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A standard in education is a measure of a norm that is used in comparative evaluations. Standards are written for various school curricula. This sets the plan for the instruction that will take place in a course. It is up to the school, administration and teacher to implement these standards in their teaching methods.
Benchmarks are points along the way to completing a full standard. Students may take tests in school that are called benchmarks or assessments. This helps to evaluate the academic progress of a student.
Standardized testing is found in most of the schools in grades 3-12. A standardized test is one that is given and scored in a predetermined manner. There are two kinds of standardized tests. One is an aptitude test which will predict how likely the student will perform. The other is an achievement test. This test shows what the student knows by evaluating their skills such as reading comprehension.
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In Pakistan, thousands of women and infants die each year from medical conditions that are easily preventable. In the southwest province of Balochistan, which has some of the worst health statistics in the world, the situation is particularly dire.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the largest international healthcare providers in the province. MSF provides obstetric and gynaecological care to mothers, and paediatric and newborn care to their children. Our teams treat over 11,000 malnourished children a year across four districts. A lack of knowledge about nutrition, weaning and breastfeeding mean that harmful health practices are an important concern for our medical teams.
Lack of knowledge on treating illness
“Malnutrition is a serious issue that is exacerbated by poor health-seeking behaviour, a lack of social protection, extreme poverty, conflict and displacement,” said Pylypenko Tetyana, medical coordinator for MSF in Pakistan. “It must be addressed in a holistic manner that extends beyond MSF’s mandate.” Gulshan’s* story 01 / 05
Health seeking behaviour is how a community uses health services and this can be influenced by the cost of services, distance to health facilities, cultural beliefs, level of health knowledge and inadequate facilities.
Our health promotion and counselling teams work hand-in-hand with medical teams, conducting regular awareness-raising and counselling sessions to educate people about their health and discourage them from following practices that are medically unsafe.
Malnutrition leads to stunting and death, in babies and children
“When I couldn’t feed him, I gave him green tea instead,” says Malaika of her newborn son Arish, who was re-admitted to an MSF medical facility in a critical condition a few days after being born. “My mother-in-law said it was the best thing to do and that’s also what I had done with my other eight children.”
Green tea, black tea and other herbs can be very harmful to newborn babies. However, it is common practice in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts to feed them these.
When Malaika saw that baby Arish was unwell, she took him to a private clinic. As he continued to deteriorate, Arish was referred to the MSF facility. Unfortunately, Arish arrived in a very critical condition and died.
“Such cases are very common,” says Dr Zialullah. “Black tea and green tea are used as go-to remedies for everything, from burns to cuts, and to feed babies.”
In 2018, rates of malnutrition in Balochistan prompted the provincial authorities to declare a nutritional emergency. Earlier in the year, a National Demographic and Health Survey found that 47 percent of children in Balochistan showed evidence of stunting, a condition resulting from impaired growth and development that children experience as a result of poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation.
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Healing Walks were held across Canada on Saturday, June 13 as people gathered to honour the lives of two Indigenous people recently killed by police in the province of New Brunswick: Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi.
The Healing Walks were originally organized to commemorate the short life of Chantel Moore. Moore was killed by a police officer in Edmundston on June 4 while the officer was performing a so-called “wellness check.”
Moore, from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in British Columbia, was 26 years old and had recently moved to New Brunswick to be near her young daughter and mother.
The Healing Walks in New Brunswick took on renewed meaning on June 12 when, the night before the walks, news of another death broke.
Forty-eight-year-old Rodney Levi from Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation, near Miramichi, was killed by an RCMP officer. Levi was shot dead at his pastor’s home, according to an APTN story. He was unarmed.
Amanda Myran, one of the organizers of the Healing Walk in Memory & Justice for Chantel Moore in Fredericton, published on social media that, having received counsel from Elder Imelda Perley about what to do upon getting the news of Levi’s death, the Healing Walk would proceed.
More than 600 people attended the Fredericton Healing Walk, holding signs commemorating the lives of both Moore and Levi, demanding a stop to police brutality, and defunding the police.
Organizers had issued protocols for participation and encouraged participants to wear gold and rainbow colours to honour Moore, whose catchphrase was “stay golden!”
In Fredericton, the respectful crowd gathered at Fredericton City hall for speeches and prayers, led by Amanda Myran, Elder Alma Brooks and Wolastoqewi Grand Chief spasaqsit possesom Ron Tremblay.
The smell of sea sage permeated the air as volunteers circulated through the crowd performing smudges and distributing masks during the speeches.
Jingle dancers of all ages performed a ceremonial dance in memory of the deceased, with dancers raising their feathered fans to receive healing.
From the Carleton Street pedway, the crowd walked along the Wolastoq River along the trail, and around to the New Brunswick Legislature grounds where a Water Ceremony was performed by young water carriers.
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It is a dry massage therapy that is performed using different compressing and stretching actions that are similar to those used in Yoga. Thai Massage can benefit almost every organ in your body. It does not use any oils or lotion. Instead it is performed using deep compressing, rhythmic pressing, and stretching actions.
It is a Swedish massage therapy using massage oil or lotion that contains essential oils (highly concentrated plant oils). During an aromatherapy massage, you inhale these essential oil molecules or absorb them through your skin.
Essential oils have been used for nearly 6,000 years, with the aim of improving a person's health or mood. Massaging the area where the oil is to be applied can boost circulation and increase absorption.
During this the therapist concentrates on releasing specific chronic muscle tension as well as the muscular knots, or adhesions. Deep Tissue massage is a series of slow, specific and deliberate strokes and is best suited for postural deviances and abnormal muscle tone.
It is a full-body, deep-tissue, holistic treatment. Balinese massage uses a combination of gentle stretches, acupressure, reflexology, and aromatherapy to stimulate the flow of blood, oxygen and "qi" (energy) around your body, and bring a sense of wellbeing, calm and deep relaxation. | <urn:uuid:159b11c4-311a-48f4-9255-c747ced33e58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://outcallmassagespattaya.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.935412 | 296 | 1.53125 | 2 |
I bet that, on average, you spend at least 1-2 hours every day waiting for something. Time passes by when you stay in a traffic jam, wait for your friend at a cafe, or just waiting when your meal is done while cooking.
It's the time when it's tough to do some deep work. You can't really concentrate on something important, as those waiting times are often unpredictable in their duration.
But what if you could do something valuable within those 1-2 or sometimes more hours every day? Just imagine, by the time you are 60, you'd spend full 5 years in this transitional waiting state. Would you like to hack it and use it to your advantage? Let's explore how.
In my tragicomedy "Waiting for Godot," I write about the world which waits for someone so important that it makes the decisions of people who live in that world paralyzed. However, there might be no meaning in that waiting, and the world could have continued living as it was before. It probably shouldn't pay so much attention to that abstract person Godot, which might be read as a personification of some excellent human power, teacher, or God.
The book, of course, touches more topics, but I wanted to use it as an example of what a prominent place the process of waiting takes in our lives.
Let's do a quick exercise.
First, write down the most time-consuming waiting activities you had in the last few days?
Great, now let's see what out of this was predictable in length and didn't require your full attention. For example, when you wait for delivery, you might be excited or nervous, checking whether the delivery guy is here. You pick up your phone every other minute and open Instagram to kill the waiting time. However, you might know that he will not come sooner than 10AM. So why would you want to have your morning ruined by these chaotic movements when you can't find your place.
Waiting is like a special modus of being when time flies differently. It might be unpleasant and long, so we try to "kill" this time by doing some things that are not really good for our wellbeing, like checking social media, watching funny videos, or overeating. We often excuse that because we consider it a waiting time, so it has no inherent value anyway.
However, I think we have the power to change that attitude. From now, I encourage you to notice when you are caught by this particular "waiting time" and think of what you can that will be helpful for you later.
Maybe instead of scrolling social media, you'd do a quick workout, read that work-related article you always postponed, or simply call your mother.
Imagine how many great small things can be done within those random chunks of time.
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Vehicle OEM BMW is recalling around 83 electric vehicles after concerns faults made during the lithium-ion cell manufacturing process could cause short circuits in the battery packs.
The Voluntary Safety Recall, effective from July 21, follows three incidents in the vehicle manufacturer’s iX SUV (model Year 2022 – 2023) and i4 Gran Coupe vehicles that were produced between November 22, 2021 and July 30, 2022.
The batteries in those recalled vehicles were manufactured by Samsung SDI, according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency of the US federal government.
Analysis of Samsung’s production process showed debris may have entered the cells during manufacturing with additional analyses identifying cathode pieces within the cell.
A notice by NHTSA noted the high-voltage battery manufacturer may not have produced the battery to specifications and as a result, a short-circuit could occur and lead to a thermal event.
The NHTSA website advised motorists not to drive or charge their vehicles, and to park outside and away from structures until the remedy was complete.
A BMW spokesman told BEST: “As part of quality controls and investigations on a few field cases carried out by the BMW Group, it was found that, in very rare cases, a manufacturing defect occurred in the production process of the cells within a limited period of time.
“This manufacturing defect may lead to malfunctions in the high-voltage battery. In rare cases, these can lead to discharge of the cell and, in a worst case scenario, to a fire.”
According to an NHTSA report, BMW became aware on 16 April of a non-US field incident involving a 2022 BMW i4 eDrive40.
An engineering investigation was initiated, and Samsung was contacted.
Analysis of the battery manufacture Samsung’s production records suggested an irregularity during the production process which may have allowed debris to enter into a battery cell with additional analyses identifying cathode pieces within the battery cell.
On June 3, BMW became aware of a US incident involving a Model Year 2022 iX xDrive50, and on 19 June, 2022, BMW became aware of a non-US field incident involving a 2022 BMW iX M60.
Similar analyses were performed, and similar findings were identified involving an irregularity during Samsung’s production process.
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What Is the Manual for Courts-Martial?
Purpose of the Manual for Courts-Martial
The Manual for Courts-Martial is the U.S. Military’s official reference for courts-martial laws and proceedings for all branches of the Armed Forces. The Manual is updated to conform with the most recent amendments to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and has seen regular additions and revisions since it became the official document of the United States Military and the UCMJ in 1951. The Manual is regularly reviewed and edited by the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice. This committee is tasked with ensuring the manual remains up to date on proper trial etiquette, jurisdictional matters, changes to the punitive articles, and other procedures of the military courts.
Manual for Courts-Martial Editions & History
The Manual for Courts-Martial has existed in some form since 1890, although it is certain to have been manuals concerning legal proceedings of the military long before that. Perhaps the best known and earliest version of a standard-issue MCM was written by Brigadier General John R. Brooke and Acting Judge Advocate P. Henry Ray while headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It was called Instructions for Courts-Martial and was just over 50 pages long. The Manual operated alongside the Articles of War and the Articles of the Government of the Navy for over 60 years, but no definitive manual had yet been printed for military use. On May 6th, 1951, President Truman signed into law an act of Congress which consolidated the newly minted UCMJ and the Manual for Courts-Martial. You can find links to the most contemporary version of the Manual for Courts-Martial along with earlier versions below:
- MCM 2019 Editon: Released in 2019. Numerous changes.
- MCM 2016 Edition: Incorporates the 2012 edition, its amendments, and numerous other changes. This is the most current edition of the Manual for Courts-Martial.
- MCM 2012 Edition: Released in 2012 and supplemented with new amendments in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
- MCM 2008 Edition: Updated the 2005 edition to the MCM with the most recent amendments to the Rules for Courts-Martial, and included three new Executive Orders to the Punitive Articles section signed between 2005 and 2007.
- MCM 2000 Edition: The 2000 Edition incorporated the 1984 MCM along with all previous executive orders from 1995, 1998, and 1999. It commemorated the 50th anniversary of the UCMJ.
Earlier Additions: The first modern Manual for Courts-Martial which represented all branches of the armed forces was published in 1951. But the MCM goes as far back as 1890. You can revisit all previous editions on the Library of Congress website.
Organization of the Manual for Courts-Martial
The Manual for Courts-Martial is broken down into five parts and supplemented by 28 appendices as of this writing. While the substance of the parts and the number of appendices has seen substantial changes and growth over the years, the structure of the MCM has remained mostly the same since 1950. Part I: Preamble defines the sources and exercises of military jurisdiction and the nature and purpose of military law Part II: Rules for Courts-Martial describe general provisions, rules for apprehension, forwarding and disposition of charges, convening courts-martial, the withdrawal of charges, and more. Part III: Military Rules of Evidence govern what can and cannot be used in military court by attorneys and prosecutors. Part IV: Punitive Articles provides the full list of offenses, their elements, and their minimum and maximum sentences under Subchapter 10 of the U.S. Code. Part V: Non-Judicial Punishment Procedure details who may impose NJPs, how they should proceed, and how punishment should be meted out.
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Groups and Teams Lecture
Why study Groups and Teams?
It is necessary for organisations to be effective. Effectiveness can be defined differently depending upon the nature of the organisation or indeed the individual stakeholder needs but it is widely accepted that individuals, groups, the organisation and the environment all interact to create the organisation and as such it is these factors and the way in which they interact that determine the effectiveness of the organisation.
Management research and the development of management theory since the early 20th century has led to a growing realisation that groups and teams can play a significant part in the success or otherwise of organisations.
1 The Development of Management Theory
This section will outline the key theoretical views and findings that led to the realisation that groups exerted significant influence within an organisation and as such their importance in understanding organisational behaviour was critical.
1.1 Classical or Scientific Management Theory
As a result of industrialisation in the early 20th century, businesses began to emerge that were far bigger and more complex than had existed previously and managers and theorists set about the task of understanding how best to manage such organisations. The key objective at that time was no different from the objective of most organisations today; the maximisation of productivity.
Classical management theory focussed on work planning, technical requirements, basic management using a command and control style and most importantly the concept of rational and logical behaviour. Taylor (1911) developed the concept that management was a science and the organisation could be managed as though it was a machine. Taylor considered the organisation of work as being critical to minimising waste, efficiency and increasing productivity. He was a pioneer of the time and motion study and his ideas changed the balance of power in organisations from workers to management.
Taylor’s ideas were taken further at the time by Henry Ford in 1913 when he created the assembly line. This helped Taylorism theories gain some favour as the ideas were very similar except in that Ford also tried to put the work into the order of production to make even more efficient.
Both Taylor and Ford believed that workers were motivated in a rational way and that taking a scientific approach to the organisation of work would result in workers being incentivised by the wages they obtained through higher productivity. These ideas were sometimes criticised for ignoring personality factors and creating rigid structures that allowed people very little control over their work environment but despite this there are still many elements of classical theory evident in organisations today. These elements can be clearly seen in the continued hierarchical structure adopted by many companies and in the production line techniques adopted in manufacturing.
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1.2 The Human Relations Approach
During the 1920’s there began to be a growing focus on social factors at work and the behaviour of employees. This is sometime also known as the behavioural approach. The turning point in management theory from classical to behavioural or human relations came about as a result of the Hawthorne studies.
1.2.1 The Hawthorne Studies
The Hawthorne studies were a series of studies conducted in the Western Electric Company that took place over a fifteen-year period from 1924 to 1932. The first experiments were called the illumination experiments and were initially based on classical management theory as the studies were undertaken to ascertain if productivity of the workforce could be improved by improvements to the lighting.
Productivity did increase when the lighting was increased but the interest arose when productivity did not revert to previous levels when the lighting was once again reduced. This led to the conclusion that there must be more factors to consider than simply the lighting and as such further studies were undertaken.
The researchers set up relay assembly test rooms to try to identify the variables that led to the greatest productivity. These tests were based upon the classical theory of the concept of the rational man and assumed that individuals would alter their behaviour based on certain rational criteria such as rest breaks, physical conditions and pay. The results however, showed continuous improvements in productivity even when the various privileges that had been introduced were withdrawn.
When these findings were analysed further it was found that involvement, participation and the attitudes of the workers taking part in the studies were all affected by the group to which they belonged and this led to an interviewing programme.
It was this interviewing programme that revealed the existence of informal groups and it was found that ‘groups were capable of causing profound changes in their members’ perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviour.
1.2.2 The Implications of the Hawthorne Studies
In 1939 a study by Roethlisberger and Dickson focusing on the presence of informal structure in organisations. The publication ‘Management and Worker’ became a core text for many years and eventually led to a school of thought in the 50’s and 60’s that demonstrated that reliance on formal structures of supervision and standardisation was largely ineffective.
Elton Mayo popularised the Hawthorne studies in his management writing at the time claiming that management could gain a lot from understanding the social dynamics of an organisation. It is considered that this was the beginning of the human relations movement.
There are many specific implications that could also be drawn from the studies.
- People would prefer to stick to norms of a group in order to belong than make rational decisions which may benefit them personally and as such the social side of the individual must be considered.
- Management can potentially harness the power of a group
- It is possible to develop harmony of interest between management and workers
- The nature of leadership and management needs to change
There are various flaws in the Hawthorne research and conclusions but in general this is not relevant. The studies and their interpretation at the time are part of the reason that management theory has continued to evolve and recognise that human relations are clearly relevant in an organisation and so theories of how best to handle this aspect of organisations are paramount.
2 Groups and Teams
This section outlines the difference between a group and a team before outlining some of the models that help to explain group formation before discussing group norms and offering some frameworks to help establish an effective. Finally the section will look at the challenges of team working.
2.1 A Group versus a Team
It is common for people to use the word ‘group’ and ‘team’ interchangeably but from an academic perspective they are different. Groups exist throughout society and are not only pertinent to organisations. People are often members of many groups in their lives but these groups are not necessarily the same as being in a team.
Firstly, think about how many groups you belong to and then think about whether you belong to a team. Do you play a sport, take part in a regular quiz night or are part of a student committee?
Now, can you identify the similarities and differences between the groups you belong to versus the teams?
It is considered an essential feature of a group that the individual considers themselves as belonging to the group. There are social groups and work groups but the features that define a group are the same for both. The list below shows some of the core features of groups and teams compared to each other.
Independent of each other
Support each other
Work to individual goals
Focus on achieving shared goals
May have a leader that provides direction and deals with conflicts
Hold equal responsibility
Share information with each other
Share information with each other
Smaller numbers of people
By definition, all teams are groups but it does not necessarily follow that all groups are teams.
If you think about your group of friends, would you consider these to be a team as well as a group? Probably not. But what about when you are taking part in a fundraising challenge event or a quiz? Would you then be a group and a team? If you look at the comparison above you can see that as a group of friends you would generally be independent and have your own goals but if you enter a quiz at the local pub, then for a while you become focused on supporting each other by combining your knowledge and you have a shared goal.
You elect to belong to your group of friends and do not have a similar conscious decision to make in regards to work groups but this does not make the group any less valid. Groups in an organisation can be found throughout.
The various groups indicated by the diagram above are all formal groups in that they are groups because the business is organised in this manner to achieve their purpose. There are also informal groups which develop as a result of the informal interaction of the members of the formal organisation.
In a business environment people must work together to get things done. For example, producing the accounts for a multi-million-pound business would be an impossible task for one person to do alone and as so an accounting department in created which becomes a formal group. It is easy to understand that some things are easier to do with more people involved in the task. Businesses are fully aware that group working and the effectiveness of group working is critical to successful performance.
2.2 Group Formation
In this section, we will look at several models and theories that have been developed to explain how groups and teams form and develop.
2.2.1 Tuckman’s Stages of Group Formation (1965) and Tuckman & Jenson (1977)
Tuckman described the stages that a team goes through in four phases: forming, storming, norming and performing. There was eventually a fifth phase added call adjourning. The words provide an obvious indication as to what these stages mean for team development and performance.
This is the getting to know you phase. The team may have just been put together and gathered for the first time. Everyone introduces themselves and largely tend to be polite and non-confrontational while they get to know each other a little and they may not even be sure about their roles at this time with the exception of the team leader.
The forming stage can be an uncertain time for team members and can generate some anxiety as team members try to make an impression and feel a certain amount of uncertainty about the task ahead. These feelings can lead to hesitant or defensive behaviour.
It is worth noting that if team members leave and have to be replaced frequently then a team may have to go through this stage more than once.
This is when the team starts to figure out how to do the task and it is common for conflict to arise at this stage as team members may have different views as to the best way to organise or manage the tasks or they may have personal desires for specific roles within the team. This happens because the team has been through the forming stage, so they feel more confident with each other and therefore express their views and feelings more openly.
This phase is considered very important for creating energy in the group as this leads to innovation and creativity.
At this point you should be more comfortable with each other and have a better understanding of each other’s abilities and viewpoint. The group at this stage is likely to have guidelines in place, procedures, roles and a structure. This is the stage that group norms are developed and established.
The team at this stage will begin to feel a strong commitment to the objective although it is possible that storming and norming can overlap for a while if new task or challenges arise during this time.
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As expected at this stage the team is now an effective group of people. They know what they are doing, who is doing what, they have trust in each other and everyone is supportive to get the job done.
It is at this stage that the group should be performing at their most effective.
Often teams are established for a specific task and as such have a limited life span. As a consequence of this consideration Tuckman and Jensen (1977) added this further stage to Tuckman’s original model. This stage may see the team disbanded. It is considered important that the group reflect on the time together as a team and consider the lessons learnt.
Think about a team that you may have been involved in either in work or as part of a study group or assignment group.
Can you recognise the stages of Tuckman’s model?
2.2.2 Bass and Ryterband (1979), Woodcock (1979) and Glass (1996)
Bass and Ryterband (1979) identified four stages in the development of groups.
Woodcock (1979) also viewed the development of teams as a four-stage process
Glass (1996) created another four-stage process
The model presented by Tuckman is the most often used model possibly because it has a rhythm that makes it easy to remember.
There are clearly huge similarities between the above two models and the original Tucker model. All four models referred to above assume a linear progression through formation which some studies have challenged.
Gersick (1988) suggested that teams complete their task by something called ‘punctuated equilibrium’ which is a biological term based on the observation of fossils. She suggested that rather than team development being a process of continual development it was in fact characterised by periods of stability or equilibrium punctuated or disrupted by revolutionary periods where a new form will emerge.
This idea is not necessarily at odds with the above models as it is possible that each stage can be reached and gain a steady state before a team moves onto the next stage.
Could it also be possible that Gersick’s model is more applicable to formal working groups than teams? Formal working groups do not have an end date. Teams tend to be created to solve a specific problem or undertake a specific task. Formal working groups are more likely to settle into a period of equilibrium and then change if something disruptive occurs. This could be a new leader or team member, a change in their environment or anything else that possible changes their equilibrium. However, with a team created to achieve a task the emphasis on progression and achievement to the end goal is more likely to be prevalent leading to continuous development of the team.
2.2.4 Business Application
If a business accepts that teams develop via a continuous process, then clearly allowing sufficient time for a task is important if the team is to have sufficient time to work through each stage of development for the benefit of the end goal.
If Gersick’s theory resonates in respect of formal groups, then a business may consider whether it should create a disruption within a group to ‘shake things up a little’ and inject some energy and creativity back into the group.
Think of a hypothetical business situation that could justify a business creating a disruptor to improve performance.
Is there a better way that this could have been approached?
Hint: Think about tackling problems in a business using a different approach potentially through teamwork
2.3 Group Norms
Whilst formal groups can have documented rules and procedures they can also develop unwritten routines and rules of behaviour that form naturally over time. This was clearly demonstrated by the Hawthorne Studies.
Group norms are extremely important as they are effectively the unwritten set of rules that an individual may need to adopt to be part of a group. They are a guide to behaviour and if the individual wants to belong and potentially gain more power in a group then it is important that they stick to the rules. They can sometimes however, be controlling by the group and be a way of applying pressure to group members to go along with the group thinking even if this is not the individuals thinking. Possibly the best example of this is the last 50 years has been the reaction of union members to those members that do not strike.
It has also been found that group controlled output and behaviour can often go against the interests of the organisation and the individual.
2.4 Building an Effective Team
There is significant research looking at high performing teams and the consideration of how to develop high performing teams. Team decisions tend to have more commitment to them than if the same decision had been made unilaterally by management although making all decisions in this manner can be costly and time consuming. It therefore follows that teams may be better than individuals in some circumstances but not necessarily in all circumstances.
It is however generally considered that teams perform better in the following ways: -
- They find things out faster
- Make better decisions
- Make fewer errors
- Are more productive
- Recall things better
All the above things are called process gain. The support and encouragement of other team members also contributes process gain. However, whilst all the above is true there is evidence to suggest that teams often do not perform as well as they could.
Katzenbach and Smith proposed several steps that a team leader should follow to get teams performing to the best of their ability.
2.4.1 Belbin’s Team Role Inventory
Belbin (1986) developed a framework for understanding roles in teams following research conducted on administrative staff at Henley College. According to Belbin, team roles are based on individual’s personalities and their own preferences. These roles may also have been developed through the framework of norms that the group have developed and as such to try to put an individual into a role that is not the norm for them or the group to which they belong may be counterproductive to the success of the team.
If a team member is given a role that they do not prefer, then they are likely to try to take on a different role within the team and as such create gaps in representation and overlap another member potentially leading to conflict.
There are nine team roles in Belbin’s framework and the framework describes the contribution that each member makes and what Belbin describes as the ‘allowable weaknesses’ of each role. It should be noted that one member can do more than one role but Belbin claims that in an ideal team, every role is present and these align to the preferred roles of individuals.
The titles given to each role are mostly intuitive in respect of the competence brought by each role with the exception possibly of the plant role. This is a creator and innovator. Someone who generates lots of ideas and is good at solving difficult problems.
There are many criticisms of Belbin’s theory as writers claim that there is little evidence to support Belbin’s assertions and that the research did not take account of the influence of the roles that the individuals normally hold nor did it consider other dynamics such as strategy and leadership.
Belbin also created a questionnaire to help evaluate individuals in creating teams but he did stress that this was only a guide and his key message was based on balance and diversity. This was reiterated by Higgs (1996) although it could also be considered that the management of a truly diverse teams must be very difficult. True diversity will mean that team members can have very different values, norms and beliefs and so although they have the potential to be extremely effective because of the diversity of outlook this could equally be the downfall of the team if some common ground cannot be established.
It is well established today that diversity in teams generally improves performance with a significant diversity and inclusion agenda now being pursued more pro-actively by many businesses. For example, it has long been established that the inclusion of females on a board improves the company performance.
One final consideration is that simply being in a team does not guarantee success in achieving the goal. All the correct players can be on the team but to be effective teams must also have the following:
- A shared and specific goal
- Agreement about how to work together
- Skills that are relevant to the task and complementary
- More than two members
- Shared accountability
It is also possible that effective teams can develop spontaneously as a result of circumstances.
Can you think of any examples where this could happen or has happened to your knowledge?
Hint: It may be worth considering fictional events from movies or books to get you started.
Now consider whether the group or team you have in mind show evidence of each of the roles promoted by Belbin.
2.4.3 Business Application
Clearly Belbin’s model can be used to identify individuals to take on the various roles within a team and his questionnaire can be used as a start point for the selection of team members however, organisations should be careful not to make the questionnaire the only determinant of team members.
The best application is to ensure that teams selected are diverse in nature and that the roles allocated to the members match their norms and the norms of those around them. Remember that leopards cannot change their spots but the determination on cats of spots and stripes and the differences across all big cats are determined by several things. Just like the individual’s norms and allocated role within a group will be determined by things around them.
Once again, think about a team that you may have been involved in either in work or as part of a study group or assignment group.
Did the team have all of the roles outlined by Belbin?
In your opinion was the team successful or as successful as it could have been?
What factors contributed to this outcome?
2.5 Maintaining an effective Team
Creating an effective team is one thing but maintaining it can be more difficult. Often this is not of such a concern on a genuine team created to tackle a specific issue or activity as the team are unlikely to be together so long that they become ineffective through lethargy or familiarity. However, if the task is of a particularly long duration or it is a working group that are potentially together for a long time, then maintaining effectiveness and energy is more difficult.
It was noted earlier that creating a disruptor could alter the dynamics but there are other considerations also. Group cohesiveness is related to group effectiveness. Group cohesiveness describes how attractive the group is to its members and their motivations to remain a part of it. Individuals who form these groups have less work-related anxiety, higher job satisfaction and lower absenteeism. There are disadvantages of cohesive groups though in that they may become defensive or almost territorial, they may not work well with other groups and it can be difficult for new group members to integrate.
In the modern world of business today that operate in an ever-changing environment due to technology and globalisation, cohesive groups can be problematic as they may often be resistant to change.
2.6 Challenges of Team Working
When group and teams work well together, it is possible to achieve great things in an organisation. However, a poorly performing team can have serious consequences for an organisation.
2.6.1 Process Loss
Poor performance can lead to something known as process loss. This is where team members either cannot be bothered which is known as motivation loss or they don’t make the best use of all the skills within the team leading to co-ordination loss.
2.6.2 Social Loafing
It is also possible to suffer process loss due to a concept call social loafing. Social loafing is considered be some to be human nature. It is the idea that you don’t pull your weight in the activities of the team because you think someone else will do it and no-one will be able to see that you are not doing your bit. You can hide within the group.
Another serious issue with groups and teams is the concept of groupthink. Psychologist Irving Janis first identified groupthink and found in his studies that highly cohesive groups which contained members of similar backgrounds and values would quite often want to agree with each other and so would not necessarily challenge each other sufficiently or think ‘outside the group’. This can lead to a group making fantastic decisions or disastrous decisions.
Polarisation is another issue that occurs within groups. Generally, it was thought that through a group or team decision, the overall approach to an activity was likely to be conservative or cautious as it would tend towards an average view rather than any one extreme. However, research has suggested that groups will actually make more extreme decisions than may be expected. It is possible that the ability to share the responsibility leads to a boldness that would not be forthcoming from an individual. However, polarisation can lead to a strengthening of a belief within a group or team.
In your earlier team examples, did any members of your team display any of the above behaviours?
What was the impact on the task?
2.7 Modern Team Management
Organisations ever increasing awareness of the criticality of staff engagement combined with modern technology is changing the way in which organisations manage teams in the 21st century.
Team members may now be spread across the globe as distance is no longer the barrier that it once was. Virtual teams now exist and these team members may never meet but collaborate using texts, mail, phone calls and file sharing amongst other methods.
Despite these changes in the ways in which teams work the same basic principles of team selection apply alongside the requirement to ensure that the team is established for the right reason and the factors essential for success such as a shared goal are in place.
Consider the types of issues that could arise in a globally diverse team.
Do you think that such teams can be as successful as any other?
3 Summary and Issues in Groups and Teams
We have looked at a variety of areas in relation to groups and teams ranging from the consideration of their importance to organisations and the research that led to this awareness through to the ways in which groups and teams form and develop as well as outlining some possible models to create a high performing team.
We can see plenty of evidence in businesses today that the theories are still relevant and in use although it is also clear that the continued development of human relations management has gone much further.
There are many problems associated with groups and team in organisations and some of the challenges have been outlined but it is also clear that in organisations today, staff engagement is a key activity as organisations recognise that the modern worker is looking for more from work and his employer than may have previously been considered. In fairness, the Hawthorne studies identified this but the nettle was not grasped quite so firmly by management at that time as it is today.
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Brooks, I., 2003. Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and Organisation. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
King, D. & Lawley, S., 2013. Organizational Behaviour. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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I look forward to a future where every state and national museum includes astonishing material by unusual people, independent of physicality, neurology, colour or class.
James Brett, founder of the Gallery of Everything
As Melbourne patiently wades through months of closures and pauses, there is a reprieve in thinking of two Arts Project Australia artists being viewed and relished faraway in London.
At the Gallery of Everything, APA’s Julian Martin and Terry Williams are exhibiting side-by-side in The Deep. The Gallery of Everything is London’s first and only commercial space dedicated to non-academic and private art-making, ancillary to the Museum of Everything, a non-profit which has been advocating for artists beyond the cultural mainstream since 2009. The exhibition – dates recently extended until October 1 – explores the vocabulary of the two non-verbal artists working within the contemporary art world and their total embrace of the self as they, as atypical art-makers, mesh into the widest cultural circles.
James Brett, the founder of the Museum of Everything and the Gallery of Everything and curator of The Deep, recently took time to talk with Arts Project Australia about the ideological overlap between the two arts organisations and his aspirations for platforming the voices of artists outside the mainstream.
You can take a virtual tour of The Deep here.
The Museum of Everything, and now The Gallery of Everything, have always been dedicated to non-academic and private art-making. Why is it important to provide space for this type of art?
We started the museum just over ten years ago for one reason: there was no real space in the UK dedicated to alternative artmakers working outside the cultural mainstream. The Museum of Everything was an experiment. We curated over 500 works in a found space in the middle of London and invited the art world to take a look. The response was incredible, and it really helped put the artists – and the genre – on the map.
Ever since, our projects – small and large – have aimed to give the artists and artworks we love a voice and a platform. That’s also why we travel to places and countries with less knowledge of this unusual material. Mainstream galleries and museums are finally starting to wake up to this stuff. We hope this is in some small part due to our curated installations in the UK and beyond.
When did your relationship with APA begin and what have been some of the critical collaborations along the way?
We discovered APA when researching our fourth museum exhibition at Selfridges in London. In this massive undertaking, we presented artwork across the store, its windows, its exhibition space and its hotel.
The show, comprising hundreds of artworks, was dedicated to studios for artists with communication issues and disabilities. I should point out that “disability” is a word which we would have loved not to use because we didn’t think it was appropriate or even accurate – but we wanted to celebrate the studios, and we had to communicate.
The exhibition presented artists and organisations from around the world; it turned out that APA had some of our favourite artists in the entire show. We fell in love with the work and the ethos: and we featured several artists including Julian Martin, Alan Constable and Leo Cussen. From then on, APA artists featured in all our museum shows; and when we opened our gallery, Alan Constable was someone we immediately wanted to represent. The current exhibition is another terrific step forward.
Tell me about the inspiration behind your current exhibition, The Deep– why did you decide to feature APA’s Julian Martin and Terry Williams?
In some ways, The Deep is connected to and inspired by the museum exhibition of 2010. Terry Williams and Julian Martin are dynamic contemporary artists. That we decided to exhibit them together – a decision we made despite, and not because of, the APA connection – was entirely to do with how they visually describe the outside world.
There is a curious, ill-defined line between interpretation and abstraction. For us, both Terry and Julian exemplify this ambiguity.
Most of all, we thought they would look great curated together!
The Museum of Everything has been around for a decade, what developments – whether that be exhibitions or general discourse or changes in art world values- would you like to see for artists and art ‘outside the cultural mainstream’ over the next few years?
A lot seems to have changed since we first started. Mainstream galleries and museums increasingly curate artists outside the dominant cultural map. Yet there is still the feeling of them as something of a curiosity. The new focus of the art world is “diversity,” which is a word which does not really help the field.
While it is true that so-called outsiderism has always been fundamentally diverse, it is relevant to point out that human life is by its nature diverse!
That the art world – like every other part of society – tends to exclude the many and not the few, is simply a byproduct of a narrow gaze by historic gate-keepers.
Similarly, the term “neuro-diverse” may be a step forward from many of the other terms, yet it still functions as a metaphor for an apparent “otherness” – and what we really would like to see is a move away from this.
Some museums are doing a great job of just incorporating, like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which is now curating artists from studios around the world as part of the new gallery hang. Artists are placed alongside their brethren of past and present; for me, this is evidence of real change.
I look forward to a future where every state and national museum includes astonishing material by unusual people, independent of physicality, neurology, colour or class. I hope that’s not too much to ask!
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It can take several months or years for the symptoms of bronchiectasis to present themselves. Among the most typical bronchiectasis symptoms are: coughing up blood, shortness of breath, a persistent daily cough, chest pain, a wheezing in the chest when breathing, unusual sounds in the chest when breathing, fatigue, change in fingernail and toenail structure, routinely coughing up thick mucus in high volumes, respiratory infections, and weight loss. Flare-ups - which can involve night sweats and chills - can be experienced.
It is important to see a doctor right away should you experience any of these symptoms.
Cause of bronchiectasis
The two main categories of bronchiectasis are bronchiectasis caused by the genetic condition cystic fibrosis (CF), and non-CF bronchiectasis.
CF is a condition that worsens over time and can cause long term lung infections, reduce breathing ability, and result in digestive problems.
In the case of non-CF bronchiectasis, the root cause is not known in some cases (this is known as idiopathic bronchiectasis). Known causes of non-CF bronchiectasis include: genetic diseases such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and primary ciliary dyskinesia; a severe infection which has damaged the lung in the past; breathing things such as food or fluid into the lungs; autoimmune diseases; allergies to certain types of fungus; blocked airways caused by an inhaled object or tumour; or other conditions such as Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren’s syndrome.
There are certain risk factors associated with bronchiectasis. Aside from cystic fibrosis, you are more likely to develop bronchiectasis if you have the following conditions: chronic and inflammatory lung disease, immune system deficits, severe or chronic lung infections, and chronic inflammatory lung disease.
Treatment options for bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is usually diagnosed via: an imaging test such as chest x-ray or CT scan; sputum cultures and blood tests; or a bronchoscopy, which uses a small tube with light and camera to see inside the lungs, also removing any items which may be blocking the air passages.
While bronchiectasis can't be cured, it can be effectively managed with bronchiectasis treatment. You might be prescribed medication such as: antibiotics in pill or inhaled form, to treat bacterial infections; macrolides, to treat infection and inflammation; and drugs that help you to cough out mucus.
There are devices which can help, such as positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices, airway clearance devices, and percussive devices which are worn. Physical therapy, including chest clapping, may also be recommended in order to clear mucus. The type of treatment that is advised will typically depend on the stage of the condition you are in. | <urn:uuid:452c8052-2fc7-4bfc-9f0f-8cb2a8d5284a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.respiratorylondon.co.uk/bronchiectasis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.927921 | 717 | 3.34375 | 3 |
In the U.S., 93 million family caregivers (39 percent of adults) provide an estimated $522 billion in care for their loved ones. As a key member of the patient’s health care team, these caregivers are the perfect audience to both use and influence the development of health information technology, says MaryAnne Sterling, member of the Consumer Partnership for eHealth and co-founder of Connected Health Resources. But these emerging tools must support caregivers’ specific information needs. What are these needs, and how can doctors help address them?
What caregivers are looking for
Four in 10 adults in the U.S. are caring for an adult or child with significant health issues, according to Pew Research statistics. Surveys show that 75 percent of U.S. adults age 65 and older are living with a chronic condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease, and that the day to day management of their medical care falls largely on family members and friends who may not be trained. Most caregivers are adults age 30 to 64, and many navigate health care with the help of technology.
Caregivers do many health-related activities at higher levels than non-caregivers. For instance, caregivers are more likely than other adults to:
- Gather health information online, particularly about medical problems, treatments, and drugs.
- Research symptoms online in order to find a diagnosis.
- Consult online reviews about drugs and other treatments (39 percent of caregivers manage medications for a loved one).
- Read online about others’ personal health experiences.
Why doctors need to educate both patients and caregivers
What this tells us is that doctors need to make sure they are educating not only their patients, but also the caregivers. Since caregivers are not always in the exam room with patients, you need to provide patient education that is shareable and easy to access after the appointment — such as digital materials on your web site or patient portal. This prevents any important information from being lost in translation, and also prevents unnecessary calls to your office to repeat what was covered during the appointment.
Digital patient-education materials make it easy to keep caregivers in the loop. Some doctors place video clips explaining conditions and procedures on their websites, or email them to patients directly. This doesn’t replace face-to-face time with patients or caregivers, but makes that time more productive and ensures that all members of the patient’s care team are on the same page.
Providing high-quality, easy-to-understand information that is branded with your name and practice provides a measure of trust and value to patients and caregivers, and keeps them from Googling their condition and having to wade through the mixed — or even inaccurate or dangerous — results on their own.
Mobile especially important
Nine in 10 caregivers own a cell phone and one-third have used it to gather health information online, according to Pew Research. This is significantly higher than the rate of mobile health searches among non-caregivers at the time of the survey.
When asked about the specific impact of the Internet:
- 59 percent of caregivers with Internet access say that online resources have been helpful to their ability to provide care and support for the person in their care.
- 52 percent of caregivers with Internet access say that online resources have been helpful to their ability to cope with the stress of being a caregiver.
“The use of e-resources by family caregivers extends their reach, not only because of the amount of useful information and tools (like apps) that can be found to help in decisions about self care, but also because increasingly, the most efficient access to some vital aspects of health care is migrating online,” writes Jessie Gruman, Ph.D., in a blog post titled “Is the time right for e-caregiving?”
It’s also important for doctors to remember that in many cases, patients’ caregivers may not live nearby. Technology allows a son in California to coordinate his mother’s care in Connecticut, and for a patient in Maryland to research the benefits of cataract surgery with his granddaughter in Mississippi.
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Amgen is committed to the highest standards of drug quality and patient safety, and thus takes the issue of counterfeit drugs very seriously. Counterfeits by their nature are of unknown safety and efficacy, thereby putting patients at risk.
Our supply chain security program supports an effective, secure, and resilient global supply chain, and the overall integrity of Amgen’s medicines, for the protection and safety of our patients. Some of the measures Amgen is employing to deter, detect, and disrupt the criminal counterfeiting of our medicines include:
- Employing sophisticated technology to hamper the ability of counterfeiters to create packaging that resembles Amgen's.
- Requiring wholesalers to buy only directly from Amgen, and auditing compliance with these purchasing practices.
- Partnering with federal and state law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute those involved in product tampering and counterfeiting, facilitating the arrest and conviction of counterfeiters.
Amgen supports the use of appropriate serialization and track-and-trace techniques to advance the security of the supply chain and protect its products and patients; and is collaborating with global regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and industry partners in this effort.
Amgen assists regulatory agencies in carrying out their responsibilities to protect the public health through the removal of counterfeit drugs from the marketplace. Upon receipt of credible information concerning distribution of any counterfeit Amgen product, Amgen informs regulatory agencies in an effort to help authorities take swift measures to protect the safety of the drug supply and initiate enforcement actions as appropriate.
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I too often get asked why in the world I left the Caribbean to come to New York almost a decade ago.
Saint Martin is, indeed, viewed as one of the most picture perfect destinations on the planet. Sandy beaches, tropical breeze, easygoing island vibe… Really, what else could you ask for?
Unfortunately, what those people don’t realize is that when hurricane season strikes, it is often unforgiving. Sint Maarten/Saint Martin’s economy is almost solely based on tourism, and a hurricane means destruction, weeks and weeks of renovations.
You would think that Caribbean islands would be well prepared for these super storms, but many of the homes tourists see as charming little shacks are simply made of colorful wood panels and sheet metal roofs. They stand no chance against harsh winds. Our roads flood easily and our wildlife takes months, sometimes even years, to replenish itself.
I still remember the gut wrenching feeling I felt, on my first day back to school after Hurricane Luis, in 1995. Before its devastation, the drive across the island was a beautiful ones, speckled in yellow butterflies.
It took almost a decade for them to come back.
Although I was only five when Hurricane Luis paid my island a visit, the memories are vivid in my mind. I can still picture my father cracking open the front door during the eye of the storm. First, seeing the sky, blinding and white, like a water-soaked sheet hanging low above our heads. Then, down at the upturned earth at my feet. Ripped roots and snapped trees all around us, the air dangerously still. I stared up into the light until it was time to go back in.
It hurt too much to look down.
I have been writing about hurricanes my whole life. Trying to make sense of them, mourn the losses, and learn to forgive them, see them as an inevitable part of nature’s cycle. I have written through anger and tears until I dropped the pen and accepted that what had happened was behind us, that it was time to rebuild. Even if, at times, it felt impossible. My Uncle’s disappearance at sea, almost two decades ago, was one of those times.
We are still rebuilding.
I come from a place
where September means
spiders crawling up mosquito nets
mosquito eggs in the water well
hurricanes and canned peas for days
Sleeping on half deflated pool mattresses
praying the roof stays on
the wind beating the boarded windows
and the dogs in the other room
howling like wolves
Where September means
unscrewing the planks on
the windows and doors
water to our ankles
the smell of upturned soil
and trees bent like zipwire
birds and frogs in the pool filter
Where I come from
is watching trees
car tires and sheet metal
dragged down the street
in newly-formed rivers
Mama mourning her brother
at the helm of his black sailboat
St. Croix and St. Thomas
because the harbor was
These past few years, we were all blessed and thankful that no hurricane headed right for our island’s shores. Today, however, we aren’t so lucky. Irma will hit us hard, and I sit here tonight, in my New York bedroom, feeling uneasy and helpless. There is nothing to do but pray that the storm will pass quickly, sparing my family and friends. Who knows how long telephone lines will be down, how much of the destruction will be fixable in the next few weeks.
As I get carried away in my thoughts and words, I send a virtual hug to all of those who will be affected by Hurricane Irma this week. All of those who have experience or heard of Luis’s destruction, and are too familiar with what is to come. Stay strong. Hold those that you love tightly. Keep them close. Be kind to your neighbors and friends. Material things are nothing in comparison to health and safety.
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Journal of Dharma
Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies
Journal of Dharma, Dharmaram Journal of Philosophies and Religions, was launched in 1975, ‘to fill the gap of a felt need in the contemporary society’ ‘to foster intercultural understanding from an inner realization of religions.’Together with the promotion of inter-religious dialogue, Journal of Dharma promotes dialogue between the sacred and secular with the conviction that the ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ are basic dimensions of reality. In a world of mass human migration and ever faster dissemination of ideas and images, no fact of human life is independent of religious influence and religious life and practices are also influenced by these branches of human knowledge and life.Journal of Dharma is committed to investigate and foster the Interface of Religion and Philosophy with other branches of academia and publishes scholarly research articles theme based in four issues per year.
Journal of Dharma (ISSN: 0253-7222), is indexed in Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) and Current Contents/Arts & Humanities (CC/A&B) of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI); Religion Index One: Periodicals, Chicago; Scopus, Elsevier; Philosopher’s Index, Philosopher’s Information Center; ATLA Religion Database; Religion Indexes; Bowker Serials Bibliographies; and Science of Religion published by Root and Branches, Cambridge, England.
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For us, dance evokes indescribable feelings unlike any other. It is not just a form of expression but also a way to develop self-esteem and confidence. From ballet and tap to jazz and hip-hop, everyone involved in our studio works hard to instil an everlasting love of dance and fitness in everyone who walks through the doors. Whether it is appreciating music, developing creativity, excelling in social situations or exercising mutual respect for others, dance is an art form that enriches every aspect of life no matter where you’re from, how old you are or what your beliefs are. One of the primary goals of Tanglin Arts Studio is to offer our students the chance to experience dance, and it’s benefits that it has for the future.
Tanglin Arts Studio is truly a melting pot of nationalities, and we have instructors from Australia, France, Belarus, the US, Germany and Singapore. Our main goal is to offer our students a fun and supportive environment that focuses on positive reinforcement. When kids enjoy what they are doing, they are more likely to continue and reap the benefits dance has to offer.
All our teachers are certified dance instructors with university degrees in dance or dance education. They constantly further educate themselves in various areas, including achieving a Master of Education with the Royal Academy of Dance or becoming a Vocational Trainer and Assessor.
95% of our students are children from ex-pat families. We have young kids who are new to dance, and others have been dancing for years. Most of our students dance recreationally, which is why we want their experience to be personally fulfilling. We educate our students on the importance of a strong and healthy body in dance as it will prevent short-term and long-term injuries. All our instructors are trained in Pilates, Yoga and/or Progress Ballet Technique and teach regular classes during the week to strengthen the bodies of our students. We believe in a good and healthy lifestyle as well as in the mental stability of our students. We have a child psychologist on our team who helps us teach our students to become more resilient, gain body awareness and become more self-confident in themselves and their abilities.
We adhere to the Australian Teachers of Dancing (ATOD) syllabus and thus conduct annual exams in May.
We have a big emphasis on performances and shows. We have an annual end-of-year show in December in a theatre and a smaller scaled showcase in June held in the Hollandse Club. Additionally, we will conduct an Open House in mid-August to introduce everyone to the new term.
Seeing our students performing on stage and watching them improve year by year is the only motivation we need to keep doing what we are most passionate about:
Teaching children to
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Wage and Hour Laws
Many people throughout the world work in horrible conditions for extremely little pay. Fortunately, in the U.S., there are a group of laws that protect workers' rights with respect to pay and hours worked. Among the most powerful of them are “wage and hour laws,” which set the minimum amount someone may earn per hour worked.
Each state has its own set of wage and hour laws. Many also make provisions for how many hours someone can work per day and set different minimums for overtime pay, weekend pay, and overtime pay. Click through the articles below to learn about the general rules for wage and hour laws, as well as some state-specific information and wage and hour law legal answers.
State Minimum Wage Laws
Although federal law establishes a baseline for minimum wages across the country, states may set higher standards than the federal law provides. Workers covered by the federal wage law are entitled to at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In states where no minimum wage has been set or the state has a lower minimum wage than the federal wage most workers will be entitled to the federal minimum wage. On the other hand, some states have set a minimum wage rate higher than the federal minimum wage. In these states, most workers will be entitled to the higher state minimum hourly wage.
Some kinds of workers are deemed to be "exempt employees," to whom minimum wage and overtime pay requirements do not apply. Exempt employees include farm workers and public sector employees, among others. Some exempt employees, such as agricultural workers or truck drivers, have wage rates governed by laws other than the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which establishes the rates for non-exempt employees.
Tipped Employees Under the FLSA
Employees who receive more than $30 in tips on a monthly basis are subject to different rules under the FLSA than other kinds of employees. While employees are required to pay tipped employees the minimum wage, they are permitted to factor tips into their wage obligation in most states. This is referred to as a "tip credit."
Tipped employees are entitled to an employer-paid wage of at least $2.13 per hour; more if the tips don't total $5.12 per hour since they are still required to earn a minimum amount equivalent to the federal minimum wage of $7.25. For an employer to legally employ the tip credit they must follow a set of rules involving disclosures to the employee. Those who fail to make the appropriate disclosures may be required to pay the federal minimum wage in addition to allowing them to retain all tips received. The employer must also make up any difference between the federal minimum wage and the sum of the employer-made wages and tips earned.
State Pay Day Requirements
Most states have regulations that establish a minimum frequency for paying employees referred to as a payday requirement. State payday laws typically require that employers pay employees either twice a month or every other week, though some states require weekly or monthly payment. Only Alabama and South Carolina do not have payday requirements and some states have more complicated rules. Michigan, for instance, provides different payday rules depending on the employee's profession.
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|Paper title||pyjeo, an open source Python library for processing geospatial data|
|Form of presentation||Poster|
Recent years have witnessed a dynamic development of open source software libraries and tools that deal with the analysis of geospatial data. The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) has released a Python package, pyjeo, as open source under the GNU public license (GPLv.3). It has been written by and for scientists and builds upon existing open source software libraries such as the GNU scientific library (GSL) and GDAL. Its design allows for an easy integration with existing libraries to take fully advantage of the plethora of functions these libraries offer. Extra care was hereby taken on selecting the underlying data model to avoid unnecessary copying of data. This minimizes the memory footprint and does not involve time consuming disk operations. With increasing EO data volumes at an unprecedented pace, this has become particularly important.
A multi-band three-dimensional (3D) data model was selected, where each band represents a 3D contiguous array in C/C++ of a generic data type. The lower level algorithmic part of the library, where processing performance is important, has been written in C/C++. Parallel computing is introduced using the open-source library openMP. Through the Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) modules, the C/C++ functions were ported to Python. Python is an increasingly used programming language within the scientific computing community with popular libraries dealing with multi-dimensional data processing such as SciPy ndimage and xarray. Important within the context of this work is that Python allows for easy interfacing with C/C++ libraries by providing a C-API to get access to its Numpy array object. This allows pyjeo to smoothly integrate with packages such as xarray and by extension other packages that use the Numpy array object at their core.
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The ADIS16400/PCBZ is a "breakout board," which provides (1)ADIS16400BMLZ and (1) interface PCB to simplify the process of "prototyping" during the early stages of system design and evaluation. The ADIS16400BMLZ is a fully-calibrated, MEMS IMU, which provides a serial peripheral interface (SPI) for all digital communications. It provides a dual-row, 24-pin connector interface that minimizes board space but does not support standard ribbon cable connections. The interface PCB provides access to the ADIS16400BMLZ, using dual-row, 12-pin connectors, which supports standard ribbon cable systems and hand-soldering connection techniques.
This adaptor board allows for easy plug and play connection of Analog Devices Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) devices to the Raspberry Pi platform, providing application and software development.
There are two ways in which to connect your IMU to this adaptor board.
- Direct board mounting using the screws and mounting locations provided.
- Mount the IMU to a separate ADIS16IMU1/PCBZ or ADIS16IMU4/PCBZ breakout board and use the flexible 16-position ribbon cable to the EVAL-ADISIMU1-RPIZ.
This helps both software development as well as enabling real world application verification with the ability to physically move the sensor.
Features & Benefits
- Simplifies software and application prototyping of IMU’s on Raspberry Pi Platform
- Direct mounting for software development
- Ribbon cable mounting for application testing and verification
- Connects to ADIS16IMU1/PCBZ and ADIS16IMU4/PCBZ compatible IMU devices
- Connectable to Raspberry Pi 3B+ and 4 through the 40pin GPIO connector
Software & Systems Requirements
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Mesothelioma is a rare and deadly form of cancer, often affecting the thin lining of tissue around the lungs or abdomen, caused by exposure to a flaky white mineral called asbestos. One of the most striking characteristics about the disease is the latency period between asbestos exposure and showing cancer symptoms.
Typically, the latency period for mesothelioma is anywhere from 20 to 50 years after exposure, which can complicate diagnosis since many symptoms present themselves as age-related conditions. Unfortunately, by the time doctors do make a mesothelioma diagnosis, the disease has often progressed to the point where fewer treatment options are available.
However, the latency period for an individual depends on many different factors including age, duration of exposure, and even gender. According to some studies, shorter and less intense exposure to asbestos can contribute to a longer latency period, while longer exposure to asbestos, particularly in certain industrial occupations, can manifest in a shorter latency period.
Furthermore, latency periods can depend on the type of mesothelioma. The most common form of the disease is pleural mesothelioma which affects the lining of tissue around the lungs and can take an average of 30 to 50 years to develop. Often times, pleural mesothelioma victims develop asbestosis prior to the cancer, but it remains unclear if a clear causation exists between one and the other.
The second most common form of the cancer is peritoneal mesothelioma and affects the tissue surrounding the abdominal organs. The average latency period for peritoneal mesothelioma is slightly less than pleural mesothelioma at 46 years, but can take anywhere from 20 to 40 years in many cases. Mesothelioma is also known to metastasize, or spread to other parts of the body, including the heart and brain and can occur years after diagnosis and aggressive medical treatment by doctors.
How Age and Gender Affect Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Studies indicate that age and gender may also be factors in the duration of latency periods of mesothelioma cancer. Women tend to have longer latency periods than men, which may be an occupational factor since men have historically performed jobs where first hand asbestos exposure is a concern and women typically face second-hand exposure from asbestos on a male family member’s clothes.
While the science has yet to be settled on the role that age plays in developing mesothelioma during asbestos exposure, many researchers theorize that the weaker immune systems of older victims can contribute to statistically smaller latency periods. However, it may be more likely that latency periods have more to do with the overall level and duration of exposure rather than the age of the victim by itself.
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You have the power to be a life changer! Fostering a sense of belonging within the classroom can have a major impact on the academic, social and emotional success of each student. As an educator, you need the right tools to make that happen. R.E.A.C.H. to Connect with Students: Implementing SEL Daily in Your Program provides you with five principles for establishing connection with students of all ages, leading to a stronger sense of belonging and well-being, which improves students' academic performance, emotional intelligence and overall life satisfaction. You will be able to connect with your students on a personal and professional level while gaining an understanding of how your own beliefs, biases, and triggers can impact your relationship with your students.
Participants will be able to implement social and emotional learning in their daily interactions and communication with students. This approach supports students social and emotional development, which impacts their ability to communicate with others, their resilience and growth mindset, and their academic performance.
Participants will be able to identify their students' emotional needs and use modeling behaviors to help them identify self-regulation techniques that best support the student.
Participants will be able to utilize the R.E.A.C.H. framework to objectively address challenging student behaviors and provide the emotional support they need in the moment. They will do this by understanding how their biases and triggers shape their worldview and communication with others. Adults will be able to model and teach self-regulation strategies to support their students' emotional needs in healthy and safe ways.
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Scaling & Root Planing
One of the things your dentist does during a check-up is to examine your gums for periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is a condition in which bacteria attack the tissues that surround and support teeth. As it is often painless, you may not realize you have a problem until your gums and bones are damaged.
As I have discussed in previous columns, it is important to diagnose and treat periodontal disease as it can lead to tooth loss as well as contribute to vascular disease and low birth weight babies.
During your dental check-up your dentist will examine your gums with an instrument called a periodontal probe. He or she will measure and record the space between each tooth and the gum tissue that surround it. This space or sulcus is located at the very edge of the gumline where gum tissue is not attached to the teeth. The sulcus should be a very shallow v-shaped groove that measures three millimeters or less.
During a periodontal screening and recording your dentist moves the probe around your gumline to map out your pocket depths. This record will be used in conjunction with your dental x-rays to both diagnose and plan treatment as needed. It will also be used to compare your progress at later exams.
I have previously discussed a variety of options for preventing and treating periodontal disease. Today I would like to discuss scaling and root planing.
Scaling means removing the plaque and tartar that have accumulated under the gumline. It may require special instruments or an ultrasonic cleaner to remove it down to the bottom of each periodontal pocket. You may require it in one or more areas of your mouth and multiple visits may be necessary depending on the extent of the disease. A local anesthetic may also be necessary to assure your comfort.
Planing refers to smoothing off the root surfaces after they have been cleaned so that the gum tissue can heal and reattach to the tooth.
Once scaling and root planing have been completed you will be re-evaluated at a later appointment to see how well the gums have been able to heal and if the periodontal pockets have returned to their normal depths. When pockets greater than three millimeters remain after scaling and root planing, you will be evaluated for further treatment. | <urn:uuid:2ec4ba58-45cc-41ec-9fe9-cabb7838b4eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.stocktondental.com/procedures/oral-hygene/scaling-root-planing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959445 | 474 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Technology abounds in schools and homes. Literacy technologies such as CD-ROMs or DVDs have been available to educators and parents for at least the past 30 years. More recently web-based literacy technologies have emerged. Much of this material has been evaluated for impact on student learning outcomes. What have we learned from this work? What remains to be understood? These are the questions explored here.
Here we seek to review specific aspects of technology used in the early school years of education. Our focus is on web-based and traditional CD-ROM or similar ‘packages’ of literacy interventions. Other Encyclopedia entries consider the impact of specific technologies such as tablets or talking books, and the optimal methods for the inclusion of technologies within the classroom.1,2
The present article considers the following specific questions:
- Do children learn language and literacy skills from digital media? To do this we will summarize the whole literature.
- What are the characteristics of effective educational software-based teaching materials? We will analyze the features of the most effective tools.
The focus of most evaluation research on technology has rightly been on implementation trials. Typically these trials are quantitative quasi-experiments or randomized control trials (RCTs) that have as a bare minimum an intervention condition, a control condition and assess change in learning from pre to post-intervention on a respected language or literacy measure with known reliability and validity. Unfortunately, few really well-designed studies of this kind are published in education, and the work on literacy technology is no exception to this pattern. Nevertheless, such studies provide the only rigorous methods for knowing that the use of technology adds value in literacy development.3 Only RCTs provide convincing evidence of causal links from the use of technology to raised reading attainments. Beyond this, the strongest evidence of the reliability and generalizability of such studies comes from carefully undertaken statistical meta-analyses of all such RCTs. Such studies are thus reviewed here.
Key Research Questions
So, do educational technologies ‘work’ to improve literacy? A tertiary analysis (that is, a review of a series of meta-analyses)4 summarized all available individual meta-analyses and showed rather modest effects of intervention on literacy outcomes.5-9 A more recent review of effective practices in elementary schools10 also suggested that interventions using instructional technology generate only small effect sizes (d = +0.14) for reading outcomes.a More recently, a meta-analytic review11 found similarly small positive effects (d = +.16). Finally, a meta-analysis of meta-analyses12 also reported comparably modest effects.
Are such small positive effect sizes the best that technology can offer literacy? This is probably overly pessimistic on the basis of our own work and re-interpretation of the wider literature. We now have eleven published experimental (generally RCT) studies using our ABRACADABRA web-based intervention (http://abralite.concordia.ca). These have produced mostly small to medium effect sizes for impacts on a range of reading outcome measures in studies around the world.13 In a recent meta-analysis14 consistent medium effects were sometimes evident (e.g., g = +.38 for listening comprehension outcomes). Another recent meta-analytic review of the wider literature15 also reported medium positive effect sizes for technology on outcomes such as children’s concepts of print and phonological awareness.
Recent Research Results
One recent review16 contrasted ‘online’ software with ‘offline’ closed systems (compact discs). Generally, online programs offered more comprehensive content, teaching more key literacy skills than offline software in Kindergarten and Grade 1 levels. Both the quality of instruction and the scaffolding of learning was also quite variable across on and offline technologies. Perhaps surprisingly, few programs, either online or offline, provided automatic progression across levels of task difficulty from short blends to longer ones based on mastery at the lower level (e.g., for blending sounds, from: ‘i’-‘t’ to ‘s’-‘i’-‘t’ to ‘s’-‘p’-‘i’-t’ to ‘s’-‘p’-‘l’-‘i’-‘t’). This review provides information to support the principled selection and use of digital instructional materials by parents and educators. These findings also suggest that better software is needed before we can evaluate whether it is efficacious or not.
Arguably three methodological issues remain to be resolved in future research:17
- Study implementation. A tertiary meta-analysis18 found effect sizes for technology on reading can be as high as d = +.60, but where training and support of teachers are poor, effects are close to zero.
- The quality of the technology. Consistent with recent work,17 another study19 used a taxonomy of reading skills applied to thirty popular literacy software programs. Results showed that only 15% of the programs taught the key skill of synthetic phonics. Startlingly, activities to develop text comprehension skills were entirely absent. Tellingly, there were limited examples given for training each skill, inconsistent progression from simpler to more demanding items, and few opportunities to practice taught skills.
- The theoretical and pedagogical coherence of technologies. Most interventions do not test theories of reading, or of technology (e.g., its multiple modalities, simultaneity, immediacy, its impartiality, privacy).
This article has sought to evaluate the impact of technologies for literacy. What do we know as a result of all this work? We know that technologies can work. While early reviews all found small or near-zero effects of intervention, more recent high quality work has consistently shown small-to-medium effects of intervention on language and literacy outcomes. It is notable that some recent reviews have found largest effects on outcomes that have proved traditionally ‘hard to remediate’ such as listening comprehension. Arguably research on literacy technologies suffers from extremism: ‘naïve’ modernist enthusiasm for technology as ’the answer’ to literacy difficulties is countered by the backlash of cynicism against their use (‘Oversold and Underused’ as one critic has it19). The reality we argue is in the middle ground - technologies of high quality used by trained and well-supported expert staff in expert ways as one part of literacy instruction, connected to wider literacy goals appear to add consistent small to medium sized ‘value added’ for literacy in the early years.
Implications for Parents, Services and Policy
What are the implications for technology users? We think there are four:
Firstly, for parents and teachers the implication is caveat emptor (‘let the purchaser beware’). Some commercially available technologies teach valuable content in a manner that conforms to best practices and are quite likely to aid early literacy. It is however important to critically evaluate technologies before purchasing and using them. Secondly, there are also very few technologies that teach all of the skills that wider research and expert opinion agree are core to effective reading acquisition, so literacy technologies can be used as an additional tool to aid some aspects of literacy, never as a replacement for expert teaching. In this respect ‘on-line’ technologies are as good if not superior to ‘off-line’ technologies.
Thirdly in formal educational contexts, the careful training of- and support for- staff in using technologies is likely to be an important feature of their effective use (though parents may benefit too!). Given that none of the most popular technologies provide automatic graduated transition for simpler to more complex items, the programming of effective learning lies with a capable adult who understands curricular progressions in early literacy. Expert teachers will therefore likely get the best from the best technologies. It is also highly unlikely that children left unsupervised with such technologies will learn effectively.
Fourthly, for policy makers we counsel that they should not throw the ‘baby’ of literacy technologies out with the bathwater of poor results of earlier systematic reviews. Better technologies used in more sophisticated ways to test theory, implemented and supported well can, we think, add visible value to language and literacy learning. This goal awaits further better basic research testing contemporary theories of multimedia, literacy and technology.
- Korat O, Segal-Drori O. Electronic(E)-books as a support for young children's language and early literacy. In: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RD, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/technology-early-childhood-education/according-experts/electronice-books-support-young-childrens. Published November 2016.
- Roskos K, Brueck JS. Teaching early literacy with e-books: emerging practices. In: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RD, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/technology-early-childhood-education/according-experts/teaching-early-literacy-e-books-emerging. Published November 2016.
- Savage RS, Cloutier E. Early reading interventions: The state of the practice, and some new directions in building causal theoretical models. In: Cain K, Compton D, Parrila R, eds. Theories of reading development. Paper in press.
- Savage R, Pompey Y. What does the evidence really say about effective literacy teaching? Educational and Child Psychology. 2008;25(3):21-30.
- Blok H, Oostdam R, Otter ME, Overmatt M. Computer-assisted instruction in support of beginning reading instruction: A review. Review of Educational Research. 2002;72(1):101-130.
- Dynarski M, Agodini R, Heaviside S, Novak T, Carey N, Campuzano L, Means B, Murphy R, Penuel W, Javitz H, Emery D, Sussex W. Effectiveness of reading and mathematics software products: Findings from the first student cohort. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences; 2007:140.
- Ehri LC, Nunes SR, Willows DM, Schuster BV, Yaghoub-Zadeh Z, Shanahan T. Phonemic awareness instruction helps children learn to read: Evidence from the National Reading Panel’s meta-analysis. Reading Research Quarterly. 2001;36(3):250-287.
- Chambers B, Slavin R, Madden N, Abrami P, Tucker BJ, Cheung A, Gifford R. Technology infusion in Success for All: Reading outcomes for first graders. The Elementary School Journal. 2008;109(1):1-15.
- Torgerson C, Zhu D. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of ICT on literacy learning in English. In: Research evidence in education library. London: EPPI-Centre, SocialS cience Research Unit, Institute of Education; 2003:5-16.
- Slavin RE, Lake C, Chambers B, Cheung A, Davis S. Effective Reading Programs for the Elementary Grades: A Best-Evidence Synthesis. Review of Educational Research. 2009b;79(4):1391-1466.
- Cheung ACK, Slavin RE. How features of educational technology applications affect student reading outcomes: A meta-analysis. Educational Research Review. 2012;7(3):198-215. doi:10.1016/j.edurev.2012.05.002.
- Hattie J. Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. London: Routledge; 2009.
- Piquette N, Savage RS, Abrami P. A cluster randomized control field trial of the ABRACADABRA web-based reading technology: Replication and extension of basic findings. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014;5:1413. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01413.
- Abrami P, Borokhowski E, Lysenko L. The effects of Abracadabra on reading outcomes: A meta-analysis of applied field research. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 2015;26(4):337-367.
- Van Daal VHP, Sandvik JM. The effects of multimedia on early literacy development of children at risk: A meta-analysis. In: Shamir A, Korat O, eds. Technology as a support for literacy achievements for children at risk. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springe; 2013:73-119.
- Wood E, Grant A, Gottardo A, Savage RS, Evans MA. Software to promote young children’s growth in literacy: A comparison of online and offline formats. Early Childhood Education Journal; 2016. doi:10.1007/s10643-016-0779-9.
- Savage RS, Abrami P, Piquette-Tomei N, Wood E, Deleveaux G, Sanghera-Sidhu S, Burgos G. A (Pan-Canadian) Cluster randomized control effectiveness trial of the ABRACADABRA web-based literacy program. Journal of Educational Psychology. 2013;105(2):310-328. doi:10.1037/a0031025.
- Archer K, Savage R, Sanghera-Sidhu S, Wood E, Gottardo A, Chen V. Examining the effectiveness of technology use in classrooms: A tertiary meta-analysis. Computers & Education. 2014;78:140-149. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.06.001.
- Cuban L. Oversold and underused: Computers in the classroom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Unversity Press; 2001.
a ‘Effect size’ is an accepted way to measure the size or practical significance of improvements that follow any intervention. Mathematically this is based on the mean post-intervention score minus the mean pre-intervention score and usually divided by a measure of variability in scores at pre-intervention (e.g., pooled standard deviation), to give an effect size score, d. By common consent a ‘small’ effect size is d = + .2, a ‘medium’ effect size is d = +.5 and a ‘large’ effect size is d = + .8.
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When you begin looking for a desk for your child, it does not take long to realise that the choices are almost endless. They come in many different sizes and materials; toddler sized moulded plastic, functional plastic or metal for school age children, and large multi-purpose wood for your teen. You quickly realise you need to narrow the field of choice. Below are some things to consider when buying the perfect desk for your child.
You want to choose a desk that is age and size appropriate. I know, you may want to buy a desk that will last your child for years. But realistically, you need to change the size and use of the desk as your child grows. A preschool desk for colouring and working with play dough is much different from a school-age child’s desk used for homework, and a teen’s desk that must be large enough serve multiple purposes.
when you pick out your little one’s desk, you will probably do so without any
input. However, your older child may specify a preferred col or, and you might
want to include your teen in the decision to make sure you get a desk they will
with any children’s
furniture, you want to make sure you purchase a desk that is
well-constructed and will last for as long as needed. When you child is little,
you need to make sure the desk is sturdy enough not to tip over, and has no
sharp edges. Also check for small parts that can detach and become a choking
hazard. If your school-aged child uses the desk for crafts, a washable top is a
good idea. For your teen, drawers for storage and enough room for a computer
and other electronic devices are often desired.
Your child is unlikely to use a desk and chair if they are not comfortable. Consider taking your child along when you look at desks and have them sit at it and see if the height and width accommodates their size. For your school-age child, the desk should be comfortable enough for prolonged sitting, or they will not want to stay at it long enough to complete assignments.
Colour is not always important. A neutral wood desk for your teen will probably meet their needs. However, if your child wants a coloured desk, choose one that matches the col or and/or theme of your child’s room. For a coloured desk, choose a shade that creates a feeling of warmth and energy – dark red or yellow work well, especially for very young children. It’s worth also remembering that a number of high sleeper beds also contain desks underneath, maximising space.
Consider providing a desk for your pre-school aged child suitable for reading and doing some pre-learning activities. This provides familiarity with the concept of working at a desk, making the beginning of school an easier transition. A school-aged child who will use their desk primarily for school work needs a place to store paper, pencil, and completed papers, so make sure the desk has drawers. Talk to your older teen about what they plan to use their new desk for. Many teens do their homework on a bed or at a table somewhere other than their own room. In this case, the desk may be used primarily for a computer or gaming device and a different type of desk is required from one used for academic work.
• Make sure you consider the space available for your child’s desk. • Consider a desk with a chair attached for your very young child as they are safer and more compact, • For an older child, a desk with drawers and shelves provide space to store paper, electronic games, and school supplies. • A desk with a built-in light works well for doing schoolwork. Your choice will be easier if you do some research on-line prior to actually going to the store to buy a desk for your child. In this way, you can narrow the field and only look at those that meet your specifications. Additionally, taking your older child along to sit at the desk and give their opinion about colour and style will assure you find the perfect desk for your child.
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When it comes to international markets, China has proven to be one of the most lucrative, but also one of the most highly regulated and controlled. All domestic or international companies are subject to strict laws that were restated in September 2015 to protect consumers from hyperbolic advertising claims. The Advertising Law of the People’s Republic of China, as it is known, was initially adopted in 1994 and strengthened in 2015 to prevent false or misleading advertising content. The Advertising Law applies to all Chinese and foreign companies operating within the People’s Republic.
If you can navigate these complex restrictions, you can tap into a large market — the second-largest ad market in the world — which could make all the difference for your business.
But failure to adhere to the rules can result in hefty fines.
If you enter the Chinese ad space unprepared, there could be significant consequences. Reading through this post will assist you in navigating through these complex restrictions.
Overview Of The Advertising Law as per the 2015 Enactment
As an entrepreneur, the first thing you need to know about running ads in China is that this region is a closed ecosystem and a strictly regulated market. Penalties for brands and businesses that don’t stick to China’s regulations can be severe. For instance, fines range from 100,000 RMB (about $19,329 CAD) to 1 million RMB ($193,291 CAD).
Repeat offenders should expect to pay even more, and you may have your advertising and business licenses revoked. It’s also worth noting that your advertising channels can enforce advertising standards. If you don’t follow Chinese advertising laws, sites like WeChat may blank some parts of your ad content or reject your ad outright.
Above all else, the Advertising Law seeks to limit false or misleading information. The most straightforward aspect of this would be advertising a product or service which does not exist. If your product or service is authentic, then all you have to worry about is providing accurate information regarding its function, origin, quality, usage, and price. Failure to do so will have your advertising deemed “misleading,” running the risk of fines and damage to your brand’s reputation.
Some more obscure aspects of the Advertising Law relate to using superlatives in written copy. Your product or service cannot be “the best,” even if you think it is. Even Xiaomi Inc., now the 2nd largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, was not immune to controversy and was investigated in the latter half of 2015 for using the word “best” in its advertising. Words like “the most,” “the best,” and “the highest” are strictly forbidden and can attract a minimum fine of CAD$35,000.
The Advertising Law is just as strict when it comes to online advertising. If you are advertising your products online, you must not interfere with the users’ “normal use of the internet.”
When using a “pop-up” advertisement to market your product, you must include clear instructions to close your advertisement in a single click. Email advertisements must reveal the sender’s identity and contact details and have a clear option for opting out of future correspondence; this is similar to the GDPR — the European regulatory body for email marketing.
Don’t Use the Wrong Map
You must always source a map of China from the government if you want to use it in an ad. Utilizing a different source can be viewed as an attempt to divide the country, which fouls numerous Chinese regulations.
Don’t Draw Direct Comparisons
The Advertising Act prohibits comparative advertising, meaning an ad cannot directly compare to specifically named products or services.
Don’t Use the Chinese National Flag and Anthem
Advertising Law bans using the Chinese national flag and national anthem and prohibits ads with content labeled detrimental to national interests or national identity. The same law prohibits advertisements that interfere with social stability or may harm public interests and good social norms. This sounds vague, and as a foreign company hoping to advertise in China, it is best to work with an experienced marketing agency such as Periphery Digital to navigate these complex nuances.
Don’t Use Call-To-Actions, such as “About to Sell Out”
Avoid language that seeks to manipulate your customers based on service/product price changes, availability, or quantity – including words like “about to sell out,” “no down payment if you purchase now,” or “the lowest price tag in history.”
Real Estate Ads
Chinese parents are particularly invested in the education quality granted to their children and will work to ensure children are enrolled in the highest quality schools. When buying a home, proximity to top-level schools is essential to the decision-making process. It’s common for real estate developers to want to use this as a critical feature in their ads. But caution must be exercised regarding the wording used in real estate advertising.
Your ad should, as previously mentioned, not be misleading or false and cannot contain any of the following:
- Suggestions that the property will see a guaranteed increase in value or ROI
- List prices that are against the Chinese government’s pricing regulations
- Generalized claims about surrounding infrastructure include “steps away from School X or Station Y.”
According to the Advertisement Law, walking speed varies from one person to another. Hence, it’s impossible to guarantee that person A may take the same minutes as person B to reach the same destination. Such advertisements are considered misleading. Likewise, it is impossible to know which products will increase in value, so guarantees of this sort are also regarded as deceptive or false.
What Are the Penalties for the 2015 Advertising Law?
When an advertisement is deemed misleading or false, the related industry and eCommerce authorities will issue directives to discontinue the ad’s publication. The authorities will then take the necessary steps to prevent the further public influence of the misleading ad.
Such ads often attract fines between three to five times the initial cost of the ad. Attempting to skirt these regulations or ride the line of what’s permitted can be unwise and very expensive.
In addition, your business license may be suspended as a penalty for violating the Chinese Advertising Laws. All businesses operating in China, local or foreign, must fully understand the country’s advertising laws. Such companies also need to understand the specific regulations for various goods and industries in the early stages of their marketing campaigns.
As marketing is synonymous with business longevity and profit growth, any company with an eye on the Chinese market must do their homework before launching their brand. The Chinese government is keen on regulating every sector and industry to strengthen consumer protection and sustainability, and the laws are always subject to change.
Despite the strict advertising laws imposed by the Chinese government, the People’s Republic of China remains one of the most vibrant and profitable consumer markets. The profit potential is there if you can approach it with the care and planning it calls for. It’s also understandable to be overwhelmed by these restrictions and feel like passing over what could be a massive opportunity for your business.
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McLeod Recognized as a 2014 Exceptional Reviewer by Geological Society of America
Recognized for Prompt, Insightful, Meticulous and Tactful Reviews
UH postdoctoral researcher Claire McLeod was recognized for excellence in reviewing by the Geological Society of America. She was a reviewer for the GSA journal Geosphere. She was selected in recognition of the many prompt, insightful, meticulous, and tactful reviews completed in 2014.
McLeod, a geochemist mentored by Dr. Al Brandon and working on the early history of the moon, will start a tenure track teaching position in August at the Department of Geology at Miami University of Ohio.
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"vivid brightness, brilliance, splendor," early 15c., from Late Latin resplendentia, abstract noun from present-participle stem of Latin resplendens "brilliant, radiant" (see resplendent). Related: Respendency.
1590s, "shine more brightly than" (trans.), from out- + shine (v.). In this sense perhaps coined by Spenser. It was used in Middle English in an intransitive sense of "resplendent, shining forth" (late 14c.). Figurative sense of "to surpass in splendor or excellence" is from 1610s. Related: Outshone; outshining.
"arc of prismatic colors formed by the refraction of light rays by drops of rain or vapor," Middle English rein-bowe, from Old English renboga; see rain (n.) + bow (n.). Common Germanic compound (Old Frisian reinboga, Old Norse regnbogi, Swedish regenbåge, Dutch regenboog, German Regenbogen). The American rainbow trout (1876) is so called for its resplendent colors. Old English also had scurboga "shower-bow."
Old English scinan "shed light, be radiant, be resplendent, illuminate," of persons, "be conspicuous" (class I strong verb; past tense scan, past participle scinen), from Proto-Germanic *skeinanan (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German skinan, Old Norse and Old Frisian skina, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Gothic skeinan "to shine, appear"), which perhaps is from a PIE root *skai- "to shine, to gleam" (source also of Old Church Slavonic sinati "to flash up, shine"). Transitive meaning "to black (boots)" is from 1610s. Related: Shined (in the shoe polish sense), otherwise shone; shining.
c. 1500, "resplendent" (obsolete), from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow," from Proto-Italic *flagro- "burning" (source also of Oscan flagio-, an epithet of Iuppiter), corresponding to PIE *bhleg-ro-, from *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (source also of Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn." Sense of "glaringly offensive, scandalous" (rarely used of persons) first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase flagrante delicto "while the crime is being committed, red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly. | <urn:uuid:bb0771fd-6a8f-485e-badb-99266203f1de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=resplendent | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.891592 | 750 | 3.34375 | 3 |
« הקודםהמשך »
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION;
MORAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE.
BY THOMAS DICK,
“Knowledge is power."-LORD Bacon.
584 BR D54
To delineate the Moral bearings of the Christian Revelation,-to display the reasonableness and the excellence of its precepts, and the physical and rational grounds on which they rest,--and to exhibit a few prominent features in the moral aspect of the world,-were some of the principal objects which the Author had in view, in the composition of the following work. He is not aware that a siroilar train of thought has been prosecuted, to the same extent, by any preceding writer; and is therefore, disposed to indulge the hope, that it may prove both entertaining and inst ictive to the general reader, and to the intelligent Christian.
It may not be improper to remind the reader that the Author's object simply is, to illustrate the topics he has selected as the subject of this volume. As he has taken his fundamental principles from the system of Revelation, he was under no necessity, as most ethical writers are, to enter into any laboured metaphysical discussions on the foundation of Morality, and the motives from which moral actions should proceed.The truth of Revelation is, of course, taken for granted; and all who aoknowledge its Divine authority, will readily admit the principles which form the basis of the system here illustrated. But, although it formed no particular part of the author's plan to illustrate the evidences of the Christian Revelation, he trusts, that the view which is here given of the benignant tendency of its moral requisitions, will form a powerful presumptive argument in support of its celestial origin.
The Christian reader may also be reminded, that it is only the Philosophy of Religion which the Author has attempted to illustrate. It formed no part of his plan to enter into any particular discussion on the doctrines of Revelation, or on those topics which have so frequently been the subject of controversy in the Christian church. It is not to support the tenets of Calvinism, Arminianism, Baxterianism, Arianism, or any other ism which distinguishes the various denominations of the Religious world, that these illustrations are presented to public view ; but to elucidate an object which it appears to be the grand design of Revelation to accomplish, and in the promotion of which, every section of the Christian church is equally interested, and to which they would do well to “ take heed."-In his illustration of this subject, the Author has kept his eye solely on the two Revelations which the Almighty has given to mankind.-THE SYSTEM OF NATURE, and the SACRED RECORDS just as they stand, --without any regard to the theories of philosophers, the opinions of commentators, or the systems of theologians. He is disposed to view the Revelations of the Bible, rather as a series of important facts, from which moral instructions are to be deduced, than as a system of metaphysical opinions for the exercise of the intellect. | <urn:uuid:b70d7ce8-1ad4-4d3b-9bc9-44668f4ceee0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://books.google.co.il/books?id=ZrNZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3&vq=%22and+said,+For+this+cause+shall+a+man+leave+father+and+mother+and+shall+cleave+to+his+wife+%3B+and%22&dq=editions:ISBN042820435X&lr=&as_brr=0&hl=iw&output=html_text | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959528 | 671 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Smartphone world: Android and IOS fighting for the market
A smartphone is a mobile phone with greater ability to compute and connect as compared to the basic phones. The evolution of smartphones has made many things possible and accessible at the click of a button. Smartphones have now evolved to perform the tasks of a camera, computer, music player and help in GPS navigation. Operating system is the soul of the smartphones. Android, IOS, Blackberry and Windows are the various operating systems that are used in smartphones. In the world of smartphones, Android developed by Google and IOS developed by Apple are the two operating systems that occupy the largest market as compared to the others mentioned above. We are going to observe the efforts that Android and IOS are putting to survive in the world of smartphones. There are various features provided by both of them to their customized users. Android was founded in 2003 whereas IOS was founded much later in 2007 and both of them provide each other with core competition.
Smartphone operating systems and its evolution:
In the past few years, smartphones have evolved from being a simple feature oriented mobile phones to providing the facilities of mini-computer, high resolution camera and well equipped music player with the option of accessing the internet and all of the social networking sites. It has made various tasks possible at one go which earlier used to take huge amount of time. Smartphones have been designed to accomplish multiple tasks which is possible with the help of the operating systems. There are various factors like the installation and running of applications, browsing facilities, connectivity options and other such features that are obtained using the operating system. There are two operating systems, namely Android and IOS that have managed to get the support of the people across the globe.
The company developing Android is Google and the one developing IOS is Apple Inc. The latest version of IOS which is IOS 8 is going to be the eight version of the IOS against the fifth version of Android which is Android L (Liu, Li, Guo, Shen, & Chen, 2013). Along with the advancements in the smartphones, this Operating systems are also used in IPad and other tablets. Google glass working on Android system and apple watches working on IOS are the latest inventions that have revolutionized the technology across the globe.
Android is much more flexible in terms of customization and applications. On the other hand, the flexibility of IOS in terms of installing and using applications is limited (Tilson, Sorensen, & Lyytinen, (2012). Since its development, Android has undergone various modifications so as to cope up with the technological requirements and increasing demands of the people. Modifications and up gradations can be easily made in Android as compared to the IOS (Basole & Karla, 2011).
It can be observed that with the various advancements in technology, smartphones have evolved completely along with the operating systems that runs them. It is also observed from the above discussions that IOS is more customer and user specific as compared to the Android. IOS has maintained its standard to be high in terms of accessibility. However, Android has large number of applications and other features that are much more easy to use and it makes it more favourable to be accepted and used globally. Both of them are striving hard to prove each other’s efficiency in the smartphone world, which will be observed in the latest IOS 8 and Android L versions.
Basole, R., & Karla, J. (2011). On the evolution of mobile platform ecosystem structure and strategy. Business \& Information Systems Engineering. 313–322.
Bradley, T. (2013, november 15). Android Dominates Market Share, But Apple Makes All The Money. Retrieved september 11, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2013/11/15/android-dominates-market-share-but-apple-makes-all-the-money/
Goadrich, M., & Rogers, M. (2011). Smart smartphone development: iOS versus android. 607–612.
Liu, Y., Li, F., Guo, L., Shen, B., & Chen, S. (2013). A Comparative Study of Android and iOS for Accessing Internet Streaming Services. 104–114.
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How to let go of the fear.
This has to be one of the most challenging circumstances we face every day. Accepting that things just are what they are. That sometimes things just don’t go your way. Accepting in general, that’s not easy. But when you stop resisting and trying to control, you realize that things always have a way of working out. Maybe not as you had planned but they always work out. Along with letting go of the control you release the emotions of fear; stress and anxiety that come along with harboring those feelings.
What happens to us when we experience a painful situation?
We shut down. There’s a part of us whether it be conscious or subconscious that puts up a wall and blocks ourselves from feeling that pain again. We avoid anything that we believe caused our pain and want to run far away from it. It’s our self-preservation, trying to protect us from repeating the past mistakes. But it can also prevent us from experiencing life to the fullest. We need to face those fears head on and conquer them. To learn to live fearlessly.
Avoiding our feelings and running from them are not getting over them. It’s just setting it aside and blocking it out. Until one day, they all come rushing back in and hit you like a ton of bricks. Just the thought of going back and facing those painful experiences can be tortuous. But if you don’t, you’ll notice that the past will keep repeating itself. Maybe not in the same form but you will keep attracting similar situations. Until you can learn to deal with it, overcome it, release it, and move forward. When you can conquer that, consider yourself fearless!
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Healthy in the Hills: Our Story
A rainbow shines down on the Williamson Block Party, and families talk about a safe place for the kids to run and play, "we need something like this happening all year." The secret to success may be believing in our ability to use our limitations to our advantage.
Crafting Sticky Ideas & Building on What Works
Appalachian ingenuity dates back more than 150 years to coal miners working to problem solve and create solutions to fuel a global economy. In a community with limited resources, we pride ourselves on seeing challenges as opportunities.
There's a sense of community and fellowship in southern West Virginia (and in our eastern Kentucky communities, too!). Families gather at food and fitness events. Churches bring people together around the table. We connect at talent shows, health fairs or at the Arts Brigade pop-up art shows.
Getting together around the table to plan and eat together fits with the Appalachian culture. That's why Community Conversations is a vehicle for change. Meeting people where they are, we can put realistic, step-by-step plans on paper. Using feedback from one another to stay focused and accountable to our goals, Healthy in the Hills partners thrive. While we do not always get it right the first try, we're committed to failing forward together.
The Healthy in the Hills Network understands the community interest in addressing access issues and seeing change now. We stay motivated at Community Conversations by achieving short-term visible wins and gain deep leadership skills along the way.
Since 2014, when Williamson, WV (Pop. 3,000) was recognized as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize Winner, Healthy in the Hills has been motivated to learn and tell stories that are contagious. Making it sticky! That's part of our special sauce as we strive for 10,000 Healthier Lives by 2020. A network of partners and community champions are addressing social determinants of health: Poverty, Drug Overdose, Education Attainment, Housing, Employment, Chronic Disease, Broadband Access, Transportation.
Southern West Virginians Excited to Make Visible Changes
Without a network of support and a safe community, families cannot thrive. Nearly 29% of Mingo County residents are living in households with income below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). More than 10,000 people in Mingo County (42.4% of the population) are receiving SNAP benefits and 60.07% of public school students are eligible for free/reduced price lunch.
"The sun doesn't always shine in West Virginia, but the people always do." - John F. Kennedy
Who's driving change in your community?
Amy Dearfield Hannah
Amy Dearfield Hannah is a Community Network Director. She helps bring partners together to make data driven plans and collects impact stories. She also divvies watermelon to drive summer fun!
Amy shared what she's learned from being a part of 100 Million Healthier Lives: "Having worked in a career to address social determinants of health for more than 20 years, the biggest change for me as a network director is engaging people with lived experience. Together, we are working harder for health equity."
Community Champion: Josh Murphy has a history building trust with people and partners, "Team Work Makes the Dream Work."
Josh Murphy says, "More hands means less work. Strong community partnerships make for stronger communities. Just like with an orchestra or a chorus, when we work together toward the same goal, the results are much more beautiful.
Josh is a Prevention Coordinator for the STOP Coalition. He talks about how juuling in schools is worsening problem, and looks to sharing substance use disorder interventions with faith-based partnerships and youth.
Josh Murphy tackles issues around substance use disorder
Angie Wingrove is standing 3rd from the left with others from Crossroads Recovery Center
Community Champion: Angie Wingrove says "I've Been in Their Shoes."Angie is interested in helping those in recovery transition.
Angie Wingrove says, "It means a lot to me to be a community champion. I provide our residents with inspiration and hope. I show them that recovery is possible. I also speak on their behalf on some issues. I make sure that their voice gets heard.
They see me and they know what to do with their own recovery. I set a good example. I inspire them to recover. They relate to me the most because I have been in their shoes. They come to me with their feelings because they know I understand. They trust me."
Community Champion: Nate Siggers talks about getting into work with people in recovery and following what feels like a calling.
Nate Siggers spent months volunteering with the Williamson Health and Wellness Center. His volunteer work helped him to discover a passion for helping his community, and seeing the effects of his work is a reward. “For me, there is no better feeling than helping someone for the right reasons and getting a genuine thank you, or seeing the positive effect it has on their lives,” says Nathaniel.
Check out the full article here: www.williamsonforward.com
Nate Siggers guides service learning work in Williamson
Community Champions: Maria Arnot & Kristin DeBoard
Looking for Tools to Drive Change? Check out Driver Diagrams
We know that there are limitless ways to achieve success, and that is why we approach making change with confidence and ingenuity. With many ideas on the table, from diverse voices, our team has begun to use processes that help us to script the changes and to shape the path.
That's why we like driver diagrams and meaningful measurement strategies. All of this takes time, and it may be worth it to plan, especially if you know you will see change happen in the lives of those around you. What ignites new ideas into action? A solid plan with diverse and thoughtful input is a start.
To the left, you'll see four teams who are using driver diagrams to address substance use disorder and food insecurity. Above is a project based driver diagram around food, fitness and capacity building work. Below is a look at where we are on our journey to 10,000 Healthier Lives by 2020.
What's the Difference Between Equality and Equity?
Equality is giving everyone the same shoe. Equity is giving everyone a shoe that fits. Check out the image here. What does equity look like working with people in your community?
National Academy of Medicine published a collection of equity stories and strategies, including a highlight from our community in WV about bringing “lived experience” into planning.
Check out the Communities in Action, Pathways to Health Equity below. How are you bringing diverse perspective into decision making in your work?
The Center for Courage and Renewal offers good tips for engaging people in an authentic way. Healthy in the Hills partners practice active listening and other techniques, or "habits of the heart."
Welcome to Appalachia: We've Got a Tale to Tell
Healthy in the Hills invites rural communities and resource providers to participate in active learning with us. We offer tours to share the motivation behind our work (and our secret recipes with ingredients like interdependence and ingenuity). Come for a visit to hear about it all, including fail forward moments and bright spots.
In addition to tours, register for community trainings. If you are interested in learning about rural health improvement strategies and tools, give us a shout. We are all capable of accomplishing what we set out to do when we work together.
We also invite you to join the Hatfield McCoy Marathon as a runner or a volunteer in 2019. The Hatfield McCoy races series is recognized by American Towns Media as one of the "Best marathons in the US," and is also feature in the "Bucket List: 10 Fun Marathons" from Runner's World Magazine, 2016. | <urn:uuid:459ed211-b463-4011-bd18-5bc7c9b48fc4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://communitycommons.org/collections/Healthy-in-the-Hills-Our-Story | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.954391 | 1,613 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Posts that don’t take in the requirements of an ecommerce supply and distribution network that is increasingly becoming a circular economy could find themselves facing several unwanted challenges.
In recent years, the requirements of the connected society have seen numerous industry sectors adapt to an always-on consumer attitude to goods, services and, increasingly, post or parcel delivery schedules. And while the presence of the ubiquitous computer in the pocket and increased internet access has allowed people to not only purchase what they want when they want it, there is an increase in the number of unwanted purchases entering the distribution network almost as soon as they have been delivered.
According to a recent article published on TechSpot, the reverse supply chain is a significant part of established distribution networks. Thanks to ecommerce giants like Amazon, there is a defined market for returned goods, with consumers seemingly happy to blind buy products and then ship them back to the selling company or distribution center. Around 20 percent of all products sold by Amazon are returned, with the company’s 30-day return policy – which includes free shipping labels and a full refund – extremely attractive to people who either bought something without thinking or, more likely, received it as an unwanted gift.
When you factor in that these items are likely to be both be shipped back to a warehouse and then set aside for reselling, then the challenge facing posts is that they are – in numerous cases – responsible for the entire lifecycle of a distributed item.
A postal office, for example, will have received the item from the seller, sorted it, tagged it and then dispatched it for delivery. Less than 30 days later, the same package could be back in that same distribution center and the process starts again … the only difference is that the package may not be in the same condition as originally received and the ultimate destination is not a home address.
With that in mind, the logistics of the circular economy take on a different perspective. A contributed article on Transport Topics said that the question of reverse logistics was a puzzle that was not only difficult to solve but also one in which the receiving distribution hub or carrier had to allocate more time to returns than to original shipments. Packaged items leave a physical location in a manner that is designed to provide efficient and effective delivery to the end receiver, a scenario that is rarely replicated when the goods come back.
An inbound truckload of products or packages can take anywhere between two to eight hours of sorting, the article said, while it can take as much as 48 hours to process a vehicle filled with returns. In addition, the author of the article noted, his logistics company has discovered that returns take up 20 percent more space and require twice the amount of labor needed to send something out.
Reverse logistics may require a whole new set of digital technologies to manage inventory and workflow. And while ecommerce is a major contributor to this so-called circular economy, the scale of returns logistics is often hard to comprehend.
Supply and Demand Chain Executive reported that more than $550 billion worth of returns occur every year and the prevalence of free shipping on returned goods is having the expected impact on the distribution and logistics sector –according to the Reverse Logistics Association, returns cost supply chains $50 billion every year!
Citing a recent industry report, SDC said that around 34 percent of consumers admit to regular impulse purchases, with social media platforms seen as the perfect vehicle for selling on a 24/7 basis. A full 63 percent of these impulse shoppers will send the purchases back to the retailers, the news source said. When you consider the number of non-return packages that currently flow through distribution networks, then it becomes clear that there is a significant amount of pressure being applied to the existing ecosystem.
Gartner’s recent Future of Supply Chain survey found that 70 percent of supply chain leaders were planning to invest in the circular economy in the next 12 months, citing delivery and customer engagement as reasons to improve their reverse logistics operations.
Digital solutions such as advanced analytics and effective inventory management are the preferred options, Gartner said, with 35 percent of companies stating that digital technology would be a key enabler. The caveat to this proactive attitude is that only 12 percent of the 1,374 respondents surveyed said that they had put digital and circular economy strategies in place.
The question that needs to be asked is how the distribution and logistics sector – which includes postal operators, naturally – can cope with the increased pressure on their networks. It is worth noting that the concept of a reverse supply chain is not a new one – the Harvard Business Review highlighted the importance of the circular economy in a published article in 2002, for example – and the digitalization of society has merely made this business practice more mainstream.
As a result, the effectiveness of a reverse supply chain will depend on both the available technology and digital solutions. Postal operators, for example, may find value in increasing the points of engagement for customer returns with PUDO networks an essential part of the logistics ecosystem. In addition, advanced analytics can track where returns are being generated and, in some cases, alleviate the pressure on physical locations by providing customers with the means to return goods without the need for counter service.
Ultimately, the distribution and logistics sector will have to evolve to cope with the new normal of a reverse supply chain. Ecommerce may still only account for less than 20 percent of all retail purchases, but there is an expectation that this will increase exponentially as more people choose to shop online. And while not every person will send a product back, the simplicity (in their minds, at least) of the returns process will increase the pressure on the entire distribution network. | <urn:uuid:873dcfbd-3673-46fb-a4bf-cf82a306c869> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eschergroup.com/ru/blog/why-the-reverse-supply-chain-matters-for-posts-9/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.957699 | 1,148 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Dr. Andrea S. Gould began Lucid Learning Systems in the early 1980s. Her mission as President of Lucid Learning Systems is to provide “Enlightened Information for Transformation,” —to supply an accessible owner’s manual for individuals by shining a light on the internal processes and patterns which make for uniqueness— and which when revealed, possess the essential power to motivate successful behavior.
What makes Lucid Learning Systems products different from other ways of learning is that these products keep the learner engaged by aligning the process of education with the individual capabilities of the learner.
Each learning system is designed to access the talents, preferences and resources of the learner. Essential information is then presented in a variety of ways –in most cases allowing for the learner’s style to determine sequence, duration, and exposure to the spectrum of material on relevant subjects. “Lucid Learning” employs a grand diversity of juicy bits of information presented in via multimedia. This affords interactive methods for the consumer fortunate enough to know that learning is one of life’s most pleasant adventures.
By design these learning systems are “integration” oriented to ease the assimilation of information (what people learn) by attending to the emotional and motivational aspects of how people learn. Therefore the consumer learns faster and is able to make lasting changes in behavior that lead to successful outcomes in all areas of life.
Lucid Learning Systems offers products and presentations so that people can experience the exhilaration of discovery . . . an inevitable byproduct of learning. When curiosity is piqued, one is poised for learning. Growth sets in and this, in itself is rewarding.
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Digital Mental Health: Innovating in a Time of High Anxiety
• Institute Update
In this time of increased anxiety and physical distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many people are looking for digital technology solutions to help them manage their mental health. Mental health apps are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the digital marketplace, with more than 10,000 apps available. These apps claim to, among other things, boost your mood, increase your sleep, and even help you manage your addiction.
Do these apps work, and is there any harm in trying them? This question is the topic of a new blog post by Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.B.B.S., of Duke University School of Medicine.
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Case Study Homework Help
I got a hometask to do two case studies, the topics are sex and pregnancy in teenagers!
Can you tell me what a case study is, what are the main points and how do I do it in the whole?
A case study is when you explore the fact, the reasons and the results of it. You have teenage sex and pregnancy, so first you should give a background. You include the teenager’s age, the situation in family, whether the teenager gets education, etc.
Then you state the problem and the effects of it. And you also give some possible solutions to it.
To do case study you need a story, that is the case, you read a real-life example of, say, a pregnant underage schoolgirl. You have to know her situation to the letter, the reasons and the problems she had when pregnant, and if anyone helped her to cope with it then who did so, was it her family or friends, and so on.
At any rate you’ll have to adjust the study, I just give you structure.
Mind that a case study should not overview a stationary situation, but the situation of a person or group of persons over a period of time. You make a thesis and rely on an example of this very situation to demonstrate how this thesis is correct.
You do teenage sex and pregnancy, then first you should formulate the thesis, it can be reated to, i.e., short-term and long-term health issues in teenagers who had sex and got pregnant too early, etc.
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Significant Diseases Charter
The Significant Diseases Charter has an important role in sharing information quickly in the event of a pig disease outbreak.
An extension of the original Swine Dysentery Charter, it aims to control disease quickly and effectively. It currently covers the sharing of information for both swine dysentery and PEDv outbreaks and may be extended to cover other diseases in the future.
What are PEDv and swine dysentery?
Porcine Endemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) is a viral disease, while swine dysentery is a bacterial disease.
Both cause damage to the enteric system of pigs, resulting in severe diarrhoea, weight loss and piglet mortality.
We have a wide range of information about how to control both diseases on our website, which you can access via the links below.
How are diseases confirmed?
If you suspect your pigs have either PEDv or swine dysentery, you should contact your vet immediately.
As PEDv is a notifiable disease, there is a requirement to report this to the Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA). Samples will be sent to APHA by your vet and analysed using an approved laboratory test.
PEDv is confirmed using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. If a PEDv test result is reported as positive, APHA will notify both your vet and AHDB.
For swine dysentery, samples will also be sent to APHA by your vet. Swine dysentery is confirmed through bacterial culture or PCR.
It is not a notifiable disease, therefore APHA will only notify your vet of the test results. As a charter member, you or your vet should then report this to AHDB.
The disease confirmation in both of these instances can then be shared by AHDB, using the charter.
Will sharing details about diseases damage my reputation?
No. When reporting an outbreak, the Significant Diseases Charter identifies the following:
- Outcode of your postcode (please note this will only be sent to charter members)
- The disease itself and when confirmed
Your personal details will not be shared with charter members or external bodies.
Remember, the charter is here to help prevent the spread of disease and to protect the industry.
How do I sign up?
Please sign up to the charter through the producer or corporate section of your Pig Hub account. Previous members of the Swine Dysentery Charter will need to sign up again, as the Significant Diseases Charter replaces this.
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Public health is vast and ever-changing, but its practitioners work tirelessly to improve children’s life outcomes in several ways. Public health professionals are persistent in ensuring that every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy and flourish. They work hard to develop policies and programs that help improve the quality of life for kids.
It’s no secret that kids need a good childhood to thrive. Unfortunately, not all kids have access to the basic necessities required for a happy and healthy upbringing. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how public health officials work to improve children’s quality of life. Stay tuned for more information!
Public health practitioners work to promote healthy development.
Healthy development is essential for kids to grow up to be happy and prosperous adults. Public health officials promote positive parenting and prevent child abuse and neglect. They also work to create positive learning environments and develop programs to increase access to quality child care. Early Head Start is a federally-funded program designed by public health officials that provides comprehensive services to low-income pregnant women and households with young children. The program includes many benefits, including home visits, health screenings, and parenting education.
Public health practitioners work to promote outdoor activities.
Public health practitioners work to promote healthy outdoor activities in several ways. They collaborate with schools and communities to create safe and fun playgrounds. Many kids spend a significant part of their day in front of screens, leading to health problems later in life. Public health has developed guidelines to provide screen time recommendations by age. These suggestions are based on the latest research on kids and the effects of screen time. Parents should encourage their kids to spend time outdoors every day as outdoor activities are linked with several health benefits, such as increased physical activity and improved mental health. The US Department of the Interior’s Every Kid in a Park program is a government-run initiative that allows free access to national parks and other public sites. The program also provides resources for educators and families, such as tips for exploring public lands safely.
Public health practitioners work to reduce injuries and violence.
Injuries and violence are major public health problems, and they’re especially common among kids. Bullying, car accidents, and gun violence are just some types of injuries and violence that public health officials strive to prevent. They work with legislators to create laws and policies that make it harder for kids to access guns. They also work with schools to create safe and supportive environments and increase funding for violence prevention programs. Public health officials have developed a program to reduce injuries and violence known as the Safe Routes to School program. This program operates with schools and communities to create safe routes for kids to walk or bike to school. It also provides resources for educators and families, such as tips for walking and biking safely.
Public health practitioners work to ensure that all kids have access to healthcare.
One of the most important ways public health improves children’s quality of life is by ensuring that all youngsters have access to healthcare. According to the CDC, in the year 2021, 41% of the kids between the age of 0–17 years were uninsured. Public health officials work to guarantee that all kids have access to healthcare. They work with healthcare providers to make sure that they’re providing quality care to kids. Public health practitioners have developed an insurance program to help improve children’s access to healthcare: the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It is a federally-funded insurance program for kids who don’t have access to healthcare through their parents’ job-based health insurance. CHIP covers doctor’s visits, immunizations, prescriptions, hospitalizations, and more. They also help improve children’s access to dental care by working with state and federal legislatures to pass laws requiring dental coverage in Medicaid and CHIP. They collaborate with dental schools to increase the number of dentists trained to care for kids and take initiatives to increase funding for dental care programs.
Public health officials work to prevent childhood obesity.
Obesity is a severe issue among kids in the United States, and public health officials strive to resolve it. The CDC reports that 19.7% of children between the ages of 2 – 19 years are obese in the United States, affecting about 14.7 million kids from 2017-2020. Childhood obesity can cause many health issues, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. Public health professionals aim to prevent childhood obesity in numerous ways. They work with schools to develop a healthy school environment, access to healthy food, and safe places to play. A program public health officials have designed to prevent childhood obesity is the Let’s Move! Campaign. It is a nationwide initiative encouraging kids to eat healthily and be active. The initiative includes several programs and resources, including school curricula, after-school activities, and community gardens. They also work with food manufacturers to create healthier foods and retailers to make healthy foods more affordable.
Public health practitioners work to improve mental health.
Mental health is essential to overall health, but it’s often not given the attention it deserves. Youngsters can suffer from several different mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Mental health disorders can significantly impact kids’ lives, making it hard for them to succeed in school and causing problems in their relationships. Public health officials have developed the Mental Health First Aid program to improve mental health in kids and adults. It guides people in recognizing and responding to mental health crises and includes different resources, such as an online course and a guide for first responders. Parents and caregivers can also take the course to learn more about supporting their children’s mental health.
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What Is Wrong With My Brakes?
Why are my brakes pulsing?
- If you experience a pulsing or jerking from the brake, it is far more likely that it was caused by a defect in the brake rotor or drum than from the anti-lock system. A warped rotor or out-of-round drum can cause pronounced pulsating in the brake pedal.
- The failure of the pad to retract is not uncommon. In older drum systems, the brake shoes are pulled back from the drum by strong springs. But in a disk brake system, the pads are pulled back from the rotor (or disc) by the resiliency of rubber seals. As these seals age or are damaged by contaminated brake fluid, they can fail to do their job. The result is that the pad will ride against the rotor and wear out prematurely.
- If your rotor is warped, it can cause the pad to wear out even without a failure of the rubber seal. A warped rotor will wobble as it rotates, thereby scraping the pad as it turns. Eventually the pad wears out and the metal backing plate will damage the metal rotor.
Why is the brake pedal sinking to the floor?
- This loud metallic sound means that you have worn down the pads completely. The grinding or growling noise is caused by the two pieces of metal (the disc and the caliper) rubbing together. This can "score" or scratch your rotors, creating an uneven surface. If this happens, do not be surprised if your mechanic tells you that the brakes and rotors need to be "turned" (a process that evens out the rotor surface), or even replaced.
Why are my brakes vibrating?
- A vibration or pulsating brake pedal is often a symptom of warped rotors (but can also indicate that your vehicle is out of alignment). The vibration can feel similar to the feedback in the brake pedal during a panic stop in a vehicle equipped with anti-lock brakes.
- It is a sign of warped rotors if the vibration occurs during braking situations when the anti-lock brakes are not engaged. Warped rotors are caused by severe braking for long periods, such as when driving down a steep mountain or when towing. Tremendous amounts of friction are created under these conditions, heating up the rotors and causing them to warp. The vibration is felt because the brake pads are not able to grab the surface evenly. If you drive in these conditions, make sure to stop periodically to allow your brakes to cool off.
How much does a brake job cost?
The cost of repairing your brakes depends largely on what is wrong with your brakes, and which garage you choose to have them repaired at. There are often costs associated with the initial inspection of your brakes, repairing the damaged brake system, and replacing brake parts. If your entire brake system needs to be replaced, this is commonly a more expensive procedure. It is a common myth that a dealership service department is more expensive than a private garage. However, at our service centre we offer affordable and professional service performed by factory trained technicians. Contact us today to get started on your brake repair. For many owners, brake repair and a brake change is something that is often overlooked. But keeping your brakes properly calibrated and in good working order can prevent costly repairs down the line, and, more importantly, help you avoid a collision. | <urn:uuid:9e4cb2db-58a8-40a0-9ff4-5efad244e53d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.boundaryhyundai.com/what-is-wrong-with-my-brakes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960098 | 690 | 2.25 | 2 |
This is one of the two silicon resonators.
No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth. With a linewidth of only 10 mHz, the laser that the researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now developed together with US researchers from JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder, has established a new world record. This precision is useful for various applications such as optical atomic clocks, precision spectroscopy, radioastronomy and for testing the theory of relativity. The results have been published in the current issue of Physical Review Letters.
Lasers were once deemed a solution without problems — but that is now history. More than 50 years have passed since the first technical realization of the laser, and we cannot imagine how we could live without them today. Laser light is used in numerous applications in industry, medicine and information technologies. Lasers have brought about a real revolution in many fields of research and in metrology — or have even made some new fields possible in the first place.
One of a laser’s outstanding properties is the excellent coherence of the emitted light. For researchers, this is a measure for the light wave’s regular frequency and linewidth. Ideally, laser light has only one fixed wavelength (or frequency). In practice, the spectrum of most types of lasers can, however, reach from a few kHz to a few MHz in width, which is not good enough for numerous experiments requiring high precision.
Research has therefore focused on developing ever better lasers with greater frequency stability and a narrower linewidth. Within the scope of a nearly 10-year-long joint project with the US colleagues from JILA in Boulder, Colorado, a laser has now been developed at PTB whose linewidth is only 10 mHz (0.01 Hz), hereby establishing a new world record. “The smaller the linewidth of the laser, the more accurate the measurement of the atom’s frequency in an optical clock. This new laser will enable us to decisively improve the quality of our clocks,” PTB physicist Thomas Legero explains.
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In addition to the new laser’s extremely small linewidth, Legero and his colleagues found out by means of measurements that the emitted laser light’s frequency was more precise than what had ever been achieved before. Although the light wave oscillates approx. 200 trillion times per second, it only gets out of sync after 11 seconds. By then, the perfect wave train emitted has already attained a length of approx. 3.3 million kilometers. This length corresponds to nearly ten times the distance between Earth and the moon.
Since there was no other comparably precise laser in the world, the scientists working on this collaboration had to set up two such laser systems straight off. Only by comparing these two lasers was it possible to prove the outstanding properties of the emitted light.
The core piece of each of the lasers is a 21-cm long Fabry-Pérot silicon resonator. The resonator consists of two highly reflecting mirrors which are located opposite each other and are kept at a fixed distance by means of a double cone. Similar to an organ pipe, the resonator length determines the frequency of the wave which begins to oscillate, i.e., the light wave inside the resonator. Special stabilization electronics ensure that the light frequency of the laser constantly follows the natural frequency of the resonator. The laser’s frequency stability — and thus its linewidth — then depends only on the length stability of the Fabry-Pérot resonator.
The scientists at PTB had to isolate the resonator nearly perfectly from all environmental influences which might change its length. Among these influences are temperature and pressure variations, but also external mechanical perturbations due to seismic waves or sound. They have attained such perfection in doing so that the only influence left was the thermal motion of the atoms in the resonator. This “thermal noise” corresponds to the Brownian motion in all materials at a finite temperature, and it represents a fundamental limit to the length stability of a solid. Its extent depends on the materials used to build the resonator as well as on the resonator’s temperature.
For this reason, the scientists of this collaboration manufactured the resonator from single-crystal silicon which was cooled down to a temperature of -150 °C. The thermal noise of the silicon body is so low that the length fluctuations observed only originate from the thermal noise of the dielectric SiO2/Ta2O5 mirror layers. Although the mirror layers are only a few micrometers thick, they dominate the resonator’s length stability. In total, the resonator length, however, only fluctuates in the range of 10 attometers. This length corresponds to no more than a ten-millionth of the diameter of a hydrogen atom. The resulting frequency variations of the laser therefore amount to less than 4 × 10-17 of the laser frequency.
The new lasers are now being used both at PTB and at JILA in Boulder to further improve the quality of optical atomic clocks and to carry out new precision measurements on ultracold atoms. At PTB, the ultrastable light from these lasers is already being distributed via optical waveguides and is then used by the optical clocks in Braunschweig.
“In the future, it is planned to disseminate this light also within a European network. This plan would allow even more precise comparisons between the optical clocks in Braunschweig and the clocks of our European colleagues in Paris and London,” Legero says. In Boulder, a similar plan is in place to distribute the laser across a fiber network that connects between JILA and various NIST labs.
The scientists from this collaboration see further optimization possibilities. With novel crystalline mirror layers and lower temperatures, the disturbing thermal noise can be further reduced. The linewidth could then even become smaller than 1 mHz.
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Coping Strategies for ScamScam A Scam is a confidence trick - a crime - is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust through deception. Scams or confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, or greed and exploiting that. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men' - criminals) at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')". A scam is a crime even if no money was lost. Victim TraumaTrauma Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away. It can also leave you feeling numb, disconnected, and unable to trust other people. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety or other emotional shocks, but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and isolated can result in trauma, even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. It’s not the objective circumstances that determine whether an event is traumatic, but your subjective emotional experience of the event. The more frightened and helpless you feel, the more likely you are to be traumatized. Trauma requires treatment, either through counseling or therapy or through trauma-oriented support programs, such as those offered by SCARS. SurvivorsSurvivor A Scam Survivor is a victim who has been able to fully accept the reality of their situation. That they were the victim of a crime and are not to blame. They are working on their emotional recovery and reduction of any trauma either on their own, through a qualified support organization, or through counseling or therapy. And has done their duty and reported the crime to their local police, national police, and on Anyscam.com
Trauma Is Deeply Rooted and Can Negatively Affect The Lives Of Scam Victims
PTSD is a psychological disorder that is brought on by the experience of a traumatic event.
Most commonly, war veterans experience this, but it can also come on as a result of any traumatic event. Some other instances that may cause this are natural disasters or the death of a loved one. Romance scam victims commonly experience significant trauma.
What is Trauma?
When an adverse event causes harmful effects in our day-to-day lives, this is called trauma.
In some instances, trauma is not very severe. An example of this would be getting into a heated argument with a loved one or being involved in a car accident that does hardly any damage if any at all.
Trauma can also be very severe. For people who go through extreme instances of trauma, PTSD, and depression can result. The symptoms of these disorders that may arise are irritability, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, and flashbacksFLASHBACKS A flashback is reexperiencing a previous traumatic experience as if it were actually happening in that moment. It includes reactions that often resemble the client’s reactions during the trauma. Flashback experiences are very brief and typically last only a few seconds, but the emotional aftereffects linger for hours or longer. Flashbacks are commonly initiated by a trigger, but not necessarily.. But it can also be mental illnessMental Illness Mental illness, also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors..
If you are experiencing issues with your mental healthMental health Mental health, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is "a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community". According to WHO, mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, intergenerational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others". From the perspectives of positive psychology or of holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental health". as a result of trauma, no matter how severe, there are many things you can do to combat your symptoms and make your life easier!
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Practice Calming Techniques
For those who struggle with trauma, anxiety is one of the top complaints. The good news is, you can implement calming techniques into your life so that you can control the hold your anxiety has on you.
If you can carve some time out in the evenings, consider drawing yourself a warm bath. Adding Epsom salts or a bath bomb with a calming aroma can heighten the sense of peacefulness, as well. Settle in with a good book and breathe deeply, making a conscious effort to relax all your muscles. Hopefully, with some time, you will be able to clear your mind and enjoy the moment.
If you aren’t a bath person or you just don’t have the time to set aside for a bath in the evenings, listening to music might work better for you. This is an excellent option for those with a busy schedule because it can be completed almost anywhere and doesn’t disturb those around you.
Make sure the music you put on has calming vibes. A nice classical tune with a slow tempo is a good recommendation.
Whatever you choose, remember to stay consistent! Calming techniques show the best results when they are added as part of your routine.
Happy Body, Happy Mind
Trauma has its own way of robbing its victims of all energy and will to be active. Even though it may sound like the last thing you want to do, exercise can be instrumental as you learn to cope.
Many shy away from exercise because it sounds like a chore, or they think it takes too much energy that they already have minimal amounts of. The good news is, neither of these assumptions is true!
If you find exercising to be boring, consider trying out a routine that is more on the fun side. For example, take a dancing class or go roller skating. These activities count as exercise, but you will hardly recognize it while you’re in the moment!
Although getting active does take energy to begin, in the long term it works to increase energy levels. The worst thing you can do is let your mental ailments keep you from having a more energetic and peaceful life!
Allow Yourself To Feel
After experiencing a traumatic event, you will notice a myriad of reactions that you may not have been expecting.
These can include feelings of being alone or like no one understands how or what you’re feeling. You could also experience bouts of confusion or angerAnger Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, trigger, hurt or threat. About one-third of scam victims become trapped in anger for extended periods of time following a scam. A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion that triggers a part of the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically. Anger can have many physical and mental consequences. While most of those who experience anger explain its arousal as a result of "what has happened to them", psychologists point out that an angry person can very well be mistaken because anger causes a loss in self-monitoring capacity and objective observability.. It is likely you will not understand why you’re feeling this way, and you may be tempted to ignore or distract yourself from these feelings.
In these moments of weakness, remind yourself that you must go through it to get through it. Pretending your problems don’t exist will do nothing to resolve them. Instead, you are only delaying the inevitable.
Trauma that causes PTSD and depression are progressive diseases, meaning that they almost never go away on their own. It is imperative to your mental health that you deal with your problems sooner rather than later. If you wait, your problems will only pile up and will be much more challenging to deal with after some time has passed.
Lean On Someone
You will need a strong support system – like the SCARS Support GroupsSupport Groups In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic, such as romance scams. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping strategies, to feel more empowered and for a sense of community. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also work to inform the public or engage in advocacy. They can be supervised or not. SCARS support groups are moderated by the SCARS Team and or volunteers. – to get you through this chapter in your life. There is no shameShame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion typically associated with a negative evaluation of the self; withdrawal motivations; and feelings of distress, exposure, mistrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. in talking about what has happened to you or what you witnessed.
When you are feeling overwhelmed or alone, reach out to our groups or to someone close to you and tell them how you are feeling. You can use this time to vent or to ask for advice from your trusted person. Alternately, if you would rather talk about something else to get your mind off things, that will do as well!
Let the people close to you know what you are struggling with and how they can help. Too often, those who are going through issues suffer in silence until it is too late. Resist the possibility of becoming just another statistic and take full advantage of all the resources you have available to you.
Take Time For Yourself
The biggest mistake you can make after experiencing trauma is to try to take on too much too quickly.
It is essential to be gentle with yourself as you are going through this process. Speak positively to yourself and take a few extra days away from work. You won’t be regretful for giving yourself a few extra days even if you are ready to resume life but going back too soon can cause you further mental turmoil.
Even once you do return to life, as usual, effects of trauma usually come back in waves. You may go a few days or weeks without feeling much of anything, only to have those feelings rush back when exposed to a triggerTRIGGERS A trigger is a stimulus that sets off a memory of a trauma or a specific portion of a traumatic experience.. These repercussions can be just as crippling as the initial event.
Don’t push yourself too hard when you experience these problems. You don’t have to force yourself to get out of bed, much less get to work in the morning. Your mental health is worth its weight in gold. Furthermore, you won’t be of much use at work when you are struggling with symptoms like depression. PTSD is nothing to mess with!
It Will Take Time to Feel Better & Recover
The road to recovery is long and winding. It is not something that happens overnight or all at once.
Recovery is not a linear process. It happens little by little and can take months to years to feel normal again, depending on the severity of the trauma and your mental state.
It is normal to have an ongoing response to the trauma you have endured. Additionally, you may think you are done feeling certain emotions, just to have them pop back up randomly.
Be patient with yourself and remember good things take time. One day, you will be an expert at coping with your PTSD and depression. If that day is not today, keep persevering until it is!
Find a Distraction & Something Safe To Do
Our emotions normally begin very heightened but subside on their own with time. If this sounds like you, a distraction may be just the ticket to coping with your problems.
What you want to accomplish with this method is distracting yourself from the negative emotion you are feeling. If you are successful, you should be focused on a relaxing activity until your emotions have a chance to settle on their own.
Some examples of distractions you can implement are endless! Try reading a book, doing a 1,000-piece puzzle from start to finish, learning a new language, or writing in a journal.
Art therapy has also proven to be extremely helpful to those struggling with PTSD. This is because you can express non-verbal struggles through art that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to. The goal with this is not to make a masterpiece, but just to draw or doodle something that makes sense to you. Any medium of your choice will do just fine; there is no need to get fancy!
Volunteering & helping others is NOT the distraction you need. These are not suitable for someone in the early stages of trauma even if you want to do this. You can’t help others until you are far down the recovery path, plus this is a deep-seated desperation drive at work that needs other types of distraction.
Don’t Try to Go At It Alone
If nothing you are trying seems to be working, or if despite your best efforts you continue to be negatively affected by the reactions to your trauma, it may be time to consult a licensed professional.
Find professional trauma counselors or therapists here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/trauma-and-ptsd
Therapy is the best option for many of those who struggle with PTSD and depression because methods used here have medical studies to back them up. Additionally, a counselor or therapist can get to know you and help you to tailor a treatment plan that is entirely custom to you and your experiences.
There are only good things that can come from therapy with a professional. You can use these coping strategies in combination with the suggestions from your counselor or therapist. If you give it your all, you are sure to succeed!
Remember, our groups can help many, but there is no shame in finding more professional help! Just keep away from amateurs and anti-scam hate groups – trauma & recovery are not a game – they are your life!
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Waking to the 30s, warming to the 60s today in Palm Beach County, Treasure Coast
We're waking to temperatures in the 30s, with the promise that it will warm into the 60s... finally.
A freeze warning for inland Palm Beach County and all of Martin and St. Lucie counties is in effect until 9 a.m.
The National Weather Service forecast expects high temperatures to reach into the 70s by Thursday and hit close to 80s by Saturday - though there's a 40 percent chance of rain that day.
For now, winds and seas are expected to settle down over the next few days, but fire conditions will continue to be dangerous with the humidity low, the weather forecast warns.
It most likely didn't snow in Palm Beach County this weekend, but you can still feel special: Our infernal streak of shivering nights is record-breaking.
County residents have suffered through 10 consecutive days of low temperatures below 45 degrees — the longest such streak since 1956, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to gradually warm over the rest of the week. But as we wait for the thaw, the grueling Yankee-style winter has been taxing.
Harriet and Calvin Marshall of Boynton Beach were among thousands who spent Sunday night without power as an overloaded power grid struggled to keep up with prolonged demand.
The power went out at their home at 10 a.m. Sunday, and still hadn't been restored by 6:30 p.m. Monday. "My husband has dementia. I need to shower him," Harriet Marshall said, as she prepared to leave her chilly house and go to a restaurant for breakfast Monday .
An FPL spokesman said power would be restored to the couple's home some time Monday night.
Across South Florida, signs of straining under the cold snap showed.
Cold weather shelters — open for nine of the past 10 nights — have begun running low on volunteers. Stores around South Florida sold out of heaters. Some public schools are depleting their cold-weather clothing supplies and loosening their dress codes.
"I have been doing this for 30 years, and I ain't never seen nothing like this in my life," Buddy McKinstry of JEM Farms of the cold that hit night after night.
Shelters see hefty turnouts
In Palm Beach County there were scattered reports of snow flurry sightings over the weekend, but they were most likely false alarms, said Robert Molleda, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
After examining data from Sunday morning, forecasters decided that it was "highly unlikely" that any snow or sleet fell.
But that didn't stop record turnout at shelters.
A total of 187 people sought refuge from the cold weather in Palm Beach County's two Red Cross public shelters Sunday night, more than at any time in recent years, a spokesman for the local American Red Cross said.
Those figures include people taken in at the two Red Cross shelters in the Westgate area west of West Palm Beach and the West Senior Center in Belle Glade, said Red Cross spokesman Stephen Bayer.
In St. Lucie County, public safety officials and Mustard Seed Ministries said 34 adults used the shelter at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on both Saturday and Sunday nights.
Martin County's shelter housed 21 people Saturday night and 22 people Sunday night.
Shelters in all three counties re-opened again Monday night as the record-setting Arctic chill continues across South Florida.
FPL reaches peak demand
As of 9:40 p.m. Monday, Florida Power & Light Co. reported 3,000 customers without power in Palm Beach County, 220 in Martin County and 10 in St. Lucie. Officials at Lake Worth Utilities continued to report no outages.
Customer demand reached a record high Monday morning — 24,354 megawatts — said spokeswoman Jackie Anderson. She advised that to keep their bills down, customers should set thermostats at 68 degrees when they're home, and at 65 when they are sleeping or away.
Although FPL could not provide numbers on total usage to date compared with last January, higher usage will result in higher power bills. Central heating systems and space heaters consume more energy than air conditioners, Anderson said.
But demand continues to tax the power grid and FPL is tapping some of the county's big electricity users that have volunteered to cut the power. At Palm Beach Atlantic University Monday, officials canceled 8 a.m. classes and power to three residence halls was out between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Meanwhile, Florida agricultural producers suffered one of the coldest mornings of the entire freeze Monday, and the cumulative damage from multiple nights of cold could be major.
Judy Sanchez, spokeswoman for Clewiston-based U.S. Sugar Corp., said, "We were at or below 28 degrees on much of our sugarcane land for up to six hours, with a lowest recorded temp of 20 degrees in Hendry County. As before, we will adjust our harvest schedule to get the freeze-damaged cane processed as quickly as possible."
Vegetable growers reported substantial damage, as did nursery growers and other producers.
McKinstry, of JEM Farms, said a field of celery east of Belle Glade was 26 degrees Monday morning, the lowest temperature he's seen since the cold snap began.
"It will take a few days for the damage to show up," said McKinstry. He estimated 50 percent of his corn and bean crops are damaged, with crops in warmer areas closest to Lake Okeechobee faring well.
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Title: Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks); Classification: Prints; Work Type: book; Date: 19th century; Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan; Period: Edo. The Hokusai Sketchbooks. “old man mad about drawing”. Self portrait, Hokusai. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page The Hokusai Sketchbooks has 33 ratings and 4 reviews. Caroline said: There is currently an exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento on the infl.
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The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga by Katsushika Hokusai
He is an art enthusiast, but not a trained art historian, so I would recommend supplementing this with other reading. James Albert Rutland, VT: That comes through, even though I disagreed with many sketcjbooks his judgments about the quality of particular drawings. The Art of Captain Underpants: This page was last edited sketchboks 18 Novemberat Carman Judd rated it liked it Jan 05, To ask other readers questions about The Hokusai Sketchbooksplease sign up.
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. James Michener, well know for his historical fiction, was also an aficionado of Japanese culture and art, marrying, as he did, a Japanese woman after WWII, when such unions were controversial.
Add to Wishlist View Details. There are plates, as well as hundreds more small images scattered across the top of his text pages. The Art of Star Wars: The book was bound with both edges in the stiched edge and the folded edge the one that the reader turned. This copy of The Hokusai Sketch-Books: Soutrik rated it it was amazing Aug 05, The work became known to the West since Philipp Franz von Siebold ‘s lithographed paraphrases of some of the sketches appeared in his Nippon: William rated it liked it Oct 13, There is a rip to the inner cover of the dust jacket.
Trevor rated it it was amazing Aug 20, Then go back and read the text.
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Michener says that all of the images were taken from prints that were made with the original blocks, although the sources were many different volumes. Kevin Shlosberg rated it really liked it Mar sktchbooks, Pam Laine rated it it was amazing Dec 04, Katsushika Hokusai was a very famous artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period in Japan.
Chris Feldman rated it it was amazing Jul 28, He had the left hand side of the diptych printed with the offset lithography process used for almost all other pages in the book. This autumn the master [Hokusai] happened to visit the Western Province and stopped over at our city [Nagoya].
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hokuszi Then, look at the art again. So strange to see his flubs as well – his dogs are atrocious, and he had never seen a tiger, so no wonder his look so bizarre!
Thank you for supporting our small, family-owned business! While the critics have often disagreed on the artistic value of the “Manga” – with judgements ranging all the way from “a major art treasure” and “worthy of Rembrandt” to “an outpouring of sketches lacking organization or meaning” – the art lovers of the world, no less than the man in the street for whom Hokusai workedhave felt the supreme vitality and life-loving force of the sketches and have always delighted in the fifteen volumes of the book.
I will return to dip into this occasionally. Full silk cloth binding. Want to Read saving….
Cori North rated it liked it Jan 23, The work began to circulate in the West soon after Matthew C. Advanced Book Search Browse by Subject. Aug 08, Sylvester hokuwai it liked it Shelves: Michener had the images printed at original size on slightly larger pages. Works by Katsushika Hokusai Manga.
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Cameron rated it it was amazing Jul 31, THE authority on Hokusai. But his people and landscapes are delightful – I love the pages crammed with sketches of people at their everyday tasks, especially everything to do sketchbpoks the rice harvest. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
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Meet Elissa Lee, the AmeriCorps VISTA serving at Vermont Tech. Elissa is a 2016 graduate of Vermont Tech, where she received her bachelor’s in Business Technology and Management. VHEC’s AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program, which falls under Vermont Campus Compact, focuses on improving college access and success for first generation, low-income, and underrepresented students in Vermont. VHEC currently has 8 VISTA members serving in a variety of offices at 6 different campuses around Vermont.
[You can check out Elissa’s original blog post from the VHEC website here.]
As the VISTA with Vermont Technical College, my focus and work are to help address the issue of gender equity. My work involves encouraging young women to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in order to break the cycle of poverty and break through gender barriers. Vermont Tech’s STEM majors include construction management, software engineering, civil & environmental engineering, professional pilot technology, mechanical engineering, diesel power technology, and more. These majors are considered non-traditional for women, and yet they are some of the fastest growing and highest paying fields today.
Bringing STEM Opportunities to High Schoolers
Vermont Technical College aims to create a positive change for young high school women by encouraging them to keep an open mind to potential futures in STEM. During summer, Vermont Tech hosts the week-long Rosie’s Girls STEM Leadership Camp, where girls entering 9th and 10th grade get to try out a variety of non-traditional careers such as landscaping and web development. After the camp, we pair attendees with a mentor for the following school year who will provide them with advice on high school classes, college studies, and careers. I provide resources, updates, and information to the campers, their families, and our team of 22 mentors, who are managed by my supervisor, Laurel Butler, and myself. Our mentors come from a variety of educations and experiences in STEM, with some being current students and faculty at Vermont Tech—representing majors such as mechanical engineering and architecture — and others being professional working women from companies such as Globalfoundries, Hypertherm, VT Trans, and UTC Aerospace. With the help of these amazing mentors in collaboration with my efforts as a VISTA, we hope to spark the interest and love of science and technology in high school girls all over Vermont.
Creating Support Networks
WeTEC LogoThis fall, members of Vermont Tech’s Gender Equity Committee and myself worked with female students in STEM majors to create a new club called the Women in Technology and Engineering Club, or WeTEC (pronounced We-Tech). Many female students at Vermont Tech feel like the only woman in their major, so the club provides them with the opportunity to find and offer support to one another. The club will focus on exploring futures and careers in STEM, connecting members with Vermont’s communities, and providing professional development. At our club launch lunch event, we had 15 female students come, as well as several faculty and staff members who were thrilled to support the club.
My role with WeTEC involves providing connections to professional development resources and helping them create greater awareness in the college community. Interested members have the opportunity to join the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), where they’ll have access to professional networks, advice from women engineers, and educational materials. The club plans to travel to technical centers and high schools across Vermont to talk about being a woman in STEM and the amazing opportunities that pursuing an education in STEM can create!
Becoming a VISTA
I found out about the opportunity to become a VISTA for Vermont Tech when, by chance, my parents started chatting with Laurel Butler, who is now my supervisor, during my college graduation ceremony. A few exchanged business cards, many phone calls, and an eagerly submitted application later, I found myself with a great learning opportunity to serve with the college I attended. I am thrilled to serve with Vermont Tech just months after graduation and to be part of a project whose purpose and goal are very near and dear to me.
Vermont Technical College plans to continue working toward gender equity by connecting with Vermont’s communities and educating its staff on the importance of gender diversity. As the college’s VISTA, I will continue helping the college track its progress and efforts to influence gender equity and make a positive difference for the women engineers, scientists, and mathematicians of tomorrow. I’m so excited to keep working with Vermont Technical College and I can’t wait to see what VISTAs after me are able to do.
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The title of John Fraser’s book comes from Hamlet’s most famous speech. ‘The name of action’ is what ‘enterprises of great pitch and moment’ lose when ‘the native hue of resolution’ is ‘sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought’: not, on the evidence of this volume, too much of a problem for Mr Fraser himself. His immediate target is litcritbiz, perennially anxious to demonstrate that books mean something other than what they say. He tells us that his ‘argumentative adolescence’, and his ‘apprentice years’ in the Sixties, were sorely fretted by Marxists, Freudians, irony-mongers and other assorted nuisances, restlessly disturbing the plain sense of things, while real life and Mr Fraser (‘human feelings and doings – falling in or out of love, fighting a war, and so on’) were taking their natural strong-willed course. For his own part, he has not, ‘at least since childhood’, been afflicted with that ‘sacred awe’ which is felt in France towards ‘the text’, and hasn’t much time either for ‘talk about non-referentiality and organic unity’. His own view, expressed in what is a fair sample of the delicacy of his idiom, is that ‘in distinguished literature the abstractions of ideologies were tested out in terms of the concretions of individual experience, rather than vice versa.’ He doesn’t like that academic ‘hunger ... for metaphysics without ethics’ which ‘separates intellection from the demands of action’, and believes himself to be inhabiting a ‘Shakespearean world’ in which people derive their ‘images of future bliss or woe ... from their past experiences, including their experiences of fiction, written or spoken’.
Hence the Shakespearean title and epigraph, and two essays on Shakespearean plays: one on The Tempest, which emerges as a cut above some of the other plays, where we are indeed ‘confronted with characters intellecting’ (yes, intellecting) but ‘in a potentially reductive fashion’; and the other on a coarsened sub-Leavisian version of Othello, including that Ignoble Moor’s difficulties with women (‘Desdemona, before anything else, is A Woman’). There are also essays on Scott Fitzgerald, Twain, Emily Brontë, Stephen Crane, Traven’s The Death Ship, and of course Swift. It seems that no book concerned with the idea of the man of letters as man of action is nowadays complete without an essay or two on Swift: an honourable exemplar whose best older celebrants have been men of letters who were men of action, including Yeats, Orwell and Foot, rather than academics who make a preening performance of not really being academics, like John Fraser and Edward Said. Fraser on this author cannot match Said’s remarkable amalgam of souped-up abstractionism and overpowering factual ignorance, though his own species of banality will be felt by some to arrive at a similar state of incomprehension by a less colourful route.
There are also two essays on critics: Northrop Frye, bad because he treats literature as though it were an objective science, though Fraser wants us to know that he himself admires ‘empiricism’ in its proper place; and Yvor Winters, good because of his ‘awareness’ of the relations between thought and action, and because it seems that if there had been more men like him, Edward Kennedy might not have become politically prominent. The book’s final section is a series of heavy-footed divagations on the ‘organic community’ and the theme of country v. city. Its four essays are concerned with George Sturt, the Hammonds, the Parisian photographer Atget, Leavis, and the much-sociologised Mexican village of Tepoztlan. It shows about as much social understanding as a wet sponge, with a literary sensibility to match and a penchant for displays of autobiography.
Fraser is insistent to the point of obsession on the ‘particular’ and ‘definable’, invariably celebrating them with a spacious evasion of both particularity and definition. He is much given to the inclusive ‘like’: ‘writers like Lawrence, Jean Giono, George Eliot, Traven, Tolstoy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and, of course, Sturt’. The ‘of course’ is part of a bullying knowingness that never lets up. If you don’t believe me, turn to page 69, where you will find all the following phrases: ‘incomparably’, ‘immeasurably’, ‘certainly’, ‘unequivocally’, ‘precisely’, ‘powerfully’, ‘largely’, ‘by no means necessarily’, ‘admittedly’, ‘especially’, ‘and rightly so’, ‘a certain kind of splendour’, ‘a particular kind of romantic-love relationship’, ‘a certain kind of male ego-ideal’, ‘a certain kind of conflict’, and, though my list is not in fact exhaustive and I am still on page 69, ‘there is little more that needs to be said.’ The last phrase belongs to a type, possibly learned from Swift’s bossier dunces, that Fraser is much addicted to: ‘and I think the point doesn’t need labouring’ is what gets said when he’s labouring it, just as ‘certainly’ occurs when he has least reason to feel certain, and ‘I think’ when what he says is so obvious that even he has little chance of getting it wrong (though even these rare accesses of tentativeness are really displays of assurance, ‘I think’ conveying that Fraser is not so much expressing caution as conferring an imprimatur). Like other pedagogue-bashing pedagogues, Mr Fraser is most himself in the emphatic-didactic guise of the classroom windbag, and there’s lots of numbing pseudo-wisdom to match: ‘The history of ideas is one thing, the history of people thinking something else,’ ‘New York is more “real” than Paris, and other cities increase in reality as they move towards the condition of New York, just as Dostoevsky is more “true” than Tolstoy.’
Mr Fraser’s book does, however, raise a serious issue: that of the interplay between literary texts and the lives we lead outside them. He devalues his theme by his own example, not least because the crudity of his discourse forces us to register the effect on his linguistic behaviour of that experience of ‘distinguished literature’ whose interaction with the quality of life he is perpetually asserting. Those who dislike the things he dislikes will be driven to question their sympathies at the first intimation of common ground. When he asserts that the ‘recent Franco-American preoccupation with freedom and “bliss” ’, with its ‘devaluing of social structures and implicit licensing of infantilistic egotism’, makes it ‘easier for the dominators and predators who prosper in a Hobbesian or Sadean world’, one may agree that all these things are as bad as he says, while questioning whether they’re any worse than the intellectual atmosphere revealed by his own bludgeoning style and the vulgar facility of his mental transitions. I wonder, too, whether the connection between literary criticism and predatorial politics is causal in the way he suggests, or whether, if there is a connection, it is one which he might be said to exemplify rather than one he asserts. That hypertrophied conception of the importance of litcritbiz which he shares with the ideologues he is attacking seems to me to reflect a collective stupor of self-esteem so pervasive and naïve as to be likely to neutralise any intellectual defences against political brutalism. It would not surprise me if the institutionalisation of criticism as an autonomous and self-validating activity turned out to have the same predisposition to extremist ideology as did some of the aestheticisms of pre-post-modern times, except that what was then taken to exist for its own sake was art and not criticism.
But what, the unschooled reader may wonder, is that ‘bliss’ with which, along with freedom, Franco-American critics are here said to be unhealthily preoccupied? The answer is that it is an inept rendering of the sexual term jouissance in the translation by Richard Miller in which Anglophone readers regularly misread Barthes’s Plaisir du Texte, though it’s true that no single English word gives the full sense of ‘active pleasure’, with specific associations of orgasm, of Barthes’s usage. Barthes isn’t himself one of Mr Fraser’s topics, but the matter of ‘bliss’ brings me to the one essay in his book I haven’t so far mentioned, on the erotic novel by ‘Pauline Réage’, Histoire d’O.
Here as elsewhere, Fraser is quick to see direct political connections, hinting portentously at ‘certain important truths’ behind the fact that the novel’s interest in erotic whippings preceded by ‘only a year or two’ the use of torture by the French in the Algerian War. But this chapter is of interest in the broader context of Fraser’s argument, because erotic books have a rather special place in questions relating to literature and ‘action’. This is partly due to the fact that their incitements and arousals are likely to be especially immediate and private, but is nowadays complicated by the type of critical chatter which goes in for proposing an ‘erotics of reading’ even for non-erotic books. This introduces new dimensions of tease as to what is and what isn’t meant literally when erotic terms are used to describe the act of reading. Barthes’s jouissance usually suggests some cerebral analogue or textual replay of the sexual, not exactly your real vulgar orgasm. I’m reminded of the military command for marking time said to have been used in the French colonial empire for the benefit of native troops: machi (i.e. marcher)-pas-machi-machi-quand-même. If you think you get more jouissance from a text whose subject-matter is itself erotic, you might be disappointed. Some would say you get less, and Barthes actually lays it down as a law that the true jouissance-producing text is not necessarily (pas forcément) or even, as he varies it in the next clause, never (jamais) one that recounts a jouissance, so that one can’t rely on pornography: Le plaisir de la représentation n’est pas lié à son objet: la pornographie n’est pas sûre (whatever Barthes means, Miller’s translation, ‘pornography is not sure,’ can’t be right).
Barthes’s idea of a gap between an experience and its representation is only superficially similar to that of Fanny Hill, when she comments on the monotony of erotic narrative as compared with erotic experience: her point is that the language and even the actions of love-making have a sameness which cannot do justice to the sensations of pleasure. Her priorities are in other ways the reverse of those of Barthes’s book. He goes on to say that the so-called ‘erotic’ books (Sade, whom Barthes applauds and Fraser deplores, excepted) are less concerned with the erotic scene than with the expectation of it and the leading up. This is what makes them ‘arousing’ (excitants: Miller translates ‘ “exciting” ’). But the quotation-marks are Barthes’s, an additional signal of the imputed spuriousness of these arousals, and when you get to the erotic scene itself the effect is disappointment, deflation: pornographic texts are texts of Desire, not Pleasure, and they disappoint, not in Fanny’s sense because the language is necessarily inadequate, but in some more absolute and abstract or definitional sense. The plaisir du texte is in some ways an idealist figuration or replay, not subject to sensuous limitation, though it may seem to follow the contours of some specialised sexual dispositions when, having announced the Death of the Author, Barthes adds that nevertheless, dans le texte, d’une certaine façon, he desires that deceased creature; or when he posits elsewhere that ‘the writer is someone who plays with his mother’s body.’ Barthes is unlikely to declare a preference for sex over texts in Fanny Hill’s simple way but the certaines façons in which each merges into the other are clearly not subject to the orderly demarcations of simple illustrative metaphor. Analogies and interactions between reading (or writing) and sexuality have an old ancestry, and even jouissance as an image for this is much older than Barthes. But they have become naturalised and indeed ideologised into our academic culture beyond simple parallels, whether in jest or earnest, and beyond the reach of mournful donnish puns (more often in earnest than jest, to judge by some recent learned journals) about ‘textual harassment’ or ‘textual intercourse’. According to Barthes, textual theory is a notably jouissance-producing (texty?) activity, but he thought it had little institutional future: it depends what you mean by institutional.
Fraser doesn’t have much truck with this sort of ‘metaphysical profundity’, or rather he does, in the form of extended bombinations against it: as I said, one sometimes dislikes what he dislikes, suspecting therefore that it can’t all be bad. His remarks are aimed, not at Barthes, but at Jean Paulhan’s prefatory essay to the Story of O, a novel which seems outside the main stream of Barthes’s discussion since its subject-matter is expressly erotic: an account of flagellations and other tortures and abasements, undertaken by the heroine in the service of a lover whose demands include her giving herself to the violence of others. The book’s popular reputation is that of a classic of high pornography, but it is, in fact, studiously unarousing: not in the sense which Barthes applies to most erotic books, but in being unlikely to stimulate even those who might normally be stimulated by such books.
Réage’s novel belongs to a tradition of refined erotic cerebration which includes La Princesse de Clèves and Stendhal’s De l’Amour. That the activities it describes belong superficially to the pornographic domain is an oddity that doesn’t alter the essential point. The book remains an intellectual tour de force whose peculiar combination of verbal stylishness and spiritual exaltation neutralises any likelihood of a sensuous response: a bravura display of what Susan Sontag calls metapornography. It has a metallic cool that suggests containment of incandescent intensities, like refrigerators that use heat to keep cold: the interactions of hot and cold in erotic literature come up for discussion in Régine Deforges’s O m’a dit, 1975, a remarkable record of conversations with the pseudonymous author. O’s intensities are intellectual, not sensuous. Torture doesn’t turn her on. What she cherishes are second-remove states: the ‘idea’ of torture, the subsequent happiness of having undergone it, the abnegation and self-surrender, the devotional and martyrological fantasies. Réage says not only that she is herself terrified by torture, but that her torture scenes have the unreality of detective-story fights, and she insists on bookish origins: lives of saints, dungeons in Gothic novels.
The Story of O adopts in a literal way many themes which figure metaphorically in the literature of love: enslavement, chains, incarceration. That O submits to these literally (though voluntarily) has something to do with the oddly desexualised quality of her book. Events that are mere images to other lovers happen to her circumstantially, but their relation to her emotional existence is probably more indirect and remote than if they had been metaphors. It may be that the true literature of arousal requires that its metaphors should not be literalised wholesale. Fraser says that ‘when Paulhan suggests that love is “really” what has been expressed in a particular kind of love poetry, with its figurative talk of slavery and chains, this seems pretty much like extolling cannibalism on the grounds that lovers often say that they’d like to eat each other.’ He has a point. The late Modernist or Post-Modern imagination has sometimes gone in for literalising these metaphors, with a curiously derealising effect: the cannibal counterpart to O’s slavery is Monique Wittig’s Le Corps Lesbien, in which the sexual gratification implied by such metaphoric endearments as ‘I could eat you up’ is pushed to its ultimate ingestive lengths. The result is one of those defiant fictions of ‘total possibility’ which are really a bowing (perhaps even a cringing) at the altar of the impossible. I doubt if a single lesbian body has ever been turned on by the cannibal allurements of Le Corps Lesbien, just as I assume that amateurs of flagellation wouldn’t go to the Story of O for stimulation. The wholesale literalising of façons de parler in these books tends to gratify the lust for system more than the erotic velleities they purport to be projecting. The jusqu’ auboutiste fantasy of cannibal massacre, like the equally totalistic extension of O’s spiritual aspirations (Réage says O wanted to go jusqu’au bout d’elle-même), has elements of black-humorous imaginative sport, and it contains its own antidote, much as proposals to ‘Exterminate all the brutes’ tend to be discounted in proportion as they are taken literally. ‘A Modest Proposal’ is one of the opening texts of Breton’s Anthologie de l’Humour Noir: who would ever take it seriously if they took it straight?
Death is the completest example of a sexual metaphor which puts an end to all sexuality as soon as it is literalised, as well as being what a complete enactment of cannibalism or torture would tend to bring on anyway. Death is contemplated in the Story of O, and Fraser seems to think of it as a logical conclusion – not in this literal sense but because there seems nothing of interest that can happen to O after she has reached her nadir of self-surrender. But in fact O’s death is only offered as a kind of ‘alternative ending’. The main ending is one in which O returns to Roissy, where Sir Stephen abandons her. This is summarily announced at the end of the book as we have it, and is the subject of a concluding section which was omitted from the novel, but later published as Retour à Roissy (1969), a sequel in which O, like Fanny Hill in the second volume of Cleland’s novel, moves not towards death but towards prostitution. O’s contemplated demise is offered expressly as an alternative not pursued, a self-consciously literary gesture, proto-Fowlesian in miniature, cheekily offered as part of the bookish sport: Il existe une seconde fin ...
Paulhan’s prefatory essay contrasts the small-scale cruelties of sexual bondage with the large-scale technologies of napalm and atom bombs. It’s a version of Montaigne’s famous apology for Amerindian cannibals, which, though not the first example, established the argument as a staple of liberal polemics against imperial and other oppressions. Paulhan’s version is trivialised by a notion that seems from time to time to find favour among erotomanes, that there is a ‘happiness in slavery’ which slaves and lovers cherish: Boswell actually wrote an antiabolitionist poem along these lines, comparing happy negro slaves with poetical lovers happily enslaved by their ‘beauteous tyrant’, and Paulhan cites the example of some freed Barbadian slaves in 1838 asking to be taken back by their master.
The facile ineptitude of this does not invalidate the Montaigne-derived argument about relative scales of cruelty, though Fraser again has a point when he says that it’s hard to escape the feeling that Paulhan ‘can allow himself the luxury of being unpleasant because he takes it for granted that nothing he advocates runs any serious risk of being practised’. There’s no doubt that some of the fantasies of ‘total possibility’, including Wittig’s cannibal fiction, depend on impossibility of enactment as their enabling factor. This is also true in more indirect ways of ‘A Modest Proposal’, by contrast with a more plausibly packaged and ‘moderate’ spoof like Defoe’s ‘Shortest Way with the Dissenters’, which did actually take people in. Swift once warned that, beyond a certain point, our assumption that people know what to discount in the rhetoric of extermination or incitement, ‘and will not take Hyperboles in too literal a Sense’, is likely to be over-optimistic, and ‘in some Junctures might prove a desperate Experiment’. Fraser’s dark hints of a link between O’s torture and what the French were about to get up to in Algeria is a sloppy version of the same anxiety. Réage, who speaks on such questions in O m’a dit with more acumen than either Paulhan or Fraser, says that the people who perpetrate massacres in real life tend to be those who don’t read books of erotic cruelty.
They may both be right, but the real risks are likely not to be those of arousal or incitement, but of a more covert coarsening which books like Réage’s and especially Wittig’s may tend to induce: less by their subject-matter than by the hard brilliance of their intellectual self-absorption, the frosty delight in the jewelled precision of their prose as it sports with the unspeakable, the chic romance of their leather-and-metal stylishness. Could it be that the moral anaesthesia cultivated by these two impeccably liberal authors might have a kinship with that aestheticism for machines of destruction to be found among the cryptofascist sensibilities of early Modernism?
Fraser’s essay on Réage is somewhat disabled by its failure to take account of Retour à Roissy and especially of O m’a dit. His piece was written in 1966, before they were published, when he felt himself to be exploring an ‘uncharted region’; and, anxious not to be modish, he is now disinclined to revise it ‘in the light of ... subsequent sexual revolutions’, or to consider that there might be better reasons than that for doing so. The region was not so ‘uncharted’ as all that, since Histoire d’O had appeared in 1954 and had a well-established notoriety. It had even been available in English, though Grove Press only got round to it in the year Fraser did, and he is a shade too provincial to be troubled by the thought that he was already being ‘subsequent’ himself at the time. In this respect he sounds a bit like the contributor to that hapless and never-to-be-forgotten book, Re-Reading English, who set out to chart the course of intellectual politics in Britain ‘between the early 1960s and the early 1980s: from Hoggart to Gramsci’, the last-named having died in 1937. | <urn:uuid:47cbd28d-51ec-4387-b827-e003d9f055d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n02/claude-rawson/textual-intercourse | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.954781 | 5,276 | 2.015625 | 2 |
“You like ‘poTAYtoes’, and I like ‘poTAHtoes’, you like ‘toMAYtoes’, and I like ‘toMAHtoes’…”
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
The game Same or Different? is one of the easiest games to understand and immediately play because we humans play it constantly without realizing it. Categorization is an important kind of mathematical thinking, and this game, like Which One Doesn’t Belong, encourages that. So let’s play! Look at the two groups in the above image, and ask Same or Different?
Same: They are both foods in the produce aisle.
Different: Tomatoes are fruit, potatoes are root vegetables.
Same: They are both about the same size and spherical shape.
Different: The tomatoes have leafy parts. (Follow-up: What if the potatoes had sprouting roots?)
Different: The tomatoes are red, the potatoes are brownish. (Follow-up: What if the potatoes were the red variety?)
Same: They both are in a big bin and there are hundreds of them.
You get the idea!
This is also a game where you can incorporate the mathematical principles of size, position, quantity and shape while playing.
If you want to start playing this game at home with some guidance, check out our printables. They will help you get a feel for how to choose the two objects to compare. You can play with your kids and make it a conversation, or send the older kids off on their own to write down their answers for some math + opinion writing time. If they really get into it (or you do!), you can also make your own games using our blank printables.
Here’s a video I took of my 5-year-old sharing her ideas for Same or Different? with some additional ideas added from her older sister:
If your family enjoys some friendly competition, you can also make it a Same or Different? battle. Have one person take the “same” position and the other argue “different” until one runs out of ideas. (Hint: In my experience, “same” is generally the harder position to argue, so you might want the older, more gracious participant take that position.)
Here are my oldest two kids using our printables for a fun Same or Different? battle:
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In 1996, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Al-Jehad Trust Case ruled that recommendations of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), for appointments in the superior judiciary, are binding upon the President of Pakistan. In 2010, with the purpose to decentralise the powers of the CJP, vide the eighteenth and nineteenth amendments, Article 175-A was inserted in the Constitution of Pakistan to set up a Judicial Commission and a Parliamentary Committee for appointment of judges in superior judiciary. Nevertheless, in Munir Bhatti’s Case 2011, the Supreme Court categorically held that the Parliamentary Committee has no authority to question recommendations forwarded by the Judicial Commission, thereby, making judiciary completely independent of executive control and conferring in the Judicial Commission unbridled powers for appointments of the judges in the superior judiciary. Recently, the illustrious judge of Sindh High Court (SHC), Justice Munib Akhtar, was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. The appointment has divided the legal fraternity into two factions and has instigated an attention-grabbing debate; one section of lawyers vehemently protested and asserted that, since the appointment bypassed three senior judges of the SHC, therefore, it contravenes principle of seniority and doctrine of legitimate expectations enunciated by the Supreme Court in Al-Jehad Trust Case. On the other hand, another segment of lawyers is arguing that the appointment of Justice Munib doesn’t suffer from any illegality or irregularity as the same is based purely on competence of the appointee, which should be the only benchmark for appointment of a judge in the Supreme Court. It is pertinent to mention that the argument in favour of seniority is misconceived. It is true that appointments based entirely on seniority provide objectivity; nonetheless, the same encourages indolence, inefficiency and rigidity. Seniority system is fair to all and sundry except the best ones as it fails to consider ability, hard work and performance of the candidates. Additionally, it only promotes laid-back attitude, as an official has nothing to win or lose whether he works hard or not. Even otherwise, Article 177 of the Constitution nowhere mentions that the most senior judge in the high court shall be considered for appointment in the Supreme Court, it only stipulates two conditions, first, candidate must have served as judge of the high court for a period not less than five years, and second, he/she has been an advocate of the high court for a period not less than fifteen years. Moreover, the apex court in Supreme Court Bar Association Case 2002 further clarified the issue by ruling that appointment in Supreme Court is a fresh appointment where the principles of seniority and legitimate expectations are irrelevant. In Munir Bhatti’s Case 2011, the Supreme Court categorically held that the Parliamentary Committee has no authority to question recommendations forwarded by the Judicial Commission, thereby, making judiciary completely independent of executive control and conferring in the Judicial Commission unbridled powers for appointments of the judges The contention that competency should be the chief ground for appointment of a Supreme Court judge is well founded and tenable. It needs to be noted that, the Supreme Court is the final authority for determining people’s rights, thus, the mistake of appointing an incompetent judge, howsoever senior, is incorrigible. A judge in the Supreme Court should be appointed on the basis of his understanding, interpretation and application of law. We need competent judges, regardless of when they were born or elevated to the bench. It needs to be borne in mind that competence based appointments are like a double-edged sword, if discretion to appoint is structured it can lead to absolute objectivity and if the same is unstructured, then objectivity becomes a casualty. Although, the current structure of the Judicial Commission is ideal as the same ensures independence from the executive and the legislature, the way it functions is still problematic in many ways. For instance, pursuant to Rule 3(1) of Judicial Commission of Pakistan Rules 2010, the CJP is the sole authority to initiate a candidate’s name for appointment in the Supreme Court. Additionally, Judicial Commission’s working is based on exercise of unstructured discretion, whereby the assessment of potential appointees is based on subjective satisfaction of its members. Even though the members of the Judicial Commission are well equipped to ascertain competence of potential appointees, however, there is no prescribed method of assessing how one candidate is better than another and what factors are taken into account for appraisal of competence. Independence of judiciary is not limited to freedom from influence of executive or legislature; it also demands an objective system of judicial appointments to secure and strengthen the confidence of the public in the judiciary. It is true that we do need a judicial system which favours competence over seniority for appointments in the apex judiciary, and to avoid complaints of human subjectivity, non-transparency, arbitrariness and favouritism associated with it, the discretion of Judicial Commission needs to be structured through enactment of written guidelines providing a comprehensive framework for analysing and appraising credentials of potential appointees. The Supreme Court has itself, in catena of judgments, ruled that unstructured discretion promotes the practice of pick and choose; it is ex facie discriminatory and is against principles of good governance. It will be highly apposite and fortunate if the apex court starts applying the same rulings on its internal functioning in general and on process of judicial appointments in particular. 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Programme manager for non-communicable diseases in the Ministry of Health (MoH), Dr. Beatrice Mwagomba, has appealed to Malawians join hands with government and non-governmental organisations in the fight against diabetes.
Speaking o on Saturday 28 July 2012 at Kalambo FP School, area 25, in Lilongwe during a community mobilization campaign on prevention of diabetes, Mwangomba said the ministry is working with Diabetes Association of Malawi and Journal Aids, a journalist organisation, in order to increase awareness and community participation in diabetes prevention.
“With the increase in prevalence of morbidity and mortality due to diabetes, the ministry of health is prioritizing diabetes, than all other non communicable diseases in its strategy for 2011-2016,” said Mwagomba.
“One of the things which we want to do is the public heath approach to the control this disease diabetes. Despite not having enough specialists in this disease, we would like to identify and treat the patients as early as possible at primary health care level.”
Mwagomba said Malawi didn’t have enough places for diabetes treatment.
“It’s true that most of the specialized treatment for diabetes is found in the district and central hospitals, but now we have come up with guidelines for non communicable diseases intervention for not only diabetes [so]that health workers in health centres should be able to screen patients and give the primary medication from the health care level,” she said.
Mwagomba urged Malawians to cut consumption of alcohol, saying lives could be saved annually by changing official advice on ‘safe’ levels of alcohol intake, She said harmful use of alcohol is one of the factors which contribute to diabetes because when one has taken too much alcohol it can overload the liver and it fails to properly function and break the sugar in the body.
She said ‘safe’ drinking levels are “for a man for a standard bottle of 300 millilitres, it’s five bottles and for a woman it’s four in a sitting.”
Journal Aids executive director Christopher Bauti urged journalists to develop a special interest in reporting diseases such as diabetes.
“It’s important that journalist should be aware of what diabetes is all about, so that they can take the messages to the public. If you can observe in the past, there has only been an extensive coverage in the media on… Aids, malaria and other dieses but not diabetes, so we want the journalists to start covering this disease,” he said
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How accurate are COVID and anti-body tests in NJ? (Opinion)
You probably know someone in your life, or perhaps you yourself think that you had COVID, but were never tested. So many of the people we talk to say they think they had it back in December or January or February because they exhibit all of the common symptoms of the novel coronavirus. But when they went for in the antibody test, it showed a negative result.
Then there are people who tested positive for it at one point, but were retested later and didn’t have the antibodies. There are also stories about how inaccurate the tests can be in general. But the authorities continue to push for more testing. The death rate will probably end up somewhere near the amount of a bad flu season when all is said and done if the numbers aren’t overly exaggerated. The lack of clear, consistent and reliable information and all the more unsettling.
Some people claim to have signed up to take the test and then got tired of waiting in line, left without getting the actual test, only to receive a notification that their test was positive. They claim they never actually took the test, but were notified that they tested positive. You have probably heard a story like that from more that one person. There are many stories like that going around. Are they true? It's hard to know, but in this climate, it seems to be getting harder to know exact truths. And even then, the "truths" seem to change from month to month.
A couple of things we have learned in this crisis that have always been true. Take care of yourself by living a healthy lifestyle and be very skeptical of the media and government.
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“Sounds have no goal! They are, and that’s all. They live.
Music is this life of sounds, this participation of sounds in life.”
— John Cage
This Life of Sounds:
Evenings for New Music in Buffalo
by Renée Levine Packer
Published by Oxford University Press in July 2010, this book is an invaluable chronicle from the inside of an exuberant time of artistic exploration and experimentation populated by now legendary figures such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Lukas Foss, Cornelius Cardew, Maryanne Amacher, Terry Riley, Julius Eastman, David Tudor, and many others who were part of this under-known chapter of late 20th century musical avant garde. This Life of Sounds was released in paperback in Fall 2016.
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Novel and Transcendental Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Investigation of Interaction among Human Blood Cancer Cells, Tissues, Tumors and Metastases with Synchrotron Radiation under Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs Delivery Efficacy Using MATLAB Modeling and Simulationp
Faculty of Chemistry, California South University, USA
Received: November 2, 2017 Accepted: November 21, 2017 Published: November 28, 2017
Citation: Heidari A. Novel and Transcendental Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Investigation of Interaction among Human Blood Cancer Cells, Tissues, Tumors and Metastases with Synchrotron Radiation under Anti–Cancer Nano Drugs Delivery Efficacy using MATLAB Modeling and Simulation. Madridge J Nov Drug Res. 2017; 1(1): 18-24. doi: 10.18689/mjndr-1000104
Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Nano drugs; Synchrotron radiation; Metastases; Human blood cancer.
In the current image article, we present novel and transcendental prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies for investigation of interaction among human blood cancer cells, tissues, tumors and metastases with synchrotron radiation under anticancer Nano drugs delivery efficacy using MATLAB modeling and simulation (Figure (1)) [1-98].
Furthermore, we have computationally simulated interaction among human blood cancer cells, tissues, tumors and metastases with synchrotron radiation under anti-cancer Nano drugs delivery efficacy using MATLAB (Figure 2) [1-98].
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- Heidari A. Biomedical Study of Cancer Cells DNA Therapy Using Laser Irradiations at Presence of Intelligent Nanoparticles. J Biomedical Sci. 2016; 5: 2. doi: 10.4172/2254-609X.100023
- Heidari A. Measurement the Amount of Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol), Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) and Absorbable Calcium (Ca2+), Iron (II) (Fe2+), Magnesium (Mg2+), Phosphate (PO4-) and Zinc (Zn2+) in Apricot Using High–Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Spectroscopic Techniques. J Biom Biostat. 2016; 7: 292. doi: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000292
- Heidari A. Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics of the Helium Dimer (He2+), Neon Dimer (Ne2+), Argon Dimer (Ar2+), Krypton Dimer (Kr2+), Xenon Dimer (Xe2+), Radon Dimer(Rn2+) and Ununoctium Dimer (Uuo2+) Molecular Cations. Chem Sci J. 2016; 7: e112. doi: 10.4172/2150- 3494.1000e112
- Heidari A. Human Toxicity Photodynamic Therapy Studies on DNA/RNA Complexes as a Promising New Sensitizer for the Treatment of Malignant Tumors Using Bio-Spectroscopic Techniques. J Drug Metab Toxicol. 2016; 7: e129. doi: 10.4172/2157-7609.1000e129
- Heidari A. Novel and Stable Modifications of Intelligent Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Nanoparticles as Anti-Cancer Drug in Formation of Nucleic Acids Complexes for Human Cancer Cells Treatment. Biochem Pharmacol (Los Angel). 2016; 5: 207. doi: 10.4172/2167-0501.1000207
- Heidari A. A Combined Computational and QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Study on Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs), Amorphous Boron Nitride Nanotubes (a-BNNTs) and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanotubes (h-BNNTs) as Hydrogen Storage. Struct Chem Crystallogr Commun. 2016; 2: 1.
- Heidari A. Pharmaceutical and Analytical Chemistry Study of Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Nanoparticles Synthesis Methods and Properties as AntiCancer Drug and its Effect on Human Cancer Cells. Pharm Anal Chem. 2016; 2: 113. doi: 10.4172/2471-2698.1000113
- Heidari A. A Chemotherapeutic and Biospectroscopic Investigation of the Interaction of Double–Standard DNA/RNA-Binding Molecules with Cadmium Oxide (CdO) and Rhodium (III) Oxide (Rh2 O3 ) Nanoparticles as Anti-Cancer Drugs for Cancer Cells' Treatment. Chemo Open Access. 2016; 5: e129. doi: 10.4172/2167-7700.1000e129
- Heidari A. Pharmacokinetics and Experimental Therapeutic Study of DNA and Other Biomolecules Using Lasers: Advantages and Applications. J Pharmacokinet Exp Ther. 2016; 1: e005. doi: 10.4172/jpet.1000e005
- Heidari A. Determination of Ratio and Stability Constant of DNA/RNA in Human Cancer Cells and Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Nanoparticles Complexes Using Analytical Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Techniques. Insights Anal Electrochem. 2016; 2: 1.
- Heidari A. Discriminate between Antibacterial and Non-Antibacterial Drugs Artificial Neutral Networks of a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Type Using a Set of Topological Descriptors. J Heavy Met Toxicity Dis. 2016; 1: 2. doi: 10.21767/2473-6457.100009
- Heidari A. A Translational Biomedical Approach to Structural Arrangement of Amino Acids' Complexes: A Combined Theoretical and Computational Study. Transl Biomed. 2016; 7: 2.
- Heidari A. Ab Initio and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Dynamic NMR Shielding Tensors and Vibrational Frequencies of DNA/ RNA and Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Nanoparticles Complexes in Human Cancer Cells. J Nanomedine Biotherapeutic Discov. 2016; 6: e144. doi: 10.4172/2155-983X.1000e144
- Heidari A. Molecular Dynamics and Monte-Carlo Simulations for Replacement Sugars in Insulin Resistance, Obesity, LDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Glycobiological Study. J Glycobiol. 2016; 5: e111. doi: 10.4172/2168-958X.1000e111
- Heidari A. Synthesis and Study of 5-[(Phenylsulfonyl)Amino]-1,3,4- Thiadiazole-2-Sulfonamide as Potential Anti-Pertussis Drug Using Chromatography and Spectroscopy Techniques. Transl Med (Sunnyvale). 2016; 6: e138. doi: 10.4172/2161-1025.1000e137
- Heidari A. An Analytical and Computational Infrared Spectroscopic Review of Vibrational Modes in Nucleic Acids. Austin J Anal Pharm Chem. 2016; 3(1): 1058.
- Heidari A, Brown C. Phase, Composition and Morphology Study and Analysis of Os-Pd/HfC Nanocomposites. Nano Res Appl. 2016; 2: 1.
- Heidari A, Brown C. Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of Intensities and Shifts of Symmetric Vibration Modes of Ozone Diluted by Cumene. International Journal of Advanced Chemistry. 2016; 4(1): 5-9. doi: 10.14419/ ijac.v4i1.6080
- Heidari A. Study of the Role of Anti-Cancer Molecules with Different Sizes for Decreasing Corresponding Bulk Tumor Multiple Organs or Tissues. Arch Can Res. 2016; 4: 2.
- Heidari A. Genomics and Proteomics Studies of Zolpidem, Necopidem, Alpidem, Saripidem, Miroprofen, Zolimidine, Olprinone and Abafungin as Anti-Tumor, Peptide Antibiotics, Antiviral and Central Nervous System (CNS) Drugs. J Data Mining Genomics & Proteomics. 2016; 7: e125. doi: 10.4172/2153-0602.1000e125
- Heidari A. Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics Studies of Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) Inhibitors and Paclitaxel Albumin–Stabilized Nanoparticles as Sandwiched Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs between Two DNA/RNA Molecules of Human Cancer Cells. J Pharmacogenomics Pharmacoproteomics. 2016; 7: e153. doi: 10.4172/2153-0645.1000e153
- Heidari A. Cheminformatics and System Chemistry of Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Nedaplatin, Oxaliplatin, Heptaplatin and Lobaplatin as AntiCancer Nano Drugs: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study. J Inform Data Min. 2016; 1: 3. doi: 10.21767/2472-1956.100015
- Heidari A. Linear and Non-Linear Quantitative Structure-Anti-CancerActivity Relationship (QSACAR) Study of Hydrous Ruthenium (IV) Oxide (RuO2 ) Nanoparticles as Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs) and Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs. J Integr Oncol. 2016; 5: e110. doi: 10.4172/2329-6771.1000e110
- Heidari A. A Pharmacovigilance Study on Linear and Non-Linear Quantitative Structure (Chromatographic) Retention Relationships (QSRR) Models for the Prediction of Retention Time of Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs under Synchrotron Radiations. J Pharmacovigil. 2016; 4: e161. doi: 10.4172/2329-6887.1000e161
- Heidari A. Nanotechnology in Preparation of Semipermeable Polymers. J Adv Chem Eng. 2016; 6: 157.
- Heidari A. A Gastrointestinal Study on Linear and Non-Linear Quantitative Structure (Chromatographic) Retention Relationships (QSRR) Models for Analysis 5-Aminosalicylates Nano Particles as Digestive System Nano Drugs under Synchrotron Radiations. J Gastrointest Dig Syst. 2016; 6: e119. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000e119
- Heidari A. DNA/RNA Fragmentation and Cytolysis in Human Cancer Cells Treated with Diphthamide Nano Particles Derivatives. Biomedical Data Mining. 2016; 5: e102. doi: 10.4172/2090-4924.1000e102
- Heidari A. A Successful Strategy for the Prediction of Solubility in the Construction of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) and Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) under Synchrotron Radiations Using Genetic Function Approximation (GFA) Algorithm. J Mol Biol Biotechnol. 2016; 1: 1.
- Heidari A. Computational Study on Molecular Structures of C20, C60, C240, C540, C960, C2160 and C3840 Fullerene Nano Molecules under Synchrotron Radiations Using Fuzzy Logic. J Material Sci Eng. 2016; 5: 282. doi: 10.4172/2169-0022.1000282
- Heidari A. Graph Theoretical Analysis of Zigzag Polyhexamethylene Biguanide, Polyhexamethylene Adipamide, Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Gauze and Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Hydrochloride (PHMB) Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs), Amorphous Boron Nitride Nanotubes (a-BNNTs) and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanotubes (h-BNNTs). J Appl Computat Math. 2016; 5: e143. doi: 10.4172/2168-9679.1000e143
- Heidari A. The Impact of High Resolution Imaging on Diagnosis. Int J Clin Med Imaging. 2016; 3: 1000e101.
- Heidari A. A Comparative Study of Conformational Behavior of Isotretinoin (13-Cis Retinoic Acid) and Tretinoin (All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA)) Nano Particles as Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs under Synchrotron Radiations Using Hartree-Fock (HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Methods. Insights in Biomed. 2016; 1: 2.
- Heidari A. Advances in Logic, Operations and Computational Mathematics. J Appl Computat Math. 2016; 5: e144. doi: 10.4172/2168-9679.1000e144
- Heidari A. Mathematical Equations in Predicting Physical Behavior. J Appl Computat Math. 2016; 5: e145. doi: 10.4172/2168-9679.1000e145
- Heidari A. Chemotherapy a Last Resort for Cancer Treatment. Chemo Open Access. 2016; 5: 4. doi: 10.4172/2167-7700.1000e130
- Heidari A. Separation and Pre-Concentration of Metal Cations-DNA/RNA Chelates Using Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry with Tunable Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Synchrotron Radiation and Various Analytical Methods. Mass Spectrom Purif Tech. 2016; 2: e101. doi: 10.4172/2469-9861.1000e101
- Heidari A. Yoctosecond Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) and Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) under Synchrotron Radiations Studies for Prediction of Solubility of Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs in Aqueous Solutions Using Genetic Function Approximation (GFA) Algorithm. Insight Pharm Res. 2016; 1: 1.
- Heidari A. A Novel Approach to Biology. Electronic J Biol. 2016; 12: 3.
- Heidari A. Innovative Biomedical Equipment's for Diagnosis and Treatment. J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci. 2016; 6: e123. doi: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000e125
- Heidari A. Integrating Precision Cancer Medicine into Healthcare, Medicare Reimbursement Changes and the Practice of Oncology: Trends in Oncology Medicine and Practices. J Oncol Med & Pract. 2016; 1: 2.
- Heidari A. Promoting Convergence in Biomedical and Biomaterials Sciences and Silk Proteins for Biomedical and Biomaterials Applications: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine and Bioengineering Perspectives. J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci. 2016; 6: 3. doi: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000e126
- Heidari A. X-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis on Discrete Element Modeling of Nano Powder Metallurgy Processes in Optimal Container Design. J Powder Metall Min. 2017; 6: 1. doi: 10.4172/2168- 9806.1000e136
- Heidari A. Biomolecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Nano-Sized Molecules and Clusters as Cross-Linking-Induced Anti-Cancer and Immune-Oncology Nano Drugs Delivery in DNA/RNA of Human Cancer Cells'Membranes under Synchrotron Radiations: A Payload-Based Perspective. Arch Chem Res. 2017; 1: 2. doi: 10.21767/2572-4657.100011
- Heidari A. Deficiencies in Repair of Double-Standard DNA/RNA-Binding Molecules Identified in Many Types of Solid and Liquid Tumors Oncology in Human Body for Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy Using Computer Simulations and Data Analysis. J Appl Bioinforma Comput Biol. 2017; 6: 1. doi: 10.4172/2329-9533.1000e104
- Heidari A. Electronic Coupling among the Five Nanomolecules Shuts Down Quantum Tunneling in the Presence and Absence of an Applied Magnetic Field for Indication of the Dimer or other Provide Different Influences on the Magnetic Behavior of Single Molecular Magnets (SMMs) as Qubits for Quantum Computing. Glob J Res Rev. 2017; 4: 2.
- Heidari A. Polymorphism in Nano-Sized Graphene Ligand-Induced Transformation of Au38-xAgx/xCux(SPh-tBu)24 to Au36-xAgx/xCux(SPhtBu)24 (x=1-12) Nanomolecules for Synthesis of Au144-xAgx/ xCux[(SR)60,(SC4)60, (SC6)60, (SC12)60,(PET)60, (p-MBA)60, (F)60, (Cl)60,(Br)60, (I)60, (At)60, (Uus)60 and (SC6H13)60] Nano. J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol. 2017; 6: 3. doi: 10.4172/2324-8777.1000e109
- Heidari A. Biomedical Resource Oncology and Data Mining to Enable Resource Discovery in Medical, Medicinal, Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Translational Research and Their Applications in Cancer Research. Int J Biomed Data Min. 2017; 6: e103. doi: 10.4172/2090- 4924.1000e103
- Heidari A. Study of Synthesis, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Dosing, Stability, Safety and Efficacy of Olympiadane Nanomolecules as Agent for Cancer Enzymotherapy, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Hormone Therapy and Targeted Therapy under Synchrotorn Radiation. J Dev Drugs. 2017; 6: e154.
- Heidari A. A Novel Approach to Future Horizon of Top Seven Biomedical Research Topics to Watch in 2017: Alzheimer's, Ebola, Hypersomnia, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB), Microbiome/ Antibiotic Resistance and Endovascular Stroke. J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci. 2017; 7: e127. doi: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000e127
- Heidari A. Opinion on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Technique. Fluid Mech Open Acc. 2017; 4: 157. doi: 10.4172/2476-2296.1000157
- Heidari A. Concurrent Diagnosis of Oncology Influence Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery for Colorectal Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Au329(SR)84, Au329–xAgx(SR)84, Au144(SR)60, Au68(SR)36, Au30(SR)18, Au102(SPh)44, Au38(SPh)24, Au38(SC2H4Ph)24, Au21S(SAdm)15, Au36(pMBA)24 and Au25(pMBA)18 Nano Clusters. J Surgery Emerg Med. 2017; 1: 21.
- Heidari A. Developmental Cell Biology in Adult Stem Cells Death and Autophagy to Trigger a Preventive Allergic Reaction to Common Airborne Allergens under Synchrotron Radiation Using Nanotechnology for Therapeutic Goals in Particular Allergy Shots (Immunotherapy). Cell Biol (Henderson, NV). 2017; 6: 1. doi: 10.4172/2324-9293.1000e117
- Heidari A. Changing Metal Powder Characteristics for Elimination of the Heavy Metals Toxicity and Diseases in Disruption of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Proteins Adjustment in Cancer Metastases Induced by Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Carcinoid, Carcinoma, Ewing's Sarcoma, Fibrosarcoma and Secondary Hematopoietic Solid or Soft Tissue Tumors. J Powder Metall Min. 2017; 6: 170. doi: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000170
- Heidari A. Nanomedicine-Based Combination Anti-Cancer Therapy between Nucleic Acids and Anti–Cancer Nano Drugs in Covalent Nano Drugs Delivery Systems for Selective Imaging and Treatment of Human Brain Tumors Using Hyaluronic Acid, Alguronic Acid and Sodium Hyaluronate as Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs and Nucleic Acids Delivery under Synchrotron Radiation. Am J Drug Deliv. 2017; 5: 2.
- Heidari A. Clinical Trials of Dendritic Cell Therapies for Cancer Exposing Vulnerabilities in Human Cancer Cells' Metabolism and Metabolomics: New Discoveries, Unique Features Inform New Therapeutic Opportunities, Biotech's Bumpy Road to the Market and Elucidating the Biochemical Programs that Support Cancer Initiation and Progression. J Biol Med Science. 2017; 1: e103.
- Heidari A. The Design Graphene-Based Nanosheets as a New Nanomaterial in Anti-Cancer Therapy and Delivery of Chemotherapeutics and Biological Nano Drugs for Liposomal Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs and Gene Delivery. Br Biomed Bull. 2017; 5: 305. doi: 10.21767/2471-9897.1000305
- Heidari A. Treatment of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases through a Targeted Nanomolecule Drug Delivery System Based on Dopamine Functionalized Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) Coated with Nano Graphene Oxide (GO) and Protonated Polyaniline (PANI) in Situ During the Polymerization of Aniline Autogenic Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs under Synchrotron Radiation. Br J Res. 2017; 4(3): 16. doi: 10.21767/2394-3718.100016
- Heidari A. Synthesis, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Dosing, Stability, Safety and Efficacy of Orphan Nano Drugs to Treat High Cholesterol and Related Conditions and to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease under Synchrotron Radiation. J Pharm Sci Emerg Drugs. 2017; 5: 1. doi: 10.4172/2380-9477.1000e104
- Heidari A. Non-Linear Compact Proton Synchrotrons to Improve Human Cancer Cells and Tissues Treatments and Diagnostics through Particle Therapy Accelerators with Monochromatic Microbeams. J Cell Biol Mol Sci. 2017; 2(1): 1-5. doi: 10.15436/2471-5891.17.1631
- Heidari A. Design of Targeted Metal Chelation Therapeutics Nanocapsules as Colloidal Carriers and Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB) Translocation to Targeted Deliver Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs into the Human Brain to Treat Alzheimer's Disease under Synchrotron Radiation. J Nanotechnol Material Sci. 2017; 4(2): 1-5. doi: 10.15436/2377-1372.17.1591
- Gobato R, Heidari A. Calculations Using Quantum Chemistry for Inorganic Molecule Simulation BeLi2SeSi". American Journal of Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy. 2017; 2(3): 37-46. doi: 10.11648/j. ajqcms.20170203.12
- Heidari A. Active Targeted Nanoparticles for Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs Delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier for Human Brain Cancer Treatment, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's Diseases Using Chemical Modifications of Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs or Drug-Nanoparticles through Zika Virus (ZIKV) Nanocarriers under Synchrotron Radiation. J Med Chem Toxicol. 2017; 2(2): 90-94.
- Heidari A. Investigation of Medical, Medicinal, Clinical and Pharmaceutical Applications of Estradiol, Mestranol (Norlutin), Norethindrone (NET), Norethisterone Acetate (NETA), Norethisterone Enanthate (NETE) and Testosterone Nanoparticles as Biological Imaging, Cell Labeling, AntiMicrobial Agents and Anti-Cancer Nano Drugs in Nanomedicines Based Drug Delivery Systems for Anti-Cancer Targeting and Treatment. Parana Journal of Science and Education (PJSE). 2017; 3(4): 10-19.
- Heidari A. A Comparative Computational and Experimental Study on Different Vibrational Biospectroscopy Methods, Techniques and Applications for Human Cancer Cells in Tumor Tissues Simulation, Modeling, Research, Diagnosis and Treatment. Open J Anal Bioanal Chem. 2017; 1(1): 014-020.
- Heidari A. Combination of DNA/RNA Ligands and Linear/Non-Linear Visible-Synchrotron Radiation-Driven N-Doped Ordered Mesoporous Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Nanoparticles Photocatalysts Channels Resulted in an Interesting Synergistic Effect Enhancing Catalytic Anti-Cancer Activity. Enz Eng. 2017; 6: 1. doi: 10.4172/2329-6674.1000160
- Heidari A. Potency of Human Interferon β-1a and Human Interferon β-1b in Enzymotherapy, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Hormone Therapy and Targeted Therapy of Encephalomyelitis Disseminate/Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, F and G Virus Enter and Targets Liver Cells. J Proteomics Enzymol. 2017; 6(1): doi: 10.4172/2470-1289.1000e109
- Heidari A. Transport Therapeutic Active Targeting of Human Brain Tumors Enable Anti-Cancer Nanodrugs Delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) to Treat Brain Diseases Using Nanoparticles and Nanocarriers under Synchrotron Radiation. J Pharm Pharmaceutics. 2017; 4(2): 1-5. doi: 10.15436/2377-1313.17.034
- Heidari A, Brown C. Combinatorial Therapeutic Approaches to DNA/RNA and Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G), Fluoxetine Hydrochloride (Prozac and Sarafem), Propofol (Diprivan), Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) (Aspirin), Naproxen Sodium (Aleve and Naprosyn) and Dextromethamphetamine Nanocapsules with Surface Conjugated DNA/RNA to Targeted Nano Drugs for Enhanced Anti-Cancer Efficacy and Targeted Cancer Therapy Using Nano Drugs Delivery Systems. Ann Adv Chem. 2017; 1(2): 061-069. | <urn:uuid:4710aa81-646c-4e0c-9063-05476f02994b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://madridge.org/journal-of-novel-drug-research/mjndr-1000104.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.652056 | 7,315 | 1.78125 | 2 |
It Is Not Enough To Be Free; We Must Live Free.
Isaiah 55:1 (ESV) “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
In Isaiah 54, God has offered forgiveness and now in chapter 55 the call to walk in forgiveness is given. It is not enough to be free; we must live free. We don’t have to order our lives around the axis of a world system that begs for us to dance as its puppets. We don’t have to order our lives around a fragmented social system that includes only those with more power.
In God’s order, everyone is included. We have a Christ centered alternative to be fully human and live fully human in Him and His redeemed order of justice. We have been given the choice of the one that choose us. In Christ, we are the tribe of Revelation 7:9-10
“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (NKJV)
We are His redeemed community living a life of radical love in a sea of hatefulness. We render not evil for evil, but we love our way through this age until the age to come overtakes us, and death is swallowed up forever.
We need not use violence to fight for our rights, but instead as one writer has so eloquently put it, “Our violent ways find an end in the wounds of Christ, and in his forgiveness we are offered healing from our self-inflicted pain.”
For now, death remains but soon death will be swallowed up forever.
Isaiah 25:6-9 (ESV) 6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 9 It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
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As a parent it’s likely that your children or your child don’t eat all the things you’d like them consume. A frequently heard comments parents make is that their kids are picky eaters , and desire certain foods that they love repeatedly. Here are some suggestions to help your child enjoy a wide variety of food and maintain healthier eating practices!
Talk About Food :
If your children don’t enjoy certain kinds of food isn’t due to their food preferences; they don’t know what to do or when to eat these foods. protective food images
Tell your guests that eating enjoyable! Discuss food.
Allow your children to help you with the cooking. Serve them their favourite meals for breakfast, lunch as well as dinner (and even before bedtime). Try saying yes instead of saying no. Incorporating different foods in different times throughout your day, you’ll teach your youngsters that there are many ways to enjoy healthy food, regardless of what it tastes like or looks like.
Cooking with children helps develop important skills and allows them to establish a positive connection with healthy eating at an young age. In order to make meals more appealing, you should using language they can comprehend For example: We’re having green beans because they’re great for the eyes!
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About Ramp It Up
Ramp It Up is a mobile and web tool that empowers teenagers to be more confident about financing a college education through:
Building financial capability
Exposing students to college financial readiness tools
Encouraging students to explore and take action on those tools
Ramp it Up introduces students to concepts such as the FAFSA and is interspersed with a fun, exciting game to keep students motivated. By doing so, the app builds financial confidence and improves engagement and action-taking.
Ramp It Up has also been recognized as a promising and pioneering innovation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund.
Commonwealth is a national nonprofit that strengthens the financial opportunity and security of financially vulnerable consumers by discovering ideas, designing solutions, pilot testing and evaluating designs, and driving innovations to scale. To do this, Commmonwealth works with the financial services industry, government agencies, national nonprofit groups, state and local community groups, and public policy organizations.
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5. Description of group responsible for attack
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6. Factors conducive to terrorism before attack
7. Could attack have been prevented-holes in security
8. How have security forces changed since attack?
9. What has been done to prevent similar attack?
10. How has region/world changed since attack?
11. What are your suggestions/recommendations from stopping the next attack?
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9 Reasons Why Hamsters Are the Perfect Pet
A lot of people have a dog or a cat, but have you ever considered that a hamster might be a much better option?
We have 9 reasons why hamsters are the perfect pet, which will make you think twice about introducing any other animal into your home.
So, let’s get into it:
1. Hamsters are cute
You might be into weird and wonderful-looking creatures, but most of us simply love adorable animals to which we can say, ‘aww.’
Hamsters certainly fall under the ‘aww’ category of cuteness because they’re small, fluffy, and their noses twitch. Not to mention when they start puffing out their cheeks by storing a year’s worth of food there! Is there anything cuter than puffy cheeks?
2. Hamsters are entertaining
Hamsters are the perfect pet because they’re not only cute to look at, but they’re great to keep you entertained.
Whether you watch them Usain Bolt it around their hamster wheel or let them wander along your arms and legs, watching a hamster scurry about is always cute and fun.
We’ll get into the world of hamster cages later in this article, but if you’re the type to build an assault course in your hamster’s cage, that’s hours of entertainment right there!
3. Hamsters are cheap
The phrase “cheap and cheerful” should have been created to define the hamster. Food is already a significant expense for us humans and an even bigger one when you add a pet into the mix, but hamsters aren’t going to break your budget.
Hamsters are tiny creatures, so they don’t need endless amounts of food and water, and their cage, wheel, and other supplies are inexpensive, too. The cheapness certainly makes me cheerful!
4. Hamsters take up almost no space
As well as not adding stress to your wallet or purse, hamsters make the ideal pet because they don’t add stress to your living space. For example, if you live in a small apartment, cramming a Great Dane in would be a different story from placing a petite hamster cage in the far corner of the living room.
Of course, there’s always the option to enhance your hamster’s living space, which brings us to reason number 5 for why hamsters are the perfect pet.
5. You can build them a castle
Now, not everyone is going to want to build a castle, mansion, or assault course for their hamster. But, the option is there. There are so many types of cages, add-ons to cages, cool tunnels, and slides, you name it, to make your hamster’s crib cooler than cool.
But even if you don’t pimp out your hamster’s cage…
6. Hamsters aren’t needy
Hamsters don’t need much at all. They’re not going to be waiting for you when you get home, jumping up and begging for your attention the minute you walk through the door. Hamsters are quite content in their cage, extravagant or not, and don’t need your validation.
This also goes for walking your hamster – you don’t need to! If you have a dog, you’ll be outside, rain or shine, ensuring their exercise needs are met. With a hamster, they’ll walk themselves!
Provided they have a wheel and something to climb on, hamsters practically have their own in-home gym, which they’re more than happy with.
So, if you want a pet you can play with when you feel like it, a hamster is great.
7. They’re easy to clean
Let’s stay on the low-maintenance side of things. Hamsters are extremely easy to clean up after. There’s no making sure you have the poop bags ready and having to come face to face with a warm, steamy poo on the pavement.
Hamsters are tiny, and so are their poops, making cleaning out a hamster cage a much more pleasurable experience than picking up after a dog, for example. Remember that Great Dane we mentioned earlier? Imagine the size of that thing’s poops!
Another plus is that you don’t have to clean up after them every single day. Once a week is plenty for a single hamster, giving you more time to do what you want and less time picking up poop.
8. Hamsters aren’t a long-term commitment
Again, on the theme of low maintenance, hamsters only have a lifespan of roughly 2-4 years, so if you’re looking for a pet without 10+ years of commitment, a hamster couldn’t be more perfect.
Perhaps you’re thinking of getting a pet with a partner; if you broke up (but hopefully you don’t), deciding who takes the hamster is a much smaller ordeal than deciding who gets to keep the dog that you’re both unbelievably attached to.
9. They don’t need training
Finally, another one for all of you lazy people out there; hamsters don’t need training. This makes hamsters the ideal pet for anyone because you don’t have to worry about making sure they do their ‘business’ in the right place, teaching them to sit when you’ve had enough of them jumping all over you, and you don’t have to teach them how to behave around other animals and humans.
Of course, if you want to train your hamster to complete your custom assault course in under 30 seconds, go for it! Hamsters can be trained and taught tricks like many other pets. What makes hamsters the perfect pet is that training is 100% optional.
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Boy Matthew, A Story of Grief and Grace
This book is a testimony and tribute to a young man, Matthew Arnold, who early in life, had anchored his faith in Jesus Christ. It is no surprise that one of his favourite hymns was “Will your anchor hold in the storms of life, When the clouds unfold their wings of strife …” Matthew used to enjoy a good sing when he was able to give full expression to what he believed in his heart.
Matthew was not aware, nor was his family, that the wings of strife would unexpectedly sweep over them and plunge them into deep tragedy. Matthew was killed in a motor-cycle accident three weeks after the birth of his first child, Eve Matty Jean. His wife, Ciara, was absolutely devastated. For his parents, Hertford and Phyllis Arnold, and Matthew’s brother Ford and wife Nicola, it was a further heart-breaking and inexplicable calamity.
They had already suffered the loss of two sons, Thomas and Wendsley, back in November 1989 within several days of each other. That story and testimony is already recorded in a book, ‘Some Party in Heaven.’ ‘Boy Matthew’ is a family testimony of how God’s grace has sustained them through their grief and sorrow. The testimony of ‘the anchor’ that Matthew sang about, is that “the anchor still holds,” sure and steadfast in the midst of the severest storms in life – that anchor is Jesus Christ, the Rock of our salvation. | <urn:uuid:e764262a-a11d-489c-b240-b56d1b0dfef1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ritchiechristianmedia.co.uk/product/boy-matthew-story-grief-and-grace | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.984445 | 330 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Stone for building has been quarried for millennia, but it is only since the 1800s that large quarries have been opened for extensive extraction. Some quarries are removing entire hills, using the crushed rock for major construction projects. Others are taking masonry for major new buildings or repairing historic structures.
Once no longer economically viable or worked out, quarries are usually abandoned. However some, like the slate quarries at Ballachulish, have been landscaped so that the areas can take on an alternative land use.
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FlourishAnyway believes there is a playlist for just about any situation and is on a mission to unite and entertain the world through song.
Mail Correspondence Is Dying
Nearly gone are the days of rushing out to the mailbox to discover that the postman has delivered colorful cards and letters, handwritten in loopy cursive or careful longhand. However, yesterday's sentimental love notes and pen pal letters, postcards from travel locations around the world, and money-filled wedding and birthday cards have all but been pushed aside by technology.
The brief texts, emails, and social media posts that have replaced them are quick, less personal, and have an unstable shelf life. Correspondence by mail is dying.
I still have original love letters written between my great-grand parents, as well as nearly ever card or letter my husband ever sent me. Unfortunately, the faster-paced high tech alternatives to the mail system just don't carry the same feelings. If you miss the lost art of letter writing, then make a playlist of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs about composing, sending, and receiving letters and postcards. Then go write a letter to a friend or loved one whom you cherish.
1. "Return to Sender" by Elvis Presley
Following a lover's squabble, the guy in this classic 1962 rock and roll tune repeatedly sends love letters to his sweetheart, only to have them returned unopened. His honey must be really mad. Even when he mails it special delivery (a special care service like overnight that no longer exists) he receives his letter back marked as follows:
Return to sender, address unknown
No such person, no such zone.
In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service issued an Elvis stamp celebrating what would have been The King of Rock and Roll's 58th birthday. Many of his fans purchased the commemorative stamps and mailed their envelopes to non-existent addresses so that they would have "return to sender" postmarks officially affixed on their mail in recognition of the King's hit.
2. "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes
The U.S. Postal Service can't catch a break in this 1961 soul ditty. Although the narrator in the song has been waiting for a long overdue card or letter from her far-away boyfriend, it's been mere crickets. She pressures the mailman to check his bag one more time then gives him a guilt trip about not receiving any mail. The postman must know something.
This was the first Motown song to achieve top billing on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track was also named by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
3. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder
This is someone who knows he's done wrong and is ready to make amends. After leaving his girlfriend, the wayward man in this 1970 soul number comes to his senses. He realizes that he has made a mistake and wants to reunite with her, so he places himself at his lover's mercy.
The narrator is anguished and isn't too ashamed to cry if that will help his honey see that he's a new man. After having been away sowing his oats, he swears that his interactions with other women during their "break" meant nothing. What's important is that he's ba-a-a-ck, and like a Post Office special delivery package, he pleads, "signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours." This signifies that he is ready to fully commit to a shared future with her.
Considering the meaning of this song, it seems like an unusual selection for use in Barack Obama's presidential campaigns and victory celebrations. The tune was lauded as one of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.
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4. "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" by Stevie B
The man in this love ballad wears his heart on his sleeve as he pines for the woman he wishes he could hold in his arms. When he receives a letter from her that seems to question his feelings, he responds to his partner with this song of calm reassurance.
Stevie B issues a number of tender promises such as these as he pours out these tender emotions:
Because I love you, my heart's an open door
Girl, I want you; please come on near
Because I love you, I'll be right by your side
To be your light, to be your guide.
The 1990 pop tune topped the charts as the Latin freestyle artist's only number one hit. Sadly, in Stevie B's private life, he apparently was not as supportive as he promised to be in his hit song. In 2011, the singer pled guilty to owing a whopping $420,000 in unpaid child support.
5. "Letter To Ur N(ex)t" by Mahalia
Imagine the cringeworthy awkwardness when your boo's crazy ex-girlfriend drops by to introduce herself and give you the lowdown on him. Turns out, there's a good reason for her freakish behavior.
In this understated 2022 R&B tune, singer-songwriter Mahalia takes the viewpoint of the former flame and approaches her ex-boyfriend's new sweetheart to warn her about his emotional mistreatment. The narrator acknowledges that she has probably been labeled as the crazy ex, but then gives her replacement the rest of the story.
That boyfriend broke her spirit and messed with her mind, suddenly ghosting her after they were involved in a deep love relationship. Good people don't do that. Woman to woman, the narrator advises her replacement to leave this man while she can because he is a malignant, serial con man, walking out on women once he knows that he has won them over. If she fails to do so, then the new gal risks becoming his next crazy ex. Act now while there is time.
6. "Letter to Me" by Brad Paisley
What advice would you give to your 17-year-old self? The man in this 2007 country crossover release imagines the opportunity to write a letter to his younger teenage self, offering helpful advice on navigating a painful breakup with his high school girlfriend and reminding him to be safer behind the wheel.
Additionally, the man counsels his younger self to listen to his parents, study hard for Algebra class, and take more time to appreciate the elders in his life. He offers a boost in self-confidence, urges his younger self to worry less, and offers reassurance that he is going to have a good life with a terrific wife and family in the future.
7. "Letters from War" by Mark Schultz
In this 2003 contemporary Christian song, letters between a soldier and his mother keep their relationship alive during wartime. The soldier's mom writes every night with news from home, well wishes, and loving words of encouragement to help him make it through.
That December, she receives a heart-stopping note from a fellow soldier that recounts her son's capture by the enemy after he saved his buddy's life. Praying that her precious boy is alive, the mother continues to write to him.
Finally, two long years later, a car approaches her driveway and a captain disembarks. It is her son, holding all of the letters that his mother mailed to him. He has been released and has returned home.
8. "Picture Postcards from L.A." by Joshua Kadison
Joshua Kadison is best known for his two 1993 U.S. Billboard Top 40 hits, "Jessie" and "Beautiful in My Eyes." This pop ballad from the same year has a similar wistful tone.
The song's narrator is a piano player in a bar who is involved in a casual romantic relationship with a waitress he works with named Rachel. She has dreams of stardom and moving to L.A. Sadly, however, neither Rachel's actual singing talent nor her motivation to follow through on her dreams match her far-flung aspirations.
The narrator does not have the heart to tell her the truth, so he listens to her singing and name-in-lights fantasies. He encourages her with the vague request, "send me picture postcards from L.A.," knowing that she'll probably never go.
9. "Postcard from Paris" by The Band Perry
The woman in this 2010 country song is content in a new love relationship until she spots her ex. He is the one who got away, and the fire for him still burns in her soul.
In that moment, she realizes that her heart will never be satisfied with a love that is second-best. She compares settling for a lesser man to the experience of receiving "a postcard from Paris when I've seen the real thing."
If you can identify, then stop right there and go get what you want. Don't grow to be an old man or lady with regrets.
10. "Postcards" by James Blunt
This light-hearted ukulele pop tune from 2013 features a guy who gushes with love for his longtime friend-turned-romantic partner. The narrator is now separated by distance from her but recounts the story of how their love started with friendship until he threw a grenade into their relationship by confessing his growing feelings of attraction.
Now he is always thinking about her and feels the need to share his love for her with the world. He compares their open secret to postcards (or basically private mail that anyone can actually read in that care is not taken to hide postcards' message in an envelope).
11. "Letter from America" by The Proclaimers
This perky 1987 song is no doubt deceptive in that it is a protest song that laments the shameful Highland Clearances, the cultural oppression and subsequent forced emigration of feudal Scottish tenants from the land that their families had farmed for centuries. Aristocratic landlords evicted the poor tenant farmers en masse in several waves from 1750-1860. This caused the displaced farmers to look abroad for new homes.
Some families could scrape together only enough money to send one or two of their family members abroad, or they went over as indentured servants (not an easy life). Having risked so much to afford their loved one safe passage to a better life, Scottish families hoped to receive a treasured letter confirming that their loved one arrived safely. This song gives a nod to the many Scots who headed for America. The video draws a parallel to the difficult times that the Scots again endured during the 1980s during de-industrialization.
12. "Tear-Stained Letter" by Jo-El Sonnier
Having lived in Louisiana, I love the strong zydeco underpinnings of this 1988 country ditty. Zydeco is upbeat Cajun-influenced R&B music with heavy accordion and percussion. It will make you want to dance or at least tap your toes.
In this song, a man has gotten himself mixed up in a stormy love affair with redneck woman. Last night at 3 a.m. the couple argued, and his girlfriend threw around furniture in his apartment, abusively roughing him up.
Her dangerous behavior broke his heart. In the morning that follows, the narrator nurses his wounds and tries to move on from the toxicity when the poisonous lady reaches out via letter to say "sorry":
Just when I thought I could learn to forget her
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter.
Odds are this guy takes her back, you think?
13. "Letter to You" by Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band
The Boss reunites with his old band for the first time since 2016 in this 2020 tune that is full of zest. He portrays a narrator who feels compelled to divulge some of the personal secrets kept close.
The contemplative ballad is about a man who writes a letter to someone he cares about to share his life learnings. The narrator details everything important in his life so that he may aid and teach his addressee. These include his fears and doubts, truisms, and lessons he has learned the hard way.
14. "A Letter to Myself" by The Chi-Lites
It takes a desperate, lovelorn man to write a love letter to himself, spray it with his sweetheart's favorite perfume, and pop the self-addressed stamped envelope in the mail. However, that's what the narrator in this tender 1973 soul number did because he missed his significant other so much.
We don't know why she is gone, but the pain reverberating throughout his life is unbearable. At a restaurant alone, the man orders dinner for two (how awkward), and when leaving home to go to the store, he still leaves his honey a note to let her know where he's going.
Could this dejected narrator be losing it a little? He's been playing his unusual letter-mailing game because he feels lonesome without his other half, however the letters only seem to make him miss his lover more. A little therapy could go a long way.
15. "Please Read the Letter" by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
The vocal blend of Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant and bluegrass songbird Alison Krauss is both serene and stunning. That's probably why they won a Grammy Award for this 2008 folk rock offering.
The song features two people who just couldn't make a relationship together work. Their affair ends not in stormy bitterness but sadness and loose ends that are explained and emoted in a letter. Nailing it to her door is admittedly a little intense. He could definitely could have attached it with tape, but whatever.
16. "Letter to My Unborn" by 2Pac
Released years after the iconic gangsta rapper was murdered in 1996, this 2001 "Letter to My Unborn" is a message to any potential offspring not to make the same mistakes that he did. The Harlem-born rapper asks God for forgiveness for his sins, describes a bit about his history, and counsels his potential progeny to ignore the haters.
Most of all, however, he dispenses useful guidance, sensing that he will not be around to instruct his child(ren) personally. Here are several pieces of his advice:
- never steal or deal drugs;
- follow the rules of the game;
- friends come a dime a dozen;
- be an individual;
- work hard and study; and
- get your mind sharp, trust nobody.
17. "Stan" by Eminem (Featuring Dido)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognized this letter-writing song as one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In addition, the 2000 hip hop number was honored by Rolling Stone as one of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song tells the fictional tale of an overzealous fan, Stan, who writes a series of letters to Eminem, becoming increasingly aggrieved when the rapper doesn't personally respond. Eventually, the mentally ill man sends a voice recording of himself, heavily intoxicated with his pregnant girlfriend bound in the trunk of his car as he heads for a bridge. Eminem then experiences a sudden flash of understanding that the aggrieved letter writer is his stalker fan, Stan.
18. "Another Postcard" by Barenaked Ladies
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey mail a card to you.
This 2003 reggae rap song, originally written as a joke, is about a protagonist who receives so many postcards through the mail that he suspects that a stalker could be involved. All of the postcards are from an anonymous admirer, and each picture features a different chimpanzee in a different scenario—a monkey dressed in a swimsuit, chimps who love cats, a monkey sitting on a toilet, etc. Creepy yet humorous too.
19. "Bad for Me" by Meghan Trainor (Featuring Teddy Swims)
Who hasn't had family drama? This relatable, autobiographically-inspired 2022 pop ballad addresses a self-centered blood relative with whom there has been conflict. The narrator's therapist directed her to write (but not send) a letter after she sought help for a toxic relationship with a blood relative. She reveals that the person makes empty promises, tells lies, and has the best intentions with harmful results.
Although she loves this relative, the narrator has reached the point at which she must draw her personal boundary and go "no contact" out of self-preservation. They are bad for her psychological health. The singer has a good relationship with her father and specifically denies that the song is about her brother.
20. "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" by Living Colour
To the slumlord, the rundown building he tore down may mean nothing, however there are people who call that neighborhood their home. The narrator of this 1988 rock track is one of them. He recounts the building's safety hazards, the landlord's greed, and the drugs that have infiltrated the community. Lastly, he advocates fighting to save the neighborhood where he grew up.
This open letter aims to shame the slumlord who cares nothing for the people or the neighborhood itself:
You want to run all the people out
This what you're all about
Treat poor people just like trash
Turn around and make big cash.
Even More Songs About the Mail, Letters and the Postal Service
21. Love Letters
Nat King Cole
22. Postcards from the Past
24. Letters from Home
John Michael Montgomery
25. The Letter
26. Love Letters in the Sand
27. You Wear It Well
28. Letter to Heaven
29. From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)
30. Write Me a Letter
31. Lightning Strikes the Postman
The Flaming Lips
32. Box Full of Letters
33. Dear God
34. A Letter in the Mail
35. Rock 'N Roll Love Letter
Bay City Rollers
36. Down on the Farm
Guns 'N Roses
37. It's Me
38. Friends Will Be Friends
39. Soldier's Last Letter
Merle Haggard and The Strangers
40. Dancin' On My Grave
41. Letter to Hermione
42. Letter Never Sent
43. Love Letters
44. Sending Postcards from a Plane Crash (Wish You Were Here)
Fall Out Boy
45. Letter to Ezrah
46. Overnight Male
Troye Sivan (Featuring Gordi)
48. All Too Well
49. Walking on Sunshine
Katrina and the Waves
50. Mr. Lonely
51. Somebody's Watching Me
52. I'm Happy
53. City of New Orleans
54. Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')
55. Wish You Were Here
56. Letter to My Daughters
57. Dear John
Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare
58. Letters Home
59. Postcards from Paris
60. Postcards from Hell
The Woods Brothers
62. Roll Over Beethoven
64. Love, Me
65. Tim McGraw
66. Travelin' Soldier
67. P.S. I Love You
69. He Stopped Loving Her Today
71. XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl)
72. The Letter
The Box Tops
73. Just When I Needed You Most
74. No One Dies from Love
75. If You Can't Say No
76. Love for Sale
77. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Bill Haley and His Comets
79. To the Guys That Date My Gir
80. The Messenger
81. The Letter (To Daddy)
82. Dear Mr. President
83. Dear Patience
84. Dear Rodeo
Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire
85. Dear Me
86. Dear Future Husband
87. Dear Darlin'
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Children have the habit of eating junk, and they are not very fond of brushing their teeth on a regular basis or at least twice a day. They are lazy and don’t know what can happen to their teeth due to bad dental hygiene. A standard dental appointment is essential since they help keep the gums and teeth stable. There is a pretty crazy hype about facial looks and beauty in recent times. People have become superficial in life, and everyone develops a first impression of you according to how you look. So keep your face properly and in its natural way is a smart move on your part. Hence having a good dental plan is necessary for the people today. Having dental treatment from the expert dentist for children is an essential factor.
Children have a habit of eating unhealthy food, and this may have an adverse impact on their dental health. You ought to have a consistent dental visits no less than like clockwork or as suggested by your dental expert. At the dental examination, your dentist will check for dental cavities. X-rays may be taken to distinguish depressions between your teeth. The exam will likewise incorporate a check for tartar and plaque on the teeth. If it isn’t removed at the proper time, it can solidify and progress toward becoming tartar. You can’t get rid of tartar with regular flossing and brushing.
Having your children visit a dentist from time to time is an essential factor when it comes to keeping their teeth healthy as well as their gums. This will keep them smiling bright and make them look good as always. An essential part of your facial beauty or appearance is your teeth. Your dental structure can make you look cute at times and having a disfigured teeth structure may make you a bit unattractive from time to time.
Harmful Eating Habits of Children
Here are the top harmful eating habits of your children which can harm their dental health.
1) Binging on Candies
Candies are one of the favorite things that children like to binge on. These candies are sticky and keep stuck to the teeth. They are pretty difficult to remove from the teeth and hence they are bad for the teeth. However, with regular dentist appointments from the expert dentist Tampa can keep your child’s teeth in proper condition.
2) Fizzed Drinks
Fizzed drinks have diluted amounts of organic acids. And acid is not at all good for the teeth. These drinks also have sugar in them, and that is another thing that harms the teeth. This is an amazing feature that can be of great danger for the teeth of your children.
3) Chocolate Flavored Foods
Chocolate is one of the first loves of your child. This is a universal fact other than very few exceptional children. Having a lot of chocolate is also not good for the body as well as the teeth. The chocolate flavored foods are amazing to taste and can be a great temptation for the children. Chocolate ice-creams, cakes, and other such food should be consumed in a limit.
4) Chewing on Ice
Ice is majorly used to cool drinks and other food. Many children have the habit of chewing on ice. This can be a weird habit, but then again they find it fun and tasty due to the cold feeling they get from the ice. It can harm not only their teeth but can also get them a cold. You can avail the services of a dentist for the best results of your children’s teeth, as they are the experts in this field.
5) Foods with Citric Acid
The sour taste is something fascinating for the children. Fruits have the most amount of citric acid, and this can be harmful to the kids who consume in large amounts. Citric acid is also acid, and hence it is another way in which your teeth can be corroded. Having acid on high amounts can be harmful to the children’s teeth as well. Availing the services of expert dentists can help you keep your child’s teeth intact and safe.
These are the top five food habits that can harm the teeth of your children. However, with the reduction of these food habits and proper care of the dental structure, the teeth of your kids can be brought back to the safe side. They should brush at least twice a day and keep their mouth as clean as possible. There are other habits that can harm the teeth and the structure of the teeth. Opening packages with your teeth or even a lot of crunching foods like chips and biscuits can also harm the teeth.
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Johnson Center, #337
April 25, 2018, 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
The dispossession of Virginia Indians took the form of a long confrontation over the cultural power of legal Indianness. In the aftermath of the Powhatan wars of the early 17th century, Indian tribes that had been members of the Powhatan confederacy found themselves categorized as tributary Indians, placed upon reservation land, and bound to the strict laws of a fledgling Virginia colony. Tribes not associated with the Powhatan confederacy were categorized as non-tributary, and for a time existed on the periphery of the Jamestown area, what was then the center of Anglo-Indian Virginia. Both of these groups became embroiled in legal contests that saw their work ethic questioned, their identity as an Indian people challenged, as well as other obstacles—such as having their children systematically taken away from them by the state for use as indentured servants. These communities, all living “behind the frontier,” in close approximation to both Euro-Americans and African-Americans, were constantly defending their identity as an Indian people in order to fight off attempts at dispossession. These attempts, in which there are examples throughout Virginia during the colonial and early Republic era, are based in a European understanding of agrarian property and an anxiety over racial difference. | <urn:uuid:fd7c3651-05a1-47dc-972a-35e34a582287> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://legacies.gmu.edu/defenses/1040 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.979083 | 277 | 3.53125 | 4 |
How do you picture lessons being given in school? Perhaps, children are seated at desks, at a table or on the floor in a circle, with the teacher at the front, standing and explaining or illustrating a concept on a white board or projection? When you walk into a Montessori classroom, you will notice right away that there are no large tables for children to gather around, nor are there white boards and chalk boards (let alone electronics).
How, and when do teachers “teach” in the Montessori classroom?
First, let us say that our environment and our materials are meant to teach the child with minimal assistance from the teacher. The materials are self-instructing and self-correcting so that the child can learn within the framework of their developing independence!
However, teachers still give lessons. Maria Montessori emphasized that lessons should be taught most often on an individual basis. Sometimes, a small group lesson is used for children who are both developmentally ready, and rarely, group lessons are used. Lessons are presented throughout the morning work cycle (typically 8:30am-11:30am) as well as in the afternoons for children who have grown out of the need for rest.
How, and when do teachers “teach” in the Montessori classroom?
The advantages of individual lessons are clear – a child is met where they are at, with no pressure to excel or compete with their classmates, nor are they being restrained if they are ready for something more challenging. In addition, since our classrooms are child-led, it is rare to find a group of children all ready and interested in (let alone, developmentally ready for) a lesson at the same time. Individual lessons allow our teachers the freedom to respect each child’s interests and availability.
The individual lessons also give the teacher valuable time to observe the child’s movements, language and responses in a way they cannot while focused on a whole class. Their observations are central to their ability to provide the child with developmentally appropriate lessons. They can also experiment, customize and adjust the lesson to the child in response to their observations, again, something that is nearly impossible to do in a traditional, large group lesson.
The teacher will systematically invite the child to a lesson, in which new activities (“work”) are introduced. Each presentation builds on the last presentation and takes into consideration the child’s developmental readiness and interest. The lessons are also hands-on activities: the goal is that the child gets to do the lesson!
The teacher does not force a child to participate in learning but extends an invitation. However, a child rarely declines an opportunity to learn as 1) the materials natural attract the child’s interest, 2) the invitation is presented pleasantly and respectfully, 3) the child enjoys the one-on-one time with and attention of the teacher, 4) the child remembers enjoyment of previous presentations and 5) the teacher observes the child, and extends the invitation when the time is right – she respects the child’s needs for rest, snack, working with friends, or time working alone.
If the child accepts the invitation, the child and the teacher are usually found sitting side by side at a table or perhaps on the floor in front of a work rug. The work rug gives the child space to spread out while still defining that space for other friends, and themselves. Having the teacher at the child’s side ensures that they both are looking at the materials from the child’s point of view. The teacher will usually sit on the child’s non-dominant side, so that the child can see the work as it is presented.
The content: concise and simple.
The teacher will speak to the child slowly, precisely and with utmost respect, allowing lengths of silence which allow the child to fix their attention on her hand movements as she interacts with the materials. She will be methodical, sometimes exaggerating movements so that the child will not miss a step. Lessons and presentations are concise and simple. Each word is thoughtfully and intentionally spoken. Each movement is purposeful. The goal is not to confuse the child with too many words, but to give them just what they need to aid understanding.
She is also very respectful with the materials, treating them as treasures – this is important, as it teaches a child to respect and care for the environment. How the child handles the objects is also important, as there are often other indirect purposes, for example, as teacher sets up and uses the materials, she will move from left to right, which indirectly reinforces how we write and read in English (the sinistrodextral, or left-to-right, writing system).
The delivery: objective.
The lessons are given objectively, meaning the teacher conveys great respect for and fascination with the lesson, but without excessive emotions or reactions.
If the child loses interest, the teacher does not express disappointment, but lets the child know that when they are ready for the lesson, they would be happy to share it with them.
If the child expresses enthusiasm, the teacher does not respond exuberantly, nor does she praise the child. Instead, the teacher contains her joy, and steps back and gives the child space to enjoy the journey of discovery without detracting from their experience by drawing attention to herself and her emotions.
If the child makes a mistake, the teacher is neutral, simply returning to a misunderstood step and quietly demonstrating how it is done – often without speaking a word, so that the child can draw his own conclusions as he observes his teacher repeat the step. Sometimes, if she can tell the child is struggling to understand, she does not insist on further demonstration. Instead, she might view it as a sign that the child is not yet ready for the work, and will simply smile, end the lesson, and return to it at a future time.
Modeled by an older child.
The Montessori teacher often invites an older child to give a lesson to a younger child on a work. This is an incredible advantage to our mixed-age classrooms, as both the young student, who adores that an older child makes the time to share their knowledge with hi, and the older, whose understanding of concepts and materials is solidified when they share their knowledge, benefit from this exchange!
How many of you know that your child is more likely to follow in the steps of an older sibling than do what mom or dad said? Our classrooms don’t just encourage older children to model for younger children, but provide opportunities for them to be the leaders, and guide the younger children!
The three-period lesson.
Often, the teacher will use what is known as the three-period lesson to present the materials such as vocabulary, phonetic sounds, countries on a map, shapes, numbers, etc. This is an excellent technique to learn and use at home, as well!
The teacher will introduce 2-3 objects during the course of the lesson, dependent on the child’s developmental readiness. Introducing at least 2 objects at a time allows the child to compare and contrast.
The teacher will point to an object and say its name. “This is ___________.” She will often ask the child to repeat after her.
The teacher will then change the order of the objects, and ask, “Can you show me __________?” or “Please pick up the _______________.” She might move the objects around a few times, all while asking the child to associate the name with the object. This part of the lesson can be made very engaging by asking the child, “Please put the ___________ under the rug.” “Please put the ________ on the chair.” A variation might include the teacher placing the objects around the room, returning to her seat beside the child, and asking the child to retrieve the various objects, one at a time.
If the child is familiar and confident in steps one and two, the teacher will continue with the third part of the lesson.
The teacher will last, place the objects in front of the child, point to one object and ask, “What is this?” She is asking the child to recall from memory the name of the object.
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Goods incoming station on the first floor of JCS’ cold room facility
|Quick List of Benefits
SS 668:2020: Cold Chain Management System
- Ensure the quality, shelf life and food safety of frozen food products
- Improve and automate operational processes
- Enhance cold chain efficiency and productivity
- Achieve zero food wastage and zero equipment breakdown
- Increase customer trust
- Expand into new markets
Jurong Cold Store (JCS), a fast-growing cold chain logistics and warehousing services company for the F&B industry, was established in Singapore in 1996. JCS runs one of the first high-density warehouses in the region: its fully automated 24/7 cold room facility has a floor space of 77,000m3, a height of 45m and the capability to manage 15,000 pallets.
In December 2021, JCS was the first organisation to be recognised with the SS 668:2020 Cold Chain Management of Chilled and Frozen Foods certification by accredited conformity assessment body the Singapore Accreditation Council.
The SS 668 series of standards, launched in October 2021, help players in Singapore’s cold chain management industry to ensure the freshness, shelf life, quality and food safety of frozen food products in the market for consumers.
Goods outgoing picking station on the second floor of JCS’ cold room facility.
Resolving Operational Challenges with SS 668
Temperature control is an essential task for players along the cold chain management. Over the years, JCS has refined its systems to specialise in the particularly challenging area of managing temperature-sensitive, highly perishable food products. With SS 668, JCS can better overcome one of the biggest and most common cold chain challenges: maintaining the temperature at every link of the cold chain, including within cold room facilities and at points of transfer.
1. Temperature control at cold room facilities
When temperatures are compromised – such as during transportation or within the cold room itself – frozen food products deteriorate quickly and bacteria growth begins.
By implementing SS 668, JCS now follows even more stringent temperature requirements for its cold room facilities. To maintain, monitor and ensure the accuracy of temperatures, JCS taps automated technologies like sensors and data recording systems. The company also installed an automatic alarm system that prompts alerts in case of a power failure. In the long run, these technologies have helped JCS to achieve manpower and cost savings.
2. Temperature control at points of transfer
In the supply chain of chilled and frozen food products, there are many transit points from the supplier to the delivery truck, cold room and destination. At these points, temperature fluctuations may occur, which can affect the quality of the products. Points of transfer are handled by many people and can be liable to human error.
With the SS 668 guidelines, JCS has successfully reduced temperature variations at points of transfer by strictly monitoring the handling time for the loading and unloading of goods and checking anteroom temperature settings for optimum storage, among other measures.
Gaining Business Benefits with SS 668
“With SS 668, we are able to enhance our cold chain management performance, and hence boost our company’s reputation. This helps us to better internationalise our brand. Taking our products to new markets motivates us even more than simply increasing revenue. By working with new markets, we get to learn about and serve diverse demographics.” - Belinda Lee, Director,Jurong Cold Store
1. Achieving zero wastage
With more precise temperature controls monitored by technology, a requirement of implementing SS 668, JCS now fully meets its food safety objective of achieving zero food spoilage and zero freezer and chiller breakdown.
Belinda Lee, Director of JCS, says: “In the past, we had about 5% food wastage due to temperature variation. Today, we are at 0%. We also have 0% freezer and chiller breakdown compared with 10% in the past.”
Lee says that with no food wastage and operation stoppage from equipment breakdown, the company has enjoyed savings of about $50,000 across three months since its SS 668 certification.
A reduced risk of food spoilage also gives the company’s customers peace of mind. “With SS 668, we are able to enhance our cold chain management performance, and hence boost our company’s reputation,” says Lee. “This helps us to better internationalise our brand.”
2. Improving cold chain efficiency and productivity
To better adhere to the rigorous requirements of SSS 668, JCS decided to invest in certain critical technologies. First, it introduced an operating system with pre-set conditions, which eliminates the tedious task of having to manually reference the requirements.
In addition, JCS introduced an automated monitoring system. Staff no longer need to manually monitor the temperature of the cold rooms, which they used to do four times a day. This saves the company at least 30 hours of manpower every month. Temperature consistency in its cold room facilities is now 100% of the time compared with 97% in the past. The system also enables remote monitoring, where staff can access temperature data anywhere and anytime.
These technologies increased both the company’s productivity and cost savings by 10%. Alongside, staff participated in SS 668 and technical training to understand the new requirements and systems. Lee says that after the training, staff are more motivated and take pride in the role that they play in providing safe and quality food to the public.
She shares a tip: “It’s important to have clarity of the SS 668 requirements before implementing new technologies. By doing so, you can be sure that the innovations you invest in meet world-class operating standards.”
3. Expanding into new markets
Being SS 668-certified has helped JCS to gain the trust of customers, as the standards go above and beyond those set by government regulations around the world.
Customers also want their chilled and frozen produce to last as long as possible. The SS 668 requirements allow JCS to gain a competitive advantage by making longer shelf life a reality.
Since the SS 668 certification, JCS has managed to enter new markets such as Chile and Norway. It has also clinched new shipment deals with customers in China.
“Taking our products to new markets motivates us even more than simply increasing revenue,” Lee explains. “By working with new markets, we get to learn about and serve diverse demographics.”
Strengthening Singapore’s Cold Chain Ecosystem
It takes conscientiousness to implement SS 668. For JCS, the cost of new systems, ground work to educate staff and preparation for the audit were met with employee resistance at first.
“However, management and staff were soon won over, and the operational and business benefits from SS 668 eventually far outweighed the initial challenges,” Lee affirms.
By setting out industry best practices, SS 668 will support Singapore’s position as a global logistics hub for cold chain management. Lee says, “Local companies are very committed to ensuring the safe supply of frozen food products to consumers. With SS 668, we can further assure consumers, both local and global, of our commitment.”
Tips for Companies Looking to Implement SS 668
SOCOTEC Certification International (SCI) certifies, audits and carries out training for organisations implementing management systems. Dave Cheng Loon, Managing Director, SCI, offers some tips on getting SS 668-certified.
“Cold chain plays an essential role in the entire food supply chain. SS 668 is beneficial especially to cold stores that provide storage space in the supply chain.
To embark on SS 668, organisations with a baseline food safety system such as ISO 22000 or HACCP SS 444 will require minimal implementation time of only about one to two months. Knowledge and application of SS 668 are essential in the successful implementation of the cold chain management system.
Those without the baseline food safety management system may require external support with a preparation duration between three and six months.
Specific aspects unique to SS 668 include:
- Cold chain system temperature mapping
- Prescriptive temperature requirements for processing rooms; cold rooms; anterooms; transportation; and display cabinets for the different food categories
- Identification and traceability of food products throughout the cold chain with respect to monitoring and measurement requirements
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Some technical topics are broached toward the crowdsourcing of dialogue system content and
The content and behavior of a dialogue system can be represented in a number of ways.
Firstly, the content and behavior of a dialogue system can be represented in programming
language source code files. Collaborative authoring, in this case, is a matter of
integrated development environments and source code repositories, version control
Secondly, some or all of the content and behavior of a dialogue system can be separated
from the source code files as data stored in some data format or in a database.
Collaborative authoring, in this case, could require custom software tools.
Thirdly, a number of services, cognitive services, can encapsulate the content and
behavior of a dialogue system. Collaborative authoring, in this case, could require
utilization of such services or related user interfaces.
Fourthly, the content and behavior of a dialogue system can be represented as a set of
interrelated, URL-addressable, editable pages. Servers can provide content for a number of
different content types, for example hypertext for content authors and other formats for
dialogue system user agents. Server-side scripting can be utilized to generate pages and
generated pages can contain client-side scripting.
Fifthly, the content and behavior of a dialogue system can be represented as a set of
interrelated, URL-addressable, editable diagrams.
Sixthly, the content and behavior of a dialogue system can be represented in transcript
form. Transcript-based user interfaces may resemble instant messaging applications,
scrollable sequences of speech bubbles, with speech bubbles coming from the left and right
sides, such that users can edit the content in dialogue systems’ speech bubbles. Users
could opt to view more than plain text in speech bubbles. There could also be vertical,
colored bands in one or both margins, visually indicating discourse behaviors, moves,
objectives or plans which span one or multiple utterances.
Debugging dialogue systems is an important topic. Debugging scenarios include switching
from interactions with dialogue systems to authoring processes such that dialogue context
data is preserved.
NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION AND UNDERSTANDING
Natural language generation can produce editable structured documents from the data stored
in databases and knowledgebases. Generated content can contain, beyond natural language,
data and program logic to facilitate the processing of constrained or unconstrained edits.
Edits to generated content can result in changes to stored data.
Computer-aided writing can convenience content authors and assure quality. Software can,
generally speaking, provide users with information, warnings and errors with regard to
tentative edits. Software can support users including with regard to their spelling,
grammar, word selection, readability, text coherence and cohesion. Software can measure
the neutral point of view of natural language. Software can also process tentative edits
with regard to their logical consistency with respect to data stored in databases and
WIKI DIALOGUE SYSTEMS
Exploration into the collaborative authoring and debugging of dialogue systems could
result in new wiki technologies. Wiki dialogue systems could resemble spoken language
dialogue systems with transcript-based user interfaces, users able to easily switch
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At 12.30 p.m. on Sunday 13th May a very peculiar Brighton tradition will take place outside the Brighton Fishing Museum – the annual Mackerel Fayre. This is when The Lord Mayor and other local dignitaries, all wearing their best regalia, come together with members of the Church - this year Father Robert Fayers, Parish Priest St Paul’s and St Michael’s - to bless the nets.
You can expect a family friendly service followed by live music and a big crowd of local people and visitors. What you will probably not find are lots of fishermen. This has become what Andy Durr, from Brighton Fishing Museum, calls a ‘heritage event’.
In the past, the Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Brighton blessed the nets every year and for this benediction received a percentage of the mackerel catch when it was landed. This toll probably ended in around 1850, but the service went on intermittently until WWII.
In the mid-1970s the Fishermen’s Club, together with Richard Eckersley, Vicar of St Nicholas Church, rekindled interest in the practice and for a few years a blessing took place either on the beach or in the church, attended by many families involved in Brighton’s fishing industry. But by 1986 this had come to an end and it was not until 1996, when the Brighton Fishing Museum opened, that a version of the traditional blessing and the Mackerel Fayre once again became a regular, annual event. To-date, the biggest and best year was 1999 when the BBC’s programme Songs of Praise was recorded at the service; fishing boats large and small anchored off the beach and their crews came ashore to join the congregation. Fishmonger Carol Hayes, who read the lesson, remembers that day as “the ultimate achievement” for her and fellow organisers from the fishing community living and working in the town.
Fishing has always been an important part of the town and its economy. Brighton’s fishing fleet was one of the most important on the south coast during the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1580 there were 80 fishing boats, 400 mariners and 10,000 nets not to mention the fishing-related trades such as boatbuilding, sail, rope and net-making. In fact, the fisheries employed the greater part of the population; arable farming was limited, and sheep-farming, though profitable, did not employ many men.
When Kings Road was widened in 1864-5 the arches that we know today were built. They were originally used by the fishermen for storing and working on their gear, but also, in association with a church mission run by the Bethel Chapel and St Margaret’s Church, as a venue for meetings, social activities and a reading room, where no doubt abstinence and sobriety were encouraged - remembering, of course, that 19th century public opinion of fishermen was often based on the so-called ‘disreputable behaviour’ of some of its brethren.
William Humphrey, from a fishing family that can trace its association with Brighton fishery back to the 16th century, would have been one of those who presented in his dress, language and manner a marked contrast to other town’s people. And his story, indeed no fisherman’s tale, gives us an idea of the ups and downs of a fisherman’s life. William first owned a lugger called the ‘Smiling Morn’, but by 1920 she had become worn out and unseaworthy so, with money loaned from fish salesman Fred Gunn, he brought another boat. This was a big lugger with accommodation large enough to make travelling away for long periods possible, and William and his crew wasted no time in sailing to Folkestone. There they experienced the best herring fishing season they had ever had. William returned to the house he owned in Camelford Street two weeks before Christmas 1920 and went to ‘square-up’ with the fish salesman. To his total astonishment, he had enough money to pay back the loan plus all expenses incurred (Gunn had been paying William’s wife 1/6 a week during William’s six week absence) which meant he now owned the boat. This was an unheard of occurrence after just one fishing season. The downside was that after paying the crew William had nothing left at all for his family over Christmas.
The other pressing problem was that the boat needed urgent repairs. So William took out a second loan in order to get the work done in time for Spring mackerel fishing. On Boxing Day, William and his eldest son sailed to Shoreham, but on arriving found that they could not reach the shipyard because the tide was going out, so they left her moored up on the mud at Southwick. Next morning they returned and found that the boat had been damaged beyond all repair; her ‘back broken’ by old wreckage lying hidden in the mud.
This was a real setback for William, but undeterred he bought a new boat built in 1921; a smaller vessel with an engine, called the ‘Helping Hand’. Sadly, on the day it was launched the old horse that was helping pull her across the beach dropped down dead - not a good omen for a superstitious fisherman at the start of a new venture. But William sailed the ‘Helping Hand’, following the mackerel and herring around the coast, until 1936. He worked out of Rye and Newhaven throughout WWII onboard his smaller boat ‘The Estella’ and the fixed price of fish was so good that he was able to rent a cottage in Rye. William finished his working days helping other fishermen on Brighton beach. He died in 1959. His family continues to fish, run a fish shop and be part of Brighton’s fishing community today…you may see some of them at the Mackerel Fayre.
Footnote My thanks to Alan Hayes for his memories, stories and wonderful pictures and to Andy Durr from the Brighton Fishing Museum.
Reproduction courtesy of Alan Hayes. Blessing of the nets, 1983 or 1985.
Reproduction courtesy of Alan Hayes. Recording of Songs of Praise, 1999.
Reproduction courtesy of Alan Hayes. “Spinning A Yarn”, L to R Nick Humphrey, Tom Bassett (sail maker) Rolf and Taylor.
Brighton Fishing Museum works to collect, preserve and present the history of Brighton’s fishing community. It is now expanding to include the history of Brighton’s seafront and a school room upstairs.
Reproduction courtesy of Alan Hayes. Lugger similar to the ‘Smiling Morn’.
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Join Churches Together in England on 25 May 2022 for #CandleOfJustice – commemorating the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and renewing the nation’s commitment to tackling racism.
The #CandleOfJustice will be a moment to light a candle, pray for racial justice and commit to taking personal and institutional action to tackle racial injustice in our society and our churches. We are encouraging Christians and churches up and down the country to get involved, lighting their candle and praying the Candle Of Justice prayer at noon on Wednesday 25 May.
“We invite the nation to share their stories of the work they have done in challenging racial injustice and highlighting the systems they have set up to tackle racism within their churches and within broader society. We also ask that they recommit to continuing their work in tackling racism and enabling a fair, equal and equitable society for all. We recognise that there is still a lot more work to do,” says CTE’s Principal Officer for Pentecostal, Charismatic and Multi-cultural Relations, Shermara Fletcher.
Reflecting on this anniversary CTE President and Moderator of the Free Churches Group Rev Helen Cameron says “We all remember the moment we heard about the death of George Floyd murdered by a white policeman standing on his neck. Since then, sadly we have all witnessed or heard testimony of countless other acts of racist hatred and injustice. It is not enough for good people to be horrified but then do nothing to work for change. We must dismantle white privilege, name racism when we encounter it, and commit ourselves to change. This will be costly but God calls us to seek justice and unearth hope for all.”
Candle of Justice prayer
We come before you today repenting of our lack of engagement with justice concerns.
Forgive us when we commit the sin of racism and forgive our systems and institutions when they fail in this area.
Enable us by your divine grace and your Holy Spirit to confront racial injustice, inequality and renew our commitment to pursuing racial justice.
Let our churches and organisations be at the forefront of advancing racial justice concerns and denouncing any form of abuse through your kingdom on earth.
Help us to continually seek the image of Christ In others and remind us that we, your people, are made in the image of a God of justice who calls on us to ‘act justly’.
Help us to resist the evil temptation to exclude, discriminate and uphold harmful ideologies that cause division and hate in our communities and church.
We pray as a nation that we move beyond seeing racial equality as a moment, but as a movement towards your justice
Give us the courage to stand up for justice in those places and spaces
inhabited by the sin of racism, which has no place in your kingdom.
Take away the well-meaning, but unhelpful ‘colour blind’ theologies that deny the reality of the racism faced by many in our churches and society.
May we know that their struggles are our struggles,
because racial justice is everyone’s business.
If the world insists that the black lives on the margins are weak,
Remind us that in your kingdom those at the margins are seen as strong.
If the world tells us of that the fate of the just must be dictated by the unjust
Remind us that in your kingdom the unjust are transformed by the just.
If the world declares that racial terror does not exist,
Remind us that in your kingdom truth joins hands with justice.
If the world believes there is nothing more to hope for,
Remind us that your kingdom is built by those who hope and believe change will come.
Follow these five simple steps for how you and your church can get involved in the national #CandleOfJustice campaign on 25 May:
1. At noon, pause for one minute to remember George Floyd and all those who experience racism
2. Light your candle (or alternatively shine a light from your phone)
3. Pray using the Candle of Justice prayer
4. Pause, reflect and make a personal commitment to tackling racial injustice
5. Share on social media – upload your candle photo or share the Candle of Justice prayer graphic. Remember to use the hashtag #CandleOfJustice and tag in @ChurchesEngland
*Safety note – please take all necessary fire precautions when using a lit candle. Ensure you remain with the lit candle at all times, and do not leave it to burn if you leave the room. Ensure there are no fabrics or materials such as curtains near the candle. If you are able to use a small electric ‘candle’ instead, that will be safe to leave unattended.
Resources to download and share
- Download an A4 pdf of the Candle of Justice prayer
- Download a Candle of Justice graphic for Facebook posts
- Download a Candle of Justice graphic for Twitter posts
- Download a Candle of Justice graphic for Instagram
Daily prayers for racial justice
From Monday 23 May through to Sunday 29 May we will offer daily prayers on the theme of racial justice. These have been written by leaders and emerging leaders from our national Member Churches.
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attack someone physically or emotionally
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force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assaultverb
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
The crime whose action is such an attempt.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
The tort whose action is such an act.
A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
To attack, threaten or harass.
Etymology: From noun asault, from the verb asaillir, from assilio, from ad + salio. See also assail.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Etymology: assault, French.
Her spirit had been invincible against all assaults of affection. William Shakespeare, Much ado about Nothing.
Not to be shook thyself, but all assaults
Baffling, like thy hoar cliffs the loud sea wave. James Thomson.
Jason took at least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city. 2 Macc. v. 5.
After some days siege, he resolved to try the fortune of an assault; he succeeded therein so far, that he had taken the principal tower and fort. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Themselves at discord fell,
And cruel combat join’d in middle space,
With horrible assault, and fury fell. Fairy Queen, b. ii.
After some unhappy assaults upon the prerogative by the parliament, which produced its dissolution, there followed a composure. Edward Hyde.
Theories built upon narrow foundations, are very hard to be supported against the assaults of opposition. John Locke.
To attack; to invade; to fall upon with violence.
Etymology: from the noun.
The king granted the Jews to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy all the power that would assault them. Esth. viii. 11.
Before the gates the cries of babes new-born,
Whom fate had from their tender mothers torn,
Assault his ears. John Dryden, Æneid vi.
Curs’d steel, and more accursed gold,
Gave mischief birth, and made that mischief bold:
And double death did wretched man invade,
By steel assaulted, and by gold betray’d. John Dryden, Ovid.
a violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town
a violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government
an apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery
to make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces
to attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration
At Common Law, an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal or civil liability. Generally, the common law definition is the same in criminal and Tort Law. There is, however, an additional Criminal Law category of assault consisting of an attempted but unsuccessful Battery. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, or in the more limited sense of a threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. Assault in some US jurisdictions and Scotland is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent; but in the majority of the United States, and in England and Wales and all other common law jurisdictions in the world, this is defined instead as battery. Some jurisdictions have incorporated the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime making it a criminal assault to intentionally cause another person to apprehend a harmful or offensive contact.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
as-sawlt′, n. a sudden attack: a storming, as of a town: (Eng. law) unlawful attempt to apply force to the person of another—when force is actually applied, the act amounts to battery: an attack of any sort by arguments, appeals, &c.—v.t. to make an assault or attack upon: (law) to make an assault.—n. Assault′er.—Assault at arms, a display of attack and defence in fencing. [O. Fr. asaut—L. ad, upon, saltus, a leap, salīre, to leap. See Assail.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2. In an amphibious operation, the period of time between the arrival of the major assault forces of the amphibious task force in the objective area and the accomplishment of the amphibious task force mission. 3. To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort, or a machine gun nest. 4. A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead. See also assault phase.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
A hostile attack. The effort to storm a place, and gain possession of a post by main force.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
A furious but regulated effort to carry a fortified post, camp, or fortress by personal attack, uncovered and unsupported. While an assault during a siege continues, the batteries of the besiegers cease, lest the attacking party should be injured. The party which leads the assault is sometimes called “the forlorn hope.”
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assault' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4158
Rank popularity for the word 'assault' in Nouns Frequency: #1536
The numerical value of assault in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
The numerical value of assault in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
The first assault happened in the summer of 1980.
Associated Press crews had to walk this line of how close Associated Press crews get to actually witness events and do Associated Press crews job but also stay safe, associated Press crews were lucky to have gotten out of there without any sort of physical assault.
Information was obtained that a male was in the home and had a warrant for an aggravated assault on a family member.
What we're seeing in Arkansas is the most dangerous assault on the right to vote since the Jim Crow era, these bills don't just make it harder to vote, they also make it easier for partisan politicians to interfere with local election administrators -- something that could have disastrous consequences for democracy. These bills will make it harder for all voters -- of all political stripes -- to make their voices heard.
There is some irony in the fact that I am leaving office while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office.
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Translations for assault
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- اعتداء, اِقْتِحامArabic
- щурмувам, нападение, щурм, атакувам, атакаBulgarian
- überfallen, Anschlag, angreifenGerman
- atacar, acometimiento, asalto, asaltarSpanish
- یورش, تجاوزPersian
- agression, attaquer, assautFrench
- assalto, attaccare, molestare, assalire, attacco, aggredire, aggressioneItalian
- 突撃, 攻撃, 攻めるJapanese
- aanranden, vergrijpen, aanrandingDutch
- напасть, штурм, атаковать, атака, нападение, штурмовать, нападатьRussian
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SWIFT is the first BGP fast reroute framework that works upon
remote transit outages. Remote outages are challenging because
they can happen in any network, at any time, and can affect any set of
destinations. Furthermore, the Internet converges slowly upon remote
outages, resulting in downtime for users.
SWIFT has two key ingredients. First, it quickly localizes
the outage and predicts the affected traffic. Second, it reroutes the
affected traffic to unaffected backup paths with just few data-plane rule updates
using precomputed data-plane tags and a 2-stage forwarding table.
Is SWIFT useful if PIC or MPLS Fast Reroute are used already? Yes
Prefix Independent Convergence (PIC) and MPLS fast reroute only work upon local failures
(e.g., on your peering links), not the remote ones (e.g., in your neighbor's network).
SWIFT works both upon local and remote outages.
Is SWIFT deployable on an arbitrary set of nodes? Yes, under reasonable assumptions
We proved that SWIFT rerouting
(i) causes no forwarding loop and (ii) can only be beneficial,
irrespective of the set of SWIFTED routers.
As a result, you can safely deploy SWIFT in one or all your routers,
independantly of whether other ASes also deploy SWIFT or not.
Does SWIFT require to cooperate with other networks to be deployable? No
SWIFT does not require any modification of BGP. In addition, data-plane tags
are not propagated to other routers. They
are added by the SWIFTED router (in the first stage of the forwarding table)
and removed by the SWIFTED router as well at the egress.
For example, if the destination MAC header field is used for the data-plane tags, the
SWIFTED router modifies the destination MAC field in the first stage of
the forwarding table, and simply removes the tags in the second stage of the forwarding table
by setting the destination MAC address of the actual next-hop .
Deploying SWIFT is therefore invisible for the other networks and thus no
cooperation is required.
Does SWIFT update the backup next-hops when it receives a BGP advertisement or withdrawal? Yes
Whenever the SWIFTED router receives an advertisement or a withdrawal for
a prefix, it recomputes the backup next-hops to use for that prefix in
case of a failure, and update the data-plane
tags accordingly. Only one data-plane rule update is required in the
first stage of the forwarding table to update the data-plane tags for a prefix.
Does SWIFT comply with routing policies? Yes
When SWIFT computes the backup next-hops, it can take into account policies
defined by the operators. For example, operators can prevent SWIFT from
using an expensive link with a provider rather than a more convenient one
with a cutsomer.
Does SWIFT lose traffic if it reroutes unaffected prefixes (false positives)? No, under reasonable assumptions
When SWIFT reroutes, it always uses valid backup paths.
the traffic for a unaffected prefix will not result in downtime for that prefix.
However, other metrics such as the delay or the jitter can change during the
rerouting process for that prefix.
SWIFT: Predictive Fast Reroute,
Los Angeles, USA. July, 2017.
by Thomas Holterbach, Stefano Vissicchio,
Alberto Dainotti, Laurent Vanbever
Boosting the BGP convergence in SDXes with SWIFT,
Los Angeles, USA. July, 2017. Demo (paper, poster, bibtex)
by Philipp Mao, Rudiger Birkner,
Thomas Holterbach, Laurent Vanbever
We release a Python-based implementation of SWIFT and its algorithms.
You can use our implementation to quickly evaluate
the benefit SWIFT would provide on your BGP data.
The source code is publicly available
We provide a VM to show SWIFT in action.
Just run one script in the VM and a virtual network
with Quagga routers is built.
Simulate a remote failure
and see the benefit of SWIFT!
You can download the VM here. The
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Are 'Sponge Cities' the answer to Shenzen's water scarcity?
Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million residents in southern China that is often referred to as “China’s tech hub,” is facing its most severe drought on record. Are ‘Sponge Cities’ the answer to Shenzhen’s water scarcity?
Prof Guangtao Fu and colleague discuss the long-term solution to Shenzhen’s water security. Read the full Diplomat article online.
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“Play it – before you live it”
There’s a “very real possibility” that someday soon people will wake up worrying how they’ll get to work . . . because the world ran out of oil the night before. If you want to know how you and your neighbors will react, tune into the web. An “interactive month-long alternate reality event” is underway to explore every aspect of how prepared, or unprepared, society is to face a World Without Oil. The event began April 30.
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Delta Ratio = the increase in Anion Gap / the decrease in HCO3-
- if one molecule of metabolic acid (HA) is added to the ECF and dissociates, the one H+ released will react with one molecule of HCO3- to produce CO2 and H2O (buffering).
- the net effect will be an increase in unmeasured anions by the one acid anion A- (ie anion gap increases by one) and a decrease in the bicarbonate by one.
- if all the acid dissociated in the ECF and all the buffering was by bicarbonate, then the increase in the AG should be equal to the decrease in bicarbonate so the ratio between these two changes (which we call the delta ratio) should be equal to one.
- the delta ratio quantifies the relationship between the changes in these two quantities.
WHEN TO USE
- can check delta ratio in the presence of a high anion gap metabolic acidosis (HAGMA) to determine if it is a ‘pure’ HAGMA or if there is coexistant normal anion gap metabolic acidosis (NAGMA) or metabolic alkalosis.
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT BUFFERING ARE NOT CORRECT
- the above assumptions about all buffering occurring in the ECF and being totally by bicarbonate are not correct.
- 50% of the buffering for a metabolic acidosis occurs intracellularly. This amount of H+ from the metabolic acid (HA) does not react with extracellular HCO3- so the extracellular [HCO3-] will not fall as far as originally predicted. The acid anion (ie A-) however is charged and tends to stay extracellularly so the increase in the anion gap in the plasma will tend to be as much as predicted.
- overall, this significant intracellular buffering with extracellular retention of the unmeasured acid anion will cause the value of the delta ratio to be greater than one in a high AG metabolic acidosis.
SOURCES OF ERROR
- calculation requires measurement of 4 electrolytes, each with a measurement error
- changes are assessed against ‘standard’ normal values for both anion gap and bicarbonate concentration.
- hyperchloraemic normal anion gap metabolic acidosis (NAGMA)
- the reason here is that the acid involved is effectively hydrochloric acid (HCl) and the rise in plasma [chloride] is accounted for in the calculation of anion gap (ie chloride is a ‘measured anion’).
- the result is that the ‘rise in anion gap’ (the numerator in the delta ratio calculation) does not occur but the ‘decrease in bicarbonate’ (the denominator) does rise in numerical value.
- the net of both these changes then is to cause a marked drop in delta ratio (commonly to < 0.4)
0.4 – 0.8
- consider combined HAGMA + NAGMA, BUT note that the ratio is often < 1 in acidosis associated with renal failure
1 – 2
- usual for uncomplicated HAGMA.
- lactic acidosis: average value 1.6
- DKA more likely to have a ratio closer to 1 due to urine ketone loss (esp. if patient not dehydrated)
- a high delta ratio can occur in the situation where the patient had quite an elevated bicarbonate value at the onset of the metabolic acidosis.
- such an elevated level could be due to a pre-existing metabolic alkalosis, or to compensation for a pre-existing respiratory acidosis (ie compensated chronic respiratory acidosis).
- Delta gap and delta ratio. Deranged Physiology
- Wrenn K. The delta (Δ) gap: An approach to mixed acid-base disorders Annals of emergency medicine 1990; 19(11): 1310-1313.
- Jones BJ, Twomey PJ. The anion gap revisited International journal of clinical practice 2009; 63: 1409-1412.
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne. He is also a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator Network (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care Foundation and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives.
After finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as Australia’s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne. He has completed fellowship training in both intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, as well as post-graduate training in biochemistry, clinical toxicology, clinical epidemiology, and health professional education.
He is actively involved in in using translational simulation to improve patient care and the design of processes and systems at Alfred Health. He coordinates the Alfred ICU’s education and simulation programmes and runs the unit’s education website, INTENSIVE. He created the ‘Critically Ill Airway’ course and teaches on numerous courses around the world. He is one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) and is co-creator of litfl.com, the RAGE podcast, the Resuscitology course, and the SMACC conference.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
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Global Chitosan Market, by Grade (Industrial, Food, and Pharmaceutical), Application (Water Treatment, Food & Beverages, Cosmetics, Medical & Pharmaceuticals, and Agrochemicals), By Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and the Middle East & Africa); Trend Analysis, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2016-2026
- Published Date: May 2020
- Report ID: BWC2067
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Global Chitosan Market – Market Forecast & Trends
The main factors motivating the chitosan industry are the plentiful raw material accessibility and developing uses from numerous end-use segments. The ongoing R&D activities focused on finding novel applications of chitosan as well as improving the existing technology is also predictable to donate towards the growth of the chitosan market during the analysis period. However, the high making cost of chitosan and its byproducts and product inconsistency due to seasonal, regional, and chemical alterations could hinder the market development.
The critical driver that is increasing the chitosan market is the severe scarcity of freshwater due to the growing urban people and the fast rate of industrialization. As a solution, administrations and the private market performers are making savings for the water treatment universal. A sole combination known as chitosan flocculant is used in the cure of the water, as it is cost operational and is more effective than the flocculant in the water treatment. The booming personal care industry is increasing the worldwide chitosan market. Chitosan is used as an element in the products of dental care, hair care, and skincare products. It has the right skin creaming property, thus used in numerous skin care products. The factor that is negatively moving the market development is the high cost of the raw materials for the manufacturing of the chitosan.
Global Chitosan Market – Overview
A kind of sugar that is gained from the hard outer skeleton of shellfish such as shrimp, crab, and lobster is known as chitosan. It is also used in drugs to cure diseases such as Crohn’s disease, obesity, and high fat. The problems that are resulted from kidney failure can be cured with the help of chitosan. The issues may be insomnia, high cholesterol, anemia, etc. There are cases where people apply chitosan directly to the gums to treat the soreness.
Prevailing applications of chitosan from the end user industry will uplift the market growth in the forecast period
Rising demand for products from the cosmetics sector is also predictable to surge growth on the market and the increasing use range for products for wastewater therapy. Besides, removing strict laws limiting the established by the Government of Mexico of new producing units led to the development of large-scale, new pharmaceutical installations in the region. Also, increasing uses of the product in water therapy, such as chelating, flocculant, coagulating agents, will have a significant effect on section growth.
Rising awareness among the people regarding the uses of chitosan will boost the market growth
Due to the surge in product consumption as a food additive and food supplement, the request for food and beverages is predictable to be the firmest CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The product is also used for the niche industry in a diversity of other sectors, including agrochemicals, photography, textile concluding, and pulp & paper. More request is also predisposed to fuel the product demand for bio-based cosmetics and augmented public expenses in water purification methods and application for natural, nontoxic water conduct chemicals.
Global Chitosan Market: Segmentation
Industrial-grade chitosan is an extensively used in agrochemicals, water treatment, and other uses. It is a low-cost grade of chitosan. The rising demand for non-chemical products/technologies such as UV disinfection and membranes in water treatment and agrochemical uses is motivating the development of the industrial-grade chitosan market.
Based on the application trends, the chitosan market has been divided into biomedical, cosmetics, food and beverage, water treatment, pharmaceutical and others. Amid these water cures were the major application segment, owing to its growing demand from industrial, commercial, and municipal waste treatment plants.
Geographically, the Global Chitosan Market is divided into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA regions. Asia-Pacific tops the global chitosan market accounting for more than half of the market share in terms of value and volume. Asia-Pacific is predictable to endure to lead the market during the prediction period owing to the occurrence of important number market players, particularly in China, Japan, India, and Thailand.
Global Chitosan Market: Regional insights
The Asia Pacific developed as the primary regional market in 2019. It is also predictable to be the fastest-growing region due to the fast development of end-use industries in South Korea, Japan, China, and India. Increasing demand for bio-based products coupled with supporting government scenario in these counties is probable to drive the local request for chitosan. As per the Korea Food & Drug Administration, products such as chitooligosaccharides and glucosamine are considered safe for use in dietary supplements. Likewise, in Japan, it is filed on the food flavors list given by The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation.
In the Asia Pacific, Japan has been one of the leading makers as well as consumers of chitosan owing to the presence of plentiful raw material coupled with early recognition of the benefits offered by the product.
BioPhrame Technologies, Biothera, Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd, United Chitotechnologies Inc., Koyo World (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., Kraeber & Co. GmbH, Foodchem International Corporation, FMC Corporation, Xianju Tengwang Chitosan Factory, and PT Biotech Surindo.
In March 2019, DRDO, the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation, have developed ‘combat drugs’ in demand to decrease causalities caused in the warfare. Among all the other combat drugs that they have designed, Chitosan gel helps to prevent blood loss by creating a film over the wound, thus stopping the bleeding.
· · By Grade
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ü Food & Beverages
ü Medical & Pharmaceuticals
· By Region
ü North America
ü Asia Pacific
ü South America
ü Middle East & Africa
The objective of the Study:
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Ø To examine the careful market segmentation and forecast the market size, in terms of value, based on the region by segmenting.
Ø The Global Chitosan Market segmented into five regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America, and their leading countries.
Ø To outline, categorized, and forecast the Global Chitosan Market based on the Grade, By Application and Regional.
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About Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo
Evening Talks is A.B. Purani's record of informal conversations between Sri Aurobindo and his disciples during two periods: 1923–1926, when the talks were held on the verandahs of the houses in which Sri Aurobindo stayed, and 1938–1943, when they took place in Sri Aurobindo's room. The talks cover a wide range of topics—yoga, philosophy, art, poetry, psychology, science, and contemporary history, notably India's struggle for independence and the Second World War. They reveal something of the versatile nature of Sri Aurobindo's personality and his wide-ranging, profound knowledge of life as well as a glimpse of the heights of spiritual consciousness he embodied and through which he acted on both world events and on the natures of those drawn to his yoga.
For the seekers after the Divine and the travelers of the inner world, nothing is more invaluable than sharing proximity with the Guru, the Mystic, the Prophet and the Realized Being. That is why perhaps, all great spiritual traditions of the world, invariably accord a pride of place to the account of disciples, conversation with the Master: the Circle of a Christ, Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi or Sri Aurobindo.
It is in this sense that A. B. Purani's Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo is of special interest and appeal to the disciples and admirers of Sri Aurobindo. "Guru griha vasa" is an old Indian tradition. In the hand of Purani, the talks become the Upanishadic "Aranyaka" — the ancient teachings in the forest groves.
An outstanding writer, patriot, nationalist and spiritualist, A. B. Purani visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram at the age of twenty-three, and finally settled there five years later. From 1938 to 1950, he had the privilege of serving Sri Aurobindo as a personal attendant. Towards the end of his life, he spread the message of the Master in India, Africa, Europe and the United States of America before passing away at the age of seventy-one.
Evening Talks, offers us a precious "glimpse of Sri Aurobindo's external personality and gives some idea of its richness, many-sidedness and uniqueness. His versatile genius, his penetrating intellect, his extraordinary power of expression, his intense sincerity, his utter singleness of purpose, his sense of realism, his understanding and command of world events in the political, social and cultural spheres — all are well-illustrated in the talks."
Purani offers two timely caveats to the talks. He reminds us at the outset that "Sri Aurobindo is not responsible for these records as he had no opportunity to see them". That is of course the honesty and humility of the seeker par excellence. However, that by itself should not minimize the worth of the volume. Going through the book we can only marvel at the painstaking manner in which the compiler has reconstructed the conversations down to the smallest details. A rare feat indeed, carried out without any aid of a recording machine. Secondly, Sri Aurobindo, as Purani rightly observes, "was never a social man in the current sense of the term and definitely he was not a man of the world."
Divided into two main phases, 1923-1926 and 1938-43, the participants of the talks comprise some of the leading lights of Sri Aurobindo Ashram as well as contemporary celebrities: Barindra Kumar Ghose, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Bijoy Kumar Nag, K. Amrita, Champaklal, Pavitra, Anilbaran and Purani himself. We see Sri Aurobindo in the company of and association with stalwarts of the age: C. R. Das, Lala Lajpat Rai, Sarala Devi, Dr. Munje, Tagore, Sylvain Levy, Subramanya Bharati, V. Ramaswamy Aiyengar. The topics cover an incredibly wide range: from meeting the Master at Pondicherry to books, medicine, art, poetry, beauty, Congress and politics, non-violence and sadhana, Vedic interpretation, education, miracles, psychology, gods and hostile forces. … The period from 1938 to 1943 that nearly coincided with the outbreak of World War II will undoubtedly be of special interest for the light they shed on Sri Aurobindo's views on the momentous world events.
It is impossible to delineate, in the span of a brief note, the vast spectrum of Sri Aurobindo's interest, his power of understanding, the remarkable reasoning, intuition and sharpness of his perceptions and above all, the unique combination of empathy and detachment that he constantly exhibited. For the initiate and the devout, the talks contain many gems: We learn of Sri Aurobindo's views on the ideal spiritual community: "Agriculture is the mainstay. The community must try to be self-reliant with regard to food" (p. 23). His view on the importance of Indian villages is equally noteworthy in the light of what Gandhi thought of them. "I do not like people trying to picture future India as a mass of villages only. The village has a lot of life problems and the villages must be rescued from their living deaths. But they cannot be leaders of thought." Likewise, we marvel at Sri Aurobindo's unshakable faith in the inevitability of India's freedom as early as 1918: "Suppose an assurance is given to you that India will be Free?" "Who can give such an assurance?" Again he remained silent for three or four minutes. Then he looked at me and added: "Suppose I give you the assurance?" (p. 17)
Similarly, we take note of the difference Sri Aurobindo had with the Gandhian cult of non-violence: "Suppose", he asked, "there is an invasion of India by the Afghans?" (p.54)
Purani's concerns with spiritual matters is constantly matched by matters mundane, in keeping perfectly with the Aurobindonian approach. Consider, for instance, a rare contemporary picture of Pondicherry: "Pondicherry as a city was lethargic, with a colonial atmosphere — an exhibition of the worst elements of European and Indian culture. The market was dirty and stinking and the people had no idea of sanitation. The sea-beach was made filthy by them. Smuggling was the main business" (p. 20).
Another virtue of the book is the manner in which Purani provides all the historical facts and constructs the setting to the talks. We learn that in 1913 Sri Aurobindo shifted to Rue Francois Martin No.41 where he received visitors between 9 and 10.30 AM. In 1922, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother removed to Rue de la Marine, No.9, where the informal sittings after meditation continued. Purani's eye for details is hard to match: Upstairs in No.9, Rue de la Marine "was a less broad verandah than at the Guest House, a little bigger table in front of the central door out of three, and a broad Japanese chair, the table covered with a better cloth than the one in the Guest House, a small flower vase, an ash-tray, a block calendar indicating the date and an ordinary time piece, a number of chairs in a line." After November 24, 1926, the sittings used to stretch right upto one o'clock at night.
And finally, those who think Sri Aurobindo is a somber personality devoid of humour, the talks are a boundless reservoir of hilarious accounts and extraordinary play of wit and humour. Take for instance the following: Kasturbhai's Arvind Mills of Ahmedabad was using Sri Aurobindo's pictures on its products without any permission and without paying any consideration. One of the pictures was shown to Sri Aurobindo and it was represented to him that legal action could be taken against the Mills. On seeing the picture, Sri Aurobindo said: "The other one we saw made me look like a criminal. This one makes me look like an imbecile — not only in the eyes but around the mouth too. How can they do such things?" (p.758)
Similarly you may consider the following: Disciple: When X was working here some new sadhak met him and asked him : "Who are the advanced sadhaks here?"—He replied : "I don't know." Then when he was repeatedly asked he said : "I will tell you, but you must not tell it to anybody. There are only two advanced sadhaks here—you and I". Sri Aurobindo: This instance of "two" reminds me of a joke of Hugo. Balzac said to a friend that there are two men who know and write French: myself and Hugo. When that was reported to Hugo he said: "That is all right, but why Balzac?"
One could go on expatiating on the wealth of this rare book that rivals the best of similar accounts such as the one provided by Nirodbaran. What could however, add to a nearly flawless work is an introductory essay with a longer note on the compiler himself so as to place the work firmly in the historical context. That is of course a matter for the future.
If you are thinking of a good new year gift for yourself, then go ahead—buy a copy of Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo. Both in style and content the book could turn out to be your best reading for the year.
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Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo Brings First Chinese Lantern Experience to New England
Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience highlighted the Zoo’s mission to promote animal conservation.
In 2020, we partnered with Zoo New England to launch the first-of-its-kind lantern festival in the New England area: Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience at Franklin Park Zoo, located in Boston, Mass. Originally scheduled for August 21 to October 30, 2020, it was extended for two more weeks due to popular demand. We used our limited staff to set up every one of the 60 lantern groups consisting of roughly 20,000 LED lights that spanned across the Zoo’s 72 acres. This outdoor experience featured favorites from prior festivals, including the 66-foot-long shark tunnel, the 197-foot-long dragon lantern, and a beautiful butterfly tree.
We worked carefully with the Zoo to create a safe outdoor experience with appropriate COVID-19 protocols in place to guarantee visitors’ safety. This involved creating contactless, interactive lanterns that used sensors and stepping boards to activate displays, allowing for a socially distanced experience for everyone.
We work with our venue partners so that our dazzling Chinese lanterns amplify their organizational missions. With that in mind, Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience featured a variety of lanterns that highlighted Zoo New England’s commitment to wildlife conservation and biodiversity, including special turtle and salamander lanterns. This allowed attendees the opportunity to learn more about the Zoo’s mission and commitment to conservation as well as how they can participate in wildlife and habitat preservation.
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Nobody wants to worry about extra security issues–especially around remote access to a business network. That’s why recent issues with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) are so troubling.
In the past year, numerous RDP vulnerabilities known as BlueKeep, have been discovered in Windows XP, Windows 7, and older Windows programs. BlueKeep is of concern because it is “wormable,” which means it can spread automatically without users initiating it.
While Microsoft has issued patches, and governments have stressed the importance of installing patches, concern remains over how far-reaching BlueKeep and other RDP exploits may be.
Remote desktop vulnerabilities like this can’t be ignored. Since RDP powers the most common ways for remotely connecting to other computers–inside and between networks–any flaws in the protocol have to be taken extremely seriously.
Thousands of businesses of all sizes could have points of vulnerability through RDP, especially if you’re working with older operating systems. Thankfully, there are a few simple ways RDP users can address the issues and protect their networks with secure remote desktop solutions.
Major RDP Vulnerabilities
Remote Desktop Protocol is proprietary software that is designed to securely share images, screens, and files across multiple devices in a network. Unfortunately, while intended to be a secure way to access remote desktops, RDP vulnerability remains an all too common problem.
The main issue with RDP is that it can allow unauthorized users to access computers through channels that have preexisting permissions. While some of these users may not have malicious intent, some do–and that can cause big problems. Remote desktop technology essentially allows these users to go through a computer and access private data or cause failure to your operating system.
Threatpost outlines some of the common RDP vulnerabilities below:
- A malefactor could attack an IT member that connects to an infected workstation inside the corporate network, thus gaining higher permission levels and greater access to the network systems.
- A bad actor could reverse a malware researcher that connects to a remote sandbox virtual machine that contains a tested malware. This allows the malware to escape the sandbox and infiltrate the corporate network.
- If blue security research teams installed organizational honeypots to attack red teams that try to connect to them through the RDP protocol.
Check Point researchers described one scenario like this: “A malicious RDP server can transparently drop arbitrary files to arbitrary file locations on the client’s computer. For example, we can drop malicious scripts to the client’s startup folder, and after a reboot, they will be executed on his computer, giving us full control.”
A few well-known RDP exploits are:
- 3389 Exploit: a brute force attack that scans default ports for RDP vulnerability
- BlueKeep Vulnerability: threatening to unprotected RDP servers on older Windows operating systems
- CVE-2019-0863: runs code through the Remote Desktop functions to allow downloads, deletions, and the potential creation of new admin accounts that can lead to further attacks in the future
- CVE-2019-0932: gives malicious users access to Skype application through Android phones, which may allow them to listen and/or records calls without the user knowing
While these are just a few of the known vulnerabilities and RDP exploits, the ongoing security issues make it necessary for businesses and users to consider other remote desktop solutions that do not present unnecessary access points.
Combating BlueKeep Vulnerability with Secure Remote Desktop
One of the major problems with BlueKeep vulnerabilities is that they can access systems without authentication and tend to have a long life cycle. Patching is often slow, which means that issues can run quite deep, especially for older operating systems. The longer it goes unpatched, the more potential for malicious attackers to gain access to your networks.
If you have experienced this personally, or have been worried about potential issues related to BlueKeep and other RDP vulnerabilities, you’re not alone. You can certainly install patches, but for some systems, they will need to be completely changed.
The best way to combat these attacks is to switch to a remote desktop software that ensures more comprehensive security, saving you time, money, and stress, especially if you’re trying to manage a large network of users and devices. Here are some advantages that remote desktop software give you:
- Network Level Authentication (NLA): Requires potential attackers to sign in with a password before accessing the RDP vulnerability. Just remember that hackers who use remote code execution (RCE) can override NLA.
- Password Encryption: Installed across the server, this can help to reduce vulnerabilities on your network.
- Multi-Factor Authentication: Useful for preventing brute-force attacks.
- Account Lockout Policy: Self-spreading, wormable attacks like BlueKeep can be hampered by creating account lockouts. This prevents attacks from exponentially spreading within your network by locking out computers after a set number of failed login attempts.
- Role-Based Security: Take full control by setting specific access based on roles. This can be done at a granular level to ensure that users only have access to the things they truly need and the network isn’t opened up to potential RDP vulnerabilities.
Solve RDP Issues with Netop Remote Control
Unfortunately, there are always going to be tech trends that demand remote access. Fortunately, Netop has pioneered secure remote desktop solutions since the 1980s, making us the choice for more than half of the Fortune 100. Our remote desktop software makes these RDP vulnerabilities irrelevant, giving you peace of mind.
Ideally, we never want you to worry about remote connections.We do that by making sure that before a remote session begins, users must be fully authenticated–and our authentication processes are bulletproof.
We also make sure that every session’s connection uses a data transport layer (DTL), with the encryption level negotiated between the computer initiating the connection and the one being accessed. A malicious actor would have to compromise the host machine’s module, which doesn’t use an open protocol as RDP does.
Our goal is to provide the highest security and compliance standards to meet the needs of numerous industries, from healthcare to retail. Guarding proprietary and sensitive information doesn’t have to be overwhelming when you have remote control security like Netop Remote Control. Learn more and start a free trial to prevent future RDP exploits from hurting your network. | <urn:uuid:f059ffd7-6a1d-44a3-8c06-528d51b97ca8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.imperosoftware.com/blog/avoid-rdp-vulnerabilities-with-a-secure-remote-desktop/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.928543 | 1,328 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Wind tunnel tests have been conducted on a 1.3 m chord NACA 63-418 blade section fitted with an adaptive trailing edge flap. The 20% chord flap has a highly anisotropic aramid honeycomb core covered with a silicone skin and is actuated using servo motors. Honeycomb structures are known for their anisotropic properties. They display a high out-of-plane stiffness but are still compliant in-plane. These properties offer a potential solution for the conflicting design requirements found in morphing trailing edge structures. Static and dynamic tests were performed on the adaptive blade section up to a Reynolds number of 5.4×10^6. Tests have shown that deflecting the flap from −10° to +10° changes the blade section lift coefficient by 1.0 in non-stalled conditions. Dynamic tests have shown the flap to be capable of operating up to 9°/s using a 15 V power supply. Potential applications include wind turbine blade load alleviation and increased wind energy capture.
|Translated title of the contribution||Adaptive trailing edge for load alleviation on wind turbine blades|
|Title of host publication||22nd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST), Corfu, Greece|
|Pages||1 - 12|
|Number of pages||12|
|Publication status||Published - 9 Oct 2011|
Bibliographical noteName and Venue of Event: Imperial Hotel, Corfu, Greece
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Stephen Miller has survived a presidential administration that has otherwise humiliated its earliest loyalists, its chief political architect, its own Cabinet secretaries, and a retired Marine general. But Miller endures, his agenda intact, his hairline admittedly worse for wear.
Stephen Miller’s hair looks like PlayStation 1. pic.twitter.com/c24X4nNSPt— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) December 16, 2018
Currently, the senior White House adviser is leading Donald Trump’s negotiations for $5 billion in federal spending to build a new wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The negotiations are going poorly for everyone involved: Congressional Republicans don’t have enough votes to fund the wall, and congressional Democrats don’t have enough votes to neutralize Trump’s threats to shut down the government. Miller sits at the heart of this impasse. Reportedly, he has stoked Trump’s holiday brinkmanship about the border wall funding. Earlier this year, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham described Miller as “an outlier” in the negotiations to fund Trump’s border security priorities and, thus, avoid a government shutdown. “As long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration,” Graham told CNN, “we’re going nowhere.”
Unfortunately for Graham and the rest of Congress, Miller’s only policy mandate is immigration. For two years, Trump and Miller have led the national immigration debate. Miller is a relatively low-profile figure among Trump’s senior advisers; and yet, he’s the supposedly fearsome and enigmatic subject of so much anxious political profiling. The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Politico have all identified Miller as the mastermind who devises Trump’s most notorious, reactionary immigration measures. Miller authored the 2017 travel ban, and he engineered the family separation policy at the southern border. Occasionally, Miller touts these policies in the press, and so he’s become the bureaucratic avatar for serialized humanitarian crises at the U.S.-Mexico border. On December 8, a 7-year-old girl, Jackeline Caal, died in U.S. Border Patrol custody. She succumbed to sepsis and dehydration two days after patrol agents detained her and 162 other immigrants traveling through a New Mexico desert. The Department of Homeland Security seized Caal’s death as an opportunity to lecture its critics and any would-be immigrants about the perils of illegal border crossings. DHS issued the statement, but Trump and Miller authored its cruelty.
Miller is Trump’s most lockstep confidant in public policy. He’s a 33-year-old flack who worked for Jeff Sessions in the Senate before joining Trump’s presidential campaign a week before the Iowa caucuses. In the Senate, Sessions led the anti-immigration GOP faction that scuttled a bipartisan immigration reform proposal during Barack Obama’s final years in office. In Miller, Trump synthesizes traditional movement conservatism and Trumpism, two factions that political observers often characterize as fundamentally at odds. Trump’s immigration agenda may be whimsical — defined, as it is, by dreams of a massive, mythical wall — but Miller has given Trump’s xenophobia a loyal, conventional voice.
Accordingly, Miller has survived a White House notorious for its in-fighting, betrayals, and attrition. Miller has outlived his former boss, Sessions — the first major Republican legislator to endorse Trump’s presidential bid — whom Trump humiliated for nearly two years before finally firing last month. Miller has outlasted Steve Bannon, the right-wing strategist who demands the most credit for Trump’s overall success. He’s even outlasted Trump’s closest adviser, Hope Hicks, who recently departed the White House to lead corporate communications for Fox.
Miller is one of very few Trumpland celebrities — including Hicks, senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, departing U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, and former White House policy adviser Sebastian Gorka — who have held Trump’s favor on a peaceful, consistent basis. And yet, Miller fronts Trump’s single most divisive priority — a policy concern that divides even Republicans. For two years, immigration has been Trump’s most reliably disastrous and counterproductive policy concern. It’s also the policy concern that has proved to animate Trump’s conservative base most reliably, regardless of the many judicial setbacks, congressional stalemates, and moments of popular backlash that have stunted Trump’s immigration agenda since the president’s first week in office.
But for Trump, it’s hard to blame Miller, specifically. If Trump really means to pass hardcore immigration restrictions through Congress, then Miller has failed the president at several turns for two years now. But if the president mostly just means to keep the arguments roiling from one contentious election to the next, well, then Miller might indeed be the president’s most reliable adviser since the disgraced, disgruntled Bannon. And there’s no reason to believe he plans on anything less. | <urn:uuid:37e8ba05-bb14-42fe-aa6c-d537619bed72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theringer.com/2018/12/18/18145858/stephen-miller-immigration-donald-trump-administration-white-house | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.947339 | 1,062 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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Applied cultural linguistics : implications for second language learning and intercultural communication; [… theme session … which was part of the 8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference held at the University of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, July 20 – 25, 2003] / ed. by Farzad Sharifian … The anthropology of language : an introduction to linguistic anthropology / Harriet Joseph Ottenheimer. 3rd Edition. The Blackwell guide to research methods in bilingualism
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The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Nazis : the Berlin years / Klaus Gensicke ; translated by Alexander Fraser Gunn. The origins of Israeli mythology : neither Canaanites nor crusaders / David Ohana ; translated by David Maisel. Walking Palestine : 25 journeys into the West Bank / by Stefan Szepesi. Babylonian prayers to Marduk / Takayoshi Oshima The Ahhiyawa texts / by Gary M. Beckman, Trevor Bryce, Eric H. | <urn:uuid:a9656b7c-8c9e-4ba9-92ec-743f6c9a1cd3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/librariannews/tag/conference-proceedings/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.772351 | 726 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Every year, hours-of-service questions from drivers and carriers make up the vast majority of inquiries concerning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. This year, concerns dealt with three main topic areas: electronic logging devices, 30-minute rest breaks, and restarts.
In this article, the first of a three-part series, we'll look at electronic logging devices.
Volumes have been written regarding the pros and cons of electronic logging devices, what is required, and when will they be mandatory. Many of the questions stemmed from the ELD mandate proposal published on March 28. The comment period ended in late June, and as of this writing, there is not much to report. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the process of reviewing the comments and presumably writing the final rule.
The Department of Transportation puts out a monthly Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings, but the most current report still does not reflect any estimate for the final rule; it only shows that the proposal process is complete.
The ELD proposal and recent guidance have prompted many to ask the question, “To print, or not to print?”
A typical question: “We’ve been using electronic logging for some time. Recently, my driver had a roadside inspection and was asked to print her logs. Can they ask that and does she have to be able to print?”
The answer is, “It depends.” There are currently three types of electronic logs:
- Computer programs that assist drivers in the completion of manual logs
- Computer programs that assist drivers in the completion of manual logs with electronic signature capabilities
- Automatic On-board Recording Devices (AOBRDs) as defined in Section 395.2 and regulated in Section 395.15. In recent years, these have also become known as Electronic On-board Recorders (EOBRs) and Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs).
AOBRDs require no printing capability. This has always been the case, but some enforcement officers held an opinion that the devices did need to print. To set the record straight, the FMCSA published guidance in May. The publication included an additional official interpretation for Section 395.15:
"The FMCSRs do not require AOBRDs to provide a hardcopy printout for an enforcement official. As long as the information made available for display on the AOBRD meets the requirements of §395.15(i)(5), the driver and motor carrier are not required to provide additional RODS documentation to an enforcement official at the roadside. However, an enforcement official may request that additional information be provided by email, fax, or similar means within 48 hours for follow-up after the conclusion of the roadside inspection."
In regard to computer programs that assist drivers in the completion of manual logs, in July, the FMCSA published new guidance that made a differentiation between programs that have electronic signature capabilities and those that do not.
The previous guidance remains the same if electronic signatures are not used:
- The driver must print and manually sign the RODS daily.
- The driver must have in his or her possession the printed and signed RODS for the prior seven consecutive days (if required on those days).
- The driver should be given an opportunity to print and manually sign the current day’s RODS at the time of the inspection.
New guidance is provided for logs that are electronically signed:
- At the time of an inspection of records by an enforcement official, the driver may display the current and prior seven days RODS to the official on the device’s screen.
- If the enforcement official requests printed copies of the RODS, the driver must be given an opportunity to print the current and prior seven days’ RODS (if required on those days) at the time of inspection.
So, in the case of logs that are electronically signed, enforcement has the option of either using the device or asking for the logs to be printed.
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The History Of The Lemon Law
In this article, you will discover:
- Why Lemon Laws were passed to protect consumers in the United States.
- The definition of a “Lemon” vehicle.
- When it is time to file a Lemon Law claim.
State Lemon Laws generally started being passed in the 1980s due to a wide range of State laws and court decisions regarding what consumers could be compensated for or not with defective “Lemon” vehicles.
Before State Lemon Laws were enacted, the legal standard for getting compensated for a defective “Lemon” vehicle was based on State versions of the Uniformed Commercial Code (UCC) and breach of warranty common law (judicial precedent).
UCC claims are very complicated, having many different complex elements. With so many legal elements needed to be proven to prevail on a UCC based claim, even if even one element was not established that would lead to losing the entire case. That made it burdensome for consumers to get rid of or be compensated for their defective “Lemon” vehicles.
Before State Lemon Laws were passed, consumers would buy warrantied vehicles and the warranties weren’t worth the paper they were written on. Defective vehicle warranties were difficult to enforce under a patchwork of contradictory, conflicting, and confusing State laws (see above) even when “Lemon” vehicles couldn’t be repaired in a reasonable number of attempts or reasonable time. Because of this complicated legal minefield, consumers were frequently (and unfairly) trapped in “Lemon” vehicles or forced to trade out of them for a loss.
In the late 70s the tide began to turn in favor of consumers when a statute called the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (“MMWA”) was passed at the federal level. Most State Lemon Laws are now roughly modeled on the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act’s section regarding full warranties (15 U.S.C. § 2304), but they tend to have more teeth to protect consumers of defective vehicles than the MMWA.
The MMWA makes a distinction between full warranties and limited warranties. The MMWA requirement for full warranties is what State Lemon Laws are modeled after because it expressly pertains to a reasonable number of repair attempts being required to complete repairs otherwise there is legal violation entitling the consumer to compensation.
The challenge with the MMWA is that most vehicle warranties are limited warranties. The statute is not explicit about what the standard is for breach of limited warranties, as opposed to full warranties. This lack of clarity led to another patchwork of legal standards between the States, where courts would look at State warranty and UCC laws to determine what is a breach of a limited warranty under the federal act.
Fortunately, State Lemon Laws provide clearer black-and-white standards of Lemon Law violations for unreasonably lengthy or numerous limited warranty vehicle repairs and how you can be compensated due to those violations.
Currently, all 50 states have some type of Lemon Law to assist consumers of defective warranted vehicles, including in Arizona.
Originally the Arizona Lemon Law was passed without an attorneys’ fee provision. As a result, companies took advantage of people and did not do everything they were legally required to in Lemon vehicle situations.
In response, Arizona, which is not always the most consumer-friendly State, decided to add an attorney’s fee provision, so consumers could hire an attorney to protect their legal rights and make sure they get fair Lemon Law enforcement and results.
Under A.R.S. 44-1265(B) consumers can get their reasonable attorneys’ fees paid for by the other side if they prevail in a Lemon Law action. Under Arizona case law, a settlement is considered to be prevailing in a Lemon Law claim.
How Is A “Lemon” Vehicle Defined?
According to the Arizona Lemon Law, for a vehicle to qualify as a “Lemon,” first, there needs to be a substantial defect, non-conformity, or condition; it can’t just be something trivial.
For example, if you have a rattle in a cup-holder, that’s not going to qualify because it is not substantial and has no major effect on the proper operation of your vehicle.
The Arizona Lemon Law requires substantial impairment in use and value to the consumer and it’s nearly impossible to argue objectively or subjectively that a cup-holder qualifies as substantial impairment.
On the other hand, there are some defects, non-conformities, or conditions that are obviously substantial to any consumer:
- Stalling out/Dying in transit
- Hesitation upon acceleration
If your vehicle’s brakes don’t work and you can’t stop your vehicle, that’s substantial, perhaps even life-threatening.
If your vehicle doesn’t start, that’s substantial impairment in use and value because you could be stuck in the middle of nowhere.
If your vehicle cuts out or hesitates while driving, that’s a substantial safety issue that clearly impairs use and value.
There are defects, non-conformities, or conditions that occur in vehicles which are more in a gray area that may or may not be considered substantial impairment in use and value to the consumer. Some examples are a defective stereo system, cracked windshield, or window leaks.
Whether these defects qualify as substantial impairment in use and value is very fact-specific, and it depends on the severity and actual impairing results of those defects.
Moreover, the more a vehicle defect or condition happens and the more times it gets repeatedly repaired, the more likely the problem could qualify as substantial impairment in use and value of the vehicle.
In other words, when gray area defects occur over and over again the contention that they are substantial is strengthened, based on them repeatedly happening and continually inconveniencing a consumer. This obviously has the effect of impairing the vehicle’s use and devaluing it to the consumer.
While there is no specific standard to how many repair attempts or how much time in the repair shop qualifies your vehicle as a “Lemon,” there are guideposts called presumptions.
The Arizona Lemon Law sets two presumptions for determining if a repair history is unreasonable (one of the main factors for determining if a vehicle is legally a “Lemon” along with substantial impairment) within the first two years or 24,000 miles ownership:
- Four or more repairs for the same defect or condition and the defect continues to exist.
- 30 or more cumulative days in the repair shop for the same or different issues, including separate repair attempts collectively equaling 30 days.
The presumptions are not required to be reached to have a valid Arizona Lemon Law claim, but if they are met, the presumptions shift the burden of proof from the consumer to the manufacturer. That means a tie about whether the repair history is legally unreasonable goes to the consumer.
Usually, the consumer who brings the claim must prove the elements of the claim by a preponderance of the evidence. This means the consumer doesn’t have to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt—it’s not a criminal case—their argument just has to be one point stronger than the manufacturer’s defense to win. It’s like a basketball game where both sides score points, but the one that scores the most points wins.
By shifting the burden of proof to the other side, it’s up to the manufacturer to have more points than the consumer. The manufacturer has the burden to prove the repair history is not unreasonable.
However, the vehicle repairs are listed in the repair records of the repairing dealer, who is the authorized warranty repair agent for the manufacturer. It is difficult for the manufacturer to argue against its repair agent’s repair records to claim the repairs are somehow reasonable.
It’s important to reiterate that you can have fewer repairs or days out of service than indicated in the presumptions succeed in an Arizona Lemon Law claim. If the number of warranty repairs or time to complete repairs are unreasonable under the circumstances, the vehicle can still qualify as a “Lemon.”
Typically, in our view, if there are at least three repeat repairs or 25-plus days in the repair shop for a substantial defect, non-conformity, or condition within two years or 24,000 miles, that should qualify as a “Lemon” vehicle.
There is even a rational argument that when a vehicle has very low mileage that even fewer repairs or days in the repair shop could qualify. Perhaps the vehicle only has 5,000 miles, and the brakes do not work, causing near-crashes. In that situation it is possible that even two repairs could qualify this vehicle as a “Lemon” because the defect and it’s unsafe consequences in such low mileage are so substantial and recurrent.
Although it’s very fact-specific when it comes to this gray area, it’s only logical that the more substantial and dangerous the vehicle defect or condition is, the less repairs are needed to prove the repair history is unreasonable under the Lemon Law. Again, it really depends on if the repair history is unreasonable under the circumstances.
For more information on the Arizona Lemon Law, a Free Lemon Law Evaluation is your next best step. Find out if your vehicle qualifies for Free Lemon Law Help by calling (480) 237-2744 today.
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New deal for US sub tech
After years spent chasing diesel technology, Australia is going nuclear.
In a joint press conference, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have announced a new trilateral partnership dubbed ‘AUKUS’.
The new partnership is intended to strengthen the military presence and operability of allies in the Indo-Pacific.
It will see Australia obtain nuclear submarines for the first time, in a move that is expected to send a strong message to China about regional capabilities.
Mr Morrison says the new submarines will be built in Adelaide, but without establishing a civil nuclear industry.
“The future of the Indo-Pacific will impact all our futures. To meet these challenges, to help deliver the security and stability our region needs, we must now take our partnership to a new level,” Mr Morrison said.
“The first major initiative of AUKUS will be to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia.
“Over the next 18 months, we will work together to seek to determine the best way forward to achieve this. This will include an intense examination of what we need to do to exercise our nuclear stewardship responsibilities here in Australia.”
It is only the second time the US has shared its military nuclear technology, the first being a deal with the UK in 1958.
“We see this as a very rare engagement between Australia, Great Britain and the US,” a White House official has told reporters.
“We’ve done this only once 70 years ago, with Great Britain. The technology is extremely sensitive and is a major exemption to the usual policy. This is a one-off.”
The deal means Australia’s $90 billion contract with French shipbuilder Naval Group is likely to be scrapped.
The French deal was one of the world's most lucrative defence agreements. It has been beset by issues and delays due to Canberra's requirement that the majority of the manufacturing and components be sourced locally.
The plan was to create a diesel-electric version of Naval Group's 5,000-tonne Barracuda nuclear-powered submarine by removing its reactors and installing diesel units.
Australia will now switch to an American-made nuclear-powered submarine.
The British government is expected to support Australia with reactor technology locally.
There are also some suggestions that the US is planning to operate some of its Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines out of Perth's naval base, HMAS Stirling.
The previous plan with Naval Group would have seen 12 submarines built in Adelaide, but with the submarines now to be built in the US, Adelaide is expected to retain deep maintenance duties on the Collins class submarines, rather than see it shift to Perth.
Terminating the French contract is expected to cost taxpayers up to $400 million.
Independent Senator Rex Patrick, a former Navy submariner, says Australia will have serious troubles trying to run nuclear submarines because it does not have adequate experience with nuclear technology.
“Acquiring, operating and maintaining a nuclear submarine fleet without a domestic nuclear power industry is a challenge that must not be underestimated,” he said.
“The nuclear safety and non-proliferation safeguards issues are unquestionably complex and likely to be controversial.
“This proposed project would also most likely require new treaty level agreements with the United States and/or the United Kingdom, requiring Congressional and Parliamentary approval.
“There are many significant issues that will need to be properly considered and I fear that they haven’t yet.
“The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee will need to undertake a wide ranging and rigorous inquiry to inform Government, Opposition, the Parliament and most importantly the Australian people before the next election.
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The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes.
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High court hears challenge after ministers overruled climate objections of planning officials.
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Automotive group Stellantis has begun demonstrating a type of charging technology known as Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) which allows an electric vehicle to drive along a specially adapted road drawing power from electric coils beneath the asphalt and without depleting its own battery.
Following months of testing at its Arena del Futuro track in the north of Italy, the company finally demonstrated the technology at work this week with an electric Fiat 500 outfitted to test the system. With electricity supplied to the coils under the road, the vehicle above was fitted with a "receiver" which allows it to pull energy wireless from underneath, supplying power to its electric motor without running down the on-board battery.
On a network of adapted roads such as motorways, such technology could, theoretically, allow electric vehicles to travel vast distances without the need for recharging, and the in-road inductive charging system behind the Arena del Futuro circuit has been hailed as one of the 100 most important inventions of 2021 by Time magazine.
The system is powered by direct current electricity which, according to Stellantis, offers a range of advantages over AC. Firstly, it reduces the power losses inherent in the energy distribution process. Another advantage is that it can be directly integrated with renewable energy sources without the need to convert the power to AC. Thirdly, it allows for the use of thinner cables made from aluminium which costs less than copper cabling and is easier to package and recycle. The use of inductive energy transfer also means that there are no exposed cables and, such is the nature of the system, it's still perfectly safe for people and animals to walk along a road under which induction coils have been placed.
"Working with this incredible group of partners, we have proven that inductive recharging technology can power our electrified future," said Anne-Lise Richard, Head of Global e-Mobility Business at Stellantis.
"These joint projects are exciting steps as we work to achieve longer battery lifespan, lower range anxiety, greater energy efficiency, smaller battery size, outstanding performance and lower weight and cost."
Best for buses?
Although Stellantis' demonstration with the adapted Fiat 500 immediately evokes images of thousands of electric cars whizzing up and down motorways using nothing put power drawn from the road, realistically it's in the area of buses and public transport where DWPT technology is likely to make the most impact, as partially evidenced by the participation of bus-maker Iveco Bus in the project. With induction cables positioned under city streets and bus routes, DWPT could in theory allow electric buses to operate around the clock without the need for long periods spent recharging at their depots.
At present in Milton Keynes in the UK, one such electric bus already makes use of inductive charging at each terminus of its 25km route. Although it recharges overnight, each time it reaches the end of its route, it lowers a receiver to meet an induction pad in the road, taking on power for ten minutes at a time before setting off again. This allows the bus to keep going for longer without the need to return to the depot for recharging during the working day.
Electrified bus routes and motorways, however, are just two of the many potential applications Stellantis sees for DWPT.
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The first of our new Ranger Mike activity books are now available! They are designed to augment the material presented in the DVD of the same title. Each book is 64 pages, and is full of all kinds of fun activities! Click HERE to see them.
Additionally, we are offering each book as a set coupled with the DVD of the same name. Individually priced, each set would be $23, but we are offering the sets at only $18! Click HERE to go to the specials page to see them.
Some people have told us that they no longer have DVD players and would prefer to stream or download videos directly to their TVs or devices. We are happy to announce that we have just made all of the Ranger Mike videos (the current ones and those in the future) available as downloads!
Additionally, we are starting a new set of videos that will be in the "Creation Safari" series. The first one, "Return to Genesis", is available as a download now. In late July or early August, the DVD version will be released.
Simply go to our downloads page by clicking HERE to see what's available.
Our latest Ranger Mike episode is called "Face to Face With Leviathan". It deals with the existence of dragons! You can see it by clicking HERE.
Our primary activity is the presentation of seminars on a wide variety of topics that promote the biblical view of origins. We also produce DVDs and other material that have the same goal. Additionally, we offer two travel adventures - "safaris" - that are creation-oriented.
Could you answer these questions?:
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January 15, 2019
Connected thermostats provide an opportunity to deliver energy savings through equipment control, provide value to the grid as a load management resource, enable data-driven program evaluation, and engage customers in support of behavioral change. The number of CEE members promoting these products and services has grown significantly over the past five years and continues to be an area of significant interest within residential portfolios.
CEE Member Connected Thermosat Pilot and Program Efforts (2013-2017)1
Due to the diversity of CEE members and their operating environments, program administrators are seeking to pursue connected thermostat offerings for myriad purposes. These purposes can range from enabling energy savings from ongoing HVAC operations to promoting connected thermostats as a deemed measure or a measure based on performance, managing peak energy consumption (or other balancing challenges) collecting data that may lead to greater energy savings or program participation, or better engaging with customers.
Program Dimensions of CEE Member Connected Thermostat Efforts
With a proliferation of products now on the market and programs supporting these devices, CEE members worked with industry partners to develop an overview of strategies that are documented to realize savings from connected thermostats.
Consensus-based Guidance to Advance the Market
Spanning a wide range of program objectives and member needs, this Program Guide serves to achieve the following objectives:
- Establish common definitions and background data regarding the energy saving and peak demand reduction impact of connected thermostats to reduce customer confusion and help members effectively use limited program resources
- Characterize the capabilities of connected thermostats that may credibly differentiate products that save energy and enhance consumer satisfaction, drawing on data from dozens of member program assessments
- Provide consensus program design considerations and recommendations developed by program administrators that seek to address program goals relative to data reporting, load management, and behavior change
Designing Connected Thermostat Programs to Deliver Savings
The Program Guide identifies recommendations for achieving benefits in the following four categories, through shared definitions and components that can be applied by any member across the United States and Canada:
- Energy Savings recommends adoption of a performance approach—specifically, ENERGY STAR® Connected Thermostat Specification Version 1.02 —where feasible; for members interested in a features approach, it provides a recommended outline of product capability requirements that program administrators may consider given their individual operating environments. (Section 4.1)
- Data Reporting outlines a series of recommended components for connected thermostat providers that, with customer authorization to share data, can be leveraged by program administrators to support objectives such as enhanced equipment feedback, measurement and verification, and customer value. (Section 4.2)
- Load Management Functionality outlines a series of recommended components for connected thermostats that could be leveraged to manage time-dependent energy consumption through such means as direct load control and grid signal communication. (Section 4.3)
- Incorporation of Behavioral Science Insights encourages the incorporation of behavioral insights that could achieve even higher energy savings through motivating behavior change. (Section 4.4)
For more information, contact Senior Program Manager Alice Rosenberg
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Video Gallery One
TV2 All That We Share
This is a powerful short video from TV 2 Denmark that reminds us how damaging it is to practice siloism and, we have much more in common with other people than we think. Now more than ever it is time to remove labels and stop putting others in boxes. Removing labels and recognising that everyone has something to share and gifts to give is central to ABCDE methodology.
The World Kitchen
The World Kitchen is a food performance venue that hosts food demonstrations from the serious to the spurious, a cut-throat Iron Chef competition and a Long Table Lunch. The World Kitchen is an excellent platform for community members from varying cultural traditions to share their culture through food and stories. The WK is a very flexible concept it can fit into a range of different settings/events/situations. The core idea of it is to celebrate and connect people and their stories from all around the World through the simple act of cooking and or eating together.
ABCD in 3 minutes and strategic neighbouring
This video looks at the role ABCD can play in bridging socio-economic divides at the neighbourhood level. Analysing needs is a great way to divide people. Valuing people’s strengths and gifts is a great way to bring people together.
Mike Green on ABCD in Action
In this short video, Mike Green, author of ‘When People Care Enough to Act’ talks about the fundamental exercise of ABCD – relationship building. Relationship building becomes central to three core activities of good ABCD practice – paying attention to assets, listening to and learning what it is that people care about and encouraging agencies that a skilful in tapping into this information and following the lead of citizens.
ABCD in Action
This brief video is the introduction to ABCD IN ACTION (originally a DVD) from Mike Green and Henry Moore that talks about the five fundamental steps to initiating ABCD in any community. This video also briefly examines the negative impacts of viewing citizens as clients.
Angela Blanchard is recognized for her pioneering work in asset-based community development that focuses on the human, social and cultural strengths of vulnerable populations. Blanchard is the President and CEO of Houston-based Neighborhood Centers Inc., one of the top 1% of U.S.-based charitable groups that serves 525,000 clients annually through 60 facilities in the Houston and Gulf Coast regions. In this TED talk, Angela delves into the profound benefits of coming from an assets based approach to strengthen communities.
An Overview of Richland Together Let’s Connect
This video gives a comprehensive overview of how Richland County practically implemented their ABCD initiative.
ABCD in the Philippines
The inspiring and thought provoking story of a community in the Philippines that sent back the money for their water project when they decided they could raise the money themselves. This video explores the concept of Asset Based Community Development, which emphasises the strengths and existing assets of communities rather than the needs.
Sharing knowledge and donuts – Community asset mapping (Liz Hannum)
A great overview of the practicalities of asset mapping that can be applied to any context.
Participatory Community Asset Mapping: Meet the August Town Community Mapping Team
This is a great example of a visual presentation of community asset mapping and vision sharing.
Cormac Russell Talks Asset Based Community Development
Truly Sustainable Economic Development: Ernesto Sirolli at TEDxEQChCh
Ernesto Sirolli got his start doing aid work in Africa in the 70’s — and quickly realised how ineffective it was. In this funny, challenging and passionate talk, Ernesto shares his deep insights into sustainable economic development, and how entrepreneurs can be truly supported to live their passions. This talk also highlights the simple fact that the wisdom of the community always exceeds the knowledge of the experts. Ernesto also gives some very useful advice on facilitating initiatives at the community level.
Take a Street and Build a Community: Shani Graham at TEDxPerth
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William Shubb, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, has put a halt to the champagne wishes and caviar dreams of California trial lawyers, a U.N. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group participant, and organic industry front groups hoping to profit from a bizarre determination on glyphosate by IARC that weirdly bucked the science consensus. He has ruled that companies can't be forced to lie and put warning labels on glyphosate, an active ingredient in products like the mild weedkiller Roundup.
California was the perfect place to file the lawsuit because it is the only state that has abdicated its science and health to a foreign body. Being placed on an IARC list is one of the four default ways to automatically be included on California's Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop 65) list. That referendum, passed without the legislature by voters in 1986, sounded innocuous enough. And it was because back then IARC, whose first managing director was a Trustee of the American Council on Science and Health, was a legitimate body. They were in the business of finding what hazards lead to cancer. When they found one, more studies would be done to determine risk.
However, critics even then worried this would be abused. And it has been. IARC, which still does not calculate risk, nonetheless shamelessly promotes itself by talking about risk in its media releases about its findings. And once they ran out of hazards to study, they started to invent them. Now their list compounds number nearly 1,000 and so it is impossible to go anywhere in California without being warned it will give you cancer. Want to win a bet with your brother-in-law that bacon is as bad for you as eating plutonium or inhaling mustard gas? IARC can do that.
Now the state is so ridiculous that even people with cancer in hospital cancer wards are shown signs telling them that plastic in the cancer ward could give them cancer.
A real sign sent by a real oncologist from a real California cancer ward. For obvious reasons, they wish to remain anonymous.
So why did a judge block the efforts to force warning labels on products? Because there is no scientific evidence the compound is harmful. It is a violation of the Constitution to compel businesses to post "false, misleading and highly controversial statements" on their products. They can't lie and engage in false advertising to gain market share and they can't be forced to lie by engaging in false negative advertising either.
There are always winner and losers in these fights so here is a scoresheet.
The Big Losers:
Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman PC in Los Angeles and Weitz & Luxenberg PC in New York. Sorry folks, you will need to buy your next yacht shaking someone down besides California farmers. Maybe try Johnson & Johnson over baby powder. There is no more science in those claims but they seem willing to settle pretty easily.
Dr. Chris Portier - IARC, at the request of Portier, changed its Working Group rules so that any expert who had accepted consulting fees could not participate in the Working Group. Yet Portier's sizable paychecks from Environmental Defense Fund were exempt because EDF is an anti-science activism NGO, not a for-profit corporation. Portier also signed a lucrative contract ($160,000 as of June 2017) to support lawyers hoping to sue Monsanto over glyphosate before the IARC monograph was even released, as David Zaruk showed from Portier's deposition at the offices of the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg on September 5th 2017.
Organic Consumers Association - the junkyard dog trade group of the organic industry. They hope to accomplish using the legislature and the courts and harassment of scientists what their clients cannot do in the free market - increase revenue. This is a big slap in the face for them. Russian propaganda sites like Russia Today dutifully wrote articles undermining American agricultural science in preparation for the California lawsuits and all signs point to OCA or one of its subsidiary attack dogs as the culprits. This is going to be bad for their corporate begging in 2018.
The Big Winners:
The American public. While lawyers always make it sound like they are doing this stuff to protect the little guy, it is invariably the little guy who has to pay higher costs when litigation groups squeeze a settlement out of a company. In 2018, corporate culture is so driven by fear that they not only apologize for being in business, they cut checks to lawyers, be they from Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), or Center for Food Safety, or a private firm, "at the drop of a rat." Finally, someone stood up to this kind of extortion. And it worked.
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Despite the pandemic, Canine Companions for Independence keeps their mission going.
It’s a challenging time for everyone right now with the Covid pandemic creating chaos with travel plans. But the Canine Companion charity needed to keep focused on its mission to train and provide service dogs for people with disabilities at no cost.
With a reduction in flights it became difficult for service puppies to be moved to puppy raisers. These volunteers provide a crucial service in raising well mannered and sociable pups ready for their specialized training.
So, they looked to private pilots for help, and these heroes stepped up big time!
Private pilots Martyn Lewis and Josh Hochberg volunteer with a nonprofit organization that connects volunteer pilots and plane owners with animal groups that need help with transportation.
They offered Canine Companions their help in a time of need.
Pilot Martyn Lewis said ‘It combines two of my greatest passions, flying and dogs. There is nothing better in the world than delivering a puppy to their new person. The impact the dog has on its future person is incredible.’
More than 100 puppies from Canine Companions have flown from Northern California’s Sonoma Jet Center, near the nonprofit’s National Headquarters. From there they travelled to their volunteer puppy raisers in Southern California, Colorado, Washington, Arizona and New Mexico.
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Lebanon Middle School Cookbook
Roasted Veggie and Black Bean Burrito
SalsaThis is a great recipe for your garden veggies - when we have a bumper crop of tomatoes! Just chop everything up, combine and add salt, pepper, vinegar to taste. This is best served cold but does a great job canned. If canning, do not cook the salsa down before processing. Fill jars and process for 30 minutes.
GUACAMOLEThere are a million ways to use put this guacamole recipe to delicious use as well. It’s perfect for spreading on toast and burgers, topping your tacos and nachos, loading up your baked potatoes and deviled eggs, filling your quesadillas and wraps, and serving alongside any number of Mexican dishes. But about 99% of the time, we just serve it up with a big bowl of tortilla chips (plus maybe some homemade salsa).
Roasted Veggie and Black Bean BurritoRoasted sweet potato and veggies combined with black beans make this one of the best vegetarian burrito recipes you can make at home!
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America’s roads may look a little older in the future. Not the pavement, but the vehicles driving on it.
The Nationa Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finally put the stipulations of a law passed in 2015 into effect that will make it easier to build and buy new replicas of classic cars.
The rules set down by the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act were developed in partnership with SEMA, the organization that represents the U.S. automotive aftermarket industry.
The final regulations allow small manufacturers, who build less than 5,000 vehicles annually, to annually produce up to 325 licensed replicas of vehicles that are at least 25 years old without having to meet costly crash testing and other modern safety standards and sell them with a federally registered VIN.
Previously, these types of vehicles could only be sold as “component” or “kit” cars that had to be assembled by the owner and registered under state laws.
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“SEMA applauds NHTSA’s final rule allowing companies to market classic-themed cars,” said Daniel Ingber, SEMA vice president of government affairs. “Regulatory barriers have previously prevented small automakers from producing heritage cars that are coveted by consumers. The roadblocks have been eliminated. This is a hard-fought victory for enthusiasts, small volume manufacturers, their suppliers, and all the men and women who will be hired to fill new jobs created by this law.”
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Dengue is a common and growing problem worldwide, with an estimated 70–140 million cases per year. Traditional, healthcare-based, government-implemented dengue surveillance is resource intensive and slow. As global Internet use has increased, novel, Internet-based disease monitoring tools have emerged. Google Dengue Trends (GDT) uses near real-time search query data to create an index of dengue incidence that is a linear proxy for traditional surveillance. Studies have shown that GDT correlates highly with dengue incidence in multiple countries on a large spatial scale. This study addresses the heterogeneity of GDT at smaller spatial scales, assessing its accuracy at the state-level in Mexico and identifying factors that are associated with its accuracy. We used Pearson correlation to estimate the association between GDT and traditional dengue surveillance data for Mexico at the national level and for 17 Mexican states. Nationally, GDT captured approximately 83% of the variability in reported cases over the 9 study years. The correlation between GDT and reported cases varied from state to state, capturing anywhere from 1% of the variability in Baja California to 88% in Chiapas, with higher accuracy in states with higher dengue average annual incidence. A model including annual average maximum temperature, precipitation, and their interaction accounted for 81% of the variability in GDT accuracy between states. This climate model was the best indicator of GDT accuracy, suggesting that GDT works best in areas with intense transmission, particularly where local climate is well suited for transmission. Internet accessibility (average ∼36%) did not appear to affect GDT accuracy. While GDT seems to be a less robust indicator of local transmission in areas of low incidence and unfavorable climate, it may indicate cases among travelers in those areas. Identifying the strengths and limitations of novel surveillance is critical for these types of data to be used to make public health decisions and forecasting models.
Dengue is a common and growing problem worldwide. Delays in traditional surveillance systems limit the ability of public health agencies to identify and respond to dengue outbreaks efficiently. Internet search queries provide near real-time indicators of infectious disease activity and have proven effective for monitoring disease activity in some countries, but have not been assessed on smaller geographic areas. We compared Google Dengue Trends data for 17 states in Mexico to traditional surveillance data from those states. We found that the utility of Google Dengue Trends at the state-level is highly variable and depends on climatic conditions supporting dengue virus transmission. Novel surveillance tools like Google Dengue Trends can provide timely information to public health agencies, but to be useful on a local scale, they must be considered within the local context of dengue transmissibility.
Citation: Gluskin RT, Johansson MA, Santillana M, Brownstein JS (2014) Evaluation of Internet-Based Dengue Query Data: Google Dengue Trends. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(2): e2713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002713
Editor: Justin V. Remais, Emory University, United States of America
Received: August 9, 2013; Accepted: January 8, 2014; Published: February 27, 2014
This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
Funding: This research was fully supported by the following grant: NIH- A Platform for Modeling the Global Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease 5R01LM010812-02. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
The global incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold between 1960 and 2010 , with a recent study estimating that there are now 70–140 million cases per year . Dengue is caused by infection with any of the four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes; the symptoms often include high fever, intense joint and muscle pain, headaches, and skin rash. Some infections result in more serious illness including hemorrhagic symptoms and death . Endemic in many Asian and Latin American countries, dengue has become a leading cause of hospitalization and death among children in these regions and contributes to substantial economic loss for governments and households . Despite the health and economic impacts of dengue, population-level control methods are limited, resource intensive, and largely ineffective to date. Real-time dengue surveillance, therefore, is critical for identifying areas where transmission is ongoing or likely to occur so that interventions can be optimized.
Traditional, healthcare-based, government-implemented dengue surveillance has several shortcomings. Often, it takes weeks to aggregate surveillance data and publish related reports. This lag in part reflects the time needed to collect and aggregate data at different scales, from practitioners up to the Ministry of Health level, but it can also be delayed or interrupted due to lack of resources and bureaucratic or political changes , . Meanwhile, as global Internet use has increased, novel disease monitoring tools based on health-related search queries have emerged. Google Dengue Trends (GDT) was developed by aggregating historical logs of anonymous online Google search queries associated with dengue using the methods developed for Google Flu Trends, a tool created to estimate influenza rates . Google queries have shown to be a close proxy for national-level dengue surveillance in multiple countries , . And because data are collected and processed in near real-time, these tools produce surveillance data much faster than traditional systems , , . While GDT has this significant advantage and well-demonstrated large-scale accuracy, it remains unclear how well it works at smaller scales where dengue transmission may be more heterogeneous.
Dengue transmission dynamics are sensitive to the environmental factors that affect the vector mosquitoes . Temperature increases can decrease the length of the gonotrophic cycle , increase the feeding frequency , increase the rate of mosquito development, and reduce the length of the DENV incubation period within the mosquito , . Mosquito survival also increases with temperature, but at a certain point, high temperatures can also lead to high mosquito mortality , , . Precipitation is also important to the spatial and temporal spread of the mosquito vector –. Lastly, human behavior and habitat modification can contribute to DENV transmission dynamics: the use of screens or air conditioning can reduce human-vector contact ; water storage and trash disposal practices are important determinants of larval habitat availability ; and a high human population density provides more transmission opportunities . Therefore, information about relevant environmental conditions can contribute to identifying the dengue risk.
Mexico provides a unique setting to assess the value of GDT data; the climate varies widely across the country, dengue is endemic in many areas yet largely absent in others, and approximately 36% of the population has Internet access . Here, we explore the relationship between GDT data and traditional surveillance data for 17 states in Mexico and use climate and socio-demographic data to investigate geographic variation in GDT accuracy.
The GDT index was developed as a linear model to predict reported dengue incidence from dengue-related Internet search patterns . Specifically, it incorporates weekly query volume for key terms (normalized to overall search volume) and uses the historical relationship between those terms and reported cases to linearly predict (nowcast) dengue activity. We downloaded weekly GDT data for 2003–2011 for Mexico as a country and for the available years in that time range (2–8 years) for the 17 individual states with available data: Baja California, Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Estado de Mexico, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo LeÓn, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatan . To create a monthly GDT variable, we averaged GDT across all weeks beginning in each month.
Traditional monthly dengue surveillance data for the same time period - 2003–2011 - were obtained from the Mexican Secretariat of Health (http://www.epidemiologia.salud.gob.mx/anuario/html/anuarios.html) , Long-term (1941–2005) mean annual precipitation (millimeters per year) and mean, minimum, and maximum temperature (°C) data were obtained for each state from the Mexican Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) (smn.conagua.gob.mx). State-level socio-demographic data were obtained from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) (www.inegi.org.mx/). The socio-demographic data included the most recent data available for the following variables: the population size and density per kilometer (2010), the percentage of the population under the age of 15 (2010), the number of doctors per 100,000 residents (2008), the percentage of the population with access to drinking water (2006), the percentage of the population with municipal sewage (2008), the percentage of the population with Internet access (2008), and the average household income in pesos (2010). The data for precipitation, population size, population density, and average yearly dengue cases were log transformed to reduce skewing.
To quantify the accuracy of GDT relative to reported dengue cases, we used Pearson correlation to assess linear correlation because GDT was designed as a linear predictor of dengue incidence. We estimated the association between GDT and the traditional surveillance data at the national level and for each state, and calculated coefficients of determination (R2) to assess the proportion of dengue incidence variance captured by the GDT data. We then logit-transformed R2 and used Gaussian regression to assess the association between each climate and socio-demographic variable and the variability in state-level correlations between GDT and traditional surveillance data. The Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC) was applied to compare the fit for each of the different models. All calculations were performed in R version 2.14 (http://www.r-project.org/).
A total of 352,093 dengue cases were reported in all of Mexico from 2003–2011. Figure 1 shows the national-level monthly GDT index compared to the monthly reported cases. These data show a pattern of seasonal outbreaks, generally peaking between August and November, and substantial variation in incidence between seasons. The Pearson's correlation coefficient between GDT and reported dengue cases was 0.91 over the 9 years, indicating that GDT captured approximately 83% of the variability in the national surveillance data.
2003–2011. The number of cases reported by the Secretariat of Health is shown on the left axis (black) and the GDT index on the right (blue). The correlation coefficient between reported dengue cases and GDT was 0.91 over the 9 years, indicating that GDT captured approximately 83% of the variability in the national surveillance data.
Correlation between monthly GDT and traditional surveillance data, however, varied between states. The coefficient of determination, R2, varied from 0.01 in Baja California to 0.88 in Chiapas. Despite the presence of GDT data for the Distrito Federal, the biggest metropolitan area of the country, R2 could not be calculated because there were no reported cases during the study period. Figure 2A shows the coefficients of determination for this relationship in each state. In general, there was a stronger correlation in the southern and western coastal states, with the exception of Baja California.
Darker shading indicates a higher coefficient of determination between GDT and traditional surveillance data from observed data (A) and for predictions from the model using maximum temperature, precipitation and the interaction of those two variables (B).
State-level correlation between GDT and case data was strongest in the states with high annual dengue incidence (Table 1, Figure 3A). States with higher average mean temperature, maximum temperature, and precipitation had significantly higher correlation between GDT and dengue case numbers (Figure 3B–D, Table 1). States with lower average household income, a greater proportion of youths in the population, and less internet access tended to have higher correlations, but these associations were not statistically significant (Table 1). We investigated models incorporating combinations of these variables. A model incorporating maximum temperature, logged precipitation, and the interaction of those two variables described 81% of the variance compared to 67% for the model with only dengue incidence and reduced the AIC from 43 to 39 (Table 1, Table 2). Adding socio-demographic factors to this model did not improve the fit.
The covariates most highly associated with GDT accuracy (Table 1) were average annual dengue cases (A), average annual precipitation (B), mean temperature (C) and maximum temperature (D).
Next, we used this climate-based model to predict the correlation between GDT and case data for all the states, including those where GDT data are not available (Figure 2B). There was general agreement between observed (Figure 2A) and estimated correlation (Figure 2B). Furthermore, the model predicts that for states with higher incidence such as Guerrero, where GDT is not available, GDT may in fact be a good indicator of dengue. However, in states with lower dengue incidence and cooler temperatures, like Chihuahua, GDT may not be an accurate indicator of dengue incidence. Overall, the results show that GDT is a better indicator of real-time incidence in states with high incidence and climate conditions that favor transmission.
At the national level, we found that the official case reports correlated well with GDT. Yet, the correlation between GDT and reported cases varied substantially from state to state, with stronger correlation in states with higher dengue incidence. Climate plays a key role in determining the geographic range and activity of the mosquitoes that transmit DENV. We found that in states with warmer temperatures and greater precipitation, such as Chiapas and Jalisco, GDT was strongly correlated with reported dengue incidence.
The role of climate in DENV transmission, however, is complicated by other biological and socio-demographic factors . Here, however, we did not find that socio-economic factors had a strong influence on the accuracy of GDT. This is particularly important because GDT relies on internet searches, and internet access can vary widely in different settings. We found that Internet access from home was not associated with GDT accuracy, suggesting that even with Internet access in the 30% range, search query data may be robust enough to capture population-level disease dynamics. Internet access will likely only increase in the future, leading to the possibility that greater data flow will improve the accuracy of measures such as GDT. While it is possible that income or internet access do affect GDT accuracy in Mexico, their importance may be overshadowed and confounded by climate, the strongest determinant in our analysis. Our intention was to identify relatively static characteristics that relate to the potential utility of tools like GDT. As such, we used covariate data from the single, most recent year or long-term averages. Future work will build on these findings to determine how temporal variation in relevant covariates may be combined with GDT to improve dengue prediction.
Using the climate-based model, we predicted the utility of GDT for the states where the GDT data are not available. For example, in Guerrero, where GDT is currently not available, our model suggests that it would provide a robust estimate of dengue incidence. Yet, for states where dengue cases are rarer, such as in Chihuahua, the predicted utility of GDT is low. In these areas, where GDT appears to be a poor indicator of local transmission levels, it may nonetheless be a good indicator of some level of health-related activity such as travelers becoming sick in endemic areas, returning home, and searching for dengue information on the Internet. This information would be useful for those interested in estimating local disease burden if not local transmission intensity. Thus, GDT may provide different value in distinct climatic or socio-economic contexts.
Dengue transmission patterns are highly variable and difficult to predict; timely dengue surveillance methods like GDT are needed to keep pace with the spread of the disease. We found that GDT is accurate in areas of high incidence and favorable vector climate conditions. While it appears to be a less robust gauge of local transmission in areas of low incidence and unfavorable climate, it may indicate infections among travelers. As the burden of dengue increases and traditional surveillance efforts struggle to keep pace, novel surveillance tools like GDT can provide timely information to public health officials and contribute to real-time predictive models.
Conceived and designed the experiments: JSB MS MAJ RTG. Performed the experiments: RTG MAJ. Analyzed the data: JSB MAJ MS RTG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSB MAJ MS RTG. Wrote the paper: JSB MAJ MS RTG.
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Here’s How India Can Intelligently Use Its Tech And Human Resources To Check Black Money
The flow of black money can be tackled by using high tech cash tracking devices.
India is possibly one of the few countries which has the technical prowess and human power to pull off such a system.
I have a confession to make for several years, I have been using cash where I could have easily used my credit/debit card and thereby I have inadvertently contributed to the black money menace in India. With the PM’s bold demonetisation move, I guess I paid my karmic retribution by spending time in bank queues for withdrawing cash. We have taken a pledge to not use cash unless absolutely necessary. With that out of the way, I want to share some thoughts for the long term.
One of the biggest revelations from the demonetisation drive is our extreme dependence on cash operations and its sheer scale. Unless we implement a systematic and long term solution, this problem is likely to recur. When I researched the rest of the world, I didn’t find anything that could be directly helpful. Some steps have been taken in other nations - such as, making the notes more secure (Australia), making money-laundering detection operations stronger (USA) or going completely cashless (Sweden). But, I think we need to look at projects like - Where’s George and community initiatives like Neighbourhood Watch for inspiration. I strongly believe that we need a high tech cash tracking system. It should have 2 major components:
● A crowdsourced data gathering operation
● A cash-hoard detection operation that uses sophisticated machine learning algorithms on the data collected.
The crowdsourced data gathering operation will be created by:
A. Raising a new army of citizen volunteers who want to help the government tackle the black money menace
B. Implementing new systems at the RBI and all the banks.
There are already several instances of volunteers helping clear the long queues at the banks during demonetisation. Let us leverage this fervour amongst our citizenry and enlist one volunteer for every 100 citizens in every corner of India. With this band of volunteers, we should do the following:
1. Volunteers will help everyone set-up electronic payment options [UPIPAY, Paytm, Freecharge etc]. For every person they help, they will receive points in a gamified system. This will make it fun for the volunteers. The points can be exchanged for goodies [Firms like Payback can be used for this].
2. The other big task would be to find fake notes and track cash. The government should rollout a smartphone app that can scan currency and detect fakes for the high value notes [500 , 2000..]. Simultaneously, the person scanning the note can geo-locate where the currency note was given or received. Such volunteers will also receive points. By the way, Pakistan has already released a smartphone app that can detect fake currency. There’s no reason why we should be left behind.
3. The government should also have a daily lottery - a currency note serial number will be published and whoever scans that note, will get Rs 1 Lakh as a reward. While every single currency note cannot be tracked using this system, every note that is scanned can serve as a beacon to find cash hoards.
Every bank should replace their cash counting machines with high speed cash counting and scanning machines (which can scan currency numbers and check for fake notes) and upload data into the cloud simultaneously. These machines should be used for any cash deposit or withdrawal transactions above Rs 10,000. As RBI releases new currency notes or receives cash deposits from the banks, they should automatically enter the currency number data into the cloud.
As the data starts flowing, using sophisticated machine learning algorithms we can find patterns of how cash is flowing through the system and use that to point to potential cash hoards and investigate them.
For example, if several volunteers (a threshold number of volunteers automatically computed by the algorithm) uploaded currency note info at a particular geo-location and these notes never resurface anywhere, it could point to a potential cash hoard in that location.
The government can also commandeer electronic payment data from the processing firms (Visa, Mastercard, Rupay, Paytm, Freecharge, Netbanking gateways, ATM transactions etc) and try to correlate with the currency note tracking data. This can yield potential clues on which merchants are doing disproportionately large cash transactions. By correlating with census and demographic data, unusual patterns in currency circulation can be spotted too.
The result of the investigations should also be entered into the system so that the algorithms can autocorrect, learn & become better over time at detecting illegal cash hoards.
India is possibly one of the few countries which has the technical prowess and human power to pull off such a system. I think implementing such a system would remove the cloak of anonymity for cash. This can make everyone think twice before using it.
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Community members and Council staff who took part in the recent kayaking tour of the Gwydir River agreed, the river is generally healthy, and enjoys a good range of fauna living by the river.
The tour, organised by the Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA and the Upper Gwydir Landcare Association, gave local people the opportunity to see the state of the river and what can be done to both improve and maintain the resource.
Learning about the river: A group of local people setting out to learn more about the Gwydir River.
The tour took a group each day on October 31 and November 1, under the guidance of Dr. Mahri Koch from the CMA, and Andrew Fraser and Peter Vaughan from Out and About Adventures.
Along the way, the groups, including Council’s weeds officers, noted various exotic species amongst the natural vegetation. The weeds officers said the trip helped them identify weeds they would not have otherwise seen.
Dr. Koch and others taking part were also shocked to see in one part of the river, trees which had been dozed and heaped together in the bed of the river.
Council staff Nikki Williams and Saul Standerwick pointed out to community members an area on the northern side of the river which has been fenced off from vehicles and horses, and set aside for regeneration.
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