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Updated: Dec 11, 2021
Edit: This course is now complete. If you are interested in future courses you can register your interest now by emailing me at email@example.com.
Sessions are very interactive. The way I work involves some important set-piece concepts that demonstrate what I believe are core, practical and helpful basic understandings about our mind, based on my work as a psychologist and psychotherapist working with people from around the world and observing the commonalities about the things we seem to get stuck on. Alongside the set-piece sessions we will work very fluidly to make sure everyone understands things personally by being able to connect in their own way.
Some of the core ideas we'll explore are:
A nuanced understanding of how to apply mindfulness related strategies to facilitate emotional healing and build a sense of resilience.
How to confidently work with thoughts, emotions and body sensations that are triggered when you are distressed.
Distinguishing between having a thought or distressing feeling; and identifying with it, as though it defines who you are.
How to let your awareness do what it can do, without interfering, so you can discover more about the profound peace within you.
How to identify when you are “in the way” of this, and how to “get out of the way”, to let awareness do the work for you so things can shift where previously you have felt stuck.
When things are not shifting, how to investigate that in a way that helps, rather than hinders, the process.
A rational approach to challenging negative beliefs and creating behavioral experiments/games to overcome things that you have been stuck on.
The types of outcomes people typically report are:
A greater sense of freedom around negative thoughts and feelings.
A nuanced understanding of the relationship between the dynamic expressions of the mind and personality and the subtle non-dynamic “self” that lies behind it.
Increased sense of stability and resilience through recognizing the safety and reliability of this deeper sense of self.
Greater acceptance of the fluctuations of their state of mind.
Reduced perception of themself as chaotic and “out of control”.
Healing from traumas.
The emergence of more frequent periods of inner peace, happiness and contentment.
Greater appreciation and enjoyment of the unique and dynamic experience of their personality.
Greater confidence to engage in selective risk taking and going outside your comfort zone in order to make the most of your life.
Who is this for?:
This course might be for you if:
You want to learn about mindfulness and self healing in a personalized and down to earth atmosphere.
You have tried unsuccessfully to learn mindfulness but want to feel more confident about it.
You know a bit about mindfulness but want to learn how to apply it to the things that specifically bother you or cause you distress.
You want to understand it in a practical way so you can get free of some things you’ve been stuck on.
You want to know how to get results NOW, on the issues that you face day to day, in a way that also contributes to a greater understanding of what mindfulness is all about in the long run.
You want to learn with an experienced therapist holding each individual in the group so that when things come up you are supported through them.
I've been practicing healing meditation based on specialist applications of mindfulness since 2004 and these practices have become the bedrock of my way of taking care of my state of mind. I feel incredibly blessed to have learned them and they have helped me in ways that are beyond words. I originally learned with the Institute for the Study of Peak States of Consciousness and a private mentor and meditation teacher who was previously a part of that school and to whom I am eternally grateful. I went on to qualify and practice in Australia as a psychologist and in the UK as a CBT psychotherapist. I have worked with plant medicines, since 2011, mainly in the Shipibo tradition and have facilitated workshops and retreats combining these practices in the UK, Peru, Costa Rica and Thailand. I continue to study a wide range of approaches that utilize awareness as a central focus and am currently completing further training in Dr Gabor Maté`s Compassionate Inquiry. I live in the Sacred Valley, Peru.
Some feedback from past clients and workshops: "Sean is hands down the most helpful and insightful therapist I’ve worked with in the past 20 years I’ve been in therapy." M Smith, USA
“I could go on forever about the benefits I gained from your workshop Sean but I would have to write a book.” Titus Johnson, Wilmington, North Carolina
“Sean is a truly amazing psychotherapist and integration consultant.” Laura Lamn, UK
“I actually, after many years trying, learned to meditate and really connect to my awareness at this retreat with the help of Sean. It was quite amazing!” Rafael Suvaii, USA
“Mindfulness and the Medicine with Sean has been absolutely amazing. He is an incredible teacher. After two years, or three years of reading about Buddhism and trying to meditate I finally understand how it’s happening. I have the sense and I have absolute certainty that I can do it. The tools that I got here are invaluable for me.” DC, Tel Aviv, Israel
“From that lens (of mindfulness) I was able to go deeper into my experience, because, what isn’t enhanced with mindfulness!? It offers a language that makes the plant medicine experience something that can be apprehended and metabolized. This particular workshop offers a very accessible language for something that’s ineffable.” Sabrina Laura, Psychotherapist, Vermont, USA
“It’s perfect! It’s perfect in the sense that it is very well balanced. The mindfulness program is spot on. It’s a program that is unique and I would recommend for anyone who gets the calling for this” Walin, Beirut, Lebanon
“I thought I had a pretty good handle on mindfulness and Sean took me two or three levels down on how to use mindfulness in a rational way. Sean using mindfulness based CBT was really good for me and I’m going to take all that back to my work. I have a whole different approach now. I’ve got nothing but kudos for Sean. He did a wonderful job.” John Simpson, Addictions Counsellor, Saskatoon, Canada | <urn:uuid:47a9d7db-1a59-4c3d-8135-ad78b9d26593> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.seanchiddy.com/articles-events | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.963616 | 1,356 | 1.851563 | 2 |
In this session from the 2020 GovComms Festival, we hear from Don Lenihan and Rhonda Moore. Don is the President and CEO of Middle Ground Policy Research and Rhonda is the Practice Lead in Science and Innovation at the Institute on Governance.
Don and Rhonda talk about the concept of public deliberation. What is it, and why should we care about it? Don explains the increasing complexity of public deliberation in the age of technological revolution and information abundance.
Don explains the democratic reform perspective on public deliberation, as well as how both politicians and voters tend to respond it. He discusses the language of democracy, and why it is important to think about the language of democracy.
Don discusses the topic of polarisation, and why public deliberation is a potential solution to the problem of rising polarisation in many democracies throughout the world. According to Don, deliberation is a process of finding a middle ground.
After watching this video, you will be able to:
- Define the concept of public deliberation, as well as the democratic reform perspective on public deliberation.
- Understand how political polarization interacts with public deliberation.
- Recognise the importance of deciding how we talk about and define democracy.
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By Sudarshan Kapoor
“We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere.”
Those were the powerful and prophetic words uttered by Eleanor Roosevelt, head of the Human Rights Commission, while submitting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) document to the UN General Assembly, which later on adopted the document on Dec. 10, 1948, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.
The UDHR document was the result of the bitter experience of World War II, atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the dismantling of the oppressive colonial system. It symbolized the hopes, dreams and aspirations of millions of people seeking peace, security and justice all over the world. It sent a powerful signal to the world governments to be accountable and respectful of human rights and basic freedoms of their citizens. It also made the citizens responsible for holding their governments accountable for achieving and protecting these rights.
The UDHR was adopted to complement the UN charter as a road map to a peaceful and just world in which human beings shall enjoy the freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want—proclaimed as the highest aspirations of the common people. A peaceful world that is free of war and violence, devoid of hatred, prejudice and discrimination was the dream conceived by the General Assembly.
It is noteworthy to mention that Roosevelt, popularly called the First Lady of the World by President Harry Truman, was the main driving force behind the formulation and adoption of the UDHR, which is remembered as her major legacy. Whereas Roosevelt was a strong advocate for human rights, she was equally concerned about responsibilities that go along with human rights.
While working on the human rights document, she mentioned, “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”
What Are Human Rights?
The UDHR document consists of 30 articles that describe 1) civil and political rights such as the right to life, equality before the law and freedom of expression; 2) economic, social and cultural rights such as rights to work, social security, education, health care and 3) collective rights such as the rights to development, self-determination and participation in community life. These human rights as mentioned in the document are universal and inalienable, interdependent and indivisible, egalitarian and nondiscriminatory in character.
Human rights are rights that are inherent to all human beings regardless of nationality, place of residence, gender, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language or any other status. Human rights are fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being. Human rights provide a foundation for international human rights laws and are often expressed and guaranteed by governments when legislated, for example, civil rights in the United States. Human rights entail both rights and obligation at the government and individual levels. Though human rights are considered natural rights or believed to be God given, their conception, increasing importance and universal acceptance are relatively new.
Since its inception in 2012, the Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley has organized two successful events commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Prof. Marjorie Cohn of the Jefferson School of Law San Diego, a well-known scholar with expertise on human torture, addressed our first human rights commemoration day on Dec. 8, 2012, in Fresno. She spoke on “Government Sanctioned Torture and Human Rights.” The event drew a large crowd. Many of those who attended expressed the desire that we continue the human rights commemoration in future years.
The second human rights commemoration was held on Dec. 7 and 8, 2013, with a theme of “Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery That Is Closer Than You Think.” The feature film: Trade of Innocents, a powerful movie that raises public awareness on human trafficking was shown on Dec. 7, 2013.
On Dec. 8, 2013, Jim Schmidt, a producer of the movie, Trade of Innocents, was the keynote speaker. Following the keynote speech, a reaction panel consisting of local experts on human trafficking addressed the issues. The panel also included a survivor of human trafficking. The presentation by Schmidt and the discussion by the panel members were well received by an audience that felt enlightened by the information provided about the available local resources in Fresno and the Central Valley.
2014 Commemoration in Fresno
For Dec. 13, the Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley has selected the theme, “Bullying—Human Rights Violation Against Freedom, Equality, Dignity and Respect.” Bullying is apparently an age-old problem. It has been rampant in all societies and cultures. Its presence in our schools is a growing concern for parents, teachers, administrators and community leaders.
With all the media coverage about school violence and educational emphasis on safe schools, addressing the problem of bullying in schools deserves our attention, resources and commitment. According to one study, 86% of the students said that they turn to lethal violence because of being bullied. Almost the same percentage said that the school shootings are motivated by a desire to get back at those who have hurt them.
Bullying is violence and violence perpetuates violence. Bullying in schools starts the cycle of violence at an early stage. It is a violation against freedom, equality, human dignity and respect—values that are highly emphasized in the charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Human Rights Coalition has invited the Honorable Judge David Gottleib of the Fresno Superior Court to be the keynote speaker. Judge Gottlieb is an expert in promoting and implementing restorative justice as an alternative method to rehabilitate rather than to just punish youth offenders. He has established many programs, including the Bright Futures Program, and an award system for positive reinforcement for youth on parole. He is the recipient of the 2011 Hands-on Hero from First Five.
In addition, there will be two panels. The first panel will consist of students and some parents who will share first-hand experiences pertaining to bullying. The second panel will consist of experts including teachers and administrators who will discuss policies, procedures and possible solutions. There will be breakout sessions for the audience to share their reactions and responses. Several organizations and groups have been invited to display their material related to bullying and human rights.
This year’s commemoration is being organized in partnership with the Fresno County Office of Education under the leadership of Superintendent Jim Yovino, whose office has provided tremendous help and expertise to the organizers of the Human Rights Commemoration Day.
We are grateful to Dr. Joseph Castro, president of Fresno State, the College of Health and Human Services and the staff of the university for providing us the facility for holding the commemoration at North Gym 118. The commemoration is sponsored and supported by more than 30 groups and organizations. Admission is free, and the event is wheelchair accessible. The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and lunch is included. All ages are invited and encouraged to attend. Parking in designated areas is relaxed.
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Commissioned by V-A-C Zattere, Venice and published in Time, Forward!, Omar Kholeif, editor (2019)
Network culture is a smooth texture. It’s no longer a destination but an edgeless condition infusing every aspect of daily life with distortion and disorientation. In the past, the network was a discrete destination, a location found by “going online.” Today, it’s a continuous state of connectivity, a delirious flow between humans, interfaces, and algorithms. It’s a condition that emerged out of American counterculture in the late 1960s, first in print with Stewart Brand’s “back-to-the-land” Whole Earth Catalog and then in the earliest networked communities, like the Bay-area bulletin-board service Community Memory and The WELL (Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link). Fifty years later, ubiquitous connectivity has evolved to support ideologies of data, profit, speed, and prediction. Once the promise of radical communalism, today’s network is an engine of cultural sameness, packaged as authentic individualism. Twenty-first century surveillance capitalism is thriving under the rule of GAFA (Google Apple Facebook Amazon) and its astounding ability to convert user data into prediction futures. It’s a market that trades in human behavior and addiction, our insatiable desire for never-ending connectivity, convenience, and the sensation of flow. In return, we feed our preferences into enormous ecosystems of profit and inequity that seem to stretch further and further away from the internet’s feel-good origins. Is there any way to resist?
Let’s characterize the experience of living with these platforms now as ultimate smooth flow, a numbing sensation where individual tweets, images, and headlines no longer matter. Rather, we swim through endless feeds and streams that serve up enormous accumulations of information in real time. We tend to these feeds, constantly adjusting and caring for them as though we own and control the data. The old publishing paradigm of the individually-authored post (the blog post, the daily post, “keep me posted”) is over. With it, the ability to discern (chronology, context, value) has been reduced to simplistic choices around style and accumulation. Ultimate smooth flow is an overwhelming condition, characterized by a fluid, stretchy sense of time and space. We negotiate new kinds of relationships with algorithms that keep us continuously engaged so that our data resources can be mined, a frenzied condition that we crave at the cost of peripheral vision and individuality. Interfaces have become thinner and thinner, approaching invisibility; they’re transforming into conversational scenarios (Siri, Alexa) and gestural experiences (Face ID, VR, fingerprint scanning), where any previous awareness we may have had of authorship and authenticity has evaporated. These interfaces are becoming less visible, but their power is increasing—the engineers, algorithms, and corporate tactics of surveillance capitalism work behind the scenes to determine everything about how we gain information, how we are tracked and targeted, how we consume and work as data subjects. In ultimate smooth flow, we’re left exposed, vulnerable to contextual distortions, losing the capacity for complex reasoning, choice, and nuance. In the contemporary post-truth state, the individual has been disregarded, alone in the crowd, subject to the perfect conditions for engineered bias and oppression.
Before total network saturation, we may have experienced a passive feeling of “getting lost” or “losing track of time” by reading a novel, or watching television or a film. We may have entered a smooth flowstate more actively in play: sports, gaming, dance, or music. By the mid-twentieth century, these were the kinds of activities that captured our focused attention, through deep engagement with designed narratives. These legacy forms evolved directly out of American capitalism and a very specific idea about productivity: the modern 40-hour work-week and its distinct division between routine labor and leisure. Focused attention from 9 to 5 at the factory, office, or school was offset by the modern construction of leisure time, designed to occur after school, during the weekend, on vacation: “off-time.”
A smooth, flowing experience of leisure required predictability. Narrative structures were known forms, and they came with precise expectations. The TV sitcom, the Hollywood movie, the romance novel, and the football game evolved into predictable formats, with fixed durations. So while the feeling of lost time and “losing oneself” was possible while watching a soap opera, this state of suspension was never totally controlled by the subject; it was contained within the parameters of the media itself. When the form was engaged, it came with the explicit knowledge that there would be a way to end the story—and return to work. Distinct, finite narratives were not a new idea. The self-contained segment, episode, issue, or article was based on a known publishing paradigm that evolved as technology afforded new capabilities for mass distribution. The delivery of information within a fixed format had accelerated since the development of moveable type, the ability to print onto a standard substrate, and the distribution of multiple copies in public. Printing and publishing spread as urban centers expanded, and “posting a notice” (with a known size or duration or frequency)—as a way to be “read in public,” in the form of a broadcast, a bulletin, a poster, a pamphlet, or the newspaper—allowed storytelling to evolve into fixed forms with predictable parameters that could be standardized and shared in public space.
Of course, not all leisure activity fit into these predictable forms of capitalist productivity in the twentieth-century. As an alternative to conventional work and play, a more extreme “numb state” of unending play or consumption was also possible. There were ways to pass time that didn’t fit into the modern work week, so they carried the stigma of vice, sin, taboo, and “wasted time.” Without a time limit or a way to end the story, alternative play could be stretched out. Time could be manipulated and controlled at the whim of the subject, leading to addictive behavior. Ultimate smooth flow engagement was first perfected in semi-public environments that were designed to capture compulsive, “off the clock” behavior—spaces like the video game arcade, the casino, the pornographic movie house, and the shopping mall—where unstructured time could be shared in a social way. Wasting time happened in these highly controlled spaces where perception could be slowed down and manipulated, distorted both by the designers of these spaces and the participants’ intense desire to stretch the engagement. Focusing on the casino and the relationship between the slot machine and player, Natasha Dow Schüll refers to this phenomenon as “machine zone,” a state of suspension where normative ideas about time, space, and social relations are completely distorted (Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas, Princeton University Press, 2012). Perhaps “machine zone” was already beginning to work on us in our living rooms with our burgeoning relationship to the television, but by the 1970s and 80s screens were spreading throughout the home and beyond, associated with new forms of watching and playing. The popularity of cable television in North America meant that ordinary people were spending more and more time in front of screens; around-the-clock delivery of never-ending content with the launch of ESPN in 1979, CNN in 1980, and MTV in 1981 ensured that our relationship to media was being normalized into a stretched-out 24/7 condition.
Pong (1971), one of the earliest arcade video games, was played like a simple game of table tennis. It would begin and end like a traditional match, but could be repeated without limit. It didn’t require a human partner, so the social friction of human contact and negotiation was removed. By introducing the video game console into the home, companies like Atari and Nintendo pumped machine zone directly into private domestic space alongside cable television, compounding this significant shift in our relationship to screens. By adding a new interface to the television and locating new kinds of screens in private space (the desktop computer), consumers were interacting more and more with less-structured, limitless forms of media. During this time, the relationship between player and digital material developed into something more private, controllable, and never-ending. Video games played at home normalized ultimate smooth flow; without the need for social context and regulated space, addictive play was transformed into a private activity. The new experience of ultimate smooth flow bridged the fixed, conventional forms of traditional media with what is now the familiar condition of contemporary network culture—the experience of stretchy time. Stretchy time is the continuous, ultimate smooth flow engagement with digital material on the network.
Network culture began to take shape at the same time that the video game entered the home. Stewart Brand’s The WELL began in 1985, and The Thing launched in 1991 as a networked space dedicated to artists. By 1993 web browsers could display both images and text, and their popularity exploded. But early online activity was less about flow and more about the old publishing paradigm of the fixed post—information that was organized around spatial metaphors, like threads, forums, mail, bulletin boards, and other “places” that delivered clear, fixed forms in a community environment (the posted announcement or reply, the email, the chat). As the world wide web expanded, the individual post continued to transition from physical space into a robust online medium, becoming the universal unit of early 2000s blogging and news. And the delivery of posted information in an organized, chronological form—the timeline—went on to become the basis of the feed.
Feeds and streams
Lately, feeds have swallowed the individual post. Since the introduction of Facebook’s wall in 2006, the iPhone in 2007, and Tumblr in 2008, endless feeds of conversations, updates, pictures, videos, music, and recommendations have become the primary way to engage with network culture. Feeds are faster now, controlled algorithmically, so the new publishing paradigm is a condition of constant changeability and performance. The massive accumulation of data for predictive markets, like targeted advertising, is more valuable than any individual post itself. The post—the individual, granular unit of the feed—is significant only in its accumulation. Because feeds are endless, and always changing, we remain engaged, even during sleep, conversation, and relationships. The draw of feeds, their ubiquity, and their ability to infuse any environment with a steady delivery of prompts and information—keeps us in a state of continuous ultimate smooth flow. There is no way to end the story. Our relationship to the production and consumption of information has become a frenzied, relentless condition that surpasses individual control. The post, now stripped of any ability to empower, barely registers. Instead, GAFA captures continuous flows of data in real time, tracking subjects through devices that are designed to keep us in a never-ending machine zone of engagement. The engine of surveillance capitalism is the algorithm, fine-tuned to deliver exactly what we need and want, keeping us entangled in the network with the promise of autonomy and an authentic sense of self. The more I engage with my feeds, the closer I’ll get to exactly who I am.
Image: Cyril Mottier
The feed as we know it is a product of late-stage capitalism, a non-stop accumulation of posts that becomes increasingly difficult to manage. With the enormity of content flowing into feeds, platforms began to use complex metrics to assign value to posts, as well as algorithmic sorting to increase this value at various levels: the individual post, the feed, and the user herself as laborer. All of this enabled data to be sold. What was once the relational condition of the individual post was now transformed into the economic condition of the algorithmically sorted feed, optimized by the platform for maximum performance and profit (at the expense of user experience). With the feed, users appear to profit in meaning, through the abundance of images and language—while at the same time accumulating unsustainable debt in data, control, and value.
Design plays a tremendous role in this cycle. Evidence of our addiction to flow is everywhere in user interface design today, from the spring-loaded pull-to-refresh Twitter feed to auto-play stories that have taken over most social media feeds. The “clicker game” is a perfect manifestation of machine zone interaction design taken to an extreme, delivering nothing but the pure act of clicking itself. Like an autonomous slot-machine, some clicker games continue to play on their own, even after the human player leaves (“idle games”). The popularity of clicker games is a symptom of the triumph of ultimate smooth flow addiction over the individual user’s sense of real time. Played endlessly, they seem to free the player from any narrative conventions or time limits at all; they are about the physical and emotional sensations of performing a single repetitive gesture, the pleasure of audio and visual feedback, and the reward of passive accumulation. In Cookie Clicker (2013) cookies “rain” from the sky but serve no function; the falling cookies feel like a feed but function like a backdrop, portraying progress and accumulation within a total void of meaning. Perhaps the labor of incremental clicking in these games could be understood as a struggle for meaning and value while entrenched in hyper-capitalism: the faster we perform, the less we gain. Walter Benjamin draws a striking connection between gambling and the assembly-line: “both activities involve a continuous series of repeating events, each having no connection with the preceding operation for the very reason that it is its exact repetition.” (Schüll, 2012).
Streams extend these ideas of repetition and stretchy time into something beyond the feed, a kind of flow that’s so smooth, and happening at such a high resolution, that the individual unit of the post (or cookie) is no longer relevant. In the continuous stream, game time is entirely given over to the sensation that the experience may stretch on forever. Streaming one’s labor on Twitch, a live video-streaming platform owned by Amazon, or YouTube, owned by Google, is the new success story, a fantastical, dreamy vision for an entire generation that’s been raised on an internet of centralized, corporate platforms. The idea that performative labor on the network can be influential—and profitable—drives streamers to broadcast gaming, ASMR services, unboxing, and scam baiting for days at a time, an intense kind of unstructured labor without any critical regard for the profitable structures that harvest the streamer’s resources (as well as their viewers). Of the million concurrent users active on Twitch at any one time, each plays a part in Amazon’s enormous ecosystem of commerce and data; streamers labor for “subs” (paid subscribers) only to hand over half of their revenue to Twitch. The pivot towards platform-based streaming is a stunning turn. In surveillance capitalism, the standard narrative form has expanded way beyond granular segments or units of engagement to become an endless landscape of continuously shared media—a dulling, textural condition where the “new boredom” can be experienced collectively forever, without regard for architecture, geography, or human endurance.
As more and more decisions are made within the context of algorithmically-controlled feeds and streams, user interface design is evolving to reinforce ultimate smooth flow with rewards that deliver the sensation of ease, productivity, and authentic choice. Fully engaged in flow, the subject is so captivated with stretchy time and its perfectly delivered activity that the weight and “burden” of the interface is relegated to peripheral vision; it seems to disappear. A commercial transaction is reduced to a single, effortless gesture on the phone (contactless payment). The fingerprint becomes the bridge of authenticity, a proof of identity that uses the body’s presence to complete the transaction with almost no effort—no swipe of a card, no verbal confirmation, no signature, no buttons to click. All friction has been removed; the reward is a pleasant sound that’s produced when the connection is made, which keeps the experience “flowing.” With the ability to capture identity with ultimate clarity (the fingerprint, Face ID, retinal recognition, etc.) now firmly established, other frictional aspects of the interface will eventually disappear entirely, making commercial transactions—and the surveillance it supports—much easier and faster across the network.
The value of perfect legibility is evidenced in the secure fingerprint, facial recognition, an authentic identity; this kind of “reading” enables smooth transactions and engagements with the algorithms that mediate access to platform structures. The new publishing paradigm (feeds and streams) places a premium on perfect legibility; the ability for platform structures to scan, read, and discern creates an easily tracked ecosystem of inclusion (and exclusion) that’s crucial in order to sustain order and capital. Who has access? Who is profitable? Who belongs? To be read properly is to be given entry into the dream of perfect integration, to be accepted into Silicon Valley’s promise of fulfillment, privilege, and ultimate smooth flow. To resist legibility is to resist being a useful and attractive component to capital.
How might we interfere with ultimate smooth flow? Is it possible to occupy the feed without necessarily adhering to its values? Certain artists and writers disrupt the smoothness of the feed, resisting “perfect legibility” without total refutation of the network. Instead, they propose a more tenuous relationship to ultimate smooth flow, locating artistic practice just outside the stream. There’s precarity in this type of practice, a willingness to eschew traditional forms of success, and an openness to push through the feed “into a more chaotic realm of knowing and unknowing (Jack Halberstam, The Queer Art of Failure, Duke University Press, 2011, p. 2).”
Allison Parrish in Queer.Archive.Work 1
Allison Parrish’s practice of computational poetry is an investigation of language at the outer edges of comprehension. She manipulates our expectation of ultimate smooth flow by using machine learning to create a “feed” of output that puts conventional understandings of language on hold. In Articulations (2018), Parrish creates poetry using “a computer program that extracts linguistic features from over two million lines of public domain poetry, then traces fluid paths between the lines based on their phonetic and syntactic similarities” (from her website). The result is a single 72-page work of poetry that somehow sounds like all poetry, precise and uncertain all at once. In Parrish’s work we can never “rest” in a passive position of ultimate smooth flow because the language constantly demands to be assembled into new forms of meaning and understanding; her poetry asks us to get to work:
...Behind the hill, behind the sky, behind
the hill, the house behind,—behind the house the house behind
the tall hill; for all behind the houses lay by my house and thy
house hangs all the world’s fate, on thy house and my house lies
half the world’s hate.
In thy house or my house is half the world’s hoard; drive the
herd towards the household, homeward drive the household
cattle, catch the child up to her heart. His eldest brother, who had
heard he heard her breath, he saw her hand, seize her hat, and
snarl her glossy hair. He sang: As once her hand I had, as once
her hand held mine; in the world His hands had made and his
harvest in her hands.
While we might get lost in the flowing output of her computational methodology, the jarring sense of uncanniness—language that is at once familiar and destabilizing at the same time—keeps us alert and aware of the non-human tools used in her practice. In The Wcnsske-Gonshanshcoma Reconstructions (2018) Parrish goes further, using machine learning interpolation to “travel” from one vectorized word to another; the result is a difficult one-thousand word poem that cannot be understood in any normative way. The language is dense, without syntax, and almost unpronounceable—providing a jarring audial experience that remains just beyond the limits of human understanding. Parrish asks us to work hard, and to look and listen to our feeds differently. Her poetry slows down the experience of machine output by providing friction where others look to smooth out language; she resists ultimate smooth flow by interfering with the promise of ease and perfect legibility in our contemporary feeds.
Image: American Artist
An enormous sense of urgent friction is also at work in the practice of American Artist, an artist who interferes with ultimate smooth flow by opening up and re-occupying a conventional understanding of contemporary media. In Sandy Speaks (2016), Artist builds a chatbot experience using AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language), which can be programmed to simulate conversation with a human individual. The user engages in a conversation with “Sandy,” a chatbot that recalls Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old African-American woman who was found dead in her jail cell on July 13, 2015, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop. The chatbot talks about prison statistics, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, and the failure of surveillance. Artist writes that “creating a piece that simulates a conversation with a living individual recontextualizes the legacy of Sandra Bland.” By using the familiar environment of a chatbot interface, Artist disrupts the flow of natural language interface that we normally associate with bureaucracy: phone trees, online support bots, and call centers. Sandy Speaks opens up a moment of deep oppression by re-examining the supposed clarity and legibility of “facts” (mugshots, surveillance cam footage), allowing us to slow down the construction of this information and experience the failure of normative narratives. Artist’s chatbot puts that moment on pause, and asks us to imagine being addressed by the victim of police brutality herself. Artist writes that “beginning the conversation won’t be smooth, but rather awkward, because society is still learning the kinds of questions it should be asking and what level of transparency it is entitled to demand.”
Stretchy time keeps us drifting, dully focused on the stream in a continuous state of captivity. Perhaps the most radical use of the network isn’t art-based at all, but the ability of the President of the United States and other extremist figures to use the same platforms we use, to deliver misinformation. More than ever, we are susceptible to #fakenews, #deepfakes, and other kinds of information manufacturing that have yet to be imagined. How do we prepare for a future of uncertainty? It’s important to carefully examine our feeds and streams to find those voices who actively resist GAFA and the enabling structures of surveillance capitalism. Working against flow, their defining features might include non-linearity and a willingness to operate outside of legibility, to resist the “perfect read,” and to prioritize awkwardness over smoothness. Helping us to understand new ways of being in relation to technology are those who embrace failure and unproductivity in their practice, resisting the market’s promise of accomplishment and profit that accompanies ultimate smooth flow. Who speaks outside of normative positions of power within our platforms? It’s crucial that we look towards those who engage with network culture and politics to change the feedback loop. Whistleblowers, data preservationists, archivists, and artists maintain a different relationship with ultimate smooth flow, a tendency to disrupt and blur binary structures like public/private, lost/found, and static/active, especially LGBTQIA, Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled people, immigrants, and others who speak from historically minoritized and marginalized positions. Those who have typically been left out of archives already provide friction, resistance, and interference by learning to operate in the margins of our feeds. Out of necessity, they shift our view away from the stream, training us towards the periphery. It’s there in the periphery, just beyond the edges of flow, that we’ll discover new modes of seeing, of relating, and of being. | <urn:uuid:3c22f02f-3c3b-4163-ada5-78ac57261f25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://soulellis.com/writing/feedtime/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.942465 | 5,141 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Twin Otters for Tiree
Two new aeroplanes have been ordered to serve the lifeline air service to Barra, Tiree and Campbeltown.
The Twin Otter aircraft have been specially selected as they are able to land on Barra, the world’s only scheduled service with a landing strip on a beach.
The contract to supply the new planes to link the islands with Glasgow has been awarded to Canadian company Viking Air Limited. The route is officially designated as a public service obligation (PSO) and would not be commercially viable without support from the Scottish Government. Viking Air Limited will provide the two Twin Otter DHC6-400 aircraft. No figure for the contract has yet been disclosed, but the tender was between £5 million and £7 million.
Transport Minister Keith Brown said he was “delighted” that a supplier had been secured. “We expect to take delivery of the new planes next May and for them to be up and running on the routes shortly afterwards. By purchasing our own aircraft, we will also encourage more competition when the contract for operating the PSO routes comes up for renewal. We will be looking at ways to enhance these services and will engage with passengers, local businesses and other interested parties to look at potential improvements. These new planes mean our PSO routes to Campbeltown, Barra and Tiree will continue to be reliable and attractive to travellers. The communities served by these flights can now look forward to seeing new planes operating on the routes next summer.”
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The homeownership rate could fall below 60 percent if homeowners who are deeply underwater end up losing their homes, a new report from mortgage data aggregator CoreLogic suggests.
Some 10.78 million homeowners were "underwater" during the third quarter, meaning they owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth. About 22.5 percent of all homeowners with mortgages had negative equity.
That’s a slight decline from the 10.97 million homeowners who CoreLogic estimates were underwater in the second quarter, but the improvement was driven primarily by foreclosures rather than rising home values.
So far this year, the ranks of underwater homeowners have thinned by about 500,000, CoreLogic said. But price declines in some markets could bring to an end or even reverse recent improvements in negative equity.
Many underwater homeowners will eventually lose their homes, and in the meantime may behave more like renters, failing to maintain their properties because they have no stake in them, the report noted.
The official homeownership rate reported by the Census Bureau for the third quarter was 66.9 percent, down from a peak of 69.2 percent in the last three months of 2004.
But if homeowners who have mortgages that equal 125 percent or more of their home’s value are excluded from the calculation, the effective homeownership rate was actually 62.4 percent, CoreLogic said.
If all underwater homeowners are viewed as being more like renters than property owners, the effective homeownership rate is currently 56.6 percent, the report said.
Although CoreLogic’s "alternative definition" of homeownership won’t necessarily come to pass — many underwater homeowners are still able to make their mortgage payments and are not in imminent danger of losing their homes — it illustrates the magnitude of the negative-equity problem.
"Negative equity is a primary factor holding back the housing market and broader economy," said CoreLogic Chief Economist Mark Fleming in a statement. "The good news is that negative equity is slowly declining, but the bad news is that price declines are accelerating, which may put a stop to or reverse the recent improvement in negative equity."
Negative equity remains concentrated in five states: Nevada, where 67 percent of all mortgaged properties were underwater, followed by Arizona (49 percent), Florida (46 percent), Michigan (38 percent) and California (32 percent).
States where homeowners are in better shape include New York, where nearly half of borrowers have 50 percent or more positive equity, followed by Hawaii (43 percent), Massachusetts (40 percent), Connecticut (39 percent) and Rhode Island (40 percent). | <urn:uuid:bd7ff40c-3479-428a-98b2-68eafac01884> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inman.com/2010/12/13/foreclosures-thin-ranks-underwater-borrowers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.972047 | 544 | 2.09375 | 2 |
I'm posting one puzzle, riddle, math, or statistical problem a day. Try to answer each one and post your answers in the comments section. I'll post the answer the next day. Even if you have the same answer as someone else, feel free to put up your answer, too!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Popular Tourist Area in Chile Under Volcano Alert
The Chilean volcano Villarrica, popular with travelers, hikers and climbers from around the world, is erupting once again, prompting the government to issue an orange alert for local villages. Villarrica, standing just a hair under 10,000 ft tall, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with some well documented major eruptions occurring all too frequently in recent history.
Noteworthy activity first began on March 3rd, when a significant eruption took place in the early morning hours causing evacuations of thousands in the area. New activity has since returned sending plumes of ash thousands of feet into the air putting thousands at risk, including the local resort town of Pucon (about 750 kilometers south of Santiago), which is typically used as a base camp to explore the mountain and surrounding region.
Geothermal imagery hints that magma is inching closer to the surface, which could mean an eruption equal or greater in power to that that of the March 3rd explosion could happen at any moment. No one has died this month, but there are fears that the peak, which is covered in snow and ice, could melt rapidly if lava breaches the surface causing major mud and landslides which have killed hundreds over the past 100 years.
The orange alert was issued due to officials suggesting that the recent surge in activity could be hinting that a major eruption looms near on the horizon. The volcano isn’t the only draw in this Lake District of Chile, as there are countless waterfalls, hot springs and beautiful forests surrounded by imposing views of the Andes mountain range which appeal to locals just as much as world travelers. Not to mention, Pucon is one a fantastic spot for visitors to try some of Chile’s suddenly incredibly popular local wines.
Classes have been cancelled for students in the area over recent days, and tourists are encouraged to hold back their dreams of summiting Villarrica or spending time in the beautiful and popular Lake Villarrica area for a future, less ash filled day.
If you happen to be in Chile, the volcano is offering some fantastic photo opportunities, including some spectacular lightning strikes coming out from the ash cloud. | <urn:uuid:368e888e-88df-4063-b908-b8dab47bb827> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://clapway.com/2015/03/23/popular-tourist-area-in-chile-under-volcano-alert123/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.9649 | 450 | 2.4375 | 2 |
ANDES is an open-source Python library for power system modeling, computation, analysis, and control. It supports power flows calculation, transient stability simulation, and small-signal stability analysis for transmission systems. ANDES implements a symbolic-numeric framework for rapid prototyping of differential-algebraic equation-based models. In this framework, a comprehensive library of models is developed, including the full second-generation renewable models. Models in ANDES have been verified with commercial software.
New to ANDES? Check out the getting started guides. They contain tutorials to the ANDES command-line interface, scripting usages, as well as guides to configure ANDES and work with case files.
The examples provide in-depth usage of ANDES in a Python scripting environment. Advanced usage and and power system studies are shown with explanation.
Model development guide
Looking to implement new models, algorithms and functionalities in ANDES? The development guide provides in-depth information on the design philosophy, data structure, and implementation of the hybrid symbolic-numeric framework.
The API reference contains a detailed description of the ANDES package. The reference describes how the methods work and which parameters can be used. It assumes that you have an understanding of the key concepts.
Using ANDES for Research?
Please cite our paper [Cui2021] if ANDES is used in your research for publication.
H. Cui, F. Li and K. Tomsovic, "Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Framework for Power System Modeling and Analysis," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1373-1384, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2020.3017019. | <urn:uuid:575b9d06-54fd-4489-b117-834f7a67baea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://docs.andes.app/en/stable/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.842355 | 380 | 1.757813 | 2 |
|Location||Sumida, Tokyo, Japan|
|Construction started||14 July 2008|
|Completed||29 February 2012|
|Opened||22 May 2012|
|Cost||65 billion JPY|
through the Tobu Tower Skytree Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary
|Antenna spire||634 m (2,080 ft)|
|Roof||495 m (1,624 ft)|
|Top floor||451.2 m (1,480 ft)|
|Floor count||32 above ground|
3 below ground
|Design and construction|
|Main contractor||Obayashi Corporation|
Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī, stylized TOKYO SKYTREE) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world after the Merdeka 118 (678.9 m or 2,227 ft) and the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m or 2,722 ft). It is also the tallest freestanding structure in the OECD, the G20 and G7 countries.
The tower is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kantō region; the older Tokyo Tower no longer gives complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage because it is surrounded by high-rise buildings. Skytree was completed on Leap Day, 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. The tower is the centrepiece of a large commercial development funded by Tobu Railway (which owns the complex) and a group of six terrestrial broadcasters headed by NHK. Trains stop at the adjacent Tokyo Skytree Station and nearby Oshiage Station. The complex is seven kilometres (4.3 miles) northeast of Tokyo Station. In addition, there is the Sumida Aquarium in the "Tokyo Solamachi" complex.
The tower's design was published on 24 November 2006, based on the following three concepts:
The base of the tower has a structure similar to a tripod; from a height of about 350 m (1,150 ft) and above, the tower's structure is cylindrical to offer panoramic views of the river and the city. There are observatories at 350 m (1,150 ft), with a capacity of up to 2,000 people, and 450 m (1,480 ft), with a capacity of 900 people. The upper observatory features a spiral, glass-covered skywalk in which visitors ascend the last 5 metres to the highest point at the upper platform. A section of glass flooring gives visitors a direct downward view of the streets below.
The tower has seismic proofing, including a central shaft made of reinforced concrete. The main internal pillar is attached to the outer tower structure for the first 125 metres above ground. From there until 375 metres the pillar is attached to the tower frame with oil dampers, which act as cushions during an earthquake. Additional resilience is achieved through an "added mass control mechanism" (or tuned mass damper) – a damping system which, in the event of an earthquake, moves out of step with the building's structure, to keep the centre of gravity as central as possible to the tower's base. According to the designers, the dampers can absorb 50 percent of the energy from an earthquake.
The exterior lattice is painted a colour officially called "Skytree White". This is an original colour based on a bluish-white traditional Japanese colour called aijiro (藍白).
The illumination design was published on 16 October 2009. Two illumination patterns Iki (chic, stylish) sky blue and Miyabi (elegance, refinement) purple will be used, alternating daily. The tower is illuminated using LEDs.
From October to November 2007, suggestions were collected from the general public for the name to be given to the tower. On 19 March 2008, a committee chose six final candidate names: Tōkyō Sukaitsurī (東京スカイツリー, "Tokyo sky tree"), Tōkyō Edo Tawā (東京EDOタワー, "Tokyo Edo tower"), Raijingu Tawā (ライジングタワー, "Rising tower"), Mirai Tawā (みらいタワー, "Tower of the future"), Yumemi Yagura (ゆめみやぐら, "Dream lookout"), Raijingu Īsuto Tawā (ライジングイーストタワー, "Rising east tower"). The official name was decided in a nationwide vote, and was announced on 10 June 2008 as "Tokyo Skytree". The name received around 33,000 votes (30%) out of 110,000 cast, with the second most popular name being "Tokyo Edo Tower".
The height of 634 m (2,080 ft) was selected to be easily remembered. The figures 6 (mu), 3 (sa), 4 (shi) stand for "Musashi", an old name of the region where the Tokyo Skytree stands.
Tokyo Skytree is used as a radio/television broadcast and communications tower.
|Channel||Channel name||Callsign||Signal power||ERP||Broadcast area|
|NHK General TV||JOAK-DTV||10 kW||68 kW||Kantō region|
|NHK Educational TV||JOAB-DTV|
|Tokyo MX||JOMX-DTV||3 kW||11.5 kW||Tokyo|
|Frequency||Station name||Callsign||Power||ERP||Broadcast area|
|81.3 MHz||J-Wave Tokyo||JOAV-FM||7 kW||57 kW||Tokyo|
|82.5 MHz||NHK FM Broadcast Tokyo||JOAK-FM|
|90.5 MHz||TBS Radio Sumida||South Kantō region|
|91.6 MHz||Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Sumida|
|93.0 MHz||Nippon Broadcasting System Sumida|
As the Skytree's opening approached, people reportedly waited in line for a week to get tickets. By the opening, trips up the tower were fully booked for the first two months of operation. The opening day drew a crowd of tens of thousands, despite rainy conditions which blocked the view from the tower's observation deck. Strong winds also forced two elevators to be shut down, leaving some visitors briefly stranded on the observation deck.
According to Tobu, 1.6 million people visited Skytree in its first week. Local residents reported that the influx of visitors disturbed the peace of their community and had, so far, generated little economic benefit for the local area.
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It Matters That A Texas Officer Thinks Blacks Have ‘Violent Tendencies’
In dashcam footage of the violent July 2015 arrest of 26-year-old Breaion King, a Black woman and elementary school teacher in Texas, an Austin police officer named Patrick Spradin explains to King that part of the reason why so many Whites are afraid of Black people is because they have “violent tendencies.”
This explanation is his justification for the unwarranted body slamming and physical assault she was subjected to by an officer twice her size. Whether he knew it or not, this officer was verifying that, even when Black people are doing nothing threatening or violent, they are seen as dangerous by many Whites. This is the case even when those White people wear blue.
The footage was just released by the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV on Thursday. In the video, one can see that, after a routine traffic stop for speeding, a White officer named Bryan Richter pulls over King and subsequently believes she is not complying with his requests for identification. However, the footage shows that, even though she was in compliance, the situation escalates into a physical arrest within only seven seconds.
The video is very difficult to watch the large officer swings King’s petite body around and slams her into concrete. Spradin appears at the end of the altercation and attempts to justify violence against Black people.
Until now, Spradin’s comments were never reported. On the other hand, Richter’s involvement was reported but received the lowest possible punishment – counselling and additional training. Luckily, the District Attorney threw out the case against King after reviewing the dashcam footage.
Given all of this, there are several truly disturbing aspects to this confrontation which have implications for Black Americans on the whole.
First, King is clearly complying with the officer when he chooses to enter her vehicle to physically drag her out of it. All of this was for her allegedly speeding. While many would see her responses to him as confusion (since she repeatedly asks him, “are you serious?”) he interprets her actions as resistance. What is problematic about this is that his reaction and response automatically penalizes and criminalizes those of us in the world who are #LoudBlackGirls, who express ourselves vocally and are often misread as “having an attitude.” Rather than understanding that this woman might have been disconcerted when an officer swerved into a parking lot behind her and started making demands, he assumes she is a threat.
Second, as the officer is throwing King around like she had drawn a weapon on him, others are watching the entire display. At the end of the footage, a guy walks over to confirm that he “saw the whole thing” from where he was standing and King was “resisting” from what he could see. They also mention that a woman had been nearby filming the entire thing. Yet, no one calls out to help King. And, honestly, what the fuck is “resisting” anyway?
It isn’t natural to have a large man climbing into your driver side door especially when you are confused as to why he is there in the first place. The word “resisting” is used so much in the footage that it suggests that almost anything King could have done might have been interpreted as combative. To add, the officer’s clear use of intimidation and excessive force has nothing to do with King resisting. It has to do with him trying to assert himself as the dominant person, as the enforcer. From his snap reaction to her sitting peacefully in her driver’s seat, it is clear he was going to find any reason he could to assault King that day.
Third, in the footage following King’s arrest, Richter keeps describing scenarios during the altercation where he “didn’t know what she was going to do.” Or, he was uncertain if she would run off or maybe draw a weapon. At one point, he even raises his arm to gesture how he thought her movements (which were likely reflexes resulting from being kneed, slammed, and yanked by this huge cop) seemed like she was going to hit him.
But what would have happened if she had hit him? Is she strong enough to overpower this man? Absolutely not. So, why would he feel the need to assault her so brutally if he could have arrested her with less force? After getting her cuffed and subdued, he even raises her arms behind her back in the cuffs just to punish her. This isn’t about public safety. This is about race and gender discrimination.
Finally, this video reminded me of another I saw a few weeks ago of a young woman giving an interview during a protest. During the interview, she is talking calmly into a camera about the processes of organizing and what might make the collective action better. Then, five police officers in SWAT gear storm into the frame as she says, “Oh my God, oh my God.” They then escort her behind the police line and take her into custody.
It struck me because, in both cases, the women were saying things like “Oh my God,” and King even asked “why are you doing this?” Neither of the women were combative. Neither of them were angry or violent. They were literally just there and clearly afraid. Yet, that was enough to get them arrested.
I kept watching the footage of King thinking, “if that were me, I would be dead right now.” As a woman with a known heart condition, I would not have survived the assault King experienced. What is terrifying about it, though, is that based on the final officer’s account, this type of violence is not only justified but necessary to quell the “violent tendencies” of Black Americans.
In essence, the modern police force is trained to predict that Black people will be more violent, more harmful, and more of a threat even when the indications suggest otherwise. This is part of the reason why Miriam Carey, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Rekia Boyd, John Crawford, and Michael Brown are not alive today. Because the very people who are meant to “serve and protect” are committed to the same racial biases and institutional inequalities which have oppressed Black people for generations. Not only that, they have incorporated it into the ways they police and the justifications they use when doling out punishment.
The fact of the matter is: We are literally paying police officers to kill us. And they don’t even need probable cause to justify their actions.
These are undeniable facts and since this isn’t an episode of Minority Report where police can simple see the future and know who will be violent before they commit any crimes, they must take a serious look at the ways their own biases inform their actions. I say tear it all down and start over again because clearly, the system is not “serving and protecting” all of us.
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Property Tax Lawyers in Mendota
In Mendota, California, the government imposes a tax (a legally-mandated payment made to the government) on real property. "Real property" is defined as any piece of land, or object permanently or semi-permanently affixed to the land (such as buildings, trees, minerals, etc.).
In Mendota, California, property taxes are measured as a percentage of the land's value. They are most often paid annually. But in any case, they are paid at some set interval.
The federal government almost never imposes property taxes directly. Property taxes are collected nearly exclusively by state, county, and local governments.
How Property Tax is Calculated in Mendota, California
Property tax in Mendota, California almost always takes the form of a tax levied on the appraised value of the property in question. Property tax rates in the U.S. range from 0.2% to around 5% of the property's value.
To levy this tax, Mendota, California tax authorities must first figure out how much a house or piece of land is worth.
In many ways, the value of a piece of land is relative. After all, many people ascribe sentimental value to their homes, which goes well beyond its market value. To ensure that the system is fair, the government uses only objective standards to determine value.
Therefore, the people in charge of appraising the value of property in Mendota, California have to consider only objective, factual criteria when calculating the value of a piece of land. These criteria include the state of the real estate market, the zoning of the land (which determines how it can be used), and any improvements that have been made to the land, among other things.
How A Mendota, California Property Tax Attorney Can Help.
Property tax law in Mendota, California is not always simple. Legal disagreements about property taxes can arise from almost any situation. For instance, you might have reason to suspect that the taxable value of your home was overestimated, creating a bigger property tax bill. And, the government might claim that you have underpaid your property taxes, while you think that you have paid the correct amount.
If you encounter a legal issue with your Mendota, California property taxes, and don't handle it properly, unnecessary inconvenience and expense can result. If you have the assistance of a competent tax attorney in Mendota, California, however, the odds of encountering such a problem will be small. | <urn:uuid:277136c7-6681-4a2e-9beb-6f799a2c8627> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taxattorneys.legalmatch.com/CA/Mendota/property-tax-attorneys.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.951514 | 511 | 2.25 | 2 |
Eight brilliant ways to have a positive attitude:
1. Count every single blessing you have.
2. Learn to not count on tomorrow.
3. Live in a way that leaves no room for regrets.
4. Also live so that if someone says something bad about you, no one will believe it.
5. Remember that life is not a dress rehearsal.
6. Make sure your core convictions are crystal clear to those you love.
7. Ban shoulda, woulda, coulda from your lips.
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On December 1, 1969, the first draft lottery since 1942 was held, at Selective Service National headquarters in Washington, D.C. The draft determined the “order of call” for 1970 for all men of draft age, which included all men born in the years 1944 through 1950. Approximately 850,000 men were affected by the 1969 draft lottery.
For the lottery, 366 blue plastic capsules, each containing one date of the calendar year, were dumped in a large glass container. The capsules were then drawn out and opened, one by one, and assigned sequentially rising numbers. Congressman Alexander Pirnie (R-NY) drew the first capsule, which contained the date September 14. Thus, all men born on that date, from 1944 through 1950, received the first priority for call to duty. The remaining capsules were drawn by youth delegates who had been selected for that purpose from around the country. The last date drawn was June 8, which was assigned draft number 366. A second lottery was also conducted for the 26 letters of the alphabet, to determine the order of priority (by last name) for each date of birth.
Later statistical studies of the supposedly random selection process indicated that the later dates of the year received disproportionately low draft numbers, due possibly to insufficient mixing of the capsules. However the results of the lottery were not changed. The lotteries of the next three years were apparently fully randomized.
The highest draft number called for induction from the 1969 lottery was 195.
The next lottery, held in 1970, applied only to men born in the year 1951; the lottery of 1971 covered men born in 1952; and the final lottery in 1972 applied to men born in 1953; however, men born in 1953 were not drafted due to abolition of the draft in 1973.
An estimated 70,000 American men fled to Canada to evade the draft or as deserters. Overall, an estimated 60% of potentially eligible men escaped the draft in the Vietnam years, mostly by qualifying for exemptions of many different kinds.
For CHARTS OF ALL THE LOTTERY DRAWINGS, list of draft classifications, Vietnam troop levels year-by-year, and other information, click on the LINKS tab.
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Don’t let the bully win
Bullying comes in all shapes, sizes and ages.
When someone says “bully” your mind might quickly picture the bigger kid on the playground taking the lunch money from the small, nerdy kid in class.
My mind doesn’t go to that scenario.
Sadly, I think of the louder person in the workplace. The person that constantly needs attention and shuts down ideas of those who are more meek or reserved.
I think of the girl or guy in the gym that quietly makes fun of the newer gym member or overweight person looking to learn how to workout for the first time.
I think of the person who has to be in charge of every PTA group the school offers to ensure that her child gets the most attention or recognition, even if it’s not deserved.
I think of the pretty, popular girl, or handsome guy in class. The one who isn’t necessarily the smartest, or even the greatest athlete, but constantly feels to need to seem better than the next girl or guy.
Are you picturing these people with me? Have you ever been this person?
I rack my brain, sometimes too much, in hoping that I don’t make other people feel inferior with my choice of words and actions.
In middle school and high school, I was ‘friends’ with that pretty, popular bully, and often became the victim because I let her take advantage of my kindness, which she often mistook as weakness.
In college, I felt enough was enough and I would no longer be anyone’s doormat. I found myself with an opinion, a backbone and a willingness to no longer be ran over by those non-stop bullies out there. Yet, I ran into female teachers who wanted to be the bully in the room. Teachers that would pick their favorites and hang others out to dry in the process, teachers that I once trusted to help guide me and be a light and a leader.
I cried. I fought to do well, and I often failed.
One day, I was brought to the side by another employee at the University and asked why I let mean, disheartening people get under my skin so. I told her, “I just want everyone to treat me like I treat them.” She reassured me, that unfortunately, for the rest of my life, I was going to run into women, in every form, at every age, and in every place, who are cold. She reminded me that those people have struggles with themselves, and the struggle is not with me.
“People who love themselves don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”
She shared with me, in the nicest way, that I needed to form thicker skin and be prepared to deal with it, as unfortunate as it was. She told me that no matter where I ended up in life, in every workplace, there would be the person that fit the category of a bully to a “T.” She spoke the truth. I have yet to find myself in a time period of my life without there being a person in it who didn’t attempt to run over the kind person of the group.
Many bullies hide behind their computer screen, as what I like to call “keyboard ninjas” and bully people through social media. Other bullies are those that work next to you and you see their desks everyday. Some bullies are the ones who call you, needing help or needing you to do something for them at the drop of a hat, with an expectation that you will do it, and a bad attitude if you can’t.
Guess what? You don’t have to let the bully win. Bullies get satisfaction from your pain, from your loss, and they believe it’s their gain.
Keeping a smile when you’re hurting doesn’t mean, you’re faking, or even that you’re strong, but as my mother said, it lets others wonder what you’re up to.
A piece of advice for the fellow bully victims out there-don’t be one. Don’t give in and let people run you over. Stand your ground and be firm about the way you will be treated. Remain kind, and don’t lose sight of who you are simply because some tries to make you question it.
Advice to the bullies- stop being one. Putting someone down about being overweight doesn’t make you any skinner. Telling someone their work proposal isn’t good won’t make yours any better, and calling someone weak doesn’t make you stronger.
Building each other up shouldn’t be like pulling teeth. You should want to see your co-workers succeed-it makes the business grow. You should want to see your students shine, it makes your teaching skills look pristine. You should want to see your friend do well, because in the long run, it’s that friend that you will be able to count on.
I’ve definitely been made stronger over the years because of obstacles- so I want to thank some of the bullies who allowed me to find myself amongst the constant self-esteem battles.
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper; They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.”
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The trainees are given overall exposure to mental health and behavioral sciences to instill the ‘untidiness and working alliance among all mental health disciplines (e.g., Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, and other allied disciplines)’. The trainees are also given ample privileges and opportunities to develop their clinical and academic skills. The student-trainees are entrusted to take up daily routine clinical and therapeutic activities at both in-patient and out-patient levels. They learn to dispense individual, group, family, and community-based therapeutic services for people with mental illnesses under the direct supervision of the faculty. Department was functioning since 1980, Smt Usha Pingat was the first trained social worker during this period. She catered her services not only to the mentally ill but also to general hospital patients. Formally the department took shape in the year 2005 when the six Psychiatric social workers with MSW qualifications joined in the institute as Psychiatric Social workers.
“To be a department of exemplar of academic excellence at par for transforming young social work professionals, leveraging their potential by disseminating highest quality of education/training to develop human resources in the field of psychiatric social work/ mental health and conduct research in the areas of psychosocial aspects related to mentally ill persons’, promotion of psychosocial wellbeing of the needy individuals, families, and communities at large anchored with the blend of dignity, self-respect, empathy and philanthropic culture.”
Adopt innovative teaching and learning practices combined with practical exposure which promote proactive leadership. Excel in academics and research activities in the field of psychiatric social work/mental health by inculcating a sense of continuous learning among the faculty and trainees. Enable the student trainees to gain interdisciplinary knowledge and become competent professionals to meet the ever-changing challenges in the field of mental health. Create a congenial atmosphere of learning to develop technically sound, ethically strong, and morally elevated professionals. Emphasize community-oriented programs in the areas of mental healthcare to provide support to needy individuals and families. Stimulate to extend the frontiers of knowledge, through faculty development and continuing education programs to motivate the students, to take up social responsibilities, and to be productive and useful citizens of the society. Undertake need-based, quality publication, extension, and consultancy services; Collaborating with progressive individuals and institutions to ensure sustainable, humane development. Organize training programs for NGO functionaries, traditional healers, and volunteers in the community, so that that may help the professional mental health workers in carrying out mental health awareness programs, which may contribute to achieving goals of mental health programs i.e. early detection, treatment and rehabilitation of mentally ill persons, and promotion of mental health status at levels of the society.
To implement effective programs through creativity and innovation in teaching, learning, and evaluation.
To impart quality Psychiatric Social Work education through a participatory method that combines classroom learning with equally productive clinical practicum.
To Provide Psychosocial intervention services for the families and persons with mental health and neurological problems.
To make existing programs more career-oriented through an effective system of review and redesign of curriculum inputs, the spirit of inquiry, and scientific temperament among students through research-oriented activities.
To evolve, and formulate policies and guidelines in the area of psychosocial care and support on various social strata of the society.
To provide diagnostic & therapeutic facilities for mentally ill persons.
To provide social and occupational rehabilitation for mentally ill persons Expansion of mental health service at a community level by providing training to different professionals, volunteers, medical & Para-medical personnel in the field.
To adopt and implement principles of participation, transparency, and accountability in the governance of academic and administrative activities.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:
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3 Common Communication Pitfalls Made by Process and Packaging Equipment Manufacturers
As she so eloquently stated in her comic strip, Mafalda said, “As usual what’s urgent leaves no room for what’s important.” This quote is very funny but equally true—sometimes not so funny if it has affected you negatively! With shipping highly-sensitive projects in the pharma, bio-pharma and food/beverage industries, communication during the transportation process can make or break a project. At AIRO Logistics, Inc., each customer works ONLY with one point of contact. This helps specifically with three areas of project logistics.
Initial setup: AIRO’s competitive advantage comes from using one point of contact for each customer. In other words, when a shipper calls AIRO, they always speak to the same project logistics coordinator. This means, the customer is never speaking to a stranger who is unfamiliar with their unique shipping requirements. This project coordinator knows all the specific requirements of those shippers’ projects that can make or break a deal. For example, some shippers require all projects to ship on Conestoga trailers, while other shippers require extra padding between their freight and the drivers’ straps. While some shippers prefer to shrink wrap their EP-SS tanks and secure them to the trailer/saddle by employing lifting lugs others don’t shrink wrap but prefer to crate their products instead.
Feedback: Going back to the first point, AIRO uses one project coordinator per customer, cutting many potential communication failures. While speaking with customers and prospective clients, they often tell us that they are forced to deal with a different contact person each time they call the broker or carrier. Our customers cannot afford to follow that inefficient system. How can that person accurately provide feedback as a consultant without first understanding their unique, intricate shipping requirements? AIRO’s project coordinators are able to intimately understand each customer’s requirements. By knowing the specific cargo type, AIRO is able to serve as a consultant and make recommendations that will ultimately lead to a successful final presentation to the end user.
Delivery: One of the most important and overlooked aspects of every project is the delivery—the final presentation of the shipper’s product to the end user! Shippers have a competitive edge when they are using a carrier that clearly communicates with the receiver or rigging crew unloading the freight. AIRO proactively communicates schedules, requirements and collects specific delivery requests, all while communicating with the driver and keeping everyone informed. A slip-up in the final delivery can leave a bad taste in the mouth of the end-user, making them think twice about using the same shipper when ordering more equipment.
Communication is key and unfortunately, some people think that good communication has occurred with very little thought. In order for quality communication to occur, details must be hashed through and possible scenarios gone over. AIRO minimizes the opportunities for errors/omissions and maximizes the impact of the final presentation of shippers’ products to the end users. When you’re fed up with dealing with multiple points of contact with your current carriers, consider AIRO’s model. Hopefully there isn’t a project-crippling miscommunication in the meantime. | <urn:uuid:3106d8fb-5dc0-4a6a-bccb-3ebb53e54dc6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://airologistics.com/Projects/3-Communication-Areas-That-You-Dont-Want-To-Miss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.933177 | 679 | 1.679688 | 2 |
I talked to two informants who attended the same Jewish summer camp at two different times.
How did you alter aspects of prayers at camp?
Informant 1: “We change the words of Birkat Ha’Mazon [the after-meal prayer].”
Informant 2: “Though it’s different from when I was at camp before you.”
חֲבֵרַי נְבָרֵךְ Chaveirai n’vareich (Let us thank God)
- Informant 1: N/A
- Informant 2: Rubber tires never break
יְהִי שֵׁם יְיָ מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹל Y’hi sheim Adonai m’vorach mei-atah v’ad olam. (Blessed is the name of God now and forever)
- Informant 1: N/A
- Informant 2: Naked swimming is illegal in the state of Idaho
בִּרְשׁוּת הַחֶבְרָה Birshut chaveirai (With Your permission)
- Informant 1: Your shoes have arrived
- Informant 2: Bear shit in your eye
לימשיכו Limshicho (The anointed one)
- Informant 1: Cream Cheese Balls
- Informant 2: N/A
Informant 1 is my twin sister. She attended this camp during the 2010s. Informant 2 is my mother. She attended this camp during the 70s. This information was collected during a family zoom call where we were checking in with each other.
In general, Jewish youth assign humorous English phrases to Hebrew ones to try and break up the monotonous prayers they are forced participate in throughout the day. At this camp, Birkat Ha’Mazon is said after breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and saying it three times a day gets very old, very fast. Having silly jokes within the prayer makes it a lot more bearable to complete. When comparing the prayer alterations from Informant 1 to Informant 2, Informant 2’s alterations are far more inappropriate and cruder. This reflects the agenda of the camp administration to crack down on these alterations and make them more appropriate. Their biggest issue with these alterations is that they disrespect concepts involving God. If the administration would have it their way, there would be no alterations at all, but for now, they have settled for “Your shoes have arrived” because it is far better than “Bear shit in your eye.” | <urn:uuid:81627aa3-3d0f-4908-8542-58537ed02b00> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://folklore.usc.edu/tag/crude-humor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.931745 | 626 | 1.609375 | 2 |
this is the first essay I post on the forum and I would really appreciate if someone could make some comments on it?
Thanks for your help.
Is it important for students to evaluate their teachers?
Without any doubt, grades and evaluations are constantly evolving subjects when it comes to education. Concerns have already been raised about the influence of grades on students and evaluations could be discussed, as well. On first thinking, it seems to be a surprising idea to let students evaluate their teachers as this would reverse the existing roles. Still, after describing the pros and cons of this proposal, I will state that this could somehow be a profitable idea, provided that those evaluations are performed cautiously.
First, there’s strong evidence that such evaluations have to be very carefully implemented. Indeed, as teaching to students necessitates authority and mutual respect, one could argue that both requirements wouldn’t exist if a teacher were to have bad grades. With poor evaluations, a teacher would have its back against the wall in his classroom. Moreover, who could prevent a student from having his revenge if he’s not satisfied with his grades? Evaluating someone demands fairness and experience, and attempts that have been made so far have been less than successful.
Then, one could also consider that, for a teacher, having such feedback from his students is a powerful way to improve the quality of his course. Not only could this deeply improve communication in the classroom, but also strongly develop the students’ sense of criticism. Furthermore, it would make students understand how insanely difficult it is to judge someone if one wants to be fair.
Next, I think such a process could be put in place only if shaped a different way from the evaluation of students by their teachers. Grades are not suitable, as they give too much power on the teacher to the students. My opinion is that those evaluations have to be strictly framed, in order to allow students remarks to be taken into account without debasing the teacher’s authority.
Finally, In my opinion, this experiment could could be extremely beneficial. On the condition that the process and scope of the evaluation are precisely delineated, this feedback from students could dramatically improve the quality of the courses and facilitate the communication between teachers and students.
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COVENTRY adults surveyed during the school summer holidays are concerned children may become victims of knife crime, a new study has revealed.
A YouGov poll of more than 100 adults in Coventry reveals that more than two thirds (69 per cent) surveyed are worried children aged between 10 and 18 could be affected by incidents involving blades.
Knife crime in Coventry has more than doubled in the last five years and violent incidents have increased by more than a fifth.
Among those surveyed, 66 per cent of respondents surveyed worry that children feel unsafe in their local area because of knife crime, and 60 per cent said children carry blades for protection because they feel vulnerable.
In Coventry, 57 per cent responding to the YouGov survey agreed that more safe places and activities for children such as youth clubs, sports clubs and community centres would make their area safer for children from knife crime.
And 50 per cent surveyed think more investment in neighbourhoods to combat poverty, inequality and unemployment will help.
In comparison, just 32 per cent think that tougher sentences for those who commit crime will make their local area safer, contrary to recently touted government policies.
A group of young people affected by knife crime delivered a letter and 12-point manifesto to 10 Downing Street which called for more investment in youth services and work to help communities tackle housing and unemployment as key to tackling increases in knife crime.
Barnardo’s regional director Emma Bowman said: “Children should be having fun and relaxing in the school summer holidays but the majority of people surveyed are concerned children will become the victims of knife crime.
“This polling shows most adults realise that knife crime is a complex issue.
“The answer does not lie in tougher sentences but in making sure our children and young people are safe.
“We want the Government to ensure children can thrive in their own communities; provide safe environments and activities for children, alongside more investment in neighbourhoods and services to combat poverty.
“We need to urgently work together as a society to get a grip on this national crisis.
“Government needs to work with children’s services, educationalists, charities, social workers, youth workers, the criminal justice system and local communities to tackle the real causes of knife crime.”
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Before we start, let us ask you some questions relating to your switchboard.
✓ Are you experiencing frequent power outages?
✓ Does your switchboard Overheat?
✓ Are your home’s lights flickering?
✓ Can you smell burning when you are near your switchboard?
✓ Your house built ten years ago?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you need to immediately upgrade your switchboard as per the NZ electrical regulations and standards to improve the safety within your premise.
But, let’s first understand, what is a switchboard upgrade?
A switchboard upgrade is when existing rewireable fuses aresupplanted replaced? with new residual current devices (RCDs) and circuit breakers in order to improve the overall electricalsafety.
Not only does upgrading your switchboard enhance the safety of your premises but it also increases the value of your property. With a switchboard upgrade, you can fit out your new board with Residual Circuit Breakers (RCDs) and Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) instead of the rewireablefuses, thus making it secure as well as easy to use for further or future upgrades.
A deep glimpse into what the current switchboard upgrade in New Zealand is all about:
It is important to ensure that your switchboards meet the current New Zealand electrical standards and regulations. With the current switchboard upgrade, the risk is minimized since RCDs are installed. RCD’s are effective especially because they constantly monitor the electrical current flowing along a circuit.
If someone touches a faulty or naked wire, the current may flow via their body to the ground and they can get electrocuted or receive a severe electric shock. But if RCD is installed, it senses any loss of current thus (and not thus) it shuts all the electricity off, reducing the risk of serious harm or injury to any person or object.
If your house or premises was built ten or more years ago, then it’s time to give some attention to your switchboard.
This brings us to the main question, Why do you need to upgrade your switchboard?
Below are some of the points that indicate reasons why your switchboard should be upgraded, let’s get started:
- Unsafe circuits: If your home needs a lot of re-wiring time and again, you may end up using the wrong size fuse wire, thus making the overall circuit protection non-compliant with the size of the actual cable, which can lead to electrical fires. With the new Switchboard, you get wiring that complies with current ASNZS3000:2007 standards,.
- Over-Crowded Connections:With the span of time, over-crowded connections may become loose, which may cause a wiring fault or can potentially lead to electrical fires.
- Safe Option:RCD’s render more prominent protection against electric shock as compared to normal wires. Moreover, all circuits are labeled and identified properly so no guesswork is required. And, the best part? In the event of a fault, you can easily analyse which circuit has tripped without even touching the switchboard Thus, it becomes a safer option to be installed both at your home or office.
- Saves on Future Costs:With the old switchboard, you will have to upgrade the circuit protection on each and every individual circuit that has been altered and/or installed in your new property. Thus, making the entire process more expensive than the regular switchboard upgrade. And, once the upgrade is done, it will allow additional room for future renovations.
- No Risks:Old switchboard panels can potentially contain ASBESTOS. A new switchboard is fully upgraded and aesthetically pleasing. Removing the old one will remove any risk of this being disturbed in the future and will give you the confidence that your electrical switchboard is no longer the hazard it once was.
It is time to look into your faulty circuit breakers, fuse failures, and damaged wiring in order to get your switchboard upgraded.
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Infertility and Adoption
A Safe Place To Heal in McKinney TX offers infertility and adoption Counseling & Therapy to help you with your infertility and adoption issues.
“Sometimes it’s hard to see the rainbow when there’s been endless days of rain.” ~Christina Greer
A Word About Infertility
For many couples, having a child is not a simple matter and infertility is not an isolated event. In fact, infertility affects nearly one in every six couples in the U.S. Life events that feel out of our control can be more stressful than those that are not. Since having a child is such an important life event, the stress of infertility is considerable. Research has found that women experiencing infertility have emotional stress levels similar to cancer patients and chronic pain patients. Often couples and individuals struggling with infertility seek out help to work through their anxiety and depression surrounding a feeling of being “broken” or struggling with self-blame.
For individuals, couples and families seeking to enter the adoption process or who have adopted or are adopted, there are multiple options available including services for Pre-Adoptive and Adoptive parents; Birth parents; Children, Teens and Adults who were adopted. At A Safe Place to Heal, you can explore all of the many facets of adoption with your counselor including:
- Adoption, Post Adoption Transitioning, Adoption Attachment
- Open Adoption Counseling for all members of the Triad
- Adoptee Life Transitions, Attachment and Relationship Issues
- Decide whether adoption is right for you
- Come to decisions with your partner
- Learn about communication with birth parents
- Create an adoption profile
- Learn how to define the parameters of adoption situations you would be comfortable accepting.
- Decide about a particular adoption situation
- Dealing with an adoption fall-through or failed Match
- Transition your child home from an orphanage or foster care
- Build attachments
- Understand and plan strategies for difficult behaviors or emotions
- Deal with sibling issues
- Learn how to talk to your child about adoption
- Plan how you will share difficult information
- Process Open Adoption issues
- Support identity in your Trans-racial Adoptive Family
Children, Teens and Adults who were adopted often seek counseling for a number of life circumstances including a desire to:
- Discuss feelings and thoughts in a safe, neutral setting
- Explore issues related to adoption, race or identity
- Prepare for life transitions that may be especially difficult
- Prepare for Search and Meeting or Reunion
- Expectant mothers’ trying to choose between parenting or placing for adoption
- Birth-parent and Birth-mother/First mom Counseling and Grief
- Birth-parent and Adoptee Reunion
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Leaders of Singapore's two largest opposition parties said yesterday that the dispute between the People's Action Party (PAP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) over an alleged 10m population target stemmed from the ruling party's lack of clarity on the issue.
Both Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh and Progress Singapore Party (PSP) leader Tan Cheng Bock weighed in on the issue that gained prominence after an exchange between SDP chief Chee Soon Juan and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during a televised debate on Wednesday.
At the debate, Dr Balakrishnan had called Dr Chee's assertion that the PAP was toying with the idea of a population of 10 million for Singapore a "falsehood".
Mr Singh, speaking to reporters during a walkabout in Punggol West, said that it was not clear Dr Chee's statements can be described as such, especially in the context of Singapore's fake news law - the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act.
"When you have ministers in the past who've made allusions to how we possibly could have more, a larger population size, then I think there is room for fair comment about really what is the size that we are aiming towards.
"I think most reasonable people would come to that conclusion," he said. "We need to think hard about the nature of falsehood and really does this fall squarely in that sort of definition."
Mr Singh, who did not endorse either the PAP's or SDP's position, said he wanted to be cautious and not "delve too deeply into it" because it is not a matter involving the WP.
He did say, however, that the population question should have been cleared up earlier.
"So one of the things I don't understand is why can't these things actually come up well before the elections. I mean, it's the Government's position, so it should state that very clearly."
Separately, PSP's Dr Tan said the issue has likely become a hot topic because the Government has not been sharing its data.
"If the data is not given to you, people will speculate... because they don't know. You are not transparent with your data," he told reporters while canvassing for votes in Chua Chu Kang GRC, which his party is contesting.
Dr Tan said that even if there were a 10 million population target, he would have no objection to the figure if the reasons given by the Government are "sound and logical".
"Just tell us, we want the 10 million, and why. We need it because of this reason, we see it (this way),'' he said, adding that people will then say "if it can or cannot (be done)".
"But you've got to show us the data. Don't give it to us in bits and pieces."
On Thursday, a day after the issue was brought up at the debate, the PAP said a key plank of the SDP's election campaign is based on a false claim that the Government plans to raise the country's population to 10 million.
The PAP added that the honourable thing for Dr Chee to do would have been to admit that his party's campaign was based on a falsehood, withdraw it and apologise to Singaporeans for misleading them.
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The Trust Agreement Project
The purposes of the Trust Agreement Project are: 1) to develop new forms of school organization and new patterns of relationships among teachers and school administrators, and 2) to expand the range of labor-management discussions in education from the technical, procedural work rules that are the traditional purview of collective bargaining to substantive areas of educational policy.
The 1987–88 Trust Agreement Project was a collaborative effort of the California Federation of Teachers and the California School Boards Association, under the auspices of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Six California school districts Lompoc, Newport-Mesa, Petaluma, Poway, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz- participated in this unique experiment Each district selected an area of educational policy in which it would attempt to craft a oust agreement Lompoc, Poway, and Santa Cruz designated the area of peer assistance and review. Newport-Mesa chose staff development as its area of emphasis, and Petaluma selected the general area of staff evaluation. San Francisco chose to develop two trust agreements. One is a career development program for paraprofessionals (teachers' aides) to enable qualified individuals to earn teaching credentials. The other is an elementary school level interdisciplinary literature-based reading program involving a single elementary school.
First-year experience with trust agreements has led to seven tentative conclusions about the process:
- Trust agreement discussions are substantively different from contract negotiations.
- Strong union and district leadership are necessary components of trust agreement success.
- Trust agreements may not be prerequisites to reform, but they serve as catalysts to speed change..
- Trust agreements produce role changes.
- Determining the policy area for trust agreement work is not nearly as thorny as developing a successful process by which to reach agreement.
- The definition of a trust agreement is dependent on school district context.
- Developing a network among participating districts is an essential element of the program.
Significantly, trust agreements developed in first-year project districts have begun conspicuously to alter the ways in which organizational decisions are made. Adversarial relationships have begun to give way to collaboration. Teachers are being included as partners in decisions about the structure and method of operation of school districts. These initial results provide hope that trust agreements can help school districts to "leap-frog" from the nineteenth century industrial model on which they are patterned to a new model of organization and decision-making more appropriate lo schools of the twenty-first century. | <urn:uuid:bb3a635b-045e-4a8e-8871-ddf87294c2cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/trust-agreement-project-first-year-report | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.942877 | 508 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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The User Interface (UI) contains all of the device functionality and currently running applications which present some physical connection to the user.
- In this page light is considered to be a physical phenomenon.
- Originally the UI was just the ligt image tat was shown to the user on a display terminal with a keyboard and soon after, a mouse.
- As the devices have become smaller and hand-held additions physical phenomena have been enabled including:
- Sound that was coordinated with the display or used to get the users attentions.
- Haptics like vibration which should be used to get the user's attention when the sound source was disabled.
- Input from orientation and motions made with the fingers on the display screen or else where.
$ Finger print readers.
- Hight intensity light sources.
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| Journal of Animal Science|
Published by: Savoy, American Society of Animal Science (United States of America)
Subject: Agriculture - Poultry And Livestock
Available at 16 Universities.
| Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research|
Published by: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (India)
Subject: Sciences: Comprehensive Works
ISSN: 0022-4456, 0975-1084
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Promoting Himalayas as tourism destination, government has unveiled the various attractions associated with the mountain range round the year in the webinar for its stakeholders.
With 73 per cent of Himalayan range lying in India, Indian Himalayas themselves are a complete destination which can be explored around the year for variety of experiences Himalayas provide opportunity for a round-the-year tourism in India , right from hard adventure to soft adventure, rich flora and fauna to bio-diversity hotspots, high altitude peaks to beautiful lakes, from varied culture to the realm of spirituality and wellness.
Aptly named Bengal by the Himalayas, ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ webinar took the participants to the attractions of Darjeeling, the history of Darjeeling Tea, story Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) or Toy Train, the treks and trails, the heritage of Dak Bungalows and Charter train, the village cultures and the Home stays.
The promotion of Himalayas as a tourism destination by Ministry of Tourism has enabled India to be marketed as a round-the-year travel destination as the Indian Himalayas provide opportunities for travellers for 365 days in a year.
The Swadesh Darshan scheme, Ministry's flagship programme, is developing thematic circuits in the country in planned and prioritized manner and the Himalayan Circuit is one such identified theme under this scheme, according to Tourism Ministry official.
In a historic step towards promoting adventure tourism in the country the government has opened 100 new peaks for mountaineering in the year 2019.
Showcasing the stories of Bengal by the Himalayas, the 14th session of the webinar had presentation by Supratim Basu of Help Tourism, which took the participants to the attractions of various aspects of Darjeeling.
Meanwhile, taking the help of webinar, the National Gallery of Modern Art has presented the virtual programme "NGMA KE SANGRAH SE" to showcase the rarely seen and unseen artworks from its repository during the lockdown.
The theme for this week is ARTIST BY ARTISTS and is dedicated to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. This week’s program coincides with the maestro's 159th birth anniversary on May 7, 2020, a date we would like to celebrate.
Many more exciting and thought-provoking themes have to come in the coming days. These virtual programs and exhibitions will give the opportunity to art lovers, artists, art connoisseurs, students and teachers to see the rarely presented artworks from their homes.
National Gallery of Modern Art has earlier presented various virtual exhibitions such as Jamini Roy and Raja Ravi Verma and has also shared permanent collections virtually to commemorate International Days such as International Women’s Day, International Dance Day and International Workers Day. These exhibitions are available on NGMA’s website and social media platforms.
Adwaita Charan Garnayak, DG, NGMA states, “The closure of Museum galleries due to COVID-19 lockdown did not dampen our spirits and couldn't disconnect us with our audiences. Rather, this has presented us a new opportunity to get connected in an exciting way with a wider world audience through web and social media supported by the internet. All endeavours are being received really well by the community and we are hoping to serve the same way in the coming future.”
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Peter Pan is a recurring character from the Disney Junior animated series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates. He is a young boy who lives on the island of Never Land. He has a fairy best friend and sidekick named Tinker Bell and is the current leader of the Lost Boys (who do not appear in the series). He spends most days going on adventures and battling the notorious Captain Hook. He is voiced by Adam Wylie.
Peter is a young boy who lived on the island of Never Land, in which no one grew up. One night Peter was visiting the Darling household to listen to Wendy's stories, the Darling's dog, Nana barked at the intruders and while Peter escaped, his shadow was captured. That night, Wendy discovered the shadow and stored it in her draw to prevent it from getting into trouble. The next night, Peter and Tinker Bell returned to retrieve it. When they found it, they accidentally wake up Wendy, John and Michael in the process while he is chasing it. After Wendy sews it back on, they begin to talk, during which time Wendy reveals she does not want to grow up. Peter then decides to take Wendy and her brothers to Never Land so she will never have to grow up. Once they arrive, they are attacked by Captain Hook, who assaults them with his cannon. While he distracts the pirates, Peter orders Tinker Bell to take the Darlings to safety, only to find that Tinker Bell had attempted to get rid of Wendy. Peter swoops in just in time to save Wendy, and after chastising the boys, learns that Tinker Bell was the mastermind and they had been tricked. Peter angrily tells Tink she is banished permanently, though Wendy pleads him not to be that harsh. He tells her she can come back within a week, but Tink is already gone, still believing she can never return to Peter's side. After this, Peter takes Wendy to see the mermaids of Mermaid Lagoon. While there, they spy Captain Hook and his right-hand man, Mr. Smee, with the Indian princess Tiger Lily as a captive, rowing toward Skull Rock, where they plan to interrogate her.
Peter and Wendy investigate and find that Hook is planning to learn the location of Peter's hideout. Peter then fakes Hook's voice toward Smee to convince him to free the Princess, and Peter is able to rescue Tiger Lily. Although Smee proves to be gullible, Hook catches Peter and they begin a bout of swordplay. Ultimately, Peter's ability to fly gives him the upper hand, and he escapes with Tiger Lily and Wendy. Peter then returns home with the Darlings. Peter realizes Wendy is ready to return home. Peter warns them once they grow up, they can never return. Peter really does not worry knowing they will return eventually. Unbeknownst to Peter, however, his friends are actually kidnapped by Captain Hook and his crew the moment they exit Hangman's Tree.
Peter is then a victim of Hook's newest scheme: Hook plants a bomb in Peter's home while he and Tinker Bell are inside it. While Peter has truly survived and unharmed, Tinker Bell is fatally injured and Hangman's Tree has been destroyed. While she tells Peter that Hook has Wendy and the boys and that he needs to save them, he refuses to leave her and begs her to stay alive, saying that he loves her more than anything. Together, Peter and Tinker Bell fly over to the Jolly Roger to battle the pirates. After the pirates are done with, Peter takes on Hook alone atop the ship. As Hook is about to strike Peter in the back while he is off guard, Wendy quickly warns him, Peter flies out of the way and leaving Hook to plummet into the Never Sea where he is chased away by the crocodile. Michael, John, Tinker Bell, and Wendy all celebrate Pan's victory. Peter commands Tink to cover the ship in pixie dust so that he may drop Wendy and her brothers off home to London.
Sometime after the events of the original film, Peter has decided to explore the wonders of the world beyond the Never Sea and left Jake and his crew to keep Captain Hook at bay.
Peter Pan acts childish and witty, which coincides with his desire to stay in Never Land and never grow up. He often performs very childish actions with wit for a good purpose, though, He is respected and loved by nearly every inhabitant of Never Land-with the exception of Captain Hook and his crew. Hook despises Peter for cutting off his hand and feeding it to Tick-Tock the Crocodile during their first battle. Ever since, Peter and Hook have been toe-to-toe, constantly battling in the hope that one would finally "walk the plank". In addition, Peter Pan does also have the ability to be serious, such as when he argues with and battles Captain Hook or comforts Jake and his crew. He is also loyal, as shown when he returns to help Jake, Izzy, and Cubby fight Hook and free Bucky.
Because he lives in Never Land, Peter Pan never ages, and always has the appearance of a boy. He has fair skin, rosy cheeks, thick red eyebrows, brown eyes, short red hair, and pointy elf-like ears. His outfit resembles an elf's attire, consisting of a green short-sleeved tunic with a collar and a long V-cut neckline down to his chest, olive tights, and sienna-colored moccasin shoes. He wears a Robin Hood-like hat (called a bycocket) with a red feather situated on the left-hand side, and had a brown belt around his waist which usually holds his dagger.
Powers and Abilities
- Flight: Peter Pan's most unique trait is his ability to fly without any physical methods, he uses this to gain the advantage on those who cannot.
- Eternal Youth: Peter Pan cannot age due to living in Never Land, in which he claims nobody can grow up.
- Impersonations: Peter Pan has an uncanny talent for impersonating others' voices, as he does when he imitates Hook and tries to trick Mr. Smee, Sharky and Bones into walking backwards. Later he imitates Smee to lure out Hook, and in both cases, Hook and his crew are fooled.
- Dagger-Fighting Skill: Peter Pan is very skilled with his trusty dagger, able to wield it with such skill he can fight a master swordsman, like his nemesis Captain Hook, and hold his own. Pan's dagger first appeared in series in the episode "Pirate Fools Day!" where it was reveled that it is called the Shadow Dagger and has magical properties as it was the only thing able to damage Shade the Shadow Pirate's Shadow Bag.
Roles in the series
While Peter did not make an appearance until season one finale, Peter has been mentioned several times by Jake, his crew and even Captain Hook. Some of the episodes revolve around a message sent to Jake by Peter to complete a task. In the episode "The Key to Skull Rock ", Jake and his crew receive a message from Peter and a skeleton key to hidden room on Skull Rock. After thwarting Captain Hook's attempts to take the skeleton key the young pirates discover an observatory inside Skull Rock. When Jake and his crew look through the huge telescope they see a star formation in Peter's likeness within the night sky. Peter is mentioned one last time as the end of the episode as Jake and look out one last time to the star formation of Peter Pan thanking him for today's adventure.
In the episode "The Never Bloom!", Peter sends Jake and his crew a note about a rare flower that only blooms once every hundred years called the Never Bloom. The whereabouts of the Never Bloom is uncharted and Cubby's map won't be good on located it so Peter gives the young pirates a magical compass to locate the flower.
In the episode "The Emerald Coconut", Jake and his crew receive a message from Peter Pan about a legendary treasure the Emerald Coconut hidden deep within Never Land so Cubby can take a photo for his coconut collection. To assure that the Emerald Coconut can stay safe and all of the inhabitants of the island can enjoy it Pan has left various pirate booby-traps to keep it safe from Captain Hook. Overhearing Peter went to great length to prevent the Emerald Coconut from falling into his clutches fueled Captain Hook desire for the treasure even more.
In the episode "Rock the Croc!", it was a scorching hot day on Pirate Island, and the heat was taking its toll on Izzy, Cubby and Skully. Suddenly, Jake spots a message in a bottle washing on to the beach, it was from Peter Pan leading to Pan's private oasis Pirate's Plunge hidden on Never Land. Peter is briefly mentioned when Captain Hook overhears Jake and his mateys heading to Pirate's Plunge, Hook knew of Pan's private paradise to beat the heat but he was never able to find it through his various searches on Never Land.
In the episode "The Elephant Surprise!", while Jake and his crew are playing volleyball, Cubby discovers a large wooden elephant on the beach. While thinking which of their Never Land friends may have given them the elephant Jake mentions Peter Pan, but in reality, it was Captain Hook and Mr. Smee hid inside the elephant in order to gain access inside the young pirate's hideout and steal their treasure from the treasure room.
In the episode "Jake's Jungle Groove", Jake and his crew plan on having a dance party with Marina and her mermaid friends on Pirate Island beach, however, Jake doesn't know how to dance. Izzy and Cubby try showing Jake how to dance by moving to the beat of Peter Pan's Bongos that Cubby playing. Meanwhile on the Jolly Roger Captain Hook finds himself unable to control himself from dancing to the beat of the bongos, and he wants to take them away to stop himself and Jake's crew from dancing. Unfortunately, a mischievous monkey steals the bongos from Hook and flees into the Never Land Jungle with Hook in pursuit. Peter is mentioned once more by Izzy recalling that the bongos magical and will help you keep the beat, but silly pirates won't ever stop their feet.
While Peter doesn't make an appearance in the Halloween episode "Trick or Treasure!" ,Jake is dressed as him for the entire episode. In the episode "It's a Winter Never Land!", it is Winter Treasure Day, and Jake and his crew were excited to give and open presents from Peter Pan with their friends in Never Land. However, Captain Hook and his band of sneaky pirates make off with the presents and the Forever Green Tree. At the end of the episode as Jake and friends alongside Hook and his crew enjoy the holiday together, a snowflake in the form Peter Pan can be spotted and later his laugh could be heard implying Peter was watching from off-screen.
Peter is mentioned in the episode "The Sword and the Stone". The episode reveals that sometime before the events of the series, Peter Pan carved Jake's Forever Sword using the wood from the Forever Tree, an old, massive magical tree that is hidden in Never Land. When Peter decided to explore the world outside of Never Land, he bestowed the sword on to Jake so the young pirate could be a good leader.Peter is briefly mentioned again at the end of the episode when Captain Hook and Smee uncover The Sword and the Stone hidden deep within the Never Land Jungle.
Peter makes an appearance in the special episode "Peter Pan Returns". Peter returns to Never Land to recruit Jake, Izzy, Cubby, and Skully to find his shadow. Without his shadow, Peter is unable to fly causing more problems for the heroes and giving a plus to the revenge-seeking Captain Hook. Eventually, Peter and the shadow are rejoined and leave Never Land once again to explore new parts of the world. However, Peter promises that he will be back soon.
Peter makes a brief reappearance in the episode "Peter's Musical Pipes" he flies to Pirate Island, leaving behind his musical pipes and a message before Jake and his crew woke up Peter flies away. Jake and his crew woke to discover that Peter's pipes and read the message about a hidden treasure on Never Land and the musical pipes will reveal the musical treasure when the tune from the pipes is played.
Peter is briefly mentioned in the episode "Race-Around Rock!" Jake, Izzy and Cubby have all made sail wagons for a big race to Race-Around Rock. Captain Hook becomes interested in the race, and so he and his mateys make their own hook wagon from an old shipwreck.Race-Around Rock is said to be one of Peter Pan's favorite places on Never Land.
Peter is briefly mentioned in the episode "Pirate Putt-Putt", while Jake and his crew are going through their treasure room when they discover a map leading to a Pirate Putt-Putt Course that Peter Pan built for them hidden on Never Land.
Peter returns once again in the special "Jake Saves Bucky", when the pirates lose their ship to Captain Hook in a race against the Jolly Roger. Jake and the crew call Peter for help, and the flying boy is able to learn that Jake and his crew can win Bucky back if they battle a mighty fire breathing dragon and retrieve the legendary golden bell. The heroes do so, Bucky is saved, and Peter leaves once again to explore the world.
While Peter doesn't make an appearance in the episode "Tricks, Treats and Treasure!", he is mentioned in the episode,its Halloween night in Never Land Jake and his crew can't wait to follow their "Trick-or-Treasure" Map sent to them by Peter Pan of the best places in Never Land to go Trick or Treating, unknown to Jake and his crew Captain Hook and Mr. Smee also received "Trick-or-Treasure" map from Pan Hook plans to steal all the treats for himself.
While Peter doesn't make an appearance in the episode "Jake and the Beanstalk", he is mentioned by Jake after discovering some magic beans and a message from him in his coat pocket sent from Peter Pan. Peter message reveals that the magic beans will grow into beanstalk leading to an island in the clouds that will last until sundown. Jake and his crew then climb the beanstalk to discover the wonder of Cloud Island. It was later revealed that Peter wanted the young pirates to see a Golden Crocodile and her golden eggs.
Peter reappears once again in the special "Jake's Never Land Rescue", under the disguise of the mysterious figure known as "the Guardian", who arrives to explain that only the pirate who truly believes in himself can save Never Land from vanishing completely, Jake must break off from the rest of his crew and go alone on a mission to save the Forever Tree, the source of magic throughout all of Never Land.
Peter is briefly mentioned in the episode "Jake's Mega-Mecha Sword", while preparing for the Belch Mountain Parkour Race Jake uncover the Mega-Mecha Sword within the brush of the Never Land Jungle. Marveling at his newly acquired mechanize blades various features Jake begins to neglect his old sword that Peter Pan bestowed upon him.
Peter is briefly mentioned in the episode "The Singing Stones", while sailing the open Never Sea Jake and his crew overhear singing coming from a near by island were they meet the singing stones family. The singing stones desperately need to return to their home on Singing Stone Island before Peter Pan's comet arrives or they will never end their curse.
Pan returns in the special, "Battle for the Book", where a storybook containing the memories Wendy, Michael, and John share of Never Land is stolen by a destructive Hook. As a result, the Darling children slowly begin to lose their memories of Peter and Never Land, prompting the former to recruit Jake and his crew on a mission to recover the book before it's too late.
Peter reappears in the episode "Jake's Awesome Surprise", he attends Jake's birthday celebration with Tinker Bell and the rest of the pirate teams' Never Land friends. He gives Jake fifteen birthday-themed gold doubloons as a present.
While Peter doesn't make an appearance in the episode special "The Great Never Sea Conquest". He is mentioned by Cubby as he reminds Jake, Izzy and Skully that the magical compass Peter gave them will help them locate Captain Colossus sunken battleship the Mighty Colossus.
Peter and Tinker Bell both reappear in the episode "Peter Pan's 100 Treasures!", where has Captain Jake and the other Never Land captains compete in a scavenger hunt.
Peter and his shadow both reappear in the episode "Pirate Fools Day!". Peter tries to calm his mischievous shadow who manages to slip away by warping Pan within a hammock inside Hangman's Tree. Peter later reappears in the episode coming to Jake and his crews aid defending his shadow from the wicked shadow pirate Shade. Pan last appearance in the episode as he greets Hook and his crew on the Jolly Roger and points out the Tick-Tock Croc on deck. Hook refuses to be trick by Pan, believing it to be the cardboard cutout croc Sharky and Bones used on there prank on him earlier in the episode. Hook attempts to toss it overboard until he realizes it's the real crocodile and is chased across the deck of the ship. Smee, Sharky, and Bones wish Peter a happy Pirate Fools Day from the safety of the ship's mass before Pan leaves.
Peter reappears in the series finale "Captain Hook's Last Stand!", Jake and his crew accompanied by the Darling siblings prepare to greet Peter and Tinker Bell who have returned from their travels to the Lands beyond the Never Sea. Peter shows the various treasures from his travels and warns his friends of the danger of one, the Doom Stone that has the power to turn anyone into stone and gradually turn its user evil and into stone. Peter hides the Doom Stone within Hangman's Tree but Captain Hook overhears and manages to steal the Doom Stone turning Peter Pan to stone, Captain Jake and his crew get help from Wendy, John and Michael to find the magic items needed to rescue their petrified friend by hiding him within Tiki Forest. After collecting the various magical objects Peter still remained stone it wasn't until he received a kiss from Wendy to break the spell.
Peter first appeared in the episode "The Never Land Pirate Pieces of Eight", Jake and his crew need to find the final piece of eight. The Pirate Piece of Forever Tree, however, Captain Hook manage to get through the magical stone door and discovered the Pirate Piece before Jake and his crew. Hook quickly flees into the jungle with Jake and his mateys in hot pursuit, unknown to Jake and the other it was merely a trap so Hook can imprison them and take all of the young pirate's pieces and claim the Buccaneer Blast of treasure for himself on top of Buccaneer Mountain. Jake and the crew call Peter for help, and the flying boy is able to free Jake and his crew from the cage. Peter accompanies Jake and his crew when they confront Captain Hook. Hook grew tired of Pan's meddling and constructs a giant Dublo version of himself using the combined powers of all the magical Pirate Pieces of Eight he stole to destroy Pan, Jake, and his crew once and for all, but this is short-lived as both Peter and Jake manage to defeat the giant Dublo Hook and reclaim all the Pirate Pieces of Eight with Izzy's pixie dust. With Hook defeated, Peter alongside Jake and the others reach the top of Buccaneer Mountain.
Peter has made a few appearances in books based upon the specials like Jake Saves Bucky and Battle for the Book. Peter is briefly mentioned in the storybook adaptation of The Key to Skull Rock. After receiving a note from Peter Pan, Jake and his crew set off for a treasure hunt to Skull Rock.
Peter has made a few appearances in the games based upon the series. While Peter doesn't appear in the Disney Junior online game "Jake's Treasure Hunt" he is briefly mentioned when Jake and his crew return to Pirate Island with the treasure. They receive a message from Peter Pan congratulating the young pirate team for beating Captain Hook to the treasure.
In the online game Disney Junior App "Jake's Treasure Trek ", Peter sends Jake and his crew of pirates on an epic quest to save Never Land from the darkness. Jake most race through Jungle Run Isle, Dry Dock Rock, and Lava Tiki Island in order to find Tinker Bell's magical lantern before the sneaky Captain Hook.
In the online game "Shadow Shenanigans", Peter tells the player the tale when his shadow escapes and causes all kind of mischief aboard the Jolly Roger. Peter also gives players various instructions in controlling his shadow in both tormenting and evading being discovered by Hook and his crew.
In the online game "Jake's Lost Story Quest.",Peter makes a minor appearance asking Tinker Bell to guide Jake and his crew to London while he battles a vicious sea beast. Peter is featured in a few pages of the book the player collects.
Peter reappears in the Disney Junior online game "Jake's Never Land Rescue Game."Under the disguise of the mysterious figure known as "The Guardian", he gives Jake's the task of saving Never Land from disappearing. At the end of the game when Jake and his crew return to Mount Destiny with Never Land saved The Guardian reveals himself to be Peter all along.
Theme parks and other live appearances
Peter makes an appearance in the live musical stage show. With Jake locked away in the Jolly Roger's crow nest Izzy, Cubby and Skully attempt to rescue him. But Jake informed his mateys Izzy's pixie dust alone won't be able to set him free from the locked cadge. Izzy suggests they summon Peter Pan using her lantern but she also needed a light source bright enough for Peter to see it. Izzy knew Tinker Bell light was bright enough with the assistance of the audience clapping Tink arrives. The young pirates explain the problem to Tinker Bell who agreed to help by acting as a signal beacon. Lastly, with the assistance, the crowing Peter soars in to help free Jake allowing him to return Cubby's map.
Jake thanks Peter for freeing him but this is short-lived once Smee checks up on Captain Hook who finally awakens from an unexpected nap earlier. Peter and Hook commence in a sword fight, during the battle Peter also summon his shadow to assist take on Hook. While his shadow kept Hook distracted Peter was able to subdue Hook with a net allowing Jake and his crew to flee back to Bucky before leaving.
Jake has the most interactions out of his crew with Peter. Peter has entrusted Jake and his crew to keep Never Land safe from Captain Hook in his absents. In the episode "The Sword and the Stone", Jake and his crew learn the origins of his sword Peter Pan carved the sword using the wood from the magical Forever Tree revealing that the power of the sword can only be accessed by the one with the purest of heart like Jake. In the special Jake's Never Land Rescue, Peter offers Jake the opportunity to explore the lands beyond the Never Sea and the gift to fly without pixie dust but Jake later turns Peter's offer down to stay with his crew.
Peter and Izzy are in good term similar to Jake, Izzy looks up to Peter and strives to do her part in keeping Never Land safe in Peter's absents.
Cubby is also in good term with Peter and who have entrusted Cubby with a map of Never Land to keep him and the rest of his crew one step ahead of Captain Hook.
Like the rest of his crew, Skully is in good term with Peter and was just as excited for his return as his young crewmates as seen in the special "Peter Pan Returns".
Tinker Bell is Peter Pan's oldest and dearest friend, who consistently helps him in his escapades. In the special "Jake's Never Land Rescue", Peter introduces Tinker Bell to Jake and his crew after the treat of Never Land disappearing was resolved by Jake. Later during the special, Captain Hook kidnaps Tinker Bell and grant his the Jolly Roger flight in hopes of plundering the lands beyond the Never Sea. Peter and Jake soon chase after Captain Hook aboard Bucky, as diversion, Hook imprison Tinker Bell in a lantern and tosses her overboard, forcing Peter Pan to give up the chase to rescue and free Tinker Bell from lantern, while Jake was left to deal with Hook.
In the special " Battle for the Book", while defending Queen Coralie and her subjects from a vicious sea beast, Peter gives Tinker Bell the task of looking after Jake and his crew as they travel to London to help Wendy and her siblings reclaim their book of Never Land from Captain Hook.
Captain Hook is Peter Pan's arch-nemesis, whose left hand was cut off in a duel. Hook seeks revenge on Peter Pan for feeding Tick-Tock Croc his left hand, who thereafter pursues Hook in hope of preying on him further. Hook refuses to leave Never Land prior to this revenge. Peter, however, decides to explore the world outside of Never Land and left Jake and his crew to keep Captain Hook at bay. In the special Peter Pan Returns, Hook and his crew are constantly tormented by Pan's shadow giving Hook the scheme to rid himself of Pan once and for all. Hook and Peter are reunited fueling the hatred they share for each other. Hook offers Peter a chance to get his shadow back if he never returns to Never Land and take Jake and his crew with him. Peter refuses to Hook's terms and a chase to regain the shadow begins. In the episode "Captain Hook's Last Stand!" Hook finally gets the upper hook on Pan using the power of the Doom Stone he turns Pan into stone and plotted to keep as a trophy aboard the Jolly Roger, Captain Jake, and his crew get help from Wendy, John and Michael keep Peter from falling into Hook's clutches by hiding him within Tiki Forest while they search the rest of the island to find the magic items needed to rescue their petrified friend.
While not considered friends Smee has no personal grudge against Peter through the years being on Never Land and merely wishes Hook forget about his obsession with Peter Pan, so that the crew can go to sea. In Peter's debut in the series, he and Smee are briefly seen conversing pleasantly as Smee comment how it's very nice to see him again and Peter asked Smee if he is still working for that "grumpy old barnacle" Captain Hook, which Smee chuckles and replies accidentally revealing that Hook was hiding nearby. At the end of the episode "Pirate Fools Day!", Smee, Sharky, and Bones wish Peter a happy Pirate Fools Day before his departure. At the end of the episode "Captain Hook's Last Stand!" Mr. Smee was very apologetic towards Peter, Jake, his crew and the Darling siblings for what Hook did with the power of the Doom Stone.
Sharky & Bones
Sharky and Bones interaction with Peter greatly differs compared to Jake and his crew. As seen in in the special "Peter Pan Returns", Sharky and Bones are seen cringing in fear when Hook realize it was Peter Pan's shadow tormenting him and his crew. Later, when Peter tries to reclaim his shadow aboard the Jolly Roger, Sharky and Bones take great pride in antagonizing Pan. At the end of the episode "Pirate Fools Day!", Smee, Sharky, and Bones wish Peter a happy Pirate Fools Day before his departure.
Peter still has fond memories of Wendy and her adventures with him in Never Land. In the special "Battle for the Book", Captain Hook learns of Wendy's beloved stories revolving Peter and his adventures, which inevitably end with Hook's defeat and humiliation. Embarrassed by his betrayal in the stories, Hook, Smee, and his crew travel to London and steal the book in an attempt to destroy it. However, more urgently, the book serves as the connection between Wendy and Never Land, and as a result, the more the book is damaged, the more Wendy's memories of Peter and Never Land as a whole are obliterated, prompting Peter to rally Jake and his crew to help battle Hook and save Wendy's memories. In the series finale, "Captain Hook's Last Stand!" Wendy's kiss was the magic needed to rescue Peter from the petrified magic of the Doom Stone.
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- In the episode "Rock the Croc!", it is revealed that Pirate's Plunge is one of Peter's favorite spots on Never Land.
- Peter is noticeably the first character to take part in Jake and his crew's Team Treasure Chest Song, later followed by Captain Gizmo.
- In the episode specials "Peter Pan Returns" and Jake Saves Bucky", Peter was able to produce pixie dust without the assist of Tinker Bell, who did not appear until the special "Jake's Never Land Rescue".
- In Never Land, people never grow up. It is never confirmed how long Peter has been on the island or his actual age. It could be possible that Peter is chronologically hundreds or thousands of years old.
- J. M. Barrie had two inspirations for Peter Pan's name. The first is the mischievous Greek God, Pan. Peter's other namesake was Peter Llewelyn-Davies, who was one of the sons of his friend Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies. Peter and his brothers were the basis for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.
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Los Angeles is undoubtedly home to some of the world’s best examples of Art Deco and midcentury modern architecture, and it claims houses and iconic landmarks designed by some of the word’s best and most famous: John Lautner, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright. But even with all of the beautiful buildings — there are some real monstrosities.
We officially got rid of one of the best examples of hideousness this week with the opening of the Bloc, an open-air mall that replaces the Macy’s Plaza, which, in its former life, was an enclosed, covered fortress described by AIA Los Angeles as a "Brutalist bastard that shuts out the street, sunlight and fresh air." It dubbed the plaza the "second-worst block in downtown."
Let that serve as some inspiration and let us know: What do you think are the city’s ugliest buildings? What repulsive structure would you tear down? Stucco box or faux Italian villa, as long as it’s in Los Angeles, it’s fair game.
Here are some possible contenders:
Anything by Geoff Palmer, the developer responsible for the Orsini, the Lorenzo — massive, impenetrable apartment complexes, usually next to freeways, that everyone hates.
Wilshire La Brea: the 480-unit mixed-user at the southeast corner of Wilshire and La Brea, which opened only three years ago and mortified everyone, including the Larchment Buzz, which called it a "jumble of balconies and discordant frontal planes."
Hollywood and Highland Center: A hulking mall designed to look like the Babylon set in DW Griffith's 1916 epic Intolerance.
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This article will walk you through the process of installing an RDS CAL server based on Windows Server 2019. You can use this server in your own lab or for training purposes. This is a minimal server configuration. To install this server, you will need to have access to a Microsoft account with administrator privileges, and have access to the internet.
1. Install the Windows Server 2019 operating system
Windows Server 2019 is the latest operating system from Microsoft. If you want to install Windows Server 2019 there are two ways of doing it. The first way is to buy a Windows Server 2019 standard license and install it on your own hardware, and the second is to use the Windows Server 2019 Cloud Instance.Creating A Virtual Machine To start the installation of the RDS CAL server, we will need to create a public or private virtual machine using the Windows 10 Hyper-V virtualization software. There are two ways of doing this depending on your current virtualization software provider and virtual environment. The most intuitive option is through Hyper-V configuration files, which can be used directly through Hyper-V. Alternatively, if you are using a virtual environment like AWS virtual servers, you will need to take a slightly different route to get started. If you are not familiar with virtual environments, I suggest checking out this guide. Installing the RDS CAL Server Next, we will install the RDS CAL server all the way from scratch using Hyper-V. The instructions to do this will include creating an RDS container file (called RDS_CAL_01.Rds) which we will upload to the RDS server. The steps to create an RDS container will vary depending on the host computer you are using. In most cases, you will need administrator access to connect to the server and edit the file. Once the explorer is open, make sure the file is checked. Finally, connect to the RDS box you are using and select edit. Inside you will see the file listed under previous versions as “RDS server virtual machine configuration file”. Of course, it is called “RDS server virtual machine configuration” because we are creating a virtual server. In this case the file will already exist. Resetting an RDS Template (optional) One of the features of Hyper-V virtualization is the ability to restore a previous template. When you complete this step a warning will be shown. The option to restore will need to be selected.
2. Configure the server name, network settings, and time zone
Before installing WordPress on your server, you’ll need to configure some basic settings. The first step is to log in to your cPanel account and navigate to the “Software” tab, where you’ll be able to select the “Software Installer” option.Click here to open the “Software” tab on the CPanel dashboard.
Next, navigate to the “Configure WordPress” section.
Under “Configure WordPress Configuration,” enter this content:
Password: 1234 (#$%*@#$%)
Remember your username? Leave it at that. Leave the password blank and press “Add User.”
Fill out the rest of the fields according to your cPanel requirements. Use at least these authentication steps to avoid other security issues.
Hit “Save Changes.”
When you hit “Start WordPress,” have your administrator account’s login information ready, and be sure your hosting provider is set to the site you’re installing your new webserver on. It’s important that your hostname and domain match the domain information provided by your hosting platform.
Next, you will be taken to a screen with a bunch of information regarding WordPress. Select “Advanced Settings.”
Under “Advanced Settings,” you’ll find the “Address Account” section. Here we will edit our WordPress installation. Leave the default values at the default.
Hit Enter to accept the default settings and get back to the main screen.
At the “Start WordPress” screen, enter your administrator username and password and click “Restart.”
WordPress should now be installed. You can close the “Configure WordPress” screen if you’re finished. Otherwise, continue on to the next section.
Step 2: Setting up WordPress for testing
Now that we’ve got our site up and running and our server is securely integrated with WordPress, we can start setting up the content. We will be using WordPress to host our document library and the rest of the site, but you can host this content on your own server (on an RDS enabled PC).
3. Add the Remote Desktop Services role
If you use Remote Desktop Services, you’ll need to install the RDS role and the RD Gateway role service. You can do this through Server Manager or through PowerShell. To install the role and the role service using PowerShell, run the following command:PS C:\> Get-Module -Name MySQLServer | Select *
Next, open up a new folder on your hard disk and navigate to the C drive:
Create a folder called WindowsSource. This can be anywhere you like (even on another drive), just make sure that WindowsSource is on the same folder as your server. Next, open up a command prompt and navigate to the folder that you created in step 1. If it looks like C:\WindowsSource\RDSFactoryServers, simply navigate there. If it looks like C:\WindowsSource\RDSFactoryServers\MSSql, create another folder and navigate to it. This deploys the RDS cal server onto your OS share.
Now, here is everything you have to install from the Windows Server 2019 source code.
Three Important Files
First, the option to enable log file parsing through Microsoft Regex to extract search strings. Enable this by downloading all of the Regex files present on the folder, extracting the Regex data, and placing it in the optsec.txt file found in step 1 of this guide. While this is pretty simplistic, there is extensive implementation of complex regex, so you’ll want to make sure you understand the impact of placing this text on your server by using Regex directly in your server config files.
Next, the option to enable SQL Server logging through the Log Parser Service. Enable this by downloading all of the SQL Server Log Files, extracting the SQL data, and placing it in the optsec.txt file found in step 1 of this guide. To make this easier to follow, I have included a couple of screen shots of the SQL server configuration, the service configuration, and the optsec.txt file.
4. Configure permissions for Remote Desktop Services
From the server manager, click on “Remote desktop services” on the left pane. Click on “Remote session collection”. Click on “Permissions”. Click on “Add” to add a user or group.Click the plus sign next to “custom user”, and then type in “20211236” minus the “&pws=0” (pws=). Note the explanation of the “pws=” parameter. Type in “&pws=0” another time, and then click “Add” again.
When you browse the list of available servers, you will see options that you follow from the drop down.
Step 3: Configure the server
To configure your server, click on “RDS login” in the left pane, and then type in “domain.tld” minus the “www” (domain.tld) and “dc=” (pws=). Note that you must make sure that both the /etc/hosts file and host file are readable and writable for your domain.
Next, click on “Advanced Settings” on the left pane, and then “Enable
Next, click on “Choose your domain” (the top of the page) to choose where the RDS server will be. You will be asked to enter some information about your site. Specify a name for your server, such as “C-vtld-rdsc.domain.tld” (without the “”).
Finally, you must specify a password for your RDS server. This is not absolutely necessary, but is helpful. Enter the password twice. You will now be prompted for the password. Click “Confirm”, and then click “Save Profile.”
Once completed, reboot the server.
Before you continue, be sure that your DNS
is set to query all subdomains, rather than just the homepage. If you have a
subdomains table in your DNS, then update it so that it returns queries rather than domain name.
Step 4: Configure DNS
A few important notes before we move on. If your DNS configuration is incorrect, this will probably prevent your RDS server from functioning. DNS errors can be caused by variables being touched unexpectedly, such as the IP or DNS server.
5. Create a deployment scope for a collection of users or computers to allow them access to the RDS CAL server
Step 1: Connect to the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) server by using the Session Connection tool in Server Manager.
Step 2: Click Manage > Add Roles and Features to start the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
Step 3: Click Next to go to the Select Installation Type page.If you need to install this software on a Server Core or Enterprise edition of Windows Server, you should select “Server.” Otherwise click “Other” and select “Hybrid.” You should be returned to the Select Operating System page.
Step 4: In the Select Operating System options, click on the Windows logo laptop to highlight it and then click on it again to open the Other Versions drop down menu.
Step 5: In the Other Versions drop down, choose the Windows Server Hybrid version from the list and click Next.
Step 6: In the summary for the view, select the Defaults check box so that Windows Server will select default settings.
Step 7: Click Start.
Step 8: In the Windows 10 core experience, you should see the Peers connection and the RDS server under the Networking Options.
Step 9: On the Peers Connection page, navigate to Advanced Settings > RDS Connection.
Step 10: The RDS Connection Properties page should be titled Host Name and Location.
Step 11: In the Host Name option, enter the domain name you would like to connect to.
Step 12: In the Location, start typing a folder address to find it. In the example below, I would type my C:\Test folder.
Step 13: Click OK.
Step 14: Enjoy the RDS Connection service running!
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Through more than 15 years of genetic selection, American Sport Fish has developed a very aggressive strain of northern bass. Aggressive feeding behavior is an inheritable trait, and each generation of bass has been selected for its aggressive behavior.
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Incidents such as fire, riots and illness, might happen at any moment, endangering the stability and order in a player's empire. The chances and frequency of them happening, depend on several factors. It is not possible to completely turn off incidents but difficulty settings can adjust the probability of them happening. Incidents can die down on their own after a period of time, but players can deal with them faster, prevent the damage done and keep them from spreading by building emergency services.
Incidents are generated on any island with an actual workforce supplied either directly by residences on the island or by the presence of a commuter pier bringing workforce over. Incidents will not occur on islands with the Expansion influence bonus workforce or when using a combination of trade union items or specialists to reduce the workforce by 100% removing the need for a commuter pier.
Almost all buildings can catch fire. Both residential districts and production buildings are vulnerable. Burning buildings slowly lose their hitpoints until the health bar reaches zero and the building collapses into ruins.
Fire can start in residences at any time. Dense city areas are more likely to start burning and fire spreads faster when buildings are very close to each other.
Production buildings have different chances of catching fire depending on the type of the building. The chance increases with high productivity and harsh working conditions as it makes accidents more likely to happen. This problem can be especially severe when using electricity, as this heightens productivity.
Factories which use heavy machinery or chemicals (like Schnapps Distillery or Dynamite Factory) can accidentally blow up. An Explosion turns a building into ruins instantly and can set nearby buildings on fire. Buildings also have a much higher chance of exploding while on fire.
An unhappy population can revolt against a player's leadership and organise riots. Rioting people will stop working and paying taxes. Riots start within buildings, but when they're left unchecked for long enough, the people might start forming into mobs that travel the streets and encourage even more people and buildings to join their strike. During larger strikes, the rioting will start to damage or set fire to structures. Should the amount of riots and mobs in the street manage to get out of control, this can lead to a very destructive situation that greatly decreases the player's available workforce and income.
Riots can affect both residential and production areas. In residential districts riots are caused by the general level of happiness. In production buildings, working conditions have the biggest impact. Continuous use of propaganda can also anger a population into rioting.
It's worth noting that settlements in The Arctic cannot riot. The population there does not have Luxury Needs, a happiness rating, or the ability to change the working conditions on their production buildings. People there are just happy to survive the biting cold and have an awareness that tearing down their own settlement is detrimental to the overriding desire not to freeze to death.
A player's people can sometimes fall ill, with the disease potentially spreading into an epidemic. The chances of getting ill increase when people work hard and live close to polluting industries. Not satisfying the population's demands for all the goods they desire, can also increase the chance of Illness. Illness appears only in residential districts, not in factories. It can spread very quickly and can even jump to other islands by ships carrying it over between Trading Ports.
Illness prevents a residence from paying its taxes and will slowly lower the amount of people living within, rather than damage the building itself. If illnesses are left unchecked and given a chance to ravage the affected residences past a certain threshold however, these houses might be abandoned into dilapidated ruins. Nobody will want to live in a place where the taint of death has managed to seep into the walls and floors.
The Arctic Flu
A special, more contagious type of illness originates from The Arctic, called the Arctic Flu. Arctic settlements don't have Luxury Needs, but a need for Heat - a desire to stay warm - instead. When a player's Arctic settlements are properly governed, the Arctic Flu is an occasional, but manageable incident in this region. Should a player fail to keep their Arctic Settlements warm however, the Arctic Flu quickly becomes a virulent and constant presence, with a potential to grind productivity and growth to a halt.
It is unknown whether the Arctic Flu can travel to Old World or New World.
A player can counter and prevent city incidents with Public Buildings that offer emergency services. These include Fire Stations, Police Stations, Hospitals and Ranger Stations. Each of these will send out specialized units that travel the streets and actively combat an incident wherever one transpires. Fire stations send out firefighters to extinguish burning buildings, police stations send out police officers to pacify protesters and hospitals send out doctors to cure sick people. Arctic Ranger Stations send out units that double as both fire brigade and doctor.
Emergency services also passively lower the chance of an incident happening in buildings nearby them. With enough Fire Stations for example, the chances of fire and explosions happening in the adjacent dynamite factory can be reduced or outright nullified.
A player should build all three emergency services in residential areas, but production districts need only fire and police stations.
Every Emergency Service has its own influence range which spreads out along adjacent streets, depending on the quality of those streets. Paved streets increase the effective range of all emergency services and it's advisable to pave in highly endangered areas. All emergency services have a limited number of units that can be sent out to fight the incidents. If the population is happy, three additional units can be mobilized:
- 1 unit if happiness value is +10 or higher
- 2 units if happiness value is +30 or higher
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Do you know what my research turned up? The results of a large-scale survey conducted in spring of 2020 showed that most college and university students to use social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. These sites are seen by more than two million users each day. Not only were they used by most college students, they were also used by many professionals. This survey showed that almost two-thirds of professors at four different institutions used social networking sites while teaching or conducting official business. Other popular networking sites examined in the survey included Yahoo!, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Friendster.
The purpose of this study was to determine how often professors and other professionals turn to these websites to meet potential clients or conduct informal business. The goal was to analyze how much time these professionals spent online. The surprising answer? Nearly three hours and forty-five minutes per day! Not only was this startling but it also means that a sizable chunk of time is being wasted simply by turning to these online services for attention seeking behavior.
What’s next? If you want to find out if someone to do my university examination is worth his salt, you need to pay attention to how he or she conducts communications. You can usually tell a lot by a person’s attitude and personality when communicating. For example, someone who is overly excited about something probably won’t be that interested in your communication during that time. Someone who is more reserved may communicate more freely. The key is to be able to decipher between the different signs.
Ask the person about his or her communication style. A few questions to start with would be, “How does this feel like” or “What’s new?” From there you can get into specifics such as how often he or she communicates on an informal or formal level, how frequently he or she uses email as opposed to telephone, etc. It’s important to note that a person’s frequency of communicating will vary from one person to another. The best way to judge this is to pay attention to how he or she responds when you make comments to them.
Pay close attention to how well the person communicates with you. If someone to do my university examination is extremely helpful and patient, he or she will be that much better of a communicator when you two are having a normal conversation. If you find yourself at odds over something, that could also be a warning sign in regards to how you should deal with that person.
Does the communication seem directionless to you? If so, you may want to consider doing some more research into the person’s communication habits. This could include talking to people who know the person or is related to them. Sometimes all it takes is an outside perspective to tell you who you can trust with your personal and professional life to do your communications homework for you.
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Respiratory-locomotor coupling during wheelchair propulsion
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However, the relationship between locomotor-respiratory coupling (LRC: the ratio between push and breathing frequency), respiratory parameters and work efficiency is unknown. Therefore, the aim of the present Cited by: 1. Amazeen, P, Amazeen, EL & Beek, PJThe effect on experience on locomotor-respiratory Respiratory-locomotor coupling during wheelchair propulsion book during wheelchair propulsion.
in B Bril, A Ledebt, G Dietrich & A Roby-Brami (eds), Advances in perception-action coupling. Editions EDK, Parijs, pp. Author: P. Amazeen, E.L. Amazeen, P.J. Beek. Locomotor respiratory coupling patterns in humans have been assessed on the basis of the interaction between different physiological and motor subsystems; these interactions have implications for movement economy.
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Wheelchair Propulsion The first and most important aspect of wheelchair basketball is the player’s abil-ity to move the wheelchair. Very simply, if you cannot move your wheelchair to where it needs to be, it does not matter how well you can perform the other skills of the game.
However, players spend little time learning how to maximize theirFile Size: 5MB. improved arm movement pattern during both propulsion and recovery phase under normal and extreme conditions. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of this thesis are based on the following manuscripts and titles prepared for submission as listed below: • Paper 1: A Procedure for Measuring Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Ability for People with Spinal Cord Injuries.
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The aim of this article is to provide the reader with a state-of-the-art review on biomechanics in hand rim wheelchair propulsion, with special attention to sport-specific implications. Biomechanical studies in wheelchair sports mainly aim at optimising sport performance or preventing sport injuries.
The sports performance optimisation question has Cited by: Provides information on the biomechanics in the shoulder that occur during wheelchair propulsion. NCHPAD (National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability) is the nation’s premier.
Joint angles and trunk rotation were analysed during each exercise stage. During submaximal power outputs of 50, 70, and 90 W, oxygen consumption (V O 2) was lowest for 50 rmin –1 and highest for 90 rmin –1 (p Cited by: mechanical inefficiency during wheelchair propulsion () and activities of daily living (14,15), suggesting propulsion mechanics may be a pathogenic mechanism for these injuries.
Influence of trunk flexion on biomechanics of wheelchair propulsion. Individual muscle contributions to push and recovery subtasks during wheelchair propulsion Jeffery W. Rankina, W. Mark Richterb, Richard R. Neptunea,n a Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C, Austin, TXUSA b MAX Mobility, LLC, Antioch, TN, USA article info Article history: Accepted 18 February.
The aim of this study was to obtain quantitative results about shoulder contact force during wheelchair lever propulsion when the gear ratio of the lever propulsion mechanism is changing. The effect of the gear ratio on the shoulder contact force was investigated for few different wheelchair loading.
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wheelchair users have been a topic of scientific inquiry. Researchers to date have studied the effect of various parameters of wheelchair design, kinematic and kinetic propulsion mechanics related to shoulder pain . However, there has been less focus on the coupling between arm segments during wheelchair propulsion.
There are numerous ways File Size: KB. During this period, E-commerce and registration of new users may not be available for up to 12 hours. For online purchase, please visit us again. Contact us. 1 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 2 Wheelchair propulsion technique and mechanical efficiency after 3 weeks of practice.
(Med Sci Sports Exerc. 34(5):) 12 Chapter 3 Adaptations in physiology and propulsion techniques during the initial phase of learning manual wheelchair propulsion. The “Pedalong” is a propulsion and exercise device attaching to a conventional wheelchair having: a drive support system attaching to the wheelchair frame and supporting a drive main frame; a propulsion system including an input unit operated by the user proximate the front end; and further including at least one drive wheel operably interposed between the rear set of wheelchair Cited by: title = "Biomechanics of wheelchair propulsion", abstract = "With progress of modern technology, manually-propelled wheelchairs are still of importance for individuals with mobility impairments.
The repeated wheelchair propulsion and strenuous daily activities cause high loads and thus injuries on the upper extremity by: Manual wheelchair users report a high prevalence of shoulder pain.
Growing evidence shows that variability in forces applied to biological tissue is related to musculoskeletal pain.
The purpose of this study was to examine the variability of forces acting on the shoulder during wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain. Background. Wheelchair design parameters such as handrim diameter could affect propulsion. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of handrim size (,and m) on mechanical energy and power flow during wheelchair by: heart rate and distance covered during wheelchair propulsion between the two groups.
The pre-test value of heart rate in group 1 was ± beats/min and in group 2 was ± beats/min. Pre-test values for distance covered during wheelchair propulsion in group 1 and group 2 were ± and ± meters. Comparison of post-Author: Kanupriya Arora. What is the abbreviation for Locomotor-Respiratory Coupling?
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How many hours is New Zealand from Singapore?
Flight time from Auckland to Singapore is 10 hours 30 minutes.
How far away is Singapore from New Zealand?
Distance from New Zealand to Singapore is 8,529 kilometers.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between New Zealand and Singapore is 8,529 km= 5,300 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from New Zealand to Singapore, It takes 9.46 hours to arrive.
How long does it takes to fly to New Zealand?
The average flight time is 24 hours – hop on a plane, enjoy some New Zealand wine, a movie or two, and before you know it you’ll be touching down in Aotearoa! Domestic services connect both Auckland and Christchurch airports with smaller airports throughout the country.
Does Air New Zealand fly to Singapore?
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Is it expensive in New Zealand?
The average cost of living in New Zealand is not so attractive. In fact, a family a four spends around 6,000 NZD to 8,000 NZD (3,600 to 4,800 USD) per month. Why is it so expensive to live in New Zealand? … New Zealand is a remote island country, and most goods have to be imported.
How many days do you need for New Zealand?
The short answer is 14 days as a minimum time frame for visiting both the North Island and South Island of New Zealand. That’s roughly one week’s travel time for both islands and is just long enough for any visitor to experience the best of the country.
How many hours is Singapore to UK?
Flight time from Singapore to London is 13 hours 55 minutes.
How long is a flight from Singapore to Australia?
How long is a flight from Singapore (SIN) to Sydney (SYD)? It takes about 7 hours 54 minutes to fly from Singapore (SIN) to Sydney (SYD).
How many hours is Singapore to Canada?
Flight time from Singapore to Toronto is 19 hours 40 minutes.
What is the best time of year to visit New Zealand?
The best time to visit New Zealand is during the summer months of December to March. Expect long, bright, sunny days and temperatures between 61°F and 75°F. It’s an ideal time to visit the lovely beaches or enjoy the many outdoor activities available, such as hiking and mountain biking.
How much money do you need for New Zealand?
You should plan to spend around NZ$185 ($132) per day on your vacation in New Zealand, which is the average daily price based on the expenses of other visitors. Past travelers have spent, on average, NZ$41 ($29) on meals for one day and NZ$27 ($19) on local transportation.
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Calorie Restriction, Intermittent Fasting, Resveratrol, and Rapamycin
Scientists are discovering that what you eat, how frequently, and how much may have an effect on quality and years of life. Of particular interest has been calorie restriction, a diet that is lower by a specific percent of calories than the normal diet but includes all needed nutrients. Research in some animals has shown calorie restriction of up to 40 percent fewer calories than normal to have an impressive positive effect on disease, markers of aging, and, perhaps, life span.
Even though calorie restriction appears to work in a variety of species, its effects on longevity are far from universal. It has been found to extend the life of protozoa (very small, one-celled organisms), yeast, fruit flies, some strains of mice, and rats, as well as other species. However, several animal models, including wild mice, show no lifespan extension by calorie restriction. In some strains of mice, calorie restriction even appears to shorten lifespan. Studies in nonhuman primates have also had conflicting results.
Calorie restriction studies with humans and other primates, such as monkeys, are ongoing. Some studies in nonhuman primates have shown that calorie restriction reduces the incidence of certain diseases such as cancer. Other studies in primates have not yet reached final conclusions.
Findings of the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE) pilot study in humans showed that overweight adults who cut their calorie consumption by 20 to 30 percent lowered their fasting insulin levels and core body temperature. Both of these changes correlate with increased longevity in animal models. The lower calorie intake also reduced their risk for major causes of mortality such as heart disease and diabetes. CALERIE is currently evaluating a 2-year, 25 percent reduction in caloric intake for feasibility, safety, and effects on factors influencing longevity and health.
Scientists do not yet know if long-term calorie restriction is safe, beneficial, or practical for humans. However, the study of calorie restriction offers new insights into the aging process and biological mechanisms that could influence healthy aging. This research may also provide clues about how to prevent or delay diseases that become more prevalent with age and inform the development of treatments for such diseases.
Some studies focus on identifying chemicals that somehow mimic calorie restriction’s benefits. Resveratrol, a compound found naturally in foods like grapes and nuts, is of interest. In one study, scientists compared two groups of overweight mice on a high-fat diet. One group was given a high dose of resveratrol together with the high-fat diet. The overweight mice receiving resveratrol were healthier and lived longer than the overweight mice that did not get resveratrol. In a follow-up study, researchers found that, when started at middle age, resveratrol slowed age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but did not increase longevity. A recent study in humans reported that resveratrol may have some similar health benefits to those in animals; however, it is still too early to make any definitive conclusions about how resveratrol affects human health and aging. More research is needed before scientists know if there is a proper and safe dose of resveratrol or if it has any clinical applicability in people.
Rapamycin is also being investigated. This compound is used to help suppress the immune system in transplant patients so that the body does not reject the new organ. Rapamycin has been found to extend median and maximum lifespan of mice, even when fed to the animals beginning at early-old age. This finding suggests that an intervention started later in life may still increase longevity. Researchers are now looking for rapamycin’s effects on health span of animal models. Since rapamycin treatment in people is associated with serious toxicities, its potential for human long-term use is uncertain. Researchers do not know if rapamycin has any effect on human aging or if any potential benefit would outweigh risks. But, this discovery in mice has led to an exciting new research direction.
Scientists are also looking at the effect of intermittent fasting or reduced meal frequency. In animals, like mice, reduced meal frequency appears to have a protective effect on the brain and may also help with heart function and regulation of sugar content in the blood. However, here, too, the influence of intermittent fasting on human health and longevity is currently unclear.
While research into these types of approaches continues, it is important to remember there is already plenty of research supporting the value of a healthy, balanced diet and physical activity to help delay or prevent age-related health problems.
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Jesus (Yeshua‘) exercised the role of a rabbi. The Greek New Testament typically uses the word didaskalos which is the common word for a teacher. Once, a young man, who different gospels describe as rich and a ruler, called Jesus “Good Teacher.” His emphasis was not on the quality of Jesus’ teaching (though that was good too), but on the quality of His life.
Good Teacher in Greek:
Strong’s Concordance numbers: 1320, 18
Bible reference: Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17 NIV)
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Self-acclaimed Dancehall King, Shatta Wale has said it takes patience, hard work and dedication to be successful in whatever one does.
According to him, being successful in music and life, in general, is a process and that is what people have failed to know.
Shatta Wale failed when he first came to the Ghanaian music scene as Bandana. He, however, went, regrouped and came back as a very big artiste.
Shatta Wale has for almost four years reign supreme in the Ghana music industry producing hits after hits each day.
In a post on Facebook, the Dancehall king who rocked the Ghana meets Niger show yesterday and got Ghanaians talking and showing love for the artiste noted that “So many people are eager and desperate for success that they forget it is a process. It may sound cliche´ but; “Rome wasn’t built in a day” Take your time… embrace the process, try, believe, fight, become a DANCEHALL KING”.
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In almost every single point out, it is illegitimate to generate with no legal responsibility coverage, which includes property harm legal responsibility. Should you bring about harm to someone else’s assets, liability coverage pays for repairs. However, your car coverage policy won’t go over your personal car’s damages. Your point out might have different bare minimum prerequisites for liability coverage, so it is important to check your plan prior to buying it. Property coverage can also be critical for the economical protection. It helps you stay away from becoming left with big coverage expenditures if you trigger an accident.
Your insurance coverage coverage should have some kind of assets problems protection to compensate you from the function of a collision. This protection pays for virtually any damages you cause to a different human being’s auto, like repairs. Furthermore, it pays for your removal of debris immediately after a collision. House coverage is commonly prepared with a few quantities, which includes bodily damage coverage for each accident and residence damage coverage for every incident. Larger restrictions, nonetheless, provide additional protection. Be sure to read your policy and inquire your insurance representative if you will find any exclusions or constraints.
In The big apple, you could assert uninsured motorist coverage if the opposite driver does not have more than enough insurance coverage to protect the price of your collision. This protection applies when another driver is just not discovered in the slightest degree and the accident is successful-and-run. The Insurance plan Regulation SS 5217 specifies that the uninsured motorist protection need to be purchased in any Actual physical collision, but courts have interpreted this provision to only apply in a very Actual physical collision.
Underinsured and uninsured motorist protection are optional in certain states, but in other states, you will need to have them each. Getting the two coverages will supply you with extra protection in the event you must pay back medical bills or other fees. If your uninsured driver leaves you with a destroyed car, the uninsured motorist protection can buy the repairs. While this protection isn’t really essential, it might be a intelligent notion to hold a minimum of the minimal quantity of liability protection.
Should you’ve never ever regarded as it, vehicle insurance plan discounts are a great way to lower your expenses and keep eco-friendly. A lot of new vehicles have safety capabilities like airbags and anti-lock brakes that can cut down your rates. You can also get further discount rates for owning safety attributes in the auto, which include daytime running lights or anti-theft alarms. Having to pay your high quality in whole each year may also get rid of payment anxieties for twelve months. In truth, about 50 percent of insurers offer a discount for this type of payment.
You may additionally be suitable for discounts in the event you’ve had your coverage for various several years. These bargains range according to the length of time you have had your coverage, but quite a few corporations offer you discounts for remaining faithful for their customers. You might be qualified for a reduction of just as much as 15% if you buy your coverage not less than 7 days prior to your renewal day. In addition to these bargains, some businesses even offer savings to Those people in specified occupations. One example is, teachers obtain ten% off their rates from Liberty Mutual. Navy personnel receive a fifteen% low cost from Geico.
Have you been a younger driver looking for car insurance policies affordable rates? Here are a few strategies you’ll be able to observe to save cash on auto insurance plan protection: Boosting your deductibles, acquiring a no statements price reduction, and obtaining a policy which has a regional insurance company. The following pointers can save you a huge selection of bucks annually on the auto insurance plan. In addition they allow you to get the lowest charges probable. Continue reading to find out additional. You will be glad you probably did!
Youthful drivers can lower your expenses on automobile insurance plan by driving much more properly, decreasing the volume of miles they push, and letting the insurance provider observe their driving practices. You can even lower your premiums by purchasing all-around for vehicle insurance plan. Lots of insurers cost a higher fee for younger motorists, so it’s important to shop all-around. Fortunately, you will find totally free on line estimate comparison applications which make this simple. Furthermore, you are able to request a reduction For those who have many autos and have them insured by the exact same corporation.
When trying to find a policy, You should definitely Look at several quotes and select the finest price and quality. You may also look for an coverage agent who’ll grow with you, letting you to make changes as your driving background alterations. Be sure you Assess procedures which provide equivalent sorts of coverage, as deductibles and limitations might make a big distinction. In case you are a young driver, It’s also advisable to get more than enough protection to stop monetary catastrophe.
Getting a no claims low cost on motor vehicle address is a great way to spend less in your rates, and it might be truly worth inquiring your insurance company how to use it. Depending on the insurance provider, the discount could be truly worth between 30% following a calendar year to as many as 65% just after five years. Do not forget that When you’ve got an accident, you may drop two many years of no claims bonus. Additionally, several statements will likely wipe out your whole no claims reward. It is really important to notify your insurance provider immediately of any incidents that you’ve, as failing to take action could suggest that potential promises will probably be turned down.
Most insurers offer you no claims discounted defense to get a payment of about PS25. It helps you to make a certain range of promises per year without the need of stressing regarding your premiums heading up. It’s also probable so as to add it to a new policy For those who have a no promises bonus. Additionally, you are able to transfer your no statements discounted to another insurance company if you want. To keep the no claims low cost, you need to think about switching suppliers yearly or two.
When looking for a inexpensive auto insurance policies quote, raising your deductibles is a terrific way to get decreased premiums. Some estimates say you can save among fifteen and thirty p.c on your own premium by raising your deductibles. These personal savings may vary broadly dependant upon your driving background, the sort of car you travel, and your state’s rules. Elevating your deductibles could also lower your yearly high quality by up to forty%.
Even though increasing your deductible isn’t the right selection for everyone, it can help you help save A large number of pounds in excess of the long run. Even though the quantity you choose to boost your deductible will depend upon your fiscal problem, specialists advise conserving a minimum of two months’ really worth of residing charges. Moreover, it will decrease your coverage expenditures each and every month. You will also save an important sum of money for those who ever make a declare.
Obtaining a plan which has a regional insurance provider could be advantageous for drivers by using a very poor credit score historical past. It can save you dollars every month on your monthly insurance policies Monthly bill, and you can make the most of bargains and superb customer support. Getting a plan that has a regional insurance company is out there in all 50 states, and you’ll Review fees by point out to discover the bottom fees. Nevertheless, it is important to note that it might take a several months to lift your credit score, plus some drivers using a poor credit history historical past can end up shelling out in excess of $400 a year.
Erie Coverage is yet another regional insurer that gives inexpensive automobile insurance coverage. This enterprise is located in Pennsylvania, and has actually been in organization given that 1925. Erie gives automobile insurance, daily life, and assets insurance coverage. Although Erie only presents coverage in selected states, it has a lot more than 13,000 impartial insurance policies brokers throughout the United States. It is possible to pick out an agent or a regional insurance company As outlined by your preferences. However, it is suggested that you just read all good print prior to making a decision.
When you are a higher-risk driver, you need to Evaluate motor vehicle coverage prices and uncover the cheapest plan for your preferences. It’s also advisable to look into exactly how much protection is available in your town to help you ascertain if a reduce amount is feasible. It’d be additional affordable to acquire a lot more coverage When you have decrease possibility or if you compromise for a greater deductible. It all depends on your preferences. Fortunately, there are lots of possibilities available to you.
In the event you are looking for The most cost effective vehicle insurance plan quote for prime-hazard motorists, you might be in luck. You can easily come across one particular having a couple clicks over the internet. The world wide web can provide you with a number of estimates for coverage in a portion of the expense of conventional motor vehicle insurance coverage. Not simply that, nevertheless it may even make signing up for insurance policy lots much easier. All you have to do is complete a simple on the internet variety, fork out your top quality, and you’re done! The insurance company will then print you a card as proof of your insurance plan protection and you will have a plan about the street.
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Should you have a DUI on your record, you can opt for the cheapest vehicle insurance coverage company. Organizations for instance Point out Farm, American Family members, and Progressive have some great options that provide lessen premiums for top-chance drivers. They also take into account your credit rating rating when analyzing your quality. Insurers think about these variables when determining just how much you pay out on your policy. A weak credit history rating could potentially cause insurance policy charges to skyrocket, so It truly is vital to learn your credit history rating prior to making a choice.
There are a variety of things to take into consideration when choosing the cheapest auto coverage for young drivers. Your age and marital standing Enjoy a giant role with your automobile insurance policy fees. The kind of car or truck you travel can also have an impact on your own high quality. For illustration, high-general performance motor vehicles are typically dearer to insure than low-performance automobiles. Hence, the first step in finding The most affordable motor vehicle coverage for younger motorists is to locate a motor vehicle with numerous security characteristics.
A terrific way to decrease the expense of car insurance for youthful drivers is to lower the coverage you would like. Many insurers present reductions for anyone who is an excellent university student, or if you are in driver education. Nonetheless, lowering your protection could bring about massive out-of-pocket expenditures For those who have an accident. Hence, be sure you weigh the dangers of this feature thoroughly, and usually err on the side of getting far better price.
Young adults Possess a hard time securing low-cost car insurance coverage. Though the price of a policy for the sixteen-yr-aged driver is much bigger than that of the adult, it could be decreased by introducing a teenager to an present coverage. This selection increases rates by an average of $one,461 a 12 months, but is usually less costly than obtaining a individual coverage. Moreover, in case you are a young driver, search for discount rates and other means to avoid wasting.
The price of car insurance policies differs greatly dependant upon your profile, which can imply that you should store all-around for the cheapest insurance coverage for low-possibility motorists. Insurers look at a variety of things when deciding on an insurance policies plan, which includes your driving file, demographics, and Total hazard stage. Listed underneath would be the five primary aspects to look at when comparing insurance plan estimates. Remember that lessen coverage charges Really don’t necessarily mean you have to sacrifice quality.
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When credit score scores are not lawfully employed by insurers in some states, they’re even now essential considerations when comparing car insurance coverage charges. In Hawaii, drivers with inadequate credit rating pays 168% a lot more than equivalent clear motorists. In Massachusetts, large-possibility drivers shell out 30% greater than cleanse motorists. For brand spanking new drivers, a DUI, speeding ticket, and bad credit score will increase rates much more than Other individuals. Be sure you attain a number of rates prior to making a call.
The zip code you live in is a major factor in the price of insurance. If you live in a location with higher criminal offense and incident rates, you may be expecting to pay for additional for insurance policy prices. Additionally, elements like targeted traffic volume and incident heritage can raise the expense of insurance plan. Most insurance plan corporations also explore a driver’s driving historical past to determine what charge they should demand for his or her plan. Commonly, motorists with a bad driving heritage pay out much more for coverage than People having a thoroughly clean driving record.
Car insurance coverage has risen by $50 – $one hundred in the last 5 years, as health treatment expenses are increasing. Motorists are required to have uninsured and PIP insurance policies, which can be over-ordinary point out necessities. Many states only have to have liability insurance plan, but New York demands motorists to hold both equally. These optional coverages increase the cost of coverage, and may frequently boost the complete top quality. Lastly, motorists must check their coverage restrictions, as some guidelines Have a very reduced minimal amount of coverage than others.
In Ny, the typical human being spends 2.8 per cent of their cash flow on car insurance policies, that’s somewhat better than the countrywide normal of 2.40 %. Persons of their 30s, 40s, and 50s can pay a bit a lot less than the common. The 70+ age group can pay increased rates than motorists with significantly less driving encounter. Those who are married pays a little bit higher rates, but nonetheless decrease than one men and women.
As well as reduce charges, motorists may also consider defensive driving programs. These classes are 320 minutes in length, and include things like conversations of driver Mind-set and targeted traffic legal guidelines. They also train defensive driving approaches that may dramatically decrease the cost of insurance policies. They might also aid to boost their driving record, so completing a study course can reduced the price of a vehicle insurance estimate. Nevertheless, if you’re Uncertain about the exact protection you may need, you can check with the Insurance Information and facts Institute.
While gas rates fluctuate by point out, the expense of a vehicle insurance policies quotation in other states could be higher or reduce than your very own. Some variables may perhaps account for this, including The share of uninsured drivers, point out coverage laws, and the rate of theft. Also, the incidence of poor weather can change the expense of insurance coverage in various states. The next table demonstrates common automobile insurance coverage premiums in numerous states. These estimates are based upon a comparison of state insurance prerequisites.
Missouri is The most cost effective state for comprehensive-protection auto insurance plan, paying out just $944 lower than Louisiana. On top of that, this point out has one of the lowest prices per capita, and is particularly ranked fifth regarding cost of residing. In contrast, Texas drivers pay back quite possibly the most for his or her car insurance policies, paying out around 33% of their yearly earnings in total. This disparity may be as a result of The truth that the point out incorporates a significant quantity of uninsured motorists and a lot of lawsuits.
The national typical for entire coverage vehicle insurance policies is $one,771 a yr. The point out with the most costly insurance top quality is Louisiana, that has a top quality of $two,839, a 19% boost from 2020. Conversely, Maine’s average coverage premium is only $858. It is because no-fault states have increased insurance plan premiums. The cost of an auto insurance plan policy in other states can vary considerably. There are plenty of things to contemplate, which includes your condition’s rules on insurance coverage.
If you are searching for higher-hazard driver car or truck coverage near me, you could be questioning ways to get a small-Price plan. High-possibility drivers pay out bigger coverage premiums than ordinary drivers. It is because they have a tendency to have far more incidents or violations on their own document. Depending upon the condition, the Restrict may very well be 3 decades or five years. Sometimes, you will get special discounts if you take a driver protection study course.
Even though the national averages for prime-risk driver automobile insurance policy around me are really steady, you can find that premiums range wildly from state to condition. Some providers adjust their prices to different states, Therefore if you live in a particular condition, it’s possible you’ll discover that a single insurer features you the top protection for your small cost. The cheapest high-danger driver auto insurance in the vicinity of me originates from Point out Farm, that has a long-standing reputation for delivering exceptional service.
The easiest method to locate a superior-chance driver motor vehicle insurance plan in the vicinity of me should be to enter your ZIP code and Evaluate rates. The price of significant-danger auto insurance policies close to me can differ from state to condition, but most significant insurers offer such protection. Many of these organizations specialize in large-threat protection, such as Nationwide Standard. You might even be capable of finding a cheaper coverage When you’ve got good grades plus a low-chance automobile.
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ALL WOMEN HAVE A PAST
RECONSTRUCTING WOMEN IN THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION
Women’s lives have long been the subject of overexcited imaginations. Whether they seek to vilify or romanticize, the sensationalized ways in which women have been represented and remembered rarely does justice to the historical reality, rendering them as one-dimensional caricatures rather than rich, complex characters in their own right. While historical and literary representations of women tend to center around the home and gendered notions of women's roles, in reality women have always been at the center of political and military histories. This roundtable uncovers the stories of elite women such as queens and spies for whom such shallow misrepresentations have become the norm, showcasing how historians now seek to reconstruct the fullness of their lives.
DANIEL HOWLETT (/u/dhowlett1692)
DANIEL HOWLETT (HE/HIM) is a PhD student at George Mason University where he also received his MA in 2019. He currently works as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media on a variety of digital history projects. His research focuses on race, gender, and disability in early American religious history. He is also a moderator of r/AskHistorians where he answers questions about seventeenth-century New England and the Salem Witch Trials.
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CASSIDY PERCOCO (/u/mimicofmodes)
WICKED QUEENS: THE AFTERLIVES OF ISABEAU OF BAVARIA, CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI, AND MARIE ANTOINETTE
French queenship has been fraught for centuries. With the possibility of any French princess inheriting the throne quashed in the fourteenth century by Philippes V and VI, the category of “queen” was inextricably linked to the role of consort, a relatively powerless category. Traditionally, the French queen consort played little role in public life, and received little attention after her death. When she was remembered, it was typically in the context of disasters that had occurred during her tenure, the blame for which was placed firmly on her shoulders by surviving male politicians and historians.
Isabeau of Bavaria (ca. 1370–1435), wife of Charles VI, served as her husband’s regent during his periods of mental instability, and their son’s regent after his death. She would be blamed for the power struggle between the Orleanist party and the Burgundians, which she was required to mediate, as well as the losses of the French in the Hundred Years’ War that resulted in the humiliating Treaty of Troyes.
Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589), wife of Henri II, was a marginalized figure at court until Henri’s death, when she stepped in to advise their son, Francois II, and then to be regent successively to his brothers. She would be portrayed as a sadistic and poisonous woman, and the cause of relentless and bloody persecution against French Protestants.
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), wife of Louis XVI, is the most well-known of the three today. During her marriage and after her execution in the French Revolution, she was portrayed as a profligate outsider and the downfall of the ancien regime.
This paper explores the misogynistic black legends that have grown around these figures, and the truth behind them.
CASSIDY PERCOCO (SHE/HER) is the Collections Manager at the Fenimore Museum of Art and The Farmers’ Museum, and the author of Regency Women’s Dress: Techniques and Patterns, 1800-1830. Her research interests include the history of women’s dress, social history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the comparative study of queenship.
DOMINIC WEBB (/u/Dom_Webb)
CHURCHILL’S ANGELS? THE FEMALE AGENTS OF SOE’S F SECTION IN POPULAR MEMORY AND CULTURE
“The girls who served as secret agents in Churchill’s Special Operations Executive were young, beautiful and brave”. It is a testament to the scale of public misunderstanding surrounding Britain’s female operatives that this opening line from Marcus Binney’s ‘The Women who Lived For Danger’ is only one third true. That the 39 women sent into occupied France by SOE’s F Section to build up resistance networks were all brave is undeniable, that they were all young is incorrect and whether they were all beautiful is rather irrelevant.
Britain's involvement in the Second World War remains a cultural fascination, especially so stories of daring undercover operations carried out by glamourous secret agents with the grey coated Gestapo hot on their heels. Names such as Noor Inayat Khan, Virginia Hall and Violette Szabo are, if not household names, nonetheless recognizable to any armchair historian of the Second World War. However, waves of low-quality pop histories and films, especially in the modern day, have distorted popular understanding of these women, and often of the concept and function of female agents themselves. Whether the Orientalized description of Noor Inayat Khan as a "spy princess", or the sexualization and objectification of women in intelligence work more generally, there is a vast gulf between the myth and reality of F Section's female agents.
DOMINIC WEBB (HE/HIM) has a degree in history from the University of Warwick and an MA in Journalism from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He currently works as a financial journalist and writes answers on r/AskHistorians on all things relating to the secret war.
ANNIE WHITEHEAD (/u/AnnieAuthor)
KEPT IN THE DARK: WHAT IS THE TRUE STORY OF WOMEN OF POWER IN PRE-CONQUEST ENGLAND?
The Anglo-Norman chroniclers depicted many noblewomen as witches and murderers, and the modern perception can sometimes be that early medieval women were downtrodden, bought and sold into unhappy matrimony and left with little rights or freedoms. This paper shows, by examining earlier and therefore more contemporary sources, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, charters, law codes, letters, and the writings of Bede, that women had greater control over their lives than might be supposed and that the more salacious stories about them, such as that of Lady Godiva’s naked horse ride, cannot be corroborated.
Women were allowed to refuse their suitors and to hold land in their own right which they could then bequeath as they saw fit. Royal wives had influence over policy, and one queen, Ælfthryth, was, despite being accused of witchcraft and incitement to murder, written to by plaintiffs and acted as an advocate in judicial cases.
Despite the fact that we often are not given their names, the lives of many powerful and influential women can be pieced together using a combination of sources and by doing so, it is possible to show how their status enhanced that of their husbands: one royal wife was written to by the pope and sent personal gifts to encourage her to evangelize, and we know of the case of the wife of Rædwald of East Anglia who, although unnamed by the sources, persuaded her husband to renounce his religion.
By examination of the earlier texts, and focusing on the lives of specific women, it can be shown that far from living in the "Dark Ages", these women were influential, literate, and often independent, and that the perception of their lives and times has been skewed by the later chroniclers.
ANNIE WHITEHEAD (SHE/HER) Annie is a History graduate and an elected member of the Royal Historical Society. She has written three award-winning novels set in Anglo-Saxon England, one of which, To Be A Queen, tells the story of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. She has contributed to fiction and nonfiction anthologies and written for various magazines. She was the winner of the inaugural Historical Writers’ Association/Dorothy Dunnett Prize 2017 and is now a judge for that same competition. Her nonfiction books are Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom (Amberley Books) and Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England, (Pen & Sword Books). A fourth novel will be published in September 2021, as will the paperback edition of Women of Power, and a collection of alternative stories: 1066 Turned Upside Down. | <urn:uuid:384cd91d-8270-477b-b8b9-c1889cda7566> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.askhistorians.com/2021-roundtable | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.966579 | 1,823 | 2.75 | 3 |
Women & Girls on the Move
According to the United Nations, one person is forcibly displaced from their home every two seconds by conflict, persecution or community violence. Of the record 68.5 million refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and displaced persons documented in the last fiscal year, up to 80% are women and youth. Within this population, 52% are children under age 18, an unprecedented percentage of whom are unaccompanied minors forced to migrate and seek international protection without the support and protection of appropriate caregivers.
In addressing the annual theme of the United Nation’s 63rd Commission on the Status of Women, social protections and public services, this forum will examine displaced women and girls’ access to healthcare, education, justice, humanitarian and social protections throughout migration and in resettlement. An interdisciplinary program of educators, healthcare providers, legal professionals, civil society activists, international and domestic politicians, as well as student researches will generate concrete action steps for protecting and promoting the human rights of displaced women and girls across the world. | <urn:uuid:20c689a0-69e2-4a1b-b79d-3973c0aed975> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.ihan.org/post/copy-of-literacy-program-for-syrian-girls-refugees | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.922983 | 206 | 3.015625 | 3 |
By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — Colfax High School graduates have scored slightly above the state average on the composite score for the ACT college readiness assessment.
Wisconsin is the only state that requires all high school juniors to take the ACT, noted Bill Yingst, district administrator, at the Colfax Board of Education’s September 18 meeting.
“We’re staying above the state average,” he said.
According to the report from ACT included in the school board packet, the average ACT composite score for graduates in the Class of 2017 was 20.6, compared to a statewide composite score of 20.5.
All together, 43 CHS students who graduated in 2017 took the ACT, compared to 66,734 students statewide.
On the English portion of the test, Colfax students scored an average of 19.2, compared to 19.7 statewide.
On the mathematics portion of the test, Colfax students scored an average of 21.2, compared to 20.4 statewide.
On the reading portion of the test, Colfax students scored an average of 20.9, compared to 20.6 statewide.
On the science portion of the test, Colfax students scored an average of 20.5, compared to 20.9 statewide.
Classes graduating from Colfax in 2015 and 2016 all scored slightly below the state average.
The 2016 students had an average composite score of 18.2, compared to 20.5 statewide.
The 2015 students had an average composite score of 21.5, compared to 22.2 statewide.
The Class of 2014 scored above the state average in English, math and reading, and slightly below the state average in science, with a composite score of 22.5, compared to the statewide average of 22.2.
Students graduating in 2013 had an average composite score of 22.6, compared to 22.1 statewide.
The report from ACT also included information about the readiness of Colfax students to complete college-level coursework.
In college English composition, 60 percent of Colfax students achieved a benchmark score, which is the minimum score needed on an ACT subject area test to indicate a 50 percent chance of obtaining a B or higher or a 75 percent chance of obtaining a C or higher in college courses.
The statewide average was 59 percent reaching the benchmark for English composition.
In college algebra, 42 percent of Colfax students achieved a benchmark score, compared to 39 percent of students statewide.
In college social science, 35 percent of Colfax students earned a benchmark score, compared to 42 percent statewide.
In college biology, 37 percent of Colfax students earned a benchmark score, compared to 37 percent statewide.
The percentage of Colfax students achieving a benchmark score in all four areas was 21 percent, compared to 25 percent statewide.
A little more than three years ago, when the Colfax school district completed a list of energy efficiency projects, the district contracted with H&H Energy Management to guarantee a certain amount of energy savings per year for 10 years.
At the September 18 meeting, the Board of Education approved an energy efficiency exemption of $175,569, with $20,721 in bus savings for running three Liquid Propane buses, and utility savings of $17,333, for a total savings of $38,054.
The school district is guaranteed energy savings for 10 years but the savings will continue well beyond the 10 years, Yingst said.
A portion of the $7.2 million referendum approved by voters last fall will be devoted to purchasing three additional LP buses.
In other business, the Colfax Board of Education:
• Learned that Colfax had received $3,482.72 from CenturyLink and $3,138.96 from Verizon for the universal schools and libraries program commonly known as “e-rate.”
• Learned from a report from Robert W. Baird & Co. that the equalized value in the Colfax school district has increased by 2.2 percent, from $324.161 million in 2016 to $331.354 million in 2017. Six years ago, property values decreased but are starting to come back now, Yingst said.
• Agreed to hold a special meeting for long-range planning on a date yet to be determined. The referendum projects this summer and the energy efficiency projects from three years ago fall under long-range planning, Yingst said. But the school board must also consider where the district should be in five or 10 or 15 or 20 years, he said. The long-range planning meeting will be an opportunity for the school board to review what has been done and to plan for what to do going forward, said Ken Bjork, school board member.
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Eugene Palmer’s new body of work presents us with a range of intriguing paintings, offering viewers an almost endless variety of routes into the work. In titling it as he has, Palmer pays homage to a song that Mahalia Jackson made her own, from the mid-1950s onwards. It is, perhaps improbably so, a decidedly upbeat, triumphantly joyful song, given that it describes the deluge that God caused to descend on the earth, in righteous judgement of sinners unwilling to repent and take refuge in Noah’s Ark. The song describes, in gleeful tones, the relentless rain that came down, washing away the sinful. God’s judgement is recalled in near euphoric, high-spirited terms, creating a song that, were it not for its biblical subject matter, could be heard as an altogether more secular ditty. One of the functions of Gospel music is of course to declare a dedication to Christ, and a turning away from ungodliness. And though enslaved Africans were often forced to adopt Christianity, there can be no doubting the degree to which, had it not been for the faith they so strongly embraced, African Americans and African Caribbeans may well not have survived the long centuries of enslavement.
… Notwithstanding the highly constructed images on which Palmer has based his paintings, there is much to uplift us in this work. Society has developed an abundance of problematic pathologies around Black women. To the caricatures of unworthy welfare claimant and feckless single mother can be added the near-primeval ideas skewing perceptions of Black women’s sexuality. While such debased notions of Black women exist as sick and twisted figments of white imagination, they add to the day-to-day racism and sexism Black women battle. Against these dispiriting realities and challenges, Palmer presents us with images that are almost audacious in their refusal to concede to negativity. We might be forgiven for thinking that Black women, as far this society is concerned, were never meant to look this happy, this self-assured, this self-fulfilled.
… It is in the realm of accentuating dissatisfaction with our individual selves that social media and elements of the internet thrive. They have opened up formidable new fronts in society’s pathological pursuit of individual happiness, via what is arguably a sick and twisted route. Rather than accentuating any positive sense of self we might possess, the internet and social media environment creates the sense that it is only through the declaration of problems, and a concurrent sharing of these problems, that we truly exist as individuals, and can begin a quest for happiness. There is little room for individuals who are genuinely happy in themselves, or settled in their own skins. Instead, sour lives are problematised by accentuating whatever it is about ourselves we are dissatisfied with – relationships (or lack a relationship), body image, body size, medical conditions, or whatever. There is, consequently, a deep negativity at the heart of the ways in which many people relate to each other, leading to us regarding ourselves as individual, ongoing self-improvement projects, not yet worthy of true happiness.
… Perhaps the ways in which these women are presented is intended to evoke a sense of celestial happiness, but each one conjures up different and unique imagined associated stories. Palmer achieves this by the differing backgrounds against which he presents each woman, and by the innumerable details with which each rendering differs from its neighbours. It is perhaps one woman’s white suit, set against an equally light-coloured background, that gives her the appearance of a martyred saint, whose body may have been horribly wounded in death, but who now rises and ascends, triumphantly, towards the heavens, to be reclaimed and embraced by her Maker. There are pronounced overtones of European religious paintings. The Virgin Mary is, of course, the woman who most frequently figures in altar pieces and other such religious icons. As such, Palmer’s women have the capability of assuming the religious primacy of the woman who is most blessed, and most highly regarded, within Christianity…
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London brings to mind many iconic images: Big Ben, double-decker buses, the London Eye, and the British Museum. The list goes on, but what about those famous black cabs? When you visit London, you have to get around, and these are a respected and classic part of London's history you can't miss.
With the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton just hours away, London has been getting a lot of attention from around the world. We thought you would want to see this historic point in time through a Londoner's eyes.
Back|Story had London cabbie Justin Sneddon take us on a tour of his city. Justin works through the night, taking people around town. So, as most of London slept, we got an insider's glimpse of the famous city, including some places many people never get to see. | <urn:uuid:3c986a3f-0fe1-40db-ac0f-a7bda487a035> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://backstory.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/29/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.975919 | 177 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Minnesota’s Baby Does
Over the course of 18 years criminal investigators in Minnesota endured having to investigate three separate unknown, unclaimed babies that had been intentionally drowned and left to be found in the ample waterways of the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The first occurred in 1999 when the some fisherman were braving the frigid December air when they noticed an object floating near Bay Point Park. The floating mass turned out to be a newborn wrapped in a towel. The little girl still had her umbilical cord clinging to her body.
Four years later a newborn baby boy washed ashore on the edge of Lake Pepin where a group of teenagers had the misfortune of discovering it. A few months later the authorities were shocked when DNA tests revealed the two babies were in fact related, most likely having the same mother but different fathers. The cause of death for both infants was not clear, but it is believed they entered the water healthy and the police treated the cases as murders.
The police suspect the mother was a relatively young woman, probably local to the area, and that she may have hidden the pregnancies to make disposing of the babies easier.
When the news of the second infant made the rounds, a local couple showed great altruism by offering to pay to place the babies next to their own stillborn daughter’s grave. The authorities agreed to their request and the infants now rest under a tombstone that reads “God’s Little Angels”.
Despite following over 50 leads, along with DNA testing dozens of women, the mother of the babies remains a mystery.
In 2007 another newborn was found floating in the marina at the Treasure Island Casino by two men making their rounds at work. The baby was either Native American or Hispanic and was not related to the other Baby Does from years earlier.
Perhaps the saddest aspect of these cases is that Minnesota has a “safe haven” law, which allows a mother to leave a newborn at any hospital to be taken in and cared for with no questions asked. The option is even available to call 911 and arrange to have the unwanted child picked up.
Full credit to the wonderful youtube channel “The Unidentified” for bringing this case to my attention. They provide summaries of John and Jane Doe cases in a understated, non-sensationalized manner.
Donna Baldeo was a manager of a drive-through Wells Fargo bank on the outskirts of Houston. When she arrived to work one day in December of 2001 she found a note on the bank’s door. The letter demanded the bank empty its vault and drop the money off in a discreet location. The missive warned that if the police were alerted, then a violent retaliatory attack would go down.
Baldeo waited in her car for several minutes until another employee arrived. After explaining the situation, the duressed pair headed for a nearby business to discuss what they should do. Ultimately, the decision was made to contact their supervisor, who had the duo call the authorities.
Detectives were unable to obtain any clues, not even fingerprints, from the note and the case went cold with no persons of interest being found. Since Baldeo just happened to be the person who found the note, and not mentioned specifically, it was thought that she would probably be safe from any promised retaliation.
That presumption would be challenged five weeks later as Donna’s downstairs neighbor, Curtis Ford, was awoken at 3:30 A.M. by what sounded like people running up and then back down the stairs outside their apartment complex. This prompted Ford to look outside, where he was stunned to see fire reaching high into the sky outside of his balcony window.
Ford moved to alert Baldeo and her family, eliciting an abrupt escape attempt. Donna lived with her 22-year-old son, Jailall, who evacuated successfully, however her 8-year-old daughter Bunny remained lost in the fiery mayhem. Donna and Jailall ran back into the flames in and effort to rescue the child. Jailall was overcome by the smoke and had to be pulled from the fire by Ford, who saw Jailall lying on the floor. Donna was then located and pulled from the carnage as well. EMTs and firefighters arrived at the scene to find Donna and her son badly burned over much of their bodies. They would both die from their injuries within a half an hour of one another later that morning. The fire investigators would find the lifeless body of Donna’s daughter on a stairwell. Ford escaped without injury.
The fire was ruled to be arson, with the author of the threatening note on the bank considered a prime suspect.
Over the course of the next several years fifteen additional fires were set in the area around Baldeo’s apartment complex. Eventually, the authorities arrested two teenage boys after one of their grandmothers reported her suspicions to the police. Her grandson was troubled and had a bit of a pyromaniac streak in him. Under the pressure of interrogation, the boys eventually confessed to getting drunk and starting the fires to “scare somebody”. The older boy was tried as an adult and sentenced to a dozen years of prison. His younger accomplice was placed in a juvenile detention center until the age of eighteen. Both have since been released. The authorities do not feel the fire was related to the ransom note in any manner.
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Written by Lee Parker
I moved to the country so I could be free. Free of the congestion. Free of the intrusive eyes of Big Brother. Free of the mass mentality that believes anything on TV must be true.
I wanted to be free from the pace, hassle, and pressure of urban life. I just wanted to be free to breathe clean air and drink clean water.
However, after being in the country for several years, I now see civilization creeping my way; new housing developments are almost at my doorstep. Is this the American Dream? If so, I find myself thinking, “BE- WARE of the American Dream.”
The newly constructed houses are exactly like modern America. They are constructed on landfill, so as the ground shifts, the foundations will break. A good contractor knows that a solid foundation is necessary if the house is expected to survive the challenges of time and weather. Do not buy a house built on landfill or expect one to survive if the foundation is not set on solid ground.
Like these new houses, America no longer rests on a solid foundation. The foundation of America has shifted. The sands of time have broken the bedrock on which this country was built.
I walked through some of these houses and was amazed at the mass-produced construction. Expensive look- ing bricks covered particleboard exteriors. Fancy false fireplaces were made of flimsy metal. The plumbing was plastic. The exterior was plastic. Every conceivable trick was used to build a house that looked good on the outside but was cheap on the inside.
People who buy these houses don’t know who constructed the walls, joists, tile, brick or mortar. They have no control over the workmanship and cannot ensure the quality of the work, and most will have to go into debt to purchase a house that will fall apart before the loan is paid off!
The structure of America today is very similar to these cheaply made houses. In American politics, short cuts are taken wherever possible. Rather than adhere to our highest laws, Congressmen regularly vote for regula- tions that spit on our Constitution, often without even reading the bills themselves! State and local govern- ment officials ignore the will of their citizens by consistently passing burdensome ordinances and imposing oppressive taxes. Every day, elected officials violate the trust of their constituents in order to further their own thirst for money and power. The American Dream has become a house of cards. The American Dream has become a nightmare of self-serving, money-grubbing politicians that are more interested in building what looks good than what is well made. The American Dream is a house whose foundation has been eroded by infestations among its population, of apathy, self-interest and complaisance. No longer do the American people care about the integrity of those who have been hired to run their country for them.
Just like these new homes, Americans prefer glitz and glitter to quality and longevity. Today’s American Dream house is superficial, cheaply made, and not intended to last. Americans accept this superficiality in homes just like they do in politics.
The American Dream is a sham. Glitz and glitter are all that matter. Honor and integrity have no value. Self- interest and insatiable greed are social norms. Quality be damned. People be damned. America be damned.
Beware the American Dream, and don’t buy a house built on a poor foundation and not intended to last.
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In Maine, growing things have to fight to survive, and even harder to thrive. Old Mainers say that the only thing that grows here is rocks. My dad tells me sometimes about pulling rocks out of the hayfield every year when he and his brothers were kids. And me and my brothers grew up playing at my best friend’s house, perched on top of a glacial skree pile from when the last of the glaciers melted off from Canada, dragging rocks and gravel and sand in their wake.
But the rocks grow, and other things grow too in the gaps and spaces left behind. The trees climb up the mountains until the water runs out, and wild blueberries keep going past that up towards the summit. Way up there the moss grows, softened by rains and the snowmelt.
In roadside ditches as soon as the snow is gone, little yellow flowers turn their faces to the sunshine. The maple sap runs and flows and then leaf buds forms and spread into full-foliage.
In the hidden spaces in the woods, Jack stands in his pulpit, preaching to a congregation of ferns and blood root and trillium.
These are the soft spaces and the quiet places where old souls wander undisturbed.
Animals live here too, and most don’t want to see you or harm you. They are content to pass by like shadows in the night. The jays and crows are exceptions; they like to scream loudly and frequently, just because they can. Scaring the living daylights out of passersby is a fun hobby and I swear, they laugh at you if you jump.
Sometimes if you wander the woods you’ll find long stone walls running straight as an arrow through the trees. Covered in old leaves and half consumed by the forest, the stone walls remind you that sometimes, despite the hardship, people grow here in Maine.
The people here are rough around the edges, and it seems like even the babies come out looking a little weathered, and there’s a few bad apples in the bunch, but the people that grow in the rocky coastline and the equally rocky mountain ranges are most often, simply, “good people”.
They are my people.
There’s an ice breaker question I have seen many times that asks “Who would you want on your team if the world was ending?”
Often the answers are various fictional superheroes or celebrity figures. For a while that was my answer, too. “Captain America, obviously.”
My answer has changed.
I choose my brother, who comes to rescue me every single time I call him, and doesn’t ever complain.
I choose my neighbor, who plowed my driveway all winter and refused to be paid or even to take cookies, because he was “right there” and “it ain’t no trouble”.
I choose the two strangers in Phillips who came across my truck in a ditch one winter and, working together and with language as colorful as the sunset, pulled me out and set me back on my way.
I choose the people who don’t let me slip away unnoticed, who say my name when they greet me in passing. I choose the people who don’t know me but still nod acknowledgement and greeting. We are together in the same space and time for just a second, and it is good.
I choose my people.
This is my Maine. These are my people. They’re not perfect and they make me angry and hurt and sad sometimes, and lately I’ve been seeing things that I don’t recognize, traits that don’t seem to fit in very well. But under all the technology and civilization, this is still the woods. This is still Maine, and some things never will change.
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Pessamit’s Innu Council and EBC jointly announced the signing of a business partnership allowing them to pool and coordinate their efforts to execute works planned by the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) on the bridges crossing the Betsiamites and Papinachois rivers.
This agreement stems from the Pessamit Council’s intention to promote the economic development of its community and, specifically, to participate in the economy of projects executed on the Nitassinan territory through business opportunities that allow the entire community to benefit from its economic spinoffs. Over the past few months, the Council and EBC held discussions to explore the possibility of establishing a mutually beneficial partnership. These discussions resulted in the agreement that was publicly unveiled on the June 20 press conference held in Pessamit.
“Development on our ancestral territory without our participation is over. Our participation is no longer limited to consultations, we now participate in projects to meet our needs and provide significant economic benefits to our community. I would therefore like to salute EBC’s desire to establish a partnership with us and I wish long life to our new business relationship”, declared Chief Jean-Marie Vollant.
“EBC is proud of its ties forged with First Nations and the constructive exchanges with their leaders. EBC’s reputation is built on solid foundations of mutual trust and transparency. Today, we are privileged to carry out works with the Innu Council of Pessamit, while respecting everyone’s values and interests, for the good of the community,” said Guylaine Dubois, Vice President Operations – Civil Northern Territories, Hydroelectric Québec, Mining, and Aboriginal Relations for EBC.
This partnership will enable us to submit joint bids to the MTQ, which is considering the replacement of both Papinachois and Betsiamites River bridges. More importantly, the agreement provides an employment objective for Pessamit’s Innu members where at least 50% of the jobs (full-time equivalent) is generated by each project. To meet this objective, a training plan for Pessamit’s Innu members will be developed. Pessamit companies will also be prioritized in all available contracts resulting from these projects.
Since 1996, EBC has been actively involved in several large-scale projects in Northern Territories and elsewhere in the James Bay area. Most works are carried out in partnership with First Nations, or their entities created for this purpose, to promote the socio-economic development of its communities by these new projects.
Photo (from left to right): Jérôme Bacon-St-Onge (Councillor – Pessamit Innu Council), Guylaine Dubois (EBC Vice President Operations – Civil Northern Territories, Hydroelectric Québec, Mining, and Aboriginal Relations), Marie-Claude Houle (EBC President and CEO) and Jean-Noël Riverin (Vice-Chief – Pessamit Innu Council). | <urn:uuid:50e3d684-894c-4a87-bde9-dd079c543924> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ebcinc.com/en/2022/07/13/partnership-agreement-between-pessamit-and-ebc-for-works-on-betsiamites-and-papinachois-bridges/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.937794 | 625 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Painted Story Quilt
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, K, Special Education
Featured with Updated Content! Quilt-making spans multiple centuries and cultures. It can teach math skills, record history, recycle cast-off materials and encourage cooperative efforts within a group...just for a few ideas! This lesson looks at the story quilts of Faith Ringgold. She surrounds her narrative paintings with a quilted border, creating stories in color, texture, and pattern. Students select their own story to illustrate, then paint fabric using watersoluble pastels and watercolor pencils. | <urn:uuid:3818f626-6fa3-45b9-8140-c1d47c9d6524> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/painted-story-quilt/?playvideo=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.905656 | 139 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Winter break is quickly approaching! Whether your school break is one, two, or three weeks in duration, the fact is that these upcoming days off are still valuable ones in the lives of all readers, regardless of their grade in school or stage of reading development. From kindergarteners to high schoolers, and even beyond, reading matters (for more on why reading matters, I highly recommend this 2015 blog post from Donalyn Miller). To keep students reading over break, here are four practical tips that I have seen work in the past, and that I plan to make use of in my nine teaching days before winter break.
1. Provide access to books. Books cannot be read if access is not granted. Consider taking a small bit of time to spruce up the classroom library- highlight a few book boxes, enlist students in organizing books in a way that makes sense to them (students love creating book boxes in the library!), and refer to the library as often as possible throughout the day. Make it the focal point of everything in the classroom. Also, consider asking your school librarian for support with book access. Perhaps your class can spend some time in the library before winter break. Take a look here if you’re still thinking of ways to grow and maintain your classroom library.
2. Once access is established, invite kids to freely choose a few books to take home. According to Allington and Gabriel (2012), “Students read more, understand more, and are more likely to continue reading when they have the opportunity to choose what they read.” This applies not only to children, but also to adolescents, teens, and adults as well. Before winter break arrives, consider spending some time in class inviting students to choose a few books to take home. It is more likely they will read at home if they get to pick out the reading material themselves. Worried about losing books from your classroom library? Simply ask students to keep track of the books they have borrowed- rarely do books not come back, but it can happen. There is always a risk of a couple books being lost, but the risk is even greater for students if books sit unread on shelves over break instead of in the hands of readers. Books are meant to be read, not collected on shelves. If inviting students to choose their own books is new to you and your readers, Kari Yates and I have a few tips and tricks to support students in book choice.
3. Make a plan with Your Readers. One of the habits of healthy readers is consistently making plans for reading. By inviting students to think about when they’ll read, where they’ll read, what they’ll read, and possibly with whom they’ll read over the break, they are more likely to actually read. These plans can be jotted in notebooks, written in planners or calendars, typed up, and even shared with friends and family. As human beings, we’re more likely to do something that we make specific plans to do. We’re even more likely to do something when we share those plans with others. Reading is so critical in the growth of all students, we can’t just leave it to chance. Taking time to make a plan has the power to increase the chances of students reading over the break from school.
4. Let students know that the first day after winter break they will chat about their reading. One of the most authentic ways to respond to reading is to invite conversation. Before students leave for the break, let them know that the class is going to casually chat about their winter break reading upon return. This chat, and ones like it, are not an assignment, a method for accountability, or a ‘gotcha’ in any way. Rather, they are what we do- we regularly chat about books. We chat about them in our daily morning meetings, during reading workshop, and often times through more visual means (as seen below). When talk and interaction around books becomes a way of life in the classroom, students will read more. They will want to get in on the action and connection that reading offers. They will want to be a part of the conversation. If chat around books is new to you, or if you’re looking for different ideas, you can find some support here and here.
As a recap…
1. Provide access to books.
2. Invite kids to freely choose a few books to take home.
3. Make a plan with Your Readers.
4. Remind students about upcoming chats about reading after break.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and what you plan to do to encourage your students to keep the reading going over break! Happy reading, friends!
Allington & Gabriel. 2012. “Every Child, Every Day.” Educational Leadership 69: 10-15.
My first book for teachers, To Know and Nurture a Reader: Conferring with Confidence and Joy, cowritten with Kari Yates, is available from Stenhouse Publishers. Our goal with this book was to help teachers make the important practice of conferring with readers manageable, effective, and joyful! | <urn:uuid:d1cec047-b885-4f2a-9cec-6da5b21df989> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cnosekliteracy.com/2018/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.966036 | 1,063 | 2.75 | 3 |
Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND)
The school caters for all ability ranges. If a pupil is identified as having a special educational need or disability, extra support may be offered in the classroom or the pupil may receive additional support through an individual or group intervention. The child is also entered onto the school’s SEND record and their progress reviewed regularly in accordance with the SEND Code of Practice.
Our more able pupils are challenged and extended within the framework of normal lessons and, when opportunities arise, are given access to extension activities beyond the classroom.
Local authorities are required to publish a ‘local offer’ which is intended to provide information about provision available to children with special educational needs in the local area. All schools have been asked to detail answers to 14 questions that families of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, may find helpful. This is also referred to as the SEND Information Report. Please find a copy of this report below.
Please find below a copy of the school's provision map.
The different layers of support that we offer are referred to as:
Wave 1 - provision for all pupils.
Wave 2 - provision for some pupils who get the support listed in Wave 1, but also receive some additional support.
Wave 3 - provision that is highly individualised for pupils who require an extra layer of support, as well as the support listed under Waves 1 and 2.
If you require any further information please contact the school SENDCo (Special Educational Needs & Disability Co-ordinator), Mrs Kathryn Bray, via the school office on tel. 01932 842617 or by eMail firstname.lastname@example.org
Please contact the school office if you would like to request paper copies of the school documents listed below or any other document from the school website. (tel. 01932 842617, eMail email@example.com)
Surrey SEND Information, Advice and Support Service is an organisation which provides information, advise and support for parents/carers and young people in Surrey.
Please click here to link to the Surrey SEND Information, Advice and Support Service.
The 'Surrey Local Offer' contains information about services in Surrey relating to special educational needs and disabilities.
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It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the takeover of Afghanistan by the militants.
On Tuesday, Facebook
(FB) reiterated its ban on accounts praising, supporting, or representing the Taliban from its platforms, including WhatsApp and Instagram, and said that it would remove “accounts maintained by or on behalf of the Taliban.”
“The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies,” a company spokesperson said.
Facebook designates “dangerous organizations” into three tiers, with the first one being subjected to “the most extensive enforcement.” Entities in tier 1 include terrorist, hate, and criminal organizations.
While the Taliban have been banned from Facebook’s platforms for “years,” the company did not reveal when exactly the restrictions were placed.
The company said it employs a “dedicated team of Afghanistan experts, who are native Dari and Pashto speakers and have knowledge of local context” tasked with identifying “emerging issues.”
“Regardless of who holds power, we will take the appropriate action against accounts and content that breaks our rules,” Facebook stated.
On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by US troops. Since then, scores of civilians have been trying to flee the country, with chaotic scenes unfolding at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai international airport on Monday.
The Taliban have not been officially designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States. However, the group was placed on a US Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists and a Specially Designated Nationals list.
The ban also applies to Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp, which trawls non-encrypted content — such as names, profile photos, and group descriptions — to identify the Taliban and supporters. A WhatsApp spokesperson did not comment on what happens to Taliban-related content which, like all messages on the platform, is encrypted by default on its messaging app.
While there were practically no computers in the country in 2001 when the Taliban were driven from power, Afghans have slowly become used to the digital age over the last 20 years. As the government crumbled over the weekend, there were posts on social media — by citizens and politicians — documenting the chaos.
And there is fear that Afghanistan will be sent back to a “dark age” of Taliban domination. Their return to power is a terrifying prospect for women. When last they ruled, females were forbidden to attend school. They were shrouded in burqas, condemned to life at home and seen as male possessions.
This time, the Taliban are promising to form an “Afghan inclusive Islamic government,” and allow girls to study. But it’s not yet clear if the new leadership will include women and there’s deep mistrust of militants who caused such misery last time they ruled Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, other big social media platforms were less clear about their strategy to deal with content supporting the Taliban.
A Twitter spokesperson said that people in Afghanistan are using the platform to seek help, and the company promised to “remain vigilant” in enforcing its policies, including those that ban content that glorifies violence.
One of the Taliban’s spokesmen, Suhail Shaheen, has an active, unverified account on Twitter with 347,000 followers.
YouTube said Tuesday it will “terminate” accounts run by the Afghan Taliban, clarifying its earlier remarks that suggested the group is not banned from the video platform.
Following repeated questions by CNN, YouTube said in a statement that the company “complies with all applicable sanctions and trade compliance laws, including relevant U.S. sanctions. As such, if we find an account believed to be owned and operated by the Afghan Taliban, we terminate it. Further, our policies prohibit content that incites violence.”
YouTube told CNN that because the Afghan Taliban appears on the Treasury Department’s sanctions list, the platform will not allow accounts controlled by the group. It had previously told CNN that it looks to the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations to inform its enforcement policy, but the Afghan Taliban is not named on that list.
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Communication as a Service
In today’s as-a-Service world, things like e-mail or calendars are part of the infrastructure. Regardless of the interface to the user, other services and applications must be able to access this data in a standardized and reliable way.
The properties of our RestAPI are based on Microsoft Graph. For the connection of other services this means that the integration of one service already includes a large part of the connection to the other service. We see this interoperability and the resulting interchangeability as an important contribution to digital sovereignty.
Based on standard technology
Kopano is the only open source MAPI server worldwide. MAPI, the Messaging API, describes the data model that also underlies Microsoft’s e-mail and calendar services. It enables even complex multi-dimensionally linked elements such as invitations to recurring appointments with exceptions to be stored without errors.
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Losing a pet is a terrifying experience that we hope you never find yourself in. However, if you are separated from your pet make sure you know what your parish’s stray hold period is!
Each parish is required to hold stray animals for a certain number of days. New Orleans is 3 days and Plaquemines Parish is 5 days. After this time your pet is considered the property of the shelter it is at. To view other parish stray hold periods visit our animal laws page.
File a lost report with nearby animal shelters and vet offices.
Call your microchip company and make sure your information is current.
Search your neighborhood. Take daily walks and check possible hiding places, notify mail carriers and neighbors.
Post lost pet flyers around your neighborhood.
Post lost pet ads on places like Nextdoor, Craigslist and lost pet groups on Facebook.
If you find a pet or stray there are two options available to you. You can either keep the animal and commit to help finding it’s owner OR bring the animal to the official animal shelter in the parish where you found it.
Regardless of which decision you make, here are some things you can do to help reunite the pet with their owner:
File a found report with nearby animal shelters and vet offices.
Get the animal scanned for a microchip. Any vet office or animal shelter can assist you with this.
Make flyers and post them where you found the animal.
Post found ads on places like Nextdoor, Craigslist and lost pet groups on Facebook.
There is no fee to bring lost pets to us from New Orleans or Plaquemines Parish. While we encourage you to bring pets from other parishes to the parish shelter where you found them, we will never turn a pet away. However, we do charge a $35 fee for pets brought to us from other parishes.
If we’ve found your pet there are a few steps you need to follow to reclaim him/her.
Bring proof of ID.
Proof of ownership is required. (i.e. vet records with your pets name and description and your contact information, photos, microchip identification)
Please be aware that no animal shelter may release an animal without current proof of rabies within the past 12 months, so be sure to bring your pet’s vaccination records.
There will be a fee to reclaim your pet based on how long your pet was with us. This helps cover the cost for housing and caring your pet. Fees vary depending on your pet’s spay/neuter status, vaccinations and the nature of the intake.
In Louisiana, our pets are a part of our culture as much as anything else. And for more than 130 years, the Louisiana SPCA has been an advocate for all our furry friends across the state. Follow our Lead and show the characters of Louisiana you care by supporting the Louisiana SPCA.
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“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”—Attributed to Nikola Tesla
The world of residential integration has undergone a fundamental shift over the last few years. We once consisted of high-end component systems, home theater, and distributed analog audio. The skills to properly install and implement were technical and specific but had clear connections to the backgrounds of the folks who made up the industry. Most of us were former musicians and audio professionals that became the technicians, planners, and even sales folks of the channel.
A CEDIA network training class
Even with the transition from analog to DSP-based processing, there was a common thread to the pro audio technologies. Then came the onslaught of digital propagation.
Residential installation has always pushed home automation and delivery technologies to its edge. Unlike our commercial cousins, our clients demanded the innovations work in ways they expected, not just how it was designed. The skills to meet the great expectations of the homeowners required a good deal of granular knowledge, much of which could be imparted with hands-on apprentice relationships.
The implementation of Ethernet networking into the “AV” industry occurred over the span of a decade, but for many rooted in the traditional arts of it all, the pace seemed almost breakneck. As the industry pushed forward, it was clear that many were unprepared and manufacturers under planned support. Hours-long phone support was commonplace as both sides of the conversation walked step by step through setup and diagnostics.
If Not You, Who?
Where are we now? Awareness of home network technologies tops 95 percent, but our implementation and tech support knowledge base still lags far behind. Many people in our business can name the essential parts of a network, but when it comes to understanding how the parts work to optimize the delivery of content, things get a bit fuzzy.
This is not just a specific age demographic issue; the Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials all have large gaps. More troubling is that these gaps are often filled in with assumptions based on a brief YouTube tutorial or by memorizing specific setup methods to be put in place cookie cutter fashion. All is well until a hiccup happens or unintended consequences occur. The old saying that a little knowledge can be dangerous can have serious repercussions to the bottom line.
This is not to say that folks should not seek network installation education through self-paced learning, community sharing via YouTube, social sites, or bulletin boards. Any advance in understanding is to be applauded, but where is the company support to enable your staff to truly excel in networking? Where is the investment in time and money for the folks who you send out to jobsites to become the experts? Or, put another way, how much does it cost to repeatedly send one or several technicians onsite to resolve an issue? Who are you going to pay to solve it all?
Where can staff get great training with certifications that matter? Do you need to have your staff achieve the much-lauded Cisco CCNA, or are there courses that provide similar solid foundations?
The industry has often looked inward for education, and there are several great options. CEDIA offers a very comprehensive set of courses that build toward a certification. The ESC-N is offered online, during the annual trade show, all year long at the main office and, most recently, with regional, in-person classes.
AVIXA (formerly known as Infocomm International) has long offered courses specifically on networking. The classes are written with the help of industry manufacturers. All of the CTS designations include networking components as one of the standard components of any AV system.
CompTiA offers a proven and comprehensive non-manufacturer-specific training in network technologies. While the certifications are not specific to the AV industry, their classes range from those focused on the fundamentals to ever-important network security courses that are divided into manageable segments.
The industry, your business, and your clients need the industry to step up and take on the roll of becoming the experts. Commercial integrators have already had to acquiesce some market share and billable responsibilities to IT departments. Don’t miss out on your chance to be an expert.
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How to Use Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
Cruising on the open highway has never been easier! Honda's Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) sets your cruise speed, and gauges the interval between you and the vehicle detected ahead; it can also brake your vehicle, or apply the throttle, depending on that interval.
ACC cannot detect all objects ahead and may not detect a given object; accuracy will vary based on weather, speed and other factors. ACC should not be used in heavy traffic, poor weather or on winding roads. ACC only includes a limited braking function. Driver remains responsible for slowing or stopping the vehicle to avoid a collision.
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It would take a sizeable book do justice to Dartmouth`s contribution to the war effort; but here are a few things to see if you visit…..
It`s highly reccomended that you visit the Dartmouth Museum and see the Tapestry there, which shows Dartmouth during WW2.
Motor Gun Boat Flotilla
From 1942 to 1944 the 15th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla carried out clandestine operations from the River Dart to Northern Brittany. Working closely with French Resistance it landed and brought back to England many Allied agents and airmen shot down over Europe. Today a memorial exists to the men of this Flotilla at the ramp to the lower ferry at Kingswear.
The novelist Agatha Christie’s house was used as a Naval headquarters during WW2. Agatha Christie’s family gave Greenway to the National Trust in 2000, and the building is now open to the public.
South Hams Training Area
Four miles to the west of Dartmouth lies the South Hams Training Area. This area was evacuated during November 1943, and used as a live-fire training area for mainly US forces.
Dartmouth Castle on the west side of the river had a battery of 4.7 inch guns and there was an anti-aircraft gun site on Jawbones Hill behind the town. In addition on the Kingswear side there was a machine gun post at Kingswear Castle and a land based torpedo launching site below Kingswear Court. This can still be seen, and is one of only two left remaining. The mouth of the River Dart and Start Bay was protected by the guns of Brownstone Battery.
Brownstone Battery was built in 1940, as a defence against German naval attack. The site has a commanding view across Start Bay, and guards the mouth of the River Dart.
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A moving portrait of Anne Sullivan Macy, teacher of Helen Keller—and a complex, intelligent woman worthy of her own spotlight
After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she and her peers had failed Anne Sullivan Macy. While Macy is remembered primarily as Helen Keller’s teacher and a straightforward educational superhero, the real story of this brilliant, complex, and misunderstood woman has never been completely told. Beyond the Miracle Worker seeks to correct this oversight, presenting a new tale about the wounded but determined woman and her quest for a successful, meaningful life.
Born in 1866 to poverty-stricken Irish immigrants, Macy suffered part of her childhood in the Massachusetts State Almshouse at Tewksbury. Seeking escape, in love with literature, and profoundly stubborn, she successfully fought to gain an education at the Perkins School for the Blind. She went on to teach Helen Keller, who became a loyal and lifelong friend. As Macy floundered with her own blindness, ill health, depression, and marital strife in her later years, she came to lean on her former student for emotional, physical, and economic support.
Based on privately held primary source material—including materials at both the American Foundation for the Blind and the Perkins School for the Blind—Beyond the Miracle Worker is revelatory and absorbing, unraveling one of the best known and least understood friendships of the twentieth century.
Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller
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Cass County Public Library Offers Digital Newspaper Collection
The Cass County Public Library is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its new digital newspaper collection. Titled America’s News, this collection is available to all library patrons and is updated daily. America’s News provides online access to current and archived issues of hundreds of full-text newspapers, including The Democrat-Missourian (2007-2021) and The Kansas City Star (1991-Current).
America’s News enables library patrons to easily search and browse current and archived news articles, editorials, reviews, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries and a variety of special sections. Patrons can use this resource for general reference or to research local and national issues, events, people, government, education, arts, business, sports, real estate and much more. In addition to using America’s News at workstations in the library, patrons can access the collection from home at www.casscolibrary.org/databases or by clicking the red button below.
The Suggested Topics feature in America’s News makes it easy for all patrons to quickly find useful information by highlighting subjects such as jobs and careers, education, health, social issues, and technology. An intuitive and easy-to-use interface also allows researchers to search by headline, name, topic, date, and author to quickly find relevant results. Articles can be easily shared, printed, emailed, or saved.
America’s News is a resource offered by NewsBank, the world’s premier provider of newspapers and other news sources online. Serving public libraries for more than 45 years, NewsBank offers online access to more than 12,000 titles from the U.S. and other countries around the globe. For more information on this collection, contact the Cass County Public Library by stopping by your local branch or emailing firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:2048a940-f876-42ea-830a-bedb08da7973> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.casscolibrary.org/americasnews/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.897897 | 396 | 1.570313 | 2 |
It’s the time of the year for new tech. About 65% of all Americans, roughly 160 million people, are planning on buying tech gifts this holiday season. That’s a lot of gadgets.
Topping the holiday tech wish list are TVs, tablets, smartphones, notebooks/laptops, and video game consoles.
It’s tempting to connect a new piece of hardware and get right to using it after receiving it. However, there are a few tasks that should be undertaken immediately when connecting a new piece of hardware to your home (or business) network that will ensure you keep your network and other connected devices secure and running smoothly.
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1. Change default passwords
Expecting a new Wi-Fi router, wireless range extender, network attached storage, or some other type of networking hardware for the holidays? These devices typically are set up with default passwords. That means the passwords can easily be obtained by would-be hackers by performing a simple Google search.
After connecting any new networking device, immediately change the default password or set a password for the device if the instructions state it has a blank password. The passwords are used to access the software of the device for managing. They are changed by opening a browser to the IP address of the device (an IP address is assigned to the device when it is connected to a home network that has a Wi-Fi router) and then using the default login username and password to access the device’s software.
2. Change the default administrator account
This is the second half of the above tip. In addition to changing the default password, it’s a good idea to change the default administrator username on the type of networking devices described above. Usually, the default name is “administrator†or “admin.†Change it, so that it becomes even harder for a hacker to compromise your device. Note: Some devices will not allow you to rename the administrator account; check the documentation that ships with the device.
3. Set strong passwords
Use receiving a new piece of technology as the start of using best practices when creating passwords. Research shows that the strongest passwords are comprised of poetry. Two eight-syllable lines of poetry make the hardest to crack password:
Supports a single fertilized / surveyed impose a polarized
You can use a poetry password generator to create a super-secure password. Be advised, some software won’t allow you to create such long passwords. If you need a shorter password, good practice dictates the use of mnemonics with random words, for example, changing “light gate†to “l!G3tg8Te.â€
The better practice would be to use the biometric password technology increasingly available on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other computers such as the iPhone’s Apple Touch ID, the Microsoft Surface fingerprint reader, and the SimplePass Fingerprint Reader on HP laptops.
4. Register your device
Yes, it’s a step that many skip … but take the time to register your device. Registering a device is usually presented as an on-screen option after a device is powered on and fully booted. Registering can help you keep extend warranty info, get help, get updates, and also be contacted by the vendor if any problems are discovered with your new device.
5. Check for firmware/software updates
Many devices, including routers and game consoles, will ask if you want to perform a search for the latest software updates. Don’t skip this step. From the time the device was purchased to the time it’s in your hands, there may have been an update or new firmware released that fixes a security or performance issue. | <urn:uuid:7fbce634-2315-49d4-80f6-e5c82f72d55a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.blackenterprise.com/5-things-you-must-do-after-opening-a-holiday-tech-gift/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.911086 | 779 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Homelessness has long been a problem in Lake County. In 1992, the Catholic Commission of Lake and Geauga called together a roundtable discussion of area churches and leaders to address the situation. Under the direction of the Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County, Inc., Project Hope for the Homeless has since been renewing hope and restoring the lives of hundreds of homeless men, women and children.
Project Hope’s two main programs include a nightly emergency shelter and one-year optional aftercare program.
The emergency shelter provides space for up to 35 adults and children each night, not only offering them a safe place to stay, but also giving them the basic needs and professional guidance to help them improve their quality of life. More than half of guests leave the shelter for a better living situation.
Guests can also opt to participate in an aftercare program that, for up to one year, offers financial support through administration of federal funding, but also regular home visits and phone calls, monthly support groups and in-kind help, as needed.
Learn more about Project Hope through our most recent publications.
The Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County is the governing body of Project Hope. The network, which counts more than 100 concerned area residents, meets annually to elect members of the 12-person board of trustees. A minimum of two other yearly meetings provide them the opportunity to learn more about what Project Hope is doing in the community.
The 2012-2013 Board of Trustees includes, in alphabetical order:
– James Aikens
– Father Gerald Bednar
– Carla Cegielski
– Robert Dawson
– John DeSantis
– Evan Francis
– Mary Hofer
– Tom Park
– Robert Rader
– Kevin Reynolds
– Mary Jane Scott
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The Face of Machismo Among Mexican-American Young Men
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Through in-depth interviews and observations, this qualitative study analyzes the significance of machismo among contemporary young Mexican-American men from the Greater Los Angeles County. Using Practice Theory and an intersectional framework, the author addresses the following research questions: Do young Mexican men perpetuate Machismo? How do they express Machismo through their identity, behavior, and interactions? She also examines the ways young men use the concept of Machismo to negotiate relationships within a hegemonic patriarchal structure. The author argues that young Mexican-American men do not identify as machos. Rather, they describe themselves as ordinary men that subscribe to an egalitarian gender ideology. However, they do admit to adapting and engaging in machista practices in private familial spaces. They justify those practices with the need to preserve traditional gender roles within the family and fulfill their inherited responsibilities of supporting and providing financially, through their wages as well as protecting their families. Additionally when performed in public, machismo is used as a defense mechanism against the hostile inner-city environment and any other form of encountered subordination or disguised form of symbolic violence that may threaten their masculinity. Young Mexican-American men do indeed continue to perpetuate machismo because they experience a tremendous amount of pressure on behalf of their families to provide, support, and protect as heads of their households and leaders of their communities. At the same time however, they are exposed to a counter culture, the United States of America structure that rejects machismo and emphasizes gender equality and individualism and, supports the larger hegemonic masculinity characterized by white male paternalism and patriarchy. Both the mainstream U.S. and U.S.-Mexican communities serve as influential structure that shape youth's masculine conduct, identity, and ideology. Thus, she concludes that young Mexican-American men strategically acquire and appropriate ideologies of machismo, gender equality, tradition, and patriarchy. They do so in order to navigate two structures: the mainstream U.S. society and the Mexican community that are discrete yet, bounded by a hegemonic masculinity. Their habitus shapes and defines their hybrid identities as Mexican-American men. | <urn:uuid:517f6e12-e749-43ac-87e0-1cbf2f3ddeeb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cache.kzoo.edu/handle/10920/29221 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.940986 | 453 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act
STATEMENT OF P. DANIEL SMITH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXERCISING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTE ON NATIONAL PARKS, CONCERNING H.R. 801, A BILL TO AMEND THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT TO DESIGNATE THE ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
December 12, 2018
Chairman Daines, Ranking Member King, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the Department of the Interior's views on H.R 801, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
The Department supports this legislation.
H.R. 801 would establish the Route 66 National Historic Trail, to be administered by the National Park Service. The trail would extend along the approximately 2,400-mile length of Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. The bill authorizes land acquisition from willing sellers but includes language that limits acquisition to no more than an average of one-quarter of a mile on either side of the trail, consistent with land acquisition provisions in the National Trails System Act.
The National Park Service currently manages the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, established by Congress in 1999 to recognize the contributions of Route 66 to American history. However, that program is scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2019. The proposed national historic trail would support the continued preservation and commemoration goals of the existing program, but in a manner that is consistent with the goals and criteria of the National Trails System Act.
Route 66 was designated in 1926 as part of the first U.S. Federal Highway System and came to exemplify the role of the automobile in the technological, transportation, and commercial development of the United States in the 20th century. Route 66 has become a powerful symbol of America's social, political, and economic mobility and freedom. Every year, thousands of visitors, many from other countries, come to experience the mid-20th century American automobile-centered culture represented by Route 66. These visitors are vital to the economies of the numerous rural communities through which the route passes.
Public Law 101-400, enacted in 1990, authorized the National Park Service to study options for preserving and commemorating the nationally significant Route 66. As part of this broad review of options, the National Park Service also conducted a feasibility study that determined that Route 66 met the criteria for designation as a National Historic Trail. Congress, however, declined to designate Route 66 as National Historic Trail opting, instead, to create the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program.
Through the Route 66 program, authorized in 1999 by Public Law 106-45, the National Park Service supports the preservation efforts of the Route 66 corridor by providing technical assistance, participating in cost-sharing programs, and making grants in the eight states through which the corridor runs. The National Park Service also acts as a clearinghouse of communications among the various entities interested in the preservation of the Route 66 corridor, and assists these same entities in developing local preservation plans to guide efforts to protect the most important or representative resources of the corridor.
The National Park Service's FY18 budget included $292,000 for the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. This funding has been relatively stable over the life of the program, and the National Park Service anticipates providing similar funding if the program were to be reconstituted as a national historic trail. In addition, designation would not change existing or ongoing maintenance practices of state and local Departments of Transportation.
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Liposuction, also called lipoplasty or liposculpture suction, lipectomy or just lipo is a process in which the fat under the skin is broken up, dislodged and sucked out through a tube. Most common areas where liposuction is perform include abdomen, back (backside of love handles), buttocks, chest (for both men and women), inner side of the knees, love handles / flanks, under the chin (to remove double chin), thighs (inner thighs, outer side of thighs), upper arms.
Important notes before you think about liposuction:
- Liposuction is NOT a weight loss procedure. Many times, liposuction is done for medical reasons and some people with stable weight get the extra stubborn fat removed to get back in shape.
- Liposuction is done for people older than 18 years. The skin of the person should have good elasticity so that it contracts well after fat removal and gets back into shape instead of just falling loose that will need to be removed with another surgery.
- People with heart related ailments, diabetes; weakened immune system should not opt for liposuction.
Our doctors at DG Laser & Cosmetic Gynecology Clinic, Chennai will brief you all of this information when you present yourself for the procedure but it is important that you know it before you make your visit.
Before the liposuction surgery
Once your doctor fixes up a date of your surgery, he/she will give you some guidelines to follow before the procedure so that the procedure goes well and you heal as expected:
- Quit or pause smoking – smoking hinders healing.
- If you are a female and on contraceptive pills, you may have to stop taking them.
- Stop taking anti-inflammatory drugs
- Patients with low haemoglobin count will be provided with iron supplements.
- Don’t shave the area where liposuction needs to be done.
You may have to undergo certain tests to check if your body is eligible for the surgery. Only when the required vitals are in desired range, your doctor may proceed with fixing up an appointment for the liposuction surgery.
On the day of liposuction surgery
Depending on where liposuction needs to be done, the surgery may be carried out as an outpatient surgery or as inpatient surgery.
Administration of anesthesia:
Local anesthesia may be given if the fat that needs to be removed is localized in a particular spot, like the outer sides of the thighs. Full body anesthesia or even epidural may be used to numb the abdomen and the lower part of the body as deemed necessary by your doctor.
Different liposuction techniques:
- Tumescent Liposuction – The most popular technique used by most cosmetic gynecologists or plastic surgeons in Chennai and across the world. This is relatively less painful, safer and more effective way of removing excess fat. During the procedure, the targeted area is filled with saline water, local aesthetic medicine and a blood vessel constrictor. This solution causes the area to swell and contracts the blood vessels, thereby reducing the blood supply to the area (resulting in less blood loss) and the surgeon will have more remove to perform the procedure. Then a small incision will be made through which a cannula (a small tube connected to a vacuum cleaning like machine) is inserted and the fat is sucked out with front and back motions of the cannula.
- Dry Liposuction – No liquid is injected in this procedure. This is an outdated way of liposuction and typically not used now-a-days.
- UAL – Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction – The cannula that is inserted has an ultrasound device which produces energy in the form of ultrasound waves. The energy is used to burst the walls of fat cells and liquefy the fat. The liquefied fat is then sucked out through the cannula.
- Power Assisted Liposuction – In this method, the cannula that is used has a mechanical device attached to it. The mechanical motion (rapid back and forth motion) of the device helps in easily removing and sucking out the fat.
- Laser Assisted Lipolysis – Also called Laser Guided Lipo. Like tumescent lipo procedure, the saline solution is filled into the area before the procedure. A small tube is inserted into the body through the incision that is made to melt the fat under the skin using controlled laser beams.
Then the cannula is used to suck the melted fat. The incision is left open after the surgery to drain excess fluid and blood from the area.
After liposuction surgery
Depending on the area of surgery, you may have to stay back for a night at the hospital or you may be allowed to go home. Bandages will be wrapped around the surgical area. You will be put on some pain killers and antibiotics to prevent any possible infection. It is really important that you see a real good cosmetic gynecologist near you to get the liposuction done because; the operations done by less trained doctors may be more riskier and sometimes life threatening. Incisions may be sutured and you should be feeling well and nearly normal in a period of 8 weeks after the surgery.
It is also important to be in constant touch with your doctor after the surgery and notify him/her of any abnormalities you may see. After you get back into desired shape, it is important to change your eating and workout habits in order to keep the results permanently.
Risks associated with Liposuction Surgery
- Irregular Contouring – If the surgery is done in people whose skin has less elasticity or if the removal of fat is not even across the area, the area after healing would look bumpy or withered and may not heal as expected. If the cannula causes any damage to the skin, a permanent spotted appearance may be seen on the skin after healing.
- Accumulation of fluids – Temporary pockets of fluid may form under the skin. The fluid has to be removed using surgical/sterilized needles.
- Numbness – Temporary numbness in the area can be expected but in some cases, the numbness may be permanent.
- Infection – Possibility of skin infection is rare but happens. This may be life threatening.
- Damage to internal organs – In very rare cases, the cannula may hurt the internal organs which then require immediate medical attention and surgery.
- Fat Embolism – Pieces of fat may break away and spread to other parts of the body including lungs and brain. This can be a medical emergency situation.
- Kidney and Heart Problems – As the liquids are injected and sucked out of the body in an unusual way, this may pose a risk to life in some patients.
- Problem with Anesthesia – The anesthesia administered along with fluids is usually safe. In some people it may cause heart problems or affect central nervous system. If you have undergone chemotherapy or any kind of treatment related to cancer, you have to let your surgeon know before scheduling the liposuction surgery. | <urn:uuid:23d5c8d6-af76-45d4-97c3-a0e1002b3101> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cosmeticgynaecology.com/how-is-liposuction-done-and-what-are-the-risks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.931497 | 1,458 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
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This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
|Time Commitment:||Contact Hours: 3 hours of seminars per week |
Total Time Commitment: Not available
|Prerequisites:||Chinese 5B or equivalent as determined by the coordinator.|
|Recommended Background Knowledge:||None.|
|Non Allowed Subjects:||None.|
|Core Participation Requirements:||None.|
CoordinatorDr Li Du
Dr Du Liping
This subject is designed to enable students to engage with Chinese language specialised academic research on humanities topics. Disciplines covered may include linguistics, social sciences, literary studies or culture studies. Students will acquire skills in reading academic Chinese and in oral discussions in Chinese on scholarly topics, as well as academic essay writing abilities and skills of analysis and research based on Chinese language academic materials.
acquire written communication skills through essay writing and seminar discussion
One essay of 1500 words 40% (due mid-semester), one essay of 2500 words 50% (due in the examination period) and class participation 10% (throughout the semester).
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Materials supplied by the Asia Institute.
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This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.
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Science Technology Engineering Art Math
As part of our focus on curricular integration, Yavneh incorporates STEAM as the backbone of a Yavneh education.
STEAM (the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) is an approach that is built on creating relevance to learning by focusing on the relationship between disciplines and can be evidenced across all subjects taught at Yavneh.
STEAM Skills are Complementary & Symbiotic
STEAM, while a relatively new term, is not a passing fad nor a teaching trend. It is at the crux of most innovation throughout history. Before the Mona Lisa and before the Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci was creating blueprints for the first-ever flying machine. He was a mathematician, an engineer and also an artist. While these skills have been divided over time, they are in fact complementary and symbiotic – and that is what we teach our students.
As part of the STEAM process, students are taught to use the Design Thinking process from Stanford’s D. School. Design Thinking is a human-centered technique for solving problems in a creative and innovative way. It incorporates steps focused on empathy and risk taking, thus making the process more relevant to students. | <urn:uuid:9b66c7fb-9f0a-416e-a2cc-0d51d1af924d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yavnehdayschool.org/learning/relevance-2/steam-curriculum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.953191 | 258 | 3.390625 | 3 |
From the tattered desk of a distant country’s diplomatic office, a loyal state official diligently disseminates falsified messages and memorandums. The agent’s sole intent: skew adversarial perceptions and maintain domestic control. The contemporary concept of disinformation campaigning — or the intentional production and promulgation of counterfeit information — originated in the 1920s, when the Soviet Union first employed dezinformatsiya tactics against its expatriate community in an attempt to discredit the defectors and subtly lure them back to their homeland. By the mid-1950s, the state had officially institutionalized its infamous propaganda apparatus by inaugurating a specialized dezinformatsiya department within the First Chief Directorate of the Soviet intelligence unit.
Nearly 30 years have passed since the fall of the Soviet Union and these antiquated tales of disinformation feel far-fetched and faraway from our modern information age. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic — a promising protégé in the school of Soviet propaganda — has essentially copied Moscow’s well-established blueprint. Similarities of purpose corroborate this claim.
The Soviet Union’s quintessential model of informational warfare emanated from a position of financial and military weakness. Waging a war within the abstract informational realm allowed the Kremlin to avoid the costs of direct military confrontation while still sowing confusion and discord within political rivals. The Islamic Republic similarly seeks to save on monetary and militant expenditures given its relatively bleak economic environment. A steady decline in oil revenues and the cost of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have greatly reduced the country’s fiscal space. In 2020 alone, the state fell into a trade deficit of $3.45 billion — representing a year-over-year contraction of nearly five percent. This economic depletion greatly diminishes the state’s combative capabilities and thus exponentially enhances the allure of informational warfare.
Logistically, the Soviet Union and its contemporary Iranian counterparts operate nearly identical propaganda networks of interconnected legal statutes and governing bodies.
The Soviet Union codified its censorship tactics immediately following the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the victorious Bolshevik Party implemented The Decree on the Suppression of Hostile Newspapers — a repressive mandate explicitly barring any publication from, “inciting to open resistance or disobedience” toward the newfound Communist government. Upon seizing power in 1979, the Islamic Republic likewise swiftly abolished the Iranian citizenry’s freedom of expression. The regime’s constitution adopted nearly identical verbiage by outlawing viewpoints which proved “detrimental to the foundational principles of Islam or the rights of the Republic.”
Various governing organizations rest atop these foundational legalities to contrive a complacent populace and communal cognizance. The Soviet Union’s Commissariat of Enlightenment exemplifies this clearly. Founded directly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, Soviet leaders tasked the Commissariat with revolutionizing the state’s education system along communist lines. The Commissariat thus streamlined all curriculum, banning subjects deemed “potentially subversive” in the process and replacing them with courses promoting communist ideologies.
The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution — originally titled the Cultural Revolution Headquarters at its creation in 1980 — closely mimics the Commissariat in function. Headed by the Iranian president and subservient only to the Supreme Leader himself, the Council maintains the overarching goal of constructing a purely Islamic curriculum. This has often entailed suppressing access to textbooks, disallowing liberal arts education, and expelling progressive professors. In fact, upon its founding, the Islamic Republic almost instantaneously closed all universities in a year-long ‘purge’ intended to rid the country’s educational system of westernized and progressive thought processes. These eerily similar instances of educational reform have served as integral components in preserving both the Soviet Union’s and the Islamic Republic’s propagandist regimes.
The Soviet Union additionally augmented their educational propaganda with a far-reaching disinformation association. The Glavlit, or General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press, screened all cultural materials — including artworks, literary publications, and performances — to ensure their affinity with communist values. This wider censorship campaign safeguarded the loyalist leanings of the working class.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting service, or IRIB as it is colloquially referred, performs a similar service. The state-run radio and television conglomerate holds an absolute monopoly over Iranian media services, financing upwards of 100 local, national, and international media outlets. The organization’s logo alone — two graphic depictions of the Arabic word ‘no’ pointing toward the East and West — symbolizes the highly-skewed nature of this establishment.
The ostensible correlations between Iran and the Soviet Union’s disinformation infrastructure cannot be coincidental. The contemporary Iranian regime has long copied the Soviet model of propagandizing interconnected legal statutes and governing bodies.
The presented dissertation has exhaustively analyzed the Soviet Union’s historical disinformation tactics in relation to those of the current Iranian regime. In completing this task, similarities in purpose and structure have become incredibly apparent. One can easily see that the Islamic Republic still employs misinformation mechanisms of yesteryear. By creating fake Twitter accounts, suppressing dissident voices, and sending well-versed propagandists abroad, the Islamic Republic has obviously copied the blueprint of its propagandist predecessors. Seeking patterns in propaganda could therefore greatly benefit policymakers who struggle to create new strategies for age-old problems.
But for now, it seems the the disinformation sector still offers those loyal state officials incredible job security — even within the modern ‘information age.’
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Two way to address the problem.
Create all appliances specific to the ability of each type of users like normal, SCI , Blind etc.
Empowering PwDs with appropriate tools so they can utilize the same set of things a normal person uses.
In the case of visual impairments (vision disability), this bridge called augmented spectacles makes it possible for persons with such disabilities to completely dissolve back in the society with normal beings.
Likewise, our solution focuses on building the bridge (in this case an app), and with the help of this solution, quadriplegics can control the things they use in their daily lives like wheelchair, bed, lights, doors, television, computer, etc.
The basic model uses a client controller and a host device that needs to be controlled. Server script needs to be installed in the host devices to translate commands to operations. | <urn:uuid:6f4fe89e-f4b7-4572-b915-fb2275cac1d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://acmobridge.com/approach/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.918004 | 190 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Start the conversation
Janet Yellen was hawkish at the May 3 Fed meeting. She even referred to the slowed economic growth in the first quarter as "transitory."
Translation: no big deal.
Now you're looking at more than a 90% chance of another interest rate hike in just over two weeks, when the Fed meets again on June 13.
Of course higher interest rates could, and likely will, affect everything from your mortgage and credit card payments to the stocks in your portfolio.
You can protect against that with gold, for instance, or by making trades on the very liquid ETFs I'm about to share with you.
Better than just protection, it's possible to make some serious money here...
Play These Before Yellen's Rate Hike
When the Fed decided to hold rates steady for the next few weeks, it didn't cause a sell-off in the markets, nor did it spur an upward movement of share prices. All in all, it was a pretty ho hum kind of response to the announcement.
The bond market, on the other hand, didn't fare as well. It didn't sell off dramatically, of course, but it was definitely weakened by a couple of points.
This is the primary relationship between stocks and bonds - when one goes up, the other usually (but not always) goes down. Earnings drive stock prices. Interest rates drive bond prices. And this can make it extremely difficult to know exactly how to protect your portfolio (and still profit) in the markets - especially in the face of a 90% or better chance of an interest rate hike.
So here's an easy solution: exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
An ETF is a fund that tracks indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. ETFs basically let you trade an entire sector instead of having to pick and choose specific stocks to trade within a sector. ETFs are also a great way for you to hedge against rising interest rates.
When it comes to stocks, a good ETF to monitor is the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE Arca: DIA). For bonds, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: TLT) is a good way to gauge the bullishness or bearishness of the overall bond market.
Now, bonds and stocks don't always have an inverse correlation, but most of the time, they do. So when the Fed decides to jack up rates on June 13, DIA and TLT are the best two considerations to have in your portfolio for both protection and profits.
About the Author
Tom Gentile, options trading specialist for Money Map Press, is widely known as America's No. 1 Pattern Trader thanks to his nearly 30 years of experience spotting lucrative patterns in options trading. Tom has taught over 300,000 traders his option trading secrets in a variety of settings, including seminars and workshops. He's also a bestselling author of eight books and training courses. | <urn:uuid:1009c6d8-3ccc-4921-8b29-9ff10f88804a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://moneymorning.com/2017/05/26/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-fed-on-june-13/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.965797 | 614 | 1.742188 | 2 |
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Barack Obama: The Story
September 8, 2015 @ 12:00 am
Abou the Author – David Maraniss, an associate editor at The Washington Post, is the author of critically acclaimed bestselling books on Bill Clinton, Vince Lombardi, Vietnam and the sixties, Roberto Clemente, and the 1960 Rome Olympics. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Clinton, was part of a Post team that won the 2007 Pulitzer for coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy, and has been a Pulitzer finalist three other times, including in the nonfiction history category for They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967. He lives in Washington, D.C., and Madison, Wisconsin.
About the Book – From one of our preeminent journalists and modern historians comes the epic story of Barack Obama and the world that created him.
In Barack Obama: The Story, David Maraniss has written a deeply reported generational biography teeming with fresh insights and revealing information, a masterly narrative drawn from hundreds of interviews, including with President Obama in the Oval Office, and a trove of letters, journals, diaries, and other documents.
The book unfolds in the small towns of Kansas and the remote villages of western Kenya, following the personal struggles of Obama’s white and black ancestors through the swirl of the twentieth century. It is a roots story on a global scale, a saga of constant movement, frustration and accomplishment, strong women and weak men, hopes lost and deferred, people leaving and being left. Disparate family threads converge in the climactic chapters as Obama reaches adulthood and travels from Honolulu to Los Angeles to New York to Chicago, trying to make sense of his past, establish his own identity, and prepare for his political future.
Barack Obama: The Story chronicles as never before the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does. Much like the author’s classic study of Bill Clinton, First in His Class, this promises to become a seminal book that will redefine a president.
David Maraniss will be at the National Book Festival on Saturday, September 5 with his new book, Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story. | <urn:uuid:e06d1f5b-df28-4631-a65c-b3e2201fd463> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hooksbookevents.com/event/barack-obama-the-story-sep-2015-washington-dc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.953986 | 471 | 1.773438 | 2 |
After 61 Years, Detroit Gets A Streetcar Once More
Today marks the launch of something both old and new in Detroit: a streetcar down Woodward Avenue. The streetcar opened to the public on Friday morning, after 10 years of planning and political wrangling.
The six streetcars make a 6.6 mile loop — 3.3 miles each way — connecting downtown Detroit with the New Center neighborhood, which was home to General Motors until it decamped downtown two decades ago.
Along the way, passengers can stop at Comerica Park and Ford Field (home to the Tigers and Lions, respectively), Wayne State University, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Fox Theatre and the Detroit Opera House. In the fall, Little Caesars Arena will open along the line, which will house the Red Wings and the Pistons, marking the first time since 1974 that Detroit's four major professional sports teams will all play in Detroit.
The streetcar is called the QLine; Quicken Loans paid $5 million for the naming rights. The line is owned and operated by a nonprofit organization called M-1 Rail. Quicken's founder and chairman Dan Gilbert was one of a number of Detroit's deep-pocketed businessmen and philanthropists who funded the $182 million project, alongside Penske Corp.'s Roger Penske, the Kresge Foundation's Rip Rapson, and the late Mike Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars Pizza. An additional $37.2 million comes from the federal government, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Transit projects in America are often slow-going, but this one had its own particular woes. "The city was a financial mess, and tried to absorb M-1 Rail as part of a larger public rail project," writes Bill Shea at Crain's Detroit Business:
"Then Detroit ran out of money, fell under state control, and declared bankruptcy. One financial backer, General Motors, also went bankrupt and had to reorganize. One mayor went to prison, and three others eventually came and went. The nation fell into recession. Eventually, the federal government, state, and city tried to kill M-1 in favor of bus rapid transit.
"The project's backers persevered. Eventually, they pulled it off. No matter what you think of the QLine, it's been a survivor. It just took a decade."
Portland, Ore.'s "modern streetcar" has been a model for similar projects in other cities; at least 15 U.S. cities have launched streetcar systems since 2000. Streetcars have often been criticized as expensive alternatives to buses. But their backers say that streetcars aren't really about transit, they're about development.
"Streetcar systems are held to a pretty high standard in terms of being ... successful right out of the gate. I think what you see in most cities is that it takes a while for people to understand where it goes and how it fits into their life and how to use it," Portland Streetcar Executive Director Dan Bower told the Free Press. "Don't rush to judgment. This is a long-term investment. You don't build rail for today, you build it for tomorrow."
"What the QLINE has done is take the entire length of Woodward from the river to Grand Boulevard and provide an attractive reason to develop and redevelop," Eric Larson, president of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, said in the report. "So a lot more of the infill opportunities that were not quite ready are now sitting in a very good position."
The organization is careful to manage expectations. "The QLINE does not ensure the success of Detroit's revival after six decades of population loss and disinvestment," says the report. "Rather, it's an important first step toward bringing efficient mass transit to a region that has repeatedly failed to agree on a plan."
That failure to agree persists. In November, voters in the Detroit metro area narrowly defeated a proposed $4.6 billion millage proposal to expand regional transit. The millage was intended to create bus rapid transit, a rail line between Ann Arbor and Detroit, and other services.
Indeed, a primary criticism of the QLine is that it only serves the parts of Detroit that are already bouncing back, and that Woodward Avenue is already well served by bus lines.
A dozen or so members of the Motor City Freedom Riders, an organization that advocates for bus riders, protested Friday's grand opening. "I'm excited about the QLine, which is some public transit that's desperately needed," Candace Cooper told The Detroit News. "But I'm looking forward to when we have public transit for the region."
Streetcar lines can also make biking dangerous, as bicycle tires can easily be caught in the tracks. In Detroit, cyclists are being encouraged to pedal on Cass Avenue, a parallel street.
And there could be other issues. In January, according to Portland Streetcar's Bower, snow in Portland made it hard for drivers to find the curb, and they ended up repeatedly blocking the streetcar dozens of times. D.C.'s streetcar was involved in at least eight fender benders before it even launched to the public. And in Cincinnati, cars parked on the rails in front of a popular brewery have been ticketed more than a hundred times.
So if there's one lesson to be gleaned from other cities, it's that a major obstacle to Detroit's streetcar system will likely be its most famous export: the automobile.
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In simple advice, start your own company first if you can figure out the financial support, because once you start working for another company you will be too busy and also you will have the fear to start your own company because it will drain all your time and money. The fear of difficulty in getting the documents done on time, the fear of losing so much money and the fear of not having enough time for your work will stop you from starting your own business.
However, if you start your own company first then you will have plenty of time to focus on your own business, you will also have no fear in doing all the documentations required. The only fear will be losing money in business, but if you are the only employee of your company then you can break-even fast to avoid spending more money. I have met many people who works for big companies, and only option they have is investing their money on another entrepreneur because they said they don't have time to be involved in the business.
How can you manage your business while working for another company?
The best way to manage business while working for another company is by having the right manager for your company and outsourcing your legal work such as accounting to another audit companies. This will reduce your time and help you to focus on more important things.
The cost is something that we all hate, but without the cost it is hard to gain revenue. The investors love entrepreneurs that knows how to reduce the cost so that there is no additional cost on the investors. However, it is very hard to find an entrepreneurs that knows how to benefit from reducing cost. The impact of reduction in cost can also increase the revenue, that is if the entrepreneurs have full awareness of the business that they are in. The example of increasing revenue is when you start the production within your company. For example if a coffee shop can roast their own coffee to reduce the cost of purchasing coffee, and at the same time increase revenue from selling packaged coffee. Another example is if the restaurants can have self service, it will help to reduce the cost of wages and as well as it is unique way of having fast food restaurants for the customers. Having said this, the restaurants can have an increase in revenue and reduction in cost by eliminating dishwashers and changing for takeaways. The dishwasher is a big cost to the restaurants, the dishwasher cost about $3000 and it it needs to be attached to drainage and to water supply. The cost of detergent is also reasonably high for commercial dishwasher, and the maintenance of hygiene is another problem which can have a high cost. All these can be eliminated by simply self service takeaway packs. These are the simple examples of reducing the cost but at the same time increasing revenue. Every business is different and it is important for managers to make proper analysis that requires outside the box thinking.
The cost of startup is very high when starting a company, the business owners must pay extra attention to break-even point. The break-even must be first goal of a company, there are many ways to focus on the break-even, the most common way is to focus on the monthly break even point. At the end of the month the company must cover the cost of fixed cost and as well as variable costs. The fixed costs are the priority over variable costs, usually fixed costs are the highest cost of a company. The rent and the salaries are the biggest contributors to the costs. Every employee has to focus on contributing to the growth of the company, otherwise the employee becomes a cost to the company. In fact the biggest cost of a company is the salaries and as well as the cost of salaries of employees. The higher the cost operating the company the higher the break-even point and less chance of achieving the goal anytime sooner. The break-even point is vital to companies because before this stage companies cannot focus on expanding the business. Think of it like this, someone has to fund the operation of the company and if the company cannot make enough earning the person that is funding will lose interest. Therefore, it is vital that the company does not exhaust the investment and lose the interest of the investors. There are many businesses failed because their did not make the break-even point as priority. How can you achieve break-even point fast?
The number one tip for investment for beginners is to start small, most of the investors that are beginners makes mistakes when they start investing. The investors should give them self a chance to make mistake, if investors invest big then they lose so much which does not allow the investors to continue to invest. Start investing small and do not invest big even if you are investing well because you might have the beginners luck. The good investors invest based on their knowledge that their built up. As an investor you need to understand many things such as the market, company and the economy.
The first thing you need to know in investing in share market is "demand and supply". When investors purchase shares the demand for shares increases, and when shares are sold the demand for share reduces. The price of shares in stock market is determined based on demand and supply. Therefore, it is important to look at factors the influences the demand and supply of the shares in specific company. The shares are traded among people after it is sold at Initial Public Offering (IPO).
Thinking about value can eliminate the extra unwanted thoughts, putting your focus on value can help you to be productive and in return you will get an established company with strong foundation.
The success for almost any type of startup is a team, a startup with the good team can build a strong company with a strong foundation. However, it is very hard to find the right people for your team. The members of your team should be flexible to able to cooperate with each other. The flexibility and understanding can help to fix the problems and move forward.
How to look for a team member?
Peaking a team is not as easy as it may sound, but in fact, among the hardest part of a startup is having the right team. Look for the team members that has the same understanding as you and that has the potentiality in overcoming the problems. Look for the person that wants it as much as you, if the person doesn’t want it as much as you then there is no point of including him/her in your team because they will drag you down. Another essentialities of peaking a team member are an understanding of what he/she can contribute, therefore, look for the team member with skills and knowledge that will be vital for your startup.
Ambition of a team member
An ambition is good because it helps the person to try hard to achieve their dreams and goals, however, an ambition is not always good especially in a team. In a team, an ambition of team member should be on the same mission and vision instead of individual ambition to be someone else. For example, a team might have the same goal to startup the company and then have a net profit of $100,000 within a year and then achieve even more goals of a company then it is very good. However, if one of the team members wants to build their individual reputation or be above all other members then this kind of ambition is not good for the team, instead, it will create misunderstanding among the members.
The speculators are investors that profit from price changes, they usually buy when the price of financial instrument is low and sell when the price is high. The speculators are highly interested in futures market due to potentiality of high profits.
The cost of transaction in futures market is low
The speculators are interest because the transaction cost in futures market is low compared to other types of market such as stock market.
The futures market is open to all the investors
The speculators are interested in futures market because the futures market is open to all traders regardless of the size of the traders investment. All the traders have relatively equal access to the futures market.
The margin and high leverage in futures market
The traders do not pay the full price of the futures they can only pay the margin of the futures to trade, therefore the leverage is high which leads to high profit, but it also means high loss. For example, if the futures price is $1000, the trader can trade that with only $100 or in some cases as low as $10.
Evaluate your skills and knowledge
We have skills and knowledge that most of the people are willing to pay for, by evaluating your own skills and knowledge you can have an idea of what kind of services or products you can offer to customers. You will be amazed how many people could be interested in what you can offer to them. Few examples are: Tennis players use their tennis skills to startup tennis academy, good chefs use their skills to startup restaurants. If you do not have obvious skills like the example I made then you will need to look into your other skills and as well as your contacts which could help you to startup consulting business.
Look at your surroundings
The business ideas are all around us, but not many people can see these ideas or even if they do see some great ideas but they might not understand how they can turn that idea into a business. Look for small and simple business ideas rather than thinking about complex ideas, it is so hard to find complex ideas, but if you do get complex ideas and if you know how to turn that into business then it is great. Look at your surroundings to find simple and the easy business idea that can attract customers. Think about the business ideas which you can continuously add value. The greater the value of the products and services the greater the value of your company and the greater the value of your company the greater the attraction of investors to expand your business. | <urn:uuid:d115b134-9144-414a-b0b9-1bce1548daf6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.econ2u.com/under-100 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.971835 | 1,986 | 1.75 | 2 |
Date: Thusday, October 7, 2021
WASHINGTON — Today, as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to confronting the climate crisis, the Department of the Interior released its climate adaptation and resilience plan, which outlines how the Department will use science as the foundation for planning and decision-making related to climate change risks, impacts and vulnerabilities.
"The Interior Department is committed to meeting the Biden-Harris administration's ambitious climate and infrastructure goals,” said Secretary Deb Haaland. “As the climate crisis disproportionately affects underserved communities, Interior will center environmental justice, build resilient communities and invest in a clean energy future that can create millions of good-paying union jobs, while protecting the communities, natural and cultural resources on which Americans rely.”
The Department and its bureaus face a multitude of risks caused by climate change, including rising costs to maintain and repair damaged infrastructure from more frequent and extreme weather events, reduced program effectiveness and health and safety challenges to federal employees. Taking climate risk management actions now will mitigate disruptions to federal operations, assets and programs, and will create safer worker conditions.
As part of these efforts, the Department’s Plan outlines how it will embed adaptation and resilience planning and implementation throughout its operations and programs. The Plan commits the Department to the following major categories of adaptation actions:
The Plan also identifies the institutional approaches the Department will use to tackle the climate crisis, as well as climate-related vulnerabilities to the Department's mission, and strategies to secure climate-ready sites, facilities, products and services. The Department will undertake all of its planning and preparations by engaging with federal agencies, Tribes, Insular areas, Native Hawaiian people, states, local communities and other public and private partners, domestically and abroad.
Today’s actions supplement President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, which include bold, historic and transformational investments to strengthen our nation’s resilience to climate change and extreme weather events.
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Settled weather is providing an opportunity to control problem weeds with contact-acting herbicides before they get out of hand. Darren Adkins of Bayer outlines five tips for late autumn sprays.
1 Check weed levels
Many October drilled crops went into wet or less than ideal seedbeds, leading to slow establishment and lower pre-em efficacy. Drilling was the priority, so the pre-em programme was often delayed or missed altogether in some cases.
Wet and cloddy seedbeds both affect pre-em performance so many crops have fairly high weed levels in need of control. Earlier-drilled wheat is also likely to have grass weed pressure despite good establishment and good conditions for the pre-em.
2 Control blackgrass
Small plants with 1-2 leaves are typically more susceptible to post-em sprays like Atlantis OD (mesosulfuron + iodosulfuron) and Hamlet (mesosulfuron + iodosulfuron + diflufenican).
At early growth stages, the dose of active can overcome metabolic resistance, whereas large plants in spring are more able to survive. Maximising blackgrass control will pay dividends by improving yields and reducing seed return for future seasons”
3 Protect against further germination
With the trend to milder winters, weeds can continue germinate even in December and January. Applying additional residual herbicides, mixed with the post-em or as a standalone top up will give crops added protection.
4 Effective application
Apply a fine–medium spray to a dry or drying leaf with plenty of drying time before dew formation. Active growth is important – be wary of applying when temperatures drop close to zero as weeds may become dormant and not take in the herbicide.
5 Check BYDV risk
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Many believe that only high cholesterol diets can lead to heart disease
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With changing lifestyles today, cooking practices have undergone a drastic change. Most families are in a hurry and convenience overrules what is correct and healthy.
To cook anything faster, you need to use more oil. Also, with cooking being largely handled by cooks or maids, the use of oil has become excessive. More and more families are finding that it is convenient and faster to eat out or order in. They forget that while restaurant food may seem tastier, it is always more oily and less healthy.
Many believe that only high cholesterol diets can lead to heart disease, but high oil consumption can lead to heart disease as well.
High oil intake means high calorie intake. All extra calories are converted to a fat called triglyceride which can block the arteries. Both cholesterol and triglyceride levels rising in the blood are dangerous as these fats get deposited on the inner walls of the arteries and form blocks, which will finally result in a heart attack.
Apart from the above factors which contribute to rising instances of heart disease, genetics also plays a major role. One woman may be able to eat mithai made of ghee daily and see normal blood cholesterol levels.
She is called a hypo-responder to cholesterol in her diet. Another woman may eat mithai just once a week and her levels may shoot above the normal mark. She is a hyper-responder to cholesterol in the diet.
In day-to-day cooking, the oil intake per person should not exceed 3-4 teaspoons of unsaturated oil.
Also, there is no protection for your heart without regular exercise. Finally, high fibre foods like fruits and raw salad have to be part of our daily diet. Fibre hinders fat absorption and helps to break down cholesterol and triglycerides.
There are many oils in the market which are labelled ‘no cholesterol’; this does not mean they are free of calories. All oils have loads of calories and must be used sparingly. To stay healthy, reduce total fat consumption.
Train cooks and maids to use less oil. Opt for non-stick cookware and eat out only once a week. Ideally a family of four should not use more than two litres of oil a month.
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The Vietnamese are the latest to complain about Chinese tourists. Apparently they are running roughshod over tourist spots, scaring away higher paying European guests and putting little back into local communities.
According to Vietnam news provider VN Express, 1.7 million Chinese tourists came to Vietnam in the first four month of 2018, making up 32 percent of the total number of foreign visitors.
However, they tend to travel in large groups and dominate with loud boisterous behavior. Hoang Nhan Chinh, an official from Vietnam’s National Administration of Tourism, told reporters that many of the visitors are hurting Vietnamese tourism with their “uncivilized” behavior. He also pointed out that this situation wasn’t unique to Vietnam.
He added that the surge in Chinese tourists has not resulted in increased tourist revenue. In fact, he claimed that in Vietnam, Chinese tourists typically spend $600 per guest, while North Americans and Europeans spend about $1,500 and $1,300.
Zero dollar tours
Chinese officials strictly control the flow of Chinese travelers overseas, which obviously means a chance to get rich quick for those with ‘connections’. The average Chinese wanting to holiday overseas must do so as part of a group tour. Thus came the ‘Zero dollar’ tour scheme: tourists pay one price for an all-inclusive vacation – on the strict condition that their travel agent’s schedule and only shop at the stores they are taken to.
In Vietnam, most of the hotels, restaurants and stores serving Zero Dollar tourists are technically owned by Vietnamese nationals, but actually operated by shadowy Chinese investors.
As a result, the hordes of Chinese flocking to Vietnam are flying over on Chinese airlines, staying at Chinese-owned hotels, eating at Chinese-owned restaurants.
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On August 4, 2018, SGM Penang held an art talk titled “Wang Xizhi – An Aesthetic Education on Calligraphy” at the SGM Penang Culture Centre. This talk is a continuation of a talk on arts and life held in 2017, and aimed at promoting understanding and appreciation of the beauty of Chinese calligraphy appreciation.
In this recent talk, noted local aesthetics researcher and museum curator Dr Koh Doh Tat spoke on the aesthetic viewpoint in the Wei Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties of China and the background of Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He also spoke on The Picture of Ink Brush created by Lady Wei and stated that the basics of calligraphy is to express the person’s attitude in life.
Afterwards, Dr Koh further explained the meaning of some of Wang Xizhi’s calligraphic works and expressed high admiration for his sublime personality. Our lives should be full of artistic values, and that art should not be solely created for art’s sake. We should also share the beauty that can be found in life.
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If your bedtime routine starts and ends with Netflix, you’re missing out on one of the most important transition times in your day. Nighttime routines and rituals are a simple and underrated way to keep ourselves on a more regular sleep schedule, research suggests. They provide a healthy structure for us to check in with ourselves and process anything stressful or upsetting from our day so we can get a night of deep, quality sleep.
The trouble is, many of us haven’t had a regular nighttime routine since we were little. Neglecting this wind-down time can leave our minds racing long past our bedtime, which risks leaving us feeling exhausted, on edge, and not at our peak performance the following day. If you don’t have a go-to way to relax and unwind at night — or you skip the routine altogether — this could even be a sign that you’re not getting enough quality rest as it is.
Now for the good news: It’s never too late to take small steps toward committing to better sleep habits. Clinicians at the University of Southern California’s Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice suggest soothing, low-stimulation, screen-free activities, like preparing a mug of herbal tea, to switch gears from our daytime go-go-go mode into evening rest mode. By implementing this small Microstep, you’ll be easing your body and mind into a state of relaxation, which will allow you to sleep more soundly and wake up feeling fully refreshed.
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One mistake a Christian can make is to emphasize one of God’s attributes while ignoring others. God is a Personal Being, and sometimes His actions can seem complicated or paradoxical. As we consider God’s righteousness and justice, we cannot forget His love and mercy. As James 2:13 says, “Mercy triumphs over judgment” (all Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible). God’s judgment is present alongside His mercy.
The Israelites learned that lesson after crossing the Red Sea. They rebelled several times after their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. They worshiped a golden calf while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments. They frequently complained about how God fed them.
On one occasion, they seemed almost ready to enter the Promised Land. Moses sent 12 spies to survey the land. When they returned, 10 gave a bad report, saying the Israelites would be wiped out by the people of Canaan if they tried to enter. As a result, the Israelites threatened to kill Moses and return to Egypt.
God’s glory appeared, and He had another idea: He could slaughter all the Israelites, spare Moses, and start over with a new nation descended from Moses.
“But Moses said to the LORD, ‘Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst, and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, “Because the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.” But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, “The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.” Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now’” (Numbers 14:13–19).
Moses intervened and asked God to preserve the people who had just threatened to kill him. They did not deserve mercy. God had already forgiven them several times. This was not the first time Moses had to stand in the gap for them. It would not be the last time, either. The people of God have always been flawed humans—from the time God first revealed Himself to Abraham, through the Exodus and ministry of Moses, throughout the rest of the Old Testament, into the New Testament, and throughout church history until today. We have always needed God’s forgiveness, and we always will. We do not deserve it, but He forgives us anyway.
God most clearly reveals His glory and power through mercy and forgiveness. Moses reminded God of an earlier occasion when He appeared to him. At that time:
“Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations’” (Exodus 34:6–7).
As God pronounced judgment upon the nation, Moses recalled these words. He did not have to coerce God. He simply recalled how God had revealed Himself. God promised that He would be merciful and forgive. Moses took God at His Word and prayed that He would remain faithful to it. God responded by forgiving the people: not because they deserved it but because forgiveness is one of His specialties.
Yet, God made it clear that His mercy was not an excuse to sin. God forgives, but there can be consequences. Sometimes, the effects of that sin last for generations as he “visits the iniquity…to the third and fourth generations.” A few hundred years after Moses’ time, Israel’s ruler, King David, committed adultery with a married woman named Bathsheba and murdered her husband. God forgave David, but the child died. Despite that, his next child with Bathsheba, Solomon, became Israel’s wisest king and an ancestor of Jesus. Despite David’s sin, he was forgiven and mankind was blessed with salvation. There were painful consequences, but God’s mercy triumphed even amid judgment.
When Moses prayed for the Israelites, God spared them. However, there were consequences. The people thought that even God could not get them safely into the Promised Land. Therefore, God held them to their word. Only two of the adults who left Egypt eventually entered the Promised Land—Caleb and Joshua, the only two spies who believed God could give them victory. God forgave, but there were consequences for the people.
Today, we cannot separate God’s mercy from His righteousness and justice. God still forgives. However, sometimes He will leave us to face the consequences of our sin. God may forgive us, but we suffer just the same. Perhaps we may bring pain and suffering to our families. He may forgive us if we commit sexual sin, but we may have to accept the consequences of unwanted pregnancy, disease, or wounded reputation. God can forgive us for sins committed in anger, but we may have to endure broken relationships. He can forgive us if we steal or otherwise break a law while sinning, but we may have to suffer the legal consequences.
God’s mercy triumphs over judgment, but His great desire is to write His law in our hearts so that we can reveal His righteousness, justice, and goodness through our lives. Let us thank God and trust Him to remain merciful, allowing His love to propel us to be more like Him.
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Hercules Constellation aka the Kneeler
The Hercules Constellation is one of the largest constellations. It has an area of 1, 225 square degrees, occupying about 2.970% of the overall night sky. Among the 88 modern constellations, we have today, it ranks as the fifth in terms of size. It has been recognized in the night sky as early as Sumerian times. Astronomer Ptolemy included it in the Almagest, one of the earliest accounts of the sky, in the second century.
The name of this constellation is from Hercules, Roman translation of the Greek name Heracles. He is a demigod. His parents are the god Zeus and the human Alcmene. He is one of the most popular characters in Greek mythology. Another hero associated with this constellation is Gilgamesh, dating back to the Sumerian civilization.
Some people call the Hercules constellation “the Strong Man” in reference to his superhuman strength which helped him in his many conquests. One of these is the familiar story of his Twelve Labours. Others call it “the Kneeling One” or “the Kneeler,” from the Greek word Engonasin. It describes the demigod’s position in one of the many tales related to him. We can learn more about it in the mythology related to Hercules constellation.
Hercules belongs to a family of constellations named after it. The Hercules Family of constellations is made up of 19 members, making it the largest of the eight groups by Donald H. Menzel. They were not grouped mainly because of common origin or mythology. Rather, they are taken as one group because of their proximity or the closeness of their positions in the sky.
Hercules Family of Constellations
What Does Hercules Look Like?
We can easily identify the form of the hero Hercules in the night sky by first finding the Keystone asterism.
The Keystone Asterism
The Keystone asterism is a quadrangle (quadrilateral) that forms the torso or the head of Hercules, depending on sources. This asterism is made up of four stars in this constellation. These stars are Zeta Herculis, Epsilon Herculis, Eta Herculis, and Pi Herculis.
Hercules is often depicted in the night sky as if he is kneeling, holding a club in his left hand. He is stepping on the head of Draco the Dragon on his left foot like this:
The combination of shapes and lines makes us see a person’s form in the photo above. We can see two arms and feet as well as a body. The triangle forms the head of Hercules. It is marked by the star Alpha Herculis. The Keystone asterism forms Hercules’s torso.
A similar visualization of the constellation still has the Keystone asterism as the hero’s torso, this time just missing some lines. Its upside-down in the photo below:
In a newer one suggested by H. A. Rey, the Keystone asterism forms the head of Hercules. The shape of the club is also very noticeable in this version.
Some people confuse the Hercules constellation with the constellation of Orion. It might be because of the stars that seem to form their belts. One way to know the difference is that Orion’s Belt is made up of three stars while Hercules has two stars only from the Keystone.
Where To See the Hercules Constellation
The constellation of Hercules is located in the northern hemisphere of the celestial sphere. Specifically, it is in NQ3 or the third quadrant. It has the coordinates 17 hours right ascension and +30° declination. From here on Earth, it can be seen between latitudes +90° and −50°.
Hercules and His Neighbors
The Hercules constellation is surrounded by nine other constellations. We can use them as references to spot the Kneeling One. Starting near his head, these constellations are Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer, Aquila the Eagle, Sagitta the Arrow, Vulpecula the Fox, Lyra the Lyre, Draco the Dragon, Boötes the Herdsman, Corona Borealis the Northern Crown, and Serpens Caput (Serpent Head).
When To See the Hercules Constellation
Hercules is a seasonal constellation. Unlike circumpolar constellations like Ursa Major, it is not always visible in the night sky. Although the constellation of the Celestial Strongman lies in the Nothern Sky, it is still visible in some areas of the Southern Hemisphere.
When it does appear high in the night sky, we can enjoy stargazing outside because it is a summer constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. The time to see it best is in July at about 9 pm. During that time, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Hercules looks upside down from observers below the equator.
Hercules and His Stars
The Hercules constellation occupies a big part of the sky but it does not have first or second magnitude stars. But even if the brightest stars are not from there, its stars are also marvels of their own. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has formally given names to 11 stars in this constellation. On top of that, about 12 to 15 of its stars are discovered to have planets.
1. Alpha Herculis (α Herculis)
Alpha Herculis was traditionally known as Rasalgethi. It is a multiple star system 360 light-years away from us. The two components resolved are Alpha Herculis A and B. They complete their orbit at a period of about 3600 years.
● Alpha Herculis A (α Herculis A)
Alpha Herculis A is a semiregular variable M-type star. It is already in the late stages of its life. Because of its variability, its brightness can change between the third to the fourth magnitude.
As the primary star in this star system, Alpha Herculis A is formally named Rasalgethi. This name is Arabic in origin, which means “head of the kneeler.” It describes the position of this star in the constellation of Hercules.
● Alpha Herculis B (α Herculis B)
Alpha Herculis B is a binary star system. It is made up of two yellow stars with an orbital period of about 52 days.
2. Beta Herculis (β Herculis)
Beta Herculis is formally named Kornephoros We can see it in the naked eye because it has an apparent magnitude of 2.81. It is actually the brightest star in the constellation of Hercules, not Alpha Herculis. Kornephoros is a binary star system. It is made up of a giant G-type star and a component smaller than our Sun.
The name Kornephoros is from Greek. It means “club bearer,” which is a good description. We can see it as Hercules’s arm that holds the club. This star is located at a distance of 139 light-years.
3. Gamma Herculis (γ Herculis)
Gamma Herculis is a binary system. It has an apparent magnitude of 3.75. The primary of this spectroscopic binary has a stellar classification of A9III. Much is still unknown about its second component.
Gamma Herculis is a suspected variable star. Its apparent magnitude changes between 3.74 to 3.81. The distance of this star to us is about 193 light-years.
4. Delta Herculis (δ Herculis)
Delta Herculis is a star system with multiple stars. It marks the left shoulder of Hercules in the constellation. It has a distance of about 75 light-years from our Sun. The apparent magnitude of the system is 3.126 making it the third brightest star in the constellation of the Kneeler. The components are designated A, B, C, and D.
The component Delta Herculis A is a binary composed of Aa and Ab. Delta Herculis Aa is officially called Sarin.
5. Epsilon Herculis (ε Herculis)
Epsilon Herculis is a multiple star system. It is made up of spectral type A stars. This system is 155 light-years away, with an overall apparent magnitude of 3.9111. It is one of the stars that make up the Keystone asterism. We can see it forming Hercules’s hips together with the star Zeta Herculis.
6. Zeta Herculis (ζ Herculis)
Zeta Herculis is one of the stars forming the Keystone asterism, marking the hips of Hercules. It is the brightest of the four having an apparent magnitude of 2.81. It lies 35 light-years away from us. This multiple star system is made up of the primary Zeta Herculis A and the secondary component Zeta Herculis B. The primary is a subgiant star with a stellar classification of F9 IV.
7. Eta Herculis (η Herculis)
The main sequence star Eta Herculis has an apparent magnitude of 3.487. It is a double star with a stellar classification of G7.5IIIb. Though it is a G-type star like our Sun, it is more massive. It has a radius that is 9.8 times that of our Sun’s and 2.3 solar masses.
Eta Herculis is one of the stars in the Keystone asterism. It is also called by the name Sophian. It is about 112 light-years away from us.
8. Theta Herculis (θ Herculis)
Theta Herculis is formally named Rukbalgethi Genubi. This name means “the southern knee.” It describes the position of this star in the Hercules constellation. Rukbalgethi Genubi is a giant star whose apparent magnitude changes between 3.7 to 4.1 because it is an irregular variable. Its stellar classification is K1IIaCN2.
Rukbalgethi Genubi is said to be 130 million years old. It lies at a distance of about 750 light-years from the Sun.
9. Iota Herculis (ι Herculis)
Iota Herculis marks Hercules’s foot stepping on Draco the Dragon. It is a multiple star system composed of four stars. We can see it in the naked eye as its apparent magnitude is 3.7497. This subgiant star has a stellar classification of B3IV. Its mass is 6.5 times that of the Sun’s and it radiates with the brightness of 2,500 Suns. It is about 455 light-years away from our Sun.
Iota Herculis will become the pole star of the north in the future as it is near the Earth’s precessional path.
10. Kappa Herculis (κ Herculis)
Kappa Herculis is a double star that is about 390 light-years away. The primary component is a G-type giant star. It is formally called Marsic, the traditional name of the Kappa Herculis system. Marsic has an apparent magnitude of 5.0 while the secondary is a fainter star, with an apparent magnitude of about 6.25.
11. Lambda Herculis (λ Herculis)
Lambda Herculis is a K-type star with an apparent magnitude of about 4.4. It is formally named Maasym. The name has an Arabic origin, from the word miʽṣam meaning “wrist.” This red giant is 370 light-years away from our Sun.
12. Mu Herculis (μ Herculis)
Mu Herculis is a multiple star system that is 27.1 light-years from us. The primary is a subgiant that belongs in the G class. It has a low-mass companion. The secondary component is a binary with an orbital period of about 43 years.
Mu Herculis is also called Marfak Al Jathih Al Aisr. This traditional name means “the left elbow of the kneeling man.”
13. Nu Herculis (v Herculis)
Nu Herculis is a binary that lies at a distance of 860 light-years from us. Its spectral type is F2 II. This giant is nearly 800 times brighter than the Sun. The apparent magnitude of Nu Herculis is 4.4. It is likely a semiregular variable with a period of 29 days.
14. Xi Herculis (ξ Herculis)
Xi Herculis has an apparent magnitude of 3.70 so we can see it in the naked eye. This red clump star is 2.5 billion years old. Its mass equals two solar masses and it is more luminous than the Sun by more than 50 times. Xi Herculis lies 137 light-years away from the Sun.
15. Omicron Herculis (o Herculis)
Omicron Herculis is a multiple star system with a spectral class of B9.5V. It is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable with an apparent magnitude of 3.83.
In the far future, at about 3 million years, its apparent magnitude will be -0.4, making it the brightest star in the night sky. This is because Omicron Herculis is close to the solar apex.
16. Pi Herculis (π Herculis)
Pi Herculis has a stellar classification of K3 II and an apparent magnitude of 3.15. The mass of this star is 4.5 times that of our Sun’s. It is 377 light-years away from the solar system and shines with the luminosity of 1,330 Suns.
Pi Herculis is one of the four stars that complete the Keystone asterism together with Epsilon Herculis, Eta Herculis, and Zeta Herculis.
17. Rho Herculis (ρ Herculis)
Rho Herculis is a binary star that is composed of an A-type giant and a B-type subgiant. The giant primary has an apparent magnitude of 4.510 while the secondary is fainter at 5.398. Rho Herculis is about 390 light-years away.
18. Tau Herculis (τ Herculis)
Tau Herculis is a luminous star of the spectral class B5IV. It has an apparent magnitude of 3.89 and radiates at a luminosity about 700 times that of the Sun. Its mass equates to 4.9 solar masses. This star is traditionally called Rukbalgethi Shemali. This name means “the northern knee” of Hercules.
A meteor shower called Tau Herculids appears to have its origin from this star. The shower occurs around the 19th of May to June.
19. Omega Herculis (ω Herculis)
Omega Herculis is a double star with a combined apparent magnitude of about 4.58. The primary is an Ap star, which has an overabundance of some metals. It is also a variable star. This primary star is formally named Cujam, meaning “the club.” Omega Herculis is 250 light-years away from the Sun.
Planets in the Kneeler’s Constellation
Extrasolar planets are discovered to be orbiting the stars 14 Herculis, HD 164595, HD 149026, HD 154345, HD 147506, HD 155358, GSC 03089-00929, and Gliese 649, among others in the constellation of the Kneeler. Let us learn about some of them and their hypothetical visualization from NASA’s Exoplanet Catalog.
14 Herculis b
The exoplanet 14 Herculis b is a gas giant that is 59 light-years away from our planet. It orbits the star 14 Herculis in the constellation of Hercules the Kneeler. This exoplanet has a mass of 4.66 Jupiters. It completes its orbit in a period of 4.9 years.
HD 149026 b
HD 149026 b is a giant exoplanet that is made up mostly of gas. It is also called Smertrios. It orbits the star HD 149026 in the northern constellation of Hercules. HD 149026 b has a mass of 0.38 Jupiters and a radius of 0.74 x Jupiter.
TrES-3 b is an extrasolar planet that orbits the G-type star GSC 03089-00929. They are in the constellation of Hercules. It is also called Umbäässa. This planet is a gas giant with an orbital period of 1.3 days and a mass nearly twice that of Jupiter’s. It was discovered in 2007.
Deep-sky Objects in Hercules Constellation
There are lots of interesting star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the constellation of Hercules. Some of them are NGC 6229, NGC 6210, NGC 6166, Hercules A, Abell 2199, Arp 272, and Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall among many others. Their curious colors and forms are what make our night sky even more exciting!
M13 is also known as The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. It was discovered by Edmond Halley. This globular cluster is one of the brightest of its kind. We can see it in the northern sky using small telescopes. Its brightness comes from the hundreds of thousands of stars in this cluster. Overall, M13 is 150 light-years across and is 25,000 light-years away from Earth.
M92 (NGC 6341) was discovered by Johann Elert Bode. This globular cluster is 26,000 light-years away from us. It is one of the oldest and the brighter clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. The apparent magnitude of M92 is 6.3.
Abell 39 is a planetary nebula that is about five-light years in diameter. It was formed from the expelled outer atmosphere of a star. This spherical nebula is about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation of Hercules.
Hercules Cluster of Galaxies
The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies is made up of about 200 spiral galaxies and some elliptical ones. It is also known as Abell 2151. Its spiral galaxies are rich in gas and dust that are indications of star formation. It is 500 light-years away from us.
Mythology Related to Hercules Constellation
Right from the start, Hercules was born out of Zeus’s unfaithfulness to his wife Hera, which made the queen of the gods very angry.
Hercules is the son of Zeus, the king of the gods. His mother is Alcmene, a human. One night, Zeus used his powers to take on the form of Amphitryon, Alcmene’s husband, and visited her bed.
Hercules has exceptional strength which has saved him many times since his childhood when Hera devised all kinds of plans to kill him. At birth, the demigod’s name was Alcaeus. Later on, after he visited the oracle at Delphi, his name became Herakles which means “glory of Hera.” This is the start of the many challenges he has to go through in the hands of the queen god.
The hero Hercules has grown up to be a young and successful man. He has started his own family and was happy with his wife, Megara, and their children. Hera did not like what she saw so she made Hercules mad. The hero was overcome with madness that he killed his family. When Hercules recovered from this madness, grief and sadness overwhelmed him. He could not believe what he did!
Deeply sorry for his actions, Hercules went to the Oracle of Delphi to atone for his sins. Unfortunately, Hera also has her influence on the Oracle. Hercules was told that he can be forgiven for what he did by serving King Eurystheus, who is also his cousin. The king originally devised ten labours. But when Hercules completed them, Eurystheus added two more to make Hercules’s life more difficult.
The Twelve Labours of Hercules
1. Slaying Nemean Lion
The Nemean Lion was terrorizing the people of Nemea. Slaying it is next to impossible because no weapon pierces through its skin. Hercules made a plan to trap the lion in its cave. He blocked the other entrance so it would have no chance of escaping. When he entered the cave, he used a club to stun it and later on slew it using his bare hands through strangling.
Later on, Hercules skinned the Nemean Lion using its claws. The hero then wore the lion’s pelt.
2. Slaying Lernaean Hydra
The Lernaean Hydra was a nine-headed monster living in a swamp. Hercules had to think of a strategy to slay this monster because when one of its heads was cut, another two would spring from it! Good thing his cousin Iolaus helped him. Hercules cut off the heads which were seared by Iolaus so no new ones would grow. He dipped his arrows in the poisonous blood which he would use in his other conquests.
3. Capturing the Ceryneian Hind
The Ceryneian Hind was very difficult to catch. It took Hercules about a year to capture it. In addition to this, it is owned by the goddess Artemis. The goddess understood the labours Hercules need to fulfill. The hero then presented it to Eurystheus.
4. Capturing the Erymanthian Boar
The Erymanthian Boar was a big and wild boar with foaming jaws. It was challenging for Hercules to catch it. But still, he persisted and brought it back to Mycenae. It is also in this labour where Hercules met the Centaurs.
5. Cleaning the Augean stables in a one day
King Augeas has a large herd of cattle. Aside from the great number of animals, it was said that their feces contain poison. Even though it seemed impossible to finish everything in just a single day, Hercules had a bright idea. He dug ditches in the stables and diverted the flow of rivers Peneios and Alpheios into the stable to clean it.
6. Slaying the Stymphalian Birds
The Stymphalian Birds were unsatiable man-eating creatures. Athena saw that Hercules needed help so he gave him a rattle to scare off the birds. When they did fly, he shot them and brought some back to Eurystheus as proof that finished the labour.
7. Capturing the Cretan Bull
The Cretan Bull, father of Minotaur, was readily given by King Minos to Heracles. It serves no purpose to him anymore. It had been causing trouble on the crops in Crete. Hercules captured it and brought it back to Eurystheus.
8. Bringing Back the Mares of Diomedes
The mares of King Diomedes were no ordinary horses. Diomedes fed them human flesh so they were dangerous. Hercules was able to do this labour by feeding Diomedes to his mares.
9. Getting the Girdle of Hippolyta
Hippolyta was the queen of the Amazon. Hercules was initially welcomed by the Amazons but Hera told them that the hero’s plan is really to attack them. There are different versions of the story. The first one was that a fight broke and that killed Hippolyta. Another one was the girdle was given as a ransom because Hercules kidnapped Hippolyta’s sister.
10. Obtaining the Cattle of Geryon
Geryon was a giant. The herd was guarded by his dog and herdsman. He fought with them and had the cattle by himself. Hera intervened again by stinging them. The cattle scattered. The next challenge is to bring them all together as the labor will only be counted if they are complete. Hercules still succeeded in herding them.
The labours were supposed to be complete after the tenth one but Eurystheus added two more. He said that some labours did not count because Hercules received help in doing them.
By this time, he had already succeeded in obtaining the cattle of Geryon and was bringing it back to Eurystheus. Unfortunately, Hercules got into a battle with the giants Albion and Bergion (Dercynus). Seeing that defeating the giants is beyond his ability, Hercules kneeled and prayed to Zeus for guidance. When he succeeded, he continued to his next labours.
11. Stealing the Hesperides’ Golden Apples
Hercules previously helped Prometheus, so he asked his titan brother Atlas in stealing the fruits. This was great since the apples were protected by the dragon Ladon. Atlas tricked Hercules but the hero managed to succeed in the task.
In the night sky, the constellation of Draco at the feet of Hercules was said to be the dragon Ladon.
12. Capturing Cerberus
Cerberus was the three-headed dog of the underworld. Eurystheus thought that the last labour would be impossible to accomplish. But still, many adventures after, Hades allowed Hercules to take Cerberus as long as the hero did not hurt it. Hercules brought it to Mycenae which made Eurystheus afraid.
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Past interventions to address seed availability and quality in restoration efforts have sometimes led to unexpected outcomes. For example, distributing free seedlings produced outside of the interventions areas or establishing project nurseries can undermine the development of local seedling markets (Graudal and Lillesø 2007, Roshetko et al. 2018). In Brazil, imposing legal requirements on species diversity and seed source accreditation for nurseries unintentionally impeded small seed producers’ access to formal seed markets because of elevated costs (de Urzedo et al. 2019). Lack of knowledge and awareness of the benefits of quality seeds may reduce people’s willingness to pay for premium seeds and at the same time disincentivize seed collectors from applying good seed selection criteria (Roshetko et al. 2008, Cornelius and Miccolis 2018). The ambitious FLR targets around the world may increase the likelihood of meeting seed demand through quick fixes that may not increase the availability or use of good quality seeds in the long term.
Dynamic system approaches help understand and address feedback effects, delays, and properties of a given system arising from the interaction of multiple variables that could not be detected if the same variables were observed in isolation (Liu et al. 2007, Zexian and Xuhui 2010). Through these approaches, it is possible to track patterns in variable dynamics that can be associated with intended actions and unintended results and are common to many systems, known as system archetypes (Senge 1994). Identification of system archetypes helps diagnose root causes of undesirable outcomes of dynamic systems and identify appropriate solutions (Wolstenholme 2003). Through the creation of models that integrate different perspectives and sources of information across disciplines (Forrester 1971, Hjorth and Bagheri 2006), dynamic system approaches can support multistakeholder communication and decision making, and improve stakeholders’ understanding of the outcomes of their actions (Doyle and Ford 1998, Hirsch et al. 2007, Nicholson et al. 2020). Dynamic system approaches also allow simulating the evolution of a system over time. This approach has frequently been used to help improve ecosystem management strategies and interventions, for instance, to analyze deforestation dynamics in the Amazon (Portela and Rademacher 2001), water scarcity in Australia (Sahin et al. 2015), dissemination of high-quality crop seed in Uganda (Reinker and Gralla 2018), and sustainable agricultural development in Ghana (Banson et al. 2016).
Here, we apply the dynamic system approach to study how tree seed supply could be improved to support FLR commitments in developing countries, mainly through greater participation of local community members. Drawing on extensive data from Burkina Faso and the Philippines, both of which have set large national targets for FLR, our objectives were to (1) describe the interacting elements and underlying dynamics in seed supply systems in the two countries, and (2) identify leverage points to improve the supply of and demand for diverse, quality tree seed in FLR. We discuss lessons learned from the two case studies and their applicability to other contexts.
Burkina Faso and the Philippines share similar quantitative targets for FLR, but they face different challenges owing to their environmental characteristics and how their tree seed supply systems are organized (Table 1). In Burkina Faso, FLR is mostly carried out by local, national, and international actors and the state plays a coordinating role. Smallholder farmers and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are expected to play a major role in reaching national FLR targets, including through sourcing their planting material. On the other hand, some projects and NGOs have been buying seeds from the National Tree Seed Center (Centre Nationale de Semences Forestières, CNSF), which also acts as the primary research institute on forest seeds and genetic resources in Burkina Faso. The seed supply system has a mix of characteristics: an independent model, where FLR actors independently organize seed supply to meet their needs, and a state-run model, where the government is responsible for all aspects of seed supply to meet national commitments (Atkinson et al. 2018). In the Philippines, the state plays a significant role in funding and implementing the FLR efforts. Nationwide forestry programs, including the enhanced National Greening Program for forest restoration (eNGP, 2017-2028), source some of the seed needed from smallholders and farmer groups through supply contracts, while the rest of the seed is produced by the Forest Department (Gregorio et al. 2017). The system represents a mix of a state-run seed supply model and an incentives-led model, where networks of independent actors respond to government incentives for producing seeds (Atkinson et al. 2018).
Causal loop diagrams were constructed for each country to identify factors that prevent or enable a “fit-for-purpose” tree seed supply, i.e., a system where seeds of diverse species are available, adapted to local growing conditions and end-users’ needs, and can adapt to future climatic conditions (Atkinson et al. 2018). Key components of the diagrams and related terms are explained in Tables 2 and 3. To include all dynamics related to seed production and use within the boundaries of our analysis, the diagrams were constructed at the national scale, including aspects of national policies and findings from field research from literature and authors’ own work (e.g., Valette et al. 2019). The resulting causal loop diagrams do not necessarily represent any specific context within the two countries, but rather an array of dynamics whose presence and importance may vary across contexts. Some localized dynamics were included as examples of “bright spots” that may offer valuable lessons on how to strengthen positive feedback loops (Biggs 2007).
The diagrams were developed through a five-step approach (Fig. 1). First, a conceptual framework was designed to ensure all critical aspects were included. To assess the ability of tree seed supply to meet the demand for FLR efforts, we used a set of 15 indicators developed and applied in seven Latin American countries by Atkinson et al. (2018). The authors identified five conditions for having functional fit-for-purpose seed supply: (i) the selection of appropriate species for planting and seed sources is supported by scientific information; (ii) (improved) planting materials of representative subsets of native species and seed sources from all ecosystems in the country are being collected; (iii) there is a demand for, and access to, a variety of planting material of native species; (iv) an effective quality control system exists; and (v) a favorable enabling environment is created, with appropriate legislation, which supports funding opportunities and capacity building. Given the emphasis in national policies and strategies in both countries on the need to involve smallholders in FLR efforts (MEEVCC 2010, DENR 2015), five indicators reflecting this aspect were added, bringing the total number of indicators to 20 (Appendix 1, Table A1.1). The additional indicators were related to (i) income opportunities for local communities, (ii) stability of seed demand, (iii) access to knowledge and markets by producers, (iv) capitalization on past experiences, and (v) continuity of interventions.
Data on the indicators were gathered through an in-depth literature review and interviews and surveys targeting FLR stakeholders in the two countries. Causal loop diagrams were then created using Kumu software (https://kumu.io). Variables were organized in feedback loops based on evidence of how they related to each other. The feedback loops were then grouped thematically to facilitate the interpretation of the diagrams.
The resulting causal loop diagrams were reviewed by FLR stakeholders and researchers from the two countries. Feedback was collected from 12 stakeholders (Fig. 1), some also involved in the initial steps of model design. Using the causal loop diagrams as heuristic, respondents described patterns of stakeholder involvement, issues, viable solutions, and experiences from past restoration initiatives, bringing a perspective that is usually not well captured in the scientific literature. Finally, once the causal loop diagrams were finalized, system archetypes and their corresponding potential leverage points were identified in each diagram (Table 3; Senge 1994; W. Braun 2002, unpublished manuscript, https://www.albany.edu/faculty/gpr/PAD724/724WebArticles/sys_archetypes.pdf).
In Burkina Faso, nine thematic sections were identified in the causal loop diagrams, representing the broader dynamics that affect the quality and availability of, and access to, tree seed and seedlings for restoration: (i) centralization of seed production; (ii) civil society support to tree planters; (iii) farmer nursery networks; (iv) preference for exotic species; (v) the quality of the planting material used; (vi) short project funding cycles; (vii) competition for forest resources versus collaborative actions; (viii) emphasis on law enforcement versus promoting compliance; and (ix) enforcing forest protection to prevent further degradation.
In the Philippines, eight thematic sections were identified: (i) congruence between goals and funding; (ii) resourcing of local government officers; (iii) sustainability of people’s organizations; (iv) conservation of natural seed sources; (v) preference for exotic species; (vi) private nursery sector; (vii) central regional nurseries; and (viii) local knowledge diffusion.
A detailed description of the thematic sections can be found in Appendix 2 (Table A2.1) and of the information sources used in Appendix 3. A complete visualization of the causal loop diagrams are available for Burkina Faso at https://embed.kumu.io/b260c9f20c884628a62096891f8a657e and for the Philippines at https://embed.kumu.io/5fb9a2720dd3698a4eb66315341eaaee. Six of the thematic sections are described in further detail below, representing both dynamics specific to each country, and dynamics that were common to both countries and likely to be relevant in a broad range of geographical contexts.
Forest Department officers represent an important link between national policies and their local implementation, but their limited capacity regarding quality seed production (Fig. 2, loop 1) and their short residency in each community (Fig. 2, loop 4) constrain their ability to effectively support smallholders in tree planting (Fig. 2, loop 3). According to the rules of the Forest Department, officers can be posted in each community for a limited time only, in an attempt to combat corruption. Typical consequences of these constraints are:
The difficulties faced by small-scale seedling producers in ensuring long-term profitability of nurseries, due to the small size of their business and their scattered customers, has led seedling producers in the Central Region of Burkina Faso to create informal networks (Fig. 3, loop 2). In this way, nursery owners support each other by sharing knowledge, collaborate in responding to small orders of seedlings for different species by scattered customers, and derive more profits:
The strong commitment to FLR in the Philippines is implemented through the eNGP. Available funds are channeled to implementers through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which oversees program planning, implementing, and monitoring. DENR central offices decide on budget allocation and program design (Fig. 4, loop 3). This decision-making structure creates several constraints:
Maintaining the functionality of the POs in the long term, to ensure restoration and long-term management of forests, has proven difficult because of several interrelated issues:
In both case study countries, exotic tree species represent a large proportion of the trees used in restoration efforts (see Appendix 2, Table A2.1). Early investment in exotic species has created a “success to the successful” dynamic to the detriment of local species; for exotic species improved seed sources exist, seed collection and seedling production are more profitable, and seeds are available to smallholders, as we illustrate below.
In Burkina Faso, exotic tree species (e.g., Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale) have been used for various benefits (Appendix 1, Fig. A1.1). The main motivation for tree planting is economic gain: smallholders are generally willing to pay premium prices for high-quality seed of high-value species such as fruit trees. Still, they are reluctant to do so for species for which there is less evidence on the relationship between seed quality and the quality of the harvested products. Consequently, seedling producers focus on well-known, easy-to-grow and often exotic species for which an important market exists. There are also cultural constraints against planting native tree species, some of which are believed to be inhabited by spirits. Pressure on natural populations of valuable nontimber forest product (NTFP) species is maintained partly because of the limited planting efforts for these species. This also means limited seed availability for valuable native tree species compared to exotic species.
In the Philippines, similar contrasts exist between the availability of seed of exotic and native tree species. Seed demand is driven by income opportunities related to the industrial market for timber, which has often been met by planting exotic tree species (Appendix 1, Fig. A1.2). Perceived benefits from existing plantations influence the species choice of smallholders; hence they usually prefer exotic species, including Acacia mangium, Gmelina arborea, and Swietenia macrophylla. Past research efforts have focused on the development of improved seeds and silviculture techniques for commonly used exotic species, further boosting their productivity. In contrast, research on native species has been scarce. This widens the comparative advantage in favor of exotic trees. Moreover, the lack of adequate seed sources for native tree species and irregular fruiting leads to the collection of wildlings, whose survival is often compromised by transplanting, which only increases the gap in profitability between native and exotic species.
In both countries, choices around forest governance and management are critical to determine the future of the remaining forest resources, including seed sources of native trees, which could either be protected through community involvement or continue to be overexploited (tragedy of the commons, see Appendix 2, Table A2.1).
In Burkina Faso, the scarcity of forest resources and lack of trust between smallholders in the management of common-pool resources weaken the application of customary laws on harvesting forest products and lead to overexploitation of the resources, which then further reduces trust among smallholders (Appendix 1, Fig. A1.3). Overexploitation tends to concentrate on the most valuable species, significantly limiting their seed availability. With the reduction of forest cover, land uses incompatible with natural regeneration of trees, e.g., pastures, mining, and cultivation of cash crops, can offer profitable alternative income opportunities but often lead to soil degradation further constraining natural regeneration. On the other hand, FLR can be seen as a solution to soil degradation and promoting tree establishment can occur also through farmer-managed natural regeneration. However, this practice may be constrained by the workload and materials required.
In the Philippines, pressures on forest resources result partly from a nationwide shortage of industrial wood (Appendix 1, Fig. A1.4). The DENR could impose strict regulations on logging and tree planting, but if the registration process for smallholders to participate in the formal wood supply sector proves to be difficult, smallholders may start to operate as timber buyers without official registration, which reduces the traceability of traded timber and fosters illegal logging.
The dynamic system approach enables a comprehensive overview of tree seed supply, integrating institutional, legislative, financial, social, ecological, and genetic aspects, and illustrating their complex interconnections. The resulting causal loop diagrams help gain clarity on unexpected or undesirable effects of interventions on the system. This approach is problem-oriented and aims to reflect and balance the perceptions and points of view of various stakeholders on shared issues. Two measures were taken to increase the robustness and relevance of the modeling: (i) using a framework of indicators to guide a systematic search of information (Atkinson et al. 2018), and (ii) involving diverse stakeholders in the interviews, to integrate different perspectives (Martinez-Moyano and Richardson 2013). Some feedback loops that reflected interactions between fine- and broad-scale dynamics were developed exclusively drawing on local-scale evidence (Peters et al. 2007). This enabled illustrating how national policies can influence seed production locally and how smallholders’ characteristics and behavior can influence the implementation of national policies.
In Burkina Faso, while the National Tree Seed Center can deliver high-quality seeds for forest restoration initiatives, smallholders rely mostly on informal seed sources (Valette et al. 2019). Private nurseries had the potential to provide cheap planting material to smallholders in remote areas but faced many challenges including the lack of seed sources, inadequate seed collection guidelines, limited knowledge about nursery management, and scattered customers each purchasing only a few seedlings per species (Graudal and Lillesø 2007, Lillesø et al. 2011). Government institutions can contribute to creating an enabling environment for private nurseries through disseminating high-quality seeds through extension agents and generating demand for planting material through agroforestry or forest restoration programs (Nieuwenhuis and O'Connor 2000, Akinnifesi et al. 2006, Tchoundjeu et al. 2010, He et al. 2012, Lillesø et al. 2018). Official registration of private nurseries could benefit the smallholders involved, for example through fostering sharing of information among stakeholders in the seed supply chain. However, smallholders interested in planting trees and nursery owners are reluctant to formalize their activities because they are concerned about potential legal constraints, such as increased controls and taxes (Germano et al. 2007, Lua et al. 2015). This dynamic is similar to the shift to the burden system archetype, in which the Forest Department tends to focus more on controlling smallholders’ actions rather than on establishing a collaborative relationship that would encourage compliance with the law. The situation could be improved if the Forest Department provided technical advice on nursery management and silviculture, ensured access to high-quality seed of native tree species for nursery owners, or subsidized smallholders in purchasing native tree seed. This dynamic could foster demand for high quality seed of native species (Meijer et al. 2015). The low rate of nursery registrations has been identified as a critical bottleneck also in several countries in Latin America (Atkinson et al. 2018). The authors recommended exploring options for consumer-driven approaches to motivate and expand nursery registration.
Mutual support between nursery owners can increase their commercial success and the quality of planting materials produced (Muriuki 2005, Catacutan et al. 2008). Through associations smallholders can more easily access economies of scale, achieve higher bargaining power, increase germplasm quality, and handle a greater diversity of tree species (Dawson et al. 2009, Markelova et al. 2009, Abizaid et al. 2016). The evolution of institutional arrangements whereby seedling producers are accountable for their own income-generating activities while supporting each other depends on their mutual trust and cooperation, which in turn are affected by the group size and the competitiveness in the tree nursery business (Poteete and Ostrom 2004). This reminds us that there are “limits to success” system archetype (Senge 1994). Evidence from agroforestry systems shows that dissemination of knowledge and seed among smallholders often follows a core-to-periphery structure: a core group of smallholders acquires knowledge from formal sources, exchanges advice, experiments, and disseminates knowledge to other smallholders (Isaac et al. 2007, Abizaid et al. 2016). This might also be a cost-efficient strategy to disseminate knowledge on tree planting and nursery management. Mentoring relationships between new and experienced nursery owners in a group of nursery owners can help maintain continued cooperation even as the number of nurseries grows.
In the Philippines, ambitious time-bound FLR targets combined with existing limitations in the seed supply system, especially for native tree species, have led to the implementation of a centralized approach to quickly build up a large seed supply, which resembles the “growth and underinvestment” and “fixes that fail” system archetypes (Senge 1994). The success of FLR initiatives is measured through survival rates of seedlings planted, which are often misreported by stakeholders to access state funds. By using only short-term seedling survival rates to measure success, long-term drivers of sustainable FLR initiatives, such as socioeconomic factors, are completely neglected (Le et al. 2012). The lack of reliable information on the effectiveness of FLR interventions prevents the Forest Department from identifying bottlenecks in the implementation of the eNGP and using corrective actions. One major implication of this is the persistent underfunding of capacity strengthening activities for smallholders on tree planting and nursery management, based on an assumption that previous capacity strengthening activities were successful. Delegating decision making about FLR initiatives to local administrative levels would enable adapting interventions to local contexts. Insights from community forestry programs indicate that fine-scale adaptation of rules and collegial decision making yield better results than centralized decision making and authoritarian implementation (Nayak and Berkes 2008, Persha and Blomley 2009, Cronkleton et al. 2012). Similarly to the findings from Burkina Faso, these results suggest that local forestry officers could play a much larger role in catalyzing and supporting smallholders’ FLR efforts if they were given more resources, authority, or both.
In contrast to the nursery owners in central Burkina Faso, who self-organized to overcome business constraints in seed supply, smallholders in the Philippines were grouped in POs to facilitate distribution of state funds to them. However, government-led collective action implemented through formal or informal associations where decision-making power is unbalanced and whose members are influenced by external agents does not necessarily lead to cooperation and trust (de Vente et al. 2016, Reed et al. 2018). Moreover, donation of free seedlings by the DENR undermines market demand for seedlings, which limits the opportunities for PO nurseries to become independent of state support. These dynamics correspond to a “shift the burden” archetype (Senge 1994), as short-term availability of seedlings is prioritized over long-term development of the nursery sector. Interventions should focus on building stronger synergies between government-facilitated seed supply and operations of the POs. If seedling donations to smallholders are considered necessary to encourage tree planting, POs should be in charge of production, instead of government nurseries, and should be compensated for this by the DENR. This would allow bridging through government funding the gap between the market price of seedlings and smallholders’ purchasing power, and POs could assume responsibility for upscaling the production of planting material and hence turn it into a sustainable business (Cornelius and Miccolis 2018). To support the development of the nursery sector, the government could also focus on strengthening the capacities of PO members in nursery management. Regular training sessions have proven successful in ensuring the adoption of best practices in nursery management (Böhringer and Ayuk 2003, Tchoundjeu et al. 2006, Roshetko et al. 2013).
In both countries, exotic tree species were preferred for tree planting because of their availability and productivity, resulting in higher income for smallholders and profit for the industrial sector (Abiyu et al. 2016, Iiyama et al. 2018). This in turn results in higher investment in developing silvicultural guidelines and improving planting material for exotic species at the expense of native species. Similar trends have been reported in Latin American countries (Atkinson et al. 2018). However, using exotic species in FLR brings limited biodiversity benefits, compared to native species (Bremer and Farley 2010). Wider use of native species in FLR could be effectively promoted by redirecting public funding toward improving demand for and supply of their planting material, especially as popular exotic trees often already benefit from private sector investment. Government nurseries could focus on producing planting material of lesser-known native species, establishing guidelines for planting and rotation cycles to increase productivity, demonstrating the potential of native species and fostering their use in FLR interventions and other planting initiatives (Graudal and Lillesø 2007, Garen et al. 2009). The production of such species could later be transferred to private nurseries that often lack the operational and financial means to invest in scaling. Atkinson et al. (2018) highlighted the need to compile and make widely available knowledge on the ecology and uses of native species, which is currently fragmented across various sources and stakeholders, from local communities to academia and different government departments. Because tree productivity and seed availability strongly influence smallholder planting preferences, improvements that address these aspects could favor the adoption and use of native tree species both by smallholders on their own lands and large-scale FLR initiatives (Assogbadjo et al. 2012, Ndayambaje et al. 2012, Sacande and Berrahmouni 2016).
Forest degradation and overexploitation often disproportionately target populations of the most valuable tree species (Pandit and Thapa 2003, Ndangalasi et al. 2007), leading to genetic erosion and the depletion of quality seed sources (Simons and Leakey 2004). Authoritarian solutions to avoid forest degradation through strict law enforcement have shown limited success in lower-income countries with persistent poverty and many forest-dependent people (Jachmann 2008, Porter-Bolland et al. 2012). Potentially more effective solutions include reinforcing local institutions that regulate forest resource use or developing alternative livelihood opportunities, including small-scale nursery businesses (Meitzner Yoder 2007, Mukul et al. 2014, Pohnan et al. 2015). Such measures can promote collaboration in managing the remaining forest resources and create favorable conditions for the success of further FLR interventions (Uddin et al. 2007).
Our analysis of the tree seed supply systems in Burkina Faso and the Philippine shows that despite well-meant initiatives, such as introducing seedling quality standards, subsidizing seedling purchases, and involving community organizations, seed and seedling supply is not adequately meeting the demand for implementing FLR, neither in terms of quantity and quality nor the desired livelihood outcomes, in the contexts analyzed. Issues like those identified in the two case studies of Burkina Faso and the Philippines are likely to occur elsewhere in similar socio-political contexts. In Burkina Faso and the Philippines, the emerging options to strengthen supply systems for successful FLR include (i) a better tailoring of interventions to address the local context, including revisiting the role of local forestry officers; (ii) aligning government and NGO interventions to support existing nursery, tree planting, and research initiatives, rather than duplicating efforts or competing with them; and (iii) complementing the enforcement of regulations with strengthening the capacities of nurseries in producing high quality planting material and the capacities of local institutions in resource management to foster law compliance.
This research has been conducted with the support of 12 anonymous collaborators who provided precious feedback on the causal loop diagrams developed and overall help in this work. The authors thank Olga Spellman (Bioversity International) for English editing and text revision. The authors would also like to thank the Austrian Development Agency for funding the project “Nutrition-sensitive forest restoration to enhance adaptive capacity of rural communities in Burkina Faso,” which generated primary data for this study, the partners of the above-mentioned project for their fruitful collaboration, as well as the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments for improving the manuscript. This research contributes to the CGIAR Research Program on Forest Trees and Agroforestry and was supported by the CGIAR Fund donors, https://www.cgiar.org/funders/.
Code sharing is not applicable to this article because no new code was created and data are shared within the appendices of the article. We worked jointly with a national partner and followed their ethical standards. We asked prior informed consent to the persons interviewed.
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Privacy and democracy in the digital age
Steven I Friedland
The digital age has helped to reshape existing notions of privacy, particularly through an increasing number and variety of privacy-stripping mass surveillance systems. These systems, including cameras and drones, Big Data, the use of biometrics such as face recognition software, and the smart devices that populate the Internet of Things, show just how dangerous the invisible transfer of truthful information to third parties can be. Without visibility, the mass surveillance systems escape the checks and balances of democratic governance. To minimise the likelihood of government repression resulting from unseen government and government-private partnerships, several potential remedial avenues exist. First, a stronger privacy right should be erected from the existing law. Unfortunately, the existing regime of American constitutional privacy remains rooted in 20th century notions of physical walls and doors and needs to be updated to reflect the digital world. Even if such an updating to constitutional interpretation or statutes should occur, other problems have compounded the issue. The use of Big Data has transformed what can be done with the information, and the Internet of Things is producing increasing quantities of information. Culturally, the members of the generations born digital are used to free exchanges of information. Finally, after 9/11 especially, there has been considerable pressure to find and prevent acts of terrorism. Consequently, a change in law alone will likely be insufficient to create a proper valuing of privacy. The mass media ought to play a larger role in protecting privacy by supplying a narrative that explains to the public what the effects of the massive invisible data accumulation are. In this way, the world-wide mass media can serve as an important conduit in promoting transparency in government.
‘Tweeting from court’: New guidelines for modern media
Anne Wallace and Jane Johnston
Australian courts in five States recently changed their rules to permit journalists reporting on court proceedings to use electronic devices to send text-based transmissions from court. These changes reflect an international trend to allow journalists and, in some cases, members of the public, to use live text-based communication in the courtroom. This development has clear benefits in terms of promoting open justice and timely reporting of court proceedings, in an era when mobile computing technologies have become essential tools for news reporting. However, it also poses risks to the administration of justice, including the potential for an increased risk of breaches of court orders in relation to publication. This article analyses the approach taken by the courts in Australia and overseas in developing policies that attempt to manage these risks.
In any defamation case, the plaintiff must first identify the material (or publication) that is alleged to be defamatory. Once identified, the ‘whole publication’ principle (as it will be referred to in this article) requires the tribunal of fact to consider the material in its entirety in order to determine any imputations that may arise. This article will discuss this principle, its justification, and implications for defamation proceedings. There may be cases where there is uncertainty as to the scope or boundaries of the relevant publication — that is, what constitutes the ‘whole publication’. In such cases, courts may take note of certain factors that suggest that material is to be considered together. This article will consider the relevant factors identified by the courts when determining the scope of a publication on traditional forms of media and the internet. In light of the case law, courts have grappled with specific issues surrounding the application of this principle to the internet. Critics of the ‘whole publication’ principle suggest a reconsideration of this principle. It is concluded that a movement away from the principle is unnecessary. Nevertheless, courts must have regard to the novel features of the internet and the nature of people’s engagement with online media when determining the scope and content of a publication on the internet.
Street art has not been considered generally to be of much relevance to copyright law. Since the 21st century, however, art institutions have increasingly recognised street art as worthy of the art world’s attention. The elevated status of street art has led to unwelcome economic intrusions into the practice of some street artists. This article examines whether, despite the counter-cultural positioning of street art, the moral right of integrity recognised in the Australian Copyright Act 1968 can provide street artists in Australia with legal protection against such intrusions. The examination uses the hypothetical example of Banksy, a street artist whose work has catapulted him to a level of fame seen usually in mainstream artists, and No Ball Games, a street artwork by Banksy that the Sincura Group extracted, fragmented, restored and exhibited without his consent. It concludes that, if enforced, the right of integrity can advance the interests of street artists in Australia meaningfully by providing legal protection against the fragmentation, restoration and exhibition of their work.
Risks and opportunities in big data — how well adapted are Australia’s privacy laws?
In today's world, more data is collected than ever before. Data is powerful. When skilfully analysed, big data can deliver deep insights into human behaviour, improve decision making and drive efficient resource allocation in large systems and economies. It may even be used to pre-empt harmful deeds, such as acts of terrorism. Big data analysis also demands big resources, that are increasingly cloud-based and may be located anywhere in the world. This poses threats to information security and privacy, because data can also be personal. Appropriate safeguards are essential to protect individuals from harm and to foster trust in the system, to encourage sustainable innovation into the future. In the context of large datasets, Australia's privacy laws strike a balance between privacy and innovation, while its data retention laws strike a balance between privacy and national security. But are they the right ones?
Trade marks, globalisation and foreign language: Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd v Modena Trading Pty Ltd
Posting sexually explicit images on Facebook: The action for breach of confidence expands further into the privacy space
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Keeping a Meditation Journal
Keeping a meditation journal or 'diary' is often felt to be a useful way of progressing one's meditation technique. By keeping a journal it is possible to document sensations, impressions and experiences as they arise during meditation and thereby 'improve' upon the experience of meditation.
The experience of meditation, being novel and unusual to the beginner, is often thwarted by interruptions and wrong approaches. By noting down sensations and thoughts that appear to be uncomfortable during meditation, it becomes easier to accept them and become 'mindful' of them, accepting them as part of the meditative process, rather than condemning them as aberrations - something that will undoubtedly block the path to relaxation.
Starting a JournalAll that is needed to start a journal is a notebook and pencil. From here it is possible to note down experiences that occur during routine meditation, in order to help one better guide themselves along the spiritual (or purely calming) path. As everybody is different, so too is their experience of meditation, so everybody's diary will be unique. However, considering the purpose of the diary, it is possible to recommend certain factors that should be focused upon.
Your meditation journal is your own way of staking out and identifying the road to relaxation and enlightenment as it occurs. In order to do this an orderly and stable system is required: noting down the date, time and location of your meditation can make identifying patterns and important experiences a whole lot easier than if you find yourself massed with a jumble of notes.
From here things that you may come across, and that are worth noting are:
Physical PainsPhysical pain can often be a hindrance to meditation and a diary can help to identify recurring pains. From here you can choose to either: observe these pains as they occur and let them pass, or to adjust your meditation position.
Uncomfortable Thoughts and InterruptionsYou are likely to have unusual or uncomfortable thoughts interrupting your attempt to attain a calm state as you begin to meditate. This is entirely natural: Curiously, when you try to stop 'thinking' the brain will throw up nearly anything it can to make this difficult! It is important to be open about the thoughts that occur, as a means of better understanding yourself. A diary will help you to better accept these interruptions.
Unidentifiable SensationsMeditation can open up realms of the imagination previously unexplored by the practitioner. It is useful to note these as they often represent something important in your own life. It is also vital to come to terms with them in a down to earth manner. Though spiritual emancipation can meet with unusual psychic activity, this is not the goal of meditation itself, and can often be a harmful distraction.
Outside InterruptionsYou may find yourself interrupted by noises and physical sensations caused by your environment. Noting these will enable you to find a suitable area for your routine meditation.
DurationIt is also worth noting the duration of your meditation practice. If you have found the latter part of your meditation uneasy, it may be worth shortening your practice until you feel ready to lengthen it again. Quality is more important than duration or quantity.
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ANKLE SPRAINS – RECOVERY, REHAB AND RISK REDUCTION
Ankle sprains are one of the most common sports injuries especially in sports such as basketball, netball and football with an incidence rate of 7 per 1,000 exposures.
Unfortunately some people (athletes, coaches, parents, other health professionals) may think an ankle injury is a minor injury and so in many cases appropriate rehab is not performed.
Making sure your ankle injury is managed properly will go a long way to reducing your risk of re-injury and ongoing complications such as chronic ankle instability.
What Happens When You Sprain Your Ankle?
There are multiple different structures that can be injured when you sprain your ankle.
The most common ankle sprain is called a lateral ankle sprain and occurs when you roll over the outside of your foot/ankle. This can occur while changing direction, landing from a jump, or treading on an opponents foot.
When you sprain your ankle, ligaments are stretched and can even completely tear.
*ligaments connect bone to bone and are important for the stability of joints.
There are 3 ligaments that are commonly involved in a lateral ankle sprain. The anterior-talofibular ligament (ATFL), calcaneo-fibular ligament (CFL) and the posterior talofibular ligament (PTFL). See the image below.
You can also sustain injury to the anterior tibiofibular ligament that attaches the two lower leg bones together (the tibia and fibula). This is referred to as a high ankle sprain or syndesmosis injury. It is important that this type of injury is ruled out as it requires a different approach to rehab compared to the common lateral ankle sprain and in some cases surgery is needed.
A less common injury is a medial ankle sprain which causes injury to the ligaments on the inside of the ankle. These injuries typically take longer to recover.
How Long Does It Take To Heal?
Ligaments take about 4-6 weeks to heal. Depending on the grade of ligament injury sustained it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months or longer to return to pre-injury activity and sport.
It is important to perform appropriate rehab for your ankle sprain as 20-50% of ankle sprains can lead to chronic ankle instability (pain, swelling & instability).
Chronic ankle instability increases the risk of re-injury or sustaining multiple ankle sprains which can lead to an increased risk of osteoarthritis later in life.
It is not uncommon for me to see someone with an ankle sprain 6-12 weeks after their initial injury, despite the importance of seeking physiotherapy immediately following an ankle sprain.
This makes it more difficult to determine exactly what you have done and the extent of the injury.
The sooner you can be assessed the sooner you can begin your rehab and be back doing what you enjoy.
If you do not perform rehab for your injured ankle, your risk of future injury and complications is significantly increased.
What Does Rehab Involve?
Rehab involves a combination of exercises that will get you back to sport or daily activities pain free. Some examples of the different things you may do are…
- Range of motion exercises to restore normal ranges of motion in the ankle joint
- Strength exercises to regain strength e.g. calf raises, band resisted ankle movements
- Balance exercises to regain proprioception
- Plyometrics to get that spring back and be able to run, jump and change direction with confidence
When you see me for ankle rehab we work our way through a series of exercises that tick all these boxes and make sure you and your ankle are ready for whatever you throw at it.
Here are some examples of rehab exercises you might perform.
What Can Increase Your Risk Of An Ankle Sprain?
Research has shown a number of factors that increase the risk of an ankle sprain, they include:
- A history of a previous ankle injury
- Wearing shoes with air cells in the heel
- Not performing an adequate warm up involving static stretching and dynamic movement
- Not having normal ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (bending your ankle up)
- Not completing a balance or proprioceptive prevention program if there is a history of previous ankle injury
How Can You Reduce Your Risk of Injury or Re-injury?
Firstly, make sure you have completed adequate rehab overseen by a Physiotherapist for any previous ankle injury. There are a number of tests that a Physio can have you perform to determine your readiness to return to sport and check for any underlying deficits. These tests are a combination of strength and movement tests like jumps and hop tests that compare your affected leg to your unaffected leg.
If you can pass these tests before returning to sport your risk of re-injury will be reduced.
One simple test is single leg calf raise strength. A good measure of adequate calf strength for the average active person is being able to perform 25-30 single leg calf raises.
Another way to reduce the risk of re-injury and the severity of future injury is by wearing an ankle brace or strapping your ankle with sports tape. Recent evidence supports the use of an ankle brace or taping for at least 6 months following injury. The role of taping or bracing to prevent first time ankle injury is less evident so there is no need to tape or brace an ankle that hasn’t been injured.
- Ankle sprains are not a simple injury
- Ankle sprains require rehab to help prevent ongoing complications and reduce the risk of re-injury
- If your doctor or medical professional does not suggest physiotherapy or rehab you can refer yourself to a physiotherapist for rehab, no referral is needed.
- It is very important to have a physiotherapy assessment after sustaining an ankle injury
- Taping or bracing can help to reduce the risk of recurrent ankle sprains
- If you suffer an ankle sprain book in for an assessment so I can get you back on track and back to doing what you enjoy ASAP.
You can book a physiotherapy appointment with me at Reeves Empowered Performance & Nutrition, located in Burnie by clicking HERE.
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The Trump administration is requesting an additional $4.5 billion in emergency spending to address the "humanitarian and security crisis" at the southern border, senior administration officials said on a call with reporters on Wednesday afternoon.
Tens of thousands of migrants are arriving at the southern border each month with record numbers of families and children attempting to cross. U.S. officials said more than 100,000 people arrived in March and that the numbers are on track to reach 1 million by September.
Included in the proposal is $3.3 billion in "humanitarian assistance" for new detention facilities and shelters for families, as well as clothing, diapers and baby formula.
Another $1.1 billion will be used for border operations and $178 million will be used for mission support personnel, administration officials said.
Democrats on the House funding committee took issue with the administration's attempts to expand enforcement measures.
"Through its callous immigration policies, the Trump administration has contributed to a humanitarian emergency on the border," House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey said in a statement. "As a country, we must do more to meet the needs of migrants -- especially children and families -- who are arriving in increasing numbers."
The proposal represents a massive increase compared to the $800 million in humanitarian aid that the administration requested during the budget fight earlier this year.
At the time, the White House billed it as a significant offer to secure border wall funding from Democrats. The money in the latest request will not be used to build President Donald Trump's border wall. Those barriers are being funded, in part, by the national emergency the president declared in February.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which cares for some 12,000 unaccompanied migrant children in shelters scattered across the U.S., says that without the $2.8 billion needed for bed space, the agency could run out of money in June.
"Without additional funds, HHS may be forced to scale back services, may be unable to handle further growth in the number of children in care, and may have to reallocate more funds from refugees and victims of trafficking and torture," according to an HHS statement.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified this week that his agency was running out of money and would rely on these supplemental funds as it continues to grapple with a record influx of migrants at the southern border. Nearly 40,000 children crossed the border in April alone, the acting chief told Congress Tuesday.
"Given the scale of what we're facing, we'll exhaust our resources before the end of this fiscal year," McAleenan said Tuesday.
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FCC chair Ajit Pai Friday said he is scheduled a vote at the March 31 meeting on a proposal to mandate the STIR/SHAKEN (the FCC used to call it SHAKEN/STIR) caller authentication regime, which is a way to allow for default blocking of robocalls. The proposal would give carriers, including cable ops delivering IP phone service, until June 30, 2021 to comply.
The FCC is under a congressional mandate to require STIR/SHAKEN, which it had initially said was voluntary, but with the expectation that all carriers would volunteer.
"In December 2019, Congress passed and the President signed into law the TRACED Act, which directs the Commission to require voice service providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN in their networks within 18 months of the law’s enactment," Pai's office pointed out in announcing the upcoming vote.
"Last year, I demanded that major phone companies voluntarily deploy STIR/SHAKEN, and a number of them did," said the chairman. "But it’s clear that FCC action is needed to spur across-the-board deployment of this important technology. There is no silver bullet when it comes to eradicating robocalls, but this is a critical shot at the target.”
The item also includes a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on whether to give smaller carriers one-year extensions per the TRACED Act, which among other things requires such caller authentication to be provided fee to customers, something the FCC also anticipated but did not mandate in allowing such default robocall blocking by carriers.
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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This book traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations through time. It presents an important and novel theoretical framework for the academic discipline of IR and illustrates the theories in a comparative study of two cases: (West) Germany and Austria after World War II.
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Collective memory carries the past into the present. This book traces the influence of collective memory in international relations (IR). It locates the origins of a country's memory within the international environment and inquires how memory guides states through time in world politics. Collective memory, as such, not only shapes countries and their international interactions, but the international sphere also plays an essential role in how countries approach the
Through in-depth examinations of both domestic and international landscapes in empirical cases, the book explores four ways in which collective memory can manifest in IR: as a country's political strategy; as its public identity; as its international state behaviour; and finally, as a source for its national values. A comparative case study of (West) Germany and Austria illustrates how significantly differing interpretations of the Nazi legacy impacted their respective international policies
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Sep 25, 2020
Our guest this week is David Good from the Allegheny County Health Department Air Quality division. David explains what goes into collecting data to check compliance with the Clean Air Act, and why we can trust the data from the EPA.
Sep 11, 2020
This week's conversation is all about indoor air and how we can use indoor air quality to help manage the spread of COVID. Our guest is Steve Guenther from Carnegie Mellon's Facilities Management Division.
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PROGRASS: Developing a holistic, interdisciplinary approach for an “Integrated Biomass and Carbon Management” – IBCM
While the RE-DIRECT project is nearing its end, there is still a lot of work ahead for many partners and numerous new stakeholders. In order to continue to pursue the findings from the project and the steps that have been started and to actually establish circular economies, several institutions have now come together as an association to continue to pursue this goal together even after RE-DIRECT:
PROGRASS – The European Network for a Circular Carbon Economy
Find out more about the new PROGRASS association via this link: https://prograss.eu/
Get some impressions of Ffarm Moelyci and the activities happening there within the RE-DIRECT project:
Based on innovative European Research and Development projects the our European network has developed a unique approach to use waste biomass for alternative carbon products.
We have been collaborating since 2008 and gained profound experiences both on scientific and practical levels.
The video below explains our approach and outlines our development strategies and potentials.
Dont hesitate to contact us via our PROGRASS network site.
In Baden-Baden, the first PYREG plant with steam activation has now been put into operation. With the brand new PYREG plant A500, the city wants to test various regional biomasses for activated carbon production as part of the EU research project RE-DIRECT (INTERREG North-West Europe NWE). The plant periphery is currently still under construction. The first material tests are already being carried out in parallel.
Participants of our RE-DIRECT conference will have the opportunity to visit the plant on 26.02.2019.
Find out more here (in German).
Migration and Climate Change are strong connected. Many people are dying in the Mediterranean as perspectives due to climate change are disappearing in Africa. Kebul from the Initiative “GreenUp1Million” from Gambia is in Bonn at the COP23 to enable necessary changes for stopping Climate Change.
Interview by Angela Monica
Akajanga from the Victoria Lake Region is wondering how the effects of climate change like floods, irregular rain patterns and global warming are affecting our next generation. He thinks, that biomass and solar engery are very important for ending the use of fossil fuels that are responsible for a large scale of the climate change.
Interview by Ginthushaann Indirakumar
We were talking to Merwan from Morocco – a youth delegate of the young people climate summit COY13. He mentions a one month lasting festival in Morocco where uge amounts of coal are used for BBQs. Also products extracted from biomass could help stop the climate change – but one problem could be a missing availability in strong affect areas in the world.
Interview by Angela Monica
A team of RE-DIRECT will be at the world climate summit in Bonn, Germany from 06/11/2017 to 19/11/2017.
We will interview visitors and experts and talk about climate change, the substitution of fossil fuels and the impact of RE-DIRECT.
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Gamers around the globe are going crazy with the smart phone game Pokémon Go… And they are finding more than a fun experience with characters in the game. Gamers are finding themselves in dangerous and inappropriate situations.
If you don’t already know about the game — it’s a game for smartphones put out by Nintendo. And it requires Gamers to do more than just sit on a couch and play. Players walk around the real world, hunting down Pokémon. The game interacts with your phone’s camera and GPS, showing a Google Maps-style overlay of exactly where you are. The game assigns real places in the world — anything from large landmarks like buildings to smaller things like signs for in-game places, like gyms or Pokéstops that dispense items.
Pokémon Go Real-World Problems
Thus far, reports have come in that include situations where people have put all their focus on to the game and not their immediate activities and surroundings — which can result in bodily harm, breaking the law or just being disrespectful.
- An upstate New York man got into a Car Accident while playing the game — he veered off the road and crashed into a tree.
- A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was Hit by a Car while crossing a busy intersection.
- A Wyoming woman found a Dead Body in a river while playing the game.
- Four people were arrested in Missouri for multiple Armed Robberies after authorities said they appeared to have targeted victims using the new “Pokémon Go” game.
- Pokémon has visitors searching for characters hidden amongst the tombstones at Graceland Cemetery.
- A Pelham, NH Police Station was marked as a Pokémon stop — police have issued warnings not to come in.
- The Holocaust Museum in NY, along with many other landmarks, is a “PokéStop” — a place where players can get free in-game items. The Museum Communications Director, Andrew Hollinger told the NY Post “playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism.” They are trying to find out if they can get the museum excluded from the game.
- The pool outside of the 9/11 Memorial in NYC.
- Home Overtaken — A Massachusetts man was surprised to find that his house has been marked as a Pokémon gym: A place where people can train their fictional creatures. Gamers have been hanging out in his garden and cars have been blocking his driveway.
Pokémon Safety Tips
Police departments in New York, Miami, Austin and Los Angeles released their lists of safety tips on Wednesday 7/13 to prevent further Pokémon Go accidents, including:
- Be alert at all times.
- Stay aware of your surroundings.
- Play in pairs or as a group in well-lit areas to ensure your safety.
- Do not drive or ride your bike, skateboard, or other device while interacting with the app — “you can’t do both safely.”
- Do not trespass onto private property or go to areas you usually would not if you weren’t playing Pokémon Go.
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Former Myrtle Square Mall in Myrtle Beach, SC
Although there are few stores left around the mall, there are still events held outside. This was one of the first malls that were enclosed in the area before it closed.
This mall was built in the 1970s. It was a considerable size when it was first built, but as time went by, more stores were added as well as a food court. The world's largest clock was in the mall at one time. When the mall was first designed, it was supposed to have a beach theme with waves and sand. However, these details were seen all around Myrtle Beach, so the large clock was erected by the mall's designer. There were 30 stores in the mall at first including Belk and several other department stores. A second phase of the mall was planned in the late 1970s so that customers could have more stores to shop in including Sears. This is also when the food court was added with restaurants including Chic-fil-A and Baskin-Robbins.
If you're in the Myrtle Beach area, consider visiting the Myrtle Square Mall to see how it has changed in recent years. There have been plans to demolish the mall. However, there are still areas still standing that you can view.
Burroughs and Chapin Pavilion Place in Myrtle Beach
Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers
Coastal Federal Field
Heritage Golf Club near Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach KOA in Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Class-A Baseball Team
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How privileges work in operating systems?
By definition privileges are defined as the delegation of authority over a computer system. When the user wants, for example, to create a file, write some data to the memory, run some device or get access permission to a socket for communicating over the Internet then Then Operating System have to decide if requesting user has proper privileges to perform the specified action.
Users who have been delegated extra levels of control are called privileged and the user who lacks most privileges is defined as unprivileged, regular or normal user.
In modern computer systems we have two special modes that allow users execute an application on operating system level:
- Kernel Mode – In this mode, executed code has complete and unrestricted access to the hardware layer. It can execute any instruction and reference any memory address. Generally, kernel mode is reserved for the low-level and most trusted functions of the operating systems.
- User mode – In this mode, executed code has no ability to directly access hardware or reference memory. Code running in user mode must delegate to the system APIs to access hardware or reference memory.
Other types of software handle access rights in different ways, for example databases have security roles which define how different users access different types of records. Each user can have multiple security roles. Also, web applications can have security roles defined that allow users to log in, get access to the specified part of an application, create, edit, or moderate contents.
What is privilege escalation?
Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, design flaw, configuration oversight in operating system, software application or web application which allows the user to access information, features or functionality that they are not entitled to in their role.
Computer systems, software application and web application are designed to be accessed by multiple users, with different level of permissions. Privilege escalation vulnerability allows malicious user to obtain privileges of another user they are not entitled to. Privilege escalation occurs in two forms:
- Vertical privilege escalation – Occurs when user can access resources, features or functionalities related to more privileged accounts. For example, if we have a normal user account in operating system and we can find a bug that allows us to gain access to the root account which have full permissions, or have normal user account in web application, and we have the ability to log in to the higher privileged user account like as an administrator.
- Horizontal privilege escalation – Occurs when user have the ability to access the resources, features or functionalities of the accounts having similar privileges. For example, we have a bank account and we are able to log in to another bank account with similar level of privileges.
During a penetration test, rarely will the tester get access to a system with administrator privileges on the first attempt. You are almost always required to use privilege escalation techniques to achieve the penetration test goals.
Few examples of privileges escalation:
- Kernel exploitation – By exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system kernel we can escalate our privileges.
- Vulnerable applications – When application is running with administrator privileges, then by exploiting vulnerability we could get administrator privileges.
- Bypass of authorization – Occurs when we can log in as a higher privileged account without using password.
- Misconfiguration – Occurs when application installed on operating system has wrong configuration.
- Jailbreak – It’s an act or a tool used to break out of a chroot or jail in UNIX-like operating systems or to bypass DRM (Digital Rights Management). For example, iOS jailbreak allows to install applications outside the AppStore.
Privilege escalation examples
One of the most important things during a penetration test is to gain access to administrator account. If the application (for example webserver) is well configured, it is most often run with limited user rights, only able to run a specific application. When we can get low privileges access to the server using some vulnerability, the next step is to get higher permissions to read important files, continue network exploration etc. To do this, we must use the privilege escalation technique.
Now we will see some examples of privilege escalation. We will use virtual machines hosted on Vulnhub (https://www.vulnhub.com/). These are machines that contain common misconfiguration that will be used to achieve our goal, that is, get administrator privileges.
To successfully carry out a privilege escalation attack, we have to learn as much as possible about the system that we want to attack. For this purpose, we must conduct a decent reconnaissance.
The most important information is:
- what is the operating system?
- kernel version (for Unix/Linux system)
- what applications have been installed?
- are there any files with suid/guid bit set?
- what services are running?
- which services work under the administrator’s account?
- are other users logged in?
- are there any entries in bash history that contain passwords or other sensitive data?
These are just a few examples. It should be remembered that the more we know about a system, the higher the possibility of elevating the privileges in it.
This article will not describe how to download, prepare and install the system on our local machine. It just shows the steps strictly related to privilege escalation part.
Operating system privilege escalation
After we manage to exploit the vulnerability and gain a shell we should see something like this:
As we can see, we are logged in as user webmin, who has uid=1001 and gid=1001. We don’t have access to the /home/vulnosadmin/ which is probably administrator’s directory. So, now our goal is to get access to this directory.
Now, we must check what system we are dealing with. To do that, we need to:
- Check OS Version
- Check kernel version
- Check available users and the current user privileges
- Find suid/guid files
- Check what software is installed on the machine
Let’s check the version of Operating System running on server:
As we can see that server is running Ubuntu 14.04.4
Now let’s check kernel version:
Victim have 3.13.0-24 kernel version. Now, let’s check if any public exploits exist for this system version.
We can go to the https://www.exploit-db.com/ and search for ubuntu exploits. We can find exploit called ofs.c – overlayfs local root in ubuntu and we will try to use this exploit to privilege escalation.
As we can see, our exploit worked properly and, thanks to that, we gained access to administrator’s account. We have successfully elevated permission from a regular user to the root account.
Web application privilege escalation
In web applications, privilege escalation can rely not only on taking over administrator account or a user with higher privileges, but also on running commands or queries that require higher rights than ours, without direct access to the privileged account. In OWASP Top 10 project, these types of errors are listed under the name Broken Access Control and Broken Authentication and they are located in the 2nd and 5th place of the list.Firstly, we will discuss a Broken Authentication issue which results from logging into a different account than ours, often with higher permissions. In penetration tests, the main purpose is to log in to the administrator’s account, therefore our goal will also be to attempt to log in to administrator’s account.At the beginning, we will start a special application WebGoat which was created to test your skills and learn about web security. The installation and configuration process of this package is not described in the article. For details, please consult the main page of the project https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebGoat_Project.Our task is to log in to the user with administrator privileges. We can see the login panel.
Without knowing the password to this account we must try to bypass password protection. The most popular and the most effective way is to find SQL Injection vulnerability and exploit it.Let’s try to use this technique now. Instead of a password, we will try to enter ’or’ 1 '= 1. This is a typical way to use an SQL Injection type error which allows to bypass the authentication without knowing the correct password.
As we can see, the application has allowed us to log in to the user Neville, who is the administrator, so we have obtained the rights of administrator and our goal has been achieved.
The next threat we will discuss is Broken Access Control. This error occurs when the system incorrectly implements access controls. An example of this vulnerability may be e.g. command execution or access to data that should not be accessible for a given user role.
We will use the WebGoat software again. Our task is to look at the user’s profile. The problem is that, theoretically, we do not have the right to do so. Let’s try to bypass this. After logging in to our account, we see that we can see the profile of the user we just logged into.
When we click on the ViewProfile button, information about the user will be displayed.
Now let’s examine the data sent to the application by the browser. For this purpose, we will use the Burp Suite tool which will allow us to see HTTP traffic and requests to our application. Again, click on ViewProfile and check what Burp shows us.
As you can see in the attached image, the application sends 2 parameters to the server. One of them, named employee_id, looks interesting. As you can guess, this parameter determines data of which user will be rendered in response. Let’s try to change the employee_id parameter value to e.g. 101.
Our goal has been achieved. We could see the data to which we shouldn’t have access. This type of attack is horizontal privilege escalation which means that we have access to data we are not permitted to.
How to prevent privilege escalation?
It’s impossible to completely secure against privilege escalation attacks. However, we can make it difficult to exploit.
To minimize the risks related to privilege escalation, you must follow the process called Principle of Least privilege which relies on granting access to users, processes, or programs, only and exclusively to the resources they need. For example, a user who is delegated to create backups should not have the right to install the software, because he does not need it to perform backups.
To be better protected against such attacks, we should install a well-tested system for monitoring the network and user activity, so that it can detect unusual actions and blocks them immediately. This is not an easy task, but the correct configuration of such system will allow to protect the network against privilege escalation attacks.
You should also remember about a good antivirus program that will protect you from most software that can elevate user or process right, as well as ensure regular updates of the systems and services installed.
Of course, there are more methods and techniques to protect yourself against privilege escalation attacks, but remembering the most basic principles we can effectively prevent an attacker from penetrating our system or network.
In the case of web applications one of the methods is the Checking Permission By Role method.
The roles assigned to specific users of the application should be defined during the design stage. This will create a mapping between users and commands, queries or actions available to them. It can be created using the so-called „role matrix”. All actions should be „deny by default” and only those permissions that are necessary for given users or groups should be granted. To put it briefly, if the permission is not explicitly stated, then it is not in the system.
Example of the „role matrix”:
|Permission 1||Permission 2||…||Permission N|
The above “role matrix” would be accompanied by mapping user accounts to roles (i.e. a users/roles matrix):
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SQSTM1 (sequestosome 1; also known as p62) encodes a multidomain scaffolding protein involved in various key cellular processes, including the removal of damaged mitochondria by its function as a selective autophagy receptor. Heterozygous variants in SQSTM1 have been associated with Paget disease of the bone and might contribute to neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Using exome sequencing, we identified three different biallelic loss-of-function variants in SQSTM1 in nine affected individuals from four families with a childhood- or adolescence-onset neurodegenerative disorder characterized by gait abnormalities, ataxia, dysarthria, dystonia, vertical gaze palsy, and cognitive decline. We confirmed absence of the SQSTM1/p62 protein in affected individuals’ fibroblasts and found evidence of a defect in the early response to mitochondrial depolarization and autophagosome formation. Our findings expand the SQSTM1-associated phenotypic spectrum and lend further support to the concept of disturbed selective autophagy pathways in neurodegenerative diseases.
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With the approach of nuclear talks between Iran and the G5+1, the Iranian ambassador to the IAEA announced that Iran will not suspend its nuclear program or its enrichment of uranium.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh said in an interview with FOX News that even though Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, it will not halt uranium enrichment.
Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was also interviewed by Fox News and he said that the IAEA is not fully convinced that Iran’s nuclear program has no military dimension. He said that due to new intelligence, there must be further inspection of Iranian military sites, namely the Parchin Military Base.
Soltanieh pointed out that the base was inspected in 2005 and added that, as long as the issue is not politicized, the IAEA inspectors will be allowed to visit the site once more.
He said Iran’s security could be threatened by frequent visits to military sites at any whim.
In February, IAEA inspectors visited Iran for two days and, upon their return, the delegation announced that its request to visit Parchin Military Base had been turned down.
Iran responded by saying the visit was not on the delegation’s agenda and it could only be allowed with proper notification.
Amano then announced that because of new intelligence, he is concerned that the base might have been used for certain nuclear tests, adding that the agency needs better cooperation from the Islamic Republic.
Soltanieh also told the Fox interviewer that international sanctions will not sway Iran’s determination to exploit nuclear power for peaceful purposes. He added that the level of Iran’s cooperation depended on the attitude of the negotiators. He insisted that Iran will not cooperate when confronted with threats.
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Should I Connect Venmo To Facebook
The Venmo App is a way to send and receive money with your friends and family. The app is available on both Android and iOS devices, but it is currently only available in the United States. All transactions on Venmo are public by default, so they can be seen by anyone on the Internet. Some users don’t know that their payments are public. This can be frustrating for those who prefer to keep their finances private. To change your privacy settings, tap the three lines in the upper right corner of your screen.
The app allows you to share expenses with other users when sending money. You can make a payment with a credit or debit card that exceeds your Venmo balance. You can also send money instantly to anyone who uses Venmo. You have two options when sending money to family and friends: you can make it instantly or transfer it to a bank account. The “cash-out” will be delayed if you choose to make an external bank transfer unless you pay a fee.
After you have signed up for an account, you can send and receive payments with the Venmo App. You can send money by choosing the recipient and entering the amount. Once you’ve verified the payment, you can view your recipient’s social feed. If you’re a merchant, you may want to use PayPal to accept payments. Venmo is more convenient for consumers.
You should be aware of fraudulent transactions as with all mobile payments. Con artists often use stolen credit card numbers to make Venmo payments, claiming that the payment was an error. If you’re unsure, contact Venmo and ask them to confirm whether the transaction was legitimate. If you are a victim, block anyone that hasn’t been verified legitimate. You never know who might be using a stolen credit card or account.
Venmo can be a security risk. First of all, there are fees. Whether you use Venmo for making payments or sending money, you’ll always encounter a small fee. A third fee is charged by Venmo to use your credit card. This is passed onto the customer. This fee can be avoided by sending money via other sources such as a bank account or debit card.
Another risk to Venmo is scams. The app uses encryption to protect the sensitive information you enter. It then monitors your activity to verify that your payments are genuine. The risks don’t end there. Remember to never send money to strangers or to pyramid schemes! This way, you’ll protect your money while doing good. Venmo has been designed to protect users, but you should still be cautious of fraud and scams.
You should consider whether you can withdraw your money from the Venmo App without incurring fees. Some users don’t like to wait until the money is in their account to be transferred, so they opt for a more secure method. If you are looking for a Venmo way to send money, you will find the best. The app will support four cryptocurrencies in 2021 and provide guides for newcomers to crypto-craze.
Security is another concern. Security is a concern as with all Internet-connected applications. However, the Venmo App utilizes bank-level encryption to protect customer data. Users can lock their Venmo Apps with PIN codes to protect themselves against theft. Using Venmo for mobile payments is one of the best ways to avoid scams. You should lock your phone if you lose it or steal it.
You may want to consider switching to PayPal instead. PayPal purchased Braintree in 2013 and created its own payment platform. Venmo’s popularity among millennials has grown rapidly. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Venmo processed $19 billion, an 80% increase year-over-year. It is estimated that as many as 10 million users are using the app today. The growth of Venmo shows that millennials are willing to accept a new money system and aren’t bothered by privacy. | <urn:uuid:2f0055fb-354f-447f-8462-37cfc4910f27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wildcataquatics.org/should-i-connect-venmo-to-facebook/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.946583 | 819 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Compensation & Salary Schedules
The salary tables below are based on 7.5 hours per day inclusive of 1/2 hour lunch, 188 days per year. Employees who work less than this will have their annual salary reduced accordingly. View/Download PDF
The Christina School District operates under separate and unique collective bargaining unit agreements with Teachers, Secretaries, Custodians, Paraprofessionals, Food Service Employees and Bus Drivers & Bus Attendants respectively. The Payroll Department applies all rules for pay from both federal and state law and these bargaining unit agreements. All of these agreements are compliant with federal and state law for salaries and hourly wages. Below is a link to a brief description of a couple of important laws we would like to call to your attention as you review the salary schedule that applies to you. They are only a subset of the federal and state laws we follow for all our employees. | <urn:uuid:1cb46a84-57e8-4c76-9bc8-ce62b6d300d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.christinak12.org/domain/3731 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.944297 | 191 | 1.5625 | 2 |
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