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The 'environmental Jesus Christ' made of confiscated guns, bullets, and debris left behind by super typhoon Haiyan in 2013 stand inside the police headquarters in the central Philippine town of Palo. (Photo by Roel Amazona)
Published June 11, 2018
An artist in the central Philippines has created an image of an "Environmental Jesus Christ" from confiscated guns, bullets, and debris left behind by super typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
The six-meter tall image of the crucified Christ weighs 1.5-tons and stands on top of a hill inside the police regional headquarters in the town of Palo, in Leyte province.
Lucky Salayog, the 31-year old artist, said his work shows the "destruction caused by mankind to Mother Nature."
The artwork, commissioned by the region's police director, aims to show how environmental devastation brought about by people is being stopped by law enforcers.
"The underlying message of the firearms is a call for a stop to violence," said Salayog, adding that everyone should work for the promotion of peace.
Father Virgilio Canete of Palo Archdiocese, however, has questioned the artwork's message.
"Is this an attempt to justify or divert the issue [of drug-related killings]?" said the priest.
Human rights groups allege that about 12,000 suspected drug users and dealers have been killed in a police-led anti-illegal drugs campaign that started in 2016.
"Explanations [and] clarifications are in order," said the priest.
Salayog said his "environmental Jesus Christ" sculpture is inspired by the vulnerability of the Eastern Visayas region to natural calamities.
"The catastrophes have taken a toll on the lives of people," he said, adding that there are ways to lessen the impact of calamities.
The sculpture, which is made from "scrap and debris from destruction," symbolizes the ability of people "to rise up after devastation," said the artist.
Every part of the artwork has a story to tell, he said.
Police officers of Eastern Visayas region in the central Philippines pose for a souvenir photo below the sculpture of an "Environmental Jesus Christ" in Palo, Leyte. (Photo by Roel Amazona)
The region's six provinces are represented by six rifles, while two chainsaws supposedly represent the "doubled commitment" of the police "to uphold humanity and fight man-made destruction."
The body of the image is composed of 365 pistols confiscated by the police while rifle magazines and a piece of wood from a destroyed police headquarters formed the cross.
"Four environmental concerns" that need to be addressed — water issues, air issues, waste pollution, and land pollution — are represented by four horns.
The country's top "environmental problems" — pollution, global warming, overpopulation, depletion of natural resources, and problems in waste disposal — are represented by five vehicle mufflers.
The 164 bullet holes that form the words INRI on top of the cross are supposed to represent the number of people who died during typhoon Vinta in December 2017.
Incorporated in the sculpture are sawmill blades and machetes used in the illegal cutting of trees by loggers. A chemical container and engine parts represent harmful gases emitted into the air.
Barbed wire was also used to symbolize the division of people, while a chain represents the strength that can arise from a united community.
"This is a project that I really like," said police regional director Gilberto Cruz.
"I noticed that most people are not aware that we should take care of our environment," said the police chief, adding the artwork is his gift to the region. | <urn:uuid:2c14a363-51fa-40f3-b135-68ff72374e6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://international.la-croix.com/news/world/philippine-artist-creates-christ-image-with-guns-bullets/7793 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.96554 | 775 | 1.84375 | 2 |
(June 14, 2016 |New Orleans, LA) The Greater New Orleans Foundation deepened its commitment to Southeast Louisiana by awarding more than $500,000 in grants from its Environmental Fund to 18 nonprofit organizations addressing our region’s water challenges.
“Whether you live in rural, suburban, or urban areas in Southeast Louisiana, you’re affected by our region’s relationship with water,” explained Ella Delio, director of environmental and regional initiatives at the Greater New Orleans Foundation. “Coastal land loss, subsidence, and flooding are issues we all face.”
The 18 nonprofit organizations receiving grants are working on a suite of solutions to help individuals and families address and adapt to our environmental threats and issues. “Many of the organizations we’re investing in are educating communities about environmental challenges and empowering them to help shape a sustainable future,” says Delio.
The following nonprofit organizations in the multi-parish region are receiving grants:
- $ 45,000 Center for Planning Excellence – to organize a climate-related migration summit
- $ 25,000 Coalition to Restoral Coastal Louisiana – to fund staff time to build capacity for its policy advocacy and accountability work and forge strategic partnerships for community engagement
- $ 15,000 Coastal Community Consulting – to support operating costs for coastal restoration
- $ 20,000 FirstLine Schools – to integrate water management into the curriculum
- $ 20,000 Global Green – to develop a green infrastructure plan for the Treme neighborhood
- $ 20,000 Greater New Orleans Development Foundation – to develop a water management module for GNO Inc.’s World of Work
- $ 55,650 Greater New Orleans Water Collaborative – to fund a full-time GNO Water Collaborative coordinator
- $ 15,000 Groundworks New Orleans – to fund a program manager for workforce development
- $ 20,000 Gulf Restoration Network – to work with neighborhoods on tackling local water management issues such as flooding
- $ 20,000 Interfaith Sponsoring Committee, BISCO – to support operating costs
- $ 20,000 Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development – to support operating costs
- $90,000 Propeller – to implement the Water Challenge
- $ 22,000 Restore or Retreat – to hold community meetings to obtain input for the 2017 Coastal Master Plan
- $ 21,530 South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center – to support a program manager for the Wetlands Discovery Center
- $ 15,000 SouthWings – to support personnel costs for the Louisiana coastal flight program
- $ 20,000 United Houma Nation – to support operating costs
- $ 20,000 Woodlands Conservancy – to support an advocacy campaign to protect the Woodlands Trail
- $ 25,000 WWNO – to support operating costs for the Coastal Desk
Additionally, the Greater New Orleans Foundation is deepening its organizational effectiveness work among nonprofit organizations that work on our region’s coastal issues. It has awarded four technical assistance grants of up to $4,000 each from the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness initiative and Environmental Fund to the following four organizations: Interfaith Sponsoring Committee, BISCO; Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development; United Houma Nation; and, the Woodlands Conservancy.
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How are gold rates calculated?
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However, some factors affect makeup and impact the price of gold. These include the US dollar as mentioned above, investment demand, RBI involvement for buying, trading volumes on the commodity exchanges like MCX & NCDEX, technical indicators, production via mine supply, other economic and monetary factors.
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Gold Rate Target from July 2022 – Dec 2022. Check out the Gold Price Target for the period between July 2022 – December 2022: The next set of July 2022 to December 2022 is similar to the First set with a gradual Increase and closing points starting from 44060 on July-22 to 51077 on December-22 with a change of 15.93%.
Will gold prices rise in the future?
Answer – Yes, the gold rates in the future are seemingly carrying a high rise in the rates. If we were to take in consideration the given 30 days prediction, it is pretty evident that gold rates are listed for a hike.
Is gold a valuable asset?
While gold is a valuable asset, it undeniably parades a firm value growth to individuals possessing it.
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Lawrence, Elizabeth (2014). Education’s unequal benefits? Conditional effects of college degrees on health behaviors. 2014 Add Health Users Conference.
Among U.S. adults, college degree earners live much healthier lives than those with less education, but we know little about why. This study seeks to determine heterogeneity in the causal effects of college degrees on multiple health behavior outcomes, including smoking, exercising, maintenance of healthy weight status, and heavy drinking. Identifying whether college degrees have greater benefits among those who are least or most likely to attain these degrees will indicate whether education serves to equalize or reproduce inequality. The restricted-use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) are uniquely positioned to test these competing hypotheses, as they offer longitudinal information on the educational experiences and health behaviors of individuals across adolescence to adulthood. Heterogeneous treatment effect models using propensity score matching to estimate causality will determine how college degree-health behavior associations differ across anindividual's likelihood of attaining a college degree. Dependent variables include Wave IV health behavior measures. Key independent variables are a Wave IV indicator of whether an individual earned a college degree and a Wave I measure of the likelihood of college degree attainment created from an array of individual, family, and school characteristics. I expect to find that those least likely to attain a college degree receive greater benefits than those most likely.
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Enhancing data quality and use — the role of GO in the humanitarian data ecosystem
A data ecosystem refers to a combination of organisational infrastructure and applications that are used to aggregate and analyse information. The humanitarian sector’s collective approaches to collection, storage, analysis and dissemination of data can be understood as one such ecosystem. Improving this will help avoid duplication of efforts, while ensuring that the best available evidence is used to inform decision-making — and that this evidence is used appropriately. IFRC, through the GO platform and as a standard setter, convener and data curator has a key role to play in this multi-institutional effort.
The IFRC’s role to learn from and respond to recurrent and under-the-radar crises
In previous posts, we discussed opportunities to enhance responses to future disasters by leveraging data from previous crises. We also referred to IFRC’s own experience collecting, curating and analysing disaster data and developing systems that could help National Societies scale up anticipatory action.
Over the IFRC’s 100-plus years of existence Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have been active before, during and after crises. Our origins and purpose mean we are alive to the imperative to learn from our successes and failures and to get the most out of the entire network in order to help alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable.
We are reminded of the need to improve when crises occur again and again in the same places, triggered by the same hazards and affecting the same vulnerable communities, especially where these crises are ‘under the radar’. The ongoing/impending food insecurity crisis due to the combined impacts of drought and conflict in the greater Horn of Africa is one of several recent examples of this phenomenon. An initial field report submitted to GO last month by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society on the impacts of annual monsoon flooding in South Asia is another.
As we head into July — September, the most intensive period of the year for hydro-meteorological disasters (figure 1), this sobering backdrop reminds of the need to transform talk into effective action, that progress in policy and research yield concrete results to champion and to learn from.
Leveraging the IFRC’s convening role
At IFRC we tune one ear to the latest practice and policy dialogues and the other ear to the needs of our National Societies. In recent months, we’ve been using our convening power to shape the discourse and harness momentum around improvements to the humanitarian data ecosystem to serve the needs of the National Societies. Last November, we along with the University of Oxford organised a roundtable discussion on how to improve data and statistics within the humanitarian sector. The event’s keynote speaker, Simon Levine from the Overseas Development Institute, closed his remarks with something that resonated with what we often hear from our National Societies: ‘Be useful — the analysis has to be used, not just methodologically rigorous’ and ‘don’t talk about numbers, use numbers to talk about life.’
Highlights from the University of Oxford-IFRC Roundtable
Panellists came from a number of organisations across the humanitarian community, including UN OCHA, Map Action, Crisis Ready, World Pop, the World Bank, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, ACLED, the ISI Foundation, CIMA Foundation and Facebook/Meta.
Participants discussed the potential politicisation or misrepresentation of analysis — and the imperative for data producers and analysts to take precautions where necessary to avoid misuse of the evidence.
Another common theme that arose was the need to simplify complexity of analyses in order to make the evidence useful for stakeholders and decision-makers with varying degrees of technical sophistication. Data analysis and its communication is itself a language, and so we need to invest in our own translation skills, whether that be visualisation or storytelling.
Given the scepticism of models and data of many within the humanitarian sector, we must be transparent about how models work, have been validated and the uncertainty of any model or prediction.
More recently, at last month’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW), the IFRC IM Team participated in several sessions, including organised by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Global Information Management Working Group on the use of data for informing anticipatory action and another focusing on added-value information for decision-makers. These fora provided opportunities to shape the discourse by conveying some key message from National Societies: to make sure that hydro-met data, models and products fit into their existing decision-making processes; and to avoid overwhelming operational decision-makers with tons of competing evidence. Encouragingly, we weren’t the only ones saying this: in fact, there was a collective call for us and by us as a community of practice to organise ourselves more effectively to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts and to ensure that what we were working on ‘in Geneva’ responded to the needs of our colleagues in the field.
GO GO GO — from talk to action
As one of the primary vehicles of the IFRC, the GO platform has been a key means of democratising data across the National Societies and bringing more evidence into decision-making processes. Before the HNPW had even wrapped, the IFRC IM Team had begun an intensive week-long workshop to enhance GO and make it as useful a tool for the National Societies as possible. Over the coming months, we will be unveiling a number of features that will prove useful for National Societies and the humanitarian sector more broadly.
- Firstly, we will be making visible more information on past events from the Global Crisis Data Bank, and we will visualise more impact forecasts associated with specific hydro-meteorological hazards from our partners.
- More importantly, we will be bringing a number of key processes onto GO, including the DREF, which National Societies use to request funds from IFRC for both anticipatory action and to respond to disasters once they do occur.
- We will also be working to use the information from the impact-forecast models to automatically generate maps and to pre-populate and/or validate information in forms that is currently entered manually. These enhancements will save our colleagues time and help National Societies that do not currently take advantage of funding opportunities do so in the future.
While not solving all of the data and problems in the humanitarian sector, these enhancements will generate more direct pathways from data, models and evidence to funding decisions and concrete action taken in the field. When it comes to the GO platform, this means we will increasingly curate and visualise data and products from our partners’ in order to bring the best evidence to bear on our own decision-making. In order to do so, we are leveraging existing partnerships, such as those with OCHA, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the EC’s Joint Research Centre and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), and developing new ones.
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Since October 2007, the Supreme Council is a unicameral legislature. Originally it consisted of 90 members, however when in 2010 President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted after riots, a new Constitution was adopted, that increased the number of members to 120. Parties are limited to 65 seats in order to prevent power concentration.
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A new global vision for arms control is needed and States must not “sleepwalk” into a new nuclear arms race, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
In an address to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, António Guterres highlighted several threats to world security, from chemical weapons to lethal autonomous weapons and hypersonic missiles.
His comments – which called for action to “alleviate tensions and take us back from the nuclear brink” - come ahead of a second planned summit later this week between US President Donald Trump and the leader of North Korea, known officially as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong-un.
“I will be blunt. Key components of the international arms control architecture are collapsing. We need a new vision for arms control in the complex int'l security environment of today.” – UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres warns Conference on Disarmament of worrying trends. pic.twitter.com/GmoPztqmao— UN Geneva (@UNGeneva) February 25, 2019
“Key components of the international arms control architecture are collapsing,” the UN chief said. “The continued use of chemical weapons with impunity is driving new proliferation. Thousands of civilian lives continue to be lost, because of illicit small arms and the use in urban areas of explosive weapons designed for open battlefields.”
In addition, new weapon technologies were intensifying risks “in ways we do not yet understand and cannot even imagine”, the UN Secretary-General added.
The past 70 years have seen major successes in disarmament initiatives, he insisted, noting that the most successful ones were those that were led by the “major powers”.
But these gains are in “increasing jeopardy” amid a new arms race rendered “particularly dangerous” because of renewed uncertainty over nuclear weapons, Mr. Guterres said.
Highlighting the dangers of allowing the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between Russia and the US and Russia to lapse, the UN chief warned that European States would be among the first where any insecurity “will be keenly felt”.
Efforts must also be made to extend the “New START” arms reduction treaty between the US and Russia before it expires in 2021, he continued, since it was “the only international legal instrument limiting the size of the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals”.
Its inspection provisions represented important confidence-building measures that have benefited everyone, Mr. Guterres said, noting that “in the absence of trust, governments had sought “the strictest verification measures”.
Such arms control procedures have been “one of the hallmarks” of international security for 50 years, he continued, adding that the joint Russia-US effort had resulted in global stockpiles of nuclear weapons decreasing to only one-sixth of what they were in 1985.
Today, however, “that legacy is in grave danger”, the UN Secretary-General said, before reminding the forum that only last year, he launched his Disarmament Agenda - “Securing Our Common Future” – with 40 specific commitments to support disarmament.
His Agenda was a guide for action he noted, but also created to support Member States who have a “responsibility” to develop transparency and confidence-building tools that would help to “alleviate tensions and take us back from the nuclear brink”.
Such steps should take into account regional nuclear challenges, the Secretary-General maintained, as well as technological developments including cyber security, artificial intelligence and the next generation of hypersonic weapons that could be used to launch attacks at unprecedented speed.
While noting that a majority of Member States sought the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, he noted that the Conference on Disarmament – the world’s only multilateral disarmament negotiation forum - has not undertaken any disarmament negotiations in two decades.
This had resulted in arms control negotiations increasingly taking place elsewhere, including the UN General Assembly, or outside the United Nations framework, Mr. Guterres said.
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Say for example you find a good bite around Big Break on the high tide, rocks and weeds. The bite seems to go away after the tide switches “which is usually the case”. From Big Break run up river toward Stockton say 10 miles now you catch the same tide where you were catching fish. Just find similar structure and fish until the bite stops then run south or north again. From Antioch to the Southern Delta there is about 4-5 hours difference so you can follow the tide for over half a day.
Now to go backwards, if you are down south or north and the bite is poor you can run toward the west and change your tide. The one thing you don’t want to do is follow a bad tide. If there are not biting don’t follow that same tide down south, either wait for the bite to come on or go west. The whole key to running the tide is to get on the bite and try to keep throughout the day. One thing I do is when starting out is to use reaction baits until I find the bite starting to pick up. I may start out with a Speed trap and after catching a few fish I’ll switch to a Spinnerbait “Persuader of course” then to a Helix weightless worm or a big tube to entice a few bigger bites. And maybe top water if the water clear and warm. Milk the bite for as long as you can then run a few miles and start over.
Before you start running the tides you first need to understand the tides and what they are. I use the Hal Schell’s Stockton tide chart for the simple reason that I have most of the area times memorized. I would recommend no matter which book you use stay with the same one year after year. Tides are water movement created by the sun and moon. Each day the water comes from the ocean and travels inland then back again “twice”. Some areas of the Delta the water goes up and down and other areas have current. The water level moves 1 to 6 ft per tide and advances forward about 70 minutes each day. Tides are similar every other week. This means if you catch fish this week it will not be the same next week. Also the water level is important. There are 6 different tides to be concerned with: Incoming, Outgoing, High Tide, Low Tide and each of the switches. A key thing to remember is to fish your best spots on the switches. Plan your day around the tides Pay attention what tide you caught fish on.
A Simple Tidal Model
To illustrate the basic idea with a simple model of a planet completely covered by an ocean of uniform depth, with negligible friction between the ocean and the underlying planet, as illustrated in the adjacent figure. The gravitational attraction of the Moon produces two tidal bulges on opposite sides of the Earth.
Competition between the Sun and Moon in producing tides
Without getting too much into the technical details, there are two bulges because of the differential gravitational forces. The liquid at point A is closer to the Moon and experiences a larger gravitational force than the Earth at point B or the ocean at point C. Because it experiences a larger attraction, it is pulled away from the Earth, toward the Moon, thus producing the bulge on the right side. Loosely, we may think of the bulge on the left side as arising because the Earth is pulled away from the water on that side because the gravitational force exerted by the Moon at point B is larger than that exerted at point C. Then, as our idealized Earth rotates under these bulges, a given point on the surface will experience two high and two low tides for each rotation of the planet.
Spring Tides and Neap Tides
Another complication of a realistic model is that not only the Moon, but other objects in the Solar System, influences the Earth's tides. For most their tidal forces are negligible on Earth, but the differential gravitational force of the Sun does influence our tides to some degree (the effect of the Sun on Earth tides is less than half that of the Moon).
For example, particularly large tides are experienced in the Earth's oceans when the Sun and the Moon are lined up with the Earth at new and full phases of the Moon. These are called spring tides (the name is not associated with the season of Spring). The amount of enhancement in Earth's tides is about the same whether the Sun and Moon are lined up on opposite sides of the Earth (full Lunar phase) or on the same side (new Lunar phase). Conversely, when the Moon is at first quarter or last quarter phase (meaning that it is located at right angles to the Earth-Sun line), the Sun and Moon interfere with each other in producing tidal bulges and tides are generally weaker; these are called neap tides. The figure shown above illustrates spring and neap tides. | <urn:uuid:ecb2f4af-70b3-4217-b259-6e0840fba73c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.westernbass.com/article/running-the-tides | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.938981 | 1,010 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Culture Center - June 30 through July 03, 2014
The 48th stop of ‘Islam Mission from the Sultanate of Oman's Exhibition organised by the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs was launched at Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil under the auspices of Reni Clovis de Souza Pereira, Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu, in the presence of Dr. Khalid bin Said al Jaradi, Sultanate’s accredited Ambassador to Brazil, members of the Brazilian parliament, representatives of Arab and Islamic communities, a number of businessmen, media men and university students.
At the beginning of the launching ceremony, the Sultanate’s accredited Ambassador to Brazil delivered a speech where he said that this mission stresses the importance of joining all hands to ensure work peace and constructive living so that everyone can enjoy the fruits of fair comprehensive development.
Reni Clovis de Souza Pereira, Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu, on his speech delivered on the occasion where he said that such stops help in enhancing cultural integration among peoples and will enhance the knowledge of Brazilians about Islam and Islamic culture.
Rene Pereira, Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu stressed in his speech that such stops help increasing cultural and civilisation integration between peoples, and he called upon the Secretariat of Communications and Public Relations in Foz do Iguaçu to invite the largest number of students from all nationalities to visit this cultural stop. He emphasised that this cultural event will increase the knowledge of Brazilian to the culture of Islam.
Mohammed bin Said Al Mamari, the Scientific Adviser at the office of the Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and General Supervisor of the Foreign Exhibitions delivered the Ministry’s speech and hailed the support provided by the Brazilian officials to ensure the success of the exhibition.
He pointed out that the exhibition displays the Sultanate’s experience in religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence with other races; a unique experience the world can benefit from and build upon.
Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Masjid - July 04, 2014
On Inivitation by the Shia community of Foz do Iguaçu, the Exhibition also was presented at the Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque. Many visistors used this opportunity to get familiar with the Omani approach towards Islam and for talks with the Omani guests. There also was a fruitful meeting with the Catholic head of the City.
Sociedade Beneficents Islamic - July 05, 2014
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Biometric Systems Market Size And Forecast
Biometric Systems Market size was valued at USD 39.95 Billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 128.17 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 13.4% from 2022 to 2030.
The increased need to identify employees has led to the use of biometric systems by examination of an individual’s behavioral or physical characteristics. The need to be physically present to access these systems so that there are fewer opportunities for fraud has led to overall growth in the market size during the forecast period. The Global Biometric Systems Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.
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Global Biometric Systems Market Definition
The Biometric is used to analyze the physical or behavioral characteristics of the human being digital to grant access to the systems, or device. It includes facial patterns, fingerprint sensors, voice cadence, palm print, and others. It is considered the mechanical term used for the measurement and calculation of the terms related to the human body. It provides advanced and more authentic technology for secure identification and verification of the individual. It widely finds its application in the field of safety and security.
In comparison to traditional PIN-based procedures, biometric technology offers advanced methodology. By using a unique identifying mechanism, this technology protects sensitive or personal data from fraudulent use of an individual’s valuables, such as ATMs, smart cards, mobile phones, or access to desktops, laptops, workstations, or networks. It uses both physiological and psychological qualities to identify people, making it useful in a wide range of critical applications like national security, law enforcement, enterprise & e-governance, personal information & business transactions, and so on.
Biometrics is a security system, used for the identification of employees by examination of an individual’s behavioral or physical characteristics. Biometrics is used as a replacement for the traditional security and identification methods such as ID cards or pin systems. A biometric system uses biological data and transfers it into digital data which is then used for identification. The advantages of biometric systems include the requirement of the presence of the individual for access, rather than other forms of identification which can be misused by being stolen or forged, quick integration and deployment, good security, and easy implementation.
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Global Biometric Systems Market Overview
The increasing demand for security and surveillance owing to the emergence of factors such as the threat of terrorist attacks is the major factor for fueling the growth of the market. In addition, the growing utilization of biometrics as the security identity management in the IT organizations, and healthcare sectors is another factor propelling the growth of the market. Moreover, the rising government initiatives for promoting the adaption of biometrics impose a positive outlook on the market growth. Many government-led initiatives have made it compulsory for every individual to register themselves in systems that are biometric. The driver for the Biometric Systems Market is to identify every individual with their own personal behavioral and physical characteristics.
This helps to differentiate individuals and decrease the chances of fraud. In companies, employees are allowed to gain access only through biometric systems. These systems are secure, and convenient and are superior identification devices. The human resource department in various organizations is a key factor that is projected to fuel the growth of the Global Biometric Systems Market. Recently new and advanced technology has also led to the use of biometric systems in smartphones to identify the owner of the phone and only then allow the phone to be unlocked. This helps protect the privacy of an individual. With more demand for these phones, the Biometric Systems Market is expected to grow. The use of biometric systems for criminal identification is also meant to propel the demand for the global Biometric Systems Market.
Opportunities for the Global Biometric Systems Market can be created by technological advancements and up-gradation for artificial intelligence-controlled biometric devices. This can boost the growth of the market. The factor that can act as a restraint that will inhibit the market growth is the high cost that is related to smart biometric devices. The installation costs can be quite high and not affordable for every organization.
Global Biometric Systems Market Segmentation Analysis
Global Biometric Systems Market is Segmented on the basis of Authentication Type, Functionality Type, End-User, And Geography.
Biometric Systems Market, By Authentication Type
• Single factor Authentication
• Multi factor Authentication
Based on Authentication Type, The market is bifurcated into Single factor authentication and Multi factor Authentication. These are types of authentications that require either one credential to verify oneself or more than one. Recently multi-factor authentication has gained more attention since it double-checks privacy concerns.
Biometric Systems Market, By Functionality Type
Based on Functionality Type, The market is bifurcated into Contact, Non-contact, and Combined. Contact Segment is expected to gather a high CAGR during the forecast period. This is because there is a high adoption and implementation of fingerprint recognition systems.
Biometric Systems Market, By End-User
• Military & Defense
• Banking & Finance
Based on End-User, The market is bifurcated into Government, Military & Defense, Healthcare, Banking & Finance, and Others. The Military and Defense Segment will dominate the market in terms of revenue and highest CAGR since there is a need to safeguard and provide secure authentication for access to sensitive information or specific areas.
Biometric Systems Market, By Geography
• North America
• Asia Pacific
• Rest of the world
On the basis of Geography, The Global Biometric Systems Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the world. The largest share in the market till now has been dominated by North America since there are a number of government-led initiatives that call for biometric systems.
The “Global Biometric Systems Market” study report will provide a valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market including some of the major players such as NEC, Fujitsu, Cognitec Systems, Aware, ASSA Abloy, Precise Biometrics, Safran, Secunet Security Networks, Stanley Black & Decker, and Thales.
Our market analysis also entails a section solely dedicated to such major players wherein our analysts provide an insight into the financial statements of all the major players, along with its product benchmarking and SWOT analysis. The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share, and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.
Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements
• In February 2019, German Companies PMD Technologies and Infineon has partnered with Safran which is owned by IDEMIA an identity-related security services company. The aim of this partnership is to provide an end-to-end 3D face recognition solution for system integrators and OEMs.
• In May 2021, Jumio and Veridium have announced a collaboration to reduce the fraud cases faced by various organizations while account setup and subsequent access requests. This collaboration will deliver more identity verification capabilities and will offer multiple biometric modalities.
Mergers and Acquisitions
• In June 2019, Green Bit S.P.A which is a biometric scanner provider has been acquired by Gemalto which is a Thales-owned company. The aim of this acquisition is to enhance the company’s biometric capabilities and Green Bit S.P.A joined Government business unit of Gemalto in order to improve software solutions and fingerprint scanners capabilities.
• In June 2021, Trueface a leader in Facial Recognition, Computer Vision, and Artificial Intelligence has been acquired by Pangiam. By this acquisition, Pangiam now has access to technologies of Trueface such as social distancing compliance monitoring and contactless temperature checks.
Product Launches and Product Expansions
• In May 2020, A multimodal biometric and touchless-based authentication terminal with a high level of accuracy has been developed by NEC Corporation. It was ranked No. 1 in identification test conducted by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• In June 2020, A new tablet combining facial and fingerprint-based biometrics technology has been launched by IDEMIA an identity-related security services company. The launch will prove beneficial for various enterprises and government agencies for ID Verification and enrolment.
Value (USD Billion)
|Key Companies Profiled|
NEC, Fujitsu, Cognitec Systems, Aware, ASSA Abloy, Precise Biometrics, Safran, Secunet Security Networks, Stanley Black & Decker.
By Authentication Type, By Functionality Type, By End-User, And By Geography.
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1 INTRODUCTION OF GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET
1.1 Overview of the Market
1.2 Scope of Report
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF VERIFIED MARKET RESEARCH
3.1 Data Mining
3.3 Primary Interviews
3.4 List of Data Sources
4 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET OUTLOOK
4.2 Market Dynamics
4.3 Porters Five Force Model
4.4 Value Chain Analysis
5 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET, BY AUTHENTICATION TYPE
5.2 Single-factor authentication
5.3 Multi-factor authentication
6 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET, BY FUNCTIONALITY TYPE
7 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET, BY END-USER
7.3 Military & Defense
7.5 Banking & Finance
8 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY
8.2 North America
8.3.4 Rest of Europe
8.4 Asia Pacific
8.4.4 Rest of Asia Pacific
8.5 Rest of the World
8.5.1 Latin America
8.5.2 Middle East & Africa
9 GLOBAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS MARKET COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
9.2 Company Market Ranking
9.3 Key Development Strategies
10 COMPANY PROFILES
10.1.2 Financial Performance
10.1.3 Product Outlook
10.1.4 Key Developments
10.2.2 Financial Performance
10.2.3 Product Outlook
10.2.4 Key Developments
10.3 Cognitec Systems
10.3.2 Financial Performance
10.3.3 Product Outlook
10.3.4 Key Developments
10.4.2 Financial Performance
10.4.3 Product Outlook
10.4.4 Key Developments
10.5 ASSA Abloy
10.5.2 Financial Performance
10.5.3 Product Outlook
10.5.4 Key Developments
10.6 Precise Biometrics
10.6.2 Financial Performance
10.6.3 Product Outlook
10.6.4 Key Developments
10.7.2 Financial Performance
10.7.3 Product Outlook
10.7.4 Key Developments
10.8 Secunet Security Networks
10.8.2 Financial Performance
10.8.3 Product Outlook
10.8.4 Key Developments
10.9 Stanley Black & Decker
10.9.2 Financial Performance
10.9.3 Product Outlook
10.9.4 Key Developments
10.10.2 Financial Performance
10.10.3 Product Outlook
10.10.4 Key Developments
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The resolution demands UN members bar exports of missile-related materials to North Korea and that it halt its missile program.
The North Korean ambassador to the UN said his country "totally rejects" the resolution.
Ambassador Pak Gil Yon told the council following the vote that the measure had the "despicable aim" of isolating and putting pressure on his government.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry today called the resolution "a product of U.S. hostility" toward Pyongyang.
In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, the ministry said North Korea will not feel bound to the resolution "in the least."
Until the end, the council was split over whether the resolution would be adopted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which makes it mandatory and allows for military force if another specific resolution is adopted.
The resolution does not include Chapter 7.
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There has been a post circulating online where people have been copying and pasting a list of questions and concerns. Some of the list addresses certain governors directly -- or the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, saying "We have questions for you."
11Alive took your questions along with the concerns that educators, parents and students have about the upcoming school year. Here's what we found by talking to educators, doctors, and sifting through information provided by health experts.
What happens if a teacher tests positive for the virus? Would they be required to quarantine for two to three weeks?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, anyone should quarantine for seven to 10 days after testing positive.
Is an infected teacher's sick leave covered and who pays for it?
According to Verdialla Turner, president of the Georgia Federation of Teachers Union, each district should have a policy that addresses sick leave and time off whether the illness is coronavirus or something else. Public health officials said they plan to continue to offer free COVID-19 testing for the foreseeable future.
And as we know this doesn't fully answer the question about COVID-19 coverage specifically, but we're told, right now there are no updates in policies to account for this pandemic.
What if a teacher has five classes a day with 30 students each, do all 150 of those students need to then stay home and quarantine for 14 days?
Turner said the school should still follow CDC guidelines, but it's important to note, many districts are working to create classroom-like bubbles to prevent this type of spread. So far, it's unclear how districts will handle substitute teachers.
What if a student in your child's class tests positive? Will everyone get notified about who was infected and when?
11Alive Medical Correspondent Dr. Sujatha Reddy said schools will likely handle this the same way they deal with other outbreaks. For example, when it comes to lice, a general letter is issued to parents in a particular class, without revealing a student’s identity.
What happens if there is an outbreak once school starts?
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One of the most popular handicrafts of Iran, that is both decorative and applicable, is “Firuzehkoobi” or turquoise inlaying. Firuzehkubi are small pieces of Turquoise gem stone which are inlaid, like mosaics, on a base that are tools or utensils made of copper, silver, brass or bronze. They can cover all the base or parts of it. Firuzehkubi is a rather young handicraft, beginning only seventy years ago. It was invented for the first time by Yusef Hakimian to decorate pieces of jewelry like earrings, bracelets, brooches and etc. Later it traveled to Isfahan and was practiced by a craftsman named Haj Dadash. Today Firuzehkubi is one of the most celebrated souvenirs of Isfahan.
The Firuzeh or Turquoise gems that are used in this crafts are supplied by the stone workshops and stone grinds that cannot be used for other purposes. To make a Firuzehkubi, first the base, the utensil or jewelry, is chosen. Then the surrounding of the parts where turquoise is to be inlaid will be soldered and divided by a thin wire with height about two to three millimeters. If there are motifs and designs to be applied in the intended area, they are also drawn and soldered by the same wire. This process not only adds to the beauty of product, but also improves its durability and resistance. Then, after being washed, large or small pieces of Turquoise are picked.
The base object is heated to 30 degrees of centigrade. While heating a special kind of gum powder called “Gerdooyi” or “Walnut varnish” that acts as glue, is poured upon the object so that it melts. The Turquoise pieces are then laid on the surface. This is the most important part of process. If the base is a round object, the laying step is repeated. To fill the empty spaces between the inlaid pieces, the base is heated once more to forty degrees of centigrade, the gum powder is poured and the spaces are filled with smaller Turquoise. The remaining gaps that cannot be filled with stones, are filled with a blue mortar. In the next step, the surface is sanded. Finally the product is polished and obtains a shiny and smooth surface. The more elaborate a Firuzehkubi work, the more valuable it is. | <urn:uuid:81a96d4a-cecf-4f17-ad62-ca7c1aa6676f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.visitiran.ir/handicraft/firuzehkubi-or-turquoise-inlay-isfahan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.949966 | 534 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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By many accounts, the swing era kicked off on August 21, 1935, when Benny Goodman’s band played the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, California. They say that Goodman’s boys were playing it on the sweet side, with stock arrangements and little swing, and the crowds weren’t much having it. Amongst the yawns, Gene Krupa suggested, “If we’re gonna die, Benny, let’s die playing our own thing,” and so the band got out their hot Fletcher Henderson arrangements and hepped the cats to kingdom come. Thus, the swing era was born.
Swing as a genre had emerged earlier in the decade, as the largely distinct styles of hot jazz and orchestrated dance music of the 1920s began to converge as one: jazz made for dancing. Early exponents of the style included the orchestras of Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, the Casa Loma Orchestra, and others. Of course, there’s more to it than that, but you’ll have to ask a musician about it, ’cause I couldn’t tell you.
In a session supervised by Ed Kirkeby, Victor 25090 was recorded on July 1, 1935 at RCA Victor’s Studio 2 in New York City. It was released on July 31, exactly four weeks prior to his date at the Palomar. In the band are Bunny Berigan, Ralph Muzillo, and Nate Kazebier on trumpets, Sterling Ballard and Jack Lacy on trombones, Benny Goodman on clarinet, Toots Mondello and Hymie Schertzer on alto saxophones, Arthur Rollini and Dick Clark on tenor saxes, Frank Froeba on piano Allan Ruess on guitar, Harry Goodman on string bass, Gene Krupa on drums
Benny Goodman’s famous recording of Fletcher Henderson’s arrangement of Jelly Roll Morton’s “King Porter” (Stomp) received high marks from the music publications of the day, and rightly so, it’s a masterwork. Henderson’s own band recorded variations of the arrangement at least thrice, first in 1928 for Columbia, then for Okeh in 1932 as “New King Porter Stomp”, and finally for Vocalion in 1933. Whether or not Benny’s band played this one at the Palomar Ballroom, I really don’t know, but it seems likely.
On the reverse, they play a little less hot, but nonetheless excellent on “Sometimes I’m Happy”, from Hit the Deck—another Henderson arrangement. | <urn:uuid:01f4278d-5595-4d50-973c-948aa130a135> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oldtimeblues.net/tag/gene-krupa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.948356 | 561 | 1.695313 | 2 |
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Overhead gaspers are prevalently installed in aircraft cabins as a personalized ventilation system. The air distribution in cabins with gaspers on is crucial for creating a thermally comfortable and healthy cabin environment. This study aims to model the air distribution and contaminant transport in commercial aircraft cabins with gaspers on.
This study first conducted experimental measurements of airflow distribution in a mockup of half of a full-scale, one-row, single-aisle aircraft cabin with a gasper on. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure the complex airflow field above a human simulator. This investigation then used the measured data to evaluate the performance of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the RNG k-ε model and the SST k-ω model. The results showed that the SST k-ω model was more accurate than the RNG k-ε model for predicting the airflow distribution in gasper-induced jet dominant region in an aircraft cabin.
If the detailed gasper geometry were used in the CFD simulations, the grid number would be unacceptably high. To reduce the grid number, this investigation then proposed a method for simplifying the gasper geometry. The method was then validated by two sets of experimental data obtained from a cabin mockup and a real aircraft cabin. It was found that for the cabin mockup, the CFD simulation with the simplified gasper model reduced the grid number from 1.58 million to 0.3 million and the computing cost from 2 days to 1 hour without compromising the accuracy. In the five-row economy-class cabin of an MD82 airplane, the CFD simulation with the simplified gasper model was acceptable in predicting the distribution of air velocity, air temperature, and contaminant concentration.
Previous investigations have identified two turbulence models for cabin air with gaspers. To improve the accuracy of numerical simulation, this study first developed a hybrid turbulence model which was suitable for predicting the air distribution in an aircraft cabin with gaspers turned on. Next, the investigation validated the model using two sets of experimental data from a cabin mockup and an actual airplane. This study then used the validated model to systematically investigate the impact of gaspers on cabin air quality in a seven-row section of the fully-occupied, economy-class cabin of Boeing 767 and 737 airplanes. 210 CFD calculations formed a database consisting of 9450 data points that provide information about SARS infection risk. It was found that the distribution of opened gaspers can influence the infection risk for passengers. Even though the gasper supplies clean air, it is possible for it to have a negative impact on the passengers’ health. Statistically speaking, the overall effect of turning on the gaspers on the mean infection risk for the general population was neutral.
In airliner cabins, mixing ventilation systems with gaspers are not efficient in controlling contaminant transport. To improve the cabin environment, this investigation proposed an innovative ventilation system that would reduce contaminant transport while maintaining thermal comfort. We manufactured and installed the proposed ventilation system in an occupied seven-row, single-aisle aircraft cabin mockup. Air velocity, air temperature, and contaminant distribution in the cabin mockup were obtained by experimental measurements. The investigation used the experimental data to validate the results of CFD simulation. The validated CFD program was then used to study the impact of the locations and number of exhausts on contaminant removal and thermal comfort in a one-row section of a fully occupied Boeing-737 cabin. Although the diffusers in the proposed system were close to the passengers’ legs, the air velocity magnitude was acceptable in the lower part of the cabin and the leg area. The proposed system provided an acceptable thermal environment in the cabin, although passengers could feel cold when placing their legs directly in front of the diffusers. The four-exhaust configuration of the new ventilation system was the best, and it decreased the average exposure in the cabin by 57% and 53%, respectively, when compared with the mixing and displacement ventilation systems.
An innovative personalized displacement ventilation system which supplies air from individual displacement ventilation diffusers under the seat could possibly reduce the contaminant transport while maintaining thermal comfort in aircraft cabins. To evaluate the performance of the new ventilation system, this study first used Wells-Riley integrated CFD to obtain the SARS quanta based on a SARS outbreak on a flight. This investigation then compared the new ventilation system with mixing ventilation system and displacement ventilation system in a seven-row section of the fully occupied, economy-class cabin of Boeing 737 and Boeing 767 airplanes. It was found that the new system could reduce the passengers’ infection risk compared with the mixing ventilation system. The performance of the system was related to the source location when compared with the displacement ventilation system. Generally speaking, the new ventilation system had similar overall performance with the displacement ventilation system, and could better control contaminant transport compared with the mixing ventilation system. The innovative ventilation system performed the best in maintaining cabin thermal comfort.
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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. GO! with Office 2016 Getting Started is anIntroductory text that offers a chapter on core Office 2016 features, and then one chapter for each of the four primary applications that introduces students to the basic features of each. Using the scenario-based instructional projects students learn the basics and then apply them through mastery, problem-solving, and critical thinking projects. In today’s fast-moving, mobile environment, the GO! with Office 2016 series focuses on the job skills needed to succeed in the workforce. With job-related projects that put Microsoft Office into context, students learn the how and why at the moment they need to know, all in the appropriate Microsoft procedural syntax. For Office 2016, the hallmark guided-practice to skill-mastery pathway is better than ever. Students have many opportunities to work live in Microsoft office to apply the skills they’ve learned. In addition, these learning objectives are presented in project-based scenarios that prompt students to prove mastery in the context of real-world application. MyITLab for this text provides students and instructors with access to the eText, chapter quizzes, testbanks, and other instructor resources.
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State-of-the-art breast reconstruction provides natural results after mastectomy.
Learn more about lung cancer types, symptoms and treatment from Washington University surgeons at Siteman Cancer Center.
Screening guidelines updated in 2021 nearly double the number of eligible individuals.
Hepatitis can cause damage to the liver and, in some cases, a need for a liver transplant.
Sarcomas are a cancerous condition that manifests in different types of tissue. Symptoms include progressively enlarged or painful lumps that are superficial, deep or in the joints. There are many options for diagnosing sarcomas, and their progress or stage determines treatment options. Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that often doesn’t cause symptoms, which makes screenings vitally important if you develop any new and unidentified lumps.
Although these pelvic floor disorders become more common as women age, they do not have to be a normal part of aging.
A hernia belt can provide temporary relief, but surgery is the only way to fix a hernia.
Washington University patients benefit from blood donations during surgery and in critical care situations. Learn about the “what, how, and why” of blood donation.
Washington University surgeons highlight the importance of speaking openly about men’s health with your doctors and learning about screening guidelines.
Dr. Blatnik fixed the complex hernias that caused Vojin pain for years.
Starting your weight loss surgery journey with Washington University bariatric surgeons is as simple as 1-2-3.
Audrey was born with a rare combination of heart conditions. Thanks to an organ donor and the St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center team, she celebrated her first birthday at home with a new heart.
Follow these steps to get ready for your scheduled surgery.
Prostate cancer is among the most common types of cancer. Learn more about the connection between prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction.
Both high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction are common among older men. Understanding the relationship between these conditions could help men find the treatment that’s right for them.
The Department of Surgery explains terminology and components of the circulatory system. We use plain language to explain to describe what arteries, vessels, and related structures are, how they are different and some common conditions that affect them.
Neurogenic bladder is a condition in which the nerves signaling to the bladder have been damaged, resulting in dysfunction of the bladder muscles and function. Common causes include genetic nerve problems, birth defects, injury, stroke, diabetes, infection, brain or spinal cord tumors. Treatments include lifestyle changes, medicinal treatments and surgery.
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Washington University urologic surgeons embrace leading-edge robotic techniques to advance clinical care.
Sam Schaefer suffered from constant pain after an injury left him with a rare neurological condition. After a below-the-knee amputation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, he is back to playing hockey, breaking world records and coaching at a local gym.
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Researchers from Washington University and Siteman Cancer Center conduct research on patient health outcomes after surgery for stage I non-small cell lung cancer to understand if persistent smoking after surgery is associated with worse survival. They conclude that persistent smoking after surgery decreases the survival rates of patients.
Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine conducted a research study on the disparities of post-surgery complications and readmission, visualizing differences of readmission between white and non-white patients. Patients of color are more likely to require readmission after surgery, which may be related to other lived disparities, such as barriers to accessing equal healthcare to their white counterparts.
Diverticulitis is the inflammation or infection of diverticula, small pouches commonly occurring in the colon. The presence of diverticula is known as diverticulosis. If one or several diverticula become inflamed or infected, diverticulitis develops. Diverticulitis causes abdominal pain, fever, nausea and a changes in bowel habits. Mild diverticulitis can be treated with rest, changes in diet and use of antibiotics, but severe or persistent attacks of diverticulitis requires surgery.
Meet the Pancreatic Cancer Team Washington University hepatobiliary-pancreatic & gastrointestinal (HPB-GI) surgeons, along with the multidisciplinary team of specialists at Siteman Cancer Center, are nationally recognized for their screening, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, pancreatic cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women and the tenth most […]
Washington University thoracic surgeons provide the highest level of care for patients with lung cancer.
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There are several sources for biological tissue grafts used for reconstructive, reparative or replacement surgery. Allografts are obtained from tissue donors and transplanted into recipients through the tissue donation process. The decision to donate involves registration as a donor and is an important conversation to have with family. Ongoing surgery and research at Washington University benefits from the donation of tissue grafts or specimens from consented donors.
Celebrating health literacy this October comes with two initiatives: to increase personal literacy and improve organizational literacy. Patient health literacy and education are important goals for those seeking medical treatment, and hospital programs can encourage the familiarity of patients with the language of health. Organizations are also responsible for providing accessible, understandable information to their patients.
Washington University surgical oncologists and plastic and reconstructive surgeons provide the highest level of care for people with breast cancer.
The Pediatric Colorectal Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides top care for children with complex colorectal issues.
Washington University cardiothoracic surgeons, in partnership with Siteman Cancer Center, have expanded their services to patients living in Illinois.
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Washington University transplant surgeon Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, answers patient questions about adult liver transplants.
What does the legacy of excellence in endocrine surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center mean for patients? Our surgical oncologists have experience with a high volume of complex cases, making them experts in endocrine surgery.
Kidney stones are exceptionally common and affect nearly one in ten Americans. Those who have suffered from stones understand that kidney stones can be incredibly painful when they begin to pass. Washington University Urology offers advanced care for the treatment and prevention of kidney stones. In order to help the public know more about this […]
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Washington University cardiothoracic surgeon Shuddhadeb Ray, MD, MPHS, answers patient questions about hiatal hernias.
Men’s health experts from Washington University Urology offer ways to take control of important men’s health issues.
Urologic surgeon Charles Nottingham, MD, MS, explains the Washington University Urology’s new reusable and disposable ureteroscope hybrid system.
Chief of Urology Gerald Andriole, MD, explains the importance of prostate cancer screening and how early detection can save lives.
Washington University hernia surgeons explain the causes and types of hernia, as well as symptoms to look out for and treatment options for hernias.
A multidisciplinary team of Washington University surgeons saved Julius Moss from having an amputation after his diabetic foot ulcer refused to heal.
Washington University Acute and Critical Care Surgeons specialize in traumatic injuries, emergency surgeries, geriatric trauma, general surgeries, burn and wound care and critical care.
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The Washington University pediatric liver care and transplant team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital shares what makes their pediatric patients superheroes in their eyes.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Shuddhadeb Ray, MD, MPHS, brings his expertise in heart, lung, and esophageal surgery to Christian Hospital after a decade of training at Washington University School of Medicine.
Testicular cancer expert Zachary Smith, MD, explains how and why to perform regular self-examinations for testicular cancer.
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In recent weeks, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is back in the news. TPP aims to lower barriers to trade among the United States and a variety of other nations including rich countries like Japan, Canada, and Australia and developing countries like Chile, Peru, Vietnam, and Malaysia. US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has come out strongly against TPP, as has senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT). President Barack Obama continues to support TPP–he recently succeeded in having the agreement fast-tracked by the senate and will likely replicate that success in the house. Once TPP is fast-tracked, congress cannot debate the treaty’s contents or make amendments to it. Is TPP good for the United States? Who is right? | <urn:uuid:509fc5a3-3f67-4beb-8b98-3c9f00612b91> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://benjaminstudebaker.com/tag/new-zealand/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.961238 | 154 | 2.21875 | 2 |
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Series of 21 technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company created by the Henschien, Everds & Crombie Architects & Engineers firm on June 10, 1939. The company was based in Chicago, Illinois at 59 East Van Buren St. and they specialized in meat processing plants. The company also designed packing plans for the Frye & Co. plant in Seattle and Oscar Mayer in Iowa City. The Carsten Packing Company had been active since 1897. In 1954, the company was sold to an Eastern firm and renamed to the Hi-Grade Packing Co. In 1990, executives in Seattle closed the Tacoma processing plant and on October 24, 1996 the structure was destroyed by fire.
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"The Argus - October 13, 1978 - Page 6"
"The Times Argus (Barre, Vermont) - Sun, Nov 2, 1980 - Page 29"
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This lamp-post, which was funded by public subscription, was erected in 1902 to mark the coronation of King Edward VII as the country’s new Monarch.
The coronation date for the King was originally set to be held on 26 June 1902, but King Edward got an abscess and it had to be delayed. I can imagine the irritation that this caused to the people of Fakenham, who then had to go and buy a second plaque. All was well though for the second date, and the Coronation went ahead on 9 August 1902.
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The Coulometer WTD has been developed, by Diram s.r.o., to perform routine analysis of moisture. Utilizing Karl Fischer titration, the coulometric generation of an iodine titrant allows determination of even trace amounts of water within a sample.
Custom designed by Diram s.r.o., the apparatus combines the microprocessor-controlled measurement electronics and the glass titration flask into a single convenient instrument. A single filling of the flask allows several analyses of up to 0.2g of water, depending on the dilution of the working electrolyte. The apparatus can function with or without, a diaphragm separating the anode & cathode electrodes.
Employing the coulometric method allows detection of small or even trace amounts of water in a variety of solutions; including, but not limited to, solutions based on organic acids, alcohols, esters, hydrocarbons and many other organic solvents. The ability to establish the water content of a sample of oil taken from a transformer, turbine or compressor improving operational efficiency – more accurate scheduling of maintenance preventing costly repairs and unscheduled downtime.
Application is not limited to liquid solutions, as it is possible to analyse the moisture content of certain gases within the same flask arrangement.
When analysing substances that are not soluble or are reactive with the iodine titrant, the direct approach is generally not suitable, but can sometimes still be conducted in combination with a drying oven.
The touchscreen, on the front panel, allows adjustment of the procedure parameters and easy display of the resultant measurements. Once the apparatus is connected via USB to a computer, the Diram Measure software displays the measurements during the course of the titration. Again parameters such as circuit current, end-point of the titration, stirring rate, start-time of analysis, extraction time, temperature of the drying oven are all adjustable from the computer. The software also allows saving and export of the results for archival purposes.
Coulometer WTD combined with a drying oven
The sample for analysis is heated in the drying oven at suitable temperature and duration to ensure the release of all water present within the sample. The resultant vapour is transferred via a carrier gas into the titration flask. The built-in air pump is designed to permit use of pre-dried standard air as a carrier gas or a suitable inert gas can be employed as an alternative. This method allows water determination in some solid materials and other substances which would normally react with the iodine titrant.
This enhanced coulometric arrangement serves well for the pharmaceutical and food industries that required water determination in drugs, sugars, powdered extracts, cereals, etc. It is also useful for oils (for both machinery or within foods) that contain additives which react with iodine.
Coulometer WTD with module KOH
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The Tragedy Of Conceding Under Fire
Sharon must never resume negotiations or make any concessions under fire. The most significant achievement emerging from the Israeli-Palestinian renewed contacts under our sponsorship of the road map is that the Palestinians may have finally concluded that violence has failed not only to force Israel's hand but, as it has intensified, become a detriment to their own existence as a functioning society.
Sharon's response–however brutal it may at times have been–to the violence initiated by the Palestinians over the past 33 months, allied with his insistence never to negotiate under the gun, played a critical role in disabusing the Palestinians of their faith in it as a strategy. His policy, I believe, will in the long run be shown to have saved the lives of tens of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians and will perhaps be instrumental in saving the Palestinians' own commonwealth from utter ruin. The support of Sharon's strategy, albeit tacitly, by the Bush administration, the Arab states' inability and unwillingness to intervene, and Sharon's history of toughness, weighed heavily in producing the Palestinian self-reckoning. The danger that lies ahead is whether Sharon, under U.S. pressure, will be persuaded to continue to make further concessions, even in an environment of relatively low-level violence. Should he give in under such conditions, he risks destroying the fundamental premise on which current and future negotiations rest and may in the process possibly torpedo the prospects for ending the conflict anytime soon.
Violence as a means to undermine and eventually destroy Israel has always been central to the Palestinian strategy. Every charter of every Palestinian faction and the PLO itself calls for the destruction of Israel by any means, with an emphasis on violence through Jihad. The use of force to bring about the destruction of Israel was put into play at the moment of its creation in 1948. Only the level of violence and the tactics of employing it have changed periodically. But violence in the form of terrorism was seen consistently as indispensable to achieve Palestinian national objectives, and these were in turn based on the elimination of Israel. Although in 1988 PLO Chairman Arafat renounced terrorism, accepted Israel's right to exist, and committed himself to peaceful negotiations in exchange for Israel's recognition of the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinians, a low level violence (the first Intifadah) was maintained for the following five years until the signing of the first Oslo Accord in 1993. From that time until the eruption of the second Intifadah in September 2000, Palestinian violence against Israel fluctuated, its levels directly related to the progress, or the lack of, in the peace negotiations and the degree of concessions made by successive Israeli governments. In fact Palestinian violence was in fact so consistent that the late prime minster Rabin finally gave up on the idea of not negotiating under the gun and in 1994 coined the phrase, "We will negotiate as if there is no terror and we will deal with terrorism as it there is no negotiation." His statement, summing up the new government policy, effectively neutralized any motivation by the Palestinians to refrain from terrorism.
For the Palestinians there was incontestable proof that Israel would concede only under fire. This proof came in the form of Prime Minister Barak's withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon under Hizbullah's guns. The so-called security zone that Israel occupied in southern Lebanon between 1983 to 2000 to protect townships and farms in northern Israel from attack became a killing field for Israeli soldiers. Hizbullah killed over 1000 Israelis and thousands more during the 18-year Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Barak's decision to withdraw his forces from southern Lebanon during the cover of night in May of 2000 under Hizbullah's fire provided the Palestinians with compelling evidence of Israel's limited threshold for casualties and its disposition towards bending in dealing with persistent violence.
Successive Israeli governments over the years, having been taken in by Arafat's double- talk, repeatedly fell into the trap Palestinian violence laid for them. Each time this strengthened the Palestinians' belief that they could win more concessions only through violence. Some Israeli politicians like Yossi Bailin and Shimon Peres even articulated the existence of terror as a reason for accelerating negotiations and making greater concessions. The far more hard-line government of Benjamin Natanyahu also fell into the same trap, withdrawing Israeli troops from Hebron following the "Tunnel riots" and signing the Wye agreement, in the aftermath of the "Har Homa riots." Finally, in refusing Barak's far-reaching concessions offered at Camp David, including the establishment of a Palestinian state, a halt to settlement activity, transfer of most Israeli settlements to Palestinian control and the division of Jerusalem, Arafat chose the path of violence. With violence raging, Barak seemingly rewarded Arafat's decision, offering, as late as January 2001, more concessions at the Taba Talks, including permission for a large number of Palestinian refugees to return to Israel within the 1967 borders. To the Palestinians, his response was an object lesson on the efficacy of violence, and their understanding led to the strategy and the tragedy of the Second Intifadah.
The day he came to power, Sharon knew full well that the prospects of making peace rested on shifting the dynamic of the relationship between the two peoples. He faced the formidable task of turning the Palestinians' mindset away from the notion of the efficacy of violence, of disabusing them of the notion that Israel would concede only under fire. This is why he had to remain totally committed to the principle of no negotiations and no concessions under the gun. Sharon went further, adopting a strategy of raising the ante. He retaliated with increasingly punishing blows as violence, especially, in the form of suicide bombings, escalated. His targeted assassination of Palestinian militants, reoccupation of Palestinian territories, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian infrastructure finally forced the Palestinians to realize that violence offered a diminishing return and, if they continued in this path, every semblance of Palestinian nationhood would be destroyed.
Unfortunately, not all Palestinian factions have forsaken violence. Organizations like Hamas, Jihad, and other leftist groups, such as the Front for the Liberation of Palestine, still believe that Israel's ultimate destruction will come through armed struggle. These elements must eventually concede to Israel's reality, disarm, and join in the political process or face their own demise. On the other hand, Sharon must avoid any provocation unless acting to prevent an imminent attack. But as Israel and the Palestinians move along the path towards peace, all sides, particularly the United States, must realize that although Israel must eventually make many and in some cases, enormous– concessions to reach a final agreement, none should be made under fire of any level. Only this way will prevent the Road Map from becoming another relic of failed peacemaking. | <urn:uuid:de07a2d9-0084-4539-970a-0a4a0d372f2c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alonben-meir.com/writing/the-tragedy-of-conceding-under-fire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960594 | 1,382 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Backyard Safety Tips to Get the Most Out of Your “Staycation”
A backyard can often provide everything you might normally expect to enjoy on a vacation – without the expense or the hassle of traveling. And staycations can be even more enjoyable because you can invite friends and family to join the fun! To get the most benefit of your time at home, be sure you use these safety tips for a safe and fun summer:
– Be sure the grill is on a level surface and at least 10 feet away from the home and/or other structures.
– Never leave a grill unattended and keep children at least 3 feet away from hot areas.
– If you have a gas grill, never turn off the gas while the lid is closed as gas buildup can blow off the lid causing injuries to those close by. And be sure to completely close the valve at the source after each use.
– If using a charcoal grill and the fire needs rekindling, use dry kindling or more charcoal. Trying to rekindle with liquid fuel can cause a flash fire.
– Remember to remove grease and fat built up from grills and trays as not doing so can result in a fire on subsequent uses.
– Never leave a child unattended and ensure that no one swims alone.
– Be sure the pool area is equipped with adequate life saving gear including life preservers, a rescue hook/reaching pole and a rope with life-saving rings.
– Have secure fencing with a locked entrance surrounding the pool area and install an audible alarm to alert when someone enters the pool area unattended
– Prohibit diving unless there is an area of the pool specifically designed and clearly designated for diving
– Secure playlets on level ground above soft material or wood chips to help prevent injuries.
– Routinely inspect the structure for loose or rusty bolts, wood rot and general sturdiness and make appropriate repairs when necessary.
– Be sure there are no openings that could trap a child’s head or neck and always be sure to supervise children while using the playset.
– Ensure the fire pit is in a safe area away from flammable materials and your home, deck or low-hanging tree-branches.
– Never leave the fire unattended and be sure a responsible adult is present to supervise both while the fire is lit and until it has cooled off.
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Harmonic Filter Reactor
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The used of current sources inverters and converters is increasing continuosly, causing harmonics that results in additional losses, particular in capacitor for power factor correction systems.
Filtering with Holly harmonic circuit filter reactor provides the following advantages:
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Learn how to compress or uncompress files on your iPad. Learn how to compress or uncompress files on your iPhone or iPod touch. Let’s explore how to mount a VMDK file in Linux to access the files of the virtual disk as an example. There is a virtual disk of the ESXi format that contains one partition; a descriptor file is missing. A long time ago, Windows XP was installed on that virtual disk.
The most likely outcome is that they will extract only the first file. If you are looking for a full-featured 7-Zip alternative,Cisdem Unarchiveris a good option. Cisdem Unarchiver is the Mac Unarchiver and archiver to batch compress files, preview the contents inside archives and unzip archive files on Mac. It has an excellent support on packing and unpacking formats.
To unzip a file without using the command line, you can use the traditional Extract method provided in almost every mainstream Linux desktop environment. Somehow winzip was able to process the download folder in a different fashion. The download folder had flashed and nothing opened. Now if the contents are separated within the folder only one file within the folder will flash and the others will open normally.
- Image via oraxcel.com You can also do this while you’re creating the archive by checking the Encrypt added files box.
- Yes, we know not to zip an “in-use” file, but if it comes in does a directory list, we see this issue.
- The program works super quickly and it literally takes few seconds to unlock any zip file password.
Make sure to select FileSystem then in right window pane double-click on NtfsDisableEncryption DWORD. Select a location to receive the file and then click OK. You can also check out lists of best freePGP Encryption,Open Source Encryption, and Hard Disk Encryptionsoftware for Windows. Remember to remove that script after you’re done!!
Innovative Launcher & Clipboard Manager For Windows
If you’re interested in learning more about executable files and how to create an executable file, here’s what you need to do. Microsoft’s operating systems already include a number of fonts. However, if users want to install their own fonts on Windows 10 or Windows 11, there are several options to do so. A solution based on Group Policy Preferences can be used for the central distribution of fonts. Okay, so now that I’ve attached a VHD, how do I detach it? The only environment I can’t share it with is with my host Windows 7 environment.
Process Multiple Files
For loop to loop through all folders in the current directory, and put the path into a variable %%F. Launch the bat, and all rar’s/zips will be extracted into the folder they are contained in. What I don’t get is that the zip and unzip commands are not build into Powershell or cmd. An attorney or lawyer for a law firm ZIPs together a set of related legal documents such as a will, trust, claim, or other estate planning documents and shares them with their client.
The above instructions will rename every file within the folder. However, if you want to change the name of a particular file format, such as documents, pictures, or videos, you can use the “-filter” option. After you complete the steps, Command Prompt will rename the files using the options you specified in the command. In this post, we will learn how to retrieve a list of files in a folder in Excel. We will import all the files and folder details in Excel to keep track of file size, type, and modified date. We are working on many files & folder in Windows PC or laptop & there are chances that we may end up adding or deleting files & Download Utorrent here folders regularly.
Moreover, make sure you have administrator access to the system. You have looked at the different safe and unsafe plastics, and what kinds of plastics you can effectively use to freeze food. So the next time you are about to freeze some food, consider wrapping it in an aluminum foil instead of a cling–wrap.
How To Get In Or Out Of Windows 7 Safe Mode Easily
As most torrenting websites are downloading movies illegally or have copyright issues. There are occasions that you might fall into legal problems if you download pirated or copyright-violated content. It’s best to ignore such copyright-violated content in the first place. This torrenting website for movies can also download TV series, games, anime, software, eBooks, and music for you. Banned in the UK and Portugal, this site has around 1 million torrents 7-Zip under its belt.
If you spend time on internet message boards such as 8chan or Reddit, you may come across invitations to private torrenting communities. Since these sites aren’t easily accessible to the public, they may appear to be more anonymous and secure. Be aware that private torrenting sites’ obscure nature can’t guarantee an absence of copyright enforcers, and using them for file sharing can also lead to legal consequences. EZTV is widely known as the top torrent site for TV shows with an enormous selection, clean and ad-free interface, and range of resolution options.
- Configure the VPN service to encrypt all of your internet traffic.
- Equally, it is possible to rotate the screen when playing subtitles.
- Once you’re done downloading, you become a “seeder” and you continue to upload to other peers.
This kind of downloads consume a lot of bandwidth, and slowing down your connection is a way of saving resources. Before even thinking about speed, your priority should be getting a VPN to download torrents safely. A Virtual Private Network is a very handy software that makes you anonymous and very hard to trace.
Should You Avoid Free Vpns?
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When you delete or remove the torrents from the application, your computer won’t remove or erase the actual data files that you were downloading. First, it’s only focused on movies, and it does its best to track torrents with HD quality and small size, optimizing for any device or bandwidth. Second, ad intrusion is minimal, and the interface is beautiful. It’s simply one of the best torrent sites for downloading movies.
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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is a large-scale assessment designed to inform educational policy and practice by providing an international perspective of teaching and learning in reading literacy.
PIRLS involves comprehensive assessments of reading literacy for students in Year 4, supported by extensive data about country, school and classroom learning environments. It sits alongside its sister project, TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), in providing detailed information about the performance of students in Year 4 in the key areas of reading, mathematics and science.
PIRLS has been conducted every five years since 2001, with Australia participating for the first time in 2011, again in 2016 and now in 2021.
Although Australian students were originally scheduled to complete the PIRLS assessment in November 2020, disruptions to schooling caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the rescheduling of the PIRLS assessment for October and November 2021.
Who is involved in PIRLS?
In Australia, around 36 schools in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland will participate in a field test in March 2020. In October and November 2021 an additional 290 schools and more than 6000 students in Year 4 across the entire country will be involved in the main data collection phase.
Around 60 countries will participate in PIRLS 2021.
PIRLS is a project of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and is directed by the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College in collaboration with a worldwide network of organisations and representatives from the participating countries.
In Australia, PIRLS is managed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training and the State and Territory Departments of Education. Under the Australian Education Act 2013 and the Australian Education Regulations 2013, all sampled schools are required to participate in PIRLS. | <urn:uuid:bbeb96fb-7f23-42ca-893d-ffae2bdb72cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.acer.org/au/pirls | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.952505 | 395 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Who can provide medical addiction treatment? Not just psychiatrists.
I’M NOT A PSYCHIATRIST
When I tell therapists or my patients that I am an Addiction Medicine physician, not a psychiatrist, they frequently respond with a quizzical look. Patients may ask themselves, am I in the right place?
WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR TREATS ADDICTION?
The confusion about addiction medicine versus psychiatry is understandable, especially when people are used to the idea of seeing a psychiatrist for addiction treatment, or if they are fortunate, an addiction psychiatrist.
Over the past decade the opioid epidemic has highlighted the role of pain, especially chronic pain, in addiction. Yet, most medical physicians and psychiatrists don’t treat addiction (or chronic pain) in their practice.
Why is that?
WHAT KIND OF TRAINING IN ADDICTION TREATMENT DO DOCTORS GET?
Until recently, medical education has largely ignored addiction.
Most practicing doctors received no training on addiction treatment in medical school.
I graduated from a top-tier medical school in 2006. I was taught how to recognize and treat many of the medical complications of substance use such as:
- Liver disease
- Hepatitis C
- Blood infection
- Vascular disease
I did not receive any training on how to assess and treat addiction itself.
THE WRONG MESSAGE ABOUT DRUG ADDICTION
Compulsive and dangerous drug use was considered self-destructive behavior that made patients frustratingly sick and more expensive to treat.
The message relayed to my generation of doctors was that these patients just didn’t want to get better, and they didn’t deserve the health care resources the way that people with other diseases did.
Until I started working in the field of addiction, I assumed that psychiatrists treated substance use disorders, but I was wrong. At least most got exposure to addiction treatment as part of their training, even if they never treated a patient for addiction once they went into practice.
Addiction Psychiatry became an official subspecialty of psychiatry in 1993. This is shockingly late given how much sickness and premature death were caused in the 20th century by alcohol, tobacco, opioid and cocaine use.
Few psychiatrists pursued specific training in addiction. At the time it was not as in-demand as other specialties, and as now, there was tremendous stigma around “those patients”.
So for over 20 years the only pathway to board certification in the field of addiction required completion of 3-5 years of psychiatry training and after that additional in-depth training in addiction. Physicians who were not psychiatrists were excluded from this training and certification.
EXPANDING OPTIONS FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT: THE BIRTH OF ADDICTION MEDICINE
In recent years, Addiction Medicine has become its own officially recognized specialty with board certification provided by the American Board of Preventative Medicine.
Addiction medicine is open as a subspecialty to psychiatrists as well as to medical doctors from other specialties including internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, and even transfusion medicine (my former specialty) among others.
WHY SHOULD I LOOK FOR A BOARD CERTIFIED DOCTOR?
Physicians aren’t actually required to be board certified to practice, but board certification is an important signifier that your doctor has completed a rigorous process of training, clinical experience and examination in their field of certification. To maintain certification, physicians must demonstrate that they are staying up to date within their specialty and many must take additional exams throughout their career.
To be eligible to take the board exam for Addiction Medicine physicians must:
- complete an addiction medicine fellowship
- have extensive clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders
A small number of individuals, including me, qualified by clinical experience AND also pursued advanced training through an addiction medicine fellowship.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADDICTION MEDICINE AND ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY?
While the scopes of addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine overlap considerably there are some general differences between the two fields.
- Explicitly includes the assessment and treatment of chronic pain conditions
- There is more comfort with the medical complications and disorders in people struggling with addiction such as chronic heart, lung or liver disease or infection.
- Psychiatrists have more skill in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as schizophrenia, dementia, severe personality disorders, autism and other developmental disorders
BOTH ADDICTION MEDICINE AND ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY
- Includes training to recognize and treat the psychiatric disorders that commonly occur in patients with addiction such as mood disorders, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and sleep disturbances.
- Emphasize the understanding of the biological, psychological, social and environmental factors that contribute to the development of addiction, its clinical course, and response to treatment
- Must know how to manage and treat intoxication, withdrawal and long term effects of substances of abuse and be able diagnosis and treat behavioral addictions in addition to drug and alcohol use disorders.
- Physicians of both specialties must be familiar with the various individual and group therapies effective in recovery treatment as well as the clinical levels of care and treatment settings for substance use disorders.
HOW TO CHOSE A DOCTOR
The choice of who to see for your addiction treatment, chronic pain or mental health conditions should be based on a number of factors.
Certification is a marker of clinical knowledge, but consider also using these questions to help you chose:
- Does your doctor make you feel safe and respected or do they increase your feelings of fear and shame?
- Does your doctor listen to you and ask questions in a non-judgmental way?
- Does your doctor take the time to educate you about your conditions and treatment options?
- Do you feel like a partner in making treatment decisions or do you feel that decisions are made without you?
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Emirati Women Tap into Sustained Rise in Economic Participation
Image: DSC Logo
Index of Life Expectancy for Emirati Women in Dubai Stands at 80 Years
Emirati Women Excel in Health and Education Sectors
A special report recently released by the Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) revealed that 13% of the Emirati women working in Dubai held top senior positions (in the senior employee and manager categories). The report further highlighted that 33.4% of these women work in specialized occupations.
Commenting on the findings of the report, Afaf Ahmed Bo Assibah, Director of the Economic Statistics Department, stated: "Such figures confirm the success of government policies developed with the aim of achieving gender balance. Indeed, the Emirati woman has become one of the key pillars towards achieving development in all regions of the UAE." She pointed out that these figures emphasized the success of Emirati women's in various fields of leadership, professional posts, management and entrepreneurship.
"UAE society has become an ideal model for positive partnerships between, and integration of, the roles of men and women in various fields. The UAE was founded upon the principles advocated by the nation's founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may his soul rest in peace. The UAE's wise leadership went on to implement constructive policies and strategies that support these principles unto this very day," stated Bo Assibah.
Emirati Women's Sustained Economic Participation
Afaf Ahmed Bo Assibah pointed out that the net rate of Emirati women's economic participation in Dubai (labor force rates from the population aged 15 years and above) rose by 1.7 % in 2017 compared to 2016 increasing from 35.8% to 37.5%. "It is a gradual increase in the sustained rate of Emirati women's participation in the Dubai labor market," she stressed.
Life Expectancy Index
Bo Assibah also revealed that the UAE is still achieving remarkable rates comparable to the international rates realized by other developed countries in the index of women's life expectancy at birth. "In the Emirate of Dubai, the average of life expectancy of Emirati women at birth was established to be 80 years in 2017, i.e. Emirati women are expected to live nearly 80 years from the date of their birth," she said. She commented on the reasons behind such a remarkable result and attributed this to a generally high quality of life as well as the level of services provided to women, such as health care, nutrition and welfare.
Education and Health
Bo Assibah underscored the fact that Dubai's statistical reports show that Emirati women achieved superior and outstanding performance in several strategic sectors, such as education and health. She pointed out that in Dubai, the percentage of female Emirati teachers rose from 97.1% in the academic year 2015-2016 to 97.8% in the academic year 2016-2017 - compared to the total number of male Emirati teachers during the same two academic years.
The percentage of female Emirati medical doctors and dentists working in DHA hospitals and centers was 79.6% of the total number of Emirati doctors and dentists in DHA hospitals and centers in 2017.
Statistics show that all Emirati nursing staff working in DHA hospitals and centers are Emirati women. Emirati females also outnumbered males in the fields of pharmacy and other technical positions. They comprised 94.7% and 93.0% respectively out of the total number of Emirati nationals specializing in pharmacy and other technical professions in DHA hospitals and centers.
From the data, it's crystal-clear that there is an exceedingly higher percentage of Emirati women working in the private health sector compared to Emirati male workers in this sector. The percentage of Emirati women working in the private health sector ranged from 65.0- 66.0% during 2016 and 2017.
Commenting on the remarkable achievement of Emirati women in the aforementioned specialized professions which require scientific qualifications, the Director of the Economic Statistics Department attributed this to the marked increase in the number of Emirati women who reside in Dubai and hold bachelor's degrees (or higher) in various disciplines. "This has boosted the level of Emirati women's economic participation in terms of the highest levels of efficiency and skill required by the labor market," she remarked. Bo Assibah stated that in 2017 the percentage of Emirati females holding a bachelor's degree (or higher) stood at 29.0% of the total female Emiratis residing in Dubai. She highlighted the fact that the gap in the number of Emirati males holding bachelor's' degrees (or higher) is also in favor of Emirati females (where the gap increased to 2.3 %).
Female Emirati Employees
The number of Emirati women working in the Emirate of Dubai increased from 28,668 in 2016 to 29,596 in 2017, accounting for 36.9% of the total number of Emirati workers residing in Dubai in that period. "Reasons behind such a significant increase are attributed to an increase in the numbers of Emirati women who enjoy high scientific qualifications - with 52.8% of the total number of Emirati women working in Dubai holding a bachelor's degree (or higher)," explained Bo Assibah.
DSC Employee Happiness Rises to 98%
Winning the Happiest Employees Award of Dubai Government Excellence Program six times in a row (along with numerous regional and international awards) for excellence in the work environment and employees happiness, Raisa Al Jezairi, Director of Human Resources Department, revealed how the happiness levels of female employees hit record levels, currently standing at 97.51%. She commented on factors that led to such significant and unprecedent levels by saying: "This record percentage is attributed to the high attention and great efforts exerted by DSC to achieve the highest levels of excellence in the work environment and the happiness of our human capital in general - and female employees in particular. This has been achieved by furnishing all the elements that stimulate success and comfort as well as through considering their professional and social needs in line with our cultural heritage, in addition to providing the full support needed by all female employees to realize their aspirations," she reported. She went on to emphasize: "We are proud of our work environment and our achievements."
The Human Resources Director added that women have been key players in all DSC's achievements since its establishment. "Emirati women are involved in all leadership, engineering, administrative, professional and technical positions. On top of their success in these professions, Emirati women proved to be successful in our core business, field statistics," she remarked.
She indicated that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, honored the first official Emirati woman working as a field statistician, Shamsa bin Harib, in the Dubai Government's Excellence award ceremony. She signed off with: "We are also proud to announce that Afaf Bo Assibah and Ramla Al Wahidi recently won the Stevie International Award for Outstanding Women under the "Extraordinary" Category." | <urn:uuid:22c91bfe-609e-4c62-b18d-bc6385f79e6e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/DSC-News/Pages/Emirati-Women-Tap-into-Sustained-Rise-in-Economic-Participation-.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.955762 | 1,460 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers earlier this month urged the Biden administration to terminate the cooperative agreements between the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their state and local law enforcement partners under what is known as the 287(g) program.
Such a reflexive policy decision, if pursued, would be a dangerous and reckless move that would place local communities at greater risk of preventable criminal activity.
The 287(g) program, created more than 20 years ago, allows ICE to confer upon interested and qualified state or local law enforcement agencies limited immigration enforcement authorities.
Practically speaking, the program allows trained local law enforcement partners to identify suspected illegal immigrants among their local criminally incarcerated populations and to then transmit that information to ICE for potential enforcement.
These state and local law enforcement partners act as force multipliers for ICE, and the collaborative relationship allows the jurisdictions they serve to benefit from the potential removal of often dangerous and habitual criminals from within their communities.
Although largely abandoned under the Obama administration, during the past four years, we sought to grow and expand the program to include dozens of new partners in communities across the nation, communities particularly affected by the ancillary effects of an unsecured border.
Those voluntary partnerships have proved beneficial to both DHS and the local jurisdictions.
Unlike some mischaracterizations of the program may suggest, 287(g) has never been a matter of federal law enforcement commandeering state and local personnel and resources into doing their work for them.
Participating agencies sought to enter into those partnerships voluntarily, knowing the tremendous public safety benefits that they could realize by partnering with their federal counterparts. In fact, over the past four years, we had more state and local law enforcement agencies seek participation in the 287(g) program than we could accommodate.
Having spent nearly two decades in local law enforcement prior to joining DHS, I know firsthand the benefits of strong federal, state, and local collaboration. These multijurisdictional task forces and partnerships have been essential to the dismantling of a wide array of criminal enterprises, including child exploitation and drug and weapons sales, as well as transnational criminal activity.
No matter the specific area of enforcement, collaboration and open communication is always preferable to isolation and willful silence.
Some members of Congress and elements within the Biden administration might feel the desire to reflexively cancel, alter, or repudiate any and all policy directives of the Trump administration.
That may be especially so in the often contentious area of immigration enforcement. But policy decisions, especially those concerning national security and public safety, must not be made solely through political lenses.
Working with our state and local partners to empower them to improve the public safety of their own communities is a commonsense measure that should be encouraged and expanded, not discouraged and vilified.
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JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.
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- Amongst young drivers, driving while drowsy is quite common due to lifestyle factors. Adolescents need more sleep than adults and fatigue may affect youngsters more than adults.
- Most professional drivers and shift workers have to cope with fatigued driving on a frequent basis due to work-related factors. According to surveys, half of professional drivers take less than normal sleep time before a long-distance trip
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Interesting Facts Behind Concrete
Concrete is something that most people take for granted. It gets walked on, driven on, and played on, and most don’t have a second thought about it. There are some interesting things you might want to know so you can appreciate it more fully.
1. Concrete Is an Ancient Material
It’s said concrete has its origins as far back as 800 BC. It was slightly different in the way it was produced, but it played the same role that it does today. Many structures that you see in history books about the Roman empire include concrete that was made from pozzolana. This material is basically volcanic ash mixed with water, which is quite similar to the concrete we use today.
2. Scientists Don’t Understand the Chemical Reaction
It seems scientists figure everything out. With time and experimentation, there are a lot of mysteries that are solved, simply by science. What has not been figured out is the chemical reaction of concrete. When the powder mixes with water, it becomes a liquid material that hardens to what we know as sidewalks, parking lots, roads, and curbs, but scientists don’t know how that happens. Considering how old concrete is, it’s a pretty amazing mystery! Although there are plenty of theories, not one has been proven and cemented in as the true answer to the question.
3. Concrete Is Used More Than Any Other Building Material
Around the world are various building projects using various materials, but none of those materials are used as much as concrete. It’s even used for restroom partitions! Aluminum, steel, plastic, and wood are widely used, but even they don’t make up as many projects as you find using concrete, which accounts for more than twice those other materials combined.
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10 warning signs your identity has been stolen
What is identity theft?
Identity theft is when a cyber criminal steals your personal and/or financial information. This could be personal information like your birthdate, Social Security number, or email address and phone number. Or — and even more dangerous — when your financial information is stolen, giving someone access to your bank account, login information, or credit card numbers.
Identity theft is all too common. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates as many as 9 million Americans have their identity stolen each year. With the rise of tele-health and other online experiences, this number is expected to grow.
The resulting headache is time-consuming, costly, and stressful; the average cost of resolving identity fraud was $2,895, and it can take weeks or even months to unravel.
How does identity theft happen?
Your personal or financial information can be stolen in several ways. Losing your wallet, not logging out of public computers, or accessing public WiFi without encryption can all leave your valuable information in the wrong hands. Likewise, clicking on dangerous links that run vicious viruses or not being careful enough while browsing the dark web are risky behaviors too.
Your information could also be compromised by large-scale corporate data breaches. In 2017, Equifax was hacked, with millions affected. 2019 saw another malicious attack when Capital One’s database was breached, with over 100 million Americans affected.
Here are some tips that can keep you safe:
- Don’t click on any suspicious links.
- Don’t give out your personal or financial information on a public network.
- Make sure you have anti-virus software and that it’s up to date.
- Change your passwords often.
- Get a free credit report every year from a major credit reporting agency (Experian, TransUnion, or Equifax)
- Follow up on any suspicious activity on your credit report.
- Purchase an internet surveillance plan
And remember, your best bet is to use an abundance of caution when online.
How will I know if someone is using my identity?
Here are some things to look for, according to the Federal Trading Commission (FTC), the authority on identity restoration in the case of theft:
- Check your bank statement often — at least every month — to make sure there aren’t any withdrawals or transactions you didn’t make.
- If you use personal checks, and they are suddenly no longer welcome at places they used to be.
- Bills and regular mail stops coming.
- You get phone calls from debt collectors about unpaid amounts for which you can’t account.
- You get mail in your name that’s obviously intended for another person. This person could be using your name and address.
- There are suspicious items on your credit report.
- You get medical bills in the mail. Or worse, you’re told you’ve reached your maximum benefit of your medical plan even when you know you didn’t use them up.
- You get W-2s for companies for whom you’ve never worked or the IRS notifies you of another tax return filed in your name.
- More certainly, you get an email or letter stating your information was compromised in a data breach. You should be offered free restoration in such case; be sure to save all communication regarding the breach.
- Your wallet and its contents are lost or stolen. Notify all credit card companies and banks and request new cards (and new card numbers). If your Social Security card was in your lost or stolen wallet, here are some additional steps you can take to protect yourself.
How do I check to see if someone is using my Social Security number?
The FTC recommends following these additional steps if your Social Security number is being used by a cyber criminal:
- If your information was exposed by a third-party’s data breach, take advantage of their restoration offer, which should include free credit monitoring for at least a year. Or order your own at annualcreditreport.com. Alert the FTC immediately if you see any transactions or accounts you don’t recognize.
- You can freeze your credit to block any new accounts or lines of credit. Or you can place a fraud alert on your account to make it more difficult for anyone trying to use your stolen identity for financial gain.
- File your taxes early. This way, the right tax return is processed and cyber criminals with your Social Security number won’t be able to fraudulently file.
- Check your credit report regularly to watch out for any new activity.
- If someone is misusing your personal information, report your identity stolen here.
Safe browsing, friends! The internet should make life easier, more fun, and more productive. But identity theft is very real. Use caution and know what to look out for to protect your identity and personal information.
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High performance thermoplastics are extensively being used in a host of industrial sectors, including automotive, aerospace, and healthcare. On the basis of current observations and widening applications of high performance thermoplastics, the global demand for high performance thermoplastics is expected to witness a steady growth in the upcoming months. The increasing awareness pertaining to the advantages of high performance thermoplastics is attracting users from an array of industrial domains. The oil & gas industry, along with the defense sector, is anticipated to provide lucrative opportunities to the players involved in the current high performance thermoplastics market landscape during the forecast period.
Optimum heat and chemical resistance of high performance thermoplastics, along with the favorable good melt process-ability are some of the major factors that have led to considerable growth in the demand for high performance thermoplastics in recent years– a trend that is expected to continue over the course of the assessment period. At present, non-melting and imidized materials, semi-crystalline thermoplastics, and amorphous thermoplastics are some of the most popular categories of high performance thermoplastics.
At the back of these factors, along with the augmenting demand for biodegradable materials for use in a range of applications, the global high performance thermoplastics is expected to expand at a commendable rate in the upcoming years.
The aerospace industry is slated to provide abundant opportunities to the players operating in the current high performance thermoplastics market landscape. Steel, aluminum, and titanium have remained the most popular and extensively used materials within the aerospace sector. However, the increasing demand for weight reduction and fuel efficiency has compelled companies across the aviation sector to make use of cutting-edge materials, including high performance thermoplastics. Popular companies such as Boeing and Airbus, along with several other noteworthy market players including GE Aviation, BAE Systems, Bombardier, and Lockheed Martin have increasingly leaned toward the use of high performance thermoplastics to comply with laid down standards. As aviation companies continue to seek new ways to minimize fuel costs, the increasing demand for lightweight aircraft continues to remain one of the major factors expected to fuel the growth of the global high performance thermoplastics market in the upcoming years.
While cost reduction is likely to remain one of the major factors fueling the adoption of high performance thermoplastics, the optimum physical characteristics make high performance thermoplastics one of the most promising materials. Exceptional durability, low friction co-efficient, ease of sterilization, and resistance to hydraulic pressure continue to remain key metrics augmenting the sales of high performance thermoplastics in the near future. Advancements in additive manufacturing of engineering thermoplastics are expected to open up new avenues for players operating in the current market for high performance thermoplastics.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is anticipated to have a strong impact on the overall growth of the global high performance thermoplastics market in 2020. Barriers in the supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to hinder the growth of the global high performance thermoplastics market in 2020. Restrictions on transportation, cross-border trade, and stringent lockdown measure imposed by governments in various regions have negatively influenced the demand for high performance thermoplastics in 2020. While the growth in the second and the third quarter is likely to remain sluggish, the market is projected to show signs of recovery toward the last quarter of 2020.
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Almost None of the Theory of Stochastic Processes
by Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University 2010
Number of pages: 347
This is intended to be a second course in stochastic processes. It is assumed that you have had a first course on stochastic processes, using elementary probability theory. You will be re-studying stochastic processes within the framework of measure-theoretic probability.
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“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliot
How true. David, one of my fellow three hikers and climbers, told us a story about giving up on getting to the peak where he met Marie and I, where he went on to an even more difficult part of the journey. I found it fascinating because he showed me a video of him explaining how giving up was taking care of himself. By the end of our journey, he was able to see, as well meaning as the need to self-care might be, wasn’t truthful, but a story he told himself. He freely admitted that watching another person pass him by shortly after doing the video changed his mind, someone he saw as determined and willing to persevere despite limitations.
So, how do we know when to give up? I have no answer to that question. I would suggest when we focus on what’s in front of us, step by step, we don’t have time to think of giving up, or persevering for that matter. When what we are doing in this moment is our entire universe the only choice is how we do what we are doing, not whether we can do it. We don’t give up, we redirect. We may change course, but we don’t abandon our direction. We may modify our goals, but we don’t let them go. It’s a very Zen and Tao approach to the gritty experience of living in a transient universe.
I was grateful to David for sharing his, “There’s a time to give up” story with me. It really reflects that we are so much more than our perceived limitation will allow, it’s just a matter of that next small step, the one David’s taking in the photo.
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There are hundreds of thousands of people who helped make the National Aeronautics and Space Administration what it is today.
From astronauts and engineers to lawmakers and historians -- NASA has celebrated hundreds of historic moments over its six decades of operation.
The agency celebrates 62 years on Oct. 1, 2020, and as of right now, preparations are already underway to send the first woman and the next man to the moon by 2024.
Even as the United States revered its powerful rockets and marked historic firsts over decades of space exploration, women were often key to making those moments and machinery happen.
Many quite literally wrote the equations by hand that would make sure NASA’s earliest astronauts got to space safely and into the correct orbit.
Much of the success of the 1962 Friendship 7 mission, which saw astronaut John Glenn being the first American to orbit Earth, is owed to mathematician Katherine Johnson.
She wrote by hand the orbital trajectory of that first launch.
In an interview in 2011, she recalled Glenn asking her to double-check the math of the new “electronic computations.”
“He said, ‘Call her. And if she says the computer is right, I’ll take it,’” she said.
Johnson died in February at age 101.
More than 400,000 people worked to ensure the success of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. One of those people was Margaret Hamilton, who actually coined the term “software engineering.”
Hamilton led the team that created the software for the mission that saw the first human to land on the moon. NASA said her team’s “Apollo guidance software was so robust that no software bugs were found on any crewed Apollo missions.”
In 2016, Hamilton was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A famous photo of her in the late 1960s shows Hamilton standing next to a stack of Apollo Guidance Computer source code, which is as tall as she is.
The first woman in space was the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. NASA didn’t send an American woman into space until 20 years later.
That was Sally Ride.
Ride flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, almost to the day of Tereshkova’s 20th anniversary.
Ride became an expert in the use of the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm, which launched two communications satellites and the first Shuttle Pallet Satellite, which took some stunning images of the Challenger above the earth.
Ride died in 2012 at age 61.
Since Ride’s mission 37 years ago, more than 50 women have flown to space as NASA astronauts.
In 2018, mechanical engineer Holly Ridings was named NASA’s first woman flight director at mission control.
In 2019, astronaut Christina Koch launched to the International Space Station for a long-duration mission. When she returned in February 2020, she broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman after 328 days in space.
This year, NASA named engineer Kathy Lueders to head its Human Spaceflight Office. She’s the first woman to hold the position and is responsible for all crewed missions to space.
Lueders previously led the Commercial Crew Program, which oversees NASA’s efforts to send astronauts to space on private spacecraft, including the successful May 30 launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon from Kennedy Space Center.
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Bus stations near La Gondola in 聖方濟各堂區
|C660 路環居民大會堂 Assoc. De M. De Coloane||2 min walk||VIEW|
|C659 路環街市 Mercado M. De Coloane, Coloane Market||3 min walk||VIEW|
Bus lines to La Gondola in 聖方濟各堂區
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What are the closest stations to La Gondola?
The closest stations to La Gondola are:
- C660 路環居民大會堂 Assoc. De M. De Coloane is 104 meters away, 2 min walk.
- C659 路環街市 Mercado M. De Coloane, Coloane Market is 174 meters away, 3 min walk.
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The Bus fare to La Gondola costs about P6.00.
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What are the ways to exercise at home?
Yoga can be carried out at home. Yoga does not need to use props. It is relatively convenient and can also exercise the ductility of body muscles. Hula hoops are suitable for a wide range of people. They can also exercise abdominal muscles, hip muscles, and leg muscles. Push-ups are a common form of exercise, usually 20 in a group.
Yoga takes up a small space and does not need to use and cooperate with any fitness props, so it is a very convenient way to exercise. Yoga is different from general exercise. It mainly exercises the brain and muscles according to some actions and meditation. Practicing yoga at home can exercise the stretching of all parts of the body, which is beneficial to health.
2. Hula hoop
Hula hoops can exercise abdominal muscles, hip muscles, leg muscles, etc., and the use method of hula hoops is very simple. It is suitable for a wide range of people and is welcomed by many regions. It is one of the preferred ways to exercise at home. However, it is best not to eat before turning the hula hoop. After eating, digest for an hour and then use the hula hoop.
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I care a lot about race, racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
I say that by way of explanation for both my curiosity and nervousness as I watched the first installment of the six-part documentary series Black.White. The show is airing on FX at 10 p.m. on Wednesdays, EST.
By way of background let me mention that I have written about my white man’s guilt and other thoughts on race.
There have been many attempts in television and film to address issues of race and prejudice. One reason I wrote such a positive review of the movie Crash was because it did a good job of talking about how we all have some prejudices, although how much we acknowledge and act on it varies.
But for every Crash, there are 10 other programs that exacerbate stereotypes about various races.
Although I had given up on reality shows, I decided to give Black. White a try. It also helped that I respected the director/producer, R.J. Cutler, who made the excellent documentary The War Room, about Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential election.
The premise of this series is simple: Take two families, one white and one black, and use make-up to make the white family black, and the black family white, and then have the two families live together.
The situation could result in some profound conversations, exchanges of racial remarks or, more likely, something in between.
If it does a good job of addressing racial issues that could lead to advances in race relations, however slight. If it screws up, it will join the junk heap of programs that try – but fail – to do a good job covering racial issues.
I have a bad feeling about this show after watching the first episode and reading news reports suggesting the footage has been manipulated to make some situations appear more extreme and racially charged than they actually were.
My biggest concern at this point is Bruno, the white father of the family. Bruno is the kind of guy who — as he openly says — looks forward to being able to say the n-word. Each time Bruno uses the slur, the camera pans to Brian, the black father, who looks upset. Brian later says “my jaws clench up” when he hears the word.
Bruno is the kind of guy who is excited because now he can try out his “black” walk. Bruno is the kind of guy who suggests black men, including Brian, go out of their way to look for racist situations. In other words, Bruno is a clueless idiot.
Perhaps that is fitting.
Maybe Bruno symbolizes what is wrong with the average American.
So now I brace for the rest of the episodes with the hope that Bruno – and by extension those who think like him – will have some breakthrough moment where they realize that Brian is right that racism, while more subtle in nature, still exists and is a terrible problem.
That instead the show will contain moments like, in the first episode, when the white family demonstrates the way that white people hug and the black family shows how it differs from how black people hug.
This was shown as if this was some revealing moment. But the reality is there is no one universal way that all black, or all white, people hug, just as no race collectively thinks alike on more substantive issues.
I sure hope the series improves. Otherwise, the series may be simply replacing old stereotypes with new ones and the Brunos of the world will remain clueless. | <urn:uuid:76c9396d-54a4-4115-bf02-b624349c5bd3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogcritics.org/tv-review-blackwhite-episode-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.972899 | 720 | 1.601563 | 2 |
On October 3, 2017, the Irish High Court referred Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Limited & Maximilian Schrems to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), where the future of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) will be decided (here).
In December 2015—following the CJEU’s landmark decision in Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework—Schrems amended his original complaint to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), challenging the validity of data transfers to the U.S. based on the European Commission approved SCCs (available here). Based on the CJEU’s Schrems decision, the Irish DPC petitioned the Irish High Court asking to refer the matter to the CJEU for ruling on the question of whether the European Commission’s SCC decisions are valid under European law. Specifically, the Data Protection Commissioner questioned whether there is an effective remedy under U.S. law compatible with the requirements of Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for an EU citizen whose data is transferred to the U.S., where such data is subject to electronic surveillance by U.S. agencies for national security purposes. EU citizens have a right guaranteed by Article 47 of the Charter to an effective remedy before an independent tribunal if their rights or freedoms are violated. These include the rights under Articles 7 and 8 to respect for private and family life and protection of personal data.
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Providing data subjects with meaningful information regarding the processing of their personal data and their rights with respect to such processing is an axiom of privacy law—and a key requirement under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The significance of this principle of transparency was recently highlighted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Bărbulescu v. Romania where the court affirmed an employee’s right to privacy when using communications tools in the workplace due, in part, to the employer’s failure to provide adequate notice regarding its internet monitoring activities. This post briefly discusses the principle of transparency under GDPR and its application to the Bărbulescu case.
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The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU’s most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years, replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive.
In our ongoing series of GDPR-focused webinars, we guide attendees through the (GDPR) provisions, which will take effect on May 25, 2018 for all companies conducting business with EU citizens.
With the deadline for compliance quickly approaching, these sessions provide practical, detailed advice on preparations, as well as developments related to GDPR compliance preparations. We have included links to each of these sessions and a summary of what was covered below.
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The use of “big data” throughout all levels of the economy has led authorities in both Europe and the United States to begin examining how such data may be used as a commodity and, therefore, how it might regulated.
However, authorities on either side of the Atlantic seem to be offering different approaches on the matter; those in Europe are suggesting that big data should be subject to EU abuse of dominance law, whereas U.S. authorities are resisting the notion of big data as an “essential facility” and are suggesting it be considered as an asset within existing merger review processes.
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Intro to Dinghy Sailing
Monday, Aug 8, 2022 (5:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
Event Information: This two and a half hour on-land lesson will cover the basics of sailing and introduce you to two of the Hoofer Sailing Club’s introductory boats, the Badger Techs and RS Zests. Instructional topics will include boat vocabulary, basic sailing principles, knots, and rigging (setting up) both types of boat. Students will not be in boats during this lesson and are welcome to wear regular clothes instead of sailing clothes.
Location: This lesson will meet under the yellow canopy next to the lake lab. If you are unable to find your instructor, or if there is inclement weather, please check in with the Outdoor UW Office.
Prerequisites: Ground School Attendance Rating.
Students who take this lesson will be issued the Intro to Dinghy Attendance Rating
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In 2009, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl’s halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That’s how Born to Run, Springsteen’s extraordinary autobiography, began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song “Born to Run” reveals more than we previously realized.
Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River,” “Born in the U.S.A.,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.
DAN STONE has worked as a landscaper, bartender, middle school teacher, writer, and editor. A native of Syracuse, New York, Stone is the founder and editor-in-chief of Radio Silence, a magazine of literature and rock & roll. He worked for six years as a program manager and documentary producer at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he wrote and produced 25 radio documentaries and helped create and run the national initiatives Poetry Out Loud, Shakespeare in American Communities, and The Big Read. Stone interviewed Elvis Costello for City Arts & Lectures in 2015. | <urn:uuid:0fbd0be4-0a9c-455f-a9d1-9bfc2ee91574> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cityarts.net/event/bruce-springsteen/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.973947 | 508 | 1.546875 | 2 |
The OECD Weighs In
The OECD recently published a great report on possible fiscal scenarios, and the results are exactly as expected: if the advanced countries of the world want to return to a sustainable growth path, they must combine medium-term fiscal consolidation with long-term structural reform. These results are based off econometric modeling the OECD has carried out in the past, extended to simulate fiscal and structural reform.
The OECD divides the world’s possible actions into three categories: inaction, a largely baseline scenario; a fiscal consolidation as soon as economically possible; and fiscal consolidation paired with long-term structural reform. According to the OECD, a fiscal consolidation would see reduced government spending and possible tax increases with the ultimate goal of lowering the deficit to pre-crisis levels. In the U.S, this level of sustainable debt is believed to hover somewhere around 3 percent of GDP. On the other hand, long-term structural reform would address not just the current levels of spending and taxation, but also the long-term drivers of increasing government debt, such as population-wide demographic shifts and distortionary tax policies. The resulting numbers undeniably favor eventual consolidation followed by long-term reform.
While lone fiscal consolidation as the economy recovers over the medium-term (without longer-term strucutural reforms) does bring benefits, it is probable that many advanced nations will begin cutbacks nearly simultaneously as the economy recovers. While this is forecasted to lead to a 2 percentage point growth in medium-term global GDP, a welcome change from the currently sluggish rate, the lack of attention toward longer-term global debt imbalances would scuttle the hope for strong long-term growth. Failure to encourage consumption in surplus nations and savings in debtor nations would lead to an eventual reduction in global demand, negating the medium-term growth brought by fiscal consolidation.
However, when fiscal consolidation is paired with long-term structural reform in advanced countries, global growth and imbalances would largely be alleviated relative to both the baseline and eventual fiscal consolidation scenarios. Lower long-term interest rates paired with actions to reduce distortions in global demand would lead to a reduction of global imbalances and an increase in growth. This is truly the optimal scenario.
|Growth Rate and Gross Indebtedness (Percent of GDP, 2021-2025)|
|Baseline||Fiscal Consolidation||Fiscal and Structural Consolidation|
|U.S. Gross Indebtedness||129%||74%||75%|
|OECD Gross Indebtedness||117%||86%||83%|
Don't let the numbers from 2021-2025 confuse you; over the longer term, fiscal consolidation combined with structural reform actually yields the greatest benefits. Due to the amount of time it takes to enact true structural reform, the 2021-2025 period doesn't capture the full effects. In the words of the OECD, fiscal consolidation alone would "only have a limited impact on external imbalances," while "concerted efforts in a number of policy domains, including fiscal consolidation... and structural reforms" will "get economies back onto the path of strong, sustainable, and balanced growth."
So how does the U.S. get there? Fiscally, the OECD recommends that governments reduce their debt-to-GDP ratios to pre-crisis levels by 2025. Structurally, the OECD sees the need for stronger market regulation (check!), the “elimination of distortionary tax incentives,” and a system by which emissions and pollution can be taxed. They estimate that undertaking these actions would boost U.S. long-term growth by 0.2 percentage points per year. reduce our deficit by 5.8 percentage points per year, lower our indebtedness by 54 percentage points, and improve our current balance by 0.7 percentage points (all relative to the do-nothing baseline). Seems like a winning plan. | <urn:uuid:0efcdfd8-378f-4d8d-b359-deb97f4951d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.crfb.org/blogs/oecd-weighs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.912414 | 845 | 2.609375 | 3 |
It is that time of 12 months once more, time for contemporary begins, optimism for the longer term, and New 12 months’s resolutions. CliffsNotes on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the double lifetime of a person whose persona swings from honorable and distinguished to repugnant and repulsive. Following a fascinating character examine, this study guide gives summaries and commentaries for every chapter inside the nineteenth-century novel. Other features that assist you figure out this vital work embrace cliff notes: a glance into the life of the writer, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, character checklist and expanded analysis plot abstract that shares an summary of the novel, review questions and advised essay matters, and a selected bibliography. Basic literature or trendy-day treasure — you’ll perceive all of it with expert info and perception from CliffsNotes examine guides.
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Weaver was assigned Of Mice And Men—a novel students have referred to as “a masterpiece of austere prose” and “the most skillful example of American naturalism below a hundred and ten pages”—as part of her early twentieth-century fiction course, and bought the Cliffs Notes from a cardboard rack at her native cliffs notes Barnes & Noble. John Whittier-Ferguson, her professor for the category, instructed reporters this was not the first time one in every of his students has expressed curiosity within the novelвЂs plot abstract.
Within the Nineteen Fifties, Hillegass bought to know a Canadian book store owner and publisher named Jack Cole, who put out a sequence of study guides known as Cole’s Notes. Cole convinced Hillegass to change into the U.S. distributor for his guides, starting with a run of 16 Shakespeare titles. Reluctantly, Hillegass agreed, and in 1958 printed 33,000 copies of the guides. Along with his spouse mailing letters to contacts whereas cliffnotes his daughter stuffed envelopes, Hillegass ran the enterprise out of his Lincoln, Nebraska basement. He sold more than half of the guides, which he renamed, within the first year, and managed to grow his gross sales every following yr. By 1964, Hillegass’s aspect enterprise had turn out to be so lucrative, he give up his job at the Nebraska E-book Firm and devoted himself full-time to writing and distributing Cliff’s Notes.
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Hillegass and his spouse, Catherine, started the business in their basement at 511 Eastridge Drive in Lincoln, with sixteen William Shakespeare titles. By 1964 gross sales reached one million Notes yearly. CliffsNotes now exist on a whole cliff notes bunch of works. The time period “Cliff’s Notes” has now turn out to be a proprietary eponym for similar products.
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Definition: Also known as Brazilian cocoa, guarana is a caffeine-containing herb which is used as an energy drink and natural stimulant. Guarana contains chemical compounds called xanthines which include caffeine, theobromine and theophylline.
Applications: Appetite suppressant, aphrodisiac, diarrhea, fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, headaches, migraines, neuralgia and PMS.
Scientific Updates: Guarana is used for its stimulating properties and for its diuretic action. It is also considered antidiarrheic, and antifatigue. Its potential for treating migraine headaches is under current investigation.
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Original German WWII Unissued Eastern Front Medal by Grossmann & Co. in Original Packaging - Ostmedaille
Original Items: Only One Available. The Eastern Front Medal (German: Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to both German and Axis personnel. It was awarded to those who served on the German Eastern Front during the winter campaign period of 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942 It was instituted on 26 May 1942 and was commonly known as the Ostmedaille (East Medal) or Russian Front Medal.
The medal was wryly called the Frozen Meat Medal or the "Order of the Frozen Flesh" (German: Gefrierfleischorden) by Heer, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS personnel to whom it was awarded.
This unissued example comes in its original wrapping inside a sturdy paper packet, just like they were originally distributed. The original ribbon is still folded, contained in the paper wrapping. The front exterior indicates the contents:
"Winterschlacht im Osten
The rear indicates the maker as Grossman & Co. of Vien XV (Vienna XV).
Overall a very nice unissued set from Germany's WWII Eastern Front. Ready to display!
Armed service personnel qualified for the badge after a minimum of 14 days served in active combat; 30 combat sorties for Luftwaffe members; 60 days of continuous service in a combat zone; being wounded or suffering a "frozen limb", severe enough to warrant the issue of a Wound Badge. The medal could be awarded posthumously.
On 20 January 1943, the qualifications for the award changed to include both combatant and non-combatant personnel (including females) in the Wehrmacht. Also, foreign members of Wehrmacht units; personnel killed or missing in action and civilians working in area factories.
Geographic limits were placed on its award of east of Ukraine and Ostland or in the Finland area, east of the original 1940 Russo/Finnish border. It was officially decommissioned by Oberkommando der Wehrmacht on 4 September 1944.
The design of the medal approved for the award was from a contemporary serving soldier, SS-Unterscharführer Ernst Krauit Measuring 3.6 cm (1.4 in) in diameter, of (generally) zinc construction, the medal was given a gun-metal colored coating. The concave obverse side features a national socialist eagle grasping a swas with laurel behind. The reverse features the text in capital letters: "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" ("Winter Battle in the East 1941/42") featuring a crossed sword and branch below the text. A helmet and stick grenade below the medal loop as well as outer ring were finished in a polished silver effect. The medal measures approximately 44mm by 36mm.
A ribbon that accompanied the medal featured a central white-black-white (white for snow, black for the fallen soldiers) stripe with red (for blood) either side. The medal and ribbon were presented in a paper packet with the name of the medal on the front and the maker name on the reverse. The medal was officially decommissioned by Oberkommando der Wehrmacht on 4 September 1944.
Like the Iron Cross Second Class (EK2), the medal's ribbon was to be worn on the second buttonhole of the uniform tunic. As the war progressed, millons of soldiers received the EK2 and those who had received both awards wore the EK2 ribbon in preference to that of the Eastern Front Medal.
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According to The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), businesses carrying out their transactions online are mandated to maintain certain guidelines in order to safeguard the interests and data of their users. These guidelines combat various issues such as data theft, hacking, fishing, and even card skimming.
Card skimming is the theft of credit card data by attaching external devices to card reading devices in the public and covertly stealing the card data and passwords for later use. This is a form of credit card fraud as these people monitor legitimate credit card transactions and steal the credit card information by the use of small external devices such as cameras or scanners. Usually, all of this data is stored in a plastic card’s magnetic stripe. The devices used for skimming or theft of the credit card data are known as card skimmers. These skimmers are a form of cameras or scanners which are placed over the card readers of public card machines or ATMs, and when any transaction is carried out, they record the card details and passwords in another plastic card via the magnetic stripe and clone the credit card. This way, they can use a credit card without the consent of the owner.
In order to avoid incidences of card skimming, the PCI DSS has requirements in place which give instructions on how to avoid incidences of credit card fraud.
The Requirement 9.9 in PCI DSS standards for security against physical access, that explicitly states, “Protect devices that capture payment card data via direct physical interaction with the card from tampering and substitution.” Which implies that businesses require to ensure that their card reading devices need to be protected and monitored from tampering of any kind and special attention needs to be paid to ensure that there is no substitution of devices of any sorts.
In detail, the Section 9.9 asks businesses to make a list of all the devices they own, inspect the devices frequently, and train the security personnel to detect and be aware of suspicious behaviour. These guidelines are recommended but not mandatory. However, given the recently increased instances of criminals using skimmers to steal credit card information, it is strongly advised that businesses take PCI DSS recommendations very seriously.
Recently, there have been various instances of card skimming where criminals have been caught with hundreds of cloned credit cards and skimming devices to further their crimes. A couple of Romanian criminals was recently caught by the police with an external skimming device attached to a public ATM in New Delhi, along with a small camera and various plastic cards. They intended on recording the passwords of the credit cards as they were entered and then entering all of this information on the plastic cards that they owned. Thankfully, these criminals were arrested before they could cause any problems. PCI DSS allows a framework to businesses to ensure that they are protected from such theft and criminals who skim credit card data. These guidelines are key to secure and safe transactions without having to worry about any kind of theft or fraud.
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You are an excellent candidate for LASIK if you are in good health, have a stable prescription, and do not suffer from an eye condition that could affect the ophthalmologist’s ability to reshape the cornea. But is there an optimal time to undergo the procedure? Here, the experienced vision care professionals of Austin Eye discuss how your age may be relevant to your decision to choose LASIK.
Revision and Regression
The best time to have LASIK surgery is between the ages of 18 and 40 years of age. During this window of time, the visual system is the most stable that it will be in the normal human lifespan. Though our eyes and our overall health are constantly changing, this window of time involves the time period when our eyes change the least.
Age also affects your chance of regression. A study published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery found a correlation between age and permanence with LASIK. Patients were monitored over an 18-year period. When regression was noticed years after LASIK, it was much more pronounced in those over 40, and more common among women than men.
In the few cases in which nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism reappears years after a LASIK procedure, it will rarely be as extreme as it was before the surgery. Patients who do experience a slight regression often opt for a LASIK enhancement procedure, which is essentially a tweaking of the cornea’s shape to correct for any vision changes.
At age 40 and above, most of us will also develop presbyopia, the farsightedness that tends to make reading more difficult. Even with LASIK, you may need to use reading glasses at this point in your life. For some patients, a modified form of LASIK called monovision LASIK can be performed to correct presbyopia. Older individuals may also sometimes need to rely on lenses for night driving, although this is not common.
Your age is a factor in deciding when you should choose LASIK, but there are also a few conditions that you and your surgeon will want to consider. If you are pregnant or nursing, you should delay the procedure, as changes in hormones can actually affect your vision. Prospective patients with chronic dry eye, past eye surgeries and autoimmune disorders that interfere with healing will, in most cases, want to explore other alternatives. If you were born with large pupils, you are more likely to experience halos or nighttime glare after the procedure; and if your corneas do not have sufficient thickness, reshaping them with LASIK is not practical. In that case, PRK is a better choice.
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Are you invested in private equity? If the answer is ‘no’, then you are probably forgetting about your life savings.
Quietly, private equity has spent 40 years transforming from the corporate raider image, embodied by the fictional Gordon Gekko into a trusted longterm investment manager, attracting sovereign wealth funds and pension money. Today, pension funds are among the leading investors in privately-owned companies. A trend dubbed the democratisation of private equity – we are all invested now.
Since the 1980s the number of publicly listed companies has decreased by half, while the number of private privately-owned companies have increased dramatically, overtaking listed in 2007.
This is because many executives opt to avoid the arduous and expensive task of running a publicly listed company. Companies these days also spend far longer growing before they list. For example, before Google listed on the public market back in 2004, it received just US$40 million (£31.2 million) from venture funds and other private backers. In contrast, today, companies like Airbnb and Uber receive billions of dollars from these private markets before listing.
Eli Talmor, Professor of Accounting and founder of Private Equity at LBS, (main image, left) has had a ringside seat during the growth and professionalisation of private equity. He sees the subject area as a complete business education, that draws together a number of core skills combined with active leadership and deal making.
Together with Florin Vasvari, (main image, right) Professor of Accounting and Chair of the Accounting Faculty, they have condensed their wisdom on this central tale of capitalism into Private Capital – Private Equity and Beyond. Under the banner of ‘Private Capital’ they have drawn together all the ways a company can find private backing before it goes public including angel investing and crowd funding.
They spoke to Think at London Business School about how the industry has evolved and what they hope to achieve with the new double volume.
Is the story of private capital all about superior fund performance?
Florin Vasvari (FV): I think it is both performance and diversification. Certainly performance historically has been superior, but when people are looking at their portfolio it is not just about performance, but also diversification. The extent to which the returns on private equity investments are correlated or not to the returns of other asset classes is as important.
Eli Talmor (ET): Private capital is about tapping the private sector - the biggest part of the universe. Private capital is about diversification, performance in contrarian times and it is about better governance. So, the arguments are, actually, way beyond fund performance.
How have private markets grown?
FV: Private equity has two beginnings. One was the venture capital industry that created Silicon Valley, and the other branch, which was born on Wall Street. This was the opportunistic branch that started, in the early 80s, to take over companies using a lot of debt that was available. That's why the buyout side of the industry had earned a bad reputation by the late 80s. They were the Barbarians at the Gate that made excessive use of debt to acquire companies.
They called it multiple arbitrage, buy low, sell high. There was a lot of excess, but lenders are much more regulated now. You won’t see structures where 90% is financed with debt and the rest is from a buyout fund. Today it is usually 50:50, if not less, in fact, in emerging markets few use debt at all.
Asset managers are expected to diversify their capital across many asset classes. Private capital is one of those asset classes and private capital provides many sub-strategies. It’s private equity, it's real estate, it's infrastructure. So, there are many ways of diversifying even within the private capital market.
At the very basic level, if you are a big manager investing a pension, you want exposure to public markets, but also to the private economy, and sometimes the only way you can achieve that is by investing in private capital funds.
Private equity funds, in particular, have become so big and so influential, that they had been delaying the listing of a lot of companies. These funds allow the entrepreneurs to stay private and not worry about compliance risks, liability risks, analyst expectations and short term expectations. This is a massive trend, not just in the US, but globally.
Having said that it is important to put private capital in perspective. BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world. At the moment, they manage close to US$7.2 trillion. Now, if you look at private equity, which is within the private capital market, it manages just US$3.6 trillion. The entire global private equity industry, including its dry powder (unallocated cash), is half the size of the largest public fund manager in the world.
Should the public care about what goes on in private markets?
ET: We are all exposed to private capital. If you have a pension or life insurance, you are exposed. Some call it the democratisation of private capital.
FV: The biggest investors in private capital funds or global alternative asset managers as they are now known are the pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, and this is a change which has come about in the past 10 years.
Instead of buying mature companies via private equity funds, they started to (1) buy real estate and infrastructure assets via dedicated private capital funds that focus on these types of assets or (2)lend to private companies via private debt funds. So we have infrastructure private equity funds, real estate private equity funds, natural resource funds as well as credit funds. The common denominator in all of these private capital funds is that they are closed-end funds that lock investors’ capital for long periods of time, usually 10 years.
How much has changed because of the 2008 crisis?
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By Cherri Gregg
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A tiny tech school in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia is growing so fast, they're hoping to leap into a bigger space to serve more students in underserved communities.
Located on at the intersection of Ogontz Avenue and Washington Lane -- the Philadelphia Technician Training Institute puts every inch of its 10,000 square feet to use.
(Gregg) How do you fit 100 people in here?
"Exactly," responds Sherman McLeod, founder of PTT.
The mechanical engineer says he started the school with just 15 students teaching them manufacturing, welding and automotive skills in the span of six months. He says the students get jobs, sometimes making as much as $45,000 a year:
"These are real world jobs, not everybody wants to go to college."
And the word seems to be spreading. In just a few years, for the first time they've enrolled 100 students; the class sizes are so big they are teaching them in shifts.
Now McLeod is broadening his vision, hoping to buy the old Berean Institute building at 19th and Girard so they can expand.
"It's a 2.2 million dollar acquisition," he says. "We have raised a significant amount of the funds."
McLeod says they've already put down ten-percent of the property, have another ten-percent in cash, as well as a portion in donations and loans.
"It's going to happen," says McLeod. "Our goal is to raise the rest of the money we need in the next 90 days."
To further the effort, the non-profit is holding a series of fundraisers, hoping to raise awareness about all the people they say they've helped over the past several years.
"As long as a student really wants to change their life, we can help them," says Debbie Colelli, who recruits students for PTT.
Colelli says they focus on students that many other schools overlook. She says they work with re-entry organizations and other agencies to bring in ex-offenders, the homeless and the long-term unemployed.
Colelli says the school costs about $12,000, but a portion is usually paid through government grants, and with an 80-percent graduation rate, the average student owes about $7500 in student loans when they graduate:
"Many of these students had no goals, but now their future is in the palm of their hands."
This 37-year-old student says he used to live a life of street crime...but not anymore.
"I've learned you can do things the right way," he says, "the honest way and live your life."
He adds it feels good to finally be getting good grades.
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Summary: Participating in exercise improved synaptic pruning in mouse models of autism. The study also found microglia dependant synaptic pruning is impaired by maternal inflammation, which has been previously connected to the development of ASD.
Source: University of Tokyo
A mouse model of autism has revealed how exercise changes the structure of the brain by eliminating the excess connections between neurons characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). After one month of voluntary running on a wheel, behavioral differences disappeared and structural differences in ASD model mice’s brains were reduced.
“Voluntary exercise can be a safe, drug-free way to improve overall health and now we have a better understanding of how exercise can positively change brain structure in ASD,” said Associate Professor Ryuta Koyama, who led the research team at the University of Tokyo.
This research study was performed in mice and researchers caution against expecting exercise to act as a panacea for humans.
“A very important part of this research is that the mice were not forced to exercise – any physical activity was voluntary. If children are interested, they should be encouraged to do any exercise they want, but this research does not reveal how different activities might affect the brains of children with ASD,” said Koyama. Fitness for the mind
About a decade ago, small trials in children began showing that regular exercise could improve the social difficulties and repetitive behaviors common in ASD. Although many studies investigated how exercise can make large-scale changes to already healthy brains or postpone age-related neurodegeneration, there were no studies on the fine-tuned changes that exercise might make in brains with ASD.
Although the brains of healthy children naturally prune away redundant connections between neurons as they age, a defining feature of the brains of people with ASD is too many connections.
The results from the mouse model study indicate that exercise may somehow activate the brain’s normal pruning processes.
“Exercise likely enhanced the contrast between active and inactive neuronal connections so that the weak ones could be more easily targeted for removal,” said Koyama.
A gym for mice
ASD model mice display lifelong behaviors of neurodevelopmental difference: They interact less with new mice, they groom themselves repetitively, and they take longer to start eating when in a new environment, a sign of anxiety.
Researchers placed a running wheel in the corner of the ASD model mice’s cages so they could run as much as they wished. Mice had access to the wheel from the time they were four weeks old until eight weeks old. Mice are adults at eight weeks old.
“Part of the variability of our data is that we could not give all mice the same amount of exercise. Some mice may have exercised just a little, some may have exercised very intensely,” said Koyama.
Despite wide variation between individual mice, overall, ASD model mice that could exercise showed behavior that was similar to healthy mice after just 30 days of access to the running wheel.
Cellular studies for a closer look
Researchers performed additional experiments to look inside the brains of ASD model mice.
Specifically, researchers focused on a structure called mossy fibers in the hippocampus, an area of the brain thought to be important for memory and a source of new neurons (neurogenesis) in adults. Individual neurons can be connected to dozens of mossy fibers sent out by other neurons.
Immune cells called microglia change brain structure by engulfing and digesting less active synapses, which is why they are sometimes referred to as “the brain’s garbage collectors.”
Researchers used molecular genetics and fluorescent imaging techniques to identify which mossy fibers were most active and saw that microglia spared those active synapses, while removing the less active ones nearby.
Researchers also connected microglia to synaptic pruning in healthy mice. Juvenile mice without ASD were given medication to prevent normal microglia activity. After just five days of medication, researchers detected significant differences in the density of brain synapses between mice whose microglia were inhibited and their unmedicated peers.
Although the causes of ASD are an area of active research, Koyama’s research team states that the reversible aspects of ASD and the connection between exercise and microglia should also receive continued attention.
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Exercise reverses behavioral and synaptic abnormalities after maternal inflammation
Highlights • MIA causes behavioral and synaptic abnormalities in the offspring • Microglia-dependent synaptic engulfment is impaired by MIA • Voluntary running in adulthood ameliorates MIA-induced abnormalities • Voluntary running stimulates microglia-mediated engulfment of surplus synapses
Summary Abnormal behaviors in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders are generally believed to be irreversible. Here, we show that voluntary wheel running ameliorates the abnormalities in sociability, repetitiveness, and anxiety observed in a mouse model of a neurodevelopmental disorder induced by maternal immune activation (MIA). Exercise activates a portion of dentate granule cells, normalizing the density of hippocampal CA3 synapses, which is excessive in the MIA-affected offspring. The synaptic surplus in the MIA offspring is induced by deficits in synapse engulfment by microglia, which is normalized by exercise through microglial activation. Finally, chemogenetically induced activation of granule cells promotes the engulfment of CA3 synapses. Thus, our study proposes a role of voluntary exercise in the modulation of behavioral and synaptic abnormalities in neurodevelopmental disorders. | <urn:uuid:4684048a-4013-4008-8893-c7e3d0e996f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neurosciencenews.com/asd-exercise-14158/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.951542 | 1,167 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Following a vegetarian diet appears to be a healthy option for children, with few meaningful differences in key growth-related outcomes between children who did or didn’t do so, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
Many studies have shown potential health benefits from following a healthy plant-based diet — a phrase that doesn’t mean exactly the same thing as a vegetarian diet. In most studies, a healthy plant-based diet has been defined as eating mostly healthy plant-based foods like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and other legumes, and nuts and seeds. A vegetarian diet, on the other hand, typically involves avoiding meat and poultry entirely, with some definitions also including avoiding fish. Most definitions of “vegetarian” allow consumption of dairy products and eggs, while an entirely plant-based or vegan diet means not eating these foods.
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Following a healthy plant-based diet has been shown to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, and a plant-based diet that includes fermented dairy foods like yogurt may help prevent the most common forms of cardiovascular disease. A healthy plant-based diet may also help prevent age-related cognitive decline. But some researchers have been interested in looking at whether focusing on plant-based nutrition could be beneficial during childhood, or whether a vegetarian diet could actually be harmful during this phase of life. Dietary factors during childhood have gained attention as increasing numbers of U.S. teens develop prediabetes, potentially putting them at risk for diabetes and other serious health problems as they get older.
For the latest study, researchers examined health outcomes in a group of 8,907 Canadian children who were 6 months to 8 years old when they enrolled in the study, with an average age of 2.2 years. At the time of study enrollment, 248 of these children were following a vegetarian diet and 25 were following a vegan diet. Participants were followed for an average of 2.8 years, as noted in an article on the study at Medscape. Children who followed a vegetarian diet tended to be similar to other participants except for a couple of key differences — they were more likely to be of Asian descent, and they had an average breastfeeding duration of 12.6 months, compared with 10.0 months for nonvegetarian children.
Increased rates of underweight, no meaningful height differences in vegetarian children
The researchers found that over the course of the study period, children who followed a vegetarian diet were 87% more likely to be underweight based on their body-mass index (BMI, a measure of body weight that takes height into account). But they tended to have normal growth when it came to height, with no significant difference between those who did or didn’t follow a vegetarian diet. There was also no significant difference when it came to being overweight or obese, blood vitamin D levels, or blood lipid (cholesterol and triglyceride) levels.
Separately, the researchers found that consuming cow’s milk was linked to higher total cholesterol and LDL (low-density lipoprotein, or “bad”) cholesterol in children who followed a vegetarian diet. But levels of these lipids were similar in all children who consumed the recommended levels of two cups of cow’s milk per day, regardless of whether they followed a vegetarian diet.
“In this study, we did not find evidence of clinically meaningful differences in growth or biochemical measures of nutrition for children with vegetarian diet,” the researchers concluded. “However, vegetarian diet was associated with higher odds of underweight, underscoring the need for careful dietary planning for underweight children when considering vegetarian diets.”
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Recurrences for generating polynomials Hitczenko, Pawel
In this talk we consider sequences of polynomials that satisfy differential--difference recurrences. Our interest is motivated by the fact that polynomials satisfying such recurrences frequently appear as generating polynomials of integer valued random variables that are of interest in discrete mathematics. It is, therefore, of interest to understand the properties of such polynomials and their probabilistic consequences. We will be primarily interested in the limiting distribution of the corresponding random variables and we give a few examples, leading to a Poisson, normal, and Rayleigh distributions.
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The first half of 2018 saw two major privacy moments: in March, the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, followed in May by the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") taking effect. The Cambridge Analytica scandal, as it has become known, grabbed the attention and outrage of the media, the public, parliamentarians and regulators around the world - demonstrating that yes, people do care about violations of their privacy and abuse of power. This scandal has been one of many that… | <urn:uuid:a343ff94-f295-4f74-ab3f-59d37a4bad70> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://privacyinternational.org/search?keywords=&f%5B0%5D=%3AData%20should%20be%20protected&f%5B1%5D=content_type_term%3ANews%20and%20Analysis&f%5B2%5D=learn_more%3AData%20and%20Elections&f%5B3%5D=location%3AItaly | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.95232 | 150 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Redding’s June 2nd 2020 Courthouse protest against police brutality. Photo by Annelise Pierce.
One year ago today, Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, murdering him in the streets of Minneapolis. The event, captured on video, was watched around the world. Floyd’s murder closely followed the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of police during a botched raid on her apartment.
Floyd’s death led to protests nationwide, including here in Shasta County, where on June 2nd, 2020, more than 500 people assembled for hours in front of the Shasta County Courthouse, chanting “I can’t breathe” and “no justice, no peace.” In the weeks following, new Facebook groups organized, and other protests and a March for Justice sprang up around the City.
Redding’s June 2nd 2020 Courthouse protest against police brutality. Video by Annelise Pierce.
The June protest was only the beginning. Community organizing mushroomed in Shasta County in the months that followed, even though local progressive organizers were met by a related surge in the activity of self-described “militias” and related groups.
Michelle Weidman, an organizer with Shasta County Mutual Aid, said the George Floyd murder “helped white liberals recognize what people of color have long known . . . that we cannot depend on politics or politicians to protect us from conditions that they have created or at least perpetuated.”
Many community organizers say their work is a direct response to Mr. Floyd’s murder and to the injustice it represents. Here’s a closer look at how George Floyd’s murder galvanized equity and justice work in Shasta County.
- Immediately following the murder of George Floyd, the United Way of Northern California (UWNC) collaborated with two local community foundations, the North Valley Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of the North State, to establish the North State Equity Fund (NSEF). The NSEF funds efforts that promote racial justice and social equity throughout California’s North State. Thus far, in what the organization refers to as concrete action for constructive change, NSEF has awarded $91,000 in grants to organizations directly involved in racial equity efforts across the North State. (Disclosure: Shasta Scout has received a small grant from the NSEF.)
Melody Proebstel, Director of Equity and Advocacy for United Way of Northern California, and the NSEF fund administrator, said they have worked hard to learn from other organizations about best approaches to increasing equity in funding, saying their approach is based around the concept of trust-based philanthropy. Proebstel said the fund recognizes that the grantees they are trying to reach may or may not have the resources for a development committee or a staff that knows how to write excellent grants. That’s why, she said, the fund has used a non-traditional grant funding approach where the funder does more of the work than the grantee. “We are wanting,” Proebstel said, “to fund not people who write good grants but people who do good work.”
- A group of concerned individuals led by Larry Olmstead of the United Way of Northern California formed the Shasta Equal Justice Coalition (SEJC) in the weeks and months following Floyd’s murder. The group works closely with equity consultant Dr. Sharon Brisolara of Inquiry that Matters, a local program development organization. The SEJC seeks to engage in a meaningful dialogue that leads to greater trust between law enforcement and the community, especially people of color, and is currently advocating for the release of local law enforcement data related to use-of-force incidents. They are also advancing a proposal to launch a task force to study equal justice in Shasta County. Coalition members include the local branch of the ACLU, the United Way, Shasta Beloved Community, and other organizations and individuals.
- The organizers of Reinvest Redding started the group just after local protests against police brutality in June of 2020. Ted Couch, speaking on behalf of the organization, told Shasta Scout “our group was formed in response to the national call to address the unequal application of justice and police brutality that really came to the front in June 2020 as a result of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others.” Reinvest Redding has created a People’s Budget survey and is actively looking at local government budgets with an eye to reforming public safety spending in Shasta County.
- A small group which coordinated a series of protests outside City Hall and the Redding Police station over the weeks following the June 2nd courthouse protest developed into Shasta County Advocates for Justice. Social media pages call the group a “grassroots coalition of volunteers working for meaningful change in our community and acquiring justice and equity for all.” Small and consistent protests actions in Redding over the weeks and months following Floyd’s murder were often coordinated by this group, who did not respond to Scout’s request for comment. They maintain a social media presence but do not appear to have been active in recent months.
- The local hub of Sunrise Redding, a national youth-led climate change organization, also formed after local protests against police brutality. Dash Waterbury, founder of the group, told Scout, “Sunrise Redding traces its roots to the public outrage that followed Mr. Floyd’s murder by Officer Chauvin. If we can protest for George in the face of local armed white militias, we can find the courage to take action on climate change.”
- Work towards founding Shasta Scout, a civic news organization focused on increasing access to diverse and inclusive news in California’s North State, also began just after George Floyd’s murder and the Redding courthouse protest. Progress towards development of a new media organization in Shasta County was partially inspired by the numbers of people attending protests and beginning to organize around racial justice, indicating a strong local interest in news sources focused on diverse and inclusive coverage. Inadequate local media coverage of self-described “militias” and related groups as well as law enforcement accountability also encouraged Scout’s development.
- A group working to connect community needs with community resources, Shasta County Mutual Aid, was also launched in 2020. They offer free goods and clothing, haircuts, Christmas gifts, learning opportunities and other resources. The group’s website says that mutual aid is, at its core, about solidarity, community and survival and that “everyone has something to give, just as everyone has something they need.” Their website calls attention to the Black Panther Party, which ran programs that provided basic necessities to communities in need, with the goal of empowering these communities towards self-determination.
Dr. Lisa Pruitt, a UC Davis Law professor who specializes in rural issues and writes the blog Legal Ruralism, says that the spread of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and related progressive activism throughout lots of small cities and other places usually thought of as rural and conservative is a reflection of the pockets of progressives who already existed in those areas. “They tend to know each other, they’re in contact with each other, but for the most part they tend to lie low for social reasons,” Pruitt said.
Also, she said, police misconduct in the murder of Floyd “was so undeniable that I think it brought a lot more people generally into the BLM fold that might have been on the fence before. It caused people who might have been keeping their politics to themselves to speak out even in places where you might expect them to keep quiet.”
Comments by Dash Waterbury, of Sunrise Redding, reiterated that perspective. Waterbury said he believes new progressive organizations are emerging because Shasta County’s June protest against police brutality showed local progressives that they are part of a larger Shasta County community concerned about social action. “The protests that occurred in the North State in that terrible first week (after George Floyd’s murder) demonstrated two things,” Waterbury said, “ First, that there are many people in the North State who want to see progress in our county, and second, that those people are willing to be vocal and visible. We just need to see that others are also taking action.”
But Weidman of Shasta County Mutual Aid also theorizes that new progressive organizing in Shasta County spurred by Floyd’s murder was in part advanced by the extra time at home many people have had due to COVID-19. “I believe there is a connection with people having more time during the lockdowns to learn, think, and connect with each other and ideas about how to restructure or develop a society that might actually be worth living for,” Weidman says.
Frank Treadway, who has lived in Shasta County since 1945 and has been a local political activist for more than sixty years, says he started the local branch of the ACLU in the 1960’s. Treadway feels excitement about recent changes in Shasta County activism but also concerned about the deep polarization that has arisen and the “extreme lack of respect seen” at recent Shasta County Board of Supervisors meetings. Treadway says he remembers seeing a shift in the 70’s of local political influence, moving the county from a “deep blue” community towards the conservatism that’s prevalent now. That drove progressives to organize in informal pods or tribes of similar thinkers, he says. Then, as now, Treadway says progressives organized around shared social causes, faith groups, and community events.
New progressive organizations joined an existing local social justice group, The Beloved Community of Shasta County, which has maintained and expanded its current community offerings in 2020. Eddie McAlister of The Beloved Community says highlights of their 2020 year included hosting a Juneteenth celebration, offering a group zoom session about voter suppression, and participating virtually with the Commitment March on Washington where the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was introduced. He shared excitement about new collaborations that have developed through The Beloved Community’s work with the Shasta Equal Justice Coalition.
Another existing local organization, Shasta County Citizens Advocating Respect (SCCAR), chaired by Susan Wilson, describes itself as working “to promote social justice and equal opportunity and to increase awareness of the needs and concerns of all Shasta County’s varied communities.” Following George Floyd’s murder, they organized a forum for local law enforcement agencies to express their thoughts regarding his death. They did not respond to requests for comment.
Who did we miss? Do you know of other new or existing organizations committed to racial and social equity in Shasta County whose work merits media coverage? Email us!
5.25.21 – 10:45 pm: This post has been updated to include Shasta Scout’s disclosure of funding by the NSEF.
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7 June 1924, Koberwitz
(Rudolf Steiner, in his opening address to the audience of this lecture course which took place on the large farming estate Schloss Koberwitz in Silesia (Germany), sends his thanks to all who have co-operated in creating the occasion of these agricultural lectures and talks. He especially thanks Count and Countess Keyserlingk for their hospitality. He then continues: – )
I am quite convinced that everyone here will be perfectly satisfied with the hospitality that has been provided. Whether you will be equally satisfied with the course of lectures itself is a question which is perhaps open to dispute, although we shall do our best, during the discussions which will take place later, to reach accord on what has been said. For you must remember, that though in many quarters there has been an ardent desire for such a course of lectures, it is the first time that I have undertaken such a task from within the heart of Anthroposophical striving.
A course of this kind naturally makes many demands, for it will show us to what an extent the interests of Agriculture are bound up with those of the widest circles of human existence and that there is scarcely a single sphere of life which has not some relation to Agriculture. Prom some viewpoint or another all the various interests of life are contained in Agriculture. Here we shall naturally only touch upon the central portion of the subject itself. But this necessity will lead us to detours which are inevitable, because everything which is said will have Anthroposophy itself as a basis. I would in particular ask you to forgive me if in the introductory lecture to-day there is much that seems so divergent from our subject that many of you will not immediately see what bearing it has upon specifically agricultural problems. But what we shall say to-day of things which may seem remote will nevertheless be the basis of our work.
The cultural life of modern times has had particular and serious effects upon Agriculture. It has had economic consequences, the destructive character of which few people to-day have the slightest idea. And it was in order to defeat these tendencies that certain economic enterprises were attempted from within the Anthroposophical Movement. This work was undertaken by industrialists and business men, but they did not achieve all the aims they had set themselves, simply because at the present time there are too many opposing forces to allow of this attempt being really understood. The individual is helpless in the midst of these existing hostile powers, and the inner kernel and essential aims of these economic strivings which originated in the Anthroposophical Movement have therefore never really come under discussion.
What were the practical questions at issue? I will explain them, taking Agriculture as an example in order to deal with the matter in concrete rather than in abstract and general terms. There are to-day a great many books and lectures on so-called Economics. These contain chapters on Agriculture; the authors try to deal with this subject on the basis or economics. Sow in connection with Agriculture this whole business, books and lectures oh economics is manifest nonsense. This nonsense is, however, very widespread to-day. Everyone should be able to see that Agriculture and its place in the social order can only be discussed when one starts from a knowledge of what is entailed in the growing of turnips, potatoes and corn. Without this it is useless to discuss the principles of Economics involved. These things must be unravelled on the basis of the actual facts, they cannot be established on vague theoretical assumptions.
If you say this to those who have listened to a number of their university colleagues talking about Economics in relation to Agriculture, it will strike them as completely absurd, because they regard the subject as already established. But this is not the case. Judgment in agricultural matters must come from practical knowledge of field and forest and of the breeding of animals. There can be no fruitful vision in Agriculture or in anything else so long as people do not realise that this hovering over the subject from the point of view of Economics is mere talk and nothing more; one must go back to the practical foundations in every department of life. You can say of a turnip that it has such and such a colour and consists of such and such constituents. But that is not to understand the turnip — not by a long way, nor, above all does it take into account the living relation of the turnip to the soil, to the season at which it ripens, and many other important matters.
Let me make this clear by an illustration taken from another sphere. If you observe the needle of a compass you discover that one end always approximately points to the North, the other to the South. But you seek the cause for this not in the magnetic needle itself but in the earth as a whole, at one end of which is what is called the Magnetic North, at the other end is the Magnetic South Pole. To try and discover from the magnetic needle itself why it should so obstinately turn in one direction would be absurd. For its constant maintenance of direction can only be understood in relation to the whole earth. Yet what in the case of the magnetic needle is clearly absurd, is regarded by many people as sense when it comes to other things. The turnip is regarded as growing only within the narrow confines of its immediate earthly surroundings, but this becomes impossible if one comes to the point that its growth may be dependent upon innumerable factors which are not present on earth at all but in its cosmic surroundings. And thus in practical life many things are explained and ordered to-day as though we had to do only with the narrow isolated phenomenon, and not with activities and influences coming from the whole Universe. The various departments of modern life have suffered very gravely through this, and would have suffered still more had not people continued to rely upon a certain instinct in these matters in spite of all the advances of modern science.
To turn to a completely different sphere, it has always been a source of satisfaction to me that people who, following their doctor's orders, weigh every morsel of the food they eat — so many ounces of meat, so many ounces of cabbage (some people even have scales on the table beside their plates) — it is always a source of satisfaction to me, when the unfortunate individual still feels hungry, so long as he has not had enough, and thus proves that instinct is still present in him. In the same way, instinct was at the root of all the work of man in this realm before there was a science of the subject, and its indications were often very sure ones. The old calendars with their versified rules of practice that one still finds among peasants are often surprisingly wise and expressive. And it is quite possible for a man with sure instincts to avoid superstition in these matters. For along with very profound sayings concerning the sowing and reaping of grain we get occasional sayings directed against extravagances, for example “If the cock crows on the dunghill it will either rain or stay as it is” (Kräht der Hahn auf dem Mist, so regnet es, oder bleibt wie es ist) Instinctive wisdom is always sufficiently armed with a sense of humour to be on its guard against superstition. Speaking from the Anthroposophical point of view, what we have to do is not so much to return to the old instincts as, through a deeper spiritual insight, to discover things which can be supplied ever less and less by the instincts as they have become uncertain.
This task demands that in studying the life of plants, of animals and of the earth itself, we should extend our views to the whole cosmos. For while it is quite right to reject a trivial connection between rain and the phases of the Moon, yet on the other hand the following has happened, I have told the story already on other occasions. In Leipsic, there were two professors, one of them. Gustav Theodor Fechner, a man gifted with keen insight in spiritual matters, claimed that from external observations which he had made, the existence of a connection between periods of rain and the course of the Moon around the earth was not a mere superstitious belief. He had come to this view through statistical evidence. But his colleague, the famous Professor Schleiden, denied the contention on theoretical grounds. These two University professors were both married, and Fechner, who had a certain sense of humour, said; “Let our wives decide which of us is right.” Now it so happened that in those days at Leipsic, water was scarce and had to be fetched from a distance. So, it was the custom in order to have sufficient for washing day, to collect rain which ran from the houses in pitchers and barrels. Frau Professor Schleiden did this, and so did her neighbour, Frau Professor Fechner. But there was not room for them both to set out their pitchers and barrels in the courtyard at the same time. So, Professor Fechner said: “If my honoured colleague is right and the time of the month does not matter, then Frau Professor Schleiden can put out her pitchers at the time when according to my reading of the lunar phase there will be less rain, and my wife will put out hers during the period when my calculations tell me there will be more rain. If my theory is all nonsense, Frau Professor Schleiden will no doubt gladly fall in with this arrangement.” But lo and behold! Frau Professor Schleiden would do nothing of the sort and preferred to go by Professor Fechner's statement rather than by that of her husband.
And so it often happens. Science may be right, but practice cannot be ruled by the “Tightness” of science. But to speak more seriously. This example has only been introduced in order to show that we must look a little further than we are accustomed to look nowadays when we are considering that which alone makes it possible for man to live on this planet — I mean Agriculture. I cannot say whether what I am going to say out of Anthroposophy will be satisfactory to us in every respect, but I shall try to bring before you what Anthroposophy can contribute to Agriculture.
I will now begin to draw your attention to some facts within our earthly existence which have an important bearing upon Agriculture. We are accustomed nowadays to lay the chief stress upon the physico-chemical constituents of any substance. Now I propose to start from an examination not of the physico-chemical constituents, but of something which lies behind them and is of very special importance to the life of the plant on the one hand, and of the animal on the other. Human life, and to a certain extent the life of animals as well has become emancipated to a large extent from world-workings outside them. The nearer we come to man, the more strongly marked is this emancipation. In both human and animal life, we find manifestations which seem to be entirely independent of extra-terrestrial influences or even of the atmospheric influences surrounding the earth. Hot only does this seem so, but it actually is the case in regard to many things in life. True, we know that certain atmospheric changes will accentuate the pain attending certain illnesses. What is less well known is that certain illnesses, and certain other life phenomena imitate in their rhythms the course of certain processes in Nature, but do not coincide with those of these natural processes their beginnings and endings. We need only recall one of the most important phenomena, female menstruation, which in its rhythmic character is an imitation of the monthly changes of the Moon, yet the beginnings and endings of the two phenomena do not coincide. There are many more intimate manifestations — both in the male and the female organisms, which imitate the rhythms of Nature. For example, a closer study of the periodicity of sun-spots would bring us to a better understanding of much that happens in the social life. But these things are not noticed, because the social phenomenon which corresponds to the periodic change of the spots on the sun, does not begin and end when they do, but has become emancipated from them. The periodicity and rhythm are the same but there is no coincidence in time. It is easy enough to dismiss as nonsense the statement that human life is a microcosm which imitates the macrocosm. If for instance one refers to certain illnesses having a period of fever which lasts seven days, it could be objected that whenever the corresponding external phenomena occurred in Nature, the fever ought to appear and run a parallel course; but the fever does not do this! Nevertheless, it is true that the fever retains the inner rhythm even if its beginning and end do not coincide with those of the external event. This emancipation from cosmic events is almost complete in the case of man: it is less complete in the animal; while plant-life is to a high degree immersed in the general Cosmic life of Nature and also in its earthly surrounding. For this reason, we shall never acquire any real understanding of plant-life unless we realise that everything on earth is only a reflection of what takes place in the cosmos. This reflection is hidden in the case of man because he has emancipated himself. He carries within him only the inner rhythm. But the connection is still there in the highest degree in plants, and it is to this that I wish to direct your attention in this introductory talk.
In the immediate vicinity of the earth, we have the Moon and the other planets. The old instinctive science which reckoned the Sun, as one of the planets had one of the following sequence: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Now, without going any further into the astronomical aspect of the subject, I wish to point to the relation which exists between planetary life and life on the earth. If we consider life on the earth in general the first thing we have to take into account is the very important part played by the what I might call the life of the siliceous substance in the world. You will find this siliceous substance in the very beautiful mineral quartz enclosed in prismatic and pyramidal forms. Quartz is siliceous substance combined with oxygen; remove the oxygen mentally, and you have the so-called silicon. This silicon is regarded by modern chemistry as one of the elements (oxygen, etc.) and when united with oxygen may be regarded as a chemical substance. But we must not forget that this silicon which lives in the mineral quartz makes up from 27% to 28% of the crust of the earth, i.e. a higher percentage than that of any other substance on earth, except for oxygen, which amounts to 47% to 48%. Now silicon, in the form in which it appears in such stony substances as quartz, does not at first seem to possess very much importance if we consider only the material of the soil of the earth with its plant growth. Quartz is not soluble in water — the water trickles through it. It thus seems to have no connection with the ordinary commonplace view of “conditions of life.” But if you take the Equisetum (horsetail) you will find that it consists of 90% of silicon (the same substance of which quartz consists) in very fine distribution through its form. This shows the enormous importance which this substance, silicon, must have. It forms nearly one half of everything on the earth. And vet so completely has its importance been overlooked that its use has been neglected even where it can have the most beneficent results. Silicon forms an essential constituent of many remedies used in Anthroposophical therapy. A whole series of diseases is treated either internally or by baths, with this substance, the reason being that what appears in the form of abnormal conditions of the sense organs, (it only appears there, it does not really lie there) the internal sense organs, as cause of pain, is strangely accessible to the influence of silicon. And in general silicon plays the greatest conceivable part in what has been called by the old-fashioned name of the “household of Nature,” for it is present not only in quartz and other stones, but in a highly-refined state in the atmosphere. Indeed, it is present everywhere. One half of the earth at our disposal consists of silicon. What then is the function of this substance?
To answer this question let us assume that our earth contained only half of the quantity of silicon which it actually does possess. We should then have plants in more or less pyramidal form: the blooms would be atrophied, and indeed all plants would assume generally the shape of the cacti which strikes us as so abnormal. The cereals would look grotesque; their stems would grow thick and fleshy towards the base, but the ears would be emaciated and without grain.
So much for silicon. On the other hand, in every part of the earth, although not in such abundance as is silicon, we find lime and their allied substances, (limestone, potash and sodium). If these were present in smaller proportions we should have plants whose stems were only narrow and twisted, we should have only creepers. There would be blooms of course, but they would be useless and yield nothing of any food value. It is only through the balance of these two formative forces — as embodied in these two substances, silicon and limestone — that plant life can flourish in the form in which we know it to-day.
Now everything siliceous contains forces that come, not from the earth, but from the so-called distant planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — the planets beyond the Sun. These planets work indirectly upon plant-life through silicon and allied substances. But the planets near the Earth namely, Moon, Mercury and Venus, send out forces into the plant-life and animal life on earth through the medium of the limestone and kindred substances. Thus, of any cultivated field it may be said that the forces of both silicon and limestone are at work in it. The silicon mediates the influences of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, the limestone those of Moon, Venus and Mercury.
Now let us turn to the plants themselves. There are two things to notice about all plants. The first is that the plant world as a whole and every single species have the power to perpetuate their kind and develop the force of reproduction, etc. The second is that the plant as a member of a relatively low order of Nature serves as nourishment for members of higher orders. These two fundamental tendencies seem at first to have little to do with one another. For if we only look at the passing on of the step from parent plant to offspring and so on, it is a matter of indifference to the formative forces of Nature whether or not the plant is used for food. The two interests (i.e. of Nature and Man) are completely different, and yet the forces of Nature act in such a way that the inherent powers of reproduction and growth and of producing generation after generation of plants, are active m the cosmic influences exercised upon the earth by the Moon, Venus and Mercury through the mediation of limestone.
If we consider plants which are not used for food, which do nothing but reproduce themselves, we focus our interest in the cosmic forces of Venus, Mercury and Moon, related to reproduction. But in the case of plants which are eminently suitable for food because their substances have become perfected to the point of forming food-stuffs, for human and animal consumption, it is the planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn that are working through the medium of silicon. Silicon opens up the being of the plant to the expanses of the Universe, it awakens the plant's senses, so that it absorbs the formative forces bestowed by the distant planets, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. From the sphere of Moon, Venus and Mercury on the other hand, the plant absorbs only that which makes it capable of reproducing itself. Now this seems at first to be just an interesting theory. But every insight taken from a wider horizon leads us quite naturally from theory to practice.
If then certain forces coming from the Moon, Venus and Mercury enter the Earth and become effective in plant-life, the question arises: What will promote and what will restrain the activity of these forces? For instance, in what way can the activities of Moon or Saturn be modified in their influence on plants? If we observe the course of the year, we shall find that on some days there is rain and on others none. All that the modern physicist observes is the fact that on rainy days more water falls on the Earth than on dry days! Water moreover is to him something abstract consisting of oxygen, hydrogen, and nothing more. If water is decomposed by electrolysis it is split into two substances, each of which acts in its own way. But this tells us nothing about water. There is much more hidden in water than appears in the chemical properties of hydrogen and oxygen. Water by its very nature is eminently fitted to bear along with it the forces coming from the Moon on to the Earth. So, it comes about that it is water which distributes the lunar forces throughout the earthly realm. There is a certain kind of relation between the Moon and the water on the Earth. Let us suppose that after a rainy spell there is a full Moon. Now the forces coming from the Moon when it is full causes something tremendous to happen on Earth. They shoot right into the whole growing forces of the vegetable kingdom. They cannot do so if there has not been a rainy spell beforehand. We must always realise the importance of sowing seed after rainy days followed by the full Moon, and we should never work at random (true, something will always come up). The question: How to connect our seed-sowing with rain and full Moon has definite practical importance, because the forces that come from the full Moon work powerfully and abundantly on certain plants after rain, but only weakly and sparingly after a spell of sunny weather. The old adages of husbandry contained such knowledge. People recalled the adage that told them what to do. These adages or saws are looked upon nowadays as superstition and scientists are not yet sufficiently interested to work out a real science of the matter.
Furthermore, around the Earth we find the atmosphere. In addition to consisting of air, the atmosphere has the property of being sometimes warm and sometimes cold. At times, there is certain accumulation of heat which, if the tension becomes too great, may discharge itself in a thunderstorm. Now what can we say about warmth? Spiritual observation shows that while water has no relation to silicon, warmth is so powerfully related to it that it enhances the activity of the forces working through silicon, namely, the forces coming from Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. These forces coming from Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have to be valued on quite a different scale from that adopted in the case of Moon. Venus and Mercury, for it must be remembered that Saturn takes thirty years to go around the Sun, while the Moon takes only about thirty or twenty-eight days to pass through all its phases. Thus, Saturn is only visible for fifteen years, and consequently stands in quite another relation to the growth of plants compared with the Moon. As a matter of fact, Saturn is not only active when it is shining down on the Earth, it is also active when its rays have to pass from below, as it were, through the Earth.
Now as Saturn takes thirty years to revolve around the Sun we find that at certain times it shines directly on one spot on the Earth, and that it can work upon this spot by going right through the Earth. (See Drawing No. 1). The strength with which the Saturn forces influence plant-life on Earth always depends upon the warmth-condition of the air. If the air is cold they cannot reach the plants, if the air is warm they can. How then can we see their influence at work in the plant? We see it not in the annuals but in the perennials; not in those plants which grow up and die in the course of one year leaving only their seed behind them, but in those which are perennial. It is the latter whose growth Saturn promotes with the help of the warmth forces of the Earth. The effect of these forces working through the mediation of warmth, is to be seen, for instance, m the bark or cortex of trees and in everything that makes the plant a perennial. When the lives of plants are limited to the short span of a single year, it is because of the relation in which, those plants stand to the planets with short periods of revolution. On the other hand, that which emancipates itself from the fleeting process and is made permanent in the formation of bark around the growing trees is connected with the planetary forces working through the mediation of warmth and cold, and the periods of revolution in these cases are long. Thirty years in the case of Saturn, twelve in the case of Jupiter. Again, it is well for anyone who wants to plant an oak tree to know something of the periodicity or Mars, for an oak tree planted during the appropriate period of Mars will thrive much better than one planted unthinkingly, at any moment that happens to be convenient. Or, if you have a plantation of conifers, where the Saturn forces play so great a part, it will make all the difference if the trees are planted when Saturn is in the so-called ascending period rather than at another time. Anyone who has insight into these matters can tell quite accurately in the case of plants that are doing well or badly whether or not they have been tended with a right understanding of their relation to planetary forces. For what is not always obvious to the external eye is revealed to more intimate observation.
To take an example: If we burn wood taken from a tree which has been planted without an understanding of the cosmic rhythms we do not get such a healthy heat as from wood taken from a tree which has been planted with right understanding. It is precisely on the little matters of everyday life that these things play so great a part and that the importance of such differences are revealed. But people live their lives almost unthinkingly. They do not take the trouble to consider such details and everything goes on like a machine. If you pull the right trigger, the machine works, and the materialistically-minded imagine that the whole of Nature works on the same principle. And yet regarding Nature so and working upon her in this way brings us face to face with certain stupendous results in practice. Why, for instance, is it impossible to-day to obtain such fine potatoes as I remember eating in my youth? It is impossible to find such potatoes even in the districts in which they used to be grown. (It is really so! I have tested them everywhere!) The nutritive forces of certain foods have actually declined over a passage of time. The last decade shows this quite distinctly. The reason is that we no longer understand the intimate forces at work in the whole cosmos. These must be sought for once again, and sought for along such lines as I have indicated to-day by way of introduction. I have merely touched upon certain questions which extend far beyond the horizon of contemporary vision. We shall not only continue this consideration, but shall search more deeply for a means of applying it to practical life. | <urn:uuid:d05b68d4-66de-4f6e-a741-98fe17e04b6f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA/GA0327/19240607p02.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.969451 | 5,579 | 2.265625 | 2 |
My daughter asked me if I was open for ideas in my writing. Absolutely, I told her. What she said next stopped me in my tracks.
“Can you write about what I went through when I was a kid getting bullied? How you felt about it? Every time I try to write my thoughts down about the years when I was bullied, I have to stop. It’s just too painful.”
I prefer to write humorous pieces. Laughter is a gift that lifts our hearts and makes even the toughest times more bearable. I could find no humor in the things that happened to my child. I thought about what she had asked me to do for days. I remembered holding her in my arms when she was first born, gazing down at her tiny sleeping face, and wishing she would always stay this small so that I could hold her and protect her for the rest of her life. I write this for my daughter, to give her back her own voice, one that has been silenced for far too long.
According to our own federal government’s website, www.stopbullying.gov, the prevalence of bullying in our schools is so profound that as many as 1 in 3 students now report being bullied.
My daughter was bullied relentlessly from fourth grade through eighth grade. In the lunch room at the elementary school, her classmates built a wall of lunch boxes to isolate her from the rest of the group, calling her a space alien and telling her that they didn’t want to catch her weird disease. She spent recess time alone and was routinely and deliberately excluded from birthday parties. When I visited the school to talk with her teacher, I was informed that my child stared off into space and seemed to be in her own world most of the time, and it would help if she tried not to be so different from the other kids. The teacher made no attempt to disguise her contempt for my daughter’s behavior. Part of the problem. I visited the principal’s office and requested that the teachers monitoring the lunch room be made aware of what was going on at my daughter’s table and was told that no one had seen anything happen. The lunch box walls continued to be built but were invisible to the adults in the room. Part of the problem. The bullying continued the following year. When I visited the teacher, this time I was told that the best solution to stop the bullying would be for me to buy my daughter a new wardrobe so she would look exactly like the other girls. Part of the problem.
During this time, my daughter woke up one night and came into my room. She was unable to speak and the corners of her mouth were pulled down. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. I was terrified. She looked as though she had just had a stroke. I rushed her to the emergency room and we discovered that she had suffered a grand mal seizure in her sleep. She was diagnosed with benign rolandic epilepsy, a seizure disorder that she would probably outgrow within two to three years. The episodes of staring off into space that her teacher had noticed the year before were undoubtedly the early signs of this seizure disorder. The medications the doctor gave her made her groggy and unfocused and caused her to gain quite a bit of weight. Nonetheless, middle school would hopefully be a fresh start.
At the beginning of my daughter’s sixth grade year, she started to emerge from her shell and tried to form friendships with kids who had not been in her elementary school class. In response, the group of girls who had bullied her in fourth and fifth grade systematically moved in and broke up every friendship she made with other students. She left Girl Scouts after one of her bullies joined the troop and publicly humiliated her by pulling her underwear out of her camp bag and encouraged the other girls to shun her for not wearing the right underpants. When her science class was studying Mad Cow disease, her teacher, with the encouragement of the students, chose her to play the Mad Cow and she was dressed in a cow costume with spots painted on her face for a classroom skit. She spent the remainder of her middle school years being called a Mad Cow. I visited the principal’s office once again and requested that she be placed in separate classes from the kids who were bullying her. This helped a little bit, but there were still episodes of malicious gossip and routine taunting that were instigated by the same group of kids that had started the whole business back in fourth grade.
I considered pulling her out of the school district and enrolling her in cyber school, but feared that her education would suffer and she would become even more isolated. As an alternative, I enrolled her in multiple support groups to give her social skills training and an outlet to express herself away from the school. She made friends in these groups and her self-confidence started to grow slightly. Her high school years were better, although there were still multiple bullying incidents, most of them instigated by the same group from fourth grade.
My daughter is now a college graduate and well on her way to building a successful career in restaurant management. I’ve always told her that her strongest personality trait is resiliency. She has endured a tremendous amount in her young life, but she’s repeatedly found the inner resources that enable her to bounce back from any adversity. She usually appears somewhat shy and hesitant in new situations, but she is one of the strongest people I know. However, the scars she bears will remain with her for the rest of her life. Wrapped up with the pain of recalling what she endured is the difficulty of publicly expressing her feelings about what happened to her and the potential for ridicule and further isolation. Part of the difficulty in recovering from a traumatic event is the repressed fear that the same thing could happen all over again. When a person is routinely persecuted and treated as a lesser human being, and the rest of the world doesn’t even seem to notice or care, that individual loses her voice and becomes invisible. As sobering as the reported bullying statistics can be, an even greater number of bullying incidents are never reported by the victims.
My daughter asked me to express how I felt about what had happened to her. Naturally, there was a great deal of anger and resentment, both towards the kids who bullied her and the adults who stood by and failed to intervene. There were nights after she went to bed when I would sit downstairs alone and cry, questioning God as to why he was allowing this to happen to my child and praying that the next day would be better. There were many times that I felt inadequate as a parent and cursed my inability to protect her, the impossibility of keeping her close to me and shielding her from harm as I had done when she was a newborn. There were also many moments when I was grateful for the help and support of the good teachers and friends that believed in my daughter and were brave enough to step in, speak up and stop the bullying when they saw it happen. They provided her with a safe haven that helped her survive the experience. They were part of the solution. There are many children who didn’t have that, and the results have been tragic. I am grateful that my child is alive and doing well.
One of my daughter’s elementary school classmates recently reached out to her on Facebook and apologized for not doing more to help her when they were young. There were actually quite a few good kids in that class, along with a handful of bullies. Given the right encouragement and direction, the good kids could have easily been converted from uncomfortable, silent bystanders to active interventionists. In the Bullying Statistics section of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center website (www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/stats.asp) studies have shown that 57% of bullying situations stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the victim. In our modern world, the bad guys always seem to get a lot of press. It’s easy to believe that the world is taking a turn for the worse, that people are becoming meaner and more evil, that children are worse than ever. But for every Harvey Weinstein that has spent a long career harassing and abusing women, there are still plenty of great guys who treat women with respect and dignity. For every bully who has made someone’s life miserable, there is a group of good kids who could be encouraged to stand up and do the right thing. We can’t afford to wait until a celebrity or a football player speaks up and at that point finally join the chorus. We can’t wait until a bullying prevention group decides to show up at the school to give a talk. These are all great efforts, but they can’t be the only efforts. As parents and adults, we hold the responsibility for instilling the right values in our children and encouraging the right behaviors, every single day, whether or not anyone else is watching. We all want our children to feel good about themselves, but it is part of our job description as parents to make sure they don’t feel good about doing the wrong things. When someone remains silently in the background and watches another person being abused because they’re the wrong color, shape, religion, disabled, or just different in some obscure way, they’re part of the problem and should not feel good about what they’re doing. As individuals, we have the power to change our world one day at a time, one word at a time, and we should never be afraid to raise our voices and speak up when we see someone doing the wrong thing. Every moment we are blessed enough to walk on this earth is a teaching moment, with our children, our friends, our colleagues, even our own parents. We have choices to make that place us firmly as either part of the solution or part of the problem. Silence is never the right option.
I appreciate my daughter’s fourth grade classmate reaching out to apologize for not speaking up. It required both courage and compassion to acknowledge that what she had done was wrong. Had she and a few others been encouraged to speak up in fourth grade, my daughter’s life would have undoubtedly been very different. The greatest gift this classmate can give to her own children is to ensure that they never need to say they’re sorry for not doing the right thing when they had the chance. | <urn:uuid:6d246cd5-b6f1-477d-a914-e158a002c546> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kathylowry.com/2017/11/07/part-of-the-problem/?replytocom=6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.988836 | 2,131 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Key Features at Grade 3
- Soloing, Improvising, Walking Bass Lines
- Major and Natural Minor scales. Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. Blues Scales, Major and Minor Arpeggios, Dominant 7th arpeggios
- Playback skills
Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus, Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer.
Bass Syllabus features
- Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades
- TAB and Standard Notation
- 6 Performance pieces, 6 varying styles
- Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening
- Walkthroughs - Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs
- Download card with full mixes & backing tracks
- Free Choice Element – You can select 2 free choice pieces in your exam
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How to choose a resume design for your industry and profile
Are you on the lookout for a job and also possess the necessary skills? The only problem is that you do not know how to structure your resume design in order to impress your supposed employer. It’s quite understandable as it is your first time at this probably and you do not know which resume design to go for.
You are nervous as to how will you be a good CV maker and influence the people concerned.
Do not worry. CV Owl is here and we are happy to help you choose a resume design for your Resume Industry and your profile.
A good design is a CV maker and can help you land a job with the best of firms and companies. The layout of your resume design matters a lot and is integral for you to get a job as the way you showcase your CV is extremely essential.
Key Points to be Noted
Let us first go over the basic points that you should keep in mind while selecting an online CV template.
Have an in-depth knowledge of the company you are seeking a job in.
Be well versed with the type of industry you have opted for.
Use the Internet to your complete benefit and gather all the information you can from all the websites and the social media handles that the company has. This helps you get a basic idea of the kind of custom that the company follows.
Always choose such a design that moulds well with the industry in question.
Always choose a design that amalgamates your company and personality in a brilliant fashion.
Always use a legible font such that it is readable whether one reads it on a computer or gets a printout of it.
There is no strict format but do try to include headings, subheadings, bullets wherever you feel is necessary.
You should always finetune whatever designs you choose to meet the demands of the company.
Take the help of professional CV makers as they can guide in a right direction and help you utilize the existing resume designs & formats such that it highlights your strengths and undermines your weaknesses.
Save your CV as a PDF so that even when you apply an online CV template your original data does not get lost if some failure occurs.
Choosing a good resume design
The design is colossally impactful – Having a good-looking CV design can be a CV maker for you. Always remember that nobody likes clutter. So, your resume design should be clean, concise and simple. Follow the concept of less is more here. The resume design should not come off as extremely flashy and over the top.
Be distinctive – The key to a good resume design is being a bit special and characteristic while still sticking to the norms. You could use columns to be different from the crowd and do away with the overcrowding of information. Just organise it well in columns and there. You have got something unique.
Talk about yourself – A resume design is entirely about you. So, include all the relevant information that you can about yourself while being precise. Be a little selective while incorporating the information.
You need to transform your resume design to a sneak peek into your story and your journey meaning that you should talk about your job experience, your growth as a professional your client base, your revenue profits and other achievements.
Mentioning less conventional skills – Since it is your job resume you must have included all details of how efficient you are as a professional. But you need to weigh it down a bit by talking about the other side of your skills as in leadership, communication skills and well you are at negotiation.
Target the company – While acting as your own CV maker ensure that you hit the right spots that the company wants you to. Use those keywords that you know are going to draw the attention of the company.
Researches have shown that the HR people do not spend more than 6-7 seconds to decide your career. Your entire hard work of hours and hours is taken into consideration for 1/10th of a minute. So, do highlight the details.
Formatting is the key – Create the layout of your resume design in such a manner that the most important details are at the top and the bottom because that is where generally the focus goes.
What you could do is add your LinkedIn address and also the address to your other social media handles if relevant meaning to say that the profile should be an asset to your resume design selection.
Add some customized designs. You could add some borders or shading as per required.
You can also prepare multiple resume designs for various job requirements.
Strong Contact Section – The place where you mention your contact details holds a lot of importance as the employer will look at that only if he is thinking of offering you a job.
Make it stand out. You could use some colours here but they should be very subtle.
You could provide in this section a live link for your email address.
The photo you attach (if you are doing so) should be professional. You should give off an impression of being friendly and trustworthy.
Resume Designs based on Industry
For Creative Minds – Show the recipient your creative side and don’t hold back. Use colourful visuals and mention that content that is required for the job. Your personality should come as the best they can get.
Since you are wanting to be a creative professional don’t go for the conventional designs. Explore modern technologies and implement them in your CV and do not let your resume design be a simple Word Document.
For Science and Technology – Do not be extremely extravagant in this one unless there is some company that really prefers quirky responses. Your CV should be mature and displaying a sense of logic and intellect. Stick to the traditional and plain design with a little colour perhaps.
Mention about any of the past research papers you have published and what are your hobbies as per your job. You can also give details about the various tech tournaments you must have indulged in.
If you are wanting to be a CS professional having a website and providing its link to them can act as a cherry on the cake.
For Law – It is ceremonious that you mention your past work experiences here in order to show the employer that you are somebody who will bring about a change in the existing norms. Do include all your educational details.
For Food Industry – The basic thing that you need to include in such a type of resume is your passion for food. Display that and half of the work is done then and there.
Further, tell them about the quintessential knowledge that you possess regarding this industry and also state that you are an equally efficient team player as well as a team player.
For Medical Field – The picture you need to paint here is that you have the determination and that zeal that will help people in need. You need to pay very close attention to detail in this one. Talk about your education at length.
For Financial and Accountancy jobs- These jobs require long sightedness. Have a clear picture of the post you are applying for and include your work experiences and educational details.
For Social Services – All you can mention here is your past work in the field, your educational background and why you want to take up social service as a job.
For Talent Curators – Do you know that these HR people and these talent curators can be job seekers also. If you are in such an industry where your job is to find jobs or you discover new talents then your CV should be extremely extraordinary.
Don’t be so rigid but be fluid with your CV in order to get a job. This reflects not only your accepting personality but also about the industry. It should be clean and business-like.
For Freelancers and Consultants – Here you are free to express yourself. Talk about your persona, experience and also tell them that you like the job and not doing it just for the heck of it. You could also use a testimonial from your previous jobs.
Let the fonts do all the talking
The fonts speak so much about you that you can’t even imagine. It lets the employer have a rough idea as to what type of a person you are.
Comic Sans- If you want to make a long-lasting impression this is not a font that you should go for. It appears childish and takes away the entire appeal from your resume.
Same goes for Papyrus which is a very unprofessional font.
Serif – This is more of a conventional font and gives off a vibe of professionalism. It suits the best when you are trying out for some job that requires a certain level of maturity.
Sans Serif – This is more of a creative font and appears really clean and modern. Choose this one if you are going in for something related to creativity.
Thin- This portrays that you are reserved in your mannerisms and prefer to stay quiet. You enjoy the calm of solitude.
Blocky – If you are just out there, an extrovert and can express your thoughts in a dominant way this is the font for you.
Script – This shows that you are a little-laid back but in a good way. You are amusing and warm towards people and an easy person to talk to.
Courier – An old-school font taking up considerable space so it can be helpful. It shows that you are highly educated and will give your best efforts to the company.
These are the certain tips that you can follow while choosing your resume design. Research about all kinds of CV makers and templates and then make an informed choice.
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Building density instead of urban sprawl: The new framework for spatial planning.
The implementation period for the revised Spatial Planning Act in the cantons comes to a close at the start of May. The act is intended to halt urban sprawl and promote building density. This will have consequences for future land-use designation in Switzerland.
Spatial Planning Act combats urban sprawl
Combatting the progress of urban sprawl is an important issue in Switzerland. The loss of farmland in favor of residential areas and public thoroughfares is endangering habitats for flora and fauna. In addition to this, decentralized expansion of settlement areas leads to considerable costs in terms of infrastructure and transportation. With the Spatial Planning Act, the federal government aims to promote inward development. One central aspect is the management of building zones, which may only comprise as much land as will be needed over the next 15 years.
The cantons had until the beginning of May 2019 to adjust their structure plans to the new Spatial Planning Act and have them approved by the federal government. Before that, municipalities had been subject to a moratorium on new building zones. As a result, there was no increase in the area of building zones between 2012 and 2017. In the same period, however, the population grew considerably. Consequently, the average building zone area per inhabitant fell from 309 square meters to 291 square meters, while the gap between urban and rural regions remains wide. In the highly developed major centers, densification has set in, with 124 square meters of building zone area per inhabitant. The size of the building zone areas in tourist municipalities, by contrast, is above average, with 662 square meters allocated per inhabitant.
Building land reserves are unevenly distributed in Switzerland
Despite the moratorium on new building zones, in Switzerland there are still reserves amounting to an estimated 11 to 17 percent of the total building zone area. However, these undeveloped areas are distributed unevenly across regions: There are large reserves in the Western Swiss cantons of Valais, Geneva, Fribourg and Vaud, in particular, while in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Zurich, they are considerably smaller. Credit Suisse experts estimate that the existing building zone reserves in the greater Zurich area will be completely developed in fewer than ten years if building density is not increased. Building reserves could also be used up in fewer than 15 years in some parts of Vaud, Fribourg, Aargau, Thurgau, Lucerne, and Schwyz without further densification.
By contrast, the existing reserves of 84 of Switzerland's 110 economic regions should meet anticipated building land requirements for at least 15 years. In regions such as these, the Spatial Planning Act stipulates that new building zones are only possible if an area elsewhere is declassified as a building zone. However, the cantons are allowed a fair amount of scope in calculating their future need for development land. Nevertheless, some cantons (Uri, the two Appenzells, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Jura and Valais) recognize that their development zones are disproportionately large based on federal regulations. These cantons must designate a portion of their building land as on reserve, and not available for development for a certain period, or must reclassify the land. In the remaining cantons, the structure plans provide for such measures to be taken at a local level.
Spatial Planning Act imposes strict conditions on new building zones
Essentially, cantons that have their revised structure plans approved by May 1, 2019 are free to designate new building land again. However, vacant lots should first be developed and underused spaces utilized more effectively. New building zones may be granted where the need for development exceeds 100% of reserves over the next 15 years. Additionally, the land must be likely to be developed within the 15-year period. In eight cantons, however, a general moratorium on the creation of building zones applies until further notice, as these regions have not implemented the requirements of the Spatial Planning Act by the deadline (Geneva, Glarus, Lucerne, Obwalden, Schwyz, Ticino, Zug and Zurich.)
The structure plans for the cantons also include statements on the spatial distribution of future population growth. Agglomerations are expected to grow more than rural areas. Municipalities must also adhere to minimum densities for residential and mixed-use zones in order to drive inward development.
The effects of the Spatial Planning Act on landowners are varied
The new spatial frameworks also have an impact on landowners. Those who own farmland, hoping for rezoning to development land, are among the losers. Owners of undeveloped building land in municipalities with disproportionally large building zones are at risk of declassification – in the worst case, without compensation.
Many landowners of both developed and undeveloped land may profit, however, from efforts to increase density as rezoning to higher density – an increase in the maximum permissible utilization of the land – often increases the value of the land considerably.
Cities called upon in the fight against urban sprawl
It must be ensured that there is a sufficient supply of building land across the board in Switzerland. Densely populated urban regions face the greatest challenge, as there is very little land remaining that is suitable for designation as building land, and rezoning often provokes political resistance. This means that densification in the agglomerations is inevitable.
It is now up to cities to ensure a high quality of development despite densification. If they do not succeed, living standards will decline and the divide between rent prices in the city center and in the surrounding areas will widen further. The loss of appeal of living in cities would shift development pressure to the outer suburbs and rural regions, further promoting urban sprawl. | <urn:uuid:4d3cf8df-3efb-4462-aa28-6c384954d8cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/en/articles/private-banking/raumplanungsgesetz-gegen-die-zersiedlung-durch-bauland-in-der-schweiz-201905.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950511 | 1,194 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Despite the fact that Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrating Mexican independence, it is a hugely popular holiday in the United States as well. With the cacao bean being indigenous to Mexico, chocolate has found a way into every part of Mexican cuisine, including savory dinner entrees. If you’re looking to experiment with some authentic Mexican cuisine this Cinco de Mayo, this savory chocolate dish is the perfect dinner idea.
What is Mole?
Mole (pronounced mo-LAY) is a thick, rich sauce served with meats and rice. If you’re interested in serving mole but don’t have the time to make the sauce from scratch, there are jarred versions that you can find in the international section of your local grocery store. Making homemade mole is a true labor of love. At the heart of that love, though, is chocolate. While we often think of chocolate as being a sweet treat for dessert, the cacao bean provides a rich, bold flavor that can be used for savory dishes as well as sweet treats.
Where does it Come From?
This deeply rich, chocolate-based sauce hails from Mexico, which is no accident. Since the cacao bean is indigenous to Mexico, it is no wonder how the flavor-packed bean has made its way into all kinds of dishes and desserts. Cacao beans have been a staple of Mexican cuisine for hundreds of years — well before colonization. In Mexico, there are many different kinds of mole from different regions of the country, with different spices and flavors added to each type. Although the spices may change from region to region, bold, delicious chocolate remains the signature ingredient. When planning to make this delicious sauce from scratch, the most well-known mole sauces are called mole poblano and mole negro.
How Can I Use it?
The first thing you need to get your hands on is delicious, sweet dark chocolate. The better the quality of the chocolate, the better your mole sauce will turn out. Buying locally-made, gourmet dark chocolate will ensure that your mole is up to snuff. Since there are so many mole recipes, it is best to find one that incorporates ingredients that you like, as well as the ingredients that you can readily find in a grocery store. Make this Cinco de Mayo memorable with your own homemade mole dinner!
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RRC education students to join forest school for practicum
BRITTANY HOBSON, ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR
Every Monday a group of 16 preschoolers board a school bus and head to FortWhyte Alive to spend the day in a forest. And soon, RRC student-teachers will be joining them.
It’s called forest school, and it is the latest initiative to get children outside and active instead of indoors and sedentary.
“The philosophy of forest school is that it’s a child-lead, child-inspired program,” said Mavis Lewis-Webber, an early childhood education instructor at RRC. “The children are engaging in the natural environment. There’s no toys or plastic material. They’re using sticks, climbing trees, that sort of thing.”
This is Manitoba’s first forest school. An early stage started in 2014, but now FortWhyte will be launching a pilot program that includes more time outside for more students — even at the college level.
RRC will be the first Manitoba post-secondary school to offer a practicum placement at the forest school – a collaboration Lewis-Webber said she’s looking forward to.
And not only is the program successful in getting children curious about the world around them, but it also helps their mental health.
“Forest school is holistically good for children,” said Lewis-Webber. “For their cognitive development as they problem solve and develop skills, as they physically climb trees, walk on uneven surfaces, jump on logs, and socially and emotionally as they are taught competence and the ability to feel good about what they’re able to do.”
Mental health needs to be addressed right from birth, adds Lewis-Webber.
Jen Singh has two children who have both taken part in forest school through their daycare – Seven Oaks Child Day Care Centre. Her youngest, Kinzey, is four-years-old and has spent the last 10 Mondays at FortWhyte. Singh says being outdoors is important to children’s mental health because it challenges them to think about the world around them.
“I think it opens their eyes to nature. In the classroom or in daycare they get outside but it’s usually playtime,” said Singh. “When they go to forest school, they’re learning about nature, they’re learning about taking care of the Earth, they’re learning about different animals.”
The most exciting thing for Kinzey is learning to search for animal tracks, said Singh.
Lewis-Webber has taken on the role of advisor and mentor for new forest school practitioners. She hopes to continue that role as FortWhyte starts its own pilot program in the fall. As the program grows, so does Lewis-Webber’s passion for children and the outdoors. She hopes to see more programs like it in the future.
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Aims: The aim of this study was to define the shape variations, including diameters and angles, of the major coronary artery bifurcations.
Methods and results: Computed tomographic angiograms from 300 adults with a zero calcium score and no stenoses were segmented for centreline and luminal models. A computational atlas was constructed enabling automatic quantification of 3D angles, diameters and lengths of the coronary tree. The diameter (mean±SD) of the left main coronary was 3.5±0.8 mm and the length 10.5±5.3 mm. The left main bifurcation angle (distal angle or angle B) was 89±21° for cases with, and 75±23° for those without an intermediate artery (p<0.001). Analogous measurements of diameter and angle were tabulated for the other major bifurcations (left anterior descending/diagonal, circumflex/obtuse marginal and right coronary crux). Novel 3D angle definitions are proposed and analysed.
Conclusions: A computational atlas of normal coronary artery anatomy provides distributions of diameter, lengths and bifurcation angles as well as more complex shape analysis. These data define normal anatomical variation, facilitating stent design, selection and optimal treatment strategy. These population models are necessary for accurate computational flow dynamics, can be 3D printed for bench testing bifurcation stents and deployment strategies, and can aid in the discussion of different approaches to the treatment of coronary bifurcations. | <urn:uuid:381a2f0d-5299-4038-a242-08bc58848326> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27639736/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.89684 | 317 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Scottish Government seeks views on challenging men's demand for prostitution
The Scottish Government is seeking views on ways to challenge men’s demand for prostitution.
The public consultation is asking for suggestions on what can be done to reduce the harms associated with prostitution, how to help women find a way out and how the needs of women involved can be better recognised.
Views are also being sought on how to promote “positive attitudes” among young people in relation to consent and healthy relationships.
The government consultation paper defines prostitution as “the activity of buying and selling sex, including women and men, and from ‘on-street’ or indoor environments” and describes it as “a form of commercial sexual exploitation”.
It refers to a 2014 European Parliament resolution recognising that prostitution, forced prostitution and sexual exploitation are gendered issues, and violations of human dignity and human rights. It also notes the UK’s stated commitment to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
The consultation is also built around the Scottish Government’s definition of gender-based violence as set out in its Equally Safe strategy, reflecting prostitution as a form of gender-based violence.
Scottish Government commissioned research in 2017 looking into the reliability of international evidence on the criminalisation of the purchase of sex, and to explore the available evidence of prostitution in Scotland.
It found that there is a “lack of robust data on men and women engaged in prostitution in Scotland” and also that the use of technology means that it is now “less visible.”
The research also noted that in countries where purchasing sex has been criminalised, there appears to be a continued but decreased demand for prostitution.
Buying and selling sex in Scotland is not currently illegal but “brothel keeping” and “controlling prostitution for gain” are.
The Scottish Government has pledged to reform laws surrounding prostitution and it said the findings from the consultation and subsequent work may “benefit anyone involved in prostitution and society’s understanding of the issue.”
Community Safety Minister Ash Denham said: “The Scottish Government supports measures to help reduce the harms caused by prostitution. Scotland’s ‘Equally Safe’ strategy, co-owned with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, outlines our ambition for everyone to be equally safe and respected – where women and girls live free from all forms of violence and abuse and the attitudes that perpetuate that.
“Men have a critical role in challenging violence, including reducing the demand for prostitution. It is vital that we break down gender norms, stand up to the normalisation of harmful behaviours and work together to achieve greater gender equality in our society – something which will benefit all of us, our families and communities.
“This is an opportunity for everyone with an interest and with insights to help inform future policy decisions about how we address this form of gendered violence, protect the human rights and dignity of women and improve their outcomes.”
Linda Thompson, on behalf of the Encompass Network, said: “We welcome this consultation for the opportunities it gives for discussion and exploration on how Scotland can improve consistent prevention, harm reduction and support for women involved along with clear approaches to support women who want to leave.
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WSET Level 1 Award in Sake (ONLINE)
This is an entry level qualification providing a straightforward introduction to sake. It is a great course for those wanting to know about the principal sake categories, what defines them and what characteristics to expect from them. You’ll learn how to taste, how to describe describe and how to serve and store sake. You’ll also be familiar with some important Japanese sake labelling terms.
|Course Duration:||4 weeks|
|Exam Duration:||45 minute|
|Exam Type:||30 multiple choice questions|
|Award:||Certificate and Metal Lapel Pin|
*Additional costs may be incurred to courier your certificate if required outside of South Africa. Contact us for details
The course will be based around a 4-week, 7 module online learning programme with educator support available for this time. The course modules should be followed in order, but students are free to complete the modules at their own pace during this 4-week window. The course material should take about 6 hours in total to complete, plus revision time.
The course prepares the student for the WSET Level 1 Award in Sake examination and are guided by an online WSET educator from London. The student can contact the educator any time for the duration of the scheduled course, should they have any questions. Each week includes a series of independent and/or group activities to help students understand the differences between grape varieties and types and styles of wine.
Regular access and participation in the course online activities is essential for this mode of study but students are not required to login at any specific time.
Students are advised to taste a range of sake during their studies. All the required sake for the course can be found in the online specification list. A list of additional recommended sake can be found in the Course Specifications PDF. Students can post their tasting notes in the Online Classroom for review by the educator. Additional tastings may be included by the APP at their discretion.
All study materials will be available via the Online Classroom.
Sake is not included in the cost of this course and although it will greatly enhance your learning experience, it is not compulsory to taste any sake.
Who it is aimed at:
Sake consumers wanting to know more about sake within an interactive, structured framework.
Candidates with their first job in hospitality or retail.
Module 1: What is Sake and How is it Made?
- Describe the characteristics typical of sake.
- List and state the purpose of the main ingredients that are used in sake production.
- List and state the purpose of the main production steps that turn the ingredients into sake.
Module 2: Categories and Grades of Sake
- Name the principal categories and grades of sake.
- State the key characteristics of the principal categories and grades of sake.
Module 3: An Introduction to Tasting Sake
- Taste sake and describe its notable characteristics using language from WSET’s Systematic Approach to Tasting.
- Distinguish differences and similarities between different styles of sake.
Module 4: Sake Production
- List and state the purpose of the main production steps used to make sake.
Module 5: Japanese Labelling Terms and Speciality Styles of Sake
- Name the principal categories and grades of sakes and state their key characteristics.
- Name some of the speciality styles of sake and state their key characteristics.
- State the production steps that are legally controlled for the principal and some speciality styles of sake.
- Recognise Japanese labelling terms for some of the principal categories of sake.
Module 6: Storage and Service of SAKE
- State the correct procedures for the storage and service of sake.
- State the common faults found in sake.
- State the key considerations when making a food and sake pairing recommendation.
Module 7: Revision and Resources
- Mock multiple-choice feedback examination which can be attempted as many times as the student likes.
Included with this course
- All online tuition
- Exam Fees
- International courier costs (exams are marked in London)
- Certificate with Metal Lapel Pin for all successful students
- Domestic courier costs for your Certificate and Lapel Pin (Note: if you require these sent outside of South Africa there may be an additional charge required when results are known for international courier fees)
You have 45 minutes to complete the exam which comprises 30 multi-choice questions and a pass mark of 70%.
Below are the results you can attend and the marks required.
70% and above
69% and below
The course is designed to be fully online that includes computer-based testing via Remote Invigilation (RI) to take your exam. You will be monitored via webcam, screen sharing technology and a secondary recording device during your exam to ensure integrity with the qualification. A video explaining this in more detail can be found below
Further information on the operation of RI can also be found in the Candidate Information document.
Alternatively, the exam can be taken in person as opposed to online. Please contact us for further details.
Results are normally known up to 3 weeks later, however with the current working restrictions in the UK due to Covid-19, results can take up to 6 weeks at present. WSET inform us by email and as soon as we know we will inform you by email. The certificate and metal lapel pin for successful candidates will follow from London shortly afterwards.
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Americans spend more on health care than people in any other country. However, in any given year, the piecemeal nature of the American health insurance system causes many preventable deaths and unnecessary costs. Not surprisingly, COVID-19 only exacerbated this already dire public health issue, as evidenced by the elevated mortality in the US compared to that of other high-income countries.
A new study quantifies the severity of the pandemic’s impact on Americans who lacked access to health insurance. According to the findings published on Monday in Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences, from the start of the pandemic to mid-March 2022, universal healthcare could have saved more than 338,000 lives from COVID-19 alone. The US also could have saved $105.6 billion in health care costs related to hospitalizations from the disease — on top of the estimated $438 billion that could have been saved in a non-pandemic year.
“Health care reform is long overdue in the US,” says lead study author Alison Galvani, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis at the Yale School of Public Health. “Americans are needlessly losing lives and money.”
People who don’t have insurance usually don’t have a primary care doctor, which means they’re more likely to suffer from preventable diseases like type 2 diabetes. They also tend to wait longer to see a doctor when they get sick. . These two factors already contribute to higher mortality rates in non-pandemic years, and they exacerbated the impacts of COVID-19. Comorbidities exacerbate the risk of disease, and waiting to seek care increases the likelihood of transmission to other people.
Before the pandemic, 28 million American adults were uninsured and another nine million lost their insurance as a result of unemployment due to COVID-19. “Many Americans feel secure in good health insurance from their employer, but employer-based insurance can be cut off when it’s most needed,” Galvani points out.
In the new study, Galvan’s team compared the mortality risks of COVID-19 between people with and without insurance, as well as their risks from all other causes of death. The researchers compiled population characteristics of all uninsured Americans during the pandemic, taking into account things like age-specific life expectancy and increased mortality associated with lack of insurance. They calculated that a total of 131,438 people could have been saved from dying from COVID in 2020 alone. And more than 200,000 additional deaths from COVID-19 could have been avoided since then, bringing the total by March 12, 2022, to more more than 338,000.
The researchers also estimated the cost to insure the entire American population—and the savings that measure would produce. They found that a single-payer health care system would generate savings in three ways: more efficient investment in preventive care, reduced administrative costs, and increased bargaining power for pharmaceuticals, equipment, and fees. This would ultimately produce a net savings of $459 billion in 2020 and $438 billion in a non-pandemic year, the authors found. “Medicare for all would be an economic stimulus and a life-saving transformation of our health care system,” says Galvani. “It’s going to cost people a lot less than the status quo.”
The findings of Galvani and her colleagues are “very compelling” and “the methodology seems exactly right to me,” says Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved in the work. “The savings estimates are in line with every other estimate I’ve seen.”
Ann Keller, an associate professor of health policy and management also at UC Berkeley, suspects, however, that the new study likely underestimates deaths that could have been avoided through universal health care because it does not take into account lower rates of chronic diseases that often accompany single-payer systems. “Having continued access to care can prevent the onset of chronic disease and can ensure that patients who develop chronic disease manage it better,” says Keller, who was also not involved in the research. “I would think that, if one took that into account, the estimates of deaths avoided would be greater than the numbers reported here.”
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The Association of Buisness Recovery Professionals known as ‘R3’ has reported that 58% of the population believe that bankruptcy restrictions should last longer than a year. Understandably consumers attitudes towards bankruptcy and bankrupts has stiffened in the economic climate with the vast majority of people believing people take advantage of the bankruptcy system, by specifically using it to write off their debt. Furthermore people think bankrupts should be treated differently according to their pre-bankruptcy spending ‘habits’, and could have avoided bankruptcy by curbing their reckless spending.
‘Our bankruptcy regime, lasting only a year, is quite lenient compared to other countries. While no-one is advocating a return to the ‘debtor’s prison’, there is a strong feeling that a debtor’s spending behaviour should be factored into the length of the term of bankruptcy. Perhaps fuelled by stories of celebrity debtors, there is support for a move to distinguish the genuine hardship case from the reckless spender.’ says R3 President Lee Manning “Currently, the actual term of bankruptcy cannot be extended for reasons of reckless or blameworthy behaviour prior to bankruptcy. Although a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order (BRO) can be imposed to extend the restrictions of bankruptcy for between 2 and 15 years for culpable behaviour, a BRO does not increase the bankruptcy term. This means that any assets acquired by a reckless spender after their 12 month term of bankruptcy, even where they are subject to a BRO, can be retained by that individual rather than helping towards paying back their debts. Only by extending the term of bankruptcy, not just the restrictions, can we really hope to deter reckless spending.”
Lee Manning concluded:
“Those who struggle to make ends meet, using credit cards to bridge the gap, or who are considering a payday loan, will have to make some financial sacrifices in order to avoid their debts spiraling out of control and leading to a potential bankruptcy. Our research also indicated a tougher bankruptcy regime would make people more cautious with their spending, although too late to address today’s consumer debt problem. In the meantime, seeking professional advice as soon as possible is the best remedy for concerns over debt.” | <urn:uuid:2a712dea-a249-4670-8d8d-0f11e789797f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tremark.co.uk/bankruptcy-too-short/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.966773 | 461 | 1.945313 | 2 |
The Man God Called A Fool
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’
In this passage of Scripture, Jesus tells the parable of a rich man who had an exceeding abundant harvest. The harvest was so fruitful that his barn was not large enough to store the crops, so he decided to build a larger storehouse to hold his wealth. Jesus explains that the rich man chose to “take his life easy; eat drink and be merry”(Luke 12:19).
The parable says that very night would be the end of the man’s life. And while the man had made plans to build a new storehouse for his bountiful crop, he had failed to secure his salvation. God did not call this man a fool because he was wealthy or because he had made plans to store his harvest; God called the man a fool because he found security in earthly prosperity instead of eternal security. The man’s success had blinded him to the need for God in his life. You see, this man was thinking like the world thinks. He saw both his security and he worth in the things he had accumulated.
The Bible tells us that we are not to store up treasure on earth, but that we are to secure our treasure in heaven.(Matthew 6:19-20) So many times we can get caught up in what we think God forbids us to have, seeing God as some kind of killjoy who wants us to go without, when the reality is that He desires for us to prioritize our lives in such a way that we may have eternal significance.
Salvation is from our side a choice; from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our accepting and willing are reactions rather than actions.
In this same teaching Jesus asked another important question, “What would a man give in exchange for his soul?” What Jesus is saying is that we have to choose between the things of God and the things of this world. This is not that we live lives of poverty and never enjoy any of the blessings we can have in this world. As a matter of fact, God gave to Adam everything He had created. Furthermore we read that Abraham, Solomon, and many others possessed great wealth and possessions. Some read Luke 12 and think that the man’s failure was in building bigger. What we fail to realize is that you can be poor in the things of this world and still neglect taking care of your soul. What Jesus is teaching us is to consider the value of our souls and to make sure we provide for them in eternity.
Job tells us that we came into the world with nothing and we will leave it with nothing. All our accomplishments, all that we have gained, whether wealth or position or power will be lost when we die. Oh there will be those who may remember or we may leave behind things for others to use and enjoy, but for us their value ends with the grave. How sad it will be for those who had time for everything else but didn’t take time to prepare for eternity.
It is important for us to know that eternity is and that there are only two choices: heaven or hell. What we do in this life counts for there is no rewind and replay. Reincarnation is a myth and we only have one life to live and how it is spent will follow us into eternity. When Jesus asks us what would we give up for our souls, we ought to consider carefully how we will answer.
One of the deceits of the devil is procrastination. He never tries to talk us out of being saved, he just convinces us to put it off. Like the casino, he knows the odds are in his favor and at the end of the game he us usually wins more times than not. This is why Isaiah says we are to proclaim the day of the Lord is now and why the Bible teaches that now is the time for salvation. Satan works to get us so busy with all the things of the world- including good ones that we forget to care for our souls. Distractions come in all forms and not all of them are bad. Satan works to keep us focused on temporal things-temporary things at the expense of our eternal souls.
So what about you? Have you been born again? Have you personally received Christ as your Savior? Do you know that your name has been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life? What value have you placed on your soul?
The Apostle Paul stood before King Agrippa and preached the gospel of Christ. His passion and his words moved the king to a point of decision. As the king sat there he weighed his position, power and wealth against becoming a Christian. I think he realized that there would be a cost to following Christ. Standing before him was a man who had given up everything and was now on his way to Rome to be tried as a prisoner. After some moments of thought, Agrippa responds with one of the saddest sentences a man could speak, “Almost you persuade me.” I wonder how many will stand before Christ on that day of judgement and their response will be “almost, almost but lost.”
I urge us today, even those who are Christian, that we will guard our souls for the thief is waiting to “steal, kill, and destroy.” Our only security is to commit our selves, all we are, and all we have to Christ for He alone can keep our souls unto that day. I urge us to have a serious conversation with those we know and love about their eternal destiny and condition of their souls. May it be so that we all choose our souls over the trappings of this world.
I think that if we could get a tiny glimpse of heaven or experience the brush of the fingertips of the Holy Spirit, or hear the whisper of the voice of God, perhaps we would see the true value of our souls. You see God thought your soul was so valuable that He gave up His Son for it. The Son believed your soul was so valuable that He died for it. Can you believe that it’s so valuable that you need to give it to God for safekeeping? I truly hope so!
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Here are the ones I participated in recently, including activism that is a form of protest too:
- Ashland Farmers Market anti-racism education & activity on June 25, 2016. Even if we believe in racial equality and diversity, we might not talk about it much. No racial healing or justice will happen with silence. Go to this link for more info. Here are fill-in-the-blank pages I collected before the tabling event at the market, these are the ones collected during the market. Here we are at the market:
- I went to the Black Out Trump rally on June 29, 2016. I am deeply concerned about Trump's racist talk and fearful it will further divide this country and make the white dominate culture we live in more divided, and even more difficult and dangerous for People of Color. Here is the Boston.com video of the rally. I was asked some questions. If you want to skip ahead to it, my interview starts around 17.2. video, my signs look reversed due to the rear-facing camera the interviewer was using. This is what my signs looked like:
- I joined 1000 or more protesters in Boston on July 13, 2016... listening to folks share their experiences with racial injustice in Boston, marching and chanting together through the streets near Ruggles T station...against police brutality. Yes, even Boston has issues that need to be addressed.
- Went to my first SURJ monthly meeting., Showing Up for Racial Justice on July 21, 2016. An unprecedented amount of folks came for the first time too...over 400! Besides learning about what this group does, and who they are affiliated with, and ways to get engaged, we also did various actions together that evening, including reading together, in unison while we were filmed, a letter about Just Cause Eviction for sending to Marty Walsh.
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For something a little bit different here is a link to the OpenRocket source download. It’s a Java based program. Don’t expect exact ballistics software but you cna construct your own designs and use the Component Analysis function to see how changes affect the drag etc.
So here is a link to download the original MS Excel spreadsheet for Nose Cone Design.
I use a modified version myself to plot shapes that resemble long range target projectiles. If I can do it I’m sure those of you some knowledge of spreadsheets can come up with their own modified version. Follow the instructions and enjoy!
So if you’ve managed to magnify the outline of your ogive, effectively you can calculate the radius by measuring the meplat to the shank/ogive intersection. This will become your chord length W.
The Sagitta of the arc or height (H), is measured perpendicular from the midpoint of the chord W.
For double or multiple radius ogives there will be multiple chord lengths measure. Note also this method only works with ogives using a tangent and secant radius. The larger your outline is magnified the more accurate your measure will be, useful for those of us without an optical shadowgraph comparator or other such metrology equipment. Remember though you may have to contend with the parallax error depending on how you capture your image outline.
(link to Math Open Reference.)
To calculate the radius
Given an arc or segment with known width and height:
W is the length of the chord defining the base of the arc
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Social entrepreneurs sending shoes to Africa, celebrities holding fundraising concerts, tax dollars budgeted for government aid agencies, business owners shipping solar panels to Haiti—that’s how middle and upper class first world society currently help impoverished countries. But what if we got charity and aid terribly wrong?
Poverty, Inc. takes viewers on a deep dive into statistics and first-hand stories to explore the aid industry in a no-holds-barred, honest take. The revelations are astonishing. What’s left is heartbreaking evidence—could we be the very ones perpetuating poverty across the globe?
We guarantee you’ll cry and laugh as you hear different stories about just how devastating the aid industry has been for third world countries. You might even feel yourself cheering on the revolutionary efforts to bring real progress to impoverished communities, because this film holds the power to change minds and turn hearts. | <urn:uuid:a38c6b02-1d3f-4f0c-bbe6-32d2d295cc2d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.patheos.com/topics/docsology/films/poverty-inc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.912601 | 181 | 1.617188 | 2 |
It’s spring in Southern California, which means the season for air conditioner tune-ups is here! This is the time of year that we take a look at our customers’ air conditioners and perform all the necessary inspections and tasks that will ensure their cooling systems run smoothly and efficiently all summer long.
Most homeowners do not call in a professional to look at their air conditioner until a major issue arises. When a major problem occurs, you know you need a professional. But before that, getting regular air conditioning tune-ups will save you money on repairs. They can also save you money year-round on energy costs.
Benefits of Getting an Air conditioner Tune-Up
Decrease the Risk of a Breakdown
When the weather changes, so do your heating and cooling. After sitting idle for months, your HVAC equipment needs a tune-up to run at peak performance. Regular maintenance can help prevent minor problems, like that worn belt that makes that odd noise from your unit. It can also help you avoid major breakdowns that take the system out of operation completely. These major problems always seem to happen at the worst possible time, such as during the hottest days of the summer. Unfortunately, those are the times that HVAC contractors are at their busiest, which means you may have to wait for someone to fix the problem. By getting your system tuned up early and often, you can avoid this headache and avoid interruption to your cooling needs.
Improve Comfort Levels in Your Home
The whole reason you have an air conditioner in your home is to keep you and your family comfortable. Without an annual tune-up, your air conditioner will likely develop inefficiencies and problems that make it difficult to cool your home the way you want it to.
In addition to the savings you will get by avoiding emergency repairs later, you can save you up to 30% on your summer energy bills. When you consider the fact that more than half of your home’s energy costs are for heating and cooling, improving your air conditioner’s efficiency is a worthwhile investment.
Extend the AC Unit’s Lifespan
Just as regular oil changes help to keep your car running smoothly for years, annual maintenance will help your air conditioner have a longer usable lifetime. Keeping the unit free of dust and dirt and ensuring all parts are lubricated and working properly will help increase efficiency, performance quality, and reliability.
While no AC is going to last forever, failure to schedule annual maintenance is going to lead to potential system failure earlier than you should have to. Older systems may fall off in terms of efficiency and performance quality, but if you want to keep your system up and running as long as possible and operating as well as possible, then annual maintenance is the key that you are looking for.
Catch Small Problems Before They Become BIG Problems
The longer you ignore a problem with your air conditioner, the worse it will tend to get. Often times, unattended problems will leave you with higher operating costs as well as more expensive repairs. During a tune-up, we will check for any problems — big or small — that your cooling system might be experiencing and take care of them before they get worse.
Keeps Your Air Clean
When you do schedule a tune-up, our professionals perform a 21 point tune-up and safety check. One of the first things they do is to clean the dirt and dust from your unit. Dust and build up are your air conditioner and heater’s worst enemy, and the more you ignore it, the harder your system has to work to evenly heat or cool the home. Working past all that dust and debris cranks up your energy bill too. So with regular tune-ups, you can ensure your system is as efficient as can be.
An Air Conditioner Tune-Up Includes:
- Lubricating all motors and bearings
- Cleaning the evaporator and condenser coils
- Replacing the air filter
- Checking the refrigerant level
- Cleaning and adjusting the blower
- Checking and testing all electrical connections and controls
- Checking and cleaning the condensate drain
- Checking and calibrating the thermostat settings
- Checking voltage & amp draw of blower motor, compressor and condenser fan
- Testing the cooling system and capacitors
How Often Should I Have My Air Conditioner Tuned Up?
Every year, you will need to have your coils cleaned and have various motors worked on. If it does not receive that attention, your home’s air conditioner will lose efficiency and most likely need costly replacement parts much earlier than you should. Maintaining your air conditioner can double its lifespan, which means you’ll save thousands of dollars on replacements and installations.
As the weather begins to warm up and winter starts to die away, it is important to take a few preventative measures to protect your home through the warmer months when windows start to open and birds begin to sing. Air conditioner tune-ups can seem like a frivolous thing to have done for someone who is unaware of their benefits and the importance. But the truth is, you will be stopping problems before they get out of hand. And while it may seem like you’re paying extra money for the tune-up, you’re actually saving on repairs, replacements, and energy costs by having it done.
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The second video of this mini-series sets the stage for war, as Egyptian President Nasser makes aggressive moves, amassing tens of thousands of troops along Israel’s border, and ordering the UN peacekeeping force to leave. Watch their astonishing response.
In mid-May 1967, Arab hostility toward Israel was about to take a dramatic turn for the worse. On May 14, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser began moving troops and military equipment into the demilitarized zone in the Sinai Peninsula between Israel and Egypt.
Nasser’s move was fueled, in part, by misinformation he had received from the Soviet Union – Egypt’s ally and sponsor – claiming that Israel was on the verge of invading Syria. However, though Nasser learned these reports were false just a day later, he continued moving tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Israeli border.
On May 16th, goaded on by other Arab countries and Egyptian public opinion, Nasser ordered the immediate evacuation of all UN troops and termination of the UN presence on the Egyptian-Israeli border. The UN complied, leaving the buffer zone under total Egyptian control. Israel now lay exposed on its southern border, as Egypt continued amassing its troops in the Sinai. By the end of the week, Egypt had placed 80,000 troops, 550 tanks, and 1,000 artillery pieces on the Israeli border.
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This video was produced by Jerusalem U in partnership with The Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Action Network, the European Jewish Congress and the Center for Israel Education. For more on the dramatic events and impact of the Six Day War, visit sixdaywarproject.org. | <urn:uuid:dc9c73dc-d944-4b8b-891d-24081138f52c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jewishunpacked.com/egypt-expels-un-observers-six-day-war-project/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.945371 | 379 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Updated By Falak Khan on 10 Aug, 2022 18:47
NIMCET is the entrance examination organized by the National Institute of Technology (NIT) for the purpose of admission in Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses in the different NITs. There are 11 participating institutes for NIMCET. The candidates can check out the list of 2022 NIMCET participating institutes and start preparing for the one they desire for. The NIMCET participating institutes 2022 have 951 seats available for admission. Bhopal, Allahabad, Agartala, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra (self-financing), Warangal, Raipur, Surathkal, and Tiruchirappalli are among the cities where NIMCET member institutions are situated.
The NIMCET 2022 exams are over now and the result was declared on July 5, 2022. The NIMCET seat allotment for rounds 1,2 and 3 are conducted and now the final round of seat allotment will be conducted on August 27, 2022. The final round of reporting for admission at the allotted institute will take place on September 1, 2022.
Read the full article to get details about NIMCET 2022 participating colleges, seats available at participating institutes, how to choose college and more.
NIMCET is the entrance examination organized by the National Institute of Technology (NIT) for the purpose of admission in Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses in the different NITs. The NIMCET Examination is organized by the NIT in a rotational manner. The NIMCET 2022 will be conducted by the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (Karnataka).To get admission in one of these 11 NITs the candidates must also clear the cut-off which is declared after the result of the entrance examination is announced. Once the candidate is done with the NIMCET 2022 Examination, he/she can check the NIMCET 2022 Result and NIMCET 2022 Cut-Off.
The cut-off of the different institutes is published by the respective institutes on their official website. Candidates can check the official website of the participating institutes of NIMCET 2022 to know their position in the merit list released to churn out candidates for the Counselling Process. The counselling session of NIMCET 2022 will be done online.
After the NIMCET 2022 Examination is over and the result for the same has been declared, the qualifying candidates will get a scope to appear for the admission process of their preferable and selected college. There are a few steps that should be kept in mind while the candidates enter the college choices for NIMCET 2022. These steps are mentioned below:
Candidates who clear the qualifying criteria will be awarded a rank card
The rank card can be checked by the candidates right after the NIMCET 2022 Result will be declaredon July 5, 2022
The candidates will then get an email from the conducting authority of NIMCET 2022, which will consist of a link from where the candidate will be able to download the rank card in pdf format.
The email will also provide the candidates with a new password and username to the Choice Filling Website.
The candidates should then log in and change the provided username and password according to their choice.
After that, the candidates can fill in the choices of the participating institutes in order of their preferences.
The candidates can also change or modify the order of choices several times before final locking.
It is important for the aspirants to know that they are not allowed to access the choice page after they are done with the locking of the colleges.
There are a few points that should be known by the candidates who aspire to crack NIMCET. Listed below are the important points to remember for NIMCET 2022:
The candidates should be very careful while filling the choices for colleges. Once the options get locked, they can’t be accessed anymore.
The candidates must go through the participating institutes in detail before filling their choice for colleges.
It is important for the candidate to know about the cut-off of the institutes which they wish to select in the final round of the counselling process.
The institute with better placement and career opportunities should always rank up in the preference list of the candidates.
The candidates must be ready with the required documents that are needed at the time of admission.
Once the documentation procedure of the college is complete no changes can be made.
The candidature of the candidates who fail to turn up for the final procedure of the admission process will automatically get cancelled.
There are 11 National Institute of Technologies that will participate in NIMCET 2022. Here is the list of the NIMCET 2022 participating colleges:
The aspiring candidates must be aware of the number of seats offered by the participating institutes of NIMCET. Here is the list of the total number of seats offered by the NIMCET 2022 participating colleges:
National Institute of Technology, Agartala
National Institute of Technology, Calicut
National Institute of Technology, Patna
National Institute of Technology, Patna (Self financing)
National Institute of Technology, Raipur
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
National Institute of Technology, Trichy
National Institute of Technology, Warangal
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra ( self-financing seats )
National Institutes of Technology, Jamshedpur has been conducting the NIMCET counselling 2022 from July 7, 2022. The counselling will held in four rounds. NIMCET results will determine whether candidates are qualified to participate in the counselling process. The distribution of seats will be based on the results of the NIMCET 2022 exam. At the time of reporting to the designated institute through NIMCET counselling, candidates must present the documents like admit card, rank card, category certificate, date of birth proof etc, in their original forms along with self-attested photocopies for verification.
National Institute of Technology MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET) will conduct the NIMCET seat allotment for qualified candidates. Candidates who have passed the NIMCET 2022 exam are eligible for the seat allotment. The results of the NIMCET 2022 seat allotment will be released on nimcet.in. The ranking attained by applicants in the NIMCET test will be used to determine how many seats will be available for NIMCET 2022. Candidates should download the NIMCET seat allotment call letter from the NIMCET official website.
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nimcetThe counselling and seat allotment details are available on the official website.
The initial schedule is given below
07-Jul-2022 to 12-Jul-2022
First Round of Allotment
There are 11 participating institutes for NIMCET.
Yes, Goggle visits NIT Warangal as it is one of the prestigious NITs in India.
52,000 candidates appeared in NIMCET 2022.
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Have you ever thought of using multiple accounts on Google Home? Do you know that you can now use multiple Google Accounts on Google Home? Yes, you can!
Google Home is basically intended to be a shared device that everyone in the house will be able to use. At this time, Google has finally made it possible for Google Home to recognize different people and give personalized info to everyone using their Google accounts. Here’s how to simply set it up.
The Google Home’s multi-user feature is aimed to work with as smallest ruckus as possible. So it basically uses voice training to learn what your voice sounds like. Then it can give you custom information when you say things like “tell me about myself” or “what’s on my shopping list?” You will be able to add up to six people to one Google Home, so everyone in your family will be able to share a single device.
To set it up, just launch the Google Home app and tap the devices icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
Then scroll down to find your Google Home in the list of devices. Then tap on the blue banner that says “Multi-user is now available.” Then Google will start the process of learning how to recognize your voice. Also ensure you’re in the same room as your Google Home and that it’s pretty quiet so Google can easily catch and record your voice.
Google will then ask you to say “Ok, Google” and “Hey, Google” many times to learn your voice patterns. Of course you can also always retrain Google, if you notice that it’s not detecting your voice accurately as well in the future.
Once Google Home is done updating, you’ll be able to see a sample list of commands you can use which will be customized based on who’s speaking. For instance, you can say “Ok Google, what’s my name?” and Google will tell you who it thinks you are. This is a good command you should always try out when adding new users to ensure Google is identifying everyone accurately in the house correctly. Tap Continue to move on.
Once you’re done with that, Google will then give the option to invite others to do the same thing. So tap on the blue Invite button and send a link to your family members or roommates with any communication app of your choice. They’ll be simply asked to install the Google Home app on their phones and walk through the same steps you just did.
Superlatively, it means that no one but you will be able to get information from your account unless they can mimic your voice which will be slightly possible. Even though, I did verify while testing it that Google Home will recognize a recording of your voice in order to activate commands. It still worth knowing about, even if most of you won’t in all likelihood be that suspicious about your family trying to access information on your account.
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The Senate’s failure to re-authorize the USA Patriot Act over the weekend due to filibuster was a critical failure to provide law-enforcement agencies the vital tools necessary to fight and win the war on terror. Such action compromises the safety of the American people, undermines the progress we have made since September 11 and delays critical investigations.
A minority of senators has stopped reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act. This minority insists on imposing its will on a bipartisan majority of the Senate, the House and the president of the United States. In effect, these few politicians are willing to jeopardize the safety of the American people because they are unwilling to accept the compromise agreed to by both houses of Congress, despite efforts from all other quarters to do so. Most reasonable people would agree that it is a practical impossibility for each legislator to get everything he or she wants in these negotiations. That doesn’t mean the American people should be left with nothing.
The American people deserve honest discourse, not filibuster and delay. The Patriot Act has served our national security in a way that is both consistent with our national values and with the protection of civil liberties — in fact, the war on terror must be waged in a manner consistent with American principles.
The hysteria over this legislation (and the fact that people have in too many instances not focused on the hard-fought attempts to balance security with civil-liberty concerns) is a disservice to the American people. This debate does not concern a typical policy disagreement sometimes had over taxes or other issues — the stakes are so much higher.
The failure to reauthorize the Patriot Act returns Americans to the protections of September 10th tools. Law-enforcement officials cannot be blamed for their failure to “connect the dots” if the Senate has failed to provide the tools to connect them.
Key members of Congress and the administration reached an agreement earlier in the month that would extend the important law-enforcement and anti-terrorism tools that would otherwise expire at the end of the month. Unfortunately, this critical legislation — which has played no small role in preventing another act of terrorism on American soil — has not always been the subject of an intellectually honest, responsible or fair debate.
The Patriot Act was enacted in 2001 by overwhelming bipartisan margins: 98-1 in the Senate, and 357-66 in the House. At that time, senators on both sides of the aisle agreed that this legislation struck a careful and wise balance between national-security interests and protection of civil liberties.
The legislation enjoys a successful track record. In addition to helping prevent any terrorist attacks on American soil since September 11 and playing a crucial role in the dismantling of several terrorist cells within the United States, the Department of Justice inspector-general has consistently found no systematic abuses of any of the act’s provisions.
Therecentagreement reached by the House and Senate conferees, reflected in a draft conference report, both preserves the provisions that have made America safer since September 11 and increases congressional and judicial oversight — which should alleviate the concerns of those who believe the law-enforcement tools endanger civil liberties.
In addition to the enhanced protections for citizens’ rights, the agreement preserves fundamental open-government principles. Of course, a system of open government is one of the most basic requirements of any healthy democracy, and therefore, securing the country and protecting civil liberties need not be a zero-sum proposition. While America’s national security should never take a back seat, it also should not be used to prevent taxpayers from knowing how their government is operating — nor about how it will protect them from terrorism.
The House-Senate draft agreement strikes the right balance here as well. While preserving existing authorities, the draft conference report adds significant safeguards respecting their use. It not only continues the sunsets on the roving-wiretap and business-record provisions, but it also adds significant new safeguards to both provisions by requiring high-level approval for their use. Additionally, it requires enhanced reporting to Congress on actual use of these authorities, increasing the likelihood of both detecting and correcting any issues of concern.
Finally, it calls on the inspector-general to audit the use of controversial provisions, includes additional reporting requirements to Congress on other provisions of the act and requires the Department of Justice to report to Congress on any data-mining activities. These additional safeguards will help ensure both necessary protections of Americans’ rights, while also promoting the open-government principles we espouse.
This important, bipartisan agreement continues all of the important law-enforcement provisions enacted following the September 11 attacks, as well as implementing responsible changes that provide for more oversight to protect against potential civil-liberty concerns. It strikes the right balance of providing for our national security and providing enhanced sunshine on how those provisions are used. The Senate should no longer tolerate such harmful delay tactics; it should reauthorize this legislation immediately.
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Study finds 20M would lose health coverage under Trump plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage while Hillary Clinton would provide coverage for an additional 9 million people.
The 2016 presidential campaign has brought voters to a crossroads on health care yet again. The U.S. uninsured rate stands at a historically low 8.6 percent, mainly because of President Barack Obama's health care law, which expanded government and private coverage. Yet it's uncertain if the nation's newest social program will survive the election.
Republican candidate Trump would repeal "Obamacare" and replace it with a new tax deduction, insurance market changes, and a Medicaid overhaul. Democrat Clinton would increase financial assistance for people with private insurance and expand government coverage as well.
The two approaches would have starkly different results, according to the Commonwealth Fund study released Friday.
The analysis was carried out by the RAND Corporation, a global research organization that uses computer simulation to test the potential effects of health care proposals. Although the New York-based Commonwealth Fund is nonpartisan, it generally supports the goals of increased coverage and access to health care.
Economist Sara Collins, who heads the Commonwealth Fund's work on coverage and access, said RAND basically found that Trump's replacement plan isn't robust enough to make up for the insurance losses from repealing the Affordable Care Act. "Certainly it doesn't fully offset the effects of repeal," Collins said.
One worrisome finding is that the number of uninsured people in fair or poor health could triple under Trump. It would rise from an estimated 2.1 million people under current laws to between 5.7 million and 7.1 million under Trump's approach, depending on which of his policy proposals was analyzed.
When uninsured people wind up in the hospital, the cost of their treatment gets shifted to others, including state and federal taxpayers. Trump has said he doesn't want people "dying on the street."
The study panned one of Trump's main ideas: allowing insurers to sell private policies across state lines. Collins said insurers would cherry-pick the healthiest customers and steer them to skimpy plans. Other experts don't see it as bleakly, believing that interstate policies could attract customers through lower premiums.
A prominent Republican expert who reviewed the study for The Associated Press questioned some of its assumptions, but said the overall conclusion seems to be on target. "You could quibble about some of the modeling, but directionally I think it's right," said economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a center-right public policy center.
Collins said the analysis examined some major proposals from each candidate, but did not test every idea.
The Trump proposals included repealing the Obama health care law, as well as a host of replacement ideas consisting of a new income tax deduction for health insurance, allowing policies to be sold across state lines, and turning the Medicaid program for low-income people into a block grant, which would mean limiting federal costs.
The study estimated that Trump's repeal of "Obamacare" would increase the number of uninsured people from 24.9 million to 44.6 million in 2018. But then his replacement proposals would have a push-pull effect. The tax deduction and interstate health insurance sales would help some stay covered, but the Medicaid block grant would make even more people uninsured.
"The people who would actually gain coverage tend to have higher incomes," said Collins.
The result would be an estimated 45.1 million uninsured people in 2018 under Trump — an increase of 20.2 million, reversing the coverage gains under Obama.
The Clinton proposals analyzed included a new tax credit for deductibles and copayments not covered by insurance, a richer formula for health law subsidies, a fix for the law's "family glitch" that can deny subsidies to some dependents, and a new government-sponsored "public option" health plan.
Taken together, the analysis estimated that Clinton's proposals would reduce the number of uninsured people in 2018 to 15.8 million, which translates to a gain of 9.1 million people with coverage. Not included were Clinton's idea for allowing middle-aged adults to buy into Medicare and her plan to convince more states to expand Medicaid.
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Forgetting about electrical work is common when you are renovating or building a home in Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula or the Surf Coast. Your electricity plan is the backbone of your house – you can’t afford to get it wrong!
When drafting a residential electrical design Smart Green Electrical focuses on:
- lighting needs
- energy efficiency
Function and convenience are essential when looking at the electrical design of your Geelong home.
A professional electrician from Smart Green Electrical gives careful thought to the placement of your electrical switches and outlets to maximise convenience.
We ensure that:
- rooms are well lit
- light switches are accessible
- electrical sockets are located in appropriate locations for your appliances
- sufficient internet ports/TV sockets
Below are some helpful electrical tips for rooms in your Ocean Grove home that you may not have thought of for your electricity plan:
- Kitchen: add power outlets near benches or places you’re likely to sit down for coffee, or put in a USB charger socket for your mobile phones or devices
- Bedroom: electrical outlets near your bed and side tables are a must – also consider adding sockets to corners, as well as think about the placement of your furniture (where desks or TVs are going to go)
- Hallways and living room: consider putting powerpoints along a hallway for vacuum cleaners
- Outdoor space: adding extra sockets for Christmas lights or decorations, weatherproofing sockets for longevity
These are just a few suggestions your local, experienced electrician can suggest during an electrical consultation.
2/ Lighting needs
One common mistake that the technicians at Smart Green Electrical see often is homeowners on the Bellarine Peninsula over lighting their space, installing too many lights or choosing bulbs that are too bright or strong for their home.
Engaging a qualified electrician to assess your lighting needs and design your electricity plan, you can save money on your power bill and allow you to have a well-lit house. Dimmers, energy-efficient lighting and proper lighting placement through clever electrical design will ensure things are bright, but not cost you an arm and a leg.
3/ Energy-efficient and smart home lighting
We all want to save money, right? So with this purpose in mind, a professional electrician can make the right lighting choices for your new home or renovation on the Surf Coast, saving you heaps!
Our electricians in Ocean Grove can help you choose energy-efficient lighting and appliances when you design or renovate your home, which will save you power and therefore money.
Electricity can be dangerous; therefore, it is imperative you have a professional electrician design and install your lights and outlets. A trained electrician will consider important factors when designing your electricity plan such as:
- installing switches and outlets out of the reach of kids and pets
- ensuring bathroom outlets are up to grade and installed away from splash zones
- ensuring kitchen outlets can handle the electrical loads of numerous appliances
- determining where to place outdoor sockets for added security and convenience
Customised electrical plan
Engaging a professional electrician to design your electricity plan early on in your Geelong home renovation or Surf Coast new home build is key. This will allow you to add extra sockets, put sockets in convenient areas you may not have thought of, or change the location of a socket if it does not suit your needs. A proper electricity plan drawn up before construction or renovations starts, allows your builder to work with the electrician to design the smart home of your dreams.
For instance, you may want extra sockets outside for your “Griswald-style” Christmas lights or an extra outlet placed near your BBQ so you plug in a beer fridge beside it. Not to mention needing extra weatherproofed sockets for your patio lights to enjoy those Christmas lights and barbecued food!
Conversely, indoors you may need extra sockets for the multitude of devices you need to charge each night for the whole family, motion censored lights so you can stop yelling at your kids to turn off the lights, or even extra sockets put in for all your Christmas decorations.
No matter your electrical needs it is important to engage an experienced electrician to develop an electrical design for your home. A proper electrical plan prevents tripping over multiple power strips or overloading your electrical circuits keeping your family safe while providing convenience and functionality to your home space.
Contact your local Geelong electrician for electrical design plans
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Event format: Online
Date & time:
- Thursday, March 24, 2022, 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT2022-03-24T10:00:00-04:00 - 2022-03-24T11:30:00-04:00
Type of event: Webinar
Trees offer inspiration and hope for a healthy future for our planet. Women in Guatemala and other Latin American countries explore the potential of trees and nature to confront climate change and the importance of bottom-up forest restoration and local land management. Women also engage in dangerous protests to protect old-growth forests of the Amazon and the Bolivian Highlands, often on indigenous land. Speakers will outline these efforts and lead discussion of how we can partner with forests and trees to repair and protect the Earth. Register in advance for this meeting.
- Erin Beasley
- Executive Director of Ecosystem Restoration Camps USA
- Carmen Capriles
- Founder of Reacción Climática
- Debra Pritchard, moderator
- International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (IWC)
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This is a parallel event hosted by IWC as part of the NGO CSW66 Forum.
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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition. Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Madison’s original proposal for a bill of rights provision concerning religion read:
The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.1The language was altered in the House to read:
Congress shall make no law establishing religion, or to prevent the free exercise thereof, or to infringe the rights of conscience.2 In the Senate, the section adopted read:
Congress shall make no law establishing articles of faith, or a mode of worship, or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. . . .3 It was in the conference committee of the two bodies, chaired by Madison, that the present language was written with its somewhat more indefinite
respecting phraseology.4 Debate in Congress lends little assistance in interpreting the religion clauses; Madison’s position, as well as that of Jefferson, who influenced him, is fairly clear,5 but the intent, insofar as there was one, of the others in Congress who voted for the language and those in the states who voted to ratify is subject to speculation. | <urn:uuid:c218e28a-f1ad-4aa2-80e4-3d6205192592> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://conservativeladiesofwa.com/issue/1stamendment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.936459 | 329 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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|Assessment Type||Assessment length / details||Proportion|
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|Semester Assessment||Project Essay (2000 words), Semester 1 Project Essay (2000 words) Semester 1||20%|
|Semester Exam||2 Hours Semester 2 Exam Part 1 (10%) & Part 2 (20%) Semester 2||30%|
|Semester Assessment||Poster and Report, Semester 2 Poster (60%) + 800 word report (40%) Semester 2||20%|
|Supplementary Exam||2 Hours Semester 1 Resit Exam Resubmission of failed (< 40%) components. Marks for passed components will be carried forward in the recalculation of the resat module mark.||30%|
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On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Describe and evaluate water resources, their management and environmental impact, including hydrogeology
Describe and evaluate the different types of metal and mineral deposits, the formation of key ore and mineral deposits (iron, aluminum, uranium, base metal, strategic metals, gold), their extraction and mineral processing methods and the impact on the environment of these processes.
Describe and evaluate the, formation, exploration, extraction (where relevant), exploitation (including environmental impacts) of different energy resources.
Describe and evaluate exploration testing procedures and environmental impacts types of extracting bulk materials, including aggregates, building stones, sand and gravels, cement and bricks.
Energy Resources will be discussed under the following topics: Fossil fuels; nuclear power; hydroelectricity; geothermal energy and renewable energy.
The Water Resources part of this module will describe the water cycle, discuss water management and usage, surface water and groundwater, and provide an introduction to hydrogeology.
The part of the module on Bulk Materials will cover the following topics: building stones; aggregates; sands and gravels; bricks.
Under the Metal and Mineral Deposits part of this course, the formation of key mineral deposits (iron, aluminum, uranium, base metal, strategic metals, gold), their extraction and mineral processing methods and the impact on the environment of these processes will be discussed.
Weeks 1-4: Introduction to course; Water resources: water cycle, surface water, groundwater, hydrogeology, water treatment
Weeks 5-10 Metals: Mineral extraction and processing, Iron, Aluminium, Base metal deposits (lead, zinc, copper), Uranium and strategic metal, Gold.
Weeks 1-6 Energy resources: Introduction to energy, fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, renewable energy.
Weeks 7-10 Bulk materials: Aggregates - sands and gravels and crushed rock; building stones; limestone and cement, clay and bricks, gypsum.
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Getting older is something all of us wish we could postpone, but it jumps on us anyway and the best way to hold onto your youth is to stay as fit and healthy as it is possible. Eating healthy, working out often and generally watching your health can help you in the long run.
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Changing one's lifestyle overnight is not feasible but we have a few tips and routines for you to make the transition to a healthier lifestyle, starting today.
Why should you exercise?
Helps you maintain a healthy weight or lose any excess weight
Helps increase metabolism and build muscle mass, thereby burning more calories during each workout
Makes you immune to illness and chronic disease
Lowers your risk of Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and osteoporosis
Enhances mobility, flexibility, and balance
Boosts good moods and self-confidence
Keeps your brain active, making you sharper and more focused
Aerobics is a vital part of exercising that does more for your body than anything else. There is in home personal training in Scarborough if you think the thought of travelling to a gym might put you off. First Class Personal Training, based in Toronto, provides personal training services to senior citizens in most parts of the country.
Swimming, jogging, running, speed walking, skipping rope, cycling, and even hiking comes under aerobics and if the thought of a gym bore you, you can always go on a hike or trek and burn your calories like that.
With age comes limited flexibility and the muscles need to be stretched often, to prevent injury and improve your overall health & fitness level. Stretching before any workout is important and this activity loosens your muscles and prevents injuries or sprains during the workout routines.
Triceps, biceps, hamstrings, calves, quads, mid back, and groin are focused during a stretching routine and if done correctly, will aid in better workout sessions too, as you will feel more fluid and not stiff.
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The Russian Progress M1 was launched Sunday afternoon and spent the last two days executing rendezvous burns that eventually placed it in close proximity to the station.
Over Russian communications stations, Progress used its automated KURS docking system to hone in on the aft docking port of the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module, enabling the linkup to occur on time as the two craft flew over Kazakhstan. At the time of docking, Progress approached Zvezda at a rate of about two-tenths of a meter per second. Shortly after contact between the two vehicles, hooks and latches began to engage, forming a tight seal between the two craft. The supply ship is carrying 1,356 pounds of supplies, including clothing, food, computers and other equipment that will be unloaded by seven astronauts and cosmonauts who will arrive at the ISS in September on the STS-106 mission aboard the Shuttle Atlantis. The Progress also carried a load of fuel which will be automatically transferred through propellent lines to refill the tanks on both the Zvezda and Zarya modules.
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Today we will share the 15 Best Self-Help Books For Young Adults of 2022. Young people are very confused. This is a normal thing. After graduation, young people often go the wrong way because they have many choices.
We can read some books and absorb certain knowledge from books. When reading books, we can choose according to our own preferences, or we can read some books recommended by others. The following editor will share with you, what books are suitable for young people to read?
As the saying goes, "the book has its own house of gold", and this sentence is not wrong. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the adequacy of material culture, the majority of young people have begun to pursue spiritual and cultural satisfaction and read many books.
What good self-help books should young people read?
I selected these 15 books from the nearly 500 books I have read, which are mainly divided into 2 aspects.
How do young people know and choose what to do?
How do young people put the ideas and choices in their minds into practice?
These two aspects are also things that I personally think young people need to solve very much.
For the time being, I think of the following 15 Inspirational Books and Self Help Books for Teens, most of which are practical books.
In the future, I will iterate this series again. I hope you can give me a thumbs up and support me, otherwise, I may not be able to find it next time.
Well, without further ado, let's go straight to the dry goods.
How do you know what to do?
The simplest and crudest way is to see more and try more.
However, young people belong to a stage with relatively few resources but more time.
Therefore, how you organize your time is crucial.
If you cannot "walk thousands of miles" due to limited conditions, then read thousands of books.
Following the 15 best self-improvement books of all time, I hope you can absorb them well.
15 Best Self-Improvement Books For Young Adults of 2022
The more books I read, the more I will think: If I had read this book a few years earlier, would my life have changed? The biggest difference between the rich and the poor is cognitive differences.
If I was 20 years old, I could When I see someone recommending these books to me, I will definitely read them, so today Reading and Thinking.com recommends a few books suitable for young people to read, learn to grow, and improve their cognition.
I hope you will read at least one of the following books that will teach you how to love and how to receive love from others.
If you are worried about not being able to establish an intimate relationship with others and being unable to properly handle the conflict with your lover, then please read these 15 Best Inspirational Books and Self Help Books for Teens of 2022.
1. Daring Greatly
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Brené Brown's very successful TEDx talk on the power of vulnerability. She later did another TED talk on shame, published several books, and even did a Netflix special.
A series of things all revolve around some common core concepts - shame, vulnerability, inadequacy, and being fully committed to life.
Shame prevents us from revealing our true selves, always feeling that we are not good enough, and are afraid to expose our vulnerable side.
these have a huge negative impact on individuals and society; while bravely accepting and exposing our weaknesses, sincerely Dedicating yourself to life is the antidote to life.
Daring Greatly's book focuses on shame and its antidote—the courage to expose one's vulnerability. Brené is American, and her target audience is first and foremost, but we are probably more familiar with shame than Americans.
After all, East Asia is a typical example of a culture of shame relative to the culture of guilt in the United States.
The use of shame as a means of education is probably a legacy of the pre-modern era. However, from the experience of myself and some friends who grew up with me, the parents of our generation who use shame as an effective means of educating their children are probably still Not a few.
However, I myself have not been able to escape this kind of shameful education: it is shameful to stray and do wrong questions, it is shameful to give up learning talents halfway, and it is shameful to see strangers who are shy and twisted and not as generous as other people’s children, there is no one else in school It’s shameful for your child to be popular, and it’s shameful for no one else’s child to eat, grow, run and move.
2. You Are a Badass
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Many ideas from this book rang a bell to me. It made me discover and change some of my thinking patterns, as well as empowered me to embrace my badassery.
For example, I had been replaying some harsh words I was told in my head for the past 5 months. I could not help but analyze over and over again which is valid and which is not, doubting and victimizing myself while creating hatred towards the other person.
This book made me realize that forgiving is not able the other person, but it is about me--I am not letting the other person off the hook; I will be actually setting myself free.
Whatever I am thinking means nothing to the other person now, nor would it change the reality, yet I have the right to choose: to have it keep bothering me? Or to let it go? And I let it go.
This is the book I want to revisit time after time, and hopefully, its magic will never die. As I said, I read it on transportation, so I was not able to actually carry out some of the tips she mentioned.
I am sure if you follow every tip she recommended, it will make a whole lot of difference for you. I am soon about to move into the next chapter in my life.
I cannot guarantee that I will never feel that bad again; I know there will still be mood swings, big or small, but I will keep believing that The Universe loves me and has everything ready for me, and I will keep loving this awesome, talented, artistic, emotional, sensitive, curious, courageous, positive, and badass me.
3. The Four Agreements
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz
I cannot wait to introduce this book to you. Because I want you to be happy, I want you to be happy. Because I love you.
"Let the Heart Free" is an extraordinary book. It thinks big but starts small. What is held is four taels, but one thousand jin is plucked; what is pulled is one hair, but the whole body is moved. It's like Chinese acupuncture: a few slender silver needles, pinpointed acupoints, except for your decades of pain.
This book claims that it can transform your concept and personality, which is not a big proposition. However, the prescription given by the author has only five words: "Don't make judgments." This prescription can be described as simple.
As a person who loves to think, I have also been looking for a shortcut to "heaven on earth". This road must be wide, to accommodate all the people in the world.
The way is to be visible, to be seen by the ignorant. I think so; even though Jesus said, "Narrow is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few find it".
Before reading this book, I always thought I knew everything.
I know that people are suggestible animals; I know that people will do anything to prove their beliefs; I know that people have prejudices and prejudices; I know that people selectively collect evidence and selectively listen to others; Knowing that people rationalize what they do wrong; I know that people are like mirrors.
I know that doing things against your will is the most painful; I know that joy is more important than money; I know not to expect too much; I know to be grateful; I know that the pain of loss can be avoided by being free from dependence on external objects;
I know that there are things that are "manageable" and "unmanageable"; I know that the mouth is on others; I know to express my feelings, not to criticize other people.
I know that I have to learn to reject others, I have to learn to control my own reactions, and I have to learn to distinguish between "facts" and "opinions."
I know the child self, the parent self, and the adult self; I know that experience determines character, and character determines destiny; I know that the "now" is the only one that can really be grasped;
I know that the way time is allocated can determine one's destiny; I know that To control external things, you can't let external things control you, you must shape life, and you can't let life shape yourself.
I seem to know everything, yet I have not succeeded in reinventing myself. I am as procrastinated, passive, and loner as I was ten years ago; I am as old-fashioned, rambunctious, and cynical as I was ten years ago.
It was "Let the Heart Free" that taught me how to implement these thoughts; it made me understand what tolerance is and why we should forgive; it made me understand that "life is too short, just do what you want."
Benefit your own emotions", "Don't guess", and "Don't lie" also cleared up many of my misunderstandings. I used to be a learned man who liked to talk and be a teacher; after reading this book I realized how ignorant and frivolous that was.
Set Your Heart Free is a must-have book of wisdom. It is available in twenty-one different languages and has millions of loyal readers around the world.
I believe that you will be able to get a lot of inspiration from the book, and you will certainly be able to start your spiritual journey of self-transformation with its help. That's right. Love yourself, don't restrain yourself, and you'll be happier and freer.
4. The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I felt lucky to read this book when I was the most confused in my life. The first thing that struck me deeply – was when Santiago decided to travel the world to be a shepherd, his father agreed to the wrong choice.
After all, the shepherd had no future, and the future of traveling around the world was uncertain, but his father still did not stop him.
When saying goodbye, Santiago saw the loss in his father's eyes, because he chose his father's ideal. Imagine if you told your parents that you were going to be a hairdresser, a vegetable seller, or a shoe repairer... You'd be stuck with a bad label.
Although you still have nothing to do in the end. We learn to deceive ourselves from childhood until we grow up and grow old, we have to teach the next generation to deceive ourselves.
Love, when it is not obtained, is the most solemn and greatest thing in life; later, when there is love, it will fade some colors but still wonderful things; later, it will become a dispensable thing.
Santiago's love at first sight for a businessman's daughter is brutal when he discovers that a popcorn seller is more likely than him to win the woman of his dreams - the truth is, you can't satisfy her, someone else can.
But there is a woman in an oasis in front of him waiting for him - wishful thinking, not love, and making others unhappy with his own efforts, let go when it's time to let go. You can go as far as you can see.
Santiago finally reached the pyramid and got the treasure, but looking back, he decided to give up many times, it was a chance - that is, the omens of God made him recover his spirit and go to Egypt.
People are so easy to give up, a small failure can make people lose all the courage to continue. If you don't have the King of Salem jumping out from time to time to help you guide the maze on the road of your life, then you must be brave and don't be easily discouraged.
Failure is the mother of success, and it's not always that boring. Life is the biggest theme of this book. Everyone wants to experience the magical journey of a shepherd boy, but as the old gypsy woman who interprets dreams said, most people can't find the treasure because they think the story of the treasure is a joke from the beginning.
You can only find your touchstone when you treat life honestly. Others laugh at me as too crazy, I laugh at others who can't see through.
People who thought the treasure was a joke didn't make it to the end or even set out, only Santiago went to Egypt and found the treasure.
With the help of God, he strengthened his faith step by step. Too many illusions in front of you can make people make wrong decisions. And where is our God? God is ourselves.
5. How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
For a while, I always wanted to use various methods to prove that the other party was also at fault and responsible. On the long road to proof, I have experienced failure, because what I want to prove will arouse strong defense and even hatred by the other party. At this time, I was still confused.
In fact, proving these things right or wrong is a mistake in itself. Winning or losing will hurt both sides. Instead of blindly blaming others for their faults, it is better to give the other party the most sincere understanding and praise and put yourself in the other party's position to think about the problem.
If I were in the position of the other party, would these thoughts and actions be more serious than mine? I am not a perfect person, and I will inevitably make mistakes, so why should I blame others?
When someone else's bad behavior affects you, it only shows that your own perspective on the problem is different from that of the other party.
For example, someone else's phone call in the middle of the night disturbs you, and it is your own reasons that make you have bad thoughts.
It is your inner perspective of looking at the problem, thinking that the phone call in the middle of the night is very rude and that the call itself is a kind of provocation to yourself.
All the problems are in the heart within oneself, the heart that needs to be cared for and grown by oneself. Looking at the problem from multiple angles, it will be easy to understand why others have these thoughts and behaviors.
You can't imitate others, all you can do is yourself. A happy self, being yourself and showing your strengths a lot is a happy life.
When you love yourself and your different emotions (anger, sadness, happiness, worry, anxiety, depression, disappointment, etc.) and your own noble and dirty thoughts, you realize that you can understand others.
No one's thoughts are all noble, and there have been all kinds of people who have thought bad about human nature, and have thought about people very well. However, as long as you accept yourself, you can live a very happy life!
In the end, blaming others is about self-gratification and shirk. Being accused by others means that the accused person is still very important in the hearts of the accusers, hehe!
6. The Productivity Project
The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey
After reading this book several times, the most useful conclusion is:
There is no formula for improving productivity, there is only a constant in-depth understanding of yourself - understanding of your own physiology, understanding of external influences, understanding of your own value, etc. The more you understand yourself, the more you can improve your productivity.
Therefore, everyone should learn from the author's open mind, and constantly test and debug their own physiological routines and methods, so as to find out what is the most suitable method for them.
In addition to this, my notes include:
1. Only do three things every day, the rest can be regarded as optional;
2. In terms of energy: You must understand your physiological golden time, and try to give enough space, attention, and time to allow yourself to achieve a state of productivity explosion at this golden time - the 28 rule. Two burst hours can equal 80% or more of a day's productivity;
3. Attention: It tests your own awareness, your understanding, and changes in the limbic system (autopilot mode) of the brain. There are too many cues and cues to guide us on autopilot in this world.
If we want to work in-depth, we need to:
- Moderately disconnect from the Internet. If you can do it without a computer, you can do it without a computer.
- Reduce the surrounding environment for your cue, the Internet, or other distracting content, the 20-second rule, put everything in the place where you can get it after 20 seconds;
- You can put a small notebook Around you, every time your mind wanders and thinks of something else, you can write it down first, and then continue with the work at hand;
- You don’t have to work so long, shorten the working hours, and sprint work can even make us more productive;
- Moderate Let yourself daydream, about that little book, sit in a coffee shop, or go to a museum, doing nothing;
- Only do one thing at a time, multi-threading is not helpful for efficiency, it only distracts our attention
- Meditation to improve the inner strength of our awareness;
4. The enemy of attention is our brain ego, which is constantly generating thoughts, full of worries, or requires us to give satisfaction to various habits,
so the ways we adapt to it include:
- 1. Write down the thoughts and don’t let them Keep fermenting;
- 2. Break the cycle of habit ( cue, craving, response, and reward), block the cue, and form a new cycle;
- 3. Meditation;
- 4. Establish a new delayed pleasure mode, not immediate gratification.
5. About eating, drinking, and sleeping:
- The three rules of eating: eat more unprocessed food, do nothing else when you eat, stop eating immediately when you are full;
- drink plenty of water, yes An important part of physiology, one liter of water for half a day;
- The more you exercise, the better your energy, let your heart beat faster for 15 minutes a day;
- Sleep: Pay attention to the ritual before going to bed, and the screen time should end earlier than before going to bed, To get enough sleep, have a regular morning routine after waking up.
To sum up: to debug your daily prime time, be aware of and cultivate your own attention, and form your own unique productivity mentality!
7. The Gifts of Imperfection
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Author Brené Brown ( https://brenebrown.com/ ) is a social work scholar at the University of Houston. The Imperfect Gift, along with four of her other books, topped the New York Times bestseller list.
Brené's TED talk, "The Power of Vulnerability," is one of the most-played talks on TED since its inception.
Brené refers to a "wholehearted living" in the book. Wholehearted people live on the premise of affirming their self-worth, not by the number of completed "to-dos" to prove their worth.
A full-hearted person might wake up in the morning thinking, "No matter how much I've done and how much I haven't done, I'm good enough." Occasionally scared, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm also brave and worthy of love and belonging."
Living wholeheartedly is a continuous process of choice, learning, and practice. Three important tools are used in this process:
Brene divides the mode of whole-hearted life into two categories: "do" and "don't".
Do: the sense of worth, rest, play, trust, faith, intuition, hope, authenticity, love, belonging, joy, gratitude, creativity
Don't: perfectionism, numbness, certainty, exhaustion, self-sufficiency, pretending cool, inclusion, judgment, lack
1. Don't be a perfectionist
Perfectionism is not self-improvement. Healthy self-development focuses on me - how can I do better? Perfectionism focuses on others - what will others think if you don't do well enough?
Perfectionists do not live by affirming their self-worth. They feel like they're being judged all the time, and they have to be perfect in every aspect of their lives, or they'll feel tense and anxious.
Because of covering up the imperfect side of oneself, afraid of making mistakes, failure, and disappointment, and afraid to try and chase dreams. Perfectionism gets in the way of our success.
As opposed to perfectionism, Brené proposes that everyone be a "nearly good person" Good-Enough. Do your best to be your best, while recognizing that no one is perfect and all make mistakes and learning to develop self-compassion.
Early in the research, Brené believed that happy people are grateful. They feel grateful because there are so many happy things in their lives.
However, Brené found from the experimental data and the stories she collected that all the people who thought they were happy in their lives actively practiced gratitude, and these people said that their lives were happier because of the act of gratitude.
Gratitude and happiness, in the end, are the chicken and the egg or the egg? They are closely linked. Gratitude is an exercise in happiness.
3. To have fun
As a social work scholar, Brene takes life seriously. However, she found that play, including expressions such as laughter, singing, and dancing, was an integral part of life. My favorite example is when she followed her daughter Ellen to the mall, dancing impromptu against the crowd.
This book has taught me a lot, some I already do, some I just know. I have spoken out about my inner shame, and I am gradually accepting my true self. I am slowly recovering.
First, I have to love myself.
8. 101 Secrets for Your Twenties
101 Secrets For Your Twenties by Paul Angone
Every twentysomething needs a little black book of secrets. Our twenties are filled with confusion, terrible jobs, anticipation, disappointment, cubicles, break-ups, transition, quarter-life crisis, loneliness, post-college what the heck, moderate success sandwiched between complete failure.
We need a worn and weathered guide stashed somewhere close by to help shed some light on this defining decade.
That guide is this book.
Expanded from the blog post "21 Secrets for Your 20s" that spread like Internet wildfire with nearly a million readers in 190 countries, 101 Secrets for Your Twenties will encourage, inspire, prompt a plethora of LOLs, and kick-start your life forward with its witty, honest, and hilarious wisdom-stuffed pearls to help you rock life in your twenties.
This is the perfect gift for college graduation. Or the best Christmas present you can give to the 20-something in your life.
For everyone and anyone who is struggling through becoming an adult ... You need 101 Secrets for Your Twenties.
9. How to Like Yourself
How to Like Yourself: A Teen's Guide to Quieting Your Inner Critic and Building Lasting Self-Esteem by Cheryl M. Bradshaw MA
Don’t let your inner critic get in the way of being confident! How to Like Yourself offers a quirky, inspiring, and practical guide to help you overcome feelings of self-criticism, improve self-esteem, and be the true star in your life.
With all the pressures of school, friends, and dating, you’re especially vulnerable to low self-esteem in your teen years. But often, the biggest threat to your confidence is your own inner critic—whose unrelenting negativity can result in feelings of inadequacy, depression, and anxiety.
This must-have guide offers real ways to help you fight back, be kind to yourself, and move forward with confidence.
Inside, you’ll learn the importance of self-forgiveness, accepting your faults, and how to focus on the things that make you awesome! You’ll also learn strategies for defeating the dreaded ICK—the inner critic know-it-all who keeps knocking you down—and how to escape the common thought traps that hold you back from feeling good about yourself.
This book unlocks the mystery of the most important relationship you will ever have—the one with yourself! So, get ready to find your true inner voice. A kinder, gentler one that will support you as you reach for your goals and create the fabulous life you were meant to live!
10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they’re all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there.
That’s what Sean Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, has been to millions of teens: a handbook to self-esteem and success. Now updated for the digital age, this classic book applies the timeless principles of 7 Habits to the tough issues and life-changing decisions teens face.
Covey provides a simple approach to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, and appreciate their parents, as well as tackle the new challenges of our time, like cyberbullying and social media.
In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world.
Endorsed by high-achievers such as former 49ers quarterback Steve Young and 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens has become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen.
11. The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A guide for teens
The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make by Sean Covey
MAKING SMART CHOICES IN CHALLENGING TIMES The challenges teens face today are tougher than at any time in history: academic stress, parent communication, media bombardment, dating drama, abuse, bullying, addictions, depression, and peer pressure, just to name a few. And, like it or not, the choices teens make while navigating these challenges can make or break their futures.
In The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, Sean Covey, author of the international bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, gives teens the strong advice they need to make informed and wise decisions.
Using real stories from teens around the world, Sean shows teens how to succeed in school, make good friends, get along with parents, wisely handle dating and sex issues, avoid or overcome addictions, build self-esteem, and much more.
Jam-packed with original cartoons, inspiring quotes, and fun quizzes, this innovative book will help teens not only survive but thrive during their teen years and beyond. Building upon the legacy of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, this is an indispensable resource for teens everywhere.
12. The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Jennifer Shannon
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just flick a switch and make your shyness go away? No more worrying about what others think about you, no more embarrassment in front of other people. You could just relax and feel comfortable and confident, the way you probably think everyone else feels.
If you struggle with shyness, you’re all too familiar with the feeling of not knowing what to do or say, and you’ll do anything to avoid feeling that way. But, most likely, you also know that you’re missing out on a lot―friendships, potential relationships, and fun.
You’ve chosen this book because you’re ready to stop hiding behind your shyness and start enjoying everything life has to offer.
The worksheets and exercises in The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens will help you learn to handle awkward social situations with grace and confidence, so you can make real connections with people you want to get to know.
Based on proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the skills you learn will also help you speak up for yourself when you need to and stop dreading class projects that put you on the spot.
Actually, there’s no aspect of your life that this workbook won’t help. So why let shyness rule your life one day longer? Let this workbook guide the way to a more confident, outgoing you.
13. Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life For Teens
Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life For Teens by Sheri Van Dijk
Let's face it: life gives you plenty of reasons to get angry, sad, scared, and frustrated-and those feelings are okay. But sometimes it can feel like your emotions are taking over, spinning out of control with a mind of their own.
To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions might be interfering with school, causing trouble in your relationships, and preventing you from living a happier life.
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens is a workbook that can help. In this book, you'll find new ways of managing your feelings so that you'll be ready to handle anything life sends your way.
Based on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a type of therapy designed to help people who have a hard time handling their intense emotions, this workbook helps you learn the skills you need to ride the ups and downs of life with grace and confidence.
This book offers easy techniques to help you:
- Stay calm and mindful in difficult situations
- Effectively manage out-of-control emotions
- Reduce the pain of intense emotions
- Get along with family and friends
14. There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens
There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens by Cheri Huber
Based on surveys and interviews with hundreds of teenagers about what does and does not work in their lives, how they perceive the adult world they are about to enter, and what they want adults to know about them,
There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens provides communication techniques to empower teenagers to take the lead in the conversation that must happen between teens and adults.
15. Self-Confidence...for Young Adults
Self-Confidence...for Young Adults by Tony Richards
The cultivation of a positive self-image during their early years will be reflected by young adults in developing a life of ongoing happiness and fulfillment as they mature...
Fluctuations in self-confidence are more pronounced during young adulthood than at any other time in people's lives. Questions of acceptance by peers, attracting a mate, sexuality, careers, money, and immediate and future happiness, are all being challenged internally.
Those questions can be an exhausting struggle for some, particularly if they are also facing constant expectations from parents and society.
This book will provide a proven process for young adults to enhance their self-image and gain and maintain self-confidence that lasts forever. This should not just be thought of as desirable; as young adults represent the future of the world, their self-confidence should be considered an essential entitlement.
When they know how self-confidence works young adults have a great gift that delivers unlimited potential...
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Professor Avi Kaplan is Professor of Educational Psychology at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Previously, Avi was a faculty member in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he was Chair of School Counseling. Avi's research focuses on motivation and identity, environmental effects on motivation and identity formation, and interventions that promote people's active and informed role in their own identity formation and motivation. Avi is a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association, is the Vice President of the Division of Educational Psychology (Division 15) of the American Psychological Association, and is the former editor of The Journal of Experimental Education.
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Understanding Macon County, Tennessee Property Taxes
Overview of Macon County, TN Property Taxes
Out of the 95 counties in Tennessee, Macon County has the 60th highest property tax rate. Compared to the state average of 0.54%, homeowners pay an average of 0.00% more. Put another way, if you live in Macon County, you can expect to pay $5.40 for every $1,000 of real estate value, or 0.54%.
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ROCK SPRINGS — This weekend the public will have the opportunity to honor the memory of service members, first responders and civilians who perished during the terrorist attacks in our country on September 11, 2001.
A flag presentation has been scheduled to take place at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, during the ARTember event in Bunning Park.
“This is a solemn event,” said Leonard Merrill, Adjunct for the American Legion Archie Hay Post 24. “We hope everyone in Bunning Park will be mindful and practice proper etiquette.”
The flag for the presentation was donated by Wyoming Senator John Barrasso. A tree will be planted at Bunning Park that day as well to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Locals and visitors are invited to ARTember which takes place in the park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. It will be a full day of art and activities for all with artists’ booths, food vendors, live music, and childrens’ activities. The event is free to the public. | <urn:uuid:80d96c1b-45a7-4d1a-8f87-34430092694e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sweetwaternow.com/ceremony-planned-in-bunning-park-in-memory-of-9-11-victims/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.958014 | 228 | 1.578125 | 2 |
“Data is the new oil.” We often hear this phrase as a way to describe how data powers the modern economy. Today, companies have access to in-depth data on their customers, product mix, the market and much more in a way that simply wasn’t possible just a few decades ago. Data is now everywhere, and streaming in from all directions at higher volumes every day.
So how do you manage all these different data sources in a way that makes business sense? You’ve got to control the flow of this new oil, or you’ll drown in it without even getting it into the engine of your business.
This is where Data Integration comes in.
What is Data Integration?
Simply put, Data Integration is the practice of using Data Integration architecture and Data Integration tools to ensure consistent access to and delivery of data on the subjects that are relevant for your business. It’s about organizing your different data streams for the applications and processes of your company so that you can more effectively fuel your business with this important knowledge.
The landscape of vendors providing Data Integration tools has been quite fragmented. Different players often serve specific niches with a tool optimized for a special type of Data Integration. The end result of this fragmentation is that each of the different teams inside a company may use a different Data Integration tool. This leads to overlap, redundancy, and the lack of a clear strategy for leveraging metadata across the company.
But things are changing now, as companies realize they need to view Data Integration from a more holistic perspective. This is driving consolidation in the market, such that companies can now purchase complete Data Integration systems that address all their needs.
“While it’s true that organizations have started thinking more holistically about integrations, there is still a long way to go for many organizations,” says Janne Kärkkäinen, Chief Product Officer at integration service provider ONEiO. “Reaching higher levels of data maturity – where the entire organization can stand behind a decision to integrate all of their data sources – takes a considerable amount of time, as well as expert domain knowledge from all of the departments involved. These resources and knowledge are scarce, which is why many of the more mature organizations have looked to supplement their consolidated data-integration systems with other tools that help them solve their domain-specific problems.”
Why is Data Integration important?
Let’s take a closer look at why Data Integration is so important. There are four main reasons:
1. Data Integration improves collaboration and helps to unify systems
These days, almost every company function and individual needs access to data. The company is also producing new data all the time. The IT department needs a way to provide access to it all through a self-service model, and Data Integration is the way to do so. Data Integration is basically a method for improving collaboration around data by unifying your different systems.
2. Data Integration saves time and boosts efficiency
Proper Data Integration means saving time later when it comes to preparing the data for analysis and then action. Using the right Data Integration tools also saves time for the IT department. It all adds up to greater efficiency across the whole company, as well as reduced costs.
3. Data Integration reduces errors and rework
Without the right Data Integration architecture, employees must do a lot of manual work to gather, process, and report data. This leaves too much room for error. It also results in rework, with different employees performing the same task again and again. Adding the right Data Integration system eliminates these problems.
4. Data Integration delivers more valuable data
In the end, Data Integration all comes down to improving the quality of your data. As the data is centralized into a single system, it’s easier to identify any quality issues and implement improvements. It’s basically about strengthening the foundation of data upon which to build your business.
A look at different Data Integration techniques
There are several techniques that can be used to perform Data Integration. Let’s take a look at four of them.
ETL (Extract > Transform > Load)
ETL is the classic data pipeline that converts raw data into the target system via these three steps. The ETL process is characterized by a staging area for transforming the data before it’s loaded to the data warehouse and then analyzed. ETL works well for smaller data sets that need complex transformations. But as business moves to the cloud, data sets grow, and the demand for real-time analytics increases, Data Integration is increasingly moving towards the other three techniques described below.
ELT (Extract > Load > Transform)
ELT is not to be confused with ETL! The main difference between the two is that with ELT there is no staging area for the data. It’s immediately loaded and transformed into the system, which is usually cloud-based. ELT is useful for large data sets that need to be processed quickly. It’s based on an approach called ‘micro batch’ or ‘delta load’ whereby the system only loads data that has been modified since the last load.
As the term suggests, data streaming is about continuously moving data through the system – from its source to its target – instead of loading it in batches. With data streaming, you can deliver data to your platform of choice in an analysis-ready format. The challenge with this method is that synchronizing information is not easy without a staging area. Also, if one part of the system breaks down then everything else gets affected too.
In application integration, data is moved and synced between separate applications that work together. Application integration is typically used when two operational systems – one for HR and one for finance, for example – need to use the same data. Consistency between data sets is key for effectively performing this kind of application integration. You can read more about application integration in our article here.
Real-life examples of data integration
Data Integration for the IT department
IT departments often collect and manage information related to the various configurations of their IT infrastructure into a system known as a configuration management database or CMDB. While it started as a simple way to keep track of what software and hardware configurations have been put in place in hardware devices, it has become challenging to keep this information up to date.
To ensure that the database is always up to date, all systems that trigger a change into this data – whether it’s an automated response to a monitoring event, discovery by an asset inventory tool, or a change request created into an ITSM system – should automatically be reflected in the CMDB data.
By integrating the data of multiple ITSM systems, the same data can also be made available across these systems. It’s what we call eBonding. eBonding is actually a somewhat old-fashioned solution, but it is still leaned upon a lot in order to integrate ITSM tools towards customers and vendors. Most businesses we see have realized that eBonding slows down their progress, as it limits what changes and improvements they can do within their tools.
Read more about eBonding: Is eBonding a scalable solution? No, definitely not. Here's why.
Data Integration for the Human Resources function
For HR, the most important Data Integrations are typically between the systems used for time reporting, payroll, and employee profiles. If an employee has worked overtime, for example, that information needs to be available to payroll so the person can be paid accordingly. Vacations, absences, and bonus payouts also need to be recorded properly. For everything to work smoothly, all the HR systems need to be in sync.
Data Integration for the Finance function
Finance is typically interested in keeping bookkeeping information synced with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, so that pricing information, orders and sales are properly accounted for. Discounts and special offers, for example, need to be recorded properly in both systems as they can have a big impact on stock levels, as well as on top-and bottom-line quarterly numbers.
Data Integration in Marketing
In recent years there has been a lot of focus on the better integration of the data used for marketing and the data used by sales teams. For example, when running a webshop it’s useful if the contact and order forms are integrated with the system recording leads and sales. In this way, the marketing team can more accurately calculate the return on investment of a specific campaign. This in turn translates into improved targeting of marketing investments for future campaigns.
Data Integration in Sales
An efficient sales process relies on being able to find prospects who are both willing and able to purchase your product or service. When salespeople engage potential customers with a thorough understanding of that customer’s needs, they are better able to tailor the offering. When these various data points are all collected under one tool – through Data Integration – it can provide the salesperson with a 360-degree view of the customer.
“You can start by making basic customer information, such as annual revenues and number of employees, visible in your organization’s CRM system,” says Janne Kärkkäinen from ONEiO. “While fields for these typically exist in most CRM systems, you can expand the customer’s profile by adding things like credit ratings, for example. This helps to ensure your salespeople are only talking to customers who they know can reliably pay for the products and services being purchased. Data Integration helps to keep all this information up to date, as it’s periodically and automatically retrieved from the finance system and brought into the CRM system.”
Data Integration in Procurement
When procuring goods and services from multiple suppliers, a lot of time can be wasted on accessing the various portals that suppliers offer. This fragmented supplier landscape also makes data collection difficult and can lead to sub-optimal pricing agreements. Bringing all your supplier info together in one place through Data Integration allows the whole organization to make smarter procurement decisions by obtaining bulk discounts or better purchasing terms.
Which Data Integration tools should you use?
Data integration tools vary in terms of the capabilities they offer and how they need to be utilized to get the most out of them. You should consider the following when choosing a data integration tool for your organization:
Where is your data located and how can it be reached?
Whether your data is on-premise or in the cloud can affect what tools you are able to use to integrate it. Not all Data Integration tools can access data that is stored on-premise, or vice versa. Reaching data that is stored on-premise may require configuration within the data integration tool in order to retrieve that data. Modern Data Integration tools run natively in the cloud to ensure that they are always up to date and you don’t need to worry about upgrading them. They are also able to communicate with databases and applications that are running on-premise.
How up-to-date do you want your data to be?
A traditional ETL approach to Data Integration may be well suited for you if the data you wish to integrate does not need to be immediately available in all of your systems. In those situations, Data Integrations can be scheduled to run periodically, for example as nightly, weekly, or monthly runs, or as ad-hoc runs upon request by the user needing up-to-date information.
Even if you do not necessarily need the data to be constantly updated, a real-time Data Integration does eliminate any questions around whether everyone is working with the latest data. In a growing number of scenarios, data needs to be always up to date and available. Make sure that the tool you are selecting is capable of either ELT, where you can shorten the intervals between data retrievals, or event streaming, where changes in the data trigger events that result in the data updates.
Does the tool support all of the transformations you may need to apply to it?
Databases and how we store data are not built equal, as there are various database schemas and technologies. Data can also be structured or unstructured. Perhaps a destination is not a database in the first place. All these possibilities require you to select a tool that can handle various transformations, mappings and translations before it can move data from a source to a destination.
Do you have the resources to maintain and further develop your data integrations?
The need to build Data Integrations stems from a business need for someone to have a unified view into a certain entity – whether it be a customer, an employee, your company’s financial position, or the assets it owns. The person who wants to gain this unified view is often not the person who can configure and maintain the integration. When selecting the tool for your organization, consider how it works with your current organizational structure and what resources you may need to hire to be able to support all of the integrations.
Some Data Integration tools are focused on the needs of integration developers, while some work really well for data scientists and analysts. Finally, there are tools to allow business users to easily connect the tools they are working with and the data sources from which they need to retrieve information. These modern tools don’t require you to learn how to code, and you don’t need to understand how exactly the data is structured. You also do not need to worry about whether the integration platform is doing what it was configured to do.
Does your Data Integration tool vendor understand your use cases?
This is probably the most important thing to consider when selecting a Data Integration tool vendor. Is the tool you are looking at aimed at solving your specific problems, or can it solve the problem you face? Check to see whether the tool vendor has solved similar use cases to what you are looking to solve. Also, consider how much support they can offer for your specific needs, and whether they are willing to work with you along every step of your Data Integration journey. More often than not, Data Integration projects are a challenge not due to the technology, but due to the lack of understanding of your specific context.
Shortcomings of Data Integration and when to use ONEiO
With the newer approaches to Data Integration, its traditional shortcomings are becoming less pronounced. Transferring data without taking into account whether it even needs to be moved is wasteful and in some cases impossible due to the volume of data.
Many Data Integration tools still focus on how to manage and transfer these masses of data in the most efficient way possible. This approach is insufficient, however, in environments where the information needs to be available in near real-time. If this is the case for you, choosing an integration platform that allows for direct application integrations ensures that once one system is updated, this change can be reflected at once in all other systems where the information is needed.
ONEiO’s Integration Automation Platform is ideal for the situation where you simply cannot wait for data to be synchronized and where processes are event-driven. ONEiO combines ELT, data streaming, and application integration approaches to deliver data to the various systems an organization utilizes while maintaining correct order and context even during a process that takes days to complete.
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The soothing cool spicy flavours of Busha Browne pepper jellies made with fresh fruit are traditionally part of a healthy meal because they not only add delicious taste but they help aid nutrition and improve the digestion.
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If you have browsed around Hooked by Kati, you will know how much I love to use the loop stitch in my crochet amigurumi. This tutorial will show you how to do the loop stitch as well as loop stitch increases and decreases.
The loop stitch is my favorite stitch for making fur for a number of reasons.
- No weaving in strands after the fact! The loop stitch allows you to add fur as you go! It’s so much faster than threading it like fringe.
- Nice, even fur. The loop stitch allows you to create nice, even length of fur all over the body of your amigurumi.
- Versatility. The loop stitch can be done in every row, every other row, or is fits and spurts. It can be left in loops, cut into straight pieces, or even brushed into fluffy fur! All with the same stitch!
In my patterns, the loop stitch is abbreviated as “loop-st” with “inc” or “dec” after it as needed. For example, if you were to make 3 loop stitches, then done one loop stitch dec, it would look like:
“3 loop-st, loop-st dec”
Some designers also use “lp st” to abbreviate loop stitch.
Right-Handed Loop Stitch Tutorial
Left-Handed Loop Stitch Tutorial
Loop Stitch: Step By Step
- Insert hook into stitch.
- Wrap yarn front to back over index finger.
- Using hook, go over the yarn on the far side of your finger.
- Go under the far side strand and grab the near side strand with the hook.
- Pull the loop on the hook back around the far side strand the way you came.
- Pull the loop through the stitch.
- Yarn over, pull through both loops on hook to finish the loop stitch.
- Remove your finger from the loop.
Keep practicing and you will have it down in no time!
Now Show Off Your Skills!
I’d love to see your loop stitches! Take a picture and upload it to Instagram with the hashtag #hookedbykati or tag me directly with @hookedbykati. Your beautiful stitch work could be featured in our weekly newsletter!
Want to use your new skill in a few amigurumi patterns? Here are a few Hooked by Kati patterns that feature the loop stitch!
- Bosco the Sloth (Premium Pattern)
- Regal the Peacock (His tail feathers include loop stitches for texture!)
- The Worry Pet (with the loops cut and fluffed with a brush!)
Have more questions? I’m always here to help!
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AUSTIN, Texas – Heat waves are getting hotter and more frequent due to rising air pollution levels, putting at risk the health of children, a wide range of new report gene.
A June 15 article in the New England Journal of Medicine reviews current research to take a comprehensive inventory of how air pollution and climate change interact to adversely affect human health, particularly that of children. It examined the link between fossil fuel emissions and a range of climate change consequences – including extreme weather events; wild fires; vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Zika and Lyme disease; and heat waves, a topic at the forefront of many people’s minds.
This month, for example, record high temperatures have been reported across the United States, affecting more than 100 million people and affecting locations from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, the Southwest, the mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest.
In Texas, Austin has already experienced an eight-day streak of temperatures above 100 degrees in June, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
These patterns are an important reality to note, said Frederica Perera, the paper’s lead author. “My concern is that the threats are increasing as the temperature rises,” KHN Perera, a professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, told KHN. “Temperatures are rising because greenhouse gas emissions are rising, and this is a major health concern for everyone – but especially for the most vulnerable.”
Children fit into this category, writes Perera and her co-author, Dr. Kari Nadeau, because their ability to regulate temperature, known as thermoregulation, is not fully developed.
They are also more susceptible to heat-related stress because they are smaller and need to drink and eat more often to stay healthy, Perera said. But because “young children depend on their parents to provide for them, sometimes their needs are ignored,” she said.
The authors noted that heat-related illness is “a leading and growing cause of death and illness among student athletes” in the US. children and adolescents and their ability to learn.
The review article noted previous research linking in utero exposure to heat waves with “increased risk of preterm birth or low birth weight; hyperthermia and death in infants; and heat stress, kidney disease and other diseases” in children.
“Being pregnant is very physiologically demanding in itself, and then the heat puts additional stress on a pregnant woman,” said Dr. Robert Dubrow, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, who was not affiliated with either study. “And the fetus can experience heat stress as well, which can result in adverse birth outcomes.”
And these heat-related risks are greatest for “low-income communities and communities of color,” the authors of the new article write.
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased significantly in the past 70 years, according to the article. “Modelling shows that some heat waves would be extremely unlikely to occur in the absence of climate change,” he says.
The authors outline solutions they describe as “climate and environmental strategies” that “must also be seen as essential public health policy.” Beyond major efforts to mitigate fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions, they offered various ways to protect children—steps they call “adaptation measures”—which included providing clean water to children and families facing drought or water pollution and creating shaded areas where children play, live and go to school.
Separately, Austin-based research highlighted why this step might make sense.
Researchers tracked the physical activity levels and whereabouts of students aged 8 to 10 during recess at three elementary schools in 2019. They compared children’s recess activity during two weeks in September, the hottest full month of the school year, with a cooler week in November. . “We wanted to understand the impact of outdoor temperatures on children’s play in schoolyard environments,” said Kevin Lanza, the study’s principal investigator, to inform the design of “future school-based physical activity interventions in the face of climate change.” “.
During the hottest periods, he said, “children engaged in less physical activity and sought shade.”
As temperatures continue to rise, he said, schools must be flexible to make sure students get the daily exercise they need. “Schools should consider adding shade, either by planting trees or installing artificial structures, that cover spaces intended for physical activity,” said Lanza, an assistant professor in UTHealth’s School of Public Health. He also noted that school policies could be updated so that recess is scheduled during cooler times of the day and moved indoors during periods of extreme heat.
But the overall need to protect children from scorching weather patterns requires action beyond such steps, Perera said, and more climate and clean air policies must be enacted.
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How to become a psychologist
Working as a psychologist, you will be required to review the thoughts, behaviours, motivations and emotions of your clients to help address problems they may have or to understand why they have reacted to a situation in a certain way. In doing so, you will try to help them control their behaviours and feelings to maintain their wellbeing and safety and that of others for the future.
£31,000 to £100,000
35 to 40 hours
What does it take to have a career as a psychologist?
Arguably one of the most fascinating careers in the world is that of a psychologist. Understanding how the mind work, what encourages humans to act the way they do and how we might ‘reprogram’ ourselves to ensure that we can live safely together in a civilised society is a job that captivates many.
Psychologists work in a broad area, covering clients who have criminal backgrounds through to those who have suffered from mental health illnesses and brain injuries. There is a great deal of study that is required in order to work as a psychologist and you are likely to specialise in one area.
What qualifications will I need to become a psychologist?
To work as a psychologist, you will need to meet a number of entry requirements, including qualifications and registration. To work as a psychologist, you will need to:
- Hold a degree in psychology. This will need to be a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited degree, which will lead to membership with the BPS on a Graduate Basis.
- Have work experience in the specialist field that you intend to work in.
- A postgraduate qualification that is BPS accredited for the specialist area that you will be working in.
You will also be required to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) before you can work as a psychologist.
For those who want to enter a career in psychology but have a degree in a different subject, it may be possible to complete a BPS-approved conversion course. This would lead to approval for Graduate Basis membership once completed. Then you will be able to register with the HCPC and can begin work as a psychologist.
It will also be essential that you have Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance prior to working as a psychologist.
Essential Skills for Being a Psychologist
Psychologists will need a wide range of skills and experience to work safely and successfully. Their job involves high levels of patience and organisational skills and the ability to record all sessions, sometimes in audio and sometimes in writing.
There are a number of additional skills that a psychologist should develop, including:
- The ability to listen without interrupting.
- Constant attempts to empathise with patients and understand their feelings and triggers.
- Exceptional time management skills.
- Strong administration skills and the ability to keep thorough records of all patients.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to make others feel at ease and confident to speak to you.
- The ability to liaise with other professionals including doctors, teachers and police.
- Strong decision making abilities.
- IT skills and the ability to use recording equipment when necessary.
- The ability to place personal opinions to the side in favour of approaching each case openly and professionally.
- A professional appearance.
- The ability to continue to learn and maintain up to date knowledge of your field.
- The ability to adhere to very strict regulations and practice methods.
- Scientific understanding.
- Maths skills, particularly for those who work in a private setting or who issue invoices and manage accounts.
Day to Day Work of a Psychologist
Psychologists will usually specialise in a specific area and this will determine what their day-to-day activities look like. Most patients or clients will approach you or be referred to you by a doctor, but some people may seek out the support and advice of a psychologist on their own. Depending on who you work for, you may need to tell these patients that a referral is necessary.
Your work could involve specialisms such as:
- Occupational. In this capacity, you would help businesses to improve their results and performance methods and to enhance the job satisfaction of employees.
- Criminal or forensic psychology. If you work in this field, you will be required to use your knowledge and psychology theories to help with the investigations of crime, to help asses the motives behind criminal activities and to help with the rehabilitation of offenders.
- Education. Working as a psychologist in the educational sector will see you assisting children to overcome complex situations, difficulties and trauma. You may support them in their development – both educationally and socially and will strive to improve their psychological development.
- Counselling. If you work as a psychologist in a counselling role, you will assist people in overcoming difficulties and trauma by helping them to make decisions. You will usually be working with people who are in the middle of difficult situations and will help them to clearly see their options and choose the next steps.
- Clinical. A clinical psychologist works with their patients to help them manage some mental health conditions like stress, anxiety and depression.
- Neuropsychology. A psychologist who works in the field of neuropsychology will work with patients who have sustained brain injuries or who have suffered from brain diseases to help them improve their quality of life and functionality.
- Sports and Exercise. Sports psychologists work with sports people and athletes to improve their motivation and enthusiasm with the aim to generating better performance levels.
Psychologists work in a wide variety of environments including hospitals, clinics, prisons, schools, community mental health facilities and offices.
How much does a psychologist get paid?
The amount that you will earn as a psychologist will depend upon the area that you specialise in, where you are based and who you work for. As a guideline, the expected salary you could achieve is:
- £31,000 to £41,000 for a starting salary for a newly qualified and newly registered psychology.
- An experienced psychologist can expect to earn between £41,000 and £57,000 each year.
- If you progress your career to be a head of service or to a managerial position, your salary should increase to between £58,000 and £100,000 per year.
The above figures are based on NHS salaries. Those who work for other employers may have significant differences in these salaries and this should be discussed in the application stage for a job.
Career Progression for a Psychologist
There are a number of ways in which you could progress your career as a psychologist. You may specialise further in your field and concentrate on an intricate area of psychology or you may opt for a more academic path. Some psychologists take on a research project that leads them to completing a PhD qualification.
You might also choose to move into a teaching position or train other psychologists at the start of their career.
Working Hours and Working Environment for a Psychologist
What hours you work and your working environment will depend on your area of specialism and the needs of your patients.
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Luminar Neo is a creative and modern image editing software based on artificial intelligence, which offers the user a set of modern capabilities and tools in addition to the traditional and usual capabilities. With the help of artificial intelligence, many time-consuming and complex processes of image editing have been eliminated, and the user can get the best result as quickly as possible. Among the very important features of this software, RelightAI can be mentioned, which can adjust the light of your images in a completely 3D environment.
The way these feature works is that the software first measures the depth of the image with mathematical formulas and then creates a 3D map for the image. With the help of this map, the user can spread the light as desired in different parts of the image and illuminate a two-dimensional image in a completely three-dimensional way.
It is possible to separate the background from the foreground and light each in some way. Shades and light distribution using this feature are very natural and do not give the user the feeling of being artificial at all. Removing and changing the background of images in this software is very simple and easy, and the user can select the desired objects, objects, and subjects with one click and then remove the background.
The manual selection process of objects no longer exists in this software and the user can select the edges of an object with the help of artificial intelligence. The ability to correct lens defects and remove dirt and white and black spots are one of the most important tools of this software that professional photographers can use well.
Features and features of Luminar Neo software
- Removing unnecessary and unwanted objects and objects from the image such as city power lines and… with one click!
- Clarification and digital correction of lens and camera defects with the help of artificial intelligence
- Creating different effects such as bokeh in different lighting and scenes
- Automating the process of creating masks and editing image layers
- Changing and replacing the sky in different images and changing the mood of the image
- Professional lighting and creating bright shadows and other light-based effects in a fully 3D mapped environment
- Fast sharing of images between mobile and desktop
Luminar Neo software system requirements
Hardware: Windows-based hardware PC with mouse or similar input device
Processor: CPU Intel® Core™ i5 or better, AMD Ryzen™ 5 or better
OS version: 10 version 1909 or higher (only 64-bit OS)
RAM: Memory 8 GB RAM or more (16+ GB RAM is recommended)
Disk space: Hard disk 10 GB free space; SSD for best performance
Display: 1280×768 size or better
Graphics: Open GL 3.3 or later compatible graphics card
Luminar Neo software installation guide
Follow the instructions in the Readme.txt file.
Luminar Neo 1.1.1 (9877) x64
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