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Marco Carvalho, dean of Florida Tech’s College of Engineering and Science, is leading a cutting-edge cybersecurity research effort that could revolutionize how multiple organizations collectively defend themselves from cyberattacks.
Carvalho is the principal investigator on a project at the Harris Institute for Assured Information that recently received a $1.6 million, three-year award from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
The federated command and control infrastructure Carvalho has developed under prior DHS funding enables coordinated detection and response to cyber events across different organizations, and the new DHS contract will have Florida Tech developing a federated defense ecosystem to further test and refine this powerful and important capability.
“It is an honor and a vote of confidence in our work to receive new funding from the Department of Homeland Security,” Carvalho said. “I am proud of our groundbreaking research into this critical area of cyber defense, which I owe to the outstanding team of faculty and researchers we have at the Harris Institute for Assured Information.”
In addition to his responsibilities as the dean of the College of Engineering and Science, Carvalho also serves as executive director for the Harris Institute for Assured Information, which has been awarded over $6 million in new sponsored research projects this academic year.
This latest funding furthers the work Carvalho and the university started with a previous Homeland Security contract, now fulfilled, involving the design of new techniques and algorithms for the monitoring, control and coordination of cyber sensors and defenses across multiple domains and across administrative boundaries. | <urn:uuid:1b080749-570f-4fe0-aae0-6ce7a696ea58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.fit.edu/academics-research/dean-marco-carvalho-lands-1-6m-federal-research-award/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.949105 | 323 | 1.679688 | 2 |
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At the turn of the 21st century, human civilisation is increasingly shaped by machines, networks, data, artificial intelligence, financial speculation, digital traceability and the commercial exploitation of behaviour. The exhibition Ars Memoriae brings together artists who question the dominant frameworks of media mediation by going back in time to the history of science, by re-examining the mythologies of origins and by speculating on our technologically augmented futures. How to account for the multiple dimensions of the materiality of technologies while they are largely built on the myth of their immateriality? What is the influence of technology on human behaviour? From what moment in time did we start to include this ‘science of craft’? How do new media technologies connect with or built upon ancient knowledge systems?
Ars Memoriae brings together a diverse selection of artworks that each deal in a unique way with memory in the framework of what we could define as a ‘media archaeology approach’. While unravelling the interdependencies of material extraction and persisting inequalities, an important focus of the exhibition is the place of the African continent within the larger historic record of techniques and technological innovations in particular. How to rehabilitate non-Western contributions, notably through the relationships established by non western societies between mathematical knowledge and divination? All the artists in the exhibition give an account of a parallel history of digital technologies. Their works evolve on the margins of conventional history and show the blind spots, potential alternative visions and possible new connections by unveiling the invisibilized parts of the history of science and technology. They introduce a different narrative towards the understanding of interconnections that are an intrinsic part of their existence. Together, they draw up a critical and alternative cartography of new media history.
Date: 25 March to 16 May 2022
Time: Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun 13:00 - 18:00
Location: 601 Artspace, 88 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002, US
Participants: Marjolijn Dijkman, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Lo-Def Film Factory (Francois Knoetze & Amy-Louise Wilson) + Joe-Yves Salankang Sa-Ngol, Mimi Onuoha, Tabita Rezaire, Analia Saban, Suzanne Treister, Maarten Vanden Eynde.
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The primary challenge faced by MUDA-Architects during the design of the new Garden Hotpot Restaurant in Sansheng was the necessity to reconcile the intervention with the fascinating natural landscape around it. Roughly 290 metres in length, the new restaurant defines a natural pond, in turn surrounded by a forest of eucalyptus trees. The structure occupies all of the space between the water and the eucalyptus trees, taking on the forms determined by the lot. The form and construction of the restaurant are a direct reflection of the central objective of integrating the project within such a strong natural setting. This respect for the landscape translates into a low-impact structure. Each minimal detail, of design and construction, has been cared for: the architects provided local trades, lacking any specific skills, with indications regarding simple technologies and techniques, also to limit costs. They also coordinated each phase with the various trades. Steel – used for the thin columns and roof – proved to be the correct choice. | <urn:uuid:dd710d43-ffc2-41b8-9b0a-4fc0c6c9768b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lindustriadellecostruzioni.it/en/riviste/ristorante-nel-verde-a-sasheng-chengdu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.926416 | 227 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Program: #19-13 Air Date: Mar 28, 2019
The excellent English ensemble gives us music of Palestrina and music of lamentation from Renaissance Portugal.
I. Pater Peccavi. Delphian CD DCD34205.
Rory McCleery’s ongoing interest in this field of polyphony bears fruit for the first time in a ground-breaking programme. Many of these Portuguese composers are known, if at all, for a very few pieces. Once again, McCleery and his Consort make a clarion call for music that it deserves, and with their advocacy should now receive far wider recognition.
From the outset The Marian Consort declares itself masters of this repertoire, in terms of sumptuous tone and innate understanding of style, superbly recorded too, the one-to-a-part ensemble beautifully captured. Cardoso’s Lamentations has competition from Westminster Cathedral Choir’s similarly-paced account (1991) and Bo Holten’s Ars Nova slower version (1992) but the jewel-like timbre from The Marian Consort bears repeated listening. Much of this stems from McCleery’s handpicked singers who blend perfectly with an awareness of phrase-shapes that lifts the notes off the page with wonderful naturalness.
Such sensitivity brings rewards to the near-ceaseless flow of polyphony that is Lobo’s Missa Veni Domine, its invention based on Palestrina’s Motet of the same name. Such is the buoyancy of the singing that the predominantly six-part textures never fail to hold the attention or lose momentum. The ‘Gloria’ is especially noteworthy for its subtle metrical shifts and spicy harmonies and the text-heavy ‘Credo’ is kept alive by McCleery’s ideal pacing. A more forthright manner characterises the ‘Osanna’, while a gentler approach informs the ‘Benedictus’ and the brief ‘Agnus Dei’ offers consolation for “the sins of the world.”
Other notable choices include Morago’s plaintive De profundis (grabbing attention early on with its false relation), the confessional tone of Lobo’s Pater peccavi and the overlapping phrases of Fernandez’s Circumdederunt me. The pièce de résistance is Brito’s soaring Heu Domine, brilliantly achieved in its luminosity and sudden diminuendoheightening its pathos.
Anyone, whether familiar or unfamiliar with these pieces or this vocal group, will be transfixed by the beauty of construction and performance. Lenten music has never sounded so gorgeous. The booklet includes a note from McCleery as well as texts and translations.
+Morago: De profundis; Commissa mea; Versa est in luctum; Emendemus in melius; Oculi mei semper ad Dominum
+Lobo: Missa Veni Domine; Pater peccavi; Audivi vocem
+Fernandez: Circumdederunt me
+Brito: Heu Domine
+Magalhaes: Commissa me
I think that certainly plays into it. It’s a truism to say that there is indeed a very distinct Iberian style, which is very different from the polyphony of England or Italy – and of course both England and Italy’s are distinctive in their own way too. But it has to do with time as well as with geography: within a period of about fifty years music has become different. That’s something that we easily forget, particularly when we’re talking about Portugal, and to a lesser extent Spain too – these are composers who are writing at the very end of the Renaissance. For instance, if we compare the music of Gesualdo, writing at the beginning of the seventeenth century (or even Monteverdi) to those who were writing in the middle of the sixteenth century like Clemens non Papa, they’re very different stylistically.
But there’s certainly something about the style which does seem a little more emotionally direct. Writing towards the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth, they must have been at least tangentially aware of developments in harmony in continental Europe and the way that it was being used to colour secular texts in particular. That finds expression in Spain and Portugal in sacred music; because there’s not so much of that madrigal tradition in those countries, it finds its way into the setting of sacred texts instead.
How much do you think this period of political oppression in Portugal, which finds expression in these works, was key in shaping that Iberian style? Might its music be less striking if the politics had fallen out otherwise?
Absolutely. It would be very easy to make sweeping generalisations, but I think some of these works are rooted very specifically in that period from 1580 to 1640 when the Spanish Habsburgs are ruling in Portugal, in particular the music of Duarte Lobo, because he was so well-known to the future John IV of Portugal. They were evidently quite close friends, so it’s clear that works like the Missa Veni Domine were intended in part for his attention. The fact that the allusions are so pointed allows us to infer that quite confidently.
With some of the other works, it’s a little harder; some of them were written at the fringes of that time-period, and the texts are more generally lachrymose. It’s difficult to say whether a composer deliberately choosing to set a sad text was necessarily a political decision, or whether it was simply that these texts provided more scope for harmonic and emotional nuance. But some pieces, particularly the Lobo Mass, are absolutely keyed into this moment in Portuguese history. One can quite easily imagine composers making political statements in a quiet way through their textual choices. It’s very easy for us to say this in hindsight because we’ve got overt examples like Byrd, so it’s tempting to conclude that everyone was doing it - but I do think there’s definitely evidence that some of these composers were thinking in those political terms and making very pointed choices about their texts and the way that they chose to set them.
There was considerable musical interchange between Madrid and Venice during this time, leading to a rather cosmopolitan style with features influenced by Palestrina – did something similar occur with Portugal, or was it a more insular and self-contained musical world?
I think it was, yes. Of course there’s contact between Spain and Portugal, with plenty of composers from each country spending their careers in the other – but perhaps there’s a connection to this period of rule from outside by the Spanish Habsburgs, and then the feeling of rediscovering the Portuguese national identity when John IV takes the throne. John IV himself was an avid supporter and performer of music – there’s a setting of Crux fidelis that’s been attributed to him, and he had an extensive music library which unfortunately was destroyed in an earthquake about 100 years after he’d amassed it. Although a lot of the pieces don’t survive we do have the catalogues, so we know what was in there.
There’s also an awful lot of music by Portuguese composers that stayed within Portugal; Lobo is an exception, with his Mass and motets composed in 1621, of which a copy even ended up in the Bodleian Library in Oxford! Likewise, Portuguese composers themselves didn’t travel as much as their Spanish counterparts; if we think of Morales and Guerrero, figureheads of the Spanish Renaissance, both of them spent time in Rome (and Guerrero indeed went on to the Holy Land) and they published in Rome and Paris. They were truly European, continental and cosmopolitan in a way that perhaps not all Portuguese composers were – although Lobo certainly had music published in Belgium.
Hindsight allows us to draw connections between liturgical texts and the secular troubles of the times, and to find musical allusions subtly emphasising the subversive connotations of a given passage. But do you think these coded messages would have been picked up on by listeners at the time?
It comes down to the question of for whom the music is written and performed, and which parts of it are for which parts of those audiences. So often we find musicians writing music serving a dual or triple function, in that they’re writing music that is ostensibly for the Rite of the Catholic Church but also has these little traits that are for the edification or amusement of the performers – that tradition goes all the way back to Josquin, de la Rue, and Ockeghem.
And I think something like that is going on here; it wasn’t intended that everyone, or even most people, would get the allusions. If you knew the Palestrina motet Veni, Domine on which the Mass is based, you would have picked up on it. But I don’t think the average person attending Mass would necessarily have said “Oh, I get it; it’s by Palestrina”. For them, the music was for their edification and to encourage them towards the glory of God. The musicians, though, would have been more likely to recognise the piece and cotton on to what Lobo was doing. If you’re making a political point like that, it’s probably better if not everyone understands it! But we can speculate that it may have been aimed specifically at John of Braganza (the future John IV), because as a music-lover and a noted collector of music, he would almost certainly have known this Palestrina work. Lobo may even have introduced him to it, and then when he wrote the Mass John would surely have seen what he was driving at and concluded that his sympathies lay with the rightful Portuguese monarchy.
Nearly half of the tracks on this album are world-premiere recordings. How did you first encounter these works, and why do you think they have fallen out of the repertoire?
Ready access to scores was the main obstacle. With the exception of Lobo, a lot of this music doesn’t survive in very many places, and most of it is only preserved in Portugal, which means that the dissemination of it was limited, and it didn’t form part of the early-music revival in the twentieth century. We know that some of these societies, such as the Society of Ancient Music (not to be confused with today’s Academy of Ancient Music), who were a group of gentlemen in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who met in London to sing through old music, were performing Lobo’s works. But for most of the others, the lack of dissemination of their music made a big difference.
My own interest in this repertoire was instilled in me through my undergraduate studies; I was fortunate enough to take a course on Iberian polyphony with Owen Rees, who is a fantastic scholar and also a passionate advocate of this repertoire as a performer. While there are quite a few pieces on this recording that have been recorded for the first time (including the Missa Veni Domine), works by those composers have been recorded elsewhere – so it was a matter of investigating what else they had written, delving through catalogues and in some cases transcribing works myself either from facsimiles of the originals, copies of the original partbooks, or prints.
One of the things I love about working in this field is that you can make world-premiere recordings of music that is five hundred years old; there is such a wealth of great repertoire from this period which I think we can all agree is deserving of wider dissemination, and merits being better known by listeners and indeed by performers.
II. In Sorrow’s Footsteps (Delphian CD DCD34215).
I’ve been waiting for this disc with more than usual impatience. I’m an admirer both of the work of The Marian Consort and the music of Gabriel Jackson and I had arranged to attend the first day of the recording sessions, at which the new work was set down, in order to write a session report for MusicWeb International. Unfortunately, a serious family emergency the night before meant I had to cancel my plans. So, instead of hearing the Jackson piece taking shape as a recording I’ve been obliged to wait for the CD.
It has been worth the wait. Jackson’s setting of the great medieval poem is a very fine one indeed. As I’ve come to expect with this composer, he writes most imaginatively and sympathetically for the voices – ten singers are used here - and at every turn his music seems to complement and enhance the words marvellously. So, for instance, the very opening is searing and tragic. The music then becomes quieter, but still very intense. In the first part of the poem the three-line stanzas comment on the anguish of Mary by the cross of Jesus and quite a lot of the music expresses, as do the words, pity for Christ’s mother. At ‘Eia mater, fons amoris’ the emphasis of the poem switches from commentary and from now on until the end the words address Mary in prayer It seems to me that Jackson’s music, very fine up to this point, now becomes even more expressive; the harmonies are richer and the writing is more complex.
When he reaches the stanza beginning ‘Fac me tecum pie flere’ Jackson introduces an extended and very expressive solo soprano line, here sung superbly by Rachel Ambrose Evans. This solo line at one and the same time seems to break free from the ensemble yet still remains a part of it. The soloist has this leading role while four stanzas are sung. After a much more arresting passage (‘Fac me plagis vulnerari’) the music becomes hushed and prayerful at ‘Christe, cum sit hinc exire’ and we hear the solo soprano again. The last two words of the poem, ‘Paradisi gloria’ are set to a wonderful, short harmonic progression that takes the work to a consoling conclusion in F major.
I’ve listened several times now to Gabriel Jackson’s Stabat mater and I’m in no doubt that it’s an eloquent and musically very fine setting of the poem. The Marian Consort sing this challenging piece with complete assurance and great commitment. It’s hard to imagine that the work could have had a better first recording. I hope I’ll get a chance to hear it live before too long.
As you’ll see from the contents of this programme, Rory McCleery and The Marian Consort have sought to reflect in this anniversary programme what have been the two-fold focus of their work to date: Renaissance consort music and compositions from our own time. Thus, it is very logical indeed to include Palestrina’s setting of the Stabat mater as well. There are some differences between the versions of the text that the two composers set and it’s very helpful to have these differences clearly laid out in the booklet. Palestrina’s piece is set for two four-part choirs and on this recording the two choirs are nicely, though not excessively, separated. McCleery and his singers make a wonderful job of the piece; every phrase is ideally expressive and beautifully calibrated. In his notes Andrew Mellor points out the direct style of Palestrina’s music in this piece and that’s certainly brought out in this performance.
We also hear ‘old’ and ‘new’ when it comes to the settings of the Miserere. The setting by Allegri is famous, of course; indeed, I fear it’s become rather over-exposed. However, there’s always room for a fine account of it such as this present one. Tenor Guy Cutting is an excellent cantor. The distant Choir 2 is ideally placed in the recording: they’re suitably distant but the sound of their voices registers clearly and with a pleasing sense of ambience around them. My guess is that for the recording Choir 1 was placed on the sanctuary steps and Choir 2 was right at the other end of the Merton College Chapel, underneath the organ loft. Engineer Paul Baxter has recorded the performance in an ideal way. The soprano in Choir 2 (Charlotte Ashley) negotiates the famous top Cs with bell-like clarity but adds no additional embellishments to her line, as have been heard on one or two recent recordings by other ensembles: I’m rather glad of that.
James MacMillan’s 2009 setting of the same text is informed by Allegri’s setting and complements it very imaginatively though it is in no sense a pastiche. MacMillan pays overt homage to Allegri by introducing (at the words ‘Auditui meo dabis gaudium’) the same Tonus Pelegrinus plainchant that his predecessor had used. This grows very naturally out of MacMillan’s original music and he avoids a “slavish” quotation by presenting the chant in two-part harmony, alternately sung by male and female voices. Later, MacMillan returns to the chant but this time four soloists sing it, each in turn, and their respective solo lines finish with an upward-soaring embellishment. The last verse of the psalm brings all the voices together, the music beautifully harmonised. MacMillan’s setting is a terrific piece. The music is at one and the same time firmly rooted in the past yet also resolutely of the present day. It receives an outstanding performance from The Marian Consort.
The programme is completed by the inclusion of two short pieces by Palestrina. Both are exquisite and are performed with great poise and sensitivity. Given the Consort’s name, it seems to me to be entirely appropriate that one of these pieces is the Marian anthem, Ave Maria.
Judging by previous albums that I’ve heard, the composition of the Consort appears to flex according to the needs of the repertoire. For this programme up to10 singers are used - four sopranos and two each of altos, tenors and basses – though some of the pieces call for a smaller ensemble. I think that Rory McCleery conducts throughout, singing only in the Palestrina Ave Maria. Throughout the programme the singing is absolutely flawless yet you never get the impression that what you are hearing involves beauty of sound for its own sake. Whether in the Renaissance music or the two contemporary pieces these gifted musicians sing not just with poise and great accomplishment but also with sensitivity; they communicate the music expertly.
As I indicated when discussing the Allegri piece, Paul Baxter has recorded the Consort in an exemplary fashion. The sound has ideal clarity but it also has just the right degree of warmth: clarity has not been achieved by making a recording that is in any way antiseptic. The recording is satisfyingly realistic. The sympathetic acoustic of Merton College Chapel has been used to excellent effect to enhance very naturally the singers’ sound.
The icing on the cake, as it were, is an excellent set of notes by Andrew Mellor.
I’ve heard and enjoyed several of the Marian Consort’s previous releases but I’m inclined to think that this outstanding disc is the best thing they’ve yet done. As such, it’s a splendid celebration of ten years of music-making. Just as importantly, it launches their second decade with panache.
Stabat Mater (2017) [18:55]
Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (c 1525-1594)
Super flumina Babylonis [4:15]
Stabat Mater [9:57]
Ave Maria [4:28]
Gregorio ALLEGRI (1582-1652
Sir James MACMILLAN (b 1959)
Miserere (2009) [12:13]
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Results of the 2013 Great Cocky Count
The 2013 Great Cocky Count formally surveyed 243 sites, utilising 308 registered volunteer observers.
The 2013 count of 5,800 cockies in the Swan Region was a 44 per cent increase from 2012 but numbers are still down by 14 per cent on the 6,700 birds recorded in 2010. The increased numbers observed in 2013 were focused in the northern suburbs and northern Swan Coastal Plain areas.
The greater numbers of Carnaby’s counted north of the Swan River is potentially due to parts of the Gnangara, Pinjar and Yanchep pine plantations being cleared, removing critical feeding and roosting habitat, and causing the cockatoos to move to coastal locations where they are more easily observed.
The 2013 results also show a change in how the cockies are utilising some of the best-monitored metropolitan roosts, which highlights the need to monitor as many sites as possible in order to pick up movements between roosts and to better assess the Swan region population as a whole.
While the count’s value remains strongest in and around Perth (now with four years of consecutive data), confirmed roosts in regional areas will, in time, provide information on Carnaby’s population changes beyond the Swan region.
Perth Region NRM will be funding the next Great Cocky Count, which will take place on Sunday 6 April 2014. BirdLife Australia is currently recruiting for a2014 Great Cocky Count Coordinator and we hope to welcome a new person on board in January. | <urn:uuid:0d5a45db-9546-45ce-9ed4-93b51e67dc64> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://southcoastnrm.com.au/2018/07/results-of-the-2013-great-cocky-count/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941846 | 403 | 2.03125 | 2 |
In light of the new tougher mortgage insurance measures and requirements brought in by the federal government, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has undertaken to closely analyze how they will impact markets across the country. Likewise, local real estate boards, such as WinnipegREALTORS®, will do the same.
The impact will vary as all markets are local with their own set of unique conditions and circumstances.
The higher stress test qualification required now means that first-time buyers, in particular, will have to adjust their sights lower from what they could previously afford. In some cases, especially in higher-priced housing markets, it may prevent them from owning a home.
As CREA and local real estate boards closely monitor MLS® sales activity into 2017, to help determine the extent of reduced sales activity — housing is one of the key economic lynchpins of the Canadian economy — one way to help offset the impact on affordability is for the federal government to follow through on CREA’s recommendations to enhance the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP).
More specifically, CREA is asking the federal government to keep its election promise to help address affordability and accessibility for home buyers undergoing significant life changes; for example, homeowners having to relocate to a more expensive housing market or a divorced couple still needing a home to support their children. It also may allow someone to accommodate an elderly family member.
Extending the HBP is a fiscally responsive way to help these families. Essentially, the HBP, as it has since its inception in 1992, is not only instrumental in allowing first-time buyers a way to come up with a required down payment through accessing their RRSPs (required to pay them back over a 15-year period), but can ease affordability concerns by allowing Canadians to use their own savings to purchase a home. In total, 2.8-million Canadians have benefited from being able to use the HBP.
REALTORS® have also asked that the HBP be indexed to keep up with inflation to ensure it never loses its purchasing power. The affordability of homeownership is a growing concern for first-time buyers. The HBP currently allows first-time home buyers to borrow up to $25,000 from their Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) to use as a down payment towards a home purchase. CREA is advocating that the HBP be adjusted incrementally by $2,500 to preserve its purchasing power. Canadians believe it makes sense to index the HBP.
Many Realtors across the country are acting on a CREA call to action to let their own MPs know why making changes to the HBP will make it a more effective vehicle to enable more Canadians to afford their own home. Three local advocates for changes to the HBP are Realtors Deb Goodfellow , Donna Kirsch and Kourosh Doustshenas. Goodfellow and Kirsch met with MP MaryAnn Mihychuk, the federal minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour. As a result of their efforts, the cabinet minister and the Kildonan-St. Paul MP wrote a strong letter to her colleague, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, endorsing both of CREA’s HBP recommendations.
Doustshenas was able to work with Winnipeg North MP Kevin Lamoureux to develop a petition and obtain many signatures supporting the recommended HBP changes. To Lamoureux’s credit and his own his unwavering support of homeownership, he was successful in introducing the petition in the House of Commons on November 1, 2016.
“Let me share with the members of the House what that petition stated,” said Lamoureaux in the House. “In 1992, the Home Buyers’ Plan, the HBP, has helped over 2.8-million Canadians achieve their dream of homeownership. Also, the petition goes on to say that due to inflation the HBP has lost about $5,200 in purchasing power compared to 1992. It goes further to say that purchases resulted in over $2.9 billion in spinoff benefits and more than 22,000 jobs. The petition is calling for us to consider indexing the HBP to preserve its purchasing power and allow more Canadians to use it due to significant life changes.”
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Within usual responsibility of supervision of public health in the country, the Institute of Public Health will prepare this information in order to inform the population timely and correct and to propose measures to reduce the health risks from air pollution, which are in increasing trend.
This year, as in the past, with the beginning of the heating season we have entered a period of frequent episodes of high concentrations of air pollutants, primarily PM-10 and 2.5 particles. Almost all measuring points of the network stations of the Ministry of Environment, are showing concentrations of these particles (PM-10) several times more than the allowed average of 50 micrograms/m3
This alarming situation is in Skopje, Tetovo and Bitola. In the past week (04-08.12) the average daily concentrations of particles in Tetovo amounted from 246 to 387 micrograms, in Bitola from 54 to 222 micrograms and in Lisice (Skopje) from 18 to 208 micrograms /m3
The biggest sources of air pollution in our country are: the process of producing electricity using solid fuels-like coal and liquid fuels, industrial production processes, emissions from traffic and heating in homes and administrative capacities in winter period. The part of these sources in the emission of all the various in different pollutants. The largest part in emission of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, is from the electricity and thermal energy, and in emission of PM10 and carbon monoxide – the traffic and heating of households, administrative buildings and other companies.
In cities, additional sources of pollution are numerous sites of construction activities that emit large quantities of dust, and also gases emitted from the landfills (Tetovo). In Tetovo are evident the largest concentrations of suspended particles in the air, a city with a very high population density of 330 inhabitants per square kilometer, heavy traffic, inadequate urbanization and increased construction activities, production capacities.
Near the city, the production facilities like Silmak and Teteks are located, which along all factors mentioned before (such as density of urban traffic, unregulated individually warming, inappropriate urbanization and construction activities), contribute to enormous air pollution. Also, the topography of Tetovo has a significant impact, because the city is located in a basin and during a fog, there is not enough air circulation that would can blow it out. According to this fact, there is a temperature inversion where pollutants survive longer in the air.
Effects on health
Although the primary organs that suffers from the air pollution are lungs and cardio-vascular system. Additionally, there is almost no organ which doesn’t suffer from the impact at a high concentration of particles in the air and mostly the so-called sensitive population, like children from 0-5 years old, the elderly people, people with chronical diseases, patients with asthma, people who work outdoors and smokers whose risk of serious cardiac burden increases to 3-4 times.
Participating together with experts from the World Bank in analysis of environmental data and medical evidence of the connection between air pollution and health in the Institut of Public Health has been calculated that approximately 1350 deaths per year in the country, are due to particulate air pollution and thousands of lost productive days . Everyday people suffer from respiratory diseases (asthma, chronic bronchitis, etc.) which cause thousands of lost productive years of life. The pollution particles cost the Macedonian economy about 253 million euros or 3.2 percent of GDP in 2011 (due to the high number of cases of premature death, health costs, reduced productivity of the population and the absence of civil jobs). | <urn:uuid:de58e49a-ad42-41c5-9e7a-1527780424a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.iph.mk/en/information-about-the-air-pollution-in-cities-in-the-republic-of-macedonia-and-possible-risks-to-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.94231 | 737 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Eni-Novatek get oil gas research concessions in Montenegro
Oil and gas research concession contracts were approved to Italian Eni and Russia Novatek. Green network from Adriatic countries announces protests and campaigns against the Montenegro government and concessionaires.
Montenegrin Government approved the oil and gas research and exploitation concession contracts, which means that the preparatory process for hydrocarbons research in the Montenegrin coast has been completed. The contracts with the selected bidder, the consortium of Italian oil company Eni and Russian energy company Novatek, will be forwarded to the Parliament of Montenegro for adoption and the project’s implementation is expected to start this year, Economy Minister Vladimir Kavarić told the press following the Cabinet meeting.
The consortium has pledged to drill three mandatory wells, one of which at the depth of 6,500 meters. The first phase of the project’s implementation will cost EUR 85 million, and the costs of the second one will amount to EUR 12 million. This is a contractual obligation supported by bank guarantees in the amount of 100% of the value of the work, Minister Kavarić explained.
“Before concluding the contracts, we will be given a EUR 85 million bank guarantee for the first part of the oil and gas research,” he pointed out.
The contracts shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Montenegro. The law prevails in case of conflict between the law and the contract, and in case of conflict between the Montenegrin and English version, the English version prevails, the Minister of Economy noted.
He added there are no stabilisation clauses, meaning that such reputable companies are entering the large-scale project on the basis of confidence in the Montenegrin business environment.
As to environmental protection, there is a set of regulations that need to satisfied, and each procedure will involve assessment of the environmental impact.
The Government’s financial participation in the project is not defined by the contract, but the Law on Hydrocarbons, Minister Kavarić concluded.
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The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors directed the museum’s trustees to make fundraising a top priority, officials said. So in May, the trustees hired Leslie Mazeska, who has a professional background in fundraising and grant-writing for nonprofit organizations, as the museum’s executive director.
In 1861, Union Army Capt. Edward Todd of the 2nd Vermont Infantry was wounded at the Battle of First Manassas. He went home to Vermont for two years to recover before returning to fight in several more Civil War battles in Virginia.
More than 150 years later, Todd’s wartime haversack — a large, purselike bag he used to carry personal belongings — has returned to Manassas. The haversack is part of a collection of Civil War artifacts donated to the Manassas Museum in the summer by Northern Virginia Community College and retired history professor Charles Poland Jr.
“Nature’s Best Photography at the Workhouse” features 28 images that were taken around the world by professional and amateur photographers. The photos, ranging from panoramic landscapes to extreme close-ups, were judged to be some of the best entries in the annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition, held by Nature’s Best Photography magazine.
The tintype photo shows a young soldier in uniform, his pale eyes barely visible under the brim of his hat. They are eyes that have seen hell on earth. To the right is another tintype, showing a young man with closely cropped hair wearing an unzipped jacket, collar up, over a white crewneck shirt.
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One of our activities in conserving artistic and cultural assets consists of restoring old publications and republishing them in order that they become more widely known.
Learn about the collections we have published so far:
Iberdrola’s Restoration Papers
The titles in this collection aim not only to provide knowledge regarding our heritage, but they are also as a means of presenting our work to conserve Spain’s artistic and cultural assets:
- The grille in Guadalupe Monastery ( (1997).
- The high altar in the Sanctuary of La Encina de Arceniega in Álava (1999).
- The fountain of the tritons and shells in the Royal Palace of Madrid (2000).
- The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo in El Escorial (2001).
- The Primate Cathedral of Toledo (2002).
- San Juan de los Reyes Monastery in Toledo (2002) [PDF].
- The Royal Palace in Aranjuez (2003) [PDF].
- The Tabernacle of the Holy Church Cathedral in Seville (2004) [PDF].
- The Royal Palace in La Granja de San Ildefonso (2004) [PDF].
- The church of San Román in Toledo (2004) [PDF].
- San Blas Chapel in the Cathedral of Toledo (2005) [PDF].
- The Prince’s House at El Escorial (2006) [PDF].
- The Carthusian Monastery in Miraflores (2007): the sepulchres [PDF], the altarpiece [PDF] and the stained glass windows [PDF].
- The Basilica of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo at El Escorial (2010) [PDF].
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A three-year £30 million programme that will encourage councils to decarbonise local roads has been launched by ADEPT (the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport).Read more
The latest electric vehicle charging statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT) show that since 1 July 2021 the number of public devices has increased by 31%, corresponding to a total of 7,637. The number of rapid devices increased by 31%, with an additional 1,423.Read more
The government has set out a proposal to phase out the sale of new fossil-fuelled motorbikes and mopeds by 2035, or even earlier for some vehicles.Read more
More than 200 people from local and national government, technology companies, consultants and academics attended the Transport Technology Forum’s (TTF) annual conference at the Marriott Hotel in Liverpool in May.Read more
Electric vehicle (EV) registrations have more than doubled in the north of England, according to new figures released today (24 May) by the Department for Transport (DfT).Read more
A FairCharge analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) figures has revealed that public money spent on installing off-street residential Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers is more than just over 15 times what has been spent on public on-street residential chargers.Read more
Twenty DAF LF Electric vehicles are entering service with a range of public bodies including the National Health Service (NHS) and local authorities, as part of the Battery Electric Truck Trial (BETT) funded by the Department for Transport (DfT).Read more
The £30 million in government funding will support pioneering projects to decarbonise local highways infrastructure across the UK.Read more
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed a £1.05bn grant to transform road, bus, rail, tram, cycling and walking infrastructure across to the West Midlands, including investment in EV charging. The City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) money, topped up with local funding, will deliver £1.3bn investment over the next five years.Read more
A report published by the Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce shows that the UK can deliver the tenfold increase in charge points needed to hit Net Zero but identifies five key ‘enabling conditions’ that must be met.
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The Goffs Schoolhouse is a one-room mission style desert school built in 1914 by the County of San Bernardino to serve the growing population of the area.
The Schoolhouse was used as the local community center. Through many of the 23 years it served as a school, dances were held in the building and it functioned as a branch of the county library. Photo from the mid-1920s. Betty (Pettit) Papierski Collection.
The cottonwood trees planted on the southwest side of the school provided shade for the schoolyard in the afternoon. For the first several years individual trees were assigned to particular students to be watered and cared for.
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Mark Powell from Bluetooth SIG says the power-efficient wireless standard is taking the world by storm
There were countless Bluetooth devices on display at Mobile Wold Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was in attendance.
Our colleagues from Gizmodo.de had a chance to talk to Mark Powell, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG, about the recently launched Bluetooth Smart specification for mobile devices which considerably extends the battery life of all of your ‘smart’ objects.
In the video below, Powell shows several devices that already feature Bluetooth Smart technology, including a Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush.
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The State of Obesity in Native Americans
By Mallory Black (Navajo) / Native Health News Alliance
While the high rates of obesity among Native Americans propels forward the population’s chronic disease rates, a recent report provides a better state-by-state glimpse of how obesity is impacting Indian Country.
According to data released by the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, and analyzed in the annual State of Obesity report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in Arizona, North Carolina and New Mexico, at least 75 percent of Native American adults are overweight or obese. Texas had the lowest obesity rate for Natives at 51 percent.
“This is the first time that we have had some real data that looked at the Native American population for each state,” said Rich Hamburg, deputy director of Trust for America’s Health, who added that, of the 25 states with reportable data for Native Americans, all reported obesity rates above 50 percent.
Dr. Sheila Fleischhacker, Senior Public Health and Science Policy Advisor at the National Institutes of Health Division of Nutrition Research Coordination states “where Native people live also plays a crucial role in obesity rates.”
Another report on food systems in tribal communities, Feeding Ourselves, published earlier this year, details the stark reality for many Natives to access healthy and affordable foods in their own community.
According to the U.S. Census, about 78 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives do not live on reservations and instead live in urban areas.
“There are also more than 500 tribes and Native villages in the U.S., and each has their own unique tribal structure, assets and challenges relating to the prevention and treatment of nutrition-related chronic diseases,” Fleischhacker said.
The most recent national data available show that more than half of American Indian and Alaska Native adults are obese, compared to roughly one third of all U.S. adults.
For childhood obesity, the report does show the rates beginning to level off for a few age groups among Whites, but rates for several age groups of Blacks, Latinos, and Native children remain high and may have yet to peak. According to the report:
•One in four Native American 2 to 5-year-olds is obese;
•Nearly a third of Native children 6 to 11 years old and a third of those ages 12 to 19 are obese.
But there is some good news to report for children’s obesity overall, Hamburg said. “We are beginning to see some successes, particularly among kids in areas where we know there has been a prevention effort through programs and policy,” he said.
For both Native American adults and children, food access and physical inactivity are often cited as some of the greatest challenges in overcoming obesity in Indian Country. Policies to increase the tax on sugary foods and drinks, such as in the Navajo Nation, and programs aimed at increasing children’s health and fitness continue to be implemented in tribal communities to combat the rising rates.
One organization leading the charge to improve Native American nutrition and physical activity is the Native-led Notah Begay III Foundation, which also focuses on reducing type 2 diabetes rates.
Olivia Roanhorse (Navajo) directs one of NB3’s programs called NativeStrong, which provides grants for grassroots programs targeting children’s nutrition education, access to healthier foods, increased physical activity, and culturally-based youth and community leadership development.
More than 40 Native communities have carried out community-led programs with the support of NB3, but despite their efforts, one of the biggest struggles to overcoming obesity among Native Americans continues to be the lack of funding for prevention, Roanhorse said.
“That is a challenge because [the Indian Health Service] just can’t do all the things our people need, so we know we can’t rely on the Indian Health Service for everything,” Roanhorse said.
Studies have shown that diet and nutrition have also undergone a transformation in many Native communities over the last 50 years. What was once a diet of Native traditional foods has shifted into one much higher in fat, sugar and sodium, and lower in fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and whole grains.
Freda Carpitcher (Seminole) is the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Coordinator for the Indian Health Service’s Oklahoma Area. In the State of Obesity report, Oklahoma is listed as having the fourth-highest rate of obesity for Native American adults, exceeding 76 percent.
Carpitcher and her team work to educate hundreds of Native American families across Oklahoma, Kansas and parts of Texas about healthier lifestyles, including the return to indigenous foods.
“If you look back 60 to 70 years, our disease rates were much lower than they are now,” she said. “My hope is that we, as all Natives, will return to indigenous foods, the ones that our grandparents grew themselves and consumed. If we return to indigenous foods, it’s going to contribute to lowering disease rates.”
Although the report helps shed more light on obesity among Native Americans, it’s still difficult to say which states are seeing any signs of progress for the Native population.
“It’s been a different society for the last couple of decades, and I think that’s the same for Native Americans,” Hamburg said. “We’re driving less and fewer people are living in areas where you could walk to school or work. Over time, we just need the kids and the population to be more active and eat healthier. That’s still the bottom line.”
But until those healthy indigenous foods are more accessible to everyone and communities are built to encourage people to walk, it’s an uphill battle for families trying to eat healthy and be active.
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ELMER, N.J. — The U.S. Navy has put forward a proposal to decommission the first four littoral combat ships in 2021 as part of a cost-savings measure, according to a memorandum from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to the Defense Department.
The memo obtained by Defense News outlines plans to decommission the littoral combat ships Freedom, Independence, Fort Worth and Coronado, part of an overall plan to shrink the size of the force to deal with a flat budget. The ships all have between 12 and 17 years of planned hull life remaining.
The memo also outlines plans to decommission three dock landing ships — Whidbey Island, Germantown and Gunston Hall — between eight and 14 years early, as well as accelerating the decommissioning of four cruisers.
In the same document, the Department of Defense outlined plans to slash construction of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, cutting five out of 12 of the Burkes planned over the five-year Future Years Defense Program.
The memo amounts to a back-and-forth between the DoD and OMB on areas of disagreement inside the Pentagon’s 2021 budget request, which has yet to be finalized. Bloomberg News and Breaking Defense previously reported on aspects of the memo.
The plan, which an administration source told Defense News was driven by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was not greeted warmly by OMB, which directed the DoD to come back with a plan that would get the Navy to 355 ships as per the original program.
The Pentagon’s plan shrinks the size of the fleet from today’s fleet of 293 ships to 287 ships. The 355-ship goal was also made national policy in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
But the plan to decommission the first four LCS will upset the Navy’s plan to use them as test ships for the still-to-be-fielded mission modules, a key part of the 2016 reorganization of the program prompted by a string of major casualties caused by system failures and operator errors.
The Navy upended the program’s signature modularity, a concept that would have seen crews attached to specific mission modules such as anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare or mine warfare, and could be switched out rapidly pierside depending on the mission. But the reorganization assigned each ship a permanent mission module, with the crews training and testing on the first four LCS.
Decommissioning the ships will send the Navy back to the drawing board on how to get the new modules tested.
Bryan McGrath, a retired destroyer captain and analyst with defense consultancy The Ferrybridge Group, said the plan to reduce the size of the fleet is a sign that the Defense Department isn’t willing to put the resources required toward growing the fleet.
“If what you are reporting is true, this is a sign of the tension between the grand desires for a much larger fleet and the modest resources being applied to the problem,” McGrath said. “There simply is no way to grow the fleet as it is currently architected while maintaining the current fleet at a high state of readiness with the given resources."
McGrath said if 355 is still the goal, the Pentagon has to either dramatically restructure the fleet to switch out large surface combatants such as cruisers and destroyers with smaller, less expensive ships, or it has to change what’s counted as a ship — both moves that have been signaled by the Navy in recent years.
“This is why it’s so hard to grow a Navy,” McGrath said. “You have to decide it’s a national priority, you have to devote a lot of resources and you have to do it over a period of years. None of that has happened.”
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- United States barring entry to non-U.S. Citizens/Lawful Permanent Residents physically present in mainland China within two weeks prior to seeking admission – even those with valid immigrant or nonimmigrant visas.
- Immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens/Lawful Permanent Residents and NATO/UN/Diplomatic personnel amongst those exempted.
- All who have visited Hubei Province subject to two-week quarantine.
- Consular services temporarily suspended in China.
In response to the Coronavirus’ spread from China’s Hubei Province to nearly two-dozen countries around the globe (including the United States), which has prompted the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) amongst other agencies to declare the virus a public health emergency, the United States is taking steps to contain the growing pandemic. According to President Trump’s Proclamation, as of 5:00PM EST on February 2, 2020, the United States will severely prohibit the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants traveling to the United States within 14 days of having been physically present in mainland China.
At this time, the Proclamation does not apply to U.S. Citizens, individuals who have only been present in Macau and/or Hong Kong, or anyone who falls into one of the following exceptions:
- U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents;
- Which does not include individuals with immigrant visas who have not entered the United States and assumed Lawful Permanent Residency;
- Spouses of U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents;
- Parents and Legal Guardians of U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents who are unmarried and under 21;
- Siblings of U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents, so long as both are unmarried and under 21;
- Children, foster children, or wards of U.S. Citizens of Lawful Permanent Residents, or children who are prospective adoptees seeking to enter the United States on IR-4 or IH-4 Visas;
- Foreign Nationals traveling at the invitation of the U.S. government, for a purpose related to containing or mitigating the Coronavirus;
- Nonimmigrant crewmembers;
- Foreign nationals seeking entry to, or transiting through, the United States under an A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3, G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4 or NATO-6 visa;
- Foreign nationals whose entry does not pose a significant risk of transmitting the virus, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control; and
- Foreign nationals whose entry is in furtherance of important U.S. law enforcement interests, or whose admission is in the U.S. national interest.
Likewise, the Proclamation does not purport to limit individuals’ eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or protections under the Convention Against Torture, and does not appear to prohibit individuals from applying for an adjustment of status to Lawful Permanent Resident, or an application to extend or change their nonimmigrant status within the United States.
Otherwise, unless they fall into one of the above-listed categories, all foreign nationals traveling from China, or who have been in China within two weeks of returning to the United States, will be denied admission to the country so as long as this Proclamation remains in effect – even if they presently have a valid visa. Further, U.S. Consulates in China have cancelled appointments for the week of February 3, 2020, with no definite timetable for when they will resume normal operations. Individuals waiting on visa issuance have been directed to contact the U.S. Consulate processing their visa.
Additionally, even those who are allowed to travel to the United States will face significant barriers to admission. All flights entering the United States from China will be directed to one of the following airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Illinois; San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport in California; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington; Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii; and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. Re-routing flights will undoubtedly to appreciable delays in travel.
After arrival, admissible individuals (including but not limited to U.S. Citizens) will face a mandatory, 14-day quarantine if they visited Hubei province. Likewise, the above-listed airports will be equipped the personnel and facilities to conduct immediate health screens for all individuals who have visited mainland China, and such individuals will receive instructions for self-quarantine if officials determine circumstances do not require mandatory quarantine.
The Proclamation directs the Secretary of HHS to re-evaluate the Proclamation “as circumstances warrant and no more than 15 days of this order and every 15 days thereafter, [to] recommend that the President continue, modify, or terminate this proclamation.” The virus’ accelerating spread– with more than 14,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 300 deaths in China and the Philippines – makes it quite difficult to project how much longer these travel restrictions will apply, or whether they will become even tighter. Likewise, it is possible that as additional information trickles out of China, the crisis may be revealed as even more dire than presently presented.
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Everybody walks, or wheels! However, what makes a walking or wheeling trip enjoyable and safe is the infrastructure. WalkSide’s innovative algorithm and cartography take into consideration accurate pedestrian infrastructure (sidewalks, footpaths, etc.) and how they are adapted to different users (pedestrians, runners, elderly, wheelchair able individuals, parents with strollers, etc.). WalkSide will find the best route to arrive to your destination safely and in a time efficient manner. | <urn:uuid:c25f9351-3d97-40e6-b91b-eb8cc5827b72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://walkside.org/home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.919666 | 98 | 1.5625 | 2 |
We are excited to announce a devroom on Declarative and Minimalistic Computing at FOSDEM on 5th and 6th of February, 2022, online!
FOSDEM is one of the most important free software conferences and is hosted annually at Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium. Unfortunately again this year FOSDEM will not run a physical conference but will be online only. Talks will be pre-recorded with some live content including Q&A sessions and discussion panels.
We accept talks from languages that attempt to minimize use of hardware and software while trying to make systems simpler, more robust and more secure. If you are working on improving today's systems taking declarative/minimalistic approaches feel free to submit a talk proposal. Examples include the Scheme/Lisp family of programmings languages. In past editions, this devroom has received presentations from a varied number of language communities, including Forth, Guile, Lua, Nim, Racket, Raku and Tcl as well as several experimental projects that push minimalism in new directions.
Minimalism and declarative programming are two important topics for this devroom. Minimalism matters. Minimalism allows for smaller systems that take less resources and consume less energy. More importantly, free and open source minimalism allows for secure systems that are easy to understand. Declarative programming is a programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Many languages that apply this style attempt to minimize or eliminate side effects by describing what the program must accomplish in terms of the problem domain, rather than describe how to accomplish it as a sequence of the programming language primitives.
Finally, in this year's virtual conference we will honor the late Professor John McCarthy as the founder of AI and the inventor of LISP. McCarthy with his work pioneered artificial intelligence, developed the Lisp programming language family and kickstarted our modern computing world.
We want to invite you to submit a talk on declarative and minimalistic computing that fits that description. We are especially happy to receive talk submissions from members of groups underrepresented in free software.
If you have something you’d like to share with your fellow developers, please E-mail us! Talks considered for the devroom will have to be entered in
The deadline for submission is December 20th. If you have a FOSDEM pentabarf account from a previous year, please use that account. Otherwise add one on https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account. Reach out to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.org if you run into any trouble.
When submitting your talk make doubly sure to select "Declarative and Minimalistic Computing devroom" as track (if you don't we won't find it), and include the following information:
* The title and subtitle of your talk * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * Links to related websites/blogs etc * Presentations has to be pre-recorded and streamed before the event. * Start recording early!
To see what a final talk looks like see
For accepted talks
* Once your talk was accepted, we will assign you an organizer to help you to produce the pre-recorded content. * The organizer will review the content and ensure it has the required quality. He is also responsible for ensuring the content is into the system and ready to broadcast. * During the stream of your talk, you must be available online for the Q/A session
Let's make this a fun day!
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Looking back, it was a big mistake.
In fact, it was an enormous mistake.
I’m just kicking myself that I didn’t jump all over Google stock when it came out. Like many investors, I’m somewhat gun shy of big technology companies, and sometimes I just don’t have the courage to listen to my instincts.
Deep down, I just knew that Google stock would do well. After all, the company met all my requirements for stock selection. The company was a true innovator in its industry, it had a solid track record of success, it boasted reasonable financial metrics (relatively speaking), and offered strong growth prospects. The company and its stock had the momentum of the investment community and the media. In many ways, it still does.
The stock originally came to the market at $85 per share in August 2004, but it was tough to get in on the offering. One could have easily bought the stock around $100 per share, generating a substantial gain given the stock’s current price, at around $288 per share.
Recently, investment firm Credit Suisse First Boston, which maintains an “outperform” rating on the stock, raised its 12- month price target on Google to $350. In a research note, the firm wrote that it expects substantial volatility in the stock, but the company’s operational momentum justifies its high valuation. Most interestingly, the firm cited that, on a relative basis, Google’s valuation is similar to Yahoo! and just slightly ahead of eBay. This is an important distinction, because just about everyone on the Street expects Google to grow faster than either Yahoo! or eBay ever did.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but the Google story is one of those unique opportunities that happen every once in a while in the stock market. It is difficult to predict where the stock will go from here, but the probability is that it will go higher yet.
This story serves to illustrate that it takes courage for a stock market speculator to step up to the plate. It also justifies the age-old adage “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” | <urn:uuid:73ff6adb-06dc-4cb7-af6f-017e933aa7db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.profitconfidential.com/stock-market/nothing-ventured-nothing-gained/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960805 | 448 | 1.539063 | 2 |
BELIEFS LEAD TO BEHAVIOURS WHICH IN TURN GUIDE OUR LIFE
In a previous article, we talked about how beliefs are developed, how to identify beliefs and how to become aware about them. This article focuses on assessing these beliefs and changing self-limiting beliefs. Changing beliefs can be an exceptionally complex task as we infer our beliefs from the thoughts and emotions we experience. Thoughts and emotions can change forms and ways of expressing themselves, in turn changing the way a belief is expressed. Beliefs can express themselves in a deceitful manner and since we are the ones expressing and experiencing them both at the same time, changing beliefs can seem rather daunting and tedious. Now just because a belief changes the manner in which it expresses itself doesn’t really lead to a change in the belief.
Our minds work in an organized manner, our beliefs are formed by gathering evidence from our experiences, this includes a record of what we’ve done, what we’ve been through, how others perceive us to be, how we perceive ourselves, our perspective about ourselves etc. This information is then interpreted and a belief is formed. Through beliefs we make sense of ourselves and the surrounding reality. When beliefs change, our reality also starts changing. When a belief has changed, our actions, thoughts, emotions, the way we perceive the world will change. Beliefs can take years to change or even a minute. It really comes down to how much faith and efforts we’ve invested in a belief and how much we are willing to question ourselves.
Beliefs become specifically self-limiting when they start holding us back from fulfilling our dreams and aspirations. We developed these beliefs because they helped us at a certain point in our life; however, we tend to overlook that almost everything in this world comes with an expiry date. Our beliefs are no exceptions. For example: Let’s say when we started off as an employee at the firm we’re working at, we believed that conforming to others helped us gain recognition at the workplace. But when we get promoted to a position where we have to lead the firm, this belief of conforming to others can act as a hindrance. Assertiveness is a quality that is required in a leader. Therefore, with time, experiences and situations, the beliefs tend to change.
After identifying the beliefs, one has developed, and before changing them, a careful assessment of these beliefs will help in determining which beliefs are detrimental and which are beneficial.
1. Track the chain of thought: Merely identifying a belief isn’t going to be sufficient to change it. Beliefs find different routes to express themselves, these routes can change with different situations. Tracking the chain of thought that leads to the belief shows us where the belief comes from, how & why it originated, under what circumstances it originated, did it develop through someone else’s belief or not, etc. For example: When we develop a fear of public speaking, it isn’t something as simple as going to the stage and feeling afraid. Thoughts such as ‘What if I mess up?’ ,’What would everyone think’ start to pop up when we’re on stage. The belief behind it could be that ‘I’m not a good public speaker’ or ‘People will mock me when I speak’ or ‘I always mess up and I will mess up here too’. Now upon further assessment one can find out where this belief actually took birth. We may recollect previous events when we did not perform well or events where we saw someone else getting humiliated for their speech and started believing the same would happen to us too. Keeping track of the chain of thought is crucial in gathering evidence.
2. Figure out how belief manifests in actions & behavior:The next step in assessment is to figure out how does our belief make us act? How does it affect our behavior? How do we talk to ourselves in this scenario? What emotion do we feel?
Let’s say that one’s an introverted person. We could be holding a belief that talking to too many people is exhaustive, or small talk doesn’t really make us feel better. Now when it comes to behavior these beliefs express themselves in actions such as, tending to avoid talking a lot at a party, being quiet most of the time or talking selectively to two or three people only.
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Earth’s magnetic field is known to have flipped many times throughout our planet’s history. Its dipole magnetic field, like that of a bar magnet, remains about the same intensity for thousands to millions of years, and then – for incompletely known reasons – it occasionally weakens and reverses direction. That weakening and reversal was supposed to take on the order of several thousand years. A new study by an international team of scientists, however, demonstrates that the last magnetic reversal – 786,000 years ago – actually happened very quickly, in less than 100 years, or roughly the span of a modern human lifetime. The study will be published in the November 2014 issue of Geophysical Journal International.
The discovery comes as new evidence indicates that the intensity of Earth’s magnetic field is decreasing 10 times faster than normal, leading some geophysicists to predict a reversal within a few thousand years.
Though a magnetic reversal is a major planet-wide event driven by convection in Earth’s iron core, there are no documented catastrophes associated with past reversals, despite much searching in the geologic and biologic record. Today, however, such a reversal could potentially wreak havoc with our electrical grid, generating currents that might take it down.
And since Earth’s magnetic field protects life from energetic particles from the sun and cosmic rays, both of which can cause genetic mutations, a weakening or temporary loss of the field before a permanent reversal could increase cancer rates. The danger to life would be even greater if flips were preceded by long periods of unstable magnetic behavior.
Paul Renne, director of the Berkeley Geochronology Center and a University of California Berkeley professor-in-residence of Earth and planetary science is a coauthor of the study. He said:
We should be thinking more about what the biologic effects would be.
The new finding is based on measurements of the magnetic field alignment in layers of ancient lake sediments now exposed in the Sulmona basin of the Apennine Mountains east of Rome, Italy. The lake sediments are interbedded with ash layers erupted from the Roman volcanic province, a large area of volcanoes upwind of the former lake that includes periodically erupting volcanoes near Sabatini, Vesuvius and the Alban Hills.
Italian researchers measured the magnetic field directions frozen into the sediments as they accumulated at the bottom of the ancient lake.
Scientists at University of California, Berkeley then used argon-argon dating, a method widely used to determine the ages of rocks, whether they’re thousands or billions of years old, to determine the age of ash layers above and below the sediment layer recording the last reversal.
Because the lake sediments were deposited at a high and steady rate over a 10,000-year period, the team was able to interpolate the date of the layer showing the magnetic reversal, called the Matuyama-Brunhes transition, at approximately 786,000 years ago. This date is far more precise than that from previous studies, which placed the reversal between 770,000 and 795,000 years ago. Renne said:
What’s incredible is that you go from reverse polarity to a field that is normal with essentially nothing in between, which means it had to have happened very quickly, probably in less than 100 years. We don’t know whether the next reversal will occur as suddenly as this one did, but we also don’t know that it won’t.
Bottom line: Imagine that compasses now pointed south instead of north. It’s not as bizarre as it sounds. It will happen when Earth’s magnetic field reverses. A new study indicates the last reversal – 786,000 years ago – happened in roughly the span of a human lifetime. | <urn:uuid:2eb3cdd6-bc56-44c3-b42b-1292317b5646> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://earthsky.org/earth/earths-magnetic-field-could-flip-within-a-human-lifetime/?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=76beed7e1b-EarthSky_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-76beed7e1b-393849361 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950175 | 786 | 3.984375 | 4 |
It’s an unfortunate fact that in the United States, an average of four married couples file for divorce each minute. That amounts to over two million divorces each year. Of those couples who divorce, many of them have had children, which adds an extra layer of complication to their divorce proceedings. In the U.S., mothers receive custody most of the time and make up 82.6% of custodial parents. Additionally, 79.6% of those custodial mothers receive support awards in their divorce settlements. Although you can find a family lawyer who has a good chance of getting you and your children a fair settlement, you also need a divorce lawyer who will give you support and guidance during this trying time.
Talking to your children about your divorce can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. When you find a family lawyer who will assist you in the legal and emotional aspects of your divorce, he or she can also offer advice on how you can let your children know about the dissolution of your marriage. Here are some tips a good divorce lawyer can counsel you on for talking to your children about divorce:
1. Your children will ask questions, so be honest with them about the divorce. Above all, let your children know that this divorce wasn’t their fault, and that both parents love still them. This time is difficult for you and for your children, so let them know about any present and future arrangements they may face as a result of the divorce, such as moving to a new home or staying with other family members. Doing so will prepare them for the big changes that a divorce can bring, no matter if those changes are positive or negative.
2. While honesty and open communication with your children are important as you go through the divorce, be sure not to share details that could affect your children’s relationship with the other parent. Sharing your anger or resentment toward the other parent with your children won’t help them adjust to the divorce. Instead, focus on your children’s feelings and comfort as they adapt to this change, and don’t let them know about past or present arguments or other adult issues.
3. Some children will encounter emotional difficulties in adjusting to a separation or divorce. Finding a counselor or therapist to whom your child can speak about the divorce will help him or her through any problems at home, at school, or in other environments. Sometimes children need a neutral third party to speak to about these issues, even if the divorce runs smoothly. Having your child talk to a counselor will ensure that all parties in the divorce will adjust to these changes.
Be sure to find a family lawyer who will take your family’s individual situation and needs into account. Before you meet with a family lawyer, be sure to develop additional questions to ask a divorce lawyer about how you can help your children cope with a divorce. Family lawyers are available to help your entire family, and the best divorce lawyers will make sure that everyone’s needs are met. More can be found here. | <urn:uuid:28866690-7631-4551-9268-c453953585da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jm135.com/find-a-family-lawyer-who-can-help-you-talk-to-your-children-about-divorce/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.972889 | 621 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Some 75 Kenyan innovators are among 1,000 startup entrepreneurs from Africa who will benefit from the US $100 million Tony Elumulu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) this year.
The group was selected from over 45,000 applicants in 54 African countries after completing the programme’s innovative 12-week online training on entrepreneurship.
Launched in 2015, the programme funded by United Bank for Africa Group Chairman Tony O. Elumelu seeks identify and empower 10,000 African entrepreneurs, create a million jobs and add US $10 billion in revenues to Africa’s economy in the next 10 years.
The seed capital funding was released at the close of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Foundation (TEEF) Entrepreneurship Forum taking place in Lagos, Nigeria.
TEF Entrepreneurship Forum has been organized to showcase African startups to a global audience of entrepreneurs, incubators, business, corporations, government, investors, academia and foundations.
The entrepreneurs represent sectors as diverse as agriculture and fashion. Thirty-six per cent of those chosen were women, a significant increase on the first year’s twenty-four per cent. Entrepreneurs range from 18 to 54 years old.
TEF CEO Parminder Vir OBE said: “We are proud to have established a unique platform for African entrepreneurs to forge relationships and business partnerships. In doing so, we are creating an ecosystem that fosters innovation and collaboration, on a scale few believed possible.”
The Forum allows entrepreneurs to share and gain knowledge, build cross border partnerships, and connect with investors and policymakers.
The Foundation’s long-term investment in empowering African entrepreneurs is in pursuit of Tony Elumelu’s philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions Africa’s private sector, and most importantly entrepreneurs, as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the continent. | <urn:uuid:fdf6a2bb-9895-4924-b835-2d9aee5ee05f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aptantech.com/2016/11/07/75-kenya-startups-to-benefit-from-100-million-tony-elumulu-foundation-programme/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.915894 | 390 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Prophetic Geographic History (Vezot Habracha)
I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher country. -Thomas Carlyle
Moments before Moses is about to leave the mortal realm, God has him climb Mount Nevo and gaze upon the Promised Land. God shows Moses the length and breadth of the land in intricate detail:
“And God showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan; all Naphtali; the land of Ephraim and Menashe; the whole land of Judah as far as the Last (Western) Sea; the Negeb; and the Plain—the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.”
The Bechor Shor on Deuteronomy 34:3 explains that there’s prophetic significance to each of the geographic markers God points out to Moses. In fact, each marker represents a future leader of the nation of Israel that God shows to Moses.
The most obvious site is that of Jericho. It is the first city that Moses’ disciple Joshua will conquer and it is the key battle that opens up the conquest of the rest of Canaan.
Naphtali refers to Deborah and Barak who decades later led the successful rebellion against the tyrannical Yavin and his general Sisera.
Menashe refers to the Judges, Gideon and Yiftah, who defeated their respective enemies.
Dan refers to Samson, the miraculously strong warrior who proved a major antagonist to the enemy Philistines.
Judah refers to Kings David and Solomon and their descendants.
Ephraim refers to the Kings of Israel, descendants of Ephraim, starting with Yeravam, who broke off from the Davidic dynasty and the Kingdom of Judah after Solomon’s death.
“The Last Sea” refers to the Messianic days until the end of time.
God doesn’t just show Moses the physical land that He promised to the Children of Israel. He shows Moses the future history of Israel as well. He shows him their leaders, their battles, their victories and defeats, their kings and prophets, all of our history, including our present-day and beyond, until the very end of history.
Moses may not have merited to enter the land, but he got to see more than most mortals ever have.
May we continue to merit visions of prophecies unfolding before our eyes.
Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach,
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The Zones is a systematic, cognitive behavior approach used to teach self-regulation by categorizing all the different ways we feel and states of alertness we experience into four concrete zones. The Zones curriculum provides strategies to teach students to become more aware of, and independent in controlling their emotions and impulses, managing their sensory needs, and improving their ability to problem solve conflicts.
The Zones of Regulation incorporates Social Thinking® concepts and numerous visuals to teach students to identify their feelings/level of alertness, understand how their behavior impacts those around them, and learn what tools they can use to manage their feelings and states. (Leah Kuypers has practiced as an OT/autism specialist in school and clinical settings, specializing in self-regulation and social learning, and has worked with students of all ages and challenges, including anxiety, ADHD, and ASD. Leah created The Zones of Regulation®, a concept designed to teach self-regulation, and is author of the book and app by the same name.)
Who Should Attend: Speech & Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Regular And Special Education Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Case Managers, Specialists, Social Workers, Psychologists, School Administrators, Educational Paraprofessionals, Behavior Therapists, Parents
This free workshop is funded by the OPI Montana Autism Education Project.
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Task Force Recommends Ways to Cut Utah's Poverty, Food Insecurity
Monday, November 15, 2021
CEDAR CITY, Utah - A new legislative study shows that more than 100,000 Utah families are periodically food insecure, meaning they do not have the resources to buy enough food.
The report was released in October by the Utah Task on Food Security, chaired by state Sen. Luz Escamilla - D-Salt Lake County. The panel looked at the root causes of hunger in the state, and made a series of recommendations to the Legislature to increase Utahns' access to food.
Gina Cornia is the executive director of Utahns Against Hunger and co-chaired the task force. She said while overall the state is close to the national average for poverty, the problem is concentrated in rural areas.
"The issue of housing, the issue of wages, the issues of transportation," said Cornia. "The theme was, it's not that there isn't enough food, but that there are underlying barriers to people having access to food."
The recommendations included measures to strengthen Utah's network of food pantries and food banks, increase economic stability and reduce the demand for food assistance, and identify and remove barriers to participation in federal nutrition programs.
Iron County in southwest Utah has one of the highest poverty rates in the state. The Iron County Care and Share Pantry in Cedar City provides nutrition and other household goods to more than 850 families a month.
The pantry's executive director, Peggy Green, said the need for food assistance sometimes hides behind a veneer of normalcy.
"Iron County really does have a high level of poverty," said Green. "Unsheltered individuals. Food insecurity is a little unrecognizable in our rural community. When you drive through Cedar [City], what you see is, 'Cute downtown, nice Main Street, and don't they have Tony Award-winning Shakespeare?'"
Green said the need for assistance is increasing due to the rising cost of living.
"Consistently," said Green, "every week we have had five to seven new pantry clients that are seniors walk in our front doors after visiting the grocery store and are sharing with us: 'I went to the grocery store - I can't afford it.'"
The report found that food insecurity disproportionately affects children, female single-parent households, seniors and Black, indigenous and people of color communities. The Task Force will continue to meet and make recommendations for policy changes.
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When it comes to raising chickens, feeding a balanced diet is necessary. As much as giving the right amount of protein can help, too much protein can even cause more health problems for your chickens. However, there are many early signs and symptoms which could indicate overfeeding proteins and potential problems if left untreated. But what are the symptoms of too much protein in chickens? And what to do if you find chickens to be in the situation? Here are the details.
The Short Answer…
There are several symptoms that can indicate that a chicken is getting too much protein in its diet. Symptoms are an dehydration, loose bowels, respiratory problems, watery eyes, coop and poop, blistered feet, weight gain, irritability, headache, exhaustion and respiratory problems. In extreme cases, too much protein can be fatal to chickens.
Symptoms of too much protein in chickens include digestive issues such as soft or runny stools, gout, and kidney problems.
Chickens may also become more aggressive when they are getting too much protein, as the amino acids can have a stimulating effect on the brain. And they may start picking fights with each other or with other animals.
While chickens need protein, however, if it exceeds, chickens cannot store protein like some animals that will lead to problems.
How Much Protein Do Chickens Need?
When it comes to feeding chickens, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how much protein they need. The amount of protein a chicken needs will depend on its age, breed, and stage of development. However, the University of Alabama has a great chart which breaks down the exact amount of protein chicken needs and how much young, adult, female chicken needs.
For example, young chicks need more protein than adult chickens, as they are growing and developing. Similarly, egg-laying hens require more protein than non-laying hens, as they need the extra nutrients to produce eggs.
Not only that, the amount of protein in a chicken’s diet also depends on the time of year. In the summer, when its hot and there is an abundance of insects and other small animals for them to eat, chickens need less protein in their diet than in the winter months. However, as much as the protein is helpful, it also creates problems if it’s fed more than enough.
But how do you know if you’re overfeeding chickens? And how much is the right amount? Well, there is not a one size fit answer that’s simply because there’s a lot more to decide than just an amount. You can check out the chart and decide it for yourself.
- A general rule of thumb is to feed Day 1 to 6 weeks of chickens diet needs to be 20% protein.
- 7 to 18 weeks chickens should be 17 – 18% protein.
- 19 weeks and older chickens and hens during egg-laying needs 16% protein.
However, if you have been feeding chickens without knowing if its the right amount or not, its easy to find out. Simply watch for these signals and if you find one, then it’s probably too much protein, and maybe its not the right time.
5 Main Symptoms Of Too Much Protein In Chickens
Protein is essential for chickens, but it’s easy to overfeed them with protein. However, too much protein can cause problems such as liver damage and kidney disease. In worst cases, it also lead to overnutrition and death. So, how much protein do chickens need? The answer depends on the age and breed of chicken.
Chickens need more protein when they’re growing, so young chickens should be fed a diet that’s higher in protein than adults. Some breeds of chickens also require more protein than others. For example, egg-laying hens need more protein than meat birds. Ultimately, it’s important to consult with a vet or poultry expert to determine the right amount of protein for your chickens. Overfeeding them with protein can have serious consequences, so it’s best to err on the side of caution.
Chickens that are eating a high-protein diet will often drink more water than usual in order to filter out the excess protein. Although chickens do use more water than usual in the summer, however, an excessive amount of water usage is definitely can be easily noticed. That will lead to wet coop, watery poop, and sometimes even watery eyes.
As a result, those who consume too much chicken may experience dry mouth, excessive thirst, and dark urine.
Gout is a condition that affects the joints and causes them to become inflamed. It can be very painful and may make it difficult for chickens to walk or move around.
Chickens may also experience feather loss, seizures, decreased egg production, diarrhea, headache, irritability less or no food eating, and lastly increased susceptibility to disease. If you suspect that your chicken has too much protein in its diet, please consult a veterinarian.
Too much protein in a chicken’s diet can lead to respiratory problems. The chicken’s intestines are not able to absorb all the nutrients in the feed, so the excess protein is excreted through the lungs. This can cause difficulty breathing and an increased risk of pneumonia. In addition, too much protein can also lead to kidney damage and liver problems.
Chickens who consume excessive amounts of protein may also suffer from stunted growth and reduced egg production. Because of these potential health risks, it is important to carefully monitor the amount of protein in a chicken’s diet. Too much protein can have serious consequences for a chicken’s health, so it is important to ensure that they are getting the right nutrition.
Other symptoms of too much protein in chickens include kidney problems and .
Yellow & Smelly Poop
When chickens consume too much protein, it can lead to a condition called amine toxicity. Amine toxicity occurs when the ammonia levels in the chicken’s gut become too high. This can cause a number of symptoms, including an ammonia smell in the feces, increased water consumption, reduced feed intake, weight loss, increased respiration rate, and lethargy. If left untreated, amine toxicity can be fatal.
However, it is important to note that not all cases of amine toxicity are caused by the overconsumption of protein. Sometimes, other factors (such as a lack of ventilation) can contribute to the build-up of ammonia in the chicken’s gut. If you suspect that your chicken may be suffering from amine toxicity, it is important to seek veterinary care immediately.
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Less or No Activity
Chickens are high-energy animals that are constantly on the move, so it’s easy to tell when something is wrong. If your chickens seem less active than usual, it could be a sign that they’re getting too much protein in their diet.
Chickens require a balanced diet to stay healthy, and too much protein can lead to health problems. And too much protein can cause exhaustion for no reason, headache, irritability and internal and external indigestion.
Excess protein can cause liver and kidney damage, and it can also lead to obesity. Chickens that are overweight are more likely to suffer from health problems, so it’s important to keep an eye on their weight. If you think your chickens are getting too much protein in their diet, talk to your veterinarian about changing their food.
What To Do If You Find Chickens with Symptoms of Too Much Protein?
One of the first things you need to do if you find your chickens have symptoms of too much protein is remove any sources of high protein from their diet. This could include bugs, certain greens, and leftover cooked food.
You should also check to see if they are getting enough water. Chickens need about a pint (0.5l) of water per day according to this study. In this case, a flock of 6 chickens needs 3l of water a day. If they are not getting enough water, this could be causing their symptoms.
Finally, you should contact your veterinarian to see if there are any other underlying health issues that could be causing these symptoms. Too much protein in a chicken’s diet can lead to health problems, so it is important to take measures to prevent this from happening.
What Are The Right Foods For Chickens?
While chickens will eat just about anything, however, this does not mean that all foods are equal when it comes to chicken nutrition.
In order to keep your chickens healthy and happy, it is important to feed them a diet that is high in protein and low in fat. However, it’s important to keep the diet in check and not overfeed protein no matter how good it is.
One way to achieve this is to feed them different types of foods, such as rice, beans, and other legumes. For example, proteins are essential for chicken growth and development, so it is important to include plenty of meat, eggs, and insects in their diet.
Chickens also need carbohydrates for energy, so grains such as wheat and corn should make up a significant portion of their diet.
Finally, chickens need vitamins and minerals for proper metabolism, so fresh fruits and vegetables should be included as well. By providing your chickens with a variety of different foods, you can ensure that they get all the nutrients they need to stay healthy and thrive.
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Although the phrase ‘banks create money’ forms part of popular discourse, it has precipitated a factually incorrect understanding of a bank’s role in the money creation process. Bank money creation is the result of an underlying value-for-value exchange transaction; the bank facilitates the transaction, takes over responsibility for obligations created and records the money created—the bank is not the source of money creation. This has long been understood, even if it is not immediately evident, but contemporary explanations have confounded the issue. In exploring and explaining this fact, we clarify the bank’s primary function as financial intermediary between buyer and seller as opposed to borrower and lender. We also address a further problematic belief—that banks create money out of nothing. This opinion has gained popularity, fueling criticism of the banking system by the general public.
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Abstract: The selection principles have increased enormously in number since the first acceptance sampling plans were developed almost 80 years ago. The majority of these principles are characterized by the fact that they look upon producer and consumer as two opposing parties. However, on many occasions, e.g., in final inspection, producer and consumer represent the same party and, therefore, the used sampling plan should not make an attempt to discriminate between their interests. In this case the interest is to avoid wrong decisions, i.e., reject product of sufficient quality and accept product of insufficient quality. Thus, the natural objective in these cases is to use overall risk for a wrong decision as optimization criteria. Optimum result can be arrived further by the Weighted Poisson distribution. In this paper, a table and procedure are given for finding the Multiple Deferred State-1 (MDS-1) (c1, c2) sampling plan involving minimum sum of producer's and consumer's risks for specified Acceptable Quality Level and Limiting Quality Level using Weighted Poisson distribution. This is the case with so called "Multiple Deferred State-1 (MDS-1) (c1, c2) sampling plan for given Acceptable Quality Level and Limiting Quality Level involving minimum risk s using Weighted Poisson distribution".
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Rivers are very important to Earth because they are major forces that shape the landscape. Also, they provide transportation and water for drinking, washing and farming. Rivers can flow on land or underground in deserts and seas.
A river's contribution to the water cycle is that it collects water from the ground and returns it to the ocean. Rivers may come from mountain springs, melting glaciers or lakes.
A delta is where a river meets the sea. A special environment is created when the fresh water from the river mixes with the salty ocean water. This is environment is called estuary.
The longest river is the Nile River in Africa, and the Amazon River in South America carries the most water. The muddiest river is the Yellow River in China.
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We live, let’s imagine, in a city where children are dying of a ravaging infection. The good news is that its cause is well understood and its cure, an antibiotic, easily at hand. The bad news is that our city council has been taken over by a faith-healing cult that will go to any lengths to keep the antibiotic from the kids. Some citizens would doubtless point out meekly that faith healing has an ancient history in our city, and we must regard the faith healers with respect—to do otherwise would show a lack of respect for their freedom to faith-heal. (The faith healers’ proposition is that if there were a faith healer praying in every kindergarten the kids wouldn’t get infections in the first place.) A few Tartuffes would see the children writhe and heave in pain and then wring their hands in self-congratulatory piety and wonder why a good God would send such a terrible affliction on the innocent—surely he must have a plan! Most of us—every sane person in the city, actually—would tell the faith healers to go to hell, put off worrying about the Problem of Evil till Friday or Saturday or Sunday, and do everything we could to get as much penicillin to the kids as quickly we could.
We do live in such a city. Five thousand seven hundred and forty children and teens died from gunfire in the United States, just in 2008 and 2009. Twenty more, including Olivia Engel, who was seven, and Jesse Lewis, who was six, were killed just last week. Some reports say their bodies weren’t shown to their grief-stricken parents to identify them; just their pictures. The overwhelming majority of those children would have been saved with effective gun control. We know that this is so, because, in societies that have effective gun control, children rarely, rarely, rarely die of gunshots. Let’s worry tomorrow about the problem of Evil. Let’s worry more about making sure that when the Problem of Evil appears in a first-grade classroom, it is armed with a penknife.
There are complex, hand-wringing-worthy problems in our social life: deficits and debts and climate change. Gun violence, and the work of eliminating gun massacres in schools and movie houses and the like, is not one of them. Gun control works on gun violence as surely as antibiotics do on bacterial infections. In Scotland, after Dunblane, in Australia, after Tasmania, in Canada, after the Montreal massacre—in each case the necessary laws were passed to make gun-owning hard, and in each case… well, you will note the absence of massacre-condolence speeches made by the Prime Ministers of Canada and Australia, in comparison with our own President.
The laws differ from place to place. In some jurisdictions, like Scotland, it is essentially impossible to own a gun; in others, like Canada, it is merely very, very difficult. The precise legislation that makes gun-owning hard in a certain sense doesn’t really matter—and that should give hope to all of those who feel that, with several hundred million guns in private hands, there’s no point in trying to make America a gun-sane country.
As I wrote last January, the central insight of the modern study of criminal violence is that all crime—even the horrific violent crimes of assault and rape—is at some level opportunistic. Building a low annoying wall against them is almost as effective as building a high impenetrable one. This is the key concept of Franklin Zimring’s amazing work on crime in New York; everyone said that, given the social pressures, the slum pathologies, the profits to be made in drug dealing, the ascending levels of despair, that there was no hope of changing the ever-growing cycle of violence. The right wing insisted that this generation of predators would give way to a new generation of super-predators.
What the New York Police Department found out, through empirical experience and better organization, was that making crime even a little bit harder made it much, much rarer. This is undeniably true of property crime, and common sense and evidence tells you that this is also true even of crimes committed by crazy people (to use the plain English the subject deserves). Those who hold themselves together enough to be capable of killing anyone are subject to the same rules of opportunity as sane people. Even madmen need opportunities to display their madness, and behave in different ways depending on the possibilities at hand. Demand an extraordinary degree of determination and organization from someone intent on committing a violent act, and the odds that the violent act will take place are radically reduced, in many cases to zero.
Look at the Harvard social scientist David Hemenway’s work on gun violence to see how simple it is; the phrase “more guns = more homicide” tolls through it like a grim bell. The more guns there are in a country, the more gun murders and massacres of children there will be. Even within this gun-crazy country, states with strong gun laws have fewer gun murders (and suicides and accidental killings) than states without them. (Hemenway is also the scientist who has shown that the inflated figure of guns used in self-defense every year, running even to a million or two million, is a pure fantasy, even though it’s still cited by pro-gun enthusiasts. Those hundreds of thousands intruders shot by gun owners left no records in emergency wards or morgues; indeed, left no evidentiary trace behind. This is because they did not exist.) Hemenway has discovered, as he explained in this interview with Harvard Magazine, that what is usually presented as a case of self-defense with guns is, in the real world, almost invariably a story about an escalating quarrel. “How often might you appropriately use a gun in self-defense?” Hemenway asks rhetorically. “Answer: zero to once in a lifetime. How about inappropriately—because you were tired, afraid, or drunk in a confrontational situation? There are lots and lots of chances.”
So don’t listen to those who, seeing twenty dead six- and seven-year-olds in ten minutes, their bodies riddled with bullets designed to rip apart bone and organ, say that this is impossibly hard, or even particularly complex, problem. It’s a very easy one. Summoning the political will to make it happen may be hard. But there’s no doubt or ambiguity about what needs to be done, nor that, if it is done, it will work. One would have to believe that Americans are somehow uniquely evil or depraved to think that the same forces that work on the rest of the planet won’t work here. It’s always hard to summon up political will for change, no matter how beneficial the change may obviously be. Summoning the political will to make automobiles safe was difficult; so was summoning the political will to limit and then effectively ban cigarettes from public places. At some point, we will become a gun-safe, and then a gun-sane, and finally a gun-free society. It’s closer than you think. (I’m grateful to my colleague Jeffrey Toobin for showing so well that the idea that the Second Amendment assures individual possession of guns, so far from being deeply rooted in American law, is in truth a new and bizarre reading, one that would have shocked even Warren Burger.)
Gun control is not a panacea, any more than penicillin was. Some violence will always go on. What gun control is good at is controlling guns. Gun control will eliminate gun massacres in America as surely as antibiotics eliminate bacterial infections. As I wrote last week, those who oppose it have made a moral choice: that they would rather have gun massacres of children continue rather than surrender whatever idea of freedom or pleasure they find wrapped up in owning guns or seeing guns owned—just as the faith healers would rather watch the children die than accept the reality of scientific medicine. This is a moral choice; many faith healers make it to this day, and not just in thought experiments. But it is absurd to shake our heads sapiently and say we can’t possibly know what would have saved the lives of Olivia and Jesse.
On gun violence and how to end it, the facts are all in, the evidence is clear, the truth there for all who care to know it—indeed, a global consensus is in place, which, in disbelief and now in disgust, the planet waits for us to join. Those who fight against gun control, actively or passively, with a shrug of helplessness, are dooming more kids to horrible deaths and more parents to unspeakable grief just as surely as are those who fight against pediatric medicine or childhood vaccination. It’s really, and inarguably, just as simple as that. | <urn:uuid:ed0d6756-3d6a-4674-8760-f9d7def95a8c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-simple-truth-about-gun-control | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.967717 | 1,857 | 1.648438 | 2 |
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Strong currents and sharks aren't the only threat to saltwater swimmers in Australia. A deadly jellyfish often tops their list of threats.
But researchers working with mice have discovered a potential antidote to the lethal sting of the Australian box jellyfish -- the world's most venomous sea creature.
The treatment in question? A cholesterol drug.
Each box jellyfish carries enough venom to kill more than 60 people. A sting causes skin tissue death (necrosis) and severe pain. If the dose of venom is large enough, cardiac arrest and death can occur within minutes.
"Our drug works on the big beast …. We know the drug will stop the necrosis, skin scarring and the pain completely when applied to the skin," said study senior author Greg Neely.
He and his colleagues at the University of Sydney had been using CRISPR genome editing techniques -- a form of genetic editing where sections of DNA are taken out, modified or replaced -- to investigate how the jellyfish venom works. From that, they discovered that the venom pathway required cholesterol, so an existing cholesterol medicine would block the effects of the venom if injected within 15 minutes.
Neely and team found that the medicine was effective on human cells in the laboratory and on live mice. They'll now try to develop an antidote that can be applied to the skin.
"We were looking at how the venom works, to try to better understand how it causes pain. Using new CRISPR genome editing techniques we could quickly identify how this venom kills human cells," Neely said in a university news release.
"Luckily, there was already a drug that could act on the pathway the venom uses to kill cells. And when we tried this drug as a venom antidote on mice, we found it could block the tissue scarring and pain related to jellyfish stings," said Neely, an associate professor and pain researcher.
"It is super-exciting," he added. However, it's important to note that results of animal experiments aren't always replicated in humans.
Study lead author Raymond Lau explained the molecular antidote.
"Since there are lots of drugs available that target cholesterol, we could try to block this pathway to see how this impacted venom activity," Lau said. "We took one of those drugs, which we know is safe for human use, and we used it against the venom, and it worked."
Neely said it's not yet known if the drug will stop a heart attack associated with the jellyfish sting. "That will need more research and we are applying for funding to continue this work," he noted.
This particular jellyfish has about 60 tentacles that can stretch almost 10 feet, the researchers noted. It's found in northern Australian waters and around the Philippines.
The study was published April 30 in the journal Nature Communications.
Our Beautiful Planet has more on the box jellyfish.
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Time was going forward second by second when dying man was lying on caretaking level where he was placed. A rasping but weak sound of breath took place every time when dying man took air into his lungs. Now and then he let out weak mourning because his pain where growing too high. From upwards cold eyes were monitoring this dying man and electric blue eyes made notices and decisions of man’s condition. And everything was recorded in creature’s mind for later use – if needed. A strong electric current was shining from those metallic blue eyes of that creature and it could plainly understand what was happening – a human unit was to be destroyed. Even though dying itself was too miraculous for creature to be understood. The creature – made from different kind of artificial parts – knew that this unit was in the end of it’s service life. It could no more be fixed. Creature understood by plain logic that this unit – called human Marcus – was taking his last breaths. Then this body was lost forever and it could never again be repaired. This strange difference departed these minds – a human and robot – so much from each others. This man – Marcus – could not be repaired and he – an artificial robot – could always be repaired and even updated better. If he – a robot called Olly – could have had feelings, he would have felt sorry for dying man. But as a robot he did not feel anything. All his feeling was just senses of strong force field currents. And the despair and love had just different kind of force currents. Olly had known this man for now several months and he had learned many things about him. About human Marcus.
He had learned about strange kind of conflicts between man’s inner feelings and thoughts. Because Olly was a very highly developed robot, he had easily broken into thoughts of Marcus. As he had done many times in the past. This was for Olly normal kind of communication because he was a mind reading robot and he could communicate with his fellow robots and superiors without speech or records. This ability of mind reading had been very successful for robots when they had built their world after the great war of planets some hundreds years ago. As everybody knew there was anything so deceptive as human beings. For money and success they were able to destroy and sell anything – and broke their promises. As also Marcus had been once deceived by his fellow countrymen. This unhappy past had shaped the good heart, thoughts and will of Marcus. Olly had also witnessed the good deeds that man finally did – even though there was no reason for it. Olly could never understand the totally illogical chain of human decisions and emotions that finally led to human action. And when Marcus took action he usually defended good people and was even able to sacrifice himself – like now has happened. And now he was doomed because of others. But he – Olly – was a robot and he could not understand humans. Everything was to him a logical chain of decisions – reasons and results. Emotional solutions were far above Olly’s capabilities. And he was happy for that because he knew what evil was coming from emotional thinking.
He also knew that Marcus had envied him – a robot. He could have laughed to it if he could do it in human manner. But he could not but only in mechanical way with no color in sound. His laugh was a mechanical action without any reason behind it. Therefore it was useless in this moment. But Olly could also understand Marcus in his logical way of robot thinking. Human emotions, search of love and affection has brought only misery for Marcus and he had been abandoned by his own. Betrayed and abandoned. So it was not a wonder that man had wished to tear all feelings from his heart. Because his life had been mainly misery, he had hoped to be as cold-blooded as robots – Only cold reasoning and mechanical parts and electronic. For what good was there to be reached in human world? Still Olly looked silently this dying man. Robot Olly was his last contact to world of human after pass to eternity. Olly looked the mangled body which was nearly impossible to recognize as to human body – it was merely a bloody mess. The legs of Marcus were partly torn apart and broken in many pieces. His waist and inner organs were partly damaged and he had lost a lot of blood. Only the advanced robot technique has given him some time more. But it was a wonder that he overall was alive when Olly found him inside the wreck. The space ship he had been flying, had been brutally smashed against ground after being chased by criminal people – His fellow countrymen. They have been paid to kill Marcus in this robot world because no human government could dare to do that. And they wanted to prevent Marcus for giving the solution to the mess the whole world was drifting – towards a new great war of the worlds. In a strange way but typical of him Marcus had found the solution to prevent this becoming war. As typical for him, he had searched the key from somewhere else and found it in the place where no others could have believed. He had explored space and planets already for decenniums after being thrown out from human societies and worlds. So he had lot of secret knowledge which proved to be significant.
So spending most of his life as a stranger drifting in space he knew more than others. There he had found years ago the key which could prevent the destructive war between human and robot worlds. Source of precious mineral that robot world needed to develop further. This mineral was the key matter what human worlds tried to prevent robot empire to receiving. It was purely question of power – and human worlds were afraid of might of robot worlds and they envied their success. But especially some men wanted to conquer new planets from robots to make themselves more powerful. These men were insatiable in their greed for money and power, which led them to hunt Marcus down. So they have given a reward from head of Marcus and made him outlaw. And finally some space pirates had been lucky to ambush him and after shooting his worn space ship, they succeeded to shoot him down. And so they completed their mission and got rich. But still this all took place in deep robot empire and inside their planet system. And even Marcus was now dying he had been able to give his secret information to Olly. After all Olly was a mind reading robot. And after arriving to the wreck of Marcus ship, he had been able to just in few seconds read all information from brains of Marcus – Especially when Marcus has opened his mind to Olly. How lucky robots were to find Marcus in that crushed space ship so soon! Now Marcus was dying but his deed would save the world from new war – even though he felt now more to robot world and did not care human worlds.
The robot Olly was still looking dying Marcus when more seconds went by. He could see but especially sense that man was now coming to edge of his life. Some odd artificial sensors in his mind and body told that the broken body of Marcus was sending more and more pain and man could not take it anymore. Olly felt that Marcus heart was beating weaker and conscious mind of Marcus – or what was left of it – was starting to drift into empty darkness. Robot Olly watched and watched dying man with his cold eyes and had no feelings but just estimated man’s condition. Since eleven month Olly had been the guide and support of Marcus in this robot world. The world, that was populated with some millions of different kind of robots. It was an artificial world with several planets that once were empty. But during years robot’s have been conquering those planets and little by little changed hostile world to some kind of new world. Because robots were robots they did not need the same circumstances than human beings. But because these robots have once been built to work for humans, also robot worlds had usually atmosphere suitable for humans. And robots have been able to turn new world as flourishing paradise which had also enchanted Marcus. But as nothing could be hidden from Olly, he also knew and had understood that from some peculiar human reason Marcus felt especially strong for one robot. Again if he could laugh he would have laughed to this love. When this thought came to Olly’s brain system his mouth indeed turned to little smile.
So was every human a mystery. As Marcus had sometimes amused himself by playing his small trumpet in late evenings, he also had some other human weaknesses. Trumpet playing has been years his habit in dark, cold lonely evenings in distant lonely space. When Olly had listened his trumpet playing, he had sensed so much feelings inside mind of Marcus that it make him wonder. Why this odd trumpet playing was so important for men and raised so high feelings inside this man. Robots were logical and even though they could understand different rhythms and even appreciate those, they could not enjoy from it as humans did. There was a difference in creativeness. Human creativeness was emotional and robots logical. But when Marcus played with trumpet he had often been thinking and missing his former love. He had been missing his wife so much who had long ago betrayed him behalf of other man. And it had always been an open wound in his heart. And he could never mend it. But as much feelings as Olly had sensed in Marcus when playing his trumpet, he had found love in man’s heart in certain occasions. Those moments were when man had spent some hours with Aurelia. Those meetings had not happened many times but few times. As usual nearly all robots were illustration of natural people and also Aurelia was that. Once all robots were built by humans, as to be their own picture. As much as Olly was an illustration of servant man Aurelia was an illustration of a pretty woman. And indeed Aurelia was looking as a middle sized beautiful woman with blond long hair and hazel brown eyes. However she was a queen of some robot planets and Olly was one of his servants. From first glimpse Marcus had felt that he had not seen anything as beautiful as Aurelia – ever. When Marcus met first time Aurelia, he had tried to look cool and stony, but with no luck. Of course in this encounter both robots could read Marcus mind as an open book. And both robots would have laughed again if they could, because they could feel how Marcus was fighting inside his mind. He tried so much not to show his love against Aurelia. The difference with human and robots was that in robot world there was also an extra kind of channel of communication which human’s could not reach – an inner channel with no words but just thoughts.
Marcus had first met robot worlds because he had desperately tried to find means for surviving. So he had created some connection to robots world and sold some ordinary goods for them. After some years they had a routine relation where Marcus got some money from this trade route for his living. But difficult times came and once when dark clouds of war came over sky he had been rested in robot owned space station. So they have captured him when he delivered some goods to them as usual. They took him first in big hearing where some robot nobels where asking questions and threatening him. These nobels – mainly kind of war lords of their empire – wanted to know all plans of human worlds. War is coming they said and you gonna tell us what we want. But the planet where he was arrested was belonging a certain tribe of robots which origin where in old dead human culture. They were more moderate and so Aurelia had been asking him to private meeting with Olly beside him. And as woman had asked kindly he had answered all her questions and finally they had made an agreement. With this agreement Marcus had promised to help robot worlds and Aurelia had given Olly to his support. So it all started. And Marcus had felt a joy for serving Aurelia. During their co-operation he had spent some time with Aurelia – had some dinners and just spent loose time with her in her garden. They had been talking a lot about their worlds and differences between them. Aurelia wanted to understand better humans. And Marcus had also expressed many other of his thoughts to Aurelia. One had been that he wished to be a robot – with no feelings and no pain. He had said it as a light thought but Aurelia had felt that inside man really wanted that. And she could understand why. But it all had started eleven months ago. And now he was dying.
Time was ticking forward as blood still was slowly running out from broken veins of Marcus. Olly watched silently dying man. It was the end of Marcus. Now when the end was near Marcus opened his eyes yet once slowly and spoke with weak desperate voice to Olly.
“Don’t let her see me like this.”
“I don’t want to look like a mess in her eyes.”
“She would not understand it – this is so human.”
“Burn my body soon after I am gone – please!”
And besides his voice Olly felt a strong current in his electronic brains. It was the silent request of Marcus to burn his dead corpse fast after the end. It was the spirit of Marcus…
And Olly felt that it was just now questions of seconds.
But same time as he watched the lonely tears in Marcus eyes slowly dropping downwards, he felt the enormous fear of man’s heart when moment was finally there. Olly had felt this earlier and he could never stop wondering why these human units felt so much fear when they were dying. But it was probably because they were unique, he deducted. Never again there was going to be another one like Marcus. With him all his thoughts, ideas and character would die forever. But he – robot Olly – could always be built again and replaced. Maybe that was the reason why humans felt so much fear – they were mostly worthless units but still irreplaceable.
Olly felt how the mind of Marcus was now weakening and starting to scatter. Same time he began to feel presence of a much greater mind. He knew well this mind and knew that his Queen and master was entering the room – she was already in the waiting hall. The door opened swiftly when a beautiful blond haired queen walked with dignity beside the caretaking level where Marcus lay. She was dressed impressively as a queen but not with an arrogant style. She watched dying man and saw still some tears in man’s eyes. She wondered that old habit and felt how man’s will still struggled some moments before entering the eternal darkness. Silently both robots stood side by side without words or movements. For them it was moment like any – but for Marcus the final and most heartbreaking end. These robots had no feelings, so they did not need to feel sorrow for this wretched unit. Brown and blue eyes of robots were shining brightly in the dark room when they stood besides dyeing man – cool as ice. After couple seconds Olly felt her queen’s thought entering into his mind and asking him.
“What do you say, my friend.”
“What should we do with him?”
“Is he worth of eternal university?”
Without turning his head but watching still straight the man, Olly answered soon with his thoughts. He had been thinking this already earlier.
“I think he is, my queen.”
“After all he saved so many from destruction.”
“Also our empire – empire of robots – would have suffered a lot if war had broken.”
“Probably we would have won the war but there is no way of being certain.”
“And in the end – he had that odd feeling for you, my queen”
“He loved you very much – whatever that means.”
“I know he would have given his life for you, my queen.”
“And in the end I guess he did it only for you – only for you!” Olly finished his thoughts.
Olly remembered how other robot lords and nobles in their empire had treated Marcus harshly when he was captured nearly year ago. They have tortured him first and threatened his life. They have sworn to empty his mind with their torture equipments, if they don’t get all information of human attacking plans. But then Queen Aurelia had proposed a different approach. Why don’t they ask his help and persuade him to their side. After all Marcus had nothing to gain from human worlds – he was an outcast. And so she had received all information from Marcus when she had asked nicely. And even more. When they have been discussing with Marcus he had proposed another solution – even better solution than war and war machines. He believed that he had once years ago found the mineral that robots were seeking so desperately. If he could find this his place gain from his memory, there was no more reason for war. Robot Empire would receive all needed minerals to build their sensitive control system of robot brains. Marcus was not certain right away that he still could find the place but he promised to work hard to find this planet and this old abandoned mine. So he had explored space and planets for some months until he found what he was searching. And it solved everything nicely. After that discovery human worlds could not anymore extort robot worlds with that precious metal they needed so much. But just that precious mineral had cost the life of Marcus when the hired killers succeeded to shot him down on his journey back. Olly had rescued him from burning spaceship but for body of Marcus there was no rescue anymore. Now he was dying. But when the end was there Marcus did not felt anymore sorrow for his destruction but saw it as natural continuation of his life. Life had always been him heavy and merely pain. All this came to mind of Olly and Aurelia – they already knew the thoughts of this man. They know that this man was unselfish and pure of heart in his misery. And he did not want to destroy or hurt other beings because his own unhappy life.
Without turning their faces to each others, robots shared still couple thoughts and watched dying man when last signs of Marcus mind was still remaining in his brains. Finally Queen Aurelia – the empress of seven robot planets – turned his face towards Olly and made her decision. Olly felt at once the decision and bowed his head slightly to the queen as good servant was expected. He felt good for queen’s decisions – or would have felt if he would have been a human. It was merely knowledge that this was the right deed. And in that moment something started to work in this peculiar automatic robot building. And when both robots were watching each other’s a very strong electrical current filled the room. Still both robots watched each other’s and one could nearly see when data bites filled the air in the room. And both robots concentrated their might to joint endeavor and their eyes were glowing from bright light.
And then Marcus sigh his last breath – he was dead.
Somewhere in cellars of buildings nearby something started to happen. A vast space full of laying units, lie in peace with good order. One by one lie units in rows and columns. These units were made from artificial materials – from electric components, some metallic parts, some plastic and some from living soft tissue. Like from silent order one of them started to move in track from special place. There it was automatically connected to different equipments controlled by automatic robots. Some tight pipelines were also connected to unit and liquids started to run into it’s veins. Some minutes went on and body was filled for several liquids and then it was given a strong electronically impulse. Suddenly the unit opened it’s eyes but still it looked with empty eyes upwards. This unit had two legs and hands and a torso like human being. Then this unit started to reshape according input it was receiving from database in server nearby. It node grow little sharper and it hands get shorter. However legs were little bit getting shortened and thick brown hair started to grow to unit’s head. Eyes got very green and lips red as human’s had. This was a totally new version of robot world – PC-Q6. It was able to adapt all human features and also working as human’s did in ordinary life – unless otherwise programmed. It has superior memory capacity and many brilliant properties compared to humans. When the torso was adjusted suitable compared to given data, the system started to push data into unit’s memory. Unit was given all data concerning universe and all needed talents concerning physics and mathematics. And last but not least the memory was filled with some special data, which normally never was used when new robots were created for different purposes. He was given the memory – experiences, feelings and knowledge – of special human being. This all meant that something very special was to be created here – a robot with human senses. This was highly irregular and robot rules forbid it. Robots did not want to human senses disturb and pollute decisions making. However this was a different case and order was given from Queen herself.
Finally everything was there. After 6 hours adjustments and input data, the unit was ready to start it’s new life and work. New robot was born. It opened it’s eyes again and stand up from level it had laid. It took steps forward as surely knowing it’s destination. It walked near exit door from this special hall, opened the door and went forward. There it met two robots who stopped it and started to examine this new unit. They felt satisfied and finally asked.
“Who are you?” like make it sure everything is ok.
“I am Marcus, the new envoy and adviser of queen of seven planets”.
The robots nodded and felt satisfied. So Marcus nodded to them and started his journey to palace walking through many corridors.
One week and two days had already gone from death of human Marcus – the man who was flesh and bones. Many things have happened after that and everything seemed to take more peaceful course in space. Because Robot Empire had found an isolate small planet with lot of that priceless mineral it needed, there was no need for war anymore. They took that isolate planet to their control and mounted their army on it. Now human world had nothing with to extort robot world and they saw their chances gone. The original plan of human leaders had been to prevent robot manufacturing their brain system and thus prevent them to be more numerous. Sample was simple – just to extort robot world with that precious mineral. Because all known sources were existing in human world, where they had strong defenses, robot’s would not had taken those mines easily. And when they refused to sell of the mineral that robot world needed, the relations were tightening to extreme. Only possible way for robots were then to occupy those planets – and that was the reason human world needed to start the war. That would have led to uncertain future, but humans were greedy enough to take the risk.
But now it was different. Robot empire had all it needed and it was totally independent of humans. And the human leaders were too weak to strike first – they had to yield. And so this day came when they entered the main planet of robot world. In the main palace they were to agree new peace with robot empire. So the envoys with prime minister and chancellor entered with their bodyguards into palace. When the human leaders were standing there in midst of opening ceremony the prime minister nudged chancellor and said quiet.
“Look – that man near the Queen of seven planets.”
“It looks like I know him – indeed it is that cursed Marcus.”
Chancellor sharpened his eyes and admitted that it was true.
“What the hell he is standing alongside robots?” he whispered quietly.
“That traitor!” man hissed for angry.
“Didn’t our pirates say that they killed him!” he continued.
“To what is this life changing? One can’t anymore trust even for hired criminals” prime minister growled.
“Now that bastard has sold us to robots.”
“He found the precious metal and gave it to them instead for us and prevented war between us”.
“Now we can never beat them again…” prime minister nearly wept.
“What a bastard” chancellor repeated.
But when human lords were sharing evil thoughts, Queen of seven planets heard what they were whispering. Not so much hearing but she was sensing their thoughts. Her ability of reading minds was extra strong. And she had smiled if she had known why to do it. Now she was just satisfied for her earlier actions, which proved that she had once again been right. Still her hazel brown eyes were glowing cold as winter day without any smile. But she opened her secret amplitude of messages for certain person – not anyone else. Because of Queen’s special talents she could send messages so that nobody else could feel it. And now she was reaching her new advisers mind and found it easily at once. And she said in his mind to his new loyal friend.
“So Marcus – is this what you wanted?”
“To be a human-robot?”
“To serve Queen of seven planets and help her!”
“Are you now happy as a robot with human mind?” queen asked in his mind.
For her this mind control was very easy even now. She could do several things at same time. When she was now listening earth envoys and talking with his co-rulers in robot world, she spoke same time in his mind with Marcus. And she heard Marcus answering clearly to her mind.
“Yes my queen. This is all I wish and need.”
“To live without fear and pain – and to serve you.”
“This is much more than I could ever expect in my earlier life.”
“I am very happy that you saved me and my memory.”
“Even though my memories are heavy, they let me now understand how happy I am.”
And queen sensed clearly how strong feelings Marcus had towards her – she knew he loved her. Even though, she could not understand why. In level of feelings she could not see why this man did that. But she could deduct that Marcus had found in her something precious and some image of his human dreams. And she had nothing against it that Marcus felt so strongly towards her. She knew it was only human and for him an innocent joy. Therefore she had given Marcus a special gift that nobody had – and also gift from his sacrifice to avoid the war. Marcus was now the first of his kind in this world and Queen needed his talents. Marcus was the new type of human robots – a new future! He could feel and act as human but without human pain and weaknesses. His body was a robot body and could be replaced and updated. But his mind was still the mind of old human Marcus. But this human mind was not anymore feeling pain of living. It was light and it was free. And he was practically immortal!
“Nice to hear that Marcus!” Queen said in her secret mind channel.
And she had smiled to Marcus, if she had been alone with him – but now it was not suitable.
“You will serve me well – I know it” she said to Marcus.
And same moment Marcus felt the perfect satisfaction flowing over his mind and body. It was the mental kiss of queen. At this moment Queen gave him her approval of his character and her thanks that Marcus had helped her to solve this gloomy threat – to prevent the war. It was like queen had pet his forehead with her fingers when she gave her approval to him. Marcus felt so warm and joyful when the mind of Queen embraced his mind for all Queens spirit force. And Marcus smiled at last fully as a happy man. He was free from pain of the human world. And queen felt his happiness and felt she did the right decision when she saved his mind. Marcus could advise her well in relations with humans and maybe teach her something new about life. Because in the end all life was for learning and this applied both humans and robots. Nothing would always last the same and all the time years brought something new. And for robots the human mind was always a mystery… | <urn:uuid:b1a5a439-2ee8-4240-9368-5ffdda590c98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://to-ancient-rome.org/wp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.992721 | 5,865 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Edge computing is praised as the next big tech wave, in which tiny data center resources are placed close to where data is produced and consumed, so new applications such as the Internet of Things, can have the benefit of low latency and fast response times.
The Edge is supposed to revolutionize retail, with applications that could include smart mirrors, personalized interactions with customer smartphones, and other innovations to improve the customer’s experience in the shop.
If a shop wants to deploy these applications, it will need to have small cabinets of IT resources locally, in the building close to the retail floor, so that for instance, personalized adverts can be sent to a customer while they are still close to the product.
A lot of Edge debate has focused on the practicality of providing enough network connectivity to provide this kind of application. But this approach might be missing what could be an even bigger issue: power.
"One of the challenges of the retail Edge is power," says Henk Ijspeerd, EMEA key account director retail, at Vertiv. "If you don't have power in the store, then it's dark. People can't pay, nothing will work, and nothing will be done - and you have a responsibility to get people out safely."
The problem gets more extreme in modern self-service stores: "You'll see in the UK and Germany, there are already on demand stores where no people are available," he says, "This is growing rapidly - so power becomes more and more important."
Becoming an energy store
Power also becomes something a high-tech store can offer to customers, Iispeerd suggests: "When you park your car, the store will identify you. Your car will be charged in front of the store because that's one of the added values of the grocery store."
And the store also has a role to play in using stored energy to help the local energy grid, he says: "If the grid is not strong enough to support everybody, the stores can be an important player. They can store energy from windmills, they can store energy from solar panels, to support the grid supply."
"The store UPS can deliver a nice solid sinus for the grid," he says. "It's very stable"
Getting into energy storage is not just altruistic, he continues, but a way to deal with urban regulations: "For instance, it's not allowed to install diesel generators in the big cities anymore - and if you're not allowed to install diesel generators, imagine the grid failing. Your fridge will warm up and then you can throw away everything. It will be hundreds of thousands of euros of food per store."
Stores will install energy storage modules, says Iispeerd. "And the modules can be for the store itself - but also for grid support, and electric car charging. I see this already in some countries, and it will happen everywhere."
"Knowing that the grid is getting more unstable, they have to take action," he says.
The first sign this is happening is stores buying larger UPSs, says Iispeerd: "It's increasing. From 1.2 to 1.7 MW, it's moving up I already see some stores where they really do energy storage. They do not get enough power from the grid, so they build these energy blocks where they store the energy to support to create parts."
Centralized data centers are already being criticized for their energy demands, with some states like Ireland and Singapore placing strict limits to the number of facilities which can be built, to make sure that data center energy demands don’t derail the governments’ plans to decarbonize.
Edge resources do not replace any of these centralized facilities, they are in addition to them. So for instance, A retail organization will still need its back-end applications running in the cloud or an in-house data center, while Edge applications operate on top of that.
And while each individual data center, or IoT device may have a small requirement for energy, these applications envisage such vast numbers of tiny modules, it is clear that the Edge will add up to a considerable demand for energy, and authorities will have to address this.
Edge is bigger than core?
“One of the challenges that emerges from the prolific growth at the Edge is the energy demands fueling the transformation,” says Wendy Torrell, senior research analyst at Schneider Electric.
“The cost of energy production and the need to shift to more sustainable operations has long required designers of large data centers to embrace sustainability strategies. Now the same attention must be paid to the design of smaller facilities at the Edge.”
Torrell takes the popular guess that data centers represent one to two percent of global electricity consumption. Some estimates, omitting Edge, suggest that by 2030 as much as 3000TWh of energy will be used by IT.
Following a model from IDC, Schneider predicts that the Edge is growing at 11 percent, while the centralized resources are slower, so Edge IT load is likely to increase from 34 percent of the total in 2021 to 56 percent in 2040.
The company reckons that Edge resources will be less efficient (have a higher PUE) than centralized ones, as they lack the economy of scale. Multiplying those factors, we get a striking result: the Edge could consume 95 percent as much energy as centralized data centers.
Looking at individual applications, Torrell calculates that a single widely deployed application, which could be envisaged in one large retail conglomerate, could have a significant overall impact.
“At the Edge, deploying 100,000 data centers, each consuming 10kW of power would create a power consumption of 1,000MW for the IT energy alone,” she points out. That works out at around 10TWh for the IT, and the total power could go up by as much as 50 percent if we assume a PUE of 1.5.
The actual construction of Edge facilities is going to have a big impact on all this. When ASHRAE, the influential American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, looked into Edge facilities, it found that before energy could be addressed, there were other considerations, including the reliability of the systems.
Edge data centers are in small boxes which open directly to the outside air, instead of climate controlled buildings, so they are vulnerable to dust dirt and temperature extremes.
“Many items that are non-issues for brick and mortar data centers are real issues for small Edge data centers,” says Jon Fitch, a data scientist and lead author on ASHRAE’s bulletin about building Edge capacity.
Some in the industry reckon there’s a single answer to the problems of energy and dust and dirt: liquid cooling.
Liquid cooling enables a small rack of equipment to operate without the need for air conditioning, and since the equipment is immersed, it doesn’t experience airborne dust.
“Liquid immersion is particularly well suited for Edge facilities in harsh environments,” says James Weynand of GRC, pointing out that liquid cooled units “are self-contained, improve security and protect sensitive IT equipment from dust and other hazards.”
He adds a few more benefits: “Fewer moving parts than air cooling mean reduced need for service or sending staff into the field for repairs. And a long thermal ride-through keeps the equipment cool for longer if there is a power outage, maintaining service while staff can be sent to deal with the issue.”
In other words, liquid cooled Edge resources will actually fit in better in the retail environment, because they won’t hit the customer with heat or noise.
David Craig, CEO of Iceotope, adds another consideration - noise: “Many deployments to support 5G are likely to be in densely populated locations where noise pollution is a concern. With immersive liquid cooling operating in total silence, operators and those close by can rest assured the noise will be at a non-disruptive minimum level.”
Dataqube, a specialist in cabinet-based Edge systems, has invested in a liquid cooling vendor, LiquidCool, to get rights to deploy products like LiquidCool’s MiniNode Edge box.
Beyond the energy used by the Edge data center resource (or cabinets, as they will probably be) Edge has another issue. All the sensors and devices that connect to Edge applications will need to be powered.
Some applications suggest instrumenting a vast amount of the things about us, and they don’t necessarily consider how those sensors themselves will get their power to operate, and to transfer data over wireless networks.
In the retail environment, large stock items could be instrumented, or pallets of goods, to make sure that they are moved to the right places, and are not exposed to extreme temperatures or other environmental dangers.
Most people start with the idea of powering these sensors with batteries - but this brings big problems. Batteries only store a finite amount of energy - and that means they have to be replaced. If IoT sensors are going to be cheap enough to deploy everywhere, then that precludes having staff on regular callouts to change the batteries
Retail staff are already stretched far enough, without asking them to spend large parts of their day changing batteries on stock palettes or warehouse shelves.
The most obvious source of device energy is solar, and items like roadside equipment are often fitted with a solar panel that meets its power needs almost indefinitely.
Retail Edge equipment that is outdoors could be instrumented with solar-powered sensors.
But light harvesting doesn’t have to rely on direct sunlight. Amazon has invested in Ambient Photonics, a company that is working on low-light energy harvesting photovoltaic (PV) technology.
It says it can harvest energy across the entire light spectrum – including both artificial and natural light.
The Amazon funding will help Ambient build a factory for low-light solar cells, that could produce millions of units per year. “The future of IoT and connected devices is energy harvesting, and that future requires massive scale,” says Ambient CEO Bates Marshall.
Ambient is proposing remote controls that don’t need batteries. The same technology could offer barcode scanners or credit card scanners that never need recharging.
There are other options, including mechanical energy. Devices in a vibrating environment can collect almost 150mW per square centimeter, converting it to electricity with the piezoelectric effect.
So sensors on a production line might just be powered by a noisy environment. Meanwhile, wearable devices, such as smart badges for employee location, might also pick up enough power from our restless movements.
Thermal energy is another possibility. Some sensors placed in hot or cold environments, to monitor the performance of ovens or fridges, could generate power from the very temperature differences they are measuring.
The thermoelectric effect would let them convert some of that heat energy into electricity.
The Edge must power itself
In the end, the stark reality is that energy use is becoming a crucial factor everywhere. If the Edge can’t power itself, its deployment will be delayed or blocked.
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The health of your child’s teeth and gums is an important part of their overall health and well being. Though your child will lose their first set of teeth, it’s important to start early to set the foundation for healthy teeth later in life. You can start by choosing an experienced and caring family dentist. Make an appointment with Dr. Donnelly and his team at San Marcos Gentle Dental. Dr. Donnelly proudly serves patients of all ages throughout San Marcos, TX, Kyle, Wimberley, New Braunfels and surrounding communities.
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We cover all the latest privacy news here on ZDNet -- especially on the Zero Day and Government blogs -- but often that coverage is dedicated to identity theft and the risk that using unsecured systems poses.
But the folks at our sister site SmartPlanet say "re-identification" -- that is, identifying the real person behind what is assumed to be "anonymous" data -- is a growing problem.
Speaking with Paul Ohm, a former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, reporter Melanie Kaplan bridges the gap between theory and actual threat.
It turns out that in the age of social media networks and sharing, it's easier than ever. Simply: deleting data does not protect the rest.
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Founded in 1992, REACH LA is a Los Angeles based organization aimed at providing HIV/AIDS testing, prevention, and treatment for youth of color. Throughout the 1990s, the organization used substance-free dances as a site for community building and education. In the early 2000s, REACH focused on collaborating with its demographic to produce media and art. Youth involved in their programs wrote and directed short videos that were entered into festivals like Fusion (a film festival for LGBT* people of color).
In 2006 REACH was granted CDC funding addressed to Black and Latinx gay men, men who had sex with men, and trans women as especially vulnerable demographics. Because many of REACH LA’s new community members were involved in the house/ball scene, the organization homed in on this subculture, seeing an opportunity to connect creatively with their extended community. In 2006 REACH LA and the Legendary Sean/Milan Garcon hosted the first Ovahness Ball. Admission was $5, and free HIV testing and counseling were provided. Ovahness has become a popular annual event, now charging $40 admission upfront, while attendees who get tested for HIV at the door are admitted for free.
Featured below is a promotional video for the 2015 Ovahness Ball, produced by Sean Milan and Gina Lamb, REACH Director of Art and Technology Programs from 1999-2009. The following showcases ball performers as they prepare for the event, giving both outsiders and participants themselves a dramatized glimpse of the "work" behind the scenes of the ball and a fantasy scenario of a professional fashion shoot.
For Professor H. N. Lukes and Postdoctoral Fellow David J. Kim's 2016 course, Critical Theory and Social Justice 337, " Queer LA: Cruising the Archive," Occidental College forged an ongoing partnership with REACH LA. Early in the semester, our class took a field trip to REACH's South LA headquarters to introduce students to the practice of analyzing raw collections. Here we sifted through a huge amount of institutional documents, photos, ephemera, and old-format video housed in a storage room and makeshift library. As documented in our field notes, we left excited and a bit overwhelmed. Indeed, REACH itself seems to be a bit overwhelmed. As our guide and board member Joe Stewart stated, "“REACH LA has been so busy and overworked since the beginning that it hasn’t had a chance to look back at and document its own history.”
While Lamb's video shows the glamorous aspects of ballroom culture through its "houses," Oxy's CTSJ 337 decided to take a less glamorous and arguably more gritty (or at least grainy/pixelated) approach. Our "Archive" section strives to give credit to the taxonomic system of scene's own invention as it continues to produce its own lasting categories like "butch queen" and "virgin face." Students Promise Li and Maggie Mather collected and organized videos taken at balls over the years and linked them by performance category to the program for the 2015 Ovahness Ball. In addition to a structured media gallery of materials that we scanned for REACH, Adrienne Adams produced a short documentary film, "Ovahness & Opulence," using the organization's archival footage and excerpts from the 18 oral histories that they conducted with REACH members.
Across this chapter, we investigate what an archival engagement with this community organization and subcultural scene might look like through the lens of new and old technologies, as well as legacy repertoires and emergent archives. Accordingly, we address theoretical questions about the difference between documentaries, archives, and repertoires framed by the aftermath of Paris is Burning and ongoing questions about archiving and displaying queer of color collections.
Ultimately, we want our project to attract funding for REACH to hire professional archivists to catalog and digitize their vast and rich collections documenting 25 and more years of queer-of-color life in Los Angeles and the non-profit's unique approach to HIV awareness. It is our hope that this multimedia Scalar presentation will begin the process of looking backward, and forward, for this crucial organization, for the communities it serves, and yes, even for the cool hunters. | <urn:uuid:351c0936-3d62-4f90-93b9-efe579eaa735> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://gritandglamourla.com/main/ovahness-introduction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.958405 | 864 | 1.789063 | 2 |
By Crystal Lewis
Prayer is primarily viewed as humanity's tool for getting things from God. While this view of prayer may be popular, it can be misleading and hurtful to some. The belief that prayer can "move the will of God" can cause us to believe that God is being benevolent when our needs are met and is not interested in our well-being when we are in need. This can be problematic for a variety of reasons.
For instance, are we to believe that God has forsaken the starving people in our world because he hasn't answered our prayers to provide food to them in their time of need? Should we believe that God is so ambivalent to the collective needs of our world that he would spend time sparing one person of sickness or suffering only to ignore the ones who, for some reason, have not prayed?
Because of these troubling questions about this topic, I prefer to view prayer as a state of constant communion with God. I am reminded that God knows our needs before we ask, and that we are to pray without ceasing. In this constant time of prayer, we remain connected to the Spirit and mission of God, and can give food to the hungry, and care for the sick, and bring comfort to the broken hearted.
I believe that God intervenes in our world at times, but I remain convinced that it is our mission to partner our works with the faith we exhibit during prayer. And I believe that prayer should be viewed as the life-giving and strength-increasing communion with God that is necessary to impact the world in Christ's Name.
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Crystal S. Lewis is a progressive Christian who writes a blog called Jesus Was A Heretic, Too. She is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary. Follow Crystal on Twitter.
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Food manufacturers face the daily challenge of ensuring stable and safe supplies of food products to their customers. For its part, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., decided to build a vast new plant to consolidate its existing plants scattered across Japan and to deliver more than 200 types of cheese, margarine, and other products to consumers under conditions that ensure reliability and safety. Hitachi worked in partnership with Megmilk Snow Brand starting from the planning stages of this new plant, with the objective of building new production and logistics systems that incorporate the latest information technologies.
The social environment of food is changing rapidly in light of globalizing food markets, labor shortages at production sites, and the increasing complexity of production and distribution chains. Beyond these factors, consumers have become increasingly concerned about food safety and dependability. In this environment, the food products industry must ensure the stable supply of reliably safe and healthy food. Taking these factors into account, Hitachi began its participation in the construction of Megmilk Snow Brand's Ami Plant in June 2011.
The vision behind the construction of the new plant was to revise the production and logistics systems in a manner that would ensure the continued growth of Megmilk Snow Brand well into the future. Construction was slated to take place in the town of Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, where the Ami Plant would consolidate into a single location three manufacturing plants (from Kansai, Yokohama, and Atsugi) and product warehouses previously split between the Kanto and Kansai areas, thus making production and logistics systems more efficient.
Hitachi participated from the basic planning stages of the integrated production management system, the key component to improving efficiency at the new plant. The system was designed to ensure the stable supply of safe and reliable food products by incorporating information technologies into production and logistics systems.
Exterior of the Ami Plant
Some of the dairy products made at the Ami Plant
The construction of the Ami Plant and the associated planning work represent the largest project in Megmilk Snow Brand's history. The company began by identifying three goals for the construction project:
Essential to achieving these three goals was the development of an integrated production management system: that is, an IT system to support production at the plant.
In addition to developing subsystems for production management, manufacturing processes, line management, and the control of various devices, the newly developed integrated production management system needed to be able to link to and coordinate with other systems, including systems for demand/supply planning, business performance management, and logistics and warehouse management. Assigned overall responsibility for the plant's IT systems, Hitachi made the adjustments needed to ensure the successful integration of individual systems.
Furthermore, Hitachi coordinated the integrated production management system and the manufacturing and inspection equipment to be installed in the plant within a short timeframe and proposed total solutions for other equipment not necessarily within the scope of information (IT) or operations technology (OT), including generators, air conditioning, and freezers. In May 2015, some five years following the basic planning stage, the integrated production management system was completed, concurrently with the completion of construction on one of Japan's largest dairy-product production facilities.
The central control room provides an overview of operations ranging from centralized production status management for dairy products to monitoring of various other systems, including those used to manage transportation and materials
Production lines where numerous new technologies have been introduced to enable centralized management by the integrated production management system
The Ami Plant's integrated manufacturing management system is based on Hitachi's Product NEO, a manufacturing execution system (MES) for plants that links management directly to the production worksite. The system represents a distillation of all the expertise Hitachi has accumulated to date in building production management systems for the food products industry.
This integrated production management system achieved the plan's initial goals in the following ways:
In these ways, Product NEO has played a major role in implementing integrated control of the plant. By fusing the domains of IT (managing production processes) and OT (production lines and equipment), it has made it possible to control, in real-time, processes ranging from order receipt to production and shipping. The successful deployment of these next-generation production and logistics systems ensures the stable supply of safe and reliable food products.
Putting accumulated data to use to ensure the plant's continuing evolution
When the construction plan for the Ami Plant was first considered, almost no one had heard the term “Internet of Things” (IoT). Even so, the plant's equipment incorporates countless sensors to maximize the power of IT. Future plans call for evolving the plant into a smart plant based on the analysis and use of data obtained from these sensors to increase yields for cheese and other products and improve facility maintenance.
Since operations began, the Ami Plant's integrated production management system has operated smoothly and generated significant results. Many other companies are also planning to revise their manufacturing workplaces to address various issues and improve management. Amid these circumstances, Hitachi will continue to propose innovative solutions in the manufacturing field through collaborative creation with its customers as part of its mission to achieve social innovation.
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The man with 100 faces, By @NicholasKugge
By Nick Kugge
The man with 100 faces
We all have a dozens of masks, each of them is a different version of us.
Masks are a state of mind, the illustration of our different personalities they are not a façade to hide
behind. We all wear them in different occasions, seamlessly switching from one to the other. Some of
them feel more natural to live with and while others feel more uncomfortable they are still part of
ourselves. And with time and practice we can learn how to handle these uneasiness.
At first it was a bit weird to accept that there could be so many different Nicks, I wrongly thought it was
like embracing schizophrenia! After reflecting on it, analysing my behaviours from the past years it
indeed made sense, they are multiple Nicks. Being aware of it feels like having superpowers. For each
situations you’ll be able to adequately adapt yourself or at least try and improve this mask.
As creatives our mood will often impact the quality of our work. And as half of a team you have the
responsibility to deliver. The easier it is for us to switch from one state of mind to the other the greater
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County Museum at Hartlebury
Activity – £70 per half day, £130 per full day plus £3.25 per child admission.
Experience a typical Victorian school day with Hartlebury Castle’s resident school teacher. Experience a Victorian lesson, using slates and pencils and find out about school punishments. This will be followed by a traditional playtime with whipping tops, hoops, skipping rooms and yo-yos. | <urn:uuid:158d8155-65f4-45ad-aad2-8cfd7f291440> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/avada_portfolio/victorian-schoolroom-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.906161 | 90 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Below text directly from Lee Altenberg’s website
Specimen Collection and Handling: Cryoglobulins come out of solution below body temperature. Serum must be obtained from clotted blood maintained at body temperature, from time of withdrawal. If blood is kept at lower temperatures, the cryoprecipitate may centrifuge out with the blood clot. The following procedure must be followed or the specimen is NOT acceptable.
CAUTION: Specimen is not acceptable when drawn on a patient receiving heparin or any other anti-coagulant. When a Dialysis/Apheresis patient has a catheter with heparin, 10 ml or more must be wasted (discarded) before specimen for Cryoglobulin is drawn. Peripheral stick is preferred. (Heparin is anti-Complementary and will therefore breakdown the Cryo immune complexes which contain complement producing a false negative or reduced Cryocrit.) Other anti-coagulants chelate Ca and deplete complement
Prepare transporting chamber: Select a receptacle that will maintain a fairly constant temperature. (Patient’s styrofoam pitchers with lids work very well)
Insert a thermometer, QC’d at 37°C, through the lid.
Add body temperature water to the receptacle. Start with water at 39°-41°C, so the temperature will not be below 37°C when received in the lab.
Use vacutainers, not glass syringes, to draw the blood.
Collect 20ml in red tops and place immediately into transporting chamber. If other tests are to be run in Immunopath, place all of the blood into the 37°C chamber.
Deliver to lab immediately.
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Banning artificial stone could prevent 100 lung cancers and 1,000 cases of silicosis, where dust scars the lungs
By Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
Lin Fritschi, Professor of Epidemiology, Curtin University
Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a potent source of silica dust, which can scar the lung and cause lung cancer. Banning artificial stone could save lives.
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In a perplexing about-face, there has been a revival of efforts to permit the exploration of Gaza Marine, the gas reserves located off the coast of Gaza. The development of this gas field is inarguably advantageous, as it could allow Palestinians to create an independent and competitive energy sector. Yet this push for exploration must be seen within its wider context, as part of a quid pro quo arrangement which reinforces Israel’s continuing colonization of Palestinian resources.
Over the past few years, Israel has entered into Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with both Palestinian and Jordanian counterparts to export gas from its reserves located in the Eastern Mediterranean basin. Pushed forward surreptitiously, these negotiations were initially met with little public protest. But as news of the deals broke out, Palestinians and Jordanians began mobilizing against normalization with Israel through these gas deals, given the persistence of the occupation. Potentially in response to such public pressure, reports recently emerged which cast doubt about the future of Israel’s first gas deal with the Palestinian Power Generation Company (PPGC).
This uncertainty spotlights the mounting popular challenge to the regional gas deals that the Quartet and the State Department have been trying to assemble as part of a wider geopolitical puzzle. It is also why the Palestinian gas fields off the coast of Gaza have suddenly re-entered the picture. | <urn:uuid:9494ed73-79bd-4171-b027-673a4ec30d33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lebanongasnews.com/wp/will-gaza-gas-serve-as-israels-trojan-horse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.962762 | 289 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Investigate complaints from members of the public, alleging excessive or unnecessary force, discrimination, sexual harassment and/or sexual assault by on-duty Richmond Police Officers.
Conducts investigations on all incidents involving the discharge of a firearm at a person by a Richmond Police Officer, and/or when death or serious bodily injury results from direct police action.
Handle appeals from the Office of Professional Accountability
Review and evaluate the policies, practices and procedures contained in the Richmond Police Department Manual and report to the Chief of Police, City Manager, and City Council
Develop programs and strategies to promote positive police-community relations
The CPRC has an Investigative Officer, who investigates complaints from members of the public who have filed a complaint with the CPRC. The Investigative Officer also conducts investigations of incidents involving the discharge of a firearm at a person by a Richmond Police Officer, and/or when death or serious bodily injury occurs as a result of direct police action.
Citizen Complaints View the Complaints and Investigations section to learn how to file a complaint. Commission Meetings The Community Police Review Commission meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Employee Lunch Room located in the basement of the Richmond City Hall at 450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA. | <urn:uuid:0c8f575b-4ad3-4f60-9418-4c176a6adee9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ci.richmond.ca.us/81/Community-Police-Review-Commission | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.927585 | 255 | 1.507813 | 2 |
The Dogo Canario has been used as a war dog in the past. If your animal bites someone, you could be sued in both civil and criminal court. However, the majority of bites that dogs receive are on the face while investigating the snake! The find dispels the common belief that toxic bacteria in the Komodos' mouths are responsible for ultimately killing the dragons' prey. That is the equivalent of the weight of a 4-door sedan! An open mouth can also be a warning that your iguana is upset. If you are indoors during an earthquake DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture; and HOLD ON until the shaking stops. Most owls, even the small ones, won't hesitate to attack if it has young to protect. Handling. By the time the adult teeth are in, many puppies have significantly decreased their nippy behaviors. They are at their best behavior when they are in water. Humans, in comparison to alligators, produce approximately 890 newtons of bite force, or 150 to 200 psi, when biting into meat, such as chicken, steak or pork. Lifespan. Specifically, they are folivores (an animal that feeds on leaves). Most people seem interested in the fact that armadillos can carry the human form of leprosy. The jaws of a cougar are so strong that it can take down medium to large prey. When should you get an injection after a dog bite? You see, big … Their bite force is measured as 28000 N. Black Caiman habitat: They are the aquatic reptiles which generally occur in freshwater, Shallow habitat. An animal trainer knows how to teach dogs, horses, or even marine animals to display certain behaviors or keep them from exhibiting others. By contrast, you might tear into a steak with 150 to 200 psi (890 newtons). Typically, puppies lose their puppy teeth in the four to six month old range. Once your dog has bitten someone for the first time, the likelihood of your dog biting again increases. What Dog has the Strongest Bite? Believe it or not, jaguars can deliver a bite force of a whopping 1,350 psi – a bite that is twice as powerful as that of the lion. According to the Miami Herald, bacteria on the iguanas crusty skin leads to botulism poisoning. Part 3 Feeding Your Iguana Give your iguana vegetables. Adult underbites, on the other hand, are a different story. Male: 9.2-14; Female: 8.2-11 The injured person would not have to prove anything except that they were injured by your animal. But the short answer is; yes, iguanas are capable of inflicting serious bite wounds. Iguanas bite people and pets in self-defense. Although we humans regard any bite as aggression, for dogs, biting is a natural and normal means of canine communication and defense. But state law dictates the killing must only be in a humane manner. It ranks 6th in this list when it comes to bite strength with 540 PSI. Call a vet and ask him to give the necessary course of anti-rabies injections or Take it to Rajiv Gandhi Veterinary Hospital in Mettupalayam. However, on average, iguanas reach full maturity by 3 years of age. 19. Often victims escape without injury, and deaths from owl attacks are extremely rare. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. They will attack any animals that seem like a threat. The bite strength of alligators exceeds the power of bites produced by humans and many other animals. A total of 101 readings was obtained from 22 pet dogs ranging in size from 7 to 55 kg. How do I stop my dog from eating people food? You should not immediately try to pick up, pet, or hold your new pet as soon as you get him home. Almost all puppies will grow out of it naturally by the age of 6 months. All dogs can bite, and given differing circumstances, all dogs will. With such a powerful bite, this crocodile is able to practically split a human of medium size and weight in half. Understand this is a protect The following symptoms could indicate mosquito bites. The article: Top 10 Most Powerful Animal Bites - The Mysterious World lists them as the animal … Almost all puppies will grow out of it naturally by the age of 6 months. By contrast, you might tear into a steak with 150 to 200 psi (890 newtons). Despite the huge size, they are generally shy in nature. Scientists have also theorized that the bite force of the extinct Megalodon shark could have been around 25,000 lbf, or the colossal weight of a cruise ship anchor! Color Doppler has made it easier for doctors to find out if cancer has spread into blood vessels, especially in the liver and pancreas. When assessing a situation, they will stand up on their front legs, lean forward to judge the distance, and bob their head to make them selves appear larger. The effect may be surprising, because the leading places are taken, not by big predatory mammals, but by inconspicuous marsupials, but with… devilish character California law does not require the euthanization of a dog after it bites someone. Most of the time an iguana will give warning when it's about to bite. “All iguanas are capable of being a threat to your safety, but a large aggressive one can do very serious damage.”. The table below shows the popular BFQ (Bite Force quotient). The liquid is nearly as fast as an injection. Grizzly bears get irritated very quickly. Try to do everything possible to keep your iguana calm while attempting to tame him. Iguana bites your finger accidently as you hand feed and get fingers to close to it's mouth, or confuses your finger for food. Understand this is a protect Malinois Dog. Their bite force measured at 1100 pounds per square inch (psi), which is more powerful than lions and tigers”””, themysteriousworld.com › most-powerful-animal-bites. Yes, they will bite. Use a diffuser and essential oils that repel fleas. Calculate the pressure in psi. They had all sorts of scans of a complete t. rex skull and ran them through computer simulations. Keep the bite site at heart level if possible. Bite Force – 220 PSI. Puppy Nipping or Play Biting. What happens when a dog has an enlarged spleen. However, rarely, people may be bitten by alligators and crocodiles in the wild. The bacteria for Salmonella can be found in the mouths and feces of iguanas and can cause severe infections. However, it is uncommon for squirrels to bite. If you happen to lock eyes with an alligator on land, forget running in a zigzag. The bite force of American crocodile is recorded is about 3000 psi. This is the quotient of the occlusion force created by dividing the jaw pressure (bite force) by the weight of the animal. The "winners"—saltwater crocodiles—slammed their jaws shut with 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi), or 16,460 newtons, of bite force. Its bite is about 1100 PSI, which has the power to crush the bones of a giraffe. They have teensy tiny mouths with small pegs for teeth. Great white shark. Fleas mainly feed on non-human animals but can bite and infect humans. Nipping is a habit that you can correct. Do Iguanas Bite People? If it continues to display this undesirable behavior, simply walk away. Yes, they will bite. Is a human bite worse than an animal bite? University of Florida researches say bashing in an iguana's head and destroying its brain quickly is the most humane way to kill one. Most rescue groups will not accept dogs who have a history of biting, and shelters that do accept them will often euthanize, rather than take the risk (and the liability) of placing them in a new home. Growling, Snapping, or Showing Teeth. 22. A pet owner from Thailand captured hilarious footage of his yellow iguana posing just like a swimsuit model on January 17. When dogs and cats are bitten by mosquitoes, they experience the same itching and irritation as humans. Frequent targets include unsuspecting joggers and hikers. Snakes will usually not attack any person or animal unless they are threatened or actually attacked. However, they're not in pain, vets say. The infection rate of rat bites is very low -- about 2%. A sharp squirt of water in the dog's face should stop jumping/chewing/nipping/barking pretty efficiently, right? What about the Cane Corso? (A number of attacks on humans by Komodo dragons, both wild and captive, have been reported between 2000 and 2014.) Thick leather gloves should be worn if handling an iguana is absolutely necessary, but the safest choice when these pests are lurking around the home is to contact the wildlife experts at Critter Control. An open mouth can be a sign that he is too hot and needs to be moved to a cooler location. When they bite someone for the first time and see how effective it is in getting the person to retreat, they are going to repeat this behavior because it works so well. Spotted hyena has an aggression and a biting force that rates as one of the most powerful among mammals. Secondly, there are many different ways an aggressive iguana can injure you, but the main ways are by biting and whipping its tail. 1300 lbs is completely plausible, though. they are found in the parts of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The tarantula does have a venomous bite, but its venom is designed to take down prey smaller than itself. Dog training with a spray bottle is probably has been going on as long as there have been spray bottles. If a gator grabs hold of you, there are a few things you can do. Most box turtles are safe to pick up and will not bite humans; but you should still not pick them up too often or tempt fate by brushing your finger at their snout. By nature, squirrels are not aggressive animals, but all wild animals will defend themselves when they feel threatened. They bite for food or as a way of protecting their territories. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. A member of the monitor lizard family varanidae it is the largest living species of lizard growing to a maximum length of 3 metres 10 ft in rare cases and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms 150 lb. Divide the measured force (in … Although the pests typically avoid humans, an iguana will defend itself if cornered or threatened. While pain-sensitive breeds like Chihuahuas are common perpetrators, any dog may bite if hurting, depending on the degree of pain. With the proper shifting and position, using the Giant Iguana to go at high speed is a total blast. Bite Force – 224 PSI. By contrast, you might tear into a steak with 150 to 200 psi (890 newtons). Komodo dragons kill using a one-two punch of sharp teeth and a venomous bite, scientists have confirmed for the first time. Protect plants and trees: Use screens and cages to keep iguanas from devouring landscaping and gardens. Iron Golems can be met, by default, in big villages of more than 21 houses, where they occasionally spawn and protect the villagers. With the bite force of 1200 psi, they come at number 7 in the list of most powerful animal bites. INTRODUCTION How rising temperatures affect organisms is of primary concern to enable predictions of the impact of the anthropogenic climate change on biota ( Dawson et al., 2011 ). Anything with a mouth can and will bite. Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture. Amazon, Amazon Prime, the Amazon logo and Amazon Prime logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Symptoms of an adder bite when venom has been injected include: severe pain at the location of the bite. They will give the first two injections free. Dutch Shepherd. Hyenas . Bite Force – 238 PSI. They have extremely powerful jaws capable of exerting considerable pressure. Measure the total area on which force is applied. In order to acquire, process and digest plant matter, herbivorous lizards must have a higher bite force relative to their size in comparison to carnivorous or omnivorous reptiles. A dog on the list of strongest bite force isn’t necessarily more prone to biting. That is more than enough to break one of your bones in one try. Light for a Mountain Bike. But you have to provoke them before they will consider doing this. A nip or scratch from an 8-week-old kitten may seem cute, but the same behavior from an adult cat can be very painful. “When you put out rat poison, you can't control what's going to consume it,” Portuallo says. How long does it take for worms to leave a puppy? They have extremely sharp teeth and powerful jaws. The shark bite researchers estimated the megashark's bite to be an "extraordinary" 108,514-182,201N . The computer simulation produced a bite force of 12,800 pounds. They are the strongest dogs in the world and hold the crown for the top bite. As our teeth develop in childhood, it is not uncommon to experience a temporary malocclusion. Bite force showed phenotypic plasticity, which reveals that leopard iguanas are able to maintain (and even improve) their bite force under a rising-temperature scenario. Strongest Land Animals (According to Bite Force PSI) Leopard with a PSI of 300-310: Leopard is one of the 5 big cats in the genus Panthera. Gorilla- Bite Force: 1300 psi. Some humans have a little handheld tool they use to stop behaviors they don't like: a spray bottle. Weighing around 35lbs depending on the components, the bike seems a little heavier than most. 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Secondmind’s Sarah Jarvis discusses her passion for machine learning and data science and why communication is one of the key skills in this area.
Sarah Jarvis is the director of applied machine learning engineering and data science at AI company Secondmind. Her role involves looking at how data science fits in with machine learning across the company and how it can be applied to real-world settings.
“I started out as an undergrad in computer engineering before doing a PhD in computational neuroscience, where I was simulating complex networks to understand how to best interact with the brain,” she told Siliconrepublic.com.
“It turns out that in doing so, I was learning a lot of the skills I needed for data science: the ability to use data to identify trends in complex systems and how to interact with such systems to get the biggest impact.”
Jarvis said that while she never had a specific moment where she realised she wanted to be a data scientist, she said it became a natural progression based on her interest in using insights to solve real-world problems.
“It was always in my nature to ask lots of questions. And for me, that’s what data science is all about: asking interesting questions based on the data you have – or often the data you don’t have.”
‘How do you get around data that is known by the human but not represented in digital form?’
– SARAH JARVIS
But one of the things she underestimated early on in her career was the importance of good communication skills in this sector. “Data science is so multi-disciplinary that you have to be comfortable talking to people outside of their, and often your own, comfort zones,” she added.
“When I was leaving academia for industry, I didn’t appreciate how important my communication skills were for landing and excelling in certain roles. Knowing what I know now, I would have put more weight on these skills and gone for more challenging roles earlier than I did. And quite often, it comes back to asking questions – a common theme in data science.”
The future of data science
Jarvis said one of the key trends in data science at the moment has arisen as a result of the pandemic. “Covid-19 has exposed a lot of limitations with historic data when it comes to predicting what to do next. This has led to lots of questions about the need to capture human knowledge and experience into AI systems. It’s an interesting challenge because human and machine learning systems are fundamentally different in terms of how they view the world,” she said.
“I think it’s particularly pertinent for a data scientist: how do you get around data that is known by the human but not represented in digital form?”
Another trend that Jarvis said is already underway is about how to move from a forecast to a decision. This is already happening in specific cases within machine learning and AI, such as with self-driving cars.
“I believe the interplay between these two trends offers a lot more nuance than the two extremes that we currently have, which seems to be either forecasts or full automation,” said Jarvis.
“Correspondingly, it’s going to be vital to have clear data science approaches to know that we’re applying the right techniques to have the best impact. The stakes are high, as getting this right will allow people to collaborate with AI through blending the strengths of both. I see this as being critical if AI is going to function effectively: both in smooth driving conditions as well as dynamic, uncertain environments.”
While we have focused on providing information about different careers in data science on Siliconrepublic.com this week, Jarvis believes the data community needs to get better at defining what exactly data science is.
“The definition of a data scientist is nebulous and because we often can’t really explain what it is, it can be difficult to determine where a business analyst ends and a data scientist begins,” she said. “The result is data scientists are spread thinly over a huge remits, impacting the effectiveness of our work.”
She added that there is a “clear mismatch” between how the data science community views its role and industry’s understanding of what constitutes data science. “The people who often benefit the most from data science – business development – often don’t have the knowledge to define exactly what they need.
“For data science to fulfil its potential and data scientists to be more valued, we need to have an open conversation about this within our community, as well as educating the wider business community. I see that this is happening, but there’s still a way to go.”
Advice for data scientists
For those who are interested in pursuing a career in data science, Jarvis said listening and questioning constantly is key. “Not just in relation to the signals in the data, but listen and question the people around you – your colleagues, the wider business, your customers, the systems you’re working with. You can be technically gifted, but if you’re not prepared to dig into what’s going on and be curious, you’ll struggle.”
She also advised building a comprehensive data science toolbox. “There’s no manual that says, ‘Read this and you can do data science’. The more interesting a collection of tools that you build up, the better position you put yourself in to tackle the wide variety of challenges that will be thrown at you.”
On the productivity side, Jarvis said a great tip from a colleague was to block out time in your diary to do things. “This means I can focus on projects without distractions, whilst also giving myself a useful indication of when I’ve got too much on my plate,” she said.
“Working from home has thrown up interesting productivity challenges. One thing that works for me is to change my working style from time to time. For example, if there’s a talk I want to listen to, I’ll move out of my home office and go sit in the garden or dining room. The change of scene freshens things up and puts me in a different mindset, while also removing me from the distractions of Slack and email.”
Finally, she advised making some time at the end of the week to make a ‘hero list’ of what went well. “I follow this by noting down my priorities for the week ahead, which sometimes includes any questions that I didn’t already get to answer. It helps to close the week on a positive note, whilst giving me a clear focus when Monday morning comes around again.”
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“Tu-tu…” was one of the first sounds from the forest. Our first night on Gunung Kerici was started by a calling Mountain Scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus). Another Swiss birdwatcher Fabian Ducry and I were accompanied by the Belgian birder Bram Demeulemeester and by our home stay host and guide Pak Subandi. During a good week of birdwatching in the Kerinci-Seblat National Park, Bram and we spent around four long evenings in the forest with the mission to find secretive Sumatran montane night birds. Equipped with microphone, speaker and spotlight, we followed our ears to find the endemic Sumatran Frogmouth (Batrachostomus poliolophus), the nearly-endemic Rajah Scops-owl (Otus brookii) and other specialties as Salvadori’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus pulchellus) and Dusky Woodcock (Scolopax saturata).
The Mountain Scops-owl opened our first birding night, but only acoustically. Anyone who has ever searched a Mountain Scops knows that finding it is very hard as they like to stay in dense tree cover. As we have seen it earlier in the mountains of Sabah, we decided to leave the two males in peace which were singing against each other over a small valley. A fine and repeated, “…zic…” then took our attention; this was a Dusky Woodcock calling in flight. More were heard during the following nights while singing their weird song reminiscent of a starting generator and one was even seen flying very close through the middle of our group.
Barred Eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus) and Barn Owl (Tyto alba) were calling too, but a much smaller bird was the highlight of that night. From a dry river bed, we heard a Sumatran Frogmouth with its mournful, descending whistle. Soon after we played back its call, it came closer to inspect its virtual enemy and we managed to see this ghost-like bird with its long nostril hairs around its massively broad beak. The short tail confirmed again its identity as it was called Short-tailed Frogmouth a few years ago, when it was treated conspecific with the Bornean form which is now called Bornean Frogmouth (Batrachostumus mixtus).
Another Special Night
This first successful night was followed by more, but one was especially worth remembering. A very fast rattering sound announced at least two singing Salvadori’s Nightjars over the forest. So, the only big target left was the most difficult Rajah Scops-owl. After about an hour, we heard the first one but it kept its distance to us. A little later, we heard a movement, Bram switched his spotlight on and in front of us was not a Scops-owl but a big cat – an Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii)! It stood still about ten meters in front of us, confused by the strong torchlight, and then it approached for another few meters. While our hearts were beating very fast, we managed to take some photographs before the Asian Golden Cat heard dry leaves cracking under our feet and disappeared into the dense forest – a truly amazing observation of this rare and secretive cat!
We continued our search for interesting birds. After a short encounter with a Small-toothed Palm Civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), another bird was singing loud in the bushes – an Oriental Bay-owl (Phodilus badius). Unfortunately, the bird was quite far away from the trail and we had to leave the trail to get nice view of this beautiful owl. The only problem then was to find the way back to Kersik Tuo. Luckily, the Ramadhan all-night-long prayers showed us the way. After climbing through thickets and loads of rattans, we were suddenly attacked by a group of small Babblers. They were sleeping in the thicket and upon our approach they flew away in panic: A Spot-necked Babbler (Stachyris striolata) was landing on my hat, a Pygmy Wren-Babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) on Bram’s trousers. Another 40 minutes later, we managed to find the forest edge and our way back to our sleeping bags – ready to dream from these exciting nights in the forest.
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206 Partial Content
HTTP response status code 206 Partial Content is returned by the server to indicate that a HTTP request has been successfully completed and the message body contains the requested ranges of data.
When the 206 Partial Content status code is received, it is in response to a HTTP request that includes one or more Range HTTP headers. A Range HTTP header is used to specify which parts of the document the server to return and the server can optionally return the data as a multipart document.
If there is only one Range HTTP header specified then the Content-Length HTTP header is set to the entire document, the Content-Type HTTP header is set to the type of document, the Content-Range HTTP header will indicate which section is included, and the requested data will be contained in the message body.
In cases where multiple ranges are specified, the Content-Length HTTP header will indicate the total number of bytes in the message body. The initial Content-Type HTTP header will be set to
multipart/byteranges and subsequent Content-Type / Content-Range HTTP header pairs will describe the range that immediately follows. A server will not specify a Content-Range field in the initial HTTP header.
In multi-range requests, the server can optionally merge any of the ranges that overlap, or those that are separated by a gap that is less than the overhead required to send the subsequent range data. This is done for efficiency and it is important to consider because it means that receiving fewer HTTP requests than expected does not necessarily indicate an error. However, the opposite is not true; a server will not generate multiple ranges when only a single range is requested.
Aside from not being guaranteed to receive the same number of ranges that were requested, the order of them is not definite, either. A server is expected to make an effort to send ranges in the same order as the HTTP requests are received but it is not always practical.
Regardless of the number of ranges requested, the Content-Range HTTP header will include the total size of the resource. If it is unknown at the time the HTTP header is created then this will be denoted with an asterisk.
If the server is unable to return the range or ranges requested by the client, the server may return the 416 Range Not Satisfiable status code, or instead, return a 200 OK status code with the entire document in the message body.
Example of single-range retrieval
In this first example, the client requests a block of data inside of a video file, as specified by the Range header request field. The server returns the requested range, indicating it is an MP4-encoded video.
GET /videos/sample.mp4 HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.ai Range: bytes=25000-75000
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Content-Type: video/mp4 Content-Length: 25000 Content-Range: bytes 25000-75000/100000 <50,000 bytes of video data will follow>
Alternate response – when the total size was not known by the server
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Content-Type: video/mp4 Content-Length: 25000 Content-Range: bytes 25000-75000/* <50,000 bytes of video data will follow>
Example of multi-range retrieval
In a case where more than one range is requested, the client will specify each of them in the HTTP request. These can be placed on different lines, or comma-delimited on the same line. A string separator will be given by the server to denote the end of the range data.
GET /videos/sample.mp4 HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.ai Range: bytes=100-250 Range: bytes=1500-2000, 5000-5200
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Content-Length: 850 Content-Type: multipart/byteranges; boundary=String_range_divider --String_range_divider
Content-Type: video/mp4 Content-Range: 100-250/75000 <150 bytes of video data will follow as the first range> --String_range_divider
Content-Type: video/mp4 Content-Range: 1500-2000/75000 <500 bytes of video data will follow as the second range> --String_range_divider
Content-Type: video/mp4 Content-Range: 5000-5200/75000 <200 bytes of video data will follow as the second range> --String_range_divider
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How to Force an Aloe Vera to Bloom
The aloe vera plant (Aloe barbadensis), tolerant to USDA hardiness zones 7 through 11, has wedge-shaped, thick and fleshy leaves with sharp, serrated edges. Blooms often appear as yellow-orange tubular flowers, and the plant bears fruits that contain numerous seeds. The aloe vera plant is widely used for its health, beauty, medicinal and skin-care properties.
It is popular with gardeners not only as a medicinal plant but also for its interesting flowers, form and succulence. This succulence allows the species to flourish in areas of low rainfall, making it ideal for rockeries and other low-water-type arid gardens. The species is intolerant of harsh frost and snow.
Aloe plant blooms rise from a group or cluster of flowers called inflorescence, arranged on a stem composed of a main branch which rises upward. Mature plants of at least four years of age will bloom; however, aloe houseplants can be difficult to bloom. Many varieties produce mixed colors.
Aloe Vera Flowers
The actual aloe flower is a petite, individual tubular to bell-shaped flower. The flowers are the colorful structures that make up the raceme part of the inflorescence. An open raceme means the flowers are separated, while a compact raceme is one in which the flowers are tightly packed. Some aloe plants will produce a single inflorescence, while many aloes have several flowering structures either at the same time or in sequence.
The Blooming of Aloe Vera Plants
If you are struggling to get your mature aloe vera plant to flower, it is most likely due to the environment. Most people who grow them indoors will never get their aloe vera plants bloom. The majestic yellow or orange tubular flowers, blossoming out on high and tall elegant stems, are a rare vision in household plants due to the insufficient sunlight.
Aloe vera plants are created for the desert environment where they receive plentiful direct sunlight throughout the day. This environment needs to be created in the household setting in order to get your aloe vera plant blooming indoors. The trick is to give your houseplant as much light as possible. You may try keeping your plant on a windowsill that receives a lot of sunlight with nothing hindering the plant’s direct line of sunlight or keeping it in the shade.
During various times of the day, some areas of your house receive more sunlight than others. Therefore, if you want the plant to bloom, you will need to follow the sunlight around the house and change the location of your plant throughout the day. The more exposure to sunlight, the better your chances of getting the plant to bloom. During summer months, you can move your aloe vera plant outside. Remember that the key to achieving blooms is to recreate an outdoor environment that best mimics high-sunlight desert conditions.
Aloe Vera Plant Care
Place your plant in bright sunlight or artificial light. Aloe vera plants do best in temperatures between 55 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. During the summer months, you can place your plant outdoors. Test for dryness by touch before watering.
Water aloe vera plants well but infrequently, allowing the soil to dry at least 1 to 2 inches deep between waterings. Never let your plant sit in water, as this will cause root rot. Fertilize sparingly during spring and summer with a balanced houseplant formula at about half strength.
'Fairy Pink' and 'Topaz' Hybrids
A stemless aloe plant that bears pink and white flowers from late summer to early autumn, 'fairy pink' is a popular dwarf hybrid. It looks great in pots and is breathtaking when planted in large bunches. When the flowers appear, you simply cannot get enough of them.
Another exciting range of hybrid, 'topaz' varieties are selected for ease of cultivation and abundant flowering. Bred in South Africa, these are hardy, easy-to-manage plants with a longer than normal flowering season. Beautiful pink-orange blooms appear from the middle of summer through early winter and nicely contrast with the elegant, grass-like leaves of this unusual hybrid aloe plant. They look spectacular when planted in large bunches and are great as a container plant.
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- A mature aloe vera plant is 4 or more years old.
- A cactus potting mix is a suitable substitute for the perlite and potting soil mixture.
- If the fleshy leaves begin to shrivel, water thoroughly and monitor the plant to ensure it's receiving enough water.
- Aloe vera have spines on the ends of their fleshy leaves. Work cautiously when repotting to avoid puncture wounds.
- Never allow your aloe vera to stand in water; the roots will rot and the plant will die
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China is revising the 20-year-old Law on Compulsory Education to narrow the educational disparity between rural and urban areas, a step hailed by the public as an important requirement for developing social equality.
The revised law, which was submitted for deliberation on Saturday to the full meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), focuses on establishing a mechanism for guaranteeing government investment in compulsory education.
The fees for compulsory education, which are provided by both central and local governments, must be included in the government's yearly budget and be increased gradually every year, according to Minister of Education Zhou Ji.
China currently has a compulsory nine years of education six years in primary school and three years in junior middle school involving 177 million registered students.
The total government investment in compulsory education is insufficient and payment of some teachers could be delayed, said Zhou.
Disparity between education in rural and urban areas is widening in some places, he said in a speech delivered to legislators at the meeting.
In major cities across the country almost all school children are able to complete their nine-year studies, but in rural areas, it is a different story.
Statistics from the Ministry of Education said that dropouts in rural primary schools accounted for 2.45 per cent of the total number of rural students in 2004, while the dropout rate in rural junior middle school reached 3.91 per cent.
The revised law stipulates that governments should increase investment in schools in rural areas as well as urban schools with "weak educational abilities."
Teachers from urban schools are also encouraged to work in rural schools for a certain period of time.
"China is now pursuing the establishment of a harmonious society. The unfairness in the educational sector is one of the biggest challenges," said Wu Quanmei, a junior middle school teacher from Yixing in East China's Jiangsu Province.
"I hope the revised law will remind governments at all levels to pay close attention to the problem and take practical measures to narrow the educational gap between rural and urban schools," Wu said in an interview with China Daily.
She admitted that there was a long way to go before all children enjoy educational equality in the country.
Besides the law on compulsory education, legislators also reviewed the draft amendment to the audit law.
The NPC Standing Committee is expected to pass the revised Audit Law when the four-day meeting is concluded tomorrow.
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The so-called 'Cash for Clunkers' program last year was supposed to boost sales of motor vehicles, and get older, gas-guzzling models off the roads. According to the Boston Globe, it was less than successful by virtually every measure.
Why are used-car prices rocketing? Part of the answer is that demand is up: With unemployment high and the economy uncertain, some car buyers who might otherwise be looking for a new truck or SUV are instead shopping for a used vehicle as a way to save money.
But an even bigger part of the answer is that the supply of used cars is artificially low, because your Uncle Sam decided last year to destroy hundreds of thousands of perfectly good automobiles as part of its hare-brained Car Allowance Rebate System — or, as most of us called it, Cash for Clunkers. That was the program under which the government paid consumers up to $4,500 when they traded in an old car and bought a new one with better gas mileage. The traded-in cars — which had to be in drivable condition to qualify for the rebate — were then demolished: Dealers were required to chemically wreck each car’s engine, and send the car to be crushed or shredded.
Congress and the Obama administration trumpeted Cash for Clunkers as a triumph — the president pronounced it “successful beyond anybody’s imagination.’’ Which it was, if you define success as getting people to take “free’’ money to make a purchase most of them are going to make anyway, while simultaneously wiping out productive assets that could provide value to many other consumers for years to come. By any rational standard, however, this program was sheer folly.
. . .
To be sure, Cash for Clunkers gave a powerful jolt to car sales in July and August of 2009. But it did so mostly by delaying sales that would otherwise have occurred in April, May, and June, or by accelerating those that would have taken place in September, October, or later. “Influencing the timing of consumers’ durable purchases is easy,’’ Edmunds CEO Jeremy Anwyl wrote a few days ago in a blog post looking back at the program. “Creating new purchases is not.’’ Of the 700,000 cars purchased during the clunkers frenzy, the estimated net increase in sales was only 125,000. Each incremental sale thus ended up costing the taxpayers a profligate $24,000.
Even on environmental grounds, Cash for Clunkers was an exorbitant dud. Researchers at the University of California-Davis calculated that the reduction of carbon dioxide attributable to the program cost no less than $237 per ton. In contrast, carbon emissions credits cost about $20 per ton in international markets.
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When all is said and done, Cash for Clunkers was a deplorable exercise in budgetary wastefulness, asset destruction, environmental irrelevance, and economic idiocy. Other than that, it was a screaming success.
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What the author carefully doesn't mention is that Cash for Clunkers was devised to help the trades unions, who (thanks to President Obama riding roughshod over established US contract law) had just been handed control of General Motors and Chrysler. Both companies were mired in red ink (still are, for that matter), and something had to be done to help them sell more vehicles. It's no good handing one's political allies an economic basket-case, after all, is it?
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How and Why Can PTSD Lead to Addiction?
Read on to learn about the link between PTSD and addiction, and what signs and symptoms to be aware of.
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that some people develop after witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event. While many people associate PTSD only with veterans, it is a condition that can affect anyone who goes through something traumatic, from a car crash to losing a loved one.
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PTSD and “Danger Mode”
PTSD develops when the brain essentially gets stuck in “danger mode” following a distressing event. In this mode, the body’s senses are heightened, and one may experience fear or fight or flight. In this state, the body releases stress hormones like adrenaline and norepinephrine, which makes the heart beat faster and make you feel alert.1
This “danger mode,” or fear response, has allowed humans to evolve and survive dangerous situations, but with PTSD, the body stays in this mode even when it doesn’t need to. This leads to distressing PTSD symptoms like anxiety, anger, depression, sleep issues, and more.
Individuals can also develop complex PTSD, which includes the same symptoms of PTSD, but is diagnosed in people who have lived through multiple traumatic experiences. While people with PTSD tend to experience a sense of threat, avoidance, and reliving their trauma, those with complex PTSD experience those symptoms along with a negative sense of self, emotional dysregulation, and relationship problems.2
Due to the distressing PTSD symptoms, some individuals use substances to cope, leading to alcohol or drug substance use disorders.
Signs and Symptoms of Co-Occurring PTSD and Addiction
PTSD and substance abuse can often occur simultaneously. Usually, this is because people turn to substances to manage the difficult symptoms caused by PTSD. It is also important to note that the symptoms of PTSD and addiction can overlap, and that addiction affects brain chemistry in similar ways as PTSD.
Common Indications of PTSD
Some common signs of PTSD include:
Common Indications of Substance Addiction
Common signs of substance addiction include:
How and Why Can PTSD Lead to Addiction?
PTSD and substance abuse are linked because people often use substances to cope with PTSD symptoms. Additionally, when someone develops PTSD, that person’s nervous system becomes activated and is in a state of near-constant hypervigilance. This means the body is in a constant state of stress, unable to return to the parasympathetic nervous system, which allows for rest, digestion, and healing. This takes a toll on the mind and body, and some people with PTSD find that substances allow them to feel a sense of relief from the constant stress of their PTSD symptoms.
Unfortunately, PTSD and addiction are a vicious cycle. When alcohol or drugs are used to manage PTSD symptoms, it often only makes issues worse, as substance abuse doesn’t address the root cause of the issue.
Different Types of PTSD and Addiction Treatment Programs
When dealing with PTSD and addiction, it’s important to seek help to prevent the conditions from worsening. There are many options available, which will be detailed below.
This treatment is an excellent option for people looking for intensive, one-on-one care. With inpatient treatment, individuals stay at a mental health or addiction facility at all times, usually for the duration of a month or longer.
Here, individuals have the chance to work with therapists and other medical professionals to heal their trauma, address addiction, and begin recovery without the triggers and stressors of the outside world. There are treatment centers for PTSD and drug addiction as well as for PTSD and alcohol addiction.
Like inpatient treatment, individuals can receive one-on-one care with outpatient treatment, but with the benefit of treatment being on the patient’s schedule. This means you attend day programs to address addiction issues or mental health concerns, but you are free to go home in the evening. This is a good option for people who want to continue working, taking classes, and generally continuing their daily lives while also healing.
Sometimes, what a person needs most is to know they’re not alone. When dealing with addiction and PTSD, it’s easy to feel isolated and like no one understands what you’re going through. However, support groups for these PTSD and drug addiction can help you find solidarity with other people who share your struggles.
For veterans experiencing PTSD or addiction, there are specific support groups and programs to offer assistance. Many of these programs are offered across the country, more info can be found via Veterans Affairs.5
Treatment for Addiction and PTSD
Some people may think that treating the trauma behind PTSD will heal both PTSD and substance abuse. However, this is often not the case, and it is essential to treat PTSD and drug addiction as co-occurring conditions. This means both PTSD symptoms and addiction symptoms are addressed separately, with an emphasis on how the two conditions can affect each other.
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Whitening Tray InstructionsChesapeake, VA
Please note: Whitening trays will only lighten natural teeth. Any restorations to the teeth will not be changed. Results may vary.
Utilize your at home treatment 3 to 5 times a week for 4 weeks, then switch to 2 times a week until you reach your desired shade. Then utilize as needed to maintain your shade.
- Brush teeth
- Place a small drop of whitening gel into each tooth of the tray for the teeth undergoing treatment
- Seat the tray with gel around the tooth
- Wipe excess gel in mouth with tissue or dry soft brush to minimize risk of burning soft tissues
- After 20 minutes, remove the trays, rinse the tray and your mouth thoroughly with water.
- a. If sensitivity arises, utilize sensitive toothpaste and shorten whitening sessions
- 6. Store syringes in the refrigerator and wrapped in foil to avoid light when not in use.
Do not eat, drink, or smoke during your whitening treatment Wait at least 48 hours to smoke or consume staining products (wine, coffee, etc) Do not use if pregnant, lactating, of under the age of 18 Discontinue if any unusual sensitivity or reaction occurs
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Sedation dentistry helps individuals to overcome the fear of dentists. Dental anxiety affects many people and it often prevents them from getting treatments they need when problems develop in their mouths. However, most dental problems do not go away on their own. Treatment is needed to prevent the issue from getting worse, which can result… | <urn:uuid:fb6d6ab1-ff57-4679-9305-55b9df7a9658> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shdentalva.com/patient-information/whitening-tray-instructions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.933556 | 590 | 1.882813 | 2 |
In the course of the morning, after a quiet breakfast, we get ourselves going again and get into the car. First we have a look at the castle nearby that we have seen a few times, near the town of Boyne.
A narrow, steep road brings us to the village and we are glad that we do not encounter oncoming traffic. The ruins are built on the rock so that you can not distinguish the castle from the rock. In the 13th century people started to build it, but in 1633 it was destroyed by orders of cardinal and statesman Richelieu.
We do not enter the castle (we have seen enough castles), but drive through the Gorges du Tarn to the north and from this direction it looks different than when we arrived and drove to the south. The sun is also different now and that makes a lot of difference in the colors and hues of the landscape.
This gap is really the most impressive of all the gorges we have seen in this area and that is also what many other tourists, mainly Dutch people, think. Without tourists, probably only the postman and some freight transporters would drive through, but now it is really busy on the road.
Halfway through the gorge, in Les Vignes we stop to take a few photos of the river and the village and we take a cup of coffee on a terrace. It has become increasingly hot in recent days and we notice that when we sit in the sun. An area like this looks the best in the sun, so you do not hear us complaining about the heat, we love it!
From Les Vignes we drive via the D995 to the west, in the direction of the highway and now we come through an area with more mountainous landscape than we expect. When we are on the highway you notice less of it even though we see the signs along the road that indicate that we are constantly going down and rising. We drive north to St. Flour.
The old city lies on a 100 meter high basalt rock and we look around for a short time. First we wanted to go to the Monts du Cantal, an old volcano chain where we see the snowy peaks in the west, but we have already realized that we do not have enough time for that today. More bad planning, we could better had a view at this region when we were close to Clermont-Ferrand.
That is why we now drive back to the south, first through the Truyere valley, a river where several dams have been constructed. We also come across some nice little castles like the Chateau d'Alleuze on a lonely hilltop in the river valley.
The road is pretty nice and we see beautiful places, especially along the reservoirs, and the Gorges de la Truyere are definitely worth visiting. But it is very hot and we have to drive a long dinstance back to the campsite, actually a far too big distance for 1 day. And thus, we stop less often to take a picture or simply enjoy the scenery.We return therefore quite late at the campsite; there is still so much to see in this area, but then we have to go camping in a more central location. We first were in the north of the Massif Central near Clermont-Ferrand and now in the south. Next time we should stay in the middle or we just have to explore smaller areas. Maybe we also want to see too much. On a map of France this area looks well-organized and possible 'to do', but France is large and this area is clearly quite big too. In addition, there is actually only a highway from north to south through and on the other roads you have to keep in mind that traveling costs a lot of time. Well, we let it go, take a beer on the terrace and off to bed, tomorrow we go to the next area! | <urn:uuid:076801a1-1bc9-42f0-9c0d-0b48f538df11> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.havetravelfun.com/france/2006/france060615 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.976147 | 811 | 1.59375 | 2 |
In college, students take classes to achieve their degrees, and after graduation often participate in workshops and earn additional degrees and certifications to keep the knowledge of their chosen career fresh and current. It’s should be no different for sheet metal workers.
In a post-recession world when contractors can scale back when the work is low and hire when the demand is high, continuing education could be the key to employment.
Jason Bowers is four years into his five-year apprenticeship at Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 206 in San Diego and is eager to learn all facets of the trade, which includes taking as many classes, and earning as many certifications, as he can. He treats earning certifications like specialty classes needed to complete a major in college.
He currently holds certifications as a testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) technician, AutoCAD and Title 24, California Acceptance Testing. He also is brushing up on his welding skills.
“It’s free, and it’s obviously a strength,” Bowers said. “It’s a good thing to have. It’s just as good, if not better, than college.”
Bowers was working for an architectural sheet metal company when work began to wane. Because he also holds TAB certifications, he was able to jump ship and go right to work for a local TAB firm.
“I want to lead by example,” he said. “I don’t spend any time on the bench, laid off.”
John Roberts, currently the balancing division manager for APS Air Balancing, a division of Art Push and Sons, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, started out as a sheet metal apprentice in Los Angeles, where he learned first-hand how certifications can not only save your job, but they can jump start your career.
More than a decade ago, Roberts had been laid off from two jobs when he transferred to Local No. 3 as a third-year apprentice. Ready to not ever be laid off again, he set off to take every opportunity to earn every certification available to him.
“I wanted to make myself as valuable to an employer as possible,” he said. “If I was to get laid off or if the company was to fail, I would be left to go back and take whatever was available. So, whatever class I could take, I took. And it worked. I haven’t been laid off in nine years.”
Today, as a manager, Roberts sees it from the employer’s perspective.
“If a contractor is looking at two equally qualified people, they aren’t going to lay off the person with a pile of certifications compared to the person without them,” he said. “I don’t like our technicians to be pigeon-holed. The more certifications they have, the more valuable they are. That way, no matter what job comes up, I can take any guy on my crew and send him on any job. So, I encourage people to get as many certifications as possible.”
Even as a manager, he hasn’t grown complacent.
“If something happens, you could be standing out on the street with 50 other air balancers,” Roberts added. “I always wanted to stand out.”
When work is slow, a company’s bottom line is at stake, which causes them to scale back the work force. Most contractors will say they don’t enjoy laying off their workers. They want the work. They want the employees. And when contractors have a reason to keep them, all the better.
“It gives our union sheet metal workers better opportunities to keep their jobs,” said Tim Martin, president of T.H. Martin, Inc. in Cleveland. “We always tell our employees the more certifications you have, the more likely you are to keep and maintain your position. From welding to safety to fire life safety, more and more jobs are requiring more and more certifications. It’s advantageous of them to continue their educations.”
With energy efficiency being required by code, Pat Pico, veteran TAB instructor for Local No. 104 in Northern California, said the way things have always been done is changing course. There is a driving force behind certifications absent a decade ago.
“If you don’t take these classes and earn these certifications, you’re a sheet metal worker with one tool in your tool box,” he said. “Why not have more tools?”
Twenty-five years ago, when Pico started in the trade, there was one TAB certification. Today, there are eight specialized certifications available for technicians and six for supervisors. The most in demand certifications are Fire Life Safety Technician Levels I and II, Energy Audit Technician and Mechanical Acceptance Testing Technician. Although it’s required for California only, the latter is being examined for adoption in other states across the country, Pico said.
“You definitely want to get it now,” he said of the Mechanical Acceptance Testing Technician certification. “Once the opportunity shows up, you’re ready to go.”
Some certifications are less time-consuming than others. A journeyman sheet metal worker can complete an HVAC Fire Life Safety class in eight to 16 hours. However, the Mechanical Acceptance Testing Technician certification, for instance, can take 20 to 160 hours of training, depending on experience, leading up to the certification exam. Once a certification is earned, continuing education units are required to verify a technician or supervisor remains current in the industry.
“A lot of these certifications can help generate more hours, more jobs,” Pico said. “Having certifications has allowed me opportunities to get more work. They’re door openers. You get in and you can find issues that allow for job opportunities and increased hours. You can turn a 10-hour job into a 100-hour job.”
Curriculum and certification is currently being developed for 2016 for Infectious Control Risk Assessment (ICRA), born out of high demand from clients seeking a skilled and certified work force to complete the work.
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What is Crypto? Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies. Like other currencies, they have value. There are two factors determining the value of these coins: supply and demand. Supply refers to how many bitcoins are available for purchase at a given time, while demand refers to how much people want to own a certain amount. As long as there is a balance between these two factors, the value of crypto will stay at a certain level. While cryptocurrencies have low transaction fees, the value of these currencies is also linked to the pride that comes with having been part of an entirely new financial system.
Bitcoin is a digital currency, decentralized to the nodes of the network. Cryptography enables bitcoin transactions to be recorded in a public ledger known as the blockchain. Its popularity has fueled a plethora of projects aimed at creating bitcoin wallets. But how does bitcoin work? Here are some basics. But what is cryptography, and how does it work for Bitcoin wallets? And what does this mean for users?
Cryptocurrency is digital money, created by a person known as “Satoshi Nakamoto.” It enables peer-to-peer payments without the involvement of a third party, and has become one of the most popular forms of payment. Other popular cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum have since emerged. Although Bitcoin is the most popular, Ethereum and other similar currencies are also popular as a digital alternative to traditional government-issued money.
Litecoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and an open-source software project. The code was released under the MIT/X11 license. The underlying software was inspired by Bitcoin and was one of the first altcoins. It began in October 2011, but shares the same Bitcoin codebase as Bitcoin. As a result, many people are confused as to how it works. Here are some basic facts about Litecoin.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Litecoin crypto. You must provide a proof of address in order to access the Litecoin crypto. Utility bills and other documents are acceptable. You can also use a broker to store your tokens and trade them frequently to generate profits. Most brokerage platforms offer derivative products for speculating on price movements and leveraged trading, which allows you to multiply your profits.
In an effort to mock the wild cryptocurrency speculation, two software engineers created the Dogecoin crypto currency. Its creators have referred to it as the first “meme coin,” or dog coin, and believe it was the first cryptocurrency that encapsulated a social concept. Although the Dogecoin cryptocurrency price has fallen over time, its popularity continues to rise. What’s great about Dogecoin is that it has the potential to become one of the largest digital currencies ever.
While Dogecoin’s all-time high was $0.68, it has been steadily declining since then. In fact, many analysts believe that it is not likely that the Dogecoin crypto will ever reach a $1 value, and it will be years before it reaches that level. That said, if you’re a beginner in the world of crypto currencies, you can make a lot of money with this currency.
While many unpegged cryptocurrency coins are volatile, the price of a stablecoin remains relatively stable. This makes them more suitable as payment instruments. They can be withdrawn instantly and with low costs from many exchanges. The first stablecoin, USDT, was so stable in 2021, that it accounted for 75% of all Bitcoin trading volume. Despite this lack of volatility, stablecoins still provide significant value to crypto investors.
The government of Britain is already planning to regulate stablecoins in an effort to create a hub for digital payments. As a result, it has agreed to draft rules for the cryptocurrency, which must be fully regulated. However, lawmakers must still negotiate a final bill before it can be made official. Stablecoin issuers must be regulated in their domicile countries and by the appropriate regulator in their jurisdiction. But this law does not necessarily mean that stablecoins should be banned. | <urn:uuid:3878991c-0ba3-4b63-8ee2-339402edc262> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vmg.co.uk/what-is-crypto-4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.964257 | 840 | 3.015625 | 3 |
The first language of Christian liturgy was Aramaic, the common language of the first Christians, who were Palestinian Jews. While Hebrew was the language of scripture and formal worship, Christian worship occurred in the home where Aramaic was spoken. The words Abba and maranatha are Aramaic.
Christianity quickly spread from Palestine to the rest of the world, and the Eucharist came to be celebrated in many languages, including Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian. In most of the Mediterranean world, the common language was Greek, which became the language of liturgy in that region and remained so until the early third century.
Eucharist itself is a Greek word, meaning thanksgiving. The phrase Kyrie eleison and the words liturgy, baptism, evangelize, martyr, and catechumen, among other familiar church words, are also Greek in origin.
From around the third century B.C., what we call “classical” Latin was the language of the Roman aristocracy and the educated classes. Around the time Jesus was born, during the reign of Augustus Caesar, the language began to change. The Roman aristocracy was destroyed by war and political infighting; when they disappeared, their language went with them. Classical Latin was replaced by a less refined version of the language.
In the third and fourth centuries A.D. this form of Latin began to replace Greek as the common language of the Roman world and soon became the language of the liturgy.
Exactly how this change in the liturgy came about is uncertain. In the early church the liturgy was led extemporaneously by the bishop, according to a pattern. There were written examples of Eucharistic Prayers, but they were models, not prescribed prayers. The last such document in Greek was written around the year 215. By the sixth century, the Roman Canon (which is still in use, also called Eucharistic Prayer I) appears, completely in Latin and prescribed for use exactly as written.
What happened during those centuries? It seems that a core of the Roman Canon was developed and used first, probably even in liturgies that were partly in Greek and partly in Latin, until the final Latin version evolved. Because Christians had not used Latin for worship prior to this, words had to be adapted or imported (often from Greek) to express Christian ideas, beginning the development of an ecclesiastical form of Latin. There is also evidence that the Roman Canon was influenced by prayers from the Eastern churches.
Even though Latin evolved into various modern languages, Latin remained the sole language of the Roman Rite until the Second Vatican Council returned to the original instinct of Christianity that people should worship in a language they understand.
This article appeared in the July 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 7, page 46).
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Senegal cabinet approves vice president position
Senegal's cabinet has approved a proposal to create the position of a vice-president who will be a running...
Senegal's cabinet has approved a proposal to create the position of a vice-president who will be a running mate for the president in next year's election.
Observers see the move as a means for Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, 84, to maintain his grip on power while preparing grounds for a possible succession.
The proposed plan has to be approved by the West African country's national assembly.
It was not immediately clear what would happen to the post of prime minister, who is currently appointed by the president.
Opposition challengers have accused Wade of manipulating preparations for the February, 2012 vote, so as to ensure an easy victory for himself even as his government faces rising anger over poor living conditions and chronic power shortages.
"It is clear that he is seeking to maintain himself in power by all means," said Landing Savane, secretary general of And Jeff opposition party. "Given his age, he cannot embark on an electoral campaign alone, so he needs to lean on someone."
"Also there is the problem of his candidacy which has to be decided by the constitutional court," Savane said.
Senegal's new constitution limits presidents to two terms of five years. But Wade, who came to power in 2000, has argued that his first term did not count because the new constitution did not come into force until 2001.
"This confirms what we have been saying. He (Wade) has not backed off from his plan to turn Senegal in to a monarchy," said Amath Dansokho, of the independent workers party (PIT).
The opposition says Wade is nurturing plans to engineer the succession of his son Karim Wade, 43, who is also a minister in his cabinet. Wade has denied the charges. | <urn:uuid:0661ec18-ad5e-43c1-b04d-0472686231a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ewn.co.za/2011/06/18/Senegal-cabinet-approves-vice-president-position | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.985182 | 390 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Observatories have been around for centuries, and they continue to play a vital role in the study of space. Some observatories allow visitors to look through their powerful telescopes, while others have libraries and classrooms devoted to astronomy.
What is observatory and what does it do for astronomy ?
The observatory is a place of wonder and mystery. Astronomical observatories are mainly divided into four categories: space-based, ground-based, airborne, and underground facilities.
Observatories were first built by early civilizations to observe the stars and planets. The large number of observatories attest to the importance that cultures have placed on astronomy. They have played a key role in the advancement of science and our understanding of the universe.
Space-based observatories are equipped with telescopes that are launched into orbit around Earth or another planet. These observatories can take high-resolution images and make precise measurements of astronomical objects. The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most famous space-based observatories.
How observatories have changed over time
Ground-based observatories are located on the surface of Earth and make use of optical, infrared, and radio telescopes. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, with some being portable and others requiring a large amount of land to operate. The largest ground-based observatory is the Keck Observatory, which is located in Hawaii.
Airborne observatories are mounted onto airplanes or helicopters and can take measurements and images of objects that are difficult to observe from the ground. These observatories have been used to study everything from stars and galaxies to weather patterns.
The future of observatories in space exploration
Observatories have come a long way since their inception centuries ago. With the advent of space-based observatories, we have been able to learn more about our universe than ever before. As technology continues to improve, we can only imagine what new and exciting discoveries observatories will make in the future. Thanks to observatories, we now have a greater understanding of the universe and the place we occupy within it.
Top observatories around the world
There are many observatories around the world that are open to the public. Some examples:
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California
The observatory at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
The observatory at The Vatican, Rome, Italy
Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, England
Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales
Each observatory offers a unique experience and offers visitors a chance to learn more about astronomy and space. With their ever-growing popularity, observatories are sure to play a key role in astronomy for years to come.
Why observatories ?
Observatories have been around for centuries, and they continue to play a vital role in the study of space. Some observatories allow visitors to look through their powerful telescopes, while others have libraries and classrooms devoted to astronomy. Thanks to observatories, we now have a greater understanding of the universe and the place we occupy within it. If you're interested in learning more about astronomy or observatories, be sure to check out some of the top observatories around the world. | <urn:uuid:11bba37d-e433-46b1-9e64-2f87aa4442dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foxobservatory.org | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.944372 | 640 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Final Report for FNC95-104
Our farm is a small family owned and operated fruit growing operation founded in the 1850’s. It is completely contained within our small village and has a number of residential neighbors. Nine distinct types of trees and small fruit are raised, although apples are our primary crop. We emphasize direct retail sales and U-pick methods of marketing our crops.
We have implemented several significant sustainable practices over the past 15 years. Tree row volume spraying was started about 15 years ago. We started avoiding harsh broad spectrum insecticides about 10 years back, and began to use pheromone traps scouting to time sprays five or six years ago.
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONAND RESULTS
Numerous beneficial arthropods, including beneficial insects and predator mites, have been found in Ohio orchards. Could their populations be enhanced by using pest control strategies based on pest and predator populations, rather than on a calendar? Could spray applications be reduced and still achieve satisfactory fruit quality?
Two part-time scout/technicians were employed to monitor conditions in our orchards. Numerous other growers were enlisted as cooperators, both to broaden the experimental base and to increase awareness of the program. Approximately 330 acres of apple and peaches were enrolled for scouting. These blocks influenced pest control decisions on about 750 acres, all in North Central Ohio.
The scouts visited farms on a weekly basis to check traps and assess populations of both beneficial and injurious arthropods. Scouting reports were discussed immediately with the grower. In addition, a weekly newsletter was mailed to all cooperators with scouting results. Economic action thresholds were included, along with local degree day accumulations, thereby allowing individual growers to adjust their pest control strategies to pest pressures.
Huron County Extension Agent Ted Gastier was primarily responsible for administering this project. The scout technicians were Eugene Horner and James Mutchler. Kathy Phillips, Mary Ellen Hamernik, and Cathy Weilnau, office secretaries, assisted with budgeting and preparation of the newsletter. Dr. Celeste Welty, Entomologist, and Dr. Michael Ellis, Plant Pathologist, provided assistance with the field day.
Cooperating growers included the following: The Joe Burnham family, Lloyd Dayton, William Dodd, Rich and Betty Eshleman, The William Gammie Family, Dean Hasen, The Haslinger family, The Kuns family, The William Lees family, The Malone family, The Dwight Miller family, the Moore family, Carl Poorman, Rolland Schumaker, Ron Novak, The Soviak family, The Steinbauer family, Ralph Walcher, and Larry and Dona Mae Welch.
Beneficial arthropods were observed at sometime in all participating orchards. Stethorus punctum and predator mites provided significant control of European red mite. There remain questions on the tolerance of these predators to several new miticides just introduced this year.
The number of sprays required for the season was reduced as compared to a calendar-based system. Additionally San Jose scale control was enhanced by scouting for the emergence of the vulnerable “crawler” stage for spray timing. Spray material was economized by spraying only those trees found to be infested.
There are numerous advantages to this program, as well as some disadvantages. We were able to save sprays, which reduced the toxicity pressure on the beneficials. We did have red mite, but Stethorus punctum kept them in check, thus saving another spray. There is also a public relations benefit. It is good to be able to say to my customers that we have a program in place to effectively target our fruit pests.
A disadvantage of a scouting based spray plan is that it is more complicated to plan and implement. Care must be taken not to endanger the scout with too recent sprays. Coordinating insect sprays with disease sprays is more complicated.
Plans to study the effect of ground covers on beneficials were dropped when it was learned that earlier OSU research showed no clear correlation. Budgeted funds were directed toward monitoring leaf damage from Spotted tentiform Leafminer, a perennial problem.
Outreach consisted of several distinct parts. The weekly newsletter reached all cooperating growers, as well as Ag agents in our North-east District and other extension personnel. A survey of growers at season’s end indicated they found the newsletter to be useful in the management of their orchards.
Our farm hosted a “Twilight” meeting in mid-July and invited fruit growers to visit with both the scouts and Extension specialists. Thirty-five growers participated. The meeting included presentations by Dr. Celest Welty and Dr. Michael Ellis of OSU Extension. An orchard walk with scouting demonstrations was also conducted.
Our growers will be meeting December 4th for a “Fruit Breakfast” to share the results of this project.
In cooperation with OSU Extension we will be continuing our outreach at the Ohio Fruit Grower’s Congress (our state organization’s annual meeting) in February 1997. there will be two sessions on trapping and scouting, one basic and one advanced.
The results of this project will also be carried forward to a follow up project in 1997, funded in part by NCRSARE and hosted by Richard and Betty Eshleman of Clyde, Ohio. Growers have expressed interest in continuing some type of summer training session. | <urn:uuid:01426029-bf10-4369-bdd8-1240e1654503> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/fnc95-104/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.962272 | 1,142 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Bethany had noticed that her husband’s condition was declining. Samuel was much more confused than he’d been before, and his word-finding abilities were getting worse. He had an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and was being followed by both a psychiatrist and a geriatrician, which was helpful.
Still, it didn’t seem like the disease had progressed that quickly—until they went on vacation. The couple had had a difficult plane trip. It was long, it was cold, and there was a layover. To make matters worse, the flight was also happening in the evening. By the time they arrived at their destination, Samuel was clearly confused.
It was 2:00 in the morning, and things just weren’t right. Suddenly, Samuel turned to his wife and yelled, “Who are you!?” Understandably frightened, Bethany called their daughter, who was staying in a different hotel.
The next morning, everything was back to normal. Samuel recognized his wife again, and there were no other issues.
When I first heard this story, I suggested that Samuel might have a urinary tract infection, as those are common in causing delirium. Bethany noted that she’d had him checked for a UTI, and the test was negative. Once she explained more about the stressful plane right, though, it made sense: the plane ride, the exhaustion, and the stress had caused this sudden onset of extra confusion.
While dementia does not often get “suddenly” worse (unless there is a fall or other medical incident) there are times that people with dementia may experience delirium, which is a sudden onset of confusion. Delirium can be caused by a lot of things, namely UTIs, sleep deprivation, medication mishaps, strokes, falls, and more.
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I thought, erroroneously, that a dragon and a nazgul mount were about the same. However, we can clearly see that Smaug from the Hobbit’s tale, could speak, covet gold, fly and breathe fire.
Tolkien once wrote that “he did not intend the steed of the Witch-king to be what is now called a pterodactyl, while acknowledging that it was ‘obviously… pterodactylic and owes much to the new mythology of the Prehistoric’ “. Peter Jackson changed the beak from the book into teeth for the movie.
The Nazgul mount apparently does not even have a proper name. It could fly and apparently it stank. Not the type of beast you would invite to dinner. Unlike Smaug who apparently could make great dinner converstation if he could be trusted not to take away the gold plated servers. | <urn:uuid:ee224323-504e-4265-9cc5-bbebcebfe22e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://liveanuntetheredlife.com/tag/lord-of-the-rings/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.976093 | 192 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Phone: 1-877-736-1419 ext. 4926
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Principal Troy Wunderlich
Greetings and welcome to the Miltona Science Magnet School!
Miltona Magnet School is located on 12 acres of wooded hills and walking trails. Teachers here know that the four walls surrounding student desks are just one of many areas where instruction occurs. From the playground, to walks through the woods and some incredible field trips, students will encounter journeys that will give them memories that will last a lifetime.
Miltona is a magnet school with an emphasis on science and a focus on the environment. Our motto is, "Branching out to create an appreciation of our environment." The mission is to achieve excellence by enhancing core curriculum with environmental projects to reach a wider variety of learning styles and provide unique real life experiences for young learners.
Miltona is able to offer all of the same opportunities that all Alexandria Public elementary schools offer. Special area teachers instruct in the areas of physical education, music, art, and orchestra. Specialized instruction is offered through Reading Intervention, Reading Corps, Special Education, Title I and High Potential programming. These specialists along with classroom teachers make sure that every student is provided the opportunity to succeed.
Parents are a critical part of our team. We count on parents as partners in their child's education. There are many family events that take place at Miltona and there are numerous ways to become involved. We appreciate all the volunteers that give time, energy and talent to help enhance student learning.
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The Volvo Group announced that it is investing in Momentum Dynamics, “a Philadelphia-based company developing and commercializing high power inductive charging for the automotive and transportation industries, especially suitable for commercial electric, autonomous and connected vehicles.”
Per Adamsson, Vice President at Volvo Group Venture Capital, commented on the announcement:
“Momentum Dynamics’ technology and competence within inductive bi-directional transmission of electrical energy and information safely through air, water and ice will fit the harsh conditions under which our customers operate. High capacity charging up to 300 kW for trucks, buses, construction equipment, industrial and marine applications will support the electrified transition.”
We reported on Momentum Dynamics back in 2016.
At the time, they claimed that they would bring to market a 200-kW wireless charging system by the end of that year.
It took them a little longer, but they announced last year that they deployed an operational system deployed for a BYD K9S bus at Link Transit in Wenatchee, Washington.
Now Momentum Dynamics says that it is “conducting pilots in Europe and North America with both fleets and vehicle manufacturers of cars, buses, trucks and trains.”
They didn’t announce any timeline for Volvo to implement the system.
Last year, the Swedish group announced that it will bring its electric trucks to the road this year and start selling them soon.
As I’ve said in previous articles about wireless charing, like when Kia unveiled its own wireless charging system for the Soul EV electric car, I don’t think the convenience aspect of wireless charging is important enough to compensate for the disadvantages.
But in cases like these, I admit that it certainly makes more sense with commercial vehicles than cars if the system is quick enough to charge during short stops.
With that said, there are still a few things that we would need to know, like the cost of embedding the wireless charging pad in the pavement and the longterm durability of that pad.
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Expanding Safe Fecal Sludge Management in Kisumu, Kenya – An Analysis of the Gap Between Supply and Demand
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According to John Gottman, a marriage researcher, a bid for connection is any attempt to receive:Attention, Affirmation or Affection from our partner(s).
In subtle ways (and sometimes obvious ways), we are asking our partner to really listen to us, to see/notice us, to understand us, and to comfort us.
BIDS AS QUESTIONS:
“Do you like
my outfit?” “Did you hear
about…?” “Would you grab me some water?”
“Will you help me put this together?” “When do you think I should go see my friend?
“Is it OK if I’m feeling too stressed to go? I’m scared/sad/mad, can I take a minute?”
“Do you wanna watch a movie together on the couch?” “Are you willing to rub my back?”
-NOT ALL BIDS ARE VERBAL-
There are just as many of non-verbal
bids, such as moving
closer to your partner on the couch, coming home with a new haircut, a smile, and
Many bids may be hard to miss, so constantly be on the
lookout for them.
“The traffic on the way home was terrible!” It may be easy to just shrug this
off and not think much of it. But what your partner may be asking you is some
attention, understanding, empathy, and perhaps some comforting.
TRY NOT TO MISS THE BIDS!
a John Gottman study of newlywed couples, the couples who were still together
after six years were those who TURNED TOWARDS each other on an average
of 86% of the time. Those who were
divorced after six years only turned towards one another 33% of the time.
TURNING TOWARDS=NOTICING AND RESPONDING TO BIDS
In order to give your relationship it’s best shot, give your partner(s) that attention, affirmation, and affection that we all desire. Remember, humans are hard-wired for connection. Let’s turn towards our significant other(s) and create a long-lasting, meaningful relationship.
Although everyone may have a slightly different interpretation, to be vulnerable is to be exposed, to move forward without certainty, to show our flaws, to admit when we are wrong, to face judgment, to love without reciprocation or reassurance, and to live and act as our authentic-selves; even when that means we may get hurt.
A Common misconception is that vulnerability=weakness
Brené Brown, vulnerability has these three characteristics:
characteristics make vulnerability appear to be more of an act of courage and bravery, not of weakness.
Question 1: How can you view vulnerability as courage, rather than
Why do we avoid vulnerability? Because it can be:
painful, unsafe, embarrassing, uncertain, disappointing, and a WHOLE LOT MORE!
Question 2: Can you remember times when you stopped
yourself from being vulnerable? What were the circumstances? What were you
afraid would happen?
create all types of defenses to protect themselves from potential emotional
What defenses have you created?
SO WHY BE
us. It shows humility. It fosters growth. It makes life more meaningful. It
helps us reach self-actualization. It builds trust & respect. It’s a necessary
part of love
Question 4: Can you think of positive,
meaningful moments or experiences that resulted from vulnerability? If so, take
a moment to reflect on them.
*Note of caution- some people and situations are not deserving of your vulnerability. If you have good reason to believe that your vulnerability will be used or abused for personal gain and power, it is reasonable to protect yourself.
Seriously? Treat my partner like a child? Yes. And here’s why.
How do we communicate with children without fighting?
When we are being the best parent we can be, how do we treat our children? With unconditional love? Patience? Acceptance? Understanding? With TONS of hugs and kisses?
Somehow when it comes to our romantic relationships, we tend to lose some of this. Our love can become conditional when we are hurt or angry. Our patience is short. We stop accepting them for who they are, and instead expect them to change aspects of themselves that we don’t like. We no longer seek to understand what is really going on for them, rather, we mind-read and make assumptions. And when are relationship has surpassed infatuation, we certainly do not give as many hugs and kisses!
Now, if you still DO treat your partner in this loving way, GREAT. However, you may still benefit from reading on. Or, if your partner is abusive in any way shape or form, please, don’t feel like you need to love them unconditionally or accept them the way they are. Either get out, seek support to get out, or seriously strengthen your boundaries, protect yourself and don’t forget about self-care!
So how exactly can I communicate with my spouse without fighting?
Ok, so I am going to give you a scenario that relates to how we can communicate with our spouse as if they were a child. Here’s the scene:
Let’s say your five-year-old daughter starts crying for NO APPARENT REASON. She was happy two minutes ago, and now she is red in the face, has tears in her eyes, and is on the verge of what looks like a panic attack.
You run over to ask her “what’s the matter?” Your daughter crosses her arms and pouts, “nothing…” You press the issue and continue to ask her what’s wrong, only to get the cold shoulder. Looking across the room you realize that little Johnny has stolen a toy of hers that she doesn’t even like. Your automatic first thought may be that you think that this is ridiculous so you say, “Really? You’re upset about that dumb toy that you don’t even like? Who cares if Johnny plays with it. Look, you have your favorite toy right here!”
Does that help? Absolutely not. Why? Because it was invalidating. And why didn’t she just tell you to begin with when you asked what was wrong? Because she was scared of your invalidation! She, even at five years of age, knows that she is already in a vulnerable position, and the last thing she needs is to have to defend herself for having feelings about something that you find ridiculous. Of course, she probably won’t be able to articulate this, and will instead just cry harder.
Now to the important part: Validating your spouse’s feelings
What should you have done instead? Notice how she’s feeling, make your best guess as to why she’s feeling that way, and then VALIDATE VALIDATE VALIDATE! Instead of asking her what is wrong, try saying something like this: “I notice that you are feeling very sad and overwhelmed. I’m going to guess that it is because little Johnny took one of your toys, is that right?” She may then give a little pouty nod-still not fully trusting in where this is going-but much more open now that you’ve identified her struggle.
So you continue to validation by saying something like “Yeah, I can see why you’d be upset. It can be sad and frustrating when someone takes something of ours. And when they don’t even ask for permission, it can make us very angry as well. I totally understand how you are feeling. I get it. You have every right to feel the way you’re feeling.”
And this, is the SAME WAY we should talk to our partners. This type of scenario signals to our loved ones that we see them, we care, and we understand. We are not jumping the gun and trying to fix their problem, nor are we minimizing it, dismissing it, rolling our eyes at it, or ignoring it. We aren’t “staying out of it” and waiting for them to come to us with the thought of, “if they want my help/support, they should just tell me what’s wrong and ask for it”. When we are in an emotional state, we don’t always have that level of maturity to both identify and ask for our needs to be met. We may also fear a potentially bad response, which could just exacerbate the issue. What most of us really want, is for our loved ones to see our pain (even if you can’t comprehend it), and show that you care.
So please, everyone, try treating your spouse a little more like a child. A child for whom you adore, cherish, have patience for, want to understand, and accept for the wacky, emotional, funny-face makin’ little creatures that they are. If you can do this, you may start to see your relationship really blossom. Just don’t, however, try to tell your spouse when their bedtime is.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to consider therapy and remember, “Life Begins at the end of Your Comfort Zone” -Neale Donald Walsch
Starting psychotherapy is a big step, which may cause you to wonder, “Do I Really NEED Therapy?”
The decision to start therapy is scary. No doubt about it. How will I be perceived by my therapist? Does it mean I am broken or crazy if I need therapy? Does it make me appear weak and unable to solve my own problems? Can they really tell me something I don’t already know?
These all may be questions you ask yourself
My response? A good therapist will put all these fears at ease. Therapy is a very normal part of self-care. It’s about taking one hour out of your week to really focus on yourself, your relationships and your life. To think things through out loud. To get support. To evaluate your goals, process your struggles, and work towards inner peace and harmony.
We Need Therapy like We Need Exercise
Think of a therapist like a personal trainer
As a society, we place so much emphasis on physical health. From the newest exercise science to the next fad diet, we are very obsessed with what is on the outside. Mental health, however, has been historically stigmatized but yet, is just as important if not more, than physical health. Therapy is the foundation for keeping your mental health in check.
So when considering therapy, remember this: YOU ARE NOT CRAZY, AND NOTHING IS “WRONG” WITH YOU. Yes, you are definitely capable of “solving your own issues” and only you are the expert of your own life. Good therapy, however, can help make the process of “figuring it all out” more enjoyable, fulfilling and enlightening.
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Afghan baby’s heart surgery story captures hearts
HOLON – Baby Yehia has enormous chocolate-brown eyes. His family, Afghani refugees living in Pakistan, nicknamed their huggable little boy “Yaya”.
They almost lost Yaya because he was born with multiple severe heart defects that doctors in India and Pakistan could not repair – or at least not for a price the family could afford.
Yaya is now a 16-month-old walking miracle. Paediatric cardiologists from Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart nonprofit organisation, based at the Wolfson Medical Centre in Holon, performed a complex eight-hour operation, paid for by donors.
Yaya and his father are staying in SACH housing as he heals and they should be able to return home in two or three weeks’ time to meet Yaya’s newest sibling, born just before the surgery.
Since 1995, SACH doctors have repaired the hearts of more than 4 000 children from 51 countries, at no charge. About half of these children are Palestinian Arabs from the West Bank and Gaza. Others, like Yaya, live in countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel, including Iraq and Syria. No children from Afghanistan had been treated by SACH previously.
Arranging to bring sick kids from hostile countries is complicated. In Yaya’s case, the process involved determined, goodhearted people in several parts of the world. – Israel 21c
Life-saving Israeli app used at Olympics
BEERSHEBA – As the world looked to Brazil for the Olympic Games, an Israeli startup was there to improve the safety of millions.
SayVU is an application that sends a distress signal to an emergency call centre from any phone, even if it is locked.
The company was selected as part of the Olympics’ comprehensive security network.
“We see the Olympics as a main stage for global exposure of the unique technology we developed,” SayVU CEO Amotz Koskas said.
The app cuts response time and brings assistance more rapidly from emergency services, including police, firefighters and first responders.
SayVU contacts emergency services without the user needing to open or log in to the application. When triggered, the app immediately starts to compile data using the phone’s microphone. That data then transfers a comprehensive picture of the emergency to service providers.
The app also tracks and reports to a predetermined list of emergency responders and family members.
The startup was founded shortly after the tragic kidnapping and murder of three Israeli youths, which sparked the 2014 Gaza war.
After realising they were in danger, one boy dialled the police for help, but the operator thought the call was a prank and did not take it seriously.
Koskas, who was studying at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev at the time, was inspired to develop an application to prevent a repeat of such a tragedy.
Koskas won the “Innovation in the Public Sector” competition the next year. That contest was a joint BGU/Google venture designed to promote public-service innovation using technology, information and communication.- Jerusalem Post
Australian foreign minister calls for Wallenberg facts
CANBERRA – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called for the truth to be revealed about the fate of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, after news of an initiative to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to return the remains of Australia’s first and only honorary citizen,for burial alongside his parents in Sweden.
With new details of his death in a Soviet prison coming to light, Bishop has described the Swedish diplomat as “a courageous hero who saved so many people from the murderous Nazi regime.
“I support the efforts to determine his fate following his arrest in 1945 and I wish the Wallenberg family every success in seeking to close the chapter on Raoul Wallenberg’s extraordinary life.”
In Hungary in 1944, Wallenberg issued protective visas that saved tens of thousands of Jews from transportation to Auschwitz. But apparently suspected of espionage against the Soviet Union, he was last seen in Soviet custody after its army entered Budapest in January 1945.
New information seems to indicate Wallenberg was executed by lethal injection at Moscow’s Lubyanka prison in 1947 on orders that can be traced to Joseph Stalin.
However, child survivor Professor Frank Vajda, an acclaimed Melbourne neuropharmacologist whose life was saved by Wallenberg, is sceptical about the campaign.
Vajda was a key campaigner for Wallenberg to be made an honorary citizen of Australia, and in 2013, then Prime Minister Julia Gillard conferred Australia’s first honorary citizenship on the Swedish envoy, citing his courage and humanitarianism. – Australian Jewish News
Celtic charged by Uefa after Palestinian flags flown inside stadium
GLASGOW – Celtic Football Club has been charged by Uefa after fans flew Palestinian flags before and during the Glasgow side’s match against Hapoel Beersheba.
Uefa had warned prior to last week’s Champions League qualifier that the club could face sanctions if flags were displayed by protesters inside Celtic Park.
In a statement last week Friday, the football governing body confirmed it had opened disciplinary proceedings against the Scottish champions.
The case will be heard on September 22. Uefa is more likely to hand down a severe punishment if a rule breach reoccurs within a five-year period.
Celtic fall into this category, having been fined in 2014 after fans staged a similar demonstration and waved Palestinian flags at a match against KR Reykjavik.
A small group of demonstrators shouted “Israel is a racist state” and “Viva Palestina” on the concourse outside the ground before this week’s match against the Israeli champions. Officers mounted on horseback patrolled the area.
Stanley Lovatt, the honorary Israeli consul in Scotland, said he saw “a couple of dozen protesters” before kick-off.
He added: “There was a flurry of Palestinian flags inside the ground just as the game started, but absolutely no trouble at all.”
Before the match, hundreds of fans had joined a Facebook page titled “Fly the flag for Palestine, for Celtic, for Justice”, calling on supporters to display the flags as a protest against Israel.
A group called Celtic Fans for Palestine set up the page. It called on Celtic fans to use their “democratic rights to display our opposition to Israeli apartheid”. – Jewish Chronicle, London
Canadian Greens’ leader mulls quitting over BDS vote
OTTAWA – Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is contemplating stepping down from her role after party members voted to adopt a policy in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, despite her vocal opposition to it.
Following the Green Party’s national convention in Ottawa – during which delegates passed a resolution in favour of the BDS campaign – May told CBC News reporter Rosemary Barton that she is “struggling with the question of whether I should continue as leader or not.
“I’m quite certain most of our members don’t support this policy, but weren’t fully engaged in the consensus building process we normally would have had,” she said.
“So if I can’t find a way to bring that back and have the members review it with a consensus decision-making process, then I have to profoundly question whether I can continue as leader and that’s obviously heart-breaking.”
Earlier, in a statement released by the party after the convention, May said she was disappointed the party membership adopted a policy she considers to be “polarising, ineffective and unhelpful in the quest for peace and security for the peoples of the Middle East”.
Green Party federal council president, Ken Melamed, who is Jewish, said he wasn’t surprised by May’s comments about stepping down.
“Elizabeth has expressed her opposition to using BDS as a method to achieve the party’s goals, which is a peaceful two-state solution for Palestine and Israel… Where the polarisation has occurred is in how you get there,” Melamed said. – Canadian Jewish News
Outrage grows over UCLA discrimination case
LOS ANGELES – Numerous major community organisations have joined the attorney of former UCLA Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Milan Chatterjee in denouncing a UCLA Discrimination Prevention Office (DPO) finding that Chatterjee violated university policy by saying that he would not approve using organisational funds for an event that engaged with the divest-from-Israel issue.
An August 15 letter, co-signed by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, the Israeli American Council, StandWithUs and other groups, demanded that the university apologise to Chatterjee. It was addressed to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and copied to several elected officials, including Governor Jerry Brown and US Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.
“We urge you to intervene immediately and put a stop to these activities,” the six-page letter states.
“Mr Chatterjee should be exonerated, apologised to, and permitted to finish law school in peace and to pursue his personal and professional goals without any unjust and undeserved blemishes on his academic record.”
Chatterjee’s attorney, Peter Weil, managing partner at the Los Angeles law firm Glaser Weil, expressed opposition to the DPO’s investigation in an earlier letter, dated July 28, that was addressed to UCLA Discrimination Prevention Officer Dion Raymond.
“The UCLA administration has engaged in flawed and unfair investigative processes which, not surprisingly, has resulted in a flawed and erroneous conclusion,” Weil’s 15-page letter says.
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Increased demand on limited curbside space by a range of users, from ride-hailing vehicles to delivery trucks, micromobility services, and more, has exacerbated congestion and made it difficult for officials to balance multimodal needs for safe and efficient curbside access. A 2017 National Association of City Transportation Officials white paper highlights how cities can use the organizing principles of Complete Streets to prioritize transit to reduce congestion, enhance safety, and support multiple modes. In the Boston region, more municipalities are implementing Complete Streets policies and designs to improve access and safety for people walking, biking, and taking transit. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) newly adopted Long-Range Transportation Plan, Destination 2040, increased the funding goal for the Complete Streets investment program from 29 percent to 45 percent to support more Complete Streets projects and include funding for dedicated bus lanes. In a previous study, the Central Transportation Planning Staff identified the highest priority bus corridors for dedicated bus lanes based on the rate of delay that bus riders encounter as a result of traffic congestion. The MPO’s recently released Future of the Curb report explores various conflicts arising from the new and increasingly competing demands for curb space access and potential solutions that have been implemented in cities across the country.
Accommodating Passenger Pickups and Drop-Offs
With ride-hail usage in Massachusetts rising 25 percent from 2017 to 2018 by 81.3 million rides, there is increasing demand for curb space for passenger pickup and drop-off. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council recently conducted a survey of ride-hail passengers and drivers and found that 59 percent of ride-hail trips in the Boston region would have been made by transit, by bike, on foot, or not at all if ride-hailing were not available. This increase in ride-hail trips, with little space allocated for pickups and drop-offs, results in drivers double-parking in travel lanes, bus stops, and bike lanes, jeopardizing the safety of other users and intensifying congestion.
To accommodate this need, officials in Washington, DC, piloted replacing parking near a popular dining and entertainment area with passenger pickup and drop-off zones. During the pilot, officials monitored crash rates, traffic flow, ride-hail and taxi dwell time, transit and bikeshare ridership, transit travel speeds, parking citation trends, and economic impacts. After a nine-month evaluation period, the zones were converted to permanent, all-day pickup and drop-off zones, and the program was expanded to five more locations across the city. In San Francisco, officials worked with Lyft to trial geofencing to consolidate pickup and drop-off locations within particularly congested areas.
Closer to home, the City of Boston is piloting designated pickup and drop-off spaces on Boylston Street near Fenway Park. Designated pickup and drop-off zones could prove effective at reducing congestion, improving safety, and increasing the ability of ride-hail drivers and passengers to access the curb.
Managing On-Street Parking
When on-street parking is provided for free or at a low cost, occupancy tends to be high and turnover is low, especially when spaces do not have time limits. By dynamically pricing parking, cities can encourage turnover, which will reduce the number of drivers cruising for parking and ensure a few spaces will be available. In April 2011, San Francisco implemented a dynamic pricing pilot project called SFpark. The results of the SFpark project found
- a 43 percent reduction in time spent searching for parking;
- a 23 percent reduction in parking citations;
- a 30 percent reduction in vehicle emissions from vehicles searching for parking; and
- a 30 percent reduction in vehicle-miles traveled in the pilot area.
A similar program implemented in Washington, DC, resulted in improved vehicle turnover, improved placard compliance, reduced incidence of double-parking, and increased meter revenues.
In the City of Boston, officials raised the hourly rate of street parking in Back Bay from $1.25 per hour to $3.75 per hour, and found that the instance of double-parking reduced by 14 percent, and illegal parking in commercial vehicle loading zones reduced by 33 percent.
Managing Commercial Vehicle Loading Activity
Commercial vehicles are an increasing source of congestion on city streets and at the curb. According to CityLab, commercial vehicles now account for seven percent of urban traffic. The increase in commercial activity is putting a strain on existing infrastructure, forcing some delivery drivers to double-park in travel lanes, block bike lanes and bus stops, or encroach on pedestrian space. This is described in the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Investigation, Seeing Red. A study in Seattle found that when observing curb activity at five downtown locations on weekdays during the business day, 40 percent of commercial vehicles parked in bus lanes, passenger pickup and drop-off zones, tow-away zones, or other no parking zones. Some cities are working to solve this conflict by monitoring existing loading space for occupancy and dwell times, identifying opportunities to create more loading space, and rethinking delivery systems.
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in Washington, DC, rolled out a program in 2015 that required commercial vehicle operators to obtain a daily or annual permit to park in commercial loading zones. DDOT found that
- double-parking and illegal U-turns decreased by 64 percent near the new loading zones;
- commercial vehicles spent an average of 7–11 minutes in each zone; and
- small scale on-demand deliveries were most frequent.
In Seattle, researchers are looking beyond parking and focusing on the time it takes to move from the truck, down the street, through the buildings and back (which researchers call “the final 50 feet”), finding that for every 20 minutes a commercial vehicle spends at the curb, 12 minutes are spent going door-to-door and floor-to-floor to deliver the goods. Researchers found that a shared locker system trial in a major downtown office tower reduced vehicle dwell times by 78 percent and eliminated failed first delivery attempts.
There are a number of ways to address the increasing and changing multimodal demands on curb space, such as:
- Prioritizing curb lanes: For instance, learning from the City of Seattle Flex Zone/Curb Use Priorities plan, where curbs are broken into six categories based on the community’s goals—mobility, access for people, access for commerce, activation, greening, and storage—city officials can shift the conversation away from removing parking and refocus it around community goals.
- Evaluating the curb: The value of a curb lane is more tangible when it is measured, and there are different ways to measure the curb depending on the curb’s function.
- Actively managing use: Officials should consider flexibility in curb lane designations and dynamic management systems because the demands on the curb from different users change throughout the day.
- Building on the success of others: Officials can learn from the successes of other cities and programs. Pilot projects, which are often delivered more quickly and at a lower cost, can give officials the flexibility to trial several solutions, collect and analyze data, and evaluate projects.
Ultimately, the curb lane of the future will need to be designated in a way that reflects a community’s goals, be measured in a way that is appropriate to those goals, and be actively managed and monitored to ensure the way it is being used supports those goals.
This study was presented at the MPO meeting on December 5, 2019. Read the full report and check out other MPO studies to learn more about this effort and how it fits into the bigger picture of measuring mobility and access in the region.
The federal fiscal year 2019 ended in September and with it, a year of research studies and technical work at the MPO. These studies are being presented to the MPO board and will be available on the MPO’s website in the coming months. Keep an eye out for the results of analyses on topics such as new metrics for roadway usage, updates to the MPO’s traffic volume charts, and an interactive application for assessing the pedestrian environment. | <urn:uuid:1eb30ecd-0ac9-4e0e-85cf-52007cafda0b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bostonmpo.org/blog/tag/article/transit?page=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.937838 | 1,685 | 2.046875 | 2 |
AVOCA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Millions of people are hitting the road and sky this Fourth of July weekend and travel headaches are expected.
This Independence Day is expected to be the second busiest since 2000, as travel volumes continue to trend upwards with no sign of slowing down.
AAA predicts 47.9 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend. Many were headed to the airport early Friday morning to make sure they catch their flight on time.
“Yeah, last time I had a three-hour delay, who knows what it was. I think somebody ran into the nose of the plane or something like that. Yeah. It’s something you just got to deal with,” said traveler, Tim Haegele.
AAA says car travel volume, even with national average gas prices going over the $5 mark, will break previous records as 42 million opt to drive this independence day.
Drivers can expect the busiest time on the road to be today from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm as commuters leave work. Saturday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. will also be one of the busiest times to hit the road.
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A slot is a small opening. The American Heritage Dictionary defines slots as an “opening for receiving things,” a position in a document, or both. In Web design, a slot is used for separating DOM trees. An element with a name attribute is called a named slot. These slots are valuable and are increasingly popular in web design. In this article, we’ll explore the various uses of slots. This article will also examine the history of slot technology.
A slot machine’s payout percentage, or RTP (return on investment), refers to how much money is paid back to the player if the appropriate combinations are made. Usually, the payback percentage is a fixed percentage of the money the player puts into the machine. If a machine’s payback percentage is less than 100, the casino wins. For this reason, most slot machines come with payback percentages between ninety-five percent and 100 percent.
Another term for a slot is “expansion slot.” This refers to the area between the face-off circles in the offensive zone. Usually, an expansion card can be inserted into an expansion slot, which adds specialized capabilities. The majority of desktop computers have expansion slots installed to expand their capabilities. Aside from expansion cards, expansion slots also allow users to install disk drives and other hardware. A slot’s location is usually in the front or back of a computer. | <urn:uuid:e3a6408f-90e5-4397-9936-2cb43830d9f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://242movietv.com/2022/07/29/what-is-a-slot-16/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.934239 | 289 | 2.65625 | 3 |
This artwork Zugubaw Baydham represent a star constellation our ancestors used to navigate our seas. When I was a little boy, my dad used to tell me stories about the Zugubaw Baydham, telling me that in his forefather’s time, when they went hunting at night they would look at the Zugubaw Baydham in order to know which way the tide is going. At night if the Zugubaw Baydham sits really bright in the sky, you know the weather is OK. If the Zubugaw Baydham is bright and a little bit of the milky way is on top of the Baydham, you know the weather is not good. Zugubaw Baydham is essentially a weather and tide chart to my people. We acknowledge this through dance and even do so today, when I dance the Zugubaw Baydham constellation dance. | <urn:uuid:acaee3c4-1ea3-4a4a-9a3a-0a67773d0fc3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artmob.com.au/product/ig001-11/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.949284 | 190 | 2.125 | 2 |
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co., a leading South Korean builder, has launched a drive to develop an independent model for a floating structure, a core component of offshore wind power farms that is drawing attention as an eco-friendly renewable energy source.
The company announced on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with POSCO, the country’s largest steelmaker, to promote technological cooperation.
Under terms of the MOU, the two parties will jointly perform the entire process of basic design, water tank testing, prototyping and demonstration for the development of a competitive floating structure.
POSCO will be responsible for improving the economic value of the floating structure by applying high-performance steel.
SK E&C will be in charge of securing core technologies for the development of an independent floating structure model optimized for the domestic marine environment.
Floating-type offshore wind power generation refers to the method of producing electricity by floating wind turbines in deep water without building a foundation on the sea bottom.
Being free from location restrictions, floating wind turbines can preserve the environment as well as the natural landscape. Compared to those built on land or close to shore, they can produce high-efficiency electricity by using stronger wind.
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Twitter updated its private information safety policy this morning to ban sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent. The platform already banned users from sharing others’ personal information without permission, like their address or location, identity documents, non-public contact information, financial information or medical data. But this update makes these anti-harassment and anti-doxxing policies more robust.
This doesn’t mean that Twitter will require consent from all individuals in a photo or video before its posted. But if a person depicted wants the media taken down, Twitter will take it down.
“When we are notified by individuals depicted, or by an authorized representative, that they did not consent to having their private image or video shared, we will remove it,” Twitter wrote in its update. “This policy is not applicable to media featuring public figures or individuals when media and accompanying Tweet text are shared in the public interest or add value to public discourse.”
But in the case of public figures, Twitter clarified that it may remove content intended for harassment in line with its existing policies against abusive behavior, which also ban sharing non-consensual nude images. The company also says that when deciding whether to remove content about public figures, it will assess whether this information is already available in other public media, like TV and newspapers.
Still, many Twitter users took to the platform to voice their concerns about this new policy. They wondered if this meant you couldn’t post a photo of a crowd at a football game without getting consent from every individual, for example, and worried that this policy could be used to silence users. So Twitter Safety added to the announcement thread hours later to address concerns.
“Let’s unpack what this means,” the account wrote. “This policy update will help curb the misuse of media to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of private individuals, which disproportionately impacts women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.”
Twitter went on to explain that images and videos that show people participating in large events wouldn’t violate the policy. When media is reported by someone in the image, or an authorized representative of that person, Twitter will consider if the tweet “adds value to the public discourse” before making a decision about deleting the post. Still, critics responded with their concerns about how Twitter decides what content adds value.
“Context matters. Our existing private information policy includes many exceptions in order to enable robust reporting on newsworthy events and conversations that are in the public interest,” the app wrote.
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There is nothing like having a little fun while learning, and the Picture Bible provides exactly that. As you read through it, you will learn a lot about many of the exciting stories found in the Bible.
Picture Bible color, action, adventure.
Read what others are saying about the Picture Bible (scroll to the bottom of the linked page for independent reviews).
The Bible is not a Comic Book
You are absolutely right, the Bible is not a comic book, it is the Word of God.
Consider this: the Gospel is not history, is not prophecies, is not miracles, is not parables, and is not visions. Yet, the Creator used every one of those mediums to communicate His message of Salvation to mankind. I would say that He as an author is pretty resourceful in using whatever medium is available to transmit His message.
There was a time (and still exists in some parts of the world) when having possession of a Bible was a punishable offense. There was also a time when it was impossible for someone to read the Bible unless they knew Latin. In our day and age, we have been blessed with the large variety of Bibles available in over 600 languages. It is something for which to thank the Lord that His message can be distributed in so many ways.
If you are looking for a Bible with which to study, or from which to memorize verses, this is not the one for you. But if you are looking for a Bible that will help you navigate through many of the stories found in the Bible in a captivating way, this one will do the trick.
Attractive Medium for Kids (of All Ages)
The original Picture Bible was published in 1978. Read a bit more here.
As with many “new” products, there were plenty of reviews when it hit the bookstores. And the reviews were at both ends of the spectrum, ranging from “blasphemy” to “genius”. As time passed, and the novelty faded, the reviews continued to be varied. Over the last 40 years, the Picture Bible has found its way into the hands of thousands, and many can look back to their childhood and remember having a Picture Bible of their own.
I have friends who would never pick up a “regular” Bible to read it, but always had their noses in their Picture Bible. Some of my Sunday School mates would bring their Picture Bible to Sunday School because it was THEIR Bible. And if you ask around, it is not just the kids who like to pick it up and read it, it’s the adults too.
The presentation has a real comic book feel to it, and the stories are told in an action packed way. Once you start reading through it, it really is hard to put it down. At the very least, this book summarizes some of the most enticing stories of the Bible in a most enjoyable way.
I often wonder how the Israelite parents would have answered their children when they asked them about the Passover Lamb, or when they asked them about the stones that were left as a witness to the crossing of the Jordan River. Would the parents have answered “matter of fact”? or, Would they have taken the time to describe in great detail the wonders God had done for His people? If you time traveled back and walked through the neighbourhoods, you would probably recognize that some of the children were imitating those events as they played. You would probably be right, if you figured that those kids had received a vivid and action packed account of the Passover night, and of the Jordan river crossing.
My Personal Experience
I can’t remember for sure, but I am pretty confident that I read through my Picture Bible before I read through my KJV Bible. I remember reading through the stories and enjoying the graphics that helped bring them to life. Even years later, I would pick it up from my bookshelf and browse through it, captivated by the illustrations.
I don’t know where My Picture Bible is now, and I’m not even sure when I lost track of it. But as I remember the hours sprawled out on the floor, or on the couch, or on my bed, reading it, it is a little nostalgic.
No one would suggest that the Picture Bible should be used as a translation to be read in Church services, nor be used in the public preaching of the Gospel, nor be used as a text in Seminary School. I think if you asked the author and the artist, they would confirm that it was never their intention for the Picture Bible to be used in that way.
What you will find, is that the Picture Bible has stimulated the interest of many a child towards the Word of God. I think that the author and the artist did well to recognize a trend in society where visual stimulation was being promoted in all aspects of life. A trend that, to this day, has continued, and has stimulated others to try to share the Word of God through plays, videos and action movies.
Many adults have told me that they have read the Bible, but still do not really understand what it is all about. Many adults have also confessed, to never having read the entire Bible, and admit that they are not familiar with many of the Bible stories. Imagine how the Picture Bible could be a help to you if you find yourself in this group. It might just be the spark you need to start reading and enjoying the Bible again.
Action Point: grab a copy
- Did you have and a Picture Bible? Please share your experience in the comments below.
- Great to use as a GIFT for that special child in your life.
- Great to use as an “ITEM of INTEREST” on your coffee table for your visitors.
- Great to use as a PRIZE or REWARD in Sunday School or VBS.
Picture Bible Details:
|The Picture Bible, Hardcover
By Iva Hoth / David C CookFor years, young and old have delighted in the full-color illustrated presentation of timeless Bible stories. Laid out in a kid-friendly, comic book-style format, The Picture Bible is a perfect first Bible for young readers. Inside they’ll find “Did you know?” fact pages, time line, story listing, maps, and more. There are 233 stories with accompanying action pictures that will come alive for hours of family reading enjoyment. Younger children can follow the colorful pictures and storyline without having to read every word. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.Retail: $19.99
Publisher: David C. Cook
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Why do Bed Bugs Stink When You Kill Them?
Bed bugs stink when you kill them to send an alarm to others. They use odors as a mode of communication.
Bed bugs belong to the order Hemiptera. Hence, they are the true bugs that produce scents. They release hormones the same way we release adrenaline. Different pheromones help bed bugs to communicate where each message has a distinct odor.
The danger alert pheromone is the strongest. It’s the same chemical that male bed bugs produce when another male grabs it in an attempt to mate. Females do not produce pheromones while mating.
Bedbugs use histamine hormones to mark their territory and trace their way back. When you lift the mattress or upset their habitat, they produce another unique scent with a fear hormone. They also send chemical signals when light falls on them.
People have different opinions on the odor that gets released when a bed bug gets killed. Some people say it’s like rotten wood, while others say it’s the musty odor of a damp house. In some cases, they’ll produce a scent similar to a stink bug.
Other people have different experiences. They say bed bugs produce sweet smells like cilantro, cinnamon, berries, crayons, or burnt almonds. Everyone is right as they have different odors and scents for varied reasons. | <urn:uuid:1b750f13-76bf-46f1-88b6-363d4241f3ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.organiclesson.com/bed-bugs-stink-killed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.892309 | 289 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Sharks don't just swim. Some walk. See what a walking shark looks like and watch the story of its surprise 2012 discovery in this new video short, the first in a new series by The Pew Charitable Trusts. http://www.pewtrusts.org/oceanscience.
Scientist Mark Erdmann was participating in a nighttime scuba dive off the coast of Halmahera, Indonesia when he stumbled on a new species of walking shark. The shark is one of nine walking species, six of which are found in Indonesian waters. It is about two to three feet long and uses its pectoral and pelvic fins to walk on ocean floor, looking for food.
Erdmann, a senior advisor at Conservation International and a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation said he experienced a "rush of adrenaline" in 2012 when he first saw the shark. But beyond excitement, his discovery uncovers new knowledge about our oceans, and moves the field of marine science forward.
Learn more about the discovery of the walking shark on Conservation International's blog: http://blog.conservation.org/2013/08/newest-walking-shark-heralds-brighter-future-for-indonesias-sharks-and-rays/.
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(Source: A Day by Day Chronology of Mr. Sherlock Holmes according to Zeisler and Christ, compiled by William S Dorn.)
July 17, 1888: Silver Blaze won the Wessex Cup. [SILV]
From our drag we had a superb view as they came up the straight. The six horses were so close together that a carpet could have covered them, but half-way up the yellow of the Mapleton stable showed to the front. Before they reached us, however, Desborough’s bolt was shot, and the Colonel’s horse, coming away with a rush, passed the post a good six lengths before its rival, the Duke of Balmoral’s Iris making a bad third.
July 17, 1888: Holmes told Colonel Ross that Silver Blaze had killed John Straker. [SILV]
“My dear sir, you have done wonders. The horse looks very fit and well. It never went better in its life. I owe you a thousand apologies for having doubted your ability. You have done me a great service by recovering my horse. You would do me a greater still if you could lay your hands on the murderer of John Straker.”
“I have done so,” said Holmes, quietly.
The Colonel and I stared at him in amazement. “You have got him! Where is he, then?”
“He is here.”
“In my company at the present moment.”
The Colonel flushed angrily. “I quite recognize that I am under obligations to you, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “but I must regard what you have just said as either a very bad joke or an insult.”
Sherlock Holmes laughed. “I assure you that I have not associated you with the crime, Colonel,” said he; “the real murderer is standing immediately behind you!”
He stepped past and laid his hand upon the glossy neck of the thoroughbred.
“The horse!” cried both the Colonel and myself.
July 17, 1889: An inquest into the death of Eduardo Lucas was held. [SECO]
All that day and the next and the next Holmes was in a mood which his friends would call taciturn, and others morose. He ran out and ran in, smoked incessantly, played snatches on his violin, sank into reveries, devoured sandwiches at irregular hours, and hardly answered the casual questions which I put to him. It was evident to me that things were not going well with him or his quest. He would say nothing of the case, and it was from the papers that I learned the particulars of the inquest, and the arrest with the subsequent release of John Mitton, the valet of the deceased. The coroner’s jury brought in the obvious “Wilful murder”, but the parties remained as unknown as ever. | <urn:uuid:d7f1560e-cbbf-4b43-8357-8aa2f349635f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/tag/silv/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.987378 | 625 | 2.078125 | 2 |
BS 14588:2010 pdf download – Solid biofuels — Terminology, definitions and descriptions
This European Standard defines terms concerned in all standardisation work within the scope of CEN/TC 335.
According to CEN/TC 335 this European Standard is applicable to solid biofuels originating from the following sources:
products from agriculture and forestry;
vegetable waste from agriculture and forestry;
vegetable waste from the food processing industry;
wood waste, with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coating, and which includes in particular such wood waste from construction- and demolition waste;
fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp production and from production of paper from pulp, if it is coincinerated at the place of production and heat generated is recovered.
The embedding of the scope within the biomass/biofuel field is given in Figure 1.
NOTE 1 CEN/TC 335 considers that wood waste, including wood waste originating from construction and demolition waste are included in the scope of CEN/TC 335 and of the scope of the mandate M/298 “solid biofuels”, unless they contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coatings .
NOTE 2 There are more terms included within this European Standard as covered by the mandate due to clarification and differentiation.
NOTE 3 Changes of ownership of the fibrous vegetable waste between paper and pulp company and the operator of the coincineration plant in which the waste is used does not affect the inclusion of the waste in the scope of mandate M/298. Other standards with a different scope than this European Standard can have different definitions than this standard.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. Not applicable. 3 Principle Solid biofuels are produced from different sources, which are defined within the scope of CEN TC 335 “Solid biofuels”. Terms and definitions are categorised in a logical structure based on the fact that solid biofuels are produced from different sources and that the purpose of solid biofuels is the conversion into bioenergy:
the sources of solid biofuels cover the initial location of the input material (biomass) in the economic and environmental cycles (like forest wood, energy forest trees, logging residues, landscape management residues, etc.);
the description of the solid biofuels itself as well as their handling, which covers the source and origin of the biofuel given in the same structure as the biomass sources (e.g. wood fuels, forest fuels), the different forms of biofuels produced within the preparation process (i.e. chipped biofuels, bundled biofuels), the most relevant biofuel properties (e.g. total moisture, total ash), and terms of sampling and testing as well as classification and specification;
bioenergy as the result of biofuel conversion.
Appropriate terms for sampling and testing as well as classification and specification of properties have to be defined and described together with the category source/origin, forms and properties of solid biofuels. The structure of this European Standard (Table 1) is based on the classification system of solid biofuels given in , in which the classification of solid biofuels is specified more detailed.
4 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. NOTE Many terms defined within this document are also used in the standardisation work of CEN/TC 343, especially in prEN 15357, Solid recovered fuels
― Terminology, definitions and descriptions. Therefore, an informative list of terms defined by prEN 15357 is given in Annex B.
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Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with circulating inflammatory cytokines in autoantibody positive first-degree relatives of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), potentially due to systemic inflammation, include cardiovascular disease and sarcopenic obesity. Adiponectin, an adipose-derived cytokine, has been implicated in inflammatory processes in RA, but little is known regarding its association with inflammation in a pre-clinical period. Therefore, we investigated whether adiponectin was associated with inflammatory markers in individuals at risk for RA, and whether RA-related autoimmunity modifies these associations.
We analyzed samples from 144 first-degree relatives (FDRs) of RA probands, of whom 23 were positive for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and/or ≥ 2 rheumatoid factor isotypes (IgM, IgG or IgA). We called this phenotype the ‘high risk autoantibody profile (HRP)’ as it has been shown in prior work to be >96% specific for future RA. We measured adiponectin, cytokines, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). Using linear mixed effects models, we evaluated interaction between HRP positivity and adiponectin on inflammatory markers, adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, pack-years smoking, and use of cholesterol-lowering medications.
In everyone, adiponectin concentration was inversely associated with hsCRP and IL-1β in adjusted models, where a 1% higher adiponectin was associated with a 26% lower hsCRP (p = 0.04) and a 26% lower IL-1β (p = 0.04). Significant interactions between HRP and adiponectin for associations with GM-CSF, IL-6, and IL-9 were detected in fully adjusted models (p = 0.0006, p = 0.006, p = 0.01, respectively). In HRP positive FDRs but not HRP negative FDRs, a 1% higher adiponectin was associated with 97% higher GM-CSF, 73% higher IL-6, and 54% higher IL-9 concentrations.
Adiponectin associates with inflammatory markers, and these associations differ in individuals with a high-risk autoantibody profile compared with those without. The interaction between adiponectin and autoimmunity warrants further investigation into the potential systemic effects of RA-related autoantibodies and adiponectin on inflammation in the absence of clinically apparent RA.
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As we shall show, the Angel which accompanied John through the Revelation visions was the spirit of the prophet Daniel. This Signifying Angel is introduced in Revelation 1:1 as the means of making the message known to John, “He sent and signified it by his angel….”
The Signifying Angel in Revelation 5:
It appears to be the same Angel in 5:2: “And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?’” Who would be more likely to ask this question than Daniel, who had been given the prophecy but had to seal it till the time of the end? (Dan. 12:4, 9).
The Signifying Angel in Revelation 10
In Revelation 10 we see a “mighty angel” who has a little scroll/book in his hand. This Angel is like the “man clothed in linen” of Daniel 12:7. Daniel had asked this “man” how long it should be to the end of these wonders. The “man” in Daniel 12 lifted his hand toward heaven and declared it was to be “a time, two times, and half a time.”
However, in the Book of Revelation, (10:6), this Signifying Angel also lifts his hand to heaven but here declares “the time is up”: “there shall be no more delay, but in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, (see below on 11:15), the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, should be fulfilled,” (Revelation 10:6-7 RSV).
Who but Daniel would qualify for this angelic role in the Book of Revelation? The mystery had been propounded to him during his life on earth and he had questioned the Lord about it, (Dan. 12:8). Who would be more worthy than Daniel to be granted the privilege to see the fulfillment of the mystery?
The Signifying Angel Passes the Little Scroll to John
But this Signifying Angel of Revelation chapter ten, gives the little scroll, (i.e., what is left of the scroll that has already had six seals broken on it), to John and instructs him to eat it. When John eats it, it is sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach. He tells John “You must again prophecy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
This symbolic action signifies that Daniel’s prophecy, the “little scroll” which was only for Israel, was being incorporated into the larger prophecy, the Book of Revelation, that was to be to the whole world in the Gentile age, after they too had heard the Gospel. John was to internalize (eat) the prophecy so that he could apply (regurgitate) it to the Church Age. Who would be more qualified than Daniel to offer the remnants of his prophetic scroll to the prophet John?
Revelation eleven follows the same thought, for John is given the builders “measuring line” as described by Zechariah 1:16; 2:1-5 for the building of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, the Church, for the Old Jerusalem is destroyed. This New Jerusalem shall be inhabited as an unwalled village because of the multitude of men and cattle in it; unwalled in the sense that it is to be universal. The Lord Himself will be a wall of fire about her and the glory within her.
Zechariah chapter two continues with this same prophetic promise and the language is identical to that of Revelation 21 and 22 describing the New Jerusalem. Yes, the angelic spirit of Daniel “passes the baton” to John for the building of the New Jerusalem, whose Temple is then opened in heaven, (Revelation 11:19).
The Angel of Revelation 14:6-7 also appears to be that of the prophet Daniel for he declares that the hour of God’s judgment has come and calls the people to worship God. It was Daniel who was given the prophecy of the appointed time for the wrath of God on the earthly, fallen city of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel, (Dan. 8:15-19; 9:24-27; chapter 12). He was best qualified to announce that the appointed time had come.
This Angel in Revelation 17:1, 7 is seen to be one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls of wrath. He, too, may be shown to be the Signifying Angel, Daniel. When the seventh trumpet call was sounded the seven bowls of wrath began. The completion of these bowls of wrath completed the seventh trumpet and finished the mystery, as declared in 10:7.
This Angel invited John to let him explain the mystery of the judgment of the great harlot, (Revelation 17:7). In 17:7-18 this Angel describes the beast and its horns in the same language used by Daniel in Daniel 7:7-8, 19-27. Who but Daniel could qualify so well to describe this beast and its horns and so to see the fulfillment of the mystery of the great harlot? For it was Daniel who had prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem that was to come at the end of the appointed time.
The Signifying Angel meets John again in Revelation 19:10. As John falls down to worship him, he says: “I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” In other words, this Angel was a prophet, a servant, and a man. Only Daniel could qualify for this identity.
In Revelation 21:9, 15, 17, this Angel is the same as 17:1, 7; that is, “one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the last plagues.” This time, the Angel is revealing the mystery of the Bride, the New Jerusalem. In 21:17, the Angel’s measure of the wall is said to be “a man’s measure, that is, an angel’s.” Again this is a “man-angel” and who but Daniel would qualify for this role?
Chapter 22 makes it even clearer that this “Man-angel” is the prophet Daniel. Revelation 22:6: “The God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his Angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” This is the same Angel that we met in Revelation 1:1 by whom God sent the Revelation to John.
22:8-9: 1 John … fell down to worship at the feet of the Angel who showed them to me; but he said to me, ‘You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren the prophets,’” (RSV). He was a Prophet. Which other prophet would qualify so well for the role of Signifying Angel?
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The NHL is coming to vegas and bringing with it initial sports that are professional to las vegas since the city was founded 111 years ago.
Vegas is no longer merely a gambling and tourism destination following the National Hockey League (NHL) voted unanimously to accept a franchise in Sin City and present the market its first professional sports team in city history.
On 22, the league’s current owners voted 30-0 on Bill Foley’s wishes to bring NHL hockey to Vegas june. Foley’s win will cost him $500 million in expansion fees alone, but that’sn’t keeping the businessman from celebrating, albeit in his or her own way.
The Fidelity National Financial Board Chairman and wine vintner told reporters from his Las Vegas Strip workplace, ‘I’ve worked so hard, and it’s really been this kind of process, that it’s exciting however it’s anticlimactic. I hoped that Las Vegas would get half so far as it did in regards to embracing a league that is major team . . . And the the reality is Las Vegas went all-in.’
The yet-to-be-named hockey organization will play at the recently built T-Mobile Arena behind the brand New York-New York Hotel Casino.
Long Time Coming
Las Las Vegas was created in 1905, and 111 years later one of the Big Four professional leagues is finally willing to allow a team to find to the desert. Ironically, it comes by means of ice hockey.
The NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL have actually made no secret on the years that they’re compared up to a Las Vegas franchise as a result of the region’s legalized sports market that is betting. Credit day-to-day fantasy sport (DFS) or perhaps just a changing of the changing times, but the mindset among the Big Four’s leadership has drastically changed in present months.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is the most outspoken proponent of sports betting on his league’s games. In might, Silver told ESPN that there is an ‘underground betting market in the United States’ that he desires to regulate.
But it is not baseball that’s altering history in las vegas, but hockey.
‘The name of Bill’s website was VegasWantsHockey.com,’ NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. ‘Starting today, Las Vegas has hockey, NHL hockey.’
Las Vegas Targeted
After 111 years of pro sports prohibition, the odds appear to be turning in Vegas’ benefit. The NHL expanding its league to 31 groups is expected to be only the beginning of professional sports teams going to Las Vegas.
It’s no secret that vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson is earnestly working together with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis to relocate the NFL team to Las Vegas, and current comments from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has added enthusiasm that is additional.
‘There are casinos all over the place,’ Manfred said on the YES Network this week. ‘I see Las Vegas being a alternative that is viable . . I would not disqualify it just due to the gambling issue.’
The sun has certainly set in a different direction on Vegas between 2015 and 2016 in terms of pro recreations. After higher than a century with no Big Four, no town seems better positioned to land an expansion or relocation franchise than las vegas.
Did Brexit Referendum Cause Bitcoin Plunge?
Even while the Brexit referendum votes are being tallied, it seems that anticipation and anxiety over the result has influenced more than simply the stock areas.
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin has nosedived almost 25 percent on the last day or two, having spiked last week at its greatest value in many years.
All over but the shouting: the Brexit referendum votes are being tallied tonight, and experts believe that renewed focus in Britain on staying in the EU has caused Bitcoin to nosedive of late. (Image: globalresearch.ca)
And it’s all Brexit’s fault, apparently. The ballots have just closed on the UK’s EU referendum, with bookies reporting that this was the biggest political betting market in the country’s history at the time of writing. Or, since many countries don’t have legal, regulated political betting markets, perhaps the biggest in the history of the world.
We should wait until to learn whether Britain will remain a part of Europe friday. But considering that the odds being offered on ‘Remain’ were drastically cut following a flurry of betting in the final 24 hours, the bookies look to are making up their minds.
PaddyPower has recommended the UK staying in Europe are as high as 93 percent, although the polls have the ‘Remain’ campaign ahead by only a margin that is small
But exactly what has all this surely got to do aided by the plunge in the worthiness of Bitcoin?
Experts state that because of the high leverage with which people trade the digital currency, the market is regularly susceptible to panic triggered by external factors.
Governments and central banks have warned that the UK leaving the EU could spark turmoil in the worldwide monetary system, which has triggered visitors to place their faith in a decentralized, unregulated financial system instead.
That would explain the increase last week, when the viewpoint polls actually had the ‘Leave’ campaign marginally ahead. But renewed faith in britain staying has reversed the situation, or more the theory goes.
Of program, there’s every chance that Brexit is one factor of several in the plunge that is sudden the electronic currency who has gained more traction among gamblers in current years. An alternative cryptocurrency that aims to rival Bitcoin, may also have had something to do with the crash as we reported several days ago, the ’theft’ of $50 million worth of Ether.
Previously this week, a hacker exploited a flaw in the Ethereum block-chain and siphoned off vast amounts of Ether in one regarding the biggest smash that is digital grabs in history. The value of Ether plunged as investor self- confidence in this relatively new money was shaken. Which might have then had an effect that is domino perceptions of digital currencies in general.
Financial markets are unpredictable, even digital people, which will be another explanation why the UK will probably vote to stick with the status quo. We shall report back with full results in the Brexit on Friday.
Pennsylvania Online Poker Combined with DFS
Pennsylvania Representative John Payne, that is due to retire this 12 months, is hoping his efforts to control internet poker and casino gaming will finally keep fruit. (Image: pagoppolicy.com)
Pennsylvania’s bid to manage on line gambling will be attached to the state’s DFS regulation, a known fact that poker players are hoping may be enough to transport it throughout the line. Similarly crucial, the newly combined gambling reforms have actually avoided the addition of a proposal that is controversial expand video gaming terminals (VGT) into bars and restaurants.
The VGT amendment is strongly opposed in the Senate and by the Pennsylvania’s casino and anti-gambling expansion groups, and would have severely hindered any regulation to which it was attached.
The state home of Representative voted 1xbet зеркало Ñайта официальный Ñайт вход 115-80 in favor of combining online gambling with DFS on while rejecting the VGT amendment 116-79 wednesday. The newly combined package will be sent to now the home Appropriations Committee, as a matter of routine, before time for the House flooring for a vote, where it clearly has support.
Provided it gets a big part there, it shall then pass to the Senate. Since there clearly was no companion bill for online gambling for the reason that chamber, it’s difficult to assess the support for online gambling there, but its combination with DFS and also the absence of a VGT amendment will certainly do it no harm.
Pennsylvania Online Poker Budget Urgency
Pennsylvania is looking ways of plugging its long-lasting $2 billion deficit without the tax hike formerly proposed by its Democrat governor, Tom Wolf. This week Wolf backtracked on his plan to raise fees, asserting which he believed his budget priorities could be met without it; a declaration that will boost the urgency to source new revenue streams.
A research commissioned the by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee asserts that online gambling could boost state coffers by $120 million in its first 12 months.
‘I’m 65 years old with six months to retire. I am not focused on getting my name in a bill,’ said the architect of Pennsylvania’s online gambling legislation, Representative John Payne, this week in an interview with PokerNews.
‘ I would like to see things have finished. It is a option to get income for Pennsylvania without raising earnings or sales fees. We’ve the intent to put this income toward our pension deficit, and that’s a thing that is good. It could provide casinos additional tools to stay competitive with surrounding states, and that’s a very important thing.’
California Passes Poker Bill Amendments
As lawmakers in Harrisburg had been approving the pair-up, 2600 miles away, in Sacramento, California, your house Appropriations Committee was rubber-stamping amendments to California’s internet poker bill.
These included suitability that is new on ‘bad actors,’ which is understood to be operators that offered gambling to Americans after the passage of UIGEA in 2006. a proposal that is recent suggested the cut-off should be 2011, the date that the DOJ ruled that the Wire Act just prohibited online recreations wagering and not on-line poker or casino.
These so-called actors that are bad now necessary to choose from paying a $20 million fee to hawaii or wait until 2021 to enter the market.
The bill will also now be going for the vote regarding the House floor but, despite its progress this it faces many more obstacles than its companion in the east and is openly opposed by a group of tribal operators year.
All eyes, then, will stay squarely on Pennsylvania in the weeks that are coming.
Brexit ‘Leave’ Vote Passes: What Did UK Bookies Know That the others of Us Didn’t?
Using the Brexit shock choice for the UK to leave europe, many are wondering about repercussions for the international economy. And on High Street, bookies might be wringing their hands today, wondering why they got it so incorrect.
But wait, are they?
Brexit passes and UK betting markets, so confident of a ‘Remain’ vote yesterday, appear to have been skewed by the relative affluence of pro-EU bettors. (Image: ashtarcommandcrew.net)
The betting markets have proved with an ability that is unerring anticipate the result of governmental events with far greater accuracy compared to usually notoriously unreliable opinion polls. And the Brexit referendum was the biggest political market that is betting the UK ever, which suggested that they’d a larger sample size to work well with than ever before.
In theory, that reality should have produced also greater accuracy. And yet, if the ballot boxes had been sealed at 10 pm BST in the UK on Thursday night, odds on the ‘Vote Leave’ campaign were 4:1 against, which equated to an 80 percent likelihood that Britain would remain an integral part of the EU.
Did Betting Industry Understand All Along?
‘ The truth is that bookies do not offer markets on political activities to help people forecast the results,’ said Ladbrokes’ head of political betting, Matthew Shaddick, in an statement that is official early morning. ‘We do it to turn a profit (or at least not lose too much) and in that respect, this vote exercised well for people.
‘ Nobody at Ladbrokes’ HQ shall be criticizing the predictive powers of our odds, they’ll be taking a look at the money we made,’ he said.
And therein lies the solution. There had been signs, largely over looked by the press, which suggest bookmakers may have been anticipating a ‘Leave’ vote all along. Which begs the question: why didn’t the odds that are betting that?
Last week, William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe described the markets as ‘volatile’ due to the fact that while 66 percent of all the money his company had taken was for ‘Remain,’ 69 percent of individual wagers was for ‘Leave.’
‘Remain’ Bettors More Affluent
It was a huge clue. Since voters only have to vote once, it is just the bets that are individual count, but because bookmakers determine their odds with regards to the volume of money they handle, the chances had to be reduced centered on the full total amounts staked.
The ‘Vote Leave’ campaign was at its strongest in poorer aspects of England, including the Northeast, Yorkshire, and the East Midlands, and at its weakest in affluent London. Those who bet on and supported ‘Remain’simply had more money to gamble with.
Should we now distrust betting markets as predictors of political results? Well, no. Brexit produced a set that is unusual of, not likely ever to be replicated. And as every gambler knows, sometimes the outsider simply wins, especially in a market that is volatile.
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Hair loss (alopecia) is a common and frustrating condition; it is estimated that 50% of all men and 30% of all women will experience some form of hair loss by the time they reach age 50. Hair loss may result from one or a combination of several factors. Sorting out the cause(s) and developing the best treatment plan can be challenging.
What causes hair loss?
Some of the most common factors affecting hair growth include:
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The Norwood scale, also known as the Hamilton-Norwood scale, describes seven stages of hair loss that you may experience. The first stage shows no substantial hair loss and no visible receding hairline. You may notice some hair loss around your temples during Stage 2. This is known as an adult or growing hairline and is not yet significant.
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If you are already in the fifth stage of your hair loss, the band of hair separating your temples and the crown of your head is smaller, and the hair becomes noticeably thinner. When you reach Stage 6, the distinct areas of hair loss are no longer separated by a thinning ring of hair. Your hair is either completely gone or quite sparse on top of your head.
How can a dermatologist help?
Because of the complexity of factors affecting hair growth, many physicians are not well versed in the diagnosis and treatment of the many different kinds of alopecia. Here at Deschutes Dermatology we understand your frustration and will work to give you a clear understanding of what’s going on and how to best treat it.
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A technology that meets the challenge of zero NOx release from the diesel powered transport sector is lacking. We work on a new concept (see Figure below) dedicated to this vison, which involves the following steps:
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- oxidation of unreacted ammonia to nitrogen. Adding the second step allows for complete NOx reduction and prevents release of NH3.
Focusing on the step 2., we are developing a next generation ammonia oxidation catalyst, based on bimetallic noble metal alloys, which selectively oxidizes ammonia to N2 (and not N2O and NO) at 200-400 °C and at ambient pressure.
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- Radiation pattern relatively independent of ground plane
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|Impedance (nominal)||50 Ohms|
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THEIR RELATION TO LIFE EVENTS AND WELL-BEING
Antonio L. Zadra
This book has described a wide variety of traumatic events that can cause nightmares.
Recurrent dreams and repetitive dream themes are similar in many respects to traumatic nightmares.
Most recurrent dreams have negative content, arise during periods of stress, and dissipate once the
stressor has been successfully dealt with. Though the continuity between nightmares and other forms
of dream recurrence is not a new idea, much of the data that supports this continuity is new.
The Prevalence and Content of Recurrent Dreams
Relatively little is known about the prevalence and content of recurrent dreams. Until recently,
what appeared in the clinical literature was mainly passing mention that the occurrence of recurrent
dreams had been noted in some patients. For instance, Freud’s (1931) only comment on the prevalence
of recurrent dreams was that “dreams that recur periodically have often been observed” (p. 44).
Almost all of the studies that have used questionnaires to assess the prevalence of recurrent
dreams have done so by simply including a question such as “Have you ever had a recurrent dream?”
Thus, these studies did not evaluate the length of time that the subjects had experienced their recurrent
dreams. Moreover, with the exception of data presented by Brown and Donderi (1986), these studies
have failed to differentiate between true recurrent dreams (in which the dream content is always
identical) from repetitive dream themes that occur across dreams with varying contents. Finally, the
literature on the content of recurrent dreams has been largely impressionistic. Only two studies have
used well-established, quantitative dream content scales to evaluate recurrent dream content
(D’Andrade, 1985; Larue, 1970). Both are unpublished undergraduate research papers by students of
In terms of the prevalence of recurrent dreams, 60% to 75% of college students and older adults
report having had one or more “recurrent dreams” at some point in their lives on questionnaire surveys
(Browman and Kapell, 1982; Cartwright, 1979; Cartwright and Romanek, 1978; D’Andrade, 1985;
Robbins and Houshi, 1983; Robbins and Tanck, 1991-92; Webb and Fagan, 1993). Seventy to 80% of
adults who take part in dream studies report having had a recurrent dream in early childhood (Brown
and Donderi, 1986; Zadra and Donderi, 1992). In some cases, recurrent dreams which emerge during
childhood may persist into adulthood (D’Andrade, 1985; Robbins and Houshi, 1983). Questionnaire
and home dream diary data collected by Zadra and Donderi (1992) showed that 80 of 217 non-student
adults reported experiencing an ongoing recurrent dream, or ongoing recurrent themes, of at least one
years’ duration. There is also some evidence to indicate that recurrent dreams are more prevalent in
women than they are in men (Browman and Kapell, 1982; Cartwright and Romanek, 1978; Robbins
and Houshi, 1983).
In terms of dream content, 60% to 85% of recurrent dreams are described as being unpleasant
by the subjects who report them (Cartwright and Romanek, 1978; D’Andrade, 1985; Zadra and
Donderi, 1992). In one female sample, 46% of the recurrent dreams reported were rated as being
highly unpleasant (Cartwright, 1979). Dream content is described as being pleasant in approximately
10% of recurrent dreams (Cartwright, 1979; D’Andrade, 1985), while about 8% of recurrent dreams are
rated as containing a mixture of both positive and negative emotions (D’Andrade, 1985).
Cartwright (1979) and Robbins and Tanck (1993) examined retrospective accounts of childhood
recurrent dreams. These studies show that between 86% and 90% of childhood recurrent dreams are
unpleasant or of a threatening nature. In approximately 70% of the childhood recurrent dreams,
external agents (e.g., monsters, witches) were responsible for the unpleasant content. Both studies also
showed that as people grow older, fewer recurrent dreams are reported as having threatening contents.
Furthermore, in recurrent dreams from people’s second and third decade of life, the dreamer and not an
external agent becomes increasingly responsible for the dream action (Cartwright, 1979).
Though the precise content of recurrent dreams is invariably idiosyncratic, themes common
across individuals who report recurrent dreams have been noted (e.g., Delaney, 1991). These include
recurrent dreams of flying, falling, being chased, taking an examination, loosing one’s teeth, and
nudity. These themes are similar to typical dreams, or non-recurrent dreams that many people report
having had at least once (e.g., Griffith, Miyago, and Tago, 1958; Kramer, Winget, and Whitman, 1971;
Ward, Beck, and Rascoe, 1961). Though several studies have investigated the content of typical
dreams, no systematic classification of the thematic content of recurrent dreams has appeared in the
A Content Analysis of Childhood and
Adult Recurrent Dreams
The goal of this study was to obtain more detailed data on the content of recurrent dreams than
had been previously reported. In particular, the study establishes a classification of the thematic
content of childhood and adult recurrent dreams.
The data presented in this study is based on the content analyses of 163 recurrent dreams.
These dreams were collected from the dream reports of 352 subjects who completed the McGill
Sleep/Dream Questionnaire as part of our studies on dreams between 1990 and 1992. These 163
recurrent dreams were selected from a pool of over 250 recurrent dreams and were all of the dreams
which met the following inclusion criteria: the recurrent dream must have occurred over a period of at
least six months; the content of the recurrent dream had to be rated by the subject as being “always” or
“almost always” identical; and the recurrent dream had to be described in sufficient detail to allow a
content analyses of the dream’s setting, its affective tone, and the type of characters present. The
recurrent dreams were classified as being from adulthood if they first occurred after the age of 18, and
from childhood if they ceased to recur before the age of 12.
Dream content was evaluated using the objective content analysis system developed by Hall and
Van de Castle (1966). The measures of dream content are described below.
Dream Affect. Dream affect was scored using the Emotions scale of Hall and Van de Castle
(1966). Negative affect includes classes of emotion such as anger, apprehension, sadness, and
confusion. One class of emotions, called Happiness, encompasses all the adjectives that describe
positive affect (e.g., pleased, relieved, relaxed, elated).
Success and Failure. Success and failure were scored according to Hall and Van de Castle’s
scales for Achievement Outcomes. Success consists of an expenditure of energy and perseverance in
pursuit of a goal, resulting in goal attainment. Failures occur when there is expenditure of energy and
perseverance in pursuit of a goal resulting in failure to attain the goal because of personal limitations
Good Fortune and Misfortunes. Good fortune and misfortunes were scored according to Hall
and Van de Castle’s scales of Environmental Press. Misfortunes are defined as “any mishap, adversity,
harm, danger, or threat which happens to a character as a result of circumstances over which he has no
control” (p.103). Good fortune is scored when “there is an acquisition of goods or something
beneficial happens to a character that is completely adventitious or the result of a circumstance over
which no one has control” (p.105).
Categories for the classification of the thematic content of childhood and adult recurrent dreams
were not determined a priori. They were constructed following the content analysis of the recurrent
dreams and were based on the most frequently reported themes contained in the childhood and adult
Results and Discussion
Table 1 presents the percentage of recurrent dreams from adulthood and childhood which
contain the dream content categories described above.
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The percentage of adult and childhood recurrent dreams that were found to contain either
negative affect, positive affect, or a mixture of both positive and negative emotions is consistent with
the previously reviewed findings. Approximately 5% of all the recurrent dreams in this sample were
described as containing no affect. Data on the absence of affect in recurrent dreams have not been
Among recurrent dreams containing negative affect, fear or apprehension was the most
frequently reported emotion, occurring in 67% and 79% of the adult and childhood recurrent dreams
respectively. The rest of these recurrent dreams contained other negative emotions including sadness,
anger, confusion, and guilt. This finding is of particular interest since there is evidence suggesting that
approximately 20% of nightmares contain emotions other than fear and that a significant percentage of
individuals cite emotions such as sadness and anger to be primary in their nightmares (Belicki, Altay,
and Hill, 1985; Dunn and Barrett, 1987; Zadra and Donderi, 1993).
In terms of Achievement Outcomes, adult recurrent dreams were nine times more likely than
the childhood recurrent dreams to contain one or more failures. Success was rare in both groups,
occurring in less than 3% of all recurrent dreams.
Approximately 42% of the adult and childhood recurrent dreams contained one or more
misfortunes. The dreamer was the recipient of the misfortune in 70% of the adult recurrent dreams and
in 74% of childhood recurrent dreams. Thus, for both groups of recurrent dreams, misfortunes were
about three times more likely to happen to the dreamer than to any other character. The other
Environmental Press category, good fortune, occurred in less than 5% of the adult and childhood
Table 2 presents the most frequently reported types of themes in the current sample of recurrent
dreams from adulthood and childhood. For both adult and childhood recurrent dreams, the most
frequently reported theme is one in which the dreamer is being chased. The nature of the threatening
agent, however, differs between childhood and adulthood recurrent chase dreams. In 19 of the 22
(86%) chase dreams from childhood, the dreamer was being pursued by monsters, wild animals,
witches, or ghoulish creatures. By contrast, such threatening agents appeared in only 3 of the 16 (19%)
adult chase dreams. The latter contained predominantly human characters including burglars,
strangers, mobs, and shadowy figures. These findings are consistent with those reported by Robbins
and Tanck (1991-92).
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Next to chase and pursuit dreams, the second most frequently reported theme in the adult
recurrent dreams was one in which the dreamer is having difficulties with house maintenance. In these
recurrent dreams, the dreamer may be overwhelmed by an inordinate number of household chores that
must be quickly completed, discover that the house is falling apart or in ruins, or have to choose
between maintaining one or the other of two houses. Other common themes include being alone and
trapped (e.g., in an elevator or container), facing natural forces such as volcanic eruptions or tidal
waves, and loosing one’s teeth.
In the childhood recurrent dreams, the second most frequently reported theme was one
involving the death of family members. All of these recurrent dreams involved the murder or
accidental death of the dreamer’s parents. By comparison, the five adult recurrent dreams from the
same content category were either dreams in which a distant relative had died, or about people who
were already dead in actual life (e.g., mourning dreams).
Themes in which the dreamer is in danger (e.g., threatened with injury, death, or chased) have
been found to characterize approximately 40% of recurrent dreams (Cartwright and Romanek, 1978;
Robbins and Houshi, 1983). Using the same broad content category, 42% of the adult recurrent dreams
and 65% of the childhood recurrent dreams could be classified as containing themes in which the
dreamer is in danger. In most of these dreams with threatening content, the subject is either fleeing,
attempting to hide, or helplessly watching.
Relatively little is known about the content of pleasant recurrent dreams, because they occur
infrequently. In the present sample, 5 of the 6 dreams that involved “discovering and exploring new
rooms in a house” and 4 of the 5 flying dreams were described as containing positive emotions. Other
examples of pleasant recurrent dreams included excelling at a particular task (e.g., figure skating),
finding oneself in a bountiful environment, and being involved in sexual activities.
These results demonstrate key differences between adult and childhood recurrent dreams. For
instance, adult recurrent dreams were nine times more likely than the childhood recurrent dreams to
contain one or more failures. Since failures in dreams result from a character’s “personal limitations
and inadequacies,” these data suggests that recurrent dreams from adulthood are more likely to reflect
issues of personal competence than do recurrent dreams from childhood. This hypothesis is consistent
with Cartwright’s (1979) suggestion that “as the subject grows, the responsibility in the repetitive
dreams with an unpleasant tone is less often attributed to things beyond her control” (p.135). Though
the thematic content category “being chased” was common in both the adult and childhood recurrent
dreams, the threatening agents in former usually were human characters, whereas monsters, wild
animals, or ghoulish creatures were predominant in the latter. Finally, several of the thematic content
categories reported in adult recurrent dreams are noticeably absent from the childhood recurrent
dreams. These include themes involving problems with house maintenance, teeth falling out, and being
unable to find a private toilet.
These findings indicate that the content of recurrent dreams changes with age and suggest that
the dream symbols or metaphors believed to depict current problems or concerns that underlie recurrent
dreams also change with age.
Theories of Recurrent Dreams
Dream theorists generally agree that recurrent dreams are related to unresolved difficulties in
the dreamer’s life (Fosshage and Loew, 1987). For example, in Gestaltist dream theory, recurrent
dreams are viewed as depicting an individual’s current state of psychic imbalance. Presenting this
psychic state to consciousness allows for a possible restoration of self-balance (Fantz, 1978; Perls,
1969). Neo-Freudian, object-relations, and ego-psychology dream theorists believe that the dream
repetition of emotionally painful events allows the ego to attempt to master or assimilate the painful
event (Bibring, 1943; Renik, 1981; Silverberg, 1948; Stewart, 1967). Freud viewed recurrent
(traumatic) dreams as expressions of a neurotic repetition compulsion (Freud, 1955; Cavenar and
Sullivan, 1978). Jung believed that recurrent dreams not only indicated the presence of psychological
conflict, but that they were also “of specific importance for the integration of the psyche” (Jung, in
Adler, 1973, p. 93). Finally, culturalist dream theory (Bonime, 1962) maintains that recurrent dreams
indicate a lack of positive change or development in one’s personality. In recurrent dreams “people
continue to reflect unresolved personality difficulties with the identical symbols” (Bonime, 1962, p.
41). Thus, many kinds of dream theories converge in their view that recurrent dreams are associated
with a lack of progress in recognizing and resolving conflicts in the dreamer’s life.
If recurrent dreams signal the presence of an unresolved conflict, then the cessation of a
recurring dream should indicate that the conflict has been successfully dealt with. Dream theorists
from many different perspectives have suggested that this is the case (Bonime, 1962; Cartwright, 1979;
Delaney, 1991; Jung, cited in Mattoon, 1978, p.84; Sharpe, 1978; Ullman and Zimmerman, 1979;
Recurrent dreams, however, are not a unitary phenomenon. The repetition of dream symbols or
themes over a series of dreams is not the same thing as a recurrent dream, in which the dream content is
always identical from beginning to end. Domhoff (1993) has argued that repetitive dream themes and
recurrent dreams are related experiences in that they are both part of a “repetition dimension.” In the
next section, a summary of the types of dreams which make up this dimension will be presented.
The Dream Repetition Continuum
Bonime (1962) distinguished between recurrent dreams in which “the patient reiterates, again
and again, his symbolic statement of the core problem” (p.41) and dreams in which repetitive themes
are depicted over a range of symbols. Domhoff (1993) defined a continuum of repetition. At one
extreme are the traumatic dreams that repeatedly reproduce overwhelming experiences. Almost any
event that is perceived as being traumatic by an individual can produce traumatic dreams, and their
occurrence is recognized as a symptom of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (APA, 1987). As trauma
victims begin to deal successfully with their difficulties, there are often positive changes in the content
of their traumatic dreams (e.g., Hartmann, 1984). Domhoff (1993) iterates this point by stating “to the
degree that the experience gradually is assimilated, to that degree the dreams decrease in frequency and
become altered in content” (p. 297).
Next on the continuum is the recurrent dream. The content of recurrent dreams, like that of
many traumatic dreams, is replayed in all (or almost all) of its entirety. As noted earlier, recurrent
dreams are frequent in both children and adults, and are primarily unpleasant. Though recurrent
dreams do not always seem to be directly tied to any particular experience, the evidence suggests that
they occur during times of stress and that they cease to recur once the problem has been resolved
(Brown and Donderi, 1986; Cartwright, 1979; D’Andrade, 1985). However, unlike many traumatic
dreams, most recurrent dreams do not reflect a conflict or stressor directly, but rather depict it in a
Further along the repetition continuum are recurrent themes within a long dream series. In
these dreams, the theme is always the same (e.g., being late or lost) but the content is not. Finally, the
repetition of mundane characters, activities, and objects that occurs in every-day dreams consistently
over decades lies at the other end of the continuum. Several examples of repetitive themes and
repeated dream elements are presented by Domhoff (1993).
Domhoff (1993) maintains that the dreams which constitute the “repetition dimension” all
reflect attempts at resolving emotional preoccupations. Empirical data that support both the validity of
the dream repetition continuum and its proposed association with emotional preoccupations will now
Recurrent Dreams and Well-Being
A number of case reports have described positive changes in repetitive dream elements as a
function of successful psychotherapy (e.g., Bonime, 1962; Maultsby and Gram, 1974; Rossi, 1985).
Bergin (1970) presented the case of a client who lacked self-assertion skills and who was excessively
intimidated by authority figures. Following an improvement in his condition, the client spontaneously
reported that both the negative content and affective tone of a previously recurrent dream had changed
in a positive manner. This case is especially interesting given that the therapy involved behavioral
techniques, and the client’s dreams had never been discussed during therapy. The changes reported
above are consistent with Bonime’s (1962) assertion that “to the extent that these alterations of the
same symbol take place in accordance with alterations of the personality during therapy, the symbol
changes become important indicators of clinical progress” (p. 45).
In addition to anecdotal and clinical case reports, research data support the theory that the
repetition of negative dream content is associated with the presence of unresolved conflicts or stressors.
Robbins and Houshi (1983) found that undergraduate students who reported having a recurrent
dream had moderately significantly higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and reported a
significantly greater number of problems in their daily lives than did undergraduate students who did
not have recurrent dreams.
Brown and Donderi (1986) published the only study to have specifically investigated the
relation of recurrent dreams (as opposed to repetitive dream elements) to well-being. Recurrent
dreamers, former recurrent dreamers, and non-recurrent dreamers were asked to complete a battery of
well-being measures, and record a fourteen-day sample of their own remembered dreams. People in
the recurrent dream group were currently experiencing a recurrent dream. The former recurrent dream
group was composed of individuals who had experienced a recurrent dream in adulthood, but for whom
the dream had not recurred for at least one year. The recurrent dreams reported by the subjects in both
of these groups had persisted over at least a six month period. Subjects in the non-recurrent dream
group had never experienced a recurrent dream in adult life. Recurrent dreams were differentiated from
dream series that contained repetitive themes or repeated dream elements and were defined as dreams
which “are distinguished by their complete repetition as a remembered experience” (p. 612).
The recurrent dream group scored consistently lower on measures of well-being than both the
past-recurrent dream group and the non-recurrent dream group. For example, recurrent dreamers had
the least adaptive scores on measures of anxiety, depression, personal adjustment, and life-events
stress. Moreover, content analyses of the dream reports showed that the recurrent dreamers
experienced more anxious, dysphoric, and conflict-oriented dream content than either of other the two
groups. Finally, past-recurrent dreamers scored consistently higher than the non-recurrent dreamers on
indices of well-being and positive dream content. This latter finding is of particular interest, since it
suggests that the maintained cessation of a recurrent dream is associated with a positive rebound effect
Several of Brown and Donderi’s (1986) findings have been replicated in a younger adult
population by Zadra, O’Brien, and Donderi (1993). Using the same methodology as in Brown and
Donderi (1986), Zadra, O’Brien and Donderi (1993) found that recurrent dreamers scored consistently
lower on measures of well-being than non-recurrent dreamers. Specifically, recurrent dreamers
reported significantly higher levels of neuroticism, anxiety, depression, somatic symptomatology, life-
events stress and significantly lower levels personal adjustment. This study also replicated Brown and
Donderi’s (1986) finding that the dreams of recurrent dreamers contain significantly more negative
dream content than those of non-recurrent dreamers. For example, the dreams of the recurrent dream
group contained significantly greater proportions of anxiety, hostility, failure, and misfortunes. This
finding cannot be attributed to the presence of negative recurrent dreams in the recurrent dream group’s
two week dream log reports. Only 2 of the 187 dreams reported by the recurrent dream group were
A past-recurrent dream group was also included in Zadra, O’Brien and Donderi’s (1993) study.
This group was composed of individuals who had experienced a recurrent dream in early childhood,
but for whom the dream had ceased to recur between the approximate ages of 10 and 12. Participants
in this group had not experienced any other recurrent dreams since then. The authors found that these
past-recurrent dreamers did not differ from non-recurrent dreamers on the measures of well-being or on
any of the dream content measures.
Taken together, these studies provide support the following conclusions. In both late teenagers
and older adults, recurrent dreams: 1) occur in times of stress; 2) are accompanied by negative dream
content in everyday dreams; and 3) are associated with a relative deficit in psychological well-being.
Furthermore, the cessation of a previously recurrent dream in adulthood is associated with increased
psychological well-being. The cessation of a recurrent dream in early childhood, however, does not
appear to have any long-term psychological benefits. These conclusions are consistent with the clinical
dream theories reviewed earlier in this chapter.
Zadra, Miller and Donderi (1994) extended some of the aforementioned findings on recurrent
dreams to dreams with recurrent themes. Specifically, they compared individuals who reported
repetitive themes in their dreams with people who did not have such dream patterns. Recurrent themes
fall lower on Domhoff’s (1993) continuum of repetition than do recurrent dreams. For this reason,
Zadra, Miller and Donderi (1994) predicted that, relative to non-recurrent dreamers, people with
repetitive dream themes would show deficits in well-being and negative dream content, but not to the
extent shown by recurrent dreamers in their previous studies.
As in the studies by Brown and Donderi (1986) and Zadra, O’Brien and Donderi (1993), group
membership was based on responses to several questions on the McGill Sleep/Dream Questionnaire as
well as on the subjects’ written descriptions of any type of “recurrent dream” they remembered.
Inclusion criteria for the repetitive theme group consisted of having “recurrent dreams” in which the
content was “rarely” or “never” identical but in which the theme was “always” or “often” identical.
Furthermore, the repetitive dream themes had to be currently experienced and have persisted for at least
12 months. The non-recurrent theme group was composed of people who reported never having
experienced recurrent dreams or recurrent dream themes in their adult life.
People with repetitive dream themes were found to score significantly lower than people
without repetitive dream themes on four of the six measures of well-being. What is more, the scores of
the repetitive theme group on these four measures were higher (more adaptive) than the scores obtained
by the recurrent dreamers in both Brown and Donderi’s (1986) and Zadra, O’Brien and Donderi (1993)
A content analysis of dream diary reports revealed that the dreams of the repetitive theme group
contained more negative dream elements than did the dreams of the control group (e.g., more anxiety,
negative affect, hostility-toned content). However, the frequency and intensity of these negative dream
elements were not as great as that which was found in the everyday dream reports of people with
The results from the studies reviewed in this section support both the validity and heuristic
value of Domhoff’s (1993) repetition continuum. The data indicate that people who experience
recurrent themes show a deficit on measures of well-being, but not to the extent shown by those with
recurrent dreams. These results form a pattern which suggests that scores on measures of
psychological well-being are inversely related to the position of a dreaming experience on the
repetition continuum. If this is correct, we would expect that people with recurrent traumatic dreams
would score lower on measures of well-being than people with either recurrent dreams or repetitive
dream themes. Similarly, the data from the dream content analyses suggest that, as one moves towards
the traumatic dream end of the continuum, people’s everyday dreams should contain greater
proportions of negative dream elements (e.g., aggressive, anxious and dysphoric dream content).
Domhoff (1993) argues that the dreams which make up his repetition dimension (i.e., traumatic
dreams, recurrent dreams, repeated themes, and frequent dream elements) all reflect attempts at
resolving emotional preoccupations. If this hypothesis is correct, then the cessation of any of these
types of “recurrent dreams” should indicate that the emotional issue has been resolved. Consistent with
this view, Brown and Donderi (1986) presented evidence that the cessation of recurrent dreams in
adulthood was correlated with an elevation in well-being. Whether or not the cessation of previously
recurring themes or dream elements in adulthood is also associated with increases in well-being
remains to be determined.
A possible exception to the aforementioned conclusions concerns positive recurrent dreams. As
was described earlier in this chapter, approximately 10% of recurrent dreams are described as being
pleasant. Because positive recurrent dreams occur infrequently, their association to measures of well-
being has not been investigated. Thus, we do not know if people who report positive recurrent dreams
also show a relative deficit on measures of well-being. Similarly, we do not know whether the
maintained cessation of pleasant recurrent dreams is correlated with positive, negative, or no changes in
The theories and data on recurrent dreams presented here are consistent with a broader view of
the dream as an attempt to resolve current emotional concerns, one of the possible function of dreams
as proposed by contemporary dream theory (e.g., Baylor and Deslauriers, 1986-87; Breger, 1967;
Cartwright, 1977; Delaney, 1991; Fiss, 1986; French and Fromm, 1964; Greenberg and Pearlman,
1975; Hall, 1953). However, the data do not show that emotional concerns are resolved by
incorporating them in dreams. Given the correlational nature of the data, the direction of causality
between dream content and waking emotional states cannot be inferred. In other words, dream content
could either reflect, or influence, waking adjustment. At the present time, no firm conclusions as to
which of these possibilities is correct can be drawn. The nature of the association between dream
content and waking state personality may also vary with the individual and the life circumstances.
Thus, it may turn out that dreams can both influence and reflect waking state personality, albeit at
different points in one’s life.
The causality issue cannot be resolved until dream content is manipulated as an independent
variable. For example, one could attempt to alter recurrent dream content using lucid dream induction
techniques or waking imagery exercises. Case studies have shown such treatments to be effective in
the treatment of recurrent nightmares (e.g., Halliday, 1982; Marks, 1978; Tholey, 1988). In a
controlled treatment study, it may be possible to demonstrate a causal relationship between the
experimental manipulation of dream content and pre- to post-manipulation changes in objective
personality measures, including measures of psychological well-being. Such a study is currently
underway in Donderi’s laboratory. The clinical applications of lucid dreaming in altering recurrent
dream content will now be briefly reviewed.
Lucid Dreaming and Repetitive Dream Content
Several authors have suggested that there are psychological benefits from lucid dreaming (e.g.,
Kelzer, 1989; LaBerge, 1985; Tholey, 1988). Lucid dreams occur when one becomes aware that he or
she is dreaming while still in the dream state. Sometimes, lucid dreamers can recall events from their
waking life, can reason, and can move their dream bodies as desired. Furthermore, some lucid
dreamers can change the dream scenery at will. It is now known that lucid dreams occur during
unequivocal REM sleep (e.g., LaBerge and Dement, 1982; LaBerge, Greenleaf, and Kedzierski, 1983;
Schatzman, Worsley, and Fenwick, 1988).
A number of case studies have described the successful use of lucid dreaming in the treatment
of recurrent nightmares (e.g., Halliday, 1982; 1988; Tholey, 1988; Zadra, 1990). Dream lucidity can
also give rise to positive psychological elements which carry over into waking life (e.g., Brylowski
1990; Tholey 1988). Lucid dreaming may operate through a number of mechanisms to achieve
positive therapeutic outcomes. For example, LaBerge and Rheingold (1990) have suggested that what
a person expects to happen next in a dream can play an important role in dream construction or the
manner in which the dream will unfold. It is possible that individuals who have recurrent dreams
(including recurrent nightmares) may be locked into a fixed way of responding to the dream’s imagery
and of anticipating what will happen next. This in turn leads the dreamer to re-experience the same
imagery, which is often threatening in nature. Lucid dreaming may provide such individuals with new
responses and expectations concerning the dream’s progression, thereby altering the repetitive nature
of such dreams. Galvin (1990) suggests that by turning nightmare sufferers into lucid dreamers, the
sufferers may develop "a more coherent psychological sense of self through the experience of a degree
of mastery in the dream state and possibly resolve their nightmare condition" (p.78).
When working with recurrent nightmares, I have often combined lucid dreaming with exercises
in relaxation and guided imagery. In this treatment approach, subjects are first asked to close their eyes
and to make themselves comfortable. If a subjects is unable to relax, he or she may be trained in
progressive muscle relaxation (Bernstein and Borkovec, 1973). Once the subjects are relaxed, they
rehearse (i.e., imagine) their recurrent dream in as much detail as possible while describing it to the
therapist. The therapist guides this rehearsal, for example, asking about various dream elements (e.g.,
emotions, settings, characters) or bringing particular details to the subject's attention. Once the dream
has been described, the subject is asked to select a part of the recurrent dream which is emotionally
and/or visually salient and is instructed to carry out a particular task at this salient point in the dream.
The subject imagines performing this task in the dream while saying that he or she is dreaming (i.e.,
that the dream is now a lucid dream). When performed during the actual dream, this action is a cue that
the experience is a dream. Typically, this task is as simple as looking at one's hands or calling out a
word. Once the relaxation and imagery exercises have been completed, subjects are instructed to
practice them at home, especially just before going to sleep.
The rationale for this treatment is as follows: by repeatedly rehearsing the recurrent dream,
together with a task which is intentionally carried out at a preselected salient point in the dream, the
subject will remember to carry out the task when the recurrent dream occurs. The task serves as a pre-
rehearsed cue to remind the subject that the experience is a dream. At this point, the subject is
dreaming lucidly and can consciously choose the manner in which he or she wants to respond to and
interact with the dream imagery. This treatment is a variation of Tholey's (1983) intention technique
for lucid dream induction.
The therapist then consults with the subject to find an appropriate way to modify the recurrent
dream once lucidity is achieved. Various approaches include Garfield's (1974) suggestion to "confront
and conquer" the feared scene, Halliday's (1982; 1988) suggestion to alter some small aspect of the
dream, and Tholey's (1988) suggestion to have the dream ego engage in conciliatory dialogue with
hostile dream figures. Some subjects may be tempted to use lucid dreaming to fly away from
threatening agents in their recurrent dreams. I believe that this kind of approach should be
discouraged or used only as a last resort. Compared to other methods of dealing with repetitive dream
content when lucid, running or flying away from an aversive dream environment is not a constructive
act. Moreover, such an approach may deprive both the subject and the therapist of a unique
opportunity to gain new insights into the possible significance of the recurrent dream.
Though the ability to become lucid in one’s dreams can be of therapeutic value, it remains
unclear whether the principal factor responsible for the alleviation of recurrent dreams and nightmares
is lucidity itself, or the ability to exert some control over the dream. For example, some of my subjects
never became lucid in their recurrent dreams but nevertheless “remembered” to carry out their
rehearsed actions with positive results. Conversely, both Zadra (1990) and Halliday (1988) have
reported case studies in which lucidity without the element of control actually worsened the nightmare.
The dreamer’s ability to alter some detail in the otherwise repetitive dream, either through new
responses or altered expectations during the dream, may therefore represent a key factor in the
elimination of recurrent dreams.
General Comments and Conclusion
A question of interest to some dream researchers and to most clinicians who work with clients’
dream reports is whether people with similar life events report similar recurrent dreams. The answer to
this question has implications about how specific dream content may be constructed across individuals.
Clinicians’ interests lie in their desire to understand the possible significance of specific dream content
for the dreamer and the possible metaphorical expressions represented by specific dream content. In
the large sample of recurrent dreams we have reviewed, different people never reported the same
recurrent dream, but different life-events have produced the same type of recurrent dream content. For
example, two people in Zadra, O’Brien and Donderi’s (1993) recurrent dream group reported recurrent
dreams involving the loss of their teeth. However, there was no overlap in any of the life-events or
difficulties reported by these two people. The opposite scenario has also been noted. People reporting
the same life-events (e.g., major financial difficulties, divorce, unwanted pregnancies) were found to
have very different content in their recurrent dreams. Thus, the same dream themes or symbols may
represent different things to different people.
Some adults who experienced the same recurrent dream since childhood report that the content
of the dream changes gradually over the years. Although the thematic content of the dream remained
the same, the dream’s setting or characters had become altered in ways that often reflected changes in
the person’s life. One such example came from a 23 year-old student who reported a recurrent dream
in which someone she cared about would hurt her emotionally and show no consideration for her
feelings. During this women’s childhood, the recurrent dream consisted of her mother giving away
belongings that the subject cherished to other children. In early adolescence, she also began to have
recurrent dreams in which her older brother would be verbally abusive towards her while damaging her
personal belongings. These dreams began to decrease in frequency around the age of 18. From that
point onward, she began to have recurrent dreams about her boyfriend, who would say hurtful things to
her. In these recurrent dreams, the setting was always the subject’s home, while the feelings were
always ones of extreme sadness and frustration. Invariably, the subject would cry and beg the other
characters to stop what they were doing, but her appeals were always ignored. These dreams were
described as emotionally intense and extremely vivid. Frequently, the feelings experienced in the
recurrent dream would persist upon awakening. The subject reported that at times these feelings were
so strong that on several occasions over the past two years, she made her boyfriend apologize to her in
Some of our recurrent dreamers also report that their recurrent dreams cease for a period of
years, only to resurface when a new stressor is encountered. One 38-year old woman, who had kept a
dream diary since the age of 15, reported having had the same recurrent dream intermittently for over
20 years. The dream was an “examination dream” in which she found herself unprepared for an
important college exam. This dream had first appeared at the age of 19 when she had been in college.
She reported that this dream reappeared every seven to ten days for several months prior to her getting
married, but that it stopped recurring shortly after her wedding. Though she had not had the dream for
over five years, she stated that the dream had re-occurred with varying frequencies in the previous 18
months. During this period, she had lost her job and had been actively looking for a new one. This
case is similar to the examples described by Kramer, Schoen, and Kinney (1987) in their work with
Vietnam veterans. Many veterans re-experience their old traumatic dreams when dealing with marital
crises, demonstrating that old recurrent dreams can reappear when one is faced with new stressors.
The same phenomenon can take place in individuals who have non-traumatic recurrent dreams.
The data reviewed in this chapter support the generic depth psychological position that dreams
are related to waking states. It has been shown that the link between people’s dream content and their
current levels of well-being is particularly evident in dreams which make up Domhoff’s (1993)
repetition continuum. Moreover, it has been shown that the cessation of a recurrent dream in adulthood
is associated with an elevation in self-reported levels of well-being. This suggests that changes from
repetitive to progressive dream patterns may be important indicators of how well people are adapting to
their life circumstances.
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solely on individual dreams. There is much to be gained from the study of repetitive dream content.
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Dream Content Measures For Adult and Childhood Recurrent Dreams.
77.3 81.1 78.5
Positive Affect 10.0 7.6 9.2
Mixture of Both Positive
and Negative Emotions 7.3 5.7 6.7
No Affect 5.5 5.7 5.5
Total for Emotion 100.1 100.1 99.9
Dream Content Scales
Failure 17.3 1.9 12.3
Success 1.8 3.8 2.5
Misfortune 41.8 43.4 42.3
Good Fortune 4.6 3.8 4.3
Total for Achievement
and Environmental Press
Dream Content Scales
65.5 52.9 61.4
Note: RD = recurrent dreams. Totals for emotion dream content scales do not equal 100
due to rounding. Totals for Achievement and Environmental Press Scales do not add up
to 100 as several dreams did not contain one or more of these dream content categories.
CONTENT % OF RD FROM
% OF RD FROM
% OF TOTAL
Thematic Content of Adult and Childhood Recurrent Dreams.
14.6 41.5 23.3
House Maintenance 10.9 0 7.4
Being Alone and Stuck or Trapped 6.4 3.8 5.5
Facing Natural Forces
5.5 3.8 4.9
Teeth Falling Out
4.6 0 3.1
Discovering/Exploring New Rooms
in a House 4.6 1.9 3.7
Death of Family Members
4.6 9.4 6.1
Not Knowing Why or to Whom One
is Getting Married 3.6 0 2.5
Unable to Use a Telephone During
an Emergency 3.6 0 2.5
Unable to Find a Private Toilet
3.6 0 2.5
Being Late or Lost
2.7 1.9 2.5
Driving a Car That is Out of Control 2.7 0 1.8
2.7 3.8 3.1
Other 30.0 34.0 31.2
Total 100.1 100.1 100.1
Note: RD = recurrent dreams. Totals do not add up to 100 due to rounding.
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My first project with NASA was in a class where we designed and built a human powered vehicle for their annual Great Moonbuggy Race competition. The project extended well past the class successfully entering and winning multiple awards at the competition, being commemorated in a book written by myself and Bryan Cloyd, and founded a club that competes in the competition every year to this day.
The original class was one semester long and as a team of 13 we were able to go from initial concept to working prototype. The final construction and assebly of the vehicle was a nonstop effort that lasted 11 days. This vehicle was itterated on for 3 years until it was finally retired.
The vehicle had to carry two passengers, navigate brutal terrain, and fold into a 4x4 foot cube. We went with a back to back three wheeled design to reduce weight and keep the center of gravity at the center of the vehicle. I led the drivetrain design which allowed for all wheel drive and an innovative locking differential.
This is an engineering competition primarily targeted to engineering students from all over the world. We were the first art school to ever enter the competition, so we had a lot to prove. In the 2 years I was on the team we won Rookie of the Year, 3rd Place, Best Engineering Design, and 6th Place. We were proud to show that the design process and craft can achieve real world results.
For more information about our process download this PDF of a book commissioned by the Rhode Island Space Grant. It catalogs the first two years of the team.
As a result of the success of the moonbuggy I was offered an intership over the summer working with the Habitablity Design Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. I focused on building a variety of prototypes for various vehicles headed for Mars.
My senior thesis at RISD was to design a consumer space flight experience. I collaborated with Jackson Seidenberg and Bryan Cloyd, as well as getting feedback from our contacts at NASA. We set out to solve many of the major quality of life issues someone might face over a few day visit to orbit. My focus was on the main living room, as well as the dining experience.
We modeled the trip off of what we thought might be possible in the near future of space flight. That meant a small capsule that would be sent into low earth orbit, then land after 2 days. We organized the space with the public area near the front, personal cabins in the center, and a private space/laterine in the back. It's built to accomidate 4 passengers and 2 crew.
For the dining experience we wanted to create familiarity. We had heard from astronauts that meals were a very important ritual for feeling grounded while on the ISS. We wanted the interior to transform for dinner, so we have warm lights drop from the ceiling, and a table extend. We also have gyroscopically stabalized trays that the food could be brought out on and integerated into the table. While this setup looks traditional and unnecessary in zero-G, having a familiar scene and clear orientation can actually help reduce motion sickness.
Eeating food can be complicated in zero-G. I focused on a dining set that wasn't just easy to use but estetichally pleasing. The most innovative work was done on the cups and shot glasses. The cups provide a holster that you can grab with interchangable pouches of liquid. The shot glasses use surface tension (which plays a much larger role in zero-G) to allow a bubble of liquid to be placed on the top of the "Tee" and then be sucked up through the straw.
We designed sleeping cabins that allowed each passenger to have their own private space during the trip. The cabins could transform from a couch to a bed, and dividers between rooms could be lowered for couples on board. We mocked up the cabins to scale, and gained confidence in their design when our classmates started sleepin in them during finals.
When I first heard about VR it was pretty clear to me what I wanted to do with the technology - experience what zero gravity was like. I decided rather than wait around, I'd buy an Oculus dev kit and build my dream experience. I started to prototype a space exploration game in Unity and quickly realized how far in over my head I was. A few months after my prototype I read an article in Polygon about a game company working on something very similar. The project was called Adr1ft. I reached out to their team and ended up helping them with some of the early UI concept work on their Oculus Rift launch title. It was so exciting to see my dream game come together up close.
VR.DESIGN+MOBILE.DESIGN+DESIGN.MANAGEMENTAs a founding member of Facebook VR design I helped build a thriving VR ecosystem
INTERACTION.DESIGN+PROTOTYPING+INDUSTRIAL.DESIGNSamsung Research invested in our small team to explore the potential use cases for AR glasses
INDUSTRIAL.DESIGN+METAL.WORKING+GAME.DESIGNThrough my time at RISD I worked on a variety of projects with NASA that eventually led me to VR
MOBILE.DESIGN+WEB.DESIGN+GRAPHIC.DESIGNI love contributing my skills to charities
INDUSTRIAL.DESIGN+WOODWORKINGA way of keeping up my craft
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An increasing demand of local fruit and vegetables in Cambodia is creating a market pull for small and medium-scale farmers to increase their production and generate (relatively) quick returns on their investments, using modern technologies. Local vegetables are also considered safer because of their lower pesticide use when compared to imports. The current total annual domestic demand of vegetables is estimated at 1,1 million MT and demand far outstrips available local supply.
However, soil born and fungal diseases are causing severe losses for farmers reducing farmers’ productivity and profitability. Grafting vegetable seedlings on a resistant rootstock creates a high degree of disease resistance. CHAIN has been teaching farmers to graft tomatoes on eggplant rootstock against bacterial wilt.
Learning to graft
Mrs. Foer Sang, is a 57-year-old farmer in Stung Treng province. She had joined the SNV’s CHAIN Project as a homestead farmer. She grew vegetables on a 100-square-meter plot, yielding just enough for household consumption and a bit of surplus sales. She grew leafy crops such as lettuce, curly and green mustard. She tried growing other crops such as eggplant, tomato, chili, corn, long bean and cucumber, but she struggled to earn sufficient revenue.
Her husband joined her in cultivating vegetables in 2017 and they volunteered their farm as a demonstration site for irrigation technologies as part of climate smart production (drip with plastic mulch and rice husk mulch). With extension received from CHAIN, the input company Angkor Green and the Provincial Department of Agriculture – PDAFF, their production did improve, and they were able to sell larger quantities. Still tomato diseases, such as bacterial wilt, caused their production to sometimes get lost.
With coaching of the CHAIN project, Mrs. Sang learned how to produce bacterial-wilt-resistant tomato seedlings through grafting on eggplant resistant rootstock. Soon the couple could produce more tomatoes and Mrs. Sang also started teaching other farmers how to do grafting. However, grafting is a skill, and Mrs. Sang is particularly skilled in grafting the delicate plants, so various farmers expressed their interest to buy the seedlings from her instead.
Potential stand-alone business
This proved to be so successful that the couple recognised the grafting as a potential stand-alone business. The couple expanded their business to include a vegetable seedling nursery, which sells both grafted and non-grafted seedlings. Clients can order vegetable seedlings by phone or through various social media applications.
Over and above, the couple learned business skills including cost and benefit analysis, sales strategy to reach more clients, record management, and business planning. Together they became commercial level farmers in December 2019, and have expanded the productive land size from around 100 to 2,800 square metres, and producing in a netted greenhouse, increasing family income significantly as a result.
In 2020, the seedling business sold out all stock, including 67 trays of grafted and 60 non-grafted vegetable seedlings, as well as 30 bags of compost substrate, to clients in Stung Treng, Kampong Cham, and Phnom Penh, raising their income with around USD 1,500.
Mr. and Mrs. Sang are now well-known throughout the province as highly skilled grafting farmers, with their reputation spreading beyond Stung Treng. Mrs. Sang was recently selected by the government as a model farmer to train others on how they can implement climate-smart agriculture and grafting technologies.
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Baguette stones have four corners and a rather deep pavilion. Because of this you must handle these stones with special care at all times. You must make sure that all the bearings being cut are totally in line with the long girdles of this shape of stone.
First take a moment to observe the fine details. Are the corners of the stones broken off in shipping (this does occasionally happen)? Are there any inclusions near, or in the way of the setting areas of this stone? How uniform are the four girdles? Is the shape of the stone true on all four sides? Last, but not least, does the stone actually fit the end-bezel? Once you have gathered all of this information in our minds you can compensate for all of these little quirks while setting.
You can now proceed in aligning our end-bezel in our clamp, so that the working area is nicely exposed. It is not necessary to twist or bend your hands with the bur while attempting to set any stone. Keep this working area held in a way in which you are at ease. If you are holding your ring in a very awkward position you won’t get a good look at what you are setting, and you will definitely get tired quickly.
Pick up your baguette and see how far the end-bezel is centered to the ends of the stone. At this point, you might have to extend the length to fit the dimensions of the stone. You can do this with a pair of pliers and slightly bend the wall outwards. This will allow you to make the proper bearing cuts and not make them too deep into the gold. Do not grip the metal too tightly as this will leave deep marks in the gold and when you clean after setting the stone you will not only remove the gouges but also thin out the metal that is holding the stone. Again, measure the length of the bezel to the stone length. I am repeating this as I believe this is the most critical item to observe in the preparation prior to setting this rectangular stone.
Next, select your fine bud bur #005 to clean the four corners of the inner bezel. You want no metal touching the four corners of the stone, lest one of the corners of the stone will break off or chip. So let’s get rid of the metal at the same angle as the pavilion of the stone. You should start at the top of the gallery and work deeper, but not at a vertical angle. The gallery angle must match the same angle as the stone.
I want you to familiarize yourself with the pavilion shaping procedure. Once this is accomplished to your liking proceed to grind out the sides of the gallery at the same angle as the stone. This is accomplished with a size #007 bud bur. Cut away all of the gold from each of the four corners that will hinder the baguette from being lowered into the gallery. After this lower the stone and look for any gold that is preventing the next setting step. You must use your 10x loupe and observe any protruding shards of metal. If there are any, remove them now!
I prefer using a bud bur for cleaning of the gallery because it is almost impossible to use a triangular file for exacting the true and correct inner angle. I use the broad side of the bur to execute this maneuver. I generally use a bud bur for its longer cutting action and make full use of these cutting teeth in contact with the gold.
Some setters prefer using a flat graver. It leaves a nice bright-cut but at times it will also leave a facet edge on the deeper inner gallery base wall. You just have to keep swinging your graver around missing the intended angle you are trying to achieve.
Place the stone in the mounting and observe it. Is the stone sitting level in the gallery? Is it rocking? If so, where is it pivoting? Is it aligned up with the center of the baguette to the center of the end-bezel frame? If you answer yes to all these questions go onto the next step; if not go back and redo the prior steps as necessary.
Now observe the end girdle and how it is sitting against the bezel wall. I gently scribe the side of the bezel-wall and ascertain just where the bearing cuts will occur. At these two scribed points make a little groove with your #005 bud bur. With your 10x loupe observe if the bearing cuts meet the girdle. If the cuts don’t meet the girdle the stone will sit crookedly. Scribe and bur out all of the two end bezels evenly. Observe the depth into the walls to make sure they are at the same depth.
Remove the stone and place it on your bench. You are now going to thin out the tips of the bezel walls. This will make the tips of the walls easier to bend over. If the tips of the walls are thick you might break the stone by applying too much pressure.
Using your #2 triangular file, file off only the very tip at a 45-degree angle. This is where your hand pusher will rest. This pusher must have a serrated edge with a ## marking, as this will most definitely prevent any slipping of the tool onto the crown facet of the stone.
Place this baguette into the gallery for the final time. You are now ready for the bending of the end bezel walls.
Place your metal pusher on the 45-degree angle you filed and with great care begin to bend over the metal. Apply a forward a rocking motion. This forward rocking motion will slowly move the metal over the stone.
Go to the other side and again rock over the metal. This action must be done with great care. Go back and forth until the entire length on both end walls are down tight on the stone and the metal is over the stone equally. This is very important! The end result is that the stone is now held securely with no chance for any movement.
Use your #4 triangular file and trim the sides, the top, and outside of the bezel walls. Then use your pumice wheel to remove all of the marks left by your pliers and file. Use your flat #40 graver and bright-cut the metal that is lying on the crown facets. This appearance is just a wonderful sight! All the metal is clean, bright, and nicely finished | <urn:uuid:3cac291b-d4d7-41a5-8acf-67ac5cd5c6e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ganoksin.com/article/seting-baguette-stones/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.925655 | 1,329 | 1.726563 | 2 |
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