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Using Drones for Research: Data Processing and Legal Issues
Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 9:00am to 12:00pm
Building 4, 4-231
182 MEMORIAL DR (REAR), Cambridge, MA 02139
This workshop has two components: (1) An introduction the resources and tools available at MIT to fly drones and process photographs into geospatial formats useful in a GIS, along with some examples of how drone imagery has been used at MIT. (2) A primer on the rules and regulations of small UAS flight. We will cover requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, and introduce software tools for flight planning. | <urn:uuid:602ea2b1-71e1-4c40-a71b-84bc2f93cca7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://calendar.mit.edu/event/using_drones_for_research_data_processing_and_legal_issues | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.89355 | 137 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Building a reputation is a very difficult task for writers, and badly written content can ruin your reputation in no time. If you are writing content - be it for your website or for a guest blog, producing top-notch content should be your priority. Excellent content can still fade into obscurity if it is anything but original.
Writing on a topic that's been widely explored is a sure way to get your idea drowned even before it reaches the readers. Great content gives a brand a unique voice, visibility and reputation, increasing its brand awareness. This is the reason why B2B and B2C companies are paying greater attention to the content they deal with.
You could produce an excellent guide on PPC marketing, but with thousands of other great guides, including a few mediocre ones out there, it becomes challenging to get an audience; and furthermore, to make them read your content from start to finish. Life has no guarantees, and yet there are ways in which you can tilt the odds in your favor. This article lays out ways to avoid writing content that will never be read. Want to know what they are?
1. Use an active voice, not passive
One of the biggest sins of writing is to write in passive voice. It may be a bit difficult for those who are not highly knowledgeable in grammar to follow. Passive voice tends to take the action away from the reader. Passive voice is weak, sluggish and requires more words to write - when the same meaning can be made with fewer words. Politicians are guilty of using passive voice. You may hear them say something like “mistakes were made” when the right thing to be said is: “I made a mistake”. Active voice is written in the simple present tense.
This is not saying that the use of passive voice is unacceptable. There are times when passive voice can add glamor to the sentence. For example, when the press was circulating a false message on the death of Mark Twain, he sent a telegram where he said that the report of his death was exaggerated. It sounded better than simply saying, “I am not dead”. Passive voice is used incessantly when the writer is unsure of what to say. So make sure that passive voice doesn't become the reason why your content is not receiving the attention it deserves.
2. Choose inconspicuous topics
It is unlikely you will find a topic that has not been extensively covered, especially if you are dealing with marketing. You will have a larger audience if you narrow your topic down. The moment a topic idea gets into your head, the first thing to do is research. Look online to see the quality of content available on the topic. If there are high-quality articles already available, it may be a bad idea to forge ahead. If the contents are out-of-date or appear, it presents a good opportunity for you to fill the gaps.
If the available contents are too narrow, go broad - and vice versa. If there are too many apathetic contents available, you can create traction by approaching the topic from a less-viewed angle.
3. Avoid producing content that is spam-ridden
Contents that are overtly ridden with keywords may have worked in 2009, but are definitely rebuffed in 2017. Spam-ridden content is hard to read because the message of each sentence is lost to the dense usage of keywords. Readers are easily put off by such writing. Even worse, Google will identify that your content is based on link-building, and they will penalize you.
Research has revealed that 59 percent of Britons will not use a company product or service if they discover the website is laden with poor grammar. After writing contents for your website, read it to yourself. If it doesn’t make sense to you, then it won’t to the reader either. Don’t make it obvious when you are using keywords; make it blend seamlessly into the content.
4. Invest time in the quality of your content
Higher Google ranking means you have a higher chance of being heard. Google has upgraded its algorithm so it has become more sophisticated. The algorithm analyzes and interprets textual contents. When you produce contents that are too short or mediocre, you are not going far. Invest time in content creation, do proper research, cite sources and analyze data in a way that adds significance to your content. The word count and the keyword density should not be your priority. If you come up with a masterpiece, it will rise to the top naturally.
Little typos can say a lot about a company’s attention to detail. You can easily get rid of typos by running your content through online tools like Grammarly. Many companies usually outsource their content to organizations that are dedicated to producing content. This is often a better option, especially if your employees are not highly knowledgeable in the field of content development, or when you are not an English native but writing for an English audience.
5. Present a new idea altogether
Plagiarism is a serious offence in writing - whether it is informal, academic or official content. The newer trend has been dubbed repurposing. Repurposing is when a writer rehashes a work by rephrasing its words so that it is not detected as plagiarism. In this case, they are really not saying anything new - and there is no way you will stand out by doing that.
Plagiarism is worse because you risk getting involved in a legal battle, or being severely penalized by Google. Cutting and pasting sections of existing articles are a sign of mental laziness on the part of the writer. To avoid such a situation, it is paramount that every writer passes their article through plagiarism checkers like Copyscape, etc.
6. Create topics that answer FAQs
If you do a random search - especially on forums - you will see burning issues that people need answers to. Your topic should be centred on answering those questions. No matter how good your content may be, if people are not searching for such topics, you will still suffer a low audience. Burning topics generate the most interest, and therein lies your content.
When people are faced with a new task to perform, the first thing they do is to perform a random search on the web for clues. If you produce content of high quality that answers their questions in the best way possible, you are sure to get views off the charts.
7. Quantity will get you nowhere
Not too long ago, the easiest way to gain a strong Google presence was to churn out hundreds of keyword-stuffed articles. Google has put an end to that era. Keeping up with quantity means working on a strict deadline. This gives room for typos and spam-like contents. Now, it may be a better option to keep to a few articles that are top-quality than to undermine quality for quantity. A good number of successful blogs publish only a few times a week, but still get a good ranking because their content is superb.
8. Promote rather than perish
There is a home for every piece of writing, and it is your duty to find a home for your content. Promotion ends only when you quit. This means that it is not enough to set up automatic social sharing and think that your job is done. You have got to share your content with other bloggers. Find those searching for your content, and share it with them. Part with a few notes for advertising purposes, and draw an audience to your page. You can’t start a journey and quit when you are halfway there - your content is looking to you to take it to its rightful destination - its readers.
To be realistic, not every piece is going to be Google's frontpage hit, no matter how good a content developer you are. But patience, perseverance and resisting the temptation to compromise on your quality will get you a moderate audience, at the least.
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- A radioactive form of iodine, often used for imaging tests or to treat an overactive thyroid, thyroid cancer, and certain other cancers. For imaging tests, the patient takes a small dose of radioactive iodine that collects in thyroid cells and certain kinds of tumors and can be detected by a scanner. To treat thyroid cancer, the patient takes a large dose of radioactive iodine, which kills thyroid cells. Radioactive iodine is also used in internal radiation therapy for prostate cancer, intraocular (eye) melanoma, and carcinoid tumors. Radioactive iodine is given by mouth as a liquid or in capsules, by infusion, or sealed in seeds, which are placed in or near the tumor to kill cancer cells. | <urn:uuid:9c9c585a-ab94-4039-9fc6-64120557aebc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cancer.gov/Common/PopUps/popDefinition.aspx?id=45855&version=healthprofessional&language=English&dictionary=Cancer.gov | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.934092 | 167 | 3.4375 | 3 |
On the commemoration of 80 years of deportations to Minsk, Centropa in partnership with IBB Minsk / Historical Workshop Leonid Levin would like to invite teachers of formal and informal education, multipliers and representatives of NGOs to our international seminar: “Centropa and IBB Online Teacher Training Seminar for educators on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Deportation of Western European Jews to Minsk”
The seminar is open to participants from: Belarus, Russia, Germany, the Visegrad countries & Moldova & Ukraine
Seminar language: ENGLISH & RUSSIAN
The seminar will give the participants an opportunity to build cross-cultural communication and includes lectures and presentations on the history of deportations, the Minsk Ghetto and remembrance: introducing projects and memorial sites in Belarus related to the Holocaust and Jewish Heritage, methodological materials, working groups on international commemoration of the Holocaust as well as infos on our plans for the new Centropa AudioWalk on the Minsk Ghetto and our upcoming student competition. We will also screen Centropa´s brand new film about Mark Epstein, a survivor of the Leningrad Blockade.
For more information, please see the program
Workshop dates: November 2021 (4.11, 10.11 and 11.11).
All participants of all three days receive certificates of the international seminar.
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Synonyms for strong
strɔŋ, strɒŋ; ˈstrɔŋ gər, ˈstrɒŋ-; ˈstrɔŋ gɪst, ˈstrɒŋ-strong
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term strong.
not easily subdued or taken
a strong position
in a strong manner
capable of withstanding great physical force
He is strong in the face of adversity.
highly stimulating to the senses
having an offensive or intense odor or flavor
a strong smell
having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient
having a high alcoholic content
a strong drink
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Healthy is most correctly used to signify possessing or enjoying health or its results; as, a healthy person; a healthy condition. Healthful signifies promotive of health, tending or adapted to confer, preserve, or promote health; as, a healthful climate. Wholesome food in a healthful climate makes a healthy man. With healthful are ranged the words hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, and wholesome, while the other words are associated with healthy. Salubrious is always used in the physical sense, and is chiefly applied to air or climate. Salutary is now chiefly used in the moral sense; as, a salutary lesson.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
powerful, vigorous, solid, secure, fortified, forcible, impetuous, hale, hearty, brawny, sinewy, sound, robust, cogent, influential, zealous, potent, pungent muscular, hardy, stanch, tenacious
powerless, weak, frail, insecure, defenceless, feeble, mild, calm, gentle, delicate, sickly, inefficacious, unsatisfactory, unconvincing, unimpressive, vapid, impotent, unavailing, lukewarm, debile, flaccid, nerveless, tender, moderate, indifferent
having strength or power greater than average or expected
"a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
puny, pallid, anaemic, unsound, shoddy, weakened, lame, flimsy, spineless, pale, vulnerable, regular, feeble, unforceful, sick, wishy-washy, stale, wan, asthenic, debilitated, anemic, forceless, gutless, faint, weak, namby-pamby, nonalcoholic, powerless, adynamic, mild, enervated, jerry-built
not faint or feeble
"a strong odor of burning rubber"
namby-pamby, mild, unforceful, vulnerable, pale, spineless, wishy-washy, lame, weak, feeble, sick, shoddy, powerless, weakened, jerry-built, forceless, flimsy, anaemic, debilitated, anemic, puny, pallid, adynamic, gutless, asthenic, regular, wan, enervated, faint, stale, nonalcoholic, unsound
having or wielding force or authority
"providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
wishy-washy, forceless, shoddy, feeble, unsound, pale, anaemic, namby-pamby, weakened, regular, wan, debilitated, vulnerable, pallid, weak, powerless, faint, gutless, flimsy, jerry-built, spineless, sick, enervated, mild, asthenic, unforceful, anemic, nonalcoholic, adynamic, stale, puny, lame
potent, strong, stiffadjective
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, inviolable, besotted, solid, secure, buckram, warm, unassailable, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, substantial, powerful, plastered, fuddled, tight, firm, hard, unattackable, soused, soaked, sozzled, virile, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, blotto, unwavering, rigid, impregnable, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, potent, starchy, loaded, wet, steady
adynamic, powerless, namby-pamby, sick, wishy-washy, unforceful, wan, regular, jerry-built, shoddy, unsound, enervated, anaemic, weakened, weak, nonalcoholic, spineless, debilitated, stale, feeble, pallid, puny, flimsy, pale, vulnerable, lame, mild, gutless, anemic, asthenic, forceless, faint
impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackableadjective
immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
"an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
conceptive, potent, watertight, dependable, safe, absolute, substantial, inviolate, untroubled, inviolable, unshakable, untouchable, warm, good, stiff, inexpugnable, unafraid, infrangible, unattackable, unassailable, bulletproof, firm, solid, sacrosanct, hard, impregnable, secure
feeble, unforceful, wishy-washy, weakened, asthenic, mild, anaemic, stale, gutless, vulnerable, pale, powerless, faint, weak, flimsy, pallid, debilitated, lame, puny, namby-pamby, regular, wan, shoddy, spineless, anemic, sick, jerry-built, nonalcoholic, forceless, enervated, unsound, adynamic
solid, strong, substantialadjective
of good quality and condition; solidly built
"a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
self-colored, whole, potent, inviolable, unanimous, self-coloured, substantial, stiff, material, upstanding, significant, hearty, warm, satisfying, hard, real, substantive, solid, unassailable, square, firm, unattackable, impregnable, secure
wan, gutless, sick, lame, anemic, weakened, vulnerable, jerry-built, faint, mild, flimsy, debilitated, spineless, feeble, forceless, powerless, unsound, stale, asthenic, unforceful, weak, anaemic, enervated, nonalcoholic, adynamic, namby-pamby, regular, wishy-washy, shoddy, puny, pale, pallid
of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
"`sing' is a strong verb"
feeble, debilitated, flimsy, weakened, vulnerable, puny, shoddy, regular, wan, anemic, wishy-washy, anaemic, gutless, pale, adynamic, powerless, forceless, jerry-built, unforceful, faint, unsound, namby-pamby, weak, stale, pallid, mild, enervated, nonalcoholic, sick, lame, spineless, asthenic
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
severe, arduous, grueling, tough, potent, impregnable, toilsome, hard, substantial, unattackable, stiff, inviolable, heavy, voiceless, laborious, difficult, unassailable, knockout, gruelling, solid, intemperate, concentrated, punishing, unvoiced, firm, warm, operose, backbreaking, surd, secure
regular, asthenic, weak, anaemic, stale, forceless, unforceful, pale, faint, mild, shoddy, jerry-built, feeble, sick, adynamic, unsound, debilitated, flimsy, namby-pamby, puny, vulnerable, nonalcoholic, spineless, enervated, lame, powerless, pallid, wishy-washy, wan, weakened, gutless, anemic
freshly made or left
"a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
pallid, vulnerable, gutless, feeble, nonalcoholic, faint, jerry-built, weakened, spineless, flimsy, adynamic, asthenic, shoddy, regular, wan, pale, mild, enervated, weak, namby-pamby, forceless, anaemic, stale, unforceful, powerless, anemic, wishy-washy, debilitated, sick, puny, lame, unsound
strong and sure
"a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
loyal, potent, inviolable, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, warm, hard, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unattackable, unwavering, unassailable, steady, firm, immobile, impregnable, secure
shoddy, unsound, jerry-built, debilitated, sick, wishy-washy, faint, gutless, forceless, feeble, nonalcoholic, anemic, anaemic, spineless, lame, weak, puny, vulnerable, adynamic, pallid, mild, wan, unforceful, powerless, stale, flimsy, weakened, namby-pamby, enervated, pale, asthenic, regular
Dictionary of English Synonymes
10. alcoholic (in a high degree), intoxicating
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
firm, tough, enduring, hale, sound, robust, hardy, durable, puissant, powerful, mighty, invincible, impregnable, irresistible, fortified, virile, athletic, muscular, brawny, vigorous, stout, strapping, lusty, sturdy, sinewy, stalwart, thewy, able-bodied, violent, forcible, impetuous, vehement, potent, cogent, influential, urgent, convincing, conclusive, ardent, eager, zealous, strenuous, stanch, unwavering, determined, spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic, vivid, dazzling, intense, glaring, effective, drastic, potent, racy, pungent, piquant, tough, tenacious, rank, strong-smelling, valid
List of paraphrases for "strong":
solid, powerful, robust, fort, firm, vigorous, strongly, stark, forceful, high, sound, sharp, loud, energetic, solids, heavy, intense, large, severe, potent, great, close, tough, resolute, forte, forces, staunch, hard, strict, steadfast, significant, steep, deep, heavily, ardent, rigorous, important, powers, dynamic, highly, fierce, marked, mighty, good, clear, serious, substantial, decisive, considerable, fervent, major, stringent, vibrant, very, emphatic, keen
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How to use strong in a sentence?
The peaceable part of mankind will be continually overrun by the vile and abandoned while they neglect the means of self-defense. The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like laws discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were (the good) deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become a prey to the strong.
One of the reasons that our( New Mexico) families are resilient, strong even in the face of extreme poverty and difficulty is because we are open, we integrate well, and we think we can message that about the economy, the wall is not a positive message. So it will give us an opportunity to distinguish ourselves and to talk about that advocacy which we think will be very beneficial.
The strong sentiment is let's not be a mining town, but a town with a mine.
I started really hot and then I kind of stumbled a little bit, so my goal was to finish strong, and I did that.
President Obama has made a very strong and forceful and simple decision entirely in keeping with his originally stated policy that we must defeat and destroy Daesh, it is not a decision to enter into Syria's civil war. It is not an action focused on (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, it focused exclusively on Daesh and in augmenting our ability to rapidly attack Daesh.
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11 Bible Verses about Infants
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“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation
By the forgiveness of their sins,
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was young.
and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
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Individual treatment response to behavior modification was examined in the context of a summer treatment program. Four children ages 11 to 12 and diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were examined in a BABAB design in which a comprehensive behavioral program was utilized and withdrawn across an 8-week period. Dependent measures included frequency counts of negative behaviors, rule violations in recreational and class-room settings, and academic seatwork completion and accuracy. Results documented the effectiveness of the behavioral intervention with all 4 children. Some children showed consistent responses regardless of setting, while others showed differential responses in classroom and recreational settings. In general, behavior worsened progressively over days during the withdrawal weeks. The second withdrawal of treatment produced deleterious effects for several children that persisted for a time even when behavior modification was reinstated. The individual response patterns of each of the 4 children are discussed.
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NUAST is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for pupils and promoting a climate where children will feel confident about sharing any concerns which they may have about their own safety or the well-being of others.
Adults and students are clear about how to rpeort safeguarding concerns which can be done in a variety of ways. This can be through:
- Speaking to a member of staff who will refer you to the safeguarding team
- Contacting the safeguarding team firstname.lastname@example.org
- Using the referral forms on this website (on the student wellbeing tabs)
- Clicking on this link.
Mr Thompson (Vice Principal/Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Ms Patterson (KS3 Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Mr Smith (KS4 Designated Safeguarding Lead)
NUAST's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy sets out guidelines to ensure that the rights of children are protected through staff awareness of the issues and the following of statutory and local guidelines in the reporting of concerns.
Children and young people are defined as those under the age of 18 years.
In line with the Department for Education’s statutory guidance on “Keeping children safe in education. Statutory guidance for schools and colleges.” (2016) and “What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused” (2015) the policy gives guidance on the:
- Role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Role of the Board of Directors
- Inappropriate behaviour with children and the implications for staff in breach of guidelines
- Responsibilities of Staff
- Staff training
- Categories of abuse.
- Specific safeguarding issues as outlined in the “Keeping children safe in education” document
A copy of NUASTs Safeguarding policy can be found on our Policies page.
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- Keeping cool during PE at NUAST in the air conditioned sports hall!
We are extremely grateful to have access to David Ross Sports Village for our PE lessons (Physical Education - 18/07/2022)
- Year 7 honing their skills in the workshop
Year 7 learning how o work in a team whilst perfecting their skills (Engineering - 14/07/2022)
- Greenpower car gets a nose job.
Year 12 students designing the nose cone on the Greenpower car (Engineering - 14/07/2022)
- Year 12 Students Visit Bletchley Park
NUAST students vist the home of code breaking (Computer Science - 23/06/2022)
- Year 9 students shine a light on bike safety
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The Indian shipbuilding industry has taken ‘baby steps’ into the world of autonomous vessels. Asko Maritime AS, a subsidiary of the group of Norges Gruppen ASA, Norway, placed orders with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) to build two emission-free electrical-powered autonomous vessels. The 67-metre long vessel is designed by Naval Dynamics Norway and Kongsberg Maritime systems and the detailed engineering will be carried out by the CSL. It would carry 16 trailers onboard and operate in Oslo fjords.
There are at least four important reasons for the global move towards building smart vessels; first, the shipping industry seeks to harness Industry 4.0 technologies for enhancing efficiency, harmonize ship operations with the supply chain and reduce downtime through predictive maintenance; second is about reducing pollution from ships which are known to emit enormous amounts of GHG gasses that impact the environment and contribute to climate change; third, is the reduction of personnel on board ships for cost-cutting and using their living spaces for cargo; and fourth, reduce accidents given that nearly 70 to 80 percent of ship accidents at sea are a result of human error.
In the above context, autonomous vessels are making a debut in the global maritime ecosystem and over 2000 autonomous and semi-autonomous vessels could be operating by 2025. The market trends for autonomous ships is indeed very encouraging and this segment is “estimated to be USD 6.1 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 13.8 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 7.00% from 2018 to 2030.”1
A number of autonomous ship projects are currently underway; for instance, Kongsberg Maritime, a Norwegian technology enterprise is building Yara Birkeland, an “autonomous electric-powered vessel”, capable of carrying 100 to 150 shipping containers. 2The European Commission has funded collaborative project MUNIN (Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks) that features automated on-board decision systems but controlled by a remote operator in a shore side control station.”3
In Asia, Japan is leading in autonomous ship technology development and a consortium of shipping and engineering companies, research institutes and laboratories were shortlisted by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism to develop a technological concept for autonomous ocean transport system4. The project, based on Industry 4.0 technologies, is estimated to cost “tens of billions of yen, or hundreds of millions of dollars, at a minimum”5.
In 2020, China announced steel cutting for its first autonomous containership named Zhi Fei to be constructed at Qingdao shipyard. This 5,000 tons vessels can carry up to 300 TEUs and is being fitted with intelligent navigation systems. It would have electric propulsion which would reduce noise and its advanced systems to reduce NOx, SOx and CO2 gasses6.
The international technology conglomerates too are supporting smart ship production. The IBM is engaged in the development of autonomous vessel called ‘Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS)’ which is being equipped with IBM’s Power AI Vision technology and an IBM Deep Learning-powered collision avoidance system to maintain autonomous safety of navigation7. Similarly, Rolls-Royce is among the pioneers in autonomous ship technology, and its €6.6 million project -Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) – is supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation to examine the future of autonomous ships8.
The MASS technology is in its infancy and is expected to improve in the coming future. However, the major challenge is human-resource who would need to be educated and trained for adoption and assimilation of new technologies for which they must develop specialist skills for MASS operations both at sea and ashore. This would entail significant investment in training infrastructure, bridging the digital education divide, and research for this new technological age. There will also be challenges on account of existing workers’ skills who would require to upgrade on a continuing basis, as also for those workers being displaced or having their jobs eliminated9.
Technological advancements have been the feature of the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). Since its incorporation in 1972 as a fully owned Government of India company, the shipyard has built large merchant vessels and military platforms such as aircraft carriers; it has also excelled in the ship repair business. It has commercial linkages with foreign shipyards and the most recent strategic business partnership is with M/s. Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups. Their memorandum of understanding envisages focus on indigenization in shipbuilding for India in support of the ’Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ vision of Indian government.
The Cochin Shipyard Limited has now made a very promising beginning in the smart ship segment and is therefore reasonably primed to attract many other international partners to build ‘smart vessels’. This should trigger interest among Indian technology and product developers such as the Kochi based Maker Village and concept developer MSME such as DRaS, to explore Industry 4.0 technologies for ‘smart vessels’. This would also help India ride the current wave of technology and not being left behind in the future shipping environment. Asian shipbuilding giants such as Japan, Korea, China and Singapore are the leading countries in shipbuilding as also in Industry 4.0 technologies and the gap with them is quickly widening.
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of India and Defence Research and Studies
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- “China starts building its 1st autonomous feeder”, https://www.offshore-energy.biz/china-starts-building-its-1st-autonomous-feeder/ (accessed 20 May 2020).
- “ProMare”, https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/promare-systems-hardware-power-ai-edge (accessed 18 October 2020).
- “Autonomous Ships Timeline – Comparing Rolls-Royce, Kongsberg, Yara and More”, https://emerj.com/ai-adoption-timelines/autonomous-ships-timeline/(accessed 24 September 2020).
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Sweden's Alshammar won't swim in record 7th Olympics
ROME (AP) — Therese Alshammar’s attempt to become the first swimmer to compete in seven Olympics ended Saturday less than a month before the Tokyo Games.
The Swedish great missed out on qualifying for a spot on her country’s 4x100 freestyle relay team when she was beaten by an Indian swimmer less than half her age in a two-woman heat at the Seven Hills meet.
The 43-year-old Alshammar touched in 57.99 seconds — about two seconds slower than she needed in the 100 free.
Under a searing Roman sun in a half-empty outdoor arena, Northwestern University athlete Kenisha Gupta won the heat in 57.35.
“It was harder than I imagined,” Alshammar told The Associated Press. “If you want to race good you have to practice often. And this year with the (pandemic) it’s been a different year.”
A mother of two, Alshammar decided to make a comeback at the start of the year after having retired in 2016.
“Because of the different year, I trained more but also racing was much harder," she said. "There was not many competitions to find. And I was never good at the 100 in the last part of my career. So the 100 hurts more than I could remember. Even today — coming out was OK; coming home was terribly hard.”
Alshammar remains the only female swimmer to have competed in six Olympics (from 1996 to 2016). Two men have also achieved the feat: Derya Büyükuncu of Turkey and Lars Frölander of Sweden (both from 1992-2012).
Alshammar won two silver medals (in the 50 and 100 free) and a bronze (4x100 free relay) at the 2000 Sydney Games. She also won eight medals at the world championships over her career.
Alshammar will compete in the 50 free on Sunday to conclude her career. She is not attempting to qualify in that event.
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New Delhi: Cracked heels is a problem which almost everyone encounters. It is very important to take care of your toes to avoid cracked heels as this problem aggravates in winters.
If you have problem of cracked heels avoid wearing flip-flops and walking barefoot as it can damage the skin on your feet. The constant exposure to air dries out the delicate skin and create calluses. The pressure of pounding your feet on the ground when you walk or run exasperates the issue and causes heel cracks in the skin. If you continue to walk or run in a situation like this, the cracks can split open and become deeper.
Read on to know the best natural remedies to cure cracked heels.
Home remedies to treat cracked heels:
– For treating cracked heels, apply a mixture of candle wax and mustard oil and leave it on overnight to see the difference.
– Apply pulp of ripe banana on the affected area. It helps a lot in fast healing.
– Make a mixture of glycerin and rosewater and apply it to your feet for say 15 days and you will be amazed to see the results.
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Space food, shuttle tiles for sale by NASA
The US space agency is offering schools and universities a special deal on astronaut cuisine and heat tiles from the now extinct space shuttles, just over 20 dollars a pack, NASA said Monday.
"The lightweight tiles protected the shuttles from extreme temperatures when the orbiters re-entered the Earth's atmosphere," NASA said in a statement.
"The food, which was precooked or processed so that refrigeration is unnecessary, is ready to eat or could be prepared simply by adding water or by heating."
Since the items are government property, the price to mail them was set at $23.40 for a package of "Tiles for Teachers" and $28.03 for a three-pack of food items, "Space Food for Schools."
Each shuttle had about 21,000 lightweight heat shield tiles to protect the spacecraft from searing heat which could reach 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,650 Celsius).
As part of the offer, NASA posted online a series of three different age-appropriate lesson plans for children seven to 18, but none contained a mention of the 2003 shuttle Columbia disaster.
Columbia disintegrated on its way back to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board. Engineers later discovered that a damaged part of the thermal protection shield in the wing area was to blame.
NASA has faced mounting uncertainty over its future human spaceflight goals, and US lawmakers have threatened to slash its budget for other costly ventures such as the multi-billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope.
The space shuttle program ended in July after three decades, leaving Russia as the only nation capable of bringing humans to the International Space Station until a US alternative can be built by private industry in the coming years.
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Is man doomed to his destiny?
Man was sent to this world for a test. Man will receive either award or punishment in return for his deeds. Such award or punishment definitely necessitates man to be free to do deeds. Our fair Lord shows man the way of goodness and evil but He lets man choose one of these ways. We will affirm our statement with two verses from the Holy Quran:
"Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! Those who receive Guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray, do so to their own loss." (Yunus: 108)
"And say: The Truth is from your Lord so let him who please believe, and let him who please disbelieve." (al-Kahf:29)
As it can be seen, man is not forced by Allah Almighty to go to one of the good or bad ways. Allah showed the two ways to man; and man became free to go to either of the ways. Besides, everybody knows by conscience that they are free in their actions. Man himself is a witness that he can do anything he wants without being under pressure and influence. For example, when man wants to lift up his hand, he can lift up his hand. When he wants to walk, he can walk. A person who wants to go to mosque can go to mosque; a person who wants to go to a casino can go to the casino. Neither the feet of the man going to mosque, nor the feet of the man going to the casino says, “I do not want to go there". Therefore, a person who is asked earnestly to use his body legitimately but uses the bounty of the body entrusted to him in order to commit sins has no excuse. He will be held responsible because he uses his free will in a bad way.
Does a person claiming that he sins because of being a prisoner of fate call it destiny when another man sins?
For example, a man says he steals due to being a prisoner of fate. Another thief enters this man's house and that thief starts to collect the valuable things; the owner of the house asks the thief what he is doing, the thief says: "I am a prisoner of fate. In my fate, theft is written. I will do it willy-nilly". Does the owner of the house allow the thief to steal his valuable things?
Suppose that a man claims that he is a murderer because of being a prisoner of fate. If his child is killed by another man and if the killer says: "I did it because this is written in my fate." How will the man whose child was killed react to the murderer?
Moreover, thinking that man is a prisoner of fate leads us to many dilemmas. In other words, if man was a prisoner of fate, the thief would steal because of destiny and the murderer would kill for the same reason. However, it would remove responsibility; so, Allah would act unjustly toward His servants. However, man is not a being whose feet are tied with a stone and who is thrown into the sea and then who is addressed, "get rid of this bad situation." By saying: "I am prisoner of fate", man blames destiny because of his sin. In fact, by saying so, man commits a major crime because he blames Allah and attributes oppression to Allah, who has endless justice. However, Allah is absolutely fair and is free from being unfair.
In addition, if man was a prisoner of fate, to command goodness, to ban evil, to reward people who obey Allah and to punish people who disobey Allah would be meaningless. Everyone would live in the way that had been written in destiny. For example, a person praying Allah would pray because praying had been written in the destiny. Similarly, a person who sins would sin because, according to this understanding, to sin had been written in the destiny of him. Therefore, sending prophets holy books to guide people would become meaningless because the advice to the people who were prisoners of their fate would not affect them.
Furthermore, in many verses in the Holy Quran, Allah calls the servants to repent. If man sinned because of being a prisoner of fate, would the call to repent be meaningful?
Another explanation showing why man is not a prisoner of fate is the fact that he is not asked to perform some kind of worship that he cannot fulfill and he is not held responsible for the things that he cannot do. If man were a prisoner of fate, such a distinction would not be made and everyone would become responsible under every condition. Regarding the rights belonging to Allah, the conditions abrogating the responsibility of people are as follows: Madness, dementia, forgetfulness, coercion and mistakes.
As a result, the deeds that are done in those cases are not voluntary deeds. Therefore, in this case, man does not become responsible. If man were a prisoner of fate, these cases would not be excluded from responsibility. Everyone, without excluding clever, forgetful, sleeping, mistaken people, would become responsible.
Allah Almighty forgives the servant who sins because of others' threats and coercions. However, when man is forgiven by such a merciful being, is it not something that deprives him of mercy to indict the mercy of Allah by saying: "You determined my fate; then, why do you punish me?"
- Is man doomed to his destiny?
- Is committing suicide present in the destiny of a person?
- If what we are going to do is determined in our fate, what is our fault? If Allah knows whether we are going to enter Heaven or Hell, why did He send us down to Earth?
- If everything is determined in our fate, why did Allah send us down to earth for testing? Does He not already know everything? He could have sent us to Heaven or Hell without testing, too; why did He not do so?
- What is the meaning of "goodness comes from Allah and badness comes from His servants"?
- Can I have a chance to select or change the person whom I am going to marry by praying?
- Is the penalty of cutting off the hand of the thief very severe?
- Prophet Yusuf [Joseph] (Peace be upon him)
- 6. Destiny
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Some of Iran’s most powerful officials are blaming foreign elements and the media for a rising crime rate and a lack of public safety.
The parliamentary website Khaneh Mellat reports that Parliament today reviewed the subject of "social safety and dealing with criminals" in the presence of the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice, the Prosecutor General and the head of Security Forces.
The session comes after recent weeks saw a significant increase in the reporting of serious crimes such as assault, rape, gang rape and murder.
Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the head of the police force, said: "In our region, the presence of [global] superpowers and their agents who promote crimes such as drug-dealing, sex and violence are factors in the rising crime rates."
He cited the post-election protests of 2009 as another factor.
Following the 2009 presidential elections, numerous mass demonstrations were triggered by allegations that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory was achieved through vote fraud. The authorities arrested thousands of protesters in order to quell the unrest.
Ahmadi Moghaddam insisted that "weakening the authority of the police leads to insecurity in society."
He said the murder rate has risen in recent years, adding that murders within families have also become more common.
However, he claimed that despite the rise in murder rates, they are still lower than those in most developed countries.
Minister of the Interior Mostafa Mohammad Najjar told the session that while "the U.S. and the enemies of the Revolution are perpetually trying to paint Iran as an unsafe place," Iranian media can inadvertently fall into the same trap.
He also cited economic, social and cultural reasons for the rise in the crime rates and called for more transparent laws to confront them.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, Iran’s Prosecutor General, said the country’s enemies are trying to propagate an unsafe image of Iran. He called for tough legislation that would enable the judiciary to take action against dangerous crimes.
Mohammadreza Bahonar, the deputy head of Parliament, called on the judiciary to speed up its processing of criminal cases.
However, Minister of Justice Morteza Bakhtiari said speeding up court procedures is not possible, in light of the rights that the constitution gives to suspects, and judges who do so would be breaking the law. He said controls on the media are needed to prevent exaggerated reports about crime.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said: "Criminals should be dealt with mercilessly and in public. Prison conditions for them should be very harsh and sentences against them should be issued with greater speed and their cases should be given priority.
Conservative MP Ahmad Tavakoli told the session that the public feels considerably less safe than it used to and he laid part of the blame on the inappropriate media coverage of recent incidents in Iran.
He also acknowledged that poverty and unemployment were additional factors in raising crime rates but he added: "This problem also has a political dimension: when the administration or Parliament and other officials ignore the law or refuse to carry it out, people cannot be expected to act differently."
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It’s no secret that ambulance crews are faced with incredibly challenging life and death situations every day. Not to mention the increased pressure they are facing due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to a recent article in the Guardian: “equipment supplies are being stretched, ambulances are going off the road for cleaning, and job cycle times are growing”. It currently takes up to 45 minutes for ambulance staff to deep clean equipment between missions.
Imagine further delays if ambulance staff arrived at the scene of an emergency only to find that the critical equipment they needed was missing or faulty. Further delays would be encountered, targets could be missed, and patient outcomes could be jeopardized.
Not only this, but the psychological impact on the ambulance crew could be devastating. Unable to save lives, paramedics may be deeply affected by not having the correct or functioning equipment on board. According to the mental health charity Mind, ambulance workers are twice as likely to suffer mental health problems as the general public – but they are also much less likely to reach out for support.
Nothing lost, broken or forgotten
Technology is able to take away some of the stress and worry experienced by ambulance teams – by ensuring all the required equipment is on board and it is working correctly. ACETECH™ Asset Intelligence is a software platform that makes this possible. And when used with from Zebra Technologies, ambulance teams get greater assurances that they have the kit they need on board – and it works – to improve patient outcomes. In turn, this will give paramedics greater confidence in their work, and help to reduce any mental health problems associated with the trauma of being unable to effectively help a patient.
Know what’s/not on board
Thieves often target ambulances on the roadside to steal medical supplies and healthcare equipment – and during the coronavirus outbreak even masks and hand sanitizer have been stolen. In just one week ambulance crews in the north east of England reported the loss of vital personal protective equipment four times while treating patients. It’s also possible for paramedics under stress to leave essential items back at base or out in the field – meaning they don’t have what they need when they arrive at an incident. ACETECH Asset Intelligence alerts teams when they’re missing the critical equipment they need. Intelligent beacon technology also helps crews and HQ to find and easily recover missing equipment.
Outcome: All the equipment paramedics need will always be on board.
Pinpoint defective items
ACETECH Asset Intelligence prevents defective equipment from going out into the field so ambulance crews know they have equipment that works every time they reach for it. And it’s invaluable in the event of a product recall, picking out the precise location of every piece of defective equipment and getting it brought back to base for servicing or replacing.
Outcome: Each piece of equipment will always be fully functioning when paramedics need it.
Check equipment status
Back at base, teams with ACETECH Asset Intelligence receive alerts when stock is about to reach its expiry date, helping to prioritize the stock used. It enables teams to easily manage their inventory and purchasing with handy stock level alerts, saving time checking stock manually. Teams also receive reminders about maintenance checks to keep stock in its best condition.
Outcome: Teams stay on top of purchasing with alerts for expiry dates and condition of stock.
Easy equipment visibility
Everything mentioned above is available and visible for teams to see in the Asset Intelligence portal in real-time. It’s accessible using desktops, mobile devices or an RFID scanner.
Outcome: One single portal for viewing all stock and its status, saving time for paramedics and teams at base.
With ambulance teams facing increasing pressures, implementing technology that can make their lives easier and improve patient outcomes is a win-win. ACETECH Asset Intelligence is an innovative solution: ensuring all the ambulance equipment is where it should be – and functioning properly. It supports improved patient outcomes and reduces stress for paramedic teams and the crew back at base. Not to mention helping them to meet challenging Government targets and save lives through using equipment that works – exactly where it should be. | <urn:uuid:31113ea8-170d-45d1-9abf-293aef8b7380> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.acetech.com/news-and-events/certainty-for-paramedics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.94792 | 845 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Getting truly restful sleeps at night is an important part of maintaining optimum health. That is true for all of us, regardless of our ages. It’s important that we get approximately seven to eight hours of sleep each night in order to consider ourselves good sleepers. However, the older we get, the harder it can be to get adequate rest at night.
Why do elderly people have harder times falling asleep?
As The Good Care Group in London, England explains, melatonin is the hormone that governs our sleep patterns within our bodies. This hormone decreases in older adults. As well, because elderly people often contend with aches, pains and other physical ailments more than their younger counterparts, they can have a lot of trouble getting comfortable in bed.
“Disrupted sleep often leads to older people spending longer in bed, or sleeping at intervals throughout the day to catch up,” notes The Good Care Group on their website, “By talking to a health professional with a view to removing or mitigating the causes of disrupted sleep, you can take tangible steps towards improving your loved-one’s sleeping pattern and overall quality of life.”
What are the most common causes of disruptive sleep?
The most common causes of disrupted sleep are stress, trauma, medication and illness/physical pain brought on by such medical conditions as arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, acid reflux and Alzheimer’s. Certain medicines can also make it hard to sleep. Talk to your physician to learn about the possible ramifications of the medications your elderly parent is taking.
“Dealing with pain can keep you awake,” states FamilyDoctor.org, “Some health conditions can even cause sleep problems. Diabetes and prostate issues can contribute to sleep disturbance and make you fatigued. The problem caused by these conditions is that you are being woken up to urinate many times through the night. Conditions such as congestive heart failure or kidney disease may cause sleep issues.”
What can older adults do to promote healthier sleeping patterns?
An active lifestyle will certainly help. Of course, no one is saying that long and arduous workouts are necessary. Clearly, lifting heavy weights isn’t a recommended activity for senior citizens. However, they are still encouraged to partake in some light exercise each day. By having a regular daily routine that involves both physical and social activities, an older adult will exert more daytime energy, causing greater fatigue by bedtime.
As well, it’s important for an elderly person’s bedroom to be dark, quiet and comfortable. Removing audible and visual distractions will aid in creating a tranquil environment within which one can rest peacefully. This entails taking the TV out of the room or, at the very least, insisting upon shutting it off when in bed. To help things along, it’s wise to avoid any caffeine, sugar-based or alcoholic drinks before turning in for the night.
How do home hospital beds help seniors to sleep better at night?
Home hospital beds allow individuals to increase sleeping comfort by adjusting bed positioning with proper therapeutic mattress surfaces. These beds are perfect for individuals who have hard times getting in and out of bed, have sleeping issues, insomnia or are bedridden.
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Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO)
Enhancing the ability to standardize phenotype nomenclature
The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO) is designed to be used to standardize morphological and physiological measurement records generated from clinical and model organism research and health programs.
The CMO was developed at the Rat Genome Database (rgd.mcw.edu) to encompass qualitative or quantitative values that result from the assessment of a morphological or physiological state or property of single or groups of individuals/samples. Terms relevant to livestock were contributed by Iowa State University incorporating terms from the Animal Trait Ontology (ATO). This project is aimed at enhancing the ability to standardize phenotype nomenclature across species. This will undoubtedly help the animal genome community by facilitating the transfer of genomics information from some well-studied species.
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Three ontologies to define phenotype measurement data. Front Genet. 3:87.
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Luxome Products Definition For Kids – Is the Luxome Blanket Right For You?
Luxome is a covering producer that has actually stayed in business because 2018. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
The firm currently sells their variety of weighted coverings via their own web site and also Amazon.com.
The Luxome Costs Weighted Covering is one of Luxome’s higher-end blankets. It is weighted with glass beads, which are normally thought about to be superior to plastic grains. Glass grains are smaller, making the covering less large. They additionally disperse in a manner that much better contours to the body.
This blanket comes with a cleanable inner covering and also a removable cover. The internal covering is made from 100 percent percale cotton, which transcends to polyester or cotton-polyester blends discovered in other blankets. The removable cover is relatively easy to fix, so customers can pick between 2 fabric types: bamboo lyocell and also minky. Bamboo lyocell is cooling and moisture-wicking, while minky is an unclear, soft fabric sleepers might favor when they wish to stay cozy.
Luxome likewise provides covers made completely of either Lyocell bamboo or minky. They likewise make a device washable version in which the cover is integrated. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
Customers can choose from 3 dimensions: large/queen-sized, which considers 18 lbs., medium/full-sized, which evaluates 15 lbs., and small/kid-sized, which considers 8 pounds. Sadly, customers can not choose different blanket weights within a single size, so blanket weight can not be customized to a person based upon their weight.
Preferably, heavy blankets ought to be about 10 percent of a sleeper’s body weight. Complying with that regulation, the Luxome Weighted Covering is best for children and also adults weighting between 80 and 180 lbs. The Luxome Weighted Blanket comes with totally free delivery and a cost-free 30-day trial duration.
Continue reading to get more information about the Luxome Weighted Covering in regards to building and construction, rates, and performance. This evaluation additionally includes similar weighted blanket recommendations and also a summary of Luxome’s company plans.
Who’s It Good For
– Cold sleepers.
– Energetic people.
– Those with hypoallergenic worries.
– Those who want a blanket with a mix of materials.
– Those with stress and anxiety, ADHD, or Restless Leg Syndrome.
Who It’s Bad For
– Warm sleepers– instead, try the GhostBed heavy blanket, which is cool-to-the-touch.
– Heavyweight people– instead, attempt the Luna weighted covering, which uses 3 weight alternatives for those over 200 lbs.
– Budget plan consumers– rather, attempt the Helix weighted blanket, which comes with a reduced price.
– Glass grains are much less large as well as extra comfortable.
– Reversible cover gives two material alternatives.
– Internal blanket is machine washable.
– Free shipping & totally free 30-day test period.
– Not ideal for very cold weather.
– Greater rate point.
The Luxome heavy covering offers you a compression-like feeling against the body, which I believe is soothing and also relaxing after a lengthy day– like a hug. The feel of the material differs depending on which material you select. We tested out the minky cover alternative, which had a soft, plush, silky feel to it..
It’s fairly heavy but doesn’t really feel frustrating on the body. It additionally replied to my body language well and wasn’t also tough to manipulate as soon as I was beneath. I would not have actually thought there were little glass grains inside if I didn’t already recognize they remained in there.
Cushion Weighted Covering Ratings
We placed the blankets we examine to the examination and also evaluate them over six efficiency classifications, from appropriate weight distribution completely to just how comfy they are. When we’re done, we let you know all the information, so all you have to do is determine whether or not it’s right for you.
Weight Distribution: 5/5
I was really pleased by exactly how uniformly distributed the weight of this blanket was. The insert is filled with extremely small glass grains and polyester batting, which provide the blanket its weight. Thanks to the gridded sewing pattern across the blanket’s surface area, the weighted fill remains evenly dispersed throughout as soon as you lay it throughout your body. Luxome says that this blanket is “enhanced to an excellent weight per square foot,” and also I agree with that insurance claim.
You can choose from eight various material/color options, which include Bamboo Lyocell, minky polyester, or a mix of both products. The blanket likewise is available in 3 size variations: tool, big, and extra big, which all go up in weight with each size alternative. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
Temperature level Control: 2/5
I tend to sleep on the chillier side and like to have additional coverings, so I really did not locate the Luxome to be extremely hot. It did the job of keeping me comfortable as I slept. Nonetheless, my companion is a hot sleeper, as well as he claimed with time he began overheating and had to become lighter clothes to be comfortable underneath..
If you’re a hot sleeper, be wary of this choice since it doesn’t have any kind of cooling innovations integrated in to purposefully fight warmth retention. If that seems like you, try out the Bamboo Lyocell cover alternative since it’s a lighter, more breathable material.
Quality of Products: 4.5/ 5
Regardless of which cover fabric you select, you can really feel the high quality of this blanket simply from its touch. It’s durable, soft, as well as the material feels elegant. And also, the high quality is good enough that you can wash it without anxiety of pilling or stretching out from usage..
The only factor I docked it a half point was because this blanket does not come with any kind of energetic air conditioning innovations, which affects hot sleepers. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
The Luxome weighted blanket is completely machine cleanable, regardless of which cover you choose. The quality materials and high thread matter make the textile resilient enough to hold up against a device wash on a fragile cycle and afterwards roll completely dry.
Client Experience: 3.5/ 5
Luxome is an American firm based in the midwest. They use same-day free shipping on all products within the contiguous U.S.
If you’re ordering from Alaska or Hawaii, you’ll be billed a small delivery fee. The totally free delivery and also trial duration are both on the same level with rivals’ plans, yet Luxome lost factors for not having a warranty. Many companies use at the very least a one year service warranty on blankets.
Products and also Building and construction: What’s It Constructed from?
This material feels like a mix of cotton as well as silk, and is the lighter as well as cooler alternative of the products used for this blanket. Lyocell Bamboo is moisture-wicking, natural, and uses an eco-friendly procedure for manufacturing. It resembles TENCEL, but Bamboo Lyocell is specifically made with bamboo pulp. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
This coincides material type as fleece, microfiber, as well as flannel. It’s the warmer of both textile options. If you select the mix of materials for your cover, one side will feature the polyester, and the various other will certainly have the Bamboo Lyocell. Consider this as a “best of both worlds” option.
The inner covering is made from 100 percent Percale cotton, which has a thread weave that’s durable and has a crisp feeling.
1mm glass beads are uniformly distributed throughout the internal covering and give the blanket its weight.
– Very soft, comfy feel:
We directly evaluated the minky textile, as well as enjoyed its luxurious, premium quality appearance.
– Selection of alternatives:
This blanket is available in a selection of colors, textiles, and weights to make sure that you can choose which works finest for you.
– Maker cleanable:
The whole blanket both the cover as well as insert is device washable. This is a wonderful feature as a whole, however particularly if you struggle with allergies, have kids, or pet dogs.
– Beads are undetectable:
Occasionally you can really feel or hear the insert of a heavy covering, however with the Luxome, the glass microbeads were quiet and also didn’t sidetrack from using the covering. Luxome Products Definition For Kids
– No dimension for plus sized people:
The biggest covering Luxome offers is 30 pounds, which is ideal for larger people with a King size bed. Nonetheless, I do not recognize if the weight alternatives would certainly supply enough compression for a large size person.
– Not great for hot sleepers:
The minky choice is too cozy for warm sleepers. Although there is no active air conditioning modern technology in these coverings, I would say hot sleepers must try the bamboo cover product, which is normally cooler than minky.
– Expensive: The Luxome comes with a high cost. Although it’s not one of the most affordable choice, it’s still more budget friendly than other high-end items on the marketplace.
Sizing, Rates, and also Policies
– Medium (Complete) – 15 lbs54″ x 72″ $160.
– Large (Queen) – 18 lbs60″ x 80″ $190.
– X-Large (King) 30 lbs100″ – x 85″$ 270.
Luxome ships free of charge throughout the adjoining U.S. If you’re buying from Alaska or Hawaii, you’ll be charged a shipping fee. The firm claims to offer same day shipping as long as you get on a weekday before 2pm EST.
Luxome will certainly accept returns as much as 30 days after delivery. Returned things must be tidy, not damaged, as well as include the packaging it was available in. Luxome does not bill any return or restocking costs, and also will give you with a pre paid delivery label.
The company likewise uses free exchanges, which can be done with their internet site. Exchange orders are processed to deliver within 24 hr on company days.
Luxome Test Duration as well as Service Warranty
You have thirty days to check out your blanket as well as return it for a complete refund. Luxome does not supply a guarantee for their heavy coverings.
Where To Order Luxome Products.
You can order all kinds of Luxome Products direct from their site which an be discovered right here.
You can read more info on WebMd’s article about Weighted Blankets Here
Where is Luxome manufactured?
Are weighted blankets worth buying?
Why do weighted blankets cost so much?
Heavy coverings require thicker materials of much better top quality than regular blankets,” Osmond states. “They also need dual sewing to help keep every little thing together. The extra time, top notch materials as well as special devices required to make them drives up the price.
Is Luxome a real company?
Luxome is a business that makes and sells heavy blankets as well as numerous other bed accessories. These products stress high-end as well as high quality.
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The Mobilising for Development’s one-day learning and reflection workshop afforded community-based organisations, CBOs, in Garun Mallam local government area of Kano state the opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and best practices about effective CBO management
“We can’t quantify the immense benefits M4D has brought to our organization as before the coming of M4D we were not organized in terms of running our CBO around issues like managing finances, monitoring and evaluation and documentation,” said Ahmad Isa, the vice chair of Garun Mallam Youth Progressive Movement, GYPM, one of Mobilising for Development programme’s CBO partners in Garun Mallam local government area, LGA, of Kano state.
Isa, who was speaking during a workshop on learning and reflection organized for community-based organizations in the area by DFID’s Mobilising for Development Programme recently added that M4D had encouraged them to, among others, make leadership of GYPM more participatory and democratic including the involvement women and People with Disability, PWDs, in their activities.
“With the involvement of women, we are already seeing improvement in our activities. Before, it was difficult for us creating awareness on the importance of ante-natal and post-natal care for pregnant women, now it is easier as our women members do that on our behalf and therefore more pregnant women go to hospital which means less women die of pregnancy-related ailments in our community,” he said.
The one-day workshop was part of Mobilising for Development Programme’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of its CBO partners towards improving their engagement with policy makers and decision-makers for effective service delivery in Garun Mallam, according to Ahmad Muhammed, M4D’s deputy team leader.
“It is one thing to train people and entirely another for them to be able to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in running their organisations. The idea for the workshop is for the CBOs to learn from each other how to improve their capacity to engage with policymakers and decision-makers towards better service delivery in their communities,” said Muhammed.
Sahnunu Madaki, M4D’s community development outreach officer in Garun Mallam told African Newspage that it was much easier for the CBOs to learn from one another than to be given capacity building by experts.
“It is much easier for the CBOs to learn from one another than to be given capacity building by us, whom they may see as being high-level. Seeing fellow CBOs do things successfully encourage other CBOs to copy easily,” said Madaki
Abdulmumini Zakari is the chairman of Taimako Group, another CBO working in Garun Babba community of the LGA.
Zakari also said the learning and reflection workshop had afforded CBOs in Garun Mallam the opportunity to share experiences and best practices on the management of CBOs including how to organize and run general meetings.
“Garun Babba community and the LGA now have good understanding; we can now engage with policymakers and decision-makers around development projects in the LGA on issues like repairing damaged roads in the community. People now learn to take ownership of projects executed by the LGA and therefore the need to ensure such projects are well maintained,” he added.
Sa’adu Ahmadu, the chairman of the association of Peoples With Disability, PWDs, in Garun Mallam LGA, who was also at the learning and reflection event described the event as an opportunity to share experiences by CBOs and learn best practices from one another.
“Prior to the coming of M4D in Garun Mallam, we were not being included in policymaking and decision-making by the LGA. We now know our rights and are involved in whatever the LGA does which has really empowered us,” said Ahmadu.
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New platform to fight hate crime – Online Hate Crime Hub
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Tuesday August 08 2017
In April this year, London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched the Online Hate Crime Hub, a new police unit that is focused on tackling online abuses and offering support for the victims.
The Evening Standard gained access to the Online Hate Crime Hub to find out what progress is being made, and to talk to the ones involved.
Detective Sergeant Chris Rhodes explained some of the motives behind the unit’s conception.
He said: “Our recent political and societal context has led to an increase in online hate crimes, especially targeting the Muslim community.”
“Every time there is a terrorist atrocity, we record a peak in hate crimes reported,” he added.
The number of victims of religious and racist hate crime has risen almost 20 per cent in the last year alone. In the same period, the number of disability hate crime victims increased by 216 per cent.
“A crime is classified as a hate crime if it is perceived as an attack motivated by somebody’s race, disability, sexuality, colour or religion”, explains Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.
“The unit is a proof of concept. It is not a pilot because pilots are variably successful. We have already learnt quite a lot”, says Detective Inspector John Donovan, project lead for the hub.
DS Rhodes explained: “What we have discovered so far is how time-consuming and complex these investigations are.”
The unit is particularly useful when perpetrators are anonymous. Liaising with social media platforms such as Twitter or Facebook, the inspectors seek information about the perpetrators, such as an IP address, as well as a date and a time stamp.
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“The amount of anonymity that you enjoy is much less than people expect”, said DI Donovan.
However, time has been an issue. The most time-consuming part is to constitute the file referencing all the different occurrences of abuses and submitting it to the Crown Prosecution Service in hope that it will lead to a prosecution.
“One of our early findings is that, once the abuses are taken down, most victims lose interest and don’t wish to progress with the prosecution. They don’t want to go to court, they don’t want to face their abuser.” said DI Donovan.
“Even if taking the abuse down is a result for the victims, which is our priority, this is something we will have to work on because it probably isn’t best for society if serial offenders continuously get away with their crimes.”
“The high profile abusers that we dealt with were for the most part articulate, which makes them even more dangerous. The more articulate they are the more insulting they can be”, he said.
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It is the series of integer that is named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci.
It may look like a mystery but there are many evidences of Fibonacci numbers recognized in the nature such as plant petals, spirals in sunflower or the spiral patterns of shells.
Most of investors made their decisions based on either exchange rate volatility or rules (laws) of nature (economics, market) as well as temporary trends (fashionable trends).
Such a way of predicting exchange rate (market) volatility is called Fibonacci Retracement.
What is Fibonacci PIVOT?
Fibonacii PIVOT is an original indicator that has been illustrated in the book “Mr. Shirofukurou” by a famous Japanese author about his art of making money with FX Metatrader.
Applying the Fibonacci agonistic into PIVOT calculation can help improve the accuracy significantly.
Illustration/ Example of a Fibonacci PIVOT trade
In the figure below, the discreet red bar shows the status of displaying Fibonacci PIVOT
Fibonacci PIVOT is displayed as the green/blue line in the centre.
PIVOT value is in the middle with 8 auto generated line, above are resistance line 1,2,3,4; below are support line 1,2,3,4
Besides, according to Robert Krausz method, Resistance zone 1 is the area between resistance line 1 and 2 and support zone 1 is the area between support line 1 and 2 in green.
This is based on the focus on the whole zone instead of the Fibonacci PIVOT line, this zone includes Resistance and Support.
Display Resistance zone 2 as the area between resistance line 3 and 4 and support zone 2 as the area between support line 3 and 4 in orange.
As seen in the figure above, there is a high probability that price will bounce back (or drop back) unless breaking through the Fibonacci PIVOT.
Illustrative/Example Trading strategy
- Buying case
- If price drops to S1 then hunt for cheap buy.
- If price continues to drop to S2 then either cut loss or increase buying amount if you are holding call options.
- A profit can be made if price increases to R1.
- If price drops to S3 then cut loss or sell the call options.
- Selling case
- If price increases to R1 then sell on rally.
- If price increases to R2, cut loss or either increase selling if you are holding other put options.
- A profit can be made if price then drops to S1.
- If price increases to R3 then cut loss or sell the put options.
The above strategy is just for reference, trading in your own strategy is also very important.
Since Fibonacci PIVOT is based on probability theory, there are many cases that it turns out to be wrong
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Healthcare workers, vulnerable populations including the elderly to be the first to receive it
Canada on Wednesday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, days after Britain became the first country to greenlight and roll it out.
"Today, Canada reached a critical milestone in its fight against Covid-19 with the authorization of the first Covid-19 vaccine," Health Canada said in a statement.
The vaccine, it said, had undergone a fast-tracked review while it was still in clinical trials, which concluded that it met "stringent safety, efficacy and quality requirements for use in Canada”.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that as many as 249,000 doses would be received in December, with the first shipments to 14 sites across Canada arriving as early as next week and people receiving shots a day or two later.
Healthcare workers and vulnerable populations including the elderly are to be the first to receive it.
By September 2021, Trudeau said, most Canadians should be inoculated.
Thousands of Britons became the first in the Western world to receive the vaccine on Tuesday at the start of the biggest global vaccination drive in more than half a century.
The vaccine — which proved to be 95% effective in late-stage clinical trials — is administered in two doses, 21 days apart.
British health officials, however, warned on Wednesday that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not get it right away, after two people suffered allergic reactions and needed treatment.
US giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech called Canada's interim order for its emergency use "a historic moment in our collective fight against the Covid-19 pandemic" and "a major step towards returning to normalcy in Canada”.
They will continue providing data on its use for ongoing evaluation, according to Canada's health department.
The federal government, meanwhile, has concluded pre-orders with several pharmaceutical companies — including AstraZeneca, Pfizer and BioNTech, Sanofi and GSK, Novavax, Johnson & Johnson, Medicago and Moderna — for 400 million doses, to ensure it eventually gets what it needs for its population of 38 million. | <urn:uuid:f9e37c8d-3da1-4be6-9206-c1cc39c8942f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archive.dhakatribune.com/world/2020/12/09/canada-approves-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.969301 | 450 | 2.21875 | 2 |
30 September 2005
DOC disgusted by hoaxer’s idea of a joke by offering a live dolphin for sale
The advertisement of a captured live dolphin on an on-line auction site earlier this week has turned out to be a 40-year
old advertising manager’s sad idea of a joke a member of the government’s Wildlife Enforcement Group (WEG) said today.
The man was interviewed today [Friday 30th September] by Peter Younger who is the Department of Conservation’s
representative in WEG. “The seller’s property has been searched and we can confirm this was nothing more than this
person’s idea of fun” Mr Younger said today.
“The seller stated that he had done it for a “laugh” and thought his friends would find it amusing.”
“Considerable time and resources were required to investigate the incident and respond to enquiries, which flooded in
from all over the New Zealand and internationally. Unfortunately, this waste of tax payers’ money is not an isolated
incident, but the third in as many months where protected wildlife has been offered for sale on the Internet.”
“These are not the efforts of criminals attempting to extort money, nor are they the amateurish attempts by young people
who play on the net. These hoaxes were dreamed up by “mature” educated business professionals who, quite frankly, you
would expect more from.” Mr Younger said.
Earlier this year, a Wellington-based I.T. manager was responsible for an advert claiming he had a juvenile brown kiwi,
provoking a rash of correspondence from members of the public who said they were concerned and disgusted by the person’s
A recent case originating in the USA involved a company and a professionally constructed website claiming to have
penguins for sale and breeding facilities in New Zealand.
WEG is an interdepartmental enforcement group made up of representatives from DOC, MAF and Customs. The group’s primary
focus is investigating the serious issue of organised illegal trade in wild flora and fauna.
“Wildlife trade, both legal and illegal, was a growing problem around the globe with devastating implications on animal
welfare and conservation”, Mr Younger said. The Internet was increasingly playing a central role in this trade, creating
new challenges to legislators and enforcement agencies.
A report entitled “Caught in the Web”, published in July this year by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, found
that, each week, thousands of animals and animal parts are being offered for sale on the Internet. In an intensive one
week survey, IFAW found more than 9,000 wild animal products and specimens and live wild animals for sale, predominantly
from species protected by law. As this survey was limited to certain species and products, IFAW believe this is just the
“tip of the iceberg”.
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The number of tokens listed on CoinMarketCap has now exceeded 20,000 on the heels of a banner year for capital formation in crypto, which saw over $33B of venture dollars flow into the ecosystem - much of which indexed toward companies or projects that plan to launch a token.
With the promise of valuation marks divorced from reality, and the tantalizing prospects of instant traction and early liquidity, it’s easy to see why many founders depart from the boring old equity raise. The unfortunate reality is that rarely is this trade worth the resulting hangover that even the entire world’s supply of Pedialyte can’t cure. In the clear eyed reset of the bear market, here are three practical reasons why you probably don’t need a token:
The advent of yield farming and airdrops spawned a wave of token based growth hacks, most of which create the illusion of traction that seemingly upends the traditional product growth playbook by enabling a myriad of X-to-earn schemes that show user acquisition accelerating so fast that the growth line bends back toward the Y-axis.
DAOs are simultaneously brilliantly simple and immensely complex, a contrast that is especially evident as I write this on the day of Ethereum’s London hard fork. Behind this incompatibility lies endless opportunities for building, failure, iteration, and exploration. Here I hope to provide a brief summary of the current state of DAOs and make a few observations about these opportunities.
Over the past 5 years, DAOs have evolved from an idea and exploit that nearly ended Ethereum itself, to one of the most promising platforms for experimentation in the ways individuals and capital organize toward productive outcomes. These experiments currently number in the thousands, control over $8B in capital, produce over $100M in monthly on-chain revenue, and trustlessly coordinate thousands of members globally. Yet despite their immense impact, DAOs are quite simple in the abstract. | <urn:uuid:5a660dc0-2076-480b-824e-c3d1703c90b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://clay.mirror.xyz/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.930471 | 394 | 1.5625 | 2 |
The global semiconductor gases market had a market value of over USD 8,261.6 million in 2020. It is expected to grow to USD 12,450.3 million by 2027. This market is expected to grow at 6.4% over the forecast period. Market growth is expected to be boosted by the increasing use of semiconductor gases in the electrical and electronic industries. Market growth is also expected to be fueled by favourable government initiatives to support the semiconductor industry and the increasing demand for semiconductor gases to enable efficient semiconductor processing. Market players were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many market players had to adapt their production plans and operations when the pandemic caused major shifts in demand for semiconductor end applications.
Increased use of semiconductor gases within the electronic and electrical industry
All electronic devices are built around semiconductors. Most electronics processing that involves gases is done in chambers or metal-walled reactions. In various manufacturing processes, semiconductor gases are used. Deposition uses argon and Helium, while fluorine (hydrogen chloride), Chlorine, xenon, and argon are used for photolithography. Carbon-based gases, fluorine & fluorine are used to etch; phosphine is used for doping, hydrogen, oxygen, and argon for annealing, as well as nitrogen trifluoride in chamber cleaning. Market growth is expected to be boosted by the increasing use of semiconductor gases in the electronic and electrical industries.
Encouragement from the government to support the semiconductor industry
Market growth is expected to be boosted by the growing semiconductor industry in emerging countries like India. According to India Electronics and Semiconductor Association, India’s semiconductor consumption was approximately USD 21 billion in 2019. The Government of India also increased the number of incentive schemes such as the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (Made-SIPS) or the Electronic Development Fund to USD 111 million in the Union Budget of India 2017-18. This fund was created to boost the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries. This fund is expected to drive market growth over the forecast period.
Semiconductor Gases Market Report Scope and Segmentation
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- Cleaning of the Chamber
The global market for semiconductor gases is divided into North America and Europe, Asia Pacific Middle East, Africa, and South America.
Due to its large semiconductor industry, the Asia Pacific region holds more than 70% of the global market. Favourable government initiatives will also support market growth.
Due to the large number of end-users for semiconductor gases in North America, the market for North America is expected to be the second largest. The projected period will also see significant growth in the European and Latin American markets.
Air Liquide, Valin Corporation, Air Products Inc, American Gas Products (AGP), Linde plc, Gruppo SiAD, Indiana Oxygen Inc., Parker Hannifin, Mott Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Chemicals Company, Ltd., Messer Group, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., REC Silicon ASA, Solvay SA, and others are key players in the global semiconductor gas market.
The six largest players account for nearly 76% of the total market. To strengthen their market position, these market players participate in mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, product launches, and product launches. Air Liquide, for example, announced in July 2021 its plan to build a renewable hydrogen production facility by electrolysis in Oberhausen (Germany). The plant is expected to have a total power of 30MW, and the first phase will likely be in operation by 2023. The company also expanded its network in Germany.
The following pointers are provided in the global semiconductor gases market report:
Market Penetration: Comprehensive information about the market provided by prominent players
Market Development: This report provides detailed information on lucrative emerging markets as well as an analysis of penetration in mature markets
Market Diversification: Offers detailed information about untapped geopolitical areas, recent developments and investments
This research report provides an assessment of the competitive landscape. It includes information on mergers and acquisitions, certifications, and product launches in the global Semiconductor gas market. The report also includes a SWOT analysis of the top players.
Product Development and Innovation: This report offers intelligent insights into future technologies, R&D activities and groundbreaking product developments
This global Semiconductor gas market report answers questions like:
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- North America
- The Netherlands
- Czech Republic
- Rest of Europe
- Asia Pacific
- South Korea
- Australia & New Zealand
- Rest of Asia Pacific
- South America
- Rest of South America
- The Middle East & Africa
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Northern Africa
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"Latin is a precise, essential language. It will be abandoned, not because it is unsuitable for the new requirements of progress, but because the new men will not be suitable for it. When the age of demagogues and charlatans begins, a language like Latin will no longer be useful, and any oaf will be able to give a speech in public and talk in such a way that he will not be kicked off the stage. The secret to this will consist in the fact that, by making use of words that are general, elusive, and sound good, he will be able to speak for an hour without saying anything. With Latin, this is impossible." | <urn:uuid:0df27f42-8a9a-4c54-9012-af6f36caf330> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/2016/03/rome-quotes-gratiam-tibi-refero-optime.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.951345 | 146 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Hodgson, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Hodgson (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The northern cape of Black Island, projecting into McMurdo Ice Shelf.
Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, for Thomas V Hodgson, biologist, who with Koettlitz, Ferrar and Bernacchi was one of the first party to visit Black Island. They were members of the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04.
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Two masterpieces in one Playmobilset Especially on the occasion of the extensive restoration of Rembrandt's most works Marten & Oopjen, the Rijksmuseum has released a unique Marten &Oopjen Playmobile set. The set consists of two miniature figures by Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, in addition to a hand fan.
Marten &Oopjen: for almost 400 years together.
Marten Soolmans was the son of a wealthy Flemish immigrant, who owned a successful sugar refinery business in Amsterdam. In 1634 he confidently posed for Rembrandt, then one of Amsterdam's most in-demand portrait painters. Because of his exuberant costume, with expensive lace and huge rosettes on the shoes, they called him a Dandy in the 19th century. His wife Oopjen Coppit from Amsterdam that belonged to a small group of family rulers. Oopjen's grandfather had become rich with the trade in grain and gunpowder. Even though Oopjen is dressed less modernly than Marten, but with her black silk dress and jewelry she definitely shows her wealth. | <urn:uuid:094261b4-80ce-4492-a312-8ddacf41742b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/playmobil-i-marten-oopjen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.93701 | 285 | 1.789063 | 2 |
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However, there are far more effective ways to use coffee to get the job done, than guzzle a pint of latte every morning.
Here are our top 6 ways that coffee can be used to improve your work!
COFFEE AS A SECRET WEAPON
As a sparsely used weapon, coffee or tea can be great; as a crutch it’s so unproductive. Aim for one coffee a day and if you need to boost your energy at other times, try snacking on apples as an alternative (it works surprisingly well!).
Try to find ways of kick-starting the day without the need for caffeine and then if you need a strategic coffee later in the day, you have it in your arsenal. If you start the day with a caffeine rush, it’s either downhill from there, or you need to keep injecting more caffeine rushes to stay on top and you end up feeling like your energy is on a rollercoaster ride. In the longer term, sustained caffeine use will play havoc with your adrenal glands… and make you look really old.
THE COFFEE SHOP AS AN OFFICE
The best way to be sure that you won’t be interrupted and distracted by all the noises and annoyances of the office is to be somewhere other than the office. Working from home can be a good solution to this. It can also provide its own new set of distractions: “I’ll start my report just as soon as I’ve done last night’s washing up and hoovered the lounge”.
Coffee shops are a great alternative. These are places where the atmosphere and scenery is calming, but where there are few distractions: desk, pad, laptop and me. There’s nothing to do but drink coffee and do my best work and as a result, that’s often exactly what I do.
Make sure you have space where you can lay out your papers easily but also a space where you’re unlikely to face interruptions, distractions and other attention threats. Many coffee shops now have co-working tables, where you have a bit more room and will be near a plug if you need one.
THE COFFEE SHOP AS A MEETING ROOM
There is a growing trend developing where people hold their meetings away from the office and in coffee shops. Since as a nation, the UK has in the last ten years really embraced the ‘coffee culture’ of our European and American counterparts, perhaps this is not a surprising trend.
Coffee shops can make great locations for meetings – they’re informal, yet you don’t want to outstay your welcome, so easy conversation and brevity quickly follow. And of course, fuelled by far too much caffeine from those big mugs, we talk more quickly and are more alert in our pursuit of the outcomes we want.
USE COFFEE AS A DRIVER IN MEETINGS
If you’re forced to run a meeting in the office, you can still use coffee to get things done. A great tip with managing flow is to strategically use the natural breaks in the day: a lunch break, a coffee break or the specified finish time. When I am writing agendas I always try to schedule the bits where I can predict things might get a little heated to be just before a coffee break or lunch. This means that rather than just being focussed on the issue, participants’ attention and collective enthusiasm for the fight are diverted towards their collective enthusiasm for a coffee and a piece of cake. You’ll find that the person who delays this, even over a matter of principle, is brave indeed.
And if it does get a little heated, well you have the natural break in proceedings to calm everyone down, rather than that heat getting in the way of other agenda items.
FIND A MENTOR (OVER A COFFEE)
We deal with a whole lot of tasks where it feels like we’re the pioneers. When we’re doing this it can feel like all we have to call on is our own imagination, but this is rarely the case. Look around within your organisation and outside of it and you probably won’t have too much trouble finding someone who’s taken on a similar challenge and won. It’s much easier to ‘model’ their behaviour than try to reinvent the wheel.
Look for opportunities to pick these people’s brains. Perhaps ask them if you can buy them a coffee and use the time to ask them a couple of key questions that would move your own work forward. Look for opportunities to ask for advice, learn from the mistakes of others and be generous with the advice that you could offer to someone else on their way up the same ladder as you.
PLAY THE KETTLE GAME
Think about all those internal emails that fly around the office from people who sit just a few desks away. Whilst the kettle is being boiled, use this time to have quick conversations in reply to some of those emails.
Before you get up to make a drink, do a quick scan of your email inbox, picking out two or three potential targets. Then, your goal is to hunt them down between now and when you sit back down with your hot beverage. Make it a game! Particularly focus on the conversations that are so much more easily done in person than on email, which will save you a bucketful of time later on.
Sometimes a useful way to decide this is to think about which emails might lead you to reply with a series of questions – usually in a two-way conversation, the number of questions you need to answer is seriously reduced. | <urn:uuid:92975452-2979-4821-9578-cc01bb00a842> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thinkproductive.eu/the-productivity-ninja-guide-to-coffee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.954494 | 1,196 | 1.796875 | 2 |
The work of A House Unbuilt is research, performance, and activism. Through the use of movement and listening with the body, these activities operate together to engage and investigate the social fabric of communities. Our bodies are immediate, a physical presence with the power to intervene in systems much larger than themselves. Our bodies can bring the incomprehensible paradoxes of our times to a human scale. Listening with the body is a radical practice that can open more ears and create greater possibility for civil discourse.
A House Unbuilt perceives story as an embodied object, existing in time, continuous. We believe that all that we are is story. Story can connect us. Story is a confluence of individual landscapes, voices, and movements, and this is vital to our approach to both gathering and sharing ourselves. Story is only ever captured in part and creates great opportunity for empathy.
Through story, through listening, A House Unbuilt creates opportunity for others to reconsider and reimagine the place where they are from, the people that surround them, and the time that they live in.
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Victoria Bradford Styrbicki is an artist and cultural producer working across the lines of performance, research, and activism. She is a Louisiana native and thrives on place-based work that connects with the “social choreography” of a people—their movement both physical and conceptual toward greater connectivity. After earning her Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria worked extensively in this field in the city of Chicago, moving after ten years to the Twin Cities in Minnesota where she now lives and works [more].
Tom Styrbicki is a bridge engineer, runner, bicyclist and Minnesota native. Tom serves as the State Design Engineer at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and in this role he supports and encourages the movement of people in every way (motorized and non-motorized) that fulfill their lives. In addition to being a licensed professional engineer with a BA in Environmental Science from the University of Colorado, BS in Civil Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and MS in Structural Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Styrbicki has competed in 20 marathons, 30 relays, and 15 triathlons.
Dinah Bradford is a community volunteer based in Lake Charles, Louisiana where she serves on the board of the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana. As a long-time supporter of Louisiana State University, she currently serves as a member of the College of Human Science and Education’s Peabody Society Board of Directors. As a former Principal of Immaculate Conception Cathedral School as well as past president of the Junior League of Lake Charles, Inc., she continues her involvement with these organizations serving on advisory committees when called upon.
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Join in the effort of listening and building the conversation. Please consider contributing to A House Unbuilt to help us continue our mission, or just be in touch and participate where you can. We’d love to hear from you! | <urn:uuid:3fcb0295-5dfd-4d4f-8b1d-5071e1bd47fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ahouseunbuilt.com/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.953849 | 720 | 1.648438 | 2 |
3D Systems has expanded its PlasticJet Printing materials to include a new Nylon for its CubePro 3D printers—a desktop printer that can suit a number of professional engineering applications as well as consumer applications. The engineering-grade Nylon material brings strength, flexibility and durability to desktop production of functional parts for design, testing and small-scale manufacturing. The Nylon is a blend that includes Nylon 6 and is compatible with Infinity Rinse-Away water-soluble support material. The material enables 3D printing of complex, articulated and fully assembled end-use parts.
The material comes in a new Smart Cartridge equipped with a hydroscopic seal that extends the material’s shelf life for up to 12 months. Nylon cartridges are priced at $149 each, and are available immediately on Cubify and through select distributors. The CubePro has a climate-controlled chamber that houses these cartridges, so users are assured of high quality output for every use.
Luke Schantz, a technologist at SoftLayer recently worked with this material and observed the material’s properties. “When prototyping my custom-built, visual effects robot I knew ABS would be strong enough for some fit testing; but when it got to doing the real work, the functional testing and ongoing use, I needed the strength and endurance that Nylon delivers.”
Beyond functional prototyping and test parts, Nylon’s strength, durability, and smooth surface finish allows CubePro owners to transform their desktop 3D printer into an economic tool for low volume, high value direct-manufacturing. For example, small businesses can readily produce several hundred precision parts to satisfy their monthly sales requirements using a bank of CubePro printers as an affordable flexible-manufacturing cell.
“We are thrilled to offer this long-awaited material to our core, desktop user base, empowering engineers, small businesses and start-ups alike,” said Peter Theran, Vice President, Global Consumer Products, 3DS. “Nylon for CubePro takes desktop 3D printing into direct-manufacturing and end-use part production.”
Nylon for CubePro features include:
–Tensile Strength: 4,785 psi (pounds per square inch), with flexibility of a dog bone-like shape of 1/8th in. thick, 1/2 in. wide
–Elongation at break value: 22 %; 1 in. can stretch to 1.22 in.
–Strength-to-weight ratio: 174 psi, for light and strong parts with honeycomb infill structure
–Tensile Modulus: 248,005 psi
–Flexural strength: 8,270 psi
–Hardness, Shore D: 75 via needle penetration, meaning Nylon is as hard as a hardhat
Nylon’s strength and durability gives prints a smooth surface finish, ideal for parts requiring load bearing, base strength.
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Wondering how many checkpoints are in the Duolingo Spanish tree? There are currently 10 Checkpoints in the Duolingo Spanish Course.
What is a Checkpoint?
In order to pass the Checkpoint or unlock it, you need to complete all of the lessons that come before that checkpoint. That means you need to have earned at least 1 crown in each topic.
Once you’ve finished all the lessons and earned at least one crown for each, then you can pass the last checkpoint in Duolingo Spanish and finally earn your Duolingo Owl!
Once you’ve passed a checkpoint, it’s no longer a checkpoint and it turns into a “Unit.”
Can You Test Out of the Checkpoints in Duolingo Spanish?
Yes, you can test out of these Checkpoints if you feel like you’re ready! Just click on the checkpoint and it will give you the option to start the test.
Although it’s tempting to want to jump ahead and just take the tests that allow you to pass that Checkpoint faster, I would only recommend doing this if you are already quite fluent in the language.
If not, you probably need that practice, and skipping those easier lessons won’t do you any good.
How Many Mistakes Can I Make at a Checkpoint in Duolingo Spanish?
Although this is subject to change, right now you can only make 4 mistakes before you fail the checkpoint test in Duolingo Spanish. So make sure you’re ready before you get started! | <urn:uuid:2f97a792-0c65-4abf-a346-5acc7301ae20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://happilyevertravels.com/how-many-checkpoints-duolingo-spanish/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.934279 | 325 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Accessibility July 1, 2018
Singapore introduces beach wheelchairs, in a major step to boost inclusion
Singapore’s beaches have mostly been inaccessible to people using wheelchairs. Well, that has changed now with the city state introducing floating beach wheelchairs!
The wheelchairs were introduced at outdoor activity centre Water-Venture (Pasir Ris) on the occasion of Inclusive Play Day, which seeks to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in social settings.
The Pasir Ris centre will have 10 beach wheelchairs on trial. These are only available for organisations who want to use them. They are not to be used by the public for now.
The beach wheelchairs are in blue, white and yellow colours and come fitted with large yellow rubber wheels which allow them to roll on sandy beaches. Two large flotation devices, which double as armrests, let the wheelchairs bob about in the water. Each wheelchair will require a caregiver to push it into the water.
About 30 disabled people had a chance to try the wheelchairs on the day it was launched.
Such wheelchairs are already in use in countries like Mexico, Spain and France.
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§ 287.101. General requirements for permit.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person or municipality may not own or operate a residual waste disposal or processing facility unless the person or municipality has first applied for and obtained a permit for the activity from the Department under this article.
(b) A person or municipality is not required to obtain a permit under this article, comply with the bonding or insurance requirements of Subchapter E (relating to bonding and insurance requirements) or comply with Subchapter B (relating to duties of generators) for one or more of the following:
(1) Agricultural waste produced in the course of normal farming operations, if the waste is not hazardous. An agricultural waste will be presumed to be produced in the course of normal farming operations if its application is consistent with that for normal farming operations. A person managing mushroom waste shall implement best management practices. The Department will prepare a manual for the management of mushroom waste which identifies best management practices and may approve additional best management practices on a case-by-case basis. If a person fails to implement best management practices for mushroom waste, the Department may require compliance with the land application, composting and storage operating requirements of Chapters 291, 295 and 299 (relating to land application of residual waste; composting facilities for residual waste; storage and transportation of residual waste).
(2) The use of food processing waste or food processing sludge in the course of normal farming operations if the waste is not hazardous. A person managing food processing waste shall implement best management practices. The Department will prepare a manual for the management of food processing waste which identifies best management practices and may approve additional best management practices on a case-by-case basis. If a person fails to implement best management practices for food processing waste, the Department may require compliance with the land application, composting and storage operating requirements of Chapters 291, 295 and 299.
(3) The beneficial use of coal ash under Chapter 290 (relating to beneficial use of coal ash).
(4) The activities described in § 287.2(e)(h) (relating to scope).
(5) The processing or disposal of residual waste described in § 287.2(b) that is subject to a permit issued by the Department under Article VIII (relating to municipal waste).
(6) The use as clean fill of the materials in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) if they are separate from other waste. The person using the material as clean fill has the burden of proof to demonstrate that the material is clean fill.
(i) The following materials, if they are uncontaminated: soil, rock, stone, gravel, brick and block, concrete and used asphalt.
(ii) Waste from land clearing, grubbing and excavation, including trees, brush, stumps and vegetative material.
(7) Processing that results in the beneficial use of scrap metal.
(c) Subsection (b) does not relieve a person or municipality of the requirements of the environmental protection acts or regulations promulgated thereto. Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Department may require a person or municipality to apply for, and obtain, an individual or general solid waste permit, or take other appropriate action, when the person or municipality is conducting a solid waste activity that harms or presents a threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the people or the environment of this Commonwealth.
(d) The Department will not require a permit under this article for cleanup or other remediation at the site of a spill, release, fire, accident or other unplanned event, unless the site is part of a permit area for an active facility or the proposed permit area in an application. In requiring cleanup or other remediation at the site, the Department may require compliance with only those provisions of this article that the Department determines necessary to protect human health, safety, welfare and the environment.
(e) The Department will not require a permit under this article for the movement of waste encountered when performing a site remediation under Chapter 250 (relating to administration of land recycling program) where the site-specific standard is specified as the remediation goal for contamination of soil and groundwater, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The response to the release of regulated substances is being conducted pursuant to the site-specific standard in Chapter 250, Subchapter D (relating to site-specific standards).
(2) The area containing the waste unit is part of the site, as identified under the notice of intent to remediate (NIR), and the notice includes identification of the waste types.
(3) The excavation, movement and placement onsite of the waste shall be incorporated as part of the remedial investigation report which shall be approved by the Department prior to the initiation of remediation activities. The report shall include plans for grading, construction and management of the wastes. The disturbance of a waste disposal unit that is not part of an approved remedial investigation report is not covered under this permit waiver.
(4) The excavation, movement and placement of waste materials onsite may not increase the potential for onsite or offsite runoff of water or dispersal of waste.
(5) The excavation, movement and placement of waste onsite may not adversely affect or endanger public health, safety, welfare, or the environment or cause a public nuisance.
(6) Waste may not be stored or placed in waters of the Commonwealth or in a manner that will cause groundwater or surface water degradation.
The provisions of this § 287.101 amended January 12, 2001, effective January 13, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 235; amended December 10, 2010, effective December 11, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 7062. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (273402) and (284491) to (284492).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 287.121 (relating to application contents); and 25 Pa. Code § 287.612 (relating to nature of a general permit; substitution for individual applications and permits).
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How Does A Car Loan Calculator Work?
You’ll learn more about car loans and calculating them in this article. If you’ve ever wanted to estimate your monthly payments on a car loan or are curious about how they work, check out this article!
What is a car loan calculator?
A car loan calculator is a software application or website that allows consumers to determine a car loan’s interest rate and monthly payments. This information can be helpful for people who are considering a car loan, as well as for those who are already in the process of applying.
How does a car loan work?
A car loan calculator is a helpful tool for calculating the cost of a car loan. The calculator factors necessary information such as the interest rate, down payment, and loan term. This information will help you determine how much money you will need to borrow and the length of time it will take to pay off.
Different types of loans
There are a few different types of loans available to consumers, each with its benefits and drawbacks. This guide will outline the other loans, explain their respective features, and suggest which option is best for you.
Traditional Car Loans: One of the most common car loan types is a traditional one. With this type, you borrow money from a lender and use that money to purchase a vehicle. The loan usually has an interest rate higher than other types of loans, but the main benefit is that you have more flexibility regarding repayment. You can pay off your loan early without penalty and refinance or consolidate your loan if you decide to buy a new vehicle in the future.
Lease-Purchase Loans: Another type is a lease-purchase loan. With this type of loan, you borrow money from a lender and then lease the vehicle back from them. At the end of the lease, you either buy the car outright from the leasing company or pay back the original loan plus interest and penalties. This type of loan is popular among people who don’t want to commit to buying a vehicle outright,
What you will learn about loans
The car loan calculator is a great tool to help you understand how it works. This calculator can help you determine your monthly payments, how much you will owe at the end of the loan, and more.
It’s an important tool, and that’s why we build a comparative calculator in this link:
Thank you for reading our article. Using our calculator, you can get an idea of the monthly payments and interest rates available. Always consult a licensed professional before making any decisions about your financing options!
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BY SONNY MAZZULLO // APR 2, 2017
Printed in Flathead Beacon
Last month, Sen. Jon Tester introduced the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act in Congress. This prospective piece of legislation is the result of a decade long collaborative effort among local timber interests, conservationists, snowmobilers, mountain bikers and wilderness advocates. The BCSA will protect the headwaters of the Blackfoot River by designating 80,000 acres of new wilderness in the Scapegoat, Mission Mountain and Bob Marshall Wilderness Areas. In addition to protecting critical fisheries and wildlife habitat, the act will open 2,000 acres of new snowmobile terrain via the Otatsy Recreation Area and enhance backcountry mountain biking opportunities in the Seeley-Ovando area. Sounds like a monumental bill, right? With all the talk of tweets, vacations and supposed wiretaps, you’d be forgiven if you didn’t hear the news.
While the national media and D.C. politicians are bogged down in fleeting controversies, Montanans are busy working on forward-thinking solutions to land management issues. The BCSA responsibly balances diverse user groups and business interests with permanent protections to critical habitat for fish and wildlife. Arriving at this agreement was not easy. It took 12 years of discussion and cooperation between Montanans from different walks of life.
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January 25, 2017
Today, theologian and author Kyle Strobel joins me to talk about the challenging topic of what true wisdom is, and Christianity in relation to the concept of power - and how this has been misunderstood and abused.
Kyle and his colleague Jamin Goggin have interviewed some of the oldest and wisest prominent Christian leaders and learned a lot about what true Christ-like wisdom. We discuss how, in fact, the way of Jesus is about surrender, about giving up power, not claiming more and more. We talk about the myth of Christian celebrity, and Kyle shares the powerful metaphor of Harry Potter, and how his story is a metaphor for this in many ways, and what the story of Harry Potter has to say to our own spiritual journeys.
This is a fascinating insight into important issues of power, wisdom and surrender - and Kyle has great wisdom on the topic. Definitely worth a listen!
Kyle's new book 'The Way Of The Dragon Or The Way of the Lamb', which explores this topic in much more depth, releases Jan 25.
January 19, 2017
The inspiring author, speaker and activist Shane Claiborne joins me today. He talks about his most recent work in campaigning for the end of the death penalty in the US.
Shane passionately and with great wisdom shares about how the death penalty is about more issues than justice - it's about race, equality, and about grace.
He shares some moving testimonies of people on death row, and argues that as Christians we are called to believe that no one, not even murderers, are beyond redemption, and for an approach to justice which begins with grace, with mercy - and beginning to see all people as God sees them.
This is one of the most inspiring interviews I've ever done - and whether you're Christian or not, this will challenge, encourage and inspire you.
"The death penalty has survived not despite Christians but because of us. The Bible belt is the death belt."
"We live in a world where violence is pervasive, we've created this myth of redemptive violence, this myth we can fight violence with violence. Violence is the problem, not the solution. The disease, not the cure"
"Support for the death penalty has hit historic lows"
"Jesus was an executed, forgiving victim of tremendous violence, who died with grace on His lips, saying 'Father forgive them, they don't know what they're doing'. That should change us."
January 18, 2017
For my first Poema interview I welcome Max Strom. Max is an author of several books, including 'A Life Worth Breathing' and 'There Is No App For Happiness'. Max speaks and trains people all over the world around these topics, and has also spoken at TED.
Max is passionate about us all having a holistic, healthier rhythm to life, and teaches healthy breathing exercises and routines, including some yoga-based exercises.
Max and I talk about what a healthy breathing pattern really looks like, how anxiety can be directly linked to grief, and also touch on the damage our culture's addiction to social media can do to our personal well-being.
Max has great wisdom and provides some genuine, healthier alternatives to the rhythms we often choose live by and consumerism can pressurise us to follow, refreshing alternatives which can help us all lead a healthier life, inside and out.
January 17, 2017
Today 'James Talks' relaunches as the 'Poema Podcast'. This week we have three episodes - today, tomorrow and Thursday. The others will have very special guests, today's is the first of some reflective episodes - all of these will be hosted and curated by me, James Prescott.
In this first episode, Poema's I'll be talking about the changes to the podcast, what we'll be doing in this first season of the 'Poema Podcast'. I also explore what this word 'Poema' really means, its roots in scripture, and how it's fundamental to us exploring our identity, finding our calling, and stepping out in faith to create the life God intended us to live.
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- Discuss the Fashion Waste story with another student and record the main points of the discussion.
- On average, how many kilograms of clothes do Australians buy each year?
- Why do you think Australians buy a lot of clothes?
- What is `fast fashion’?
- Name a country where `fast fashion’ is made.
- What are the conditions like for clothing factory workers in those countries?
- What do you do with your unwanted clothes?
- What impact does clothing waste have on the environment?
- What can be done to reduce the amount of clothing waste?
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The festival of Navratri is finally here. During the nine days, many people observe a fast. If you too are fasting and are looking for healthy options that will make you feel satiated and energetic throughout the day, here are some unbeatable foods that can help, recommended nutritionist Simran Khosla.
Khosla took to Instagram to share some foods that are nutritious and also help slow down the release of insulin naturally and keep hunger pangs away.
Kuttu atta or buckwheat flour is packed with high fibre that helps detox the body. Also, fibre helps to keep hunger pangs at bay thereby, making us crave less while fasting. “You can also use singhare ka stta (water chestnut flour) and rajgira ka atta (amaranth flour). Instead of rice, you can have samai ke chawal or samvat ke chwaal (barnyard millet) that can be used to make khichdi, dhoklas or kheer,” said Khosla.
Sabudana or sago
It has a cooling effect on the body and is easy to digest.
Foxnut is a very popular fasting food. It is loaded with antioxidants, and acts as an anti-ageing food by preventing white hair, wrinkles, and premature ageing.
Almonds, pistachio, cashew nuts, and kishmish (raisins) are eaten during fasts.
Fruits and vegetables
Vegetables like bottle gourd, potato, pumpkin, bananas, arbi, potato colocasia, yam, sweet potato, lemon, honey, cucumber, raw plantain, tomato, carrot, raw papaya, and spinach are commonly consumed during Navratri.
Dairy products are considered to be holy during an auspicious occasion. Hence, you can consume natural products such as milk, curd, paneer, butter, ghee, khoya, and condensed milk.
As far as spices are concerned, you can use black pepper powder, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ajwain or carom seeds, black peppercorns, dry pomegranate seeds, kokum, tamarind, and nutmeg. “Some people also use fresh coriander leaves, red chilly powder, dry mango powder, chaat masala (especially with fruits). A lot depends on the devotee’s beliefs and home traditions,” said Khosla.
Non-vegetarian food, eggs, alcohol, smoking and aerated drinks.
Grains: Wheat, rice, oats, bread, semolina, gram flour, cornflour, millet flour like ragi, and pear are strongly prohibited during the course of these nine days.
All fast-related food needs to be prepared without onion, garlic since they produce heat and are tamasic in nature,
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Team building is an important consideration for any company. It turns a group of individuals into a cohesive unit, who then combine their talents. Working together, this team has a greater drive and ability to accomplish goals. Building a team will usually include daily interaction, structured activities or even team training and exercises. Today, many of us are working virtually, so how can we keep teams engaged effectively?
Internet Team Chit-Chat
When working remotely, internet teams do not have the same ability to relate to each other. They do not engage in chit-chat or take lunch breaks together, so it is important to plan this into any meetings to encourage comradeship and team building. Always set aside time to exchange personal information, news and updates. Video conferencing on Skype is perfect for teams online and provides the ultimate medium for getting to know each other and exchanging views.
Fun For All
It is always important for employees to have fun together as a team building exercise. Therefore, it is time to get creative and use new tools to encourage teams to bond. Shared ice-breaker questions via email and competitive online games or competitions are a great place to start. Or why not have monthly lunch meetings, where employees can interact away from home, enjoying some video fun and a shared coffee?
Bonding A Virtual Team
Most remote virtual employees do not benefit from any team building activities. They are required to work together, yet this makes it incredibly difficult to collaborate and achieve any goals. The objective of these new activities must be firmly focussed on building trust and increasing cohesion on a personal level. It is well worth dedicating the time for the huge rewards and returns on investment that will be achieved for everyone.
Team diversity refers to the subtle differences between individual members of a team. The differences exist in different dimensions, like religious background, sexual and political differences, age and nationality. The diversity of teams is essential, to acquire different views from different people, who share different perceptions from one another. The ultimate goal of team diversity is a wide range of thinking which gives excellent and creative results.
How Important Is Team Diversity?
Diverse teams play an important role in team and business success. This is specifically because a diverse team encompasses all the ways in which people are different and unique. There are enormous potential benefits for a manager that incorporates a highly diversified team. They gain the ability to make more rational decisions, with teams becoming more effective through synergy and cooperation. In addition, they will see increased creativity and innovation, giving the concerned company a competitive edge.
Types Of Team Diversity
Diverse teams manifest themselves in various forms, but there are three main areas covering diversity. The different manifestations can include demographic diversity, which exists when a team is comprised of people from different backgrounds. Functional diversity is where a team has individual members with different skills and abilities. Personality diversity is where individual members of a group differ in personal characteristics and attributes.
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A diverse workplace ultimately creates better results. Team diversity enhances quality decisions as there will be many different perspectives and ideas incorporated. This creates a large pool of ideas from which to choose. Diverse teams are much more creative and enhance the overall skills of teamwork when they have different beliefs and ideologies. Group performance is enhanced, and this translates into excellent results and improved performance for the company. | <urn:uuid:cf4cb9dc-5288-4980-aaff-75f2f4312908> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.goteambuilding.co.uk/2018/01/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.954345 | 678 | 2.03125 | 2 |
DP12426 Where Do People Get Their News?
The media industry is unique in its ability to spread information that may influence the democratic process. This influence depends on where and how citizens get their political information. While previous research has examined news production and consumption on specific media platforms --- such as newspapers, television, or the Internet --- little is known about overall news consumption across platforms. To fill this gap, we use a model of media power and individual-level survey data on news consumption to estimate the potential electoral influence of major news organizations in 18 countries. Our analysis highlights three global patterns: high levels of concentration in media power, dominant rankings by television companies, and a link between socioeconomic inequality and information inequality. We also explore international differences in the role of public-service broadcasting. | <urn:uuid:7c55bd9f-3ddd-40cd-8047-c05f4500002f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cepr.org/publications/dp12426 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.942576 | 156 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Original Sin, written by Julia Fennell and performed by University Theater, is an intensely atheist musical that holds a complete disregard for people’s religious beliefs and isn’t ashamed to flaunt it. In the play, Judy, a pastor, gets sent to hell even though she has dedicated her life to God. She thinks it’s a mistake until she confronts God, who declares that she is, in fact, a sinner for wearing a pastoral stole made of 80 percent cotton and 20 percent polyester—a blatant transgression of Leviticus 19:19, which says, “Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.” Judy then realizes that the god she worships is unforgiving to an unreasonable extent.
This may be true, as many people use religion as a justification to dictate how other people should behave even when it has no direct impact on their own lives. However, I do take issue with the fact that sinners are rewarded for their sins in this play’s portrayal of the afterlife and that people who never did anything wrong are lumped in with those sinners. I’m not daft; I know that’s the whole point—that God, a metaphor for religion, is callously unforgiving and unaccepting. But it stings to think that the play implies that everyone is forgiven regardless of the crimes they committed, even murder. It is a funny idea to portray hell as a funny place if everyone who’s there just committed minor transgressions. But it’s wrong to lump somebody who committed suicide with someone who took someone else’s life.
[from top left to bottom right] Zander Galluppi as God, Elma Ling Hoffman as Judy Thomas, Laura Mahaniah as Andrea Johnson, Harry Franklin as Simon Peters, and Jess Aaron and Alex Nobert as demons.
That is the point of this play—that not all crimes in the eyes of God have victims, which is an excellent observation of unfairness. However, it seemed like a convenient step-around to have the first people that Judy meets in hell be an alcoholic who committed suicide and a gay man. Most of us in modern-day America would argue that people like that do not deserve to be punished. I’m gay myself, and if there were a hell, I don’t think I’d be going there. There are religious extremists, though, that think that all gay people deserve to go to hell. But just because society’s perception of sin has evolved doesn’t mean that all sinners should be protected from harm. When Judy boldly announces that they’ll “make sure God doesn’t hurt anyone like He hurt us,” I think that the play undermines the one good aspect of religion—that it keeps people who may otherwise be immoral from being immoral out of fear. When it comes to certain crimes, we should be able to judge those who committed them.
So my question is this: If God can’t make an accurate judgement of others and neither can we, who can hold those individuals accountable for doing harm to others? Should we let everyone do as they please until we all reach the same destination, death? Original Sin lumps everyone of all creeds into hell, which is a happy place, presumably because it represents freedom from pain and an absence of anything. It represents death, which nobody has ever been able to escape. Original Sin mocks the absurdity in our thinking any of us are superior to anyone else, because our existence is so painfully short that what we do during our lives doesn’t really matter much. This nihilism and the jabs at the idea of god are what bother me, even though I agree with the play’s general sentiment.
That said, Original Sin is extreme to the degree that much religious propaganda is. There’s a play sponsored by the Malaysian government called Abnormal Desire in which characters who don’t follow Islamic religious practices and continue living a homosexual lifestyle—wrapped up in drug usage and casual sex—are struck by lightning and killed for their sins. You might even call Original Sin the polar opposite of Abnormal Desire. Sometimes fire should be fought with fire, and in this sense, I’m glad that Original Sin takes a strong pro-acceptance stance, even if it is extreme. All in all, I think this play gives you a lot to chew on, even if you take offense with the portrayal of God in Original Sin. On the whole, I enjoyed watching it. Everything from the musical numbers to the premise was original. On top of this, the performance was executed as well as it could have been over Zoom. The musical numbers were prerecorded and the actors lip-synched to the recordings, preventing any audio quality issues, although I can’t help but wonder why the backing track wasn’t simply played while the actors sang over it. It felt as if one component of a live performance was missing. (Then again, what do you expect? The play takes place in the underworld. No one’s alive!)
Jokes aside, I commend the cast’s effort to make a musical work over Zoom and coordinate ambitious dance numbers. Even if not every number landed on its feet, it was a pleasure to watch a play that made a statement about the toxicity of judging others for their life choices. Once you start judging people for alcoholism or homosexuality, it’s a slippery slope toward judging people for wearing clothes made of mixed fabrics. | <urn:uuid:3da65041-1522-42a7-a033-e88fa4b9bcb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chicagomaroon.com:443/article/2021/7/12/holy-smokes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.965598 | 1,146 | 1.960938 | 2 |
UofG researchers lend support to Martian meteorite study
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have lent their support to cutting-edge new analysis of a Martin meteorite led by colleagues at Lund University in Sweden.
Using neutron and x-ray tomography data collected at Intitut Laue Langevin, the researchers demonstrated that the meteorite had limited exposure to water, dramatically limiting the potential habitability of Mars at that specific time and place.
The technology used could be used when NASA examines samples brought back from the Red Planet in 2030. The samples will be returned to Earth after being collected by the Perseverance rover, which touched down in a cloud of smoke in February 2021.
In the meantime, Martian meteorites provide valuable clues to the history of Martian geology. In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, the Lund University-led research team describe how they studied an approximately 1.3 billion-year-old Martian meteorite using advanced scanning technology.
Lead author Josefin Martell, a geology doctoral student at Lund University, said: “Since water is central to the question of whether life could have ever existed on Mars, we wanted to investigate how much of the meteorite reacted with water when it was still part of the Mars bedrock.”
To answer the question of whether there was any major hydrothermal system, which is generally a favourable environment for life to occur, the researchers used neutron and X-ray tomography. X-ray tomography is a common method of examining an object without damaging it. Neutron tomography was used because neutrons are very sensitive to hydrogen.
If a mineral contains hydrogen, it is possible to study it in three dimensions and see where in the meteorite the hydrogen is located. Hydrogen is always of interest when scientists study material from Mars, because it is a key component in water and water is a prerequisite for life as we know it.
The results show that only a fairly small part of the sample seems to have reacted with water, and that it therefore probably wasn’t a large, long-lived hydrothermal system that gave rise to the alteration.
Josefin added: “A more probable explanation is that the reaction took place after small accumulations of underground ice melted during a meteorite impact on Mars about 630 million years ago. Of course, that doesn’t mean that life couldn’t have existed in other places on Mars, or that there couldn’t have been life at other times.”
Dr Luke Daly and Professor Martin Lee of the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, who have expertise in analysis of Martin meteorites, contributed to the paper.
Dr Daly, who is also co-supervisor of Josefin Martell’s PhD research, added: “These are really interesting results, which are only possible because of the unique properties of neutron and x-ray tomography. The technique gives us a remarkable look at the interior of this meteorite fragment, allowing us to probe its structure and the water it carries in fantastic three-dimensional detail without having to physically break it apart.
“I was pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the paper. The team have demonstrated that this technique can help us deduce of the history of water on Mars from rock samples. It could be valuable for future use on samples returned by Perseverance.”
The researchers hope that the results of their study will be helpful when NASA brings back the first samples from Mars around 2030, and there are many reasons to believe that the current technology with neutron and X-ray tomography will be useful when this happens.
The team’s paper, titled ‘The scale of a Martian hydrothermal system explored using combined neutron and x-ray tomography’, is published in Science Advances. The research was supported by funding from the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund and the Swedish Research Council. The data was collected at the Intitut Laue Langevin.
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You would need to be living in a remote area of the Amazon not to have heard about this ongoing trial.
I saw a segment of it the other day, which interested me from an acting point of view.
Johnny Depp was asked how he first met her and told the story.
It turns out he first came into contact with her because he auditioned her for a film he would appear in, The Rum Diary.
Depp was also a producer on the film and wanted to ensure that she was the right fit. In particular, he said that he needed to feel that she would be capable of killing his character. Within the first few minutes of meeting her, he thought that she was suitable, but there was an issue when she acted in the audition scenes.
She wouldn’t keep still.
Depp said, “There was something very important that she had to learn about stillness as opposed to…acting a little too much.”
Yip, and there is the age-old problem that even pro actors appearing in Hollywood films have to deal with, which is overacting.
Depp is, without doubt, one of the most talented actors to work on screen, and yes, he is a method actor.
He knows that “acting” in the traditional sense is death to a performance. It needs to be much deeper than just trying to play the role by indicating through gestures and grimaces to the audience.
He also previously gave this advice about acting:
“The most difficult part about acting is just to be—to be in a state of being.”
Ah, there we are. The truth about how great acting is achieved is told in that one sentence.
The actor needs to be.
How do you achieve that?
By being completely still and present.
For many an actor, this seems like a fate worse than death. They don’t believe that you can achieve anything by being still and present, so continue to gesticulate and pretend.
The best actors in the world know different and so do I.
As you probably know, my Timoney Method® Acting Cycle involves Presence, Perception and Impulse.
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Members of Ballet Excel Ohio, an all youth dance group, provide a sneak peak of “The Magic Flute,” an original ballet choreographed by Erich Yetter based on the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for children of all ages at the Kent Free Library on Saturday, January 13 at 11:00 am.
“The Magic Flute” shares the adventures of Prince Tamino and Princess Pamina, along with their crafty companions, Papageno and Papagena. Together they must survive trials, romantic complications, and the scheming Queen of the Night.
Ballet Excel will perform the full ballet at the Akron Civic Theater in March.
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The boys and I went down to the farms to check on the pines and talk to the NRCS soil folks in Lawrenceville. They have programs to help with longleaf pine restoration. Brunswick County is the north and westernmost county to be eligible for longleaf conservation programs, since the edge of its natural range ran right through the middle of the county.
You can see how the longleaf grow in my pictures. The first picture is me standing next to one of the biggest ones that were planted in 2012. Notice the shape. It has few lower branches and kind of shoots straight up. This is an adaption to frequent fire. A fire on the ground will burn the lower parts of the tree, prune them, but leave the important terminal bud. They sometimes have arms like cactus or maybe Joshua Trees.
We burned this land in 2011, before planting the longleaf. We will burn again in January next year and after that every 2-3 years in order to recreate the ecology of Virginia around 1607. My next picture shows 20-year-old loblolly. You can see me, very small, in the middle for size reference. The last picture shows the growth on the cutover (clear cut in June-July last years and replanted in April this year.) You cannot see the little trees underneath. We will manage this with fire soon. You can see some of the wildflowers coming in. I cannot identify many of them. Something I need to learn. I have some native plants, such as butterfly weed, Joe-Pye weed and black eyed Susan, but there are also daisies and Queen Anne’s lace, which are very pretty but invasive. | <urn:uuid:351fa0aa-88d0-4a22-a751-6c06b6dc7d08> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://johnmatel.com/2016/08/07/tree-farm-visit-august-2016/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.967474 | 349 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Governments must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks in order to avoid potential social disruption from job losses, according to a new report published by the International Transport Forum (ITF) with three partner organisations.
Self-driving trucks will help save costs, lower emissions, and make roads safer. They could also address the shortage of professional drivers faced by road transport industry, the study says.
But automated trucks could reduce the demand for drivers by 50-70% in the US and Europe by 2030, with up to 4.4 million of the projected 6.4 million professional trucking jobs becoming redundant, according to one scenario.
Even if the rise of driverless trucks dissuades newcomers from trucking, over 2 million drivers in the US and Europe could be directly displaced, according to scenarios examined for the report.
The report makes four recommendations to help manage the transition to driverless road freight:
- Establish a transition advisory board to advise on labour issues.
- Consider a temporary permit system to manage the speed of adoption.
- Set international standards, road rules and vehicle regulations for self-driving trucks.
- Continue pilot projects with driverless trucks to test vehicles, network technology and communications protocols.
These recommendations were agreed jointly by organisations representing truck manufacturers, truck operators and transport workers’ unions, under the auspices of an intergovernmental organisation. This broad coalition of stakeholders lends the call to action particular weight.
Read more here.
This story first appeared in Transport and Logistics and News.
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In 2022 I have added a new feature to Markham's Behavioral Health which is called, "Book Of The Month." During the month, articles regarding ideas raised in the book being read will be posted. It is hoped that readers of this blog might also read the book and comment. Even if you don't read the book please add your comments about the ideas raised anyway. The book for January, 2022 is The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim.
Today, as in times past, the most important and also the most difficult task in raising a child is helping him to find meaning in life. Many growth experiences are needed to achieve this. The child, as he develops, must learn step by step to understand himself better; with this he becomes more able to understand others, and eventually can relate to them in ways which are mutually satisfying and meaningful.
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment (p. 3). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
The idea of “moral models” has long interested me. Some might call this a “world view” and others might call it a “meta-narrative.” Whatever it is called, it is the belief system which we unconsciously develop which we believe is real that governs how we think about ourselves and the world.
We act based on what we believe. What we believe is based on what we have been told. What we have been told is based on the incentives of those who have the power to do the telling. This insight leads to other interesting questions like do the storytellers believe the story they are telling or are they being manipulative for the story tellers benefit?
One of the most important results of storytelling, after entertainment, is survival. Survival involves getting basic needs met for food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and safety. Once survival needs are met then there are the psychological needs of belonging, emotional and social support, and lastly actualization of innate desires, talents, and abilities.
Fairy tales communicate what is to be expected from life. They create a perceptual bias.
What were you told as a child what life was like and what to expect? By whom? At what age? For what purpose?
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What is it?
A step in the content workflow, after translation and prior to publishing, where the content is reviewed by a person who is intimately familiar with the target audience – usually a person who lives and works for the client in the target market and often a person who is not a translator, for example, a member of the marketing team.
Why is it important?
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Many parents are aware of the need for more gentle, conscious, peaceful parenting.
But there can be confusion about about what peaceful parenting actually looks like in day to day practice.
We want to raise our children without spanking, punishing, shaming and other mistreatment. But we also want to know what to do instead of those things.
I’m hoping this can help out, because there are actually a lot of peaceful alternatives.
Whenever you’re frustrated and out of ideas, or if you’re looking for a new technique to try, you can refer to this list of peaceful parenting techniques that actually work:
30 Peaceful Parenting Techniques that work:
- Gently Guiding
- Being Sensitive
- Observing without Judgment
- Showing Interest
- Self Care
- Acknowledging Feelings
- Staying Calm
- Having Compassion
- Unconditionally Loving
- Treating Like An Equal As A Fellow Human Being
All of the above techniques work. Many times we use more than one at the same time. And if the techniques seem like they aren’t working, then the question to ask is, what do we mean by “working” in the first place?
A Shift In Attitude
Ultimately, the peaceful parenting approach is more about an attitude shift in the way we are communicating with our children.
Instead of talking down to children, threatening a punishment if they don’t comply with our demands, shaming, spanking, scolding or worse, the peaceful parenting attitude is about working with children, connecting more often, listening to their concerns and interests, empathizing, validating, and treating them with respect (before demanding they be the ones to respect us first).
- If you are a beginner, or new to Peaceful Parenting, you might like my post Ten Things For Beginners To Know About Peaceful Parenting
- For a deeper dive discussion about peaceful parenting, see my post The Deeper Goals of Peaceful Parenting
Feel free to add more techniques and tips in the comments.
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The Accelerator Lab Nepal was launched on the 1st of August 2019 with an ambition to address the pressing challenges related to unplanned urbanization and youth unemployment. Today, as we turn 1 year old, sharing with you our learning journey in development so far:
1. Use of Innovative tools:
While mapping local solutions in the communities which are capable of addressing the challenges and issues sensed, we observed that translating ethnographic field observations and inferences into learning and action is much important. However, we felt that traditional way of report writing is not adequate to share the findings of our learning, and hence using tools such as user journey maps would help interpret our findings in a visual form.
- Journey Map: When exploring the reasons behind lagging urban waste collection during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Kathmandu, we found that waste collectors feared contacting the virus while on duty. Thus, we developed a journey map of a day in a life of a waste collector and how we can better equip them to continue working during the pandemic.
- Collective Intelligence: In terms of exploring partnership for our solutions, we used collective intelligence as a collaborative tool to bring together local government, private sectors, community groups and experts at one place to better scan the horizon on the issue. With collective intelligence sessions and consultations with 50+ entrepreneurship eco-system actors while developing the strategic plan for Kathmandu Business Hub, we witnessed that learning meets action when people make decisions based on new intelligence. From our interventions we learned the importance of experiments-driven piloting and testing of ideas rather than relying on traditional ways of pilot testing. We observed that prototyping helps us quickly validate and refine our experimental designs.
2. Looking into processes and methodologies unconventionally
In order to design portfolios of experiments to learn on the correct blend of solutions to systemic issues in development, we felt that behavior change driven experiments are very much essential. We often see that a lot of projects are piloted in communities, but they are not quite focused on post-pilot behavioral aspects While we may feel we have clear objectives, our actions do not always reflect them. Therefore, we feel that processes and disciplines such as ‘ Behavioral Science’ will help us focus on understanding these inconsistencies and building models that are more reflective of the human experience.
We are planning to test an experiment, blending our two frontier issues 'unplanned urbanization' and 'unemployment'. We wanted to conduct a behavioral-economics steered experiment related to women-driven electric mini-bus (in Nepali Safa tempo) for public commute, with an innovator group called Aeloi Technologies wherein the customers can book their rides digitally and would be offered with subsidies in price as a part of their contribution on limiting carbon footprint and promoting digital footprints, and simultaneously supporting the women drivers with micro-finances and micro loans by connecting financial institutions and investors.
3. Interdisplinary approaches in experiments
One of our greatest learning was to not look at an issue in a linear form and welcome various spheres and variable in the scene. Also, we learnt during our observations that often behavior is stimulated by the introduction of a different element (for ex: incentives). For example, while researching on the solutions that address the issue of rising plastic waste in urban cities, we came across an experiment of reverse vending machine, where people could voluntarily discard plastic bottles, cans and paper cups into the machine and rewarded with discount coupons/ vouchers in return. Here we see that the expectation of receiving an incentive is directly proportional to the individual’s willingness to keep his/her surrounding clean and plastic free. We sensed that various disciplines and processes such as psychology, behavioral science and economics can come together in a single experiment.
4. Partnership for Win-Win situation
With the essence of “together we win”, the foremost priority of AccLab Nepal is to work with and for the local governments. We believe that if we explore the emerging needs (both development and recovery) and tap the entry points within the government, the acceptance rate of our ideas and solutions are much more welcomed. This is also essential for achieving long-term results and enhance ownership and buy-in from the government.
One of our learnings while deploying SmartPalika application within Dhangadhi municipality for quarantine management and skill mapping was our initial struggle to make the application implemented. While deploying, we realized the limited understanding of the urgency towards the system during the rapidly changing unprecedented scenarios due to COVID. Hence, we quickly pivoted and brought the mayor and the government focal points of Dhangaghi Municipality onboard to smoothen the implementation process, rather than just training the IT officer on the use of the system. g the local governments onboard during the planning and mapping phase itself. We are taking one step at a time and yet to reach the ideal situation of leveraging all party resources through these partnerships.
5. Portfolio apprach > siloed interventions!
We learnt that a portfolio of experiments approach is necessary to focus on diversifying the learning generated from a range of experiments. Whereas, disconnected pilots without accelerated learning wouldn’t work. We understood that developing a framework to capture the learning from the experiments in a way that it favors critical reflection is essential. For example: Everyday 220,000 kilograms of plastics is used in Nepal. While designing the experiments to address plastic pollution, a one-size-fits-all solution wouldn’t work, there needs to be a portfolio of solutions. We have mapped two such solutions where a local company is building roads out of recycled plastics and a reverse vending machine company that collects plastic bottles and recycles them into consumer products such as flower vase, containers etc.
6. Agility and adaptiveness as critical skills!
Our one year of working at the UNDP Accelerator Lab has taught us to be agile, in a sense it has made us think that every process is iterative and there is always room for improvement even in unsuccessful trials or testing sprints. Afterall, agility is nothing more than the ability to adapt and respond to change. Being agile and adaptive towards the dynamic scenario was a huge learning for us. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic was so unprecedented, that we were very confused whether we do what we were doing before, or pivot our expertise, resources and intelligence to address the challenges imposed by COVID-19 and how do we do that. Right before the COVID-19 hit in Nepal and lockdown came into place in the end of March 2020, we had inaugurated our first experiment on pocket park (transforming misused public spaces in green and accessible parks). We were in plans to see how public react towards the park by fitting in surveillance cameras and monitoring their behaviors, but the lockdown didn’t allow us that liberty. We have yet another experiment on Kathmandu Business Hub which we were about to experiment with the local government but still ongoing on slow pace due to priority shift of the government towards the pandemic. However, we took this crisis as an opportunity to work closely with local governments on COVID-19 related efforts, whether it is supporting them with digital solutions or helping CSOs in supporting Virtual orientation facilities, our ability to adapt quickly towards the dynamic change helped us succeed in these supports to partners. Simultaneously, we are making the best out of the digital tools and platforms we have to continue our prior experiments.
In brief, we really believe that mistakes and failures are not fatal, it’s the “learning from the learnings” that counts, and we are moving towards our 2nd year accordingly.
Accelerator Lab Nepal launch video _2019
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Why individuals, especially Indians, are gravitating towards gold as an investment vehicle.
On the other hand, there are various reasons why individuals, especially Indians, are gravitating towards gold as an investment vehicle. Many families in India have long valued gold in order to pass it from one age to another as a means of benefit. The main benefit of investing in gold is that your investment is truly adaptable.
You can buy 1 gram, 5 grams, 10 grams, or any measure of gold depending on the amount of money you need to contribute. Basically, gold investment can start from a few thousand rupees to lakhs and crores, depending on your investment appetite.
Put resources in gold, put resources in the long haul
Gold as a commodity is best suited for the long haul. The numbers show that gold is a decent asset to hold and has less instability than stocks. It’s far more tempting to have an edge when you’re anticipating retirement or when you don’t intend to pay your children’s school fees. Even in the event of a dip, gold is unlikely to lose all of its natural value.
The cost of gold usually increases.
In extreme monetary situations, such as strong expansion, the cost of gold usually increases. This is because speculators exchange money for gold under such circumstances in order to maintain appreciation and secure their wealth.
Gold is seen as a stable commodity, the cost of which is not really affected in such slumps. Seasoned investment directors will tell you that gold is being used as a decent facility in an investment portfolio and this is because there is no unpredictability in the business areas.
Ultimately, the best method of building an investment portfolio is an advanced one. They would buy gold and add value investments to it. In a perfect world, this would be for the long haul. Real estate would then charge those investments to give you an extra wage, especially during times when the accommodation markets are solid.
At this point it should be clear to you that each of these investment alternatives has its advantages and disadvantages. You may need to put resources into something that promises you a quick return on investment, or you may have explicit biases. Talking about your needs with a decent gold dealer or investment manager is an important early stage in deciding how to exchange money for gold, value, or real estate. | <urn:uuid:e838748c-723a-4cfb-bffa-a578918c2625> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://realyards.com/gold-vs-real-estate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.964034 | 484 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Bad wiring. It’s something just about every homeowner discovers somewhere at some point. In our case, I found a multitude of wiring issues. Please tell me who thinks it’s a good idea to fill a ceiling box with live wires and newspaper before plastering over it? Or create a junction of wires without a junction box, inside a wall cavity? It’s like they were trying to burn the house down! To make a long story short, the combination of dubious wiring jobs and a vintage home has meant a lot of electrical projects around the casa. After several dozen too many trips to the circuit breaker box, I contacted Ideal to see if they had a solution for locating circuits. They sent out their Automatic Circuit Identifier, model #61-534, which we promptly put to work to ease the chore of locating specific circuits.
When it comes to our homes, and despite efficiency improvements, we’re more and more reliant on electricity. At any given time computers, clocks, appliances, home automation, security, pumps and other important devices and infrastructure are sucking electricity to continue doing their jobs. Let’s take the example of needing to replace a faulty electrical outlet. Unless you have a small number of clearly labeled circuits, it can be very difficult to know what circuit your outlet is on. Since abruptly shutting off the power to all circuits can damage computers or other sensitive electronics, you then need to run around your house powering down and unplugging those components. Then you can either shut off all power to your house (possibly including critical appliances), or you can do the trial and error method of plugging in a radio and flipping circuits breakers until it’s silent. Been there, done that. All in all, it’s a time-consuming, tedious, inefficient process.
The Ideal Solution
Thankfully, Ideal has the solution to your circuit-finding-woes with their suitably-named Circuit Breaker Finder. The Ideal #61-534 uses a transmitter that plugs right into your standard wall outlet. You can also use it to find an incandescent lamp circuit by purchasing a screw-in socket adapter to plug the transmitter into. The Circuit Breaker Finder operates on 120/240VAC circuits. Once you plug in the transmitter, tracing it to a specific circuit is a quick and painless process (assuming you don’t lick your fingers and touch anything electrical). Although I discovered a few isolated reports of false-positives in online reviews, I found the tool to be completely reliable when I followed Ideal’s instructions. I suspect some of the reviews that had inaccuracies were from people that skipped over the instructions, which are simple but include some important information.
How to Find the Right Circuit Breaker, Step by Step from Ideal
1. Plug the transmitter into the receptacle.
2. Go to the circuit breaker panel box.
3. Turn the receiver on and allow it to complete its self-test away from power.
4. Place the flat surface of the tapered end of the receiver directly onto the circuit breaker or fuse. If the receiver is held at any other angle, inaccurate readings may occur.
5. Slide the nose of the receiver down each breaker along both sides of the panel. Note that the receiver will beep frequently as it measures the relative signal strength.
6. Move the receiver down each breaker once more. On the second pass, the receiver will beep and the green LED will flash only at the circuit breaker powering the transmitter.
7. Trip the breaker off and check that the LED’s of the transmitter in the outlet are off to confirm you have selected the correct breaker or fuse.
Non-Contact Voltage Sensor
But wait! There’s more! Not only can this tool hunt down a specific circuit, but the receiver also functions as a non-contact voltage sensor for 80-300VAC. I consider a non-contact voltage sensor an essential safety tool for any electrical work. It’s not uncommon to think power is off to a particular set of wires, only to discover another circuit might have a hot wire in the same box you’re working in. Unlike a crazy electrician I know who thinks a brief, controlled shock is comparable to a morning coffee, I prefer to avoid electrocution at all costs. Having the receiver for the circuit breaker finder is a handy way to double or triple check there is no juice going to whatever wires you’re working with. Plus, the tool functions a bit like a Geiger Counter, with beeping occurring faster as you get closer to the live wire. Who knew finding electricity could be so fun?
Receptacle Wiring Indicator
But wait! There’s even more! The transmitter for Ideal’s Circuit Breaker Finder also serves as a GFCI tester and wiring fault indicator. Although it’s not intended as a comprehensive diagnostic test instrument, the wiring indicator provides a lot of useful information for determining if your outlet is properly wired, and if not, what wiring issue is likely the source of the problem. Not only can you identify circuits now, but you can also make sure the outlets on those circuits are likely to be properly wired. If you do find a problem, you can fool the electrician you call into thinking you know what you’re talking about. “Uh, I think the hot and ground are reversed” or “We might be looking at a open neutral situation here.” Of course, if you know your way around electrical work, you’ll have a likely diagnosis to point you in the right direction.
It’s clear Ideal put a lot of effort into the design and functionality of the Circuit Breaker Finder. Details like having the receiver auto-power-off after ten minutes make for a more user-friendly tool. One detail I didn’t particularly like was the screwed-shut battery access, which leads to the single 9 volt battery in the receiver. I should probably be used to this by now, since every kid’s toy has about fifty tiny screws to secure the batteries (presumably to keep your toddler from devouring four D cell batteries). Instead, it’s more a pet peeve. I’d prefer to see user-friendly battery access that is secure but doesn’t require a screwdriver. On the plus side (get it?), Ideal wisely included a low battery detection feature. After the receiver does its self-test, if the voltage has dropped below 7.3 volts, it will beep three times and then turn itself off. When it comes to working around electricity, this is more than a convenience, it is also a safety feature. The Circuit Breaker Finder also seamlessly transitions from voltage sensor mode to circuit identifier mode. Once in circuit identifier mode, the beeping from the tool is extremely loud. While it’s better too loud than too quiet, I found the beeping db a bit overkill, especially since the sensor indicates with the LEDs too.
Like any great tool, the Ideal Circuit Breaker Finder addresses a common problem and solves it simply and efficiently. Not only was I impressed with how effectively and reliably it identified specific circuits, I was also pleasantly surprised with the additional functionality packed into both the transmitter and receiver. If your breaker box is labeled anything like mine is (with about 8 circuits labeled “general outlets”), this Ideal product is an indispensable tool that will save you countless hours hunting down specific circuits.
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- Navigating Life and Work in Old Republic São Paulo by Molly C. Ball
Navigating Life and Work in Old Republic São Paulo.
Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2020. xvii + 271 pp. Table, maps, references, and index. $90 hardcover (ISBN 978-1-68340-166-7); $35 paper (ISBN 978-1-68340-171-1).
São paulo, south america’s largest industrial mega-city, underwent rapid population, industrial, and financial growth between 1891 and 1930. The Old Republic period started with a new constitution and the abolition of slavery and was characterized by oligarchical rule alternating between political elites from São Paulo and Minas Gerais states, ending in Getúlio Vargas’s coup in 1930, with the First World War serving as an “inflection point for the working class” (p. 5). During the Old Republic, approximately 2.25 million immigrants arrived in the state of São Paulo, mainly from Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Nearly [End Page 217] 60% of arrivals were under state-subsidized programs. São Paulo’s population was 65,000 in 1890, and probably reached 580,000 in 1920, when two-thirds were foreign-born or first-generation Brazilians.
Molly Ball’s Navigating Life and Work focuses on the “working lives of Paulistanos” (p. 2), the residents of São Paulo city, through economic and cultural history methods, using “mini biographies of Paulistanos” (p. 15), to deepen the statistical analysis of large datasets. Her major conclusion is that a “fractured Paulistano working class” emerged during the 1920s as a result of opportunity for “individuals with greater social connections, the right skin color, and willingness and opportunity to work in growing industries” (p. 20). By contrast, workers in textiles (mainly women), Afro-Brazilians, and the informal sector were left behind at the bottom of the emerging working class. Moreover, the state’s key organization—the Hospedaria de Imigrantes— helped perpetuate workforce discrimination and inequality. The Hospedaria, an immigrant hostel and key processing center supporting state efforts to encourage and subsidize international migration to the state, and current site of the state’s Museu da Imigração, “incentivized employers” to “search for cheap labor rather than long-term solutions” that undermined broader economic development (p. 173).
The empirical richness and strengths of Ball’s work will interest historical geographers. She developed a representative sample of more than 2,000 immigrant arrivals (out of nearly 500,000 total) at the Hospedaria. She also developed a database on hiring, wage, and tenure patterns based on fichas de funcionários (employee records) of 5,000 workers at the Light (the electricity and urban transport company), the Paulista railway, the Jafet textile mill, and the Lojas Mappin department store. Ball supplemented these quantitative data by analyzing hundreds of letters sent by immigrants to families in Europe and Cartas de Chamada, which employers would use to directly call (chamar) a family member or potential employee to Brazil, bypassing the subsidized immigration system.
Navigating starts with an excellent synopsis of immigration into São Paulo and describes the Hospedaria’s role in receiving immigrants by train from Santos and linking families to employers. Important supporting arguments to her overall claims include the finding that immigrants who signed work contracts in São Paulo city had double the likelihood to be literate as compared to workers to went into the state’s coffee fields (p. 33). One may question the use of literacy as a proxy for human capital, and Ball notes the fact that previous work experience was not captured in the Hospedaria’s records. Her analyses of the Hospedaria data also support her finding of highly variable literacy rates among immigrant groups (highest among German, Polish, and Japanese immigrants, and lowest for Portuguese immigrants), and how literacy rates increased 39% for adult male immigrants settling in the city in 1903–13 to 93% by the 1920s. Another example is her claim that between 1903–1927, an unskilled, single, male Portuguese worker was 40% more likely to be illiterate than his Brazilian counterpart, while the equivalent German worker was 17% more likely to be literate.
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How to Grow a Leatherleaf
Gardeners grow leatherleaf ferns (Rumohra adiantiformis) as ground covers in shady areas and as cut leaves to add to flower bouquets since the leaves are resistant to wilting. The deep evergreen fronds reach 3 feet long in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. Leatherleaf ferns are considered easy care plants and are not fussy about their growing conditions. With just a little care, these ferns grow strongly in shady areas.
Examine the leatherleaf fern in the nursery or garden store for pest problems. If you find any garden pests, do not buy that fern. Mealy bugs look like little cotton dots on the leaves. Wipe the leaves off with a soft cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol to get rid of mealy bugs once you plant the fern.
Remove the weeds in areas with partial shade exposure. Loosen the soil to the depth of the root ball with a shovel and break up large dirt clumps. Ferns like soil that resembles their natural habitat in the woods. If the soil is too sandy, mix a couple of inches of well-rotted compost or leaf mold into the soil. Plant the leatherleaf fern plants at the same level they were growing in the container.
Water the leatherleaf ferns deeply to the depth of the roots, slowly. Do not water the fronds; water the soil under the fronds. Keep the soil moist the first summer to encourage deep root growth. Water once a week after the ferns are established. If the weather turns hot and dry, water the plants more often. Watering in the morning allows the moisture time to soak into the soil before it evaporates.
Cut the old fronds down to the ground with a sharp knife in spring just as the new growth appears. This cleans up the area and makes room for the new developing fronds. Pruning leatherleaf fronds stimulates strong new growth each year.
Spread granulated general purpose fertilizer around the planting area in the spring. Use a formula designed for foliage plants or 10-10-10 fertilizer. Scratch the fertilizer into the top inch of soil with a hand cultivator. Water the area to start the fertilizer working its way down to the roots.
Dig up the leatherleaf ferns in the fall when they show signs of overcrowding. When the parent plants start to die off in the center of the clump, it is time to divide the plants. Cut the root ball apart with the sharp edge of a spade. Make sure that each cluster of fronds has attached roots. Replant the fern immediately.
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Gardens are this South Dakota beetle's favorite lunch spot. Here's how to keep them out
Flea beetles are once again causing issues for gardeners across South Dakota. These herbivorous beetles can be a pest of many different garden plants, including tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash and lettuce.
The visible injury is caused by the adults. They feed on the leaves and stems of plants and leave behind many small, irregular holes or pits. This injury can result in severe stunting or death of infested plants, especially for seedlings that don’t have the resources to grow out of it.
Flea beetles thrive in warm and sunny weather, so the upcoming forecast will be ideal conditions for this pest.
Most flea beetle adults are less than an eighth of an inch long, dark colored and have a shiny appearance.
They get their name because of their enlarged hind legs that are used for jumping. When disturbed, the beetles will spring away, similar to the behavior of a flea.
As mentioned previously, flea beetle adults cause the majority of injury to plants by causing defoliation known as “shot hole” injury. This occurs when the beetles chew numerous small holes on the leaves of infested plants, making them look as if they were hit by a shotgun blast.
Overwintering adults first become active in the spring. The adults feed for about a month before they begin laying eggs in the soil.
Larvae soon hatch and burrow down to feed on the roots of nearby plants. Root feeding at this stage is usually minimal and has little impact on plants. After another month, the larvae pupate and emerge as new adults. This cycle may continue for one or two more generations, depending on the species.
Physical barriers, like floating row covers can help protect plants from flea beetles. Planting trap crops, such as radish or alyssum, can be effective as well. Trap crops draw beetles away from the rest of the garden where they can then be treated with an insecticide or otherwise destroyed.
Organic products, such as neem oil and diatomaceous earth can be applied on and around plants as natural repellants that keep flea beetles away or deter them from feeding. Dusts, like diatomaceous earth, must be reapplied after watering or rain events, as they will wash away and have no residual effect.
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Air Conditioning and Coronavirus
We would like to state that because of the nature of how the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is constantly changing our information here is as up to date as it can be. We are basing our actions and decisions on our knowledge but are using industry and government guidance to formulate our actions.
Your employees and our customers are at the centre of our approach to dealing with this current situation and we would like to reassure you that we will constantly evaluate the situation and make changes accordingly when necessary.
Industry guidance on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Air Con/Ventilation systems from Refcom (BESA) see: https://www.refcom.org.uk/media/1448/technical-bulletin-tb-048-3-refcom-updated.pdf
First and foremost, your HVAC systems should be thoroughly cleaned and serviced to ensure they are providing the best conditioned environment possible, so we suggest:
- Thorough chemical cleaning of all HVAC equipment
- Remove airborne contaminants by making sure systems have correct filtering and are well maintained
- Regular maintenance
- Clean ventilation
To protect the safety of all our customers and our engineers from COVID-19 (Coronavirus) we have already made a number of important changes:
- All staff wear correct PPE including gloves and masks where appropriate
- Distancing rules applied where possible.
- Risk assessments now include evaluation of COVID-19 risks.
- Recommend all ventilation systems to be set to full fresh air modes instead of air rotation.
COVID-19 Air Con and Ventilation Services
We are suggesting that the best approach to maintain healthy ecosystems for you, your family or your colleagues would be as follows:
- Completing a deep chemical clean – to make sure no bacteria exists throughout your HVAC systems
- Making sure regular maintenance is carried out – incorporating filter checking/replacing
AIR CON CLEANING PRODUCTS
We use a number of products when completing a deep clean of an air conditioning system many of which are advanced bacterial cleansing solutions designed to kill 99.9% of bacteria that could be in your ducts/systems.
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09 June 2022
Today’s primary sector report shows New Zealand dairy farmers have overcome the odds – despite rising input costs, labour shortages, fewer cows and less production they have still delivered for our national economy.
08 June 2022
Today’s primary sector recommendation to government, through the Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership – He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) – is a better solution to pricing agriculture emissions, according to DairyNZ.
28 April 2022
Ongoing work by the farming sector has resulted in the Government making significant changes to make wintering rules much more practical on-farm, which is good news for farmers.
09 December 2021
Strong financial management, grazing management and people management skills will help dairy farmers buffer rising input costs and produce milk more efficiently.
08 December 2021
From December, Kiwi dairy farmers will benefit from enhancements to the national animal genetic evaluation system when they select dairy bulls.
18 June 2021
The two-day South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) is one of the biggest dairy events, run by farmers for farmers, and is being held on June 22-23 in Ashburton.
16 June 2021
A new $22 million research initiative is underway to help dairy farmers improve freshwater quality – through using plantain pastures.
10 June 2021
Federated Farmers and DairyNZ are extremely relieved the government has recognised the crippling shortage of workers in the dairy industry by approving 200 skilled people to cross the border.
01 June 2021
As global World Milk Day (June 1) gets underway, New Zealand dairy farmers continue to play a key role in a post-Covid economy, as a sustainable producer of milk for the world.
31 May 2021
As the Independent Climate Change Commission deliver their final advice, DairyNZ are calling on the Government to deliver not only a pragmatic emissions reduction plan – but the funding and support to achieve it too.
29 April 2021
Dairy farmers at DairyNZ’s Farmers’ Forum have been challenged to take their world-leading farm systems and continue toward an increasingly sustainable future.
13 April 2021
DairyNZ has prepared this information for farmers following the release of Horizons One Plan decision.
16 December 2020
The annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics publication released today shows another record year for New Zealand’s dairy sector, with total milksolids production at a record high.
10 December 2020
DairyNZ agrees with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton’s call for the Government to rethink how environmental research is funded in New Zealand.
02 December 2020
A new survey of farmers in Aparima, Southland, shows farms achieve better environmental results when they have Farm Environment Plans.
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The start of a new year is a good time to take stock of your finances and pledge to do better. Here are Americans' top five money-related resolutions for 2019, according to Principal Financial Services -- and how to pull them off.
1. Save more money each month
Saving more on a monthly basis tops Americans' list of goals for the coming year, and one of the easiest ways to do so is to automate your savings. The logic here is simple: You can't spend money you never see, so if you arrange to have a portion of each paycheck land directly in your savings account, you'll avoid the temptation to blow that money on other things instead. If you're doing well on near-term or emergency savings, sign up for your employer's 401(k) plan and have money from each paycheck sent to your retirement plan. If you don't have access to a 401(k), find an IRA that offers an automatic savings option instead.
2. Reduce spending each month
Saving money and spending less go hand in hand, so if you're serious about cutting costs, it's crucial that you take the time to create a budget. This way, you'll see where your money is going, which of your expenses are nonnegotiable, and where you have room to cut corners. Once you have that budget in place, you might choose to reduce one substantial expense to significantly lower your spending. Sure, you could pledge to cut out your $4 latte twice a week, but that'll only reduce your spending by about $32 a month. On the other hand, if you decide to move to a less pricey apartment, you might save $300 a month.
3. Pay off credit card debt
Credit card debt is bad news, so eliminating it is a smart goal to strive for. To start, take a look at your various balances, see which have the highest interest rates, and tackle those first. At the same time, you might consider transferring your balances onto a new card with a lower interest rate, which could help you pay off that debt sooner. Of course, you'll need cash to pay down that debt, but you can get it by cutting back on expenses or getting a side job. Either way, the sooner you get rid of those nagging balances, the less money you'll throw away on interest.
4. Build an emergency fund
An estimated 58% of Americans have less than $1,000 in the bank. Your emergency fund, however, should contain a minimum of three months' worth of living expenses so that you're covered in case your car breaks down, your home needs repairs, or you lose your job and need income while you search for a new one. Therefore, if you're sitting on, say, $500 in savings, you'll need to do better. Once again, cutting back on expenses and working a second gig on top of your main job will help you boost your cash reserves more quickly. At the same time, be smart about banking any extra cash you get -- a $1,000 year-end bonus could be a nice addition to your savings account, as could a $200 check for the holidays from your generous parents.
5. Save more for retirement
The more money you sock away for retirement, the more comfortable a lifestyle you'll have access to as a senior. Beginning in 2019, workers under 50 will have the option to contribute up to $19,000 a year to a 401(k) and $6,000 a year to an IRA. Those 50 and over, meanwhile, get a catch-up provision that brings these limits up to $25,000 and $7,000, respectively. Of course, maxing out a retirement plan is easier said than done, but if you pledge to simply do better than you did the previous year, it'll make a big difference over time.
Case in point: Imagine you've been saving $300 a month in your IRA thus far. If you continue to save $300 a month for the next 30 years and your investments generate an average annual 7% return during that time, you'll add $340,000 to your nest egg. But if you manage to save $400 a month instead over that same time frame and generate that same return, you'll end up with an extra $453,000.
Making a list of financial resolutions is one thing; sticking to them is a whole other story. But if you commit to the goals you set, you'll have a lot more to celebrate at the end of 2019.
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Dmitry Medvedev spoke with Bloomberg’s Ryan Chilcote on natural gas supplies to China, the political situation in Ukraine and US sanctions against Russia.
Ryan Chilcote: Prime Minister, thank you very much for joining us. President Putin has gone to China. One of the contracts that may be signed there concerns gas, and supplying gas to China. How likely is it that a deal can be done?
Dmitry Medvedev: Good afternoon. I'm glad for the opportunity to be interviewed by Bloomberg once again. It seems just a short time ago that we met in Switzerland. This time, it’s hot in Moscow. It’s nice when the warm weather arrives.
As for gas relations between Russia and China, we have been holding talks on supplies from Russian gas fields to China for quite some time now. There are two possible routes: one is called the Eastern route, and the other the Western route. These were not the easiest talks, since one side always wants to sell for a higher price, while the other wants to buy for a lower price. However, I believe it is very likely that there will be a contract, which means long-term agreements. The sides have agreed that it should be robust strategic cooperation designed to last for many years. The wording will be finalised very soon. I believe it’s time we reached an agreement with the Chinese on this issue.
Ryan Chilcote: The price that China will pay for the gas that Russia supplies it is less than what the average country in the European Union pays. Why does it make sense for Russia to charge China less than European countries? Is it because Russia wants to diversify its export markets?
Dmitry Medvedev: First, and this is very important – we haven’t signed the document yet.
Second, the price is never fixed when it comes to gas cooperation. The price is calculated according to a specific formula, and it depends on the volume of gas sold and the distance it is transported, that is, the pipeline system, that length of pipeline that makes up this transit line. Of course, it depends on the quality of gas, and on other factors, including the replacement of gas with other types of fuel. The calculations are usually based on so-called gasoil, coal or something else. So it is very complicated. This is the second thing.
And finally, third. I am absolutely certain that these prices will be comparable. But clearly, delivering to Europe is one thing and delivering to a new market is another. To attract a new market and to agree on all terms of collaboration, a variety of means is used to stimulate deliveries, including advance payments, bonuses and so on. All these factors are taken into account when establishing rates. I believe that in the long run the price will be fair and totally comparable to the price of European supplies.
Ryan Chilcote: But it's very important for Russia to have China as an export market.
Dmitry Medvedev: Of course, without a doubt. We value our European partners very much. We have worked with them for decades. It is a very important and very valuable market. I want everybody to understand that. On the other hand, we cannot supply our gas to the European market alone, because we have enough for the Asian market, which is the most rapidly developing market, including China, a major economy.
Ryan Chilcote: Especially if Western Europe, the European Union, is constantly saying that they want to diversify away from Russian gas, right?
Dmitry Medvedev: No.
Ryan Chilcote: This is a way of handling your problem with western European threats to diversify from Russian gas.
Dmitry Medvedev: It’s not because we attach much importance to statements of this kind. First, each country or group of countries, including the European Union, has the right to diversify their supply sources. This is true. But we don’t attach much importance to this simply because, so far, there is no viable alternative in sight to Russian supplies. We just happen to think that we, as a major energy-supplying power, must have an opportunity to deliver gas not only to Europe but also to Asia. We are benefitting from this. Today, I wouldn’t look for politics behind this, but I have no doubt that supplying energy to the Asia Pacific Region holds out a great promise in future. More than that, we have enough capacities and enough gas to send supplies via both the eastern and the western routes. But even if we look at the worst prospect – purely theoretically – any undelivered European gas supplies can be sent to China by the eastern route. But that, let me stress this point again, is so far an absolutely theoretical possibility.
Ryan Chilcote: If western Europe was to move away from Russian supplies…
Dmitry Medvedev: You know, all this talk is absolutely abstract or politicised in nature. Some of our partners, including in the United States of America, say: “We’ll heap you guys in Europe with LNG.” OK. Let them give us the calculations. As far as I understand, even if this is done on a very balanced basis, the price of LNG to be supplied from the United States of America will be 40% more expensive than the Russian pipeline gas.
Ryan Chilcote: What do you think about the idea of selling Rosneft stock to a Chinese company?
Dmitry Medvedev: To begin with, Rosneft is one of our biggest free-float companies, so some of its stock already belongs to foreign shareholders.
Ryan Chilcote: BP has a 20% stake, it’s the world’s largest crude oil producer that is publicly traded.
Dmitry Medvedev: Absolutely. So BP has some stock to begin with. Second, every deal should bring benefits primarily to the company itself. We are trying to make steady our energy market. In the final count, Rosneft should decide for itself what development sources to use. If Chinese investors make an interesting proposal, we don’t rule anything out. In any event, the Government is planning to privatise a considerable amount of Rosneft stock.
Ryan Chilcote: In this year? You want to sell a stake in 2014?
Dmitry Medvedev: For the time being, we spoke about next year and even 2016 but we may return to the issue this year.
Ryan Chilcote: What would be the point in selling a stake in Rosneft this year? Because when it comes to privatisation, so far everything has been pushed back, and now you are talking about moving privatization of Russia’s largest oil producer forward. It’s a bit surprising. Markets aren’t very nice…
Dmitry Medvedev: Yes, you’re right, so before making а decision on privatisation, we must weigh all factors before taking any decision regarding privatisation, primarily the stock price, which is to say how much privatisation will fetch. Our goal is to maximise revenue. That said, you can’t keep putting off privatisation because you think prices will be higher in 2015 than in 2014, or in 2016 rather than in 2015. Research needs to be done, and this kind of analysis and research is being carried out.
Ryan Chilcote: What do you think about opening up the Russian economy – and Russia in general – more to China?
Dmitry Medvedev: China is already a major trade partner of Russia, second only to the European Union.
Ryan Chilcote: But you have very big plans to increase China’s role in the Russian economy.
Dmitry Medvedev: That said, just recently – a week ago in fact – I held a special meeting with ministers and corporate leaders on promoting cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Region, which to a large extent means cooperation with the People’s Republic of China. We view this cooperation as critically important for Russia, and we believe it has great prospects in terms of expanding trade and attracting investment. These are issues that will be on the agenda of the Russian President’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Ryan Chilcote: For many years, Russia was very concerned about opening up its economy more to China. In the Far East, there aren’t that many Russian there; China is nearby.
Dmitry Medvedev: We always try to analyse what would happen if we enter a certain market, just like all countries do. There are commissions that issue permits for foreign investment in the United States, Europe and Russia. By the way, as prime minister, I chair the government commission on foreign investment. This doesn’t mean that we don’t deny permission, but we should understand where we can invite investors, including our Chinese partners. Again, we view China as our strategic partner and a very promising market.
Ryan Chilcote: Are there some parts of the Russian economy – “Red Zones”, if you will – where Russia would prefer China is not?
Dmitry Medvedev: I wouldn’t phrase it like this. The issue doesn’t concern Chinese investment alone. I’d put it as follows: Will there be some red lines beyond which we won’t allow foreign investors, like the majority of countries do? Yes, these are sensitive technologies, primarily weaponry. I think we have the right to keep some sectors under government control, but the number of such sectors keeps decreasing, and the commission I have mentioned takes decisions to expand the opportunities for foreign investment at almost every meeting.
Ryan Chilcote: Do you think that China could actually replace, let’s say, the European Union as a trading partner?
Dmitry Medvedev: But why? We are doing just fine as it is. We want to have a good relationship with Europe. Our sales turnover is over 400 billion. We also want strong collaboration with China, India, Japan and other countries. The idea of any politically motivated scenario is simply conjecture. The fact is, we want to trade in both the west and the east. Do you remember what the Russian coat of arms looks like? The eagle is looking in both directions.
Ryan Chilcote: You've threatened to cut of Ukraine's gas supply if they don't pay by the beginning of June. What exactly would you like to see Ukraine do?
Dmitry Medvedev: When you lend money to someone what do you expect to get from them? Kisses, promises, something else? I think any creditor is entitled to get their debt repaid. Therefore, we expect to receive the repayment of the debt that has accumulated over this time from Ukraine and the respective company.
Ryan Chilcote: And that is?
Dmitry Medvedev: It is more than $3.5 billion.
Ryan Chilcote: So you want them to pay the 3.5 billion?
Dmitry Medvedev: I spoke about this recently – we are realists. We are aware of the current state of the Ukrainian economy. We aren’t saying they have to pay 3.5 billion in a day, but give us a time-table for paying off these debts, especially since Ukraine has just received an IMF tranche, and both the Americans and Europeans have promised it loans. Let all countries that sympathise with Ukraine help it to pay off these debts. Allow me to recall how the situation has unfolded. As of 1 January of this year we have received practically nothing from them, even despite the preferential price. They pay us nothing, even with discounts. Now we’ve stopped giving them discounts and have said the following: “We’re ready to discuss different terms, but you have to pay your debts”, which now constitute a huge amount.
Ryan Chilcote: Ukraine was paying $268 per 1,000 cubic metres, correct?
Dmitry Medvedev: Only for three months.
Ryan Chilcote: The Ukrainians were paying $268 per 1,000 cubic metres. Now you're asking them to pay $485. That's a bit tough, isn't it?
Dmitry Medvedev: No, it's not tough simply.
Ryan Chilcote: That's more than any other country pays, with the exception of Macedonia, I think.
Dmitry Medvedev: We’ve already discussed the pricing formula. This is the price that was fixed in the contract signed in 2009, and it determines the cost of all supplies. This price is comparable with other formulas that are used for supplies to the European market – sometimes it’s more, sometimes less, but all of them are in line with the trend. As for $268.50, it is absolutely a discounted price, and so when we hear, “We are prepared to pay a discounted price,” our reaction is, why should we agree? Why do other countries, all the EU countries, pay a different price?
Ryan Chilcote: The European Union doesn’t pay $485 on average. The European Union pays $385. So you’d be charging the Ukrainians more than all of Western Europe.
Dmitry Medvedev: No, you have to consider how much each country pays. Some countries pay nearly as much. It is indeed a high price, I agree, but some countries pay this price, while other countries pay less. But again, it is an absolutely fair price that was agreed at the talks in 2009. We didn’t force anyone to accept it; they signed the schedule and the contract voluntarily. I’d like to remind you that it was Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently running for president, who signed it.
Ryan Chilcote: The question is: Is the price for Ukraine negotiable? Will you demand $485 – more than most of the countries in Western Europe pay – of Ukraine?
Dmitry Medvedev: This is our position: There is a contract in place, but we understand that Ukraine is in a difficult situation. What should the de facto Ukrainian authorities do? They should present a debt repayment schedule and pay a reasonable part of the sum, which means repay part of the debt…
Ryan Chilcote: How much?
Dmitry Medvedev: That we can discuss, but it can’t be 3%. It should be a substantial sum that would clearly indicate their intention to pay their debts. After that, we could sit down to discuss gas cooperation going forward.
Frankly, we, including the Russian Government, have no intention to help the Ukrainian officials because we do not consider the current authorities to be legitimate and because they have not proved themselves as honest and sincere partners. But our hearts are bleeding over what is happening in Ukraine and what is occurring with the people residing in the country. So, we are prepared to discuss any collaboration as a humanitarian act. What we expect in return is an intention for serious collaboration and an intention to pay.
Ryan Chilcote: Can Western Europe count on getting all of the Russian gas that they’re expecting to get this year?
Dmitry Medvedev: If the Ukrainian market is stable and if Ukrainians fulfill all of their obligations, Europe will receive what it is entitled to in full. But we can’t ignore the fact that Ukraine stands between Europe, the European Union, and Russia. Our task now is to settle the situation around Ukraine. This task includes agreeing on gas supplies to Ukraine. If we succeed, everything will be fine. I would like to note, though, that Nord Stream is a guarantee that – for Europe – everything will remain as before. If we are able to commission South Stream in the next few years, then strictly speaking we won’t need to ship gas through Ukraine, although we realise that Ukraine might well need it. But if we get this done, the Europeans will have guaranteed access to gas at all times regardless of who’s in power in Kiev. There have been many different people in charge in Kiev lately, and I’m not at all sure that we can predict, with any degree of certainty, who will be running Ukraine even six months from now.
Ryan Chilcote: President Putin has ordered Russian troops back to their bases now that these so-called “springtime exercises” near the Ukrainian border are over. Considering that the last time that he made that announcement, the US and Germany couldn’t confirm that there was any pullback, why should anyone take this as anything more than a bluff from Russia?
Dmitry Medvedev: I don’t think we should worry about the reaction of Western countries to such statements.
What do Western countries have to do with our relocating troops within the territory of the Russian Federation, if we do so within the established rules?
Ryan Chilcote: Because Russia says it is interested in deescalating the situation in Ukraine. That's why.
Dmitry Medvedev: If you put the question that way, then this is an issue that should be analysed by those responsible for addressing it. It is President Putin who takes the decision to end exercises as Commander-in-Chief. Such a decision falls within the authority of the Russian state and its President.
Those monitoring troop movements can go ahead and request the relevant information. When I was in charge of these issues as Commander-in-Chief we naturally shared such information, and I’m confident that the current Commander-in-Chief will do the same. However, make no mistake, when and where to hold military exercises is, in the end, Russia’s internal affair.
Ryan Chilcote: Will Russia annex any more parts of Ukraine?
Dmitry Medvedev: First, we did not annex any part of Ukraine. This is the Russian position. If you're referring to Crimea, the situation is radically different. The population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a referendum and voted for self-determination and for joining Russia in accordance with the existing procedure. And that's what they did. They started by proclaiming independence and after that, they asked to join Russia. We satisfied their request. The Russian Constitution was amended so that Crimea could join Russia as the result of a popular vote. Crimea is a special and unique story.
Any conjectures about Russia wanting to annex some territories are mere propaganda. I don’t even wish to comment on that. It is essential to calm tensions in Ukraine. We all see what’s happening there: the situation is nothing short of a civil war, as a matter of fact. This is what we should all be thinking about.
Ryan Chilcote: Can you guarantee that any other parts of Ukraine – in the east or in the south, where some separatists have asked for their territories to become part of Russia – that none of these territories, no more territories, will actually be joined to Russia?
Dmitry Medvedev: Let me repeat once again that first and foremost, we (I’m referring to all those who sympathise with Ukraine – European countries and as far as I understand, the United States and, of course, Russia, which is the closest to Ukraine) should do all we can to de-escalate tensions – a measure that everyone is talking about now. In other words, we should do everything to stop the spread of civil war on Ukrainian territory.
As for the positions of people in Lugansk, Donetsk and other parts of Ukraine, our stance is simple – their positions deserve respect. If they hold some referendums, we should understand what they want and why they express such views. So in the future, the main point is to make sure that Ukraine’s central, de facto authorities and those who live in these parts of Ukraine establish a fully-fledged dialogue based on mutual respect and understanding, a dialogue that takes into account the position of eastern Ukraine. This would ease tensions; otherwise the conflict will continue, and we will most likely hear the same appeals that were discussed at the referendums.
Ryan Chilcote: I'm asking a really simple question. Can you guarantee that the Lugansk Region, the Donetsk Region, won't become part of Russia, and will remain part of the territorial integrity of Ukraine?
Dmitry Medvedev: First, we don’t have to guarantee anything to anyone, because we never took on any commitments concerning this. But we believe that…
Ryan Chilcote: Would you like to take this opportunity to say, "No, Lugansk and Donetsk will never be part of Russia"?
Dmitry Medvedev: We believe the priority is to ease tensions in Ukraine. Not to guarantee something to someone, but to ease tensions. Let our partners in the dialogue, namely the EU and the United States, guarantee us something, for example, that they won’t interfere in Ukraine’s internal affairs. Let our Western partners guarantee us that they won’t lure Ukraine into NATO, that the Russian language won’t be prohibited in eastern Ukraine, and that some senseless movement such as the Right Sector won't start killing people there. Let our partners guarantee this.
However, this is not the way to talk, in terms of who should guarantee what. The conversation should be different, and this is what Geneva was all about. It must be willing to reassure people so that the de facto authorities in Ukraine actually must guarantee – not Russia – but the Ukrainian authorities must guarantee to their people that the crisis in the east will be resolved and that they will not use heavy weapons, including tanks, planes, and helicopters, against their own people. This is what they must guarantee. They should sit down and talk about the future – how the authorities in Kiev see it, and how it is seen by people in the east.
Obviously, there is considerable discord on this point. What does Kiev say? Kiev says, “We are a unitary state, and we must remain one for all time.” What do people in the east say? “We cannot exercise our rights in a unitary state. We want to speak Russian. We want to be more independent, including economic independence. We want guarantees that we won’t be wiped out by crazy nationalists, that they won’t come force us to take up weapons again.”
There needs to be a dialogue that results in a new constitution, but we are not imposing anything, because this is an internal process that must play out in Ukraine. However, we can see that the existing legal framework is not sufficient to solve this problem. As I understand, even some people in Kiev have started saying this. I hope it’s a good sign.
Ryan Chilcote: Will you recognise the presidential election in Ukraine?
Dmitry Medvedev: This is a complicated subject. On the one hand, from a legal standpoint, judicial terms, these elections are the result of an anti-constitutional change of power. You know Russia’s position – nobody has deprived Yanukovych of power. He hasn’t been impeached and he hasn’t resigned on his own free will. He’s alive, so he is the president and this is why we don’t recognise the legitimacy of some of the current authorities, at any rate the government and the acting president. However, we do realise that Ukraine has a legitimate parliament. On the one hand, elections are a direct consequence of these events, but, on the other hand, they may lead to a way out of the predicament. If an elected leader enjoyed the support of all of the regions in Ukraine, this would be good. But there is one more problem in addition to the low legitimacy of the elections. The problem is that some regions simply don’t want to participate in them. This may create a very complex situation where some regions take part in the elections and others won’t take part or will have a very low voter turnout. In this case, the value, the legitimacy of the elections, will indeed be called into doubt.
Ryan Chilcote: But it’s a very small part of Ukraine that wouldn’t take part in the election, right? There is 45-46 million people in Ukraine. You’re talking about two or three million.
Dmitry Medvedev: I don’t know how many people will attend these elections and how active they will be but I assume that the turnout in Kiev will be higher than somewhere in Lugansk, Mariupol, Kharkov and Donetsk. Some people will simply ignore the elections, because they believe they are not legitimate.
Ryan Chilcote: You recognised when the separatists held their elections in Donetsk and Lugansk, despite the fact that there was fighting, Russia said it respected the result of those referendums. Does that mean that you can respect the result of the national elections?
Dmitry Medvedev: There’s no contradiction at all. You are experienced in dealing with these issues and are good at analysing what is being said. Recognising results is one thing, respecting the expression of will is quite another. During the May elections, people in Ukraine will vote for different candidates. Of course, this position warrants respect. Is that an act of recognition? No, it’s not. However, such a decision constitutes an act of recognition, when the authorities of a foreign state say they believe these results clearly demonstrate the expression of will of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of a particular state. The Russian Federation has monitored elections many times in many places. Unfortunately, given the current situation in Ukraine, we can’t be sure that these elections will be held in a proper manner.
Ryan Chilcote: Can you imagine a situation in which the presence of Russian peacekeepers would be necessary, although, as far as I understand, Ukraine would not view them as peacekeepers. Could such a need arise in the future?
Dmitry Medvedev: You know, what I can say is that this is not a question of where peacekeepers come from. The question is about effectively separating conflicting parties in order to put an end to a situation where the army is being used against its own people.
What is the Kiev government, the so-called de facto authorities, speaking about? They are pretending to be fighting against terrorists. However, they are actually fighting against their own people in eastern Ukraine. The question is not what forces are being used and what mandate the peacekeepers have, but whether such forces actually make a difference.
Ryan Chilcote: What effect have the sanctions that have been introduced against Russia thus far had on the economy?
Dmitry Medvedev: You know, to put it simply, no one is happy about sanctions, since they are always a sign of tense relations. We don’t support the sanctions. Moreover, you’ve probably noticed that we have not commented on them a great deal or responded to them harshly, although we probably could cause some unpleasantness for the countries that are imposing these sanctions. But it’s bad for international economic relations, for our relations with Europe and the United States.
As for their direct impact, contrary to what the media and some Western analysts say, the sanctions have not had a significant effect on us. That doesn’t mean that we are happy about them. Again, sanctions are a dead-end, and, in fact, everyone understands this – everyone, including businesses in Europe and America.
Let’s be honest, these sanctions are a sharp knife for European business, and American business doesn’t need them either. The only ones who want sanctions are politicians, who use them to reinforce their convictions and to demonstrate their power. For example, our American colleagues and President Obama need to show the Congress that America doesn’t fear the Russians, that if anything happens they can hurt us. They need to show that the US President can take tough decisions, or rather that he is doing everything the Senate accuses him of not doing. This is what the Americans are doing.
The situation is somewhat different for Europe.
Ryan Chilcote: Speaking about President Obama, because you are the author, the architect, with President Obama, of the reset in relations. Are you disappointed by how President Obama has handled this crisis?
Dmitry Medvedev: Yes, I believe that President Obama could be more tactful politically when discussing these issues. Some decisions taken by the US Administration are disappointing. We have indeed done a lot for Russian-US relations. I believe doing so was right. The agreements that we reached with America were useful. And I’m very sorry that everything that has been achieved is now being eliminated by these decisions. Basically, we are slowly but surely approaching a new cold war that nobody needs. Why am I saying this? Because a competent politician knows how to make reserved, careful, subtle, wise and intelligent decisions, which, I believe, Mr Obama succeeded at for a while. But what is being done now, unfortunately, proves that the US Administration has run out of these resources. And the United States is one of the parties to suffer from this.
Ryan Chilcote: Do you recognise that economic sanctions, if they are introduced against Russia – we don’t have them yet – could lead to a very prolonged period of recession in Russia?
Dmitry Medvedev: Russia is obviously a part of the global economy. It was our goal to become one. The Russian economy has its own problems, mainly in terms of its structure. This has nothing to do with the United States or the position of the US Administration. These are our own problems and we have to deal with them. For instance, there’s the large role that commodities play in our economy. This is a fact. So we have enough problems in our economy. To be sure, sanctions don’t help, but if something is happening, it is first and foremost because our economy is not yet ready for a whole series of tests, and the task of the Government and the Russian authorities in general is to make this economy more effective and substantial.
Ryan Chilcote: Is Russia prepared for economic sanctions?
Dmitry Medvedev: Considering all the talk of sanctions, we’re reviewing different scenarios. None of them is disastrous for our economy, although some restrictions could be rather painful. There is no doubt that a country like Russia will be able to cope with any sanctions, or so-called sanctions. The question is what the United States or the world, for that matter, stands to gain. We have just recovered from the economic crisis that hit us all in 2008, the source of which traces back to the United States.
Ryan Chilcote: So what would the response be? If there are economic sanctions against Russia, how would you respond?
Dmitry Medvedev: I don’t want to speculate at this point about what our response might be. I can tell you only one thing: we certainly have a plan for what actions to take depending on how the situation develops, but in the event of a bad scenario, even though I said that we are opposed to any sanctions, our set of responses includes not only measures to improve our economy in general, but also measures that can be directed toward the countries in question.
Ryan Chilcote: So there could be retaliatory measures?
Dmitry Medvedev: This could be a variety of measures. I do not want to discuss them, simply because we do not believe this to be the right path. It's a dead end.
Ryan Chilcote: Just in terms of supporting Russia's own economy, if there are economic sanctions, would you do things like consider capital controls?
Dmitry Medvedev: You keep trying to elicit from me decisions that are as of yet unfounded. I’ll say it again: we are looking at different scenarios and we will act according to the circumstances. But I wouldn’t want to do this, even though, I reiterate, the Russian economy will hold up no matter what, and we will not let any country or group of countries deflect our forward progress. All I can say is that we will honour all our social commitments to the Russian people, no matter what sanctions are taken against us. There’s no doubt about it: Russia is a rich country, and we are able to control the situation.
Ryan Chilcote: Here’s the last question. I won’t keep you on this issue for long. MasterCard, Visa and threats from SWIFT… Do you believe they are a problem for you at all? This might be a long discussion, but MasterCard and Visa, as you are aware, have already suspended the provision of some of their services for a short time. How concerned are you about SWIFT, Visa, MasterCard…these financial instruments being used as part of sanctions against Russia?
Dmitry Medvedev: This is a question I would like to talk about for a little longer, if you don’t mind. In fact, a great number of our people are used to using foreign payment systems, mainly Visa and MasterCard, but also American Express. Other electronic payment systems are also widely used.
Now let me speculate over what happened. I will not be focusing on the sanctions and political decisions, which are considered an act of Parliament or an act of God in Anglo-Saxon law. Let’s look at this issue from another perspective. I am an ordinary holder of an international bank card – to be more precise, a Russian card issued by a foreign payment system. By the way, there are around 200 million cards of this type in this country – more than the population count. I would like to stress that I do not have a relationship with a foreign state. I have a relationship with the bank that issued my card. And it never occurred to me that my payments depend on the political stance of a foreign state. Therefore, I would like to note that in the context of our law – and, I’m sure, also US and EU law – what Visa and MasterCard did was a direct violation of their contract with Russian clients – not a bank, but concrete individuals who trusted these payment systems. If I were a lawyer, which I’m unfortunately not at the moment, I would have gladly spent my time and effort to take these payment systems to court. I think that this is a gross violation of effective contracts and agreements. As far as I can see, our partners at Visa and MasterCard are aware of the weakness of their position, but they had to take this decision upon the recommendation of the Treasury Department and the State Department.
I’d like to remind you that the world is monitoring this conflict because if I were a Chinese or Brazilian, I’d think: Why should I carry cards that largely depend on the stance of the US administration? Better choose the Chinese way. As you know, our Chinese partners are developing a national payment system, which, considering the global nature of the Chinese economy, is already influencing global payment systems.
In other words, this is a very bad precedent, but not for Russia, although Russians were not pleased when they had to transfer their accounts to other banks. It is bad for these companies, for MasterCard, Eurocard, and Visa.
So, we don’t want to break off any ties. We want MasterCard and Visa to stay and work in Russia. That said, they must honour their obligations, not in relation to Russia, but towards individual clients who use their cards.
Ryan Chilcote: Russia has already taken measures that some analysts say will cost MasterCard and Visa more money than it's worth to be in Russia. Aren't you concerned that Visa and MasterCard – which, as you said yourself, were just following orders, in a sense, from the Treasury in the United States – could leave the Russian market?
Dmitry Medvedev: I would like to reiterate that we do not want Visa or MasterCard to leave Russia. Overall, our cooperation with them has been quite productive. However, I believe that before taking such decisions, these companies should have thought about the fact that such actions – responding in such an awkward manner to official requests – undermine trust in them. They should have explained to their government that it should not act in this manner, since such acts by the government of the United States of America disrupts the business of Visa and MasterCard, as well as its own business.
Regarding the price they have to pay. It is true that amendments to the law on the payment system have been enacted in Russia stipulating certain deposits, which are specific amounts of money that must be placed in Russia. The Central Bank, our commercial banks, Visa and Mastercard are currently discussing this. I don’t want to dramatise the situation, but you will agree that after what our respected partners did in relation to some Russian banks there must be some response.
Ryan Chilcote: What do you think about the US telling many CEOs who were planning to go to the St Petersburg forum that they shouldn't go, and that many of them won't go? And not just US CEOs, but European CEOs as well won't be going to the forum. What do you think about that?
Dmitry Medvedev: I think this is bad. It reminds me of the decisions made in this country during the Leonid Brezhnev period. Business interests suffer because of ideology. You should ask these CEOs themselves – I have actually met some of them – from the US and Europe if they are happy about these decisions. Why do they have to sacrifice their business interests for the sake of some strange sense of solidarity?
Ryan Chilcote: That puts them in a difficult position because they want to make money, on the one hand, but they don’t want to go against their government’s wishes, on the other hand.
Dmitry Medvedev: Exactly. So, this is bringing ideology to market relations and the economy, which is exactly what the Soviet Union did in the past, when it adopted bans on trade with particular countries because their ideology didn’t suit the government. This is exactly what the US administration is doing now. This is a path to a dead end. It is destroying international economic ties and will affect the interests of US and European business. We are not dramatising the situation. Some businesspeople will attend the forum anyway; deputy CEOs, if not their bosses, will come. We will continue our dialogue, and there will be no hysterics on our part.
But this is very bad, and this is a very short-sighted stance that strongly reminds me of the Soviet government’s stance. It’s as if we had exchanged places, which is very bad.
There is one more thing I’d like to say, since you keep talking about sanctions. I’d like to remind you that no sanctions were introduced against MPs even in the most difficult periods of US-Soviet relations, like during the Cuban missile crisis or when the decision to deploy troops in Afghanistan was taken. We maintained contacts at the top political level. By enacting such sanctions, our US and European partners are destroying the very fabric of international relations. Are they trying to scare us? This will lead nowhere. Once a new administration comes to power in the United States and a new president takes office after Obama, these sanctions will be forgotten. In the end, nobody stands to win.
Ryan Chilcote: I have to ask you about the Internet, and I have to start with a slightly provocative question. Do you agree with President Putin that the Internet is a CIA project?
Dmitry Medvedev: My answer is yes and no. It is true that the Internet was born within defence-related structures. As far as I know, it was DARPA, not the CIA. What this means is that, at the outset, this network served a defence purpose. But afterwards, it grew into what is called the World Wide Web, serving as a universal phenomenon, bringing together huge numbers of people. I have never made an ideal out of the Internet, but I do believe that there is no other thing in the world with such a great unifying potential, since it creates communication opportunities, and it should be properly appreciated.
Ryan Chilcote: You say that it has to be valued, but can you guarantee that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, will be working in Russia in a year's time? Because, as you are well aware, a Russian official not too long ago said that they may have to be closed.
Dmitry Medvedev: This was just a poor choice of words by an executive from an oversight department. Perhaps, he should have considered his words more carefully before speaking. The issue is fairly simple: everyone who works in the Russian segment of the Internet must comply with Russian regulations. That’s not debatable. It doesn't mean they have to be part of the Russian Internet, but they do have to comply with Russian regulations. This applies to Twitter and Facebook as well. By the way, my colleagues told me today that they always maintain productive cooperation with the Russian authorities if we point to a violation of Russian law.
Again, it's part of the worldwide history of communications. Millions of Russians use social media. I use it as well, I believe that it’s a good and useful thing; therefore, on the one hand, there must be compliance with Russian laws, but on the other hand, there should be freedom of access to information that is not at odds with the law. Consider that we have our own social media as well, which are also quite popular, such as VKontakte, which has tens of millions of users in Russia, Ukraine and other countries.
Ryan Chilcote: You mentioned VKontakte. Pavel Durov – the Zuckerberg, many say, of Russia, the founder of VKontakte – said that Russia is no longer a place that is conducive to doing business in the Internet; that this is not a free place for innovation in the Internet, and he has left Russia. What do you think about that?
Dmitry Medvedev: It’s difficult for me to discuss Mr Durov’s motives. I’ve met him only once, in this very room, where we discussed development prospects. He is very talented, but like every talented person he has many illusions. As far as I know, he had an argument with the company’s shareholders and his business partners and, as a result, sold his shares. As it often happens, he cited political circumstances to explain his actions and started another project. It was his decision, but VKontakte will continue to exist. It is a completely open platform. Your Russian is excellent, so you can see for yourself what it’s like. There is no censorship; everything is just the same as on Facebook because these two media are similar. The only thing is I think it is important for people using any social media to be a little more polite so that social media is a more civilised environment. This is true for both VKontakte and Facebook as well as for some others.
Ryan Chilcote: It's interesting you bring up that point, because CalPERS, the California pension system, which manages just over a quarter trillion dollars, decided that they would no longer invest in VKontakte because of concerns that VKontakte continued to show attacks on gays. You know the story, right?
Dmitry Medvedev: To be honest, I was not familiar with this story. You brought it to my attention.
Ryan Chilcote: Do you recognise that a lot of the political and social decisions that are made in Russia are having big impacts on business and investment – not just Ukraine, but the law on so-called untraditional values in Russia – and is that okay?
Dmitry Medvedev: Any political decision in some way or another influences the investment climate and business. It's senseless to argue that Russia’s decisions regarding Ukraine or Crimea did not have any impact on the business environment. The same is true for laws that are being enacted. I don’t think that such decisions are destroying the business environment, but we have to analyse their consequences. By the same token, our friends and partners in other countries should be mindful of decisions they take regarding their businesses when they introduce various sanctions against Russia. Thus, it’s a question of rationality. I agree that there are certain things we can also be reproached for, but I’d like our partners to keep this in mind as well.
Ryan Chilcote: Prime Minister Medvedev, thank you very much for your time.
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RURAL CANADA: Rural Sociological Perspectives
|Author: ||Dasgupta, Satadal|
Provides a social-scientific overview of rural social structure and change in Canada, presenting a synthesis of the findings and generalizations of a multiplicity of studies that have been conducted over the past fifty years but have not been collected and treated in a single volume.
"Surprisingly, there has never been a Canadian textbook on rural sociology. Dasgupta's book is `a modest attempt' to fill the void. . . . written in a clear, simple style that makes it appropriate for undergraduate use. Among the many pedagogically useful features is a summary of idealized polar differences between the `traditional' and `contemporary' Canadian farming communities." - The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
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Seattle Aquarium bestows marine conservation honors on Western's Marco Hatch
On Jan. 26, the Seattle Aquarium conferred its top awards at its annual Chairman’s Dinner to community and scientific leaders who have worked to preserve and protect marine environments both locally and around the world, including Western's Marco Hatch.
Hatch, a member of the Samish Indian Nation and an assistant professor of Environmental Science in Western's Huxley College of the Environment, received the Seattle Aquarium Conservation Research Award, which honors individuals performing leadership research in the field.
Hatch received his doctorate in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Prior to WWU he directed the Salish Sea Research Center at Northwest Indian College. The Salish Sea Research Center is charged with preparing the next generation of native environmental scientists and leaders through fostering respect for Indigenous knowledge and providing students with a solid background in scientific methods. Hatch’s research focuses on the nexus of people and marine ecology, with a particular focus on clams. At WWU he will continue to make science a more inclusive and welcoming discipline by focusing on issues important to indigenous people. Through his partnerships with Northwest Indian College and initiatives funded by National Science Foundation he is collaboratively working toward expanding the “discovery space and solutions space” of marine science as a function of a more inclusive set of people, information and ideas. | <urn:uuid:d49a5088-f57c-4fc2-be6d-758c522f7b49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://westerntoday.wwu.edu/news/seattle-aquarium-bestows-marine-conservation-honors-on-westerns-marco-hatch | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.952372 | 285 | 1.921875 | 2 |
DETERMINATION OF CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS IN HAIR WITH THE HELP OF
METHODS OF DIFFERENTIAL PULSED POLAROGRAPHY AND X-RAY FLUORESCENT
Shavgulidze N. V.1, Havtasi N. S.1, Enukidze L. G.1,
Harischarishvili I. Z.2,
R. I. Agladze, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Scientific and technical centre
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev,
article deals with a topical problem of microelement analysis of
biological substratums. Influence of toxic elements on organism was
examined. We mostly drew attention to the following two methods of
analytical analysis of bioassays: differential pulsed polarography and
results of simultaneous determination of ions of Pb (II), Zn (II) and Cu
(II) in hair were presented with the help of DPP method
and of RFA.
The comparative estimation of results from DPP and X-ray fluorescence
method was conducted.
differential pulsed polarography, X-ray fluorescence, bioassay,
fluorescent method of potable water
microelement composition determination/
N., Korotkov P. A., Kirilenko E. K.
The article is dedicated to
the actual problem of potable water quality control. The main analytic
methods of water quantitative analysis are considered. The
composition determination that is based on the roentgen
is proposed. The concentration analysis results of 8 portable water
samples are presented. Their evaluation is performed on the basis of the
given maximum allowable concentrations.
nourishment./ S.V. Fus
The basic aspects
of nutrient influence on complexion are considered. Sources
of the basic nutrients which can provide daily
maintenance for them are presented.
quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis of bioassays based on the
maximum likelihood method
P. A. Korotkov,
D. Sc., prof,. E. K.
S. N. Galchenko*,
practical use results of sensitivity increase technique in quantitative
X-ray fluorescence analysis are presented. The technique is based on the
method of maximum likelihood and can be used in the cases of the
characteristic lines strong overlap and weak spectral lines in noise
background. The spectra of mercury and zinc amalgam were analyzed, at
first on the test samples of
and than on the test bioassays of blood plasma solid. Absolute error of
mercury content detection in bioassays was 2.4 times decreased.
Detection limit achieved by the method is 13 ppb, significantly lower
than obtained by standard spectral processing procedures.
trace concentration, maximum likelihood method, detection limit,
INCREASE OF QUANTITATIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF BIOASSAYS BY THE
THERMAL RAPID CONCENTRATION METHOD
N. Galchenko, P. A. Korotkov, E. K. Kirilenko
The practical use results of
sensitivity increase technique in quantitative X-ray fluorescence
analysis are presented. The technique is based on the preconcetration of
elements by means of rapid thermal ashing. Spectra of hair and their
ashes are analysed. Sensitivity increase coefficients for heavy metals
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While there are many advantages to living in a maintenance-free apartment rental, outdoor space may be limited. As a result, lots of renters choose to create a garden-like atmosphere indoors! Rest-assured however, there’s something big missing from the equation. Sunlight.
So if you’re looking to add living greenery to your apartment home, here’s a quick list of best apartment plants for low light:
Play to your strengths
Not everyone has a green thumb. If you have a history of over-watering, over-feeding, or over-trimming your plants, here are some “hard to kill” indoor low light breeds:
Also known as spider ivy or the ribbon plant, what’s great about Spider plants is that caring for them is very simple. They love moderate light with a standard room temperature and slightly moist soil. Experts recommend watering your spider plant once a week in spring and summer, and once every ten days in winter.
What makes snake plants unique is their ability to work very hard at night cleaning air toxins and moisturizing your apartment home air. So if you suffer from airborne allergies or tend to get sick easily, keeping a few growing snake plants in your home is an excellent idea. In addition to being a wellness plant, they’re:
- Very durable
- Easy to care for
- Can be placed both in and outdoors
- Needs very little watering
- Takes up a small amount of space
Cast Iron Plant
Ideal for first time apartment plant caretakers, this durable breed requires no direct sunlight and light watering which makes it perfect for an indoor apartment. Even though these plants are slow growers, each year cast iron’s bloom purplish flowers that are very hard to see.
Also known as Devil’s Ivy, the Golden Pothos grows quickly with beautiful heart-shaped leaves. Designed for apartment residents who may frequently travel away from home, this adaptable species will tolerate low to medium light and requires very little water. Most Golden Pothos plants can live up to 10 years indoors with good care.
When we think about indoor bamboo plants, chances are we’re thinking about Lucky Bamboo. A popular office or home plant to help with your Feng Shui design, the long thin growing stalks require some indirect light, but lots of water. In fact, the taller the plant, the more water it requires.
English Ivy is a very popular fast-growing ground cover for outdoor areas, so as an indoor plant, it’s best shown in a hanging planter or off the floor. This species comes in a variety of shades of green, gray, yellow, pink and purple. What apartment residents love about English Ivy is that it requires very little maintenance. But that comes with a price. Unfortunately, English Ivy is toxic to pets.
Caretaking tips for indoor low light plants
If you’ve made a decision to bring some organic greenery to your apartment home, here are some good rules of thumb on care taking
Position your plants strategically
Each plant has its own needs when it comes to direct or indirect light so depending on the plant, you’ll want to position the pots accordingly. As an example, if you like to keep your curtains or blinds open in your south facing bedroom, to get the best results, choose indoor house plants that can absorb direct or medium sunlight. The same thing is true for your kitchen window sill or dining room table.
Every living thing needs some good nourishment and that includes your thriving house plants! Products such as Miracle Gro indoor plant food are very easy to use and help your plants stay green and healthy all year round. In addition, fertilizer can speed up plant growth, adding nitrogen and phosphorus that will build stronger roots and budding flowers.
Prune and Repot
While most trees and plants outside shed their leaves and the wind takes care of the cleanup, indoor house plants need some tender loving care. It’s important to carefully trim dead leaves and keep an eye on the plant to pot size ratio. When the time is right, be sure to repot your plants, giving them a little more space to expand and grow.
Update your soil
Not all plants will grow at the same rate or using the same soil. Be sure to check the recommended soil concentration for each of your pots. You may find that some plants can thrive with all-purpose potting mixes but others, like orchids or bamboo, may need specialized blends that have aerating qualities.
Introducing plants into your overall apartment decor has lots of great benefits for your entire household. From clean air to color, plants can boost your overall mood, reduce air toxins, and enhance the look and feel of your space.
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OPINION: Simpler reporting – What do you consider?
What the united kingdom Government defines as micro and small company communities (significantly less than £440,000 turnover and 10 or fewer employees) constitute approximately 60 % of most companies registered at Companies House, plus you can find the thousands of sole traders and partnerships in Britain. So, it really is no surprise – and even it is very good news – that the federal government is considering how it can benefit smaller businesses play their part in steering the country from an economic abyss.
A good example of that is Simpler Reporting for the tiniest Businesses, a couple of outline proposals instigated by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) that, if these just do it, would bring about large-scale changes in the manner small businesses in the united kingdom are obliged to control their financial reporting. Areas it talks about include:
- The question of deregulating financial reporting
- The potential replacement of the total amount sheet with a statement of position
- Using reporting information to file taxes
- Annual returns
The thought of simplifying the quantity and complexity of financial reporting on the facial skin of it could sound appealing. I am certain I could hear some companies raising a cheer. And sure, a number of the ideas set forward do involve some merit, but we have been not by yourself in having some concerns about these proposals.
Needless to say you can find reporting and operational issues impeding growth, but we think these issues are qualitative, not quantitative. UK businesses need better reporting, not less. So, the proposals skip the real point, and I really believe could possibly be detrimental.
Accountancy profession views
Laurence Moore, Director of Prime Chartered Accountants
“The outline suggestions lay out in the document are an over-simplification. For example, the suggestion of a ‘statement of position’ wouldn’t normally have the information necessary to reconcile with the profit & loss account or trading statement, & therefore are of limited use to HMRC, for trading partners and banks to assess risk, or even to micro businesses themselves.”
Simon Clark, Partner, Kingston Smith LLP
“THE TOTAL AMOUNT Sheet is definitely paramount to a micro-business to get a knowledge of performance, also to put the trading of the business enterprise into context. Micro-businesses should, and can, continue steadily to record their transactions in the standard way, but beneath the proposed regime they might need to convert their underlying records from the traditional accruals basis to a cash basis, which seems an unnecessary, and costly, task.
For example, by changing the foundation which businesses prepare their accounts you could end up misleading information being supplied to customers and trading partners. As UK businesses increasingly operate within an environment where you want to be certain suppliers and customers are solvent, this can be a worry.
Also, the proposals would ensure it is even more complicated for banks to utilize annual reports to assess lending risk. Taking into consideration the quantity of talk around helping banks to possess more confidence in smaller businesses, this might be an own goal.
The expense of transition should also be studied into consideration for an evergrowing business. They’ll begin as a micro-business but as time passes will mature and need to change their accounting basis – they have no useable historic information from their time reporting beneath the proposed simplified solution to provide to new trading partners.”
The Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW) in addition has published its views on the BIS’s proposals and I love this particular excerpt, that i think is a very good summing up of what’s needed: The ICAEW’s Reporting Faculty has published its draft response which you are able to read completely here, but here’s the excerpt which appears to chime with this view that better operational reporting is key.
“We think that the info requirements of management ought to be the primary driver of business record keeping. To be able to effectively run a small business, to maximise the profits on return and to make sure that adequate funds become available as required, management have to have an awareness of the total amount and timing of outstanding debtors and creditors and of the worthiness of capital tangled up in stock.”
It might be wrong of me to state what I believe is wrong with the proposals without suggesting a remedy. As someone owning a technology business I possibly could be accused of bias, but I must say i do believe that usage of accurate and real-time information – irrespective of which vendor you obtain it from – is increasingly very important to managing cashflow and improving visibility of the precise financial position of your small business at anybody time. Share these details with your accountant plus they might help you make more timely, informed decisions that will help prevent problems developing. Present these details to your bank and you’ll be fortunate to convince them that you will be a safe bet for a protracted credit line.
Of course, all of this does need a far more collaborative approach. No party can be held accountable to make it work. That’s why I really believe that the federal government, accountancy bodies, banks, small company organisations and yes, the technology vendors who’ve the various tools to underpin everything, have to put our heads together and think of a workable solution. And when we are to greatly help smaller businesses to lead the charge from the recession, then we have to think larger than just simpler reporting. | <urn:uuid:e6a0aba1-e753-4f71-9c37-cddfca4cf3eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shopdarr.com/viewpoint-simpler-reporting-what-do-you-consider/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960268 | 1,136 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Career development is a life-long and life-span process representing a dynamic interaction between a changing (developing) individual in a changing context (Vondracek et al., 2019), which implies taking up various learning and work tasks, balancing work-life-leisure interplay, and managing transitions. It can be described as a sequence of occupations and career-related experiences over time (further training, re-orientation, re-training, unemployment, etc.), crossing several social spaces, and contributing to providing meaning to the individual (Chen, 1998; De Vos et al., 2020). As a result, the sustainability of career development is built on individual agency (resources) and shaped by structural boundaries imposed by institutions, the labor market, policies, and public views (Callanan et al., 2017; De Vos et al., 2020). A career can be considered sustainable when the framework conditions allow appropriate transitions and promote productivity, well-being at work, and satisfaction with life.
Authors: Koorosh Massoudi, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Ieva Urbanaviciute
Callanan, G. A., Perri, D. F., & Tomkowicz, S. M. (2017). Career management in uncertain times: Challenges and opportunities. The Career Development Quarterly, 65(4), 353-365.
Chen, C. P. (1998). Understanding career development: A convergence of perspectives. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 50(3), 437-461.
De Vos, A., Van der Heijden, B. I., & Akkermans, J. (2020). Sustainable careers: Towards a conceptual model. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 117, advance online publication.
Vondracek, F. W., Lerner, R. M., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2019). Career development: A life-span developmental approach. Routledge.
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Does a single oral dose of azithromycin lead to absence of symptoms at day 14 in outpatients with COVID-19 compared with placebo?
In this randomized trial that included 263 participants with SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment with a single oral dose of azithromycin, 1.2 g, vs placebo resulted in self-reported absence of COVID-19 symptoms at day 14 in 50% vs 50%; this was not statistically significant.
Among outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment with a single dose of oral azithromycin compared with placebo did not result in a greater likelihood of being free of symptoms at day 14.
Azithromycin has been hypothesized to have activity against SARS-CoV-2.
To determine whether oral azithromycin in outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to absence of self-reported COVID-19 symptoms at day 14.
Design, Setting, and Participants
Randomized clinical trial of azithromycin vs matching placebo conducted from May 2020 through March 2021. Outpatients from the US were enrolled remotely via internet-based surveys and followed up for 21 days. Eligible participants had a positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test result (nucleic acid amplification or antigen) within 7 days prior to enrollment, were aged 18 years or older, and were not hospitalized at the time of enrollment. Among 604 individuals screened, 297 were ineligible, 44 refused participation, and 263 were enrolled. Participants, investigators, and study staff were masked to treatment randomization.
Participants were randomized in a 2:1 fashion to a single oral 1.2-g dose of azithromycin (n = 171) or matching placebo (n = 92).
Main Outcomes and Measures
The primary outcome was absence of self-reported COVID-19 symptoms at day 14. There were 23 secondary clinical end points, including all-cause hospitalization at day 21.
Among 263 participants who were randomized (median age, 43 years; 174 [66%] women; 57% non-Hispanic White and 29% Latinx/Hispanic), 76% completed the trial. The trial was terminated by the data and safety monitoring committee for futility after the interim analysis. At day 14, there was no significant difference in proportion of participants who were symptom free (azithromycin: 50%; placebo: 50%; prevalence difference, 0%; 95% CI, −14% to 15%; P > .99). Of 23 prespecified secondary clinical end points, 18 showed no significant difference. By day 21, 5 participants in the azithromycin group had been hospitalized compared with 0 in the placebo group (prevalence difference, 4%; 95% CI, −1% to 9%; P = .16).
Conclusions and Relevance
Among outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment with a single dose of azithromycin compared with placebo did not result in greater likelihood of being symptom free at day 14. These findings do not support the routine use of azithromycin for outpatient SARS-CoV-2 infection.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04332107
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Corresponding Author: Catherine E. Oldenburg, ScD, MPH, Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, 490 Illinois St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94143 (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Accepted for Publication: June 25, 2021.
Published Online: July 16, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.11517
Author Contributions: Drs Oldenburg and Arnold had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Oldenburg, Brogdon, Hinterwirth, Lebas, Redd, Lietman, Arnold, Doan.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Oldenburg, Pinsky, Brogdon, Chen, Ruder, Zhong, Nyatigo, Cook, Lebas, Redd, Porco, Arnold, Doan.
Drafting of the manuscript: Oldenburg, Arnold, Doan.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Oldenburg, Nyatigo, Arnold.
Obtained funding: Oldenburg, Lietman, Doan.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Oldenburg, Pinsky, Brogdon, Chen, Ruder, Zhong, Nyatigo, Cook, Hinterwirth, Lebas, Redd, Lietman, Doan.
Supervision: Oldenburg, Lebas, Doan.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Ms Cook reported receipt of grants from the National Institutes of Health. Dr Lietman reported receipt of grants from Pfizer Inc, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr Arnold reported receipt of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and hotel/airfare reimbursement to attend global health meetings from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This trial was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (grant INV-017026). Azithromycin and matching placebo were donated by Pfizer Inc. Dr Doan was supported in part by a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The study sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Data Sharing Statement: See Supplement 3.
Additional Contributions: We thank Chris Damman, MD, and Rebecca Brander, PhD, program officers from the trial’s sponsor, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We thank Charles Knirsch, MD, Pfizer Inc, for advice on azithromycin dosing. We also thank the members of the DSMC: Art Reingold, MD, University of California, Berkeley; Emily Gower, PhD, University of North Carolina; and David Glidden, PhD, University of California, San Francisco. Drs Reingold, Gower, and Glidden received honoraria for their role in the DSMC. We thank William Hernandez, RN, and Ada Victoria Cevallos, MS, for translation services. Mr Hernandez and Ms Cevallos were compensated for their roles in the study. We thank J. Daniel Kelly, MD, Seth Blumberg, MD, and Ying Lin, MS, for advice and logistical support during the conduct of the trial. These individuals were employees of the University of California, San Francisco, at the time of the study and were paid as part of their employment but did not receive additional compensation for their role in the study. We also thank the study participants.
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Area of Interest
The recent advances in X-ray and neutron sources, detectors, mathematics, and computation
now make possible the practical use of tomography for chemical and material science
investigations. A search of NSF awards (tomography, CHE) shows that we have the first
and largest award for tomography for chemical applications, an NSF GOALI (grant opportunities
for academic liaison with industry). The collaborative partner is Dr. Larry Simeral
at Albemarle Corporation.
Dr. Kyungmin Ham, postdoc and now staff scientist at CAMD, built the first tomography
beamline at the LSU CAMD synchrotron. As one of only eight synchrotrons in the USA,
it gives us a powerful advantage for tomography research. For example, we learned
of a new tomography mathematical insight in a June, 2005 meeting; we re-programmed
the tomography beamline system by August to use this new data acquisition scheme.
One current research project is the heat-induced dissolution of flame retardant particles
in a polymer blend. Shown here is an X-ray tomography data set rendered as an isosurface
at a threshold set to show undissolved flame retardant particles from a sample intentionally
prepared far from equilibrium. As this sample is heated, the flame retardant particles
dissolve into the polystyrene. Here, over 1400 particles are tracked across the heating
process. Each particle is analyzed with respect to volume, shape, and local concentration
gradient. The static shape analysis is from a spherical harmonic analysis procedure
developed by Dr. Ed Garboczi (NIST). We added to his code the ability to extract concentration
gradients around each tracked particle. This and other new procedures developed in
our lab will advance 3D+ materials analyses. The image was created by undergraduate
Roshan Pandrey, calculations by REU student Kameron Kilchrist, and data set collection
was done with Kyungmin Ham at the APS BM-2 beamline.
Lithium-ion polymer batteries are extremely interesting topics for 3D+ imaging. A
standard research approach would be to build a laboratory battery optimized for the
tomography experiment. However, our colleagues in the battery industry express doubts
about the relevance of this approach. A more challenging, but fruitful experimental
design is to image commercial batteries, developing new imaging procedures as needed.
Shown here are a pair of single-cell, 145 mAhr batteries with graphite/cobalt oxide
electrodes. The 3D+ neutron imaging was done so as to enhance the visibility of the
LiC6 species in the graphite electrode, shown here as the difference image between
charged and discharged batteries (left and right images show two different viewing
options). The vertical structure is attributed to volume changes in the battery as
it discharges. The images were made by REU student Bradley Wood and the data collected
at FRM II (Munich).
Our imaging work is done at a variety of sites:
- LSU CAMD synchrotron tomography beamline.
- APS BM-2, BM-32, BM13
- NIST neutron imaging beamline
- FRM II (Munich) neutron imaging beamline
- Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) neutron imaging beamline
- We are involved in several construction projects for new beamlines:
- ORNL SNS VENUS neutron imaging (core member of the instrument development team)
- LSU laboratory X-ray interferometry/tomography system (our own design)
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UPDATE: Since sending this information as a client alert, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has issued several additional emergency orders. Please click here to view our most recent alert discussing those latest orders.
Since declaring a state of emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, New Hampshire Governor Christopher Sununu has issued 16 orders pursuant to that declaration.
The orders address a variety of issues impacting health care, business, and education, among others. They include school closures, restrictions on gatherings and food and beverage sales, suspension of utility disconnections, evictions, and foreclosures during the state of emergency, expanded unemployment benefits, data privacy governance in schools, access to and coverage for telehealth services, and the establishment of an Emergency Healthcare System Relief Fund.
The following is a summary of and links to New Hampshire Emergency Orders
- No visitor access to assisted living facilities.
- State agencies authorized to contract for procurement of materials, goods, and services needed for containing, responding to, mitigating effects of, and recovering from COVID-19.
- Out-of-state personnel, such as medical personnel, permitted to provide COVID-19-related services in NH.
- State-owned property suitable to assist in response efforts shall be made available to Division of Public Health and/or Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
- Non-essential out-of-state travel by state and municipal employees suspended.
- State and local governmental bodies authorized and encouraged to conduct meetings by electronic means.
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) commissioner authorized to waive licensing requirements for hospitals/health facilities.
- DHHS commissioner and state fire marshal authorized to waive licensing requirements for certain childcare facilities.
- Health care providers to report to DHHS persons they decide to test for COVID-19 School-sponsored out-of-state travel for students and teachers in NH public schools suspended.
- State agencies permitted to share patients’ relevant medical information with state, local, federal, and nongovernmental partners.
- Department of Business and Economic Affairs shall survey NH businesses to determine economic impact for purposes of applying to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
- On March 18, 2020, the U.S. SBA approved Governor Sununu’s request for an SBA disaster declaration, which allows small businesses to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
- Department of Employment Security to develop recommendations regarding unemployment benefits.
- Additional temporary/emergency orders authorized.
- Temporary remote instruction and support for public K-12 school districts through April 3, 2020.
- Schools closed as of March 16, 2020, no later than March 23, 2020.
- Temporary prohibition on scheduled gatherings of 50 or more attendees and onsite beverage consumption (includes conventions, concerts, sporting events, faith-based events, etc.).
- Food and beverage sales limited to carry-out, curbside pickup, or drive-through; no on-site consumption.
- All providers of electric, gas, water, telephone, cable, VOIP, internet service, and deliverable fuel services will be prohibited from disconnecting or discontinuing service for non-payments for the duration of the state of emergency.
- Customers to be provided at least six-month payment plan; no late fees to be charged.
- Landlords will not be allowed to start eviction proceedings for those unable to pay due to their financial situation. To do so would be against the law, and violation will allow tenants to recover significant damages and attorneys’ fees. All judicial and non-judicial foreclosure actions will also be prohibited during the state of emergency.
- Individuals who are unable to work or who have reduced hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have immediate access to unemployment benefits with no waiting period.
- Anyone in the following situations will now be eligible for state unemployment:
- Individuals with COVID-19 diagnosis.
- Individuals quarantined at instruction of health care provider, employer, or government official.
- Individuals caring for family member/dependent who has COVID-19 or is under related quarantine.
- Individuals caring for family member/dependent unable to care for themselves due to closure of school, childcare facility, or other care program.
- Temporary authorization for takeout or delivery of beer or wine. All restaurants, diners, bars, saloons, private clubs, or any other establishment that has both a restaurant license and on premise license from the New Hampshire liquor commission shall be temporarily authorized to allow for takeout or delivery of beer or wine.
- To implement remote instruction, schools may utilize software applications and other digital tools that may not be compliant with a particular district’s data privacy governance plan, so long as such applications and/or tools meet the minimum standards under RSA 189:66.
- Carriers and benefit plans are required to allow in-network providers to deliver medically necessary covered services via telehealth. This provides for reimbursement for services delivered via video, audio, or other electronic media. Reimbursement rates are not lower than rates for services delivered by traditional, in-person means.
- Establishment of Emergency Healthcare System Relief Fund, authorized to disburse up to $50 million of relief in the form of grants or loans on terms approved by the governor and attorney general.
- Grocery stores must transition to exclusive use of store-provided single-use paper or plastic bags when bagging groceries or other products for customers.
ADDITIONAL ORDERS ISSUED 3/24/2020:
- For the duration of the state of emergency, a notarial officer commissioned under the laws of this state may perform a notarization for an individual not in the physical presence of the notary officer.
- For public meetings, physical presence of quorum of a public body is waived, and public access to meetings may be provided by telephone, video, or other electronic means
- Temporary allowance for New Hampshire pharmacists and pharmacies to compound and sell hand sanitizer over the counter and to allow pharmacy technicians to perform non-dispensing tasks remotely.
- Superseding Emergency Order 2, scheduled gatherings of 10 people or more are prohibited (EO2 prohibited 50+ gatherings). This applies to community, civic, public, leisure, sporting, and religious events, as well as conventions, concerts and fundraisers, etc. The order does not apply to the courts, day-to-day business operations, gatherings for urgent medical purposes (blood drives and meetings to discuss efforts to combat COVID-19).
For questions on these emergency orders, or for guidance and counsel on how these orders will affect your business, please contact New Hampshire-based partners Suzanne King, or any member of Pierce Atwood’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office.
Recent Updates and Directory of COVID-19 Attorneys & Resources
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We will continue to add information about specific topics so please check back frequently!
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How understanding patient anatomy can lead to more personalized treatments for aortic dissections
August 26, 2021
What are aortic dissections, and how common are they?Dissection is a blistering or cracking of part of the aortic wall. If the entire aortic wall ruptures, it's a life-threatening emergency. If there is a partial crack that doesn’t go all the way through, that is an aortic dissection. It is not immediately life threatening but can become life threatening over time. As the blister weakens and grows, it can become an an aneurysm — a weakening or bulging of an artery wall — and can rupture.
Why are aortic dissections so hard to treat?Often in medicine, the more life-threatening the problem, the easier the clinical decision. However, in the majority of patients, dissections are not imminently deadly. And yet, clearly there's something unstable in their aorta, because this big blood vessel has a crack.
There is a traditional risk-reduction surgery that can prevent an aortic dissection from becoming a bigger problem that will be life-threatening. The problem is that the death rate of that operation is 20% to 30%. So, the question remains: When do you intervene? Do you say to the patient, “There’s a one-in-three chance you won’t survive surgery, but the surgery will improve your odds — not tomorrow or next week or next month or in six months, but maybe in six years?" And no one has been able to answer that. Newer endovascular surgeries exist, but they are not appropriate for every patient anatomy, which is another difficulty in deciding on whom to operate.
What sets UChicago Medicine apart in its approach to aortic dissection patients?At UChicago Medicine, we love finding innovative solutions to challenging problems, and aortic dissection, as it concerns aortic pathologies, is among the most challenging. It can’t be categorized into a cookie-cutter approach. What we’re trying to do at the Center for Aortic Diseases within UChicago Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Center is to be innovative and thoughtful with each dissection patient. We now have a multidisciplinary aortic conference each month that includes vascular surgery, cardiac surgery and our cardiology colleagues, where we review each patient and come up with a consensus as to what is the best approach. It’s truly about personalization and extracting the maximum amount of information that we can from the data that’s been collected on the patient.
How is your research translating data into better patient care?The heart of our research is to try to more fully use the information we have about patients — especially as it concerns the geometry and shape of their aortas and aortic dissections — to better determine a patient’s potential risks. Traditionally, the main parameter surgeons look at to decide whether an aorta is healthy or not healthy is the diameter of the aorta at its largest point. It’s a very simplistic measurement. The thrust of my research is to use more modern tools from differential geometry, topology and computer science to better define the geometric features that tell us about the stability of the aorta, so we can better assess and determine when the risks of surgery are worth it and when they are not. I work with very simple data in the sense that I just need a CT scan. So, even if a patient arrives at our center from another hospital, we can do our analysis with information that's gathered anywhere.
What innovations do you see on the horizon for vascular surgery?The No. 1 innovation that needs to happen in the next five years is better patient selection for the surgical technologies that we currently have. With the endovascular grafts on the market right now, which patients would clearly benefit from using them? That’s achievable.
Then the next step is determining what course of action to take with the patients who are not good candidates for current technologies. They still need something. So, what we also need is a redesign of endovascular grafts. The stent grafts used to treat dissections were originally designed as an offshoot of a fairly successful technology to treat abdominal aneurysms. The problem is that the technology does not work well when the geometry of the aorta becomes highly tortuous, or full of curves. Over time, the graft and the aorta may not couple as well, and blood can begin to leak around the graft. Optimizing graft geometry so that it fits a person’s aortic geometry is the holy grail for where endovascular technology needs to go in the next 10 years.
Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD
Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD, is a highly skilled vascular surgeon who specializes in a wide range of vascular conditions, including peripheral vascular, cerebrovascular disease and aortic disease.Learn more about Dr. Pocivavsek
Center for Aortic Diseases
For over 100 years, the world-renowned clinicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Medicine have specialized in the diagnosis, care and management of all types of aortic conditions.Explore our aortic disease services
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Whether you're starting a family or looking to expand your gang, getting pregnant can take time. Attempting to make a baby can be great fun; but it seems timing can be everything when you're looking to conceive.
Scientists believe that the best time to conceive is in the morning time. Researchers at the University Hospital Zurich indicate that much like us, sperm has a 24-hour body clock.
The prime time for sperm is before 7.30 am, so to increase your chances of getting pregnant, you should give it a go before you head to work.
The scientists said that the semen samples collected in the early morning before 7:30 am showed the highest levels in sperm concentration, total sperm count and normal morphology (size and shape).
Commenting on the results, the study’s lead author Dr Brigitte Leeners said: "Male semen quality varies with both circadian and circannual rhythms."
"Collection of semen in the early morning, where semen quality was highest, can be used to improve natural fertility," the author added.
The study's evidence is based off 12,245 semen samples from 7,068 men between the ages of 25 and 40.
The researchers went one step further and discovered that the time of year also impacts men's swimmers.
Spring is ideal for sperm to flourish and men are most fertile in the months of March, April and May.
However, warm summers significantly decrease sperm count, according to the study, which was published in the journal Chronobiology International.
There's no harm in giving this a go in the morning and to keep in mind as spring rolls around, that it might be the perfect time to try for a baby. | <urn:uuid:45a62301-2873-462c-ba2c-5b66d56a9354> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mummypages.ie/trying-to-get-pregnant-this-is-the-perfect-time-to-conceive-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960612 | 347 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Many people are now opting to use online services for their psychological needs due to technological advances. An online psychiatrist offers psychological services through the internet. They are doctors of mental health and offer stable mental outlooks to patients with severe mental conditions, such as anxiety, panic, depression, and others. There are many reasons that a person may want to visit a psychiatrist. There are many reasons why a person may prefer to visit a psychiatrist online than seeing him in person. The primary advantage that an individual receives via seeing an online psychiatrist is there are no delays in getting the possible care for treating the mental condition. The psychiatrists are available around the clock, and one can easily approach them with a click.
Today’s world is extremely dynamic, which means that everyone has limited time. Many people are unable to find the time to go to a psychiatrist for mental relaxation. However, such a hindrance exists no more because one can book an appointment with online psychiatrists as per their comfort. This means that you don’t have to miss work. It is possible for an individual to have problems continuing their sessions with a psychiatrist online while they visit a psychiatrist in person. However, an online psychiatrist allows for the continuation of the treatment as there are no waiting periods. Thus, consistency is maintained slowly and maximum efficiency is maintained. Besides, the unstable mental condition is not limited to urban areas. If you are searching for additional info on online psychiatrist, just go to the earlier mentioned site.
Anyone can experience these issues, regardless of where they live. Rural residents can benefit from online psychiatrists. They don’t need to travel, but can still deliver the best results. Sessions with a psychiatrist online are more cost-effective than visits to a psychiatrist in person. As individuals do not need to travel between locations, the transportation cost is virtually zero. Access to the internet is all they need to receive the best possible mental health treatment. This is a cost-effective way to get the best mental health treatment. Additionally, the therapy is extremely effective and yields many beneficial benefits. It is therefore possible to conclude that online psychiatrist services can provide many benefits to individuals around the world suffering from unstable mental health. Online psychiatrists are available in many ways. Thus, it is right to say that online psychiatrist consultations offer several benefits than consulting a psychiatrist in person. | <urn:uuid:c5895ab2-731c-49d4-9943-07b60a5cecf0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://firelightentertainmentco.com/details-on-online-psychiatrist/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.96327 | 468 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Treatment for Keratoconus
Keratoconus is an eye disorder where your cornea thins slowly over time. The cornea also bulges out to form a cone-like shape. It is an uncommon condition. It happens more often in young adults in their teens and 20s.
Types of treatment
Treatment options vary depending on how severe the condition is. They may also vary depending on what type of keratoconus you have.
Early on, you may only need to wear glasses to correct your vision. If glasses don’t correct your vision, you may be given special contact lenses. These contact lenses must be carefully fitted to your cornea.
Many people with keratoconus will not need any other treatment. But if your cornea becomes too scarred or you are not able to wear contact lenses, you may need surgery. There are several types that may be done:
Corneal transplant. This surgery removes part or all of the cornea. It’s replaced with a cornea from a cadaver donor.
Corneal ring implants. These are artificial rings placed inside your cornea.
Artificial lenses. These are placed inside your eye.
Each of these procedures has its own risks and benefits. Ask your eye care doctor about what treatment is best for you.
Possible complications of keratoconus
In rare cases, severe keratoconus can cause a complication called corneal hydrops. This happens when part of your cornea breaks. This causes the fluid inside your eye to flow into your cornea. This can cause severe pain and swelling. It may also cause sudden eyesight loss. You may need to wear special contact lenses or use special eye drops if you have corneal hydrops. Corneal hydrops often goes away in several weeks.
Most cases of keratoconus cannot be prevented. But you may be able to reduce your chance of getting keratoconus by:
Protecting your eyes from the sun with sunglasses that block 100% of UV rays
Making sure your contact lenses fit well
Getting evaluated for any kind of eye discomfort or vision change
Not rubbing your eyes
When to call the healthcare provider
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these:
Sudden pain in your eye
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There is a massive technological transformation going on around the world today and the key distinguishing characteristic of this transformation is the accelerating speed and scope of the IT platforms and systems that support modern society.
Jeanne Esterhuizen, President of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), believes although so much has been said about this fourth industrial revolution (4IR), in its simplest definition, it boils down to the fact that “we are all connected and everything is connected to us”.
She says if one looks at the exponential growth that has ushered in the fourth industrial revolution, exemplified by new technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, bio-technology and the emerging Internet of Things, these new technologies may be distinct, but they all depend on ubiquitous and increasingly fast connectivity.
“The acceleration of innovation and the velocity of disruption are hard to comprehend or anticipate, but are most certainly having a major impact on businesses,” says Esterhuizen.
She says on the supply side, many industries are seeing the introduction of new technologies that create entirely new ways of serving existing needs. They are significantly disrupting existing industry value chains. “Disruption is also flowing from agile, innovative competitors who, thanks to access to global digital platforms for research, development, marketing, sales, and distribution, can oust well-established incumbents faster than ever by improving the quality, speed, or price at which value is delivered.”
Major shifts on the demand side are also occurring. Growing transparency, consumer engagement, and new patterns of consumer behaviour, increasingly built upon access to mobile networks and data, are forcing companies to adapt the way they design, market, and deliver products and services.
She says a key trend is the development of technology-enabled platforms that combine both demand and supply to disrupt existing industry structures, such as those we see within the sharing or on-demand economy. “These technology platforms, convene people, assets, and data creating entirely new ways of consuming goods and services in the process. In addition, they lower the barriers for businesses and individuals to create wealth, altering the personal and professional environments of workers.”
Esterhuizen says the impact of 4IR on business centres around customer expectations, product enhancement, collaborative innovation, and organisational forms.
Whether consumers or businesses, customers are increasingly at the epicentre of the economy – an epicentre which is all about improving how customers are served. Physical products and services can now be enhanced with digital capabilities that increase their value. New technologies make assets more durable and resilient, while data and analytics are transforming how they are maintained. “Meanwhile a world of customer experiences, data-based services, and asset performance through analytics, now require new forms of collaboration, particularly given the speed at which innovation and disruption are taking place. And the emergence of global platforms and other new business models, finally, means that talent, culture, and organisational forms will have to be rethought.”
“Overall, the shift from simple digitisation (the Third Industrial Revolution) to innovation based on combinations of technologies (the Fourth Industrial Revolution) is forcing companies to re-examine the way they do business. The bottom line, however, is will our business leaders be able to adapt? These business leaders and senior executives need to understand their changing environment, challenge the assumptions of their operating teams, and relentlessly and continuously innovate,” she concludes. | <urn:uuid:cf3c49a0-77ad-43f9-a7f3-d611ff2bfd1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cathyfindleypr.co.za/the-power-of-connectivity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.948198 | 708 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Ever feel as though your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling?
The other day I was talking with a friend of mine about this, and she suggested I read Isaiah 42.
Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased,
upon whom I have put my spirit . . .
She reminded me that this week’s Gospel, the story of the baptism of Jesus, is primarily about Jesus’ identity. Before he could go off and begin his public ministry, he had to be established in that identity as God’s Son.
It’s the same with us. Before we can do anything, we must first be. In particular, we must be secure in our identity as a child of God.
But what do you do when the circumstances of your life have conspired against you, and you feel as far from God as you could possibly be?
What do you do when … you feel angry with God? What then?
First, you tell him how you feel. If you don’t, the distance increases.
Next, you acknowledge the mystery of suffering: God has not caused your pain — rather, he identifies with it.
Then, you wait with expectation.
“When we are angry with God, he comes to us not in great and mighty ways — that would be too scary. Instead, he comes to us in the still, small voice. In small ways.”
For me, it was in the gleeful chortle of a twelve-month-old baby, a little bundle of love that met me at the door each day when I came to pick up my daughter. Oh, how I came to love that little kid, who showed me the great affection God has for us.
Then, finally, until the smoke clears . . . you just keep finding reasons to thank him. Because thanksgiving is the surest way to trust.
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|White paper||"HUSH Protocol Specification"|
|Initial release||17 November 2016|
|Latest release||3.9.1 / 25 January 2022|
|Operating system||Linux, Windows, macOS|
|Source model||Open Source|
|Timestamping scheme||Delayed Proof of Work|
|Block reward||3.125 Hush|
|Block time||1.25 minutes|
Search Hush (cryptocurrency) on Amazon.
HUSH, or Hush, is a privacy cryptocurrency focused on censorship-resistant private communications and built using the Zcash Protocol to provide enhanced privacy and fungibility for its users compared to other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Like Bitcoin, Hush has a fixed total supply of 21 million coin and also has the same halving interval. Hush has a pre-mine of just 16,000 Hush with a current block reward of 3.125 Hush.
Hush began as a source code fork of Zcash version 1.0.9 with "transparent" transactions (t-addresses) as the default and the more secure "shielded" transactions (z-addresses) were optionally encouraged. On November 30, 2020, the Hush team became the first cryptocurrency to switch from using non-mandatory shielded transactions to only allowing shielded transactions on their blockchain to increase user privacy.
In November 2016, Hush, which was originally called "Zdash", was started by Joseph Stuhlman. On November 17, 2016, the Hush network came into existence with the mining of the genesis block (block number 0) of Hush.
On May 30, 2017, Stuhlman left the project and David Mercer (radix42) became the project's lead developer. radix42 is known as the person that successfully "bugged satoshi to start the first bitcoin mailing list". On July 7, 2017, the Hush team made an announcement on the bitcointalk website regarding Hush and its development timeline. Also, on July 7, 2017, the Hush Headquarters was founded at Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US.
On February 11, 2018, the HushList Protocol Specification whitepaper was published by Duke Leto and radix42. In October 2018, Hush version 2 launched which integrated Komodo’s dPoW (Delayed Proof-of-Work), which is a blockchain technology that notarizes chain data to effectively eliminate the chances of double-spends and 51% attacks. Later in 2018, radix42 left the project following disputes with miners and Leto became the project's lead developer.
On June 26, 2019, Hush version 3 launched which migrated to a new mainnet. On September 27, 2019, Leto first publicized a CVE which affected all Zcash Protocol coins, CVE-2019-16930. This CVE description reads as: "Zcashd in Zcash before 2.0.7-3 allows discovery of the IP address of a full node that owns a shielded address, related to mishandling of exceptions during deserialization of note plaintexts. This affects anyone who has disclosed their zaddr to a third party."
On May 24, 2020, Duke Leto and the Hush Developers released a whitepaper entitled "Attacking Zcash Protocol For Fun And Profit". This whitepaper outlines how the ITM Attack (a linkability attack against shielded transactions) works against Zcash Protocol, which the whitepaper describes as "Metaverse Metadata Attacks". The whitepaper explains that Hush is the first cryptocoin to implement a defensive mitigation against it, which is called ”Sietch". Sietch is currently running live in production and is written in C++. Any Zcash Protocol cryptocoin can "upgrade" to the Sietch-enabled Hush Protocol if they choose to mitigate against this type of attack.
On November 30, 2020, the Hush team, at block height 340,000, implemented that all transactions on their blockchain are now only mandatory shielded transactions using z-addresses to increase user privacy.
Hush aims to be more than a simple Zcash "clone" through its secure messaging, previously unavailable protocol-level security features, and consistent community focus. Other cryptocurrencies are implementing private messaging (such as LOKI and CCX in the Monero world), however none of these cryptocurrencies have true 51% attack protection as they rely on masternodes. Hush does not run on masternodes and therefore has true 51% attack protection. Hush aims to be a Full Stack Privacy Coin, with smart contracts running on top of the full power of Zero Knowledge data structures that exist in all Zcash forks.
- Zero Knowledge Core provides privacy
- Private Messaging: Hush has technology, called HushChat and Hushlist, which provide state of the art privacy for communication using zk-SNARKS
- Safe: Hush uses Komodo Delayed Proof of Work (dPOW) which is 51% attack resistant
- SilentDragon Wallet: A multi-platform full node wallet and asset platform for transacting and issuance of private or public addresses
- SilentDragonLite Wallet: A multi-platform Lite wallet which introduced the beta of HushChat to allow secure messaging in version 1.3.4
- Hushd (daemon) v3: A multi-platform Hush full node server utilizing the Hush blockchain
- SilentDragon Android: An Android front end to interface with the above mentioned desktop wallets
- According to the Hush Team's Roadmap, they are working on Android Lite wallet functionality
Hushd Release History
|Version||Release Date||Features and Notes|
|Old version, no longer supported: ---||Nov 2016||Zdash was created|
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.9-lin||Jun 16, 2017||Zdash becomes Hush & initial Linux release|
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.9-mac||Sep 16, 2017||Initial Hush MacOS release|
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.9-win||Oct 6, 2017||Initial Hush Windows release|
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.12||Oct 15, 2017||---|
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.13||Feb 19, 2018||Upstream Zcash 1.0.13 merged
Fixes network sync issues
|Old version, no longer supported: 1.0.14-rc1||Apr 3, 2018||Bugfixes & improved HushList protocol support|
|Old version, no longer supported: 2.0.0||Apr 3, 2018||Implements Komodo delayed-Proof-of-Work (DPoW)
Various bugfixes and documentation improvements up to and including Zcash 1.0.15 upstream
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.0.0||Jun 26, 2019||Migration to new mainnet|
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.1.0||Sep 15, 2019||Import private keys from old Hush mainnet or other coins
Many improvements and bugfixes from KMD upstream
Updated unix man pages
Linux binaries now install Sapling params system-wide for all users
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.1.1||Sep 28, 2019||Metadata leakage emergency release|
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.2.0||Oct 17, 2019||Full fix for PING/REJECT Zcash CVE (previous release 3.1.1 only fixed REJECT which Hush Core independently discovered)
Pulled in upstream improvements and bugfixes for Superlite/nSPV wallets and Antara Modules (cryptocondtions)
New z_viewtransaction RPC ported from ZEC core (Sprout functionality removed) and extended with additional metadata
Build system fixes, including removing large amounts of dead code that increased maintenance overhead
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.2.1||Oct 29, 2019||Updated to latest upstream SuperLite/nSPV features
Merged in latest cryptocondition/Antara module updates from KMD upstream
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.2.2||Nov 26, 2019||Fix of CVE-2017-18350 from ZEC and windows portability fix from KMD upstream
Removed some Sprout code
Fixed some rare edge case bugs in Sapling param finding code
New detection of "corrupt" Sapling params (invalid sizes) helps to give users the correct error in a GUI wallet
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.2.3||Dec 14, 2019||Updated build dependencies to their our own fork of the following: libgmp, libsnark, libsodium
New RPC keys are now returned in getblockchaininfo : longestchain and notarized which are now used by the SDL backend
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.3.0||Jan 3, 2020||Implements "Sietch" functionality to protect against new metadata attacks
New ability to launch Hush Smart Chains with a single command
Brings in all core updates and fixes relevant from Komodo (KMD) 0.5.0 Obsidian Dragon including consensus changes
Updates & fixes to all CryptoConditions smart contracts from KMD 0.5.0
Updates to NSPV/Superlite code from KMD 0.5.0
Hush ported from KMD the Travis CI setup to compile code & run tests on every Github push
Enable the creation of z-only (like Pirate) Hush Smart Chains via "-ac_private=1"
Removed more Sprout-specific code from codebase, making things faster and easier to maintain
Update to libsodium 1.0.18
Removes VerusHash from source code to easily generate non-Intel binaries such as ARMv8
Removed large amounts of Proof-of-Stake-related code which is not used in Hush
Ported AFL fuzzing features to our build system from Zcash
New SHA256 SSE4 routines ported from KMD (which was ported from BTC)
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.3.1||Jan 18, 2020||Maintenance release fixed a non-consensus bug in |
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.3.2||Apr 8, 2020||ARMv8 support from radix42
Sapling Z address Consolidation
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.4.0||June 18, 2020||New Season 4 KMD Notary public keys have been updated (as of Block 245555) key
The code for ENFORCED PRIVACY (aka z2z) has been merged and is set to take effect at Block 340000
Remaining internals code relating to Sprout has been deleted
The new Subatomic Dapp has been ported from KMD, which supports z2z swaps
Merged in various upstream fixes relating to CryptoConditions from KMD upstream
Optimizations and bug fixes to Sapling Consolidation deciduous_tree
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.5.0||Sep 23, 2020||Finalized changes to support the new Blocktime of 75 seconds
Updated the Hush Halving schedule for the next ~120 years (the next 30 halvings)
Greatly improved Sietch implementation, "amnesia zdust" addresses are now generated at run-time
Sietch zdust outputs now always contain "random/encrypted" data which provides plausible deniability AKA deniable encryption
The "-txsend" CLI option was ported, which helps with i2p integration
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.5.1||Oct 6, 2020||Optional release implementing TLS 1.3|
|Old version, no longer supported: 3.5.2||Oct 22, 2020||Optional maintenance release with licensing changes|
|Current stable version: 3.6.0||Dec 18, 2020||Fixes sync issues near block 340k caused by blocktime halving bug
Increasd in-memory UTXO cache db by 100MB (25%) to increase performance of initial syncing
More secure+private TLS 1.3 implementation
Implements WolfSSL instead of OpenSSL
|3.9.1||Jan 25, 2022|
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This festival is our patron saint days’, which have been declared of National Tourist Interest and a Property of Cultural Interest. Its most remarkable celebrations are the “Alborada”, on the eve of the “Taking down of the Virgin”, when the inhabitants of Yecla wake up by shooting their arquebuses (an old firearm shot by lighting a fuse with gunpowder); “Gachasmigas”, a day during which the participants have a traditional lunch of Yecla; the “Taking down of the Virgin” day, the great day of the Patron saint’s day fiesta, when the Patron saint of Yecla is taken down from the Sanctuary, and the “Flower Offering”, when all the harquebusiers’ squads take part in a parade along the streets bearing flowers to the Patron saint, the Purísima Concepción.
Festivals in Autumn
Autumn is probably the most expected season of the year since we celebrate our saint days: the Festival of the Virgen in honour of María Inmaculada (Mary Immaculate). We take the Virgin down from the Sanctuary and she stays in Yecla until the following Sunday, nine days after her arrival to the town. In Yecla Christmas doesn’t arrive until we take the Virgin back to the Sanctuary. | <urn:uuid:562d37f1-a9c6-4586-b06d-35f0cac2b64e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://turismo.yecla.es/portfolio/festivals-in-autumn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.917696 | 289 | 2.25 | 2 |
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Earlier this year, Grace Gee and Eugene Wang, two math undergraduates at Harvard, sorted though data recently released from health-insurance marketplaces opened under the Affordable Care Act. In the 34 states they examined, they distilled a disturbing trend: Between 2014 and 2015, the largest insurance company in every state increased premiums by more than 75 percent compared to smaller insurers.
This effect didn’t seem to correlate with increased benefits for the consumer. “The largest insurance companies do not appear to be paying for higher medical costs per premium dollar versus smaller insurers in the reported experience period of 2013,” they found. Gee and Wang’s paper was published in a Cambridge-based journal, Technology Science, and it’s since been cited in Congressional testimony.
But wait! You, the reader, know their finding implies bad things. Yet already your eyes are glazing over—health insurance is important, and you maybe even buy it through Healthcare.gov or a state-level exchange—but this kind of macro-level finding is difficult to include in your insurance comparisons. Are you even buying from a “large” company? If so, is your company even part of the trend?
Gee and Wang anticipated this problem, and they did what any two STEM-inclined Harvard-trained Millennials would do. They made a startup.
Their company, HoneyInsured, launched last week. In its current form, it’s a website that ties into the Healthcare.gov back-end API, meaning that consumers can order insurance from it like they would the government’s more famous site. There are more than 52 of these “web brokers,” as the government calls them, independent sites and companies that mirror Healthcare.gov functions.
Many of these brokers tout their simplicity: Instead of asking people a lot of questions upfront, they only ask about the information absolutely needed. (Over the past two years, Healthcare.gov has adopted a similar tack.)
HoneyInsured is unusual in that it recommends a health-insurance plan at the end of that process. This suggestion takes Gee and Wang’s research into account. It’s also alone among web brokers, Gee said, in displaying the size of a plan’s network. (Like Healthcare.gov, HoneyInsured can also check to see if specific doctors you already use are included in the plan.)
But HoneyInsured has other features that might make it more appealing to a comparison shopper. On its page of suggested plans, it tells you how much you would additionally pay out of pocket under a plan for certain ailments, like a broken limb, depression, and cancer. It also sorts plans by different kinds of medical costs: If most of your medical costs are via drugs, HoneyInsured finds a plan with a less expensive drug co-pay.
“We have a currency type of calculation trade-off so if you prefer lower risk, we can find you a plan that has a lower max out-of-pocket and deductible,” Gee told me.
And in a feature that mirrors the popular travel site Hipmunk, it plots all plans available to a buyer on a two-dimensional graph, with deductible vs. premiums. This lets buyers emphasize what they would prefer, and it avoids a common pitfall where “a plan [is] worse off than another in terms of deductibles and max out of pocket, but may just be a dollar cheaper.”
What originally got Gee and Wang interested in health insurance was the amount of data there. “A lot of ACA data has been open since it started, but it hasn’t been put together in a real reusable format,” she said. “We got the data, we wrote the paper on it, and now we wrote the website based on that data.”
HoneyInsured will take a commission for selling insurance. Gee told me commissions aren’t factored into the algorithm that suggests plans for users. She also said that user data was temporarily stored and encrypted on its servers before being sent to Healthcare.gov, and that then it was deleted.
HoneyInsured is open now to users in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.
This year, more companies than ever before are “web brokers” for the Department of Health and Human Services—hooking into its API and presenting it under a different interface. Popular web brokers include HealthSherpa and GetInsured. Though it may seem like many in government would oppose this trend, they tend to support it. In the future, many open-government advocates see running the API as the government’s role, and running actual interfaces as the role of private developers and companies.
Startups and supporters of open government imagine a world where the government handles data and programming calls, but where private companies make the interfaces to access them. (Healthcare.gov would continue to function as a basic marketplace.) That will allow for many overlapping interests and priorities to factor into web design—presenting an opening for other research-based companies like HoneyInsured. | <urn:uuid:4eedfd58-4af2-48f2-83d0-0f5334786dfc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/the-algorithm-that-will-buy-you-health-insurance-honeyinsured/414765/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.965309 | 1,090 | 2.046875 | 2 |
After years of simmering under the atmosphere, co-living is now turning into mainstream. Some people declare it is the answer to all in their housing issues, even though others also regard it with doubt, once in a while providing it as a situation of hippie, cult-ash, dorm-kind college. Okay, some of those misunderstandings or misconceptions would possibly just be real, however now no longer in the manner you expect.
Myths about Co-living Spaces:-
“Co-living is for college students and people below 30 only”
You will easily get the influence that co-living is an choice for the younger era through searching on the present day cases. This is probably to meet the desires of the Millennial. It couldn’t get any worse! While many apartment rooms are aimed toward college students, there are still lots of co-living flats presenting spaces custom designed to the lifestyle and goals of both college students and operating professionals.
“It’s best for virtual nomads and hippies.”
Guess what? We ‘re a era of virtual Nomads. The perception of ‘earning’ new experiences is given extra value, that's why we abandon our homes, are looking for opportunities and interests, live in strange towns and fly on a run for months at the same time as working on a laptop. Co-living spaces provide us this independence and the chance to meet people from various cultures, to learn fantastic experiences and to develop as a individual. Also residing in a more social space now no longer imply to be a hippie
“Co-living is most effective for extroverts”
People equate dwelling spaces with a whirlwind of social interaction, and continually agree with that to live in one, you want to be an extrovert. Although every day group activities can occur, you could select how often you need to participate. And remember, you could usually choose a personal room.
“Co-living spaces and PGs are similar”
RESTRICTIONS! The first phrase that got here to mind while we listen about residing in PG. That is the primary distinction here. Unlike PG owners, Co-living corporations does not maintain their eyes on you. Do anything you want, party, dance, drink, eat whatever, nobody is saying anything to you. Just don’t damage something, else you need to pay for that. In addition to embracing numerous way of life dreams, co-living spaces in Gurgaon frequently goal to make the living surroundings extra fulfilled. Whenever you want you may come and go because they understand you're a grownup and also you want your freedom. Just keep in mind that you’re not annoying others or ruining their stay.
“You don’t get any privacy”
When you’re dwelling with other people, you‘re probably to forfeit a little privacy, however, if you examine the larger image the loss is worth it. You get your personal room in a conveniently constructed residence below your budget. This looks after the laundry and payments and in case you’re new to the place this lets in you the possibility to make new people. Staying in a co-living room does not, of course, imply you're giving up all of your privacy. At the end of the day, you move into your very own room and sleep at the back of closed doorways on your personal bed. Again, No one is keeping eye on you.
“Co-living charges more than renting an apartment”
Well, in a manner, it’s true. According to Forbes, co-living may be extra expensive on a per-square-foot basis. However while you weigh in all of the perks, which includes being completely furnished, electricity, free Wi-Fi, laundry, and the community of coliving spaces you've got get entry to worldwide, it’s a ways more accessible. The drawback is which you turn out to be spending two times as a whole lot in your apartment on furnishings and different knick-knacks and tossing out a huge bite of your income if you make a decision to pass.
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This project expanded the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) headquarters by nearly 40,000 square feet. The addition and renovation are designed to Passive House, and LEED Platinum sustainability standards—a first for a corporate building in the United States. PHFA had continued agency growth which fueled a major expansion for a new 8-story tower and renovations to historic Hickok House, which occupies Locust Street frontage. Both are integrated with the original building, no small challenge given the site constraints.
This project has been recognized for many awards which are listed below.
* 2020 Governors Environmental Excellence Award, PA Department of Environmental Protection
* 2020 PA AIA Inaugural COTE (Committee on the Environment), Design of Excellence Award
* 2020 Project Honoree, Green Building United’s Groundbreaker Awards
* 2020 AIA Citation Award, Excellence in Design, Central PA Chapter
* 2019 Historic Preservation Award, Historic Harrisburg Association
* 2019 Best Green Project, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal published in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia
* 2019 Most Unique Historic Preservation Project, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal published in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia
Combining Venerable and Visionary
The project protected three historical buildings flanking the new tower. The Hickok House was built in 1904 within the National Register Historic District of the City. The building was deteriorating and in 2011, the Historic Harrisburg Association Board (HARB) placed it on its list of endangered properties. PHFA purchased the building and worked with HARB for years to arrive at a design that would satisfy both parties.
The exterior facade of the mansion was restored to its former glory, but the façade was too porous to support Passive House standards. This was solved by building a new, air-tight barrier “inside” the exterior
facade that adhered to Passive House certifications. This solution allowed the historic facade to be preserved while upgrading its energy performance. Asbestos, lead-based paints and other hazards were removed and replaced with environmentally friendly materials such as low VOC paints and materials made with recycled plastic products.
On the east side of the tower are two clapboard homes that are some of the first structures in the city. The tower’s new foundation was cantilevered eastward with a two grade-beam foundation. This eliminated passive excavation and assured no damage to the stone foundations of the two historical homes.
Impervious to Pervious
The project transformed an urban “impervious” parking lot into the base for an eight-story energy efficient tower with a roof that is completely previous, assisting with stormwater run-off. The historic building’s roofing system now has a portion of a recessed “well” that utilizes a white TPO membrane providing a cool roof that reflects sunlight and absorbs less heat than a standard roof. These roofing systems will reduce fossil
fuel consumption by decreasing air conditioning and heating loads. The tower’s living or green roof also produces its own oxygen, reducing carbon dioxide emissions to offset global warming.
A Healthy Environment Inside and Out
A staff-centric work environment is the result of careful space planning as well as application of 21st century interior design principles. The program encompasses departmental office suites, breakout and flex space, and collaboration areas. Technology, ergonomics, color, texture, pattern, and lighting combine to create a lively, comfortable and high-functioning workplace. Raised flooring systems are the source for heating, cooling and fresh air. Return air ceiling plenums promote a healthy interior environment by removing all particulates from the staff areas.
The living roof system offers multiple benefits. Among them are improved stormwater management, energy
conservation, increased longevity of roof membranes, reduces urban heat island mitigation, and a higher return on investment compared to traditional roofs.
This expansion project will allow PHFA to continue to grow its staff, which will also benefit the downtown
core economically. Plans are already underway to eventually have PHFA start servicing home loans for housing finance agencies around the country. That work will be possible in great part thanks to the space provided in the new tower.
Some of the space in the adjoining Hickok House, will be shared with business partners and local community
groups, which will educate more people about Passive House buildings and will bring more economic benefit to the city of Harrisburg.
The long-term savings to PHFA should be substantial as the structure is considered super energy efficient due to its design and the construction materials used.
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1980 by Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Public Health Service, Dept. of Education in [Washington, D.C.?] .
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|Contributions||Leeds, Stephen, 1945-, Heneson-Walling, Robert., Shwab, John., United States. Health Care Financing Administration., United States. Dept. of Education.|
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The Health | November , 2020
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Ageing population a catalyst for healthcaresocial care nexus
We must prepare for the future as our aged population will further increase in tandem with the declining birth rate
There is a need to reconsider the
relationship between healthcare and social care with the purpose of joining and melding these two policy issues together . This is to create an integrated nexus in view of our ageing population .
Healthcare and social care are typically regarded as two distinct or even separate policy issues . Healthcare could simply be defined as “ the provision of services involving care and treatment of patients ”. Social care relates specifically to the provision of care especially for the elderly .
According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ), a nation can be considered as ageing if seven per cent of the population is 65 years and above . A United Nations ( UN ) definition has it at the 15 per cent threshold of senior citizens aged 65 years old and above . On the other hand , based on the definition made by the World Assembly on Ageing 1982 in Vienna , an old person is someone who is 60 years and above .
Figures by the Department of Statistics Malaysia ( DOSM ) indicated that there was seven per cent of old people , i . e . aged 65 years and above in 2019 , rising to 14 per cent by 2045 .
We have to start preparing now for the future as our country ’ s aged population will further increase in tandem with the declining birth rate .
For the record , our total fertility rate ( TFR ) stood at 1.8 in 2019 . To drop below
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2 simply means that we are not replacing ourselves fast enough relative to the current population size .
To begin with , there is a need for a White Paper on our ageing population .
Following this , there should be a national and strategic policy framework .
Such a policy framework sets the future direction of the country in tackling the challenges of an ageing society . It would entail looking at healthcare and social care for the elderly from a holistic perspective .
Or there could be a policy framework specifically on social care – with the view of integration with healthcare as the next step .
A seamless and open-ended relationship
Moving forward , would there be trade-offs in such a relationship of “ equal parity ” analogous to the “ parity of esteem ” from the UK ’ s Department of Health and Social Care with respect to the link between physical and mental health ?
Furthermore , whilst there might be fiscal sustainability , could this actually or possibly result in healthcare suffering from under-funding or under-resourcing ? This is assuming that by default that the shift is towards social care – as people live longer lives ?
Addressing these challenges in synergising healthcare and social care requires a seamless and open-ended relationship . Healthcare cannot be seen to be “ cut off ” or isolated from social care – as if that the latter is merely an afterthought , especially to be left to private responsibility and burden with some help from the State . As it is , at present , our healthcare and social care systems go separate ways . So , how to bring the two together ? Well , one idea which we could explore is a pilot scheme where care homes could be located next to hospital ( s ). Now in Malaysia , there is also talk about self-sustainable townships catering to the grey or retiree population . For example , the case has been intriguingly and meticulously laid out in an article published by the Edge Market titled , “ Framework for Sustainable Retirement Villages in Malaysia ” ( Dec 17 , 2018 ).
These townships catering to the needs of the aged should include a cluster of healthcare facilities such as hospitals with state-of-the-art facilities .
In fact , we already have the first integrated seniors ’ lifestyle and care residence resort in the country , based in Kuching . The development provides senior citizens with resort-style living in luxury apartment suites and bungalow villas with aged care facilities right next to them .
Furthermore , social care training should be increasingly integrated into medical and nursing training . This arrangement will obviate a dichotomous approach and promote a holistic framework .
It cannot be emphasised enough that from a practical viewpoint , both overlap and under certain circumstances , are virtually indistinguishable .
Paradigm shift needed
A good example would be Alzheimer ’ s disease which is a form of dementia . As a neurological or degenerative brain condition , it comes under the healthcare category of geriatrics .
But we know that Alzheimer ’ s also requires social care outside of the hospital . And integration will provide better support in terms of data collection and collation for medical monitoring and diagnosis .
This will also allow for a more efficient and effective allocation and distribution of resources .
In addition , the digitalisation of healthcare will also be enhanced . This is because real-time data , signs / signals and information derived under social care can be fed into healthcare as part of an early warning system ( EWS ).
For example , an elderly suffering advanced stages of Parkinson ’ s disease , which requires social care , could well exhibit signs of other complications . These complications could be severe constipation or gastro-intestinal problems that require medical or healthcare attention . We , therefore , need a paradigm shift . There must come a time in which digitalisation of healthcare is regarded as seamlessly and continuously linked to social care . And the time is now . In conclusion , we can ’ t afford to leave social care to “ develop ” independently of healthcare if we wish to also ensure the sustainability of future spending and investments . It makes sense to combine the two together for more effective allocation of resources .
That said , the question is , therefore , not – “ If it ain ’ t broken , why fix it ” but “ How do we make the most with what we have ”? — The Health
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How did writers become writers?
First, they were readers.
Hemingway, Steinbeck, Asimov, Bradbury, Vonnegut—the list goes on. They were all readers before they were writers. Each lost himself in a world imagined by another, a different time or a different place (or both) where they met people or creatures fantastic or tragic (or both). Like a match brought to the wick of a candle, stories ignited something inside these writers, something that inspired them to create their own worlds, and their own creatures, and their own peoples, all of whom they loved dearly.
I’m no different. I read voraciously beginning as a teenager. I lost myself in the worlds of hobbits and wizards, vampires and demons. They touched my heart, as well as terrified me.
Many ultimately had an impact on me as a writer, but today I’d like to share with you the top five.
Sitting at the number one spot, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. What could I possibly say about this masterpiece that hasn’t already been said? The world of Middle Earth enchanted millions of readers, with its fable about hobbits and elves and wizards and the great Men of Númenor. I remember crying at the end, when Frodo sailed away with Gandalf. It was the first time I’d wept for any character in a story. None of these wonderful people had ever existed, yet their passing left a mark on me that still lingers. I remember thinking, way back in the annals of my past, that I would love to create something like LOTR someday. It was the first time I’d thought about becoming a writer. Too bad it took almost forty years for me to start.
Close behind Lord of the Rings is Imajica, by Clive Barker. Barker’s genius cannot be overstated, and Imajica is, for me, the pinnacle of his work to date. A lengthy fantasy of interdimensional travel and the eternal cost of love, Barker’s writing reaches levels that can cause nosebleeds. His prose borders on poetry; beautiful, yet at the same time, horrifying. I’ve read Imajica twice (it’s a newer book), and I’m getting ready to read it a third time. It’s that good.
Another influential book for me was Salem’s Lot, Stephen King’s attempt at the Great American Novel, and a contemporary answer to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This book was my first exposure to King’s work, which may be the reason it’s had a lasting effect on me. Bold, heart-wrenching, and terrifying, Salem’s Lot taught me how evil can happen anywhere, even in a small town in New England. My first novel, Forever Man, was heavily influenced by Salem’s Lot.
Next comes The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty. Yes, that little story about a girl and her Ouija board. This book scared me so badly I didn’t sleep for two nights, and when I could finally fall asleep, I had to leave the bedroom light on. Like every book on this list, the story left such a strong impact on me that I wanted to be able to do the same. But unlike Lord of the Rings, where I wanted a reader to care so much about a character he would weep, The Exorcist left me with the desire to frighten somebody so severely that sleep became difficult if not impossible. And to this day, I will not allow Ouija boards in my house. Ever.
After reading The Exorcist, I became interested in demons and possession, so it’s no surprise that the final book on my list is The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, by Gerald Brittle. A reputedly true account of the cases investigated by the Warrens, this book recounted tales of possession over a twenty-one-year period. Real or not (which is hotly debated), the book is nevertheless a chilling account of tortured souls and eternal damnation. One particularly frightening incident is that of a demonically possessed Raggedy Ann doll named Anabelle. This story was addressed in the movie The Conjuring, and was more fully (though inaccurately) developed in Anabelle. The story affected me so profoundly that I gave a nod to it in my latest novel, The Conveyance.
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Objective To explore the relationship between family environment and depressive symptoms and to evaluate the influence of hard and soft family environmental elements on unhappiness levels in a big sample of school learners in China. and controlwere connected with unhappiness favorably, while cohesion was adversely linked to depressive indicator after managing for other essential associates of unhappiness. Hierarchical regression evaluation indicated which the gentle family members environment correlates even more strongly with unhappiness compared to the hard family members environment. Conclusions Soft family members environmental cohesion factorsespecially, discord Saxagliptin and controlappeared to play an important part in the event of depressive symptoms. These findings underline the significance of the family environment like a source of risk factors for major depression among university or college college students in China and suggest that family-based interventions and improvement are very important to reduce major depression among university or college college students. Introduction Depression is definitely estimated to impact 3%C16.9% of individuals worldwide . University or college college students have a higher risk of developing major depression than the general populace [2,3]. In a recent study, major depression was present in nearly one-third (a weighted imply prevalence of 30.6%) of all evaluated college students, which constitutes a major depression rate that is 9% higher than that observed in the general populace . Major depression can influence the quality of existence of university or college college students, influencing their interpersonal and family associations, academic productivity and physical functioning [5,6]. This decreases their ability and motivation to learn, resulting in poor academic overall performance and even shedding out of university or college . Depression offers consistently been identified as a significant risk element for suicide efforts in university or college college students [8,9]; therefore it is imperative to explore the factors influencing the development of Saxagliptin major depression in university or college college students. In China, about 75% of older middle school college students have the opportunity to obtain higher education. The rise in major depression among college students (from about 5%C10% in 2002 to 24%C38% in 2011) offers occurred as more young people pursue higher education . University or college college students are 18C23 years typically. Social scientists utilize the term post-adolescence to spell it out Saxagliptin this era in school learners . Risk elements for adolescent unhappiness consist of multiple and complicated problems of personal features and both family members and school conditions . Among the risk elements of unhappiness, family relations should have particular interest since elements such as for example parental designs and family members dynamics affect the way the kids develop .Research show that family members elements affect the advancement, maintenance and span of youngsters major depression [14,15]. In general, stressed out adolescents encounter more detrimental parentCchild and family relationships than regular adolescents. Family members environmental elements could be split into soft and really difficult. Hard environmental elements include family members structure, education degree of the parents as well as the economic position from the grouped family members. An accumulating variety of research have defined inconsistent results about the association from the hard family members environment with unhappiness in school learners. Initial, undergraduates from single-parent family members had lower scores of intimacy and emotional manifestation than those from total family members . Second, university or college college students born to mothers with a college education or higher have lower major depression scores than those created to mothers with a lower level of education . However, Parker et al. reported an association between major depression and the highest level of maternal literacy attainment in male college students , while Chang et al. failed to find an association between major depression and the education level of the parents in university or college college students . Third, university or college college students from family members with a low economic status have a higher rate of major depression than those from family members having a moderate or good economic status [19C21]. However, a single research didn’t look for any association between your prevalence of home and unhappiness income in medical learners . It might be that medical learners have a tendency to come from even more affluent backgrounds and their upcoming jobs are assured. Hence, the partnership between your hard Rabbit Polyclonal to RAB18 family depression and environment must be confirmed by investigating a big.
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Called Pylonesque, the classroom was created as an additional space at the Ban Wang Toey School in the Thai province of Uthai Thani. It is covered by a roof made of two funnels that collect water and channel it to storage containers underground.
Hadin Charbel, co-founder of Pareid, said he wanted the building to be both a classroom and a visible water collection structure to demonstrate the importance of water to the school's students.
"The project is located in a very rural part of Thailand, where running water in some instances is not as easily accessible as one might assume," he told Dezeen.
"It seemed fitting that a multi-use space at a local school could integrate architecture and local strategies as more than just a practical response, but one that would stimulate the students, while also making water collection accessible, transparent and a conscientious act."
To reinforce this, exercise machines have been placed around the classroom to power pumps that move the water between the underground storage areas.
Pareid designed the classroom in collaboration with students from Chulalongkorn University to be a flexible space that was appropriate to the Thai climate and did not rely on artificial cooling or lighting.
"Thai context is a bit tricky, as it deals with two types of extreme environmental conditions – heavy rains and year-round heat," Pareid co-founder Deborah López told Dezeen. "Most typical constructions in the area respond to this by being entirely sealed off with some windows, which in turn results in the need for fans and artificial lighting."
"Pylonesque was designed with the intention of utilising the natural environment while limiting some of the undesirable impacts – a combination of high ceilings, open plan, wall-less perimeter, and specific finishings such as translucent vinyl for light and water boiled plywood for thermal insulation, allowed us to do this," she continued.
The project's main structure is made from a simple steel frame that takes its form from electricity pylons and gives the building its name.
"By studying the construction method and geometry used for electric pylons, we decided to generate a structure that could double as a scaffolding and be mounted by hand. Thus, the maximum length of each linear member is four meters, which allows one or two people to manually move the metal bars and place and weld them in situ, where it can progressively be climbed as it's mounted," said López.
"Geometrically, the structure as a whole is made of a repetition of inverted umbrella-like modules that can be built with a limited number of unique cuts and measurements but still allow for a geometric complexity."
The red steel frame is topped with purple corrugated zinc panels and red canopies to give the building a distinct identity and contrast with the other school buildings.
"The school's existing buildings are primarily a combination of dark and light greens, which blend in with the vegetation and resonates with part of the school's name, Toei, which translates to 'green banana leaf'," added Charbel.
"However, the purpose of this new building and space is to become a new gathering point and a kind of beacon on the school grounds, so we opted for a strategy of standing out while fitting in."
The covered space is completely open, with no fixed items except the two water-collecting funnels. Pareid designed a range of modular furniture to be used in the classroom.
"Traditional classrooms and spaces operate on the basis of a hierarchical order," Charbel continued. "Instead of mandating how the space ought to be used, we implemented custom modular furniture that would allow for students and staff to rearrange as needed."
The classroom was created as part of the Design Build for Community collaboration between the International Program in Design and Architecture at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and lift company Mitsubishi Elevator Thailand.
Other recently completed schools include a classroom in India that can be dismantled to evade bulldozers and a Cambodian school that has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym.
Photography is by Beer Singnoi.
Architect: Pareid (Déborah López & Hadin Charbel)
Students: Chularach Engchanil (TA), Jirayu Ariyadilak, Tanatsorn Sriarj, Onjira Mahitthafongkul, Buncharin Eua-arporn, Ananya Lappanichpoonpon, Kantima Saetung, Thanapat Itvarakorn, Vich Vichayastit, Raewadee Lamlertsuk, Marisa Rosam, Palin Singhasirithum, Kittimont Kookasemkij, Proudwarin Phannachet, Supanat Chaiyanopakul, Chanon Viroonchan, Nana Boonorm, Passakorn Suwanggool, Suppanut Tantraporn, Sasina Nakmontanakum, Sahasrungsri Wajchathon, Thanapon Harnpattanapanich
Sponsors: Mitsubishi Elevator Thailand; INDA (International Program in Design and Architecture), Chulalongkorn University.
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Considering that CBD find here lowers inflammation in our body, it can cut off the opportunities of infection to spread out.
question your pediatrician to address vaping along with your teen. Medical professionals typically clarify things in Stache Vape a method Youngsters will hear.
“ I am incredibly mindful of flavored tobacco products as well as unhappy thing is, so is my son. He could possibly inform you more details on solutions as a ten-yr-previous than most Older people. ”
And kids could possibly buy pre-filled flavored products, like Juul pods, Sooner or later. That’s due to the fact suppliers nevertheless can make an application for FDA acceptance to offer their items.
college. Kids are obtaining and promoting vapes in faculties, Specifically disposable solutions like Puff Bar which can be bought in bulk for the huge discounted.
Then I realized regarding the huge loophole that also lets the tobacco field continue to keep Countless flavors, which includes menthol, in the marketplace. Now I’m Stache Vape angry.
Calling out the tobacco business will choose a great deal of voices. Your letter is one of 7636 letters despatched to mayors statewide. Permit’s hold it up!
discover In case your school is addressing vaping and question university leaders to host educational periods or things to do about vaping for college students and fogeys.
social networking. Vape items are around social websites, and several businesses boost the sale in their solutions ideal from their accounts.
The tobacco field employs flavors to spark curiosity and mask the harshness of tobacco. Sadly, it really works. 97% of Young ones who vape use flavors. What’s about the menu? Blue Razz, Pegasus Milk, along with other tempting preferences, all made with taste chemicals that will problems the lungs. Nicotine
Any pre-loaded flavored vape pods that snap into vapes like Juul pods, apart from menthol or tobacco flavors.
“ I think that when college students contemplate nicotine, they realize it’s not good but feel like e-cigs don’t have Substantially [nicotine], so it’s not an issue. They hear commercials about people today employing Juul to stop smoking plus they Consider Juul is a lot better than a cigarette. ”
just about 70 California jurisdictions have currently limited the sale of ALL flavored tobacco products, together with menthol, to protect their Youngsters. we'd like your Management on just about every element of the youth vaping epidemic now extra urgently than previously.
The FDA coverage loophole allows A large number of flavored, kid-welcoming vapes stay in the marketplace The tobacco market got the flavors loophole they lobbied for, so our kids still have lots of important source flavored vapes to choose from. It’s the perfect time to take motion.
The FDA plan loophole is usually a win for tobacco corporations. And when they gain, our youngsters lose—with habit, lung injury, and Mind this hyperlink improvements that may previous their lifetimes. Let’s not Allow the tobacco sector get absent with this particular. | <urn:uuid:7323c431-7014-4286-9bc6-2efda7fbbb61> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://flowbikini.com/vaporlicious-vape-wholesale-based-in-freedom-03836-nh-1210 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.951002 | 1,430 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Join me this October at Portland’s Literary Arts to explore Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey:
Joseph Campbell & Richard Wright: The Hero’s Journey and the Modern Memoir
Saturdays, October 4 – November 8, 2014 10:30am – 12:30pm
Mythologist Joseph Campbell broke open the esoteric imagery of world mythology with his insight into the “monomyth”, an overarching storyline found in cultures across the globe that he called the Hero’s Journey. Campbell’s work drew upon Carl Jung’s discovery of the archetypal unconscious and illuminates how ancient stories reflect individual life experiences, and vice versa.
In this seminar, we’ll explore the Hero’s Journey and how it is reflected in a modern memoir. We will begin with Joseph Campbell’s seminal work The Hero with a Thousand Faces and then explore the extraordinary 1945 literary memoir Black Boy, by Richard Wright, about growing up black in the American South at the turn of the 20th century.
Guide: Satya Doyle Byock is a psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in the psychology of Carl Jung. She is perpetually compelled by the way the personal narrative and the mythological narrative intertwine. | <urn:uuid:749591b0-42aa-4e27-80ce-b28e9b195c8f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://backofthebrain.com/tag/literary-arts/page/3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.883549 | 265 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Peptides are small proteins that are crucial in many biological pathways such as antimicrobial defense, hormone signaling, and virulence. They often exhibit tight specificity for their targets and therefore have great therapeutic potential. Many peptide-based therapeutics are currently available, and the demand for this type of drug is expected to continue to increase. In order to satisfy the growing demand for peptide-based therapeutics, new engineering approaches to generate novel peptides should be developed. Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a group of peptides that have the potential to be effective scaffolds for in vivo peptide engineering projects. These natural RiPP peptides are enzymatically endowed with post-translational modifications (PTMs) that result in increased stability and greater target specificity. Many RiPPs, such as microcin J25 and micrococcin, can tolerate considerable amino acid sequence randomization while still being capable of receiving unique post-translational modifications. This thesis describes how we successfully engineered E. coli to produce the lasso peptide microcin J25 using a two-plasmid inducible expression system. In addition, we characterized the protein-protein interactions between PTM enzymes in the synthesis of micrococcin. The first step in micrococcin synthesis is the alteration of cysteines to thiazoles on the precursor peptide TclE. This step is accomplished by three proteins: TclI, TclJ, and TclN. We found that a 4-membered protein complex is formed consisting of TclI, TclJ, TclN, and TclE. Furthermore, the TclI protein functions as a central adaptor joining two other enzymes in the Tcl pathway with the substrate peptide.
College and Department
Life Sciences; Microbiology and Molecular Biology
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Bursey, Devan, "Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides as Potential Scaffolds for Peptide Engineering" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 8124.
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At Chinese New Year it is traditional for parents and elders to give gifts of "lucky money" to children and unmarried adults. The money, which can vary from a small, new coin to a substantial sum, is always presented in a red envelope. It's easy to make a red envelope - why not have a go with the children?
You will need:
Gold paint/ pen
Our red envelope template, below
Print out our template onto red paper and cut out.
Fold along the marked lines and glue the small flaps down, leaving the top open.
Use gold paint or a pen to draw a Chinese character on the front of the envelope. You can find some inspiration from our Chinese calligraphy cards if you like. | <urn:uuid:5938727c-f192-4d76-bc8c-d34b32232a9d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/make-a-red-envelope | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.930483 | 163 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The course of BBA in Aviation is an undergraduate degree that deals in various subjects like air transport, financial accounting, airport operations, passenger forecasting, airport planning, marketing, etc. After that the candidate completes this course, he/ she will be able to apply for various jobs in Government as well as the Private sector.
The duration of the BBA Aviation Course is 3 years, including 6 semesters with 6 months each. Whilst the study of BBA in Aviation, the candidates will get knowledge about business communication, cost and management accounting, Cargo Introductory Course, etc.
The candidates, who are looking forward to applying for the course of BBA Aviation must meet the specific eligibility criteria. The criterion of eligibility can be found below:-
The aspirants of BBA Aviation should ensure that they are well-versed with all the subjects included in the whole course. BBA in Aviation covers various subjects such as:-
The fees of BBA Aviation depend on the facilities offered by the colleges. Furthermore, the factors that are included in the fee structure of BBA in Aviation are faculty, infrastructure, hostel facilities, etc. The facility of education loan is also available, just in case the candidate wants to apply for the same. The candidates who qualify AME CET will be able to get up to 100% scholarship. However, the tentative amount of the course fee of BBA in Aviation is 1 lakh to 4 lakh for the whole program in India. | <urn:uuid:685e32a4-fd8d-4bf0-8678-0e1285bf1468> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.amecet.in/bba-aviation-colleges/bachelor-of-business-administration-colleges-tamilnadu.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950225 | 295 | 1.625 | 2 |
The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen (KGAC) is located in Berea, officially recognized as the “Art and Craft Capital” of Kentucky. Founded in 1961, it is the oldest organization in Kentucky working to preserve and promote the rich heritage and exciting future of art and craft. The KGAC “Guild Train,” which ran from 1961 through 1967, introduced hundreds of thousands of people across Kentucky to the world of art and fine craft. Though the “Guild Train” no longer runs, the historic project was highlighted in 100 Years of American Craft, published in Niche, and discussed in American Style.
KGAC has undergone a significant and exciting transformation over the past few years that has positioned the organization to continue to be one of Kentucky’s preeminent art organizations. We are a dynamic membership organization comprised of the finest artists, craftsmen, collectors, galleries, interested individuals, and businesses in Kentucky and surrounding states.
KGAC takes its role as a statewide organization very seriously. We proactively seek ways to knit together the diverse art and craft related resources throughout Kentucky with a common focus on educating artisans, youth, and the general public about art and the value of quality work. KGAC offers a variety of programs including workshops, exhibits, retail fairs, referral services, jury sessions, mentor programs, and consultation with other organizations in the field of visual art and fine craft. As the organization continues to evolve, these programs will continue to transform to meet the needs of the membership and the public.
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