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You can get your snowmobile unstuck if you follow one of these well-proven methods:
- Turn the sled facing downhill if you are on a slope.
- Remove as much snow as possible in front of the sled.
- Build an “exit ramp” by packing the snow down in front of the sled.
- Try to ride forward out of the hole while “rocking” the sled side-to-side. (If your sled has a reverse, try to first back it up a little.)
- If this doesn’t work, tramp down the snow on the side of the track and lift it onto this packed surface.
- Your buddies can also help you pull your sled out by hand or with another sled.
- If all the above fails, pack the snow on the downhill side and roll the sled over on top of the snow.
If you want to know more about each of these steps, keep reading!
How do You Get a Snowmobile Unstuck?
If your sled hasn’t sunk down too deep, there’s a chance you can ride out of the hole.
First, tramp down the snow in front of the sled. If you ride with others (which is recommended) ask your buddies to grab the ski loops and help you pull the sled out.
At the same time, shift your weight backward, apply some throttle while rocking the sled side-to- side. Make sure that your buddies stand clear out of the path of the sled!
If your sled features a reverse, try to first back the sled up a little. In most cases, if you can back up the sled, you will be able to go forward as well!
With a little luck, you can easily get your snowmobile unstuck this way.
Another trick is to use a pull strap, or a special bungie rope known as Snow Bungie. Attach the rope to another sled and try to pull your sled out of the hole.
On one hand, you can only use this method if you have a clear area for the towing sled. If there are a lot of trees nearby or the terrain is too rough, you will likely need to use a different method.
Moreover, there is always a risk of burning the belt of the towing sled.
Keep in mind that pulling the skis by hand or towing the sled out only works well on flat surfaces, or if the sled is pointing downhill.
If your sled is facing uphill, you have to try and turn it around so that it faces downhill. Be prepared that this is not an easy task, especially in deep and wet snow.
If you can’t ride your sled out of the hole, then it’s time to take the shovel out.
In many cases, you can save a lot of headaches and effort with a little shoveling. This is because yanking and pulling the sled often won’t lead to results.
Sometimes all you really need is a few minutes of shoveling. On the other hand, if the snow is deep and wet, you should be prepared for a lot of muscle work. To avoid heavy sweating, best practice is to remove your helmet. If the weather isn’t too chilly you can also consider slightly layering down.
You can dig your snowmobile out with a small foldable or telescoping snow shovel. For backcountry riders, it’s a must-have accessory!
Start digging the front of the sled out of the snow. If you can see the track from the front it’s a clue that you’ve removed enough snow from the front.
Also, tramp the snow down in front of the sled and make an “exit ramp” from this hard-packed snow.
Another way to make this ramp is to ask one of your buddies to ride back and forth in front of your sled. It’s a great way to make a long hard-packed ramp! (Just make sure he doesn’t stack into to snow!)
You can also tip the sled on its side and throw snow under it. This method also helps get the sled out of the hole in many cases!
Finally, you may want to remove the snow under the running boards as well.
Another trick is to remove a little snow under the front half of the skis. This way, they will look like they’re standing on small little ramps. Once you apply some throttle the skis will start to go down on these mini ramps, giving the sled a little boost.
Another way to get a snowmobile unstuck is by packing down the snow on one side of the track. Once it’s done, try to move the track onto this packed surface.
You won’t have to lift the track high if you thoroughly stomp the snow down.
It’s also important that you not try to lift the sled high if you are alone, as it may end in a heart attack or other injuries! Best practice is to ask your riding buddies for help.
Also, keep in mind that it’s impossible to lift the entire sled out of the hole by hand, not even with help!
If there’s no way you can ride out, your other option is rolling the sled downhill. Let’s see how to do that!
If everything else fails, your only chance of releasing the sled is to roll it over onto a new path. This trick can usually be used if your sled is stuck on a slope that is not too steep. Be prepared that it will require some muscle work of you again!
First, stomp the snow on the downhill side of the sled then carefully roll it over on top of the snow. Make sure that there are no objects like stumps or rocks under the snow!
However, you should avoid using this method on a hill that is too steep. This is because on a steep slope there is a risk that your sled will roll over on top of you or uncontrolled down the hill.
Another concern on steep hillsides is that your actions can trigger an avalanche. This means that if your snowmobile is stuck on a steep slope, it may be unsafe for your buddies to come and help you.
Therefore, you must be prepared to get your snowmobile unstuck by yourself in these situations!
How do You Get a Snowmobile Unstuck by Yourself?
To get a snowmobile unstuck by yourself, try to clear as much snow around and under the sled as possible. As the next step, make a hard-packed exit ramp in front of the sled by stomping on the snow. Try to back up the sled a little bit then ride forward out of the hole while rocking the sled side-to-side. The most important rule is not to try to lift your snowmobile out of the hole by yourself.
If all of these methods fail, you can try to carefully roll the sled over if you are not on a steep hillside.
What Should You do if You Get Your Snowmobile Stuck and There is Another Rider Present?
If there is another rider present, he can help you get your sled unstuck in many ways, such as:
- Pulling the ski on your sled by hand (make sure he doesn’t stand in front of the sled!)
- Pulling your sled out with a rope
- He can also help dig
- He can help lift the track to a stomped surface or roll your sled over (unless you are on a steep slope)
How do You Get a Snowmobile Unstuck from Slush?
You can get a snowmobile unstuck from slush by following these simple steps:
- Stop the engine.
- Clear the frozen slush from the skis.
- Remove the slush from under and around the track with a shovel.
- Pack down a significant amount of snow in front of and below the skis.
- Fire up the engine.
- Sit on the saddle and carefully ride forward.
- If you fail, try pulling the sled out with a rope.
Best practice is to ask others for help if possible. Your buddies can help by pulling the sled with a rope while you try getting out of the jam.
Here is a video on how to get a snowmobile unstuck from slush:
How to Avoid Getting Stuck on a Snowmobile
Many people say that the best way to get a snowmobile unstuck is if you don’t get stuck at all! Let’s see the best practices on how to avoid getting stuck on a sled:
- Choose the right snowmobile for off-trail riding.
- Make sure you have the right-sized track.
- If you are a beginner, you may want to stay on the trails.
- Learn the basics of riding in powder.
- Always keep your momentum and only stop on hard-packed snow.
It’s also wise to keep some specific equipment on your sled for these situations. Even if they cannot prevent these situations, they usually come in handy when your snowmobile sinks in snow. The recommended gear is as follows:
- Shovel (the bare minimum on any mountain sled!)
- Small axe/foldable saw
- Heavy-duty ropes/strap with tensioners/Snow Bungie
- Avalanche safety gear
- Dry clothes (spare gloves, mask, cap)
- Food and drink
Conclusion – How Do You Get a Snowmobile Unstuck?
Many people say that getting a snowmobile unstuck is just another skill that every mountain rider has to learn. And as with every new skill, this also requires some practice to master it.
Don’t worry, because you will have many opportunities to practice, as a sinking of the sled into the snow cannot be avoided. If you ride in the backcountry, be prepared for your sled getting stuck sooner or later.
If this occurs, there are many ways to get it unstuck. Are you wondering which method is best?
Unfortunately, there is no clear winner here are as each case is different!
Many riders prefer to dig the sled out a little, make a small ramp from hard-packed snow and ride out of the hole.
This works well as long as you are not above 10,000 feet and the snow is light and fluffy!
This is because in such high elevations it’s not recommended that you burn your energy by shoveling wet snow. It can exhaust you faster than you think!
That’s why many mountain sledders prefer to roll their sleds downhill. You can do this even if you are alone without too much effort. But keep in mind, that this method can’t be used if the slope is too steep!
If you ride in a group, your buddies can help you release your sunk snowmobile in many ways.
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The Ford Museum opened to the public in September 1981 and is part of the Presidential libraries system of the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency.
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition showcases the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements, while allowing its visitors to experience this art from an Up-Close, Life-Sized, and Never-Before-Seen perspective.
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition (a SEE Global Entertainment exhibit) showcases the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements, while allowing its visitors to experience this art from an Up-Close, Life-Sized, and Never-Before-Seen perspective.
With special expertise and care, the ceiling paintings from the Sistine Chapel have been reproduced in a truly unique way using licensed high definition photos. Brought to life using a special printing technique that emulates the look and feel of the original paintings, visitors are given a chance to engage with the artwork in ways that were never before possible: seeing every detail, every brushstroke, and every color of the artist’s 34 frescoes. Each image is accompanied by informative signage.
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Join the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum in welcoming Elizabeth Lev to the final presentation in our “Evenings to Remember” speaker series! Liz will guide us on our exploration of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, an exhibit by SEE Global Entertainment.
Liz will trace the exciting historical context of the paintings of the Sistine Chapel. From its inauguration in 1480, the Sistine Chapel saw three major painting cycles over 70 years. The cycles corresponded to a major geopolitical shift—the discovery of the New World and circumnavigation of the globe—whose impact can be seen in the artwork. Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino, and of course, Michaelangelo documented the expanding world view of the age through the visual arts, while painting for the elite body of men charged with the task of running the universal church.
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How Do Milwaukee Parents Choose A School For Their Children?
In Milwaukee, there are more school options than ever for families to choose from. So many, that making a choice can seem overwhelming to some. With such a wide selection, how do parents go about picking a school for their kids?
"Where do we go to start learning about all of that?"
This week marks National School Choice Week. And organizers say, the celebration is not just about voucher schools.
“We’re talking about all options: traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, online academies, private schools and homeschooling,” says Choice Week president Andrew Campanella. “[There are] so many different types of programs to give parents more access to a good education for their kids.”
This time of year, many folks are thinking about where to send their kids to school. The open enrollment period begins for many districts in January and February -- Milwaukee Public Schools hosts its annual Enrollment Fair in just a few days' time.
Milwaukee is home to the longest-running school choice program in the country. The city also boasts Wisconsin’s largest public school district, Milwaukee Public Schools, as well as a robust slate of charter, private, religious and alternative school options.
It’s all new to Beats Me question asker Jill Wesolowski. She and her husband didn’t grow up in Milwaukee. When they moved here 12 years ago, they had to learn about the city day by day. But until a year and a half ago – when Wesolowski gave birth to her daughter – she hadn’t paid much attention to local schools.
“We’re starting to think about, how does the whole school thing work -- and we realized that we didn’t really know how it worked, or where to start,” she reflects. “We’ve been trying to look around for a resource and kind of coming up short.”
Wesolowski thinks she wants her daughter to attend public school – at least, at first. It seems like a good return on investment, she says, for her property taxes.
She’s driven past schools in her neighborhood, done some googling, and reached out to friends for their advice. Beyond that, she and her husband aren’t sure where to look for information.
“I didn’t find anything that seemed to be geared toward an audience of, ‘Here’s how you get started,’” she says. “How do I know what sort of approach they’re taking to curriculum, disciplinary approaches, some of the social aspects of school? Where do we go to start learning about all of that?”
Even folks who do have knowledge of the city struggle with this question of how to choose a school.
Amanda Albert works in the education sector here, so her friends often approach her for help. But often, she finds she can’t offer much counsel.
“I know how to help them maybe if they’re trying to compare within one sector. But when you’re looking at, ‘Do we pick our public school? Do we pick a Montessori school? Do we pick that charter or that voucher school?’ -- I don’t know how to help them get the information to make the right choice for their family,” Albert says.
She says she’s not sure a single, go-to resource exists – a “getting started guide” to orient Milwaukee families to the city’s complicated school scene, and help them make solid comparisons.
And without one, the struggle is real.
“When you go to a restaurant and there are six things on the menu, it’s usually pretty easy to figure out what you want,” she analogizes. “When you go to a restaurant and it’s, like, ten pages, it’s going to take you a lot longer to try and figure it out.”
“Having more choices, I think, always makes things harder -- but especially when you don’t have all the information.”
Looking for the 'Holy Grail'
Dave Steele runs the local nonprofit PAVE, Partners for Advancing Values in Education. He agrees that Milwaukee could benefit from a single system or app -- like the ones that exist in New Orleans, Indianapolis and New York City – to help parents search for schools across all sectors.
“No city has arrived at the ‘holy grail’, which is a system of getting the information out there that’s used by 100 percent of the parents -- but many cities are much further along than Milwaukee,” he explains.
Right now, the closest thing we have is an interactive map on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce website, which displays state report card data for all schools in the county.
But, Steele says, we need more. And in the meantime, our best asset is our curiosity.
“As a parent, really ask yourself: what kind of environment do I want for the child? What do I want the outcome to be?” Steele recommends. “You can find those schools that pursue that course of study, but then seek information. Visit the school. Spend some time there. Discern for yourself, based on the data you can get from the state report card, information that you can gather there at the school.”
"As a parent, really ask yourself: what kind of environment do I want for the child? What do I want the outcome to be?"
His advice also comes with a warning…
“Just because a school says they do those things, doesn’t mean that they do them well,” Steele continues. “It’s really up to us parents to do that due diligence, to make sure that what these schools say that they’re doing, what their vision is, that they’re doing well.”
…and, a caveat.
“My advice to parents, I would just take with a huge grain of salt. What do I know?” Steele says, in a serious tone. “If we’re going to move things forward as a city, we really have to listen to the community we serve. And not try to come up with a prescription of something to solve the problem for them. But to really get more parents engaged.”
Making a list, Checking it twice
This is something I heard repeatedly from education insiders, as a tip for anyone trying to choose a school: talk to other parents.
Parents like Gladys Manzanet. She’s a Milwaukee native – and she went through several schools here. Now, she has four kids of her own, and she’s tried many a tactic to figure out where to send them to school.
“One can get overwhelmed,” she agrees. “But I think that because you know your child, you’ll know what resonates with them. So you also know how to whittle away those that are not even possibilities.”
What was on the list of possibilities for Manzanet’s family?
“I just want an education where they can thrive,” she explains. “Each child is different – they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. And I think those [schools] that can play up those strengths, that can help them find their passions -- those are the schools I’m looking for.”
No two parents’ lists will look the same. To prove it, I am asking Milwaukee parents to tell me what factors went into their decision about where to send your child to school. Here are the responses I have received so far:
If you’re one of those people going up against the clock to make this big decision, now you’ve been properly peppered with tons of advice, and factors to consider – which probably did not help to calm the anxiety you were already feeling.
Milwaukee parent Gladys Manzanet encourages folks to remember: when it comes to school, one size does not fit all.
“Don’t allow any one person to kind of color the research that you do,” she says. “There are a lot of well-meaning families out there that will want you to choose their school. But their school might not necessarily work for your child.”
“The reality is that school choice needs to be talked about in personal terms, not political terms,” adds National School Choice Week president Andrew Campanella. “This is about matching students up with the schools and the environments that work best for them. Whether it’s traditional public schools, charters, magnets, online schools, private schools, or homeschooling – it doesn’t’ matter. It matters for individual families what choices they make.”
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Now here’s a story that I’m sure will come as a bit of a surprise to many pro-war types who keep arguing that we’re freeing Iraqi citizens from a brutal dictator and they will be grateful because of it. Baghdad Seethes With Anger Toward U.S. (New York Times, free registration required)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)—At first they cheered, smiled, offered hearty thumbs-ups to the U.S. soldiers newly in their midst. But across Iraq’s lawless capital, that sentiment is evaporating as quickly as Saddam Hussein’s government melted away.
Baghdad was bursting with anti-American feeling Saturday as residents saw their city being stripped by its own citizens while U.S. forces stood by, rarely intervening and in some cases even motioning treasure-laden men through checkpoints.
Some still agreed with the United States’ assessment of itself as a liberator. In the middle-class Zayuna neighborhood, friendly people offered American Marines baths, bread and buoyant greetings—and asked for both autographs and help against looters.
But for other Iraqis, in dozens of interviews conducted across Baghdad, the assessment was drastically different: America as conqueror.
“The coalition forces are responsible. Where is the law?” said Safa Hussein Qasim, 44, a jeweler. “This is the promise of the United States to Iraq? This is democracy in Baghdad?”
Looting has died down since this article was published on the 12th, but that’s mainly because the damage has been done and there’s not much of anything left to loot. What little is left is being actively guarded by armed Iraqis. Still, the rampant lawlessness that developed when the regime fell and the almost total lack of action on the U.S. and Britain’s part to do anything about it has left a lot of Iraqi’s with a bad taste in their mouths. You’d think that the administration would have considered this possibility and made plans for it, but when we can’t even keep our fellow Americans from rioting over sporting events I suppose this lack of planning comes as less of a surprise.
U.S. forces say they are doing the best they can under chaotic conditions—chaos, many Iraqis point out, that the United States itself created. Few praised Saddam. But at least, they said, he offered stability.
Baghdad lacks that right now. Water, electricity and gasoline are pipe dreams, and food is becoming almost as scarce.
Elsewhere, the Marines received less enthusiasm. In front of the Palestine Hotel, an area thick with U.S. Marines, several dozen Iraqis demanded a new government—now. “We want peace,” they chanted in English as Marines looked on from fighting vehicles.
“The United States breaks into the palaces and then threatens all the people who steal from them,” said Efil Adnan, a 48-year-old oil engineer guarding the barricade with two of his sons and his brother. He held a pistol; the brother wielded a Kalashnikov.
“The United States is a liar,” Adnan said. “They are not going to make anything better.”
“The army of America is like Genghis Khan,” Fouad Abdullah Ahmed, 49, snapped as U.S. tanks rumbled by without stopping. “America is not good and Saddam is not good. My people refused Saddam Hussein, and they will refuse the Americans.”
One young man went even further.
“If this continues in Baghdad, we’ll kill any American or British soldier,” said Rahad Bahman Qasim, 30 and unemployed. For emphasis, he added this: “All of us—even the women.”
Oh yeah, sounds like they’re real happy to see us. With gratitude like that this whole rebuilding-Iraq-as-a-Democracy thing should be a cake-walk.
Not that I can blame them in some respects if the U.S. continues to allow lawlessness to rule the day. I’m sure the lack of fresh water and food isn’t helping the mood any. Still, it’s somewhat telling that a lot of Iraqi’s seem to be saying “Thanks for getting rid of Saddam, now get the fuck out of Iraq and leave us alone or we’ll kill you.”
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Spies with a penchant for exotic poisons can add a new one to their list – snail venom.
For more than 23 years, Professor Baldomero M. Olivera has been studying snail venom. This week, his team at the University of Utah reported their discovery of a completely unique neurotoxin in Conus parius, a mollusk that hunts along the coast in the Philippines.
Some sea snails produce poisonous darts to hunt small fish and defend themselves. For the past 35 years, scientists have been studying these powerful neurotoxins. All of them are peptides, short strings of amino acids that make up miniature proteins.
Cone snail venoms are more than an elaborate tool for assassination.
In 2004, one of those toxins was approved by the FDA to treat chronic pain. Some day, they may be used to treat a variety of neurological disorders including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
In the journal Biochemistry, Baldomero and his colleagues Russell Teichert and Elsie Jimenez compared this new poison to the others that have been identified in the past two decades. All of them impair the function of neuromuscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In other words, they inactivate a protein found in the nerve cells that control muscle movement.
To identify the unique neurotoxin, the biologists cut out the venom ducts from several snails, froze them, pulverized them, and then extracted the peptides from the pulp with a mixture of water and the solvent acetonitrile. They purified the peptide and used a machine to determine its amino acid sequence. Later, they injected mice and goldfish with the purified peptide to prove that it is in fact the deadly poison. They were right. A tiny amount would kill goldfish within ten minutes and mice within thirty.
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Can’t you see the writing on the touchscreen? A techno-utopia is upon us. We’ve gone from smartphones at the turn of the twenty-first century to smart fridges and smart cars. The revolutionary changes to our everyday life will no doubt keep barreling along. By 2018, so predicts Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, more than three million employees will work for “robo-bosses” and soon enough we — or at least the wealthiest among us — will be shopping in fully automated supermarkets and sleeping in robotic hotels.
With all this techno-triumphalism permeating our digitally saturated world, it’s hardly surprising that law enforcement would look to technology — “smart policing,” anyone? — to help reestablish public trust after the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the long list of other unarmed black men killed by cops in Anytown, USA. The idea that technology has a decisive role to play in improving policing was, in fact, a central plank of President Obama’s policing reform task force.
In its report, released last May, the Task Force on 21st Century Policing emphasized the crucial role of technology in promoting better law enforcement, highlighting the use of police body cameras in creating greater openness. “Implementing new technologies,” it claimed, “can give police departments an opportunity to fully engage and educate communities in a dialogue about their expectations for transparency, accountability, and privacy.”
Indeed, the report emphasized ways in which the police could engage communities, work collaboratively, and practice transparency in the use of those new technologies. Perhaps it won’t shock you to learn, however, that the on-the-ground reality of twenty-first-century policing looks nothing like what the task force was promoting. Police departments nationwide have been adopting powerful new technologies that are remarkably capable of intruding on people’s privacy, and much of the time these are being deployed in secret, without public notice or discussion, let alone permission.
And while the task force’s report says all the right things, a little digging reveals that the feds not only aren’t putting the brakes on improper police use of technology, but are encouraging it — even subsidizing the misuse of the very technology the task force believes will keep cops honest. To put it bluntly, a techno-utopia isn’t remotely on the horizon, but its flipside may be.
Getting Stung and Not Even Knowing It
Shemar Taylor was charged with robbing a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint. The police got a warrant to search his home and arrested him after learning that the cell phone used to order the pizza was located in his house. How the police tracked down the location of that cell phone is what Taylor’s attorney wanted to know.
The Baltimore police detective called to the stand in Taylor’s trial was evasive. “There’s equipment we would use that I’m not going to discuss,” he said. When Judge Barry Williams ordered him to discuss it, he still refused, insisting that his department had signed a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI.
“You don’t have a nondisclosure agreement with the court,” replied the judge, threatening to hold the detective in contempt if he did not answer. And yet he refused again. In the end, rather than reveal the technology that had located Taylor’s cell phone to the court, prosecutors decided to withdraw the evidence, jeopardizing their case.
And don’t imagine that this courtroom scene was unique or even out of the ordinary these days. In fact, it was just one sign of a striking nationwide attempt to keep an invasive, constitutionally questionable technology from being scrutinized, whether by courts or communities.
The technology at issue is known as a “Stingray,” a brand name for what’s generically called a cell site simulator or IMSI catcher. By mimicking a cell phone tower, this device, developed for overseas battlefields, gets nearby cell phones to connect to it. It operates a bit like the children’s game Marco Polo. “Marco,” the cell-site simulator shouts out and every cell phone on that network in the vicinity replies, “Polo, and here’s my ID!”
Thanks to this call-and-response process, the Stingray knows both what cell phones are in the area and where they are. In other words, it gathers information not only about a specific suspect, but any bystanders in the area as well. While the police may indeed use this technology to pinpoint a suspect’s location, by casting such a wide net there is also the potential for many kinds of constitutional abuses — for instance, sweeping up the identities of every person attending a demonstration or a political meeting. Some Stingrays are capable of collecting not only cell phone ID numbers but also numbers those phones have dialed and even phone conversations. In other words, the Stingray is a technology that potentially opens the door for law enforcement to sweep up information that not so long ago wouldn’t have been available to them.
All of this raises the sorts of constitutional issues that might normally be settled through the courts and public debate… unless, of course, the technology is kept largely secret, which is exactly what’s been happening.
After the use of Stingrays was first reported in 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other activist groups attempted to find out more about how the technology was being used, only to quickly run into heavy resistance from police departments nationwide. Served with “open-records requests” under Freedom of Information Act-like state laws, they almost uniformly resisted disclosing information about the devices and their uses. In doing so, they regularly cited nondisclosure agreements they had signed with the Harris Corporation, maker of the Stingray, and with the FBI, prohibiting them from telling anyone (including other government outfits) about how — or even that — they use the devices.
Sometimes such evasiveness reaches near-comical levels. For example, police in the city of Sunrise, Florida, served with an open-records request, refused to confirm or deny that they had any Stingray records at all. Under cover of a controversial national security court ruling, the CIA and the NSA sometimes resort to just this evasive tactic (known as a “Glomar response“). The Sunrise Police Department, however, is not the CIA, and no provision in Florida law would allow it to take such a tack. When the ACLU pointed out that the department had already posted purchase records for Stingrays on its public website, it generously provided duplicate copies of those very documents and then tried to charge the ACLU \$20,000 for additional records.
In a no-less-bizarre incident, the Sarasota Police Department was about to turn some Stingray records over to the ACLU in accordance with Florida’s open-records law, when the U.S. Marshals Service swooped in and seized the records first, claiming ownership because it had deputized one local officer. And excessive efforts at secrecy are not unique to Florida, as those charged with enforcing the law commit themselves to Stingray secrecy in a way that makes them lawbreakers.
And it’s not just the public that’s being denied information about the devices and their uses; so are judges. Often, the police get a judge’s sign-off for surveillance without even bothering to mention that they will be using a Stingray. In fact, officers regularly avoid describing the technology to judges, claiming that they simply can’t violate those FBI nondisclosure agreements.
More often than not, police use Stingrays without bothering to get a warrant, instead seeking a court order on a more permissive legal standard. This is part of the charm of a new technology for the authorities: nothing is settled on how to use it. Appellate judges in Tallahassee, Florida, for instance, revealed that local police had used the tool more than 200 times without a warrant. In Sacramento, California, police admitted in court that they had, in more than 500 investigations, used Stingrays without telling judges or prosecutors. That was “an estimated guess,” since they had no way of knowing the exact number because they had conveniently deleted records of Stingray use after passing evidence discovered by the devices on to detectives.
Much of this blanket of secrecy, spreading nationwide, has indeed been orchestrated by the FBI, which has required local departments eager for the hottest new technology around to sign those nondisclosure agreements. One agreement, unearthed in Oklahoma, explicitly instructs the local police to find “additional and independent investigative means” to corroborate Stingray evidence. In short, they are to cover up the use of Stingrays by pretending their information was obtained some other way — the sort of dangerous constitutional runaround that is known euphemistically in law enforcement circles as a “parallel construction.” Now that information about the widespread use of this new technology is coming out — as in the Shemar Taylor trial in Baltimore — judges are beginning to rule that Stingray use does indeed require a warrant. They are also insisting that police must accurately inform judges when they intend to use a Stingray and disclose its privacy implications.
Garbage In, Garbage Out
And it’s not just the Stingray that’s taking local police forces into new and unknown realms of constitutionally questionable but deeply seductive technology. Consider the hot new trend of “predictive policing.” Its products couldn’t be high-techier. They go by a variety of names like PredPol (yep, short for predictive policing) and HunchLab (and there’s nothing wrong with a hunch, is there?). What they all promise, however, is the same thing: supposedly bias-free policing built on the latest in computer software and capable of leveraging big data in ways that — so their salesmen will tell you — can coolly determine where crime is most likely to occur next.
Such technology holds out the promise of allowing law enforcement agencies to deploy their resources to areas that need them most without that nasty element of human prejudice getting involved. “Predictive methods allow police to work more proactively with limited resources,” reports the RAND Corporation. But the new software offers something just as potentially alluring as efficient policing — exactly what the president’s task force called for. According to market leader PredPol, its technology “provides officers an opportunity to interact with residents, aiding in relationship building and strengthening community ties.”
How idyllic! In post-Ferguson America, that’s a winning sales pitch for decision-makers in blue. Not so surprisingly, then, PredPol is now used by nearly 60 law enforcement agencies in the United States, and investment capital just keeps pouring into the company. In 2013, SF Weeklyreported that over 150 departments across the nation were already using predictive policing software, and those numbers can only have risen as the potential for cashing in on the craze has attracted tech heavy hitters like IBM,Microsoft, and Palantir, the co-creation of PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
Like the Stingray, the software for predictive policing is yet another spillover from the country’s distant wars. PredPol was, according to SF Weekly, initially designed for “tracking insurgents and forecasting casualties in Iraq,” and was financed by the Pentagon. One of the company’s advisors, Harsh Patel, used to work for In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm.
Civil libertarians and civil rights activists, however, are less than impressed with what’s being hailed as breakthrough police technology. We tend to view it instead as a set of potential new ways for the police to continue a long history of profiling and pre-convicting poor and minority youth. We also question whether the technology even performs as advertised. As we see it, the old saying “garbage in, garbage out” is likely to best describe how the new software will operate, or as the RAND Corporation puts it, “predictions are only as good as the underlying data used to make them.”
If, for instance, the software depends on historical crime data from a racially biased police force, then it’s just going to send a flood of officers into the very same neighborhoods they’ve always over-policed. And if that happens, of course, more personnel will find more crime — and presto, you have the potential for a perfect feedback loop of prejudice, arrests, and high-tech “success.” To understand what that means, keep in mind that, without a computer in sight, nearly four times as many blacks as whites are arrested for marijuana possession, even though usage among the two groups is about the same.
If you leave aside issues of bias, there’s still a fundamental question to answer about the new technology: Does the software actually work or, for that matter, reduce crime? Of course, the companies peddling such products insist that it does, but no independent analyses or reviews had yet verified its effectiveness until last year — or so it seemed at first.
In December 2015, the Journal of the American Statistical Associationpublished a study that brought joy to the predictive crime-fighting industry. The study’s researchers concluded that a predictive policing algorithm outperformed human analysts in indicating where crime would occur, which in turn led to real crime reductions after officers were dispatched to the flagged areas. Only one problem: five of the seven authors held PredPol stock, and two were co-founders of the company. On its website, PredPol identifies the research as a “UCLA study,” but only because PredPol co-founder Jeffery Brantingham is an anthropology professor there.
Predictive policing is a brand new area where question marks abound. Transparency should be vital in assessing this technology, but the companies generally won’t allow communities targeted by it to examine the code behind it. “We wanted a greater explanation for how this all worked, and we were told it was all proprietary,” Kim Harris, a spokeswoman for Bellingham, Washington’s Racial Justice Coalition, told the Marshall Project after the city purchased such software last August. “We haven’t been comforted by the process.”
The Bellingham Police Department, which bought predictive software made by Bair Analytics with a \$21,200 Justice Department grant, didn’t need to go to the city council for approval and didn’t hold community meetings to discuss the development or explain how the software worked. Because the code is proprietary, the public is unable to independently verify that it doesn’t have serious problems.
Even if the data underlying most predictive policing software accurately anticipates where crime will indeed occur — and that’s a gigantic if — questions of fundamental fairness still arise. Innocent people living in or passing through identified high crime areas will have to deal with an increased police presence, which, given recent history, will likely mean more questioning or stopping and frisking — and arrests for things like marijuana possession for which more affluent citizens are rarely brought in. Moreover, the potential inequality of all this may only worsen as police departments bring online other new technologies like facial recognition.
We’re on the verge of “big data policing,” suggests law professor Andrew Ferguson, which will “turn any unknown suspect into a known suspect,” allowing an officer to “search for information that might justify reasonable suspicion” and lead to stop-and-frisk incidents and aggressive questioning. Just imagine having a decades-old criminal record and facing police armed with such powerful, invasive technology.
This could lead to “the tyranny of the algorithm” and a Faustian bargain in which the public increasingly forfeits its freedoms in certain areas out of fears for its safety. “The Soviet Union had remarkably little street crime when they were at their worst of their totalitarian, authoritarian controls,” MIT sociologist Gary Marx observed. “But, my god, at what price?”
To Record and Serve… Those in Blue
On a June night in 2013, Augustin Reynoso discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from a CVS in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena. A store security guard called the police while Reynoso’s brother Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two friends tried to find the missing bike in the neighborhood. When the police arrived, they promptly ordered his two friends to put their hands up. Zeferino ran over, protesting that the police had the wrong men. At that point, they told him to raise his hands, too. He then lowered and raised his hands as the police yelled at him. When he removed his baseball hat, lowered his hands, and began to raise them again, he was shot to death.
The police insisted that Zeferino’s actions were “threatening” and so their shooting justified. They had two videos of it taken by police car cameras — but refused to release them.
Although police departments nationwide have been fighting any spirit of new openness, car and body cameras have at least offered the promise of bringing new transparency to the actions of officers on the beat. That’s why the ACLU and many civil rights groups, as well as President Obama, have spoken out in favor of the technology’s potential to improve police-community relations — but only, of course, if the police are obliged to release videos in situations involving allegations of abuse. And many departments are fighting that fiercely.
In Chicago, for instance, the police notoriously opposed the release of dashcam video in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, citing the supposed imperative of an “ongoing investigation.” After more than a year of such resistance, a judge finally ordered the video made public. Only then did the scandal of seeing Officer Jason Van Dyke unnecessarily pump 16 bullets into the 17-year-old’s body explode into national consciousness.
In Zeferino’s case, the police settled a lawsuit with his family for \$4.7 million and yet continued to refuse to release the videos. It took two years before a judge finally ordered their release, allowing the public to see the shooting for itself.
Despite this, in April 2015 the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners approved a body-camera policy that failed to ensure future transparency, while protecting and serving the needs of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). In doing so, it ignored the sort of best practices advocated by the White House, the president’s task force on policing, and even the Police Executive Research Forum, one of the profession’s most respected think tanks.
On the possibility of releasing videos of alleged police misconduct and abuse, the new policy remained silent, but LAPD officials, including Chief Charlie Beck, didn’t. They made it clear that such videos would generally be exempt from California’s public records law and wouldn’t be released without a judge’s orders. Essentially, the police reserved the right to release video when and how they saw fit. This self-serving policy comes from the most lethal large police department in the country, whose officers shot and killed 21 people last year.
Other departments around the country have made similar moves to ensure control over body camera videos. Texas and South Carolina, among other states, have even changed their open-records laws to give the police power over when such footage should (or should not) be released. In other words, when a heroic cop saves a drowning child, you’ll see the video; when that same cop guns down a fleeing suspect, don’t count on it.
Curiously, given the stated positions of the president and his task force, the federal government seems to have no fundamental problem with that. In May 2015, for example, the Justice Department announced competitive grants for the purchase of police body cameras, officially tying funding to good body-cam-use policies. The LAPD applied. Despite letters from groups like the ACLU pointing out just how poor its version of body-cam policy was, the Justice Department awarded it \$1 million to purchase approximately 700 cameras — accountability and transparency be damned.
To receive public money for a tool theoretically meant for transparency and accountability and turn it into one of secrecy and impunity, with the feds’ complicity and financial backing, sends an unmistakable message on how new technology is likely to affect America’s future policing practices. Think of it as a door slowly opening onto a potential policing dystopia.
Hello Darkness, Power’s Old Friend
Keep in mind that this article barely scratches the surface when it comes to the increasing numbers of ways in which the police’s use of technology has infiltrated our everyday lives.
In states and cities across America, some public bus and train systems havebegun to add to video surveillance, the surreptitious recording of the conversations of passengers, a potential body blow to the concept of a private conversation in public space. And whether or not the earliest versions of predictive policing actually work, the law enforcement community is already moving to technology that will try to predict who will commit crimes in the future. In Chicago, the police are using social networking analysis and prediction technology to draw up “heat lists” of those who might perpetuate violent crimes someday and pay them visits now. You won’t be shocked to learn which side of the tracks such future perpetrators live on. The rationale behind all this, as always, is “public safety.”
Nor can anyone begin to predict how law enforcement will avail itself of science-fiction-like technology in the decade to come, much less decades from now, though cops on patrol may very soon know a lot about you and your past. They will be able to cull such information from a multitude of databases at their fingertips, while you will know little or nothing about them — a striking power imbalance in a situation in which one person can deprive the other of liberty or even life itself.
With little public debate, often in almost total secrecy, increasing numbers of police departments are wielding technology to empower themselves rather than the communities they protect and serve. At a time when trust in law enforcement is dangerously low, police departments should be embracing technology’s democratizing potential rather than its ability to give them almost superhuman powers at the expense of the public trust.
Unfortunately, power loves the dark.
Matthew Harwood is senior writer/editor with the American Civil Liberties Union. His work has appeared at Al Jazeera America , the American Conservative , the Guardian , Guernica , Salon , War is Boring , and theWashington Monthly . He is a TomDispatch regular.
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The Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce is ready to help you get your new year’s business resolutions off the ground at this year’s 2019 Entrepreneurial Academy.
Starting on Monday, Feb. 11, the seven-week program offers individuals a deep dive into the essentials on starting and running a successful business.
“The entrepreneurial program is a course designed with the small business owner in mind. If you have dreams of starting your own business or are already an established business owner seeking to expand, the academy has something for you,” said Fred Boscarino, President/CEO of the Chamber. “Experienced business people who have been there, tried that, share their voices of experiences to help you avoid common pitfalls and be better prepared to establish your business for growth and prosperity.”
Taught by business leaders in the community, the curriculum includes sessions on legal entities, accounting, loan options, marketing, social media, insurance and human resources. Workshops vary from panel discussions to lectures and hands-on training.
“Of more than 700 academy graduates who have come through the program since it started in 2004, more than 50 percent are now in business for themselves,” said Boscarino. “In addition to
gaining valuable information, you also have the opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals who hope to establish or expand a small business.”
The academy, which graduated 54 participants in 2018, draws participants from the surrounding metro Atlanta area including Conyers, College Park, Decatur, Lithonia, Stone Mountain, Covington, Forest Park, Stockbridge and McDonough.
Recent graduate Esther Williams said while it took her two years to earn a master’s degree in business online, it took her just seven short weeks to learn everything she needed to know to start her business at the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneurial Academy.
“Everything—from insurance to opening policies—was covered. It’s really what I needed to get things up and running,” said Williams, a retired Rutgers University professor.
After graduating from the academy, Williams launched the Green Hygiene Company, LLC, a mail-order business in Decatur offering environmentally-safe cleaning products for homes and corporate dwellings.
The cost for the program is $175. Attendees who register by Feb. 1 will receive a $50 discount. The fee includes snacks for every session and a graduation dinner and certi cate at the conclusion of the program. Graduates of the Entrepreneurial Academy will receive Continuing Education credits (CEUs) and a certi cate of completion from Georgia Piedmont Technical College after starting their small business.
Classes will be held each Monday from 6 – 9 p.m. until the nal class on March 25. Students are encouraged to arrive no later than 6 p.m. to network and to make sure they are fully prepared for each session, which starts promptly at 6:30 p.m.
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Team Heads to Puerto Rico for Power Restoration
Volunteer Workers from Minnesota Power and SWLP will Leave Late Next Week, Spending at Least One Month in Puerto Rico
DULUTH, Minn. – It was back on September 7th when a group of Minnesota Power and Superior Water Light and Power workers chose to volunteer their time to head south, aiding in power restoration efforts in Florida after Hurricane Irma left millions without electricity.
Nearly five months after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island of Puerto Rico, recovery and restoration still continues.
“We just know how to build line, we know that we can make a difference if it’s all coordinated right,” said Mike Stingle, a Line worker for Minnesota Power.
Wednesday morning a group of nearly 20 workers from both Minnesota Power and SWLP came together to prepare for their next mission.
To help those recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, all of these hardworking folks are choosing to volunteer their time to travel many miles away.
Organizers say coordination is important, so when the group arrives next week they can hit the ground running and help the Puerto Rico Electric Power
Authority for at least one month.
“When I got word that we were going to have an opportunity to possibly send some guys down there, I thought, this is a no brainer I’m in,” said Stingle.
For Operations Supervisor Dean Erdman, his task will be a matter of making sure jobs are lined up for the line workers, knowing where the nearest medical facility is and even providing the crew with water and food to stay strong.
Erdman has a friend back home in Little Falls who grew up in Puerto Rico.
His crew will be stationed in this same town.
As Erdman prepares to leave, he says his friend is full of good advice and gratitude.
“If they can get their lives back up and running with the power instead of just sending money over there, they need the help to rebuild, not just the money to rebuild,” said Erdman.
Both Minnesota Power and SWLP aren’t the only two companies providing help in Puerto Rico power restorations.
Minnesota Power officials say hundreds of other companies are also volunteering their time and equipment.
The crew is set to leave late next week.
Trips like this are typically only two weeks long, however this one will be a minimum of 30 days.
The group will be stationed in the western part of Puerto Rico.
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Health care provider decision making on reporting prenatal substance use
Discussions of alcohol and/or drug use during pregnancy often focus on the harms cause by the substance use. But research shows that policies and health care practices adapted in response also cause harm. Two practices that contribute to those harms are reporting of pregnant people’s substance use to Child Protective Services (CPS) and those that define substance use during pregnancy as child abuse or neglect.
The federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires healthcare providers to notify CPS about births affected by a pregnant person’s substance use, and more than half of states have policies that require reporting and/or define use during pregnancy as child abuse or neglect. There are significant racial inequities in reporting, with healthcare providers reporting Black newborns to CPS or health authorities up to 4-10 times more often than they report white newborns. These policies lead pregnant people to disengage from prenatal care physically and emotionally and can contribute to increased preterm birth and low birthweight.
Health professional associations have raised concerns that reporting requirements related to substance use during pregnancy get in the way of their ability to provide care and treatment, yet there is little momentum to change these policies. Researchers from ANSIRH conducted in-depth interviews with hospital-based healthcare providers to understand factors that contribute to their decision making related to reporting people’s substance use to government health authorities, police or CPS.
They found that individual, interpersonal, organizational and policy-level factors influence providers’ decision making. While there were a range of perceptions and experiences about whether reporting decisions are a physician or a social worker responsibility, it’s clear that hospital-based physicians do play roles in reporting decision for individual patients and in changing hospital policies. They generally believe that reporting can have negative consequences for the pregnant or birthing person, the baby, and parent/baby relationships, but they also believe that not reporting will lead to a baby being harmed or possibly dying. This fear of what could happen if they don’t report was intense and appears influenced by anecdotes and experiences rather than evidence about how common these cases were or whether reporting meaningfully decreased risks.
Some providers also viewed and experienced their decision making as constrained by hospital and state policy and the possibility that any decision not to report could be overridden by anyone else in the hospital. Individual reporting decisions are unlikely to change unless policies change, or hospitals provide clarification if providers are misinterpreting requirements as more stringent than they are.
Public health policies, including those related to pregnant people’s substance use, should be based in the best available evidence. Research has not found that state policies requiring CPS reporting have a public health benefit. These requirements, especially combined with policies that define substance use during pregnancy as abuse or neglect, just serve to increase reporting and more involvement in the child welfare system. They also serve as a barrier to prenatal care, limiting opportunities for support to promote patients’ health.
Hospitals and states need new policies that create and sustain supportive conditions where people who use substances, their children and families can thrive. Several providers in the study mentioned racism as something they noticed and navigated in relation to reporting decisions, reflecting the racial inequities in reporting. Efforts to reduce reporting inequities by standardizing hospital protocols haven’t worked and may just ingrain the racism present prior to those changes. The healthcare system needs broader efforts to address racism in general as well as specifically around policies for pregnancy and alcohol or drug use. Many of the factors that influenced reporting pregnant and birthing people are outside of the control of individual physicians and require social, structural, and policy changes.
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Before thinking about the spontaneous miscarriage signs you should know what spontaneous miscarriage really refers to. This means the loss of the pregnancy before the 20th week.
The truth is that the doctors don’t really know why some women have a miscarriage while others don’t.
The signs of spontaneous miscarriage
The most common sign of the problem is vaginal bleeding. Usually this starts as spotting. As the time goes by the bleeding doesn’t stop, but it becomes heavier. In the majority of the cases the women who experience spotting or bleeding won’t have any complications and they will have a normal pregnancy but the presence of heavy bleeding is always a problem.
Another symptom of spontaneous miscarriage is cramping. At the beginning most women experience mild cramping, but the symptom gets worse as the time goes by. Just as in case of bleeding, some cramping is normal in case of each pregnancy. This might be caused by the growing uterus. Cramping can also be caused by the bowel movement or the bladder being too full.
No morning sickness
When thinking about the spontaneous miscarriage signs it is possible you will notice that you don’t have morning sickness anymore or that your breasts aren’t sore or tender anymore. Although it is normal for these symptoms to subside with time, these can also indicate that you had a miscarriage.
Lack of symptoms
If you think you have one of the spontaneous miscarriage symptoms like cramping or bleeding, but soon the symptom disappears, most probably it means that it was just a normal sign of pregnancy. However if the spotting turns into bleeding and the cramping gets worse, it is very likely that you had a miscarriage.
If you think you see any of the spontaneous miscarriage signs you should let your doctor know right away. If you notice that you are passing tissue the best thing that you could do is to place the tissue that you passed in a container. This is important because the doctor might want to examine this tissue.
To find out whether you really had the warning signs of spontaneous miscarriage or not, you will have to have a physical exam, ultrasounds and your doctor will measure your hormone levels. Based on these three tests he or she will be able to tell you whether you are still pregnant or not.
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Here we describe the neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ≤1500 g) at 3 years of age in the Neonatal Research Network of Japan (NRNJ) database in the past decade and review the methodological issues identified in follow-up studies. The follow-up protocol for children at 3 years of chronological age in the NRNJ consists of physical and comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments in each participating center. Neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) – moderate to severe neurological disability – is defined as cerebral palsy (CP) with a Gross Motor Function Classification System score ≥2, visual impairment such as uni- or bilateral blindness, hearing impairment requiring hearing amplification, or cognitive impairment with a developmental quotient (DQ) of Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development score <70 or judgment as delayed by pediatricians. We used death or NDI as an unfavorable outcome in all study subjects and NDI in survivors using number of assessed infants as the denominator. Follow-up data were collected from 49% of survivors in the database. Infants with follow-up data had lower birth weights and were of younger gestational age than those without follow-up data. Mortality rates of 40728 VLBW infants born between 2003 and 2012 were 8.2% before discharge and 0.7% after discharge. The impairment rates in the assessed infants were 7.1% for CP, 1.8% for blindness, 0.9% for hearing impairment, 15.9% for a DQ <70, and 19.1% for NDI. The mortality or NDI rate in all study subjects, including infants without follow-up data, was 17.4%, while that in the subjects with outcome data was 32.5%. The NRNJ follow-up study results suggested that children born with a VLBW remained at high risk of NDI in early childhood. It is important to establish a network follow-up protocol and complete assessments with fewer dropouts to enable clarification of the outcomes of registered infants.
- Business of Medicine
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Corporate Tax Lawyers in Whittier
In Whittier, California, a "corporation" is defined as a legal entity that's separate from its owners. Thus, from a legal standpoint, the owner of a corporation and the corporation itself are not the same "person."
This rule is called "corporate personhood." Basically, under the law of California, corporations are, in many ways, the same as individual human beings. Thus, corporations have some of the same legal rights and obligations as actual people.
As a prime example, corporations have to pay income taxes, just as a person would.
Corporate Tax Rate in Whittier, California
Virtually every for-profit corporation in the U.S. is required to pay taxes on its income each year. Most states also have their own corporate income tax. All corporations in Whittier, California are required to pay it.
Under the federal tax system, and the tax laws of some states, corporate income is taxed at a different rate from the income of individuals. For example, the top federal income tax rate for corporations is 35%, compared with 33% for individuals. The highest tax rate applies to corporations making more than .3 million per year. The lowest corporate tax rate is 15%, applying to those corporations that make less than ,000 per year.
In California the corporate tax rate probably differs from the individual tax rate as well. In many states, policymakers have determined that the local economy benefits most when it is business-friendly. In those states, the corporate tax rate is normally lower than the individual income tax rate, unlike the federal system, where the corporate tax rate is higher.
In Whittier, California, corporations must pay both the federal and state corporate income tax. Failing to pay these taxes can result in severe punishment, including huge fines which can put a corporation out of business.
How Can a Whittier, California Corporate Tax Lawyer Help?
Many major corporations employ tax lawyers full time, to ensure that they are in compliance with tax laws, and find legal means to reduce their tax liability.
However, if you are the owner of a smaller corporation in Whittier, you probably can't afford a full-time in-house lawyer. For that reason, you should contact an attorney in Whittier, California who practices tax law, on an as-needed basis, if you ever encounter a corporate tax issue, such as an audi | <urn:uuid:4b4d65b5-f804-4bfd-9a36-a9b94b4b30c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taxattorneys.legalmatch.com/CA/Whittier/corporate-tax-lawyers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.969423 | 503 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Land of the Lustrous
Timur Si-Qin belongs to a generation of new media artists often labeled "post-internet," who take our global, digital, and image-saturated world as a starting point for their work. Himself a product of many cultures—the Berlin-based artist of German and Mongolian-Chinese heritage grew up in Beijing and America—Si-Qin uses commercial imagery and products to expose the feedback loop between visual culture and human life. His seriesPremier Machine Funerarymemorializes human evolution with 3D-printed replicas of protohuman bones resting in environments ofadvertisingimagery. If, as the artist states, “technology and culture are as much a product of nature as seashells and termite mounds,” his work seems to suggest that even superficial tropes in advertising relate to biological needs and desires.
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Located in the area of Hoan Kiem District, the ancient quarter is well-known as one of most famous tourist and historical spots in Hanoi. With a huge area of about …
Created by the residents living in the areas surrounding the Red River, the art of water puppetry is unique to the Vietnamese culture that you should watch once visiting Hanoi. This special art was originally performed by the rice farmers in the flooded paddy fields for centuries, and is handed down from generation to generation.
Fundamentally, this contains colorful wooden puppets manipulated by the bamboo wooden sticks which are hidden beneath the water. They are controlled by artists to demonstrate traditional tales of Vietnamese as well as daily life. These water puppets will act like actors in the water stage combined with special effects including smoke and mini-fireworks, and the traditional music background played by old folks. The most famous water puppet show in Hanoi is located at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre located at the north-east end of Ho Hoan Kiem (Lake of Restored Sword) and the daily show times are 5.15 pm, 6.30 pm and 8 pm. The counter closes at 6.45 pm to 7.30 pm. The seat price for a water puppet play is very cheap, just about 40,000 VND (US$2.5) for the first class seat and 20,000 VND for the second class seat. Since the cost is very cheap, it is recommended for you to book the ticket in advance if you want to keep your seat.
Water Puppet Theater in Hanoi city, Vietnam
The Water Puppet Theater is one of the must-see destinations that you should stop-over within your Hanoi trip. Thang Long Water puppetry is a traditional art form with extraordinary culture features of Vietnam. It came to existence, developed and diversified over a thousand years ago in the Red River Delta. Due to the specular performances in waist high water, Thang Long water puppetry art is very well-known not only nationwide but worldwide as well.
The performance that I attended lasted for one hour and consisted of 17 short sketches depicting village life, agriculture, harvest, dances of legendary creatures and a re-enactment of the Legend of the Restored Sword of King Le.
Since the price for a seat in the theatre is usually very cheap, you are advised booking ticket beforehand through the box office or through a travel agent if you don’t want to wait in the long queue and come back home without watching the performance of water puppetry in Hanoi.
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Kubernetes Storage. Cloud Native Storage
- DoK Community
- Kubernetes Volumes Guide
- ReadWriteMany PersistentVolumeClaims
- Cloud Native Storage Solutions
- OpenShift Container Storage Operator (OCS)
- itnext.io: Kubernetes: PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim — an overview with examples
- thenewstack.io: How Kubernetes provides networking and storage to applications
- medium: Kubernetes Storage Explained 🌟 kubernetes/volumes/claims
- thenewstack.io: A Guide to Running Stateful Applications in Kubernetes
- forbes.com: 5 Cloud Native Storage Startups To Watch Out For In 2019
- thenewstack.io: Persistent Volumes: Separating Compute and Storage
- medium: Solution architect’s guide to Kubernetes persistent storage
- howtoforge.com: Storage in Kubernetes 🌟
- cncf.io: Container Attached Storage is Cloud Native Storage (CAS)
- thenewstack.io: The most popular cloud native solutions 🌟
- medium: Kubernetes Storage Performance Comparison v2 (2020 Updated) 🌟
- blocksandfiles.com: geless storage is the ‘answer’ to Kubernetes data challenges
- developers.redhat.com: Persistent storage in action: Understanding Red Hat OpenShift’s persistent volume framework 🌟
- rancher.com: What is Cloud-Native Storage?
- softwareengineeringdaily.com: Why Is Storage On Kubernetes So Hard? 🌟
- devopscurry.com: Top 7 Object Storage tools to consider in 2021
- thenewstack.io: Compute and Storage Should Be Decoupled for Log Management at Scale
- blog.min.io: Why Kubernetes Managed Object Storage Matters
- gitlab.com: Kubernetes storage provider benchmarks
- ibm.com: Using Fio to Tell Whether Your Storage is Fast Enough for Etcd
- marketplace.redhat.com: Dont treat Kubernetes storage as an afterthought: Turn to persistent container storage for high performance and availability
- thenewstack.io: Beyond Block and File: COSI Enables Object Storage in Kubernetes 🌟
- thenewstack.io: When Is Decentralized Storage the Right Choice?
- storj.io: Integrating Decentralized Cloud Storage with Duplicati
- thenewstack.io: The Biggest Gap in Kubernetes Storage Architecture?
- medium: Provisioning storage in Kubernetes
- kylezsembery.com: Persistent Storage in Kubernetes In this post I’ll briefly explain how persistent storage works in Kubernetes.
- blog.mayadata.io: Container Attached Storage (CAS) vs. Software-Defined Storage - Which One to Choose?
- kubermatic.com: Keeping the State of Apps 5: Introduction to Storage Classes
- itnext.io: Resizing StatefulSet Persistent Volumes with zero downtime 🌟
- thenewstack.io: Stateful Workloads on Kubernetes with Container Attached Storage 🌟
- developers.redhat.com: How to maximize data storage for microservices and Kubernetes, Part 1: An introduction 🌟
- blog.mayadata.io: Kubernetes storage basics: PV, PVC and StorageClass 🌟
- infoworld.com: Kubernetes object storage best practices Like Kubernetes itself, the underlying object storage should be distributed, decoupled, declarative, and immutable.
- ondat.io: Stateful Apps in Kubernetes are a big deal
- techgenix.com: Data Storage Management for Kubernetes - 5 movers and shakers
- thenewstack.io: The Growth of State in Kubernetes
- itnext.io: Highly Available NFS cluster in Kubernetes, a cloud vendor independent storage solution
- armosec.io: Data Storage in Kubernetes Kubernetes in cooperation with cloud vendor infrastructure provides flexible mechanisms for data storage and management. It is up to the users to decide which mechanism best fits their application needs. However, the security side of the data storage falls completely under the user’s responsibility. Most of the default settings are wide open and require significant security expertise to protect your applications from data leakage.
- infoq.com: Best Practices for Running Stateful Applications on Kubernetes
- DoK Community 🌟
- Kubernetes was originally designed to run stateless workloads. Today, it is increasingly used to run databases and other stateful workloads. Yet despite the success of these early adopters, there remain few known good practices for running data on Kubernetes.
- After discussions with thousands of companies and individuals running data workloads on Kubernetes we’ve come to see that there is a need for a sharing of patterns and concerns about how to build and operate data-centric applications on Kubernetes. As a result, the Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC) was born.
- dok.community: Data on Kubernetes 2021 🌟 Insights from over 500 executives and technology leaders on how Kubernetes is being used for data and the factors driving further adoption
Kubernetes Volumes Guide
- matthewpalmer.net: Filesystem vs Volume vs Persistent Volume 🌟 This is a guide that covers:
- How to set up and use volumes in Kubernetes
- What are persistent volumes, and how to use them
- How to use an NFS volume
- Shared data and volumes between pods
- Create ReadWriteMany PersistentVolumeClaims on your Kubernetes Cluster 🌟 Kubernetes allows us to provision our PersistentVolumes dynamically using PersistentVolumeClaims. Pods treat these claims as volumes. The access mode of the PVC determines how many nodes can establish a connection to it. We can refer to the resource provider’s docs for their supported access modes.
- Digital Ocean: Kuberntes PVC ReadWriteMany access mode alternative
Cloud Native Storage Solutions
- itnext.io: Using Rook On A K3s Cluster
- documentation.suse.com: Rook Best Practices for running Ceph on Kubernetes (PDF)
- OpenEBS extends the benefits of software-defined storage to cloud native through the container attached approach.
- MayaData Founder of OpenEBS
- goglides.io: Running OpenEBS in Kubernetes
- OpenEBS Features and Benefits OpenEBS is cloudnative storage for stateful applications on K8s where “cloud native” means following a loosely coupled architecture. As such the normal benefits to cloud native, loosely coupled architectures apply.
- openebs/dynamic-localpv-provisioner: Dynamic Kubernetes Local Persistent Volumes Dynamic Local Volumes for Kubernetes Stateful workloads.
- openebs/lvm-localpv CSI Driver for dynamic provisioning of Persistent Local Volumes for Kubernetes using LVM.
- thenewstack.io: Rancher Donates its ‘Longhorn’ Kubernetes Persistent Storage Software to CNCF. Gluster and Ceph were “designed to be run by some storage admin. In the Kubernetes world, a lot of these things tend to be deployed by DevOps teams, so (the storage layer) needs to be a lot more lightweight and a lot simpler.” — Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang.
- Longhorn Simplifies Distributed Block Storage in Kubernetes
- containerjournal.com: Rancher Labs Adds Support for Longhorn Storage on Kubernetes Clusters
IBM Spectrum Storage Suite
- IBM Spectrum IBM Spectrum Storage software for data-driven architecture. A complete storage software family with AI-infused capability that changes the economics of storage on-prem and in the hybrid multicloud.
- redbooks.ibm.com: IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift. IBM block storage & IBM Spectrum Scale
- searchstorage.techtarget.com: IBM Spectrum
- Kadalu A lightweight Persistent storage solution for Kubernetes / OpenShift using GlusterFS in background. Kadalu is a project to provide Persistent Storage in Kubernetes. The Kadalu operator deploys CSI pods, and gluster storage pods
- blocksandfiles.com: Kubernetes storage: SmartX’s IOMesh beats Portworx, Longhorn and OpenEBS
- iomesh.com: Outperforming Peer Products, IOMesh Takes Cloud Native Storage to the Next Level
- min.io Multi-Cloud Object Storage. MinIO offers high-performance, S3 compatible object storage. Native to Kubernetes, MinIO is the only object storage suite available on every public cloud, every Kubernetes distribution, the private cloud and the edge. MinIO is software-defined and is 100% open source under GNU AGPL v3.
- blog.min.io: Best Practices for Kubernetes Object Storage
NetApp Data Store
Stork Storage Operator
- libopenstorage/stork: Stork - Storage Operator Runtime for Kubernetes Stork - Storage Orchestration Runtime for Kubernetes
OpenShift Container Storage Operator (OCS)
OCS 3 (OpenShift 3)
- OpenShift Container Storage based on GlusterFS technology.
- Not OpenShift 4 compliant: Migration tooling will be available to facilitate the move to OCS 4.x (OpenShift Gluster APP Mitration Tool).
OCS 4 (OpenShift 4)
- OCS Operator based on Rook.io with Operator LifeCycle Manager (OLM).
- Tech Stack:
- Rook (don’t confuse this with non-redhat “Rook Ceph” -> RH ref).
- Replaces Heketi (OpenShift 3)
- Uses Red Hat Ceph Storage and Noobaa.
- Red Hat Ceph Storage
- Red Hat Multi Cloud Gateway (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
- Asynchronous replication of data between my local ceph and my cloud provider
- Rook (don’t confuse this with non-redhat “Rook Ceph” -> RH ref).
- Backups available in OpenShift 4.2+ (Snapshots + Restore of Volumes)
- OCS Dashboard in OCS Operator
- kubestr.io Kubestr is a collection of tools to discover, validate and evaluate your kubernetes storage options.
- blog.kasten.io: Benchmarking and Evaluating Your Kubernetes Storage with Kubestr
- VolSync 🌟 Asynchronous data replication for Kubernetes volumes. VolSync asynchronously replicates Kubernetes persistent volumes between clusters using either rsync or rclone. It also supports creating backups of persistent volumes via restic.
- next.redhat.com: Introducing VolSync: your data, anywhere VolSync, a new storage-agnostic utility for exporting and importing objects from one Kubernetes namespace to another, even across clusters!
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Even though the cicadas are now gone from our property, the countless dead tree branch tips remain a reminder that they were here. There are so many of them that some trees look like they’re covered with brown blossoms.
At the end of last week, however, cicadas were still around the Lake Nockamixon area of Bucks County. And then two Mississippi kites were routinely being seen going after them both over the water and along a road north of the lake.
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Your MacBook Webcam Isn’t Doing You Any Favors – CNET.
When FlashMode. Get some big books.
How to do back camera in zoom in laptop.How to Flip Camera on Zoom? (The Complete Guide)
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Something odd is happening in American academia these days (Why Harry's disoriented about empire, January 18), explained in terms of denial. Despite being critical of the British experience and having no truck with Harry's fancy-dress set, I find Paul Gilroy's views absurd. There is absolutely no evidence to connect British attitudes towards nazism with their own guilt about empire nor is there the moral equivalence which Gilroy implies.
Throughout the imperial period, there was always an exceptionally healthy scepticism about empire, not to say fierce criticism of its methods, among British politicians, in the press, and within missionary, humanitarian and academic lobbies. So far as the specific case of Kenya and Mau Mau is concerned, contemporary anxiety about British methods was always present. In any case, the Mau Mau fighters killed very many more Africans than they did whites and the result of the British realisation of error was decolonisation not only in Kenya, but ultimately in the rest of east and central Africa.
By contrast, criticism of the effects of US imperialism in Chile, Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq has been strikingly muted. Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, not to mention the scandal of the domestic adherence to the death penalty (placing the US in a club with China and Iran), produce so little in the way of press, political or academic critiques that Bush and his administration are re-elected. Gilroy and the rest of the group known as the post-colonialists are as severe a case of denial as you could find.
Prof John MacKenzie
I find I can go months without mourning the loss of empire and find what sense of disorientation I do suffer is more likely to be self-inflicted than the product of post-colonial guilt. The whole "lost an empire, yet to discover a role" argument has always been nonsense. The period post-Suez has been one of extraordinary cultural vitality and confidence - count the number of globally significant musicians, artists, designers and film-makers coming from these islands in the last 40 years. I know when I'd rather have been alive. | <urn:uuid:264c8cb5-aac9-4a85-a9d7-1c611903980b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jan/20/guardianletters1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959301 | 445 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Newswise — A team of researchers says that combining standard camera trapping with new “arboreal camera traps,” where remote cameras are set high in trees, can result in more accurate population estimates of wildlife – particularly in hard-to-survey areas like tropical forests.
Publishing in the journal Animal Conservation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), University of Florida, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and Rice University working in Rwanda’s wildlife-rich Nyungwe National Park deployed 54 arboreal camera traps set as high as 55 feet (17 meters), along with ground cameras, and walked traditional line transects. The arboreal cameras can detect species that have limited contact with the ground, including many primate species less likely to be detected with cameras at ground level.
By combining all three methodologies, the team counted some 35 mammal species including eight varieties of primate, twelve rodent species, three species of duiker, honey badger, side-striped jackal, and other wildlife. Twenty-four of the species were found using the combination of ground and arboreal camera traps. One of the arboreal camera traps even detected a new species for the park, the Central African oyan (Poiana richardonsii), a small carnivore species.
The researchers say that arboreal camera traps are still a new technology and that future research on the effects of camera orientation, deployment height, and other features could make them even more effective when used in conjunction of ground cameras.
Said lead author Jennifer Moore of the University of Florida: “The use of ground cameras and arboreal cameras together have the potential to detect all species within a given area. These cameras could prove particularly important in areas like tropical forest, where species detection rates are often low due to poor visibility.”
Said Felix Mulindahabi of WCS’s Rwanda Program: “Nyungwe National Park is a world class protected area. The addition of arboreal camera traps could improve future species monitoring programs.”
Five additional species known to occur in the park were not seen during this study: the owl-faced monkey, red-tailed monkey, African wild cat, and three species of mongoose. Three other species that historically occurred in the park – leopard, African golden cat and giant forest hog – have likely been lost to poaching.
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
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Trance Mediums is the next area examined. These are mediums who go into trance and transmit messages from deceased souls to those present at the “séance”. Mrs Leonora Piper (1857-1950) was a very famous medium who was investigated by several professors and skeptics and no-one was ever able to show any evidence of fraud by her. Yet for decades she transmitted accurate information that she could not have known, to people whom she had never previously met. Every skeptic that investigated her eventually became a confirmed believer in the afterlife. Dr. Richard Hodgson had been an extreme skeptic but after extensive investigation of Mrs Piper wrote a 300-page report saying
“I cannot profess to have any doubt but that the chief ‘communicators’ [deceased souls] are veritably the personalities that they claim to be, that they have survived the change we call death, and that they have directly communicated with us whom we call living, through Mrs Piper.”
Another famous medium was Mrs Gladys Osbourne Leonard (1882-1968). There were literally thousands of cases in which she or Mrs Piper was tested and no-one ever found evidence of fraud.
Mrs. Eileen Garrett (1893–1970) and George Chapman (1921-2006) were two other famous mediums who produced amazing results demonstrating that the deceased continue to survive after death and are able to communicate with us living mortals. For 60 years, Chapman put himself into trance and then Dr Lang, a former eye specialist, would use him to perform “spirit operations” using no physical contact or a very light touch. Many famous people were among the ones cured and at least one book has been written about the cases.
The Cross-Correspondences is a particular form of medium writing. It is not easy to understand or follow but is considered one of the most convincing pieces of evidence of the after-life. Cross-Correspondences is a series of messages to different mediums in different parts of the world that on their own would mean nothing, but which when put together would make sense. The experiment went on for more than 30 years and produced more than 3000 scripts which fill some 24 volumes and 12,000 pages.
The initial transmissions were from F. W. H. Myers (1843-1901) and later from some of his colleagues who also died. More than a dozen different writing mediums in different countries began receiving a series of incomplete scripts from Myers (and, later, from others).
The scripts were all about unusual classical subjects and did not make sense on their own. But the mediums were told to contact a central address and send the scripts there. When the scripts were put together they fitted like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The writing mediums used by Myers and the others from the afterlife were not highly educated and all the messages transmitted were outside their learnt knowledge and experience. (e.g. One message was about ‘mind-body relationship’, ‘epiphenomenalism’ and ‘interactionism’)!!
Physical Mediumship occurs when the spirit produces phenomena that can be seen, heard or felt by everyone present. It is a very rare form of mediumship that usually takes years to develop. Laboratory experiments have been done around this form of spirit interaction in order to ensure that no form of fraud or dishonesty is involved. Normally the medium is seated in a closed cubicle in a darkened room, blind-folded, bound, gagged and tied to the chair. The visitors all hold hands during the entire séance so that nobody can fake results.
Furniture has been moved, the chair with the medium has been lifted more than a metre in the air and moved around the room, spirits have materialised and been seen, and frequently voices have been recorded including that of the medium. On one occasion seven spirits and the medium were recorded conversing, yet the medium was gagged.
These types of séances have been repeated many times under controlled conditions in locations not revealed to the medium beforehand. Dozens of highly credible witnesses have independently given testimony that corroborated the facts of the experiments. Scientists in UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Brazil have been able to reproduce many of the original experiments.
The Scole Experiment is a special case of Physical mediumship. It involved 500 sittings over six years, 1992-1998. The investigators who participated include numerous Doctors, professors, scientists, from many world renowned universities, and a host of other credible witnesses, all experienced in investigating the paranormal.
The spirits who communicated through the mediums, materialised more than 50 objects, including a small rose quartz crystal ball, a 1940 British penny, a 1928 one franc piece token, original copies of The Daily Mail dated 1 April, 1944, and an original copy of The Daily Express dated 28 May, 1945. The paper was tested and found to be genuine.
Photographs were taken on new, blank rolls of film. The images included people and places from the past; places and beings from other dimensions. Eventually videos were taken of spirit beings. A Report of the experiment was published and is available for purchase. The authors challenged anyone to reproduce the same results fraudulently under similar conditions. Nobody has ever attempted to meet the challenge.
Voice Mediums is another form of physical communication. The spirit speaks “through” the medium, in the spirit’s own voice but without using the vocal chords of the medium.
John Sloan & Arthur Findley; Leslie Flint, Emily French & Edward Randall are some famous examples.
Materialisation is perhaps the most convincing form of mediumship. During a closed, locked séance, a spirit materialises, walks around touching people, making jokes, and talking about the spirit world. The author and his wife were present on more than 200 occasions where this phenomenon occurred. People who died months or years before, appear, talk with their loved ones, share memories of the past. The medium was David Thompson. Some information about him and some of his cases is available on http://atransc.org/david_thompson_seance1/
Tom Harrison witnessed 1500 materialisations between 1946-1954 and wrote a book about them Life after Death - Living Proof. He also made a video Visitors from the Other Side.
Helen Duncan was a famous and magnificent materialisation medium from Scotland who was unjustly charged and convicted of fraudulent mediumship. During WW2 she reunited many deceased servicemen with their grieving families. But she also brought through information that had not been released to the public. The sinking of HMS Hood, and HMS Barham were two items. So the authorities were afraid she could release information about the coming invasion of Europe. Helen was a frail woman with six children and a disabled husband but the Admiralty succeeded in having her jailed for nine months.
This, despite the fact that over 300 witnesses of the highest credibility, including a RAF Wing Commander swore on oath in court that there no fraud and all her séances were genuine. Helen was eventually released and resumed her mediumship. She died in 1956. The author has an article on this injustice on his website: http://victorzammit.com/duncan.htm
Voices on Tape: For decades blank recording devices have been turned to “record” and only on playback can one hear voices, generally from a person known to the recording person. These results have been reproduced in laboratories under the strictest control conditions. On one occasion experiments were conducted in soundproof studios to filter out stray broadcasts. In the space of 27 minutes, some 200 voices were received.
The original recordings occurred in 1959 by chance. A scientist who followed up this research recorded 72,000 voices and in 1971 published his findings in the book “Breakthrough”.
Instrumental Trans-Communication (ITC): voices and/or pictures recorded on radio stations or TV stations. This has occurred since about 1983. It is being thoroughly investigated in scientific laboratories around the world. Since the early 1990’s, computers have been used to leave scanned images and text. People have also answered the telephone and heard the voice of someone already dead.
A leading researcher in this field is Sonia Rinaldi (Brazil). She has helped people who have lost a child by arranging for the parents to call with 10 pre-prepared questions. Sonia connects the phone through her computer and records the entire conversation. No voices are heard during the phone call but when the recording is replayed it contains answers to the questions.
The Ouija Board, Poltergeists, Xenoglossy (writing in a language you have never learned) are other areas which The author examines.
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South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) is continually seeking ways to enhance facilities with sustainability initiatives and drive improvements in the learning environment. Since 2010, the District has worked with locally-based ENGIE Services U.S. (ENGIE) to develop an integrated energy efficiency, STEM education, and solar power program to help lower its utility costs, while making efforts to further modernize classrooms and support student achievement. In the latest chapter of the relationship, SSFUSD has championed the makeover of the El Camino High School athletic field, installing LED stadium light fixtures on the field for the first time while expanding the District’s portfolio of on-site renewable energy. SSFUSD continues to showcase its commitment to fiscally responsible and sustainable solutions that save money, create local jobs, and inspire students through project-based learning activities.
In September 2010, ENGIE partnered with SSFUSD to help the District explore a far-reaching energy program that would have a positive impact on STEM initiatives as well as on the District’s energy profile. ENGIE designed and implemented numerous energy conservation measures that translated to robust education opportunities around sustainability science, including professional development trainings for over 150 teachers. District schools benefited from upgrades to lighting, HVAC and irrigation systems, providing improved lighting quality and indoor comfort, and reducing utility and maintenance costs.
In 2016, the District and ENGIE entered a new chapter to support the District’s strategic vision, including additional solar installations, interior/exterior LED lighting retrofits, and the installation of brand new LED stadium lighting at El Camino High School’s Colts Field. In tandem with these energy improvements, the partnership has continued to deliver on the impactful, district-wide STEM educational programming, with the ongoing success of the Summer STEM Institute. In addition to the myriad of facilities benefits, the second phase of work has created 30 jobs for the skilled local San Mateo workforce and continues to deliver energy savings back to the General Fund.
Focus on STEM
In June 2016, SSFUSD and ENGIE collaborated to launch the District’s first-ever Summer STEM Institute, demonstrating the District’s commitment to being a leader in STEM disciplines for student success in high school, college, and 21st century careers. The program, focused on serving students in Grades 2-8, provided direct hands-on STEM activities, real-world relevance, and project-based learning experiences.
Students in Grades 2-5 participated in a four-week program which included building energy transformation machines, engineering solar ovens, designing and testing wind turbine blades, and conducting classroom energy audits. For Grades 7-8, a two-week program was offered to two cohorts of students, and both programs together totaled 120 hours of curriculum. Activities for the 7th and 8th Graders included building Rube Goldberg machines, designing circuit mazes, and designing, building, and testing efficient homes. The STEM Institute has brought meaningful educational enhancement to over 650 students and 31 teachers across the District.
SSFUSD’S VERY OWN FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL LED STADIUM LIGHTING TRANSFORMATION
The installation of the LED stadium lighting at the El Camino High School athletic field is a central feature to supporting an enriched student and fan experience at SSFUSD in 2017. The El Camino Colts have never had permanent field lighting for any athletic events over the past five decades, relying on use of other District facilities for night games and single-use, low-efficiency rental lights.
Not only are the Colts’ new LEDs the most energy efficient lighting available, the directed light they cast provides razor-sharp definition, which ensures clear visibility on the field and in the stands.
The 96 brand new, high efficiency stadium lighting fixtures support 100% of Colts’ night games — increasing safety on the field while still designed to reduce light pollution in the surrounding neighborhood. South San Francisco’s very own Friday Night Lights achieves great things for more than 1,400 students at El Camino High School, including:
- Allowing El Camino student-athletes to compete later in the evening, when their parents, teachers, and community members can attend home games
- Bringing the school’s stadium lighting up to existing and recently approved standards within the Peninsula Athletic League
- Creating a safe environment for evening sporting events and special community events such as graduation
- Reducing early class dismissals for student athletes
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ENGIE is committed to building three dimensions of impact in every customer’s future:
- Supporting People
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SSFUSD has installed over 2 MW solar PV capacity, implemented high-efficiency energy technologies across the District’s campuses, reduced its energy expenditures by over 75%, created green jobs for the San Mateo workforce, and transformed the Colts Field. The District has created engaging STEM learning opportunities that make the broader energy program come to life for students and teachers. With its solar installations, energy efficient technology, and a culture of sustainability, SSFUSD has turned its campuses into enriching living laboratories that help to promote environmental awareness and energy consciousness.
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College of Computing Speaker Series - How Data Science Impacts Industry, Education, and Society
Join faculty from Illinois Institute of Technology for an online panel discussion on data intelligence and data science, "How Data Science Impacts Industry, Education, and Society."
Moderated by Lance Fortnow, College of Computing dean, the panel will cover the following topics:
- Tell us your background, area of expertise, and how it relates to data science
- How does data science impact the pandemic and steer responses?
- Discuss the trustworthiness, credibility, and reliability of data science and AI algorithms and how they impact business and society.
- How does systems building relate to data science?
- Why should local companies enhance their ability to utilize data science?
- How can students get involved in these areas?
Panelists will include Matthew Dixon, Kai Shu, Lulu Kang, and Ioan Raicu.
Lance Fortnow joined Illinois Tech in 2019 as the Dean of the College of Computing at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Previously, Fortnow was the chair of the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology and previously was a professor at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, a senior research scientist at the NEC Research Institute and a one-year visitor at CWI and the University of Amsterdam. From 2007 to 2018, Fortnow held an adjoint professorship at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago. Fortnow's research spans computational complexity and its applications. His work on interactive proof systems and time-space lower bounds for satisfiability have led to his election as a 2007 ACM Fellow. In addition, he was an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow from 1992-1998 and a Fulbright Scholar to the Netherlands in 1996-97.
Matthew Dixon, associate professor of applied mathematics, is a British applied mathematician working in the area of algorithmic finance. His research focuses on applying concepts in computational and applied mathematics to financial modeling, especially in the area of algorithmic trading and derivatives. He is a frequently invited speaker at quant and fintech events around the world in addition to be referenced as a computational finance expert in multiple reputed media outlets including the Financial Times and Bloomberg Markets.
Kai Shu, Gladwin Development Chair Assistant Professor of Computer Science, conducts research lying in machine learning, data mining, and social computing with applications in areas such as disinformation, artificial intelligence, education, and healthcare. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Arizona State University in July 2020 under the supervision of Professor Huan Liu. He was the recipient of the 2020 ASU Engineering Dean's Dissertation Award, 2020/2015 ASU CIDSE Doctoral Fellowship, 2018 SBP Disinformation Challenge Winner. He interned at Microsoft Research AI, Yahoo Research, and HP Labs.
Lulu Kang, associate professor of applied mathematics, obtained an M.S. in Operations Research and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has worked on various areas in statistics and machine learning, including uncertainty quantification, statistical design and analysis of experiments, Bayesian computational statistics, etc. Kang is currently the associate editor for journals SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification and TechnoKmetrics. She has been the program director of Master in Data Science at Illinois Tech and created other undergraduate programs including B.S. in Statistics.
Ioan Raicu is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as a guest research faculty in the Math and Computer Science Division (MCS) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). He is also the founder and director of the Data-Intensive Distributed Systems Laboratory (DataSys) at Illinois Tech. His research focuses on distributed systems, grid computing, supercomputing, and cloud computing. He has been a strong supporter of engaging students early in their educational careers (high school and undergraduate students) to prepare them for graduate school and careers in research.Register | <urn:uuid:e87c0ca8-69ff-4763-b3b8-8515db07e747> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.iit.edu/events/college-computing-speaker-series-how-data-science-impacts-industry-education-and-society | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943799 | 858 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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The objective of the present study is to investigate the effects of the microchannel geometry on the dynamic behaviour of liquid water emerging from a pore into a microchannel of a cross gas flow. The flow characteristics are resolved using the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method in conjunction with an interface tracking technique. A microchannel with dimensions of a typical proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) gas channel (a square cross section of 250 μm in width) and a pore of 50 μm in diameter on the bottom wall is adopted as the baseline case. Simulations for microchannels of different cross sections, including trapezoid, upside-down trapezoid, triangle, rectangle, and rectangle with a arch bottom wall, are performed and the results are compared with the baseline case. The evolution of liquid water includes stages identified as emergence, growth, deformation, detachment, and remove. The simulations show that the cross section of the microchannel has significant impacts on the dynamics of the water droplet. The detachment time and diameter and the remove time of the water droplet are found to be in this order: triangle < trapezoid < rectangle with arch bottom wall < rectangle < upside-down trapezoid. The present study will advance our understanding in the transport of liquid water in a PEMFC where water is produced in the catalyst layer and flows through the pores of the porous electrode to the gas channel.
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Zhu, X, Sui, PC, & Djilali, N. "Effect of Channel Geometry on the Dynamics of a Water Droplet in a Microchannel." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 First International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer. ASME 2008 First International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Parts A and B. Tainan, Taiwan. June 6–9, 2008. pp. 229-238. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/MNHT2008-52242
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The other day I started talking to my computer. I told it a number of fables by Aesop, read it something by Bill Gates, and even dictated Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy to it. When I was done, my computer understood me -- at least enough to write these words down as I spoke them.
Voice recognition software is one of the Holy Grails of current computer research, with the potential, when it is perfected, of revolutionizing the way that we interact with machines. But, like many cutting-edge innovations, voice recognition has notoriously been so unreliable that it has been all but useless. Recently, however, both IBM and Microsoft have been quietly making strides in the field, proving that voice recognition may now be a working option.
For several years now, the standard software has been the Naturally Speaking system, but the newest version is plagued with problems that make it not only incompatible with some word processing programs but also difficult to manage on the computer itself. IBM's Via Voice was, until Microsoft's Tablet PC, the most accurate software available, and it works with any Windows program, although it's pricey at almost $200. Microsoft's own software comes integrated with Office XP, and only works with programs like Word and Excel. The most recent - and greatly improved - version of Microsoft's speech recognition software is integrated with Tablet PCs, however, and can work with almost any Windows application.
With any of the programs, some training is necessary. For example, my cat Pangur's name was initially understood as either "anger," or "painter." After teaching a Tablet PC his name's spelling and pronunciation, however, it comes out correct every time. At other times, the program understands without clarification. If I say "to, too, and two," Via Voice understandably writes "two, two, and two;" but it chooses the correct words when I dictate the sentence: "This is too cool; send two of these to me." And it's amazing how liberating it is to tell the computer to open up your folder of favorite Web sites and watch as it visits the one you name. Of course nothing is perfect, and plenty of errors still crop up. But at this rate, it won't be long before software developers will have conquered the problem of voice recognition. Then they can move on to perfecting how humans communicate with each other.
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Insects Incidence and Woody species composition of Yegof Forest, South Wollo, Ethiopia
Yegof is a neglected state forest with limited attention has challenged with biotic and abiotic stresses. Insect pests are among the biotic stresses in reducing the economic value of the forest. This study aimed to assess the incidence and severity of insects on woody species. The systematic sampling technique was deployed to take a total of 40 sample plots (20 m × 20 m) from four directions along the transect lines that radiated from the peak of Yegof mountain to bottom of the forest. In each plot's diameter at breast height, height, density of woody species, damage incidence and severity of different insect species were collected and specimens were taken to laboratory for identification. A total of thirty-nine wood species were identified. The result revealed that cypress aphid caused damage of 90% and 45% on Cupressus lucitanica and Juniperus procera, respectively.. In this study, the insect Ophelimus eucalypti caused high Eucalyptus camaldulensis leaf damage (80%) with severity of 75% (8 scales). Olea europaea subsp cuspidata was highly damaged (63%) with high significant severity (51-75%) by olive lace bug, Plerochila australis. It was observed that olive lace bug secreted a honeydew and sooty mold developed on the lower part of the leaf. This could cause the photosynthesis process halted due to stomata closing and leaf area reduction. The researchers and users should give attention on reducing the damage of pests. Further study on climate change, insect pest and woody species interactions are vital.
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Over $60 billion—we all know the figure. It’s the amount of money Americans are projected to spend on their pets this year. Food, toys, veterinary care, grooming supplies: the list of what owners buy for their best friends goes on.
A growing share of the more than $60 billion people are spending on their pets is in pet fashion. Pretty much anything a human can wear, pets can wear, too. There are pet T-shirts, sweaters, footwear, parkas, holiday costumes, scarves and even sunglasses. Today’s pets are as stylish as ever.
All Star Dogs is an industry leader in officially licensed pet apparel and accessories. According to the company’s vice president of sales, Elan Ovadia, pet fashion is a way for the “human-pet bond to be extended.”
“Effectively, when people are buying (fashion items) for their dogs, they’re actually just buying it for themselves—an extension of what they would buy,” Ovadia said.
Pet outerwear company Canada Pooch has been seeing the same trend of owners humanizing their pets through fashion.
“People want to dress their dogs like themselves,” said Amy Eisner-Levine, the marketing and sales specialist at Canada Pooch. “More and more, pets are becoming parts of our family. Owners want to reflect their own style, their personal taste, in the pet they care about.”
History of Pet Fashion
While expressing oneself through pet fashion might be today’s growing trend, it is certainly not new.
Collars, which are seen as the equivalent of a necklace, can be dated back to at least the Egyptian times, now that lavish collars have been unearthed from tombs. Then, collars signified ownership and wealth.
Small dogs being dressed in clothing goes as far back as 520 A.D., according to the website Pet Pavilion. Then, people settled in what is now Great Britain used clothing as a way to keep dogs warm and protect canines that were in battle. Royals also adorned their pets in jewels and fancy coats to signify their wealth.
It wasn’t until the 19th century that clothing for animals became a profitable manufacturing industry, according to Pet Pavilion. And it wasn’t long before there were canine couture boutiques popping up all around Paris. Little by little, the pet fashion industry grew into what we know it to be today.
Even within recent memory, companies pursuing pet fashion, like All Star Dogs—which started as a high-end pet fashion company in 1998—had a challenging time convincing people to embrace pet fashion.
“When we got into the business, there was only—I want to say—less than a dozen of us in the space,” Ovadia said. “People were actually, at the time, still shutting doors in our faces because we were making dog clothing, because it was kind of before it was accepted. And now everybody and their mother has a pet fashion section in their store.”
Make it Fashionable
Many pet fashion company owners started their businesses to solve a problem. For PoochieBoots creator Karyn Pek, it was to help alleviate the pain her dog experienced after walking on the winter’s salted sidewalks.
After much research, Pek figured out how to make the boot comfortable enough for dogs to want to wear them. The trick was in the strap-width-to-leg-width ratio. The bigger the dog’s leg, the thicker the strap and vice versa.
But as a self-proclaimed shoe lover, Pek didn’t want to sacrifice functionality for fashion, so she made sure her boots were fashionable and stylish as well.
PoochieBoots straps are detachable and interchangeable, making it fun for owners to choose which strap to put on their pet. Dogs can protect their pads from both ice salt and hot pavement—and do so in style.
Functionality is also a major key in the development of Canada Pooch’s fashionable items.
According to Eisner-Levine, Canada Pooch wanted to fill the gap between pet products that were “cutesy” and “too utilitarian.”
Canada Pooch found a happy medium between fashion and functionality in its new coat, the Summit Stretch Vest, by building adjustability into the coat through a stretchy belly panel. The Velcro that many items have can get caught in pets’ fur, and the sound of the Velcro can also scare animals, Eisner-Levine said, so the material has been replaced for sturdy, easy-use snaps to make for a happier, more comfortable pet.
Dog Gone Smart Products also offers outerwear that combines style and function. Its Nano Knit Sweater has a Nanosuede collar that won’t chafe the dog’s neck and a double-lined knit body that will keep dogs warm. The sweater comes in gray and brown and has buttons for added style.
And if your customers are saying that their pets’ harnesses are getting in the way of their stylistic expression, look into Charlie and Spike. This company really found a way to combine the functionality of a harness with the style owners want.
The Charlie and Spike harness allows owners to detach and interchange the fashion fronts. Owners are now able to dress their pets for different holidays, formal events or birthdays just by switching the harness’s front.
American Dog Apparel’s The Doggy Dickey is another fashion item that was made with a harness in mind. Dogs can also even wear the Dickey underneath a coat. The American-made, polyester-fleece Dickey will keep pets warm by preventing heat from escaping from the chest.
The Doggy Dickey is available in safety orange, berry, charcoal and lime green colors. There is even a special-made size for greyhounds to ensure all breeds can keep warm with the dickey.
Gold Paw Series also combines functionality and fashion. Its snood and stretch fleece pieces are super soft and feature a four-way stretch to ensure the dog is warm and comfortable, in addition to being stylish. Gold Paw Series has also added a new patterned and colored stretch fleece: leopard and garnet.
Gretchen George, president of PetRageous Designs, thinks that it is the functionality of pet fashion that is actually driving the segment’s growth.
“We take great pride in being able to meld (fashion and functionality) together by offering the latest in trending fabrics, patterns and colors with the latest demands in functionality,” George said in an email. “Being able to easily put on and take off a garment is just as important as how the dog looks while they are wearing it.”
A Style for Everyone
The companies that compose today’s pet fashion industry cater to every owner’s—and, in turn, dog’s—personal style.
Some people are just as enthusiastic about a sports team as they are their pet, and All Star Dogs allows for sports fanatic owners to bridge the two passions. The company has licenses for MLB, MLS, NHL, NASCAR and Minor League Baseball. Its biggest and most successful licensing branch is the NCAA, as the company possesses licenses for over 400 colleges. Each team they stock now has 24 products, including cheerleading outfits and jerseys—the company’s two biggest sellers.
All Star Dogs’s third most popular item is its winter coat line, according to Ovadia.
For owners who dress runway-ready and want their pets to be just as chic as they are, the U.K.’s Ruby Rufus might be a good fit.
Ruby Rufus manufactures what it describes as “fashion-forward” sweaters and snoods that are just as trendy as they are soft and comfortable for pets. According to the company’s website, the “luxury dog-wear label” offers “fun prints and bold knits” of the cashmere sweaters.
Recently, Ruby Rufus teamed up with fellow British company Harper and Hugo to create a one-of-a-kind sweater-necklace pairing. Harper and Hugo makes “fun, trend-inspired” handmade dog necklaces “for style-conscious pups and fashion savvy owners,” according to the company’s website.
Together, the two companies created a camo-print necklace and sweater bundle.
Besides pet necklaces, animals also wear collars around their necks, and companies do not forget about style when designing their collars.
Up Country started in 1984 and had the goal of bringing an exciting collar to market. The company now has over 120 collar designs, as well as dozens of lifestyle accessories. The collars are all “hand sewn, pressed and finished with care” in their Rhode Island factory, according to the company’s website.
Their Marblehead and Expedition lines of collars are two of their best sellers. The Expedition Collection with the safari design is also new this year, according to Up Country Vice President Donna Bodell.
2 Hounds Design is another company that is constantly releasing differently patterned and themed collars, and there is a section of collars under $25 for those looking to order collars who also have people’s wallets in mind.
Even preventive necessities, like a flea and tick collar, are getting the high fashion treatment. The Derevos flea and tick collar for dogs and cats is made out of cedar wood, has different styles from which to choose and can be personalized.
PetEdge has dozens of fashion products—from hoodies and sequined tanks to tuxedos and wedding dresses—so every owner is sure to find something to their liking.
If you’re looking to help the environment and those in need through the fashion pieces you purchase for your pet, then take a look at Mister Migs, a nonprofit manufacturing and retail distribution company that uses recycled denim as the core product material for their fun items.
PetRageous Designs has seen an increase in demand for holiday garments and a comeback in T-shirts. And according to George, pet fashion is now the top-producing and fastest-growing category for her company.
Human Market Trends
Many founders of pet fashion companies got their start in the human fashion world.
Pek was an interior designer before starting PoochieBoots. While she was not designing human clothes, creating a great look and style for homes easily translated into designing fashionable pet shoes.
“When you do interior, you want it to have a great look, and that creative part of me thought, ‘If the dog truly has to wear shoes for protection, why shouldn’t they look good?’” Pek said. “Shoes don’t only make the man, they make the dog, too.”
The creators of All Star Dogs came to the pet space after experiencing the human fashion arena, and it is there they continue to look for inspiration for their pet clothes. According to Ovadia, the trends the company is seeing in the pet industry closely mirror what’s going on in human fashion trends.
“We keep our ear on the wall—we’re very much in touch with what’s going on in human fashion trends,” Ovadia said. “That’s really the basis of where we put the line toward. The directions that we change or new styles we come up with is all based on what’s in high fashion for men and women.”
Harper and Hugo does the same when designing their contemporary, trend-inspired dog necklaces and poop bag holders.
“We take inspiration from seasonal fashion trends and the creative world around us,” the company’s website noted. “(We’re) constantly designing and updating our collection to compliment you and your dog’s look.”
According to Eisner-Levine, Canada Pooch is also influenced by the human fashion world. In fact, Eisner-Levine said that because flannel is big in the human market, store owners can expect to see more flannel within the pet fashion industry.
Eisner-Levine says pet fashion is so similar to human fashion that some of her customers have admitted to trying on and borrowing their pets’ Canada Pooch scarves. The scarf, which is new to the market, is an infinity scarf that comes in maroon and salt and pepper.
According to Teckelklub, its products are 100 percent Canadian, adding that the trend of buying North American-made goods has made its way into pet fashion.
The North American classic pattern buffalo check is popular on fashion runways, according to Teckelkulb. The company’s Rover plaid collection borrows from that human trend and is available in tones from ruby red to graphic ivory with black check to pistachio plaid.
Teckelklub reported that retailers should also look out for the colors that are big in the fashion industry right now when choosing the items to purchase for their store. Because of their successes on the runway, jewel tones, like burgundy, and bold, playful colors are expected to be popular among pet owners.
Some companies have a foot in both the human and pet fashion door. Rubie’s Costume Company is the “world’s largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of Halloween costumes and accessories” for humans, according to its website. However, they also now have an entire selection of pet costumes.
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Property Tax Lawyers in Taylor Mill
The government of Taylor Mill, Kentucky requires most individuals who own real property to pay taxes on its value. "Real property" refers to land and buildings, as well as anything else which is permanently affixed to a piece of land, including trees, oil, groundwater, minerals, and the like.
In Taylor Mill, Kentucky, property taxes are measured as a percentage of the land's value. They are most often paid annually. But in any case, they are paid at some set interval.
Federal authorities do not gather a property tax. Only state and local governments gather property taxes, as a general matter.
How Property Tax is Calculated in Taylor Mill, Kentucky
Property tax in Taylor Mill, Kentucky almost exclusively takes the form of a tax levied on the appraised value of the property in question. Property tax rates in the U.S. range from 0.2% to around 5% of the property's value.
To levy this tax, Taylor Mill, Kentucky tax authorities must initially figure out how much a house or piece of land is worth.
Value, in some ways, is not an objective thing. For instance, your childhood home is likely worth much more to you than its simple market value. Nonetheless, the tax authorities use only objective factors in calculating a home's taxable value.
There are many different ways to value property using objective factors. Generally, the appraiser in Taylor Mill, Kentucky will consider the current state of the real estate market, the size of the property, any improvements (buildings, roads, etc.) that have been made on the property, and the manner in which the property may be legally utilized (zoning).
How A Taylor Mill, Kentucky Property Tax Attorney Can Help.
Taylor Mill, Kentucky's property tax system is somewhat perplexing. Legal disputes arising from property taxes can arise in a number of ways. For instance, the state might accuse a homeowner of failing to pay their property taxes, when they actually have. Conversely, a homeowner might believe that the value of their property was appraised inaccurately, resulting in a higher tax bill.
If you are affected by one of these, or any other, property tax legal issues in Taylor Mill, Kentucky, you should deal with it correctly. If you fail to do so, a relatively minor issue can become much more costly and inconvenient than it might otherwise have been. So, the assistance of a reputable tax attorney in Taylor Mill, Kentucky is highly useful in avoiding these issues in the first place, or handling them if they do arise. | <urn:uuid:3f21f8df-9c7c-4553-9bd3-a2bc16da6b88> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taxattorneys.legalmatch.com/KY/Taylor-Mill/property-tax-attorneys.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952952 | 523 | 2.15625 | 2 |
I want to teach because the process of learning is powerful. When I reflect on my own development, the people who stick out are my mentors and teachers, and I want to pay that forward to my future students who deserve positive experiences and people who believe in them.”
“Science is a way of thinking much more than a body of knowledge” – Carl Sagan
After completing her undergraduate studies, Faven spent three years working with AmeriCorps City Year Chicago. As a Corps Member, she provided more than 1,700 hours of tutoring and mentoring to middle school students. As a Senior Corps Member, she led a team of seven in tutoring and mentoring middle school students. In this capacity, she coached Corps Members and worked with teachers and school staff to enhance the service provided. In her last year with the organization, she worked as an Impact Manager. In this role, she managed a partnership with a local high school and a team of nine full-time volunteers.
Since becoming a teacher in 2015, Faven has taught in Chicago, IL, Silver Spring, MD, and Washington, D.C. Faven has taught biology, chemistry, and environmental systems to many different student populations, including English language learners, a group that is close to her heart, as a first-generation Eritrean-American.Outside of the classroom, Faven has supported a graduate course for pre-service teachers focused on designing NGSS aligned curriculum at the University of Chicago.
Faven recognizes how Knowles has provided her the opportunity to further her own understanding of teaching rigorous, inquiry-based content founded in science and engineering practices. She also credits Knowles with pushing her to find spaces to amplify her impact within her school. This included working with administration during the summer to redesign teacher professional development to be more responsive and differentiated.
In 2009, Faven became a published author. (Valiulin, R., Dressen, D., Riggs, J., Habte, F. & Kutateladze, A. (2009). Effect of Intramolecular Paternò-Büchi Reaction on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nearly Degenerate [3,3]- Sigmatropic Shift in Fluxional Polycycles. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74(9), 3484–3490.
Faven enjoys sports, eating, cooking, traveling and reading.
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In the midst of the pandemic, I find myself watching how the various elected officials are dealing with the crises, some of them getting out in front of it, others seemingly in denial. At the same time, I am reading The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson’s brilliant account of Winston Churchill’s struggles during the early years of the war. The book, and what is happening to the world right now, have gotten me to thinking about Leadership. In my lifelong quest for inspiration, I’ve read more biographies and articles than I can count about the great, the famous, the infamous—Julius Cesare and Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa, to name a few. And though the world is filled with people who understand more about leadership than I will ever know, I believe I’ve been able to discern some of the basic qualities shared by great leaders. And knowing that few will likely ever read these words, what I see happening in the world and how our leaders seem to be handling these dark days, compels me to set down my thoughts. So here they are:
It seems to me that the first and most important quality inhering in all great leaders is that they put others before themselves. Simply put, leaders serve their followers.
The guiding star of a great leader isn’t their own self-interest, but the well-being of their fellow men and women. A great leader doesn’t lead simply because they want to be the leader, because they need people to salute them, or stand and applaud when they enter the room, or call them “boss,” or “general” or “your highness,” or “Madam President.” A great leader choses to lead because, in their heart, they want to achieve something, something that helps others, whether those others be teammates or neighbors or co-workers, fellow soldiers or fellow citizens, or citizens of the world.
Great leaders endeavor to improve living conditions and working conditions. Great leaders struggle to promote equality, understanding and tolerance. Great leaders strive to bring prosperity to the poor, health to the sick, education to the uninformed. Great leaders fight to win freedom for the enslaved and to bring peace to those torn by war. And the greatest leaders seek to inspire others to work for, to struggle for, fight for, and, if necessary, to die for, great causes.
The heart of a great leader, then, beats with purpose. High purpose. Noble purpose. Most importantly, a purpose other than the leader’s own self-interest. To put it simply, great leaders shout, “Don’t look at me! Look at them!” And in the end, a great leader urges his followers, “Don’t look at me! Look into yourselves!” Because, ultimately, a great leader’s heart leaps to make others great by motivating them to do great things.
And what of the great leader’s mind? The tool they use to achieve the goals that drive their heart. I think great leaders share a certain type of intelligence. First and foremost, they are laser-focused on the truth. More than simply accepting it, they seek it out, they hunt it. And when they find the truth, great leaders face it, even when it is hard. Especially when it is hard. And once they face a hard truth, great leaders do not hide it from others. They do not lie about it or downplay it. A great leader lifts the difficult truth, brings it into the light for everyone to see, so that everyone has the same chance to look truth in the face.
Once the truth is in the open, once the facts are known, once what is real is recognized, great leaders handle it in the same way: they wrap their heads around the truth and they deal with it. And when the truth is especially hard or difficult or ugly, a great leader deals it with by doing everything they can to get out ahead of it. Great leaders hit hard truths with every resource at their disposal—science, math, medicine, money, machines, words, weapons.
And once the battle is joined, great leaders stay the course. This is because great leaders aren’t sprinters, they are distance runners. Great leader don’t obsess over winning news cycles or beating quarterly earnings estimates. Great leaders are in it for the long haul. Great leaders seek permanent change, lasting victory. And because the stakes are so high, great leaders are willing to pay the highest price, and they can rightfully inspire their followers to follow them into the fray, come what may.
Which brings me to a final characteristic that I believe is shared by all great leaders, the attribute that defines them as certainly as do their hearts and minds: their spines. Great leaders have courage. And they demand their follows exhibit the same. Which brings me to the words famously sounded by Winston Churchill as he addressed the young students at his alma mater, Harrow School, in October of 1941, ten months into England’s seemingly hopeless stand against the forces of darkness:
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
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First aid for the mind is just as important as first aid for the body. In today’s world, far too many people suffer from high stress levels, burnout and fatigue. This includes our friends, our families, our co-workers, our professional responders, and yes, ourselves as well.
Psychological First Aid is a resiliency building wellness program that promotes mental well being through two means:
Teaching individuals how to recognize signs of stress in themselves, and how to develop resiliency and a self care plan to avoid having this stress lead to more acute problems like depression or anxiety.
Teaching people how to be Psychological First Aid providers, who are trained to recognize stress and signs of trauma in others, so that they can provide appropriate care and support while connecting them to needed resources.
Who should take this training?
Psychological First Aid is for everyone! Each of us have strategies to cope with life’s ups and downs, but the truth is that anyone can become vulnerable when confronted with the right stress, loss, or crisis situation. Training in Psychological First Aid provides strategies to lead a healthier lifestyle, helps to reduce the stigma associated with mental health illness, and provides the tools that allow us to aid individuals who are suffering or in crisis.
With an emphasis on connecting with people in a compassionate non-judgmental manner, the training also helps to foster a positive work environment and culture of care in the workplace.
What will I learn about?
- What is Psychological First Aid?
- The Look, Listen, Link, Live model
- Types of stress
- Recognition of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue in ourselves
- Building resiliency and developing a self care plan
- The role of a Psychological First Aid Provider
- Understanding loss and the grieving process
- Recognizing stress and trauma indicators in others
- Special considerations when supporting vulnerable populations
- Supportive communication strategies when supporting people in crisis
- Strategies to connect people in crisis with the appropriate care
- A return to self care – how we help the helpers
- Completion of the following online education:
- Psychological First Aid – Self Care Online (45-90 minutes, required)
- Psychological First Aid – Care For Others (45-90 minutes, recommended)
- Psychological First Aid – Classroom Session (7 hours)
What do I need to do to pass?
Successful completion of the Psychological First Aid course is based on completion of the online training as noted above, and 100% attendance / participation in the classroom activities.
How much does the course cost?
The Psychological First Aid course costs $125 per participant, which includes access to the online courses, the face to face training, and all course materials / taxes.
How long is the certificate good for?
Canadian Red Cross Psychological First Aid certification is valid for 3 years.
How do I register for a Psychological First Aid Course?
Our Psychological First Aid courses are currently offered on a group course basis only, and are available to groups of 8 or more throughout the Greater Vancouver area (Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Langley, Cloverdale, Surrey, White Rock, Delta, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver) and the Fraser Valley (Mission, Aldergrove, Abbotsford, Chilliwack).
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One process by which groups may make bad or irrational decisions is known as groupthink. Individual members of a group attempt to conform their opinions to what they believe to be the group consensus even though the result may be negative. There are many reasons why groupthink happens. These include the desire to be liked, fear of losing a job, or even not wanting to be the one employee delaying a decision that seems inevitable. These kinds of implicit pressures to conform lead group members to ultimately make decisions that each, by himself or herself, might normally not make.
<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a business management class.
<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> So let me tell you about my own experience with this when I was working for a computer company a couple of years ago.
So one day, a coworker and I suggested we should give our computers a design makeover, make them look more up to date.
Market research was showing that new customers said they would be more interested in buying our computers if they looked cooler.
Our technology was advanced, but the outside design looked really old-fashioned.
At first, more than half the group supported us.
There were a few senior managers there though who didn't support the design change.
One of the senior managers said,"Our focus has always been on technology.
Changing the look is an unnecessary cost."
Almost immediately, some of our supporters changed their minds.
Even my coworker changed his mind.
When I asked him why after the meeting, he told me he didn't want to make a bad impression on the senior managers.
He thought that disagreeing with them might jeopardize his chances of getting a promotion by not looking like a team player.
What about me?
I hate to admit it, but after a few hours of discussion, I started wondering if it was worth everyone's time to argue about this.
As more people sided with senior management, I started to feel like I was the only one holding up the vote.
Everyone else seemed to think change wasn't necessary, so I voted against my own idea in the end.
So we unanimously decided to stay with the current old-looking design.
But this decision ended up costing us a lot of money.
That same year, our competitor came out with a new design that attracted some of our customers and prevented us from profiting on potential new customers.
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When you are a high school student, it is hard to imagine that life could be any better than it is. You are surrounded by your friends, the people who know you best. You are in the prime of your life, and everything is new and exciting. But then, one day, you graduate from high school, and the next step is college. For many students, college is a time of great expectations.
When students begin their college careers, they have a general idea of what to expect. But, more often than not, the reality of college life differs from the expectations students have. This post will explore the differences between expectations and reality, focusing on academics, social life, and campus life. For example, students generally expect college to be more challenging academically than high school. However, many students find that their coursework is less demanding than what they experienced in high school.
Additionally, while college offers more opportunities for socializing than high school, it can also be a time when young adults feel more socially isolated than ever before. Campus life is often not as exciting as students anticipate either; instead of spending their days and nights exploring new activities and meeting new people, many students find themselves studying or working long hours.
Expectations vs. Reality: How the College Experience Measures Up
When you go off to college, one of the things you’re probably most looking forward to is living on your own. Finally, you can break free from your parents and their rules! But as it turns out, for many students, college isn’t quite the independence they were hoping for. In fact, for many people, college is more like living with roommates than living on your own.
Most colleges require students to live on campus in a dormitory for at least their first year. This can be a shock if you’re not used to sharing a room with someone else. And even if you are used to it, your new roommate will be different from anyone you’ve ever lived with before. You may also find that having roommates affects your grades.
It’s no secret that college students are often on a tight budget, making food choices a top priority. But what are today’s college students eating? And, more importantly, is their diet what they expected it to be? The Princeton Review found that the most popular food choice for college students is pizza. Nearly 1 in 5 students said they eat pizza every day. Other popular options include ramen noodles, sandwiches and burritos.
Many college students say they’re not getting the nutrients for healthy eating. For example, a study by the American Dietetic Association found that only about one-third of college students eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. And nearly half of all college students reported being on a diet to lose weight or maintain their current weight.
For many students, joining a Greek organization is very appealing. The promise of a close-knit group of friends, social events, and philanthropic opportunities. But what happens when these expectations don’t quite match up with reality? Greek life can be a great way to meet new people and get involved on campus. However, there are some things to keep in mind before pledging.
For starters, not all campuses have a thriving Greek life scene. And even if your school does have a few fraternities and sororities, it’s essential to do your research before rushing. For example, some chapters can be highly competitive and exclusive, while others may be more relaxed and welcoming. It’s also important to consider your personality and interests before picking a house.
One of the biggest shocks for many students during their first semester of college is realizing that they are no longer the youngest person in the room. The average college student is now around 22 years old, which means that most first-year students are among the youngest on campus. For some students, this newfound maturity comes as a welcome surprise. They enjoy being surrounded by more experienced and worldly classmates and appreciate having access to resources and opportunities that come with being an adult.
For others, however, the transition to college can be difficult. For example, adjusting to increased independence and responsibility can be challenging, particularly for those who have never been away from home for an extended period. Additionally, many students find that the realities of college life do not always match up with their expectations.
The college experience is often full of surprises. For some, the reality of attending college doesn’t quite match up to their expectations. For others, it’s everything they thought it would be and more. For example, in a study conducted by UCLA in 2009, it was found that only 26% of students had a class schedule that matched their original expectations.
One of the most significant discrepancies between expectations and reality was the class size. Nearly 50% of students reported that their classes were larger than expected. Additionally, only 58% of students reported having the same professors for all of their classes, often a key component in creating a community on campus. While there are some differences between what students expect and what they experience while attending college, there are many similarities.
Leaving home for college is often seen as a rite of passage – an exciting adventure into the unknown. But unfortunately, for many students, the experience falls short of their expectations. Here’s a look at how college life differs from what was imagined. Classes are harder than expected. The workload is more significant, and professors are less forgiving than high school teachers. In addition, there is little or no guidance from educators on how to be successful in college.
Campus life is not as social as expected. With classes and studying consuming most of the students’ time, there is little opportunity for engaging in extracurricular activities. And when students do have free time, they often choose to relax in their dorm rooms or apartments rather than go out and socialize. As a result, housing is not always what was hoped for. | <urn:uuid:5885332f-c0c8-4c7c-a70d-6c7b8a9c139c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.universitymagazine.ca/expectations-vs-reality-college-experience-measures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.976825 | 1,248 | 2.4375 | 2 |
A fifth of people in the UK feel that pop-up advertising is the most annoying feature on websites according to research conducted by USIO.
The research indicates how significant numbers of British websites could be alienating and frustrating visitors. There were a range of issues that respondents identified as being problematic for their interaction with websites, with pop-up advertising being a serious offender. A majority of which could be resolved with ease by those who construct business sites.
The survey asked over 1300 people across the UK what bugs them most when they visit a website. The most prominent issue that was identified was pop-up advertising which 20% of people said bugged them most. This was shown to be the number one issue for both men and women as with 23% of males and 19% of females asked saying it was the most annoying feature.
Pop-up advertising acts as a feature that interrupts the user experience to present some form of information or prompt which may be why many people do not like it. Web design should always focus on the user and pop-ups rarely facilitate something the user wants.
The second most disliked feature was complicated navigation on sites. 15% of people identified this as a major issue with 17% of men saying it bugged them. 13% of women identified complicated navigation as a significant issue meaning that it was only the third most disliked feature for their demographic.
Sites that lacked contact information were what 14% of people said annoyed them. This was the second most disliked feature for women with 15% of them stating that this issue frustrated them, while only 12% of men said that it annoyed them most. The differences in what annoyed men and women most may simply be as a result of the types of websites they visit and what their end goals may be online.
Cluttered websites were a prominent trend amongst the features people said they did not like as 8% said they hated sites with too many forms to complete in the checkout, 4% disliked sites with too much text, and 6% said they were bugged by sites with unorganised content. These issues can be resolved with ease by streamlining content and presenting it in an effective way.
Quality and content
Quality was also an important factor in people disliking sites. Websites which featured broken pages were an issue for 11% of people, while sites which were not mobile friendly frustrated 4% of people. Low quality images were a problem for 3% of people and 2% of people said they were bugged by sites with bad fonts. These figures indicate how important it is to build a site that appears professional and is adaptable to all environments rather than being of poor quality.
Recognising these trends is incredibly important for all web designers and developers as digital content and virtual presence is only going to become more important in the future. Many of these issues are ones that could be easily resolved without much time or effort and there are many people out there who would be happy to discuss the most effective ways to build the perfect site. | <urn:uuid:5f6d37d4-1e71-4725-921b-f88b21b55f33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.talk-business.co.uk/2015/12/18/pop-up-advertising-website-features-that-put-off-potential-customers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.988608 | 624 | 1.554688 | 2 |
What’s the opposite word for encouragement?
What’s another word for non supportive?
What is the opposite of being supportive? Opposite of providing encouragement or emotional help. unsupportive. discouraging. unhelpful. unpropitious.
What is the word for someone who puts others down? 4. “adjective that means “someone who puts people down”” Euthanizer.
- 1 What’s the opposite word for encouragement? – Additional Questions
- 1.1 What’s the meaning of unsupportive?
- 1.2 How do you say less support?
- 1.3 What is another word for supportive?
- 1.4 What is the synonym of the word supportive?
- 1.5 What is the synonyms of encouraging?
- 1.6 What is the word for encouraging bad behavior?
- 1.7 What is a good sentence for encouragement?
- 1.8 What to say to encourage someone who is down?
- 1.9 What are some encouraging phrases?
- 1.10 How do you give someone an encouragement?
- 1.11 What does encouragement do to a person?
- 1.12 What does it mean to encourage someone?
- 1.13 What does a encouraging person mean?
- 1.14 What do you call a person who always encourages?
- 1.15 What do you call someone who encourages people?
- 1.16 What are three examples of encouragement?
- 1.17 How do you encourage not to praise?
What’s the opposite word for encouragement? – Additional Questions
What’s the meaning of unsupportive?
Definition of unsupportive
: not providing support : not supportive But any personal gain I may have realized as a result of this environment is tempered by a public attitude toward teaching that is not only unsupportive but at times antagonistic. — Howard Karlitz They were unsupportive of her decision.
How do you say less support?
- less caring. adj.
- less compassionate. adj.
- less empathetic. adj.
- less empathic. adj.
- less loving. adj.
- less perceptive. adj.
- less receptive. adj.
- less sympathetic. adj.
What is another word for supportive?
What is the synonym of the word supportive?
In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for supportive, like: assistant, contributory, subsidiary, auxiliary, collateral, help, caring, , accessory, ancillary and sympathetic.
What is the synonyms of encouraging?
Some common synonyms of encourage are embolden, hearten, and inspirit. While all these words mean “to fill with courage or strength of purpose,” encourage suggests the raising of one’s confidence especially by an external agency.
What is the word for encouraging bad behavior?
An enabler is someone who encourages or allows negative or self-destructive behavior in another.
What is a good sentence for encouragement?
His gentle tug was all the encouragement she needed. He did act hesitant about it, but his encouragement sounded sincere. Maybe it’s because he’s getting too much encouragement from you. She was the one who had become serious – and with little encouragement on his part.
What to say to encourage someone who is down?
- You might not believe in yourself, but know and remember that I believe in you.
- Who cares about the storm?
- Cheer up, my friend.
- If you fall, I’ll pick you up.
- I realize that I am indeed a very lucky person.
- It’s tough now, but I believe that there is a brighter future waiting for us.
What are some encouraging phrases?
- Hang in there.
- Don’t give up.
- Keep pushing.
- Keep fighting!
- Stay strong.
- Never give up.
- Never say ‘die’.
- Come on! You can do it!.
How do you give someone an encouragement?
- 1 – Smile!
- 2- Listen.
- 3- Acknowledge.
- 4 – Catch them doing something right and let them know you noticed.
- 5 – Share positive thoughts as soon as they occurs to you.
- 6 – Praise effort and progress, no matter how small.
- 7 – Tell them how they helped.
- 8 – Boost morale.
What does encouragement do to a person?
Encouragement improves attitude.
We never feel worse after someone encourages us. Encouragement almost by definition makes us feel better, puts a bounce in our step and smile on our face. And when our attitude is better, we are healthier, happier and more productive.
What does it mean to encourage someone?
1a : to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope : hearten she was encouraged to continue by her early success. b : to attempt to persuade : urge they encouraged him to go back to school. 2 : to spur on : stimulate warm weather encourages plant growth.
What does a encouraging person mean?
Word forms: encourages, encouraging, encouraged. transitive verb. If you encourage someone, you give them confidence, for example by letting them know that what they are doing is good and telling them that they should continue to do it.
What do you call a person who always encourages?
inspirational. The definition of inspirational is a person or thing that motivates mentally or emotionally.
What do you call someone who encourages people?
altruistic Add to list Share. Someone who is altruistic always puts others first.
What are three examples of encouragement?
Phrases such as “You really worked hard” or “Look at all the green you used in your painting” or “I bet you are proud that you finished that whole puzzle” are examples of non-judgmental encouragement.
How do you encourage not to praise?
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Optional: Dual operation: LAN & VPN at the same time
Up until now, this wiki has been about a server set up on a cloud host, available on the public Internet. This section is aimed at a server set up in a private network like on a Raspberry Pi.
So if blocking works using
eth0 but stops working for
tun0, as described here, you may want to run this command
pihole -a -i all, which should get the behavior you want by opening pihole-FTL up to listen on all ports. This is not recommended for cloud servers as they should not be listening on
If you want to set up your Pi-hole + OpenVPN such that you can use from both internal ((W)LAN) and external (VPN) networks, you have to apply some small changes. As an additional benefit, you will be able to reach all devices in the internal network (e.g. computers, networking-aware printers, etc.) through the VPN.
This setup assumes that your local network is in the range 192.168.2.0 (i.e. device addresses are in the range of 192.168.2.1 - 192.168.2.254). If this is not the case for you, you have to adjust the settings, accordingly, e.g.
- devices in 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254 ->
- devices in 192.168.123.1 - 192.168.123.254 ->
push "route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0" push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.2.123"
As you can see, we change the address of the DNS server to the local IP address of our Pi-hole (which is 192.168.2.123 in this example).
Afterward, we change the interface of
eth0 (your local network adapter instead of the VPN adapter
tun0). This can conveniently be done by using
pihole -r +
After a restart of the OpenVPN server, all clients should be able to see all devices within your (at home) local network. This is an example running on a distant server, which is connected through the VPN and can successfully communicate with all internal devices:
me@client ~ $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx inet addr:134.x.x.x Bcast:134.x.x.x Mask:255.x.x.x inet6 addr: X:X:X:X::X/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3623911 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2803670 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1921375471 (1.9 GB) TX bytes:1227835028 (1.2 GB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:553426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:553426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 RX bytes:113417383 (113.4 MB) TX bytes:113417383 (113.4 MB) tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 inet addr:10.8.0.2 P-t-P:10.8.0.2 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:274676 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:331178 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:43745313 (43.7 MB) TX bytes:43956250 (43.9 MB) me@client ~ $ ping 192.168.2.123 PING 192.168.2.123 (192.168.2.123) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=18.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=18.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=18.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=18.7 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=18.7 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.123: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=19.0 ms ^C --- 192.168.2.123 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5007ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.740/18.894/19.017/0.189 ms
Important last step¶
pihole -a -i all command is simply what runs when you choose Listen on all interfaces, permit all origins (make sure your Pi-hole is firewalled), which if you've read this far in the tutorial, you should understand that we don't want you to knowingly or unknowing set up an open resolver. | <urn:uuid:8f658060-0617-44a7-9051-20d55bd179fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/vpn/openvpn/dual-operation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.713318 | 1,333 | 2.46875 | 2 |
WEST & CENTRAL VILLAGE
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION STRATEGY
Newark’s West & Central Village is a resilient community that’s home to more than 9,000 residents who aspire to transform their neighborhood into a community of choice. After three decades of promoting homeownership opportunities in the neighborhood, Habitat for Humanity of
Greater Newark (HFHGN) responded to the call of addressing a wide-range of quality-of-life issues in the Study Area. In the fall of 2016, HFHGN submitted a collaborative proposal to the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation for a Neighborhood Planning Grant. The grant was awarded in the spring 2017 and the planning process kicked off soon thereafter.
Dubbed the West & Central Village Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy, this document includes a 10-year vision for the future of the neighborhood and implementation goals for the first five years. Action strategies were developed for the following components: Neighborhood Building, Community Safety, Jobs/Economic Opportunity, Housing, Youth/Education, and Community Health. | <urn:uuid:4ca960ca-7f07-4808-b092-8903d75a1030> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.urbanpartners.us/newark-west-central-village | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931558 | 223 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The biggest difference between environmental and social sustainability is who sees and feels them.
Everyone cares about carbon emissions because everyone notices climate change one way or the other.
But when it comes to workers’ rights, unless you live in a few poor countries, you’d have no idea what’s happening to workers.
And that makes the progress slow.
The key is education. The more we know, the more we care, and the more we do.
Only one garment factory out of hundreds in Faisalabad in Pakistan, paid workers their full wages during the 2020 lockdown.
Read the article by Alex Crumbie: “Workers’ rights in the clothing industry and what consumers can do”
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If this is not modern-day colonisation, what is?
TW: DECOUTURIZE & Business of fashion.
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27 Sep Outdoor advertising for colleges and universities to engage prospective students
Outdoor advertising for Colleges and other educational bodies
In this very competitive environment outdoor advertising for Colleges, Universities, Schools and other educational bodies is a must in order to attract prospective students to chose them over their competitors.
Higher education is still a high priority amongst 18 year olds
Since the government introduced the university tuition fees, you would think that the amount of interest in further education has dropped? In fact this is not the case as applications from 18 year olds has only dropped a fraction by 1%. So there still is a huge demand for places. Billboard advertising can definitely engage this highly alert and mobile audience who want to further their knowledge and education.
Competition to attract interest from prospective students is fiercer than ever. Colleges and universities are needing to stay one step ahead when it comes to marketing.
How can the education sector engage prospective students?
By using billboards and outdoor advertising for Colleges, Universities and schools they can create a huge opportunity to engage future students and a stay step ahead of their competitors.
The massive impact that an outdoor advertising campaign has, undoubtably increases the chance of engagement amongst young people due to the fact that they spend most of their waking life outside socialising with friends, shopping and more likely to see an outdoor poster.
The youth are always on the move!!!
Therefore, outdoor advertising gives colleges, schools and universities an amazing opportunity to place their relevant and creative advertising message where it will get noticed by their key demographic.
Outdoor advertising constantly delivers your message
Billboards will engage prospective students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There’s no turning off your advertising message which happens with radio and TV. The page of a newspaper or magazine can get turned over, Your advert will also get lost amongst competitors and editorial.
Also remember.. Do newspapers really get read by your target audience?????
Don’t forget the parent plays a big part in their child’s education
Parents will always be heavily involved in the decision process when it comes to which college, university or school their child goes to. Billboards seen by parents and their children on the school run, shopping or as they move around the local area can engage conversations and lead to decisions. They will also be present for open days and events.
In summary….. Outdoor advertising for colleges and universities is a must and should be on their marketing plan.
A young person starting to think about his/her future and in the process of applying for further education is at a perfect age for noticing, being exposed to and engaging with a relevant billboard message.
Before and during the enrolment period, they will be paying attention to advertising messages within their usual surroundings. They will also see the same advert multiple times throughout the day meaning they will be constantly reminded and have a greater to recall of the advertising message.
Amplify Outdoor work with a great amount of Colleges, Schools, Independent Schools, Universities and other educational bodies to raise awareness of new courses, enrolment, apprenticeships, open days/evenings and have found great success from their campaigns. Please feel free to check out some of our testimonials here or please get in touch for more information on outdoor advertising for colleges, universities and how we can engage your key demographic. | <urn:uuid:6c58a11a-4315-4724-a908-e6eb3134d837> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.amplifyoutdoor.co.uk/outdoor-advertising-for-colleges-and-universities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.961989 | 672 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Arctic fox failed to move north at end of ice age
Study suggests animals may not migrate in response to rising temperatures.
Even the fast-moving arctic fox, used to trekking long distances, failed to retreat to cooler climes when global temperatures rose in the past, a new study suggests. The find dampens hopes that species will be able to adapt to climate change by moving towards the poles.
Comparing DNA from living arctic foxes with that extracted from fossils indicates that, at the end of the last ice age, foxes that lived in mid-latitude Europe simply died out rather than moved north. And the same could be happening now.
"What we're seeing happen to arctic foxes in Scandinavia today is exactly what we think happened in Europe 10,000 years ago," says Love Dalén, an evolutionary biologist now at University College London, UK, and lead author of the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1.
Today the arctic fox, Alopex lagopus, is restricted to northern tundra, for example in Scandinavia and Siberia. But around the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, its range extended south to what is now Belgium, Germany and southwestern Russia.
Because Scandinavia was covered in ice during the last ice age, modern-day foxes there must have descended from populations that lived elsewhere. The foxes could have come from three possible regions: a northeastern part of Siberia that wasn't covered by ice; small coastal refugia nestled in-between glaciers in Scandinavia; or mid-latitude Europe.
Moving nowhere fast
To find out which it was, Dalén and his colleagues compared the mitochondrial DNA sequences of about 80 modern-day foxes from Siberia and Scandinavia to those of fossil samples from mid-latitude Europe. Siberian and Scandinavian foxes turn out to be very closely matched, but both living populations are genetically distinct from the older European populations.
That suggests that today's Scandinavian foxes came from northeastern Siberia, and that the arctic foxes further south in Europe simply died out when the ice retreated.
Robert Wayne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study, says he was struck by the finding. "Arctic foxes are amazing in terms of their dispersal abilities, migrating up to 1,000 kilometres or more across pack ice," he says. "You would predict that they would migrate their way out of things."
But animals that aren't used to tracking temperature gradients as part of their normal life-history strategy are unlikely to read a slight change in temperature each year as a cue to move away, says Dalén. "For us humans, it is intuitively simple to shift north if it gets too hot," he says. "But for an arctic fox it's not going to be apparent that going anywhere helps."
Dalén reckons that warmer temperatures may have allowed red foxes to colonize regions that are normally the purview of their arctic cousins. Red foxes chase artic foxes away from carcasses and will even kill their cubs, forcing the animals to take refuge at the tops of mountains, says Dalén. "Today's arctic foxes aren't moving anywhere; they are just becoming more and more isolated in high-altitude patches," he says.
Increased competition may be one of the biggest problems species face as the climate warms, as animals are forced into territories that are already occupied.
For his part, Wayne would like to see a similar study done on the foxes of North America. But whatever happened in Europe thousands of years ago, "tracking didn't occur in this species, and you would have predicted it to," he says. "That leaves an ominous message for other mammals as we go through global warming."
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Cindy Hewitt is a retired teacher with a passion for children's literature. Read-aloud stories add quality to a child's life experiences.
Periwinkle Takes a Trip
Judy Petersen-Fleming's "Periwinkle's Journey" is an engaging story of a little blue penguin in Australia that learns an important lesson about self-esteem when one looks different from all of one's friends. Periwinkle receives an invitation from her cousins in Antarctica to come for a birthday party. She is dismayed when she sees their pictures in the invitation and realizes that she looks different from them. She is the only blue penguin in her group! Periwinkle doesn't even know where Antarctica is and she learns a geography lesson before she sets out on her journey. Her mom and several friends provide encouragement and Periwinkle sets off. She meets several cousins along the way and still wishes that she had the black and white colors of her cousins instead of a blue color. She finally reaches Antarctica and discovers that she has lost the gift that she had packed. She has a great time at the birthday party, and young readers will enjoy the surprise ending when Periwinkle discovers she actually has a very special gift to give and learns an important lesson.
Each page is filled with beautiful, full-color illustrations that are done in both pastels and bright colors. Suzy Spafford contributes her talent with these spectacular illustrations that introduce children to the animals of Australia and Antarctica. The book cover is of special interest in that it is done with textured print and Periwinkle is very touchable! Petersen-Fleming also includes an ending section of interesting facts about penguins.
"Periwinkle's Journey" was published by Blue Sneaker Press and is recommended for ages 4-10. It has an ISBN of 978-1-943198-03-0.
Periwinkle Has an Important Lesson to Teach
Get Acquainted with Judy Petersen-Fleming and Suzy Spafford
Judy Petersen-Fleming is an author who enjoys writing about social issues and she has a special fondness for introducing exotic animals from around the world in her books. Her passion for educating kids is evident in her new book "Periwinkle's Journey". She has a special interest in penguins and wants to share her passion for these special creatures.
Suzy Spafford is a talented illustrator who has collaborated with Petersen-Fleming to create Suzy's World". Her work first appeared on greeting cards in 1968. Her work has also been featured on products in over 23 countries. She is currently working on an animated television series that will feature her characters from Suzy's Zoo.
Great Example of Collaborative Work in a Children's Book
Developing Self-esteem in your Children
"Periwinkle's Journey" is a great choice to begin a discussion about self esteem. Periwinkle is concerned that she is the blue penguin in the group. How many times have parents heard this from a child that they are the "only one" in a particular situation? Children's self-esteem is reflected in their actions and how they perceive themselves in their world. A sense of belonging and purpose are critical for a child to have a healthy self-esteem. Competence and pride in their achievements are also important pieces to the puzzle of developing a child's self-esteem. Children who are able to make good choices and who receive healthy praise when they make good choices will have good self-esteem. A healthy awareness of individual differences is also necessary. "Periwinkle's Journey" is a great starting point for a discussion of individual differences. The ability to solve problems in a positive way is also demonstrated in this story when Periwinkle solves her problem of the lost birthday gift.
Does Your Child Complain about Being "The Only One"?
Children Learn That They Can Be Themselves
Periwinkle Gets a Geography Lesson
Do your children like to learn about other great places in the world? "Periwinkle's Journey" provides an opportunity to being to explore Australia and Antarctica. These areas of the world provide ideal habitats for some fascinating animals in addition to penguins. Your child will want to explore these areas with other materials after taking the journey with Periwinkle. Periwinkles's new friends will introduce children to all kinds of new animals that live in these habitats.
Go to Exotic Areas with Periwinkle
What do you know about little blue penguins?
For each question, choose the best answer. The answer key is below.
- How big are little blue penguins?
- one foot tall
- four feet tall
- What is group of penguins called?
- A colony
- A village
- What is the only area of the world where little blue penguins are found?
- North Pole
- How many little blue penguins live in a colony?
- Less than 5
- More than 40
- What color is the belly of a little blue penguin?
- one foot tall
- A colony
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Three Little Pigs is a classic children’s song that has been passed down through generations. It is a fun and engaging rhyme that has been adapted to various occasions such as parties, picnics, and other gatherings.
The Three Little Pigs story is about three brothers who build their houses of straw, sticks, and bricks respectively. The big bad wolf came looking for the pigs one day but was unable to find them because they were hiding in the houses. The last little piggy warned his brothers to not open their doors to strangers or else the big bad wolf would blow them away with his strong breath.
The Three Little Pigs story has been adapted into various songs over time with different lyrics and music styles.
Three Little Pigs is a classic children’s song that tells the story of three pigs that attempt to build houses to protect themselves from the big bad wolf.
The song has been adapted into many different variations and used in many different cultures.
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In their commitment to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and use of renewable energy, Johnson & Johnson installed a 505kW Solar Photovoltaic System at their Consumer Division facility in Skillman, New Jersey. The new system covers nearly three acres and is amongst the largest ground-mounted systems in the United States. Manufactured by SunPower Corporation, the system has tracking capability that allows the solar panels to track the movements of the sun from sunrise to sunset, maximizing energy production.
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Three years after its establishment in 1962, the UFW struck against grape growers around Delano, California...a long, bitter, and frustrating struggle that appeared impossible to resolve until Chavez promoted the idea of a national boycott. Trusting in the average person's ability to connect with those in need, Chavez and the UFW brought their plight-and a lesson in social justice-into homes from coast-to-coast and Americans responded.
"By 1970, the grape boycott was an unqualified success," writes Marc Grossman of Stone Soup. "Bowing to pressure from the boycott, grape growers at long last signed union contracts, granting workers human dignity and a more livable wage."
Chavez is perhaps best known for the grape boycott, but in line with his collective soul, he was always the first to admit that it was not entirely his idea. In fact, he was initially against the boycott until his co-workers explained that the best method was not to boycott individual labels, but all grapes. In this way, the grapes became the label itself.
Through hunger strikes, imprisonment, abject poverty for himself and his large family, racist and corrupt judges, exposure to dangerous pesticides, and even assassination plots, Chavez remained true to the cause and to the non-violent methods he espoused. Even when threatened with physical harm, the furthest Chavez and his comrades would go is deterrence.
Once in 1966, when Teamster goons began to rough up Chavez's picketeers, a bit of labor solidarity solved the problem without violence. William Kircher, the AFL-CIO director of organization, called Paul Hall, president of the International Seafarers Union.
"Within hours," writes David Goodwin in Cesar Chavez: Hope for the People, "Hall sent a carload of the biggest sailors that had ever put to sea to march with the strikers on the picket lines...There followed afterward no further physical harassment."
"The fight for equality must be fought on many fronts-in urban slums, in the sweat shops of the factories and fields," said Martin Luther King, Jr. in a telegram to Chavez after a UFW electoral victory. "Our separate struggles are really one-a struggle for freedom, for dignity and for humanity."
"He never owned a house," says Grossman. "He never earned more than $6,000 a year. When he died...he left no money for his family. Yet more than 40,000 people marched behind the plain pine casket at his funeral, honoring the more than 40 years he spent struggling to improve the lives of farm workers."
Another food-related struggle for freedom, dignity, and humanity just marked 25 years since its inception: Food Not Bombs (FNB).
FNB is responsible for starting hundreds of autonomous chapters throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia...where food that would otherwise be thrown out is recovered and transformed into hot vegetarian meals that are then served to the homeless and at protests and other events. With roots in a variety of social causes, it's not surprising that McHenry describes the FNB project as essentially "the food wing of a movement that includes anti-authoritarian music, art, unlicensed radio, zines, squatting, needle exchange, bike and hemp liberation, info shops, computer networking, autonomous decentralized non-hierarchical organizing, consensus decision-making, and sharing a philosophy of tolerance, joy, and free expression."
By linking the national problem of homelessness with the larger issue of rampant militarism, McHenry's goal is to address "the inhumane agenda of the government at both the personal and international levels" as a path towards beginning a nationwide debate.
"The FNB volunteers believe that it's not too late to help build an alternative to transnational corporate greed," says McHenry. "People, through their actions, can change the political agenda."
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1 July 2007
Professor Sir Ara Darzi’s review of London's health set out the case for reforming services and proposed the introduction of polyclinics.
Smoking in enclosed public places was banned in England as a result of a long campaign beginning with studies in the 1950s, demonstrating the link between smoking and lung cancer.
11 October 2007
A report outlined findings following an investigation and highlighted several system failures that had led to the death of 60 patients from C. Diff.
30 October 2007
The Act required local authorities and primary care trusts to prepare a joint strategic needs assessment of health and social care needs.
6 November 2007
The 'Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health needs' report acted as good practice guidance for commissioners purchasing services.
3 December 2007
The WCC attempted to improve standards of commissioning in the NHS, transferring power from providers to those purchasing services for the local population.
10 December 2007
The 'landmark protocol' aimed to ensure independent living for all adults through joined-up and collaborative partnerships.
13 December 2007
The framework required primary care trusts to separate their provider and commissioning functions and agree service level agreements for these services.
The screening programme introduced ultrasound screening for men during their 65th year.
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NASA successfully test-fired the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the second time on Thursday afternoon.
The powerful moon rocket’s four RS-25 engines fired for eight minutes and 19 seconds at approximately 4:37 pm ET at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
The “Green Run” series hot fire test of the 212-foot-tall core stage marks what NASA says is a “critical milestone” ahead of their future lunar missions.
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9AM CONTEMPORARY SERVICE
Contemporary Service 9am
Sermon Title: ” Lord, It’s All Yours!”
Sermon Text: Mark 12: 41-44
This is ” Stewardship Sunday ” for us.
Key Points: One of the most important things a parent can do is to teach their children God’s view of Money.
To the world our text would mean that this lady gave very little. I mean it says that she gave two very small copper coins. But , as we read further, we quickly see God’s view of her giving- all she had to live on. This paints the picture of a proper life view as a Christian. We give it all up for Him who saves. Money, time, and serving others even if we don’t hear a ” Thank You”. A very true statement is that it is more blessed to give than take. Stewardship is not just your money, it’s bigger. It is your money, your time, your talents, your hearts, your gifts, your lives. NOW THAT IS STEWARDSHIP. 100%
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Thomas J. Johnson is the Amon G. Carter Jr. Centennial Professor in the School of Journalism at University of Texas at Austin as well as the director of the Digital Media Research Program, joining the faculty in Fall 2010.
Johnson has studied the role of the media in each election since 1984. Beginning with the 1992 election he began studying the role of new media (such as talk radio and talk television) and how people used such media. He was one of the first to study the role of the Internet in presidential campaigns during the 1996 election. For the 2004 election be began examining how people used blogs and their role in the campaign. For the 2008 election, Johnson focused on social network sites and for the 2012 election he added mobile apps. Much of Johnson's work has focused on the credibility of the Internet and its components, but he has also examined uses and gratifications of the Internet and its components, selective exposure and the Internet, the degree to which the Internet has served as a substitute for traditional media, the agenda-building role of the media and how factors influence journalistic frames. Several studies have also concentrated on the political effects of the Internet and its components on citizens, including how people use the media to build social capital. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly named two of the articles he co-authored as Top Centennial articles and Sage Publication identified one of these works as the most downloaded article in 2003-2004.
Johnson has authored or co-edited five books. His most recent edited book, Agenda Setting in a 2.0 World: New Agendas in Mass Communication: A Tribute To Maxwell McCombs International Media Communication in a Global Age (Routledge, 20013), explores agenda-setting theory in light of changes in the media environment in the 21st century. Johnson has 65 refereed journal articles published or in press, 21 book chapters and more than 100 papers at international, national and regional conferences.
Social media uses and effects
Media credibility and trust
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Our Step by Step Pool Replaster Process
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Pool Replastering FAQs
How much does it cost to replaster a pool?
The average cost of pool replastering with mini pebble is about $8,000. An attached spa adds about an additional $900. This includes draining, chip out, applying the pebble, the acid wash, installing new directional eyeball and main drain fittings, and performing the startup.
How often should you replaster a pool?
Assuming that your swimming pool is properly maintained and is run with the ideal water chemistry, a pool plaster should last you around 7 years (pebble lasts closer to 15-20 years). However, several factors should be considered with the timing for your pool replaster, like the manifestation of wear and tear, cracks on the plaster, visible stains, peeling off of the plaster, and other signs of structural damage. Should any of these be perceptible and recognizable before the 7-year mark, it’s recommended that you seek the advice of a pool professional about replastering your pool.
How long does it take to replaster a pool?
The project will depend on how big the pool is and on how much work is to be done to have the pool replastered. Nevertheless, an average replastering project is usually spread out over about 2 weeks. It’s not 2 weeks worth of work; it’s just spread out over about 2 weeks as we coordinate with other jobs, order material, let things dry, etc.
Is pebble better than plaster?
Here are a few fast facts to help us understand the difference between the average pool plaster and pebble.
Pool plaster facts:
- The average plaster is made of white cement and aggregates.
- Pool plasters usually last 7 years given that you have a pool running under ideal conditions.
- Pool plaster is normally white but can be had in various colors with the use of colored pigments.
- Pool plaster is inexpensive compared to the other options.
- Pebble is made from a variety of high-quality and specially formulated cement with a similarly special blend of aggregates.
- Compared to the average swimming pool plaster, pebble lasts for an average of 15-20 years.
- Pebble comes in various finishes, often resembling the bottom of a riverbed.
- Pebble can be expensive, especially for a larger pool.
Overall, in terms of quality, a pebble finish can be considered as a better option than the average pool plaster. It lasts longer with fewer signs of wear and tear and can provide additional features like adding just the right amount of traction to prevent slippage when in the pool area. However, it does come with a price.
The swimming pool industry is an industry that gives you what you pay for. This only means that you get the most out of every penny you spend with pebble, making it a viable pool investment.
Do I need a permit to replaster my pool?
Depending on where you’re located, a permit may or may not be required to replaster a pool. Generally speaking, as long as you do not make any changes to the structure of the pool, a permit is not necessary for Ventura County. In Los Angeles County, a permit is required, even if just doing a resurfacing. Both counties require permits if plumbing and electrical are being worked on.
Everything You Need To Know About Pool Replastering
So you have finally installed that pool you always wanted to.
The kids are all excited, your spouse is ecstatic, and you feel the pride that should come with the domestic triumph you’ve just garnered.
Over time, your pool becomes the meeting place for all your friends and family. And naturally, you spend enough time, and money, to make sure that your pristine pool is the jewel of your house. And the envy of the neighborhood!
But for how long?
Pools are structures that have to be in continuous contact with water; due to this prolonged exposure to moisture, the edges and surfaces of pools tend to become rough and uneven over time.
This happens as the plaster slowly suffers wear and tear due to fluid friction; put simply, the water in your pool eventually eats away at the plaster coating that protects it.
And this can have potentially dangerous consequences. Ranging from contaminated waters to injured swimmers, a pool that is losing its plastering can become an accident zone very fast.
Simply put, pool replastering is just what it sounds like: it’s applying a fresh layer of plaster to your pool walls and floor. The purpose of this is to guard the pool against damage from the elements.
Pool construction uses materials like gunite or concrete, which are porous by nature. This means if left unprotected, your pool will eventually drain out after a time. And then, you’ll have to refill it again.
To prevent this from happening, you need to apply at least a half-inch of plaster layer to your pool walls and floor. This prevents water drainage and also makes your pool look all smooth and shiny.
Why Do I Need To Replaster?
Because like everything good, plaster doesn’t last forever, and depending on the amount of maintenance, it can give you anything between 5 to 15 years of service.
After a considerable amount of time, your pool will start to show off its rough edges. This means that it is high time to replaster.
The following are some signs that tell you that your pool needs replastering. If you see one or many of these appearing in your pool, then don’t wait. Consider a replaster job immediately.
How To Replaster Your Pool
If and when you are sure that you need your pool to be replastered, then you can follow the steps below to get the job done.
1. Drain Your Pool
The first, and most crucial step while replastering your pool is ensuring it is devoid of moisture before you begin. So make sure to turn off any equipment currently in use in the pool, and then drain all the water. It’s best to use a sump pump to do the job correctly.
A Word Of Caution
Replastering your pool can be rewarding if done correctly. But be prepared because replastering a pool is not an easy task. Not only do you have to deal with several unfamiliar instruments and materials, but the process is also time-consuming and demanding to a huge degree.
There are a large number of variables to consider, and one simple mistake could cost you the entire job. So make sure to do your due diligence and then proceed with the task.
And if you think the job is best left to the pros….
Call Valley Pool Plaster! We are the perfect and reliable partners for all types of pool replastering work. With us, you don’t have to worry about satisfaction, because it comes guaranteed when you give us a job to do.
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The course is designed to allow students to explore the form of Yoga that suits their lifestyle best. Divided into two modules, the course will provide a good balance between training the mind and the body. Created for the busy individual, the programme is designed so you can work at your own pace.
Who Should Apply?
This course is perfect for those who want to deepen their practice and understanding of Yoga.
Mode of Delivery
- Yoga classes will be conducted online &
- Physically in studio if you get permit to travel.
Please note – .
Once you sucessfully complete training period we will issue 200 Hr Intermediate Level Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Certification Registered with Yoga Alliance School.
Advantages of the Course
- You will learn how to teach anatomically informed sequences appropriate for absolute beginners, that helps in strength building.
- You will receive a participation certificate from Yoga Gyani which is associated and registered with Yoga Alliance.
- This 100Hr Yoga Therapy Teacher Training specialization course is a recognized Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Program.
- During the course, you will deepen your knowledge in aspects of Yoga that are directly related to the wellbeing of the body, mind and soul.
- This Yoga course will provide you with practical tools to improve the life of your students as well as your own.
- Subjects such as Yoga Psychology, use of Pranayama; Mudras for Health Recovery, Principles of Pre-Natal Yoga, Yoga & Health Care Class Planning & its different techniques, in depth Study and Practice of Cleansing Processes (Shatkriya), Physiology of Health Conditions (Yoga for back problems, Yoga for diabetes, Yoga for Hypertension, Yoga for Arthritis, etc.), and many more Yogic health related subjects will provide a profound understanding of how Yoga can help to recover or maintain a healthy body, mind and spirit.
- This Yoga for Health Care Teacher Training is recognized by Yoga Alliance which means that after its successful completion, the course will allow the student to teach Yoga internationally and apply its many different techniques to Yoga practitioners that are looking to regain their health as well as those that want to obtain a deeper understanding of the yogic knowledge to maintain their good health and improve their personal practice. Prior experience in Health Care or Yoga is not compulsory, but we recommend a substantial asana practice before enrolling in this course.
- Hatha yoga
- Ashtanga Primary series
- Iyengar way of Yoga
- Restorative Yoga
- Yoga movements for cancer
- Yogic Philosophy.
- Role of Ashtanga yoga & Hatha Yoga in healing
- Definition of Yoga from the point of view of ‘Therapy’.
- The psychology of Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita
- The four paths of Yoga (Jnana, Raja, Bhakti, Karma Yoga) as a means to attain health.
- Ashtanga Yoga and description if its eight components.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras and the modification of the mind.
- Lifestyle and ethics of a yoga practitioner and teacher.
ASANA EXPLORED IN THE COURSE:
- Hatha Style Surya Namaskar, Ashtanga Vinyasa
- Suryanamaskar "A" and "B".
- Chair Yoga Surya Namaskar.
- Different styles of Chandra Namaskar (Moon Salutations)
- Hatha & Vinyasa Yoga.
- Gentle Evening Flow
- Restorative Yoga.
- Use of Yoga props (Blocks, Straps, Bolsters, etc.)
- Modified practices to suit all needs.
- A full health assessment of the Asanas and Pranayama.
- Alignment and Adjustments of Yoga Postures.
- Regular guided meditation classes.
- Study and practice of several meditation techniques and their application in therapeutic Yoga.
- Visualization techniques to improve meditation.
- How to use meditation to understand our own nature and that of others.
- Point to point full-body relaxation technique.
- Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) and its role in Yoga Therapy.
- Guided Shavasana.
- Minor and major chakra relaxation.
- Deep causal body relaxation.
PRANAYAMA (Science of Breath)
- Different types of breathing techniques: Kapalbhati, Nadi Shodhan, Bramhari, Ujjayi, Bhastrika, etc.
- Study of the benefits of the different pranayamas and their application in therapeutical Yoga.
- Importance of yogic breathing.
- Role of Kumbhaka and Bandhas for recovery of health.
- Meaning, types and practice of Mudras and Bandhas.
- Yogic Detoxification practice.
- Study of all cleansing techniques and their applications in Yoga Therapy.
- Regular practice of Jala Neti and Sutra Neti.
– Trataka (Eye Cleanse), Shankaprakshalana (Master Cleanse) and Vaman Dhouti (Stomach Cleanse) practice.
– Importance of practising Shatkriya for the purification of the Nadis and achieving the balance between body, mind and soul.
- What is OM?
- What is Mantra mean?
- Mantra Chanting and learning to read Devnagiri Script.
- Types of starting and closing Mantras for Astanga Vinyasa.
- How to create positive vibration or energy with mantra yoga.
- Study of the effect of Mantra Chanting in Yoga Therapy.
- Meditation and pranayama sessions
- Daily Pranayama, Asana, anatomy, philosophy classes
- Copies and training books or soft copy (students preference)
- Use of yoga mats, bolsters, and all training items
- Free sauna every weekend
|1. Techniques, Training; Practice – How to do (practice) Yoga|
|8.00 am to 10.00 am||
|2. Ashtanga Primary series practice|
|10.00 am to 12.00 pm.||
|3. Anatomy and Physiology – The physical and energetic body|
|13.00 am to 14.00 am||● Anatomy in zoom with teacher Raj from India. (Online)|
|Yoga Philosophy and Lifestyle – Ethics-History, philosophy, ethics and lifestyle practices of Yoga|
|15.00 to 16.00 pm||Philosophy through zoom with teacher Benu from India (online)|
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM
- Mantra chanting- Yogena chittasya (Patanjali mantra)- 5 minutes
- Pranayama – 15 minutes
- Nadi shodhana – cleansing of the nervous system
- Anuloma viloma – alternate nostril breathing
- Ujjayi – oceanic breathing
Standing posture to learn the foundation of standing asanas and about the position of the foot as well as learning the engagement.
- Tada asana
- Utthita trikona asana
- Utthita parsvakona asana
- Virabadra asana 1
- Virabadra asana 2
- Parsvoottana asana
- Prasaritha padouttana asana
- Padaangusta asana
- Pada hasta asana
- Uttana asana
You learn in seated pose to open your groins, as well as sacrum to bring more ease flexibility and stillness.
- Ardha Salabha asana
- Ardha Dhanur asana
- Chaturanga danda
- Urdva mukha svanasana
- Adhomukha svanasana
- Danda asana
- Paripurna naav asana
- Ardha navasana
- Siddha asana
- Vira asana
- Supta virasana
- Baddha kona asana
- Padma asana
- Parvat asana
- Matsya asana
- Baddha padma asana
- What is Yoga?
- Four different paths of Yoga?
- Definition of chakra and 8 chakras?
- What is nadi?
- What is ida, pingala, and sushumna nadi?
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra explanation
- Yogachittavritti nirodah
- Tada drashtuh svaroope avasthanam
- Vritti svaroopyam itarara
- Vrittayah pangchattaayah klishta aklishtah
- Types of joints
- Skeletal system
- Yoga anatomy
- Muscular system
- Classification of Yoga
- Stages in yoga asana
- Aims and objectives of Asana
- General guidelines
- Vinyasa practice – Flow of Asana of the above from standing and sitting posture
- How to teach and correct the students
- How to emphasize
- How to design a 1-hour class
- Posture correction, alignment, and adjustment
- How to use blocks, straps, and bolsters to modify the Asana
The business aspect of Yoga (marketing class)
Guidelines on registering with the International Yoga Alliance website after completion of 200 hours and how to use their platform. How to find websites to market oneself as yoga teachers and how to use the software.
Students can use this hour for self-practice and study or there will also be a workshop with videos on anatomy or Vinyasa asanas.
Week 2 (7 days)
- Mantra chanting – Patananjali mantra and Shanti mantra's (5 minutes)
- Pranayama – surya bedi, bastrilka, kapala bati, and brahmari
- Yogic breathing technique – 3 levels
Asana practice (seated poses)
- Yoga mudra
- Maha mudra asana
- Janu sirsasana
- Ardha badha padma paschimauttana asana
- Trianga mukha pada paschimauttana asana
- Upavishta kona asana
- Paschima uttana asana
- Purvoutaana asana
- Salamba sirsasana
- Urdva danda asana
- Salamba sarvanga asana
- Hala asana
- Karna pinda asana
- Supta kona asana
- Parsva hala asana
- Eka pada sarvanga asana
- Parsvaika pada sarvanga asana
- Setu bandha sarvanga asana
- Urdva padma asana in sarvaanga asana
- Pinda asana in sarvanga asana
- Parsva pinda asana in sarvanga asana
- Jatara parivartah asana
- Supta pada angusta asana sequence twists
- Marichyasana 2
- Ardha matsyendra asana
- Urdhva dhanur asana
- Relaxing pose
- What are koshas?
- 3 types of meditation?
- Ashta Anga Sutra of Patanjali
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra continuation
- Kundalini explanation
- Vinyasa practice on the above-given Asana in the evenings
- Self-practice time
Week 3: Practice of all the Asana and Pranayama
- Mantra chanting – 5 minutes
- Pranayama – all two weeks of pranayama practice (assessment on Pranayama)
- Surya namaskara A and B in Hatha tradition
- Surya namaskar A and B in Ashtanga tradition (primary series of Ashtanga)
- Vinyasa with different asanas
- Practical exam on teaching a class
Assessments and practical exam on philosophy and discussions on the philosophy of yoga sutra
- Vinyasa sequence on standing pose
- Vinyasa sequence on sirsasana
- Sequence on sarvangasana
- Sequence on marichyasana
- Assignment on anatomy will be conducted in one of the 3 weeks.
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Former Obama Adviser Says Chemical Weapons Attack In Syria Must Have Consequences
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
So in the aftermath of this apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria, what should the U.S. do? Well, President Trump's predecessor faced that same question. President Obama had drawn a red line.
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BARACK OBAMA: If we fail to act, the Assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons.
KELLY: Obama addressing the nation there in September, 2013.
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OBAMA: After careful deliberation, I determined that it is in the national security interests of the United States to respond to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons through a targeted military strike.
KELLY: But the U.S. didn't strike. Instead, the Obama administration kicked the decision to Congress. While a deal was made to remove some chemical weapons from Syria, no military strikes were ever taken. Philip Gordon was working at the Obama White House then as the National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and the Gulf. He says he regrets that decision.
PHILIP GORDON: At the time, I thought we should act, and that remains my view now. I totally understood why the president felt he would be stronger with congressional backing. But I also thought it was important - having issued a red line and made clear that the United States wouldn't tolerate Syrian use of chemical weapons killing a thousand people - that it was important to act.
KELLY: If you were back on the National Security Council today, what would your counsel be?
GORDON: My counsel would be to undertake military strikes that punish and deter the Syrian regime from using chemical weapons in the way that they just did. I would be very clear that I'm not going to war in Syria, that my mission is not to reopen this question of regime change and become the air force of the opposition until Assad comes to the table or gives up power. That's a whole different set of missions and issues that I think is beyond what is reasonable for the United States to undertake.
KELLY: But airstrikes clearly targeted to punish for this apparent use of chemical weapons.
GORDON: That's right. Just very clear - we have said you cannot use chemical weapons, and you will pay a price if you do. And if you do it again, you'll pay another price.
KELLY: The Trump administration did retaliate for a similar attack last year. President Trump just about a year ago ordered airstrikes against Syria for another apparent use of chemical weapons, and yet here we are a year later. What's the takeaway there - that that airstrike last year didn't work - didn't deter Assad from using chemical weapons again?
GORDON: I don't think we know that. I mean, as you say, it has been a year. The takeaway is clearly that you can't expect that one limited airstrike on one airfield is going to resolve this problem for all time. And you have to understand that even if we undertake strikes this time, we might have to again. I don't think anyone could promise that, you know, it all ends if we just show how tough we are. But I think we can say, we are going to make you pay a price for doing this. And if you choose to use chemical weapons again in the same way, we'll do it again.
KELLY: How to square what may seem to some people like a disconnect between President Trump making very clear he wants out of Syria; he's done? He's telegraphed that clearly. He would like to bring U.S. troops home - on the other hand saying there has to be a big price to pay for this apparent chemical attack and raising the specter of yet more military engagement in Syria.
GORDON: Yeah, those two things don't have to be incompatible. Indeed, I think there's a real scenario where President Trump does both of those things at the same time. That is to say, pull out our troops 'cause he doesn't want to be in a mess on the ground and spending money and getting involved in a civil war but also, you know, bombing from far away, which is lower cost and lower risk. Indeed, you could even argue that if we're going to start undertaking airstrikes in Syria, that you could make a case you don't want troops on the ground. That would be vulnerable and could drag you in. So there's, like I say, a real chance that that's where we end up - doing the airstrikes but also pulling out on the ground at the same time.
KELLY: Last thing - I should just note - today is day one on the job for President Trump's new national security adviser John Bolton. What is your sense of where he lands on what to do about Syria?
GORDON: Yeah, one reason I think it's highly likely that the United States is going to act militarily here - it's not just because I and others think it's the right thing to do. But with John Bolton starting this week in the White House, to have the president warn on Twitter that there's a big price to pay and having made clear that we're not going to tolerate use of weapons of mass destruction and wanting to signal that the administration wants to stand up to Iran - after all that, to not act in Bolton's first week on the job would really undermine everything the administration is trying to do about showing that it's tough and willing to stand up to adversaries. So I think Bolton will be arguing strongly for a military response. And I think that the president is going to be very supportive of doing that.
KELLY: Thanks very much.
GORDON: Nice to talk to you. Thank you.
KELLY: That's Philip Gordon, a veteran of the Obama National Security Council - now at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Tom and I love to light paint. Olympus' Live Composite and Live Time features were the main reason why we switched to Olympus a few years ago. Being able to see your night (or light painted) image "develop" on the back of the camera makes that type of photography not only more FUN, but much more productive as well!
We usually light paint outside, often with the night sky was the backdrop. However, there are so many subject inside to light paint (we collect rusty things for still life photography, closeup photography, and for light painting). There are lots of ways to be creative at home.
Here is one project that can be setup anywhere and most subjects can be painted with light. We have lightpainted food, flowers, bottles and more!
Our home setup is s simple black science fair tri-fold poster board with a similar black price as the bottom. If you have foam core or poster board but no tri-fold, you can tape three pieces together with duct tape.
This setup can be located on your kitchen table or even on top of your dryer.
For lighting use a small dim flashlight. Try to find one without a center "hotspot," and use some gaffers tape to make a snoot to narrow the beam. We place gaffers tape around the opening and then cut a diagonal bevel to direct the light narrow and more one directional.
With Live Composite, ambient light is taken into consideration so we light paint in the middle of the day, since our home has a vented roof and there are lots of trees around so the neither the laundry room or the kitchen gets bright sunlight.
For daytime light painting, we usually have the camera set to 1/2 or 1 second intervals, ISO 200, with apertures of F8, F11 or F22. Those settings allow for the ambient light to be controlled and not be a part of the scene when we light paint. The tri-fold design also keeps side lighting from coming into the scene.
When we light paint inside in the evening we usually have the camera set to 1-4 second intervals and ISO 400, with apertures of F8 or F11.
If you are able to get outside, you can try using Live Composite to light paint objects around your house - like cars!
Live Composite is for so much more than night photography – so have fun, use this time to learn something new, and keep feeding your creative soul!
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A massive volcano erupting close to a major global travel hub, Iceland's Keflavik Airport, sparked close monitoring by officials and fascination from people venturing near the flows of bright orange lava despite warnings.
The Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Wednesday around 1.18pm local time, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, which urged people to stay away from the sparsely populated area on the Reykjanes peninsula - though people still went up close to snap photographs with their children and fly drones.
The eruption, a volcanic fissure, is occurring about 10 miles (about 16kms) from Keflavik International Airport and about 20 miles from the country's capital, Reykjavík. As of Thursday morning, the airport - which has flights from Seattle, London and Frankfurt - remained open and operational.
"Currently, there have been no disruptions to flights to and from Iceland, and international flight corridors remain open," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
International travellers will recall the 2010 eruption of the country's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed huge ash clouds into the atmosphere, grounding global air traffic and leaving millions stranded amid travel chaos.
"What we know so far is that the eruption does not pose any risk to populated areas or critical infrastructure," Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said in a statement. "We will, of course, continue to monitor the situation closely."
The eruption is classified as a volcanic fissure eruption, which does not usually result in large explosions or significant production of ash dispersed into the stratosphere.
But it still prompted warnings to stay away due to the risk from noxious fumes and hot magma.
"The eruption follows intense seismic activity over the past few days. It is considered to be relatively small, and due to its location, there is low threat to populated areas or critical infrastructure," the Foreign Ministry said.
The exact location of the eruption is in Meradalir, about 1 mile north of Mt. Stóri-Hrútur, according to the Icelandic Met Office.
The area has experienced "strong earthquakes" in recent days ahead of the eruption, it added, and warned of ongoing tremors, rocks falling and poisonous gas pollution. The same volcano also erupted last year, it said, and lasted about six months.
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If you're faced with the question of how to kill carpenter ants, you've likely had sightings of this pest around your home. If this is the case, it's important to act fast – because while these insects are small, they can cause significant damage around your home.
While you may already know how to get rid of ants in your home, it's important to handle the notorious carpenter with extra urgency and caution. These pests (which are commonly black in color) have the capability to threaten the structure of your home as it fractures the wood to build their nests. So, it's imperative to resolve an infestation as soon as you notice any carpenter activity.
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If you're wondering why do ants come into the house, you may have noticed an increase in creature activity around your home. However, of all species, carpenter ants are arguably the most detrimental to your property. Here's how the experts deal with them – for good.
What are the steps to get rid of carpenter ants?
Marc Potzler, the Board Certified Entomologist with Ehrlich Pest Control (opens in new tab), explains that your treatment method comes down to the type of nest you're handling.
'Carpenter ants live in a network of nests: a Parent Colony, which is almost always outside, and Satellite Nests, located in a radius around the parent colony,' Marc says. 'The Satellite Nests act to expand the foraging range of the parent nest, and they are in frequent contact with the Parent Nest to share resources.'
If a smaller nest site is found, Marc recommends directly applying an aerosol or dust into the void will eliminate it immediately.
However, the Parent Colonies are much larger (often around several feet long), making them harder to treat. You can do so with baits – which you should place next to the ants’ observed trails (but not across the trail). 'The closer to the void opening the baits are placed, the better results will be seen,' Marc says.
There may be multiple satellite nests in one home. All of them, plus the Parent Colony, must be eliminated to end the infestation. Otherwise, the Parent Colony will send another group of workers to re-establish an exterminated satellite nest.
What is the fastest way to get rid of carpenter ants?
'Finding and directly applying a contact or residual insecticide [such as this one on Amazon (opens in new tab)] to the nest site(s) will offer the fastest results,' Marc says. Though, he adds that, due to the difficulty in locating every satellite nest, slower-acting products such as baits may provide faster overall results.
'Never spray near bait placements,' he adds. 'And take care to avoid applying insecticides where they may contact food or where children or pets may be harmed.'
Melanie Rose, a Trained Pest Control Specialist from Nationwide Pest Control (opens in new tab), adds that you will need to apply dust-based insecticides, such as boric acid, which is strong enough to kill the pest for good. 'These insecticides are helpful because they penetrate existing cracks in the interior walls of your home and other wall voids,' she adds.
Why do I suddenly have carpenter ants?
Food, water, and shelter are essential for all pests, including carpenter ants. However, this creature also craves a protein source for egg production and larval rearing and a sugar source for adult ant energy, so it's important to keep on top of cleaning tips and remove any food residue that may attract the insect.
'Good housekeeping inside will help keep ants from foraging inside,' Marc explains. Fresh water is also important but much more difficult to control – a drop of dew is a lot of water for an ant.'
However, the prevention tactics don't end there. The pest control expert also urges you to ensure your window and front door ideas are maintained to avoid moisture-damaged wood that is the perfect base for a parent colony nest site. He suggests keeping doors and windows well caulked to reduce the likelihood of carpenter ants being attracted to your home.
How do you find a carpenter ant nest?
'Following an ant trail back to the opening to the void the nest is in may lead you to the nest,' Marc suggests. However, he warns that some ants enter a home through the foundation before moving to the attic to create their nest, so this is not always an accurate method.
'Once close to the nest, you can hear the ants moving around inside the void: the sound resembles crinkling cellophane. A moisture meter, used by many professionals, will help further narrow down exactly where the nest is inside the void,' he adds. You'll likely find nests around common construction errors that encourage leaks over time (such as a chimney).
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Towards the end from 2021, education loan debt struck a practically all-day most of $step 1.75 trillion, with over forty five billion individuals owing more than $31,one hundred thousand for each. In 2021, university students who grabbed away student education loans lent on average $37,113 – regarding $several,one hundred thousand over borrowers regarding the Class of 2010.
When you find yourself college students could have plans to pay their loans because of the securing a fantastic job appropriate graduation, this doesn’t always happen. CNBC records that over a million students end defaulting to their funds yearly. One to profile is anticipated so you can jump in order to forty% out of borrowers by the 2023, that will equate to 18 mil finance during the default.
Thus, what goes on whenever a student does not pay-off its mortgage? Can you score arrested to own bypassing from your payments? Let us take a closer look.
Would you Head to Jail to own Not paying Figuratively speaking?
Even if within the beginning America got laws and regulations you to invited for brand new jailing away from whoever would not – or would not – shell out their expenses, the newest practice are banned during the 1833. There aren’t any far more debtor’s prisons contained in this country. For those who check out the newest U.S. Service of Education’s website, you’ll find out that going to jail isnt a consequence of not paying their college loans.
Failure to repay loans isnt an unlawful action on the U.S. It is a civil number. What is the distinction? Violent fees require committing a criminal activity up against the state. Civil charge try ranging from one or two somebody or enterprises – a debtor and you will a mortgage lender, such. When the a loan provider sues your more your education loan financial obligation http://www.paydayloanadvance.net/payday-loans-mi/, it would be for the municipal legal.
The latest confusion for the getting arrested getting defaulting on figuratively speaking originates from deficiencies in clarity across the factor in brand new arrest.
Whenever you are a borrower does not head to jail getting defaulting towards the a loan, individuals can always check out jail. If the a court factors a ruling that requires one take specific methods therefore you should never followup – or you several times skip a courtroom summons – a stop warrant will be issued.
Exactly what are the Charges having Not paying College loans?
Typically, students are needed to start and also make its student loan repayments half dozen months once graduation. Thus giving we time for you homes a position and just have on the feet. Most likely, the loan needs monthly installments. The brand new percentage go out towards loan is obviously listed on the newest fee discount. In the event that bank cannot get the payment from the owed day, the mortgage becomes unpaid.
The initial effects having consumers employs brand new student loan possess become outstanding for over 3 months. That is where the lender reports this new non-payment with the about three big national credit reporting agencies – Experian, TransUnion and Equifax. This may reduce your credit rating. A decreased credit rating makes it tough to qualify for other loans, such as automobile financing and mortgage loans. Some landlords along with take a look at an enthusiastic applicant’s credit score prior to giving her or him to have a rental, to find out how perhaps not checking up on your pupil financing can harm your down the road.
Unpaid federal student education loans are considered inside the standard immediately following 270 weeks has enacted because the history fee is made. Just after from inside the standard, you will never qualify to apply for people coming federal pupil services. The us government will even take steps to grab their tax refund, garnish government experts, otherwise garnish your investment returns.
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I have seldom heard a large cinema audience more silent than at the Cinema Politica Concordia screening last night towards the end of The Good Neighbour, a one-hour documentary in which Norwegian filmmaker Astrid Schau-Larsen investigates the tale of the Alberta tar sands. As is inevitable I suppose she produced an horrendous account of how Canada is boxing on with this suicidal project, that has catapulted Canada among the top carbon polluters in the world, and that seems guaranteed, almost, to ensure that the world will lose its fight to diminish the pace of global climate change.
It was as if this Canadian audience, confronted with what is being done in their name, was stunned into complete silence and awe before the immense scale of the work being done around Fort McMurray, and the awful likely consequences as the project is doubled in size, then tripled, then quadrupled, as the present plans suggest it will be, over the next few years.
Produced in English by a Norwegian film company called Sideways Film, this documentary zeroed in on the parlous state of the indigenous people of the region, whose lands have been seized by the oil companies (with the complicity of the Alberta government) and who have had to watch helplessly as gazillions of dollars worth of oil has been siphoned off from under their noses, and they have received, if I may use an expression from my New Zealand childhood, buggar all.
As explained in the company web site this film shows a young Norwegian woman, Julie Strand Offerdal, who has tried to get answers from Statoil, a company partly owned by the Norwegian government, in Oslo and anywhere else she could contact them, and finally, in desperation, decides to undertake a journey in a truck that she fuels with discarded vegetable oil, in the hope of getting her answers by simply seeing the project herself. It was never too clear to me why she undertook to use in her truck discarded oils that have been used to fry chips, but it was apparently for some symbolic reason, such as that she didn’t want to increase her carbon footprint by making the journey.
That is the sort of phony punctiliousness that is so often expected of environmentalists, the typical example being when a bunch of environmentalists drive up in cars to a meeting designed to solve the carbon imprint on the Earth, and, their discussion over, drive away again.
It always seems to me this kind of criticism is misplaced. How else are people expected to get to a meeting, any meeting, without expending some carbon-based fuel? That is the nature of modern life and although it is laudable to try to limit one’s carbon footprint, to use the modish expression, the fact is, even environmentalists are caught in the practices of the modern world, whether they like it or not. Such stunts as Ms. Offerdal pulled are more likely to be used by anti-environmentalists as proof of how naïve and misplaced are the priorities of those who are trying to save the earth. A simple fact is that the solution to the problem is more likely to come from people meeting to discuss it at whatever cost in carbon emissions, than if it was decided not to hold the meeting because it would add to our carbon emissions. Give us a break, fellas!
Anyway, Julie was a nice young woman, and I suppose she did give some inspiration to certain enthusiasts by proving you don’t need oil to travel around in trucks. But let’s leave that aside for the moment. She contacted representatives of the indigenous people who eloquently told her of the depredations, even by Statoil, a company that prides itself on being environmentally and socially progressive and using sustainable methods.
She contrasted Norway’s happy experience as an oil-producing nation, because the oil was mined at sea, and Norwegians, except for a few who worked on the rigs, never saw any of its bad effects. Julie, arrived in Alberta, stood helplessly looking at the huge destruction wrought on the landscape and said forlornly, “I have never seen anything like this. I could never have imagined anything like this.”
She said as a result of the oil-revenues, and the wise use made of them in Norway, the country had free education, and every other facility known to human beings in their search for a good life. Whereas, the indigenous people of Alberta, where the Norwegian company gets at least part of its income from, had been deprived to a large extent of their drinking water, had lost their original hunting way of life because the oil activity had driven away the animals, and mostly lived in trailers or shacks as the money was shovelled out of their lands into the pockets of absentee businessmen. This film is what documentary film is meant to be for: a weapon in the battle for societal change.
It was even more effective because it followed another 48-minute film, called Women;Climate;Change made by women in four continents, detailing the work being done by women to improve the environment they are living in. Many of these women were impressive, both in stature and in personality, but of especial interest to me were two spokeswomen for the indigenous people of Canada. The one who was given the most screen time by director Liz Miler, was Jasmine Thomas of the Saik’uz First Nation, part of the Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, which is not far from Vanderhoof along the northern road across BC that leads to Smithers and on to Terrace and Prince Rupert. This young woman was extraordinarily eloquent as she described the position her people have taken to be leaders among the defenders of the Canadian land, and when she mentioned the proposed pipeline that Enbridge is trying to force through to the BC coast to carry the tar sands gluck, she said simply, “We will never agree to that.” She said something like 150 territories occupied by indigenous people lie along the proposed route, and her statement was expressed with such undemonstrative conviction that I do not doubt their resolve. I have been in that community during my many trips across BC north over the years. I remember leafing through a family’s photo album there, and being amazed at how many members of the family had died prematurely, how many of them had suffered imprisonment, how many of them were ill. And I know how they have suffered in that part of Canada from being deprived of their lands by the provincial government long ago when they allowed Alcan to build their smelter in Kitimat. The native people were simply ignored in that whole process, and they haven’t forgotten it.
This young woman referred back to her grandmother also called Jasmine Thomas, who was expert in indigenous herbal knowledge, which she had passed on through her family to today’s Jasmine Thomas, and it was beautiful and moving to see the old lady as she sat in her canoe while her grand-daughter paid such a wholly felt tribute to her wisdom and generosity.
The second Canadian woman of note was, I believe, unnamed. But in a very brief statement, this indigenous middle-aged woman described how she had been taught by her elders how much people depended on the Earth, how generously the Earth had nurtured them, and how having learned these things, she had always realized that we have a duty to look after this entity that had so wonderfully looked after us. This was one of the most succinct and moving descriptions of this well-known indigenous mantra that I have ever seen.
The second film referred back to the first film when the young Norwegian woman, in commentary, said the native people were told that these pipelines should be approved because they had nothing to do with the oil sands, just as the roads now criss-crossing the landscape had nothing to do with the oil installations, and just as how the coastal terminals had nothing to do with the pipelines that would feed them. Ms Thomas said: “We will never agree to this pipeline being built through our land.”
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Israel Defeated at Ai
1But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for #ch. 22:20; [1 Chr. 2:6, 7]Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.
2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near #ch. 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5; 14:23; Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.” 4So about three thousand men went up there from the people. And #Lev. 26:17; Deut. 28:25they fled before the men of Ai, 5and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people #ch. 2:9, 11melted and became as water.
6Then Joshua #Gen. 37:29, 34; Num. 14:6; 2 Sam. 1:11; 13:31 tore his clothes and #Num. 14:5 fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put #1 Sam. 4:12dust on their heads. 7And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, #Ex. 5:22; 2 Kgs. 3:10why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and #Ps. 83:4cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
The Sin of Achan
10The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11Israel has sinned; they have #ver. 15 transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the #ch. 6:17, 18devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12#Num. 14:45; Judg. 2:14 Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They #ver. 8 turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become #ch. 6:18 devoted for destruction.#7:12 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction) I will be with you no more, unless you destroy #ver. 11the devoted things from among you. 13Get up! Consecrate the people and say, #ch. 3:5‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.” 14In the morning therefore you shall be brought near #1 Sam. 10:19by your tribes. And the tribe that the Lord takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households. And the household that the Lord takes shall come near man by man. 15#1 Sam. 14:38, 39 And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has #ver. 11 transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done #Gen. 34:7; Judg. 20:6an outrageous thing in Israel.’”
16So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the #Num. 26:20Zerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, #1 Sam. 6:5; Jer. 13:16; Mal. 2:2; John 9:24 give glory to the Lord God of Israel and #Num. 5:6, 7; 2 Chr. 30:22; Ezra 10:11; Dan. 9:4 give praise#7:19 Or and make confession to him. And #1 Sam. 14:43tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly #2 Sam. 12:13I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,#7:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the #ver. 26; ch. 15:7; Isa. 65:10; Hos. 2:15Valley of Achor. 25And Joshua said, “Why did you #ch. 6:18; 1 Chr. 2:7 bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel #Lev. 20:2; 24:14 stoned him with stones. #ch. 22:20They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26And they raised over him #ch. 8:29; 2 Sam. 18:17; [Lam. 3:53] a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then #Deut. 13:17the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.#7:26 Achor means trouble | <urn:uuid:088862b6-923d-4702-afbe-59c76aa5b673> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bible.com/bible/59/JOS.7.ESV | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970351 | 1,548 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Would you be able to recognize the actual metal components in a piece of jewelry after seeing its stamp markings?
Jewelry is made using different metallic components, and to make it possible for you to buy the best possible kind of jewelry, an understanding of the numbers and abbreviations on jewelry is crucial in ensuring that you get your money’s worth.
Today, we look at the 925 stamp on gold jewelry and what it means.
So, let’s get started!
What does 925 mean on jewelry?
Essentially, the 925 hallmarks that is stamped on jewelry is often used to refer to sterling silver. Sterling silver is also referred to as 925 sterling silver, and it represents the metal alloy that is used in jewelry making and also in some decorative household pieces.
The 92.5% represents the 92.5% pure silver in the sterling silver, with the remainder of the components made of 7.5% copper. On occasion, 7.5% accounts for all other metals. However, and on most occasions, 92.5% represents the percentage purity of the silver.
When it comes to sterling silver, the number 925 on jewelry and ster or sterling, the historic British mark for silver always represents the amount of silver in the jewelry. In the United States and a number of other countries, sterling silver is also used on jewelry pieces with a low percentage purity for silver.
Often, these kinds of jewelry will have the 800 or a 900 hallmark hidden somewhere, and you could also miss it completely, which is why it’s important to understand the meaning of the 925 hallmarks used on different kinds of jewelry.
What does “925” mean on gold Jewelry?
Gold is one of the rarest precious metals on earth, and miners have, for centuries, panhandled gold from the iciest Alaska Slopes to the Canadian Klondike and even the very infamous Gold Rush (California). As a result of its rarity, this chemical element is highly valued.
Unfortunately, the high value and demand for gold mean that there are different types of gold jewelry along with gold stamps, and understanding what the market has to offer is essential.
One of the variations of gold that you need to be aware of is 925 gold or, rather, gold with the 925 hallmark stamped on it – what does it even mean, and why does it bear a hallmark that’s synonymous with sterling silver?
Well, the 925 stamp is used to refer to the standard quality and grade of sterling silver, where the 925 represents the percentage of pure silver in the piece, in parts per thousand, with the remaining being a representation of copper or other metals added to the silver to harden it. This definition (and meaning) does not, however, hold the same meaning when the 925 gold comes into the picture. And when you see jewelry with the 925 stamp, there is often a high likelihood that the stamping on the jewelry doesn’t apply to the gold jewelry.
The 925 stamp, better known as the hallmark, is a feature that’s used to communicate to the buyer of said jewelry about the authenticity and the quality of the metal being considered. And as mentioned above, the meaning of the 925 on sterling silver doesn’t apply to the 925 gold. This is because 925 gold isn’t solid gold, but sterling silver jewelry plated with gold. Meaning that if you are shopping for solid gold jewelry and you come across ‘gold’ jewelry with the 925 stamp, you shouldn’t bother buying that jewelry.
Gold plated sterling silver jewelry is better known as gold vermeil. Gold vermeil is also known as costume jewelry, and if you have been around the jewelry world for some time, you would be able to recognize the gold vermeil jewelry at a glance.
For jewelry in the United States to qualify as gold vermeil, it must be gold plated with 10K gold, at the very least. What this means is that the gold plating should be 42% gold, at minimum. But that is not the only condition attached to jewelry being regarded as gold vermeil – the thickness of gold plating is also important, and it must be at least 2.5 microns thin. You will, therefore, notice that the gold plating is thicker for the gold vermeil than it is for gold plated pieces of jewelry. With this information, it’s obvious why some people would confuse solid gold jewelry with gold vermeil.
The bottom line, however, is that 925 isn’t the legitimate system for grading, especially when it comes down to the purity of gold. In the jewelry world, only silver (sterling silver) is rated using the grading system, while gold’s rating is through a standard called karatage.
Why Stamp Gold Jewelry with a Silver Mark?
The reason why gold (plated) jewelry would have a silver mark is that the ‘gold’ jewelry in question isn’t really made of gold. Puzzling, isn’t it?
But it doesn’t come as a surprise, though, and in most cases, the silver mark on gold jewelry is there to give the real meaning and an understanding of the components that make up the gold jewelry.
As mentioned above, this kind of stamping would represent the fact that you are looking at jewelry made of silver or sterling silver as the base metal, but with a gold plating. Think of 925 gold as a fancy name for high-quality and high-priced gold plated sterling silver jewelry. The 925 is there to denote the actual purity of the sterling silver base metal rather than the gold plating.
And to reiterate what we mentioned above, the 925 mark on such jewelry denotes the kind of jewelry better known as gold vermeil.
Why is Gold stamped with “K”?
K is the gold hallmark, which means that if you are looking for information about the quality and percentage purity of gold, you should look at the value attached to the K. K is short for karatage, which is the standard purity determination function for gold.
- 24 Karat gold is 100% pure gold
- 22 karat gold is 91.6% gold with the 22K hallmark. Traditionally referred to as 916 gold.
- Then you have 18 karat gold, which is 75% pure gold with the 18K hallmark; previously 750 gold.
- This is followed by 14 karat gold with 58.5% gold and the 14K hallmark, previously known as 585 gold.
- The lowest purity gold acceptable on the market today is 10 karat gold, which contains 41.7% gold and the 10K hallmark. It was previously known as 417 gold.
Silver is stamped with Numbers
To recognize silver or sterling silver jewelry, you need to look out for the standard numerals identification. There are numerous hallmarks used in different countries, but for the most part, sterling silver’s hallmark is 925. These numbers represent the fact that the object in question contains exactly 925 parts per 1000 of pure silver and only 75 parts of copper.
The other stamping marks for sterling silver include:
- 999 for fine silver, often used in the silver bullions. 999 silver is the closest metal that is as close to the pure elemental silver, with the remaining 0.1% representing the trace elements present in the fine silver, albeit at an insignificant quality. Generally, the fine silver looks a lot duller, and it’s grayer than the .925 sterling silver. That said, it’s important to note that the fine 999 silver is extremely soft and susceptible to dents, scratches, as well as changes in shape. The upside of this kind of fine silver is that it boasts a high level of resistance to tarnishing, and you can easily fuse two pieces without having to worry about soldering the pieces. As a result, this soft metal is used in necklaces, earrings rather than rings and bracelets because the latter two would be bumped too often.
- 958 represents Britannia Silver, which is a subset of sterling silver
- 950 silver is the French 1st Standard silver, a name that has been used since 1949.
- 925 Silver is pretty much 999 sterling silver with copper. This kind of silver jewelry is recognized by its unique silver color. It is the standard silver in the US and across most of the markets in the world. It’s bright and quite shiny, but unlike 999 silver, it tarnishes, it can be stretched when exposed to too much tension, it dents, and it also scratches easily. However, it can be soldered, repeatedly annealed, and formed.
Then there is 900 silver, which is the silver used in all the silver coins in the US used between 1892 and 1964.
That said, it’s important to keep in mind that Argentum is made of between 925 and 999 parts pure silver plus germanium.
What this means is that if you come across a piece of gold jewelry with a stamp with any of the numbers above, it often means that the piece of jewelry in question is gold plated.
What About 925 Italy on gold jewelry?
Essentially, this is the silver that’s made in Italy. 925 Italy gold refers to the hallmark used to show the gold plated sterling silver jewelry.
The sterling silver core and the gold plated piece is made in Italy. So, while the jewelry isn’t made of solid gold, it means that it’s a treasured piece of jewelry that you could add to your collection.
Is 925 Gold Worth anything or buying?
The market boasts some of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry, and you will be happy to know that most of the pieces are worth your money. Some people also prefer buying the 925 gold (gold vermeil) jewelry because of its popularity.
The 925 gold is not, however, solid gold, which means that the jewelry holds some value, although not as much value as solid gold jewelry.
Now, if you are wondering if you could get some money off the gold vermeil, you will be happy to know that the jewelry has some value, especially because it is made of high-quality sterling silver plus solid, high-quality gold plating.
That said, you need to keep in mind that when you are buying jewelry, you shouldn’t buy 925 gold jewelry because it is not actually solid gold. Also, gold pieces of jewelry boast unique features, and the piece you eventually settle on is the one you prefer, the one that matches your interests.
But if you insist on buying 925 gold, you will be happy to know that this kind of jewelry is inexpensive in comparison to solid gold jewelry, and you also still get to enjoy the nice gold luster from gold plating.
The gold plated on the sterling silver is often made of high-quality 14k or 18k gold, meaning you still get that beautiful classic aesthetic that you can only get from gold jewelry.
So, the option you choose is pretty much reliant on your specific preference. Also, the gold vermeil jewelry makes some of the best pieces of costume jewelry pieces that are designed to offer just the right amount of flair to your style.
If you come across jewelry with the 925 gold stamp, you should know that the stamp denotes the gold plated 925 sterling silver. As mentioned above, the 925 denotes the 92.5% sterling silver base metal (with 7.5% made of copper), with a gold plating.
Besides the plating, you can tell that you have gold vermeil by running tests on it. For example, sterling silver jewelry isn’t magnetic, and because of the sterling silver base, the jewelry won’t stick to the magnet. This test also works well if you have a gold plated sterling silver piece.
And as gold vermeil, it holds some value because the gold plating is made of the best quality materials – the gold plated layer has a minimum of 2.5 microns gold thickness.
Also, sterling silver is of the best quality. The best part is that you get excellent value at a great bargain.
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Working in the counseling field for the past 8 years and in private practice the last 2 years I have found that a lot of people suffer from anxiety, without understanding what is going on. Quite a few of my clients have commented they did not realize the symptoms they were experiencing were in fact, anxiety. That’s why I have decided to write my blog on this topic and hopefully provide some insight into the disorder and some helpful tips that my clients have found beneficial in their treatment.
First up, what is anxiety exactly? Anxiety is a mental health disorder that is diagnosable utilizing the DSM-V. Anxiety is characterized by someone experiencing excessive feelings of impending doom or worrying thoughts with difficulty controlling the thoughts, ie shutting them off. Other symptoms of anxiety you can also experience are: irritability, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, feeling on edge, and sleep disturbance (difficulty falling/staying asleep, restless sleep, unsatisfying sleep).
It’s important to know that anxiety does not look the same on everyone. Most people believe that only those who are visibly anxious or fidgety have anxiety. In reality a lot of people experience a more internalized type of anxiety. There are people who have anxiety that look cool as a cucumber on the outside but on the inside they are freaking out and their mind is racing. Another big misconception is that someone with anxiety also experiences panic attacks. Some who suffer from anxiety never experience a panic attack, while there are others who experience panic attacks with their increased symptoms.
There are a few skills that my clients with anxiety have found helpful for coping with their symptoms.
- Self talk- talking yourself through those irrational thoughts to more rational thoughts.
- Mindfulness- doing your best to be mindful of your thoughts so you are able to catch those anxious thoughts quickly before they grow too big.
- Flipping thoughts- flipping negative thoughts to more positive. For example if you are thinking an event won’t be fun or that you won’t be good at something. You can flip it to more positive ones of, “I can have a good time at this event because I’ll be spending time with my friends or I have practiced hard and I know I can do this.”
- Distracting yourself- after flipping your thought or utilizing self talk, you can distract yourself with doing something else to help keep the thoughts from sneaking back up on you.
- Journaling- a great tool to use if you struggle falling asleep at night. I encourage my clients to journal before bed to help get all those thoughts racing in their mind out on paper. Journaling in general is a great tool to use on a regular.
- Deep breathing- taking slow deep breaths in counts of four. Breathe in…1..2..3..4, Breathe out…1..2..3..4, repeated.
- Other great skills that can be utilized are: yoga, coloring, exercise, decrease in caffeine intake, walks, talking through things with family/friends, playing with your pet, and reading, just to name a few.
The last thing I would like to leave you with is giving your self grace and patience when dealing with your anxiety. You will have days that are better than others. Try not to shame yourself for the bad days but find ways to do better. Every back step is another lesson learned on how to cope better. Do your best to not bully yourself with “why am I like this or what is wrong with me.” Truth is nothing is wrong with you, you are a person who struggles with anxiety. Finding acceptance that you have anxiety will motivate and encourage you to keep fighting through. Shaming yourself for having anxiety will only hold you back and possibly induce a bout of depression and/or decreased self esteem. I encourage those who struggle with anxiety to not shy away from getting support from family, friends, or even seeking out counseling if needed. Love yourself through it and give yourself grace during those difficult times.
Her therapy clients describe Kristy as supportive, fun, easy to talk to, empowering, and positive.
Kristy’s therapy style is open, direct, engaging, caring, upbeat, and motivating.
Kristy earned her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Heidelberg University. Before joining the team at The Willow Center, she worked with clients in a variety of other settings: an inpatient addiction facility, a community mental health center, a local hospital, and a nearby school system. She practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and has extensive training in helping people deal with trauma utilizing a specific form of therapy called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help clients move past deeply ingrained negative beliefs about themselves and their abilities.
Kristy enjoys working with clients of all ages, and especially enjoys working with people struggling with anxiety, depression, and issues of self worth. She is very comfortable working with people who are burden by past trauma, and individuals in the LGBTQ+ community. She feels that the years she spent traveling the world as a child of an army soldier have given her a unique and open-minded perspective of the world and people. It’s that diverse point of view that she feels helps her relate to, and ultimately help her clients create the changes they want in their lives. | <urn:uuid:f9f31216-0994-4d41-b0cd-9358f02872e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://willowcenter.com/worried-like-whoa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965563 | 1,097 | 2.34375 | 2 |
I love having houseplants. They bring so much to the aesthetic of my room as well as I just really enjoy taking care of them. I have them all over my house. One thing we have had an issue with from time to time is annoying pesky gnats that live in the soil of the plants. I have finally found a couple of things that have really helped to get rid of gnats in houseplant soil and I wanted to share them here in case anyone else is having an issue.
Here are 3 things you can do to get rid of gnats in houseplant soil:
1. Repot your plants
The first thing you will want to do is replant your plants with fresh quality potting soil. Clean them off well (being extremely careful with the roots) and if needed put them in a new pot that is more appropriate for the size of your plant.
Make sure you layer rocks in the bottom to help the soil drain and use the appropriate soil for the type of plant you are potting.
2. Put sand over the soil
Something you can do to help is put a layer of sand over the soil. They don’t like the sand and this helps deter and possibly get rid of them. I just used playground sand I got in a 50lb bag from Home Depot.
3. Use Neem oil spray
Using Neem oil is a great advantage. It is organic and made to kill insects, help with plant diseases, and more! You can get a bottle of it at most stores, or online. Even if you don’t want to replant or add sand, be sure to treat it with Neem oil and I think you will see a huge difference.
What have you tried?
I hope that these tips help you get rid of gnats in houseplant soil. I would love to hear what else you have tried and if it worked. Taking care of plants can be a lot of work but it is gratifying.
Easiest house plants to grow
If you are new to the houseplant game or have been working on it for a while, I wanted to share a list of some of the easiest houseplants to keep alive. These are especially great for beginners in case you are needing some ideas and want to get started as a plant parent or add more to your collection and weren’t sure what to try.
- Chinese Evergreen
- Golden Pothos
- Mona Lavender
- Wandering Tradescantia Zebrina
- Molded Wax Succulent
- Echeveria succulents
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Are your employees weakening your cybersecurity program?
For businesses wanting to bump up their cybersecurity to fight against external threats, focusing on your own team may seem a little counterintuitive.
However, it seems that your employees may actually be the weak link in your cybersecurity processes, according to a recent global study by Dimensional Research.
The research, which was commissioned by Barracuda Networks, focuses on the current experiences that businesses have with employee behavior and the associated email security risks.
The study includes the responses of over 630 IT professionals from around the globe. The study concluded the following:
Employee behavior is the main security concern
The main conclusion from the study was that effective email security is not just a product of good tools put in place by the organization. Rather, the greater cause of concern lies with the poor behavior of employees.
Poor employee behavior refers to things such as carelessness, use of personal emails, and disregarding policies.
According to the report, 84 percent of respondents said employee behavior was the top concern, compared to 16 percent who blamed inadequate tools for security attacks.
No real consensus on the level of employee that will fall for an attack
The report discovered when it comes to victims of an attack, the criminal does not necessarily target a particular level of employee.
When asked the question of “What level of employee are you most concerned about falling for an email security attack?”, of the respondents, 46 percent said individual contributors, 39 percent said executives and 15 percent reported team managers.
It seems that email phishing attacks are purely a numbers game. The more emails sent out by the attacker, the more likely someone from the organization is to fall for it.
While executives may be viewed as a likely target due to the more valuable information they hold, the easier target for attackers is the frontline staff- as demonstrated by the higher percentage.
Why? The fact is, frontline staff are not always aware of the risks and impacts related to poor security practice.
Lack of education and training for employees
While many of the IT respondents believe that new tools such as artificial intelligence can help identify and stop cyber attacks in real time, 100 percent of respondents believe that training and awareness programmes are vital to improve email security.
Despite all respondents believing training is crucial in the fight against phishing attacks, not everyone is actually practicing it.
Of respondents, only 77 percent are training their employees. Larger organizations were found to be more likely to train employees compared to smaller businesses. Though this isn’t surprising considering larger enterprises are often earlier adopters of new business technologies and trends.
The findings from the study show a clear cause of concern relating to employee security training. While emerging technologies such as AI can help in the detection and protection of email attacks, the human element still plays a very vital part.
So it may be time to ask yourself, are your employees equipped with the knowledge to mitigate against email phishing attacks?
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The 5th day of the School occurred to be the RIC day – the participants listened to 4 speakers from India, China and Russia:
- Yang Cheng, Professor of Shanghai International Studies University presented the topic “The Challenges of Illiberal World Order to The World Economy and Politics”, in which he discussed the factors influenced global security culture (since the end of the Cold War and collapse of the Soviet Union)
- Nandan Unnikrishnan is one of India’s leading experts on the India-Russia relations, Honorary Research Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), and Andrey Sushentsov, Russian political scientist, specialist in American studies, discussed with the participants the topic “The Strategies of Non-Alignment” and made some conclusions about the countries conduct during different conflict situations. The discussion was moderated by Alexey Kupriyanov, Senior Researcher of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of Russian Academy of Science (IMEMO RAS)
- Viktoria Panova, Deputy Executive Director of the National Committee for BRICS Research presented the topic “International Institutions: Between Cooperation and National Interests”, in which she shared her thoughts about the current work of international institutions.
All the lectures are available on the Faculty’s YouTube channel:
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If you picked up a copy of the Summer 2022 edition of the Forest & River News, published by the Trees Foundation, you may have seen our article: “Stacking Restoration Strategies for Greater Impact on Water Flows in the Mattole.” Read an excerpt below…
“…what we’re attempting now is what we’re informally referring to as “stacking”–using multiple strategies in one project in order to have a bigger impact. The North Fork Lost River Flow and Habitat Enhancement Project, funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board for $2 million, does just that. This project will utilize two important strategies: 1) increased runoff retention and groundwater storage, providing streamflow benefits that mimic the natural hydrologic cycle, improving late spring and early summer flows; and 2) increased surface water storage with metered flow to augment late summer flows.”
Sanctuary Forest is pleased to announce the winners of its Scholarship Program, now in its 27th year—we are proud to say that we have awarded $109,000 since the program’s inception in 1996! Six outstanding North Coast high school seniors will each receive a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of their demonstrated commitment to environmental protection: Johnathan Martinez of Hoopa Valley High School, Ryder York of South Fork High School, Alexa Miller of Mendocino High School, Kyla Marcello of Mendocino High School, Claire Kaufman of Whale Gulch High School, and Taya Roth of Eureka High School.
Sanctuary Forest scholarships are generously funded by friends of Sanctuary Forest and Rondal Snodgrass, by the Dimmick Family, Humboldt Redwood Company, the Maria & Robert Kelly Stewardship and by local businesses: Almquist Lumber, Bee Hunter Wine, Coffee Break, Redway Liquor & Deli, Richard Benoit DDS and Thrifty Supply. Join us in thanking them for their support!
The USGS National Water Dashboard allows you to view current water information all over the United States. Here at Sanctuary Forest, we use it to monitor streamflows of the Mattole River when we can’t get out and monitor the river in person. Recently, they launched a much more interactive version allowing “access [to] real-time water data from over 13,500 stations nationwide.”
A brief intro is presented as a pop-up when you first load the website.
Close the pop-up after reading, and choose the area you want to zoom in on and click the plus sign, similar to Google Maps. (Use your mouse or finger to center your area of focus, and keep clicking the plus sign until you find your area of interest.)
Each colored dot represents a USGS gauge. For the Mattole River, there are two, located in Ettersburg and Petrolia. If you hover (or click on mobile) on a colored dot it will tell you the river, location, and most recent measured flow. If you click (or click on the graphs, on mobile), it will show you a graph. You can select discharge (flow), temperature, or gage height to view as a graph.
The color of the dot indicates how high or low the flow is compared to that date in years past.
On the right, you can play with adding or removing different layers to the map, including groundwater & springwater levels, water quality and rainfall, etc.
By Stuart Moskowitz, Sanctuary Forest Board of Directors
As printed in the summer issue of the Forest & River News, published by the Trees Foundation.
In December 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill entered an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company, creating a conservation easement protecting Luna forever. It ended Julia’s two-year tree-sit, where Luna served as her microphone for speaking to the world about sustainable forestry. In 2008, the easement transferred to the Humboldt Redwood Company.
Sanctuary Forest, a land trust, monitors this easement. My name is Stuart. I serve on Sanctuary Forest’s board of directors. Twenty years ago, I volunteered to take the lead monitoring this easement. This Luna story took a dark turn in November, 2000 when a vandal chain-sawed halfway through her trunk. Experts predicted that Luna would die from the top down within 2-5 years. While some dieback did occur at the very top, Luna has thrived and grown.
Luna continues to serve as a microphone. Photographers, authors, researchers, and filmmakers, among others, still hear her call from around the world. Four detailed updates can be found here. The last one was written in 2015. This short fifth update focuses on the people who, since 2015, have kept Luna’s story alive through books, movies, theatre, lectures, and more.
We, Sanctuary Forest, acknowledge and appreciate that this place in which we work is situated within the greater Tribal Territory of the Indigenous Sinkyu-ne (“Sinkyone”) Peoples.
Founded in 1986, InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council is a Tribal non-profit consortium comprised of ten federally recognized Northern California Tribal Nations with cultural connections to the lands and waters of traditional Sinkyone and neighboring Tribal territories. Member tribes are:
-Cahto Tribe of Laytonville Rancheria
-Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
-Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
-Pinoleville Pomo Nation
-Potter Valley Tribe
-Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians
-Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians
-Round Valley Indian Tribes
-Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
-Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians
In honor of today, we would like to share a short film titled “Stewards of the Wild Sea.”
“Directed by Bill Bayne, and produced by Hawk Rosales and April Bucksbaum, “Stewards of the Wild Sea” highlights the pivotal role that California north coast tribes played in protecting their ancestral fishing and gathering rights while participating in a unique Tribal-State partnership that brought about a dual victory for both the marine environment and north coast tribes.” (thebaumfoundation.org)
We held a very lovely Naming Ceremony last Sunday, September 19, in Ancestor Grove. We honored all of our donors over the past year as well as all individuals memorialized or honored with a gift to Sanctuary Forest.
Regretfully, due to a technical malfunction, we were unable to capture a recording of the ceremony to share with the public. However, we do have a recording of one song to share, performed by Marisa Formosa and Joseph Cook: “Fare Thee Well,” a beautiful song also known as “Dink’s Song” written by an African American woman known only as Dink.
A complete program of the ceremony can be viewed and/or downloaded here. As always, thank you for your contributions to Sanctuary Forest. It is our privilege to perform the work that your gifts support.
Click here to watch the video of “Fare Thee Well.”
You may have noticed some activity between Whitethorn and Ettersburg Junctions recently! Sanctuary Forest is excited to announce that Logan Edwards of Edwards Excavation & Restoration is breaking ground on our new restoration project in McKee Creek! Logan will work with the Mattole Salmon Group to complete the project this summer. We are incorporating many things we’ve learned so far with all of our projects, and will be creating a variety of instream structures to help recharge the groundwater and provide habitat for salmonids. The instream structures planned for the McKee Creek mainstem will include 12 channel spanning log and boulder weirs, 4 valley-spanning log weirs/trenchwalls, 1 boulder weir, 2 boulder clusters, 6 high flow backwater jams and 23 whole trees.
Sanctuary Forest is excited to announce a new virtual hike video!
Please join Sanctuary Forest for a virtual tour entitled Streamflow Enhancement in Lost River. This video tour will begin in the headwaters of the Mattole River, following the winding creek we know as Lost River through areas historically impacted by logging and old mill sites as well as other human use. Viewers will visit the Lost River Groundwater Recharge and Flow Enhancement project site: this innovative pilot project involves the use of beaver dam analog structures and log weirs to slow, spread and sink the water into the ground, an action that not only helps recharge groundwater resources but also reconnects the stream to historic flood plains. Viewers will learn about the outcomes from this experimental work and join us on the North Fork of Lost River to visit the site of a much larger project to be implemented in 2021. The North Fork project incorporates everything we have learned to date including the need for upslope ponds with metered flow to keep pools connected during the driest time of the year. This hike is led by Tasha McKee, Sanctuary Forest Water Program Director, and Cam Thompson, Mattole Salmon Group.
Sanctuary Forest is excited to welcome a new member to our team, Bryce Howe! Bryce is joining us as Stewardship Program Coordinator–please join us in welcoming him not only to Sanctuary Forest, but to Humboldt County!
Bryce is from a small town in Western Colorado. He studied environmental science and biology at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and obtained a degree in fish and wildlife ecology and management at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. He has worked for a number of federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service. He enjoys hiking, biking, and observing wildlife and plants in his free time.
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The University of Kerala administers various UG/PG degree programmes and conducts the sessional exams each year to continue the educational progress forth. For the academic year 2020, the examination panel will announce Kerala University Results 2020 timely as scheduled. More details are accessible from this page and students completing their degree and diploma courses from UoK must remain informed of such. Find related details here and move to the key link to download Kerala University Result Regular/Supplementary BA, Bsc, Bcom.
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Calculate flow rate.
- Define units of volume.
- Describe incompressible fluids.
- Explain the consequences of the equation of continuity.
Flow rate is defined to be the volume of fluid passing by some location through an area during a period of time, as seen in Figure 12.2. In symbols, this can be written as
where is the volume and is the elapsed time.
The SI unit for flow rate is , but a number of other units for are in common use. For example, the heart of a resting adult pumps blood at a rate of 5.00 liters per minute (L/min). Note that a liter (L) is 1/1000 of a cubic meter or 1000 cubic centimeters ( or ). In this text we shall use whatever metric units are most convenient for a given situation.
Calculating Volume from Flow Rate: The Heart Pumps a Lot of Blood in a Lifetime
How many cubic meters of blood does the heart pump in a 75-year lifetime, assuming the average flow rate is 5.00 L/min?
Time and flow rate are given, and so the volume can be calculated from the definition of flow rate.
Solving for volume gives
Substituting known values yields
This amount is about 200,000 tons of blood. For comparison, this value is equivalent to about 200 times the volume of water contained in a 6-lane 50-m lap pool.
Flow rate and velocity are related, but quite different, physical quantities. To make the distinction clear, think about the flow rate of a river. The greater the velocity of the water, the greater the flow rate of the river. But flow rate also depends on the size of the river. A rapid mountain stream carries far less water than the Amazon River in Brazil, for example. The precise relationship between flow rate and velocity is
where is the cross-sectional area and is the average velocity. This equation seems logical enough. The relationship tells us that flow rate is directly proportional to both the magnitude of the average velocity (hereafter referred to as the speed) and the size of a river, pipe, or other conduit. The larger the conduit, the greater its cross-sectional area. Figure 12.2 illustrates how this relationship is obtained. The shaded cylinder has a volume
which flows past the point in a time . Dividing both sides of this relationship by gives
We note that and the average speed is . Thus the equation becomes .
Figure 12.3 shows an incompressible fluid flowing along a pipe of decreasing radius. Because the fluid is incompressible, the same amount of fluid must flow past any point in the tube in a given time to ensure continuity of flow. In this case, because the cross-sectional area of the pipe decreases, the velocity must necessarily increase. This logic can be extended to say that the flow rate must be the same at all points along the pipe. In particular, for points 1 and 2,
This is called the equation of continuity and is valid for any incompressible fluid. The consequences of the equation of continuity can be observed when water flows from a hose into a narrow spray nozzle: it emerges with a large speed—that is the purpose of the nozzle. Conversely, when a river empties into one end of a reservoir, the water slows considerably, perhaps picking up speed again when it leaves the other end of the reservoir. In other words, speed increases when cross-sectional area decreases, and speed decreases when cross-sectional area increases.
Since liquids are essentially incompressible, the equation of continuity is valid for all liquids. However, gases are compressible, and so the equation must be applied with caution to gases if they are subjected to compression or expansion.
Calculating Fluid Speed: Speed Increases When a Tube Narrows
A nozzle with a radius of 0.250 cm is attached to a garden hose with a radius of 0.900 cm. The flow rate through hose and nozzle is 0.500 L/s. Calculate the speed of the water (a) in the hose and (b) in the nozzle.
We can use the relationship between flow rate and speed to find both velocities. We will use the subscript 1 for the hose and 2 for the nozzle.
Solution for (a)
First, we solve for and note that the cross-sectional area is , yielding
Substituting known values and making appropriate unit conversions yields
Solution for (b)
We could repeat this calculation to find the speed in the nozzle , but we will use the equation of continuity to give a somewhat different insight. Using the equation which states
solving for and substituting for the cross-sectional area yields
Substituting known values,
A speed of 1.96 m/s is about right for water emerging from a nozzleless hose. The nozzle produces a considerably faster stream merely by constricting the flow to a narrower tube.
The solution to the last part of the example shows that speed is inversely proportional to the square of the radius of the tube, making for large effects when radius varies. We can blow out a candle at quite a distance, for example, by pursing our lips, whereas blowing on a candle with our mouth wide open is quite ineffective.
In many situations, including in the cardiovascular system, branching of the flow occurs. The blood is pumped from the heart into arteries that subdivide into smaller arteries (arterioles) which branch into very fine vessels called capillaries. In this situation, continuity of flow is maintained but it is the sum of the flow rates in each of the branches in any portion along the tube that is maintained. The equation of continuity in a more general form becomes
where and are the number of branches in each of the sections along the tube.
Calculating Flow Speed and Vessel Diameter: Branching in the Cardiovascular System
The aorta is the principal blood vessel through which blood leaves the heart in order to circulate around the body. (a) Calculate the average speed of the blood in the aorta if the flow rate is 5.0 L/min. The aorta has a radius of 10 mm. (b) Blood also flows through smaller blood vessels known as capillaries. When the rate of blood flow in the aorta is 5.0 L/min, the speed of blood in the capillaries is about 0.33 mm/s. Given that the average diameter of a capillary is , calculate the number of capillaries in the blood circulatory system.
We can use to calculate the speed of flow in the aorta and then use the general form of the equation of continuity to calculate the number of capillaries as all of the other variables are known.
Solution for (a)
The flow rate is given by or for a cylindrical vessel.
Substituting the known values (converted to units of meters and seconds) gives
Solution for (b)
Using , assigning the subscript 1 to the aorta and 2 to the capillaries, and solving for (the number of capillaries) gives . Converting all quantities to units of meters and seconds and substituting into the equation above gives
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Severe economic crises in Sri Lanka have critically impacted its premier tea industry which is struggling to meet its export targets. The prolonged economic woes in the island nation-the doyen of the global tea market are providing an opportunity to neighboring India, which has been a traditional tea grower for the world also.
The current Lankan economic situation will lead to a significant decline in tea production and shipments on the island for the season 2021-2022.
The tea industry of Sri Lanka was hugely impacted during the economic crises of 2019-20, but during the current economic slowdown, this has dropped to its lowest level in 23 years. Before the current crisis, Sri Lanka exported tea worth 1.3 billion dollars out of which it exported tea worth 167 million dollars to Turkey, 132 million dollars to Russia, 75 million dollars to Iran, 104 million dollars to Iraq, and 55 dollars million to China, according to Tea Board of India. But this has dropped to its lowest level in 23 years.
Reasons for decline in export of Sri Lankan Tea
Bratisha Das a tea trader from Darjeeling who recently visited Sri Lanka highlighted the factors responsible for the downfall of tea export in Sri Lanka.
“The Lankan tea factories are struggling to operate as they are facing power cuts, a shortage of fuel and fertilizer, and a dwindle in other production inputs, and this disruption in the production process has led to a decline in the quality as well as quantity. This year the production is expected to fall 20-35 percent which is a huge margin.”
She added; “Sri Lanka produces almost 400 million kg of tea annually- mostly exported to CIS nations (mainly Russia), Iran, UAE, and Turkey, which are the key markets for Sri Lanka, and hence makes it largest orthodox tea producer in the world. But the downfall is an opportunity as the tea consumers from around the globe including Sri Lanka will depend on Indian Tea. However, India could strengthen its footprints and capture markets in these countries by increasing exports for the ongoing year 2022.”
The Sri Lankan crisis is an opportunity for the Indian Tea industry!!!
The Indian tea industry is already gaining profit, companies like McLeod Russel India gained benefits by over 11 percent, CCL Products was up over 10 percent, and Tata Tea was up nearly 13 percent, last month following the unfolding of the Sri Lankan economic crisis.
Indian Tea is world-famous, despite this the country is behind in the global tea market. During the Financial Year 2021 Tea worth 704.36 million dollars was exported from the country. Flavors like Assam, Darjeeling, and Nilgiri are among the finest in the world, still, it is in the fourth position for exporting. A variety of reasons such as lack of access to capital, inefficient supply chains, and non-adaptability to changing trends and technologies can be held responsible for this gap.
Arya Sen, a tea trader, and an ex-economics professor from Siliguri said, “India and Sri Lanka are two major competitors of the tea industry in the global market, and the situation of Sri Lanka will not get under control soon. In the global tea market apart from Sri Lanka, China is the major producer of orthodox variety but they consume more than export. So, India being the producer of around 120 million kg of orthodox tea, of that 80 percent is exported, will attract more international packers leading to a boom in the Indian tea market.”
Undoubtedly, if the situation on the island continues to worsen deeper and the Indian market expands more, then it will be a gain for the ailing industry. Hence, Shri Lankan economic crisis is an opportunity for the Indian tea industry that should be tapped.
“The gateway to the global market has opened and now it’s time for the Indian tea industry to make future strategies. India should take advantage of the successful bilateral trade and payment mechanism with Russia and become a quality supplier. Also, Sri Lanka has seen a major dip in the Iranian tea market after the crisis and it has lost a chunk of orthodox tea. Grabbing this opportunity Indian tea market must try to make space and work on the up-gradation of payment mechanism with the Iranian tea market as it will help in getting into new markets like Canada, US, and Iraq.” said Sen.
The warming climate is a challenge as it exacerbates the existing challenges of pests and diseases. These compounding challenges threaten the quality of yields that, in turn, will disrupt the entire supply chain. Investments in research and technology adoption can help tea growers adapt to these changes.
How to infuse growth in the Indian tea industry
Throwing light on the need for education and infrastructure development in tea growing regions and among tea growers, Sen further added “through community development in tea growing areas the quality of yield could be improved and enhanced. Also, the tea tourism in India should be increased by the government so that revenue and infuse cash into the tea industry will also increase. This will allow the estate owners to invest more into product and capacity development. India is already in demand for black tea, organic and herbal tea in the global market after the pandemic, so to play on the global stage we must grab this opportunity and start providing quality products to global consumers.”
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Toyota India states that airbags installed in Toyota cars are as per the industry’s safety standards, and conforms to all regulations. For airbag deployment, sensors attached to a car body measure impact responses, and transmit them as signals to a central control unit. This unit then compares gathered data to pre-programmed information, and decides whether deployment is required.Toyota India explains why airbags may fail to deploy
When airbag deployment criteria is met, an electrical signal is sent to the inflator unit, which ignites the propellants. If the criteria is not met, airbags do not deploy. In this case, Arun Nair’s Toyota Etios left hand (LH) side hit another SUV (a movable object). Resultantly, a large part of the impact was absorbed by the SUV. In this individual case, collision did not meet the prerequisite to warrant an airbag deployment. Going back to original source, a crack across the left hand side front window were visible.
If airbag deployment conditions aren’t met, and the airbag does not deploy, it’s not an indication to a potential fault in the airbag. Toyota Kirloskar Motor also clarifies that air bags are designed NOT to open under all accident situations as this may cause injury to occupants. TKM is constantly in touch with Arun Nair, working closely towards addressing his grievances.
As has oft been discussed, Indian auto industry is yet to make an overall concerted safety effort as the the proposed Vehicle Regulation and Road Safety Authority of India is still in draft stage in the Road Transport and Safety Bill. As per the draft, among other stipulations Road Transport and Safety Bill draft warrants a complaint by 100 or more people regarding defects in a particular car model to prompt Vehicle Regulation and Road Safety Authority of India to order a vehicle recall. Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program rollout will focus on passenger safety once front and side crash tests are regulated. India doesn’t yet have a new car assessment programme, so there’s no room to provide buyers with safety reports based on crash tests. Auto manufacturers here are not yet mandated to meet United Nation’s Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) basic crash-test standards.
On the airbag deployment front, established parameters guide a car involved in a crash to determine when it should and when it should not deploy airbags. Deployment is seen to be high in certain frontal crashes above certain speed thresholds/parameters as set by a manufacturer. This is why in case of a low speed frontal collision into a solid concrete barrier, an airbag isn’t meant to deploy because this could seriously hurt occupants. Speeds are determined through crash tests into a solid concrete barrier.
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John William Downs (1888-1959)
John William Downs(#18) was born 23 August 1888 to Thomas(#20) and Anna Downs(#21) in Eastham, Massachusetts.[i] He was the second of six boys, and after the third was born, the family moved to Orleans, Massachusetts, the next town over. John’s father, Thomas, was an operator on the transatlantic cable that had come ashore in Eastham. The cable was moved to Orleans, and the family moved with it. The Cable Company actually moved the houses of the employees to the next town.
The house was now situated on Tonset Road in Orleans on the Town Cove. I know little about his youth other than he broke his leg. The fact that he broke his leg as a kid, I learned from my father, but we find evidence of this on his World War I draft registration. We learn there that he had an exemption because he had dependents (he was already married and had a kid) and he had a disability. The draft record notes that one leg was 3/8 of an inch shorter than the other.[ii] This seems to fit what I heard about him when I was growing up.
After he graduated from Orleans High School,[iii] he attended Massachusetts Nautical School as a cadet and graduated in 1908.[iv] (The school would later change its name to the “Massachusetts Maritime Academy” in 1942.) After this, he went to sea with the Merchant Marine.
On 22 September 1914, he married Helen Hopkins (#19) in Somerville, Massachusetts. On the marriage certificate, it lists his occupation as “Insurance Adjuster.” He would spend the rest of his life involved in the insurance industry.[v]
He was a Free Mason and was initiated 2 July 1917, passed 4 September 1917, and raised 29 October 1917, in the Somerville Lodge.[vi] He attained the title of “Royal Arch Mason” in St. Paul’s Royal Arch Chapter in Boston on 23 June 1922.[vii] On 21 March 1923, He was made a “Knight of the Red Cross, Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem,” in Boston (a mouthful for sure).[viii] He was a Charter Member of the Russell Lodge in Arlington on 2 May 1924.[ix] He attained the 32nd Degree in Scottish Rite of Free Masonry on 25 February 1944 in Boston.[x] I’m not sure if this is a complete record of his Masonic activities, but this is what I can document.
In 1921, he began Law School at Boston University School of Law, where he was a member of the John Adams Senate (read “Chapter) of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. I quote the write up on him from his yearbook from 1924, the year he graduated:
“Genial “Jack” is to be congratulated. After spending two years “before the mast,”[xi] he entered the domain of the insurance world; then later he just naturally and easily became located in the legislative halls as a champion of the cause of insurance. And now he has studied his way through three years of law. We have had the pleasure of noting how he accomplishes things by his service as a member of the Student Council for three years.
“Another accomplishment! He is the father of a Class Baby.”[xii]
He spent the rest of his working career as a lawyer dealing with insurance matters, usually representing the insurance industry in the Massachusetts General Court (the state legislature) as a lobbyist. He had an office at 11 Beacon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts.
On 29 November 1944, he was appointed Commissioner of his alma mater, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, by the Governor of Massachusetts, Leverett Saltonstall.[xiii]
In 1949, he attended the 25th reunion of his law class. I’ll quote his write-up for that event:
“Counsel for various insurance interests. Trustee of the Charlestown Five-Cent Savings Bank – married and has three children and six grandchildren. Time largely occupied in representing insurance companies in rate making hearings and similar matters throughout New England.”[xiv]
He was described in a newspaper article addressing his work as an insurance lobbyist as “among the most competent and successful.” The article went on to say:
“John Downs represents the big insurance interests and legislators seeking information about the broad subject of insurance never hesitate to seek his counsel, because they can rely on his facts. It has been his practice to refrain from deception. If the facts on a given subject are detrimental to his case he nevertheless will give them to the inquiring legislator and that is why he stands so well with them.”[xv]
He would take his family to a house they owned in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod for the summer. Sometime during the mid-1930s, he bought a large parcel of property on Tonset Road in Orleans, just down the road from the house where he grew up. He purchased the property from Clayton Mayo(#7664) of Singer Sewing Machine fame and half third cousin once removed of his wife, Helen (Hopkins) Downs. The property already had a boathouse and a workshop by the water because Mayo used the land to keep his boat. John Downs built the house after he purchased the property and he had a new summer residence on the Cape.[xvi]
John eventually bought a boat, which he named the Helen after his wife, which seemed to be the custom at the time. Harry Hunt, who owned the property on the Town Cove just to the northeast, named his boat the Gertrude after his wife. The water by the shore of the cove was quite shallow and John used to keep his boat offshore a distance. He used a small dinghy to go from the dock to where he kept the Helen anchored but instead of tying the small boat to the fixed anchor line during his excursion, he would just tow it behind him.
That whole shore along the cove in that area was occupied by Downs families to the point where that area became known locally as “Downs City.”[xvii] Within sight of so many of his nieces and nephews, his practice of towing the dinghy gave rise to a popular remark, “There go Uncle John and his tender behind.” This was an obvious play on words and a reference to the naval practice of referring to boats or ships that serviced other ships as “tenders.”
He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Winchester, where he was a member of the Pulpit Committee.
In 1957, John was being treated for a hernia and it was then that he learned that he had cancer and it had spread to other organs. He passed away on his 45th wedding anniversary on 22 September 1959 in Winchester, Massachusetts and he was laid to rest three days later in Orleans Cemetery in Orleans, Massachusetts.[xviii] His grave is about 1000 feet from the house he was born in. I know, he was born in Eastham and buried in Orleans but remember I said that they moved the house when the family moved. Our family has always been fond of saying that Thomas and Anna had six boys, three born in Eastham and three born in Orleans… and all in the same house!
[On sources: I’ve listed 18 sources below but much of the information used in this biographical sketch is stuff I just know because he was my grandfather.]
Photo Credit: The picture at the top of the page is from his 1924 yearbook, sourced below.
[i] John William Downes [sic], birth certificate (B 4154 (1888), The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, Archives Division, Vol. 385; page 8; No. 4). Rec. Date: 4 Feb 1889. On this document, “Downs” is consistently misspelled as “Downes.” This is taken from an official copy in possession of the author and dated July 10, 1989. John Downs, son of this individual requested this copy and carried on a correspondence with the Commonwealth concerning this error.
[iii] Boston University Law School, The Brief, (Boston: Boston University School of Law Yearbook Committee, 1924)
[v] John William Downs and Helen Susan Hopkins, marriage certificate (No. F001147 (1914), The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, Vol. 626, page 749, no. 695). Rec. Date: 8 Oct 1914.
[vi] Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 18 December 2018.
[vii] Masonic certificate belonging to John W. Downs, now in possession of the author.
[ix] Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990.
[x] Masonic certificate belonging to John W. Downs, now in possession of the author.
[xi] This is a reference to Richard Henry Dana’s memoir, Two Years Before the Mast. In it, he explains that the term “before the mast” meant you were a common seaman with quarters in the fo’c’sle (forecastle) of the ship. The officers had better quarters further aft. (If you don’t want to be identified as a hopeless land lubber, pronounce it “folk’-sul.”) Dana had shipped aboard a sailing ship in the early 1800s for a two-year journey and he wrote a book about his experience. It just so happened that John Downs’s stint with the Merchant Marine was also two years.
[xii] Boston University Law School, The Brief, (Boston: Boston University School of Law Yearbook Committee, 1924)
[xiii] “Certificate Appointing John Downs to Commissioner of Massachusetts Maritime Academy,” (in possession of the author.)
[xiv] Boston University Law School, The Brief, 25th Reunion Newsletter/1949 Edition.
[xv] Unfortunately, this article was clipped from a newspaper without any banner or margin material; hence I have no knowledge of what paper it was clipped from, or even the date it appeared.
[xvi] I have pictures of the property from when Clayton Mayo owned it, showing the boathouse and workshop but with no house on the bluff. My father (John’s son) once told me during a discussion of the Orleans house that my grandfather built it during the Great Depression. This was during my father’s lifetime and he probably would have been a young teenager at the time.
[xvii] Hopkins, Giles E., Have You Anything to Teach Me? (New York, NY, unpublished manuscript, 6 November 1951)
[xviii] John Wiliam Downs, death certificate (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Human Services, State Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics). Rec. Date: 23 Sep 1959. This is an official copy with a raised seal in the author’s possession and dated July 13, 1989. Certificate no. A263064. | <urn:uuid:3e9329ee-d26e-4539-9240-d6154bf26d08> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://downsgenealogy.com/john-w-downs-18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.983695 | 2,417 | 1.65625 | 2 |
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There is no denying that getting a sound sleep at night is extremely important for our overall health. After all, not only does sleep help our mind and body recover—it also helps our metabolism, immunity, and heart function work efficiently.
But there’s another benefit of a good night’s sleep that has come to light. A new study has found that sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury.
The findings of the study were published in the ‘Journal of Neurotrauma’. The study used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health and Science University.
Researchers used MRI to evaluate the enlargement of perivascular spaces that surround blood vessels in the brain. Enlargement of these spaces occurs in ageing and is associated with the development of dementia.
Among veterans in the study, those who slept poorly had more evidence of these enlarged spaces and more post-concussive symptoms.
“This has huge implications for the armed forces as well as civilians,” said lead author Juan Piantino, M.D., MCR, assistant professor of pediatrics (neurology) in the OHSU School of Medicine and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
Piantino added, “This study suggests sleep may play an important role in clearing waste from the brain after traumatic brain injury—and if you don’t sleep very well, you might not clean your brain as efficiently.”
Piantino, a physician-scientist with OHSU’s Pape Family Pediatric Research Institute, studies the effects of poor sleep on recovery after traumatic brain injuries.
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“We were able to very precisely measure this structure and count the number, location, and diameter of channels,” Piantino said.
During sleep, this brain-wide network clears away metabolic proteins that would otherwise build up in the brain.
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Consumers expect companies to respect boundaries. That allows them to live happy and meaningful lives without intrusion from companies that want them to “buy right now.”
Spam Violates Ethical Boundaries
When people get spam mail, email or blog comments, do they rush to click on the websites or buy the items advertised? Probably not. The reasons are a complex mix of changing expectations and higher ethical standards for business:
- A barrage of unwanted information violates the boundary of respect for people’s time and space.
- Sustainability is important, and fat envelopes with unwanted offers use up natural resources.
- Spam signifies that the organization is willing to do whatever it takes to get your business, making savvy consumers wonder “What else are they doing that isn’t good?”
Spam senders conveniently ignore information and privacy boundaries – they do not honor people’s right to seek out the information they want, instead pushing the information they want people to have. The privacy boundary is also a major issue in the discussion about technology-enabled smart marketing based on what people have viewed in the past.
Spam Creates a False Sense of Urgency
The spam that I see is generally for optional luxury goods. With these goods, the sender is trying to create a need and not fulfill one. Lauren Bloom describes how that can make us feel in The Ethics of Spam: “There’s something sadly dehumanizing about all that in-your-face advertising. If I’m really a valued customer, why are you pushing me to buy things I don’t want or need?”
Responsible Selling is Respectful
I realized when thinking about this problem, that I’ve never seen spam from a human rights organization. Why not? Perhaps companies that work based on positive ethical values care about their reputations, and realize that spam is not responsible. Maybe they realize that people are less likely to buy from spammers. Responsible selling requires a respectful approach. As ethical expectations have increased, so have consumer reactions and legal penalties.
How does spam inform us? Perhaps it is a red flag – not telling us to “purchase this product right now” but telling us that a company has questionable ethics.
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Having a Generac generator in hand is the most feasible option when you are out of electricity. Several electronic compliances can be run on it easily. However, users often face trouble while starting their Generac generator, and it seems like the generator is broken down. So it creates a little frustration when your generator won’t start when you need it the most, and you can’t reach out to any professional as well.
However, you can start your generator yourself by applying some troubleshooting methods. Coming up next, we’ve enlisted the effective tips after great research. These are quick and easy ways to fix your generator by yourself. Make sure you read the instructions carefully and apply a proper method for it. So without any further delay, let’s get straight into it.
Table of Contents
- What Are The Remedies To Start A Generac Generator
- Wrapping Up
What Are The Remedies To Start A Generac Generator
Often generators break down due to minor malfunctions, and there is no need to call for professional assistance at an initial stage. Instead, there are some effective solutions that you can do yourself and save your money.
Here is a list of home remedies you can apply to start your generator. Check it out!
(Note: Make sure there is no appliance or extension cord connected to the generator while starting)
- Fill Correct Fuel
- Check Valve
- Check Spark Plug
- Ignition Coil
- Carburetor Clogged
Fill Correct Fuel
Here is the first and the most common cause why Generac generators don’t start. Calling a professional service dealer would cost you considerable bucks, but before that, ensure you fill the correct fuel in it. There are two cases when your generator doesn’t work,
First, when your generator contains fuel for more than 30 days without the oil stabilizer. Second, when your generator contains fuel for more than 6 months with a stabilizer. Either way, the carburetor gets contaminated, and the generator stops working.
So make sure you fill the correct fuel in the tank, which is 87 octane or higher; similarly, avoid pouring mixture for two-cycle engines.
The moment you fill the correct fuel, look at the valve as well. Valve allows the fuel to regulate in the engine, so ensure it is on properly. Often people keep it partially on, which could damage the carburetor, so keeping it properly on is necessary.
But if you don’t use the generator consistently, it’s better to keep it off. The unnecessary fuel flow leads to a carburetor mess, which could cost you a considerable amount.
Determining the oil level is another solution to starting your generator. Sometimes generators don’t run due to insufficient oil. So in case your generator doesn’t work, check out the oil level.
Ensure your Generac generator is on flat ground before checking the oil level. This will make it possible for the oil sensor to accurately identify whether there is sufficient oil to power the generator. Under the oil cap, the oil sensor is fastened. “H” and “L” stand for high and low oil levels, respectively.
If your appliance has run out of oil, unscrew the oil cap and properly refill it.
Check Spark Plug
Spark plugs that are disconnected frequently cause generators to malfunction. So, if you’re unsure of the cause of your generator’s malfunction, it may be a spark plug. Check the spark plug whether its wear or tear?. If the porcelain insulator is cracked, an electrode is destroyed or burned away, or there is a large carbon buildup at the electrode, replace the spark plug.
With a tester, you can examine the state of the spark plug defect. When the engine turns, a powerful spark should be visible between the tester’s terminals. If there is no spark, the spark plug is likely broken and has to be replaced.
Check your ignition coil’s functionality after looking over the spark plug. The ignition coil sends energy to the spark plug when the engine runs. If the ignition coil was damaged, the engine might not start. Before changing the ignition coil, make sure the spark plug is operating properly.
After confirming that the spark plug is operating properly, test the ignition coil with an ignition coil tester. If the ignition coil is damaged, replace it. Don’t bother contacting for expert assistance because you can replace it yourself with ease.
Among all the possible reasons, carburetor clogs are the most frequent. Perhaps the carburetor is blocked and needs to be clean. The most frequent reason for blocked carburetors is prolonged fuel storage in generators. . Over time, some of the components of the gasoline may evaporate, leaving behind a thicker, stickier substance.
This slimy fuel might clog the carburetor and prevent the engine from starting. If the carburetor is blocked, try cleaning it using a carburetor cleaner. If cleaning the carburetor doesn’t work, it must be completely replaced or rebuilt.
Related: Are Pulsar Generators Any Good?
So these were some of the possible reasons behind a broken Generac generator. Before rushing to the service agent, try the solutions mentioned earlier.
Check the generator to see whether it will now start to operate once you’ve completed all the troubleshooting stages. But first, remember that your generator is not connected to any devices or extension cables.
Try to start your generator after unplugging all the electronics and extension cables. If you’re using a pull card to start the engine and it won’t turn, you may either remove the spark plug to let the pressure buildup in the engine out or wait for around 30 minutes for the pressure to go away on its own.
Make sure the battery is charged and properly attached if you’re utilizing the electric starter.
Related: Where Honda Generatos Made?
How To Charge Battery Of Generac Generator?
Often the dead battery is why your generator is out of order. So if you want to charge your battery, here is the answer.
So to charge a Generac generator battery, you need to carefully and securely connect your battery to your device in order to charge a Generac generator battery. Next, connect one end of your generator’s wall charger to an outlet and the other to the charging port on the device. Make sure you have access to utility power to charge the device.
What Happens When The Power Comes Back?
Your generator might sustain significant damage if the electricity is restored while back feeding. Always maintain electrical isolation between the generator and the Energex or Ergon Energy electrical system to prevent back feeding.
Can We Use Carburetor Spray For Cleaning?
Yes, you can use a carburetor cleaner spray for dusting out purposes. The carburetor cleaner can be sprayed right into the carburetor’s body. Simply take the carburetor out of the generator and spray the carburetor cleaner on the targeted areas to get rid of any muck and filth.
The Green light on the generator refers to the proper functioning of the generator. So it means it’s working just fine. The yellow signal indicates to do a checkup. In other words, it indicates that maintenance is required.
However, the red signal is alarming, meaning you must stop it immediately and inspect the problem. Also, don’t just rely on the home remedies and call a professional if needed.
Hope this article will prove helpful to you.
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Designing a Self-Healing Service System: An Integrative Model
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All service organizations seek to deliver the customer experience they planned. No organization is perfect, though, and so the best of them plan for inevitable failures. Since the experience exists in the minds of customers who individually determine its quality and value, service organizations must not only plan the service delivery system thoroughly, but create ways for it to heal when it breaks. Any delivery system that relies heavily on employees for its success will need to include the means for those employees to find and fix the problems that arise. The process presented here is a systematic approach to assessing customer satisfaction before, during, and after the service experience. Designing the system requires that you study your customers in intimate detail, build a service delivery system that will deliver the experience they expect from your organization, monitor that system closely, create accurate early warning measures for each of the many possible failure points, engage everyone in the organization in watching those measures, and follow up on everything that doesn’t meet your customers’ expectations. The techniques that constitute this process ensure that service organizations both systematically plan for customer satisfaction and ensure that there are ways to heal any part of the service delivery system that is broken. A “self-healing system” allows employees to override the delivery system and fix customer problems when they occur and ensures that the system designers improve it to prevent it from failing again in the same way.
customer service; service delivery system; guest experience
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Pre-monastic name: Gangadhar Gangopadhyay
Date of Birth: 30 September 1864
Place of Birth: Kolkata
Born in an orthodox family Gangadhar lived a pure, disciplined life from boyhood. At the age of nineteen, he went to the Dakshineswar Kali temple. Sri Ramakrishna received him cordially and gave him several instructions. Since then he started visiting the Master and also cultivated friendship with the other young disciples, particularly with Naren (later, Swami Vivekananda).
When the Baranagar Math was formed after Sri Ramakrishna’s mahasamadhi, Gangadhar did not join it immediately. Instead, he set out on a long pilgrimage in 1886 which took him to different places in the Himalayas and Tibet. After three and a half years, he returned to the Baranagar monastery in June 1890. He then took sannyasa vows formally and assumed the name Akhandananda.
In mid-July 1890 Swami Akhandananda again set out, this time in the company of Swami Vivekananda, on a pilgrimage which took them to different places in the Himalayas. When Swamiji left for the West, Akhandananda continued his wanderings in western India. Towards the end of 1895, he returned to the Math which had been shifted to Alambazar in Kolkata. When Swami Vivekananda, after his return from the West, reached Kolkata in February 1897, Swami Akhandananda enthusiastically participated in the reception accorded to Swamiji.
After a few days, when Swamiji left for Darjeeling, Akhandananda traveled towards Murshidabad. Reaching there he was distressed to find a famine raging. He immediately started famine relief work with whatever he could collect. Later Swami Vivekananda sent more funds and the relief operation was organized on a full scale. This was the first relief operation organized by Ramakrishna Mission.
After relief work, Akhandananda started an ashrama with an orphanage in Sargachhi, in the Murshidabad district. He served the orphan boys as manifestations of God.
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Mostly, bed slats sag over time or even right out of the box. This occurs because most bed frame makers save a few dollars by skipping a few slats or thicker wood when designing their beds.
As a result, the mattress has poor support, making it unstable and causing noises from the bed frame, which buzzes and wobbles with every sudden movement.
Mattress support is most likely best provided by slatted platforms. As a result, it’s in your best interests to learn how to strengthen bed slats.
This essentially means that you’re making your bed more stable, supportive, and quieter. Here are a few ideas for making your bed frame almost as good as new.
- Types Of Bed Platforms
- 10 Ways To Make Bed Slats Stronger
- 1- Cover Your Bed Slats With A Box Spring Or Plywood
- 2- Securing The Frame And Slats Of The Bed
- 3- Using Slat Spacers To Add More Support
- 4- Replace Slats With Stronger Wood
- 5- Slats For The Bed Frame Should Be Increased
- 6- Add Reinforcement To The Supportive Center Beam
- 7- Using Thicker Wooden Slats
- 8- Switch To Metal Slats
- 9- Go For A Thicker Mattress
- 10- To Minimize Slat Movement, Improve Fastening.
Types Of Bed Platforms
If you’ve ever started looking for a new bed frame, you’ve probably noticed that most of them are just simple rectangles with legs.
Headboards and footboards can usually be added to these basic styles. Those elements are usually expected in higher price groups. On the other hand, manufacturers frequently leave the decision of mattress platforms to the buyer.
They may only provide the inner rails that will support the platform. However, the type of support you require will be determined by the type of mattress you select. So, let’s talk about the most prevalent types of platforms for a moment.
Solid platforms are typically simple MDF boards that fit inside the bed frame and provide firm mattress support. Solid platforms do not require the use of a box spring. There are other options for them if they still want to reach a certain height.
With a Center Beam, this is the most basic frame.
Your bed frame is probably not providing much support if you have a box spring under your mattress.
On the other hand, a box spring works similarly to a solid platform or slats in that it distributes the weight of your mattress across a wider area. As a result, you won’t require much assistance from the platform.
A single supportive beam usually connects the midpoint of one edge of the bed to the other in these bed styles.
This effectively supports the centerline of your box spring and keeps it from drooping. When it comes to larger beds, the manufacturers may include extra legs as well.
Of course, many manufacturers add two more beams on either side of the central one to strengthen these types of bed frames.
You’ll get slat if you go any further. After all, a bed frame must have at least five evenly spaced slats to be classified as having a slatted platform.
Solid or Sprung Slats
The thickness of the planks will eventually determine the number of slats in a platform. Each slat should be separated by no more than three inches.
However, the stronger the platform is, the closer the slats are to each other. If you’re starting from scratch with your slatted platform, you’ll want to keep that in mind.
Furthermore, you should think about how much assistance you require. These platforms, as previously stated, can be used with or without a box spring. As a result, you could use them to build a low-profile bed.
However, if you simply place a mattress on top of the slats, you might consider getting sprung slats rather than solid ones instead of getting sprung slats.
Sprung slats are angled to offer lighter support than solid slats, which are basic, flat planks, usually made of a mace of pine.
Unlike solid slats, which connect the bed to two longer sides, sprung slats are frequently connected to a central beam. Sprung slats may result in a ridge in the middle of the mattress as a result of this.
Solid slats can also be used to connect the headboard and footboard in a lengthwise fashion. They must be supported from below by center beams in order to do so.
Even so, it’s good to know that the option is available. But, with that in mind, let’s talk about how to make your bed slats stronger.
10 Ways To Make Bed Slats Stronger
1- Cover Your Bed Slats With A Box Spring Or Plywood
If your mattress is currently resting directly on the slats, you might want to consider bringing in a short box spring or even thick plywood.
Adding that extra special layer to the mix should help distribute the weight you put on the mattress evenly across the area.
It will also evenly redistribute pressure on the slats, reducing the likelihood of them bending or slipping.
Screw, or you can also nail the plywood to the bed frame and slats for added support. It must be at least three-quarters of an inch thick to withstand the impact.
This is the easiest technique, and it necessitates the use of a truck, utility trailer, or paying for the plywood to be delivered by a local hardware store.
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- Purchase a sheet of 0.75-inch plywood from your local hardware store.
- Remove the mattress and bedding.
- To determine the plywood size, measure the slats’ width and the frame’s length. You’ll need two sheets if you own a queen or king-size bed.
- If plywood is needed, it should be installed from left to right. This is preferable to the bed’s joint that runs from the head to the foot.
- Make the cut/s after measuring and marking the plywood.
- Place the plywood over the slats that already exist.
- Attach the plywood to the bed frame with screws or nails.
- The plywood should be screwed or nailed to the slats to strengthen the bed support structure.
2- Securing The Frame And Slats Of The Bed
Because we’re already talking about screws and nails, it’s probably a good idea to consider how the slats will be attached to the bed.
It should be sufficient to drill two screws through both ends of each slat. Of course, even if there are no metal parts protruding from the slats, they can be harmful to your mattress.
You might want to countersink those nails/screws into the wood, keeping this in mind.
You can simply glue the slats to the inner sides of the bed frame’s support rails from another angle. This should prevent sagging by preventing the slats from shifting.
However, if this is a serious problem, you may need to include some form of central support.
3- Using Slat Spacers To Add More Support
Installing spacers between each plank is another way to strengthen bed slats. Spacers are an excellent option when the slats are not permanently attached to the bed.
You can shuffle your slats around or add more to strengthen the support system if there are gaps between them.
OPTION 1: Using Only The Existing Slats.
- Remove the slats one by one, starting at the head of the bed and ending at the foot.
- The thickness and width should be the same as the dimensions of the slat.
- The length is determined by the amount of space required between the slats.
- Starting at the foot end, reinstall the slats, leaving a two or 3-inch gap for the first one-third of the bed’s length (about 24 to 26 inches).
- Install the remaining slats as closely as possible. Our torsos are responsible for the majority of our weight.
- Install the remaining slats with a gap large enough to accommodate all of the slats.
- Larger gaps near the head of the bed, up to 3 inches, are acceptable because our heads and necks are not as heavy as our torsos.
- Continue to add spacers until you’re happy with the appearance and strength.
- Apply the wood glue to the bottom of each specific spacer and push it back into place to add extra toughness and protect slats from sliding. Clamps can also be used to hold the parts together.
- You can screw the parts in place for additional safety on a similar note. The spacers and slats will never slip or slide out of place once you’ve finished installing them.
OPTION 2: Same As Above Except:
- Purchase 1x3x8′ lumber or any other lumber that matches the slats you already have.
- Reinstall with no gaps, and fill in any gaps with new lumber.
4- Replace Slats With Stronger Wood
- Here we have to replace the cheap wood that came installed on your bed.
- Remove the mattress, bedding, and slats.
- To figure out how much wood you’ll need, measure the length of the slats and count them.
- If you don’t want to raise the bed’s height, you can use hardwood instead of softwood lumber from your local hardware store.
- Contact local lumber yards and wood suppliers to find hardwood and inquire about their options and prices. They can also cut the wood to the desired length and width for a fee.
- 2-inch lumber is the most cost-effective and easiest-to-work-with wood.
- Use screws or nails to secure the lumber to the bed frame, making sure there are no gaps between the slats.
5- Slats For The Bed Frame Should Be Increased
Please remember that the greater the number of slats on your mattress platform, the more steady it will be. Decrease the gaps between the slats to provide more support, particularly if your mattress is directly on top of the slats.
You may need to do some math now to figure out how many slats you’ll need to install. First, determine the type of wood your slats are made of by measuring them.
This will make it easier to find planks that match. If you want to keep the spacing even, you should also take the interior measurements of your bed frame.
After you’ve calculated the exact value, you can figure out how much space there is between the two.
To start, multiply the number of bed slats required by the thickness of the slats. Subtract that proportion from the rail’s length and divide it by the cumulative count of bed slats while adding two (the spaces between your first and last slats).
If you want your spacing to be consistent, this will give you the exact or factual width of the gaps you’ll need.
Once you’ve decided on a slat gap width and have it in mind, you can work backward to figure out how many slats you’ll need to add to the platform.
For example, if you’re working with a 78-inch-long rail, you might want an inch of space between your 3-inch-wide slats.
- The strength and number of slats are directly proportional. An increase in slats’ number will cause an increase in the overall strength of slats.
- An Increasing number of slats will also provide stability to the mattress.
- Identify the wood type used in the bed and make more slats accordingly.
6- Add Reinforcement To The Supportive Center Beam
You should be able to tell if any of the slats have started to sag at this point. You’ve already solved the problem by distributing the weight across the boards. If you can’t fit any more slats into the inner rails, add center support to help the ones you have.
A four-inch-wide sturdy plank and at least three support legs are all you’ll need. Attach two legs to each end of the plank and one in the middle.
Move the end legs to the right and the middle leg to the right if you want your makeshift beam to be stronger.
Stretch the legs to reach the height of your bed slats once you’ve ended with the beam.
A lumber wood beam is installed from the head to the foot of the frame in this solution. It runs vertically up the middle of the slats, with support posts made from the cut-off wood from the beam.
Gather all of the supplies and products needed to construct the bed’s support beam.
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- Remove the mattress and bedding.
- Lean the bed frame against a wall by turning it on its side.
- To figure out how long the wood beam is, measure the distance from the head to the foot against the slats. The measurement should be around 77″ for twin and full bed frames, while queen and king bed frames should be around 82″.
- Take a measurement from the bottom of the slats to the bottom of the bed frame’s foot.
- This measurement should be between 8 and 10 inches in length. The length of the beam posts is calculated by subtracting 1.5 inches from this measurement.
- Measure 24 and make a pencil mark. To make a straight mark, use a square or a book.
- Remove the beam as well as two posts.
- Put a mark with an X 12 inches in from each end of the beam on the sides closest to the end of the beam.
- On the X side of the marks, nail or screw the two posts to one side of the beam. For each post, use at least three screws or nails. The posts are at a 90-degree angle to the beam and flush with it.
- Bring the beams and posts into the room. Place it in the general region where the floor will be installed.
- Place the bed frame on top of the beam.
- Measure the center of the slats near the frame’s head and foot.
- Place the beam with the help of a helper so that the center of the beam is on the two center lines.
- If feasible, screw or nail the beam into place through the bed frame and each of the wood slats.
One screw or nail through each slat is sufficient, resulting in a mattress with very strong and sturdy slat support.
Make sure the nails or screws in the slats are countersunk to avoid damaging the mattress.
If you don’t have a saw at home, have the hardware store staff cut your lumber or plywood cut to size. It’s also convenient to carry and keep the wood dust at the store rather than at your home.
To minimize the volume of wood dust in the bedroom and throughout the house, cut lumber and plywood out beyond or in the garage. Dust can be drawn into ventilation ducts and pushed beneath the bedroom door.
7- Using Thicker Wooden Slats
If your bed’s slats are bent beyond fix, you should probably replace them. At this point, the readings you took earlier should prove to be very helpful. But how can you be sure the new slats will not disappoint?
The very first thing you should consider is the material they’re made of.
Your current bed frame’s wooden slats are most likely made of pine wood. Because of its texture, yellow pine is a strong and durable slat material that will not break under stress.
You may need to take into account multiple possibilities based on how much load you’re putting on your bed. For example, some people prefer beech, birch, or oak planks.
Furthermore, the type of wood used to make your slats has no bearing on their durability. You should also consider their measurements. Thicker slats, as you might expect, last longer than narrower slats.
Similarly, the width of the planks has a serious influence on their stability. Narrow boards, in general, are more likely to slip from the rails. Take all of this into account when purchasing new slats.
- The overall strength of bed slats is increased by using high-quality, strong woods (2″ thick wood).
- To better understand the type of wood required, consult a wood expert.
- The higher the support, the more weight it can bear.
8- Switch To Metal Slats
Metal slats can give a box spring mattress a very strong and stable foundation. This is not a cost-effective option for platform beds without a box spring.
This is because a mattress cannot be installed on a platform with gaps greater than 3 inches, which is a stretch for foam mattresses.
This would necessitate a large amount of metal, which is costly. However, if you have a box spring, there are likely fewer slats, so that it may be a viable option.
You can get square metal tubes at your local hardware store. If you go to a machine shop, they will cut the metal to your desired length.
You’ll need a grinder and a circular saw with a metal blade or a hacksaw and a lot of sweat and tenacity if these services aren’t available at your local hardware shop.
9- Go For A Thicker Mattress
A thicker mattress with more layers does not sink as easily as a thinner mattress with fewer layers, putting pressure on the bed slats. Instead, the firmness of the mattress redistributes body weight across all of the bed slats.
When compared to thin mattresses, this allows them to carry the weight of the sleeper in a nearly equal manner.
Mattresses with a thickness of 10 inches or more are usually ideal for added comfort and support.
A mattress with a density of 12 to 14 inches would likely provide enough cushioning if you sleep on your side.
Plus-size sleepers should look for mattresses with a comfort layer of at least 6 inches thick (weighing 200 pounds or more).
These thick mattresses redistribute stress and help ease some of your load from the bed frame, even if the slats are weak.
10- To Minimize Slat Movement, Improve Fastening.
Adding two 2-inch screws to each end of all slats is a simple and almost free remedy you might want to try. When weight is added to the bed at night, the slats are less likely to sag in the center.
Make sure the screws are countersunk into the wood, so they don’t catch on the mattress and cause harm.
- It’s a simple, easy, and cost-effective application method that requires a 2-inch screw winded at each end of the slats.
- It provides strength and reduces the sag in the center when a heavyweight is on the bed.
- Be careful while adding a screw to avoid mattress damage.
As you may have discovered, most of these processes are designed to keep slats from moving around.
Furthermore, preventing them from bending will make the bed frame much more durable. There are several approaches to this project to consider with that in mind.
On the one hand, you can directly attach them to the bed frame by nailing, screwing, or gluing the slats to the inner rails.
You can also use slat spacers to prevent slats from slipping off the rails. The planks will still sag as a result of this. You’ll need to construct a center support beam for the slats to do so.
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例：visual image可见图像：目视图像//visual arts视觉艺术
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LAHORE: To implement urban lifestyle through finer transport systems and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the Punjab government launched a pilot project of ‘Smart City Lahore’.
Chief operating officer of Punjab Safe City Authority, Kamran Khan, in a talk with Dawn, said that the government granted approval to the Metro Corporation Lahore (MCL) for the launch of the Smart City Lahore project at two locations, MM Alam Road and Liberty Market.
In collaboration with Nokia, the authorities also signed an MOU at Dubai Expo 2020.
According to the smart city project document, the project will look into three areas of concern, i.e. efficiency, sustainability, and mobility. The project aims to provide the citizens with a high level of service, make the city more environmentally friendly, make travel easy and hassle-free for the public, make Lahore publicly safe and secure, make fully integrated health care systems to bridge the gap between both and lastly to digitise the energy sector and manage to make the best use of water.
The project’s objective is to improve the quality of life for citizens and a vast economic growth by the use of intelligent applications.
Kamran stated that on MM Alam Road, Nokia’s smart systems would be installed free of cost. Sensors for traffic monitoring will be installed to monitor traffic points, making travel easy remotely. Sensors for waste collection will be installed for providing time monitoring to the waste management authority. Nokia, free of cost, will install these smart systems.
According to Kamran, this technology will also enable remote management of water and gas meters. Home users will be notified for providing consumption analytics or in case of leakage.
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Relationship building tasks is techniques that facilitate connecting and intimacy between acquaintances. Like, java chats, individuality reports, and guess the team member. The purpose of these some ideas will be improve the connecting procedure which help people build better quicker.
- connection constructing strategies for college students
- commitment developing strategies for jobs
- virtual partnership strengthening activities
- relationship experience strengthening recreation
- methods to build bonds with colleagues
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From video games to inquiries to artwork jobs, let me reveal a summary of suggestions for easily developing connections among people members.
1. Java Chats
Java chats are one of the greatest commitment design recreation for services. Within activity, two haphazard coworkers combine around communicate a cup of java, a snack, and a laid-back discussion. Whether you operate in a traditional office, a hybrid office, or a virtual workplace, you should use the Donut Slack app to randomly match peers. Employees may also fit by themselves abreast of coffees breaks. Subsequently, the pairs prepare a video clip phone call or an actual physical java big date. The main guideline would be to prevent work chat and share most personal reports and facts. The discussion can be light, yet should provide even more insight into the staff.
2. Inquiries to Fall In Love
Some time ago, the fresh York occasions posted a summary of concerns and prompts psychologists said will make any two different people belong fancy. This list incorporated prompts like, aˆ?is around something you’ve imagined creating for quite some time? Exactly why have not you complete they? and aˆ?complete this phrase: I wish I had some one with whom i really could discuss …aˆ?
Though charged as a love tool, these questions can strike up intimacy and fast-track platonic connections at the same time. To complete the physical exercise, spouse class members and inquire each set to perform the selection of prompts. You can tweak inquiries and add more prompts into number at the same time.
3. Staff Collage
Artwork is actually a form of phrase, and collaborating on a creative venture is amongst the speediest ways to construct relations with colleagues. Employees collages and mosaics are among the ideal partnership developing recreation. You can either give each professionals user a section of big picture to accomplish individually, or bring players create the collage with each other. Upon achievement, groups should found the collage towards gleeden reddit remaining cluster and explain the reasoning behind the choice of graphics. Following activity concludes, teams can hang the collages in shared organizations or break room, or deliver images associated with the complete image to members.
4. Cluster Meals
Edibles features an uncanny uniting powermunal meals have traditionally become a supply of relationship and union improving. No matter what the reason for the group, consuming together is usually the most effective commitment building activities. Cluster meals and talk get hand in hand, and dishes can invoke thoughts and fond thoughts that prompt associates to share personal stories and info. Not forgetting, eating try a hobby that many people will enjoy, and players will come to connect the good products with all the close business. These types of knowledge can develop a foundation that team users can develop affairs away from.
5. Not Used To Everyone
Folks feeling vulnerable whenever trying another skills. Stepping out for the rut with each other could be a strong connecting physical exercise.
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Colombia was invaded on Sunday – by Venezuelans desperate to buy much-needed food and medicine and basic goods like toilet paper and soap.
An estimated 35,000 took advantage of a 12-hour temporary border opening.
A severe economic crisis following a decline in oil revenues has caused critical shortages in Venezuela.
One of those who crossed into Colombia, Ada Marquez, said it was an emotional day: “I was crying as I crossed the bridge when I saw the avalanche of people. It’s unbelievable to me that all of Venezuela wants to come here, to this neighbouring country, to look for the things we can’t get over there. Every day, there are fewer things.”
The shelves emptied swiftly on the Colombian side of the border where shops accepted the depreciating Venezuelan currency, the bolivar.
Cross-border shopper Bernarda Oliveros explained: “It’s a relief to be able to come here to find our products, our medicines, that we really can’t get over there.”
Another Venezuelan Carmen Velazco added: “We don’t have food. We don’t have cooking oil. We don’t have flour. So that’s why we have to come here.”
Critics blame Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s economic policies for the shortages, which got worse as oil prices fell.
He ordered the border closure 11 months ago to crack down on smuggling and following an attack on a customs post by former Colombian anti-government fighters.
There was some criticism of Maduro among those crossing the border on Sunday.
One man said: “The shortages are continually worse. I would like President Maduro to see these images and realise what we want. We are tired of socialism. We don’t like socialism. We love capitalism. We love to have everything, to live like people here in Colombia live. He should realise how things are, what is happening. Why do we have to be humiliated like this?”
Millions of Venezuelans spend much of their day in long lines at supermarkets and shops to try to buy basic items. The shortages have sparked protests.
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On May 18, 2013, Vadym attacked the journalists of TV Channel 5 during the protests. He wore a tracksuit and was paid for beating the representative of mass media. Later Vadym got the suspended sentence for the attack on journalists he committed. His surname has already become a common name as the governmental thugs controlled by the security forces are now called “titushky”.
However, Vadym Titushko now feels sorry about his actions in the past. In the show “Groshi” (translated as “Money”) he said that he would like to come to Maidan and support people there without being paid for that and without causing any provocations. He considers the actions of Berkut to be extremely violent and thinks that no one may humiliate a person in such a way as it was done with Mykhailo Gavrulyuk whom was undressed and severely beaten by Berkut.
Because of his sentence that implies the ban to participate in any political meetings and actions for 2 years, Vadym cannot come to Maidan. Thus, to express his solidarity with the protesters he chopped firewood for the activists on EuroMaidan.
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Introduction: This study examined the impact of warning labels conveying the potential harms and addictiveness of Swedish snus and the potential-reduced harms of Swedish snus among young adult nonsmokers and smokers. Methods: A convenience sample of young adults aged 18-30 residing in the United States (n = 517, 56% male, 33% smokers) participated in an online experiment. Participants completed baseline measures and were randomized to 1 of 5 experimental conditions where they viewed a Swedish snus ad with warning labels that varied by condition: (1) Control-no warning; (2) Addiction- warning conveying the addictiveness of snus; (3) Harm-warning communicating the potential harms of snus; (4) Harm Reduction-warning conveying the potential-reduced harms of snus compared with cigarettes; (5) Harm Reduction Switch-warning communicating the potential-reduced harms of snus when switching completely from cigarettes to snus. Outcomes measured included perceived harms and addictiveness of snus, thoughts about not using snus, and intentions to use snus. Results: Participants in the Harm Reduction and Harm Reduction Switch conditions perceived snus to be less harmful than cigarettes compared with the Control, Addiction, and Harm conditions. Nonsmokers in the Harm Reduction condition reported fewer thoughts about not using snus than nonsmokers in the Harm condition. Conclusions: Warnings conveying the potential-reduced harms of Swedish snus compared with cigarettes generate perceptions that snus is less harmful than cigarettes and produce fewer thoughts about not using snus among nonsmokers. Such perceptions have been associated with snus use in prior studies.
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This is without doubt a good news story, reflecting an impressive 27 per cent drop in the number of people dying from cancer over the past 25 years. However, it is important to recognize that cancer care does not stop after treatment ends.
Although many cancer survivors are able to recover and get back to normal functioning, many others suffer toxic side-effects of treatment. These include fatigue, neurocognitive impairments and psycho-social challenges such as anxiety, depression and changes in relationships.
These side-effects can leave survivors disabled. They can interfere with their ability to work, engage socially and carry out simple daily tasks such as preparing meals, shopping, bathing and dressing. Indeed, research has shown that having a medical history of cancer at least doubles an individual’s likelihood of poor health and disability.
This poses significant and pressing challenges to our health systems. The limited resources for cancer care have traditionally been directed to the treatment of new cancers and reducing mortality.
It is time for cancer care to expand the focus and include improving functioning, well-being and recovery.
Swelling, fatigue, social isolation
A recent national study conducted by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer polled more than 13,000 people who had completed cancer treatment. It found 80 per cent of patients reported physical challenges, 70 per cent reported psychosocial challenges and 40 per cent reported practical challenges such as returning to work after treatment ended.
Lisa, a busy 56-year-old mother of two college-aged children who worked full-time as an administrator in an office, is one example someone who has experienced these challenges. Lisa was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer after it was detected on a mammogram and confirmed by a biopsy. She had a mastectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. When Lisa finished treatment she was told to come back for a follow-up appointment in three months.
Lisa developed fatigue during her treatment and started to have a heavy feeling and some swelling in her arm. She hoped that this would go away once her treatment ended, but two months later she still felt tired and had no energy and the swelling in her arm had increased. She felt pressure to get back to work and she was increasingly feeling socially isolated because she had no energy to get out and see her friends.
She started feeling anxious and not sleeping well. But Lisa didn’t tell anyone she was suffering. She felt she should be happy she survived. She wondered if this was just normal and to be expected.
Survivors left on their own
For people like Lisa who are affected by persistent side-effects of cancer and treatments, rehabilitation can play an important role. Rehabilitation for cancer survivors is similar to rehabilitation from other conditions (for example after a heart attack or stroke) and there is good evidence demonstrating the benefits of cancer-specific rehabilitation interventions for quality of life and physical functioning.
Based on this growing evidence base, there are now consensus‐based guidance statements on rehabilitation. Despite this, there is little to no funding for outpatient rehabilitation for patients after cancer treatment. Integrated comprehensive cancer rehabilitation programs are still the exception rather than the rule across North America.
“The medical system creates a situation where high-functioning individuals are given life-prolonging treatments and then left to struggle with how to recover from the toxic adverse effects of these therapies.”
In Lisa’s case, at her three month follow-up appointment her oncologist referred her to a lymphedema specialist to help manage the swelling in her arm (on a fee- for-service basis) and recommended that she start exercising to help with the fatigue.
This was good advice given the current evidence, but Lisa had no idea how to start and was so tired and distressed that she felt overwhelmed. She also didn’t know what exercise to do and if it was safe given her lymphedema.
Multidisciplinary teams leading the way
Lisa is not an isolated case. She would have greatly benefited from a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team that could have helped her begin a safe and progressive exercise program, address her mood and sleep issues and make a successful return to work plan.
Some emerging rehabilitation programs are leading the way and offering examples of what could be standard of care for cancer survivors. At the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, patients who have identified impairments are referred to the Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship Program which offers a lymphedema service along with one-on-one consults with the rehab team to address issues such as return to work, physical function and neurocognitive changes.
The program also offers an eight-week group rehabilitation program which combines exercise and education and is soon to launch an online program for patients to access from home. The demand for this program has grown by close to 30 per cent each year, yet the funding for this program comes from the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation rather than health-care funding. Patients from outside of Princess Margaret do not have access to these services and often pay out of pocket for access to rehabilitation specialist who may not have specific cancer training.
Cancer rehabilitation should not be viewed as a frill add-on but rather an essential part of cancer care. The increasing number of cancer survivors, along with the growing evidence documenting the lasting effects of treatments, serves as an urgent call to action — to invest in the recovery and well-being of cancer survivors and help them get back to life after cancer.
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As important as your kidneys are to your health (including your bone health), symptoms of their malfunction can be quite subtle. Yet early detection is crucial for preventing permanent kidney damage, so it’s vital to recognize the signs that something is not right with these detoxification organs.
#1/14 You May Have Trouble Sleeping
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Saving Seniors From The Flu
The 2017/2018 flu season was particularly rough, with a near 80,000 flu-related deaths in America. Despite over 150 million flu vaccines distributed, the strong H3N2 virus was still able to kill thousands. Almost 60% of Americans hospitalized were aged 65 and over. Flu shots for seniors become increasingly important.
Outsmarting the flu virus
The influenza virus continues to evolve year over year. And each year, scientists try to predict the strain and create an appropriate vaccine. Even with a successful prediction, persons of all ages get about a 40-60% protection rate. Seniors must keep this in mind, as immune systems have an integral part to play in the effectiveness of vaccines.
Lacking in defense
With age, the immune system, like bones and muscles, becomes considerably weaker creating fewer antibodies. Seniors, therefore, are more likely to contract the flu virus compared to younger adults. In fact, the age group is the most susceptible to the virus. Flu shots provide an extra line of defense. For seniors dealing with diseases like heart disease or asthma, the flu can cause severe complications.
Stronger flu shots for seniors
Medical practitioners have become more concerned with the weakened immune system of seniors. With that in mind, these professionals created special vaccines to compensate. The vaccines have several times more antigens than traditional vaccines. So seniors can now produce antibodies to make up for weakened immune systems. Persons over 65 can take standard flu shots. But, a New England study revealed high dose vaccines as 24% more effective than standard shots.
Shots are scary, regardless of age
The biggest difficulty encountered by elders is the willingness to take the vaccine. Flu shots make senior citizens skeptical. They believe the shot will be ineffective or get them sick. Needles are just unnerving to others. But getting a flu shot, especially for seniors can be the difference between life and death. A study on nursing homes showed a reduced rate of infection for homes who administered the shot.
Prevention is better than cure
Immune systems combat diseases like the flu. But with a weakened immune system, flu shots can keep seniors safe during the upcoming flu season. Seniors continue to have the highest hospitalization rate for flu per 100,000. If taking the flu shot is a concern, persons around the elderly can protect them by getting a shot. Check in with a doctor for advice on the best vaccine for seniors. Flu shots for seniors may avoid a serious bout of flu and even keep prevent fatal complications. | <urn:uuid:2683c43c-9851-4dd2-97bb-d3b6464660ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://renuerx.com/medication-services/flu-shots-for-seniors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.948637 | 519 | 2.75 | 3 |
By Sam Cortes, Communications Coordinator
When you look at an accomplished athlete or coach with many accolades in their sport, you might think that, to reach that level, they must have dedicated themselves exclusively that one sport throughout their lives.
But participating in a variety of sports, in many cases, can significantly contribute to an athlete or coach’s success.
From Player to Coach
For Mike Stephens, volleyball was the game he took to early on as an athlete. Beginning in junior high and playing in high school, he made the junior national team going into his grade 12 year.
“For three years, I travelled the world [and] experienced many different cultures,” said Mike.
He was then recruited to the University of Winnipeg Wesman, where he played for three years collecting titles like U SPORTS Championship MVP and player of the year.
After retiring as a player, Mike joined the Winnipeg Police Service where he worked for almost 28 years and has continued to make an impact in the sport as a coach, leading his teams to numerous victories at provincial and national championships.
Today, he’s also the Head Coach for Team Manitoba heading to the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ontario.
The Multi-Sport Edge
So, from a successful playing career to a rewarding coaching career, you might think Mike must have stuck with volleyball and only volleyball.
But he’s played all sorts of sports—tennis, squash, soccer, basketball, and more—and he encourages the athletes he coaches today to do the same.
Why? Because of all the benefits playing multiple sports can have, physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.
Extension, Explosivity & Mental Focus
Mike said the obvious physical benefit in volleyball is if you can be a big athlete. That is, to be taller is a plus.
But that’s not the end all be all, of course. If you can have good extension, explosivity and strength, then that’s particularly key in volleyball.
Mike remembers a quote he learned from someone he considers to be a mentor in the sport, Ben Josephson, Head Coach of Trinity Western Men’s Volleyball: “Strength through length.”
“What I mean by that is, when you’re spiking the ball, you have your strength [that] comes when you extend your arm,” said Mike.
On the mental side of things, it’s quite demanding.
“Volleyball is one of those unique games where when you make a mistake, for the most part, it’s a point for your opponent. You can get away with making mistakes in other sports and it may not cost you really too much, but in volleyball, it’s pretty detrimental. So, the mental aspect of volleyball is very, very important, especially as you move up,” said Mike.
And this is part of the reason he thrived in the sport.
“I really like the challenge of trying to dissect the opponent,” said Mike. “In that aspect of the sport, it’s the mental part of the game that’s most appealing to me, just like chess. I love chess. Anything where you have to really go deep into your thoughts and think of moves ahead. That’s really what intrigued me.”
For a game that is based on extension, explosivity and refined mental focus, there are other sports that can foster those skills, too.
How Other Sports Can Enhance Volleyball Skills
When Mike reflects on his experience playing multiple sports, it came down to how much he enjoyed it.
“I just love sport,” he said. “I played a lot of tennis, just from a recreational standpoint, I played a lot of racquetball, a lot of squash, badminton, all those types of things were a lot of fun for me, a lot of excitement.”
He also played soccer, baseball, basketball and track and field.
“At the time when I’m young, I don’t think about how its going to benefit my next sport or volleyball, which I chose to play at a high level. I just played it because I played it. But if I reflect back on it, there’s no question that the racquet sports benefited my game tremendously,” said Mike.
More specifically, those racquet sports allowed him to keep his shoulder active.
“An active shoulder is very important to volleyball. You can be big and strong, but if your shoulder’s slow, doesn’t really do much for you. But if you’re playing badminton, or squash, or tennis, any of those things, to activate your shoulder really quickly, it gets you moving in a quicker way, which really transcends into volleyball.”
Mike also believes it helped with preventing shoulder injuries.
“You develop different body mechanics and strengths that your original sport won’t give you. I’ve never had a shoulder problem when I played at the high levels, ever. And I really believe it was because I had the right motion playing those activites.”
“But if that’s all you do, and you don’t do anything else, it’s going to wear you out. If you’re a volleyball player and you’re also a skater and you like to play hockey, that’s great stuff.”
The racquet sports helped directly with the skills of volleyball, but there are many other, less tangible ways that other sports played a role in Mike’s development as an athlete.
For example, the exposure to different people, places, and experiences.
“As we all know, we develop different pocket of friendships. And your volleyball friends may not necessarily be your basketball friends, or your tennis friends or your squash friends,” said Mike.
“It really opened up the world to different people, different ways of thinking, different groups.”
Plus, mixing it up can be fulfilling. When Mike was on the junior national team and stopped playing other sports, he quickly found he got bored.
“I felt overworked, and the fun was starting to leave a little bit. So I went back to playing basketball during basketball season and I went to play some racquet sports during the summer time,” he said. “Multiple sport was very important to me, regardless of what age I was.”
From a Parent Standpoint
As a father of two boys, Mike has some advice for parents who may think the only way to reach a high level is for the athlete to quit other sports at a young age.
“From a parent standpoint, don’t think that your child has to play that one sport so early in order to get a scholarship in college or get a scholarship in university. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”
Of course at some point an athlete may need to dedicate themselves to that one sport as they get older, but it’s really about the pathway to get there.
“Obviously once you go to post secondary institutions, and again that’s a very small percentage of athletes, yes you’re only going to play one sport, because really that’s all the time you have. But for the majority of us, keep playing multiple sports.”
Mike also said that, even if you do play at a high level, you can’t necessarily play volleyball forever. At some point, it’ll end, and playing multiple sports can have a positive impact later in life.
“It’s nice to open up those avenues and those doors when you’re younger to develop those connections and those friends to continue on doing something that’s different. “
From a Coach Standpoint
Mike became a coach when his two boys were playing sports, coaching them in soccer, basketball and later, volleyball.
“I’ve coached kids from 14 through 18 to adults, and definitely my kids, any kid who’s in high school, I don’t want them playing only one sport if they have options to do other things,” he said.
“The more you can do the better, the longer you can do multiple sports, the better.”
“Again, I didn’t put two and two together back then, because you’re just playing for fun. But as I’m older and hopefully a little wiser, I can explain that to athletes saying you know, ‘Don’t think only about your chosen sport whatever that may be, because there are other sports that can help you in whatever you really love to do’.”
So what would Mike say if an athlete wanted to quit basketball to focus on volleyball?
“If they’re 14, grade 11, I’m not going to be very supportive of that. If you’re quitting because you don’t like it, that’s fine, but if you’re quitting because you think you have to, well I don’t think you do.”
The Trick to It All
At the end of the day, Mike believes the benefits to the multi-sport athlete boils down to one simple concept.
“It’s really life balance,” he said.
And for all the kids out there, he said to shut out the peer pressure, and if you want to play another sport, go for it.
“All I want is for kids to just do whatever makes them happy and if playing multiple sports makes you happy, do it. And when you’re no longer happy doing something, then don’t. It’s as simplistic as that. Don’t feel the peer pressure or the pressure from home that you have to quit in order to excel. Only the athlete is going to know that, nobody else is going to give you that answer except yourself.”
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As part of our trip to West Virginia last month, my wife and I stopped by the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a destination that’s been on my bucket list for a while. Yes, it’s appeared on just about every paranormal-themed TV show, but it has an interesting history dating back to the Civil War as well.
Designed by Baltimore architect Richard Snowden Andrews in Gothic and Tudor Revival styles, construction on the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum began in 1858. In 1861, the Civil War’s outbreak interrupted construction on Virginia’s new asylum as Union troops seized its construction funds from a local bank (totaling nearly $30,000.00 in gold) and used them to help fund a pro-Union Virginia government in Wheeling. It opened in 1864, though construction wasn’t fully completed until nearly 20 years later.
During the mid-twentieth century, it was notoriously overcrowded and closed in 1994. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. After sitting abandoned for several years, it opened for tours as a museum and it slowly being restored.
My wife and I went on a 90-minute tour that took us throughout the main building, and even to some places most visitors don’t get to see. Our tour guide took us onto the main balcony, the lobotomy rooms, children’s wing, and even up into the attic.
One of the most tragic things we witnessed was in the common area of the children’s wing. Patients had carved initials, shapes, and figures into the wooden windowsills. In one corner, someone had scraped deep grooves with their fingernails. You can imagine a young patient staring out the window, clawing at the wood with their nails over and over… truly creepy.
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Transparency: Do We Protest It Too Much?
Do some investment industry professionals protest simple transparency rules to the detriment of both themselves and their clients?
A lot of debate about fiduciary rules and responsibility continues. What’s it all really about?
I suggest one word: transparency.
In “Discovering Phi: Motivation as the Hidden Variable of Performance,” after interviewing more than 200 investment management leaders and surveying approximately 3,300 investment professionals, researchers found that:
- Only 28% of respondents report staying in the investment industry to help clients.
- Another 36% believe that acting in their clients’ best interests implies taking on career risk.
As an industry, we clearly have a problem. But it’s one with an easy solution: simple, plain-language disclosure of conflicts — something everyone is capable of producing.
I have worked in the investment industry for many years, serving as managing director for a large investment bank and asset manager, as a senior officer inside two trust companies, and now as head of a high-net-worth investment consulting and advisory firm. During my career, I have encountered three critical industry problems that need to be addressed:
- Families locked into trustee bank fiduciary relationships comprised largely of in-house products. Clients then receive 800-page investment reports (see an actual example of this below) that have no clear illustration of asset allocation or relative or absolute performance metrics, and fee disclosures that are often not easy to decipher.
- Investment banks, brokerage firms, and asset management wealth advisers claim to be unbiased and open about their fiduciary values, yet are compensated through the sale of their own products or those of others who agree to pay for distribution by these sales teams. Even after large fines were imposed on Wall Street firms for such behavior, “Pay to Play Is Alive and Well.”
- Registered investment adviser “fiduciaries” (RIAs) that are still registered with broker-dealers and can receive marketing distribution fees or selling incentives from mutual funds or other investment firms. As an example, do some firms advise clients to move assets into index funds, but then buy funds that have high total expenses, when other suitable options exist with much lower fees?
Related to the last bullet, if we are honest with ourselves, lack of opportunity is what keeps many of us out of trouble. And when there’s an opportunity to pocket 12b-1 fees by investing in one fund rather than another, how do we resist the temptation to take them, but then disclose it, on say page 121, in very small print?
When questioned, firms are quick to proclaim that they disclose all issues and conflicts, and that they are heavily regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and various state securities and banking regulators to ensure they are operating properly. If “nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark” though, what explains the “Discovering Phi” findings? And, why do firms continue to bury disclosures in documents that are hundreds of pages long?
I hope changes will occur to help reduce incentive structure conflicts that often serve the interests of the broker and the product provider rather than the client.
If they do, I believe it will be a positive for investors and for Wall Street, which many studies show has a big image and confidence problem, especially among younger generations who are the industry’s future.
Rules that could foster true fiduciary responsibility are likely to need a push to get the industry over natural anxieties about change and coming to terms with past failings.
Until this happens, however, what’s my message to clients of asset managers, brokerage firms, RIAs, or bank trust companies?
When investing, don’t rely on a transparent, free, and open disclosure of information. Ask questions related to all fees and options before making any type of investment.
And always remember, if any firm makes excuses, or protests too much about plain language, simple disclosures about conflicts, and easy-to-understand reporting, my turn of an old phrase, Caveat Investor (investor beware).
Finally, what’s my message to the industry?
If you protest too much and continue to resist change, beware yourself. If you aren’t more transparent, investors might force change by significantly reducing the demand for your services.
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Mun-Su 나나알바 Park, a South Korean school understudy, subtleties the individual, negative encounters she had working brief circumstances in Japan. Brief positions are unpredictably typical in Japan, with different understudies working at a periodic task to get central pay. Japan has a couple of radiant qualities that pick their short positions; obviously, a few understudies still hanging out there to just depend upon inconsistent circumstances for their cash related work.
Focusing on that few out of every single odd periodic work overburdens their representatives, there is right at present areas of strength for basic for monstrous for a culture in Japan, one which should be obvious not totally for all time laid out than several social orders. The superb nature which makes periodic positions so charming notwithstanding is on a particularly fundamental level a chief assistance behind this terrible reality; social conversation about how to protect understudies and pariahs the same, while keeping an adaptable work force, is unquestionably anticipated in Japan today. Silly treatment experienced at broken positions concretes nonappearance of ensured edge time and dinner costs, supervisors considering no evident incredible goal changing really keeping hours, a refusal to draw up work plans, and lower pay. While passing positions are viewed as an extra kind of pay with little bet, late appraisals have found different South Korean parttime specialists working more than 40 hours of the week, with brief positions being the principal sort of pay.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development portrays brief work as people utilized – either gives out or uninhibitedly used – who dependably sort out under 30 hours of each and every week at a standard work. Considering everything, with a paid excursion ceaselessly, and a fitting every last push toward excuse move compensation. The different weeks occasion reward doesn’t basically influence laborers who have fixed hours under 15 hours persistently.
Laborers occasion visas are not confined to how long they could function during seven days. A few affiliations are ordinary this, and can require working occasion visa holders to deal with an especially gigantic level more hours as a result of it.
Expecting you ought to zero in more on working experience and less on seeing, then, going to Korea with a functioning occasion visa is an unmatched decision. On the off chance that you are in South Korea zeroing in on Korean (on a D-4 visa) or are truly enlisted at school (on a D-2 visa), then, you have the choice of working in Korea on a parttime explanation. In like manner sensibly in this way with any wide trip for business, one of the most fabulous ways of managing coordinating finding work in South Korea as a distant is to be in the country as of now. On the off chance that you came to South Korea significance to learn Korean, after your fundamental a half year, you will truly have to start dealing with a parttime explanation.
Right when you spend a half year, you can visit the work space at your school, who will give you significant data about reports that you really need to set up in a way work parttime in Korea. Fairly correspondingly comparably with any crucial letter, Korean affirmation specialists ought to see more significant bits of information concerning your work history and limits that make you an unmistakable contender for the gig to which you are applying. Review that Korean new kids around will generally also isolate their ruler improvement, their preparation, character, and why they need the occupation for which they are applying.
Conceivable to get positions are language-fair that don’t need Korean, yet managers will be better toward promising new kids on the block who are have some data on Korean (or perhaps enthused about learning) since this will help them fundamentally more completely coordinate with associates and work culture. As well as plans relationship with Korean domestics, it is correspondingly really astonishing to work with different expats, since they will be more acquainted with what working in Korea as an unapproachable is like.
Itas not overpowering expecting to be that short not permanently set up, or improvised positions are the means by which Korean adolescents are not figuring out choices to full-opportunity occupations, since information is insufficient. New understudies may thusly have the decision to figure out part-opportunity occupations in the event that they have confusing work licenses gave by the public authority known as Shakugan katsudo kyoka. It is required, and is the clarification some language schools demand that understudies stay by some time going before begin searching for glinting positions, especially expecting they are full scale youths. Unendingly, we spectator all around understudies being constrained out of Japan as they can’t require out the hour of allowed home in the country since they are working parttime and pardoning their assessments.
That is, understudies who are working the full 28 hours commonly regardless of their full-time language thinks dependably have their evaluations impacted. For Korean language understudies, the most fantastic headway of hours worked dependably is 20 hours (moving beyond that you are as per an overall perspective TOPIK I level 2), so take the necessary steps not to preposterously go over this end. The work support rate among Korean youth is other than lower, as many are gotten with loosened up learning or going through widened time periods isolating down for position tests for affiliations, paying special attention to 4.4% extraordinarily progressed 15-29 years of age in 2017. In 2017, just 15.9% of energetic specialists in Korea were non-full-time, while the most recent OECD standard is 22.8%.
In 2015, utilized young people made 20-24 years in other OECD nations stood firm on footings a norm of 1.8 years, twofold that in Korea.3 However, when in their late 20s, the two Koreans and all OECD teens had business paces of 2.1 years. Notwithstanding what a gave up pursuit, different extra impacting Koreans don’t stay at their most incredible positions long. In an evaluation for their family from a Paris-based association, Part-Time Workers, the social gathering found that starting around 2020, 15.37 percent of all pre-owned Koreans made 15 and more set up got some part-encounters status.
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More and more, especially here in Southeast Arizona, people like yourself have taken the landscaping and clearing out of their property, into their own hands..literally. When landscaping your property, landscape equipment is the most important part of the equation. Whether you are leveling a lot, clearing brush or putting in a garden and plant life, without the proper tools and equipment, your project and safety could be halted before you ever get started. With that, here are a few of the pieces of equipment you may need in your next landscaping project.
When it comes time to clear out property, grade a surface or just move things around, theres nothing as economical or as big of a time saver as a skidsteer. A skidsteer loader can sometimes be used in place of a large excavator by digging a hole from the inside. The skid loader first digs a ramp leading to the edge of the desired excavation. It then uses the ramp to carry material out of the hole. The skid loader reshapes the ramp making it steeper and longer as the excavation deepens. This method is particularly useful for digging under a structure where overhead clearance does not allow for the boom of a large excavator, such as digging a basement under an existing house. Several companies make backhoe attachments for skid-steers. These are more effective for digging in a small area than the method above and can work in the same environments. Other applications may consist of transporting raw material around a job site, or assisting in the rough grading process.
This is an easy one. Trenchers by far a a huge value when landscaping your property. Whether it’s for digging a small trench for landscape stone or for installing landscape plumbing, the trencher can save multiple hours of work as well as your pocket book. Renting a trencher will keep man hours and the cost of those man hours in your pocket.
Laying turf down in replace of that hot and painful gravel? A plate compactor can even out the undulating small hills and rough patches that make tacking down turf nearly impossible. All you need to complete the project at this point, is a level and Vail Equipment Rentals offers those as well. | <urn:uuid:e8120010-cf81-42f0-85a1-0ac441640cee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vailequipmentrentals.com/landscape-equipment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937818 | 472 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Even before any other country could come out with legislation to regulate stablecoins, Japan became the first significant economy to pass such a bill for investor protection.
Bloomberg reported on Friday that the Japanese Parliament recognized stablecoins as digital money. The decision comes soon after the Terra stablecoin collapse led to a market meltdown last month. Which also led to several other countries tightening domestic laws around crypto offerings.
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The South Korean government has said that it will launch a Digital Asset Committee by the end of this month in the wake of the Terra collapse.
Japan makes entry of foreign stablecoin issuers hard
Japanese crypto exchanges have reportedly refrained from listing stablecoins so far.
But, as per Japan’s new law, the legal status of stablecoins will reportedly be ‘linked to the yen or another legal tender and guarantee holders the right to redeem them at face value.’
This effectively means that only licensed banks and registered financial institutions and agents will be able to issue stablecoins from 2023 when the law comes into effect. But, so far, there is no clarity on how the legislation will treat private stablecoins issued outside Japan. Which will include reserve-backed options like Tether or even Luna’s algo-based counterparts.
However, Reeve Collins, the co-founder of digital token company BLOCKv is of the view that the Terra debacle will probably be the end of algo stablecoin. Reeve told CNBC, “And a lot of people pulled out their money in the last few months because they realized that it wasn’t sustainable. So that crash kind of had a cascade effect. And it will probably be the end of most algo stablecoins.”
Last month, Fabio Panetta, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank had also highlighted that “stablecoins are vulnerable to runs.” He had added: “There is no guarantee that they [stablecoins] can be redeemed at par at any time – just last week the world’s biggest stablecoin temporarily lost its peg to the dollar.”
Owing to these concerns, Japan’s Financial Services Agency is expected to soon introduce new regulations for stablecoin issuers.
FTX expands to Japan
While experts have told media outlets that the law might make it difficult for foreign players to enter the market, local players like Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. have expressed plans to issue their own stablecoin (Progmat Coin).
That said, crypto exchange FTX has announced that it has expanded its services in Japan. Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX and currently the Interim CEO of FTX Japan, commented, “Japan is a highly regulated market with potential market size of almost $1 trillion when it comes to cryptocurrency trading. With the launch of FTX Japan, we will be able to bring additional products to this market, such as our perpetuals and spot crypto trading. We look forward to further revolutionizing the Japanese digital asset ecosystem through FTX Japan.”
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Some users do not want to deal with Rasbperry Pi and home-made sub-modules. Despite my intensive arguing, my brother refused to work with RPi and Linux. He just wanted to use something that works out-of-the-box.
In order to connect his already existing 1-wire net with the WAGO 750, we have ordered a "1-Wire Buskoppler SPS" module from esera automation. It converts RW232 to 1-Wire and can be plugged in directly to the service port of the WAGO PLC with the use of a connector offered by esera. In such a way the user can avoid buying a separate RS232 module (or RS484 if such a solution is chosen). With a price tag of 70 EUR the esera's 1-wire Buskoppler is a cheap solution. Here is, how it looks in with the controller itself:
Before fixing the roadway to my house I have laid 1 UTP cable to the fence. 2 wires was used by the door lock, 4 by videophone, 2 are used to send impulses to gate motor. That's all. There is no wires left to connects sensors checking if the gate is left open. I has happened a few times that in the evening, after letting the guests out, the gate was left opened. Nothing happened, that's true, but it is leaves a space for improvement.
The camera is a potential source of information. It is looking at the gate and is always on. It must be possible to use it to recognized if the gate is open... ...but after checking all the libraries and software doing image recognition, I got stuck. Recognizing edges, registering changes... all too complicated. It was just not worth it. Finally I managed to build a much simplified solution based on GD PHP library and some simple calculations. Here is how it's done:
1. Every minute a script on RPi downloads a 640x480 image from the camera.
2. 4 samples 15x15px each are cut out from the fence and the gate as shown on the image below:
The time has come to integrate all the elements of control into one program. The new method of communication (more here), bootstrap facilitating fast building of responsive pages and a fancy opensource template were sufficient to provoke me to start another project. Here is the final effects and the details follow below.
One of the visitors has sent me a screenshot of his visualization. It was fully based on bitmaps imported to CoDeSys as visualization background. It was by far superior to all that I had done so far.
At the end of 2010 after playing a little with a bitmap editor I rebuild all main visualizations. The effects are to be found below (WARNING – large sizes of screenshots):
The visualizations are adjusted to my computer screen’s resolution. Obviously the space could be used better, probably you can see an amateur hand, but well – it is what it is. The most important success is that seeing the visualizations as they are my wife decided to try to use them ;)
Technically – the idea is not complicated. First in a graphic editor you need to create a background composed of elements that will not change as the program runs. To set a background in CoDeSys right-click on your visualization.
In the 2nd step you need to draw dynamic elements – standard rectangles and circles. All as in the usual visualization but with a much greater effect. If a more detailed explanation is needed, please let me know. | <urn:uuid:4e371726-e6d5-49a2-82e2-9e57e5acf42f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edom-plc.pl/index.php/en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958445 | 730 | 1.851563 | 2 |
There are lots of different nails available on the market and each of them has a specific type of purpose. Finish nails are usually used to attach molding and trim to a house. The reason why people will use these nails is because it is easy to sync them into the moulding or trim. This means that a hole is left behind but that can be filled with putty, turning it into a completely smooth surface. Finish nails have very small heads and are also small in size. They can be up to 4 inches long but most are only about an inch. The weight of finished nails is determined in the same way as with other nails, which means it uses pennyweight. Additionally, finish nails come with lots of different gauge sizes since some are constructed using steel wire. However, does tend to be used for interior finishing.
Finish Nails and Pennyweight
Pennyweight is a description that has been around for centuries. It’s started in England and described how much money was paid for 100 nails. In other words, if you have to pay five pennies four 100 nails, then this would be called 5 pennyweight. This method of determining a nail’s weight is something that stuck and continues to be used today. Interestingly, the symbol used for a penny weight is the letter d. That is also the symbol for denarius, which is Roman for penny. Hence, when you purchase your nails, they will be described as 2d, 5d, 15d, and so on. 4 finish nails, you will find out the range from 2d all the way up to 20d.
To find out what size of Neil you actually need is pretty easy to do. You measure the length of the nail and take half an inch off. Multiply this number by 4 and that will give you the pennyweight you need.
Finish Nails and Length
It is very important that you choose the right length of nil. This is determined by the width of the molding or the trim on which you will be using it. If you have wood that is half an inch wide, then you need a 1 1/2 inch nail. Essentially, you multiply the width of your wood by 3 to find the length of your nail. Finish nails are usually not very long, however, so 4 inches is probably the longest you will be able to get.
Finish Nails and Sinking
These types of nails have been designed to sink into the wood, which means that a small hole will be left. The finish nail’s head is only just wider than its shaft. On top of the nail’s head, there is a tiny point spot onto which you can place the point of another nail and this allows you to tap it right away into the wood itself. This is known as sinking. Once all your nails are sunk, you go back to the first one and, one by one, fill all the holes up using putty. You can, if you prefer, make the nail flush with your wood but this is quite unsightly unless the nail is the exact same color as your trim. | <urn:uuid:443390b2-541d-4bf9-be2b-caa2b5d9eb7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://livinginthisseason.com/what-are-finish-nails-and-why-do-we-use-them/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975904 | 636 | 2.5625 | 3 |
To determine the convergence or divergence of the series using the Direct Comparison Test.
The Direct Comparison Test:
Let, for all and . Then
(i) if is convergent is convergent
(ii) If is divergent is divergent
Here, consider and
And by p-series test, the series is convergent.
Therefore, by the Direct Comparison test is convergent.
Thus, by using the Direct Comparison test the series, is absolutely convergent
Hence, the given series is convergent.
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Strange Layer Behaviour in Articulate StoryLIne II
Hello to all,
It seems lately, I have to many issues around this module. I am using the player with unrestricted navigation as the project sponsor insist on it. The style and colors have changed so much that I have revisited the slides so many times......anyway, the strange thing that is happening concerns layers. The base layer does not dim...but subsequent layers hide the items that should not be seen again from the base layer . I have custom buttons on each slide layer that allow the user to go back and forth if they need to revisit the content. when I click the first button it goes to the first layer, the next navigation goes to the second layer but appears as if it bringing in a double offset text box. I have checked all of the objects and cannot find duplicates. I have checked for animation and do not have any. The behavior repeats when you navigate back. the next layer works but the last layer shows the base layer when you navigate back. Any suggestions would be appreciated. | <urn:uuid:d04b8341-26b0-40c7-9f48-9e5851694c9f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/strange-layer-behaviour-in-articulate-storyline-ii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929196 | 216 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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