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“Jews don’t fight,” the Russian commander in Defiance snarls at the new recruit, who is a fierce fighter against the Nazis—and a Jew.
Most movies with WWII and Holocaust themes give the false impression that all European Jews were willing victims in their own destruction. The truth is that 10,000 to 20,000 Jews, were “partisans,” who fought the Nazis with guerilla attacks, sabotage and other acts of armed resistance. Only young men and women who could endure the rigors of partisan life were accepted by such groups.
There was one Jewish partisan group known for its anti-Nazi exploits as well as its willingness to save the lives of all Jews–young and old, men and women, laborers and scholars. Lead by three peasant brothers, this group survived for over two years in the forests of eastern Poland and saved over 1,200 lives.
While constantly facing Nazi onslaughts from ground and air and often on the run, they built a thriving community. They lived in underground huts, scavenging the countryside for food, stealing weapons as they could. Defying the specter of despair, they kept their faith alive, yet it was never easy. One day, the rabbi begs God, “Choose another people!”
Based on the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec, the movie dramatizes the essence of this remarkable true story. Under the sure guidance of director/co writer Ed Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai), himself a descendant of East European Jews, Defiance seamlessly alternates between action war flick, history lesson, love story, religious debate and character study of three brothers who can’t decide if they want to embrace or beat one another bloody. They’re heroes, but not saints.
Defiance is beautifully shot in the forests and swamps of Lithuania (about 100 miles away from the actual location in Poland) and replete with fine performances. At 137 minutes, it’s a tad long, but I guarantee you’ll agree, “this is one movie I’m not going to forget.”
It opens with a terrifying montage of the 1941 Nazi invasion of Poland and the brutal round-up of Jews throughout the country. The Bielski brothers escape the city’s ghetto and return to their family farm where they find their elderly parents slaughtered. The only place they can live without being hunted down is deep within the nearby forest. They set up camp and soon more wretched escapees join them. Oldest brother Tuvia (Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace) will not turn anyone away. He would rather save one old woman, he says, than kill ten Nazis. “Our revenge is to live!” he vows.
The desperate conditions inevitably bring out both the best–and the worst–in human nature, and this gritty portrayal of reality is one of Defiance‘s greatest accomplishments. Tuvia insists camp members concentrate on survival rather than vengeance against the Nazis. “We must not become like them!”
“No,” hot-headed brother Zus (Liev Schreiber, Manchurian Candidate) replies, “but at least we can kill like them.” He leaves to join the Soviet troops.
Slivers of civilized life miraculously endure. There are chess games and violin playing, even romance. The youngest brother, Asail (Jamie Bell, Flags of Our Fathers) wins the hand of Bella (Mia Wasikowska, TVs In Treatment), the girl he rescued, and Tuvia falls in love with Lilka (Alexa Davalos, The Mist), who nurses him back to life when felled by typhus. In the harshness of war, women no longer played traditional roles. Working and fighting side by side with men, the women of the Bielski camp shared equally the burdens and the triumphs of survival. | <urn:uuid:472e82c2-ba83-4675-8016-993b2fef434a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.boldlife.com/defiance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.953278 | 825 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Dear Fellow Iconographers
Have you ever wondered about the stories associated with Saints and Icons- how they have been carried down through the ages? Joseph Campbell spoke in “The Power of the Myth” about how human beings have a thirst and hunger for stories that can help them understand and give significance and meaning to their experiences in present time.
The stories of St. Nicholas helping the poor, or St. Francis preaching to the birds, or the modern day story of the marine being saved by Saint Michael in the trenches in Korea in 1950, and so many more, are thoughts that keep us going when things are difficult.
Stories about Mary, her graceful obedience to God’s plan for her life and the many blessings that followed, and Kateri Tekakwitha’s life of prayer and faith inspire us to stand for God’s plans for our lives. In Icon class we read recently about “obedience” and how that played out in the lives of some of the prophets.
These Icons, saints and stories add richness to the fabric of our lives. They lend strength and hope to our everyday lives. If you know of any good books or reading materials that focus on miracles and stories of saints, please share those in the comments section of this blog. Winter is coming and a good reading list will be a help to us all!
Here is a link to the “Icons and Their Interpretation” blog that tells the lovely story of Saint Irene and Her apples. I think you’ll enjoy it!
Another interesting link I’d like to share is about a contemporary Byzantine graffiti artist Fikos in Athens, from an interview in “The Orthodox Arts Journal.
Here’s a link to a description of a new Icon class I will be teaching in Philmont, NY this fall on Thursday evenings beginning Sept 15, 6-9PM
Upcoming Classes and RETREATS:
Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY:
June 16-18, 2017 Introduction to Icon Writing Class
March 21 – Friday, March 24 Advanced Master Class in Icon Writing
St. James Episcopal Church, Madison Ave. NYC
June 9-11, 2017 Introduction to Icon Writing
ADVANCED ICON WRITING CLASS IN ALBANY Westminster Presbyterian Church
Monday evenings 6-9PM New students beginning Sept. 19.
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Iphone Messages Green Blocked. Step 2 tap edit icon in the upper. It means he probably is ignoring your text.
To activate it, navigate to settings > messages. When an android user joins the chat, their message bubbles turn green. Do this, why don’t you try replying to text messages 30 minutes later.
Sending Text Or Imessage To The Iphone Number To Check For Block.
Facetime and location sharing are also off. Imessage goes blue but turns green after some time. When you know, someone owns an iphone, and your messages with that person suddenly turn green.
Launch The Iphone Message Recovery Software On Your Computer And Select “Recover From Ios Device”.
If the imessage fails to send and after repeated attempts at sending the. In other words, they have a mac, iphone, or ipad. This is an indication that your imessages might be blocked.however, this is just an indication, not a guarantee, as we.
The Answer Is, Unfortunately, Not Straightforward.
If you still have a doubt that they’ve blocked you, try to call the blocker while hiding your number. To view and manage your list of blocked contacts and phone. To activate it, navigate to settings > messages.
Blue Means You Are Communicating With Someone Through Apple's Ecosystem:
When an android user joins the chat, their message bubbles turn green. Do this, why don’t you try replying to text messages 30 minutes later. Step 1 launch the messages app.
Reply To Text Messages According To Their Priority Level.
Rememeberlessfool.blogspot.com if you see a green. Blue or green has nothing to do with being blocked. There is no way to tell if someone blocks you. | <urn:uuid:743d9de9-0ac8-4d94-b83c-56f7a9145431> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://open-mask.org/iphone-messages-green-blocked/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.887613 | 378 | 1.898438 | 2 |
I often have people stare at me blankly when I introduce myself as the patient navigator at Netcare Milpark Breast Care Centre of Excellence. I actually had one of my dear friends ask if I stand in the foyer of the hospital and direct people to the department they’re looking for. I couldn’t help but chuckle as I started to explain my role. Clearly, the title can be misleading and is often misused, and since it’s a fairly new role in South Africa, I will explain exactly what a navigator is, and why it’s crucial to have one in all oncology units.
Many years ago, when patient navigation was first introduced, its initial purpose was to address the health disparities amongst women with breast cancer. Dr Harold P. Freeman started an official patient navigation programme at Harlem Hospital in New York City to reduce the rates of women, in low-income communities, coming in with advanced stage breast cancer.
Once he implemented the programme, navigators worked with women in those respective communities by educating them on breast health, sending them for mammograms, and following up if further evaluation was needed, due to any abnormalities. The result of this significantly reduced the number of women coming in with advanced stage cancer, and in turn increased survival rates.
As the position evolved, the role of the navigator has expanded. Today, coordination of services and liaising with the multi-disciplinary team (radiologists, surgeons, oncologists and other therapists) is vital to decrease fragmentation of care for the patient. Counselling patients who are dealing with any emotional, mental or physical distress related to breast cancer is also a huge component of navigation. The goal of the navigator should be to decrease as much stress as possible during the patient’s course of treatment.
Simply put, navigators walk with patients from cancer diagnosis all the way to recovery, to ensure a smooth transition in their clinical journey. It has not only become a critical role in cancer clinics, but other chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease as well.
This is an example of how I would work with a patient who is newly diagnosed: once a patient is diagnosed, I will reach out by either setting up an appointment or calling the patient to introduce myself and explain my role in the clinic. Since my preference is to meet my patients face-to-face, I partake in ward rounds every day to meet the patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsies, as this is typically done very soon after diagnosis.
After the biopsy, I will set up an appointment for the patient to see the specialist to discuss the multi-disciplinary team’s recommended treatment. Regardless of which step in the clinical pathway is next, it is my duty to ensure that the patient is well-informed and ready for treatment. Some examples include: re-explaining the type of surgery the patient is to undergo; counselling them on how to cope with side effects of chemo, radiation and endocrine therapy; or simply assisting the patient if they’re experiencing any form of distress.
As the patient continues through their journey, I will ensure that each of their specialist appointments are made in a timely manner. I will frequently follow up with both the doctor and the patient to make sure there aren’t any issues along the way.
With the way healthcare systems are being set up in this day and age, it is vital that there is one individual tracking the journey of the cancer patient. In hospitals all over the world, each specialist could potentially work in a different facility, which can create a confusing and stressful journey for the patient. Not only do they have to deal with their diagnosis, but also the coordinating of the many doctors and therapists they have to be treated by. With a patient navigator, this journey is simplified and more tolerable as the patient has an advocate to walk with them to recovery. | <urn:uuid:dae0dd3a-c2ea-4852-af1b-34ea0a6ec3e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.buddiesforlife.co.za/navigation-with-krupa-parekh-padia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.962207 | 796 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Citizen involvement key to DeKalb County government reform
By Guest Columnist ALLEN MOYE, a lifelong resident of DeKalb County who recently retired as a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s office and the Fulton County District Attorney’s office
The Georgia General Assembly has gone home. We have no new cities for DeKalb County, but we continue to face nettlesome questions about governing ourselves. No matter how many cities we divide ourselves into, we cannot secede from DeKalb County.
Instead of ignoring its problems, we must make sure that it is operated efficiently and honestly.
My own view is that despite recent problems, DeKalb County government has for the most part served us well over the past 30 years. In 1998, DeKalb was named an “All American County.”
I am probably biased. For almost 10 years, from the mid-1970s to the mid-‘80s, I was involved in that era’s reorganization effort. In 1979, I chaired the charter commission known as the DeKalb County Government Reorganization Commission.
Citizen involvement was essential at that time. Despite the opposition of elected county leaders, citizens took control and designed a government that separated the executive and legislative functions, in part to stop the Commissioners from meddling in the day-to-day operations of the county departments.
In 1982, citizens decisively rejected the old commission-county manager system, and replaced it with the current system.
Despite that history, some commissioners have suggested the return to a commission-county manager form as the tonic for current problems. They claim the current form of government fosters a “culture of corruption,” which boiled to the surface with the indictment of the CEO.
What we must realize is that good government requires both a good form of government and honest and dedicated people to lead and manage that government. In reality, our government works in counties across the country, and in cities in Georgia.
There is little contemporary evidence that returning to the commission-county manager government would eliminate corruption. Just ask voters in Gwinnett or Fulton, where that form of government exists.
In Gwinnett, one former commissioner is in federal prison; another is under indictment, and a former chair resigned rather than face indictment. In Fulton, the county manager hid information about improper actions of sitting commissioners, for whom he works, until after they were re-elected in 2012.
Only if a new city completely eliminates the need for county government is the creation of that city a solution for problems in the county.
As a resident of Decatur, I can attest to the benefits of living in a city, but neither my city government nor my city taxes has eliminated reliance on DeKalb County for some services.
County services are essential for every city, existing or proposed. Even if a city government can offer police services at a lower cost, DeKalb County still provides the jail and the court system.
No city, existing or proposed, intends to replace the County’s water and sewer services, despite steadily climbing water and sewer rates amid allegations of mismanagement and possible corruption. Even if we create cities which cover all of DeKalb County, the problems of the County must be solved.
We now have a chance to step away from rhetoric filled with vitriol and hyperbole, to carefully and deliberately consider causes and solutions for problems in county government. There is time to ask hard questions of elected officials and ourselves, rather than settling for short-sighted solutions, which only plant seeds of tomorrow’s problems.
Are the problems caused by the form of government, or by the people running that government? Will changing internal policies or procedures improve the delivery of county services? What impact will new cities have on current and future needs and responsibilities of county government? Would the reduction in the size of commission districts increase our sense of connection to the county? How willing are we to pay for additional government services, and, for that matter, for additional governments?
The future of our county merits and demands thoughtful consideration of these and other issues, and we as citizens must claim a role in this process.
Wisely, Interim CEO Lee May and Commissioner Kathy Gannon have begun that conversation, and I strongly urge them to continue and expand it. Especially if the push for new cities continues, we need to develop and implement a careful plan for a diminished but still critical county government.
We cannot and should not delegate that to elected leaders alone.
This process will take time and be difficult, but the choice we face is to define our own future or leave it to others to do it for us. I for one don’t want to wake up following some future General Assembly or referendum and find that we face even more problems than we have today. | <urn:uuid:839ba64e-2119-4ecd-a9ef-5aa2691482df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://saportareport.com/citizen-involvement-key-to-dekalb-county-government-reform/columnists/guestcolumn/guestcolumnist/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.963838 | 999 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Kick ball. The game with the ball being kicked over the net
Net games is either played by an individual player or in pairs. The game involves you hitting a ball or shuttlecock over the net, aim to score serious amount of points.
Badminton Hockey has a net and is played with a puck.
The only one that comes to mind right now is lacrosse.
tennis,soccer, basketballAnswerAll that are played with a rounded ball straight up.tennis, soccer, badminton, netball, basketball,
Basketball, Soccer, Volley ball, Netball, tennis, ping pong, Birdie, ...if theres anything else..idk
On the Web "net" Call of duty play 10 games fish - ing accounting net loss
BaseballSoftballIce hockey (played with a puck and a net)American footballGolfPolo
There are many reasons how v-ball and b-ball are alike... Answers include (but are not limited to)... -they both have a ball (no DUH) -played all around the world -the game is played with a net (in some way, shape, or form...) (v-ball would be the net that the game is played around... b-ball would be the net on the hoop) -ETC!!!! | <urn:uuid:261c15e6-5950-4394-a6e0-d0197c2e44d2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sports.answers.com/Q/What_games_are_played_with_a_net_and_no_ball | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.949119 | 283 | 2.5625 | 3 |
True to the spirit of The Ill-Made Knight, the Long Sword features engaging politics, sprawling battles, hangovers and lechery, action and adventure, valor and audacity, true friendship, ordeals and meaningless wars, fighting prowess, blackmail, feats of arms and, of course, swords, all set in years where violence was daily happenstance and “swordplay was a form of human communication”.
Calais, 1381. Sir William Gold and his retinue, as well as Chaucher and Froissart, still wait for clearance to embark for England. Little snippets of conversation, meaningful glances and references to Prince Lionel's Italian wedding hint how deep the relationship runs between Chaucer and Gold. As another night approaches, William is ready to relate more tales of his youth, and this time he takes us in Venice and on the Alexandrian Crusade. Freshly knighted, William leaves John Hawkwood to keep his oath to go on a Crusade to his spiritual savior, Father Pierre Thomas, Grand Master of the Order of St. John, the Hospitallers. Along with longtime friend Fiore de' Liberi, he leaves the prospect of riches, fame and women to serve as a donat in the order, a low ranked volunteer, and goes back to Avignon under the orders of Fra Peter Mortimer. In companionship with other returning characters from the previous novel, and new ones such as the witty Nerio Acciaiuoli, William witnesses and actively takes part in the preparation for the Alexandrian Crusade, whose command falls on King Peter of Cyprus, a young and ambitious knight of great renown and high repute, with whom William eventually gets well acquainted on both a personal and professional level. To his disappointment, he quickly realizes the real battle is first with the inner enemies of the crusade and his own personal foes, while aiding the Hospitallers and the King of Cyprus in their quest to gather an army and seeking financial support for the emprise.
This time the starting pace of the narrative is more gradual, as probably required by the complexity of the events around William: he is not a mere cook boy, or an ill-armored routier living by the day in France, he's a professional knight who actually meets many of the most influential players of the period and who becomes a piece in the branched board of the Pope’s and Emperor’s feud.
As its predecessor, this book has plenty of humorous episodes, and William the narrator quickly captivates his audience with his story dropping hints for things to come and seasoning the passages with witty remarks and a lot of irony, but at the core, it is a tale of more mature scope and depth. He carefully discloses the political struggles and personal enmities playing out against the backdrop of the Crusade and its preparation in years 1364 and 1365, and the reader easily immerse in the flavor of the XIV century.
"Old hand at making war" (in a society where you're "older than dirt" at 40, I suppose early twenties compare to full maturity), Sir William is a man of enough consequence to become privy of some of the inner workings of the subtle and violent game of crowns which is afoot. Dumbfounded, every step he takes seems to lead him deeper into a dark maze of political intrigue, power strife, trade interests, bankers and internecine warfare.
Eager to live by his convictions, but no fool, William gradually comes to understand that he knows very little of the ways of “kings and princes and cardinals and popes” and at first, en route to Venice, his behavior is still brash and sweetly arrogant in the self-absorbed flush of his youthful exuberance, he faces challenges openly, angrily, and thinks that the rightfulness of his Order’s purpose will win the day. He’s soon to be disabused of such romantic notions and I loved the way he slowly learns through a personal “road to Damascus about temper” the fine art of keeping (every so often) his anger in check and to wager battle with words, reaching the conclusion that “I could not kill everyone I disliked” (in the anticlimactic final confrontation with d'Herblay, for one, he manages to uphold).
However, he is full of contradictions, tormented by his love for Emile and the temptation of fleeting pleasures, and always wonderfully human in a very flawed way. No sooner had he reached an epiphany than his newfound resolutions are sorely tested. Violence and piety, chastity and carnality, friendship and egoism: William’s sense of humor sums (most of) it up nicely when, lost in his dark thoughts, he wonders why his friend Miles never seems in need of “a wench or a confessor”.
Again, William is not shy to indulge his audience with tales of his amorous encounters (that is, before he vows to forsake his libertine ways and focus on his lady par amours, striving towards the ideal of courtly love. Delectably enough, he often wavers in his resolve) or to relate his failures and the hard consequences of many of his mistakes. Of course the concept of sin and spirituality play an important part in the book, as religion cannot be excluded when dealing with a crusade or the society of that time in general, or with the disastrous combined effect of the “profession of arms” and the “profession of Christ”.
Of the first part of the book, I absolutely loved Venice and the events set in Krakow, and the engaging description of the tournament. It’s quick paced, superbly detailed and entertaining. As William gains new allies, like Nicholas Sabraham (well-known to Chaucer) and counts on his faithful friend donats, he also gains new foes, such as the powerful bishop Robert of Geneva, and confronts old acquaintances like his nemesis, the Bourc Camus, or the Count d’Herblay whose personal hate for William drives him to the brim of insanity.
The chapter about the eventful journey to Alexandria, the crusaders deployment and the battle aftermath is richly detailed, with scenes from naval battles –in full harness- to clashes with naphtha bombing Mamluks. Here William's narration takes a somber, almost detached quality, as if reminiscing the horrors of the Alexandrian Crusade through the emotions of both his younger and older self needs just chronicling to present the facts poignantly.
William’s paramount devotion to Father Pierre helps him to overcome the painful moments when the bright paint starts to crack, and the meat of the crusade emerge in its wretched and gruesome reality. His faith in the ideals of Chivalry and in the godly purposes of a few is thwarted in front of the more secular attitude and the evident shortcomings of his so-called allies, he eventually sees beyond the charade put up by most of the people sworn to battle for Christianity and acknowledges the bitter truth that, not even so much deep down, noble ideals and the quest for the true faith are just excuses to engage in power plays and to pursue economic interests, paltry self-righteousness to cover the little petty squabbles of men. Through grappling and loss, William reinvents, and rebuilds the very foundations of his personal hope. His new level of self-awareness and understanding of the importance of love and friendship in life reveal maybe a more balanced character, less prone to childish impetus but not disdainful of worldly affairs and still utterly amusing (and thrilling delectable to read about!).
I like that William is not a character of pure black and white morality, he lays open his inward grief and a flinch factor, during the tale he gets broken in body and spirit but he rises again because actions matter, the sacrifices for a purpose, a cause or for another person are, ultimately, never vain, or at least "it matters to the men who are in it. Even when the cause is worthless". Disenchanted, he still abides by the ideals of chivalry, revels in the genuine friendship of his companions, and hacks down anything that moves for good measure of survival, aptly called “the time of the longsword”.
Christian Cameron delights us with vivid descriptions of the period, his knowledge is vast and well documented; fictions facts and historical evidence are cleverly mingled together and his storytelling is surely enriched by his personal experience in medieval dueling. As in the previous novel, the descriptions of battle techniques, of military strategies deployed (or lack thereof), of armors and warships, of historical background and culture add to the tale and don’t dam up the flow of the narration. This time of course there are more such moments, as the readers are swept from Italian communes to Greece and then to Egypt all the way beneath the walls of mighty Alexandria.
On the editing and proofreading: fortunately, this time typos and errant punctuation do not reach the dismaying levels of the previous novel. Anyway, the editor should make up his mind about spelling; it's either "Accaioulo" or "Acciaioli" (“Acciaiuoli" would be better though). On other notes, I thought the Guelfs supported the Pope and the Ghibellines the Holy Roman Emperor, not the other way about, as the factions are presented in Verona. Am I missing something? Or confusing things like Admiral Contarini described as a man of sixty-five years old and a few pages later of “being over eighty”. And what’s with Miles Stapleton getting knighted both in Rhodes and on the sand of Alexandria? I think the editing still falls short of the standard one would expect from Orion, a veritable ricocheting blow for readers planning to buy a hardcover edition of a favorite book.
I liked better the first book, but this second could not count on the novelty of the format and the slower pace is probably intrinsic to 400 pages spanning only two years of one main character’s career.
William Gold is such fun! I am looking forward to the next book. Like The Ill-Made Knight, The long sword can be appreciated as a standalone book, and the epilogue opens for more tales of the brilliant 25-years-old knight and returning crusader. The author is planning three more installments, depending on the sale figures of the current novels.
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Take a moment to think about all of the data your business currently has stored digitally. Customer account documents, databases, financial statements, years of tax documents, personnel records, presentations, inventory/sales, the list goes on and on.
All of this data is important and worth saving. From a business perspective, this data likely keeps your company up and running. Unfortunately, there are numerous ways data can be lost, including cyber-attacks, viruses, computer crashes, power outages, and human error.
Worrying about losing data isn’t something you have to lose sleep over if you have an active data backup strategy.
March 31st is World Backup Day and there’s no better time to evaluate your business backup plan.
Three Backup Strategies
A common rule of thumb for keeping important data from disappearing forever is the 3-2-1 Rule. It dictates that you should:
- Have THREE copies of your data. One is a primary backup and two are copies.
- Save copies of your backups on TWO different types of media or devices.
- ONE backup copy should be kept offsite in case of disaster.
Each of these points is meant to create data redundancy to ensure that you always have your data available to you in case the worst happens. That said, your backups should be kept current to prevent data loss of more current files. Ideally, schedule backups to happen daily and at night when there’s minimal business activity.
Choosing Your Backup Options
The right backup storage strategy for a particular business is going to depend on how much data an organization has and how it is used, but in general, the best option for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is often network attached storage (NAS).
A NAS solution connects to a local area network, such as your WiFi router via Ethernet, and is used for sharing data among multiple different users who are also connected to the local area network. The device itself is usually comprised of multiple hard disk drives (HDDs).
Each HDD can store different data, or they can be configured to mirror data on another drive to create more data redundancy. More on that in a moment.
You can think of NAS as a mini on-site cloud. It can be configured to serve as a collaborative file server, web server, virtual machine, backup target and media center.
Best of all, a NAS system can scale as your business grows, and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. A company may start with a two-bay NAS solution that can host two HDDs or can expand to a rack-mounted enterprise-grade box with two-dozen drive bays, or anywhere in between.
Another option for SMBs is direct attached storage, or DAS. As the name suggests, DAS is connected directly to a computer. This allows for extra storage for backing up data but lacks the network-wide applications and collaborative potential of NAS. Direct-attached storage can feature HDDs for massive capacity or solid-state drives for high-performance.
One method many SMBs choose to utilize is RAID (redundant array of independent disks) to help provide adequate levels of data redundancy and protection.
RAID can be used on NAS, DAS, or on its own with a single computer. RAID allows multiple drives to appear as a single volume.
There are multiple levels of RAID and each level offers different benefits but can also add complexity. RAID-enabled NAS or DAS systems either come preconfigured for a particular RAID set or allow for configuring certain RAID levels.
Choosing the right RAID level for your SMB will be determined by your particular needs and priorities including performance, capacity and cost. Instead of breaking down every RAID level, here is a quick overview of only the levels that are best suited for SMBs.
This is the lowest cost option and allows multiple disks to appear as a single drive. Performance is great at this level with high write and read speeds. However, since this level utilizes data striping to distribute data over multiple drives without extra copies, if a drive fails, the data is lost. As such, this level should not be considered without extra levels of data redundancy.
This configuration is often called disk mirror and copies the same data over multiple drives or multiple volumes within the same drive. This gives great data redundancy, because if one drive in the array fails, the same information is already saved on another disk so it’s not lost. This is a great option for data security, but certainly demands higher capacity since the amount of data is essentially doubled in the mirroring process.
RAID 10 is really RAID 1+0 and is a combination of the two. Like RAID 0, data is striped and written across multiple disks. Like RAID 1, that data is mirrored across multiple volumes or drives. This allows for the benefits of performance with high read/writes and the data redundancy in case a drive fails. However, it requires at least four drives and capacity is cut in half so it can also be more costly.
This is likely the most popular RAID configuration for SMBs. Data is striped and divided across three or more disks. Raw recovery information, called parity, is also included. If the system detects that a disk is failing, the data can be rebuilt without the array failing. It also allows for a drive to be “hot swappable” which means it can be replaced without shutting down the system first. This RAID level allows for data redundancy thanks to parity, but requires extra storage space. Performance for live write-intensive applications can take a hit since data is striped across multiple data blocks.
Pairing RAID and NAS
RAID can run separately from a NAS. Likewise, your NAS doesn’t have to be configured for RAID. However, after weighing the options, many SMBs ultimately determine that their data backup strategy is best suited to a RAID array within a NAS.
Whatever option is best for your small business, remember to also follow the 3-2-1 Backup Rule and keep current back-up copies in multiple places – physically and digitally.
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If you're clinging to the last few days of summer, while simultaneously excited for the beginning of fall, this Banana Cake with Almond Buttercream is for you! This cake is topped with an almond chocolate buttercream and garnished with champagne grapes, fresh figs, kumquats and sliced almonds to thrill the taste buds.
Tips for Using Bananas in Cakes
Measure by volume, not by bananas
When it comes to making banana cake, I would suggest measuring the bananas by volume/weight instead of the number of bananas. A lot of recipes will mention using a certain number of ripe bananas, but I've found that using a specific unit of measurement helps to get the best most consistent results every single time.
Why do you want to use old bananas?!
Usually, banana cake recipes require the use of ripe or "old" bananas. This is due to a number of reasons!
- Ripe bananas can be used as an egg replacement in baking as they help provide structure as the cake rises
- The soft consistency makes the bananas much easier to mash uniformly
- This makes the bananas incorporate more smoothly into your batter
- Ripe bananas are sweeter and much more full of concentrated flavor as they ripen
When are your bananas considered ripe?
The darker the banana... the better. Once your banana skin has a number of brown freckles and large brown spots you know you're ready for them to be used! Honestly... there's no banana that's "Too ripe" when it comes to banana bread making.
To start the ripening process, allow the bananas to ripen at room temperature. Depending on the temperature in your kitchen, they could be ready in a few days or in a week. If you want to quicken the process, I would suggest placing the bananas in a brown paper bag for a few days and then check in on them!
Never throw away those "old" dark brown bananas! Stick them in the freezer to use the next time you make banana based baked goods - your future self will thank you!
How to make banana cake with sour cream
Step 1: Whisk dry ingredients. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together. Set the mixture aside.
Step 2: Beat oil and sugars. Add the coconut oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy.
Step 3: Add the egg. Next, add the egg and continue beating while scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Step 4: Add the remaining wet ingredients. Add the sour cream and the mashed bananas. Gently mix to combine.
Step 5: Mix the dry and wet ingredients. In the bowl with the wet mixture, add the dry ingredients and mix until a thick and sturdy batter forms (similar to a pancake batter). Be sure not to overmix!
Step 6: Bake. Pour the cake batter into your prepared cake pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Step 7: Let it cool. Be sure to let the cake cool completely on a cooling rack before moving on to assembly and decorating.
Within this recipe, we will be adding melted almond chocolate wafers into our buttercream. It is TRULY so delicious - here's how it's done!
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth with the paddle attachment.
- Add approximately half of the powdered sugar and beat again. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the rest of the powdered sugar. Continue beating for a few minutes, scraping the sides as needed, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Finally add melted chocolate and continue beating until the frosting is thick and fluffy. Spread across the top of your cake,cooled top with fresh fruit and enjoy!
Assembling your Single Layer Cake
Once you've prepared all the cake components - it's time to assemble your cake! First off, spread the almond buttercream on top of your banana cake.
Utilizing a spoon or an offset spatula, create swirls and swoops to your liking into the buttercream! I used a small spoon to create the swirls you see above.
Add the decoration of your liking on top! I added a couple of different layers of toppings, starting with some chopped champagne grapes, fresh figs, kumquats and sliced almonds sprinkled around the edge. That's it - your single-layer banana cake with almond buttercream is ready and waiting for you!
Flavoring your buttercream with chocolate
Although I am a huge fan of the almond chocolate linked above, you can certainly substitute any chocolate of your choice for this buttercream recipe!
Whether you’re more of a milk chocolate fan, white chocolate fan – or perhaps you’re more adventurous! There are so many chocolate varieties these days, my favorites come from Valrhona (their Inspiration chocolate line is out of this WORLD).
Tips to make the best banana cake
- For a smaller, single-layer cake, you can bake the cake in an 8-inch cake pan. You’ll just need to reduce the cooking time a bit.
- Use room temperature eggs and butter for the best results and even baking.
- Don’t overmix your batter! An overworked batter may result in a tough, chewy cake.
Want to keep things simple? Instead of the buttercream, decorate the banana cake with cream cheese frosting.
Frequently asked questions
While both of these banana-forward baked goods are a great way to use over-ripened bananas, they’re not quite the same. Banana cake generally has a tender, moist, and fluffy texture, while banana bread is usually heavy and crumbly. Not to mention, banana cakes are typically frosted and banana bread is not.
Absolutely! Divide the batter into a lined muffin tin and bake at 350ºF for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. As always, let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
The batter yields a delightful density somewhere right in the middle! The baked cake is sturdy, pleasantly bouncy, and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
Sour cream and full-fat plain Greek yogurt can be used interchangeably in many baked goods, including this banana cake. Baking cakes with sour cream or Greek yogurt helps them taste rich and moist.
To freeze, make sure your cake has cooled completely, and then wrap it in a couple of layers of plastic wrap and a layer of foil or a freezer-safe bag. Freeze for 3 to 4 months. When you’re ready to enjoy the cake, let it thaw at room temperature for 3 to 4 hours and then frost.
Other Banana Recipes to Consider
- Coconut Banana Muffins
- Banana Bread with a Crunch
- Sourdough Walnut Banana Bread
- Coconut, Rum and Caramelized Banana Bread
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Banana Cake with Almond Buttercream
- Stand Mixer with Paddle and Whisk Attachment
- 6 inch Cake Pan for a tall Single Layer Cake
- 8 inch Cake Pan for a shorter Single Layer Cake
- Parchment Paper
- Cooling Rack
- 1 Cups (125 g) All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¼ Cup (55 g) Coconut Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ Cup (67 g) Granulated Sugar
- ¼ Cup (55 g) Light Brown Sugar, packed
- 1 Large Egg, room temperature
- ¼ Cup (58 g) Sour Cream
- 1.5 (180 g) Ripe Bananas, mashed
- ½ Cup (113 g) Unsalted Butter , Room Temperature
- 1 Cup (120 g) Powdered Sugar
- ½ Cup (71 g) Melted Almond Chocolate, *See note for substitution
- Champagne Grapes, Figs, Kumquats, Almonds
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine all your dry ingredients – flour, baking soda and salt in a medium-sized bowl, give it a whisk and set aside.1 Cups All-Purpose Flour, ½ teaspoon Baking Soda, ¼ teaspoon Salt
- Add the coconut oil, vanilla extract and sugars into a large bowl and beat together until well mixed.⅓ Cup Granulated Sugar, ¼ Cup Coconut Oil, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, ¼ Cup Light Brown Sugar
- Add the egg, then scrape the bowl making sure ingredients are mixed well. Then add the sour cream, mix and finally add the mashed bananas mixing until combined.1 Large Egg, ¼ Cup Sour Cream, 1.5 Ripe Bananas
- Add the dry ingredients, and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into a greased 6-inch cake pan and bake for 40-45 minutes. For a shorter single-layer cake, you can always instead bake your cake in an 8-inch cake pan for a shorter amount of time. Make sure to check that the cake is fully baked with a toothpick before removing it from the oven and allowing it to cool completely before assembling.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth with the paddle attachment.½ Cup Unsalted Butter
- Add approximately half of the powdered sugar and beat again. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the rest of the powdered sugar. Continue beating for a few minutes, scraping the sides as needed, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.1 Cup Powdered Sugar
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Climate Change, COVID-19, and Global Systemic Change
Issues such as climate change, which are directly linked to global health pandemics such as COVID-19, demonstrate the urgent imperative to implement responsible tourism management. This viewpoint makes the case for developing responsible pathways forward – away from top-down economic growth models, towards centering the need for heightened environmental and socially sustainable and responsible practices. The pause on tourism from COVID-19 provides an opportunity for new pathways forward that consider the dire situation of the planet. Authors present the Future of Tourism Coalition’s Guiding Principles as a practical model for tourism destinations to manage and develop tourism more holistically.
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Architectural Construction Documents Drafting in Outsourcing Model
Architectural construction documents drafting is an arduous work. However, architects have benefited from IT technology by applying both design softwares and outsourcing prodocution model.
Architects were reluctant to outsource their work, since they thought their projects would be out of control if they outsource. However, during the global financial crisis, they have to cut their cost and some architectural firms even let go their CAD departments. Architects feel obligated to complete their limited projects within more limited budget. In this circumstance, more and more architects and architectural firms try to outsource their work to lower their cost.
Some architects got a successful experience with outsourcing, however, others didn't. What makes the differences?
The first variable that makes the difference is what architects outsource. Generally, architectural design includes three phases: schematic design, design development and construction documents (or construction drawings). In term of architectural drafting workload, construction documents phase requires most architectural cad drafting work, while schematic design and development require much less. However, the early phases require more creative work, more communication work with owner and more site investigation. Those are the reasons why architects should outsource during construction documents phase instead of during schematic design or design development phase.
The second variable that makes the difference is the work procedure between architects and architectural drafting companies.
Comparing with in-house production, outsourcing production model lacks of the availability of face-to-face communication. Also, there are usually time difference between architects and architectural drafting companies. Sometimes, the time difference is 12 hours. That's to say, when architects are working, architectural drafting companies are sleeping and when architectural drafting companies are working, architects are sleeping. Thus, their communication lies in e-mail a lot and instant communication is available only if either architects or architectural drafting companies work overtime.
However, those weaknesses could be converted into strengths if the work procedure is set properly. Architects should clarify what final output should be. A go-by set is very helpful both for architects to get what they need and for architectural drafting companies to follow. Also, architects should set up several check points (submittal schedules) with architectural drafting companies before they start. For examples, if architects require three-time submittals for reviewing the progress drawings, architects should define what each submittals should include, such as, site plan, floor plans, roof plan and building sections are needed for the first-time submittal from architectural drafting companies. Once the work procedure is set well, time differences could turn into advantage of outsourcing - when architectural drafting companies could incorporate architects' comments or markups and send back the revised drawings for reviewing before architects get up the next day. In this way, drawings could proceed 24 hours per day.
The third variable in succeeding in outsourcing construction documents is response - whether the architectural drafting companies are responsive or not. Good architectural drafting companies are always responsive to architects' needs at any time. Being responsive could eliminate the geographic distances between architects and architectural drafting companies. If architects work with good architectural drafting companies, they won't feel any distance between. Even more, they feel more convenient, since they don't have to manage those draftsmen.
Architects outsource their architectural construction documents work not only because they want to lower cost, but also because sometimes, they want to catch up with submittal schedules. If they are aware of the variables above, they can both save cost and improve production obviously; however, if they are not aware of these variables, they will fail in outsourcing drafting work.
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This is a map I bought from Ebay. Before I frame it, I scanned it so that we can all examine it in detail. I scanned it in six different sections and stitched it together in Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE). Derek Monroe found the date for this map: “That’s a page from the 1924 Racine and Kenosha Plat book.http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx…”
Careful — this links to a full-resolution 19 megabyte JPG: City of Racine Map Section 3
John Buppa says: Todd, that whole section on the lower left including the 5 large lots and the lower section, as far South as Durand I think, were known as the Pierce Farm. Joshua Pierce owned well over 150 acres there at one time. I believe the old Italianate style brick home at 2800 Taylor & Pierce may have been his homestead when he died. The 5 lots you see on that map were owned by his children; Rose Briggs, Anna Selden, Lafayette Pierce, William Pierce & Libby Coryell and Mrs Aaron (Francis) Wood. I’m guessing that’s how Pierce Woods came to be. Here’s Joshua’s obit from 21 Dec 1904. | <urn:uuid:0e374b9d-bc19-45b1-b461-7d3577246a89> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vindustries.com/racinehistory/features/city-of-racine-map-section-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.953317 | 278 | 1.9375 | 2 |
We all know the joy and warm feeling we get when a baby smiles at us. There is nothing quite like the moment when a baby breaks into a gummy grin, especially if you feel like you are the reason for the grin. It’s almost like you’ve personally made the sun shine.
This is the same feeling a baby experiences when their caregiver smiles at them. When a baby receives a smile, and smiles in return there is a release of hormones that help with baby’s brain development. When babies exchange smiles with their caregivers it gives them a feeling of safety and security. That the world they live in is a safe place. This exchange of smiles is the beginning of learning to interact and how to have social relationships. For infants smiling and frowning are the first steps towards conversation and learning how to communicate feelings.
Parents often ask when their baby will smile. When can they expect to see these little rays of sunshine poking through the clouds of sleepless nights? For most babies they will first be able to form a social smile at around six weeks. For those first six weeks though your baby will be watching you smile, and enjoying the good feelings that seeing you smile brings. So even when they aren’t yet able to form a smile in return your loving grins are still helping to develop their brains and social skills.
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CURRENT June 15, 2020 – The AICPA, in session making use of the FASB together with the SEC, has introduced the subsequent techie Question and Answer (TQA) 3200.18, Borrower Accounting for a Forgivable debt gotten according to the home business government Paycheck safeguards course. The following summaries the direction found in this TQA.
Salary shelter course (PPP) is made included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and money Security work (CARES operate) to deliver particular small business owners with financial products to aid their own operations. Cash advance loans happen to be intended to be forgiven if some must (discussed here) tends to be met. These summaries PPP loan and forgives bookkeeping for Not-For-Profit (NFP) and for-profit businesses (business organizations).
The sales for PPP financing proceeds might end up being accounted for as either personal debt or an administration grant (sum) based on whether or not the enterprise anticipates the loan is forgiven.
Bookkeeping for NFPs
NFP agencies fundamentally has two choices:
Option 1 – history the mortgage as loans whenever received. Under this approach attention was accrued as received and mortgage forgiveness might accounted for as a contributions. Contained in the meaning of a contribution certainly is the decrease in obligations. As soon as the forgiveness software is approved and also the forgivable numbers determined, your debt would be taken out and share earnings taped.
Solution 2 – Treat the PPP loan as a conditional contribution if been given. This accounting is better made use of once the goal is to have the full measure forgiven. Contributions are either conditional or unconditional. Conditional advantages feature a barrier that have to be manage your receiver becoming eligible when you look at the financing plus the right of repay or the right that produces the funder from future payments. The PPP mortgage program features certain expenses demands (payroll and certain nonpayroll bills) that can be regarded as obstacles, or even satisfied the money needs to be reimbursed. Under this method a refundable move forward (obligation very similar to deferred money) is recorded if the finances become was given and share money would-be thought to be qualifying bills are incurred which can be qualified to apply for forgiveness. By taking on these qualifying costs (payroll and specific nonpayroll fees) the NFP is definitely conquering the barrier(s) in addition to the efforts has grown to be assumed unconditional. Understand that under NFP contribution bookkeeping ailments determined sales identification while limitation decided net advantage definition
Accounting for Organization Entities
Unfortunately, there isn’t any evident assistance with the sales by for-profit sales agencies that receive the PPP financial products. Business people will need to identify the right accounting approach by considering guidelines for the same deal within U. S. In general Accepted sales rules (U.S. GAAP) or by making use of family member guidelines outside U.S. GAAP.
Solution 1 – just like selection 1 above though the contribution acknowledged by the NFP might classified as a gain on loan extinguishment on income declaration.
Option 2 – just like option 2 over. While this option enables the for-profit to improve the label or brand with the profits series from “contributions” to anything much more descriptive belonging to the purchase, look at this site like for example “PPP debt forgiveness”, the sales series product will have to be offered independently at gross on profits assertion.
Solution 3 –Apply World Sales Standards (IAS) 20. The accounting is similar to option 2 above, just where a refundable advance was tape-recorded after the financing happens to be received and sum revenue recorded if qualifying spending happen to be incurred, but this measure provides extra display solutions. Under IAS 20, revenue from PPP money forgiveness tends to be delivered either (1) gross earnings of the money reports or (2) netted with connected spending.
Whichever option is selected, the process of accounting will have to be completely disclosed.
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A duress alarm is an alarm that is activated when the person triggers it because they are under duress or being violently attacked. They are offered as an alternative to a panic alarm that can be triggered on its own.
What is a duress alarm?
A duress alarm is a security measure that can be used in homes and businesses to protect against criminal activity. It is typically a silent alarm that is triggered when a person feels threatened or in danger, and it can be used to notify authorities or security personnel of the situation. For more information about duress alarms , you can explore this link.
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Duress alarms can be helpful in deterring crime and keeping people safe, but it is important to know how to use them correctly and understand their limitations.
When should you install a duress alarm?
There are a lot of different factors to consider when deciding whether or not to install a duress alarm. The most important factor is probably your own personal safety. If you feel like you are in danger, or if you have been the victim of a crime, then a duress alarm can be a great way to increase your safety.
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Typical buffer–based incremental I/O is based around a single loop, which reads data from some source (such as a socket or file), transforms it, and generates one or more outputs (such as a line count, HTTP responses, or modified file). Although efficient and safe, these loops are all single–purpose; it is difficult or impossible to compose buffer–based processing loops.
Haskell’s concept of “lazy I/O” allows pure code to operate on data from an external source. However, lazy I/O has several shortcomings. Most notably, resources such as memory and file handles can be retained for arbitrarily long periods of time, causing unpredictable performance and error conditions.
Enumerators are an efficient, predictable, and safe alternative to lazy I/O. Discovered by Oleg Kiselyov, they allow large datasets to be processed in near–constant space by pure code. Although somewhat more complex to write, using enumerators instead of lazy I/O produces more correct programs.
This library contains an enumerator implementation for Haskell, designed to be both simple and efficient. Three core types are defined, along with numerous helper functions:
Iteratee: Data sinks, analogous to left folds. Iteratees consume a sequence of input values, and generate a single output value. Many iteratees are designed to perform side effects (such as printing to
stdout), so they can also be used as monad transformers.
Enumerator: Data sources, which generate input sequences. Typical enumerators read from a file handle, socket, random number generator, or other external stream. To operate, enumerators are passed an iteratee, and provide that iteratee with input until either the iteratee has completed its computation, or EOF.
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PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM PARENTAL ABDUCTION
By Jerome J. Shestack
President, American Bar Association
Each year more than 300,000 children are abducted by a parent in violation of the rights of the other parent and the child. About half of these cases involve a parent concealing the child, moving the child out of state, or doing something else that indicates the parent intends to keep the child indefinitely.
Government-sponsored studies have identified common characteristics of parents who abduct their children. Among the characteristics: prior abduction or threats of abduction; prior criminal record; lack of strong ties to home or state; recently quitting a job, selling a home, closing a bank account, or liquidating other assets; dismissing the value of the other parent in the child's life; support from family or friends for their actions; and the presence of young children in the family (who are more vulnerable to the influence of the abducting parent).
As we commemorate Missing Children's Day (May 21), it is useful to review laws and practices that can help recover abducted children or prevent their abduction in the first place. There are several steps a parent can take:
- Have an order from the court that specifically prohibits the other parent from removing a child from the state or country.
- Keep a certified copy of the order in a quickly accessible place.
- Provide a copy of the order to the U.S. State Department and ask the State Department not to allow the other parent to obtain a passport for the child.
- Keep a record of the child's fingerprints along with recent photographs of the child.
- Keep records of the addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, Social Security numbers and passport numbers of the other parent, as well as the other parent's relatives.
- If a significant risk of abduction can be shown to the court, ask the court for an order that would require the other parent to post a bond or surrender a passport as a condition of visitation; in some cases, a court may allow visitation only under the supervision of an agency or responsible person.
Every state has criminal laws prohibiting abduction of children by parents. In some states, parent child abduction is a felony; in other states, it is a misdemeanor. If a child has been abducted, prompt notification of the police and prosecutor will increase the likelihood of recovering the child. When a child has been taken across state lines, federal prosecutors can issue a warrant for "Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution," and the FBI may assist in the case.
Also, the American Bar Association has worked with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws over the last four years to develop a new law that will help enforce custody and visitation orders and aid in the return of abducted children. The new law, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), is now under consideration by most state legislatures.
When a child has connections to more than one state, the new law will clarify which courts have the power to decide custody and visitation and to modify those orders. The law also allows local prosecutors to assist in locating and returning children by use of the civil justice system, which is often faster than when criminal penalties are used. Under the UCCJEA, the main civil remedy is an order by the judge for immediate delivery of a child to the parent whose rights of visitation or custody have been denied. The parent who wrongly took or retained the child also can be forced to pay the attorney's fees of the other parent.
There are limits to how much the law can control human conduct, particularly when dealing with the intense emotions that often arise when a family breaks apart. But the law can provide remedies for wrongs that have been committed, and parents can take precautions to protect their children from future harm.
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What Are Product Design Services?
You have a product idea. Maybe you dreamed something up and scribbled a concept on the back of your shopping list. Perhaps you work at a product-focused company and have seen too many decent product ideas fail and question if your idea has legs. Or you might be an eCommerce reseller looking to build a brand and revenue with a new product of your own.
There’s one thing that these different scenarios share: they all need product design services to turn an idea into a reality. Not just any reality, mind you. The vast majority of product ideas fail, and approximately 40% that make it to market never become profitable. While there are dozens of reasons why success alludes many, poor designs are often the case.
A bad product design not only results in a lousy product, but it also costs you money and precious time. The goal for any product developer is to optimize the design to result in two things: a product people will buy and one that can be manufactured at a price that generates a good return on investment.
Product design services intend to help innovators translate ideas into viable product designs. These services involve artists and designers, and in many cases, different types of product engineers, such as electrical engineers and mechanical engineers. Each works together to create a final design ready for a manufacturer to use to make a prototype. From there, the design team and innovator have the opportunity to inspect the prototype to see if they need to adjust the design with improvements before the product goes into mass production.
The product design process always takes time, and you can expect costs to vary based on complexity. Design services can range from $5,000 – $10,000 for a simpler design and up to $100,000 for a more complex design. If you work with the right people, however, you can dramatically shorten the design and revision time, as well as the associated costs. In the end, your goal is to end up with a profitable product.
Getting The Most Out of Product Design Services
It’s relatively easy to hire a product design services company to render your exact idea. After all, you’re hiring them to just make your idea or sketch something the manufacturer will want for production. The designers will ask you questions like, “Is this what you had in mind?” and “You said you wanted this component here?” No problem, right? Not so fast.
It might surprise you to hear that the best product designers will tell you “no” more than they say “yes.” Their mission shouldn’t be to do what you ask them to do without serious consideration as to whether your instructions are in your product’s best interest. Instead, their real value comes when they can scrutinize your idea and your assumptions, pointing you in a better direction based on their product design experience. That may even mean scrapping the original product idea for something entirely different.
If this sounds counterintuitive, hear us out. You want people who know more than you about product design to tell you when parts of your idea aren’t going to work. If they have experience designing products like yours, an important distinction versus a general designer, they have valuable background knowledge you can leverage to your advantage. Why make common design mistakes when you have an experienced designer telling you how to avoid them?
If you want to get the most out of the product design services you’re paying for, lean on the designers and engineers to give you their best advice, best practices, and lessons learned from previous, similar projects. Their approach to “design thinking” is critical. According to Tim Brown, the co-creator of the term, “Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of the people, the possibilities of technology and the requirements for business success.”
Your design team will also make sure your final design is ready for production so you don’t have to be the middleman between the factory and the designers. You can save money and speed the design process to move onto production with greater confidence.
What You Can Expect
Your product designers will want to hear your idea, but their priority is to give you a few variations on your vision for you to consider. Initially, your first image will be in a 2D format, detailed sketches that include options such as colors, shapes, placement of components and features, materials, and other variables. They should walk you through the pros and cons of each design option, citing parts and overall manufacturing cost variances, as well as the ease of which parts can be sourced and sustained, expected production timeframes, and functionality fluctuations for each product design.
It’s exciting to see your idea drawn in such detail finally. Still, your product design services team should focus on two essential considerations: feasibility and viability. Again, this is where experience matters.
You can have the most kick-ass design that looks great on paper, but if it’s going to cost too much to source the parts and manufacture the product, you’re left with a product that won’t be profitable. Your team should understand that every design decision has an impact on cost and should evaluate the cost and benefit of every option.
Once you finalize your product design after considering all possibilities, your product design team will create a digital 3D rendering. You will be able to see the product in a photo-realistic model from all angles and with all components and details.
Though you are further along in the design process, you should rely on your team’s expertise once again. The designers need to provide you with reliable data, such as how much you can expect in terms of production costs, materials sustainability, production timelines, and import, export, and tariff considerations. While production costs will vary depending on the manufacturer you choose, your team should have enough experience to give you reasonably accurate production estimates you can expect based on the design specs.
Depending on the type of product you are creating, this may be the time you work with a factory or a prototyping company to create a prototype. You may want to create a simple prototype to ensure the product functions as intended, and the shape of the product and finish materials appear as expected. For some types of products, especially more complex ones, you may need to have the final design specifications before you can create a fully functional prototype.
Once you give the green light, it’s time for production.
Final Design Specs
The manufacturer needs more than a 3D rendering to quote you production costs and start production. Your product design services team should know what your manufacturer will need and provide everything upfront to avoid delays. The exact specs vary some by the type of product, but they typically include CAD files for hard goods, a tech pack for soft goods, and a BOM (bill of materials).
Your manufacturer will assess the final design, and if they have no questions, they will quote you a production price. Costs will depend greatly on the cost of required parts, the design’s complexity, and whether they will need specialized equipment, tools, or skills. The manufacturer will also consider the volume and frequency of your orders in their quote.
The first step in the production process is to go through the sampling process. This may take multiple iterations to get to a product that you are ready to put into mass production. Before starting mass production, the factory will create a final production sample, which is sometimes referred to as a golden sample. This is the sample the factory will use as the standard for all products to follow.
Once the production process starts, you must retain local expert resources to conduct thorough quality control in the factory location. You should never assume that product quality will meet your standards but continually verify for every subsequent production run.
How to Go From Design to Manufacturing
Product design services are just one essential part of the product development process. Before you even get to design, you need to conduct thorough research on your product and the market. After the design process, you need to source a manufacturer and manage production. This can be especially challenging if you choose to use an overseas manufacturer.
You may have sourced products overseas before, but be aware that making a new product is significantly riskier than just buying something that already exists in the manufacturer’s catalog. You need to have feet on the street visiting the factory during production to conduct quality control and make sure the product created meets all of the specifications. The last thing you want is to receive a container full of products that does not work or look the way you intended.
Instead of working with disconnected teams from different companies to help you through every stage of the process, consider working with one company, such as Gembah, to partner with you from start to finish. The company developed a proprietary platform where you have access to sophisticated product and market research tools, a network of experienced product designers and engineers, and vetted manufacturers, as well as a single place to communicate and share data with everyone.
In this consolidated model, you have everything you need in one place to bring an idea to market. This approach will save you significant time, money, and frustration as you have expert guidance every step of the way. Yes, most product ideas fail, and the nearly half that make it to production fail to return a profit. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When you work with the best people with the right experience, you’ll be able to turn a good idea into a great product.
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You have to be a seriously grande dame to be known simply as ‘La Palucca’.
Dance in the 1920s in Europe underwent something of a revolution. With bauhaus emerging, the idea of breaking from the convention was ready to take flight. Gret Palucca felt constricted by classical ballet, and under legend Mary Wigman got to explore and soon choreograph a much more personal style of dance. She was known for her exuberant leaping solos, more often seen in her male counterparts performances. She started her own school in and troupe, soon rivalling her teacher.
She even performed in the Olympics in 1936, although as a half Jewish woman, her activities came to a stop during the Second World War. But true to herself, she bounced back to action, becoming a major force in contemporary dance. The Palucca in Dresden Germany is to this day still one of the most prestigious dance school in the world. | <urn:uuid:aa00fb95-5233-442f-8cab-1f93209df20e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://karuski.co.uk/2020/11/20/la-palucca/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.98254 | 200 | 2.640625 | 3 |
I teach English as a Second Language at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and I am always exploring ways to ensure that my students are fully engaged in their learning. In my experience, students of all ages need help to stay focused. In theory, annotation helps them pay attention while reading. The act of commenting and questioning enables a closer read so it also helps students understand the ideas in the text.
Having students reflect on ideas they are reading about gives them a low-stake, organic boost to participate in coursework later. If done right, I notice the effects in class discussion, roundtables, written works, and exams.
What’s wrong with traditional annotation?
The cultural context of our students’ generation considered, however, traditional annotation is no longer a compelling tool. First, from the student perspective, it’s an extra step without obvious gains. So how do we make annotation appealing and meaningful to them?
Another drawback to having students do the work alone is that they tend to annotate for the teacher, not for themselves. Current pedagogy strives to give students an authentic experience. In other words, we want students to approach and produce work in a manner that interests them, and ideally inspires them.
Finally, there is no efficient way to review students’ annotations or give them guidance and feedback. Imagine taking in 30-50 copies of student-annotated texts and poring through all those comments to make sure students are a) doing the work, and b) understanding the reading. Textbooks are often digital, making it almost impossible to check on annotations unless we use a proprietary system, which raises other issues.
Hypothesis is a free software tool for web and PDF annotation which also offers a paid service to integrate annotations on learning management systems (LMS). Unfortunately, that app doesn’t work with Google Classroom, which is the LMS I use in most of my classes. With direct support from the Eductive team, I’ve been running a small pilot project in some of my classes with the Hypothesis integration app in Moodle.
For me, Hypothesis has been a game changer! It has taken annotation out of the old-school, passive learning model and made it dynamic, efficient and fun.
Through social annotation, students are able to:
- learn from each other
- debate ideas
- gain deeper understanding of the reading
As a teacher, I can easily:
- check student comprehension
- gain insight into student perspectives
- adapt coursework accordingly
I can also reply to comments, providing additional feedback and building a positive teacher-student relationship.
Social annotation ultimately provides a more authentic experience. In carrying on conversations about the text, it becomes less about annotating for the teacher and more about exploring ideas with their classmates. The whole point of authenticity is that if a student can make a sincere connection to an idea, then the work they produce around it will be stronger because there is buy-in.
There are socio-emotional gains, too. Collaborative annotation allows for socialization through classwork, which helps build community, a sense of belonging. Getting validation of their ideas from peers and from the teacher can boost their confidence.
Accountability is also important. As I review annotations, I ensure that students are doing the work and I can attribute a grade, if desired.
I’ve been a devoted fan of this app since I first tried it out in my classes in the fall 2021 session. I observed as students dug into the readings, feeding off each other to provide rich insights and having fun while doing it. Introverted students became less inhibited and overall, my groups seemed to be empowered by the experience and more open to the work that followed. I cannot tell you how promising this is for a teacher who has tried to get that kind of engagement and interaction in readings before.
Based on my experience with Hypothesis so far, I would like to continue to use it in my classes. As educators, we already understand the pedagogical benefits of annotation, but having a tool like Hypothesis brings these benefits to another level and augments the experience for students and teachers.
I am not a huge fan of Moodle. I have used it over several sessions. I still prefer Google Classroom. I find it more user-friendly and intuitive for both the teacher and the students, especially at the CEGEP level, where I assign a large variety of activities and tasks.
In the fall 2021 session, I used both Moodle and Google Classroom. I dreaded having to make changes in Moodle. For me, it is about the number of steps involved in carrying out a task that is the issue. Whether it is grading or changing an activity I posted, the ratio of steps from Google Classroom to Moodle seems to be about 1:10. And when we are using Lea, MIO, Outlook, Teams, Gmail, etc., it becomes exhausting. However, you can still use Hypothesis as a one-off activity through Moodle.
This session my courses are on Google Classroom, and my Hypothesis assignments are hosted on Moodle. Students access Moodle only for annotating, which so far has worked well and elicited none of the usual Moodle complaints.
There are other options. For instance, Hypothesis can be used outside of any LMS, with individual accounts and groups. A problem there is that it’s yet another service to use with other accounts and I have no way of monitoring those accounts. Plus, annotation within Moodle has benefits in terms of grading.
It’s now easier to log into Moodle – a one-step click – and I’m told that the next version of Moodle will bring some user experience improvements. So, I will definitely continue using Hypothesis in Moodle as a one-off activity if the powers that be decide to go forward with it. | <urn:uuid:76572d08-1bf4-4667-942d-62248752ae86> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eductive.ca/en/resource/boosting-engagement-with-social-annotation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956733 | 1,244 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Are we (dbanyan's) sustainable ?
In simple terms, sustainability means "staying put". Leaving things where they were!
Sustainability is not a trend but our core responsibility against obsessive consumerism.
- Eating just what our body needs
- Buying what we need instead of want
- Delaying instant gratification
- Being conscious of our energy use and environment
Basically to be aware of.
At Dbanyan, we do have sustainability goals. But we have to sacrifice one to achieve another. What to sacrifice depends on its relative weight.
We start with packaging - packaging being one of our face towards the customer.
We strive to remove plastics in our packages step by step.
Since on cost basis, there is no real alternative to plastics, we have to either push the difference to total consumer cost or bear the margin cuts ourselves. In this case, we are proud to cut our margins to be sustainable (a tiny bit!). | <urn:uuid:95b6973f-d1f6-4668-bed4-d851c6fca265> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dbanyan.nl/blogs/info/how-we-ensure-precise-delivery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.906414 | 198 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Fighting Government Workplace Harassment
October 17, 2019 by
Sexual harassment claims are climbing. How should your agency respond? What should you do as an individual?
The problem of sexual harassment in the workplace is not new. At least two important sexual harassment milestones have been in place longer than most millennials have been in the workforce:
- 1977 – The first time a federal appeals court said that sexual harassment violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and therefore was legitimate grounds for a legal complaint.
- 1998 – The year the Supreme Court ruled that employers could be financially liable for an employee’s sexual harassment, even if the employer was unaware of it and had anti-harassment policies in place.
By making employers liable, the 1998 ruling ushered in a wave of not just anti-harassment policies but prevention training programs. However, it takes more than laws on the books to change societal norms—and progress has been slow. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission statistics show a nearly 14% increase in sexual harassment claims in the last fiscal year.
However, the news isn’t all bad. A recent MarketWatch.com article suggests that this recent surge is at least in part a result of the #MeToo movement. The fact that sexual harassment complaints are increasing can be interpreted to mean not that sexual harassment is increasing, but that individuals are feeling more comfortable reporting incidents than they have in the past.
MarketWatch quoted Cathy Ventrell-Monsees, senior counsel at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who said, “If those employees are stepping forward because they’re hopeful that they can trust their employers will address the problem, that’s a good sign.”
What Should an Agency Do?
The first step a federal agency must take is to ensure compliance with EEOC Management Directive 715 as part of their Title VII and Rehabilitation Act programs. MD 715 requirements include:
- Documented policies and procedures for reporting harassment.
- A system for providing a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation.
- A process to ensure the identities of complainants and witnesses are kept confidential to the extent possible.
This directive is not geared specifically toward preventing sexual harassment, but provides a framework for handling all forms of workplace harassment claims. Having these pieces in place will ensure that, even if sexual harassment complaints continue to increase, internal processes will remain compliant. State and local governments should likewise comply with state and federal laws, and enforce existing anti-harassment policies.
Agencies must communicate their policies and expectations with regular, meaningful preventive training. It is also worthwhile to implement automated case management software to handle every stage of the complaint process—from initial complaint though investigation, decision, and even appeals. Any software solution implemented must, of course, protect the anonymity of the complainant and witnesses to the extent possible.
What Should an Individual Do?
If you’re a victim — If you were sexually assaulted, go to the police. If you were sexually harassed, in addition to following your employer’s procedures, you have 180 days following the incident to file a claim with EEOC, your state or local Fair Employment Practices Agency, or both. Write down exactly what happened, secure a witness if there was one, and preserve any evidence. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has additional recommendations regarding What to Do if You Believe You Have Been Harassed at Work.
If you’re a witness — Say something. Whether by interrupting the incident of harassment as it happens or by acting as a witness later, bystanders have real power.
If you’re a co-worker — Consider your own behavior. Make sure you are up-to-date on training and review company policies. Be mindful of what you say, and how you conduct yourself. Maintaining an environment where sexual harassment is not acceptable is everyone’s responsibility.
As awareness increases and policies are strengthened and enforced, the number of sexual harassment claims may continue to rise. The best response is to plan for the increased numbers, and implement procedures to handle these cases quickly and decisively—until sexual harassment in the workplace is eliminated entirely. | <urn:uuid:02b1be69-ad87-4ed9-825c-a937f92141cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tylertech.com/resources/blog-articles/fighting-government-workplace-harassment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941874 | 854 | 1.960938 | 2 |
A Handy List of Tips about Moving
These are some things you need to learn to help you on how to move. Here is a list of important tips you must know to make your moving much easier and less hassle.
The first thing you should know about moving is the place itself. You must be able to determine how far it is from your old place. For long distance moving you'll need a trailer rental vehicle wherein you put your belongings. You have to separate your unbreakable things, fragile items and furniture. Moving into a short distant location will still require you to use a vehicle for transporting your belongings.
Maybe now you're thinking for a simple storage for your belongings until you figure out you need something more permanent or durable. You have to value your items so it is recommended that you hire a professional furniture storage mover to help you transport and guard your expensive stuffs.
There are some house moving companies that provide relocation for everybody who needs to transfer to another home or place. There's a building given with appropriate sizes wherein preservation and restoring process can take place.
It is advisable that you look for a moving company or storage rental services that are good for you and your family. You must be able to benefit a high quality service and affordable cost from them. | <urn:uuid:1788e1d5-ea1f-4b6d-b73d-6059b5fee31e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brixtonremovals.com/blog/a-handy-list-of-tips-about-moving.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956835 | 259 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Fiber-Coupled Laser Sources: NIR, Distributed Feedback, with TEC
Front Panel Display Provides an Enable Button, Laser Power Control, Display Screen and Temperature Control
- FC/PC Interface for Single Mode Fiber
- Available Wavelengths: 1310 nm and 1550 nm
- Stable Output with Temperature Control
- Built-In 40 dB Optical Isolator
1310 nm, 1.5 mW
|Single Channel Benchtop Laser Sources Selection Guide|
|Spectrum||Wavelength||TEC||Laser Type||Cavity Type||Output Fiber Type|
|Visible||405 - 675 nm||No||Semiconductor||Fabry Perot||SM, MM, or PM|
|405 - 685 nm||Yes||Semiconductor||Fabry Perot||SM|
|NIR||785 - 1550 nm||No||Semiconductor||Fabry Perot||SM or PM|
|705 - 2000 nm||Yes||Semiconductor||Fabry Perot||SM|
|1310 - 1550 nm||Yes||Semiconductor||DFB||SM|
|1900 - 2000 nm||N/A||Fiber Laser||Fabry Perot||SM|
|MIR||2.7 µm||N/A||Fiber Laser||Fabry Perot||SM|
|Other Fiber-Coupled Laser Sources|
- Available Wavelengths: 1310 nm and 1550 nm
- Single Mode, FC/PC Fiber Interface
- Narrow Spectral Linewidths: Typically <0.06 nm
- Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) for Temperature Stabilization to within 0.005 °C
- Built-in 40 dB Optical Isolator
- Adjustable Temperature Setpoint
- Power Level is Adjustable via Knob and BNC Modulation Input
- Interlock Circuit Provided via 2.5 mm Mono Jack
These Fiber-Coupled Laser Sources feature a narrow linewidth DFB laser diode and a 40 dB optical isolator to eliminate back reflections and frequency jitter. The S3FC Series incorporates an integrated temperature control system for increased wavelength and power stability. The diode temperature and output power can be adjusted using the two front panel adjustment knobs, which ensures that the DFB laser diode can be tuned to match the laser cavity (see the Tuning tab).
Also found on the front panel is a display that shows the output power in mW or the temperature in °C, an on/off key, an enable button, and the FC/PC bulkhead connector (wide and narrow key compatible). The back panel includes an input that allows the laser diode drive current to be controlled via an external voltage source and a remote interlock input.
Please refer to the table to the right for all of our single channel benchtop laser sources.
Note: The laser must be off when connecting or disconnecting fibers from the device, particularly for power levels above 10 mW. For telecom applications that require tunable output, please see our Benchtop Tunable Telecom Laser Sources.
0 to 5 V Max, 50 Ω
Remote Interlock Input
2.5 mm Mono Phono Jack
Terminals must be shorted either by included plug or user device, i.e. external switch, for laser mode "ON" to be enabled.
These benchtop laser sources provide the ability to control not only the output power of the fiber coupled laser diode, but also allows for the precise control of the temperature at which the laser is operating. These two controls can be used to tune the fiber coupled laser diode to an optimum operating point, providing as stable an output as possible. The following graphs are from an OSA monitoring the output of a typical S3FC1550 laser.
The plots above show the effect of changing the operating current of the laser while maintaining a fixed operating temperature (in this case 24.5 °C). The first plot corresponds to a drive current of 75%. Notice the broad line width, the laser is not optimized but the output will appear to be stable. The next plot is at 80%. The laser is approaching a stable point but the second mode indicates the laser is not yet stable. The laser will randomly mode hop, shifting the power from one peak to another resulting in erratic performance and power output. In the third plot, the current is at 85% and shows a typical optimized DFB output: a single, very narrow line width and very stable power. The last two plots, taken at 90% and 95%, show the laser passing through the optimum point and starting to ebb again.
The plots below show the relationship of temperature verse stability. With the drive current fixed at 85% of maximum, the operating temperature was increased by 0.1°C per plot, starting at 24.3 °C. In the first plot, the laser appears stable but it can be improved. As the temperature is increased to 24.4 °C the laser enters a transition point between modes. At this temperature, the laser may mode hop resulting in erratic output. At 24.5 °C the laser has reached a stable operating point, indicated by the single narrow line width. The last two plots (24.7 °C and 24.9 °C) show the laser passing through the optimum point and decreasing in stability and desired output.
The examples above demonstrate the need to adjust the drive current and/or temperature of the laser diode in order to tune the output of the laser diode so that the output wavelength of the DFB laser diode matches laser cavity. There are multiple settings that will lase stably, and by varying one or both the lasing wavelength of the laser can be tuned over a narrow wavelength range.
Laser Safety and Classification
Safe practices and proper usage of safety equipment should be taken into consideration when operating lasers. The eye is susceptible to injury, even from very low levels of laser light. Thorlabs offers a range of laser safety accessories that can be used to reduce the risk of accidents or injuries. Laser emission in the visible and near infrared spectral ranges has the greatest potential for retinal injury, as the cornea and lens are transparent to those wavelengths, and the lens can focus the laser energy onto the retina.
Safe Practices and Light Safety Accessories
- Laser safety eyewear must be worn whenever working with Class 3 or 4 lasers.
- Regardless of laser class, Thorlabs recommends the use of laser safety eyewear whenever working with laser beams with non-negligible powers, since metallic tools such as screwdrivers can accidentally redirect a beam.
- Laser goggles designed for specific wavelengths should be clearly available near laser setups to protect the wearer from unintentional laser reflections.
- Goggles are marked with the wavelength range over which protection is afforded and the minimum optical density within that range.
- Laser Safety Curtains and Laser Safety Fabric shield other parts of the lab from high energy lasers.
- Blackout Materials can prevent direct or reflected light from leaving the experimental setup area.
- Thorlabs' Enclosure Systems can be used to contain optical setups to isolate or minimize laser hazards.
- A fiber-pigtailed laser should always be turned off before connecting it to or disconnecting it from another fiber, especially when the laser is at power levels above 10 mW.
- All beams should be terminated at the edge of the table, and laboratory doors should be closed whenever a laser is in use.
- Do not place laser beams at eye level.
- Carry out experiments on an optical table such that all laser beams travel horizontally.
- Remove unnecessary reflective items such as reflective jewelry (e.g., rings, watches, etc.) while working near the beam path.
- Be aware that lenses and other optical devices may reflect a portion of the incident beam from the front or rear surface.
- Operate a laser at the minimum power necessary for any operation.
- If possible, reduce the output power of a laser during alignment procedures.
- Use beam shutters and filters to reduce the beam power.
- Post appropriate warning signs or labels near laser setups or rooms.
- Use a laser sign with a lightbox if operating Class 3R or 4 lasers (i.e., lasers requiring the use of a safety interlock).
- Do not use Laser Viewing Cards in place of a proper Beam Trap.
Lasers are categorized into different classes according to their ability to cause eye and other damage. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a global organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies. The IEC document 60825-1 outlines the safety of laser products. A description of each class of laser is given below:
|1||This class of laser is safe under all conditions of normal use, including use with optical instruments for intrabeam viewing. Lasers in this class do not emit radiation at levels that may cause injury during normal operation, and therefore the maximum permissible exposure (MPE) cannot be exceeded. Class 1 lasers can also include enclosed, high-power lasers where exposure to the radiation is not possible without opening or shutting down the laser.|
|1M||Class 1M lasers are safe except when used in conjunction with optical components such as telescopes and microscopes. Lasers belonging to this class emit large-diameter or divergent beams, and the MPE cannot normally be exceeded unless focusing or imaging optics are used to narrow the beam. However, if the beam is refocused, the hazard may be increased and the class may be changed accordingly.|
|2||Class 2 lasers, which are limited to 1 mW of visible continuous-wave radiation, are safe because the blink reflex will limit the exposure in the eye to 0.25 seconds. This category only applies to visible radiation (400 - 700 nm).|
|2M||Because of the blink reflex, this class of laser is classified as safe as long as the beam is not viewed through optical instruments. This laser class also applies to larger-diameter or diverging laser beams.|
|3R||Class 3R lasers produce visible and invisible light that is hazardous under direct and specular-reflection viewing conditions. Eye injuries may occur if you directly view the beam, especially when using optical instruments. Lasers in this class are considered safe as long as they are handled with restricted beam viewing. The MPE can be exceeded with this class of laser; however, this presents a low risk level to injury. Visible, continuous-wave lasers in this class are limited to 5 mW of output power.|
|3B||Class 3B lasers are hazardous to the eye if exposed directly. Diffuse reflections are usually not harmful, but may be when using higher-power Class 3B lasers. Safe handling of devices in this class includes wearing protective eyewear where direct viewing of the laser beam may occur. Lasers of this class must be equipped with a key switch and a safety interlock; moreover, laser safety signs should be used, such that the laser cannot be used without the safety light turning on. Laser products with power output near the upper range of Class 3B may also cause skin burns.|
|4||This class of laser may cause damage to the skin, and also to the eye, even from the viewing of diffuse reflections. These hazards may also apply to indirect or non-specular reflections of the beam, even from apparently matte surfaces. Great care must be taken when handling these lasers. They also represent a fire risk, because they may ignite combustible material. Class 4 lasers must be equipped with a key switch and a safety interlock.|
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When you decide that it is time for you and your loved one to get medical attention in case of an injury or illness, a medical alert bracelet is the perfect choice. These bracelets are very handy, comfortable and discreet, and can save lives. It doesn’t matter if you are traveling abroad or in the United States, what matters most is that you have some way to ensure the timely and effective medical help you need. By consulting your medical alert bracelet, you can have access to an emergency medical service within minutes of an illness or injury occurring.
Right Medical Alert Bracelet
As with any medical product or accessory, there are many available options on the market, so it can be confusing and intimidating to make the right decision when looking for a Medical Alert Bracelet. The truth is that there are many medical situations where an elegant medical alert bracelet can make a huge difference in how well you and those around you are able to handle the situation. Medical Alert bracelets come in many different styles and materials to meet all medical needs.
A Medical Alert system comes with a Medical Alert Necklace or pendant, and a Medical Alert Bracelet attached to a medical speaker that provides sound emergency assistance in the case of an injury or illness; doing this places you in constant contact with a trained medical professional, who can easily send medical assistance to where you are. Some Medical Alert bracelets also double as medical identification tags, which are another convenient way to keep tabs on your own medical needs.
As you may know, medical professionals recommend that medical alert bracelets are made of stainless steel. Although this is true, the type of stainless steel used in medical alert bracelets can determine many of the characteristics of the Medical Alert Bracelet itself. Materials such as titanium are less likely to suffer from corrosion, which can cause the Medical Alert Bracelet to experience a far longer life span than its stainless steel counterpart medical alert systems. Additionally, titanium is stronger metal than stainless steel, meaning that the Medical Alert Bracelet will be able to withstand much more stress and abuse than its less durable counterpart. You should also be aware that titanium does not respond well to the extreme temperatures it is placed in, so medical professionals often recommend medical alert bracelets made of a higher grade of titanium.
There are a few extra considerations that you should take into account when choosing the right Medical Alert Bracelet for you. One is to consider whether you want a plastic, or stainless steel Medical Alert Bracelet. Plastic bracelets are often more easily scratched or damaged, and are more likely to fall apart within a short period of time. However, they can be much less expensive than their stainless steel alternatives. On the flip side, stainless steel medical alert bracelets are far more likely to last for a long period of time, and may retain their appearance far better over time.
Some of the features to look for when selecting your Medical Alert Bracelet include an internal light, a clear faceplate, and a good craftsmanship and engraving job. The internal light is especially important if you ever need to read the engraving on your Medical Alert Bracelet. You should also make sure that the stainless steel faceplate looks good and does not appear to be blocked by hair, wrinkles, or other factors.
Regardless of the Medical Alert Bracelet that you choose, you should always remember to check with your physician before you leave home for any trip, even just a long drive. It is best to be safe rather than sorry, and buying a Medical Alert Bracelet can help ensure that you stay that way. There are also other types of bracelets available, such as those that can be worn on your wrist, or those that can be worn around your neck. The choice is ultimately up to you, but knowing your medical history is the best way to make sure that you protect it when you need it most. | <urn:uuid:e0997d48-9389-495a-a154-ef3de8224110> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ladolcevitaathens.com/how-to-select-the-right-medical-alert-bracelet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.961358 | 793 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Numerous types of industrial chemical compounds are manufactured by a big number of manufacturers for industrial applications. Right this moment these chemical substances are used for various purposes including the manufacture of explosives, totally different types of fuels utilized in engines, numerous types of dyes and paints, insulators, cosmetics, detergents and soaps.
The chemical trade has grown quickly up to now a number of decades. Industrial chemical compounds are utilized in varied sectors of the financial system together with agriculture, service sector, development sector and manufacture of consumer goods. Using chemical compounds is wide and diverse with a big number of consumers all throughout the world.
Varied Types of Industrial Chemical compounds
There are more than hundreds of different styles of chemicals produced every year for numerous manufacturing purposes. A few of the most significant types of chemical substances include the following.
Chlorine: Some of the widely used chemical compounds within the manufacture of bleaching agents contains chlorine. But now chlorine is changed by the chemical called hydrogen peroxide as chlorine is considered to be harmful to the environment.
Phosphoric acid: Industrial chemical substances also include phosphoric acid which is used for the production of fertilizers. It’s also used in manufacture of food products and soft drinks.
Nitrogen: Nitrogen is an inert substance that’s typically used in industries to control and keep away from thermal reactions. Additionally it is utilized in strong conveying gas carrier as a substitute for air.
Sodium carbonate: One of the most commonly used chemical substances includes sodium carbonate or soda ash. It’s used within the manufacture of glass and completely different types of cleaning agents.
Sulfuric acid: It is one of the most widely used chemical acid which helps to neutralize alkaline substances.
Sodium silicate: It is one of the most commonly used chemical for industrial insulation.
Aluminum sulfate: It’s utilized in waste water therapy plants and in the manufacture of paper.
Sodium hydroxide: Sodium hydroxide is widely used in the manufacture of soaps and dyes. It is among the commonly used alkaline substances in industries. As it has the ability to neutralize acids, it can be used as an excellent cleaning agent.
Ammonium nitrate: This white crystal-like substance is widely used as an agricultural fertilizer. Additionally it is used in cold packs to reduce injuries and swellings.
Urea: One other necessary industrial chemical is urea which is principally used to fertilize agricultural land. Various types of livestock feed also include urea.
Hydrochloric acid: One of the helpful chemicals includes hydrochloric acid which is largely utilized in pharmaceutical industries. It is also used to produce other chemicals.
Potash: Another commonly used chemical for agricultural purposes includes potash. It’s also used to fabricate soaps, glass and ceramics.
Titanium dioxide: This chemical is a white pigment that’s used in the manufacture of assorted products starting from paints to food items. It is also used in varied pharmaceutical products.
Other frequent industrial chemical substances include acetone, carbon black, acetic acid, propylene oxide, ethylene oxide, methanol, vinyl chloride and so forth. It’s simple to acquire these chemical substances as a big number of chemical manufacturers and dealers are listed within the on-line portals.
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(Past) History, archives, gaps in the record, voices that echo through time, memoirs of those who have passed, public memory, loss, traces, accumulated moments that create the present, the present spun backward, lessons, all that has gone before and will likely return in another form.
Above the Gravel Bar
With this book you can put your canoe in a nearby river and travel prehistoric Maine’s Native American canoe routes.
of Sir Goblin
For young adults and not-so-young adults, a well-researched story about a precocious cat in Medieval times.
At the Place of
Lobsters and Crabs
For thousands of years, native people lived on Deer Isle and the surrounding islands. This is their history.
The story begins when a house of suspected Nazi spies is blown up in a small town in Maine. Based on a true story.
Breckinridge Long: American Eichmann???
The extent of Long’s efforts to impede immigration to safe harbor in the U.S.A. for Jews and gentiles alike is uncovered.
Crimes of War
This novel is based on the actual massacre by the SS of a small town in France during WWII.
A diary that spans seven decades from a religious woman who spent her life in rural Maine.
Growing up on an
Island in Maine
There are many books about the islands off the Maine coast, but few by authors raised on one. This book is an exception.
Journal of a 2nd Lieutenant in Iraq
White recalls his deployment as a 2nd Lieutenant in Maine’s 133rd National Guard Engineer Battalion
Letters from a
Civil War Surgeon
These personal communications take us into the major battles of the Civil War and a first-hand assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Martin McMillan & the Lost Inca City
Martin’s parents drag him to an archaeological dig in Peru—where he skateboards down a secret path to adventure.
More Than a Teardrop in the Ocean Vol I
The War Refugee Board saved over 200,000 lives during the Holocaust. This is the history of its extraordinary work.
More Than a Teardrop in the Ocean Vol II
The second book in Rolde’s comprehensive history of the War Refugee Board.
A realistic imagining of Penobscot Indian life in the Maine woods before Europeans arrived, based on research by Nicholas N. Smith, PhD.
Memoir written by the child of a Holocaust survivor.
Project Omaha Beach
Memoir by decorated WWII medic and Penobscot Indian elder Charles Norman Shay.
Years in Thirty
A mixture of personal recollection and ethnohistory of the Mistassini people.
Venice and the Water
An analysis of the complex relationship between Venice and its environment, with an eye toward current climate issues.
The Way Things Were
Stories and essays that portray life on Deer Isle, Maine during the steamboat era, the 1840s until 1942.
A Winter Apprentice
Insights into life in a Maine boatyard, where Willey worked and kept a journal from 1978-79.
My Tainted Blood
Follows the author as a boy and teenager in wartime Breslau and postwar Germany.
Traces of the past visible at our head quarters
- Photographs of ancestors: family in Kansas and Ireland
- A ring handed down through generations
- Several diaries, some hand-written, some digital
- Laugh lines
- Worn-down soles of hiking boots, running shoes, sandals
- Chlorine-bleached swim suit
- The building itself, layers of walls made and remade
- Collections of pebbles
- A chunk of asphalt
- A table made from logs once sunk in a log jam, washed ashore almost a century later
- Tan lines
Words from the present about the past
What I think of as history on this land … can never be complete or single-voiced. Each of us participates in it.-Lauret Savoy, Trace
You are confronted with abysses of time that are, in a way, unfathomable. You see a painting in charcoal of reindeer, and it was left unfinished, and somebody else finished it … 5,000 years later. You’re just blown away by the notion of passage of time. We have no relationship to that kind of depth of time.-Werner Herzog
Questions for you to reflect on or write about the past
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by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois
Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation
As an island, Nantucket has a unique opportunity to be pretty self-sufficient. Among other things, it also means that we can’t blame anyone else for our environmental problems. Instead of burying our heads in the sand and looking for someone to blame, let’s take a little action. Here are a few things we can do for the Nantucket environment to help make it a better place. Keep in mind, this list does not include all the things we can do, but it’s a start. So let’s end 2018 and begin 2019 with some conservation goals. We will all be better for it!
What we plant in our yards determine what will populate our yards. Do you have a bird feeder? Why not plant native shrubs that promote greater insect diversity? Many nesting birds need an enormous amount of insects to successfully hatch and fledge young or to bulk up prior to migration. Are you a fan of monarch butterflies? How about promoting milkweed and native nectar species such as goldenrods and dogbane to attract native butterflies? The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative developed a Planting with Natives brochure available at many island conservation organizations or for free download on their website (nantucketbiodiversity.org).
Speaking of backyard habitat, why not leave the leaves? Leaves are food and shelter for butterflies, beetles, bees, moths, and more. There is even a new campaign out to #leavetheleaves. I know that might not fly in certain neighborhoods, but if you have the space and ability, let the leaves remain where they fall.
DON’T RELEASE YOUR PETS INTO THE WILD
Have you heard about the pythons in the Florida everglades? The wild parrots of San Francisco? Well, how about the redeared slider turtles of Nantucket ponds? Yes, Nantucket’s maritime climate has also meant its milder winters allow some released pets to prosper. Even though it is illegal in Massachusetts to abandon any pet, people do so either out of lack of ability to care for the animal or feeling that they are “setting them free.” Neither are good reasons. Not only is releasing a domesticated animal into the wild a legal and moral issue, it can cause problems for a fragile native ecosystem. Red eared sliders are a non-native freshwater turtle species popular in the pet trade. They look similar to our native painted turtle, but they are much more aggressive and can outcompete our native painted and spotted turtles. Reptile pets can also carry diseases from captivity into a native population.
Many of our invasive aquatic plants originated from aquaria that were dumped either with or without the fish. Case-in-point; Miacomet Pond now has an infestation of highly invasive Parrot Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum). This non-native invasive aquatic is a common aquarium species. Once a plant or two are dumped into a waterway, it can spread via small fragments and tubers at the roots. If left unchecked, it can form dense mats which provide habitat for mosquito larvae and can impede boats. The Nantucket Land Bank has been working to eradicate parrot feather before further spreading into the pond. This is going to be a costly problem to get rid of and manage before it gets into more waterways around the island.
Rabbits, birds, snakes, goldfish, turtles, and cats (lots of cats) have been released all over the island. It’s bad for the environment and not good for the animals either. Have a pet you can no longer care for? Call NiSHA, Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals, and they can help you find a home for your pet. Or better yet, don’t support the exotic pet trade in the first place!
SUPPORT THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM
Not only is buying food from local growers better tasting and more nutritious, it’s better for the environment. By purchasing locally grown foods you help maintain farmland and green and/or open space in your community. The fewer steps there are between you and your food source, the fewer chances there are for contamination. Food grown and harvested close to home also requires less fossil fuels to transport, generating fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced food.
You are also supporting your neighbors. The money that is spent with local farmers, harvesters, and growers all stays close to home and is reinvested with businesses and services in our community.
PLEASE DON’T SPRAY THE INSECTS
With the holidays approaching and winter close at hand, insects may not be on the forefront of our minds. Come spring, however, as insects begin to emerge from their winter slumber, they may be more noticeable on the home front landscape. For the love of plants, flowers, honey, and food, please don’t spray the insects! Most insecticides are not species-specific. That means that anything you spray will be broad-spectrum: it will kill everything, even the monarchs and ladybugs.
A few years ago a friend of mine lamented that her pollinator garden, normally a hot spot for butterflies and bees of all shapes, sizes, and colors, was nearly devoid of life. She wanted to know if there had been an islandwide decline in pollinators. After a little investigation, we came to find that a neighbor had sprayed their yard “for the season” and the spray had wafted over to my friend’s yard. The lavender, bee balm, and Echinacea plants, normally abuzz with pollinators, was eerily silent. Her bird fauna suffered as well. The feeders had some activity, but with the loss of insects, there were far fewer birds visiting her yard. Do yourself and your yard a favor: don’t spray!
REDUCE AND REUSE (INSTEAD OF RELYING ON RECYCLE)
Have you ever been to the Take It or Leave It on Monday afternoon? It is a depressing to know that all of those clothes, furniture, toys, etc. will be in the dump the following day. It’s not only an issue on Nantucket. Overconsumption and cheap products make many things disposable that shouldn’t be. There has been a lot of talk lately about plastic straws or single-use bottles, but let’s not stop there. What are some other things that we can keep out of the landfill? For those clothes that don’t fit or you’re otherwise done with, host a clothing swap, or donate to one of the thrift stores on-island. Limit the use of plastic wherever possible. Encourage the re-use of items or try not to be so quick to toss things out as styles change. Encourage clients to allow for the re-use of materials rather than disposing of good quality lumber. Buy in bulk, and always bring your own bags to the grocery store. It’s a lot of little things that can add up.
WATCH WHAT YOU PUT DOWN THE DRAIN
Anyone who was on-island last winter knows about sewer lines. After the catastrophic sewer main break, Nantucket was national news and we had an environmental disaster in our backyards. One silver lining to this ecological disaster was that many of us learned A LOT about our town sewer infrastructure; how it works (and sometimes doesn’t) and what we can do to help things run smoothly. David Grey, Nantucket Sewer Director, gave us all a lesson in what is NOT appropriate to be throwing down the sink. The issue came up again in May when paint and/or paint thinner was dumped down a drain and made its way into the Sconset Wastewater Treatment Plant where it killed nearly all of the “good” bacteria used to break down wastewater.
Any solid matter that you put down the toilet or drainpipe has the potential to cause blockages in both the public sewer and your own private drain. In order to prevent blockages and to keep our sewer systems functioning properly, refrain from dumping the following items down your toilet, sink, drainpipe, or garbage disposal: fats, oils, or grease from cooking, dental floss, “flushable” wipes, disposable diapers, feminine hygiene products, paper towels, “flushable” cat litter, condoms, plastic bags/wrappings, motor oil, transmission fluids, anti-freeze or other toxic chemicals, solvents, paints, turpentine, and any medications. While not a complete list, following these rules and using some common sense will go a long way towards improving our sewer system function.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CONSERVATION GROUPS! ON & OFF ISLAND
One of the best ways to help the environment is to support the organizations who do that work every day. By supporting a local conservation group, you are supporting the people who do the research, education, and stewardship of our Nantucket open spaces. Without them, the open spaces that we all enjoy from the beaches, to the grasslands, marshlands, and forests, wouldn’t be there. | <urn:uuid:c5d20c36-03a4-4aae-a806-7e0958272164> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://yesterdaysisland.com/protect-our-island-we-can-all-pitch-in/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.945721 | 1,938 | 2.640625 | 3 |
When was the last time you lived life to the fullest? What exactly does it mean to live life to the fullest? Last month I went camping with my family. My dad, husband, and son slept in the tent so my mom and I could have the camper. The second night, however, I was too sore to even climb the three steps into the camper and the best was too hard for me to sleep on, despite my extra mattress cushions.
After a moment of tears in frustration, my husband got on the phone and found me a bed at a nearby motel and drove me down there. “I’m just not a country girl anymore,” I told my husband. “I need a real bed, a hot shower to ease the joints and muscles, and no steps or stairs.” The next morning I returned to have coffee and breakfast by the campfire with everyone else. I felt much more alive! I felt “full” instead of just “empty.”
Living life to the fullest doesn’t mean giving up everything, but it may mean giving up some of our past activities. It may mean having a bed, not an air mattress. It truly means turning to God to fulfill our purpose, not looking for our meaning in other people or our career.
Jesus came to earth so that we may have life–to the fullest. How often are we just getting by in survival mode? How frequently do you think of yourself as just “hanging in there”? Jesus didn’t come to earth so we could just do pretty well under the circumstances. He came that we may have a full life!
Scripture also tells us that life will have challenges and problems. We don’t have to put a smile on our face every moment and claim that we are joyful when we simply are not. Yet, remember God’s sacrifice of His only Son, that He sent Him so that we can live life to the fullest. And then find some moments of joy, even if you create them yourself, so that you can say, “Thank You, Lord, for giving me a full life!”
Prayer: Oh, Jesus, You came that I may have a full life, but some days aren’t full of anything but surviving moment by moment, doctor’s appointment by lab tests. Help me remember the gift You gave so that I could have a full life and then show me the way to do so.
About the Author:
Lisa Copen is the founder of Rest Ministries and she has lived with rheumatoid arthritis since 1993. If you enjoy these devotionals, you may love her book Mosaic Moments: Devotionals for the Chronically Ill which includes devotions from about 20 writers and a journey through Lisa’s first ten years of living with a chronic illness.
You can now read this on your Kindle. Find out more at http://TodaysDevotionOnKindle.com
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Education has come a long way since the days of the three R’s; reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. In the United States and beyond, foreign language classes have become an integral part of education curriculums.
Although it’s common for middle and high school students to take foreign language classes, many educators agree that beginning foreign language education at an earlier academic level and younger age has a number of undeniable benefits.
Spanish is quickly becoming a noted world language, with as many as 41 million native Spanish speakers calling the United States home. Furthermore, an additional 11.6 million are bilingual in the United States, speaking both English and Spanish fluently. As such, it’s easy to see how learning Spanish an early age can empower children to better engage with and navigate a world that’s becoming increasingly multicultural.
Here’s what can happen when your little one takes Spanish curriculum lessons for preschoolers.
Sharpen cognitive skills
The brain of a child is designed to soak up and retain new information like a sponge, and preschool Spanish lessons can help to boosts your child’s cognitive abilities. Children that begin learning a foreign language, such as Spanish, at young age are more likely to develop stronger problem solving skills, sharper critical thinking skills, high levels of creativity, better memory, and effective multi-tasking skills. Spanish curriculum lessons for preschoolers go far beyond simply teaching children a foreign language, but rather support their overall education.
Have noticed that children pick up on language so quickly? Learning a foreign language on top of a native language such as English can help children develop better linguistics. Children can develop fluency in both their native language and a foreign language with relatively quickly and easily. Children often develop stronger written and verbal communication skills by being enrolled Spanish curriculum lessons for preschoolers.
Experiential education is finally gaining the recognition it deserves, and including the importance of emotional intelligence or empathy. Culturally immersive experiences, such as travel or learning a foreign language, can help children develop soft skills such as empathy, self-awareness, and an overall higher level of emotional intelligence. After taking Spanish curriculum lessons for preschoolers, children are better able to connect with and respect cultural differences. | <urn:uuid:a7d5a9df-d2a1-473d-afa3-a4791873b1b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://education-website.com/2017/11/heres-what-happens-when-your-little-one-takes-spanish-curriculum-lessons-for-preschoolers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.95564 | 466 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Material efficiency and the circular economy
Material efficiency refers to activities designed to reduce the use of material resources during production and consumption, as well as measures to improve the reusability, recyclability and durability of products, components and materials.
The EU Eco-Design Directive for energy-related products (2009/125/EC) sets out energy efficiency performance requirements for a wide range of product categories and current efforts are underway to consider how material efficiency aspects may be integrated into future revisions of the Directive.
Similar to the way in which standards have been developed to stipulate test methodologies to demonstrate compliance with the energy efficiency requirements, metrics and standards are intended be established to support the enforcement of regulatory requirements for resource efficiency of energy-related products.
Under procedures set out in EU Regulation 2012/1025/EC, in July 2014, the European Commission submitted a formal standardisation request to the relevant European standardisation organisations to develop the standards required.
Together with ECOS and the European Environmental Bureau, the SNS is actively involved in the ongoing discussions around the content and format of the material efficiency standards to be developed. Our joint position paper can be viewed here.
If you are interested in providing input or being part of our ad hoc expert panel, please get in touch.
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Full Spectrum vs Isolate
CBD (Cannabidiol) is one of the 113+ Phyto-cannabinoids that are present within the cannabis plant. Unlike its molecular cousin THC (Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol), CBD is non-psychoactive; meaning it does not get you high or impair your judgement.
Once CBD is consumed, it interacts with our body’s endocannabinoid system via cannabinoid receptors located in our brains, organs and throughout our bodies. The medicinal benefits of CBD have only recently begun to be researched, but initial clinical trials have shown tremendous therapeutic potential.
Full spectrum CBD extract is obtained from the cannabis sativa L. plant using supercritical CO2 extraction. A full spectrum products contain not only CBD, but also all other naturally occurring cannabinoids and terpenes which cumulatively contribute to a phenomenon known as the entourage effect, as theorised by Dr. Ben-Shabat in 1998.
The entourage effect suggests that a dose of cannabis extract which contains a combination of CBD and other cannabinoids (such as CBG, THC, CBDA, etc.) creates a larger positive impact than CBD can have on its own.
Furthermore, the presence of terpenes also influences the entourage effect, so a full spectrum CBD oil that includes them is theoretically more effective.
CBD isolate on the other hand is a crystalline substance which contains 99% pure CBD. To obtain CBD isolate, a full spectrum hemp extract is first obtained from the cannabis sativa L. plant using supercritical CO2 extraction. The full-spectrum extract then undergoes a refinement process which completely filters away any remaining trace amounts of THC and leaves nothing behind but CBD in its most purest form.
CBD is the only cannabinoid approved by ESL & WADA (World Anti-Doping Association), which state that: “All natural and synthetic cannabinoids are prohibited except for cannabidiol (CBD).”
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The second volume in Rosa Luxemburg’s Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 2, contains a new English translation of Luxemburg’s The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to the Economic Theory of Imperialism, one of the most important works ever composed on capitalism’s incessant drive for self-expansion and the integral connection between capitalism and imperialism. This new translation is the first to present the full work as composed by the author. It also contains her book-length response to her critics, The Accumulation of Capital, Or, What the Epigones Have Made Out of Marx’s Theory—An Anti-Critique. Taken together, these two works represent one of the most important Marxist studies of the globalization of capital.
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Social media users in Kenya are at risk of political misinformation, hate speech and incitement against ethnic communities ahead of August elections, with rights groups warning the posts are stoking tensions around the vote .
A Mozilla Foundation report this month highlighted dozens of posts on the TikTok app, including videos comparing a political candidate to Hitler and claiming he would attack other ethnic groups once in power.
The posts are increasing tensions in a “highly volatile political landscape” that has already seen deadly post-election clashes, the report’s author said, adding that the platforms are failing to effectively crack down on abuse.
“Hate speech can be hard to pinpoint…but so much of this content is so blatantly problematic,” Odanga Madung said.
“No media house in Kenya would publish it because it would be shut down.”
TikTok said it works to remove harmful content, and many videos Mr Madung flagged have been removed or labeled as sensitive since his study was published.
Kenya goes to the polls on August 9. General elections in the East African country are often highly contentious and polarized, with many traditionally voting along ethnic lines. They have sometimes been marred by inter-community violence.
An estimated 1,300 people died in clashes following a disputed election in 2007, and some Kenyans fear problems if the outcome of the upcoming vote is disputed.
Mr Madung found more than 130 TikTok videos containing hate and misinformation during a six-month investigation, which had collectively amassed more than 4 million views.
“The platform not only enables the publication of this harmful content, but it also amplifies it algorithmically,” he said.
TikTok assigned a dedicated election team to Kenya and was also rolling out products offering authoritative voting information, said Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, the app’s Africa public policy manager.
“We prohibit and remove election misinformation, promotion of violence and other violations of our policies and partner with accredited fact checkers,” he said in a statement.
But digital rights groups have said efforts by major social media platforms to tackle harmful content are insufficient, especially in developing countries.
Their moderators lack knowledge of local languages and dialects while the rules fail to take into account specific cultural and societal contexts, allowing problematic content to spread quickly with potentially serious consequences, they said.
Kenya’s two main presidential candidates, Vice President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, have expressed confidence in the electoral process – but the situation remains precarious, according to political analysts.
While much has changed in the past 15 years, including the emergence of a stronger justice system, Kenya remains “highly vulnerable” to episodes of pre- and post-election violence, according to a report by the International Crisis Group this month.
“This is mainly due to the polarized, ethnic and personalistic politics that have characterized electoral competition in the country for decades,” he said.
More than half of Kenya’s 53 million people are under 35 and around 12 million use social media, according to the Data Portal website.
A Reuters Institute survey last year found that 75% of Kenyan news consumers struggled to distinguish between real and fake news online, and more than 60% said they had discovered fake news. policy information during the previous week.
As the poll approaches, platforms are awash with sparse graphics, images and videos promoting false and misleading information.
Kenya, often dubbed the “Silicon Savannah” because of its thriving tech scene, has also seen the proliferation of “disinformation factories” – armies of social media influencers hired to spread misleading political content, Mozilla found.
“We cannot underestimate the power of these giant social media platforms,” said Irungu Houghton, Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya.
“Online disinformation, where the truth is deliberately distorted to drive particular agendas during elections, is extremely dangerous, and very difficult to stop once it is out there.”
Officials from the National Cohesion and Inclusion Commission (NCIC), a government body set up after the 2007 election violence to tackle hate speech, said they were seeing a marked increase in harmful political rhetoric in line.
“A lot of this hate speech is organized,” said NCIC commissioner Danvas Makori.
“We are working with platforms like Facebook to identify individual accounts and groups that are clearly spreading [incitive] content and take legal action – but it’s still a very slow process.
Mr Makori said the NCIC had identified 83 cases of election-related online hate speech and individuals were being prosecuted.
Misinformation spread on many popular platforms as the election approached.
On Facebook, a manipulated video incorrectly suggested that former US President Barack Obama had endorsed Mr Ruto as his presidential candidate, while Twitter saw a trending hashtag earlier this year that spread unfounded allegations against his rival M .Odinga.
Posts identified by Mr Madung on TikTok included a video with a manipulated image of Mr Ruto wearing a blood-covered shirt and holding a knife, with a caption alleging he was a murderer. The post has had over 500,000 views.
Other TikTok videos used coded language referring to certain ethnic communities as “madoadoa”, a Kiswahili word meaning “stains”, which was listed as hate speech by Kenyan authorities ahead of the election.
Facebook and Twitter have told the Thomson Reuters Foundation they are taking aggressive steps to combat misinformation, including hiring expert moderators and partnering with independent fact checkers.
“We remove misinformation that could lead to imminent violence, as well as highly deceptive manipulated media, such as deep fakes, and misinformation that could lead to voter suppression,” Facebook owner Meta Platforms said in a statement. a statement.
Twitter said it was committed “to protecting the health of the election conversation.”
“We use a combination of technology and human review to identify misleading information on the Service, and have recently expanded our policy and enforcement to address the rise of misinformation across the world,” a carrier said. word of Twitter.
But digital rights groups have said the platforms’ actions are sorely lacking, citing cases in Ethiopia and Myanmar where Facebook is accused of failing to commit police abuse and playing a key role in spreading hate speech that fuels ethnic violence.
Removal of harmful content often takes weeks or is not removed at all, and current appeal mechanisms are slow to respond to or even acknowledge concerns, they said.
When the content is in a language other than English, the process can be slower, putting the safety and security of individuals or groups at risk, campaigners said.
“It is clear that moderation practices are inadequate. There is a lack of transparency on how many moderators they have, how many languages, dialects they speak and what knowledge they have,” said Bridget Andere, an Africa policy analyst with the group. Access Now digital rights advocate.
“These platforms have the resources, but they just don’t invest enough in content moderation, especially in the Global South.”
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MORE South African businesses have been inquiring about and purchasing cybercrime insurance, according to independent insurance and risk specialist Risk Benefit Solutions.
Internationally there have been a handful of high-profile instances of cybercrime, most notably the recent hacking of Ashley Madison and Sony Pictures that put millions of users’ confidential details and sensitive information in jeopardy.
Estimates are that SA loses about R6bn annually because of cybercrime.
The introduction of tough legislation that provides the legal framework within which to handle private information and sets stiff fines for non-compliance, may also have provided the impetus for the increased interest in cybercrime insurance.
Gillian Wolman, head of litigation at Risk Benefit Solutions, said more South African businesses were inquiring about and purchasing cybercrime insurance to protect themselves against law suits arising from data breaches.
“Business owners have started to realise how costly the effects of cyber hacks can be, and are therefore putting measures in place to protect themselves financially.
“In the event of a law suit, the business will be responsible for paying legal fees, judgments or settlements and other court-related costs, which can be (high) and (can) … bankrupt a business,” Ms Wolman said.
A cyber liability policy would protect businesses against a “network security breach” or a “data privacy breach”. Insurers would cover first party and third party claims, loss of business income, notification expenses, crisis management expenses, associated regulatory fines and penalties to the extent insurable by law, as well as direct financial and consequential loss, she said.
Each underwriter may, however, have different terms and conditions.
The Protection of Personal Information Act would revolutionise how organisations manage personal information and data, said Ms Wolman.
In 2013 President Jacob Zuma signed the act into law.
The law sets the conditions of how any individual who processes personal information must handle, keep and secure it.
It requires widespread reforms that the private and public sectors must introduce to ensure personal information and data they collect are protected. It has strict guidelines on what data can be obtained, how it can be used, and kept up to date.
Businesses that fail to comply with the act face stiff penalties, including a R10m fine, or prison terms.
KPMG’s Global CEO Outlook 2015 report shows that although cyber security is one of the five top risks that executives are most concerned about, only 50% of bosses are prepared for a cyber attack.
The report explains that cybercrime is an unpredictable risk.
Greg Bell, KPMG’s US cyber leader, said until recently there had been too much attention focused on prevention, and not enough on protection and response.
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Spring is springing up quickly after our warmish winter. The mountain laurels have been blooming for over a month now and are slowly beginning to fade. Their bumpy seed pods, containing poisonous seeds, are appearing from the delicate purple-blue blooms that still fill the night with heady scent. I thought it might be fun to take a closer look at these flowers since this species is a member of the Fabaceae, one of the largest and most cosmopolitan of all plant groups. Just about anywhere in the world you will find examples of the pea family. They could be evergreen, deciduous, climbers, herbaceous plants or trees. Specifically, Texas Mountain Laurel is a beautiful evergreen multi-trunked trees that is part of the sub-family Faboideae. This is the group of Fabaceae that we typically recognize as “pea”. The other two subfamilies are Mimosoidae and Caesalpiniodae.
So what is a “classic” pea flower. It has a floral structure where the petals are arranged into banner, wings and keel.
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The Willits Rail Trail was discussed at a community meeting on March 10, held via Zoom. The Willits Rail Trail is a 1.6 mile Class 1 segregated cycle and pedestrian path that will be built on the rail corridor.
The City of Willits secured a $6 million grant in 2019 for the project. The design and implementation of the trail is currently underway. When complete, the trail will be part of the statewide effort to build the Great Redwood Trail.
Town of Willits Community Development Manager Dusty Duley provided background on the project, which dates back to the 1990s. He said, “I just want to acknowledge the past 20 years of effort from the community, (municipal) council and staff to get there.”
John Gibbs of WRT explained the importance of community input throughout the design and implementation process. He said: “We want this place to be active, we want it to be safe, we want it to be loved.”
Gibbs described the project’s objectives as: improving non-motorized mobility and accessibility along the corridor, preserving the transportation system around the city (including the rail component), public safety, and ensuring that the trail is actively used.
Lights and benches will be added to the pathway, which will stretch from Commercial Street to East Hill Road. Gibbs explained: “Connecting the city center to the south of the city – Baechtel Road, the hospital etc. – … it really offers excellent connectivity throughout the valley.”
The project design team is led by civil engineering firm GHD. GHD Project Manager Matt Regula explained that the corridor is limited in the northern section, and less as it moves south. He explained that they would coordinate with the Skunk Train and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to implement the project.
The trail will be built next to the current rail as it is still in use. A Class 1 trail is defined as a 10 foot wide paved path with 2 foot wide shoulders. There is a required offset distance from the operational rail, and a fence between the trail and the rail is also required. ADA compliance is the goal.
The project has been initiated and GHD is preparing the environmental document. Construction is expected to begin in late 2023 or early 2024.
Gibbs explained that the shoulders will remain unpaved, providing a softer surface for runners, while the main trail will be asphalt, providing a good surface for those on wheels. Shade trees will be part of the design, along with clear signs indicating where the trail is.
Gibbs stressed that safety and public safety are paramount. He said the project team and the city are excited to work with the Willits Police Department and trail users to make this happen.
During the question and answer period, Madge Strong, a member of the city council, pointed out that lighting will be expensive. The project team is aware and expects that the budget will be limited, even with grant funding, given the scale of the project.
City Council Member Jerry Gonzalez asked about the budget for future maintenance. Duley said staff discussed it and tried to anticipate maintenance costs.
It was pointed out that the new California Conservation Corps center will open around the same time near Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits. Corps members may be able to help with trail maintenance.
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Earlier this year, France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government would give 300 euros to every eighteen-year-old in the country to spend on “the arts.” Officials call it the “Culture Pass” and say the purpose is to revive museums, the ballet, and other cultural institutions that struggled during the pandemic shutdowns. The other purpose of the pass is to expose more young people to the arts.
Of course, handing someone — particularly a teenager — a large sum of money doesn’t guarantee they’ll do what you’d prefer with it; and while the Culture Pass has a few stipulations, like prohibiting the purchase of violent video games, it turns out French teens aren’t as “high-art” minded as their benefactors had hoped. As of last month, almost half of all the money spent with the Culture Pass has gone toward a Japanese genre of comic books called manga.
The Culture Pass initiative raises questions, even beyond the challenge of trying to steer teens toward something more “high-brow” than graphic novels. It’s not clear how the Culture Pass handles religious materials, for example. But it is hard to imagine that France, the birthplace of postmodernism, would approve of its teens buying the Bible with government money, despite that, as the best-selling book of all time, the Bible has made a bigger impact on global culture than any other work in history.
Maybe it is allowed; we are not sure. The biggest problem with the Culture Pass isn’t the potential for censorship, or that it’s asking French citizens to subsidize their nation’s teenagers’ questionable taste in art.
The pass has put France in an odd position. French officials keep telling the media that its purpose is to expose French youth to “the arts,” and these officials have defined “arts” as things like the ballet, the theater, and museum exhibits. But that narrow definition doesn’t take into account the radical way technology has changed how culture is both made and consumed over the last century.
Say what you will about the mind-numbing effect of video games on young souls, for example, which is real and troublesome, but there’s more money in video games today than an award-winning Broadway play – and far more people have access to video games. As a result, you’ll find some of the most advanced, meticulously designed and beautiful “art” (if you’re willing to call it that) inside these games rather than on the stage.
This begs the bigger unanswered question. Why put in the effort to “expose kids to the arts” at all? Is there such a paradigm as “good art” and “bad art”? To put a finer point on it, is there “useful art” and “regressive art”? Christianity says the answer is a clear yes.
Sometimes Christians think of “culture” as all the “bad” stuff “out there.” But culture is simply what humans do with the world. When God told Adam and Eve to fill the Earth and subdue it, He was telling them to make good culture. The result is that there are stories, art, music, and technological inventions that glorify God and build His Kingdom. Christian believers’ contributions to culture and the arts have been historically some of the most beautiful and influential in the world.
But evil corrupts culture-making, too. That’s why humanity also makes art that spreads bad ideas, lifts up false idols, and hurts people. People have committed great evil, exploited one another, and degraded themselves —throughout human history—all in the name of “art.”
Is it “bad” that French teens want comic books more than a ticket to the Louvre? To answer that with logical consistency, France needs more than its dominant worldview of postmodernism, which offers no moral grounding to determine what kind of “art” is beneficial and which is not. Christians should agree the arts can do great good for humankind. A good government will incentivize good culture, but it must define “good” first.
Even if the Culture Pass is not the most coherent strategy, it is still an opportunity for Christians in France, and a reminder for Christians everywhere, to continue carrying out Adam and Eve’s mandate.
If kids are struggling to get along in the world, which today’s kids definitely are, then good, true and beautiful things like art and inventions and scientific discovery can build culture that sets their imaginations towards redemption. And especially if France is going to foot the bill for a while, Christian culture-makers might as well flood the market.
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Three years ago, French Metro embarked on a journey to restore and furnish the circa 1923 Ellis Building in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. Originally the home of the Ellis Motor Company and a Packard car dealership, it is now on the National Register of Historic Places and is the home of Atlas, an upscale restaurant that serves global contemporary cuisine inspired by our son Elliot’s travels across six continents.
French Metro’s touch is apparent throughout the thoughtfully curated interior design which showcases antiques, serving pieces, and art objects from around the world including France.
Our first acquisition was a large zinc clock with a hand painted enameled face and iron hands. Marked with the name of the maker, Henriot Le Chesne, the clock was originally inset into the exterior facade of a church around the year 1900. A perfect find for the bar! It must be 5 o’clock somewhere in the world—Cocktails, anyone?
The industrial feel of the Ellis Building inspired us to bring back this circa 1920 iron grain dolly complete with its original brass plaque marked Paris. Its crank mechanism adjusts the height of a display shelf we added to showcase a Nebuchadnezzar-size bottle of champagne.
The soaring ceiling and exposed trusses of the building called for large scale decorative pieces. A zinc window originally in the mansard roof of a Paris apartment building now frames a mirror gazing upon the diners in the main dining room.
Speaking of scale, one of our favorite finds was an enormous bronze and silver champagne bucket. Custom-made for a restaurant in Paris, it now holds twenty bottles for Atlas and rings like a bell when you tap it!
As our clients well know, we love copper at French Metro, and so does Chef Elliot. The kitchen is outfitted with over thirty copper pots we brought back from France. And a large copper and brass lantern hangs from a solid bronze bracket over the door leading to the outdoor patio.
In keeping with the brass accent color throughout the interior, the restaurant is appointed with all kinds of brass and bronze treasures. A beautiful old bronze door handle at the front door sets the tone. A book rest from the altar of a church now holds the iPad where the host or hostess greets you at an antique counter from a French shop. Two brass train racks, originally used in railroad compartments, now hold coats and hats in the lounge.
Creating intimate spaces in a large restaurant is not always easy to achieve, but two very large hand forged iron partitions from the 1890’s were just what we needed.
Designing bathrooms is actually one of our favorite tasks. Antique French chandeliers and gilt wood mirrors along with a stunning Louis XVI vanity add some glamour to the space.
Atlas The Restaurant tells the story of our world through the language of food and hospitality. Antique trunks and maps, an armillary sphere, and objets d’art from around the world, all curated by the French Metro team, surround the diners enjoying the global cuisine inspired by Chef Elliot’s travels.
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Covid 19 has certainly pressed the accelerator pedal. Within a very small period, the numbers of Crypto traders and investors have increased during the pandemic. This shows that people’s interest in the Crypto trade market is growing.
COVID 19 has provided the best environment for the fruitful development and mainstreaming of the new technologies. But a vital question still hangs over the financial economy of the world: what comes next?
In the case of the financial crisis of 2007, we were able to see a domino effect that affected every industry in the worst possible way. This created a panicked market for everything. Central banks were forced to deliver unprecedented monetary influence to put things back on track. Though this method helped the economy a bit, it also depreciated the fiat currency’s value on international platforms.
In the same context, experts believe that even after the pandemic is over, there will be a huge backlash wave that might damage the economy again. With that being in mind, nations have already started preparing to face the aftereffect of the pandemic.
bitcoin code app is one of the platforms that has performed quite well in the pandemic. It has offered its services to thousands of investors and has helped them to place profitable trades. If you are looking for a platform to do the same, nothing can be better than the Bitcoin cycle.
How the United States Will Overcome China In the Crypto Race?
There have been several variables this year for the mad bull run of Bitcoin. But for The United States, the most influential factors are the US presidential election and their $1.8 Billion aid to the American COVID 19 patients.
Here are the factors that might help the United States to become the leader of the Crypto race.
$1.8 Billion Covid 19 Fund
Even in the economic crisis moment, the US has issued a hefty amount of $1.8 Billion to support all the COVID 19 patients’ medication. Though it may look like one of the best steps to take, it is not. The current economy of the US is not stable enough to support such a huge amount out of the national treasure chest. The only way it can be done by predicament printing of money.
This practice might not be allowed as it depreciates the value of the fiat currency. If you are an investor, you will get what we mean to say. In recent days, the Dollar has seen inflation. You can take that as a result of over printings of money.
American Investors Shifting Their Portfolios
Investors have foreseen the results of issuing $1.8 billion and have started shifting their assets to Cryptocurrency to save their assets from inflation. If there is a large-scale shifting of American portfolios, we might be able to see a new Crypto community that might hold the power to influence future prices of Cryptocurrencies.
How Can America Capitalise Crypto Trade Market?
In the Increasing multipolar of the financial ecosystem, the decentralized digital currency might hold an upper hand. As of now, China is winning the Crypto race by a long margin. If the US wants to capitalize on the Crypto trade market, they need to come with an infrastructure that supports the regulation of Cryptocurrencies and encourages new investors to invest in the Crypto trade market.
Though America is one of the countries that take the first step with the new technologies, they fell short on the Crypto trade front. Most Americans got to know about the Cryptocurrencies when the lawmakers handed out the Digital Dollar Solution to the people to fight the COVID 19 effects on the economy.
If the Americans can capitalize on this moment, when even the government is lending a hand with the decentralized investment, they can surely catch up to the leader of the Crypto race.
The Bottom Line
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Agility has become one of the most powerful management tools in recent years. This is reflected in the increasing popularity of agile frameworks such as SCRUM, Kanban and agile leadership.
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Guests’ Desire for Relational Closeness with Hosts: The Roles of Attachment Styles
Keywords:Attachment styles, perceived hospitality, relationship marketing, relational closeness
Extant research is increasingly recognizing the importance of customer attachment styles in service settings because of its significance with regard to relationship marketing. This study examined the impact of guest attachment styles on the desire for relational closeness with hosts using perceived hospitality as a mediator of service evaluation. Findings show that guests with higher levels of attachment anxiety seek closer relationships with hosts, and those with higher levels of attachment avoidance spurn efforts towards relational closeness. Also, perceived hospitality mediates only the impact of attachment avoidance on the desire for relational closeness. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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West Long Branch, NJ – Public opinion remains split on President Donald Trump’s ability to deal with North Korea. While most say that holding another summit with Kim Jong Un was a good idea, fewer than half feel the most recent meeting made any progress in reducing the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The latest Monmouth University Poll also finds that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the president using emergency powers to divert military funding in order to build a wall along the Mexican border.
Currently, 42% of Americans express confidence in Trump’s ability to handle the North Korea situation (up from 37% after last year’s meeting), while 40% are not confident (up from 36%). Another 18% are unsure (down from 28%). Public faith in the president’s ability to deal with North Korea has been fairly evenly divided in Monmouth’s polling going back to August 2017.
Most Americans (65%) say that the recent meeting between Trump and Kim was a good idea, including 90% of Republicans, 66% of independents, and 42% of Democrats. Only 27% say it was a bad idea. This positive feeling is slightly lower than it was after the two leaders first met in June last year, when 71% said that meeting was a good idea and 20% said it was a bad idea.
“Trump gets credit for meeting with Kim, but it really doesn’t translate into a solid win for him,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
Americans are split on whether it is likely (44%) or unlikely (44%) that the recent meeting will help decrease the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The public was somewhat more optimistic after the 2018 summit, when 51% said that meeting was likely to reduce the nuclear threat and 39% said it was unlikely. On the other hand, few feel that the latest meeting made the situation any worse. Just 23% say that last week’s summit is likely to lead to an increase in the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, while 64% said it is not likely to do that. [This latter question was not asked after the June summit.] Republicans (70%) are more likely than independents (43%) and Democrats (22%) to believe that last week’s meeting will decrease the North Korean threat, while Democrats (36%) are more likely than independents (20%) and Republicans (11%) to believe that last week’s meeting will increase that threat.
There has been slightly less public interest in the latest summit than there was for the initial meeting between Trump and Kim. While nearly 9-in-10 Americans say they followed news of the summit, only 42% say they have heard a lot about it. This compares to 53% who heard a lot about the first meeting in June 2018. [Note: the poll was conducted after the summit but before recent news reports that North Korea is rebuilding a rocket launch site.]
The Monmouth University Poll also asked about Trump using emergency powers to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Just one-third of Americans (33%) approve of the president’s declaration of a national emergency in order to use military funding to build a border wall. Nearly twice as many (65%) disapprove of this move. Most Republicans (73%) support the president using emergency powers to build the wall, while nearly all Democrats (93%) and most independents (71%) are opposed. These results are virtually unchanged from January when the White House floated the idea of using emergency powers if the president did not get the wall funding he wanted in the new budget. At that time, 34% said they would approve of Trump making such a declaration and 64% said they would disapprove if he did it.
In general, support for building a wall along the border with Mexico remains negative with 44% of the American public supporting it, while 51% are opposed. These results are nearly identical to Monmouth’s January poll which found 44% in favor and 52% opposed. Currently, 84% of Republicans, 40% of independents, and only 15% of Democrats support building a border wall.
“Two-thirds of Americans said they would oppose Trump using emergency powers to divert money to a border wall, and that has held true. The question is whether public opinion will shift after Congress votes on overturning that declaration,” said Murray.
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from March 1 to 4, 2019 with 802 adults in the United States. The question results in this release have a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.
QUESTIONS AND RESULTS
(* Some columns may not add to 100% due to rounding.)
[Q1-5 previously released.]
6. Do you favor or oppose building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico?
|(VOL) Don’t know||4%||4%||3%||5%||10%|
7. Do you approve or disapprove of the president declaring a national emergency in order to use funding designated for the U.S. military to build a wall along the Mexican border?
|(VOL) Don’t know||2%||2%|
*Jan ’19 Question wording was: “If a deal cannot be reached on border security, would you approve or disapprove of the president declaring a national emergency…”
[Q8 and Q16-24 previously released.]
[Q9-15 held for future release.]
25. President Trump recently met with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. How much have you heard about this – a lot, a little, or nothing at all?
|Nothing at all||12%||8%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting between Trump and Kim.
26. Do you think Trump having this meeting was a good idea or bad idea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||8%||9%||8%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting.
*April ’18 question was asked regarding a potential meeting.
27. Are you confident or not confident in President Trump’s ability to deal with the North Korea situation, or are you not sure? [If NOT SURE: Do you lean more toward feeling confident or more toward feeling not confident?]
|Not sure, lean confident||6%||9%||8%||6%||6%|
|Not sure, lean not confident||10%||15%||13%||11%||11%|
[QUESTIONS 28 & 29 WERE ROTATED]
28. Do you think it is likely or not likely that this meeting will help DECREASE the nuclear threat posed by North Korea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||12%||10%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting.
29. Do you think it is likely or not likely that this meeting will help INCREASE the nuclear threat posed by North Korea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||13%|
[Q30-36 held for future release.]
The Monmouth University Poll was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from March 1 to 4, 2019 with a national random sample of 802 adults age 18 and older, in English. This includes 322 contacted by a live interviewer on a landline telephone and 480 contacted by a live interviewer on a cell phone. Telephone numbers were selected through random digit dialing and landline respondents were selected with a modified Troldahl-Carter youngest adult household screen. Monmouth is responsible for all aspects of the survey design, data weighting and analysis. Final sample is weighted for region, age, education, gender and race based on US Census information. Data collection support provided by Braun Research (field) and SSI (RDD sample). For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points (unadjusted for sample design). Sampling error can be larger for sub-groups (see table below). In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.
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Local search does not limit the definition to physical locations where customers will shop. Many companies provide services at their clients’ locations. These business, particularly the trades services industries, are also included in the local search. | <urn:uuid:a43ff533-9272-4599-b214-73ffb22a5d05> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vancouverwaseo.org/services/local-search | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959605 | 113 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Why backing tracks?
When guitarist and composer Brynjar Bøe was searching YouTube for backing tracks in 2014, he found that there was a shortage of high-quality tracks in many genres.That is how the idea of starting a YouTube channel with backing tracks in lots of different styles and genres came to life. After the launch in december 2014, the channel quickly grew and got attention from musicians all around the world who often gave great feedback after jamming to some of our tracks. A common theme in their feedback has been that they are impressed with the quality of the production and how well our tracks are suited for practicing on their instrument. Being able to view the chords in real-time while jamming along to a backing track proved to be of great value, and this has provided musicians and people all over the world to get better at their instrument.
Since then, the Elite Backing Tracks YouTube channel has grown to over 80k subscribers in 2021, and the backing tracks has received over 20 millions streams all in all. In addition to the free YouTube videos, customers are provided with the option of buying audio & chord sheet bundles from our website. This may be useful for anyone who needs to make notes on the chord sheet regarding scale choice, chord structures, and so forth. It can also be useful in a teacher-student setting, and we have received lots of positive feedback from music teachers who are using our backing tracks in those settings. Also, having the backing tracks available in situations where there is shortage of internet signal, can be of great value.
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Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA.
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UCLA Extension - Los Angeles, CA.
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Film Scoring Certificate.
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University of Oslo - Oslo, Norway.
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M.A. degree in musicology.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – It’s no secret that going without sleep can affect people’s mood, but a new study shows it does not interfere with their ability to evaluate emotional situations.
It is often assumed that feeling more negative will color people’s experience of emotional images and events in the environment around them. However, Washington State University researchers found that while going 24 hours without sleep impacted study participants’ mood, it did not change their performance on tests evaluating their ability to process emotional words and images.
“People do become less happy through sleep deprivation, but it’s not affecting how they are processing emotional stimuli in their environment,” said Anthony Stenson, a WSU psychology doctoral student and lead author of the study in Plos One.
The findings have implications for healthcare providers, law enforcement and people in other long-hour professions who need to be able to control their own emotions during stressful and emotionally trying situations. Sleep loss in not likely to make them numb to emotional situations, the researchers found, but it is likely to make them less able to control their own emotional responses.
For the study, about 60 adult participants spent four consecutive days in the Sleep and Performance Research Center at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. All participants were allowed to sleep normally the first night and then given a set of baseline tests to judge their mood as well as their emotional regulation and processing ability. Then, the researchers divided the participants into two groups: one group of 40 people spent the second night awake, while a control group of 20 were allowed a normal sleep period. The tests were then re-administered at different intervals.
The emotional regulation and processing tests both involved viewing a series of images with positive and negative emotional connotations. In the emotional regulation tests, participants were given a prompt to help them recontextualize negative images before seeing them and asked to control their feelings. The sleep-deprived group had greater difficulty reducing the emotion they felt when instructed to do so.
The processing tests involved responding to words and images with emotional content, for example rating the emotions conveyed by a smiling family, a growling dog or a crying child All participants performed similarly on these tests whether they were sleep deprived or not.
The distinction between processing the emotional content of the world around you and being able to regulate your own emotional responses is an important one, especially for some professions, said co-author Paul Whitney, a WSU professor of psychology.
“I don’t think we want our first responders being numb to the emotional nature of the situations they encounter, and it looks like they are not,” he said. “On the other hand, reacting normally to emotional situations, but not being able to control your own emotions, could be one reason sleep loss sometimes produces catastrophic errors in stressful situations.”
A lot of previous research has looked at how sleep deprivation impacts so called “cold” cognitive tasks—supposedly emotionally neutral tasks like recalling facts. These studies have also found that regulation, which is considered a “top-down” cognitive process, is a major problem with cold cognitive tasks. For instance, mental flexibility is compromised by sleep deprivation. This is the ability an emergency room doctor might need to quickly change tactics if a patient isn’t responding to a treatment.
The current study shows that top-down regulation is a problem as well with “hot” or emotional cognitive processes. Future research is needed to understand whether the effects of sleep loss on the two top-down processes are linked.
This study is the result of an ongoing collaboration among WSU psychology researchers and sleep experts at WSU College of Medicine. Other authors include psychology post-doctoral fellow Courtney Kurinec as well as psychology Professor John Hinson and College of Medicine Professor Hans Van Dongen. All are also affiliated with the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center. | <urn:uuid:cd276144-979e-4230-8a4d-ddb246eb8e6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.miragenews.com/sleep-loss-does-not-impact-ability-to-assess-649257/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960053 | 804 | 2.75 | 3 |
Although circumstances are different for everyone, in many situations prescription drug costs are breaking the bank for those in need. It’s unfortunate that so many people are unable to afford the cost of medications that they need to survive or to live a healthy and happy life. It’s an issue that’s affecting millions of people.
What happens when these people are unable to afford their prescriptions? Those millions of people decide to skip their medications in order to preserve their pockets over their health. Don’t fall victim to over-priced medication costs.
You can lower prescription drug costs by following these 6 helpful tips.
1. Use Generic Medication Brands
Always consider the generic medication brand over the name brand. Don’t let the term “generic” scare you away from making a cost-savings decision. Generic medication brands have the same exact active ingredients in them as the name brands do.
The only thing that’s different is the inactive ingredients in the medication. However, generic medication still meets the same standards as the name brand medications do. These medications will treat your condition in the same exact way as the name brand ones would.
Speak with the pharmacist about what generic brand options are available to you.
2. Different Medication Alternatives
Your doctor might prescribe you one type of medication that’s not covered under your insurance or has a significantly high price. Don’t panic. Your doctor isn’t sure of what medications are covered under your insurance or what the different prices are for each type of drug.
If you run into any of these problems, simply ask your pharmacist, your insurance company, or your doctor about different medication alternatives. In many instances, there are several different medications that can be used to treat the same condition. Most of these drugs are just as effective as the other.
Speak with your doctor before making the switch as he or she will know the best alternative option for you specifically. Your insurance company prefers you to use medications with lower prices to keep costs down. Communicating with all three parties is the best way to find your ideal alternative.
3. Use Different Pharmacies
The healthcare system is changing and with it, we’re seeing more and more people opting to deny prescription coverage as part of their plan. With that being said, payments for prescription drugs will need to be made out of pocket. You might be surprised to know that the out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs changes drastically with different pharmacies.
Because of this, your best option is to do a little bit of shopping around. Check-in with all of your local pharmacies and see what their individual prices are for your specific medications. You might even find that working with an online pharmacy intermediary that allows you to receive your medications directly to your doorstep have cheaper prices than the storefront locations.
Always shop around and see what the different prices are at each pharmacy before making a final decision. This is the best way to ensure you get the best price!
4. Ask For Smaller Quantities
If you recently began taking a new medication, you can consider asking your doctor to write out the prescription for a smaller amount than usual. This is a good way to save money while you determine if the prescription works well for you. When starting a new medication, there’s no way to tell for certain if it’ll work the way you need it to or if you’ll experience side effects until you actually take the medicine for a couple of days.
Rather than spending money on a prescription that your body might not respond well to, start out with a small amount of it and go from there. You can also consider asking your pharmacist to dispense a smaller amount. However, there may be restrictions for this based on the state’s laws, but it’s worth asking.
5. Use Coupons to Rack Up Savings
Another way to save directly from the manufacturer is to be on the lookout for manufacturer coupons. Use these coupons to rack up the savings. This is a great option for those whose only option is the manufacturer’s name-brand medication.
And if you’re insured through an employer or through a private insurer, then you might qualify for reductions on your monthly co-pays if you use the savings programs offered by the manufacturer.
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To remain competitive against generic brands, they offer these coupons.
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Scaling up quality care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth: an overview of methods and analyses of intervention-specific bottlenecks and solutions
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth volume 15, Article number: S1 (2015)
The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) and Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality targets cannot be achieved without high quality, equitable coverage of interventions at and around the time of birth. This paper provides an overview of the methodology and findings of a nine paper series of in-depth analyses which focus on the specific challenges to scaling up high-impact interventions and improving quality of care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth, including babies born small and sick.
The bottleneck analysis tool was applied in 12 countries in Africa and Asia as part of the ENAP process. Country workshops engaged technical experts to complete a tool designed to synthesise "bottlenecks" hindering the scale up of maternal-newborn intervention packages across seven health system building blocks. We used quantitative and qualitative methods and literature review to analyse the data and present priority actions relevant to different health system building blocks for skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care, antenatal corticosteroids (ACS), basic newborn care, kangaroo mother care (KMC), treatment of neonatal infections and inpatient care of small and sick newborns.
The 12 countries included in our analysis account for the majority of global maternal (48%) and newborn (58%) deaths and stillbirths (57%). Our findings confirm previously published results that the interventions with the most perceived bottlenecks are facility-based where rapid emergency care is needed, notably inpatient care of small and sick newborns, ACS, treatment of neonatal infections and KMC. Health systems building blocks with the highest rated bottlenecks varied for different interventions. Attention needs to be paid to the context specific bottlenecks for each intervention to scale up quality care. Crosscutting findings on health information gaps inform two final papers on a roadmap for improvement of coverage data for newborns and indicate the need for leadership for effective audit systems.
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets for ending preventable mortality and provision of universal health coverage will require large-scale approaches to improving quality of care. These analyses inform the development of systematic, targeted approaches to strengthening of health systems, with a focus on overcoming specific bottlenecks for the highest impact interventions.
Poor quality of maternal and newborn care during pregnancy, childbirth and in the postnatal period significantly contributes to the annual estimated 289,000 maternal deaths , 2.6 million stillbirths and 2.8 million newborn deaths globally . Women and newborns are at greatest risk at and around the time of birth, and babies born small and sick are especially vulnerable . Available interventions can prevent many of these deaths , but interventions often face challenges to scale up, many of which are specific to context or the intervention . Understanding these specific challenges is critical to aid countries to intentionally focus their efforts and resources to achieve the effective, high quality coverage of interventions that are needed to save women and newborns, and to prevent stillbirths.
In May 2014, the 67th World Health Assembly endorsed the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP), which set a target of ≤12 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births and stillbirths per 1000 total births by 2030 and set eight specific milestones at global and country level to 2020 . The ENAP impact framework , inserts "Every Newborn" into the "Every Woman, Every Child" concept, broadening its goals to include ending preventable stillbirths and deaths for women, newborns and children, and improving child development and human capital. Effective interventions for improving the survival and health of newborns forms one component of integrated health services for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH). The identified core ENAP interventions are packaged for levels of service delivery and are delivered from common platforms. Ensuring equitable coverage of high quality health care for women and children, including care at the start of life, must be placed at the heart of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Framework. The ENAP together with the Strategy for Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) provide a strong investment case for women's and children's health with clear actions and goals for maternal and newborn health post-2015 [6, 8]. Achieving the targets also requires functioning health systems, integrated planning and delivery to ensure efficient, high quality and effective health services for women and children .
Quality of care
The issue of quality of care remains central to maternal and newborn health since increasing coverage of interventions alone will not necessarily deliver the outcomes or impact needed to reach mortality reduction targets . Stagnation in neonatal mortality rates (NMR) is being observed even in the context of rapid improvements in coverage of skilled birth attendance and facility-based births . For example, in South Africa, more than 95% of births are facility-based, but NMR has hardly shifted in recent years, most probably due to inadequate quality of care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period . Similarly, the evaluation of the conditional cash transfer Janani Suraksha Yojana program in India showed significant increases in facility deliveries but no change in NMR; the impact on maternal health outcomes was also unclear . A recent analysis by Bhutta et al modelled the effect and cost of scaling up available interventions for mothers and newborns at and around the time of birth; estimates suggest that improving the quality of care could have the greatest impact, resulting in a triple return on investment saving women, newborns, preventing stillbirths and could also prevent millions of babies from suffering disabilities related to insults at the time of birth.
Quality of care in itself is a difficult concept to define; traditionally, the concept of quality of medical care has been conceptualised as the provision of care according to defined standards that are affordable to the society in question, and have the ability to produce an impact on mortality, morbidity and disability . Hulton and colleagues introduced the issue of reproductive rights and the importance of the dual concepts of the 'provision of care' and 'experience of care'; the latter emphasises the importance of the patient's perspective of the care received . The Donabedian Model provides one of the earliest conceptual frameworks for examining health services and evaluating quality of care based on three categories: "structure," "process," and "outcomes" . Structure describes the context in which care is delivered, including hospital buildings, staff, financing, and equipment. Process denotes the transactions between patients and providers throughout the delivery of healthcare. Finally, outcome refers to the effects of healthcare on the health status of patients and populations. Other frameworks build on this concept to make the measurement of quality more specific to maternal health services , and most recently to ensure the different levels of the health care system are considered . Given the inextricable link between maternal and newborn health, the care received by a mother is critical in influencing her outcomes as well as the outcomes of her baby and frameworks for measuring quality of care provided for mothers should also consider outcomes for newborns. Van Lerberghe and colleagues recently explored the diverse actions that have contributed to health system strengthening over the past 25 years in four settings; they found that attention for quality of care only really began when uptake of care had already substantially increased. To achieve quality even where scale up has been achieved, there are areas of difficulty or context specific challenges that need to be addressed. Alongside increasing availability and coverage of services, tackling the issue of quality has been identified as a moral and public health imperative.
Health system bottlenecks to the provision of quality maternal and newborn care
This is the first paper in a supplement of nine papers that provides an overview of the methodology and findings of a new set of analyses using data from 12 high-burden countries to carry out an in-depth exploration of the intervention-specific bottlenecks to the scale up of quality care around the time of birth and for small and sick newborns [17–22]. The aim of this work is to use the bottleneck analysis as a systematic approach to identify challenges and implementable actions to scale up quality care. This paper presents the systematic approach that was used to conduct the in-depth analyses to identify and unpack the critical bottlenecks by health system building block for each of the nine high-impact interventions for care around the time of birth and for small and sick newborns. Health systems strengthening will only be accomplished by comprehensive changes to policies and regulations, organisational structures, and relationships across the health systems building blocks that motivate changes in behaviour, and/or allow more effective use of resources to improve multiple health services . We therefore use the health systems building block as the basis to collect and report data in a way that can be applied to analyse specific challenges and identify practical solutions to improve the implementation of services and strengthen health systems.
A year after the launch of the ENAP, significant progress has been made to support and invest in maternal and newborn health, but further progress will only be made with attention to specific implementation challenges, many of which vary by context and intervention. The papers in this series build on the analyses and evidence published previously in The Lancet Every Newborn Series , expanding the analysis to include data from four additional countries (12 in total) and presenting a more in-depth analysis of the different challenges for each of the maternal-newborn intervention packages. The papers also discuss the policy and programmatic implications and priority actions for programme scale up for each intervention package.
Figure 1 outlines the objectives of the series overall and of the individual papers.
We define a bottleneck as any factor that hinders or limits the ability of a health system to deliver the interventions as per recommended guidelines and therefore poses a barrier to delivering high quality maternal and newborn care to improve health outcomes.
We included 12 countries in this systematic analysis, one third more countries than were included in the previous analysis of this data in The Lancet Every Newborn series . The findings presented in this Series include data from six countries in Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam and Pakistan) and six countries in Africa (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda) (Figure 2). The primary criteria for country selection was based on the number of births, number of newborn deaths, and neonatal mortality rate (NMR). We selected the top 13 countries with the highest numbers of newborn deaths in 2011. To ensure that we got a reasonable minimum set of data within a defined period and also to get a better understanding of the challenges that smaller high-burden countries might face, we also selected additional countries with high NMR (NMR ≥ 15). Vietnam was also included to increase the number of country perspectives from Asia. While Vietnam did not strictly fit into the criteria (Vietnam NMR was 13 in 2011), there was strong interest from the government of Vietnam to participate in the bottleneck analysis process.
Data collection tool
The data were collected with the maternal-newborn bottleneck analysis tool which was compiled as part of the ENAP development process and is available online with instructions for completion (additional file 1) . The tool aimed to facilitate the identification of bottlenecks that hinder the scale up of quality facility-based newborn care packages, as well as some maternal packages, across the six World Health Organization (WHO) health system building blocks with community ownership and participation added on the basis of the recommendations of the Ouagadougou declaration on primary health care . Nine maternal-newborn health facility-based high-impact intervention packages are identified in the tool . For each package, specific tracer interventions were defined. These tracer interventions were chosen to represent the common challenges to implementing the package, to stimulate and focus discussion on identification of common challenges for components of the intervention delivered within the same time period (Table 1), the tracer interventions are described in detail in the intervention specific papers.
Data collection process
The bottleneck analysis tool was utilised during a series of national consultation workshops supported by the global Every Newborn Steering Group between July 1st and December 31st 2013. The workshops were comprised of a group of national experts, mainly members of the maternal and newborn technical working group where existing, led by government and supported by a facilitating partner identified in each country . In each workshop, after participants had identified the main bottlenecks to each tracer intervention for each health system building block, they came to consensus and graded the severity of the bottlenecks within each health system building block. The grading categories used were; good (not a bottleneck) (=1), needs some improvement (minor bottleneck) (=2), needs major improvement (significant bottleneck) (=3), or inadequate (very major bottleneck) (=4). Workshop participants also proposed potential strategies and solutions to overcome the priority bottlenecks identified under each health system building block. More details about the data collection process, workshops and participants are available in The Lancet Every Newborn Series and web appendix .
For the purpose of this supplement, we present some of the intervention packages together as they are inextricably linked and care is provided for these packages across similar health systems platforms (Table 1). For example, skilled birth attendance (SBA), basic emergency obstetric care (BEmOC) and comprehensive emergency obstetric care (CEmOC) are presented together as the fundamental components of labour and birth. Basic newborn care (BNC) and neonatal resuscitation are usually provided by the same provider soon after birth. For the care of small and sick newborns, the bottlenecks to scale up of these intervention packages were extensive and distinct. Kangaroo mother care (KMC), treatment of neonatal infections and inpatient care of small and sick newborns are the cornerstones of care for small and sick newborns, but the factors hindering scale up varied across different countries. In order to uncover the nuances and different challenges for these interventions, they are presented in individual papers to allow for more in-depth analysis and discussion of the distinct challenges and potential solutions.
We followed a defined series of steps for each intervention packaged to identify and unpack the critical bottlenecks by health system building block and to compare bottlenecks between countries, regions and higher and lower mortality contexts, described in more detail (Figure 3). We surmised that the significant and major bottlenecks were the ones that were posing major barriers to scale up, therefore, out of over 3000 bottlenecks , across all the health system building blocks we only focused on the bottlenecks graded as significant or very major.
The bottleneck analysis tool was designed around specific high-impact intervention packages and tracers chosen to help elicit bottlenecks in a systematic way and assist comparison between countries. The tool had specific questions on the 'tracer' interventions (Table 1) to stimulate and focus discussions . This might have constrained participants from thinking about bottlenecks more broadly and for other interventions within the package (beyond the identified tracers), some of which may have posed greater or different challenges to the scale up of the intervention package. The length of the tool (over 80 pages of questions) may have led to workshop fatigue resulting in some incomplete components in the questionnaires. In these cases, we worked with the in-country facilitating partners to assess the completeness of the data and, where possible, obtain additional information afterwards. We reviewed all the questionnaires submitted and informed the country facilitating partner when more information was needed. The facilitating partner worked with the government maternal newborn health (MNH) focal person and in some instances the Technical Working Group to review the workshop notes, provide further information where available and provide clarifications as requested.
The quality of the data from each country team was dependent on the skill of the facilitator to focus the discussion to reach consensus on bottlenecks, to apply appropriate grading for the bottlenecks within each building block and to encourage the group to discuss and propose innovative solutions. Some countries did not include grading for all of the building blocks, even where they listed bottlenecks and solutions, making the results more difficult to interpret. Similarly, for some countries, there are no solutions proposed. For example, Afghanistan did not provide any solutions for any of the intervention packages, which may have been due to a combination of workshop fatigue, facilitation issues and difficult conditions under which people worked at the time of analysis. The grading used for this analysis was generated from the consensus of those participating in the workshop. As the grades are based on views of the workshop participants and were not validated through an external process, they are subjective, but the workshop participants were drawn from broad areas of expertise within newborn health. However, there may have been some areas better represented than others and some countries with wider representation from different specialty areas; this might have affected the perception of the bottlenecks within each country and, subsequently, the findings in the analysis. Some workshop participants may have placed higher subjective value on certain health systems areas, or they may have viewed certain building block areas as easier challenges to overcome based on their knowledge of their setting or their specific area of expertise. However, given the consistency of our findings between countries we feel this was minimal. Due to time limitations, sometimes teams were split into different groups for the summary of the bottlenecks and solutions meaning that in some instances there is a misalignment between the bottlenecks described and the solutions offered. In our analysis, we have tried to link bottlenecks and solutions with the available evidence wherever possible.
The views expressed by the workshop participants do not necessarily represent that of the country as a whole. For this reason, wherever possible, we use the language "country teams" or "workshop participants" to present the interpretation of the results.
Intervention-specific bottlenecks across the health systems building blocks
Table 2 provides an overview of which health system building blocks are ranked the most severely for each intervention package by all countries. The health system building blocks most commonly experiencing significant or very major bottlenecks across all nine intervention packages, were health financing, health workforce and health service delivery. Figure 4a shows the grading and number of countries for each intervention package for all twelve countries overall. The management of preterm births with antenatal corticosteroids (ACS), KMC, management of severe infections, and inpatient supportive care were identified as having the most severe (highest number of significant or major bottlenecks) across the 12 countries. While all intervention packages had areas of the health system with significant bottlenecks, BEmOC and basic newborn care overall had less severely graded bottlenecks. The regional differences are striking with over half of the countries in Asia reporting prevention and management of preterm birth and KMC as major bottlenecks; whereas in Africa the most severe bottlenecks were within basic newborn care and neonatal resuscitation (Figure 4b &4c). Table 2 highlights some of the overarching priority actions to overcome these bottlenecks by health system building block; broad based findings across all the papers are synthesised in this section and more details available in specific papers [17–22, 27, 28].
Leadership and governance
Our analysis identified leadership and governance as a priority bottleneck, primarily for KMC (Figure 4a), where attention to policy and guidelines was viewed as fundamental to programmatic change and scale up. While it was not graded poorly relative to other building blocks for all other intervention packages, our qualitative analysis of the descriptions of bottlenecks found the lack of clear, evidence-based policies was also frequently identified as a bottleneck, especially for ACS, KMC and inpatient care of small and sick newborns. Even where written guidelines existed, country teams highlighted the need for regular updates and coordinated dissemination and implementation, especially to the lower levels of the health system. As a crosscutting issue, country teams identified the need for national champions and leaders, advocating for funding and implementation of quality maternal and newborn health services, research and working in collaboration with professional bodies and national academic institutions.
Health financing was graded significant or very major by most countries across all interventions and was therefore identified as a critical bottleneck. Our analysis identified that BEmOC, ACS and neonatal resuscitation were the only intervention packages where health financing was not perceived as having very major bottlenecks by at least 75% of countries (although at least two thirds of countries identified major bottlenecks for these interventions too) (Figure 4a). Overall, more participants from African countries graded health financing as a major bottleneck compared to participants from Asian countries (Figure 4b and 4c). Across all packages of interventions country teams referred to the disproportionately low funding for essential interventions, high out-of-pocket expenses for care-seeking and the low importance, hence lack of funding, for newborn health in national budgets. They also identified that lack of ring-fenced funding for care at birth including for care of small and sick babies and the lack of long-term, predictable financing limited planning and scale up efforts.
The health financing bottlenecks described were especially apparent in interventions related to mothers and newborns with complications requiring extra care. Funding the care of small and sick babies was seen as prohibitively expensive. Even where interventions were more affordable, such as KMC, failure to include the set-up costs in the plans due to poor budgeting was perceived as a barrier. Financing challenges were also identified for the most basic provision of care for all babies, even the basic supplies for warmth and feeding support.
The health workforce building blocks were considered critical and were graded especially poorly for interventions that require specialised skills and training: skilled birth attendance, newborn resuscitation, treatment of neonatal infections and inpatient care of small and sick newborns. Key bottlenecks identified across all interventions packages included poor competency of staff, a lack of trained staff overall, especially midwives, specialist nurses (identifying the lack of a neonatal nursing cadre) and doctors. For most interventions, country teams identified specific areas of care where tasks could potentially be shifted to lower level professionals and where attention to specific policies on staffing could make more rational use of existing staff skills for both maternal and neonatal care, such as aspects of care for small and sick newborns. Country teams proposed the use of skills-based training approaches as a way to improve health worker competencies and performance. Country teams also suggested the need for supportive supervision and mentoring programmes to further enhance competencies and skills.
Essential medical products and technologies
Essential medical products and technologies were identified as a priority area to tackle for ACS and neonatal resuscitation. However, whilst it was not graded as frequently as a major or significant bottleneck for other intervention areas, the qualitative section of the data country teams consistently reported shortages of equipment and drugs for all of the newborn interventions. For most of the interventions, country teams highlighted the weaknesses in supply and procurement systems resulting in continuing stock-outs and major inefficiencies (e.g., the introduction of parallel systems to procure drugs resulting in wasting of money or poorer quality supplies). Shortages of supplies were highlighted by country teams even for the most basic supplies for basic newborn care. To overcome some of these challenges, country teams proposed including some of the essential drugs in the national drugs and commodities lists such as ACS (e.g. dexamethasone) for fetal lung maturation and chlorhexidine for cord care. Country teams identified the need for improved capacity for logistics management with appropriate specifications for all the drugs and equipment needed for newborns on facility inventories at all the relevant levels. Better use of existing information technology to manage logistics could support needs-based forecasting of supplies and dissemination to all levels of the system.
Health service delivery
In the context of the bottleneck tool, health service delivery relates to the ability of the health system to deliver the interventions with quality, as well as provide access to care. In our analysis, service delivery was graded most severely (by our definition of >75% of countries) for all interventions except SBA, management of severe infections and inpatient care of small and sick newborns; although even for these interventions, at least 60% of countries did identify quality of service delivery as a severe bottleneck. For BEmOC, the analysis identified a real deficit in the availability of assisted vaginal delivery. Other intervention bottlenecks were the lack of permissive policies to allow lower level staff to take on appropriate tasks in order to improve access to the services such as the use of ward assistants and/or nursing auxiliaries in the care of KMC babies (e.g. assisting with positioning and feeding) or use of community health workers at health posts to administer a first dose of antibiotics. Most country teams described problems with space allocation within health facilities to manage complications and provide the extra care needed for small and sick newborns. Specific quality bottlenecks were the lack of clinical audits (maternal and perinatal), the lack of use of supervision check lists and in-built quality assessments and quality improvement mechanisms at facility level for all interventions to ensure adherence to basic minimum standards, and also lack of daily checks to ensure basic equipment was functioning.
Health information system
The health information system was identified as a priority intervention area for ACS and for treatment of neonatal infections. Country teams reported the lack of standardised indicators and, subsequently, lack of programmatic and coverage data for maternal and newborn interventions (not limited to ACS and sepsis) that was integrated into national systems to allow for monitoring and evaluation of programmes at a facility, district and national level. For almost all interventions, teams noted the limited capacity at district and facility level to analyse the data leading to limited utilisation of available data for decision making and action.
Community ownership and partnership
Our analysis identified community ownership and partnership as a priority area for sick newborns including the treatment of neonatal infections, KMC and inpatient care for sick newborns. Whilst important deficits were described for most interventions, especially the lack of culturally appropriate and context-specific education and health information materials, the most notable bottlenecks were related to the lack of community involvement in the design and delivery of care. Country teams viewed this partnership as necessary to reduce fatalism, create demand for high quality care, increase care-seeking and improve adherence to treatment and care. The need to involve men and the wider family in care for ensuring safe childbirth care at facilities and for the care of small and sick newborns - whether as outpatients or as inpatients within a facility was highlighted. The involvement of communities was viewed as necessary to improve referral systems through the use of existing community resources for transportation and referral of mothers and newborns between facilities and to health posts when needed.
National achievement of the ENAP mortality targets and coverage goals will rely on tackling specific health system bottlenecks to the scale up of quality care. The findings presented in this supplement outline the most critical bottlenecks for nine high impact intervention packages for mothers and newborns at and around the time of birth. We examine the bottlenecks for each intervention in detail and expand on our previous analysis to include data from 12 high burden countries that account for approximately 58% of the global burden of neonatal deaths, 48% of maternal deaths and 57% of stillbirths [1–3]. By conducting a more systematic in-depth analysis for each intervention package, we highlight the intervention-specific challenges that are present and discuss these in detail in individual papers by health system building block. The results confirm that there is the need to broadly target bottlenecks within specific health system building blocks, such as health workforce, health financing and service delivery . However, these papers illustrate the challenges in more depth and highlight variation by intervention package. For example, the implementation pathways used to scale up kangaroo mother care face specific challenges, and varying socio-cultural factors will require tailoring solutions to the context . While health workforce bottlenecks are present across all interventions, the cadre of workers needed to overcome these challenges is different for each intervention. For example, inpatient care of small and sick newborn requires attention to nursing skills in existing facilities (neonatal nursing cadre) , whereas many of the labour and birth workforce bottlenecks are related to shortages of trained midwives (among other factors) [17, 19].
Critics of the building block model for health systems research argue that the approach neglects the whole system perspective by separating out the health system into silos and giving all the blocks artificial equal importance . This analysis attempted to address this limitation by giving participants the opportunity to grade the bottlenecks within each of the building blocks. The building block approach provides a common scientific language and structure for research , and we were able to use this logical structure to elicit the bottlenecks to scale up of quality care for each intervention package, and use this data to suggest priority actions within specific areas of the health system. The subsequent papers in the Supplement describe the nuance and details of the specific actions for priority building blocks within each of the intervention packages and, where appropriate, describe linkages and interactions between building blocks. In this paper, we outline some of the commonalities in the overarching results and highlight some of the crosscutting solutions (Table 2).
Bottlenecks and priority actions to improve the quality of care for every mother and every newborn
The lack of investment in health systems strengthening in countries is well known and almost all country teams identified health financing as a priority building block (Figure 4a and Table 1). The provision of high quality maternal and newborn health services at facilities requires adequate financing for operations, staff, medicines, supplies, equipment and food. Various financing strategies have been employed to improve access to and utilisation of maternity services that have shown promising results [31–33]. India was the only country in our analysis that did not grade health financing as a major or significant bottleneck for all of the interventions; this may reflect how recent policy changes in India have been successful in prioritising maternal and newborn health in their national budgets through a comprehensive health systems approach .
All countries in this analysis identified high out-of-pocket expenditure as a bottleneck, especially user fees. Country teams found that health financing affects the demand for care, especially for complicated pregnancies and care of newborns that are small and sick . Seeking care for these interventions at facilities has obvious implications for households in terms of transport costs, patient and their companions' time and their time away from work . Figure 5 examines health financing as a bottleneck within the context of wider health system reform.
Many countries in Asia and Africa have pursued user fee removal or fee exemption for care during labour and birth, including for caesarean section . However, appropriate financing strategies need to be extended for treatment of neonatal infections and KMC , as well as comprehensive, inpatient special care, and ultimately neonatal intensive care . To improve quality and access for the poorest and most vulnerable populations, national and local strategies to reduce out-of-pocket spending on health need to be developed , particularly ensuring that social health insurance schemes that provide free care for mothers and private health insurance for mothers also include care for newborns. This needs to be accompanied by increasing public awareness about the schemes and developing innovative enrolment strategies to reach out to the poorest and most vulnerable; specific strategies and examples for intervention packages are outlined in individual papers [17–22, 28]. Context specific cost analysis and estimations of the financial burden placed on families when a baby is born small and sick are urgently needed to guide future policies and plans. Whilst teams referred to poor funding for care at and around the time of birth in national budgets overall, the budgeting, planning and rationalising of the cost of care for sick and small babies (especially moderate preterm) was especially needed, and viewed as a critical barrier.
The need for in-country guidance on the set-up costs and technical assistance on budgeting and planning processes for specific interventions for small and sick babies, such as KMC and special care units, was specifically highlighted.
Sufficient numbers of competent health care providers, including trained, licensed and regulated midwives and nurses, will be essential to deliver quality care resulting in the best outcomes . There is growing consensus among public health professionals that midwifery care by educated, trained and licensed midwives has an essential contribution to make to high-quality maternal and newborn services and is associated with the more efficient use of resources, reduced mortality and improved quality of care for mothers and newborns [35–43]. Low and middle-income countries such as Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Morocco have shown sustained and substantial reduction of maternal and newborn mortality while deploying midwives as a core constituent of their strategy . However the ideal care for mothers and newborns, particularly when complications arise, requires a multi-disciplinary team including obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives, neonatal nurses and community health workers . Nurses and midwives are at the front line of the response, and more need specialisation in neonatal care in order to respond to the demands on the health system, particularly for care of small and sick newborns.
To address the issue of distribution of staff, country teams identified a need for appropriate remuneration for staff and offered suggestions to improve daily working conditions, including provision of incentives for rural areas, covering food or transport costs and providing break-out areas for staff working long shifts. Better evidence is needed on workforce mobility e.g. how to measure and improve staff deployment, recruitment and retention, as well as posting and transfer of staff to remote and underserved areas . WHO has provided guidelines to increase access and retain workers in rural and remote areas and there have been attempts to outline new concepts for posting and transfer of staff .
For specific interventions packages, workshop participants gave examples of tasks that could be reorganised to make better use of human resources within their settings, but most of these have context-specific solutions based on existing health infrastructure, existing health workforce, culture and geography. For example, lower level health workers may be able to administer ACS to mothers at risk of imminent preterm birth in order to stimulate fetal lung maturation of babies <34 weeks gestation, but only in facilities with access to accurate gestational age assessment tools . Health workers in the community require training to identify newborns with serious infections and initiate treatment before referral to higher level facilities . For newborns that are preterm and may require prolonged stays in facilities, country teams suggested tasks (such as feeding and basic care) that could be shifted to nursing auxiliaries as well as to mothers, all of which require guidelines and inclusive policies that allow for involvement of mothers and family members , including KMC . A recurrent theme across all interventions was the need for innovation to improve referral systems, using available resources, to ensure that mothers and newborns can be transferred to the appropriate level of care when needed [4, 20, 22].
Our findings suggest that countries need to develop long term (5 and 10 year plans) human resource plans that outline country strategies for the training, distribution and retention of health workers particularly midwives, neonatal nurses, obstetricians and neonatologists (Table 2). Specific skills are needed for those caring for small and sick newborns, and there is a lack of this specialised cadre in most settings . Renfrew and colleagues suggest that the planning for maternal and newborn care systems can benefit from using the quality framework in planning workforce development and resource allocation. The framework differentiates between what care is provided and how and by whom it is provided - attention needs to be paid to ensuring that all staff attending to women around the time of childbirth have the skills and competencies to care for the newborn as well. These plans and country policies need to also support investment in regulation, effective human resource management, and the service delivery environment in which health professionals work so that they will not only be able to cope with the increased workload, but will also ensure quality clinical and psychosocial care. Further work is needed to clearly determine how to improve the productivity and efficiency of the skilled workforce.
Health service delivery
Provision of accessible, quality services that are responsive to women's needs and wants should be part of the design of health-care service delivery . The contact point of a skilled birth attendant is less effective without the full package of evidence-based, effective interventions around the time of birth including simple interventions, e.g. the monitoring of labour and the provision of basic newborn care, or more complex interventions, e.g. the provision of caesarean section and neonatal resuscitation.
Figure 6 shows the coverage of skilled birth attendance in the 75 Countdown to 2015 priority countries (65%). The lack of data for most of these interventions flags the urgent need to improve metrics and include indicators in national health management information systems, as explored by Moxon et al in this supplement . Weak systems for measurement of quality of care also affect the ability to identify and reduce such quality gaps. Maternal and perinatal mortality audits have proven to be useful to improve outcomes and quality of care, but only if the audit cycle is completed through to implementing solutions and evaluating outcomes . All country teams proposed the scale up and effective use of audit data as a potential solution to improve the quality of care in facilities. The paper on mortality audits in this supplement presents examples of successful implementation highlighting the need for leadership for effective audit systems, and the development and use of clear guidelines and protocols in order to ensure that the audit cycle is completed .
Quality care for every mother and every newborn
Scale up of quality care involves strengthening the dimensions this care; effectiveness, efficiency, access, safety, equity, appropriateness, acceptability and patient responsiveness or satisfaction in the care [15, 49, 50]. Both ENAP and EPMM prioritise the need to improve the quality of care for every mother and newborn. ENAP includes a specific milestone to develop a model for improving the quality of obstetric and newborn care in health facilities and EPMM highlights a health systems and human-rights based approach towards quality of care emphasising availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services . Taking forward the visions of ENAP and EPMM, the WHO presents a vision of a world where "every pregnant woman and newborn receive quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period." . This is supported by a framework that identifies domains of quality of care which should be targeted to assess, monitor and improve care within the context of the health system as the foundation. Stillbirth rate is a uniquely specific, sensitive, measurable, and actionable indicator for the overall effective coverage of the continuum of quality of care - especially for antenatal and intrapartum care .
The setting of quality standards will further support the improving and measuring of the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care. Building on the WHO framework and the health systems bottlenecks that need to be overcome to achieve quality care identified in this supplement, we propose 10 domain areas for maternal and newborn standards (Figure 7) related to the provision and experience of care outlined in the WHO framework. The clinical domain encompasses the high-impact interventions that will save most lives (Figure 7) . A specific rights-based domain area is highlighted to emphasise the importance of the experience of the care in the WHO framework. Respectful maternity care is increasingly recognised as a critical element in quality health services. Evidence exists for the positive outcomes of having a companion of choice at the time of labour , emotional support , preferred birthing positions [53, 54], a female provider , compassion by providers with adequate information exchange and the encouragement of the parent's participation in care of their child in neonatal intensive care . The areas proposed (Figure 7) also cover the relevant resources - human and financial - and supportive systems including the importance of leadership in quality improvement. These domain areas need to be translated into measurable standards and related criteria that can be incorporated into established country quality assurance mechanisms and sustainable systems.
As the Millennium Development Goals era comes to a close, countries and global partners have recognised the need for greater attention to maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health as demonstrated by the development of action plans such as ENAP and EPMM. Ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths should firmly be part of the post-2015 development framework, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as targets and indicators within the single health goal. These targets will not be achieved without improving the quality of care around the time of birth and for small and sick newborns. However, the gaps in the quality of essential maternal and newborn care remain a major challenge, and unless urgently addressed, nearly 2 million lives of women and their babies will be lost each year . Key messages from the series are summarised in Figure 8. The survival of newborns (especially those who are small and sick), who can die in minutes, depends on the health system response and their survival can be considered as a sensitive test of the quality of care the health system provides.
Moving forward to the post-2015 agenda, a concerted, systematic and targeted approach is needed to strengthen health systems with a focus on the context and intervention-specific bottlenecks preventing the scale up of those interventions that have the potential to save the most lives. The broad strategies and solutions proposed in this paper, and the intervention specific solutions outlined in papers throughout the supplement provide guidance to countries to facilitate action to prevent maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths.
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This work would not have been possible without the ENAP partners who contributed to the tool development process, country technical working groups and participants who conducted the bottleneck analyses. We would like to thank Timothy Powell-Jackson for contributing the figure on health financing bottlenecks. We would like to thank Helen Owen at LSHTM for her assistance with figures, and Fiorella Bianchi for her assistance with the submission process and the additional files. We would like to thank Dr Timothy Colbourn for his helpful review of this paper.
Publication costs for this supplement was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through a grant to the US Fund for UNICEF (Grant ID: OPP1094117), and support from Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives Programme. Additional funding for the country consultations was received from USAID (Grant ID: GHA-G-00-07-00007) through UNICEF.
This article has been published as part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Volume 15 Supplement 2, 2015: Every Woman, Every Newborn. The full contents of the supplement are available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpregnancychildbirth/supplements/15/S2.
All authors declare they have no competing interests. The assessment of bottlenecks expressed during consultations reflects the perception of the technical experts and may not be national policy. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy or views of the organisations listed, including WHO.
KED, JEL, MVK and SGM conceptualised the paper and coordinated the writing process. KED and AS-K coordinated the tool development and country consultation process. MVK, SGM, AS-K, CN and KED were responsible for the analysis and figures. All named authors contributed to paper drafts and approved the final manuscript.
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Dickson, K.E., Kinney, M.V., Moxon, S.G. et al. Scaling up quality care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth: an overview of methods and analyses of intervention-specific bottlenecks and solutions. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 15, S1 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-15-S2-S1
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“The lack of regulation meant that companies could pretty much put whatever they wanted into food with no fear of being held accountable. “[Food] wasn’t safety tested, because there were no rules requiring that,” says Blum. “It wasn’t labeled because there were no rules requiring that anyone tell you what was in your food. And it wasn’t illegal even if you killed someone.”
Companies were adding copper to vegetables to make them look greener and 20 Mule Team Borax to butter as a preservative—assuming it was butter and not beef tallow or ground-up cow stomach dyed to look like butter. Spices contained things like ground coconut shells, charred rope, brick dust, even floor sweepings. Honey was often little more than dyed corn syrup. The phrase “a muddy cup of coffee” might date back to this era, when ground coffee typically contained dyed sawdust, tree bark, or charred bone, and fake coffee beans were made out of wax and dirt. “I’m especially bitter about this, because I love coffee,” says Blum.
Dairy suppliers were among the worst offenders, adding pureed calf brains to milk to make it look more like rich cream, thinning the milk with water and gelatin, and then adding dyes, chalk, or plaster dust to correct the color. Worst of all, they added formaldehyde—then widely used as an embalming fluid to slow the decomposition of corpses—to milk as a preservative. (The additives were given innocuous names like Rosaline and Preservaline.) Hundreds of children were sickened, and many died, from the tainted milk. Formaldehyde was also used as a preservative in meat.
That was the driving force behind Wiley’s radical “Poison Squad” project. (He actually referred to it as “hygienic table trials”; journalists gave it the more colorful moniker.) He recruited several young men to be his guinea pigs—all of whom signed waivers—and provided them with three healthy square meals a day. The catch: half of them also were given capsules containing borax, salicylic acid, or formaldehyde. Wiley started with the borax, thinking it would be the safest additive, and was alarmed at how quickly his squad members sickened.
The results convinced Wiley that federal regulation was necessary to protect American citizens from the dangerous and fraudulent practices of food suppliers. Naturally, industry leaders pushed back against Wiley’s proposed legislation. The National Association of Food Manufacturers formed around this time, along with chemical industry manufacturing associations, as companies pooled their resources to oppose the ominous specter of government regulation. They even instituted a smear campaign against Wiley. One trade journal called him “the man who is doing all he can to destroy American business.”
With Roosevelt’s support, Congress finally passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.”
— excerpt from this great article at arstechinca
It’s amazing to me that this was just over a hundred years ago. That until then you had to spend time and effort and worry to check every thing and even with that work could never know for sure if what you were getting was what you thought you were getting and you or others could easily be sickened or maimed or die.
It’s also a great story about the scientific method, of curiosity, of rigour, of courage in the face of opposition, and a commitment to your fellow human beings.
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Peyronies Disease is a disease process where there's scar tissue formation in some of the tissues of the erectile bodies. This disease process can then lead to severe curvature of the penis. This can make it difficult to participate in sexual intercourse and can make it difficult for penetration.
If penetration is possible, it can also make the process somewhat painful for the patient. Not only that, but it can also lead to an increased risk of erectile dysfunction. Though there is ongoing research regarding the causes of Peyronies Disease as well as the potential treatments, there is not one great treatment for this condition.
People have experimented and done research on various medications that have anti-inflammatory properties to see if it can reduce the progression of formation of this scar tissue. People have also tried various injections of medications directly into the scar tissue to try to make it regress or disappear.
In some cases, there can be some improvement with some of these injection modalities or some of these medications, and in other cases these treatments can stabilize the plaque so as to reduce the risk of progression to worsening of the disease. In severe cases, when these types of treatments are not working or ineffective, then we may actually consider surgical options or surgical treatments for correction of the curvature.
And there's a whole series of reconstructive procedures that can be done. In some procedures, the opposite side of the scar can actually be shortened in order to straighten the penis and reduce the curvature. In other procedures, the scar tissue can be incised, which allows it to spring open.
Then there is a defect there that then can be filled in with some tissue that is brought in from other locations. In some cases we can use grafts of tissue from other sites such as veins or other tissues to put into that defect to allow it to expand further. Some of the risks of these surgical procedures includes the development of erectile dysfunction, following the procedure.
So if the condition is severe enough that you choose to pursue surgical intervention, you should be aware that there are risks associated with any possible surgical intervention. So, though the disease process is not well-understood, there's ongoing research regarding the causes and potential therapies for these conditions.
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Instagram is introducing new measures to protect teenage users, such as using AI to determine age and locking certain features.
The measures include blocking content from adults and preventing them from direct messaging teens who don’t follow them.
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The move forms part of Instagram’s effort to promote privacy and protect its younger users.
Instagram restricts adult DMs to teens
To protect teenage audiences, Instagram will not allow adults to send Direct Messages to users under the age of 18 if they are not a follower.
If an adult tries to, they will receive a notification telling them that messaging is not an option.
The feature is part of the platform’s efforts to protect privacy. It plans to offer end-to-end encrypted messaging in the future.
Also, Instagram will put up safety prompts to encourage teenagers to be cautious when chatting with adults.
A notification in Direct Messaging will tell them if the adult has been behaving suspiciously.
For example, a prompt will come up if an adult has been sending a large number of friend requests to users under the age of 18. Instagram will roll out this feature in some countries this month.
Recently, Instagram also introduced a new option for users under 18 where they can choose between a public and private account when signing up.
After signing up, the users can switch between the two account types.
Other features Instagram is looking at include preventing adults from seeing teenage accounts in ‘Suggested Users’ and discovering teenage content in Reels and Explore.
They are also looking at automatically hiding adult comments on public posts from teenagers.
Ages 13 and up, with parental support
Instagram requires its users to be at least 13 years old to sign up for an account.
But it’s easy to lie about one’s age on a digital platform. To combat this, Instagram is developing AI to determine a user’s rea; age. AI will also be used to supply other age-appropriate content.
Meanwhile, the platform has also created a Parents Guide that includes safety tools and tips for those whose children have accounts.
The guide was created in partnership with several child safety groups.
It is now available in Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and Singapore, and will be available in other countries soon.
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Unrequited love is the meaning of life. We’re here to love but not to be loved, to give but not receive. Our mission in this world is to improve humanity and leave a better history than we found. Only selfless love has such power. Only love without interest or expectation of reward can change human beings... To give love without receiving love is the truest love and brings the greatest happiness there is in life.
I cannot teach you the ten principles of service. But a little child and a thief can show you what they are. From the child you can learn three things: He is merry for no particular reason; never for a moment is he idle; when he needs something, he demands it vigorously. The thief can instruct you in seven things: He does his service by night; if he does not finish what he has set out to do, in one night, he devotes the next night to it; he and those who work with him love one another; he risks his life for small gains; what he takes has so little value for him that he gives it up for a very small coin; he endures blows and hardship, and it matters nothing to him; he likes his trade and would not exchange it for any other.
The first real mental illumination I remember to have experienced was when I saw that the universe exists in each of its individual atoms - that is, the universe is the result of a few simple processes infinitely repeated. When a drop of water has been mathematically measured, every principle will have been used which would be called form in the measurement of the heavens. All life on the globe is sustained by digestion and assimilation; when by voluntary and traumatic action these stop death follows. The history of an individual mind is the history of the race. Know one thing in its properties and relations and you will know all things.
Great ideals and principles do not live from generation to generation just because they are right, nor even because they have been carefully legislated. Ideals and principles continue from generation to generation only when they are built into the hearts of the children as they grow up.
The meaning of life is experienced when we are in touch with our unique essence, sometimes called the divine spark within... It is both individual and universal. When we are fully aware of this unique inner radiance, we feel what it is to be utterly alive. We experience unconditional love. We sense complete safety because that spark also connects us to the universal divinity within all things.
When Americans are morally divided, it is appropriate that our laws reflect that fact... Our popular institutions, the legislative and executive branches, were structured to provide safety to achieve compromise when we are divided, to slow change, to dilute absolutisms... They are designed, in short, to do the very things that abstract generalizations about moral principles and the just society tend to bring into contempt.
I had the opportunity to deliver babies... In each of these numinous moments, I knew that life had meaning; each experience was accompanied by an upwelling of gratitude and humility. These moments, which can be called an experience of the self, or archetype of meaning, are akin to the act of finally seeing the Holy Grail after a long quest... It is through these moments of grace and gratitude that we acquire a sense of meaning and a desire to live a meaningful life. The personal challenge is now.
Young people imagine there is great value in fame. Those with life experience know that in truth publicity is extremely short-lived. The nature of the world is that every piece of news makes an impression for only a very short time. After those few minutes the impression is erased and quickly forgotten. It is as if it never was.
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Chapter 10 Diet and Health
Today we will be exploring Chapter 10 Diet and Health. We will focus on five different subtopics: Cancer, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome and Osteoporosis. Nutrition and Chronic Disease: What does it mean to be healthy? Not only is the absence of disease or infirmity it is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Disease: Disease is defined as the impairment of the normal state of as living animal or one of its parts. Disease can be characterized by two things, acute and chronic.
Acute meaning short-lived. Chronic meaning slow onset and long duration. Nutrition Informatics: Nutrition Informatics is when the healthcare system moves away from paper systems to electronic this allows dietitians to use new tools and opportunities for management of chronic diseases. Health Disparities: An example relating to health disparities: The rate of cancer among African Americans is 10% higher than among Caucasians. Other determinants are population, social, demographic, environmental, and geographic attributes.
Obesity and Chronic Diseases: Obesity is now widely recognized as a major public problem. Through proper weight management, good health habits, and the right amount of physical activity a healthy lifestyle can be achieved. Chronic Diseases: Here are major chronic diseases in the US. We have Coronary Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome. Genetics: There us a relationship between our genetic makeup and disease. DNA is made of subunits called nucleotides.
Diet influences gene expression and the making of proteins. Cardiovascular Disease: Defined as an abnormal condition characterized by dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels. Is also the leading cause of death in the United States and Canada. Lifestyle changes and medical advances have led to significant fight against CVD. Though for some this disease can be inherited.
Here is a diagram of some components which make up the cardiovascular system. Here we have the Heart and Blood Vessels, Veins, Arteries, Capillaries. All together they pump and circulate blood throughout the body. Atherosclerosis: Which is the hardening of the arteries due to the plaque build up along the walls of the arteries. Which is also the case of coronary heart disease. Deposits called plaque accumulate along the artery walls. The arteries lose their elasticity and their ability to expand and contract, thereby restricting blood.
As we continue to talk about Atherosclerosis. Once enough plaque has accumulated along the arterial walls. The artery is vulnerable to plaque rupture and blockage by blood clots. Plaque buildup begins when excess lipid particles collect beneath the walls that line an artery called endothelial cells or endothelium. They can be damaged by high cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes. Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis: With this disease high blood cholesterol can form other issues.
For example: Hypercholesterolemia which is the presence of greater than normal amounts of cholesterol in the blood. Another thing to watch out for with Atherosclerosis is inflammation because it can cause and infection. Atherosclerosis Risk Factors: Some risk factors with this disease are as shown. We have High Blood Pressure, High Blood Cholesterol, Cigarette Smoking, Diabetes, Overweight, and Physical inactivity. Examples of risk factors that are out of your control: Age, Family History, and Genetic History. Ways to prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Just like most diseases there are ways to prevent them. One example: Balancing calorie intake and physical activity which helps maintain a healthy body.
Also consume a diet rich in fruits and vegatables, choose whole-grain high-fiber foods, consume fish, especially oily fish, at least twice a week, and minimize your intake of beverages and foods that contain added sugars. Another example of how to prevent Cardiovascular disease: Are to choose and prepare foods with little or no salt. If you consume alcohol, do so in moderation, when you eat food that is prepared outside of the home, follow the AHA's diet and lifestyle recommendations.
What is Hypertension: Hypertension is a condition where one’s blood flows through blood vessels at a greater level than usual. Occurs when the force of blood pressure is pumping through your arteries too strong. High Blood pressure usually comes from when you’re just waking up in the morning, after physical activities, and the most common one, stress. What factors lead to Hypertension? Common causes of hypertension are things such as : Stress, Obesity, Alcohol Abuse, Tobacco Use, High Sodium diets, and also Age. Risk Factors for Hypertension: Some may experience hypertension because of their genetic makeup.
One’s risk for hypertension increases when there has been a family history of it. Hypertension can create a thickening of the heart muscle. The major most common risk factors of hypertension are: Heart Attack, Stroke, and Kidney Failure. Genetics also play a key role in one's risk of experiencing effects of high blood pressure. Dietary and Lifestyle Factors for Reducing Hypertension: When dieting, one should avoid foods that are rich in fats, sodium, and cholesterol, and should have more intake of foods with nutrients, proteins, and fibers to reduce risks of hypertension. What is Cancer?: Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. It is defined as a disease in which abnormal cells divide without control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissues and spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body.
Tumors: Tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors are not cancerous while malignant tumors are cancerous. Cells from malignant tumors can break away and spread through the bloodstream to other sites and form more tumors. This is known as metastasis. How cancer develops? Cancer develops in a multistage process that can take many years. There are three phases of development: Initiation, which occurs when something alters a cells' genetic structure.
Promotion, a reversible stage which occurs when a chemical or other factor encourages initiated cells to become active. And also Progression, which occurs when promoted cells multiply and invade surrounding healthy tissue. Risk factors for cancer: Cancer occurs overtime and it results from a mixture of factors related to lifestyle, heredity and environment. Listed are examples of what many cancers are related to: The use of tobacco, Things people eat and drink, Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun, Exposure to Carcinogens: Cancer causing agents. Also, evidences shows that 20-30 % of cancers result from poor food choices and physical inactivity. Dietary and Lifestyle Factors for Reducing Cancer Risks: The American Cancer Society created guidelines to emphasize how important it is to control your weight and physical activity. Recommendations for individual Lifestyle Choices Maintain a healthful weight throughout life, Adopt a physically active lifestyle, Eat a healthy diet, with an emphasis on plant sources, If you drink alcoholic beverages, limit consumption. Reduce Cancer Risks: To reduce your cancer risk: Eat a moderately low fat diet and increase your consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
High intake of red meat and processed meats is associated with some types of colorectal cancer. There is evidence that vegetable and fruits reduce cancer risks. Diabetes Mellitus: Instead of eating carbohydrates and the pancreas immediately producing the right amount of insulin to move glucose from blood to into our cells, diabetic's pancreas produces little to no insulin resulting in hyperglycemia. Common Types of Diabetes:Type 1 diabetes is known as insulin dependent diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is known as insulin resistant. Gestational diabetes develops hyperglycemia and occurs during a woman's pregnancy. Hyperglycemia is a high glucose level. Pre-diabetes is a condition in which a person's blood glucose level is higher than normal. Risk Factors : Listed below are a few risk factors of all types of diabetes.The ethnic groups mainly affected by diabetes are Latinos, Native Americans and African Americans.
Managing Diabetes: Managing diabetes is a serious process that has to be taken care of daily. When managing your lifestyle as a diabetic it is important to eat healthy, perform a physical activity daily and use insulin injections. Metabolic Syndrome: Metabolic syndrome is known as Symptoms that occur together that promote the development of coronary artery diseases. Signs of Metabolic Syndrome: There are a few different signs regarding metabolic syndrome. A couple of examples include Abdominal obesity and High fasting blood glucose.
Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome: Some examples of treatment for metabolic syndrome are to Monitor Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure and Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight and increase physical activity. Osteoporosis: Meaning porous bone. Bone mass or density declines and bone quality deteriorates. This makes the bones fragile and easier to break. Risk Factors for Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis becomes a risk in older people, people with eating disorders and early menopause. These are a few examples of risk factors listed. Dietary and Lifestyle Factors for Reducing Osteoporosis Risk Ways to lower the risk of Osteoporosis are exercising and adequate intake of Calcium, Vitamin A and Vitamin D.
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ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
TO THE NEW AMBASSADOR
OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
TO THE HOLY SEE*
Monday, 22 January 2001
I am very pleased to welcome you to the Vatican and to accept the Letters of Credence by which you are appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Holy See. The kind greetings which you bring from His Excellency President Seyed Mohammad Khatami evoke the memory of our cordial meeting within these very walls just three years ago: in the spirit of the friendship and respect which marked the President’s visit to the Vatican I ask you to convey to him my own good wishes and assure him of my prayers both for his person and for the nation.
Your Excellency has remarked upon the importance of a true dialogue between cultures if the efforts of men and women of good will throughout the world are to succeed in bringing about a lasting era of peace and fraternity for all peoples and nations. In fact, it was at the suggestion of President Khatami that the General Assembly of the United Nations declared this year of 2001 as the "International Year of Dialogue among Civilizations". Thus, this eminent international body representing the family of nations has called attention to the urgent need for people to acknowledge that dialogue is the necessary path to reconciliation, harmony and cooperation between different cultures and religious traditions. This is the approach that will ensure that all can look to the future with serenity and hope.
Our world is made up of an amazing complexity and diversity of human cultures. Each of these cultures is distinct by virtue of its particular historical development and the resulting characteristics which make it an original and organic whole. Culture, in fact, is a form of man’s self-expression as he travels through history; it is, in synthesis, "the cultivation of natural goods and values" (Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 53). It is largely through culture that people acquire a sense of national identity and develop a love of their country: these are values to be fostered, not with narrow-mindedness, but with respect and compassion for the whole human family. As I had occasion to remark in my Message for the 2001 World Day of Peace, efforts must be made "to avoid those pathological manifestations which occur when the sense of belonging turns into self-exaltation, the rejection of diversity, and forms of nationalism, racism and xenophobia" (No. 6).
Hence, appreciation for the values present in one’s own culture must properly be accompanied by the recognition that every culture, as a typically human and historically conditioned reality, necessarily has limitations. Such an understanding helps to prevent pride in one’s own culture from becoming isolation or from turning into prejudice and persecution against other cultures. The attentive study of other cultures will reveal that beneath seemingly divergent traits there are significant internal elements held in common. Cultural diversity can then be understood within the broader context of the unity of the entire human race. Thus, it becomes less likely for cultural differences to be a source of misunderstanding between peoples and the cause of conflicts and wars; it becomes easier to attenuate the sometimes exaggerated claims of one culture against another. In the dialogue of cultures, people of good will come to see that there are values which are common to all cultures because they are rooted in the very nature of the human person. These are values which express humanity’s most authentic and distinctive features: the value of solidarity and peace; the value of education; the value of forgiveness and reconciliation; the value of life itself.
I am pleased to note that the Holy See and Iranian authorities have worked together to provide opportunities for such dialogue, not only as promoters of various meetings but also as active participants in them. I am thinking in particular of the Colloquium sponsored jointly by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Secretariat for Interreligious Dialogue of the Organization for Islamic Culture and Communication, which took place in Rome last year on the theme of religious pluralism in Christianity and Islam. A further Colloquium, once again jointly sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Culture and Communication and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, is scheduled to take place in Tehran later this year on the theme of the religious identity and education of young people.
Moreover, I wish to express appreciation for the regular bilateral Conferences which the Iranian authorities sponsor with other Christian Churches and Communities, the most recent one being held last year in Tehran on the theme "Islam and Orthodox Christianity". Such dialogue will surely help Governments and legislators in safeguarding the civil and social rights of individuals and peoples, especially the fundamental right to religious freedom. It is this right which is a point of reference of all other rights and in some way becomes a measure of them, because it involves the most intimate realm of our personal identity and dignity as human beings. Accordingly, even in cases where the State grants a special juridical position to a particular religion, there is a duty to ensure that the right to freedom of conscience is legally recognized and effectively respected for all citizens and for foreigners residing in the country (cf. Message for the 1998 World Day of Peace, 1). Should problems arise, the effective way of preserving harmony is through dialogue. The leaders of nations have a special duty to be clear-sighted, honest and courageous in recognizing that all people have the same God-given rights and inalienable dignity, and in working with dedication for the common good of all.
In this regard, the Holy See counts on the support of the Iranian authorities in ensuring that the Catholic faithful of Iran — present in that region of the world since the first centuries of Christianity — will enjoy the freedom to profess their faith and to continue to be a part of the rich cultural life of the nation. Although the Christian community is but a tiny minority in the overall population, it sees itself as truly Iranian; and after centuries of living alongside its Muslim brothers and sisters it is in a unique position to contribute to ever greater mutual understanding and respect between Christian believers and the followers of Islam everywhere.
Mr Ambassador, I have touched here upon some of the common ideals and aspirations which are the basis of the growing relationship of respect and cooperation between the Holy See and the Islamic Republic of Iran. I am confident that your tenure as your Government’s representative will serve to strengthen the bonds which already unite us. Assuring you of every help and assistance as you seek to fulfill your lofty responsibilities, I pray that Your Excellency, and the Iranian Government and People whom you represent, will enjoy the abundant blessings of Almighty God.
*Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, vol. XXIV, 1 p.209-212.
L'Osservatore Romano 22-23.1. 2001 p.5.
L'Osservatore Romano. Weekly edition in English n. 5 p.4.
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The notaries at Vanner Perez Notaries have a good deal of experience helping prospective adoptive parents adopt children from overseas, and we are always delighted to be asked to assist with an international adoption. The UK Government website contains some excellent information about the procedure for intercountry adoptions. As part of the process, you will be required to produce various documents and paperwork; depending on the applicable rules in the prospective adoptee’s country of origin, you may need to have this paperwork notarised and legalised. This article deals with some frequently asked questions about the steps involved in notarising and legalising documents for intercountry adoptions.
What is the first step in the notarisation process?
Once the Department for Education (DfE) has been supplied with all the various documents from the adoption agency and issued a certificate of eligibility, it will then ask the prospective adoptive parent(s) to nominate a notary, to whom your paperwork will be sent.
Generally, at around this time, the notary will meet with the prospective adoptive parent(s) and ask them to provide the other documents that may be required. These requirements vary from country to country but will often include details of your financial situation (for example, payslips, bank statements and P60s), identity documents (passports, birth certificates, proofs of address, etc.) and marital status (marriage certificates, divorce certificates, etc.).
There may also be other documents that require notarisation, such as powers of attorney authorising a local representative to petition the foreign court for the grant of an adoption order.
What do you do with the documents?
Once the notary has all these documents, he or she will usually need to take steps to confirm the documents’ authenticity. This may involve contacting the signatories, checking with employers, or simply scrutinising the security features on the documents.
With everything verified, the notary will then issue a notarial certificate attesting the documents. In most cases, the notary will prepare a single certificate covering all the documents in the pack. However, in some instances, it may be necessary to produce several certificates notarising each document separately.
My documents need legalising. What does that mean?
For some countries, such as India or China, the receiving authorities require the notarised documents to be legalised, as well. Legalisation refers to the procedure for ensuring a document issued in one state can be used in another. Thanks to our central London location and inhouse legalisation department, we can visit both the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, as well as any foreign consulates, as required to complete the legalisation stage. Not only does this save you time and cost, it also ensures your documents are kept as confidential as possible.
After the legalisation stage is complete, your notarised and legalised documents, together with any notarised copies, will be returned to the DfE so that they can continue the process.
How long does the notarisation and legalisation take?
Usually, the process takes somewhere between three and six weeks. However, the main factor that will dictate timescales is how quickly any third-party organisations take to respond to our verification requests.
How much does the notarisation and legalisation cost?
The cost can vary from country to country, as the number of documents needed and legalisation process may vary. However, as a rough guide, you can reckon on a total cost of between £600 and £1000 including VAT and the cost of the legalisation.
Do we need to meet our notary?
Yes, although we would normally only expect to need to meet the prospective adoptive parent(s) once, toward the beginning of the process. Our notaries are based in the London Bridge quarter of Central London and you are welcome to arrange an appointment to visit us. If needs be, we could arrange a meeting at your home or office, although this would incur separate attendance fees.
How can I be sure that my documentation will be treated securely?
Vanner Perez Notaries are fully GDPR compliant and have invested in the latest I.T. to make our systems as secure as possible. We are accredited with the government-approved Cyber Essentials scheme.
Which countries do you deal with?
We are at home working on documents for adoptions from all over the world, though we tend to see more applications for India than anywhere else (take an in-depth look at the Indian legislation governing adoptions). In the past, we have also worked on cases involving placements from Thailand, South Africa, China and Russia. You should be aware, though, that the UK Government has restrictions on adoptions from Cambodia, Guatemala, Nepal, Haiti and Ethiopia.
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Step 10: Lightly sketch the eyes inside the dog's head as two small circles. Use the initial lines as guides for the size and position of the eyes. Darken the lines when you get it right. As you darken the eye on the left, make the sides pointier. When you darken the eye on the right, add some strokes on the left side for the fur that partly blocks the eye. Add some strokes along the edges of the eyes for short fur.
Step 11: Inside each eye, off to the side, draw a small circle to represent glare. In the middle of each eye, add a big dot using a dark value for the dog's pupils. Now shade the rest of the eyes using a medium value. To give the eyeballs a rounder look, use a dark value at the top and gradually make it lighter toward the bottom. Don't shade the inside of the tiny glare circles as you shade the westie's eyeballs.
Step 12: Inside the muzzle, near the top, lightly sketch a small circle for the west highland white terrier's nose. When you get the size and position of the nose right, darken the top part using short strokes. Darken the sides of the oval but curve the lines inward to create the nostrils. Make the curved lines for the nostrils thicker and darker. Darken the bottom edge. Inside the westie's nose, at the bottom, draw a short line.
Step 13: Below the nose, draw a series of short strokes for the fur covering the dog's mouth. Draw slightly bigger strokes toward the bottom, left side so that they touch the edge of the initial circle. Continue to add longer strokes toward the left side so that they form the wide shape of the furry muzzle. Sketch lightly at first to get the shape right. Follow the basic curvature of the initial circle. Turn the strokes to a more vertical orientation as you draw the top part of the west highland white terrier's muzzle. Curve the strokes back down along the right side of the initial circle. The strokes at the bottom should be longer. Add a line in the middle for the dog's lower lip.
Step 14: Use the triangle-like shapes on the head as guides to draw the terrier's ears. Use short strokes along the guides for the fur. Make the sides a bit wider than the guides. Add some strokes within the dog's ears too for the fur found there. The ear on the right should be slightly smaller than the one on the left because of the angle of the head. | <urn:uuid:ba62af7c-ff20-43a8-a6e3-eb4c2ed00d2a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://how2drawanimals.com/8-animals/418-draw-westie-dog.html?start=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.890371 | 526 | 3.125 | 3 |
Azaleas are flowering shrubs in belonging to the Rhododendron genus and are native to several continents, including Asia, Europe, and North America. Azaleas have been selectively bred by humans for hundreds of years, and there are now over 10,000 different cultivars of this garden favorite. ToGoGarden is pleased to offer Encore Azaleas (with FREE SHIPPING for a limited time), a patented brand of azaleas that blooms multiple times a year!
Encore Azaleas not only bring beautiful evergreen foliage to your garden, but they bloom in the spring, summer, and fall. And now is a good time to purchase and plant these azaleas in your garden to enjoy blooms this year between now and first frost, and then again and again, year after year. The Encore Azalea was created by selectively breeding spring-blooming azaleas (the traditional kind) with a rare Taiwanese summer-blooming azalea.
Encore Azaleas are recommended for Zones 7 through 10, and they are especially cold-hardy and heat-hardy (a select few varieties can also do well in Zones 6a and 6b). Also thanks to their selective breeding, they are more resistant to disease and pests than traditional azaleas.
Landscape – The soil underneath pine trees is typically an ideal location for the acid-loving azaleas. Most pine trees have deep roots which won’t interfere with the shallow-rooted azaleas. Choose a pine tree in your yard, and prune the lower branches to permit space, light, and sun to come through to the shrubs underneath (ideally you want a pine tree with a high canopy and some direct sunlight underneath; a good rule of thumb is to have a trunk that is bare and free of braches at least four feet from the ground). Plant azaleas a minimum of six feet from the base of the trunk and avoid large roots. Dig a hole as deep as the root ball and twice as wide. Encore Azaleas must have well-drained soil, so mix in some organic matter (shredded bark, decayed leaves, compost, etc.) with the native soil when covering the root ball (a 50-50 mix is good). Plant with the root ball slightly above soil level (mix an inch or two of organic material in with the soil at the bottom of your hole). Mulch with organic mulch (the best idea is to use pine needles and/or pine chips). Space the plants six feet apart.
Companion Plants – Azaleas can be mixed well with other shade-tolerant plants, such as Hosta. Blueberries also offer colorful foliage in this fall while sharing azalea’s love of acidic soil. Plant some Hellebores to extend the blooming season with late-fall and winter blooms. Also, Barberry and a variety of ferns can provide contrasting colors and foliage for your azaleas.
Also check out our Encore Azalea Color and Size Chart for more gardening ideas!
Encore Azalea Care
Optimal Planting Time: Plant Encore Azaleas in the fall. With Encore Azaleas, you will enjoy continued blooms until first frost, and then the roots will continue to grow and develop to produce beautiful new growth the next spring.
Sun: Choose a location with full sun to light, filtered shade. A minimum of 4 to 6 hours of direct sunlight (morning sun is best with afternoon shade) is necessary for proper blooming. They will do okay in full sunlight, but you will need to protect them from heat-related stress conditions such as drought. The two varieties that do the best in full sun are the Autumn Sundance and Autumn Empress varieties. Other varieties prefer some afternoon shade.
Soil: Azaleas need acidic soil. You can plant in an acidic area (such as around pine trees) or test the pH of your soil and plan accordingly. Sulfur can be mixed in (3 parts garden sulfur with 1 part iron sulfate applied at the rate of 1 pound per 100 square feet of garden bed) with the soil to bring the pH to the desired range of 5.5 – 6.6. Azaleas also need well-drained, organically enriched soils that get neither too dry nor too soggy. If you have sandy or heavy clay soil, it is vitally important to mix in organic compost or peat moss with the soil.
Watering, Care, and Fertilizing: Azaleas need plenty of water, especially during their first year in the ground and during hot summer months. For the first year during the hot summer months, make sure to thoroughly soak the entire root ball every other day, allowing the moisture to seep 8-10 inches deep (this much water is not needed once the roots are established). Well-drained soil is important, because standing water around the roots will cause root rot. Adjust the watering as needed depending on the weather, but the goal is to keep the roots from becoming dry after planting. For the first winter, cover the young azaleas with insulated covering. As they mature, they will need less care. Fertilize once at the beginning of each spring (after the last frost).
Size: Encore Azalea varieties can grow between 2.5 to 5.5 feet. Since the plants technically never stop growing, the mature size is not actually a maximum height, but rather a size that can be easily maintained through yearly pruning.
Pruning: Encore Azaleas are best pruned once a year after spring flowering. If you wait too late, you may prune off the buds for summer and fall blooming. You can also do some shaping while the plants are in bloom, and use the cut branches in indoor flower arrangements.
Pests and Disease: Insects and diseases seldom bother healthy, vigorous azalea plants. However, azaleas planted in heavy clay can be susceptible to a soil-borne fungus (Phytophthora) that causes dieback. A sure sign of this fungus is a dark reddish brown color at the base of the shrub. The best defense against this fungus is well-drained soil. Azaleas in full-sun may also be plagued by lace bugs which cause mainly cosmetic damage. | <urn:uuid:36f9c85e-9350-4cc7-8b11-fb2b4d7d3581> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.togogarden.com/newsletter/2017/august/encore-azaleas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.938975 | 1,329 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Once you’ve come across an SSH key, they are sometimes encrypted and require a password to be passed along with it before you’re able to successfully use it for authentication. When this occurs, we can leverage John to extract the hash used to encrypt this key and attempt to crack it offline.
First, we’ll start by extracting the hash using SSHng2John. python sshng2john.py ssh.key
Then we can rerun the above command, but redirect to a file. python sshng2john.py /root/ssh.key > hash.ssh
And finally, we can pass it to John for cracking against a dictionary file. john --wordlist=/opt/wordlists/rockyou.txt hash.ssh
Thanks for checking out another quick hacking tutorial! This one is super simple, but helpful to know in case you come across a password protected ZIP archive that you need access to.
To start, I created a couple text files on my Windows machine and stored them into an encrypted ZIP archive using 7-zip.
Let’s transfer over the CrackMe.zip file to our Kali machine.
Once the CrackMe.zip file is present on the filesystem, go ahead and Right-Click and select Extract Here.
You’ll get a prompt stating that there is a Password Required.
In order for us to crack this password, we need to first extract its hash. Luckily, John The Ripper has everything we need built-in. Let’s spin up a Terminal window and get started. Start by making sure you’re in the correct directory that contains the ZIP file.
Run the following command to decrypt any hashes that are contained within the archive. This will create a new text document titled hash-to-crack.txt
sudo zip2john CrackMe.zip > hash-to-crack.txt
We can verify the contents of the file by utilizing cat.
Great! Now that we have a hash contained in the text document, let’s try our hand at cracking it. First, we’ll need a wordlist. I always like to utilize the rockyou.txt wordlist built into Kali first. This list can be found at /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt. If you haven’t first unzipped this list, you’ll want to do that before proceeding. Check out this guide for help with that.
With wordlist in hand, let’s run the following command to start our brute-force.
sudo john hash-to-crack.txt --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
If you receive an error, you may need to specify the format the hash is in.
sudo john --format=zip hash-to-crack.txt --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
Based on the result above, we see that our password is password123! Let’s attempt to extract the archive again, and enter that password to make sure it works.
Doing so creates a new folder titled CrackMe. Let’s go ahead and expand the contents of this and see what we can find!
That’s it! Super quick and easy to crack this if you have a weak password. As you’ve heard 1000 times, strong passwords are essential for keeping your data secure, and this is just one example that proves that. | <urn:uuid:b93403cd-8691-4f5f-b110-aa4a74759549> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://infinitelogins.com/tag/johntheripper/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.874511 | 736 | 1.976563 | 2 |
“You’ve gained some weight. Is everything OK?” “I saw your son’s name in the paper for a DUI. How is he doing?” “Your son told mine that his dad has a bad temper. I thought you should know that.” “You lost a lot of weight and look different. How are you?” “I heard you have to sell your house after your husband lost his job. I hope you are doing alright.” “You mentioned treatment and you have been MIA lately. What’s going on? What can I do?”
I could go on and on. These are all the things we think but rarely if ever say. Instead we say, “Hey!!! You look great”; “How are you?”; “Good to see you.” The you look great comment is often our reflexive reaction when we notice different but we don’t always meant great.
What is culturally and socially acceptable to say to people? What is crossing a boundary and privacy line and what is genuine caring? I will admit that in my personal life I ask a lot of questions. It is an integral part of my professional life and my job really defines who I am. I ask because I do care. But I have to always remind myself that questioning people can come off as invasive and nosy. And on the other hand, I find myself feeling let down when friends don’t ask about my recent life event and have to remind myself that they are respecting my privacy; or possibly would feel it would make me uncomfortable to bring up a sad situation.
The clients I see are by and large the nicest, most considerate, loving and caring people to walk this Earth. How do I know? Because each session they tell me their thoughts about others and their desire to reach out, connect, listen, support. But it is impossible that they are the select few. More likely is that we all hesitate. They have the desire, but don’t always follow through. We hesitate to ask, connect, support because we are too concerned with being rejected or seen as invasive.
What we need to remember is that genuine is genuine is genuine. As humans, we can get on board with genuine intentions and love, and if we can remember that, we can say what we mean and then reap the benefits of the consequences. | <urn:uuid:4a76b97f-44fb-44df-bf37-c480d3b4d654> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lynnzakeri.com/2013/09/connecting-bluntly/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.982204 | 506 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The European Union’s 27 member states emerged from an intense four-day and four-night summit on Tuesday branding a huge virus recovery plan and a trillion-euro long-term budget.
Here are five key points about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called an impressive response to a historic recession and the worst crisis in the European Union’s history.
The 750-billion-euro coronavirus rescue is a package of loans and — more controversially — grants, to help hard-hit countries through the recession triggered by the epidemic.
The sum will be borrowed on the markets by the EU executive, the European Commission, and is thus based on the biggest ever issuance of joint European debt.
This was once taboo for Germany, and was resisted this time by an even more “frugal” coalition of the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Finland.
But, despite Dutch leader Mark Rutte and Austria’s Sebastian Kurz warning this would amount to forming the dreaded “transfer union” of well-run countries subsidising big spenders, it was approved.
Leaders like France’s President Emmanuel Macron who were pressing for more joint debt hailed the move as a historic step forward for the union and for its single currency.
“At base what we are building is a common solidarity, and that’s unprecedented as the budgetary function that Europe needs to become a geo-political power,” he said.
Rutte, however, stressed the temporary nature of the arrangement, insisting it was a “one off” to respond to the virus crisis.
Loans vs grants
The original Brussels plan for the rescue package would have seen 500 billion euros distributed as non-repayable grants, subsidies from the EU to its poorer members.
Resistance from the “frugals” saw this bargained down to 390 billion, with a further 360 billion issued as loans.
Of the grants, 312.5 billion will go to investment plans drawn up by national governments, and the rest to EU-led programmes, such as rural development, research and the green transition.
The amount each country will be eligible to receive will be determined by a weighted formula: 70 percent of the total to be determined by a “resilience” rating taking into account population and long-term unemployment, and 30 percent based on how much GDP has been lost because of the virus crisis.
The national programmes submitted by member states will be studied by the EU executive, the European Commission, and afterwards approved by a qualified majority of member states — a minimum of 55 percent of capitals representing 65 percent of the population.
Because the “frugals” remain reluctant to allow their more indebted southern neighbours to spend joint funds without labour market reform, there will also be an “emergency brake”.
If a group member states it is unhappy with a national plan, they can thus call it in for discussion at a European Council summit — but it is not clear whether this amounts to a full veto.
Rescue up, budget down
The European Union’s seven-year budget — or Multiannual Financial Framework — that begins on January 1 is now set at 1,074 billion euros, 20 billion less than planned before the epidemic.
The European Parliament will still have to approve the sum.
It now includes a special five billion euro “reserve” to help the countries and sectors most affected by Brexit.
And it will be more flexible in allowing money to be moved to traditional regional support programmes and agricultural subsidies, and away from more recent areas of EU interest.
Nevertheless, EU spending must be in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change and the effort to build a carbon neutral economy by 2050.
Key to persuading the “frugals” to put aside their concerns about southern overspending was a decision to boost the rebates that some net contributors receive on their EU dues.
Denmark’s annual refund climbs to 377 million euros, up 91 percent on the figure planned before the summit. The Netherlands climbs 22 percent to 1.92 billion, Austria is up 138 percent to 565 million and Sweden 34 percent to 1.07 billion.
Germany did not need persuading to accept the deal, and its annual rebate remains at 3.67 billion. | <urn:uuid:ca75631b-6045-4e06-b39e-2f8d121824fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/21/five-things-to-know-about-the-eu-virus-recovery-plan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.952663 | 908 | 2.234375 | 2 |
“The children of God must constantly school their minds to learn the great lesson now before us.
Nothing so helps us bear patiently the trials of life as an abiding conviction of the perfect wisdom by which everything around us is managed.
Let us try to believe not only that all that happens to us is well done, but that it is done in the best manner, by the right instrument, and at the right time.
We are naturally impatient in the day of trial. We are apt to say, like Moses, when beloved ones are sick, “Heal her now, Lord, we beseech thee.” (Num. xii. 13)
We forget that Christ is too wise a Physician to make any mistakes.
It is the duty of faith to say, “My times are in Thy hand. Do with me as Thou wilt, how Thou wilt, what Thou wilt. Not my will, but Thine be done.”
The highest degree of faith is to be able to wait, sit still, and not complain…
The hand that was nailed to the cross is too wise and loving to smite without a needs-be, or to keep us waiting for relief without a cause.”
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China is making the world’s first graphene based e-paper. So if you were thinking that e-papers are outdated then China’s graphene based e-paper will surely give you a new perspective to think about. Guangzhou OED Technologies in association with Chongqing is developing this material which is said to be more brighter and more flexible compared to other e-papers. Chen Yu, general manager of Guangzhou OED Technologies said that it will be “The world’s first graphene electronic paper”.
The idea behind using graphene is because it is the lightest as well as strongest material. A single layer of graphene is 0.335 nm and hence can be used to create hard or flexible graphene displays. The material can also conduct heat and electricity. Graphene e-paper is more pliable and has more intensity and its high-light transmittance means optical displays will be enhanced vastly. The enhanced brightness and flexibility not only let users read in day time but also allows them to be used in e-readers and wearable smart devices.
Another advantage which is definitely rhe most important one is the cost effectiveness. The material is easily derivable from carbon and does not need much expense for making the papers. According to Reports, the e-paper willbe ready within a year. | <urn:uuid:289ce7c9-cb57-4dbd-bc4b-e6368d8b4585> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techentice.com/china-making-worlds-first-graphene-based-e-paper/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.962579 | 270 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Four Kenyan activists have been arrested outside Uganda House for allegedly condemning human rights violations in Uganda.
The four who include Haki africa’s Hussein Khalid, Beatrice Waithera, Yassah Musa and Ojiro Odhiambo were arrested by Kenyan police officers.
The four were bundled in police vehicles just before they could give their press briefing condemning police brutality in Uganda.
Amnesty Kenya has condemned the arrest of the four activists demanding their immediate release.
“We demand the release of Haki AfricaED, Hussein Khalid, Waithera Beatrice, Yassah Musa, and Ojiro Odhiambo, who were arrested outside the Ugandan Embassy for speaking against the injustices in Uganda. Standing up for human rights is not a crime,” stated Amnesty Kenya.
Uganda will be holding its elections tomorrow.
The election campaigns have been marred by violence and police brutality that have seen several people lose their lives including journalists. | <urn:uuid:b26d7875-746e-4c47-9eed-7fbc1723cda0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ghettoradio.co.ke/four-kenyans-arrested-for-condemning-human-rights-violations-in-uganda/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.973532 | 203 | 1.523438 | 2 |
This One pan Egg Sandwich recipe is an easy low effort but tasty meal you can do with just one pan, and a few eggs mixed in some spices, pieces of bread toasted and served with some sauces and chips on the side.
Egg sandwiches History
There’s nothing like a great filling breakfast to start your day. But there are also days when you wake up and have lazy mornings but still want a nice warm breakfast you can whip up in a jiff.
The idea of the sandwich; a pastry filled with cheese, vegetables or meats, dressed with condiments like ketchup or may have been enjoyed for centuries. The earliest record came from Britain by Jon Montagu, the fourth Earl od Sandwich who asked to be served supper without needing to leave the gambling table. There were already ‘forms’ of the sandwich from pita breads and canapés by the Greeks and other Mediterranean countries using their own for of bread. But the dish made its way by using two white bread filled with meat and toasted, presented to the Earl and was then popularized because of its convenience. The idea of the sandwich slowly seeped in to America, which was then named sandwiches in the late 1830.
The Egg sandwich came to be due to the handling of meat rations during World War II, a food establishment the White Castle introduced the idea of the fried egg to be filled instead of the usual ham which turned unpopular for some time till the rationing was lifted. The egg and bread dish was then again welcomed in the 1970’s by McDonalds in their Egg McMuffin and had been in the breakfast menu till today.
Why try this One pan Egg Sandwich recipe?
Breakfast can be tiring especially in the early hours of the morning when you don’t really have time and energy. This recipe is a quick fix to that problem.
The egg sandwich is a relatively easy bread combo to do. This recipe requires minimal effort and just a few minutes in the oven that it won’t break your daily routine. The eggs are mixed in a pan greased with butter, mixed with spices like paprika, garlic powder, cumin and any more of your choice, topped with ham, cheese and white bread buttered on top to give it a nice hue after it’s ‘baked’. Served on a platter with some siracha for spice or mayo and ketchup for a hint of sweet and salty flavor, or add chips of the side and make it an afternoon lunch combo.
An easy fix to your mornings!
One Pan Egg SandwichCourse: Easy Meals, Snacks
Make a delectable cheesy and egg sandwich
4 large eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oregano
½ tablespoon cumin
½ tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
½ cup ham (chopped)
Shredded or sliced cheese
4 pieces of white bread
Butter for greasing
- Prepare a pan and grease this with butter.
- Mix in eggs and whisk well. Add in salt, oregano, cumin, paprika, and garlic powder. Then add the ham, spread this evenly, top with cheese and white bread. You can also brush the top of the bread with butter.
- Bake in a 180°C or 350°F preheated oven for 7 minutes or till the top browns.
- Take it out of the oven to eat or make into a sandwich. Side it with some sauces like Siracha, mayo or ketchup or partner it with some chips.
- You can also replace the ham with other pre-cooked meat like spam, hotdogs or sausages.
- Add or remove spices to make a different sandwich every time.
- For small to medium eggs, use a smaller baking tray or pan to make the eggs thicker when cooked.
- Don’t worry if the top does not brown, you can broil it in the oven or eat it as is once the egg doesn’t look runny.
Egg Sandwich Recipe (tagalog):
- 4 na malaking itlog
- ¼ kutsaritang asin
- 1 kutsarang oregano
- ½ kutsarang cumin
- ½ kutsarang paprika
- 1 kutsarang garlic powder
- ½ tasa ng ham (tinadtad)
- ginutay-gutay o hiniwa na keso
- 4 na piraso na puting tinapay
- mantikilya pang grasa
- Maghanda ng kawali at igrasa ng mantikilya.
- Haluin ang mga itlog sa sa kawali, idagdag ng asin, oregano, cumin, paprika, at garlic powder. Idagdag ng ham at ikalat para mapantay, lagyan ng keso sa ibabaw at patungan ito ng puting tinapay. Igrasa ng mantikilya ang itaas ng tinapay.
- Lutuin ito sa 180°C o 350°F na oben ng 7 na minute o hanggang mag kaumanggi ang kulay nito.
- Tangalin sa oben para kainin o gawing sandwich. Pwede din itong lagyan ng Siracha, mayo o ketchup, o tabihan ng mga chichirya. | <urn:uuid:d791c3de-47b6-4646-8dd5-365dc14360ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://yummykitchentv.com/one-pan-egg-sandwich/?noamp=mobile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.891386 | 1,176 | 1.71875 | 2 |
What Is A CFD?
A financial contract for difference (CFD) is when a buyer pays the difference in the value of a security at the beginning and end of a stated period.
CFDs are derivatives that allow speculation on the price movements of an instrument. The buyers and sellers of CFDs agree on the current value of an instrument and then the value at the end of the contract, where money will be paid to either the buyer or the seller. CFDs have no expiration date, with trading made off-exchange, and typically have low entry thresholds. Many countries, like the United States, do not allow CFD trading.
FXCM Research Team
FXCM Research Team consists of a number of FXCM's Market and Product Specialists.
Articles published by FXCM Research Team generally have numerous contributors and aim to provide general Educational and Informative content on Market News and Products. | <urn:uuid:a7ab6034-7127-4767-a136-5609cb53792a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fxcm.com/au/insights/cfd/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.928395 | 184 | 1.875 | 2 |
The Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) has more than 300,000 members and the organization might just mean something different to each one of them, says local chairman Sharon Allen-Jubenville.
“Some people join due to the financial benefits of being a CARP member, some are passionate about advocacy on age-related issues and others are looking to meet like-minded individuals.”
Allen-Jubenville was part of a group that gathered Oct. 1 to mark national seniors’ day with a flag raising at the Civic Centre.
Local chapter 49 CARP director Steve Brent said the group has made “enormous contributions” to Canadian society by helping remove stigmas concerning aging.
“Aging is something everyone wants to achieve but when you do it, there are hurdles to overcome because people begin to make assumptions about what you can and can’t do.”
South Kent councillor Karen Herman, herself a CARP member, said the group plays an important role in the community in terms of volunteerism, experience and energy.
“These people know what they want and they know how to go about creating the kind of community which serves them,” she said.
Allen-Jubenville said CARP brings about a “new vision of aging” free from stereotypes.
“We have no age restrictions,” she said. “Adults of any age can join us because the kind of respect we foster for all kinds of people in our community isn’t really age-related.”
Brent said there are more than 800 members of CARP in Chatham-Kent including the all-volunteer board of directors.
“We operate on a very lean basis,” he said. “We are fully volunteer and any money collected in dues goes directly to fund our group and its causes.”
Allen-Jubenville said that now (according to Statistics Canada data) that there are more people in Canada over the age of 65 than there are under 14, the group’s power would continue to grow.
“We can use our united voice to help all Canadians,” she said. “We’re not political but that doesn’t mean we aren’t involved.” | <urn:uuid:54e39368-1774-4872-aac1-4a9d77bb6487> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chathamvoice.com/2015/10/13/carp-continues-to-grow/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.957303 | 484 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Rampant gun violence isn’t a new problem for the U.S. Each shooting has unique circumstances and causes. But Sammy Tippit of Sammy Tippit Ministries says there’s one thing Christians can do. “I just see a lot of anger, and it’s erupting across the nation. And you know, it’s not in one location, but it’s nationwide, there’s something that has happened. So I think Christians need to take the lead and saying, Hey, I’m going to be a peacemaker. We need to do what the Scripture says, to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. And that’s a renewal, a revival of our heart of our mind about thinking.”
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Shark attacks: How to avoid them and whether shark repellents really work
If you find yourself scrutinizing the ocean with a fear of fins in your heart, maybe it's because sharks end up in the news all summer long.
Summertime specials such as "Shark Week" on the Discovery channel and "SharkFest" on Nat Geo and Nat Geo WILD bring sharks into the public eye. And sharks are, of course, in the ocean all year.
How can we best to share the seas with sharks, without causing harm to them or to ourselves? Here's how to deal with sharks and what to know about the dangers involved.
Should you worry about shark attacks?
Your chances of being attacked by a shark are slim.
William McKeever, the New York-based author of "Emperors Of The Deep," a science-driven book about sharks published this year by HarperCollins, found that in any given year, the United States accounts for about half the world's sharks attacks.
This is due to a number of factors, including our immense coastline, our dense population and our wealth, which generates tourism and leisure time to spend in the waves.
But there were only 32 shark attacks in the U.S. in 2018, with only one fatality. Ants, dogs, deer and bees all cause the deaths of many more people each year than do sharks.
An average of 130 people die each year in the U.S. following vehicular collisions with deer, McKeever said.
10-foot-long shark:Great white surfaces off east coast, heading north
Shark repellents: Do they even work?
There are mixed reactions to "shark repellents," the devices that use magnetic or electrical signals to deter sharks and that are sold under brand names such as Shark Banz, Shark Shield and Ocean Guardian.
Craig O'Connell, founder and director of O'Seas Conservation Foundation in New York, devoted his doctoral research specifically to the effectiveness of magnets. He and other experts warned against placing faith in commercially available anklets and bracelets bearing small magnets.
"The magnet is far too small to have a sufficiently large magnetic field to have any sort of reliable impact on a curious shark," O'Connell said, noting that sharks even ate the devices (before spitting them back out) in his trials.
Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University at Long Beach, agreed: "The jury is still kind of out on repellents, and much of the science is done by the manufacturers."
"The challenge is that there are a lot of different species of sharks, and situations vary," said Lowe, who also works with Nat Geo on "SharkFest'' programming.
"You might find something that 40 to 60 percent of the time will work, and, fair enough, that's better than nothing. But any time you give somebody something like that, they tend to do riskier things."
Use common sense with sharks
Mainly, shark experts say, use common sense when swimming or surfing.
"When you're in the water, you're in their world," said Lisa Natanson, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Apex Predator Program in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
"A shark's generally not going to bother you. If you bang into one, it might. So avoid swimming at dawn and at dusk, when sharks might be around and it would be hard to see them."
If you see birds hunting over the water, or if you see prey species, such as seals, lots of little fish or even dolphins, "it would probably be best to get out of the water," O'Connell advised.
Humans are dangerous to sharks
In general, sharks have more to fear from humans than vice versa.
Melissa Michaelson, a director with the New Jersey-based Shark Research Institute, bristles at descriptions of sharks that use loaded verbs.
"Sharks are not 'lurking' or 'infesting' our waters, they inhabit them," she said. "It's their environment."
Furthermore, Michaelson said, as apex predators, sharks benefit the environment: "Sharks are our canaries in the coal mine. Not seeing them would be a true cause for concern."
Lowe, the Shark Lab director, credits better fisheries management and environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act with improving shark habitats over the past 30 years. But there is more to be done.
"Plastic entangles fish and cuts off their blood flow. Then little pieces get into the food chain and accumulate, and now microplastics are having a chemical impact on fish and their environment."
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A texture describes the way that melodies behave and interact with each other in a piece. There are three textures that account for the majority of western music: monophony, polyphony, and homophony.
When a piece of music is nothing more than a melody, this texture is called monophony. There may be only one voice or instrument (monophony literally means "one sounding") or there may be several, all performing the same line of music. When all the performers are playing or singing the same notes, they are performing in unison. When a room full of people sings "Happy Birthday", the men are usually singing the melody an octave lower than the women, so they are no longer singing in unison but at the octave. However, due to octave equivalence (see the section on pitch), the same melody sung in a different octave still sounds the same, so singing at the octave is also considered monophony.
The body of Medieval religious chant known as "Gregorian" chant is largely monophonic.
Polyphony, meaning "many sounding", refers to music in which several independent melodies occur simultaneously. These melodies intermingle and overlap, and are generally designed to sound good together.
Another term that is closely related to polyphony is counterpoint. Counterpoint is a style and method of writing polyphony that was used from the 15th through 17th centuries. So, a discussion of counterpoint is really a discussion of a specific type of polyphony. In many cases the two terms can be used like synonyms (example: contrapuntal texture = polyphonic texture).
There are two subtypes of polyphony: imitative and free. Imitative polyphony occurs when the melody of the first voice is copied by subsequent voices. The most strict form of this type of imitation is the canon. In a canon, the original melody is emulated precisely and without variant in every voice. Perhaps the most well-known canon is "Row, Row, Row Your Boat": (if the image is too small, click to view it larger)
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
A fugue is another imitative polyphonic form. Fugues are less strict than canons: the different voices begin by imitating each other, but gradually diverge and become unique. Bach's "Little" G Minor Fugue is an example of this type of imitative polyphony. The video below allows you to follow the basic contours of the different parts without needing music notation. For more on the fugue, see the section on form in popular and art music.
J.S. Bach, "Little" G Minor Fugue
Free polyphony, on the other hand, can be found in traditional New Orleans jazz and in the early polyphony of the late Medieval and early Renaissance periods. In this texture, the independent voices are each unique and do not copy each other. "Hotter Than That" performed by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, is an example of New Orleans jazz that begins with a section of free polyphony followed by improvised solos (trumpet, clarinet, voice, then trombone).
"Hotter Than That" performed by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
When there is one melody, and the other parts are designed to support and accompany the melody (the accompaniment), then the texture is homophony. The majority of western music falls into this category. For our purposes, any music that is not monophonic and not polyphonic can be considered homophonic.
There are two main types of homophony: melody-and-accompaniment, and chorale-type (homorhythmic) homophony. The majority of popular music, art song, and opera falls into the first category. To be considered chorale-type homophony, all the voices (or instruments) must be homorhythmic - all executing the same rhythm at the same time. The different parts will be singing different notes (otherwise it would be monophony), but they will say the lyrics at the same time and move with the same rhythm.
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SEEFOR 5 (2): 145-151
Article ID: 26
Original scientific paper
Selection of Willows (Salix sp.) for Biomass Production
Davorin Kajba 1*, Ivan Andrić 1
1 Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Genetic, Dendrology and Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
KAJBA D, ANDRIĆ I 2014 Selection of Willows (Salix sp.) for Biomass Production. South-east Eur for 5 (2): 145-151. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15177/seefor.14-14
Received: 29 Aug 2014 / Accepted: 3 Nov 2014 / Published online: 10 Nov 2014
Background and Purpose: Willows compared with other species are the most suitable for biomass production in short rotations because of their very abundant growth during the first years. Nowadays, in Croatia, a large number of selected and registered willow clones are available. The main objective of the research should be to find genotypes which, with minimum nutrients, will produce the maximum quantity of biomass.
Material and Methods: Clonal test of the arborescent willows include the autochthonous White Willow (Salix alba), interracial hybrids of the autochthonous White Willow and the English ‘cricket’ Willow (S. alba var. calva), interspecies hybrids (S. matsudana × S. alba), as well as multispecies hybrids of willows. Average production of dry biomass (DM∙ha-1∙a-1) per hectare was estimated in regard to the clone, survival, spacing and the number of shoots per stump.
Results: The highest biomass production as well as the best adaptedness and phenotypic stability on testing site was shown by clones (‘V 374’, ‘V 461’, ‘V 578’ from 15.2 - 25.0 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1) originated from backcross hybrid S. matsudana × (S. matsudana × S. alba) and by one S. alba clone (‘V 95’, 23.1 - 25.7 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1). These clones are now at the stage of registration and these results indicate significant potential for further breeding aimed at biomass production in short rotations.
Conclusions: Willow clones showed high biomass production on marginal sites and dry biomass could be considerably increased with the application of intensive silvicultural and agro technical measures. No nutrition or pest control measures were applied (a practice otherwise widely used in intensive cultivation system), while weed vegetation was regulated only at the earliest age.
Keywords: Salix clones, short rotation forestry, marginal lands, Croatia
Biomass for energy purposes could be produced by fast growing tree species such as willows, poplars, alder, birch, black locust and others. Such a manner of biomass production is known as Short Rotation Forestry. In previous studies in Croatia, arborescent willow clones have shown greatest potential for biomass production in short rotations. Therefore, testing of arborescent willows continued aiming at identification of clones with greatest production potential, particularly on the so called marginal sites i.e. abandoned agricultural soils and/or sites that are not suitable for growing more valuable tree species (Table 1). According to the results of the field and laboratory research, the genetic differentiation of tested clones with respect to biomass production in fresh and dry matter has been determined, .
TABLE 1. Tested willow clones for biomass production in short rotation forestry (SRF)
The strategic interest of every country is to increase the level of its energy independence. The only path towards achieving this goal is to test the possibilities of using alternative energy sources. Among alternative energy sources, the so-called renewable energy sources and their advantages in terms of environment protection and sustainable development attract particular attention. By signing certain agreements (e.g. the Kyoto Protocol), the majority of European countries have committed themselves to taking concrete steps in increasing the share of renewable energy sources of the total energy balance.
Biomass is a renewable energy source with the highest potential in Croatia. The national BIOEN program, was initiated with the aim of promoting the use of bioenergy for energy purposes. Both Europe and Croatia are faced with the problems of agricultural production of low profitability on marginal and abandoned soils. More recently, such production has additionally been aggravated by adverse climatic changes, soil and water pollution, lack of energy and depopulation in areas with dominant extensive agricultural production. Short Rotation Forestry (SRF) and biomass production follow world trends and aim to put renewable energy sources to better use without generating additional quantities of CO2, otherwise largely present in fossil fuels.
Biomass of forest tree species can also be produced by intensive cultivation of fast-growing species in SRF. The basic function is the production of biomass as a renewable and ecologically acceptable energy source. However, these species can also be an alternative “agro” culture (in poorer sites), or they can act as agricultural soil diversifiers, as well as provide the possibility of ecologically more acceptable methods of waste water and phytoremediation. In addition, they sequester increased quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, .
In recent research, clones of arborescent willows manifested the highest biomass production potential in short rotations of up to ten years on marginal (clay type of soil, reed habitat), but particularly on optimal soils, , , , , , , . Tests of different arborescent willow clones continued with the purpose of identifying those with the highest biomass production potential, quality and calorific value, especially on so-called marginal soils , , , .
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A field trial with ten White Willow (Salix alba L.) clones and hybrids with Chinese Willows (Salix matsudana Koidz.) was established with cuttings in the area of Valpovo Forest Office, in the eastern part of Croatia (FT1) on a more optimal site within the nursery. At ramets age at 2/3 and 2/5 years, breast diameters and heights were measured, survival and the number of shoots per tree stump was identified.
Tests were established according to the randomized block system design in four repetitions. Each clone is represented with at least 30 ramets planted in 1.3 × 0.8 m spacing. The offshoots were cut, biomass was measured and evaluated on two-year-old sprouts, and the survival of the tested clones was determined. In the year of test establishment, as well as after the first cutting, weed vegetation was mechanically regulated.
All two-year-old shoots from the same stump were cut in each repetition and their weight in fresh condition was measured. Mass samples of 0.5 kg were collected randomly from the cut shoots, separately for each clone. The samples were dried at 105ºC until constant mass was achieved. The ratio between fresh and dried matter sample was used to determine the average shares of moisture in the wood of each clone. These were then used to assess dry biomass of cut shoots (t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1). Breast diameters and dry biomass of cut shoots were equalized by means of a non-linear regression method. Then, using the obtained regression models (for each clone separately) and the previously measured breast diameters, dry biomass of each particular shoot in the tests was assessed. The production of clone biomass per hectare was assessed in relation to the value of dry biomass of mean shoot, survival, distance between the ramets and the average number of shoots per root.
The data obtained from the measurements were processed by means of descriptive statistical analysis to determine the average, minimal, and maximal values, as well as standard deviations for the investigated properties. All statistical analysis and analysis of variance were performed using the software package Microsoft Office Excel.
Non-linear regression analysis was used to assess dry biomass of particular shoots according to the following equation:
W = a + bD1.3c
- W - dry biomass of shoots,
- D1.3 - breast diameter of shoots,
- a, b, c - parameters assessed on the basis of the shoot sample cut in one repetition.
Rank correlation was calculated by formula:
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Figure 1 and Table 2 shows total biomass production of the investigated clones of arborescent willows in the Valpovo test in first and second successive two-year rotations. In the first years of research (at age 2/3 years), the mean biomass production amounted to 19.1 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1, with values ranging from 10.4 (clone ‘V 052’) to 25.7 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1 (clone ‘V 95’). In the following rotation (age 2/5 years), the mean production was 20.6 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1 and ranged from 15.2 (clone ‘V 461’) to 25.0 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1 (clone ‘V 578’).
TABLE 2. Average biomass production of tested willow clones (Valpovo test)
FIGURE 1. Biomass production of the studied willow clones in Valpovo test in two successive rotations period (2/3 and 2/5 years)
Value of rank correlation for two successive rotation period (2/3 and 2/5 years) was negative (r=-1.08) indicating that there is no clonal phenotypic stability of the biomass production. It also confirms that the production of each clone after the first and second rotation period differs significantly. Four clones which are in the process of DUS testing (‘V 374’, ‘V 461’, ‘V 95’, ‘V 578’) demonstrated the highest biomass productivity and consistency in the production during the tested of two rotation periods.
Analysis of variance showed that biomass production in both rotation periods (age 2/3 and 2/5 years) didn’t show significant genotypic differences in biomass production (F=1.93, F=1.94). Greater clonal differentiation can be expected at older plantation ages (e.g. at the third or fourth rotation). According to earlier investigations biomass production of all the investigated willow clones shows a different trend in proportion with the test age, except in few clones, in which, after the initial increase, a decrease in the production was recorded between the second and the third rotation, , .
Among all the studied clones, the clones ‘V 374’, ‘V 461’, ‘V 95’, ‘V 578’ are singled out in terms of their excellent adaptedness to the habitat and to developmental conditions. In addition, they display above-average values of dry biomass of the mean shoot, or total biomass production, as well as sprouting ability. In these experiments and in two rotations, the best phenotypic stability and steady production were manifested by clones, ‘V 374’ and ‘V 461’, which originated from backcross hybrids S. matsudana × (S. matsudana × S .alba), ‘V 578’ (S. matsudana × unknown) and by White Willow clone ‘V 95’ (S. alba). With their average production in two-year rotations varying between 15.2 and 25.7 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1, they manifested considerable potential for dry wood biomass production on heavy clay type of soils and marginal lands. These clones, with regard to the partial application of agro technical measures could achieved exceptional production and phenotypically represent highly unstable clones of high productivity with specific adaptability to optimal sites. Highly productive pioneer species are grown as monoculture plantations in short rotations. Short duration rotation coppice (SRC) system with willow and short duration rotation single stem (SRSS) systems with poplar species on very suitable soils in Eastern Europe at the age of 5 years results with the productivity of 13.8 to 18.1 t∙ha−1∙DM for willow and poplars and from 17.7 - 21.8 t∙ha−1∙DM for Miscanthus.
Short rotation coppices with clones of arborescent willows were established on so-called marginal sites, i.e. on abandoned agricultural soils or soils not suitable for the cultivation of more valuable forest tree species. No nutrition or pest control measures were applied (a practice otherwise widely used in intensive cultivation system), while weed vegetation was regulated only at the earliest age. Despite this, the results showed relatively high biomass production of the studied clones. Average dry biomass production of the studied clones at age 2/3 years was 19.1 and in the second two-year rotation at the age 2/5 years it was 20.6 DM∙ha-1∙a-1. The highest production was manifested by the clones that taxonomically belong to different crossing combinations of Chinese and White Willow and perspective and phenotypically more unstable clones showed average production of more than 20.0 t∙DM∙ha-1∙a-1.
From the results obtained it can be seen that the possibilities of biomass production with the selected arborescent willow clones in Croatia are optimal with regard to the stand production potential and selected genotype assortment. The biomass production can be improved considerably by fertilization which, however, can be avoided by proper selection of clones with low nutrient requirements. In order to increase biomass production, silvicultural measures should be applied so as to reduce the number of shoots to one to two per stump, while production on marginal sites could be considerably increased with the application of intensive silvicultural and agro technical measures.
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As a consumer, we are faced with a barrage of sales tactics, advertisements, subliminal messaging, and all sorts of things to get us to buy with this company or that product.
Of course, the bottom line is the dollar bills going into the bank account. That will always be the driving factor in any business. No matter what company or what position someone has, we are selling in some shape or form. When it comes to major purchases such as a home, cars, businesses, or insurance, our usual thought is “Dang, I have to deal with a pushy salesperson.” Do we though? What about the advisor approach? What are the differences of salesperson or advisors?
Throughout the years the “salesperson” is portrayed as the shifty eyed, slicked back or pulled back hair, inappropriate, overbearing, and rude. Movies and advertisements depict this person all the time, Danny Devito in Matilda, or Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko. Lately there has been a shift in thought, putting the service back into customer/client service as we go into this new era of post covid business. Giving great service is what advisors are about. Information and education are the two key factors in being an advisor. The pushy sales line is, “this is what you need, lets get you signed.” The advisor is saying “here is your options, what questions do you have, is there anything else you want to go over, which makes best sense for you?”
The difference is night and day when it comes to having an advisor or salesperson. Consumers need to feel comfortable and trust the person they are working with. If a client doesn’t have trust, they can’t make a sound decision on any purchase no matter what the product is. Clients or consumers have one thing in common, they are human beings. It is important for people to have that trust built with people or companies they work with. Too many times have people been taken advantage of, swindled into a bad product, even financially drained.
Advisors will have longevity in their careers, when their clients have that trusting relationship with their advisor, those clients turn around and give referrals that they have a close relationship with.
Salespeople turn and burn so to speak, if they can’t close a deal, they won’t even remember your name. Advisors will have that strong foundation built on trust and treat everyone they do or don’t do business with respect. Which person do you want to help you?
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Clear and concise, The Only Neurology Book You'll Ever Need provides a straightforward and comprehensive overview of neurology. It covers all of the important neurologic diagnosis and management issues, along with clinically relevant anatomy and physiology. Written by Drs. Alison I. Thaler and Malcolm S. Thaler, this new title is packed with full-color illustrations, real-world clinical scenarios, and up-to-date guidelines and recommendations giving you all the practical advice you need to master the challenging world of neurology.
Features a lighthearted, lively writing style that is compelling and gets right to the heart of what you need to know.
Discusses the elements of the neurologic exam and what symptoms do and don't suggest a neurologic disorder.
Covers key topics such as stroke, headache, concussion, dizziness, seizures, dementia, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and much more.
Abundant illustrations, charts, and tables, help you easily understand and retain complex material.
Ideal for medical students, medicine and neurology residents, nurses, and PAs, as well as any and all practitioners who need a concise, easy-to-read review of clinically- relevant neurology. This book covers everything you need for the medical student shelf exam in neurology.
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Being honest is one of the best feelings you can experience. I’ve been honest and I’ve been dishonest, and let me tell you, telling the truth feels much, much better — not in the short term perhaps, but in the long run. Stealing makes you feel like, well, the kind of person who steals. And if someone’s ever stolen something from you, it makes you really angry — and having stolen something from someone else kind of negates your right to feel upset about it.
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CAIIB Exam Pattern 2022: The first tool that an aspirant requires for their preparation is knowing the Exam Pattern. CAIIB aspiring candidates must be aware of the CAIIB Exam Pattern as it will impart to them an idea of the CAIIB Exam 2022. CAIIB is one of the flagship courses conducted twice in a year by the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance(IIBF). The November-December session of CAIIB Exam 2022 is scheduled to be on 27th November, 04th December, and 10th December 2022. The article below provides the CAIIB Exam Pattern 2022 in a detailed manner.
Exam Pattern of CAIIB 2022
CAIIB Exam 2022 will be conducted of three papers, two compulsory and one elective. The 2 compulsory papers are Advanced Bank Management(ABM) and Bank Financial Management(BFM). In the elective paper aspirants have to choose among the options provided and specialize themselves in the subject chosen. Each Paper of CAIIB is further divided into different modules and candidates have to cover each module to qualify for the CAIIB Exam 2022. At the time of registration of application candidates have to choose their medium in which they will attempt the paper that can be either in Hindi or English. CAIIB Exam 2022 will be in online medium and each of the three papers will consist of 100 questions of 100 marks. To complete each paper of CAIIB Exam 2022 the time allotted will be 2 Hours.
|Papers||No. of Questions||Total Marks||Duration|
|Advanced Bank Management||100||100||2 Hours|
|Bank Financial Management||100||100||2 Hours|
|Elective Paper||100||100||2 Hours|
Marking Criteria for CAIIB Exam 2022:
Minimum passing marks for a candidate in CAIIB Exam 2022 is 50 out of 100. Candidates will be also declared as having completed the examination if they obtain 45 marks in each subject with an aggregate of 50% marks in all the papers of the CAIIB Exam in a single attempt. Candidates will be allowed to retain credits for the subject they have passed in their attempt until the expiry of the time limit for passing the examination.
Time Limit for Passing the CAIIB Exam 2022:
Candidates have to register for every attempt separately. The aspirants have to pass the CAIIB Exam within a time limit of 2 years, 4 consecutive attempts. Those aspirants who are not able to clear the CAIIB Exam in the period of 2 years will have to register themselves again. In this case the credit will not be granted of any paper that they have passed earlier. Even if a candidate has not attempted the paper then also their attempt will be taken in consideration. Time Limit of 2 years will commence from the date of application for first attempt.
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Q.1 What are the maximum number of questions in each paper of CAIIB Exam 2022?
Ans. Maximum number of questions in each paper of CAIIB Exam 2022 is 100.
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Mobile apps to help people with vision impairments launched in Tamil Nadu
Two mobile applications, Digital Nethra for Eyes (Dignify) and Visual Intervention Kit with Analytics for Children with Special Needs (VIKAS), have been launched in Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
The apps have been developed by MindTree Foundation in partnership with Aravind Eye Care System to help people who are blind or with low vision.
Dignify can read out text from printed books. The VIKAS application helps in diagnosis and rehabilitation of people with cognitive visual dysfunction.
Experts present at the launch said that CVD is not caused by a problem in the eyes, but in certain areas of brain that process the inputs from eyes. People with CVD typically face difficulties in recognizing faces, colours, or limitations in field of view.
The cause for CVD is often due to premature births. This leads to lack of blood flow or development in certain parts of brain, as well as disorders like such as autism spectrum disorder. CVD is hard to diagnose as children often cannot express their difficulties.
The VIKAS application has a number of simple exercises involving pattern matching, colour recognition, and puzzle solving. These help in diagnozing the problems faced by those affected by CVD, and helps in treatment.
Dignify can scan the pages of the book and read out the content. Right now it can process only English. There are plans to support other Indian languages in the future.
Both the mobile applications are available for download free of cost. MindTree plans to make the kit needed with Dignify available at a price range of less than Rs 10,000 so it is affordable.
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The Heroic Idiom of Shakespearean Tragedy
Shakespeare's idiom is an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and codes of conduct. This book attempts to make that idiom more accessible and, in the process, to illuminate the significance of heroic concepts to a study of Shakespeare's tragedies and histories.
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David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Arithmetic and Logic 1894-1917
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Volume 2 focuses on notes for lectures on the foundations of the mathematical sciences held by Hilbert in the period 1894-1917. They document Hilbert’s first engagement with ‘impossibility’ proofs; his early attempts to formulate and address the problem of consistency, first dealt with in his work on geometry in the 1890s; his engagement with foundational problems raised by the work of Cantor and Dedekind; his early investigations into the relationship between arithmetic, set theory, and logic; his advocation of the use of the axiomatic method generally; his first engagement with the logical and semantical paradoxes; and the first formal attempts to develop a logical calculus. The Volume also contains Hilbert’s address from 1895 which formed the preliminary version of his famous Zahlbericht (1897). | <urn:uuid:15de891c-acda-4d67-a5eb-2094765149b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thalia.de/autor/david+hilbert-372469/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.963349 | 202 | 2.75 | 3 |
If you want to be a success? You need to know that success stages, not a destination. When succeeding in one achievement, you’ll indeed longer for more. But to achieve overall success, especially academically, you need perseverance, determination, consistency, and hard work. Below are ten tips that will help you succeed in school. Some of these are self-evident. However, it’s essential to go through them to learn how to survive in your academic institution and thrive there.
Keep in mind that your academic success is solely your responsibility. Your classmates can help you understand your assignments but can’t help you succeed, but ultimately, your success is entirely up to you.
Organize and Maintain Self-Control
Set a timer for at least two hours of study each day or until you have a firm grasp of the material. Study to gain knowledge and understanding, not just to achieve a particular grade.
Consider Time Management.
Spend your time wisely by scheduling personal responsibilities and studying at the same time. You should never forget that procrastination can steal your academic success if you don’t watch out for it.
Read And Be on top of things.
Consider reading mentality. Reading is the secret of most successful people. Continue reading at least one referential book, novel, textbook, and another necessary book to b on top of your career.
Sometimes, you may not achieve all by yourself. Learn to assist yourself by seeking assistance from people who are better than you. Have a mentor who helps you succeed academically and when you are falling behind. Also, make an appointment with your lecturer to discuss your academic performance if you continue to have issues.
Avoid macho complex; you need to learn from your someone before you build on your knowledge. You must attend class starting on the first day of the semester. Attendance is important because it allows you to hear what your lecturer say and how they respond to your questions. Additionally, a high level of class participation will significantly help.
Some distractions may cause you a lot, especially to stop coming to class. This could be a personal crisis, issue, or frustration. To overcome distraction, stay focused, select friends with the same vision, and balance academics with social environments and social media. Then you’ll get a great report afterward.
Keep in touch with Your Teachers.
Notify your instructors if you’re sick and won’t be able to make it to class. As much as you can, try to arrange make-up classes for any missed assignments.
The secret of success is dreaming big. Even if you know your capability is a “B,” dream “A” in your course work. Work until you achieve the vision. To achieve this,
- Do not let up on your efforts.
- Do not rely on past success
- Forget the past failure and move forward
- Strive to do better this semester than you did last year.
- Continue to put in the action until the semester is over.
Activate all Support Services
Learn to take advantage of the support services like library, student support services, the office of academic advice, the office of counseling and testing, as well as the learning support counselors
Be competitive in Nature.
Even if nobody is competing with you, make sure you are competitive when you feel bad after scoring at least in a test or exam in the class. Could you take it as a challenge and work harder?
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Keep your sights set on a reward. Eliminate all distractions and negative influences from your life so that you can focus on achieving your goal. One final thought about surviving and thriving in a higher institution about many things:
- Getting you ready for a career.
- Helping you make the transition from a teen to an adult.
- Helping you develop a passion for learning for the rest of your life.
College or University provides you with the opportunity to take control of your future by determining where you want to go in life. For the first time in your academic career, you have complete control over what classes you take, how much you study, and what experiences you have.
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Village of Richmond Community Design Plan
The village of Richmond Community Design Plan (otherwise referred to as this Plan) guides the long-term growth and day-to-day land use planning decisions for the village of Richmond. The Plan was initiated in 2008, partially in response to the growing interest among residents and landowners about how the village should develop. Further, the policies contained in the Ashton, Munster and Richmond Secondary Plan 2003, stated that a servicing study was required when the village population reaches 4,500 people which it is close to achieving now. The Plan was also initiated to plan for growth in the Future Development Lands referred to in this Plan as the Western and Northeast Development Lands. | <urn:uuid:b1c1cc85-c81f-49c8-bc66-b5580b70ba3c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ottawa.ca/fr/plan-de-conception-communautaire-du-village-de-richmond#section-e5b17aa3-6e9c-4368-92ea-187021ddf1a1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.972287 | 139 | 1.976563 | 2 |
There are various grafting techniques that our surgeons apply depending on the extent of bone loss on each patient. The process required to get the patients to the correct shape and functionality.
The surgeon may take the bone matter from a part of the patient’s jaw and then transfer it to the site of operation for grafting. It will take about 4 to 12 months, depending on the severity of the case, for the new bone matter to fuse with the rest of the bone. After which the surgeon will perform the dental implant procedure to install the artificial teeth.
This is a unique bone grafting procedure that our surgeons have perfected. The procedure involves creating room for the application of implants in the patient’s mouth. In these cases, the jawbone is small and can’t fit dental implants.
It may have been caused by reabsorption of structural matter in the jaw bone due to years of gaps in the teeth. The surgeon increases the width of the jawbone as required and grafts bone from other areas to facilitate this.
Types of Bone Grafts
The surgeon may opt for one of two options while providing a bone grafting procedure.
This depends on the source of the bone matter to be used in grafting. An autogenous graft refers to a procedure where the bone material is harvested from the patient’s body. This could be from their rib, chin, knee or any other body part.
The second option is a xenograft. This is when the bone material is gotten from an animal. Both procedures have been verified as safe.
Normally what causes a bone loss is reabsorption of muscle and tissue on an open socket. By providing bone grafts, the open tooth socket is kept open which encourages the body to create native bone which with time replaces the bone graft.
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MDIS Transits to E-learning
Schools provide families, communities and entire economies with structure and support. Primarily, it is known to all that good teaching requires a teacher to be present in the classroom with his/ her students. Most teachers enjoy their profession teaching in person because this gives them an opportunity to interact and engage with students with passion and enthusiasm.
Teachers also know when they teach in a classroom, they do not leave students to play with their own devices. They want to be actively involved in the students’ learning process, engaging in classroom activities. Most teachers come to class early to set up for class. Teachers also prefer to take this opportunity to get to know individual students, talking one-on-one and interacting with a student who may need extra support.
Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the learning community worldwide significantly. The coronavirus epidemic has also affected the daily lives of those across the globe. Schools have been closed after the Governments have put their countries in lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
“The speed and scale of the educational tumult caused by COVID-19 has impacted around 300 million students globally, the United Nations said that this has little parallel in modern history.”1 The effect on education globally will last for several weeks, months and may even be a year. Eventually this will result in unforeseen consequences for the students and the society at large.
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, academic institutions have turned to conducting lessons online. To facilitate ease and continuity of learning, the MDIS School of Languages and Education has invested in “Zoom” to launch its online training to schools in China, Vietnam and other countries. Lecturers are also being trained to deliver the programmes to support overseas students’ learning just as they would in a campus-based classroom. | <urn:uuid:bac43485-8eea-405c-8e22-a4b650e013dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mdis.edu.sg/blog/mdis-transits-to-e-learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.97598 | 385 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Media outlets have documented cheating strategies used by parents living outside of the Dallas school district to fraudulently get their students into the nationally recognized Booker T. High School, an arts magnet. This includes taking out short-term apartment leases or paying the utility bills of in-district residents to get their names on the bills to claim residency. Parents have also been accused of manufacturing fake documents to fraudulently show residency inside the district.
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Internal Waves Take the Staircase Down
Internal waves within the ocean, which form between water masses of different density, have an influence on ocean and climate dynamics. Understanding how far these waves travel vertically downward through “density staircases” of water, such as those found in the Arctic Ocean, would help researchers figure out whether they have a role in ice melting: if the waves can descend such staircases, they could drive warmer water to the surface and accelerate the melting. Using analytical and numerical tools, Bruce Sutherland from the University of Alberta, Canada, has now examined internal-wave transmission through an Arctic-like density staircase.
Theoretical studies of internal-wave propagation down through multiple density layers of water generally involve only a few layers. Sutherland investigated propagation across an arbitrary number of layers separated by sharp jumps in density. This is a more realistic representation of the Arctic density staircases, which are characterized by several jumps in ocean temperature and salinity. He found that wave transmission depends on the horizontal wavelength of the waves relative to the total depth of the staircase. Waves of large horizontal wavelength (much larger than the staircase depth) such as those induced by storms can travel through the entire staircase, whereas small-wavelength waves such as those generated by squalls cannot. The results suggest that large-scale storms striking an Arctic Ocean with decreasing ice cover can transmit internal waves to depth. These waves could break and cause fluid mixing that would eventually bring warm and salty fluid to the surface, enhancing the melting of what ice remains.
This research is published in Physical Review Fluids.
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Opinion & Essays
- Oct, 1997 Issue #48
by: Lon Woodbury
“Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for children
that they forget that they themselves are really the experts!” - Marian Wright Edelman -1975
This observation by Ms. Edelman seems to be an accurate summary of a very
common public attitude toward raising and caring for children during the last half of the 20th century. That is, if there is a problem
(and sometimes even if there isn’t a problem), do what the expert says and don’t question their judgment. This attitude has been so
widespread in all other areas of life that some have labeled this the “era of the expert.” However, there are some signs this public
attitude is perhaps changing as more people seem to be “Taking Charge” where they once would have deferred to “expert” opinion.
The holistic health movement is an example that comes to mind which is often
presented as an alternative to “The Doctor is always right.” Do-it-yourself Probate and Divorce kits and books have become very popular
(sometimes hitting the best seller lists) as individuals decide their best interests can be better served by avoiding attorneys. Public
opinion polls measuring attitudes toward most organized institutions and professions are sagging which well could be part of a backlash
against “the era of the expert.”
Specifically in education, there are several major signs indicating an increasing
number of parents are beginning to again do more to “Take Charge” over their children instead of simply deferring to professional
In public policy, the debate over Vouchers and the authorization of Charter
Schools are both responses to demands by parents to be more involved in education decision making, especially involving their own
children. Neither would get much attention if the public was generally willing to defer to the educational professionals (experts).
School Board controversies over curriculum, textbook and School Board elections
seem to be increasing. One important reason is many parents are speaking out and taking action who in past years would have been content
to go along with whatever was decided by the School Board and educational professionals.
The Home Schooling phenomenon is the most complete example of parents “Taking
Charge” of their children’s education personally. The latest estimates indicate the number of children being home schooled in the
US at more than a million, and rapidly increasing. Parent organizations like the BECCA Foundation in the State of Washington are springing
up around the country to push for legislation more supportive of parents and families, and to provide networking assistance to parents
with children making poor decisions.
The loose network of emotional growth schools and programs for children with
behavioral/emotional problems has rapidly expanded in the last ten to twenty years. This is a direct response to demands by parents
for schools and programs better responsive to the needs of their children. A wide variety of approaches is now available, and the
trick has become matching the strengths of the school/program to the needs of the child since the variety of options is beginning
to match the wide variety in children’s needs.
In my practice as an educational consultant specializing in working with
parents who have children with behavioral/emotional problems, I still occasionally see the results of unquestioning acceptance of
the opinion of experts. When I ask questions about a child’s academics or what he/she has been up to, parents sometimes say things
like, “I don’t know, I’m not a teacher.” Or, “We didn’t see how it would help, but we did it because he/she was the psychiatrist.”
But most parents I talk to don’t say this, at least anymore. Most tell stories of schools treating their child as a number, or of
treatment centers having trouble getting past the diagnosis and seeing the individual child.
In effect, parents enrolling children in emotional growth schools and programs
are not passively accepting “expert”opinion and regular procedure when they feel their child’s individual needs are not being met.
Instead they are “Taking Charge” to search elsewhere for what their child needs. And when they find it, are willing to provide what
their child needs no matter what the cost.
In selecting emotional growth schools and/or programs, in Home Schooling,
in pushing for educational Vouchers or Charter Schools, and in parent activist groups, more and more parents are “Taking Charge” again.
In doing this, they are beginning to accept and re-establish that indeed, parents are the real “experts” regarding their own children.
And, they are making a strong statement that Ms. Edelman’s observation does not apply to them.
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Mitochondria size does matter in Alzheimer's
Treatment for Alzheimer's disease may lie in modifying the length of subcellular structures in the brain responsible for metabolising energy, mitochondria.
Research conducted by scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Harvard University found in cases where the mitochondria were abnormally long, they had a toxic effect inducing cell death.
Director, Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CADR) at QBI and co-author of the paper, Professor Jürgen Götz, said, “Alzheimer's disease belongs to a group of neurodegenerative diseases termed ‘tauopathies', charaterised by clumps of the protein tau inside neurons.
“In instances where neurons express toxic levels of human tau, the mitochondria are elongated.
“All cells rely on mitochondria for energy metabolism, and neurons in particular, so controlling the length of these subcellular structures is very important for brain function.”
The research provides novel targets for therapeutic intervention.
“Treatments currently available for these diseases have at most modest effects, in part due to our limited understanding of how Alzheimer's disease starts and progresses,” Professor Götz said.
The good news is, genetic and drug interventions aimed at reducing mitochondrial length reverse the toxic effects of tau, and can now get underway.
“An aspect of mitochondrial regulation that is being increasingly appreciated are changes in size and shape of the organelle, through a process termed 'mitochondrial dynamics',” Professor Götz said.
Alzheimer's disease affects almost 280,000 Australians. This number grows by 1,600 each week and is expected to reach over 1 million people by 2050.
Dementia is currently the third leading cause of death in Australia, after heart disease and stroke, with one in four people over the age of 85 suffering from dementia.
Between 2000 and 2008, deaths attributed to Alzheimer's disease increased 66 per cent, while those attributed to the number one cause of death, heart disease, decreased 13 per cent (http://www.alz.org/downloads/Facts_Figures_2012.pdf).
From the paper ‘Tau promotes neurodegeneration via DRP1 mislocalization in vivo' for publication in Neuron, August 23, 2012 (print edition).
For more information and support see Alzheimer's Australia at http://www.fightdementia.org.au/default.aspx.
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Data Backup in Kenya
Data backup in Kenya is a young concept, the enterprise is yet to embrace data backup solution in a serious manner. Most popular data backup solutions in Kenya and Africa in general are individual inventive backup solutions. Individual personnel innovatively come up with their own ways to storing a replica of data.
Offline Backup Solutions
Most common offline media utilized for data backup in Kenya in Africa are the readily available storage devices.
DVDs and Flask Disk as backup solutions
DVD and Flask Disk are most popular, people save data in DVDs and archive for future retrieval. Other use flash disk to store a copy of their data away from their computers. There technique are not very reliable for the following reasons:
- Failure in the storage devices – CD & DVDs easily fail on exposure to unfavorable physical conditions. Flash disk as well easily fail from physical damage, virus attack, among others
- Loss of storage media – loss of DVD/CD or flask disk means loss of data backup.
- Access – backup can only be accessed when you are in possession of the storage device – DVD/CD and flash disk
Different Partitions as a Backup solutions
A few other individual partition their hard drives and store back up data in the other partition of the same computer or hard drive. This one of the most popular backup solutions.
Possible challenges include:
- Hard disk failure – in case of hard drive failure – retrieval of the backup will not be possible.
- Loss of the computer – in the situation you lose the computer – you will lose your back up as well.
External hard drives as backup solutions
External hard disk have also grown in prominence – they are basically large DVDs and Flash disk. Their challenges are similar, namely:
- Failure in the storage devices – external hard disk easily fail on exposure to unfavorable physical conditions, virus attack, among others
- Loss of storage media – loss of external hard disk means loss of data backup.
- Access – backup can only be accessed when you are in possession of the storage device – external hard disk – you need to carry it where you need it.
Network Drives –NAS as backup devices
NAS – Network attached Storage is advancement of the external hard drive approach. NAS are storage devices pluggable to the network. Any device on the network can further back up its data on the NAS anytime. This is popular in organizations with several computers. NAS may or may not be accessible remotely depending with the NAS device and configurations.
Challenges of using NAS include:
- Failure in the NAS storage devices – NAS easily fail on exposure to unfavorable physical conditions, virus attack, among others
- Loss of NAS device – loss of NAS device means loss of data backup.
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The moon is quite important to how life was formed on the planet Earth. Scientists are still not clear how the life would have developed on this planet had the moon not been in place. Many of us do not pay a whole lot of attention to moon rise and moon set times. Scientists, photographers, and followers of some religions do. If you happen to be interested in tracking moon’s phases, VisiMoon has you covered.
VisiMoon takes the guesswork out of your work when you are tracking the moon. It shows you exactly when the moon will be visible in the sky. It provides you with Moon rise/set and Sun rise/set times. VisiMoon also shows the days when the Moon will be above the horizon. It can handle multiple locations (users can switch from one location to another easily).
VisiMoon is available for both iPhone and iPad. It is a quite handy application for anyone dealing with the moon. You won’t have to guess about the phase and state of the moon when you have Visimoon on your device.
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A problem that affects a large portion of the population has come to my attention, college tuition has risen by considerable amounts in the recent years, causing many students to go into debt or not receive a quality education. Some students simply can’t afford the college tuition so they either don't get a quality education or go into debt getting it. Since I'm only in tenth grade this issue has not completely affected me yet but I plan to go to college when I graduate from high school and when I do I'm going to have to deal with the extremely high tuition costs.
From 1982 to 2007 college costs have increased by 439 percent, that's only 25 years and it has increased by that much. A study done by “Bank Rate” reported that nearly half of the families who planned to send children to college felt they could not afford to pay for a child's tuition. So since these students and their families can't afford the tuition they are forced to take out student loans, and in 2014 the average student graduated from college with $28,000 in student loans.
So many of the students and families all over the country can't afford these insane college costs. So they take the student loans and when they graduate they start paying them off, but what happens when they get out of college and they can't necessarily pay the loans right away because they don't have a job or are still looking for one, the loans default. So millions of students are graduating from college with thousands in debt and are forced to start a career with that debt.
Rising college costs can be blamed on the colleges directly who are making it more expensive so that they can compete with other colleges. But the government is also making money off of the rising tuition, the government is poised to make $127 billion in interest on student loans from 2016-2026. So the government is also profiting off of student debt.
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Complications Of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes can cause serious long-term health problems. It’s the most common cause of vision loss and blindness in people of working age.
Everyone with diabetes aged 12 or over should be invited to have their eyes screened once a year for diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetes is also responsible for most cases of kidney failure and lower limb amputation, other than accidents.
Read more about the complications of type 2 diabetes
Alcohol And Blood Sugar
Alcohol can both elevate and lower blood glucose levels.
- Alcoholic drinks are high in kilojoules as are many popular mixer drinks. As a result, alcoholic drinks can elevate blood sugar as well as contribute to weight gain and elevated blood pressure. It is preferable to choose low alcohol drinks and low joule/diet mixers.
- Excessive alcohol in combination with insulin or oral diabetes medicines can also cause hypoglycaemia . Hypoglycaemia can also result from drinking even small amounts of alcohol on an empty stomach, so if you drink alcohol, you should make sure you eat at the same time to reduce the risk of hypoglycaemia.
People with type 2 diabetes should limit their intake of alcohol to 2 standard drinks per day and aim for regular alcohol-free days.
What Are The Signs & Symptoms Of Type 2 Diabetes
The symptoms of type 2 diabetes aren’t always obvious and they can take a long time to develop. Sometimes, there are no symptoms. It’s important to remember that not everyone with insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes develops these warning signs, and not everyone who has these symptoms necessarily has type 2 diabetes.
But kids or teens who develop type 2 diabetes may:
- Need to pee a lot. The kidneys respond to high levels of glucose in the blood by flushing out the extra glucose in urine . Kids with high blood sugar levels need to pee more often and make more pee.
- Drink a lot of liquids. Because they’re peeing so often and losing so much fluid, they can become very thirsty and drink a lot in an attempt to keep the levels of body water normal.
- Feel tired often. This is because the body can’t use glucose for energy properly.
Risk Factors Of Type 2 Diabetes
There are several factors that can affect your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Because the symptoms of type 2 diabetes are not always obvious, its really important to be aware of these risk factors. They can include:
- your age
- if you have a parent, brother, sister or child with diabetes
- your ethnicity
Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
First line treatment for type 2 diabetes typically includes a combination of diet modification with regular and appropriate exercise.
The NICE guidelines state that treatment for type 2 diabetes should take into account an individuals needs and preferences into account. People with diabetes should be given the opportunity to make informed decisions about their care and work together with healthcare professionals.
The NICE guidelines encourage having high-fibre, low-glycemic-index carbohydrate in the diet. This allows a good amount of flexibility and it is possible to follow a range of diets, including lower-carb and low-calorie, whilst ensuring you get a good source of low-GI foods such as vegetables, beans and pulses.
Your health team should help you with setting recommendations for carbohydrate and alcohol intake that work for you.
Favorite Resource For Diet Advice
Giving up some of the foods you once loved is arguably the biggest bummer about receiving a diabetes diagnosis. But with this Harvard-affiliated organizations expert diet guidance, you dont have to.
For more on “bad” foods you can eat in a diabetes diet, check out our article “5 ‘Bad’ Diabetes Foods You Can Enjoy in Moderation.”
Want to get involved? The IDF, which reaches 168 countries, makes it easy with their advocacy network page. Youll find different organizations that you can work with to help propel diabetes research, legislation, and awareness.
Favorite Alternative Medicine Resource
Want to give the ketogenic diet a whirl to better manage diabetes? This pioneering program from the Cleveland Clinic offers a way to do just that, with trained counselors who can help you adjust your diet and medication along the way.
The FOMO on diabetes products ends now. This feature by the magazine and website Diabetes Forecast rounds up the best of the best in CGMs , glucagon kits, insulin pens, and more.
Medications For Type 2 Diabetes
In some cases, lifestyle changes are enough to keep type 2 diabetes under control. If not, there are several medications that may help. Some of these medications are:
- metformin, which can lower your blood glucose levels and improve how your body responds to insulin its the preferred treatment for most people with type 2 diabetes
- sulfonylureas, which are oral medications that help your body make more insulin
- meglitinides, which are fast-acting, short-duration medications that stimulate your pancreas to release more insulin
- thiazolidinediones, which make your body more sensitive to insulin
- dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, which are milder medications that help reduce blood glucose levels
- glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, which slow digestion and improve blood glucose levels
- sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, which help prevent the kidneys from reabsorbing glucose into the blood and sending it out in your urine
Each of these medications can cause side effects. It may take some time to find the best medication or combination of medications to treat your diabetes.
If your body cant make enough insulin, you may need insulin therapy. You may only need a long-acting injection you can take at night, or you may need to take insulin several times per day. Learn about other medications that can help you manage diabetes.
How Can I Help My Child
Diabetes is a chronic condition that needs close attention. You’ll be your child’s most important partner in learning to live with it.
Kids or teens with type 2 diabetes may need to:
- Get to and maintain a normal body weight.
- Monitor blood sugar levels regularly.
- Eat a healthy diet, as determined by the care team.
- Get regular physical activity to achieve a healthy weight and allow insulin to work more effectively.
- Take insulin or other medicines that help the body respond to insulin more effectively.
- Work closely with their doctors and diabetes health care team to get the best possible diabetes control.
- Be watched for signs of complications and other diabetes-related health problems.
Living with diabetes is a challenge for anyone, but kids and teens often have special issues to deal with. Young kids might not understand why they need blood tests and medicines. They might be scared, angry, and uncooperative.
Teens may feel different from their peers and want a more carefree lifestyle than their diabetes allows. Even when they faithfully follow their treatment schedule, they might feel frustrated if the natural body changes of puberty make their diabetes somewhat harder to control.
Having a child with diabetes may seem overwhelming at times, but you’re not alone. If you have questions or problems, reach out to the diabetes health care team they can help with medical issues, and are there to support and help you and your child.
The Health Risks Of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a lifelong condition. High blood glucose levels over a long period of time can cause:
- reduced blood supply to the limbs, leading to amputation;
- nerve damage;
- erectile dysfunction; and
Although there is no cure for diabetes, the condition can be managed by medication and/or insulin, and by making healthy lifestyle choices.
Is There An Age Where Im More At Risk Of Type 2
Type 2 diabetes used to be known as adult-onset diabetes as it was primarily seen in middle-aged adults over the age of 40.
However, in recent years, cases of type 2 diabetes have become more common in young adults, teens and children. This increase has been connected to climbing levels of obesity
- See our guide on diabetes risk factors for more information.
Microvascular And Macrovascular Complications
Longer survival times and development of type 2 diabetes at younger ages increase the risk of developing duration-dependent complications. In UKPDS 16, 18% of patients, all of whom were presumed to be clinically healthy, had a clinical end point within 6 years of diagnosis.
UKPDS 35 showed highly significant associations between development of diabetes complications, including death, across the broad range of exposure to glycemia, with no evidence of a threshold. Conversely, each 1% reduction in mean A1C was associated with reduction in risk of 21% for any end point related to diabetes .
The role of complications on disease progression and failure has not been well studied. A change in insulin sensitivity and clearance is well recognized in renal failure and clearance is well recognized. However, the impact of these changes on the natural history of diabetes itself needs to be studied. Many patients with established complications tend to be poorly controlled, and factors such as glucose toxicity may play a role in disease progression as discussed above. In addition, various cardiovascular drugs such as diuretics and -blockers may affect -cell function adversely.
Prevalence In Children And Young Adults
Type 2 diabetes used to be prevalent only in adults and was once called adult-onset diabetes. Now that its becoming more common in children, its simply called type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is more common in children and young adults, and its believed to be caused by an autoimmune reaction. However, type 2 diabetes is rising in incidence, attributed in part to poor lifestyle habits.
According to the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, 5,300 people from ages 10 to 19 were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes between 2011 and 2012.
A 2012 study published in the ADA Journal Diabetes Care considered the potential future number of diabetes cases in people under the age of 20. The study found that, at current rates, the number of people under the age of 20 with type 2 diabetes could increase by up to 49 percent by 2050. If the rates of incidence increase, the number of type 2 cases in youth could quadruple.
Type 2 diabetes may result from a culmination of health issues and an unhealthy lifestyle. Specific factors can increase your personal risk, but an unhealthy lifestyle is the broader issue in many cases.
Type 2 Diabetes And Complications
Like type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes carries the risk of diabetes complications over time.
The most common complications of type 2 diabetes include:
In fact, by the time they are diagnosed, 50% of people with type 2 diabetes show early signs of these health conditions.
The list of complications, which also includes depression and sexual dysfunction, is not pleasant but their risks can be reduced through good diabetes control and attending all diabetic screening appointments.
As with many chronic diseases, early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is beneficial for treatment. Before type 2 diabetes develops, most patients exhibit pre-diabetic symptoms, and if treatment commences at this stage, diabetes of this type can be preventable.
- Almost 1 in 3 people with type 2 diabetes develops overt kidney disease
- Within 20 years of diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, 60% of people diagnosed have some degree of retinopathy
Therapeutic Education About Treatment Self
Collaboration between people with diabetes and their families and healthcare teams is essential for optimizing the treatment and, at the same time, for integrating it into their day-to-day life in terms of regular eating habits, timetables and physical activity.
Therapeutic education in diabetes is a learning process that provides the knowledge and skills required by people with diabetes and their families so they may actively take part in everyday treatment decisions.
Is Type 2 Diabetes Serious
Around 90% of people with diabetes in the UK have type 2. It is serious condition and can be lifelong.
If left untreated, high sugar levels in your blood can seriously damage parts of your body, including your eyes, heart and feet. These are called the complications of diabetes. But with the right treatment and care, you can live well with type 2 diabetes and reduce your risk of developing them.
Learn more about diabetes complications.
Healthy Eating To Control Blood Glucose Levels
Your blood glucose is affected by:
- what you eat;
- how much exercise you do; and
- your medications or insulin.
Eating too much food can make your blood glucose go too high. Drinking alcohol without eating any food can make your blood glucose drop too low.
Ways that you can try to maintain a relatively stable and healthy blood glucose level are:
- eat at the same times each day;
- eat roughly the same amount of food each day;
- know which foods contain carbohydrates, fats and proteins;
- eat low-GI foods to keep your blood glucose levels down;
- eat carbohydrates at every meal to spread your intake;
- dont miss meals or snacks;
- avoid high-sugar items, like lollies, soft drinks and desserts;
- exercise at roughly the same time each day;
- balance your food intake with your level of physical activity; and
- take medicines at the same time each day.
It is usually recommended that people with diabetes see a dietitian to develop a healthy eating plan that will help control blood glucose levels.
Insulin Resistance And Insufficient Insulin Production
Insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes means the signal insulin gives to a cell is weakened. This results in less glucose uptake by muscle and fat cells and a reduction in insulin mediated activities inside cells. Compounding this problem of resistance, there is additional defect in insulin production and secretion by the insulin producing cells, the beta cells in the pancreas.
As a group, everyone with with type 2 diabetes has both insulin resistance and an inability to overcome the resistance by secreting more insulin. But any given individual with type 2 may have more resistance than insulin insufficiency or the opposite, more insulin insufficiency than resistance. And the problems may be mild or severe. It is believed that the wide range of clinical presentation is because there are many, many genetic causes and combinations of genetic causes of type 2 diabetes. At present there is no single genetic test for type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis is made on the basis of the individual having clinical features consistent with type 2 diabetes, and by excluding other forms of diabetes.
Will I Need Medication Or Insulin For Type 2 Diabetes
Some people take medication to manage diabetes, along with diet and exercise. Your healthcare provider may recommend oral diabetes medications. These are pills or liquids that you take by mouth. For example, a medicine called metformin helps control the amount of glucose your liver produces.
You can also take insulin to help your body use sugar more efficiently. Insulin comes in the following forms:
- Injectable insulin is a shot you give yourself. Most people inject insulin into a fleshy part of their body such as their belly. Injectable insulin is available in a vial or an insulin pen.
- Inhaled insulin is inhaled through your mouth. It is only available in a rapid-acting form.
- Insulin pumps deliver insulin continuously, similar to how a healthy pancreas would. Pumps release insulin into your body through a tiny cannula . Pumps connect to a computerized device that lets you control the dose and frequency of insulin.
Receiving A Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
Whether or not you have prediabetes, you should see your doctor right away if you have the symptoms of diabetes. Your doctor can get a lot of information from blood work. Diagnostic testing may include the following:
- Hemoglobin A1C test.This test measures average blood glucose levels for the previous two or three months. You dont need to fast for this test, and your doctor can diagnose you based on the results. Its also called a glycosylated hemoglobin test.
- Fasting plasma glucose test. This test measures how much glucose is in your plasma. You may need to fast for eight hours before having it.
- Oral glucose tolerance test. During this test, your blood is drawn three times: before, one hour after, and two hours after you drink a dose of glucose. The test results show how well your body deals with glucose before and after the drink.
If you have diabetes, your doctor will provide you with information about how to manage the disease, including:
- how to monitor blood glucose levels on your own
- dietary recommendations
- physical activity recommendations
- information about any medications that you need
You may need to see an endocrinologist who specializes in the treatment of diabetes. Youll probably need to visit your doctor more often at first to make sure your treatment plan is working.
If you dont already have an endocrinologist, the Healthline FindCare tool can help you find a physician in your area.
Relation To Theory Of Evolution
When proposed his theory of in 1859, one of its major problems was the lack of an underlying mechanism for heredity. Darwin believed in a mix of blending inheritance and the inheritance of acquired . Blending inheritance would lead to uniformity across populations in only a few generations and then would remove variation from a population on which natural selection could act. This led to Darwin adopting some Lamarckian ideas in later editions of and his later biological works. Darwin’s primary approach to heredity was to outline how it appeared to work rather than suggesting mechanisms.
Darwin’s initial model of heredity was adopted by, and then heavily modified by, his cousin , who laid the framework for the school of heredity. Galton found no evidence to support the aspects of Darwin’s pangenesis model, which relied on acquired traits.
The inheritance of acquired traits was shown to have little basis in the 1880s when cut the off many generations of and found that their offspring continued to develop tails.
How Exactly Does Type 2 Diabetes Develop
Insulin resistance is the cause of both prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Ok, so what is the cause of insulin resistance? Insulin resistance is now accepted to be closely associated with the accumulation of fat within our muscle cells. This fat toxicity inside of our muscles is a major factor in the cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, as it interferes with the action of insulin. Ive explored how fat makes our muscles insulin resistant , how that fat can come from the fat we eat or the fat we wear , and how not all fats are the same . Its the type of fat found predominantly in animal fats, relative to plant fats, that appears to be especially deleterious with respect to fat-induced insulin insensitivity. But this insulin resistance in our muscles starts years before diabetes is diagnosed.
In my video, Diabetes as a Disease of Fat Toxicity, you can see that insulin resistance starts over a decade before diabetes is actually diagnosed, as blood sugar levels slowly start creeping up. And then, all of the sudden, the pancreas conks out, and blood sugars skyrocket. What could underlie this relatively rapid failure of insulin secretion?
Now, it should make sense why the American Diabetes Association recommends reduced intake of dietary fat as a strategy for reducing the risk for developing diabetes.
Here are some videos on prevention:
Development Of Type 2 Diabetes
The development of type 2 diabetes is thought to be a progression from normal blood sugars to pre-diabetes to a diagnosis of overt diabetes. These stages are defined by blood sugar levels.
The timeline to developing an elevated blood sugar depends on many environmental factors and also on how strong the gene traits are for diabetes. Ultimately, pre-diabetes and diabetes occur when the pancreas cannot make enough insulin to overcome the insulin resistance. Historically pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes has been diagnosed when individuals are older; however, because of a wide-spread epidemic of obesity which causes insulin resistance, the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is occurring more frequently at younger and younger ages.
People born with the genetic traits for diabetes are considered to be pre-disposed. Genetically predisposed people may have normal blood sugar levels, but many will have other markers of insulin resistance such, as elevated triglycerides and hypertension. When environmental factors are introduced, such as weight gain, lack of physical activity, or pregnancy, they are likely to develop diabetes.
Some individuals with other types of diabetes may be misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. Up to 10% of individuals who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes may actually have an adult onset of type 1 diabetes also known as LADA or Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults.
Statistics About Type 2 Diabetes
The report the following statistics about diabetes in the United States:
- Over 30 million people have diabetes. Thats around 10 percent of the population.
- One in four people have no idea they have diabetes.
- Prediabetes affects 84.1 million adults, and 90 percent of them are unaware of it.
- Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and Native American adults are to have diabetes as non-Hispanic white adults.
The reports the following statistics:
- In 2017, diabetes cost the United States $327 billion in direct medical costs and reduced productivity.
- The average medical expenses for people with diabetes are about 2.3 times higher than they would be in the absence of diabetes.
- Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing cause of death.
Diabetes impact is widespread. It touches the lives of nearly half-a-billion of people around the world. View some infographics that shine a light on other diabetes statistics you should know.
What Health Problems Can People With Diabetes Develop
Following a good diabetes care plan can help protect against many diabetes-related health problems. However, if not managed, diabetes can lead to problems such as
- heart disease and stroke
- gum disease and other dental problems
- sexual and bladder problems
Many people with type 2 diabetes also have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease . Losing weight if you are overweight or obese can improve NAFLD. Diabetes is also linked to other health problems such as sleep apnea, depression, some types of cancer, and dementia.
You can take steps to lower your chances of developing these diabetes-related health problems.
Managing Blood Pressure And Cholesterol
Keeping your blood pressure and cholesterol within the recommended range is very important to help prevent long-term problems, especially to your heart, blood vessels and kidneys.Regular diabetes checks of your eyes, feet , heart, blood pressure, kidneys and long-term blood glucose are an important part of diabetes management. Your doctor and diabetes educator will help you arrange these tests.
How Can I Manage My Type 2 Diabetes
Managing your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, and quitting smoking if you smoke, are important ways to manage your type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle changes that include planning healthy meals, limiting calories if you are overweight, and being physically active are also part of managing your diabetes. So is taking any prescribed medicines. Work with your health care team to create a diabetes care plan that works for you.
What Is The Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes
Treatment may vary depending on the stage in which the disease was first diagnosed and how it is evolving. Therefore, people with type 2 diabetes will follow different treatment plans:
- A healthy diet that helps control body weight in combination with regular physical exercise and oral medicines .
- If the first treatment is not enough, then the patients plan will incorporate new oral or injectable medicines.
- If the second treatment is insufficient, then insulin might have to be added to the treatment regime. | <urn:uuid:cc4b2357-9090-4e51-bfbb-4b828499efab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.diabetescaretalk.net/how-do-you-develop-type-2-diabetes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.934818 | 4,950 | 2.984375 | 3 |
‘We Do Not Want to Be Too Hard on the Norwegians’: Sterling balances and rebuilding the Norwegian merchant shipping fleet, 1945–1950
This article looks at Anglo-Norwegian financial relations in the crucial five years after 1945. Norway lost half of her merchant fleet and had accumulated substantial sterling balances during the war through insurance claims from ships sunk in British and Allied service, and from freights carried. Given Britain’s position as banker to the sterling area and at the centre of a worldwide trading system based on sterling, in the postwar negotiations on sterling balances, the British Treasury took the lead role as financial questions loomed larger than trade questions. Norway’s sterling balances were for the most part used for building ships in British shipyards. | <urn:uuid:f013e362-7123-469d-a741-b3e23597c5e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://snr.org.uk/we-do-not-want-to-be-too-hard-on-the-norwegians-sterling-balances-and-rebuilding-the-norwegian-merchant-shipping-fleet-1945-1950/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.955972 | 157 | 1.882813 | 2 |
“Nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or doctor you have. “ – President Barack Obama, September 9, 2009
In theory, government-run healthcare might not be a bad idea. But then again, that’s theory, and most of us have to live in the real world.
With the recent opening of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) exchanges, I’m experiencing first hand what many of us know to be true; theory and reality are often very, very different.
After accepting a position with Empower Texans, I sat down with my employer to decide what health coverage was going to work for both sides. We settled on a plan where I was allotted a certain amount of money per month which I then used to purchase individualized insurance, while the remainder went into an HSA (Health Savings Account) for me to use towards medical bills/expenses.
A great system for a somewhat younger guy like myself who doesn’t go to the doctor too often (mom don’t be mad), but still needs the ability to pay my medical bills should something happen.
Under Obamacare we’re no longer able to do this.
Instead, we’re being forced into a one size fits all system that leaves us with less options and less money to contribute into an HSA.
Team Obama (more specifically the Dept. of Labor and the IRS) is afraid we’ll receive government subsidies while drawing money from our employer at the same time. Despite Obamacare being more than 20,000 pages of legal code, this provision wasn’t in it. It was left to the bureaucrats to decide, just weeks before the rollout of the exchanges.
Government subsidization of healthcare is more important to them than allowing Americans choices over their own health.
Funny, I thought those on the left wanted “choices” when it comes to our health. Maybe it’s because I’m not a woman seeking to terminate her pregnancy? But then, Obamacare will very likely require coverage for procedures I know I will never need.
I won’t get into the weeds of the issue and talk about how Obamacare is a tax unlike anything in the history of our country, or even go so far as to bring up how we’ve dealt with bad laws like this in the past.
The simple fact is President Obama, and those who pushed for the passage of Obamacare lied about the impact this law would have on Americans who already have healthcare.
I work for an employer who chose to provide me and the rest of our staff with an insurance plan that best fit our needs, and for this gesture is being punished with burdensome regulations from the IRS, DOL, etc. that will inevitably lead to less flexibility and access to the services we need.
Media outlets, political pundits and lobbyists will tell you that Obamacare won’t negatively impact Americans. They’ll say, just as President Obama did, that if you like your plan or your doctor then you can keep them.
Along with the entire Empower Texans team, I am an example of what happens to average citizens when the federal government operates in theory rather than in reality.
At this moment, President Reagan’s words ring quite true: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
I like my current health care plan, and despite President Obama’s repeated promises, I don’t get to keep it. | <urn:uuid:b2a69f25-be19-4f17-98da-20eee0805ba1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://texasscorecard.com/uncategorized/a-plan-we-cant-keep/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.957963 | 744 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Little Chute, WI Real Estate
According to census data in the year 2000 there were 3,955 housing units in Little Chute.
This represents a 22.4% growth from 3,232 in 1990.
Of those housing units, 3,929 were located in either urbanized areas or urban clusters, and 26 were located in what is classified as a rural area.
Homeownership rate in Little Chute is about 71.6%.
Little Chute's vacancy rate, including seasonal lodging, is about 2%.
Average household size is 2.68 people.
The majority of houses, apartments or condos in Little Chute were built after 1976.
|Housing Units by Size|
|Five Bedrooms or more||1.60%|
Owned Homes, Apartments and Condos
|Average Household Size||2.89|
|Median year structure was built||1974|
|Median Value of occupied units||$105,600|
|Median Price asked for vacant units||$14,200|
Rented Homes, Apartments and Condos
|Average Household Size||2.12|
|Median year structure was built||1982|
|Median Monthly Rent asked for vacant units||$533|
Owners Finance Status
|Second Mortgage & Equity Loan||0.20%|
|Home Equity Loan||15.50%|
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High triglyceride symptoms are invariably non-existent until significant damage has already been done. The symptoms of high triglycerides usually correlate with the concurrent disease like heart disease, diabetes, stroke, etc.
Your doctor may find your triglyceride levels elevated through blood tests including a lipoprotein panel. If your triglyceride levels are found to be too high, the following symptoms of high triglycerides may be observed.
High Triglyceride Symptoms
If you are having very high triglyceride levels, especially over a longer period of time, it may lead to inflammation of the pancreas called pancreatitis. If you have pancreatitis following symptoms may occur:
• Sudden and severe abdominal pain
• Loss of appetite
2. Fatty Liver and Liver Enlargement
Fatty liver is one of the high triglycerides symptoms and is caused by the build-up of excess fat in the liver cells. If you have fat more than 10% of your liver’s weight, it will be diagnosed as fatty liver. If you are eating more than you required, excess fat starts building up in the liver. Too much fat exhausts the liver’s normal functions and excess fat starts depositing within the liver.
Rapid weight loss, malnutrition, and alcohol abuse may also lead to fatty liver. If you have liver disease, the deposition of fats becomes more severe and pronounced. If you have high triglyceride levels, your doctor will also evaluate your liver to see the level of damage to the liver.
In the case of persistently high levels of triglycerides, the size of the liver may also increase over time. The size of the liver is usually evaluated through abdominal x-rays and ultrasound.
3. Spleen Enlargement
Spleen enlargement is also one of the high triglyceride symptoms and is usually diagnosed on a detailed examination of patients with high triglyceride levels. Abdominal x-rays and ultrasound are used to confirm the diagnosis.
4. Lipemia Retinalis
In patients with consistently very high elevation of triglycerides, it may damage the retina and this condition is called lipemia retinalis. These symptoms of high triglycerides are seen in patients with very high levels and may even reach 4000 mg/dL of triglycerides.
This is why in patients with a history of triglycerides levels, an eye examination is often included in the physical examination of the patient.
5. Eruptive Xanthomas
Xanthomas are fat deposits under the skin. If you are having very high triglycerides levels for longer period of time, yellow papules or pumps called eruptive xanthomas may be found on your back, chest, bony elbows, buttocks, knees, and heels. These papules are caused by chylomicron deposits and usually disappear once treatment is started and triglyceride levels are kept below 1000 mg/dL.
Your healthcare provider may take a biopsy sample from one of these papules to confirm the diagnosis. In another condition called dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III), very high levels of triglycerides may cause palmar xanthomas characterized by yellowish creases of palms.
There are no high triglyceride symptoms as such alarming you that you are having abnormal triglyceride levels. However, pancreatitis, liver enlargement and fatty liver, lipemia retinalis, and eruptive xanthomas are usually seen in those patients with very high levels of triglycerides over long period of time.
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Hatton High School, in partnership with parents and stakeholders, will provide a safe learning environment for students to develop the necessary skills to become independent and self-sufficient adults.
At Hatton High School we will strive to prepare and motivate students to meet the challenges of a demanding and changing society.
About Hatton High
Hatton High is a 2A school located on Alabama Highway 101, two miles south of Alabama Highway 157 and 14 miles northwest of Moulton.
With an enrollment of about 425, Hatton High houses the seventh through twelfth grades. Hatton Elementary is located on the same campus and is a feeder school for Hatton High as well a students from Mt. Hope at grade 7. There are 30 staff members which include 21 teachers, administration, and 4 support workers.
The office building, student commons area, and 5 new classrooms and a science lab opened in Spring of 2014. We have an 2 additional academic buildings along with a gymnasium, lunchroom, Agriscience department, and bandroom. The campus and facilities is located on 40 acres in the Hatton Community. | <urn:uuid:1adbd6d7-2644-473a-856c-b9191cca5c33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lawrenceal.org/domain/1208 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.967614 | 235 | 1.734375 | 2 |
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