the virus.
But even in seemingly bleak times, perspective is everything.
"Yes, it's not the best case scenario, but we have to be grateful," said Elidrissi. "We're still alive, right? At least we have that."
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The fivefold ministry states that the apostle continues to be a valid and active office in the contemporary church. C. Peter Wagner has been especially prominent in the New Apostolic Reformation, which argues that God is restoring the lost offices of prophet and apostle.
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Everywhere we go we leave digital tracks. Surveillance cameras can detect our face, recognize our face and even link our face in time to a location or event. The same digital process happens everywhere at anytime – for example like on social media where we are tagged in photos. Our identity can simply be disclosed based on an image of our face. Facial recognition is balancing on the thin line of our intimacy and can invade our privacy.
What happens to the image of my face?
Are we prepared to give up our privacy out of fear?
Is the freedom I put aside by giving up my own image worth the safety I get back?
Protect Me is the brand I created to physically protect ourselves against the abstract technologies around us. I present a collection of glasses, a series of face prosthesis and a series of necklaces. The glasses will make sure that the faces of the people wearing them will be not detected. The face prosthesis will allow faces to be detected without being unidentifiable. And the necklaces are slingshots – a symbol for rebellion – that can be worn as a mask. The diversity in products means that the brand does not solely focus on glasses, but is a platform for more kind of products that strive to achieve the same goal.
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Senator Loren Legarda has urged the Senate to conduct an investigation on the accountability of financiers of small-scale mining operations in the recent landslide that occurred in Pantukan, Compostela Valley.
In filing Senate Resolution No. 675, Legarda said that specific areas in Pantukan, including Barangay Napnapan where the January 5, 2012 and the April 2011 landslides occurred, have been identified as landslide-prone areas and the mountain region could collapse from high pressure or big movements, thereby not suitable for habitation and mining activities.
“A geo-hazard map of Pantukan revealed that its topography and geological features make it vulnerable to landslides, among other hazards. Heavier and more frequent rains, brought about by climate change, intensify the vulnerability of mining communities to hazards,” she explained.
The Senator said that according to Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy, a local ordinance prohibiting people from dwelling in Barangay Napnapan, particularly in the area where the landslide happened in April 2011, was already issued prior to the January 5 landslide; while the Department of Interior and Local Government has ordered a “no habitation policy” in areas in Pantukan identified as landslide-prone.
“Despite hazard warnings, small miners stay in the mining sites and place their lives at risk for a chance of finding gold instead of relocating to safer places where there is no alternative livelihood. According to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, those who were killed or injured in the recent landslide in Barangay Napnapan were small-scale gold miners who had no permits to mine in the area. The tragic incident claimed at least 32 lives,” she pointed out.
Legarda said that illegal mining activities in Pantukan are reportedly financed by operators who provide the necessary equipment such as mechanized pumps and sizable mills, which are too expensive for the small miners to afford.
She stressed that these small-scale mining operations are illegal and unregulated miners and communities are exposed to safety hazards and environmental disasters.
“To put a stop to these illegal operations, financiers, who profit at the expense of small miners’ lives, must be identified. These financiers must be held liable for the loss of lives due to mining operations in landslide-prone areas,” Legarda concluded.***
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As a dedicated, experienced chiropractor, I wanted to give you some more understanding about your spinal discs. As people age, they often begin to have issues with these discs so it’s good to understand what can happen to them.
When you have a disc that has not suffered any injury, it is kind of a rounded oval shape. There’s a network of fibers laid out to give the disc a lot of strength. The core is a gelatinous, watery substance. And the outer fibers hold the disc in place.
What Happens when a Disc is Damaged?
Now, when a disc begins to develop problems, you can progress into what is called a bulging disc. When the disc bulges, it’s starting to lose its proper shape. The gelatinous inner part, the nucleus, is starting to push out to one side. That bulge applies pressure on other parts of your anatomy.
The bulge that I’m talking about is like a tire that has lost too much air pressure. The sides of that tire bulge out wider than the rim itself. A bulging disc resembles the bulge in that tire.
The disc can also develop a herniation. When this happens, the nucleus, the jelly-like inner part, can get pushed out or leak through cracks in the disc that have been caused by injuries or aging. This problem may be called a herniated disc, slipped disc or ruptured disc.
Both a bulging disc and a herniated disc can cause problems for you. The biggest problem is that they can pinch nerves as these nerves exit the spine. The discs can also press on the spinal cord itself.
Causes of Disc Injury
There are several factors that incline these discs toward injury, including:
- Poor spinal alignment
- A bad diet that includes too many poor-quality foods
- Injuries to the spine or discs
To improve disc health, you can improve your diet by eating fresher, less processed and more nutritious foods. Supplements like glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfates can improve the health of your discs.
When we’re looking at a bulging or herniated disc, we’re often looking at degenerative disc disease. But in 1988, Dr. Harry Farfan, a medical doctor, wrote, “Aging and degenerative (arthritic) changes are not synonymous.” So, even if you are aging, it’s not necessarily true that you have to develop degenerative or arthritic changes. There are ways you can make your discs healthier and more functional.
Poor Spinal Alignment
The next cause of disc damage is poor spinal alignment. Here’s another helpful quote from a medical professional, J.T. Freeman, excerpted from the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957:
“Deviations in the body’s center of gravity caused poor posture, which resulted in intestinal problems, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, osteoporosis, hip and foot deformities, poor health, decreased quality of life and a shortened life span.”
You see people walking around with their heads forward. Their bodies tilt to the right or tilt to the left; they just don’t walk very well. Those people have deviations in their body’s center of gravity. As described in the quote above, these deviations cause a whole list of unpleasant problems.
As you can see, poor posture and deviations of the body’s center of gravity can cause really serious effects. Now, these deviations are really caused by spinal misalignments. Again, this traces back to a bad diet. So what can you do? You eat better foods and take nutritional supplements.
Injuries can result unexpectedly when people pick up objects incorrectly or sit too long, etc. These activities lead to poor spinal alignment. That is a problem that can be solved with chiropractic adjustments.
Your head weighs roughly 10 pounds, about the same as a bowling ball. Dr. Mehmed Kapandji wrote, “For every inch of forward head posture, it can increase the weight of the head on the spine by an additional 10 pounds.”
When a person is walking around with their head forward one, two or three inches, this poor posture increases the weight of their head on their spines by as much as 10, 20 or 30 pounds.
Therefore, people with forward-head posture are placing a lot of strain on their shoulders and upper backs. They’ll begin to develop a hump in their upper back that is a sign that the body is trying to compensate.
If these people even try to stand up into a better posture, they can’t because they are suffering from poor spinal alignment. In effect, bad posture is really caused by poor spinal alignment.
Preserve Your Discs, Preserve Your Health
There are quite a few discs in your spine. You have seven neck vertebrae, 12 mid-back vertebrae and five lower-back vertebrae. Each vertebra has a disc between it and the next vertebra.
There’s really a lot that can happen with your spine. To really keep it in good alignment, you need chiropractic adjustments. You can call my office any time to schedule an appointment at 314-648-2276.
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Showcasing farmers’ growing commitment to sustainability will be a major goal for the National Corn Growers Association in 2021. Several major initiatives by NCGA, as well as collaborative efforts with partners, will bear fruit in the new year.
“NCGA made a pioneering leap into the sustainability arena with the launch of the Soil Health Partnership. Since then, we have not let up. We have been working to take the next big steps showcasing our dedication to continuous improvement,” said Andy Jobman, Chair of NCGA’s Stewardship Action Team STAT. “Last year’s release of our U.S. Corn Commitment Statement opened the door for a very active 2021, starting with our upcoming Corn Sustainability Report and Environmental Sustainability Goals.”
The report will quantify accomplishments to date on the environment and climate change and chart a course that will create a more environmentally and economically sustainable world for future generations.
NCGA is working with the University of Illinois on a trendline analysis that will provide crucial information on environmental sustainability goals, Jobman notes. It focuses on the current status of the corn industry in the sustainability space. It will offer an important perspective on where corn farmers, industry stakeholders, and consumers are positioned on sustainability. The analysis will potentially target an assessment of greenhouse gas, soil loss/soil health initiatives, land use and energy use.
Climate change will also be front and center in 2021. The profile and importance of addressing climate change continue to grow exponentially. NCGA’s mission is to assure the best available information and sources are used in decision making. A key priority will be positioning corn farmers as a significant solution to reducing greenhouse gas.
NCGA will also continue its efforts to be a key player in the development and assessment of Carbon Markets. The organization is working to making it easier for producers to participate in climate-smart practices, navigate carbon markets, and earn extra income through carbon sequestration.
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Aviko, a potato processing company in the east of Holland, is getting more money out of its potatoes by generating biogas from its wastewater. The biogas is used to power the plant, decreasing the consumption of energy. In addition, out of the remainder of the waste water, the company harvests valuable phosphates. Phosphates are increasingly scarce, and are necessary to make artificial fertilizer.
Our colleague Tim Huelsen explains the process.
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Long Covid is having a devastating impact on carers and healthcare professionals, who were on the frontline at the start of the pandemic.
The long term illness has left many unable to work and has cost them their health, just as the NHS needs them most.
This issue has been highlighted by two key workers from the South, who say the uncertainty is one of the hardest parts, with no clear treatment option available.
Jade Townsend, Nursery worker
Jade worked in a nursery caring for young children. Like many people, she thought the young would not be badly affected by the virus.
However, the 23-year-old has been suffering with the affects of Long Covid and has not been able to work since April.
Jade has breathing problems, chest pains and fatigue, which means her life is very limited.
Rosie Richards, Carer
Rosie was passionate about her job, working as in a care home. She was nominated for carer of the year, but hasn't been able to work for six months because of Long Covid.
She says it's "absolutely devastating" and is frustrated by the lack of support and that people don't realise the long term implications of Covid.
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Last Friday, on April 1st, Bond Chess à Classique Musique Tournament took place on campus. Over 20 candidates from Bond Elementary and Secondary competed against each other during the Chess Tournament.
According to Ms. Judy Johnstone, a Bond Elementary Teacher and Co-organizer of the event at Bond, the Chess Tournament is one of Bond’s annual events, and the students are encouraged to play against each other no matter which grades they are in.
“I played against five people today. Some of the games were easy and the others were challenging.” said Ben, a Grade 8 student at Bond. “Setting up your pieces at the beginning of the game pays off. Having your pieces centralized can help you level the playing field, and help you control the board. If I am in a difficult situation, I can use those pieces to my advantage.”
As an experienced chess player and winner, Ben shared some of his strategies. “I usually have my Knights and Bishops set up first in the middle, and have my Pawns out in the ten moves of the game because the first moves are the most important ones.” He added that chess requires a lot of concentration and patience because players do not want to go quickly and lose all the good pieces.
Keona, a Bond Grade 8 chess player, said: “The first time that I played chess was in Grade 3, that was when we were allowed to join the game and I’ve played ever since. Today, I played against two players and they were really good at it. I enjoyed playing with them. I made sure that they didn’t get too many of my good pieces. When I got in check, I need to think how to get out of check while trying to save one of my pieces that they could potentially take.” She said she made sure that every piece of hers was covered when playing with the other player, so she could take their piece if somebody tried to take hers.
“It was my first time playing chess. It was very difficult. I learned a lot about the rules, such as how to move the Pawns, the King and the Queen. ” said Brian, a Grade 12 student at Bond.
The following students won all of their games: Fallon (Grade 2), Cassandra (Grade 4), Maude Rose (Grade 4), Sam (Grade 5), Declan (Grade 5), Timothy (Grade 7), Ben (Grade 8), Keona (Grade 8), Austin (Grade 8) and Luv (Grade 8). Bravo!
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TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A. History
Telephone: (55) 11 5582 8811
Fax: (55) 11 5071 1080
Incorporated: 1961 as Táxi Aéreos Marília
Sales: $1.26 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: Sao Paulo
Ticker Symbol: TANC4.BR
NAIC: 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation; 481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation; 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation; 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation; 488190 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- Táxi Aéreos Marília air taxi service is formed.
- Rolim Amaro becomes a partner in Táxi Aéreos Marília.
- TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAR) is formed; Amaro acquires the rest of air taxi service.
- TAM is renamed TAM Linha Aérea Regional.
- TAM acquires LAPSA.
- A Miami route is launched.
- TAM and TAR merge; sales exceed $1 billion.
- Amaro dies in midst of a major expansion program.
- TAM code shares with VARIG.
TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A. is Brazil's leading domestic airline. TAM operates a fleet of about 50 Airbus jets and 40 Fokker 100 turboprops, which form a vital commercial air link in a country that takes four hours to cross by plane. The company's TAM Mercosur unit flies to neighboring countries. The family of the late Rolim Amaro owns most (69 percent) of the company's shares. Amaro is credited with building an air taxi operation into Brazil's strongest airline over the course of 30 years.
TAM was founded on January 7, 1961, as Táxi Aéreos Marília (TAM), named for a city in the state of Sao Paulo. It was a pilots' cooperative. TAM was eventually acquired by sugar producer Orlando Ometto.
Ommetto's right hand man was Rolim Adolfo Amaro, who joined TAM in 1963. Amaro soon after left to work for Viaçao Aérea Sao Paulo (VASP), according to a profile in Airways magazine. In 1968, he was flying for a farm owned by a bank, which financed the purchase of his own tiny Cessna 140.
Amaro and his brother Joao started another air taxi service, Araguaia Tàxi Aéreo (ATA), in 1971. It ferried laborers in the states of Goiás and Paraná. By 1973, notes Airways, the enterprise was operating ten planes.
Amaro became a half owner of his former employer, TAM, in 1971. Two years later, local farmer Sebastiano Maia bought in. TAM's fleet was soon upgraded with Cessna 409s and even Learjets, notes Airways. TAM carried 2,800 passengers in 1972 and 18,000 in 1975. Headquarters was relocated to Sao Paulo.
TAR Formed in 1976
Around this time, the Brazilian government began promoting air service to the small communities that had been abandoned by the major airlines in the age of the jet. Five smaller airlines were assigned exclusive rights to one of five regions, and TAM was earmarked for the wealthiest and most populous, the Regiao Centro-Oeste.
TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAR) was established on May 12, 1976. VASP received a holding in the company in exchange for contributing a fleet of six 160-seat EMB-110 Bandeirantes, plus facilities at seven local airports. In July 12, 1976, the new venture began flying its first route, Sao Paulo-Ourinhos-Maringá.
In November 1976, Amaro bought out his partners. Amaro, often called "Commandante," was known for his emphasis on customer service. "The customer is king," was his motto, notes Air Transport World. A red carpet was typically rolled out before the passengers.
TAM replaced its fleet of Bandeirantes with 48-seat Fokker F27s turboprops in the early 1980s. In 1982, TAM Jatos Executivos was created to market Cessna Citation business jets.
A New Name in the Mid-1980s
TAM adopted the name TAM Linha Aérea Regional on August 1, 1986, reports Airways magazine. With a democratic government in power, the air market was liberalized and TAM was free to begin connecting major cities via downtown airports, which business travelers found to be a great convenience. TAM was allowed to begin flying the Sao Paulo-Rio "Air Bridge" in 1989.
TAM bought an interest in the regional airline assets of VOTEC in 1986. A new company was formed around them called Viaçao Brasil Central. In 1996, it was renamed Transportes Aéreos Meridionais. TAM's Central operation connected some very remote spots in Brazil with a fleet of Cessna Caravans.
TAM began flying a pair of Fokker 100 twin-jets in October 1990. These allowed the airline to offer jet service from the downtown airports. The Brazilian aviation market was deregulated further in the early 1990s. This allowed for more growth, and TAM was soon operating 53 Fokker 100s.
Air Transport World named TAM its Regional Airline of the Year for 1995. However, with a route network of 2,140 miles, TAM stretched the definition of "regional airline," noted the magazine. The airline had revenues of about $330 million in the 1994 fiscal year, when it carried 1.6 million passengers (one quarter of them on charter flights). The company then had 1,400 employees.
In September 1996, TAM acquired 80 percent of LAPSA, Paraguay's troubled national airline. Renamed Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur (or TAM Mercosur), it became the unit responsible for flights to countries neighboring Brazil.
On October 31, 1996, the company suffered its worst disaster when a Fokker 100 jet crash on takeoff, killing 90 people. This and later incidents would tarnish the jet's reputation in the eyes of the public, and they were eventually replaced.
In the late 1990s, TAM joined LAN Chile and TACA in the pooled purchase of 120 Airbus jets. TAM acquired 60 A320s and five of the larger A330s, one of which were used to open TAM's first international route to Miami in December 1998. Service to Paris was launched in the next year.
TAM and TAR Merge in 2000
Transportes Aéreos Meridionais and Transportes Aéreos Regionais were merged in late 2000 to form TAM Linhas Aéreas. The combined company had about 8,000 employees.
TAM was the only Brazilian airline to turn a profit in 2000, according to Aviation Week & Space Technology. After losing BRL 83.7 million in 1999, the carrier posted net income of BRL 41.4 million ($17.6 million) as passenger count rose from less than eight million to 10.4 million. Sales were more than $1 billion. At the 2001 Paris Air Show, TAM announced orders for 20 Brazilian-made Embraer Regional Jets and 20 Airbus A318 airliners.
TAM launched a major international expansion in early 2001 by taking over routes to Buenos Aires and other destinations abandoned by VASP. TAM acquired Argentina's tiny Aerovip airline later in the year.
TAM's charismatic founder Rolim Amaro died in a helicopter crash on July 8, 2001. His widow Noemy headed the board of directors after his death. Amaro was succeeded as the company's president by his brother-in-law and longtime TAM employee Daniel Madelli Martin.
International services extended to Zürich and Frankfurt in May 2001. TAM also had marketing arrangements with American Airlines and Air France. Most of the international routes were cut after September 11, 2001, however. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV began a code-sharing arrangement with TAM on the Sao Paul-Brazil route in the winter of 2002-03. The flights were operated by TAM.
TAM lost BRL 607.5 million in 2002 on sales of $1.7 billion. Its passenger count was about 14 million. TAM was hurt by the devaluation of the Brazilian real. The cargo division, TAM Express, accounted for about ten percent of sales. In the cost-cutting that followed, TAM began unloading its fleet of Fokker 100 jets and cut 524 jobs. The airline did take delivery of two new Airbus jets worth $71 million each.
VARIG Cooperation in 2003
TAM began merger talks with VARIG in February 2003 as both airlines struggled in a weakened Brazilian economy. They began selling seats on each other's aircraft through a code-sharing arrangement, which helped both of them gain more of the market.
TAM managed a net profit of BRL 173.8 million ($59 million) on sales of $1.26 billion in 2003. The company had focused on subsidiary TAM Mercosur's flights to neighboring countries--particularly Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia--rather than long haul routes, reported Aviation Daily.
Company president Daniel Martin stepped down in August 2003 during merger negotiations with VARIG. He would be replaced by Marco Antonio Bologna.
In the summer of 2004, TAM added 15 new regional destinations to its offerings by partnering with local airlines Passaredo, Trip, and OceanAir. The airline was soon cleared to launch routes to Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile. Ten Airbus 320 jets were ordered to accommodate TAM's new growth. The company was considering an initial public offering for 2005 to raise at least $100 million. Only 0.5 percent of shares had been available on the Sao Paulo exchange.
By this time, merger talks with VARIG were no longer a priority, though the two airlines were continuing their code-sharing arrangement. TAM was leading Brazil's domestic aviation market with more than a one-third market share.
Principal Subsidiaries: TAM Jatos Executivos; TAM-Transportes Aereos Del Mercosur (Paraguay).
Principal Divisions: Centro Técnico TAM; Services Academy.
Principal Competitors: Gol Transportes Aereos SA; Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense SA (VARIG); Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo (VASP).
- "Airlines Caught up in Price War--But VARIG Tries to Remain Aloof from Cutting Contest," Latin American Newsletters, April 24, 2001.
- Beting, Gianfranco, "TAM Has Reason to Smile," Airways, November 2004, pp. 8-17.
- "Brazil Carrier TAM Hopes to Sell up to $200M in Stock--CEO," Dow Jones International News, July 14, 2004.
- "Brazil TAM Authorised to Fly to Santiago, Lima," Latin America News Digest, October 1, 2004.
- "Brazil TAM Has 36.17 PCT Domestic Air Traffic Share Aug 2004," Latin America News Digest, September 10, 2004.
- "Brazil TAM Signs Partnership Agreements with Passaredo, OceanAir, Trip," Latin America News Digest, July 29, 2004.
- "Brazil TAM Swings to All-Time High 2003 Profit," Latin America News Digest, March 30, 2004.
- "Brazil's 2 Largest Airlines Deny Canceling Merger Plans," Dow Jones International News, March 17, 2004.
- "Brazil's Biggest Airline to Buy 10 Airbus Passenger Jets," Associated Press Newswires, July 26, 2004.
- "Brazil's TAM Airline Head Quits Amid Merger," Reuters News, August 14, 2003.
- Flottau, Jens, "TAM Brazil Regroups after Death of Founder," Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 30, 2001, p. 45.
- Hay, Andrew, "Brazilian Airlines Varig, TAM Delay Merger," Reuters News, February 10, 2004.
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- Manera, Roberto, "TAM Bets on Rolim's Style to Stay on Top," Gazeta Mercantil, April 29, 2004.
- Moorhouse, Neil, "KLM Says Has Codeshare Deal with Tam," Dow Jones International News, October 4, 2002.
- "Regional Airline of the Year: TAM," Air Transport World, February 1, 1996, p. 32.
- "Rolim Amaro, Founder of TAM, Killed in Helicopter Crash in Brazil," Weekly of Business Aviation, July 16, 2001, p. 32.
- "Serious Competition as Varig and TAM Merge," Latin American Economic and Business Report, March 27, 2003.
- "TAM Brazil Begins Fokker Retirement, Fleet Renewal," Aviation Daily, October 1, 2002, p. 5.
- "TAM Brazil to Increase Fleet for Domestic Flights," Aviation Daily, September 7, 2001, p. 8.
- "TAM Brazil to Kick off Expansion with Brazil-Argentina Flights," Aviation Daily, February 20, 2001, p. 4.
- "TAM Focus on Cargo Division," Gazeta Mercantil, December 26, 2002.
- "TAM to Implement Cutbacks, As Varig Consolidates Fleet and Network," Airclaims Airline News, September 20, 2002.
- "TAM's in the Black for 2003," Valor Economico, March 30, 2004.
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It is hard to describe to people who have never experienced a major hurricane what it’s like to go through one. The pounding torrential rains. The roaring gale-force winds, which can uproot and toss massive trees as though they were twigs. The relentlessness of it all as it carries on for hours, slowly increasing your doubts about your creaking house’s ability to remain standing. It is as if the air you are accustomed to breathing has suddenly gathered supernatural force and become angry, and decided to try to kill you.
Of course, the less stable your house, the more terror you feel. I remember my parents describing their fright as they trembled inside their respective homes—my mother’s a wooden tin-covered house, my father’s a concrete one—while Hurricane Flora, a Category 4 storm, roared through Haiti, on October 2, 1963. Ask any Haitian who was there and is old enough to remember and you might still be able to detect a remnant of alarm. Flora, which also struck Cuba and the Bahamas, was responsible for thousands of deaths in Haiti.
I only remember two hurricanes from the time I lived in Haiti as a child. Hurricane David made landfall in the northern part of the country, in late August, 1979, as a Category 3 storm. It took a high death toll in the neighboring Dominican Republic, where it struck as a Category 5. No deaths were officially attributed to David in Haiti, though my family members were sure there were many that went unnoted—deaths in remote rural regions of the country are rarely reported to or recorded by authorities unless they occur in large numbers. The following year, in August of 1980, Hurricane Allen brushed past Haiti’s southern coast. It did not make landfall but still took several hundred lives.
At the time, I was living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, whose surrounding mountain ranges tend to offer some buffer or act as a partial shield against hurricane-force winds, even if they don’t offer much protection against the rain. Flooding would continue even after the rain had stopped. Waves of muddy water would snake through the alleys between houses. Our city streets would quickly become rivers, rivers that seemed as though they could easily carry people away.
The first hurricanes I experienced in the United States made landfall in Florida during the brutal 2005 season, which brought three Category 5 storms, most famously the catastrophic Katrina, in August. My eldest daughter was five months old when Katrina struck New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I held her tightly in my arms as I spent hours watching on television as the bodies of men, women, and children floated down the flooded streets of New Orleans. In addition to sorrow and horror, I felt a kinship with the survivors of the hurricane, who, like my family and me, had been born and raised in the paths of such storms and were now living in their crosshairs.
Haiti has just found itself in the crosshairs of yet another powerful storm, Hurricane Matthew. A Category 4 storm with hundred-and-forty-five-mile-per-hour winds, Matthew made landfall in the southwest region of the country this week, decimating large portions and creating a humanitarian catastrophe. Though it is still too early to gauge the full magnitude of the damage, the first flights over the most affected areas show seaside and even inland villages with flooded farmlands and roads, and nearly annihilated towns with the majority of their houses either roofless or flattened, as well as rivers still raging, damaged or impassable bridges, and little or no remaining functioning infrastructure. The storm has also divided the country in half, after a crucial bridge connecting the southern region to the rest of the country collapsed. When last I checked, there had been a hundred and eight deaths cited by Haitian authorities, though there will likely be more reported once the cutoff regions become accessible. Cell phones, the most common method of long-distance communication available to most people, have been down since the hurricane struck, making it impossible to get in touch with friends and family in the south, just as it was difficult to reach family members after the devastating earthquake of 2010. Thoughts of the earthquake bring to mind the dilemma facing most poor Haitians who live in both earthquake- and hurricane-prone areas and cannot afford to build seismically sound houses: concrete might protect folks from hurricanes, but it can become deadly during an earthquake.
The last contact I had with my friends in Gros Marin, a small rural village south of Les Cayes, one of the cities at the center of the storm, was the day before the hurricane struck, when I was asking where they would take shelter. The night the storm came ashore, I stayed up most of the night with my mother-in-law, who has a house in Gros Marin but was staying with my husband and me at our home in Miami, and listened to live Haitian radio reports on the Internet. What we heard most were people calling in from coastal areas to say that the sea was coming. The sea, along with the rain, was coming into the towns, farms, and churches where people had gone for shelter. Some people had to find their way out of those shelters, in the dark, to seek even higher ground. The calls to the radio stations were often brief and urgent-sounding. One man said that he heard a group of people screaming inside a house as the sea lapped at its doors. I am still wondering what happened to those people.
My mother-in-law eventually learned, through a text sent by one of her neighbors, that her property in Gros Marin, a place that hosted school-tutoring sessions, as well as summer sewing classes and small soccer matches, has been destroyed. Most of her neighbors’ homes are also either damaged or destroyed due to wind and flooding. We learned that twenty of our friends and neighbors are sleeping in one room on the one concrete building that remained standing in their area.
This story, I know, is being repeated all over Haiti, and it’s a story that many of us living abroad have already heard or will be hearing soon. Yet some even greater dangers lie ahead. Hurricane Matthew, as it has travelled over Haiti, has destroyed crops and harvests of Haitian staples, which could lead to food insecurity, hunger, and even famine as the waters recede. Also looming is the increased menace of mosquito- and waterborne illnesses, most prominently cholera, which has become an epidemic in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake, an outbreak that United Nations peacekeepers have acknowledged their role in introducing.
Some of us who live in South Florida, which has one the largest populations of Haitians in the United States, now also find ourselves in Matthew’s path. At first it was expected to come to us weakened, as a tropical storm, but the latest forecast has it strengthening as it leaves the Bahamas to become a Category 4 or even a Category 5 storm. We will continue thinking about and trying to reach our friends and loved ones in Haiti, and eventually will find ways to help and support them, even as we, under somewhat more favorable conditions, do our best to shelter ourselves. | <urn:uuid:e2868903-e48b-4fe4-93ca-03ec579746a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/facing-hurricane-matthew | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.984173 | 1,483 | 2.03125 | 2 |
For Skip Brown, who has taught elementary school in Durham for over 20 years, his role as a black male teacher is one he knows has been influential for many of his male students of color.
“I make those special relationships with all my kids,” Brown said. “The relationship they have back with you may be a little deeper for those boys of color.”
Sitting at the Profound Gentlemen conference last weekend that brought male educators of color from 18 states to Charlotte, Brown said being the only black male educator in his school comes with challenges and can feel isolating. In his current school, he is the only black male educator, though that was different in the past. His black male colleagues, Brown said, have gone on to administrative roles.
“It can sometimes be a little lonely in the building when you’re the only one like you in the building,” he said. “And how are you perceived in your building? Are you the disciplinarian so they’re going to send you all the students that have discipline issues? That’s not fair. Everybody needs to learn how to deal with those issues. Or when you speak up in faculty meetings, are you automatically dismissed, or do they listen to what you have to say?”
Profound Gentlemen, an organization that focuses on supporting male educators of color professionally and personally, held its fourth annual Community Impact Assembly for more than 200 teachers from cohorts in cities around the country. The cohorts of teachers form social networks and provide professional development opportunities in hopes of retaining male educators of color. Nationwide, black men make up only 2 percent of the teaching workforce. In North Carolina, 80 percent of the teaching force is comprised of white females. WRAL outlined the gap between teacher diversity and student diversity across the state in January. North Carolina’s student population is 52 percent students of color.
Researchers say the impact of having a teacher who looks like you can lead to better learning outcomes and can increase the chance of high school graduation.
“That’s mind-boggling. Just your presence alone,” Brown said of that impact. Jason Terrell, co-founder and executive director of the organization, calls this impact “profound,” which is how they thought of the name of the organization. Terrell said the weekend was comprised of the same things that happen on much smaller scales day-to-day across the country.
“The biggest thing of this experience is, this is kind of like a combination of all our programs wrapped in one, so we do smaller versions of these throughout the year in our respective cities,” Terrell said. “But this is a time when everybody comes together to a large one. And I think that’s the biggest part, is that building community piece. I think a lot of educators experience feeling that sense of isolation and not feeling like they have a larger community or network of support.”
Parts of the weekend were not solely for educators, but individuals from different parts of the community.
“It’s not just for teachers. It’s really for the community,” Terrell said. “We allow students to come. We invite teachers to bring their students if they can. … We also had two particular events that we allowed community members to come.”
On Friday, attendees broke into groups comprised of individuals from different sectors — politics, philanthropy, education — and an educator shared a particular challenge he was facing. The break-out groups listened, asked clarifying questions, then gave advice from their own backgrounds and experiences.
“Teaching, sometimes, is an isolated field,” Terrell said. “You’re just in your own silo and you don’t really have the chance to hear the perspectives of non-teachers. So that was a great way for educators to get perspectives from lawyers and doctors and accountants. Folks who have kids, folks who may not have kids, but just maybe have other ideas about how education works from their own contexts.”
In one group, Shaquise Elie, a high school social studies teacher in Brooklyn, New York, shared his struggle of feeling an additional burden at school besides teaching — educating his white colleagues on issues of race and culture.
“I feel like black teachers constantly do the heavy lifting,” Elie said. “We’re double-burdened with the responsibilities of our jobs and teaching our peers on everything from instruction to culture. How do I practice self-care so that I’m not overburdened?”
He went on to explain what he means by “heavy lifting:”
“Black teachers often times don’t have the ability to sort of tap out of things that relate to culture and sort of stresses that the kids get, may it be micro-aggressions that come from teachers, and letting white teachers know that some of the things that they’re doing is harmful, which is not particularly in our job descriptions, but when we want to protect our kids and we want our kids to feel safe in our school communities, we have to let them know the things that they’re doing.”
Elie said students and staff from his school were planning a school-wide conversation about race due to black students not feeling they had a voice in a majority-LatinX school population. He had multiple white teachers ask him how to facilitate that conversation. Meetings to plan for the conversation were opt-in, and, Elie said, he felt those teachers who were already prepared to have racial conversations were the ones who chose to attend.
“It’s almost like you’re having to be the spokesperson for your black students because the school is not stepping up and taking on that charge,” said Charles King, a middle school English teacher in Atlanta and Profound Gentlemen cohort leader. “And I think that spans wherever we are.”
Individuals in the room from educators to philanthropists to racial equity consultants gave varying opinions and advice. Dawaine Cosey, director of culture, empowerment, and restorative justice at Ron Brown College Preparatory High in Washington, D.C., said he feels, as educators of color, it is inevitable to have a connection to students of color.
“We become their safe place,” Cosey said. “We become the uncle or the dad. It feels heavy because it is heavy. That is the reality of the work being black in nonblack spaces.”
Cosey said he feels white educators, especially those who feel unprepared or uncomfortable talking about race, should listen instead of lead.
“I don’t think conversations of race should be led by people who are not persons of color particularly because you don’t get it,” said Cosey.
A consultant on diversity and racial equity advised Elie to respond to his white colleagues with questions that help them think critically about the roles of race in school and beyond. A fellow black male educator and member of a Profound Gentlemen cohort emphasized the importance of taking time off and doing things for yourself from time to time to avoid burnout.
Teacher Advisor to Gov. Roy Cooper LaTanya Pattillo said she has felt the same expectation to have all the answers in situations that are majority white, whether it be a classroom or a board meeting.
“The other side of it is, and people ask me, ‘If not you, who?'” Pattillo said. She recommended being honest about feelings but also recognizing the opportunity to help others understand.
“They’re coming to you, which can be looked at a variety of ways, but they’re coming to you, which presents you with an opportunity to educate,” she said. “Whether or not you want to take that on depends on the day, how you feel, all of that, right? But understand that there is purpose in that, and there is opportunity in that. I think what could be really helpful is to recognize those relationships during the course of the day and cultivate those relationships so that when there’s not an issue, you’re building this and if something comes up you can address it, and address it in a way that’s not antagonistic or that people might not feel defensive about.”
De-Mi Woodfork, a behavior specialist in an elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee, is part of a Profound Gentlemen cohort in Memphis. He said the social network and professional development has given him more confidence to put his ideas out there. He said he came to Charlotte over the weekend to meet other male educators of color who have similar challenges.
“What brought me to this conference is, one, being able to congregate with people who are like you, who are struggling the same struggles, or fighting the same battles, rather, that you’re fighting,” said Woodfork. “And in the classroom, in the schools, you don’t see too many who look like you and who can support you in the challenges you are facing.”
Woodfork said, as a behavior specialist, his discipline approaches can be seen as hostile in a majority-white school environment, but, in the school he is in now, which has a good deal of diversity, there is an understanding and gratitude for his approaches. Woodfork, who used to be in the military, said he uses JROTC values to provide children who are consistently acting out with the structure and tools they need.
Groups of educators went on school visits around Charlotte as part of the conference. Woodfork said he enjoyed the opportunity to see new ideas to take back to his school.
“So being able to come around other men who are implementing different ways of helping the kids… it’s a learning experience,” he said. “It’s a world-changing experience. Because I can go back home and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to do this this way because they tried this here and it was very successful.’ So to be able to learn from everybody as well, not just come together [in] fellowship, but to learn from each other is one of the things that brought me here.”
Profound Gentlemen’s ultimate goal is retention of male educators of color once they are already in the profession. This year, they are testing out a new model, which is reaching undergraduate students before they join the profession. Through partnerships with UNC-Charlotte, Winston-Salem State, and Johnson C. Smith University, Terrell said college cohorts have formed with around 30 students, some of whom are majoring in education and some who are not.
“Our goal is to get these guys exposed to what education looks like,” Terrell said. “Most of them never had a teacher who looked like them before so they don’t really see themselves in the classroom.”
Also on the horizon for the organization, Terrell said, is expanding to reach more men of color across the state, especially in rural areas.
Brown, the Durham third grade teacher, said he feels this kind of network can help keep male educators of color in the teaching profession, especially those just starting out their teaching careers. Recruitment of male educators of color, he said, is a different story.
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Politics and the English Language Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse.
Basic characteristics[ edit ] The nature of Romanticism may be approached from the primary importance of the free expression of the feelings of the artist. The importance the Romantics placed on emotion is summed up in the remark of the German painter Caspar David Friedrich"the artist's feeling is his law".
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others believed there were natural laws the imagination—at least of a good creative artist—would unconsciously follow through artistic inspiration if left alone. The concept of the geniusor artist who was able to produce his own original work through this process of creation from nothingness, is key to Romanticism, and to be derivative was the worst sin.
This particularly in the effect of nature upon the artist when he is surrounded by it, preferably alone.
In contrast to the usually very social art of the EnlightenmentRomantics were distrustful of the human world, and tended to believe a close connection with nature was mentally and morally healthy. Romantic art addressed its audiences with what was intended to be felt as the personal voice of the artist.
So, in literature, "much of romantic poetry invited the reader to identify the protagonists with the poets themselves". The application of the term to literature first became common in Germany, where the circle around the Schlegel brothers, critics August and Friedrichbegan to speak of romantische Poesie "romantic poetry" in the s, contrasting it with "classic" but in terms of spirit rather than merely dating.
Friedrich Schlegel wrote in his Dialogue on Poetry"I seek and find the romantic among the older moderns, in Shakespeare, in Cervantes, in Italian poetry, in that age of chivalry, love and fable, from which the phenomenon and the word itself are derived.
Margaret Drabble described it in literature as taking place "roughly between and ", and few dates much earlier than will be found. In English literature, M. Abrams placed it betweenorthis latter a very typical view, and aboutperhaps a little later than some other critics.
The early period of the Romantic Era was a time of war, with the French Revolution — followed by the Napoleonic Wars until These wars, along with the political and social turmoil that went along with them, served as the background for Romanticism.
The first emerged in the s and s, the second in the s, and the third later in the century. That it was part of the Counter-Enlightenmenta reaction against the Age of Enlightenmentis generally accepted in current scholarship.
Its relationship to the French Revolutionwhich began in in the very early stages of the period, is clearly important, but highly variable depending on geography and individual reactions.
Most Romantics can be said to be broadly progressive in their views, but a considerable number always had, or developed, a wide range of conservative views, and nationalism was in many countries strongly associated with Romanticism, as discussed in detail below.
In philosophy and the history of ideas, Romanticism was seen by Isaiah Berlin as disrupting for over a century the classic Western traditions of rationality and the idea of moral absolutes and agreed values, leading "to something like the melting away of the very notion of objective truth", and hence not only to nationalism, but also fascism and totalitarianismwith a gradual recovery coming only after World War II.
This is most evident in the aesthetics of romanticism, where the notion of eternal models, a Platonic vision of ideal beauty, which the artist seeks to convey, however imperfectly, on canvas or in sound, is replaced by a passionate belief in spiritual freedom, individual creativity.
The painter, the poet, the composer do not hold up a mirror to nature, however ideal, but invent; they do not imitate the doctrine of mimesisbut create not merely the means but the goals that they pursue; these goals represent the self-expression of the artist's own unique, inner vision, to set aside which in response to the demands of some "external" voice — church, state, public opinion, family friends, arbiters of taste — is an act of betrayal of what alone justifies their existence for those who are in any sense creative.
Arthur Lovejoy attempted to demonstrate the difficulty of defining Romanticism in his seminal article "On The Discrimination of Romanticisms" in his Essays in the History of Ideas ; some scholars see Romanticism as essentially continuous with the present, some like Robert Hughes see in it the inaugural moment of modernity and some like ChateaubriandNovalis and Samuel Taylor Coleridge see it as the beginning of a tradition of resistance to Enlightenment rationalism—a "Counter-Enlightenment"— to be associated most closely with German Romanticism.
An earlier definition comes from Charles Baudelaire: This movement was led by France, with Balzac and Flaubert in literature and Courbet in painting; Stendhal and Goya were important precursors of Realism in their respective media.Hachiman Hikigaya is a realist.
He knows that life is unfair and everyone is a liar. He has learned to deal with it: avoid people as much as possible and if necessary, ward them off with painfully cutting remarks. Searle, John (). American philosopher.
Expanding on the work of J.L. Austin, Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language () treats all communication as instances of the performance of speech acts.
In Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind () and The Rediscovery of the Mind () Searle emphasizes the irreducibility of consciousness and intentionality to.
This webpage is for Dr. Wheeler's literature students, and it offers introductory survey information concerning the literature of classical China, classical Rome, classical Greece, the Bible as Literature, medieval literature, Renaissance literature, and genre studies.
Rozenberg Quarterly aims to be a platform for academics, scientists, journalists, authors and artists, in order to offer background information and scholarly reflections that contribute to mutual understanding and dialogue in a seemingly divided world. 6 Elements of Romantic Literature study guide by emholguin includes 6 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more.
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Exposed to lead in infancy, now Flint's youngest students face challenges in school
It’s a quiet winter morning at Neithercut Elementary in Flint, and the kids in Theresa Skene’s kindergarten class are munching contentedly on their school breakfasts: milk, Froot Loops, strawberry yogurt, some kind of strudel stick wrapped in plastic. Mindfulness music (as Mrs. Skene calls it) plays softly in the room, as she stops at one boy’s desk to praise him for cleaning up a spill.
But before breakfast is over, a little boy enters the room, thrashing and shouting, his mom trying to restrain him. “No I’m NOT!” he yells. His mom stands behind him, wrapping her arms around his. “Stop,” she says firmly. “NO!” he yells again, throwing his head back to strike her chest and twisting his head to try to bite her arms.
All eating has stopped. The kids’ eyes are on Mrs. Skene.
“How about we do this,” she begins, unruffled, and suggests taking him to the room where the behavioral specialist works. “He’s still not going home yet,” Skene assures the mom.
“I AM!” the boy yells, shoving a desk.
“I’ll be right back, boys and girls,” Skene says, leading the way down the hall.
The kids lean in over their breakfast trays. “He always has such an attitude problem,” says one boy, his l’s coming out as w’s, so it sounds like “attitude pwobwem.”
“He’s sad,” says the girl sitting next to him. “He’s just having a bad day. Sometimes he just runs out the classroom.”
“He’s not bad,” a second boy insists. “He’s good! He’s really good.”
The first boy reads the room, and revises his earlier take. “Yeah, apparently he really likes his family,” he nods solemnly. “I didn’t realize that.”
Rising rate of special needs post-water crisis
Five years ago, during the water crisis, the kids currently in Flint’s kindergarten and elementary classrooms were babies and toddlers, the population most vulnerable to lead exposure. Some may have spent their infancy drinking formula mixed with lead-tainted tap water, month after month.
Even low levels of childhood lead exposure have been linked to decreases in IQ. Elevated lead levels in the blood may raise the risk for ADHD and developmental delays. Numerous studies say it can also increase aggression and reduce impulse control, and according to the CDC, some researchers have found a “direct association between BLLs [blood lead levels] and poorer performance on tasks requiring focused attention, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition of automatic response.”
Flint’s superintendent, Derrick Lopez, says that’s what’s happening in these schools.
"We actually have the first set of kiddos that are coming to us at kindergarten this year, who were at the epicenter of the water crisis."
"We actually have the first set of kiddos that are coming to us at kindergarten this year, who were actually at the epicenter of the water crisis,” Superintendent Derrick Lopez said this summer. “And we are looking to probably increase [special needs] ... because of the challenges the kids have faced with the water crisis.”
The water crisis began in April 2014. The following school year, 2014-2015, special education students made up about 15% of the district (the state average is around 13%.) By 2017-2018, that had risen to roughly 20%, according to the most recent available state data. And in August of this year, Superintendent Lopez said they were approaching 28%.
“And so I think that, coupled with the financial stress of that, is really the biggest challenge we’re facing here in Flint right now,” he said.
Another challenge: the drastic decline in enrollment. Fifteen years ago, more than 20,000 students attended Flint City School District. Last year, it was just over 4,000.
And an additional 10,000 students live in the district, but choose to go somewhere else for school, either through school of choice, charter schools, or other options. (More than 5,000 students living in Flint attend charter schools, but just 13% of them have disabilities, according to state data. Some Flint teachers say they think charter schools aren’t accepting kids with special needs, which they believe just compounds the problem for the school district.)
Regardless of where these students go, or why, their per-pupil state funding leaves the district with them, making it that much harder for the district to respond to the increase in special needs.
A changing classroom
None of this comes as a surprise to Jo-K Boegner. With some 20 years of experience in the district, she’s now teaching first and second graders at Neithercut Elementary.
“The behavior issues, they’re way up,” she says. “We never dealt with these behaviors…. [Previously] you might have one, two explosive kids in a couple years span. Now it’s widespread.”
So Boegner says she’s had to adapt. “They don’t have their short term memory,” she says. “So you’ll teach a math concept, and the next day, they don't recall. So you have to constantly re-teach, re-teach, re-teach.”
Lead exposure isn’t the only challenge. Jacqueline Kildee also teaches first and second grade in Flint, and from her desk at the front of her room, she quietly indicates which of her students is in foster care, who’s homeless and living with a rotation of friends and family, and one child whose brother is in the hospital after intervening in a fight between his parents.
"It's hard to watch,” Kildee says. “They need more than I can give.”
If there were some kind of teacher training for working with lead-exposed kids, she’d take it, she says. “But then I think, it's never happened before. Does anyone know what the best way to work with these children is? Because I don’t know what it is."
Like Boegner, she's developed strategies in the classroom. She keeps her kids moving and interacting, focused on a tangible goal. When they’re working on a new vocab word, Kildee has them write and draw examples of the word in a sentence. “They just love doing it because I’ll staple it together and it’ll make a little book. It’s the Frayer Model, and they know what a Frayer Model is now. Something about that, they love.”
Still, the challenges her students face both inside the classroom and out of it, mean that teaching comes second right now. The first priority is classroom management.
Kildee points out one boy in her classroom who was well known for behavior problems last year. He threw desks and “ripped the building apart,” she says. This year, he just didn’t show up to school for the first month. When he finally did, both she and Boegner sat him down. “We said, 'Listen, it’s not happening this year.’ We do not have a classroom like that.”
"He has not had a tantrum like that. He hasn't thrown anything. He's matured a lot. And he gets a lot of hugs. Like one time, he was being naughty and pinching, and he just had this look on his face. And I called him up, and he laid his head on my shoulder and just sobbed. Just shaking."
That boy’s been making real progress, Kildee says. “And I think because the classroom was already set up and running smoothly, he would have stuck out like a sore thumb.He has not had a tantrum like that. He hasn’t thrown anything. He’s matured a lot. And he gets a lot of hugs. Like one time, two or three weeks ago, he was being naughty and pinching, and he just had this look on his face. And I called him up, and he laid his head on my shoulder and just sobbed. Just shaking.”
But sometimes, the problems boil over
Ask these teachers what they need, and their answers are the same: more help. More hands in the classroom. More social workers and special ed teachers, and someone to finally take over for the long-term substitutes. The staffing shortage is critical.
Bridget Davidek teaches third grade, and says this year’s class is one of the best she’s ever had. They’re smart and ask questions that even stump her, she says. But she still needs to squeeze as much learning as possible into the morning, when her students are calmer, more focused.
She hates the end of the day. The last hour before dismissal is always the hardest. One afternoon, as kids put on their coats and bus arrivals are announced over the loudspeaker, three fights break out in Davidek’s class, one right after the other.
Two of them are minor scuffles, quickly broken up. But one boy loses control and puts his hands around a girl’s throat, choking her. Chaos erupts. Davidek is yelling. “ALL OF YOU SIT DOWN, NOW! HEADS DOWN! NOW!” J’ade, the girl who was choked, is crying.
The next day, in the cafeteria, J’ade is eating school lunch (turkey, gravy, and mashed potatoes) with her friends. Bright and attentive, she walks through the fight the day before. “He put his hands on my neck, like that, and slammed me on the desk,” J’ade says. “I felt scared, and nervous.”
After the fight, the school's principal talked with J'ade and the boy who hurt her (we’re not using his name to protect his privacy.) But you watch him in class, and it’s like the kindergarteners said about their classmate: he’s not a bad kid. He loves Legos. He has a baby face, and it lights up when someone’s kind to him. That day, after lunch, he stopped a fight between two other kids.
But when the staff here are already stretched so thin, they can’t catch every blow up before it gets out of hand. And they can’t give the students who have the biggest challenges all the help and attention they need.
So sometimes, those kids get sent home.
Special ed students disproportionately suspended, expelled
The year after the water crisis, the rate of special needs kids being expelled or suspended increased by more than 1,600%. State officials have repeatedly cited the district for disproportionately disciplining special education students. In May, the state found Flint schools "noncompliant" and demanded a “corrective action plan."
“They can't just suspend them,” says Greg Little, an attorney with the Education Law Center. “They can’t expel them. That's not taking care of the problem. That's avoiding the problem. And that's what's taking place right now.”
Little is part of a team of attorneys, including the ACLU of Michigan, suing both the school district and the state on behalf of Flint special education students.
They believe the state bears the real responsibility for its role in creating the water crisis. “The bottom line is the state ended up poisoning these kids,” Little says. “Then they abandoned them. And now they're not providing them with the resources that the school needs to survive.”
There is hope, experts say. Childhood lead exposure can be mitigated, but early intervention is critical. Nutrition is key, and early childhood education is highly encouraged. Researchers also urge parents and teachers to keep monitoring and evaluating kids' development, and use those findings to help students take advantage of federal programs for disadvantaged or disabled kids.
So far, Little and his team have reached a partial settlement with the state: funding to open the Neurodevelopmental Center for Excellence in Flint, where kids can be screened for special needs. But just identifying those children isn’t enough, Little says. The district still needs more specialists and staff, and better solutions than just suspending or expelling troubled kids.
“And if they don't receive the care and services that they need as soon as possible, it only gets worse and worse and worse,” he says.
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When the media have gone large on the conclusions of an overpoweringly tedious report, one of the biggest favours a columnist can do for a readership is to read the source. Friends, you owe me. I will expect flowers and chocolate. For I have located Public Health England’s ‘Beyond the Data: Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on BAME communities’ and ploughed through the whole bloody thing.
This is the report that produced headlines like the Guardian’s ‘Historical racism may be behind England’s higher BAME Covid-19 rate’. Channel 4 News hit the same black-and-brown-patients-are-dying-of-racism note, which conveniently chimes with the current hair-shirtery of Black Lives Matter. A bit too conveniently, I thought, which is why I tortured myself.
You’ll not be surprised that the report is numbingly redundant, with the same paragraphs cut and pasted multiple times throughout the document. You’ll not be surprised that the text is strewn with opaque jargon like ‘culturally competent’. You’ll not be surprised that I was bored witless.
Yet you may be surprised that this earth-shattering revelation of how ‘historical racism’ explains the disparity between white and non-white deaths from coronavirus is not supported by an iota of research. It is scientifically worthless. ‘Beyond the Data’ might better have been titled ‘Without the Data’.
The document that ruined my day comprises two tranches of information. Although PHE did none of its own homework, it did scrounge a fair bit of other people’s, assembling the results of several hospital studies in the UK and US. As the report concedes, the quality of these studies is ‘very low’, their conclusions inconsistent. Yet it’s not our purpose here to challenge the deduction that Covid death rates are higher among non-whites. What matters is why.
Other than collect available statistics, PHE essentially gathered a giant online focus group and invited participants to complain. Via platforms like Zoom, some 4,000 largely black and Asian Britons vented their hearts out. Recapitulation of their beefs constitutes the vast majority of this report. While few would contest that British minorities have legitimate gripes, this notion that higher Covid death rates are due to racism is merely a grassroots opinion. It’s what many of PHE’s ethnic minority ‘stakeholders’ want to believe. So the report’s verdict is merely an expression of kneejerk bias, with no basis in science. Indeed, the report itself attests: ‘No work was done to review the evidence base behind stakeholders’ comments.’
Being subject to ‘historical racism’ is medically meaningless. If one were to posit, as some have, that encounters with bigotry induce higher levels of stress hormones, which in turn might make patients more susceptible to Covid-19, we might like to see some clinical confirmation of that premise. Presumably, therefore, people of any race in high-stress professions — police, fire fighters, airline pilots — would also be more prone to dying from this disease. Is this the case? Let’s see some numbers.
Even the ‘income inequality’ PHE pinpoints would have to be broken down into medical factors that could influence ability to fight viral infection or it’s meaningless. After all, non-white NHS consultants have also been disproportionately felled by Covid, and these well-remunerated doctors would only have suffered ‘income inequality’ because their earnings are unusually high.
In the US, it’s credible that minorities on average are likely to have less access to good, affordable health care — if only because in the US there’s no such thing as affordable health care. Given the vaunted ‘free at the point of use’ NHS, one can’t argue that British minorities have poor access to health care, aside from in the present moment, when none of us have access to health care. Although ‘saved’, with a backlog of ten million cases, the NHS is still a train wreck.
While we’re at it, our ‘stakeholders’ are convinced that the NHS is a cesspit of prejudice, and the same staff (many themselves non-white) whom compatriots applauded every Thursday at 8 p.m. for months have been deliberately murdering black and Asian patients out of racial hatred. Hmm. Which is it: object of national worship, or institutional knuckle-dragger that needs to be ‘defunded’? I don’t think you can have it both ways.
If music to the ears of the oppressed, PHE’s pandering to ideological fashion is not in the interest of ethnic minorities’ health. Lazy finger-pointing at terrible racist Britain doesn’t help discover the underlying biological differences between ethnicities that make this pandemic more lethal for some than others.
Theories abound. Darker-skinned peoples absorb less vitamin D, deficiency in which correlates with severe reactions to the virus. Blood type A may also make one susceptible. Any epidemic spreads more quickly in high-density environments, and British minorities are concentrated in cities, while low incomes lead to domestic overcrowding. Asians’ frequently multi-generational households easily communicate infection to the at-risk elderly. Service occupations with high exposure to the public like bus and taxi driving could increase viral load. Perhaps some undiscovered genetic component could be in play.
Yet the most plausible explanation is comorbidities. Chronic underlying health conditions reduce one’s chances with this bug, especially diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, all common consequences of obesity. Much media coverage of this report scrupulously avoided the O-word, now cloaked coyly by the expression ‘health inequality’. ‘Beyond the Data’ didn’t examine the weight variable either, admitting that ‘when comorbidities are included, the difference in risk of death between ethnic groups among hospitalised patients is greatly reduced’. Exploring the puzzle of why certain western minorities run to fat would require another column.
As for ethnic variation in Covid fatalities, the answer to ‘why?’ remains ‘we don’t know’. Blaming ‘historical racism’ only discourages systematic medical research that might not obligingly generate more slogans for protest placards.
Lastly: isn’t it interesting nobody seems to give a toss that this virus is so much deadlier for men? Deadlier still for bald men. Let’s see PHE report on that conundrum, eh? Maybe the problem is hair-ism.
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WTTC and Carnival Corporation Present Unique COVID-19 Scientific Summit
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) – together with the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation & plc – will host the WTTC/Carnival Corporation Global Science Summit on COVID-19.
Set for July 23, this will be a virtual scientific summit focused on COVID-19 and the ‘new normal.’
Taking place from 1400 hours to 1730 GMT (10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 23, the summit, which is open to the public, will share the latest scientific knowledge and evidence-based best practices related to prevention, detection, treatment and mitigation of COVID-19.
The joint summit will see global tourism leaders, WTTC Members, government agencies, destination partners, trade and private businesses, share the very latest science and medical evidence that can be used to inform practical, adaptable and science-based solutions for mitigating and living with COVID-19.
The WTTC/Carnival Corporation Global Science Summit on COVID-19, is the latest initiative to continue building global understanding concerning COVID’s impact on society, including travel and tourism. The Summit will consider practices from the leading scientists and health experts for mitigating the spread of the virus.
This unique virtual Summit is hosted by WTTC, which represents the global Travel &Tourism private sector, and Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, and is free to attend.
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On a cold, foggy night in October of 1707, four British warships ran aground near the Scillies Isles off the southwest tip of England. Like cars caroming into a highway pileup, each ship sunk before the others had time to change course. Two men made it to shore. Two thousand lost their lives. And this massive loss of blood and treasure was not unusual. In these days of imperfect navigation, ships frequently wandered off course. But this was, for the British government, the final straw. Seven years later they offered 10,000 pounds (some $12 million in today's dollars) to anyone who could discover a way to determine longitude while at sea.
This month's 1book140 selection--Dava Sobel's Longitude: The Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Mystery of His Time--tells the story of the unknown clockmaker who eventually claimed that prize. Sobel's publisher, Bloomsbury, has kindly offered a somewhat more humble prize to 1book140 participants: Five limited-edition sets of both Longitude and Sobel's latest book, A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos.
When we tried to decide how to award these fine books, we naturally fell back upon our month's theme. And so we inaugurating our own version of the Longitude Prize. Tell us what problem is so badly in need of fixing that whoever solves it should be rewarded a significant monetary prize. Global warming? Cancer? Autism? Or perhaps money in politics? We will accept nominations via both Twitter and comments to this post. At the end of the month we'll choose ten suggestions and hold a vote. The top five will receive the books.
So, submit your nominations for today's most important problem, via Twitter with the hashtag #1book140_LP
, or in the comments for this post. You have until Friday, January 20th to submit your problem. You may submit as many as you want.
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Fetal exposure to severe starvation or stress appears to elevate risk of hyperglycemia or type 2 diabetes (T2D) later in life. Similarly, low birth weight has been associated with glucose intolerance, suppressed insulin secretory capacity, and increased risk of T2D.
Fetal exposure to severe starvation or stress appears to elevate risk of hyperglycemia or type 2 diabetes (T2D) later in life. Similarly, low birth weight has been associated with glucose intolerance, suppressed insulin secretory capacity, and increased risk of T2D. A research team from Harvard has published a prospective cohort study examining birth weight and established lifestyle risk factors in adulthood with incident T2D. It appears in the July issue of the British Medical Journal.
The data employed was mined from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2010), Nurses' Health Study (1980-2010), and Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2011). The study size was quite large, with 149,794 men and women without diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer at baseline included. The researchers uses self-report and a supplemental questionnaire to find incident cases of type 2 diabetes.
During up to 30 years of follow-up, 11,709 participants developed T2D. Participants with low birth weights were 1.45 times more likely to develop T2D for every kilogram below normal they were at birth.
Participants were also 2.1 times more likely to develop T2D for every unhealthy lifestyle factor (e.g. obesity, excess caloric intake, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and sedentary lifestyle).
Low birth weights and unhealthily lifestyle factors were more than simply additive. Having both increased risk of T2D by 2.86 times for each unhealthy lifestyle factor. The researchers were able to determine that 22% of the risk was associated with low birth weight. Almost 60% was related to unhealthy lifestyle factors, and 18% was attributed to interaction of the two factors.
This team’s previous work indicated that people who survived the Chinese famine and consumed Western diets as adults were at elevated risk of hyperglycemia. Extending those findings to this study, they wrote, “Poor nutritional conditions in a pregnant woman may influence the development of the fetus to prepare for survival in an environment in which resources are scarce.” Improving prenatal factors could prevent some T2D.
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The Economic Benefits of Business Aviation, Part II
In 2016, the City of Chandler, Arizona, contracted with the planning firm Kimley-Horn and Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business to perform an economic development analysis on its airport. The idea, born in a City Council planning retreat, was to determine the impact of Chandler Municipal Airport on city coffers and the overall business development in the thriving Southwest suburb of Phoenix.
Such forward thinking has paid off. Through revenue generators like lodging, retail, business suppliers, fuel sales and fixed-based operations, it was determined that the 50-plus-year-old airport brought an annual impact of $140 million in revenue and payroll to the city and state. The airport also anchors one of Chandler’s – and the region’s – most dynamic employment corridors, the 9-square-mile Chandler Airpark. In fact, the airport itself directly and indirectly supports nearly 800 jobs (331 of those on airport). The study also determined that the airport’s draw was wider than once thought, with aircraft visiting from across the region, but also strong draws from California, Nevada and Utah.
An Economic Game Plan
While the dollars lag to comparable airports in the Phoenix Metropolitan area, it gave the City leaders a clear game plan: This is an asset that can only increase in value. So, as we discuss the future of aviation, we cannot ignore the economic engines these facilities have on cities and states. Of course, the private sector cannot rely on government alone – and don’t get me started on over-regulation of my chosen industry. We are seeing strong growth in business aviation, as I mentioned in my last piece. Smart and strategic S&P 500 companies utilizing business aviation outperform the competition by 70 percent. We must continue to invest and grow.
Private ownership, fractional ownership and charter services maintain solid outlooks. So, looking forward, the next big trend will be a new level of service and maintenance to keep pace with the number of jet aircraft. Like WingSpan Corporation’s through-the-fence aviation center under development at Chandler Municipal Airport, we are going to see a growing interest in facilities that cater to these multi-million-dollar aircraft and increasingly sophisticated crews. WingSpan’s idea for Class-A hangars and workspace is not new, it brings a unique passion toward aviation service and making the entire experience a more human one. Plan to see many more of these types of developments from WingSpan and others moving forward.
Spending time in Arizona the past few years, it’s been hard not to notice the influx of autonomous vehicles on the road. Uber, Waymo, General Motors, Intel and Local Motors all have a strong presence in the market, doing research and development. Arizona is a very progressive state when it comes to accepting new technology – and it’s been no different in this arena. It is entirely logical that this technology continues to develop for air travel.
Impact of eVTOL
Last month in Mesa, Arizona, the 6th Annual Electric and Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Symposium continued to explore the future of electric and hybrid-electric propulsion aviation and how we fly. From safety, to regulations, to more advanced flight technology, more than 100 leaders from all corners of the industry were present. And, autonomous flight was in the discussions, as companies like Tesla and Uber begin to explore this new frontier. eVTOL representatives estimate the industry to become a $500 billion to $2 trillion force within the next three decades. You can learn more about future events at vtol.org/events.
The Future of Business Aviation
This all leads to an industry that remains robust and healthy, yet has work to do. While a continued strategic adoption of business aviation just makes good sense, we must also lobby in favor of better regulation, improved safety and meeting the growth of future demands.
That means the recruitment and training of qualified pilots. Pilots that are capable to fly today’s aircraft, but also able to handle emerging technologies in flight.
It means the private sector must continue to work hand-in-hand with local, state and federal government to ensure fair regulation, continued safety, and the ongoing maintenance and development of airport infrastructure.
And it means all aspects of business aviation continue to be embraced. Not just through sales and leases and charters, but in service, maintenance and the experience that has brought us to where we are today. | <urn:uuid:c95a7b42-67d5-4c37-9835-729131fb3365> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wingspancorp.com/the-economic-benefits-of-business-aviation-part-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950693 | 940 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Data breaches are prevalent in today’s cybersecurity landscape and it isn’t surprising why – attackers are using more sophisticated tools and methods to attack organizations and launch cyberattacks.
Modern-day technology has not only empowered businesses with better technology and ways to protect themselves against cyber attacks but it also paved the way for attackers to conduct malicious attacks that are difficult to detect and eliminate quickly.
Data breaches have significant long-term effects on businesses.
Be it financial loss to operational downtime or reduced customer retention rates, a data breach can be detrimental to companies.
Moreover, if customers’ data is compromised in a data breach, they can file lawsuits against the company that suffered the breach.
Here are four of the most significant long-term consequences that enterprises face after a data breach. They clearly emphasize the importance of having better security policies in place.
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Looking at the number of new Covid cases is probably not the right way to gauge the severity of the ongoing re-acceleration of the pandemic given the significant rise in testing capacity.
But the increase in the percentage of positive cases in the tests is undeniable, and so is the growing pressure on the hospital system. Judging by these two metrics, in most developed countries the second wave is for now less powerful than the first, but it is still forcing governments to curtail activity and – at least in some regions – restrict mobility.
For some sectors – for instance hospitality – the issue no longer is that their normalisation is merely postponed. Their output is likely to decline again relative to the third quarter. If the rest of the economy is “soft”, then a relapse in recession is on the cards.
Still, we need to be precise in how we would define a “W”. Graphically, such a scenario normally suggests a replication of the same quantum of GDP contraction as during the first wave.
We don’t think this is likely. Firstly, governments are clearly very reluctant to embark on full, long “lockdowns” as stringent as those experienced in the early spring.
The worst options currently discussed are presented as “circuit breakers”, that is, as short lockdowns which would keep the health system operational but without pursuing the near complete eradication which was seemingly the approach followed in the spring.
Progress in treatment methods and the improvement in healthcare capacity make this easier than during the first wave. Second, the business sector is much better prepared than during the first wave. As many firms scrambled with a completely novel work organisation, they had to invent from scratch new processes.
During this “adaptation period” some output was lost. This time, the processes are immediately ready. Third, arithmetically today the same level of mobility/activity restriction as during the first wave will have a smaller impact on GDP quite simply because in the most exposed sectors the starting point is lower.
To be clearer, in the first wave some businesses – for instance in recreational or in the hospitality sectors – went from a normal level of activity to close to zero. Today, they could unfortunately be brought back close to the trough of early spring but from an already diminished level of output.
This gets us to the “k-shape” trajectory. We should start from a simple observation: GDP growth aggregates the performance of the various sectors of the economy which even in normal times can be quite different. Typically, export-led growth favours manufacturing, while services thrive when private consumption leads. | <urn:uuid:e2d275f9-6b2b-41f9-8375-30e6b897b22e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2020/10/29/preparing-your-clients-for-a-k-shaped-recovery/?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.966014 | 545 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Consumption of non-caloric artificial sweeteners (NAS) commonly found in diet sodas had a deleterious impact on postprandial glycemic response in healthy subjects, a double-blind randomized trial found.1
Artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) are thought to be healthier than sugar sweetened beverages because they contain little or no sugar. However, an increasing number of large-scale epidemiological studies have reported an unfavorable association between the consumption of ASBs and increased risks of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and even neurocognitive disorders (click here for additional info). The mechanisms via which NAS increase disease risks are not fully understood, but it has been shown in animal models that NAS can induce glucose intolerance.2
A group of researchers led by Dr. Richard Young from the University of Adelaide (Adelaide, Australia) conducted a clinical trial to investigate whether NAS affected glucose response in humans. They recruited 27 healthy adults and randomized them to dietary supplementation with a NAS combination (92 mg sucralose and 52 mg acesulfame-K per day) or placebo for 2 weeks. The amount of NAS consumed was equivalent to roughly 4 cans of diet soda daily. Volunteers then underwent an endoscopy incorporating a 30-minute intraduodenal glucose infusion (a technique to help assess glucose absorption and glycemic response) and biopsy collection before and immediately after the intervention.
They found that 2 weeks of dietary NAS intake increased glucose absorption by 23%, increased blood glucose by 27%, and reduced glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) levels by 35% compared to baseline. These measures were not altered in participants taking placebo. These data indicated NAS can reduce the body’s control of blood glucose levels, exaggerate postprandial glycemic response, and may potentially predispose consumers to type 2 diabetes.
Why is this Clinically Relevant?
- Nearly 40% of adults and 25% of children in the U.S. consume ASBs daily3
- Most consumers still believe that ASBs are healthier alternatives for weight management and glucose control. However, increasing number of studies are indicating otherwise
- For example, data from seven randomized clinical trials found that consumption of ASBs was not beneficial for weight reduction over 6 to 24 months4
- Results from the current study provide a probable mechanistic explanation on how NAS negatively impact our health
1. Young RL et al. Impact of artificial sweeteners on glycaemic control in healthy humans [abstract]. European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting 2017. Lisbon, Portugal.
2. Suez J et al. Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota. Nature. 2014;514(7521):181-186.
3. Sylvetsky AC et al. Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners among children and adults in the United States. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017;117(3):441-448 e2.
4. Azad MB et al. Nonnutritive sweeteners and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies. CMAJ. 2017;189(28):E929-E939. | <urn:uuid:8d14fa48-aa7a-4233-b587-1d1d49979012> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.metagenicsinstitute.com/articles/study-shows-artificial-sweeteners-quickly-alters-glucose-response-not-good-way/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.890109 | 670 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Indigo, Clementine, and Meep are secondary school students. Peapod is their pet. Like all secondary school students who study during the day, they try to save the world by going on different missions in their spare time. These students form the Super EB team.
In the last episode, Super EB had a hard fight with the Stickies army and they won. The Stickies army returned the rocket to Super EB before they left. Unfortunately, the rocket was broken and needed to be repaired. Just when they had finished repairing the rocket, there was a meteorite fall and they were brought back to the Dinosaur Age. Now they need your help to go back to the time and place that they are originally from.
To help Super EB, you will need to collect one magic wand (No. 4), two diamonds (No. 2), two hammers (No. 3), one map (No. 5), and two telescopes (No. 6). Do you think you can help them get the suitable tools?
To achieve the mission, you will have to complete the EB lessons from November 2013 to March 2014. If you get at least 60% in the lessons, you will have a chance to earn one tool. If you complete the mission and successfully collect the tools that we have identified earlier, you can write to us and we will reward you with our limited edition aluminum bottle!
The probability of getting each tool is different. Some are easy to get, some are less easy.. The most challenging thing is -- you may not even get one! However, you can increase your chances of getting gifts by doing your lessons within 72 hours of their release.
Send your name, school name and class number to firstname.lastname@example.org, when you successfully achieve the mission. After verifying your data, we will let you preview the ending of the episode and announce your name on our website!
The story will last for one year and there will be a mission to achieve for every time. Do pay attention to our updates in the website.
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Doing this method of fasting can actually be as simple as not eating anything after dinner, and skipping breakfast.
For example, if you finish your last meal at 8 pm and then don’t eat until 12 noon the next day, then you are technically fasting for 16 hours between meals.
It is generally recommended that women only fast 14-15 hours, because they seem to do better with slightly shorter fasts.
For people who get hungry in the morning and like to eat breakfast, then this can be hard to get used to at first. However, many breakfast skippers actually instinctively eat this way.
You can drink water, coffee and other non-caloric beverages during the fast, and this can help reduce hunger levels.
It is very important to eat mostly healthy foods during your eating window. This won’t work if you eat lots of junk food or excessive amounts of calories.
2. The 5:2 Diet: Fast for 2 days per week.
The 5:2 diet involves eating normally 5 days of the week, while restricting calories to 500-600 on two days of the week.
On the fasting days, it is recommended that women eat 500 calories, and men 600 calories.
For example, you might eat normally on all days except Mondays and Thursdays, where you eat two small meals (250 calories per meal for women, and 300 for men).
As critics correctly point out, there are no studies testing the 5:2 diet itself, but there are plenty of studies on the benefits of intermittent fasting.
Eat-Stop-Eat involves a 24-hour fast, either once or twice per week.
By fasting from dinner one day, to dinner the next, this amounts to a 24-hour fast.
For example, if you finish dinner on Monday at 7 pm, and don’t eat until dinner the next day at 7 pm, then you’ve just done a full 24-hour fast.
You can also fast from breakfast to breakfast, or lunch to lunch. The end result is the same.
Water, coffee and other non-caloric beverages are allowed during the fast, but no solid food.
If you are doing this to lose weight, then it is very important that you eat normally during the eating periods. As in, eat the same amount of food as if you hadn’t been fasting at all.
The problem with this method is that a full 24-hour fast can be fairly difficult for many people.
However, you don’t need to go all-in right away, starting with 14-16 hours and then moving upwards from there is fine.
Alternate-Day fasting means fasting every other day.
There are several different versions of this. Some of them allow about 500 calories during the fasting days.
Many of the lab studies showing health benefits of intermittent fasting used some version of this.
A full fast every other day seems rather extreme, so I do not recommend this for beginners.
With this method, you will be going to bed very hungry several times per week, which is not very pleasant and probably unsustainable in the long-term.
It involves eating small amounts of raw fruits and vegetables during the day, then eating one huge meal at night.
Basically, you “fast” all day and “feast” at night within a 4 hour eating window.
The Warrior Diet was one of the first popular “diets” to include a form of intermittent fasting.
This diet also emphasizes food choices that are quite similar to a paleo diet – whole, unprocessed foods that resemble what they looked like in nature.
You don’t actually need to follow a structured intermittent fasting plan to reap some of the benefits.
Another option is to simply skip meals from time to time, when you don’t feel hungry or are too busy to cook and eat.
It is a myth that people need to eat every few hours or they will hit “starvation mode” or lose muscle.
The human body is well equipped to handle long periods of famine, let alone missing one or two meals from time to time.
So if you’re really not hungry one day, skip breakfast and just eat a healthy lunch and dinner. Or if you’re travelling somewhere and can’t find anything you want to eat, do a short fast.
Skipping 1 or 2 meals when you feel so inclined is basically a spontaneous intermittent fast.
Just make sure to eat healthy foods at the other meals.
If you’ve ever looked into intermittent fasting, a diet that requires followers to fast for 12 to 20 hours daily, you might’ve come across some dire warnings about the diet being really, truly, dangerously bad for women.
Women’s bodies are more sensitive to the signals of starvation, so going too long without eating could throw their hormones out of whack, some experts say. As a result, intermittent fasting can make you so ravenous that you end up devouring everything in sight. Or worse, it can cause your body to break down lean muscle for fuel.
A quick Google search of “intermittent fasting for women” will tell you that the best way to avoid this supposed fate is with crescendo fasting—a special type of fasting that works with our delicate lady hormones instead of against them.
Instead of fasting 12 to 20 hours daily, crescendo fasters fast for 12 to 16 hours at a time on two to three non-consecutive days per week.
- Fast on 2–3 nonconsecutive days per week (e.g. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
- On fasting days, do yoga or light cardio.
- Ideally, fast for 12–16 hours.
- Eat normally on your strength training/intense exercise days.
- Drink plenty of water. (Tea and coffee are okay, too, as long as there is no added milk or sweetener)
- After two weeks, feel free to add one more day of fasting.
If you have failed at intermittent fasting before, try this crescendo style for a better, more sustainable experience — especially if you are a woman. | <urn:uuid:8a3a18bd-ee77-46d6-906e-b6ade7ea5fcd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://coconutoilmama.com/intermittent-fasting-women?amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956628 | 1,293 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Radio Weather. Shoshanna Wingate. Signal Editions. Vehicule Press. Montreal, Quebec. 2014.
Radio Weather by Shoshanna Wingate is no stroll through the park. Her clear thinking and plain speaking heart take us through some dark territory.
The poem "Radio Weather" is a fine introduction to Wingate's verse. In it she tells us that "Our stories, though, tell us who we are."
When there should be snow there is rain, rain, rain,
then ice, then rain. The radio hosts asks
call-in listeners if they think this a sign
of climate change. Old timers hit speed dial,
side-step the point, eager to talk storms,
lives marked by weather, recall jumping out
of windows when the doors were blocked with snow,
the hospitals filled up with broken backs--
What does it mean? The questions gather. Oh,
I have another story, a good one.
This storm flooded the town then froze it in
its shell; each home a snow globe of its own.
That one felled trees older than most houses;
rain pummeled us for days until the roads
gave way, just buckled, the ground beneath us
heaved and upended, water everywhere
devouring the road as if it were a sandcastle;
took bridges too, whole town unglued, adrift,
now islands of their own. Weather serves up
memory better than any book.
Who likes to think about means and ends,
how things change so slowly until they snap?
We fear our maps outdated, pencil sketches
on onion skin. Our stories, though,
tell us who we are.
Wingate introduces us to a narrative that includes draft-dodgers, Vietnam veterans, and a father who is a counsellor for these men.
The concerns of these soldiers is addressed in the section of the book titled "Letter From Vietnam" which is assembled from actual letters sent to her father. The sparse haunting reality of the poems reminds us fully of the huge costs of war. The terrible umbrella of emotional destruction it pounds out on families, the personal fear and anguish of so many young men forced to arms.
Wingate strikes exactly the right chords of understanding and disbelief.
The Poet's Devil
We all have romantic ideas of our lives, you know.
That's how we get dressed in the mornings and leave
the house. Otherwise we'd never shave or bother
with silverware. Have you forgotten the art
of seduction, miss? I'm only a figment, yet look
at how I've handled my lot.
I brought down Kings. I had mothers burned
in front of their children.
You hear what I'm saying, don't you.
Implication. Suggestion. Don't be a dolt.
Words are power. You're thinking too hard
on all this, my ducky. You're still
going to die. And since you don't believe in an
afterlife, you'd better write your goddamn heart out.
I like clarity in poetry, I like to know where the poet is going and why. Shoshanna Wingate is aces.
She tells you, poetically, everything you need to know.
Thankfully Radio Weather is not all grim memory and lost causes. Wingate celebrates life's small moments of joy, as should we all.
New Year's Day
Others speak. They call for time
to come meet them. We do not
speak. We rest. We look
for nothing and do not stretch
to find ourselves different
in the new year. We lie together
under wool blankets, the baby kicks
my back, pads my shoulder
with her fingers, roots for what is hidden
until she cries herself awake.
I lift my shirt, eyes closed, and offer her
my breast as she squirms into me.
Me leg moves sidesways to find
his warm leg. We three know ourselves
together in sleep, content in
knowing what we'll find when we awake.
ABOUT THE AUTHORShoshanna Wingate’s poetry and fiction have been published in The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, and Arc Poetry Magazine. A poetry chapbook, Homing Instinct, appeared from Frog Hollow Press in 2012. Founding editor of the arts & culture journal, Riddle Fence, she lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
“Clear-eyed, musical, deeply-considered and deeply-felt, Radio Weather contends with the inhospitable. Bringing both child and adult perspectives to bear, it calls to account both the living and the dead. Brilliantly-crafted and wise, occupying a provisional space that is both wary and compassionate, somewhere ‘between what we didn’t want and what we could afford,’ these are poems of great psychological tension, poems for grown ups.”
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From In Pastures Green by FW Boreham:
The most vital word in the twenty-third Psalm is the fourth. The Lord is MY Shepherd. I know a young mother. She was teaching a tiny toddler the twenty-third Psalm.
“Now say this after me,” she said. “The Lord is my Shepherd.” “The Lord is your Shepherd, ” the baby lips replied. “No, no! Not your Shepherd, but my Shepherd!” “That’s what I said, Mum; the Lord is your Shepherd.” And the poor young mother had to give it up for that night, feeling crestfallen and disappointed.
I knew a padre – the Rev. J. A. Gault, O.B.E. – who did a wonderful work in France during the First World War. It was his custom, when men were going into the firing-line, to get them to repeat with him the opening clause of the Shepherd Psalm, ticking it off on the fingers of their left hands. The little finger represented the word The, the next finger Lord, the middle finger Is, the index finger My, and the thumb Shepherd. He called it his Five-finger Exercise. Every man was asked to mark the palm of his hand with indelible pencil to remind him of the text, and special stress was laid on the index finger – my Shepherd – the finger that spoke of the personal appropriation of the shepherdly care. After the battle of Bullecourt, one of Mr. Gault’s young fellows was found, quite dead, grasping firmly with his right hand the index finger of his left.
“Don’t say your, say my! pleaded the puzzled mother. But the tiny tot did not understand.
But Mr. Gault’s young soldier understood. And, with an innumerable host of saints and heros and martyrs, he rejoiced that he had a place peculiarly his own in the heart of the Good Shepherd, and clung to that sweet faith in perfect serenity to the last. And so may you. | <urn:uuid:be697744-a0ac-4272-8306-a56de12f9611> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jonbalun.com/little-soul-vittles/little-soul-vittles-my-my-my/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.975948 | 446 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Background: Recently emerged COVID-19 pandemic has caused a large number of deaths with lacs of confirmed cases worldwide posturing a grim situation and severe threat to public health. There is an imperative necessity of analyzing emerging clinical and laboratory data of COVID-19 patients, which may contribute to elucidate the pathogenic mechanism and development of effective prevention and treatment countermeasures.
Methods: Under this article, the emerging role of High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) was analyzed by collecting recently published articles related to this field having clinical data of COVID-19 patients.
Results: Based on the recently published reports of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infected hospitalized patients it was consistently observed that levels of HDL were low at the time of admission to hospital and remained relatively low during the disease course i.e., treatment, recovery, and discharge stage. It was also reported critically that levels of HDL in the patients, those did not survive, decreased continuously until death.
Conclusion: These clinical reports of patients have risen the concern about probable infection and worsen the clinical outcome of a healthy person having a compromised level of HDL for COVID-19 infection. Eventually, these findings stated that there is a strong association of low HDL levels with a higher risk of COVID-19 infection and further severity of the illness. Proper attention is needed to understand the significance of altered quantity and quality of HDL in COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls, so that appropriate therapies could be given at the right time to combat severity and mortality due to this infection. | <urn:uuid:2e334d51-c449-4b6e-801d-0c08cb782ed9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/110106 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940757 | 390 | 2.203125 | 2 |
An Unorthodox Approach To Tricky Surgery
Add minimally invasive surgery through an opening between the cheek and jaw to the list of procedures I'm happy exist and that I hope I'll never have to endure.
A Johns Hopkins surgeon who is pretty handy with an endoscope has figured out how to operate in some hard-to-reach spots at the base of the skull through a natural opening that's above the jawbone, behind the back teeth and just below the cheekbone.
It requires a small incision inside the cheek, sure, but that's no biggie, really.
Dr. Kofi Boahene, an assistant professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Hopkins, has tried the technique in a handful of patients. The results from four cases were described in the journal The Laryngoscope last month.
The base of the skull is a tough place for an operation because of all the nerves and blood vessels there. The usual approach to removing tumors or dealing with other problems in the infratemporal fossa and parapharyngeal space, if you're interested in the particulars, is invasive and can be disfiguring.
The new, endoscopic technique seems pretty slick but also a little tricky. Can other surgeons do it? I emailed Boahene about that. He replied: "The procedure can be widely done. I have already taught another surgeon in another hospital who has done one case."
So far the patients have fared well. One patient had temporary trouble swallowing after the operation, another had some numbness in the lower lip that soon went away, the recently published paper says. The other two patients had no reported complications.
Next month, the approach will be taught to more surgeons at a Hopkins conference. "The surgical skill set required for this can be made widely available quickly," Boahene wrote. His peers already have the equipment and comfortable using it, he added.
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Poornima's goals are to reduce overheads of tasking in parallel runtime systems as a step towards exascale computing. She and her team proposed XQueue, a novel lock-free multiple producer multiple consumer (MPMC), out-of-order queuing mechanism that can scale up to at least hundreds of threads. They built XTASK by integrating XQueue with OpenMP, a widely used parallel programming interface for shared memory architectures. XTASK enables extremely fine-grained parallelism for native OpenMP applications that can run unmodified just by linking against their runtime library. Poornima uses several tools (like Intel® VTune™ Profiler, Intel® Trace Analyzer, Intel® Inspector, and others from the Intel oneAPI toolkit) in her projects for analyzing the performance bottlenecks and optimizing the runtime to scale up to hundreds of cores on modern many-core architectures. | <urn:uuid:01b54987-aef6-4771-aa9f-36df886a7cd3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.intel.cn/content/www/cn/zh/developer/tools/oneapi/training/academic-program/student-ambassador.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.918359 | 187 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Special Education Helper with Four Paws and Curls
A therapy dog encourages communication and self-esteem in a special education classroom.
By Donna Vaquer
My Chloe is a timid, young Standard Poodle. She has a very sweet disposition and loves children almost as much as she loves dogs! I teach clay classes in elementary schools and Chloe began joining me when she was only a few months old. Soon she and I began doing more general pet therapy in classrooms, including a whole year in one second grade class (chronicled in the children's book series, Chloe is in Second Grade). Recently we began visits to special education classes called Life Skills classes.
Although Chloe dearly loves children, her innate timidity requires that the children be gentle and quiet around her. Initially this seemed as though it might be a drawback and reduce her therapeutic efficacy, but as it turns out it is a good thing. It helps teach the children to be calm and orderly, and really understand why good manners and behavior are important. Not one of them wants to scare Chloe, as they themselves do not like to feel afraid, so important "life lessons" like empathy and acceptance are learned naturally. In addition, they also learn important things about how to relate to dogs in general, and about animal stewardship and the need for all of us to take care of others.
Our visits to the Life Skills classes involved mostly one-on-one visits between Chloe and the students. These visits usually start with the child petting her or brushing her with a soft brush. When the children are more familiar around her, we go on walks together, using two leashes and going first in the classroom, and later in the hallways. The students feel very important and special when they have this job. They decide where they want to go and they know that they must take care of Chloe. For some, this is one of the few times they feel that they are helping rather than needing help and self-esteem grows. We greet people along the way, and when we get back to the classroom, we report to the teacher what we have seen, so we are practicing a number of skills, especially communication. There is quite a variety in their reactions to Chloe's visits. Most of the children want to spend time with her, but not all.
One boy named Sebastian was not at all eager to visit Chloe when we came to his class. I would always ask him if he wanted to visit with Chloe.. just to give him the chance to choose.. and he always said, "NO, no, no!" as he made himself very small in his chair. One day when I came in with Chloe, Sebastian immediately made eye contact with me, so I knew something was up. When I asked my usual question, "Who wants to visit with Chloe?" his hand shot up and he said, "I do, I do!" This was quite a surprise to all of us, and, of course, we rewarded him with an immediate visit. He still did not want to touch Chloe, but he threw treats to her as she sat close to his chair.
On our next visit, Sebastian took Chloe for a walk in the hallways. He wanted to go to the gym, and I soon found out way. The popcorn machine was there! Fortunately, it was busy popping, and the kind popper-woman supplied him with four bags of popcorn to take back to class with him. It is so difficult with non-verbal children to know their reaction to an activity, but I saw Sebastian make a conscious choice to do something he was afraid to do, plan to go somewhere exciting to him and share it with a new friend, and come back to class with a 'gift' for his classmates. My guess is that this had a huge impact on his self-esteem.
When the special education teacher read the children a story about Chloe, they were very excited to see 'their' dog in a real book. One boy kept asking how we got "those" pictures in that book. I can imagine making a simple book for them about their classroom showing them interacting with Chloe and plan to do so this fall. I know it would be popular and some of the students would be able to read it. Seeing themselves and their friend, Chloe, in a book would also stimulate many of them to take an interest in books, even if they are unable to read.
Finding ways to make books enjoyable for children is a challenge at times but when I made a similar book for an Autistic preschool I discovered that being involved in the process and the subject matter went a long way toward doing just that. It's quite simple and requires nothing more than a camera, a word processing program, and a local office supply store to put it in a spiral binding. If you don't know how to 'embed' the digital photos into the actual document , just print them and glue them into place and you have enough of a 'real book' for the children to enjoy. In addition, all involved tend to get feelings of accomplishment and pride too often lacking in such students.
A boy named Jack had a good visit with Chloe. His face lit up when he saw her and his big smiles got even bigger when he walked with her. Then he told her to 'sit'. What actually came out sounded more like, "Doe-ee, dit!" but he got the vowels right, and Chloe, bless her heart and her special dog's ability to understand things that many humans can't, sat. Then he told her to 'down' and when she did that too, his pleasure shone out like a bright light.
More self-esteem and eagerness to communicate are sure to accompany Chloe on future visits with Jack, Sebastian, and other children with special needs who are lucky enough to share time with her.
Success in learning really comes down to wanting to learn because we are happy and motivated. If school wasn't fun, what young student would choose to be there? I've been bringing dogs to class for about four years now, and I still love the gasps of pleasure and excitement from the students when they see a dog coming in the door. I always know we're in for a good time with a lot of learning included learning that will be remembered for a long time thanks to a sweet, curly-haired friend named Chloe. | <urn:uuid:c47bff97-9414-4587-8533-e6487e4c397a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.childrensdisabilities.info/therapy-service-animals/therapy-dog-special-education.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.986605 | 1,297 | 2.75 | 3 |
Knowing the symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy could save a life.
Our animated short film is to raise awareness of the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy. People from all backgrounds and circumstances can be affected by ectopic pregnancy and we think it is crucial that everyone should know what to look out for so that they or their loved one seeks medical attention quickly.
This is the first film in a series and introduces Jo. Jo demonstrates the key signs of an ectopic pregnancy through actions. It is in picture format and easy to follow so that viewers are able to remember and identify the signs of ectopic pregnancy if needed. The images used are sensitive to show aspects like vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, and bowel and bladder problems. The details provided signpost to our website for further information and support.
This video is part of a bigger project. While currently the video has the voiceover explanation and captions in English, we aim to produce various language versions by changing the main character and voiceover. This will mean that people who are native speakers of other languages are able to access crucial information about ectopic pregnancy.
We found an animation studio that is passionate about working with charities and raising awareness of important social issues and education. They have enabled us to realise our vision in breaking down barriers so people are able to find accessible information on ectopic pregnancy.
We hope that this film and the others that follow in the series will increase awareness of ectopic pregnancy across communities. It is crucial that people from all backgrounds and circumstances know about ectopic pregnancy so that people can identify the symptoms and seek medical care quickly.
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– The fabric lasts longer
– The fabric is more absorbent
– No bleaching or Harsh chemical have been used AT ALL on this product.
The conventional cultivation of cotton leads to massive environmental and health problems. Around the world, more toxic insecticides are used on cotton than on any other crop. A sustainable alternative is the certified organic cultivation.
So serious are the negative impacts of chemical-intensive agricultural production, that momentum for change has grown considerably in recent years. The trend toward more environmentally friendly production methods is supported by a variety of interests including farmers wanting to escape the chemical treadmill, enlightened companies under pressure of increased environmental regulation and competition, and informed consumers calling for greater social and environmental accountability.
People like YOU can be thanked for the growth in the organic cotton industry. YOU have been prepared to put your dollars where your thoughts are and this has allowed the industry to be economically viable for farmers.
Organic cotton is produced in organic agricultural systems that produce food and fibre according to clearly established standards. Organic agriculture prohibits the use of toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers, as well as genetically modified organisms. It seeks to build biologically diverse agricultural systems, replenish and maintain soil fertility, and promote a healthy environment.
Certification of Organic Cotton
Our Organic Cotton is Ceritified by GOTS. see www.global-standard.org for more details. By only using certified organic cotton, you can be assured of our integrity and the integrity of the product.
Certification is a system which sets standards, ensures that organic standards are met and communicates compliance to consumers through appropriate labelling. When a grower or processor is “certified organic,” an independent organisation has verified that the company meets or exceeds defined organic standards. Certified organic farms are inspected regularly and must maintain comprehensive records of their production methods.
Certification programmes and standards vary, especially in response to regional differences, although there are general underlying concepts. The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) has produced Basic Standards covering organic production and also textile processing which provide a minimum basis upon which standards in many countries have been based. The International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS) also exists to accredit certification systems. There are many certification agencies worldwide for organic cotton production but far fewer for certifying cotton processing to assure reduced health and environmental impacts. Several sets of processing standards exist in Europe (KRAV and GOTS for example), and others are being developed in Europe and in the United States, Australia and most countries now.
The Expanding Organic Cotton Market
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by Daniel J. Solove
Recently, hackers from China stole 4.5 million records of patients from a hospital chain in Tennessee. Do you think that’s big? As a Bloomberg article notes, however,” they haven’t come close to entering the ranks of the biggest breaches of all time. In fact, they haven’t even cracked the top 10.”
Bloomberg has a terrific infographic about the top 10 largest data breaches in the United States.
Here are some interesting facts I noticed as I reviewed the chart:
- The top 5 all involve more than 100 million personal records.
- 4 of the top 5 happened within the past year and a half — 2013 to the present.
- 6 of the top 10 happened within the past year and a half – 2013 to the present.
- 8 of the top 10 happened within the past 5 years – 2009 to the present.
- Malicious outsiders seem to be the biggest cause. Accidental data loss and physical loss are also big causes. (See the full infographic for info about causes.)
Source: Bloomberg (click here for the full infographic)
What lessons can be learned?
- Data breaches are getting bigger, and big data breaches are happening more frequently. The risks, costs, and threats are increasing. It’s time for organizations to seriously rethink the resources they are putting into data security and to adjust upward. Bigger breaches + bigger costs need better resources + better solutions.
- The leading causes of data breaches often involve the workforce mistakes. Malicious outsiders often get in because they trick people through phishing and social engineering.
- Organizations are collecting and using data faster than they are able to keep it secure. This is a broad trend I see — just like during the industrial revolution when we rushed to build factories before we could keep them safe and stop them from polluting. I have long believed in the motto: If you can’t protect it, don’t collect it.
- Educate the workforce! Train them once, train them twice, train them thrice. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Make them care. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This is a great opportunity to raise data security awareness.
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This post was authored by Professor Daniel J. Solove, who through TeachPrivacy develops computer-based privacy training, data security training, HIPAA training, and many other forms of training on privacy and security topics. This post was originally posted on his blog at LinkedIn, where Solove is an “LinkedIn Influencer.” His blog has more than 800,000 followers.
If you are interested in privacy and data security issues, there are many great ways Professor Solove can help you stay informed:
* Professor Solove’s LinkedIn Influencer blog
* Professor Solove’s Twitter Feed
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Let us consider the important decision on selecting controls .
Two broad types of control groups can be considered, unmatched and matched.
In unmatched or population controls, the aim is to obtain a random sample of the population that gives rise to cases. One suitable method is to seek controls from a population register. A random sample of the source population should be achievable if the register has a high level of completeness, contains the cases (it should be possible to check that all the cases are identified in the register), can identify the parameters specified in the control definition (e.g. area of residence, age), and is accessible to the investigator
If a register is not available or is not suitable, other methods of population sampling can be considered. A commonly used method is random digit dialling . This involves phoning random numbers (cold calling), a system that has the advantage of speed and convenience but has important limitations. The source population is limited to those who have a phone and to those who are available to answer. It may be difficult to be sure that the relevant geographical area is covered, or alternatively one may find that such a large area is covered by the phone listings that it is difficult to find controls from the (smaller) source area. This is more of a problem if phone numbers are used that do not have an area code e.g. mobile phone numbers. Co-operation from those receiving such calls may be low.
Hospital controls are a type of population control that can be used if the cases have all been admitted to hospital. Controls are easily identified and available at low cost from the same dataset that contains the cases e.g. hospital episode statistics. Disadvantages may be that there are different catchment populations for different diseases so that the controls are not representative of the source population for the cases. More particularly the same causative factors can be responsible for the disease under study and other diseases that result in hospital admission. This will reduce the chances of showing a true association with the causative factor (bring the OR towards 1). In the study of any disease caused by smoking, selection of hospital controls would have a high chance of selecting people who were admitted with other conditions caused by smoking .
The above examples of controls are all attempts to draw a random sample of the source population. The following examples are not attempts to draw a random sample of the population. Controls are selected because they have one or more characteristic in common with the cases. This method of selection is called matching.
Neighbourhood controls. This involves selecting controls from the same neighbourhood as the cases i.e. they are matched for neighbourhood . One advantage is that there is no need for a population register. Also, controls are likely to be similar to cases in respect of socio-economic factors. This may be helpful if we wish to control for such complex factors and if we cannot measure them sufficiently.
Disadvantages are low co-operation (selection bias), it may be time consuming and expensive (low efficiency), and if we wish to measure the risk associated with socio-economic factors, we may not be able to do so. In case control study of a disease that has a socio-economic gradient, e.g. invasive meningococcal disease, picking neighbourhood controls may not show any association between illness and level of income. People living in the same neighbourhood are likely to have the same or similar socio-economic characteristics.
Friend controls are another way of selecting matched controls. Where speed of investigation is of the essence, eg. in a suspected outbreak of E.coli O157, friends offer a rapid and convenient means of finding controls. Similarity of socio- economic characteristics and social behaviours have the same advantages and disadvantages as neighbourhood controls. In investigations of outbreaks of food borne infection, our aim is to identify a common source. Although friends may be more likely to share similar food habits as their corresponding case leading to an underestimate of the strength of association, the relative risk estimates can still be very high . More of a problem may be a reluctance on the part of the case to give the names of friends to be interviewed .
Family controls (relatives) are rarely used in field epidemiology as exposures in family controls are often so similar to those of the cases that the association of interest may not be shown at all.
Cases as their own control. Cases act as their own controls in the case cross over method. Selecting controls in this manner is useful for diseases that have short incubation times and has the advantage of being efficient, achieving perfect matching and controlling for confounding on subject characteristics that are stable over time. A disadvantage, particularly in outbreaks caused by transient contamination of food or water, is that cases that are exposed to the contaminated product during their time as a case will also be more exposed to the product during their time as a control when that exposure was not associated with any increased risk. This will bias the OR towards 1.
Controls with the same disease as cases. In case-case studies, controls have the same disease as cases but are infected with a different subtype of the organism . For example cases of Campylobacter coli have been compared to Campylobacter jejuni cases to investigate potential risk factors . Controls can be selected randomly or through systematic sampling. Both selection bias and recall bias that occurs when cases are compared to healthy controls are removed through this method. Disadvantages are that general risk factors cannot be explored because their distribution will be similar in the two groups and cases and controls will differ for the exposure that led to them being infected.
The above are given as examples of different types of controls. Other questions on selection of controls may arise when considering different study designs, deciding numbers of controls, and what might happen when asymptomatic cases and immune subjects are included in the control group.
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“Lastly I want to make sure you understand that we in city government do not plan to be defensive. We plan to work with people in the community to look at our procedures and make sure that our procedures are appropriate and our police officers are taught to do the right thing,” he added.
Demonstrators also stood near the road chanting Floyd’s name along with several other unarmed black men and women who were recently killed by police or by fellow citizens.
Those honored by the demonstrators Saturday afternoon included Breonna Taylor, who was killed by officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department, and Ahmad Aubrey, who was killed by two white men in Georgia.
PHOTOS: Scenes from Springfield rally, voter registration drive
“I feel like today is a good time to organize an event because while this is for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmad Aubrey, this is also about systemic racism that we’re fighting and injustice,” said Demoni’ Ramey, a Springfield High School alum and recent Miami University graduate.
“So I feel like this is a good way to bring our communities together to show that it’s not black vs. white. We’re just unity. Right vs wrong. We’re trying to get people out to vote also so we can change our system,” she added.
The event was not organized by a specific group but by a local resident Jaime Moore. However she wanted to give credit to several “young aspiring leaders” including Ramey and fellow SHS grad Richard Eichie.
“If we get rid of the underlying conditions and start educating people as a whole I truly do believe that change can happen,” said Eichie, who recently received a degree from Clark State.
He said that rallies such as the one that occurred Saturday afternoon and another one that was held last weekend in downtown Springfield, which involved hundreds of people, are the best ways to educate people about challenges faced by African American communities across the country.
Ramey added that it just doesn’t end at the protest stage.
“I feel like actions speak louder than words honestly. There are other people looking up to us, and no change isn’t going to be made overnight just by us doing these things,” she said. “But at least if we make our mark and leave a blueprint for the next generation so they can make a change maybe it will be a better place for all of us.”
Eichie agreed adding that it is important for people to vote.
“We’re not telling people who to vote for, but I do know young people have a history of not voting a lot in numbers so that has been my goal along with educating people. We need to get our young people in the polls.”
Local clergy members in Clark County announced this week that they are creating an advisory committee that aims to address and combat systemic racism while working with local law enforcement agencies.
Other community leaders were also present at the event Saturday afternoon, including Dorian Hunter, the youth chair for the Springfield Unit of the NAACP. He led the crowd in chants such as “Black Lives Matter” and “Power of the people won’t stop.” He also talked about issues facing residents of Springfield’s south side, including the area being a food desert following the closing of the Kroger on South Limestone Street.
“We have to be one community and hold each other accountable,” Hunter said. “We have to continue to fight, continue to persevere and we’ll continue to make change.”
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Nurses are being trained to carry out surgery in order to ease NHS waiting times
Nursing staff are being encouraged to undertake a two year course to become ‘surgical care practitioners’ as part of a drive to ease waiting times - but critics say it will make the nursing shortage even worse.
Those who qualify will be able to assist during major surgeries, such as heart bypasses, as well as hip and knee replacements, according to the Daily Mail.
They will also be tasked with removing hernias, benign cysts and some skin cancers, as well as closing up incisions after operations.
Surgical care practitioners earn about £50,000 a year – twice the average nursing salary of £25,000 a year – making it an attractive career path.
NHS People Plan
The proposals are contained within the NHS’s People Plan, due to be unveiled next month.
This will set out how the health service needs to transform its working practices to keep pace with the demands of a growing and ageing population.
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson, Munira Wilson, said, "This is a sticking plaster solution to a very serious staffing crisis across our NHS workforce.'"
Surgeons working in the UK currently undergo up to 16 years of training, while a surgical care practitioner is likely to have completed a three year degree as a nurse before the secondary two year course begins.
The proposals were backed by Professor Michael Griffin, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He said, "We are totally supportive of this. We have very little anxiety about this.”
There are already 800 surgical care practitioners working in hospitals in the UK, but leading surgeons say there will need to be "thousands" before the difference to waiting times is felt.
12% of nursing posts currently vacant
Last year it was revealed that there are just under 4.4 million people waiting for routine treatment on the NHS, up from 4.1 million in 2018.
Meanwhile, around 12 per cent of nursing posts remain vacant, while NHS pension changes in 2016 saw 69 per cent of surgeons cutting back their hours to avoid punitive taxes.
Nurses who retrain to become surgical care practitioners will still be overseen by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
An NHS spokesman said, "The NHS is supporting the Government to deliver its pledge to deliver 50,000 more nurses.
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We sought the role of the hospital inpatient observation and response chart (ORC) in reducing adverse outcomes. We sourced articles written in English and published in PubMed. Track, trigger and response systems can be tiered and use single parameter or aggregate scoring systems; the latter being more prone to error. The documentation and detection of abnormal vital signs can be affected by choice of trigger and response and by ORC design. There is considerable variation in the design of ORC and of rapid response systems (RRS) in general, and this impairs assessment of their efficacy. A high rate of modification of pre-determined triggers and poor sensitivity of measured outcomes further compromise systematic review. The best-designed ORC and RRS should optimise the frequency of response team activation to minimise adverse patient outcomes without excess resource utilisation. The role and the risks of electronic data recording are under-explored. Detecting and responding to deteriorating patients relies upon accurate and clear documentation of vital signs. ORC design and staff education on ORC implementation and usage are integral to minimising ALF and optimising patient outcomes. Standardisation of the design of both the ORC and the hospital RRS are overdue.
Keywords: deteriorating patient; observation and response chart; rapid response system; rapid response team.
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Pregnancy is a unique experience for every woman and it is important for her to enjoy it and remember this as such.
As part of her antenatal care, it is important to focus on the following issues:
- healthy eating and exercising
- taking folic acid
- stopping smoking
- cutting out, or down on, alcohol
- getting advice and tests for sexually transmitted infections
- adopting a healthy stress-free life style
There is a general belief that any exposure to medication or other factors, during pregnancy poses a potential risk to the developing baby. However, the vast majority of drugs are actually considered to be safe.
Teratogens are environmental agents used during pregnancy that interfere with fetal development, potentially resulting in congenital malformation or birth defect. Although most known teratogens are drugs, they can also be infections, such as rubella and toxoplasma, chemicals or radiation. In many cases, the potential teratogenic effect is dose dependant. Finally, it is important to know that not every exposure would necessarily result in fetal damage.
The most important issue to clarify is timing of the exposure during pregnancy. Depending on when exposure took place, the following scenarios can occur:
- The two week period from conception to the time of the first missed period, is often called the “all-or-none” period. It is generally accepted that exposures during this time do not cause malformations to the fetus. In the rare case of exposure to extremely high doses of an agent, for example radiation, chances are that a full miscarriage may be caused, rather than a fetal abnormality.
- The embryonic period, from 4 – 10 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP) is the most critical period of development, because all organs are being formed during this period of time. Defects such as spina bifida or cardiac defects, may occur
- The fetal period (from 11 weeks until term) is not a high-risk period of time for birth defects. However, exposures during this time may affect normally formed organs. For example, regular alcohol consumption, may result in the brain and nervous system damage.
Scans in pregnancy
Ultrasound scans use sound waves to build a picture of the baby in the uterus. Scans are completely painless, are safe for mothers as well as babies, and can be carried out at any stage of pregnancy, either transvaginally (in the early weeks) or transabdominally.
Two are the most important scans performed during pregnancy:
- The nuchal translucency scan (NT scan) can assess the baby's risk of having Down syndrome and some other chromosomal abnormalities, as well as major congenital heart problems.
The NT scan measures the clear (translucent) space at the back of the baby's neck. Babies with abnormalities tend to accumulate more fluid at the back of their neck, causing this space to be larger than average. The NT scan is performed between 11 and 14 weeks of pregnancy, and is usually combined with a blood test, measuring b-HCG and PAPP-A levels in the mother’s blood stream. NT scan is a screening test and therefore does not give a diagnosis. The scan can only assess each baby's risk for certain problems and help us decide whether to perform chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis to find out whether the baby is actually affected.
- The second scan offered to all pregnant women is called the anomaly scan, or mid-pregnancy scan, and usually takes place between 18 and 21 weeks of pregnancy. This scan checks for structural abnormalities (anomalies) in the baby.
Aromatherapy & massage in labour
Aromatherapy is both a science and an art in which highly concentrated essential oils extracted from various parts of the different plants are used for their therapeutic properties.
Aromatherapy and massage offers relaxation and acts as an adjunct to enhance normal labour.
It can be offered to:
- Women who are at term with a normal pregnancy
- Women in the latent phase of labour
- Women in established labour
It is not suitable for:
- Antenatal women < 37 weeks gestation
- Known allergy to any of the essential oils or carrier oils
Oils available for use while in labour are as follows:
- Bergamot – to help with analgesia, relief of fear and spasms, uplifting
- Clary Sage – said to enhance uterine action, induction and acceleration, antibacterial
- Grapefruit – said to be calming and help relieve fear and anxiety
- Lavender – said to relieve backache, sciatica, symphisis pubis pain, antibacterial
The carrier oil of choice will usually be Grapeseed Oil.
The maximum numbers of oils allowed in one mix is 3, all diluted into the carrier oil.
Areas to massage include:
- Back, shoulders
Prenatal yoga is a modern approach of exercise in pregnancy, that encourages stretching, mental centering and focused breathing. Research suggests that prenatal yoga is safe and may benefit pregnant women as well as their babies.
Yoga in pregnancy can improve sleep, decrease stress, increase strength of pelvic floor muscles needed for childbirth and decrease lower back pain, nausea and headaches.
Important considerations, when you attend Yoga classes:
- “Hot" yoga (working out in an overheated room) is to be avoided in pregnancy.
- Inform the tutor about your pregnancy and how advanced your pregnancy is
- Avoid exercises that make you lie on your back because the uterus can apply pressure on a big vessel next to your spine, thus reducing blood flow to the uterus.
- Avoid lying on your tummy (prone), upside-down postures (inversions), as awell as stretching your abdominal muscles too much.
- In advanced pregnancy use a chair for support in order to avoid losing your balance and risking injury to yourself or your baby.
- Keep your pelvis in a neutral position during poses.
- When practicing twisting poses, twist more from the shoulders and back than from the waist, to avoid putting any pressure on your abdomen.
- If you feel any discomfort, stop.
After pregnancy, Yoga can also help new mothers handle the stress of looking after the newborn as well as postnatal depression that quite often affects new mothers.
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Many people are staying at home due to the pandemic. While they may be working from home, they still have a lot of time on their hands. They can use this extra time to work on their hobbies, learn a skill, or redecorate their homes’ interior.
If you’re keen on the latter, then you would need to go through the following interior decorating styles that will make your house stand out.
The first style you can consider is the industrial interior design. The industrial design style can trace its roots to the 1700s, when the first industrial buildings were built. The 1960s and 1970s saw old factories converted into open-air lofts that blended well with modern and traditional design styles.
The uniqueness of this interior design style allowed it to last up to today. While you may not want to look for an old warehouse and make it into your new home, you can use this design style to make your home look special.
A good start is integrating the contemporary elements of the design. You can add rejuvenating colors and introduce mirrors and glass into your home. If the house doesn’t have exposed bricks, you can use feature walls that evoke a warehouse appearance. Creativity in the shelving is essential and adds rustic pieces to enhance the industrial character of the design. Additionally, you can use a color palette that features an industrial theme.
Another interior design style that doesn’t stick to the norms is the use of curved elements. Most interior home designs focus on straight lines. So, having curvy looks gives the interior a unique yet interesting appearance.
Linear edges can be quite monotonous. When curved features are added, they seem to lead the eye to a focal point in the design. The focal point can be a piece of furniture, artwork, or a conversation piece that attracts attention.
You can also introduce the curved design into the home using furniture, art, and tiles. While you can add the furniture and artwork yourself, you’ll need help when it comes to the tile installation work. Similarly, a general contractor can also help you if you want to add arched doorways and fake ceilings into the home.
Using darker shades on several features in a room makes it eye-catching. It also gives the room an illusion of space similar to how a mirror makes a room look larger. Using darker shades also gives the room a daring appearance. And when the right balance of shades is used, it evokes a “wow” effect that doesn’t normally come with lighter-colored rooms.
Dark colors also deliver drama, which makes it exciting and less boring than predominantly white spaces. And when you say dark, it’s not only limited to black and the different shades of grey. It also includes different darker shades of other colors.
The proper use of texture, contrast, and ambient lighting allows you to reach that delicate point where it gives out an intense vibe without being gloomy or overbearing. You can also use a couple of light-colored elements to provide suitable breaks from the room’s predominantly dark features.
People normally get a soothing feeling when they enter a room with muted pastel colors. These colors can be elegant when they are used with luxurious materials like marble. They also evoke a minimalistic appeal when they are combined with neutral tones. This shows the versatility of these colors.
Pastel colors are the lighter shades of the primary and secondary colors. They have a somewhat brighter appearance compared to other colors. While these colors are vibrant and bright, they also give viewers a soothing and calming feeling.
Even as pastel colors are normally associated with femininity, they also have a connection to masculinity. This is particularly true when these colors are combined with green or navy blue. Finding the right combination of pastel colors will give your home a refreshing feeling that’s typically associated with the coming of spring.
If you love nature, you can also give your home’s interior the vibe of nature. One way to do this is by adding a vertical garden on the walls of the house. The green wall will look good when you have it in your living room.
Adding real wood and stones can also enhance the appeal of the home. You can incorporate hardwood on the walls to complement your living wall. Combining it with a natural stone wall can further give it a feeling of being in nature. You can also bring in houseplants and scatter them all over the place. But make sure not to overdo it unless you’re planning to set up a jungle inside the house.
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The direction taken by the British government worries everybody, both Tories and Labour.
Jo Johnson has resigned as minister of transport. He denounces an «Incoherent Brexit» and states that it «Is now imperative to go back to the people».
Sadiq Kahn, the London mayor, addresses the executive directly and demands that: «The British public should have a say on the outcome of those negotiations including the option of staying in EU».
Also the business community, as testified by a letter to the Sunday Times signed by more than 70 entrepreneurs leaders, has called for a public vote on Theresa May’s deal.
Are they asking for a new referendum?
The prime minister has already been clear on this point saying that «The government will never accept a second referendum». Still, the time is running out and there is no final agreement. The deadline is on March the 29th, and the two parties are still discussing important issues.
They want to regulate the Northern Ireland frontier, which is the only physical contact between UK and EU, in order to maintain an open border. Indeed, there is still confusion about what kind of custom union is coming after the two years of transition period. Moreover, even if they find an agreement the parliament will have to approve the government proposal.
An eventual rejection could lead to different scenarios:
- General elections
- A new referendum
- Hard Brexit
Jeremy Corby, leader of the Labour party, believes that is impossible to stop Brexit. Once triggered article 50 of TEU — Treaty on European Union — the process is irreversible. In reality, this is not true: a new referendum could be held through a parliament act but this would not be politically convenient.
What could it mean for the people who voted ‘remain’?
They would stop believing in democratic decisions and start feeling powerless. In addition, if this time the outcome would be different, politics would have showed them that London — the establishment — always wins.
The aftermath would be easy to understand. It could be fertile ground for far-right populist leaders to attack democratic institutions and to radicalize public opinion.
European Union would be, as usual, the scapegoat and the constructive dialogue on reforming the European institutions would be stopped. Furthermore, it would delegitimize direct democracy and referendum legal strength.
Europe’s best hopes lie in the British capacity to face and solve the very social and economic problems that have determined Brexit.
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Dechra SPECIFIC Adult Small Breed Dry Dog Food
For adult small dog breeds under 10 kg. Rich in Omega 3, supports digestive and immune systems.
" BALANCED NUTRITION FOR SMALL DOG BREEDS UNDER 10KG.
" FOR EVERYDAY USE to support a healthy, active life.
" SUPPORTS BOTH DIGESTIVE AND IMMUNE SYSTEM.
" HELPS MAINTAIN IDEAL BODYWEIGHT.
" OMEGA-3 FISH OILS FOR DOGS - for healthy coat, skin, and joints.
Why choose SPECIFIC Adult Small Breed Dry Dog Food?
SPECIFIC Adult Small Breed dry dog food has been formulated by experts in dog nutrition. Designed as an everyday diet, this sensitive stomach dog food contains the exact nutritional balance your small dog needs.
" Quality ingredients, including high levels of Omega-3 for dogs.
" Supports a healthy dog digestive system.
" Supports the immune system.
" Provides moderate calorie levels to maintain an ideal bodyweight.
" Contains beet pulp as a source of fermentable fibres to support beneficial microflora and intestinal health.
SPECIFIC Adult Small Breed is an ideal choice to support your adult dog's healthy, active life.
How to weigh your dog at home safely
If you are not sure of your dog's weight, you can try weighing them at home. Only do this if you can lift them safely without risk of injuring yourself or your pet.
1. First, weigh yourself on your bathroom scales.
2. Step off, make sure the scales are back to zero. Safely pick up your dog.
3. Step back on the scales so that you are now weighing yourself and your dog.
4. Then simply subtract your weight from the combined weight of you and your dog.
5. This will give you your dog's weight.
6.Or you can get your dog weighed at your veterinary practice or local pet shop.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Wheat, maize protein, fish meal, pork fat, beet pulp, minerals, animal protein hydrolysate, fish oil, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), egg powder, lysine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C).
Contains no added artificial colours or flavourings.
Pack size: 1 kg.
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What is “low-T”?
It is estimated that as many as 1 in 4 men over the age of 30 has low testosterone levels. The medical term for this is hypogonadism, or more simply “low-T”. This lack of testosterone can lead to several adverse health effects including reduced libido, energy levels, and motivation. Luckily, Prime Men’s Health is here to help. Learn more about the benefits of our testosterone replacement therapy and contact us today to see if you’re suffering from low testosterone.
Symptoms and Health Effects of Low Testosterone
Men with low-T may experience problems such as:
- Reduced sex drive and less frequent sexual activities
- Fewer and weaker erections
- Less energy and/or low blood iron (anemia)
- Depressed mood or increased irritability
- Less muscle or bone mass and strength, and more body fat
While past generations of men were forced to suffer these consequences of low testosterone, advancements in medicine can allow you to maintain your muscle mass, libido, and energy!
What is Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT)?
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is approved by the FDA to treat men with hypogonadism (low-T). It most often comes in the form of gels, patches, injections (shots), and medicated pellets placed under your skin.
Testosterone replacement therapy has shown to improve the effects of low-T and most men report recovery in their energy levels, sexual function/desire and erections, muscle mass and strength, and mental clarity.
What Does Testosterone Do For Your Body?
Testosterone is the sex hormone that helps boys become men. This hormone is crucial during puberty and the development of male physical features. Testosterone levels can affect men’s sex drive, erections, mood, muscle mass, and bone density. Additionally, testosterone is needed for men to produce sperm.
Beginning Low-T Treatment with Prime Men’s Health
Before you start TRT, your medical provider will conduct a full health history and physical evaluation. Blood laboratory testing will check several hormones involved in the production of testosterone and evaluate other possible causes of your symptoms.
Combining your history, physical, and laboratory findings, your provider will formulate a personalized treatment plan to address your specific condition. Risks, benefits, and options will be discussed before any treatments are started. Your provider will also discuss possible side effects. Minor side effects can include:
- Breast swelling or soreness
- A high red blood cell count
- Swelling of the feet or ankles
- Smaller testicles and infertility
Is Testosterone Replacement Therapy Safe?
The goal in testosterone replacement therapy is to restore this hormone to its natural levels as they were in your 20s and 30s. Early studies indicating that increased testosterone levels caused negative effects on the cardiovascular system and prostate cancer have proven to be false.
In fact, recent published research from institutions like Harvard have demonstrated reduced instances of cardiovascular problems. Harvard medical expert, Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, has continued to publish research proving testosterone doesn’t cause prostate cancer and now men with past and current active prostate cancer are being treated with testosterone replacement therapy. Prime Men’s Health monitors patients’ prostate blood test (PSA), blood pressure, and safe testosterone levels on a regular basis. Rest assured; your health is our number one priority! | <urn:uuid:70a5aa76-23d6-4a16-921a-bbfbdc764165> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.primemenshealth.com/testosterone-replacement-therapy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.930261 | 715 | 2.171875 | 2 |
FBI Warns Of Ransomware Attacks In Montana, Region
Montana’s media members heard about the increasing dangers of cyber attacks and ransomware during a video conference featuring FBI special agent in charge Dennis Rice last week.
“Cyber security is truly national security,” Rice of the Salt Lake City office noted.
The ic3 website, www.ic3.gov, analyzes data submitted to identify emerging threats and trends.
Rice said that of the cases of ransomware in Montana, one cost a company $20 million and another cost a company $15 million.
“That’s what they paid to get their information back,” Rice said.
The FBI doesn’t encourage paying ransomware because it keeps the hackers in business.
In 2021, the IC3 received 3,729 complaints identified as ransomware with adjusted losses of more than $49.2 million.
Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, that encrypts data on a computer, making it unusable. A malicious cyber criminal holds the data hostage until the ransom is paid. If the ransom is not paid, the victim’s data remains unavailable. Cyber criminals may also pressure victims to pay the ransom by threatening to destroy the victim’s data or to release it to the public.
Rice noted there are more than 100 variants of ransomware. He advises not to have your cyber insurance policy on your desktop, because hackers could use that information to their advantage.
He said entities that are targeted the most include medical, education, legal, financial and telecommunications.
“It’s a constant effort to try to keep up and be in front of this,” Rice said.
He noted people at risk include those who are in the process of purchasing homes. Hackers use a fictional email address, similar to one that looks like a business email, and works on a scheme to try to take away your life’s savings.
Although some hackers are in these nation, the majority come from other countries especially Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Advice offered include updating your software and changing your passwords often, Rice said it’s important to continue to educate people. “We’re all potential victims if we don’t keep up with cyber security,” he said.
The IC3 is the central point for Internet crime victims to report and alert the appropriate agencies to suspected criminal Internet activity. Victims are encouraged and often directed by law enforcement to file a complaint online at www. ic3.gov.
“We had over almost 20,000 business email compromise complaints to IC3 last year and that totaled $2.4 billion in losses,” Rice said. “So this is a real area that every individual homeowner or just person in general needs to be tracking.”
It’s important for victims to contact the FBI immediately to share information about a threat.
He asks that family members and friends stress to the elderly that they understand that precautions are needed and get educated about cyber security.
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We have recently seen the introduction of new heading guidelines for football players in the Premier League ahead of the 2021/22 season. The changes come on the back of a great deal of research surrounding the link between heading the football and dementia in later life. Some of the players affected by dementia after their careers ended are famous names, including members of England’s 1966 World Cup squad.
Jeff Astle died in 2002 aged 59 and an inquest into his death confirmed it was as a result of result of an “industrial disease” resulting from heading footballs. Sir Bobby Charlton revealed he was suffering from dementia in a newspaper article and his brother, Jack, who died in 2020, also suffered with the disease.
The names above are just a small example of the former professional footballers who have suffered with dementia. The research suggests they were at a greater risk of dementia than the average person due to the fact they were heading the football on a regular basis. A study at the University of Glasgow showed former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia and other serious neurological diseases.
So, action must be taken and while the demand on the head in soccer is not quite as extreme as American Football, there have been changes in the protocols surrounding head injuries during matches. Talking about American Football briefly, links have been made between former players and deadly shootings and violence in the United States. Phillip Adams, Aaron Hernandez, Rae Carruth, Travis Rudolph, Tommy Kane, and Donovan Lynch are all former NFL players who have been involved in violent crimes.
Going back to football, and as mentioned above, there have been recent changes in the way head injuries are treated during a match. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved trials for concussion substitutes in 2021 and the English Premier League was one of the leagues to adopt the changes. West Ham United defender Issa Diop was the first player in English football to be substituted using the new protocols. However, the fact Diop was allowed to return to the pitch before being withdrawn was cause for concern.
Players must be taken away from the pitch and a full concussion assessment can take up to 10 minutes. It will be interesting to see if this is something which is introduced into professional football soon.
One of the major changes in terms of heading the football ahead of the 2021/22 Premier League season comes in training. The guidelines state players should be limited to a maximum of 10 “higher-force” headers in any training week. A “higher-force” header is one from a pass of longer than 35 metres or corners, crosses, goal kicks, and free kicks. However, this is only a recommendation and will not be enforced in any way. Therefore, we are not going to see any major changes to the way the sport is played for the time being and it is unlikely heading is going to be reduced or removed from matches any time soon.
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Winter is here, the festive season has approached, many of us have planned to meet our friends and family for holidays. We are all ready and packed up, making sure all festive preparations are being done and nothing is left to be sorted at the last minute. One important thing that we need to keep a check on is our cars!
Yes, because it is the only thing that will help us commute to our loved ones during this time. Our vehicle needs to be fully prepared and be roadworthy enough to roll during this winter season.
In order to make sure that your car is collectively safe and sound to be driven around London and nearby areas you can see if it is MOT proof or not. The following details will brief you with some significant MOT details you should know.
The MOT test was introduced in 1960 in an attempt to reduce the growing number of road deaths and accidents that were the result of increasing traffic in the UK. This was caused by the boom in car sales, as families invested in first time vehicles and even became two-car families.
Why Do We Have MOT Tests?
MOTs were deemed necessary as a lot of the road accidents were caused by cars being unroadworthy. This means that they produced a lot of emissions which obscured visibility, did not have the correct lights fitted, or they had faulty steering and brakes, which made them unpredictable in an emergency.
The government’s aim was to ensure that vehicles on the road had a good chance of being seen and avoided by other road users, and also that they would be steerable, so they could move to the shoulder of the road and stop safely, even while experiencing engine trouble.
How Can I Pass my MOT?
You can take steps to sail through your MOT by being aware of the reasons for the MOT test, as detailed above, and by getting hold of a copy of the latest MOT checklist, which is freely available online.
Using the checklist, you can assess the state of your vehicle and ascertain which items you can take care of (such as keeping the windows clear and visibility good), which minor faults you can sort easily (fitting new light bulbs when necessary, or ensuring that your number plate is tightly fixed). You can also book an MOT in conjunction with a service to ensure that any faults are fixed before the MOT is attempted. In case you’re looking for a reliable garage visit DAT Tyres for MOT in London today.
What Happens if I Fail My MOT?
With MOTs there are stages. The best case scenario is a pass, in which case your car has no faults and is good to go for another year. Next come ‘minor faults’ which must be sorted out as soon as possible, but are not serious enough to keep your vehicle off the road. Major faults are serious and these must be fixed before you are permitted to drive the car. The highest level is ‘dangerous’ and these are the same as major faults: you may not drive the vehicle if you have dangerous faults with the car. If you have taken an early MOT and your previous certificate is still valid, you can continue to drive with major faults, but not with dangerous faults. However, driving with major faults is very unwise and should not be attempted without very good reason.
Hence having a proper MOT check on time is important so that you are able to avoid sudden car problems and heavy fines by the traffic authorities while driving and achieve a pleasant drive with your family. | <urn:uuid:561aeba8-3dba-4ca3-99e9-78ad0369d588> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lesbemums.com/motoring/mot-tips-for-a-safe-driving-experience/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.982168 | 712 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Boo! is a spooky game about Halloween. To celebrate Halloween, you need to make a pumpkin. To do so, you need to copy the exact design of the given pumpkin on the bottom right area. You need to dip the pumpkin in paint to match the colors. Use various properties in each level to get to the same design. You need to cover a certain area and then dip it in the paint to cover only a certain part of the pumpkin. The game features spooky yet funny music. Good luck figuring out how to solve each level and create various spooky pumpkins!
HOW TO PLAY
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Silver Equalities Award
Regis Manor is proud to have been awarded the Silver Equalities Award. The award recognises the school’s commitment to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
The award looked at behaviour and welfare, leadership and management, personal development of pupils and teaching and learning. It was a rigorous process that highlighted how positive experiences for children are at Regis Manor alongside how we meet our statutory duties:
- Address discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations as set out in the Equality Act 2010.
- Promote community cohesion as per the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
- Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This is one of the duties placed upon all public bodies as part of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015.
- Safeguard children and promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development as set out in the Education Act 2002. | <urn:uuid:1064bf5b-2aa6-4c81-9668-972af60959d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.regismanor.org.uk/news/?pid=1&nid=2&storyid=141 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956548 | 180 | 1.601563 | 2 |
• Total infected: 5,36,545
• Total death: 8,162
• Total recovery: 4,81,306
• Total sample test: 36,93,634
Bangladesh reported 2.92% daily infection rate on Tuesday as 438 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8am.
The Covid-19 daily infection rate in the country has remained below 5% for the last 15 days. The last time the daily infection rate was above the benchmark was on 18 January this year, when the country reported that 5.49% of the samples tested positive.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh logged 13 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 8,162 and the death rate stands at 1.52%, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 5,36,545.
During the last 24 hours, 578 patients were declared free of Covid-19, raising the total number of recoveries to 4,81,306 with an 89.67% recovery rate.
Among the latest day's victims, 11 were men and two were women. Eight of them hailed from Dhaka, two from Chattogram, one from Rajshahi, two from Khulna and two from Mymensingh divisions.
In the past 24 hours, 14,985 samples were tested across the country. So far, 36,93,634 samples have been tested in the country.
The gender breakdown of Covid-19 victims shows that 6,188 of the total deceased were men and 1,974 were women.
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Entrepreneurship is a particular type of economic activity based on independent initiative, responsibility and innovative idea. It is defined as a specific factor that provides dynamism by creating new, more efficient combinations of the various production factors. Entrepreneurship can take place in all areas of activity, regardless of their scale. Entrepreneurship is a significant source of innovation in a market economy and stimulates the introduction of revolutionary new technologies and products.
Innovation is often defined as a new idea that proves successful in practice. It can be a new product, practice, service, production process or a new way of organization. However, as an innovation, a new idea can only be defined if it becomes an essential application or with proven utility in practice.
In institute ESDI, we have the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to discover and implement innovative ideas and practical application opportunities. By preparing business plans based on collected, reliable information and possible resources, we support the realization of competitive ideas. We prepare cost-benefit analyzes for the successful implementation of a specific project and provide appropriate sources of funding. | <urn:uuid:073925db-469d-480b-92f0-32c48605730c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://institute-esdi.org/en/directions/entrepreneurship-and-innovation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.934573 | 228 | 3.125 | 3 |
This fun dynamic and poetical story, with shadow puppet-theater, with Indian dance, music and songs, will present the incredible wealth of Indian culture to kids. It will also make the parents and the public question about our day today.
The Great Black Panther is terribly hungry. She steps out of the jungle to hunt. She goes to the village and eats: a huge elephant, a black hen and a white cow. The villagers are very upset: the great Black Panther ate their sacred cow!
Their screams awaken all the gods of the region…
This is the story of the men hunting down the great Black Panther who hunts the cow. The Gods fight between the right of nature and those of faith. This is the story of the birth of war of religion.
adapté de l’album du Père Castor, P. François par Marion Schoevaert
Mise en scène
Gwenaël Le Boulluec (marionnettiste)
Mosin Khan Kawa (musiciens)
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One of the most striking difficulties for teachers across the years has been to keep the students in the class involved and thinking about the content that is prepared by the Educator.
Across the years, band energetic educators have come up with unique ideas to help students interact with the subject. Introduce games to the scholars to add a video to make the subjects more relatable to the students and increase the engagement between students and teachers.
The performance of the technology in the classroom has enhanced the pedagogical system in modern times. Tools such as Augmented Reality, Interactive Whiteboards, Virtual Reality, and Game-based learning have transformed the new-age classroom and made studying more compelling than ever since
Studying in the Age of COVID-19
Now, the world is changing formerly more as work-from-home, and the study from the house is the new method in almost every part of the system. In this position, schools have utilized virtual classrooms as the original pattern, and teachers are making every magnificent effort to teach kids as best as achievable.
While these online classes guarantee that the learner’s education is not disrupted, teachers do not have any previous coaching programs for virtual or remote schooling. As an outcome, several teachers proceed to replicate what they do in a classroom, although they are not always as mastering as they struggle with departed and demotivated students.
It is essential to change the way of thinking and study to adapt to newer methods to engage with children in a virtual classroom.
Let’s see how to increase scholars engagement in a virtual classroom:
Just like a regular classroom, a virtual classroom also needs the teachers and the kids to be planned. A significant tip will be for the educators to create a list of all the ideas the students require and then to transfer out the guide to all the parents so that they can prepare the students with all the resources. Those can include publications, manuals, stationery, forms, etc.
Educators can test out their slides with the font dimensions, colors, template designs, and screen proportions to ensure on-screen readability. This method can also incorporate an audio clarity test.
1. Keep the class small and lessons crisp.
Learning online is a significant task, especially for more growing learners who may discover it daunting to assemble before the screen for long times. By breaking content into smaller, more manageable bite-sized chunks, educators can help keep students involved and feel concerned about the virtual learning knowledge. This is also an excellent way to decrease online learning fatigue.
2. Questions, questions and more questions
To keep the students more involved, the teacher must ask as many questions to the students as possible. Rather than just reading or teaching the lesson to the students, items allow the practice to be more interactive and hence holds the students involved. Teachers can ask them W and H questions related to the representation? What, Where, Why, Who, When, and How.
The educator must also help more puzzles from scholars to improve the engagement levels in the virtual classroom. Many experts also suggest that teachers keep several questions each student asks, to guarantee that all the students are engaged and alert.
3. Constant progress check-ins
One of the simplest ways to warn students for the earlier lessons and help them feel consistent with the class is for short-term growth checks. These can introduce revision, homework, or quick tests on more initial topics to run the student’s mindfulness and help them join the dots between the subjects.
4. Use the flipped classroom design to engage the students.
Using the flipped classroom design, teachers can assign students sources such as manuals, videos, podcasts, etc., to implement background information to the topic being learned.
The actual training event in the virtual classroom can later be used to succeed in learning exercises like group or one-to-one conversations. This will guarantee that the school’s precious time is used to increase the perception of the theories while the students stay engaged and motivated.
For many students and educators, this pattern from a normal classroom to virtual meeting time for training is not suitable. Today, teachers need to recognize that the need for the time is for unlearning their methods and preparation techniques and look for new approaches in which they can provide technology to train better and made a more valuable impact on their students, who are also trying in isolation without their companions.
5. Set the rules at the beginning
Like the mentors, the students, too, are not familiar with the idea of a virtual classroom, so teachers can begin every morning with familiarizing the students with the practices of a virtual classroom. These practices can include guidelines on camera, mike, chat protocol for the students to understand.
Just as any students do not join in a general physical classroom because they feel unseen and understand that they have no relevant input, likewise, many scholars may assume that they will not be missed in the virtual one. Additionally, some students do not find their instructors very appealing or are incapable of relating to them. For such students, educators can try creating a relationship, learning to know them through a video or audio call outside of the classroom to help them believe motivated.
Other small tips can include asking the scholar for their outcome in the classroom, giving reliable and supportive feedback, etc.
6. Create a rewarding method for the students
A practical way to engage the learners in the virtual classroom is to propose short-term and long-term aims and prizes in your online classroom. Rewards such as actual feedback, virtual points, badges can go a long way in reinforcing the education and motivating the student to engage better in the classroom.
A virtual classroom can be the perfect way to recreate many of the benefits of regular classroom learning without compelling people to exist in the same place. However, to involve students in such an environment, it is essential to utilize active learning approaches, benefit on gamification, and concentrate on producing the sort of online space where collaborative activities can be carried out.
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|AKINYEMI, OLUKAYODE - University Of Agriculture - Nigeria|
|Sauer, Thomas - Tom|
|ONIFADE, YEMI - Federal University Of Petroleum Resources|
Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/24/2011
Publication Date: 12/9/2011
Citation: Akinyemi, O.D., Sauer, T.J., Onifade, Y.S. 2011. Experimental methods of determining thermal properties of granite. In: Blasik, M., Hanika, B., editors. Granite: Occurrence, Mineralogy and Origin. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. p. 131-141.
Interpretive Summary: Energy from the sun or heat from buried wires or pipes can warm the soil or other geologic materials. It's important to understand this process for agricultural production and for the design of efficient engineering applications. The key property is the thermal conductivity of the material, literally how effective the material is in transferring heat. In this study, two methods (block and needle) were used to evaluate the effect of adding a paste to the surface of the sensor to improve the heat transfer and reduce measurement error. The results show significant improvement in the performance of both methods when using this paste for measurements on granite rock. The results of this study are of interest to scientists involved with heat flow in natural environments as it demonstrates an improved method for making thermal property measurements for non-uniform surfaces.
Technical Abstract: Determination of thermal properties of granite using the block method is discussed and compared with other methods. Problems that limit the accuracy of contact method in determining thermal properties of porous media are evaluated. Thermal properties of granite is determined in the laboratory with and without application of thermal interface material TIM (Arctic Silver®) to study effects of thermal contact resistance. The thermal properties analyzer KD2 (line - source heat dissipation probe) is also used with and without TIM to measure thermal conductivity of the sample. Results from block method and KD2 analyzer, with and without TIM, are compared with standard values. Results indicate significant differences with consideration of thermal contact resistance. Thermal conductivity of the granite sample increased from 2.95 W/mK to 3.95 W/mK with the standard values (Kappelmayer & Haenel, 1974) for granite ranging from 2.0 and 7.0 W/mK. Volumetric heat capacity increased from 5.95 x 104 J/m3K to 7.17 x 104 J/m3K, thermal diffusivity increased from 0.412 x 10-4 m2/s to 0.67 x 10-4 m2/s while heat flux density increased from 2.63 x 10-1 W/m2 to 4.9 x 10-1W/m2. The difference in thermal conductivities with or without TIM is significant at (P > 0.05) which implies the effectiveness of the thermal interface material in reducing thermal contact resistance. | <urn:uuid:aaf210fa-4663-4170-9702-92334ac9a23b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=276286 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.830618 | 645 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Professor Etkind is the author of seven books on Russian and East European cultural history. In his lecture on Thursday, September 13, Professor Etkind will present in brief the central argument of his recent book, Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience (Cambridge: Polity, 2011), which offers a new perspective on Russia's history as a simultaneous process of external and internal colonization of its enormous territory. Etkind's research involves a diverse body of historical and literary sources. Using Russia as a case study, he makes a powerful theoretical argument for revisiting such concepts as orientalism, modernity, colonialism and empire.
Sponsors: Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, CREES, Institute for the Humanities
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‘Star-Spangled Banner’ too warlike, hard to sing to be America’s national anthem
It is time for our national anthem to be replaced.
“Rockets’ red glare, bombs bursting in air” — warlike words and images. And our vocal cords are truly strained as we sing.
Of course, every schoolchild knows the story of how “The Star-Spangled Banner” came about. During the War of 1812, there was a raging battle as the British fleet bombarded Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
A young lawyer from Maryland, Francis Scott Key, had witnessed the encounter, and the following morning he awoke to see the American flag still flying. Key liked to write poetry, and he took up his pen, impressed by the happening.
It wasn’t until 1931 that President Herbert Hoover proclaimed the song our own.
During the recent Winter Olympics, I thought how beautiful “O Canada” sounded in its peaceful way. I’d like to suggest “America the Beautiful” or “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean” as less warfaring terms.
At the risk of offending those who determine to keep religion and politics totally separate, my favorite suggestion is “God Bless America,” written by Russian immigrant Irving Berlin and performed so unforgettably by radio’s Kate Smith during my childhood in the 1930s.
I also point out that South Africa’s anthem is “God Bless Africa.”
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For the last 10 years and more we have been asking the general public whether they have volunteered in the last 3 months. We do this four times a year. This gives us some really useful long-term data about how many, and who, are volunteering.
Covid has had a major impact on volunteering, and in the last 24 months we have had our lowest percentage saying they volunteered (16%) and our highest (31%). However, it is the demographics of who is saying they are volunteering that has produced the most interesting results. Here are the four key changes that we have seen in our most recent data.
Covid pushed volunteering down and then up
The headline volunteering rate hasn’t changed much – it hovers around 20%. It dipped at the height of the first lockdown, and the very latest data suggests it may have bounced back dramatically last September, and fallen again by December as the chart below for overall volunteering by the general public shows:
Volunteering among the over 55s has fallen, and under 45s risen
Behind the headlines there are some dramatic changes in volunteering by age. Volunteering amongst older people (over 55s) has fallen, and under 45s has increased. This is part of a trend that has been going on for a decade, which Covid has really exacerbated. The chart below shows that volunteering rates in the under 45 age group has increased, and the rates amongst over 55s has fallen:
More men than women are now volunteering
Volunteering amongst women has been falling for some time, and in the last 18 months more men are saying they volunteer than women. If this change is permanent, it will indicate a real revolution in who volunteers.
Informal volunteering has increased
While we don’t measure informal volunteering (what is most simply called neighbourliness) the DCMS data indicates that in while formal volunteering decreased up to March 2021, informal volunteering increased substantially. Equally interesting is the finding that women increased their level of informal volunteering more than men (all data here).
The pandemic appears to have shaken up who volunteers and how they volunteer. For the most part it seems that Covid has hastened changes that were already underway, rather than reversing them. What the next 12 months looks like, in terms of volunteering is going to be really important for understanding whether these changes are permanent or just temporary.
If you would like to find out more about our research with the general public, please visit our Charity Awareness Monitor page.
Interestingly, the link to the official statistics gov page you linked to at the end shows a very different picture. With volunteering reaching an all time low this year at 17% and lowest amongst 25-34s. I wonder whether this reflects those likely to do the survey at respective organisations? I prefer your picture...! But it's clearly not definitive...
Very interesting reading. Is there any research or reports on why people volunteer and why the shift in ages? I was also wondering whether the over 55s were anxious about COVID. BW, Ginny | <urn:uuid:61651e8c-7908-4a77-b702-9431388b741e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nfpresearch.com/blog/covid-19-impact-on-volunteering | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.967562 | 627 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Australia participated in a high-level international delegation this week to urge the Japanese Government to cease its whaling activities.
Australia joined forces with 16 other countries to express strong opposition to Japan’s lethal scientific whaling program.
Other countries participating in the two diplomatic representations — called ‘demarches’ — included Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
The delegation, led by Brazil, met with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Fisheries Agency to denounce Japan’s Whale Research Program (JARPA II).
Japan plans to take 935 minke whales this year — more than double its previous intake. It will also take 10 fin whales this year, with plans for 50 fin and humpback whales each year.
Australia remains committed to ending whaling under the guise of scientific research and will continue to work tirelessly with other pro-conservation countries in the lead up to the 58th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in June.
Australia led a demarche of 15 countries last year to raise concerns directly with the Japanese Government about its proposed increased whale catch in Antarctic waters.
Last year Australia, together with Spain and twelve Latin American and Southern Hemisphere countries, also signed a declaration condemning scientific whaling. The six point declaration supports continuing the current moratorium on whaling, an end to special permit whaling for ‘so-called’ scientific purposes and scientific research by only non-lethal means. | <urn:uuid:da82ef71-e574-4b01-9ab8-d6f7a333c44f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2006/australia-takes-whaling-concerns-directly-to-japan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.92021 | 320 | 2.265625 | 2 |
The HR 6819 telescope constellation system took center stage in the news in 2020 when astronomers announced the presence of a black hole in it. The orb, only a thousand light-years from Earth, was the closest black hole identified to date.
The research team that made the discovery wrote at the time that the presence of the black hole was necessary to understand the movement of the two stars in the system, indicating that the black hole and one star orbit the other in a wider orbit.
Scientists have now written that they are wrong, a black hole does not exist.
Only one spot of light has been detected in the past that contains signs of two stars, said Dietrich Bad, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and co-author of the study.
Since both stars are similar in brightness and age, their masses will be the same and orbit each other at high speed.
“Because we only saw the star that a huge orb orbiting around us at high speed, we assumed that this invisible giant was a third body, a black hole,” Bady said.
Other researchers have seen that there are only two stars in the system, one of which was recently torn apart by the other, which is sometimes called the Vampire Star. And the Guardian wrote online that the vampire’s weight has increased significantly since then, according to a recent issue of the Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
In the new study, Baade and colleagues analyzed new data from two ESO telescopes, the VLT and the VLTI.
Although the results rejected the idea of a black hole, the researchers are confident.
“A hijacked star is more exciting than a black hole because it was discovered at a point that made up a very small part of the system’s total lifetime,” Bady said.
A naked star can show the interior of a celestial body because the vampire star’s “sting” removed the opaque curtain from its thick outer layers, so we can take a closer look at how the star creates the energy it radiates and where it makes new elements, he added.
According to the scientist, when these elements are ejected, star dust can create not only new stars, but also planets and planetary inhabitants.
Opening image: Illustration (ESO/L. Calçada)
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And So It Begins
The trial over George Floyd's death is beginning.
Last Memorial Day, Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after now-fired police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground for about nine minutes. Viral video of the incident showed Chauvin (who's white) with his knee on the 46-year-old Black man's neck while Floyd cried out "I can't breathe" and called for his mother. All the while, Chauvin wouldn't budge and other officers stood by watching. Floyd's name and last words became a rallying cry at protests across the country and around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people decried persistent violence against Black men and women. Now, Chauvin's going on trial for murder and manslaughter charges – a case that's being dubbed one of the most important in US history.
What can we expect?
Today, candidates for the jury will go to the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. They've already submitted a questionnaire, detailing their knowledge about the case and their views on things like policing and the Black Lives Matter movement. But they'll face more questions from lawyers until 12 jurors and four alts are selected. Opening arguments are scheduled to kick off March 29 – when the jury will hear from dozens, if not hundreds, of witnesses over the course of four weeks. If convicted, Chauvin faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. Meanwhile, protests calling for justice have already started, some businesses remain boarded up, and the courthouse is barricaded. Police and the National Guard have been called. But eyes will be on Minneapolis for some time as three other officers charged in Floyd's death are slated to go on trial this August.
Floyd's death was part of a wave of killings by police that sparked the BLM protests over the summer. Now, a country that rarely convicts police officers for on-duty deaths will watch to see if any change arises.
Last night, CBS aired Oprah's interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. In it, the couple spoke out about their time with the royal family. And revealed bombshells about what allegedly happened behind palace doors. That included on:
Race…Markle said that there were "concerns and conversations" amongst the family about "how dark" Archie's skin could be. The couple didn't reveal who was having those conversations. But Markle also said the royal family went against convention and declined to give her son a royal title – and the security that comes with it.
Mental health...Markle shared that there was a time with the royals when she "didn't want to be alive anymore." And that she sought mental health services but that "the institution" rejected her repeated pleas for help. Because seeking mental health care "wouldn't be good" for the royal family.
The toxicity of the press...Harry said there's an "invisible contract" between the royal family and the press (think: wining and dining in exchange for positive coverage). He also drew parallels to the treatment of his mother, the late Princess Diana – who died in a car crash as the paparazzi chased after her.
Relationships...Things are complicated between Harry and his father. And between Harry and his brother. And at one point, between Markle and Kate Middleton – but not for the reasons the press talked about. Markle also said the institution was "willing to lie to protect other members of the family." But that they "weren't willing to tell the truth to protect" her and her husband.
Some good things...Like the reference to "The Little Mermaid." The discovery that the couple is expecting a girl. That Meghan and Harry got married their own way. That they're proud of each other for coming out on the other side of this. And that their story has an ending "greater than any fairy tale you've ever read."
Buckingham Palace...has yet to respond to the interview. But Harry and Meghan made it clear they won't live in fear.
What's moving right along…
The COVID-19 relief package. On Saturday, the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill along party lines. Here's what's in it: $1,400 direct payments to Americans making under $75K, a $300 weekly federal unemployment bonus, and a child tax credit up to $3,600. What's not: a $15/hour federal minimum wage increase. Democrats want Republicans to join them in making moves. Republicans are worried about the price tag. The Dem-led House is expected to vote on the bill as soon as tomorrow, where it's expected to pass.
Where there could soon be a dress code...
Switzerland. Yesterday, voters narrowly approved a 'burqa ban.' The measure doesn't mention Muslim women's dress by name. But it doesn't have to. The proposal, backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, will ban face coverings (niqabs, burqas, and ski masks) in public spaces. But it doesn't see a problem with face coverings for public health reasons (like face masks for COVID-19). Discrepancy, noted. Right-wing lawmakers say the Muslim face coverings are a symbol of repression. And will get to decide what women wear (or don't) instead. Officials will now begin drafting legislation to put the ban into effect.
Who's speaking up…
Amanda Gorman. On Friday, the country's first youth poet laureate said she was racially profiled by a security guard. Gorman – who performed at President Biden's inauguration – said she was walking home when a security guard "demanded" she prove she lives at her building because she looked "suspicious." Gorman called it the "reality of Black girls" that they can be called an icon one day and a threat the next. And said she'll continue to fight for Black Americans who deal with discrimination every single day.
Who Beyoncé has given her Halo to…
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A priori, the situation is virtuous for Algeria. The surge in hydrocarbon prices due to the war in Ukraine is mechanically bailing out the coffers of a country rich in the third largest oil reserves in Africa (behind Libya and Nigeria). The breath of fresh air offered by these prospective revenues – estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at 58 billion dollars in 2022 (i.e. 54 billion euros) – is precious at a time when the regime is trying to restore its sitting after the turbulence of the Hirak protest movement, in 2019 and 2020.
In addition, the European quest for alternatives to Russian gas raises Algeria’s strategic profile on the regional scene. Increasingly courted, Algiers seeks to project itself as a partner ” reliable “, according to official rhetoric, especially with Italy, with which friendship is displayed ostentatiously. Today the source of 11% of Europe’s gas imports, Algeria is destined to expand its supplier status over time. And at the same time lie the analysts who speculated on his diplomatic isolation following the Hirak crisis and the offensives of the Moroccan rival on the Western Sahara issue.
But appearances are deceptive. The windfall effect produced by the war in Ukraine does not detract from the acuteness of the challenges that never cease to pose themselves to a dysfunctional Algerian economy, oil income obliges. The top of the state is acutely aware of this. The Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, had himself denounced this hegemony of hydrocarbons – source of 95% of the country’s exports and 60% of its tax revenue – as being “fatal to intelligence and the spirit of initiative”. At the end of 2018, a report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) described an Algerian model ” breathless “. In order to tear themselves away from it, calls for a “industrial diversification” have been growing for fifteen years.
An aging productive apparatus
However, the temptation to dip into hydrocarbon revenues in order to buy social peace with subsidies, to which were added the vested interests of windfall networks, got the better of these desires to explore alternatives. The downturn in oil prices from 2014 (a barrel fell from the 80-110 dollar range in 2011-2013 to 40-60 dollars in 2015-2017) had certainly revived the reflection more seriously than ever. But the rebound in international prices fueled by the war in Ukraine (a barrel was trading at 117 dollars in early June) could weaken this sense of urgency and postpone maturities again. “The risk is that the rise in prices will have a counter-productive effect on the structural reforms announced”emphasizes Rachid Mira, associate researcher at the Center for Economics at the University of Paris-Nord.
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Imagine Madison Seeks Direction from Public on Prioritization of Strategies and Growth Areas
Imagine Madison, the City of Madison’s Comprehensive Plan update, is midway through the third phase of public input, which covers prioritization. Direction is being sought on how the City should prioritize strategies established in the second phase of public input and what actions need to be taken to implement the strategies. Additionally, the City is seeking feedback from the community on what areas should be prioritized to accommodate new development. Madison is projected to add 40,000 new households and 37,000 new jobs through 2040.
“As we get closer to formulating the Plan itself, more feedback from the public is needed to ensure that the Plan addresses residents’ priorities for the City over the next 10 to 20 years,” said Heather Stouder, Planning Division Director. “The Comprehensive Plan is used when considering everything from City services and infrastructure to proposed development projects. Imagine Madison provides an opportunity to influence the City’s direction over the next 10 years.”
Feedback can be provided by accessing the Phase 3 Survey on the Imagine Madison website at https://www.imaginemadisonwi.com/workbook-3-home.
About Imagine Madison:
Imagine Madison is a public listening campaign designed to reach, listen to, and record the ideas of a broad and diverse cross section of the public, on topics including housing, transportation, racial equity, sustainability and others. The input collected by the City of Madison’s Planning Division through Imagine Madison will be used to update Madison’s Comprehensive Plan, the City’s action plan for the future. | <urn:uuid:c89fbd9a-7977-44d6-9a3b-cec89aa3d77d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/imagine-madison-seeks-direction-from-public-on-prioritization-of-strategies-and-growth-areas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.897798 | 339 | 1.671875 | 2 |
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This section introduces the nRF Cloud REST and MQTT APIs.
nRF Cloud REST API
The nRF Cloud REST API also includes the REST API endpoints that are authenticated using JSON Web Tokens. These endpoints are meant for devices, which is why nRF Cloud requires a high level of security.
Proxy service API
The proxy service API is a subset of REST API endpoints serving a fleet of devices provisioned on nRF Cloud. It serves cloud-to-cloud use cases, such as some integrations of Location Services. Cloud-to-cloud use of nRF Cloud requires a Pro or Enterprise plan. Contact Nordic Semiconductor Sales for more information.
The remaining endpoints of the nRF Cloud API are the User API, which supports user-to-cloud and user-to-device operations.
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. Discuss the influence of community, culture and religion in influencing health care practice. 2. Evaluate the distribution of healthcare resources in relation to healthcare needs and concepts of health and wellbeing. 3. Justify a position on the influence that globalisation will have on nursing workforce culture. 4. Appraise social and ethical wellbeing within the context of equity and cultural safety. 5. Discuss the concept of Indigeneity and critically compare the demography, context and lifestyles of different cultural and Indigenous groups. 6. Explore and describe contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations and issues, and include the socio-cultural factors that impede health care provision.
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Last of the line
OVER the past decade or two, the structural failings of the Italian economy have become brutally clear. What makes them especially hard to deal with is that for years many of them were seen not as weaknesses but as strengths. Asked to explain what is wrong with Italy, Francesca Bettio, an economist at Siena University, has an instant answer: the family. It is responsible for the fact that most Italian companies are small and privately owned; it has contributed to a low female participation rate in the workforce; and it is at least partly to blame for low social and labour mobility.
Yet for many years after the second world war, the family was considered an asset, not a liability, in Italian business. This can be seen most clearly in the proliferation of (often family-owned) small firms across northern Italy, many of them grouped in clusters: woollen goods in Biella, cotton textiles in Varese, shoes in Ascoli Piceno, knitwear in Carpi, women's clothing around Treviso (home of Benetton, among others), and so on. At one time these clusters figured in business-school studies as a key source of Italy's economic strength, especially in the north, now one of Europe's richest regions.
Indeed, Italy as a whole became a case study in “small is beautiful”. About two-thirds of manufacturing workers are in firms with fewer than 100 employees, compared with 37% in America and 31% in Germany. Italy has more small and medium-sized enterprises than any other country in Europe: some 4.5m, or roughly one-quarter of the total in the EU 15 (see chart 3).
The flip-side of having lots of small firms, however, is a dearth of big ones. For a member of the G7, Italy has remarkably few big companies: for many years the list barely ran beyond Fiat, which at one time accounted for almost 5% of Italy's GDP. One reason for this is the heavy weight of the state, which used to own most of the big banks, utilities and even many industrial firms. IRI, the giant state holding company originally created by Mussolini, was once run by none other than Romano Prodi. Even today, many of the big companies in Italy are formerly state-owned utilities and banks. Over the past two decades, while Italy's nifty small firms were garnering so much praise, the country has lost much of its presence in industries such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, computers and food processing.
When bigger is better
What is wrong with having lots of small firms? There are two answers. One is that globalisation and competition from Asia (especially China) have put a bigger premium on size. In the 1960s and 1970s it was enough to supply the home market, or at most reach out to such near neighbours as France and Germany, and to rely on your local bank for finance. Now to be successful a company such as Benetton has had to grow to the point where it supplies a world market and obtains its products far beyond Italy; it is quoted not only on Milan's stockmarket but New York's too.
Italy's stockmarket is tiny in relation to the size of the economy, with fewer than 300 quoted companies. The market's chief executive, Massimo Capuano, has plenty of ambition to lure more, not least through a special second market for smaller enterprises. But many owners of such firms resist any loss of control and even dislike relying on external finance. Restoring public confidence in a market that was hit hard in December 2003 when Parmalat, one of Italy's biggest food groups, went bust is also proving challenging. Parmalat had claimed to have large cash balances that turned out to be fictitious. Government legislation to improve corporate governance in the wake of the scandal is currently becalmed in parliament.
The other problem with Italy's small firms is that too many of them are in the wrong industries, relying for too long on cheap labour for their competitive advantage. The textile firms in the north that have spent much of the past year bleating for protection are classic examples. They had ten years' warning of the demise of the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Textiles and Clothing that limited imports from developing countries. Yet when the agreement expired at the start of this year, many firms rushed to Brussels to demand “voluntary” restraints on Chinese exports. Others joined the chorus attacking Italy's membership of the euro. Very few seemed willing to accept any blame for failing to establish new niches based on good design, marketing or the use of technology, rather than cheap labour.
Yet there are many examples of successful Italian firms, even small ones, that have made just such adjustments. Fifteen years ago Benetton produced almost 90% of its clothing in Italy; now the share is down to less than 30%. Geox, an innovative and successful shoemaker, produces most of its goods abroad, as does Luxottica, the world's leading maker of sunglasses. In white goods, Merloni (now Indesit), which was set up 30 years ago, has become Europe's third-biggest supplier of fridges, cookers and washing machines. Its founder, Vittorio Merloni, who is still chairman, notes that almost half the company's products are made abroad, including in China, which he first visited back in 1975. China is also, he complains, a source of counterfeit goods, complete with the “Made in Italy” label and even the washing-machine guarantee.
Another successful example is Cerutti, a maker of sophisticated printing presses based in Casale Monferrato, near Turin. Its chief executive, Giancarlo Cerutti, remembers that when his father founded the firm after the second world war, it had seven rivals. Now there is just one other maker of big printing presses, and Cerutti has almost 60% of the world market. It supplies many of the newspapers and magazines in Europe, as well as several in America. Recently it bought a production facility in China. It also has a technical centre in India, employing some of the country's finest engineers.
Italy's flagship computer firm, Olivetti, went under in the mid-1990s, but there are some Italian success stories in information technology too—and not only in the north. Near Catania, in Sicily, ST Microelectronics, a chipmaker, is part of a vibrant high-tech cluster. ST was founded in the 1960s, but was on the verge of bankruptcy when Pasquale Pistorio, now its honorary chairman, rescued it in the early 1980s. Mr Pistorio not only turned the company round, but expanded it by opening production plants near Naples and in Bari. He has nothing but praise for the skill and high quality of Italian engineering graduates.
Yet Mr Pistorio also concedes that Italy has plenty of problems. He notes that high-tech exports make up only 12% of the total, half the European average. Italy spends only 1.1% of its GDP on research and development, compared with the EU average of almost 2% and as much as 3.2% in Japan. Bureaucracy and the judicial system are slow, liberalisation is incomplete, infrastructure is poor, and the tax “wedge” that pushes up labour costs is one of the largest in Europe. Mr Pistorio reckons that the Berlusconi government has failed to create the right conditions to attract investment, whether from domestic sources or from abroad, and has not done enough to encourage innovation.
The theme is taken up vigorously by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of both Fiat and Confindustria, the Italian business lobby. Mr Montezemolo knows all about business turnarounds: he rescued Ferrari and has helped to pull Fiat Auto back from the brink. Yet Fiat's recovery owes much to financial, not mechanical engineering. It has extracted cash from GM to allow the American car firm to drop an option it unwisely took out to buy the whole company, and it has insisted that its banks convert some of their loans into equity. Whether it has a long-term future will depend on its new models, notably the new Fiat Punto.
Sitting in his office above the glitzy Ferrari production line in Maranello, south of Modena, Mr Montezemolo says that Italy will pay a high price if it fails to introduce structural reforms. Top of his list is more competition, which among other things will involve more privatisation. His other priorities for reform are educational change, including in the universities; infrastructure, throughout the country; public administration, including the tortuously slow judicial system, which he sees as a big deterrent to foreign investors; and, echoing Mr Pistorio, more innovation and investment in R&D.
Mr Montezemolo makes it clear that Italian business is deeply disappointed with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government, which had promised so much when it took office in 2001. At the time Mr Berlusconi told Confindustria that “your programme is my programme”, but he has not delivered. However, Mr Montezemolo does not confine his criticism to Mr Berlusconi: he attacks all the politicians who have run the country in the past two decades for failing to take tough decisions. Nor does he accept that reform-minded governments always lose elections, citing counter-examples such as Britain.
It would be wrong to say that the Berlusconi government has done nothing in the way of reform. In two areas, pensions and the labour market, it has been quite bold, although it has built on changes set in train by previous governments. Given its demographic outlook, Italy still needs to do more to reduce its formidable pensions burden; and the government has timidly put off the start of some of its more painful reforms until 2008. But by raising the retirement age, cutting pension values and encouraging private pension funds, it has done more than some other EU countries to tackle this looming problem.
Reforms in the labour market have been even more striking. The Biagi law, named after Marco Biagi, a labour-market adviser who was assassinated for his pains, exempted many new jobs from rules that required most work to be full-time and permanent. This has led to a boom in temporary and part-time posts. The privatisation of labour exchanges and changes to apprenticeship contracts will inject even more flexibility into the Italian labour market, promises Maurizio Sacconi, the minister responsible.
Mr Sacconi claims that, in the past five years, Italy has created a net 1.2m new jobs, 700,000 of them for women, a better record than any other country in Europe (including Britain). Yet although unemployment for Italy as a whole, now just under 8%, is relatively low by European standards, Mr Sacconi acknowledges that it remains high among the young (almost 23%), the old and in the south.
Moreover, Italy's strong employment record has a downside: zero or even negative productivity growth (see chart 4), as more marginal and less productive workers have been brought into the workforce. It is the combination of poor productivity growth and rising wages that has caused Italy's unit labour costs to rise so much faster than those in other euro members in the seven years since the euro started.
So much to do
Mr Siniscalco, who quit as finance minister in late September, praises the government's pension and labour-market reforms, but acknowledges that too little has been done to increase competition, to liberalise protected parts of the economy or to privatise (indeed, the centre-left government before Mr Berlusconi's sold more assets than he did). As for the EU's “Lisbon agenda” of economic reform, Italy has consistently come out bottom in the scorecards of the London-based Centre for European Reform—although that may change now that a liberal-minded Europe minister, Giorgio La Malfa, is in charge of Italy's Lisbon strategy.
The obstacles to greater competition in Italy are legion. The OECD reckons that Italy suffers from the heaviest product-market regulation in Europe. Energy markets need a lot more liberalisation to match the most open in Europe; Italian energy prices are correspondingly high. The government remains the largest single shareholder in ENI, the big oil company, and Enel, the main electricity firm. It still has a golden share in Telecom Italia, although it has at least pushed through the sale of its remaining shareholding in the company. Antitrust enforcement in general is patchy.
Murky corporate governance in Italy has also been a deterrent to investment, and perhaps even to the creation of successful companies. For years even quite big firms were controlled by small groups of shareholders, often through a cascade of different holding companies. Mediobanca, a secretive Milan-based investment bank, pulled many strings from afar. Minority shareholders were mostly ignored. More recently, Italy's stuttering economy has exposed a series of corporate scandals that have weakened investor confidence.
Finance, a crucial area for an economy's competitiveness, is another big Italian weakness. The banks have changed a lot over the past 15 years: an industry that was mostly state-owned and highly fragmented is now 90% private, and the Bank of Italy has fostered a spate of domestic mergers. A few banks have emerged as kingpins: Banca Intesa; Unicredit, which this year took over Germany's HVB; Sanpaolo IMI; and Capitalia. Yet the Bank of Italy has tried to keep out foreign investors, which may help to explain why bank charges (and profits) are among the highest in Europe. The governor of the Bank of Italy, Antonio Fazio, did himself and his institution no good by trying to prevent a takeover of an Italian by a foreign bank earlier this year (see article).
Banking is not alone in benefiting from protection by its own regulator. There is not enough competition in services in general, which matters because the share of services in the Italian economy, as elsewhere, is going up—they now account for two-thirds of GDP. Small shops, taxi firms, pharmacies, notaries, tradesmen: in the land that invented guilds in the Middle Ages, most are still protected from competition by special rules, often administered by local authorities. As an example, Vito Tanzi, formerly Italy's director at the IMF in Washington, DC, tells the tale of a man who wanted to open a fish shop in a small town in Apulia but was turned down by the council on the ground that the town had one already.
Tourism is another area that would benefit from both more investment and more competition. For a country that has so much to offer in the way of culture, nature, climate and cooking, Italy's tourist industry is surprisingly undeveloped—and hotel and restaurant prices seem unduly high. In 1970 Italy was the world's top tourist destination. Today it comes fifth, after France, Spain, America and China.
One general problem is that the whole notion of service is rather undervalued. Indeed, Italy often seems to suffer from a pervasive anti-business, anti-customer culture. Italians may be entrepreneurial and creative, but they are by no means pro-market. Neither of the two main post-war political parties, the Christian Democrats and the Communists, could be described as economically liberal. Nor is the Catholic Church, still a huge influence in the country, which has always affected to disdain profit. In any case, many businessmen in Italy do better by exploiting contacts and seeking favours from the state than by building up companies or trying to serve customers better. A prime example is Mr Berlusconi, whose business success was based largely on the help and protection of certain Italian politicians.
This cultural preference for favour-seeking and the creation of protected monopolies over free-market competition could take a long time to shift. It is, naturally, also reflected in Italian politics. Why have Italian politicians, on both sides, been so slow to embrace reforms, and what are the prospects for change?
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "Structurally unsound"
From the November 26th 2005 edition
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Learn More About India's Unsung Heroes At The Freedom Wall In Indiranagar With This Wall Art Project
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Paint the world in colours of Indian heroes! That’s what the streets of Bengaluru look like right now and we are loving it!
With an aim to create awareness about forgotten heroes, Freedom Wall is all about illustrations that not only beautify the wall but also help the people of Bengaluru to learn about India’s rich history and culture. This initiative is funded and supported by C V Raman Nagar Assembly constituency MLA S Raghu, under the Ministry of Culture’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav campaign that commemorates 75 years of Indian independence.
58 illustrations will be painted across Bengaluru but only 40 of them have been completed as of now. Each illustration has an embedded QR code next to it on the wall, you can scan it and get access to information about the painted personalities. And soon, you’ll also gain access to audio elements from the same QR code, to give people an overall impressive experience. That’s not all, you will also find all the deets about the artists who have created these illustrations under Freedom Wall.
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