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No vaccine or cure has been found for SARS-CoV or MERS-CoV yet the world is not too concerned about them. How can it be? Did all people who had those viruses die or do viruses just randomly decide to stop being infectious at some point?
Infections spread in a population when the number of new infections caused by an infected person is greater than or equal to 1.
If each infected person spreads the virus to less than 1 person, eventually no one will be infected, without a need for any sort of cure. Of course, the longer a deadly infectious disease spreads in a population, the more people will die during this process. Ideally you want to get the number of transmissions as close to zero as possible as quickly as possible.
SARS and MERS are each a bit different, but share some similar characteristics. Compared to COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, both are more severe in a larger fraction of the people infected (note: all three viruses are closely related betacoronaviruses). This made it easier for public health officials to identify and isolate infected individuals.
The MERS virus is really not gone at all: it lives on in animal reservoirs, like camels (so it is primarily only a concern in places where those reservoirs live). Cases continue to occur sporadically. However, MERS is usually not that transmissible between people, having a natural transmission rate that is already less than 1: that means that most people who get it get it directly from an animal, and don't continue to spread it to others besides occasional infection of individuals with close-contact, like a family member. There have been exceptions where isolated incidents involved substantial human-to-human transmission. Some of these incidents were associated with "super-spreaders": particular individuals who got infected and spread the virus to way more people than the average. See https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-0697_article for more.
SARS caused by the original SARS-CoV virus indeed seems to be gone, with no cases reported since 2004. The elimination of SARS from the human population occurred via controlling the human-to-human spread through isolation and contact tracing. See https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/70863 for a report on the epidemic and how cases and spread in different locations were handled.
Viruses don't have any agency: they can't decide to do anything. However, humans can, and our best response to outbreaks of novel diseases is to trace the spread and try to limit transmission as much as possible.
Bryan Krause's answer addresses the reasons pertinent to SARS and MERS. If you meant those two as examples but are interested in the title question more generally, I can note an additional mechanism. This is herd immunity, which fits the bill in that it can occur when "no vaccine or cure is found" and when it is neither the case that "all people who had those viruses die" nor "viruses just randomly decide to stop being infectious". After a significant fraction of the population has been infected and recovered, herd immunity can bring a virus with $R_0 > 1$ to an effective rate $R < 1$ if those that are recovered are immune to reinfection and this immunity lasts for long enough.
And considering the title more broadly,
We learn to live with them, manage the infections, and consider a significant death toll or other related injuries as "normal".
For example, a measles vaccine was only developed in the 1960s. Before that, it was just known as one of the diseases children would usually get when they were young, because the virus was endemic in the population. On average, 2.6 million people a year died of measles globally, and that was just expected. (For comparison, that's now down to 122,000 by the way, and most of them are in extremely poor countries who either can't afford the vaccine or can't reach clinics.)
For an alternative case, the rate of congenital disabilities or birth defects in children was simply accepted as what it was - something which just happened without any cause. It was not until 1941 that the connection was made to rubella (German measles) causing up to two-thirds of all birth defects. Before that point, we didn't know that this wasn't "normal".
And currently of course we still have no solid vaccine for flu. The vaccines we do have are relatively effective and certainly do reduce the impact, but they are not effective to the same extent as, say, the MMR vaccines. As a result, we still have thousands of people dying of flu every year, and currently that is "normal". Maybe one day we'll crack it, but until then we'll just expect people to continue catching it, doctors and hospitals to continue treating it, and some people to die from it.
One more effect: a pathogen that is both deadly and highly contagious either triggers strong response (when we talk about humans, human pets, cattle, etc) or simply wipes out the population it infects (and disappears with it).
This creates a strong selection pressure over the pathogen. In order to successfully spread, it either becomes less deadly, or less contagious, or both. The generations of the pathogens change quickly and mutation rate is usually high, so the pathogen (given time and groups of hosts to infect) will react to the selection pressure.
The groups, once survived the less-deadly version of the pathogen are at advantage - they are most probably immune also to the original. The pathogen is also at advantage - it gets less organizational reaction (quarantines, vaccines, etc) and more hosts to infect (because survived hosts reproduce and the new hosts are not immune).
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Methods to Generate Black Money:
Methods of Generating Black Money: The simplest method of generating black money is to avoid declaring or disclosing one's income or the activities that led to it. This is the most likely course of action in all cases involving criminal, unlawful, and improper activity. It is also possible to avoid declaring or reporting activities and the income earned as a result of these failures. This strategy can be used in circumstances of failure to comply with regulatory responsibilities or tax evasion on income generated through authorised operations. However, complete avoidance or non-compliance may put such incomes at risk of being discovered by authorities, with the resulting consequences being detrimental to the generator. The development of this type of black money, therefore, frequently involves a more complex method that involves the manipulation of financial records and accounting information. Tax evasion is the intentional misreporting or non-reporting of financial transactions in the books of account of a business.
In the following sections, we will discuss the various types of financial statement manipulations that result in tax evasion and the formation of black money:
Transactions that do not appear in the book
Books of Accounts that are kept in parallel
Accounting records are being manipulated.
Manipulation of sales / receipts is prohibited.
Production is under-reported by a large margin.
Expenses are being manipulated.
The use of international transactions to manipulate the market through the use of associate enterprises
Capital Manipulation is the act of manipulating money.
Manipulation of the stock of the closing company
Capital Expenses are being manipulated.
A number of them can be explained as follows:
Transactions that do not take place in a book:
This method is one of the simplest methods available, which is why it is so often utilised in practise. These businesses include modest grocery stores, unskilled or semi-skilled service providers, and other similar enterprises. Transactions that may result in receipts or income being subject to taxation are not recorded in the books of account by the taxpayer in this situation. The taxpayer either does not keep books of account or keeps two sets of books of account, or he or she merely reports partial receipts. Manipulation of Books of Account: Under the Companies Act, the Banking Regulation Act, and the Income Tax Act, books of accounts are needed to be maintained. It becomes increasingly difficult for tax payers to conduct out-of-book transactions or to keep parallel books of account as a result of this. Such individuals use the assistance of bookkeepers in order to avoid paying taxes.
Mocking the Balance of Payments: Mocking the balance of payments is possible by washing untraceable funds or by putting them into the books of accounts. Shares purchased at a premium, fictitious gifts and capital gains, the purchase of phoney losses, and other methods of manipulation are all possible. | <urn:uuid:8a0ef599-4d64-4e7e-b1ef-dae74d0b716e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dranupamkumarmishra.com/2022/07/methods-to-generate-black-money.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947775 | 573 | 2.515625 | 3 |
One of the projects that was developed from the experiences of WHW Akademija was Communities of Learning, Bridging the Gap of Isolation, initiated by WHW and supported by the Culture of Solidarity Fund of the European Cultural Foundation.
Through exhibitions, educational and discursive program in online formats and in physical spaces, this collaborative program challenged the condition of closures by reclaiming co-learning and conviviality as a collective platform for generating strategies of deconfinement, applicable in wider social contexts.
Among versatile collaborations between WHW and diffrent European organisations such are State of Concept from Athens, Bulegoa zenbaki barik in Bilbao, Can Altay with Ahali and platform Parrhesiades form London, local partners were experimental gallery GMK and Kurziv, publisher of non-profit media portal Kulturpunkt.hr.
Through collaborative activities by GMK and Kulturpunkt we tackled the question how can platform of education and culture open its doors for socially vulnerable?
Within the GMK activities in June 2021, artist Theo Prodromidis, in collaboration with Espi Tomičić and Lucija Klarić, with the participation of Jafar Hamadani, Miran Kramar, Severina Lajtman, Manuel Tairovski and Erin Vlahović, conducted a several-week workshop process as part of his research project 30yrs1d. It explored the production of citizenship in the last 30 years and the methods, successes and failures by which we jointly decide who will acquire it and how we can support someone to appropriate that right.
The presentation of the project took place in Zagreb on July 1 in a performative format in the park in front of the Booksa club, while the installation was on display in the GMK spaces from July 2nd to July 10th.
Kulturpunkt's journalism school – World of Art is a one-semester educational program for young participants aged 18 to 30 who want to acquire essential knowledge and skills in the fields of contemporary cultural, artistic and media practices. The program is implemented by the association Kurziv, the publisher of the portal Kulturpunkt.hr. The thirteenth edition of Kulturpunkt's journalism school – World of Art was realized in cooperation with the WHW.
Ten participants attended journalism workshops and lectures in the field of contemporary visual and performing arts. Some of the lectures were held at the Showroom of Gallery Nova (Lea Vene - New media practices, December 8th; Ana Fazekaš - Introduction to performing arts, December 13th; Igor Ružić - Performing arts and the 1990s, December 20th). | <urn:uuid:992cd818-cf28-4f69-9581-59a12b28c8cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://akademija.whw.hr/posts/communities-of-learning | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.946872 | 567 | 1.867188 | 2 |
The death toll in Syria during eight months of protests has now risen to "much more than 4,000", the UN revealed on Thursday as Britain, the EU and Arab states all ratcheted up the pressure on the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Navi Pillay, the UN human rights commissioner, said Syria could now be considered to be in a state of civil war. On Monday a UN investigation accused the Damascus government of committing crimes against humanity and said 256 children had been killed since unrest began. On 9 November the UN said the death toll was 3,500.
"We are placing the figure at 4,000, but really the reliable information coming to us is that it is much more than that," Pillay told a news conference in Geneva.
The updated death toll was issued as Britain accused Iran of aiding repression in Syria, as part of its strategy of soliciting wider support for tougher sanctions against both governments. Syria says it is fighting armed terrorists supported by a conspiracy of its Arab and western enemies.
William Hague, the foreign secretary, in a hardening of the UK position, said: "There is a link between what is happening in Syria and what is happening in Iran."
Hague said before meeting EU colleagues in Brussels: "The Iranian government has given assistance to the Assad regime in trying to control and suppress protests."
Arab and western governments have privately pointed to evidence that Iran is providing financial and logistical assistance and active security advice to the Assad regime. According to one senior Arab diplomatic source, there are 300-400 Iranian revolutionary guard personnel in Syria.
But it is unusual for a foreign minister to make such an accusation in public – reflecting an increasingly tough stance towards Syria and Iran in the wake of this week's Tehran embassy crisis.
The EU named 12 more Syrian individuals and 11 entities as being subject to travel bans or asset freezes. Syria immediately retaliated by announcing it was suspending its membership of the EU's Union for the Mediterranean – a partnership grouping.
The Arab League, represented in Brussels by its secretary general, Nabil al-Arabi, also named 17 senior Syrians it said would be denied entry to Arab countries. These include Assad's brother and republican guard commander Maher, the architect of the security crackdown; his billionaire cousin Rami Makhlouf, and the ministers of defence and interior.
Arab flights to Syria will stop from mid-December. But wheat, medicine, gas and electricity are excluded from the embargo, which is supported by all 22 Arab League members except Iraq and Lebanon. Syria has been suspended from the body.
Hague's comments and the latest sanctions came on a day that saw at least 17 people reported killed, mostly in the Hama area, according to the Syrian Revolution General Commission.
In recent weeks the situation has been complicated by increasingly frequent armed attacks against regime targets by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is made up of defectors from the armed forces.
In another development, the Syrian National Council (SNC), the biggest anti-Assad grouping, announced that it had reached agreement with the FSA over the issue of attacks against government forces at a meeting held in southern Turkey on Monday. Turkish media reported that the FSA would now resort to "armed resistance" only for "defensive" reasons.
Khaled Khoja, an SNC member, said: "The council recognised the Free Syrian Army as a reality, while the army recognised the council as the political representative [of the opposition]."
Opposition demonstrations across Syria on Friday are to be held under the slogan of demanding the creation of a border "buffer zone" to protect civilians. Kuwait, meanwhile, called on its citizens to leave Syria, following similar calls by several other Gulf states in recent weeks. | <urn:uuid:8a65f256-1ccd-4946-a79f-8e011ef843fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/01/syria-death-toll-4000-un | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.975197 | 763 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Does the Bible teach that men are superior to women? Listen to this lesson to learn that the Bible teaches that God created women and men to be equal image bearers of Him but created them to have different roles in life. Find out what “form follows function” means. Hear a number of principles found in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 that show that having different roles does not mean that one sex is superior and that being submissive does not imply inferiority. Be ready to accept the role designed for your sex at birth in order to bring glory to God, your Creator.
During this lesson Dr. Dean referenced the book Man and Woman in Christ, which is available for free download at https://mwc.warhornmedia.com/. | <urn:uuid:c77f9bff-71f2-482d-895d-297d3aaf98d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://deanbible.org/latest-classes/message/43-form-determines-function-sin-corrupts-c | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.964904 | 152 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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RELIABILITY OF DISTINGUISHING THE ODER OF MARIJUANA FROM HEMP, DELTA-8 AND OTHER PRODUCTS
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CHALLENGING THE RELIABILITY TO DISTINGUISH THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA FROM HEMP, DELTA-8, AND CBD FLOWERS
WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 2022 12.00-1.00 EST VIA ZOOM
The alleged smell of marijuana is the easiest way for police to search you or your car. They say they perceive an odor, that cannot be objectively tested for or preserved, and then your Fourth Amendment rights disappear. Let’s change that. With the legalization of marijuana in Indiana (as long as the THC content is <0.03%), there has been a proliferation of commercially available marijuana products that can be lawfully purchased and possessed. In light of this change, and the scientific impossibility that officers can perceive the difference between legal marijuana and contraband, the alleged smell of marijuana is no longer indicative of illegal activity. We’ll talk about how to challenge PC searches based on the alleged smell of a legal substance.
Dr. Alex Straiker
Dr. Alex Straiker is a senior scientist at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at IU Bloomington. The focus of his work is the neuropharmacology and physiology of drugs of abuse, particularly cannabinoids, and more recently, opiates. Cannabinoids and opiates are important drugs of abuse and have a role in human history dating back thousands of years. Only recently have we begun to learn the intimate details of how these drugs actually work in the body. By all accounts, cannabinoids and opiates are part of a complex web of receptors, transporters, enzymes, and signaling molecules, each subject to modulation. The precise workings of endocannabinoid and opiate signaling, and even the identity of the endogenous ligand at a given synapse, generally remain an open question. Dr. Straiker’s primary approach is to use neurophysiology in combination with molecular biology and anatomy to investigate specific mechanisms of signaling and their roles in health and disease. Much of his recent work has focused on cannabinoid function in the eye, including projects relating to glaucoma, corneal healing, and tearing.
Education: Ph.D., U.C. San Diego, 2001, B.S., University of Washington, 1997
B.A., University of Washington, 1988
Kyle Duggar, Public Defender Monroe County, Indiana
Kyle Dugger is a deputy public defender in the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office. He attended Maurer School of Law in Bloomington and was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 2015. He lives in Bloomington with his wife and four parrots, although they are expecting their first child later this year. Kyle enjoys blacksmithing, target shooting, and sticking it to the State.
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Northumberland’s Wylam Station is one of the oldest stations in the UK, standing on the Tyne Valley Line which runs from Newcastle to Carlisle. Recently, the station has been adopted by the Wylam Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. To celebrate this station adoption, a new sign has been placed in the entrance to the station – “Our Station Adopters, Wylam Rainbows, Brownies and Guides – Welcome you to Wylam”.
In order to mark the adoption, Wylam Brownies and Guides held a poster competition to show the attractions of Wylam village. Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership (TVCRP) arranged for the winning entries to be mounted on Foamex boards and placed in the community noticeboards, one on each platform.
At a ceremony on Tuesday 2 September, competition winners, Hebe and Erin unveiled their winning entries and were presented with their prizes by Northern’s regional community and sustainability manager (North East) – Marie Addison, who said “It is nice the girls’ work will be seen by everyone on the train”.
Colin Percy for Wylam Parish Council said he fully endorsed the choice and the posters would be displayed in the village and eventually be placed in the library or the railway museum, which are housed in the same building.
Clare Overton, Brownies Leader, helped with the unveiling ceremony and said: “In their Rainbow, Brownie and Guide Promises, our young members promise to “serve their community”, being Station Adopters is a brilliant way for the girls to keep their promise”.
Hebe and Erin explained that their posters showed the favourite things to do in Wylam and give visitors coming off the train ideas on what to see and where to go. | <urn:uuid:33f770e3-d859-4b94-bb37-0bc8ce29884a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://communityrail.org.uk/guides-adopt-northumberlands-wylam-station/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961796 | 373 | 1.664063 | 2 |
By Scott Meacham
Everything in life is cyclical. As terrible as 2020 has been for so many, the human spirit is amazing. Over the last month, as people have begun receiving vaccines that were developed in less than a year, I sense a bit of restored optimism.
Who isn’t hoping (and expecting) that 2021 will be an improvement over 2020? I have talked to many people of all walks of life and diverse businesses and industries in Oklahoma who feel like there are new ways to actually make things better—for themselves, their families and friends and for the communities where they live.
Education and entrepreneurship are at the top of my list. Education equips our young people with functional and problem-solving skills. Entrepreneurship creates innovation and jobs.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF) has just published its latest thought-starter: Who Doesn’t Start a Business in America? A Look at Pre-Entrepreneurship Leavers, based on a nationally representative survey of more than 22,000 adults in the United States.
The Kauffman study found that almost 6 percent of the adult population are pre-entrepreneurship leavers. We know a lot about entrepreneurs who actually start business, but what about those who stop before they start?
Pre-entrepreneurship leavers are defined as “an individual who has not previously owned a business, was seriously considering starting a business in the last five years, with a specific idea, need, product, or service in mind, but decided not to do so.”
Turns out the most cited reasons among pre-entrepreneurship leavers for wanting to start a business are what we would expect—46 percent of respondents wanted to be independent, control their own future and be their own boss; 41 percent cited following a passion or making money.
Kauffman dug down to discover what steps the leavers took on the entrepreneurship path before they abandoned their dream for something else.
About half talked over their business ideas with a work associate, a friend, or an acquaintance, only about 15 percent consulted with an expert, specific to the business idea or market. Concern about business survival is the most commonly cited reason for leaving the entrepreneurship process.
What if that 6 percent (120,000 people), or even a portion, acted on their entrepreneurial dreams and decided to start up a company? That’s the purpose of being for the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) and for i2E.
From the real-life entrepreneurial experience of the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup collegiate business plan competition for college, university, and graduate students who want to consider entrepreneurship as a career path, to the e3 market validation program, to a continuum of capital funding from concept to growth, we fan the spark of entrepreneurship and feed the flames of ideas.
Will every business concept make it past the market validation phase? Absolutely not. But with support and structure provided by experts, can we help want-to-be entrepreneurs pivot to another idea instead of becoming a pre-entrepreneurship leaver?
Absolutely. We see it all the time.
Here’s an Oklahoma thought-starter of our own. Where would Jeff Bezos be today if Sylvan Goldman hadn’t invented the shopping cart?
Scott Meacham is president and CEO of i2E Inc., a nonprofit corporation that mentors many of the state’s technology-based startup companies. i2E receives state support from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology and is an integral part of Oklahoma’s Innovation Model. Contact Meacham at email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:f3e9f31d-45c5-48ff-8d11-7ef86cec242a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://i2e.org/okbio/2021/01/11/tracking-would-be-entrepreneur-leavers-who-abandon-their-dream/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951052 | 774 | 2 | 2 |
Video: This Robotic Cardboard Cockroach Is The World’s Second Fastest Legged Robot
Based on the biology of the cockroach, VELOCIRoACH is the fastest robot of its size in the world.
The world’s fastest legged robot mimics the cheetah. The second fastest? The mighty cockroach. Not to be confused with a cyborg cockroach, VELOCIRoACH is a small, six-legged cardboard cockroach that can scramble across varying terrain and over obstacles at 3.2 meters per second (or just more than 7 miles per hour).
For its size, VELOCIRoACH is easily the fastest robot in the world–it can cover 26 of its own body lengths in the span of a second. It does so by employing legs much like those of the actual cockroach that act like springs as they hit the ground 15 times per second. At any given time three legs are touching the ground giving the robot very good stability. And, like the real thing, the cardboard cockroach can skitter right over obstacles by bouncing its front end upward and pulling itself over. It can even carry four times its body weight.
If the very motion of cockroaches doesn’t induce a skin-crawling sensation in you, check out the video below. | <urn:uuid:2e3d4111-175e-47f3-85d0-a1a5fec98126> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-01/video-robotic-cardboard-cockroach-worlds-second-fastest-legged-robot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.921033 | 275 | 2.515625 | 3 |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, will conduct training and photographic flights over the Los Angeles area on Saturday, Aug. 25.
Two NASA jets, a T-38 and an F-18, will fly approximately 1,500 feet above Los Angeles starting at 8 a.m. PDT. If delayed by weather or other circumstances, the jets will fly at 12:30 p.m. These flights are intended to capture photographic imagery.
If the flights must be canceled for any reason, they will be rescheduled and an additional notice will be released.
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Rise in litter other issues is a result of underfunding, according to campaigners.
An unprecedented rise in litter, damaging fires and ‘fly-camping’ across the English countryside is partly a result of the government spending less than £2,000 a year over the past decade on promoting the Countryside Code, campaigners say.
The fate of a future refresh by Natural England will be decided by the current spending review.
A Defra spokesperson remarked: “The Countryside Code is there to protect people, property and habitats—and we urge people to follow the guidance and respect the communities and environment that make up this iconic part of our country.
“We are committed to ensuring the code remains comprehensive and up to date, which is why it was recently revised to respond to issues raised during lockdown.” | <urn:uuid:7691edbd-3533-4e85-bf14-a25ffe706035> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.guntradenews.com/news-2/underfunded-countryside-at-risk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946055 | 169 | 2.3125 | 2 |
If you love drawing then iPad has many useful and amazing apps for you. You can have fun drawing on your tablet and improve your sketching and drawing abilities with the right hardware and apps that are designed exclusively for your device to match your skill and style. Though you may not aspire to become an artist if you’re not the artistic type, the benefits of learning to draw are more than the resulting work of art.
But all things said, before you start to draw you need iPad pencil though you can get a cheaper stylus designed to work with the iPad Pro, and also nothing beats the precision and pressure sensitivity found on the Apple Pencil. When you are drawing you can sense when you’re angling your tip to provide wider strokes, and can be charged by plugging it into your iPad Pro. Also never forget to recharge your pencil if drawing for a long time and might strain your battery.
1. Paper by fifty three app
You won’t find any elaborate brush tools, layer editors, or serious technical tools, but you will find a simple way to practice your drawing skills, organise your sketches, create colour swatches and blend colours together in this paper app. You can divide your art into notebooks, and decorate your notebook covers with custom art, your work from Paper, or your own images and photos. Used by over 25 million people this app is excellent for handwriting notes, drafting, diagramming, sketching, and giving form to your vision.
You can capture your ideas in beautiful, 3D Journals that keep you focused and in your creative flow. Fast, gesture-based navigation makes it easy and natural to use Paper, you can easily move your ideas into Paste, and sketch with confidence. Also get additional tools and features by subscribing to Paper Pro. Subscription is optional, and you can cancel anytime. To subscribe, visit the Paper Pro section in the Settings menu. The paper pro subscription is for AU$8.49 per six months. Download the app free from app store now.
2. Autodesk Sketchbook app
This free app is basically for industrial and architecture design and offers more tools designed to help and create more precise and measured works of art compared to the simpler canvas you have in something like Paper. SketchBook has everything you need to create beautiful digital art. The brush engine has 170 default brushes you can customize, so they’ll always perform exactly as you expect. Ink feels fluid and smooth, synthetic brushes blend colors in a natural way, and texture brushes mimic natural media. The SketchBook drawing and rendering engine was designed to use the full computing power of iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. Rapid UI mode lets your free hand pull up interface elements when needed for the largest possible workspace on your iPad.
You can purchase extra Pro Tools for AU$7.99 with monthly subscription of same amount. Download the app free from iTunes store.
3. Adobe Photoshop Sketch
With this app you can draw with the power of the Photoshop painting engine and a variety of built-in brushes, pencils, pens and markers. Create realistic watercolor paintings and import all your favorite Photoshop brushes for even more creative possibilities. Also easily send your artwork to Adobe Photoshop CC or Adobe Illustrator CC as layered PSD files. You can choose from 14 different brushes or create your own custom brushes and import the ones you might use in Photoshop proper. There’s layer management, perspective grids for keeping your design’s proportions steady, and the option to import images for tracing and editing.
It’s free to use, and when paired with a paid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, lets you edit your artwork in apps like Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC. If you’re particularly proud of your latest painting, you can upload it to Adobe’s design community, Behance, and share your work with others. If you want more CC Storage of 20 GB you can get at AU$2.99. Download the free app now on your iPad mini 2, 3, 4; iPad Air; iPad Air 2, and iPad Pro. | <urn:uuid:23c5ed4a-cea3-4153-afc7-1043c48f57dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pokiesforipad.com/amazing-four-drawing-ipad-pro-apps-use-2018-time-favourite-artists/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.913625 | 834 | 1.851563 | 2 |
So, you've created your project, checked it using Gomo's preview feature, and are ready to upload it to your SCORM-compliant Learning Management System for delivery to your learners. How do you do that from Gomo? The good news is that it's really easy:
- Right-click on the project you want to publish in the main projects view and select Publish project:
Open the project you want to publish, click on the Actions button at the top right of the Project structure view and select Publish project:
You can now select the type of tracking assigned to the SCORM file. gomo can produce SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compliant files.
- Track via SCORM 1.2 - publish a file with SCORM 1.2 tracking ability
- Track via SCORM 2004 3rd Edition - publish a file with SCORM 2004 3rd Edition tracking ability
- Track via SCORM 2004 4th Edition - publish a file with SCORM 2004 4th Edition tracking ability
- Track via xAPI (defined endpoint) - specify an additional LRS to send tracking data to
- Track via xAPI (undefined endpoint) - send the SCORM file to an LMS that has integrated LRS functionality
- Tracking not required - publish SCORM package with no tracking ability
- Google analytics - use Google Analytics to provide real-time data on User access to your projects
- Connectivity checker - alert users when the internet connection is lost. (If network/internet connection is lost then the Learner will need to exit & re-launch the course for progress to be recorded)
Once you've made your selections click Publish. Gomo will now take the content of your project, apply the theme you've selected for it, and create a multi-device HTML package with all the wrapper code needed to communicate with a SCORM compliant Learning Management System.
Go back to the main projects page and you'll see the progress of the publishing of your project:
When it's completed it will be ready for downloading from the Gomo cloud:
Click the Download button and a zip file will be transferred from the Gomo servers to the Downloads folder of the browser on your computer. This zip file will have a file name based on the Gomo project number and today's date, but you can rename it to whatever you want, as long as you keep the .zip file extension.
There's nothing else you need to do to the published project, so it can now be uploaded to your SCORM compliant LMS. For example, in Moodle, it can be uploaded as a SCORM activity.
The SCORM 1.2 API methods called by the gomo player are as follows:
Note that, in the normal running of things, the last three should never be called.
The CMI data used to store state information is:
- cmi.core.lesson_location - Bookmarking / Last page visited popup
cmi.core.lesson_status - Completion status, set to one of the following:
- cmi.core.score.raw - Assessment score (if assessment results asset has the "Is tracked assessment" flag set)
- cmi.core.exit - Helps some LMSs exit correctly
- cmi.suspend_data - Used to store any state information like tracking states
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2 years to reach maturity
This plant has a strong fragrance
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Brussel Sprouts Overview
Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera group) is the variety of plant that produces the widely cultivated Brussels Sprout. This plant is a medium-sized herbaceous biennial that produces small round buds along its erect stem that are used as a staple vegetable in roast dinners. With a long harvesting season they are an important winter crop in a rotation. Varieties that have earned a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit are: Abacus, Attwood, Brodie, Bronte, Cascade, Clodius. Crispus, Diablo, Dominator, Doric, Green Marble, Igor, Marte, Maximus, Montgomery, Petrus, Revenge, Silverline.
Common problems with Brussel Sprouts
Brussel Sprouts Companion Plants
How to harvest Brussel Sprouts
Depending on the cultivar, Brussel sprouts are ready to harvest from September to February. The sprouts can be picked by hand from the stem.
How to propagate Brussel Sprouts
Sow seeds thinly into seed trays mid-late summer. Transplant the seedlings into the bed with a 45 cm spacing.
Special features of Brussel Sprouts
Grow Brassicas (Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale, Kohl-rabi, Oriental Greens, radish, Swede and Turnips) in areas that previously held Legumes and follow with Potatoes. Rotating crops annually helps avoid the build-up of soil pests and diseases.
Other uses of Brussel Sprouts
The round buds that grow up the stem are edible and often used as a vegetable.
Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and turnip are all part of the same veggie family! Check here on planting times and tips.
Edibles to Sow Outdoors in May
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Design with whitespace & confidence
One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to make a site look more “designed” is to use liberal spacing. Always start with more spacing than you think you'll need.
This is 100% true. I typically gravitate toward smaller spacing by long habit, but adding lots more space is almost always the way to go. Everything needs space to breathe, especially on a marketing site.
Whitespace is an important part of the storytelling of a website. It can show separation, add dramatic effect, & moderate the speed at which you perceive elements by changing the amount of scrolling. Whitespace says things your words don’t.
With my web design, I uncounsciously used to be petrified of boring viewers, so I tried to make every section pack a punch, then pack those together. But no matter how beautiful each component is, when all jammed together, they lose effectiveness.
In spring 2019, I made a website for Hack Camp, where I used some of the largest headings & most whitespace (or dark grey space, at least) of any of my designs to that point. When I was designing it, it at first felt like too much, but the hierarchy actually works really well. It does the opposite of boring viewers—it emphasizes what’s important, differentiating with clarity. Whitespace allows drawing focus to the content, instead of drawing focus to general busy-ness in a design.
There can, of course, be too much of a good thing: if there’s too much whitespace, your page can look bizarrely barren & people won’t know where there’s more content. But using generous whitespace effectively, giving elements space to breathe & clear separations where they’re logical, is one of the best ways to make your design shine. | <urn:uuid:95773a76-7ef0-4741-8071-c1db0ba8dd47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://notebook.lachlanjc.com/2021-01-21_design_with_whitespace_and_confidence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.91973 | 383 | 1.71875 | 2 |
The requirement for workers with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) far outnumbers the supply. As a result, learning and obtaining qualifications in these fields can be an excellent approach to improve your job prospects. However, not everyone has the time or financial resources to devote years to pursuing a degree or other formal qualifications.
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- You will be able to watch the solutions to the assignments as recorded walkthroughs for each assignment you work on as part of this program. Recorded walkthroughs assist you in better understanding concepts and analyzing a problem from the perspective of an expert.
- All of your uploads will be made on GitHub as part of this program. GitHub is an online repository that allows you to keep track of all of your projects and assignments from this program in one spot. Most organizations now check potential recruits’ GitHub profiles to see if they have any technological skills before hiring them.
- Leading academic and industrial specialists, as well as academics, collaborated on the design.
- The curriculum is available in blended (classroom sessions with online content) and online exclusively (online videos with weekend mentorship meetings).
- You will be submitting all of your work using GitHub as part of this program. GitHub is an online repository that allows you to keep track of all your projects and assignments from this program in one convenient location. Before hiring someone, most employers examine their GitHub profiles to see if they have any technological skills.
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- 12 months
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- More than 75 hours of online mentoring and industry sessions
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- Acquire knowledge of prominent AI and machine learning technology, as well as problem-solving approaches.
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- To group vehicles based on their fuel consumption characteristics and then train a regression model for a dataset of automobiles.
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- To classify Street House View Numbers using an image classification neural network.
- Predicting the patient’s status based on the test results obtained
- To create a natural language processing (NLP) classifier that can determine the blog’s label(s) based on input text parameters.
- To create a recommendation system that uses popularity-based and collaborative filtering approaches to recommend the most popular and personalized mobile phones to a user.
- Bidirectional LSTMs for Sarcasm Detection
- To create a semi-rule-based text chatbot that can provide users with static responses based on their inputs for industrial safety and incidents.
- To create an image classifier and object detection model capable of classifying an automobile from an image and identifying its position by publishing a bounding box around it.
- To create an image classifier and object recognition model that can categorize a chest X-ray image as having or not having pneumonia disease. Also to identify the location of the disease on the chest X-ray by publishing a bounding box around it.
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Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks or equivalent and programming experience. They provide a free pre-program tutorial for candidates who do not know Python.
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The program aims at corporate leaders who want to learn how to use AI to produce goods, services, or customer service. The curriculum will employ case studies and practical examples to focus on applications and use-cases. It will address the fundamental ideas of machine learning and artificial intelligence, allowing learners to build an intuitive grasp without becoming bogged down in technical specifics.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are gaining greater importance in recent times. The demand for people with knowledge and abilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) significantly outnumbers the supply. As a result, learning and getting credentials in these subjects may be a great way to boost your career chances. Not everyone, however, has the time or financial means to dedicate years to earning a degree or other official credentials. Now that you are aware of the best AI courses in the world, you pick one that will lead you to new heights. | <urn:uuid:0f23f6e0-ed19-46be-8bbf-97d37505f88e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nogentech.org/what-are-the-best-courses-on-ai-and-ml/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.908069 | 1,634 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Rare is the reconstruction in a documentary that adds anything to the story. Rare, in fact, that it doesn’t actively hold up proceedings and require actors to perform (usually in caveman skins or low-budget Tudorbethan costume) for viewers something they were perfectly capable of visualising and would have been better off doing so.
A deeply moving exception to this rule is to be found in the new three-part documentary Aids: The Unheard Tapes (BBC Two). In the 1980s and 90s, as a new and apparently unstoppable disease ravaged the gay community, volunteers began to record for posterity interviews with the men infected with what would eventually be identified as the HIV virus, and with their friends. The tapes are now archived at the British Library and have never been broadcast before. In the documentary, actors lip-sync to them. What sounds on paper like a terrible gimmick works beautifully, bringing you closer to appreciating all that was lost as the crisis unfolded and government inertia demanded that ordinary people step up and do extraordinary things to save themselves and others.
It begins in 1982, a time when – as the voiceover by Russell Tovey notes – the legal age of gay male consent was 21, you could be fired from most jobs if you were “out” and gay pubs still operated with blacked-out windows in fear of the homophobia that was rife. Not that we needed reminding. This is not ancient history.
Homosexuality had been officially decriminalised for 15 years, but arrests for gross indecency had tripled. The state wants what it wants. “I had to lead a double life,” says David, his taped words performed by Alan Turkington. “I was very aware I could end up in prison. That was what I thought of.”
“It was a fact of life,” we hear Pete say via actor Willie Hudson, “that most people didn’t like poofs.”
Then, in London, Heaven opens – the largest and most unapologetically gay nightclub this septic isle has ever seen and an oasis of freedom, within its four reverberating walls, from fear. Attendees and later activists Rupert Whitaker and Martyn Butler remember it as “Amazing … entrancing” and “the first time we had a place to call our own”. Taped interviewee John (Luke Hornsby) had a particularly wonderful coke-and-champagne-fuelled time as a “Heaven babe”, complete with a vivid anecdote about what happened when you finished the champagne. The exuberance and excesses of the time were, as many note, partly in reaction to the suppression and oppression in their daily lives. “Having sex with loads of people was an act of liberation, of defiance,” says one. Also, he adds, “It was a huge amount of fun.”
This first episode takes us through the terrible ending of that fun. Professors Anthony Pinching and Jonathan Weber explain how they started to gather a scientific cohort together to study the pattern of infections and cancerous lesions that were beginning to appear in the UK as they had done in the US. Terrence Higgins, famed barman and “terrible dancer” at Heaven, became among the first to die from Aids in this country and Whitaker, Butler and Nick Partridge set up a trust in his name as part of the growing grassroots response to the crisis.
The rest of the series will take us up to 1995 and the emergence of the first successful drug treatments for HIV and Aids, via the tireless work of gay men and lesbians to combat the prejudice that was hampering progress, to care for the sick, lobby those in power and educate the population about safer sex – all while grieving multitudinous personal losses. These stories have been told before. But although the inaugural broadcasting of the unheard voices of those who were there, and who are no longer with us, is the USP, the documentary is also noteworthy for being the first to tell this story with a sense of the joy that was present before Aids. It celebrates the hedonism of the lifestyle that was then said to “cause” Aids rather than feeling the need to ignore it. This new, unashamed honesty marks more than anything how far we have come since 1982. It tells a story of grief and pride and hope, each one throwing the others into relief, to make a beautiful testament to everything and everyone who has gone before. | <urn:uuid:5d99d9d1-fa11-4238-a7c6-cab0d6117da6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/aids-unheard-tapes-review-tragedy-213001304.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97974 | 946 | 1.71875 | 2 |
First snow of the year in county today
SNOW began to fall in parts of Suffolk today as temperatures plummeted across the county.People were forced to wrap up against the freezing conditions as the wind chill hit -6C.
SNOW began to fall in parts of Suffolk today as temperatures plummeted across the county.
People were forced to wrap up against the freezing conditions as the wind chill hit -6C.
The Met Office issued a weather warning in East Anglia this morning, predicting heavy snow showers and a strong northerly winds across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Forecasters predicted two to five centimetres of snow would accumulate in some areas.
Snow began to fall in Tostock at about 10.30am today and was expected to spread to the south east of the county later in the day
Graeme Forrester, spokesman for the Met Office, said: “There is a small area of snow in the west of the county which is likely to spread south east.
- 1 Fire breaks out in café near Ipswich town centre
- 2 Road near Ipswich flooded as drivers forced to find alternative routes
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- 4 Car carrying three passengers not wearing seatbelts stopped on A12
- 5 Severe delays on A12 as carriageway floods during extreme rainfall
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“The places most at risk are Bury St Edmunds and the Colchester area.
“In the extreme north east of the county there are some showers around Lowestoft but most of them are slightly off shore at the moment.”
Evening Star weatherman Ken Blowers, said it was the wind chill which was making conditions feel bitterly cold.
He added: “There are very rare freezing winds and they are now coming straight from the Arctic.
“There will be no real quantity of snow here but there may be a few snow, sleet and hail showers today, tomorrow and Sunday.
“The wind speed now is 20-25mph and the wind chill is about -6C.”
Mr Blowers said he expected the cold spell to last until at least Tuesday.
The Met Office predicted few disruptions would be caused by the wintry weather in Suffolk.
Mr Forrester added: “It might give some lying snow on the grass and on the well shaded roads but most of the main roads will be clear as it will not last long enough or be heavy enough.”
The high winds did close the Port of Felixstowe this morning, causing delays for lorry drivers.
Elsewhere the weather created serious problems for motorists and schools with heavy snow fall in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Roads were closed and schoolchildren sent home in the north of Scotland yesterday after the first heavy snowfall of the winter.
Four hillwalkers had to be rescued after they got stranded in heavy blizzards on the plateau of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorm mountain range.
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Something to Watch For When Replacing a Thermostat
Sometimes, you may have to replace a fancy thermostat with a simple one. It may be because the customer got fed up with all the options, or maybe the basic stat is the only thing on your truck.
No matter the reason, you need to make sure the new thermostat can do the old one's job. Do that before you quote the customer. Techs often overlook the dehumidification option.
Most manufacturers of residential variable speed air handlers have a terminal that will drop the blower speed when de-energized. That terminal may be DH (shown above), D, dehum, or something else. From the factory, they generally have that terminal connected to R using a pin or jumper; that way, the blower will run up to full speed. When one of these special thermostats gets installed, the tech is supposed to remove that jumper or pin and connect a wire from that terminal to the thermostat dehumidification terminal to energize the terminal for full blower speed or drop 24v to the terminal to go into dehumidification.
If we install a new thermostat and forget to reconnect that pin or jumper, the system will ALWAYS run in dehumidification mode; there will never be any power on that terminal at the air handler board.
So, pay attention to whether or not a system is wired for dehumidification. If you need to replace a fancy thermostat with a basic one, be sure to replace the pin or jumper (J1 on the board example above).
If you forget to do so, the system will run less efficiently with lower airflow, suction pressure, and coil temperature.
P.S. – If you want to learn more about thermostat wiring as it relates to dehumidifiers and A/C dehumidify modes, I made a video about it. You can watch it HERE. | <urn:uuid:f43774c0-6687-4475-8ec5-28fe478b80cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hvacrschool.com/something-to-watch-for-when-replacing-a-thermostat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.898058 | 422 | 2.046875 | 2 |
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- Fossil fuels and conventional energy receive relatively few federal subsidies.
- On its own, wind power by itself receives more subsidies than all conventional energy sources combined.
- Similarly the solar power industry receives more subsidies than all conventional energy sources combined.
Climate activists often assert that fossil-fuel companies benefit from massive federal subsidies, so to level the playing field, wind and solar subsidies are necessary. However, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that the wind and solar industries each receive more federal subsidies than all conventional energy sources combined.1 (See
Further, indirect subsidies add to the imbalance. Wind and solar businesses often get widespread access to free production on federal lands. They also require lengthy and expensive transmission lines, but typically don’t pay
for them. Wind and solar also benefit from renewable power mandates, which force consumers in 29 states to
purchase a set amount of electricity from “renewable” sources. Wind and solar energy sources further impose
extra burdens and costs on baseload conventional energy due to the unpredictability of wind and solar power.
In response to these facts, wind and solar power advocates try to counter—often without documentation—by
asserting that conventional energy has historically received disproportionate subsidies from the federal government.
Even if that were true, two wrongs don’t make a right, and consumers should not have to pay higher taxes today to balance out subsidies from, say, the 1950s.
Figure 1. Wind and Solar Power Subsidies in Fiscal Years 2010, 2013, and 2016
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Direct Federal Financial Interventions and
Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2016,” Independent Statistics and Analysis, Table 3, https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/pdf/subsidy.pdf
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Outdoor lighting can transform your space, making your yard, garden, and home look much more attractive after dark. More than that, it also can improve safety and be sure of asking for some assistance on the commercial lighting maintenance Spring TX contractors lighting designer.
One common problem on how do you install outdoors landscape lights is that people run into when installing outdoor lighting, however, it is figuring out how to hide the lights and wires. Visitors are less likely to trip or fall when pathways are well-lit. Burglaries are also less likely to occur since thieves prefer to target homes where there are dark areas to hide.
Properly concealing all of the electrical equipment is an important part of creating an attractive look for your outdoor space. Other things you need to know is that what wattage should landscape lights be used when you install outdoors landscape lights. Below are some tips on how to hide landscape lights and wires.
Try placing the lights in planters.
One easy way to conceal certain types of outdoor lights such as well lights is by placing them in planters. This works particularly well for paved areas such as patios or swimming pool decks.
Choose lights that naturally blend in.
Some lights are designed to look like stones or other natural elements. Lights like these can easily be added to flowerbeds, lawns, or other landscaped areas to add light without detracting from the natural appearance of the outdoor space.
Another option is to look for light fixtures that match their surroundings. For instance, if the lights are going to be placed in a flower bed with dark soil, choose dark brown fixtures. Since the color is similar to the color of the soil, the lights will be much harder to see unless you are specifically looking for them
Bury wires underground.
Electrical wires can be a nuisance if stepped on or tripped over and they can also be unsightly when left out. Hiding them is the only real solution, but this isn’t always possible when the wires are long or they need to traverse one side of a room to the other side. The only real solution on how do you hide cords outside of a wall is to incorporate some type of cable management system in the form of a cable or a wire raceway. However, If you need to run wires across your yard or if you were asking on try burying them underground to conceal them. The process is easier than you might think.
Begin by installing the lights in your outdoor space. Wait a few days before burying the wires so that you have a chance to see what your yard looks like at night. That way, you can make any adjustments to the placement of the lights before the wires are buried.
Once everything looks good, bundle the wires together using zip ties. This helps keep them neat and tidy. Then, run them through hollow pieces of PVC pipe. The PVC pipe will help protect them, keeping them from getting damaged by the surrounding soil.
Finish by digging a narrow trench that measures anywhere from 6 to 12 inches deep. Bury the pipe in the trench, placing the soil back over the top. Replace any sod that you removed during the process so that the grass can grow back into place.
If the wires are running through flowerbeds, they don’t need to be buried quite as deep. Instead, use mulch to cover them to a depth of anywhere from about 2 to 5 inches.
Run wires through rain gutters.
If burying the wires underground is not an option, consider running them through your rain gutters. This allows you to get the wires much closer to the area where the lighting is installed without detracting from the appearance of your home. Best of all, it also eliminates the need to dig up your yard. This is a good option in paved areas since it is easier and less costly than removing concrete.
Conceal the wires with copper pipes, wood molding, or other decorative elements.
Aged copper pipes look beautiful when they are mounted on the outside of the building and used as a conduit for wires. Painted wood molding can also be used to conceal wires that run along the eaves of your home.
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So far, scientists have learned that, generally speaking, anesthetic drugs render people unconscious by altering how parts of the brain communicate. But they still don’t fully understand why. Although anesthesia works primarily on the brain, anesthesiologists do not regularly monitor the brain when they put patients under. And it is only in the past decade that neuroscientists interested in altered states of consciousness have begun taking advantage of anesthesia as a research tool. “It’s the central irony,” of anesthesiology, says George Mashour, a University of Michigan neuroanesthesiologist, whose work entails keeping patients unconscious during neurosurgery and providing appropriate pain management.
Mashour is one of a small set of clinicians and scientists trying to change that. They are increasingly bringing the tools of neuroscience into the operating room to track the brain activity of patients, and testing out anesthesia on healthy study participants. These pioneers aim to learn how to more safely anesthetize their patients, tailoring the dose to individual patients and adjusting during surgery. They also want to better understand what governs the transitions between states of consciousness and even hope to crack the code of coma. | <urn:uuid:7bd1ed9f-e0d8-4a40-8476-325412b786d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/06/under-anesthesia-where-do-our-minds-go.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947244 | 252 | 3.421875 | 3 |
In today’s uncertain health climate, many of us find ourselves with more time to read than we’ve had in a long time. Looking around at what to pick up from the library or order online during this time of quarantine? We have you covered. Here are eight books for spiritual reading and seven prayers to bring you peace!
Spiritual Books to Read During the Quarantine
This book by Gabrielle Bossis recounts her dialogue as a mystic speaking with Jesus. She was a lay woman in the 20th century in France. The beautiful and intimate language she shares with the Lord brings a joyful dynamic to our own prayer lives.
Each chapter is brief and focuses on how to build a life of virtue and deepen our prayer lives.
This provides an overarching plan, approach, and means to live a deep spiritual life even for those living in the world.
Dom Scupoli guides the reader through brief chapters that hone in on different aspects of the spiritual life, particular pitfalls, and assistance in spiritual growth. He acknowledges we are never at rest and encourages us not to be complacent.
Saint Faustina suffered greatly but was accompanied by Our Lord in her suffering. She shares the story of her mystical experience with the Lord and provides great support for those of us suffering at this time.
This holy Doctor of the Church wrote her autobiography in the late 19th century, and her wisdom of the “Little Way” offers so much depth for us today. Make your way through her words and stories. Let them soak into your everyday life.
This Catholic translation of the New Testament has thorough and helpful footnotes by renown scholars, Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.
If your kids are now at home for the foreseeable future, read through this book on the virtues. It will be edifying for adults and kids alike!
Write + Pray
Discover your story within His.
Prayers for a Time of Quarantine
Christian Prayer // Liturgy of the Hours
As lay people, we are called to holiness and invited to pray the same prayers of the Universal Church as our religious pray. It’s a beautiful combination of the Psalms and readings of Scripture.
These traditional Stations of the Cross prayers are lyrical and pair beautifully with the Stabat Mater. These can be easily prayed at home with your roommates or family.
This prayer given to Saint Faustina is a brief reflection on Jesus’ Divine Mercy and easy to learn! It takes about six minutes to do an entire chaplet using your Rosary beads.
These powerful prayers are for times such as these. Offer them for the Church Suffering.
Our Lady and the Angel of Fatima gave these prayers to the children of Fatima. What a gift they are for us, too!
This papally-approved novena provides us with reflections on seven times Jesus spilled His Precious Blood. They’re beautiful and poignant.
This is a very powerful prayer invoking the protection of Saint Michael and the nine choirs of Angels. There are particular promises made by Saint Michael linked to praying this chaplet, including being accompanied by angels to Holy Communion.
Nothing is more efficacious than Christ shedding His Blood for all of mankind! This prayer is beautiful and gives honor and glory to Jesus.
Praying with and for you this Lent and, in a special way, throughout this time of health challenges.
What are you reading during this time? Share with us in the comments below!
See you in prayer, sister!
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Biography: Dr. Holly Walters is a cultural anthropologist and lecturer in anthropology and religion at Wellesley College. She received her PhD from Brandeis University and is a current member of the #MeTooAnthro Collective. Her ethnographic work focuses on Shaligram (sacred ammonite) practice in Nepal, in India, and among the global South Asian Diaspora. She is the author of Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas (Amsterdam University Press, 2020) as well as a second upcoming book on Shaligram interpretive practice due out in 2023. She also has multiple article publications on ritual and divine personhood in South Asia discussing topics such as the language of fossil folklores, deity darshan, and robot ritual performance. Follow her on Twitter @Manigarm.
- PhD, Anthropology, 2013-2018 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Dissertation Title: Shaligram: Sacred Stones, Ritual Practices, and the Politics of Mobility in Nepal.“
- Master of Arts, Anthropology, 2011-2013 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
- Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology; Certificate: Archaeology, 2001-2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Mustang and Kathmandu, Nepal: June – August 2015, June 2016 – April 2017
- 16 months of ethnographic/participant-observation fieldwork in Nepal supported by the Fulbright IIE Dissertation Research Grant.
- Worked primarily with Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims, and local Mustangi Bon shamans, in relation to Shaligram pilgrimage, ritual practices, spiritual ideals, and both textual and oral religious traditions.
Mayapur and Kolkata, India: June-August 2012
- Ethnographic study on ritual practices among Vaishnava/Krishna devotees in Mayapur and Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- This project was supported by grants from the Brandeis Department of Anthropology and the Brandeis Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. (Preliminary work was presented to the Society for Religious Anthropology in November 2012 during the American Anthropological Association annual meeting in San Francisco)
Programme for Belize Rio Bravo Project: Chawak but-o-ob, Orange Walk, Belize; June-July 2005
- Archaeological survey of water control features and residential terraces.
- Excavation and stone-by-stone mapping of Mayan house structures in relation to religious structures, such as a temple and ball court. (This research has been published in the Occasional Publication series by the University of Texas. It also appears as part of several papers of the 2006 Society for American Archaeology Symposium regarding the site of Chawak But-o-ob.)
Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology: Wellesley College, Department of Anthropology; 2019-Present
– Courses: Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 101), Advanced Anthropological Theory (ANTH 301), Ethnography in/of South Asia (ANTH/SAS 237), Divine Madness – Culture and Mental Illness (ANTH/REL 236), The Anthropology of Religion (ANTH/REL 233)
Lecturer: Babson College, Department of History and Society; 2019
– Courses: Culture and Mental Illness
Lecturer: Brandeis University, Department of Anthropology, 2016
– Courses: Culture and Mental Illness, The Anthropology of Religion
Teaching Fellow: Brandeis University, Department of Anthropology; 2012 – 2015, 2018-2019
– Courses: Post-Colonial Feminism, Culture and Mental Illness, Global Pandemics, Linguistic Anthropology, Psychological Anthropology, Myth and Ritual, Queer Anthropology, Museums and Public Memory, Communication and Media
Open Access copies of most of my publications can be found at: https://wellesley.academia.edu/HollyWalters
Walters, Holly. Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas. (2020). Amsterdam University Press. New Mobilities in Asia Ethnographic Series.
- (Order Link: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463721721/shaligram-pilgrimage-in-the-nepal-himalayas)
- Read the TOC and Chapter 1 HERE
- Read Chapter 3: Picked up Pieces HERE
- Read Chapter 4: A Mirror to Our Being HERE
- Read Chapter 5: A Bridge to Everywhere HERE
- Read Chapter 6: Turning to Stone HERE
- Read Chapter 8: Ashes and Immortality HERE
Walters, Holly. Outward Spirals: A Field Guide to Shaligram Interpretive Traditions. Three Little Sisters Press. (In Press, 2023).
Walters, Holly. “But What Is It Really? The Problem of Science, Pseudoscience, and Religion in Fossil Folklores.” (In Press, 2023). In Addressing Pseudo-Archaeology: A Guide for Teachers and Professionals. Digital Press at the University of North Dakota.
Walters, Holly. “Fear Itself: Vampires as Moral Panics.” (2021) in Monstrous Males/Fatal Females: Gender, Supernatural Beings, and the Liminality of Death, Rebecca Gibson and Jay VanderVeen, eds., Lexington Books.
Walters, Holly. “Krishna Has Many Lovers: Towards a Concept of the Queerly Divine in India.” Religion and Gender. (DRAFT).
Walters, Holly. “Etched in Stone: Shaligram Interpretive Traditions.” Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS). Mandala Book Point Press. Kathmandu, Nepal. (Under Review).
Walters, Holly. “Cornerstones: Shaligrams as Kin.” The Journal of Religion. University of Chicago Press. Volume 102: 1. Jan. 2022.
Walters, Holly and Hannah Gould. “Bad Buddhists, Good Robots: Techno-Salvationist Designs for Nirvana.” Journal of Global Buddhism, Special Issue on Bad Buddhism. November 2020.
Walters, Holly. “The Things We Believe: Feminism and Anthropology in the #MeToo Era.” Feminist Anthropology. Issue 1.1 The F Word: Anthropology’s Feminisms. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. April 2020.
Walters, Holly. “I Am Not This Body: Persons, Bodies, and Boundaries in Vaishnava Ritual Practice.” Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal. University of Texas at Austin. December 2018.
Walters, Holly. “Playing God: Participant Frameworks in the Ras Lilas of Krishna.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume 28, Issue 2-3. University of Toronto Press. Fall 2016.
Guides and Seminar Materials:
Hanes, Amy and Holly Walters. 2018. “A Long Journey Home: Supporting Students in the Field.” Online. Retrieved from: https://metooanthro.org
Walters, Holly and Kersten Bergstrom. 2019. “A Long Journey Home: Faculty Guide.” Online. Retrieved from: https://metooanthro.org
Walters, Holly. 2022. “Hear #MeToo in India by Pallavi Guha.” South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. Taylor and Francis.
ANTH/SAS 237: The Ethnography in/of South Asia
ANTH 301: Advanced Anthropological Theory – The Canon in Conversation
ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 236: Divine Madness/Culture and Mental Illness
ANTH 233/REL 233: The Anthropology of Religion (COVID version)
ANTH 233/REL 233: The Anthropology of Religion (Full course)
Fellowships and Awards:
- Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Writing Year Fellowship, 2017-2018
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Fulbright IIE Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, 2016-2017
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Robert A. Manners Prize, 2016
Honoring a significant piece of scholarly writing for “Playing God: Participant Frameworks in the Ras Lilas of Krishna.”
- Brandeis Outstanding Teaching Fellows Award, 2016
- Mellon Foundation Pre-Dissertation Exploratory Grant, 2015
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University
- Brandeis-India Fellowship Research Grant, 2015
Department of South Asian Studies, Brandeis University
MeToo Anthropology Collective
A Long Journey Home: Supporting Students in the Field – Task Force founder and Working Member, 2015 – 2022
The Fieldwork Initiative with #MeToo Anthro Interview – 2020
#MeToo Anthropology and the Case Against Harvard (SAPIENS.org) – 2022
G20 Interfaith Working Group on Science, Technology, and Infrastructure – Working Member, 2021
The Familiar Strange Anthropology Blog, Contributing Writer
2018 – Present
- Living Fossils
- MeToo Anthropology
- Fluid Masculinity: The Case of Krishna
- On Being Declared Missing in the Himalayas
- A Tale of Two Manuscripts
- Shaligram Stone in an Ammonite World
- Balancing Acts: An Ethnographer’s Reflections on the Study of Religion
- The Fallible and the Untrustworthy: Writing Culture as the Unreliable Narrator
- Introducing Cultural Anthropology: A Christian Perspective – Textbook Review
- Mission by Mail: Evangelism in a Pandemic
- Book Boxes: Post-Mastectomy Prosthetics and the Artifice of Breast Cancer
- My Divine Pet Rock: Notes on Gender and Authority in Anthropology
- Breath-Taking: Magic and Experience in the Himalayas
- Bring Me The Head of Norman Vincent Peale: Self Care and the American Obsession with the Power of Positive Thinking
- A Trinket, A Trifle, and a Novel New Disciple: Fandoms and Consecrated Commodities
- A Nation of Mini-Me’s: Why White Nationalists Need to “Save the Children”
The Geek Anthropologist – Contributing Writer
- Choosing Your Own Adventure: My Life as A Teenage Dungeon Master and How it Prepared Me to Become an Anthropologist
Podcasts and Other Interviews
Invited Lectures (Selected):
On a Robot and a Prayer. – September 2021
The Religion Lab. University of Virginia.
Shaligram Traditions and Interpretive Practices – March 2020
Invited talk and Shaligram interpretive workshop for the Satsang Center (Hindu Community Center) – Boston, MA.
Fossil Folklores of the Himalayas – April 2018
Invited talk and 2-day lecture series by the Anthropology and Folklore Departments of Northwest College in Wyoming.
The History and Interpretive Traditions of Shaligram Practice in India and Nepal – April 2017
Invited and sponsored by the Hindu Cultural Society of London to conduct a 3-day seminar on Shaligram practices for the Hindu community and Diaspora of England.
Lecture Recording Day 1
Lecture Recording Day 2
Conference Presentations (Selected):
Roundtable Organizer and Moderator, American Anthropological Association (AAA), Vancouver, BC. Nov 2019
Roundtable title: Consent and Vulnerability in Anthropological Practice
Workshop Director, Alt-Sex Conference, New York City, NY May 2019
Workshop title: Queer Identity and Activism in South Asia
Panel Chair and Presenter, American Anthropological Association (AAA), Washington D. C. Nov 2014
Paper title: “Matters of Pride: The Construction of Race in White Power Rhetoric“
Panel Chair and Presenter, American Anthropological Association (AAA), Chicago, IL Nov 2013
Paper title: “I Am Not This Body: Persons, Bodies, and Boundaries in Vaishnava Ritual Practice”
Presenter, American Anthropological Association (AAA), San Francisco, CA Nov 2012
Paper title: “Divine Husband, Divine Lover: Sensuality, Subjectivity, and Sacred Space Among the Krishna Devotees of Sri Mayapur“
Presenter, NEAA-GBAC Conference, Boston, MA March 2012
Paper title: “Father Knows Best: Personhood and Power in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
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In 2008, the Revd Martin Gorick gave a presentation at the CTA Conference on the issues that arise when you are looking after a church which has thousands of visitors every year. In this case, the parish church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon which is famous for being the burial place of the playwright William Shakespeare. It was here that he was baptised, and it is likely he worshipped here as a boy and young man. Shakespeare returned to Stratford-upon-Avon later in life and became a patron of the church, in whose chancel he was eventually buried in 1616.
For centuries people have come from around the world to visit Shakespeare’s grave, and current visitor numbers total over 200,000 per year. But the focus upon this famous connection sometimes overshadows what is a hugely interesting church, one that has a deeper history and remains a vibrant place of worship and encounter with God. honeypotchurch_mgorick
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Manufactured by Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works of Paterson in 1887, the Northern Pacific Rotary Snow Plow #2 is the oldest surviving rotary snowplow in the world. Rotary snow plows provided a more effective and reliable means of removing snow from rail lines.
Before its invention, railways were forced to rely on snow sheds and fixed plows which tended to be inefficient and sometimes dangerous. The rotary snow plows were safer because they moved at slow, consistent speeds to remove the snow with a large cutting wheel that would cut the snow and pass it to a throwing wheel behind it. In one hour, a rotary plow could do the same amount of work as a regular plow could in one day.
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Plasma cutters online shopping United Kingdom right now? Welding Helmet’s are a very important part of our range at Welding Supplies Direct. The welding helmet you choose can have a huge impact on the quality of your welding. Optrel, 3M Speedglas, Bohler, Jackson & Miller are just some of the brands we stock. An important thing to consider is whether you require an air fed PAPR system. Recent legislation changes require some form of fume extraction when welding in workplace. Read even more info at https://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/welding-supplies/welding-helmets.html.
The S SATC PCS Metal Cutting Disc for Angle Grinder is made with a proprietary aluminum oxide grain combination that creates an aggressive cutting action. This allows the user to cut through materials more easily. In addition, the wheel also has a balanced Cut Life, Cut Rate, Cut Precision, Power Demands & Heat Buildup. This means that you can cut through materials for longer periods of time without having to worry about the accuracy of the cut or the heat that is being generated. The SATC PCS Metal Cutting Discs will cut through most surfaces with ease and do not slow down as they work like other standard discs. These new discs also last much longer than other brands which allows you to make even more cuts before needing a replacement disc.
Although this class of welders is referred to generically as MIG welders, the technical definition is “wire feed”, meaning they use a motor-driven spool to feed wire into the weld puddle. MIG means “Metal-Inert Gas” and refers to a flow of inert gas that shields the metal wire as it is consumed and melts into the puddle. If the machine isn’t able to connect and regulate a flow of inert gas like argon or carbon dioxide, it’s technically not a MIG welder. An example in this review is the Forney Easy Weld 140 FC-i, which doesn’t have gas shielding capability. This is a flux-core wire feed machine. The wire that’s used in these machines has welding flux embedded in the core. When it hits the arc, the metal melts and the flux is released as vapor, providing a shielding gas. This was originally designed as a way to deal with windy conditions defeating the gas shield of a MIG torch. It’s not as clean as true MIG welding but usually, the difference is minor, especially in a home workshop setting. However, with aluminum or stainless steel, the weld won’t be correctly joined without true gas shielding and a quiet setting. Flux core won’t be enough for these projects.
In many shops, the operator has to go to a tool room or supply area for a new contact tip, coil of wire or other welding accessory. This takes valuable time away from the welding cell and slows down overall productivity. To improve the operating efficiency and minimize wasted time, companies should stock at least a limited supply of all necessary items near the welding station – this includes shielding gas, flux and wire. Another helpful productivity enhancing tip is to switch to larger spools of wire such as from 25 lb. spools to 44 or 60 lb. spools to even larger packages of 1,000 lb. reels or 1,000 lb. drums. A simple switch like this means less changeover time, which adds up over the weeks, months and years. Shops should also be on the lookout for shielding gas waste. A simple device called a surge turbine can be placed at the end of the gun to provide a digital readout of the gas surge and flow rate. If the surge rate is high, investing in a surge guard can reduce the pressure, eliminating gas surges and waste. Leaks in the gas delivery system can also create a potential loss of money. By looking at the amount of consumables purchased each year and then examining the total gas purchased, a company can determine if there is a significant loss. Welding manufacturers and distributors should be able to provide average utilization figures so that loss can be detected. If there is a loss suspected, one of the easiest ways to check for leaks is to shut off the gas delivery system over the weekend. Check the level on Friday evening and then again on Monday morning to determine if gas was used while the system was in shut down mode.
How to pick a welder tips: Duty cycle: The advertised amperage of the machine offers a headline guide, but the duty cycle of the machine gives up the truth. Light industrial machine duty cycles can be as low as 20%, but more heavy duty MIG’s should range between 40-60%. If a 300amp MIG has 30% duty cycle for instance, it’s on the edge of acceptability. Duty cycle is determined by how many minutes out of 10, it can weld at 100%. Duty cycle testing: MIGS tested at 20 Degrees & 40 Degrees we consider good. (Beware any manufacturer who doesn’t quote an ambient temperature for testing) Manufacturer’s warranty: Always a great guide to quality. A three year warranty is good. Weld characteristics: Make sure the arc is smooth & suits your application. (Some machines are better suited at the low range and others at higher amperage range).
The weight of an angle grinder is important too – anything between 1.5 and 2.5 kg is acceptable for a 115 mm or 125 mm angle grinder. And don’t forget about accessories – budget angle grinders in particular are usually packaged with extra cutting or grinding wheels. I’ve tested out the best angle grinders, from high-tech cordless angle grinders to budget-friendly basic ones, so you don’t have to. Read on to see what I discovered… Makita is one of the most respected tool brands around, and the GA4530R is an excellent example of a professional-quality angle grinder. It’s easy to use, not too heavy and it’s built like a tank. There’s a good reason why builders and savvy DIYers across the world trust Makita. Their build quality and attention to detail are second to none. This angle grinder has a large rubberised rear grip and a tough power cable. I can see it lasting for a long time, even on a building site.
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ASTM International - ASTM A53/A53M-04a
Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
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1.1 This specification covers seamless and welded black and hot-dipped galvanized steel pipe in NPS 1/8 to NPS 26 [DN 6 to DN 650] (Note 1), inclusive, with nominal wall thickness (Note 2) as given in and Table X2.2 and Table X2.3. It shall be permissible to furnish pipe having other dimensions (Note 2) provided such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification.
Note 1-The dimensionless designators NPS (nominal pipe size) [DN (diameter nominal)] have been substituted in this specification for such traditional terms as "nominal diameter," "size," and "nominal size."
Note 2-The term nominal wall thickness has been assigned for the purpose of convenient designation, existing in name only, and is used to distinguish it from the actual wall thickness, which may vary over or under the nominal wall thickness.
1.2 This specification covers the following types and grades:
1.2.1 Type F-Furnace-butt welded, continuous welded Grade A,
1.2.2 Type E-Electric-resistance
1.2.3 Type S--Seamless, Grades A and B.
Note 3-See Appendix X1 for definitions of types of pipe.
1.3 Pipe ordered under this specification is intended for mechanical and pressure applications and is also acceptable for ordinary uses in steam, water, gas, and air lines. It is suitable for welding, and suitable for forming operations involving coiling, bending, and flanging, subject to the following qualifications:
1.3.1 Type F is not intended for flanging.
1.3.2 When Types S and E are required for close coiling or cold bending, Grade A is the preferred grade. This provision is not intended to prohibit the cold bending of Grade B pipe.
1.3.3 Type E is furnished either nonexpanded or cold expanded at the option of the manufacturer.
1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
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Full Text for J.A.O. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both? (Text)
J.A.D. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both?
Lawrence R. Rast Jr.
I. Introduction: The Death of "Old Missouri"?
By the 1960s, it seemed to many within The Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod (LCMS) that the deft between moderates and
conservatives had become so pronounced that the two sides could no
longer remain together. Some argued for a peaceful separation. The
administration of President Oliver Harms (1962-1969) struggled to hold
the synod intact. The momentum of change in the LCMS had accelerated
to the point that by the 1965 Detroit convention the moderate agenda
seemed fully to have carried the day. Reflecting on what he believed was a
pivotal convention, Richard John Neuhaus spoke of the emergence of a
new Missouri and the passing of what had been.
The organizational structure [of old Missouri] and the name remain
(although the convention resolved to consider a new name). But the self
understandings that have characterized Missouri over the years have been
discarded in a manner so gentle that it almost amounts to self-deception.
Many delegates at Detroit were vaguely aware that more was happening
than a modification or natural development of "old Missouri." A few
seemed to realize that something had died and that this was the price of
new life needing room to grow.!
Approval of LCMS participation in the Lutheran Council USA
(LCUSA), participation in the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship
(ILCW), and adoption of the Mission Affirmations had poised the synod to
pursue a fundamentally new direction-one from which there was no
going back-at least in some peoples' minds.
Implicit in such forward-looking actions was, at the very least, a move
away from the past and, at most, a radical disavowal of the synod's
theological limitations. Indeed, Neuhaus was so brash as to speak of the
death of old Missouri and its "errors."
For what has died some of us will shed no tears. It is not that we are
insensitive to the brief tradition of the last several decades. Since it usually
contains a fragment of truth, one can even grow fond of error. If he has
1 Richard John Neuhaus, "The Song of Three Synods: Detroit, 1965," Una Sancta 22
(no. 3): 33.
Lawrence R. Rast Jr. is Academic Dean and Professor of Historical Theology at
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
58 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
been nurtured by the fragment long enough and if it is valued by those he
knows and loves, he will not discard it in cavalier fashion. But discard it
Strikingly, however, in little more than a decade, the LCMS would
experience tension, controversy, and, ultimately, schism. Neuhaus himself
left the LCMS, eventually making his way from the Lutheran tradition into
Roman Catholicism. "Old Missouri" had not, in fact, died. It was back and
back to stay - at least in some peoples' minds.
How did this happen? Already in the late 1950s-and certainly by the
early 1960s - formal organizations that self-consciously saw themselves as
"conservative" over against the "liberal" or "moderate" direction of the
"new Missouri" coalesced into what some have seen as a well-organized,
powerful, and very effective "conservative movement." The most evident
success of this movement was getting J.A.O. Preus elected to the
presidency of the LCMS in 1969. With key figures like Cameron
MacKenzie Sr. (at least initially), Waldo Werning, Herman Otten, Karl
Barth, and Ralph Bohlmann, along with laymen Fred Rutz, Chet Swanson,
Larry Marquardt, and Glen Peglau, this movement succeeded in
redefining the terms of the debate-at least in some peoples' minds.3
An historical problem, however, exists. What seemed a unified
conservative juggernaut in 1969 was by 1977 deeply fragmented, with
some conservatives seeking to replace their party's leader. What
happened? James Burkee has suggested that the conservative coalition was
just that: a disparate grouping of individuals-most of them clergy-some
of whom were more concerned with a generic conservative platform that
featured such planks as anti-communism and anti-civil rights as much as
anything theological, to others who were consumed largely by theological
issues. When the common enemy had been displaced, says Burkee, the
movement lacked sufficient ideological commonality to hold it together.
To put it another way, politics held the conservatives together when they
were on the"outs," but once they were"in," differing commitments led to
the collapse of the movement. 4
This interpretation does reflect the realities, at least to a certain degree.
In a piece written in 1975, layman Chet Swanson described the vagaries of
2 Neuhaus, "Song of Three Synods," 33.
3 For one interpretation of the early conservative movement by a participant, see
Waldo J. Werning, Making the Missouri Synod Functional Again (Fort Wayne: Biblical
4 James Burkee, Pastors and Politics: l1ze Conservative Movement in the Lutheran
Church- Missouri Synod, 1956-1981, Ph.D. diss., Northwestern University, 2003.
Rast: J.A.O. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both? 59
1Im."",.,.""lr''''f'' as a movement and showed its sometimes complementary
sometimes competitive branches. His bottom line was that it is
~PiOS!HbJle to get conservatives to agree completely on every theological
political point. As a result, getting them to work in concert is
difficult. The best one can do, he concluded, is seek to get
to respect the eleventh commandment - thou shalt not speak evilly of
Mary Todd suggests that the struggles in the LCMS in general and
conservatives in particular lie in J.A.O. Preus's removal of only four
eight district presidents in April 1976. She states: "had the purge been
:omlpl(!te, the story of political division in Missouri should be history."6
Preus's failure to remove all eight district presidents in 1976, when he
the authority and opportunity, produced far-reaching results in and
the Missouri Synod. For one thing, it defused a situation where entire
-or at least the congregations of those districts-might have left
synod. Preus's limited action, as it were, tempered the effectiveness of
rhetoric that portrayed Preus as a power-seeking despot-at least in
minds of some. Preus's failure to use the full power that tht:: LCMS had
him in Convention (1975) helped avoid a more profound schism.
question was whether that was a good or a bad thing.
John Tie*n thought it was a bad thing? In Memoirs in Exile he states:
The number of congregations that helped form the synods of the AELC
[Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches] or that joined it later was
considerably less than the leaders of the Coordinating Council had
anticipated. It had been expected that twelve hundred Missouri Synod
5 c.A. Swanson, "Present Situation in the LCMS regarding Conservative Groups,"
.rovj~mlJer 29, 1975 (paper in personal possession of the author): "The answer is to
.)nunUlmciate with each other and respect each other. Keep our minds and hearts in the
~mlDl0n cause. And, in those rare instances where disagreements among conservatives
unavoidable, let us learn to disagree agreeably." See also c.A. Swanson to the Rev.
Nordlie, January 27, 1976, CTS Archives, and Burkee, Pastors and Politics, 226.
6 Mary Todd, "The Curious Case of the Missouri Synod," in Lutherans Today:
~ll1!l'n'ican Lutheran Identity in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Richard Cimino (Grand
IRIU'''ll~ Preus was simply carrying out his duties in an appropriate
lopping off the real "troublemakers," if you will, while allowing
others who were willing to "play ball" to clean up their act. He was just
doing his job. Finally, a third interpretation held that Preus had failed to
carry out his responsibilities as directed by the synod. This group saw this
. not as a first failure on Preus's part, but as the last straw in a series of
leadership failures that could no longer be excused as understandable faux
pas, but rather were part of the Preus fabric, a demonstrable pattern of
lying and duplicity that had to be ended through the election of a new,
truly conservative president of the LCMS. Chet Swanson was one who
held this opinion; Herman Otten was another.12 But there were plenty
more, as the following letter establishes (though written a few years later).
Prior to your election in 1969 as our LCMS President, at a mass gathering
of California Lutherans, in the sacristy of St. Paul's Church, you Signed a
document solemnly signed by 1000 troubled ministers of the Missouri
Synod, stating that "for conscience and doctrinal reasons" the proposed
fellowship resolution with the ALC must be rejected. Two weeks later you
told the Denver Convention, if elected president, you could live with the
Since that time you have tried to silence Christian News, Affirm, and the
united conservative voice who prayed and worked for your election. You
betrayed us and you continue to turn against your best conservative
friends in the Missouri Synod. I'm stating true facts, Mr. President. Our
Lutheran Witness is liberally slanted and managed. Many of our
outspoken liberal pastors and district presidents are throwing their
weight around with their evolution theories and practicing altar and
pulpit fellowship with churches not in doctrinal agreement with us-and
you are doing nothing about it!
The sooner you resign the better. At the Devil's Elbow our founding
fathers gave their deceitful leader, Rev. Martin Stephan, a free one way
boat ride and to replace him God gave them Dr. CF.W. Walther to chart
our ship, the LCMS. We need a new leader like Dr. Walther. 13
12 See the series of articles that appeared in the late winter and spring of 1977 (e.g.,
February 5, 1977) in Christian News challenging President Preus and ultimately arguing
for new leadership among the conservatives. See"A Clear Choice for Conservatives:
Maier or Preus?" and "Four More Years of Duplicity?" both in Christian News (July 4,
13 Norman P. Gutschmidt to J.A.D. Preus, September 5, 1980 (underlining original).
62 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
II. Will the Real Jack Preus Stand Up!
Who is this man, vilified by right and left, conservative and liberal?
What was he like? Was he a theologian or a churchman or both? First, a
brief biography is in order, and then we will return to some of these other
questions in order to try and get a partial picture of our subject.
Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus Jr. ijanuary 8, 1920-August 13, 1994) came
from a long line of Lutheran preachers, though his father, "Jake" (Jacob
Aall Ottesen Preus [August 28, 1883-May 24, 1961]) was a well-known
Republican politician in Minnesota. The elder Preus served as the state
auditor (1915-1921), then as the governor (1921-1925), after which he
moved to Chicago and helped form Lutheran Brotherhood, now part of
Thrivent. Viewed as politically savvy, Jake Preus played a formative role
in the lives of his two sons, particularly Jack, if Adams's Preus ofMissouri is
to be believed.14
Jack himself attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, graduating in
1941, and there met his future wife, Delpha Mae Hollecue. He then entered
Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, from which he graduated in 1945. His
experience, however, was not a positive one, and he chose to seek
ordination in the Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran
Church (familiarly known as the "Little Norwegian Synod," which took
the name Evangelical Lutheran Synod [ELS] in 1957). He served
congregations in Minnesota, as well as serving on the staff at Bethany
Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota.
Preus quickly distinguished himself in the Norwegian Synod, offering
one of the two primary doctrinal essays at its meeting in 1948.15 "What
Stands Between" is a scathing denunciation of false doctrine and "loose
practice" in the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC).16 In a fast-paced,
direct manner, Preus condemned the ELC's positions on the Madison
Settlement (or Agreement), conversion, the will, original sin,
predestination, justification, objective justification more specifically,
conversion after death, Hades, millennialism, antichrist, creation, and
Scripture. On each point, the ELC is found lacking. Worse, however, is that
14 James E. Adams, Preus of Missouri and the Great Lutheran Civil War (New York:
Harper & Row, 1977).
15 Report of the Thirty-First Regular Convention of the Norwegian Synod of the American
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minnesota Oune 6-10,
16 The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America was formed in 1917 as a merger of
the Hauge Synod, the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, and Norwegian
Synod. It took the name the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1946.
Rast: J.A.O. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both? 63
doctrine has found its way into that church's life. "Loose practice" in
to the lodge, deistic societies (including the Boy Scouts), women in
church (particularly voting), church and state, and a pervasive spirit of
Unionism all make the ELC a less-than-truly Lutheran body. To prove his
Preus pointed to the official pronouncements of the church body,
more importantly, what he had learned at Luther Seminary as a
student. The presence of false doctrine in the faculty and classrooms of
Seminary produced assured results in the life of the church - false
and false practice.
Though still in his mid-twenties when he delivered this essay, Preus's
intellectual gifts were obvious. Indeed, by 1951 he had earned a doctorate
in Classics at the University of Minnesota. Gifted in other ways, he quickly
emerged as a leader in the Norwegian Synod. So it is not at all surprising
that when, in 1955, a proposal for a "suspension" of fellowship with the
LCMS was presented and adopted by the ELS, Preus, along with his
•brother Robert, were instrumental in leading the ELS to this action.17 The
LCMS, the ELS's longtime partner in the Synodical Conference, was
considered to have fallen into some of the same errors as t.~e ELC.
And so, it was with some incredulity that Missourians saw the Preus
brothers come into the LCMS shortly thereafter. Robert was called to
Concordia Seminary, S1. Louis, in 1957 to teach systematic theology. Jack
received a call to teach Greek and New Testament at Concordia
Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, in 1958.
Why this move? Leigh Jordahl, in his obituary of Jack in Logia, traces it
to Robert being passed over for a teaching position at Bethany. This was
tantamount to "repudiation" and may have triggered the twin moves.18
Pastor Rudolph Nordein, believing that Jack's talents were "withering on
the vine" at Bethany, wrote to President Walter Baepler of Springfield in
late 1957 stating that he "would like to see [Jack] get into our Synod as a
seminary professor."19 Things moved quickly. Baepler invited Preus to
17 See also the Report of the ns for the year 1955, pages 41-46.
18 Leigh Jordahl, "J.A.G. Preus," Logia 5 (Eastertide 1996): 48. For my part, I can say
this: one of the things largely missing from the archival materials I read in preparing
this paper was the personal side of Jack Preus. He seems to have kept that part of his life
pretty well isolated from his professional life. However, the video "Warrior of God
Man of Peace" offers several small windows into his "ordinary" life.
19 Rudolph Nordein to Walter Baepler, November 8, 1957, CTS Archives. Baepler
indicates that he had made personal contact with Preus already in the fall of 1957 and
that Preus had visited Baepler around Christmas of the same year. Walter Baepler to
JAO. Preus, March 1, 1958, CTS Archives.
64 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
visit Springfield, which Jack did on March 14-15,1958. The visit went well;
Baepler requested prior approval from the President of Synod and Board
for Higher Education on March 17; approval was granted March 21 and 25,
respectively; a contract was offered on March 26, and Jack returned it with
his acceptance on April 21, 1958. His appointment formally commenced on
July L 1958.20
One of the things that made Jack an attractive candidate for a
professorship at Springfield in 1958 (and Robert for one at SL Louis in
1957) was the need for faculty with terminal degrees. Jack's Ph.D. in
Classics was unique among the Springfield faculty in the late 50s.
However, Baepler had been working diligently to move Springfield away
from its historic position as the 1/ practical seminary" for what were
mischaracterized as less capable students. Accreditation was a desired goal
(reached in 1968), and for that to become a reality called for credentialed
faculty. It also required a more robust curriculum that made greater
demands of its students, particularly in the biblical languages, especially
Greek It seemed like a match made in heaven.
III. Seminary President Preus
Perhaps it was, in a way, for Jack Preus. He and his family seem to
have thrived in Springfield. Jack and Delpha had seven daughters
(Patricia, Delpha, Carolin, Sarah, Tdella, Mary, and Margaret), and a son
Oacob). Jack quickly became a favorite teacher for his open, frank, and
earthy style. Jack Preus told it like it is-and the students loved it. But he
also began to emerge as a leader in this setting as well. George Beto
succeeded Baepler as president in 1959, but soon moved on to lead the
Texas penal system.21 Preus was named the acting president in the winter
of 1962 and later that same year he was chosen as Springfield's tenth
20 J.A.O. Preus to Walter Baepler, March 4, 1958; Walter Baepler to J.A.O. Preus,
March 6, 1958; Walter A. Baepler to John W. Behnken, March 17, 1958; Hugo G. Kleiner
to Walter A. Baepler, March 21, 1958; John W. Behnken to Walter Baepler, March 25,
1958; "Contract and Agreement," March 26,1958; J.A.O. Preus to Walter Baepler, April
21, 1958; all in CTS Archives. In his letter to Baepler, Behnken writes: "Herewith I want
to inform you that the appointment meets with my approval. I have seen him work with
the Committee on Doctrinal Unity and I believe that he is by no means a man who
would cause you difficulty. If anything, he will be of value to you in preserving, under
God's guidance, soundness of doctrine."
21 David M. Horton and George R. Nielsen, Walking George: The Life of George ]01m
Beto and the Rise of the Modern Texas Prison System (Denton, Texas: University of North
Texas Press, 20OS).
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Over the course the 1960s, Jack Preus's star continued to rise. He
slowly surfaced as one of the leading lights in the emerging conservative
movement. Springfield was increasingly seen as the "conservative"
seminary, particularly once the contracts of Richard Jungkuntz and Curtis
Huber were not renewed.22 More popularly, Preus's name became more
familiar through the publication of articles on missions and general church
life in forums like the Lutheran Witness and the Lutheran Layman, as well as
AAL's Bond, which featured the "energetic" Jack Preus on its cover in the
As a result, Preus entered into correspondence with a variety of people
in the LCMS. Hot letters passed between Preus and leading conservative
Carl Hoffmeyer over the presence of Jungkuntz and Huber on the faculty.
Much of the mail was more restrained. Writing to a regular correspondent,
Ralph Lohrengel, Preus tried to allay fears of a split in the LCMS: "I do not
even like to think about a split in our church," he wrote; "I feel that 95% of
the clergy and laity of our church are soundly Lutheran, and if there is to
be any split the liberals should be the ones to blame and to be put OUt."23
IV. Synodical President Preus
In 1969, Preus was elected president of the Missouri Synod, ousting
incumbent Oliver Harms.24 The welcome home to Springfield was pure
celebration. Many thought that conservatism was surely back as the
ideology of choice for the LCMS. But more battles lay ahead. Events,
familiar I think to most of us, quickly led to a confrontation. In 1973-74, a
battle over teachings at the Missouri Synod's flagship seminary, Concordia
Seminary in St. Louis, resulted in the suspension of the president of
Concordia Seminary, John Tietjen, and a walkout of seminary professors
and students to form a seminary, commonly referred to as Seminex.
However, already shortly after Preus's election to the synodical
presidency, several of his actions drew fire from critics across the
22 Richard John Neuhaus, "More on the Travail of Missouri," Una Sancta 27
Qanuary 1970): 16: "Richard Jungkuntz and Curtis Huber were two of the bright lights
that President George Beta had acquired to give a modicum of academic respectability
to the glorified Bible Institute at Springfield."
23 J.A.O. Preus to Ralph Lohrengel, December 12,1966. CTS Archives.
24 Robert D. Preus, "After Denver, What? Four Predictions," The Lutheran Layman
(June 1969): 11; Carl Lawrenz, "Some Significant Positions and Decisions at the Denver
Convention of the LCMS" (1969), http://www.wlsessays.net/files/LawrenzDenver.pdf;
W.M. Oesch, " AnalysiS of the Present Situation of Confessional Lutheranism in America
and the World," Lutheran Synod Quarterly 10 Special Edition (Winter 1969-70): 35.
66 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
spectrum. In November 1969, following the dismissal of Richard
Jungkuntz from his position as executive director of the Commission on
Theology and Church Relations, Missouri United Free Evangelical first
appeared. In it, editor Richard Koenig wrote:
Preus's policies make it necessary for us, however reluctantly, to concern
ourselves once again with the issues of evangelical freedom and the
mission of the Church in our Synod. Missouri's line of development,
carefully marked by decisions of the Synod at conventions over the past
quarter of a century and implemented by responsible leaders, hard
working pastors and laymen, is in jeopardy. In the interest of the Missouri
Synod of the fellowship resolution and mission affirmations and many
other progressive measures we appeal for your prayers, support, and
help. Your immediate response is earnestly solicited (p. 1).
While it is painful to have to undertake a movement of the sort these
letters will espouse, it has ever been thus in the Church. Legalism is
always the dark shadow of the Gospel, and legalism has always been the
foe within the Missouri Synod. What we are engaged in, therefore, is not
"synodical politics" but a question of fundamental importance to the
church. But since it is a question of the Gospel, we are sure of the
outcome. Churches and individuals can forget or obscure the Gospel and
its power for a while, but they constantly re-assert themselves. We have to
bring our brothers to the point where they along with us experience anew
the liberating force of the message which creates, preserves, and builds
the church of Jesus Christ (p. 3).25
Unhappy as the"moderates" were, the"conservatives" were at least as
enraged, due to Preus's support of a resolution in the LCMS Council of
Presidents that condemned Herman Otten and his Christian News.26 Some
folks began to ask, will the real Jack Preus please stand up? Or, as William
Wincke put it, "The Rev. J.A.O. Preus ... appears to be the Richard Nixon
of the theological world. No one is sure where he stands on the liberal
conservative issues that divide the 2-million-member denomination."27
25 November 3, 1969: First number of MUFE published. Later it was revised and
resent on November 18, 1969.
26 Statement of the Council of Presidents, October 3, 1969.
27 November 29, 1969. He continued: "Liberals fear that Dr. Preus is attempting to
negate the liberal steps taken by the denomination in recent years. But conservatives are
not convinced that their president can be relied upon to protect their church against the
encroachment of doctrinal dilution by the American Lutheran Church and biblical
experts who question the denomination's literalistic position on the scriptures." Cited in
MUFE #212-16, 1969.
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V. Garbage In, Garbage Out
Trying to summarize the events of 1969 to February 19,1974, briefly is
I!o'lI(lL.llt:JLOI"LL~. To put it rather crassly, it might be said that two (at least)
oontendlrlg understandings of Lutheranism joined in battle. Among the
the more progressive group was John Tietjen, president of
Seminary, St. Louis. Among the leaders of the more
party were the Preus brothers, Jacob and Robert, along with
Bohlmann of the systematics department at the st. Louis Seminary.
the issue moved toward a confrontation, Tietjen claimed that President
vision was fundamentally flawed and that his Fact Finding
f'n,ml'niH-pp's report compromised the gospel. He wrote: "A theology
whose basic thrust is unLutheran underlies the Report of the president's
r 'nmnnitlrpp and served as the yardstick for measuring the confessional
position of the faculty, resulting in a basic distortion and misrepresentation
"of faculty views."28 The Preuses' vision of Lutheranism was one informed
by their reading of the Great Tradition of Lutheranism particularly as laid
"out in Lutheran orthodoxy. The switches had been thrown, and the trains
•were heading right at one another.
The details leading up to the walkout will not be rehearsed here.
Suffice it to say, after the events of the first half of 1974, John Tietjen
thought there was no going back.
We are free to find new forms and methods to bring God's Gospel to the
world. God has set us free from the law, including any system of rules, no
matter how serviceable it may have been, which seeks to muzzle the free
proclamation of the grace of God. . . . Shall we stand in God's way by
trying to hold on to the past? Shall we interfere with God's work by
seeking to preserve the institutions and organizations he has already
consigned to destruction? ... The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod is
dead. Let the dead bury their own dead. The organization that has given
us life and nurtured us is no more. Its structures are hopelessly corrupt.
Its leadership is morally bankrupt. Let the dead bury their own dead. 29
Shortly before Tietjen delivered his remarks, Robert D. Preus was
elected president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois.
In little more than a year, the LCMS in convention closed Concordia Senior
College and moved Concordia Theological Seminary from Springfield,
Il1inois, to Fort Wayne, Indiana. With that election and move, what was
already a vibrant and dynamic enterprise took on an even more vital role
28 Tietjen, Fact Finding or Fault Finding? An Analysis of President rAG. Preus'
Investigation ofConcordia Seminary (5t. Louis: Concordia Seminary, 1972), 34.
29 John H. Tietjen, "The Pangs of Death," 6-7_
68 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
in the life of the LCMS. What one of my colleagues has called the"days of
dead orthodoxy" were about to begin and the Missouri Synod would
never be the same. But what emerged was, frankly, not "old Missouri,"
and part of the reason for that lay in the work of Jack and Robert Preus.
Not everyone was optimistic, however. Tietjen looked at the LCMS
and saw a corpse. Others in the conservative camp were beginning to think
that Jack Preus himself might be the problem.
1975 and 1976 each provided a crucial event in the ultimate departure
of pastors and congregations from the Missouri Synod to form the AELe.
1975's Anaheim Convention, among other things, voted to close Concordia
Senior College in Fort Wayne and to transfer the Springfield seminary to
the Senior College campus. Beyond this, delegates agreed that district
presidents may not ordain candidates without the formal certification of
one of the two official seminaries of the LCMS. Further, the convention
granted the synodical president the authority to declare vacant the office of
any district president who should ordain a non-certified candidate.
Commenting on the situation, Time magazine stated:
Even if Preus declares the eight posts vacant, at least seven of the
presidents are expected to be defiantly re-elected by their districts.
Whether the confrontation will compel the moderates actually to break
with the official church-or how such a rupture would come about
remains to be seen. Evangelical Lutherans in Mission, an organization of
moderates that the convention declared "schismatic," will meet next
month to discuss what to do. 30
The article further stated, "If a split does occur, it is uncertain how many
would leave the Missouri Synod. Tietjen predicts that more than 1,500
congregations will depart. Others put the figure much lower, at a
maximum of 500 congregations encompassing some 250,000 members."31
Preus did remove four of the eight district presidents. As noted earlier,
however, his reticence in removing all eight-even after the eight had
made it clear that they intended to stand together-created distress not
only among the "moderates," but also among the "conservatives." This
proved to be too much for some conservatives, and efforts began to find a
replacement for Preus. By way of one example is the following:
30 "Preus' Purge," Time, Monday, July 21, 1975, http://www.time.com/time/
31 "Preus' Purge," Time, July 21, 1975.
Rast: J.A.O. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both? 69
Since published reports would, no doubt, generate a lot of untimely
publicity which would not enhance your chances of reelection, I therefore
strongly urge you to open your books for inspection and answer my
questions before this occurs. It seems to me that both you and your
attorney are very shortsighted as there is no way you can escape
answering questions regarding Synod's financial operations which has
produced such tragic results.32
Despite the grumbling, Preus was returned to office in 1977. There was
now, however, a clear division in the conservative ranks bordering on
schism. As the 1981 nomination cycle was about to begin, Preus surprised
many and came out with a letter indicating his unwillingness to allow his
name to stand for another term.
In his retirement, Jack worked on fundraising for a new chapel on the
St Louis campus. He also completed a biography of Chemnitz that proved
to be popular. Further, he remained involved in certain theological
disputes and continued to appear at synodical conventions. He was named
President Emeritus of the Missouri Synod in 1992.
Jacob A.O. Preus died on August 13,1994, and is buried in Concordia
Cemetery in St. Louis. Though his death occurred more than a decade and
a half ago, he remains a controversial figure in the history of American
Lutheranism generally and The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
VII. Conclusion: Coming to Grips with an Old Problem
The question still remains unanswered: Was Jack Preus a theologian, a
churchman, or both? Perhaps you have formed an opinion by now-or
perhaps the opinion you had preViously has remained intact. My answer is
simple: I would say both-and more. Preus's role in the controversies of
the 60s and 70s will always offer the temptation to take the path of least
resistance. Perhaps some of you have heard that simple interpretation: Jack
was the politician and Robert was the theologian. I just think that is too
easy a way out.
When Robert and Jack Preus came to the Missouri Synod, they brought
with them a new way of doing things. Ironically enough, those
opportunities would likely not have been open to them had it not been for
the openness to new theological perspectives at S1. Louis especially,
though also at Springfield. In other words, Robert and Jack brought a fresh
32 Fred C. Rutz to J.A.O. Preus, February 24, 1977. ers Archives.
70 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010) ij!.
look at Lutheran orthodoxy to Missourians through their teaching, writing,
Lutheran orthodoxy had been largely defined in terms of Pieper's
dogmatics at both seminaries by this time. It is worth noting, however, that
Pieper was translated initially in the edited form of J.T. Mueller's
dogmatics. Up to the seventy-fifth anniversary of the LCMS, the most
consistently used dogmatics textbook at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
was Walther's edition of Baier's Compendium.33 Whatever limitations that
text may have had-and I happen to like it-it did still place one into
conversation with at least a portion of the Great Tradition. When Pieper's
Christian Dogmatics appeared, however, the focus seems to have shifted.
Granted, Pieper's work is nothing short of remarkable-the production of
a dogmatics makes extraordinary demands on its author(s); just ask those
working on the Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics or Concordia Publishing
House's Bohlmann/Nafzger dogmatics-some 20 years later! So my
purpose is not to denigrate Pieper, but simply to make this point. Where
II' j Walther's edition of Baier was connected to the historic Lutheran chorus i!
through the voices that sounded from the pages themselves, Pieper's
dogmatics was a solo. And by becoming the "standard" text, his dogmatics
in some ways closed the LCMS's theological system. Add to that the very
real limitations of the Mueller edition, and the system could - perhaps
did - become self-referencing.
Enter the new thinking at St. Louis and the broader familiarity with
Lutheran orthodoxy of the Preus brothers. Two new ways of viewing the
Lutheran world-at least. Robert read and summarized the thought of the
Lutheran Orthodox fathers in his wonderful Theology of Post-Refonnation
Lutheranism.34 Jack translated Chemnitz's The Two Natures in Christ, along
with other key texts, and helped ensure that others would be translated.35
Think of the other texts that we now take for granted that have appeared
in English translation since 1957: Chemnitz's Examination of the Council of
33 Johann Wilhelm Baier and c.P,W, Walther, Compendium theologiae positivae:
adjectis notis amplioribus, quibus doctrina orthodoxa ad IIAlLlEIAN academicam explicatur
atque ex Scriptura S, eique innixis rationibus theologicis confirmatur (Grand Rapids:
Emmanuel Press, 2006).
34 Robert D. Preus, The Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism: A Study of
Theological Prolegomena (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1970), and Preus, The
Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism 2, God and His Creation (St. Louis: Concordia
Publishing House, 1972),
35 Martin Chemnitz and lA.O. Preus, The Two Natures in Christ (St. Louis:
Concordia Publishing House, 1971). For example, Jack was key in getting the word out
about Chemnitz's wonderful Enchiridion: Ministry, Word, and Sacraments.
Rast: J.A.O. Preus: Theologian, Churchman, or Both? 71
and The Lord's Supper, to name only two. The Gerhard project now
Untiprw"vand the expansion of the American Edition of Luther's Works
two more recent examples.36 These texts are forcing us to reengage the
iLuithelran portion of the Great Tradition and will continue to do so.
What systematic theology does-indeed, what it is supposed to do-is
a web of perfect symmetry. Robert did this with his Post-Reformation
.uth'PJ"amsm and Jack supported it with his translations. Their contributions
were rightfully formative for a generation of pastors. But beneath their
snapshot of orthodoxy are churning historical realities. Lutheranism was a
mess and in danger always of falling apart during the original days of
dead orthodoxy. Orthodox theologians did things inconsistent with the
true faith. For my part, I am suspicious of Abraham Calov - he was too
. influenced by Pietism for my comfort. But you would never know that
from Robert Preus's Post-Reformation Lutheranism; Calov was simply one of
the "orthodox" voices in the choir. As such, the Preuses' approach to
Lutheran Orthodoxy was something like that of Perry Miller, the great
historian of Puritanism in the colonial period of America. Miller simply
identified a "New England Mind." In The New England Mind: The
Seventeenth Century he did not even bother to cite his sources, so convinced
was he of the fundamental philosophical agreement among the New
England Puritans.37 For Jack and Robert Preus "Orthodox Lutheranism"
was a life of the mind, a symmetrical system-the "web of doctrine" of
which these two brilliantly, passionately, and persuasively spoke.
The fact is, however, that even the best web has its asymmetries. And
here I cannot speak to Jack, but I can to Robert. He was a fine historian and
knew that no system was ever perfectly applied. He convinced me of the
perfect ideal, but he also taught me how to live with the historical realities.
And so, even the most perfect web must have its asymmetries if the web is
going to work. The spider cannot connect all the pieces and parts of the
web without having to bend the perfect frame somewhat to the
circumstances in which it is being built. But even as it does so, it constructs
a piece of functional beauty.
We human beings tend to see beauty and truth in symmetry. Life,
however, is not always like that. While in South Africa during February
2008, I went on a game walk with some African guides. As we walked
through the fog, I nearly walked into a massive spider web in which a bird
36 Martin Chernnitz, Fred Kramer, Luther Poellot, ].A.O. Preus, and Georg
Williams, Chemnitz's Works (5t. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2008).
37 Perry Miller, The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century (Cambridge:
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1983).
72 Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010)
had been snared, wrapped, and sucked dry. It scared me to death! It had to
be the ugliest, messiest, nastiest web that I have ever seen. But that ugly
mess of a web got the job done. Being able to see that in the life of the
church shows real historical perspective.
For a man whose experience was as varied as J.A.D. Preus's, one
should not expect one descriptor to capture the entire man. The web of
each of our lives is far messier than that. Still, as God's people, God
accomplishes his will through inconsistent people like you and me-and
J.A.D. Preus. And with that in mind, perhaps the more perspectival
assessment offered by Leigh Jordahl offers us the best conclusion.
Almost always jovial, always quick to form judgments, infatuated
with watching people and sizing them up, impetuous, and given
to generalizations expressed in sometimes wild hyperbole, he was
restless, and, for someone so amazingly bright, too much on the
move to become, as his younger brother did, a theologian in depth.
And, as is well known, he hated face-to-face confrontation. It was a
flaw in his character that ... he tended to improvise and imply
pacification when issues at hand should have been openly
addressed and thrashed out. For that he sometimes was accused of
being double-tongued. (I don't want to put too fine a point on that,
since I wonder who could have done better at the tasks that
confronted Preus when he came to leadership in the terribly
divided Missouri of 1969.) Neither can I imagine him plugging
along year after year in a pastorate where nothing exciting was apt
to happen, as, for instance, the Faith-Life editor did for forty years
in a non-grOWing country parish. Not that Jack sought or received
much glory, but he was once lightheartedly described as a man
who ate Mexican jumping beans for breakfast.38
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“These are the largest animals on the planet, and there are twelve different species of baleen whales. Some of the whales included in this group are blue, gray, and humpback whales. Baleen whales can be found in every ocean on the planet,” Galves said.
Galves noted that the whales are known to enjoy coastal waters, coming into the shallow waters off Belize City is uncommon and an indication of physical or medical complications to properly function.
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The first information-evening about the southern Überseequartier in the HafenCity concerned one million tons of earth and 150 years of history. Jacques Boursault, Head of Construction Überseequartier, Viktor Eskioglou, Construction Manager Überseequartier, and Dirk Hünerbein, Head of Development Germany, explained the project and the current status of the construction site on behalf of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. Christof Heckendorf from the engineering company SWECO GmbH described the situation that currently exists on the 67,000 m2 site between Magdeburger Hafen and Chicagostraße as well as Elbe and Überseeallee.
A property enclosed by water on two sides, on which a gas works used to stand and which is divided by a subway, is a great challenge even for tough and experienced construction experts. Especially exciting is the history of the site which was the location of Hamburg’s largest gasworks Grasbrook from 1845 to 1979. From here, amongst other things, the street lamps were supplied with town-gas, which had previously been extracted from the coking of hard coal. Some of the by-products of this process penetrated the soil and now reappear on the surface together with a smell that some residents perceive as unpleasant. Christof Heckendorf explained that the threshold of perception of odour (https://www.bremer-umweltinstitut.de/forschungsprojekte/forschungsprojekt-geruchsschwelle-naphthalin.html) was well below the limited workplace limiting value. At two stations voluntary measurements are carried out on a regular basis according to a concept developed by the Hamburg Environmental and Health Authority for the first gasworks redevelopment in 2004/2005.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield wants to keep the burdens for the residents as low as possible and, therefore, provides for covering the affected areas with foils and sand on weekends and all truck loads to be covered with tarpaulin: “No truck leaving our construction site is not covered”, confirms Viktor Eskioglou.
While on one side the excavation pit will continue to be excavated until the end of the year (of the one million tons of excavated material, around 900,000 tons have already been removed), the building construction on the other side is already underway – the first crane was erected on the 8th of February, 2019, and the first (a milestone on every construction site) flowed on March 13th, 2019.
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DRAW it OUT!
the curious art of visual
communication + facilitation,
a 2 day training
fall/winter dates tbd
from 9am - 4.30pm
All supplies included - even breakfast, lunch and snacks!
Curiosity is a great place to start when you're looking to include visuals in your work! This training gives you space to play with your serious work. It allows you to see in ways that just might help your thinking explode out of its normal thinking box. It's okay to admit it. We all have our own default way of thinking and as scary as it can be when that thinking expands a bit, it can also be incredibly liberating. Imagine that!
Beginners and intermediates will practice elements of communication and design, graphic recording and visual facilitation in our experiential learning process. Whether you work in a corporate, non-profit, academic or community environment, you will find these skills applicable. No prior drawing experience necessary.
Essentially, we're going to practice using visuals to solve problems and bring people together.
Something remarkable happens when we spend time learning hands-on with folks from other industries - when we cross-pollinate ideas and experiment with visual techniques to make them directly applicable to the big picture as well as how you do your part. You'll engage differently and the visual will help you see blind spots you may not usually see. Whether you spend much of your time in a corner office, a conference room, a classroom or on the streets organizing, you'll build and expand your own visual language in a way that fits your working style.
Here’s what you can expect to get from the training:
* Reflect upon your current communication strategies
* Create visual intentions for your work throughout the training and beyond
* Experience graphic recording and graphic facilitation in action, recognizing their differences
* Learn concrete drawing techniques to build your visual library
* Participate in visual exercises that you can later apply in your own way
* Practice listening & filtering conversations to pick out the content for recording
* Begin to practice graphic recording in real-time
* Reflection time to help process your learning
* Plan your individual visual project or strategy going forward
* Learn ways to use a variety of visual tools and techniques in facilitation
* Receive feedback about your graphic recording/visual strategies
* Learn logistical tips and tricks for setting up your space for graphic recording/using visual strategies
It can be incredibly liberating to allow yourself to be creative!
Maybe you're looking to capture the essence of a conversation in real-time. Or you want to use drawing to clarify complexities within a system. Or you are upset with words and want to have a new kind of love affair. Hello, my new drawn world! Whatever your reason, jump in!
Tier 1 – $850 early bird rate (sign up before Sept 1)
Tier 2 – $900 standard training rate
Tier 3 – $1000 includes training + private 1-hour consultation with Amanda Lyons (in person or online)
Tier 4 - $1,600 includes training for 2 (bring a friend or colleague for a $100 discount each off our standard rate)
Tier 5 - $450 Apply to volunteer to pay this rate. DRAW it OUT Alumni can attend just Day 2 for this rate.
Tier 6 - By Donation We want this type of work to be accessible to everyone regardless of what fits in your budget. Reach out to take advantage of this: amanda(at)visualsforchange.com
*all rates include breakfast, lunch & snacks
You will receive a confirmation email once you have secured your registration via the form and payment.
"My biggest take away is how connected you can feel in the experience of listening and drawing at the same time. It's kind of magical. Even though you're very internal in the process of creation - getting to what you want to draw - you're deeply connected to [what you're hearing and feeling in the room]."
- 2017 DRAW it OUT participant
About the trainer
Amanda Lyons is a graphic facilitator, experiential education professional and organization development consultant. As an experiential and visual thinker she facilitates engaging experiences in all types of business settings including conferences and retreats. Amanda’s professional credentials include a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey School of Business and a degree in Studio Art and English from Lafayette College.
Shout out to our hosts (this section coming soon as we finalize details)!
"It was great to discover that something that seemed so foreign to me was actually quite attainable with practice. I liked the four organization paradigms. Made me feel that with practice this could be a really powerful tool."
- past DRAW it OUT participant
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“Fifty years after unification, we have finally returned the Maccabiah to its rightful place, Jerusalem—the capital of Israel,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat stated.
During the 20th Maccabiah Games next month, about 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries will descend upon the Holy Land to join 2,500 Israeli athletes in the Olympic-style competition.
Held every four years, the Jewish multi-sport competition is the world’s third-largest sporting event. From July 4-18, the Maccabiah Games will have the added significance of coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the reunification of this year’s host city, Jerusalem.
“Fifty years after unification, we have finally returned the Maccabiah to its rightful place, Jerusalem—the capital of Israel,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told reporters Tuesday.
Tamir Goodman, an entrepreneur and motivational speaker who gained fame during his high school basketball career in 1999, when Sports Illustrated magazine nicknamed him the “Jewish Jordan,” noted that some of the most successful Jewish athletes are “deeply rooted” in their spiritual connection to Judaism or their connection to Israel. Goodman, who in his playing days was known for balancing a busy secular game schedule with his observance of Orthodox rituals, was given the honor of lighting the torch at the opening ceremonies of the 2001 Maccabiah Games in Atlanta.
“It’s very exciting that this year’s athletes will be able to showcase their skills in Jerusalem, especially now during the 50th reunification year,” Goodman told JNS.org. “Hopefully the experience will further their connection to Israel and their Jewish identity, and also enhance their skill level.”
Basketball player and coach Larry Brown, swimmers Jason Lezak and Mark Spitz, and gymnast Mitch Gaylord are among the many Jewish athletes who have competed in the Maccabiah Games before going on to achieve fame in the broader international sports arena.
A mix of modern-day Israeli and international Jewish sports stars will compete in the 2017 games and participate in the opening ceremonies, including Israeli Olympic judo bronze medalists Ori Sasson and Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Paralympics rower Moran Samuel, Israeli rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin, Israeli NBA star Omri Casspi, American Olympic gold medalist swimmer Anthony Ervin, and French Olympic gold medalist swimmer Fabien Gilot.
Commenting on the significance of diaspora Jews’ participation in the Maccabiah Games alongside Israeli athletes, Jeffrey Gurock, a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University, told JNS.org, “In the 1930s, when the Jews were vulnerable, the Maccabiah provided an opportunity for Jewish athletes to project strength and pride to the world.”
“Today it is no less important for American Jewish sportspeople to affirm through participation in these games their solidarity with a strong Israel, even as the Jewish state faces foes in so many world arenas,” Gurock added.
‘Biggest Maccabiah Yet’ in 50th Year of Reunified Jerusalem
During the 2017 games, contestants will compete in 43 different sports in the categories of Youth, Open, Masters and Paralympics. In the host city, some 3,000 athletes will participate in 14 sports at Jerusalem’s Pais Arena and other venues. Additional competitions will be held at 68 sports complexes throughout Israel.
Soccer is the largest contest in the Maccabiah Games, with more than 1,400 athletes from 20 countries participating. In addition to the athletes, as many as 20,000 international fans are expected to attend the games, injecting around $100 million into Israel’s economy.
“I am ecstatic that on the 50th year of the unification of Jerusalem, we are opening the biggest Maccabiah yet,” Amir Peled, chairman of the Maccabiah Games, told JNS.org. “The Maccabiah is the essence of the values I believe in: Zionism, Judaism, brotherhood, peoplehood and sports. The Maccabiah is the one place that Jews from all over the world can come together and bond, and there’s no better place to do so than Jerusalem.”
Yossi Sharabi, director general of the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport, said the athletic competition “strengthens the connection between the Jewish communities around the world.”
He told JNS.org, “It is only natural that in the 50th year of the reunification of Jerusalem, a significant milestone for the Jews of the world wherever they are, the celebrations will be united and will take place in the city of Jerusalem.”
By: Adam Abrams/JNS.org
Sign the Declaration to Keep Jerusalem United
Jerusalem Must Remain the United Capital of Israel
I declare that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish People and support all efforts to maintain and strengthen a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.
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(Editor's note: This piece originally appeared in a different form on NewAssignment.Net, where David Cohn is the blog editor. He is also a Netscape Navigator.)
All is not well in Digg town.
On Tuesday, a bug in the social news site's Digg Spy tool gave one smart Digger the ability to peer into the inner workings of the community. Namely, David LeMieux found a way to highlight which users were burying stories on Digg, and why.
In about two hours, LeMieux gathered data on 1,708 buries, fueling growing concern about the benefit of Digg's bury tool and the possible influence of a network of self-appointed censors. The site has long suffered rumors of abuse by a group of users that buries Digg stories it finds ideologically unappealing. Bury Brigade has become the common name for this anonymous mob. (Wired News is owned by CondéNet, which also owns Digg competitor reddit.)
Digg's administrators have managed to maintain a level of secrecy around buries, so LeMieux's hacking could provide much-needed insight into what's happening inside the community and whether or not the Bury Brigade exists. But it seems even discussions about the bury effect have been closed off.
One Digg user, Supernova17, was even banned from Digg for submitting the highly controversial link as a duplicate (he has since been reinstated).
More interesting than the drama of a large social network trying to come to grips with itself, however, is the networked citizen journalism effort that has sprung up in immediate reaction. Muhammad Saleem followed up LeMieux's data with a post titled, "The Bury Brigade Exists, and Here's My Proof."
Saleem's post may jump to the hasty conclusion that buries are submitted by a regular group of users, but the number crunching has begun in earnest. Baron VC has compiled a list of the top 50 buriers.
There's no telling the ways in which this information, usually guarded by Digg, can be scrutinized. With enough long-term data, the air could be cleared and Digg could move forward.
The data that has been exposed is more than one person can look at alone. But engaged Digg users are finding each other and sharing information to try to attack it from different angles.
If anything, this incident proves not that the Bury Brigade exists, but that Digg users are passionate about the community and are willing to investigate possible flaws themselves. Watch out, Kevin Rose -- your Digg army has grown up and its members want to be self-sufficient.
Amid all the claims that Digg has a biased Bury Brigade, it's actually reassuring to know that a network of Digg users has risen up to try and get to the bottom of this.
I suspect they will just find many lone bury agents, not a network of buriers. But the natural investigation is what interests me. This sprung up from nowhere, has no center or leader. But somehow remains focused, with an end goal in sight.
Update: I couldn't help but submit this story to Digg. It was rising very quickly, and then it was suddenly buried. Then I noticed that all submissions linking to offending articles have also been buried.
Is this a legitimate act of the community, or is it censorship? Digg does have silent moderators, and there have always been rumors that they delete or bury submissions which overtly threaten Digg's reputation. My opinion: Information wants to be free, and if this is censorship, then shame on Digg. If the buries came from the community, I'm curious as to why all discussions related to the bury problem are themselves buried. Does the community not want to confront these problems? Either my thesis -- Digg users are passionate about their community and are willing to investigate possible flaws themselves -- is wrong, or Digg's staff is trying to throw every obstacle up to impede this ad-hoc citizen journalism network. | <urn:uuid:5f5dc162-c116-4205-936c-7fda5701f53b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wired.com/2007/03/hunting-down-diggs-bury-brigade/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.968292 | 834 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied refugee and migrant children. Launched in 2008, KIND champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety. KIND has accepted over 23,000 referrals of children seeking legal representation in their immigration proceedings. KIND has welcomed more than 41,000 attendees to trainings since its founding, cultivating partnerships with over 670 law firms, corporate legal departments, law schools, and bar associations across the country.
KIND’s social services program ensures that migrant and refugee children – who have often endured trauma – receive counseling, educational support, medical care, and other comprehensive services.
To address the root causes of child migration from Central America, and strengthen the protection of unaccompanied children, KIND advocates for policy changes and educates lawmakers, the media, and the broader public on the conditions that drive these children to flee their home countries. KIND supports children returning to their home countries by connecting them to essential support services and sponsors gender-based violence prevention programs in Central America to protect children in countries of origin and transit.
KIND is also building upon its expertise in the protection of unaccompanied children to encourage the development of pro bono initiatives across Europe in partnership with European NGOs.
KIND seeks a Managing Attorney to provide seasoned, disciplined, and effective management of the KIND field office, including performing independently in the areas of program and performance management, budgeting, employee relations, and development-support functions.
As the head of KIND’s local office, the Managing Attorney is a critical member of the management team in KIND’s Legal Services division and is the senior representative of the organization at the local level – effectively engaging government, private sector partners, and community stakeholders to advance KIND’s mission. Managing Attorneys supervise Senior Attorneys and Supervising Attorneys, as well as other attorney and non-attorney staff as needed. The Managing Attorney will report to the Regional Director, Legal Services.
Provide mentoring to KIND pro bono attorneys and as needed, limited direct legal representation to KIND clients. In the pro bono mentoring function, provide robust consultation and technical assistance to pro bono attorneys who have accepted a KIND case. In the direct representation function, perform ordinary functions of legal counsel including legal research and formulating the legal strategy for the case; conducting client interviews; appearing before immigration and/or state court or agencies, and drafting and filing court pleadings and applications for benefits.
Mentoring and/or direct representation responsibilities will be determined based on programmatic and institutional priorities in consultation with Legal Programs leadership.
Serve as a member of KIND’s Legal Programs management team, responsible for the overall management of field office including program quality and deliverables, staff performance, team cohesion and functioning, and integration with the Legal Programs department and organization at large.
Monitor and present changes in immigration law to multiple audiences, including legal services and pro bono partners, and other high-level internal and external stakeholders. Consult with and contribute thought leadership and information on local trends to support the work of KIND’s Training and Technical Assistance team and other internal stakeholders.
Develop and implement effective management strategies to meet ambitious programmatic and funding deliverables and mission-critical priorities, including staff recruitment and development-support functions, employee engagement, and quality control of KIND’s legal services delivery.
Oversee the provision of top-notch mentoring programs and direct representation services to clients in the released and detained context as relevant.
Ensure data integrity and utilize case management databases and other technological tools to assist in creating more efficient processes and identifying training, recruitment, client needs/opportunities, and trends, in collaboration with KIND’s Data Strategy Team.
Promote volunteer support by actively developing and maintaining KIND’s relationships with law firms and corporate counsel with a robust presence in the respective city and/or region, in coordination with KIND’s Senior Director for Pro Bono Partnerships.
Serve as the field office primary liaison with KIND’s headquarters (including Legal Programs leadership, and Policy, Advocacy, Communications, Development, Human Resources, and Operations departments), working under the supervision of KIND’s Regional Director.
Maintain internal and external stakeholder relations; serve as KIND leader in local coalitions of various stakeholders supporting unaccompanied immigrant children.
Work with Legal Programs leadership, Development, and Finance to ensure compliance with all grant and funding requirements.
Manage team or field office budget and, with assistance from other team members, track expenditures and identify budgeting priorities.
Assist with special projects of local and national scope at the direction of KIND leadership.
Participate in local coalitions of various stakeholders supporting unaccompanied immigrant children.
Collaborate on social services programming for clients and pro bono attorneys in conjunction with the Social Services Team, including local field office Social Services Coordinator(s).
As a member of the management team in the Legal Programs department, the Managing Attorney is expected to uphold the following leadership characteristics:
Meaningfully contribute thought leadership and expertise to advance KIND’s mission and the strategic goals and objectives of the Legal Programs Team.
Offer new insights into challenges and opportunities; evaluate conventional approaches and provide and encourage new ideas and innovations and explore and implement new or cutting-edge programs/processes in collaboration with leadership.
Partner with organizational leadership on conflict resolution.
Deal effectively with pressure and remain optimistic and persistent, even in an uncertain and challenging environment.
Together with other members of the management team, embrace leadership values and a work ethic that exemplifies authenticity, goodwill, transparency, and collaboration.
Inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, trust, and employee wellness.
Facilitate cooperation and motivate team members to accomplish group goals.
Qualifications and Requirements:
J.D. and admitted to a state bar.
Minimum of 7 years of experience practicing immigration law, which should include representation of clients in humanitarian immigration claims such as asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, and T visas.
Minimum of 5 years of experience working with children, preferably immigrant and refugee children, and/or working with survivors of abuse, human trafficking, or other trauma.
Minimum of 2 years of experience working with law firm attorneys and/or other legal volunteers.
Minimum of 4 years of experience supervising attorneys and non-attorney staff.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in program management, including experiences such as project management, tracking deliverables, hiring, planning, and development.
Experience working in a national or larger management structure is preferred.
Strong record of cultural competence and cross-cultural communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and persuasively both orally and in writing.
Demonstrated effective and authentically engaged leadership; ability to critically assess challenges and propose and execute solutions, with appropriate consultation and visibility to leadership; excellent professional judgment.
A deep understanding of and ability to work and lead effectively with internal and external stakeholders and participate in local coalition work.
Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and communication styles.
Committed to prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as embracing transparency and authenticity in daily work life.
Be disciplined and nimble to ensure delivery on our core mission of access to justice and protection of children’s wellbeing and rights.
Showing the ability to multi-task and work with a sense of urgency in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
Committed to practicing and supporting wellbeing and a work-home life balance.
Experience working and communicating in a remote environment.
Salary range: $100,000 – $125,003 dependent on experience.
KIND requires all staff be COVID vaccinated with the exception of those who have medical or religious beliefs exemptions.
Please be advised that an employment application will need to be submitted along with your resume and cover letter, in order to be considered for the desired role in https://supportkind.hrmdirect.com/employment/job-opening.php?req=2124807&cust_sort1=100304&&jbsrc=1025 . (Acceptable to request writing sample for certain roles).
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Feeling safe in the community is essential for all children and youth. It allows them the freedom to walk or ride a bike in the neighbourhood, to enjoy local parks, playgrounds, and open space. When community security and policing are not meeting the needs of the community, streets, parks and public places are accessed and used in different ways. For example, children are driven places by their parents rather than walking or cycling, and parks become vacant spaces and are used less often by children, youth and families.
There are many local initiatives to increase community safety for children and youth. The police and local community policing play key roles in ensuring the safety of children and youth and their treatment and attitudes toward young people can make a positive contribution to community security.
COMMUNITY SECURITY & POLICING
RCMP officers in Squamish, BC. Photo by Cabbit/cc/flickr
UNCRC and Community Security & Policing
Article 19 is about protection from harm
Children and youth have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated.
Article 33 is about protection from illicit drugs
Children have the right to be protected from the use of narcotics and psychotropic substances and to prevent children in the illicit production and trafficking of such substances.
Article 34 is about protection from sexual exploitation and abuse
Children have the right to be protected from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
Article 35 is about protection from being kidnapped
Children have the right to be safe from being kidnapped and to be safe from being sold or trafficked. Children should be taught to be aware of their surroundings and what to do when interacting with a stranger.
Article 40 is about the right to defend oneself
Children have the right to defend themselves if they are accused of breaking the law.
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
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The Learning Resources Center (LRC) is a tutoring service created for Lusher Middle and High Schools with the goal of improving student achievement and boosting test scores. The LRC provides a valuable educational resource by offering free tutoring sessions in every major subject area.
The LRC is housed in room 320 on the high school side of the Freret campus. Tulane University provides the tutors who join forces with Lusher faculty and students to create an interactive learning experience with one-on-one assistance and instruction. View the tutor schedule above to see which subjects are supported on which days.
The LRC opens in room 320 immediately after school on Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays from 3:35-5PM and Wednesdays from 2:45-4:15. The LRC is closed on Fridays. Please note that the LRC is a separate program from After Care. The LRC offers free academic assistance, but it is not intended for supervision of students waiting for transportation.
No advance sign up is required. Students may simply show up! When feasible, it is recommended that students plan ahead by viewing the tutor schedule above and trying to show up on a day when multiple tutors are available for the subject in which help is needed. Tutors are paired with students on a first-come-first-served basis.
State Legislation: LA SB 28 – This new law requires each public school, including charters, to promote and provide information to students and parents on how to access the after-school online homework assistance services offered by the State Library of Louisiana. This information will need to be included in school handbooks, as well as on school websites. (http:// homeworkla.org/) | <urn:uuid:018ab54f-8c28-4bc5-a728-54a774e6906c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.willowschoolnola.org/student-life/freret-campus/writing-lab-and-learning-resources-center/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.95073 | 350 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Did you know that ads on Facebook cost ten times as much if they are targeted to vulnerable or highly profitable groups? For example, pregnant women are a prime target. Facebook targets vulnerable people.
Facebook targets vulnerable people. Well, we are beginning to understand that Facebook data comes from perhaps hundreds of millions of sources outside Facebook itself. Its recent and hasty release of the Off-Facebook Activity Tool gobsmacked anyone that looked behind the scenes at the information collected by its Business Tools built into companies websites, apps and stores.
But that is only part of the answer to how Facebook targets
vulnerable people. It also gets data from app and website developers using yet
another Facebook tool – its Facebook Analytics SDK tool.
First, a true story to illustrate how Facebook targets vulnerable people
Last year my son and his partner announced on Facebook that they were having a baby. Within minutes their advertisements turned from travel, alcohol, dining, fashion to baby, baby, baby. Also, many focused on getting them to download other apps to help their experience – naming the child, caring, breastfeeding, vaccination or anti-vac, even which schools to pre-enrol in. If they opened these apps, they were drawn into an ever-decreasing circle convincing them they needed product X or Y.
But here is the kicker – within hours all their friends (in their
contacts and their friend’s subsequent contacts) were being bombarded similarly
with baby gift ideas for my son and partner.
Facebook Analytics SDK tool – another surreptitious data sucker!
Privacy International set out to look at the most used
menstruation apps. Using traffic analysis, it wanted to see if those apps were
sharing data with third parties and Facebook in particular, through the
Facebook Analytics SDK.
“Our research shed light on the horrific practices of some menstruation apps that shared their users’ most intimate data – about their sexual life, their health and lifestyle – with Facebook…”
“So, it turns out that there was no real need [for an app] to transfer the data to Facebook — the developers had simply integrated an additional [Facebook] analytics system without ever considering what data would go where”.
Yes – shock and horror apps that help women monitor their period, plan pregnancies, help select baby names, set up a gift registry, send invitations to baby showers were pouring data to Facebook. It was, in turn, was super-profiting by charging more to advertisers to reach these vulnerable people and everyone in their contacts list!
One app (but typical of menstrual apps) asked the date/time
you had sex; was it good; how did you feel; contraceptive practices; caffeine,
alcohol, smoking habits and more. It also requested information unrelated to
women’s health, such as hairstyles and manicures.
But it gets worse
Once the data is in Facebook’s greedy paws, it can be used
in other ways. Kaspersky states,
Intimate health information falling into the wrong hands could affect, for example, the cost of health insurance. A potential employer who knows a job applicant is planning to get pregnant might give preference to another candidate. A pregnant woman might not even be allowed on an international flight. And you would hardly want Facebook to be privy to details you wouldn’t share with your closest friend.
By the way, it’s not just menstruation apps
Facebook Analytics is “A powerful, free product and behavioural
analytics tool that helps you understand your audience and grow your business.”
Being free and easy to implement means it is built into hundreds
of millions of apps and now we know it may be leaking personally identifiable
information to Facebook. These apps might monitor sleep quality, calories,
health, a daily diary or even order a pizza. If the app oversteps the mark in
any way other than to do what it promises – delete it.
But there is the other side of the argument
Facebook says no developer has to use its Analytics SDK – and
if they use any other brand of SDK, the same information will flow to that
brand (the are tacitly pointing to Google).
Facebook is not responsible for what data gets piped to it
via the SDK. This is akin to blaming the ruler for what gets measured. It says
the problem isn’t Facebook, it is the whole analytics ecosystem.
Kaspersky sums up
Choose apps wisely and read user comments about the
personal information is requested
Don’t give apps more information than necessary
— think carefully about what they genuinely need and what they can do without. If
the app doesn’t work if you skip a question, delete it fast!
Is this the coverup that could sink Facebook?
Some app developers were horrified that such data was leaking
via the Facebook Analytics SDK and immediately abandoned it. Others had a
business model based on selling that data and continue to leak.
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|Michael Gross as River Baldwin|
|The Young and the Restless|
|Portrayed by||Michael Gross|
|Current status||Former, recurring|
|First appearance||August 15, 2008|
|Last appearance||January 15, 2009|
|Created by||Maria Arena Bell|
|Introduced by||Maria Arena Bell|
|Full name||Lowell Robert Baldwin|
River Baldwin was a fictional character on The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Michael Gross.
Lowell was born in New Orleans, March 11,1939. He was Gloria Fisher's ex-flame and the father of Michael Baldwin. Lowell, a substance-abusing hippie, took off when he got drafted and because he was accused of terrorist activity. He moved to Canada and stayed on the run for 40 years, leaving Gloria to raise Michael without him. The discovery of his grandmother's diary, enabled Michael to find out more about his father, mostly that he was a no-good, substance-abusing hippie! With help from private investigator Paul Williams, Michael also found out that Lowell was still alive and had a warrant out on him for a murder that occurred during a robbery.
Paul had located a "River Baldwin" wanted for murder after setting up a bombing of a bank as a leader with the 60's activist group “The Weathermen”. He had the same social security number as Lowell, and was also born in New Orleans. Records also showed that a Gloria Simmons paid his bail. Gloria again lied in response to Michael's confrontation that Lowell used her, convinced her he was innocent and disappeared after she bailed him out, leaving her and baby Michael penniless. Paul also later discovered that a "Richard Gerick" had switched identities with Lowell in 1993 after Lowell, then a college professor in southern California was kicked out and then disappeared because he slept with a student. Michael began having second thoughts about finding his long lost father. Thinking he had found Lowell in the Ashland County lock-up, Michael was discouraged to find out that Lowell had switched identities with another petty criminal named Richard. The impostor did, however, tell Michael that his father spoke of him often and was a genius!
Lowell, who now called himself "River", was an acitivst and guru. His true identity was revealed by Gloria at Kevin Fisher and Jana Hawkes' wedding at the Ashram in Malibu, California, where he was the guru who performed the ceremony! He followed a bitter Michael back to Genoa City to try and make amends. Unfortunately, a jealous Jeffrey Bardwell turned him in on the old warrant and he was thrown in jail. It was then revealed that River had another child, Eden Gerick, who turned up on Michael's doorstep distraught! She was the daughter of River and a university graduate student. Lowell explained to Michael that when he was teaching in California he got a grad student pregnant and was fired from the university as a result. Eden's mother had a drug problem, disappeared after Eden was born and died. Lowell raised Eden to be self-sufficient in case he got caught, home-schooling her to be far advanced for her age.
He asked Michael to take her in, and Lauren convinced Michael they should give it a try, but Eden was sullen and belligerent. Attorney Dick Dentner, a former activist himself, saw Lowell as a hero and took his case with plans to "stick it to the man". Michael attempted to help, but Lowell was not interested. But when Lowell was about to be extradited back to Michigan, Michael acted as his lawyer and got his trial held in Genoa City. Lowell finally accepted Michael to defend him. Michael spent days pouring over four decades of files from the 1960’s trial of Lowell's cohorts. He found and met with a buddy of Lowell’s, Howie "Kite" Sullivan, who told him that he was with River the day of the bombing and that River was not responsible for the janitor who was killed. Howie said it was meant to be only a confetti bomb, but someone substituted a real one and River was only there to try to stop the protest.
Howie claimed he was an FBI informant who, when he refused to testify against Lowell, ended up doing time. Meanwhile Gloria located a note in the files where the prosecution had scrapped Howie's testimony because he refused to cut a deal which verified his story. Back at the jail, after a visit from Jeffrey that convinced him that going free was hopeless, Lowell took a capsule that would make him sick so he’d get taken to the hospital. He left a note for Michael and, with Eden causing a distraction, Lowell escaped out a second story window and hurt his ankle. Eden met Lowell at a warehouse, but he convinced her to stay with Michael to have a decent life. Not long after she left, the police surrounded the warehouse.
Michael arrived and talked Lowell into surrendering. As Michael worked on Lowell’s case, he found a photo of the activist group. Lowell identified all the members in it, including Gloria, for Michael to investigate. Michael was particularly interested in finding Lowell's former best friend Marshall Tenney. Michael suspected he was the one who substituted the real bomb, but he turned out to be deceased. Also among the old evidence was a tape of a witness named Tonya condemning Lowell as a violent ringleader--the voice undeniably Gloria’s. When Michael confronted her with it, Gloria broke down and admitted she was coerced into it by the police under threat of getting Michael taken away from her. When Michael told Lowell, he said he had known all along, understood the circumstances and forgave her long ago. Gloria walked in the visiting room and overheard. They cried and embraced. River was put on trial and found innocent after Gloria testified on his behalf. Michael later discovered that River was actually guilty of the crimes of which he was accused and tried to turn him in.
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lower right in plate: HOMER DEL.; lower center: HUSKING THE CORN IN NEW ENGLAND.
- Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.
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Nearsighted vs Farsighted
Nearsightedness and farsightedness, as well as astigmatism , are all refractive errors that affect your eye’s ability to focus light on the retina, making your vision blurry. Both nearsightedness and farsightedness are very common eye conditions, but they are very different from one another. Read on to learn the difference between nearsightedness vs. farsightedness.
If you’re experiencing blurry or fuzzy vision either nearby or far away, book an appointment at your neighborhood Pearle Vision EyeCare Center. An eye doctor will be able to diagnose the problem and prescribe the appropriate eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct the issue.
What Does Nearsighted Mean?
What is nearsightedness? Medically referred to as myopia, nearsightedness occurs when the light entering the retina falls short, causing distant objects to appear blurry. This typically occurs because the cornea might have a bigger than average curvature, or the eyeball is too long. If you have nearsightedness, your close-up vision is not affected.
What causes nearsightedness? This condition typically runs in the family. It often occurs early in childhood and can develop slowly over time, or rapidly. Symptoms will usually worsen as a child grows, and through adolescence. Signs a child is developing or has nearsightedness may include:
- Constant squinting
- Sitting closer to television or object they’re viewing in order to see it clearly
- Lacking awareness of far objects
- Rubbing eyes constantly
- Excessive blinking
Nearsighted symptoms can include:
- Distant objects appearing blurry or fuzzy
- Squinting to see clearly
- Difficulty seeing at night
Treatment for Nearsightedness
An eye doctor can help detect and diagnose your nearsightedness. Depending on the severity of your condition, your eye doctor may prescribe nearsighted glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery to correct your vision.
What Does Farsighted Mean?
What is farsightedness? Medically referred to as hyperopia, farsightedness occurs when light is focused behind the retina instead of directly on it. Farsightedness is caused by a flat cornea, or if the eyeball is too short. Different from being nearsighted, a far-sighted person will be able to see things faraway, but objects nearby will appear blurry.
Farsightedness is typically present at birth and often runs in the family. Signs of farsightedness include:
- Objects nearby appear blurry of fuzzy
- Squinting to see clearly
- Eyestrain, such as burning or aching eyes
- General eye discomfort, which may lead to headaches
Treatment for Farsightedness
Since farsightedness often appears at birth, it’s important that children get their eyes examined as early as six months old. Early detection can help prevent interruptions in your child’s development and learning. Farsightedness can easily be corrected with the right farsighted glasses or contact lens prescription.
If you’re experiencing blurry vision, schedule an appointment at your neighborhood Pearle Vision EyeCare Center. Annual eye exams can help detect any eye problems early on and get you the right treatment needed. Our eye doctors can conduct a nearsightedness test and farsightedness test to help determine a course of treatment for getting you clearer, sharper vision. | <urn:uuid:c3733bb8-46aa-49e1-8dc8-b339d683242d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pearlevision.com/pv-us/eye-health-and-conditions/eye-condition/nearsighted-vs-farsighted | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.908466 | 743 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Thanks to the hard work of many, many people – some of whom are no longer with us – I was able to marry my longtime boyfriend in a small civil service in California last week.
This is just a quick diary to thank some of the people who helped pave that road to legal protection of same-sex marriage.
And it’s followed by a request…
…to the generations of queers prior to the 20th century who had to live in secret; to Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs, who kick-started the modern era by speaking out publicly about gender and sexuality; to other early pioneers like Adolf Brand, Oscar Wilde, Emma Goldman, Mikhail Kuzmin, and many others;
…to Alfred Kinsey, who made it possible for human sexuality to become part of public discussion without the usual moral stigma; to publishers like Edith Eyde and Ruth Ellis, and writers like Richard Bruce Nugent;
…to the early organizations that formed in the face of impossible odds – groups like The Society for Human Rights, the Mattachine Society, ONE Inc., the Daughters of Bilitis, Vanguard, the Street Orphans, and many more;
…to the people who assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1965, the nation’s first gay rights march;
…to the members of the transgender community who rioted at Compton’s Cafeteria in 1966, refusing to allow themselves to be humiliated;
…to the 1969 rioters at New York’s Stonewall Inn who fought for dignity against a police raid, effectively launching the movement into the consciousness of the general public;
…to the men and women who ran for public office when being queer had no public support: José Sarria, Franklin E. Kameny, Kathy Kozachenko, Elaine Noble, Harvey Milk, Gerry Studs, and many others;
…to the 100,000 who participated in the first ever National Gay Rights March on Washington D.C. on October 14, 1979;
…to Mildred and Richard Loving, who in 1967 forced the federal government to recognize that marriage is an issue of basic civil rights;
…to Richard John Baker and James Michael McConnell, who sued for marriage rights back in 1970; and to Nina Baehr, Genora Dancel, Tammy Rodrigues, Antoinette Pregil, Pat Lagon, and Joseph Melillo – plaintiffs in the first successful lawsuit in 1996;
…to Hillary Goodridge, Julie Goodridge, David Wilson, Robert Compton, Michael Horgan, Edward Balmelli, Maureen Brodoff, Ellen Wade, Gary Chalmers, Richard Linnell, Heidi Norton, Gina Smith, Gloria Bailey, and Linda Davies, who in 2003 successfully sued the state of Massachusetts for full recognition of marriage, and won;
…to Gavin Newsome, who issued marriage licenses even when it was illegal to do so – which led to the court case legalizing marriage in California;
…to the openly gay public figures who speak out to let people know that being queer is not a crime and does not warrant second class status – to politicians like Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank, or athletes like John Amaechi and Sheryl Swoopes, or any of the actors, singers, directors, producers, and otherwise high profile media personalities who’ve helped encourage mainstream acceptance of the queer community;
…to our dedicated allies, including many of you at this site, who’ve joined us in this fight for basic civil rights.
And none of this is counting the scores of people, groups, and movements that took place in other countries, achieving successes sometimes earlier and more permanent than our own, and helping fuel our movements back home.
In the end, all I can say is that I am profoundly grateful to too many people to count, and that I will never forget that I owe a debt of a gratitude to them – and a heavy responsibility to continue the fight for others: we still have plenty of work to do in the areas of employment nondiscrimination, fair housing laws, open service in the military, etc.
And a Request:
If I can be so bold, I’d like to request a wedding gift from the community here:
If you’re in the state of California, please talk to your friends, family, and neighbors about Proposition 8, the attempt to ban marriage that will be on the ballot in November. Let them know that a Yes vote on the Proposition will eliminate marriage for thousands of couples.
If you are not in the state of California, please consider donating to one of the groups who are fighting against Proposition 8 (some possibilities include NO on 8 and HRC’s California Marriage PAC); or helping defeat a similar ban in Arizona, where the pro-marriage crowd is desperately behind on fundraising; or getting involved in the effort to prevent the ban in Florida; or supporting similar groups in your own area. Write an LTE to your local newspaper, send an email to your elected officials, and make your voice heard.
Issues like same-sex marriage live or die on the perception of pubic support. The more you talk about it, the more acceptable you make it.
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Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust and then disappeared under mysterious circumstances, has officially been declared dead by Sweden.
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped save tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape the Nazi extermination machine during the Holocaust, was formally pronounced dead by Sweden’s Tax Agency last Wednesday, 71 years after he disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
He was arrested by the Soviets for espionage suspicions in Hungary in 1945, and has since disappeared.
There have been various accounts regarding his fate, and he is thought to have died in a Soviet prison, but his exact fate remains a mystery.
The New York Times in August ran a full report documenting the accounts and Wallenberg’s supposed whereabouts, and concluded that he was shot by the Soviets in 1947.
Thousands of Jews escaped deportation to Auschwitz after Wallenberg gave them Swedish protective passes.
His story became legendary after 1945.
His family has spent decades trying to establish what actually happened to him. Last November they called on the Swedish Tax Agency to officially declare him dead. The request was made via Sweden’s SEB Bank, acting as a trustee.
“He shall be deemed to have died 31 July, 1952,” the Tax Agency stated.
A tax agency official explained that date was chosen because it fell “five years after he went missing, which was believed to be the end of July, 1947”.
This procedure complies with a Swedish law applied in cases where the circumstances of death are not clear.
His family requested that he be declared dead officially, in order to “let Raoul rest in peace”, Sweden’s Aftonbladet daily reported.
An Angel of Hope
Wallenberg, recognized by Israel in 1963 as a Righteous Among the Nations – a title bestowed upon gentiles who saved Jews in the Holocaust, saved Jews by issuing Swedish passports and protective letters to Jews who were otherwise doomed to deportation to the gas chambers in Auschwitz.
“During the dark days of horror and death, Wallenberg manifested himself as an angel of hope, issuing in three months thousands of protective letters to persecuted Jews. When Adolf Eichmann organized the death marches of thousands of Jews from Budapest to the Austrian border, Wallenberg pursued the convoys in his car and managed to release hundreds of Jews to whom protective letters were granted,” Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, writes.
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She also raised her family. Lynch Law in All Its Phases. Wells died March 25, InWells took her anti-lynching campaign overseas. Inthe New York Times published a belated obituary for her. Castus a Gallic slave and one of the leaders of rebellious slaves during the Third Servile War Catoan African-American slave who served as an American Black Patriot spy and courier gathering intelligence with his ownerHercules Mulligan.
Furthermore, with the end of chattel slavery, Wells-Barnett believed that, for the first time in its history, the United States had the chance to live up to its promises of being a civilized country governed by the rule of law, and that all Americans, even those who had recently asserted their citizenship, had the right to push the country in the right direction.
Her findings were published in a pamphlet entitled Southern Horrors: Login to protest white businesses. When she confronted Mary Church Terrellthe president of the club, Wells was told that the women of Chicago had said that, if Wells were to take part in the club, they would no longer aid the association.
How to Subscribe Oxford Bibliographies Online is available by subscription and perpetual access to institutions. Wells-Barnett Museum in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African American history. Inshe sued the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Southwestern Railroad for removing her from an all-white railroad car.
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Lynching in America Essay Sample As the twentieth century began in America, the appalling practice of lynching continued to be rampant in every state. During the late 's, violence against blacks increased at alarming rates and mob rule was becoming the norm. Wells' flaming editorials condemned white establishments for their continual oppression of blacks.
Elsey Thompson, a white captive enslaved by a Creek. During the s and s a number of journal articles on Wells-Barnett appeared which dealt with her rhetorical style, her importance to the field of black female autobiographical narrative, and the social, moral, and historical contexts for her work.
They inspired many free blacks to enlist in the Union Army. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon" Duster Indeed, if readers looking for a more analytical treatment of the material in the text will be patient, they will be amply rewarded in the after-word.
Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. InWells took three of her younger siblings to Memphis, Tennesseeto live with her aunt and to be closer to other family members.
Well, nowadays, mob violence differs in comparison to mob violence in the nineteenth century. She found little basis for the frequent claim that black men were lynched because they had sexually abused or attacked white women.
New York court case after they were brought to New York by their Virginia slave owners. Wells worked as a teacher and attended Fisk University in Nashville.
Born in AlabamaBarnett had become the editor of the Chicago Conservator in Frances Willard was president of the Temperance Union from to Inshe became co-owner and editor of an anti-segregationist newspaper but was later dismissed because of her fiery editorials.
In terms of how she fought, Wells-Barnett proved to be a compelling editor, journalist, orator, and debater. It condemned Willard for using rhetoric that Wells thought promoted violence and other crimes against African Americans in America.
Both her mother and father were owned by the same man and worked for him after being freed. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race. After the group presentations, the teacher will ask the students to respond to the questions listed below.
Gustav Badin diedbutler at the royal Swedish court. As a result, she left Tennessee permanently, relocating to Chicago, from where she took up her international antilynching campaign. Wells Club in her honor.
Black economic progress was a contemporary issue in the South, and in many states whites worked to suppress black progress. Ida B. Wells was born into slavery on July 16,in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was the eldest of eight children.
She was the eldest of eight children. Following the end of the Civil War, her father, who as a slave had been the carpenter on a plantation, was active in Reconstruction period politics in Mississippi.
Ida B. Wells, a young African American journalist, investigated and accounted for the violence acted upon the African Americans during the Post-Reconstruction period. Wells wrote about her investigations because she belied it was the "first step to tell the world the.
New biographies are regularly added, so check back to discover new stories. Featured Biographies Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher. Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Her mother, Lizzie Bell, had been bought and sold by a number of owners, while her father, James Wells, had but one master who was also his father and whose last name he took as his own.
Contrast the careers of Ida B.
Wells-Barnett Both women were fighting in different ways for justice. Mary McLeod Bethune was an "educator, organizer, and political activist" and organized groups to support black women and children.
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Avia IoT Ecosystem
Device Update & End-Of-Life policy
This document details how firmware is expected to be kept issue-free for the duration until the endoflife of the device. The aim is to support all devices for 10 years from launch date unless upstream providers (Nordic and Apple) cease supporting the software components we use before then.
1 Update policy
There will always be a single ‘latest’ release of the firmware for any Avia product / model number. Any security patches, bug fixes, etc will always be applied to the latest firmware resulting in a new latest release. Updates will be applied by the user through the Avia app. Through standard Apple App Store/iOS processes the user is prompted to install the latest version of the app (if one is available) every time it is started. That app contains the latest version of the firmware per model number. The app then checks that all connected devices have the latest firmware. If a device is found which doesn’t have the latest firmware the app prompts the user to apply that update.
2 Update timeframes
There are four potential reasons why Avia might want to release new firmware, each of those had different criteria around the release time frames.
Security fix – whether a specific issue found with the device, or an upstream update (from Nordic or Apple) to fix a security issue. The target is that these will be released (through a new version of the App) as soon as a fix is tested, within 90 days of notification to Avia. Note that if a security issue is notified to us by a user, the target is to acknowledge that issue or reject it with evidence within a week. It might then take up to the 90 days to get a fix released.
Bug fix (no security impact) – whether a specific issue found with the device, or an upstream update (from Nordic or Apple) to fix an issue. The target is that these will be released (through a new version of the App) within 90 days of notification to Avia.
Upstream SDK update – the target is the firmware to update to the new SDK will be released within 180 days of the SDK being formally released by our provider.
Enhanced functionality – there is no target time-frame around releasing new functionality.
All releases no matter why they are being put together will only take place once they have passed extensive testing to ensure reliability and security of the device is maintained. Best efforts will be made to achieve the targets however reliability will not be compromised to do that. | <urn:uuid:9d444c5f-292a-42ac-a932-366c1330083a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aviasmart.com/updates-eol-policy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.925738 | 531 | 1.546875 | 2 |
The IU School of Dentistry’s Student Research Group is a member of the American Academy for Dental Research National Student Group. Dr. Angela Bruzzaniti, director of dental student research, is the faculty advisor and helps organize the schedule for bimonthly meetings where students present the findings of their ongoing research studies to other students and faculty.
Research experience for students
Director: Dr. Angela BruzzanitiStudent Research
1121 W. Michigan Street, Room 243
Indianapolis, IN 46202
What we’re researching
Research is an exciting and fulfilling endeavor that is open to all programs within the dental school. Opportunities include biofilm studies, dental materials testing, cariology investigation, bone research, craniofacial imaging, pediatric surveys, smoking cessation, and much more.
1Oresearch fellows in 2018–19
$3,500stipend awarded for successful completion of a proposal and experimental studies
Why be a student researcher?
The Student Research Group works hard to give students opportunities to learn and excel. Through our meetings and with the help of our faculty mentors, we provide an avenue of networking between student researchers, potential student researchers, and faculty mentors to help students identify and explore a wide variety of research experiences.
Our students take advantage of, and become involved in, projects that have made big contributions to the field of dentistry. Through our bimonthly meeting and the school’s annual Research Day, we have provided students with opportunities to practice their presentation skills and share their research with the rest of the School of Dentistry’s scientific community. | <urn:uuid:b584c97b-a0af-4e7a-9d96-722607ac667a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dentistry.iu.edu/research/student/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.926972 | 345 | 1.601563 | 2 |
ÖSD exams are international exams and are therefore recognized throughout the German-speaking area.
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The other day I was listening to a discussion about how the government could not function without being able to borrow.
The "expert" being interviewed put it this way: "Just imagine trying to run a business with only the money you earned. If all you had to work with was your daily take."
Now, I might invoke a storm of "you don't understand economics" comments here but this makes absolutely no sense to me. I have always run my business on the money I earned. I never borrowed to pay my bills. I did use credit for leasing and/or buying equipment and a couple of times for upgrades to the workplace. But my power bills, rent, materials and hardware were always paid out of existing revenue. OK, we had accounts with a few materials suppliers and hardware vendors, but these were more for convenience and the bills were always due and paid at the beginning of the next month. I never considered borrowing to make payroll or pay my rent. These were paid with money we earned.
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Turkey's economy is expected to contract this year for the first time in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic slashes output through mid-year, and it's unlikely to grow again until 2021, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
The median forecast of some 40 economists was for a contraction of 1.4% in 2020, with drops in the second and third quarters of 8.6% and 5.3% respectively.
Before the coronavirus outbreak, the government expected the economy to expand 5% this year after rebounding from a recession last year.
The government has not updated its gross domestic product forecast since the country recorded its first case of COVID-19 in mid-March. The virus has since spread, putting Turkey seventh globally in confirmed coronavirus cases.
The economy is expected to grow again next year by 3.7%, according to the poll's median. For the first quarter of this year, the official report due on May 29 is forecast to show growth of 4.4%.
Ankara has shut schools and some businesses, closed borders and adopted weekend lockdowns. But it has stopped short of imposing a full stay-at-home order in an effort to support some economic activity.
Economists said robust lending in the first quarter positioned Turkey relatively well as it headed into the global downturn.
"We think that all sectors of the economy will be affected by COVID-19 and we assume that most of the negative impact would concentrate on Q2-Q3 2020," UBS economists said.
"Both investments and exports should outright contract in 2020 given the global slowdown from the pandemic. However, credit growth - while clearly expected to fall notably from current levels - might remain flat by end-2020."
Lower inflation rates
Turkey's economy last contracted on an annual basis in 2009, by 4.7%. From 2010 to 2018, its average growth rate was more than 5% thanks to a construction boom driven by cheap capital following the global financial crisis.
A currency crisis in 2018 was set off by concerns over central bank independence and tension between Ankara and Washington. That led to three straight quarters of economic contraction and a modest annual growth rate of 0.9% last year.
Since July, the central bank has cut rates to 9.75% from 24% to boost growth and reflect declining inflation.
In the poll, economists predicted the central bank would continue cutting to reach 8.00% by the end of June as it ramps up its response to the outbreak, according to the median response.
Annual inflation, which has hovered around 12% the last few months, is expected to decline to 8.3% by the end of the year before rising to 8.9% by the end of 2021, the poll showed based on the median.
"We forecast inflation to quickly decelerate due to lower oil prices ... with CPI being single-digit already from May 2020 onwards," UBS wrote.
UBS predicts 8.3% annual inflation in Turkey by the end of the year and further monetary policy easing before the central bank raises rates again in the second half of 2021.
The current account balance, which recorded a rare surplus last year as the economy slowed, has since returned to a deficit. The deficit is expected to stand at 1.2% of GDP this year and 2.6% next year, according to the poll.
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This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time”
Walking through the heart of St. George, the most memorable aspect of the campus is its old, castle-like buildings and expansive lawns. Sitting with David1, from the University of Toronto’s marketing office, he emphasized these features. Beyond acknowledging their beauty, we spoke about how these old, gothic-style buildings and green space evoke a historic feel of the university. Focusing on the aesthetic function of these features, David asked if I had ever been to Harvard or Oxford, and if not, did I have a sense of what being on those campuses might feel like? I agreed that I did, imagining old, castle-like buildings and expansive lawns. It’s this historicity – specifically the collegial brand – that imbues a school with a sense of prestige. Though St. George has the old buildings and the green space, it’s still missing the mark as far as campuses go. One hurdle David identified as stopping St. George from achieving Harvard-Campus status are its modern artifacts – cars, parking meters, asphalt roads. Especially those surrounding King’s College Circle, the historic core of campus. Removing the cars, replacing the roads with stone walkways and adding green space would fix this disjuncture between the historic and the unexceptional, elevating the university and its campus.
Imagining ways to think about time at the university, my initial idea was to examine an intersection on campus. It was the first place that came to mind where time was explicitly expressed – timed lights, the pace of traffic/ pedestrians. My interest in the crosswalk was to examine how infrastructure, the physical structures on campus,
1 Aliases used for all interviewees.
organize and control individual time. Looking for evidence of how the individual’s time
is controlled or organized uses a quantitative concept of time, thinking of time in terms of ‘blocs’: minutes, hours, parts of the day. Pivoting, instead, to examining a campus renovation, the kind of ‘time’ I have analyzed throughout my fieldwork is more conceptual – thinking of time in terms of temporalities. Searching for a significant renovation on campus, I chose the Landmark Project, a disruptive, multi-million dollar renovation aimed at reimagining the campus’s core over the next few years. However, initially I still approached time in terms of the individual, looking for ways the renovation would change the space that impacted personal time. For example, looking for clues of increased accessibility, streamlined pathways; technological integration – ways the university was trying to make its space more efficient and, therefore, increase the efficiency (speed) of individuals using the space.
Encompassing Front and Back Campus, and Hart House Circle, I started my investigation of Landmark by attending a walking tour of the area in order to orient myself within the site. What caught my attention during this initial survey wasn’t a push for more modern amenities, but language that recalled the school’s history and emphasized its heritage. This emphasis on history and heritage inspired me to think about the renovation as a means by which projects of the university invoke time. Instead of asking how the university’s offices and administration control time, I was now asking how they construct campus spaces to present the university as being of a certain time.
Starting my research by examining Landmark’s website, I was looking for how the project was being framed through language and images. Similar to my finding from the walking tour, the website’s rhetoric invoked narratives of history and future, framing the renovation as both ‘historic’ and a ‘future legacy’. This language remained consistent throughout all the project materials, and, I suspect, is used as a way of signaling the project’s importance in order to garner attention. Hoping to gain deeper insight into how language is used to market the project, I met with a member of the marketing team, David. During our meeting, David explained how the branding strategy for the project was to create a sense of community and membership to the university. Targeting alumni, the main forms donations take are dedications on trees, benches or gardens; memorializing oneself or a loved one. The temporal effect of memorialization is two-fold, you’re securing a place for yourself as part of the school’s history going into the future. This duality of history/future was the most consistent use of ‘time’ throughout the project.
Wanting to expand my scope beyond the marketing aspect of the project, I sat down with Julie, a senior planner in charge of coordinating the different branches of Landmark – architects, contractors, marketing; public outreach. My goal for speaking with Julie was to understand how time was being mobilized in physical space as well as in rhetoric. After the interview Julie forwarded me additional resources, including the proposals from each architectural firm involved in Landmark’s design competition, and a final report on public feedback. However, what stood out the most from our conversation – and what I consider a turning point in my research – was her mention of ‘mapping history’. Mapping history is when a specific History (for example: colonial, indigenous) is expressed and rendered visible in physical space. In this case, Julie was referring to plans for ‘indigenous features’ to be incorporated into the landscape of the Hart House lawn. This plan would map the land’s indigenous history by rendering it visible through ‘indigenous features’ like indigenous vegetation, a teaching platform and an art instillation representing Taddle Creek.
The idea of ‘mapping history’ had me thinking about the act of mobilizing temporality and the motivation to do it. This is where my thinking around time started to solidify. Looking over the research I had collected I began to see the offices responsible for Landmark as actors that mobilize temporality through Landmark – the main offices being: the Office of Campus and Facilities Planning, the Leadership and Annual Giving Program, and those of the Boundless Campaign. The question I ended up asking myself was: In what ways does the university mobilize temporality to construct its identity? Initially I was looking at how discourse and space are constructed to say something about time in the changes Landmark will introduce, what I found was these mechanisms being manipulated to say something about the project itself. Through discourse and physical space, the project’s offices mobilize the temporalities of History, Future and Timelessness to construct an identity.
Since the Landmark renovations haven’t begun, beyond my initial tour of the site, most of my research involved engaging with project documents (advertising, reports and renderings) and conducting interviews. In analyzing project materials I was looking for language and themes that reveal how the project is involving ‘time’. Since claims of historicity are central to how the project invokes temporality, I also examined archives to observe the historical development of the area. Until halfway through my research I relied on rhetoric to infer what the project was saying about (its) time, searching my materials for obvious language like ‘innovative’ and ‘historic’. In an attempt to manoeuver myself out of this rut, I turned back to the site for evidence of History and change. Realizing that I’d been discussing the ‘history’ of campus’ core without actually knowing what it looked like historically, I examined an archive of aerial shots of the site dating back over the last 70 years. Furthermore, the two interviews I conducted involved David, from Landmark’s marketing team, and Julie, a senior planner from the project. The diversity of the material I was able to access gave me multiple angles from which to analyze the renovation, enriching my research and contextualizing my findings.
Communication Technologies and Public Memory
Flooded with documents from the project, my attention was first drawn to how temporality is mobilized in the advertising, proposals and reports from Landmark. It is clear from being on Front Campus that it is a significant public space in Toronto. It offers some of the largest green space in the city’s downtown core and houses countless historic buildings. On any given day students and non-students alike can be seen using this part of campus. Nonetheless, Front Campus as ‘public space’ is reaffirmed in the descriptions of Landmark as well as in the existence of the Public Feedback Report and the third stated principle of the project, which is to create ‘public space that animates the campus’. While David expressed the goal of Landmark as elevating the university’s sense of prestige by enhancing and revitalizing the historic aspects of its campus, the three motivations I came to identify as to why the university’s various offices are compelled to construct a specific identity for the university are: i) to attract donors ii) to define itself amongst other universities as ‘high-ranking’ (a more specific interpretation of David’s hunch) and iii) to maintain relevance and appear ‘sensitive’ to the current social moment. It is not to the benefit of a university (expressed through its various projects) to appear insular.
In the texts I read while thinking about the renovation and what it’s doing, most of the material I connected with was concerned with ‘public memory’ – unpacking and analyzing memory as a communal phenomenon. Revitalizing the ‘core’ of campus, Landmark is seeking to impact public space, and is therefore directly speaking to the public’s relationship to this space. Reading Communication as Collective Memory, by Carole Blair, she makes a point to define ‘memory’ and ‘history’. Different in nature, memory is appropriation while history is the ‘reconstruction of what is no longer there’ (Blair 2006: 2). Extending on the comparison, Blair quotes historian Pierre Nora who states that history can only be conceived of in relation to things, whereas memory “takes root in concrete, in space, gestures, images and objects” (Blair 2006: 3). In a separate article, Blair – along with Greg Dickinson and Brian Ott, echo that ‘material supports’ (also referred to as ‘technologies’) are employed to facilitate engagement with the past – calling images, objects and places the ‘infrastructure’ of public memory (Dickinson et al. 2010: 10). With Landmark’s material supports projecting imaginings of more than the school’s history (aka. its future), we can claim that these technologies are deployed to help us engage with multiple temporalities. Public memory is a useful concept for our purposes because it is “a performance of social collectives” whose technologies represent a ‘deliberate attempt to shape public feeling’ (Blair 2006: 3-4). This makes it a productive frame to analyze how and why a renovation would be used to construct the university’s identity.
Mobilizing Temporality: Discourse
As mentioned, the two ways I found Landmark mobilizes temporality are through discourse/ rhetoric and in physical space. Language and images are the most obvious tools Landmark uses to express its identity. Put to work in advertising campaigns, on banners around campus, in booklets describing the project, and in official reports and proposals, they are technologies that Landmark’s offices employ to project their vision of the project. As per Blair, Dickinson and Ott, project materials allow us to engage with the past and the future insofar as these temporalities are illustrated to us through the various material supports. On the ‘about’ page of Landmark’s website, is the equivalent of a mission statement – the project’s self-description.
“The Landmark Project is one of the most significant open-space projects at the University of Toronto in the past 100 years. Our plan, based on more than a year of public consultation, envisions transforming the heart of our downtown campus into a greener more accessible park-like setting, with a stunning network of pedestrian-friendly spaces. When completed, this historic space will once again serve as a thriving center of campus.”
About the Project | landmark.utoronto.ca
In Marilyn Strathern’s piece, Bullet Proofing, she takes up the ‘mission statement’, discussing how the university uses language to signal things about itself. The example she uses is that by saying [an institution] ‘encourages activity of the highest quality’, what is being said is that the institution itself is of the highest quality (Strathern 2006: 184). In the case of Landmark’s mission statement (see bolded lines) three things are being said: i) it is a historically significant project ii) it involved public engagement, and iii) it serves to revitalize an important part of campus. The use of (history/future) temporalities is subtle here, but shows, nonetheless, the fact that the project is aware of how it’s perceived (re: its emphasis on public engagement) and is addressing this in its self-definition. Because this project is (re) constructing a public space, it needs to do more than express itself in a statement; it needs to create a sense of membership to the space by involving the community in the project’s activities. This requires creating a collective knowledge of the place (campus core), which involves creating a ‘memory’ of place – a place constructed with rhetorical technologies (Dickinson et al. 2010).
Where the mobilization of history/ future is more apparent is in the banners around King’s College Circle (appendix A) and in quotes from a booklet detailing the renovation plans. The Boundless Campaign, the campaign under which Landmark is funded, is advertised on the banners as a ‘historic success’, and that ‘with you the future is boundless’. In the booklet specific to Landmark, similar language is used, describing the renovation as a ‘[reimagining of] the historic core that will be enjoyed by Torontonians for generations to come’ (appendix B). Emphasizing past and future, these two temporalities are involved in the description of Landmark (instead of emphasizing the present) to signal its prestige with reference to its historic character, and its longevity by illustrating the project’s future utility. Thinking about how this language is addressing the public, Dickinson et al. continue to claim that rhetoric is constructed by technologies that are ‘timely, specific, and addressed to a particular audience in particular circumstances’ (Dickinson et al. 2010: 4). Rhetoric is ‘concerned with effect’ and exists to serve a purpose (Dickinson et al. 2010: 4). Communication reconstructs identities (of the project; the university) in accordance with collectives and their concerns; these collectives (the university community) often have strong narratives (memories) sustaining this connection (Dickinson et al. 2010: 4). In the case of Landmark, it is assumed that the public values an institution if it is both historic and can show its future utility. Employment of both history and future has the effect of extending the (image of the) project in both directions, leading to a sense of the university (vis-à-vis Landmark) as timeless. This sense of ‘timelessness’ is the result of the university/ project being able to exist in the past and the future.
Mobilizing Temporality: Physical Space
The second way I noticed the university was mobilizing time was in physical space. Halfway through my fieldwork, I was able to meet with a senior planner, Julie. Similar to my discussion with David, Julie emphasized the goal of Landmark as designing a space that ‘compliments the classical architecture’ of Front Campus and Hart House. In the introduction I mentioned Julie’s use of the term ‘mapping history’ – this is how temporalities are mobilized in physical space, and there are two examples of this in Landmark. The first has to do with the general vision for the space. With its main aims to add significantly more green space to the area and remove the ‘modern artifacts’, the winning design submission (by KPMB Architects) seeks to generate a historic feel within the campus’ core. While reading over materials that documented this – calling it a ‘revitalization’ of campus – I realized I didn’t know how campus had changed over time. Looking over an archive of aerial shots of campus from the 1950’s onward, nothing much has changed, save for the addition of a few buildings around the perimeter including the Medical Sciences building (appendix C). Yet, Landmark intends to make significant changes by removing the roads and adding a ‘necklace of stone paths’. Knowing that this area on campus hasn’t seen significant change in the last 70 years reveals a different, more flexible, way that Landmark’s offices are invoking ‘history’ – creating a feeling rather than recreating a physical fact. The Landmark project wants the university to feel historic; it’s not trying to emulate the campus’ actual history.
Mapping history uses space as a ‘material support’, it is a physical and visual way Landmark’s identity can be communicated to the collective. By removing ‘modern artifacts’ and replacing them with features we currently perceive as reminiscent of the past (green space, old stone buildings, trails) the project is projecting the university’s historic character. In addition to the paths and green space, underground parking will be built underneath the front lawn, with electric car parking, bicycle storage and a geothermal field. These hidden modern amenities are ways in which the project is addressing current-future concerns – for example, the geothermal field and electric car park are in response to current concerns about the future ‘climate crisis’.
The second example of history being mapped is the indigenous garden planned for Hart House Circle. Currently, there are canons along the lawn. Their presence maps the university’s colonial history by making this history visible through artifacts. The introduction of the indigenous garden will entail removing the canons from the space – rendering the colonial history enacted in the canons invisible. Instead, the land’s indigenous history will be actualized through the introduction of an ‘indigenous garden’ and art instillations, where it is currently denied – invisible. In the article “Mapping Dispossession, Mapping Affect”, the authors use demographic data and changes of the physical space to illustrate the social life of a space and how it has changed over time (Maharawal et al. 2018). Addressing ‘differential histories’, the authors argue that the contradictions that are illuminated when we recognize the existence of different histories in the same places can help us think about the social life of space. The mapping of the land’s indigenous history through these artifacts illuminates the affective power the canons have had in imbuing Hart House Circle with a sense of colonial history. This decision to switch out the mapping of a colonial history for an indigenous one is another way the project is responding to contemporary issues. Choosing now, a time when indigenous rights are recognized as a social-political concern, to acknowledge indigenous history in the space and make room for it in our collective consciousness.
As we have discussed, rhetoric is constructed by technologies (like language and images) with the intention of communicating with a particular audience and that audiences’ interests and concerns (Dickinson et al 2010). Spaces, as seen in these examples, are also created with this in mind – they are designed to communicate with those using the space. In analyzing how the Landmark project employs temporalities in constructing discourse and space, theory on public memory helps us see this effort to construct an image of the project as cognizant of present and future (social) conditions. This explains why – despite an interest in safeguarding the university’s historic image – the project is careful in choosing which history is preserved and how. On the last page of the Landmark booklet lead KPMB architect, Shirley Blumberg, is quoted as saying: “we’re taking iconic spaces with great bones and returning them to their former glory […] but it’s not a restoration; UofT and Toronto are very different places than when these spaces were built” (appendix D). Landmark wants to renew St. George’s historic character, but only in a way that is compatible with projections of the future.
Collectives ‘tell their past to themselves and others’ in order to understand their present conditions (Dickinson et al. 2010: p. 6). Having the authority to construct specific narratives about the university, university offices and projects have the means to make choices about how to remember/ express the past based on what narratives are ‘instructive’ (Dickinson et al 2010: p. 7). Blair, Dickinson and Ott argue that the main function of memory isn’t to preserve the past “but to adapt it so as to enrich and manipulate the present” (Dickinson et al 2010: p. 7). As our present conditions change and shape what investments we need to make into the future, collectives construct their public memory to assist in the process. I have unpacked how Landmark uses discursive technologies and physical space to define itself in relation to other campuses and city spaces. Having an understanding, now, of how and why Landmark is employing the temporalities of history and future to define itself, the decision to title the project Landmark seems like a significant choice.
What is a ‘landmark’? It is an easily recognizable object or feature that helps you know where you are situated in a landscape. Wapke Feenstra, in her article ‘Landmarks’, considers landscapes to be pieces of land with different dimensions created upon them, and argues that landscapes ‘narrate our relationship to our environment’ (Feenstra 2010: 114). It’s landmarks – layers added to the land – that create these new dimensions by ‘making visible’ a new perspective (dimension) of the landscape (Feenstra 2010). Using Feenstra’s understanding of landscapes and landmarks to think about the decision to name this project, we can infer that this project – in defining itself as a landmark – is intending to reveal and shape new dimensions on campus. Constructing discourse/ rhetoric and physical space that emphasizes the university’s historic character and future utility, the Landmark project reveals both the social life of a space and the importance we place on time as a marker.
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Note: the texts under all the headings, with the exception of 'Results achieved', describe the situation before the start of the project.
REGA trains pilots in the Romanian air rescue service
Swiss Air-Rescue (REGA) organises and coordinates further training for pilots in the Romanian air rescue service. With its long-standing experience and expertise, REGA helps improve the safety and quality of the Romanian air rescue service.
Improving social security
Various social services
- 28 pilots trained in individual flight and crew training in FFS (Full Flight Simulator) in Switzerland
- 4 Romanian pilots and other 4 hoist operators and 5 rescue men trained as trainers in HHO (Helicopter Hoist Operations) flights
- Other Swiss Non-profit Organisation
- Swiss Air-Rescue Rega; Zurich Airport
SMURD (Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication) is a joint venture between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Administration and Interior involving county emergency hospitals and fire services when it comes to ground interventions. When it comes to air rescue, the SMURD structure is integrated with the General Inspectorate of Aviation, part of the Ministry of Administration and Interior. SMURD has been in contact with Rega since 2007 when a mission by the then chief pilot of Rega has taken place at the request of SMURD to take stock of the air rescue and its needs for improved training in order to avoid incidents.
The goal is to assist in the setting up of a reliable, safe and professional air rescue service system for the Romanian people and the visiting tourists to ensure medical support in emergencies, irrespective of location and time, by using state-of-the-art procedures including day and night operation and helicopter hoist operation.The project is intended as a major capacity building project to achieve a lasting impact on the professionalism, quality and safety of the Romanian SMURD air rescue operation.
The project has the following operations elements:(i): Aviation Competences; (ii): Train the Trainer Course for 2 SMURD Flight Instructors; (iii): Simulation Training; (iv): Training on the Job (Flight Training in Romania); (v): Organisational Competences; (vi): Medical Competences; (vii): Maintenance Competences; (viii): Development of a Mission Partners Training Programme for SMURD
Achieved results: Swiss Air-Rescue Rega organised and coordinated further training for Romanian pilots. 34 helicopter pilots improved their skills by taking part in 47 piloting training modules. Another 30 aircraft maintenance and flight mechanics were also given basic security training.
Results from previous phases:
|Directorate/federal office responsible||
Swiss Contribution to the enlarged EU
Swiss Non-profit Organisation
|Budget||Current phase Swiss budget CHF 1’500’800 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1’491’956|
Phase 1 01.09.2012 - 31.12.2016 (Completed)
Air rescue requires high safety standards and extensive expertise. In the past, there have been serious accidents during air rescue operations in Romania. Failures in safety and operational problems were identified by those in charge who then approached Switzerland for cooperation in this area. The Romanian Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) has employed REGA to carry out training sessions.
Training in a Swiss flight simulator
REGA is training two Romanian flying instructors who will then be able to pass on the know-how they have acquired to other pilots in Romania. 28 pilots from the Romanian air rescue service have also been undertaking training sessions in a flight simulator at the Swiss Air Force training centre at the military air base in Emmen. By the end of 2013, all 28 pilots had completed their flight simulator training and improved their skills. REGA is also carrying out flying courses in Romania, such as winch and rescue operations in mountainous regions.
Lasting improvements in organisation
REGA is training Romanian air rescue service staff in new aeronautical procedures, communication, organisation, security management and organizational culture. This is intended to increase the safety, efficiency and speed of rescue operations to avoid losing vital time when responding to an accident. Instructors-to-be at the Romanian rescue service are taking part in REGA medical training courses, covering topics such as resuscitation, the European Trauma Course and how to deal with newborns.
Responding quickly and correctly in emergencies and providing fast transport routes can save lives. At the same time, this helps avoid the high resulting social costs. The Romanian population and tourists visiting the country also benefit from the improved rescue services.
Thanks to this project, the operational capabilities of the Romanian air rescue service will be on a par with other European air rescue organisations. With its long-standing experience and high quality standards by in-ternational comparison, REGA is making a lasting contribution to improving the quality of the Romanian air rescue service.
CHF 1.5 million
Switzerland supports the project with around CHF 1.5 million from its thematic fund for activities in the area of health. The fund provides CHF 10 million to four health projects intended to increase people’s access to health and social services, and to improve those services.
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Groups at risk
Elderly people are particularly at risk for heat-related illness because their bodies will not adapt to extreme temperature changes as well as young persons. Moreover, elderly individuals are likely to have chronic diseases and take medication which may interfere with the body’s temperature regulation. Infants and children are at risk for heat-related illness too, and parents must watch them frequently to note whether they are able to tolerate the hot weather.
Patients with acute or chronic medical conditions will be prone to heat-related illness because their medical problems will impair the body’s ability to maintain a normal temperature in very hot weather. In other words, the individual’s protective mechanisms against hyperthermia, such as sweating, will not be sufficient to cool the body. Those medical conditions include obesity, circulatory problems, coronary heart disease, fever, dehydration, mental illness, sunburn, and alcohol use.
Psychiatric patients will have a predisposition to heat-related illness or hyperthermia because some of the psychotropic medication which they take affects the body’s temperature regulation. Finally, a particularly risky situation exists in regions of the world where heat waves occur and there is no rain for several days or weeks.
During a heat wave, members of the community should remain in touch several times daily with people who are at risk for hyperthermia. This especially includes elderly people and patients with mental illness. Individuals who do not have an air conditioner should consider visiting the public library, shopping mall, and shelters which public health agencies provide for relief from the high temperatures. You can get an air conditioner installed by the professionals from Northern Aircon.
Regardless of a person’s physical activity or whether he or she is thirsty, it is essential that everyone drink additional nonalcoholic cool fluids during extremely hot weather. Athletes must consume three or four glasses of water every hour if they are physically active or compete during very hot weather. Very cold drinks may cause stomach cramps, and one should avoid them.
Sports drinks and salt tablets may be helpful approaches to replace electrolyte loss which results from excessive sweating, but patients who must adhere to a low sodium diet should consult their physician before they use either of these measures. For electrolyte supplement options visit this site. In extremely hot weather it is best to avoid hot foods and heavy meals. For pets, owners should leave plenty of fresh water in a shaded area.
Caregivers should never leave children alone in automobiles regardless of whether the windows are open. The temperature in vehicles quickly rises, and the child will not be able to tolerate the extreme heat for very long. Several childhood deaths have occurred from this.
People should listen to the radio or watch television during a heat wave to obtain news alerts about the situation. The recommendation is to limit outdoor activities to morning or evening, and if one becomes lightheaded, faint, weak, confused, short of breath, or experiences palpitations or fluttering of the heart, then he or she should sit down and rest in the shade and promptly obtain medical services.
For those who work in conditions of high temperature, the buddy system is useful, and workers should monitor each other and look for signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. If heat-related illness does occur, its medical management will depend upon the severity of the condition.
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Some call people searching for money materialistic; others call them gold diggers. My search for money and prosperity, though, is not actually because I want to buy more than what I have. I am just generally interested in why money is such a large aspect of our lives. Here, I highlight the crucial mind sets we must master to build a successful business. We all know money does not rain from the sky. Physical action is required to manifest it.
Principle Number 1:
God answers our prayers based on our actions, so if you want more prosperity, delve into the world of trade or provide services outside your regular job.
We all have talents, and with today’s technology, you can sell to your community whatever hobby, talent or product you might have to generate extra income.
I was walking down Regents Street with my materialistic friend who now renounces money and nearly, she says, wants to gather all her possessions in a backpack. I ranted on and on about money—what is it? How can we get it? She said to me, I don’t worry about money. I know that whatever I want, money will come for it. Astonished, I realised that even though she renounced her possessions, she had discovered
Principle Number 2:
Have no fear, for whatever you need, money for it will come.
Practically speaking, once you need something, just walk and act with the certainty that you already have it. The difference between need and want is crucial to understanding this formula. Wanting stems from insecurity and ego, from a place where you identify with your material possessions (or lack of them). What yields success is focusing on things that you need.
I don’t mean basic needs, here—some people might need a Ferrari or fame! For instance, consider Prince Harry, who lately has been talking about mental health and grief. In doing so he has done more for mental-health awareness in 25 minutes than psychologists and their institutions over the last 45 years. So, yes: Harry needs the fame to accomplish his purpose.
On the same walk, this friend told me to stop obsessing about money. Her advice came from a sacred spiritual verse, “I will increase those who are most thankful.” She simply said, just be thankful for all that you have.
Principle Number 3:
Be thankful, and always focus on that which you have and how to make it grow.
Gratitude not only means being thankful or appreciative of that which you already have. It also means thinking of ways to make what you have grow by investing even more time. Gratitude and responsibility are interlinked in this way. We are given things, traits, fortune, or looks—things that are stepping stones to what we need. Part of gratitude is to acknowledge those things in our life and put them to the right use. Just like Prince Harry’s example, by putting his fame in the right place, his fame also eventually grows. This is the aspect of gratitude that involves appreciating what we have, taking care of it, and making it grow.
Principle Number 4:
Be the flow, not with the flow.
To be the flow, you will need to generate money from a seemingly dark place, putting your creativity and product to the test against time and space.
So many times, you will disagree with your business partner about which direction to take. You might want to choose to specialise in towels, while he is convinced table linen is a better opportunity. You might have the same ideas about how to grow the business, but your approaches will be different. How can you know which decisions will bring more prosperity? How will you know which decisions are correct? This brings us to a seemingly contradictory concept to Principle Number 4, but if understood correctly, you can master the balance.
Principle Number 5:
When in doubt, don’t make decisions, but let the situation unfold.
There is a crucial balance between being the flow and not making decisions. So many times, we put ego-based energy into things, coming from a place of want or fear. By holding ourselves back from making decisions that stem from the ego, we can let a situation unfold through us, and we become channels through which we can direct our energy with more clarity. Here are some tools to test when to make decisions—and when not to:
Are you rushed for time?
Do the pros and cons seem very close to each other?
Are too many people involved? Or, alternatively, are you depending too much on one person?
Do you feel strong emotions, such as fear or excitement, about your decision?
If you answered yes to the above questions, your decision is coming from a place of ego and will. You should simply apply Principle Number 5.
As I write this, I took an important phone call from someone I am mentoring about a fraud case, in which they are taking her property. I could sense her fear on the phone, and it led me to deep reflection. She is worried that she might lose her home due to a divorce. This brings me to
Principle Number 6:
What is yours, no one can take; what is not yours, you can never keep.
This simple truth should push you to earn what you want, which we will discuss in next month’s financial prosperity blog. Many of us fear loss, especially if we have lost money or been without it in the past. Using this principle as an affirmation can help create certainty and a positive relationship with money. | <urn:uuid:73d49e9a-3c0e-41ea-a572-bba851e91395> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://bodymindconsultancy.co.uk/6-principles-financial-prosperity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.968458 | 1,154 | 1.65625 | 2 |
BARKHAMSTED -- — The local water pollution control agency has approved a study for handling sewage in the Ames Plaza area and is pursuing a cost analysis, its chairman said Monday.
The agency met last week with a representative of a company that designs and installs wastewater reclamation systems. Instead of discharging treated sewage, these systems store it and use the treated water to irrigate parks, crops, golf courses and other areas.
Authority Chairman Robert Ringuette said the system offers the best alternative for handling sewage disposal on the plaza site, which is former marshlands. The panel now has to figure out what the system would cost, Ringuette said.
A system that could handle 45,000 gallons a day would between $750,000 and $800,000, said John Sheaffer, president of Sheaffer and Roland Inc., of Wheaton, Ill. A system of that size would allow the plaza to expand, said Sheaffer, whose company performed the study for the authority.
Louis Reich, president of the company that owns the plaza, Granite APR Development Corp. of Delaware, has said that investors are on board to back a multiscreen cinema on the site of the former Finast supermarket. Reich, who could not be reached for comment Monday, had been talking with state Department of Environmental Protection officials as late as two weeks ago and was still trying to get approval for an on-site septic system, local officials said.
The possibility of getting Winsted to extends its municipal sewer lines also was raised at that meeting.
But Ringuette said both of those options appear to be closed doors. Winsted officials have refused to extend their sewer service and do not appear to be close to changing their minds. Also, the wet ground that the plaza was built on presents septic system expansion problems that will be difficult to overcome, state and local officials have said.
There are, Sheaffer said, two options for handling waste -- relocation or recycling. His firm has developed a wastewater reclamation system now in use in 12 states that stores the solid waste, or sludge, for at least 20 years, Sheaffer said. The wastewater is treated and then released to irrigate grass or crops. Colebrook wants to use the system for a golf course development, but the town has not received DEP approval.
In Barkhamsted, the Sheaffer and Roland study identified five areas near Ames Plaza where the wastewater could be released, Sheaffer said. The parcels total about 140 acres and include a Christmas tree farm and some publicly owned land, he said. The system requires only between 10 and 13 acres, he said.
Three of the sites are farmland, Sheaffer said. Three sites are north of Route 44 and two are on the south side of the highway, he said. None of the private property owners have given permission to use their land, Sheaffer said. | <urn:uuid:c1712100-b532-437c-b10e-cbf75debd047> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-10-10-9510100610-story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970756 | 589 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Ausencia de dimorfismo sexual y biotipos en el cerdo criollo de la región Ch'Ortí de Guatemala
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This research contributes to the study of the Guatemalan Creole pig. It has included the study of 66 animals from three different communities of the Ch'ortí region, in Chiquimula, on which we analysed 12 quantitative traits: face length, head length and width, withers and rum heights, body length, dorsoesternal height, bicostal and rump widths, rump length, chest and cannon perimeters. From obtained results it can be considered this breed as monomorphic. The lack of sexual dimorphism found in this work could be the result of: 1) no differential expression of hereditary characters between sexes, or 2) a consistency with Bergmann's rule. For possible biotypes, the breed does not present differences in morphological appearance, whatever genetic lineages and environmental conditions of each geographical area. Results may be of special value for considering possible breeders exchanges. | <urn:uuid:c3e28366-6089-41a9-8060-2aba288fe101> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://repositori.udl.cat/handle/10459.1/67926 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.82366 | 238 | 1.867188 | 2 |
I am in Std XII right now and I am preparing for my board exams in March. I have opted for non-medical stream and I am interested in doing animation and web designing. Does this line have any value today?
To become an animator, it is necessary to have a formal training in Fine Arts/Applied Art/ Commercial Art/Graphic Design/Animation Design/Visual Communication Design. Many institutes and polytechnics all over the country offer these courses. While polytechnics offer such courses to 10th pass students, other institutes may require students to clear 10+2 first.
A strong portfolio (a collection of the artist's best work) is the best way to enter the profession. Knowledge of computer packages like PageMaker, CorelDraw, PhotoShop, is a requirement for all animators today.
This is a field that changes constantly as it evolves. Digital editing, digitized effects and the latest computer advances make new, ever more amazing things possible. The growth rates and opportunities in this sector are tremendous, but competition is keen as many are attracted to this work for the associated glamour and excitement.
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1773. Colored mezzotint. National Library of Medicine
Fabien Gautier D’Agoty
Gautier D’Agoty’s colored mezzotints have a painterly
quality. This pregnant woman calmly looks back at the viewer, a
characteristic pose of 18th-century French portraiture.
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STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR FOR SHEET METAL EMBOSSING INSTALLATION FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
In the first part of this study there are presented general aspects regarding the sheet metal that provides a car’s chassis and body. In the second part there is presented the embossing process and the embossing installation used for car body manufacturing. In the third part there is presented a simple model for sheet metal embossing and the results during its simulation.
Keywords: sheet metal, car body, embossing, vehicle, deformation
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If you’re booking your own accommodation consider the sleeping arrangements. You should put the children in a separate bedroom to yourself. Look for places with interconnecting rooms or even book an apartment with several bedrooms.
Always allow the family extra time when traveling for any unforeseeable delays like an emergency bathroom stop over, dealing with luggage and the recovery of items that have been left behind. For airport checkins always arrive well in advance and discuss with your children what is involved in security checks so they don’t make silly jokes in front of airport personnel or delay the entire family because they’ve included something they shouldn’t have. Some transport services might offer assistance to families so always ask at the checkin desk whenever you are traveling. If your children have any health problems or you have a young baby, you should consult with a doctor about how they can travel as they may not be allowed to fly. Always have children seated away from the aisle on any form of transport so they don’t interfere with other passengers or service trolleys.
If your children are sensitive to motion try to give them some anti-nausea medicine half an hour before travel and don’t eat any large meals. Always carry a few items like books, toys, crayons or music to keep your child distracted and entertained on long journeys.
Arranging Child Care Overseas
The standard of babysitting / childcare services varies widely from place to place. There may not be the same standards of care that you are used to, training in first aid or even personal liability insurance. If you have any concerns, check with those offering the service first or other parents that might be leaving their children there.
Vaccinations and Health
Staying healthy while traveling helps ensure the trip is a happy and enjoyable one. Make an appointment with your doctor or health clinic before you go to find out if any vaccinations or health checks are needed. Make sure you have necessary medications with you and that they are legal in the countries you are visiting.
The most common problems that you’ll probably face when traveling with children is diarrhea. This is usually caused by a virus or bacteria. Always give the children filtered water and ensure food is fresh. Diarrhea drains water and salts from your child, and if these are not put back quickly, your child can become dehydrated so travel with an oral rehydration solution. Wash your hands and those of your children often when traveling, particularly before meals.
Destination and Activities
Consider carefully when it comes to selecting the destination and activities on your trip. Make sure you schedule in plenty of time with the kids and private time for yourself. There should also be some quiet time in the day for everyone so no one becomes too tired or grumpy. Meal times should be kept regulated, although obviously you can be a little more relaxed on vacation. If you are dining out you might find that restaurants and resorts offer child portions that are smaller and cheaper. In some countries dining times can be quite different to what they are at home, for example in Italy or France dinner is often a lot later and it can be difficult to find a place with a suitable eating time for children. If this is the case, consider a larger midday meal or have plenty of snacks to keep them going until dinner. | <urn:uuid:35f0199b-fa67-4bfe-9d99-7c7461f1ed1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iexplore.herokuapp.com/articles/activity-guides/family-travel/things-to-consider | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.95943 | 683 | 2.03125 | 2 |
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Excerpt from Oscar Wilde in Italy
Wilde in Naples
by Luciano Mangiafico © 11/2019
Wilde in 1889. Photo: W. and D. Downey
Wilde thought that Douglas would come up with the money for the trip to Italy, while Douglas thought that Wilde would. In any case, they arrived in Naples on September 20, 1897 and checked into the luxury Hotel Royal on the seafront promenade right across from the ancient Castel dell’Ovo, running up a big bill since the hotel believed an English lord such as Douglas must have money. Luckily, Wilde was able to raise some funds on the promise that he would write an opera libretto. With that money they paid the hotel and leased a villa, Villa Giudice on Posilippo hill on Via Posillipo 37, moving there on October 1, 1897. The villa was splendid, it had a piano in the drawing room and beautiful views of the Bay of Naples, Vesuvius, and Capri. This heaven was a place where Wilde and Douglas hoped to spend the winter together. The lease was prepaid until the end of January 1898.
However, since the villa had rats, while it was being cleaned up of the vermin by a woman they hired, they decided to go to Capri for a few days, where Wilde wrote later he intended “to lay some flowers on the tomb of Tiberius”. [author's note: Emperor Tiberius, who had a palace in Capri and lived there for years, died in 37 A.D. in Miseno, north of Naples, and was not buried in Capri. He was cremated and his ashes placed in the Mausoleum of Emperor Caesar Augustus in Rome. LM] Douglas was familiar with Capri since the previous year, while Wilde was still in jail, he had decamped first to Sorrento and then to Capri, where he caroused for several months.
In Capri, Wilde and Douglas checked in at the premier Hotel Quisisana. However, while they were having dinner in the hotel, some English patrons recognized the “infamous duo” and told the management that either that pair had to leave or they, themselves, would leave. The hotel’s owner, Federico Serena, then asked Wilde and Douglas to leave. Another hotel also refused to have them as guests. While they were returning to the ferry dock to go back to Naples, they met Doctor Axel Munthe (1857-1949) to whom Wilde related the incident, adding: “They even denied us bread!”. Munthe, feeling sorry for the two invited them for dinner at his Capri Villa, San Michele, and they stayed as his guests for a few days. Wilde, who had some work to do, returned to Naples first, while Douglas remained in Capri a few extra days.
Wilde was painfully aware of his situation as a pariah and on November 25, 1987, wrote again to his friend Robbie Ross: “…What astonishes and interests me about my present position is that the moment the world’s forces begin to persecute anyone they never leave off. This seems to me a historical fact, as well as an interesting psychological problem. To leave off persecution is to admit that one has been wrong, and the world will never do that. Also, the world is angry because their punishment has had no effect. They wished to be able to say 'We have done a capital thing for Oscar Wilde: by putting him in prison we have put a stop to his friendship with Alfred Douglas and all that that implies.' But now they find that they have not had that effect, that they merely treated me barbarously, but did not influence me. They simply ruined me, so they are furious…” *1
Axel Munthe was a famous Swedish doctor who beginning in 1887 lived in Capri on and off and built a beautiful villa there, Villa San Michele. He wrote a book about his life and old Capri, The Story of San Michele (1929). Even though he was still using the name of Sebastian Melmoth in Naples, Wilde's stay in the city was soon news. On October 7 Matilde Serao (1856-1927), novelist and editor of the Naples daily newspaper Il Mattino, reported his presence in the city: “[He is] a scourge… a calamity…that unfortunate one is hidden among us, made famous in the world by his filthy errors…[British judges are to be praised] for their severe punishments of the odious perverts.” Yet, despite the journalistic hyperbole, Wilde and Serao apparently met in the in the social saloon of Don Michele Parlato.
Apart from the fact that Wilde was a figure known world-wide, two other factors made it impossible to keep his presence in the city a secret. First, he tried to work with Italians in getting his play Salomè translated into Italian and produced in Naples and trying to interest the actress Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) in starring in it. The other reason was that both he and Douglas continued to be a source of scandal with their sexual adventures, whether true or made up. In one instance, the hotel waiter is supposed to said that one evening Wilde had returned, followed by five soldiers: a sailor, a gunner, a grenadier, a bersagliere, and an army soldier, with whom he had spent the whole night. The waiter added, "I kept waking up asking myself, 'Who's on guard right now!'”
Of course, the negative publicity reached Wilde’s wife and after warning him to stop consorting with Douglas, she cut off the allowance she was still giving him. Douglas, who was occasionally receiving money from his mother, after a warning from her, was also cut off. Even a diplomat from the British Embassy in Rome was sent to Naples and, as Douglas wrote later, told him he should stop living with Wilde immediately since their conduct was creating problems and was considered disloyal toward the embassy itself.
Wilde once proclaimed: “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about,” but when he and Douglas sat at the outside tables in the famous Caffè Gambrinus near the royal palace, the gawking from English tourists and Neapolitans got to be too much!
On November 16, Wilde wrote to his friend Robbie Ross: “My existence is a scandal. But I do not think I should be charged with creating a scandal by continuing to live, though I am conscious that I do so. I cannot live alone, and Bosie is the only one of my friends who is either able or willing to give me his companionship. If I were living with a Naples renter [a male prostitute] I would, I suppose, be all right. As I live with a young man, who is well bred and well born and who has been charged with no offence, I am deprived of all possibility of existence."*2
Without funds to live on, Douglas wrote an apology to his mother and toward the end of November or early December 1897, left Naples, travelling on to Rome and back to England, alone. The mother had paid their pending bills and had also promised Wilde, if the relationship was broken off for good, to send him £200.
Frank Harris, in Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, also wrote that in a December letter to Ross, Wilde described, how his latest tryst with Douglas had again turned sour: “The facts of Naples are very bad. Bosie for four months, by endless lies, offered me a home. He offered me love, affection, and care, and promised that I should never want for anything. After four months I accepted his offer, but when we met on our way to Naples, I found he had no money, no plans, and had forgotten all his promises. His one idea was that I should raise the money for us both; I did so to the extent of £120. On this Bosie lived quite happily. When it came to his having to pay his own share he became terribly unkind and penurious, except where his own pleasures were concerned, and when my allowance ceased, he left…I was expected to provide the money, and when I could no longer do so I was left to my own devices. It is the most bitter experience of a bitter life. It is a quite awful blow. It had to come, but I know it is better I should never see him again. I don’t want to. It fills me with horror.*3
Rather than saving the money Douglas’ mother had sent him to provide for a bleak future, Wilde instead decided to give himself a vacation by travelling to Taormina, Sicily. Taormina, on the east coast of Sicily, was and is a delightful place and at the time had a flourishing English resident colony. Still Bosie may have been gone but he was not forgotten, and Wilde still missed him and from Taormina kept writing to him, but his letters were not reciprocated: “…my arms without you, grasp a void…I’ve discovered a lover’s paradise where we will come to live together one day”. In Taormina, Wilde lodged at the Hotel Victoria, not far from the ancient open-air Roman theater. He occupied his time by relaxing and by visiting the studio of German photographer, Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931). Von Gloeden, who was also a homosexual, had moved to Taormina in 1868 and become famous by photographing young nude Sicilian boys standing in front of the magnificent vistas seen from the heights of Taormina. Wilde assisted von Gloeden in preparing the boys for the photo shoots. Wilde bought, or was given, some of von Gloeden's photographs, and when he left Taormina about a month later, he gloated that he had many shots of those “marvelous boys.”
A sad surprise awaited Wilde in Naples: during his absence a servant at Villa Giudice had stolen his clothes and other personal items, including a copy of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, the poem that he was still working on. Unable to continue paying the expenses for the villa, Wilde moved out and went to a cheap rooming house in the streets behind the Hotel Royal, where he and Douglas had stayed when they first arrived in Naples, at Palazzo Bambino in Via Santa Lucia 31.
Soon, he decided to return to Paris and left Naples on February 13, 1898. On February 18, five days later, from Paris, he wrote to Ross: “It is very unfair of people being horrid to me about Bosie and Naples. A patriot put in prison for loving his country loves his country, and a poet in prison for loving boys loves boys. To have altered my life would have been to have admitted that Uranian love is ignoble. I hold it to be noble - more noble than other forms.”*4
In the end, he still had not changed his stripes.
*1, 2, 4 - these three citations are from The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland and Rupert-Hart Davis;
Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition, 2000. New York.
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Comic books and graphic novels are very popular. Both children and adults read them. There are comics for children, comics and graphic novel for adults. Although they are filled with pictures, they encourage people to read. But are they literature?
I’ve never actually read one, but why not?
Yes. They are legitimate storytelling mediums with their own styles. The presence of illustration does not change this. Comics have a history of not being taken seriously, but I don’t think anyone who still holds on to this view has taken a look at a comic or graphic novel from recent times. The mediums have come a long way.
Graphic novels, absolutely so.
There’s more of a continuum than a sharp definition of distinct categories, so whether most comics are “literature” has at least as much to do with definitions as it does with “legitimacy”.
Literature? I suppose. I think they are legitimate ways to tell stories, but then so are video games and movies. Not sure I’d call any of them literature…
Yes, but like any medium, some of it is better than others. My fatigue with comic books and graphic novels began in my teen years, mostly around the depiction of women. While there certainly are great female comic book characters, in general they are treated as Big Boobs in Spandex and it’s just so objectifying. I noticed it more once I had daughters and realized how the female heroes were portrayed compared to their male counterparts. I think changes are happening, but slowly, and the industry needs to do more with its female heroes (maybe starting with clothing them more, so that their appeal is based on character and not sex appeal).
I do. I think they tell a story through image dialogue. It’s not a genre I ever got into, but I do believe they count as literature.
I’m afraid I don’t consider them at all. They just don’t interest me. I don’t read them – I’m still unsure as to whether graphic refers to pictures or porn! LOL.
However, I don’t like using terms such as ‘legitimate’ when it comes to areas like this. It smacks of elitism, that one particular group can make a judgement call on behalf of the rest of us in accordance to rules they made up towards their specific tastes.
What we’re really talking about is the term ‘literature’ to mean a form of written art. (Technically, all texts that form and communicate ideas are literature!)
Graphic literature is so hybrid I don’t think you can make a judgement in such direct terms. The rules that apply to visual art or literary art cannot be applied to both in the same way. Graphic literature is an art all of its own and any ‘legitimacy’ should be one form of it ranked against another in the same form. A bit like commercial vs literary novels.
At a push, I guess I would compare graphic literature more in line with film. So, is script writing considered a ‘legitimate’ form of literature?
Absolutely, yes. They are obviously a very different form of literature, being that the vast majority of the written words are dialogue, with the rest of the necessary information being portrayed by the imagery, but literature none-the-less.
Comics and graphic novels aim to do exactly the same thing that traditional novels do: tell a story. And to be quite honest, I’ve read some comics and graphic novels that accomplished that goal much more successfully than some traditional novels I’ve read.
Also, my personal opinion is that reading is a good thing regardless of the exact specifics of the material, so if someone wants to spend their time reading comics…go for it! It’s all literacy!
They are definitely valid forms of story-telling. Literature? Who cares about literature. If you have a story to tell, tell it in the best way you can. If that’s a comic book or graphic novel, then there you go.
I suppose so. Can’t say that I’m a big fan of either, but I have enjoyed one or the other from time to time. If pictures help get people reading, I’m not going to debate about the legitimacy.
About half of my recorded Goodreads entries are graphic novels or manga, so I absolutely consider them literature. Setting aside such materials as the X-Men or the Justice League, which most people think of when the idea of comic books crops up, there’s the Sandman series — which won a literary award that was subsequently clarified to be not-for-comic-books — and such materials as Persepolis, Maus and Zahra’s Paradise, which tackle serious memoir- and literary issues that just happen to be best shown through illustration. Sure, there are plenty of throwaway superhero stories in the genre — but 90% of every genre is throwaway crap. Comics’ throwaway crap is just more visible because the visuals make them easier to translate to the screen, and the somewhat disjointed stories are more easily massaged into screenplays to support whatever the movie studios want. Just like it’s hard to find literary mysteries under the pile of James Pattersons, it can be hard to find literary comics under the pile of Avengers and Batman — but they exist.
In general, I’ll say yes. Maybe my definition of literature is a bit broad, though. I consider it any form of print that use words to convey a story or a message, just as long as it isn’t just a scrap of paper. It should be a book, at least. Even short ones. But if I were to narrow my definition down to books that are written to tell a great story rather than to simply entertain, then it depends. There are a lot of comics that merely entertain and don’t even tell a story. Garfield, for example, although I love it, probably wouldn’t be considered literature. However, something like Sandman would be considered literature.
How about you?
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Security analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles
Aguida, Mohamed Anis
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Spachek, Jonathan, Aguida, Mohamed Anis, Hasan, Monowar. Security analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles. -- Fyre in STEM Showcase, 2022.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) find increased use in many military and commercial applications such as remote weapons, surveillance, good delivery, filmmaking, and agriculture, among others. With the proliferation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and the use of off-the-shelf components, UAVs have now become targets for cyber-attacks, raising serious privacy and security concerns. A successful attack can allow complete control of UAVs, corrupt collected data, damage software, or disrupt availability. Adversaries may also monitor and collect information for later purposes. Our research focuses on detecting malicious actions in a UAV swarm. In this work, we study the “expected” behavior of a UAV swarm in specific scenarios. We use PX4 and Gazebo to simulate malicious behavior in UAV fleets and set up system parameters that could allow us to detect a malicious UAV within the fleet. Our focus is on identifying how system resources (CPU, memory, battery usage) are being affected by malicious attacks. We developed a proof-of-concept UAV testbed using a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with a Navio2 Autopilot HAT that will be incorporated into a quadcopter to collect data from a physical system. Our ongoing work explores the scalability of our implementation. We intend to simulate a swarm of UAVs using a PX4 simulation running through Gazebo. This study will be used for developing a distributed intrusion detection system that aims to detect malicious UAVs in a UAV swarm.
Poster and abstract presented at the FYRE in STEM Showcase, 2022.
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Krita Version: 2.5.9
Running on Windows 7 64-bit.
Scaling along x-axis seems to cause the selection to move slightly to the right. Likewise, scaling along y-axis seems to cause the selection to move slightly downward. This is most notably visible when scaling by -100%.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select an area on a blank canvas.
2. Scale by -100% on either or both axes
3. The selection has now moved either down or to the right depending on which axis you scaled.
4. Repeating step 2 results in more of step 3.
Weird... I don't think I can reproduce this. Could you make screenshots for me?
Created attachment 74827 [details]
OP Delivers. (Screenshot demonstrating bug 308531)
Bug tracking: The webcomic.
It seems anchoring is the main problem. Unless I'm doing things wrong, I expect scaling will be a little less lossy once this is fixed. The last sentence of the image is a little iffy. I'm trying to say, one would expect the result to look identical to the original. Discovered more bugs while creating this image. expect more tickets soon.
Git commit 80db67dc880f617b67c34792e2256ba93e3c8425 by Dmitry Kazakov.
Committed on 13/01/2013 at 13:16.
Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'krita-fixed-transform-kazakov'.
A bit of splitting to the transform tool
It makes the file about 100 lines smaller and fixes rounding bugs.
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Zoom Join Meeting. For you to join a meeting in zoom, the host will first have to set up the meeting. Enter the password if prompted.
How to join a zoom meeting. You do not have a microphone or speakers on your computer. But when this link comes out on social media or other public forums, it.
In Your Web Browser, Go To Zoom.us/Join.
Board of registrars meeting monday, arpil 4, 2022 4:00 pm virtual meeting via zoom join zoom meeting one tap mobile: Hd video and audio collaboration. Using the zoom room's touch panel, the instructor can use the stylus to tap accept.
Would You Like To Start One Of These Meetings?
How to join a zoom meeting. You do not have a microphone or speakers on your computer. The zoom meeting will ring the zoom room touch interface.
Connect With Anyone On Android Based Phones And Tablets, Other Mobile Devices, Windows, Mac, Zoom Rooms, H.323/Sip Room Systems, And Telephones.
Zoom meetings cannot be joined from a mobile browser however, you can dial into a meeting if the option has been set up. You do not have an ios or android smartphone. How to join a zoom meeting through other methods;
Click Join A Meeting If You Want To Join Without Signing In.
Alternatively, the host can enable an option that allows users to join before the host arrives, but the meeting will still have to be set up in advance. Zoom allows users to join zoom meetings already in progress if you know the meeting id. Sign in to zoom then click join.enter the meeting id number and your display name.if you're signed in, change your name if you don't want your default name to appear.
The Host Has Start The Meeting And Participant Can't Join.
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Chip on Board (COB) is the latest in LED lights that ensure optimum plant growth and yield.
They have chips embedded on a board which when turned on produces a full spectrum of light.
This is a quality cob LED light to nurture your indoor plants to optimal growth. Specifically, they don’t consume that much electricity and have a wide coverage – they are the real energy savers. The lights have two fans that keep the heat under control.
And what’s even more interesting is that the LEDs are ideal for all stages of plant growth – they are an excellent growth companion for your plants.
- Energy efficient LEDs with a wide coverage area
- Sunlight spectrum for accelerated growth
- They are easy to use
- Two powerful fans to control the temperatures
- Support plants through all the phases of plant growth
- May not last as long as other brands but a great option none the less
Ardent aren’t ready to compromise on the quality of their equipment that they use in their grow rooms. The light features optimal full spectrum lights that plants need to thrive. It is, therefore, ideal for a variety of plants including vegetables among others.
And to ensure longevity, the lights utilize high-quality LEDs. The LED chips are among the best the market has to offer. They can replace the other variety of lights easily and save a significant lot in terms of energy bills – they are super savers!
- High-quality full spectrum lights that plants require to thrive
- Provide sufficient red light for the vegetative and flowering stages
- Good quality LED chips for longevity
- A powerful cooling system ensuring they don’t burn the plants
- They sometimes can become very hot
The product includes five 300W LEDs with full spectrum that imitates sunlight better than any other convectional light – the plants wouldn’t know the difference. They are ideal for that 2.5×2.5’ grow area that you have your favorite vegetables.
Its heat dissipation design together with an internal heat sink ensures the heat doesn’t go overboard. Plants would not perform so well in a scorching environment.
- Full spectrum lights that imitate sunlight for optimal plant growth
- Has a very effective heat dissipation design
- Easy to use lights
- Pretty versatile – they can be used with potted plants, flowers, pipeline cultivation among others
- The LEDs are easy to set up
- Are not the most effective
- Work on a relatively small grow area
This light has the right wavelength for maximum plant growth and health through all the stages. The product has a patented design reflector cup that ensures a higher lux or PAR value, light condensation, and a better growth environment. Unlike most other led light, this compact design product has uniform lighting to ensure maximum plant growth. The plants love a proper distribution of light to process their food and be productive.
- A quality product with all the necessary features for adequate growth
- Uniform lighting essential for plant growth
- Big heat sinks for an efficient cooling system
- Has advanced epiled chips
- There are not enough blue lights for such plants as the tomatoes
This led cob light is designed to maintain the right balance of light for efficiency and durability. And at 380-780nm the spectrum is perfect for plant growth at all the stages. This light also has a robust fan system that maintains its coolness and quietness – this feature is vital to ensure the plants do not suffer from burns.
- The light is durable and has a long lifespan
- Has adequate spectrum perfect for plant growth
- Has powerful and quiet fan
- Has super bright lights and the plants will respond almost immediately
- Its brightness is a bit lower compared with some products in the market
Are LED COB lights any Better than the typical LEDs?
LED lights are some of the newest technology that allows farmers to grow plants indoors providing some of the best conditions for growth.
COB lights incorporate many tiny LEDs that appear to the ordinary eye as a mass of lights. They are better than the typical LEDs in so many ways. For starters, COBs give out a full scale of white light – there is no purple or red light.
Another thing about COBs is their affordability. In actual sense, you don’t have to strain your budget to acquire them – there is no logical reason you are stuck on plain LEDs or even hydroponics. They are also energy efficient – even better than LEDs – and so you save on power costs. In fact, COBs use more than half the power that LEDs use. This means that you achieve the same objectives cost-effectively.
Another reason to choose COB is the lifespan which is better than LED. At about 30000 hours, its lifespan is better by more than half of LEDs which is mostly less than 15000 hours.
COBs also have a High Coloring Index (HCI). This HCI determines how a light appears before your eyes and the higher it is, the more realistic the perception. In other words, there is no purple, orange, yellow or red but a more robust white light – there are no unrealistic colors.
When it comes to light distribution, COBs have a better performance in comparison to the others. Placing these lights at various locations in the grow room avoids any blind spots typical or HID lights or LED. This means that you achieve more efficiency with them than with any other lights.
Choosing the Best LED
- Brands: in every market, you can quickly name two or three brands that are consistently top quality. In the world of COB LEDs, three names usually feature – Citizen, Cree, BloomBeast, and Bridgelux.Bridgelux, BloomBeast, and Citizen have the best all-rounders that are kind on your pocket. Cree COBs are energy efficient but require you to loosen up your purse strings. Whichever choice make, it is always good to go with the trusted brands as chances of getting frustrated are quite minimal.
- Color Temperature: this factor is all about the warmth of a particular color when it comes to plant growth. The primary objective of using LEDs is the Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR). This is the range of light most important to the plants for photosynthesis.There is an unending debate regarding which lights are better. For some people, 5000K lights are best for plants in the blooming stage. Others contend that a warmer light in the region of 3000K is much better when the plants are flowering. You will also find others that go the middle way by choosing 3500K which they think is better in both stages.For simplicity’s sake and to avoid a situation where a group was right all along, you should go with 3000K or 3500K lights for the whole growth stage.
- Efficacy: this is easily defined as the number of lumens for every watt of power produced by a COB. Even though lumens are not the ideal units of measurement, they are essential when comparing one LED from another. The better the score in terms of lumens of a particular LED over another, the better it is.
- The grow space size: it goes without saying that the bigger the space you have for growing plants, the more the units you will require for efficiency. A reasonable estimation is in the region of 32 watts per every square foot.
- The Type of Crop: depending on the type of crop you are growing, you can choose one light over another pretty quickly. Most of the LEDs will produce many plants to the flowering stage. Some of them are designed for particular types of plants – not all plants require the same amount of sunlight. If anything, just go with the right kind of lights to avoid regretting your choice in the end.
The best-LED light has the perfect design and is easy to use. It must lead to the maximum yield, and its operation must be flawless. The cob led lights in this review are pretty decent and would make an excellent choice.
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One of the instruments called EPIC or Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera will image the Earth in one picture, something that hasn’t been done before from a satellite. EPIC will also provide valuable atmospheric data.
Currently, to get an entire Earth view, scientists have to piece together images from satellites in orbit. With the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) DSCOVR and the EPIC instrument, scientists will get pictures of the entire sunlit side of Earth.
To get that view, EPIC will orbit the first sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1), 1 million miles from Earth. At this location, four times further than the orbit of the Moon, the gravitational pull of the sun and Earth cancel out providing a stable orbit for DSCOVR. Most other Earth-observing satellites circle the planet within 22,300 miles.
“Unlike personal cameras, EPIC will take images in 10 very narrow wavelength ranges,” said Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. “Combining these different wavelength images allows the determination of physical quantities like ozone, aerosols, dust and volcanic ash, cloud height, or vegetation cover. These results will be distributed as different publicly available data products allowing their combination with results from other missions.”
These data products are of interest to climate science, as well as hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecology. Data will also provide insight into Earth’s energy balance.
EPIC was built by Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center, in Palo Alto, California. It is a 30 centimeter (11.8 inch) telescope that measures in the ultraviolet, and visible areas of the spectrum. EPIC images will have a resolution of between 25 and 35 kilometers (15.5 to 21.7 miles).
“The Lockheed Martin instrument team is thrilled that EPIC’s launch is approaching,” said Joe Mobilia, EPIC program manager at Lockheed Martin. “EPIC has had to wait a few years to go up, but it is still an instrument of considerable capability that we are anxious to see deliver unique Earth science data. Its full disk images taken in 10 different wavelengths will supply unprecedented observations helping to provide global insights into Earth’s weather and climate, data which complements NASA and NOAA’s larger missions.”
NOAA’s DSCOVR will give forecasters more reliable measurements of solar wind speed, density, and temperature, improving their ability to monitor harmful solar activity, and replace an aging research satellite currently used to warn of impacts to Earth.
The DSCOVR mission is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force. NOAA will operate DSCOVR from the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility, process data at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) for distribution to users within the United States and around the world.
The data will be archived at NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center. NASA received funding from NOAA to refurbish the DSCOVR spacecraft and its solar wind instruments, develop the ground segment and manage launch and activation of the satellite.
The Air Force funds and oversees the launch services for DSCOVR. It also hosts NASA-funded secondary sensors for Earth and space science observations. The Earth science data will be processed at NASA’s DSCOVR Science Operations Center and archived and distributed by NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center.
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Chakra Bracelets rely on the power of gemstones or crystals. These bracelets use stones with particular energy properties to subtly change the wearer's life and health. Negative energy leaves the wearer and becomes trapped in the bracelet. Positive energy then emanates from each of the stones and re-balances the chakras.
The Red Jasper is a particularly strong stone. It promotes courage, willpower and stamina. It heightens the feeling of bravery so as to be able to tackle difficult tasks where before the fortitude was somewhat lacking. It will give the wearer the stamina to persevere in their endeavors. The Red Jasper is extremely well suited to start a project. It also stimulates the energy flow on a physical level.
Chakra is a Sanskrit word for a series of circular wheels of energy, in and around the body. It is believed that we have energy centers in the soles of our feet and the center of our palms. Each chakra is associated with a colour, musical note, shape, belief system, element and specific crystals. The 7 chakras offer valuable information to help heal the mind, body and spirit. | <urn:uuid:a2c83cdd-c3a2-449e-b89c-0f90f844c5fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://worldofdecor.co.nz/products/red-jasper-bracelet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937376 | 243 | 2.296875 | 2 |
British Muslims are divided over whether pre-slaughter stunning is a legitimate practice. But the study concluded that it is increasingly being considered forbidden.
Researchers at the School of Veterinary Science found that 69 per cent of Islamic scholars who were questioned said they didn’t think stunning prior to slaughter reduced an animal’s pain. Fifty-nine per cent of halal consumers believed the same.
The report which was published in the journal Meat Science said: “The lack of understanding of stunning among some scholars has resulted in the issuance of confusing fatwas [religious rulings] on the suitability of stunned meat for consumption by Muslims.
“There is an urgent need for these scholars to be given theoretical and practical education on stunning and other modern slaughter techniques such as mechanical slaughter. This will help them make informed decisions about the suitability of these techniques for Halal production.”
Gudrun Ravetz, president of the British Veterinary Association, said: “This study highlights worrying misconceptions about what constitutes humane slaughter and underlines the need for dialogue and education so that there is a consistent understanding of the welfare benefits of pre-stunning.”
Ninety-five per cent of Islamic scholars questioned said they thought stunning would be acceptable under “halal” rules if it could be proved that the act did not kill the animal.
According to Islamic rules an animal must be alive at the point of slaughter.
EU regulation states that animals must be stunned when killed but the UK has an exemption for meat for Muslims and Jews.
Friday 28th October – By Lewis Pennock, Bristol Post
Bristol researchers hit back at accusations they called Muslim people ‘ignorant’ over halal meat
Researchers in Bristol behind a study into the way animals are killed for halal meat insist they never accused Muslims of ‘ignorance’.
A team from the University of Bristol researched the views of Islamic scholars over stunning animals before they are slaughtered.
They asked whether stunning was allowed before halal slaughtering, which involves a religious verse being said as the animal’s neck arteries are cut and the blood drained.
The study concluded some scholars showed a ‘lack of understanding’ and believed pre-slaughter stunning would mean meat was not halal.
But the researchers have hit back after some newspapers, including The Times and MailOnline, said ‘Muslim ignorance’ caused animal suffering.
A member of the study team, speaking anonymously, told the Independent the term ‘Muslim ignorance’ was never used.
The study said: “The lack of understanding of stunning among some scholars has resulted in the issuance of confusing fatwas on the suitability of stunned meat for consumption by Muslims.
“There is an urgent need for these scholars to be given theoretical and practical education on stunning and other modern slaughter techniques such as mechanical slaughter.
“This will help them make informed decisions about the suitability of these techniques for Halal production.”
It found that nearly half of consumers surveyed (47 per cent) said stunning animals, even if it did not result in death, would not constitute halal.
More than 95 per cent of Islamic scholars did say stunning was allowed during the halal process.
But 69 per cent of scholars disagreed that stunning before slaughter reduced pain felt by animals.
One researcher said the conclusion of some papers that ‘ignorance’ was causing animals to ‘die in agony’ was ‘insulting to Muslims’, the Independent reports.
Failing to stun animals before slaughter has been condemned by a number of organisations, including the British Veterinary Association.
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Every reader identifies with experiencing challenges during difficult conversations with friends and loved ones. Healthy Conversations provides a new and innovative approach to help readers find thoughtful words when talking about sensitive health issues.
With the recent resurfacing of measles, the team at Verywell saw an opportunity to promote education in communities who may not fully understand the importance, necessity, and history of vaccines.
And since the vaccine debate has always been contentious, the team knew it could provide a valuable resource in which those looking for help and guidance could really engage.
Verywell’s Healthy Conversations Coach empowers people to embrace difficult health topics, like vaccination, rather than shy away from them, and equips them with information and conversation prompts. Verywell believes that the more prepared and educated people are for having difficult discussions about health and disease, the more fluid and productive the conversation and the better the overall outcome.
Moreover, talking about health and disease can be sensitive and scary, so it’s understandable that people are inclined to avoid those conversations. Verywell’s mission is to give users the tools to facilitate an informed, actionable, and insightful conversation that soothes fears instead of adding to them. By reframing the way people approach difficult health topics, Verywell opens the door to regularly and easily talking about health.
With that, Verywell’s Healthy Conversations Coach addresses many of the universal issues surrounding vaccines and offers an encouraging entrance to discussion, continuing dialogue, and ultimately more willingness to approach physicians.
Based on Verywell’s proprietary survey, the team found that 1 in 5 Americans disagree with friends, family, or loved ones about vaccines. Of those disagreeing, over 40% seek out tools or advice for how to talk about vaccines, and 1 in 3 say that communication techniques would be helpful.
Verywell saw and responded to that need by creating the Healthy Conversations Coach to help promote vaccination and navigate the often complicated and emotionally charged discussions that come with it.
First, the team had to understand the pain points of each side of the vaccination argument. That meant exploring how to best engage with those arguments—the team reviewed numerous articles and videos that examine the intricacies of the overall vaccine debate, from talking points around research and statistics to those that address the more emotional aspects.
From that, multiple shared themes were then used to inform, focus, and guide generalized conversations and interactions between sides. That allowed the team to hone in on a target audience of individuals who are unsure about whether or not to vaccinate, not those who are staunchly or actively against it. Moreover, it made room for a broader discussion around vaccines as a whole, rather than specific vaccines.
The Healthy Conversations Coach itself simulates, in-real-time, a discussion users might have about a tough topic, similar to a text message. Driven by extensive research, specific personas were identified and then common questions, answers, and concerns related to the tough topic were addressed with conversational sensitivity and medical accuracy, reviewed by board-certified physicians. The Coach was then user-tested to promote an intuitive mobile first experience.
While the Healthy Conversations Coach has a fun “choose your own adventure” feel, all discussion points were strategically accounted for and laser focused to ensure users are always learning and moving forward. Gamifying the Healthy Conversations Coach also provided a novel health experience for users that is both enticing and informative.
At the end of every Healthy Conversations Coach, users have the option to download a PDF of the script they just interacted with as well as any available and relevant doctor discussion guide to bring to their next appointment or share with others.
The Verywell Healthy Conversations Coach is here to help empower people to ask the difficult questions, to answer the even more difficult ones, and to face uncomfortable situations that foster unhealthy life choices. The power to feel and live better rests in open communication and actionable education, and it is the responsibility of all the players in our lives to take an active role in that. That’s how we make change.
From national trade coverage in Mediapost and MM&M to local media pickup on KULR8 and ABC Montana, the healthy conversations campaign was a success. In a time when a once-eradicated disease in the U.S. resurfaced, Verywell set out to break down communication barriers between those unsure about vaccinating and those in support, seeking to promote the safety and well-being of the general population.
Though the topic is quite niche, the extent of the risk posed by those who choose not to vaccinate has dire repercussions, as seen by this year’s multiple outbreaks throughout the country. Verywell’s goal was to foster communication and awareness—and proudly claim, “mission accomplished”.
The initiative was further applauded by other public health advocates and activists, including positive feedback from the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases who said “It’s very neat! I have shared it with our team. We would love to hear what kind of reactions you get as your readers begin to use it. I think that it could really be helpful” and NYC’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene who said, “This is definitely something that is needed. We strive to work on provider/patient communications as part of our provider education portfolio.”
Other publications and organizations also responded positively, including Vaccines Today, Nurses Who Vaccinate, and social handles History of Vaccines, pediatrician Jamie Friedman, and Tamer Hadi, also of the NYC Department of Mental Health and Hygiene.
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From birth, it’s important to care for your child’s teeth. The primary teeth that grow in a child’s mouth affect the overall health of the permanent teeth, so practicing proper dental hygiene from a young age can set your child up for a lifetime of good dental care. So how do you clean a young child’s teeth?
While newborns normally don’t have teeth (natal teeth may be present), you should still care for your baby’s gums and prepare for teeth eruption. Massaging your baby’s gums (and teeth if present) with a clean, damp washcloth will help prepare teeth for eruption while also cleaning any breastmilk or formula off of the gums.
Six – Twelve Months
This is when new teeth will begin to erupt in your child’s mouth. The central incisors usually come in first and will help the baby begin to eat soft and solid foods. Dental care products specifically designed for babies, like silicon toothbrushes that slide over your finger, will help you gently clean you baby’s first teeth and destroy bacteria.
Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers
Once children start consuming sugary substances and more varieties of solid food, brushing teeth twice a day with toothpaste becomes an essential part of proper dental care. Purchase a toothbrush specifically designed for your child’s age group – toothbrushes are available for ages 1-3 years and 2-5 years. Teach your child how to properly brush using a toothpaste made for children. Make brushing a fun activity to encourage the routine and get child on a pattern of brushing in the morning and before bed.
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The phrase goes back generations in many families, eat your fiber, but a recent study found that eating more fiber was linked to less fat.
The researchers at Georgia Health Sciences University worked with a group of 559 teens aged 14 to 18 years of age. They wanted to know if there were any links between dietary fiber consumption and inflammation and body fat distribution.
Sure teens may care more about the impact seen in the mirror, but this goes deeper. Specifically to the type of fat, called visceral adipose tissue. That is the type of fat that is located around the internal organs. The most common location for visceral adipose tissue is abdominal fat – “belly fat.”
That belly fat may produce a muffin top that no one wants to keep, but more importantly for your longevity increased “belly fat” is strongly linked to cardiovascular disease.
So cut the fat and reduce the risk of heart disease in the years ahead. That is why this team of researchers wanted to look at the affects of dietary fiber.
The study measured the following with fasting blood samples.
All of those are markers for inflammation, a leading indicator of cardiovascular disease.
The researchers measured the teens physical activity with accelerometers, tracked their diet, and monitored their body composition. To track fat, adipose tissue, the researchers used some high-tech methods of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine lean body mass, fat mass, and visceral adipose tissue.
The results led to one conclusion … eat more fiber.
Okay in more detail they found some results specific to men. By consuming more dietary fiber men had less fat mass (were more lean).
But both genders faired well with more dietary fiber. Eating more fiber was linked to less belly fat (visceral adipose tissue) as well as improved markers for cardiovascular disease.
Grandma was right after all. Eat more fiber to avoid getting fat and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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The usage of medicinal cannabis is gaining popularity in states that have been legally regulated for medical use. Therefore, nurses and nurse practitioners, doctors, and other members of the health care team must be aware of various methods by which cannabis can be administered to patients. Even though medical cannabis is currently under study, patients may use it in multiple ways to treat nausea, pain, vomiting, and other symptoms.
Knowing the various methods of administration could help medical professionals and assist patients in administering or taking medicinal cannabis in the safest manner possible.
Medical Marijuana Consumption Methods
When it comes to medicinal marijuana, the sheer amount of administration options could be overwhelming for patients who are unfamiliar with the drug. However, the availability of various administration options helps distinguish medical marijuana from standard medicines. You can use a different administration technique for a particular condition or intended result for each method.
Marijuana can be inhaled in two ways: by smoking or inhaling vapors. Marijuana is smoked by burning the flowers and inhaling the active ingredients that the plant produces. Vaporization is similar to smoking, with the exception that it is heated up to a temperature where the active compounds in the plant are released in the form of a vapor that the consumer inhales.
The lungs quickly absorb the terpenes and cannabinoids inhaled from cannabis and transport them into the bloodstream. This administration approach provides the fastest start of any drug and the shortest duration of action. Relief of acute pain, as well as psychosomatic and neurological problems, could be achieved with inhalation.
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Effects of oral medication are the ones that take the longest to manifest, yet they last the longest. The tinctures, edibles, pills as well as oils are all options. Edibles can last for up to eight hours or more, depending on the individual and the dosage. The active substances in cannabis undergo a change during digestion when consumed orally.
The active ingredient is transformed into a more potent and long-lasting form throughout the process. Edible medical marijuana is ideal for reducing symptoms and severe pain. A cannabis marketing strategy can help you increase traffic to your website. Your online store will surely grow if you consider this.
If marijuana is placed under the tongue (sublingual) and retained in the mouth, it may reach the bloodstream. The mouth has a large number of blood vessels that can absorb cannabinoids. Sublingual sprays, dissolvable strips such as lozenges with medicinal properties, as well as tinctures are examples of these products.
This mode of administration has a quick onset – like inhalation and can last for a longer time. To minimize exposure to smoke or other combustion byproducts, many users of medicinal cannabis opt to use sublingual formulations rather than vaping or smoking. A great dispensary marketing improvement can make your business grow in a faster phase. The shift in online marketing allowed businesses to thrive with minimal physical effort.
A topical application is a different method for taking marijuana. The products are applied to the skin in the form of lotions, salves, bath salts, and oils. While not frequently studied, there is evidence that topical cannabinoids like creams and balms have an initial effect within minutes, with the effects lasting anywhere from one to two days.
The people who took patches experienced increased activity in just two hours and a duration of up to 2 days. Furthermore, since topical marijuana does not allow a substantial quantity of Tetrahydrocannabinol to enter the brain, it’s unlikely to result in intoxication or psycho consequences, making it popular among older consumers.
Due to the higher absorption capacity of the human rectum, Suppositories are a long-running and popular history of usage in the medical field. Mucous membranes are the mouth’s lining, nose, rectum, and other tissues, and are excellent places for medicines to circulate much more efficiently than eating or smoking.
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Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Northern Colorado Clean Cities
- Denver Metro Clean Cities
- Western Michigan University
- Enable mobility and energy efficiency improvements from a synergistic combination of infrastructure-level and vehicle-level control
- Deep collaboration with municipalities, NREL and Clean Cities Coalitions to develop novel metrics, technologies, extension case studies, and outreach.
- Solve real-world transportation problems in local municipalities
- Technical demonstration of the mobility energy productivity effects of combined transportation system management and vehicle-level energy management
- Periodic public data and software released to GitHub on month 6, 12, 18, and 24 of the period of performance
- Final data publication to DOE SMART Mobility Lab Consortium
This project will address these key issues:
- The problem of traffic congestion along major transportation corridors of the municipality (College Ave. Fort Collins, Speer Blvd. Denver) and the potential to use TMS and CAVs to improve throughput on these corridors without modification of the physical roadway.
- The problem of the interface between bus rapid transit (BRT) and traffic at intersections (Mason St. Ft Collins, Colfax Ave. Denver). BRT uses dedicated lanes to skip queues and congestion along major transportation corridors, but BRT must still participate in signalized intersections at cross streets. Enabling prioritization and vehicle-level energy management control of these BRT vehicles is hypothesized to improve metrics of mobility energy productivity.
- The problem of through-town Class 8 freight truck transport (Shields Ave., Fort Collins, I-70/Colorado Blvd, Denver). Due to the growth of Class 8 truck transport, these municipalities face noise pollution, emissions, human health, and safety considerations due to a high volume of Class 8 trucks moving through town on surface streets. Enabling signal prioritization (which also enables platooning) and vehicle-level energy management control for these high-energy consumption, high emissions vehicles is hypothesized to improve metrics of mobility energy productivity. | <urn:uuid:56cabdf4-aaf6-4daa-8e6b-083f8a69d807> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://northerncocleancities.org/projects-northern-colorado-clean-cities-before-import/csu-mobility-and-energy-improvements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.881653 | 434 | 2.21875 | 2 |
My mother had a premonition from the very word ‘GO.’ She knew there was something to be afraid of and the only thing that she felt strongly about was that to say a ship was unsinkable was flying in the face of God. Those were her words.”
— Eva Hart, – Titanic survivor
Being a survivor of the most famous maritime disaster of all time was in many ways a tough legacy for some to live with and in some cases, some simply couldn’t, and later took their own life. The Titanic survivors carried the burden of explaining the tragedy to the world and justifying why their life was spared above others.
The great injustice of the story of survival on the Titanic was that the wealthy survived and the poor perished. Even to the point that many second and third-class women and children were sacrificed at the expense of notable and wealthy men.
“I can never understand why God would have spared a poor Finnish girl when all those rich people drowned.”
— Anna Turja Lundi, Titanic survivor.
J. Bruce Ismay would survive the Titanic but was murdered by the press for his decision to place his life above those of passengers. This was exemplified at the highest manner by J. Bruce Ismay – The owner of Titanic and a man who should have accepted much responsibility for the lack of lifeboats and other cost-cutting measures that inevitably lead to the sinking of Titanic. Ismay managed to find a spot on a lifeboat and watched hundreds of paying passengers die on the morning of April 15, 1912.
J. Ismay Retired as planned from the International Mercantile Marine in June 1913. Still, the position of managing director of the White Star Lines that he hoped to retain was denied him, surviving the Titanic Disaster had made him far too unpopular with the public.
He spent his remaining years alternating between his homes in London and Ireland. Because Ismay had never had many close friends, and subsequently had few business contacts, it was mistakenly easy to assume that he had become a recluse, he did enjoy being kept informed of shipping news, but those around him were forbidden to speak of the Titanic. He died in 1937.
A Complete Titanic unit for teachers and students
A complete unit of work to teach students about the historical and cultural impact Titanic made upon the world both back in the early 20th century as the world’s grandest liner, and as a tragic metaphor after she sank during her maiden voyage. This complete unit includes.
Madeline Astor, Aged 19, was the maiden of the richest man on board.
The maiden of multi-millionaire Jacob Astor, Madeline inherited from her husband the income from a five million dollar trust fund and the use of his home on Fifth Ave and in the Newport so long as she did not marry. In August 1912, she gave birth to a son with whom she was pregnant on the Titanic, and she named him after her husband, John Jacob Astor. She relinquished the Astor income and mansions during WWI to marry William K. Dick of New York. She had two more sons; she divorced Dick in Reno, Nevada, in 1933 to Marry Italian Prize Fighter Enzo Firemonte. Five Years later, this marriage also ended in divorce. She died in Palm Beach, Florida in 1940 at age 47.
“As I was put into the boat, he cried to me, ‘It’s all right, little girl. You go. I will stay.’ As our boat shoved off he threw me a kiss, and that was the last I saw of him.”
— Mrs Daniel Warner Marvin – On her honeymoon
The ‘Unsinkable’ Molly Brown
Molly’s life took a surprising turn after the sinking. Previously, her efforts to be accepted by Denver society had been unsuccessful, the Selflessness and heroism she had shown on the Titanic prompted her neighbours, for a short time, to open their doors to her.
In 1924 she was named a potential candidate for Congress. As time passed on, however, she grew increasingly eccentric. Her husband died without leaving a final will and testament, and she found herself at odds with her children over his money.
In 1932, at the age of 65, she died suddenly in New York City after a stroke. It was only after her death when she became the subject of the hit Broadway musical and film, “The unsinkable Molly Brown” That she gained some of the fame she would have so enjoyed in life.
“Not until the last five minutes did the awful realization come that the end was at hand. The lights became dim and went out, but we could see. Slowly, ever so slowly, the surface of the water seemed to come towards us. So gradual was it that even after I had adjusted the life jacket about my body it seemed a dream. Deck after deck was submerged. There was no lurching or grinding or crunching. The Titanic simply settled. I was far up on one of the top decks when I jumped. About me were others in the water. My bathrobe floated away, and it was icily cold. I struck out at once. I turned my head, and my first glance took in the people swarming on the Titanic’s deck. Hundreds were standing there helpless to ward off approaching death. I saw Captain Smith on the bridge. My eyes seemingly clung to him. The deck from which I had leapt was immersed. The water had risen slowly, and was now to the floor of the bridge. Then it was to Captain Smith’s waist. I saw him no more. He died a hero. The bows of the ship were far beneath the surface and to me only the four monster funnels and the two masts were now visible. It was all over in an instant. The Titanic’s stern rose completely out of the water and went up 30, 40, 60 feet into the air. Then, with her body slanting at an angle of 45 degrees, slowly the Titanic slipped out of sight.”
— Robert W. Daniel – Philadelphia Banker
“I was on the whale deck in the bow calling the watch that was to relieve when the ice first came aboard. The collision opened the seams below the water-line but did not even scratch the paint above the line. I know that because I was one of those who helped to make an examination over the side with a lantern. I went down into the engine-room at 12:40am. We even made coffee, so there was not much thought of danger. An hour later I was still working at the light engines. I heard the chief engineer tell one of his subordinates that number six bulkhead had given way. At that time things began to look bad… I was told to go up and see how things were, and made my way up a dummy funnel to the bridge deck. By that time all the boats had left the ship, yet everyone in the engine-room was at his post. I was near the captain and heard him say, ‘Well boys, it’s every man for himself now.’”
— Alfred White – a greaser in the engine-room
“When the Titanic struck the iceberg, I was in bed. However, for whatever reason I was awake and remember the jolt and cessation of motion. A steward knocked on the stateroom door and directed us to get dressed, put on life preservers and go to the boat deck, which we did… The steward as we passed was trying to arouse passengers who had locked themselves in for the night. Elevators were not running. We walked up to the boat deck. Al was calm and orderly. An officer was in charge. ‘Women and children first,’ he said, as he directed lifeboat number 11 to be filled. There were many tearful farewells. We and Uncle Jim said good-bye… The lowering of the lifeboat 70 feet to the sea was perilous. Davits, ropes, nothing worked properly, so that first one end of the lifeboat was tilted up and then far down. I think it was the only time I was scared. Lifeboats pulled some distance away from the sinking Titanic, afraid of what suction might do… As row by row of the porthole lights of the Titanic sank into the sea this was about all one could see. When the Titanic upended to sink, all was blacked out until the tons of machinery crashed to the bow… As this happened hundreds and hundreds of people were thrown into the sea. It isn’t likely I shall ever forget the screams of these people as they perished in water said to be 28 degrees… At this point in my life I was being brought up as a typical British kid. You were not allowed to cry. You were a ‘little man.’ So as a cool kid I lay down in the bottom of the lifeboat and went to sleep. When I awoke it was broad daylight as we approached the Carpathia. Looking around over the gunwale it seemed to me like the Arctic. Icebergs of huge size ringed the horizon for 360 degrees.”
— Marshall Drew Eight-year-old travelling with his Aunt and Uncle
“When our boat had rowed about half a mile from the vessel the spectacle was quite fairylike, The Titanic, which was fully illuminated, was stationary, like some fantastic piece of stage scenery. The night was clear and the sea smooth, but it was intensely cold. Presently the gigantic ship began to sink by the bows, and then those who had remained on board realized the horror of their situation. Suddenly the lights went out and an immense clamor filled the air in one supreme cry for help. Little by little the Titanic settled down, and for three hours cries of anguish were heard. As moments the cries of terror were lulled and we thought it was all over, but the next instant they were renewed in still keener accents. As for is we did nothing but row, row, row to escape from the death cries. In our little boat we were frozen with cold, having left the ship without overcoats or rugs. We shouted from time to time to attract attention, but obtained no reply. A German baron who was with us fired off all the cartridges in his revolver. This agonizing suspense lasted for many hours until at last the Carpathia appeared. We shouted ‘Hurrah!’ and all the boats scattered on the sea made towards her.”
— Paul Chevre – French Sculpture
“As I dressed, I heard the order shouted, ‘All the passengers on deck with life belts on.’ We all walked up slowly with the life belts tied on over our clothing, but even then we presumed that this was merely a wise precaution the captain was taking. The ship was absolutely still, and except for the gentle, almost unnoticeable, tilt downwards, there were no visible signs of the approaching disaster. But, in a few moments, we saw the covers being lifted from the boats and the covers being lifted from the boats and the crews allotted to them standing by and uncoiling the ropes, which were to lower them. We then began to realize that it was a more serious matter than we had at first supposed. Presently we heard the order, ‘All men stand back away from the boats. All ladies retire to the next deck below.’ The men all stood away and waited in absolute silence, some leaning against the end railings of the deck, others pacing slowly up and down. The boats were level with the deck where all the women were collected, the women got in quietly, with the exception of some, who refused to leave their husbands. In some cases they were torn from their husbands and pushed into the boats, but in many instances they were allowed to remain, since there was no-one to insist that they should go.”
— Lawrence Beesley – English Schoolmaster
“After sinking with the ship, it appeared to me as if I was propelled by some great force through the water. This might have been occasioned by explosions under the water, and I remembered fearful stories of people being boiled to death. Again and again I prayed for deliverance, although I felt sure that the end had come. I had the greatest difficulty in holding my breath until I came to the surface. I knew that once I inhaled, the water would suffocate me. When I got under water I struck out with all my strength for the surface. I got to air again after a time, which seemed to me to be unending. There was nothing in sight save the ocean, dotted with ice and strewn with large masses of wreckage. Dying men and women all about me were groaning and crying piteously. By moving from one piece of wreckage to another, at last I reached a cork raft. Soon the raft became so full that it seemed as if she would sink if more came on board her. The crew for self-preservation had therefore to refuse to permit any others to climb aboard. This was the most pathetic and horrible scene of all. The piteous cries of those around us still ring in my ears, and I will remember them to my dying day. ‘Hold on to what you have, old boy!’ we shouted to each man who tried to get on board. ‘One more of you would sink us all!’ Many of those whom we refused answered as they went to their death, ‘Good luck – God bless you!’”
— Colonel Archibald Gracie Jumped from the top deck and was sucked down with her
“A number of us who were enjoyed the crisp air were promenading about the deck. Captain Smith was on the bridge when the first cry from the lookout came that there was an iceberg ahead. It may have been 30 feet high when I saw it. It was possibly 200 yards away and dead ahead. Captain Smith shouted some orders… A number of us promenaders rushed to the bow of the ship. When we saw he could no fail to hit it, we rushed to the stern. Then came a crash, and the passengers were panic-stricken.”
— George Brayton – First Class Passenger
“I saw the way she was carrying herself and the quiet, determined manner in which she spoke, and I knew she was more of a man than most aboard, so I put her in command at the tiller. There was another woman in the boat who helped, and was every minute rowing. It was she who suggested we should sing, and we sang as we rowed, starting with ‘Pull for the Shore.’ We were still singing when we saw the lights of the Carpathia, and then we stopped singing and prayed.”
— Seaman Thomas Jones praised the courage of the Countess of Rothes in lifeboat number eight.
“I was in my bunk when I felt a bump. One man said, “Hello! She has been struck.” I went on deck and saw a great pile of ice on the well deck before the forecastle, but we all thought the ship would last some time, and we went back to our bunks. Then one of the firemen came running down and yelled, “All muster for the lifeboats.” I ran on deck, and the Captain said, “All firemen keep down on the well deck. If a man comes up I’ll shoot him.” Then I saw the first lifeboat lowered. Thirteen people were on board, eleven men and two women. Three were millionaires one was Ismay [J. Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the White Star Line; a survivor]. Then I ran up on to the hurricane deck and helped to throw one of the collapsible boats on to the lower deck. I saw an Italian woman holding two babies. I took one of them, and woman jump overboard with the baby, while I did the same the other. When I came to the surface the baby in my arms was dead. I saw the woman strike out in good style, but a boiler burst on the Titanic and started a big wave. When the woman saw that wave, she gave
up. Then, as the child was dead, I let it sink too.
I swam around for about half an hour, and was swimming on my back when the Titanic went down. I tried to get aboard a boat, but some chap hit me over the head with an oar. There were too many in her. I got around to the other side of the boat and climbed in.”
— Harry Senior – Fireman
“We did not begin to understand the situation till we were perhaps a mile or more away from the Titanic. Then we could see the rows of lights along the decks begin to slant gradually upward from the bow. Very slowly the lines of light began to point downward at a greater and greater angle. The sinking was so slow that you could not
perceive the lights of the deck changing their position. The slant seemed to be greater about every quarter of an hour.That was the only difference.
In a couple of hours, though, she began to go down more rapidly. Then the fearful sight began. The people in the ship were just beginning to realize how great their danger was. When the forward part of the ship dropped suddenly at a faster rate, so that the upward slope became marked, there was a sudden rush of passengers on all the decks towards the stern. It was like a wave. We could see the great black mass of people in the steerage sweeping to the rear part of the boat and breaking through into the upper decks. At the distance of about a mile we could
distinguish everything through the night, which was perfectly clear. We could make out the increasing excitement on board the boat as the people, rushing to and fro, caused the deck lights to disappear and reappear as they passed in
front of them.
This panic went on, it seemed, for an hour. Then suddenly the ship seemed to shoot up out of the water and stand there perpendicularly. It seemed to us that it stood upright in the water for four full minutes.
Then it began to slide gently downwards. Its speed increased as it went down head first, so that the stern shot down with a rush. The lights continued to burn till it sank. We could see the people packed densely in the stern till it was gone
. . .
As the ship sank we could hear the screaming a mile away. Gradually it became fainter and fainter and died away. Some of the lifeboats that had room for more might have gone to their rescue, but it would have meant that those who were in the water would have swarmed aboard and sunk her. ”
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Most often you’ll know when your baby is ready to switch by a change in his sleep patterns. A baby on a 3 hour routine typically takes 3 naps per day (morning, afternoon, late afternoon) and the switchover to a 3.5 hour routine will see a shortening of one of those naps or the dropping of the last nap of the day. Babies are generally ready for this switch by about 12 weeks of age.
Dropping the middle of the night feeding is most often accomplished by the baby himself between 7-14 weeks of age. You’ll know your baby is ready when he doesn’t wake you up until 6:00 a.m. or so, and you’ll probably wake in a panic that morning, realizing you weren’t beckoned in the middle of the night. He will require more food during the day from this point on, and your breasts will likely be overly full for several days, but it’s all good!
Stopping the late night feeding is typically the trickiest to do. Many parents are reluctant to drop it, thinking that if they do, their baby will wake in the middle of the night, starving. If you think he cannot drop the feeding completely, back it up in 15-minute increments until you arrive at your desired time. If his last two feedings of the day are closer than your flexible schedule says it “should be,” don’t worry. It’s a temporary fix, and that’s what flexibility is all about. The routine serves you, not the other way around!
About The Author
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In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, we wanted to share something from one our of friends and members, Lauren Molloy. Her daughter, Autumn, brings smiles to all! Thanks, Lauren for sharing your words of acceptance. We know many can relate to this.
Acceptance: Everyone has the desire to be accepted and included whether you have a disability or not. I’m sure many people can relate to a time they felt isolated, and not accepted: maybe it was the time you had no one to be your locker partner, the time in gym class you were picked last, a Jr. High or HS School Dance that you weren’t included, the Neighborhood Click that didn’t invite you to that fun outing, the work group that didn’t ask you to join them in Happy Hour, it could go on and on…
But what is true is that we can all reflect back and feel that moment of wanting to be accepted and included. Let’s take those memories and use them as a learning lesson for those that aren’t just like “us”. Inclusion is contagious; we can all learn from each other.
Let’s spread Love, Acceptance, and Awareness on World Down Syndrome Day; we are all more a like than different! Differences make us unique, so having an accepting outlook will change the perception of people with disabilities.
World Down Syndrome Day was celebrated this year on Sunday, March 21st.
We all know the importance of having healthy self-esteem and, as parents, we have the opportunity to build self-esteem and confidence in each of our children every single day. Motherly shares some great phrases that inspire confidence–here are 10 of our favorites:
- “You are capable.”
As a parent, our words become the internal language in the minds of our children. We know that our kids are capable of so much—let your words match this belief
- “That was brave.”
Sometimes we need to notice things aloud. That means to let them know when we see them being brave. When we notice our kids being brave, they start to notice too.
- “You’ve got this.”
You know that they have the skills and means necessary and your vote of confidence will give them that extra boost they need to succeed.
- “I believe in you.”
As the parent, you have faith in your child’s ability. When you openly communicate that faith in them it will inspire it within themselves.
- “You can do hard things.”
When the going gets tough the obstacles can seem insurmountable. So this direct phrase will tell them exactly what they need to hear—acknowledgment that this is hard work and that they are capable.
- “No matter what happens, I still love you.”
Our children need to hear words that communicate unconditional love. That means providing reassurance of our love—regardless of the outcome.
- “How’d you do that?”
Ask questions. When you see them do something hard, say, “How did you manage that? How can you do it again?”
- “I know it’s hard, but I’ve seen you do it before.”
It can seem overwhelming, but let’s give them evidence of when they have been successful before. This will instill the confidence that they can do it again.
- “You are enough.”
It doesn’t matter what the outcome—they need to know they are enough just the way they are.
- “You make me proud.”
Straight and to the point—you can never tell your child this enough.
Want some more inspiration? Check out more great phrases here.
Whether it is blending different cultures or different families through divorce, the co-hosts share their unique experiences and perspectives on what it is like to raise a blended family in this month’s episode of The Mom’s Network on NCTV-17. You can watch the full episode below. Thank you to this month’s show sponsor DuPage Medical Group.
You can catch up on all episodes by visiting the NCTV-17 website.
The Moms Network co-hosts welcome Dr. Juliana Basko-Plluska of Basko Dermatology to this month’s virtual episode to discuss everything we need to know about summer skincare—for us and our kids! In addition, the co-hosts share some of the lessons they have learned as we head into the next phase of the state of Illinois reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Check out the clips of the segments below and head to NCTV to see more of The Moms Network.
Thank you to Basko Dermatology for being the sponsor of this month’s episode.
This past weekend was the unofficial start of summer and with many camps and other programs postponed, you may be looking for some new ways to entertain the kiddos. Why not take them on a global field trip?
Good Housekeeping recently shared 35 virtual field trips—from museums to farms to famous landmarks, your kids can go on a global adventure every week of the summer. Here are 10 of our favorites:
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The #Metkids site is geared for little ones, and lets them explore a cute, illustrated map to find treasures in the museum’s collection.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: This site offers a virtual version of every exhibition in the museum. You’ll want to bookmark this one.
Farm Food 360: Kids can see 11 different sorts of farm and food plants, including dairy cow farms, egg processing facilities, and an apple orchard.
Buckingham Palace: Go room-by-room and see all of the amazing historical objects in the palace.
Mount Rushmore: The virtual tour of Mount Rushmore was created through 3D scans of the mountains.
San Diego Zoo: One of the most famous of zoos in the United States, you can catch live cams and videos of your favorite animals.
Shedd Aquarium: Everything you love about the Shedd brought to your own home. They even have new episodes of a limited series called #StayHomeWithShedd, made for kids and kids at heart.
M&Ms Factory Tour: The Food Network hosts a virtual tour of the M&Ms factory and shows how the delicious candy gets made.
Discovery Education: The site hosts virtual field trips for kids, from engineering plants that make cars of the future to a lab that researches nuclear energy.
And while all of these are “screen experiences”, you can continue the engagement offline by having kids draw what they remember most, write about the favorite part of their “trip” or even create a family quiz filled with facts they learned.
Click here for the full list of virtual field trip ideas.
According to a recent article in the New York Times, interest in virtual sitters is surging. Whether its stand-in home-school teachers, professional babysitters or a grandparent holding a virtual tea party, companies are creating platforms for caregivers to interact with kids virtually—including options to book onscreen babysitters.
But, does it really work?
“Of course, virtual babysitters can’t change a baby’s diapers, tuck a preschooler into bed or chase an unruly toddler around the house. But screen-based caregivers can entertain kids and give parents short breaks,” writes Katharine Gammon.
Here are some things you should consider before hiring your virtual sitter:
Timing is Everything
According to the article, virtual babysitting works best in small amounts of time, usually half an hour to an hour. And parents should be nearby—at least within earshot of the child. It also tends to work best in the mornings, when kids are rested and fresh.
Focus on Special Talents and Interests
Consider hiring a virtual sitter who have specific skills, like being able to talk and play games about sports, or dinosaurs, or math. This especially works well for older kids who can often pay attention longer when the topic is interesting.
Plan a Specific Activity
Doing an activity—reading a story, creating a craft or play a game—over a screen still engaged kids’ imaginative play. As long as the child is able to communicate well and is interested in the person onscreen, virtual babysitting can work. “The burden is more on the babysitter than on the child,” Dr. Arthur Lavin explains, adding that the virtual sitter has to be more prepared and care about what the child will click into.
Virtual Experience Matters
Because keeping kids engaged virtually is different than when in-person, you should look for a sitter that has experience in virtual babysitting. “As a parent you’re kind of looking for the feeling of — I know how to do this; I got you,” she parent Kimberly Sloan. “I haven’t experienced any sort of platform that has got this dialed in yet.”
You can read the whole article here.
Have you tried using a virtual babysitter? We’d love to hear how it worked for you and your child.
My sister, Amy Hamrick of Kind Coffee in Estes Park, CO, is giving us a little lesson in charging ourselves…
Hope you find time to charge yourself this week!
My good friend Jessica Todd of Jessica Todd Designs and her daughters are having a lot of fun with their school’s art challenge.
“I have been blown away with how quickly our school district and elementary school jumped into action to provide virtual leaning curriculum,” said Jessica. One learning option that really peaked her children’s interest is a Facebook page where students could share their art. Launched by two art teachers at the school, the page offers a platform for children to showcase their weekly art projects and participate in a virtual art challenge.
The challenge–which originally came from the Getty Museum–asked students to mimic famous art pieces using objects that they had in their home. “I am an interior designer so I do feel that helps us when we do these photo shoots,” said Jessica. “I look for art pieces that have color palettes similar to our home and have details and pieces we can mimic with what we have here. I have loads of fabric stored away from various projects around my home and the fabric has been a major part of all of our projects. We adopted a dog a little over a week ago and gave him some time to acclimate and featured him in our latest art piece. He is too cute not to show off.”
Below are pictures of Jessica’s daughters along with the pieces of famous art they are mimicking.
“The pictures have been very well received and the project has felt like something that we can do to entertain people and make them smile,” adds Jessica. “We are just trying to get by during this time and figure if we can make ourselves smile and other people smile, it’s a win.”
In 2007, a Medicare law change happened that took the rights away from chiropractors to bill and get paid for physical therapy codes. At that time, I had been in practice for eight years and had three offices, which were primarily Medicare based. We loved treating patients, listening to their amazing stories and helping them regain lost mobility, decreasing their severe pain and putting a smile on their faces.
In this one law change, my billable amount decreased by 81 percent and it destroyed me. The following year, I got divorced and was trying desperately to get back up on my feet, financially. My dad and his wife paid for me to get a small apartment, paid for the furniture and my living expenses until I was able. Personal bankruptcy was a part of this time in my life as well.
In January 2015, additional insurance shifts and changes reduced our patient volume by 40 percent. Many patients no longer had insurance that covered our services or their deductibles went from $300 to $3,000 as the new year hit. This loss is actually the main reason why I had to close Cafe N Play, an indoor playground and coffee shop that served as our “clubhouse” for the Naperville Moms Network (now The Branch!). I no longer had extra money from the practice to help cover the loss that Cafe N Play still had as a young, growing business and I couldn’t put both businesses at risk. It was a very sad decision to make.
Today, my practice is on a pause due to COVID-19 and it is incredibly stressful. I have eight employees that I love and care for, they represent the best team I could ever ask to have. I have spent hours and hours working with my accountant and banker to secure the PPP loan to help cover their salaries so I don’t have to lay them off during this time. I am happy to say I have been approved, but it doesn’t cover all of my overhead or my salary, so it is still a scary financial time with no income coming into my practice.
One major thing is different though. This time, I know it won’t last forever. This time, I have been able to draw strength from my past and tap into that fighting spirit of overcoming adversity. I have NEVER given up. Today, I look back in a bit of amazement of what I have traveled through and came out of–that view gives me so much hope for our future on the other side of these challenging times. Does that hope take away all of the fear and all of the anxiety? Of course not, but I know I will be ok.
And, I know you will all be ok too. You have strength and resilience in you that you don’t know you have. You can navigate these incredibly choppy waters whether you are a stay-at home mom, a work-from-home mom or a business owner like myself. Your kids are resilient too. They will follow your lead. I know all of our emotions are a bit high right now but remember all that you have been through in the past and all you have overcome. Dig into that space and find that extra strength and take one day at a time, biting off little portions instead of looking at the entirety of this time of our lives. I believe in all of you.
We are moms and we can basically do anything we set our minds to!
Stay well and keep smiling,
Dr. Cathy Subber
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Azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin are broad spectrum strobilurin fungicides that have been measured in the aquatic environment. Strobilurins inhibit mitochondrial respiration by binding to the mitochondrial respiratory complex III. The goal of this study was to investigate mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in the developing zebrafish from exposure to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin. Exposure studies were performed where zebrafish embryos were exposed to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin at 0.1, 10, 100 μg/L from 4 hpf to 48 hpf to measure mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress mRNA transcripts, and 5 dpf to measure movement, growth, oxygen consumption, enzymatic activities, and mRNA transcripts. Results from this study indicated that there was a significant reduction in both basal and maximal respiration at 48 hpf in zebrafish exposed to 100 μg/L of pyraclostrobin. There was no difference in oxidative stress or apoptotic mRNA transcripts at 48 hpf, indicating that the two strobilurins were acting first on mitochondrial function and not directly through oxidative stress. At 5 dpf, standard body length was significantly reduced with exposure to pyraclostrobin and azoxystrobin exposure as compared to the control. These reductions in apical endpoints corresponded with increases in oxidative stress and apoptotic mRNA transcripts in treatment groups at 5 dpf indicating that strobilurins’ exposure followed the adverse outcome pathway for mito-toxicants. Our results indicate that strobilurins can decrease mitochondrial function, which in turn lead to diminished growth and movement.
- Mitochondrial dysfunction
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What Is Digital Addiction?
“Digital” addiction refers to addiction to the Internet, social media, smartphones and/or other technology. Digital addiction can also, but does not always, include overlap with pornography addiction. You or someone you know may be suffering from digital addiction if you (or they) are using digital technology to the point it is adversely affecting your (or their) day-to-day life (including being unable to stop using digital technology even when you desire to do so).
What Is Gaming Addiction?
Gaming addiction is now recognized as a medical health condition. It can be defined by a player feeling dependent on repeated engagement with the game or activity.
Signs of Gaming Addiction
- Lowered interest in school/college, university/work
- Excessive signs of frustration, unhappiness, anger, anxiety, and depression when not allowed/able to play/able to engage with the game.
- Manipulating situations, diary/schedule to avoid periods offline
- General loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities (sports, cinema, socialising, parties, sex etc) and loss of good friends/relationships and an increasing reliance on “virtual/online” friends/relationships
- Lack of sleep due to playing through the night
Articles About Digital Addiction
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Additional Resources on Digital Addiction
Ryan G. Van Cleave & Mark Griffiths
Hooked on Games
Andrew P. Doan & Brooke Strickland & Douglas Gentile
Video Game Addiction Handbook for Parents
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Resources from Screenagers Website
OurPact – Mobile guidance for your family, available for iOS and Android
Screen Time – Parental controls for iOS, Android and Kindle devices
Circle with Disney – Parents can filter content, limit screen time and set a bedtime for every device in the home.
Curbi – Parental controls for Android and Apple mobile devices
ParentKit – Control and schedule what is on your child’s iPod, iPad or iPhone
NetSanity – Parental controls for iOS
FamilyTime – Parental controls for iOS and Android
Net Nanny – Parental controls for Android and iOS
Mobile Fence – Parental controls and GPS tracking for Android devices
Verizon Family Base – Monitor wireless activity and set usage limits
AT&T Parental Controls – Manage internet and email activity on computers
T-Mobile Family Allowances – Manage minutes, messages and downloads on phones
Sprint Mobile Controls – Monitor phone usage
Moment – An iOS app that automatically tracks how much you use your iPhone and iPad each day. If you’re using your phone too much, you can set daily limits.
Checky – For both iOS and Android, Checky lets you track and geographically map your phone use.
Think your kid (or you) could be a screen zombie? Take the ‘Screenagers’ test – Los Angeles Times
Learning How to Exert Self-Control – New York Times
Compulsive Texting Associated with Poorer School Performance Among Girls – American Psychological Association
Compulsive Texting Takes Toll on Teenagers – New York Times
Teaching Self-Control Tips – Provides evidence-based information about parenting and child development.
Family Online Safety Institute – International, non-profit organization that works to make the online world safer for kids and their families.
Psychology Today‘s Parenting in a Digital Age – This blog explores how parents and children might live together meaningfully in a digital age.
Common Sense Media – Empowers parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.
Empowering Parents – Committed to providing parents with sound advice through podcasts, an active blogging community and parenting programs.
Above The Fray – Program to educate parents and teachers about what life is really like online for young people and to give adults the tools they need to begin meaningful dialogues at home and at school.
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Since the beginning of the Church Age, the field of Biblical Apologetics has been the battleground for many acrimonious words and hasty conclusions and the scene of many misunderstandings. Since the advent of the popular exposition of the organic evolutionary hypothesis with Charles Darwin in 1859, many things, based upon a false understanding of the Scriptures or upon a false understanding of scientific evidence, have been said and many accusations made on both sides of the argument. This study has been undertaken to sort from the tons of discussion which have been put forth the few pounds which can be considered truth, and to try to evaluate the dross of unsubstantiated human opinions.
Before it is possible to examine any problem it is necessary to determine whether or not a problem exists in actuality or merely apparently. It was necessary, therefore, to determine whether there was an actual disagreement concerning evolution between the Christian Scriptures and the teachings of present-day scientists. If such a disagreement were merely apparent, and not real, then there would be no justification for a study such as this except to show the essential unity of both sides of the argument. If, to the contrary, the disagreement were found to be actual, it would be necessary to determine exactly where the disagreement lay and to determine the exact problem involved. This was done by examining first the basic teachings of the Scriptures concerning inheritance, and then examining the basic teachings of modern scientists concerning inheritance. The agreements and the differences were then noted and it became apparent what the actual problem was.
Rice, A. Delbert, "A Comparative Study in the Field of Genetics of the Organic Evolutionary Hypothesis and the Scriptural Account" (1955). Western Evangelical Seminary Theses. 32. | <urn:uuid:e9633c79-b3ab-4d02-9754-695562856c40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/wes_theses/32/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952054 | 397 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) was created by Congress under Title IV of H.R. 2107, signed into law on November 14, 1997 as P.L. 105-83 and codified as 43 U.S.C. §1474d. The Board was established in 2001. The Board is authorized to recommend marine research to the Secretary of Commerce to be funded through a competitive grant program using part of the interest earned from the Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund (EIRF) created under 43 U.S.C. §1474d. The EIRF was part of a large settlement by the U.S. Supreme Court pertaining to a land dispute in the Arctic known as Dinkum Sands. The enabling legislation requires the funds to be used to conduct research on or relating to the fisheries or marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean. NPRB must strive to avoid duplicating other research and must emphasize research designed to address pressing fishery management issues or marine ecosystem information needs.
Building a clear understanding of the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, and Chukchi/Beaufort Seas that enables effective management and sustainable use of marine resources.
To develop a comprehensive science program of the highest caliber that provides a better understanding of the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean ecosystems and their fisheries. The work of the NPRB will be conducted through science planning, prioritization of pressing fishery management and ecosystem information needs, coordination and cooperation among research programs, competitive selection of research projects, enhanced information availability, and public involvement.
NPRB Strategic Plan 2019-2024
To facilitate and fund research to increase understanding of North Pacific marine ecosystems and sustainable use of their fisheries and other resources.
The NPRB will be a broadly influential force in collaborative marine research, balancing the most pressing fishery management and ecosystem information needs of the North Pacific.
Improve understanding of North Pacific marine ecosystem dynamics and use of the resources.
Foster cooperation with other entities conducting research and management in the North Pacific, and work toward common goals for North Pacific marine ecosystems.
Improve ability to forecast and respond to effects of changes, through integration of various research activities, including long-term monitoring.
Improve ability to manage and protect the healthy, sustainable fish and wildlife populations comprising of the ecologically diverse marine ecosystems of the North Pacific, and provide long-term benefits to local communities and the nation.
Support high quality projects that promise long- term results as well as those with more immediate applicability.
More than Funding
NPRB is not just a granting agency, but plays an important leadership role in identifying science, management, and monitoring needs. The board and staff manage and coordinate dynamic and scientifically sound research and monitoring programs. NPRB also supports a robust communication and outreach component; each successfully funded project is required to have dedicated education and outreach resources. The board is viewed as a source of unbiased, high quality scientific information.
Board of Directors
NPRB comprises a 20 member board, representing Federal, State, and other entitites. Receiving advice from selected Science and Advisory Panels, the Board recommends marine research priorities to the Secretary of Commerce, placing a priority on cooperative research that addresses pressing fishery management issues and important ecosystem information needs.
There are up to 19 members on NPRB's Science Panel. Members are selected by the Board for their expertise, broad perspective, experience, and leadership. The panel helps shape NPRB research programs, advises science planning, identifies research priorities, and develops recommendations for research funding based upon requests for proposals.
The Advisory Panel is composed of 12 members selected by the Board to provide experience and perspective as community members and representatives to various resource user groups (e.g., commercial fishing, subsistence use, and oil and gas). The panel provides a mechanism for meaningful stakeholder involvement in science planning, oversight, and review.
Financials: Total Research Programs
Since 2002 | $106,095,398
Financials: By Large Marine Ecosystem
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This biennial report marks 18 years of North Pacific Research Board support for marine research in Alaska’s waters, and celebrates the publication of the 2018 Science Plan. NPRB continues to set the standard for funding high quality marine research that sparks scientific inquiry and informs a wide range of users. Since 2002, NPRB has supported three major integrated ecosystem research programs, over 430 multi-annual projects, 62 graduate students, three long-term monitoring projects, and activities that provide the infrastructure to conduct and communicate science.Download
Summaries from past meetings can be downloaded below:
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NPRB strives to implement a science program of the highest quality. To maintain this high quality research, NPRB has implemented procedures for reviewing proposals, avoiding conflicts of interest, reviewing final reports, and protecting confidential information. They are published in NPRB’s standard operating procedures and are revised as necessary. Prior to submitting a proposal, please review this documentation. For successful proposals, specific documentation, such as semi-annual progress reports and annual reports, may be found in NPRB's specific research program (e.g., Core Program). | <urn:uuid:ad9102f0-c316-4a6a-b619-726527db352d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nprb.org/nprb/about-us/#reports | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.918389 | 1,135 | 2.71875 | 3 |
HCS offers a variety of academic services to meet the instructional needs of our students. We take pride in maximizing available resources to best support student efforts to be successful in meeting the New York State Learning Standards and graduation requirements.
At times, students may demonstrate a need for additional support in order to meet the New York State Learning Standards. The district will provide targeted support as part of the Response to Intervention (RtI) framework, which is a district-wide system of organizing instruction and support resources to deliver high quality instruction related to literacy, numeracy and social-emotional wellness.
Overview of Academic Intervention Services (AIS)
Academic Intervention Services (AIS) is supplemental instruction and/or additional support services designed to assist students in meeting the state learning standards. Students are identified for AIS support based on multiple data points of proficiency, including state assessments and local benchmarks. A student is eligible for AIS services when a review of multiple measures indicates that additional support is needed.
Students who are identified as needing AIS to address instructional gaps will receive Academic Intervention Services (AIS). AIS provides extra student-teacher support and is designed to help students achieve the standards in core academic areas. Additionally, some students may need support services that address other factors impeding academic performance such as behavioral and attendance issues. These support services are often delivered by mental health and support specialists on our staff and may not require direct academic instruction. This may include, but is not limited to, Counseling, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Services.
AIS is provided to students with disabilities and English Language Learners (ELL) on the same basis as all other students. AIS is planned and implemented to supplement and not supplant the general education program. AIS cannot replace the special education or ELL instructional programs. Appropriate accommodations and modifications must be provided to best support student needs. The Committee on Special Education (CSE) cannot recommend AIS nor can Academic Intervention Services be indicated on a student’s Individual Education Program (IEP). | <urn:uuid:791d1838-bc2b-4670-93ac-22dc33206189> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.honeoye.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1184979&type=d&pREC_ID=2321846 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.942024 | 418 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Monthly Review June 2022
July 20, 2022
Preface – Economic Climate
The Israeli economy is an advanced economy that belongs to the OECD organization. The GDP per capita is $49,543 and the growth rate in 2021 is estimated by 8.1%. Israel is recovering from the Corona crisis that has affected the Israeli economy significantly since 2020. The deficit in July 2021 – June 2022 is negative -0.4% from the GDP, this is historically lowest deficit since 1987.
The debt-to-GDP ratio is 64.5% The unemployment rate is 3.7% but the unofficial unemployment rate is about 5.1%. The political unease and the coming election will make it difficult to pass a new budget to 2023.
Along with economic stabilization and quick growth, there has been an increase in the inflation rate is 4.4%. the Chief Economist in the Ministry of Finance predicts a similar increase next year as well.
From a monetary point of view, the Bank of Israel is dealing with the rise of the inflation. In June, the interest rate rose to 1.25% due to the rise of inflation and it is expected to rise again.
Population (June 2022): 9.529 Million
GDP per capita: $ 49,543
Inflation (June 2022):4.4% Annual Growth Rate
Current Account Balance (Q1 2022): 3.67% of GDP
Trade in Goods and Services (June 2022): $14.9 billion
US Dollar Exchange rate (June 2022): NIS 3.41
Euro Exchange rate (June 2022): NIS 3.6
Long-term interest rates (June 2022): 2.6% Per Annum
Short-term interest rates (June 2022): 0.36% Per Annum
Debt to GDP ratio: 64.5%
Deficit to GDP (July 2021 to June 2022): -0.4%
Level of Motorization (2021): 406 Vehicles/1,000 Residence
Innovation and Technology
Gross Domestic Spending on R&D (2020): 5.43% of GDP
CO2 Emissions (2018): 6.98 Tonnes Per Capita
Employment Rate (Q1 2022): 69.05% of Working Age Population
Official Unemployment Rate (May 2022): 3.74% of Labour Force
Unofficial Unemployment Rate (including non-paid absence due to Covid-19): 5.1% of Labour Force
New Cars and CV Registrations
New Passenger Car Registration: Jan-June 2022
Passenger car registration: a decrease of 27.9% compared with June 2021; Since January 2022, a decrease of 14.0% compared with Jan-June 2021.
In June 2022, the Israeli passenger car market registered 22,873 new cars. This figure represents a decrease of 27.9% compared with June 2021. Since January 2022, 158,845 new cars were registered – a decrease of 14.0% compared with the first half of 2021.
New Passenger Cars Registration According to Brands: Jan-June 2022
New CV above 3.5 ton Registration: Jan-June 2022
Commercial Vehicles above 3.5 ton registration: -14.6% compared with June 2021. Since the beginning of the year, a decrease of 7.4% in registrations.
In June 2022, the Israeli market for CV above 3.5 ton registered a decrease of 14.6% with 1,312 new registrations, compared with 1,536 units in June 2021. Since January, 8,668 units were registered – a decrease of 7.4% compared with Jan-June 2021.
New CV above 3.5 ton Registration According to Brands: Jan-June 2022
New Bus Registration According to Brands: Jan-June 2022
Israel's Auto and Auto-Tech industry
Colmobil, ICL and EMS to Collaborate in Building a Factory for Lithium Battery Recycling
Colmobil, the largest auto importer in Israel, ICL industrial products, and EMS Logistics signed a memorandum of understanding for collaborating in building the first factory in Israel for Lithium batteries recycling. The factory will provide a full solution – from collection of used batteries to the actual recycling.
City Transformer Raises 10M$ in Series A Round
City Transformer, the e-mobility start-up and developer of the electric micro-car CT-1, raised 10M$ in a series A round led by the Lubinsky group. The investment will help City Transformer ramp up its market release plans for the CT-1, with serial production expected to start in 2024. The company recently won the German Design Council innovation prize for 2022.
EV Motors and GenCell to Begin a Pilot for Installing Hybrid Off-grid Charging Stations in London
EV Motors, importer of JAC electric cars and ANKAI electric buses to Israel, and GenCell, provider of Hydrogen and Ammonia fuel-cell power solutions, will start a pilot for installation of Hybrid Off-grid charging stations for EVs in London. The two companies met with Lord Ian Austin, Representative of the Chamber Trade relations UK-Israel in Netanya and agreed to advance the pilot in collaboration with TFL (Transport for London).
Cars with Internal Combustion Engine Sales Plunge – EV and PHEV Sales Surge
According to the ministry of transportation and Calcalist newspaper, sales of gasoline and diesel cars in Israel plunged by almost 30% in the first half of 2022, while at the same time, sales of EVs and
PHEVs rose. Since January 2022, around 160,000 new cars were sold in Israel – a decrease of 14% compared with H12021. Delivery of Gasoline powered cars dropped 28% and Diesel cars by 29%. At the same time, delivery of EVs increased by 84% and PHEV sales increased by 17%.
Center for Monitoring Transportation Cyber Threats Inaugurated
A center for monitoring transportation cyber threats was inaugurated in adjacent to the airport authority cyber center. The center, that will identify cyber threats and aid in protection against them, is linked to the existing cyber centers of the Israeli railroad and transportation companies. According to the ministry of transportation, over the past 6 months, 32,000 threats against Israeli vehicles were identified, less than half of them required intervention. 30 million NIS were invested in forming the new cyber center.
AI Chipmaker Hailo Collaborates with Renesas to enable seamlessly scaling from ADAS to Automated Driving
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|Statement||by the late J. Nelson Fraser ... and the Rev. J. F. Edwards ...|
|Contributions||Edwards, J. F. b. 1875, joint author.|
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The whole idea of "virtual real estate" at first sounds like a joke about the future — what part of "real" don't they get?
But there's a growing market for property in the metaverse, and it even has some history: users could purchase land in Second Life as far back as 2003.
But the virtual real estate market has really taken off in the last year, especially after Facebook’s decision to focus on the metaverse. Real estate sales on four platforms alone — Sandbox, Decentraland, Cryptovoxels and Somnium – topped $500 million in 2021, according to MetaMetric Solutions.
The "metaverse land rush" has inspired both curiosity and skepticism. In one sense, it's easy to understand: The terms surrounding virtual real estate — parcels, plots, “real estate” itself — mimic the real world very clearly (unlike, say, the NFT marketplace for Bored Apes). But where property ownership is supported by a vast legal framework, virtual real estate is, like much of the metaverse, a wild west.
Washington is still quibbling over how to classify stablecoins and which agency gets to monitor them; the much smaller world of metaverse real estate investments — held by about 25,000 crypto wallets as of December — is barely on policymakers’ radar.
So while parcels are marketed as legitimate investments, using the terminology of one of the world's most commonly held and easily understood assets, it’s not clear how they’ll be regulated — whether securities laws will apply, what kinds of consumer disclosures will be required, or what the tax implications of metaverse property ownership are.
We sat down with Janine Yorio, the CEO of Everyrealm, one of the largest metaverse real estate investor-developers.
Let’s start with the basics. What is the point of virtual real estate?
There’s two components to real estate. There's the dirt, the land, and then there are the improvements on top of it, the buildings. Same in the metaverse: There's the dirt, which are the digital parcels upon which you can build things — content, video games, digital twins of architectural structures. When you buy metaverse real estate you're buying the dirt and the ability to put something on top of that — things that are wildly variable and limited really only by human ingenuity, because there's no physics in the metaverse, there are no unions in the metaverse, construction materials cost the same.
The legal and social framework around owning property has been around for centuries, and there are real-world constraints that help shape value. In a world where you're limited only by human ingenuity, how do you have any kind of sense of the stability of the investment?
I don't think it's a stable investment. It's highly risky and highly volatile — it’s buying a piece of a video game, and in most cases, that video game hasn't even launched yet. It's built on crypto, which is an industry that's notoriously volatile. It’s a venture capital-style investment where you're taking very early-stage company risks in addition to this asset class being very nascent. But there's precedent for it working and for real estate to become valuable. And the price point is still low enough that a mainstream audience can participate: The average cost of a metaverse real estate parcel, depending on the platform, is around $500 to $5,000.
Who's buying these parcels?
Back in December, we found that there were 25,000 crypto wallets worldwide that held metaverse real estate. Speculators might have multiple wallets, so it’s probably fewer than 25,000 individuals.
What do people use their purchases for?
Right now, there are a lot of these platforms that are still being designed. People are speculating. Most of the platforms will fail, but a few of them will achieve massive mainstream adoption and hundreds of millions of users. And once you get to millions of users, then having prominent placement in a platform that achieves scale and traction will be valuable.
So for example, the TV show "The Walking Dead," they have a huge assemblage of metaverse real estate and they're building a Walking Dead space that's part video game, part brand activation. There's a casino that's not branded at all but it's designed to make money, the same way a real-world casino would. You have Snoop Dogg, who’s trying to make money and build his brand and I think take his career in a new direction.
I saw that someone spent $450,000 to purchase the plot next to Snoop Dogg’s. Are we going to have a situation where there are virtual Times Squares that sort of pop up organically?
Probably. If the metaverse platform is successful and there's a place where people tend to gather after the casino, then being adjacent to that casino is theoretically worth more. But that's a hypothesis — it hasn't really been proven out. The other caveat to that is in the metaverse you can usually teleport, so proximity is kind of a real-world concept that is only loosely applicable to the metaverse.
How does an investor know that a coder doesn't just add more land?
That’s something that the blockchain is really good at — it’s basically like a publicly visible spreadsheet, a ledger that shows existence and ownership. Also in most of these situations, the largest landowner in the individual metaverse is the developer, so yes, they can make more land, but then it would erode the value of the Treasury that they hold.
Is this something investors want more guardrails around? Or is it a market where everyone wants Washington to stay away?
The aspect of metaverse that tends to attract the most publicity is the sale of metaverse real estate in the form of NFTs. To that end, there is already plenty of discourse in Washington around regulating NFT sales. Clarity and transparency is always beneficial to any industry, and this is no exception.
If the metaverse is really going to be an always-on, perpetually evolving virtual world connected by millions of audiovisual devices across the world, it’s going to need some serious networking firepower.
At an event hosted by the Economic Club in Washington yesterday, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert asserted that just as 4G technology enabled devices like the iPhone, the 5G spectrum might be seen one day as part of the foundational toolbox that enabled the birth of the metaverse.
“There are tens of billions of dollars going into the metaverse, and whether this will be 3D TVs or the future of how we live our lives is still up for grabs, but I think it’ll be somewhere in between,” Sievert said.
“Augmented reality is about transmitting massive amounts of data across a mobile network, and then returning you an experience that improves your life somehow … it requires low latency and massive connectivity combined with hardware and software innovation, which is what you saw with 4G.”
Companies like Epic Games that have built the most successful currently existing metaverse-like spaces (“Fortnite”) have developed latency workarounds including graphical and computing fixes, from companies like Nvidia. To deliver such an experience at the scale envisioned for the metaverse, it’s going to take both that kind of tinkering around the edges and the fundamental leap in networking power envisioned by Sievert. — Derek Robertson
The crypto mining boom that created a new class of millionaires — and sucked up enough energy to spark a big environmental backlash — might be coming to an end, as POLITICO’s Sam Sutton reports for Pro subscribers today.
The culprit: The crypto market’s well-documented slump, combined with the rising interest and energy rates that have sapped the strength of the rest of the economy. Suddenly, crypto miners who overleveraged themselves to invest in massive computing rigs are facing some serious debt with little output to show for it.
“It feels almost like Murphy’s law has come into play for a lot of Bitcoin miners over the last few months,” Charlie Schumacher, vice president of communications at the mining firm Marathon Digital, told Sam this week in POLITICO’s Long Game newsletter.
The slump threatens a common argument in favor of mining: that it can incentivize renewable energy innovation to meet its power requirements.“We’re all interested in moving in that direction,” Schumacher told Sam. “But you have to make sure you survive first.” — Derek Robertson
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The Origin and Ongoing Evolution of COVID-19
I will outline our current understanding of the key events in the origin and emergence of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) at the end of 2019. Major topics of discussion will be possible zoonotic reservoirs for SARS-CoV-2, the diversity of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses in bats and other mammals, the signatures of origin written into genome sequences, and the possible role played by the Huanan market in Wuhan in the initial animal-to-human cross-species transmission event. I will show that there is increasing evidence that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 strongly resembles of that of SARS-CoV some 17 years earlier. I will also address whether it is possible that SARS-CoV-2 emerged as a result of ‘lab leak’ from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and show that there is currently no scientifically robust evidence in support of that theory. I will also briefly consider possible scenarios for the future evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and conclude by considering the steps that can be taken to stop such a catastrophic pandemic event ever happening again.
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Botanicals come in all shapes and sizes. In most cases, even hemp is considered to be a botanical substance, but it might not be defined as a botanical for regulatory purposes. Find out why hemp products like CBD are often considered botanical extracts, and learn more about hemp’s official classifications.
Is hemp a botanical?
Hemp fits the general definition of a botanical as a plant-derived substance widely believed to have medicinal or therapeutic benefits. The various components of the hemp plant have widely differing regulatory statuses, however, and claiming that hemp has botanical properties could imply that it offers medicinal benefits.
The fact remains that the hemp plant and most types of hemp extracts are plant-based substances that have not been chemically altered, so most consumers would consider hemp to be botanical in nature. Hemp producers just need to be careful when classifying their products for official purposes.
What part of the plant is CBD made from?
CBD is most concentrated in the flowers of the hemp plant, so the vast majority of CBD on the market today is derived from hemp flower. The CBD extraction process involves removing the flowers from the plant and exposing them to a solvent, which separates cannabinoids and other desirable substances from unusable compounds.
What is CBD classified as?
Due to the 2018 Farm Bill, CBD is generally classified as an industrial hemp substance, a special regulatory category created to legitimize the growing CBD industry. From a regulatory perspective, therefore, CBD is not strictly a botanical even if it fits all the requirements of this term’s layman definition. The important part, however, is that CBD is usually not considered a Schedule I illicit drug.
Is CBD considered a pharmaceutical?
CBD is not usually considered to be a pharmaceutical from a regulatory perspective. Currently, the lone exception is Epidiolex, a prescription drug produced by GW Pharmaceuticals that is FDA-approved for certain forms of epilepsy. Even though the sole ingredient in Epidiolex is CBD extract, it is the only CBD product yet to be approved as a prescription drug.
Is CBD a phytochemical?
CBD is generally considered to be a phytochemical since it is a chemical substance derived from a plant. Unlike terms that are sometimes used for regulatory purposes like “botanical,” the term “phytochemical” is almost always used to simply designate a class of substances, not indicate their regulatory status.
What is botanical hemp extract?
The term “botanical hemp extract” can be used to refer to any extract derived from the hemp plant. It usually refers specifically, however, to cannabinoid-rich hemp oil, which is the main valuable extract of cannabis plants legally defined as hemp.
Is CBD considered a botanical extract?
Since it is an extract derived from a botanical source, CBD can generally be considered to be a botanical extract. It is not necessarily a botanical drug, however, which refers to a strictly regulated class of plant-derived substances the FDA has recognized as showing medical potential.
Is CBG a botanical?
Cannabigerol (CBG) extract can be considered a botanical in the general sense of the term. It is, after all, a derivative of the hemp plant, and CBG is not usually altered in any way when it is added to products. Again, however, it’s important to know the differences between substances that are considered botanical simply because they are unaltered and extracted from plants and substances that are called botanical because the FDA has designed them as botanical drugs.
Is CBN a botanical?
The cannabinoid cannabinol (CBN) would generally be considered a botanical substance, but certain caveats apply. Some definitions, however, would only consider a substance to be botanical if it is not altered in any way. Since natural concentrations of CBN are so low in hemp flower, however, this cannabinoid is usually converted from CBD.
The CBD-to-CBN conversion process does not involve the addition or subtraction of any chemical components — the composition of the molecule is simply rearranged. Still, purists might not consider CBN extract to be a botanical substance in the strictest sense of the term.
Is delta 8 a botanical?
Since it is derived wholly from a plant without any components added or removed, the THC analogue delta 8 would usually be considered a botanical substance. Like CBN, however, delta 8 is derived via chemical reconfiguration since it is not present in hemp flower in usable quantities.
No expert, though, would consider delta 8 to be a strictly synthetic substance either since it doesn’t contain any man-made components. Delta 8’s converted origins generally only matter from a regulatory perspective — from a layman’s point of view, it’s perfectly accurate to call delta 8 a botanical.
Is CBD a botanical? The bottom line
Once we venture into the weeds of regulatory phrasing, the basic definition of CBD as a botanical substance can become obscured. Yes, CBD is a botanical — it’s an unaltered derivative of a plant. Is CBD just a botanical, though? Absolutely not.
This cannabinoid, along with most other cannabinoids that aren’t delta 9 THC, occupy a unique regulatory space due to their historical similarities to illegal drugs. Even though CBD is no longer considered to be an illicit substance, the regulatory context in which it resides is directly derived from archaic drug laws.
As a result, it’s very unlikely that CBD will ever be considered a conventional botanical drug. The federal legal status of cannabis is always evolving, and the government’s stance on CBD will evolve along with it. In the meantime, it’s perfectly fine to accept the simplest answer to this question: CBD is plant-derived, so it’s a botanical.
Botanical CBD FAQ
There’s still more to learn when it comes to botanicals and CBD’s status within both official and layman definitions of this category of substances. Expand your knowhow with this question-and-answer section:
1. What is the difference between CBD oil and CBD extract?
In many cases, the terms “CBD oil” and “CBD extract” are used interchangeably. CBD oil most commonly refers, however, to tincture products that consist of CBD extract combined with carriers and other ingredients. People usually use “CBD extract,” on the other hand, to refer to pure extracts of hemp flower that contain high concentrations of cannabidiol. There are a few different types of hemp extract, but they’re all alike in that they contain high concentrations of cannabidiol and are generally difficult to use when not paired with other ingredients.
2. Can CBD come from other plants?
No, CBD is only found in cannabis and hemp — that’s why it’s called a cannabinoid, which is just a fancy word for “cannabis-derived substance.” Certain substances found in other plants, however, almost exactly mimic the chemical structure or effects of CBD.
Due to the fact that they mimic cannabis, these substances are called cannabimimetic, and some scientists believe that cannabimimetic compounds can sometimes be used in lieu of genuine, cannabis-derived cannabinoids. Terpenes are excellent examples of cannabimimetic substances that are found both in cannabis and in a wide abundance of other plants.
3. What does the FDA say about CBD oil?
While the FDA continually updates its explainer page pertaining to CBD, this agency has not made any major alterations to its CBD guidelines since the flurry of rules that emerged in the wake of the 2018 Farm Bill. Generally speaking, the FDA concurs with Congress that CBD products are considered industrial hemp substances as long as they contain less than 0.3% delta 9 THC.
The FDA continues to issue warnings and fines to CBD companies that violate the rules it has established around this cannabinoid, and official FDA documents indicate that the agency is very interested in moving CBD regulation speedily along. We’ll just have to wait and see, however, when this regulatory agency finally makes moves to fully legitimize CBD commerce in the United States.
4. Is hemp CBD effective?
Most users report that hemp-derived CBD is just as effective as CBD derived from cannabis. From a chemical perspective, there’s no reason that the effectiveness of CBD should change depending on where it’s derived from. What’s much more important is the presence of minor cannabinoids and terpenes, which contribute to the entourage effect and make CBD products more effective.
5. Is hemp the male plant?
No, contrary to popular belief, hemp is not the “male plant” and marijuana is not the “female plant” of the cannabis species. Both hemp cannabinoids and delta 9 THC are, in fact, derived from female plants — some hemp cultivars (marijuana) have simply been bred to be high in THC, and others (hemp) have been bred to keep THC at a minimum. Only female cannabis plants produce buds, which are the only parts of the plant that bear significant concentrations of cannabinoids. | <urn:uuid:2c5f0c60-7134-476a-a876-203c5432d029> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://secretnaturecbd.com/blogs/cbd/is-cbd-a-botanical | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.951411 | 1,923 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Money Isn’t For Materials or Experiences
The materialistic aspects, habits, and ways of thinking that have been ingrained in our society, well, it’s all convenient and fun, but it’s not the true purpose of our monetary resources. It’s also a meaningless and empty pursuit.
The cars, homes, tech gadgets, fashion, luxury services, and even the extravagant experiences are memorable, fun, and easy to invest our money in, but the true purpose of money is to create enough freedom in our lives to focus on our purpose, take care of our loved ones, and give back to society in whatever way touches our heart (which often comes through our purpose).
Minimalism Keeps Things In Perspective
I consider myself a hybrid minimalist because I definitely have stuff in my home, and my residence is not entirely bare. However, to the average person, I probably have very little, and this is because I learned very early in life that things and materials never can bring happiness.
Moreover, they can weigh you down and keep you in places you rather not be. The hassle of collecting stuff affects not only your physical space but also your mental clarity. The less you carry, the more you can embrace your most fulfilling life. When you’re not focused on things and accumulation, you can invest more time and energy into what truly matters…
Giving Is The Secret
Believe it or not, giving is the best way to build long-term wealth. The reason is that the universe always finds a way to reciprocate to givers. It always comes back multiple times over.
Who Are You With Wealth?
When you’re broke or in need, you may not be spending most of your time thinking about the well-being of others; I mean, you might if you’re a unicorn, but most people's thoughts during these times are selfish in nature. But as your situation improves…
Riches reveal who a person is. As you gain more income, resources, and opportunities, are you sharing and spreading your wealth, or are you stuck in a stingy mindset?
The Best Way To Build Wealth Is…
Implement this 1 habit & change the game for your money
What is the best way to build wealth? Through generosity. Every step I took to increase my income, my generosity increased. Always. Was it always easy and convenient? No. Giving is not supposed to be convenient, but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Better to learn to give when you have less than when you have more.
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Flashcards in Renal structure and function 3 Deck (100)
How does increased extracellular pCO2 affect renal hydrogen extretion?
- Tubular cells respond directly
- Respiratory acidosis
- Increase rate of H+ secretion
How does a loss in ECF affect renal hydrogen excretion?
- Stimulates sodium reabsorption, increases H+ secretion, increases HCO3- reabsorption
- Increase angiotensin II, directly stimulate activity of Na+/H+ exchange
- Increase aldosterone levels, stimulate H+ secretion by cortical collecting tubules
- Alkalosis due to excess H+ secretion and HC)3- reabsorption
Explain the effect of hypokalaemia on renal hydrogen excretion
- Stimulates H+ secretion in proximal tubule
- Increased H+ concentration in renal tubular cells
- Increasig H+ secretion and HCO3- reabsorption
- Tends to cause alkalosis
Explain the effect of hyperkalaemia on renal hydrogen excretion
- Inhibitis H+ secretion in proximal tubule
- Decreases H+ secretion and HCO3- reabsorption and tends to cause acidosis
Explain the effect of hypochloraemia on renal hydrogen excretion
- Secretion and HCO3- reabsorption
- Na+ must be absorbed in exchange for H+ and K+ secretion
- Paradoxical aciduria
Explain how lungs and kidney work together to control plasma pH
- Lungs open system, release CO2 to atmostphere
- CO2 rises, drop in pH, raise H+, increase resp to remove more CO2 and bring back to normal
- In kidney: excretion of NH4+ to remove H+ ions, reabsorption of HCO3-
- Degree of this controlled by pH
What may be an effect of dehydration?
- High urine creatinine, urea and albumin
- Also reduced flow rate through nephrons
What is renal insufficiency?
Renal function impairment not severe enough to cause azotaemia, but sufficient to cause loss of renal reserve. May have reduced ability to compensate for dehydration
- Urine concentrating ability may be diminished
Define renal disease
Damage or functional impairment of the kidneys. Can var yin severity from very mild, to severe enough to cause uraemia
Define renal failure
Renal functional impairment sufficient to cause azotaemia. Urine concentrating ability usually impaired.
How can diet be modified to limit progression of renal failure?
- Low protein diet (reduces production and thus build up of urea)
- Low sodium diet
- Low phosphorous diet
How does renal failure cause high blood pressure?
- Decreased perfusion of kidney (likely due to initial damage from hypertension)
- Increases release of renin
- Activates angiotensin II = constriction of blood vessels
Why is a low phosphorous diet important in renal disease?
- Can lead to secondary renal hyperparathyroidism
- Calcification of body tissues in high phos (block up nephrons)
How is anaemia caused in renal disease?
- Erythropoeitin produced in kidney
- Damaged kidney produces less EPO
What is azotaemia?
The build up of creatinine and urea in the blood (nitrogen compounds)
Outline the ocular manifestations of hypertension in the cat
- High BP leads to thickening of walls of blood vessles to retina, restricts blood flow and leads to retina detaching
Outline appropriate therapy for cats with hypertension
- Low protein, sodium adn phosphorous diet
- ACE inhibitors, vasodilators (to reduce BP)
- Fluids not useful as unable to concentrate urine
- Exogenous EPO to manage anaemia
What is the function of intracellular potassium?
- Maintaining intracellular volume
- Cell growth (needed for enzyme function)
Why is potassium regulation important?
- Cellular depolarisation
- Threshold potential (point at which sodium influx exceeds potassium efflux)
- Heart most affected when K goes wrong
What is the effect of hyperkalaemia on cells?
- Makes cells hyperexcitable (increased K opens some voltage gated Na channels, charge closer to AP threshold)
- Slow repolarisation
What may cause hypokalaemia?
- Decreased intake
- Translocation from ECF to ICF
- Increased loss (Gi, urinary, drugs, mineralocorticoid xs)
What may cause hyperkalaemia?
- Pseudohyperkalaemia (poor blood sampling technique leading to haemolysis)
- Increaed intake
- Translocation ICF to ECF (insulin defic, tumour lysis syndrome, acidosis etc)
- Decreased urinary excretion (renal failure, rupture, obstruction, Addison's)
Describe Addison's disease
- Low aldosterone = low Na, high K
- Weakness, lethargy, collapse
- Severe bradycardia
What are the main points for treating Addison's disease?
- Glucose infusion (or insulin) if bradycardic
What are the main sources of potassium?
- Gastrointestinal (passive diffusion in small intestine, active transport in colon)
- Cellular breakdown (haemolysis, tissue damage)
What is teh primary control of K+ and why?
- Most is intracellular
Why is the control of flux between intra/extracellular compartments important?
- Can serve asrapid source of more K+ (in cases of hypokalaemia)
- Or as overflow site (in cases of hyperkalaemia)
How is uptake of K+ into liver and muscle promoted?
- Hormones (insulin and adrenaline, affect beta 2Rc)
- Increase activity of Na+/K+ ATPase
Briefly describe renal control of plasma potassium concentrations
- K+ freely filtered at glomerulus
- 70% proximal tubule (cellular and paracellular, mainly passive)
- 10-20% in AL of LoH
- Net reabsorption or secretion in dista nephron
How is potassium reabsorbed in the early proximal tubule?
- No active transport
- With water by solvent drag
- Transepithelial potential difference is lumen negative
How is potassium reasborbed later in the proximal tubule?
- Transepithelial potential difference becomes lumen positive
- K+ reabsorbed by transcellular route
- K channel in luminal and basolateral membrane
- K/Cl cotrasnproter in basolateral membrane
How is potassium reabsorbed in the thick ascending loop of Henle?
- Transepithelial potential difference strongly lumen positive
- Most K+ reabsorption by transcellular route
- K+ channels in luminal membrane for paracellular
- Transcellular route is lumina NaK2Cl cotransporter, K channels, K/Cl cotransporter in basolateral membrane
Describe ion (Na, Cl, K) movements in the distal convoluted tubule
- Na/Cl cotransporter (thiazine sensitive)
- K/Cl transporter
- Secretion of K, reabsorption of Na, Cl recycled across luminal membrane
- Basolateral Na/K ATPase maintains low intracellular Na and high intracellular K (facilitating secretion of K+)
Describe the movement of ions in the connecting tubule and collecting duct
- K secretion (Na/K ATPase)
- High intracellular K to facilitate K secretion down gradient
Describe the role of the principle cells in potassium secretion
- Found in connecting tubule
- Electrogenic Na channel
- Makes transepithelial potential difference negative
- Promote secretion of K through luminal K channels
What are the 2 types of intercalated cells and where are they found?
- Distal nephron
- Alpha: collecting duct, cortical collecting duct, outer medullar collecting duct
- Beta: only in cortical collecting duct
How do the alpha-intercalated cells carry out their function?
- H+ ATPase, K-ATPase, Cl/HC)3- counter transporter
- CL and K channels in basolateral membrane
How do the beta-intercalated cells carry out their function?
Secrete HCO3- ions as their polarity is reversed
Where in the nephron is potassium reabsorbed?
- Proximal tubule
- Thick ascending loop of Henle
- Inner and outer medullar collecting duct (even though TEPD is negative)
Where in the nephron is potassium secreted?
- Distal convoluted tubule
- Connecting tubule
- Collecting duct
List the factors that influence renal potassium excretion
Explain how sodium influences renal potassium excretion
- High sodium leads to increased K+ excretion
- Increased Na+ into cells causes increased Na+/K+ ATPase to pump Na+ into peri-tubular renal interstitium
- Increased cellular uptake of K+, K+ moves down electrochemical gradient into nephron
Explain how potassium influences renal potassium excretion
- High K+ = more K+ excretion
- INcreased aldosterone, increased activity of Na/K ATPase, increased secreton of K+ by tubular cells
What is the effect of hydrogen on potassium excretion?
- High H+ (acidosis) decreases K+ excretion
- Low H+ (alkalosis) increased K+ excretion
What is the role of aldosterone in potassium regulation?
Increases potassium excretion
Describe the mechanism by which aldosterone regulates potassium
- Binds to cytoplasmic receptors in principle cells of DT
- Synthesis of proteins for apical Na+ channel and Na+/K+ ATPase
- Membrane permeability increased, sodium pump activity increased, NaCl cotransporter increased, ENaC increased
- K+ secretion is result
In what endocrine condition can potassim rise to dangerously high levels due to lack of aldosterone?
What stimulates secretion of aldosterone?
- Angiotensin II (RAAS)
What inhibits secretion of aldosterone?
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)
Under what circumstances is ANP released?
- Sodium and or water loading
- Inhibits aldosterone secretion (which would act to retain sodium as well as secrete potassium)
How is the regulation of potassium and hydrogen linked?
- Alkalaemia stimulates increased uptake K+ into cells (ECF to ICF)
- Acidosis: K+ from ICF to ECF
- K+ exchanged for H+ i.e. in hypokalaemia K+ to ECF, H+ to ICF, increased H+ secretion = alkalosis
What stimualtes uptake of K+ into cells?
- beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation
What causes movement of K+ out of cells?
- Insulin deficiency
- Aldosterone deficiency
- beta-adrenergic blockage
- Cell lysis
- Increased ECF osmolarity
Explain how increased tubular flow rate can reduce K+ excretion
- Volume expansion, high sodium and diuretic increase tubular flow rate and K secretion
- Tubular K increases, reduces gradient for diffusion across luminal membrane
- Therefore flushed down tubule
- Helps preserve normal K excretion during high sodium intake
- decreases aldosterone, decreasing K excretion
What are the 3 main pathways by which nitrogenous waste can be excreted
- The urea cycle
- The uric acid pathway
- As ammonia
Describe the removal of nitrogenous waste as ammonia
- Binds to hydrogen to give ammonia
- Excreted directly by some animals e.g. fish
- Need lots of water
Which animals use ammonia for removal of nitrogenous waste?
Which animals use the uric acid pathway for removal of nitrogenous waste?
Which animals use the urea cycle for removal of nitrgenous waste?
Rank the nitrogenous waste removal pathways by the amount of water needed for excretion (high to low)
- Ammonia: most water
- Urea: middle amount
- Uric acid: least water
Rank the nitrogenous waste removal pathways by the amount of energy needed for excretion (high to low)
- Uric acid (most energy required)
- Urea (medium)
- Ammonia (low amount of energy
Describe the excretion of urea (or uric acid) by the kidney
- Urea produced in liver, via plasma to kidney
- Freely filtered through glomerulus
- In edullary collecting duct some urea reabsorbed into interstitium
- Into vasa recta
- Back to lumen of LoH for excretion
Describe the process of urea recycling
- Urea transported into interstitium in medullary collectin gduct
- Urea enters vasa recta at distal end of hairpin loop of LoH
- Passes near descending limb of nearby nephrons
- Urea transporters return urea to lumen for excretion
- Small amount enters systemic circulation
What is the function of urea recycling?
Enables urea to be excreted, but also to contribute to hypertonicity at bottom of LoH
- Contributes to ~50% of medullary concentration gradient
What will increase urea?
- Decreased GFR
- Increased nitrogen intake
- Poor blood flow
How does a decreased GFR increase blood urea?
- Slower filtration
- Increased urea reabsorption
How does poor blood flow lead to increased blood urea?
- Less put back into descending loop from vasa recta
- More in blood
What may cause a decreased GFR?
- Poor renal perfusio (deydration, hypovolaemia, decreased cardiac out put)
- Too few function nephrons
- Urinary tract obstruction/rupture
- I.e. pre-renal, renal, post-renal
Why can urea be used as a marker of renal function?
- More affected by poor perfusion than creatinine
- Due to slow flow rate
- Creatinine unchanged through tube, urea reabsorbed fom collecting duct (so high urea means low reabsorption)
- Slow flow rate leads to less in urine
- Early sign of kidney disease
What are the limitations of using urea as an indicator of renal clearance in horses?
- Colonic secretion of urea
- Metabolised by GI bacteria
- Use nitrgoen to make proteins and energy
- Product of this is ammonia
- Taken up into portal circulation where it is turned into urea again
- i.e. is constantly cycled round
What are the limitations of using urea as an indicator of renal clearance in birds?
- Mostly use uric acid for nitrogen excretion
- Low urea in blood
- Urea reabsorption at low flow rates very high
What are the limitations of using urea as an indicator of renal clearance in reptiles
- Do not synthesise urea
- uric acid secreted by proximal convoluted tubule and affected by post-prandial (high protein food leads to increase), pre-renal (dehydration leads to increase), renal and body temperature
What happens to the urine that is produced during hibernation?
- Almost all ultrafiltrate reabsorbed
- Able to reabsorb urine from bladder
- Do not develop azotaemia
Describe protein metabolism during hibernation
- Protein turnover continues at low level
- Protein synthesis maintained
- Protein degradation reduced
- I.e. high synthesis and low degradation = conservation of limited supply
Describe urea recycling in bears
- AA degradation leads to production of ammonium (but little taking place)
- In bears, urease expressing gut bacteria hydrolyse urea to free N which is used to form new AAs to maintain muscle mass
Explain how urea recylcing is linked to the generation of fatty intermediates in hibernation
- To reincorporate N into body protein need some carbon
- Non-protein source of carbon is glycerol
- Lipolysis -> glycerol -> TCA cycle -> pyruvate -> alanine
- Also produces water
Production of abnormally small amounts of urine
Why is the tonicity of urine in chronic renal disease and why?
- Lost ability to modify (reabsorb or secrete) the ultrafiltrate
What is the effect of renal failure on urine volume?
- Inability to retain water thus dehydration and increased thirst, furthering increased urination
List the laboratory methods used to assess renal function and identify renal failure
- Renal clearnace
- Creatinine/urea clearance
- Electrolyte/fractional clearance
- Acid-base balance
How can glomerular function be assessed in the laboratory?
- Look for protein in urine (although can be caused by things at all levls of urinary tract)
- Protein:creatinine ratio
Why is protein:creatinnie ratio used rather than protein alone to assess glomerular function?
- Protein can come from all levels of UT (inflammation)
- Creatinine should be excreted in consistent way and should match creatinine production
- By comparing can quantify importance of protein in urine
What can be used to assess renal tubular function?
- Electrolyte/fractional clearance
- Acid-base balance
- Assessment for presence of casts
What is the function of the proximal tubule and how does it carry out this function?
- Regulates pH of filtrate (exchanges H+ in interstitium for HCO3- in filtrate)
- Secretion of organic acids
- Reabsorption to peritubular capillaries
- Na/K ATPase in basolateral memrbane driving reabsorption
What is renal fractional clearance?
- the ratio of electrolyte clearance to creatine clearance
- I.e. the volume of plasma that would have been cleared of the substance to give the amount of that substance found in the urine in the given time period
What is suggested by low fractional electrolyte clearance?
- Net conservation
- More reabsorption than secretion
- e.g. volume depletion, sodium retained, FC of sodium very low (less is being cleared)
What would be expected of the fractional clearance in renal damage?
- High FC
- Reabsorption has been decreased, more secretion
- Except phosphate, poorly secreted in damaged situation
How can urinalysis be used to asses renal tubular function?
- Urea and creatinine
- Assess pH, protein, glucose
What is likely to happen to urea:creatinine in renal damage?
- Reduction in ability to reabsorb urea
What is likely to happen to USG in chronic renal failure?
- Isosthenuric urine
- Loss of concentrating ability
What is the significance of the presence of casts in urinalysis?
- Should be non in urine
- Formed in lumen of tubules
- Suggestive of disease/damage
- Cahnge in type according to duration of urine in tubule
- Caused by slow flow
What are the different types of casts that may be seen in urinalysis?
What is likely to be seen on haematology in renal damage?
- Chronic renal disease leads to loss of renal tissue, reduced EPO
- EPO deficiency
- Non-regenerative anaemia
Under what conditions is the clearance equal to GFR?
- If teh substance is filtered, not reabsorbed and not secreted
- e.g. creatinine
Experimentally, GFR can be measured using the clearance of what?
- Plasma clearance markers
What may lead to low creatinine levels?
Low muscle mass, not as much production of creatinine possible
What (other than renal causes) may lead to high urea levels?
- High protein in diet
- Haemorrhage (leading to high protein in gut from blood digestion)
What different types of renal damage are there?
- Glomerular (affecting filtration)
- Tubular (affecting secretion and reabsorption)
- Interstitial (affecting concentrating ability)
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Each year, two Ospreys known as Charlie and Charlotte nest near the Owl Research Institute in Montana. A webcam of their nest gives people an intimate glimpse into their lives. In 2021, Charlie brought some baling twine into their nest. Baling twine is a plastic string used to bind hay and
In this BirdNoir mystery, the private eye fields a call from a woman who says a large bird that looks like a Bald Eagle stole a Rainbow Trout from her pond. Through a process of elimination, the detective is able to rule out a few likely suspects and arrive at the probable answer. When you
Biologist Erick Greene has been taking blood samples from Osprey chicks in northwest Montana for years. Ospreys eat fish, so toxins in the water become concentrated in their bodies. Their blood offers a window into how pollution moves through the food chain. Finding high mercury levels in
Ospreys are remarkable nest builders. Many reuse their massive stick nests from the previous year, but continue tinkering with it once the nesting season begins. And the nest transforms along with the growing chicks. It’s bowl-shaped at first, corralling the young birds, but it gets
This Osprey looks similar to other birds of prey. But the species is truly unique among raptors. For example, the Osprey is the only raptor with oily feathers. And the Osprey’s long, slender, arched wings help it clear the water as it takes flight after catching a fish. The Osprey we see
When humans ride a skateboard or snowboard or surf a wave, most prefer the same foot forward every time. A new study finds that Ospreys, too, often exhibit a favorite foot forward in flight. Today's show brought to you by the Bobolink Foundation.
In many birds, plumage is often the easiest way to tell males from females. But in raptors, size is often the best indicator of sex. In many bird and mammal species, males are larger than females. But in birds of prey, including Ospreys, hawks, falcons and eagles, the rule is reversed. It
Consider three species of raptors: the Barn Owl, Peregrine Falcon, and Osprey. They’re on every continent except Antarctica. Each has a specialized hunting prowess distinct from the other. They can fly great distances. And like many birds of prey, they mate for life. The Barn Owl, pictured
Ospreys may log more than 160,000 air miles over a lifetime. One female Osprey in Massachusetts, which researchers tagged in 2008 and named Penelope, headed south in early September, later reaching the Bahamas. After pausing in the Dominican Republic, she traveled to the Island of Birds
While small birds gather feathers and fuzz, an Osprey adds material to its showy nest, high on a tree with a broken top - or maybe on a tower. Take branches three feet long; add sticks, bark, and mats of algae; throw in some flotsam and jetsam, and you have an Osprey's nest. It's
Ospreys nest near water in a tall tree or on a tower, where they're exposed to the elements, including direct sunlight which can sometimes produce scorching temperatures. At other times, they're pounded by rain, as they protect their young. When the storm's over, it's back to feeding those
Lester Franklin is a student in coastal Maryland. He's also a writer and a coastal steward, working to encourage people of color to get involved with birds, conservation, and the environment. For Lester, becoming more aware of nature was a step-by-step process that started with peaceful
Ospreys, common along the rivers of Pennsylvania, stopped nesting there in the 1950s, due to the effects of DDT. But in 1980, Larry Rymon, a professor of biology, began to restore Ospreys to Pennsylvania. Larry says: "Osprey have been a part of this planet's wildlife for 17 million years
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Discrimination against children and young people in residential care can be individual, societal or institutional.
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Types of IP Address
In the realm of the Internet, any place the thing is associated and can be shared in no time, you want to remain safeguarded from undesirable consideration. Yet, while protecting yourself, you additionally should be associated with the Internet, and how might you get it done? Indeed, the response is basic with the assistance of an IP address. In its embodiment, an IP address is only an identifier that makes it workable for the data to be sent from one gadget to the next through a network. An IP address accompanies the data regarding your area. It is additionally a method for separating between the number of computers utilizing the Internet to find them when required.
With the assistance of an IP address, government, or if anybody can find a client who is utilizing the Internet. Yet, it isn’t difficult to get your hands on somebody’s IP address. This makes the Internet secure and, simultaneously, a protected spot to trade data and thoughts.
Today we will find out with regards to IP addresses and their various types. Besides, we will likewise be responding to the subject of which type of IP address you ought to get in light of your different requirements. So we should go on.
What is an IP Address?
So what is an IP address? How about we start with the fundamentals here. ‘IP’ in IP address is the abridged type of ‘Internet Protocol’. With the assistance of an IP address, a network will recognize the equipment gadgets. With the utilization of an IP address, the proprietor of a gadget can send information from his framework to the next utilizing various types of networks like nearby networks or the Internet.
Every IP address has a series of numbers that we don’t comprehend. This series of numbers is isolated by periods. Additionally, there are four numbers, and every one of them goes from 0 to 255. Each site that is available on the Internet has its IP address; for instance, the IP address of Google is 8.8. 8.8. 8.8. 4.4. At this moment, we have billions of dynamic gadgets which are associated with the Internet. Thus, we are running out of interesting IP addresses, and soon we should move onto the following variant of IP addresses which is IPv6. We will just clarify the contrast somewhere in the range of IPv4 and IPv6 in the approaching segments of this article.
Different Types of IP Address
1. Private IP Address
From the brilliant TV, you have at home to the savvy refrigerator, even your smartwatch has a novel IP address. However, what makes these IP addresses not quite the same as others is that they won’t change over the long run. When the switch gives the IP address, it can’t be changed naturally.
2. Public IP Address
A public IP address is the one that turns into your Internet protocol address. Likewise, this IP address gets scrambled by a few techniques to keep your gadget’s area protected and stowed away from undesirable people that are available on the web. At the point when you can Google for “What is my IP Address?” This is the IP address you receive consequently. Certain individuals like to call it the outer IP address of their gadgets. This is similar to your postal address or place of residence, as examined prior.
3. Dynamic IP Address
The powerful IP addresses are the ones you get when you call the Internet Service Provider and request that they furnish you with their Internet administration. ISPs purchase a gigantic pool of IP addresses, and afterwards, they allot them consequently to their clients. Whenever you are utilizing it intermittently, they will re-relegate new IP addresses to your switch and take in the pool’s more established IP addresses. So it tends to be involved by different clients too. The fundamental justification behind this is to bring down the expense of creating another IP address at whatever point another device is associated with the Internet utilizing their administrations.
4. Static IP Address
Whenever we contrast static IP address with dynamic IP address, we see that it is the direct inverse of what dynamic IP address was. In a static IP address, you get a solitary IP from your ISP, and afterwards, that specific IP will be your IP for the remainder of the time till you change your ISP or call your ISP to transform it. In any case, there is no chance of changing the static IP address. This type of IP address is incredible for organizations and Server Farms. Be that as it may, most organizations don’t require a static IP address, yet when you have a server all alone, then, at that point, it turns into a need. Additionally, one of the critical contrasts between static and dynamic IP addresses is that you want to pay some extra to get your hands on the static IP address.
So these were the various types of IP addresses that you can ask from your facilitating and ISP supplier. There is not a major distinction in their work. All things considered, it is smarter to know than to figure. We want to believe that you currently completely comprehend the various types of IP addresses, and every one of your questions is cleared. In any case, to ask, if it’s not too much trouble, go ahead and add it in the remarks area, and we will respond to it for you. Cheerful web surfing! | <urn:uuid:06c4ea92-ac6d-4b7a-b067-41c521d32ca2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cloudytechi.medium.com/types-of-ip-address-73e83361ba3d?source=post_internal_links---------1---------------------------- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956704 | 1,104 | 2.5 | 2 |
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