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1. Become a language teacher
As a language teacher you can earn up to 8 euro per hour. With 5 students you are already making 40 euros an hour. How to get students? Advertise your skills by posting on social media and telling it to your neighbors, family and friends. They may be interested in enrolling their kids. Offer availability during weekends or any other time you are free. And during this time of corona, you can also propose online classes using online tools such as zoom and others.
2. Offer freelance translation
As a freelance translator you can earn up to 20 cents per word translated. How to get clients? Contact some Slovak or Czech website owners and propose them to translate their website into English or French or any other language you master. You can even propose to translate their blog posts. There are a lot of websites in Slovakia for example, which their owners would want to have also in English because it will help them to reach a wider audience.
3. Start a YouTube channel
If you are living in Slovakia or Czech Republic or Hungary for example, you can open a YouTube channel to teach your community English . You can also have the YouTube channel to share useful information from your country to the rest of the world by using English. For example, you can be talking about Slovak culture in your YouTube channel and that will be something travelers and tourists will definitely want to watch. Now, the earning on YouTube depends on the number of views you have.
4. Become a tourists guide
As a tour guide you can make from 50 to a 100 euro a day. How to get started? Very simple, you can find tour guides who already operate in your area and just offer to ride along as an English or French interpreter. You can also go by yourself. But in any case you will just need excellent local knowledge, a set of itineraries and some fun jokes to maintain a conversation.
Now you have 4 different ways to turn your language skills into a source of income. Let us know the one you would like to try in the comment. | <urn:uuid:8a630602-977f-41ca-b8f8-9bf3e1d0e5d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jtybusinesshub.com/entrepreneurship/how-to-monetize-your-language-skills/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956078 | 422 | 1.53125 | 2 |
5 Reasons Why You Should Exercise On Your Lunch Break
by Laura Barns
Whilst for some, the idea of getting sweaty before your 3pm meeting might feel like a little slice of hell, but for others, lunch breaks provide the perfect opportunity to get active.
But why? Here are some of the key benefits of working out in the middle of your working day.
1. It frees up your evenings
After a long day of working, sometimes the only logical thing to do is starfish the sofa with a cold glass of vegan wine in one hand, and a remote in the other. Working out during your lunch break means your evenings are free for fun, and it means you can hit the snooze button in the morning a few extra times, too.
2. It forces you to take a lunch break
Hands up if you're guilty of lunching at your desk. We all do it, despite knowing it's probably not the best way to work. If you schedule in a gym class, or even just have a plan in your head to go for a run or a long walk during your lunch break, you're forced to step away from the office and take a breather. This is great for your mental health as well as your physical health. According to Harvard Medical School, exercise “has a unique capacity to exhilarate and relax, to provide stimulation and calm, to counter depression and dissipate stress.” It’s been successfully used to treat anxiety disorders and even clinical depression, so it can help you cope with a day full of meetings or that big presentation.
3. It may make your afternoon more productive
If you're worried about a big meeting coming up in the afternoon, exercise can be a great way to help reduce anxiety and stress. According to the American Psychological Association, there's a strong link between exercise and mood, and the act of moving your muscles greatly helps your mental health.
4. You might beat the crowds
Especially if you've joined a crazy-popular gym, or if you like to run around some of the area's favourite parks, going 'off-peak' is a great way to get some alone time as you exercise. Gyms are usually busiest first thing in the morning before 9am, and after 6pm, so heading there at lunch is a great way to guarantee time on your preferred machines.
5. You'll undo some desk-related damage
We've all heard that it's not healthy to sit all day. Over the years, studies have shown sedentary behaviour is associated with issues like obesity, insulin resistance, heart disease, poor circulation and more. In fact, research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed a 61% increase in mortality rates in those who sit on the sofa and watch TV for seven hours or more per day. So getting up from your desk to stretch or walk around is a great start. And of course, getting up from your desk to exercise for 30–45 minutes is even better.
Keep your eyes peeled on our shop page for the launch of our new Lunch Menu, coming soon!
by Laura Barns
Laura is our Copywriter, who is obsessed with the Hearty Roots Stew (and has been known to eat a double serve for lunch on more than one occasion). On her day off you’ll find her walking her puppy Ralph, stopping off at bookshops and cocktail bars along the way. | <urn:uuid:5474f2fa-010d-4018-99dc-4dd05c68b2c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://allplants.com/blog/lifestyle/5-reasons-why-you-should-exercise-on-your-lunch-break | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.958871 | 710 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Wrought iron is an elegant addition to landscape design. It can be used in a beautifully functional way or purely for decoration. Wrought iron makes a strong statement when used as a garden gate, a grill insert in a fence, a balcony railing or an impressive front door. As decoration, it can accent porch columns, showcase an outdoor water fountain and adorn a garden gazebo.
You will find a remarkable variety of artistic motifs done in decorative iron, from the refined figuration of the Renaissance to the sensual and sinuous designs of Art Nouveau. Both intricate and graceful, it creates an eloquent vocabulary in your landscape and expresses our individuality.
In its functional usage, decorative iron is most often used for security and privacy. In fact, there are those design professionals who believe that, because it is a strong material, it works best where it displays its intrinsic strength.
Ornamental iron fences, driveway gates or window balconies are just a few of iron’s utilitarian purposes. The beauty of iron, however, is that by adding the small decorative details, such as dainty flowers or pleasing trefoils, the ordinary and practical become extraordinary.
For aesthetic purposes, however, iron is limited only by your imagination. A decorative iron chandelier in an outdoor kitchen. Accent pieces on doors, such as knobs, door knockers, locks and hinges. Garden arches. Friezes, copings and finials. Garden arbors.
One design note: while decorative iron enhances any landscape, it needs to work with the extant motifs. A gate done in an Italian design from the Rococo period doesn’t work well with a Colonial style house, for example. So use discrimination when picking the design of your choice.
From an historic perspective, true wrought iron is only made in small quantities today and primarily for preservation projects. Most steel products found in modern landscaping materials are made of mild steel which has the advantage of being relatively inexpensive to produce and easy to manipulate.
The old nomenclature still applies, though, because the modern steel balustrades, balconies and flower boxes (and a hundred other landscape items you could name) retain the original look handed down to us from the Middle Ages. As does our delight in this stalwart substance.
Perhaps Samuel Yellin, the Polish-born iron artisan and blacksmith of the early 20th century, best describes our enthusiasm for wrought iron. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1906 and his work was eventually commissioned across the country. It can be found in nearly 40 states.
He said, “I love iron. It is the stuff of which the frame of the earth is made. And you can make it say anything you will. It eloquently responds to the hand, at the bidding of the imagination. When I go to bed at night, I can hardly sleep because my mind is aswarm with all the visions of gates and grilles and locks and keys I want to do. I verily believe I shall take my hammer with me when I go to the gate of heaven. If I am denied admission, I shall fashion my own key.” | <urn:uuid:72017f26-7cae-4dc2-99a5-089cd0f80acd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://exteriorworlds.com/category/wrought-iron/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.937322 | 655 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Homeless youth are at an increased risk of police contact—being stopped by police and arrested, yet it is less clear if this interaction is patterned by race.
The current study draws on diverse scholarship to examine three possible effects of race on homeless youths’ interaction with police: that non-White homeless youth are more likely, less likely or no different than White youth to experience police contact. Using the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless Adolescents, we examine homeless youths’ odds of self-reported police harassment and arrest.
Non-White homeless youth are more likely to report police harassment and arrest, but living on the street neutralizes these racial disparities. Further, prior police harassment is linked to subsequent arrest, operating similarly for White and non-White homeless youth. We discuss the implications of these findings for advancing scholarship on the challenges faced by homeless youth. | <urn:uuid:5147d2e6-a5b4-414e-9d6a-cda117121765> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ighhub.org/resource/seen-or-unseen-role-race-police-contact-among-homeless-youth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.931791 | 175 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Aztec sweet herb or “honey herb” is a creeping perennial herb related to mint and native to Central America and the Caribbean. The herb was used as a sweetener and medicinal by the Aztecs, and is still used as a natural low-calorie sweetener in some parts of Central America. The small, clover-like flowers are edible and have a very intense sweetness similar to stevia with a hint of mint. This is because of the presence of a compound called hernandulcin, which is 1000 times sweeter than sugar, and is named after Francisco Hernandez, the Spanish naturalist who first described the plant to the Spanish court in the 1570’s. Aztec Sweet Herb also contains small amounts of camphor, and should thus be used sparingly, which is why it has never been cultivated to produce a commercial sweetener.
Growth Form/Defining Characteristics: creeping herb with small round flowers, grows well in containers with moist soil.
Light: Partial sun
Water: Generous water
Soil: Rich loam, standard potting soil
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Did you know that U.S. banks have more than 1.8 trillion dollars parked at the Federal Reserve and that the Fed is actually paying them not to lend that money to us? We were always told that the goal of quantitative easing was to “help the economy”, but the truth is that the vast majority of the money that the Fed has created through quantitative easing has not even gotten into the system. Instead, most of it is sitting at the Fed slowly earning interest for the bankers. Back in October 2008, just as the last financial crisis was starting, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the Federal Reserve would start paying interest on the reserves that banks keep at the Fed. This caused an absolute explosion in the size of these reserves. Back in 2008, U.S. banks had less than 2 billion dollars of excess reserves parked at the Fed. Today, they have more than 1.8 trillion. In less than five years, the pile of excess reserves has gotten nearly 1,000 times larger. This is utter insanity, and it will have very serious consequences down the road.
Posted below is a chart that shows the explosive growth of these excess reserves in recent years…
This explains why all of the crazy money printing that the Fed has been doing has not caused tremendous inflation yet. Most of the money has not even gotten into the economy. The Fed has been paying banks not to lend it out.
But now that big pile of money is sitting out there, and at some point it is going to come pouring in to the U.S. economy. When that happens, we could very well see an absolutely massive tsunami of inflation.
Posted below is a chart that shows the growth of the M2 money supply over the past several decades. It has been fairly steady, but imagine what would happen if you took the hockey stick from the chart above and suddenly added it to the top of this one…
The longer that the Federal Reserve continues to engage in quantitative easing and continues to pay banks not to lend that money out to the rest of us, the larger that inflationary time bomb is going to become.
In a recent article for the Huffington Post, Professor Robert Auerbach of the University of Texas explained the nightmarish situation that we are facing…
One reason that the excess reserves grew to an extraordinary level is that in October 2008, one month after the financial crisis when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the Bernanke Fed began paying interest on bank reserves. Although it has been 1/4 of 1 percent interest, this risk free rate was not low compared to the Fed’s policy of keeping short-term market rates near zero. The interest banks received was and is an incentive to hold the excess reserves rather than lend to consumers and businesses in the risky environment of the major recession and the slow recovery.
The Bernanke Fed is now facing a $1.863 trillion time bomb, they helped to create, of excess reserves in the private banking system. If rates of interest on income earning assets (including bank loans to consumers and businesses) rise, the Fed will have to pay the banks more interest to hold their excess reserves.
If interest rates move up dramatically (and they are already starting to rise significantly), banks will have an incentive to take that money out of the Fed and start lending it out. Professor Auerbach suggests that this could cause an “avalanche” of money pouring into the economy…
Eighty five billion a month will seem tiny compared to the avalanche of the $1.863 trillion excess reserves exploding rapidly into the economy. That would devalue the currency, cause more rapid inflation and worry investors about a coming collapse.
So the Fed has kind of painted itself into a corner. If the Fed keeps printing money, they continue to grossly distort our financial system even more and the excess reserves time bomb just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
But even the suggestion that the Fed would begin to start “tapering” quantitative easing caused the financial markets to throw an epic temper tantrum in recent weeks. Interest rates immediately began to skyrocket and Fed officials did their best to try to settle everyone down.
So where do we go from here?
Unfortunately, as Jim Rogers recently explained, this massive experiment in financial manipulation is ultimately going to end in disaster…
I’m afraid that in the end, we’re all going to suffer perhaps, worse than we ever have, with inflation, currency turmoil, and higher interest rates.
The Fed and other global central banks have created the largest bond bubble in the history of the planet. If the Fed ends quantitative easing, the bond market is going to try to revert to normal.
That would be disastrous for the global financial system. The following is what Jim Willie told Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com…
Everything is dependent on Fed support. They know if they take it away, they’re going to create a black hole. The Treasury bond is the greatest asset bubble in history. It’s at least twice as large as the housing and mortgage bubble, maybe three or four times as large.
But even if the central banks keep printing money, they may not be able to maintain control over the bond market. In fact, there are already signs that they are starting to lose control. The following is what billionaire Eric Sprott told King World News the other day…
It’s total orchestration. And it’s orchestration because they might have lost control of the bond market. I find it such a juxtaposition that central banks on a daily basis buy more bonds today than they ever purchased, and interest rates are going up, which is almost perverted. I mean how can that happen?
They’ve lost control of the market in my mind, and that’s why they are so desperately trying to get us all to forget the word ‘taper.’ In fact, we probably won’t even hear the word ‘taper’ anymore because it has such a sickening reaction to people in the bond market, and perhaps even people in the stock market. They will probably do away with the word. But the system is totally out of control. And then we’ve got this quadrillion dollars of derivatives. It just blows blows my mind to think about what could really be going on behind the scenes.
Sprott made a really good point about derivatives.
The quadrillion dollar derivatives bubble could bring down the global financial system at any time.
And remember, interest rate derivatives make up the biggest chunk of that. Today, there are 441 trillion dollars of interest rate derivatives sitting out there. If interest rates begin skyrocketing at some point, that is going to create some absolutely massive losses in the system. We could potentially be talking about an event that would make the failure of Lehman Brothers look like a Sunday picnic.
We are moving into a time of great financial instability. People are going to be absolutely shocked by what happens.
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Leavannia Nampijinpa Watson was born in the Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is the daughter of Jill Nungarrayi and Lawrence Jangala Watson and the grand-daughter of Judy Napangardi Watson, a very successful artist who paints with Warlukurlangu Artists. Although very young, Leavannia first started painting on little boards through the Warlukurlangu Artists Art Association school cultural maintenance program held during school holidays. She has been painting professionally with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre at Yuendumu, since 2008. She paints her father’s Jukurrpa stories, particularly Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) which travelled from east to Mikanji west of Yuendumu. These stories have been passed down through the generations for millennia. She uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture. | <urn:uuid:bb0fca63-1faf-46a0-9ac3-6c4256c4523a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://galeriedumonde.co.uk/artists/leavannia-nampijinpa-watson/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.954706 | 196 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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|Title:||Synthesis and characterization of calcium-containing polyurethane using calcium lactate as a chain extender|
|Abstract:||In this study, a calcium-containing monomer, namely calcium lactate, was used for the synthesis of calcium-containing polyurethane for use in biomedical applications. Ether-based polyurethane was prepared using poly(oxytetramethylene) glycol, hexamethylene diisocyanate and calcium lactate. The prepared polymer was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, which confirmed the presence of ionic linkages in the main chain. The thermal behavior, mechanical properties and viscosity of the polymer were studied, and the properties were compared with those of a control polyurethane sample without any metal. Because of ionic clustering in calcium lactate-incorporated ionic polyurethane, the mechanical properties and storage modulus were enhanced compared with those of nonionic polyurethane. The prepared calcium-containing polyurethane was evaluated for its blood compatibility. An evaluation of blood-material interactions revealed that the material is blood compatible and that the polymer does not induce any hemolysis. Polymer Journal (2012) 44, 1009-1014; doi:10.1038/pj.2012.51; published online 4 April 2012|
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A search for the dinucleon decay pp→K+K+ has been performed using 91.6kton·yr data from Super-Kamiokande-I. This decay provides a sensitive probe of the R-parity-violating parameter λ112′′. A boosted decision tree analysis found no signal candidates in the data. The expected background was 0.28±0.19 atmospheric neutrino induced events and the estimated signal detection efficiency was 12.6%±3.2%. A lower limit of 1.7×1032years has been placed on the partial lifetime of the decay O16→C14K+K+ at 90% C.L. A corresponding upper limit of 7.8×10-9 has been placed on the parameter λ112′′.
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Brazil has been saved
Cover image by: Jaime Austin
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Brazil labored through its deepest economic downturn in recent memory in the first half of 2020. And while the economy witnessed a recovery of sorts in the second half, the scars of the pandemic still run deep. A surge in new COVID-19 cases this year has again soured sentiment and weighed on economic activity.1 With the pandemic continuing with its volatile trajectory, vaccination numbers still low relative to the population size, and rising inflationary pressures, it is unlikely that private consumption will witness a strong surge in growth soon. Businesses too have been affected by the pandemic, with sentiment bruised and earnings dented, especially in the services sector.2 With policymakers now almost empty of any fiscal or monetary firepower after a year of stimulus, further policy support is unlikely. The path to a near-term recovery, therefore, likely lies in faster vaccinations to gain control over the pandemic, thereby allowing consumers and businesses to operate freely and without fear. Even if that happens, it will only be half the battle won. For Brazil, the path to higher potential growth in the long term lies in more reforms.
The economy continued its recovery path in Q1 2021, but at a slower pace compared to the previous two quarters. Real GDP grew by 1.2% quarter on quarter in Q1 2021,3 with intermittent lockdowns in March due to rising virus cases—such as in the two biggest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro4—weighing on economic activity. The surge in cases dented key services sectors. Mobility at retail and recreation stores, for example, in March was 40% below levels witnessed in January 2020.5 Private consumption fell by 0.1% in the quarter, with government spending also taking a hit during this period (figure 1).
The boost to growth in Q1 came from business investment—gross fixed capital formation grew by 4.6% in Q1—which expanded for the third straight quarter. The economy also found some support from exports, which grew by 3.7% during the quarter. Overall, with the third successive quarter of growth, the real GDP in the first quarter was almost back to end-2019 levels. Nevertheless, 2020 marks a major setback to policymakers’ efforts over the prior years to steer the economy back to a path of strong growth last witnessed in Q1 2014 (figure 2).
The absence of a strong labor market revival, elevated price pressures, and continued health-related worries mean that the fortunes of consumers haven’t improved much over the past year. The unemployment rate remains high (14.7% in April) relative to prepandemic levels (11.0% in December 2019).6 And although workforce participation has been edging up since September 2020, at 56.9% in April 2021, the rate is still five percentage points lower than what it was at the end of 2019. Low workforce participation can not only weigh on near-term consumer sentiment and spending but will also likely impact medium- to long-term economic growth.
Adding to employment worries is weakness in earnings and income since the last quarter of 2020 (figure 3). While nominal earnings have edged slightly down during this period, rising inflation has pulled real earnings down further. Inflation has been rising steadily over the past year—it was 8.1% in May—and has been above the upper limit of Banco Central do Brasil’s (BCB’s) target range since March this year.7 While food and fuel prices have contributed to wider inflation, BCB will also likely be worried about rising core inflation, which moved up to 4.2% in May. With nominal earnings subdued and inflation heading up, real average earnings fell for the first time in April since February 2020. Research by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) shows that Brazilians’ per capita income fell by 11.3% year over year in Q1 2021 to 995 reais, the lowest level in a decade.8 The pandemic has also dented years of progress in poverty alleviation in Brazil. According to a study by FGV, 12.8% of Brazilians are now living below the poverty line, up from about 11% in 2019.9
Given this scenario, it’s not surprising that real private consumption fell in the first quarter of this year with spending levels still 3.1% below what it was at the end of 2019. The persistent impact of the pandemic on incomes, especially for low-income households most affected by the surge in infections early this year, prompted policymakers to revive the federal emergency cash transfer program in March.10 While the program is expected to provide vulnerable informal sector workers about 250 reais per month from April to September,11 this is likely just a small and temporary boost to consumption in the near term.
As consumers continue to shy away from spending on certain services due to economic and health worries, revenues of key sectors such as tourism, aviation, hospitality, entertainment, and food services, remain under pressure. Data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics’ monthly index shows that revenues of highly impacted sectors in 2020 have not rebounded to prepandemic levels.12 For example, revenues of air transport services were 56.2% lower in April 2021 relative to December 2019, while accommodation and food services revenues were down 39.7% during this period. While the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)13 for services points to an uptick in output in June, business confidence levels continue to trail their long-term average.14
While manufacturing hasn’t escaped the pandemic unscathed, the sector has fared better than services. Manufacturing output, for example, picked up pace after a deep shock in April 2020 before weakening in the first four months of this year—most likely due to a surge in virus cases.15 And although output rose in May, the sharp declines in the two prior months show how the pandemic continues to cast its shadow of uncertainty across major sectors in the economy. No wonder then, that, although confidence among manufacturing businesses point to net optimism, overall levels of confidence are still lower than the peak of December 2020.16
Economic activity is expected to recover only modestly in the near term as COVID-19 continues to weigh on consumer sentiment and health infrastructure. The number of active cases has not eased since the beginning of the year, especially with the emergence of a new Gamma variant of the virus.17 Virus cases peaked in March and April, with the health infrastructure coming under severe strain during this period. And although cases have declined slightly after April (figure 4), the number of new virus cases is edging up again. In June, the daily average of new cases was 316 per million, up from 286 per million in May.
While a gradual relaxation of social distancing restrictions since April18 will provide some succor to consumers and businesses, they will still have to contend with considerable uncertainty given the volatile nature of the pandemic. The scenario may, however, change if the pace of vaccination increases. Evidence from the United States, for example, shows that consumer sentiment and willingness to spend has gone up with rising vaccinations.19 In Brazil, however, vaccinations have been relatively slow. As of June 30, only 13% of Brazilians are fully vaccinated, with another 24% having received the first jab of a two-dose vaccine regimen.20 And shortages of vaccines relative to demand, even for those who are awaiting their second dose, will only add to worries for consumers and businesses.21
As Brazil labors through these challenging times, additional fiscal and monetary support is unlikely. Additional fiscal support has its limits given budgetary constraints: The budget balance deteriorated to 13.6% of GDP in 2020 from 5.4% in 2019, while total federal public debt went up to 67.3% of GDP from 57.4% during the same period. And monetary policy has turned its attention to taming inflation this year from an accommodative stance in 2020. In June, the BCB raised its key policy rate for the third time this year to 4.25% to counter rising inflation. The rate move in June makes for 225 basis points worth of rate hikes so far since March.22
With stimulus options limited, reviving economic growth quickly depends on how the pandemic evolves. And the key to thwarting the spread of COVID-19 is raising the pace of vaccinations. Policymakers, however, still have the reforms trick in their bag, especially if they want to raise productivity and potential GDP growth over the medium to long term. In the World Bank’s ease of doing business rankings, Brazil ranks a low of 184 (out of 190 countries) in the ease of paying taxes, 134 in starting a business, and 108 in trading across borders.23 Maybe that’s where policymakers can start—simplifying the taxation regime, liberalizing the economy and cross-border trade, and increasing privatization. While that is unlikely to heal the immediate economic and emotional scars of COVID-19, it can help ensure that Brazilians are on a faster lane to prosperity when they come out of the pandemic.
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The heat probe developed and built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and deployed on Mars by NASA’s InSight lander has ended its portion of the mission. Since 28 February, 2019, the probe, called the “mole,” has been attempting to burrow into the Martian surface to take the planet’s internal temperature, providing details about the interior heat engine that drives the Mars’ evolution and geology. But the soil’s unexpected tendency to clump deprived the spike-like mole of the friction it needs to hammer itself to a sufficient depth.
After getting the top of the mole about 2 or 3 centimeters under the surface, the team tried one last time to use a scoop on InSight’s robotic arm to scrape soil onto the probe and tamp it down to provide added friction. After the probe conducted 500 additional hammer strokes on Saturday, Jan. 9, with no progress, the team called an end to their efforts.
Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), the mole is a 40-centimetre-long pile driver connected to the lander by a tether with embedded temperature sensors. These sensors are designed to measure heat flowing from the planet once the mole has dug at least 3 metres deep.
“We’ve given it everything we’ve got, but Mars and our heroic mole remain incompatible,” said HP3’s principal investigator, Tilman Spohn of (DLR). “Fortunately, we’ve learned a lot that will benefit future missions that attempt to dig into the subsurface.”
While NASA’s Phoenix lander scraped the top layer of the Martian surface, no mission before InSight has tried to burrow into the soil. Doing so is important for a variety of reasons: Future astronauts may need to dig through soil to access water ice, while scientists want to study the subsurface’s potential to support microbial life.
“We are so proud of our team who worked hard to get InSight’s mole deeper into the planet. It was amazing to see them troubleshoot from millions of miles away,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. “This is why we take risks at NASA – we have to push the limits of technology to learn what works and what doesn’t. In that sense, we’ve been successful: We’ve learned a lot that will benefit future missions to Mars and elsewhere, and we thank our German partners from DLR for providing this instrument and for their collaboration.”
The unexpected properties of the soil near the surface next to InSight will be puzzled over by scientists for years to come. The mole’s design was based on soil seen by previous Mars missions – soil that proved very different from what the mole encountered. For two years, the team worked to adapt the unique and innovative instrument to these new circumstances.
“The mole is a device with no heritage. What we attempted to do – to dig so deep with a device so small – is unprecedented,” said Troy Hudson, a scientist and engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California who has led efforts to get the mole deeper into the Martian crust. “Having had the opportunity to take this all the way to the end is the greatest reward.”
Besides learning about the soil at this location, engineers have gained invaluable experience operating the robotic arm. In fact, they used the arm and scoop in ways they never intended to at the outset of the mission, including pressing against and down on the mole. Planning the moves and getting them just right with the commands they were sending up to InSight pushed the team to grow.
They’ll put their hard-earned wisdom to use in the future. The mission intends to employ the robotic arm in burying the tether that conveys data and power between the lander and InSight’s seismometer, which has recorded more than 480 marsquakes. Burying it will help reduce temperature changes that have created cracking and popping sounds in seismic data.
There’s much more science to come from InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport. NASA recently extended the mission for two more years, to December 2022. Along with hunting for quakes, the lander hosts a radio experiment that is collecting data to reveal whether the planet’s core is liquid or solid. And InSight’s weather sensors are capable of providing some of the most detailed meteorological data ever collected on Mars. Together with weather instruments aboard NASA's Curiosity rover and its new Perseverance rover, which lands on 18 February, the three spacecraft will create the first meteorological network on another planet. | <urn:uuid:db54dee6-6f82-48a9-b321-bba239355962> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://room.eu.com/community/mole-on-nasas-insight-mission-to-dig-no-more | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943759 | 1,015 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Mesa Public Library is participating in the countywide Summer Reading Program June 1-Aug. 1, encouraging people of all ages to read at least 20 minutes a day.
This year’s theme is “Oceans of Possibilities,” encouraging pre-readers through adults to explore the many stories from under the sea, according to a release.
“Most people don’t realize our summer reading programs are open to adults as well as children. That’s why we want to make summer reading a family affair and encourage parents to join in on reading with their kids,” Polly Bonnett, Mesa library director, said in the release. “Reading over the summer is vital for children to keep up their reading fluency and comprehension skills.”
There will be kickoff events at all three Mesa Library branches June 1:
Participants can earn online badges to keep a healthy competition with family and friends. A link to register and get information on prizes is available at mesalibrary.org/summerreading. You can also log your reading hours. Every minute spent reading equals one point.
There are prizes for all ages when they log 250, 500, 750 and 1000 points. Based on point levels, prizes include restaurant coupons, Arizona State Parks passes, Phoenix Mercury tickets and free books. All prizes and coupons are subject to availability while supplies last. Readers who finish the program with 1000 points will be entered for numerous raffle prizes
The program plays a vital role in helping to reduce the “summer slide” or the learning loss experienced while transitioning between school years, the release states.
Studies have shown that students who participate in a summer reading program have better reading skills at the end of the third grade and score higher on standardized tests than students who do not participate. Summer reading loss is also cumulative - by the end of sixth grade; children who consistently lose reading skills over the summer will be two years behind their classmates. Reading just five books over the summer can prevent summer reading loss.
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A recent study by the Google Brain Team proposes a new way of programming automated machine learning (AutoML) based on symbolic programming. The researchers have also introduced PyGlove, a Python library that demonstrates the new paradigm’s promising results.
Neural network architectures are becoming increasingly complex, and finding the right one for a task is time and resource consuming. Since Google coined the term AutoML for its neural architecture search (NAS) solution in May 2017, the approach has gained traction in the ML research community for automating network hyperparameter and architecture choices.
Current software limitations have however hindered AutoML advancement. Popular NAS algorithms, for example, require implementation for coupling the AutoML search space and search algorithm, and implementing complex search flows to handle the dynamic interactions between such AutoML components remains difficult.
In the paper PyGlove: Symbolic Programming for Automated Machine Learning, researchers identify a potential solution — reformulate the program logic for AutoML as an automated process for manipulating ML programs symbolically.
Another important AutoML component is the child program, which refers to a performant program that could be a neural network architecture or a data augmentation policy. AutoML works to identify performant child programs out of a large set of possibilities defined by the search space. The search algorithm needs to iteratively sample multiple child programs to select and evaluate the most promising ones. A numeric measure of quality and reward is then fed back to the search algorithm to improve future child program sampling.
The researchers’ symbolic programming approach for AutoML enables the manipulation of a symbolic tree-based representation that encodes a machine learning program’s critical elements. As a result, the ML programs became mutable objects and can be cloned and modified after their creation. In this way, modifying an ML program no longer requires ML practitioners to repeatedly create objects from scratch — they can instead clone existing objects and modify them into new programs. With symbolic programming, the interactions between the child program, search space and search algorithms are no longer fixed, making AutoML programming more flexible.
To test the potential of their novel reformulation, the researchers introduced a general symbolic programming library for Python dubbed PyGlove, which enables AutoML techniques to be easily dropped into preexisting ML pipelines. The modification of search spaces, search algorithms and search flows can then be performed with only a few lines of code.
The proposed approach promises to simplify the development of search-based programs, which the researchers suggest could benefit research areas such as medicine design and video surveillance. Google’s AutoML has already helped developers design efficient new neural networks for practical use, and the Google Brain researchers believe their proposed symbolic programming combined with PyGlove will make AutoML even more productive and accessible to ML practitioners.
The paper PyGlove: Symbolic Programming for Automated Machine Learning was accepted at NeurIPS 2020 and is available on arXiv.
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The two most common and severe subtypes of bipolar disorder (BP) are bipolar I (BP-I) and bipolar II disorder (BP-II) which may be two discriminating subtypes with different etiologies and characteristics during the course of illness. However, BP is commonly under-recognized even in psychiatric settings. Along with increased clinical recognition, most of the studies focusing on the differences between BP-I and BP-II only started after the years 2000 to 2003. Previous literature has documented that BP-I and BP-II might have different etiology, phenomenology, characteristics and neuropsychiatric functional impairments during the course of illness. Studies have also reported persistent cognitive impairments in patients with BP even after prolonged remission. BP is a disease with high comorbidity with-other psychiatric diseases. Among Western populations, 53-91% of bipolar patients have comorbid anxiety disorder. The lifetime prevalence of alcoholism was about 39% to 60% for BP in Western populations. The high comorbidity with alcoholism or anxiety disorder in patients with BP may produce many negative influences during the course of BP and during performance in neuropsychiatric testing. Our previous studies among the Han Chinese population in Taiwan revealed that the prevalence of comorbidity between BP and anxiety disorder is only 1/3 of BP patients, and the comorbidity of BP with alcoholism is about 10%, which is low in comparison to the high comorbidity rates in Caucasians. The relatively low comorbidity in our BP population permits us to identify subjects with only BP and no other comorbidities in order to study the influence of comorbidity on neuropsychiatric performance. We hypothesized that different subtypes of BP with or without comorbidities may have high genetic components. The genetic deficiency in BP patients may disturb neurotransmitters, neuromodulator, neuroprotective, and neurotrophic effects. Both environmental and genetic factors may induce a lot of endotoxins and exotoxins and decrease neurotrophic factors by overactivating microglial cells and inhibiting astroglia cells. Those effects may induce pre-inflammatory factors, which causes neuron damage or necrosis. This vicious cycle will allow the disease to get worse and worse. This hypothesis on the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration and inflammation of BP may be further supported by the fact that the brains of patients with BP contained fewer shrunken and withered neurons when they were treated with mood stabilizers. Studies suggested that several medications have been found to have neurotrophic and anti-inflammatory effects. Dextromethorphan (DM) has been reported to have a neuroprotective effect on monoamine neurons and to protect against endotoxicity, which is associated with the inhibition of microglia activation but not with its N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist property. Our research team reported that memantine hadpotent neuroprotective efficacy through two novel mechanisms: 1) increasing the release of neurotrophic factors and 2) anti-inflammatory action by inhibiting the activation of microglia. With regard to the proposed pathogenesis of BP, our research team is studying the effects of add-on DM and memantine on the treatment of BP to improve insights into the psychopathology of BP. This chapter includes updated researches on the clinical characteristics and neuropsychological performance of different subtypes of BP with or without comorbid anxiety disorders or alcoholism. We'll further review the pathogenesis of BP and via anti-inflammatory and neurotrophic effects.
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A significant quantity of credible and positive experimental studies for homeopathy at molecular, cellular and clinical levels are presented below for the serious researcher. The research papers are categorised into three groups which the reader may view separately using the hyperlinks (in brackets): Human Studies, Animal Studies and In VitroStudies.
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Some of you may remember meeting and listening to Bimal Melwani when he spoke at one of meetings a few years ago. Bimal is a Senior Private Banker who has now written a very interesting article in respect of Brexit and has kindly agreed to share it with our members.
“To reach a port we must set sail –
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift.”
―Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prior to June 23rd the consequences of the UK leaving the EU were made to appear almost apocalyptic in nature, with mass chaos and financial consequences. 2 months down the road and it has been made apparent that the general public had received a copious amount of misinformation. As is usually the case the anticipation of reality is far worse than reality itself, but what can we expect over the next year? And how will Brexit affect a British national living in Spain?
What we know so far
At some point in 2017 Teresa May’s government will invoke article 50, commencing the 2 year countdown to our departure as part of the EU.
Recently the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London has released a report stating the UK now only has a 50% chance of entering into a recession. Last week the international credit rating agency Moodys also predicted that the UK’s growth will slow down, but believes it will not enter into negative values next year. The current prognosis is that the UK will grow 1.7% in 2016 and but only 1% in 2017, growing less than 2% for the first time since 2012.
Accompanying the diminishing growth of the economy, unemployment levels are expected to rise by around 1% over the next 12 months reaching a high point of 5.75% by next year (Vs. 4.90% current).
Mark Carney, the appointed captain to steer the UK’s disentangled financial situation through uncharted territory, has a monumental task ahead of him. He is expected to follow in the footsteps of other developed nations during the financial crisis, increasing their QE policy in the attempt to ease the hard landing expected for the British economy next year. The results of this action, to name a few, will provide additional incentives to aid large corporations during these perilous times, a sustained devaluation of the British Pound and a probable rise in indirect taxes (the cost of a pint of beer is expected a 5% tax increase).
As it is, the initial shock has already caused the GBP to drop over 10% against the US Dollar and the Euro on the 24th of June, although since then it has recovered some ground.
Yes, but what does it all mean?
With great uncertainty comes great volatility, and that is what we should expect over the next 18 months. Businesses will be hard pressed to make strategic decisions without knowing how the Brexit negotiations will affect them. The Financial district of London will look to retain its long standing position as the Financial Centre of Europe and we may find a cut in corporate tax to maintain the appeal of international investors.
The general expectation is that the pound will continue its current trend for the following year, however there may be opportunities in the daily rate depending on how the market foresees the success of the exit process. Potential house buyers and investors in Spain are advised to allow for greater time frames in exchanging their hard earned Pounds for Euros as volatility continues to reign the markets.
Keep in mind that the UK has been part of the EU since 1973 and there is now a lot of ground to cover in negotiating individual trade deals. The UK will push for a deal to be a member of the EEA (European Economic Area) like Norway or negotiate individual terms as a EFTA (European Free Trade Association) member like Switzerland.
How does it affect me as an Expat?
Lets start with the basics,
Living in Spain: The Vienna Convention of 1969, which supersedes the Uk’s entrance to the EU, states that existing residents in Spain may continue to enjoy the same living rights (property ownership and permanent residency) as they have done so far,even after the UK leaves the EU.
Healthcare & Education: If the UK negotiates a deal to enter the EEA, then healthcare and education rights should continue to be as they are now.
Taxation: The Spain-UK Double Taxation convention of 2013 states that the transmission of physical assets in a foreign country, be it due to sale, inheritance or donation, shall abide by the laws of the country the property is located in. This is generally expected to continue being the case, however both the UK and Spain are expected to make some tax increases for the next financial year to help balance their country’s deficit. As the EEA does not govern direct and indirect taxation, this will be a hot topic for Brits with investments in Spain.
Banking in Spain: Your UK pension or salary can continue to be received in Spain. As has been the case until now, funds sent in GBP, via SWIFT, may continue to have a bank charge, although it will be of interest to see if Euro transfers sent from the UK will be allowed under the SEPA directive which offers drastically lower international transfer fees.
As the pound stays historically weak against its counterparts it is advisable to plan ahead and search for the best rates on offer. It is worth noting that as long as interest rates are kept at historical minimums, banking fees are expected a modest increase as financial institutions look for ways to generate commissions to satisfy their shareholders.
Travel Costs: International travel costs are expected to rise. The weaker pound will contribute to an increase in package holiday fares, and the possibility of additional airport taxes being implemented has caused some concerns with low cost travel companies as these increases will invariably be passed on to the end consumer.
Import/Export of Goods and Services: Again, this will depend on the EU’s acceptance of the UK into the EEA or EFTA (European free trade zone) although we already know that with this condition comes the requirement of free movement of people between borders which may cause political disputes amongst the pro-Brexit members.
The Big Question: How long will the pound stay weak?
Many Expats moved to Spain when the GBP/Eur rate was close to 1.50€ to the Pound. The drop to below 1.20€/1GBP has meant a very significant 20% drop in acquisitive power and will be a hard hit for many retired pensioners. However since 2009 we have actually hit these levels several times now, albeit with short lived recoveries. The question is how will this time be different, and if so, for how long?
The determining factor is the uncertainty in chartering a course in these new waters at a time of stagnant global economy growth and weak forecasts.
The increase in the GBP/Eur rate that lasted from 2015 until January 2016 (see graph below) was caused by two main macro economical factors: a continued growth in the UK compared to the lacklustre Euro zone, and the commencement of an aggressive QE facility implemented by the Central Bank of Europe (BCE) that started in March 2015. Mario Draghi, President of the BCE, expects the European QE to continue well into 2017, which could mean that both economies will continue to devalue their respective currencies in an attempt to bolster their international competitiveness.
As long as the UK’s growth subsides and uncertainty prevails, we can expect a volatile ride for the British Pound over the upcoming months.
There will be ample press coverage as the world awaits the results of the exit process. It is important to be patient until agreements are actually confirmed as misinformation and speculation continues to thrive in the media. There will be political power struggles, currency volatility and a range of ‘what if’ arguments expressed everywhere from newspaper’s to your local pub. This is all part of the ‘new normal,’ but once Article 50 is invoked the British public will have 2 years to prepare for any changes, it may be best to wait for the path to be cleared first before we venture into the deep end.
One thing is for certain, as the UK sets sail next year it has to prove that the 6th largest economy in the world has a captain on board, and they know their way to port.
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The Green TIME Zone strategy is a great example of coordinate, public-private investment in community redevelopment, building on shared regional assets, including criss-crossing freight lines.
For nearly 100 years, through the 1980s, Chicago’s south suburbs were rich with opportunity. Steel mills and rail yards powered metropolitan Chicago’s economy, putting the local workforce in high demand. As the nation transitioned to a service-based economy – decades before the current Great Recession – signs of economic struggle were everywhere in the Southland: pockmarked commercial strips, abandoned factories-turned-brownfields, whole neighborhoods decimated by foreclosures.
Times were bad – but today, the Southland’s future looks brighter.
The south suburbs are focusing redevelopment efforts around transit stations to help people save time and money on their commutes.
Photo by Josh Hawkins
How did things turn around? Dozens of communities put aside differences, came together around shared assets like criss-crossing freight lines, and got to work on an economic revitalization strategy with support from local, state and national public and private sector partners. Today, the Green TIME Zone strategy is attracting green manufacturing companies to locate near intermodal freight facilities as well as developing and rehabbing energy-efficient homes near transit. Some 13,000 new jobs – many of them green – will generate $2.3 billion in new income to the area over the next 10 years.
The story of the south suburbs was how Bruce Katz, founding director of the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, chose to open his keynote speech before an international audience gathered in Chicago last week. Their economic turnaround – based on a unique regional business plan, created through collaboration between the public and private sector, and with an eye toward a new way of doing business – brings to life many of the concepts debated by national and international thought leaders at “Global Metro Summit 2010: Delivering the Next Economy,” co-hosted by Brookings, the London School of Economics, the Alfred Herrhausen Society, and Time magazine.
Case studies from the U.S., Italy, Germany, Spain, and South Korea, among others, contributed ideas, advice and words of caution about how to get to the innovation-fueled, export-driven, low-carbon “next economy” that Katz forecasts.
Katz the pragmatist acknowledged, “Washington is fundamentally broken, and most states are broke.”
But Katz the visionary, as well as other panelists, left no room for excuses from either business or government. Coordinated action by both sectors, the summit conferees concluded, is needed to drive a “cut and invest” approach to regional economic growth.
Cut and invest may seem a contradiction, but coming from Illinois, which faces a $13 billion budget deficit, it makes a world of sense to me. We cannot only cut our way to growth. As we cut, we also must stretch public resources through smarter spending and strong partnerships with the private sector.
Tom Wilson, CEO of Allstate, a Fortune 100 company based in Chicagoland, echoed that sentiment at a pre-summit gathering. The common goal of business and government, he said, “should be for America to remain the largest and most productive economy in the world,” with both sectors sharing in responsibility and risk.
When the economy went south, American businesses cut inventories and employment to stay afloat; as a result, American companies have a cash balance of around $1 trillion – yes, trillion. An uncertain economy and unfriendly government were reasons cited by the business community for not investing in the past, but that has become an excuse for not acting, Wilson suggested.
Indeed: American companies must start investing again in their growth to lift our communities. But they cannot do it all. The federal government must be a partner, investing simultaneously in education, research and development institutions, as well as economic and physical infrastructure, to encourage businesses to make some of the long-term investments needed to shape the next economy.
It’s a heavy lift, to be sure – but two hands are better than one. At the summit, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley promoted the example of Chicago Career Tech, an innovative program that provides unemployed middle-income workers with free skills retraining to help them make the shift to high-demand technology-based careers. This initiative is successful precisely because businesses and nonprofits are partners, identifying the most in-demand skills to drive learning and providing on-the-job training opportunities. That’s money and time well spent, for all parties.
Models such as Chicago Career Tech and the Green TIME Zone strategy can and should be replicated in other metropolitan regions, and metropolitan Chicago can learn from other cities, as well. Places across the country – Northeast Ohio, Greater Seattle, the Twin Cities – have developed sector-specific, data-based business plans to guide their economic growth. They are acting with discipline to implement these plans, and in so doing attracting new employers, homeowners, and investors – all of whom thrive on predictability, even in the most stable economic times.
Imagine if all metropolitan regions, which already account for 83 percent of U.S. population and 90 percent of U.S. GDP, developed and then stuck to a more focused, asset-based plan for their own economic growth? The next economy demands exactly that.
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"Feast-giver, your guest is here! Where shall he sit? Tempers will shorten if he is put in a far corner. Do not make him test your mettle".
Cower you may, when the dragon-prows show from the sea-borne mist...
The lands of the Franks relate roughly to modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany west of the Rhine.
Frankia was raided initially at the very end of the 8th Century. In response Charles the Great (Charlemagne) created coastal watches and posted fleets on major river-mouths.
Aside from more exposed coastal regions like Frisia, there were no serious Viking incursions until after the first quarter of the 9th Century, when internecine struggles between the emperor Louis 'the Pious' and his sons undermined imperial authority. With it went the earlier Carolingian coastal watch strength. In AD842 the Norsemen had a permanent fortress on the island of Noirmoutier near the mouth of the Loire. Thereafter they presented a serious threat to Frankish security for the next seventy years.
Chief among the areas of central Frankia were the valleys of the Seine and Loire. Further north Flanders, Frisia and the Rhine delta were under threat due to the navigability of the waterways, allowing the Norsemen unlimited access to trade routes. Sidelined by their petty dynastic squabbles, Frankia's Carolingian magnates were seldom able to concentrate on Viking activities, often being forced to buy them off. Towns were left open to the raiders because the likes of Charles 'the Bald' refused them permission to build effective defences lest they be turned into centres of rebellion by his vassals. Some of these vassals, like Pepin of Aquitaine for instance, welcomed the Norsemen as allies. Viking raiding reached a peak between AD879-892, when the Rhineland, the Ardennes mountains, Flanders and the Seine valley were regularly ravaged.
Nevertheless the Franks were gaining in experience against Norse attacks from both Danish and West Norse (Norwegian) Viking armies. Odo of West Frankia (modern France) and Arnulf of Carinthia who ruled over East Frankia (Rhineland, Saarland, Alsace and Lorraine) and actively sought to bring the raiders to pitched battles. They built fortresses and town walls across the region between the Seine and the Rhine.
Regularly coming across these obstacles wherever they raided - and following harsh famine over the winter of AD891-2 - the main Viking army withdrew to Aengla Land (England) in AD892 where they fared no better. The worst phase of Viking attacks on Frankia were over, although armies were still based at the mouths of the Seine and the Loire.
Integration of the Seine Vikings was embarked upon when their leader, the West Norse Hrolf 'the Ganger' (also known as Rollo and Goengu Hrolf) was given the title of Count of Rouen by Charles 'the Simple' (who belied his nickname) in AD911. Normandy/Normande raised problems of its own, but were limited to dynastic family rucks already known to the Frankish kings. The threat of the Vikings on the Loire was raised by the Bretons' capture of their base at Nantes in AD937. Viking raids in Frankish territory petered out in the early 11th Century.
The Norsemen were thought to have caused the break-up of the Carolingian Empire, but the root was already there, leading to dynastic disasters after the death of Charles 'the Great'. The Vikings certainly gained from their weaknesses, but they were not answerable for them. Likewise the Carolingian dynastic branches did not see the Northmen as anywhere near the threat they faced from their cousins or brothers. The Franks themselves did not see their rulers' petty squabbles as important, realising instead that the counter-measures they came up with were useless - at best craven. Effectively, by exposing the weakness of royal power the Vikings brought on its fall. The single most important issue of Viking involvement in Frankia was the founding of a duchy, as Normandy eventually became.
Like other regions of Western Europe, Frankish monasteries and the people within them were hard-hit by Viking raiding. Many - near the coast and main rivers - were abandoned. The monasteries were the main cultural hubs of Mediaeval Europe. A renewal of learning fostered by Charles 'the Great', the Carolingian Renaissance - faltered before the end of the 9th Century. Great economic damage would also have been suffered from plundering both in town and country. Wooden buildings could easily be replaced, the fertility of soil would not be harmed but livestock losses, agricultural produce and the shift away from the land to the safety of the towns made for decades of hardship for those whose livelihoods depended on the land.
Equally, trading centres such as Quentovic and Dorestad were left to the elements, but part of the problem here was in the river courses changing and the silting-up of coastal ports. Some Frankish merchants saw opportunity in trading with the Vikings, although there was risk in this if the Vikings themselves turned on their trading 'partners'. Franks who had come into a Viking haven in Flanders in AD882 were seized and ransomed. Trade did not enjoy the same stimulus in Frankia due to Viking presence as it had in Britain. There was no cultural input into Frankish civilisation, if anything the Vikings in Normandy became more like the Franks. Aside from ship-building around the time of Duke William's invasion, there was little in common the Normans had with the Scandinavian motherlands.
*France, as we know it did not exist at the time. The empire of Charlemagne/Charles 'the Great' had passed into history, his sons bickered amongst themselves and Norse raiders - Vikings - used the instability of the region to make incursions into territory we know now as Normandy and Brittany. Not until the time of Mary Tudor - Calais was yielded in 1558 - was on the throne of England did the city states and dukedoms of Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy et al come under direct rule from Paris. In these articles I've generally used the geo-political terms of the time wherever possible.
Hide! Pray you're not sought out in your dark hole by the fair-haired, bearded raiders from the Northlands...
From raiders to rulers. Hrolf's dynasty began with petty chieftains in Norway, were made counts and then dukes before William grasped the kingship left open by the childless Eadward, his cousin through Aethelred's widow Queen Emma. A saga to thrill or chill the heart that came to a halt in the later Middle Ages.
Christianisation and adopting the Frankish style of warfare and customs changed the character of the duchy from the original Viking to a new formality by 1066, when William sought to fulfil his ambition to rise to the kingship of England.
What was the Carolingian Empire, who were the Franks and from whence did they stem?
The Carolingian Empire:
The Frankish empire founded by Charles 'the Great' (or Charlemagne who reigned as king of the Franks between AD768-814 and as Holy Roman Emperor between AD800-814) comprised most of modern-day Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Low Countries, south of the Alps and parts of Iberia and Hungary. The empire passed in its complete state to his sole surviving heir Louis 'the Pious', After Louis' death the empire was divided according to Frankish custom between his three sons according to the Treaty of Verdun in AD843. The empire went through a succession of divisions until being brought back together again under one ruler by Charles 'the Fat' (reigned AD881-7). On his death the empire was broken up forever.
The most successful of the Germanic barbarian tribes that had breached Roman defences in the 4th and 5th Centuries. They were a confederation of warlike and opportunistic peoples that surfaced west of the Rhine in the early 3rd Century from the Chamavi, Chattuari, Salians, Tencteri and other tribes on the eastern bank of the Lower Rhine. The Franks began to settle in roman territory in the late 4th Century but thir growth was not especially noticeable until the reign of Clovis (reigned AD482-511), who made them masters of most of Gaul and much of Germania. Under Charles 'the Great' ('Charlemagne', reigned AD768-814) the Franks took most of Christian Western Europe. With the break-up of the Carolingian Empire in the late 9th Century emerged the newer kingdoms that eventually became France and Germany.
Principalities of the Low Countries and Luxemburg west of the Rhine
Having broached the sensitive matter of the weakness of the Frankish kings and emperors at the time of the Vikings, perhaps I should explain how each figured in
Arnulf (d.899) formerly duke of Carinthia in the southern Ostmark (Austria). He was elected king of the East Franks at Frankfurt in November AD 887 after 'nudging' his uncle, the discredited emperor 'Charles the Fat' into abdication. The West Franks and the kingdoms of Burgundy and Italy tried to deny Arnulf's succession and after Charles' death in January, AD 888 they selected new candidates of their own. This brought about the final break-up of the Carolingian Empire.
A dynamic ruler, Arnulf organised effective resistance to Vikings raiding from the Low Countries. He won a crushing victory over them at the River Dyle, (AD 891), fought near Louvain, now Belgium. The East Franks under Arnulf inflicted a heavy defeat on a Danish Viking army that had come into Flanders from the Seine in AD 890. THe Danes took up a fortified camp in a strong situation in marshland. Frankish cavalry dismounted and stormed the camp on foot. As the Franks broke into the camp the Danes fled to the river, where hundreds drowned trying to get away. Two otherwise unknown Danish kings, Sigfred and Godred lay among the dead. Survivors and their kindred withdrew to Boulogne and from there to Aengla Land in AD 892. According to the Annals of Fulda only one of Arnulf's men was killed in the engagement.
Arnulf's authority was limited to East Frankia (modern Germany east of the Rhine and the Low Countries), but in AD 894 he launched an invasion over the Alps at the request of the Pontiff Formosus. Successful at first, he was crowned emperor for a short time but illness made him withdraw in AD 896. His last years were plagued by illness as well as incursions into the empire by the Magyars and Western Slavs.
Charles the Great (Charlemagne, 742-814, king of the Franks from AD 768-814, emperor AD 800-814), founder of the Carolingian Empire. In a reign of perpetual campaigning Charles the Great brought together most of Western Europe. The Saxons and Lombards were defeated, and further conquests were made over the Western Slavs, Avars, Byzantium and Muslim Iberia. As a devout Christian he brought under his heel Saxon paganism, promoted Church reform and encouraged the revival of learning and culture in the Carolingian Renaissance. He was also an active lawmaker.
The real reason for his coronation in Rome is unknown, but it is thought he had an idea of re-founding the Western Roman Empire. He organised the coastal defences of Frankia with coast guards, fortresses and fleets stationed at strategic river-mouths. Aside from a serious raid of Frisia by the Danish king Godred, the defences were well thought out and held off further Viking attacks on his empire until well after his death.
Plainly Charles fully understood the severity of the Viking threat, but the defensive system he established relied heavily on centralised control. When this began to crumble in the internecine Frankish dynastic wars during the reign of his successor Louis 'the Pious' the coastal defences went with it.
*In a documentary titled 'MEDIAEVAL DEAD' I watched on the Yesterday Channel (UKTV Freeview Channel 19) I learned that Charles himself was not Frankish but Swabian. At that time Swabia (SW Germany, bordering on Switzerland and France) included what later became the kingdom of Bavaria, and was at the heart of.the Holy Roman Empire - little to do with Rome aside from the emperors being crowned there.
Charles 'the Bald' (AD 823-77 king of the West Franks, emperor AD 875-77), youngest son of Louis 'the Pious' by his second queen, Charles was resented by his three older half-brothers whose inheritance rights he threatened. By the Treaty of Verdun in AD 843 the civil war that had begun on the death of Louis ended and Charles was acknowledged king of the West Franks by his surviving brothers Lothar (after whom Lotharingia = Lorraine was named) and Louis 'the German'.
During his reign Charles had to put up with his brothers' rivalries, rebellious vassals and one of the worst episodes of Viking raids. He dealt with each of these threats in the order he thought most important and the internecine strife took precedence in his eyes. His main priority was the defence of his rule itself. Seen from this angle his treatment of the Viking threat was understandable. However much damage the Norsemen inflicted on Western Frankia, his rule would be over if he allowed his brothers or vassals to either dethrone or imprison him.
By his payments to the Norsemen from AD 845 he licensed more raids but in the long run he bought time to deal with the insurgents. In refusing the towns the right to build walls and defences to ward off Viking attacks he prevented his vassals using them to their own ends against him. Even when Charles made the Vikings a priority his actions were undermined by rebellion. In AD 858 Charles was obliged to lift a Viking siege on Oissel on the Seine when rebel vassals asked his brother Louis to invade and dethrone him. His vassals' perfidy meant Charles could not rely on his army. More often than once it fled from the Vikings. Sometimes the invaders could be more help than hindrance. When the rebellious Pepin II of Aquitaine was unable to hold back the Vikings from Bordeaux in AD848 his underlings expelled him and turned to Charles.
By the 860s Charles had outlived his worst crises and he devoted more of his energies to defending the Isle de France - where his own wealth was concentrated - against the Norse threat. In AD 862 he ordered the building of fortified bridges over the Seine at Pont de l'Arche and on other nearby rivers. The construction was held back for a short time, but they brought a respite from attacks. In AD 873 Charles won in a major confrontation over the Loire Vikings. By this time he had other priorities and failed to follow up his success. Charles had acquired Lotharingia in AD 870 and there was every reason to suppose he could bring together the whole empire under his own rule. He was crowned emperor in Rome in AD 875 but any attempt to seize the kingdom of his brother Louis after his death in AD 876 met with failure. Charles died the year after amid another rebellion, to be succeeded by his son Louis 'the Stammerer'.
Charles 'the Fat'(king AD 839-88, emperor AD 881-87), youngest son of Louis 'the German', grandson of Charles 'the Great'. Charles became king of Swabia on his father's death in AD 876. When his brother Carloman stepped down in AD 879 Charles also became king south of the Alps. Despite failing to withstand Saracen raids in the south he was crowned emperor by the Pontiff in AD 881. Acquisition by inheritance of Saxony (AD 882) and the west Frankish kingdom (AD 884-5) briefly brought back together the fragmented Carolingian Empire aside from the Provence (held by a usurper).
However he proved unable to combat the Viking threat, failed to press home an attack on a Danish camp at Asselt on the Maas/Meuse in AD 882, and granting Frisia to the Danish chieftain Godafrid (AD 882-5). After raising their year-long siege of Paris in AD 886, Charles paid off the Vikings and allowed them to ravage through Burgundy, apparently to punish the Burgundians for treachery. For the Frankish nobles it was the final humiliation. Charles was deposed by his forthright nephew Arnulf in November, AD 887. The break-up of the Carolingian Empire was now inevitable, and Charles died soon after the end of the year - possibly murdered.
Charles 'the Simple' (Charles III, AD 879-929, king of the West Franks AD 898-922). His reign saw the final phase of Viking raiding on Frankia. Grandson of Charles 'the Bald', he was crowned king in AD 893 in opposition to Odo (r.888-898) but withdrew his claim in AD 897 after being defeated in the Franks' internecine wars. He came unchallenged to the throne after Odo's death the year after. After being defeated by the Seine Vikings at Chartres in AD 911, Charles granted the county of Rouen to their leader Hrolf 'the Ganger'. In doing this he ensured that no further attacks would be made up the river - 'putting the poacher in charge of the game'. In trying to extend royal power he was deposed in AD 922. Imprisonment, and murder in AD 929 saw the end of a more wily member of the Carolingian dynasty. Charles' nickname 'the Simple' certainly did not indicate his state of mind.
Louis 'the Pious' (AD 778-840, Frankish emperor AD 814-40) saw the first serious inroads of the Vikings into Frankish territory during his reign. Although Charles 'the Great' had foreseen the division of the empire amongst his sons he was effectively survived only by Louis, who was left an intact empire in AD 814. Aside from Viking raids in the north and Saracen incursions in the south, Louis was not threatened externally. His life might have passed uneventfully had he not re-married in AD 819.
In AD 817 Louis had appointed his eldest son Lothar as co-emperor and heir. His younger sons Pepin and Louis 'the German' were given sub-kingdoms. The settlement collapsed as a result of Louis' marriage to Judith of Bavaria in AD 819, four months after the death of his first wife. The son Judith bore him in AD 823, Charles (later known as 'the Bald'). This new son would only be heir to Louis' lands at the expense of his elder half-brothers. When Louis granted Alemannia to Charles in AD 829 Lothar rebelled and deposed Louis with the aid of his brothers.
Louis was restored at the Assembly of Nijmegen in AD 830 but the problem of the empire's division festered over the rest of his reign. War broke out when Louis granted Aquitaine to Charles and he was deposed once more. Restored again in AD 834, Louis dotage would be marked by rebellion and on his death in AD 840 internecine war broke out between his sons Lothar, Louis 'the German' and Charles, ending only by the three-way division of the empire at Verdun in AD 843.
Throughout his reign Louis never lost sight of the need to maintain defences against the Norsemen, nor did he fail in this respect. One raid only was chronicled before AD 829, in which a fleet of thirteen ships entered Frankish waters in AD 820, was driven back twice by Frankish coastal fleets before its leaders discovered a gap in the defences and plundered a settlement in Aquitaine. The internal wars of the early 830's sapped the Frankish defences and by AD 834 the Vikings pushed inland for the first time, sacking the Rhenish haven of Dorestad. Being constantly under attack, Louis ordered fortifications built to guard the Rhine Delta in AD 835 and AD 837. Frankish ring-forts were built, (much like the Danish ones to the north built in the reign of Godred and Gorm), one at Walcheren being taken by the Danes in AD837 with such heavy losses suffered by Louis he postponed a journey to Rome.
He pursued a worthwhile diplomatic campaign with the Danes, supported by the oft-banished Harald Klak against his rivals, the sons of Godred up to AD 828. Christian missions to Denmark were promoted in AD 836 and in AD 838 Louis talked the Danes' king Horik to catch and punish Danish freebooters. This may have been more effective than warfare against the Vikings, as there were no chronicled raids on the Carolingian lands between AD 838 until civil war resumed in AD 841.
Pepin II of Aquitaine (AD 823-864), grandson of Louis 'the Pious', son of Pepin I, king of Aquitaine. On his father's death in AD 839 Pepin was disowned by Louis, who made his own son Charles 'the Bald' king of Aquitaine. Pepin ruled the region briefly in the 840's, but in failing to defend against a Viking attack led his underlings to banish him in AD 848 and Charles forced him to take holy orders. Escaping in AD 857 he allied with the Loire Vikings, hoping to regain his inheritance. With them he raided Poitiers, and it is said he adopted the Norsemen's way of life, even to the extent of being accused of adopting their pagan beliefs. On being taken prisoner in AD 864 Pepin was sentenced to death for treason by Charles and executed accordingly.
Alan 'Barbetorte' ('Twist-beard', d.AD 952, Duke of Brittany AD 937-52). Exiled in Aengla Land after the Norse conquest of Brittany, he won support from King Aethelstan in the form of a fleet. He launched a re-conquest in AD 936, landing near Dol and taking the Vikings by surprise at a wedding feast. In AD 937 he captured a Viking stronghold at Nantes. After a stiff fight, therewith banishing the Vikings from the county, he captured their camp at Trans near Dol. However Alan was never able to establish his authority over the Breton nobility and civil war broke out after his death.
Louis 'the Pious' and Charles 'the Simple'
© 2012 Alan R Lancaster
Alan R Lancaster (author) from Forest Gate, London E7, U K (ex-pat Yorkshire) on January 08, 2015:
It all got a bit complicated after the 'tanner's grandson' (William), when Normandy was claimed by kings of both Normandy and England, and it got completely out of hand with Henry II claiming Ireland, Wales, Anjou, Aquitaine AND England. Richard went and got himself incarcerated in Austria and then skewered in France, John lost the crown jewels in the Wash (should have emptied his pockets before taking his breeches to the dry cleaner) and got the whole kingdom and himself excommunicated - twice! - His great grandson Edward I went on to claim Scotland with his outsize mallet.
When you think of it, Harold didn't even want anything to do with Wales or Scotland, let alone anywhere else.
John Brunlees from Birmingham, UK on January 08, 2015:
It was mic and quiet grew, old before my time maybe!
When you look down through I don't know who's dynasty got the better deal Rollo's or Charles. In the long run I may have to side with Rollo's.
Alan R Lancaster (author) from Forest Gate, London E7, U K (ex-pat Yorkshire) on January 07, 2015:
Hello John, had a riotous New Year's Eve (did you push the boat out in Brum)?
Glad you liked reading this. The Norsemen raided the coast between the Scheldt and the Loire at the time the Frankish Empire started to disintegrate. They hit back, and successfully sometimes, but Charles 'the Simple' didn't live up to his name, did he? He was smarter than the average Frank and gave Hrolf the mouth of the Seine to watch over, keep his fellow countrymen away. That's man management for you!
John Brunlees from Birmingham, UK on January 07, 2015:
Very interesting I have been reading a lot recently about the Merovingians and Salian Franks, a little earlier but still very topical
Alan R Lancaster (author) from Forest Gate, London E7, U K (ex-pat Yorkshire) on July 06, 2012:
'Ello, 'Ello! What do we 'ave 'ere? The 'Brits' didn't invade Normandy, the English did, going through Picardy, Paris and the rest in the Hundred Years' War. That little 'show' didn't finish until the time of Henry V. Divers splutterings later and we 'lost' Normandy to France finally by the time of Henry VIII. ('Bloody')Mary Tudor lost the last English holding on the French mainland, Calais, to the French but we kept the Channel Islands. During the time of Edward III's campaigns in France King David of Scotland invaded (thinking he could creep in through the back door) but was stopped at Neville's Cross outside Durham.
We all 'barged in' together in 1944, Brits, Yanks, Free French, Canadians and Free Poles.
Dr Billy Kidd from Sydney, Australia on July 06, 2012:
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Seven years ago, this month, I spent a week in a remote village in Yongning, China. With me, was an anthropologist friend, Yuan, who specialized in minority ethnic groups. Our purpose for this visit was to better understand the Mosuo culture as the community was said to be following matrilineal practices and was at times, referred to as China’s last matriarchal society. We wanted to talk to some elders in Mosuo villages, away from the touristic hotspot of Luoshui, to understand how family life was structured when the elders were children so that it would shed some light for us as to what matrilineal practices were still continued. We were hosted by a Mosuo family and our host, Ana, took us around the village for chats with some of the elderly residents.
During one of these walks, we visited NA*, an 87 year old Lama. When we entered through the doorway, we saw N* seated in the courtyard de-seeding the family’s pumpkin harvest. I noticed that dried pumpkin seeds was usually what was offered with tea in the homes we visited. After Ana introduced Yuan and I, she explained that we were interested in hearing his life story.
N* agreed to talk to us and asked us to be seated indoors, while he cleaned up and joined us. Once we were seated by the hearth, N* narrated his life story.
“I started training to be a Lama since I turned 11 years old. In my younger days, it was a usual practice for each family to have 1 or 2 children study to become Lamas. My elder brother also studied it. Becoming a Lama would reduce one’s time of service with the rich Chief of the village’s family and Lamas are respected more than the normal villagers.
Initially, I went to the temple in the next village and trained with a Senior Lama for a year. I lived in the Senior’s home and helped served the Buddhas through cleaning, preparing food and sacrifice. Other trainees usually had to do some housework for the Senior Lama. I returned to my own village after that as the village belonged to a high level temple so that I could continue my learning. I studied under the Chief of the village and temple and helped raise pigs for his family for 3-4 years. It was a duty of my family to have one or two family members serve the Chief’s family. The Chief’s family approved my learning to become a Lama. Since a Lama of high position in Sichuan province asked the Chief for a person to serve him, I was sent as a gift to the Tulku (someone similar to the Dalai Lama, but without the high ranking) to serve the Tulku for four years. After serving the Tulku, I asked to continue my studying in Lhasa, Tibet. The Tulku approved it. My village Chief’s family asked me to serve another Tulku in Lhasa, who was one of the sons of their family and my same age, who had gone to Lhasa earlier. I was not keen to continue my life of serving someone but I had no choice but to accept it. I was 20 years old when I walked to Lhasa, studied there for 9 years, and I walked back home. I served the Buddhas in Lhasa by cleaning the temple, preparing sacrifices etc. The Tulku and I had a different learning path. My study was much simpler than that of the Tulku.
After returning home from Lhasa, I was able to live with my own family, though all Lamas lived in the temple in Lhasa. In my family, there was my grandmother and her six children. My grandmother’s brothers had passed away. After my return from Lhasa, my mother asked to be separated from the large family and she and two of her sisters left to start another household. I moved with them. Two of my mother’s sisters and her brother stayed on with my grandmother. In my family, the members ask for my opinion first. Also, when having meals, I am given food first.
I did some religious work for the villagers and went to the temple, if there was a religious event. I received some income or food for the religious work that I did for the villagers. I usually kept the income. If my family needed help, I would give some money to support them.
While serving the villagers, I could not refuse anyone requesting help. While I did not have to do any heavy farm work, I helped to take care of young children at home or do some housework at home. I also helped villagers when they were sick, or they had a wedding or funeral, or when a baby was born. I help to give names to the babies.
Once I chose this way of life, there was only one way for me to go. Whether I like it or not, I have to keep continuing on this path.”
Photo credit: Yuan Li
Acknowledgement: Much gratitude to Yanan Yang for translating the interview recordings of our visit from Mandarin to English, that helped me piece together NA*’s story. A big thank you to Yuan for organizing the visit and carrying out the interviews. And, a lot of gratitude and thanks to Ana, for hosting us and linking us with the elders in the village and translating from Mosuo to Mandarin what they spoke. | <urn:uuid:5db5dc10-f1e6-450f-b66a-dea1b8ffac4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://perspectivesquilt.com/2020/09/12/stories-from-yongning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.989914 | 1,131 | 1.984375 | 2 |
here are those moments in leadership when you have to make quick decisions. If COVID-19 has taught us anything it is that sometimes we just have to move forward with limited information.
Like every decision a leader makes, the decision impacts others. These are decisions that are hard to make with plenty of time to make them. Decisions which will be hard to reverse. Decisions which you would usually spend days, weeks, or months deciding – but they have to be made now. There is no choice.
You might wish you had more time to make them, but you don’t. Every leader I know has those moments. Unfortunately, the larger an organization grows the more they seem to occur.
During a pandemic, it hasn’t mattered how large or small an organization you lead, you simply had to act – and many times act NOW.
What do you do?
First, my experience is this is still a rare occurrence in leadership – or at least you should attempt to make it so. Many times we feel we have to move faster than we really do. My advice is to try not to make quick decisions any more than possible. Proverbs says, “haste makes mistakes”.
There are times, however, when, as a leader, you simply have to move forward. So, when you do, here are a few ways to make better quick decisions.
7 Ways To Make Decisions Fast:
Sentence prayers work. Ask God His opinion on the matter. He cares about the smallest details of your life. He may be doing something bigger than you can imagine, however, so He may allow you the freedom to choose, knowing that He will work things for an ultimate good. Ask for His input first though. And, part of this is developing a close enough relationship with God where if He’s trying to speak to you – you will know His voice in your life.
Check your boundaries
Hopefully, you have certain lines you will not cross. Does this decision cross any of them? If so, wait. If not, you’re freer to move forward.
Take the emotion out of it
Emotional decisions are seldom rational decisions. Do I need to say this one again? If you haven’t considered the black and white decision, if there is one, do this first. As much as possible, try to remove your personal agenda and your emotional response from the answering of the question at hand.
Phone a friend
Moments like these are why you need people in your corner who can quickly speak truth into your life. I have a few friends who always take my call. Before I “pull the trigger”, I’m pushing the speed dial. God created us for community – and we are better when we operate within His plan.
Pull from past experiences
You may not have made this decision, but you’ve made other decisions in your life. Try to pull in as close a parallel as you can. Glean from your successes and your failures. Often times, God will build upon our past. He’s working from an established plan. Don’t forget this.
Don’t let fear dominate
Fear is always a part of decision making, especially if it involves a risk of any kind. Fear can sometimes be a protector, so don’t ignore it, but don’t let it be the dominant decider either. The hardest and scariest decisions are often the most needed.
Trust your gut
You’ve made good decisions before – haven’t you? Or even if you feel you haven’t, you probably learned from that experience. You will seldom be 100% certain about any decision. We usually have to act upon what we do know. We have a sense of right and wrong which allows us to know when we are making blatant errors. So, go with the gut when it says, “this is the right decision.” Many times you’ll be right. And if not, you’ll learn from that too.
Those are a few suggestions. Keep in mind, you will make mistakes this way. When you have to make quick decisions, you will get burnt at times. I’m not pretending you won’t.
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Geneva, Switzerland – 10 February 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) announced today that a memorandum of understanding has been signed by the two organizations to formalize a strategic collaboration that will strengthen diagnosis in resource-poor countries by closing major diagnostic gaps at country level and bolstering disease surveillance that will inform public health initiatives and enhance outbreak preparedness and response.
“This collaboration is an inspiring development that will take us a long way towards ensuring access to diagnostics to all who need them,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. “Global health challenges such as the ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak demonstrates that without these essential elements of health systems, we cannot hope to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. I look forward to working closely with FIND to determine what countries need and to forge a path to deliver these innovations so that no one is left behind.”
Diagnosis is a driver of patient, financial and health systems impact, and a critical enabler of universal health coverage, but it is also the weakest link in the care cascade. This is especially true in primary healthcare settings in low- and middle-income countries. A unique and unprecedented opportunity exists to expand the role and impact of diagnostics to fully realize their potential to address major health security threats and evolving disease burdens through technological and digital advances.
FIND has been an active partner with WHO since 2008 and a WHO Collaborating Centre since 2014, acting in the areas of laboratory strengthening and diagnostic technology evaluation. This expanded collaboration will put in place the building blocks necessary to enable transformative change in a move toward a country-led diagnostics alliance. Initial workstreams will focus on demand-driven access to essential diagnostics and the development of national Essential Diagnostics Lists, alongside collection of data that assist the scale up of diagnostics to support low- and middle-income countries on their paths to universal health coverage.
“Each and every person has the right to a quality, timely diagnosis,” said Catharina Boehme, CEO of FIND. “Comprehensive diagnostic services underpin functional and efficient health systems not only to manage day-to-day healthcare needs, but also to ensure new disease outbreaks can be spotted and contained quickly. Working closely with WHO as part of a country-led alliance, we will strive to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have what they need to develop their own comprehensive, data-driven diagnostic strategies that enable universal health coverage and empower disease surveillance. Our ambition is that all patients, providers and decision-makers have access to the diagnostic solutions needed for optimal health outcomes.”
The strategic collaboration agreement will initially run for a period of 5 years, until 2025.
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FIND is a global non-profit organization that drives innovation in the development and delivery of diagnostics to combat major diseases affecting the world’s poorest populations. Our work bridges R&D to access, overcoming scientific barriers to technology development; generating evidence for regulators and policy-makers; addressing market failures; and enabling accelerated uptake and access to diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since 2003, we have been instrumental in the development of 24 new diagnostic tools used in 150 LMICs. Over 50 million FIND-supported products have been provided to our target markets since the start of 2015. A WHO Collaborating Centre, we work with more than 200 academic, industry, governmental, and civil society partners worldwide, on over 70 active projects that cross six priority disease areas. FIND is committed to a future in which diagnostics underpin treatment decisions and provide the foundation for disease surveillance, control and prevention. For more information, please visit www.finddx.org
The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. WHO is committed to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health as one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. WHO’s current global programme of work sets out three interconnected strategic priorities: ensuring healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages; achieving universal health coverage; and addressing health emergencies and promoting healthier populations. These priorities are linked to three ambitious targets, the “triple billion”: one billion more people to benefit from universal health coverage; one billion more people better protected from health emergencies; and one billion more people enjoying better health and well-being. | <urn:uuid:c62045bc-cd31-40be-93d3-9905c0e89b07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zaykar.com.ng/posts/health-articles/who-and-find-formalize-strategic-collaboration-to-drive-universal-access-to-essential-diagnostics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.92386 | 1,053 | 1.835938 | 2 |
During the brief history of the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), over 10,000 Germans emigrated to Texas. Perhaps best remembered today are the farmers who settled the Texas Hill Country, yet many of the German immigrants were merchants and business people who helped make Galveston a thriving international port and Houston an early Texas business center. This book tells their story.
Drawing on extensive research on both sides of the Atlantic, Walter Struve explores the conditions that led nineteenth-century Europeans to establish themselves on the North American frontier. In particular, he traces the similarity in social, economic, and cultural conditions in Germany and the Republic of Texas and shows how these similarities encouraged German emigration and allowed some immigrants to prosper in their new home. Particularly interesting is the translation of a collection of letters from Charles Giesecke to his brother in Germany which provide insight into the business and familial concerns of a German merchant and farmer.
This wealth of information illuminates previously neglected aspects of intercontinental migration in the nineteenth century. The book will be important reading for a wide public and scholarly audience. | <urn:uuid:b84b77e8-4447-4295-b1b8-da9d7ab6f1ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://galvestonhistory.org/product/germans-and-texans-commerce-migration-and-culture-in-the-days-of-the-lone-star-republic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.941229 | 224 | 3.5 | 4 |
David France’s acclaimed documentary How to Survive a Plague is a fascinating and emotionally powerful look at the AIDS epidemic and the activists who demonstrated and demanded that governments, health organizations, the medical community and the pharmaceutical industry all needed to step up and fight the onslaught of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 90s. His first film, it won accolades (the Peabody/the Director’s Guild) and nominations (the Oscar and Emmy) and captivated audiences around the world.
France returns to his roots as a writer and has adapted his film into a book of the same name from Knopf to be released on November 29, 2016. Expanding on the material in the film, it’s a sprawling decades long story of the fight to tame AIDS from a killer to a managed disease and early reviews are already comparing it to the late Randy Shilt’s seminal early AIDS history, And the Band Played On. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS is, essentially, the second part of that story started by Shilts (who himself died of AIDS in 1994).
The director/author will be in Seattle on Monday, November 28 on a tour to promote the publication and will give a reading/lecture entitled “The Battle Against AIDS in America” at Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue at 7:30 pm. Tickets are only $5 (really, folks…Town Hall events are one of Seattle’s greatest cultural treats as well as a great bargain…they host a wide variety of terrific events. There’s something for everyone at some point in the year.) Snag them HERE.
It should be noted that with the election of Donald Trump, we could probably learn many lessons from “How To Survive A Plague”…the demonstrations in the days since the election have shown that public protests and civil disobedience are going to be needed to survive this new kind of conservative “plague” which could see the dismantling of public health programs in addition to general revisions/retractions to recently acquired civil liberties for the LGBTQ community.
The definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic from the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary How to Survive a Plague. A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted with shame and hatred, this small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments. Around the globe, 16 million people are alive today thanks to their efforts.
In the dark days of 1987, America was six years into the AIDS epidemic, a crisis that was still largely being ignored both by government officials and health organizations — until the sudden emergence of the activist group ACT UP in Greenwich Village, New York, largely made up of HIV-positive participants who refused to die without a fight. Along with TAG (Treatment Action Group), and emboldened by the power of rebellion, they took on the challenges that public officials had ignored, raising awareness of the disease through a series of dramatic protests. More remarkably, they became recognized experts in virology, biology, and pharmaceutical chemistry.
Their efforts would see them seize the reins of federal policy from the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) and NIH (National Institutes of Health), force the AIDS conversation into the 1992 presidential election, and guide the way to the discovery of effective AIDS drugs that turned an HIV diagnosis from a death sentence into a chance to live long and healthy lives.
David France is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has been writing about AIDS since 1982, beginning in gay community papers. Today he is one of the best-known chroniclers of the epidemic, having continued in The New York Times, where he was AIDS news writer in the 1990s; Newsweek, where he was senior editor for investigations until 2003; and GQ and New York magazine, where he is a contributing editor. France has received the National Headliner Award and the GLAAD Media Award, and has seen his work inspire several films, most recently the Emmy-nominated Showtime film Our Fathers based on his book about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal. He also coauthored The Confession with former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey. His documentary film How to Survive a Plague was an Oscar finalist, won a Directors Guild Award and a Peabody Award, and was nominated for two Emmys, among other accolades. | <urn:uuid:b3980323-6ac2-4676-8ba3-5220ab6e3591> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://seattlegayscene.com/2016/11/how-to-survive-a-plague-is-now-a-book-author-david-france-at-town-hall-on-nov-28/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.968331 | 975 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The Girls' Brigade is an international and interdenominational Christian youth organization. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964. These organizations were the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The International Headquarters are currently based in Glasgow.
The organization operates in over 60 countries worldwide and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific. International Conferences are held every four years, this has been happening since 1998 when the conference was in Australia. It was in Thailand in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2006. The Queen Mother and Princess Alice were Girls' Brigade's patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004 respectively. There are, at the moment, no living patrons.
Girls' Brigade principles and motto
The Girls' Brigade's principles are as follows:
- 1) The Brigade acknowledges Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord according to the Scriptures and seeks to fulfil its aim to the glory of one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- 2) The Brigade witnesses to the standard set by Jesus Christ and gives positive teaching on the Christian attitude to life
- 3) The Brigade promotes a just society where all people are equally valued.
The motto of the Girls' Brigade is "Seek, Serve and Follow Christ" and its Aim is "To help girls become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and through self control, reverence and a sense of responsibility to find true enrichment of life". Because of the youth development aspect of its work, the Girls' Brigade is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) and has been since 1936, when it was one of NCVYS's founding organisations.
Girls' Brigade programme
The GB programme follows four themes: Spiritual, Physical, Educational and Service. These words spell SPES which is Latin for Hope. It was said that each girl in Girls' Brigade was a hope for the future. Also the girls are encouraged to participate in activities other than just badge work. These include leadership courses for 14–21 year olds, and most companies or districts arrange camps or holidays, usually one per year. Moreover, GB helps its members with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Girls' Brigade projects
The most recent project that Girls' Brigade England & Wales has undertaken is "Arise". This project involves many different events such as roadshows etc. Arise is often quoted as standing for: Activities, Resources, Ideas, Support and Equipping. These mean that the children will be able to attend activity days to learn about Jesus and meet up with other GB members, they will also have resources adapted to meet the specific child's needs. Moreover, the ideas for activities will be new and made in a better way to encourage children, as well as supporting children with their work and helping to set up further youth groups. And the final idea of Arise is to train people to work with children so they are equipped for anything the children may do. Premier Radio helped to promote Arise on their radio shows. Arise is a joint project with Viz-A-Viz Ministries.
Sections in Girls' Brigade
In England and Wales, the Girls' Brigade is divided into the following Sections:
- 4 to 8 years - Explorer
- 8 to 11 years - Junior
- 11 to 14 years - Senior
- 14 to 18 years - Brigader
- Optional 14-15 years (Year 10 in English school's system) - Foundation
- Optional 15-16 years (Year 11 in English school's system) - Intermediate
- Optional 16-17 years (Year 12 in English school's system) - Advanced
- Optional 18+ years - Leader (Can take only after completing the three above stages as a Young Leader)
Girls cannot carry onto the next section of Young Leaders Training without completing the previous section. They may however start at a slightly older age. However if someone joins Girls' Brigade later in life and has not previously participated in Girls' Brigade they can complete Officer Training in order to gain Leader status.
As of 31 March 2005, there were 6,109 Explorers, 7,534 Juniors, 4,016 Seniors, 1,913 Brigaders, 405 Warrant Officers, 124 Supernumary Officers, 1,967 Officers in 707 Companies within England & Wales. All Officers are now called Leaders.
In other countries, the names of the Sections (sometimes called Units) may vary, as may the ages of girls in those units. These age variations are usually based around the local schooling ages. Explorers may be called Cadets. Brigaders are sometimes called Pioneers. In some countries, there are 4 different Sections or Units. For example, in Australia, the Units are:
- Cadets - approximately 5-7 years
- Juniors - approximately 8-11 years
- Seniors - approximately 12-13 years
- Pioneers - approximately 14-21 years
The crest is a registered trade mark of Girls' Brigade England & Wales. However, all Girls' Brigade companies around the world have the right to use it.
In the centre is a Cross, the symbol of Christ and his Church. Below the cross is a Lamp, which represents the light of the Girls' Brigade shining upon the World. Above it is a Crown, of Christ as King. Behind it all, is a Torch, the flame of Christ's living spirit.
The badge incorporates symbols from the three original organizations and is, therefore, in itself a symbol of union, as well as faith and allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Girls Brigade which formed in Ireland in 1893, brought in the Cross. The Girls' Guildry which formed in 1900 in Scotland, brought in the Lamp. Lastly, the Girls' Life Brigade, which formed in 1902 in England, brought in the Crown. They amalgamated in 1964. A competition was held to design the crest for the amalgamated organisation, it was won by Constance Fasham.
The International President of the Girls' Brigade is Mrs. Ruth Chikasa from Zambia. The International Treasurer is Ms. Joyce Evans of England and Wales. The International Vice-Presidents are the Chairmen from each Fellowship.
All figures next to country names are of the number of Girls' Brigade members within the country, they are accurate as of 2004:
Bridget Leher (Zimbabwe) is the Fellowship Chairman.
There are 14 African countries that have Girls' Brigade companies:
Template:Col-start Template:Col-1-of-3 Botswana (149)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Template:Col-2-of-3 Sierra Leone (338)
South Africa (1664)
Sally Chew (Singapore) is the Fellowship Chairman.
There are 12 Asian countries that have Girls' Brigade companies:
Template:Col-start Template:Col-1-of-3 Bangladesh (215)
Hong Kong (1700)
Template:Col-2-of-3 Mongolia (55)
Western New Guinea (43)
Caribbean and Americas Fellowship
Andrea Stevens (Cayman Islands) is the Fellowship Chairman.
There are 22 countries in the Americas that have Girls' Brigade companies:
Template:Col-start Template:Col-1-of-3 Anguilla (132)
British Virgin Islands (181)
Cayman Islands (299)
Template:Col-2-of-3 Haiti (40)
Sint Eustatius (28)
Saint Kitts (296)
Saint Martin (215)
Saint Vincent (64)
Trinidad & Tobago (86)
United States (105)
Vivienne Aitchison (England and Wales) is the Fellowship Chairman.
There are 7 countries within the Europe fellowship that have Girls' Brigade companies:
Template:Col-start Template:Col-1-of-3 England and Wales (25155)
Republic of Ireland (1868)
Irish President Mrs. Joan Darling Northern Ireland (22540)
Template:Col-2-of-3 Romania (92)
|} Note: Currently England & Wales run as one country for Girls' Brigade even though they are distinct countries.
Jennifer Box (New Zealand) is the Fellowship Chairman.
There are 13 countries within the Pacific Fellowship that have Girls' Brigade companies:
Template:Col-start Template:Col-1-of-3 American Samoa (98)
Cook Islands (400)
New Zealand (3934)
Papua New Guinea (1000)
Solomon Islands (1877)
- "About GB". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/about_gb.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "History of GB & info on International Conferences". http://www.gbic.org/History.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Address of HQ". http://22.214.171.124/search?q=cache:z7YsO4TMXOYJ:www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Annual_Report.doc+girls+brigade+headquarters+international+glasgow&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "International GB". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/international.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Newsletter mentioning where the 2006 ICGB conference was held" (PDF). http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Newsletter_Dec_2006.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Patrons of GB". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/office_bearers.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on principles". http://www.hants.gov.uk/youth/girlsbrigade-solent/principl.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on motto and aim". http://www.hants.gov.uk/youth/girlsbrigade-solent/aim.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- Full list of NCVYS members
- SPES files - GB Award Handbook
- "Further part of the GB proramme". http://www.hants.gov.uk/youth/girlsbrigade-solent/program.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "All information about Arise". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/arise.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Premier Radio and Arise". http://www.premier.org.uk/engine.cfm?i=674&bhcp=1. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Viz-A-Viz Ministries partnership page". http://www.vizaviz.org/arisepartnership.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Explorer's Section on GBEW". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/explorers.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Junior's Section on GBEW". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/juniors.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Brigader's Section on GBEW". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/brigaders.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Brigader's Section on GBEW". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/brigaders.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on all three stages of young leader training". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/yl_training.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on becoming a Leader of GB". http://www.girls-brigade-scotland.org.uk/Leader_Officer.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Statistics of 2005 Members of GB". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/_7__stats0405.xls. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- Leadership Training booklet 2001 (contains all information about the crest)
- "Anuual Report 2004". http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:z7YsO4TMXOYJ:www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/International_Annual_Report.doc+girls+brigade+doc&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on African Fellowship". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/int_africa.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on Asian Fellowship". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/int_asia.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on Caribbean & Americas Fellowship". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/int_americas.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on Europe Fellowship". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/int_europe.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- "Information on Pacific Fellowship". http://www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk/html/int_pacific.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- The Girls' Brigade Australia
- The Girls' Brigade Malaysia
- The Girls' Brigade New Zealand
- The Girls' Brigade Singapore
- The Girls' Brigade England and Wales
- The Girls' Brigade Scotland
- The Girls' Brigade Scotland Divisional Websites
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Review of book “What’s ax murder, anyway?” (bio. info at end).
The author, Carly Jew Manes, noticed that there were no books introducing ax murder to children under the age of 13, and observed that she knows “how important it is to ensure that everyone has the resources they need to have intentional, compassionate, and nonjudgmental conversations about ax killings with the young people in their lives.”
After carefully defining exactly what it even means to kill someone with an ax, the keynote chapter then deals with reasons one might want to do so, emphasizing that “it is important to us that this book does not perpetuate the ideology that there ‘good’ reasons or ‘bad’ reasons to do someone in with an ax.” The most important thing is to show great compassion to someone driven to perpetuate the ax killing. Hugs and kisses are called for, not asking questions that might be perceived to be embarrassing.
An interesting chapter surveys the history of ax killings. In previous generations, only the rich could afford a high quality whetstone to keep their axes sharp. As a result, the axes of ordinary people tended to be dull. They could still do the job, but it required many more blows, as well more upper body strength and stamina. Not only did this make the job more difficult in general, but according to the stereotypes of the time, this gave an unfair advantage to men over women. It also made the job more distasteful — more like a bludgeoning than just a few clean cuts to the vital areas. Fortunately, mass production today finally has equalized much of that inequity, by making whetstones and even electric grinding wheels affordable by nearly every American, regardless of race or gender. Everyone now has access to a nice, clean, and sharp ax.
In the chapter “What more can we do to help?” the author hints that America should send aid to poor countries so they can also afford more grinding machines and whetstones.
As the Kirkus review insightfully observes, “most of the pictures by illustrator Emulsify depict smiling, happy people of diverse races, abilities, and gender identities; bright interiors; or attractive landscapes and flowers, boosting the affirmative tone.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” In the context of human trafficking, professional truck drivers have the potential to be a hero in the life of a victim trafficked into the sex trade simply by taking a second look and making a phone call. Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), a non-profit that recently launched in Canada, is training members of the commercial vehicle industry to do just that, and in doing so, is raising up a mobile army out on Canadian roads to combat this heinous crime.
Was the Department of Infrastructure prepared for the findings in the Auditor General’s Report?
The audit process took about 30 months and involved a great deal of interaction between the auditors and Manitoba Infrastructure. The Department accepts the findings in the Auditor General’s report. We are committed to working with stakeholders, and we are determining the best course of action to address the 17 recommendations.
Describe the current health of the trucking industry in your province.
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What To Consider When Choosing A Professional Pediatric Therapist
All physiotherapy procedures for children should be carried out only after an accurate diagnosis has been established. Don’t self-medicate, go to a physical therapy office, and trust your child’s health to experts.
A professional office should be equipped with all the necessary equipment for carrying out a wide variety of physiotherapeutic procedures – from inhalation and phonophoresis to laser, electro-, and phototherapy.
The physiotherapy room should be staffed by highly qualified nurses and doctors who have undergone special training and have extensive experience working with children. The pediatric physiotherapist carries out the necessary procedures as prescribed by other doctors, working closely with them and exchanging treatment results.
Thus, every little patient receives a complete, comprehensive treatment. The physiotherapy department must be provided with ideal hygiene and safety conditions. Only true experts in pediatric physiotherapy will help the smallest patients stay healthy and delight their parents.
How Do You Choose A Licensed Children’s Therapist
Children’s organs and systems, depending on age, differ significantly from adults, therefore, a good children’s physiotherapist, when prescribing and carrying out procedures, observes certain principles.
Courses of therapeutic effects on the child’s body are prescribed less frequently than for adults and depend on the diet and daily routine of the child. Therefore, it is extremely important to pay attention to the experience of a specialist, and how many years he/she has been working in this area.
Ask about the doctor’s reputation and see the reviews left by the past clients. After all, a real expert must necessarily monitor the response of the child’s body to treatment.
Know More About Pediatric Physical Therapy
Physiotherapy, one of the best methods of restoring the body, uses natural physical and natural healing factors to treat and prevent various diseases. Basic physical phenomena such as light, ultrasound, laser, magnetic, ultraviolet radiation, contribute to the general stimulation of the body, wound healing, reduce inflammation and significantly strengthen the immune system, while not causing allergies and other side effects. Physiotherapy methods are used both separately and together with other medical procedures.
Physiotherapy is actively used for the treatment and rehabilitation of children from an early age since it achieves the greatest therapeutic effect with minimal stress on the body.
Here are some cases when it is necessary to use physiotherapy:
- diseases of the bronchopulmonary system and ENT organs;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- diseases of the digestive system;
- surgical diseases;
- disorders of the musculoskeletal system;
- skin diseases;
- eye diseases.
Other Types Of physical therapy
Under the guidance of a doctor or instructor, gymnastics classes strengthen the muscle corset, increase exercise tolerance, improve coordination of movements, improve blood supply to organs and tissues, stimulate the respiratory system and solve many other issues. Exercise therapy is performed from the first weeks of a child’s life and is usually combined with a simultaneous massage.
Salt caves are prescribed in pediatrics from the age of 6 months for the treatment of pathologies of the respiratory system, and 1 year for the prevention of colds.
Habitat treatment is widely used. Exposure to solar radiation, sea air, forest microclimate, dry or humid climate, changed pressure is selected on an individual basis, depending on the patient’s age, existing diseases, and other factors.
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New technology is at the service of cosmetics. This is called “Beautytech”. There are now connected lipsticks, created for fashionistas. They will compose an exact color as the user wishes, and at any time.
Innovation is turning the world of cosmetics upside down. This is called “beauty tech”, that is to say the use of science and technology in the service of our beauty and especially beauty products.
This is a huge challenge for all the giants of cosmetics and luxury. For example, a connected lipstick, the color of which adapts to my outfit of the day. Or more precisely, a machine that allows you to make a custom-made lipstick, infinitely customizable, depending on what you’re wearing. It is a small device, which looks like a Nespresso coffee maker, connected to a mobile application. You start by choosing the shade of red you like, from a photo of your outfit for example. The application will determine which precise shade it is.
Then, inside this machine are three tubes and from that, it will make mixtures that will give you almost all possible and imaginable nuances. So, no more need to buy 25 different tubes.
Another option is an application called “LipScanner”, a kind of color Shazam. You can scan a photo, an item of clothing, an object and determine exactly what shade it is in terms of lipstick. A tint that you can buy online immediately, of course.
Smart mirrors to know how to put on makeup
For perfume, L’Oréal has teamed up with the start-up Emotiv. It’s a technology called “Scent-Station”, which will be installed in perfumeries. They put an encephalogram helmet on your head and make you smell perfumes. Depending on the reaction of your brain to different fragrances, we will determine an olfactory profile. Certain scents can relax you, stress you out, stimulate you. Depending on that, we will offer you the perfume.
And then applications too, to tell us how good we look. A tool called “Skin Genius”, a free application developed by a major cosmetics group, makes it possible, from a simple selfie, to have a complete diagnosis of the condition of your skin and to give advice on beauty. Just take a picture and give your age.
The algorithm will establish a fairly thorough analysis: appearance of pores, firmness of the skin, radiance, evenness of the complexion, wrinkles… Everything goes. And of course, we will give you advice on the right products to use to optimize all this. You can also compare your skin to other people of the same age. With augmented reality, we will see intelligent mirrors appear, which will show me in digital overlay, what my face would look like with such a foundation or such a mascara. A virtual simulation that avoids industrial catastrophe. | <urn:uuid:05ab7a69-e820-4d06-94ca-69a2469fd7af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nusamsoapbox.com/how-technology-is-at-the-service-of-beauty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941531 | 613 | 1.890625 | 2 |
How to Stop Procrastinating ?! Procrastinating is considered as a habitual or intentional delay of starting or finishing a task despite knowing it might have negative consequences. In other words, it s a common human experience involving delay in everyday chores or even putting off salient tasks.
Before looking at how to stop procrastinating, you should know why you are procrastinating. Obviously, there are several issues that lead people to procrastinate while working from home like lack of concentration and lack of self confidence.
- We want to have an immediate reward
- We value our productivity in the future
- We are afraid
Besides, it may be due to a deep rooted fair of failure. In fact, Once you fair the consequences of failing, then It s logical to delay the action . Another frequent reason for procrastination is experiencing low energy levels .
With the right strategies, you can take the reins of your state of mind and fulfill your tasks in due time. The strategies we tell you will help you achieve this.
- Discover the motive
- Eliminate Obstacles
- Fix short-term goals
- Improve the work environment
- Be Realistic
- View the results
- Celebrate when you reach the goals
- Avoid distractions
If you are lacking energy, you will not feel like doing much at all. Moreover, If you are a self-confessed perfectionist, then you might find it difficult to take action unless you know you can do a job with which you will be totally satisfied.
As most of the major problems with productivity while working from home have to do with procrastination, you should look for some tips to help you stay on track and become more efficient. The first thing to do is to start.
Just start somewhere by doing the easiest task you ca do. You should also create your own workplace. Just turn a spare room into a small office and use a corner of the living or bedroom that has enough light during the day.
In case you are a night owl, make sure to have appropriate lighting so that you don’t fatigue your eyes. Another crucial point is Reward .
Rewarding yourself along the way and stimulating your brain with something that makes you happy is an essential part of human psychology when it comes to motivation.
Different rewards will work for different people, so you should identify what you want. For instance , you may be motivated by snacks, money Or free time . Additionally, you should establish a routine.
Do whatever you need to do in order to establish a comfortable, easy, and repeatable daily routine. For example,
- Get up early,
- Take a shower
- Have a coffee
- Set up a clear work schedule
Also, Make a plan for your work that has clear and realistic goals that you can expect to achieve within a given time. Last but but not least, reduce distractions.
set yourself up to work in a quiet space that is likely to have little or no traffic from family members or flatmates and turn a blind eye to All distractions and stay focused on work.
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He pointed out that Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 election campaign suffered a setback known at the time as “wobbly Thursday”, but she went on to win a landslide victory.
Mr Davis was in Birmingham Erdington, one of a number of seats in the Midlands and North which the Conservatives hope to take from Labour in this election.
Asked why the Conservative campaign had gone wrong, he said: “I don’t think it’s gone wrong.
“You have ups and downs in every campaign.
“I have fought seven campaigns as an MP and quite a few before that, and every one has its bumpy bits.
“Margaret Thatcher’s most successful campaign had a famous sort of Wobbly Thursday. These things happen.”
A poll during the 1987 campaign showed the Tory lead over Labour down to 4 per cent, and a concerned Mrs Thatcher handed the management of the campaign over to advertising guru Tim Bell. A week later, she was returned to power with a landslide majority of 102.
Mr Davis continued: “I don’t see it as particularly problematic It’s one of the things that happens in a campaign. Bumps happen, just as they undoubtedly will in the Brexit negotiations.”
After a morning canvassing in Erdington, he said there was no sign of voters warming to Jeremy Corbyn.
“The sample we’ve seen has been pretty good going. Two reasons really - one is Brexit, and the other is Corbyn. They don’t like Corbyn - that’s come across fairly vociferously in a few places.”
And it was a similar picture in the North of England, he said.
“Astonishingly, in places like Hartlepool. You wouldn't have thought Hartlepool was a 50/50 call.”
Erdington is home to a major Jaguar car plant, and Mr Davis said the Government had been in talks with the car industry to ensure that Brexit worked for them.
A particular concern of carmakers has been to ensure car parts can be imported and exported easily between the UK and the EU.
Mr Davis said the Government planned to negotiate a customs agreement as well as a free trade agreement with the EU, to “minimise any administrative burdens at the borders” and allow vehicle parts to cross borders.
He said: “The main strategy is to maintain free and frictionless trade with the EU, while allowing us to do trade with the rest of the word on a freeer basis.
“At the moment we do 58 per cent of our trade with the rest of the world, 42 per cent with the EU.
“The aim is to hang on to as much of the 42 per cent as we can, all of it if we can, and expand on the 58 per cent.
That is the overall strategy. There is a very high chance of it working, for a very simple reason - we sell roughly £230bn a year to the EU and they sell £290bn a year to us.
“Most countries are in a positive export position with us. So they want to maintain a trade relationship as much as we do. So the outcome in my view should be an optimistic one.” | <urn:uuid:ed7d4be8-4a6a-4364-b7c2-3d1b7ad3569f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/general-election-campaign-hit-bumpy-13107873 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.976662 | 688 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Critical Illness Insurance in Ontario
- January 4, 2020
- Posted by: olinsadmin
- Categories: Healthy Lifestyle, Insurance Toronto, Travel Medical Insurance
When bad things happen to good people
Being diagnosed with a critical illness is a devastating and life-changing event. But today, 60% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer, 80% of heart attack and 75% of stroke victims will survive.
Critical Illness Insurance helps people to remove financial stress and focus on recovery.
Even though a person is experiencing a loss of income, bills and mortgages still have to be paid, not to mention the additional costs that go along with a critical illness such as prescribed drugs, special treatment, home help, child care, etc. It has been noticed that patient recovery was primarily affected by financial worries rather than medical complications.
Two Options to Get Critical Illness Insurance:
- No medical examination required
- Covers 6 critical illnesses
- Lowest rate
- Easy to buy online with our simplified application at https://insurancestoronto.ca/
- Medical examination required
- Covers 25 critical illnesses
- Cannot be purchased online
- We’ll provide you with a complete explanation of your coverage and help you to find the plan which is right for you: 416-822-2698; email@example.com
- Tax-free lump-sum cash payment: The money unconditionally belongs to you. You can use the cash any way you want.
- Serves as a Saving Plan: The premium will be returned to you if you do not claim after 10 years or by age 75.
- Coverage from $25,000 to $2M. Allows to choose the coverage a person needs and can afford
- Term: Can be for 10 years, to age 65, to age 75, or even 100. Usually, coverage ends at age 75.
- Guaranteed monthly premium for each term (never increases during the term)
- Does not affect person’s ability to still work
- If the person dies, all premiums are refunded to his or her beneficiary
- Available to people ages to 65
- Available as an independent insurance plan or as an additional feature within another life insurance policy
- Additional benefits: Accidental Fracture; paramedical care in case of an accident
Critical Illness Insurance will help you to:
- Focus on recovery
- Replace lost income
- Cover non-medical costs associated with your treatment (transportation, private nurse, home help, etc.)
- Pay for: prescription drugs, upgraded medical facilities, and alternative treatment options
- Meet financial obligations: bills, mortgage, debts, etc.
- Keep your business viable
- Allow your partner to spend time taking care of you instead of going to work
- Modify your home to have better mobility
- Get help from a psychiatrist and/or psychologist to deal with fear and anxiety and learn how to address the needs of the mind, body and spirit
Critical Illness insurance gives a person financial flexibility to do whatever it takes to get better.
- Coverage cannot be purchased for a pre-existing condition or illness.
- The policy may require the policyholder to survive a minimum number of days (the survival period) from when the illness was first diagnosed. | <urn:uuid:41a09552-877d-42d1-9ecb-ce2628ffe649> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://insurancestoronto.ca/critical-illness-insurance-in-ontario/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.940015 | 700 | 1.671875 | 2 |
McDaniel: Illegal immigrants can pose a health threat to U.S.
I never thought that I was Grinch, but I guess I must take that role today. My heart goes out to all these children that are crossing our borders hoping for a better life.
The major media, including Gannett, have failed to address one major issue by either direction or omission. These children and parents are being disbursed throughout the U.S. are also carrying with them diseases which have been, for all practical purposes, eradicated decades ago through our immunization and health care programs.
Unvaccinated illegal immigrants are carrying scabies, TB, measles, smallpox, mumps, etc., and possibly Ebola because they have not had proper care in their home countries.
There has already been an increase in cases of these diseases which represent a real threat to America. A legal immigrant’s medical records are reviewed and vaccinations must be current before they can enter the U.S. That is the difference between a legal immigrant under current immigration law and the unregulated tide of people entering our country illegally.
Medical professionals are considering this a looming, major health crisis.
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For as long as it has been a “genre” of music, techno has divided fans and music lovers alike. Some say it’s just random noises that the creator has strung together, while fans and aficionados of the upbeat music argue otherwise.
But now a high-level court in Germany has confirmed it — techno, is in fact, music.
The Verdict’s In, Techno IS Music
Consequently, due to this ruling, clubs are now privy to benefit from the same reduced sales tax rate as concert halls.
In particular, Germany’s federal fiscal court agreed that clubs in the country should not have to pay the standard 19% VAT on ticket sales when concert venues often enjoy a much lower rate of 7%.
In this most recent ruling, the court found that most patrons to techno or house clubs were there primarily for the music and the DJs — similar to what you’d be doing if you were to attend a concert, regardless of whether there were singers or musicians actually present and playing instruments.
And as musicians, the DJs do more than just play tracks as they perform their own creations to the masses using instruments that aren’t commonly used by traditional music makers, to create new sound sequences which are characterised by their own distinctive tunes.
The decision is indeed a rare piece of good news for German nightclubs, especially in the midst of the global pandemic that has forced most, if not all of them to keep their doors closed for more than six months and with no end in sight.
The fear is that despite government aid, temporary work schemes, and crowdfunding efforts, not all venues will be able to survive the crisis. Hopefully, this ruling will help to alleviate the burden these techno houses face, even if by a little. | <urn:uuid:7c368690-46d5-41cb-a5a8-45f2a2d1c469> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lynnmcmo.com/techno-is-music-court-declares/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.976407 | 371 | 1.78125 | 2 |
The Benda Chamber Orcherstra (BKO) is an amateur music ensemble studying and interpreting classical music of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, focusing mainly on Czech masters.
The Benda Chamber Orcherstra (BKO) is an amateur music ensemble studying and interpreting classical music of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, focusing mainly on Czech masters. Owing to its special dramaturgy, the BKO has gained a faithful body of listeners who appreciate the unique opportunity to enjoy previously unknown musical pieces from Bohemia´s musical past. Its revealing activities and a professional approach have won the BKO a number of national awards as well as international recognition. The ensemble is a member of the European Union of Amateur Orchestras (EVL) and of the World Association of Amateur Orchestras (WFAO).
The Benda Chamber Orchestra was founded on October 5, 1956 in Ústí nad Labem. The name of Jiří Antonín Benda, an outstanding composer, the first author of scenic melodrama, and the most famous member of the Czech musical family of the Bendas, was chosen to represent the main aims of the BKO, which included discovering and interpreting forgotten pieces of baroque and classical music mainly by Czech composers. In order to accomplish this demanding task, the members of the orchestra have cooperated with archives of music in the Czech Republic and abroad, and have established a specialised documentation centre of historical music sheets and manuscripts. Consequently, the BKO has interpreted more than 320 compositions by Czech as well as foreign authors of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, most of them in their modern premiere. The BKO has performed both in the Czech Republic and abroad (Germany, Switzerland), cooperating with many outstanding professionals and soloists, and also with local singing choirs. | <urn:uuid:e9213dad-aee7-40f0-90e3-c0317aceacad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bko.cz/011/default.aspx?WebMenuExpand=17&id=17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.968221 | 382 | 1.710938 | 2 |
By Ruth Musser-Lopez
6-13-14. Some were fortunate enough to be able to attend our county’s sentinel cultural event of the year–the San Bernardino County Fair–held May 24 through June 1 at the fairgrounds, 14800 Seventh Street in Victorville. It’s a temporary one-week “affair” so if you missed it, make sure you mark your calendar for next year. It’s an annual event–a time when our friends and neighbors gather together to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and enjoy the associated carnival or fun zone entertainment.
Our fair is actually an extraordinary event, first of all because it is all about us, here in the largest county of the lower 48 contiguous states. It’s not just clowns, concerts and cars, but a huge variety of our local arts and crafts, showing off the array of products from our gardens, farms, vineyards and orchards, plus a large assortment of poultry, farm animals, livestock and show horses.
The word fair comes from the archaic term fayre, “of pleasing appearance” and it is things that are pleasing in appearance that you will see here, no matter what age you are. As a matter of fact, as you probably have already learned, what is fun and pleasing changes over the years of a human’s life span.
For example, I can recall when I was a girl in the 1950s, being escorted along with my mother and siblings to both the L. A. County and San Bernardino County fairs by my Dad. We had to first be promenaded by the livestock pens, see all the pigs, horses and cows before being allowed to spend a dime at the fun zone. The anticipation was sometimes unbearable and obviously our minds were not on cows and pigs which we saw every day at the dairy. It was understandable on the part of my dad, of course, however since he was chief herdsman at the Musser family’s Shady Grove Dairy then on 7th Street between Upland and Ontario. Seeing the competition was a first priority and he would often look for potential new purchases to improve the herd stock.
When we were young we were taught to be thrifty and learn to do for ourselves or Shady Grove. My dad, Alvin Musser, or Shady Grove Dairy, would often donate calves to the 4H Club for the purpose of providing an opportunity for young members to learn “the ropes,” raise them, groom them and feed them. He would then buy the heifers, back at the SBC fair auction. The young people would compete for highest auction price and then were awarded for best in show. Not only was this a learning experience for the young people, it also helped raise funds for the 4H Club and was good publicity for the local dairy business to boot. It was a win-win situation all around.
My Dad, bless his heart, also set us up in our own business….we politely called it the “manure bagging business.” It was actually a business that he thought up for my brothers—selling bags of steer fertilizer at the “cash & carry” corner store, the Shady Grove Dairy market on 7th and Grove just a block from the dairy in the late 50s, early 60s. My brothers would sell a bag for 25 cents but paid me a nickel for every bag I filled. That’s what you call “pecking order.” Later, they replaced me with a bagging machine. That is what you call “progress.” With pecking order and progress working against you, “ya’ jes’ gotta move on.”
Oh, but I must first tell you about the new equipment by brothers were so excited about. It was an entire operation complete with all of the latest technology: a conveyor belt to carry up the “dried material” to the grinder, which would release the pulverized product into the bagger when a lever was pulled. When I bagged we were using a stapler, but with the new operation–there was a hand held zip “sewer.” The boys were really in business then with a professional looking product all neatly sewed up at the top.
Well, back to the fair. Its funny how people change, as they get older. Just like my Dad, I am an animal lover and now enjoy the animal exhibit more than anything else at the fair. I don’t particularly enjoy seeing birds or animals in cages and small pens temporarily while they are on exhibit, but I do like seeing the animals treated as pets, being cared for and respected while the young people are learning animal husbandry and what it takes to run a business, the costs and work involved. The animal section for sheep, cattle, and pigs is still a really big deal at the San Bernardino County Fair even today. There are strict rules including 120, 90 and 30-day weigh ins, tagging and ownership deadlines for livestock entries. “Most of the entrants are 4H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) with the animals being judged when the fair isn’t even open, and of course Barstow Country Butchery does 40-60% of his yearly business after the animals are sold” a fairgoer informed me.
Thank goodness for liberation and change–“back in the day” in the fifties and sixties, in our public schools, female students were still ushered into domestics, home economics, sewing and cooking and male students filed into wood shop and mechanics. The 4-H Club on the other hand was always pretty good about allowing young people to pursue the path of their desired training. I recall my first cousin Bernice, who I am very proud to be closely related to, being awarded with her picture in the paper with the cow she raised. Who would have ever guessed that she would eventually go on to become the “Quilt Queen” of Upland, auctioning off quilts mid May every year at the historic Upland Academy gym to benefit the needy as part of the Mennonite World Hunger Relief project.
Speaking of quilts, the San Bernardino County fair is a great place to show off domestic products of all kinds and a good place to look for quilt donations for next year’s World Hunger Relief auction. I understand that the entire Building #4 where the Domestic Arts are displayed is filled with quilts hanging from the 30-foot ceiling.
Linda DeLuca-Snively, of Newberry Springs, tells me that she went to the fair twice before she found that building, after which she decided to enter into the fair herself.
“It’s really fun to attend and see your items on display” she told me. I guess so—she won! First Place in Peach Preserves, Second Place in Cherry Preserves, Third Place in Prickly Pear Jelly, Honorable Mention in Pineapple/Peach Jelly. She also won “Best of Division” in the ceramics section plus two 1st places, three 2nd places, two 3rd places and one honorable mention. For joy! Bradley YardArt of Arizona gave her one of his art pieces, a clay turtle from his garden display that he sets up each year, and she received $32.00 in award money, plus two $20 gift certificates from an Italian Restaurant in Hesperia “only 65 miles one way” she said, “but what the heck.”
Its pretty amazing, too, to see the wonderful produce that comes out of San Bernardino County from the Inland Empire to the High Desert to the Colorado River – the corn from Chino, the citrus from Upland to Redlands, the grapes from Rancho Cucamonga and Guasti, the pistachio nut crop from Newberry and all of the alfalfa, cotton and okra being grown north of Needles on the Mojave Indian Tribe’s farm. Sometimes you will see exotic fruit or giant zucchini, watermelon or pumpkins that were grown in someone’s back yard.
I don’t know how much of all this is being displayed at the fair this year, but it should be and I plan to look for it next year—especially a display of the organic crops being grown right smack in the middle of the desert with just a little water brought to the surface there at Cadiz just south of the southern most point of Route 66 between Barstow and Needles–incredible amounts of citrus and grapes by the tons. These crops add to our San Bernardino County economy and tax base while the transfer of fifty thousand acre feet of water a year as the Cadiz Corporation proposes, for use outside of our county on the Orange County coast, only acts to transfer jobs, resources and growth elsewhere, not to mention the strong potential of the downdraft causing subsidence and further drying and warming of our desert.
I missed the fair this year, committed to an archaeological “dig” out in the Mojave Desert that had long before been scheduled for the same week. I am not trying to make an excuse, but the work was important–the prehistoric site had been looted and destroyed by pothunters in 1997 through 2001. The looters were first caught up with in Death Valley, arrested, served time and fined about $345,000. You can read about it by looking up “Operation Indian Rocks” on the internet.
I was part of a team of archaeologists who were following up on the damage assessment and strategy to mitigate or repair the damage done by the looters at two particular archaeological sites evidenced to be well over 2000 years old. Measures had been implemented around 2004 by a damage assessment team, to restore the site to “normal” appearance. In the restoration work, bails of straw had been placed in the huge pits dug by the looters and then covered with the vandals’ “back fill” (also described as the piles of cultural soil the looters had removed from the holes while looking for relics).
Our assignment was to determine if this restoration measure worked—but ten years later the straw had been scattered all about by the wind and rodents. It was obviously a failed mitigation attempt. The site looked like a nativity scene manger–all we needed was a baby Jesus. We had to scrape up and sift the straw mixed with the looters backfill to check for any remaining clues of the prehistoric past. We then set about installing a barrier fill of block tile between what undisturbed deposit was left and the holy mess the looters had made. It was not an easy task to remove the straw from the soil mix. On further thought, if only we had one or two of those lowing fair cows and perhaps a goat to eat all the straw that had scattered about, it would have saved us a lot of work.
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The recommendation to use a face mask at Arcada’s campus continues to apply throughout November if not other national or regional guidelines are given before that. Face masks are used in all situations where it is difficult to avoid close contact.
As the epidemic situation in the capital region has still not improved, Arcada's recommendation on face masks continues. According to guidelines from the authorities, the actors in the education sector must make a risk assessment and make their own recommendations on the use of face masks.
The recommendation applies specifically to indoor spaces where many people are gathered close to each other and in situations where safety distances cannot be maintained.
Arcada recommends that you always use a face mask:
- in teaching situations with close contact
- in situations in which avoiding close contact is difficult, such as meetings with several people
- in public areas on campus (eg corridors, the squares)
By using face masks on campus, we protect not only ourselves, but also those who are in the risk group and those who for health reasons have not been able to get vaccinated.
These recommendations apply until November 30, or until new national guidelines are given. When the authorities update their guidelines, Arcada will give updated instructions. | <urn:uuid:a779c3d2-f3b0-4dd3-8daa-9a4ba4e52c19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://start.arcada.fi/en/nyheter/info-about-arcada-uas/2021-10-28/arcadas-recommendation-on-face-masks-continues-to-apply | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.942818 | 246 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Very insightful post by Seth Grimes identifies four missing measures:
- sentiment classified in ways that are meaningful to business, such as “promoter/detractor,” “satisfied/disappointed,” “happy/sad/angry” or whatever are relevant for your needs. Grimes points out that flexible automated methods, and expert or crowd-sourced analysis is up to the task. Netvibes, for example, offers a very sophisticated capability that allows in-house analysts to classify sentiments using any terms that make sense, such as “threat,” “opportunity,” “product improvement,” “unmet need,” and so on.
- sentiment density – does the post use a few words or is it packed with words that indicate a lot of feeling;
- variation – the dispersion of words around an idea; and
- volatility – a measure of the variation of sentiment over time. Seth isn’t saying that these measures are not being used today – they are, rather it’s that they are not used broadly enough. Too many sentiment analyses leave it at the positive/negative/neutral level.
I especially appreciated Seth’s final point, not a metric but an exploratory process called “root cause analysis.” That gets us to understanding the “why” underlying the “what” reported by your metrics and indicators. | <urn:uuid:a4e4f1c4-2f03-4371-ba67-5965e79814af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://srappaport.com/improving-sentiment-adopt-four-missing-measures-and-use-root-cause-analysis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.946833 | 303 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Computer Science Critical Thinkings Example
A Computer Science (CS) degree provides a range of opportunities for the students ranging from theory based profession with the help of programming in development and designing of software solutions and programs. This degree significantly helps the students to adapt to new creative ideas and technology. The work of computer science generally falls into three main areas – development of ways to solve computing issues; building a software and developing new technological state of the art products such as computer vision, robotics, etc. The opportunities are wide, but the career opportunity of becoming a software developer and product manager after completion of Computer Science degree will compare (Wiegers, p.1).
Product Manager versus software developer
Product managers mostly work at companies that create software that is being sold in the market. They have a more outward facing approach towards tasks as they are more customer-oriented. The reason for this is that they intend to develop products that meet the needs and requirements of the customers. Hence, the product managers are concerned with the products the competitors are offering and any change in business dynamics. On the other hand, if you intend to choose software developing as your profession, you will be more concerned with the features of the process and different stages of software development. In short, the software developers make softwares that the world can use (Allan, p.4).
A product manager is sometimes known as the CEO of the product that is developed and is associated with aligning the different activities and processes that are interlinked to provide the product that meets the needs and requirements of the customers. In software development, the role of product managers varies through different stages of the product lifecycle. In the development stage as mentioned earlier, the product manager meets the target audience who will use the product and focus on their requirements, whereas in the later stages of lifecycle he is involved in the testing phase and acceptance of the product (Allan, p.4). Hence, throughout the lifecycle, the product manager is involved in meeting the needs of the customers, evaluate the competition and changing market trends and uses this information to develop and bring changes to the product. For example, a product manager will decide which feature is needed in the product because the users require it or because to hold a competitive advantage. On the other hand, if the student wants to choose the profession of software development you should know that your work will involve testing, researching about the specification, designing the product and implementation of it. The software development tasks may involve software project management, programming and designing of the software. The software developer participates more on the application level of the project rather than programming or component level (Develop Ebook, p.1).
In order to ensure that the software life cycle is implemented properly, the product manager sets out a vision for developing and designing the product and provides a general framework for taking the product based decisions. Apart from this, the product managers play an integral role in ensuring that a cohesive environment is created for all the team members, and they collaborate well with each other and share a common goal to complete the development phase efficiently (Martin, p.9). The software developer is focused primarily on the software development, designing and coding of the programme. They neither deal with the customers directly nor play managerial roles to maintain cohesiveness, but definitely try to maintain the team coordination and collaboration which is essential in every field (Develop Ebook, p.1).
Product manager is a complete package of both technical and human knowledge and expertise. Not only he needs to have technical knowledge of software development and terms related to it, but also you have to be a people’s person as you will need to focus on the customer's needs and requirements more to help in product development.The product manager visits the customer – both who has purchased the product and the one who hasn’t. This visit is not required for selling the software or understanding the reasons for not purchasing, but to understand the needs and requirements of the customers (Martin, p.9). The software developer should have programming skills which are a must and a prerequisite for the job. The knowledge of the particular computing language will depend upon the requirements of the company. The software developer should be comfortable using the web-based programs, as well as the traditional language and softwares such as Visual Basic and Java. Along with this the job of software developer also looks for current knowledge of hardware and software, strong communication skills, teamwork, understanding of the business concepts and an eye for detailing and problem identification (Hohmann, p.10).
Many software developers take training sessions, so they are able to stay up-to-date with the current trends in the Information Technology sector. The software developers can progress towards becoming the Product Manager as they improve their skills and expertise.
The product manager has greater responsibility for the software developer has, you have to keep an eye on the needs and requirements of the customers along with a significant role playing the development and implementation of the software development. The software developer primarily focuses on each and every stage of software development and play an integral role in the creation and problem identification.
Allan Kelly, The Product Manager Role (2010), p.4 http://www.allankelly.net/static/writing/OnManagement/OnMngm5-ProductManager.pdf
Developer Ebook Breaking Down Software Developing Roles (2006) an Internet.com, Jupitermedia. Corp, p. 1 and 3. http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~sasanr/Teaching-Material/SAD/breaking%20down%20software%20development%20roles.pdf
Hohmann Luke, Beyond Software Architect: creating and sustaining winning solutions, Boston Addison: Wesley, p.10.
Martin C. Behind Every Great Product, Silicon Valley Product Group, (2005) p.9,
Wiegers K.E., Stop Promising Miracles, Software Development Magazine, (February, 2000), p.1.
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In episode four of Machinery Matters, a podcast brought to you by Farm Contractor and Large Scale Farmer magazine, hosts Matt Tilt and Lydia Turner, chat with esteemed guests about all things future farming and sustainability.
The future of farming and sustainability is central to modern day agriculture and farming, and alternative energy and fuels play a large part in that.
In the first segment of episode four, we bring you the latest agriculture news with headlines stories from the NFU and NFU Mutual as well as the Agricultural Engineers Association.
The hosts are then joined by New Holland’s, David Redman to talk about the T6 Methane Tractor, alternative fuels and the future of the New Holland tractor range.
Following this, listeners will join Matt Tilt and Sam Watson-Jones, from the Small Robot Company recorded live at Groundswell, discussing their product range ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’. As well as how the Small Robot Company fit into the future of farming.
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Riverside County, CA.—In the wake of recent high-profile celebrity suicides, behavioral health experts at Riverside University Health System are encouraging community members to educate themselves about resources available to those struggling with feelings of isolation and hopelessness.
“The deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain provide all of us with an opportunity to have a conversation about suicide and to learn more about the help and support available to anyone in distress,” said Angela Igrisan, deputy director of RUHS Behavioral Health. Igrisan advises friends and families to listen to their loved ones and to pay attention to sudden changes in behavior or increasing isolation
“Pain isn’t always obvious,” Igrisan says. “There are trained, compassionate people who are here to help. Please, find a link to resources that will help overcome the isolation that often accompanies suicidal feelings”
· 2 – 1 – 1 for referrals for health and social services
· 24/7 HELP Line (951) 686 – 4357 to be connected with mental health resources
· 24/7 Mental health urgent care locations
Riverside – 9990 County Farm Road, Suite 6, Riverside, CA 92503 (951) 509 – 2499
Perris – 85 Ramona Expressway, Suite 1-3, Perris, CA 92571 (951) 349 – 4195
Palm Springs – 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite A4, Palm Springs, CA, 92262 (442) 268 – 7000
· National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273 – 8255, en Español (888) 628 – 9454
· Send a text to 741741
· Know the signs at http://www.suicideispreventable.org
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After learning to meditate while trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the Wild Boars soccer team may become monks to honor the diver who died during their rescue.
The 12 boys who were trapped in a flooded cave system in northern Thailand said at a press conference that they are considering becoming novice monks as a tribute to Saman Kunan, the 38-year-old former Thai Navy Seal who died during rescue efforts.
Banphot Konkum, father of 13-year-old Duangpetch Promthep, one of the team members, said all the Wild Boars will enter monkhood to honor Kunan.
In Theravada Buddhism, ordaining as a monk is a holy act. Those who ordain are believed to acquire a great deal of merit because they are devoting themselves to studying the teachings of the Buddha. In Buddhism, merit is understood as the value created by performing a wholesome activity, such as meditating. Many Buddhists practice “dedicating merit” to others (see an explanation and instruction from Lama Palden Drolma). If the boys become novice monks, they will donate their gained merit to Kunan’s memory.
“We are planning the date and will do it whenever all the families are all ready,” Banphot said.
At the press conference, the boys and their 25-year-old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, shared the relief they felt when British divers discovered them hunched on a muddy ledge four kilometers from the cave entrance. While trapped for 10 days in the dark, they said they clawed at the walls of the cave with rocks in an attempt to escape. The group took no food with them into the cave, and they had to subsist on water dripping from stalactites.
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“I had no strength,” said Titan, the youngest teammate. “I tried not to think about food so I didn’t get more hungry.”
Chanthawong, who was a novice monk for nearly a decade, reportedly taught the boys how to meditate in order to help them keep calm and retain their energy.
On Wednesday, the team was discharged from hospital almost a week after their three-day rescue. The rescue mission brought together Thai navy SEALs and a global team of cave-diving experts in a diving operation that received worldwide media attention.
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A bill that seeks to prioritize students’ mental health was advanced from general file March 5.
Currently, a school may refer a child to the county attorney for truancy if the child has had more than 20 absences during the school year and a collaborative plan has not successfully resolved the child’s barriers to attendance.
LB751, sponsored by Bellevue Sen. Carol Blood, would add mental health as a recognized barrier to attendance for consideration as part of a collaborative plan.
Blood said the bill would acknowledge the need to treat an individual’s mental well-being the same as physical health.
“It’s a small, but much needed step to destigmatize mental health problems that many students face and a step forward toward addressing the alarming increase in the rate of suicide [among] Nebraska’s children,” she said.
North Platte Sen. Mike Groene expressed concerns about leaving a potentially suicidal student at home alone.
“Who is the person that is looking for the small signs that can prevent suicide,” he asked. “Are they better off at school where a mentor, teacher or counselor can take note of the situation?”
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States across the US are following in more local initiatives launching animal abusers registers, recognising the seriousness of animal abuse. Experts warn that there is a very strong correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence, a thought born out by statistics.
In addition, experts say serial killers often show signs of their future life by torturing animals as children.
Similar to those already in existence for sex offenders, those recorded on the register will have their name, date of birth, offence and conviction date. The registry will also show an expiration date for each individual. First-time animal abusers will be registered for two years and an additional five years will be added for every subsequent animal abuse offence thereafter.
Currently, Tennessee has a statewide register and to date, Suffolk County (the first to bring such an initiative in) and Cook County, Illinois have enacted the initiative at a more local level. Last year New York City overruled Mayor Bloomberg after he vetoed the city’s council who voted to introduce the database. As a result of overruling Bloomberg, New York now plans to have a database covering all five boroughs of the city.
K9 Magazine editor and former dog trainer Ryan O’Meara has applauded the initiative.
When asked if he would support the idea for the UK he said, “A nation of animal lovers, if it truly is worthy of the name, would be prepared to do more to show animal abuse is not just a minor misdemeanour but a crime that sickens most people. At present, our animal welfare laws are not tough enough, not strict enough and as a society, we should be willing and ready to elevate the status of animals, all animals, and show that animal abuse is not tolerated.”
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This program provides experiences which enable students to develop competencies necessary for employment in welding and other related occupations. Emphasis throughout the program is placed on developing skills in the following areas: safety, metal identification, metal cutting processes, machining, blueprint reading, OAW, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW (including stainless steel and aluminum). Students will gain valuable hands-on experience as they complete a minimum of 375 clock hours of Supervised Occupational Experience at an industry location.
Program requirements may change over time. Specific degree/graduation requirements are determined by a degree audit.
Review of the real number system, radicals, equations, and exponents, relations and functions, logarithms, complex numbers, polynomials, and theory of equations. A graphing calculator is required. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendation.
Fundamentals, principles, and practices involved in producing and reading industrial blueprints. Covers basic through advanced blueprint reading and basic drafting procedures. Advanced work is adjusted to special interest groups.
Familiarizes the student with the need for heat treatment of metals and the processes and techniques used and the resulting effects. Also includes a study of the machinability of metals and the contributing physical and metallurgical factors.
Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking, and monetary policy.
Students will learn strategies for writing essays, instructions manuals, proposals, reports, career documents as well as deliver oral presentations to prepare them for a profession in industry. Students will practice research strategies by using library resources and the Internet.
Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
Prepares students with the necessary knowledge and skills for employment in industry. Emphasis is placed on gas tungsten arc welding processes for aluminum. Prepare welding joints in the flat, horizontal, and vertical positions.
Prepares students with necessary knowledge and skills for employment in industry. Emphasis is placed on gas tungsten arc welding processes for stainless steel. Prepare welding joints of stainless steel in the flat, horizontal, and vertical positions.
Provides an understanding of the human mechanism when associated with interpersonal relationship on the job. Emphasis placed on vocational motivation, communication and perception, along with Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid training to enhance safety and response skills in a workplace emergency.
This is a basic course in pipefitting and welding equipment and safety. Topics include: fabrication and installation of industrial piping systems, pipe layout and welding techniques/applications. (Repeatable 3 Times)
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of hoisting and rigging equipment. Safety regulations will be discussed along with determination of safe working loads and proper care of equipment. (Repeatable 3 Times)
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Survivors of domestic violence leave and return to their abusers on the average of seven times before finally leaving for good. Often, this is because they are not well prepared. Here is what you can do if you are thinking of leaving.
1. Pack in your suitcase – keep the suitcase in a safe place such as with a family member, friend or neighbor.
- A change of clothing for you and your children
- Prescription medications.
- An extra set of keys to your car and your home.
- Your child’s favorite toys.
2. Gather important documents to be kept in an easy to locate and safe place.
- Documents such as:
For Identification: driver’s license, social security cards and birth certificates (yours and your children’s) and passports.
Legal papers: protective order, marriage license, divorce/custody papers, medical insurance cards, house deed or rental lease and tax return from the previous year.
Financial: Cash, checkbook, credit cards and bank information.
- Other items:
Address book, valuable jewelry, current pictures of you, your children and your abuser.
3. Know where you will go ahead of time.
4. Don’t be afraid to call the police.
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The Triumph of the Holy Cross
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Num. 21:4-9, Phil. 2:6-11, Jn 3:13-17. "Far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Gal. 6:14). How can we glory today in the instrument of the death of Christ, that frightening Cross where thieves, slaves and criminals were executed and onto which He was nailed, led like a lamb to the slaughter? Paradoxically, Paul affirms the Christian passion for life under the sign of the Cross, which in Roman times was a cruel, inhuman instrument of execution, the most frightful form of death has become the life-giving throne of mercy on which He will forever be honoured. Today's first reading recounts the misery of the Israelites during their Exodus journey through the desert of Sinai there was a plague of fiery serpents, from whose bite many of the people died. Then God asked Moses to make a bronze statue of a serpent and mount it on a pole and when those who had been bitten looked at it, they recovered. In today's Gospel, Jesus applies this episode to Himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life” (Jn 3:14-15).
The sign of the healing serpent is now the conventional sign for Christian doctors, in their efforts to preserve life. The Cross of Christ empowers us to share in the struggle against oppressors of every sort. We can best honour His Cross today, if like Him, we stand up for those in our times who are unjustly treated and marginalised. From the Cross, Jesus draws us into the love and life of God. Paul was aware of this when he made the famous 'emptying-out' hymn (Phil. 2:6-11), in the today’s second reading. He reminds us to “put on the mind of Christ” which is the mind of love. Authentic love is always life-giving and that is uniquely so of God’s love. The triumph of the Cross has become the triumph of love over hatred and the triumph of new Life, poured out from the Cross. The blood and water flowing from the side of Jesus on the Cross speaks to us of the life that flows through the death of Jesus. The triumph of the Cross is the triumph of God over satan and all the forces of evil and death, is a triumph in which we all share. From the Cross Jesus draws all of us into the love and life of God: "When I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all people to myself." Today, we are challenged to let ourselves be drawn by Him so that we can reign with Him forever in Heaven.
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Children with autism, like adults, have difficulty managing their emotions. They have difficulty expressing, translating and reproducing emotional expressions. This is most often related to a problem with social communication, language development and also metacognitive skills.
But don’t worry, our coaches are here to support you: we have prepared some tips that will help you work on this so that they can adapt in social relationships.
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Step 1: Assessing the child’s knowledge about emotions
The first step is to evaluate the child’s ability to perceive emotions.
As such, it is necessary to translate each of the emotions with your facial expression, since it is a face that he is used to analyze. For example, you can take pictures of yourself and analyze them with him and evaluate the child’s ability to recognize them. Start with basic feelings such as anger, joy, fear, sadness, disgust, and surprise. Once the first step is completed you can add new faces to your photo library.
At the end of each stage, it is essential to congratulate him with a hug, an object, or an encouragement.
You can also find books to use as a guide to relate emotions to more tangible things like colors, sounds, or objects
Step 2: Naming emotions
Show the characteristics of the emotion with an image that you will later associate with a word. You can do this by asking questions and using guidance by pointing to features on the face. Repeat the corresponding word and ask the child to do so as well. The goal is for the child to be able to pronounce even the beginning of the word. Feel free to repeat to maximize results.
You can also do it in the form of a game, such as miming emotions. You will have a good time and playing is a very good way to learn.
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Step 3: Using visual aids or gestures to identify them
Pictures in books or magazines are an additional help in training children with autism to recognize emotions. After identifying them on your face, it is essential that they also know how to express their own feelings and are able to define them among the pictures.
Just give the child the pictures representing the emotions he learned and ask him to describe the features of each picture. Use small gestures or mimicry in a game, it will be more fun to keep the child attentive.
Step 4: Redo the sequences by representing the emotions with schematized facial expressions
This is one of the most fun ways to help a child with autism develop emotional skills. Work with posters that represent all the emotions and have your child place the corresponding strokes in other columns. Repeat the exercises until they can complete them independently.
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Spinach Egg Fry/Spinach egg scramble/Spinach Egg Bhurji - scrambled eggs recipe with spinach, eggs, onions and cheese. Spinach egg fry is a healthy meal or snack option loaded with protein, vitamins and iron. Its a true winner recipe with kids and everyone else as it tastes so good and flavorful.
This spinach egg scramble is a good option to make the kids to eat spinach and You can give this to your babies from 10 months after introducing eggs and spinach separate. This can be a quick breakfast/dinner or as an evening snack. Check more egg recipes for babies, toddlers and kids.
Egg Spinach Scramble Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids | Egg Bhurji
- Eggs - 2
- Onions - 1 small sized
- Spinach- 3/4 cup chopped
- Tomato- 2 tbsp chopped optional
- Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
- Cheese - 1 tbsp
- Salt - as needed
- Oil/butter - 2 tsp
- Keep all ingredients ready. Finely chop the spinach, onions and tomatoes. Set aside. Beat the eggs well and sprinkle salt,pepper powder and turmeric powder. Mix well.
- Then add chopped spinach, onions and tomatoes to the beaten egg. Mix well.
- Mix everything well. Heat a tsp of butter in a pan.
- Spread the egg spinach mix to it and sprinkle cheese over it.
- Keep on stirring the mix until eggs are well cooked. The tasty egg spinach scramble is ready!
- Any spinach variety can be used to make this recipe.
- Make sure that spinach and eggs are cooked well.
- Adjust spices according to your preference. You can add green chilies for older kids to make it spicy.
- Skip salt for babies below one year.
- Make it with egg yolks alone for babies below one year (if your pediatrician advised to not to give egg whites)
- You could also use vegetables like capsicum, carrot or corn (cut into cubes or grated) along with spinach.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves if you prefer.
- Make sure your kid is not allergic to any of the above listed ingredient before you try.
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The EU has unveiled a new Indo-Pacific strategy which aims to strengthen cooperation with countries in the region. Garima Mohan assesses what the new strategy might mean for Indo-Pacific states and how it could impact on relations between the EU and China.
Joining a growing list of countries and actors around the world, the EU formally released its Indo-Pacific strategy on 16 September. Over the last two years, European policy has transitioned rapidly, from barely even using the term Indo-Pacific to reaching an EU-wide consensus that “the economic and political weight of the region makes it a key player in shaping the international order” and that Europe needs to quickly reassess its engagement strategy.
For those who wonder why Europe should engage with a distant region on the other side of the world, the strategy’s opening paragraphs make clear that the “futures of the EU and the Indo-Pacific are inextricably linked given the interdependence of the economies and the common global challenges”. Aimed mostly at a European domestic audience which might question why resources are being allocated to the Indo-Pacific when Europe faces many challenges in its own neighbourhood, the strategy makes clear that trade between the two regions is higher than anywhere in the world. The EU is the top investor and one of the largest trade partners for Indo-Pacific economies, and the region is the second largest destination for EU exports. As a result, the strategy argues, Europe has a stake in the region and needs to do more to “strengthen its strategic reach and its supply chains.”
A key challenge in the Indo-Pacific however is the role an increasingly assertive China will play in the region. The strategy implicitly recognises China’s attempts to alter the regional status quo, mentioning “tensions around contested territories and maritime zones”, and a “significant military build-up including by China”. It argues that crises in regional hotspots like the South and East China Seas and the Taiwan Strait may have “a direct impact on European security and prosperity”.
How exactly then does the EU plan to engage with the Indo-Pacific? There are three key instruments mentioned in the strategy: diversifying and strengthening partnerships with “like-minded partners”; making sure the EU’s existing engagements in the region serve Europe’s interests and align with the goals of its key regional partners; and finally, contributing not just to security and stability but also regional needs around infrastructure investments, resilient supply chains, and emerging technology where a lot of competition in the Indo-Pacific is unfolding.
The EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy marks a departure in its approach to the region, as it stresses diversifying partnerships beyond China. While Japan and the ASEAN have traditionally been Europe’s partners of choice in Asia, the strategy also shows how far the Europe-India partnership has come, and it makes several references to Taiwan, Australia, the US, Canada and South Korea as other “like-minded” partners.
Although the EU takes an “inclusive” and “cooperation based” approach to the Indo-Pacific, stressing the need to work with China on common challenges, it adds one important qualifier. The EU will pursue “multifaceted” engagement with China, encouraging it to play a peaceful role in the region. At the same time, the EU will “continue to protect its essential interests and promote its values” and will push back “where fundamental disagreements exist, such as on human rights”. This is remarkable because almost no other European Indo-Pacific strategy has explicitly highlighted these tensions in Europe-China relations.
An important dimension of the Indo-Pacific is the emergence of flexible coalitions among like-minded partners, particularly the Quadrilateral between the US, India, Japan and Australia. While outlining its approach to China, the EU strategy also opens the possibility and willingness to work with other partners and coalitions. It explicitly mentions working with Quad working groups on vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies.
Finally, the EU mentions areas where it would like to work with these like-minded partners, and where Europe seeks to contribute to Indo-Pacific stability. This includes security and defence where the European focus seems to be on ensuring a “meaningful” European naval presence and making sure there is more intra-European coordination particularly through mechanisms like Coordinated Maritime Presences. It also mentions increasing joint naval activities including joint exercises, port calls, reinforcing EU naval diplomacy and participating in multilateral exercises.
Security in the Indo-Pacific is about more than just deploying frigates, where European navies face obvious limitations and resource constraints. The EU also wants to make sure its existing capacity building programmes function more strategically. The strategy mentions many projects around maritime domain awareness and information sharing, such as the decision to expand the CRIMARIO project to Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and working with regional information fusion centres.
The EU also wants to step up its defence diplomacy, deploy military advisors to EU delegations, and set up security and defence dialogues with more partners, including on challenges like counterterrorism, cyber security, maritime security and non-proliferation. It has already started pilot programmes to explore closer security cooperation with India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. The EU also explicitly mentions doing more in the Indian Ocean, which is in its near neighbourhood and constitutes a “gateway to the Indo-Pacific”.
However, the EU can have the most impact on questions of economic security in the Indo-Pacific. Here the strategy takes a broader approach, going beyond concluding more free-trade agreements and aiming to work towards resilient and diversified supply chains, stronger rules against unfair practices such as economic coercion and forced technology transfers, and addressing strategic dependencies in supply chains (e.g. in relation to semiconductors) by working with partners like Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
There are other areas where the region is looking for alternatives to Chinese investments and technology, and where Europe has something to contribute. The strategy for example mentions creating digital partnerships, including the recently concluded one with India which focuses on AI, 5G and quantum technologies. On infrastructure connectivity, the EU has just announced its “Global Gateway” to provide alternatives to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Indo-Pacific partners like Japan and India have been the first to conclude a connectivity partnership with the EU, and it also wants to plug into and seek complementarity with existing initiatives by Australia, Korea, the US and Canada.
Similar to the Quad working groups, which seek to provide public goods in the region and deal with global issues, the EU strategy also focuses on climate change, ocean governance, health, and the response to Covid-19, including better access to and distribution of vaccines.
While it remains to be seen whether the new strategy will have a major impact, for Europe’s partners, the strategy does provide some clear answers on where Europe stands on key Indo-Pacific debates. It also gives some insight into the EU’s approach to dealing with China and the potential for the EU to work with like-minded partners and in flexible coalitions.
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Volunteers Bring Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas Entries up to 116,125Apr. 27th 2022
The online Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas is the go-to source for all things herptile in Vermont. Herptiles are non-avian reptiles (turtles, snakes, and lizards) and amphibians (frogs and salamanders). The Atlas has so far indexed over one hundred thousand sightings of reptiles and amphibians in the state and provides information about the study of herptiles, or herpetology, in Vermont. Through its maps and database, the Atlas contributes to the conservation and knowledge base of Vermont herptiles. The Atlas also helps to educate Vermonters, including students, ranging all the way from elementary to graduate school, and post-retirement lifelong learners.
The Atlas website includes pages that detail all the reptiles and amphibians of Vermont, such as the Jefferson Salamander and the Spiny Softshell turtle. Each page includes species taxonomy, a range map, and many photos. There is also a section on the conservation status of Vermont’s herptile species and instructions for how to submit your own observation. The data are based on roughly 72,000 amphibian and 26,000 reptile observations, as well as reports of herptile habitat and locations such as vernal pools, travel corridors and road crossing areas, and egg-laying sites.
The web-based Atlas grew out of the printed Preliminary Atlas of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Vermont from 1994. The printed copies of the Atlas are updated approximately every five years with the most recent printing in 2019. The Atlas was originally started to more accurately depict the status of amphibians and reptiles in Vermont. These data were needed to inform the Reptile and Amphibian Scientific Advisory Group to the Vermont Endangered Species Committee. When first begun, the distribution and abundance of the reptiles and amphibians in Vermont was not known. Now the Atlas is online so that anyone can contribute by submitting an amphibian, reptile, or related siting for review.
“The ultimate goal of the Atlas is to gather and disseminate the data that are needed on the reptiles and amphibians of Vermont in a way that involves and informs Vermont individuals and organizations so that they can become more informed and effective stewards of wildlife habitat,” says Jim Andrews, Coordinator of the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas.
Herpetologists have gleaned a number of interesting insights about Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians from Atlas data. One figure shows the times of the year you can expect different frog species to begin calling, peak chorusing, and when they usually finish calling. Some of the most common species of frog, like the Spring Peeper and Wood Frog, are heard as early as March and through the early months of summer. The Gray Treefrog, Green Frog, and American Toad can be heard beginning in April and through early- to mid-summer. The American Bullfrog is the latest to begin calling. It begins in late spring or early summer and still makes its breeding calls in August.
As for snakes, observations show that the smallest snake is about a foot in length, and the longest is over 6 feet. The Eastern Ratsnake can reach 75 inches long, whereas the Red-bellied Snake rarely exceeds 11.5 inches in length. What is especially fun about community science and volunteer-generated data is that these observations have been recorded by so many different people, including some classes or groups from the University of Vermont.
The Atlas’s organizers have some unanswered questions that they are hoping people will feel specifically compelled to help answer. Some of these gaps have to do with specific species that may or may not still be in Vermont, such as the Boreal Chorus Frog that was last spotted in Alburgh in 1999. In addition, the organizers are also hoping to gather more observations of large black snakes of any species.
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Road safety professionals involved in the production of pre-driver theatre and workshop education programmes should reduce the focus on risk and consequences, replacing this with ‘high potential’ behaviour change techniques (BCTs).
That is one of three key interim recommendations from a study currently being carried out by Elizabeth Box, head of research at the RAC Foundation.
Elizabeth’s research, titled Pre-Driver Theatre & Workshop Education Research: reviewing current practice and trialling a new approach in the UK, is the subject of a keynote presentation broadcast on 9 November as part of the Festival of Road Safety.
The research is part of Elizabeth’s doctorate studies at Cranfield University. The overall purpose of the project is to find the best ways to use pre-driver theatre and workshop education (TIE) to improve young and novice driver safety.
The project aims to evaluate whether the content and format of TIE interventions can help pre-drivers to develop effective strategies for coping with road related risk.
In the presentation, Elizabeth first outlines the research programme, before going on to reveal interim project findings and her recommendations for action.
Elizabeth references a study carried out in 2017 in which Neale Kinnear stresses the need in TIE productions to move away from ‘seeking to raise awareness of the consequences of young driver risk’, to ‘developing the strategies and personal and social skills to cope with young driver and passenger risk factors’.
Another of Elizabeth’s recommendations is to focus on strategies and mechanisms for managing risk, by supporting both safe passenger and safe driver behaviours – by improving communication skills, providing example strategies and coaching passengers and drivers to speak up.
She also suggests encouraging discussions within social groups about expectations around car use, highlighting how technology can be used to support safe choices, and showing drivers how to develop strategies for maintaining attention, especially in challenging driving conditions.
Her final recommendation is to ensure that any information provided in a TIE performance ‘counts’, through ‘clear signposting to safety promoting actions’.
Examples include building an expectation among pre-drivers that learning to drive is a 12-month process, involving 100 hours of varied supervised practice, and stressing the importance of hazard perception training.
Parents also need to be engaged with the learning to drive process by, for example agreeing a zero-alcohol limit and understanding how to manage driver fatigue, vehicle choice and using parental management tools including telematics and parent-teen agreements.
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In first year at ArtFX in videogames section, I love gaming, programming and drawing !
- 2d art
- game design
- story and narrative
An explorator embarks on his boat to explore the sea in order to find the Atlantis. The first step is to activate 3 statues on 3 different islands. | <urn:uuid:62cca25e-43e2-48d5-b170-5660013b3dd5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://globalgamejam.org/users/p3pone | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.890096 | 89 | 1.585938 | 2 |
SpaceX Leasing Second Pad at Vandenberg
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force is leasing a second launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to SpaceX, giving the company neighboring launch sites on the service’s western range.
Robin Jackson, chief of public affairs at Vandenberg, confirmed the lease of the Space Launch Complex-4 West (SLC-4W) site to SpaceNews in a Jan. 26 response to questions. Further details, including the date and duration of the lease, were not provided. Jackson referred additional questions about the use of the pad to SpaceX.
SpaceX spokesman John Taylor did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
SpaceX telegraphed its aspirations for SLC-4 by posting a forward-looking photo on Twitter in January 2012.
New sign at Vandenberg Air Force Base has gone up to mark the location where we will make history with Falcon Heavy. pic.twitter.com/WVwqy8TC
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 30, 2012
A YouTube video posted last September claims it shows a SpaceX crew demolishing launch infrastructure at the site to make way for a landing pad.
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX currently operates two primary launch sites: one at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and one at Vandenberg.
SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket 13 times from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 since 2010 and has a 14th mission on tap for Feb. 8, an Air Force-sponsored launch of NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite.
Last year, SpaceX signed a lease with NASA in 2014 to use Kennedy Space Center’s SLC-39A for Falcon Heavy as well as Falcon 9 launches of crewed Dragon missions to the International Space Station.
SpaceX broke ground in 2011 on Vandenberg’s SLC-4E and used it in September 2013 for the first — and so far only — time to launch Canada’s experimental Cassiope satellite. Vandenberg is used primarily for satellites needing to reach high inclination and polar orbits.
SLC-4W — like SLC-4E — was built in the 1960s for the early Atlas rockets and was modified in the 1970s for the military’s Titan family of rockets. The pad was last used in 2003 when the final Titan 2 launched a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite. | <urn:uuid:57b74485-a9ab-47f8-80e7-767230519671> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spacenews.com/spacex-leasing-second-pad-at-vandenberg/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.912386 | 498 | 1.90625 | 2 |
What Should I Do if a Sacramento Police Officer Hits Me?
Everyone has accidents. Even police and firefighters. Lawsuits against police and firefighters are governed by different laws than civilian lawsuits. A person who has been in an accident with a government vehicle may be entitled to file a lawsuit but it will proceed slightly differently than a private lawsuit. These types of lawsuits must be approached with extreme caution to avoid violating any of the specific regulations pertaining to these cases.
These cases can be tricky because the laws and responsibilities that apply to negligent civilian parties do not pertain to government entities or employees. While the law provides us with the California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 335, which summaries the rules for filing a personal injury lawsuit, it does not fully cover the proper procedure for lawsuits against public entities.
In Sacramento, Statutes of limitation, restrictions, immunities and requirements for claim presentation allow government entities to be exempt from civilian lawsuits in most cases. The Tort Claims Act, or California Government Code Section 810 explains most of these restrictions. In order to file a lawsuit you must determine if the case is covered under the government immunity.
An attorney may ask the following questions:
- Was the person or entity that caused your injury covered by the Tort Claims Act?
- Is the type of assistance you are seeking covered by the Tort Claims Act?
- Is there a legal basis for liability on the part of the person or organization in question?
- Does immunity apply?
The Tort Claims Act defines a public employee or entity as all district, city, county, and state employees which includes civil servants and judicial employees regardless of pay grade. These people are covered by the Act and are exempt from any lawsuits. The Act covers contract disputes and all tort claims. The Act does not apply to writ of mandamus, injunctions, or other lawsuits involving non-monetary relief. It also doesn’t apply to federal civil rights litigation cases.Basis of Liability
The basis of liability for civilian lawsuits is different than what the Act sets forth. The very reasons for lawsuits under the act are different than what you can sue a private person for. Public entities and their employees have immunity unless the reason is listed in the Acts basis for liability.Immunity
It is a common misconception that all government employees get immunity from lawsuits. Employees have limited liability within the scope of their responsibilities. If the accident occurred outside the framework of those responsibility and duties, the employee can be held liable. In cases such as fraud, the basis of liability is even larger than in the civilian world.
If a police officer hits you, it would depend largely on what he was doing when he hit you. If he was in the commission of his duty, he could be immune. | <urn:uuid:388c2590-ac3b-4d53-b042-38cd53ce2483> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.moseleycollins.com/what-should-i-do-if-a-sacramento-police-officer-hits-me.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.966939 | 558 | 1.875 | 2 |
The TGA’s income is based entirely on fees
and charges paid by users
of its services.
No dietary supplements sold as food can exceed potency dosages set down by the Codex Commission. ( These doses are so low as to be insufficient for your pet cat.) Dietary supplements of higher potency are to be sold as drugs by pharmaceutical or phyto-pharmaceutical companies. Supplements without a recommended daily allowance (RDA), such as co-enzyme Q10, will be illegal to sell because they will be considered as drugs. ($ V health)
All new dietary supplements will be banned unless they have undergone
extensive Codex testing (via scientific risk assessment) and final approval. (Too costly for small producers who must pay.)
Only supplements made from a list of 15 minerals and 13 vitamins will be allowed in ultra-low potencies mirroring levels that were originally set during World War II to stave off malnutrition, [or sufficient for a pet cat]. We need
The Codex preamble expressly forbids the use of nutrients to
prevent, treat or cure any condition. ( see ‘Minerals for the Genetic Code’ )
Herbs to be put under a closed committee of the WHO where they are now held to be untested drugs. There is only a short list of approved herbs that may be used for specific conditions. While some complex oriental herbal formulas may be permitted, most will not. Ayurvedic, Tibetan, tribal, Aust. indigenous and other traditional medicines that use herbs and natural substances to be forbidden in WTO Member Countries (Aust.) Herbal, shamanic and energy-based medicines are to be forbidden forms of treatment. (Many of these are local weeds…)
[Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II uses some of these.]
Genetically Modified organisms (GMOs) to be legal in foods [unlabeled?]
Codex is to set permissible upper levels for pesticide residues, toxic chemicals, hormones in food and other environmental contaminants that may be many times greater than those advocated by chemical and pesticide industry lobby groups.
Codex mandates that animal feed can be treated with antibiotics, hormones and growth stimulants.
Codex Further mandates that the irradiation of food go ahead, despite the arguments of food safety experts.
Although the above list may seem extreme, it is difficult to
have confidence in the TGA based on their past performance,
e.g continuing support for water fluoridation.
WHAT WE CAN DO!
Do your web searches; complain to your Federal politician in writing, write to the newspapers; get on the radio; and most of all, tell ALL of your friends, and then remind them again and again!
The TGA has done little protect the Australian public in the past.
It is working to restrict the $4 billion Australian supplements industry that is rapidly gaining markets over Big Pharmas control of the medical industry.
Any of the above proposals if approved would cause:
More unemployment therefore more people on the dole
A loss of tax revenue to the Australian Government
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Meaning of Jae
Jae is a French name for boys and girls
The meaning is `conqueror, occupier
The name Jae is most commonly given to Scottish boys. (2 times more often than to American boys.) It is (almost) solely given to boys there.
What do they use in other countries?
Jacob (Dutch, Scandinavian, English)
The name sounds like:
Jaye, Jey, Jeh, Je-, Jo, Joie, Joi, Joey, Joy, Joye,, Ja-, Jaye, Jai, Joe
Similar names are:
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Another controversy where the Obama administration is walking in the footsteps of BushCo!
I will say here that I'm no more optimistic that Hillary Clinton's response would have been any different. The nature of power is such that one can always find a strong enough argument for retaining it "just in case" once it's been exercised. But then again, Clinton wasn't the one who sold herself to us on the basis of a new transparent era, either:
A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration's public response to the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's employment by the CIA and that he was at the center of many related administration deliberations.
The administration's discussion of Wilson's link to the CIA was meant to undermine criticism by her husband of administration allegations that Iraq attempted to acquire uranium, a matter that her husband had probed for the CIA, according to testimony presented in a 2007 trial.
A list of at least seven related conversations involving Cheney appears in a new court filing approved by Obama appointees at the Justice Department. In the filing, the officials argue that the substance of what Cheney told special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald in 2004 must remain secret.
No such agreement was reached between Fitzgerald and Cheney at the time of their chat, according to a 2008 Fitzgerald letter to lawmakers. But the Bush administration rejected requests by Congress and a nonprofit group for access to two FBI accounts of the conversation, saying the material was exempt from disclosure under subpoena or the Freedom of Information Act.
The Obama administration has since agreed that the material should not be disclosed. A Justice Department lawyer at one point last month argued that vice presidents and other White House officials will decline to be interviewed in the future if they know their remarks might "get on 'The Daily Show' " or be used as fodder for political enemies.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan expressed doubt about that argument. To counter Sullivan's skepticism, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer said in a supporting affidavit to the new court filing that the department needs the ability to interview White House officials informally in future law enforcement investigations, and that if the Cheney interview summaries are made public, "there is an increased likelihood that such officials could feel reluctant to participate." Breuer served as special counsel to President Bill Clinton during the Whitewater probe.
The nonprofit group pushing for disclosure, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, responded yesterday with a statement that the Justice Department has subpoenaed such officials without difficulty in the past. "It is astonishing that a top Department of Justice political appointee is suggesting other high-level appointees are unlikely to cooperate with legitimate law enforcement investigations. What is wrong with this picture?" said Melanie Sloan, head of the group. | <urn:uuid:07c83bab-ca88-4717-936c-eb91c60b51d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/new-document-it-was-cheney-wheel-plam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.9615 | 570 | 1.601563 | 2 |
(Black Enterprise) – Pipeline Fellowship, an angel investing bootcamp for women, has enlisted BeVisible and Black MBA Women as recruitment ambassadors for African American and Latina women. Both organizations will provide $1,000 scholarships to African American and Latina women who sign on to Pipeline Fellowship’s angel investing bootcamp.“We simply have to do a better job in supporting black women leaders by taking an active role in their development,” notes Daria Burke, founder of Black MBA Women.
BeVisible is a social media platform that connects Latina Millennials to Latina thought leaders and career professionals throughout the country. For BeVisible Co-Founder Andrea Guendelman, “Relationships and access to capital are the biggest roadblocks for Latina entrepreneurs. However, it doesn’t have to stay this way. And, one way to make sure it doesn’t is to train Latinas to become investors.”
Since the launch of Pipeline Fellowship in April 2011, the percentage of women angel investors in the United States has grown from 12% to 26%, according to the Center for Venture Research. However, the percentage of minority angels in the U.S. has inched from 4% to 8%. | <urn:uuid:9f2ecdad-ec94-4043-bed6-7960e22718b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blackpressusa.com/groups-offer-black-women-1000-to-become-angel-investors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.949729 | 255 | 1.601563 | 2 |
A wise New Zealander named Blythe Harper told me when I was nineteen that one of the smartest habits I could practice in life was to keep a spiritual journal.
I started practicing his advice on October 30, 1972. I have been doing it ever since.
Right now, I am looking down at the yellowed first page of that record when my handwriting was still young and vibrant, and thoughts flowed like water. I’m sure glad I heeded his advice.
Ron Boehme Journal (1972-2020)
To the left of my desk is a shelf that contains four feet of those journals, carefully kept over five decades. The early years were written on college-ruled paper and filed in notebooks. The middle segment was penned into the pages of a Youth With A Mission Prayer Diary. The last twenty years have been compiled and stored on computer.
These precious chronicles contain many memories:
- They share the story of my growth as a young believer to a forty-plus year career missionary with YWAM and professor at Faith International University.
- They contain thoughts on many subjects, personal, theological, practical, and relational.
- They tell the stories of my travels, ministry, and spiritual highlights over a lifetime–including 1.5 million miles traveled in missions.
- They record details and records of people I have met on the continents of the world and in sixty nations–what a treasure!
- They expose personal failures and struggles, and how God made a way out of them.
- They help me remember God’s blessings over fifty plus years of walking with him.
It’s amazing how much you forget in a single day, let alone a year or lifetime. One of my current practices is to print out the past year every January to read it through and remind myself of the things God did and revealed. I am always amazed at how much we forget–if it weren’t for the discipline of writing.
That’s why writing is 20/20 memory.
Yes–I’m like everyone else–not always faithful to record things. When I got started in 1972, I wrote something down every day. But for years now, I don’t write daily, just regularly to record the highlights and keep the thread of continuity going. Sometimes when I get behind, I catch up on a plane flight or long trip across the ocean.
But I always keep the story going. It’s a tremendous benefit to my own life–even if no one else ever sees it.
One thing I use the journal for is to organize my time -what the Bible calls “numbering our days” (Psalm 90:12). About thirty years ago I prayed about the possible length of my lifetime based on the ages of parents, grandparents, and other factors–and settled on eighty-five years. There’s no guarantee, but that’s what I’m aiming for.
Then I decided to “number my days”–literally–and place the number of days that I’ve already lived and the number of days I could possibly live (up to age 85) on each entry page of the journal. The purpose is to remind me that life is short—there is no time to waste.
When I stated numbering thirty years ago, I had lived 10,952 days with 20,067 to go. Today I stand at 25,529 days lived, and 6,346 left. Looking at those numbers motivates me to make my life count for eternity. At this stage in my life, the hands of the clock are turning faster.
Besides the personal benefits of journaling, recording my journey might be instructive to family, friends, or anybody else who might be interested. God impressed me that journaling was a great way to leave a legacy to those who come after you–so that they can learn from your mistakes and be inspired by your victories.
That became great motivation to keep writing–for the help and encouragement of others–especially those close to you.
I have been deeply inspired by others. The Journal of John Wesley is a classic spiritual diary from the founder of Methodism while the Diary of David Brainerd is one that inspired many people into missions. The Diary of Anne Frank touched people with a behind-the-scenes look at the Holocaust. You can see “journaling” in the book of Nehemiah, especially the early chapters, where he shares his story, and throws in prayers and personal responses to God.
I love these two quotes:
“Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge” (Isaac Watts, English minister, and writer of over 750 hymns).
“I go over the days one by one, I ponder the years gone by. . . I’ll ponder all the things you’ve accomplished and give a long, loving look at your acts” (Psalm 77:5-10).
Over the next two years I will turn the highlights of the journals into a smaller, readable book. I want to share how I navigated the death of my mother, the imprisonment of my father, how I found God at fifteen and was called into His service at nineteen. I want to give God glory for His miracles in my life and how he carried me through the trials we all face. I want others to know we are nothing without His grace, empowering, and eternal love.
The journals are the detailed record–some 2200 pages (about 45 pages a year). They are also a permanent legacy I hope others will enjoy.
People won’t know some things about the real you unless you tell them–and write it down for them to read. The amazing thing about today’s world is that it is easy to put your thoughts in print form. Computers make that process quicker and it doesn’t cost much to self-publish. You can print ten copies for your immediate family or 100,000 if you like.
Journaling is one of the simplest and best ways to leave a legacy to your family and friends– one they can hold onto and cherish for the rest of their lives. As Francis Bacon once said, “Reading makes a full man…writing an exact man.” I want to “fill up” my family and friends with the news of God’s grace in my life. The only way I can be “exact” about it is to write it down.
“Ron’s Journal” can be found at the bottom of the usrenewal.org website. Check out a special year of interest. How about Washington for Jesus in 1980? My first trip to Mongolia in 1997? The King’s Kids years. Revive America Seminars in the 90’s. Many friends are mentioned by name. Each year is laid out by date and place–exactly as I wrote it (probably some typos too).
And how about you? You say you are older and it’s too late to start journaling? How about doing a “recap” of your life that can be a blessing for generations to come? If you stand closer to mid-stream, why not get started with that wealth of life experience that can be a help to those that follow you?
If you’re young, this is the time to begin. Take the wise advice I was given nearly fifty years ago: Keep a personal, spiritual journal.
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Because local residents know better than anyone else what’s good for their neighbourhood, the City of Amsterdam has made € 100,000 available for initiatives in Zuidas and Buitenveldert. Any ideas, big or small, are welcome. Throughout the month of June 2020, residents, businesses and organisations can submit ideas via this Dutch website. Until 10 July 2020, everyone will have an opportunity to ‘like’ the plans submitted. Plans with at least 50 likes will go through to the next round and the five plans with the most likes will go straight through to the final round, as long as they’re feasible.
The plans will then be further developed in consultation with the person or organisation behind the initiative and also assessed for feasibility. Of course, a plan must adhere to national and municipal laws and regulations. Each plan also needs to meet the budgetary requirements. In September 2020, up to 25 plans will be posted online. A month later, in October, every local resident aged 12 or older can share the € 100,000 across the various plans. This can be done either offline or online. The most popular initiatives will then be made a reality.
Voice of Zuid
The Zuid city district committee is also interested in finding out what interesting ideas and plans residents and businesses have in the district, including in Zuidas. If you have a good idea, you can post it at Stemvanzuid.nl. You then have to encourage other local residents to vote for your plan. After 30 days, they will check to see which proposal got the most votes. This proposal will be put on the agenda of the city district committee, who will discuss the plan and see how it can be put into practice. If your plan doesn’t attract quite enough votes to achieve first place, you can take part again over the next 30 days. You can do this up to three times.
Fund for Zuid
Finally, you can also submit your idea to the Fund for Zuid (Fonds van Zuid), an initiative of Stichting Mensen Maken Amsterdam (People Make Amsterdam Foundation). This fund supports small-scale community initiatives that aim to make areas such as Zuidas more attractive, greener, safer, more colourful or cleaner. These include projects in which local residents are actively involved, that bring people together and increase a sense of local community. It’s easy for anyone to submit a project idea, based on a series of criteria. There are no complex procedures or strict requirements. For this round, you have until 10 June 2022 submit your plan. A bit short notice? There’s no hurry – a new round of applications is launched every month. | <urn:uuid:ec9e2132-c89a-4474-8b93-35a55fd70fe8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zuidas.nl/en/blog/2020/06/09/funding-good-ideas-for-zuidas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.943245 | 558 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Shareholders voted on Friday to approve the $365 Million Marsden Point Refinery upgrade despite the rejection of the plans by two major oil companies. Sixty-five percent of investors voted in favour of the plans and it is understood that Chevron and Mobil were the two companies to object to the upgrade.
I speculated last week why these companies may have been looking to avoid investing more money in oil refining in New Zealand. Mobil is well known to be trying to exit the New Zealand market although Chevron appears to be in for the long haul after approving the $4 million refurbishment of fuel storage tanks in Timaru after increasing pressure from Z Energy to make use of the assets or sell up.
James Schofield, from Craig's Investment Partners, told TVNZ's Breakfast on Saturday morning that the upgrade would have little impact on petrol prices a the pump." The reality is the major factors for pump prices are crude prices, foreign exchange and tax." Schofield was cautious due to global refinery capacity currently being over-supplied and preferred to delay any development until the global refining outlook strengthened.
Refining NZ's Chief Executive, Ken Rivers said "My aim for my customers is to provide a more reliable supply, a more cost-effective supply and a supply with a lower environmental impact."
Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley yesterday welcomed the announcement "Spending $365 million on this upgrade will mean 700 new jobs, higher energy efficiency and fewer carbon emissions."
Neither Rivers nor Heatley seem to understand that increasing the refinery capacity by 10 percent will of course increase carbon emissions. I am dubious about any commitment the New Zealand government has to reducing carbon emissions when it supports increasing refinery capacity as well as a massive increase in oil and gas exploration. It appears to be playing lip service to environmental concerns while doing everything in it's capacity to support projects that will increase carbon emissions and New Zealand's reliance on fossil fuels. Business as usual as always. | <urn:uuid:f09c64f8-89bf-4d0b-a41c-30e39966cb2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://southernlimitsnz.com/2012/04/365-million-marsden-point-refinery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.967302 | 391 | 1.554688 | 2 |
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Current exhibits at the University Museum
Located at University Avenue and 5th Street in Oxford, the University of Mississippi Museum is featuring a few current exhibits of interest.
Grass Roots: African Origins of American Art
Through January 11, 2013
This exhibition traces the histories of coiled basketry in Africa and America and explores the evolution of an ancient art. Featuring baskets from the low country of South Carolina and Georgia as well as from diverse regions of Africa, the exhibition traces the story of coiled basketry from the domestication of rice in Africa, through the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Carolina rice plantation, and then into the present day.
Visitors will experience diverse artifacts including baskets, basket-making tools and, historic rice cultivation artifacts. Grass Roots highlights the remarkable beauty of coiled basketry and shows how the market basket can be viewed simultaneously as a work of art, object of use, and container of memory. In this exhibition the humble but beautifully crafted coiled basket, made in Africa and the southern United States, becomes a prism in which audiences will learn about creativity and artistry characteristic of Africans in America from the 17th century to the present.
The exhibition has been made possible by NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art was organized by the Museum for African Art in New York City in collaboration with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture in Charleston, SC. It was co-curated by Chief Curator Enid Schildkrout, Museum for African Art, and Curator and Historian Dale Rosengarten, College of Charleston. The exhibition is toured by Mid-America Arts Alliance through NEH on the Road. NEH on the Road offers eight different exhibitions for small to mid-sized communities across the country. Mid-America Arts Alliance was founded in 1972 and is the oldest regional nonprofit arts organization in the U.S. For more information, visit www.nehontheroad.org or www.maaa.org.
Admission to this special exhibition is $5 for the general public, $4 for senior adults, and $3 for students (ages 6-17). Admission is always free for UM students, UM Museum Members, and children under the age of five.
Rolland Golden, River and Reverie: Paintings of the Mississippi
Through December 8, 2012
In the words of Rolland Golden:
“I have always had an attachment to the Mississippi River. In the 1930’s and 40s, I grew up in various parts of Mississippi and also visited my Grandmother, who lived on Sixth Street in New Orleans. We would sit on her front steps and listen to the ships’ horns, just five blocks away. Later, as an artist, my wife, children and I lived in the French Quarter, never more than 4 or 5 blocks from the river.
“The Mississippi River has a timelessness about itself; yet, it had a beginning thousands of years ago. It is replete with history from end-to-end; yet, is stoic about its storied past. When I stand and look at it, a strange sense of melancholy comes over me – I don’t know why. The river is immune to such emotions; but, it exudes them. It is beautiful, powerful, frightening and majestic – all at the same time. It has spawned many things over its ancient past from the Delta lands or either side, along with countless lakes when it decided to change its course. Plantation homes wanted to be near to utilize it for shipping cotton to Europe.
“I have tried to capture the four aspects of this great river in my paintings: beauty, power, frightening and majestic.”
Time on Parchman Farm, 1930s
Through December 19, 2012
The Department of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi recently acquired the Martha Alice Stewart Time on Parchman Farm, 1930s Collection. Ms. Stewart was head nurse at Parchman Farm from 1930 until 1939. The collection consists of nearly 200 black-and-white photographs documenting life inside the prison as well as some of her personal documents. The exhibition at the University Museum, Time on Parchman Farm, will showcase items from the collection. For more information, please contact Pamela Williamson, Curator of Visual Collections and Assistant Professor, at firstname.lastname@example.org or 662.915.5851.
The University Museum is open to the public 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The Museum is closed on Monday and regular university holidays. Admission is free for the majority of the Museum, and parking is available behind the Museum. Special exhibitions are $5 for the general public, $4 for senior adults, and $3 for students (ages 6-17). Admission is always free for UM students, UM Museum Members, and children under the age of five. | <urn:uuid:71fefc5e-5d74-403f-89d4-b187005ea2be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hottytoddy.com/2012/11/16/african-origins-of-american-art-and-more/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.957748 | 1,024 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Proud to be Canadian - Infographic
This infographic titled 'Proud to be Canadian' describes results on pride in Canada, based on the 2013 General Social Survey on Social Identity. Findings on pride in being Canadian, as well as Canadian achievements are presented.
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CW (who knows a lot about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) asked a great question. Can a payment directly to a foreign government intended to influence decisions in favor of the donor violate the FCPA? Surprisingly, the answer is no.
An FCPA offense requires a corrupt payment to a “foreign official.” The law defines “foreign official” as a human being but not a government entity.
The term “foreign official” means any officer or employee of a foreign government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization.
CW’s question came up in FCPA Opinion Procedure Release No. 97-02 (November 5, 1997). The requestor was a U.S.-based utility developing a plant in an Asian country. There was no primary school in the plant’s vicinity and the requestor planned to donate $100,000 to help build one. The donation would go directly to the government entity responsible for constructing the school.
Before releasing any money, the U.S. utility required written assurance from the foreign government that the funds would be used solely to build the school. The government also guaranteed that land for the school would be available, along with other funding needed to build and operate it.
According to the Department of Justice, because the “requestor’s donation would go directly to a government entity — and not to any foreign government official — the provisions of the FCPA do not appear to apply to this prospective transaction.”
Then there’s DOJ Opinion Procedure Release No. 06-01 (October 16, 2006). A Delaware corporation headquartered in Switzerland wanted to contribute $25,000 to an African country’s regional customs department or ministry of finance. The money would fund incentive awards to local customs officials. The program was intended to improve enforcement relating to seizures of counterfeit products bearing the trademarks of the requestor and its competitors.
Among other controls, the customs department or central government would pay the incentive awards directly to local customs officials and the requestor would have no say in identifying recipients. On that basis, the DOJ said it wouldn’t take enforcement action against the requestor for the $25,000 donation.
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Someone please explain this line of code
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list["items"] is an Array defined through the
create_list() method. So that particular line of code loops through each of the items within that array and then assigns the local variable
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ABOUT THIS PLANT
Botanic Name: Annona cherimola
Common Names: Cherimoya, Custard Apple,
Native to: South America
Growth Structure: Medium size tree, that can be pruned to any size / shape
Water Preference: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Sun & Light Preference: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
CARE INSTRUCTIONSFor good fruit set, hand pollination is necessary.
Seedling Cherimoya from our own tree.Annona cherimola
Chilled pineapple banana custard sounds delicious, right? That is the flavor and the texture profile that many people are reminded of when they first taste the fruit of the tropical evergreen tree commonly known and the Cherimoya (Annona cherimola). Native to South America, but quickly naturalized throughout the world to other tropic and sub-tropic regions, it has become quite legendary. | <urn:uuid:23055389-c147-46b6-8635-0006247133a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sarvodayainstitute.org/products/cherimoya-seedling | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.874304 | 233 | 2.296875 | 2 |
With Apologies To Ultravox - Hello.
Halo, halo, halo
Welcome to this Galaxy
Halo, halo, halo
Look at the mess you'll make
Icon - Midge Ure's raincoat.
Andromeda sports a ginormous halo of gas with a mass greater than 100 billion Suns that stretches from its outer edges up to two million light-years – a distance that reaches more than halfway to our own Milky Way galaxy. If the structure was visible to the naked eye, it would appear three times the width of the Big Dipper, …
The simple answer is that if you're close enough (and massive enough) that gravity is drawing you closer faster than the Universe expands for the distance apart, then you are 'gravitationally bound' and a collision/merger is inevitable.
So the Milky Way and Andromeda are massive enough and close enough that gravity has won out over the expansion rate of the Universe.
Go check out Starts With A Bang (on Medium or Forbes) for plenty of articles on this sort of stuff.
An honest question should not be downvoted... You're correct: on the large scale of the universe, everythings seems to drift apart, like a helium weather balloon floating up in the sky pushing individual heliums atoms further apart as the balloon grows in size. These helium atoms still bounce against eachother though, but that frequency drops as the balloon gets higher up: the internal pressure drops. It's just that individual helium atoms have speeds greater than the speed with which the balloon extends.
It's the same for stars and star systems: if their individual movement is with higher speed than the speed with which the universe is expanding, that individual movement will prevail.
Think of a cannon ball on the rubber sheet. We're heating the sheet so it stretches and expanding the outer frame to keep the tension the same. None of which changes the dimple created by the cannon ball. If there was a marble spinning round the cannon ball, the marble would move slightly higher round the well as the sheet was tugged outwards, but providing it didn't break free, it would carry on spinning and return to it's original height.
More simply: you can model metric expansion as a repulsive force and in the modern universe it's much smaller than the correctional gravitational attraction.
Galaxies are in clusters which are gravitationally bound to each other.
The expansion of the universe means that clusters are moving apart from other clusters but movement within the clusters themselves will continue.
Eventually the clusters will start to spread out and the stars fade away but that is zillions of zillions years in the future.
First, the expansion of the universe doesn't affect the movement of galaxies. Space itself is expanding. The perceived movement of galaxies due to space expanding is such that distant galaxies are perceived to be moving at more than the speed of light (which they can't do).
That said, galaxies (and solar systems, and planets) do move due to gravity. In our galactic neighborhood gravity, electromagnetism, and other forces are much more noticeable than the expansion of space which only becomes noticeable for objects millions of light years away. Thus we have drawn in and will continue to draw in dwarf galaxies which orbit the Milky Way and Andromeda will continue to draw in our smaller galaxy.
One other correction for a subsequent post - the sun is predicted to start expanding about a billion years after the galactic merger so whatever life is surviving on Earth will see a great show.
Congrats to the boffins who worked this out and I look forward to an analysis of what the interactions of the halos will do to star formation.
"Space itself is expanding.... perceived movement of galaxies due to space expanding is such that distant galaxies are perceived to be moving at more than the speed of light (which they can't do)... etc etc etc"
You assume that the gravitational constant is actually a constant, but there's no real proof of it. Measuring it locally, then extrapolating it universe wide does not work. It needs dark-matter and inflation to fix it up. Yet you cling to the 'constant'!
A more obvious observation is that gravity cannot be a constant, that gravitational 'constant' must be stronger locally than distantly.
I can show you why that must be the case quite easily with a thought experiment.
1) Take a bunch of magnets, shake them together, they will align to clump together. Like-polls push each other apart, opposing-polls pull each other together, add motion and they will order themselves to form a net-attraction force. Lets call this 'magnetic clumping'.
2) You see the same "attraction only" style forces throughout nature, e.g. water molecules arrange themselves to clump together. Crystals clump together and so on.
3) This clumping effect does not magically disappear at distance, so it MUST form part of gravity. The overall magic clumping force, gravity, must be the sum of lots of these clumping forces, including our magnetic clumping, water clumping, crystal clumping effects and many many many others.
4) Our magnets are now stuck together in one place, locally the clumping force is higher, and since the magnets are now concentrated in one place and less spread out across the galaxy, the universe clumping force is slightly lower.
5) So the act of clumping, causes *local* clumping to be stronger than universe wide clumping.
6) And since our clumping force forms part of gravity, this also applies to gravity.
7) Hence local gravity is stronger than distant gravity and "gravitation constant" cannot be an actual constant.
8) So the internal gravitational 'constant' inside a galaxy is stronger than the gravitational 'constant' between distant galaxies.
So I haven't gone into the nature of peasoup, the resonant oscillating electric universe, or any kind of deep dive here. It's all very simple and easy to understand and there's nothing in it that isn't logically consistent, yet it shows you why the clumping force, gravity, cannot be a constant and must be locally stronger than at a distance.
I'm currently asking you (well cosmologists) to find tumbling galaxies, it's really a no-brainer to see why they keep their structure given the above.
1) Take a bunch of magnets, shake them together, they will align to clump together. Like-polls push each other apart, opposing-polls pull each other together
I see that in the campaign for the Brexit-poll, Farage told you not to like Poles. This has led to your being pushed apart from European like-poles. Meanwhile the hot gas halo drifting out of BoJo's mouth, is magnetically pulling you together into a chlorinated-chicken 51st state of Andromeda fantasy.
The only problem is the fact that our planet is going to be an roasted husk in about a billion years, due to the Sun's increased activity as it goes through its hydrogen reserves.
Humanity will have to have migrated from Earth by that time if we want to have a chance of being around when the merger actually becomes visible.
1 billion years ago life was single celled. The Cambrian explosion was 500 million years ago. If humans have descendants a billion years from now evolution will make them very unlike us - and that is ignoring genetic engineering. If anything remotely human exists that far in the future it will be because archaeologists digging up something like a future Jurassic Park get raided by time travellers.
Good idea, but needs a change to the passenger selection - as per above the 'influencers' should get priority, and since we know the lesson of it we should keep the telephone sanitisers here because their skills are needed right now.
And being unable to mention the subject without one of my favoured remarks "social media influenzas are a plague on the internet" as it has that magical combination of both punnage and accuracy on how their infection spreads.
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Due to lockdown and also not owning a TV I've watched too many YouTube videos. Unfortunately I've watched a whole load of flat-earth debunking videos. Most of these are amusing but there is something really wrong with these flat-earthers. A complete lack of imagination. I can imagine galaxys colliding, it is sort of mind blowing. But these poor flat-earthers who believe that they live in a snow dome are very sad. Our knowledge of the Universe has expanded exponentially in the last few hundred years. How can people still be so dim?
How can people still be so dim?
Probably has to do with not wanting to confront the reality that they're an amazingly primitive ape-descendant life form on an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet some ninety-two million miles out from a small unregarded yellow sun in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy.
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If the light from Andromeda's quasars gives our scientists an understanding of the material it has passed through on its journey to Earth, and they have no means to measure the Milky Way's halo gases, then surely their findings are the sum of both galaxies' halos.
I guess the only solution is to measure it again after a few million years have passed, and then calculate the influence of our own halo based on the assumption that Andromeda has remained constant, while the distance travelled through the Milky Way to get to us has changed as we orbit our galactic black blob.
Then again, I'm sure that has already been factored into their findings, and my argument is based solely on the article presenting the juicy information while not getting bogged down in the technical whys and ways.
Rogue stars! That's the answer. Stars that had slipped their galactic chains long ago, and therefore their light arriving at Earth is far more influenced by our own halo than anything else, give or take the odd intergalactic gas cloud.
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The following is derived from the Hellenic Comunity of Western Australia's Constitution. You can view the full Constitution here.
This is our mission and our reasons for establishment:
2.1 To ensure the promotion of the religious, moral and intellectual education and learning of the members of the Community and all persons of Greek Orthodox Faith and/or Greek origin and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing:
1. To preserve and maintain the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helene and maintain the fixtures, fittings, and ornaments therein and thereof.
2. The official address of the Bishop for the District of Western Australia shall always be attached to the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helene.
3. To encourage proper holy services conducted by the duly appointed clergy.
4. To promote the teaching of the Greek language and the catechism and dogma of the Greek Orthodox Faith to children and generally to all members of the Greek Orthodox Faith and/or persons of Greek origin.
5. To establish, maintain and repair churches, schools or other buildings of the Community as may become necessary from time to time.
2.2 To render such assistance as the Community shall think fit for the promotion of the welfare and the relief of persons of Greek origin and/or Greek Orthodox Faith in necessitous, circumstances and without limiting the generality of the foregoing whether such circumstances are caused by social or psychological problems, old age, poverty, illness, disease or otherwise.
2.3 To do and perform all acts, matters and things as are charitable and/or benevolent purposes having public benefit.
2.4 To conduct, promote, give or support social entertainments of all kinds and raise funds by all means for the benefit of the members of the Community and other persons for charitable and/or benevolent purposes having public benefit.
2.5 To assist the integration of migrants of Greek origin and/or Greek Orthodox Faith into the Australian Community.
2.6 To work in consultation and cooperation with any government authority (whether Federal, State or Local) or other authority for the purpose of providing welfare facilities or assistance for persons of Greek origin and/or Greek Orthodox Faith and for that purpose to provide suitable office accommodation and other facilities to enable social workers and/or officers appointed by the Community to work in circumstances appropriate to the task.
2.7 To preserve and maintain the Greek culture and community spirit and promote a closer relationship amongst the members of the Community.
2.8 To promote and maintain a closer friendship between the members of the Community and other Australians generally and for that purpose to support any national, patriotic or community purpose.
2.9 To promote and support sporting, educational, cultural and religious and other groups comprised of youth of Greek origin and/or Greek Orthodox Faith.
2.10 To do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary or incidental to the promotion of the aforementioned objects.
2.11 The assets and income of the Community shall be applied solely in furtherance of its above-mentioned objectives and no portion shall be distributed directly or indirectly to the members of the Community except as bonafide compensation for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the Community. | <urn:uuid:134edee8-53f9-4f16-b608-9307ab9dd2f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hcwa.org/en/about/mission | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.927541 | 651 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Alexandria, VA – In its nightly email, the city continues to urge residents to stay at home, unless going out is essential. And when out, they stress the importance of maintaining six feet of distance around others.
Good Mental Health
This is a stressful time for many, especially hospital staff and emergency workers, who must stay alert and calm while on the job. In an effort to help residents manage stress,, Alexandria has created the COVID-19 Wellness Resource Guide. It can be found HERE. Information is available for people who work from home, parents, and more groups.
Virtual Fun and Fitness
Are you at home looking for new ways to challenge yourself? To stay healthy, it is good to keep the mind and body active. Keep busy with virtual programming, courtesy of RPCA at Home. Enjoy performances, fitness classes, poetry readings, and more. All free! To see what is available, click HERE. New opportunities are added frequently, so keep checking back to find activities that interest you. | <urn:uuid:58238356-8f13-478f-aaff-73cdf333eb12> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thezebra.org/2020/04/28/maintaining-good-mental-health-during-the-pandemic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950564 | 207 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft say they will indefinitely suspend service in Austin on Monday morning, after voters in the Texas capital defeated a measure on Saturday night that would have repealed city regulations and allowed the ridesharing industry to regulate itself. Specifically, drivers for the companies will have to eventually undergo background checks with fingerprints, display the company they are driving for in their vehicles, and won't be able to stop in traffic lanes to pick up and drop off passengers. It was the first time regulating ridesharing services was put to a vote in the U.S., and the measure failed, 56 percent to 44 percent.
Ridesharing Works for Austin, a political action committee funded entirely by Lyft and Uber, spent more than $8 million to promote Proposition 1 — the only measure on the ballot in the election — while a PAC opposing the measure, Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice, raised and spent $125,000. It was by far the most expensive municipal election in Austin history, beating the previous record of $1 million spent by Mayor Steve Adler in his 2014 election campaign. Ridesharing Works for Austin spent roughly $200 for each yes vote.
Neither proponents nor opponents of the measure say they want Uber and Lyft to leave Austin, and both companies left the door slightly open to resuming service. Anecdotally, lots of Austinites were conflicted over the merits of the measure but annoyed at what they viewed as Uber and Lyft's heavy-handed overreach. "As I talked to voters at the polls and on the phones, many of them like Uber's service and Lyft's, they use it, but they drew the line at allowing them to write their own rules," City Council member Kathie Tovo told KXAN.
This was a big, embarrassing, expensive defeat for the "disgruntled tech industry man-babies" at Uber and Lyft, says Jalopnik's Stef Schrader, but it was hardly a win for Austin. "Alternate ride-hailing solutions aren't as polished yet, so unfortunately, losing these two insufferable companies would have a negative effect — especially after last call," because taxi services and public transportation in this drinking town are shoddy or sparse. One thing is certain: Other cities considering regulating Uber and Lyft will be watching what happens in Austin — and so will Uber and Lyft's competitors. | <urn:uuid:7cdbd05a-528a-4438-8b20-3e84e94141f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theweek.com/speedreads/623197/uber-lyft-leave-austin-after-spending-8-million-failed-vote- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.97677 | 486 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Producing pigments and dyed textiles from agricultural residues, using no acids or solvents – just sugar and biology.
Textile dyeing is one of the most environmentally damaging manufacturing industries in the world. Over 150 L of water are used to dye just 1kg of cotton, whilst untreated dye effluent causes immense damage to waterways and aquatic life.
Colorifix converts agricultural residues into beautiful pigments and dyed textiles. No acids or solvents are used, just sugar and biology. This is a synthetic biology-based approach to revolutionise the dyeing process by helping the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact in a cost-effective manner.
Colorifix’s main drive is to improve the sustainability of the textile dyeing industry. In addition, this new process has the potential to promote local manufacturing and economic growth. Knowing this, Colorifix has made goals to license this innovative process in order to scale their overall impact. | <urn:uuid:ee74fc36-23b5-4ba9-89c8-2425f5992a56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.launch.org/innovators/david-nugent/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.915071 | 210 | 3 | 3 |
The problem of plastic accumulation in landfills and water bodies has been growing consistently over the years. The quest for creating and using renewable resources to create apt substitutes for plastics is hence understandable. The invention of biopolymers has brought about new hopes in the sector.
The concerns about global warming and plastic waste management have given rise to a strong viewpoint on limiting the use of available carbon sources. ,
The article here discusses biopolymers, their characterization techniques, frequently used varieties and their applications in various sectors.
Biopolymers are polymers of biological molecules made out of chains of monomeric units bonded together. As the name suggests, these are completely biodegradable and are produced by living organisms.
The base materials for the production of biopolymers are derived from biological sources like plants and plant sources (vegetable oils, sugars, fats, etc), microorganisms, etc.
Biopolymers are complex in their structures, especially when compared to synthetic polymers. This is because they possess complex 3D geometries and patterns which makes them more active in functionality.
Biopolymers are the answer to the modern world’s quest for a substitute for fossil fuel-based polymers.
They are sustainable.
They are biodegradable.
Easy and natural degradation when exposed to the bacteria in soil or even marine sediments makes them a highly valued material in the polymer industry. Additionally, their degradation results in significantly fewer quantities of CO2 emissions which gives them favorable points on Green House Gas reduction. With growing concerns on global warming, biopolymers are hence a very valuable alternative for future use in various industries.
Interestingly, the production of polymers using biological/renewable sources has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in the last few years.
Classes of biopolymers
Different classification methods are adopted for bipolymers. On the basis of degradability, they can be either biodegradable or non-biodegradable.
On the basis of their source material, they can either be bio-based or non-biobased.
Similarly, on the basis of their polymer type, they can be classified as polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, polysaccharides, and vinyl polymers.
Certain classifications are based on the applications of biopolymers. These constitute bio-plastics, bio-surfactants, bio-adhesive, bio-flocculant, bio-detergents, etc.
Characterization techniques used
Biopolymers are characterized in the same way as polymers. Characterization is done to develop the parameters for processing and determine the functional performance of the biopolymers.
Characterization looks into properties like molecular mass, degree of association, conformation, etc.
Various scientific characterization techniques are used for the purpose. These include:
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR): The technique is used for studying interactions like hydrogen bonding that happens in biopolymers.
- X-Ray diffraction analysis: These techniques are usually utilized to study the crystallinity in biopolymers
- NMR spectroscopy: These techniques help in the assessment of the water-absorbing capability of the biopolymer surfaces.
- Thermal analysis: This technique is used to study the thermal and chemical stability of a biopolymer.
- Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy: This technique is used to map the electrostatic potential and electrical properties of the biopolymers.
- VIS-NIR Spectroscopy: This technique is a valuable tool to analyze the biological sample attributes of biopolymers like polysaccharides and proteins. It is used to check the composition of the material.
Sources of Biopolymers
Biopolymers can be based out of starch, sugar, cellulose or even synthetic materials.
Starch is a naturally occurring polymer within the plant tissues. It is usually obtained from potatoes, maize, wheat, and similar sources. Starch can be melted and deformed thermoplastically to produce a material that has properties similar to conventional plastics. These are known as bioplastics.
Sugar-based biopolymers like Polyhydrobutyrate are started using sucrose which undergoes bacterial fermentation. A small variation in the nutrient composition of bacteria results in biopolymers with different properties. (Such variations are used to alter the properties and create a product of desirable features).
Cellulose derived from plants is another common source for the production of biopolymers. It’s use as cellophane, a popular packaging material is well recognized.
Biopolymers, like their conventional counterparts, are produced in bulk and are then applied for various end uses. Microorganisms have a crucial role in the production of a large variety of biopolymers. These include polysaccharides, polyesters, and polyamides.
Again, it is possible to tailor the end properties of biopolymers by creating small manipulations in the microorganisms and their environment. Microorganisms require specific nutrients and controlled conditions to start the process of fermentation or chemical polymerization of monomers.
Interestingly, biopolymers are considered to be a result of the storage or defensive mechanisms adopted by these microorganisms against environmental conditions.
Algae are a largely used microorganism for the production of bioplastics.
Commonly used biopolymers
Following are the most frequently studied and used biopolymers:
It is a protein made by partial hydrolysis of animal tissues like skin, bones, etc. Gelatin finds various applications in multiple sectors. It is used as an ingredient in drugs for arthritis, brittle bones, weight loss, hair care, etc. Additionally, it is also used in the preparation of certain food products and cosmetics.
Starch is a carbohydrate which is essentially a polymer made out of amylose and amylopectin. Starch is a polymer of glucose. It is used in the production of paper, textiles, and also as a synthetic additive in detergents, medicines, cosmetics, etc.
Cellulose is the most abundant naturally occurring biopolymer found on the Earth. Just like starch, it is made out of monomer units of glucose. Cotton is a form of cellulose and is highly used in the textile industry.
Modern technologies allow the alteration of various thermal, chemical, mechanical, physical properties of cellulose which makes it suitable for various unique commercial applications.
This nitrogen containing polysaccharide is naturally found in the exoskeleton of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids. Chitin is insoluble in almost all organic and inorganic solvents and has oxygen permeation capabilities. This is the reason for its application in the medical industry as wound dressing material.
5. Polylactic Acid (PLA):
PLA is derived from sources like corn starch, sugarcane, roots, etc. PLA can also be produced using lactic acid. PLA has superior weather-resistant properties, high tensile strength, and fracture resistance.
6. Poly(e-Caprolactone) (PCL):
PCL has a low melting point and is hence used as an additive for resins to improve their properties like impact resistance. Its high compatibility with a wide range of other polymers makes it a good additive choice.
Being FDA approved, it is highly used in the medical sector for implants and other purposes.
7. Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA):
PVA is a water-soluble synthetic polymer used for applications like thickeners in glue, water-soluble films, coatings, paper markings, etc.
This highly abundant natural protein is found in the human muscular-skeleton system. It provides structure and strength to the bones and muscles in the human body. Collagen for commercial applications is derived from bovine, ovine and human sources. It is used in medical products like wound dressings, etc.
9. Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc):
This thermoplastic is produced by polymerizing vinyl acetate. It is widely used in various fields like medical applications, production of metal nanoparticles, etc.
Uses of Biopolymers
As mentioned in the earlier sections, biopolymers are highly compatible with various other materials and are completely biodegradable in nature. This makes them an excellent choice for improving the performance of other products and materials for various commercial applications.
Following are some key application areas for biopolymers:
1. Biomedical applications: Biopolymers are largely being used for medical purposes like tissue engineering, medical devices, implants, wound dressings, pharmaceutical carriers, etc.
Various new studies are being conducted to improve the properties of biomaterials to make them more functionally appropriate for use in the medical industry.
2. Food and packaging sector: Biopolymers are now being used for purposes like food coatings, Edible films, food encapsulation, and food packaging materials, etc. They are not just better in terms of properties like enhancing food shelf life but are also a great substitute for conventional plastic packagings which produce a high carbon footprint.
Biopolymers like starch and PLA are particularly used in the food packaging industry owing to properties like moisture resistance and transparency.
Various biopolymers used in food packaging include PHA, Starch, and PLA. Good barrier properties of these biopolymers make them a good choice for food packaging. Modern techniques like the addition of nanofiller to biopolymers help in improving their barrier properties.
Bioplastics like PGA (Polyglycolic acid) have great barrier properties and are hence commercially used for various food packaging applications.
3. Nanomaterial synthesis: Metal nanoparticles are commonly used in various industrial applications. However, due to their potential threat to the environment along with biological risks, the interest has shifted towards developing more sustainable processes.
Biopolymers are now being considered as suitable caping and reducing agents for the production of nanomaterials. Various biopolymers like cellulose, gelatin, PVA, Chitosan, PVP, etc are used for the synthesis of nanoparticles.
4. Water filtration: The use of nanotechnology for the provision of safe drinking water is the latest development in the sector. Developing nanomaterials that have antibacterial and antifungal properties and can effectively remove toxic metals like lead, arsenic, etc from potable water is one of the latest applications of biopolymers.
Biopolymers like Chitosan are used as flocculants in water treatment processes.
With increasing awareness of environmental issues and sustainable development, new developments in the field of biodegradable polymers are being carried out.
The need to replace fossil fuel-based polymers and reduce the overall carbon footprint has been emphasied by environmentalists around the globe. Biopolymers with their great compatibility properties as well as biodegradability features make them one of the most promising materials for use in various industrial and commercial applications in the times to come. | <urn:uuid:5437fb27-b6e2-4beb-b988-8417eff6ff2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.greencompostables.com/blog/biopolymers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.925714 | 2,332 | 3.34375 | 3 |
This series will explore bitcoin basics, starting with the “why.”
Why Bitcoin? The advent of new technology has changed our world. However, our system of money wasn’t designed with our technology-laced, global economy in mind. The 21st century needs a new system of money. One that is open, borderless, neutral, censorship resistant, immutable, and permissionless. Furthermore, one that serves the needs of every person no matter where they are and no matter who they are. Any time, any place. Simply put, a system designed for our modern economy.
In a well-functioning economy, the easy of use and perceived stability tends to obscure the risks to freedom and other problems inherent in centrally controlled money. In short, you don’t notice because they don’t generally affect your day to day. Throughout this series on bitcoin basics, we’ll explore the what, why, and how of bitcoin and other blockchain technologies. Stay tuned!
As always, you can always check out our Breaking News page, our helpful Bitcoin Buying Guides, and our Frequently Asked Questions. You can reach out directly to us with any questions about cryptocurrency and digital payments. One of our experienced team members will be happy to help point you in the right direction! | <urn:uuid:b270f650-1d6f-49ae-916e-79536cf8c5fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coinrizer.com/blog/2020/05/05/bitcoin-basics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.92685 | 274 | 1.960938 | 2 |
New Standards for the Validation of EMC Test Sites particularly above 1 GHz
- 1Institut für Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik und Messtechnik, University of Hannover, Appelstrasse 9A, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- 2Albatross Projects GmbH, Daimlerstraße 17, 89564 Nattheim, Germany
Abstract. Standards for the validation of alternative test sites with conducting groundplane exist for the frequency range 30-1000 MHz since the end of the eighties. Recently the procedure for fully anechoic rooms (FAR) has been included in CISPR 16 after more than 10 years intensive discussion in standards committees (CENELEC, 2002; CISPR, 2004). But there are no standards available for the validation of alternative test sites above 1 GHz. The responsible working group (WG1) in CISPR/A has drawn up the 7th common draft (CD). A CDV will be published in spring 2005. The German standards committee VDE AK 767.4.1 participates in the drafting of the standard. All suggested measurement procedures proposed in the last CDs have been investigated by measurements and theoretical analysis. This contribution describes the basic ideas and problems of the validation procedure of the test site. Furthermore measurement results and numerical calculations will be presented especially for the use of omni-directional antennas. | <urn:uuid:a5447014-e8f7-42ec-bfdf-b19b0fc88fad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ars.copernicus.org/articles/3/111/2005/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.817183 | 288 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Investing in international stocks allow investors to invest in some of the renowned companies or businesses and gain profits. But, with thousands of publicly traded stocks in the United States, why invest in international stocks in the first place? Well, international stock investing can minimize the risk and boost gains. Also, adding international stocks to your portfolio helps reduce volatility.
However, if you are new to the stock market, going international is no less than a hassle. But it needs not be. Here, we will let you know everything you need to know about before you dip your toes in foreign waters. First, let us discuss in detail why you should invest in international stocks.
Why Invest In International Stocks?
Given today’s globally interconnected economy, you can’t avoid international exposure. Also, more than half the market capitalization of the entire world lies outside the States. This means international stocks provide you with a range of opportunities that domestic stocks won’t provide. Stock exchanges present outside the USA allow investors to strengthen their portfolios, which helps them manage potential risks and offer long-term growth.
How To Invest In International Stocks?
The best way to invest in international stocks is by investing in US-registered ETFs or mutual funds that track the foreign market. Investing in US-registered funds help you avoid potential risks or costs associated with investing in foreign or international stocks. Mutual funds and ETFs offer inherent diversification benefits that keep you from the tedious task of picking individual stocks.
Also, these funds provide you with a lot of options to invest internationally. You can choose funds that are regional, country-specific, or track different markets. Even more? All these funds are easily available through most brokerage accounts.
Grow the international part of your investment portfolio only when you feel comfortable. You can invest through dollar-cost averaging, a strategy in which one buys an investment regardless of its price. Start small and scape up with time. Gradually, you will find the right spot for international stock allocation.
What Are The Risks Associated With International Stocks?
Different trading regulations, protocols, etc., are some of the general risks that come along with international stocks. In addition, they also carry risks, like-
Going with international stocks means going with the government and people where foreign shares are located. Some countries and their respective markets are liable to violent political and economic events, corruption, fluctuations in currency rates, etc. Clearly, such unfavorable events in an international company’s native country can harm your investment.
So, it is advised to stay updated about what’s happening in the international stock market, as well as the stock price of the prospective company you want to invest in. For example, if you plan to invest in Moller International, have a look at the Moller International stock price.
Another risk is the limited access to financial information about international stocks. Different countries have different rules for the data that publicly traded companies can report.
You already know that the US is the world’s largest stock exchange. Thus, there is plenty of buyers and sellers on the market. But it may not be the case in every country. There could be low trading volumes or limited trading hours, making it difficult for investors to buy or sell stocks when they want.
How To Manage The Cost Of International Stocks?
Clearly, investors should expect a higher cost while investing in an international stock market. But this should not keep one from investing internationally. Just make sure to check a few things with the broker before trading. Talk about the foreign taxation policy on dividends that are held outside the United States. Discuss transaction costs, broker’s commission, expense ratio, etc., to manage the funds. Also, take note of the currency conversions.
Investing in international stocks is a great opportunity to diversify your portfolio; however, this decision should be made based on adequate information. Hopefully, now you have an idea of what international stock investing is all about. | <urn:uuid:c2a87ffc-f7ec-47ab-96d1-41a719c443d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cnnislands.com/international-stock-investing-everything-you-need-to-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.935322 | 826 | 1.710938 | 2 |
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- With more than 90,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide and the first reported deaths in the U.S. over the weekend, more and more people are growing concerned about the spread of the virus.
Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, based in Baltimore, is using real-time data to track the spread of coronavirus.
Hopkins' interactive tracker shows the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 as new cases are confirmed and more people die.
- What Is A Coronavirus?
- 1 More Marylander Being Tested For Coronavirus, Bringing Total To 6 Tested
- Colleges In Maryland Suspend Study Abroad Programs In Italy, Other Countries Due To Coronavirus Concerns
Viewers can search by country or by state/province. They can also search by daily cases and see the numbers increased as more cases are confirmed.
Mainland China has the most confirmed cases just over 80,000, followed by South Korea with more than 4,300 and Italy with more than 2,000.
The U.S. has more than 100 confirmed cases as of March 3, 2020. The U.S. also had its first 6 deaths related to coronavirus all in Washington State.
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A pathological condition characterized or produced by: taeniasis.
[New Latin -iāsis, from Greek, n. suff.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
n combining form
(in medicine) indicating a diseased condition: psoriasis. Compare -osis2
[from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
a noun suffix used to form names of physical disorders resulting from the agent denoted by the stem word: candidiasis.
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I’ve created a free downloadable coloring book for you to color or paint at home. If you want to try filling in the images with watercolors, some printers allow you to print on a thin piece of watercolor paper. Some people have also printed the images on carbon paper and transferred them to a canvas, or they’ve colored them in with crayons, colored pencils, markers or even digitally! Check out the video below to see how Art in the Loft in Alpena, Michigan, has used the images in its online ArtPOP class for kids. Just have fun with it!
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How to Start a Strawberry Plant From a Runner
Starting new strawberry plants (Fragaria x ananassa) from runners is an inexpensive way to expand your garden and revitalize fruit production. Plants naturally reproduce by runners. Left to themselves, these runners crowd the mother plant and other off-sets. By controlling the runners, you can keep your garden properly spaced and productive.
Choose a strong and productive mother plant. Plants started from runners are genetically identical to the mother plant. Purchase only certified disease-free plants.
Keep the area around the mother plant weed free and moist. Remove flowers as they occur.
Fertilize the mother plant and surrounding area with a high-nitrogen, water-soluble fertilizer after the last fruit are harvested.
Watch for runners or small off-sets produced on the mother plant. Keep the runners from touching the soil by supporting them above the soil or placing them on plastic sheeting.
Sever the connection to the mother plant when the runner has at least two well-developed leaves. Cut the runner, leaving approximately 1/2 inch of the stem attached.
Gently place the end of the runner on a clean section of soil or on sterile soil in a small pot. Place the plant in the soil so that the attached runner stem and beginning roots are below ground, while the crown and leaves remain above the soil surface. Pin it down gently, if necessary, to hold it in place. Press the soil lightly around the new plant.
Cover the plants with a tent of plastic sheeting and mist them several times a day, or place the pots in a plastic bag to maintain high humidity. The leaves must stay in a moist environment until the roots are developed and able to support the plant.
Test the roots by giving the plant a gently tug. If the roots hold the plant in position, the plant is ready to transplant.
Transplant the new strawberry plants into moist fertile soil, taking care to keep the crown of the plant above the soil level.
Water the transplants daily for the first two weeks, then as needed to keep the soil from drying out.
- Runners that touch the soil produce a new plant where they land. Allow one runner to develop in this way to replace the mother plant.
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As Machine Learning becomes more prominent in the military, we are faced with a different take on the old problem of how to collect data relevant to some military mission need. We can now embrace the paradigm of too much data where previously we needed to focus on data reduction because humans can only process a finite amount of information. Commanders, analysts, and intelligence officers are often tasked with understanding the current situation in a mission area to create a common operating picture in order to complete their mission objectives. Data pertaining to missions can often be scraped from multiple domains, including patrol reports, newswire, and RF sensors, image sensors, and various other sensor types in the field. In this paper, we describe a system called the Multi-Domain Integration and Correlation Engine (MD-ICE), which ingests data which ingests data from two domains: textual open source information (newswire and social media)and sensor network information, and processes it using tools from various machine learning research areas. MD-ICE manipulates the resulting data into a machine readable unified format to allow for labelling and inference of inter-domain correlations. The goal of MD-ICE is to utilize these information domains to better understand situational context, where open source information provides semantic context (i.e. what type of event, who is involved, etc...)and the sensor network information provides the fine-grain detail (how many people involved, exact area of the event, etc...). This understanding of situational context in turn can, with further research, help commanders reach their mission objectives faster through better situational understanding and prediction of future needs. | <urn:uuid:e8eec004-bbe1-4065-b615-5a167f017ced> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/multi-domain-integration-and-correlation-engine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.918224 | 321 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Gradient Ascent #8
Stochastic gradient descent, automatic differentiation, saddle points
Welcome to the 8th edition of Gradient Ascent. I’m Albert Azout, a prior entrepreneur and current Partner at Cota Capital. On a regular basis I encounter interesting scientific research, startups tackling important and difficult problems, and technologies that wow me. I am curious and passionate about machine learning, advanced computing, distributed systems, and dev/data/ml-ops. In this newsletter, I aim to share what I see, what it means, and why it’s important. I hope you enjoy my ramblings!
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Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) is by no doubt the workhorse of deep learning—a critical component in deep learning’s success and ubiquity—well-suited for optimizing deep learning networks whose solutions are non-convex. The aim of SGD and its variants (momentum, Nesterov accelerated gradient, Adagrad, Rmsprop, etc) is to discover a local minima in the very hilly terrain of the network’s loss landscape.
In today’s deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc), the calculation of SGD is abstracted away from engineers via automatic differentiation (backprop is a special case). Automatic differentiation (autodiff) converts a computational graph (example below) into a sequence of primitive operations with specified routines for computing derivatives.
The autodiff backprop abstraction in ML frameworks has catalyzed a significant amount of scientific progress and has certainly led to the many large-scale deep learning models in the wild. But with any abstraction, there are both pros and a cons. On one hand, machine learning scientists and engineers focus on mathematics and network topology versus reasoning about the low-level optimizer implementation. On the other hand, we take for granted that solutions found by SGD (a converged optimal set of network parameters) are one of many minima in the loss landscape, each distinct solution providing varying properties. These properties can have a significant impact on the task at hand.
A quick tangent…
Backprop utilizes the error signal from a loss function to adapt neuronal weights (by recursively calculating the chain rule of calculus). The algorithm generalizes not only to supervised learning settings, but also to reinforcement learning (temporal difference or policy gradient) and unsupervised learning (reconstruction loss). Backprop is loosely inspired by adaptive learning in the brain, and is a specific instance of credit assignment—the brain must learn to adapt synaptic strengths in response to error from the environment through feedback mechanisms. This is an evolutionary necessity.
While most believe the brain does not implement backprop for credit assignment, several of backprop’s features are consistent with brain neural networks (below-left a continuum of feedback versus the precision in reducing error, below-right the speed of backprop learning in finding local minima versus other methods [source]).
It is of note that one of the ways that biological brains differ from artificial neural networks (ANNs) is that error feedback in brains not only adapts synaptic weights but also alters the activity states of neurons. In essence, our brain state evolves as we experience or we experience our brain-state 🤪 — perception is unconscious inference.
Back to the topic at hand…
I started thinking more about this area after reading an interesting blog post out of Berkeley’s BAIR lab. The authors discuss some of the shortcomings of SGD, including an intrinsic bias towards ‘easy’ solution (two solutions with the same loss may be qualitatively different, and if one is easier to find, it is likely to be the only solution found by SGD). In aiming to find a diverse set of solutions to a task, they introduce an algorithm called Ridge Rider (RR), which simultaneously and recursively follows multiple orthogonal directions of negative curvature from a saddle point (that is a mouthful, but I point you to the paper for the very neat technical details).
Why is this research important?
Whether this particular algorithm ends up being popularized or not, this area of research is nonetheless important. The intuition is that optimization algorithms should explore a range of solutions that are diverse in the semantics that are important to humans/tasks, assigning credit not myopically but in the context of classes of solutions that address important task dimensions. Inevitably, this approach transforms the optimization problem into a search problem. Indeed, the characteristics and implications of sets of solutions should be a key component in MLOps pipelines—model training, model stability, and observability.
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As we are learning to live the pandemic this should be the time for growth.
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the world economy by 0.5 percentage points. According to its latest World Economic Outlook, published on Tuesday, the organization now expects global gross domestic product to grow 4.4 percent this year, down from its October 2021 forecast of 4.9 percent.
“The global economy enters 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected,” the report finds, citing the rapid spread of Omicron, supply chain disruptions and high inflation as reasons for the downgrade. The world’s largest economies, the U.S. and China, play a large role in the global growth markdown, as the IMF lowered its outlook for both countries significantly. The falling through of Biden’s Build Back Better plan as well as the expected tightening of monetary policy contributed to a 1.2 percentage-point cut of U.S. GDP growth forecast, while disruptions caused by China’s zero-tolerance Covid policy resulted in a 0.8 percentage-point downgrade of the country’s growth prospects.IMF Slashes Growth Forecast for 2022
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Why is WPA3 going to be using 192-bit encryption and not 256-bit in the security suite?
The articles I'm reading echo J Modi's point. For instance:
WPA3 also contains a 192-bit security suite, aligned with the Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite from the Committee on National Security Systems, to help protect government and other secured networks, the Wi-Fi Alliance said.
Computer scientist Mathy Vanhoef thinks the
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Antique wooden candle boxes in the 1700's and 1800's
candleboxes Did you know candle boxes were originally made to protect precious candles from being eaten by rats, mice and other vermin up until the early 1800's?
Candles in the main were made from animal based tallow ( from sheep and cattle), unless you were incredibly rich where you would have beeswax ones, animal tallow candles would still have been used by the servants though. These candles would have given off a foul smell when burnt and a smoky flame. The animal fat odour even when not alight would have attracted these vermin, so candle boxes were made to keep their supplies of candles safe.
Sometimes candle boxes even had coarse flour or bran in them to prevent the candles sticking to each other.
There sometimes is confusion as to what shape wooden candle boxes were, like anything else there is always going to be exceptions to this as almost every house hold would have had a candle box of some form positioned either in the kitchen by the stairs or in other convenient positions in the house, but as a general guide wall hanging candle boxes were rectangular in shape hanging vertically with a front sliding lid or hanging horizontally with a lift up lid. Tapered boxes often used and described as being for candles today, were in fact for kitchen knives and forks.
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The most famous, delectable, and pleasant history of Parismus, the most renowned Prince of Bohemia. The first part [microform] : Containing his most noble atchievments, and triumphant battles fought against the Persians; his love to the beautifull Princess Laurana, the kings daughter of Thessaly; the great dangers he passed in the island of Rocks; and of his strange adventures in the Desolate Island
- Ford, Emanuel
- Uniform Title:
- Famous and pleasant history of Parismus
- Additional Titles:
- Famous history of Parismus, the renowned Prince of Bohemia
- London : printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright, 1669.
- The eighth impression, newly corrected and amended.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 200 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 140, 147-273 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates
- Dedication signed: E. Ford.
Frontis. = plate.
In two parts; the second with a separate dated title page, separate pagination and register; text and register continuous despite pagination of second sequence.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
- Other Forms:
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.
- Reproduction Note:
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1993. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2208:06).
- Reviewed/Cited In:
- Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) F1533C
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Maintenance is a part of owning a water pump. You should check the efficiency of your water pump regularly. If it needs to be replaced, you need to do so before the end of its life cycle.
However, not all pumps are created equal and they vary in terms of their capability and longevity. Some pumps last for as long as ten years while others only last for two or three years. So, how much is a water pump?
A well maintained water pump can save up to 30% on your monthly expenses with its lifetime. It also reduces the risk of flooding by up to 20%.
What is the Average Cost of a Water Pump?
There are many water pumps in the market. The average cost of a water pump varies depending on the features and the brand.
The average cost of a water pump is generally between $200 to $400. However, it is important to take into account all the costs that come with owning a pump and then compare this information with what you can get for your money.
The most expensive pumps are industrial grade which range from $5000 to $7500. On average, they have more powerful motors and greater maximum flow rates than standard residential pumps, which range from $100 to $400 as well.
Cost of Replacing a Water Pump
The cost of replacing a water pump can range from $2000 to $8000. This is due to the complexity of the replacement, which depends on a number of factors. While it may be daunting for you to decide whether or not to replace your water pump, there are a few good reasons why you should consider it now.
The cost of water pumping can vary depending on how long it will take to replace the pump and what type of materials are needed. For example, if you need a new well and have to dig down deep in order to place the new pump, then that could increase the cost considerably.
The Pros and Cons of Replacing an Old or Older Water Pump with a New Model
Replacing an old or older water pump can reduce the cost of installation and maintenance, but it comes with a higher cost in terms of performance and longevity.
Older, non-digital models require more maintenance due to their age, while newer, digital models do not need additional hardware since they are connected wirelessly.
The main disadvantages of using a new model are that the water pump itself must be replaced every 1-2 years and it is expensive.
How to Find the Best Deal on Replacement Water Pumps
There is no shortage of ads for new water pumps in the market. You can find these ads online, on TV, and even on the radio. But you don’t have to buy a new pump that might not be the best one for your needs. With replacement water pumps available in many different sizes and capacities, it is important to know how to find a good deal on these pumps.
You are going to want to compare different options before making a purchase of replacement water pumps so you can get better value for your money. There are two things you need to consider when comparing prices: size and capacity. The size refers to the diameter of the pipe that will be used while pumping clean water from your source or sink into your home. | <urn:uuid:b055f755-2f54-4c3d-94d6-c3f7a1b6c8a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thedmgold.com/how-much-is-a-water-pump-when-should-you-replace-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.963918 | 661 | 1.5625 | 2 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all students and teachers in the United States and across the world, raising numerous questions for nursing education moving forward. How do we provide sufficient clinical experiences? Will students be prepared to take the NCLEX®? Will state boards of nursing provide flexibility in how students can meet clinical requirements? Will NCLEX testing sites be available?
In this timely white paper, nursing education expert Susan Sportsman shares the latest NCLEX information from the NCSBN and state boards of nursing, discusses using simulation and virtual reality as alternate methods for clinical teaching, and offers recommendations for staying connected and informed during the COVID-19 crisis. | <urn:uuid:176a4261-3e15-48e1-aa5a-3d4daa291457> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://evolve.elsevier.com/education/expertise/faculty-development/nurse-educators-response-to-covid-19/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.926404 | 136 | 1.75 | 2 |
This is largely covered in "The Unfinished Tales"
Basically there were (initially) only 5 of the Istari.
Wizard is a translation of Quenya istar (Sindarin ithron): one of the members of an ‘order’ (as they called it), claiming to possess, and exhibiting, eminent knowledg1e of the history and nature of the World. The translation (though suitable in its relation to ‘wise’ and other ancient words of knowing, similar to that of istar in Quenya) is not perhaps happy, since the Heren Istarion or ‘Order of Wizards’ was quite distinct from the ‘wizards’ and ‘magicians’ of later legend; they belonged solely to the Third Age and then departed, and none save maybe Elrond, Círdan, and Galadriel discovered of what kind they were or whence they came.
They spent a lot of time hanging around with important and powerful people
Among Men they were supposed (at first) by those that had dealings with them to be Men who had acquired lore and arts by long and secret study. They first appeared in Middle-earth about the year 1000 of the Third Age, but for long they went about in simple guise, as it were of Men already old in years but hale in body, travellers and wanderers, gaining knowledge of Middle-earth and all that dwelt therein, but revealing to none their powers and purposes. In that time Men saw them seldom and heeded them little.
As Sauron's power rose, people paid a hell of a lot more attention to them
But as the shadow of Sauron began to grow and take shape again, they became more active, and sought ever to contest the growth of the Shadow, and to move Elves and Men to beware of their peril. Then far and wide rumour of their comings and goings, and their meddling in many matters, was noised among Men;
At which point it was noticed that they weren't aging. This gave them celebrity status since they've now had hundreds of years to become well known
and Men perceived that they did not die, but remained the same (unless it were that they aged somewhat in looks), while the fathers and sons of Men passed away. Men, therefore, grew to fear them, even when they loved them, and they were held to be of the Elven-race (with whom, indeed, they often consorted). | <urn:uuid:9afc7a4b-d4ed-4a6e-a0d7-a629b04d8654> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/114007/why-do-people-talk-about-wizards-as-though-they-are-common-in-the-lord-of-the-ri/114009 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.991043 | 518 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Finance and economics: what should you study?
The lines between finance and economics degrees are often blurred and the cause of confusion to students looking to choose their degree. Both include the study of money and the economy, and both can offer students a significant return on the investment in their education – but which is the right option for you?
What you will learn?
Finance classes will focus on specific aspects of the market and how it affects client finances, with students expected to learn about interest rates, market fluctuations, price trends, and risk quantification, alongside discussions about accounting, assets and liabilities, and company financial statements.
Economics classes, meanwhile, will focus more on the macro economy – the overall market and how government policies can affect how it grows (or declines). Students will learn about gross national products (GDP) and how taxation, employment rates, and technology investments can impact the wider economy and inflation. Students will still learn about the underlying financial products and regulations, but the focus is more on larger and longer-term trends.
What jobs could you get?
Whilst many people choose careers outside of their field of study, finance students have an obvious route into jobs at banks and financial firms where they help customers keep on top of their finances by investigating loans, company statements, and investment opportunities. Career titles could include roles such as loan officer, credit analyst, insurance agent, or bank manager.
For those that chose economics, many of the same jobs could be available, but the degree would be more help at jobs that oversee the economy from above, such as working with government or other institutions, where they can help a country or sector thrive by evaluating and implementing policy options from around the world.
How much could you earn?
People’s pay checks can vary hugely depending on the job they decide upon, but both areas of study can deliver significant rewards.
Finance degrees tend to channel people into the private sector, where the rewards can be greater, but often with less job security. For those working with international firms on mergers and acquisitions take home pay can be well into six or even seven figures, but at the same time people could choose a less stressful role as a bank teller where the median income is more like mid-five figures.
For those that studied economics, many choose to work for government or other publicly funded institutions, where there are often impressive benefits packages on offer, but income tends to be more limited. Only a handful of professional economists earn seven figures, with positions like being the Governor of the Bank of England, while many more of those working for local government or at academic institutions would be on mid-five figures.
So which should you choose?
Both degrees offer interesting topics and can be used to help you begin a rewarding career, but the right one for you depends on what you want to do. Do you like focusing on clients and helping specific companies grow or would you prefer to look at the larger picture with less detail and try and help an entire economy grow? Or you could be like an increasing number of students and study both at the same time!
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Aphrodite the goddess of love. When he looked upon the statue of Galatea she got amazed by its beauty and liveliness.
Which Greek God Goddess Are You Most Like Greek Mythology Statue Apollo Statue Ancient Greek Gods
The minotaur was eventually defeated and killed by the hero Theseus.
Greek mythology statue brought to lief. There are many famous Greek myths. This page describes benefactions bestowed by the goddess on men and women in myth. Pottier who lives and works in Villeurbanne France used projection mapping technology to cast new details onto the face of a plaster bust of Apollo in Greek mythology Apollo.
New technologies make art museums come to life. The minotaur lived in the center of a labryinth that was designed by Daedalus and Icarus for King Minos of Crete. Perseus is the son of Danaë and Zeus.
419423 BC ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes summed up the ideal traits of his male peers as a gleaming chest bright skin broad shoulders tiny tongue strong buttocks and a little prick Historian Paul Chrystal has also conducted research into this ancient ideal. Looking better at it Aphrodite found that Galatea looked like her in beauty and perfection so satisfied she granted Pygmalion his wish. Not hyperbolically in the sense that virtual reality displays and touchscreen tablets let you interact with art in new ways.
Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus in Greek mythology who was a king and a sculptor. Greek Mythology Cypriot king who fell in love with the statue he had carved of a woman who later was brought to life by Aphrodite. The most famous of these stories include the statue of Pygmalion brought to life the race of Hippomenes and Atalanta the rescue of the Argonaut Boutes from the Seirenes the love of Paris and Helene and the flight of Aeneas from Troy.
He is most familiar from Ovids narrative poem Metamorphoses in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved. Poseidon the god of the sea. The minotaur is another famous creature from Greek myth with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
Ares god of war and battle. Touched by his deep veneration Aphrodite went to the workshop of Pygmalion to see this famous statue by herself. Greek mythology a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalions prayers.
Perseus was a Greek Hero. The Winged Victory of Samothrace This piece came from the later Hellenistic period and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris France. Play written by George Bernard Shaw 1912 Cypriot king who sculpted Galatea EUdict European dictionary is a collection of online dictionaries for the languages spoken mostly in Europe.
Hades the god of the Underworld where the dead lived. In his play The Clouds c. In this sculpture he is grabbing Medusas snake infested hair to avoid her fossilizing gaze.
Hera Zeuss wife was the goddess of marriage and childbirth. Zeus the leader of the gods in charge of rain and the sky. This superb and proportionate craft in.
Galatea statue brought to life Greek mythology Please provide your name email and your suggestion so that we can begin assessing any terminology changes. Todays crossword puzzle clue is a general knowledge one. She is a popular tattoo because the statue is so intricate in its detail to the point where it almost looks like its in motion.
The statue is modeled after the Greek goddess Nike who represents Victory. In Greek mythology a statue of a maiden brought to life in response to the prayers of Pygmalion. The new project of a French digital art company brings ancient Greek god Apollo to life and they named it Golem x Apollo. | <urn:uuid:11bffcce-8241-437d-9639-8f7b70269d4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://origami.photobrunobernard.com/origami-design/greek-mythology-statue-brought-to-lief/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961819 | 808 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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Certified Organic Betaine is a mild, amphoteric natural surfactant derived from coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine. Betaine is available as gold color liquid solution, this natural surfactant is often used to boost and stabilize foam and improve viscosity. Betaine is well known for its gentle cleansing ability and foaming qualities.
Great Burdock Root Extract has been used as a medicinal herb for centuries. Rich in phytosterols and essential fatty acids that improve hair strength & promote natural hair growth. Reduces and reverses hair thinning, treats scalp irritation, itching, dandruff, and improves overall scalp conditions. Burdock helps restore and maintain a healthy hair & scalp.
Certified Organic Chamomile is obtained through methods involving hydro distillation. This technique allows water-soluble and some volatile components, such as the essential oils, into the extract. Chamomile is one of natures miracle ingredients, a rich source of the powerful anti-inflammatory Bisabolol Chamomile soothes and calms irritated and dry skin. Chamomile is also well known for its relaxing effects on the mind and spirit making this a gentle choice.
Cinnamon leaves of the tree are steam distilled to extract the oil. Oil taken from the leaves, rather than the dried bark, tends to be a more delicate oil. Certified Organic Cinnamon leaf oil is warm and stimulating, yet has strong anti-inflammatory properties and conditions the skin. The oil is considered an analgesic, antiseptic, antibiotic, astringent, and stimulating remedy. Great for pain relief as it boost circulation and increases feelings of warmth and security.
Citric Acid is Certified Organic and can be found in fruits like Kiwi, Grapefruit, Manadrin, and Tangerine. This organic acid is a pH adjuster and acts as a natural preservative. Citric Acid is used to adjust the pH of our products to ensure that they function at there most efficient. Citric acid is an alpha hydroxy acid used in personal care products to adjust the acidity or promote skin peeling and re-growth.
Coconut Base Cleanser is derived from Conconut Oil. Our mild coconut cleanser is a key component of our shampoos for its ability to cleanse gently and throughly, leaving your pet’s fur looking and feeling fabulous!
Coconut Glucose is high in naturally occurring saturated fat from short and medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) such as lauric acid. Coconut Glucose also contain the following nutrients that can have benefits for the skin & hair such as Vitamin C, Vitamin B1, Folate, Potassium, Manganese, Copper, Selenium, Iron, Phosphorous.
Coconut Oil has been an integral part of the hair and skin care regiment in tropical regions such as the Caribbean, South & Central America, South East Asia, and Africa. One of the best nutritional oils for hair growth – essential proteins found in coconut oil nourish dry damaged hair and penetrate deep into the follicles to grow the hair stronger and fuller. High Vitamin E, Vitamin K, and Iron content nourish the hair follicles, and prevent hair loss or damage.
Comfrey contains an essential fatty acid known as gamma linoleic acid and vitamin B12. Comfrey leaves are rich in carbohydrates, which soothe dry, damaged skin, and the allantoin content, which promotes skin cell rejuvenation and regenerates damaged tissue. Traditionally used for its wound healing and anti-inflammatory processes comfrey is a great all-round skin conditioner.
Ginger produces clusters of white and pink flower buds that bloom into yellow flowers. Ginger is a great anti-spasmodic additive and as such it can help calm and sooth us when we feel stressed. It is also naturally stimulating and a powerful antioxidant great for all-round health and vitality.
Certified Organic Glycerin is a naturally occurring alcohol compound and a component of many lipids. Our Glycerin is of vegetable grade and is a simple sugar alcohol compound. Appearance is a clear, viscous liquid is valued for it’s humectant and solvent characteristics. Glycerin is a powerful humectant or water binder that helps to deliver moisture back onto your skin after washing.
Organic Guar Gum, also knwon as Guaran, is a galactomannan polysaccharide extracted from guar beans. Guar Gum has thickening and stabilizing properties for extra conditioning benefits to the fur and skin, while also reducing static and tangling.
Certified Organic Honey is a substance produced by bees from the nectar of certain flowering plants. It role in wound-healing is multi-faceted. Honey is the perfect ingredient for natural hydration of the skin, it helps to balance the skins moisture levels. Honey is a natural moisturiser due to its high sugar content, it is also a rich anti-microbial ingredient and has been used to manage ulcerated wounds for century’s.
Certified Organic Horsetail is a close relative of the fern, it is a non-flowering weed found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. The plant is a perennial (returns each year) with hollow stems and shoots that look like asparagus at first. Horsetail is rich in silica, vitamins and other trace minerals that assist in maintaining the hairs healthy shine and fullness. It can also help to strengthen the hair, preventing premature hair fall.
Jasmine oil is a natural essential oil derived from the Jasmine flower, commonly used in Asian and Eastern cultures. Jasmine oil contains moisturizing properties to stop prevent hair breakage, Jasmine oil is light and able to penetrate the hair shaft and cuticle to deeply conditions while also maintaining your natural moisture and elasticity. Jasmine oil creates a conducive condition that not only hydrates but seals in moisture to the hair and scalp.
Jojoba Oil is extracted from the jojoba trees native to the Sonora Desert of Mexico, California, and Arizona. Jojoba oil is similar to the sebum produced by the oil glands in the scalp, so its easily absorbed. Moisturizes & nourishes the scalp deep inside the follicles to promote healthy scalp and hair growth, Jojoba oil molecules penetrate deep in scalp to prevent dry hair, dandruff, dry scalp, and psoriasis.
Keratin has various sulfur-containing fibrous proteins that form the chemical basis of horny epidermal tissues (as hair and nails). Our hair consists of amino acids bound up in Keratin and as such, we add this to our hair formulations to boost the strength, vitality, and thickness of the hair naturally.
Certified Organic Lavender is from the fresh lavender-coloured flower tops of the lavender plant. It is known for its aroma therapeutic, balancing and soothing fragrance, which has a calming effect on the nervous system and helps treat skin conditions aggravated by stress. Lavender is well known for its soothing and calming properties but it is also a gentle yet effective natural anti-microbial ingredient.
Lemongrass essential oil is a source of essential vitamins such as vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folate and vitamin C. It also provides essential minerals such as magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, copper, potassium, calcium, zinc and iron. Lemongrass oil can strengthen your hair follicles, or struggling with hair loss or an itchy and irritated scalp the soothing and bacteria-killing properties will leave hair shiny, fresh, and odor free.
Macadamia Nut Oil
Australian Macadamia oil is Certified Organic, extracted from the nuts of the macadamia tree (Macadamia Ternifolia). Macadamia oil is unique in that it contains a high percentage of palmitoleic acid. Australian Macadamia Oil is a highly stable oil rich in Omega 7 fatty acids which are excellent at boosting cellular renewal. This natural and sustainably sourced oil is also highly skin-compatible and has a light feel for moisturisation without greasiness.
Mandarin is a fruit of an evergreen shrub native to Asia that belongs to the family of Rutaceae and are thought to have originated in the forests of China. Mandarin oranges resemble a common orange in shape but are smaller in size and come with a thin peel. The antioxidant properties of mandarins help fight pollution. Hence they protect hair by conditioning them and adding an instant shine and bounce will be visible for the hair.
Neem oil is extracted from the seeds and fruits of the neem tree, a large-sized evergreen tree, which is known in the Indian sub-continent since antiquities. With extraordinarily high levels of antioxidants Neem oil protects the scalp skin from ongoing damage. Neem oil also has regenerative properties, it’s moisturizing effects revitalizes and restores dry, under-nourished or rough hair to a smooth, silky texture.
Oatmeal is an annual grass, just like wheat. Oats have benefits for hair, they contain nutrients in them make your hair stronger and scalp healthier. Oats also give a shinier and silkier appearance along with increase hair strength.
Olive Oil is obtained from the fruit of the olive trees native to the Mediterranean Sea region. Olive oil nourishes, conditions, revitalizes, and improves the strength and elasticity of the hair, providing relief for dry damaged and over heated hair. Olive Oil reduces the production of DHT, a hormone that decreases the hair shaft resulting in hair, repairs damaged hair and grows new hair.
Rosemary oil is extracted from the evergreen aromatic herb. Rosemary stimulates the hair follicles, grows the hair stronger, fuller, prevents hair loss, and treats scalp problems, antiseptic agents cleanse the hair follicles of buildup. Rosemary is very beneficial for dry, flaky scalps & adds a natural sheen to the hair.
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl, representing equal proportions of sodium and chlorine. Derived from the Sea Salt such as the Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake. Salt is stimulating, cleansing, antiseptic and astringent, it is softening for the skin and hydrates it when used in moderation.
Certified Organic Shea Butter is created from the Karite Nut Tree that grows in the savannah regions of West and Central Africa. Been used on the skin and hair for centuries. Naturally rich in Vitamin E, F, A, shea butter is a superb moisturizer that also has exceptional healing properties. Shea Butter provides essential nutrients and moisture from the scalp to the tips, protects the hair, soothes dryness, repairs damaged hair, and hydrates the scalp and hair.
Sodium Bicarbonate is a compound with the formula NaHCO3. Sodium Bicarbonate is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. Found in naturally in Mineral Springs and Lake Beds. Sodium Bicarbonate is a great natural surfactant and cleaning agent. Combining this age-old active into a modern, high performance formula gives us the best of both worlds.
Soy protein is a protein that is isolated from soybean. It is made from soybean meal that has been dehulled and defatted. Soy protein is an excellent source of protein and since hair is primarily composed of protein, a diet rich in soy is beneficial for optimum hair growth.
Sunflower Oil is extracted from the seeds of this annual flowering plant that is part of the daisy family. This tall plant is native to North America and has been used for centuries to treat acne and other skin inflammatory issues. Sunflower Oil is a great source of Beta-Carotene, Vitamins, Anti-Oxidants, and Fatty Acids. The antioxidants in sunflower oil protects your skin against free radicals, sunburn, and sun damage.
Derived from Methylglycinediacetic Acid Trisodium Salts. We have chosen Methylglycinediacetic Acid Trisodium Salt as our chelate as a replacement for less environmental chelating agents such as phosphates, (EDTA, NTA) and Silicates due to it being Readily biodegradable according to OECD tests and its renewably sourced. Used as a water-softening and chelating agent (a compound that binds and separates, keeping ingredients from bonding to other ingredients).
Vegetable oils are triglycerides extracted from plants, such oils have been part of human culture for millennia. Hair, skin, and body health, need vegetable oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil and castor oil, which are indispensable for preserving and making them shine beautifully, moisturized, and healthy.
Vitamin A helps form & maintain healthy tissue, skin, hair, teeth. Essential for health hair and scalp, helps to maintain normal hair growth by preventing hair thinning and re-grows lost hair. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant that helps produce healthy sebum in the scalp, with antioxidant properties protect the hair from free radicals that may cause damage.
Vitamin B5 is part of the pantothenic acid alcohol is involved as a relevant component of coenzyme a metabolism in regenerative processes of the skin. Vitamin B5 plays an important role in protecting the barrier of our skin, preventing it from drying out and becoming vulnerable to infection. We add this into our products to assist in maintaining the skins functionality without compromising the cleaning ability.
Vitamin D is perfect for hair follicles that are highly sensitive to hormones. Vitamin D is a hormone that plays an important role in calcium homeostasis, immune regulation and cell growth differentiation. In the scientific world, it’s well-known that alopecia areata is commonly found in patients with vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D-resistant rickets or vitamin D receptor mutation.
Certified Organic Vitamin E is the ester of acetic acid and Tocopherol (Vitamin E). Tocopherol is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be isolated and naturally derived from soybeans, vegetable oil, dairy products, meat, eggs, cereals, nuts, and leafy green and yellow vegetables. Vitamin E is great for maintaining the skins barrier function, something that hard working hands may need help with! Our highly stable vitamin E helps to keep your hands in top condition.
Water or otherwise known as Aqua, is a purified, deionized or demineralized water that has passed through filters to remove minerals. Water is required to give the other ingredients space to swell, become active or form structures that assist in the functioning of the formulation. Our water is pure and filtered to insure that our products are made to the highest possible microbial standards. | <urn:uuid:b4acdf11-2f80-421c-86f3-c679cd129753> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://my.simbae.com/ingredients/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.933478 | 3,719 | 1.664063 | 2 |
The economy may be doing better than we initially thought.
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its preliminary revision of the March 2012 jobs tally. The BLS expects that when the revised estimates are released next year, the figures will show that the U.S. had 386,000 more jobs in March 2012 than were initially reported.
Revisions to the jobs figures are necessary because the initial estimates are based on a survey with some sampling noise and with an imperfect sampling frame. Some months after the initial estimates are made, the BLS is able to compare and benchmark them to nearly complete data gathered from payroll tax records. Estimates throughout the year are then readjusted to this benchmark.
When the economy was declining in 2008 and 2009, the BLS initially under-estimated the job losses by 902,000 positions, and we didn't find out how truly awful the employment situation was until a year or so after the actual decline. When the Obama administration famously forecast that its stimulus package would hold unemployment to 8 percent, no one realized that the U.S. was actually nearly a million jobs further in the hole. Everyone knew things were bad--we just didn't know that things were that bad.
Now that the economy is improving, the BLS appears to have under-estimated job gains by roughly a third of a million.
Why does the BLS keep missing the mark? Part of the reason has to do with the entry and exit of businesses during economic swings. Each month the BLS chooses businesses to survey to get its employment numbers. The sampled businesses are selected from a roster of businesses that provided payroll tax records in a recent quarter. Businesses that were created since the last set of payroll tax records were processed aren't on that roster and can't be part of the frame. Similarly, the BLS misses some of the businesses that stopped operating. The BLS makes statistical adjustments for these issues, but these adjustments are based on historical trends, not the sort of huge swings that we saw during the recession and are now seeing during the recovery. The recent pattern has been for the BLS initially to undercount losses during declines and to undercount gains during upswings.
The revision for 2009 was unusually large--a change of 0.7 percent in the employment figures. The current revision, which works out to 0.3 percent, is right at the edge of the historical 0.1 to 0.3 percent average.
In February when the final numbers are released, we will probably discover that the net number of jobs in the U.S. increased over the course of President Obama's first term. For time being, however, the official estimates indicate that there are fewer jobs in the U.S. than there were in January 2009. | <urn:uuid:cdbeaa4d-4c3f-43af-a412-8777a5a7a332> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://appliedrationality.blogspot.com/2012/09/bls-adds-386000-jobs-to-economy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.982779 | 567 | 1.96875 | 2 |
All professional activities involve some risk. The industrial world is no exception; operators operate in the midst of equipment that is sometimes heavy, bulky, powerful, and sometimes in the presence of potentially dangerous substances. Manufacturers must, therefore, provide their teams with optimal safety conditions because it is as much a question of the health of employees as it is of the company’s performance and its image. To this end, it is essential to work on three aspects: risk identification and analysis, implementation of good practices and staff awareness of these risks.
Assess and analyze risks
According to International Labour Organization statistics, 2.3 million people lose their lives as a result of accidents at work or occupational diseases every year around the world. Safety is one of the major challenges facing the industry and for which it is vital to provide effective and sustainable solutions.
Before setting up a safety action programme, it is necessary to carry out a risk assessment and analysis work so that the measures subsequently developed can really respond to the various alert situations that may arise.
Risk identification is a long-term and multidisciplinary task, involving a variety of stakeholders, from occupational safety specialists to managers of the departments and services concerned by these measures. It requires a perfect knowledge of the processes, the specificities of the positions and their requirements.
Implementing good practices
Once the risks have been identified and accurately assessed, managers can move on to the implementation of good security practices.
The aim is to define the actions to be taken, to allocate roles and responsibilities and to deploy all the technical and material resources necessary for the safety of operators.
This includes the installation of safety signs, pictograms and other safety signage in accordance with standards, behaviour in the event of an accident, coordination between the various departments and safety equipment. PPE (personal protective equipment: helmets, earplugs, high-visibility vests, gloves, masks, protective glasses…), precisely, are the subject of particular attention and benefit from technological progress, especially those of the digital and connected world. One example is the “Connected Operator” project, jointly led by Bouygues Construction, Suez, Air Liquide and the CEA’s Technical Research Department. It includes, among other things, the development of a connected sleeve guiding and informing the worker in real-time, an intelligent vest capable of analysing the quality of the air breathed by the employee, protective goggles equipped with a mini-camera and displaying warning pictograms, and shoes with geolocation.
Raise awareness and involve staff
The wearing of PPE and the newly connected tools developed in this field promise to improve operator safety. However, all these technologies are not worth much if they are not accompanied by adequate training to ensure their proper use, as well as the involvement of staff.
It is crucial to make the operator aware of the risks associated with their jobs, as well as the means of preventing and reacting to them. Communicating compliance with work and safety instructions among employees is an obligation for any company, which thus avoids the negative repercussions that incidents can have on its performance, on the morale of its employees and on its image.
In any case, the requirements for the protection of personnel are constantly being increased to allow for continuous risk reduction. ISO is currently developing a new standard, ISO 45001, to improve occupational health and safety management systems. It is expected to be published on February 2018.
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Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), given a scriptural basis for the doctrinal teachings Swedenborg says he was given directly by the Lord, was a Swedish nobleman, considered one of the most learned men in Europe during his time. He was proficient in thirty-three fields of science, a prolific writer and publisher of many scientific works as well as theological works the last 30 years of his life. He was also an inventor and researcher in all the sciences known in his day. In the 1977 Guinness Book of World Records Emanuel Swedenborg is described as one of the world’s geniuses with a purported IQ of over 200 on the Terman scale,p.50. Go to official site
Recommended books about Heaven:
Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits or Intermediate State From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg by Emanuel Swedenborg
A deep, detailed account of the structure of Heaven. Swedenborg was gifted to visit the various “frequencies” out of his body where he was able to communicate and resonate with the highest degrees of heaven. This book details he structure of heaven. So above, so below!
A Doctor Goes to Heaven by Harold Richter Scott Fun, easy reading, After life experience
Testimony of Light by Helen Greaves After life experience
Dean Fagerstrom – servants of the Lord. His close encounter and channeled drawings
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Lists of the Powers of 26, 32, 60 and 64
=== by Bob Sutherland ===
Four number charts that list the powers of 26, 32, 60 and 64.
Please read my web page A Quick Review of Powers, Exponents and Scientific Notation if you need help with any of the vocabulary or math symbols.
Powers of 26 = 26n
Powers of 32 = 32n
Powers of 60 = 60n
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IMPHAL | Dec 31
Manipur’s Yayah Khan, among five Indian Doctors for peace and Development (IDPD) delegations in the team—International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon (ICAN) that won Nobel Peace Prize, was felicitated today at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Science (JNIMS).
The team was honoured in Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony held in Oslo Norwayon December 10.
It is a pride of our state getting selected Yayah Khan as one among the Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN, said Dr. M. Nara Singh, president of IDPD Manipur at the felicitation programme. It was organised by All India Students Federation Manipur State Council.
Yayah Khan is an MBBS intern student at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Science (JNIMS).
The student federation played crucial role in receiving this award by Yayah Khan and we should acknowledge it, said Nara.
He said in state like Manipur where there is no peace and tranquillity, receiving such award in this prevailing critical situation may help in spreading harmony and also open a new chapter in the history of Manipur as well.
He explained about the Nobel Peace Prize as the prize awarded to outstanding contributions in bringing peace in the world and who support the nuclear ban treaty. The award was presented by Norwegian Noble Committee.
ICAN is a Geneva based campaign conceived by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in the year 2006 but formed in the year 2007. As of now ICAN is joined by 468 non-government organisations in which IDPD is one of them, that spread more than 100 countries.
Yayah Khan said that I am extremely lucky for getting this opportunity. He read out the reason given by Norwegian Committee for selecting ICAN as Nobel Peace Prize of the year 2017 as “For its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground breaking efforts to achieve a treaty based prohibition on such weapons”.
Other presidium members were retired professor RIMS Dr. P. Ibomcha Singh, ex-president Progressive Writer of Manipur Langol Iboyaima and secretary of Indian Peace and Solidarity Organisation Manipur Ksh. Shanta.
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Live Video and Latest Updates
The Lede is providing updates in real time on the final stage of the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped in a collapsed mine shaft for 68 days. There is live video of the operation embedded above (courtesy of Chile's government and MSNBC) and the latest text updates will appear automatically below -- including news from other Web sites and reports from our colleagues Simon Romero and Alexei Barrionuevo, who are at the San Jose mine, near the Chilean city of Copiapo, along with family members of the miners and more than 1,400 journalists.
4:38 A.M. | Osman Araya Is Rescued
Mr. Araya, 30, is the sixth miner to be rescued. After being released from the capsule, he gave long hugs to his wife and others, and pumped his hands in the air before settling himself into a stretcher.
4:16 A.M. | Capsule Reaches Miners
As the sixth rescue continues, the BBC reported that miners were pushed by photographers on the surface, and the first four miners have arrived at a hospital.
4:03 A.M. | After Delay, Capsule on Its Way
After undergoing maintenance, the rescue capsule went down to pick up the sixth miner, Osman Araya.
4:01 A.M. | Music Inspired by the Miners' Plight
The miners' saga inspired a number of musical pieces, including singing from students at a primary school, a tune played in Hawaii and this guitar strumming.
3:28 A.M. | CNN Reports Miners on Way to Hospital
CNN reported that some of the miners to be initially rescued were believed to be in a helicopter flying to a hospital. The BBC said doctors at the hospital are "not expecting any major complications" with the initial group.
3:24 A.M. | Rescuers Work on the Capsule
A rescuer wiped down the top of the capsule, seemingly in preparation for the attachment of a device that looked like a camera, and another worker was applying a liquid to one of the capsule's wheels.
3:12 A.M. | Fifth Miner Is Out
Jimmy Sanchez raised a flag as he left the capsule and greeted his father.
3:00 A.M. | Fifth Miner Rising
Mr. Sanchez is ascending after a loading process that seemed to take longer than the others.
2:54 A.M. | Fifth Miner in Capsule
Jimmy Sanchez, the youngest of the miners at age 19, has entered the capsule, which has not yet begun its ascent.
2:46 A.M. | Second Rescued Miner Speaks After Rescue
In a television interview, Mario Sepulveda said he was "very happy" and proud of the Chilean rescue workers. He went on to encourage people to treat each other with love, according to a translator on CNN. "Love is the most beautiful thing in the world," he said.
2:28 A.M. | Capsule Descends
The rescue capsule is on its way down for the recovery of the fifth miner, Jimmy Sanchez.
2:12 A.M. | Bolivian Flags Greet Fourth Miner on Surface
Mr. Mamani got on his knees upon exiting the rescue capsule and rose to a warm hug from his wife.
2:06 A.M. | American Miner Remembers His 2002 Rescue
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review caught up with Tom Foy, a miner trapped in a Pennsylvania mine in July 2002. He described the end of his 77-hour ordeal as the "happiest day of my life."
1:53 A.M. | Fourth Miner Loaded Into Capsule
Carlos Mamani's slow journey to the surface has begun.
1:46 A.M. | A Different Career for Mamani?
La Prensa reports that the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, offered Mr. Mamani a job back in his home country. The type of work is not specified.
1:33 A.M. | International Relations and the Fourth Rescue
Carlos Mamani, the only Bolivian in the group, is next up for returning to the surface. His experience has become connected to relations between Bolivia and Chile.
1:23 A.M. | Rescue Capsule Holding Still
Workers are inspecting the rescue capsule. President Pinera takes a seat.
1:19 A.M. | Bright Description of a Dark Trip
The BBC reports that Mr. Illanes described his journey in the rescue capsule to be "like a cruise!"
1:13 A.M. | After Hugs and Applause, Onto a Stretcher
Mr. Illanes, after greeting his wife and others with hugs, got onto a stretcher and was carried away.
1:10 A.M. | Third Miner Is Out
Juan Illanes is the third miner to be rescued. He emerges with a bright smile.
0:51 A.M. | Capsule Begins Its Ascent With Third Miner
The winch's slow turn starts up, and the rescue capsule heads toward the surface with Juan Illanes.
0:49 A.M. | Capsule Reaches Miners
The miners pace as the rescue capsule arrives again.
0:41 A.M. | Second Miner's Lively Return
Mr. Sepulveda smiled widely, gave out several boisterous hugs and pumped his hands in the air after exiting the rescue capsule. Radio Bio-Bio put together a small collection of photos of his energetic return to the surface.
0:27 A.M. | Capsule Descends With Another Paramedic
A second paramedic heads down in the rescue capsule, the BBC reports.
0:09 A.M. | Mario Sepulveda Emerges From the Mine
The second miner, Mario Sepulveda, has emerged from the mine to applause from the surrounding crowd.
11:57 P.M. | Video of the First Rescue
This video, from The Associated Press, shows the moment Florencio Avalos, the first miner, returned to the surface in the rescue capsule, about 45 minutes ago:
11:57 P.M. | The Second Miner Begins the Ascent
A second miner, Mario Sepulveda, has left the refuge in the rescue capsule, which is being winched to the surface. The mining minister's estimate of about one rescue every hour seems accurate so far.
11:50 P.M. | Second Miner Prepares to Leave the Refuge
Video from the mine shaft shows Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to leave the underground chamber, hugging a colleague and preparing to enter the capsule and return to the surface.
11:47 P.M. | Second Rescuer Enters the Refuge
The medic sent down by the rescue team has reached the refuge and the men are preparing to send the second miner to the surface.
11:45 P.M. | Cheers on Twitter
In addition to notes of joy from ordinary Chileans, La Tercera, the Chilean newspaper, points to celebratory notes on Twitter from Ricky Martin and Sarah Palin.
11:34 P.M. | Chile's President Hails the Rescue Effort
Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, is speaking on the Chilean government's live feed, hailing the rescue of the first miner, praising the rescue team and Laurence Golborne, the mining minister, who stands at his left hand. He compares the response to this disaster to the Chilean people's response to the earthquake earlier this year. "This is why Chile," he says, "has fulfilled the Chilean dream, because we haven't cracked."
11:22 P.M. | Another Rescuer Prepares to Descend
A second member of the rescue team, a paramedic, steps in to the rescue capsule and prepares to descend to the refuge.
11:15 P.M. | The First Miner Leaves the Capsule
Florencio Avalos leaves the capsule and is hugged by his wife and son, who is in tears. He is hugged by Chile's president and several of the rescuers. He is taken to a medical center.
The BBC reports that there is "chaos but joy" among the family members watching the rescue. Alfonso Avalos, the father of Florencio and Renan, who remains below, watches from a distance, because of a rift with his son who has just returned from his captivity.
11:10 P.M. | The First Miner Has Been Rescued!
Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed mine shaft for 69 days to be rescued, has just returned to the earth's surface in the red, white and blue "Fenix 2″ rescue capsule.
10:57 P.M. | First Miner Ascends
Florencio Avalos, the first miner, has entered the capsule and it is being winched back up the rescue shaft. Chile's mining minister announced the start of the operation on his Twitter feed.
10:42 P.M. | The Rescuer Meets the Miners
The rescue team member is in the refuge with the miners, and can be seen on the video from below first hugging and then speaking with the them.
Shots from the refuge are mixed in now with images of the country's president above.
10:37 P.M. | The Rescuer Reaches the Miners
Manuel Gonzalez, the rescuer, has just reached the miners and can be seen inside the refuge with the miners.
10:33 P.M. | A Patriotic Moment
Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, and Laurence Golborne, the mining minister, are shown on the government's live video feed, standing at the head of the rescue shaft, speaking. Mr. Pinera mentions the goodwill messages from all of the world leaders he has spoken to, including President Obama.
The Associated Press reported that Mr. Obama said earlier, "While that rescue is far from over and difficult work remains, we pray that by God's grace, the miners will be able to emerge safely and return to their families soon." He added that he was "proud of all of the Americans who have been working with our Chilean friends on the ground to do everything that we can to bring these miners home."
The Chilean leader and the officials around the rescue pipeline then sang a rousing rendition of Chile's national anthem as the capsule continued to descend at what appeared to be a rapid clip.
10:24 P.M. | The Rescue Capsule Continues Down the Shaft
After the rescue team paused the capsule and applied a guide to the cable attached to it, to keep it centered in the pipeline, the large wheel above the shaft began to turn and the capsule resumed its descent through about a half mile of rock. The journey down is expected to take about 15-20 minutes.
10:14 P.M. | The Rescuer Descends
Manuel Gonzalez, the member of the rescue team who is tasked with testing the pipeline and bringing the rescue capsule to the miners, has just been closed in for the descent. The capsule starts to move down.
10:10 P.M. | The First Rescuer Enters the Capsule
To cheers from the crowd at the camp, Mr. Gonzalez steps into the capsule and prepares to descend to the miners below. Some last adjustments are being made to oxygen tanks inside the capsule.
10:07 P.M. | The Capsule Resurfaces
The capsule has come back to the surface. The BBC reports, "We have news of the first rescuer: Manuel Gonzalez, a man with 20 years of mining experience, 12 in mine rescues. Mr. Gonzalez will descend first in search of the miners and will give reports on the progress of the operation.... Over his time in mining, Mr. Gonzalez has become an expert in vertical ascents and has taken part in a number of mine emergencies, according to reports." On the government's live video feed, Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, and Laurence Golborne, the mining minister, were speaking minutes ago with Mr. Gonzalez.
9:26 P.M. | Damage to the Door of the Capsule
According to an update on MSNBC's Breaking News Twitter feed, Chilean TV reported a few minutes ago: "Mine official says capsule door may have been damaged in first test trip and it is being repaired before second test." That would explain the hammering on the door before the capsule was lowered again into the pipeline. The government's live video feed shows that the capsule is now being lowered again.
9:17 P.M. | Capsule Returns to Shaft
The rescue capsule has again been lowered into the shaft. Minutes before, Rory Carroll, The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, noted on Twitter from the mine site: "Capsule still not budging. TV crews running out of ideas. Filming each other, scrumming for hot chocolate. Hot whiskey [would] be better."
9:12 P.M. | Testing Continues
The Chilean newspaper La Tercera reports in the minute by minute account on its home page that the rescue capsule traveled just the first 65 meters of the pipeline before being brought back to the surface.
9:01 P.M. | Rescue Capsule Returns to Surface
The rescue team is inspecting the capsule which they have just brought back to the surface, and they are making adjustments to it, by banging on the metal cage with a hammer.
8:55 P.M. | Chanting Near the Mine
Jorge Fernando Garreton, a Chilean journalist, reports on Twitter that a group of rescuers from Chile's special forces and a mining company just chanted: "Vamos, Vamos Chilenos - que esta noche los vamos a rescatar!" or: "Let's go, let's go, Chileans - tonight we will rescue you!"
8:48 P.M. | Already Sent Down the Mine
The test is continuing. The BBC's Web site has an interesting graphic showing some of the items that were sent down the narrow borehole to the miners during the past two months.
8:38 P.M. | Rescue Capsule Enters Shaft for Testing
President Pinera and Laurence Golborne, Chile's mining minister, were standing with the rescue team as the "Fenix 2″ rescue capsule was sent in to the shaft for a trial run. Crowds of family members watching the video feed on a large screen at the camp cheered as the capsule started its journey.
Rajesh Mirchandani of the BBC, who is watching from above the shaft, reports that the capsule stopped after about a minute and then began moving again. The rescue team said that the test run would likely be slower than the journeys to come.
8:30 P.M. | Tests of the Rescue Capsule Begin
The Chilean government's live feed shows that the rescue capsule has just been inserted into the shaft, apparently to begin the first test, which will entail running the capsule down the shaft empty, before the first rescuer enters it and travels down the the refuge, about half a mile below.
8:25 P.M. | A Video Timeline of the Crisis
Britain's ITN has produced this video timeline, showing how the drama at the collapsed mine has unfolded over the past 69 days:
8:18 P.M. | Order in Which Miners Will Emerge Is Released
The BBC reports that the families have been given a list outlining the order in which their loved ones will travel to the surface in the rescue capsule, if all goes according to plan. According to La Tercera, the provisional order is:
1. Florencio Avalos Silva2. Mario Sepulveda Espinace3. Juan Illanes Palma4. Carlos Mamani Soliz5. Jimmy Sanchez Lagues6. Osman Araya Araya7. Jose Ojeda Vidal8. Claudio Yanez Lagos9. Mario Gomez Heredia10. Alex Vega Salazar11. Jorge Galleguillos Orellana12. Edison Pena Villarroel13. Carlos Barrios Contreras14. Victor Zamora Bugueno15. Victor Segovia Rojas16. Daniel Herrera Campos17. Omar Reygadas Rojas18. Esteban Rojas Carrizo19. Pablo Rojas Villacorta20. Dario Segovia Rojo21. Yonni Barrios Rojas22. Samuel Avalos Acuna23. Carlos Bugueno Alfaro24. Jose Henriquez Gonzalez25. Renan Avalos Silva26. Claudio Acuna Cortes27. Franklin Lobos Ramirez28. Richard Villarroel Godoy29. Juan Aguilar Gaete30. Raul Bustos Ibanez31. Pedro Cortez Contreras32. Ariel Ticona Yanez33. Luis Urzua Iribarren
8:03 P.M. | Sending a Phone Line Down the Shaft
The rescue capsule, painted red, white and blue, like the Chilean flag, is standing upright waiting to go down the shaft to the miners below. The Chilean newspaper La Tercera reports that the rescue team is currently threading a communications cable down the shaft before the tests with the empty capsule begin.
7:42 P.M. | Names of the First Four Miners Released
NBC News reports that the first four miners scheduled to come to the surface are: Florencio Avalos, Mario Sepulveda, Juan Illanes and Carlos Mamani.
As a series of short profiles of the trapped men on our site explains, Mr. Avalos, 31, has filmed the video messages the miners have been sending up to the surface. His brother, Renan Avalos, is also trapped in the mine.
Mr. Sepulveda, 39, has served as a spokesman for the miners in the videos from the refuge. Mr. Illanes, 51, is a former military man who celebrated his birthday in the mine. Mr. Mamani, 23, is a Bolivian who had been working for four days when the accident happened.
7:25 P.M. | The Unknown Psychological Impact
As we wait for the rescue operation to get underway, my colleague Benedict Carey has been speaking with mental health experts about the unknown psychological impact such a long captivity underground might have on the miners. In his article, "Adjusting Miners to the New Normal Will Not Be Easy," he reports:
The 33 men who are expected to emerge from Chile's San Jose Mine after more than two months trapped underground are now icons, national heroes, global media stars. And that mixed status - celebrities as well as survivors, equal parts victors and victims - will alter the usual trajectory of mental adjustment after trauma for many of them, experts said Tuesday.
"All the attention is likely to camouflage reactions to the trauma itself in some members of the group," said Dr. Charles Marmar, a psychiatrist at New York University's Langone Medical Center. "It may resemble this honeymoon effect, like in the young kid who suffered some trauma in Iraq or Afghanistan and returns as a hero, wanting to drop right back into family and community as if nothing had changed."
After being swept up in a natural disaster like a hurricane or earthquake, some 15 percent to 30 percent of people suffer post-traumatic reactions for months afterward, studies suggest. About 5 percent go on to suffer from mood problems, nightmares or other symptoms for a year or longer. The same rates may very well turn up in the miners: the group lived in the shadow of near-certain death for 17 days before rescuers on the surface made contact with them.
"The outpouring of attention may delay those reactions, but that attention is not going to last forever," said John A. Fairbank, co-director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and professor of psychiatry at Duke Medical Center. "I suspect that a few miners will have trouble adjusting to the new normal," particularly in families where roles have changed since the ordeal started.
7:20 P.M. | A Clown Named Rolly
My colleague Simon Romero reports from the camp near the mine that a clown named Rolly is among those waiting for the miners to reach the surface:
In the unlikely village that has coalesced here in recent weeks, a television crew murmured to one another in Mandarin. A Roman Catholic priest lamented how money corrupts the human spirit. A clown named Rolly pondered the meaning of sacrifice in the Atacama desert, arguably one of the driest places on Earth.
"You could call me a psychologist of sorts," said the clown, whose real name is Rolando Gonzales. "This has been my home for the last 32 days," said Mr. Gonzalez, 43, a former miner himself who came here, he said, to counsel family members and provide a bit of entertainment for the children of the miners.
"I've glimpsed into the human spirit with this experience," he said. "You would by how people need a clown at their side when they are grasping for solutions."
The handful of spiritual pilgrims like Mr. Gonzalez who made their way to San Jose Mine reminded the others here that meaning lied beneath the spectacle that emerged around Camp Hope in recent days, involving more than 1,000 journalists from around the world, helicopters flying overhead and policeman patrolling the scene on horseback.
"I cried today," said Alcides Peralta, 39, an ultramarathon runner from Uruguay who arrived at the camp's entrance carrying the flags of his small South American nation and of Chile. "I arrived to stand in solidarity with my Chilean brothers," he explained, while nibbling on a bologna sandwich.
Chile's stern carabineros, or policemen, halted that plan, ejecting Mr. Peralta on Tuesday from the camp due to his lack of media credentials. "This saddened me greatly," said Mr. Peralta, his eyes hidden by dark wraparound sunglasses. "But I'm fine, even if it means I have to run all the way back to Copiapo tonight," he said, referring to a town 30 miles from here.
The crush of journalists from around the world instilled some dismay in others here, including Daniel Pauvif, a Roman Catholic priest nearby in the Atacama, who has been coming here on and off for the last two months. He said many of the news organizations were glossing over the real story in favor of simpler tales.
"These miners are being called heroes but they are, in reality, victims of a great injustice in work conditions," said Father Pauvif, squinting under the Atacama's relentless sun.
He went on, focusing on the more ignoble stories he had heard about family members who had cut secret deals with media outlets abroad which are interested in exclusive rights to their travails. Rumors spread throughout the camp on Tuesday that some families would be whisked off to the United States, Spain, even Greece, for television appearances.
"This has become a spectacle that is revealing human weakness," said Father Pauvif. "It is making them open to asking for money for interviews. Some have ceded to temptation."
7:14 P.M. | Preparing to Test the System
An update on the BBC's live blog on the rescue effort says that the rescue team will send the capsule down the shaft empty, to test the system, before sending it down with the first rescuer.
6:55 P.M. | Rescue Start Delayed
Laurence Golborne, Chile's mining minister, just said that the rescue operation's start will be delayed about two hours as more technical adjustments are made to the system that will bring the miners back to the surface.
6:52 P.M. | Reporters Tweeting From the Scene
Here is a handy list of reporters at the mine who are filing updates on Twitter.
6:42 P.M. | The Mechanics of the Rescue Capsule
As the Chilean government's live video feed shows, the rescue team is preparing the capsule that will bring miners back to the surface. My colleagues on our Graphics desk have produced this interactive graphic showing in detail how the rescue capsule will be lowered down to the mine, through nearly half a mile of rock, and returned to the surface.
6:11 P.M. | Last Checks to the Rescue Capsule
The rescue team is preparing the capsule that will soon take a member of the team down the shaft, both to test the procedure and help the miners below begin their journeys. The Guardian's live blog on the rescue operation, notes that Rory Carroll, a correspondent at the mine. just wrote on his Twitter feed: "Rescuers' descent imminent. 'The hour has come', say families."
Jon Williams, an editor at the BBC, points out on Twitter that the Chilean government's media operation includes a Flickr photo stream with images of the rescue - including this photograph of the rescue capsule being tested on Monday:
5:33 P.M. | An Interview With Two Miners
Luis Urzua, the foreman of the mining crew, spoke to Jonathan Franklin of The Guardian earlier today from the collapsed mine shaft. Displaying considerable stoicism, Mr. Urzua said, "We have had a stage here in our lives that we never planned for and I hope to never live again like this, but that's the life of a miner." At the end of the brief interview, he passed the phone to another miner, Richard Villaroel, who is expected to be one of the first men to return to the surface, since his wife is nine months pregnant and due to give birth this week. Mr. Villaroel said, "I didn't sleep at all last night."
5:21 P.M. | The First Miner Stands By
La Tercera, the Chilean newspaper, reports on the live blog on the rescue effort on its home page that Florencio Avalos, who will be the first miner to travel to the surface, is "very anxious" according to his mother, Maria Silva. Telemundo reports that Mr. Avalos could start for the surface at about 6:30 p.m. ET.
4:49 P.M. | Chile's President Speaks
Sebastian Pinera, the President of Chile, has arrived at the mine for the start of the rescue operation and the capsule that that will carry the miners through about half a mile of rock is being put into position. Mr. Pinera said that the first miner could be on the surface within about two hours.
My colleague Simon Romero reports from the San Jose mine that a member of the president's family is also at the camp packed with family members and journalists:
Police officers squint at the credentials and check the identification of everyone making their way to this outpost in the Chilean desert, allowing in the families of trapped miners, journalists, doctors, engineers, even a few nuns and priests. But one arrival at Camp Hope caught many here off guard on Tuesday.
His name is Miguel Pinera, the brother of President Sebastian Pinera, and he is a musician and night club owner well known here for being photographed in celebrity magazines with his wife Belen Hidalgo, a former model from Argentina, and for a car accident last year in which he smashed his Hummer into an Austin Mini - and then took 13 hours to do a legally required alcohol-level test.
Clad in black clothes, chatting in French with reporters from Montreal and distributing CD's of his music to onlookers, Mr. Pinera, 55, known in Chile by the moniker "King of the Night," strode around Camp Hope with a broad smile. When questioned by local journalists how he entered the mine site without the credentials required of others here, he responded by saying such criticism was coming from people who were "resentful."
Not everyone thought that the visit of Mr. Pinera, who spent time away from Chile as a child when his father was a diplomat in Belgium and the United States, was surprising, however.
"I'm so nervous waiting to see my uncle again," said Roberto Reyes, 45, the nephew of Mario Gomez, one of the 33 miners still underground, who was doing a crossword puzzle late Tuesday afternoon ahead of the start of the rescue operation.
"The president's brother helped put a little humor into this long wait," said Mr. Reyes, who also works as a miner in Chile's northern desert. "He said he came here to be with us in solidarity, and I thought that was a good gesture."
4:38 P.M. | Explaining How the Rescue Will Work
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Date: March 5, 2019
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