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China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Thursday signed several agreements with Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce to help the southeastern Asian country develop e-commerce.
The deals were signed as Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak headed a delegation to visit Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou.
Alibaba will help small and medium-sized Thai firms expand businesses on local and international e-commerce sites, according to the deals. It will also train Thai government officials on big data and artificial intelligence.
Alibaba will help Thailand develop an efficient logistics system and explore cooperation opportunities in Thailand’s eastern economic corridor.
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba, said Thailand can create its own digital economic miracle by embracing new technology and helping its young people to develop the new economy.
In August 2015, Thailand launched a store on Alibaba’s Tmall.com to sell its home brands. In November this year, Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Financial announced a strategic investment in Thailand’s payment firm Ascend Money, seeking to use its payment technology to serve more than half of Thai netizens in the next five years. | <urn:uuid:6fe80ddb-652a-428e-ad50-c9d7fd76a5b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsghana.com.gh/alibaba-to-help-thailands-ecommerce-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.938891 | 245 | 1.554688 | 2 |
It is a scenic walk along the driveway leading to the entrance of Lome’s new centre for the arts. Past the crisp white walls and pivoting glass doors are the exhibition spaces – a blank canvas for African art by painters such as Emmanuel Sogbadji and Edwige Aplogan and sculptures by Sokey Edorh. A vaulted, wood-ceilinged corridor on the first floor leads to a room filled with a panoply of artefacts sourced from the region. There are intricately woven ceremonial gowns and beaded headdresses worn by chieftains and West African kings. The centre’s remit is not limited to the promotion of pan-African art and culture, according to its Togolese director, Sonia Lawson. Spread across some 2,400sq metres of land, Palais De Lome will showcase the country’s natural resources. The site’s varied landscape includes a garden of sea plants from the coastal city’s sandy shores, grass savannah with vegetation as diverse as palms, cacti and flowering plants, and forests populated by trees and vines. Lawson says the institute expects to attract between 100,000 and 130,000 visitors each year.
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Course Support Period: 07-04-2022 - 06-04-2024
Baking is the harmonious combination of the right ingredients, precise measurements, techniques, chemistry, and a dose of creativity. In this WSQ certified Basic Pastry Preparation course, you will learn about the principles, methods, techniques and recipes of making six different types of pastry products. Mould yourself into a confident pastry chef through the hands-on preparation of various doughs and batters, applying the mixing, piping and baking methods in the basic pastry making processes. Master these basic pastries to embark on more baking adventures ahead! | <urn:uuid:ccd928e6-b484-45fa-a15a-f21507b7b1f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ascendo.edu.sg/courses/details/t7shvrq8_20220705175404000 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.895722 | 137 | 1.539063 | 2 |
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This type of unscrambling equipment sets the products in the correct direction with exact spacing, preparing them to be filled, capped, or labeled. This can be accomplished by plastic timing screws, star wheels, or neck grabbers. Bottle spin orientors turn containers into the correct position. Orienters are most commonly used for bottles. | <urn:uuid:939a1fab-a741-4d21-bbd4-36ac28ccc454> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sigmaequipment.com/equipment/category/orienter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.870779 | 79 | 1.507813 | 2 |
About this course
The emphasis of our Photography degree is based around your creative development and ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
You will study the key legal and ethical aspects of photography, applying these to your professional and photographic practice.
We have fully equipped on-campus studios and darkroom facilities and offer all students free-of-charge loan of professional photography equipment and resources as well as access to our Mac computer suite, so you’ll have all you need to continue to develop your photography skills and experience.
During your degree, you will work towards a final year portfolio and exhibition. You will also complete professional work placements which form an integral part of your curriculum.
In your final year, you can extend your professional understanding of the discipline and build your portfolio through an additional longer term placement in the creative industries.
Through professional practices and guidance workshops and collaborations with organisations such as the National Media and Science Museum, you’ll learn how to seek out suitable career opportunities. You’ll also undertake photographic projects in the community, enabling you to develop your communication skills and
build knowledge, contacts and networks for your future career.
Why study with us?
- You will develop a wide range of creative, analytical, visual and technical skills.
- You will be taught by experts from the field of photography and will have the opportunity to complete creative industry work placements as part of your degree.
- You will have access to a wide range of digital and analogue photography equipment from our Media Centre.
- We will give you guidance and support to produce, exhibit, print and promote your own work. | <urn:uuid:b64fcf72-d994-4e38-bb08-a3989c717897> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://leedstrinity.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/photography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.960149 | 334 | 1.765625 | 2 |
The Full of Grace Soundtrack features original compositions by musician Sean Johnson. You can preview the music at fullofgracefilm.com/soundtrack.
Sometimes in life we have the grace to be open to an experience that brings together your whole life, gives meaning to your present and the present of another person. This was my experience this past week as I screened my first film Full of Grace to a group of 100 Palestinian Christians and some Italian friends.
In Bethlehem, the Christians live in a ghetto, an 800km wall has been constructed to contain the Palestinians which limits the ability for people to travel. We all have heard the news about the violence here, which is very real and the people we met have a justifiable anxiety about the situation. Screening our film with this cultural backdrop made me return to the reason why we made it: to help people return to that original encounter with Christ which changed their life. I told them in my intro that our circumstances are different in the US and Palestine, but the problem is the same: is Christ enough for living, can he make us free in difficult and challenging circumstances?
This movie came from the questions the director, Andrew Hyatt and I had about the essential elements of Christianity. What emerged was a very unique film, more akin to a prayer than to a traditional blockbuster. For this reason I was both nervous and curious to show the film to the people of Bethlehem, who have suffered greatly over the years and are facing even greater challenges at the present time. How could an art-house bible film about Mary and Peter help in this moment? But, the film has and still does, help me. What more could I offer? As I introduced the film, I invited the audience to put themselves into the film, the characters, the poetry, the music as a prayer to the Mother of God to better understand what can help us in this difficult moment.
What happened after was nothing less than a miracle. The film ended to a thunderous applause, I was brought on stage with our host and an Executive Producer of the film. Everyone in the audience, and I mean everyone, was in tears- including the three of us on stage. The miracle wasn’t the tears, but the judgement from the people of Jerusalem who told me that we described perfectly their drama and pointed us toward the answer. Others asked “How is it possible to write something like this, which speaks to my experience today?”. This question moved me, because it is only because of our writer’s interest to find an answer to his questions could the film transcend gender, age and cultures and become something truly helpful to the world. I have worked for companies in the past whose goal was to change culture and the world, but as I discovered that I couldn’t change myself, it seemed impossible to “change the world.” After this screening, I found the greatest contribution I can give to the world is deeply living the questions and circumstances I have been given. | <urn:uuid:7cdd6ce1-9a87-4b5f-882d-85c025cac7e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fullofgracefilm.com/author/fivable/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.979357 | 613 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Slots in addition to pokies are several of the earliest gambling games in the modern world. They saw their beginnings at typically the start from the 20th century, and have attracted a vast viewers ever since. In this article is an overview of slot machine background how they have got developed over time.
The first ever variation of the slot machine was seen in 1891. Pittman and Sachs created a machine with several drums, each demonstrating poker hand icons. When players would win at these types of games, the machine would not pay away; rather, the bar casing them would provide players with drinks.
This would be four more years before Charles Fey might create the variation in the slot device with which we have been most acquainted nowadays. The machine provided players with money payouts when it revealed matching symbols. The popularity of those games caught upon very quickly, until anti-gambling groups enacted a ban on slot machine game machines inside the early on 20th century.
The ban only lasted a few yrs, also it wasn’t long before slots started to be popular again inside casinos. It had been during the 1950s that will slots started in order to become popular around the entire world. In 1953, Australian gaming organization Aristocrat took take note of the new trend and decided in order to manufacture its brand of electronic video gaming machines called pokies. The company’s very first machine was referred to as the ‘Clubman’.
Even though it would be quite some time before all of us would see on the internet slots, casinos inside Las Vegas began to electronic slot devices, moving away from the typical, mechanical slot games that had become well-known over the years. These machines had been more secure than mechanised slots and made it more challenging regarding individuals to be a cheater casinos. During this specific time, electronic slot machines also saw the particular invention of the particular random number power generator which made actively playing slots even more unpredictable.
Over the following few decades, slot machine games would remain a similar. It wouldn’t become until the switch of the Hundred years that we begin seeing the creation of online slots. The first online slots online games were seen about 2001, when the first internet casinos went live. judi slot like Microgaming obtained on the floor floor, creating several of the very first online slot machines available to the general public. | <urn:uuid:97766d6c-b66d-43d2-84f3-ce35eee12514> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dealer-sites.com/great-slot-machines-plus-online-slots/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974742 | 482 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Mondovì, a town rich in arts, history and studies, has a scenic position, near the Langhe and Alpi.
Its profile is delicate, with the highest part (Piazza) surrounded by medieval walls, with its districts (Breo, Carassone, Piandellavalle) at the foot of the hill.
The Moro, which is the symbol of this town, tolls on the top of the church dedicated to Santi Pietro e Paolo.
We point out the cathedral, in the sacristy of which some remains of the old cathedral are kept, the churches dedicated to Missione, Misericordia, San Francesco.
We mention, at last, the Maggiore square, the Vescovado, which once was the seat of an old university, Giolitti’s native house, the old Jewish ghetto, Belvedere gardens with Bressani tower, dated back to the 14th century.
The first news are of the year 1198, when people from Vico, Vasco e Carassone founded a village on the Vico mountain (from where the name Mondovì), to escape the feudal power of the bishop of Asti.
The bishop reacted immediately and the whole new village was knocked down.
In 1388 it was given a dioceses and the title of “città”.
It was conquered by the French in 1537, and couldn’t be regained by the Savoia until 1559. Emanuele Filiberto established some faculties of the University there and built its citadel.
In the nineteenth century Mondovì was involved in the wars for the independence and unity of Italy, just as it was later deeply involved in the Resistance against the Germans (1943-45).
Since the second half of the nineteenth century many schools and colleges had a great success there, and the town grew more and more big and important.
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Fashion definition generally varies from person to person. Being not in trend and not following the latest buzz in style industry doesn’t make you fashionable in any way. Inner beauty plays a vital role. A person has to carry himself well to flaunt his style, looks and fashion sense. Fashion has constantly evolved in the society making its reflection in every walk of life. It is a demand rather than craze of the folks. However, it is indeed tedious to know the fashion trend in the industry.
Colors and designs continuously change with growing demand of fashion industry. Furthermore, it has become the entertainment, dressing style of majority of people. But what probably defines fashion as a whole? Is it a group of elegantly dressed men a fashion icon? Or people with funky look a fashion icon? Well, fashion trends and sense varies as per the persona of the human being. Though style is vital and unique for everyone but can be challenging for those who are very conscious about it. It would be interesting to note the role of color and design in fashion era.
Color being an essence of fashionÂ
As said, life turns out be incomplete without colors so fashion people keep experimenting with colors to get impressive results. This transition in colors has played a significant role in the life of people. For instance, vibrant and bright colors are used tremendously in dresses, accessories and other fashion things to make the overall look lively. Color is a trendsetter in every avenue, be it knits, fabrics etc. It keeps changing with changing tastes. Many young ladies might not love glittery colors while some would die it for.
Design being the life of fashion
Though color is something that can add essence to fashion but design adds life to it. Classy prints, fabrics, textures has the changed the concept of living standard among people. People are crazy about shopping the latest designs in the market and grabbing it first. This helps them follow the so called fashion irrespective of their financial portfolio.
Apart from color and design, celebrities play a vital role in setting the trends. People, crazy about their favorite stars would do anything to grab the latest things in the market that their stars have. The outfit that is endorsed by any star or any bag rolled by star would hit the trend charts as soon as it comes on air. It has directed the people to opt their star’s style as their own.
Fashion to society as a whole
Knowing the above pointers, we might jump to a conclusion that fashion has considerable influence on society and country people. Fashion is one such thing that people are crazy to blog and stumble. The colors of trends have enveloped the society with remarkable changes in every era. Clothes, accessories, shoes or any other fashion has changed the way people have hound of following it. | <urn:uuid:1bb1edba-e751-4ec0-a8fd-16b65c342049> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aboutfeed.com/fashion-varying-definition-varying-personalities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971593 | 569 | 2.234375 | 2 |
What is PBIS? (Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support)
PBIS is a schoolwide discipline program that emphasizes a positive approach for defining, teaching, and encouraging appropriate student behavior. PBIS is used to help create a positive climate and school culture. PBIS is a decision making framework that uses evidence-based academic and behavioral practices to achieve student success.
Our Mission is to provide a positive, safe, healthy, nurturing and respectful environment in which all students have the opportunity to become productive members of society. We will provide this through: the development of clearly defined student expectations, the use of a data driven information system, and by implementing educationally sound methods that foster student character, safety, academic excellence and individual citizenship.
Throughout the year, students earn soar cents! Students are given soar cent tickets to reinforce and celebrate the success of following the behavioral expectations. Every time a student earns a soar cent, they will also be given a sticker for the chart displayed outside of their homeroom classroom. Any student who earns a soar cent is also eligible for a weekly reward drawing (name goes in a soar box). Weekly winners are also recognized on the West Crawford Word Morning News. Our principal, Mrs. Kuhns, will visit the K-2 classrooms around the 4-week mark to give a special prize reward to students that have the magic number of soars. Students caught “soaring” may also qualify to participate in the end of the 9-week PBIS celebration. Students with the magic number of soars will be invited to the 9-week reward celebration.
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West Crawford Elementary - PBIS Matrix
Our WCE PBIS Matrix outlines positive behavior expectations in each school setting (Classroom, Hallway, Cafeteria, Restroom, Bus/Van, and Playground). Student expectations are clearly defined and consistent. Please select the PDF Matrix to view ways students "SOAR" in each setting.
PBIS Expectation Posters
Throughout the elementary school, students are reminded of the behavior expectations in each setting. Please select the PDF from the menu to view each poster.
Benefits of PBIS
-increase positive behavior
-decrease challenging behaviors
-increase instructional time
-improvements in the social climate of the school
-provide support to staff and feedback based on data collected
-foster academic excellence
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UN resident coordinator meets Speaker
UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis on Thursday met Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter’s office in the capital.
During the meeting, they discussed different issues particularly Bangladesh’s successful steps to fight Covid-19 pandemic, post-Covid stable economic situation of Bangladesh, women empowerment, socioeconomic development and gender budget, reports UNB.
The Speaker said Bangladesh Parliament in coordination with UNDP and UNFPA has been working for the overall development of women and children up to grassroots level.
The members of parliament (MPs) are also playing their roles in their respective constituencies in various ways, she said.
Dr Chaudhury said the government introduced the gender budget in the 2009-10 fiscal year, which has continued also in the 2022-23 fiscal year.
She said the steps taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the empowerment of women, economic and social development of women are role models in the world.
The progress of women is now visible in the country thanks to many steps taken by the government to reduce the school dropout and maternal mortality, motivate girls for education through payment of stipend money directly through mobile phones, increase skills of women through training in remote areas, show zero tolerance towards violence against women and empower women as public representatives in local government bodies, said the Speaker.
Gwyn Lewis lauded Bangladesh for achieving its unprecedented development.
She also praised the government for its role in facing the recent flood properly.
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The pen camera is mightier than the gonioscope when used to diagnose glaucoma. The device was developed by researchers in Singapore as a faster, cheaper method to detect the disease.
Gonioscopes are glass scopes that must be pressed against the patient’s eyeball, allowing doctors to examine the eye's drainage canal. The new GonioPEN allows doctors or trained technicians to capture more detailed images of the eye drainage canal with minimal contact at the side of the cornea. A software program is then used to analyze the images, helping doctors and eye specialists with their diagnosis.
Since the current gonioscopy method takes up to 15 minutes to perform and requires a skilled specialist to diagnose the problem on the spot, it is not routinely deployed in Singapore clinics. As a result, half the patients are not tested, leaving glaucoma largely undiagnosed.
The GonioPEN circumvents these problems with its ability to capture high-resolution digital images of the eye from the side of the cornea in three minutes. The images can be taken by a technician and are reviewed separately by an eye specialist, shortening the time the patient's eye needs to be under the microscope.
The new tool combines a high-resolution camera and LEDs for illumination to take a high-quality image of the human eye. The prototype pen camera, estimated to cost $5,000, is connected to a computer via a USB cable. The camera captures images of the eye from four different perspectives and saves it to the computer, which can then be magnified several times for a better diagnosis by an eye doctor.
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major cause of birth defects that include severe neurological deficits, hearing and vision loss, and intrauterine growth restriction. Viral infection of the placenta leads to development of avascular villi, edema, and hypoxia associated with symptomatic congenital infection. Studies of primary cytotrophoblasts (CTBs) revealed thatHCMVinfection impedes terminal stages of differentiation and invasion by various molecular mechanisms. Werecently discovered thatHCMVarrests earlier stages involving development of human trophoblast progenitor cells (TBPCs), which give rise to the mature cell types of chorionic villi- syncytiotrophoblasts on the surfaces of floating villi and invasive CTBs that remodel the uterine vasculature. Here, we show that viral proteins are present in TBPCs of the chorion in cases of symptomatic congenital infection. In vitro studies revealed thatHCMV replicates in continuously self-renewing TBPC lines derived from the chorion and alters expression and subcellular localization of proteins required for cell cycle progression, pluripotency, and early differentiation. In addition, treatment with a human monoclonal antibody toHCMVglycoprotein B rescues differentiation capacity, and thus, TBPCs have potential utility for evaluation of the efficacies of novel antiviral antibodies in protecting and restoring placental development. Our results suggest thatHCMVreplicates in TBPCs in the chorion in vivo, interfering with the earliest steps in the growth of new villi, contributing to virus transmission and impairing compensatory development. In cases of congenital infection, reduced responsiveness of the placenta to hypoxia limits the transport of substances from maternal blood and contributes to fetal growth restriction.
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In February 2019, Google will begin enforcing a political content policy update to require that (1) advertisers running election ads in India be verified by Google, and (2) advertisers provide a pre-certificate issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) or anyone authorized by the ECI for each election ad they want to run.
Election ads in India are ads for Lok Sabha Elections that feature a political party, political candidate or current member of the Lok Sabha, or any ads that are run by a political party, political candidate or current member of the Lok Sabha.
To be verified by Google, advertisers must provide proof of identity and information about where they’re based, and must confirm that they’re legally permitted to run these election ads in India.
Advertisers will be able to apply for verification and submit their ad pre-certificates starting February 14, 2019 and enforcement of the policy will begin on February 20, 2019.
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Today the Coca-Cola bottle is one of the most recognizable containers in the world, but a century ago nearly all soda bottles looked the same.
To distinguish its product from competitors, in 1915 the Coca-Cola Company launched a competition among glassmakers to design a new bottle that was distinctive in both look and feel.
The winning design, patented by the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, sought inspiration from Coca-Cola’s ingredients. However, the bottle’s fluted contour shape was instead modeled after the cacao pod, the main ingredient in chocolate.
The Coca-Cola Company adopted the Root Glass Company’s bottle design in 1916, but the original prototype was never manufactured because it was top-heavy and unstable.
The first commercial “Coke” bottles debuted with a wider base and slimmed-down, contoured shape. This silhouette became so unmistakable that in 1961 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gave it trademark status.
See the original patent in person at the National Archives in Washington, DC, from June 4 through July 29, 2015, in the West Rotunda Gallery and from October 29 through December 2, 2015, in the East Rotunda Gallery.
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- Bale netwrap
- Baler twine
- Company Release
- For investors
- For media
- Press release
The history of our company started in 1942 when Matti Piippo patented a method for manufacturing paper twine. Today, we are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of baling net wrap and baler twine and we deliver our products in more than 40 countries. We have achieved this position with innovative solutions and integrity. These are the things we will continue to hold on to, even though our company is in a transition phase.
The transition involves our strategy and actions related to it, based on which our rebranding will also be published. Instead of a wide range of products, we will only focus on agriculture: baling net wrap and baler twine. We are not making this change as one farmer to another but from a wider perspective: agriculture is on centre stage, and it must succeed in its task. We want to make sure that agriculture, as one of the biggest industries, is at the vanguard of making solutions that are right in terms of sustainable development.
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Four of the children confirmed to have the disease are US citizens, two in California and two in Indiana. The latest case was an infant who was tested while traveling through Washington, DC but is not a US citizen, according to ABC 7.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that young children could be at increased risk of more severe cases of monkeypox should they become infected. The organization set the cut-off age for severe risk at 8 years, although it said pediatric data was “limited”.
California declared a state of emergency over monkeypox on Tuesday, making it the third in the past week. Illinois and New York have also taken the step.
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The U.S. has seen around 3,000 cases nationwide so far, and President Joe Biden assembled a White House monkeypox response team on Tuesday.
Robert Fenton, a regional administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will serve as the White House National Monkeypox Response Coordinator, and dr Demetre Daskalakis as Deputy Coordinator.
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‘Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.’
Stanley Elkin (American novelist)
If you go to university you are going to have to write — there are no two ways about it! As previously discussed, writing is a skill and must be practiced. But even the most accomplished writers get stuck in a rut, struggle to get words on the page and get bogged down seeking perfection. One approach for getting past these barriers and moving forward is freewriting. This approach allows you to get words on the page, clarify your ideas and not get caught up trying to perfect a sentence or paragraph before moving on.
Freewriting involves writing non-stop for a set time (usually no more than 20 minutes). During this time, the writer does not pay attention to spelling, grammar, referencing and other aspects that may slow writing down. A specific prompt, idea, topic or section (such as an introduction or conclusion) may be the focus for a free writing session. The amount of preparation needed for a free writing session will vary. In some areas — creative writing for example — the prompt may require you to use your own experience or imagination and therefore need little preparation. However, in other areas — such as sport and exercise science — you may need to spend some time reading and researching to have some ideas to inform your freewriting. Once you have completed any required preparation, you are ready to begin your freewriting session.
During your freewriting session, you should aim to keep writing for all of the allotted time. If your writing begins to stall or you run out of ideas, it is often recommended that you should keep writing things like ‘I am stalling’, ‘I’ve run out of ideas’ or just random words until something comes to you and you can get back on track.
When you have completed your freewriting session, you should read and re-read the words you have written — not to correct spelling and grammar or insert references — but to find the ideas that may be useful to develop and include in your work. Once you have found these ideas, you can clarify and expand upon them (undertaking further reading and research if needed) before integrating them into your work.
If you think that freewriting is an approach that may help you, here are some guidelines for your first freewriting session:
Identify the focus for your freewriting session — what is the prompt, topic, idea or section?
Make sure you have done enough preparation — do you need to do any more reading or research before your freewriting session?
Decide how long your freewriting session will be — it is up to you, but sessions are usually no longer than 20 minutes.
Decide if you are going to use a computer or pen/pencil and paper for your freewriting session — pen/pencil and paper may be better for flow and turning off the monitor if you are using a computer will make sure you are not distracted by spelling and grammar checkers highlighting errors.
Write continuously for the duration of your freewriting session — do not worry about spelling, grammar, referencing and other things that may slow you down; if you are stalling, write anything to keep going — something will come to you!
Once you have finished your freewriting session, read and re-read what you have written and identify the bits that may be useful to include in your work and if you need to do any further reading and research.
You have worked hard and written thousands of words! These words may determine your final classification of if you get your PhD and you want to make sure they are just right! So, should you hire a proofreader to give your work the final once over before submission?
Whilst the answer may seem simple – yes, of course getting somebody to check your work is a good idea – there are a few things to consider before putting your hand in your pocket and hiring that proofreader!
First and foremost, you should find out if your university allows the use of third-party proofreading services and, if so, to what extent. In the UK, rules regarding the use of third-party proofreading services vary from university to university. Rules may also vary within a university – for example, rules may differ between departments or may be different for undergraduate and postgraduate students. You want to be certain that hiring a proofreader is permitted and you should be able to tell a prospective proofreader what your university’s rules are so that none get broken! Some proofreaders may even ask for a copy of your university’s policy or confirmation from your supervisor that proofreading is allowed.
Once you know if you are allowed to hire a proofreader, it is worth finding out a bit more about what proofreading is and what a proofreader does. Proofreading can be considered as the final check for errors before a piece of writing is submitted (for marking or publication). But what errors will a proofreader check for?
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (https://www.ciep.uk/) identify the following as errors that a proofreader should identify:
spelling errors (where different spellings are acceptable, the word should be spelt consistently within a document)
serious, unarguable errors of punctuation, especially where they allow ambiguity or obscure the meaning
inconsistently spelt or hyphenated names
bad word breaks that make reading the text difficult
incorrect text headings and page headers/footers (checked against the contents list if there is one)
incorrect page numbers and cross-references
wrongly placed or incorrect captions and annotations.
Whether the proofreader is permitted to identify all of the errors identified above will depend on your university’s rules, as will whether the proofreader can identify and correct errors or identify errors only.
The final thing to remember when thinking about using a proofreader is that they may help you improve aspects of your work and find some errors you have missed but they will not make it perfect and you will remain responsible for the work that you submit.
So, whilst hiring a proofreader to check your dissertation or thesis is a good idea, you should check your university’s rules and make sure you understand the service that they provide. If you would like to speak to a proofreader about how they can help with your dissertation or thesis click below.
If you have been looking for support with your studies you may have come across the terms academic skills coaching and private tutoring and wondered if there is a difference. The difference – although not ‘official’ and sometimes subtle – is based on the differing aims of coaching and tutoring.
However, there is the possibility of crossover – some coaches may tutor, some tutors may coach and some may do both! Speaking to a potential coach or tutor is the first step. Most coaches and tutors will be happy to discuss what you need and if they can help, and many will offer the first session free or at a reduced cost.
As an academic skills coach, I can help you develop those underpinning skills that you need to succeed with your subject-specific studies. Get in touch to discuss how I can help you.
As a university student, you will often hear the term ‘independent learner’ and how you need to become one! As a new student, such a term might make you think that you are on your own, but that is not the case.
An independent learner is not a student who does everything on their own. Rather, an independent learner is a student who takes responsibility for their learning but knows how to effectively use resources and support to help address their weaknesses and solve problems. Other aspects often included in definitions of an independent learner include time management, goal setting, planning, curiosity, criticality and reflection.
Becoming an independent learner takes time and you should not expect to develop all the necessary skills in your first few weeks at university. It may be your first experience of an environment that encourages independent learning and you should take some time to identify your strengths and weaknesses, familiarise yourself with the services, support and resources available to help you and plan how you are going to develop as an independent learner.
However, during those first few weeks at university, it is likely that you will receive a lot of information about different aspects of university life. Getting started on the process of becoming an independent learner before you start university can give you some direction and help you manage those first few busy weeks at university. If you would like to get started on becoming an independent learner please get in touch.
Academic skills underpin your subject-specific studies. Any list of academic skills will typically include critical thinking, presenting, reading, referencing, reflection, researching, time management and writing. In my experience, first-year undergraduate students can find grasping the importance of these skills and starting to develop them challenging – particularly if they have been out of education for a while. But what exactly are these academic skills and why are they are so important?
Throughout your time at university, you will be continually developing your critical thinking skills. As a new student, asking questions about the sources that you are using for your studies is a good first step. Not taking information at face value and attempting to establish the quality of the information can help you decide how to use it in your work. To do this effectively, you need to be able to ask the right questions and know what good quality information is. As you progress through your time at university, you will learn about approaches and tools to help you ask the right questions and assess the quality of information.
Like writing, presentations are unavoidable at university. Presentations can take different forms such as individual, group, live, recorded or poster and you may have to present to the assessors only or larger groups consisting of other staff, students or people from outside your university. Presentations will often require you to utilise visual aids to help you illustrate and explain the points you are trying to put across. Getting the balance between what information you provide verbally and how you use your visual aids to support this is an important skill to develop. Again, like writing, presenting requires practice with the added challenge of having to stand up in front of a group of people and speak. Taking opportunities to speak in front of people will help you develop confidence and rehearsing your presentations will allow you to hone your pacing, timing and use of technology and visual aids.
You may have heard people say that they are ‘reading for a degree’. Whilst it may be a phrase sometimes associated with traditional old universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, it does emphasise the importance of reading when studying for a degree. You will need to read widely to develop your understanding of your subject, and you will need to learn different strategies for reading different types of sources. Knowing what information is in the different sections of textbooks and journal articles and when to scan, skim and read in-depth will help you become more effective in your reading. You will not always need to read a source from ‘cover to cover’!
At university, you are expected to become an independent learner. Rather than meaning you have to do everything on your own, being an independent learner means you can identify your strengths and weaknesses, plan your development needs, and know when and where to go for assistance. This is part of the reflective process. There are various definitions and models of reflection, but one consistent aspect is trying to learn from past experiences. Courses will include reflection in different ways and may require you to write reflective essays, complete other reflection-based assessments or reflect on your professional practice and competencies.
Referencing indicates the sources you have used to inform your academic work. Typically you will be required to reference ‘in-text’ and to produce a reference page. ‘In-text’ referencing refers to acknowledging sources within your work and the reference page is a list of these sources provided at the end of your work. Your university will require you to use a specified style of referencing and will provide you with a guide for this style.
There are several reasons why you need to reference the sources used to inform your work. Referencing indicates the quality and appropriateness of sources (to the piece of work and level of study) and allows you to provide support for the points that you are making in your work; this also helps to show your understanding of the topic. Referencing also allows the sources you have used to be retrieved; for example, a lecturer may wish to check the appropriateness of a source and how you have interpreted it in your work. Finally, referencing can help you avoid plagiarism by indicating the points and ideas you have put forward and the points and ideas of others.
Research is an important part of what goes on at a lot of universities. As a first-year undergraduate student your research will more than likely be about locating and identifying appropriate sources to inform your assignments and learning how to critique these sources. There will be reading lists and recommended textbooks, and in most subject areas, you will be guided towards using academic journals.
Whilst academic journals can be found using search engines you are probably familiar with (Google etc.), academic search engines and databases provide a more tailored approach for finding academic journals. These search engines and databases are generally subject area specific. PubMed, for example, focuses on biomedical and life sciences literature, whilst the ACSE Library focuses on civil engineering. Learning to use these search engines and databases will allow you to locate and access journals appropriate for your studies. The extent of access to academic search engines, databases and journals will depend on the subscriptions your university has in place.
Deadlines are part of university life. Alongside these deadlines, you may also have a job, family and other commitments to manage and you will probably want a social life and time to relax. There are numerous approaches to time management, and what works for one person may not work for another. Working out a system that allows you to plan, prioritise and organise your work and other commitments is crucial – even if it’s just you that understands the system! Identifying when and where you are most productive – coffee shop in the morning, library in the evening, at home in the afternoon – is another important aspect. You may arrive at university knowing when and where you work best or you may need to spend some time working it out. Knowing when and where you are most productive will help you develop your system for planning, prioritising and organising your time.
From taking notes to writing a thesis, writing is unavoidable at university. Whilst subject areas will have different styles and requirements for producing written work, clarity is important and will help to communicate your ideas and show your understanding. You will also need to develop your ability to write concisely, as you will often have to work to what seem like restrictive word counts. This is where editing comes in – aim to become confident in writing freely and to get your ideas on the page and allow enough time to edit your work before the deadline. Like any skill, your writing will get better with practice, but as any experienced writer will tell you, reading will also help your writing. Reading subject-specific textbooks and journal articles will help you get a feel for the style of writing used in your subject area and reading more widely – biographies, fiction, newspapers etc. – will expose you to other approaches to writing that might help you.
Writing is a skill, and like any skill — if you want to get better at it — you must practise it. To become a better writer at university, you must find opportunities to practise and not only write when you have to (such as when you have to do an assignment). Your first step in finding opportunities to practise writing is to see what your university offers — they may offer a writing course to complement your subject-specific studies or have an academic skills support service. Next, take any opportunity that your lecturers provide to submit drafts. Submitting a draft means that you are not only writing and getting your initial ideas on the page, but that you will receive feedback to help you revise and improve your work.
Other opportunities to practise writing at university may also be available — you could write for the student newspaper or write a blog for a student society. Keeping a daily journal is also a good idea and will help you get into the habit of consistent writing practise whilst providing an opportunity for you to explore ideas that may help with your studies.
The more you practise writing, the more automatic parts of the writing process will become for you. For instance, as your typing improves, you will be able to focus more on making sure your writing says what you mean and less on the physical act of typing. As your writing continues to develop, you will be able to focus more on the reader and ensure that your work is as easy as possible for them to read and interpret. And you never know, you may start to enjoy it!
As covid-19 lockdown measures begin to ease, and judo clubs are making the gradual return to full training, I thought it a good time to consider some of the demands of contest judo, and what judoka (those who compete) are preparing for.
As mentioned in a previous post, during 2009 and 2010 I contributed to three publications on the topic of strength and conditioning for judo. Whether it is for judo, or other sports, effective strength and conditioning programmes should aim to improve performance, and reduce the risk of injury. To achieve these aims, strength and conditioning programmes should specifically address the demands of the sport, as established using a needs analysis. Once the demands have been established, suitable training activities can then be programmed to prepare the athlete for the demands that will be placed upon them.
One factor that influences the demands of a sport, are the competition or contest rules. Since my co-author and I produced our work on strength and conditioning for judo, there have been some changes in judo contest rules (e.g., removal of leg grabs in tachi-waza, reduction of contest time for males), and re-interpretations of aspects such as time allowed holding an unorthodox grip in tachi-waza. Consequently, it is possible that such changes and re-interpretations may have had an effect on the demands judo contests place on judoka.
In 2009 my co-author and I concluded that competing in a judo contest…
“…is primarily a high-intensity, intermittent anaerobic activity…”
This conclusion was based upon the work-to-rest ratios (3: 1), high heart rates (> 90% maximum heart rate), and high blood lactate levels (~ 10 mmol/L-1) reported for judo contests in the literature we reviewed. Additionally, the literature suggested that the ability to produce repeated bouts of high-intensity work characterised judoka who competed at higher levels; whilst aerobic capacity (as measured by VO2 max) did not distinguish between levels of judoka, with moderate (~ 48 ml-1∙kg-1∙min-1) to high (~ 70 ml-1∙kg-1∙min-1) levels reported in elite judoka.
That judoka can compete at a high-level with moderate aerobic capacity could be taken to indicate that aerobic capacity is perhaps not a priority for training, particularly as decisive actions (e.g., throws) rely predominantly upon anaerobic energy production. However, it is possible, as we noted, that technical and tactical superiority might compensate for any deficiencies in aerobic capacity. Moreover, regardless of technical and tactical superiority…
“…high levels of aerobic capacity may help to maintain power output when anaerobic energy production decreases [towards the end of a contest].”
Aerobic capacity should also be considered important due to the aerobic energy system’s role in recovery between bouts of high intensity work, both within and between contests.
Research published in 2017 attempted to quantify energy system contributions during judo contests, and further highlighted the importance of the aerobic energy system. The research identified that the aerobic system contributed the majority of energy (compared to each of the two anaerobic systems) during simulated judo contests, with this contribution increasing as contests progressed. Such findings help to emphasise the need for judoka to undertake appropriate aerobic training, and highlight that summaries of contest judo should account for the aerobic demands. Yet, it should be noted that the findings from this 2017 research are from 5 minute contests (not 4 minute contests as per the current rules), and that the contests did not incorporate all aspects of a contest (in order to protect the measurement equipment used).
Other research published since our work has identified (as we did) a contest work-to-rest ratio of ~ 3: 1, although this may range between from 3: 1 to 2: 1 throughout a contest. However, as with the energy system contribution research, this research was not carried out under the current rules. Consequently, as stated in the 2018 book The Science of Judo, there is a need for research to be carried out using the current rules to establish the present demands of judo contests. However, as we approach the end of the current Olympic cycle, there is a possibility that the rules may be amended or reinterpreted for the next cycle, therefore potentially affecting the demands of contest judo.
In summary, the amount of research into the demands of contest judo since our work in 2009 and 2010 has increased, with only a small proportion of it cited in this post. Despite being based on simulated contests, the energy system contribution research cited emphasises the need to ensure that the aerobic system is developed, and highlights that our original conclusion did not sufficiently identify the importance of aerobic energy production during contests. Work-to-rest ratios appear similar, but we do not yet know the effect of the current rules on this aspect of contest judo. There is also the potential for future rule changes that may affect the contest work-to-rest ratio.
Whilst research into the demands of contest judo has its challenges (e.g., having to use simulated contests, keeping up with rule changes), it does provide some basis for strength and conditioning programme design. As coaches, when designing programmes, we should aim for specificity by using the information available to us (treating it with caution where necessary), and integrating it with our previous experience of developing athletes. Moreover, we should remain aware that specificity when preparing athletes does not always mean exact replication or simulation of competition.
Whilst it might seem to those in my indoor cycling classes that sessions are thrown together at the last minute, there is some thought that goes into planning them!
Alongside employment in various coaching, teaching, and research roles I have taught indoor cycling classes at the same fitness facility for over 15 years. In this series of blog posts I aim to give some insight into how I plan and structure my indoor cycling classes, and how this process has developed over time. Hopefully, these blog posts will provide some interesting information for those looking forward to teaching and participating in indoor cycling classes when lockdown restrictions are eased and gyms reopen.
Part I: Interval or continuous?
When planning an indoor cycling class the first decision I typically make is whether the session is going to be interval-based or continuous. My early indoor cycling classes generally followed the interval-based structure (periods of high intensity work interspersed with rest periods) taught to me when taking the indoor cycling instructor course. However, having come from a sport and exercise science background (I had not long finished an undergraduate degree in physical education and sport science, and obtained my certified strength and conditioning specialist qualification) I began to try and incorporate a slightly different approach to structuring indoor cycling classes.
This slightly different approach involved trying to incorporate the work-to-rest ratios I had learnt during my degree, and in studying for my strength and conditioning exams. In most instances, these work-to-rest ratios (how long the periods of high intensity work are compared to the rest periods) are based around ensuring that rest periods are long enough for recovery from the high intensity work to occur, therefore allowing the high intensity work to be repeated throughout a training session. In practice, this means that the rest periods sometimes need to be quite long (up to several minutes depending on the length of the high intensity work and the aim of the session) to allow for recovery to take place.
When I tried to incorporate these work-to-rest ratios into my indoor cycling classes I found that the participants did not always use them as I intended. For example, some participants would not perhaps achieve a high enough intensity during the work periods, meaning that they did not need all of the rest period to recover for the next period of high intensity work. This could then lead to participants becoming bored during the longer rest periods, or continuing to work during the rest periods and turning what was meant to be an interval-based session into a continuous session (a session where a more constant and often lower intensity is continuously maintained).
Whilst I probably did not always communicate the purpose of the work-to-rest ratios to participants in my classes effectively, I also came to realise that the participants were not necessarily there to train like athletes using strict work-to-rest ratios. Participants were definitely there to take part in a session where they worked hard and achieved some health and fitness benefits, but they were also there to enjoy themselves and to socialise with other participants. This meant I had to move away from adhering to the work-to-rest ratios I had learned, and revert back to the structure of my earlier classes. However, I did not abandon these work-to-rest ratios altogether. Instead, I generally restricted their use to smaller classes I worked with regularly. I found that working regularly with a small group of regular participants over a period of time helped me to develop how I communicated the purpose of the class, and allowed these participants to become familiar with my approach to structuring indoor cycling classes.
Following my step back from the use of strict work-to-rest ratios in interval-based classes, and based upon my observation that some participants effectively engaged in continuous sessions despite the interval-based structure, I decided to purposely try and plan continuous sessions. At first these continuous sessions were largely characterised by the absence of rest periods, with this absence of rest periods communicated to participants at the beginning of the class. Participants then had to try and work at a relatively constant moderate intensity throughout the class, managing their pace so that they did not get partway through the session and have to reduce the intensity and rest. The response from participants was largely positive, and I began to include a continuous session once every few weeks, developing the sessions to include some subtle variations in intensity, but still with the aim of not having to reduce intensity and rest.
Having found that continuous sessions were an alternative to interval-based sessions, I increased how frequently I used them until the first decision when planning a class often became whether it was going to be interval-based or continuous. This has typically remained my first decision when planning indoor cycling classes. With a regular group of participants I usually alternate between interval-based (possibly using stricter work-to-rest ratios) or continuous sessions. However, if I am taking a class I am as not as familiar with, I will frequently default to an interval-based session (usually with less strict work-to-rest ratios), as participants will often be more used to this structure.
In summary, strict work-to-rest ratios for interval-based training sessions have their place, particularly with athletes working towards specific goals. However, I have learned that for indoor cycling classes in a health and fitness setting these work-to-rest ratios are not always appropriate. Additionally, the process of trying to incorporate strict work-to-rest ratios led me to develop continuous sessions as an alternative to interval-based sessions. Whilst deciding whether a session will be interval-based or continuous is relatively straightforward, once the decision is made it does provide an overall principle for the session, and a basis for further planning decisions. In parts II I will discuss what these further planning decisions are if an interval-based session has been selected.
As identified in part I of this series of posts, the first decision I make when planning an indoor cycling class is whether it is going to be an interval-based or continuous session. In this second post of the series, I will discuss the further decisions I make if I opt for an interval-based session. As mentioned in part I, these decisions will be discussed in the context of indoor cycling classes in a health and fitness setting.
An interval-based session consists of periods of high intensity work interspersed with periods of rest, with the ratio of work-to-rest dependent upon the aim of the session. However, with participants in a health and fitness setting use of the strict work-to-rest ratios often cited for use with athletes may not be appropriate (see part I). Nonetheless, consideration should still be given to the intensity and duration of the work and rest periods. Additionally, the cycling position to be used during the work periods should be considered, as should the use of variations to standard intervals.
Intensity and work period duration
The intensity in an indoor cycling class is determined by a combination of cadence (leg speed) and resistance (as applied to the flywheel of the bike). A slow cadence with a low resistance will result in a low intensity, whilst higher intensities can be achieved with a faster cadence, a higher resistance, or a combination of the two. As resistance increases, the effort needed to achieve fast cadences increases, with attempts to generate a fast cadence against a very high resistance resulting in maximal intensity efforts.
As intensity increases, the duration for which it can be maintained decreases. For example, maximal intensity efforts can typically be maintained for no longer than a few seconds, whilst low intensity efforts may be maintained for several hours. This inverse relationship provides a basis for making decisions about the intensity and duration of work periods in an interval-based session.
In my interval-based sessions I generally use work period durations ranging from 10 seconds to 5 minutes. For planning purposes, work periods of 1 minute or less are termed short intervals, work periods of between 1 and 3 minutes are termed medium intervals, and work periods over 3 minutes are termed long intervals. If I have opted for an interval-based session, my next decision will be whether the session is going to consist of short, medium, or long intervals.
Having decided on the interval duration, the resistance to be used is considered. In the absence of a consistent way to apply resistance on the bikes I use (the mechanism for applying resistance can be affected by usage levels), I opt for terminology that describes how the resistance should feel. The terms that I typically use are “flat”, “small hill”, “big hill”, and “very big hill”; these terms approximately equate to moderate, moderate to heavy, heavy, and very heavy resistance respectively. Participants establish their resistances by progressing through lighter resistances during the warm-up until they have a moderate resistance on the flywheel (where any further increase would begin to feel like climbing a “small hill”). This moderate resistance is then their “flat”, and provides a basis for establishing the remaining resistances. The use of terminology such as “flat”, “small hill” etc. accounts for any differences between bikes, and helps to keep the intensity relative to each participant’s ability.
For short intervals, particularly those of 30 seconds or less, I will use higher resistances (i.e., “big hill” or “very big hill”), with the aim to generate fast cadences against these higher resistances. With such short durations, the high intensity should come from this combination of cadence and resistance. In my experience, trying to achieve higher intensities during short intervals using cadence with lower resistances does not elicit the required intensity, as participants reach and maintain a fast cadence relatively easily. Additionally, using fast cadences without enough resistance can result in excessively high leg speeds without sufficient control, thus increasing the chances of injury.
If using medium or long intervals, the desired intensity can be achieved via a combination of cadence and resistance. For example, if using a medium interval of 3 minutes with “flat” resistance, the intensity will primarily be achieved by maintaining a fast cadence for the duration of the interval. In contrast, if the same duration is used but with “big hill” resistance, then the intensity will primarily result from the resistance, as a fast cadence is not expected (participants should not be able to maintain faster cadences against higher resistances for such a duration).
Rest period duration
Following decisions about intensity and work period duration, rest periods need to be considered. As previously discussed, strict application of work-to-rest ratios is not always suitable in the health and fitness setting, as they can result in seemingly long rest periods (see part I). For example, text books suggest that a short, maximal effort interval (e.g., 10 seconds with “very big hill” resistance) requires a rest periods of at least 12 times the duration of the work period (e.g., 120 seconds), and a long interval of 5 minutes requires a rest period equal to the duration of the work period (i.e., 5 minutes).
To address these seemingly long rest periods, I would typically use a reduced rest period of 60 seconds for the short interval, and a reduced rest period of approximately 2 minutes for the long interval. During rest periods participants are encouraged to try and maximise their recovery by adopting a comfortable position of their choice (e.g., seated or standing), and reducing cadence and resistance. Additionally, participants are informed that they should be able to almost fully recover in the time available; however, it must be noted that compared to when using text book work-to-rest ratios, this will result in reduced intensity during work periods in order to allow recovery to occur. Consequently, different physiological responses and adaptations compared to when using text book work-to-rest ratios should be expected. In addition to information about the rest period, participants should be informed of the number of intervals to be performed; alongside information about the rest period duration, this allows them to make decisions about how to pace the intervals.
Despite not necessarily being appropriate for the health and fitness setting, with regular participants I do occasionally use the longer rest periods that result from strict application of text book work-to-rest ratios. Due to the time spent working with regular participants I feel that I can communicate the purpose of these work-to-rest ratios more effectively, and that participants have developed an understanding of their application to an interval-based session.
Further to decisions about intensity and work and rest period durations, I consider cycling position. Over the years I have been teaching indoor cycling classes I have narrowed the position options to seated or standing. Whilst other instructors use several variations on these positions, I only instruct participants to sit or stand. Providing participants are comfortable, and can achieve the required intensity safely, no further instructions are given. Limiting the position options and variations is based on feedback from regular participants, many of whom take part in other forms of cycling (e.g., road, mountain). These participants often indicate a preference for positions that replicate (as closely as possible) scenarios encountered on a real bike, and are not in favour of positions that would not be used when cycling outdoors.
The position I choose for an interval depends upon the interval duration and the resistance to be used. Standing or seated are used for short intervals using higher resistances, with seated the preferred option for medium or long intervals. In addition to specifying a position to be used for the duration of an interval, altering the position to be used within an interval is an option. For example, for short intervals with higher resistances, I might use a period of standing at the start of the interval to assist with overcoming the initial resistance, before switching to a seated position for the remainder of the interval. For medium and long intervals, I may provide a standing section at set points during the interval (e.g., the first 15 seconds of each minute) to allow a change of position for comfort, or to use body weight during the stand to maintain or regain cadence.
As well as specifying positions to be used during intervals, I also use intervals where participants have the option regarding the position they use. For instance, an option can be applied to short intervals with higher resistances (e.g., standing as an option during the first 15 seconds of a 60 second interval to help overcome initial resistance). Providing participants with an option also suits long intervals using higher resistances. These intervals can be considered “climbs”, with the aim to maintain as fast a cadence as possible throughout the interval despite the resistance. For such intervals I will often allow participants to choose their own position, and to switch between positions throughout the interval. This allows participants to adopt an approach that hopefully enables them to keep their cadence as fast as possible. Additionally, this lets participants who have their own approaches to climbing (based on experience of other forms of cycling) to apply them to indoor cycling.
Variations to standard intervals
Having considered intensity, work and rest period durations, and cycling position, what I term standard intervals can be implemented. Such intervals will begin with a countdown of “Ready, 3, 2. 1, Go!” or similar, with the clock starting on “Go!”. However, overcoming the initial resistance on the flywheel for short duration intervals using higher resistances can take time, meaning that a proportion of the interval is used to get up to speed. Whilst this is not necessarily an issue (participants still have to work at high intensities to overcome the initial resistance), it has led to me coming up with a couple of alternatives.
The first alternative is the “flying start”. The “flying start” allows participants up to 10 seconds to overcome the initial resistance and get up to speed before the interval starts. An option to stand during this period can be included before moving to a seated position for the interval. The second alternative is what I call a “wind up” interval. I typically use this alternative with 60 second intervals, and it involves starting at a slow cadence, and then increasing the cadence over the course of the interval, culminating in top speed being achieved for the final 10 seconds. Increases in cadence should be gradual, and participants should not have to make a big acceleration to hit top speed for the final 10 seconds. The increases in cadence can be every 10 to 15 seconds; however, for more experienced participants I allow them to make their own gradual increases in cadence providing they reach their top speed with 10 seconds to go. I do not use these alternatives with lower resistances, as there is less initial resistance to overcome, meaning that fast cadences can be achieved more easily and in a relatively short period of time compared to when using higher resistances.
Despite strict adherence to text book work-to-rest ratios not always being applicable in the health and fitness setting, if an interval-based session is chosen, intensity, work and rest period durations, and cycling position should still be considered. Including variations to standard intervals should also be given consideration. In part III of this series I will discuss continuous sessions as an alternative to the interval-based approach.
In part II of this series I discussed my approach to planning and structuring interval-based sessions for indoor cycling classes in a health and fitness setting. In this post I will discuss some of the approaches I have used when opting for a continuous session, instead of an interval-based session.
A continuous session has no rest periods, and typically involves maintaining a constant intensity throughout the session. This is in contrast to the interval-based sessions (periods of high intensity work interspersed with rest periods) often used for indoor cycling classes. Depending on duration and intensity continuous sessions could be considered as long, slow distance (LSD; durations > 30 minutes at low to moderate intensity) or tempo (20 – 30 minutes at high to very high intensity) training. For the purpose of planning I also use the term continuous to refer to sessions where there are no rest periods, but elements of fartlek training are included (e.g., variations in intensity). Therefore, whilst fartlek training is not necessarily continuous (as intensity varies), for the participants in my classes the term continuous primarily indicates that the session will contain no rest periods.
The main goal of the first continuous sessions I introduced was for participants to maintain as fast a cadence as possible for the duration of the class (typically 45 minute classes with approximately 15 minutes used for warm-up and cool down). Participants were instructed to find a cadence that would allow them to cover as much ‘distance’ as possible in the time available. However, in my experience, participants in a health and fitness setting tend to expect some variety (in pace, resistance, cycling position etc.) during indoor cycling classes, therefore I incorporated some resistance changes into these sessions. Participants were provided with details of what changes in resistance to expect, and to accept that cadence may drop when resistance increases, but that it can be regained when resistance decreases.
After some positive feedback on continuous sessions, I began to try and be more specific in my approach by identifying a focus for these sessions. For this, I would identify a particular resistance (or ‘terrain’ – see part II for information about resistance and ‘terrain’ terms) where participants were required to ‘push the pace’ (i.e., increase cadence to increase intensity). For example, the emphasis could be on ‘pushing the pace’ on the ‘flat’ (moderate resistance), whilst on the ‘hills’ (heavier resistances) participants could ‘back off the pace’ (i.e., reduce cadence to try and reduce intensity whilst ‘climbing’). The purpose of allowing a reduction of intensity on the ‘hills’ was to ensure that participants, upon returning to the ‘flat’, were able to ‘push the pace’ as soon as possible. Whilst participants could ‘back off’ on the hills, they would be instructed to avoid a very slow cadence (i.e., a cadence used for a rest period).
Whilst switching the focus (e.g., ‘push the pace’ on the ‘hills’ and ‘backing off’ on the on the ‘flat’) provided some further variety for my continuous sessions, I did try to introduce some other aspects. For instance, I would inform participants that all ‘small hills’ (moderate to heavy resistance) during the session would be a maximum of 60 seconds, and that as well as ‘pushing the pace’ on the ‘flat’, they should aim to maintain their pace ‘up and over’ these ‘small hills’. An opportunity to ‘back off’ on ‘big hills’ (heavy resistance) was still provided. Participants who took part in other forms of cycling (e.g., road, mountain) often commented that they enjoyed these type of sessions as they felt similar to a ride on the road or trails.
For my next variation, I began to introduce sessions where the resistance remained constant, but the cadence varied throughout the session. A resistance would be selected for the session (e.g., ‘big hill’ or heavy resistance), and participants would have to switch between three cadences. These cadences would be established during the warm-up period, and termed ‘pace 1’ (slowest cadence but at least above cadence used for a rest period), ‘pace 2’ (intermediate cadence), and ‘pace 3’ (fastest cadence). As part of establishing the paces during the warm-up period participants would be informed how long each pace would have to be maintained for, and that changes between paces should be ‘smooth’ (i.e., no big accelerations or decelerations).
An example of part of a session using different paces, each for 3 minutes with heavy resistance, would be: pace 1 > pace 2 > pace 1 > pace 2 > pace 3 > pace 2 > pace 3. Due to the greater effort needed to generate faster cadences against heavier resistances, it is possible that in this instance the cadence for ‘pace 1’ might be quite slow in order to allow increases from this pace during the session. Feedback from this type of session was positive, with participants stating that switching between paces helped them to learn to manage their pace, and that this has had some transfer to the other forms of cycling they took part in.
With regard to cycling position for continuous sessions, I typically allow participants to select their position (e.g., seated or standing – see part II for information about cycling positions), and to switch between them, in order to maintain intensity/pace and be comfortable. However, for ‘flat’ sections I will typically specify a seated position (for safety reasons), with an option to stand at a specified time for comfort. Other than for safety, during continuous sessions I try to provide as much freedom regarding position as possible, so that participants can make decisions in a manner similar to the way they would do when taking part in other forms of cycling.
In summary, I now use a variety of continuous sessions regularly, often alternating between continuous and interval-based sessions with my regular participants. Despite (in my experience) most indoor cycling classes being based around intervals, I have found that participants enjoy continuous sessions, particularly those looking for classes that replicate (to some extent) other forms of cycling. In the final part of this series I will introduce and discuss another approach to indoor cycling that has become a regular part of my schedule – the 2 hour class! | <urn:uuid:0bcea835-5ec1-4719-bdf5-89ba66ea48eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://robertsontrainingandtuition.com/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951643 | 9,611 | 2.796875 | 3 |
What’s Fatty Liver Illness?
Fatty liver illness means you could have additional fats in your liver. You would possibly hear your physician name it hepatic steatosis.
Heavy ingesting makes you extra more likely to get it. Over time, an excessive amount of alcohol results in a buildup of fats inside your liver cells. This makes it tougher to your liver to work.
However you will get fatty liver illness even when you don’t drink lots of alcohol.
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Illness (NAFLD)
There are two various kinds of nonalcoholic fatty liver illness:
Easy fatty liver: This implies you could have fats in your liver, however you might not have any irritation in your liver or harm to your liver cells. It normally doesn’t worsen or trigger issues along with your liver. Most individuals with NAFLD have easy fatty liver.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): That is way more critical than a easy fatty liver. NASH means you could have irritation in your liver. The irritation and liver cell harm that occur with NASH may cause critical issues similar to fibrosis and cirrhosis, that are forms of liver scarring, and liver most cancers. About 20% of individuals with NAFLD have NASH.
Alcohol-Associated Fatty Liver Illness (ALD)
Alcoholic fatty liver illness is preventable. It normally will get higher while you cease ingesting alcohol. In the event you preserve ingesting, ALD may cause critical issues. These embody:
- Enlarged liver. It doesn’t all the time trigger signs, however you might have ache or discomfort on the higher proper aspect of your stomach.
- Alcoholic hepatitis. That is swelling within the liver that may trigger fever, nausea, vomiting, stomach ache, and jaundice (yellowish pores and skin and eyes).
- Alcoholic cirrhosis. This can be a buildup of scar tissue in your liver. It may possibly trigger the identical signs as alcoholic hepatitis plus:
Alcohol-related fatty liver illness normally comes first. It may possibly then worsen and grow to be alcoholic hepatitis. Over time, it might flip into alcoholic cirrhosis.
In the event you drink closely, discuss along with your physician. It’s confidential, and so they might help you get your ingesting beneath management to avoid wasting your well being.
Signs of Fatty Liver Illness
With ALD and NAFLD, there are normally no signs. Some folks might have indicators similar to tiredness or ache within the higher proper aspect of the stomach the place your liver is.
In case you have NASH or get cirrhosis, you might have signs similar to:
- Swollen stomach
- Enlarged blood vessels beneath your pores and skin
- Bigger-than-normal breasts in males
- Pink palms
- Pores and skin and eyes that seem yellowish, as a consequence of a situation referred to as jaundice
Causes and Threat Components
For ALD, the trigger is an excessive amount of alcohol. You could be much more more likely to get it when you drink so much and
- Are overweight
- Are malnourished
- Have power viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis C
- Have genes that make you extra more likely to get it
- Are an African-American or Hispanic male
- Age — the older you might be, the extra doubtless it turns into.
The rationale why some folks with NAFLD have easy fatty liver and others get NASH isn’t recognized. Genes could also be a motive. NAFLD or NASH is extra doubtless if:
There are additionally some much less widespread explanation why you might get NAFLD or NASH. They embody:
As a result of most individuals don’t have signs, these circumstances aren’t straightforward to diagnose.
Your physician might use totally different strategies to search out out in case you have fatty liver illness. A number of the issues your physician might use to diagnose fatty liver illness are:
- Well being historical past. Your physician will ask about your alcohol use. This info might help your physician inform in case you have ALD or NAFLD, so be truthful. They’ll additionally ask about drugs you’re taking, the way you eat, and different well being circumstances you might need.
- Bodily examination. Your physician weighs you and checks your physique for indicators of liver issues similar to an enlarged liver or jaundice.
- Blood checks. These can present in case you have excessive ranges of liver enzymes similar to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). In that case, there might be an issue along with your liver.
- Imaging checks. You could get an ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT) scans, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These checks might help present if there’s any fats in your liver. However they will’t inform whether or not you could have easy fatty liver or NASH
- Liver biopsy. Not everybody with NAFLD must have a liver biopsy. Your physician might suggest it when you’re in danger for NASH or if different checks present that you might have NASH issues similar to cirrhosis. A health care provider removes a pattern of tissue out of your liver and sends it to a lab to see in case you have liver irritation or harm. You’ll get this accomplished at a hospital or outpatient surgical procedure middle. Earlier than the process, you’ll get medication that can assist you loosen up or management ache. For the biopsy, your physician numbs the realm and makes use of a particular needle to take a small piece of tissue out of your liver. A liver biopsy is the one means for medical doctors to diagnose NASH.
Therapy for Fatty Liver Illness
There aren’t any drugs authorised for NAFLD, although some are in scientific trials.
Often the primary line of remedy is to drop extra pounds. It helps scale back fats, irritation, and scarring in your liver. Shedding simply 3% to five% of your physique weight can reduce down on how a lot fats is in your liver. Weight reduction surgical procedure can be an possibility in case you have so much to lose.
You’ll additionally have to stop ingesting. It’s the one means you may preserve liver harm from getting worse. You could even be capable of undo among the liver harm that’s already occurred. Speak to your physician about how one can get assist. You could want a medically supervised detox program to securely stop ingesting and handle withdrawal signs.
In case you have issues as a consequence of NASH, similar to cirrhosis or liver failure, you might have to have a liver transplant. Normally, folks with NASH who get a liver transplant do very properly.
Self-Look after Fatty Liver Illness
Life-style adjustments might help:
- Train extra. Attempt to be lively no less than half-hour a day most days of the week. In the event you’re making an attempt to drop extra pounds, you would possibly discover that it helps to train extra. However when you do not already train usually, get your physician’s OK first and begin slowly.
- Be form to your liver. Don’t do issues that can make it work tougher. Skip alcohol. Take drugs and over-the-counter medicine solely as instructed. Speak to your physician earlier than you strive any natural cures. Simply because a product is pure, that doesn’t imply it’s secure.
- Get your ldl cholesterol down. Eat a wholesome plant-based weight loss program, train, and take your drugs. This can get — and preserve — your ldl cholesterol and your triglyceride ranges the place they have to be
- Handle your diabetes.Examine your blood sugar, and take drugs as your physician prescribes.
Problems of Fatty Liver Illness
The primary complication for all these circumstances is cirrhosis, or scarring of your liver. As your liver tries to cease the irritation that comes with these circumstances, it creates areas of scars. As irritation spreads, so do the scars, and ultimately, your liver can’t do its job. That may end up in:
- Fluid buildup in your stomach
- Swollen veins in your esophagus that may burst and bleed
- Confusion and drowsiness
- Liver most cancers
- Liver failure
Can You Stop Fatty Liver Illness?
To forestall ALD:
- Drink sparsely: That’s one drink a day for men and women over 65 and as much as two for males 65 and youthful.
- Shield your self from hepatitis C: This viral liver an infection could make you extra more likely to get cirrhosis when you drink.
- Examine earlier than you combine meds and alcohol: Ask your physician if it’s OK to drink alcohol with the prescription drugs you’re taking. Learn the warning label on over-the-counter meds. Don’t drink while you’re taking merchandise like acetaminophen, which might harm your liver when mixed with alcohol.
For NAFLD and NASH, It boils down to creating higher selections:
- Eat wholesome meals. Select a plant-based weight loss program with numerous fruits, greens, complete grains, and wholesome fat.
- Keep at a wholesome weight. Reduce weight if it is advisable to. In case your weight is wholesome, work to keep up it by selecting a nutritious diet and exercising.
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China slams US irresponsible remarks over South China Sea
“The United States itself is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks on the issue of South China Sea,” Dai Bing, charge d’affaires of China’s permanent mission to the United Nations, told the Security Council meeting on maritime security.
“I also wish to point out that the Security Council is not the right place to discuss the issue of the South China Sea. The United States just mentioned the South China Sea issue, and China firmly opposes this act,” said Dai, Xinhua news agency reported.
“At present, with the joint efforts of China and ASEAN countries, the situation in the South China Sea remains generally stable. All countries enjoy freedom of navigation and overflight in accordance with international law. China and ASEAN countries are committed to fully and effectively implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea and strive to reach the code of conduct in the South China Sea at an early date,” said the envoy, adding that “we are determined and able to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.”
The ambassador noted that the United States has been stirring up trouble out of nothing, arbitrarily sending advanced military vessels and aircraft into the South China Sea as provocations and publicly trying to drive a wedge into regional countries, especially countries concerned.
“This country itself has become the biggest threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea,” he said.
“The US itself does not join UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), but considers itself a judge of the convention, pointing fingers at other countries and interfere arbitrarily. It has no credibility on maritime issues,” said Dai.
“The US hype in the Security Council is entirely politically motivated. The South China Sea arbitrary tribunal violated the principle of state consent and tried ultra vires. There were obvious errors in the determination of facts and application of the law and its award was invalid and without any binding force,” the envoy pointed out.
The Security Council on Monday held a videoconference open debate on maritime security. The meeting, which is one of India’s signature events during its August presidency, was chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | <urn:uuid:c20c1e2f-5072-4e14-a860-5a24a23c4c1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kodkey.com/news-uk/china-slams-us-irresponsible-remarks-over-south-china-sea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946064 | 471 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Monday / September 27, 2021 / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Now the third tallest building in the Chicago skyline, the design for St. Regis Chicago (Vista) asks the question: What if skyscrapers can be porous connectors, rather than barriers, for the public realm? Juliane Wolf, Design Principal and Partner at Studio Gang, will discuss how the project prioritizes creating new ground plane connections, as well as environmental performance and creating community for its residents. Working in close collaboration with the building’s team of architects and engineers, she will describe the innovative structural system that enables the building’s central volume to be lifted from the ground plane, creating a new essential pedestrian connection between the Chicago Riverwalk and the nearby community park’s outdoor recreational facilities. She will also discuss the tower’s unique geometry, which is comprised of 12-story truncated pyramids called frustrums that produce a tall building with eight corners rather than the traditional four – a strategy which provides inhabitants with daylight and fresh air from multiple orientations, while also allocating green space atop the building’s various heights. Finally, she will discuss the bespoke glass, which reinforces the tower’s flowing appearance while also optimizing solar performance across variations in floorplate size. | <urn:uuid:357c3e7e-21e1-441b-9012-1ae504f25ad2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aiachicago.org/events/the-st-regis-chicago-the-supertall-tower-as-a-public-gateway/awards/dea2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937121 | 264 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Minimum Age to Work in SD
South Dakota (SD) Quick Reference Table
|Age||Summary of Requirements|
|14-15||May work a total of three hours a day and 18 hours a week between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm|
|16-17||Unable to work in hazardous occupations.|
|18-20||Must be 18 to work in establishments that sell or serve alcohol for consumption|
|21||Able to serve alcohol for consumption. No restrictions.|
South Dakota Child Labor Laws
The codified laws of the South Dakota Legislature explicitly define the rules for employing minors in the state. Employers should possess extensive knowledge of applicable laws before hiring juveniles so as to protect the business and the minor from harm. Workers also benefit from knowing pertinent rights and procedures. The Department of Labor and Regulation, or DLR, stands as the principal agency regulating work laws in the state.
At What Age Can a Child Work in South Dakota?
Generally, individuals in South Dakota gain the privilege to work at the age of 14. The DLR lists recommended jobs for 14 and 15 year olds, including office work, grocery and retail associate positions, restaurant staff, and movie theater occupations. Children younger than fourteen may still babysit, deliver newspapers, and work in television, film, radio and theatrical productions. Once a minor turns 16, work becomes accessible without state restrictions, though federal laws related to dangerous occupations still apply. During the school year, these teens can get the proper application forms for starting jobs through their guidance counselor. However, those looking for seasonal work may need to acquire the paperwork on their own. See the following information to learn how to get a work permit in the summer.
Do you need a work permit during summer?
The state of South Dakota allows minors to join the work force without a work permit during the school year and in the summer.
Where can I get a work permit besides school?
Government-issued documents such as driver’s licenses and birth certificates serve as a work permit for underage workers.
How do I get a work permit during summer?
- After getting an offer for a job, minors may present their proof of age document to their employer.
- The teen’s new boss will keep a copy of their paperwork on record for the duration of the minor’s employment.
What Hours Can a Minor Work in South Dakota?
Regulations on work hours exist to prevent jobs from interfering with the education of minors. School hours stand defined by South Dakota laws as any day or week when academic classes remain in session and administrative officials expect minors to attend. Minors under 16 may not labor after 10:00pm on school nights, while youth citizens under the age of 14 may not work past 7:00pm. Children under fourteen may also never work during school hours.
Workers under 16 years of age face further limitations on labor hours. During school weeks, teens may work for three hours daily and up to 18 hours per week. Non-academic periods allow juveniles to work eight hours in one day and up to 40 hours per week. When discrepancies exist between state and federal law, workers and employers must abide by the stricter of the two standards.
Occupations for South Dakota Minors
State provisions on restricted jobs in South Dakota exist to prevent minors from working in vocations deemed threatening to youth well-being, safety, and ethics. Restrictions remain largely comprised of dangerous professions with daily risks and difficulties. The following occupations stand forbidden to juveniles by the regulations of federal and state law:
- Mining, Including Coal
- Slaughtering/Meat Packing
- Work in Sawmills/Logging
- Manufacturing Brick/Tile Products
- Work with Power-driven Machinery
- Exposure to Radioactive Substances
- Work with Explosives
Several exceptions apply to labor laws on restricted work in South Dakota. Agricultural occupations become accessible to exempt minors in possession of certificates from relevant state or federal agencies and after the completion of safety courses. Specific provisions also allow minors to aid in the detasseling of hybrid seed corn during harvest season. Youth 14 years of age and older may pump and dispense gasoline, oil, and diesel fuel at service stations. Juveniles employed by parents stand excluded from employment prohibition laws, as well.
In some cases, minors may obtain otherwise inaccessible jobs whether the restrictions stand based on age, hours, or danger. The DLR investigates familial financial backgrounds and decides if the work of the minor persists as necessary for the continued financial stability of the family unit. If the DLR resolves labor stands compulsory, the department issues support permits to allow minors to gain employment. The permit regulates the hours and particular jobs minors may work in each situation.
Information for Employers
Employers in the Mount Rushmore State must keep work records for all employed minors continually available. Inspections may occur without notice and at any time. Cleanliness and sanitation of work areas, along with separate-sex restrooms and non-discriminatory policies, comprise legal requirements for business owners hiring underage laborers. Enforcement of child labor laws remains the duty of the South Dakota DLR.
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Welcome to the Year Three website. On this website, we will be sharing examples of our children's work. This page is a workshop containing examples of learning in action. The work will not be the children's 'final draft’.
Monday, 4 April 2022
3CD Ancient Egypt
The children in 3CD ended their topic on Ancient Egypt by creating a fact book. Click here to have a read! | <urn:uuid:875f6035-6b32-412d-8811-2f53ab283a3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://cjsy3.blogspot.com/2022/04/3cd-ancient-egypt_4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.93499 | 84 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Madlen Kobi, Switzerland/Xinjang
Dr. Madlen Kobi is a social anthropologist working at the Academy of Architecture of the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland. As part of the project “The City as Indoors: Architecture and Urban Climates” (http://www.roesler.arc.usi.ch), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, she is currently investigating the relations between architecture, socio-technical knowledge, and everyday climate-related practices in residential spaces in Chongqing, China. From 2010 to 2017, Madlen Kobi conducted research on urban spaces in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (PR China) with a special focus on ethnic diversity.
She is single author of „Constructing, Creating and Contesting Cityscapes. A Socio-Anthropological Approach to Urban Transformation in Southern Xinjiang, P.R. China“ (Harrassowitz, 2016) and co-editor of “The Open Cut – Mining, Transnational Corporations, and Local Populations” (LIT, 2016), “The Urban Microclimate as Artifact. Towards an Architectural Theory of Thermal Diversity” (Birkhäuser, 2018) and “Architecture and/as Infrastructure” (Roadsides, 2020). Her articles have been published
among others in The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Social Anthropology, TSANTSA, Inner Asia, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Architecture Beyond Europe and Central Asian Survey.
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(For a short introduction to Philo, his family and their connections with Rome, as well as to the events of 38 CE and the embassy to Rome, see Philo, On the Embassy to Gaius 8-10.)
This passage is an extract of king Agrippa I’s letter to Caligula, in which he tries to convince the emperor to renounce his project to have a statue of himself set up in the Jerusalem temple. At least, this is how Philo imagines that Agrippa spoke to his friend Gaius. The letter reflects Philo’s views as documented in other passages of his work, and must be considered an expression of Philo’s ideas rather than a genuine document written by Agrippa. Therefore I refer to Agrippa as the character to whom the speech is attributed, but not as the author.
After a short introduction in which Agrippa explains why he addresses the emperor in writing (§276), and stresses that all human beings tend to be attached to their ancestral customs (§277), he reminds the emperor that he (Agrippa) is a Jew by birth (γεγέννημαι… Ἰουδαῖος / gegennēmai… Ioudaios), whose homeland is Jerusalem, the city of the Temple of the Most High God (theos hypsistos) (§278). Then he proceeds to defend his people (ethnos) (§§279-280), his homeland (patris)—which is in fact the city of Jerusalem—(§§281-289), and the Temple (hieron) (§§290-322). In the long section that deals with the Temple (not quoted here), Agrippa reminds Gaius of the benefactions of his predecessors toward the Jews’ sanctuary. Here I will focus on the defense of the people and the city.
Agrippa presents himself as a member of the ethnos of the Ioudaioi. Because his paternal grand-mother was Mariamme, grand-daughter of Hyrcanus II, he was of Hasmonean descent. Yet three of his grand-parents were in fact Idumean: on the paternal side his grand-father was Herod the Great, whereas on the maternal side he was the grand-son of Costobarus and Salome, Herod’s sister (Josephus, Jewish Antiquities XV.253-254; XVI.11; XVIII.133; Smallwood, Philonis Alexandrini Legatio, p. 292-293). According to Josephus, the Idumeans had become Judeans under Hyrcanus I, at the end of the second century BCE, adopting the laws and the way of life of the Judeans (A.J. XIII.257-258). However, some sources tend to indicate that because of their lineage, Herod and his descendants were not considered fully Jewish (Josephus, Jewish Antiquities XIV.403; Mishnah, Sotah 7.8; Schwartz, Agrippa I, p. 159-163). This is not Philo’s perspective, a conclusion that is not surprising considering Philo’s positive view of proselytes and his disregard for genealogical issues (see further Philo, On the Special Laws I.51-52).
Agrippa’s first point is the defense of the Jewish people, whom he characterizes as extremely pious and loyal to the imperial house (§279). Philo uses the superlatives εὐσεβέστατα / eusebestata and ὁσιώτατα / hosiōtata to refer to the attitude of the Jews toward the Julio-Claudians. Both terms have a religious connotation, but as André Pelletier recalls, the adverb hosiōs could also signify integrity in carrying out one’s duties (hence the idea of loyalty) (Pelletier, Legatio, p. 261, n. 5). In this passage, eusebeia (piety) toward the emperor must be understood not as a reference to the imperial cult, but rather in accordance with the meaning of pietas in Latin—the meticulous observance of the religious rites and compliance with the duties toward the gods, but also toward one’s family, patria, and the emperor. The Jews’ piety consisted in honorary dedications of buildings, as well as prayers and sacrifices for the welfare of the imperial house, rather than to the emperors themselves. Philo asserts that the Jews were no less zealous than other peoples in their piety; using the pair “Asia and Europe” to designate the whole world (see also §288), he claim that no one ever surpassed the Jews in their demonstrations of piety toward the emperor (§280).
His main argument consists in stressing that while other peoples offer sacrifices to the emperor on specific days and special occasions, the priests in the Jerusalem Temple offer sacrifices for the emperor on a daily basis. Similar arguments are found under the pen of Josephus. When he refers to Caligula’s project to erect a statue of himself in the Jerusalem Temple, and to Petronius’ efforts to convince the Jews to accept the imperial will, Josephus writes that the Jews replied: “We offer sacrifices twice every day for Caesar and the Roman people” (B.J. II.197), which in their eyes was sufficient evidence of their reverence and loyalty. In connection with the events under Gaius, and Apion’s slanders against the Jews, Josephus further states in Against Apion: “We offer on their behalf [on behalf of the emperors and the Roman people] perpetual sacrifices, and not only do we conduct such rites every day at the common expense of all Judeans, but we perform no other sacrifices on a common basis, not even for children; it is only for the emperors that we collectively exhibit this exceptional honor, which we render to no (other) human being” (C.Ap. II.77, translation by John Barclay in Flavius Josephus, Against Apion, p. 210-211). Josephus may have known Philo’s argument, but he develops it further. Unlike Josephus, Philo affirms that it was Augustus who, because of his exceptional piety, funded the daily sacrifices offered in Jerusalem (Legat. 157). From Philo’s perspective, insofar as the Jewish people and the Roman emperors share a correct understanding of piety (i.e., that does not contradict the Mosaic Law), they develop a harmonious relationship.
Agrippa then proceeds to defend the city of Jerusalem, again emphasizing its loyalty toward Gaius, manifest in the fact that it was in this city “that your longed-for accession was first proclaimed” (§288). Agrippa’s main point, however, is to stress the universal dimension of Jerusalem, which is described not only as a holy city (hieropolis) but as a mētropolis, from which numerous colonies (apoikiai) were born. Because of the connections between the mētropolis and its colonies, which are spread all over the world, Gaius’s benefactions to Jerusalem will resonate worldwide, and thus confer universal glory on the emperor (§284; the negative version of this same argument, i.e., that tensions in Jerusalem will provoke tensions all over the world, is found in Legat. 214-216). Philo enumerates different places where Jews have settled, in Europe, Asia and Libya (by which he means North Africa) (§§281-283). A different but comparable list of the Jewish settlements in the Diaspora is found in Acts 2:11, in connection with the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the feast of Shavu‘ot. Yet the Book of Acts points to the different origins of the Jewish pilgrims to emphasize the various languages spoken by Diaspora Jews, whereas Philo wants to highlight the fact that Jewish communities are spread all over the world.
The text speaks about “colonies” (apoikiai) (see also Flacc. 46), but they were in fact Jewish communities established in cities that were not founded by Jews, as in the case of Alexandria. The term and the image were associated with the process of Greek colonization in the Mediterranean (on which see Malkin, Religion and Colonization in ancient Greece). Yet Rome had colonies too, which were sometimes designated by the term apoikia (Carlier, La cité de Moïse, p. 412-413). They could be completely new foundations, but not necessarily so. In the first century CE, for example, the existing cities of Berytus, Ptolemais, and Caesarea (Maritima) received the status of Roman colony (the first two had veterans settled in their midst, while Caesarea was a case of transformation into a Roman colony with no addition of veterans) (see Belayche, Iudaea-Palaestina, p. 71-77). The Jewish apoikiai mentioned by Philo differ from Greek or Roman foundations, because the Jews did not found, nor rule the cities of the Diaspora, even though they sometimes held local magistracies. Philo uses the term metaphorically, maybe to align the Jews with Greek and Roman models. Yet the fact that the Jewish “colonies” all stem from a single mother-city, Jerusalem, brings them closer to the Roman model than to the Greek one (Roman colonies were all related to Rome, they were “Rome in miniature”). Maren Niehoff thus states that Philo “modelled the role of Jerusalem on the position of Rome in the Empire” (Niehoff, Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture, p. 36-37). According to Torrey Seland, who borrows these notions from postcolonial studies, Philo “mimics the Roman Empire in his descriptions of the Jewish settlements by calling them ἀποικία and describing Jerusalem as their μητρόπολις,” and is in fact “writing back from the Empire” (Seland, “‘Colony’ and ‘Metropolis’ in Philo,” p. 28).
Moreover, Philo strongly suggests that true universality lies with the Jews. Although he rhetorically states that he will “say nothing of the regions beyond the Euphrates” (§282), he does indeed mention that Jewish communities exist in Babylon and in every fertile region of the Parthian empire (see also Legat. 216). At the beginning of the Legatio, he praises the universal dimension of the Roman empire, but simultaneously states that the Euphrates marks the limit of the Roman empire in the east (see Philo, On the Embassy to Gaius 8-10). Jews, however, experience no such limit. They are in a sense more universal than the Romans, who are confined to the boundaries of the empire. In Legat. 281-284, the universal dimension of the Jewish people is mentioned as an argument in favor of Jerusalem, which Gaius should treat with consideration. Yet at the same time, it is possible to read this passage as meaning that Israel’s universality is greater than Rome’s. Philo may also be implicitly suggesting that Rome’s true universality lies with the Jewish people: it is through the Jews, who reside both within the Roman empire and outside it, that Gaius’ glory will become truly universal.
In his defense of Jerusalem, Agrippa underlines that he did not take advantage of his friendship with Caligula to request special favors for Jerusalem, such as tax exemptions, liberty, or grants of citizenship (§287) (on these privileges, see, e.g., Sherk, Roman Documents from the Greek East, p. 193-194). Roman citizenship could be granted by the emperor to individuals found particularly deserving. Communities who had been faithful allies of the Roman people or a given emperor could also receive Roman citizenship collectively—for example, through the status of Roman municipium or colonia—but these grants were much rarer. While not being Roman colonies, some Greek cities benefitted from a special status and were deemed “free,” especially at the jurisdictional level (see Jacques and Scheid, Rome et l’intégration de l’empire, p. 227-230). Finally, all cities, no matter what their exact status was, could benefit from a reduction or exemption of taxes granted to them by the emperor, if he so willed. Cities eagerly looked after such privileges.
Agrippa claims that Gaius granted the right of citizenship to cities which were the native places of his favorites (§285). However, in ancient sources Caligula is not remembered for his generosity in granting citizenship (see Suetonius, Life of Caligula 38.2). By contrast, we know about numerous grants under Julius Caesar and Augustus (see Sherwin-White, The Roman Citizenship, p. 225-236), and later under Claudius (for example to the Adauni, Tulliasses and Sunduni, three Alpine tribes; see CIL V, 5050, and Sherk, The Roman Empire, p. 94-96; Claudius is also famous for having opened the Senate to prominent citizens from Gallia Comata; see CIL XIII, 1668 (“Lyon Tablet”), Tacitus, Annals XI.23-24, and Seneca’s hostile reaction to such policy in Apocolocyntosis III). However, considering the date of the redaction of the Legatio, it is doubtful that Philo could have had Claudius’ policy in mind. In any case, Agrippa’s assertion mainly has a rhetorical function: it is meant to highlight his restraint and disinterested loyalty. As a matter of fact, a collective grant of Roman citizenship to Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not have been welcome by the population. That it would have been perceived as the imposition of foreign laws seems more likely.
Keywords in the original language:
- θεός ὕψιστος
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It may seem like a thing of fantasy, but a luxury jewellery startup has created diamonds that are made from thin air.
Aether pulls carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere to make its lab-grown gems, which are physically and chemically identical to those that are mined.
It bills them as carbon-negative diamonds by claiming to extract 20 tonnes of CO2 from the air for every one carat diamond sold.
That is what earned Aether the B Corp Certification as the first and only diamond producer with that title.
Its gems are unlike other lab-grown diamonds because these are produced from petrochemicals like methane.
Aether is now planning to use $18 million (£13.75 million) in funding to ramp up the production of its diamonds, including a wholesale program which has just launched.
'I became instantly fascinated when I heard about this new direct-capture technology developed by a company in Switzerland that strips harmful CO2 out of the atmosphere,' Ryan Shearman told Forbes.
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Arthropodium candidum ‘Purpureum’
DWARF PURPLE ROCK LILY
This is a miniature, and very colourful version, of the tough old New Zealand Rock Lily. Or you may also know it as Renga Renga Lily.
Whatever you call it, Dwarf Purple Rock Lily can’t be beaten for toughness, and especially in difficult shaded and dry positions.
So Arthropodium candidum ‘Purpureum’ is a little treasure from across the ditch in New Zealand.
White stars above a carpet of purple
Sprays of white stars float above the foliage in spring and summer, on wiry 30cm. stems.
And they show so well against the dark purple-brown foliage, which forms a dense mat, hugging the ground.
Fine pink splashes highlight the foliage.
Making Arthropodium candidum ‘Purpureum’ a very attractive and different little Rock Lily indeed
Easy to grow ground-cover in shade
Dwarf Purple Rock Lily is very easy to grow in either full or partial shade. Though it will take more sun in cooler districts.
So it makes an ideal petite groundcover for a small garden, or pretty feature container in a shaded place.
Because it is hardy in frost, and poorer rocky soil, you never have trouble finding a spot for it.
Growing: Arthropodium candidum ‘Purpureum’
DWARF PURPLE ROCK LILY
– Height with flowers: A flock of white stars on wiry stems to 30cm. approx.
– Width: Forms a carpet of foliage to a diameter of 30cm – 40cm approx.
– Position: Partial shade, deep shade, and woodland conditions are its natural habitat, but it can tolerate more sun in cooler districts. It is certainly tolerant of dry periods once established in the shade. .
– Soil: Adapts to a wide range of soils, but especially enjoys less fertile, rocky or gravel soils. And it is not particularly fussy about soil pH, as it is able to adapt to either acid or alkaline (lime) soil types.
– Frost: Frost hardy, and will become deciduous and dormant in winter in very cold areas..
– Growth: Deciduous perennial and a very hardy ground-cover.
Easy care & loved by wildlife
– Beneficial to wildlife: Good source of pollen and nectar for bees over a long spring and summer blooming period .
– Care: Very low maintenance.
– Deer & Rabbit resistant: Not attractive to rabbits and deer.
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Aliens are a popular subject today, more popular than perhaps at any other time in history. Whether it is seeing alien craft or being kidnapped and experimented upon, mmmmm anal probes, they are all around in popular culture. Aliens are on TV, in movies and even on pop music. They're here, they're there, and they're everywhere!
It was 1947 when Kenneth Arnold was flying around Mt. Rainier, Washington when he thought he saw something. Looking again he saw what he described as a flying saucer. It was then that the term entered the public lexicon. The fact that what Arnold had seen was not saucer shaped didn't matter, that's the term he used. Since that time aliens in their flying ships have been everywhere.
What we fail to remember is that flying vehicles have been with us throughout the centuries. Apparently, there are many references in the Bible to UFOs. Perhaps the one that most people would be familiar with but don't think of as being a UFO would be the Ezekiel's wheel. According to UFO experts, the burning bush is another example as are Elijah's and Elisha's Whirlwinds and Chariots of Fire. There are many other examples but some truly stretch the imagination but that is the claim.
There are many rock paintings that are centuries old that appear to depict UFOs. Historians tend to think that the animals painted by these prehistoric humans are the animals that prehistoric folk were familiar with and saw all the time even if they are somewhat stylized. So with that in mind, UFOlogists tend to believe that when the ancients have drawn flying vehicles on their caves well, they must have seen them. It's not just cave paintings of UFOs but there are also apparently paintings of the aliens themselves. Of course scientific types claim there must be a different explanation for those pictures.
That's not the end of it. There are a number of UFOs depicted on various paintings and tapestries that have been created over the ages. One that you can view for yourself is called, "The Madonna with Saint Giovannino". But there are a good number more from the 14th to the 17th centuries. Giving URLs is not the mandate of this author but in this case an exception will be made. Xfacts.com/old/index.html has a boat load of paintings that depict UFOs. Some of them are quite revealing and interesting.
There have been reports throughout all of recorded history not just the time periods mentioned above. The Romans and Greeks have reported UFOs above their skies. The issue for modern day readers is that they would use different language to describe things than we do today; they would use language that they knew not language that we are familiar with. For example they might use the term "Chariot in the sky" to describe a UFO because of their limited experience compared to us.
So if you have ever thought that UFOs are a recent addition to the world then you need to rethink some of your ideas. It would appear that strange flying craft and the beings inside them have been with us throughout the history of the world. Some theorists suggest that not only have they been here forever but they helped ancient society advance and that we are even alien-human hybrids. But that's an article for another time. | <urn:uuid:119ddca7-ad38-4b86-9770-805f351a5525> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sciences360.com/index.php/reflections-on-the-existence-of-ufos-3-23752/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.984244 | 667 | 2.03125 | 2 |
PITCH, a model for gender-sensitive intergration strategies based on Personalised, partIcipaTory, loCal, and multi-stakeHolder approaches, is a 36-months project co-funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. UBC is a project partner.
PITCH is a 36-month project, aimed at establishing a common European ground to support the design and implementation of local integration strategies addressed to migrant women, based on a personalised, participatory, and multi-stakeholder approach. The project will do so by co-designing a model, translating it into 7 local strategies, and pilot-testing it with migrant women in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Cyprus, Lithuania, and Sweden. This will lead to:
- Enhanced socio-economic integration of migrant women and increased interaction between them and the host society
- A newly developed model for integration strategies adaptable to the specificities of different local contexts
- Sustainable collaborations and increased readiness of organisations, institutions, and relevant stakeholders to tackle integration issues in the future.
Objectives and expected results
PITCH aims to establish a common European ground to support the design and implementation of local integration strategies specifically targeted to women, based on a personalised, participatory, and multi-stakeholder approach, in line with the topic: Developing and implementing local integration strategies through multi-stakeholder partnerships. The project will do so by co-designing a model, translating it into 7 local strategies, and pilot-testing it with migrant women. Being the result of a co-design process involving institutions with diversified experience and from different countries, the PITCH model will provide a flexible example for the development of integration strategies able to fit the specificities of different local contexts.
In the long term, the adoption of the model is expected to contribute to a better socio-economic integration of migrant women in the involved countries: by offering personalised roadmaps to integration combining upskilling, awareness-raising and social activities tailored to each woman’s specific needs, and addressing different aspects of the integration process, women’s autonomy, awareness of existing services, and access to the labour market will be enhanced. Through social activities, migrant women will be offered a safe space to interact with the local community, thus strengthening their sense of belonging to the host society, and bringing a cascade effect on other migrant women, not directly involved in the project. The multi-stakeholder project’s partnership, including organisations, research centres and municipalities, will ease the sustainability of the local strategies and the mainstreaming of the model among relevant policy makers, and local stakeholders involved in integration processes. The transnational peer-learning and exchange of practices between organisations and municipalities will allow to share new ideas on how to tackle integration issues, inspiring future strategies in the involved countries and beyond.
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WHAT WE DO
Animal Care in Egypt (ACE) is a charity dedicated to helping stop the suffering of thousands of animals in the poorest communities of Luxor by providing free veterinary care and education.
More about what we do:
OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Children come to the hospital and learn in the classroom but also get shown around the stables and get to see first-hand how we help animals and it is explained how to prevent their animal from suffering the same fate as those they see hospitalised.
We often see animals that are badly treated or left too long with their injury before seeing us. The owners frequently protest that they didn’t realise or that it doesn’t matter – it can’t feel it.
VOLUNTEER WITH US
We welcome vets, vet nurses and students. If you would like to volunteer for ACE, we provide accommodation onsite for overseas visitors. | <urn:uuid:c8276ac7-27a0-40bb-9245-61e433751eb2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ace-egypt.org.uk/home/Contact-Us | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958042 | 187 | 1.640625 | 2 |
“Wash your hands before eating!”, “Don’t drink unfiltered water!”, “Wash fruits and vegetables before eating!” – These rules of personal hygiene have been familiar to us since childhood. Why are they so important? The answer is simple – unnoticed, a person can become infected with worms, which are very difficult to eliminate. In total, about 100 types of helminths are known to have a negative effect on the digestive tract.
The following types of intestinal worms can be found in the human body:
- Limbs, pinworms, hookworms, razor worms, guinea worms, etc.
- Giardia lamblia
- Blastocystis hominis
- Cryptosporidium and other types.
There are many microorganisms in our body. They often do the cleaning work. What if there are too many parasites? Waste in their lives can lead to complete intoxication of the body and can cause disease. This can often be seen in many symptoms. Normal fatigue becomes chronic, and the immune system and gastrointestinal tract deteriorate.
This is the first signal that should alarm you. Most options are based on folk remedies or conventional medicines. Unfortunately, neither one nor the other will be effective. The best solution is Germitox. Its action is based on the destruction of parasites and the complex cleansing of the body of the waste of their life.
Opinions – doctors’ opinion about Germitox
The treatment has been subjected to over 30 studies. The results showed that the drug is suitable for everyone. Following the study, 99% of participants had positive results , namely:
- ascaris expulsion, hookworm, Giardia;
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- restoration of natural metabolic processes;
- reducing the risk of allergic reactions and injuries.
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Leaflet – contraindications, unique composition
Germitox are tablets that effectively cleanse the body of parasites and eggs . It takes care of your body’s health and protects it from various bacteria. This special complex will improve your overall pace of life. You should be especially careful during the summer months, as parasites sometimes grow and multiply faster in warm environments.
You can even take Germitox tablets as a precautionary measure. When it comes to cleansing your body of parasites, the first thing that should come to your mind should be the destruction of intestinal worms. But just thinking about it, nothing will happen. The body will remain with its parasites.
Germitox is an absolutely natural remedy that does not harm the body and does not cause side effects. The principle of action is to make a total cleansing of the body of all residues of parasites and thus their elimination. Frequent colds, sore throats, nasal congestion and other flu can have harmful effects on the body and its protective forces.
In this way the body weakens and can not cope with more serious diseases. Some of the most common symptoms associated with parasite infection are uncontrollable craving for sweets, depression, anxiety, anemia and iron deficiency, bleeding gums, headaches, loss of appetite, sexual dysfunction, joint problems, breathing problems. . If several of these symptoms coincide, consult a physician and perform the necessary tests.
In addition, with Germitox, you can naturally treat this problem. Of course there are several remedies that eliminate parasites , but none have shown an all-encompassing effectiveness and the most important thing is to get rid of their residual products. Fortunately, the active components of the drug fight all types of parasites and eliminate their eggs and larvae. This helps prevent the body from re-intoxicating.
- Sumaha fruit juice . It actively fights parasites and their eggs, also normalizes the microflora and improves the general condition of the body.
- Firula Djungarian . It cleanses the whole body and even the blood of harmful substances and parasitic waste
- Bear iron . The best remedy for all types of parasites, the component also actively updates the immune system and eradicates infections and bacteria.
- Complex of 20 vitamins and minerals . It restores the body and stimulates the regeneration processes.
- Black garlic . It has long been known to have antibacterial properties. It is recognized as a natural antibiotic. Black garlic has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system and intestinal flora.
- Algae . They have a high calcium content. Promotes metabolism, stimulates good intestinal bacteria. The body is cleansed of toxins, parasites and bacteria.
- Cinnamon . It has a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Eliminates problems such as weight, bloating, constipation and helps reduce weight. Helps with colds and stuffy nose, stimulates brain activity.
- Necktie : A plant that has a total beneficial effect on the human body. Helps prevent parasites and various bacteria.
- Completely cleanses the body of parasites, larvae and their eggs;
- Contributes to the normal activity and functionality of the digestive system;
- Protects the liver and reduces inflammation caused by bacteria.
Way of ussage
Germitox is taken twice a day , 1 capsule about half an hour before meals. You can use the medicine in the morning and in the evening or as you wish. The treatment must be followed for 1 month.
Forum – real user reviews
Germitox, although a new product, has a lot of fans. And these are the people who leave their comments on the forum, about the Germitox effect they experienced. The positive qualities of the product are discussed on several forums, as well as on the manufacturer’s website.
In their opinions, comments and reviews, consumers say that the effect of the product is far beyond their expectations and they have freed their body and intestinal tract from parasites.
Pharmacies – find out how to buy it in United States
The product is not found in pharmacies and as such cannot be bought from there. However, you can purchase it from the authorized distributor’s website , if you fill in the online form with your name and telephone number. You will then be called by a consultant to confirm the order and provide the delivery address of the product. You will soon be in possession of the product. | <urn:uuid:eb003808-6835-4289-b918-4f59ebdf4be6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nathanhalearts.org/the-truth-about-germitox-opinions-price-pharmacies-forum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943752 | 1,396 | 2.59375 | 3 |
In 2014, about 82,000 British teachers were working in English-medium international schools throughout the world. This represents about 21.9% of the 457,300 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers currently working in schools across the country. The figure grew to 100,000 by the end of 2015 despite the critical shortage of teaching professionals in UK.
In light of this, the obvious question must be asked: why do teachers choose to travel and work abroad? What is the appeal of teaching overseas compared to domestically?
For starters, teaching abroad offers the opportunity to travel the world and experience different cultures and lifestyles. For many, the years spent teaching abroad will prove to be a greatly satisfying experience as they learn to adapt to another culture and learn to live alone – without the support of family and friends -, which will ultimately help them to grow into more well-rounded individuals.
Monetary appeal is also a strong factor. Teachers are usually compensated at an equal or higher wages than what they could potential draw in the UK. The lower cost of living (because let’s face it, UK has a very expensive cost of living) also offers the chance to save substantially. Moreover, many international schools, especially in less attractive locations, offer foreign teachers free accommodation, along with other fringe benefits.
However, it is not always a bed of roses. Teaching abroad brings its own set of challenges. Teachers will have to adapt to the local cuisine (which could be insurmountable to a few) and customs (including dress code and social interaction), even as they struggle to learn the language. Jobs can also be a little unstable during economic uncertainties – foreign teachers are usually the first ones to go when enrolments drop. In addition, political unrest and high crime rates are cause for concern in some countries. Many Britons take for granted the country’s extremely safe political and social atmosphere – until they start traveling and working overseas.
Qualifications to teach abroad vary by countries. However, as a general rule, there are three common criteria which most foreign schools look for.
So, if you’re dreaming about spending a couple of years near the ancient pyramids of Egypt, commuting to work on the bustling streets of Hong Kong, or taking a weekly hike in Sweden’s serene pastoral landscapes, then read on. We’ve got a ton of information to get you started. | <urn:uuid:ae766e72-8378-43b4-a08e-56b06358f0a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.byteachers.org.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.966963 | 487 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Can a human body live without blood? Unfortunately, in this 21st century, no alternative is found of human blood even after medical advancement is much advanced. Similarly, the car battery is considered the car’s lifeblood, and no effective alternative has been invented so far.
A car battery is assisting your car engine in starting and providing power to all other electrical components of your car.
So, proper maintenance is mandatory for your car battery. For this, you have to know how often should you replace your car battery.
This write-up shares the facts about car batteries and lets you determine the car battery replacement time.
Let’s read intently.
How Long Do Car Batteries Last?
After replacing your car battery, the lifespan of it depends on 2 questions. How long can it hold its charge, and how much time it requires to get recharged?
If the battery can’t be recharged, be sure it is dead.
However, you will get a minimum of 6 years of service from your new car battery if you drive your car in an ideal condition like no harsh temperature or severe humidity.
How to Know if Car Batteries Need to be Replaced?
When a car battery starts dying, it will show a few warning signs. Pay attention to the reaction of your vehicle when it starts. This way, you can keep yourself hassle-free in the middle of the road with an inactive car.
Find the below 7 signs which will let you know that your car battery needs replacement.
- Old Battery
- Blotted or Misshaped Battery Case
- Illuminated Check Engine Light
- Slow Engine Crank
- Common Electrical Problems
- Corroded Battery Terminals
- Severe Weather
1# Old Battery
As stated earlier, depending on the driving condition and weather, a new car battery’s lifespan is 3 – 5 years. However, this statement is invalid for electric vehicle batteries.
Do you remember when you last replaced your car battery? Check the manufacturing date available in the case of your car battery. Inspect the battery if it passes 4 years from its manufacturing date.
2# Blotted or Misshaped Battery Case
The lifespan of a battery extremely gets affected by the wild climate. Your car battery will take an unfamiliar shape due to extreme weather.
Swell and crack may happen when your car battery gets exposed to excessive cold or heat too frequently. The acid may come out if leaking happens, and it is a dangerous thing. It would be best if you discarded your battery that is not rectangular.
3# Illuminated Check Engine Light
From your car check engine light, you can know if your vehicle engine is dying. When you see illuminated check engine light, don’t make it late. Firstly, read your vehicle manufacturer manual, and then call a mechanic to inspect if the engine works at its full capacity.
If they find that the battery is showing inefficient performance, replace it without hesitation.
4# Slow Engine Crank
The internal components of a car battery get inefficient and wear out over time. Generally, a vehicle engine should be running promptly. When it doesn’t happen, and you have to wait for a few more seconds for the engine to start, be sure something is wrong with your car battery. A slow start is usually the last breath of a battery before it kicks.
5# Common Electrical Problems
The car battery controls the functionality of different electrical components such as radios, lights of the dashboard, power windows, and wipers in the windshield. Failure in these electrical components’ functionality tells that the battery of your car is on its last breath.
Unfortunately, these electrical problems can become worse compared to an inactive battery. If you face a severe electrical problem, buying or leasing a new car will be mandatory without repairing the problem.
Remember, the more components such as a smartphone charger if you plug into your vehicle, the battery will die faster.
6# Corroded Battery Terminals
If you ask a car owner what the reason for replacing your car battery is? Most of them will answer due to corrosion. When the battery acid leaks out at the connectors, it gets hardened. As a result, connecting points and terminal contact gets hampered. Simultaneously, recharge of the battery using an alternator can’t happen.
You can conveniently locate corrosion in the battery. If you find hardened blue-green powder in the terminal, be sure it happens due to corrosion.
In a few cases, cleaning this powder will increase the lifespan of your battery. Now one question might have popped up in your mind. What to use to clean the corrosion? Use a dry, soft cloth and a toothbrush for corrosion cleaning.
However, buying the best car battery is the best solution at this point.
7# Severe Weather
Car batteries are prone to premature failure when exposed to severe weather.
You will get 35% weaker performance from your car battery at 32° F. But the battery will act like it is performing at 100% efficiency. This way, the battery will become weaker and continuously fail to work at its best. Finally, it flops totally.
When the battery gets frozen completely, “electrical death” happens to your car battery. The truth is, this problem is unrepairable. At this point, you have no other choice except to buy a new battery for your vehicle.
Battery Selection Tips
- Battery Size
- Manufacturing Date
- How Much is The New Car Battery?
- Battery Ampere and Volt
The main responsibility of a car battery is to supply power to the car components. So, while selecting the battery for your car, looking at the below key factors is necessary.
You will find a wide range of vehicle batteries in the market in terms of height, width, and length. You can’t pick any car battery for your car. Considering the battery size is the priority when selecting a vehicle battery.
All batteries will not fit in your vehicle’s battery tray. In order to determine the battery size of your vehicle, read the manufacturer manual or get the old battery number.
You will find a date code on every battery provided by the manufacturer. Some manufacturers use date/month format while others use letter codes for the month.
It is significantly essential to understand the code. You must select the freshest battery always without fail. Avoid buying a vehicle battery that has already passed more than 6 months on the store’s shelf.
How Much is The New Car Battery?
Depending on your vehicle’s manufacturing year, model, and battery manufacturer, a car battery’s price varies.
$80 – $150 is the range of cost of an average battery for a newer car model. The luxury vehicles require premium batteries, and they will cost you a minimum of $200. One notable thing is; installation cost is excluded in this case. A popular mechanic shop will cost you $70 for installation.
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An old car battery requires regular charging using the best battery charger to get optimum performance. Hopefully, from the above discussion, you got the answer to how often should you replace your car battery.
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland – While many jurisdictions have moved forward and focus on COVID-19 booster injections in the fight to end the pandemic, rural western counties are far behind most of the state for the number of residents who received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Meanwhile, the two westernmost counties also have the highest case rates in Maryland, as well as more COVID-19 hospital patients than most other jurisdictions.
“Rural hospitals are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus,” Dr Ted Delbridge, executive director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, said Thursday of areas such as western Maryland where a lower proportion of residents requested vaccination against COVID-19.
“Without a doubt, it is not a coincidence,” he said.
Delbridge was at a press conference with Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader to provide a COVID-19 update.
âOverall, 10% of patients in acute care hospital beds have COVID-19, as do 22% of patients in intensive care units,â Delbridge said. âIn fact, one in four COVID-19 patients in a hospital is in an intensive care unit. “
He also spoke about the mild flu season last year, when disease mitigation practices were in full force.
Now people “are definitely back,” Delbridge said of people who are less likely to wear masks.
“We are already seeing more and more people with an assortment of respiratory illnesses seeking medical attention,” he said.
Medical workers “are just fed up with going over 100% for so long,” Delbridge said. âHospital staffing is a challenge that reduces flexibility to accommodate new increases in patients. “
People should ask themselves, âWhat can I do? ” he said.
âFirst and foremost, if you haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19, please do,â Delbridge said. “This problem will not go away without you.”
In addition, more than a third of people who contract COVID-19 end up with long-term health effects, he said.
âThe vaccines are exceptionally safe and effective,â Delbridge said. “I wouldn’t have bought one myself, or I wouldn’t have made sure my family did if I didn’t believe it.”
Hogan spoke about COVID-19 recall eligibility.
âTo determine your eligibility for a COVID-19 booster, the easiest thing to do is look at your vaccination record,â he said.
“If you received your second dose of Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago, that is on March 30 or earlier, you may be eligible for one of the currently approved categories, which are all people 65 years of age and over, all people 18 years of age and over with underlying health. conditions, and all persons 18 years of age and over whose occupation puts them at increased risk, including first responders, healthcare workers, and transit and grocery store workers, âHogan said.
âIf, like me, your vaccination record shows that you have received a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and are immunocompromised, you are also eligible for a booster,â he said. “However, there is still no endorsement or guidance on Moderna boosters for the general population, although the White House informed us this week that this is expected shortly.”
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Short journey transport box
For moving components within your hospital or transferring to other hospitals
Our short journey boxes are for you to use to move components internally within your hospital (this does not include samples) and to transfer components to other hospitals.
Please print and insert the correct label (for red cells or platelets) into the label pocket (Word 15KB)
The labels provide key instructions when transporting the boxes internally within your hospital. Following these will help ensure components arrive undamaged.
Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
Blue PCMs keep red blood cells at the correct temperature and are equilibrated for 72 hours. Blue PCM (PDF 528KB) safety data sheet.
Green PCMs keep platelets at the correct temperature and are equilibrated for 48 hours. Green PCM (PDF 583KB) safety data sheet.
Four is the maximum number to use; any more than this puts our staff at increased risk of injuries, and our drivers have the right to refuse to collect boxes with too many.
How to use
- When pre-conditioning, air gaps of at least 1.5 cm must be left between each PCM to ensure good air flow and equal preconditioning of each piece
- Using foam during storage helps keep components at the correct temperature and equilibration
- If space is restricted, cut the foam to fit neatly into temperature controlled areas or refrigerators
- Purchase (xls 72KB) foam from the manufacturer
These do not need to be returned to us and you may dispose them.
Transportation time limits and box capacity
If you require an accessible word version of this information email our customer service manager (firstname.lastname@example.org)
This report (PDF 48KB) details the tests peformed to determine the time the containers will hold blood components at the standard storage temperature specification when packed in accordance with our datasheet DAT48 (PDF 493KB).
Boxes are validated between -5°C and +34°C ambient temperature.
How to pack a box for minimum and maximum loads
1 unit red blood cells. Ports folded. 1 stack x 1 unit
6 units red blood cells. Ports folded. 2 stacks x 3 units
1 unit platelets. Laid flat. 1 stack x 1 unit
6 units platelets. Laid flat. 1 stack x 6 units
Check the box for damage before use
Light scratches or surface scuffs will not affect the integrity of the box but holes or broken lids etc. affect thermal performance which can have an adverse effect on components. Please note - boxes should not exposed to extremes of heat or cold while being stored.
Returning damaged boxes
Please label and return to your Hospital Services department for inspection and repair, or removal from the asset register if necessary.
Health and Safety
- If you need to perform a risk assessment refer to this example risk assessment (Word 118KB)
- Example Datix manual handling risk assessment (PDF 2468KB)
- Opening / closing and handling (PDF 328KB)
- Maintenance and cleaning (PDF 94KB)
Please protect yourself when handling a box by making sure you:
- Carry using both handles
- Hold upright
- Handle with care, when empty or full
- Use a trolley when handling more than one box
- Don't throw, and don't stack more than five high
How to prepare a box for transportation
Please take these steps to ensure safe transit:
- Fasten the box with a cable tie - a damaged tie, or no tie, may be a sign of tampering
- Stack several boxes securely
- Cover with a waterproof cover or container in a pannier or box on the back of a motorcycle
- Use a seatbelt if on a car seat
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Who Was Johnny Dumfries, The Modest Marquess With A Necessity For Pace?
Who Was Johnny Dumfries, The Modest Marquess With A Necessity For Pace?
However, rather than spending the household fortune, he tried to make it on his own, not using his name to open doors. Never one to suffer fools gladly, he retained a dry sense of humour – and at all times had a down-to-earth perspective on his career. At the same time, that was the top of an F1 profession for the Scottish aristocrat however his greatest success in racing still needed to come.
Dumfries struggled to ascertain himself however was quietly dropped on the end of the yr. He turned as a substitute to sports activities cars and became a Jaguar driver in 1987, profitable several races together with the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. He finished off his career with the Toyota factory sports car staff in 1989 and 1990. His only season of F1 was in 1986 for Lotus, the place he scored three factors to finish 13th in the championship.
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He got to Lotus in 1990, but their finest days had been long gone, so then it was into sportscars before an F1 revival in 1993. Currently his Triple Eight Race Engineering runs the Vauxhall Vectras within the BTCC, which he himself drove in ’97-‘ninety eight, with a win at Knockhill. Lotus secured a second supply of the Honda engines already utilized by Williams, and a condition of this was to offer the second seat to Satoru Nakajima of Japan. He would do some take a look at driving for Benetton, but then it was into sportscar racing with Porsche, Toyota, Jaguar.
In reality, he was a way more achieved driver than the naked 1986 statistics suggested, as he had already proven in his F3 days, and would subsequently reveal in sportscar racing. He was born on April 26, 1958, in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, in one of many nation’s oldest aristocratic households. Johnny later adopted family custom and attended Ampleforth College but did not full the studies. As an adolescent, he grew to become passionate motorsport lover and determined to try his luck on the earth of racing. He recorded 15 starts with Lotus within the 1986 Formula One World Championship season. He participated five occasions at 24 Hours of Le Mans, scoring an general victory in 1988 with Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9.
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He then moved to London the place, adopting the name Johnny Dumfries, he labored as a painter, decorator and jobbing builder and later as a mechanic at a garage at Elephant and Castle, earlier than happening to pursue his profession as a racing driver. Dumfries turned as an alternative to endurance racing, first for Sauber then, from 1987, with Tom Walkinshaw’s Jaguar team, profitable several races including the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. After a couple of years with the Toyota and Cougar teams, in 1991 he retired from racing to run the family estates, his father having fallen unwell. In 1988, Bute scored the biggest racing victory of his profession when he received the Le Mans 24 Hours, driving a Jaguar XJR-9 for Tom Walkinshaw’s Silk Cut Jaguar Team alongside Dutchman Jan Lammers and Englishman Andy Wallace. Inexperienced, and with the team focusing on Senna, Dumfries had an underwhelming season, ending only 5 races and including one further points inserting to his Hungarian outcome when he was sixth in the season-closing race in Australia. A new driver mixture, a refreshed mentality and winter developments focused at the weaknesses of its 2020 Formula 1 automotive puts Ferrari in a much stronger position heading into the new season.
John Colom Crichton-Stuart, the Earl of Dumfries, preferred to make it in his own right, so stuck with the extra basic Johnny Dumfries. Ironically, it seems, his profession lost momentum through lack of adequate backing. In 1980 he made his start, driving karts, and in 1981 it was on to Formula Ford. His ability was enough that he moved to F3 with Dave Morgan, two years later. Then, in 1984, he really blossomed with the Dave Price Racing / BP Ralt-VW. From the primary seven rounds of the British series, he gained six and had one second place. That just about set him up for a dominant display, and he was in a position to slot in loads of rounds within the European championship, where he additionally challenged for supremacy in opposition to such abilities as Ivan Capelli and Gerhard Berger.
Senna felt his unique number one position in Team Lotus could be threatened by the underrated but extremely talented Warwick so the Brazilian exercised a contractual veto in opposition to the signing of Warwick. Senna even threatened to leave Team Lotus for Brabham – following De Angelis! Needless to say, the Chapman-less Lotus staff, now headed by Peter Warr, were impressed and duly gave way – which trying at the wins Ayrton gave them wasn’t totally unjust. The upshot of it all was that Derek Warwick had no Renault team to go back to, forcing him to look to sportscars.
His family released an announcement which described him as a “devoted husband, father, brother, uncle, son and grandfather and beloved by all”. While finding out Sports Journalism on the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before becoming a member of ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was adopted by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and working it as Editor. Present at each race for the reason that begin of 2014, he has continued constructing his freelance portfolio, working with worldwide titles. As properly as writing for RACER, he contributes to BBC 5Live and Sky Sports within the UK as well as working with titles in Japan and the Middle East. “The indomitable spirit and power which Johnny brought to his life will be greatly missed, and the immense heat and love with which he embraced his family,” the statement learn.
Johnny climbed out and raised his palms in direction of his helmet in despair but fortuitously the XJR9 proved much more durable than the Maserati Birdcage that had gone off some time earlier than and was towed away with a severely bent nostril. The Toyota years of 1989-‘ninety did not deliver a lot for Johnny in the way of outcomes. Unreliable vehicles and robust opposition from TWR Jaguar, Sauber-Mercedes but in addition – little question much to the dissatisfaction of the Toyota individuals – the improving Nissan vehicles prevented that. A seventh place at Jarama and an eighth at Spa-Francorchamps have been Johnny’s poor rewards. The early promise shown at Jacarepagua wasn’t fairly fulfilled and the remainder of the season was not on par with his debut drive. An early accident throughout qualifying at the twisty Monaco monitor meant that poor Johnny even had to put a DNQ on his 1986 resumé.
Who Was Johnny Dumfries, The Modest Marquess With A Need For Speed?
Back in 1984 Johnny had been topped British F3 champion, driving a Ralt RT3/eighty three-Volkswagen for Dave Price Racing. The blue-blooded Scot was on his method to the double in 1984 but he ultimately finished second in the European Formula three Championship on fifty three points, Ivan Capelli taking the title on 60 factors. Thanks to his four wins Dumfries finished forward of Gerhard Berger, who scored forty nine factors. 1984 had also seen Johnny pattern a Lotus-Renault 95T at Donington Park as his testing abilities had been highly regarded. He retired from racing in 1991 due to the sickness of his father, and took over the family property in 1993. An unassuming and unpretentious individual, he has few airs or graces and prefers to be called John Bute. | <urn:uuid:a6154628-720c-4d27-bd04-8b43e640f1d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phuquocislandtourism.com/2021/05/22/who-was-johnny-dumfries-the-modest-marquess-with-a-necessity-for-pace/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.980268 | 1,714 | 1.695313 | 2 |
As the ongoing public health crisis has metastasized into an economic slowdown, it’s difficult for many corporations to retain and reward their people. Many firms aren’t in the position to give their employees large annual bonuses. As the former CEO of CitiMortgage and now the CEO of Caliber Home Loans, I have seen how spot bonuses can be an effective alternative: We recently paid spot bonuses to almost all our employees to reward them for their diligent work in a tumultuous year. Indeed, companies can use a spot bonus like a scalpel to stimulate feelings of satisfaction among employees, incentivize group behaviors, and build a stronger sense of solidarity.
A spot bonus is typically paid “on the spot” to individuals or a group of employees (and sometimes an organization’s entire workforce) for a specific behavior, action, or result. Because of their targeted nature, they tend to be a smaller amount of money than the annual incentive reward. In my experience, they typically range from a couple hundred dollars to a few thousand. According to research done by PayScale in 2018, these are the second most commonly used form of variable pay, tied with employee referral bonuses, after annual individual bonuses.
There are many reasons you should consider using this type of compensation at your organization.
First, a spot bonus can make your employees feel more satisfied — and more frequently. There’s a scientific basis to this point: In a 2001 study, neuroscientists discovered that the anticipation of monetary rewards generates a significant amount of activation in the nucleus accumbens, which is part of the “reward circuitry” of the brain. In the same study, participants self-reported that they felt happier at the prospect of monetary gain.
If your goal is to reward employees, then try engaging their reward circuitry more often. Instead of waiting an entire year to pay a bonus, consider introducing bonuses that employees can anticipate more frequently, such as recurring spot bonuses which are based on individual performance but also tied to the performance of the company. Not only will it more regularly stimulate “satisfied” brain activity among employees, but it will also help form a mental association between the results of the firm and individual performance. This may create more work for HR or your financial group, but your leadership team could determine the spot bonus pool for the year in advance and empower managers to allocate them accordingly throughout the year.
Second, a spot bonus may improve team performance, especially if recipients are encouraged to spend this money on others. Because of the pandemic, many people are working longer hours and often doing so in isolation. Yet there is an increasing amount of research that indicates that interpersonal relationships can serve as a source of satisfaction at work. In a 2013 study, salespeople at a pharmaceutical company were divided into groups, those who received personal bonuses and those who got prosocial bonuses who were encouraged to spend these bonuses on others. Those who received prosocial bonuses spent more money buying gifts for each other like lunches for colleagues. These teams outperformed those that didn’t receive the prosocial bonuses. “When organizations give employees the opportunity to spend money on others … both the employees and the company can benefit, with increased happiness and job satisfaction and even improved team performance,” conclude the authors of the study. These findings suggest that you could pay prosocial spot bonuses that are meant to be gifted, in an effort to boost performance.
Third, a spot bonus is an opportunity to demonstrate your organization’s priorities. Don’t just make it about the money. It’s not enough to only remit payments. You also have to explain how these bonuses are being paid because the firm is meeting its objectives. When my firm paid spot bonuses to almost all of our employees last year, we held an offsite in which we addressed the state of our business, described various transformation initiatives that were currently underway, and answered employee questions. Giving such a bonus presents an opportunity because you will have everyone’s attention, and they’re more likely to be open to what you and other leaders have to say. This is the time to share your vision, address queries, and inspire action.
In this period of pandemic and recession, a spot bonus is a way to help employees through difficult times, as well as boost performance and morale.
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2022 Spring Statement
Avalanche forecasts have ended for the 2021-2022 winter season.
Mild weather and potential for stable snowpack conditions can make our mountains inviting in the spring and early summer. However, avalanche accidents can and do occur year-round. Any kind of weather can occur any month of the year and unstable snow may develop quickly. Keep your avalanche brains engaged. Your ability to evaluate the snowpack and terrain remain crucial for safety in snow-covered mountains. When in doubt, remember you can almost always avoid avalanches by avoiding travel on or below slopes steeper than 30 degrees.
In “typical” springtime nightly freeze, daily thaw cycles:
- Avalanche danger is lowest in the morning—plan to travel in and out of the mountains early
- Wet snow avalanches may occur with daytime warming
- If you see recent avalanches, or your boots sink easily in soft, wet snow, avoid similar slopes
In multi-day periods without an overnight freeze:
- Wet snow avalanches may occur any time of day
- Extended warm weather may produce large, destructive wet slab, wet loose, or glide avalanches
- Cornices can fail and may trigger larger wet snow avalanches
During wintry storms:
- Wind slab or storm slab avalanches may occur during or immediately after a storm
- Consider avoiding avalanche terrain when you find more than 6-8” of new snow, and during times of heavy snowfall or wind drifting.
- Warm weather or sunshine immediately following a storm may increase avalanche danger and could produce natural avalanches
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Dangers of Lithium Ion Batteries
In this Special Report we will discuss the hazards associated with improperly disposing of your batteries with an emphasis on a specific type of rechargeable battery known to be most often disposed of incorrectly (with very dangerous results); the Lithium Ion Battery.
Although some single use, non-rechargeable, household batteries can be thrown away with your trash, no batteries should ever be tossed in with your Single Stream recycling. Due to the presence of corrosive chemicals, toxins such as mercury and lead, and charged electrodes, ALL batteries pose hazards and risk of fire, but the biggest risk lies with rechargeable batteries.
Many rechargeable batteries fall under a specific category of battery known as Lithium Ion (also referred to as Li-ion battery or LIB). The Lithium Ion battery found in your electronics such as cell phones, laptops, pads, tablets, iPods and digital cameras is probably the most familiar to you.
It is especially risky when Li-ion batteries are mistakenly put into a recycling bin and end up bouncing around in the back of a dry, recycling truck. Pressure or heat (in the summer months our trucks can get quite hot) can cause them to spark, setting off a chain reaction which spells disaster when that battery is in the back of a full recycling truck, surrounded by dry paper and cardboard. In fact, Lithium Ion batteries are one of the leading causes of recycling truck fires.
The rise of electronics being improperly disposed of in Single Stream recycling is troubling. We live in an age of technology where nearly everyone owns a cellphone, laptop, tablet, etc. and with updates and upgrades being required so often, we find the need to dispose of our older models what seems like…all the time. However, properly disposing of your cellphones and anything containing batteries, especially the volatile Lithium Ion variety, is crucial to avoid dangerous truck fires and ensure safety.
A suggested cause for improper disposal of Li-ions is likely due to a common misconception. When an item states it is “recyclable” many assume that you can recycle it with your Single Stream Recycling; this is not the case. As you may recall from a previous e-newsletter discussing mixed messaging in recycling, when an item is “recyclable”, that simply means it can be recycled in some way; it doesn’t mean it can be put in with your Single Stream recycling. Rechargeable, Lithium Ion batteries can be recycled, but only at specified locations.
It is also important to note that Lithium Ion batteries cannot be disposed of in your trash either! Although the back of a trash truck is usually wetter and less likely to feed the sparks from these batteries and start a fire-they are still considered a toxic material known as household hazardous waste. They pose numerous health and environmental hazards. When you discard them, they must be disposed of at a household hazardous waste collection point (check with your local landfill) or battery recycling drop off location, NOT placed in the trash.
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ISO 7637-2 is a test standard developed by ISO(International Organization for Standardization) concerning electrical transient conduction along power supply lines in road vehicles. The purpose of this standard is to define test methods and procedures of equipment installed on passenger cars and commercial vehicles with 12 V or 24 V electrical systems to ensure their compatibility to conducted electrical transients. ISO 7637-2 defines the function performance status classification for the immunity to transients. It also specifies bench tests for both the injection and measurement of transients and applies to all types of road vehicles separate from the propulsion systems.
ISO 7637-3 concerns electrical transient transmission by capacitive and inductive coupling from lines other than supply lines. The purpose of this standard is to specify bench test methods to assess the immunity of devices under test (DUT) to transient pulses that are coupled to lines other than supply lines in road vehicles with 12 V or 24V electrical systems. There are three test methods described in ISO 7637-3, capacitive coupling clamp (CCC) method, direct capacitive coupling (DCC) method, and Inductive coupling clamp (ICC) method. During testing, the test pulses can replicate both fast and slow transient disturbances that can be caused by switching inductive loads and relay contact bounce.
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The OBD II code P1131 is quite common on most Ford Vehicles, including on Ford F150, Ford Ranger, Ford Taurus, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Mustang, and Ford Escort.
Introduction to P1131 on Ford Vehicles
The error code P1131 is displayed by getting feedback from the Lambda (or the oxygen) sensor. The Lambda sensor is responsible for detecting the amount of oxygen in the exhaust gases. Based on that, the PCM (Powertrain Control Module) manipulates whether the engine is running on a lean or rich fuel mixture.
A lean running condition of the engine happens when the engine runs on less fuel or too much air, ultimately resulting in the error code P1131 on Ford vehicles.
An engine running on a lean mixture, may lead to sluggish acceleration and reduced fuel economy. Thus it becomes crucial to understand the P1131 on Ford Vehicles and ways to resolve this error code.
Code P1131 Ford Definition and Meaning
In simple terms, the OBD II code P1131, when displayed on your Ford Vehicle, indicates the PCM detected a malfunction. By estimating the O2 amount, the PCM assesses whether the engine is running on a rich or lean fuel mixture. A lean mixture can give rise to various problems and thus displays the code P1131.
Whereas, an optimized fuel mixture is preferred because of the following-
- Better Fuel Economy
- Better Acceleration
- Reduced tailpipe emissions
- Prolonged engine life
In contrast, an engine running on a lean mixture can give rise to many issues that can appear combinedly or separately. That is discussed in the coming sections.
Some of The Other OBD II Codes That Are Related to P1131 on Ford Vehicles are-
Symptoms of P1131 on Ford
The most visible symptoms of the P1131 code is-
- Check Engine light ‘ON.’
- Slow Acceleration
- Poor fuel economy
- Car Unable to Start
Moreover, there are some other symptoms for the P1131 code on Ford. But, the chances of encountering them are minimal-
- Engine Stalling
- Engine Knocking
- A rise in Exhaust gas Emissions
- Engine frequently misfires
Causes of P1131 on Ford
There can be various causes for the error code P1131-
1. Fuel System Malfunctioning
Issues in the Injectors, fuel filter, pump, etc., can result in a low quantity of fuel reaching the combustion chamber. The components listed below collectively or individually can cause Fuel System Malfunctioning-
- Clogged Fuel filter: This may create a barrier to fuel passing the filter during the filtering process, thus creating a lean mixture.
- Defective Fuel Pump: A lean mixture can be formed due to the fuel pump’s inability to supply the fuel with the required optimal pressure.
- Faulty Fuel Injectors: The injectors are responsible for spraying the fuel into the combustion chamber. If they start to leak or become dirty, it may result in an interrupted fuel injection into the cylinder. The injectors with low pressure can result in the formation of a lean mixture.
2. Oxygen Sensor Inaccuracy
At times, it is possible that the sensor responsible for measuring the O2 in the cylinder malfunctions. Thus, reporting more oxygen in the mixture than the actual quantity. The amount of oxygen is proportional to the air quantity supplied. As a result, the PCM may display a lean mixture. Thus displaying the P1131 code.
3. Air Mass Flow Sensor Inaccuracy
The Air Mass Flow sensor estimates the amount of air that’s entering the cylinder. A faulty Air mass flow sensor may inaccurately assess the quantity of incoming air. Thus, as a result, the P1131 code may be displayed on the Ford vehicle.
4. Computer Malfunction
Though the chances of malfunctioning of an on-board computer are very low, however, a faulty on-board diagnostics system can inaccurately display the P1131 code.
5. Air Leaks
Innumerable hoses and gaskets are employed in an engine. These components are not built to last forever. Hence, it is possible due to incessant exposure to heat and pressure; any of these components gives rise to air leaks. Thus, air leaks can find its way into the engine, assisting in the formation of a lean mixture.
How Serious is P1131OBD II Code on Ford
Though the issues causing the P1131 code may not impact your vehicle’s functioning. However, if ignored, these can cause severe damage to other vital components in the long term.
A regular check-up or servicing might help to resolve the problems responsible for OBD II code P1131. Additionally, looking for the causes mentioned above can help fathom the issue much faster and easier.
Can You Drive with p1131?
It is not recommended to drive your Ford while the P1131 code is being displayed.
A petrol engine running on a lean mixture can cause problems like-
- Reduced Performance
- Engine Knocking (Inconsistent fuel combustion)
- Damage to Piston
A Diesel engine running on a lean mixture may not result in the same problems but still can cause-
- Low Output from engine
- Engine Stalling
However, the vehicle with the P1131 code can cause sudden jerks with lagging acceleration. Moreover, it may reduce the efficiency of the vehicle while increasing emissions.
Tools Needed to Fix any of these Issues-
How to Fix the Code P1131 on Ford?
The first and foremost thing to be done when checking for the causes of the P1131 code is to connect a car diagnostic scanner to the car’s OBD. Running a diagnostic scan can give comprehensive information on the malfunctioned system to help resolve the issue promptly.
Moreover, if running an OBD diagnostics does not helps then, follow these steps to fix the code P1131-
Step 1– Check and Replace any damaged engine air-intake hoses
Step 2– Tighten the Spark Plugs Connecting Wires
Step 3– Check and Resolve any issue with Distributor assembly, like rotor or cap
Step 4– Check any fault in the fuel supply
Step 5– Lastly, but importantly check the wiring and connection of the Oxygen Sensor.
If the issue still goes undetected, then visiting a service center might help.
Tips to Avoid p1131 in the Future
Here are a few Tips to Avoid OBD II Code P1131-
- Servicing your Ford F150/ Ford Ranger/ Ford Taurus/ Ford Explorer/ Ford Expedition/ Ford Mustang/ Ford Escort regularly
- Replacing worn off engine gaskets and hoses
- Monitoring the fuel injection pressure from the injectors
- Checking for any Engine air leaks
Frequently Asked Questions
Q) Why do lambda (oxygen) sensors fail?
- Lambda sensor is continuously exposed to the high temperature of exhaust gases. Thus heat and vibration can cause damage to the wirings and connections. Moreover, the lambda sensor can be faulty due to corrosion as well.
Q) What happens if my O2 sensor is damaged?
- A damaged O2 sensor doesn’t cause any serious problems. You can even drive with a bad O2 sensor. However, it may hamper other engine components in the long term and can even affect the overall vehicle’s performance.
Q) My Ford is driving fine, but it shows code P1131?
- This could be because of the malfunction of any of the components responsible for diagnostics, or your Ford is driving fine because the issue is still in its initial phase and can increase over time.
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Parliamentary democracy is underrated as a safeguard of personal liberty. From the outside, the perception is that Parliament is mired in gridlock and inertia, and that is a source of frequent criticism from the media and the general public. Yet, the checks and balances of the legislative process are what give democratic outcomes their rigour and legitimacy.
Within Parliament, law-making is overseen by a robust committee process, internal reviews and spirited debate on the chamber floor. The Regulations and Ordinances Committee, established in 1932 monitors delegated legislation, and there is formal committee scrutiny of every bill. Outside the building, politicians are held to account by the cut and thrust of the political contest and the free media. This doesn’t make governing easy. But the fact that lawmakers are ultimately accountable to the people is what gives our system of government its moral authority. We respect the process even if we don’t always agree with the outcomes.
None of these mechanisms protect us from the unelected. Indeed, many of today’s biggest threats side-step the political process entirely. Recent efforts to purge gender from the Victorian public service and the Defence Force are cases in point. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Australian Defence Force had introduced a ‘language guide’ warning new recruits that a failure to ‘use gender-neutral language when referring to relationships or gender identities,’ could be met with a charge of bullying. These revelations followed an announcement by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services declaring the first Wednesday of every month as ‘They Day’, urging staff to eschew gendered language in the workplace.
Unlike democratic law-making, the process which led these departments to veto the words ‘he’ and ‘she’ has been shrouded in bureaucratic secrecy. Who’d have thought that pronouns could be regarded as a form of aggression in modern Australia? Who were the architects of ‘They Day’ and the Defence Force’s new language guide? Was it an ambitious public servant who thought virtue signalling their commitment to post-modern gender theory would mark them up in the eyes of their superiors? Perhaps a zealous HR manager, keen to remove the threat of injury by bullying that might arise from a snowflake employee being offended by being incorrectly addressed?
We can sort out the issue of how to address each other simply by the use of good manners. You call a person what they’d like to be called, in the reasonable hope that you might receive a similar courtesy. It’s another thing entirely to make it the rule, backed up by the force of policy that flows into employment law.
Will the minutes of departmental meetings and internal memos associated with the change ever see the light of day? I suspect not, even if someone pursues the long and often expensive process of ‘right to information’. More importantly, why were the general public and their elected representatives not consulted?
Many strongly oppose the imposition of new language structures, seeing it as an attempt to delete from public discourse the traditional concepts of gender and traditional family structures. Activists may have succeeded in large departments and corporate structures by marking the cards of dissenters as ‘regressive’ and ‘not to be promoted’, but people in the wider community see the imposition of ‘zie’ and ‘hir’ and suchlike for the nonsense it is. But the real issue is this: there is no oversight or accountability for this kind of social reform by stealth.
Although bureaucratic diktats like ‘They Day’ lack the binding force of laws passed by parliament, that’s likely to be neither here nor there for employees that fall within their purview. After all, what prospects of promotion await the traditionally-minded soldier or nurse who conscientiously continues to use ‘he’ and ‘she’? Similarly, what option does the conservative colonel seeking career advancement have but to parrot the full array of LGBTIQ talking points? It used to be enough to simply do your job well, mind your own business and be polite to your colleagues.
Advocates of gender-neutral pro-nouns claim the de-gendering of language is in the interests of tolerance and inclusivity. In truth, they have it back to front. It emanates from what John Howard wisely labelled ‘minority fundamentalism’, whereby ‘long-held custom, practices and beliefs [are assumed to] represent or imply an attack on those who do not support it.’ It’s this suspension of common sense that allows the use of ‘he’ and ‘she’ to be taken as a swipe at the very small minority who fall outside these categories.
This growing push to androgenise our vocabulary is about more than just language. It’s about using the guise of civility to pathologise thought that doesn’t conform to the minority fundamentalist worldview. It was this alarming instinct to curb free thought which led Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson to risk censure before the Ontario HRC by defying his province’s diktats compelling the use of gender-neutral speech.
And herein lies their success in re-writing social norms without any mandate. Minority fundamentalists recognise that the mainstream of Australia has a conservative disposition that’s wary of diving into sweeping social change. Rather than going door by door to persuade the public of their worldview, radicals have taken the lead of their European forebears and focused on capturing our culture by force.
What Marxists in the 1960s dubbed ‘the long march through the institutions’ has been an overwhelming success. Minority fundamentalists are keenly aware they can realise their vision of the world far more swiftly by infiltrating unelected positions of cultural and political power than by going through the inconvenience of public persuasion to obtain a democratic mandate. The universities, public education, the arts and even the corporate world testify to their success.
Aided by an apathetic majority that’s cowed by political correctness, the fundamentalists are no longer knocking at the gate. They’re inside it; minority fundamentalists have never been in a stronger position to stage an assault on our most time-tested traditions and values. The irony is that all of this ‘tolerance’ has delivered the very opposite. If you’re not sure that’s so, try using a few unauthorised pronouns in your public service or corporate workplace, and see what HR has to say about it.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to family routines are inevitable. Working from home and e-learning mean spending more time on screens for families and less time being active. Children are used to being active in school with recess, physical education class and organized sports. What are you doing to help your children stay active during this health crisis? As a parent, you will need to set the example. Showing your children what maintaining a healthy lifestyle looks like can give them a head start on adopting those behaviors and making a lifetime commitment to them.
An active lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle. Keep your children moving and encourage them to view exercise as fun, not a chore. Exercise in children has many health benefits. Even moderate physical activity helps children build good cardiovascular strength and burn those excess calories that can turn into extra weight. Exercise helps improve the quantity and quality of sleep. Kids who exercise have greater self-esteem. Exercise also helps children stay alert and more focused for learning.
How you can stay active with your family
Staying active can be as simple as having a dance party in your living room. Outdoor opportunities include taking a walk, gardening, playing touch football in the backyard and riding bikes. Make exercise fun by creating goals for your family and competing together. For example, if you have older children who have activity trackers, set a family step goal. Whoever reaches the most steps at the end of the month gets a reward. All these activities encourage physical exercise while still maintaining a social distance from others.
Top benefits of getting fit (and having fun) with your family
Manage stress. The changes to family routines during the coronavirus outbreak can cause more stress and anxiety. This can result in behavioral changes in kids such as an increase in tantrums and acting out. Physical activity increases endorphins while decreasing stress. This can improve kids’ moods and behaviors which can benefit the whole family dynamic.
Bonding. Group activities help build relationships, strengthen bonds and forge lasting memories. Even if you're just kicking around a soccer ball or walking the dog together, your children love spending time with you and feel special when you carve out time to be with them.
Communication. Children tend to share more when you participate in activities with them. If you want your children to open up, start playing with them.
Benefits for you. Children need to see you walking the walk and not just talking the talk. This helps ensure that your message about the importance of exercise sinks in. By playing with your children, you're actively demonstrating that burning calories, strengthening your heart and toning your muscles makes a vital contribution to staying happy and productive.
Finally, family activities are actually fun for you, too! Playtime is quality time. Every moment you dedicate to family togetherness and health is an invaluable investment in your children's future.
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What is the anatomy of the lower back?
To recognize different root causes of lower neck and back pain, it is very important to value the normal style (makeup) of the tissues of this area of the body. Crucial structures of the lower back that can be related to symptoms in this area consist of the bony lumbar spine (vertebrae, particular = vertebra), discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the back and also discs, spine as well as nerves, muscles of the lower back, interior body organs of the pelvis and also abdominal area, as well as the skin covering the lumbar location. Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
The bony lumbar spinal column is made to make sure that vertebrae “piled” with each other can supply a movable support structure while also safeguarding the spine from injury. The spinal cord is made up of nervous tissue that prolongs down the spinal column from the mind.
Each vertebra has a spinous procedure, a bony prestige behind the spinal cord, which guards the cable’s anxious cells from effect injury. Backbone also have a solid bony “body” (vertebral body) in front of the spine to provide a platform ideal for weight bearing of all tissues over the butts. The lumbar vertebrae pile promptly atop the sacrum bone that is positioned in between the butts.
On each side, the sacrum fulfills the iliac bone of the hips to create the sacroiliac joints of the buttocks.
What prevail reasons of lower pain in the back? Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
Typical causes of low neck and back pain ( back backache) include lumbar stress, nerve irritability, lumbar radiculopathy, bony encroachment, and also problems of the bone and joints. Each of these is reviewed listed below.
Lumbar pressure (intense, chronic): A lumbar stress is a stretch injury to the tendons, ligaments, and/or muscle mass of the lower back. The stretching occurrence lead to microscopic rips of differing levels in these cells. Back pressure is thought about one of the most common causes of lower pain in the back.
The injury can happen as a result of overuse, inappropriate usage, or trauma. Soft-tissue injury is generally classified as “severe” if it has existed for days to weeks. If the stress lasts longer than 3 months, it is referred to as “persistent.” Back strain most often happens in people in their 40s, but it can happen at any type of age. The condition is characterized by local discomfort in the lower back area with onset after an occasion that mechanically worried the back tissues. The seriousness of the injury varies from mild to serious, depending on the degree of stress and also resulting spasm of the muscular tissues of the lower back.
The diagnosis of back pressure is based upon the history of injury, the place of the pain, as well as exemption of nervous system injury. Generally, X-ray screening is only valuable to exclude bone irregularities.
The therapy of back strain consists of resting the back (to prevent reinjury), medications to relieve pain as well as muscle spasm, neighborhood heat applications, massage therapy, and also ultimate (after the intense episode deals with) replacing workouts to reinforce the lower back as well as abdominal muscles. Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
Initial treatment at home may include heat application as well as staying clear of reinjury and also hefty lifting. Prescription medications that are often used for severe lower back pain consist of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, by injection or by mouth, muscle mass depressants,
Long periods of inactivity in bed are no longer advised, as this treatment might in fact reduce recuperation. Spinal manipulation for periods of approximately one month has been located to be useful in some individuals that do not have indications of nerve inflammation.
Future injury is stayed clear of by using back-protection methods throughout activities and assistance devices as required at home or work.
Muscle Mass Strain and also Tendon Sprain
A lower back sprain or pressure can occur unexpectedly, or can establish slowly in time from recurring motions.
Pressures occur when a muscle mass is stretched too far and also rips, damaging the muscular tissue itself.
Strains take place when over-stretching as well as tearing influences tendons, which attach the bones with each other.
For sensible objectives, it does not matter whether the muscle mass or tendon is damaged, as the signs as well as treatment coincide.
Common root causes of strain and pressure consist of:
- Lifting a hefty item, or turning the back while lifting
- Abrupt activities that put too much anxiety on the lower back, such as a loss
- Poor posture in time
- Sports injuries, specifically in sporting activities that involve twisting or huge pressures of impact Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
While sprains and strains do not sound major and do not normally create long-lasting pain, the sharp pain can be rather severe.
Root Causes Of Chronic Lower Back Pain
Pain is considered chronic once it lasts for greater than 3 months as well as goes beyond the body’s all-natural healing process. Chronic pain in the low back commonly entails a disc issue, a joint problem, and/or an inflamed nerve root. Usual causes consist of:
Lumbar herniated disc. The jelly-like center of a lumbar disc can appear the hard outer layer as well as aggravate a nearby nerve origin. The herniated portion of the disc is full of healthy proteins that cause inflammation when they reach a nerve origin, and also swelling, as well as nerve compression, cause nerve origin pain. The disc wall is additionally highly provided by nerve fibers, as well as a tear via the wall can cause severe pain.
Degenerative disc illness. At birth, intervertebral discs have plenty of water as well as at their healthiest. As people age gradually, discs lose hydration and also wear down. As the disc sheds hydration, it can not stand up to pressures also, and transfers pressure to the disc wall surface that may create rips and also cause pain or weakening that can bring about a herniation. The disc can additionally break down and add to stenosis.
Ways to Handle Lower Pain In The Back in the house
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Ice is best in the very first 24 to 48 hours after an injury due to the fact that it decreases swelling. Even though the heat feels great because it aids cover up the pain and it does aid loosen up the muscular tissues, the heat really irritates the inflammatory procedures. After 48 hours, you can change to warmth if you choose. Whether you utilize heat or ice– take it off after about 20 mins to give your skin a rest. If pain lingers, talk with a doctor.
Keep doing your day-to-day activities. Make the beds, go to function, walk the pet. When you’re feeling far better, routine aerobic workouts like swimming, biking, and also walking can maintain you– as well as your back– more mobile. Simply do not overdo it. There’s no demand to run a marathon when your back is sore.
As soon as your lower neck and back pain has actually receded, you can aid avoid future episodes of back pain by functioning the muscle mass that sustain your lower back, consisting of the back extensor muscular tissues. They help you keep the appropriate posture and positioning of your spinal column. Having strong hip, pelvic, as well as stomach muscles likewise provides you much more back assistance. Prevent abdominal problems, since they can actually put more stress on your back.
Do not sit sagged in your desk chair throughout the day. Stand up every 20 mins or so and also stretch the other method. Because the majority of us spend a lot of time bending ahead in our jobs, it is necessary to stand and also stretch backwards throughout the day. Do not fail to remember to likewise extend your legs. Some people find remedy for their neck and back pain by doing a routine stretching regular, like yoga. Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
How To Strengthen Your Lower Back
1. Vacuuming Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
When it comes to reinforcing the lower back, focusing on your transverse abs which are twisted around the midline of your body is among the very best means to do it. These muscle mass are actually type in supporting your back and lower back. While people commonly towards problems for their transverse abdominal muscles, individuals can unintentionally throw away their lower back if their core isn’t solid enough.
How to do it: In a standing setting, take a deep breath and draw your tummy button in towards your spine, having as well as engaging your ab muscle mass as you do so. Imagine if a person was mosting likely to turn up and also punch you in the belly and also you want your gut to be difficult as well as able to take it; that’s what it must seem like. Hold it, as well as launch slowly. Repeat a few even more times.
2. Bridge posture
Functioning your glutes pulls double-duty for back stamina, also. The gluteus maximus is one of 3 muscle mass that cover right into the glutes and is actually the toughest and also biggest muscle in the entire body. They are accountable for all our movement, which is why strengthening them really assists your lower back.
3. Donkey kicks Lower Back Pain Yellow Discharge
This is one more glutes workout relocation that functions as a lower-back assistant.
Just how to do it: Get down on your hands and also knees, with your hands directly over your shoulders. Raise up your ideal leg, keeping your knee at a 90-degree angle, till your leg is parallel to the ground. Gradually lower it pull back to the ground. Repeat for 90 seconds, after that change legs.
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The HOME Menu is an overlay that is shown in most official apps when pressing the Wiimote home button. Because it is implemented in the SDK, which is individually provided by each app, it is difficult to mod, and there are very few unofficial versions for homebrew.
It seems to have a data-driven UI, which probably means it is simple to add custom buttons to it when writing homebrew under the SDK.
The HOME Menu assets reside in a directory called "homebutton" in one of the title contents for installed titles, and in main disc partition for discs. This directory appears to contain a CSV for text translations, and an arc. LZ containing small textures that are assembled together to form the UI.
There appears to be a different structure used for titles that have an opaque HOME Menu; the correspondence of files has not yet been worked out.
There is also a variant of the HOME Menu internally known as
home_nosave; this is the variant that does not include "(Anything not saved will be lost)" when attempting to exit or reset. The home_nosave files do not appear to be present on discs, so the location of the files is unknown.
Differences between games
Because the HOME Menu is part of every game, some games have slightly different menus. Below is the list of known differences.
- The System Menu does not have a Reset button.
- The Wiimote pointer does not blink when closing the HOME Menu on the System Menu. It still blinks when opening the HOME Menu, and it blinks in all other titles.
- Virtual Console titles always display the HOME Menu in 4:3, and save the state upon exiting to the System Menu.
- Photo Channel 1.1, Forecast Channel, and News Channel, as well as some disc games, have an opaque HOME Menu. This opaque version of the menu has black and gray lines covering areas that would otherwise be tinted gray with the game still being shown behind.
- Some opaque HOME Menus have a slightly different background.
- Some opaque backgrounds appear immediately, while others fade in.
- Older games like Red Steel have a different sound when clicking buttons (excluding back buttons). This sound is an octave higher than the normal sound.
- Not all titles (such as Virtual Console) say "(Anything not saved will be lost.)" when confirming to return to the System Menu. Generally, discs do, and other titles don't.
- Some titles, mainly WiiWare, also do not give the above warning when clicking the "Reset" button.
- Not all titles have an "Operations Guide" button
- Some "Operations Guide" buttons directly open the guide, while others show a "How to Use the Controller" guide, and have a button to show the full guide in the Wii Shop Channel.
- Some titles (such as EULA and rgnsel) do not implement the HOME Menu at all.
- Both the vWii and Wii mini versions of Wii Electronic Manual close the browser before loading the HOME Menu, and reopen it afterward.
- Some games (like Wii Fit) fade to white after the "Reset" button before fading to black.
- Some games reset to the strap screen, while others reset to the title screen.
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How does the Kingdom of God relate to conservative versus liberal values? Should those seeking the pearl of great price look for it in realms that are more traditionalist and old or more progressive and new?
Reflection on the Mass readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) — First Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalms 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 or 13:44-46.
Liberal or conservative? Progressive or traditional? The definitions of these terms are seldom stated. Usually they are just presumed. Often people label “conservative” those who like old-fashioned values and “liberal” those who favor the latest and most progressive trends.
KINGDOM OF GOD – LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?
But for the Christian, the ultimate question is not personal preferences of style, or whether something is old or avant garde. It is rather whether or not it fits into the Kingdom of God.
To discern what fits with the Kingdom, we need to know what that Kingdom is all about. First of all, we know that God is truth. So the kingdom of God is where God’s truth reigns and his commands are observed. As the Lord’s Prayer says, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done.” To be a good “fit” with the Kingdom, things must be in accord with God’s word expressed in Scripture and Tradition and interpreted authoritatively by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
TRUTH = LIFE, JOY & FREEDOM
We also know that God’s will is for our good. Jesus said in the Gospel of John 10:10 “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” In John 15:12 Jesus says that he has come “that your joy may be full.” The Kingdom of God then is where there is intense life, freedom and joy because a loving Father is in control.
In the early Church, there was a lot of debate about whether Christians could eat certain things, particularly meat sacrificed to pagan idols. Paul’s response was clear: “The kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17). If he were speaking today, he might instead say that the Kingdom is not a matter of Latin or the vernacular, novenas or prayer meetings, organ or guitar music.
BOTH NEW AND OLD
The person who understands the Kingdom of God, says the Lord Jesus, “is like the head of a household who can bring from his store both the new and the old.” (Matthew 14:46).
Venerable Fulton Sheen was a great example of this. He loved the traditional faith and piety of the Church (old), but proclaimed it by means of television (new). Another great example was St. John Paul II. He was devoted to the rosary (old) but enriched it with the luminous mysteries (new). He defended the sexual morality of the church (old) but expressed that morality in a fresh and intriguing way through his “theology of the body” (new).
PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
There are some old things that just can’t fit into the kingdom. Polygamy. Gladiators. Emperor worship.
There are also some “new” things that can’t fit into the kingdom either. Elective abortion. Artificial contraception. Gender ideology.
The Kingdom is the pearl of great price. If we recognize the value of it, it makes sense to “sell” such things in order to purchase it.
THE PEARL AND ITS SETTING
But there are also many things both old and new that are not incompatible with the kingdom at all and actually can be wonderful expressions of it in certain times and places: Gregorian chant, the Papal tiara, the Extraordinary Form Latin liturgy on the old side, exuberant Life Teen Masses and charismatic prayer meetings on the new.
If devotion to these expressions, based on personal preference, causes strife and tension, there is something wrong. We must learn to distinguish between the Pearl of great price and its setting. The Pearl always come in some setting. But if we love a particular setting so much that in clutching it we let go of the pearl, it doesn’t matter if we are liberal or conservative, progressive or traditionalist—we’re being just plain foolish.
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Both Articles 2 and 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty present the idea that the North Atlantic alliance is more than a military organization, and one that serves to foster peace and the rule of law. This Article provides an outline of the drafting of Articles 2 and 3, and the negotiations and purposes of the drafters in order to posture both articles as a basis for non-military authorizations. The Article further demonstrates the current motivations and uses for which Articles 2 and 3 are serving as a basis for. This serves to highlight the modernized actions of the North Atlantic alliance and how Articles 2 and 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty can be seen as important and still applicable as the North Atlantic Alliance moves into the more modernized world.
Commentary on Articles 2 and 3 of the Washington Treaty,
Emory Int'l L. Rev.
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The Exhibition Center
The Exhibition Center Irtex (ИРТЕКС), unrealized project of the Center for Contemporary Art
In 2013, the oldest in the North Caucasus, one of the most beautiful parks in the North Caucasus – Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after K.L. Khetagurov – was 120 years old. Until its last renaming in 1939, the park changed its name several times: Erofeevsky, City Garden, Trek, Proletarsky. The founder of the park, Colonel Mikhail Rodionovich Erofeev, was the Chief of Staff of the 21st Infantry Division. “...Initially, M.R. Erofeev organized the Vladikavkaz cycling society, and then he had a happy thought – to build a Trek for cycling trips in the lower part of the abandoned city garden. Having gathering a group of like-minded officers and townspeople, Mikhail Rodionovich began to clear the area between the avenue and the Terek from debris. Ponds were dug and tiled, paths were laid, and benches were installed. Many residents of Vladikavkaz, who had never seen boats, enjoyed them like children...” (M. Tkachenko oldvladikavkaz website)
Moving beyond, M.R. Erofeev began to deliver soil, plant trees and shrubs, and set up flower beds. The recently abandoned area turned into a beautiful park, which has become a favorite resting place for the townspeople.
When in 1900 Erofeev was appointed Commander of the 84th Infantry Regiment and left Vladikavkaz, a huge mass of townspeople saw him off. And then the park was unofficially named Erofeevsky. There are two opinions about the last days of M.R. Erofeev. According to the first version: “In 1919, the infantry general Mikhail Rodionovich Erofeev was the head of the Mineralny Vody Region, then emigre wanderings awaited him. General M.R. Erofeev in France, in Nice, in 1941.” According to the other, the life of M.R. Erofeev was cut short in 1917 during a night shootout at a railway crossing of the silver-lead plant. At that time, skirmishes arose for any reason. Soldiers, revolutionaries, workers, officers were shooting. The general's friends complied with his request: they secretly buried him on the island of a large pond in his beloved Trek...” (M. Tkachenko oldvladikavkaz website)
One of the most beautiful buildings in the park was the central pavilion in the Moorish style by the pond. It hosted performances of a brass band, theatrical performances, literary readings, masquerade balls.
In Soviet times, part of the building was destroyed, and what was preserved lost its former splendor and grandeur. After the final demolition of the building, the building of the Nar restaurant with an open summer terrace on the roof was built on this site - a typical structure made of glass and concrete, which for many years became the most popular restaurant in the city.
Then Nar was rebuilt into the exhibition center Irtex - a wretched concrete structure, unattractive both inside and outside.
The Irtex site was chosen by the "Alanica" Symposium for two summers in a row.
The abandoned building housed the creative laboratories of artists from Russia and abroad, and the site next to it was selected by sculptors. As a result of the Symposium, two final exhibitions were held in the building. In 2011, the building was included into an ambitious project to transform from a marginal space into the building of the North Caucasus Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Art. The architectural project was proposed by the famous Russian architect Y. Avakumov
Although the repair work started, the project was not destined to be implemented due to objective reasons. In 2020, the Republic decided to demolish the long-term construction and leave this place free. A complete zero reset has occurred.
Photo and video materials by Eugeny Ivanov
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Personal stories of Vladikavkaz residents
Requiem for «Nar»
One more building of worship disappeared from the map of Vladikavkaz.
Restaurant «Nar» ceased to exist.
I don’t know who in the 60s came up with the idea to build a restaurant on the bank of the pond in a quiet place in the Big Park, but this idea was not devoid of common sense.
And the open area with tables on the roof - this was really cool!
There is a lot of warmth and nostalgia in the numerous reminiscences of the residents of that old Soviet city of Ordzhonikidze about the Nar restaurant:
«… To the left of the entrance there was a cafe, a very ordinary hall with tables on duralumin legs and a buffet, to the right there was a smaller room, about 5-6 tables – this was the bar, and on the second floor there was the restaurant proper with a stage, live music, and palm trees in the corners ...»
«... The restaurant design is cool, it looks gorgeous against the pond background...»
«… Lord, how long ago that was! As a little girl, I dined there with my older brother and his girlfriend (my brother was 13 years older, and I just went to school), I was so proud that I arrived with him in the evening, even took the last bus, when it was already dark, in Elkhotovo (a village in Ossetia)! I spent a whole week telling my girlfriends about the swans, boats and merry-go-rounds! What a time it was!»
«And as a child I ate barbecue on the roof ...»
«In my youth, people went to Nar quite often ...»
«Besides, they made coffee on the sand in the cafe...»
«Yeah, this was the most beautiful place...»
«What beauty was destroyed ...»
«That was a gorgeous restaurant, and on the first floor there was a bar where they often went from work to drink coffee, an Armenian woman made it on the sand, the way to the roof was from the side lateral staircase, the entrance to the barbecue place in the evenings, disco, youth parties, contests ...»
«I will always remember this restaurant. 27.06.70. Wedding…»
«Yes, yes, there was a cafe on the first floor and a restaurant on the second...»
«Nar was the second home ...»
«Restaurant Nar. Very fond memories!»
«In the 70s three people could have rest there for 20 rubles...»
«While I was little, I dreamed to get to the upper platform, and when I grew up and could do it, it was gone...»
«It was really cool there! On the upper platform they ate barbecues, on the second floor they danced at the disco, and downstairs in the cafe there was delicious ice cream! And so many merry weddings and banquets were celebrated there! This is my youth, very fond memories of Nar...»
«We had our graduation party there (medical institute 1979) ...»
«On the roof of the Nar restaurant, a man, I don't remember his name, had a huge collection of vinyl records, and played them on request, the music was for every taste, for that time. ... Speaking of prices, for 25 rubles, five of us could have a great treat...»
«I am the last of the musicians who worked at Nar before 1979, i.e. before disco (incredibly popular and new trend of the time). These are Petya Sulkhanishvili – pianist, Vova Khetagurov (Khetag) – guitar player, Natasha (Arlekino) - singer, Kolya Vardzelov (Mars) – the bass, Fridon Khutsishvili - guitar player and me - Nodari Chibirov – the drums.»
In my opinion, they went too far with the name of the restaurant, the park was named after Kosta Khetagurov (the founder of Ossetian literature) and apparently they decided to name the restaurant the name of the village of Nar, where he was born. Then the city management knew it better, I think that now the restaurant would not be called that name.
In the 2000s, the leadership of the republic decided to make a complete reconstruction and open a branch of the State Center for Contemporary Art in the renovated building. A banner with a view of this Center hung next to the former Nar for a long time. But apparently something went wrong ...
The half-century life of the former glorious and beloved entertainment facility in the very center of the city on the Terek River has recently ended. It was completely dismantled.
Let's see what we will be offered instead.
Until then ... farewell!
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We all need protection at times—protection from the environment, from disease, and even from people. Good planning and preparation can help us to be safe in challenging situations, but ultimately it is God Who is our greatest protection. He works in us to keep us safe from any danger, and He causes us to prosper in this world. True safety is of the Lord.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
Preparation and watchfulness are important, but we should keep security in its proper perspective. Psalms 127:1 says, “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” It is God Who guards and protects His people. The watchman’s own ability is limited, but with God the watchman can always be confident of accomplishing the task.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
God protects and delivers us when we put our trust in Him. The Bible is full of records of God protecting His people when they put their confidence in Him: Noah, Abraham, Joshua, Gideon, Hezekiah, Esther, Daniel, Nehemiah, Jesus Christ, Peter, Paul, and others. As Moses and the children of Israel believed God’s Word, He protected them from the diseases of those around them (Exodus 15:26). David believed “in the name of the Lord of hosts” to defeat Goliath and bring deliverance to Israel.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear [respect] him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Natural strength and ability are always limited. But God’s strength and ability are unlimited. As born-again believers, we don’t have to rely on our own strength, because our heavenly Father is our refuge and strength.
There are some things that we can do to see God’s protection.
- Faithfully put God’s Word in our heart and remind ourselves of God’s promises. God gives us the wisdom we need to make right decisions so that we can overcome and prosper in any situation.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
God told Joshua that if he lived according to the law of the Lord, then Joshua would be prosperous and have good success. When we do the will of God, we too can prosper and succeed.
- Pray and cast our cares upon God (I Peter 5:7). We can go to bed each night knowing that our heavenly Father will protect us and care for us.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Plan and prepare with wise counsel. We get help from those who have God’s wisdom and who believe His Word.
…in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
- Boldly speak God’s Word.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.
We overcome threatenings and fears with God’s powerful Word. We shine as lights to dispel the darkness of this world.
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The following is a collection of couples enrichment exercises taken from the “Brief Couples Therapy Homework Planner” by Gary Schultheis, Bill O’Hanlon and Steffanie O’Hanlon (John Wiley and Sons). Try these exercises out as a way of enriching and deepening the intimacy between you:
- Find five things you would do if you were really in love. For the next two weeks, do one of those five things each day with (or to) your intimate partner. Record what you did and what you learned from your experience each day.
- Share these questions and answers with your partner: Give three examples of your idea of an extremely romantic evening; list the three most romantic times the two of you have enjoyed together; what are the three things that you enjoy doing together that cost no money? When have you felt most loved in your relationship? When have you felt closest? When have you felt most valued? What are five things your partner does to communicate that s/he cares about you? What are five things you do to communicate that you care about your partner?
- Make a note of something your partner does that helps you—or helps to strengthen your relationship. Pay attention to when you feel cared about, helped or understood. What specific things led you to feel that way? Then acknowledge your partner for his/her behavior. Be sure to give credit for all credit earned. Note how your partner responds.
- Make a list of at least three actions that you would like your mate to do, or do more often. Be specific and clear. Direct your attention to actions, rather than personality traits and characteristics. For example, you might say “I’d like you to greet me at the door with a kiss when I come home from work, ask me about my day and be attentive, involved and sympathetic when I tell you.” Share this list with you mate, and invite his/her list as well.
- Imagine that the problems in your relationship are resolved. Things have worked out very well and nobody lost. Describe your life and your relationship with the problems solved. Write five things you would do differently right now if you knew you were headed toward that future. List three things you would think about differently if you knew for a fact you were headed in that direction. What effect would it have if you started doing those things even if the outcome is uncertain?
- Describe three situations that are representative of something you would like to change in your relationship. Focus on what you do or experience in the situation rather than on how you want the other person to change. Pay special attention to things you may say or do, rather than what your partner does. Note how you respond to your partner. Be as objective as possible—as if you’re an uninvolved third party. Now examine what you could do differently in order to change the event. How could you change the outcome?
- Imagine the intimacy in your relationship on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the closest you’ve ever felt. Each day for the next week, plot your feelings of intimacy on the 0-10 scale. Note what helped you feel closer or more distant. At the end of the week, share this scale with your mate. | <urn:uuid:2d2c7031-1388-4dd5-b75f-86768d193c29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.coloradomarriageretreats.com/exercises-enhance-closeness-and-intimacy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972039 | 676 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Objectives-The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of ultrasound (US) imaging for hepatocellular carcinoma screening. Methods-The investigation was performed at all medical institutes participating in the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea. For assessment of personnel, we inquired who was performing the US screenings. For phantom image evaluation, the dead zone, vertical and horizontal measurements, axial and lateral resolution, sensitivity, and gray scale/dynamic range were evaluated. For clinical image evaluation, US images of patients were evaluated in terms of the standard images, technical information, overall image quality, appropriateness of depth, foci, annotations, and the presence of any artifacts. Results-Failure rates for phantom and clinical image evaluations at general hospitals, smaller hospitals, and private clinics were 20.9%, 24.5%, 24.1% and 5.5%, and 14.8% and 9.5%, respectively. No statistically significant difference was observed in the failure rates for the phantom images among groups of different years of manufacture. For the clinical image evaluation, the results of radiologists were significantly better than those of other professional groups (P = .0001 and .0004 versus nonradiology physicians and nonphysicians, respectively). The failure rate was also higher when the storage format was analog versus digital (P > .001). Conclusions-Approximately 20% of US scanners failed the phantom image evaluation. The year of scanner manufacture was not significantly associated with the results of the phantom image evaluation. The quality of the clinical images obtained by radiologists was the best.
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A man sitting at a piano in the backroom of a London bar plays a gloomy tune to a room full of shell-shocked listeners. If that sounds like a bleak scene, it's because it absolutely is: We've just sat through a two-hour event in which speakers explained how the collapse of civilization as we know it is nigh, and how we are headed for extinction because of a climate catastrophe.
It is a Monday evening. This is a heavy topic to confront at the start of the week. Still, that hasn't deterred the dozens of people who feel compelled to learn about the reality of what the planet and humankind itself could be facing. Every seat is filled, and people spill out onto the floor, into each corner of the small, dark space, to listen to members of grassroots climate activism group Extinction Rebellion (XR)—which made headlines in November of 2018 after blockading five bridges in central London and promoting civil disobedience as a way to force the government into taking action on climate change.
Most of us are privy to some of the damage being done to the planet. We frequently read about pollution, the problems with plastics, mass deforestation, and the melting of ice shelves. Today, though, XR urges us to become truly conscious of the potential societal breakdown that could occur in as soon as three years, and the "existential threat" that some scientists predict we are perilously close to encountering.
Halfway through the two-hour event, we are allowed a moment of silence to process what we have just heard, and to "grieve." It's a welcome respite. The grim details of the talk are startling—there is no sugarcoating here—and, worse still, they're backed up by science.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that global warming could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius [34 degrees Fahrenheit] in 12 years. Going past that guardrail temperature could have catastrophic consequences. However, another group of scientists from the University of Washington and the University of California go further, suggesting that less than 2 degrees Celsius [35 degrees Fahrenheit] warming by 2100 is unlikely. They say the probable range of global temperature increase is between 2 degrees Celsius [35 degrees Fahrenheit] and 4.9 degrees Celsius [40 degrees Fahrenheit] within the lifetime of children today.
The consequences are expected to be unfathomable, including the burning down of the Amazon rainforest at about a 3 degrees Celsius [37 degrees Fahrenheit] rise. Rapid flooding and desertification sparked by the continued melting of Greenland and Antarctic ice is also predicted to lead to unfeasible global mass migration, with one in nine people forecast to be on the move by 2050. The sixth mass extinction in the history of Earth is already underway—people are dying in wild fires and floods around the world—but it will get worse if nothing changes. The rise of widespread civil unrest and fascism is mooted, as well as the possibility of human extinction within the next ten years.
Gail Bradbrook, one of the founders of XR, shares a frightening analogy of what could be to come: "You've got polar bears rampaging in Russia trying to get fed, and what are [the authorities] doing? They're killing them off. It sounds like an extremist thing to say, but what do people think is going to happen to human beings when there's not enough food? Who's going to be killing who? We're fucked, is the shorthand way we say it."
This is "emergency mode messaging." The data presented in the talk could be dismissed as alarmist, but XR focuses on observations by leading mainstream scientists, including Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber—who has acted as an advisor to the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Pope Francis—to convey its message.
Anna Hughes, 36, found out about XR through a Google search only an hour before the talk began. "I kind of knew this stuff, but it's always terrifying to hear it," she says. "You look at it and think, What are we doing? It’s very hard-hitting."
As the talk comes to a close, the room is a mix of emotions. Some people rest solemn-faced in their seats, seemingly paralyzed as the gravity of what they have just heard incubates inside them. Others are motivated, completing forms to put into writing their commitment to taking action. They vow to join XR in using the tools of civil disobedience to pressure the government, which they believe is failing to protect society and the environment.
Among them is 29-year-old Domi Wisniewska, who lives in Hackney. She is signing up to give a few hours of her time each week, around her work in the bakery and charity sectors, to steward events, support others, distribute information, and form roadblocks. "Joining movements like XR just feels right," she says. "It might be just another climate walk, another street protest, but we have really got to press government. The more people join, the more impactful it will have."
Joining XR makes Wisniewska one of more than 1,200 people in the UK—and around 1 million people in 65 countries across the globe—who are willing to get arrested and potentially sacrifice their liberty in the name of climate activism. "It's a small price that some of us might pay for being seen and heard," she explains, "[for] showing a real concern about years and years of government and business ignorance. I’m not even scared of this affecting my life. Even if I'm taken by the police and charged with civil disobedience, I'm totally fine with it. Obviously, it would be better not to get to this point. For too many years I felt resigned and in a state of inertia. Those years are lost. I've got to a point in life where I decided to be active and rethink my participation in the world."
The rapid growth of XR is staggering. It has come a long way since last May, when 15 people met in a cafe to devise a strategy and define a clear set of demands. These include that the government tell the truth about the climate emergency and reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025. The group also insists on the creation of a national citizens' assembly to oversee the changes needed, which XR suggests would require a mobilization similar to that seen in past emergency situations, including during the Second World War.
XR officially launched at the end of October last year, and within a month thousands of its members had already staged one of the largest nonviolent direct actions the country has seen in a generation. They all but brought central London to a standstill when they occupied five of the capital’s bridges—Blackfriars, Lambeth, Southwark, Waterloo, and Westminster—on November 17.
The mass act of peaceful civil disobedience resulted in 85 people being arrested, mostly for obstruction under the Highways Act. Those arrests followed more than 60 others at XR-coordinated acts of rebellion—including 22 arrests when protesters spray-painted "frack off" tags and glued themselves to the windows of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy—in the two weeks leading up to the bridges blockade.
The arrest tally now sits at around 160, but getting arrested is really no big deal, says Roger Hallam —one of the founders of the movement—when I meet with him and Gail Bradbrook in the northwest London home where Hallam is staying.
"You go into a police van, go to a building where they’ll ask you some questions, put you into a cell —you can take your books in so you can have a nice read and a rest. You go for a short interview where you can say, 'No comment,' then they'll let you out," he explains. "You might get a piece of paper in the mail with a court date. You go to court, you might get a small fine, then that's it."
Bradbrook, who is due in court on February 28, charged with criminal damage for daubing graffiti on a government building, describes her stay in custody as a "spa break." "I did yoga in the cell, meditated, and slept well; somebody brings you some food and drink," she says. "I've been arrested four times now."
Not everyone immediately takes the same view of being arrested as Hallam and Bradbrook; for some, there are important parts of life that can't be managed from a jail cell. Still, once they know enough about the cause, many members change their minds. At XR's first street party—a "creative roadblock" in Hackney—I meet 35-year-old Estelle from north London, who has an 18-month-old daughter wearing an XR-branded hi-vis vest. This is her first action for the movement, after recently watching the XR talk online. It hit her hard.
"The discussion of civilization breakdown, mass rape, mass migration—all of that stuff is real, and we need to think about it and talk about it," she says. "That has had an impact on my day-to-day mental health, but not in an especially negative way. What I mean is that if you’re engaging with that kind of truth and reality it will affect your ability to exist within a comfort zone and project your life into the future.
"Making plans when you’re faced with that kind of uncertainty—especially when you’ve got a young child—that can be really difficult. It’s not affecting my ability to function, but I am finding myself crying and thinking about my daughter and worrying about it all. The talk convinced me that it’s not going to be like a Hollywood film; there’s not going to be a big event and then you’re going to have time to do something about it. It’s happening now and the signs are everywhere. I am compelled to do something."
The street party attracts hundreds of people and goes ahead without any resistance, including from the authorities. Some police officers even appear to give their veiled approval of the action. "They're exercising their right to protest," one tells me. "Climate change is a worry, isn’t it? Something has got to be done about it, but as police we have to stay neutral."
This gathering and other events—from the swarming of London Fashion Week this past Sunday to "die-ins" in major shopping centers—are, however, just precursors to what is being branded as a sustained, full-scale international rebellion, starting on April 15, to demand action on the climate emergency. The preparations include training people in nonviolent direct action, teaching them how to de-escalate tense situations, how to interact with police and what to do if they face arrest.
William Skeaping, a member of XR, says: "All these events going on at the moment have a purpose: bringing people together, asking them to sign up, getting the conversation moving in a way that appears to be vocal and out in the streets. At the same time, it's normalizing the idea of protest, to see people blocking roads, for police to be standing round without a confrontation. The entire process means nonviolent direct action can become something that appears to be much more accessible and is happening on your doorstep.
"Moving toward April, we're testing and pushing to see how we can best encourage people to realize this is a part of everyone's lives. Asking people to jump from watching something on TV or reading a newspaper article to suddenly running out on the streets and getting involved is quite a major leap, whereas if the concept of nonviolent direct action has become part of the daily conversation, we're in a much stronger place. The barriers to entry are lower and it's much easier to make that leap."
The daunting prospect of that dive must be overcome if XR is to stage the "major political event" it is attempting to manifest in April. Hallam says the plan is to gather about 10,000 people in central London alone to create a "Glastonbury-esque" atmosphere, and permanently occupy several roundabouts day after day, until the government creates a response in a substantive way to XR's demands. Negotiators representing the group will be on hand to talk to the government.
"If the government doesn't meet our demands, central London will get progressively more blocked off through mass participation actions, which could mean people sitting in the road forever, not going," he adds. "The idea is that the elite, the corporate media and the government get a shock and realize that people power is on the way. The logic of what we're going to achieve here is going to be either an economic blockage of central London and/or mass arrests."
The possibility of mass arrests is not a bad thing for XR, according to Hallam: "Arresting thousands of people means [the government] will have a major legitimacy problem on their hands. That may also backfire [for the authorities] and more people could come down out of solidarity and curiosity. It's going to be a big, chaotic mess for them, and the way out of it is to take their responsibilities seriously as a British state and say they're going to call a citizens' assembly to find a way out of the crisis."
While not typical in the UK, this action, says Bradbrook, is common and has led to change in the global south. "People say they've had enough and they get on the streets and they stay there until it’s sorted," she explains. "That's going to be the deal."
The group highlights movements—including the suffragettes, the civil rights movement, early trade unionists, and the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade—as past examples of mass civil disobedience getting positive results. But is it enough to trigger the enormous shift needed to save the planet from the certain doom being foretold?
Bradbrook says it's great that the UK is leading the rebellion, but that the protest will need to go global, with amendments in international law, trade agreements and climate agreements crucial. "I also personally think—as do many others—that a shift on consciousness is needed toward one where we understand that we are in a relationship with the earth and all living beings, that we have agency," she adds. "That life is worth fighting for."
Hallam says it is inevitable that such tactics could bring governments to their knees in western democracies. "It's a piece of piss to bring down the government," he says. "We will have initiated a new form of resistance in political culture, and people will be looking at that around the world. Sooner or later, the government is going to have to move on this and challenge the power behind the elites."
Whatever happens in April, Hallam believes the movement will have already won because of what they can expose by adopting a "dilemma action" approach. "We create a dilemma for the government, which is either leave us alone and have the embarrassment of having their capital city closed down, or they use repressive action and basically show they are willing to act in order to maintain the interests of the elites. That would be very damaging because it shows them up for what they are, which is engaged in the greatest crime in humanity: not acting on the climate emergency. It brings radical evil into the open."
For some of XR's newest and younger members, this rising up together is extremely empowering, particularly at a time when they feel locked out of so many of the other discussions that affect their future. Famke, 17, is at the Hackney street party with her dog, Kojak. This is her first action. "I want to change our relationship with climate change," she says. "I think politics is the way to get this change."
Paul, 20, who's from the US and studying in the UK, is getting fired up for the mass rebellion. He says he believes XR could help save the planet. "This is a group that is doing something that might actually have an impact," he tells me as the street party, also his first action too. "Anything could happen in April."
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In 2019, a team of researchers confirmed that a wooden wreck resting off the muddy banks of the Mobile River in Alabama was the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States.
Now, the researchers say they have made another startling discovery: The wreck is remarkably well preserved. As much as two-thirds of the original structure remains, including the hold below the main deck where 110 people were imprisoned during the ship’s final, brutal journey from Benin to Mobile in 1860.
The researchers said it was possible that DNA could be extracted from the sealed, oxygen-free hull, which is filled with silt. Barrels, casks and bags used to stow provisions for the captives could also be found inside, they said.
“It’s a time capsule that is cracked open and it survives,” said James Delgado, an archaeologist who has been helping to study the site on behalf of the Alabama Historical Commission.
Delgado said researchers planned to remove sediment and wood from the Clotilda, which could be analyzed to determine if there was DNA that could be traced to a particular region or linked to descendants.
Last month, the Clotilda was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, giving it added protection as officials in Alabama continued to research the site to determine what should happen to the wreck. The revelation that the ship was largely intact was reported this past week by National Geographic.
Historians and descendants of those who were transported on the ship hope that the research will draw attention to the stories of the enslaved people on board, who eventually formed their own community, Africatown, in Mobile, after the end of the Civil War.
“The ship has been incredibly important in the sense that it has shed light on the whole story,” said Sylviane A. Diouf, a historian who has written about the Clotilda. “The story of the people is the most important, and they were on the Clotilda for about six weeks.” It was a place, she said, that they never wanted to see again.
The Alabama Historical Commission’s report detailing why the Clotilda should be added to the National Register of Historic Places said it “provides a unique and horrific archaeological opportunity” to enter the hold where men, women and children were transported during the 45-day voyage from West Africa to Alabama.
The space, which had previously held lumber, was dark, cramped and suffocating: 23 feet long, 18 feet to 23 feet wide and less than 7 feet high.
“It’s very chilling,” said Darron Patterson, president of the Clotilda Descendants Association, who said his great-great-grandfather, Kupollee, arrived in Alabama on the ship as an enslaved teenager.
Patterson said he hoped that Alabama officials could raise the vessel from the river and display it.
“It takes a certain amount of evil to carry out something like that, to treat human beings like cargo,” Patterson said. “We would like for that ship to be on display so the world never forgets.”
Such an undertaking would be costly, if it is even possible, Delgado said.
The Alabama Historical Commission said it had hired researchers, engineers and others to study the site, including the composition of the sediment, the river current and the effects of biological decay on the wreck.
The data will be used to develop a plan to address the effects of erosion and to determine if the site should be stabilized. The study will also examine whether the riverbed could be used to erect a memorial, the commission said.
“It is a tremendous duty to ensure that Clotilda is protected, and the Alabama Historical Commission takes its role as the legal guardian of Clotilda very seriously,” Lisa D. Jones, the commission’s executive director, said in a statement. “The Clotilda is an essential historic artifact and stark reminder of what transpired during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.”
The Clotilda’s final voyage was undertaken illegally because Congress had banned the importation of enslaved people more than half a century earlier.
After the schooner arrived in Mobile and transferred the captives to a riverboat in July 1860, the Clotilda’s captain, William Foster, burned and scuttled the ship to hide evidence of his illicit trade, Delgado said. The ship has remained in the same spot in the Mobile River ever since, researchers said.
After the Civil War, some of the people who had been transported on the Clotilda asked their former enslaver, Timothy Meaher, who had organized and financed the voyage, to give them land, said Diouf, author of “Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America.”
When Meaher refused, the formerly enslaved workers bought land from him and others, Diouf said, and formed Africatown, where African languages were spoken for decades.
“It’s, of course, a story of resistance,” she said. “They, from Day 1, acted as a community and as a family and they continued to be very active after they became free.”
Joycelyn Davis, who lives in Africatown and is a descendant of Charlie Lewis and Maggie Lewis, who were enslaved on the Clotilda, said she hoped that archaeologists could find barrels and other items as well as DNA that could be linked to descendants.
“I am anxious to see what they can bring up and what they can preserve,” she said. “Finding the ship brought us closure. With it being intact, it’s just mind-blowing.”
The stories of Africatown and the survivors of the Clotilda have drawn broader interest since researchers confirmed the identity of the wreck in 2019 after it was found by Ben Raines, a journalist and filmmaker and a son of Howell Raines, a former executive editor of The New York Times.
“Descendant,” a documentary about the Clotilda and the descendants of those on board, will be featured at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The descendants themselves plan to hold a festival in Mobile in February.
“We want people to never forget,” Patterson said, “that even though there was a certain amount of evil involved, those people in the cargo hold were able to overcome.”
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Mission: Mapping Deep-Water Areas Southeast of Bermuda in Support of the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation
Date: July 27, 2018
Weather Data from the Okeanos Explorer Bridge
Air Temperature: 27.8°C
Wind Speed: 10.5 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Depth: 5272.37 meters
Commanding Officer – Commander Eric Johnson, NOAA Corps
Hometown: Maryland but currently resides in D.C
Ever since Eric was young, he had been fascinated by the ocean. After reading about Eugenie Clark’s contributions to marine science and shark research, he was hooked on learning as much as he could about the sea. Eric began his studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland; however, he made the decision to take a six year sabbatical and work in a variety of fields to gain practical experience. During this time, he found employment as an apprentice for a deep sea salvage company and completed electrical work on ROVs for the Navy. This job granted him the opportunity to go to sea and encouraged him to apply what he learned in the field.
After this six year period, Eric returned to college at the University of Maryland, majored in Marine Biology, and earned his scuba certification. Upon graduation, he was a manager at REI in College Park and volunteer diver at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. As an exhibit diver, Eric was responsible for feeding the animals by hand in the tanks, maintenance of tanks and scuba equipment, as well as educational outreach.
Although Eric learned a great deal about customer service and public speaking during his time at REI and the Baltimore Aquarium, he was interested in researching a more permanent marine science career. While researching potential employment opportunities on the NOAA website, he discovered the NOAA Corps. Eric was very interested in the mission of this Uniformed Service and decided to apply. Eric was not selected the first time since he did not have direct experience working in a related field; however, he was not discouraged. Instead, Eric secured a job working at a Biotech company, reapplied to the NOAA Corps, and was selected. Once he graduated from Basic Officer Training at the Coast Guard Academy, Eric began an extensive and impressive career with NOAA.
Eric’s first sea assignment was as navigation officer on the Oregon II. He was responsible for operations focused on diving, navigation, and safety aboard this vessel. After spending two years at sea, he began his first land rotation as the Executive Officer of the NOAA Dive Program before advancing to the NOAA ship Hi’ialakai. Eric kept track of scientific diving operations aboard the Hi’ialakai, which amounted to approximately 3,000 to 4,000 dives per year! Then, Eric served as the NOAA Recruiter for a year and a half before becoming Chief of the Recruiting Branch. He found the recruiting positions to be incredibly rewarding and enjoyed encouraging those who were looking to make a difference while serving their country to apply to NOAA. Eventually, Eric returned to his original ship, the Oregon II, as Executive Officer before beginning as Commanding Officer on the Okeanos Explorer. Although serving as the Commanding Officer is a major responsibility, Eric is dedicated to supporting NOAA’s mission in regards to science, service, and stewardship. He finds is assignment on the Okeanos very exciting since this ship’s main purpose is ocean exploration.
Throughout his career, Eric has learned that it is especially important to pursue your true interests and not be afraid to explore the unknown. Eric believes that stepping outside your comfort zone and learning how to adapt to new situations enables you to construct a skill set that will help you experience success in a variety of situations.
Fun Facts about CO Eric Johnson
–Eric continues to be an avid diver and has completed over 1,000 dives during his career.
– If you added up all of the hours Eric has spent diving, it would be about one month underwater!
– In Eric’s opinion, the best spot to dive is south of Hawaii at Palmyra Atoll.
As soon as the day group’s shift started at noon we were right into sorting the catch and doing the work-up of weighing, measuring and taking samples.
It’s with a good bit of anticipation waiting to see what the net will reveal when its contents are emptied! There were some new fish for me to see today of which I was able to get some nice photos. I was asked today if I had a favorite fish. I enjoy seeing the variety of star fish that come down the conveyor belt as we sort through the catch even though they are not part of the survey. The Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) are beautiful with their blue and black bands on their upper bodies and their shimmering scales. They are a schooling fish and today one catch consisted primarily of this species. I’m fascinated with the unusual looking fish such as the goosefish, the Atlantic wolffish (Anarchichas lupus) with its sharp protruding teeth, and some of the different crabs we have caught in the net. Another catch today, closer to land where the seafloor was more sandy, was full of Atlantic Scallops. Their shells consisted of a variety of interesting colors and patterns.
Today I also had a chance to have a conversation with the Commanding Officer of the Henry B. Bigelow, Commander Jeffrey Taylor. After serving as a medic in the air force, and with a degree in Biology with a concentration in marine zoology from the University of South Florida. What he enjoys about his job is teaching the younger NOAA officers in the operation of the ship. He is proud of his state-of-the-art ship with its advanced technology and engineering and its mission to protect, restore, and manage the marine, coastal and ocean resources. Some things that were touched upon in our conversation about the ship included the winch system for trawling. It is an advanced system that monitors the cable tension and adjusts to keep the net with its sensors open to specific measurements and to keep it on the bottom of the seafloor. This system also is more time efficient. The Hydrographic Winch System deploys the CTD’s before each trawl. CO Taylor also related how the quiet hull and the advanced SONAR systems help in their missions. What we discussed that I am most familiar with since I boarded the Henry B. Bigelow is the Wet Lab, which was especially engineered for the Henry B. Bigelow and its survey missions. This is where I spend a good bit of time during the survey. The ergonomically designed work stations interface with the computer system to record and store the data collected from the fish samples 100% digitally. I was pleased to hear what thought, skill and fine tuning had gone into designing this room as I had earlier on the trip mentally noted some of the interesting aspects of the layout of the room. Commanding Officer Taylor also had high praise for his dedicated NOAA Corps staff and the crew, engineers and scientists that work together as a team.
“During a watch change, the XO checked the AIS then handed control over to the CO. When contacted by the mapping room regarding the XBT launch and CTD termination check, the CO said,“Roger that”.
After reading this- you’ll have a better idea what some of these acronyms mean and how we use them on the Okeanos Explorer. In other words, you’ll be able to say- “roger that” to show you understand and agree.
Let’s start with the XO and CO – They are easy and make sense.
CO – The Commanding Officer – He or she is responsible for everything on the ship. (see Personal Log for more information on Commander Ramos of the Okeanos Explorer)
XO – The Executive Officer – Reports to the Commanding Officer and is second in command.
AIS –What is it and why do we need it?
Automatic Identification System. The Okeanos Explorer has an electronic chart display that includes a symbol for every ship within radio range. Each ship “symbol” tells Commander Ramos the name of the ship, the actual size of the ship, where that ship is going, how fast it’s going, when or if it will cross our path, and a lot of other information just by “clicking” on a ship symbol! Here is a link to get more information on AIS. I also took a picture of the Okeanos Explorer AIS screen and below that there’s the actual picture of our closest neighbor, the ship named “Joanna”(look closely on the horizon) . If the CO feels like the ship is going to need to change course, he will inform the scientists in the mapping room right away. Safety and science RULE!
Every two or three hours the mapping team calls the bridge (the driver seat of the ship) and asks permission to launch an XBT – which is short for an eXpendable BathyThermograph. That’s a heavy weighted probe that is dropped from a ship and allows us to measure the temperature as it falls through the water. WHY do we need to measure the temperature of the water if we are using sonar? Sound waves travel at different speeds in different temperature water, just like they travel at different speeds in cold air than warm air. So they need to know the temperature of the water to help calculate how fast the sound or ping that the ship’s sonar sends out so they can map the bottom of the ocean. A very thin wire sends the temperature data to the ship where the mapping team records it. There is more information about XBT’s here:
Many oceanographic missions use CTD’s. The Okeanos Explorer is no exception. CTD stands for conductivity, temperature, and depth, and refers to the electronic instruments that measure these properties. The grey cylinders are water sampling bottles and the big white frame protects everything. WHY do scientists need CTD’s? Scientists use a CTD to measure the chemistry of the Ocean from surface to bottom. The CTD can go down to near the bottom and the cylinders close when the scientist on board ship pushes a key on the computer and close so that a water sample is captured at that depth. It’s a lot easier than swimming down there and opening up a jar and closing it.
WHY do they want to know about conductivity? Why do they care how much electricity can go through the water? If the water can conduct more electricity, then it has a higher salinity, i.e. more salt. That helps the scientists know the density of the water at that depth and can help inform them of the biology and ocean currents of that area.
As I mentioned in last blog, everyone plays a part on the Okeanos Explorer. The CO plays a big part in making sure the scientists achieve their goals. The man in charge- Commander Ricardo Ramos answered a few of my questions last night in his office in the forward part of the ship.
When I say Oregon Trail, fifth graders usually think of covered wagons. I doubt that they think of a family of immigrants from Mexico deciding to leave family and friends in sunny Los Angeles and hit the trail north to rainy Oregon. But the devastating riots in Watts in the 1960s caused Commander Ricardo Ramos’s parents to do exactly that. There were some adjustments to be made to life in tiny Klamath Falls, Oregon but his parents, 3 brothers and sister were up to the challenge of no family support and a new community. The family worked for Weyerhaeuser and Commander Ramos knew he did not want to work in the plant the rest of his life. It was never IF he’d go to college, but “WHERE”. He was the second of the five children to attend college, earning 2 Associates degrees and a degree in Electrical Engineering. After entering NOAA and gaining his masters from Averett University, he spent time on various NOAA ships and in other capacities. He is also a graduate of Harvard’s Senior Executive Fellows program.
He had a couple words of advice for elementary school students. First, take advantage of all learning opportunities, for you will never know when you might need the knowledge you will gain. Second, that communication, both written and oral, is probably the most important part of his job. He is not afraid of getting input and editing of his writing for the job. His greatest reward is realizing that he is charge of a tremendous asset of the United States that provides a platform for scientist to explore our vast oceans.
Did You Know?
Displacement – When you think displacement, you probably think of a quick definition like “moved aside” that we learned when we made aluminum foil boats. When you get in a kiddie pool, bathtub or any body of water, you move aside water. If you measure the weight or amount of water that you move aside, that is your displacement. The Okeanos Explorer moves aside a lot of water – more than 2,500 TONS of water. That’s about 700,000- gallons of water that gets displaced. The ship is 224 feet long and 43 feet wide in its widest part. Now, I don’t know about you – but I start thinking about the really big ships and tankers that we see passing by the Okeanos Explorer on the radar (their ‘deets’ are given to us by the AIS system – See the Section on ABC’s for an explanation of AIS) Well, there was a ship called “The Knock Nevis” and it was 1500 feet long! Did it displace water? You bet!. 650,000 tons of water when fully loaded! (use a ton of water = gallon converter on google to figure out how many gallons that is). Let’s just say that it’s a lot more than our little MUFFIN – the winner of the Coon Creek Boat Race.
Weather Data from Newport, OR: GPS location: 44°38’12.63” N, 124°3’12.46”W
Sky condition: OVC
Air temperature: 10.6°C
Science and Technology Log
During my final days aboard the NOAA Ship Rainier, I began to understand the big picture of all that goes in to hydrographic survey. While we were transiting from the Shumagin Islands back to the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak, the scientists invited me to sit in on a survey review meeting. During the meeting I listened as the Commanding Officer (CO), the Chief Survey Technician, the Field Operations Officer (FOO), the sheet manager, and others went over the Descriptive Report for a project that had been completed on a previous leg in Behm Canal. It was interesting to listen to the conversation and actually understand what these researchers were talking about! I felt as though it was appropriate for me to attend this meeting on my final day on the ship, as this truly is the last step for the scientists on board before the chart and attached data are sent off the ship to the Pacific Hydrographic Branch where the data is further processed in order to ensure accuracy of the data. As I have now participated in most parts of the survey process, allow me to show you a step-by-step explanation of hydrographic survey from start to finish.
Step One: Getting to the Survey Location
It takes a dedicated and skilled team to safely navigate the ship to the correct survey location. It is also important that the FOO conducts a survey meeting to review the plan of the leg with the research crew. When I sat in on this survey meeting at the start of the leg the crew discussed what has been accomplished to date, which sheets we would be focusing on during this leg, and any technical issues that needed to be reviewed with the team.
Step Two: Setting up Vertical and Horizontal Control Stations
Before data can be collected, it is necessary to have a reference of where the data is being collected. As I discussed in a previous post, tidal gauges are set-up prior to survey in order to guarantee accurate water depths. The NOAA Ship Rainier is currently setting up a tidal gauge near Cold Bay, Alaska so that they may begin working in their upcoming survey location. You can track the Rainier at http://shiptracker.noaa.gov/
Step Three: Running Shoreline Verification
Before the launches (small boats) are able to get data close to the shore, it is important for the skiff to visually check the shoreline to make sure that there are no major hazards to navigation. The shoreline crew is responsible for marking any dangers, and getting close enough to shore to decide where the sheet limits should be set. These sheet limits dictate how close the shoreline and rock formations are that the launches need to survey.
Step Four: Data Collection on Ship and Launches
This is the time when the hydrographers and ship crew can begin “coloring in the lines” by filling in designated polygons with sonar data. The hydrographers are in charge of determining where the ship or launch needs to be driven in order to gather the required data using navigation software on the ship called HYPACK. They are also responsible for taking Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) measurements in order to apply accurate sound speed profiles to the data. The deck department and the NOAA Corps officers are responsible for following the plan laid out by the hydrographers in order to navigate the ship to gather data. This takes attention to detail, because if the ship goes off course, data is missed for a certain area creating a “holiday”, or a gap in the data. If a holiday is created it means that the crew has to go back and get the missing data later. Nobody likes a holiday as it costs time and money to fix. While data is being collected, the hydrographers are in charge of keeping an acquisition log that is a detailed record of everything that is taking place during a specific survey. The team uses a program called Seafloor Information Systems (SIS) in order to collect the sonar data on the ship. On the launches, HYPACK serves a dual function as the navigation software and the sonar software.
Step Five: Processing and Cleaning the Data
This was one of the most interesting parts of the process as you begin to see the data come to life. The “lines” of data that are collected using the Konsberg sonar unit are brought over to a program called CARIS. Certain correctors such as sound velocity and the predicted tides are added to the data in CARIS as well. While each processing step is being completed, the hydrographer is responsible for making notes in the acquisition log.
Next it is important to “clean” the data. This is done by moving carefully over each line of data to filter out any noise that shouldn’t be there. When the data has been cleaned it can then be added to the project file for the sheet manager. This way the hydrographer that is in charge of that specific sheet of data can see what progress has been made and what steps are still required for the work to be completed.
Step Six: Writing the Descriptive Report (DR) and Conducting a Survey Review
The Descriptive Report (DR) seems to be the most tedious part of the process. This is the report that is included with the sheet when it is sent to the Pacific Hydrographic Branch for review and further processing. It thoroughly explains things like the area surveyed, how data was acquired, and results and recommendations. After a DR is thought to be complete, the ship conducts an internal review. This is what I got to sit in on during my last day on the ship. After it has met the expectations of the Chief Survey Technician, the FOO, and the CO, the project can then be sent off the ship to the Pacific Hydrographic Branch before being sent on to the Marine Chart Division (MCD) where the charts are finalized.
Like I said in my previous blog post, the scientific process is not easy. These scientists and crew work tirelessly to ensure that they are producing quality work that can be utilized for safe navigation. I appreciate their efforts, and I want to thank them for their long hours and their attention to detail.
I find myself unable to fully express my gratitude to the crew of the Rainier for my time with them. They allowed me to ask endless questions, they welcomed me into their close-knit community, and they provided me with an experience of a lifetime. I am extremely thankful for this opportunity, and I wanted to be sure to offer my appreciation.
It has been over a week since I’ve been back in Newport, Oregon, and I’ve had a great time reliving my Teacher at Sea (TAS) experience with family, friends, coworkers, and students. While we were transiting from the Shumigans, Christie Reiser, a Hydrographic Assistant Survey Technician on board gave me an awesome video that she had made with several crew members. The video gives a tour of the Rainier, and I thought it would be a nice to share it on my blog as a way to show people where I spent my 18 days at sea.
In this section I usually do a detailed interview with one crew member. As this is my last blog post, I wanted to be sure to include all of the other interviews that I had while on the ship. For each of these interviews I have included a snapshot of the conversation that I had with each person. While I wasn’t able to interview everyone on board, I can say for a fact that each person I met had a unique story. I was particularly fascinated by the various pathways that people have taken in order to become part of the Rainier crew. Enjoy!
Thank you for following my blog and for sharing this experience with me. Thanks again to the crew of the Rainier for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity. I’ve learned so much from this experience, and I plan to take the knowledge I’ve gained and pass it along to my students, friends, and community members.
Best wishes to the crew of the Rainier, good luck with the rest of your field season, and happy hydro!
Weather Data from the Bridge: GPS location: 55°02.642’N, 159°57.359’W
Sky condition: Overcast (OVC)
Visibility: 7 nm
Wind: 180° true, 8 kts
Water temperature: 8.3°C
Air temperature: 12.0 °C
Science and Technology Log
In my last post I talked mostly about the science needed for safely navigating the ship to our survey area in the Shumagin Islands. Now that the surveying has begun, I’d like to use this post to talk about the actual logistics of the surveys that are being completed. These surveys are the reason that we are in Alaska, and it takes quite a bit of planning and coordination to make sure that accurate data is collected. The hydrographers are looking for features to put on the chart (map) such as depth, rocks, shoals, ledges, shipwrecks, islets (small islands), and kelp beds.
The last time most of this area was surveyed was back in the early 1900s. Lead lines were used in order to gather data about the depth of the sea. While accurate, this method only gave information on discrete points along the ocean floor. This resulted in charts being left with large amounts of white space which represents areas that have never before been surveyed.
The sonar technology on the ship allows us to gather data which can be classified as full-bottom coverage. That means that we have data on every inch of ocean floor that we cover rather than just one point along the way.
Now let’s get to the heart of survey! The overall survey area here in the Shumagins is broken down into what the team refers to as sheets. The Commanding Officer (CO) informed me that the reason they call them “sheets” is because back before the use of computers in surveying, hydrography would be done on a small boat and all the positions would be hand-plotted on a sheet of fine cotton paper. The size of this “sheet” of paper and the scale of the survey dictated how big the survey would be. Anyways, each sheet has a sheet manager that is responsible for the data collected in that area. Each sheet is then broken down even further into several polygons which represent specific areas to be surveyed on that sheet. Meghan McGovern, the Field Operations Officer (FOO) on this ship, explained to me that while the ship itself is running sonar to collect data 24 hours a day only two launches can be sent out at a time to do additional surveys. This is because the ship does not have the manpower to run the entire ship plus all four small survey launches. However, it is hard on the crew to run continuous 24 hour operations on the ship, so every so often the ship will anchor and four survey launches can be sent out to gather data during the day. I asked which method is preferred and Megan told me that it really depends on the area that needs to be surveyed. Sometimes it can be more beneficial to anchor and send out all four launches if a lot of data needs to be collected on areas close to the shore. In that case, the ship is not able to navigate as closely to the shoreline as the small launches are.
Before the launches can be sent out to gather data close to shorelines, benchmarks must be set and tidal gauges must be taken in order to measure the actual water level based on the varying tides. This has not been done during my time in the Shumagins because they were done on the previous leg. (For more information visit TAS Marvin’s blog to understand how she helped set-up benchmarks in the Shumagins.) Shoreline verification must also be completed by the small skiff (boat) in order to visually mark any dangers that may be hazardous to the launches while they are surveying. I am hoping to do shoreline verification while I am here, but for now this area has already been done.
After the shoreline verification has taken place the actual data collection can begin. I have been out in a launch two times since we reached our survey area. The first time we were surveying polygons V (Victor) and X (X-ray) on the west coast of Chernabura Island. I learned a great deal from the crew about the survey system on the small launch. While I was on this launch I was allowed to drive. It turns out it is hard to drive a boat in a nice, neat line. Yesterday I was able to go out for a second time on a survey launch, and this time we collected near shore data on the east side of Near Island.
The launch runs a system that is very similar to the ship in order to collect bathymetric data. The screen, that is projected to the Hydrographer in Charge (HIC) and the coxswain (driver), shows a swath of the area where data has been collected.
On the screen it looks as though the ship is driving back and forth coloring in the lines as data is collected. Once all of the data has been collected on the launch, it is saved to an external hard drive and brought back to the ship for night processing. I haven’t observed night processing yet, but I plan to do that in the upcoming days.
I will hold off on more detail now and wait until next time to give you the science behind the detailed sonar that is being used during these surveys.
Yesterday was one of my favorite days on my adventure so far. I went with three other people on one of the small launches called the RA-6. While I was on the launch I had the responsibility of doing the radio communication back to the ship for a check-in each hour to let them know our position and what we had accomplished up to that point. The sun was peeking through the clouds, and I was finally able to see the majestic islands that are surrounding us. These islands have no trees, but their sharp cliffs and the mystical lenticular clouds that hovered above them captured my attention each time we drove close.
The birds out here are the only animals that can be observed and they include gulls, muirs, and puffins. Each time we drove near a puffin I couldn’t help but laugh as they scuttled quickly away in the water. Some of them seemed to have eaten too many fish to be able to lift themselves into the air.
My free time on the ship has been mostly spent at meals and in the wardroom. Each night the ship shows three different movies that run on the cable channels throughout the ship, and a mix of people tend to gather in the wardroom to sit and watch the shows together. I have also had the unique experience of using the elliptical machine several times while on board.
If you have ever used an elliptical machine, you know that normally when you step off the machine it feels like you are still in motion. Add that feeling to the swaying of the ship and it makes for a strange type of vertigo!
Laura McCrum, a past student of mine, told me in a recent email to remember that knowledge is not confined to age…and she made sure to clarify that she wasn’t calling me old! I am so grateful for this unique experience where I am able to continue my education each and every day in order to expand my knowledge base. I hope that this experience will not only benefit me but also my students, coworkers, and community members as well.
Just Another Day at the Office
I wanted to start this section of my blog as a way to highlight a different member of the crew during each post. These people go to work each day in such a unique environment that I thought it was important to share a piece of their stories.
Carl VerPlanck, 3rd Mate
The first time I saw Carl was on the bridge while the ship was departing from port. He is the navigation officer responsible for creating routes, updating charts and publications, and maintaining a certain decorum on the bridge. Carl also helps to train junior officers in the art of navigation. He conducts underway watches and drives the launches while helping to train others to do the same.
When asked about how he got to be in the position that he holds today, Carl told me that he grew up in Indiana and received his GED when he was 18 before moving to Alaska to work on a fishing boat. Having no prior experience on boats, he worked in a fish processing plant in Naknek, Alaska until he was able to start as a General Vessel Assistant (GVA) with NOAA. He eventually worked his way up the rank as an Ordinary Seaman (OS), followed by an Able-bodied Seaman (AB) until he received his 3rd Mate certification. He currently holds his 2nd Mate certification, and he plans to hold this position in the future.
While I was talking with him, Carl told me that the best part about his job was that he loves working in Alaska. He has a sense of exploration while doing these surveys, and he likes the feeling that anything could be down there on the sea floor. I asked him to share the advice that he would give a young person trying to break into the field of an ocean related career and he said that you shouldn’t be afraid to broaden the scope of what you might be good at or what your interests are. Never miss a chance to take hold of an opportunity, and don’t be afraid to consider a non-traditional pathway.
I ended our conversation by asking Carl what he would be doing if he wasn’t currently working for NOAA, and he said he was sure he would still be in the maritime community in some way. Besides working for NOAA I found out that Carl enjoys taking flying lessons and he is currently working toward getting his pilot’s license. He has a home in Seattle where he lives, when not underway, with his wife and his 1 1/2 year old son.
Your Questions Answered!
I love getting questions via comments and emails, and so I wanted to do these questions justice by providing prompt answers. So here we go…
My first question was from Kirsten Buckmaster, a fellow teacher at INMS. She asked me if I have any specific duties from day to day on the ship. As a Teacher at Sea it is really up to me to insert myself into the everyday schedule of the ship. The Field Operations Officer (FOO) and the Commanding Officer (CO) sat down with me at the start of the leg and asked me what I was interested in doing while on board, and I told them that I was eager to do a little bit of everything. Each day the FOO posts the Plan of the Day (POD), and this tells you what specific tasks are going to be done for the day. Each day I look for my name on the POD to understand if I have any specific responsibilities. Some days it is up to me to go observe on the bridge or in the plot room. I am hoping to help with the deck department before my time is over, as well as try to better understand what the engineers do.
Next I had a question from one of my students Mr. Zachary Doyle. Zach asked me if I was getting seasick. Luckily, it turns out that I am not prone to sea sickness…yet. The POD gives the weather forecast, and the FOO makes sure to let the crew know if we are going to have any inclement weather. If I know the ship is going to be rockin’ and rollin’ I will take Dramamine which helps to prevent sea sickness. Also, the launches get shaken around a bit more so if I know I’m going out on a launch I will take some medicine the night before just in case.
Finally, my grandmother-in-law Liz Montagna asked me about the waves. I’ve learned out here that we need to be aware of two important things: sea wave height and swells. In simple terms, a swell is a wave that is not generated by the local wind. They are regular, longer period waves generated by distant weather systems. The wave height can be measured from the waves caused by the wind in the area where they are created. Luckily we haven’t had waves breaking on the deck. Liz also asked about who does the housekeeping. In my stateroom the answer is my roommate and I. We are responsible for keeping our living quarters neat and tidy. The deck department is mostly in charge of the rest of the ship. Each day I have met people in the passageways (halls) sweeping, mopping, and doing other necessary tasks to keep the ship looking good.
I love questions so please keep them coming! Remember you can post a comment/question on the blog or email me at firstname.lastname@example.org .
All is well in Alaska!
Did You Know…
I didn’t know how the Shumagin Islands got their name so I did some investigating. It turns out that Vitus Bering was the man who led an expedition to the islands in 1741. Nikita Shumagin was one of the sailors on this mission, but he unfortunately died of scurvy and was buried on Nagai Island.
NOAA Teacher at Sea
Aboard NOAA Ship Rainier July 29 – August 15, 2013
Mission: Hydrographic Survey Geographical Area of the Cruise: Shumagin Islands, Alaska Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Weather Data from the Bridge: GPS location: 54°52.288’N, 159°55.055’W
Sky condition: Overcast (OVC) with Fog (FG)
Visibility: Less than 2 nautical miles (nm)
Wind: 120 degrees true, 13 knots (kt)
Sea level pressure: 1009.7 millibar (mb)
Sea wave height: 1 foot (ft)
Swell waves: 180 degrees true, 3 ft
Water temperature: 9.4°C
Air temperature: 12.2°C
Science and Technology Log
From the moment I stepped on to the NOAA Ship Rainier in port at the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak three days ago, it was apparent to me that this ship functions in order to acquire information. Hours upon hours of teamwork, dedication, money, and precise planning go in to making sure this ship gets to the right spot, functions properly, and has the correct instrumentation to collect the data. My goal for this post is to share with you all of the science that goes into making sure that this ship is able to perform the overall mission of doing hydrographic surveys.
First perhaps I should give a brief background of what a hydrographic survey is and why they are done. The NOAA Ship Rainier uses sonar in order to collect information about the ocean floor. Each time the ship, or any of the survey launches (smaller boats), use this sonar, they are surveying the area for hydrographic information.
This information is then processed and used to create nautical charts which NOAA produces for navigational purposes. These nautical charts contain information on ocean floor depth, but they also give detailed information on areas that may be hazardous to those navigating the waters in that area. I will stop there for now on the hydrographic surveys because the surveys have only just begun today on the ship. The ship has been in transit the past two days, meaning that we have been moving from port to our survey area. Little did I know how much science it takes to even get the ship to the survey area where the hydrographic surveys can begin.
If you are one of my students reading this blog, you may know how I say that science is everywhere. One of my students even asked me this past year, “Mrs. Sard, are you like ALWAYS thinking about science?” Well it turns out that science IS everywhere on this ship. I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with several different crew members in my first few days, and they’ve been eager to explain the many functions of the ship and the crew. What is important to understand is that there are several departments that all must work together in order to allow the ship to function properly. Here is a brief breakdown of each department and what their main tasks are:
Wardroom – These are mostly members of the NOAA Corps which is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. Besides managing and operating the ship, these dedicated workers also function as scientists and engineers.
Survey – These are the scientists that are mostly in charge of the hydrographic data. They collect, process, and manage the information that is collected during the surveys.
Engineers – These people have the important task of keeping the ship in functioning order. They do things like maintain the engine room and respond to any mechanical type issues.
Electronics Technician (ET) – This crew is in charge of the technology on board the ship. They ensure that things like the computers, internet, and phones are all up in working condition.
Steward – This department is tasked with the job of feeding the crew members. (They do a great job, and I think I might actually gain weight while out a sea because I cannot say no to the delicious food they prepare!)
Deck – The deck crew members are responsible for things like driving the small launches, maintaining the ship’s equipment, and so on.
Visitors – These would be people, like me, who are only on board the ship temporarily. They have a specific purpose that usually falls within one of the other departments.
Navigating the Ship
Now that you are aware of the overall goal of the ship, and you are familiar with the departments, let me discuss the science that is needed to get the ship where we need to go. It was an overwhelming and exciting feeling to be on the bridge of the ship while we were getting underway. The Officer On Deck (OOD) was giving orders to both the helmsman, who marked his orders down on a marker board, and the “lee helm” or engine controls operated by ENS Poremba. The third mate was acting as the navigator and had precisely mapped out the route for safely and efficiently departing the Coast Guard base.
The Commanding Officer (CO) was overseeing all that was happening, along with several other officers. I was in awe of how smoothly everything came together, and how efficiently the people worked together as a team. LT Gonsalves eloquently said that the ship is like a “floating city” and that all of the pieces must come together in order for it to function.
As I awoke yesterday, after our first night out at sea, I could hear the fog horn coming from the bridge. I decided to go and observe again to see how things were functioning out at open sea. ENS Wall showed me how to do a GPS fix to make sure that we are following the plans laid out for navigation.
These are taken about every fifteen minutes. He used the current chart that was laid out as well as electronic GPS measurements and plotted them on the chart with a compass. He then marked the latitude and longitude with the time to show that we were on course at that moment.
The OOD, John Kidd, went on to explain a bit more about the navigation of the ship including the gyroscope. Simply put, a gyroscope is an instrument used for measuring and maintaining orientation while out at sea, but it’s not as simple as it looks. I noticed a sign that read “Gyro Error” and so I asked. John went on to tell me that the gyro error is the difference between true north and what the gyro thinks is north. The difference between true north and magnetic north is the combination of “variation” which is a function of local magnetic fields, and “deviation” which is the effect the magnetic fields aboard the boat have on the compass. The steel ship itself and all of the electricity on board have some crazy magnetic fields that interfere.
Finally, I went up to the bridge this morning to quickly get the weather data that I needed for my blog. What I thought would be a quick visit turned into a 30 minute conversation with the crew. It was remarkable to see all of the data that is collected each hour dealing with the weather. The conning officer is required to take the data once each hour and enter it into the computer. They don’t simply look out and take a rough estimate of the weather. It is a detailed process that takes a variety of instrumentation in order to get the quantified weather data that is needed. All of the weather data is then sent off to NOAA’s National Weather Service and is used to refine the local at-sea weather forecasts.
I couldn’t help but smile at all of the science and math that was taking place in order to have safe navigation through the sea. So much science goes in to making sure that the officers have accurate data in order to navigate the ship. This is one of my goals as a TAS: I want to show my students how many different opportunities they have, and the possible fields of science that NOAA has to offer.
When I arrived in Kodiak on Saturday, Avery Marvin, the previous Teacher at Sea (TAS) was still on board for one night. She took me on a tour of the ship, and gave me the low down on how everything functions. Avery and I decided that before departing on Monday, we would take the day on Sunday to explore the island of Kodiak. I couldn’t believe all of the wildlife I saw including the various creatures of the tide pools, bald eagles, sea otters, salmon, and so much more.
I have been so impressed by the functionality of the ship. Every inch of space is used, and the people on board truly understand what it means to work as a team. Yesterday we had our safety drills including Fire/Emergency and Abandon Ship. When the different alarms sounded, I was required to quickly get to my muster station where I was checked in and accounted for to the CO. I also was asked to try on my immersion suit. In all of the excitement, I wasn’t able to get a picture, but it was an experience to practice these drills.
I believe my body is starting to get accustomed to the constant movement of the ship. While sleeping in my rack (bed) at night, I can feel it as the ship sways back and forth. At times the waves are large, but for the most part it feels as though I’m being rocked to sleep.
Please post comments, or email me at email@example.com if you have any questions or information that you would like me to blog about. I’m looking forward to sharing more information on my experience with you next time!
Did You Know…
Each ship has it’s own call sign. These signs are displayed on the ship by flags that each represent one letter in the alphabet, and they are international symbols that are used. The call sign for the NOAA Ship Rainier is WTEF.
To ensure clearness when reading off these letters, the military alphabet is used. For example, if you were reading the call sign for the Rainier it would read Whiskey Tango Echo Foxtrot instead of just WTEF.
NOAA Teacher at Sea
Aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
May 20 – 31, 2013
Mission: Right Whale Survey, Great South Channel Geographical Area of Cruise: North Atlantic Date: May 29, 2013
Weather Data from the Bridge:
Air temperature: 12.8 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit)
Surface water temperature: 11.8 degrees Celsius (53 degrees Fahrenheit)
Wind speed: 21 knots (25 miles per hour)
Relative humidity: 100%
Barometric pressure: 1023.5
Science and Technology Log
We finally had a right whale sighting today! It was a juvenile and was quite close to the ship. It was exciting to see it frolicking.
Allison Henry, chief scientist, recently told me that over 70% of the right whales they see have entanglement scars. The scars are due to entanglement in fishing lines.
Sometimes teams of scientists with special training attempt to disentangle a whale. It can be dangerous work. The video below shows a team working to remove fishing lines from a whale in 2011. The scientists first need to attach the small boat to the whale with lines so they can stay with it while it swims until it exhausts itself. Only when the whale is tired, can the team work to cut away the entanglement.
Watch this video of a whale disentanglement.
The other hazard is that whales tend to rest and feed near the surface of the water in the shipping lanes, and can be hit by ships.
During the day, from 7am-7pm, the scientists take turns on watch. This means we watch for whales using “big eyes” which are giant binoculars. We spend 30 minutes on left watch, 30 minutes in the center, and 30 minutes on the right watch. At the center station we record sightings and update the environment using a computer program designed for this purpose.
I visited the Wheel House on the ship today. This is also called the bridge, and is the control center of the ship (similar to the cockpit of an airplane). The wheel house has many controls that the crew needs to know how to use, and it takes years of training to be able to command a ship. I spoke with Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Taylor and Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Michael Levine about the workings of the Gunter.
This is the wheel or helm of the ship. The Gunter is one of the last NOAA ships with this type of helm. The newer ships have a helm that looks more similar to that which you find in a race car. Although the helm is still used to steer the ship at times, especially when docking, the steering is left to the auto pilot the majority of the time.
I know some of you were concerned about how the officers could see to steer the boat in the fog. The ship has an ARPA radar system that shows where other boats in the area are in relation to our ship. The radar also shows the course our ship is taking and alerts the crew to anything that may be in the path of the ship.
The throttles control the speed of the ship. The maximum speed of ship is 10 knots which is about 12 miles per hour. The ship uses diesel fuel and it takes about 1,200 gallons of fuel to run the ship for a 24 hour period. At night they will sometimes shut down one engine which makes the ship go slower, but which saves about 400 gallons or $1,600 a day. This is one reason why we anchored for 3 days during the bad weather. The weather made surveying whales impossible so it didn’t make sense to run the ship during that time. The cost of running the Gunter is $11,000/day on average. This includes everything to do with sailing including salaries, food, etc.
I know that some of my first graders have been asking about where I sleep and eat on the ship. Below are pictures of my stateroom and the galley of the ship. Two very important places!
NOAA Teacher at Sea
Onboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette July 1 — 14, 2011
Mission: IEA (Integrated Ecosystem Assessment)
Geographical Area: Kona Region of Hawaii
Captain: Kurt Dreflak
Science Director: Samuel G. Pooley, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist: Evan A. Howell
Date: July 11, 2011
Surf. Water Temp.
Surf. Water Sal.
Deputy Director of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (NOAA): Mike Seki
Duty: I oversee all operations at the Pacific Islands Science Center. That includes all operation: four research divisions, administration and information technology, science operations. Under science operations the Science Center has about 30 small boats (12 to 30 feet) and the Oscar Elton Sette ship (224 feet) to support the mission…
What do you like about the job? It allows me to see how it all comes together; all facets of the science and how we accomplish our mission.
Experience/ Education: I have BS in biology and have worked with NOAA for 31 years. While working, I went back to school to get my masters and PHD. In today’s world, to be credible, you really need to have an education. Most of our research scientists have a PHD.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? Trying to do what we can with limited resources. We have to prioritize and that involves making tough decisions.
Captain (CO) Commanding Officer: LCDR Kurt Dreflak, NOAA
Duty: I have responsibility for the whole ship; safety, operations, moral, everything.
What do you like about the job? I like it best when everyone works together and all the pieces fall into place. We get a chance to see things most people don’t. It‘s a unique opportunity that we shouldn’t take for granted.
Experience/ Education: I obtained a BS in geosystems in environmental management, worked as a geologist at an environmental consulting firm, and have forked for NOAA for 12 years.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
There are things you don’t have any control over.
Executive Officer (XO): Chief Mate Richard (Pat) Patana
Duty: Second in command after Commanding Officer. I do the administrative work for the ship.
What do you like about the job? I like the NOAA mission, and the job pays well.
Experience/ Education: I am a licensed Captain. I am from Alaska and used to be a commercial long line fisherman in Alaska, Canada, and the West Coast catching shrimp, halibut, and salmon. Then I worked with charter fishing boats.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
The administrative duties.
LCDR (Lieutenant Commander): Hung Tran, USPHS
LCDR (Lieutenant Commander): Hung Tran, USPHS
Duty: Medical officer- Emergency medical care on the ship.
I actually work for the United States Public Health Service.
What do you like about the job? Meeting new people
Experience/ Education: Eight years of schooling in Chicago, IL. I use to work for the Bureau of Prisons in Honolulu.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? The ship is kind of like a “mini-jail”. We are out to sea for long periods and you can’t go anywhere. The confinement can be hard.
What is the most common reason for seeing the doctor at sea? Sea sickness and headaches.
Field Operations officer (OPS): LT Colin Little, NOAA
Duty: A liaison between scientists and command officer (CO)
What do you like about the job? I was trained as a scientist, so I like to use that background to better understand where the scientists are coming from and what they want to do, then use the information to relay it to the Captain (CO).
Experience/ Education: I have a BA in biology and a Masters in evolutionary biology. I have worked my way up to this position by doing various jobs. I work onshore and on the ship at sea. We get transferred every few years, so I will be going to Oregon next.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?Being away from home.
Chief Scientist: Evan Howell
Duty: Directs the operations of the scientists, coordinates activities working with the OPS to make sure the bridge understands what the scientists are trying to accomplish, and writes report on progress.
What do you like about the job? Although it is tough while we’re going through the process of gathering data, to me it is very satisfying in the end to have something that people can use to further studies of the ecosystem.
Experience /Education: I have a PHD; however, I didn’t have it when I began the job with NOAA. What’s important for this position is to be able to organize all the different studies, communicate with the scientists and know when to push or back off. You need to be able to see the “big picture” of the project and keep it going forward.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? It is kind of like a juggling act keeping everything going smoothly. There are so many activities happening at the same time, it is sometimes very challenging.
Research Fishery Biologist: Donald
Duty: Research projects dealing with oceanography. (For example; protected species, turtles and larval transports). On this cruise, I am helping lead the midwater trawling operations.
What do you like about the job? The variety. You don’t get bored with one thing. I tend to get bored working on just one thing at a time.
Experience/ Education: I got my masters in biological oceanography, went to work at NOAA, and then went back to school for my PHD.
Can you explain the hardest part your job? Short deadlines and not enough time.
PHD Students: Both up nights supervising the trawls, organizing, recording data, and writing reports.
Johanna: She is working on her PHD through UH in oceanography. Johanna has been working closely with Donald researching larval transport.
John: He is also working on his PHD in preparative biology through the Museum of Natural History in New York. His specialty is studying mictophids.
Scientist (on ship)/Science Operation Lead (on land): Noriko
Duty: My primary duty is to serve as the PIFSC Vessel Coordinator, and to oversee the science portion of the NOAA Marine Natural Monuments Program. My group also handles permits, and makes sure our internal programs are properly in compliance with NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act- 1969. On the ship I am working acoustics.
What do you like about the job? Overseeing a great team of people that help PIFSC scientists go out into the field to conduct important research.
Experience/Education: I got my BS degree, became a survey technician, and then went back to school for my masters in environmental management.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? Coordinating with people outside of our structure can be challenging. We work with the US Fish and Wildlife, the State of Hawaii, Guam and Samoa, the Marianas, and other sections of NOAA.
Stewards (Clementine, Jay, and Jeff)
What do you like about the job?
Chief Steward: Clementine: My passion is cooking. So I enjoy my job. I can put any kind of food I want out here. The sky’s the limit!
2nd Cook: Jay: I love being on the ocean and living in Hawaii. And I enjoy working with Clementine who is a native of Samoa. She teaches me about Polynesian and Asian cuisine.
Clementine: I used to run my own business in America Samoa. It was a catering business called Mai Sei Aute which means “my hibiscus flower” in Samoan. I catered to a private school named Pacific Horizon, with 130 students and did all the work myself; cooking, delivering, and cleaning. The way I got this job is a long story. I started out on the ship called Ka’imimoana. My husband heard one of the cooks left, so I flew over to Hawaii and was working two weeks later. Then I moved over to the OES seven years later.
Jay: I’m from Rhode Island and graduated from Johnson and Wales University where I earned a BS in culinary arts.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
Long hours! We work 12-14 hours a day while at sea with no days off. If we are at sea 30 days, we work 30 days. Another thing is you don’t always have your own room. Sometimes you share with another person.
Deck and Engineering Departments
Chief Engineer: Harry
Duty: I am responsible for the engineering department on board the ship. That includes the engine room, hydraulic, electric, all the equipment, and the propulsion plant that keeps the ship underway.
What do you like about the job?
It is a “hands on” type of job, and I enjoy repairing equipment.
I spent 22 years in the Navy and obtained my Chief Engineer License through the Coast Guard.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
Finding good qualified people is difficult. You can delegate the work, but not the responsibility. So if the employee I hire doesn’t do the job, I am responsible for getting it done.
Chief Boatswain: Kenji
Duty: Supervise the deck department
What do you like about the job? When everything runs smoothly
Education/Experience: I’ve worked for NOAA 24 years. Before that I was a commercial fisherman on an AKU Sampan.
Explain the hardest part of your job: Rough seas make the work more difficult and dangerous.
What do you like about the job?
Bruce: Everything! I like working with the machines, the science, helping the environment, and the people. I like NOAA’s mission. And my boss; he’s the best boss I ever had. He has patience with us.
Ray: I love everything about my job. I like the fact that I am at sea and learn things every day and meet new people all the time. The science part of it opens up a whole new world to me. It is something that I wish everyone could experience.
Phil: I agree with NOAA’s mission of ocean management and conservation. This ship, in particular, is a nice place to work because of the people.
Bruce: I have worked for NOAA for 10 years. Before that, I was a long line fisherman; mostly AHI. I also worked construction with heavy equipment.
Ray: I was in the Navy when I was young. Then I attended Prince George Community College in Maryland and Rets Electronic School in New Jersey. I had my own electronics business. NOAA sends us to different places for training; for example Mitags (Maritime Institute of technology and graduate studies).
Phil: I have worked real estate appraisal for 20 plus years. I used to have my own real estate appraisal business in Honolulu, worked for a bank doing appraisals, and also for the city and state. Right before this job, I worked on an import ship. Then I was trained by NOAA at the Hawaii Maritime Institute. They trained me on firefighting, lifesaving, and construction of ships, lookouts, and also personal responsibility.
Mills: I went to high school and college in South Carolina to get a degree in marine technology. Then I worked in Alaska for salmon hatcheries. I moved back to South Carolina and worked for the SCDNR (Dept. of Natural Resources). Five years ago, NOAA called me and asked if I could go to Dutch Harbor in two weeks, and I’ve been with them ever since. I started out working in the hydrographic side of things.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
Bruce: Nothing really. I like my job.
Ray: Dealing with negativity issues and people conflicts.
Phil: I would say it has to be adjusting to the schedules. We don’t have a regular 8 hour on, 8 hour off schedule. It varies.
Mills: The hardest part is being away from the world; people, the social life. But then that is the best part of it also.
Coxswain: small boat operator:Jamie
Duty: I’m in charge of the Boating Safety Program and Instructor of Boating Courses for the scientific staff and I help the Pacific Science Center with research boats. There are 24 small boats.
What do you like about the job?: Being on the water and driving the boats
Experience/ Education: I received a degree in marine biology at UC Santa Cruz. Then I began doing field projects and became known to NOAA.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? Doing the certificates for boating courses along with paperwork and record keeping is my least favorite part of the job.
ET: Electronic Technician: Ricardo
Duty: I’m in charge of all the electronics, information technology, navigational system, communication system, sensors, and computer network.
What do you like about the job? I enjoy it when I get a chance to help others, like the time I was called ashore to help some people on a small island. I also like that I have a partner to share the job with. We switch every two months (onshore/offshore). I am glad to be able to travel, the pay is good, and I like accomplishing things that make the ship look good.
Experience/ Education: I did not go to college, and barely finished high school. Then I joined the Air Force. There is only one tech person, and that is me.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? Climbing the mast where the antennas are and writing weekly reports are things I could glad give to someone else.
Research Oceanographer: Reka Domokos
Duty: Works as an active acoustician for NOAA at the Pacific Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu.
What do you like about the job?
I like that in my job there is always something new, so I am always learning. I like to look at the big picture to see how the different components of an ecosystem fit together and influence each other. I like formulating hypotheses, and then test them to see if they hold. I am also detail oriented so I enjoy writing computer scripts for my data analyses. In addition, I like contributing to the “collective knowledge” by writing articles that summarized and describe my research and results.
I have a Ph.D. in physical oceanography. I attended Berkley for a BS in zoology, then UH Manoa for a masters in zoology and a masters in physical oceanography. I also earned my Ph.D. at UH Manoa where I taught graduate courses in Zoology and Oceanography before working with NOAA. I believe that sometimes more experience can be substituted for education when applying for a job.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job?
Sitting in an office everyday can sometimes be hard, but spending a month, or sometimes more, a year at sea and going to conferences help to break the monotony. I also have to take care of administrative duties as part of my job which is necessary but not enjoyable for me.
Aimee: This is a special case. Aimee was a previous Hollings Scholar who now works at the University of Michigan and is on the ship working co-op with NOAA in the acoustics department. She lives in Michigan and got her degree in Marine Science Biology, but would like to stay in Hawaii. Before boarding the ship she was researching wind farms and fish. She collects data so that they can see if the underwater wind turbines will affect the fish .
Survey Technician: Stephanie
Duty: Responsible for data collection from shipboard oceanographic sensors; CTD deployment and retrieval, water filtering for chlorophyll-a samples
What do you like about the job? I like the simple life on the ship. There are no roads with traffic and you don’t have to carry around your wallet or keys.
Experience/Education: I have my bachelor’s degree, and plan on going back to school this fall. I have worked for NOAA for two and a half years.
Mammal Research Observers: Allan and Jessica
Mammal Observation-So far we have taken over 2700 photos and several tissue samples for researching dolphins and whales.
Allan: What do you like about the job? I like being on the water and getting paid for it at the same time.
Experience/ Education: I earned my engineering degree, but didn’t use it. I began volunteering for whale watching and doing volunteer work for the University of Hawaii coral reef research. I have lived in Hawaii for 14 years, but recently started spending half of my year in Montana, so that I can experience the four seasons.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? The toughest thing is not finding any dolphin or whale species. It makes a long day. If the water is rough, it is harder to see them. The best condition to spot them in is when it is smooth and calm.
Jessica: What do you like about the job? I love small boats, being on the water, and finding less frequently seen species.
Experience/ Education: I attended Hawaii Pacific University and have a master’s in marine science. Right now I’m working a one year position for NOAA called the NIMB Fellowship.
Can you explain the hardest part of your job? The same thing Allan said, coming home without seeing anything is disappointing.
Laura: She is attending Stanford University as a senior, majoring in Earth Systems with an emphasis on Oceanography. It includes a wide range of classes, and she has had very interesting traveling experiences while learning. Right now on the OES, she is doing an internship working with the CTD process. This is a paid job with NOAA. Laura’s past experiences include sailing around Cape Cod, a trip to Australia for a Study Abroad Program, and a five-week trip to the Line Islands South of Hawaii. Her plan is to go to school a fifth year to earn a master’s degree while also working in the field.
Nikki: After this cruise, Nikki will have 82 days at sea under her belt. She started going out during high school in New Jersey. Her charter school had a vessel. Right now she is in the Hollings Scholar Program through NOAA. She applied and received a two year scholarship for her junior and senior year of college. She is attending the University of Miami. And when she finishes that, she has a conditional acceptance to attend RASMAS (University of Miami Science Grad School) where she wants to get her masters in Aquaculture.
Jonathan: Miami is Jonathan’s home and he is also in the Hollings Scholar Program. He is a senior majoring in Marine Science Chemistry. He would like to attend grad school, but needs to make up his mind what area to study because it becomes very specialized. His two choices are ocean acidification or biofuels. After the cruise he will be going to Washington DC to present what he has learned.
Meagan: She lives in Honolulu and attends University of Hawaii. In December she will obtain her degree in Marine Biology. She has been employed with NOAA since Nov. 2010 working at the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center with data collected around the N.Pacific Transition Zone. On this cruise she is helping with the acoustics. Meagan also works at the Waikiki Aquarium educating others about marine life. She hopes to continue with NOAA and educating the public about conserving and protecting the ocean.
UH Marine Research Technician: Jennie Mowatt—
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The key difference between purified and spring water is that we produce purified water by mechanically processing water in order to remove any impurities whereas spring water comes from natural sources where we do not perform any mechanical purifications. Furthermore, the purified water has no impurities or dissolved minerals but, the spring water contains minerals.
Water is essential for all of us, and it is an inorganic compound that is very common on earth’s crust. However, it is a good solvent; thus, water that naturally occurs, contain different components dissolved in it. Therefore, we should purify water before using it for specific purposes such as drinking. Springs are natural sources of water that has almost pure water.
What is Purified Water?
Purified water is the water that we get by purifying water from any source. This purification includes mechanical processes such as filtration in order to remove impurities. Purified water is suitable for use. The most common form is distilled water. The recent purification methods are capacitive deionization, reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, etc.
There are several parameters that we use to measure the water quality (if water is pure or not) such as the pH, conductivity, BOD, COD, etc. Usually, we produce purified water from either drinking water or groundwater. There are several types of impurities in these sources; inorganic ions, organic compounds, bacteria, particulates, gases, etc.
The techniques that we can use for the purification are as follows:
- Simple distillation
- Double distillation
When considering the uses of purified water, it includes autoclaving purposes, hand-pieces, laboratory testing, laser cutting, and automotive uses. In the process of purification, it removes any contaminants in water. Therefore it also is useful for the pharmaceutical industry and for the production of commercial beverages. However, there are some health concerns regarding purified water. Since the purification technique removes all the minerals from water, it is not healthier to use as drinking water.
What is Spring Water?
Spring water is the water that we obtain from springs. A spring is a location where water flows on to the earth’s crust from aquifers. Therefore it is a component of the hydrosphere. This water contains dissolved minerals. This is because mineral dissolves in water when this water passes through underground rocks. This provides the water with a flavour and also, there can be carbon dioxide bubbles depending on the condition in the underground through which the water passes. Therefore, we can name this water as mineral water and some people bottle this water to sell as mineral water.
Usually, this water is clear, but sometimes it may have a colour if there are some mineral dissolved in this water. When considering the uses of spring water, the uses include human needs such as drinking, domestic water supply, irrigation, mills, navigation, electricity generation, etc.
What is the Difference Between Purified and Spring Water?
Purified water is the water that we get by purifying the water from any source whereas spring water is the water that we obtain from the springs. A major difference between purified and spring water is that the purified water is pure and has no impurities or dissolved minerals while spring water contains minerals, which dissolve when this water passes through underground rocks. Furthermore, the spring water comes on to the earth’s crust from underground aquifers whereas purified water is a man-made form of water which we prepare from the mechanical purification of drinking water or groundwater. Therefore, this is the key difference between purified and spring water.
The below infographic presents more details on the difference between purified and spring water.
Summary – Purified vs Spring Water
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Loneliness is a growing public health concern, yet little is known about loneliness in young people. The current study aimed to identify social ecological factors related to loneliness and examine the extent to which geographic region may account for differences in loneliness.
The data come from a cross-sectional sample of 6503 young people living in the UK. Loneliness was measured using the UCLA 3-item scale. Bivariate analyses were used to test associations between each predictor and loneliness. Multilevel models were used to identify key social ecological factors related to loneliness, and the extent to which loneliness may vary across geographic regions (local authority districts).
Sociodemographic, social, health and well-being, and community factors were found to be associated with loneliness. Geographic region was associated with 5–8% of the variation in loneliness. The effect of gender, sexual orientation and minority ethnic background on loneliness differed across regions.
This is the first study to highlight modifiable social and community factors related to youth loneliness, and individual vulnerabilities, such as poor mental well-being. Results related to geographic differences suggest that local-level initiatives may be most appropriate in tackling loneliness, rather than wider, less contextualized national efforts. | <urn:uuid:59c616eb-7cb5-403e-8614-7f08412d035f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ifp.nyu.edu/2022/journal-article-abstracts/6499474/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.955498 | 242 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Recent emergence of 7.0T MR scanner sheds new light on the study of hippocampus by providing much higher image contrast and resolution. However, the new characteristics shown in 7.0T images, such as richer structural information and more severe intensity inhomogeneity, raise serious issues for the extraction of distinctive and robust features for accurately segmenting hippocampus in 7.0T images. On the other hand, the hand-crafted image features (such as Haar and SIFT), which were designed for 1.5T and 3.0T images, generally fail to be effective, because of the considerable image artifacts in 7.0T images. In this paper, we introduce the concept of unsupervised deep learning to learn the hierarchical feature representation directly from the pre-observed image patches in 7.0T images. Specifically, a two-layer stacked convolutional Independent Subspace Analysis (ISA) network is built to learn not only the intrinsic low-level features from image patches in the lower layer, but also the high-level features in the higher layer to describe the global image appearance based on the outputs from the lower layer. We have successfully integrated this deep learning scheme into a state-of-the-art multi-atlases based segmentation framework by replacing the previous hand-crafted image features by the hierarchical feature representations inferred from the two-layer ISA network. Promising hippocampus segmentation results were obtained on 20 7.0T images, demonstrating the enhanced discriminative power achieved by our deep learning method. | <urn:uuid:fb2f8585-3301-49c6-b530-d0e2da4a0f17> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://koreauniv.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/unsupervised-deep-learning-for-hippocampus-segmentation-in-70-tes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.935032 | 308 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Morning habits and routines take commitment and practice. Some are even unconventional, almost making it impossible to have a productive day. However, there are some hard to get use to simple habits that may actually be healthy, such as a glass of lemon water to prevent painful kidney stones. There are on average a minimum of over 50 activities that can be added to our morning routine. It can be exhausting just to think about it. And it’s impossible (YES…I said IMPOSSIBLE) to do everything, so we must be selective about our daily activities that jumpstart our morning.
Keep reading. Here are 5 simplified activities I’ve added to my morning routine.
- No More Snooze
The snooze button on your alarm or phone may seem like your best friend, but it’s really your frenemy. Snoozing was like the best thing ever until I read this article that research has shown it confuses your body and brain. Your body starts preparing for waking up hours before your alarm goes off, releasing chemicals you need to be alert. Hitting the snooze interrupts your normal sleep cycle. It causes you to feel groggy the rest of the day because your body’s hormone levels are thrown off. When that alarm goes off, Get Up and Get Your Verb on!
- Stop for Breakfast
Glorified Busy American, raise your hand. The busy lifestyle has morphed into the glorification of eating meals on the go. Drinking a protein shake while driving to the work. Skipping or eating lunch on the Go. Scarfing down sugar filled granola bars while taking the kids to karate class. And when we eat like this our brains don’t fully register that we had food and can cause us to overeat later in the day. It starts at breakfast then become just one more meal we cut out of our day while rushing to the next thing. STOP! And just take just fifteen minutes to eat (nope, put your phone down) and enjoy your breakfast. No matter what it is, it will help balance your day and as a bonus prevent a slow metabolism.
- A Lot Less Talk and a Lot More Action
This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take the time to connect with others in the morning, but you should do your best to limit social gathering in the morning. Instead, schedule those first few hours to focus on tasks that need the most time and attention. Your post-lunch self will love you for it when that natural dip in energy and alertness hits.
- Write it Down
Instead of using your morning to construct a mile-long list of things to do, use that time to write down your thoughts and feelings. If a to-do item pop into your head, write it on a sticky note and move back to focusing on your thoughts. A lengthy to-do list first thing in the morning is more overwhelming than the relaxing practice of emptying your mind of clutter.
- Ignore Everyone Else‘s Habits
Feel free to ignore all four of the previous morning habits (and maybe even this one). While the habits listed here are backed by science and research, it doesn’t mean you have to do them. Starting your morning means finding the habits and practices that are best suited for you. Morning routines are not a one-size-fit-all (i.e. coffee gives me jitters and yet it was a must-have for my sister). You do you!
Be it unusual, non-conforming or standard, trying out different morning routines is a great way to find balance and a jumpstart to your day that’s best fits you.
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It explores the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, by the global media for researching and newsgathering purposes. It examines the technological development and capabilities of contemporary drone hardware and the future of drone journalism. It also considers the complex place of the media’s drone use in relation to international laws, as well as the ethical challenges and issues raised by the practice.
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Nano-/microplastics (NP) is a human-made emerging contaminant with worldwide occurrence. The small size (below one micrometer), the different chemical nature and the persistence make NP to potential hazards with suspect probability of tissue penetration and inflammation or as accumulator for toxins. A strategy to stop the spill of novel NP is the remediation from waste water or rivers as prominent distributors. We have developed core–shell superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) that attract NP and glue them to larger agglomerates which then can be removed from water by applying an external magnetic field. The shell molecules provide two interaction motifs towards NP. The tuned surface potential of the functionalized SPIONs attract complementary charged NP efficiently and the n-alkyl chain is dedicated to preferential interaction towards organic NP rather than inorganic particles. Structural analytics and molecular dynamics simulation support the proposed concept. Systematic remediation experiments with different NP (chemical structures, sizes and mixtures), from different waters – including river water – and with different SPION core materials indicate a universal validity of the concept, with bestremediation performance for mixed NP. We suggest a method for broadband remediation of various NP with simple materials and processes, which both have the potential to be up-scaled.
Guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility for Plastic Packaging. These guidelines provides framework for implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility. The Guidelines provide the roles and responsibilities of Producers, Importers, Brand Owners, Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committees, recyclers and waste processors for effective implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility. Please note[…]
The Policy Brief gives an overview of the current waste management related policy ecosystem and provides preliminary recommendations based on desk research, specifically on marine litter in India.
The Government of India announced the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which will prohibit the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of single use plastics (including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene) by 2022. To stop litering and promote reuse, the thickness of plastic carry bags have been increased. Please note that “English text follows[…]
Environment ministers around the globe agreed to create an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to create an international agreement to end plastic pollution at the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), held in Nairobi, Kenya, between February 28 and March 2, 2022.
Developing country facilities, financial and human resources prevent complete application of sampling, analysis, and observation protocols used in developed countries neccitating adaptations. Researchers in Vietnam developed and standardized a methodology for microplastic monitoring in sediments and surface waters of 21 environments (rivers, lakes, bays, beaches) of eight cities or provinces. The concentrations of microplastics in[…] | <urn:uuid:776cd398-1373-422b-883a-b36ac7b2681d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ikhapp.org/all-publications/the-remediation-of-nano-microplastics-from-water/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.902481 | 578 | 2.4375 | 2 |
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This chapter explores what Gadamer might mean by giving hermeneutics the task of “overcoming the primacy of self-consciousness” and asks whether it is really Hegel in his sights as he attempts to do so. The chapter first attends to the conflicting strands of deep solidarity with Hegel, coupled with just as deep a rejection. Gadamer’s final answer is that Hegel’s philosophy, whatever Hegel may have intended, did not completely break free of “subjectivism.” Of fundamental importance for Gadamer is the idea of finitude. Gadamer embraces what Hegel calls “the bad infinite” when he claims that the “soul’s dialogue with itself” has no teleological end point and is inexhaustible. Gadamer points to the limits of reflection. | <urn:uuid:1dd0bc26-1f4e-43ce-a25d-dfeb08353893> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://core-cms.prod.aop.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-gadamer/gadamers-hegel/239461481E8CB688333B8DD27A1472F3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931155 | 179 | 2.046875 | 2 |
So many people in our industry have the heart for education, but they just don’t know where to start. Do you have the confidence for on-stage speaking? Or do you work best in a 1:1 setting? Maybe you have the skills for online education… or the leadership ability for a mastermind group, in-person retreat, or other peer-to-peer setting.
It’s important to know which type of educator you are before you dive into the realm of teaching. Why? It helps you identify your underlying motivators, along with strengths and weaknesses… strengths that you can lean into, and weaknesses that you can work on!
If you’re hoping to become a skilled educator in the creative industry, this quiz is the place to start! Have you taken it yet?! If not, head right this way!
How to create an interactive quiz
It was so much fun to create this quiz for you guys—an easy and engaging way to help you find out what type of education is right for you. Today I want to walk you through the process of creating an Interact Quiz so you can make use of this tool too!
The first step: decide on a topic. For me, this was easy! I have been talking about this topic for years… I truly believe it’s important to know your educator type before you start teaching! But I’ve never had a great format for sharing it. This quiz was the perfect way to deliver a topic I’m passionate about.
Interact has a lot of different quiz styles, but I chose the “Personality Quiz”—since that’s essentially what my quiz is! This style of quiz uses responses to assign each quiz-taker to a personality or type depending on their answers—like an old school personality quiz in a magazine!
I created my quiz from the ground-up so I could implement my own colors, fonts, and cover image to give it a more cohesive feel with my brand… but you can also try the pre-made templates or stock imagery (built right into the platform!) if you want a little help getting started.
Now the hard part: how did I come up with the quiz content? This took a little bit of brainstorming, but I always say it’s easiest to work backwards (this is actually one of the curriculum design principles I teach in The Creative Educator Academy!)
I had already defined the four main types of educators:
1:1 Mentoring / Coaching
Peer Learning: Group Coaching / Masterminds / in-Person Experiences
Online Training / Digital Courses
From there, I came up with questions specific to each type of educator. For example, a speaker must feel comfortable and energized by large groups. In a peer setting, the educator must be able to tailor their teaching toward different skill levels.
I used these strengths and weaknesses for each educator type to come up with a total of 9 questions. Some responses have a direct answer, while others correspond to multiple answers.
Each quiz-taker also has the opportunity to sign up for my email list, but it’s not required. I love this feature of Interact because it lets me serve that audience with even more content over time—and I can even segment different groups depending on their quiz result.
I use Flodesk for my email marketing (shout out! They’re amazing!!). While Flodesk doesn’t directly integrate with Interact, I was able to use Zapier to connect both softwares without too much trouble.
The very last step? Monitoring my results! I’m a nerd about the numbers, and Interact really breaks it down so that I can learn a lot about my audience through their quiz results.
If you’re thinking about adding a quiz to your own website or marketing plan, give Interact a try! It does take a little bit of work to come up with your content, but it’s so worth it—this has been a great way to engage with my audience and deliver more helpful content to all of you!
This program is designed to help creatives take their Zone of Genius and turn into impactful education… without any prior training. Sound like something you need to take your career as an educator to the next level? I can’t wait to see you in class!
*Full disclosure: if you decide to give Interact a try, I am an affiliate! I wouldn’t share it if I didn’t believe you’d love it too!
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Voltaire was one of the greatest skeptics in history. He declared in his own commentary on the Bible:
“The subject is now exhausted: the cause is decided for those who are willing to avail themselves of their reason and their lights, and people will no more read this.”
And what would happen to his house?
“I went through Geneva, and was much refreshed by meeting the Committee of the Evangelical Society, with whose proceedings and objects I was so much gratified, that I wrote to this Society to make a liberal grant of 10,000 copies of the French Scriptures to promote the objects of that Society. Our committee have only granted 5,000; but I have no doubt they will, err long, send the other 5,000. Before I left Geneva, my friend observed. “Probably you will like to see the house where Voltaire lived, and where he wrote his plays.” Prompted by the spirit of curiosity, so characteristic of an Englishman, to visit the house of the celebrated infidel, I was about to put on my hat to walk into the county, when he said, “It is not necessary you should put on your hat” and he introduced me over the threshold of one room to another, and said, “tis the room where Voltaire’s play were acted for the amusement to himself and his friend.” And what was my gratification in observing that that room had been converted into sort of Repository for Bibles and Religious Tracts. Oh! my Christ Friends, that the spirit of infidelity had been there, to witness the results of other vaticinations [acts of prophesying] respecting the downfall of Christianity! I know that Voltaire said, that he was living “in the twilight of Christianity” but blessed be God! It was the twilight of the morning, which will bring on the day of universal illumination”
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We’ve all been there. You see something you want and, before you know it, you bought it. Impulse buying is real, and can cost you a lot of money in the future, especially regarding major appliances like air conditioners. If you’re not careful, you could spend hundreds of dollars more than you should.Continue reading “Things To Know About a 220 Watt Air Conditioner Before Buying”
Kitchen appliances make daily life easier by making food preparation safer and more efficient. But like other appliances in the home, need to be well maintained and used correctly . Thus, helping them function at their best for many years.
One thing often overlooked in kitchen appliances is the voltage they operate on. The first thing you need to know is that there are different types of voltage used in most homes, and 220 voltage is one of them. If you are considering purchasing any 220 voltage kitchen appliances, a few things must be kept in mind.Continue reading “Things to Know About 220 Voltage Kitchen Appliances”
Modern appliances have made our lives easier in more ways than one. After a stressful day dealing with work and other responsibilities, it’s nice to come home knowing that you can pop a meal in the oven or the microwave and have it ready in minutes. This convenience is one of the many benefits of owning kitchen appliances.
But what voltage should you use for your appliances and why? Are 240 volts really better?Continue reading “Benefits of 240 Volts Kitchen Appliances in Daily Life”
A portable 240-volt generator can be a lifesaver in a power outage situation, but you might wonder if it’s enough to power your entire home. The answer is dependent on a few factors, like the size of your home, the number of appliances you need to run, and the wattage of those appliances.
For most homes, a small 240-volt generator will be enough to power a few essentials like lights, a fridge, a laptop, and mobile chargers. If you need to run more appliances or if you have a larger home, you’ll need to get a generator with more power.Continue reading “Is a Small 240-Volt Generator Enough?”
If you have ever had a bad hair day, then you know what it’s like to wake up in the morning with your hair so frizzy, that they stand straight up. The humidity has turned it into a curly mess, and even the brush can’t tame it. You spend an hour trying to style it, but it just won’t cooperate. You end up putting it into a ponytail and calling it a day.
If you have frizzy stubborn hair, you know how difficult it may be to try to style it. Perhaps you’ve tried every product on the market, but nothing has worked. You may have even considered using a straightener, but you’re not sure if it’s safe to use or if it will damage your hair.Continue reading “Is It Safe to Use a 240-Volt Hair Straightener 2 to 3 Times a Week?”
If you’re an avid DIYer, then you need a set of reliable power tools. And when it comes to power tools, one of the most versatile and essential is the good old drill.
Drills are one of the most hardworking tools in any handyman’s arsenal. They are usable for various tasks, from hanging pictures to drilling in shelves. They are best for DIY furniture projects, such as building a new bookshelf or repairing an old one.Continue reading “Is 240 Volt Drill Enough for Home Usage?”
Did you know the environment you work in can seriously impact your productivity? Studies show that people working in noisy environments make more errors than those working in quiet ones. And it’s not just noise that can be a problem. Poor lighting, bad air quality, and uncomfortable temperatures can decrease productivity and creativity.Continue reading “Are 230 Volt Portable Air Conditioners Good for Office Cabins?”
A day without coffee doesn’t feel right, does it? In fact, for many of us, it’s simply unthinkable. For those who can’t start their day without a cup (or two) of joe, having a good coffee maker at home is essential. But with all the different types and models on the market, it can be tricky to find the best one for your needs.Continue reading “Know More About a 220V Coffee Maker”
It’s hard not to feel paranoid after watching the news, especially if break-ins have become more common in your area. But there’s no need to live in fear. There are things you can do to protect yourself and your family. One of them is to install a security camera system in your home. Here’s how a 110V security camera can help keep you safe:Continue reading “How to Make Your Home Safe with a 110V Security Camera”
If you’re looking for a way to power your home during an emergency, you should know about the 240-volt AC generator. This generator can provide power to your home in times of need, and it’s a great for people who want to be prepared for the worst.
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There’s an old saying: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” LinkedIn is proof of concept for that idea. Specifically for business networking, it’s not a place to share the latest cat video, joke or puzzle. It’s where you can quickly learn not about the business you’re talking to, but the people behind it. ROI Research reports that 59% of respondents said LinkedIn is their most important account on social networks. 50% of users report visiting the site weekly, and 20% visit the site at least once per day, and there were a total of 45 billion member page views in Q1 2016.
For many, connecting on LinkedIn has become the equivalent of trading business cards. It’s useful for learning “who knows who” and following a prospect, customer or employee’s career path. Virtually anybody who’s anybody in business has a LinkedIn account, and while there are varying opinions about its usefulness, it’s like anything else in life (or business): you will get out of it what you put into it.
There are three basic kinds of LinkedIn users – those that create an account and never really use it (you can identify them by the fact that they will have less than 100 connections), those who visit but never participate (aka lurkers), and active players using the site as it was intended – a forum to make business connections, share ideas, and aggregate news of interest to their career field.
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Today’s decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton reinforces a significant shift in the Supreme Court’s posture towards religion and education. Following the pattern established in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, Espinoza v. Montana, and last week’s Carson v. Makin, the court is placing far greater emphasis on the Free Exercise Clause and, in the process, substantially modifying its interpretation of the Establishment Clause. In this case, the court also buttressed the speech rights of public-school employees in ways that will likely extend far beyond the issue of religion.
Joseph Kennedy, an assistant football coach, had been fired by the Bremerton, Washington school district when he refused to stop praying after games. For seven years, Kennedy had prayed post-game at the middle of the field without incident. While he had originally done this by himself, some of the Bremerton players eventually asked to join him. Those players then invited players from opposing teams to join them. This led a coach from an opposing team to alert Kennedy’s school that the coach was violating the Constitution. School administrators then instructed Kennedy that, if he wanted to continue praying, he could only do so in a private space away from the players. He refused and told the school that he would continue to pray at midfield and that, if students wanted to join him, he would not forbid them. The school then fired him. Kennedy challenged his firing as a violation of his free speech and free exercise rights under the First Amendment, leading to today’s ruling.
Most importantly, the majority opinion by Justice Gorsuch, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (who joined all but one section of the opinion), officially ruled that the three-pronged Lemon Test should not guide judicial analysis of alleged Establishment Clause violations. This aptly named test arose from 1971’s Lemon v. Kurtzman and held that government policy 1) must have a secular legislative purpose, 2) must not primarily advance or inhibit religion, and 3) must not create an excessive entanglement with religion. The test proved hopelessly unworkable and contradictory in practice. Most obviously, whatever steps government officials could take to ensure that a policy did not advance religion risked creating excessive entanglement. Over time, this flaw led a majority of justices to call for its burial—but never, until Kennedy v. Bremerton, at the same time.
In 2019, the court ruled in American Legion v. American Humanist Association that the test would no longer apply to evaluation of public monuments, but its status in other areas, including in education where it was applied most often, remained unclear (see “Supreme Court Partially Junks a Lemon,” Legal Beat, Winter 2020). Today’s opinion officially laid it to rest. Gorsuch wrote that judicial inquiry into potential Establishment Clause violations should instead be based on “‘reference to historical practices and understandings’ and must be consistent with ‘the understanding of the Founding Fathers.’” This would indicate that the court might take a more relaxed approach towards some forms of prayer in school or school related activities such as graduation ceremonies since those certainly were not considered Establishment Clause violations for most of American history.
The court also eliminated the Endorsement Test—sometimes considered an offshoot of Lemon and sometimes considered a replacement for the second prong—which held that government should not do anything that might signal to religious dissenters that they are outsiders. That test also proved unworkable because no one knows exactly when government might cross that line. That uncertainty led it to be ridiculed as the “Two Rudolphs and a Frosty Rule” or the “Plastic Reindeer Rule.” Public schools had to be certain that any Christmas display also included symbols from other either secular or religious celebrations of the winter solstice.
The court ruled not only that the Lemon Test must go but also that the Establishment Clause could not be used as a justification to violate free speech and free exercise rights. “Both the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment,” Gorsuch wrote, “protect expressions like Mr. Kennedy’s. Nor does a proper understanding of the Amendment’s Establishment Clause require the government to single out private religious speech for special disfavor. The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.” The court said that ruling against Kennedy would have also authorized firing a Muslim teacher for wearing a headscarf or a Christian teacher for praying over “her lunch in the cafeteria.”
The decision is likely to expand the free speech rights of public-school teachers and other government employees because the court ruled that Kennedy’s speech was private and on a matter of public concern. Under the standard established in 2005’s Garcetti v. Ceballos, speech by government employees is not protected if it is made “pursuant” to their “official duties.” Since the court rejected Bremerton’s claim that Kennedy’s speech was part of his official duties, other school districts will have to exercise caution in claiming that speech on matters of public concern—a much broader category than religious speech—is part of an employee’s official duties and thus punishable, particularly when the speech occurs outside of the classroom. The majority clearly feared that the government could use “‘excessively broad job descriptions’” to undermine the rights of government employees.
The court’s liberal bloc of Sotomayor, Breyer, and Kagan dissented. Writing for the three, Sotomayor contended that Kennedy was acting in his official capacity and that “school officials leading prayers” is “constitutionally impermissible.” Most importantly, though, she argued that the court should not have overruled Lemon and its three-pronged test in favor of a “‘history and tradition’ test.” Public schools, she argued, offer unique challenges that might require limiting speech under the Establishment Clause that would otherwise be protected.
Moving forward, schools will certainly have far more flexibility in accommodating religious speech. In fact, considering the court’s focus on the original understanding of and practices under the Establishment Clause, schools will be required to accommodate more religious speech. The majority did maintain that the government cannot coerce citizens to engage in religious practices. One suspects that future legal controversies will hinge on how the court defines coercion. If the court’s analysis will truly focus on history and tradition then that definition will likely be quite limited. Previously, the court has said that psychological coercion or essentially peer pressure could count as coercion under the Establishment Clause. One suspects that today’s majority would have doubts that that would count as coercion and would lean toward the late Justice Scalia’s definition, which was that coercion only occurs when the government punishes you for refusing to support a particular religion.
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From – Los Angeles Herald Examiner (January 23, 1987)
Title – L.A. Latinos need a new Ed Roybal
The recent turn of events in the controversy over the proposed downtown prison makes “leadership ability” the most pressing political qualification in the special election for the First Councilmanic District. For it is clear from Gov. George Deukmejian’s first State of the State address of his second term that his concept of justice begins and ends with “just-us” white Republicans. He will not curb his obsession to dump another prison on the East Side Latinos, even though Crown Coach, the company whose property was the cornerstone of the prison proposal, has sold out to private developers. “In the name of fairness,” the governor said, the fight must not be abandoned.
The governor’s unwavering confidence that he will still get his new prison exposes a crisis in the political leadership among Latinos. It also shows that Latinos should be wary of (***I believe the article is missing a word here although nothing is cut off***) depending on the support of liberal Democrats, though some of them helped block the prison last year, in their struggle against Deukmejian. The temptation to mend political fences in Sacramento and move on to other issues is just too strong. This state of affairs shouldn’t be all that surprising since most political leaders today stand for little, if anything.
What makes Latino leadership so crucial now is that Latinos are passing through the worst of times: Demographers predict that they will replace blacks as the most depressed minority in the United States by the 1990s. Already, the majority of the next two generations of Mexican-Americans living in Los Angeles have been condemned to a life of poverty. Someone should have already sounded the clarion in response to Deukmejian’s sense of “fairness.”
The political plight of Latinos is further aggravated by local politicians and the media whose grasp of the history of the East Side is shaky at best. In the postwar era, developers steadily encroached upon Mexican-American communities in and adjacent to the Civic Center, threatening to wipe them out. The downtown elite oversaw and participated in the destruction of the area’s transit system, thereby increasing the necessity for freeways. Federal policy and money made their construction possible. Suburbia flowered, and whites abandoned the inner city to minorities and the poor.
Five freeways crisscross the East Side. Thousands – 10,000 in Boyle Heights alone – were uprooted to clear the way. One freeway divides Hollenbeck Park, one of the state’s most beautiful, in half because planners wanted to avoid demolishing a brewery. Simultaneously, plans were made to redevelop most of the East Side. The planners did not, however, address such needs as public housing for the poor. Indeed, the “ethic” of the time sanctioned the practice of taking land away from Latino and other landowners to sell to private developers at well below market prices.
Bunker Hill and Chavez Ravine stand as testimonials to the concept of fairness that Republicans and Democratic politicians regularly support. In the case of Bunker Hill, occupants were forced to sell their homes without any guarantee of – or the means to buy – comparable housing elsewhere. In Chavez Ravine, sheriff deputies forcibly removed families to give Walter O’Malley and his Dodgers the 300 acres the city promised to lure the team from Brooklyn.
The media rationalized this plunder by portraying the Latino community as economically blighted, crime-ridden and gang-infested. Such a view had made it politically easy – environmental impact reports were not required, for example – to locate waste disposal sites, prisons and public facilities in the area. And implementing those mandates often involved police brutality.
The only elected Latino official in the city was Edward R. Roybal, who served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1949-1962. His active support of progressive civil rights causes quickly earned him the wrath of the downtown elite when he opposed a loyalty oath for city employees during the McCarthy hysteria. Throughout his tenure, Roybal led the Mexican-American community in condemning police brutality, the downtown elite and the forced removal of urban families. In the case of Chavez Ravine, he focused public attention on the uprooting of families there.
But Roybal’s finest hour came in January 1960, when the late Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Parker testified before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. In his testimony, the chief asserted that since Mexicans were genetically prone toward crime, his department’s aggressive tactics were justified: “Some of these people (Mexicans) were here before we were, but some are not far removed from the wild tribes of the district of the inner mountains of Mexico.”
Roybal attended and led numerous rallies demanding Parker’s removal and/or his apology. But council members lined up behind Parker, accusing Roybal of being disruptive. All the local newspaper editorialized that Roybal was fomenting racial discord. (For the record, Parker never apologized.)
Today, there are three East Side Latinos in the California Assembly, one in the state Senate, another on the City Council and a dozen or so judges. Combined, they have not even approached the leadership standard set by Roybal. Generally, they have played it safe. Nowhere is this more evident than in their close relationships with Roybal’s old nemesis – the developers.
The downtown prison is thus important in the First Councilmanic District race because it underscores the desperate need for a new Roybal. The community cannot afford to elect another representative who stands for little or who merely defends the monied interests. For Latinos, the choice is between Los Angeles Board of Education member Larry Gonzalez and Assembly woman Gloria Molina. The question that should be uppermost in the voter’s minds is which one can revive and carry on the Roybal tradition. | <urn:uuid:337bf63d-4463-4e22-a117-910623d1d739> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://rudyacuna.net/los-angeles-herald-examiner-january-23-1987/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964095 | 1,229 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Most people have heard that Mixed Breed or Designer Breed dogs are heathier than purebred dogs. It is said they are more genetically resistant to defects due to their greater genetic diversity, and there is truth in that. Purebred dogs can also suffer from generations of inbreeding to keep certain traits in the lineage, which can lead to diseases or defects cropping up more often as the genes for those aren't diluted in the gene pool by outbreeding. However, many Purebred dogs live long and healthy lives, so are Designer Breed dogs heathier than their Purebred counterparts?
A study conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association tested Mixed Breed and Purebred dogs for susceptibility for twenty-four genetic disorders, and found "42% of genetic conditions was higher in purebred dogs... 4% of inherited disorders was higher in mixed dogs... and 52% of genetic conditions showed no difference in comparison." This study found strong evidence that Purebred dogs are more than 10 times more susceptible to genetic disorders that Designer Breed dogs. These problems are exacerbated in Purebred dogs when inbreeding becomes more common and genetic disorders become more prevalent.
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I think of pineapple and my mind immediately takes me to a Caribbean island paradise, lounging on the beach in the sun and sipping on piña coladas. Or simply feeling a little exotic at my next supermarket shop and splashing out on a juicy pineapple to make a delicious fruit salad at home, once again with images of golden sands and azure waters running through my head as I chew on that yellow goodness.
However, what I didn’t think about, until very recently at least, is the considerable health benefits that a juicy pineapple can provide. This is particularly the case when it comes to skincare, where either topical application or drinking it as a delicious smoothie or fruit juice can nourish your depleted epidermis and keep you looking young.
Here’s five ways you can use pineapple to improve your skin.
Keep your skin looking younger
Nobody wants old, saggy, unsightly skin, but you also don’t want to be forever applying toxic mass-produced moisturizers which expose your skin and body to nasty chemicals and synthetic compounds. Pineapple provides a convenient solution, fighting the oxidative damage of your skin from free radicals with the aid of antioxidants and alpha-hydroxy acids.
Seeing as your face is the most prominent part of your skin, and the part of your body that (normal) people typically look at first, you might want to try the following face and skin mask recipe:
Say goodbye to wrinkles and warts
Even worse than old-looking skin is wrinkled or warty skin. But how do you fight off something so inevitable? Well, you can start with pineapple: Applying the juice or the pulp of a fresh pineapple to your face or any area showing signs of wart infestation can utilize the healing powers of vitamin C to banish them from where they came. Meanwhile, the high concentrations of bromelain contained in pineapples can promote smoother skin and fewer wrinkles.
Help fight off acne
Acne is a serious problem for many people, particularly teenagers when hormones are running wild. Once again, the high levels of vitamin C contained in pineapple comes to the rescue, allowing the body to heal the symptoms causing your acne problem. In addition, pineapples contain plenty of anti-inflammatory compounds which help to prevent new breakouts and reduce the severity of existing ones.
Get sexy, flexy skin
Pineapple is just an all-around good guy when it comes to nourishing your skin and improving it without any adverse side effects. For starters, it helps the body to produce collagen that promotes increased skin elasticity and firmness. Secondly, its high levels of vitamin C promote repair at both the cellular and muscular levels, meaning your skin is more likely to regenerate and less likely to show signs of aging.
You can enjoy these beneficial effects on your skin in two ways: Either by drinking fresh, organic pineapple juice (without any nasty additives or added sugar — it’s sweet enough!) every day, or by rubbing the pulp directly on your face and other areas of your body. If you use the second method, just be sure to rinse it off afterward to ensure the bromelain doesn’t start eroding your skin (don’t worry too much — it would have to be on for a long time to do this).
Exfoliate your skin or scrub your feet
Pineapples make for the ideal exfoliator, on account of their high content of bromelain, which helps to remove dead skin and expose your newer, fresh-looking skin underneath. The best and simplest way to use pineapple as an exfoliator is to cut off a thick slice of pineapple and take it into the shower with you (making sure nobody’s watching — it might look a little weird). Then, rub the slice of pineapple firmly over all the areas of your skin you want treated, making sure to rinse thoroughly afterward.
The same approach can be applied to your feet, using either a slice of pineapple or a homemade foot scrub to soften skin, remove dead or excess skin, and help to remove any cracks on the soles of your feet.
So, next time you ask your bartender for a piña colada, consider requesting a chunk of straight pineapple on the side. Your skin will thank you for it.
As always, moderation is key. The ingredients in pineapple are extremely beneficial when used sparingly and infrequently, however, they can become troublesome if used in excess. Try to avoid using pineapple on your skin for more than 15 to 20 minutes at a time, and take a break in your pineapple routine every now and then. | <urn:uuid:b44168ee-a92c-46c1-a681-678bf5ce65d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thealternativedaily.com/5-ways-pineapple-can-nourish-your-skin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.925167 | 960 | 1.601563 | 2 |
It is the home for the New Forest Ponies which can roam freely and follow their natural way of life.
The New Forest was founded in 1079 by William the Conqueror and is located between Southampton and Bournemouth. The management of the Park easily discovered the potential value of the New Forest and therefore the tourism completely is established. This effected a further limitation of the horses’ freedom but at the same time it became easier for us to visit and observe them. The New Forest is a great place for a whole holiday where you experience the harmonious way between nature and horses.
Habitat of the New Forest Pony
The ponies live in a nature reserve which offers more than 300 km2 of pastures, forest and head. They share the habitat with other animals like cattle and small mammals. In the whole Park there are fences which prevent a possible escape of the animals. The small villages of the Park are connected by several streets. Even if it is forbidden to drive faster than 40km/h often there are accidents between cars and horses or other animals. In some cases these accidents lead to the death of the horse.
The principle rule is: Animals have right of way!
A horse in the middle of the street which does not want to move from its place is a typical situation in the New Forest. If this makes you crazy you are wrong in the Park.
Who controls the Ponies?
Many things in Great Britain are organized through a traditional operating system. This also fits to the management of the New Forest. The whole management can be separated into three main groups of work. On the top there is the Verderer. The name comes from the former royal organization and in the history the Verderers were responsible for the former hunting areas of the crown. In the New Forest there are ten Verderers which determine the Common Laws and control their execution. Additionally they manage the common register for the wild horses and have an overview of the total horse population and the stallions. On the next lower step of the hierarchical organization there is the Commoner. His job can be compared with the job of a tenant. They buy areas and then the horses which live there become assigned to the respective Commoner. You can identify the Commoner of every pony through the owners’ brand on the horses’ hind leg. Commoners pay an annual fee and from this fee also the third group, the Agisters, get paid. This group of workers has the real contact with the animals. They maintain the size of the herd and control the execution of the common laws. Moreover they offer medical care for old and ill ponies and they are one of the first persons at the scene of an accident. The Agisters get paid by the Verderers. If the Agister received the payment he clips the tail of the pony. This is an old tradition and demonstrates the receipt of the payment.
Control of the population of the herd and the breed
The New Forest Ponies are semi wild. This means that they can live in an undetermined and pure way but their habitat is limited. If the Park wants to guarantee enough of natural nourishment and water the population of the herd cannot become much bigger than the current number of about 3000 horses. Referring to this the natural reproduction needs to be regulated. Stallions are only let out to the herds from April until July. After a gestation period of eleven months the foals get birth in spring and summer. Verderers guarantee a healthy and pure breed and for this reason they change the stallions every three years. According to this they organize one of the biggest horse auctions in the whole country. The Beaulieu Road Pony Sale takes place several times a year.
You can find more information here.
A further measure to control the size of the population is the drift. Commoners and Agisters round up their herds in a big and fenced paddock. Then they make some healthy checks and take out the horses which will be sold at the Beaulieu Road Pony Sale. Since some time these drifts are not public anymore. In the past a huge number of visitors often obstructed the work of the horse owners. A medical care could not be guaranteed anymore. Therefore you need to inform yourself about the dates of the drifts before entering the New Forest so that you do not accidently obstruct them.
Outward appearance of the New Forest Pony
The New Forest Pony is a muscular pony and can reach a hands high up to 148 cm. However in free nature you rarely see a pony which is higher than 130 cm. The elegant head refers to the former breed crossing with Arabian horses. Due to the long but not too massive neck, the strong back, the long legs and the short fetlocks the whole outward appearance seems harmoniously. In general all colors of coat are permitted but bay and chestnut are the most dominant ones. In opposite to this any kinds of piebald and blue eyes are forbidden.
Characteristics of the New Forest Pony
The New Forest Pony grows up in the wild nature and therefore is really robust and though. In general one can describe the character as good-natured, persistent, and calm. Due to its willingness to learn and reliability it can be trained for many different disciplines like show jumping, coach and of course Polo. Additionally in the past the New Forest Pony several times was trained really successfully for handicapped riders. It is a real all-rounder and can be ridden by children or any kind of beginners.
How visitors have to behave in the New Forest
The New Forest Pony is and shall stay a wild horse. This means two things. Visitors need to be aware of the danger of a wild horse which can kick or bite at any time. Furthermore the wild horses shall not become used to humans because then they could easily become dependent. The principle of the park is: observation yes, touching and feeding no!
Due to foggy weather and too fast driving there often are car accidents in the New Forest. Horses get wounded or even die. In general you commit an offense if you do not inform the Park Management about the accident. Additionally it is recommended to buy an “animal emergency hotline card” before entering the Park with the car. On this card you can find all important numbers which you have to call in case of an accident.
General information and other sights of the New Forest
How to explore the New Forest
There is a variety of different possibilities to explore the Park. Visitors who prefer a comfortable way can take a ride in double-decker. The tour leads trough all of the small villages in the park including Beaulieu, Exbury, Lymington, Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst. Every town offers a cozy little city centre and additional sights. Active visitors can explore the Park by bike or kayak or simply walk. The whole reserve offers many different tracking ways and many sings make sure that you do not lose your way. It is permitted to leave the normal ways and if you walk besides them it is much more likely to observe the wild horses.
For all horse fans there is the great possibility to explore the nature reserve by horse. There are plenty stables which offer horseback riding in the Park. This indeed is a unique chance: Imagine that you observe the wild horses from the back of a horse!
Here you can find a list with all the stables.
Further sights in the New Forest
Besides the unique nature and the observation of wild horses the New Forest offers several other sights. One of it is the Exbury Garden. This is a huge garden with rhododendrons in all possible colors. But even if this beauty is a real natural spectacle you should never forget how poisonous rhododendron is!
Because you can never be safe from rainy days in Great Britain it can always be a good alternative to visit the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.
How to get to the New Forest
You can easily reach the New Forest by several ways. The train from London Waterloo only takes 90 minutes. If you arrive from a foreign country you can fly to Southampton and start your journey there.
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As Uganda moves to attain middle income status and vision 2040, the Parish Development Model (PDM) is one of the most popular strategic interventions chorused by the Government to deliver the triumph. It is a strategy for organizing and delivering public and private sector interventions for wealth creation and employment generation at the parish level as the lowest economic planning unit.
Premised on the notion that demystifying grassroots issues, Parish Development Committee (PDC) under the PDM will work together with the common citizens in the village and end users of social services to best to identify and respond to their own needs, priorities and direct the use of resources. The Parish Development Model builds foundation and strategy on seven pillars to deliver the desired outcome of socio-economic transformation.
Production, storage, processing and marketing; Under this pillar, the government aims at supporting the creation of more production jobs and wealth for all Ugandans especially in Agro-Industrialization, Private sector Development, Digital Transformation and Manufacturing Programmes
Infrastructure and Economic Services ;Under this pillar, the governments aims at ensuring that there are accessible community roads, improvement of check points/bridges on community roads, upgrading of community local markets, extension of safe water for domestic use, extension of power to communities, creation of free internet zones in communities, extension of the National internet infrastructure to the sub county, putting in place appropriate staffing to support ICT function in local governments and developing appropriate e-services to support the PDM.
Financial Inclusion; under this pillar, the government aims at enabling participation of subsistence households in the financial sector and hence the money economy. It also aims at improving access to financial services for households and equipping them with skills for enterprise growth, value addition and marketing of their products and services, supporting a wide range of financial solutions which include savings, credit, insurance, transfers to subsistence household in order to enhance incomes, smoothen consumption, build assets and reduce vulnerability to shocks.
Social Services; under social services, the resources transferred will be used to construct and equip health Centre (HCII), recruit critical staff as well as extension workers needed, strengthen infrastructure/facilities management, provide and maintain safe and accessible water points, support functional village Health Teams (VHT), construct/upgrade community primary schools and provide logistics and equipment for institutions which include schools, hospitals and health centers.
Parish based Management Information System; this is an integrated system that seeks to support community profiling, data collection, analysis, tabulation, storage and dissemination at the Parish level. This will support planning and decision making at the grassroots and also national level. MoLG is the overall lead agency for the PBMIS and is responsible for the reporting on PDM.
Governance and administration; this pillar is responsible for implementation aspects of the PDM, by providing for coordination and implementing structures as well as functions at National and Sub National level. The national level structures will focus at policy formulation and reporting, while subnational level structures provide for operations at frontline.
Mindset change, community mobilization and cross cutting issues
With the purpose to achieve realistic planning, implementation, resource utilization and management as well as reporting and accountability processes, the seventh pillar (in the brochure) focuses on adoption of the right way of thinking and opinions of public sector officials at all levels, private sector players and communities.
Under mindset, aspects like attitude, behavior, action and success are cross-examined. It has objectives which include; enhancing effective mobilization of families, communities and citizens for household economic empowerment, strengthen capacity of Local Governments, CSOs, CBOs, NGOs and the private sector for effective mobilization of communities, enhancing financial literacy for household(financial literacy strategy), enhancing participation and ownership of community initiatives, enhancing household capacity in identifying local resources for addressing their needs and promoting national values and reduce negative cultural practices and attitudes.
The new Parish Development Model, government has identified 18 commodities to be grown by individuals to be marketed both locally and internationally. The commodities in question will include; cocoa, coffee, fish, cotton, dairy, beef, cassava, bananas, tea, beans, vegetable oils, avocado, Shia nut, rice, cashew nuts, sugarcane, maize and others.
By Grace Turyatunga
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The cost of healthcare is out of control.
I recently read a very detailed book on the various sources of cost in the American healthcare system, “An American Sickness“, which describes all the components and players involved in delivering medical care. It’s fairly clear that one critical step in the right direction of getting control over the cost of healthcare is to provide much greater transparency into the cost/price of every medical procedure. That is, take the first step in getting the consumer more actively involved in evaluating the cost/benefit of each healthcare intervention.
July 20, 2018
The discussions about healthcare and socialized medicine appear to have taken a back seat to current economic issues, but the challenge of escalating costs continues. Recently, the Goodman Institute shared the ‘revolutionary’ notion of applying the free market in healthcare:
For as long as I have been in the field, health economics has been dominated by the idea that the free market can’t work in health care. Being a contrarian, I’m prepared to ask: What if the free market could work? What would it look like?
The average knee replacement on MediBid costs around $15,000. The normal charge by U.S. hospitals is around $60,000 and the average insurance payment is about $36,500. A similar range exists for hip replacements, with an average Medibid price of about $19,000.
October 27, 2016
What’s worse than Obamacare?
If she becomes President, you can count on more Government control of healthcare and a downward spiral in the quality of medical services.
This week, the White House finally admitted what had become obvious for months: premiums within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges will skyrocket in 2017. Unfortunately, neither the administration nor its intended successor Hillary Clinton demonstrated a grip on the failures that have driven the markets to collapse, or the need for a clear change in direction. Instead, both argued for Band-Aids that will make matters even worse.
Source: The Fiscal Times
We are at a juncture of time where your voting decisions are deciding the future of your family.
May 1, 2016
The Slow Economic Death from Obamacare… A good summary over at American Thinker:
Obamacare… the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The first major bump in the road is the concept of essential benefits. According to the Obamacare website, “Ten essential health benefits must be offered at no dollar limits on every plan under the Affordable Care Act.” Much like having to buy every option for your new car even if you only want the basics.
The next bump concerns pre-existing conditions. “No more pre-existing conditions means you can’t be denied coverage, charged more, or denied treatment based on health status.”
The third bump is called guaranteed issue. “ObamaCare makes health insurance guaranteed issue meaning you can’t be denied health status, age, gender, or other factors.”These three features are hallmarks of Obamacare, allowing anyone and everyone to receive healthcare insurance, regardless of their health, age, or concurrent illnesses, and have coverage well beyond what that particular individual needs. Compassionate and fair? Sure. Economically realistic. No way.
October 21, 2013
As mentioned numerous times on this blog, it all about addressing the issue of OPM – Other Peoples Money. That it, people must have a stake in the cost and delivery of their healthcare:
Give consumers an incentive to care about the cost of medical care and the cost of medical care will decline. That’s economics 101 (a course Barack Obama obviously didn’t take), straight out of Adam Smith…
The fact is, 315 million consumers of health care saying, “How much is this going to cost” will rein in healthcare expenditures far more effectively than 315,000 government bureaucrats meddling in the marketplace
September 19, 2013
This is a very important article in Harvard Business Review, which talks about better ways to encourage price shopping for healthcare:
[W]e need to understand why Americans aren’t bargain hunters for health care, especially given the constant drumbeat about the high cost of health care in the United States… One potential reason these initiatives have little bite is that most insured consumers pay only a fraction of the true cost of health care and thus have little incentive to shop for lower-cost care.
Moving forward, we need to harmonize patient-oriented and provider-oriented strategies for encouraging price shopping. Patients need easily accessible information about price that is tailored to their individual needs. This information should include not only the out-of-pocket price of the service (e.g., a doctor visit) but also more holistic information on downstream costs for the entire episode of care and data on the quality of care.
July 15, 2012
The citizens of the US don’t yet appreciate how screwed-up the approach to healthcare is going to be under Obamacare… I’ve mentioned to my colleagues numerous times that OPM (“Other People’s Money”) is the underlying problem with the notion of our healthcare system — that is, when you’re not the one picking up the tab, you’re less concerned with the cost. As a result, the cost goes up unabated and the quality of the service goes down.
You can watch this simple video below that does a nice job of explaining the likely results from our move towards socialized medicine.
March 7, 2012
Healthcare and OPM
I always view the issue of “Other People’s Money” as the primary source of economic problems. OPM is the core problem with healthcare costs… Of course, OPM is the opiate for the Obama supporters. Thus, the focus on the Obama “budget”.
May 4, 2010
Well, the medical insurance premiums for our small business just increased 21% this year… I can see that Obamacare is working already.
November 26, 2010
Here’s a way to improve service by combining TSA airport security with physical exams…
Septembr 27, 2009
A great article from Greg Mankiw in the New York Times… He discusses the economic implications of healthcare. A few key extracts:
“One thing I did not consider was the price. Like most consumers of health care, I was insulated from economic concerns. I knew that the insurance company — and, indirectly, all its policyholders — would pick up most of the tab. This arrangement, encouraged by the tax system, ensures that I get the benefit of the pills while paying little of the extra costs they generate…
Despite all the talk about waste and abuse in our health system (which no doubt exists to some degree), the main driver of increasing health care costs is advances in medical technology. The medical profession is always figuring out new ways to prolong and enhance life, and that is a good thing, but those new technologies do not come cheap. For each new treatment, we have to figure out if it is worth the price, and who is going to get it.
The push for universal coverage is based on the appealing premise that everyone should have access to the best health care possible whenever they need it. That soft-hearted aspiration, however, runs into the hardheaded reality that state-of-the-art health care is increasingly expensive. At some point, someone in the system has to say there are some things we will not pay for. The big question is, who? The government? Insurance companies? Or consumers themselves? And should the answer necessarily be the same for everyone?”
September 4, 2008
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Crop recognition under weedy conditions based on 3D imaging for robotic weed control
A 3D time‐of‐flight camera was applied to develop a crop plant recognition system for broccoli and green bean plants under weedy conditions. The developed system overcame the previously unsolved problems caused by occluded canopy and illumination variation. An efficient noise filter was developed to remove the sparse noise points in 3D point cloud space. Both 2D and 3D features including the gradient of amplitude and depth image, surface curvature, amplitude percentile index, normal direction, and neighbor point count in 3D space were extracted and found effective for recognizing these two types of plants. Separate segmentation algorithms were developed for each of the broccoli and green bean plant in accordance with their 3D geometry and 2D amplitude characteristics. Under the experimental condition where the crops were heavily infested by various types of weed plants, detection rates over 88.3% and 91.2% were achieved for broccoli and green bean plant leaves, respectively. Additionally, the crop plants were segmented out with nearly complete shape. Moreover, the algorithms were computationally optimized, resulting in an image processing speed of over 30 frames per second.
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The phrase ‘costs an arm and leg’ is used to describe anything that is considered to be extremely expensive or excessively pricey.
If a person thinks the cost of something is unreasonably high, they might use this common idiom to describe the price.
Synonyms / Similar Phrases:
1. Costs a pretty penny
2. A small fortune
3. Nothing to sneeze at
The Origin of ‘An Arm And a Leg’
The origin of this phrase is unclear. There are, however, a few theories as to where it may have come from:
One theory is that this saying originated from the early 20th century, possibly during one of the major World Wars. The idea being that soldiers, because of their heavy involvement in war and being in the line of fire, can possibly lose a hand, foot, leg, or arm. Thus, the war would literally cost the person their arm or leg, which is a high price to pay.
Another theory is that this phrase may simply derive from older expressions that also use the terms ‘arms’ and ‘legs’ as ways to describe a high cost. For example, there’s an expression that goes ‘I would give my right arm’ that dates back to at least the late 18th century. An early example of this is written in a magazine called The Lady’s Magazine: Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, 1790, and it reads:
“This is my sole desire—my only passion; and in order to gratify it, I would give my right arm, and my entire fortune.”
Thus, perhaps the phrase ‘costs an arm and leg’ derives from older, similar expressions like the one mentioned above. Whatever the case, the earliest citation I could find for this particular phrase being used in writing is around the mid-20th century. For example, in the comic section of a Long Beach Independent newspaper, 1951, a narrator from one of the comics says:
“It cost them an arm and a leg to fix up a rumpus room for junior!”
Here is a sample of this idiom used in a sentence:
- Buying a brand new car is so expensive, it is going to cost us an arm and a leg. Maybe we should ride bikes or take the bus to work instead in order to save money.
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As we have mentioned in previous articles that we are already in the industry era 4.0. The learning process of sports should be something that also being developed. And take it seriouusly. One of the ways to develop it is to implement sports science.
If we look at developing countries, the majority of them have applied sports science in the training process; it can maximize the achievements achieved to find prospective athletes in the future.
Not only sports departments that already implemented professional trainers that related to sports science, but the university did it too. Starting from anatomy, biochemistry, biomechanics, athlete performance analysis, physiology, psychology, sociology, sports medicine and health, coaching, talent identification, kinanthropometry, sports management and the others already applied.
Country that Applied Sports Science
One of the country that has implemented sports science is Ireland. The soccer league in Ireland called League of Ireland has realized various rules and references to improve the coaching of soccer athletes. Thus, all clubs in the league have access to information in finding the best training methods such as physical, mental and tactical preparation.
Important Aspects of Sports Science
A sports institution or coach who wants to apply sports science should really understand various important aspects related to supporting sciences. So, they will get maximum results.
According to the expert, Herbert Harg (1994: 52), there are seven points in applying sports science to reach achievements. The following are the seven important aspects of implementing sports science:
- Sports Medicine;
- Sports Biomechanic;
- Sports Psychology;
- Sports Pedagogy;
- Sports Sociology;
- Sports History; and
- Sports Philosophy
1. Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is a medical science that aims to examine and analyse the effect of sport on athletes. This science used a reference in analysing about anatomy and physiology of the athletes’ bodies.
Based on the professor from the Sportmedical Institute at Frankurt, Prof. D. Bohmer, there are several main tasks of sports medicine:
- Identifying the health status of athletes when doing training in long-term coaching.
- Identifying the status of each organ’s functions of the athletes and their abilities.
- Identifying the physical development of athletes that can be identified by measuring anthropometric results.
2. Sports Biomechanics
The study of the forms of human motion that occur when performing sports techniques is called sports biomechanic. We can get several benefits in training with applying this knowledge (according to Rusli Lutan 1988: 38) such as:
- It can determine the branch and the sport technique in accordance with the ability to move of each athlete.
- It can adjust the tools used with the age of athletes from the function.
- The athletes can choose many techniques in accordance with the morphological and psychological characteristics.
- It can control the relationship between age maturity and learning process in the long-term coaching of athletes.
3. Sports Psychology
Sports psychology has a role in studying the behaviour of athletes toward overall sports activity; both during training, before and after the match.
Sports psychology is important because this can affect the performance of athletes. With this study, we can find out whether they are experiencing stress or fatigue in training and competition to personality.
4. Sports Pedagogy
The application of pedagogy in sports that discusses the learning of human motion in order to learn sports effectively is the definition of sports pedagogy.
The existence of pedagogy can change the perception of most people who think that learning in sports does not contain educational values. This can happen because pedagogy is focusing on systematic physical education.
5. Sports Sociology
Sports sociology is something that puts attention on social phenomena that are happening in sports. We should pay attention to the surrounding phenomena related to sports because society behind the sports are social creatures.
Therefore, all of the sportsmen must maintain their relationships with others; whether it’s fellow sport players or not. In addition, the sociology of sport has a role in creating athletes position sports as an internal structure and when in society it becomes as an external structure.
6. Sports History
Sports History is all the events about sports that have occurred. Everything that has happened can be used as a benchmark/ foundation in carrying out new sports training.
For example, in ancient times, most academies applied “model training A”. With the development of technologies and facilities today, these academies can improve or adapt “model training A” to the current situation (“model training A” as a foothold).
7. Sports Philosophy
Basically, the definition of sports philosophy is similar to other philosophies; sports philosophy plays a role in understanding the nature of sports science critically and specifically. By thinking critically in understanding this philosophy, we can truly understand the essential truths of the science of sport learned.
Based on Rusli Lutang said (1988: 45) about the nature of sports philosophy, the following are the points:
- The essence of sports are sport and play;
- Sport can be learning of ethical values;
- Sport can be aesthetic symptoms;
- Sport can be a reaction to living conditions; and
- Sport can be a source of creativity or self-actuality.
The Important of Kinanthropometry in Applying Sports Science
After learning various important points in sports science, we can immediately apply the knowledge in order to achieve better sporting achievements. However, we still have to underline the importance of doing kinanthropometry for the success of sports science.
With kinanthropometry, we can find out the growth and development of athletes because their body characteristics are always monitored. Positive points that can be taken by knowing the body characteristics of athletes is that we can maximize the form of exercise they need.
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London is surrounded by destinations that make intriguing day trips, from the spires of Oxford to the beaches of Brighton, both a short train ride from the English capital. But for those who want to get out of the country for the day, one international destination in particular is conveniently close. An excursion to Paris will take you from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower, from Oxford Street to the Champs-Elysees, and from British pubs to French cafes in less than three hours by high-speed train.
Getting to Paris
While it's possible to fly or even drive to Paris from London, the fastest route is by train. Flying to Paris is often cheaper than taking a train, but because the airports in London and Paris are not within the city centers, it's not the best option for a quick excursion or day trip. The Eurostar train delivers passengers from the center of London to the center of Paris in about two and a half hours. Eurostar trains depart daily from London's St. Pancras Station and arrive in Paris' Gare du Nord Station. The train travels under the English Channel via the Channel Tunnel (often called "The Chunnel"), a $15 billion tunnel that was completed in 1994. Actual time under the channel is only 19 minutes. You can purchase tickets the day of your departure, but advance purchase via Rail Europe will yield cheaper prices.
What to See
Europe travel guru Rick Steves says a Paris day trip from London should start early -- by 7 a.m. Departing by this hour will put you in Paris around 10 a.m. Steves advises taking a taxi or the Metro (Paris subway) immediately to Notre Dame cathedral (Notredamedeparis.fr). Explore the church and Sainte-Chapelle before taking a taxi or the Metro to the Arc de Triomphe, where you can also walk down the Champs-Elysees, a busy shopping thoroughfare. Try to hit the Louvre museum (Louvre.fr) by 3 p.m. to see the Mona Lisa and its other famous works. Around 6 p.m., take a taxi or the Metro to the Trocadero to see the Eiffel Tower (Tour-eiffel.com) from afar. Then take a short stroll to the base of the tower. End your day in Paris at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Returning to London
To maximize your time in the City of Lights, take a late Eurostar train back to London. According to Rick Steves, the last train to leave Gare du Nord typically departs between 8 and 9 p.m. But check the schedules beforehand. The last train should put you back in London by 10 p.m.
Things to Remember
You'll need Euro currency in Paris (London uses the British pound); ATMs are convenient in Paris. A passport is essential when traveling between London and Paris. Also, Paris is one hour ahead of London, so don't forget to set your watch ahead when you arrive in Paris and then back one hour upon your return to London.
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Coronary artery disease starts silently, often early in life. In fact, there’s a good chance that you’ve got at least the beginnings of it — and might not know it.
Heart disease is a leading cause of death for U.S. men and women. It usually involves coronary artery disease (CAD). The coronary arteries deliver blood to heart muscle. If fatty plaques in those arteries restrict blood flow, that’s coronary artery disease.
It doesn’t happen all at once. But it’s “silent” in early stages.
“CAD is a lifelong process. It progresses over time,” says Jeffrey Berger, MD, director of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Langone Health. “It starts probably in your late teenage or early adult years. You start developing fatty streaks in arteries that subsequently develop into plaque.”
“Even when you are 18 years old, you can start to form blockages in your arteries,” says Leslie Cho, MD, section head of preventive cardiology and rehabilitation and director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Center at the Cleveland Clinic.
When Coronary Artery Disease Starts
CAD is usually full blown by the time men are in their 50s and 60s and women are in their 60s and 70s. But it starts decades earlier.
Both Berger and Cho point to a 1953 study of people, mostly men, who died in the Korean War. Autopsies showed that more than 75% of their hearts had plaque lining the coronary arteries. They didn’t necessarily die of heart disease — but they had at least some of its signs.
That study was one of the first to help doctors understand that CAD starts early, without any signs, and unfolds over time.
Other studies found the same thing, including one of people who died after trauma (like car accidents) before they turned 35. Even at that young age, 78% of their hearts showed signs of CAD. In 1 in 5 of those hearts, the coronary arteries were narrowed by more than half. And in almost 1 in 10, that narrowing was even more severe.
This work also points to something else: “Most people do not know that they have coronary artery disease, that they have plaque,” Berger says.
Do You Have Coronary Artery Disease?
In most cases, people find out they have coronary artery disease only after they have symptoms including fatigue, chest pressure, tightness, or a general feeling of discomfort, known as angina. Symptoms usually worsen with exercise and get better with rest.
“They are functionally limited,” Cho says. “This is how the majority of people get diagnosed. Some get diagnosed only after a heart attack or stroke. That’s the unfortunate way to find out.”
Besides age, some of the things that put you at risk are high blood pressure, high levels of “bad” cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, and not being physically active.
There are several ways to diagnose CAD. Doctors can measure electrical signals in your heart or check that it’s pumping normally. An exercise stress test can help, too. Doctors can also use imaging tests.
“Really, plaque is almost always there,” Berger says. “It’s a matter of figuring out how much there is, quantifying it.”
And all plaque may not carry the same risk.
Put Coronary Artery Disease in Check
What doctors and patients really want to know, Berger says, is which plaques are most likely to burst open and trigger a life-threatening problem.
“When plaques rupture, that’s what causes a heart attack,” Berger says. He notes that some people who have heart attacks have relatively little plaque. “The Holy Grail is predicting which plaques will rupture. There’s a lot of data to help, but we aren’t there yet.”
These days, Berger says, doctors usually don’t use stents or do other “invasive” procedures to open up coronary arteries unless someone has a blockage and symptoms. The key to preventing CAD, or at least slowing it down, is to take strong action to tame your risk factors. This includes making healthy lifestyle changes.
“There’s a lot you can do,” Berger says. Lifestyle changes, such as being active, managing stress, eating a heart-friendly diet, and not smoking, matter so much. “People need to take an active role in their own heart health.”
Medications to control blood pressure, lower high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, and prevent clots can help a lot, too.
Your First Step
Ask your primary care doctor for a risk-factor assessment, Cho says. This should include a physical exam in which your doctor:
- Checks your blood pressure
- Collects samples of blood for lab tests that check your cholesterol levels and fasting glucose
- Asks about your family’s health history, including heart problems
You and your doctor can also review any lifestyle habits that would help, such as exercising, changing your diet, managing stress, getting enough sleep, and not smoking. Also discuss any conditions you have that might affect your heart’s health. Managing those risks is key.
Even if you have early signs of CAD already developing, there’s plenty of hope.
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How to Make the Most of Your Mentorship
By Christina Lin and Anna Mistele
What is mentorship?
Mentorship is a mutually beneficial, intentional, personal relationship between two people in which the one with more experience and knowledge (the mentor) provides guidance to the other (the mentee). Mentoring can be short term (just a few meetings, often with a specific goal in mind) or long term (regular, maybe once a month) depending on the mentee and mentor’s needs and availability.
This definition is not meant to be restrictive; rather, it is meant to be broad to help you identify opportunities for mentorship in your career and life. For instance, under the umbrella of mentorship, sponsorship and coaching are two more specific types.
Mentorship in which the mentor is an influencer who advocates for you. Examples include a professor who writes you a recommendation letter, or a tech lead who tells the director about your awesome work on a summer intern project.
Mentorship in which there is a very specific goal or purpose. For example, a career counselor who reviews your resume and gives you interview tips could be considered a coach.
Why seek mentorship?
It may take some work to find a mentor, but it’s worth the effort! Here’s why we recommend seeking out mentorship opportunities.
- Learn from their experience and knowledge
Your mentor is likely at least a few steps closer to your goal than you are, if not already there. Through their experience, you can glimpse one possible path to your desired destination. All of their hard-won lessons they picked up along the way are also at your disposal. Use them to avoid big mistakes and detours, or even take a few shortcuts.
- Get feedback
It’s not just about listening to your mentor preach; often, it’s the other way around! As the mentee, you will share your problems and talk through ideas to approach them. A good mentor will give you feedback, ask questions, and act as a sounding board.
As a student, you will have many opportunities to meet potential mentors. It is critical to not only show up, but show up prepared. When cultivated properly, mentorship can quickly advance your academic and professional growth. To get you started, here are three tips on how to be an effective mentee.
Tip #1: Take the lead
Typically, when you’re working with a more senior person, you might want to defer to them and let them dictate everything in order to respect their time. However, your respect is best expressed by taking the lead! Help your mentor help you by being prepared and proactive.
- Reach out to the mentor
Do some research on the mentor’s background to understand how they can best help you. Before meeting, provide any information that can help them prepare for your meeting. Include relevant materials! For example, if you would like feedback on your resume, send your resume over in advance.
- Schedule meetings
If meeting times are not organized as part of a mentorship program, step up to handle the logistics for the meeting, including setting the time and location (or Zoom link).
- Set the agenda
Without being too strict or formal, you can make efficient use of your time together by having an idea of the topics you want to cover.
- Follow through on action items
During the meeting, you and your mentor may have identified some action items for one or both of you. If that’s the case, make sure you follow through on your end and possibly update your mentor on your progress.
Tip #2: Set a goal
Set a goal that is measurable and bound by time. This will help both you and your mentor to see whether the mentorship is actually helpful and productive. Using your goal, you should be able to answer the question: has the mentorship been successful?
- Decide what you want to achieve
Think about what you would like to achieve from the mentorship. Choose something specific and measurable. If you are only planning to meet with your mentor once, you can keep your goal in mind for yourself.
- Work with mentor to set a measurable goal
If you plan to meet several times with your mentor, you should spend a few minutes together to set a goal or two in your first meeting. Again, the goal should be specific and measurable. Let the goal guide your agenda for future meetings.
Tip #3: Build a “Board of Directors”
The idea that you only need one mentor is a myth! You can and should have multiple mentors on your personal “Board of Directors.” They can cover a variety of areas, such as:
Example: Someone a step ahead on the career path that you’re interested in can help you pinpoint interview prep strategies.
- Skill / Subject
Example: Someone who is an expert in a research area that you would like to study can recommend classes to take and resources to read.
- Common interests / values
Example: Someone who has a similar background or shared values can help you overcome struggles at the intersection of personal and professional life.
- Blind spots
It is natural to be drawn to mentors who are similar to you, as covered by the categories above. To round out your Board, consider also mentors who are dissimilar. For instance, if you are a female SWE intern, it can be valuable to speak with a male executive who has decades of experience. You may be surprised by your takeaways from their perspective.
Bonus Tip: Understand your value
Mentoring is two-way! Both people can learn from and help one another. By understanding the value you provide to your mentor, you can grow into a better mentee.
- Mentors get fulfillment and insight
Many mentors offer their time because it feels fulfilling to have an impact beyond themselves. And, they learn from their mentees’ thought processes and stories as well. Rest assured that they consider mentoring you a valuable use of their time and effort, especially if you are prepared and proactive!
- Become a mentor to see it from their side!
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Overview of VAT
VAT is the most common type of consumption found in the world; more than 150 countries have applied VAT. VAT is an integral part of GDP of any country. This is an indirect form of tax that is given to customers by the government, but by the merchants of the producers or the goods.
This will help the area reduce dependence on oil and other hydrocarbon products as a source of revenue. It is agreed by all GCC countries that VAT will be introduced in the latest in each country till January 1, 2019. However, United Arab Emirates decided to implement VAT on January 1, 2018.
Who needs to register?
For every taxable person living in the United Arab Emirates and the annual supply of the United Arab Emirates is expected to be worth or more, then the UAE has to register for VAT. For VAT registration in the United Arab Emirates, the total value of the taxable supply made for the current month and the annual supply in the last 11 months will be considered. In addition, the expected value of the supply for the next 30 days will be considered whether the annual supply will exceed the limit.
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These copies have a misalignment error that dates back to 1981. Learn about the banknotes for which collectors make fortunes.
Currency production can often fail and there are collectors who usually pay too much money for bills that contain errors., it is a matter A few copies of $5 that were issued in the United States in 1981which has a misalignment error and is considered “rare” by experts, which is why Many collectors are willing to pay around $25,000 for them. Find out the details.
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The Federal Reserve of the United States issued a series of $5 bills in 1981.who are in A misalignment error PMG AU 55-JL502 and are considered “rare” by experts, which is why many collectors are willing to pay a fortune for them.
These sell for around $100 (about $25,000) on eBay. However, it is worth clarifying that it is necessary to consult with an interested buyer in order to know how much money will be paid for these, although they are sold at that price on the above website.
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Backers of a pedestrian bridge linking uptown and South End aren’t letting the idea die, despite concerns about its cost.
Dilworth residents, South End business leaders and city officials hope to revive a proposal for a pedestrian and bike path over Interstate 277. Such a bridge could cost as much as $3 million, city officials estimate.
“I think it’s the most important project next to the light rail itself,” says John Stamas, president of the Historic South End board. “Anything that can be done to improve the connectivity is something that we applaud.”
Such a bridge was part of the original vision for the south-corridor light-rail line. The bridge was to cross I-277 and terminate at the Charlotte Convention Center.
But the Charlotte Area Transit System scrapped the bridge last year, primarily because of budget constraints. At the time, it was expected to cost $2.5 million.
The decision so disappointed South End and Dilworth residents that the city formed a committee to pursue alternatives.
Thus was created the nine-member Uptown South End Pedestrian/Bicycle Connections Study Committee, which includes representatives from Dilworth, South End, and the city’s engineering and transportation departments.
The committee is working on a report outlining several options for a pedestrian bridge.
Alternatives include establishing a South End-uptown connector at Mint, Church, Tryon or College streets. When the report is completed this summer, the committee may recommend the City Council consider one or more of those options.
“All we know is the solution previously proposed is not going to happen, so now we’re looking at other options,” says Norm Steinman, planning and design division manager for the Charlotte Department of Transportation.
But this key question remains: How will the city pay for the bridge?
In conducting its study, the committee is not attempting to identify a funding source, says Jim Kimbler, a city transportation planner and organizer of the study group.
The city has hired Kansas City, Mo.-based HTNB Corp. for $50,000 to serve as a consultant to the committee and identify engineering components and estimate the cost for each alternative.
The committee also is weighing the possibility of building a park-like area that would cross over I-277, an idea floated years ago. But that alternative — which would be far more expensive than a bridge — is only theoretical at this point.
The committee plans to solicit public comment in a series of open meetings beginning May 15. The initial session will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Government Center uptown.
This particular bridge is not to be confused with a pedestrian bridge being built between South Boulevard and Caldwell Street. That connector, which is part of the reconfiguration of the I-277 interchange at Caldwell Street, is an infrastructure improvement related to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which opens in 2009.
City leaders have long had a goal of establishing a pedestrian- and bike-friendly bridge between South End and uptown, including it in the Charlotte 2010 Vision Plan, notes Michael Smith, president of Charlotte Center City Partners. “This is a mission-critical issue,” he says.
While four potential sites are being explored, the Tryon Street route seems to have the most appeal. It’s centrally located and isn’t encumbered by exit ramps from I-277.
Whichever location is chosen, South End needs a safe path for pedestrians to take to and from uptown, saysGreg Pappanastos, owner of Argos Real Estate Advisors.
“This is one of those issues we really need support on,” says Pappanastos, whose business is based in South End. “Otherwise, these are two areas that forever will be separated by the physical barrier of I-277.”
CATS officials are taking no role in the committee’s study, acknowledging only that eliminating the original bridge was one of several hard choices CATS has had to make to control the steadily rising costs of the south-corridor light-rail line.
The nine-mile line, running from Pineville to uptown, is scheduled to begin service in November.
Possible locations: Crossing I-277 at Mint, Church, Tryon or College streets.
Cost: As much as $3 million
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(L – R) Lorna Hayes (head of tactical operations and community response) with the defibrillators and community response managers Jon Needle, Andrew Barlow, Alex Laurent and Tom Barker.
Vital equipment which significantly increases the chances of survival for patients who have had a cardiac arrest outside of hospital has had its life-span extended thanks to a generous legacy left to the region’s ambulance service.
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) has spent a total of £125,000 on replacement batteries for 1,000 defibrillators located within the community. The project has extended the life of the equipment, whose original batteries were due to expire in 2020, for a further five years.
On average, the defibrillators are called into action around 30 times a month. Most recently, a Norfolk chef used one to help save the life of a diner at his pub who had collapsed while eating in the restaurant.
The funding has come from a £135,000 legacy left to the trust by former patient Megan Carter, who was originally from Hertfordshire but lived in St Neots in Cambridgeshire when she passed away in April 2018.
Gary Morgan, deputy director of service delivery with EEAST, said: “We are very grateful to Miss Carter and delighted that we have been able to put her generous legacy to such good use by extending the life of this vital equipment.
“Around 30,000 people in the UK go into cardiac arrest outside of hospital every year. Their chances of surviving drop 10 percent a minute if treatment is delayed, with survival rates currently stand at around one in 10.
“Every second really does count, which is why it is so important to make sure as many people as possible have good access to a defibrillator within their community. It could make all the difference.”
Anyone who calls 999 and needs access to a defibrillator will be told where the nearest equipment is and given a code to open the cabinet it is housed in. They will also be given full instructions on how to use it by the call handler.
Any organisation which has a defibrillator it would like to make available to the public can register it by visiting www.eastamb.nhs.uk/your-service/campaigns/their-life-your-hands.htm You can also find out where your nearest community defibrillator is at the same link. | <urn:uuid:8f493301-438d-43f8-8449-ed91caad0dab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://norwicheye.co.uk/health/generous-legacy-to-help-save-lives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974813 | 507 | 2.015625 | 2 |
One of the hardest shifts for many North Americans during this time: how the hell do I cook?
Be that lack of ingredients, lack of practice, lack of inspiration, or lack of skill, COVID-19 is about to bring on a resurgence of cooking that this continent has never seen.
When I moved to New York City, my cooking went on hiatus: my counter space was the size of a dinner plate, and my oven was frankly best used as skirt storage.
Meanwhile, I grew up with a mom who cooked, and I attended a holistic health school where the importance of cooking was drilled deeply into me as a number one health-supporting practise. The teacher once told someone to move if she didn’t live in an apartment supportive of home cooking.
It’s with some current shame that I admit: I didn’t turn my oven on more than twice in this period of my life.
During my New York years, I remember once, and only once, having a brief childhood-inspired surge of fondness for home cooking, which led me to my local Morton Williams on a rainy night.
My settled upon choice for this cooking foray? A grilled cheese sandwich. I’m not even sure this fully classifies as “cooking,” but the ingredients for said sandwich—butter, cheese, and bread—ran $23.
This will surprise almost nobody who actually lives in New York, a city where we often don’t have basics in the pantry. No bread, cheese, or butter for example. But even if I had, New York is where the local market often has fancy ingredients rather than basic ones. For those of us who choose to cook, we tend to want Italian smoked Gouda rather than mere American.
New Yorkers, or at least this former New Yorker, also haven’t cooked for ages, because business dinners, socializing with friends, and the falafel shop downstairs. This, most of us can relate to with our hectic lives be they in New York or not.
So, as restaurants around the continent shutter and we are forced into isolation, we must now use our kitchens. How do we begin?
1. If you do not already own an Instant Pot, acquire one. This is a near essential basic for those who are out of practice with their cooking practise, or never began one.
2. Identify what you have been eating out. Is it Thai? Burgers? Indian? Mexican? Your favourite foods are the place to start as nobody realistically wants to switch from delicious restaurant to stuff you never eat or wouldn’t choose. Why torture yourself?
3. Dust off your cookbooks or your internet search skills, and hunt down a recipe. Look for one-pot meals, with five or fewer ingredients, in the category that most resembles the foods you’ve already been eating out and have identified as your favourites.
4. Stock up on real foods and do not be tempted by processed ones. We need to be making fewer trips to the store, so embrace your dance with beans and grains and greens instead of Doritos and crackers and canned soup. Real foods will keep you full longer and they are what’s being used as a base at your favourite takeout place.
5. Settle in for some practise. The way we get good, or even reasonable, at anything is practise. You no longer have things to do, as everything is shuttered, so now is your best opportunity to enact the 10,000 hour rule to your food and to cooking. If this is hour one for you, have patience and keep trying. Prepare to botch or burn some stuff. One time I set my friend Shauna’s kitchen on fire making Rice Krispy squares.
6. It’s not always required to have every ingredient on a list in order to make a dish. Use your search engine to improvise, figure out what you can leave out, or make substitutions with.
7. Come up with a list of standbys. Almost none of us want to make brand-new dishes every single day, so have a standing weekly or biweekly meal that you like and learn to cook in your sleep.
8. Make enough to have leftovers. It’s like takeout, only it’s in your fridge.
9. Stock up on basics. Real basics: Italian smoked Gouda doesn’t apply. There are great lists available on the Internet.
10. Make a budget. Twenty-three dollars for a single meal isn’t sustainable for most of us, so consider your food costs while shopping. It is possible to spend more on home cooking than it is on restaurant takeout. Budget friendly foods include beans, oatmeal, and polenta.
12. Recognize that you can’t cook what you don’t have ingredients for. Keep your list simple and try to make the same ingredients workable for several recipes. Burritos require the same foundational ingredients as a taco salad, for example.
13. Spices are the key to flavouring. If you need to overbuy something, do so with the variety of spices you purchase.
14. If you can’t cook, know that you are not alone. Ditch the shame and embrace your apron.
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Although a large landmass, Australia produces only a small portion of the world’s red meat.
Australia produces about 4% of the worlds beef
In 2020, Australia produced around 4% of the world’s beef, and an even smaller percentage of sheepmeat. Compared with the EU, which produces 12% of the world’s beef, Australia is a small producer.
EU market access restrictions limits Australia export
With a relatively small population, Australia is able to export a larger percentage of its red meat than some other countries. This means that high-quality Australian red meat is enjoyed in over 100 countries worldwide. However, market access restrictions currently in place mean that Australia does not export a lot of red meat to the EU – for example with Australian beef accounting for less than 0.5% of EU domestic consumption. | <urn:uuid:575d0385-9f84-48d9-9597-a8eea591a38e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mla.eu/supply-chain/exports/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948477 | 170 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Manjushri Thangka (MJ6)
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This Manjushri Thangka painting is hand-painted on high-quality cotton canvas by a Master artist. The size of this thangka is 50 x 35 cm.
Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendental knowledge. According to the sacred text, Manjushri came on a pilgrimage from China to Nepal. At that time, the Kathmandu Valley was a wide lake.
Legend has it that Manjushri saw a bright light coming from a lotus flower in the center of the lake, so he cut a gorge with his flaming sword to drain the lake.
In this Thangka painting, he is represented in the most typical form as a beautiful young prince with orange or yellow eyes.
Manjushri holds a blazing sword in his right hand, a figurative weapon that kills ignorance and transforms it into transcendent knowledge (fire is a sign of transformation).
His left hand is put in front of his core, holding the stem of a lotus that bears the Prajnaparamita sutra, indicating the realization and perfection of wisdom and intellect.
- Material: Cotton canvas, Natural Pigment, Gold and Silver
- Used for home or office decor or yoga or meditation
- 100% Genuine hand-painted in Himalaya
- Shipping to Worldwide
- Donating 10% of Sales Profit to Artist Family Fund for Education, Health, Food and Shelter
How do we pack and ship the Thangka?
Each painting is beautifully packed with hand-made Nepalese Lokta paper and put into a solid non-bendable shipping PVC pipe for safety.
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The Amazon mobi Kindle format has become a must have digital format for authors/publishers who wish to publish their books for the EBook market. With Amazon’s worldwide strength in the book industry the Kindle has rapidly become one of the best selling eReaders on the market. It cannot be ignored by those who are serious about selling their books digitally.
Amazon’s has its own proprietary file format generically called “mobi”. Mobi files are specifically designed to work with Kindle devices and Kindle apps. You may see file extensions named .mobi, .AZW, .AZW3 (also called KF8) all of which can be confusing. All you really need to know is that you will receive a mobi file that when viewed will not be altered when it is uploaded to Amazon. So the file the end user downloads will be the same as the file that has been uploaded.
Here at EBooks by Design we offer Kindle conversion, alongside ePub, as a standard part of our price package. We will provide you with a professionally laid out, well designed, Kindle ready book which can be published on the ever expanding number of Amazon websites around the world. This can then be downloaded and read on the Kindle eReader, Kindle Fire and Amazon Fire phone and the various Kindle reading apps for the PC, iPad, iPhone, Apple Mac etc.
EBooks by Design is a leader in Kindle conversion services. We can convert your book to the Kindle format, regardless of the initial format of your book. In most cases, we can convert any book format, such as Word, Html, PDF, scanned document, paperback to Kindle, etc. Contact us to learn more about our services.
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Curious about what exactly is jam and how it differs from jelly, conserves, and marmalade? Master preserver Allison Carroll Duffy explains it all for you.
What is jam made of?
For all its varied and sometimes complex flavors, jam is actually a very simple food, containing only four primary components: fruit (or occasionally flowers, herbs, or vegetables), acid, pectin, and sweetener.
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Fishery Beach is located between Cape Jervis and Blowhole Beach. It is a popular fishing beach and was home to a whaling station in the 1840s/1850s. Some ruins remain today.
In 1862 Fishery Beach became a shipping port for the export of ore from the nearby Talisker Mine.
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How do our thinking skills change as we age? Do our lifestyles affect those changes?
Cognitive decline (changes in our thinking, reasoning and memory skills) is one of the most feared aspects of ageing, and is a major determinant of health, independence and quality of life. While cognitive abilities show characteristic changes with age, there is considerable interindividual variation. Modifiable determinants of cognitive ageing are therefore being sought to inform the development of interventions to reduce, delay, halt or even reverse these changes.
Remaining cognitively, socially and physically active is recommended for the maintenance of cognitive abilities. Intervention studies based on cognitive training, however, have generally failed to show broad, transferrable benefits, albeit individuals show improvement on the specific task trained. More complex interventions have begun to produce promising results. The focus of The Ageing Lab is therefore to develop and test broad, lifestyle-based interventions. Developing lifestyle interventions for healthy ageing is an important area of research and has applied value in an increasingly aged society.
Our main research studies are described below, and you can download a brief summary flyer here.
The Intervention Factory
Our principal research programme is The Intervention Factory, which commenced in July 2016 supported by Velux Stiftung. [The study is recorded in the ISRCTN registry: ISRCTN96478815.]
The project is considering community-based activities as potential interventions for cognitive ageing, to explore whether taking up a new activity might help maintain or improve our thinking skills as we age.
The first phase of the project was What Keeps You Sharp?, a national survey of people's beliefs about how thinking skills change with age and the factors that might affect those changes. The survey is now closed, but you can read the survey details . Over 3,000 people from across the UK took part and the results were first summarised in a report released in April 2018, available here. Additional outputs from the survey are listed on our Publications page.
A Tablet for Healthy Ageing
A Tablet for Healthy Ageing was a supported intervention programme utilising tablet computers, funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust. It represented our first project exploring the opportunities for new technology to deliver, monitor and personalise interventions with older people.
Tablet computers (often simply referred to as tablets) offer a method of delivering varied, multimodal interventions to older people beyond repetitive cognitive training regimes. As technologies present inherent challenges, any intervention needs to be appropriately designed and supported. Our initial research goals focussed on testing the acceptability and usability of tablets as tools to improve the health and wellbeing of older people.
The first phase of the project developed and refined intervention protocols via user and expert-engagement. This established older adults' familiarity with tablets and similar devices, their exposure to them, and perceived and actual barriers to participation.
The finalised intervention protocol was then tested with older people. The research questions focussed on how the tablet training intervention affected the health and wellbeing of those completing the intervention programme versus those not.
The Tablet for Healthy Ageing project has been completed and you can see the outputs on our Publications page. Further developments are planned within the Tablet for Healthy Ageing research programme.
Senior visitors to tourist attractions
The Senior Visitors project was a collaboration with Professor Anna Leask and Professor Paul Barron at Edinburgh Napier University, funded by Interface. It represents a partnership with the Camera Obscura, National Museums Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, and Rosslyn Chapel to develop a programme to attract and engage older people at visitor attractions.
The project began in November 2017; details of the initial findings will follow.
Cycling Without Age Scotland
Founded in Copenhagen in 2012, Cycling Without Age brings generations closer together by sharing experiences by bike. The specially designed Trishaws allow volunteers to visit local facilities for older people around the community and offer residents an opportunity to be a passenger on the Trishaw.
Cycling Without Age Falkirk was the first chapter in Scotland, launched in March 2017 with funding from the Scottish Innovation Fund to the Communities Along the Carron Association (CATCA). The Ageing Lab worked with CATCA to evaluate the Cycling Without Age Falkirk trial, supported by the School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University.
The evaluation will be reported in 2019.
A year after the first chapter was formed in Falkirk, Cycling Without Age Scotland was officially launched in 2018 with funding from the Scottish Government (read more), to take the initiative across the country. The Ageing Lab continue to work with Cycling Without Age Scotland to explore how the activity benefits those taking part, looking at the effects on mental and physical health and wellbeing, social engagement, loneliness and isolation.
The Ageing Lab collaborates with longitudinal studies of ageing based at the Universities of Edinburgh and Copenhagen.
Professor Alan Gow is an Associate Member of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, where he works with the Lothian Birth Cohort studies led by Professor Ian Deary. The participants in these studies completed a mental ability test when they were aged 11, and decades later were recruited into follow-ups to examine the ageing process across their 70s, 80s and 90s.
Alan also conducts research with colleagues at the Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, on the Glostrup 1914 Cohort led by Professor Erik Lykke Mortensen, a sample recruited at age 50 and followed for up to 40 years.
To view outputs from these collaborations, you can access Professor Alan Gow's publications here.
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