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Cheatgrass first spread in the western United States in the 1800s, carried by settlers and in contaminated seed and straw. The spiky, drooping, almost hairy plant spreads like a weed, chokes out native grasses and, when dry, lights up like kindling.
It is now abundant in large areas of the West, including about one-fifth to one-third of the Great Basin, arid lands that stretch from Nevada to California, Utah and parts of Idaho, from Oregon and Wyoming. In some places and in some years, the growth is as dense as a carpet, but even in areas where it is mixed with native species, the invader has altered the fire danger and spawned a whole new cycle of wildfires. forest. Over the past three decades, the area of rangeland burnt has increased about fivefold.
Efforts to control cheat weed and other invasive weeds like it have become the defining missions of scientists in universities, government agencies, and land management organizations across the West. But the tools to reduce the proliferation of invasive plants are limited: they can be uprooted, sown with native plants or treated with herbicides, but each method has its drawbacks and constraints. Today, scientists and researchers are offering another low-tech option to combat cheat grass: targeted livestock grazing.
New research this spring has shown that strategic livestock grazing in the fall – when the plant is little more than a husk ready to ignite – could more than halve grass abundance in cheat and create large gaps in the grassy fuel fields to prevent the wildfire from spreading. plants and propagation. The findings, from researchers at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, University of Nevada – Reno and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are part of a growing body of research examining how grazing practices can help manage the western lands remodeled by man.
When cheat grass becomes dominant in an area, it can more than double the risk of fire. “Clump grasses” and shrubs native to the West can slow the spread of wildfires because the flames in a clump of grass cannot easily reach other widely scattered clusters on otherwise bare ground. But cheat grass grows in what firefighters call a “continuous fuel bed,” as dense with grass as a field of wheat, allowing fire to spread easily.
“We can’t control every fire, but we can change those fuel characteristics in a way that gives us a chance,” said Barry Perryman, one of the study’s authors and chairman of the Department of agriculture, veterinary sciences and rangelands. at the University of Nevada – Reno.
Perryman and his colleagues placed liquid protein supplements – a mixture of protein and molasses stored in huge reservoirs – in a Nevada pasture heavily overgrown with cheatgrass to entice cows to graze in certain areas, some miles from the water. On flat ground, cattle may have eaten enough cheat grass to create a fuel cut, an area where vegetation is cleared to prevent fire from passing through it. Grazers reduced cheatgrass by over 60% on average.
But how the results can be applied will vary by location, as the ecological conditions that shape the spread of cheat grass are complex, as is the land management needed to deal with it. Rainfall levels, topography, fire recurrence, grazing frequency, and the proportion of native vegetation all contribute to the prevalence of cheatgrass and the effectiveness of grazing in controlling it.
Cheatgrass can root in fall or spring and it sprouts early, springing out of the ground early enough to beat many perennial grasses for resources. It also releases its seeds and turns into fuel for forest fires early. After a burn, these seeds germinate quickly, defeating native species and allowing them to spread further.
“It’s just very competitive,” said Jeanne Chambers, senior scientist emeritus at the US Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. “Once it starts growing in a favorable environment, it can grow very quickly and it can ripen a lot of seeds.”
The plant turns to straw in mid-summer. Areas that could have avoided fires in the past now have piles of flammable materials scattered across the landscape. And climate change is contributing to its growth. Cheatgrass establishes faster after fires move through an area. Warmer temperatures and changing rainfall help it move to higher elevations, although these changes also make it more difficult for it to grow in other areas. Researchers estimate that annual grasses like cheater have spread to eight times as much land in the Great Basin since 1990.
And when cheatgrass has taken over an area, it can trigger relatively easily, even when the hot, dry and windy “fire weather” is relatively mild, Chambers said. This has pushed parts of the Great Basin into a fire cycle that spins much faster than in the past. The “wildfire crisis” has fostered greater collaboration between federal and state agencies to deal with the problem, Chambers said, leading to projects like the one involving Perryman and the USDA.
Putting cattle and other types of livestock on land rich in cheatergrass is a win-win situation, said Mark Lacey, a rancher who owns Lacey Livestock and grazes cattle in parts of California that straddle the Greater Bowl. Ranchers need pasture, and grass-chewing cows are a cheap tool for resource-strapped state and local governments to fight fires. The practice also supports pastoralists, who help boost the economy, produce food and create jobs in many rural areas, he said.
“The advantage of using grazing, at least from a livestock perspective, is that most herders are happy to go out to graze and we are happy to do so for free. So there’s very little or no cost to the state of California and the taxpayers,” said Lacey, who previously served as president of the California Cattlemen’s Association. “We can do what we naturally have to do and the state gets that service.”
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Lacey said his area of California hasn’t seen the same kind of massive grassland burns as other parts of the Great Basin, which means cheat grass doesn’t have as strong a hold. But the grass thrives on disturbance, so as the fires grow more severe due to climate change, it will continue to encroach on new areas.
“It’s a prolific invasive – it spreads easily,” Lacey said. “If we start burning a lot of these sagebrush uplands, … there’s no doubt that the cheat weed will come.”
Leaving the land to total cheatgrass dominance is not an option. Partly because of the fires, but also because many species depend on the habitats they invade. For Lacey, protecting the habitat of the greater sage-grouse, which has been considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act, is essential. If the bird’s population suffers, the government can put new protections on the land, including restrictions on where and when it can graze its livestock.
Ecologists’ understanding of the environmental interactions that control cheat grass is growing in real time. Chambers, who was not involved in the study, would like to see off-season grazing experimented with in more places, in more plant communities and under more environmental conditions to understand its varied effects.
“It’s not one size fits all,” she said. “We have to be able to adapt it to the specific conditions we have in a given place.”
Jutta Burger, science program director at the California Invasive Plant Council, said grazing must be calibrated to the environment to ensure it has the intended effect. Livestock nibbling can reduce fine fuels and fire risk, she said, but must be accompanied by other management like seeding to restore native vegetation.
“Just because something reduces fuels doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to improve native perennial grassland habitat,” she said. “There is definitely a role [for grazing]…it’s just that there is no silver bullet.
Dealing with cheatgrass as well as other invasive weeds will require critical thinking about the timing, duration and intensity of practice, Perryman said, but it will also require more flexibility for grazing. Permits issued by federal agencies to grazers, for example, are organized in part to maintain the health of perennial grasses and ensure that livestock do not eat too many of them. But cheatgrass has altered those environments, and Perryman said how invasive grass is managed should be at least as important as concern for native perennials.
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Loris attended St. Paul's School between 1893 and 1898. He then entered St Bartholomews Hospital as a student in 1898, and obtained the diplomas of M.R.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.) in 1904. After that Loris went to India, where he was appointed District Surgeon under the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company.
The India Army Quarterly List for January 1912, lists Loris on page 589a as Surgeon-Captain, date assigned 1 April 1910: Staff Unit G.I.P.R. (i.e., Great Indian Peninsula Railway) Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was a medical Officer with the railway and stationed at Igatpuri at the time.
In 1915 he obtained a commission in the R.A.M.C. and attained the rank of Capt. Just before his death he was attending plague cases in the Bhusvaal District and infected himself with plague while performing a post-mortem examination; from this he died. He was buried the following day in Sewri Cemetery, Bombay on 19th December 1916.
He was survived by his widow Gertrude Malleson Arnould née Fearon whom he had married on 6 November 1908 in Bombay and their three children, Ann Fearon Arnould (born 1909), Joan Veronica Arnould (born 1914) and Pamela Loris Arnould (born posthumously 1917). Loris was the youngest son of Alfred Henry Arnould, solicitor, and Clara Elizabeth Arnould of 9 Nevern Square, SW3. (Information sources: Saint Bartholomews Roll of Honour and Loris's family) | <urn:uuid:e73fbc23-d458-493f-a742-bcfcf25d5a0b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.ramc-ww1.com/profile.php?cPath=342&profile_id=9343&osCsid=620cunq6ur463tmvufe69rv7c5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981129 | 349 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Found on Trailrunningmag.com and written by David Roche
Feel fresher on the trails by dealing with soreness before, during and after runs.
Here’s a secret no one tells you when you start running: it is almost always somewhat terrible for the first few minutes. There is a dull ache in the calf muscles, a distinct rattle in the lungs, maybe an overall feeling of sluggishness. When I start, I often feel unnatural and a bit out of place, like a human embodiment of Donald Trump’s hair.
Those ailments almost always fly away after a mile, like a toupee in a tornado. Even though the beginning-of-run soreness is usually temporary, it can still derail workouts, destroy motivation and cause anxiety. If you start out too fast, your body may never recover. If you dread running through that first-mile fatigue, you may never get out the door in the first place.
This article brings the dark secret into the light. Yes, every runner is sore when they wake up and start a run. And yes, that’s OK. Still, there are a few simple strategies you can use to make each run more enjoyable from start to finish.
1. Before: Lunges and Leg Swings
Starting a run without a warm-up is like trying to cook pasta in ice-cold water. Both take longer than necessary and are painful to watch. Fortunately, you can get your body boiling with a three-minute warm-up and avoid the agony of soggy leg noodles.
After a good warm-up, you’ll have the energy to explore—and find out whether trail signs tell the truth. Photo by David Roche
For one minute, walk briskly, as if you are trying to get first dibs on the bathroom after watching a movie in a crowded theater. For the next, do 10 forward lunges and 10 side lunges, focusing on opening up your hips and moving quickly with good form. For the final minute, do 10 side-to-side leg swings, followed by 10 front-to-back leg swings.
At the end of these three minutes, your leg noodles should be approachingal dente.
2. Starting Out: First Mile Slowest
After your warm-up, your legs may be al dente, but you still need to ease them into the specific movement of running by starting slowly.
My rule is five minutes of jogging. Run completely relaxed (but with good form) for five minutes before you think about speeding up. A good guideline is 5K race pace plus two to four minutes. So if you run a 5K in 25 minutes (about eight-minute miles), jog the first five minutes of each run at 10-to-12-minute pace. Many elite Kenyan training groups go even slower (relatively speaking) at the beginning of their workouts.
Don’t be like a puppy. Start your runs slow. Photo by David Roche
The relaxed start serves two purposes. First, it lowers the mental energy required to get out the door. Since every run counts, any mechanism that promotes consistency will also promote long-term development of speed.
Second, it allows you to work through daily soreness while also jump-starting your aerobic system for the rest of the run. Occasionally, it may help you diagnose a potential injury before it becomes something serious. After five minutes (or however long you find works best for you), your legs and body will be ready for the rest of the run.
3. Finishing: Cool down, Rehydrate, Roll out
Just like the warm-up, the cool-down is neglected too often. It can be just as simple, such as five minutes of bouncing around at a relaxed pace to let your body get back to equilibrium. This is a great time to do some barefoot running as well, to work on form and foot strengthening.
After you finish the run, light stretching is optional. (There is debate about its efficacy; I support stretching the calves and hamstrings.) Hydration, however, is not optional. Always have a big glass of water, and add some electrolytes and calories to jump-start the recovery process. After training runs, coconut water, a sports drink or even chocolate milk are great. And at races, Coke is delightful (followed by beer, of course).
Finally, set aside two minutes to use a foam roller on your entire leg; 30 seconds each on the quads, butt/back, calves and shins can work wonders. Pay special attention to calf/shin massage, which you can also do without a foam roller. Some of the athletes I coach have found that a couple more minutes of self-massage in the evening can diminish soreness when they wake up the next day. Just make sure that everyone else in the house understands that what you are doing is self-massage and a totally normal form of running foreplay.
On second thought, you might want to omit that last phrase from your explanation.
David Roche is a two-time USATF trail national champion, the 2014 U.S. Sub-Ultra Trail Runner of the Year and a member of Nike Trail Elite and Team Clif Bar. When not frolicking on single-track or working as a public-interest attorney for the Environmental Law Institute, he enjoys spending time with his wife and puppy, both of whom are substantially better at running than he is. He works with runners of all abilities through his coaching service, Some Work, All Play. Follow David’s daily training on Strava here, and follow him on Twitter here. | <urn:uuid:06441f58-5c12-4e64-8357-5f9f72fcfaef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://racegrader.com/beat-the-first-mile-fatigue/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950284 | 1,167 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The William & Mary School of Education has been chosen to establish a Troops to Teachers center in Virginia to help military veterans and soon-to-be veterans become K-12 teachers, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced last week. The $400,000 grant was awarded through the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), a U.S. Department of Defense agency.
“Virginia boasts one of the largest veteran and military populations and is home to some of the nation’s most important military installations,” said McAuliffe. “That is why the Troops to Teachers program is so important to the military-connected citizens of the Commonwealth. This program will help address the teacher shortage in Virginia and provide our veterans with opportunities to bring their experiences and skills into the classroom. These are the kind of innovative opportunities that will allow our nation’s heroes to succeed in the new Virginia economy.”
For Gail Hardinge, the principal investigator on the grant, veterans’ skills, leadership experience and commitment to public service make them a natural fit for the classroom.
“Teaching is an exceptionally rewarding and far more diverse career field than many people realize,” she said. “With strategic support, veterans can find the teaching career that best fits their skills and interests.”
The Troops to Teachers Virginia Center, scheduled to open in June in the W&M School of Education, will help veterans do just that. Through a statewide outreach program, the center will offer veterans, and those who are within one year of exiting the military, guidance in meeting educational and licensure requirements to enter a wide variety of teaching fields.
The center aims to not only help address critical teacher shortages in Virginia, especially in underserved schools and high-need areas like math and science, but to also help alleviate veteran unemployment.
“The Troops to Teachers grant and center will be a game-changer for so many veterans and soon-to-be veterans across the Commonwealth,” said Virginia Secretary of Education Dietra Trent. “As Virginia and the nation continue to experience a teacher shortage, now more than ever we need more qualified and inspired professionals in the classroom, and that is exactly what this program will help us provide to our students.”
In addition to the statewide outreach program, Hardinge and her team will develop a pilot program to further support veterans in the Tidewater area. They will partner with experienced teachers who will serve as mentors to veterans at various stages in their transition to the teaching profession.
The pilot program will offer three tiers of support. The first will introduce veterans to the teaching profession through career exploration opportunities such as job shadowing, career coaching, credential review and the development of an individualized plan for meeting licensure requirements.
The second tier supports veterans just beginning their teaching careers, providing mentorship from an experienced teacher coach. The final tier provides ongoing services to veterans after they’ve transitioned to the classroom, offering continued access to resources and opportunities for professional growth and leadership.
The comprehensive, personalized approach will not only match veterans to best-fit teaching positions, but will also support their success in the critical and sometimes challenging early years of a teaching career. Hardinge’s team of project specialists will include educators and a veteran liaison, who will collaborate with teacher mentors and veterans throughout the program.
According to Spencer Niles, dean of the W&M School of Education, the school’s breadth of expertise and collaborative focus makes it an ideal partner for Troops to Teachers.
“With dedicated faculty working in educational leadership, curriculum and instruction, special education, school psychology and counselor education, we’re well-positioned to support veterans as they identify and transition to the educational opportunities that will best match their experience, skills and long-term goals,” he said. “And in return, our community and Virginia’s classrooms will benefit immensely from their perspectives, leadership and selfless commitment to public service.”
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God’s tapestry of redemption
Picture for a moment the most beautiful tapestry you can imagine. Fill your mind with the pictures and designs woven into the cloth; see the vibrant colors, intriguing patterns, and layered textures. Isn’t it beautiful? There is something truly striking about a collection of unique designs woven together into one grand picture; diverse and yet unified by the cloth, all come together into one breathtaking display.
Picture your tapestry again. This time, slowly narrow your focus to one specific area, giving your attention to one particular color or texture. Do you see the details and intricacies of it, the beauty of this small point? Now zoom out just a little bit, and see how this one area is connected to the rest of the tapestry. Each piece makes a distinct and vital impact on the overall picture.
The same is true of God’s tapestry of His work in the world. Everything is connected. As we zoom in to examine moments in history and our lives, we see God’s work in every detail connecting with other stories and perfectly fitting in His overall, grand picture of redemption. Through this tapestry, accounts of God’s work long ago become part of our journeys, reminding us of His faithfulness and propelling us to join in His kingdom work. One such story is the unlikely friendship between Annie Armstrong and Nannie Helen Burroughs.
United by a shared desire
In 1897, Annie Armstrong, the recording secretary (ultimately executive director) of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, met with Nannie Helen Burroughs, an up-and-coming leader in the National Baptist Convention (NBC). Annie was an integral part of WMU’s beginning and is remembered as one of the most successful and influential leaders in Baptist history. Nannie and other NBC leaders hoped to establish a women’s auxiliary similar to WMU within their convention and sought advice from WMU’s brilliant innovator.
By the time Nannie and the NBC leaders met with Annie, Annie’s tenure at WMU was well underway — she was leading the organization in providing missions education to hundreds of churches and supporting missionaries all around the world. During this meeting, the group created a development plan, and three years later, the Women’s Convention (WC) of the NBC was officially established.
What the meeting also did was form a friendship between these two women. While today this seems unremarkable, in 1897, it was exceptional. At the turn of the century, the Civil War was still recent history, racism and other forms of discrimination were the expected norm, and women did not yet have the right to vote. Annie was white, Nannie was black, and the conventions they represented were segregated. Annie was almost 50 and nearing the end of her public ministry. Nannie was a mere 20 years old and just beginning to step into the remarkable plans God had for her life. Despite all these differences, they shared a desire that overshadowed their many differences: to equip women for ministry and see the gospel transform the world. This desire drew them together and ushered in a friendship that would defy societal norms.
The foundation for this friendship had been laid years before these women’s meeting. Before she was called to lead WMU, Annie was actively involved in her community. Always one to cross barriers, she formed one of the first interracial home mission societies, a partnership between both black and white Baltimore churches. She was confident the most effective way to impact the community was by working together. Annie was convinced of the importance of interracial partnership and took steps to pursue it.
For Nannie, interracial cooperation was personal. The child of a former enslaved couple, she understood firsthand the struggles her community faced and the sting of injustice that was felt. From an early age, Nannie dreamed of opening a school for African American women. Through her tenacity and perseverance, that dream became a reality when she opened The National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909. Nannie made it her life mission to fight for African American women’s rights, a mission rooted in her experience with racism and sexism.
Built on similar passions, the unlikely bond between Annie and Nannie quickly grew, planting seeds of reconciliation and partnership. While at a glance, the turn of the twentieth century is seen as discriminatory and harsh, a closer look reveals beautiful threads of God’s redemption woven throughout. Through Annie’s and Nannie’s efforts, WMU and the WC worked together to financially support African American female missionaries. Annie spoke multiple times at WC meetings and Nannie at WMU meetings. Through God’s work in these two leaders, white and black women came together to worship in a time when legally, they could not even use the same restroom.
Because of Annie and Nannie, hundreds of believers saw an example of mutual support between people of different races while everything in their society screamed it was better to be separated. God used Annie and Nannie to build a bridge that miraculously spanned the huge racial gap their culture promoted.
In 1933, Nannie gave a speech titled “How White and Colored Women can Cooperate in Building a Christian Civilization.” In this speech, she declared, “If the two races in the South ever join hands to wipe out ignorance, to remove misunderstanding, to glorify the things of the [Holy] Spirit, we will discover new and powerful leaders and will build here a civilization that will be Christian to the core.” Nannie experienced firsthand the power of partnership rooted in the gospel over racial barriers and tensions, and she knew this power could change the world.
Woven into God’s picture of reconciliation
Envision your tapestry again. Return to that small section, the color or pattern. Where else in the tapestry do you see the same color or pattern? How is this small section connected to the overall picture?
Annie and Nannie’s story is not just a story to admire. It is a thread in God’s grand picture of racial reconciliation — and we are being woven into the same picture with that same color of thread.
From the beginning, God has been redeeming the brokenness between races. He did this with the Gentiles and the Jews in the early church. He did this with Annie and Nannie and the organizations they represented in the early 1900s. Now, He is doing it again.
We live in a time of uncertainty — a time of unrest, racial tension, misunderstanding, and deep hurt. Though our circumstances are different from Annie’s and Nannie’s, the core questions remain the same: are we willing to move toward each other? Will we lay aside arguments, make an effort to hear each other, and choose to love one another above ourselves, despite political disagreements? Will we join together to demonstrate the power of the gospel of reconciliation to a broken world?
We have an opportunity to be woven into God’s picture of reconciliation spanning the course of history, a picture so radically different from the world that it draws people to Jesus. We, too, can join hands to wipe out ignorance, remove misunderstanding, and glory in the things of the Holy Spirit together, all part of the same tapestry, all part of God’s glorious work. God is weaving us into this picture. So let’s not miss it.
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Wednesday marked an important day in Major League Baseball history.
April 15, 1947 was the day Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the color barrier in baseball. Since March 2004, MLB honors his legacy by celebrating "Jackie Robinson Day" on the anniversary of the historic debut.
Ordinarily, the Dodgers would be celebrating inside the friendly confines of Dodger Stadium for a pregame ceremony with every player on the field wearing the No. 42. The Dodgers were originally scheduled to host the St. Louis Cardinals on Jackie Robinson Day this season.
Instead, because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the MLB season has been postponed indefinitely and the league was unable to celebrate the anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut.
However, that did not stop many MLB players including current Dodgers from honoring the legacy of the late Jackie Robinson on social media.
Two of the newest members of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mookie Betts and David Price, each posted tributes to Robinson on Twitter. Many fans are hoping they will get to see Betts play in a Dodger uniform before he becomes a free agent in 2021.
Dodgers' closer Kenley Janen also shared the same Jordan Brand video on his Twitter that Betts did.
The Dodgers team Twitter account encouraged fans to change their profile picture to No. 42.
Robinson's former team weren't the only ones celebrating Jackie Robinson Day without baseball being played. Several prominent baseball stars also took to social media to honor the legend.
Retired outfielder Curtis Granderson shared this photo he has of Robinson stealing home and announced that he would be donating 42,000 meals to the COVID-19 food banks in honor of Robinson's No. 42.
Another newly retired player, former Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia, also honored Jackie Robinson by posting the video of Robinson stealing home in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series.
Utility player Niko Goodrum of the Detroit Tigers posted a picture of the mural at his house that features Robinson.
San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham retweeted a picture of the cleats he would have been wearing today, and will eventually wear on the field once baseball resumes.
New York Mets' pitcher Marcus Stroman also posted a tribute and showed off his Jackie Robinson tattoo on his right calf.
Finally, Chicago White Sox shortstop, Tim Anderson, celebrated the anniversary by talking about Jackie Robinson and his legacy with kids from the ACE program on Zoom.
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Inner Growth Mindset Insight of the Day: Labels Are Only As Powerful As You Allow Them To Be
Exploring how labels are only as powerful as you allow them to be; what ways an inner growth journey and mindset transforms them to opportunities for self-empowerment and love, neutrality in duality, and more; and how as you choose to approach labels with unconditional love you tap into your higher infinite human potential through your mind and heart flow and communication on the matter at hand.
Your Inner Growth Mindset Insight of The Day:
- Inner Growth Mindset Topic of The Day: A look at the power of labels as an inner one, which is done by those who pursue inner growth consciously and actively, is what leads people to understand the powerlessness of a label when you are the one who holds the power of your own labels without needing to use them with the external. You learn to acknowledge labels as part of what puts things into an organized manner for the world, but that they are never really completely all-inclusive of a person or culture or thing that is being labeled with the label. The label is merely one expression of that thing, one sliver of a part of it and that the label will depend on so many other slivers and people, and so on. The ability to use or hear labels with a knowledge of their powerlessness, with respect towards others, and a neutrality at heart when they are used by others to define you or something, creates a completely different interaction for you with labels overall and always moving forward in your life.
- Inner Growth Mindset Exploration of The Day: Explore more on the topic on the Inspiring Human Potential website.
- Inner Growth Mindset Exercise of The Day: Inspiring Human Potential patreon member access – Find out how to apply the inner growth mindset to unlock your infinite potential from within.
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We are just about to start the season when Hogwash Farm is awash with piglets. We have 30 sows and two boars that produce around 400 piglets per year. Pigs can reproduce all year and our sows have two litters per year. The gestation for a pig is 114 days (or three months, three weeks and three days as the old timers used to say). Litters average anywhere from 6-16 piglets and the piglets are 2-3 lbs and are completely mobile as soon as theyʼre born.
Our pigs live out side year-round and so piglets are born in all kinds of weather and usually do pretty well as long as Mom is around to protect them and keep them warm. Body heat is essential this time of the year and youʼll often see a bunch of piglets in a pile trying to conserve heat.
Sows usually farrow(birth) without any assistance from us. The piglets come out in a thin sac that usually scuffs off during birth. Labor can last several hours and it averages about 30 minutes per piglet. Piglets can come out head first or back legs first depending on where they are in the uterus. A sow usually has two placentas which can come out at any time during the birthing process and the sows often eat when they are all done.
As soon as the piglet enters the world it tries to make itʼs way to the sows belly to nurse. A piglet will nurse exclusively for three weeks and will then start eating and drinking anything the sow consumes. Piglets are weaned anywhere from 6-8 weeks and are usually 25-45 lbs.
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By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Xenophobia as – fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign. As can be seen, for xenophobia there are two main objects of the phobia (fear). The first is a population group present within a society, which is not considered part of that society. Often they are recent immigrants, but xenophobia may be directed against a group which has been present for centuries. This form of xenophobia can draw out or facilitate hostile and violent reactions, such as mass expulsion of immigrants, or in the worst case, genocide. The second form of xenophobia is primarily cultural, and the objects of the phobia are cultural elements which are considered alien or foreign.
However, as is often the case, the two forms of xenophobia go together, with the second form used as a pretext by chauvinist, racist demagogues to justify their first kind of phobia, which invariably turns into acts of violence against the target group – the “foreigners” and “strangers”. In recent years, xenophobia has become a powerful political factor in many parts of Europe, especially France and Denmark. The fact that many of the immigrants and refugees are non-Christians is an important factor in shaping the thrust of the xenophobia in Europe.
Xenophobia is not a new world phenomenon. In Japan it can be traced back to the mid-17th century when Japan practiced it against people that looked different. While much progress has since been made per Article 14 of the Constitution, the 2006 report by Doudou Diène, the UN Special Rapporteur for Racial Discrimination, was highly critical of current Japanese xenophobia and on-going discriminatory practices. These include difficulties in access to housing, accommodation (hotels) and other commercial establishments open to the public (spas, bars, night-clubs, restaurants and others) based on physical appearance and myth, and bullying at school of foreign-looking children. The discriminated people fall under three categories – the national minorities (the Buraku people, the Ainu and the people of Okinawa), people and descendants of former Japanese colonies (the Koreans and Chinese), and foreigners and migrants from other countries.
The United States is a land of immigrants. Yet it has a long history of xenophobia dating back to the beginnings of the country. The 1790 Immigration Law declared only “free white persons” could become naturalized American citizens. Hostility towards the German immigrants had been around since they began to immigrate en masse in the eighteenth century. Benjamin Franklin, in his 1751 pamphlet Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, wrote: “Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Languages or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.”
The first major immigration boom in the USA began in the 1840s. Before that period, most immigrants hailed from England. In the 1850s, the Irish Potato Famine led to the massive immigration of Irish families to the United States. The native population looked down on them, considering them less clean and hygienic. They were accused of stealing American jobs. A semi-secret political movement developed around the hatred of Irish Catholics. These white Irish immigrants were dumped as “know nothings”. This Law was not repealed until 1952.
Chinese immigration to the west coast of the USA started with the California Gold Rush of the late 19th century. The Chinese were accused of driving down wages and taking jobs away from Americans. Interestingly, Denis Kearney, an Irish-American led the xenophobic movement to expel Chinese from the USA. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 excluded all Chinese laborers from the USA. Two years later the law was amended to apply it to all ethnic Chinese, whatever country they were born in. The law was renewed in 1892 and again in 1902. It was ultimately repealed in 1943.
The California Alien Act of 1913 prevented aliens, mostly Japanese farmers, from owning land. The Act was repealed in 1948.
By 1924, two million Jews entered the USA, escaping pogroms in Eastern Europe. The National Origins Quotas was introduced in 1924 to limit Jewish, Polish, and Italian immigration and to restrict immigration mostly to Protestants living in western and northern Europe. Not surprisingly, Mexican immigration was okay because of the need for cheap labor in the Southwest; however, in separate legislation, the concept of “illegal alien” was introduced in 1924.
During World War II over 100,000 Japanese-Americans, two-thirds US citizens, were forced into interment camps. This was authorized by an Executive Order 9066 and the round-up was facilitated by the FBI, which had compiled its Custodial Detention index two years before the US entered the war. In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the exclusion, removal, and detention, arguing that it was permissible to curtail the civil rights of a racial group when there was a “pressing public necessity.” In 1988, President Regan apologized and signed legislation which stated that government actions were based on “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership”. Beginning in 1990, the U.S. government paid reparations to surviving internees.
The current wave of loathing for Mexican immigrants is only the latest example of xenophobia in the USA. It is quite interesting to notice what was said about the Chinese laborers in the 1880s is repeated about Mexican workers today.
In the post-9/11 era, xenophobia against Muslims is often led by children and grand-children of migrants to the USA, who had been its victims for being ‘different’. Some of the legal justifications developed for the Japanese Internment are being used to justify President Bush’s acts today.
In our time, the worst forms of xenophobia are practiced against the Rohingya Muslims of Burma. Under the military regime of General Ne Win, beginning in 1962, the Muslim residents of Arakan were wrongfully labeled illegal immigrants who had settled in Burma during the British rule (1826-1947). This, in spite of the fact that Rohingyas have lived in the Arakan state from at least 1430 CE when Arakan King Narameikhla (Mun Sawmon) was restored to his throne by a 30,000 man Muslim Army! The Burmese central government made all efforts to drive them out of Burma, starting with the denial of their citizenship. The 1974 Emergency Immigration Act took away Burmese nationality from the Rohingyas, making them foreigners in their own country. Then came the Burma Citizenship Law of 1982 violating several fundamental principles of the international law and effectively reduced them to the status of Stateless. Under this highly discriminatory law, these Muslims must prove their uninterrupted existence in Arakan anterior to 1823.
Interestingly, one of the authors of this discriminatory law is a Rakhaing intellectual by the name of Dr. Aye Kyaw, who taught history at a university in New York and settled in Brooklyn, NY as a naturalized citizen. How criminal and hypocritical of a person who continues to advocate for denial of citizenship to a people that traces their ancestry to Arakan for nearly a millennium!
Xenophobia, sponsored by the Burmese government and aided by Rakhaing ultra-nationalists, has caused forced exodus of 1.5 million Rohingya Muslims to seek refuge outside Burma, internal displacement of at least a million, and death of another 50,000. Rohingyas are denied each and every right guaranteed under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Extra-judicial killing and summery executions, humiliating movement restriction, denial of education, job and healthcare, rape of women, arrest and torture, forced labor, forced relocation, confiscation of moveable and immoveable properties, religious sacrileges, etc., are regular occurrences in Arakan, making the Rohingya people an endangered people of our time who require special protection.
The Dominican Republic is another case where xenophobia against the Haitians is promoted by the government. In 1937 more than 50,000 Haitians were killed by Fascist Dictator Rafael Trujillo in an attempt to whiten up the country. According to the New York Times report in 2004 – grandchildren and great grandchildren of Haitians are still denied birth certificates, medical care, education and social services because of their race and ancestry. Both the Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch have reported that physical attacks against Haitians have increased since 1992, including reports of the lynching of Haitians as late as 2006.
Julius Streicher and Nazi Germany:
Xenophobia against the Jews in Germany provided the necessary backdrop for their “Final Solution” (genocide) at the hands of Nazi criminals.
For every ideology, there is always an ideologue. This role is often shared by intellectuals, who are the real ˜brains” that energize the wheel of the movement. So, as we have Aye Kyaw and Aye Chan (author of xenophobic works like the “Who are the Rohingyas?”, “The Development of Muslim Enclave in Arakan” and “The Influx Viruses”) among the Rakhaings, steering the wheel of xenophobia against the Rohingyas of Burma today, Julius Streicher (February 12, 1885 – October 16, 1946) was the ideologue responsible for breeding hatred against the Jews of Germany.
Julius Streicher was a prominent Nazi prior to and during World War II. In 1923 Streicher founded the racist newspaper, Der Sturmer of which he was editor. The newspaper become a part of the Nazi propaganda machine spreading deep hatred of everything and everyone Jewish.
Streicher argued in the newspaper that the Jews had contributed to the depression, unemployment, and inflation in Germany which afflicted the country during the 1920’s. He claimed that Jews were white-slavers and were responsible for over 90 percent of the prostitutes in the country. Eventually the newspaper reached a peak circulation of 480,000 in 1935. After the Nazi party was reorganized, Streicher became the party leader of Franconia. After 1933, he practically ruled the city of Nuremberg and was nicknamed “King of Nuremberg” and the “Beast of Franconia”. His publishing firm released three anti-Semitic books for children, including the 1938 Der Giftpilz (The Poison Mushroom), one of the most widespread pieces of propaganda, which purported to warn about insidious dangers Jews posed by using the metaphor of an attractive and yet deadly mushroom
On May 23, 1945, two weeks after Germany’s surrender, Streicher was captured by the Americans. Chief Justice Jackson, chief counsel for the prosecution, spoke to the tribunal and explained to them the importance of what they were doing. He said, to paraphrase, that: We are handing these defendants a poisoned chalice, and if we ever sip from it we must be subject to the same punishments, otherwise this whole trial is a farce. Interestingly, in Jackson’s opening statement he claimed that the prosecution did not wish to incriminate the whole German race for the crimes they committed, but only the planners and designers of those crimes, the inciters and leaders without whose evil architecture the world would not have been for so long scourged with the violence and lawlessness of this terrible war.
So, at Nuremberg, the ordinary Germans who threw Jews into crematoria were not tried, but only their leaders, who incited violence. It was not surprising, therefore, to find Julius Streicher included in that short list. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and sentenced to death on October 1, 1946. Another person who didn’t escape punishment at Nuremberg was Dr. Wolfram Sievers of the Ahnenerbe Society Institute of Military Scientific Research, whose own crimes were traced back to the University of Strasbourg. They were not the typical people prosecuted for international war crimes, given their civilian professions. As Professor Noam Chomsky has argued recently there is a justification for their punishment, namely, those defendants could understand what they were doing. They could understand the consequences of the work that they were carrying out.
What is important here to stress is that Julius Streicher was not a member of the military. He was not part of planning the Holocaust, the invasion of Poland, or the Soviet invasion. Yet his role in inciting the extermination of Jews was significant enough, in the prosecutors’ judgment, to include him in the indictment.
With a global economy, our world is more connected today than it ever was. Immigration to more prosperous countries has and will continue to become an important issue that will be exploited by a few. It is no accident that xenophobia is again on the rise in various parts of our world, resulting in unfathomed suffering of victims. Most human rights activists consider xenophobia as a crime against humanity. Yet I am not sure if this fact has sunk in with many of the so-called “Democracy” leaders in Europe and Burma, and Rakhaing leaders and intellectuals, whose actions speak louder than their hypocritical words unmasking their closet Fascism and xenophobia against minorities. It is high time that they amend their ways and advocate for repealing discriminatory xenophobic laws that are at odds with international and UN laws. The sooner the better!
From the brief analysis above, it is quite obvious that xenophobia is often abused by powerful people for political gains. In their victimization of Rohingyas today, Rakhaings see themselves as benefactors the same way the Nazis saw themselves in their xenophobia against Jews. The practitioners occasionally may be unaware of their inherent xenophobia until put to the test. And worse still, the worst culprits are normally the children and grand-children of erstwhile immigrants, who had benefited from immigration themselves.
Can xenophobia be defeated or tackled? With proper upbringing, education, and enactment and strict enforcement of laws, it can surely be tackled to minimize its harmful effects. However, xenophobia cannot be defeated easily without understanding the underlying causes of immigration, the roles the society, politics and economics play. Contrary to popular beliefs, studies have repeatedly shown that immigrants create new jobs not only through their consumption patterns, but though their ingenuity and industriousness. They lower the cost of living in many industrial countries. Spreading true knowledge about these issues will be the first step in combating xenophobia. The second step will involve challenging the ultra-nationalist views concerning xenophobia. The third step will involve accepting xenophobia as a crime against humanity and thereby stopping it at any cost both at local and international level. Harsh punishments, like those applied against Julius Streicher in the Nuremburg Tribunal, must be meted out to the preachers and practitioners of xenophobia. Lastly, the latter groups must learn from history that xenophobia has not benefited any nation and will surely not benefit theirs either. Hopefully, a greater dissemination of knowledge right from childhood and deeper appreciation of human diversity will spur us to stop xenophobia once and for all time. | <urn:uuid:aa7ed2a4-a240-4260-90a3-a902150f70dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/xenophobia-a-brief-analysis-by-dr-habib-siddiqui/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.969822 | 3,210 | 3.515625 | 4 |
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Semiconductor devices are the decision-making (logic) and data storage (memory) devices driving and supporting the modern, technological world. They have expanded from their origins in grand-scale computing to personal computers, laptops, cell phones, automobiles, and even washers, dryers, and other home appliances. Built on the technology of the early transistor (which measured several inches end-to-end), modern semiconductor devices have seen amazing reductions in size and now have node sizes which are measured in nanometers (that’s 10-9 meters)!
As node sizes continue to shrink (see Moore’s law), contamination in the manufacturing environment has become a bigger challenge. Microscopic particles, both organic and inorganic, can contaminate wafer surfaces damaging devices and reducing production yields. This is one of the reasons that cleanrooms exist, and that workers are required to wear cleanroom suits.
Likewise, many production process steps require a vacuum environment to reduce process contamination from unwanted gases. In order to ensure that the required vacuum level is reached and maintained, low-pressure measurement sensors / vacuum gauges are incorporated into both system and process designs.
Modern semiconductor devices are built step-by-step, layer-by-layer, and can have as many as several hundred layers to their design. Typically steps in a semiconductor device manufacturing process are: clean (the wafer), coat (deposit the desired material), mask and expose (to pattern the layer), develop, etch (the unwanted material), clean, implant, deposit, mask, etch… lather, rinse, and repeat as desired.
A number of these steps require a vacuum environment to be effective. One example is deposition, like chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), or some variant of these (such as low-pressure CVD/LPCVD, plasma-enhanced CVD/PECVD, atomic layer deposition/ALD, molecular beam epitaxy/MBE, etc.) where precise and uniform layers of a material are added to the wafer surface.
Other examples include etching, which requires vacuum to ensure precise control over the volume and dwell time of the aggressive gas on the wafer surface and ion implantation (or simply “implant”) uses vacuum to reduce the number of interactions along the ion’s flight path. Patterning, while traditionally not done in a vacuum environment, has seen recent technological advances in EUV lithography which allow the technique to be used in large-scale manufacturing and has paved the way for the smallest and fastest (latest and greatest) semiconductor devices used in high-end PC’s and mobile phones today.
Semiconductor fabs are huge; they can be the size of many football fields, producing millions of chips per day. This means that all of the equipment must be reliable and accurate, because equipment failure and tool downtime can lead to huge financial losses. Additionally, the finished semiconductor products may be used in critical systems, for example on an airplane, and contaminants present in the manufacturing process could easily lead to premature failure of the component. All of this reiterates the importance of reliable, accurate vacuum gauges in these semiconductor manufacturing systems.
Historically, semiconductor fabs used hot ion and nude hot ion (Bayard-Alpert or BA) vacuum gauges for a variety of reasons. These gauges are throw-away, limited-time use gauges which cannot be cleaned and require replacement as the gauges become contaminated over time. More recently, semiconductor fabs have begun adopting cold cathode vacuum gauges because they’re more contamination resistant and can be cleaned and put back into service.
The most common Televac® vacuum gauging solution for semiconductor manufacturing is the MX200 Vacuum Controller along with the 4A Convection Vacuum Gauge for rough vacuum from 1000 Torr to 10-3 Torr, the 7FC Cold Cathode Vacuum Gauge for measurement of high vacuum from 10-2 to 10-11 Torr, and a CDG for process control.
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What are the types of brain surgery?
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A craniotomy is an operation where a piece of the skull is removed to make an opening so that your surgeon can operate on your brain.
The surgeon removes as much of the tumour as possible and replaces the piece of skull that was removed.
The piece of skull (called a flap) is held in place with tiny metal brackets and your scalp is stitched in place over the top.
A craniotomy is usually done under general anaesthetic. The surgeon may shave off an area of your hair before starting the operation - though this is not often done. The aim of the surgery is to remove the tumour without damaging healthy tissue.
Having a craniotomy when you're awake
Some people have a craniotomy while they are awake. If you are awake the surgeon can do checks during the surgery to make sure the surgery isn’t affecting your brain functions, like speech or movement. They can stop operating if they need to.
Although you will be awake you will not feel any pain. You will have a local anaesthetic in the area where they make the incision (cut) to make it numb. You will also be given a sedative to help you relax.
Fluorescence guided surgery (5-ALA)
A treatment called 5-ALA (Gliolan®) can be used in adults who are having surgery for high-grade glioma. Taking 5-ALA makes the brain tumour glow pink under a special light so that the surgeon can see the cancerous (malignant) tissue better and remove it more accurately.
Normal brain tissue appears blue.
5-ALA is given as a drink 3-4 hours before surgery. Very rarely 5-ALA can cause side-effects such as making you temporarily more sensitive to light (photosensitivity), lowering your blood pressure and affecting your liver function.
Stereotactic surgery uses scans and computer technology to give a 3D image of the brain. This helps the surgeon to target the surgery very accurately. This means your surgeon can safely remove as much abnormal tissue as possible, while doing the least damage to normal brain tissue, even if the tumour is very small or is deep within the brain.
This is a type of brain tumour surgery done through the nose, instead of opening up the skull. It is done for tumours that can be reached through the nose. For example, pituitary gland tumours.
The surgeon may use an endoscope for this operation. An endoscope is a long, thin tube with a light and a camera on the end that guide the surgeon as he or she removes the tumour with small surgical instruments.
Shunting is a type of surgery to remove fluid from the brain. Some tumours can cause a blockage that causes the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain to build up. This collection of fluid can be called hydrocephalus.
The fluid build-up can cause pressure inside the brain. A special tube called a shunt can be put in to drain away the fluid and relieve the pressure. The fluid is normally drained from the brain into the tummy (abdomen), where it is absorbed into your body.
Shunts can be temporary or permanent. Some patients have an Ommaya reservoir inserted.
An Ommaya reservoir is a small soft, plastic, dome-shaped device that is placed under the scalp. The extra fluid collects in the reservoir and can be easily and safely drained.
In some cases chemotherapy drugs may be delivered to the brain through the Ommaya reservoir.
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is another way to remove a build-up of fluid from the brain. With ETV a tiny hole is made in the membrane lining the space where the fluid has built up. The fluid can drain through this hole into another part of the brain, where it can be absorbed back into the body.
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Greetings! The following is a rewrite of samples 25 and 41. They will be combined into one section and moved much later in the manuscript, before Sacred Energy. One more step closer to the end!
As mentioned earlier, after the last Ice Age wound down, glaciers and ice sheets melted and retreated, eventually allowing the expansion of tundra, grassland, and forest. Grassland spurred the momentum of the human experiment by boosting herds of game. In wooded regions, hunting was more challenging, and forests interfered with the growth of trendy new fads like herding and farming.
This is why civilization emerged in the grassland regions of the Fertile Crescent, where wild wheat and barley grew in great abundance, as did herds of wild game. Bountiful lands made living easier. They also had a prickly habit of stimulating population increase. The uncomfortable pressure of crowding and friction inspired some folks to envision escape. Maybe they could create a more pleasant life in the forest frontier of Europe’s wild west. Some of them packed up and left.
In Europe, Barry Cunliffe noted that as the climate warmed, wild folks migrated northward from the Mediterranean. By 7000 B.C., they were present in a number of locations. In lean regions they were nomadic, and in places of abundance they settled down. At the same time, forests were also migrating northward, encouraged by the changing climate.
By around 4000 B.C., forest expansion stopped, when it finally reached regions that were too chilly for happy trees. By this time, folks were raising crops and herding livestock in a number of permanent settlements. These communities were expanding their fields and pastures, which required murdering happy trees.
Over time, this increasingly abusive relationship between the two legs and the tree people led to tremendous destruction. In the good old days, forests originally covered 95 percent of west and central Europe. Jed Kaplan and team wrote a paper on the prehistoric deforestation of Europe. It included stunning maps that illustrated the shrinkage of forests between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1850. [Look] Deforestation went into warp drive between 1500 and 1850, driven by the rise of colonization, industrialization, and other dark juju. The voracious human swarm was swerving deeper and deeper into mass hysteria.
Humankind’s war on forests has been intensifying for several thousand years. It’s a huge and complex subject. Forests have suffered from many impacts, including firestick farming, agriculture, herding, industry, warfare, construction, consumerism, climate change, and population growth.
In this chapter, I’ll share a few snapshots from the ripped and torn photo album of the relationship between two legs and the tree people.
The Fertile Crescent was where plant and animal domestication shifted into high gear. It was in this region that the first civilizations began popping up all over, like a painful burning rash of deforestation, soil destruction, slavery, patriarchy, exploitation, aggression, self-destruction, etc.
It’s interesting that the oldest known written story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, the saga of Gilgamesh, a lunatic king who ruled over the city of Uruk, located along the Euphrates River in Sumer (now Iraq). By around 3100 B.C., Uruk was the biggest metropolis in the world. Today, Uruk is a crude pile of brown rubble sitting amidst a desolate barren moonscape. [Look] It has an important message for folks today: “Don’t live like we did.” But humankind is a herd of sleep walkers, wandering lost in a foggy dream world.
The story was originally scratched into clay tablets in cuneiform script. Over the course of 2,000 years, components of the story unified into a single narrative by around 1800 B.C. In the story, King Gilgamesh was a lecherous slime ball who worked hard to expand low-tech, muscle powered, organic agriculture along the Euphrates River (a process now known as Sustainable Development™).
Gilgamesh was probably a real king who lived somewhere between 2900 and 2350 B.C. The growth of Uruk led to massive deforestation along the valley, which unleashed immense erosion and flooding. In the story, Humbaba was the sacred defender of the forest. Gilgamesh whacked his head off, and proceeded to cut trees like there was no tomorrow. Rains then washed the soil off the mountains, down to bedrock. And so, whenever the floods blast down the river, the noise of catastrophic destruction is referred to as “Humbaba’s roar.” It’s the first sound I hear every morning.
Beyond Hunting and Gathering
Earlier, I jabbered about how some hunter-gatherer cultures used firestick farming to boost the availability of wild game and special plants. This involved limiting forest, and encouraging the expansion of customized grasslands. The tree people were never fond of this. Over time, this expansion encouraged the intensification of farming, herding, civilization, industry, and aggressive deforestation.
Other cultures used a different survival strategy, mindful self-control. They understood the need to pay close attention to reality, to recognize the signs of approaching limits, and to avoid scarcity by adjusting current patterns. Sometimes reproduction taboos were used to reduce the birth rate. Mindfulness could avoid having an abusive relationship with the tree people, but modern society displays little interest in it. It’s not good for jobs or the economy.
Let’s take a quick peek at the relationships that several cultures had with the tree people. (Prehistoric dates are not certain, different sources cite different dates.)
When the glaciers of the last ice age began melting, sea levels were much lower than today. England was connected by dry land to Ireland, Scandinavia, and continental Europe. Barry Cunliffe noted that most of Western Europe essentially became a vast forest. This expansion of forests displaced natural grazing land, which affected the abundance of large herbivores.
By 9000 B.C., hunter-gatherers had apparently made some small clearings in the forest to attract game. By 6500 B.C., rising sea levels had made Britain an island, like it is today. It was no longer connected by dry land to neighboring regions. By 4500 B.C., when farmers and herders began to trickle in, Britain was largely a forest, except for the highlands. Hunters dined on red deer, wild boar, aurochs, and so on. By 3000 B.C., substantial clearances for cropland and pasture were increasing. By A.D. 1100, just 15 percent of Britain was forest. By 1919, it was five percent. Britannia was essentially stripped naked, a ghastly painful open wound.
J. B. MacKinnon mentioned a story about Mark Fisher, a British scientist who visited the U.S. From an overlook in the White Mountain National Forest, he could gaze down on 800,000 acres (323,748 ha) of woodland, an overwhelming experience. He burst into tears and had a long, hard cry. At Yellowstone, he saw wolves in the wild for the first time, and he dropped to his knees. Fisher dreams of rewilding the U.K. — introducing long lost critters like beavers, lynx, wolves, and so on.
The story in Ireland was similar to Britain in many ways, but Ireland got much more rainfall, annually receiving 50 to 200 inches (127-508 cm) of precipitation. The wet climate encouraged the growth of lush temperate rainforests. Frederick Aalen noted that early hunter-gatherers arrived about 8,000 years ago, when the isle was covered with a dense unbroken forest. Folks lived along coastlines, lakes, and streams. In the forest they created some openings to attract game, but these were apparently small in scale.
Then came a paradise-killing event of dark juju. Farmers and herders began arriving around 3500 B.C., and the war on trees commenced. By the end of the 1600s, the destruction of native forests was nearly complete. When Aalen wrote in 1978, only three percent of the island was occupied by natural forest or tree farms.
Deforestation had many unintended consequences. William MacLeish noted that in the good old days, the rainforest wicked up a lot of moisture from the land, and then released it into the passing breezes, which carried it away. When the trees were gone, this dispersal process wheezed. Meanwhile, the Gulf Stream faithfully continued delivering warm rainy weather from the Caribbean. So, the heavy rain continued, and the water remained where it landed. Consequently, water tables rose, bogs spread, and the ground turned acid.
Deforestation blindsided the rainforest ecosystem. The new manmade grassland ecosystem seemed to be a perfect place for raising enslaved livestock. Winters were mild, the grass was green all year, and there was no need to grow, cut, and store hay for winter feed. Barns were not needed to protect livestock from the cold. Milk and meat were available all year round. Herding worked well, but the very rainy climate made it rather risky to grow grain, despite the rich soils.
In A.D. 1185, King Henry II sent Giraldus Cambrensis to visit Ireland and produce a report. He mentioned many beautiful lakes, where some of the fish were larger than any he had ever seen before. Common freshwater fish included salmon, trout, eels, and oily shad. Along the coast, saltwater fish were abundant. The woods were home to “stags so fat that they lose their speed.” There were numerous boars and wild pigs. Wolves had not yet been fully exterminated. He said it was common to see the remains of extinct Irish elks. Their remains were usually found in bogs, often in groups.
The herding life allowed the Irish people to survive, sing, and dance. They did not have the slightest interest in the dreary backbreaking work of agriculture, a stupid fad. Cambrensis felt great pity for the uncivilized natives. “Their greatest delight was to be exempt from toil, and their richest possession was the enjoyment of liberty.”
Maximum Security Forests
Julius Caesar roamed around Western Europe and wrote a report in 51 B.C. He was the emperor of Rome, and his mission was to expand the Empire, collect tribute payments, acquire military conscripts, and vigorously spank uncooperative subjects. During this campaign, he focused his attention on provinces of Celtic people in what is now France, Belgium, and England.
He had also hoped to conquer the wild Germanic tribes that lived on the east side of the Rhine, but this fantasy promptly came to an end. The Rhine was a large, treacherous, swift moving river. No bridges. It took a lot of effort and luck to get from one side to the other, and once you set foot on the German side, a super violent welcoming party was eager to immediately cut you to bloody bits.
Each tribe preferred to keep their homelands surrounded with a barrier of uninhabited wilderness. The Germans were primarily wandering herders who built no permanent settlements. They had no granaries loaded with valuable food for raiders to swipe, and no roads to make invasions quick and easy. When danger threatened, the people and their herds vanished into the deep forest mists.
For the German herders, nothing would have been dumber than to eliminate the vast ancient forests that provided this security system. The Roman legions were fine-tuned for open battlefield combat, where heavily armored lads attacked in rigid formations. Wild Germanic tribes excelled at hit-and-run guerilla warfare.
On the west side of the Rhine were the Celts of Gaul (France), who were subjects of the Empire. Their forests were mostly gone, roads crisscrossed the land, and folks were forced to engage in the backbreaking misery of muscle powered organic agriculture. Their granaries stored the result of months of hard work.
Stored grain was treasure that villainous raiders found to be irresistibly tempting. It was impossible for farmers to hide or quickly move their treasure. Raiding was popular, because it was much easier than honest work. Consequently, highly vulnerable farm communities required constant military protection, for which they had to pay dearly. In several Western European languages, the words for “road” and “raid” evolved from a common root.
So, the Celts that Caesar described did not reside in the primordial forest that their wild ancestors once enjoyed. They were the opposite of wild and free. Peasants were essentially wealth generating livestock controlled by local strong-arm elites. On the east side of the Rhine, the Germanic tribes had not destroyed their forests. They were alive and well, wild and free.
Tacitus was a Roman historian who wrote Germania in A.D. 98 (150 years after Caesar). It described several fiercely independent tribes of that era. They preferred the thrills and excitement of raiding to the drudgery of farming. “They even think it base and spiritless to earn by sweat what they might purchase with blood.” Perhaps they learned this effective and profitable strategy from the Romans.
Tacitus wrote a fascinating description of the vast Hercynian forest. From the Rhine, it spanned east, across modern Germany, to the Carpathians, and all the way to Dacia (Romania). A quick traveler could cross the forest north to south in nine days, but it was very long, from east to west. Caesar noted, “There is no man in the Germany we know who can say that he has reached the edge of that forest, though he may have gone forward sixty days’ journey, or who has learnt in what place it begins.”
Pliny also mentioned it: “The vast trees of the Hercynian forest, untouched for ages, and as old as the world, by their almost immortal destiny exceed common wonders.” In those days, there were still a number of primeval forests in the world.
In Sweden, forests also provided freedom and security for the common folks. Vilhelm Moberg celebrated the fact that peasant society in Sweden had largely remained stable and functional for 5,000 years. In most of the regions of Europe, peasants endured many centuries of misery under the heavy fist of feudalism. Many Norse and Swede settlements were lucky to be protected by their vast, dense, rugged, roadless forests. It’s simply impossible to kill or rob invisible folks who live in unknown wilderness settlements. Moberg glowed with gratitude for his nation’s forests, which allowed the rustic peasants to preserve their freedom until the industrial era metastasized.
Aggressive invaders from elsewhere found no roads, and soon became perfectly lost. Behind every bush might be a man with a crossbow. The local folks knew every hill and rock in the woods. They could pick the ideal time and place to strike. When trouble was advancing, they gathered as many belongings as possible, and vanished into the greenery.
My Norse ancestors told the story of Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods. Some creepy gods had temporarily subdued nature, but in this great battle, the forces of nature rubbished the gods, and cleansed the Earth with a great flood. Peter Andreas Munch described the dawn of a new era: “Out of the sea there rises a new earth, green and fair, whose fields bear their increase without the sowing of seed.”
A man and woman survived. From them sprang a new race of people. A few minor deities also survived. One was Vidar, a son of Odin (Viðr means forest). Vidar was known for being strong. His home was in a vast and impenetrable forest. Rasmus Björn Anderson wrote that Vidar was the god of wild primordial forests, where neither the sound of the ax, nor the voice of man, was ever heard. He is silent, dwells far away from, and exercises no influence upon, the works of man, except as he inspires a profound awe and reverence. This was a culture filled with a deep respect and reverence for creation, in its wild and unspoiled form. Forests were holy places.
In the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding, forests had served as a limit to growth — grain, grass, and herds don’t thrive in shady places. Deforestation cleared away the towering giants and let the sunbeams shine in. When metal axes came into common use, lumberjacks could reduce vast tracts of primeval forest into rotting stumps and erosion gullies. Early villages and cities were built with the mutilated carcasses of countless tree people. The rise of civilizations would not have been possible without innovative advances in unsustainable forest mining and soil mining.
George Perkins Marsh was a brilliant American hero that few modern folks have heard of. He published Man and Nature in 1864. This gentleman from Vermont served as the U.S. Minister to Italy. While overseas, he visited the sites of many once thriving civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. What he observed was terrifying and overwhelming. Each of them had seriously damaged their ecosystems and self-destructed in similar ways.
Massive levels of soil erosion created surreal catastrophes. He saw ancient seaports that were now 30 miles (48 km) from the sea. He saw ancient places where the old streets were buried beneath 30 feet (9 m) of eroded soil. He stood in mainland fields, 15 miles (24 km) from the sea, which were formerly located on offshore islands. He saw the sites of ancient forests, formerly covered with three to six feet (1-2 m) of precious living soil, where nothing but exposed rock remained.
Far worse, Marsh was acutely aware that every day, back home in America, millions were currently working like crazy to repeat the same mistakes, glowing with patriotic pride at the temporary prosperity they were creating on their one-way joyride to oblivion. In a noble effort to cure blissful ignorance, he fetched pen, ink, and paper and wrote a book to enlighten his growing young nation.
Sales were respectable for a few decades, but America did not see the light and rapidly reverse course. Folks thought that the cure was worse than the disease (like today’s climate emergency). A radical shift to intelligent behavior would not have been good for the highly unintelligent lifestyle. Tom Brown’s mentor, Stalking Wolf, lamented that our culture was “killing its grandchildren to feed its children.”
Marsh’s book has stood the test of time fairly well. It presented a wealth of vital information, none of which I learned about during 16 years of education. Forests keep the soil warmer in winter, and cooler in the summer. Springtime arrives later in deforested regions, because the land takes longer to warm up. Forests absorb far more moisture than cleared lands, so after a good rain, runoff is limited, and flash floods are less likely.
Deforestation dries out the land. Lake levels drop, springs dry up, stream flows decline, and wetlands are baked. Back in the fourth century, when there were more forests, the water volume flowing in the Seine River was about the same all year long. When Marsh visited 14 centuries later, water levels could vary up to 30 feet (9 m) between dry spells and cloudbursts. In 1841, not a drop of rain had fallen in three years on the island of Malta, after the forest had been replaced with cotton fields. And on and on. The book is a feast of essential knowledge.
Walter Lowdermilk was deeply inspired by Marsh’s work. In the 1920s and 1930s, he visited China, Western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. His mission was to study soil erosion, and write a report for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They created a short booklet that was very readable and filled with stunning photographs. Over a million copies of it were printed. Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years is available as a free download. [Link]
Marsh generally discussed the environmental impacts of deforestation that he had observed at the sites of extinct or wheezing civilizations. These catastrophes were usually the unintended consequences of clearing forest to expand cropland or grazing land. Over the passage of centuries, clever people discovered many new ways that dead trees could be used to generate wealth and power.
John Perlin wrote an outstanding history of deforestation. It’s a modern book (1989), and much easier to read than Marsh. It devotes more attention to the political, military, industrial, and commercial motivations for forest mining. It visits locations including Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece, Cyprus, Rome, Venice, England, Brazil, and America.
Dead trees were used to build houses, bridges, temples, and palaces. Wood was made into fences, docks, wagons, furniture, tools, and barrels. It heated homes and fueled industries that produced metal, glass, bricks, cement, pottery, lime, sugar, and salt. Staggering quantities of wood were consumed by industry. Very importantly, wood was used to build cargo, fishing, and war ships. Navies sped the spread of colonies, empires, trade networks, and epidemics.
Cultures that mindfully limited their numbers, and continued living in a low impact manner, had no future. Their thriving unmolested forests looked like mountains of golden treasure in the eyes of civilized sailors cruising by — and civilized people cannot tolerate the sight of unmolested forests; it drives them nuts. In other words, if you didn’t destroy your forest, someone else would.
Perlin described the copper industry on Cyprus in around 1300 B.C. Copper was used to make bronze, which was in high demand during the Bronze Age. For each 60 pound (27 kg) copper ingot produced, four acres of pine (120 trees) had to be reduced to six tons of charcoal. Each year, the copper industry on Cyprus consumed four to five square miles (10-13 km2) of forest. At the same time, the general society consumed an equal amount of forest for heating, cooking, pottery, lime kilns, and so on. Can you guess what inevitably happened to the forests, soils, industry, and affluence of Cyprus?
Shortages also affected the use of firewood. In chilly regions, a city of one square mile might depend on 50 square miles of forest to provide the firewood it consumed year after year. In the good old days, this was often possible. Later, as forest area decreased, and population grew, limits spoiled the party.
If Perlin’s work sounds interesting, but you can’t get his book, a similar book is available as a free download. In 1955, Tom Dale and Vernon Gill Carter published Topsoil and Civilization. Readers are taken on a neat journey, during which they discover how a number of ancient civilizations destroyed themselves. The free PDF is HERE. It is not available in some countries, for copyright reasons, but I once saw a pirate copy on Google.
New World Forest
Richard Lillard described how early European visitors experienced the ancient forests of North America. When standing on mountaintops, they were overwhelmed by the fact that as far as they could see in any direction there was nothing but a wonderland of trees. The intense experience of perfect super-healthy wildness was surreal, overwhelming, almost terrifying.
Walking beneath the canopy at midday, the forest floor was as dark as a cellar, few sunbeams penetrated through the dense foliage. At certain times, some sections of the forest were absolutely silent, a spooky experience that bewildered the white folks. They saw vast numbers of chestnut trees that were nearly as big as redwoods.
British visitors to early settlements were stunned to see amazing luxury — wooden houses, sidewalks, fences, and covered bridges! Commoners were free to hunt large game because the forest was not the exclusive private property of anyone. In the old country, their diet majored in porridge. Now it could major in wild grass-fed meat. Commoners were free to cut as much firewood as they wished, and keep their cottages warmer than the castles of royalty. Michael Williams mentioned one winter night when the king of France sat in his great hall. He was shivering as he ate dinner, the wine in his glass was frozen.
William Cronon noted that settlers with sharp axes went crazy on the forests, cutting them down as if they were limitless. Lots of excellent wood was simply burned, to clear the way for progress. They built large houses, and heated them with highly inefficient open fireplaces. By 1638, Boston was having firewood shortages.
As clearing proceeded, summers got hotter, and winters colder. As stream flows dropped in summer, water-powered mills had to shut down, sometimes permanently. In winter, upper levels of the soil froze solid on cleared land, and snow piled up on top of it. When springtime came, the frozen land could not absorb the melt, so the runoff water zoomed away, and severe flooding was common.
Stewart Holbrook wrote about the fantastically destructive obliteration of ancient forests in the U.S. upper Midwest. On the same day as the great Chicago fire, October 8, 1871, a firestorm obliterated the backwoods community of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing five times as many people as in Chicago. On this day, the new word “firestorm” was added to the English vocabulary.
Holbrook interviewed John Cameron, an eyewitness to the Peshtigo fire. Cameron noted that there had been little snow the previous winter, and just one rain between May and September. Streams were shallow, and swamps were drying up. Logging operations left large amounts of slash in the woods (piles of discarded limbs and branches). Slash piles were eliminated by burning, even when it was very hot, dry, windy, and extraordinarily stupid.
The morning of October 8 was hotter than anyone could remember, and the air was deadly still. At noon, the sun disappeared. By nightfall the horizon was red, and smoke was in the air, making their eyes run. At 9 P.M., Cameron heard an unusual roaring sound. The night sky was getting lighter by the minute. A hurricane force wind howled through. Suddenly, swirling slabs of flames were hurtling out of nowhere and hitting the bone dry sawdust streets. In a flash, Peshtigo was blazing — maybe five minutes.
Cameron saw horses, cattle, men, and women, stagger in the sawdust streets, then go down to burn brightly like so many flares of pitch-pine. He winced when he spoke of watching pretty young Helga Rockstad running down a blazing sidewalk, when her long blond hair burst into flame. The next day, he looked for her remains. All he found was two nickel garter buckles and a little mound of white-gray ash.
The river was the safest place that night. People kept their heads underwater as much as possible, so the great sheets of flame wouldn’t set their heads on fire. Within an hour, the town was vaporized. Big lumberjacks were reduced to streaks of ash, enough to fill a thimble. In this village of 2,000, at least 1,150 died, and 1,280,000 acres (518,000 ha) went up in smoke.
Also on October 8, 1871, numerous big fires raged across the state of Michigan, where it had not rained in two months. These fires destroyed 2.5 million acres (1 million ha) — three times more timberland than the Peshtigo blaze. This was an era of countless huge fires. For example, in just the state of Wisconsin, tremendous fires destroyed huge areas in 1871, 1880, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1908, 1910, 1923, 1931, 1936.
Paul Shepard wrote, “Sacred groves did not exist when all trees were sacred.” In 1990, I chatted on an internet bulletin board with a Shawnee man named Nick Trim. He talked about a project 300+ years ago, along the Mississippi. In a kindly gesture, some French soldiers were teaching the Shawnee how to build log cabins. This required cutting trees. The natives were very nervous about chopping down living trees, because they were often home to spirit beings, the little people.
To avoid spiritual retaliation, a respectful process was essential. They knocked on each tree, described the situation, and explained why they wanted to take lives. This was followed by a ceremony, prayers, and apologies to the trees. Then they waited a day or so, to give any spirit residents adequate time to find a comfortable new home. This took so long that the French lost their patience, and the project ended.
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Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck dumped into the sea every minute - the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Monday.
Between 60 to 90 per cent of the litter that accumulates on shorelines, the surface and the sea floor is made up of plastic.
The most common items are cigarette butts, bags, and food and beverage containers. Consequently, marine litter harms over 800 marine species, 15 of which are endangered. And plastic consumed by marine species enters the human food chain through fish consumption.
Alarmingly, in the last 20 years, the proliferation of microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics have made this problem even more pronounced.
Most people associate marine plastic pollution with what they can see along coastlines or floating on sea surfaces. But microplastics and microbeads pose a hidden challenge as they are out of sight and, therefore, out of mind.
Clean Seas Campaign
“What’s in Your Bathroom?”, UNEP asked on Monday, as part of a campaign to raise awareness on the harm caused by plastics in personal care products and shifts that can be made to reduce plastic footprints.
Microplastics listed on cosmetic ingredients
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polypropylene (PP)
UNEP launched the Clean Seas Campaign in 2017 to galvanize a global movement that tackles single-use plastics and microbeads.
Now in its second phase, it is shining a light on specific aspects of marine litter, such as plastic pollution generated by the cosmetic industry.
Many consumers are not aware just how much plastic there may be in the personal care items they use daily on their faces and bodies.
From the plastic in packaging to the under-5mm microplastics hidden within the products, including beads or glitter, they are designed to wash down the drain, travel through rivers and ultimately end up in the sea.
Microplastics are too small to be filtered out by waste treatment plants and attract waterborne toxins and bacteria that stick to their surfaces. Because they look like food, they are eaten by fish, amphibians, insect, larvae and marine animals as well as seabirds and other marine life, blocking digestive tracts and causing physical problems.
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Swedish synchrotron promises to open up new avenues for researchers.
Electrons have begun circulating in a synchrotron in Lund, Sweden, in what researchers hope marks the start of a new era for X-ray science.
Synchrotrons are particle accelerators that produce X-rays that are used in research ranging from structural biology to materials science. The next generation of this technology promises to lower the costs of X-ray-light sources around the world, while improving their performance and enabling experiments that were not possible before.
At 10 pm local time on 25 August the first bunches of electrons began circulating inside a new 528-metre-long, 3 gigaelectronvolt (GeV) machine at the MAX IV facility in Lund, project director Christoph Quitmann told Nature. MAX IV is the first ‘fourth-generation’ synchrotron in the world.
“It means that something fatal has not happened early on,” says Robert Hettel, an accelerator physicist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. “Many rings in the past have had a hard time reaching this early milestone.”
“Getting the first beam is an absolutely crucial first step” in demonstrating fourth-generation technology, says Chris Jacobsen, an X-ray physicist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. He adds that MAX IV is “leading the world towards a new path in synchrotron light sources”.
In synchrotrons, bunches of electrons circulate at nearly the speed of light inside a ring-shaped vacuum tube. Powerful ‘bending’ magnets steer the electrons around the rings and ‘focusing’ magnets push them together against their mutual repulsion. The electrons then pass through special magnets that shake them sideways to produce pulses of X-rays, known as synchrotron radiation.
Fourth-generation light sources promise to squeeze the electrons into tighter bunches, leading to X-ray pulses that concentrate more photons into a tighter, brighter beam. This will enable researchers to do experiments that could take days on a third-generation machine in mere minutes, Jacobsen says.
Eventually, beams from fourth-generation machines could enable materials scientists to observe chemical reactions inside a battery as they happen, or structural biologists to reveal the structure of proteins from smaller protein crystals than those necessary at existing light sources.
The crucial innovation of the fourth-generation machines is to employ a narrower vacuum pipe to circulate the electrons in. In MAX IV’s case, the pipe is 22 millimetres across, about half as wide as a typical existing synchrotron. This makes it possible to get stronger magnetic fields using more compact bending and focusing magnets, which are also less expensive and can consume ten times less electricity than third-generation systems because of their smaller size.
But keeping such a narrow pipe free of air would not have been possible using conventional high-vacuum pumps alone. MAX IV borrowed a technology from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Europe's particle-physics facility near Geneva, Switzerland, which circulates protons rather than electrons. The LHC's trick — now adopted by MAX IV — is to coat the inner surface of the pipes with a special alloy that absorbs any gas molecules air that happens to bounce around inside the tubes.
“The Swedes should be very proud of their innovative fabrication techniques, which lower the cost of making these machines,” said physicist Herman Winick, a veteran synchrotron builder at SLAC.
In the next few weeks, the MAX IV team will have to test that they can circulate the large number of electrons that will be necessary to produce high-quality beams of X-rays, Hettel says. And in subsequent months, they will build eight experimental stations, or beamlines, around the synchrotron, which they plan to open on 21 June 2016, a date chosen for the symbolism of the summer solstice.
The synchrotron that fired up on 25 August is the larger of two that MAX IV is building; the smaller fourth-generation machine will produce electrons of 1.5 GeV for making ‘softer’, or less energetic, X-rays. The combined cost of the machines and of the first eight beamlines will be 4.5 billion Swedish kronor (US$530 million), Quitmann says, which is being paid for by the Swedish government.
Quitmann says his team reached "a major milestone last night". But, he adds, “We have still a long way to go.”
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In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood lays out her innovative approach to the history of political theory and traces the development of the Western tradition from classical antiquity through the late Middle Ages. Her "social history" is a significant departure from other contextual interpretations. Treating canonical thinkers as passionately engaged human beings, Wood examines their ideas not simply in the context of political languages but as creative responses to the social relations and conflicts of their time and place. From the Ancient Greek polis of Plato and Aristotle, through the Roman Republic of Cicero and the Empire of St Paul and St Augustine, to the medieval world of Averroes, Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham, "Citizens to Lord" offers a rich, dynamic exploration of thinkers and ideas that have indelibly stamped our modern world.
Publisher: Verso Books
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 535 g
Dimensions: 239 x 160 x 24 mm
"A splendid book." Eric Hobsbawm "A powerful antidote to one of the afflictions of the interregnum, the belief that appearance is everything." London Review of Books "[A] brilliant little book... Not just a valuable new interpretation of an old history, it carries important lessons for our own times" The Spokesman "The writing is so supple and accessible, and the argument so persuasive, it's like watching a cloudy mixture of ideas being turned into a clear solution." Adrienne Rich" | <urn:uuid:be674d62-8328-4f19-b87a-849494c9b022> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.waterstones.com/book/citizens-to-lords/ellen-meiksins-wood/9781844672431 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.895529 | 316 | 2.125 | 2 |
<p>At formal youth events like Bar \ Bat Mitzvahs adults typically<br />prefer to enjoy their meal. Usually 1 hour plus. Whether it’s a<br />sit down meal or a buffet. Young people on the other hand<br />only need 10 minutes. If that. LOL</p> <p>One solution is to stagger the meal times. Let the adults savor<br />their meal, while your entertainer plays an interactive game<br />with the kids.</p> <p>A well designed interactive game that is not too loud will serve<br />as entertainment for the adults and keep kids occupied.</p> <p>Approximately 15 minutes later the Bar\Bat Mitzvah boy\girl<br />can lead his\her friends in a Conga Line to their very own<br />buffet line.</p> <p>Of course there is also that eat and dance at the same time<br />thing about Jewish events. But that’s a tip for another day</p>
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The Washington Post reported that Rent the Runway’s service will now expand to include in its subscription programme less formal items that increase usage cases. Customers will be able to rent four items for a flat rate of $89. This service builds on an offering that debuted last year allowing users to rent four items at any one time, with no monthly limit, for the higher price of $159 per month.
CEO Jennifer Hyman said that the development aims to help women reduce the size of their wardrobes. “There is so much waste when it comes to the closet — most women doesn’t use 80 or 85 percent of what they have,” she said. “What we offer is newness and variety.”
Sharing economy services have rendered some industries unrecognisable. Airbnb’s disruption of the hotel industry – and accommodation more generally – chimes with Uber and Lyft’s massive gain of market share in recent years. More traditional businesses in these areas have been forced to rethink their futures.
Some put a potential shift in the apparel industry down to the impact of social media in the last decade. “Social media has created an atmosphere in which, yeah, you could wear the same thing twice, but you’d rather not if you can avoid it,” argued Rachel Saunders, director of strategy at Cassandra, a research agency.
In order to keep up with fashion in a manner that is cost effective, she continued, it is necessary for consumers to become comfortable sharing clothes with strangers. Cassandra research shows that there is potential for growth, especially among young people, as 62% of millennials and 57% of teens want brands to offer more ways to rent.
However, Rent the Runway’s average consumer is 33 years-old, and in 9 out of 10 cases is a working professional living in a major city. While some experts suggest that everyday clothing is already very cheap, the rental system is also a touchpoint along the purchase journey, as the company offers discounts for previously borrowed clothing.
Elsewhere, startups are exploring the field: Girl Meets Dress in the UK, Chic By Choice in Europe and Glam Corner in Australia. In addition, services such as Borrow For Your Bump rents out maternity wear, cornering a temporary need state.
Recent research from YouGov also illuminated the millennial generation’s affinity with sharing economy services as 46% of millennials told the researcher that they would be willing to share ownership of a car in future.
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Paul Minnis of the University of Oklahoma in Norman is obsessed with a chile seed. He found it buried last summer, two meters below ground, in a pile of trash left behind a millennium ago by indigenous people in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. "The chile seed came from a trash deposit under the floor of a room, suggesting it was deposited before the room was built," says Minnis. For this researcher, it offered a keyhole-sized peek at a mysterious past.
Minnis is a professor of archaeology and paleoethnobotany, a field that got its first big boost in the 1960s when archaeologists realized that not all plant remains rot. "Once we started looking for plant remains, we found them," Minnis says. He and his colleague, Michael Whalen...
They sort through the debris they find using a technique called flotation, in which they flood dirt removed from a cooking site or a trash heap—known in archaeology-speak as 'midden'—with water. Plant remains, being lighter than water, float, while the dirt sinks. The researchers use a screen to skim off the floating plant remains, and dry them. "We typically use a bridal veil-type material purchased at a fabric store" as a screen, says Minnis. They then take a close look at the debris, consisting mostly of seeds and charcoal. "I love sorting little, ugly, invisible remains under the microscope."
Using this technique, they have found what these early pueblo dwellers ate, what woods were used as fuel, whether the wood was locally gathered or "imported" from other locations, a metric for settlement. (As a group settles into an area, the people range further and further afield to search for wood.) Seeds are particularly important, as they can reveal whether food was cultivated, imported, or gathered wild. Cultivation shows a certain sophistication, involving both a developing agriculture and a possible transportation network. It's a lot to learn from old trash.
"We don't know specifically how chiles were used at Casas Grandes," Minnis says in an email. "We only have a single cultivated chile seed (and two other seeds that might be chile)." He concludes it belongs to the genus Capsicum on the basis of two anatomical features: a beaked shape where the seed once attached to its plant (hilum) and parallel cells on the seed coat. It was likely cultivated, he reasons, because wild seeds are generally smaller.
"It is interesting because chile became such an important food post-Spanish contact but seems not to have been used prehistorically in the Southwest (except for our single chile seed found last summer)," says Minnis. "The change from pre-contact to post-contact cuisine is especially interesting because of the Mesoamerican crops that could have been grown in the Southwest, all but the chile and tomato arrived in prehistoric times."
Just how old is this seed? Luckily, the trash contained styles of pottery that have been dated before, and Minnis and his team are still performing a radiocarbon date run on the organic material in the trash. (Most of these long ago peoples don't have specific tribal or local names. Distinctive names occur when they become associated with a specific location, like the Mimbres and their pottery.)
It isn't just food the scientists are after. "We found a piece of charred cloth which tells us they cultivated cotton." Minnis adds. The early people of southwestern North America had cultivated cotton and wove it into cloth, implying a society developed past simple agriculture for food. "There are four species of cotton that are cultivatable, two from the old world, two from the new, isn't that neat?" | <urn:uuid:d2a968e4-92d3-4be3-9aaf-9e21ffd516fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.the-scientist.com/uncategorized/paleo-ethno-what-44318 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970314 | 789 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Eight Sections of Brocade II
Postural Principles - Standing Eight Sections of Brocade II
A continuation of the study of the eight sections of brocade, this class will refine and add more advanced layers of practice. These will include; Breath, channel, intent, and explanation of function.
The eight sections of brocade as presented in this class is a straight forward method of addressing ones postural habits, systematically repatterning movement pathways and structural relationships throughout the body. Internally it opens channels, increases respiratory capacity and resilience. Nourishes and strengthens the internal organs and their associated functions.
Eight Sections of Brocade is a traditional qigong set practiced by Taoists and Martial artists for its health and medical benefits. Somewhat rigorous, the method presented in this class is effective and comprehensive, incorporating layers of physically direct and energetically subtle practice.
the progressive layers simultaneously nourish and strengthen both the physical and energetic systems.
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Low-Light Vision (Extraordinary ability)
Characters with low-light vision have eyes that are so sensitive to light that they can see twice as far as normal in dim light. Low-light vision is color vision. A spellcaster with low-light vision can read a scroll as long as even the tiniest candle flame is next to him as a source of light.
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Coro’s Blog: On Purpose
Rewiring the Economy: Sustainability Roundtable Podcast
Published on November 8, 2019
“Change is coming whether you like it or not.” Greta Thunberg
Greta’s message to the world largely focuses on the environmental realities facing our planet, but it should also be taken to heart by companies in thinking about the sustainability of their future. In my decades of work in the field of corporate sustainability, I am seeing an unprecedented shift by organizations to truly focus on embedding sustainability into their business models.
There is no doubt there is a pivot towards prioritizing sustainability – recognizing organizational and governance responsibilities in making the changes necessary to meet the increasing demands from consumers, employees, shareholders and regulatory bodies.
In this podcast, I, along with Heather Mak, a sustainability compatriot, join “Closing the Loop” podcast host Allen Langdon (circular economy innovator extraordinaire), to tackle these and other questions and issues:
- Will business actually make the changes it needs to make? We all know that what doesn’t get measured doesn’t get done, so how are businesses commitments being monitored?
- What are the trends and changes in business interests? What are the drivers for the shift?
- How do partnerships and collaborations fit into maturing corporate sustainability?
- How does it all contribute to the “circular economy”, the next frontier of sustainability?
Looking at sustainability as part of an organization’s business model is integral to meeting the expectations of investors, customers, and the workforce. If you’re in government, in business, or are a consumer of just about anything in our society, you’ll want to listen to this 30 minute podcast to help you understand and prepare for those changes that are coming – whether we like it or not: | <urn:uuid:0025756c-922a-4fc8-b258-5dc03e052ff1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://corostrandberg.com/rewiring-the-economy-sustainability-roundtable-podcast/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.92603 | 389 | 2.03125 | 2 |
ADVANCING EVERYDAY LIFE
We take our stewardship of the land seriously
Glencore’s Australian coal business leads the way in mine site closures and land rehabilitation. We work with local communities, often going beyond what’s expected to return mined land back to farmland and native forest.
How much land does Glencore rehabilitate?
For six years running, Glencore’s coal business has rehabilitated over 1,000 hectares of mined land annually across Australia. That’s about 1,400 footy fields’ worth of land all restored back to native forest, farmland or other productive use each year.
How does our rehabilitation work?
We start planning for rehabilitation as early as possible. For new sites, this means long before we even start mining. The number and types of trees are recorded. The land is mapped. And seeds from local trees are all collected pre-mining. Rehabilitation is then factored into our daily and yearly plans, with the final outcome assessed against our Rehabilitation Report Card by environmental managers, ecologists, government regulators and other key stakeholders.
Rehabilitated in 2021
Seed sown in 2021
Tubestock and seedlings planted
Invested in rehab in 2021
Can you tell the difference between rehabilitated mine land and state forest?
Over the years, we’ve returned more than 21,000 hectares of mined land back to high-quality farmland, native woodland, or other productive uses.
Our aim is to make it challenging to tell which land is a Glencore rehabilitated mine, and which is a natural landscape.
Glencore coal rehabilitation
With an approach informed by science, we’re Australian industry leaders in mine rehabilitation.
Liddell cattle grazing trial
We showed that active coal mines can be successfully transformed into sustainable grazing land.
We returned this previously mined land to bushland rich with native vegetation.
We've set the inclusion of natural landform into our rehabilitation work.
Oaky Creek Coal
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June 2020 Clinical case of the month
Title: Consolidation Therapy in Immunocompetent Host with PCNSL
Submitted by: Syed Ali Abutalib and Nicolaus Kröger
Physicians expert perspective: Gerald Illerhaus
A 55-year-old man presented with complaints of newly developed neurologic symptoms over the course of 2 weeks. He stated that he had been getting lost driving while performing his job driving taxi, which he has had been doing for the past 10 years. He has also experienced abulia, an inability to make decisions or lack of will, while listening to sports on the radio, and he found himself singing while driving, both of which were atypical behaviors for him and a substantial variation from his normal baseline. He reported no headaches or visual symptoms and is otherwise healthy, with no medical or surgical history. He denied travel outside of his city for the past 5 years.
The Karnofsky score is 90%. The neurologic exam was normal. The complete blood cell count (CBC) and complete metabolic profile were also normal. The hepatitis panel and HIV test were negative. These constellations of new symptoms led to brain imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast demonstrated a homogeneously enhancing lesion in the left frontal lobe. A similar, smaller, noncontiguous lesion was also noted in the right frontal lobe. The staging is unremarkable for disease outside the CNS. The diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma is secured after uneventful stereotactic brain biopsy. After four cycles of methotrexate-based induction therapy, he underwent restaging, which confirms complete remission (CR1).
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell rescue
B. Whole-brain irradiation therapy
C. Nonmyeloablative cytarabine based chemotherapy
D. All of the above are reasonable options
E. A and B
Expert Perspective by Professor Gerald Illerhaus
Primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma confined to the cerebral parenchyma, eyes, leptomeninges, and spinal cord. Median survival in untreated patients is limited to a few months. Despite the high complete remission rate after methotrexate (MTX)-based chemotherapy, more than 50% of patients will relapse within 2 years. Therapeutic approach in younger patients (<65-70 years of age) usually consists of a high-dose (HD)-MTX (> 3 g/m²) based induction immunochemotherapy followed by consolidation treatment. The addition of additional drugs like HD-cytarabine and alkylating agents like thiotepa, procarbazine or temozolomide showed a benefit on overall survival (OS) . A promising chemotherapeutic regimen comprising HD-MTX, HD-cytarabine, thiotepa and rituximab (MATRix) showed a 2-year progression-free-survival (PFS) of 62% and OS of 67% as well as a benefit in treatment response regarding the addition of rituximab . Whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) following induction HD-MTX-based chemotherapy has shown to be an effective consolidation therapy associated with 2-year PFS of 63-72% and OS of 85-86% . However, there is a considerable risk of severe neurotoxicity as long-term effect after WBRT especially in patients older than >60 years of age. Severe dementia, gait disorder and incontinence are the most common symptoms caused by post-therapeutic leukoencephalopathy and are associated with a significant 30% mortality rate. In order to reduce neurocognitive impairment, investigators proposed different consolidating strategies; hence high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HDT-AHSCT) or non-myeloablative chemotherapy gained importance. An ongoing phase III trial is currently validating another regimen comprising rituximab, dexamethasone, etoposide (VP-16), ifosfamide and carboplatin (R-DeVIC for 2 cycles every 3 weeks) in comparison to HDT-AHSCT for consolidation treatment [(NCT02531841).
Besides a beneficial effect on neurocognitive impairment and quality of life , HDT-AHCT also appeared superior to WBRT concerning the 2-year PFS of 87% vs. 63% along with a low transplantation-associated mortality of 3-5%. Conditioning protocols should be thiotepa-based due to poor blood-brain barrier penetration of other commonly used regimens.
Correct Answer – A - High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell rescue
- Omuro A, Chinot O, Taillandier L, et al. Methotrexate and temozolomide versus methotrexate, procarbazine, vincristine, and cytarabine for primary CNS lymphoma in an elderly population: an intergroup ANOCEF-GOELAMS randomised phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2015;2(6):e251‐e259.
- Ferreri AJ, Cwynarski K, Pulczynski E, et al. Chemoimmunotherapy with methotrexate, cytarabine, thiotepa, and rituximab (MATRix regimen) in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: results of the first randomisation of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group-32 (IELSG32) phase 2 trial.
- Ferreri AJM, Cwynarski K, Pulczynski E, et al. Whole-brain radiotherapy or autologous stem-cell transplantation as consolidation strategies after high-dose methotrexate-based chemoimmunotherapy in patients with primary CNS lymphoma: results of the second randomisation of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group-32 phase
- Rubenstein JL, Hsi ED, Johnson JL, et al. Intensive chemotherapy and immunotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma: CALGB 50202 (Alliance 50202). J Clin Oncol. 2013;31(25):3061‐3068.
- Houillier C, Taillandier L, Dureau S, et al. Radiotherapy or Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation for Primary CNS Lymphoma in Patients 60 Years of Age and Younger: Results of the Intergroup ANOCEF-GOELAMS Randomized Phase II PRECIS Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(10):823‐833. doi:10.1200/JCO.18.00306
Syed Ali Abutalib, MD
Associate Director, Hematology and Cellular Therapy Program
Director, Clinical Apheresis Program
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Zion, Illinois
Associate Professor, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Nicolaus Kröger, MD
Professor and Medical Director of the Department of Stem Cell
Transplantation at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
University Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Correspondence: Nicolaus Kröger, MD
Gerald Illerhaus, MD
Professor and of Hematology and Oncology
Medical Director, Dept. of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Palliative Care
Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart Cancer Center / Tumorzentrum Eva Mayr-Stihl
Future Clinical Case of the Month
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By Sarah Newman
When I first heard about April Davila’s quest to live without Monsanto for a month, I thought she was doing something noble in a public setting. But, would it really be that hard? As a locavore, I pride myself on purchasing my produce from farmer’s markets, so couldn’t she just do the same? When we decided to meet, I soon realized that my arrogant assumptions had enough hot air to heat a compost bin.
After many attempts to find a place to meet, we settled on having organic herbal tea at a local coffee shop. She greeted me in her new wardrobe. No, she’s isn’t an Angeleno fashionista. Rather, Monsanto owns most cotton seeds so she had to purchase clothes and shoes made from other sources. April is plain and soft-spoken–I wouldn’t pick her to stand with a bull-horn outside of a McDonald’s protest. Despite her demeanor, her month without Monsanto was her own small but very impactful way of positively affecting our food system.
April wasn’t a food activist before she saw Food, Inc. She’s a scientist, writer and mom who was a conscious food consumer but hadn’t let it define her life. After seeing the film, she started reading more about Monsanto and was disturbed by an article about the possible harmful kidney and liver effects of the company’s genetically modified corn. She decided to go Monsanto-free for a month after casually mentioning it to a friend who challenged her to do it (and this friend was critical in helping her succeed as the volume of research became more than a full-time job).
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Let’s Talk About Men’s Health
Some of the most common health issues for men are the sort they may not be thrilled to talk about.
But UF Health Urology experts are committed to helping guide their male patients through sometimes uncomfortable discussions, to ensure that sidestepping the topic doesn’t affect their health and quality of life.
Erectile dysfunction, or ED, is a common condition that affects 1 in 4 men.
“There are some studies that suggest 50% of men over the age of 50 suffer from erectile dysfunction, so it is very common,” said Kevin Campbell, MD, an assistant professor in the department of urology at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Although many men over the age of 50 suffer from ED, it is important to note it is not an inevitable consequence of aging. However, those with a chronic disease, such as diabetes or heart disease, and those who use substances such as tobacco, drugs and alcohol have an increased risk for ED.
In most cases, ED can be resolved and there are multiple treatment options, including oral drug therapy, penile injection therapy and vacuum erection devices. Additionally, there are surgical options available. It is important to schedule a consultation with your doctor to determine which treatment option is best for you or your loved one.
Another common condition that affects men is urinary incontinence. Approximately 55 million men across the world suffer from loss of urinary control.
For minor incontinence, behavioral modifications can help. This includes decreasing fluid intake before bed, voiding the bladder frequently and avoiding caffeine, alcohol and activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure, such as heavy lifting. Other treatments for urinary incontinence include external collection devices, such as pads or diapers, an external compression device, pelvic floor physical therapy and surgical interventions.
“Urinary incontinence is one of the most devastating side effects a man can experience after the treatment for some pathological conditions, such as prostate cancer,” said Larry Yeung, MD, medical director of UF Health Urology – Medical Plaza and an associate professor in the department of urology at the UF College of Medicine.
Accounting for nearly 200,000 new cancer cases in the United States annually, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in American men. It tends to occur in men over age 50, with over 65% of cases diagnosed in those ages 65 and older.
For most patients with low risk of prostate cancer, active surveillance is a safe treatment option. Surgery, radiation, focal therapy or a combination of multiple treatment methods are used for patients with an intermediate to high risk of prostate cancer.
“The key to prostate cancer treatment is the balance of cancer control versus length and quality of life,” said Wayne Brisbane, MD, an assistant professor in the department of urology at the UF College of Medicine. “Although prostate cancer treatment is important, you have to be careful not to overtreat.”
ED, urinary incontinence and prostate cancer affect many men. Though it may initially feel embarrassing to talk about, UF Health Urology experts say it’s vital for men to get screened and treated for these conditions to ensure they don’t progress and affect quality of life.
Dr. Yeung emphasized that the UF Health Urology team understands that each patient may have a sensitive subject they need to broach.
“Patients may be anxious, shy or afraid to approach anyone about their condition and it takes a lot of courage for them to wake up and come to the clinic,” he said. “So we make sure every staff member, from check-in to check-out, is very professional and we provide an environment that feels comfortable.” | <urn:uuid:c1f40ae9-de60-41a7-9849-b493ed6d6939> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://m.ufhealth.org/blog/let-s-talk-about-men-s-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948982 | 794 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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Capitoline Museum of Rome (Rome, Italy); University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri); University of South Florida Tampa Library (Tampa, Florida)
Concave, elongated back with filling tube at one end and spout at the other. Three holes punched in tube to form strainer. Grooved basket handle attached to rim of filling tube and back of vessel with indentation at mid-point.; Applied decoration on back below handle. Shape unclear; similar to two joined Ionic volutes. ; Gray fabric (2.5Y 6/1). Glossy slip over all, unevenly fired black to brown.
P.H. 0.065, P.L. 0.135, P.W. 0.053 m. (meters)
Black gloss (aat ); Musei Capitolini (ulan ); Art pottery (aat ); Pottery (local)
Rome Antiquarium, Sala V
2nd half of 3rd c. B.C.
You must be signed in and have permissions to view the content.;; Reduced fabric as 7626, 7628, 10134.; Top of vessel preserved: spout, handle, and portion of back. Surface heavily worn.; Image not available, displaying collection default image;;; Morel 8250 Morel, Jean - Paul. Céramique campanienne: Les Formes. Rome: École française de Rome, 1981. Print.)
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Capitoline Museum, Rome
Hidden Treasures of Rome
Room V of the Antiquarium
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Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, or TLIF, is a type of back surgery. It is used to fuse together individual bones of the spine, known as vertebrae, which might be causing pain. Usually the pain results from wear and tear damaging a cushioning disc between two vertebrae. This means the vertebrae are no longer protected from one another during movement, and part of the disc might also stick out and press on a nerve, giving rise to shooting pains. TLIF surgery treats the source of the back pain by removing the damaged disc, as well as fusing the surrounding bones so they no longer move relative to one another.
The transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion technique is carried out in the lumbar region of the spine, commonly known as the lower back. A number of conditions can give rise to severe pain in the lower back, including a slipped, or herniated, disc, and spondylolisthesis, where a vertebra slips forward over the one beneath. Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is usually reserved for people who have had back pain for some time and have not been helped by other, non-surgical treatments such as physiotherapy and medication.
Two different types of surgery may be used to perform a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. The traditional open surgery method involves making a larger incision in the skin to expose parts of the spine, while the minimally invasive, or keyhole surgery, technique can be carried out through smaller cuts. Using the minimally invasive procedure has advantages of causing less blood loss, reducing pain after surgery, and speeding up recovery so patients can return home earlier.
During the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion operation, the surgeon takes pieces of bone from the pelvis to create what are known as bone grafts. After removing the damaged disc from between the vertebral bones and leaving a space, some of the bone graft substance is inserted, together with two spacer devices called fusion cages. Fusion cages are hollow constructions made out of carbon fiber, titanium or bone, and they are filled with graft material. Further amounts of bone graft tissue are added around the back and sides of the vertebrae before the surgeon fixes them tightly together using a system of rods and screws. This presses the bones together and helps spinal fusion occur.
Following lumbar fusion surgery patients may need to remain in the hospital for up to a week. After around three weeks of rest, activities such as walking may be resumed, but more strenuous exercise is only possible after several months. Although transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion does not usually remove pain and symptoms completely, most patients feel better after the procedure and are satisfied with the outcome. | <urn:uuid:8e3d863f-e623-4671-bfa1-e832b18feb93> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-a-transforaminal-lumbar-interbody-fusion.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943149 | 571 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Yeah, so you might have a fancy keyboard with a screen on it.
But we bet it doesn't hold a candle to this computer mouse, which hosts a whole, functional computer inside of its housing, complete with keyboard and screen.
It's a DIY project by YouTuber Electronic Grenade, who also managed to fit an entire gaming system inside a controller a while back.
The mouse's housing is 3D printed, while the computer itself is a Raspberry Pi Zero, connected to a bluetooth mini keyboard, a 1.5-inch LCD screen, and uses the parts from a wired mouse. And for the most part, it works.
"Even though the screen is attached to the mouse, the sensitivity of the mouse actually makes it not that hard to follow along with what's happening on the screen," Electronic Grenade explains in the video.
Sure, the Raspberry Pi sometimes freezes up, the keyboard is cramped and in an awkward position, but you can play Minecraft on it (for about 15 seconds before it freezes.)
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This short post shows you how to install the Python package in Visual Studio Code, which is widely used in the programming environment. The prerequisite for our operation is the Python extension in Visual Studio code, which should be installed at the very beginning (Pic. 1).
You can do the installation from this link and get the newest version of the Python language.
Next, you can start programming with Python in Visual Studio Code without a problem. However, it seems, like you are somewhat restricted when you discover, that there are problems with installing the external Python libraries and importing them to Visual Studio Code. I hope, that this quick solution will help you manage these issues.
The biggest problem at the initial stage is the presumed lack of the Pip installation in our Visual Studio Code software. The Pip is the most popular tool for installing Python packages and includes a modern version of Python. It provides the essential core features for finding, downloading, and installing Python packages.
In Visual Studio Code, the Pip seems to be not recognized as an internal or external command (Pic. 2). Usually, we choose the quickest way of Python module installation, where after visiting the module we want to get, we simply make the copy of the top installation command and next, paste it to our Python dedicated software, i.e. PyCharm.
In the Visual Studio Code, we need to change our pip command a bit. The proper command in our terminal should be:
C:\Users\m\Desktop\Python> py -m pip
Once we hit enter, the whole list of commands should be populated like you can see below (Pic. 3).
Now we are sure, that the Pip has been recognized by our Visual Studio Code. It means, that the Python library can be installed, which is great.
In order to make the installation correctly, we can’t simply make a copy of the main command available just below the library name (Pic. 2).
If we would do so, then our command would look like this:
C:\Users\m\Desktop\Python> py -m pip pip install numpy
and we would have to remove one “pip” preventing at least one space between the strings like you can see here.
I think, much easier is just type the py-m in our terminal path:
C:\Users\m\Desktop\Python> py -m
and then append the library command, which we want to install (Pic. 2)…
C:\Users\m\Desktop\Python> py -m pip install numpy
After hitting the “Enter” button, you can see the installation progress. Next, the tool will inform you the information about the target path where the library has been installed as well as the new pip version if available (Pic. 4).
In order to make sure, that everything is alright, you can import the library to the file you are working on, by simply typing:
If something would be wrong, the Python console will underline your code with a wavy red line. Since everything has been installed properly, the library is to be recognized instantly by the Visual Studio Code (Pic. 5).
I highly recommend using Visual Studio Code, which appears to be the best coding application in the market. The biggest advantage is a broad opportunity for coding in various programming languages. This application is great and supersedes other programming applications dedicated to a specified language. As a result, a lot of memory is saved keeping our computers faster.
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Europe has scheduled the end of the heat engine by 2035, but some models will have an additional reprieve. On the initiative of the European Parliament, very luxury cars, these “supercars” whose base price exceeds 200,000 euros, will benefit from preferential treatment to pass – a shame! – to all-electric to a senator train.
Called the “Ferrari amendment”, the text adopted on June 8 provides that manufacturers whose production is between 1,000 and 10,000 vehicles per year will not have to comply with the intermediate objective of 2030, which plans to reduce CO emissions2 55% compared to 1990. These brands will certainly have to comply with the carbon neutrality obligation, but only from 2036, one year after the deadline set for the rest of the automotive industry.
Until then, buyers of very luxury cars will be able to continue driving aboard super-powerful coupes powered by mechanics stuffed with hydrocarbons. Firms whose production is below 1,000 units per year such as Bugatti (Volkswagen group), Morgan or the Swedish Koenigsegg will escape, for their part, the programmed restrictions.
Strong presence of Italian MPs
During this time, the vulgum will have to convert to hybrid or electric and pay a significant additional cost, in order to contribute to the achievement of the collective objectives of reducing CO2 emissions2. Even if “supercars” represent only 0.2% of the market, such a message seems difficult to reconcile with the building of a consensus around the ecological transition. Especially when, at the same time, Europe insists on the need to democratize the transition towards more environmentally friendly mobility.
This preferential regime could benefit Lamborghini (8,500 vehicles per year), McLaren (4,000 cars in good years) and, theoretically, Rolls-Royce (5,500 sales in 2021). Despite its title, the amendment adopted by the European Parliament should not, as it stands, concern Ferrari, unless there is a strategic reversal. The prancing horse brand has embarked on a steady increase in production, which represented 11,153 units in 2021, and is due to reach the 15,000 mark in 2025, as part of a plan to increase to nearly 40 % its margin rate.
The vigorous plea in favor of an exceptional regime pronounced by Roberto Cingolani, Italian Minister for Ecological Transition (and former member of the board of directors of Ferrari), undoubtedly contributed to associating this amendment with the Maranello firm. As well as the strong presence of Italian deputies among the signatories of this proposal adopted by a conjunction of elected representatives from the far right, right, center and left.
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In a new research collaboration between the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Adelaide, previously held views on the evolutionary development of the human brain are being challenged. The findings of their studies, published today in the Royal Society Open Science, unseats previous theories that the progression of human intelligence is simply related to the increase in size of the brain.
Their research found that while brain size has increased by about 350% over human evolution, blood flow to the brain increased by an amazing 600%. The increase in the supply of blood to the brain appears to be closely linked to the evolution of human intelligence where the human brain has evolved to become not only larger, but more energetically costly and blood thirsty than previously believed.
Wits Brain Function Research Group co-author Dr Edward Snelling says: "Ancient fossil skulls from Africa reveal holes where the arteries supplying the brain passed through. The size of these holes show how blood flow increased from 3 million year old Australopithecus to modern humans."
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Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors as Girl's Tyme comprising, among others, Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. After years of limited success, they were signed in 1996 to Columbia Records as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the 1999 release of their best-selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall, which contained the number-one singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". Despite critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict and legal turmoil, as Roberson and Luckett attempted to split from the group's manager Mathew Knowles, citing favoritism of Knowles and Rowland. Both Roberson and Luckett were soon replaced with Williams and Farrah Franklin; however, in 2000, Franklin left, leaving the group as a trio. Their third album, Survivor, which contains themes the public interpreted as a channel to the group's experience, contains the worldwide hits "Independent Women", "Survivor" and "Bootylicious". In 2002, they announced a hiatus and re-united two years later for the release of their fourth and final studio album, Destiny Fulfilled (2004). Destiny's Child has sold more than 60 million records worldwide to date.Billboard magazine ranks the group as one of the greatest musical trios of all time, the ninth most successful artist/band of the 2000s, and placed the group 68th in its All-Time Hot 100 Artists list in 2008. | <urn:uuid:73d188a9-6b09-4f9b-a4f7-254417d2badf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://play.anghami.com/artist/1561 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.945722 | 395 | 1.546875 | 2 |
We recently received this note from Ivo Velasquez, Project Director for Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo, about two of our water projects:
Laguna Sulty is located in the Valle Alto, a section of the department of Cochabamba that has more than 30,000 hectares (1 hectare=10,000 square meters or 2.47 acres) of good land capable of growing crops but almost no water to irrigate it. Mano a Mano buiilt the Laguna Sulty water reservoir after a request from the community. The project was dedicated on January 5, 2008 after a very difficult and challenging 7 months of construction (Mano a Mano Bolivia also constructed a health clinic in Laguna Sulty in 2006).
The reservoir has filled with water every year since its dedication, mainly during the rainy season between November and March. Community members irrigate and harvest corn, which is said to be the best corn in the area. After the end of the rainy season in March, water is retained in the reservoir to be able to irrigate a second harvest, usually in July, when families either plant a second crop of corn or alfalfa for their animals.
Over the past few years the farmers have found that irrigating their corn with just a small amount of water from the reservoir, along with any rains that may come, almost guarantees them a good harvest.
Many in the community had given up hope of ever having water; a typical farmers’ harvests were maybe 20% if they were able to grow anything at all. Now with water from the reservoir they have good harvests, and enough food for their families and enough surplus to sell at the market. The reservoir has also improved the climate in the area; the additional water in the reservoir has increased water levels in the subsoil which has increased the humidity.
Even though the reservoir has greatly improved water access in the area, it still isn’t sufficient to irrigate all 540 hectares of land for the 350 families that live there. Everyone has to irrigate according to a schedule and receives a defined amount of water. A survey indicated that right now only half of the land is being irrigated; families have to share with their neighbors to ensure that everyone is able to irrigate at least some portion of their land. But it is a drastic improvement from before.
Laguna Sulty used to be an area that had some of the worst harvests and had almost no access to water, but they now have water and are able to produce good harvests.
Laguna Sulty Leaders Visit Mano a Mano
On August 13, leaders from 10 communities in the Laguna Sulty area traveled to the Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo office in Cochabamba. Don Primitivo Montano, a former community leader, told us that they had never had a better corn harvest than this year, and everyone in the group expressed their deep appreciation for the water project. The group also came to request new water projects to be able to provide water to lands that were further away and higher in elevation.
We are now working on a water reservoir in Jusku Molle, a 5-minute drive from Laguna Sulty. Both of these projects are using a pump system that, according to some engineers, is one of the first of its kind in Bolivia (this pump system has been working very well since 2008 in the Laguna Sulty reservoir).
Last week we visited the Jusku Molle site with Cochabamba Rotary Club members, and when we arrived an older man some distance away saw us and ran as fast as he could, kicking up dirt and almost falling over on his way to make sure he got to us before we left. “Thank you for the projects that you are doing in my community, now we will have water and food, thank you Mano a Mano,” he told us in Quechua with a smile on his face. This is something we see on the faces of Laguna Sulty residents now; there is happiness, a level of excitement and hope for their future.
For us, it is a joy to be able to work in this community and provide a water project that has been very successful, and we are able to see the results when we visit. All this is made possible thanks to the effort and support of our friends from Rotary, volunteers, donors, and Mano a Mano in Bolivia and in the US. | <urn:uuid:8e4c6392-736a-4433-9f13-393622ad1c0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://manoamano.org/blog/update-on-water-projects/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.983205 | 942 | 2.390625 | 2 |
At Aberdeen, we have several lines of research around the manufacture of green chemicals. For example, we are building plasma catalysis reactors to reform biomethane and/or carbon dioxide into more valuable chemicals as part of a Leverhulme trust sponsored doctoral training centre. We also continue to work on low-carbon cements produced via sulfur combustion sponsored by the GORD institute. Finally, we’re developing “electronic noses” which can monitor fermentation processes (and plasma reactors) using combinations of cheap commercial gas sensors. All of these systems have huge numbers of variables, and we need to utilise “big data” approaches combined with AI/Machine Learning to characterise and model them.
Machine learning, and more generally Artificial Intelligence, are finding wider applications in the field of Chemical/Process Engineering. The key challenge is to maintain physical correctness and validity of the trained models outside their region of training, thus ensuring safety, when embedding these models into process control, or process design. They must capture the underlying rules such as the laws of thermodynamics, and elemental constraints, thus we’re embedding the Machine Learning/AI at a higher level, layered above the thermodynamic and kinetic models.
The research you undertake here will focus on developing new process models using open-source process modelling frameworks. These can be existing modelling frameworks such as pyomo, or custom in-house solutions. You can work in close collaboration with any of our experimental projects, even taking over aspects of them, depending on your own interests and motivations. The project can be developed together with you; however, at its core will be the modelling work combined with modern engineering principles of rapid iteration and fail fast design which requires comparison against experimental results.
Selection will be made on the basis of academic merit. The successful candidate should have, or expect to obtain, a UK Honours degree at 2.1 or above (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, physics, chemistry, or a related field with computational modelling experience modelling.
Any background in process modelling and a programming language such as python, Julia, or C++ is highly desirable.
Formal applications can be completed online: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/pgap/login.php
• Apply for Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering
• State name of the lead supervisor as the Name of Proposed Supervisor
• State ‘Self-funded’ as Intended Source of Funding
• State the exact project title on the application form
When applying please ensure all required documents are attached:
• All degree certificates and transcripts (Undergraduate AND Postgraduate MSc-officially translated into English where necessary)
• Detailed CV, Personal Statement/Motivation Letter and Intended source of funding
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The first Pc networks were devoted Unique-reason units which include SABRE (an airline reservation method) and AUTODIN I (a protection command-and-control method), the two built and applied within the late fifties and early sixties. By the early sixties Pc companies experienced begun to implement semiconductor technology in industrial items, and the two common batch-processing and time-sharing units were in position in lots of large, technologically Highly developed businesses. Time-sharing units allowed a pc’s methods to get shared in speedy succession with several end users, biking from the queue of end users so speedily that the pc appeared committed to Every single consumer’s responsibilities despite the existence of many others accessing the method “at the same time.” This led for the notion of sharing Pc methods (called host desktops or just hosts) around a complete community. Host-to-host interactions were envisioned, as well as use of specialized methods (which include supercomputers and mass storage units) and interactive access by distant end users for the computational powers of your time-sharing units Positioned in other places. These Tips were initially understood in ARPANET, which recognized the very first host-to-host community link on October 29, 1969. It had been created through the State-of-the-art Investigation Jobs Company (ARPA) from the U.S. Division of Protection. ARPANET was among the initially typical-reason Pc networks. It related time-sharing desktops at governing administration-supported analysis sites, principally universities in The us, and it before long turned a essential bit of infrastructure for the pc science analysis community in The us. Tools and applications—like the uncomplicated mail transfer protocol (SMTP, commonly generally known as e-mail), for sending short messages, along with the file transfer protocol (FTP), for lengthier transmissions—speedily emerged. So that you can achieve Expense-productive interactive communications between desktops, which usually talk In brief bursts of data, ARPANET used the new technology of packet switching. Packet switching will take large messages (or chunks of Pc details) and breaks them into scaled-down, manageable items (called packets) which will travel independently around any obtainable circuit for the focus on location, the place the items are reassembled. Therefore, compared with traditional voice communications, packet switching isn’t going to demand a single devoted circuit between Every single pair of end users. Commercial packet networks were introduced within the nineteen seventies, but these were built principally to provide economical use of distant desktops by devoted terminals. Briefly, they replaced lengthy-length modem connections by fewer-expensive “Digital” circuits around packet networks. In The us, Telenet and Tymnet were two this sort of packet networks. Neither supported host-to-host communications; within the nineteen seventies this was still the province from the analysis networks, and it might remain so for a few years. DARPA (Protection State-of-the-art Investigation Jobs Company; formerly ARPA) supported initiatives for ground-centered and satellite-centered packet networks. The bottom-centered packet radio method offered cellular use of computing methods, although the packet satellite community related The us with various European nations and enabled connections with broadly dispersed and distant locations. Along with the introduction of packet radio, connecting a cellular terminal to a pc community turned feasible. On the other hand, time-sharing units were then still much too large, unwieldy, and costly to get cellular as well as to exist outside a weather-managed computing ecosystem. A powerful determination Therefore existed to connect the packet radio community to ARPANET to be able to allow for cellular end users with uncomplicated terminals to access some time-sharing units for which they’d authorization. In the same way, the packet satellite community was employed by DARPA to website link The us with satellite terminals serving the uk, Norway, Germany, and Italy. These terminals, however, needed to be linked to other networks in European nations to be able to reach the stop end users. Therefore arose the need to link the packet satellite Internet, as well as the packet radio Internet, with other networks. Basis of the net The net resulted from the hassle to connect numerous analysis networks in The us and Europe. First, DARPA recognized a method to analyze the interconnection of “heterogeneous networks.” This method, called Internetting, was according to the recently introduced concept of open architecture networking, during which networks with defined typical interfaces could well be interconnected by “gateways.” A Operating demonstration from the concept was prepared. In order for the concept to operate, a brand new protocol needed to be built and formulated; certainly, a method architecture was also required. In 1974 Vinton Cerf, then at Stanford University in California, and this author, then at DARPA, collaborated with a paper that initially described such a protocol and method architecture—particularly, the transmission control protocol (TCP), which enabled different types of equipment on networks everywhere in the world to route and assemble details packets. TCP, which initially involved the net protocol (IP), a worldwide addressing system that allowed routers to have details packets for their final location, shaped the TCP/IP typical, which was adopted through the U.S. Division of Protection in 1980. By the early nineteen eighties the “open architecture” from the TCP/IP tactic was adopted and endorsed by a number of other scientists and eventually by technologists and businessmen around the globe. By the nineteen eighties other U.S. governmental bodies were seriously involved with networking, such as the Countrywide Science Basis (NSF), the Division of Electricity, along with the Countrywide Aeronautics and House Administration (NASA). Although DARPA experienced played a seminal purpose in making a small-scale version of the net between its scientists, NSF labored with DARPA to develop use of the complete scientific and academic community and to make TCP/IP the typical in all federally supported analysis networks. In 1985–86 NSF funded the very first 5 supercomputing centres—at Princeton University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Illinois, and Cornell University. In the nineteen eighties NSF also funded the development and Procedure from the NSFNET, a countrywide “backbone” community to connect these centres. By the late nineteen eighties the community was running at a lot of bits for each 2nd. NSF also funded numerous nonprofit nearby and regional networks to connect other end users for the NSFNET. A handful of industrial networks also began within the late nineteen eighties; these were before long joined by others, along with the Commercial World-wide-web Trade (CIX) was shaped to permit transit targeted visitors between industrial networks that otherwise wouldn’t have already been allowed on the NSFNET backbone. In 1995, after considerable review of the problem, NSF made the decision that help from the NSFNET infrastructure was no longer required, because lots of industrial providers were now inclined and in the position to meet up with the requires from the analysis community, and its help was withdrawn. Meanwhile, NSF experienced fostered a aggressive selection of business World-wide-web backbones linked to one another by means of so-called community access points (NAPs). | <urn:uuid:4f8f1005-9d46-4024-8ab3-bea572c20a30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oyunsektoru.name.tr/enpatika-url/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962872 | 1,529 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Consumption gives immediate gratification while savings provides delayed gratification. Given a choice people prefer consumption over savings early in their careers owing to peer pressure. This is where schemes like 80C plays an important role.
80C is not only important for nudging savings habit, but also for capital markets. Small savings schemes which mostly enjoyed 80C benefit are prefered by many small income group people. This also aids much needed borrowings of the government for various policies.
80C is a big USP for LIC and many other insurance products. These products invest in debt and provide much needed long term debt to infra companies and government. They are one of the largest subscribers to government debt.
Most of these insurance policies are bought by young earners to save tax who have just started their careers. Given an option these youngsters would simply love to postpone buying an insurance and instead prefer getting themselves a latest iPhone, which increases our CAD.
We don’t need consumption by sacrificing savings in a capital starved country. You create demand supply imbalances in the economy through such policies.
Today apart from statutory PF deduction for salaried and 80C deduction on PPF there is no other nudge for people to save for their retirement kitty. By giving a choice there can be drop in such savings habit and burden may lie on government to take care of retirees.
In a country where financial literacy is abysmally low, there are very few advisors and Government is starving of resources, it is very bold and early step to give people a choice of not investing. I hope someone understands behavioral aspect and financial implications of such policies. | <urn:uuid:82d2b93b-7a70-4efe-ae62-56f7953c9f35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://themfguy.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/why-80c-is-important-for-a-country-like-india/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963692 | 335 | 2.375 | 2 |
Hidden Figures is an upcoming 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi from a screenplay co-written with Allison Schroeder, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, the African American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon. The film also features Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, and Jim Parsons.
Figuras Ocultas, Estrelas além do tempo, é um filme americano de drama e biografia de 2.016, dirigido por Theodore Melfi a partir de um roteiro co-escrito com Allison Schroeder, baseado no livro de não-ficção do mesmo nome de Margot Lee Shetterly. O filme é estrelado por Taraji P. Henson como Katherine Johnson, uma cientista de física, ciência espacial e matemática que calculou as trajetórias de voo para o Projeto Mercury e o vôo da Apollo 11 para a Lua em 1.969. O filme também é estrelado por Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst e Jim Parsons.
Principal photography began in early March 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The film will be released on December 25, 2016, by Fox 2000 Pictures.
A fotografia principal começou no início de março de 2016 em Atlanta e Georgia. O filme será lançado em 25 de dezembro de 2016, pela Fox 2000 Pictures.
Synopsis - Sinopse
The film recounts the story of the African-American mathematician Katherine Johnson and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who, while working in the segregated West Area Computers division of Langley Research Center, helped NASA catch up in the Space Race. Using their calculations, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to make a complete orbit of the Earth.
O filme reconta a história da cientista afro-americana Katherine Johnson e suas colegas, Dorothy Vaughan e Mary Jackson, que, enquanto trabalhava na segregada divisão da Área Oeste de Computadores da Langley Research Center, ajudaram a NASA na corrida espacial. Usando seus cálculos, John Glenn se tornou o primeiro astronauta americano a fazer uma órbita completa da Terra.
Cast - Elenco
Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematics genius
Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan
Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson
Kevin Costner as Al Harrison, director of the Space Task Group
Kirsten Dunst as Vivian Jackson
Jim Parsons as Paul Stafford
Glen Powell as John Glenn
Mahershala Ali as Jim Johnson
Karan Kendrick as Joylette Coleman, Katherine's mother
Rhoda Griffis as White Librarian
Maria Howell as Ms. Summer
Aldis Hodge as Levi Jackson
Paige Nicollette as Eunice Smith
Gary Weeks as Reporter of Press Conference
Saniyya Sidney as Constance Johnson
On July 9, 2015, it was announced that producer Donna Gigliotti acquired Margot Lee Shetterly's nonfiction book Hidden Figures about a group of black female mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race by providing mathematical computations for the launch of John Glenn and his fellow astronauts into space. Allison Schroeder wrote the script, which was developed by Gigliotti through Levantine Films, and which also would produce the film along with Peter Chernin's Chernin Entertainment. Fox 2000 Pictures acquired the film rights, while Theodore Melfi signed on to direct it. Since the film's development was announced, various actresses were considered to play the black female roles, including Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Taraji P. Henson.
On February 10, 2016, Fox hired Henson to play the lead role of mathematician Katherine Johnson, while producers on the film would be Chernin and Jenno Topping, along with Gigliotti and Melfi. On February 17, Spencer came on board to play Dorothy Vaughan, one of the three lead mathematicians. On March 1, 2016, Kevin Costner was cast in the film to play the head of the space program, and following him, singer Janelle Monáe signed on to play the third lead mathematician, Mary Jackson. Later the same month, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali were cast in the film, where Powell would play astronaut John Glenn, and Ali as Johnson's love interest, with the other two for unspecified roles. On April 1, 2016, Jim Parsons was cast in the film to play the head engineer at the Space Task Group at NASA, Paul Stafford. In April 2016, Pharrell Williams came on board as a producer on the film. He also would write original songs and would handle music department and soundtrack of the film.
Principal photography on the film began in early March 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming also took place at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
The film is scheduled for a limited release on December 25, 2016, before a wide opening release on January 6, 2017.
Directed by Theodore Melfi
Based on Hidden Figures
De Margot Lee Shetterly
Taraji P. Henson
Cinematography - Mandy Walker
Edited by Peter Teschner
Fox 2000 Pictures
Distributed por 20th Century Fox
Release dates - Data de estréia
December 25, 2016 (United States)
25 de Dezembro de 2.016
Running time - Tempo de duração
Country United States
País - EUA
Language - English
Língua - Inglês
vídeo clipe legendado
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Have you ever gotten to the court, only to find the perfectly good looking tennis balls you were going to use, have completely lost their bounce? Many players use a new can of balls each time they play, just to avoid this issue.
Tennis ball containers are pressurized at 14 psi so the tennis balls inside maintain their internal pressure. Tennis ball saving devices work under the same principle. By keeping the balls at the correct pressure, they protect them from the natural leakage that occurs.
Below are a few products you can buy to help save your tennis balls from going flat.
Tennis Ball Saver
The Tennis Ball Saver has been around for thirty years. It is the original way to keep your tennis balls fresh and bouncy, and it's "the bane of tennis ball companies". Tennis Ball Saver can keep three tennis balls bouncing like they are brand new. On Amazon, it gets 4.4 out of 5 stars with over 217 reviews!
PressureBall is a tennis ball pressurizer tube that ensures new tennis balls will never loose their bounce. By storing them in PressureBall, the balls will keep bouncing like brand new balls, until the felt wears out. PressureBall can store up to 8 balls at once, making it an affordable solution.
reBounces invented the first commercially proven technology to re-pressurize tennis balls for in large capacity drums. They have now shrunk this technology to a smaller size for everyday personal use.
But wait!!! Do they revitalize already flat balls?
According to reviews, and some answers on Amazon, it appears they do not always revitalize flat balls. Here is one answer to that question:
"It will add a little bounce, but they won't keep it and deflate quickly. This just extends the life of new balls."
So these devices can revitalize flat tennis balls, giving them 1 or 2 more lives, but they seem to be best at keeping your already good tennis balls from going flat between use. | <urn:uuid:5ffe81e1-949a-4cc5-9ba4-ecd318e367c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.globaltennisnetwork.com/tennis-blog/tennis-ball-savers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.960272 | 415 | 1.578125 | 2 |
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By Sebastien Roblin,The National Interest
In the summer of 2019, China’s exported killer drones attained new notoriety—in both the dubiously positive and unquestionably negative sense. The cheap unmanned aircraft have proliferated across the Middle East and North Africa, executing hundreds of deadly attacks in Egypt, Libya, Nigeria and Yemen. But at least one type of “knock-off Reaper drone” seems beset by reliability issues.
While every military on the planet is adopting long-endurance surveillance drone, until recently only a small subset possessed Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAVs) capable of launching lethal attacks. This is because—until 2018—Washington tightly restricted export of its MQ-9 Reaper UCAVs through its conventional arms transfers (CAT) policy for fear of how they might be misused.
By contrast, China and Israel have few qualms about who buys their drones, or how they’re used. SIPRI records indicate China exported 163 UCAVs to thirteen countries 2008–2018 compared to fifteen MQ-9s delivered. Americans arms manufacturers complain their Chinese rivals are making a killing.
That’s true in more than just an idiomatic sense. In violation of the UN embargo, the United Arab Emirates has not-very-covertly deployed Chinese-built Wing Loong-II drones to Al Khadim airbase in eastern Libya to support the LNA, a rebel army fighting the Tripoli-based General National Assembly faction.
On August 4, 2019, one of the UAE-operated drones launched Chinese Blue Arrow-7 laser-guided anti-tank missiles in a “double tap” strike targeting a town hall in Murzuq hosting a meeting from a GNA-allied tribe, killing forty-six. The second volley killed guests from a wedding attempting to assist survivors of the initial attack.
Earlier in April 2018, a Saudi Wing Loong-II fired a Blue Arrow to assassinate Houthi rebel leader Saleh Ali al-Sammad.
Washington is not well-positioned to cast ethical stones, as it pioneered the use of UCAVs for targeted killings as well as air campaigns with broad rules of engagement treating all military-age males in a designated “kill box” as enemy combatants.
These tactics are only possible because, unlike heavier manned combat aircraft, UCAVs can circle over war zones at low speeds for hours upon hours, waiting for targets to expose themselves without risking the lives of their human operators. And drones are much cheaper to procure and operate then jet fighters.
That explains why so many countries are eager to obtain UCAVs.
Two medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone families have dominated China’s UCAV exports: the Wing Loong manufactured by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG), and the Cai Hong “Rainbow” built by the Chinese Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC).
These use piston-engine pushers for propulsion, and can attack targets from relatively safe distances using small GPS-guided bombs, and AR-1 and Blue Arrow-7 laser-guided missiles weighing around 100 pounds. Both CAIG and CASC have developed progressively larger and more capable models carrying more weapons and sensors, improved satellite links so they can be remotely controlled from greater distances, and more powerful engines allowing them to fly higher, further and over longer periods of time.
The V-tailed Wing Loong (“Pterodactyl”), first exhibited in 2010, is China’s original UCAV export success, with around sixty to one hundred sold abroad. The $1 million Wing Loong-I first combined weapons-carrying capability with the laser/electro-optical sensors in a chin-turret to acquire targets and guide the missile to them. The succeeding Wing Loong-II incorporates a ground-scanning synthetic aperture radar and capacity for up to twelve munitions weighing together up to a thousand pounds. It also can automatically takeoff and land on short runways without human direction.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have extensively used Wing Loongs to perform airstrikes in Yemen, while Egypt has used its Pterodactyls to kill insurgents in the Sinai.
In 2017, Saudi Arabia struck a $10 billion deal to domestically manufacture as many as 300 Wing Loong-IIs. The Pakistan Aircraft Corporation is also slated to domestic joint-production of up to 48 Wing Loong-IIs.
Meanwhile, the CH-4 in service with Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Pakistan, Iraq and Myanmar bears an uncanny resemblance to the Reaper—perhaps as a result of industrial espionage—though with only two tail stabilizers instead of three. The strike-capable CH-4B model can carry up to 760-pounds of weapons on six hard points.
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By early 2018, the South China Morning Post reported that CASC had exported thirty CH-4B in package deals totaling $700 million. The manufacturer claimed the 1.5-ton drones had flown over a thousand sorties averaging ten hours each, and fired over 400 missiles, striking their targets 96 percent of the time.
The early, tailless CH-3 first saw combat use by Nigeria against Boko Haram in 2015, with one crashed during operations. CASC also recently exhibited a 21-meter-wide CH-5 model capable of carrying an over 1-ton payload totaling up to sixteen missiles, and flying over 6,000 miles and enduring thirty hours or more.
China’s export drones aren’t believed to be as sophisticated as American Reapers when it comes to the robustness of their command links and their maximum operating altitude. The latter factor may explain losses to ground fire, including Wing Loong drones shot down in Libya and Yemen, as you can see in this video.
But Chinese UCAVs may cost a quarter or less the price of a Reaper drone. For example, CH-4B drone individually costs only $4 million, while an MQ-9 Reaper has a fly-away cost of nearly $16 million in 2019.
Nonetheless, some operators may prefer to pay more for greater reliability.
For example, in 2016, the Jordanian Royal Air Force acquired six CH-4B drones in 2016, which entered service with its No. 9 Squadron. But just three years later in July 2019, the JRAF put all six up for sale, alongside aging transports, helicopters and jet trainers. Flight Globalclaimed the RJAF was “not happy with the [CH-4’s] performance”, but few more specific reasons have emerged.
Earlier, Algeria had decided not to purchase the CH-4 after two had crashed during evaluation flights in 2013 and 2014, with a Rainbow-4 reportedly hit the ground 100 meters short during landing.
But a Pentagon report assessing Iraqi operations against ISIS says that by 2019 the Chinese drones were no longer making much of a contribution.
“…maintenance problems resulted in only one of Iraq’s more than ten CH-4 aircraft—Chinese unmanned aerial system (UAS) similar in design to the American MQ-9 Reaper—was fully mission capable.”
To be fair, it’s possible this may be more a result of organizational rather than technical failing. The same report notes that Iraq’s ten Boeing ScanEagle drones had flow only twice since March.
It’s not clear if the Wing Loong has the same unspecified problems. A piece in the South China Morning Post obliquely notes that Saudi Wing Loongs “had not performed well in the Arabian desert.”
It’s too early to infer that recent bad press heralds a major reversal for Chinese export UCAVs. CAIG and CASC continue to offer larger and more capable models—most recently the sleek jet-powered ChengduYun Ying“Rainbow Shadow” drone, which can haul up to 7,000 pounds of ordnance at higher speed of 385 miles per hour.
However, in 2018 the Trump administration indicated it will be opening up sales of UCAVs. Despite the steeper cost of Reaper drones, Washington’s traditional clients in the Middle East may jump at the chance to curry political favor, and deploy a more reliable and capable unmanned platform.
Though a boon for U.S. arms manufacturers, it also means Washington will be held culpable for, and have to deal with the consequences of, how its exported drones are used by these clients.
Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in conflict resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring. | <urn:uuid:66b9abd0-087a-4e79-80b7-8bfca65c9a68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://warriormaven.com/air/chinese-drones-are-going-to-war-all-over-the-middle-east-and-africa | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932938 | 1,874 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 1
We meet all the main characters as they enter the barn. Old Major calls a meeting of all the animals. In his speech, he points out that no animal knows the meaning of happiness and that all their hard work and produce goes to benefit man. If man was removed the animals would not have to work so hard and would have more to eat.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 2
Old Major dies in his sleep in early March. The pigs are recognized as being the cleverest animals – particularly Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer. The revolution happened more quickly than expected. One night, Jones the farmer got kicked off his farm. The animals destroyed everything that reminds them of human domination. They celebrate and the pigs, who have learned to read and write, paint the 7 commandments on the wall of the barn. The pigs manage to milk the cows, which are rather uncomfortable by this time, and Napoleon guards it while they all go off to survey their farm.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 3
The pigs have taken charge of the farm which is now called Animal Farm rather than Manor Farm. The harvest is good and everyone works hard knowing that the produce is theirs. It is announced that the milk and apples are to be reserved for the pigs alone. Squealer is sent to explain that the reason for this is because the pigs do all the brain work, without which Jones would probably return. This terrifies the animals and is used frequently to keep them from complaining about the preferential treatment for the pigs.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 4
Pigeons start to spread the word about the rebellion to other farms. We meet the owners of the two neighboring farms; they fear that rebellion will spread to their farms so join with Jones to mount an attack on Animal Farm to regain control. The animals unite to defeat them in the Battle of the Cowshed. They later make medals to be presented for bravery. Nobody seems to notice the irony of dividing animals into classes when they are all supposed to be equal.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 5
The winter is a hard one. Snowball puts forward the idea of a windmill to provide electricity to heat their stalls and ease their workload. These two pigs are obviously competing for leadership of the farm and Snowball is certainly the more popular. But Squealer convinces the animals that Snowball has always been a traitor, that he was not brave in the Battle of the Cowshed and that he stole the idea of the windmill from Napoleon. They chase Snowball off the farm and Napoleon assumes complete control.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 6
The animals work hard to build the windmill, Boxer being the one who did most of the heavy work. The pigs move into the farmhouse and start to sleep in beds. Because the other animals never learned to read properly, they believe Squealer and agree that the pigs must have more comforts than they do if they are to prevent Jones coming back. A violent storm destroys the windmill. Napoleon blames Snowball and tells the animals to rebuild it with stronger walls.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 7
There is a severe food shortage. The hens are ordered to give up their eggs for the pigs to sell. When they stage a small protest by dropping their eggs from the rafters, Napoleon starves them until they give in. The animals are told that Snowball was always in league with Jones and that even now Snowball is plotting with Jones to overthrow the farm. To prove his point, he makes 4 pigs confess to having secret meetings with Snowball. They are immediately slaughtered. Then 3 hens, a goose and 3 sheep also confess to similar crimes and receive a similar fate.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 8
The animals work harder than ever for less food though the pigs and dogs always have plenty. The windmill is finished and called Napoleon Mill. Man attacks the farm one night and blows up the windmill with dynamite. When Napoleon is seen in public, he always has a black cockerel walking in front of him like a trumpeter. He now behaves like a king or emperor.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 9
Rations are reduced once again and work on the windmill starts for a third time. Boxer’s ambition is to finish it before he retires so he works even harder than usual. Boxer collapses through overwork. Napoleon assures the other animals that he is being taken to a hospital to be cared for but he sells him to a glue manufacturer in return for whisky. When Benjamin points out that the van in which he was taken away said ’Horse Slaughterer’ on the side, Squealer replies that it used to belong to the horse slaughterer but now belongs to the vet.
Animal Farm Chapter Summaries Short Chapter 10
Years later few of the animals are alive who remember the days before the rebellion. The windmill is finished but is used for milling corn to be sold at a profit rather than for electricity to make the animals’ lives easier. The commandments are scrubbed off the barn wall and replaced with just one – ‘All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.’ The pigs start to wear clothes and the farm is called Manor Farm once again. One evening the animals look in the farmhouse window where the pigs and local farmers are drinking and playing cards. As they look from pig to man and back, it becomes hard to tell which is which. | <urn:uuid:1463224f-4150-4641-9ceb-40ef1eb2099b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.animal.farm/animal-farm-chapter-summaries-short/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971805 | 1,161 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The Canadian House Finance Committee held 18 meetings where they chiefly discussed the Proceeds of Crime Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and the role of cryptocurrency in it. The review of the Proceeds of Crime Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) occurs once in a five years period.
As part of the meeting, it suggests that the government should start regulating cryptocurrencies to prevent money laundering. The committee outlines three ways for the government to regulate cryptocurrencies and prevent money laundering by that.
The first way emphasizes the need to control the exchange from fiat to cryptocurrency, considering the entity conducting the exchange as a money-service business. This step is supposed to put under the laws of PCMLTFA.
The second way recommends creating a national license for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Canada. The license will be provided only to those exchanges that pass through the screening and background checks. And the third one elaborates on the Regulation of cryptocurrency wallet companies. Although these aren’t official laws, the suggestions indicate where the regulators will take the crypto economy.
By implementing these ways, the committee intends to track or monitor any suspicious or unlawful transactions. In this talk, 70 expert witnesses from finance expressed their views.
Additionally, in this meeting, financial adviser IJW & Co. and law firm Durand Morisseau LLP, submitted a 56-page joint brief, noting the role of cryptocurrencies, which states, “In the absence of some degree of regulatory oversight, cryptocurrency transactions may be used by parties to swiftly move large amounts of wealth across borders, and that regulating (exchanges of fiat currencies for cryptocurrencies) would address the (anti-money-laundering) concerns of the cryptocurrency space.”
Because of some obvious reasons, cryptocurrency has been in focus when the issues are regarding money laundering or Terrorist Finance. Mainly, the anonymity attached with the crypto, and the difficulty in tracing it makes it vulnerable to the risks. | <urn:uuid:3a8f6bf7-858d-48dd-9cdb-195f52114462> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cryptonewsz.com/canadian-house-finance-committee-suggests-to-regulate-crypto-to-avoid-money-laundering/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935017 | 404 | 2.265625 | 2 |
A stone erect said you lie beneath;
the fine soil, swathed in white
but, who bound your blissful youth
to a lonely long home?
My dearest son! My embrace craves for you.
Won’t you fill it again?
A pile of ballads I had,
in praise of your youth and beauty
but they turned them to elegies.
My voice has choked in my throat,
and ruthless moments urge
to chant them loud.
Who’d I sing it to?
They set your cradle on fire,
my hands burnt in hoarding the ashes.
My beloved son, you were yet to part my lap,
though you chose to sleep in a land so infertile.
Can you advise, how’ll a bud bloom
in a barren land?
O, you tyrant death! Go and whisper in his ear –
This Eid, I take his word to come.
I’ll sew a pair of garments for him
gilded in silver and gold.
I’ll decorate the porch, and
pull back the drapes,
and sing the ballads for him again.
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Welcome to Crawley Ridge Junior School’s website.
I hope you will find it informative and that it will give you a sense of our school ethos and what we value.
We provide an academic and social education that inspires, creates awe and wonder, encourages curiosity, values effort and promotes positive learning attitudes with the child always ‘at its centre and at its heart.’
The learning experiences we offer are memorable, motivational and designed to develop every child’s particular ability. We believe every child has the ability to do something amazing, unique and special in many ways. We teach children how to be learners; to learn the skills of working with others; develop the confidence to be independent thinkers and to enjoy learning life long skills.
Success is for everyone, not just for some; it is something that is recognised and celebrated throughout our school community. We are proud to be part of a community that is, in essence, a family.
If you would like to visit Crawley Ridge Junior School, you would be warmly welcomed.
Mrs Sue Knight
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
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01/8Hello July! It’s my birthday month!
For a July kid, birthday means summer-filled activities and celebration. July babies are joyful, spirited and friendly. They are amazingly wonderful, kindhearted, peaceful and unique in their own way. Being people pleasing they assure to make everyone happy. July borns are patient and are known to exercise self-control and self-discipline most of the time. The super amazing July born is liked by all. Let’s pull out a few amazing facts about them.
02/8Practical and logical
July kids are worldly wise, they apply logic before taking any action. The tasks executed by them are perfectly performed and they are ready with the solution for any problem. They understand the practicality of every situation. They are thoughtful, actionable and inquisitive as they want to gain experience and knowledge.
July borns are a highly optimistic lot as they know how to stay positive in any difficult situation. Instead of losing hope they try to find out ways to make things perfect, they believe that things will be alright at the end and therefore never nurture feelings of hopelessness or dejection. They never allow any pessimistic thoughts to rule their minds.
04/8Closeness with the family
These kids are family-oriented and are quite overprotective and sensitive towards their family. They ensure that the family is doing well and are very caring towards all the members of the family. July kids believe in retaining love and affection within the family and keep their family above everyone else.
July kids have mood swings in excess. Their mood changes several times a day just like the weather. Their fluctuating mood at times becomes a cause of worry to others, at a time you may find them jovial and happy and the very next moment they become angry or emotional. Despite trying to control mood swings, they are helpless about it.
06/8They are empathetic
July kids can think and feel like others are gentle and kind; they understand the pain of others and try to help those in need. Being sensitive and emotional they can understand people’s sufferings and therefore are always ready to render a helping hand whenever required.
07/8They are perfectionists
July kids are well organized, hardworking and full of fortitude. They plan everything before carrying it out. They are systematic, organized and methodical therefore give their best in whatever they do. This brings them a lot of praise and appreciation from others. They are perfectionists in fields such as cooking, dancing, driving etc. They expect others also to ace every task.
Though July born are friendly still they need space for themselves. They love to spend their ‘me-time’ by reading books, cooking their favorite food, watching their favorite series, checking their social media feeds, or simply working on bettering themselves. They do not like to go in crowded places as they feel it is an interruption in their privacy.
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We can probably get along quite happily in life not knowing what everything is called.
That is why we have the words ‘doodad’, ‘doohickey’ and ‘thingummy’, but what if you knew what their names were?
1. OK, down to your feet, what is the plastic end bit of a shoelace called? It keeps the end of the shoelace nice and tidy and is called an aglet.
2. But what about the space behind your knee? You have an armpit – could it be a knee-pit? Sadly, no, it is the popliteal region (as opposed to the patella region at the front of the knee).
3. What about the parts of a zipper, what are they called? (I’ll leave it to you to decide which part of the body we’re at now!) Well, when both sides of the zipper are meshed together, it is called a chain. The pull tab is connected to the slider and that is what you grab hold of to open or close the zipper. The top stop and bottom stop are the bits at the end of each side of the zipper to stop the slider from sliding off. And finally, the tape is the fabric part of it all.
4. Right, off the body now and on to writing. What is it called when a main story tells another story inside it? Well, this was used in One Thousand and One Nights and also The Canterbury Tales and is called a frame story.
5. Well, back to the title of this hub and to put your mind at rest, the space between your eyes is the bone that separates the nasal cavity from the brain in your skull and is called the ethmoid bone.
6. And that leads on to whether the space at the end of your nose between your nostrils has a name? It does, and as it is likened to a column, it is called a columella.
7. While we’re in that area, what is the bit between your nose and mouth called? It is actually called the philtrim. Now try to get that into your next conversation!
8. What is the space between your eyebrows called? The name is taken from glabe the Latin for ‘smooth’ (even if you have a unibrow!) and so is called the glabella.
9. Any idea what the spacing is called between written words? Well, deriving from original printing terms, a one character space is called an ‘en’ and if it is a space and a half it is called an ‘em’. These are probably from the amount of space it takes when you type an ‘n’ or ‘m’. | <urn:uuid:7640db93-d697-4bfa-9401-ecb28e526782> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://headofsocials.com/2019/06/9-common-things-you-probably-didnt-know-their-names/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970024 | 585 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The United States is the second most obese industrialized country in the world. Obesity accounts for 19.8% of deaths and 21% of healthcare spending in the United States.39.6% of American adults in 2016 were obese, compared to 14% in the mid-1970s.
Proponents contend that obesity is a disease because it meets the definition of disease; it decreases life expectancy and impairs the normal functioning of the body; and it can be caused by genetic factors.
Opponents contend that obesity is not a disease because it is a preventable risk factor for other diseases; is the result of eating too much; and is caused by exercising too little.
How Obesity Is Measured
People are usually identified as obese, which is defined as “having an excessive amount of body fat,” based on their Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is calculated by taking a person’s weight divided by the square of his or her height (kg/m2). The “normal” BMI range is between 18.5 and 24.9, while “overweight” is 25-29.9 and “obese” is 30 and above. For example, a person who is 5’5″ tall and 180 lbs. (BMI of 30) and a person who is 6’0” tall and 221 lbs. (BMI of 30) are considered obese by the BMI measurement. Some people, such as muscle-heavy athletes, may have “overweight” or “obese” BMIs but may not have excess body fat.
Obesity as an “Epidemic”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an “epidemic” of 72 million obese people in the United States in 2005-2006 According to a 2011-2012 study published in JAMA, 34.9% of American adults and 17% of youth are obese. The study indicated there were no significant changes in obesity rates from 2003-2004 to 2011-2012. According to the CDC, “Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (47.8%) followed by Hispanics (42.5%), non-Hispanic whites (32.6%), and non-Hispanic Asians (10.8%).” Obesity is highest in adults who are 40-59 years old (39.5%).
In the mid-1970s the obesity rate for the United States was about 14%.1994 is the first year with CDC data for all states and shows all states at obesity rates of 19% or lower. By 1997, three states were in the 20-24% range: Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. In 2001, Missouri became the first state to have an obesity rate between 25-29%. By 2005, 14 states were in the 25-29% range while three states breached the 30% and higher rate (Louisiana, Missouri, and West Virginia). By 2010, no state reported an obesity rate under 19%.
Obesity rates continued to increase in the United States each year since 2008, growing from 25.5% in 2008 to 27.1% in 2013.11 states had obesity rates over 30% in 2013: Alaska (30.1%), Arkansas (32.3%), Delaware (34.3%), Kentucky (30.6%), Louisiana (32.7%), Mississippi (35.4%), Ohio (30.9%), Oklahoma (30.5%), South Carolina (31.4%), Tennessee (31.3%), and West Virginia (34.4%). Montana had the lowest obesity rate at 19.6%. The poll data show that the 10 most obese states had the highest rates of high blood pressure (35.8%), high cholesterol (28.2%), depression (20.7%), diabetes (14.3%), cancer (7.8%), and heart attacks (5.0%). The data also show that the 10 least obese states reported higher rates of healthy eating, eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables at least four days a week, and exercising for 30 minutes or more on at least three days a week.
A 2009 study published in PLOS Medicine found obesity was the cause of 1 in 10 deaths in the United States. high blood pressure and smoking. Obesity and obesity-related health conditions cost an estimated 10% of annual medical spending in the United States, totaling $147 billion in 2008.Obesity was the third-leading cause of death in men and women, after
The United Nations’ “The State of Food and Agriculture 2013” report found that Mexico was the most obese populous country with 32.8% of Mexicans falling into the obese category compared to 31.8% of Americans in the second-place United States.The Republic of Nauru had the highest obesity percentage (71.1%) but, with a population of 9,488 in July 2014, was not considered a “populous country” by the study.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2013 Fact Sheet “Obesity and Overweight,” obesity rates worldwide have almost doubled since 1980, accounting for over 200 million men and almost 300 million women. Combined, overweight and obesity cause at least 2.8 million deaths annually and are the fifth leading risk for death globally. 65% of the global population lives in countries where being overweight or obese causes more deaths than being underweight, making 2012 the first time overweight and obesity caused more deaths than malnutrition.
Obesity and obesity-related health conditions cost almost ten percent of annual medical spending in the United States, totaling $147 billion in 2008.In Apr. 2014 Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School researchers found the lifetime medical costs for obese 10-year-olds alone will be $14 billion.
Public Opinion and Medical Perspectives on Obesity
The FDA, the American Medical Association (AMA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the Obesity Society have stated that obesity is a disease. The WHO called obesity a “chronic disease” in 2000. The IRS announced a policy in 2002 stating that “obesity is medically accepted to be a disease in its own right” and allows Americans who are medically diagnosed as obese to claim tax deductions for doctor prescribed treatments. In Sep. 1998 the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute wrote, “Obesity is a complex multifactorial chronic disease.” The American College of Gastroenterology, in 2008, stated that obesity is a “chronic, debilitating and potentially fatal disease.” In 2013 the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) stated, “Overweight and obesity are chronic diseases with behavioral origins that can be traced back to childhood.”
In the health care bill H.R. 3962, “Affordable Health Care for America Act” approved by the House of Representatives on Oct. 29, 2009 (but later abandoned in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; also called the PPACA or Obamacare), being overweight or obese was not classified as a disease but as a “behavioral risk factor” along with alcohol and drug use, tobacco, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, untreated mental health problems, and risky sexual behavior.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and American Nurses Association (ANA) do not have policy statements stating whether or not obesity is a disease, as of Apr. 18, 2014.
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||The most important stage in product development is defining specification. However, it is usually decided by top managers, who may not have enough domain know-how and customer exposure to make the right choice. The resulting design decision may work fine, but often time, due to a lack of mechanism to gather information and lack of time to discuss with team members, it may result in failure in the product design process, either in cancelled projects or in market failure.|
To prevent these costly failures, employees have to be empowered in the design specification stage. In practice, this means that the design process will take longer becomes less efficiency. However, a well planned mechanism implemented in an information system may alleviate the potential inefficiency, and help to reach a better design choice.
Company J is a global manufacturer for branded products, with employees, especially sales and marketing teams, all over the world. Employees as a whole have better understanding of the market, and it makes sense to incorporate there input during the specification stage. This study analyses the current practice in new product design for Company J and proposes an E-Survey system to accomplish that. The mechanism is based on the self-administered questionnaire survey method, and is designed to collect employee opinion and suggestions about new products that are still on the drawing board. A voting system is also suggested to collect employees’ preferences regarding final product selection for top managers’ reference. The system will be linked into the current enterprise information portal.
This study also suggests that when system is launched, there should be a team to monitor the E-Survey system, especially in aggregating suggestions and status tracking. These will be accomplished through process reengineering.
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Given a spare £248,000, who would not splash out to save themselves having to do the dishes ever again?
A London-based robotics company has unveiled a "kitchen robot" which it promises "cooks from scratch and even cleans up afterwards without complaint".
The robot costs about the same as the average house in Britain, a price tag the inventors acknowledge is high but they insist they have already had serious interest from more than 1,000 potential customers and from hotels, restaurants and catering companies.
Invented by Russian mathematician and computer scientist Mark Oleynik, chief executive of Moley Robotics, the robot promises to make restaurant-standard meals, and has been developed with the help of Tim Anderson - winner of the 2011 series of MasterChef - whose cooking techniques were captured in 3D and "translated into elegant digital movement using bespoke algorithms".
Launching the robot kitchen at the Gulf information technology exhibition in Dubai, Oleynik said: "What you are looking at here is the world's first consumer robotic kitchen. Like all breakthrough technologies - cars, televisions and computers - it will appeal to enthusiasts, professionals and early adopters, and is priced accordingly. We anticipate that our pricing will be reduced significantly over time with production volume, efficiencies and economies of scale," he told The Guardian.
The robot has two robotic arms with fully articulated hands that allow it to pick out ingredients from a fridge, change the temperature on the hob, turn on taps to fill pans and plate up the meal. The robot is also connected to the fridge that can track ingredient quantities and alert you when items are running low.
In 2016 Oleynik said that rather than the kitchen robot taking away the creativity in cooking that many people enjoy, it can instead preserve your creations. He said: "Moley accumulates human knowledge. If you cook something truly unique, the robot will record the recipe precisely, and it will keep it for future generations to reproduce." | <urn:uuid:09e3f06e-2ae9-4a8d-bbe5-45bb16f992c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/07/kitchen-robot-will-slave-hot-stove-just-248000/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953049 | 401 | 1.9375 | 2 |
What do you look for, while shopping for a new gadget like a smartphone? You always try to get the best deal that gives you the best bang for your buck. You should have the same preference when choosing short term mutual funds.
You might have various financial goals of short-term (one to three years horizon), medium-term (three to five years horizon) and long-term (more than five years horizon). And there are hundreds of mutual fund schemes suitable for each goal.
Now, if you are thinking about which mutual fund is best for the short term, then you will find your answer through this blog.
Let us first understand short-term mutual funds.
Short-term mutual funds essentially invest in debt securities. As per the mutual fund type based on their underlying assets, they are called debt mutual funds.
Short-term mutual funds can have a maturity period of around one to three years. If the investment horizon for your goal is shorter than a year, you can choose ultra-short debt funds or small duration funds.
You can invest in short-term mutual funds for low-risk and stable returns to fulfil your various short-term goals. A few examples of short-term goals are:
Mutual fund houses offer different fund choices suitable for different goal horizons. For example, short-term or ultra-short debt funds are for short-term goals, hybrid and index funds are for medium-term goals, and diversified equity funds are for long-term goals.
Investing in equity mutual funds can be risky in the short term because the prices of equities fluctuate more often during this period. Therefore, you might also get negative returns while redeeming your equity mutual funds in a short span of one to three years.
Debt mutual funds with lower maturity periods can be better for your short-term goals because they can offer stable and predictable returns. Therefore, investing in debt-based mutual funds can be less risky than investing in equity mutual funds for a short-term horizon.
If you sit down to consider all the debt mutual fund schemes available, you’ll probably end up with a list that’s too long to handle.
Rather than checking all the debt mutual fund schemes, you can focus on those mutual funds whose investment horizon matches your goals.
Say you wish to renovate your house 12 to 15 months from now. For such a goal, you can choose debt mutual funds that have a maturity period of 12 months.
Each mutual fund is managed by a fund manager or a team of fund managers. The mutual fund scheme’s performance depends on the decisions made by the fund manager.
Therefore, it is important to look at the educational profile and experience of the fund manager of short-term mutual fund schemes. You can also check other funds managed by the same fund manager and analyse their performance.
The types of debt securities that a short-term mutual fund invests in can determine the degree of risk and return from the fund.
For example, returns on corporate bonds can be higher than on government bonds. However, the degree of risk in government bonds is comparatively lower than the corporate bonds.
Apart from the type of bonds, you can look for investments that popular credit rating agencies highly rate. These ratings represent the safety of your principal investment in the scheme. The higher the credit rating, the lower your investment risk.
To manage mutual fund schemes, the fund houses charge a fee. This fee is called the Total Expense Ratio (TER) of a mutual fund.
This expense is measured in terms of a percentage. The higher the TER percentage, the more amount is settled against your returns.
Therefore, comparing the TER of similar mutual fund schemes from different fund houses is better before selecting the best short-term mutual funds for your goals.
If you redeem your mutual funds before their maturity date, mutual funds charge you a penalty. This penalty is called the exit load of a mutual fund scheme.
Before investing in a mutual fund scheme, it can be better to check if there is an exit load on early redemption. With lesser or no exit loads on your investments, you can get more flexibility for your short-term financial goals.
If you follow the above mentioned points, you can get more benefits from your short-term mutual fund investments. But then, what are these benefits?
You can reduce the tax implication on your debt mutual fund investment with the help of indexation. However, you need to invest for three years in a short-term debt mutual fund to get the indexation benefit.
Here is how indexation works: Your capital gains for a debt mutual fund are the redemption price of your fund units minus the indexed acquisition cost. The indexed acquisition cost of a mutual fund scheme means its cost concerning the rate of inflation.
Indexation means readjustment. Therefore, your taxable capital gain declines when you divide your redemption price with the readjusted inflation rate.
Your portfolio can be better guarded against uncertainties if your investments are diversified. To diversify, you can invest in different securities like debt, equities and gold. Further, you can diversify your investments better if you divide them into financial goals of different horizons. Thus, investing in short-term debt funds can be better for short-term goals.
Short-term mutual funds have a lower risk profile than equity-based mutual funds. These funds can offer stable and low-risk short-term returns, thus adding stability to your portfolio.
You can invest bit-by-bit in a short-term mutual fund through Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) or by investing in lump sum. While regular SIPs can help you inculcate the habit of savings, the lump sum option can allow you to park your excess money in mutual funds. You can even combine lump sum investments with your regular SIPs while investing in short-term debt mutual funds.
To select the best short-term mutual funds, you can look for the fund's management and underlying debt investments and compare their TER and exit loads on early redemption. You can also check if the maturity period of investing in the short-term mutual funds matches your goal's tenure.
Investing in short-term mutual funds can get benefits like indexation, diversification and low risk or stable short-term returns. These benefits make short-term mutual funds more attractive for your short-term financial goals.
A Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in a short-term debt mutual fund can be better for reaching short-term financial goals.
You can choose the best SIP for the short term by shortlisting mutual fund schemes based on their fund management, expense ratios, exit loads and the underlying investments.
You can make a more informed decision by considering these factors and choosing a short-term mutual fund whose investment tenure matches your goal horizon.
Ultra-short debt mutual funds and liquid funds are a better option if you are looking to invest for a short duration of three months.
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1969 was certainly a year to remember for ZENITH and would go down in the annals of watchmaking history as the year that forever changed the chronograph. It was the year that the ZENITH El Primero, the world’s first automatic high-frequency chronograph, was unveiled to the world. It made its debut in three distinct stainless steel models. Among them was the A385, a tonneau-shaped steel chronograph with an eye-catching brown gradient dial, which was the first “smoked” dial ever to be made in the watch industry and for ZENITH.
In fact, the A385 made headlines back in 1970, when it took part in ZENITH’s “Operation Sky”. This extreme test consisted of strapping the watch to an Air France Boeing 707’s landing gear on a flight from Paris to New York to test its resistance to external aggressions such as drastic temperature fluctuations, wind force and changing air pressure. Upon landing, the watch was still functioning perfectly. This daring feat was a testament to the confidence those who had tirelessly worked on the El Primero calibre held, as well as tangible proof that a mechanical movement was superior to the nascent quartz movements of the time, which couldn’t have stood the temperature differences endured by the watch during the flight.
After over 50 years, the time has come for the A385 to make its return in the form of a CHRONOMASTER Revival model. Far more than just a vintage-inspired creation, the CHRONOMASTER Revival A385 is an actual reproduction of the original model from 1969 in an exercise of “reverse engineering” by the Manufacture. Using the original blueprints and production plans, each part of the A385’s 37mm tonneau-shaped stainless steel case, including the pump-style pushers, is faithful to the original 1969 model. The only differences, are the domed sapphire crystal instead of an acrylic glass and the display back instead of the closed solid steel case back, offering an unobstructed view of the El Primero 400 chronograph movement.
What made the A385 truly stand was its smoked brown gradient dial with a vignette effect that blackens towards the edges and provides a striking sense of visual depth, as if the dial was domed. For this CHRONOMASTER Revival piece, ZENITH sought to recreate the same warm tones and gradient effect, almost indistinguishable from the original with its red chronograph central second hand and silvery-white chronograph counters.
Keeping with the retro theme, the CHRONOMASTER Revival A385 is available in two options that could have come straight from 1969: The first is the steel “ladder” bracelet, a modern remake of the Gay Frères bracelets that became emblematic of the early El Primero watches. The second option is a light brown calf leather strap that will develop a unique patina with wear and time.
With its historically correct proportions, striking dial and unwavering El Primero performance, the CHRONOMASTER Revival A385 is a welcome addition to the CHRONOMASTER lineup by those who appreciate the timeless look and feel of this exceptional chronograph. The CHRONOMASTER A385 is available at ZENITH Boutiques and online shop, as well as at authorized retailers around the world. | <urn:uuid:59753391-4465-4584-9b99-733479292381> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zenith-watches.com/en_no/news/chronomaster-revival-a385 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950499 | 700 | 2.046875 | 2 |
A successful construction project satisfies your needs as the customer, satisfies the requirements of the users, and contributes to the common well-being of the environment. Such a project is realized as a result of an effective relationship between a client and their architect. Architects are educated to assist you to attain your goals and direct you through the design as well as the construction process. Professional experience, education, and training enable your architect to convert your ideas into design solutions that satisfy function needs. A good architect ensures that your project is completed within budget, on schedule, and to a high standard of quality. Architects aren’t the same and you have to be careful with your selection. On this page are tips to use when examining potential architects. Get more information about the best architecture firms los angeles on this website.
You should create a brief before you start looking for an architect. Before you get started with hunting an architect, it is necessary to have a brief in place. Architects will want to know what you are after so as to determine if to take your project on. You don’t have to have a directory of all you wish to set in stone but an idea of the number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, preferred materials, preferred and architectural styles can be of much help.
Make sure the architect is licensed. Governments need all architects to be licensed. To obtain licenses, architects have to have acquired certain educational requirements passed extensive examinations and been monitored by professional architects. Authorities regulate the conduct of architects by recording their misdeeds. If an architect breaches ethical standards, its license gets canceled or suspended. Ask potential architects for copies of their licenses or check on their website so you can contact the relevant bodies to ensure they are up-to-date.
Ask for recommendations. Have you ever entered into a friend’s recently-finished basement refurbish and felt envy? It possibly signifies that their architect did a job you’re pleased with. You should get the details of the architect. And if you are serious about approaching an architect based on a recommendation, ask the people whose homes you envy more about the architect. Did they feel listened to? What value did the architect bring? Did they meet the client’s brief? Talking to the people you trust will guarantee you get useful info.
Visit completed projects. Several architects work across public and private commissions. If you are attracted to a certain architect, request to be taken to one of their past projects. Are you pleased with the choice of materials, the fixtures, and fittings or the spatial layout? Of course, some of these choices will be customer-led but seeing a completed project is going to speak about an architect’s work. If you dislike what you see, then you have no reason to hire this architect.
Get a quotation. Before settling for an architect, ask for an itemized quotation so you can know what you’re paying for. After examining potential architects against the previous points, you can settle for the cheapest and be sure they will work as per your specifications. | <urn:uuid:3ff09564-d268-4642-94b1-721ed765da5c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://62738b6793185.site123.me/blog/tips-to-help-you-choose-a-good-architect | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959898 | 620 | 2.125 | 2 |
Why Do Restaurants Mark Up Wine So Much?
You may be wondering why the average markup for a bottle wine at a restaurant is so high. Restaurants have to factor in taxes and alcohol laws, but the per-ounce markup is still 300%. This is a ridiculous amount, and many consumers are frustrated by it. But what can you do? Here are some tips.
Wine is an expensive beverage, so restaurants often mark up bottles by about 200 percent to 400 percent over the wholesale price. Restaurants typically don’t pay retail price for wine, but instead buy it from B2B wine sellers who mark it up lower. A $20 bottle of wine might sell for $60-$80 in a restaurant, but could be sold at 400 percent in a restaurant that specializes only in expensive wines.
A bottle of wine at a restaurant costs 300%
A typical bottle of wine at a restaurant is thirty times its cost, with a markup as high as 300%. This may seem like an excessive amount, but it isn’t when you compare it with the markup that restaurants add to an ounce liquor. A bottle of wine can be sold at a restaurant for up to $400% more than its retail price. This markup isn’t uncommon – some restaurants even mark wine up to four times its retail price.
Taxes and alcohol laws affect prices
The current taxation regime of alcohol has increased the relative price of wine by 37 percent since 1991. This increase has slowed down heavy consumption and the rate of hospital admissions related to alcohol. However, the taxation policies have also decreased the profitability of alcohol producers by reducing the regressivity of the federal tax code. Alcohol producers are therefore increasingly looking for new ways to boost their profits, such as raising their minimum price threshold.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is responsible for setting retail prices for alcohol and wine. The policy has been in place for three years. The PLCB recently testified in the House Liquor Control Committee on a bill to repeal the provision. This provision was included in reforms to Pennsylvania’s liquor laws that allowed beer and wine to be sold at gas stations and grocery stores. Under the new policy, the state liquor board determines the retail markup for bottles of wine.
It is common for restaurateurs to mark up their wine prices to meet consumer expectations. Restaurants do this to increase cash margins and keep diners engaged. Others do this to attract new customers or maximize their gross margin. Restaurants have many reasons to offer wine on their menu. Restaurants need to be aware of the fact that wine lists have high expectations from the public. Restaurants should strive to offer a wine list that is appropriate for the ambience and mood of the dining area. | <urn:uuid:1ce4b8cb-530f-4d62-b0f1-713000a63bfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blackcoyotewines.com/author/catlett/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962984 | 567 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Abnormal Psychology: The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders, 14th Edition Abnormal Psychology: The Science and Treatment of Psychological Disorders, 14th Edition By Ann M. Kring and Sheri L. Johnson SINGLE-TERM $69 USD | $89 CAN Abnormal Psychology blends traditional content with interactive and multimedia assets and online tools. The text consists of a careful balance of research and clinical application, and the use of paradigms as an organizing principle. It involves the learning in the kinds of real-world problem solving used by clinicians and scientists. Students learn that psychopathology is best understood by considering multiple perspectives and that these varying perspectives provide the clearest account of the causes of these disorders as well as the best possible treatments. 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She is on the editorial boards of Schizophrenia Bulletin, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and Psychological Science in the Public Interest, and she is a former associate editor for Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, and Applied & Preventive Psychology. She was elected president of the Society for Research in Psychopathology and president of the Society for Affective Science. She was awarded a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) in 1997 and the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award in 2006 in recognition of her research in schizophrenia. In 2005, she was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Her research has been supported by grants from the Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program, NARSAD, and the National Institute of Mental Health. She is a co-editor (with Denise Sloan) of Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology (Guilford Press) and co-author (with Janelle Caponigro, Erica Lee, and Sheri Johnson) of Bipolar Disorder for the Newly Diagnosed (New Harbinger Press). She is also the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters. Her current research focus is on emotion and psychopathology with a specific interest in the emotional features of schizophrenia, negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the linkage between cognition and emotion in schizophrenia. SHERI L. JOHNSON is professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, where she directs the Cal Mania (CALM) Program. She received her B.A. from Salem College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University, and she was a clinical assistant professor at Brown from 1993 to 1995. 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The COVID- 19 pandemic highlighted the need for CARICOM Member States to continuously improve their ability to prevent, control and respond to communicable diseases, like COVID- 19. CARPHA continues to support its Member States with this important undertaking through the donation of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago. On the 23rd of June, 2022, the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health, was present to accept this donation on behalf of the people of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The equipment was acquired through funding provided by the European Union.
The donation included ventilators, cardiac monitors and infusion pumps and follows a previous donation to Trinidad and Tobago, which included isolation gowns, N95 respirators and Viral RNA Test Kits. This contribution reinforces CARPHA’s commitment to minimise the impact of acute public health events that can endanger the health of the people of the Region.
Dr Joy St John stated, “It is an honour for CARPHA to be able to strengthen the capacity of our Member States in this way”. She also offered the reassurance that “the Agency would continue to partner with regional and international bodies to secure supplies and equipment that are so critical to safeguarding the health of our people and sustaining human life”.
Minister Deyalsingh expressed that he was “pleased to receive these pieces of life-saving medical equipment, which will be immediately distributed to the Regional Health Authorities across Trinidad and Tobago to be used in their ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond”. He was confident that, “this generous donation will strengthen the Ministry’s health service delivery and ultimately redound to the benefit of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.”
The funding for this equipment was provided by the European Union through the Eleventh European Development Fund (11th EDF) Programme of Support for Health Security Strengthening for Prevention and Control of Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. This funding was facilitated with the support of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. | <urn:uuid:61a5dd81-f6f8-404e-a961-6f27bf76fe76> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.carpha.org/More/Media/Articles/ArticleID/632/Trinidad-and-Tobago-Receives-Donation-of-Medical-Equipment-from-CARPHA | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.960716 | 442 | 1.75 | 2 |
In February 2007 I was diagnosed with Bipolar type one after a long battle with post natal depression, where I was hospitalised numerous times. Throughout the period between 2004 to 2009 myself Noah and Moses were all given a diagnosis of something life changing, but as a mother I refused to be labelled and judged by a medical condition. I am Emma Plows; I am not Emma Plows with Bipolar.
It’s my understanding that when you discover your child is on the autistic spectrum you really need to accept the diagnosis. Accept it, let it grow and don’t hinder its development.
In Autistic blessings and Bipolar me, Emma Plows tells her candid story.
Whose fault is that?
I’ve never blamed my parents for the way I am but sometimes, and I mean rarely, I am very aware that my behavior is very probably because there was so much expressed emotion in the home.
My dad boomed his frighful voice up the stairs for the silliest of things, like if I’d left crumbs on the kitchen side. He hovered over me when I washed up, wiped the kitchen tops when making toast (our staple diet) and spewed out continuous sarcastic criticisms. I was a wreck and developed terrible OCD.
We are all product of our upbringing but we can change this. We can blame the rest of the world for our problems of accrue the wisdom and become wiser people. I’ve inherited the bad and the good influences for my upbringing. Some people just don’t know how to parent. I try my best. And mum and dad did too.
Do we really live in a society where the education system gives up because it’s too much hassle to educate a child who doesn’t see the world in the same way the rest of us do?
Every child has the right to an education and an autistic child has the right to have an education that is designed through the curriculum for them. Each child is a blessing; these aren’t just words because every child can give something to the world and receive so much back.
Each child affects someone else’s life and leaves lasting positive memoirs with them.
Austism symptoms and Autism groups
These were just a few of Noah’s symptoms that I noticed at the age of two, I thought I’d share them.
- No babbling or pointing.
- No single words or two-word phrases.
- No response to name.
- Very minimum language and social skills
- Poor eye contact.
- Obsessive lining up of toys, objects and food.
- No smiling or social responsiveness.
- No imaginative play.
I attended an autism group in my local town today. I hated it. It wasn’t about the kids at all, it was a bunch of uneducated layabouts moaning about benefits and how their screaming kids wouldn’t do what they said.
Austistic people have problems understanding other people and fitting into society like the rest of us take for granted and let’s be honest if they don’t even understand their teachers there as sure as hell not going to understand the likes of Mr. and Mrs. Dumbass as parents. Oh and having children with disabilities does not equal a fat benefit cheque at the end of th month. | <urn:uuid:327a7a18-e698-4d24-96da-18ee729bf75d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mercecardus.com/autistic-blessings-and-bipolar-me-emma-plows/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963077 | 697 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Friday, September 13 was the grand opening of the Gasave Public Park Library and celebration of International Literacy month. This has been a labour of love for Elizabeth and Paul as well as more than 20 volunteers for the past 5 months.
The library, which was completely funded by Book Aid International, started out as a shipping container that was brought to Rwanda from Canada by Grace Rwanda in the spring. After many, many obstacles, the container finally found a home in the mudugudu (village) of Gasave. Once completed, the library can hold up to 5000 books – 4500 in English and other languages and another 500 in the local language of Kinyarwanda. There is also a wonderful area for a children’s reading corner and outside benches and tables that can seat up to 50 people.
There were many important guests who made the trip to be at the opening ceremonies :
- The Vice Mayor of Social Affairs Gasabo District
- Representative of the Minister of Education
- Representative of the Ministry of Sports & Culture
- A Rwanda Language & Culture Representative
- Chairman of Rwanda Writers Federation
- Representative of Rwanda Publisher’s Association
- Representative of the police of Gisozi
- Executive Secretary of Gisozi Sector
- Chief of Gasave Mudugudu
- A board member of Grace Rwanda from Canada
- Rwandan Community Library Forum
But most importantly, there were students from the local elementary a high schools plus many Gisozi residents.
The ceremonies started with some traditional dancing from the Dance Troupe Amaliza of Gisozi – children who are part of the Ineza Sunday school and reading club. They were taught by the mothers who are a part of the Blessing Women’s Group, where they learn many useful skills such as sewing, crafts, and business skills for job creation.
After the dancing, several of the guests made speeches thanking Grace Rwanda/Ineza Foundation for their hard work getting the library up and operational through local and international partnerships, as well as encouraging the students and community guests to use the library and continue reading and learning.
After the guests spoke, the top 10 students from three local schools were congratulated and given prizes for their reading/writing competition speeches. The theme of this years’ competition was “reading and writing in different languages is a source of knowledge.”
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This paper presents a low-frequency ac (LFAC)
transmission system for offshore wind power. The LFAC
system is interfaced with the main power grid with a
cycloconverter. The wind power plant collection system is dc
based, and connects to the LFAC transmission line with a 12-
pulse thyristor converter. The main advantage of the LFAC
technology is the increase of power capacity and transmission
distance for a given submarine cable compared to 50-Hz or
60-Hz HVAC. This leads to substantial cost savings due to the
reduction in cabling requrments (i.e, less lines in parallel for
a desired power level) and the use of normal AC breakers for
protection. A method to design the system’s components and
controls is set forth. Simulation results are provided to
illustrate the system’s performance.
Published In : IJCAT Journal Volume 3, Issue 1
Date of Publication : January 2016
Pages : 48 - 57
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M. Chandra Sekhar : Asst. Professor Lenora College of Engineering- Rampachodavaram
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Christie’s are presenting a bottle of space aged Pétrus 2000 that spent 14 months aboard the International Space Station for sale by auction.
A bottle of Pétrus 2000 would ordinarily sell at circa $10,000, the bottle that went where no wine has gone before is expected to sell for at least $1,000,000.
The wine on offer travelled to the ISS and returned to Earth, ageing in a carefully monitored and controlled environment, as part of a series of experiments undertaken by Space Cargo Unlimited, a one-of-a-kind European ‘New Space’ start-up.
The unique bottle of space-aged Pétrus is offered in a unique trunk, imagined and handcrafted by the Parisian Maison d’Arts Les Ateliers Victor, alongside a bottle of terrestrial Pétrus 2000, a decanter, glasses and a corkscrew made from a meteorite.
The proceeds of the sale will go towards funding future space missions, offering collectors an opportunity to acquire a piece of vinous and space history while also contributing to ongoing research. The wine is available for immediate purchase via Christie’s Private Sales.
Tim Triptree MW, International Director, Christie’s Wine & Spirits Department: “This bottle of Pétrus 2000 marks a momentous step in the pursuit of developing and gaining a greater understanding of the maturation of wine. Christie’s is delighted to bring this first of its kind bottle to the market and to support Space Cargo Unlimited to continue their research into the future of agricultural practices.”
Nicolas Gaume, Cofounder and CEO of Space Cargo Unlimited: “We are thrilled to partner with Christie’s and propose a unique artefact of spatial research. After spending almost 440 days in Space, or the equivalent of 300 trips to the moon, legendary Bordeaux wine Pétrus comes back having been transformed in a way which is, literally, out of this world.
“The proceeds of the sale will allow us to continue Mission WISE, six experiments in space to help invent the agriculture and food we need for tomorrow on Earth. It is our conviction that there is no Planet B and we intend to pave the way for our future by leveraging microgravity and enticing accelerated natural evolutions in a spatial environment. The product of the sale will help attain our objectives.”
Benoît Miniou, President, Les Ateliers Victor: “A secret vault hidden behind a solar system inspired by Jules Verne, an opening mechanism connected with the Star Trek Universe, secret clues and engravings, … some of the rarest materials and some of the most complex savoir-faire were needed in order to reveal, after 900 hours of work, our masterpiece that would emphasize this so exclusive space bottle of Petrus.”
On 2 November 2019 Space Cargo Unlimited, in partnership with Thales Alenia Space and Nanoracks, sent 12 bottles of wine to the ISS for 14 months aboard a Cygnus capsule, before returning to Earth on 14 January 2021 aboard one of Elon Musk’s Dragon spacecraft.
This was the first privately led, applied-research program named Mission WISE (Vitis Vinum in Spatium Experimentia), which over the course of six experiments, seeks to research how plants adapt to the stress of space conditions to develop innovative solutions for the future of food and agriculture on Earth.
When it comes to climate change wine and vines are extremely sensitive to the fluctuations at play on Earth and are early indicators of the wider challenges faced. Viticulture holds many keys to the future of agriculture and life sciences in general and studying wine in space offers numerous new discovery opportunities. Gravity is the only parameter of life that has remained unchanged over the past 4.5 billion years. Recreating an Earth-like environment with near-zero gravity, such as on the International Space Station, offers a unique research framework to better understand the evolution of key components of wine, including yeast, bacteria, and polyphenols.
The maturation of wine also remains somewhat of a mystery. Extraordinarily little is still known about how the taste and chemical composition of wine is affected during the ageing process. Mission WISE research intends to better understand these connections.
On 1 March 2021 the first analysis of the bottles took place at ISVV (Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin) in Bordeaux, which organised an organoleptic tasting led by Philippe Darriet, Director of the Institute’s Oenology Research Unit. A panel of 12 wine professionals and scientists, including Jane Anson, Philippe Darriet and Erik Samazeuilh, conducted a tasting to describe the terrestrial wine and the space wine according to visual, gustatory, and olfactory criteria.
The initial results found the bottles positively endured all the constraints of preparation, travel, and storage on the ISS. Remarkable differences in the colour, aroma and taste components were noted, and the wines sampled were commended for their complexity and considered to be great wines.
Pétrus wine is known worldwide for its exceptional qualities. It was selected as the preferred wine for this landmark experiment due to being predominantly mono-varietal and for having a documented history that allows the effects of the time that the wine spent in space to be measured. The 2000 vintage also offers an ideal structure for the analysis of such an experiment.
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
|Motto||KIT – Die Forschungsuniversität in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft|
Motto in English
|KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association|
|Established||Fridericiana Polytechnic: 1825; 196 years ago |
TU Karlsruhe: 1865
KIT: 1 October 2009
|Budget||€1090,7 million (2021)|
5,171 (other academic staff) (2021)
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; German: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association.
KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (Universität Karlsruhe), founded in 1825 as a public research university and also known as the "Fridericiana", merged with the Karlsruhe Research Center (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe), which had originally been established in 1956 as a national nuclear research center (Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, or KfK).
KIT is a member of the TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology. As part of the German Universities Excellence Initiative KIT was one of three universities which were awarded excellence status in 2006. In the following "German Excellence Strategy" KIT was awarded as one of eleven "Excellence Universities" in 2019. KIT is among the leading technical universities in Germany and Europe and established the first German faculty for computer science in 1972. According to different bibliometric rankings, KIT is the German university with the strongest research in engineering and natural sciences.
In the university part of today's KIT, science-based mechanical engineering was founded in the mid-19th century under the direction of Ferdinand Redtenbacher, which influenced the foundation of other technical universities, such as ETH Zurich in 1855. On 2 August 1984, the University of Karlsruhe received the first-ever German e-mail.
As of 2018[update], six Nobel laureates are affiliated with KIT. The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is well known for many inventors and entrepreneurs who studied or taught there, including Heinrich Hertz, Karl Friedrich Benz and the founders of SAP SE.
The University of Karlsruhe was founded as a polytechnical school (Polytechnische Schule) on 7 October 1825. It was modelled on the École polytechnique in Paris. In 1865, Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden raised the school to the status of a Hochschule, an institution of higher education. Since 1902 the university has also been known as the Fridericiana in his honour. In 1885, it was declared a Technische Hochschule, or institute of technology, and in 1967, it became an Universität, a full university, which gave it the right to award regular doctorate degrees. It had hitherto been allowed to award doctorates only in engineering, identified as Dr.-Ing., a right bestowed on all technical institutes in 1899.
The University of Karlsruhe is one of the leading German institutions in computer science. A central computer laboratory was founded in 1966. The department of informatics was established three years later, along with the first regular course in informatics. On 2 August 1984, the university received Germany's first email. The Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research) was founded at the university in 1985.
The university also cooperated extensively with the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Research Centre), and this relationship was formalised on 6 April 2006 when Professor Horst Hippler and Dr. Dieter Ertmann from the University of Karlsruhe, and Professor Manfred Popp and Assistant Jur. Sigurd Lettow from Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe signed a contract for the foundation of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The name was inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the leading technical university in the United States. In February 2008, the merger of the university and the research centre to form KIT was agreed by the state of Baden-Württemberg and Germany's federal government. The necessary state law was passed on 8 July 2009. KIT was formally established on 1 October 2009.
The main reason for establishing KIT was to strengthen Karlsruhe's position in the German Universities Excellence Initiative, which offered elite universities grants of up to 50 million euros per annum. This aim was not achieved. While the University of Karlsruhe was chosen for the initiative in 2006/2007, KIT failed to secure a place in 2012. It did, however, attract funds from other sources. In 2008, Hans-Werner Hector, co-founder of SAP, raised 200 million euros to support researchers at the institute. (Hector is the only founder of SAP who did not graduate from the University of Karlsruhe; he was given an honorary doctorate for his support of intellectually gifted children in 2003.)
The Campus Nord (Campus North), the former Forschungszentrum, was founded in 1956 as Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK) (Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre). Initial activities focused on Forschungsreaktor 2 (FR2), the first nuclear reactor built by Germany. With the decline of nuclear energy activities in Germany, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe directed its work increasingly towards alternative areas of basic and applied sciences. This change is reflected in the change of name from Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe to Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe with the subheading Technik und Umwelt (technology and environment) added in 1995. This subheading was replaced by in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (in the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers) in 2002.
Campus Nord is the site of the main German national nuclear engineering research centre and the Institute for Transuranium Elements. Also at the site is a nanotechnology research centre and the neutrino experiment KATRIN.
Campus Nord also hosts a 200-metre-tall guyed mast for meteorological measurements.
The university has eleven faculties:
The university offers a great range of education options with such possibilities as cross studies and work-study programs. A studium generale (general studies) program was established in 1949, allowing students to attend lectures not directly pertaining their study field.
In the first semesters of a course, education tends to be theoretically oriented at KIT, with a high concentration on mathematics for engineering and natural science courses. It is possible to choose between practical and theoretical topics in later semesters.
Since the winter semester of 2008/2009, KIT has completed the transition from Diplom degrees to bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. Students already enrolled for a Diplom degree when the transition began were allowed to finish their studies, but new students are allowed to apply only for a bachelor's or master's degree.
Admission policies differ among the departments. While students are chosen by the quality of their school degree and their extracurricular activities for courses such as industrial engineering and management (27% of admissions in 2008), other departments do not preselect for their courses, including physics, informatics, and meteorology. All courses require a minimum number of passed exams, called Orientierungsprüfungen or orientation assessments, in the first three semesters before students are allowed to complete their course. There is a substantial drop-out rate in some engineering courses due to the immense study required to meet the prerequisites.
The Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale (Centre for Applied Culture and General Studies) was founded in 1989 as a central institution to support students engaged in interdisciplinary study. Nowadays, it offers specialised qualifications in the fields of "Leadership and Entrepreneurship", "Media – Culture – Communication", "Internationalisation and Intercultural Decision-making and Responsibility", "Diversity Management", and "European Integration and Identity Studies", as well as the classical studium generale. There is also the possibility of concomitant study in applied culture science.
In 1979, the Interfakultatives Institut für Anwendungen der Informatik (Interfaculty Institute for Informatics Applications) was founded. It brings together research in physics, mathematics, and engineering based on computer science. Its mathematical pendant is the Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen und Mathematische Modellbildung (Institute for Scientific Calculations and Mathematical Modelling). Its aim is to enhance the exchange between mathematics and engineering in the fields of scientific calculations.
The Interfakultatives Institut für Entrepreneurship (Interfaculty Institute for Entrepreneurship) was established with SAP funding. Its teaching professors were entrepreneurs on their own. Before being shut down in 2010, a former professor of this faculty was Götz Werner, founder of dm-drogerie markt.
In 2001, the Centre for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) was established. It merges the fields within material sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics which are related to nanotechnology. CFN is one of the three Exzellenzzentren (English: Excellence Institutions) of the University of Karlsruhe. Another interdisciplinary institution is the Centre for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM).
The Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP) was established in 2006 as a publicly funded project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the German Universities Excellence Initiative. KSOP was the first graduate school at the University of Karlsruhe and covers the fields of photonic materials and devices, advanced spectroscopy, biomedical photonics, optical systems and solar energy. It is supported by several of the university's institutes and professors. It is also a partner in the EUROPHOTONICS consortium, which provides scholarship for master's and PhD degrees under the European Commission's prestigious Erasmus Mundus cooperation and mobility program.
KIT operates several TCCON stations as part of an international collaborative effort to measure greenhouse gases globally. One station is near the campus.
KIT is partner of the science project for urban and autonomous freight logistics, efeuCampus in Bruchsal, which is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the European Union. At the Institute for Conveying Technology and Logistics Systems (IFL), conveyor systems for intralogistics are being developed for the research project, which are used for mobile robotics and human-machine interaction. The project develops localization and navigation algorithms for an urban environment, which enable vehicles to navigate independently on the basis of laser and video data.
|Global – Overall|
|ARWU World||201–300 (2021)|
|QS World||141 (2023)|
|THE World||180 (2022)|
In the Nature Index (1 August 2019 – 31 July 2020), which measures the scientific strength of different institutions on the basis of publications in 82 high-quality scientific journals, the KIT ranks first in the field of physical sciences among the universities in Germany, 6th in Europe, and 50th worldwide. Ranks two to five in Germany are followed by TU Munich and LMU Munich, TU Dresden, and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
According to a 2015 survey, KIT has produced the largest number of top managers among German universities, with 24 board members of the 100 largest German companies. The other places are followed by the University of Cologne (17), the RWTH Aachen (17), the University of Mannheim (13) and the LMU Munich (13).
In the CWTS Leiden Ranking of the year 2018, which is based exclusively on bibliometrics to measure the research output of universities, KIT is ranked 39th worldwide in the engineering and natural sciences according to the "Impact" indicator and 35th worldwide according to the "Collaboration" indicator. In Germany, KIT is ranked first ahead of RWTH Aachen University (ranked 80th in each case) and TU Munich (ranked 89th and 79th in each case). Europe-wide, KIT is ranked 5th and 7th respectively.
In the 2019 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities released by the National Taiwan University, KIT is ranked 1st in the fields of natural sciences and engineering in Germany.
In the ranking of the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche, in which decision-makers of companies are asked about their preferences, KIT regularly occupies a position among the top 3 in the subjects electrical engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, and industrial engineering in Germany. Especially in the field of computer science, the top position is often achieved. In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2017, which follow a similar approach as the Wirtschaftswoche ranking on a global level, KIT is ranked 20th worldwide. Thus, KIT takes first place in Germany and fifth place in Europe. In the same ranking for 2018, KIT was able to defend its top position in Germany and further extend its lead over other German universities.
In the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities for the year 2020, KIT ranks fourth among 455 listed universities and scientific institutions in Germany.
KIT is a member of the TU9 German Institutes of Technology e.V. As part of the German Universities Excellence Initiative KIT was awarded an excellence status in 2006 and 2019. In the 2011 performance-ranking of scientific papers, Karlsruhe ranked first in Germany and among the top 10 universities in Europe in engineering and natural sciences.
In the worldwide ranking U-Multirank funded by the European Union, KIT is ranked 57th out of a total of 1610 universities across all categories in 2019. In Germany, KIT reaches the 1st place out of 99 universities examined. The following state universities are LMU Munich, HU Berlin, and TU Munich.
In the Research Ranking of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), KIT is ranked 5th in the Europe / Africa region for the period 2017–2019. KIT is therefore the best university in Germany and the DACH region in terms of research performance in international business informatics. The research performance is quantified by publications in the top journals of the discipline ISR, MISQ, JMIS, and JAIS. Other German universities represented in the top 20 of the list are the University of Mannheim (7th place) and the TU Darmstadt and University of Cologne (both on place 16).
In the 2015 QS World University Rankings the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology achieved 93rd place in the global ranking across all disciplines and 62nd and 34th place in engineering and natural sciences, respectively. In the 2013 Taiwan ranking, KIT (world rank 61) retained its position as the best German University in the engineering and natural sciences, ranking in the engineering sciences ahead of the RWTH Aachen (world rank 89), the Technical University of Munich (world rank 94) and the Technical University of Dresden (world rank 108). For the natural sciences KIT (world rank 51) led the domestic comparison against the LMU Munich (world rank 62), the University of Heidelberg (world rank 72) and the Technical University of Munich (world rank 81). Ranked 26th place in computer science in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2016, KIT is one of the leading universities in computer science in Europe as well as worldwide.
In the Shanghai Ranking by subject, which is also highly regarded internationally, KIT 2017 takes first place among German universities in the fields of "Chemistry", "Chemical Engineering", "Instruments Science & Technology", "Water Resources", and "Transportation Science & Technology" and second place in Germany in the fields of "Biotechnology", "Nanoscience & Nanotechnology", "Materials Science & Engineering", "Energy Science & Engineering", "Environmental Science & Engineering", and "Metallurgical Engineering". A place among the top three German universities is also achieved in the subjects "Mechanical Engineering", "Physics", "Telecommunication Engineering" and "Remote Sensing". In all of these subjects, with the exception of "Environmental Science & Engineering" and "Telecommunication Engineering", KIT is among the 100 best universities in the world, some even among the top 50. In addition, KIT has achieved a top 5 position in Germany in the subjects "Computer Science & Engineering" (4th place), "Electrical & Electronic Engineering", and "Food Science & Technology". In the 2018 edition of the Shanghai Ranking, KIT was ranked among the best 100 universities in the world in 13 subjects. The three subjects Atmospheric Science (16th place), Metallurgical Engineering (25th place), and Energy Science & Engineering (28th place) even achieved a place among the world's top 30 universities. In 2018, KIT improved, among other things, from 4th to 2nd place in the field of computer science, from 2nd to 1st place in the field of energy science & engineering, and from 5th to 4th place in the field of electrical & electronic engineering throughout Germany. In the 2019 edition of the Shanghai Ranking, KIT achieved and maintained its top position in the field of computer science. In the 2019 edition of the Shanghai Ranking, the KIT was ranked 8th worldwide in atmospheric research, making it one of the leading institutions in this field of research worldwide, ahead of renowned universities such as the Columbia University University (9th place), the Princeton University (17th place) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (20th place), the universities in University of Oxford (29th place) and University of Cambridge (place 32) or the Stanford University (place 47). In the Shanghai Ranking 2019, KIT was able to achieve further first places in Germany in the subjects energy sciences, computer science, material sciences, nanotechnology, and transport sciences.
In the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2017/2018, KIT is ranked first in Germany in the subjects "Chemical Sciences" (world rank: 49), "Technology" (world rank: 54), "Nanoscience & Nanomaterials" (world rank: 58), "Materials Engineering" (world rank: 48), Chemical Engineering (ranked 43), Mechanical Engineering (ranked 58), Civil Engineering (ranked 76), Environmental Engineering (ranked 98), Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences (ranked 15) and Transportation Science & Technology (ranked 123) Further top rankings are also achieved in "Physical Sciences" (rank Germany: 3; world rank: 55); "Mathematical Sciences" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 66); "Engineering" (rank Germany: 3 (after rank 1 last year); world rank 107); "Electrical & Electronics Engineering" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 70), "Information & Computing Sciences" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 63), "Earth Sciences" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 54), "Geology" (rank Germany: 5; world rank: 111), "Metallurgy Engineering" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 34) and "Architecture" (rank Germany: 2; world rank: 71).
According to the Ranking of Scientific Impact of Leading European Research Universities, an official document compiled by the European Commission, in 2004 Karlsruhe ranks second nationally and sixth in Europe in terms of scholarly impact.
With the exception of the department of biology, in 2003 the university received more funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft than any other university specializing in the natural sciences in Germany. In the engineering sciences (computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering), the university is in the top three together with the University of Stuttgart and RWTH Aachen.
In 2005, more than 20% of its students come from other nations and 0.6% of its students receive grants from the German Studienstiftung (German National Academic Foundation).
The Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC), named after Karl Steinbuch, was formed in 2008 when the main computer facilities of the University of Karlsruhe merged with those at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. It is responsible for the university's IP connectivity and provides central services (Mail, Web, campus management) for students and employees. It supplies students with 10 fully equipped computer rooms, one professional print office and a wireless network providing access to the whole campus area. Some departments, like computer science, physics, and mathematics, run their own computer facilities as well.
The SCC operates some of the fastest computers in Germany:
On 2 August 1984, Michael Rotert, a research fellow at University of Karlsruhe, received the first email ever sent to Germany, at his address email@example.com.
GridKa runs the Rocks Cluster Distribution Linux distribution for supercomputers.
The KIT Library with its two branches on Campus South and Campus North provides literature for research and study for about 25,000 students and 8000 scientists with a widespread, interdisciplinary book stock of over 2 million volumes, reports and 28,000 periodicals in print and electronic form. The emphasis of the collection lies in natural and engineering sciences.
The 24-hour library at Campus South was extended in 2006. It offers many workplaces and an area for relaxing, and is now open around the clock. The combination of a special book security system and an automated issue desk makes it possible to use the 1000 workplaces anytime, day or night. Current and contemporary literature is freely accessible in four specialised reading rooms, each providing cross-linked, modern and well-equipped study and work stations as well as printers, scanners and copy machines.
The research library at Campus North provides a large specialised book stock (especially reports and primary reports) on energy and nuclear energy. All literature is freely accessible to the user. Thirty modern workplaces, as well as printers, scanners, copy machines and cubicles for individual work are available.
Additional literature is located in two specialised reading rooms for chemistry and physics, as well as in the Library of the University of Applied Sciences at the Campus at Moltkestrasse, which is administrated by the KIT Library. The faculty of physics, the faculty of mathematics, the faculty of computer science, the faculty of architecture and the faculty of economics and management have their own libraries to supply students and researchers with topic-related literature.
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Surprised by the title of the article? At first, your friends, family, relatives or colleagues might be surprised by this gift.
Most likely you have already heard enough about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies - you have heard a lot of good and a lot of bad. However, nothing new, because each emerging and unexplored technology always has a barrage of criticism and negativity. So let us consider the main advantages of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies over fiat money, by which we are all held hostage.
Why hostages? Let's take a look at a few problematic examples:
Storage: What’s the problem with that? Most people keep their money in the bank and it suits them perfectly, it’s convenient. But answer this question - how many of you are confident in the bank in which you store your savings? Do you think the bank will warn you about their bankruptcy so that you can take away your savings in advance? 99% - no (only if your relative works in this bank and has time to warn you). Plus, banks can be hacked, and your funds and personal information stolen. If you have not insured your savings, there will be no options to return your money back.
Management: And what’s the problem with that? My money is my money, you will say. But there is one nuance ... the money stored in the bank is yours, but it is managed not by you but by your bank! It's like a cookie for a child, on the highest shelf of the cabinet - cookie belongs to him, but he can only eat it if he’s well behaved, only if the parents allow him, and even after that he can eat no more than five pieces per day. Banks decide what information YOU MUST disclose when making a transaction - when making a transaction with YOUR money. Banks decide whether YOU can send YOUR money where YOU want. And the banks decide how much money YOU can send per transaction.
Economic and international politics. I think you yourself will answer the question, what decision will the politicians take if the state needs money - raise taxes. It is the simplest and the most effective solution in their opinion, although raising taxes significantly increases the shadow economy, which in no way will bring more money to the state’s bank account. Because of the reckless policy of the states in relation to the domestic and foreign economy, and the policy in general, in the worst situation, are its own citizens. Indeed, due to the increase in taxes, companies are forced to raise prices for products and services in order to stay afloat. All this strongly beats the wallets of citizens. Well, if a bad international policy is also being pursued, then this greatly influences the rate of the currency itself, which becomes weaker in relation to other currencies. And dreams of buying property or going abroad are further and further away from you.
But I will not upset you with sad information on the eve of holidays. Bitcoin and Cloak are great solutions to the above problems, because:
Storage for Bitcoin, CloakCoin or other cryptos is the most convenient and secure among other assets because it can be stored on your computer, on a flash drive or on your phone - in the place that you consider to be the safest. Also, the entrance to your account is protected by a complex, long password that only YOU have access to! No one can hack your wallet, unlike bank hacks.
Managing Bitcoins is simple and there are no prerequisites for this. You are your personal bank. You don’t need to disclose your personal information to anyone (the CloakCoin project and its anonymization system “ENIGMA” best of all protects user privacy), you have no transaction limits and you can send cryptocurrency anywhere. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that in the case of the CloakCoin cryptocurrency $CLOAK, the transaction will be completed in less than a minute.
State policy will not affect how much Bitcoin you have in your wallet until you sell them. And if you think Bitcoin is too volatile, then take a look at this:
* The economic situation of the leading banks in Europe. Tweet link source.
At the same time, Bitcoin is the best performing financial asset in the last 10 years.
How do you like a gift that in addition brings you a passive income of 6% (or more)? This is what’s offered by CloakCoin. You just need to keep your $CLOAK currency in your wallet online and you will receive 6% per year (you will get 6% of your coins lying in your wallet, as a reward for helping secure the network).
You don’t need to exchange crypto to any fiat money, because on the Internet you can use it to buy almost anything. For example, here you can check the entire list of sellers who accept $CLOAK cryptocurrency as a payment method. Spend $CLOAKs earned from passive income in a fast, easy and completely anonymous way.
I don’t know about you, but it’s definitely worth thinking about what you’ll be gifting your loved ones this year. Will you go with boring old fiat money or smart money with great potential and good passive income?
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Right now, there are dozens of cyberattacks raging across the globe — digital warheads being flung across state lines and international borders at corporations, people, and government computers. The military’s Defense Intelligence Agency monitors dozens, if not hundreds of cyber-attacks every day, many of which it fully acknowledges come from the massive insecure network of internet-capable devices, aka the “internet of things.”
“As the world becomes more interconnected, the same technologies that enrich our daily lives — like digital thermostats and smart refrigerators and virtual assistants — also present serious cyber vulnerabilities, and that is why we cannot be satisfied to simply be prepared for, monitor and defend from these threats,” said Janice Glover-Jones, the Chief Information Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, said in her opening remarks at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference, or DoDIIS, on Monday in St. Louis.
The stark reminder offered by Glover-Jones was a stark reminder that the scope of international cyber crime is staggering — and she had images to prove it. This live map of cyber attacks going on — presented by the Norse Corporation on its website — is hypnotic for it’s laser-like pinging, from a computer in one location to another.
The DoDIIS conference brings together representatives from FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and dozens of private organizations to discuss the threats facing the intelligence community.
“We are in a new era where cheap and readily available technologies have increased the capability to capitalize on and exploit our technical expertise,” Glover-Jones said, pointing to the recent Petya ransomware attack and the WannaCry attacks that crippled systems held computer data for ransom. One of the largest cybersecurity failures was last year’s Mirai botnet attack, which blacked out websites by using a sophisticated botnet of internet-connected devices to create a massive DDoS attack.
As Glover-Jones pointed out, the wide scope of cyber capabilities available for hire or purchase online mean widespread attacks can be performed by nearly anyone, not just military intelligence agencies.
“The scope of the threat and attacks that our nation faces continue to evolve and expand in unpredictable ways,” she said. “Advanced nation states, small isolated countries, transnational groups and even lone actors unconstrained by international borders and rules are maliciously taking advantage of these destructive techniques. They are acting in a manner and at a speed that cannot surpass our efforts.”
To demonstrate this, she brought out a child-hacker, Reuben Paul, an 11-year-old “CEO” of CyberShaolin, who proceeded to hack an internet-equipped teddy bear on stage. Paul, an obviously precocious and talented child, may have seemed like a sideshow at a serious defense officials conference, but it highlighted just how common and easy tapping into the internet of things is. If the beginning of this conference is any indication, the DoD might finally be taking this seriously. | <urn:uuid:e3d1fdc5-2518-473c-9e9a-6b71c3f95c07> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nc.inverse.com/article/35494-dod-reuben-paul-dodiis-conference-internet-of-things | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931572 | 641 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, President Trump announced the White House had struck a deal with drug manufacturers to cap the price of insulin at $35 for diabetic Medicare enrollees. The Trump administration’s move, however, is nothing more than a political stunt designed to place a band-aid on a bullet wound. With more than 40 million people nationwide in need of affordable insulin, this proposal only does so for about 3 million Medicare-participating seniors.
The following statement is from Lower Drug Prices Now Campaign Director Margarida Jorge and Health Care Voter / Affordable Insulin NOW Campaign Director Rosemary Enobakhare:
“This proposal does nothing to make drug corporations lower prices. Capping costs won’t stop drug corporations from hiking prices— it just shifts who pays. Thanks to their monopoly power, drug corporations can continue to charge more and more for vital medications like insulin, while taxpayers foot the bill for Big Pharma’s price gouging.
This move is another political stunt from a President worried about his poll numbers with seniors as his broken campaign promises keep stacking up. Instead of tweaks and one-off proposals for political gain, we need to overhaul the system that gives drug corporations monopoly control over prices and instead put in place fair rules that ensure access and affordability for everyone.
Americans are tired of gimmicks and half-measures that protect Big Pharma’s profits while millions of us go without medicine. If President Trump were really on our side, he would follow through on his promise to make drug corporations negotiate for lower prices and block drug corporation’s monopoly power to set prices as high as they want. And he would stop handing over billions in taxpayer funding to the drug industry with no strings attached and no guarantee of affordability for patients.”
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About Lower Drug Prices Now
Lower Drug Prices Now is a national coalition of nearly 60 social, racial and economic justice organizations with members in all fifty states. We are committed to transformative, systemic and bold reforms to ensure everyone has access to affordable medicines — no matter where they live, what they look like or how much money they have. Learn more at ldpndev.wpengine.com and follow us on Twitter @peopleb4pharma.
About Affordable Insulin Now
Affordable Insulin NOW (a project of Health Care Voter) is a campaign aimed at holding politicians and pharmaceutical executives accountable and pushing for bold actions to address insulin pricing by sharing stories of patients who are struggling to afford treatment, and helping them advocate for changes to make insulin more affordable. We are mobilizing advocates to demand action on addressing the rising cost of prescription drugs for the millions of people whose lives are on the line.
About Health Care Voter
Health Care Voter is a nationwide campaign to mobilize people from across the country to hold President Trump and Republicans in Congress accountable for their efforts to repeal and sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Americans’ top issue is health care, but since the beginning of Trump’s presidency, the White House and a majority of Congressional Republicans have voted to strip health care away from millions of people. As a coalition of more than 40 progressive groups and grassroots organizations, Health Care Voters are fighting back to protect our health care and lower prescription drug prices. | <urn:uuid:08c49c1f-b1dd-42c3-946f-9ff356c5e55e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lowerdrugpricesnow.org/press/statement-trump-move-to-cap-insulin-prices-nothing-more-than-a-political-stunt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946824 | 671 | 1.5 | 2 |
Duplicate polyurethane foam based passive air samplers (PUF-PAS) were deployed at seven sites in Ningbo from November 1, 2014 to October 31, 2015 and were used to analyze 15 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Higher benzo[a]pyrene toxic equivalent concentrations were observed in the industrial areas during wintertime. Correspondence analysis (CA) was used to characterize the PAH congener profiles associated with each functional district and their temporal variations. It showed that different PAH composition profiles and seasonal variations were observed in mountain, rural area and residential areas; and different industrial layouts also led to different properties of PAH congener emissions. Higher levels of PAHs were observed around oil refinery in summer and at mountainous areas in winter, which might be attributed to the evaporation of petroleum and the impact of local biomass burning. This study also demonstrated that the factors influencing the representativeness of a site could be more clearly understood using PUF-PAS and CA analysis.
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- Pollution characteristics
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Australian Bureau of Statistics cattle slaughter data for the September quarter signals a move back to herd rebuild as the female slaughter ratio (FSR) eases from 47.5% in the June quarter to 44.4% for quarter three of 2021.
Historically, an FSR under 47% generally indicates that the herd is in a rebuild phase. The decline in the FSR during the September quarter brings the annual average FSR to 45.8%. The last time the FSR was this low was at 45.5% during 2017 when the herd increased by 5.6%.
Meat and Livestock Australia are forecasting an increase of 7.1% in the Australian herd during 2021. The last time the herd grew by a similar magnitude was back in 2011, when a gain of 7.4% was noted in the Australian cattle herd. During 2011 the FSR averaged 43%, so we will need to see the ratio remain in the low 40% region, or lower, in the final quarter of 2021 to keep up the momentum of the rebuild. | <urn:uuid:2a3d0000-d951-4437-9733-1f25966c9b38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thomaseldermarkets.com.au/livestock/market-morsel-rebuild-again/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975617 | 217 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Science and engineering classes offer students an exciting opportunity for authentic learning—to learn from failure over and over again, until solutions are reached and final products are made.”
Kelsey’s curiosity about the natural world and love of the outdoors inspire her on a daily basis. She earned a B.S. in geosciences from The Pennsylvania State University and continued in an academic track by earning her M.S. in geochemistry from the University of Michigan (U of M). During her time at U of M, she researched trace-level mercury pollution in Arctic snow and, while serving as a Graduate Student Instructor for a field course in the Rocky Mountains, discovered her passion for teaching.
Kelsey changed paths and earned her teaching certificate and M.S. in secondary education from The University of Pennsylvania in 2009, with the goal of nurturing young people’s passion for science and ability to get into college. She continued teaching science in the Philadelphia public school system for five years, including four years at George Washington High School (physical science, elective environmental science, and Advanced Placement environmental science courses) and the founding year of The Workshop School, an interdisciplinary, project-based high school.
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Suzanne Lizauskas is registered as Specialized Applied Kinesiology Practitioner and is ranked first in her field. Suzanne is certified as a Professional Kinesiology Instructor with the Touch for Health Kinesiology Association and Board Certified with the International Kinesiology College in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 1989 Suzanne has been training and studying with Doctors and Specialized Health Institutions throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States.
I recall when the men first landed on the moon and the excitement that went along with that. America had won the "space race". My family was jumping around with excitement. At that moment a question came into my mind, "we are only so big, we have figured out how to put a man on the moon, how come someone hasn't figured out where we live, in our own body? How much of a distance is it from our head to our toes"? This was the thought that sparked a 20 year plus journey for information.
There is an innate intelligence which resides in all of us. With the exception of air, food and sunshine the body is mechanistic, a self-healing, self-regulating system, replacing its own tissue unit. Our job is to remove the Block or the accumulation of "Blocks" which inhibit our body's natural healing response. There is no mystery to why our body loses vitality or creates symptoms.
Prevention of discomfort, symptoms or disease of course is ideal. However most of us tend to listen after the fact. This is just human nature. The old attitude 'If it's not broke don't fix it', might apply in some cases however where your body is concerned — your body operates automatically on a subconscious level. We don't think about the kidney, heart, liver functioning. The body can send us a signal for some time before our conscious mind finally "feels" or gets "the memo" that we might need to investigate or pay attention.
There is no mystery in what your body is attempting to communicate.
When your body is expressing an acute (recent) or chronic (longer term) imbalance your process can be compared to building a home. Having a good foundation is key.
Using the menu of various Organic Sciences, the foundation in creating and allowing your body to begin repair is as individual as your thumb print.
I view your body as its own encyclopedia. Your life's history is recorded and in some cases stored in various areas of your body.
Because we are only so big, we only have so much room to store experiences and/or stress.
Depending on the duration and or the degrees of stress, we tend to run out of room for filtering and/or storing stressors. Like a circuit breaker in our house we can "pop a circuit" which creates different forms of compensation. Over time compensations can express as a variety of different signals which can feel like imbalances. If ignored the body can increase or keep changing its signals, like more pain, less sleep, no energy
You live with you. I have a firm belief that you are the one who ought to know the territory you live in, Your body.
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Every year from the middle of June through the end of September, our trademark Arizona dry heat becomes a land of humidity and rainstorms as monsoon season begins. This weather pattern occurs when temperatures rise so high that the heat pulls water from the Gulf. This combination combines to create storms in a cycle of “bursts” (heavy rainfall) and “breaks” (reduced rainfall). Before the rain, the wind shifts can also trigger dust storms called haboobs.
Even though we know it’s coming every year, a large majority of AZ residents are spoiled by our lack of extreme weather and find themselves scrambling to find a flashlight when the power goes out or stressed in traffic trying to make their way through a haboob. This year, take the time to prepare for these monsoons with these 5 tips and reminders.
1. Prepare Plants and Trees
Heavy winds and flooding are common during monsoon season, so take the time to protect those plants and trees that you tend to all year. Trim any tree branches that can break off causing damage and secure any new plants or trees that may become uprooted with heavy winds.
2. Tidy and Secure your Yard
When it comes to the wind and rain, it’s also important to keep the things important to you safe. Remember to secure your yard furniture and clean up any clothing or toys you may have lying around. While you’re at it, if you have a pool, invest in a pool cover to prevent costly repairs of cleaning caused by rain and dust storms.
3. Prepare an Emergency Kit
One awesome perk of living in Arizona is we rarely have to deal with our power going down. However during monsoon season, the rain, lightning, and thunderstorms pose a higher threat of you losing electricity for a couple of hours. Be prepared for these kinds of situations by building your own emergency kit. Pack up some flashlights with extra batteries, candles and matches, and a radio (in case your phone runs out of juice). The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs also recommends keeping a disaster relief kit on hand with some food, water, and other items. Also, check with your utility to see if they have a notification system to keep you up to date on outage notifications.
4. Don’t Drive Through Dust Storms or Standing Water
It’s a running joke that once a raindrop appears, Arizonans completely forget everything they know about driving, but all you need to remember is the age-old adage, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Don’t risk going through the flooded bridge because you “think you can make it” or drive during a dust storm when you can’t see two feet in front of you. Drive the long way around to avoid that flooding and pull off to the side of the road until the haboob passes. Nothing is that important that you can’t wait.
5. Get Your Roof Checked
When it comes to roofing, we always say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. There’s nothing worse than coming home during a rainstorm only to find a leak creating a puddle in your home. Monsoon season is one of the busiest seasons for Arizona roofing companies, so rather than risk not being able to get someone out to your home right away, get a preventative roof inspection from a professional before monsoon season gets going. Click here to request a roof inspection from American Solar & Roofing. | <urn:uuid:79b25129-fba8-41d6-abba-99a37d0868de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.americansolarandroofing.com/5-tips-for-monsoon-season/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950389 | 730 | 2.34375 | 2 |
The distinct call of a woodpecker carries through the forest. It's not drilling or pecking, it's calling to its mate. These woodpeckers have a nestful of babies in a cavity in a nearby tree, and the hungry babies are keeping both parents busy. These are sapsuckers, woodpeckers that don't just drill into trees for bugs. Like people tapping trees for sap to make birch or maple syrup, sapsuckers create elaborate networks of sap wells and maintain them to ensure sap production. The sap wells are rows of pencil-eraser-size holes pecked through the bark of trees, and the birds lick the sap that oozes out. They also eat insects that get caught in the sap.
Sapsuckers defend their wells from other sapsuckers, as well as from other birds. Rufous Hummingbirds are known to nest near sap wells, follow sapsuckers in their daily movements, and may even time their migration to coincide with sapsucker migrations so they can feed off the sap wells.
Like other woodpeckers, sapsuckers excavatle a new nest cavity each year, and their "leftover" nest cavities are important to other cavity-nesting birds that aren't equipped to build them. Many species of flycatchers, swallows, falcons, and owls nest in cavities, as do ducks like mergansers, goldeneyes and wood ducks - which is why they like nest boxes. Even some mammals like northern flying squirrels nest in woodpecker-made cavities. | <urn:uuid:591431e1-7c52-4c0f-89a1-d7cc147c5567> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=soundswild.episode&id=saplicking-woodpeckers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.962253 | 333 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The Fundamental Counting Principle does help us determine the number of different combinations. Now suppose we were in the business of programming cash register keys for restaurants. If we have 5 beverage choices, 4 main entrees, and 6 vegetable selections where the customer chooses two veggies, how many different meals will need to be programmed on the register?
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Woven geotextiles and non-woven geotextiles are two different production processes. Woven geotextiles are at least two groups of yarns interwoven in the warp and weft direction. And nonwoven geotextiles are interwoven directly through a process such as needling. Because of the difference in production processes. Two geotextiles in the process and performance also have certain differences. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, not necessarily which is better. The choice is mainly based on engineering The choice is mainly based on the project requirements for selection. Here's a look at the difference between spun and non-woven geotextiles, what are they?
Woven geotextile is a cloth-like product that is woven into a flat structure for geotechnical engineering after processing synthetic polymer raw materials into silk, yarn, or tape. And can also be used as woven landscape fabric, also known as satin modeling geotextile. It is the earliest geotextile product. It is often woven with two groups of mutually perpendicular filaments, namely warp and weft filaments. Depending on the type of filaments (monofilament, multifilament, and mixed filaments) and the weaving method (plain, twill, and satin), as well as the material of the filaments (polypropylene ages faster, polyester and polyethylene slower, etc.). The woven geotextiles can have different properties to suit the requirements of strength, warp and weft strength ratio, coefficient of friction, equal pore size and durability, and other indicators proposed by the project to the fabric.
Most woven geotextiles are made of monofilaments (round or flat), and most woven geotextiles are made of flat filaments. Woven geotextiles woven from a combination of round and flat filaments have high permeability. And when high-strength geotextiles are required, multifilaments are often used.
Woven geotextile is a kind of geosynthetic material with high dosage, wide use, easy construction, and low price. Its most common function is as a wrapping material that is sewn into woven bags, filled with sand, stone, and soil materials. Made of different sizes of soil pillows or bags as filler or ballast, and used for flood control, and rescue, or temporary support projects. Some areas in China will also have spun geotextiles made of geotechnical mold bags, filled with concrete as slope protection. High-quality woven fabric can also play a reinforcing role in some reinforcement projects. Besides, it also has a certain reinforcement and isolation function. The surface coated with plastic woven fabric can play a temporary impermeability. There is also a kind of warp knit geotextile in the woven geotextile. It is tied up with finer warp knitting threads at the intersection of warp and weft threads to form a firm knot, so that it has high tensile strength and a small extension, and is used in parts with special needs.
Nonwoven geotextile is a type of nonwoven geotextile. Its characteristic is that it does not need to be woven. And we often say that non-woven geotextiles are mainly made by repeated needling processes. So some non-woven geotextiles will also be called needled geotextiles. And classification they are mainly divided into two kinds, namely filament needled geotextiles and staple fiber needled geotextiles.
Since nonwoven geotextiles are made by repeated needling of filaments or short fibers. They have many characteristics that other geotextiles do not have. Such as the pore structure belonging to the three-dimensional state, which also determines the permeability of nonwoven geotextiles is very good. So it will also be called permeable geotextiles. Different geotextiles have a different range of pore sizes, so the permeability is also strong and weak.
Due to the differences in production processes, the impact on product performance varies.
Nonwoven geotextiles are made by interweaving filaments and staple fibers with the help of mechanical equipment and other production processes such as needling.
Woven geotextiles are woven fabrics, produced by interweaving at least two groups of yarns in the warp and weft direction.
Because of their high circulation rate. Nonwoven geotextiles are permeable. And are also called geotextile drainage fabrics or geotextile filter fabrics
Spun geotextiles are semi-impermeable and have a low circulation rate.
Nonwoven geotextiles have good deformation though. And are well suited for filtration, separation, and drainage applications to serve.
Woven geotextiles have a considerable tensile strength effect in the horizontal direction, and have more practical characteristics in the reinforcement effect. Playing a role in preventing erosion control.
Nonwoven geotextiles are usually measured by weight.
Woven geotextiles have a higher load-bearing capacity and tensile strength. These are commonly used in road construction.
That is the use of geotextiles to have different physical properties (particle size, distribution, consistency, density, etc.) of the construction materials for isolation. So that the two kinds of materials do not lose, not mixed, to maintain the structure and function of the material. So the load-bearing capacity of the structure is strengthened.
When water flows from the fine material soil layer into the coarse material soil layer. Use the needle-punch geotextile good permeability and water permeability to make the water flow through, while effectively intercepting soil particles, fine sand, small stones, etc... To maintain the stability of soil and water engineering.
Needle-punch geotextile is a good water-conducting material. It can form a drainage channel inside the soil body and drain the excess liquid and gas out of the soil structure.
Needle-punched geotextiles are used to enhance the tensile strength and deformation resistance of the soil body. And increase the stability of the building structure to improve the quality of the soil body.
Effectively diffuse, transfer or decompose the concentrated stress to prevent the figure body from being damaged by external forces.
Needle-punched geotextile works with other materials to form an impermeable compartment in the soil layer.
That can stabilize and limit the project's long time use to shift. And can make the local stress act on the soil transfer or distribution to a larger area.
Geotextile fabric is used to separate different geotechnical structure materials to form a stable sub-interface. And play their respective characteristics and overall role according to the requirements.
Geotextile and geomembrane are used together in two different pressure materials. That can play the role of tension and diaphragm.
The function of placing the geotextile across a flowing liquid channel with suspended particles to stop mud particles. And allow the liquid to pass through.
Placing geotextiles on slopes can stop the loss of mud particles due to rainfall or planting turf.
It is widely used in water conservancy, electric power, harbor, highway, railroad construction, and other projects.
High strength, it can maintain enough strength and elongation in dry and wet conditions.
Corrosion resistance, it can resist corrosion for a long time in different acidity and alkalinity of soil and water.
Good water permeability, there are gaps between the fibers, so it has good water permeability.
Good anti-microbial property, it is not damaged by microorganisms and insects.
Compared with non-woven geotextiles, the main disadvantage of spun geotextiles is that they do not have the function of filtration (i.e. plane drainage). And they are relatively costly.
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Civil Emergency Planning Committee (CEPC)
The Civil Emergency Planning Committee is the top NATO advisory body for the protection of civilian populations and the use of civil resources in support of NATO's objectives.
Civil Emergency Planning provides NATO with essential civilian expertise and capabilities in the fields of terrorism preparedness and consequence management, humanitarian and disaster response and protecting critical infrastructure.
The CEPC coordinates planning in several areas, to ensure – when necessary - civil support for the Alliance ’s military operations or support for national authorities in civil emergencies.
The committee has for example developed a plan for improving the civil preparedness of NATO and Partner countries against terrorist attacks. In September 2011, a team of civil experts visited Ukraine to advise on preparedness issues for the Euro 2012 football championship. The CEPC also supports the development of NATO cyber capabilities through the provision of advisory expertise and with support for training. The CEPC assists with issues related to energy security, in particular the protection of critical infrastructure, through the exchange of experience and best practice between nations. In the field of missile defence, the CEPC has addressed issues relating to the consequences of intercept for the protection of civil populations.
The CEPC reports directly to the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s principal decision-making body. It coordinates and provides direction and guidance for four specialised groups.
These bring together national government, industry experts and military representatives to coordinate emergency planning in areas such as: civil protection; transport; industrial resources and communications; public health, food and water. Their primary purpose is to develop procedures for use in crisis situations.
Together, NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning structures provide an interface to many different ministries across a broad range of sectors, thus providing a vast civil network going beyond NATO’s more traditional interlocutors in Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence.
The CEPC also oversees the activities of the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) at NATO Headquarters, which acts as the focal point for coordinating disaster relief efforts among NATO and partner countries, and in countries where NATO is engaged with military operations.
The CEPC meets twice a year in plenary session, at the level of the heads of the national civil emergency planning organisations from NATO and partner countries.
In addition, it meets on a weekly basis in permanent session, where countries are represented by their national delegations to NATO. Meetings alternate between those of NATO member countries only, and those open to Partner countries.
The Secretary General is Chairman of plenary sessions, but in practice these are chaired by the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations, while permanent sessions are chaired by the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, Civil Emergency Planning and Exercises.
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7 Tips to Recharge
In today’s wired world, everyone’s either plugged into a device or watching a screen a good proportion of the day. Americans spend over 10 hours a day consuming content according to Ipsos Research. We continually push ourselves to increase our productivity and expand our multi-tasking. We’re so connected that we sometimes forget that we’re human. Unplugging from our computers and other devices gives us a break and enables us to re-charge our batteries.
- Change environments. Get out of your office. The goal is to get a different perspective on life. Take a break from the pressing issues in your office to get enough space to see clearly again.
- Connect with people face-to-face. Be with people in real time, in real life. In particular, spend time with family and friends. Remember life is short. Take advantage of the special love of those close you. If they don’t live close by, at least take some time and talk on the phone.
- Smell the flowers. Get outside and appreciate the world around you. If you live in a city, take a walk through a park where there are trees and nature. Take in the sounds of the world. Listen to the children playing or watch birds.
- Enjoy me-time. Take a break from your computer and daily routines to do something you find fun. It can be a spa day, a movie or just lunch with the girls. I have a group of friends that gets together every Saturday to knit and gossip.
- Don’t be a computer couch potato. Get out and exercise. Do something active, whether it’s going to the gym or playing with your kids. Move your body. It’s great for your health and clears your mind for creative thinking.
- Catch up on sleep. Take a catnap in the middle of the afternoon or sleep in. Feel the luxury of not being pressed to be somewhere at a specific time. Give your body the rest it needs.
- Take care of personal errands. Do all of those small tasks that need to get done whether it’s picking up the dry cleaning or getting cash. Take time and do them all at once. Getting them off of your To Do list will give you a sense of accomplishment and free brain space for more creative pursuits.
Regardless of what name you attach to it, we all need time away from the gadgets in our lives. We have to recharge our batteries and connect with the people who are important to us. Getting out of our routine and regular environment reminds us that we’re human and need other people in our lives. While we’re away from the office and disconnected, our minds continue to work solving the problems that seem insurmountable from behind our computer screens.
What suggestions do you have for unplugging? Please add them in the comment section below.
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While one purpose of medicine is to improve the quality of life of individuals who are sick, should medical knowledge be extended to enhance the lives of those who are already healthy? This question and others are addressed in three articles about cosmetic neurology in the September 28 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Cosmetic neurology goes beyond the use of botulinum toxin for smoothing wrinkles and includes applying medical therapies to enhance normal abilities. In the journal’s “Views & Reviews” section, Anjan Chatterjee, MD, a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, describes movement and endurance, attention and memory, and moods as three areas of cosmetic neurology. For example, amphetamines that help stroke patients could possibly benefit healthy individuals during a time of skilled motor learning, like playing the piano or swimming. Transcranial magnetic stimulation used to treat clinical depression could be applied to people who simply have “off” days.
Cosmetic neurology has ethical implications for both individuals and society, Chatterjee said. For the individual, concerns include safety and the notion that the self is challenged by chemically altering the brain. For society, concerns include the potential inequality of access to cosmetic neurology, as well as the coercion to use enhancements to compete at the highest level in a winner-take-all environment.
“For instance, if pilots perform better in emergencies when they take donepezil (a drug typically used to treat dementia), should they be expected or required by their employer to take this medication?” Chatterjee said. “We need an explicit notion of what it means to be human and a clear sense of the evolving role of physicians.”
Despite these concerns, Chatterjee sees the development of cosmetic neurology moving forward due to the growth of direct-to-consumer marketing and the military’s research efforts.
Two editorials published in the same issue of Neurology offer comments on Chatterjee’s claims.
In one editorial, Stephen L. Hauser, MD, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, agrees that the future of neurology will be impacted by biomedical advances, including cosmetic pharmacology, stem cell research, and genetic engineering.
“Neurologists must assume a central role in shaping the debate about how society might define the boundary between interventions used to promote or restore optimal health and those used for enhancement,” Hauser said. “To participate in this debate, we must be fluent in the language of science.”
In another editorial, Richard H. Dees, PhD, a professor of philosophy at the University of Rochester, N.Y., does not accept the assumption that neurological enhancements will inevitably become routine. He contends that Chatterjee’s argument falls prey to “the allure of the slippery slope.”
“If we accept this argument, we have simply surrendered ethics to power,” Dees said. “There is nothing inevitable about the course of our society or of neurology as a profession. Because we can choose, we face deep moral questions that we must simply answer one by one.”
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 18,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, autism and multiple sclerosis. | <urn:uuid:ce12879b-5dc5-4d36-b7e8-df1b3a2e2e78> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/09/28/5128.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.934474 | 739 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. Handwriting Normal Slow or sloppy; all words are legible Not all words are legible Able to alfrs pen but unable to write Unable to grip pen 5.
Speech Normal speech processes Detectable speech disturbance Intelligible with repeating Speech combined with nonvocal communication Loss of useful speech 2. People diagnosed with ALS live on average 2—4 years after diagnosis due to the quick progression of the disease.
ALS Functional Rating Scale
How many years since onset of symptoms? No purposeful leg movement. A Journal of Neurology. This article is an orphanas no other articles link to it. In ALS the main type of onset is bulbar, followed by limb-onset; which describes the region of motor neurons first affected. Needs extra pillow in order to sleep more than two. Cutting food with gastrostomy Normal Somewhat slow and clumsy, but no help needed Can cut most foods, although clumsy and slow; some help needed Food must be cut by someone, but can still feed slowly Needs to be fed Normal Clumsy but able to perform all manipulations independently Some help needed with closures and fasteners Provides minimal assistance to caregiver Unable to perform any aspect of task 6.
Not all words are legible. Can initiate, but not turn or adjust sheets alone. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALSis a neurodegenerative disease that typically affects adults around years of age, although anyone can be diagnosed with the disease.
ALS Functional Rating Scale – Revised
Slight but definite excess of saliva in mouth; may have nighttime drooling. Menu “left menu navigation” Ends. Provides minimal assistance to caregiver.
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ALS Functional Rating Scale – Revised – Wikipedia
ALSFRS-R scores calculated at diagnosis can be compared to scores throughout time to determine the speed d progression. Retrieved from ” https: Needs supplemental tube feeding. Early eating problems-occasional choking. Can turn alone or adjust sheets, but with great difficulty.
Questions 1 to 3 are related to bulbar onset, questions 4 to 9 are related to limb onset and questions are related to respiratory onset. Since there are three main pathways of progression, the questions are also divided in relation to the types of onset.
Salivation Normal Slight but definite excess of saliva in mouth; may have nighttime drooling Moderately excessive saliva; may have minimal drooling Marked excess of saliva with some drooling Marked drooling; requires constant tissue or handkerchief 3. Marked drooling; requires constant tissue or handkerchief. Does not routinely use more than two pillows.
A score of 0 on a question would indicate no function while a score of 4 would indicate full function. Mild unsteadiness or fatigue. Cutting food with gastrostomy.
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George Bernard Shaw’s play, Major Barbara, and the theme of theater and activism.
Prepare a biographical material, contextual material about the author/era/setting of text, reviews of the primary text, from the time period of publication/performance, and a range of scholarly analyses of the playwright/text. You may also include specific source material on the social activism of the era that influenced the play/playwright (AND the influence of the playwright on the era, etc.). Books/e-books, database articles/films/documentaries, etc..
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Hand Feeding Humming Birds – AMAZING!
The woman in these photos, Mary Hartfield from Anchorage, Alaska, lives in what she calls a “Hummingbird fly zone.”
Any time she wants, she can go in her backyard and literally feed these hummingbirds by hand.
“There were so many outside one day, so I decided to grab a little red dish filled with sugar and water,” said Hartfield. “When they came to me I was absolutely shocked!”
Hartfield says she makes this part of her morning routine every day.
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Ryanair CEO Michael O’Learyhas tried to buy Aer Lingus on two prior occasions. His attempt in 2013 was blocked by the European Commission, which concluded that the merger would have harmed consumers by creating a monopoly on the 46 routes where the two companies competed against each other.
Soon after, the Competition Commission ordered Ryanair to sell down its stake in Aer Lingus to five per cent.
The watchdog claimed that because Ryanair was such a big shareholder in Aer Lingus, it was likely to deter other airlines from making a bid to buy the company. In February 2015, Ryanair requested that the CMA re-examine its decision. However, the CMA has recently made its final ruling, stating that it is sticking with its previous verdict. This marksRyanair’sninth consecutive court defeat when it comes toits stake in Aer Lingus.
The move comes after the Irish government agreed to sell its 25 per cent stake in Aer Lingus to British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG). According toSimon Polito, chairman of the Ryanair/Aer Lingus inquiry group, the CMA’s ruling on IAG’s bid for Aer Lingus was an important part of the bodys decision to require Ryanair to reduce its shareholding.
He added: Although at this point Ryanair has yet to decide whether to sell its shares to IAG, we need to ensure that, whatever happens in relation to this particular transaction, Ryanairs ability to hold sway over Aer Lingus is removed.”
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Ryanair suggested the fact that IAG had made a bid on Aer Lingus negates the CMA’s decision to make it cut its stake in its smaller rival. Polito, however, explained thatIAG would be reluctant to acquire an airline with a significant minority investor.
“The conditional nature of IAGs bid is consistent with this and the CMA’s original assessment that Ryanairs presence was likely to deter other airlines from entering into, pursuing or concluding combinations with Aer Lingus,” he said.
The CMA said it was not good for competition when one airline could decide if a bid for its major competitor succeeded or failed.
Ryanair said the decision was “manifestly wrong”. In a statement, the company suggested the decision was ridiculous and said that it would appeal the ruling.
When the only basis for the CMAs original divestment ruling was that Ryanairs minority shareholding was or would prevent other airlines making an offer for Aer Lingus, the recent offers by IAG for Aer Lingus totally disprove and undermine the evidence on which the CMA based its divestment ruling, the statement said. | <urn:uuid:8593a2c1-510c-4712-8333-9800837a6bee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://realbusiness.co.uk/cma-forces-ryanair-to-sell-down-aer-lingus-shares-with-court-ruling | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971707 | 613 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Perhaps it’s the letters after my name. Perhaps, it’s the fact that I’ve got two teens and haven’t pulled out all my hair (yet). Whatever it is, I find myself frequently fielding questions well beyond the scope of SLP—anything from bedtime routines, disciplining and handwriting.
I have distinct memories of Mrs. Shrader’s first grade class and needing to be reminded to use “your right hand.” (Did you gasp? I don’t think I was ever a true lefty, just late to make a decision.) To this day, I don’t hold a pencil “correctly” (though I do hold it “right!”) and I print.
CNN.com recently posted an article, “Has Technology Ruined Handwriting?”. It goes on to explain that several states have forgone teaching cursive altogether and that the prevalence of electronic devices has so greatly diminished the need for handwriting, many of us can go days, weeks, month, without the need of a pen. (Check out the article for an interesting commentary on the deterioration of thinking processes as a result of relying on typed communication.)
Really? I find this awfully hard to believe. Not a postcard, birthday card, shopping list, love note, nothing? That really is sad.
Though, I suppose I’m a bit old fashioned. I’ve stuck with a paper calendar because it works so much better for me (an electronic phase was a disaster). You’d better sit down for this—I write most of my blog posts by hand before typing it into WordPress. I seem to think better on paper. That said, I’m not a stickler. If a kid really “can’t” write, and by this I mean undue struggling of any kind, I’m all for typing.
While I have no great tips to pass on to parents regarding pencil grip, I am more than happy to be another “practice session.” I try to do this without asking for too much actual writing since many of these kiddos are reluctant writers at best.
Two of may favorite tricks are using a stylus with the iPad and using window/glass markers on a mirror (I keep it flat on the table). Both are highly motivating (the mirror has a strangely illicit appeal).
Who knows? Maybe, I’ll finally fix my own grip!
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Last semester, I took macroeconomics and didn’t have a clue what I was doing (as cited in the final exam).
There were 80 multiple choice questions. For some reason, I decided to play the game of probability and chose the letter “A” for everything. In that game, the only thing probable was that I failed.
The following day, the professor asked to see me after class. “Is everything okay?” “Sure,” I said, “why?”Well, here’s your test,” he said and handed me a piece of paper that was covered with red ink. “Can you explain why you chose an ‘A’ for everything,”
Knowing that there was nothing I could do at that point, I said, “Well, I’ve always wanted to be an ‘A’ student.”
A student submits his essay to his teacher. A few days later, the teacher returns in with a single note: Needs Improvement.
So the student makes a few changes and resubmits it. Again, the teacher returns it with the single note: Needs Improvement.
This time, the student pores over it, double checks every word, adds every reference he can find, and adjusts the layout to make it more readable. He walks into his teacher’s office and says, “I have done everything I possible can, this is absolutely perfect.”
The teacher takes it from him and says, “Okay, I guess I’ll actually read it this time.”
Importance of Physics
A college physics professor was explaining a particularly complicated concept to his class when he was rudely interupted by a pre-med student.
“Why do we have to learn this stuff?” one young man blurted out.
“To save lives,” the professor responded before continuing the lecture.
A few minutes later the student spoke up again. “So how does physics save lives?”
The professor stared at the student for a long time without saying a word. Finally the professor continued. “Physics saves lives,” he said, “because it keeps certain people out of medical school.” | <urn:uuid:5ad5ab26-3eb5-4784-be88-65320ee454da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wakeupyourmind.net/final-exam-failure-w.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.980927 | 484 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Wonderland: An Anthology
Wonderland might just be the weirdest place in literature. A land where logic has no jurisdiction, where words don’t always mean what you think they mean, and threats lurk behind every corner, smile, and the increasingly-thin veil separating our very sanity from the chaos of what-could-be.
Wonderland encapsulates that magical, uncertain feeling that comes with Carroll’s famous otherworldly realm, collecting a plethora of tales inspired by the journey of Alice and all the strange people she meets. Admittedly, some of the stories feel like they’re in a contest to give the most peculiar, oblique take on the mythos, one that only tangentially references the material. Others are wonderfully, weirdly loyal to the material, like the story based on the Jabberwocky poem.
But whether she’s hunting monsters or running away from the responsibilities of real life, inspiring a kingdom or simply trying to keep her daughter’s life magical for just a little bit longer, Alice remains a fascinating prism through which different authors can reflect what Wonderland means to them.
This short story collection is more uneven than most, but that’s because every author included— whether you enjoy the story or not— swung for the fences in truly inventive fashion.
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The brand new Cricut Maker is the perfect machine for all of your crafting needs – this machine cuts hundreds of materials quickly and accurately, from the most delicate fabric and paper to mat board and leather. Oh, and don't worry, it still cuts your favorite vinyl and iron-on material, too!
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By no means, can Cricut cut wood?
You can cut either wood on the Cricut Maker machine. Whichever you choose, just make sure it doesn't have any knots. If a piece as a knot, make sure the knife blade will not have to go through the knot when cutting your pattern. ... Obviously, since it's Cricut-brand basswood, you'll probably get the best results using it.
Eventually, is Cricut hard to use? Each Cricut machine uses the free software called Design Space. ... And the software is going to be the most difficult thing to learn with any cutting machine. Out of all of them I've tried, Cricut is the most straightforward and easiest to use. There's still a learning curve for sure.
As well as, can the Cricut maker sew?
The Cricut Maker can do EVERYTHING that the Cricut Explore Air 2 can do and then some, so if you sew and/or are interested in cutting wood, leather and other thicker materials on your machine then the Cricut Maker is probably the machine for you!
Can you use a Cricut with a phone?
Connect Cricut to Android Device To pair your Cricut machine, tap on “Settings” and select “Device Connection.” ... Make sure to “Enable Bluetooth” so your phone can look for your Cricut Machine.
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Go to design.cricut.com/setup in your browser. Download and install Design Space for Desktop (help article). Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in or create your Cricut ID, and set up your new machine. You will know the setup is complete when you are prompted to do a test cut.
That means you are able to sell up to 10,000 finished projects (i.e. cards, T shirts with iron on designs, finished cakes, etc.) per year using cuts made with Cricut products designs and images. ... The exception to being able to sell your Cricut projects is where there is a third-party copyright.
I used the Cricut Maker to cut my vehicle decal designs, but you could use a Cricut Explore or Joy or anything that cuts vinyl. ... Select the proper cutting material setting (I used premium vinyl), load your fine-point blade into your Cricut machine, load your mat, and cut. Weed your design.
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The Cricut Joy is the newest and the cheapest Cricut machine. It's compact and can be used without a cutting mat. It is a good choice for crafters who want a machine that does not take up a lot of space. The Cricut Joy does not have one of Cricut's most powerful features, you cannot Print then Cut with the Cricut Joy.
The main difference between the Cricut Explore Air 2 and Cricut Maker comes down to cutting versatility and cost. The Maker can cut a much wider variety of materials with a number of different compatible blade types, whereas the Explore Air 2 is limited to thinner substrates such as vinyl and paper.
PLEASE NOTE: The Chomas engraving/etching tool works in the Maker, Explore, Explore Air, Explore Air 2 and Explore One (tool goes into slot B, the right side, in place of blade). ... ENGRAVE ON ANYTHING: You can engrave on pretty much anything you can fit under the rollers of your machine.
Yes, you can use the Cricut to cut metal.
Because yes you can do acrylic cutting on your Cricut Maker. There is just a catch. You have to know which acrylic to purchase as some will cut well and others will not cut at all. Let's dive into cutting acrylic plastic on the Cricut Maker.
Your Cricut machine can cut a wide variety of different types and weights of paper and cardstock. This includes very delicate papers like crepe paper and vellum and heavier paper like cardstock and Kraft board. In general, you will be able to cut any of these papers using a LightGrip mat and a Fine Point blade.
Even though you can't do machine embroidery with a Cricut, you can use your Cricut to draw out a design and hand embroider based on the lines that you have drawn on the fabric. The Cricut can be an effective tool for transferring a design (to be embroidered) onto a fabric.
The Cricut Maker can cut any kind of fabric with the rotary blade without any interfacing. It can also cut unbonded fabric in a wavy line with the wavy rotary blade. I love a fun and easy Cricut Maker sewing project! ... The most obvious way to use the Cricut Maker is to add iron-on vinyl to my t-shirts.
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Simulating Life and the Evolution of Species
With our current technologies and knowledge, creating an accurate simulation of the emergence of life seems like an impossible task. Nevertheless, numerous scientist and enthusiasts have proposed systems and models to help us better understand the phenomenon...
My goal with this website is to show you and help you understand models that can be used to represent different mecanisms involved in the emergence of life. We'll look at population dynamics, cellular automatas, and other fun topics. 😊
Hope you enjoy.
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Brad Pitt continues to define great acting in Bennett Miller‘s Moneyball, co-written by Aaron Sorkin. The film might not be an instant winner like most are praising it to be, but its performances are consistently strong and passionate. It’s another underdog story in the sport of baseball, but it takes more realistic paths to reach its goals. It’s a good film for the whole family to enjoy, even non-fans of baseball because of its core elements and universal message.
General Manager of the Oakland A’s, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is sick of getting pushed under the rug. His team is cheap and because of the lack of budget they can’t win a ballgame to save their lives. As a person Billy Beane is constantly reminded of his past every day when he steps out onto the field and his years in the business have slowly given him a new approach on life. He’s sick of not living up to his name and he’s sick of watching a team fall in the gutters year after year.
During a normal post-losing meeting Beane decides that it’s time for a drastic change. Instead of accepting their losses and signing new players to try again, he decides to do something that could change the history of the sport and cost him his career while doing so. He hires analyst Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) to help him look at the sport from a mathematical perspective. No longer will they factor in the players social life or attitude in the locker room, now they will measure a player by their ability to get on bases and to score.
Beane and Brand begin dropping important players in exchange for cheap ones that no one sees any value in. Coach Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is one of many that doubt Beane and his new direction with Brand and try their best to fight this new approach. But once the A’s start winning more and more games, people start to realize that Beane and Brand may be on to something after all.
Moneyball is the story of Billy Beane and Peter Brand as they make history in a sport that no one wanted to see change in. Their goal was very much reached by the end of the film, despite the disappointing feelings felt over some of the outcomes. Beane and Brand not only change the sport of baseball, but they change the lives of many players who were never given a chance. They sculpt the way baseball is played now.
Beane’s journey is much more personal. He learns how to understand life and the meaning of being a winner. His relationship with his daughter reflects on that message heavily and his relationship with the sport of baseball proves to be a personal one that is more about love and passion and less about money.
The film is strongest when it deals with Beane and his personal interactions with co-workers, friends and family. When it tries shedding some more light on the sport of baseball and how the numbers crunch into it all, it starts to lose that initial charm. Fans of the sport will without a doubt love the film, but people just looking for a good movie might find these parts distracting.
The ending is also a troubled one because it sort of nosedives after building up all of that steam. It just ends from a story point and then the film sits around with Beane for a little longer to soak up more of life and the decisions he must make. It’s a good film for 80% of the time, but the ending really feels like a change of pace.
Brad Pitt offers yet another strong role as Billy Beane. I’m convinced that he’s one of the last great actors working today. He’s not afraid to mix up his career and take some challenging roles and he constantly pumps out quality, regardless of the films overall quality. He’s the best thing about Moneyball and his subtle role as one of the most influential people in recent baseball history is given just the right amount of care and character.
Jonah Hill plays the other title character; Peter Brand. I’m not sure why there is so much Oscar talk about his performance, because it’s just a more straight-forward role than we’re used to for Hill. His character isn’t really fully developed or given any sort of characteristics. He just exists to backup Beane when things need numbers attached to them. I give credit to Hill for having no problems switching over from comedy to drama, but he doesn’t really give much to talk about.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is the only real problem I had with the film. He’s a great actor and he does fine with the lines he’s given, but his character is so minor and lacking of importance. There’s no real struggle brought up because every time he disagrees with Beane and Brand they just find a way around him until he finally stops complaining. The character could have been cut and nothing would have really changed, which shouldn’t be the case when you have someone as good as Hoffman wiling to act.
I liked Moneyball, but I didn’t love it. I can see why it would get awards attention, but I think comparing it to other films released in 2011 will easily eliminate Moneyball from any chances of winning. The problems I mentioned above hold the film back from being truly great, but that still leaves it being a really good one with at least one great performance. The story has been told better, but Moneyball still manages to feel relevant and needed. That alone says a lot about the film.
Sony transfers the film to Blu-Ray with another perfect 1080p video transfer. The film is incredibly impressive to look at because it features so many great colors. The bright green baseball fields look gorgeously detailed and the locker room stuff is given enough clarity and sharpness to pop on any TV. Grain is very heavy in some scenes and much softer in others, but it’s there for a purpose and it never once takes away from the fantastic attention to detail.
The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track doesn’t stick out as much as the video, but it’s constantly churning out natural sounds. The sound is very low and stretched out between scenes, but it pays close attention to surrounding detail, which makes for another impressive audio track.
Moneyball comes with a good batch of extras, but most of the stuff is more technical information than entertaining content. It sheds some more light on the theory the film bases itself on and there’s also a few deleted scenes that would have only extended the films running time without adding much to the overall film. Here’s a full list below.
- Bloopers – Brad Loses It (HD)
- Deleted Scenes (HD)
- Billy Beane: Re-inventing the Game (HD)
- Drafting the Team (HD)
- Moneyball: Playing the Game (HD)
- Adapting “Moneyball” (HD)
- MLB The Show Preview Trailer (HD)
- Previews for upcoming Sony titles (HD)
- DVD Copy
- UltraViolet Digital Copy
Moneyball isn’t a huge achievement in filmmaking and it’s not even a real memorable movie when it’s all said and done. It’s just a good film that showcases talented actors that are able to inject life into real life people. It does an okay job of grabbing the attention of people who don’t follow baseball, but it’s not 2011’s The Social Network in terms of how well it universally relates the story. People of the sport will love this film while the rest of us settle with liking it.
The Blu-Ray is another impressive one from Sony. From head to toe it looks and sounds phenomenal and the extras might provide some more eager viewers with a better understanding of the whole process behind counting stats and comparing to players. The disc is closed out with a DVD and UltraViolet Digital Copy, so fans of the film won’t have any troubles sharing it with friends and family.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation that Democrats say will lessen the influence of big-money interests in federal elections, make voting easier and tackle “gerrymandering” that skews the makeup of congressional districts to favor particular political parties.
In a warning shot to Republican President Donald Trump, Democrats included a provision in the bill requiring all presidents and presidential nominees to make public their tax filings - something the current White House resident has steadfastly refused to do.
Some congressional investigators think those returns could shed light on whether Trump has had any business dealings in Russia that could have influenced his relations with Moscow, either as a presidential candidate or as president.
In a party-line vote of 234-193, the House approved the “For the People Act,” a bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised in the 2018 congressional election campaigns that Democrats would pursue to help clean up American politics and foster voting rights.
Shortly before passage of the bill, Pelosi said it “ends the dominance of big, dark, special-interest money in politics and it empowers small donors and the grassroots” and “fights voter suppression.”
But the measure is likely to become merely a campaign tool for Democrats as they try to expand the number of seats they hold in the House and to capture the Senate and White House in the 2020 elections.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, has repeatedly attacked the Democratic bill, leaving little chance for it in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Backers say the legislation would make voter registration easier, expand voting hours on election days, restore voting rights to U.S. citizens who have served prison sentences for felonies and shore up voting machines and election infrastructure against cyber attacks and other interference.
The legislation comes after U.S. intelligence agencies found that Russia meddled in the 2016 American presidential elections and as Moscow has been accused of trying to influence the outcome of elections in other democracies. Russia has denied meddling in the 2016 election.
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has been investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in a way that was beneficial to his successful 2016 White House bid. Trump has denied there was any collusion between his campaign and Moscow, and has labeled Mueller’s probe a “witch hunt.”
The House bill would require states to establish independent commissions for drawing congressional districts, instead of the power residing mainly in the hands of state governors and legislatures.
Tougher ethics standards would be imposed on members of Congress, and small campaign donations would be matched with federal funds to try to blunt the influence of big donors.
Calling it the “Democrat Politician Protection Act,” McConnell has lambasted the legislation, arguing it would give Washington too much control over elections while unnecessarily using tax dollars for political campaigns.
As Senate majority leader, McConnell has the power to largely decide what legislation is debated in the upper chamber.
Reporting by Richard Cowan; editing by Jonathan Oatis
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The Catholic Church for centuries maintained a list of banned books, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, only abolishing it in 1966. Governments, particularly fascist ones, also have had a pronounced tendency to ban books for moral, religious, or political reasons. Such censorship is a repugnant form of thought control. It is no surprise that the fascist dystopias of George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 center around the destruction or mutilation of the printed word.
While banning books may no longer be in vogue, it appears that banning individual words is fashionable if not de rigueur on today’s college campuses. The justification is that some words are too hurtful to use. Some words carry so much historical and racial baggage that their use is always off-limits. Certain racial epithets can’t be used in any context, not even in a discussion of how bad it is to use racial epithets, because the very act of speaking these epithets is an act of violence. Thus words are imbued with almost magical powers, and some words are so evil that they can never be spoken out loud. The “N-word” is akin to “He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named” in the Harry Potter books. People generally will avoid these forbidden words (as I will do here) partly out of a genuine desire to avoid hurting others’ feelings, but also, to be honest, out of fear — the fear of backlash, much like the fear of the media to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, though this is less a fear of outright violence than a fear of being ostracized and called racist.
This is what happened to the writer Wendy Kaminer when she used one of the proscribed words at a forum on free speech at Smith College in reference to teaching Huckleberry Finn, which, if anyone nowadays is allowed to read an unedited version, has a major character whose name contains that proscribed word. Read her article in the Washington Post. It is amazing that in this context (a free speech forum, in a discussion about a classic book that contains that word) she has been deemed a racist merely for using the actual word instead of its baby-talk equivalent. This reminds me of the scene in Mel Brooks’ film, High Anxiety, when, at a convention of psychiatrists, the word “woo-woo” is used instead of “vagina” because one of the psychiatrists brought his young children with him. Political correctness is childish. Political correctness and freedom of speech don’t mix. The United States Bill of Rights makes a big deal out of freedom of speech. It does not mention politically correct speech.
I have been living in Paris, France the past 6 months. Despite being the home of Voltaire and Charlie Hebdo, freedom of speech is more limited here than in the United States. For example, shortly after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was arrested in Paris for anti-semitism and hate-speech. Broadly defined hate-speech and holocaust-denial are crimes here in France and in Germany. As reprehensible as this kind of speech is, it is not a crime in America. In America we put up with the Westboro Baptist Church and their God Hates Fags signs at military funerals. We allowed the American Nazi Party to march in Skokie, Illinois (though ultimately their march took place in Chicago). We allow hate-speech because we allow all speech short of yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater. We don’t want the government to decide what we are allowed to say, write, read, or hear.
It is unfortunate that in the name of political correctness some people think nothing of placing limits on such a wonderful and powerful freedom — the one freedom that really sets us apart from the rest of the world. Americans seem all too willing to trade our hard-won freedoms for short-term comfort. The Patriot Act is a case in point, with which we gave the government carte-blanche to spy on us in exchange for — what? Is it so comforting that Big Brother is watching us all the time? Personally I would rather apply the word “patriot” to Edward Snowden than to the act.
It is disappointing that after the Charlie Hebdo murders, despite the wide-spread Je suis Charlie signs, there was a tendency among some in the media to blame the cartoonists and writers, though stopping short of saying that they deserved to die for their “hate speech” (see here, for example). And college campuses predictably went back to business as usual, promoting suppression rather than freedom of speech, denying (or attempting to deny) commencement speeches to figures such as Bill Maher, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Condoleezza Rice. The Ivory Tower has never been so heavily defended against the onslaught of reality.
Words are powerful. Words allow humans to download the contents of their brains in a format suitable for upload to other brains. Words express ideas that can be disruptive and disconcerting to the status quo. It is no wonder that others want to control our words. The best weapon against bad ideas is unfettered freedom of expression. Bad ideas need to be exposed to the light of day. In the marketplace of ideas, good ideas will drive out the bad. It is not necessary and indeed counterproductive to ban bad ideas, bad words, or bad books. The most effective way to destroy the Westboro Baptist Church is not to ban their demonstrations, but rather to allow them to display their hateful ignorance in public. In their own way, the Westboro Baptist Church has probably done more to advance the cause of the LGBT community than most pro-LGBT activist groups.
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You’ve done the math and realized that it’s going to take you three years of weekly allowance to save up for your first car—and that’s if you buy a clunker. It’s time to get a job.
The good news is it’s a job-seekers market, which means that teens looking for their first part-time job are likely to find it easier than ever to land one—especially if you’re looking in the areas of food service, retail, or recreation.
Earning your own money isn’t the only benefit of a job: you’ll learn skills like time management and responsibility, plus valuable work experience. But finding a balance between work, school, extracurricular activities and chores can be tricky. Here are some considerations for choosing—and crushing—that first part-time job.
Why is it important for teenagers to have a part-time job?
There are the obvious benefits to getting a job: earning your own money means you learn firsthand the value of things you want to buy. Equating a new pair of jeans with eight hours flipping burgers might make you think twice about whether that purchase is worth it.
Plus, earning your own coin fosters a greater sense of independence. You get to decide how and where to spend (or save) your wages. Money management skills, like budgeting, taxes, and the difference between wants versus needs, are best learned on the job.
Another bonus to having a part-time job as a teen is developing new skills. Maybe you’ve heard your parents talk about hard skills versus soft skills: hard skills are the practical skills you need to do a job, like knowing how to work a credit card reader. Soft skills are the harder-to-define personal qualities, such as creativity and good communication skills.
All jobs need a mix of hard and soft skills. While hard skills are usually obtained through training, soft skills are nurtured by on-the-job experience.
Whatever job you choose, know you’ll gain valuable experience and transferable skills that you can apply to your next job, both of which boost confidence and self-esteem. What’s more, do well with your job and you’ll build that all-important list of references for future opportunities.
Is it a good idea for high school students to have a part-time job?
The benefits of a part-time job are pretty clear, but there are tradeoffs. Some studies show that when teens work more than 15 hours per work, marks and test scores could suffer. So if you want a part-time job, consider starting slowly and don’t commit to a high number of work hours or shifts immediately if it’s during the school year.
How teens can balance part-time work with school
Balancing part-time work with school, sports, volunteer work, homework, family responsibilities and friends might be exhausting. Staying organized is critical, but where to begin?
Gone are the days of paper calendars and to-do lists to keep you on track (unless you prefer old school—you do you!). Today there are apps for both iPhone and Android, such as Evernote and 30/30, to help you tame distractions and keep on top of your work, homework, and even sleep.
One of the hardest things to manage is time, and a calendar, such as Google Calendar or Calendar for IOS, can help you track due dates for projects, work shifts and other commitments. Visually you can see how much time there is in a day: when you chart all your activities on a calendar, it’s easy to see when it becomes too much. Bonus: share the calendar with your parent(s) to keep you all on the same digital page.
And don’t forget to consider telling your teachers and guidance counsellor that you’re taking on a part-time job. School staff are often supportive of working teens and may even offer strategies to prioritize school work.
Besides the logistics of balancing work and school, it’s important to take care of yourself. That means getting enough sleep and following a regular sleep schedule. Cut back on caffeine and turn off the devices well before bedtime. While it can be easy to nosh on junk food, especially if you get discounts at work, healthy snacks can fuel your body (and brain) better than fries.
How to find the best job as a teen
So you’ve decided you want to get a part-time job. Great! Now what?
Have you heard the often-memed quote by Apple founder Steve Jobs: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” Sure, this might be a lofty goal when you’re just starting on a job path. But it also invites you to consider your interests, strengths or hobbies and choose a part-time job that aligns with future career goals.
While it’s tempting to get a job where your friends work (and can help you get your foot in the door, especially if you have no experience), this might not be the most rewarding strategy in the long term. If you love being outdoors, your BFF’s mall job might feel suffocating. For teens who prefer a quiet environment, working in a fast-food kitchen with your pals might overstimulate. Start thinking about what kind of environment you prefer—for example, inside versus outside, or store versus a kitchen.
Once you’ve narrowed down your job search, you’ll need to consider logistics: how you’ll get there (drive, carpool, walk, public transit or parents), how early or late are the shifts, do you want regular or irregular hours, and do you need any certifications, such as CPR or First Aid. You’ll also need to understand the labour laws in your province that dictate at what age you can start working, the minimum wage and how many hours you’re legally entitled to work.
Check out: Best Summer Jobs for Teens to learn more about labour laws in Canada.
Many jobs come from referrals, so tell everyone you know—teachers, neighbours, parents of friends, coaches—that you are looking for work. Search online job boards for jobs open to teens and high school students. Once you’ve polished your resume don’t be afraid to visit places you want to work and ask if they’re hiring; this demonstrates initiative and confidence. Community boards, such as those in grocery stores, or digital boards on social media, are a great place to find informal “help wanted” jobs.
The best part-time jobs for teens in Canada
While it can seem daunting to get a job (you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience!) there are industries open and willing to hire teens, such as retail, food service, child and animal care, and coaching, to name a few.
Here’s a list of the more popular part-time jobs for teens:
Babysitting is often a first job and for good reason: there’s no legal minimum age (most kids start around age 12) and you’ll gain valuable skills that’ll help in other jobs, such as responsibility and punctuality. You’ll also learn activity planning (no one wants bored kids!), meal prep, and even tutoring. You can decide the number of families on your roster and how often you want to work, which can be handy during exams, for example, when you need more time to study. Consider taking a babysitting course, such as the one offered by the Canadian Red Cross for kids aged 11 to 15, and/or CPR to give you an edge. Younger teens and tweens can start as a mother’s helper. The average babysitting rate is $15 per hour, but that varies depending on the number of kids, and the tasks you’re expected to do, such as meal prep or chores.
If you’re fluent in the language of coffee and love the sound of milk being frothed, a job as a barista may be for you. You’ll need to be a fast learner and a good listener for those personalized orders (soy milk, half sweet, no froth, what?!) and remain friendly under pressure in a fast-paced environment. While most cafes and coffee shops welcome students with little to no experience, a food safety certificate or online barista training can help boost your resume to the top of the pile. Most coffee chains require teens to be 16 and pay starts at $16 per hour.
3. Camp counsellor
As a kid did you love spending your summers at overnight camp making s’mores by the fire? Or maybe shooting hoops at a basketball day camp? The memory-making doesn’t need to end when you’ve outgrown being a camper. As a camp counsellor you get to create fun all day, while polishing your time management, communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. (Bonus points for fresh air and sunshine.) Most camps require counsellors to be 16 or 17 years-old-old, but CIT (Counsellor In Training) programs may hire at 15. You’ll need Standard First Aid/CPR, and relevant experience or competencies if you’re interested in certain programs, such as horseback riding, sailing, or music. Pay rates vary for day camps depending on age and experience; overnight camps may pay significantly less than minimum wage, but offer room and board.
4. Dog walker
Did you grow up with a dog? Turn your family chore walking Fido into a part-time gig that promises endless snuggles, miles of exercise… and poop bags. You don’t need any formal training to start a dog-walking business, but qualifications in animal first aid, such as the one-day course offered by St. John’s Ambulance, helps build street cred with potential clients. It’s also smart to read up on dog breeds and their behaviours so you know what types of dogs you can handle. Dog walkers can charge between $10 and $35 per walk, depending on location, length of walk, and if it’s a group or solo dog. Consider starting small and with dogs you know— maybe there’s a senior or busy professional in your neighbourhood who could use some help—and build your business by word-of-mouth.
5. Fast food crew member
Working in food service ticks a lot of boxes for a part-time job: flexible shifts, store discounts, and you’ll get to work with other teens your age. While you’ll start at minimum wage, most fast-food chains offer opportunities for teens to advance to better-paying positions as crew trainers and managers. You’ll become a pro at multitasking and customer service, and the fast pace will make your shifts fly by. Bonus: food chains have locations coast-to-coast, so it’ll be easier to find a part-time job when you start university or college.
The pandemic changed the landscape of how and where we work, and opened incredible opportunities for savvy teens with an entrepreneurial spirit. If your hobbies include graphic design, or you’re a whiz at creating content for social media, maybe “freelancer” is a better fit than a “traditional” part-time job: you get to be your own boss, decide your hours and set your rates. Another perk: freelancing has no age limit. Not only is working online flexible, but you may also be uniquely skilled for certain gigs since you’re likely comfortable with technology. But there’s a catch: you’re responsible for finding your own jobs and clients, as well as invoicing, marketing, and training.
For teens who love the water, whether it’s the beach, pool or waterpark, working as a lifeguard can be a great part-time job—and not just for the tan. You’re responsible for the safety of everyone in the water, as well as customer service and maintenance. You’ll need National Lifeguard certification, which is available in four options: pool, waterpark, waterfront, and surf. You also must be a minimum of 15 years old and have Bronze Cross and Standard First Aid certifications. Pay ranges between $15 and $25 per hour.
8. Retail sales assistant
Get paid to go to the mall? Yes, please! For teens who love shopping and working with people, a retail job helps you gain practical work experience along with problem-solving, patience and communication with customers. You’ll also learn to juggle multiple roles, handle cash, and what goes into creating great product displays. Retail often offers flexible hours to fit around your school schedule, but that also includes weekends. And no matter your interest—fashion, technology, sports, pets, or books—there is a retail store to suit you. Bonus: most companies offer employee discounts on their products. Expect to start at minimum wage.
Like fast food or retail, having experience as a server means you’ll always be able to find a job. Younger teens may start with bussing tables, but as you gain experience you can advance to a server position or even host/hostess. The tipped minimum wage is lower than the general minimum wage. Still, servers who are attentive, friendly, quick on their feet, and genuinely enjoy working with customers typically earn 15 percent to 20 percent on each bill. While you’ll work hard as a server, the tradeoff is flexible shifts, food discounts and being part of a team.
10. Ski instructor
For teens who prefer mountains to malls, a part-time job as a ski instructor is a great way to share your passion for the sport and get paid for doing what you love — with free lift passes for the season. You’ll need your CSIA (Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance) Level 1 certification (for coaches age 14 and up) or your CASI (Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors) Level 1 (for coaches age 15 and up), as well as a positive attitude and good motivational skills. Coaches usually start at minimum wage, but some ski schools allow tips.
11. Sports coach
Playing sports is about more than just exercise: kids learn confidence, teamwork, and being a good sport. For teens who get a job as a sports coach, you’ll enjoy these gains and get paid to play! Besides gaining valuable teaching and planning skills, you’ll also experience the satisfaction of being a role model for kids. A good coach is positive, supportive, patient and fun, and it’s a great job for teens interested in becoming teachers or working in recreation. The Coaching Association of Canada offers NCCP (National Coaching Certification Program) training in dozens of sports, from archery to soccer to wrestling.
12. Swimming instructor
Swimming lessons are a rite of passage for most kids and becoming a swim instructor is a fun and rewarding job for teens who can’t get enough of the pool. It’s a good job on your resume as it demonstrates high levels of responsibility, teaching, and supervision. You’ll need strong organizational, planning and communication skills, and Level 1 (NCCP) Coaching Certification designed for beginner coaches (ages 15 and up) who are teaching swimming basics. National Lifeguard and Standard First Aid certifications are also an asset. Wages start at $15 per hour.
If you love to teach, are a strong student (especially in math, English or French) and have good communication skills, becoming a tutor, either online or in-person, could be a good fit. It’s a great job for teens thinking about becoming a teacher, because you’ll get experience working with kids and polish your problem-solving skills and patience. Some positions require teens to be 18+ and/or have a degree, but there are still lots of opportunities to help out elementary-aged kids. Check out online “help wanted” ads on social media or ask your school guidance counsellor for parents wanting help for their kids. Rates start at $15 per hour.
For teens thinking about a career in theatre operations, sports facility management, or events planning, a part-time job as an usher could be that first step on the career ladder. Typically working in theatres, sporting stadiums and at other large-scale event venues such as concert halls, ushers are responsible for checking tickets, showing patrons to their seats, food service and basic maintenance. As an usher, you’ll get to work on your customer service and conflict resolution skills. You’ll need a friendly disposition, cool demeanour and be quick on your feet, but in return, you can score free (or discounted) passes and merch. Pay starts at minimum wage.
Learn more about how to make money as a kid online.
Pros and cons of part-time jobs for teens
Getting a part-time job is a personal choice based on your maturity, other commitments and goals. If you’re the captain of a school sports team and hoping for a scholarship, a part-time job may demand too much time and energy. If you’re thinking of applying to a competitive university program, say vet school or pre-med, focusing on your grades and extracurricular activities may be the right choice.
But a job can also help you figure out what you want to do after high school. If you’re thinking of a career in fashion, working retail at your favourite store can teach you more than just folding clothes; you’ll learn hard skills like styling mannequins, but also gain insight into trends, shopping habits and personal styles.
Here’s a list of pros and cons to help you decide:
Pros to having a part-time job
- A part-time job teaches the value of money and good budgeting skills.
- You’ll become a pro at effective time management as you juggle school, work, and a social life.
- You’ll learn both “hard” skills and “soft” skills that you’ll need for future employment.
- A part-time job looks good on a college/university application.
- A job can teach the value of post-secondary education as washing dishes or flipping burgers for minimum wage gets old pretty quick.
Cons to having a part-time job
- You’ll risk fatigue and burnout if you try to do too much.
- You may miss spending time with friends and family, especially if your job requires work on weekends.
- You might have to take on menial jobs that don’t give you the experience you want.
- Your grades may suffer if you work too many hours.
- A job may take the place of extracurricular activities, such as sports or clubs, that are an important part of the high school experience.
Your first part-time job can give you a real taste of independence and help you save for the things you really want (like your own car or a new gaming system). Or if you’re Beyoncé, her first job working at her mom’s salon helped pay for a season’s pass to an amusement park. Even Bey understood the value of a part-time job.
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No matter your driving experience, you may still find yourself contending with some unfamiliar road markings from time to time.
One area where you may be left scratching your head is outside a school. These are usually in compact residential areas and the increased number of people on the road can lead some drivers to take unnecessary risks.
Feel a bit unsure of where you can and can park when tackling the dreaded school run? We’ve put together this handy guide to help you navigate any potential obstacles and pick up your children safely.
Double yellow lines
Starting with the perhaps most familiar parking restriction for drivers, a double yellow line forbids parking or waiting at any time.
But there are some exceptions to this.
Drivers can load and unload their vehicle providing they can do so continuously. Blue badge holders are permitted to park on both double and single yellow lines for up to three hours as long as there aren’t signs instructing otherwise and the position of their vehicle is not a danger to others.
Parking on a double yellow can result in a £70 fine.
Single yellow lines
Much like double yellows, a single yellow line prevents drivers from parking wherever they are painted.
Unlike double yellows, drivers are allowed to park up at specific times, which will be indicated by a nearby sign. These restrictions are usually in place during weekdays but make sure you check when parking to avoid getting caught out.
Yellow zig-zag lines
These spikey customers are nice and easy to understand. Parking is strictly prohibited at any time unless a nearby sign advises otherwise. You are also likely to find these outside hospitals and police stations. Remember these are only legally enforceable if they are by an accompanying sign.
White zig-zag lines
Much like their yellow cousins, white zig-zag lines prevent road users from parking at any time. You can expect to find them near pedestrian crossings.
Drivers are not allowed to overtake in these areas as doing so will be very dangerous. Unlike yellow zig-zag lines, these are enforced by local authorities and police so even if you don’t see a sign, you still can’t park there.
Parking outside someone’s house
There is no law against parking outside someone’s house unless the vehicle is blocking access to the home's driveway or is mounted over all or part of a kerb.
But watch out for private roads and, of course, the same rules apply if the parking spot in question has any of the road markings featured on this list.
Red Route stopping controls
In certain areas, you may find red lines painted along the road instead of yellow ones. Double and single red lines mean that parking and stopping is prohibited at any time unless you drive a taxi or are a blue badge holder.
Certain red routes may indicate a time that no parking is enforced on nearby signs and it is worth remembering that both road users looking to park on red and yellow lines should always refer to nearby signage.
A clearway is indicated by a red cross on a blue background. Under no circumstances are you allowed to stop in this area, even for a second. The sign will be accompanied by a notice indicating the length of the clearway but you will see no markings along the road itself.
You may come across bays reserved specifically for certain cars or individuals and even emergency vehicles. These are important to watch out for and will include the name of the spots owner, so unless that’s you, you’re going to have to find somewhere else.
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If he or she throws up more than once a day, call your baby’s doctor.
Babies often swallow air while feeding, so burping them is helpful.
If your baby doesn’t burp after several minutes, you do not need to keep trying.
Sometimes feeding your baby will help stop the hiccups, but if not, don’t worry.
Should I pick up newborn with hiccups?
Wait them out. If you’re worried that your baby’s hiccups are bothering her, you can try feeding her or letting her suck on a pacifier, which may quell the attack.
What do you do when babies have hiccups?
Feed your baby gripe water.
- Take a break and burp. Taking a break from a feeding to burp your baby may help get rid of the hiccups, since burping can get rid of excess gas that may be causing the hiccups.
- Use a pacifier. Infant hiccups don’t always start from a feeding.
- Let them stop on their own.
- Try gripe water.
What causes hiccups in newborns?
They are caused by sudden contractions of the diaphragm triggered by irritation or stimulation of that muscle. Some leading pediatricians are of the opinion that infant hiccups are usually caused by feeding (breast, formula or other foods) or by a drop in temperature that causes the baby to get cold.
Does tummy time help with hiccups?
If your baby has hiccups that won’t subside within a few minutes, you can place baby on the ground and let her move around on her tummy. Sometimes the pressure will immediately stop hiccups. You can also gently massage your baby’s back to help the process.
Are hiccups dangerous for newborns?
Newborn hiccups are not usually a cause for concern. Most babies have hiccups in their first year. Many of the likely causes relate to feeding. It is also a good idea to contact a doctor if hiccups frequently occur after a baby turns one year old.
How long should newborn hiccups last?
Babies can have hiccups multiple times a day, lasting for 10 minutes or longer. As a general rule, if baby acts happy and doesn’t seem uncomfortable, baby hiccups aren’t a cause for concern.
What if baby doesn’t burp and falls asleep?
If your baby is asleep, try burping them for a minute before you lay them back down. Sometimes babies don’t need to burp as much at nighttime because they eat slower and don’t get as much air while feeding.
What happens if baby doesn’t burp?
If your baby doesn’t burp after a few minutes, change the baby’s position and try burping for another few minutes before feeding again. Always burp your baby when feeding time is over. Sometimes your baby may awaken because of gas. Picking your little one up to burp might put him or her back to sleep.
Are hiccups a sign of reflux in babies?
This is called reflux. Most cases of reflux disappear once baby is between 4 and 12 months old. Frequent hiccups: It’s normal for all babies to hiccup, but infants with reflux do it a lot.
Can you overfeed a newborn?
Overfeeding baby is very rare, but it can happen. Overfeeding is more common in bottle-fed babies, simply because it’s easier to see (and obsess over) how much milk went in during a feeding. But more often than not, spitting up is a typical infant reaction or reflux.
Why do babies smile in their sleep?
Since it’s impossible to really know whether babies dream, it’s believed that when babies laugh in their sleep, it’s often a reflex rather than a response to a dream they’re having. They can occur as the baby is falling asleep, or while they’re asleep it might wake them up.
Can newborn drink water?
In general, your baby shouldn’t drink water until he’s about 6 months old. Until then, he gets all the hydration he needs from breast milk or formula, even in hot weather. Once your baby is 6 months old, it’s okay to give him sips of water when he’s thirsty.
Do hiccups give babies wind?
Hiccups are your child’s natural digestive reflex to expel an overabundance of wind. The amount of hiccups you release varies of course, as does the amount that will expel air. After a while your baby will become restless while still hiccuping, this can vary from being a little squirmy to being rather upset.
How does gripe water help with hiccups?
Try Gripe Water
If your baby continues to hiccup for more than ten minutes, try giving her some gripe water. Gripe water is a natural combination of herbs like ginger, fennel, chamomile, or cinnamon which help ease stomach discomfort caused by excess gas or air in the stomach.
Can gas cause hiccups?
The following may trigger hiccups: hot or spicy food that irritates the phrenic nerve, which is near the esophagus. gas in the stomach that presses against the diaphragm. eating too much or Causing stomach distension.
Do hiccups hurt babies?
Yes. Hiccups are common in babies under a year old. Babies even hiccup in the womb, which sometimes alarm pregnant moms but is also totally normal. But hiccups have nothing to do with breath: They’re sudden contractions of the diaphragm caused by irritation or stimulation of the muscle.
How will I know if my newborn is cold?
The easiest way to tell if your baby is too hot or too cold is by feeling the nape of the neck to see if it’s sweaty or cold to the touch. When babies are too warm, they may have flushed cheeks and look like they’re sweating.
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Even though the majority of people correlate health care cannabis with offering comfort for severe, incapacitating health issues for example cancer malignancy and glaucoma, the compound has been accustomed to deal with subconscious ailments for several years. The two most well known subconscious effects of employing marijuana include the reduction of one’s urge for food plus the lowering of one’s anxiousness amount. The two of these outcomes are, quite practically, “miracle solutions,” since they appear to go versus almost every well-known principle of scientific research. It is actually technically potential for someone to take in very little meal though staying particularly nervous more than an acute wellbeing. However it is literally out of the question for the person to enjoy minimal foods when staying very tighten around an acute health.
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380 stands central in this contribution, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. For
example, the UNWTO has published some interesting publications, e.g., a guidebook on indicators of sustainable development for tourism destinations,
a compilation of good practices concerning sustainable development of tourism,
a handbook on natural disasters reduction in tourist areas,
and recently, Manual on Accessible Tourism for All Public-private Partnerships and Good Practices.
Additionally, the UNWTO produced many studies aimed at the promotion of sustainable tourism.
We, however, focus on one specific activity of the UNWTO, the creation of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and the corresponding World
Committee on Tourism Ethics.
B. The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism was adopted at a meeting of the General Assembly of the UNWTO in Santiago, Chile, on October 1, 1999.
At the meeting, the UNWTO General Assembly recommended:
States Members or non-members of WTO, without being obliged to do so, to accept expressly the principles embodied in the Global
Code of Ethics for Tourism and to use them as a basis when establishing their national laws and regulations and to inform
accordingly the World Committee on Tourism Ethics . . . .
The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism contains the following:
Article 1 : Tourisms contribution to mutual understanding and respect between peoples and societies.
Article 2 : Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fulfillment.
2004, available at http:www.e- unwto.orgcontentx53g07fulltext?p=2bf9cdc6ce5e478c9262e74caeb665c9pi=0section=8900
49page=1. 24. W
2000. 25. W
1998. 26. W
2015, available at http:dtxtq4w60xqpw. cloudfront.netsitesallfilesdocpdfaamanualturismoaccesibleomt-facseng.pdf.
27. For an overview of the publications, see Sustainable Development of Tourism, U
, http:sdt.unwto.orgcontentpublications-1 last visited Apr. 7, 2015.
28. See Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, supra note 3.
29. Id. at 19.
30. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, U
, http:ethics.unwto.orgencontentglobal-code-ethics-tourism last visited Apr. 7, 2015.
The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and the World Committee on Tourism Ethics
381 Article 3 : Tourism, a factor of sustainable development.
Article 4 : Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement.
Article 5 : Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities.
Article 6 : Obligations of stakeholders in tourism development. Article 7 : Right to tourism.
Article 8 : Liberty of tourist movements. Article 9 : Rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism
industry. Article 10: Implementation of the principles of the Global Code of
Ethics for Tourism. The General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization reaffirmed that the
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is aimed at, inter alia, establishing “a synthesis of the various documents, codes and declarations of the same kind or with
comparable aspirations published over the years.”
The Preamble of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism reflects the intentions of the entities that were involved
as its creators.
As reflected in the preamble, they firmly believed that tourism represents “a vital force for peace and a factor of friendship and understanding
among the peoples of the world.”
The Preamble of the Code also stresses the need “to promote a genuine partnership between the public and private
stakeholders in tourism development”
that is in line with the UNWTO policies.
The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism contains nine principles summarized in the ten articles mentioned above. To some extent, the articles have a rather
idealistic tone and are clearly addressed at the wide stakeholder community involved in tourism activities.
For example, Article 12 suggests that “tourism activities should be conducted in harmony with the attributes and traditions of the
host regions and countries and in respect for their laws, practices and customs”
31. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, supra note 3, at 2.
32. Id. at pmbl. ¶ 1 indicating the entities in concern, namely, Members of the World Tourism
Organization, representatives of the world tourism industry, delegates of States, territories, enterprises, institutions and bodies that are gathered for the General Assembly at Santiago,
Chile on this first day of October 1999. 33.
Id. at pmbl. ¶ 3. 34.
Id. at pmbl. ¶ 10. 35.
See supra Part I.A. 36.
Implementation of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, supra note 2, § 50 “The nine principles set forth in the Code provide clear guidelines and recommendations that are both
policy-driven and action-oriented for all tourism stakeholders, while the tenth is monitored and administered by the World Committee on Tourism Ethics.”.
37. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, supra note 3, art. 12.
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382 thus addressing tourists and operators, but Article 14 also provides that “it is
the task of the public authorities to provide protection for tourists and visitors and their belongings.”
Specific attention is paid to sustainable development in Article 3, broadly suggesting that all “stakeholders in tourism development should save the natural
environment with a view to achieving sound, continuous and sustainable economic growth geared to satisfying equitable the needs and aspirations of present and
Specific obligations are also placed on tourism professionals to provide tourists with objective and honest information on their places of destination and all the
conditions of travel, hospitality, and safety.
Interestingly, Article 7 even refers to a “universal right to tourism,” which “must be regarded as the corollary of the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable
limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, guaranteed by Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7d of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.”
These few examples illuminate the nature of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism; it contains rather vague and broad principles of good conduct addressed
not only at traditional stakeholders in international law states, but also at operators in the tourism industry and even tourists. Still, to some extent, text
used in the Code parallels language found in human rights treaties by referring to a right to rest and leisure,
for example. Let us now look more specifically at the legal character of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
II. Legal Nature of the Code of Ethics | <urn:uuid:d1e73983-f04b-45b6-ba78-c65ee9b966c4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://text-id.123dok.com/document/oy8xg5x0q-the-global-code-of-ethics-for-tourism.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.85781 | 1,810 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Pollution worsens Covid - read what Govt has to say
I find that there is sizable number of people on LocalCircles who are opposed to the idea of cracker ban and are going to the extent of saying “Come what may I will burn crackers on Diwali”. Some are saying why ban on Hindu festival only, why not noise pollution ban on Muslim festivals. To all such ignorant souls please read Govts view on How Pollution worsens Covid.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) accepted a correlation between air pollution and Covid-19 mortality. Addressing the media, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargav said that international studies have established that Covid-19 and air pollution can aggravate respiratory disorders and lead to an increase in mortality. Dr Bhargav also quoted a study conducted at Howard Chen Institute in Boston, the US, which has found that the SARS-COV-2 virus remains suspended in PM 2.5 (particulate matter) in most-polluted environments. He further said that given the conditions, rapid and widespread adoption of wearing masks is the only treatment against Covid-19 and pollution. In fact, a study conducted in San Francisco on wildfires and their effect on Covid-19 mortality shows that the wildfire allied pollutants, particulate matter PM-2.5m and CO have a positive association with an increased number of SARS-COV-2 daily cases, cumulative cases and cumulative deaths in San Francisco. Many countries around the world are experiencing high levels of air pollution.
This is not about any religion. Lets not burn crackers for safety of our families friends and communities thanks 🙏 🙏 more
There's no "ilaaj" for ignorance! more
It is time institutions should measure particle size PM10 and PM2.5. There is no facility to calibrate and test the instruments. In addition to doing modelling with computer and actual data should be collected to know the dispersion of particles. Delhi will get fine particles due to burning in Punjab and loo in Rajasthan. It is important to know what are those PM10 and PM 2.5 particles. These particles are also from small fires in the city during winter, millions of small shop tandoors and generators which are working without the use of petrol. These studies should be taught to children the importance of pollution. Burning crackers for three days will not pollute much. One can measure the composition of these fine particles. If people are worried then let people do at a central place like USA. We do during Dasserhera we burn Ravan at a central place. let us burn crackers. You must see the joy in the eyes in small children. The only important thing is parents should spend a few hours with them during burning cracker. more
One can still celebrate Deepavali without crackers - candles, lights, eats, pujas. more
Ban on crackers is for Diwali only and after 30th November you can use crackers? Don't understand.. more
I also fully support no crackers less use of car. more | <urn:uuid:587cede2-eeed-4044-a256-749ab7f9d126> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.localcircles.com/a/public/post/pollution-worsens-covid-read-what-govt-has-to-say/8394669cy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.94412 | 665 | 2.375 | 2 |
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