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In the history of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), 16 April 2002 is a landmark date, with the implant of the first transcatheter aortic valve in a patient at the University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France, by Alain Cribier and his team. However, the story of TAVI goes back much further, driven largely by the ingenuity and tenacity of its creator, Henning Rud Andersen (Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark).
To mark the 20 years since the first implanted valve, Andersen, regarded by many as the ‘Father of TAVI’, speaks to Cardiovascular News about his development of the early transcatheter valve, the decades-long mission to bring the technology to fruition, where he sees TAVI going next and his advice for budding physician-inventors.
The story begins in 1989. Andersen was attending an interventional conference in Phoenix, USA, where he saw a talk by the developer of the balloon-expandable stent, Julio Palmaz, when he first chanced upon the idea of using a balloon-expandable device to implant a heart valve percutaneously. “It suddenly came out, just while I was sitting there, it took me one second to think ‘why not use the same technology, use the balloon and the stents and build a heart valve with a metal frame’,” recalls Andersen.
On return from his US trip, Andersen started work on what would become his prototype aortic valve, though he admits that, at the time, it was seen as being an outlandish concept. “When I went back to my professor and I told him that I have got this idea, he said to me that I was crazy. But he also told me to give it a shot,” he says. Colleagues too were less than optimistic about his prospects of bringing the idea to reality. As a result, Andersen set about without funding or industry support to work on the proof-of-concept valve.
“What I built was a metal stent which had a valve inside. If you look at what is going out today, there is a metal stent, there is a foldable valve, and there is a balloon,” remarking that the concept is largely consistent with that of balloon-expandable valves that are still in use today. “When I am out presenting, I am still pointing at the engineers sitting there and saying ‘what the hell have you done within the last 30 years, nothing new has happened!’” he jokes.
Initial experiments with the device involved implantations into adult pigs, which were performed via retroperitoneal access to the abdominal aorta. The first such implant was successfully performed on 1 May 1989, less than three months after his initial spark of the idea in Phoenix. After the first successful procedure, Andersen performed a series of implantations to attempt to refine the procedure.
“After five to ten animal implantations I was completely sure that this would be a revolution within interventional cardiology,” says Andersen. “Of course, I was turned down for many years, but my belief at that time was that this would be a technology that would develop and would be there for many years.”
Despite his own certainty, which had led him to invest in patents to protect his own financial interests and to secure funding to develop the idea, it was an uphill struggle to convince others that his successful concept could turn into the transformational procedure that it has become today. His initial attempts to publish the findings of his early studies were rebuffed by several well-known journals, before finally being accepted for publication in the European Heart Journal in 1992, now more than three years after the start of the story.
The initial publication was followed by the presentation of a poster at the 65th American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific meeting in New Orleans, USA in 1992, though Andersen admits that the idea did not gain huge traction at this time. Although he felt colleagues were slow to recognise the value of the concept, Andersen had secured some financial backing from Stanford Surgical Technologies (SST), based in California. Despite working with SST for a number of years in a bid to develop his research, Andersen said that his efforts had ground to a halt, and the company had instead opted to focus on the development of a technique for less invasive surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
Andersen says he began to see the idea gathering pace when it caught the attention of Stanton Rowe, a former director of development with Johnson & Johnson, and who had secured the licence for the coronary stent pioneered by Julio Palmaz, the initial spark for Andersen’s TAVI idea, on behalf of the company. When he saw the value in the idea, Rowe had formed Percutaneous Valve Technologies (PVT) in a bid to pursue the concept, with partners including Marty Leon and Alain Cribier. The company acquired the license agreement for the idea, which was later purchased by Edwards Lifesciences in 2004 for US$125 million.
Andersen recognised that it was the moment that PVT gained the licence to the idea that it took flight. “He [Stanton Rowe] established a budget of around US$20 million to start the development of my idea. I was in close contact with him, and they started to do all of the technical things down in Tel Aviv in Israel,” Andersen recalls.
Further animal experiments were conducted in Paris, led by Cribier and with the support of Leon who would travel in from the USA. Andersen’s own story then circles back to the beginning, when in 2002 Cribier performed the first in-human TAVI procedure. In fact, the circularity in Andersen’s story continues when his own father, aged 86 in 2011 underwent TAVI due to severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, and went on to live for a further nine years.
“My dad was nearly dying from his aortic stenosis. He was living outside the city, and he had a small farm, but he could not do anything anymore,” remembers Andersen. Though not involved in the procedure directly, which was performed by his colleagues in Aarhus, Andersen recognises the role that his innovation played in extending his father’s life.
“He lived until he was 95 and he had no symptoms from his heart for the rest of his life,” he says. “He had a very good life. Normally I would never say that I saved my dad’s life! I am very frequently asked about it, but I could never claim that I did!”
Andersen says he still follows the developments in the technology, and is proud of his contribution to the field. He says: “This was my baby, I created it, now it has grown up and it is a teenager. But it is a strong teenager and it will mature and mature.”
He believes that the expansion of TAVI, first in patients at extreme risk from surgery, and then latterly out into lower-risk populations, has been the right approach.” We started with the very fragile, very old patients who cardiac surgeons would not offer treatment to,” he comments. “It was the right place to start, because remember that this is a completely new, unproven procedure, maybe all the devices would have failed after six months. Nobody knew.”
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Southgate is a middle-class suburb in central Wayne County, Michigan. The population was 30,047 at the 2010 census. Southgate was established as a city in October 1958, which was one of the last remaining portions of the now-defunct Ecorse Township, Michigan.Wikipedia
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Unity Developer — Collision Layers
When dealing with triggers and collisions, we used the technique of checking tags before performing the required task. This works especially well when there is only one thing that you want to have a trigger for, but there is another method when accounting for multiple objects. That is setting up your collision layers.
Collision Layers are a simple and easy way to make sure that objects only interact if desire. We have a player with a hitbox and an enemy with a hitbox. We can set up their layers in their Inspectors. In the top right of any Inspector, go to Layers and Add Layer.
Here you can add as many layers as you like. We are going to add a layer for the Player and Enemies. We are also going to add a layer for their attacks, called ‘Sword’ and ‘EnemyAttack.’ You could name these anything that makes sense for you and your project.
After the new layers are set up, assign them on the proper game objects.
For the final step, go to the Project Settings and Physics2D.
Here you will see a cross section of all the layers. All you have to do is untick any collisions you don’t want to happen. In our case Player/Sword shouldn’t interact, because we don’t want the Player to be hit with their own hitbox. Same goes for the Enemy and EnemyAttack.
And that’s it! With the power of layers, you can fully control what you want to interact and what will pass each other by. You can use this to prevent Players from hitting each other in multiplayer, enemies from hitting each other, or you can even do some interesting layering in the environment. Pass through water, but not ground. Let your creativity run wile. | <urn:uuid:893c7a9a-c5de-45fe-b595-b628e9066d1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cgraf062491.medium.com/unity-developer-collision-layers-e1ee7087e8cc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.94297 | 379 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Most people around the world have probably heard about Bingo before. It’s popular because of its simple nature and rules. There are all sorts of variations of Bingo leveling all the way up to a professional stage. In other instances, it may be played with just a handful of players with an unlimited number of prizes for winners.
It’s no surprise that the Irish love Bingo and use their famously known good luck to play. Irish Bingo has developed into a special type of popular game. So, what exactly is Irish Bingo, and how has it spread to other countries over the years? Let’s take a look at how the Irish play Bingo and how you can play it digitally.
Background Of Irish Bingo
The general game of Bingo stemmed from Italy at some point in the 1500s. It wasn’t long before Bingo was popping up all over Europe for centuries to come. Around the 1960s, Bingo settled in Ireland. Graduate students were actually putting pressure on the Irish government to revive the old language.
Soon enough, a private Irish lottery was created called Gael Linn. This organization encouraged the use of the Irish language. Scholarships were granted and several educational institutions were involved with Gael Linn. In the 1970s, Gael Linn bought large buildings and transformed them into Bingo halls.
What Is Irish Bingo?
Irish Bingo alone has plenty of variations, both available online and in-person. Here’s a few of them, for instance:
- 90 Ball Bingo
- 75 Ball Bingo
- Jackpot Bingo
- 30 Ball Bingo
The most common variation of Irish Bingo is the 90 Ball game type. These are the rules for this variation. Players are given a card with a 3 x 9 grid of squares. Afterward, 90 balls are in play, which is called one by one. Each ball has a number on it and the number is announced to the players.
If you have the number, it’s marked off on your Bingo card. Once you mark off all of the numbers on a single line, you call for Bingo and redeem a prize. At this point, the game is not over yet. A player has to complete two full lines before the game is over. Once this happens, players who want to participate again are given cards with a new set of squares, and the game restarts.
The Shift To Digital
Bingo is massively played in-person and serves as a wonderful activity for people around the world. For example, Bingo is an astounding choice as a wedding activity, where dozens of people could play at the same time. Children are taught Bingo in schools and play for small prizes occasionally. However, public venues and halls provide weekly Bingo games where people could take it on as a hobby.
Recently, over the years, we’ve seen a shift where people prefer to play at home. Casino and dedicated Bingo websites now provide the opportunity to play wherever you are. So why and how did this shift happen? Online has attractive features for Bingo players such as free entries, prize bonuses, and different sized jackpots.
It’s easy to sign up too and play from the comfort of your home. Online Bingo sites gain more attraction by finding clever ways that appeal to the public. For instance, Foxy Bingo and Ladbrokes incorporated the TV show Friends into their Bingo games, which already has a large fanbase.
There is also a Deal or No Deal Bingo game run by Playtech where the theme is based around iconic suitcases from the show instead of squares. Most players could find a Bingo game that relates to their favorite entertainment and play!
How To Play Irish Bingo Digitally
You can enjoy a wide and flexible range of sites that provide Irish Bingo. Each one has its own set of prizes and themes which may appeal to any specific Bingo player. If you’re looking for larger games, Paddy Power Bingo has one of the biggest operations for online Bingo. Games are pretty cheap starting at £.01, and they also have other casino games that you can play, unlike most other sites.
888 Ladies Bingo has a very user-friendly experience for new or existing players. It’s organized where the balls being called are on the left side of the screen and your card is in the middle. The right side has a chat where you can interact with other players and provides an engaging social experience. Lastly, they have bonuses and promotions running every day so you always have a fresh experience.
Just like Paddy Power, Wink Bingo is a great alternative where they have additional casino games that you can participate in. They’ve proven over the years that they have some of the best Irish Bingo bonuses available. Some of these bonuses include 50% reloads every time you make a deposit. Additionally, Wink has a strong community and easy entry as you don’t need to download anything on your computer.
The global sensation of Bingo continues to evolve where anybody could play and pick up the game with ease. Much like other countries in Europe, Ireland adopted their own special variations of Bingo, which added to their rich culture since the ’70s. Irish Bingo is accessible digitally, and you can play from the comfort of your own home with bonuses and exciting jackpots. Why not give it a swing and see where your luck takes you. Who knows, you might just hit the jackpot.
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As most of you know, MLB’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expired on December 1st. And like many of us have been expecting since the previous deal was struck, a new contract was not signed. So, MLB imposed a work stoppage at 12:01 on December 2nd, and it doesn’t look like anything is going to be moving forward anytime soon.
What is a CBA?
The CBA is a contract between the players, represented through the players association (MLBPA), and the owners (MLB). The last of such a contract was signed in 2016, and since then, there have been multiple issues and grievances throughout the seasons. Leading many of us to believe that a new agreement wouldn’t be reached in time.
We were right. And so ensued the first MLB stoppage since 1990.
So, why the lockout?
Despite what owners, some media and even a Commissioner’s letter may tell you; this was nothing more than a scare tactic. A way for the owners to strongarm MLBPA into agreeing to their terms. This lockout stops everything, in the business, such as free agent signings. It also included MLB.com and MLB.tv removing all images, videos and articles about any active MLB players. In short, it’s a mess, and something that both sides tried desperately to avoid during negotiations.
According to Manfred, this lockout is simply enforced to stop a potential disruption to the upcoming season. But, with the stall in discussions so far, it doesn’t look promising.
What terms are causing the problems?
Since the 2011 agreement was settled upon, MLB has seen an uptake in revenues, why? Because of the terms of the CBA. Owners have been hit with a number of “penalties” such as exceeding the luxury tax, meaning player salaries have stayed relatively constant through the years whilst MLB revenues have increased. In the most general of terms, the owners have been greedy and the players want their payday.
One major point of contention has been free agent eligibility. For decades, players have been signed to a six-year deal, before becoming free agents. So far, this has not been an issue, until owners manipulated that particular rule, making it so that service time can be increased from six to seven years. Kris Bryant is one of those players to fall into the manipulation. He was called up to the Major’s two weeks after the season had started, meaning that his six years of service time wouldn’t start until the following season, allowing the Cubs to gain an extra year of control over his contract.
The list just goes on, teams “tanking” to receive draft compensation, salary arbitration and veteran free agent indifference. All points which were not addressed in the latest discussions.
One could argue that it’s a two-way street, and it is, as with all negotiations, there has to be give and take. But, it’s easy to place blame, because it was only one side who decided to willingly shut down a business. The side which doesn’t suffer from this turn of events. The side which doesn’t have players who are no longer able to access their facilities or trainers for rehab purposes. The side with everything to lose.
The fate of baseball as of now, in unknown. But one thing is most definitely certain, even if a new deal is agreed upon before the new season, this war is far from over. I have no doubt we’ll see another lockout in just a few short years, after this new agreement expires. | <urn:uuid:4af9bcfd-d8a3-4133-b1d8-99730cc12f9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thesportswave.net/a-lockout-because-no-one-hates-baseball-more-than-rob-manfred/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.985696 | 751 | 1.851563 | 2 |
A leukaemia patient has been cured of the HIV Aids virus with a bone marrow transplant, it was claimed today.
Researchers said the transplant involved bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a genetic resistance to HIV.
Around three-and-a-half years after ending anti-retroviral therapy, the patient has no sign of infection.
German scientists led by Dr Kristina Allers, from Charite-University Medicine Berlin, wrote in the journal Blood online: "From these results, it is reasonable to conclude that cure of HIV infection has been achieved in this patient."
The donor stem cells replaced the patient's HIV-infected population of CD4 white blood cells. The stem cells had a genetic variant known to prevent invasions by the HIV virus.
After the transplant, it was found that HIV replication in the patient had stopped. However, doctors expected the virus to return as the patient's cancer-damaged immune system was being rebuilt.
The new follow-up study shows this did not happen. Instead scientists found successful reconstitution of "healthy" CD4 cells throughout the patient's body.
CD4 cells are vital "helper" T-cells which activate and direct other elements of the immune system.
The researchers wrote: "By monitoring the most common prognostic markers, HIV cannot be assessed in this patient."
British experts said they were impressed by the results but argued that bone marrow transplants were not a practical way to treat HIV infection.
Dr Andrew Freedman, from Cardiff University School of Medicine, said: "A cure for HIV, as opposed to lifelong suppressive therapy, has long been sought after. This single case report shows that this is achievable but the stem cell transplant procedure involved is much too complex, risky and expensive for routine use."
Prof Jonathan Ball, a leading virologist from the University of Nottingham, said: "The ability of this particular genetic defect to protect against HIV infection has been known for over a decade but this is the first time it has been harnessed to cure HIV infection.
"There was always a risk that HIV could re-emerge within this patient but so far this doesn't seem to have happened. However, stem cell transplantation is highly risky and the availability of very effective anti-HIV drugs will mean that this procedure is unlikely to be the HIV panacea." | <urn:uuid:f4684a52-a98f-4e82-8d44-34176b96da7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30485853.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971165 | 483 | 2.59375 | 3 |
If you consider yourself an introvert (same!), you know that our needs differ from our extroverted counterparts. For instance, we need lots of alone time to recharge our batteries, especially after socializing. And some introverts may opt for a quiet, cozy night at home over going out any day of the week. It turns out that it’s entirely possible introverts are more sensitive to stimulants like caffeine, music, and alcohol.
Here's one explanation for this: In general, "introverts tend to be intuitive, and deeply aware of their own thoughts, as well as sensitive to their external environment," says Gregory Scott Brown, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, mental health writer, and author of The Self-Healing Mind, adding that this is especially true when introverts are surrounded by people. "That means any external stimulus, whether it's a comment, look, action by someone else, or gesture is something the introvert is likely to notice."
Although introverts are commonly perceived as shy or anti-social, Dr. Brown says that isn't always the case. From a scientific perspective, the difference between extroverts and introverts is arousal, also called cortical activation levels. Extroverts have low arousal levels, so to reach optimal arousal, they require more stimulation, hence why they become naturally energized by social interactions. On the other hand, introverts have a high cortical activation level, so they tend to avoid stimulation.
With that in mind, below, Dr. Brown and Carla Marie Manly, PhD, a clinical psychologist, and author of Joy from Fear and Date Smart, explain why it’s possible introverts are more sensitive to stimulants, in particular, caffeine, music, and alcohol.
So, why are introverts more sensitive to caffeine? "Perhaps because introverts tend to be more self-aware with regards to their body, mind, and internal environment, research does suggest they are more likely to notice ingestion of substances like caffeine," Dr. Brown says. "For instance, one study published in the Journal of Human Kinetics tested 42 participants (21 extroverts and 21 introverts) to see if the effects of caffeine impacted their performance. Results showed that introverts could better perceive whether they ingested caffeine or the placebo than extroverts. So, Dr. Brown says that while higher doses of caffeine may lead to higher physiological arousal (e.g., increased heart rate) in both personality types, introverts may be more likely to notice the response.
However, Dr. Brown notes that in terms of caffeine affecting introverts' and extroverts' performance differently, results are mixed. Some studies showed that the stimulant effects of caffeine did differ between introverts and extroverts. Extroverts, for instance, noticed improved performance after consuming caffeine, but introverts become over-aroused, which impaired their performance. Meanwhile, another study published by the American Psychological Association showed that caffeine didn't affect the mood and performance of introverts and extroverts differently, even at different times of the day.
So, while consuming caffeine may or may not affect an introvert's performance levels, their heightened self-awareness will likely notice the side effects (we're looking at you, caffeine jitters!) quicker or more often than extroverts.
As for sensitivity to music, Dr. Brown points to a small study found in Sage Journals that compared introverts' and extroverts' responses to music and background noise, which showed that extraverted people worked with soft music in the background twice as much as introverts. Furthermore, while extroverts' performance was similar with or without music playing in the background, introverts performed poorer with the music playing than without it, supporting the theory that introverts are more sensitive to stimulus. That said, more research is needed to know for sure as it is a complex relationship.
According to Dr. Brown, who personally identifies as an introvert and loves listening to loud music, sensitivity to music and noise in general really comes down to personal preference and whether it's an inviting experience for you or not. So increased sensitivity to music may not be the case for all introverts across the board.
Although Dr. Brown and Dr. Manly note that research doesn't indicate that introverts are more sensitive to alcohol (in fact, one study from the Journal of Abnormal Psychology showed that extroverts have greater alcohol reward sensitivity than introverts), as previously noted, introverts are generally more sensitive to their environment and interpersonal stimuli. "This may make introverts more likely to drink to cope with social discomfort, alleviate anxiety, or 'fit in,' Dr. Manly says.
Alcohol consumption also increases levels of dopamine, one of four feel-good hormones. And Dr. Manly notes that compared to extroverts, it's been theorized that introverts have fewer dopamine receptors making them more sensitive to dopamine. This can affect introverts positively and negatively. "While increased dopamine levels may allow an introvert to feel more excited and 'come out of their shell,' the effects of the dopamine may lead the introvert to feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and overstimulated," she says.
Moreover, Dr. Manly adds that introverts are also more emotionally and mentally sensitive. As a result, "the uncertainty and lack of control associated with alcohol use can be very anxiety-inducing before, during, and after [drinking]." So, for some introverts, she says, the psychological and physical costs may not be worth the temporary reward.
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As usual we tested each card with Fraps, which lets us record the average frame rate in seconds over a set amount of time. Typically, we run our tests for 60 seconds. Reporting the average fps (frames per second) is how things have been done for... well, forever. It's a fantastic metric in the sense that it's easy to record and easy to understand. But it doesn't tell the whole story, as The Tech Report and others have shown.
To get a fuller picture, it's increasingly apparent that you need to factor in a card's frame latency, which looks at how quickly each frame is delivered. Regardless of how many frames a graphics card produces on average in 60 seconds, if it can't deliver them all at roughly the same speed, you might see more brief jittery points with one GPU over another -- something we've witnessed but didn't fully understand.
Assuming two cards deliver equal average frame rates, the one with lowest stable frame latency is going to offer the smoothest picture, and that's a pretty important detail to consider if you're about to drop a wad of cash. As such, we'll be including this information from now on by measuring how long in milliseconds it takes cards to render each frame individually and then graphing that in a digestible way.
We'll be using the latency-focused 99th percentile metric, which looks at 99% of results recorded within X milliseconds, and the lower that number is, the faster and smoother the performance is overall. By removing 1% of the most extreme results, it's possible to filter anomalies that might have been caused by other components. Again, kudos to The Tech Report and other sites like PC Per for shining a light on this issue.
Test System Specs
- Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz)
- x4 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20)
- Asrock X79 Extreme11 (Intel X79)
- OCZ ZX Series (1250W)
- Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s)
- Radeon HD 7990 (6144MB) - Cat 13.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz (3072MB) Crossfire
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz (3072MB)
- Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB)
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost (3072MB) Crossfire
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost (3072MB)
- Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB)
- Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB) Crossfire
- Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB)
- GeForce GTX Titan (6144MB)
- GeForce GTX 690 (4096MB)
- GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB)
- GeForce GTX 670 (2048MB)
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti (2048MB) SLI
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti (2048MB)
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
- Nvidia Forceware 314.22
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Should We Aim to Defeat the Flu?
The campaign against coronavirus has had the side effect of reducing the spread of contagious disease more generally. The standard long-term plan for containing coronavirus involves a massive increase in testing so that we can identify and isolate those who have the virus. When disease rates become low enough, massive testing regimes, taking advantage of techniques such as test pooling, can be used to identify cases and prevent spread. If we are undertaking such testing for COVID-19, should we simultaneously be testing for flu? And if we do so, should we maintain such testing even after COVID-19 is defeated?
Globally, flu kills between 290,000 and 650,000 people per year. Placed in perspective, this is less than one-hundredth of one percent of the population. There is a strong argument that the costs of maintaining a test, trace, and isolate policy would not be worth that level of risk. The costs include the maintenance of testing equipment, the operation of such equipment, the hassle of periodic testing (more frequent when outbreaks are observed), any loss in privacy associated with the need to maintain records, and the loss of freedom inherent in quarantine policies (especially "smart quarantine" policies). Some of these will be offset by reduced treatment costs (roughly $10 billion per year in the U.S.) and reduced death and suffering as a result of containing the outbreak.
Yet perhaps the strongest argument for aiming to defeat the flu is that the annual exercise might leave us much better prepared to address a future pandemic, including one that could be worse than COVID-19, such as one that is the result of bioengineering, including bioterrorism. The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the proverb "for want of a nail." For want of hand sanitizer, masks, ventilators and the like, we have suffered massive consequences in both economics and health as we have sought to "flatten the curve." Even without any of those items, if massive testing capability had been deployable early in the year, we could have identified and contained small outbreaks.
In principle, we can increase our ability to fight the next pandemic without going after the flu each year. Increasing funding for the National Stockpile is a simple solution and need not be terribly expensive. If N95 respirators sell for 50 cents each, then a mere $1 billion a year would be enough to stock up on billions of masks over a few years, for example. But this solution requires constant vigilance. We can't change course in tough economic times when few are thinking about pandemics anymore. Moreover, merely having the relevant supplies is not enough. We need to make sure that we know how to deploy them at scale. For testing, this means not just having a much larger number of RT-PCR machines and supplies than currently exist, but also labs and personnel capable of using them.
A policy of attacking the flu could serve as a fire drill to prevent a more serious pandemic later on. If we can contain outbreaks of flu, then we will be in better position to contain some future virus early on. Of course, there is no guarantee. Flu is less contagious than COVID-19. If we rely on national testing capacity that can handle only a few local outbreaks simultaneously, then that provides no guarantee that we will be able to handle a greater challenge. The goal must be to be able to contain outbreaks locally, without the need to break in the CDC or even a state agency. In a regime in which flu outbreaks are used as drills for other more serious outbreaks, failure to achieve local containment ideally would be seen as a failure leading to a policy response. Local officials could learn from their own failures and from the failures of others.
Flu would not just serve as a drill to ensure that we have sufficient equipment and well-trained personnel. It would also serve as a drill for the legal system. In the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many questions about the permissible and appropriate use of legal power, and more such questions await a "test, trace, and isolate" regime. When should we start a policy of social distancing? What should social distancing entail? Should workplaces have mandatory testing? What sick leave should those who test positive receive? Should we reduce privacy protections when an outbreak is suspected and if so, in what ways? How should we test new vaccines, and should we mandate or subsidize them? An annual flu outbreak would give an opportunity to address these questions, leaving both our medical and our legal apparatus better situated to handle more serious challenges.
I am not at all sure that an annual battle against the flu would be justified. The battle may not be winnable, given the high number of flu cases. Another concern is that if we start preventing the flu annually but then stop, our natural defenses might be considerably weaker. There is also a danger that we might focus our energies too much on potential dangers that look a lot like the flu, ignoring other dangers. But in looking at our past response to the pandemic danger, the problem has not been that we only considered the most obvious scenario; the problem has been that we ignored the most obvious scenario. The cost-benefit analysis must take into account costs and benefits beyond those focused specifically on the fight against flu. The real value of an annual battle to defeat the flu would be in better preparing ourselves for the next COVID-19 or worse.
Still, there is a danger of sacrificing too much to defeat the flu and to gain practice in defeating the next pandemic. While we're at it, should we attack the common cold? How about bacterial infections such as strep throat? There is some danger that in attacking small medical risks, we might adopt the principle that no amount is too much to spend to save a life. We do face trade-offs, and the conventional wisdom right now is that COVID-19 is worth containing, but the flu is not. My point here is merely that learning to contain lesser threats may help us learn to contain greater threats. | <urn:uuid:70001fff-0611-485a-b4af-05ea5061c69f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reason.com/volokh/2020/04/10/should-we-aim-to-defeat-the-flu/printer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967265 | 1,247 | 2.796875 | 3 |
France, UK join forces in nuclear skills26 апреля 2017
Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN) and the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) have announced they will work together to boost “long-standingFranco-British nuclear industry relations”. Their cooperation will include development of a “quality standard” for skills provision and training that will enable them to design education programs, organise exchanges between students and lecturers and implement new, innovative teaching tools.
Their commitment was outlined in an agreement signed at the French Residence in London yesterday by INSTN Director Phillipe Corréa and NSAN CEO Jean Llewellyn, in the presence of NSAN Honorary President Dame Sue Ion and NSAN Chairman Robert Davies.
Corréa said the agreement “highlights the strength” of Franco-British cooperation, particularly in nuclear energy. Llewellyn added that, as the UK “moves to action Brexit”, it is “vital that our relationship with Europe is strengthened through collaborations such as this”.
The quality standard the institutes aim to create will be recognised by a kitemark of quality, they said, with a further joint kitemark to be developed for use by professional associates of both organisations.
Ion stressed the importance of formally recognising and identifying the organisations’ shared quality standards through a “professional hallmark of quality”.
The benefits of the bilateral agreement could prove to be far-reaching, said Corréa, who described signing of the agreement as “a brick that can pave the way” for further cooperation between the nuclear industries of France and the UK.
Ion highlighted the potential for “further collaborative international projects” since both organisations will look to facilitate enhanced links with other education and training bodies in the two countries.
INSTN noted the “international recognition” it enjoys as an International Atomic Energy Agency ‘collaborating centre’ for education and training in the nuclear sector. This, together with NSAN’s role in the UK, means the new partnership represents “a major and concrete asset” for the development of nuclear skills and competences in the two countries, the French institute said.
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Since 1993, DBV Research has been delivering unique technical solutions with a global approach of each and every project. Besides the fact that we are renowned for our research and innovation proposals in national auctions, we have successfully participated in various conventions abroad.
Just one example would be the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, where we gained notoriety by obtaining two gold medals and one silver in the 1998 edition.
Locally, we are recognized by the Ministry of Research and Development through a title which we acquired in 1995. Our portfolio covers a wide range of industries, including but not limited to automotive, transportation, nautical, agriculture, construction energy recovery and natural resources exploitation.
OPOC ENGINE DBV
Technical solutions presented in this document are intellectual property of DBV Research and protected at OSIM Romania in file no. A00607/11.08.2014 and published in Official Bulletin of Industrial Property no. 4/2015 Romania, called “Opposed-piston engines”. The references from this description are made based on notaries and attached drawings. Kinematics and additional information you can find on our site: http://opoc-engine-dbv.com/.
Why OPOC Engine
The concept of an OPOC engine has gained attention from researchers because:
- It promises a specific power that is four times greater than an equivalent size engine.
This results from the double frequency of power stroke.
- The concept is also simple from a constructive point of view, by eliminating the cylinder heads and the entire distribution mechanism.
OPOC engine is well known and it has multiple versions. In the evolution of this engine, the most important step was made by Prof. Peter Hofbauer and his team at ECO MOTOR. He linked the connecting-rod of inner piston and connectingrod of outer piston with one crankshaft. The forked connecting rod is assembled to the crankshaft by means of two crankpins placed on the left and right of the crankpin corresponding to the inner piston.
Current solution makes the engine shaft more complex due to the presence of a third crankpin which increases the step between cylinders and the length of the crankshaft. The crankshaft becomes longitudinal and torsional flexible with negative repercussions over engine running
a) connecting-rod position
The connecting-rod (C) of inner piston (A) and the connecting-rod (D) of the outer piston (B), have the operating plane (c) and the operating plane (d) angle positioned against of a classical connecting-rod operating plane.
The engine uses on one side an inner piston (A) and on the other side an outer piston with two active ends (B) which glides on same axis with inner piston (A).
Piston with two active ends (B) has one end has the role of external piston (a) and the other one has the role of oval piston for the displacement compressor (b).
b) All joints made of walls with spherical form Joints made of walls with spherical form (i) (j) (l) (m) receive the efforts on a main body. The main body is a wall with spherical form. The concave part of the body take the compression efforts and the convex part take the decompression efforts.
b.1) Joint between piston and connecting rod
- the joint made of walls with spherical form with pocket(i) take the compression efforts from a disk board (p) with concave center. The disk board (p) is radial fixed to inner piston (A) with a safety ring of trapezoidal section (8). Decompression efforts is retrieved through pocket (r) fixed on disk board (p).
- joint made of walls with spherical form with pocket(l) is similar with joint(i). Joint made of walls with spherical form with pocket(l)differs from joint(i) by: it has in addition another hole (1) in disk board(p) through which passes an inlet pipe for compressed air.
b.2) crankshaft and connecting-rod assembly
- joint made of walls with spherical from with ring (j) take the compression efforts from a barrel part (u) with spherical exterior and cylindrical hole interior. The decompression efforts is received by a ring (v) fixed on barrel part(u).
- the mother inner connecting-rod(G) is fixed beside barrel part(u) through the finger (15).
- The connecting-rod (C) puts the effort in crankpin (2), the connecting-rod (D) puts the effort in crankpin (3), both in phase opposition and which are part of a group of crankpins (f).
- The group is fixed between two adjacent journal bearings (g) and they form the crankshaft (E).
- Both connecting-rods(C) (D) have at the end joints made of walls with spherical form.
- The connecting-rod (C) has a hollow body type (h) and at one end it has a joint made of walls with spherical form with pocket (j)
- The connecting-rod (D) body is closed frame and composed of cross bar (4) and cross bar (5), linked with bars (6).
- The joint made of walls with spherical form with two rings (m) is attached to cross bar (5) to the exterior of body
c) Overcharging circuit
The overcharging circuit (F) is composed from a compressor which has oval piston for the displacement compressor (b) , where an escape valve is mounted (17) . It continues with a central pipe (18).
Compressed air arrived in piston cooling chamber (11), passes through slide valve (w) which is formed between piston (a) and cylinder block (x), and then gets into combustion chamber.
Advantages of our solution:
- None of mobile parts of the engine doesn’t need bolts assembly which results in better mounting time and lower costs.
- Inclined functioning of connecting-rods allows simplification of the drive shaft. A crankpin is removed.
- Connecting-rods positioning and the use of oval piston compressor results in lower the step between cylinders. So the engine will be shorter as length.
- Using the piston with both active heads allows a better and simple handling of outer piston. As a result it’s obtained a mechanical compressor without own crankshaft, which is correlated in phase with the optimal transfer timing of compressed air in combustion chamber.
- The overcharging circuit performs the following functions: forced cooling of the external piston and the heat from the cooling of external piston it is used to preheat the air going into combustion chamber.
- The exhaust gases energy can be used to activate a turbine/electric generator producing electricity for external use.
- All technical solutions simplify the construction of the engine and the assembly operation. Also the engine should perform better and it should have a better maintenance cycle.
The OPOC-DBV concept opens the way to a new generation of OPOC engines. The concept is completely different from conventional systems, proposing a courageous arrangement of the connecting rods, tilted sideways. First of all, any errors related to execution as well as those occurring during operation no longer affect the operation of the engines. Its construction is extremely simple because it can be assembled without screws. | <urn:uuid:ca211b4b-d31e-4306-9abe-35a89529d3e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ttonline.ro/en/romanian-industry-zoom/romanian-innovations/opoc-engine-dbv-a-revolutionary-invention | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.934938 | 1,542 | 2.203125 | 2 |
“Connecting local programs worldwide focusing on the importance of children, change, relationships, differences and spirit”
Join an international community of local programs serving young children. The World Forum Values Program Community provides an opportunity for you to connect your local ECD program to a community of early childhood leaders worldwide who value children.
The World Forum Foundation was created with the idea that good things would happen for children of the world if early childhood professionals could come together, share stories and perspectives, and develop ongoing relationships.
Since 1999, the World Forum Foundation has connected people from around the world who are passionate about improving the lives of all children, learning from one another, informing, engaging and inspiring the adults who support children’s growth and development. Through this ongoing exchange of ideas, perspectives are broadened, and our World Forum values are brought to life.
The World Forum community values Children, Change, Relationships, Differences and Spirit. Each person touched by the World Forum demonstrated these values in the context of their own program, community and experiences. The World Forum Values Program enables ECD programs who share these values to connect with each other and commit to keep the values alive in their own program.
Connect your local ECD program with the World Forum Community and a network of early childhood leaders from around the world.
Engage in an international exchange of ideas about how values guide and inspire our work with children.
Display the Recognized World Forum Foundation Values Program logo in your program and be listed among likeminded ECD programs on the World Forum website.
What are the benefits of officially joining the World Forum Values Program Community and becoming a World Forum Foundation Recognized Values Program?
- Personally connect with and learn from other early childhood programs around the world about important early childhood topics
- Opportunities for direct program to program engagement by attending Values Program Meet-Ups at World Forum events, connecting virtually through periodic Zoom calls, and dialogue online through a special Facebook group.
- Take virtual tours of other Recognized Values Programs around the world and have access to videos that share children’s songs and activities.
- Receive extended access to online content from World Forum events for use in your staff professional development activities.
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To become a Recognized World Forum Foundation Values Program, you must:
- Be a program in good standing with applicable regulatory standards, that provides direct early childhood services to children.
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- Then share your program’s commitment and a video from your program. The video can be a brief center tour, a children’s song, or a favorite children’s activity.
An annual renewal application will be required to maintain active status as a Recognized World Forum Foundation Values Program, and will serve as an opportunity to stay engaged with the international community of Recognized Values Programs.
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The World Forum Values Program recognition and application process is designed for individual centers, schools, or site locations. We encourage site leaders from each individual location to engage their staff in the Values Program application process so that it is individualized for each center, school or site location..
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Nine Rare and Fascinating First-Person Profiles of Soldiers Who Fought for the British Crown
Much has been written about the colonists who took up arms during the American Revolution and the army they created. Far less literature, however, has been devoted to their adversaries. The professional soldiers that composed the British army are seldom considered on a personal level, instead being either overlooked or inaccurately characterized as conscripts and criminals. Most of the British Redcoats sent to America in defense of their government’s policies were career soldiers who enlisted voluntarily in their late teens or early twenties. They came from all walks of British life, including those with nowhere else to turn, those aspiring to improve their social standing, and all others in between. Statistics show that most were simply hardworking men with various amounts of education who had chosen the military in preference to other occupations. Very few of these soldiers left writings from which we can learn their private motives and experiences.
British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution is the first collection of personal narratives by British common soldiers ever assembled and published. Author Don N. Hagist has located first-hand accounts of nine soldiers who served in America in the 1770s and 1780s. In their own words we learn of the diverse population—among them a former weaver, a boy who quarelled with his family, and a man with wanderlust—who joined the army and served tirelessly and dutifully, sometimes faithfully and sometimes irresolutely, in the uniform of their nation. To accompany each narrative, the author provides a contextualizing essay based on archival research giving background on the soldier and his military service. Taken as a whole these true stories reveal much about the individuals who composed what was, at the time, the most formidable fighting force in the world. | <urn:uuid:efee88a3-82e3-4386-8096-d39705ad624b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bibliovault.org/BV.book.epl?ISBN=9781594161674 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.98206 | 373 | 2.875 | 3 |
Smart. Accomplished. Dedicated. Smiling. Heat. Beneficiant. Humble. These are the phrases you hear again and again from these describing S. Murthy Karnam, Ph.D., presently Professor of Physiology & Biophysics. Dr. Karnam bought right here to VCU as a postdoctoral scholar in 1988. He additionally holds an appointment within the Division of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology. He is universally acknowledged for his open door, welcoming smile, and willingness to make time to debate a question, concern, or discovery.
A flurry of latest information and innovations helped to advance medicine rapidly, in the course of the Renaissance. There have been no instruments but to look at micro organism, and thus create a necessity for reasonable urbane scrubs. Nonetheless, diagrams of the human physique and the printing press each had an infinite affect on the world of medicine. Thus, doctors had a greater comprehension of how the human physique functioned, than throughout any earlier era in Europe’s historical past.
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We are going to elevate Medical Alley as the worldwide epicenter of health innovation and care. Stanford Health Care is offering the subsequent data together with the nationwide Facilities for Disease Management and Prevention (CDC) to assist preserve our patients and households knowledgeable concerning the 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus.
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Cast Iron vs. Competition Kettlebells – What are the differences and do they matter?
Good quality kettlebells are made according to one of two general design styles – competition kettlebells (so named because they are used in traditional Russian kettlebell sport) and cast iron kettlebells (so named because, well, that’s what they’re made of).
There’s plenty of debate on the Internet about which style of kettlebell is best. Like most either/or discussions, it all boils down to common sense plus some personal preference.
In this article, we’re going to take a look at the differences between cast iron and steel competition kettlebells, and lay out the pros and cons of each.
The hallmark of this kettlebell style is the consistency of size dimensions across all weights.
An 8 kg and 48 kg competition kettlebell will be exactly the same size through the handle and belly – the lighter bell is simply more hollow on the inside or packed with light filler material.
This standardization makes it the preferred kettlebell for traditional Russian Girevoy Sport training. GS involves long, high-repetition efforts in advanced kettlebell lifts.
Cast Iron Kettlebells
The cast iron kettlebell is what you will find in most gyms and is usually finished with a protective powder coat that provides a fine grip texture and prevents rust.
Cast iron bells get physically larger as the weight increases – both in the belly and the handle.
Major Differences Between Cast Iron & Steel Kettlebells
How do the differences in kettlebell design actually impact performance?
Practically speaking, we need only examine two main variables:
- How the kettlebell handle affects grip dynamics
- How the kettlebell “window” and belly size affects the rack/press position
Kettlebell Handle Design
Let’s take a look at how the handle design influences the primary kettlebell lifts.
Swings & Snatches
The competition kettlebell is made with single-hand use in mind as the Girevoy Sport lifts are performed with one hand per bell.
For our snatches and 1-hand swings, this is no problem.
Folks with larger hands might have a tough time squeezing all ten fingers in the width of a comp handle for deadlifts and 2-hand swings. The pinky fingers will either rub against the corner, or stick out. Both compromise performance.
Of course, this issue can come up with cast iron bells as well (especially at smaller sizes), but the long rounded corners tend to offer plenty of grip space.
What about handle thickness?
For me, both handle styles have pros and cons.
As cast iron bells get heavier, their handles get thicker. Training with these heavy, thick-handled bells is a tried-and-true method for developing grip strength and endurance.
The downside? Grip fatigue could limit volume, especially for beginners and folks with smaller hands.
Your heart and hamstrings may still be going strong, but if your grip gives out, training is over.
On the other hand, a competition kettlebell handle remains the same thickness no matter its weight – roughly comparable to a 12 kg cast iron handle.
The relatively narrow handle at heavier weights will allow you to get more reps in with lower forearm fatigue, but you could be leaving grip gains on the table.
Cast iron kettlebells have a pronounced horn or curvature where the handle meets the belly.
Holding a kettlebell by the horns allows you to keep a mostly straight wrist position and is how we typically perform the goblet squat.
Steel kettlebell handles are more squared off and straight at the horn. Think Batman vs. Mickey Mouse ears.
You certainly can hold a competition bell by the horns, but it won’t feel quite as secure, especially at heavier weights. That’s why I suggest using a “belly hold” grip when goblet squatting with a competition kettlebell.
Presses & Get-ups
Strictly speaking to the impact of the handle design to overhead lifts, there’s really not a huge difference and most of it comes down to personal preference.
I prefer a thick cast iron handle to grip against while performing heavy military presses.
Likewise with Turkish get-ups.
Of course, there’s not much difference in handle thickness in the lighter weight range anyway.
What about the handle corners?
Most of the time, we grip the kettlebell more or less in the middle of the handle.
But when the kettlebell is racked for presses and squats, or held overhead in the get-up, we can sneak our grip more into the thumb-side corner to achieve a steeper diagonal angle with handle across the palm.
There’s some debate on what type of handle positioning is most optimal for different lifts, but suffice it to say that every human hand + kettlebell combination is unique and personal preference goes a long way.
As we’ve seen, the cast iron corner is quite rounded while the competition corner forms a closer angle. This will likely make a difference only for the most picky kettlebeller.
Kettlebell Window & Belly Size
The “window” is the space between the handle and the belly of a kettlebell. This window space, combined with the size and design of the belly, dictates how the kettlebell will rest on the back of the forearm while in the rack or press position.
No matter the size or style of kettlebell you lift, the two most important things for an optimal rack position are:
- Ability to maintain a straight (or goose-necked) wrist
- Finding the angle and position that allows the kettlebell to rest on the forearm with the least discomfort
* A disclaimer – your first kettlebell cleans, presses, and get-ups will almost assuredly result in some light bruising on the forearm. Your skin will adapt and toughen. Until then, practice these lifts sparingly or consider a KettleGuard.
It’s hard to pass blanket judgements on window sizes because one person’s “ouch” is another’s optimal.
That said, here’s how the styles differ and what that might mean for you.
The competition kettlebells’ dimensions are standardized, so you’ll always have the same space between handle and belly across all weights.
This feature could go either way:
If you can easily find a comfortable rack position, you’re good to go with any comp bell. If not, you’re stuck with awkward ergonomics.
Another quick point – an 8 kg kettlebell looks much heavier to the new lifter. As coaches, we should be sensitive to our clients’ perceptions. While one lifter exclaims “Hey, it’s like pressing a big balloon!” the other might be thinking “Is this thing gonna smash my face?”
Sometimes it helps if light weights look the part.
Cast iron kettlebells, likewise, have pros and cons associated with their variable window and belly sizes.
Many of the lightest cast iron kettlebells (6, 8, and 10 kg) are so small that the belly ends up resting directly on top of the wrist bone on the pinky side. Not fun.
Of course, that smaller window design might be the perfect fit a smaller person. It depends.
As cast iron bells get heavier, their windows increase (to a point). In general, this feature helps with pressing strength by actually moving the bell’s center of mass closer to the shoulder.
As we move into 36 kg+ range, some lifters find the sheer size of the cast iron belly puts too much pressure on the forearm and prefer a relatively smaller steel kettlebell.
One more note on belly size:
Any competition kettlebell has roughly the same belly size as a 28 kg cast iron kettlebell. Keep this in mind during your swings – especially double kettlebell swings.
Swinging a pair of 12 kg competition kettlebells will require a wider stance compared to swinging a pair of 12 kg cast iron kettlebells.
Where to Buy Cast Iron & Competition Kettlebells
With the rise of at-home functional fitness, more and more retailers are jumping into the kettlebell game.
Unfortunately, many are simply cashing in on the hype as the market becomes flooded with cheaply-made bells. Plus, most weights you see in stores are barely heavy enough to hold a door open, much less be of any use for training.
The good news is there are plenty of trusted online sellers that offer quality kettlebells – both in cast iron and competition style.
Here’s my top-3 list of recommended kettlebell brands and merchants based on my own personal use (all links are affiliate):
The Bottom Line (and a confession)
It’s not the kettlebell that counts. It’s how you use it.
Sure, we all have personal preferences when it comes to our kettlebell style, but I’ve found that anyone who masters the foundational kettlebell skills can get great use out of any bell.
I’ll admit, I personally use cast iron kettlebells for the vast majority of my training. I started out with cast iron bells and over the years have developed a certain nuanced kinesthetic sense around them.
No doubt a Girevoy Sport practitioner would have a lot more to say on this subject, but I think we covered all the major points that affect the average trainee.
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Anyone who sets out to reproduce a Japanese garden in frost-prone northern Illinois might, at some point, ask, “Is this really going to work?” Hire master landscaper Scott Byron and partner him with esteemed interior designer Suzanne Lovell and, yes, it will. Rather than try to clone a traditional garden, Byron captured the soul of one, a perfect setting to be gazed upon from the ethereal living room Lovell created. The result is two spaces—one indoor, one outdoor—expertly intertwined.
“This house tells the story the client wanted to tell,” Lovell says. “He wanted it to reflect his love of Japanese art and artifacts.” For her part, she chose wide-planked maple for the floors and cedar for the ceilings to suggest the handcrafted interiors of the antique lacquer boxes the homeowner collects. “Scott presented the client’s story so beautifully outside, we wanted to push it further on the inside.”
The living room’s large wall of glass overlooks a vignette complete with a serpentine river of dark Mexican pebbles standing in for the traditional water element. For vegetation, Byron selected hardy native trees—oaks, sycamores, weeping larches—that would deliver the textures and structural definition of their Japanese counterparts.
1) In the area around the pool, close-clipped boxwood makes a neat border. 2) A secluded seating area is the perfect spot for contemplating nature. 3) The putting green is “like a terrace surrounded by perennials,” Scott Byron says.
4) Wildflowers draw the eye to a bronze sculpture.
“It’s a clash of cultures, a Japanese garden in the Midwest prairie,” says Byron. And it’s just one of several gardens he masterminded for this contemporary house on a one-acre North Shore property. “We wanted the gardens to add richness to the architecture,” he says.
His outdoor rooms complement Lovell’s intriguing interiors. Formal beds, with their espaliered pear trees and boxwood borders, provide year-round visual interest by the pool. There’s an unexpected hillside wildflower meadow, a private contemplation garden, and even a hidden putting green.
To smooth the transition from garden to house, Lovell chose leather wing chairs that reference the white stucco walls; dark antique Chinese trunks used for cocktail tables echo the river of dark pebbles. “We thought very hard about what was outside here,” she says. “The late architect Tony Grunsfeld built this house, and Tony’s work was always about being connected to nature.”
Lovell thinks a house should be about “constant discovery,” while Byron says he tries to create “wonderful little ‘aha’ moments.” Where the two meet is pure Zen.
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How long should a baby sleep for? How long is a piece of string? A lucky few parents are blessed with those mythical babies which sleep through the night the minute they come home from the hospital and almost never cry. For the rest of us new parents, sleep becomes an obsession and a quest to find answers to regain a little rest and sanity in our lives.
There are plenty of theories out there and no shortage of people and organisations who want to give you advice and tell you the “right” way to get your child to sleep, from attachment parenting, which is all about going with the flow and often “wearing” your baby (think slings, baby carriers and co-sleeping) to strict routines, such as Tizzie Hall’s Save Our Sleep methodology, which involves encouraging your baby to sleep for set periods of time and set times of the day and letting him cry for a specified amount of time before offering him some assistance to learn to sleep.
Then, of course, there is the informal Mother’s Group Survey Method, which involves asking every mother you know the same questions: “How many times does your baby wake up each night? And how many hours do they sleep? And what about day sleeps?”, then averaging them out and trying to decide if your own baby is “normal” or not.
Thankfully, for the first time, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne has started to formalise the Mother’s Group Survey Method by studying 10,000 children from the ages of 4 months to 9 years and recording what times they go to sleep and wake up, how many hours they sleep, how many times they wake each night and how long they wake for.
They have even published the averages for each age group so you can now go to their website and check how your child compares to others.
Possibly the most important thing to note in this study, however, is that “normal” has a very wide range. As lead researcher, Dr Anna Price, noted, “”Whether a child is getting enough sleep or how much sleep a child needs is a major concern to many parents. In this study we found there is a wide range in ‘normal’ child sleep from four months to nine years old.”
The next job for researchers will be to look at whether there is an ideal sleep pattern for each age group, or whether each child really is unique in their sleep behaviour and needs.
For more information about child sleep and getting help with sleep problems try these websites or talk to your local maternal and child health nurse:
- QEC (day stay and residential sleep school, they have some great audio and video resources available freely on their website)
- Better Health Channel (a Victorian Government website)
- Raising Children Network (Australian Parenting website)
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As part of a pilot project, Intermountain Healthcare offers free electric vehicle charging at all Utah facilities.
Intermountain hospitals and clinics throughout the state have 156 private electric vehicle parking spaces. The goal is to make charging convenient for patients and caregivers while collecting data on frequency of use. Intermountain also wants to continue its efforts to improve sustainability and air quality.
Glen Garrick, Sustainability Director at Intermountain Healthcare, said:
The Utah State Department of Health has identified air pollution as a major environmental risk and suffers from asthma, heart disease, heart attack, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Exposure to environmental pollutants can also contribute to the consequences of unfavorable childbirth. Vehicle emissions are the leading cause of deterioration of air quality along the Wasatch Front, accounting for up to 39% of all anthropogenic air pollution.
If you don’t own an electric car, there are ways to help reduce air pollution.according to Stop Global Destruction, the greatest thing that non-profit organizations can do to “fight around the world to stop or delay the ever-increasing negative effects of humans on Earth” is to reduce driving and increase carpooling.
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You can also monitor daily levels of particulate matter, a complex aerial mixture of solid particles and droplets. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality operates when the air quality is good and when it is dangerous.
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Any chance to see Zwift developing a solution with Tesla to make rechargeable batteries for house purposes ?
I’m sure sure many zwifter would love to participate in a project where they can save money from utilities billing and be part of a revolution where people own their own power plant. Me first !!
I like your idea.
Do you think we could have a simple version first. One which would let us push
our Watts back in to the grid?
That sounds even more awesome !
The device needed will come from the electric panel ? And do you think the input technology will come from the home trainer manufacturers or an accessory that works independently to collect the watts ?
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You should look at how much power you create, how long you ride…
Might not be enough energy to really do anything, but you should do some math and verify
I have actually been amazed that this does not exist yet. I can see that the amount of power you generate while doing a workout is not too much, but surely I can power, say, my headwind fan with it? Or indeed just charge a battery, or have it feed back into the trainer so ti will only need power from the grid for starting up?
Yes the power we generate should be good for something.
With the Tacx Neo it is possible to run it unplugged. The unit powers itself.
I’m sure you could charge your GPS unit whilst Zwifting so that it is ready for
the real world.
One Zwifter may not produce much power on their own but imagine all
the Zwifters pushing power back to the grid. Might be useful? . . . well maybe.
i don’t know, it takes more power than you think to get stuff done. this olympic cyclist had a heck of a time toasting a slice of bread - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4O5voOCqAQ
I have loads more respect for a slice of toasted bread now!
A typical fan will use ~100 watts. Factor in your computer/device, the smart trainer, your monitor, etc, and there is no way you can support that. The energy and materials to build this thing probably exceeds the net power you will ever provide to the grid I don’t see this as a good “green” idea
Ok, thanks David and others, I stand corrected. Better to generate the power of the grid in a green(er) way!
Cardoon, I am sure your intentions are good, it’s just that this probably is not an effective way to create or save energy. The places that mine the materials to make our batteries are some of the worst polluters
Thanks for acknowledging that! It seems I know nothing at all about what the levels of energy are that are needed for things.
(As for the mining companies… I am of the conviction that they could do their messy business a whole lot less messy… but that would mean less profit for them and skyrocketing prices for us, so nobody really wants them to clean up their act. But they must. If only because we will need those materials for some time to come, even if we transition to a greener world)
The Jetblack whisperdrive smart trainer has a USB output so you could charge your phone while riding. You can also get USB chargers that connect to a dynamo. Stick that combo on your back wheel if you have a wheel-on trainer and again you could charge up any USB device.
Bear with me on this one, i live off grid and was thinking of Zwift, then I thought could i generate electricity whilst using Zwift, would it slow down my performance if i was making my own power? Has anyone done this, i appreciate it’s only a bit of power but being able to provide enough for the TV display / iPad / low energy bulb would be a bonus for me.
Hahaha that’s 273 hours of riding to power a home for the day.
You’d need 11 riders going all day to make that happen
By the time you purchase 11 power generating setups and 400 cliff bars you’ll probably decide you should just pay the electric bill instead
I wonder how complex the equipment is that is required for feeding electrical power back to the grid. I believe people with PV panels do this already in the UK. One person can not generate a significant amount of power, but all Zwifters combined could have a small impact. If the equivalent of a street per city could be powered, then that presumably would be a good thing.
If a UK house consumes 10 kWh per day, that’s 417W constantly. If a cyclist could generate 50W more than they consume with fans etc, it would require around 9 cyclists. Obviously the grid would cover spikes in demand but if you had at least 9 cyclists online for the 24 hour period, that house would be covered for the day. If there were on average 9000 cyclists online, that would be 1000 homes. Unless I’m missing something…
I doubt that many riders can power more than they use during a ride.
Do we know the power generated by our average indoor cyclist?
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The New Yorker, February 14, 2000 P. 30
LETTER FROM LONDON about the scene at the Prince Charles Cinema, where “Singalong-a-Sound-of-Music” —a captioned version of “The Sound of Music”—has become a cult hit... Writer briefly limns the history of "The Sound of Music"... It remains the most popular musical film in history. One woman in Wales has seen it almost a thousand times. In Hong Kong, it is entitled “Fairy Music Blow Fragrant Place, Place Hear.”... Since August, every Friday evening and Sunday afternoon the program at Picadilly's Prince Charles Cinema has been the same: “Singalong-a-Sound-of-Music.” The idea is simple. You watch the film—uncut, as nature intended, in a scuzzy print, with alarming color shifts as the reels change. The only difference is the added subtitles, which come alive, like the hills, during every song. These enable viewers to join in, which they do with undisguised lustiness... Describes the undisguised genius of the subtitles, prepared by Martin Wagner for London's National Film Theatre... Writer explains that he includes subtitles for not only the Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, but also background Latin chanting, and strings of meaningless vowels for a puppet-yodelling scene... Tells about the costumed audience... The show is coming to America in April... It goes without saying that “Singalong-a-Sound-of-Music” is now a compulsory fixture on the gay calendar; it began life, indeed, as a one-off special for the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Every screening gets its own m.c., who oversees a Best Costume competition during the intermission. (One week, just to confuse the issue, the winner was a real nun. What did she think the other nuns were?)... The bloodless interaction promised by DVD technology, for instance, in which the lone viewer can pause “The Matrix” to command a reverse view of Keanu Reeves’s butt, cannot hold a candle to the sight of two hundred people whistling at Christopher Plummer when he enters with a riding crop, and waving their lighters above their heads, like a rock crowd, during his rendition of “Edelweiss.”... Writer tells about the bad reviews the film received in 1965... In McCall’s, Pauline Kael's ... review so affronted readers that she was fired from her post and landed shortly afterward at this magazine. The revellers at the Prince Charles Cinema were all in their thirties and forties; no one younger than us would have had the remotest clue what we were doing there, or why we were having such fun. Even our younger selves, of ten years ago, would probably have been mystified, if not humiliated, by the air of semi-delirium that prevailed; how could consenting adults join forces to declare their love for a bad film? Time, as ever, has played its comic trick, and all I can do is adapt the words of Captain Von Trapp and his lovely governess: somewhere in our youth or childhood, we must have seen something good. | <urn:uuid:017f3dc4-d477-48ac-8284-7c6d9dfa37d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/02/14/the-maria-problem | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.964663 | 681 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Hofskirkja Turf Church in Öræfi in South-East Iceland - the youngest one
Hofskirkja church is a beautiful turf church in the Öræfi region in South-East Iceland. There are only 6 turf churches remaining in Iceland and Hofskirkja is the last of the old churches to be built in this beautiful traditional turf style.
Its walls are made of rock and the roof is made of stone slabs, covered with turf.
Hofskirkja turf church
There has been a church at Hof in Öræfi for 700 years and the first written records of a church being on this site are from a cartulary (an old medieval document) from 1343. The core of the current church was built in 1883-1885.
The interior of the church is paneled and painted in lovely colours. The church is divided into nave and choir and these two parts of the church are separated by a chancel screen. There is timber in the upper part of the choir gable and the front gable.
Inside Hofskirkja turf church
Hofskirkja was built by the carpenter Páll Pálsson. Among the objects in the church are Danish tin candle-lights from the 16th or 17th century.
The maker of the hardware, lock, and hinges was Þorsteinn Gissurarson, a blacksmith from Hof. Þorsteinn was a well-known blacksmith and got the nickname "tool" because of his profession.
The church was dedicated to St. Clement back when Iceland was a Catholic country.
Inside Hofskirkja turf church
As I have mentioned earlier then Hofskirkja was the last church in Iceland to be built in this old traditional style. Horfskirkja was rebuilt in 1953-1954 by the National Museum of Iceland and reconsecrated in 1954.
Since this traditional turf church style was abandoned timber churches were erected in Iceland and later concrete churches.
You will find a water tub just outside the turf walls of the cemetery (south) where Þorsteinn tool used to cool his hot iron.
By the church, you will find a cemetery and in this cemetery, you will notice all the mounds, which look like big tussocks. These are the graves in the cemetery.
Creeks from Mt. Hofsfjall were used to create electricity in the church.
The cemetery by Hofskirkja
This lovely turf church came into the possession of the National Museum of Iceland in 1951 under the condition that the museum would rebuild and maintain it - and that it would still serve as the district's parish church. The turf church is now a part of the National Museum's Historic Buildings Collection.
Ring-road 1 wasn't opened until 1974 when the rivers on Skeiðarársandur outwash plains were bridged. Until then the road didn't reach any further than Mt. Lómagnúpur in South-Iceland.
Before 1974 the farm at Hof was isolated, but it is now by the ring road and easily accessible.
I adore these cute little turf churches and I am so glad that some of them were preserved as historical monuments. To me, they are pure gems.
But as they are so delicate and fragile they have to be preserved and that is why most of them are now closed to the public.
Hofskirkja turf church is located in the vicinity of Vatnajökull glacier some 20 km south-east of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park.
My husband by Hofskirkja turf church
Take Hofsvegur road off ring-road 1, drive for five minutes, and you will find Hof, due south of Hvannadalshnjúkur, Iceland’s highest peak.
On the website of Þjóðminjasafn Ísland - the National Museum of Iceland is written that this turf church is now closed to the public.
Have a lovely time in Iceland :)
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Newswise — Rutgers scientists have created a tiny, biodegradable scaffold to transplant stem cells and deliver drugs, which may help treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, aging brain degeneration, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries.
Stem cell transplantation, which shows promise as a treatment for central nervous system diseases, has been hampered by low cell survival rates, incomplete differentiation of cells and limited growth of neural connections.
So, Rutgers scientists designed bio-scaffolds that mimic natural tissue and got good results in test tubes and mice, according to a study in Nature Communications. These nano-size scaffolds hold promise for advanced stem cell transplantation and neural tissue engineering. Stem cell therapy leads to stem cells becoming neurons and can restore neural circuits.
“It’s been a major challenge to develop a reliable therapeutic method for treating central nervous system diseases and injuries,” said study senior author KiBum Lee, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. “Our enhanced stem cell transplantation approach is an innovative potential solution.”
The researchers, in cooperation with neuroscientists and clinicians, plan to test the nano-scaffolds in larger animals and eventually move to clinical trials for treating spinal cord injury. The scaffold-based technology also shows promise for regenerative medicine.
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In most eulogies of the director John Singleton, Boyz n the Hood will likely be examined and spoken of with all the praise it deserves, and hopefully more. There is nothing I can say about that film that won’t be said better by someone else who was old enough to live through its debut.
So instead, I want to talk about Rosewood, Singleton’s 1997 historical drama based on true events. It was the first film of his that attempted a retelling of American history — a notable departure from 1993’s Poetic Justice and 1995’s Higher Learning, his two films after Boyz, which continued to explore contemporary black life, black love, and black joys and anxieties.
Here’s the real-life version: During the first week of January 1923, the town of Rosewood, Florida, was destroyed. Situated on a railway along the Florida seaboard, Rosewood was primarily black and working class. Shortly before the massacre, a white woman from a nearby town claimed a Rosewood resident had raped her. Despite no evidence, that resident was found and then lynched. A mob of more than 100 (mostly white) men began roaming the outskirts of Rosewood. As black residents attempted to arm themselves and prepare to defend their land, they were quickly overwhelmed and overrun by the violence of the white mob. The town was burned to the ground. The official death toll was eight: six black residents, and two from the white mob. The black survivors of the Rosewood massacre hid in swamps for days until the mob moved on, then they evacuated to new cities. No one ever returned to Rosewood. The town, cloaked in smoke and rubble and then nothing at all, ceased to exist.
Singleton’s retelling of Rosewood hones in on the lives of specific characters, caught up in a whirlwind of racial and romantic conflicts. But the history of the story remains. There is a riot brought on by a woman who — at least in the film — explicitly lies about her relationship to a black man. There is a massacre and an attempted rescue mission. There is a town, and then not.
Rosewood is a spectacular film that — like many of Singleton’s efforts — defines the level of emotional intensity early, and then maintains that level the entire time. Also, like many of Singleton’s efforts, it doesn’t offer a solution for the whirlwind of peril or violence, just the reality of its aftermath.
I had never heard of the town of Rosewood when I stumbled across Singleton’s film in 1999, two years after it was released. When watching it, I didn’t even realize the film was a historical account of anything. Young, overly optimistic, and foolish, I thought there was no way a town of black people could just be wiped out, and no one would know about it or talk about it or shout about it every single day of their lives.
Like many of Singleton’s efforts, Rosewood doesn’t offer a solution for the whirlwind of peril or violence, just the reality of its aftermath.
The film was critically adored but a commercial failure. In talks about Singleton’s body of work, it is often the movie that gets left out. But it is an invisible bridge from his three early commercial triumphs to his later-career work, which were action films: a 2000 remake of Shaft. A Fast And Furious sequel in 2003. The still-thrilling Four Brothers in 2005.
If I am to talk about the legacy of any storyteller, particularly a black storyteller, I have to think first of what they were able to breathe new life back into, and who got to benefit from that new life. Singleton made a movie about a disappeared town and in doing so briefly gave a generation a window into a history tucked under so many other American histories. To make films about the dangers of contemporary black life is one part of the story. Another part is to make films about the history of those dangers, or films that show the dangers as not strictly new.
America is a country obsessed with neatly forgetting its past, and Rosewood was a film eager to force remembrance. In many of his films, but particularly in Rosewood, Singleton chose to see black people as more than just victims of violence, or capable of carrying out violence. Rosewood becomes a town worth mourning by the film’s end because of how Singleton depicts the lives of the people in the town before the violence finds them. At its heart, Rosewood is a love story, between two of its main characters (Ving Rhames’ Mann and Elise Neal’s Beulah), but also a love story about people who didn’t have much, fighting to keep what they gained. I appreciated Rosewood for this, and still do. No one saw it, I imagine, because no one wanted to see it. It is easier to imagine that story is just too impossible to be real.
America is a country obsessed with neatly forgetting its past, and Rosewood was a film eager to force remembrance.
Black people with every right to be cynical often get asked about hope. I see this question in interviews, and I’ve also been asked about it during Q&As, usually by some person who is searching for one of us to give them something to be hopeful about — an answer to the world’s drowning or its political unraveling. I can’t speak for everyone else, but I’ve long decided that I am not propelled forward by ideas of hope, as much as I am by honesty.
If hope is a gift at the end of a long and honest road, then I’ll take it. But I’m not particularly counting on it. Sometimes, the reward for survival is the opportunity to survive. I like to think of the work that Singleton gave us much like this, particularly his early movies. A laying out of difficult stories with difficult truths, and at the end, a shrug, or an understanding that even if this isn’t what you came for, it’s what you’ve got. And in that way, he made dangerous films. He made films that asked me to reckon with my ideas of neatness and conclusions and love and loss. When the screen goes dark, we are only left with ourselves, who watched and took something away or left something behind.
Sometimes, there are buildings burned down that no one rebuilds. Sometimes, there are dead bodies and no funerals, or no grave markers with names on them. And sometimes, proud people are run out of a place they loved because they couldn’t fight anymore, and that doesn’t make them any less proud. I think, today, of the moments I sat on the floor of my childhood home after Rosewood finished. The world outside I thought I knew had shifted. The fact that John Singleton gave me that opportunity, even once, is worthy of the highest praise. ●
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Someone apologized to me for a hurtful act committed long ago. Though it was a delayed apology, the effect was profound in the present.
I found myself faced with a decision. I had to accept or reject their apology. To do the former would be a step toward grace and healing for this person and for me. To reject it, I sensed, would result in lingering angst and anger, not just affecting the nature of the relationship with that person but also, independently, affecting me and my experience in the world. So, with an equal mix of courage and trepidation, I accepted the apology and offered my forgiveness.
I was nonplussed by my reaction: I felt good. Relieved. Lighter. Almost- free.
And I knew- I felt it- I'd done the right thing.
I started thinking about apologies- accepting responsibility for hurting another- and recognized that we don't apologize enough to one another as humans who are in constant, varying degrees of relations with each other.
What is needed from those seeking forgiveness for a transgression?
Recognition of and remorse for the wrongdoing: It is crucial for the person who hurt the other to grasp the consequences for the person who was harmed.
Acknowledgement to the wounded and asking forgiveness: It sounds like this: "I've hurt you. I said something I should not have said. I was wrong. I am sorry."
Sincerity: This process must be sincere, not perfunctory. If it isn't coming from the heart, forgiveness will most certainly not follow.
Empathy: The experience of true empathy will help you understand the other person's possible reluctance to forgive wantonly, and thus, make the apology more meaningful. Take on that person's feelings; see the world through their eyes. Imagine if it was you...
Reassurance: Trusting relationships are a social commodity. The breaking of trust- either in a person's actions, feelings, or safety- is not easily rebuilt. Reassure the other person that you will work toward rebuilding trust, and offer a sincere promise that you will not repeat the offense.
The wondrous thing about the psychology of relationships is their complexity. They are complex because the human experience is multifaceted. Some transgressions will be easier to forgive than others. Some people will be easier to forgive than others. Still, forgiving is the process of giving to another; and there is much reward in giving. Far more than in taking.
I learned this lesson today and I gave what I've long-since needed to give. And it felt good.
Apologize to someone today. Leave no business unfinished.
(For) Give freely and be set free.
I am very sorry, Mom.
I am very sorry, Dad.
I am very sorry, Nanny.
I am very sorry, Pammy.
I am very sorry, AJ.
I am very sorry, Susan.
I am very sorry, David.
I am very sorry, Elisabeth.
I am very sorry, Jimmy.
I am very sorry to me.
And mostly, I am very, very, very sorry Chey. I am so very sorry.
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Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and has over one billion followers. Most countries in the Middle East are predominantly Muslim, and Muslims make up the majority population in at least fifty-six countries. Despite this, Islam is not very well understood by non-Muslims in North America. In ISLAM: UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY, BELIEFS, AND CULTURE, author Julie Williams explains the history of this great religion and the different ways it is observed in the world today. She addresses some of the controversial questions and the current events relating to Islam in order to help readers gain an understanding of Islamic religion and culture.
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On 23 November 2021, RSIS co-hosted the “Conference on Identity” with the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). The conference was organised amid a growing appetite among Singaporeans to engage with complex social issues, many of which involve the negotiation of the Singaporean identity and the governance of difference, which have burgeoned in the age of social media. The conference was preceded by the IPS-RSIS Forum on Race and Racism” in Singapore held on 25 June 2021, which sparked important conversations on Singapore’s brand of ... more
On 23 November 2021, RSIS co-hosted the “Conference on Identity” with the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). The conference was organised amid a growing appetite among Singaporeans to engage with complex social issues, many of which involve the negotiation of the Singaporean identity and the governance of difference, which have burgeoned in the age of social media. The conference was preceded by the IPS-RSIS Forum on Race and Racism” in Singapore held on 25 June 2021, which sparked important conversations on Singapore’s brand of multiculturalism.
Expanding the conversation beyond issues of race and religion, the Conference on Identity explored issues concerning class, gender, sexuality and disability, and what these mean for Singapore. The conference included a keynote speech by Mr Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Finance Minister, and brought together distinguished scholars, practitioners, and activists in two panel discussions.
In his address, Mr Wong described the global rise of identity politics, in which even opinions on public safety (e.g., vaccination, mask-wearing) have become markers of identity. Mr Wong acknowledged that identity politics is motivated by legitimate concerns and lived realities. The challenge, however, is to address these concerns without allowing politics to be based exclusively on tribal allegiances, all while cultivating a larger, common Singaporean identity. Mr Wong emphasised the importance of inclusive growth, of mutual trust across identity lines, the strengthening of prosocial norms, and avoiding stereotypes.
Questions posed to Mr Wong revealed public interest in topics like safeguards available to protect individuals who flag racist incidences, the usefulness of race as a framework in Singapore, and how we can expand on notions of Singapore citizenship to incorporate differences beyond race. Audience members also broached the topic of the status of LGBTQ+ rights in Singapore amid shifting societal attitudes.
The first panel featured academics Professor Joseph Liow, Professor Vineeta Sinha, and Professor David Chan, and was enriched by the views of prominent civil society actors who served as respondents. It provided theoretical ground for the observation of pluralisation in Singapore and discussed the bridging of differences through commonalities. Panellists acknowledged that while the Singaporean identity was never meant to be monolithic and singular, some Singaporeans feel alienated from the Singaporean identity due to their lived experiences of microaggressions, racism, and prejudices. The panel also deliberated the nature of productive discourse — whether emotions have a role to play in public deliberation on difference, and the potential advantages of demystifying terms like “privilege” for a more nuanced understanding of inequalities.
Building on the discussions, the second panel, premised on the recognition of the need for spaces to harmonise diversity in Singapore, injected practicality into the conversation on managing diversity. The panel brought together diverse voices, featuring speakers Mr Aaron Maniam, Associate Professor Zhang Weiyu, Mr Joel Lim, and Ms Chan Chi Ling. The discussions gave form to the theoretics which the previous panel engaged in by extrapolating from personal and professional experiences to suggest methods for productive dialogue on identities and the reconciling of contradictions.
Singapore’s fate has always rested on its ability to manage pluralities and, as Mr Wong stated, living up to the founding ethos of Singapore means the inclusion of diverse peoples regardless of identity. Yet, the governing of diversity will only prove more challenging in an increasingly interconnected world. While there is no panacea at a time when identities may prove a source of division, there was consensus among participants at the conference that diversity is a strength, as opposed to a weakness, and that there is a need for commitment to accommodate difference within society. | <urn:uuid:4d4744c5-bc0c-4289-90e7-f886eee3119b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-event-article/rsis/ips-rsis-conference-on-identity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.954183 | 860 | 1.710938 | 2 |
LTC Peter A. Wasilewski Scholarship
At the November, 2012 meeting of the Centennial Legion of Historic Military Commands (CLHMC) a scholarship was established in memory of the late LTC Peter A. Wasilewski, 1st Vice Commander of the CLHMC (2010-2012) and Past Commandant, Second Company Governor’s Foot Guard of New Haven, Connecticut. This scholarship will be awarded annually, based on the best essay submitted dealing with American Military History from 1776 to the present day, as judged by the CLHMC Scholarship Committee.
Entries will be accepted from any member of a Centennial Legion Unit in good standing, or their family, to include spouse, children, or grandchildren. Entrants must be enrolled in a U.S. Department of Education recognized institution of higher learning and winners may not apply again in subsequent years. The scholarship shall be a one-time award in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Entries must be submitted in MS-Word or Adobe PDF format and emailed to the committee at the address below. The entry must include a cover letter indicating the entrant’s unit affiliation, and the institution they are attending.
The deadline for submitting entries for the scholarship is June 28, 2020. The award will be made at the Annual Meeting of the awarding year.
Congratulations to the 2020 scholarship awardee Sabrina Hess (daughter of Robert Hess, Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of NY). Click to read her essay on America – A Fighting Spirit .
Congratulations to the 2019 scholarship awardee Nathan Kaye (son of Warren Kaye, Kentish Guards). Click to read his essay on Blood and Compassion on the Battlefield.
Congratulations to the 2018 scholarship awardee John Cain (son of Alexander Cain, Lexington Minute Men). Click to read his essay on The Inspiring Victory of the USS Constitution in the War of 1812.
Congratulations to the 2017 scholarship awardee Breanna Harmon. Click to read her essay on WWI trench warfare. LTC Peter A. Wasilewski Scholarship Essay Breanna Harmon | <urn:uuid:fde2f8d8-1fb4-4fca-8068-66ebb30c7f19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.centenniallegion.com/scholarship/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.9305 | 435 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Mindful Research: 5 Steps to a Minimal Waste Lab
by Vivienne Tam Science & Policy Exchange
Research labs are often seen as leading the charge in progress towards environmental sustainability, developing new green technology such as bioplastics. But did you know that life sciences laboratories generate 5.5 million tons of plastic waste per year and that the associated environmental impact is estimated to be 100 to 125 times more than at home?
I work in an engineering research lab and only noticed the hypocrisy of my actions a few months ago. While I try my best to reuse every plastic bag I come across, I recklessly dispose of many pipette tips, glass vials, and Petri dishes over the course of one experiment. It just never crossed my mind that environmental sustainability could apply to a laboratory setting.
When I asked my colleagues if they knew what happens to our waste after it leaves the lab, they told me that lab waste goes straight to incineration, due to unknown contamination. It seems that the common sentiment is that there is enough to worry about in a lab setting, the priority being obtaining publishable results. If we were to worry about anything else, it would be lab safety. Sustainability just does not make that list of priorities.
But as scientists who care for the future of this world, how can we simply turn a blind eye to how our own scientific research practices are contributing to the plastic waste problem?
There are, of course, university-wide schemes that can be implemented on a large scale to save plastic waste from ending up in a landfill. For example, the University of Edinburgh’s Chemistry Department has been running a glove recycling program that has recycled 85% of all its used gloves over the past five years.
But, these programs are still sparse in the academic world. What can we do as individual scientists to reduce our laboratory waste?
Here are five ways that you can start being sustainable in your own lab:
1. Make environmentally-conscious purchases for your experiments
The ‘don’t buy what you don’t need’ principle applies here as well. Too often, we buy a chemical or reagent we only need for one experiment, and it sits in storage space until it is disposed of.
Instead of making the purchase straight away, see if another lab has it and if you could use a small amount of it. Then, make the purchase if it will be a worthwhile investment.
When you are making purchases, there are many ways to be sustainable. You can buy refillable pipette racks instead of single-use ones, or make sure that you only buy the size of multi-well plate you need so that you are not only using a few wells before throwing out the whole plate.
Additionally, you can look into buying green lab supplies from the many companies that are starting to produce such products.
2. Keep the packaging when you receive chemicals
Whenever we make an order, it always comes in plastic wrap, Styrofoam and cardboard. I save all my packaging items because I never know when they might come in handy — whether it’s to send a package of my own, use as a pipette waste container, or even DIY experimental setups.
If you want to reduce the amount of packaging you consume, try bulk ordering or buying materials from your university’s supply store.
3. Plan your experiments to reduce waste
If sustainability is taken into account as we optimize our experiment, I believe we could make some significant changes. Ask yourself: do you really need to use that many centrifuge tubes or pipette tips?
Are there ways you could be using more washable glass rather than disposable plastic? For example, you could use a glass measuring cylinder for solvent volumes instead of pipette tips.
4. Reuse containers after an experiment
I am guilty of throwing away many glass vials even though they could very easily have been washed and re-used. All it takes is a thorough washing with soap and water, plus a rinse with ethanol to remove labels, before sample vials can be used again.
Of course, don’t compromise the integrity of your experiment, but do put thought into whether a vial can be reused a few times before it is disposed of.
5. Look for ways to save energy around the lab
Laboratories are huge energy-suckers, due to a large number of fume hoods, freezers, and electrical equipment they contain. You can reduce the amount of energy used by making sure to clean out freezers so that space is not needlessly taken up with many old samples, or by closing the fume hood sash when it is not in use.
You could also make sure to not leave equipment on overnight, or put them on a timer so that they turn off during certain periods of the day.
Environmental sustainability in research labs is still in its infancy and for real progress to occur, universities need to get on board and start large-scale recycling programs or implement school-wide energy-saving measures.
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From Akbar to Indian Independence : Ayodhya - a journey through time
Continued from From Ram to Babur : Ayodhya - a journey through time, Akbar succeeded Humayun and turned his kingdom into an empire. During his rule there are said to have been twenty outbreaks when Hindus fought relentlessly to regain the control of the janmsthaan site. Akbar granted permission to the Hindus in recognition of their rights to construct a platform right outside the mosque and perform pooja there. The platform today is known as the Ram chabootara. Akbar also introduced a silver coin by the name of Ramtaka with the images of Ram and Seeta on either side of it. One of the courtiers of Akbar presented Akbar with a Ramayan in a pictorial form. Abul Fazal, the author of Akbarnaama and Aayine-Akbari categorically associates Awadh with the residential place of Ram and one of the holiest places of the antiquity.
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Meanwhile, during Jahangeer’s rule, Wiliam Finch visited Ayodhya somewhere between 1608 and 1611. Wiliam Finch was a traveller who has confirmed the existence of the ruins of Ramkot, in his report which has been quoted and reproduced by Wiliam Foster in his book “Early Travels in India”. After 1658, Aurangzeb’s lieutenant Jaanbaaz Khan attacked Ayodhya but was defeated. Guru Govind Singh’s Akaalis fought against his army near Ayodhya at Rudali and Sadatganj. In 1664, Aurangzeb himself went to Ayodhya and killed ten thousand Hindus, and demolished the Ram Chabootara. But even thereafter, the Ram Navmi celebrations continued. There were fights between Nawaab Salamat Khan and Raja Gurdutt Singh of Amethi and Rajkumar Singh of Pimpra. Saadik Ali also had to face five attempts made by Hindus to recapture the janmsthaan site.
In 1751, the second nawaab of Awadh Safdarjung invited Malhar
Rao Holkar, the eminent courtier of the Marathas to fight against
the pathans. Malhar Rao Holkar put a condition that in return
Safdarjung would hand over the three holy cities of Ayodhya, Kaashi
and Prayaag to the Hindus. Again in 1756, Shujauddaula asked for
Maratha help when the Afghans invaded Delhi. The maratha agent in
his court demanded the transfer of the three holy citiies.
Shujauddaula agreed to it. Unfortunately, the marathas lost the
bloodiest war at Panipat and the fate of Ayodhya remained in the
dark, for another century.
Numerous muslim and European writers during the century confirm that a mosque had been built by Meer Baanki at Babur’s orders after demolishing the temple at Ramkot. They also confirm the tradition of Ram worship at the janmsthaan site. They also confirm the existence of the practice of celebrating Ram Navami with great gathering of people from all over India. Let us have a look at some of these books and their authors.
‘The History and Geography of India’ by Joseph Typhenthaller, 1785;
‘Safiayi chahal nasai bahadur shahi’ by the daughter of Bahadur Shah, 17th/18th century;
‘Report by Mont Kamarie Martin’, a British surveyor, 1838;
‘The East India Company Gazateer by Edward Fountain’, 1854;
‘Hadiokaayi Shahadat’ by Mirza Jaan, 1856;
In this relatively peaceful period, there were repeated attempts to recapture the janmsthaan. Five such attempts were made by Baba Uddhav Das, Baba Ramcharan Das during Nasiruddin Haidar and Wazid Ali Shah’s rule. In 1857, one Amir Ali declared a Jihad and attacked the site of Hanuman Garhi with a 170 men. However, they were defeated and the jihad wiped out. Then came the Indian war of Independence of 1857 when the Muslims collaborated with Hindus to re-establish the Moughal king Bahadur Shah Jafar as the emperor of India and fought against British Imperialists. This time, another Amer Ali, a maulawi and the leader of the rebels of Awadh convinced the native muslims and decided to handover the Janmsthaan site to Hindus. However, the British imperialists using their tactics arrested Amer Ali and Baba Ramcharan Das and hanged both of them by a Tamarind tree which still stands in Ayodhya as a mute witness to the event.
In the Encyclopedia of India by the then Surjeant General, Edward Balphar, it is mentioned that there were three mosques on the site of the temples. These were the janmsthaan, the Swarg Dwaar and the Treta ka Thakur. We have seen earlier some books and authors. Apart from these, there are other sources of reference which are also worth looking at. Let’s have a look at them. These are
‘Fasana-e-Ibrat’ by Mirja Rajam Ali Beg, 1867;
‘Tareek-e-Awadh’ by Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hajrat, 1869;
‘A Historical Sketch of Faizabad’ by P Khanagi, 1870;
‘The Gazetteer of the Province of Agra and Oudh’, 1877;
‘Ziai Aktat’ by Hazi Mohammad Hasan, 1880;
The Faizabad Settlement Report, 1880;
‘The Imperial Gazetteer of Faizabad’, 1881; and
‘Gumashte-haalaat-e-Ayodhya’ by Maulawi Abdul Kareem;
The Court verdict of 1886 by Colonel, F E H Meher in Mohammad Asgar’s petition in which he states after a visit to the site, “It is most unfortunate that a masjid was built on a land especially held sacred by Hindus, but as that event occurred about 356 years ago, that is in 1530, it is not possible to remedy to grievance. All that can be done is to maintain the party in status quo.”
In 1934, Hindu Muslim clashes broke out in Ayodhya at the issue of a cow being slaughtered at Ayodhya. The structure too was severely damaged. After the clashes, the Muslims of Ayodhya abandoned the mosque and discontinued offering Namaz in it forever.
to be continued ... " Ramlala’s advent to brutal killing of Karsewaks "
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When you're in your 20's, caring for your health might be the last thing on your mind. Between working, socializing, and the idea that "you are too young to worry about it", it's really easy to put healthy habits in the back burner. The thing is, it's a lot easier and smarter (not to mention cheaper) to maintain good health from the get-go than to try to reverse the course when things go wrong. Start to look out for your body and set yourself up for success and longevity, by making sure you have these habits locked down as you age:
1) Switch to an Alkaline-Electric Diet. If you haven't already, now it's time to make that switch. A diet comprised mostly of fresh fruits and vegetables (like the one Dr. Sebi outlined in the Nutritional Guide) is the best thing to keep the alkaline balance in your body's systems to prevent and reverse pathologies, thus ensuring good health and well-being.
2) Learn to Cook. Cooking is a valuable life skill that you'll never regret acquiring. Preparing your own meals at home ensures that you have full control over what goes into your body, so it's easier to choose quality ingredients and follow the recommended Nutritional Guide. Plus, you'll soon find out that eating at home is a lot cheaper than going out to eat at restaurants or ordering take-out, so you'll save money. It's a win-win situation! Not sure where to begin? Head over to Dr. Sebi's Cell Food YouTube Channel, where you'll find a ton of Journal that are delicious, alkaline-electric, and most of all, easy for beginners!
3) Ditch Animal Products and Processed Foods. If you're following Dr. Sebi's Nutritional Guide, you know that animal products and processed foods have no place in your diet. However, they can easily sneak back into your life when you're out with friends, at work, or shopping for groceries (especially when you are hungry and without a list). Be always prepared! Keep your fridge and pantry fully stocked, prepare your meals in advance and pack healthy snacks in your purse (like a piece of fruit or a handful of walnuts) to reach for them when the temptation strikes. Check out this video for ideas on Dr. Sebi-approved snacks.
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Fanned by ferocious Santa Ana winds and fueled by dry tinder, the fires immolated a mountain town and jangled the nerves of many tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate their homes.
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It easily jumped eight-lane Highway 101 and rambled over the Santa Monica Mountains to posh Malibu, where it torched homes and cars. The wildfire then finally ran into its only match so far: the Pacific Ocean, the Washington Post reported.
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Among the celebrity homes reportedly damaged — if not destroyed — was the home of Caitlyn Jenner, who posted an Instagram video reporting that she was in a safe house, but wasn’t sure what has become of her home.
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A Tip on Tip Reporting
If you are starting a job with tips involved, you will want to read this.
If you are like millions of taxpayers in the service industry, you may receive tips. The tax code is clear; if you receive tips you must report them as income. Some employers have systems to make this easy, while others do not. Here are some suggestions:
Think 1 2 3
Proper tip reporting has three components.
- Keeping a daily tip record
- Reporting your tips to your employer
- Recording your tips on your income tax return
Recording tip activity
Per the IRS you can keep your tips by either maintaining a tip diary or by saving documents that show your tips. If your employer does not provide you with an electronic form of a tip diary, you can always create your own. The IRS has one for your use in Form 4070A.
Reporting tips to an employer
You should record daily activity in your diary, and then provide a monthly summary to your employer by the 10th of the following month. The report should include the following elements:
- Your name and address
- Your Social Security Number
- Employer name and address
- Time period
- Date submitted to employer
- Your signature
- Tip Information:
- Cash tips received,
- Credit/Debit tips received,
- Tips paid out to fellow workers,
- Net tips received
With proper tracking and reporting of tip activity to your employer, filing your taxes on this income can be done without too much trouble. Here are some ideas:
Use your employer for reporting. With proper reporting, your employer can help ensure taxes are withheld and sent in for you. This can help you avoid a large tax bill at the end of the year.
Giving your employer funds. If your tips are a high portion of your income, your wages may not be sufficient to cover your taxes. To solve this, you can provide some of your tip income to your employer to pay a proper level of withholdings on your behalf.
Other things to note
Service charge or tip? If your employer adds a set tip amount to a bill (18% automatic tip for parties of 6 our more), this is not a tip, it is a service charge and treated as wages.
Shared tips. Be careful reporting those tips you share with others. Clearly report your own net tip income to your employer. Do not report gross tips that you share with others on your tax return.
Know the penalty. If you do not report tips to your employer, the potential penalty is 50% of the Social Security and Medicare related taxes you owe on the unreported tips.
Allocated tips. Sometimes employers pay you tips and report them on your W-2 that are above what you report to them. The good news? You receive additional income above your hourly wages. The bad news? You will owe income taxes AND Social Security and Medicare taxes on these tips.
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Just in the last handful of years, instructables on herbal medicine making have flourished. The internet has become an encyclopedia of information on pretty much every subject you can think of. When I started expanding my herbal knowledge past what I learned as a child, there was no internet and even when I started expanding further, into how to preserve it via salves, tinctures and vinegars, there was still none of that type of knowledge available that way. You had to seek out other herbalists who had the knowledge you were after. Along that path, I made many a trip to learn from whomever I could. Some of the time it was worthwhile and other times it was not. What soon became apparent, and has since become rampant on the internet, is the inconsistency in preparation. What I’m talking about is equivalent, for example, to the consistency of strength of a store-bought Ibuprofen. Because the methods are standardized, you know that every time you buy a bottle of Ibuprofen, every tablet in the bottle, and every tablet in every bottle thereafter, will be the same strength. It makes it easy and safe to know how much to take and you can count on the dose being sufficiently effective. The same standards are used in commercial herbal preparations you can buy at the store. While we home herbalists don’t measure down to “grains” of powder, it’s important to be consistent in your preparations so you know how much to take and be consistent enough that you produce a strong enough batch of product to do the job. I’m not an herbal snob, but it does make me wince a little to see Pinterest pictures of herbal how-to’s with a tablespoon or two of herb floating around in a pint jar filled to the top with oil, vinegar or spirits. There’s not enough of the herb to make a cup of tea, much less an effective tincture… oh my, I have to step away from that rabbit hole. No wonder people shun homemade herbal preparations as being “quackery”. Heavens. Before I get bogged down any further in that, let me say a few words about why you would want or need to tincture an herb:
Reasons to Tincture an herb:
- To preserve the life of an herb you can’t just go pick when you need it. Seasonal root medicine is a good illustration of this. One that comes to mind is Poke which is only harvested twice a year and sometimes only once, depending on who you ask. Roots can be dried and then used, but tincturing a fresh root just after it is harvested gives you medicine you can use for many years before you have to harvest again.
- To have medicine already prepared when you need it. We use 4 hour infusions for many medicines when waiting is not really an issue. Sometimes you need medicine right away though; hence the attraction of big pharma’s pills in a bottle. With a little planning, you can have tinctures you will need on hand when you need them. Black Cohosh is the example used in this article because when I need it, it’s very inconvenient to wait 4 hours for an infusion to be ready. (I’ll tell you about a solution I have for that in a future post)
- To create an herbal preparation that travels well. You can take with you in your purse, to work, on vacation, etc.
I like to make my own tinctures and things because I often can go out to where we have it growing, pick what I need, make the medicine and know exactly what is in the bottle that I’m using from. No bad quality herbs that have been sprayed, no substitute herbs, no chemical preservatives, etc. For things we don’t have growing, I like being able to choose dried herbs from sources I trust. There are legitimate ways to infuse using heat, but this is the traditional way (relatively speaking) and produces an end product that will be the same strength every time you make it. This is for a tincture and will differ slightly than when you infuse an oil.
What you will need to make a tincture:
* Lidded Mason type jar big enough to give you at least a little headroom at the top so you have room to shake it.
* Dried (or fresh) herbs
* 100 proof grain alcohol
* Label for your jar
Place your dried herbs into the mason jar. The nice thing about this method is how much herb you use depends on how much tincture you want. You’ll only cover the herbs with alcohol, so eyeball it from that perspective. If using fresh herbs, see the post Using Fresh vs. Dried Herbs for how to prepare fresh herbs and to determine if the ones you are using need to have anything done to them first. This tincture is of dried Black Cohosh root so all I have to do is put it in the jar.
Pour just enough 100 proof alcohol over the herbs to cover them. Secure the lid and label the jar with the type of herb, that it is a “tincture” and the date. I usually also go ahead and calculate when it will be ready (8 weeks) and put that on the label too, just because it makes it easier. Your label doesn’t have to be anything fancy, painter’s tape and a sharpie works well and the painter’s tape won’t be hard to take off after it sits for a couple of months.
***A note on the alcohol… it’s worthwhile to use 100 proof as that will be equal parts water and alcohol. Some plant constituents extract better in water and some better in alcohol. 100 proof gives you the ability to extract both. I prefer vodka and use the cheap stuff, since I won’t be taking enough of it to matter much what it tastes like.
The dried herbs will almost always absorb some of the alcohol, so over the next few hours, top off the jar to keep the herb covered. this is after only about an hour so I will add just enough alcohol to re-cover the Black Cohosh.
After about 3 hours, give it a shake and see if it needs topping again. As you can see, this one does.
The next morning, it looks like this. I gave it a shake and after it settled it looks like most of the absorbing is finished, so I will leave this as is.
Put the jar somewhere out of direct sunlight and every now and then, as you think about it, give it a shake to move things around. Sometimes you may notice after a couple of weeks that the herb has absorbed more of the alcohol. I usually don’t add more unless it is visibly dry on top of the herb or you consistently have a layer of herb on the top that is not slushy.
After 8 weeks, strain out the herb and store the infused alcohol (now a tincture) in a dark glass jar or bottle. You can purchase amber dropper bottles like these or put it in a lidded mason jar out of sunlight and use a separate dropper. The dose will vary by herb, but for this one, Black Cohosh, the dose is one dropperful (about 36 drops – dropper sizes vary also) 3 – 4 times a day as needed. I don’t have bad hot flashes that require a continual dose, but do have hormone fluctuation migranes and bouts of nighttime restless legs. For my purpose, I can just take a dropperful as needed and having tincture makes that much easier than making a 4 hour water infusion every time. It also makes traveling with it much easier.
Your strained out herb can go straight into the compost.
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Electronic Digital Caliper, 6"
- 0-6" (0-150 mm) range
- 0.0005" (0.01 mm) resolution
- 0.001" (0.02 mm) accuracy
- Reads inches or mm
Weight: 0.73 lb
There are three buttons.
OFF: Turns the power off.
ON/ZERO: Turns the power on and sets the readout to zero at any position.
MM/INCH: Switches between inch and metric display.
You can make absolute or relative inside, outside, depth, and step measurements.
Furnished with a fitted case.
Accuracy—indicates how close a measured value is to the true quantity of what is being measured.
Resolution—is the smallest increment the system can display or measure. It's one division on a dial, or the smallest increment of the righmost digit on a digital display.
|Range||0" - 6" (0 mm - 152 mm)|
|Resolution||0.0005" (0.013 mm)|
|Accuracy||0.001" (0.03 mm)|
|Clear to Zero||Yes|
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Aveson School of Leaders’ Passion Project Time
It’s Aveson’s 3rd-5th grade Passion Project time! Just like Gus and his friends here, they add an action to their project. Gus’ project is focused on trash in the community. He and his friends spent time at a local park recently to pick up trash and experience first-hand how much trash litters the parks. Children learn from their second parents (teachers) and parents so it’s important that you demonstrate environmentally-friendly behavior. This could mean taking out the compost, resisting the lure of ‘fast fashion’, picking up someone else’s rubbish, planting a tree, and generally thinking globally and acting locally.
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Found 3 items, similar to Error.
English → Indonesian
gawal, kekeliruan, kesalahan, kesilapan, silap
English → English
n 1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or
inattention; “he made a bad mistake”
; “she was quick to
point out my errors”
; “I could understand his English in
spite of his grammatical faults”
2: inadvertent incorrectness [syn: erroneousness
3: a misconception resulting from incorrect information [syn: erroneous belief
4: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out
when normal play would have sufficed [syn: misplay
5: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: wrongdoing
6: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result
produced by a computer [syn: computer error
7: part of a statement that is not correct; “the book was full
English → English
, n. [OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr.
errare to err. See Err
1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.]
The rest of his journey, his error by sea. --B.
2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or
standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something
made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in
printing; a clerical error.
3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false
notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
His judgment was often in error, though his candor
remained unimpaired. --Bancroft.
4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or
transgression; iniquity; fault. --Ps. xix. 12.
5. (Math.) The difference between the approximate result and
the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of
(a) The difference between an observed value and the true
value of a quantity.
(b) The difference between the observed value of a
quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the
true value; -- sometimes called residual error
7. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record
in matters of law or of fact.
8. (Baseball) A fault of a player of the side in the field
which results in failure to put out a player on the other
side, or gives him an unearned base.
Law of error
, or Law of frequency of error
the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude
of an error and the frequency with which that error will
be committed in making a large number of careful
measurements of a quantity.
. (Mensuration) See under Probable
Writ of error
(Law), an original writ, which lies after
judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to
correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the
judgment of the court. --Bouvier. Burrill.
Syn: Mistake; fault; blunder; failure; fallacy; delusion;
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YES, shipping frozen foods with major US carriers is quite plausible yet complicated. There are a few things you need to know before shipping your first package. In this blog, ShipSaving will walk you through the entire process and point out the carrier requirements you need to pay attention to, and we’ll cover all three major US carriers USPS, FedEx, and UPS.
Frozen foods aren’t like any other shipments. If you’re just starting, you should probably consider the following challenges before fulfilling any orders.
Due to the fact you are shipping frozen foods, low or high temperatures will affect the content. This is a severe issue if the food isn’t properly packaged.
High humidity can seriously affect the foods you ship. It can speed up the spoilage process and foods may have gone bad before your customers receive them.
Your frozen food must be properly packaged before shipping to avoid spoilage as much as possible. You should consider what’s the best container for your goods. We recommend something with insulation.
There are a few things you need to know before shipping containers with frozen food. These general tips do apply to all carriers.
Although relatively simple and straightforward, this type of shipping does come with a few differences, depending on a courier you choose. Below, you can see three major couriers and their requirements for shipping frozen food.
These are guidelines that affect and come from USPS. Many business owners like this courier and consider them as the primary choice. The guidelines are explained below.
UPS has a bit fewer requirements than USPS but they are still something you need to know about before sending the first frozen food package.
FedEx has also lower requirements than USPS and they are commonly chosen for this purpose.
There are 3 main options you should consider in this case scenario. These are containers that are recommended for this particular purpose.
We recommend you to use containers that are slightly bigger than the package you are actually sending. This is needed in order to keep the temperature at an optimal range and slow down the melting process.
There is no fixed cost of this shipping. It depends on multiple factors. For example, you must consider the distance, the weight, size, duration, and also the type of food you are shipping. Keep in mind that you also need to include specialized containers and dry ice or gel in order to meet the requirements of US couriers. Before you do anything, it is advised to make sure you calculate the cost of shipping, the dry ice, containers, and all other requirements needed. Include them in your profit calculations.
One method you can use to save some money is using ShipSaving. This is a platform that helps you with shipping, labeling, and even warehouse management. They can assist you by boosting your shipping value by 50%. It is very easy to use and optimized for small and medium businesses.
By now you should know that shipping frozen food is possible and relatively easy. However, you still need to know how to pack them properly.
Now you are ready to ship your first frozen food package using any courier you like. Keep in mind that there are specific requirements you need to meet. But, they are relatively simple and straightforward so we don’t believe there will be any issues or complications. Take your time and you will be able to chip frozen food anywhere in the country and even father. | <urn:uuid:53daa9ea-eb10-40f0-af6c-c72bce1a3fb9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.shipsaving.com/blog/special-shipment-how-to-ship-frozen-foods-with-usps-fedex-and-ups | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958455 | 690 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Two years after triple talaq was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Indian Parliament passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, criminalising triple talaq.
The bill in its present form makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence and provides for a jail term of 3 years to a Muslim man pronouncing it.
To understand triple talaq better you need to know that there are three types of divorce in Islam - Ahsan, Hasan and Talaq-e-Biddat (triple or instant talaq). While Ahsan and Hasan are revocable, Talaq-e-Biddat is irrevocable.
Triple talaq refers to the pronouncement of talaq three times by a Muslim man in one sitting to his wife.
According to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), triple talaq is a matter of faith for the Hanafis, who make up more than 90% Sunnis in India and have been following it for 1,400 years now.
With the bill becoming a law, its declaration in spoken, written or through SMS or WhatsApp or any other electronic chat would be considered illegal and void.
Countries who ve banned instant Triple Talaq— Anil patil (@beingani10) July 25, 2019
Pakistan Bangla Sri Lanka Turkey Cyprus Tunisia Algeria Malaysia Jordon Egypt Iran Iraq Brunei UAE Indonesia Libya Sudan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Morocco Kuwait
It's needed for women Protection & Welfare#TripleTalaq #TripleTalaqBill pic.twitter.com/cRod8waV1g
Centuries of injustice faced by our Muslim women due to practice of #TripleTalaq has been finally abolished as the triple talaq bill today cleared Rajya Sabha hurdle. I congratulate Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji for this historic step to fight for the rights of our Muslim women.— Pema Khandu (@PemaKhanduBJP) July 30, 2019
The new bill also makes triple talaq a cognisable offence and gives powers to the police to arrest the offender without requiring a warrant. But there is a condition that the complaint should be filed by the aggrieved woman or any of her relatives.
A welcome move in the bill is that it provides a scope for reconciliation without undergoing the process of nikah halala. This is possible only if the two sides agree to stop legal proceedings and settle the dispute.
The bill met with a strong opposition every time it was introduced in the Parliament. While some critics termed it redundant, others saw it as a means to harass Muslim men.
The fact that the bill has some flaws opens the possibility of its misuse against men.
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Research from Go Ultra Low has revealed several myths around electric vehicles, including 42% of Brits underestimating the amount of EV chargers in the UK.
Respondents to a survey suggested there are 6,000 charge points in the UK, whereas there are actually 17,000.
One of the biggest areas of confusion is whether you can put an electric car through a car wash. While this is no issue, 42% of respondents thought it was.
More than half (52%) think they wouldn’t be able to describe what a pure electric car (a car powered solely by a battery) is to someone else. Underestimating the performance is also commonplace.
Head of Go Ultra Low, Poppy Welch, said: “The research shows that there is much confusion and misunderstanding with the British public when it comes to pure electric cars. Over half of those surveyed don’t feel confident describing a pure electric car to another person and many aren’t aware of the many benefits electric cars can bring.
“Pure electric car drivers benefit from lower running costs, convenient charging and high-performance driving, all while producing no tailpipe emissions and helping to improve local air quality. Dispelling these misconceptions and highlighting these perks is therefore vital if we are to see more motorists make the switch to electric motoring.”
Cost is a big area where people are also undervaluing their potential: 1 in 4 (25%) of respondents think that, over the lifetime of the car, maintenance costs are higher for pure electric cars than they are for petrol or diesel, when in fact a pure electric can cost around 70% less.
Interestingly, on average, people think it costs £21.54 to fully charge a pure electric car, even though charging at home could cost as little as £3.64.
Most underestimate the number of models availiable for purchase – the average Brit thinks there are just nine models currently available in the UK, nearly half the correct figure (17) – and 42% of Brits think there are fewer than 15,000 pure electric cars on UK roads when there are already nearly 40,000.
Top 5 myths about electric vehicles busted:
Myth: Pure electric cars are slow.
Fact: Electric cars are quicker off the mark!
While 47% of people think that petrol or diesel cars accelerate faster than pure electric, actually the opposite is true. Because an electric motor can generate power quicker than an internal combustion engine, most pure electric cars accelerate quicker than a petrol or diesel equivalent.
The 2018 Nissan Leaf accelerates from 0-60mph in just 7.4 seconds!5
Myth: They’re too expensive.
Fact: Actually, an electric car could save you money.
Pure electric cars may have higher upfront purchase costs, however you could actually save around £650 a year in tax and fuel if you choose pure electric over petrol or diesel.
And, with maintenance costs also around 70% less over a car’s lifetime, when it comes to your wallet, going electric is a no brainer.
The government also provides a grant of up to £4,500 off the purchase of eligible pure electric cars.
Myth: There aren’t enough public charge points.
Fact: Not true! There are plenty of places to charge your electric car.
The average Brit thinks there are only 6,000 charge point connectors in the UK, when in fact there are more than double this, at 16,738! As well as this, there are rapid chargers at more than 96% of Motorway Service Areas, and the UK has one the largest rapid charge networks in Europe.
Myth: There are only a few of models to choose from.
Fact: Not anymore! There’s now an electric car for everyone.
When it comes to buying pure electric cars, people don’t realise how much choice there is. Go Ultra Low’s research reveals that the average person thinks there are 9 models to choose from, but in fact there are now 17 pure electric car models available for purchase in the UK.
Myth: Pure electric cars are a technology for the future!
Fact: Here in the UK, the switch to electric has already begun
Though the average person in the UK thinks that pure electric cars are still a novelty on our roads, many motorists are already driving zero emission electric cars.
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The Early Years Learning Framework Professional Learning Program (EYLF PLP) provides ongoing professional support to services as they engage in the EYLF implementation process. The program is a national initiative and will take place in 2010–11.
The EYLF PLP has the following separate but interrelated elements:
- a national program of 65 EYLF workshops
- an online EYLF interactive forum available to early education and care settings and educators
- an online EYLF e-newsletter
- EYLF online master classes focused on focused on aspects of the EYLF
- a series of short EYLF professional learning vignettes.
This resource has been created by educators in NSW exploring the Early Years Learning Framework during the professional development sessions of: Belonging, Being and Becoming: Putting the Early Years Learning Framework into Practice. During these sessions, educators collaborated on the meanings of the key words of Belonging, Being and Becoming and discussed the five outcomes from their personal perspectives. | <urn:uuid:376e5e31-09cd-4eb7-b226-b91831fe4f31> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kidsathome.net.au/early-years-learning-framework-free-newsletter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.92815 | 209 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Helena Clare Pittman, one of the Center’s most dedicated teachers, has written, painted, and taught her entire life. In her monthly Helena Writes series, she shares a lifetime of wisdom, one pearl at a time.
In her 39th post, Helena shares an original children’s story, and the writing exercise behind its inception. Enjoy!
This is a story around the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle.” It’s an assignment I like to offer in my Writing For Children class, from time to time:
Happy Birthday, Bertha Blue: A love story
Stars are twinkling. The barnyard is quiet. Miss Laura is reading by lamplight. Bertha Blue is curled up next to her, nestled into Miss Laura’s quilt.
“Lazy kitty,” says Miss Laura, stroking Bertha’s silky gray coat. Miss Laura takes off her glasses, sets them on the nightstand, and turns off the light.
“She forgot,” the cat is thinking. “Tomorrow’s my birthday.” She sighs and closes her eyes.
The moon clears the pine trees. “Bertha!” someone calls.
Bertha perks up her ears. “Shh!” she answers. But there’s no need to whisper. Miss Laura is already asleep.
The Stray Cats are sitting on the picket fence, like a smile across the moon. Blackie is picking his guitar. Gracie is tuning her fiddle strings. Slick is tapping. Sam is warming up his harmonica.
Off the quilt hops Bertha Blue, out to the kitchen, where mice are scurrying. Where the torn screen is flapping. Over the sill, down through the salad garden into the yard.
“Wake up you animals!” Cries Slick.
Hey diddle diddle!
The cat and the fiddle!
Out in the barn, the horse is snoring, the cow is chewing, the mule is whistling. Crickets are chirping, swallows are peeping, pigs are spluttering. Goats are nursing, hens are sitting.
Gracie is fiddling. Johnny the Dog is dreaming, his feet pawing at the night air smelling of sweet hay.
“Wake up, Johnny!” meows Bertha, one claw catching the dog’s ear.
“Ruff!” says Johnny, opening an eye.
“This here’s a barn dance!” cries Slick.
“A barn dance!” sings Slick.
Johnny the Dog yawns. The mule stomps. The hens complain. Dreamy lambs lift their heads.
“A barn dance!” yeowls Gracie, spinning her fiddle.
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle!
Now Johnny is barking!
“Gather up the eggs! Milk the cow! Stir the bowl! Knead the dough! Roll the crust! Whip up the cream! Steam up the biscuits! The hay seed biscuits! The wheat grass biscuits! The clover seed biscuits!
Pour out the honey suckle syrup, spoon out the dandelion jam!”
Dishes are clacking. Spoons are knocking. Pigs are kneading. Geese are rolling.
The Cats are howling!
Hey diddle diddle!
Line up the milk cans! Lay down the board! Set out the pitchers! Put on the kettle! Pour out the Oat Grass, the Pieweed, the Knuckleberry tea! Serve up the Hayseed tarts and the Corncob pie!
Now crunch up, gobble up, slurp up, slop up!
Chow down, hey down, hoe down!
But where is Johnny the Dog?
Don’t tell Bertha! He’s in the milk house, jellying the cake, topping it with candles, one, two, three!
“Happy Birthday!” sing the Cats. “Happy Birthday to youuuuu!”
There stands Johnny, grinning old dog, holding Bertha’s cake.
“Happy Birthday, Bertha Blue!” sing the animals. “Happy Birthday, Bertha Bluuuuuuuuuue!”
“Purrr purrr purrr!” answers the cat.
“Blow out the candles and make a wish,” says Johnny. “And don’t you tell!” he whispers in Bertha’s ear.
“Let’s raise the roof!” calls Slick.
Now everyone’s dancing!
Turkeys, chickens, ducks are kicking. Goats are bopping. The barn boards are creaking, its old stones quaking. Johnny is laughing!
Then up jumps the cow, sailing through the starry sky, over the barn and over the silvery moon.
Out on the roof, Bertha is jigging. Johnny is shimmying. Velvet paws padding, shaggy fur flying.
But wait a minute, the moon is fading. The sky over the pasture is pink.
Put back the board, sweep the barn! Tidy the straw! Stow the fiddle!
Quickly, Bertha, back through the garden, over the windowsill, don’t stop for the mice! Onto the quilt where Miss Laura is putting on her glasses.
Out in the barn, Johnny is barking—“Where are the spoons? Can’t look for them now! It’s time for the milking!”
Miss Laura strokes Bertha’s blue-gray fur. “Are you going to sleep through your birthday?” she asks, brushing a piece of straw from Bertha’s whiskers. Miss Laura slips a new, red sparkly collar around Bertha’s silky neck then heads to the barn.
Bertha is dreaming. She hears Johnny calling, “Come back here, you dishes!”
For down the hill toward the road, dishes are tumbling, spoons are clanking, flashing the light of the sun arising.
“What’s all the fussing?” wonders Miss Laura. “Come on, Bette, it’s time for your milking!”
Miss Laura squints through her glasses out to the road. “Why it looks like a weddin’! And I haven’t heard a word!
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon!
The history of Bertha Blue
Happy Birthday, Bertha Blue came close to publication. But close is only close. My editor at Dutton, the editor who published Once When I Was Scared, held Bertha for three years. I finally had to ask her to make a decision or send it back. I rewrote it, a few years later. Sent it back to her, and again she held it for three years. She also held onto Miss Hindy’s Cats, but that story was acquired by Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. My Dutton editor’s letter to me answering my letter inquiring about Miss Hindy’s Cats read, “I’m on the fence about it.” That’s a line that’s hard to forget. Particularly when I think about Bertha Blue. So I continue to revise Bertha every three or so years. I think of it as a performance piece. It’s fun to read to children. It would be complicated to illustrate, but fun, if one had a contract!
When I’ve assigned it in the classroom, I photocopy nursery rhymes, cut them up, put them in a bag so that each of us can draw one out. It’s the surprise and pressure that gets the writing out. That’s how I wrote Bertha Blue.
I have always had the fantasy of animals having a party, when human beings are asleep. There were stray cats that lived in the backyards of the houses on the street where I lived on Long Island. A few of us fed them. The idea of an animal party crossed my child like mind regularly. I smiled, imagining it, and talked about it to creative friends, friends who'd get it because they had a story telling streak of their own. The thing is, it must be a common fantasy. There are so many animal character stories. The surprise for me was that Johnny and Bertha were a kind of couple. They were in love! Too bad it's the the dish and spoon that run away together! But, then, if it had been the cat and the dog, Miss Laura would have been heartbroken. And that's no way to end a story!
Will you try Helena’s nursery rhyme exercise to write a children’s story? What did you think of Happy Birthday, Bertha Blue? Share with us in the comments.
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New York, July 10, 2018
Released jointly by WIPO, Cornell University, INSEAD and the 2018 GII Knowledge Partners, the Confederation of Indian Industry, PwC’s Strategy& and the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) – Brazil and Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae)
China broke into the world’s top 20 most-innovative economies as Switzerland retained its number-one spot in the Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking published annually by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Rounding out the GII 2018 top ten: The Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Singapore, United States of America, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland.
Now in its 11th edition, the GII is a detailed quantitative tool that helps global decision makers better understand how to stimulate the innovative activity that drives economic and human development. The GII ranks 126 economies based on 80 indicators, ranging from intellectual property filing rates to mobile-application creation, education spending and scientific and technical publications.
China’s number 17 ranking this year represents a breakthrough for an economy witnessing rapid transformation guided by government policy prioritizing research and development-intensive ingenuity. While the United States fell back to number six in the GII 2018, it is an innovation powerhouse that has produced many of the world’s leading hi-tech firms and life-changing innovations. | <urn:uuid:ca6176f4-6f54-4ad6-88bc-fa4ed47bb55d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://maingimusyimilaw.com/global-innovation-index-2018-china-cracks-top-20-top-rankings-switzerland-netherlands-sweden-uk-singapore-u-s/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.903017 | 304 | 1.609375 | 2 |
China is considering taking the lead on implementing more robust inspections of Iran’s nuclear program, a new report says.
An article in this week’s issue of Newsweek magazine reports on a track two meeting about Iran’s nuclear program that took place in France at the same time as the official P5+1-Iran negotiations were going on in Geneva last weekend.
According to the report, the participants at the meeting were retired military leaders from Israel, Iran and China, as well as elder statesmen from the U.S., Australia and France. The meeting—which was hosted by Jean-Christophe Iseux von Pfetten, the first foreigner to serve in the upper house of China’s parliament and an advisor to Chinese leaders—was aimed at opening up an important back channel between the parties to hammer out solutions to some of the thornier issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
One such thorny issue is Iran allowing more intrusive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its nuclear and suspected nuclear sites. An unnamed former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander is quoted in the report as saying that Iran is hesitant to allow more intrusive inspections because of the Iraqi precedent.
“We saw the work of [weapons] inspectors in Iraq – they searched everywhere, including the President's Palace,” the IRGC commander said. “They found nothing but started bombing Iraq anyway. We cannot accept this.”
One possible solution to this conundrum is having the IAEA inspectors be from neutral countries rather than the U.S. and Europe. The IRGC commander says in the article that Iran would view American or allied inspectors gaining access to its nuclear sites as a “an unacceptable violation of Iran's sovereignty.” However, he also indicates that Iran would be more amenable to third party nationals acting as the inspectors.
The article says that China has agreed in principle to assign Chinese nationals as the lead inspectors in such a deal. The Chinese proposal was not an off-the-cuff remark. The article says that when Israeli and Palestinian leaders were in China at the same time earlier this year, “Chinese representatives” at a think tank that hosted talks between them said that China would be willing to play an active role in inspections on Iran’s nuclear program. However, Beijing reportedly insisted that the inspections continue to take place under the banner of the IAEA.
China is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It has historically had a rocky relationship with the IAEA over its support to suspected nuclear proliferators like Pakistan, North Korea and Iran. However, in more recent years China has been lauded for doing more to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, although there continues to be concern over Beijing’s perceived lax enforcement of nuclear exports being sold by private companies in China.
In April of this year, at a preparatory meeting for the 2015 NPT review conference, Cheng Jingye, China’s permanent representative to the IAEA in Vienna made a passionate call for strengthening the IAEA and NPT regime.
“We should further consolidate and enhance the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, strengthen the universality, authority and effectiveness of the Treaty” Cheng said, according to an English transcript of the speech.
“"We should strengthen the safeguards function of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and promote the effective implementation and universal adherence of the comprehensive safeguards agreements and its additional protocols,” he added.
In the same speech, Cheng touched on Iran specifically, saying: “We hope that the P5+1 and Iran could, based on the mutual understanding achieved from the dialogue, follow the principle of step-by-step and reciprocity, and move to the same direction and cooperate sincerely, make more efforts for resolving the Iranian Nuclear issue through diplomatic means.”
China is a member of the P5+1 along with the U.S., UK, France, Russia and Germany. It has previously called upon Iran to work with the IAEA to address international concerns that its nuclear program is secretly aimed at acquiring nuclear weapons. China taking the lead on nucelar inspections in Iran would be consistent with Beijing's more active diplomacy in the Middle East.
The Director General of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, visited Iran last Monday where he and Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, inked an agreement in which Iran agreed to provide more information and access to IAEA inspectors at certain nuclear sites.
In the Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation, Iran said it will provide IAEA inspectors with relevant information and “managed access” to a uranium mine and the Arak heavy water reactor. The agreement also said this would be a “first step,” suggesting that the IAEA hoped it would lead to Iran allowing inspections of other sites inside Iran, most notably the Parchin military facility.
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Q&A WITH THE ARTIST – KENDRA TROSCHEL – ONLINE ARTICLE AESTHETICA
Art and science are often viewed in opposition. Yet creative minds have always been responsible for technical innovations the world over: from Leonardo da Vinci’s Renaissance anatomical studies to Olafur Eliasson’s climate activism. Kendra Troschel also believes in these similarities: she worked as a microbiologist for many years and is now a practising painter. “It might seem a little far from art:’ she notes, “But I think there is an innate curiosity shared between the two fields.” Troschel describes herself as a “magpie”: picking, adapting and combining various visual tropes from art history. It’s this spirit of inquisitiveness which drives her practice. “I try to absorb a lot, so I’ll flick through images, movies, poems until I find one particular thing that interests me -a motion or a position of a figure. I’ll think about it and what it means to me: the feeling or essence of it. The rest of the painting is done subconsciously, adding colours and objects that feel right and trying not to overthink anything. | <urn:uuid:5e89cac0-edd6-4157-be12-a6567fa67399> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pashminart-consortia.com/qa-with-the-artist-kendra-troschel-online-article-aesthetica/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953001 | 260 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Benjamin (Veniamin) Dorfman
As a researcher with much over half a century of professional experience, Dorfman primarily specialized in solid-state physics, physical chemistry, technology and physical base of reliability of solid-state devices. He received his M.S. degree in physical chemistry of metals from Moscow Institute of Steel, Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry of solid-state technology from Moscow Institute of Fine Chemistry, and Dr. of Sciences degree in physics of thin solid films and in microelectronics from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technics in 1977. Dorfman founded the first Soviet Laboratory of Microelectronics (1961), second in the world after IBM where R&D in microelectronics were symbiotic with the computers design. Over three decades, Laboratory conducted the key R&D in semiconductor, superconductor, magnetic and holographic devices, their technology and physical mechanisms of failures and developed new diagnostic devices. One of the complementary results of researches was stabilized diamond-like carbon, Diamond-Like Nanocomposites (DLN) and Composites of Atomic Scale. Dorfman had come to the USA on January 23, 1991 and he is working in this country from January 24, 1991 - initially as Director of Laboratory in Moltech Corp., and from 1992 as founder and President of independent research Laboratory Atomic-Scale Design, Inc. primarily focused in DLN. In 2004-2009, as invited research professor of Clarkson University, NY, he conducted jointly with industrial companies two research projects in solid-state capacitors approaching physical limits and in interaction of supersonic liquid-solid jet with solid targets. In the same time he founded United Materials Intl., Inc., which after a few subsequent mergers was transformed into international (USA-Canada) CarbonOne Technolgies, Inc.; in 2015 the Company went public. Recently, Dorfman resigned from all official positions to be focused on his research. Other honors and awards include: Grand Prix in the First International Contest on business plan in Nanotechnology in Japan in 2003 for synergistic graphine-diamondlike carbon QUASAM (first synthesized in 1995 and presented in invited report to MRS meeting in Boston in 1996), Gold Medal for the Best Technological Achievement of the USSR, 1989; Medal “Inventor of the USSR”; Gold Medal for Distinguished Labor (1970); Winner of all-Union competition for Best scientific-popular book “At the Border of Millenniums", Moscow, 1982; Honorable diplomas: “For scientific education of youth”, for organization of All-Union conf. in Microelectronics (1970-80s), "Meritorious Achievement Award" from the National Medal of Technol. Program (U.S. Dep. of Commerce) as Advisor of student team - winner 2002-2003 Internet Sci. Tech. Fair (ISTF). He was Visiting scientist of Brookhaven Nat. Labs. (1991-1997), Res. Professor of SUNY at Stony Brook and NY Polytechnic Univ. In 1994 he organized ‘USA-Russian Seminar for Science, Technology and Defense Conversion’ (1994), which attracted 33 top Russian Scientists and High-Tech industry leaders, American business communities and representative of federal government and resulted with many international contracts. His publication record includes more than 200 journal articles, monographs and book chapters and patents.
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The Chinese telephone company has a bigger number of lines than the London Underground. Its most recent item is a robot vacuum.
From water channels to automatons to electric bikes, Xiaomi isn’t timid about diving its fingers in each pie. Its new Mi Robot Vacuum is the most recent case of how the Chinese telephone company intends to assume control homes and make them more intelligent – for not as much as its rivals.
Looking especially like a Roomba, the round robot vacuum flaunts 12 sensors. Its laser removes sensor filters its surroundings 1,800 times each second, at that point maps out your home to clean it proficiently.
- Twelve sensors which include ultrasonic radar, a cliff sensor, a gyroscope and an accelerometer
- Three processors for constant mapping and situating
- Main brush with movable altitude for uneven surfaces
- 5,200 mAh battery
Made by Xiaomi’s biological community accomplice Rockrobo, it includes a Nidec brushless DC engine and cases to be ultra calm. Its 5,200 mAh battery guarantees 2.5 hours of cleaning. It goes at a bargain on September 6 in China for 1,699 Yuan, or, in other words, £195 and AU$340. By examination, CNET’s pick for best reasonable robot vacuum, the Neato XV Signature Pro, costs around $420 or £300.
Like its other biological community items, don’t anticipate that Xiaomi will formally dispatch this around the globe; however a few items, for example, its Mi Air Purifier, have been sold in nations like Singapore. Watch the video beneath of the Mi Robot Vacuum to see it in real life, as it clashes with another comparable robot vacuum in tidying up grain. | <urn:uuid:20a9ab62-0fdf-4a56-a689-027acd24977a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sitemap.divinggadget.com/two-mothers-created-an-app-to-help-mums-make-new-friends-and-combat-loneliness/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.919511 | 367 | 1.5 | 2 |
Inside the Writer’s Cafe with Cheryl Nason – Preteen Fantasy and Historical Perspective
THE TWINS OF FAIRLAND II by sb white
In the first novel, TWINS OF FAIRLAND, the twins, Tre and Skylin, separated at birth are reunited. As they get to know one another, they discover an ancient, powerful magic hidden for years. They team up to protect the hidden kingdom of Fairland alongside their unique animal guardians. Tre and Skylin are guided on their journey into the unknown by a mystic shaman named Mallrok.
Join the Twins of Fairland, as their journey of discovery continues and is filled with rescues, hidden kingdoms, magical powers, and forgotten enemies in the latest sequel, THE TWINS OF FAIRLAND II. Tre discovers an ancient curse placed on the Lineage of Currin. Queen Laurel, Tre’s mother, is the last in the line of the Queens of Currin. She is threatened with revenge by the Dark Spirit Riders of Lothan. When the twins are challenged by a forgotten enemy with dark powers, they must trust and depend on each other. The twins may look alike, but are very different in other ways. Together they complete each other as the Twins of Fairland.
KING CHARLES OF NEW YORK CITY by Gary Neidhardt
More than seventy years before the Betty Ford Clinic opened in 1982, Charles Towns opened an alcohol and drug addiction treatment center on Central Park in Manhattan in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States. Celebrities of the day like W. C. Fields, Lillian Russell, and John Barrymore required the services that Towns Hospital provided. Towns was sent to China as a United States drug treatment ambassador and he perfected what was then called the world’s only known cure for opium addiction. In late 1934, Bill Wilson during his fourth visit to the Towns Hospital had a “white-light experience” and met Dr. Silkwood. Those events led Wilson to become a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous and author of the book of that name.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with white firefighters in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, a divisive case over the role race should play in job advancement.
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling backs firefighters in a reverse discirmination case.
In the split 5-4 vote, a majority of the justices ruled that the city of New Haven, Connecticut, improperly threw out the results of promotional exams that officials said left too few minorities qualified.
One Latino and no African-American firefighters qualified for promotion based on the exam; the city subsequently decided not to certify the results and issued no promotions.
A group of 20 mostly white firefighters sued, claiming reverse discrimination. Watch the firefighters applaud the ruling »
High court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor heard the case on her federal appeals court last year and sided with the city.
The Supreme Court was being asked to decide whether there was a continued need for special treatment for minorities, or whether enough progress has been made to make existing laws obsolete, especially in a political atmosphere in which an African-American occupies the White House.
At issue was whether the city intentionally discriminated -- in violation of both federal law and the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. Watch the potential ramifications of the ruling »
"The city rejected the test results solely because the higher scoring candidates were white," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the majority. "Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions."
In a dissent read from the bench, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg questioned the fairness of the test, which was 60 percent written and 40 percent oral.
"Relying so heavily on pencil-and-paper exams to select firefighters is a dubious practice," Ginsburg said, calling the majority ruling "troubling."
"Congress endeavored to promote equal opportunity in fact, and not simply in form. The damage today's decision does to that objective is untold," she said.
Key plaintiff Frank Ricci and others took promotional exams in 2003 for lieutenant and captain positions that had become available in New Haven. Watch why the firefighters filed the lawsuit »
When the results came back, city attorneys expressed concern about the results, and the New Haven corporation counsel -- after several public hearings -- refused to certify the test, and no promotions were given.
The city said that under a federal civil rights law known as Title VII, employers must ban actions such as promotion tests that would have a "disparate impact" on a protected class, such as a specified race or gender.
The Obama administration took a nuanced position on the appeal. A Justice Department lawyer told the high court that while the federal government supported the city's discretion to nullify the test results, it also believed the lawsuit should be allowed to proceed on a limited basis.
Kennedy argued that "the process was open [and] fair" and that the city officials "were careful to ensure broad racial participation in the design of the test itself and its administration."
He added that "race-based action like the city's in this case is impermissible under Title VII unless the employer can demonstrate a strong basis in evidence that, had it not taken the action, it would have been liable" under the law dealing with "disparate impact."
Kennedy said the city had not met that threshold.
The case has received added attention because Sotomayor was on the appellate court that dismissed the appeal.
Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel that ruled in February 2008 to uphold a lower court decision supporting New Haven's move to throw out the results.
In June 2008, Sotomayor was part of a 7-6 majority that denied a rehearing of the case by the full court.
Legal analysts said they expect Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee will want to ask about her role in that case as well as her comments about ethnicity and the bench.
In other business:
• The court said it will reargue a campaign finance reform case dealing with a scathing documentary about former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The justices put off an expected ruling and will rehear the issues on September 9. The court usually begins its fall term in early October. At issue was whether the 90-minute "Hillary: The Movie" -- as well as television ads to promote the film -- should have been subject to strict campaign finance laws on political advocacy or was instead a constitutionally protected form of commercial speech.
• The justices accepted the appeal of Timothy Abbott, who is fighting to gain custody and the return of his son, after the boy's mother secretly took him from South America to Texas. At issue is whether one country's court order preventing a child from being taken overseas by a parent represents "rights of custody" enforceable in another country.
• A small Kansas church that has gained nationwide attention for protesting loudly at funerals of U.S. service members killed in overseas conflicts received a temporary victory. The justices rejected an appeal from Missouri officials over their efforts to keep members of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church from demonstrating at least 300 feet from memorial services and burials.
• Family members of those who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks will not receive a hearing before the high court on whether they can sue Saudi Arabian officials who allegedly helped fund extremist groups responsible for the attacks.
• The court backed away from a case dealing with whether pharmaceutical companies can use patients' prescription drug histories to help target direct-marketing campaigns. Without comment, the justices turned down an appeal dealing with a state law restricting the commercial use of such information, meaning the New Hampshire law remains in place.
• Retiring Justice David Souter said goodbye to his Supreme Court colleagues in a brief statement he read from the bench, saying they had "touched me more than I can say." The 69-year-old justice said he is looking forward to his retirement in New Hampshire but said he would retain fond memories of "the finest moments in my life." | <urn:uuid:8c07b26d-a1ff-45bd-a316-ac52e0d8f4ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/supreme.court.discrimination/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970921 | 1,234 | 1.835938 | 2 |
11 steps to financial freedom
Want a new car? A bigger house? An earlier retirement? Make your own financial plan right here, in 11 easy steps.
Want a new car? A bigger house? An earlier retirement? Make your own financial plan right here, in 11 easy steps.
I learned everything I know about money from my dad. Even though he had little formal education, he understood how money works, how to get it and how to make it grow. One moment stands out in my memory: it was a Sunday afternoon when I had just turned 12. Dad took his tan leather briefcase down from the top shelf of his bedroom closet, pulled out his notebook and preceded to show me how to create what I now know was his personal financial plan.
That afternoon, at our kitchen table, he showed me how saving can earn you money through compounded interest, and how owing money can bury you in debt. His message? If you have a financial plan, you have choices—and having choices and setting goals is what leading a successful and satisfying life is all about.
My dad’s personal financial plan was his road map, helping him navigate to his dreams. And the roads to those dreams were built on details. For instance, dad always knew exactly what his take-home pay was, how much the family spent every week on groceries and gas, and how much he needed to save each month to pay off his mortgage in 10 years—his main financial focus when I was growing up.
His plan wasn’t just about counting pennies though, it also allowed him to plan for luxuries—and pay for them in cash. That’s why there was a special column in his plan for $50 in weekly savings towards a family trip to Italy. He had a system he believed in, and made sure the household finances were managed effectively.
These days, most people I know don’t have a financial plan. We spend a lot of time planning for other aspects of our lives, such as our careers, marriages and having kids, but many of us fail to build a plan to achieve our financial goals.
If you would like to stop wondering about whether you’ll ever realize your financial goals, and build a plan to actually reach them, I can help. Read on and I’ll not only show you how to build a proper financial plan, I’ll take you through each step, complete with worksheets and a blank financial plan template that you can fill in at the end. Follow my simple instructions and in no time at all, you’ll have the peace of mind that comes with a professional-quality personal financial plan—without having to pay a financial planner a dime.
1. Talk to your spouse
Most couples never talk to each other about their financial goals. If you’re in a relationship, before you roll up your sleeves and dig into the numbers, talk to your spouse about what you want to accomplish. “Have a brief conversation about goals, values, and what kind of lifestyle you want,” says Karin Mizgala, chief executive officer of Money Coaches Canada, a national network of fee-only financial experts based in Vancouver. “That’s key to a good start.”
Action step #1: Click here to find 10 worksheets in the “MoneySense financial plan kit.” There is a PDF version of each worksheet that you can download and print out if you want to fill in the sheets with a pencil or pen. There is also a Microsoft Word version you can fill out on your computer. Print out “Worksheet 1-Prioritize your goals” for this step. You and your spouse should fill this sheet out separately, then compare the results when you’re done.
2. Figure out where you’re at
Before you start worrying about where you want to go, you first have to figure out where you are now. In this step you’ll create a net worth statement, which is essentially an honest measure of your current wealth. You do this by tallying up the value of what you own (your assets) and what you owe (your liabilities). When you subtract your liabilities from your assets, you get a number that represents your net worth. Your net worth statement is an important tool that charts your financial progress over the years. For instance, if your net worth is going down, you’re eroding your wealth and making it harder to achieve your goals. If it’s increasing, you’re on your way to getting richer and achieving your financial goals.
Action step #2: Determine your net worth. Print out “Worksheet 2-Gather your documents.” It’s a checklist to help you pull together what you’ll need before you start, including bank statements, credit card statements, and life insurance polices.
Once you have all your documents in front of you, you’re ready to fill out “Worksheet 3-Your net worth statement.” First list the values of all of your assets, including your home, your cars, your cash and investments. Then list your liabilities, including credit card debts, your mortgage and any other outstanding loans. Tally both your assets and your liabilities and transfer those amounts to the following section, your simplified net worth statement.
Finally, subtract your liabilities from your assets to discover your true net worth. This shorter net worth statement gives a clear snapshot of exactly where you stand today.
3. Track your spending
The key to building a strong financial plan for the future is to understand how much you spend and save right now. This is called tracking your cash flow, and it can give you a sense of control and confidence that makes it easier to make financial changes in your life.
Personally, I’ve kept a small journal tracking my spending for years because it helps me modify my behaviour if my spending gets out of control. It’s not always easy, but it works.
“The part most people dread is taking a really close look at their expenses,” says Mizgala. “But don’t put it off. Successfully managing cash flow is your key to financial control. It will give you an awareness that has more long-term value than anything you can invest in, buy or sell.”
The point of the exercise is to find out whether you finish each year with a cash surplus or a cash deficit. This number will tell you a lot about your general financial shape. A surplus means you’re living within your means, while a deficit shows you’re spending more than you make. If you have a deficit, you will have to cut your expenses (or increase your income) to achieve any financial goals.
What do most people find after doing this exercise? “They’re shocked,” says Mizgala. “It’s a very revealing exercise, mainly because if you have a family with two spouses with debit and credit cards, it’s hard to really see the complete financial picture unless you write it down. This awareness allows you to set up a system for the household.”
Action step #3: Record your cash flow. Fill out “Worksheet 4-Your spending and savings.” It shows what money is coming in (wages, interest, government benefits) and what’s flowing out (rent, debt payments, utility bills). Fill in all your monthly expenses in column 1 and your annual expenses in column 2. (You can leave column 3, the estimate for your future spending in retirement for a later date.)
Tally up your expenses in both columns and subtract them from total net income on both a monthly and yearly basis. The result is your cash flow deficit or surplus.
A good way to approach this exercise is to start with your regular monthly after-tax income and subtract the bills that don’t change month to month, such as rent or mortgage payments. If you don’t know the exact numbers, put in averages for things like groceries, gas or children’s activities. Then add in expenses that only come up a few times a year, such as travel, car repairs and gym fees. Estimate a total for these and divide it by 12, and put that figure in the monthly column of your worksheet. You may not pay the bills in 12 monthly installments but imagine you are setting money aside each month so that you have the total amount when the bill comes due.
4. Adjust your spending
Look closer. Are your expenses higher than your income? If so, you’re living beyond your means. You’ll need to adjust your expenses accordingly so you don’t go further into debt.
This step is not about punishing yourself or laying blame. If you’d rather eat out four times a week than buy a cottage in 10 years, that’s your choice. But you owe it to yourself to be honest about what you’re doing so you’re not wondering why you can’t reach your financial goals.
If you decide to cut back, there are some less painful ways of doing it. Consider renegotiating your mortgage to a lower rate or cutting out one major expense completely. A close friend of mine cut the $5,000 annual family vacation and substituted a couple of long weekends of camping instead. It saves his family $4,000 annually.
If you have a cash surplus, congratulations. You can start allocating money to meet your goals right away.
Action step #4: Compare your spending to your goals. Take a second look at “Worksheet 1-Prioritize your goals” and “Worksheet 4-Your spending and savings.” The idea here is to look at how well your current spending habits mesh with your goals. If you have a cash flow deficit you won’t be able to meet your goals, so you’ll have to see if you can free up cash by cutting back your spending in areas that are less important to you.
For instance, if you have a $5,000 a year deficit on Worksheet 4 and one of your goals is to go on a $4,000 family vacation to Britain in four years, you need to figure out a way to cut $6,000 a year from your spending. You could try using only one car and taking public transit to work. Such a cut could save you $6,000 a year in vehicle costs, allowing you to both balance your budget and reach your travel goal.
5. Set your life goals
Financial goals don’t just happen. You make them happen. This step requires you to assess where you want to be five, 10 and 20 years from now and answer some big questions, such as where you want to live in retirement and when you want to stop working.
One tip is to visualize what your life will be like 10 years from now if you do everything right. The truth is when they picture their future lives, very few people see themselves in a $10-million house in Hawaii. Most people’s goals are more realistic, such as keeping up their current standard of living in retirement (with maybe a few upgrades), preventing any financial disasters, and having the freedom to do the things they love, such as spending more time with friends and family.
“Think of what type of life you want in the future and how you are going to organize your life right now to get it,” says Mizgala. “Your job is to structure your finances so you can achieve your vision.”
Action step #5: Set your top three goals. Fill in “Worksheet 5-Your life and financial goals” and “Worksheet 6-Your top three goals.” If your are in a relationship, sit down with your partner and examine what your goals are and how they fit in with your spending and saving patterns. On Worksheet 5, list each of your top four or five goals and assign a dollar value to each, as well as a time frame for achieving the goal.
Now, compare how closely your goals align with those of your partner. In Worksheet 6, list the three most important goals that you both agree on, in order of priority, in column 1.
6. Develop a strategy
Once you know where you’re going, you need a plan to get there. The usual route is to spend less than you earn and invest the surplus in such a way that you can get where you want to go.
One word of caution—if you’ve identified your goals but you’re in debt, you probably should address that debt before you start investing for the future. “Even when people are not overspending and have debts that carry reasonable interest rates, I encourage them to work aggressively at paying those debts down,” says Norbert Schlenker, founder of Libra Investment Management in Salt Spring Island, B.C. “Don’t even think about investing before your debts are all gone.”
Action step #6: Chart a path to your goals. Go back to “Worksheet 6-Your top three goals” and in column 2, note any obstacles to achieving each goal. Then, in column 3, write down the action steps that you and your spouse have both agreed on to make that goal a reality. For instance, when you tally up the costs of your top three goals, you may find that you need an extra $65,000 in five years to meet those goals. The main obstacle may be that your household income is low because one partner works only part-time. That partner may decide to work full-time in order to earn extra money. The key is to develop strategies and appropriate timelines to make your goals materialize.
7. Review your insurance
If you work full time, much of your insurance may be provided by your employer’s group plan. But is it enough? If you feel confident enough to do some basic calculations yourself you can find out.
Many workplace benefit plans include disability insurance, but if yours doesn’t, get enough to replace at least 60% of your after-tax income.
Then look at your life insurance needs. The general rule of thumb is to get enough life insurance to cover 10 times your income if you have kids under 10 years old (five times your income if you have kids over 10), plus the amount needed to pay off your debt. So if you make $50,000 a year, you have $250,000 outstanding on your mortgage, and two kids under 10, you will need $750,000 in term life insurance. Go to www.term.ca for quotes.
At this point, it may make sense to have an agent review all your insurance policies—disability, life, auto and home—to make sure your coverage is adequate. But be careful. “Do not be oversold on insurance by an industry that is famous for doing exactly that,” says Schlenker. “Pay attention to fees, especially with life insurance. If you need more life insurance, chances are renewable term is the right product for you. You want plain vanilla coverage for a plain vanilla problem—your kids going hungry because you can’t work.”
Action step #7: Review your coverage. There’s no worksheet for this step, but you should still take some time to carefully review all of your insurance coverage. If you don’t have group coverage through work, you probably have private insurance policies for medical, dental, life and disability insurance. Consult an independent insurance agent for a quick review. If you need extra coverage, make a note of it so you can include that in your final financial plan.
8. Slash your taxes
Most tax planning is relatively simple. You’re probably doing a lot of things right already. For instance, if you own your home and use RRSPs, Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs), and Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs), you’re already taking advantage of the best tax shelters out there.
To reduce the taxes you pay on your investment portfolio returns it helps to understand that the income tax system treats the various sources of investment income differently. Interest on bonds and foreign dividends is taxed at your full marginal tax rate, Canadian dividends are taxed at rates about one-third lower, and capital gains at half the full rate. So there are advantages to holding investments that generate capital gains and Canadian dividends outside of your RRSP and TFSA if you’re tight on contribution room.
Action step #8: Consider calling a tax accountant. Again, there’s no worksheet for this step. But a few basic principles apply. For those with low to moderate incomes, paying off debt—including the mortgage—is the best tax-planning you can do. That’s because you don’t pay taxes on the capital gains on your home and there’s no tax on the return you get for getting out of debt. If, however, you’re in a higher tax bracket—earning $85,000 a year or more—it may be worth paying for a couple of hours of an accountant’s time to see what mix of investment options—RRSPs, RESPs and TFSAs—is right for you tax-wise. Have these suggestions handy for your final plan.
9. Create an investing policy
Every professional financial plan includes an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) that recommends how a portfolio should be invested. It puts in writing the rules that will make you a more disciplined investor. Having an IPS helps you to stick with your plan and keeps you from changing course when the market gets volatile.
A typical investment policy might specify that your portfolio should always maintain a ratio of 60% stocks to 40% fixed-income investments. This ratio is determined by your time horizon and risk tolerance. The longer your time horizon and the greater your tolerance for risk, the higher the equity portion of your portfolio. As you near retirement and need the security of more stable income from your investments, the portfolio mix will usually tilt towards bonds.
An IPS also states the expected annual returns for your portfolio—typically 5% to 6% per year—over a very long time period, such as 20 years or more. Your IPS might also note the volatility you should expect for a given portfolio. For instance, it could say that you should expect the portfolio to suffer a 10% drop in the short term at least once a decade.
Action step #9: Determine which investments are right for you. Fill in “Worksheet 7-How are you currently invested?” and “Worksheet 8-Which investments are right for you?” On Worksheet 7, itemize every investment you own today—including cash, fixed-income products and equity holdings.
Worksheet 8 will help you assess how much you need to save monthly, when you’ll need the money, and what your risk tolerance is. The results will allow you to zero in on how you should invest in future to meet your goals.
If you have trouble with this section, you can always leave it for now. Once your financial plan is complete, you can consult a fee-only adviser to help you build an investment strategy that’s right for you.
10. Write up a will
Every adult who owns assets and has a spouse or children should have a will. An accurate and up-to-date will is the only way to ensure your assets will be distributed the way you want them to be. If you don’t have one, you’re letting the laws in the province you live in make those decisions for you. And if you hold the belief that your spouse will automatically inherit everything—you’re wrong. In most parts of Canada children trump partners. Without a will your husband or wife will get a predetermined amount of your assets—the rest goes to the kids.
Action step #10: Create or update your will. If you have an updated will it should be filed with your financial plan. If you don’t have one, hire a lawyer to draw one up for you. Visit www.lawyerlocate.ca and search for lawyers in your area who specialize in wills and estates.
11. Create your final plan
A typical financial plan has five main parts. The first outlines where you stand right now, that’s your current situation. The second contains your top financial goals, or where you want to go. The third is a simple net worth statement. The fourth lists the steps you must take to achieve your goals. It includes your income and expenses, an overview of your insurance, a section on retirement planning, and a section on estate planning. Finally, the fifth section—usually a separate document—is your Investment Policy Statement, which lays out how your portfolio is to be invested.
To get a better feel for what your financial plan might look like, let’s take a look at a plan that has already been created by a fictional couple, Patty and Walter Berglund. The Berglunds are a 34-year-old couple living in Halifax. They have two daughters, Debra and Marie, ages 5 and 2. Their household income is $110,000 and after all expenses have been paid, they have $20,000 in cash left over each year.
Their plan lists their top five goals—to pay down $20,000 in consumer debt, save $5,000 for a family trip to Disney World in two years, pay off their $150,000 mortgage in 15 years, save $60,000 in RESPs for their daughters’ post-secondary education and finally, to retire comfortably at age 60.
This is followed by a basic statement of their assets and liabilities that shows a net worth of $82,000. The couple’s projected income and expenses show a $20,000 annual cash surplus. That money is earmarked for their goals in the following way: In the first year the entire $20,000 surplus will go towards paying down the debt. In year two, $5,000 will go towards the big family Disney World trip, $5,000 towards an extra payment on their mortgage, $5,000 to the RESPs and $5,000 to a spousal RRSP for Patty. The couple agrees to continue using the annual surplus in this way each year until their goals change.
After consulting with an insurance agent, the Berglunds agreed that their group plans with their employer are mostly adequate but they decided to increase Walter’s insurance coverage by $300,000. In the section on retirement planning, the couple made some assumptions: that Walter remains employed as a physiotherapist and stays in the hospital’s defined benefit pension plan until age 60, and that Patty continues working part time earning $30,000 a year as a social worker. Walter will start saving $5,000 annually in a spousal RRSP for Patty once their consumer debt is paid off (excluding the mortgage). If they do this, the couple should have more than enough to cover their retirement expenses adequately. Their wills and power of attorneys are all in order.
The second document, the Investment Policy Statement (IPS), outlines the Berglunds’ investment plan. They have an average tolerance for risk and don’t require regular income from the portfolio right now. So a balanced 60% equity, 40% fixed income mix suits them fine. The couple wants a well-diversified portfolio at minimal expense. Thus, their policy states that low-cost index funds or exchange-traded funds are to be used wherever possible.
Their IPS also states that once a year the Berglunds will review their portfolio and rebalance to bring the asset allocation back to their pre-determined target mix of 60% equity and 40% fixed income. It also states clearly that sudden market price movements are not grounds for revision. This will help stop the Berglunds from making impulsive investment decisions out of fear or greed.
Action step #11: Create your financial plan. Open “Worksheet 9-Your financial plan” and gather together all of the worksheets you have already filled out. Worksheet 9 is a blank financial plan with all the sections already labeled for you. At this point, all you are really doing is taking information from the completed worksheets and putting it all together to form your plan. Before you proceed, it may help to review the sample plan for Patty and Walter Berglund at the end of Worksheet 9.
Now fill out “Worksheet 10-Your investment policy statement.” Again, refer to Patty and Walter Berglund’s Investment Policy Statement at the bottom of this worksheet for guidance. Write a brief summary of your current status, and under Objectives and Constraints write down your risk tolerance, time horizon, any taxation strategies you plan to use, and the amount of time you wish to spend managing your portfolio—in many cases, minimal.
Under Investment Strategy Guidelines, write an outline of how your investments will be allocated, according to asset class. The next three headings—Security Guidelines, Location Guidelines and Risk Control, Monitoring and Review are fairly generic and are already filled in for you.
Phew, it’s done! You now have a financial plan for the rest of your life. From this point on, as your goals change, modifications to your basic plan will be straightforward.
Of course you still have to follow your plan. But you’ll probably find that the process of putting it together has already changed some of your beliefs about how your money should be spent and invested, so changing your financial behaviour may not be as hard as you think.
To make sure you stay on track, you should take the time to review your plan at least once a year, and update it as necessary. It’s also a good idea to pull it out whenever you run into a big financial or life event, such as a market crash, marriage or job change. “It’s a tool to support you through life,” says Mizgala. “Money and household finances won’t be as scary when you break it down into these manageable bits. If you truly commit, it will be a huge boon to your emotional and financial well-being.”
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The European Union (EU), in close consultation with the Sri Lankan government, is currently in the process of revising its development strategy for Sri Lanka, a Sri Lanka – EU joint statement said on Monday.
The joint statement said that the Working Group on Cooperation under the framework of the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission concluded its meeting in Colombo on Monday.
The meeting was co-chaired by Jorge de la Caballeria, head of Unit for South and South East Asia of European Commission Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development and M.I.M Rafeek, secretary of the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs of Sri Lanka.
Senior officials from the European Union and other ministries of Sri Lanka also participated in the meeting. The visiting delegation led by Caballeria also met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva.
At the conclusion of the working group, Caballeria said the EU, in close consultation with the government, is currently in the process of revising its development strategy for Sri Lanka.
“Besides a continuing focus on Integrated Rural Development, the country strategy will also support the government’s plans for reconciliation and governance. We hope that the new priorities will assist the government in the implementation of the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka, encompassing the areas of accountability and transitional justice, resettlement and durable solutions, governance and reconciliation.”
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8 Bible Verses about Scorners
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He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you,
Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
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Ruataniwha dam proposal to go before Supreme Court
A recent Court of Appeal decision to reject a proposed land swap that would have cleared the way for a NZ$330 million Ruataniwha dam project on a block of conservation land in Hawke’s Bay, is to be challenged in the Supreme Court.
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and the regional council-owned Hawke’s Bay Regional Investment Company (HBRIC) have sought the hearing after the Court of Appeal rejected the proposed land-swap of a 22 ha area of the Ruahine Forest Park in the Hawkes Bay region, for 170 ha of farmland in the vicinity.
HBRIC intends to flood the conservation land under Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme, in order to capture and store about 90 million cubic metres of water to enable irrigation of 25,000 to 30,000 hectares of land on the Ruataniwha Plains.
The Supreme Court has indicated that a two-day hearing will be scheduled in February 2017.
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We have Earth’s churning metallic interior to thank for the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the harsh radiation of space, but it’s churning a little faster than expected lately. That means the magnetic pole is wobbling around, causing various navigation issues across the globe. Luckily, there’s a model that corrects for this wobble. … Continue reading Prophetic POLE SHIFT in 2019?! Scientists ADMIT They Can’t Explain What JUST HAPPENED! | Peck Report
Earth's protective shield is slowly weakening, allowing harmful solar winds to penetrate the planet's atmosphere. Known as the magnetosphere, this shield extends thousands of miles into space and affects everything from global communication to weather patterns. The European Space Agency's Swarm mission aims to map changes to magnetosphere – and, after a year in orbit, it's now … Continue reading Earth’s protective shield is weakening – the planet’s magnetic field is fading
Mr Anthony Patch returns to The Kev Baker Show with some new CERN information and how it may be playing an active role in the increased earthquake and volcanic activity seen around the planet in recent times. Find out what is causing the much talked about viral videos in which strange trumpet like sounds are coming … Continue reading BEWARE! CERN-Made Earthquakes & Volcanic Activity Rising
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Swimming Australia has commissioned a community impact study that has found that swimming has a total economic and community impact of over $3.7 billion per annum on Australia, which includes a community health impact of $135 million per year and a $4.35 billion lifetime health contribution.
The independent national study, funded with the support of Sport Australia, was completed by experienced management consultants Sport Business Partners and Street Ryan. It was aimed at better understanding the broader community benefits of competitive and social swimming – across each of economic, social and health impacts.
Swimming Australia Chief Executive Leigh Russell said she believed sport and recreation was going to play a huge role in helping society transition post COVID-19.
“Sport plays a full-time role in society and is an integral part of community health, both from a physical health perspective but also in the mental health space,” she said.
“The physical and mental health benefits of swimming are widely recognised. The findings of this report strongly reinforces that point and also illustrates that swimming provides very significant social and economic impacts as well.
“COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our Australia and as we look to try and come out the other side, it is becoming increasingly clear that sport will be a huge lever in re-building communities. With our participation levels, swimming has a big part to play.
“Swimming can also play a critical role in addressing broader societal challenges such as rising obesity, an ageing population, and therapy and rehabilitation for those people living with chronic health conditions or disabilities.”
The quintessential Australian pastime has long been a life-saving skill that is integral to the social fabric of Australia, but it is also a sport for all and a sport for life with all ages, all abilities and all backgrounds participating.
With 5 million participants across Australia, the report also found swimming teaches life skills such as discipline, hard work, determination, work ethic, time management and commitment.
“Swimming is Australia’s largest participation sport that provides an outlet for so many people and brings with it so many unique strengths,” said Russell.
“We know it contributes to a broad range of social benefits to local communities, including community cohesion and greater social inclusions – for example we now know people who swim are nearly twice as likely to volunteer within the community than general sports participants.”
Sport Business Partners Managing Director, Martin Hirons, said: “Swimming is Australia’s largest participation sport, and by some distance, so it is no surprise that it facilitates an enormous annual contribution to the Australian community.
“Since 2015, SBP has completed two-three of these types of studies per year and the quantum impact assessed for swimming in Australia is the largest we have recorded to date.
“In our view, this is another great result for the whole industry and further evidence to support increasing investment into swimming.”
Using current Sport Australia AUSPLAY data, online surveys and primary research with swimming stakeholders and participants, the study explored a range of social capital indicators used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to understand the difference between swimmers and the general population.
The economic benefit to Australia is delivered through a range of factors including, competitive and recreational swimming events, expenditure on goods, services and employment by swimming clubs and associations, spectator attendance and swimming related travel and tourism.
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A supply chain vulnerability in the ThroughTek “Kalay” network, a cloud-based communications platform used by an estimated 83 million Internet of Things (IoT) devices, could allow for remote compromise and control to include monitoring audio and video feeds and exposing passwords.
The good news is that the attack is hypothetical, discovered in late 2020 by security researchers. The bad news is that now it has been disclosed, it will be up to device manufacturers to ensure that they make the recommended changes to secure their Kalay connections, and it may not be possible to secure certain devices.
Security researchers: “Impossible” to compile complete list of impacted IoT devices
The Kalay supply chain vulnerability was discovered by Mandiant’s Red Team in late 2020, though kept under wraps until a public disclosure was made last week. The vulnerability is extremely serious due to both the massive amount of devices that use the platform and the totality of access that a successful attacker would have. Once penetrated, attackers could view camera feeds and listen in on locations via smart baby monitors. They could also take remote control of all sorts of devices, but it’s difficult to estimate exactly how much physical damage they could do. That’s because ThroughTek estimates it has about 1.1 billion active connections every month, and devices integrate its protocol at the time of manufacture (or equipment “white labeling” for resale) with apparently no comprehensive records of which are using it.
The ThroughTek name may sound familiar, as it was just three months ago that security researchers with Nozomi Networks published a different supply chain vulnerability that also involved the company. While that one also potentially allowed access to camera feeds, it was limited to CCTV camera products and did not allow for direct access to device controls. This new vulnerability makes possible complete control of any type of IoT device using the Kalay network, and also creates the possibility of remote code execution that could allow for further movement into the networks that the IoT devices are connected to.
One piece of good news is that there are some limits on accessibility for would-be attackers. A hacker would need the target device’s unique identifier (UID), generally not available without social engineering a target into revealing it or exploiting some sort of unrelated vulnerability to access the device. Mandiant also says that attackers need “comprehensive” knowledge of the Kalay protocol to craft the messages needed to facilitate the attack. Nevertheless, Mandiant is advising companies to update the SDK and enable specific Kalay security features to eliminate the possibility of being breached by this supply chain vulnerability.
This particular supply chain vulnerability is roughly comparable to the “SIM swap” attacks that allow hackers to remotely take over phone numbers without access to the actual device. It is possible for attackers to register IoT device UIDs on the Kalay network, overwriting the previous registration and redirecting any future device communications to the attacker.
Supply chain vulnerabilities, IoT device security infirmities remain common
Supply chain vulnerabilities have been on the rise as a means of indirectly penetrating high-value targets in recent years; IoT device security has been a persistent problem since “smart gadgets” first hit the market.
ThroughTek’s two different issues with cameras and baby monitors were not even the first major supply chain vulnerability of this type this year. In February, about 110,000 camera systems using the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) system were found to be exposed to the internet allowing for anyone to drop in and view live streams with little effort.
This particular supply chain vulnerability introduces some new elements, however. IoT devices generally have poor security, but this vulnerability exists in a common SDK used mostly to interface them with mobile apps. While an individual compromised IoT device might not allow an attacker to move much farther in the network, the possibilities are greatly increased if they are able to compromise an app as part of the process. Another issue here is that numerous IoT devices will likely lack over-the-air (OTA) capabilities needed to push the updated version out. Some clients also resist updating SDKs because of a tendency to break their products or to slow them down.
There are no easy answers to this problem in an industry that competes largely on cost-cutting and bringing new devices to market as quickly as possible, two things that tend to preclude security concerns. Both businesses and households have been ramping up the use of IoT devices in all facets of life in recent years, but the pandemic served as a major accelerant and the increasing rollout of 5G is expected to bring even more smart devices to every corner of the world. Robert Prigge, CEO of Jumio, sees the adoption of biometric security as the most realistic answer in the near term: “While this vulnerability is harmful to anyone with a smart device linked to the Kalay platform, it’s particularly concerning that baby monitor feeds are involved. Through a simple social engineering tactic like phishing, hackers can extract an IoT device’s identifier and obtain its unique credentials. From there, criminals can take full remote control of the device to watch live video feeds, install malware or download footage and leverage it for malicious purposes. While this vulnerability is a serious lapse in security, usernames and passwords in general can no longer be trusted as a secure form of authentication in today’s fraud environment. Instead, companies must leverage biometric authentication – using a person’s unique human traits to verify identity – to ensure smart devices and their connected online accounts can only be accessed by authorized users.” | <urn:uuid:31f2ceda-7a61-424f-88ec-4bb03f166553> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.legacy.iotgearbox.com/post/supply-chain-vulnerability-in-cloud-connectivity-platform-threatens-83-million-iot-devices | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951062 | 1,146 | 1.914063 | 2 |
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|City of La Porte, Indiana|
|— City —|
|Nickname(s): The Maple City|
|• Mayor||Blair Milo (R)|
|• Total||12.37 sq mi (31.5 km2)|
|• Land||11.66 sq mi (29.7 km2)|
|• Water||0.71 sq mi (1.8 km2)|
|Elevation||814 ft (248 m)|
|• Density||1,887/sq mi (728.4/km2)|
|Time zone||CST (UTC-6)|
|• Summer (DST)||CDT (UTC-5)|
|ZIP codes||46350, 46352|
|GNIS feature ID||0450449|
|Source: US Census Bureau|
La Porte (French for "The Door") is a city in La Porte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was 22,053 at the 2010 census. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin Combined Statistical Area. La Porte is located in northwest Indiana, east of Gary, and west of South Bend and was first settled in 1832. The current mayor of La Porte, Blair Milo, is one of the youngest mayors in city's history, elected to the position in 2011 at the age of 28. Whether the correct spelling of the city and county is La Porte or LaPorte is disputed.[by whom?]
The settlement of La Porte was established in July 1832. Abraham P. Andrew, one of the purchasers of the site, constructed the first sawmill in that year. The first settler arrived in October, building a permanent cabin just north of what would become the Courthouse square. In 1833 a Federal Land Office was established in La Porte. People would come to this office from newly established surrounding counties to buy land from the government, including Solon Robinson, founder of Crown Point. The office was moved to Winamac in 1839.
By 1835 the settlement had grown to the extent that it was decided that La Porte should become incorporated as a town. A newspaper was established in 1836 and La Porte Medical School was founded in 1842, the first of its kind in the Midwest. A former graduate of the school William Worrall Mayo established the famed Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in 1889. By 1852 La Porte had become a well established settlement of considerable size for its time and vicinity, with 5,000 residents. In that same year it was granted a city charter by the Indiana General Assembly and the first mayor was elected. La Porte continued to grow, attracting numerous diverse industries, the largest of which became the Advance-Rumely company. Advance-Rumely was responsible for developing the Oil-Pull tractor engine, considered to have played a pivotal role in the agricultural development of the Great Plains. By 1869, Advance-Rumely was the largest employer in La Porte.
During the 1850s, numerous maple trees were planted along Indiana and Michigan avenues in La Porte by local resident Sebastian Lay. Subsequently, La Porte became known as the 'Maple City'. Today, Indiana and Michigan avenues comprise a historic district in the city, containing many homes and other structures of architectural and historical interest. Between 1892 and 1894, the third and current La Porte county courthouse was erected at a cost of $300,000. The structure is built of red sandstone from Lake Superior, shipped via boat to Michigan City and then by rail to La Porte. The courthouse is considered to be one of La Porte's best known structures. In 2007 the building had its exterior extensively restored at a cost of $2.9 million.
La Porte is located at .(41.609057, -86.717567)
According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 12.37 square miles (32.0 km2), of which 11.66 square miles (30.2 km2) (or 94.26%) is land and 0.71 square miles (1.8 km2) (or 5.74%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,621 people, 8,916 households, and 5,545 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,886.8 people per square mile (728.4/km²). There were 9,667 housing units at an average density of 843.6 per square mile (325.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.60% White, 1.92% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 3.39% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.52% of the population.
There were 8,916 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,376, and the median income for a family was $45,784. Males had a median income of $32,319 versus $22,756 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,900. About 7.7% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.
The government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected in citywide vote. The city council consists of seven members. Five are elected from individual districts. Two are elected at-large.
The La Porte Community School Corporation consists of one high school: La Porte High School; two middle schools: Boston Middle School and Kesling Middle School; and eight elementary schools: Crichfield, Hailmann, Riley, Handley, Indian Trail, Kingsbury, Kingsford Heights and Lincoln. The corporation serves approximately 6,500 students.
The famous Advance-Rumely tractor company was established in La Porte where it developed steam engines and eponymous green kerosene tractors.
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On Wednesday, the New York Times ran an article entitled, “College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.” The author, Tamar Lewin, did an excellent job of wrapping up a multitude of issues into a concise presentation. Most of today’s junior and senior high school students (and, in some cases, their families) are facing a tough battle to finance a college education.
The economy is now officially in a recession, better compensated job prospects for parents are bleak, and the private lenders who offer student loans generally fall into one of two categories: part of the larger kickback scandal or no longer making student loans available. The federal Direct Loan service is still a viable option for most college students and college prospects. Yet as the sources of private student loan financing are drying up, the cost of a college education is increasing. Lewin writes:
Over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while median family income rose 147 percent. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade, and students from lower-income families, on average, get smaller grants from the colleges they attend than students from more affluent families.
That’s a scary number, huh? Tuition and fees have jumped 439% in a matter of twenty-five years while incomes have only grown by 147%. Those who research the student loan industry as well as the affordability of higher education have got to be giving a double take to those numbers. That’s frightening. More from the New York Times article:
Among the poorest families — those with incomes in the lowest 20 percent — the net cost of a year at a public university was 55 percent of median income, up from 39 percent in 1999-2000. At community colleges, long seen as a safety net, that cost was 49 percent of the poorest families’ median income last year, up from 40 percent in 1999-2000.
Even the community college option is becoming more and more out of reach for the poorest families. What incentive does an elementary school student or a high school student in a troubled school district have to achieve greater success if they can’t even afford to continue their education at the community college level?
In New Jersey, we have the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) program. The NJ STARS program, more or less, provides a vehicle for high-achieving high school students to attend the local community college for free. If their grades are acceptable while in the program, they can receive a stipend to finish their education at a 4-year institution. It’s a good deal if you think about it. If the program existed when I was graduating high school and moving on to college, I would have jumped on it immediately. That assumes, of course, that I would have known about the program and that I had the benefit of my current hindsight.
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Coverage of the German election up until last week was mainly focused on one question: How did Germany turn out to be the most stable European country facing a general election this year?
But Johanna Schuster-Craig, assistant professor of German at Michigan State University, says the election results point to populist radical right undercurrents, which many journalists had thought no longer posed a danger to German politics.
Merkel's party was re-elected, but the more profound changes to Germany's political landscape lie in the future - the CSU, the AfD and the FDP are rewriting the rule book for conservative parties. The SPD has refused to participate in a new Grand Coalition. Merkel faces an uphill battle to build a coalition, assume the chancellorship and maintain political stability.
This election was not a sigh of relief for many Germans - it was a signal of the difficulties to come, says Schuster-Craig.
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It’s impossible to list everything I have learned and understood, everything the Weather Stations project has given me, but I will try to make a list of the ten most important things.
1. I was reminded about the importance of the issue of global warming and also why most people couldn’t care less about it. Or, if they could, they still don’t care enough. But despite everything, it is not completely alien to them, it affects them.
2. I have learned to take my water bottle with me everywhere I go, but I have also learned to drink all the water from it before getting on the plane. You can refill it pretty much straightaway with tap water in the bathroom.
3. Tap water is tasty and healthy, but people still prefer to buy bottled water, which costs 2000 times more and leaves unbelievable amounts of plastic on the planet. There is a nice film about it.
4. There is so much plastic in the world that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was formed (see also the film Plastic Paradise). Albatrosses eat plastic, as can be seen in photos made by Chris Jordan from Midway, and as a result they die. As do fish. The populations of numerous species of fish have decreased within the last forty years by 90 per cent. Eating fish that have eaten plastic can cause various diseases in humans, including cancer.
5. Industrial farms seen from a satellite are more beautiful than Salvador Dali’s paintings. And more terrifying. No wonder conceptual artist Mishka Henner exhibits them in galleries. You can see some on his website.
6. Meat consumption is killing the planet. The meat industry is responsible for 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than transport. Forests are cut and monoculture GMO plants cultivated for animal feed, generously sprinkled with pesticides, which cause the death of millions of insects and birds. And meat consumption is still on the increase.
7. In the space of the last few years, populations of animals living in the wild decreased by 50 per cent, but population of animals reared in cages went up. Those animals never see the sun, never touch the soil. We have organized a little animal Auschwitz for them, but on a larger scale. What’s more, we pump them with antibiotics and as a result those same antibiotics will stop having an effect on us.
8. Sometimes you have to travel by plane, even if it is against your deepest beliefs. Though there are people who think that we don’t have to fly at all. And I’m inclined to agree with them.
9. I’m cool, I’m smart, I’m inspirational. Even at events in London or Berlin. Though I think I should learn English properly. Or should I? There are so many great translators. Perhaps it’s better not to take the work away from them. Anyway poetry read in Polish sounds beautiful. So let’s have it in Polish.
10. Everything is possible. I still don’t know how to write about global warming to captivate the attention of owners of companies, which pollute our planet, or the politicians, who are paid by them, but I’m not giving up. And anyway — as far as I know — they do understand the problem. But we still don’t exert enough pressure on them, so it’s worth writing about it to make a change.
Translated by Anna Hyde
About Weather Stations
Many argue that climate change is the most important and complex crisis facing humanity, the overriding moral imperative of our time. It is not just an environmental threat, but also a critical human rights issue that impacts on every aspect of our lives – peace security, poverty, health, well-being, mass immigration and the economy. To preserve a liveable planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of 400 parts per million to below 350 ppm. We know we must strive to limit the rise in average global surface temperature to two degrees Celsius to stop levels of human interference becoming scientifically ‘dangerous’.
Whilst we increasingly recognize the necessity to address the challenges facing our environment, the majority support needed to change behaviour is difficult to harness. Scientists confound with statistics, journalists overwhelm with facts and too often the narratives of climate change are abstract, bleak and uninviting.
Weather Stations, an 18-month pilot project involving five partners in Berlin, Dublin, London, Melbourne and Warsaw, set out to redress this by placing literature and storytelling at the heart of conversations around climate change.
Weather Stations was founded on the belief that literature can give humanity to concept. Writers create worlds for us to explore and in entering them we are able to empathize with others, to begin to imagine how things can change and how we might work together towards ecological sustainability and social justice. We also need storytellers to interpret the science, to bypass the politics and to ignore the too often narrow self-interests of finance. And in doing so, show us how our lives could be lived differently, guided by ecological rather than economic imperatives.
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Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services will hold its 12th annual Alive & Running 5K Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention on Sunday, September, 26. A free “Kiddie-K” (1K) will follow the 5K. More than 1,000 runners, walkers, spectators and volunteers from all over Southern California will join together at Alive & Running to raise awareness and funding for suicide prevention services. For more information or to sign up, visit www.aliveandrunning.org or call (310) 751 5455.
Every single day, 90 Americans take their own lives. That translates to 3 from Los Angeles County every day. Do the math, and one American dies by suicide every 16 minutes. Sadly, 90 percent of these individuals have a diagnosable mental illness, although half of them have never even seen a mental health care professional.
Indeed, the numbers are shocking, but there is certainly more than a glimmer of hope thanks to Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center, which has helped more than half a million people in emotional distress.
Proceeds of this year’s Alive & Running will directly benefit Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center. Founded in 1958, the Suicide Prevention Center (SPC) was the first program in the U.S. to establish a 24-hour suicide prevention Crisis Line.
SPC also provides support for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, outreach and training to the community, and a Suicide Response Team that works with the Mayor’s Crisis Response Team, the coroner’s office and local police and fire departments to provide immediate support at the scene of a suicide. | <urn:uuid:9c19b367-5462-4b46-b529-f256542b4a90> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2010/09/21/didi-hirsch-mental-health-services-to-hold-5k-runwalk-for-suicide-prevention/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.922807 | 352 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Watch US-Made Tesla Model 3 Being Compared to China-Made One
Tesla has been criticized heavily over the years due to its inconsistencies related to quality and fit and finish in general with many cases of recalls. Typically, a lot of reports related to quality control, overall vehicle quality, and more have come up after Tesla started manufacturing cars at its Shanghai Gigafactory in China. This begs the question of whether China-built Teslas are much different from those made in the U.S.
In this in-depth video, the YouTube channel RSymons RSEV compares the China-made and U.S.-made Model 3 sedans side by side, providing a closer look. After getting their hands on one of the first of the new Model 3s made in China, they decided to bring it back to their showroom and do a comparison video.
All three generations of the car under the same bright light enable the viewer to see the quality and what's new. If you're curious to see the differences, make sure you tune in. | <urn:uuid:0e2568f0-b78a-430e-b498-e83bbb2ffc99> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://interestingengineering.com/video/comparing-us-made-tesla-model-3-to-china-made | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.954677 | 214 | 1.6875 | 2 |
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The organization mobilizes the prospective trainees by reaches out to them through several channels. It partners with grassroots organizations and practices community mobilization including communicating with educational and other local institutes. B-ABLE contacts local government officials and community stakeholders to spread awareness regarding courses. In rural areas, village heads/ Sarpanchs are involved to spread awareness about various skilling programs. Further marketing tools such as distribution of leaflets and area specific announcements are also used to provide information on the courses offered. | <urn:uuid:32451423-52b6-43aa-a183-2b5d9a1882f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://b-able.in/we-mobilize/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.955977 | 175 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain rallied Sunday outside the prime minister's office -- their latest push in a weeks-long campaign for political reform.
The protesters chanted slogans against the ruling family. Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa has been in power for 40 years and is the uncle of King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa.
The Shi'ite-led opposition in the small Gulf island nation has been demanding the resignation of the entire government, which is dominated by the al-Khalifa family.
Protesters say they want the Sunni monarchy to transfer powers to an elected government that is representative of the Gulf state's majority Shi'ites.
The opposition also complains about unemployment being particularly high among Shi'ites. It claims that the government grants Bahraini citizenship to Sunni foreigners, which the opposition says takes away jobs Shi'ites can potentially access and boosts Sunni numbers in the small Gulf state.
In a move analysts say is a gesture toward the opposition, King Hamad has ordered the creation of 20,000 new government jobs.
A government crackdown on opposition protests that began February 14 killed seven demonstrators before the island state's rulers agreed, under pressure from their Western allies, to allow peaceful demonstrations to continue.
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Puppeteer vs Serverless Chrome: What are the differences?
Developers describe Puppeteer as "Headless Chrome Node API". Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol. It can also be configured to use full (non-headless) Chrome. On the other hand, Serverless Chrome is detailed as "Headless Chrome on AWS Lambda". The aim of this project is to provide the scaffolding for using Headless Chrome during a serverless function invocation. Serverless Chrome takes care of building and bundling the Chrome binaries and making sure Chrome is running when your serverless function executes. In addition, this project also provides a few "example" handlers for common patterns (e.g. taking a screenshot of a page, printing to PDF, some scraping, etc.).
Puppeteer and Serverless Chrome belong to "Headless Browsers" category of the tech stack.
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Tendonitis Treatment Specialist Q&A
Learn more about the symptoms of tendonitis and the available treatments.If you are suffering from tendonitis trust the experienced orthopedic doctors at The Orthopedic Group. For more information, call us today or book an appointment online. We have convenient locations to serve you at Leesburg VA, Lansdowne VA, and Stone Springs VA.
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Tendonitis is a fairly common problem. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, tendonitis has caused more than 70,000 people to miss work each year. It is important to understand its symptoms and treatment so that you can avoid this painful condition the best you can.
Your tendons are thick cords that join your muscles to your bones. When tendons become irritated and inflamed, this condition is called tendinitis. It’s caused acute pain and tenderness, making it difficult to move the affected joint.
Tendinitis is an inflammation or irritation of a tendon; this is the thick fibrous cords that attach muscle to bone. This condition can cause pain and tenderness just outside a joint.
Tendinitis can occur in any of your tendons, it’s most common around your shoulders, wrists, elbows, knees, and heels.
Some of the common names for tendinitis problems are:
• Tennis elbow
• Golfer’s elbow
• Pitcher’s shoulder
• Swimmer’s shoulder
• Jumper’s knee
Most cases of tendinitis can be successfully treated with physical therapy, rest, and medications to reduce pain. If tendinitis starts to get severe and leads to the rupture of a tendon, you may need surgery.
The cause of tendonitis is often not known, it could be caused by strain, overuse, injury, or too much exercise. Tendonitis may be related to other diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or infection.
Although tendinitis can be caused by a sudden injury, the condition is much more likely to come from the repetition of a particular movement over a long period of time. Most people will develop tendinitis because of their jobs or hobbies that involve repetitive motions, which puts stress on the tendons.
Using the proper technique is very important when performing any repetitive sports, movements, or job-related activities. Improper technique can overload the tendon which may occur, with tennis elbow and lead to tendinitis.
Anyone can get tendonitis, but it’s more common in those who do repetitive activities. Some of these activities include:
• Tennis, golf, skiing, baseball
Other risk factors for tendinitis include:
• Poor posture at work or home.
• Having certain diseases that can weaken muscles.
These diseases can include:
• Rheumatoid arthritis.
• Blood or kidney diseases.
• Adults 40 years of age and older. As you age and the tendons age, they tolerate less stress, are less elastic, and tear more easily.
Medications that can cause tendons to tear. These medications can include:
• Fluoroquinolone antibiotics
• Statins (drugs that lower cholesterol).
Tendinitis can occur in almost any area of your body where a tendon connects a bone to a muscle. The most common places are:
• Base of the thumb.
• Achilles tendon
Most of the time, tendonitis will develop as a result of the repetitive, minor impact on an affected area. Activities such as gardening, shoveling, painting, scrubbing, carpentry work, tennis, golfing, or skiing all involve repetitive motion and impact. Tendonitis can be triggered by poor postures such as at home or work, or by failing to condition your body before exercising.
There are other factors that may lead to tendonitis, these include abnormal bone or joint placement, an infection, adverse medication reactions, or stresses brought on by other conditions such as gout, thyroid disorders, or rheumatoid arthritis.
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The provision of sustainable energy and materials is clearly one of the major global challenges. This profile area addresses the two most important pathways which have to be followed to achieve this goal: improvements in energy and material efficiency and the transition to renewable sources.
Without doubt, there is still a significant potential for improvements in established technologies for energy and materials conversion and usage which has to be opened up. Breakthrough innovations, however, increasingly require expanding the classical scope of energy and chemical engineering to integrate novel insights from the molecular sciences.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would designate areas within the 19 counties of Alabama’s Black Belt region as a National Heritage Area.
Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham), the designation would preserve the region’s rich history and pave the way for enhanced funding and tourism opportunities.
The bill passed the lower chamber of Congress in a bipartisan 365 to 57 vote. Sewell’s legislation now moves to the U.S. Senate, where it will be sponsored by U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).
In a statement announcing her bill’s passage, Sewell expressed gratitude to her colleagues for supporting the measure and touched on how the designation would serve to protect the Black Belt’s culture.
“I’m thrilled to announce that the House has passed my bill to create the Black Belt National Heritage Area!” celebrated Sewell. “As the birthplace of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights movements, the Black Belt is where some of the most consequential chapters of American history played out. This designation will not only help preserve the rich history of the region, but will also open up new economic and tourism opportunities. As a proud daughter of the Black Belt, I thank my colleagues for passing this critical bill and will continue working to get it signed into law.”
National Heritage Areas are established by Congress to assist efforts to protect and promote communities that are regarded as distinctive due to of their culture, history, resources and environment.
The historic areas are authorized to receive up to $1 million in federal funding annually to preserve important sites, according to Sewell’s congressional office.
Under the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act, the University of West Alabama would coordinate with the National Park Service and Black Belt communities to formulate a strategic management plan.
Dr. Tina Naremore Jones, vice president of the Division of Economics Workforce Development at the University of West Alabama, noted that the present was an opportune time to promote the Black Belt’s history.
“The story of Alabama’s Black Belt could not be more relevant with ongoing conversations exploring the multifaceted aspects of our country’s past, present and future,” explained Jones. “For Alabama’s Black Belt with its famously rich soils and landscapes have had a profound impact on the culture, history and politics of this country.”
“Through designation as a National Heritage Area, we can shine a spotlight on these stories and bring them to prominence and ensure that future generations cannot only learn but appreciate our shared heritage,” she added. “Designation is also important in that it helps us continue to build local capacity through shared resources. Our grassroots organizations have been steadfast supporters of this effort, and we are thankful for Congresswoman Sewell and Senator Shelby’s leadership in moving this legislation forward.”
Emily Jones, southeast regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association, praised Sewell and Shelby for their efforts to move the bill through the legislative process.
“By calling for an Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area, Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Senator Richard Shelby have taken a stand for centuries of rich Alabama history and breathtaking Southern lands and waters, including the last remaining prairie east of the Mississippi River,” said Jones. “The Alabama Black Belt was named for its soil, but this region has also served as fertile ground for Black history and the Civil Rights Movement. Civil rights leaders like John Lewis put blood, sweat, and tears into their work to organize and register Black voters here in the 1960s. Now more than ever, it’s imperative that we honor their contributions to the ongoing fight for the American right to vote.”
“This new National Heritage Area would help local organizations work to protect Alabama history and natural resources, and generate economic growth in the Black Belt region,” she continued. “A new designation would help raise the profile of the beautiful Talladega and Tuskegee National Forests, the Cahaba, Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, and the Choctaw and Cahaba National Wildlife Refuges, as well as tell important stories of civil rights activism, and the forced removal of Native tribes from this land.”
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The Short type: BuzzFeed features mastered the ability of on the web activity and appeal by utilizing the power of the GIF. Because this incredible site grows their own impact globally â finding 7 billion month-to-month opinions â our personal vocabulary changes to mimic the striking, riotous design that very catches the world’s interest. Daters can learn something or two from this well-known on the web average. As an informational resource for daters, comic comfort for singles, advocate for big date safety, and determination for flirting, BuzzFeed is a viral power become reckoned with on the net.
Dating when you look at the period of the world-wide-web is no easy task. Sometimes, it’s simply simple demoralizing. Today’s singles tend to be encircled and deluged by reminders associated with the joys of coupledom. Scrolling throughout your newsfeed can occasionally feel like an endless list of marriage proposals, marriage events, wedding dinners, and undeniably lovable infants. Meanwhile, you are like:
BuzzFeed provides an encouraging and welcoming way to communicate on the web â plus it really can up your flirting game, also. Wish to wow your own crush? Develop some quippy listings and rofl-worthy GIFs. Of course, if that doesn’t work, you can always bury the sorrows in decadent meals and side-splitting forever-single listings like “17 explanations Dating is Totally Overrated.”
This website utilizes their own popularity to quickly attain a moral good at the same time. BuzzFeed’s advocacy against rape tradition issues and informs daters in regards to the darker side of actual attraction. Pressing the limits of exactly what their unique content can do, your website is designed to generate a confident impact on the online dating globe.
Whether it is determination to suit your internet dating profile or a virtual shoulder to weep on after a separation, BuzzFeed permeates the online dating experience with a distinctive and fascinating design.
A Networking appliance: 75% of readers Come From personal Platforms
BuzzFeed is actually a well-known grasp of Interneting. Going viral is just what they do. Website is part joke manufacturer, part development company, and constantly compelling content publisher. From nostalgia to new-age, they cover all subjects strongly related to daily life â including online dating.
Innately fitted to socializing, BuzzFeed is actually a strong tool to bring individuals collectively. The posts tend to be only so shareable. Relating to their particular research, 75per cent of the website’s special site visitors come from personal platforms. Their unique films, exams, and posts have been printed on more than 30 social programs throughout the world.
By sharing an article or quiz, an individual may start a conversation, transmission typical interest, and draw positive awareness of themselves. You never know, you just might catch the crush’s attention.
BuzzFeed’s staff more than 1,300 people works collectively to innovate just how individuals use the Internet. Underneath the authority of Jonah Peretti, creator and President of BuzzFeed, these out-of-the-box thinkers brainstorm tactics to enhance their own material to raised serve an international system of individuals sharing and re-posting articles.
an engaging room, BuzzFeed does not want to simply be something individuals read as soon as, chuckle more than, then eliminate. This web site strives commit beyond straightforward humor and work out a real effect on societal connections.
In a job interview with all the NOEW web log, Jonah said, “With the help of our entertainment material, we find out if men and women give others within schedules as a way to have a good laugh using them, and build relationships all of them, and relate to other individuals.”
A Dater’s the majority of Winning Come-Ons incorporate BuzzFeed-Inspired Tactics
You know very well what BuzzFeed content material really does well? It simplifies. It reaches the idea, and in most cases the period is unexpected or kooky. But, hey, you clicked in “11 Pancake Quotes that’ll cause you to have confidence in prefer,” so which should be anticipated.
The GIF is an essential part of the clear-cut form of communication. Individuals are attracted to amusing images and special tactics. Such as that pancake article. Some breakfast-obsessed person found an inspired way to connect you in, plus it had been effective. Teasing should be such as that â no, definitely not slathered in syrup â irresistible.
Tinder learned that making use of a GIF increased the response rates on the internet dating software by 30%. Just think: with one creative copy/paste, you may be on your journey to a great basic day. A flirtatious GIF breaks the ice, starts the talk with style, and establishes you in addition to some other users. Generally, you win Tinder regarding one wonderful minute.
On the next occasion you generate an internet matchmaking profile or deliver an email to a possible soulmate (or hookup), take a web page off BuzzFeed’s playbook â this indicates is operating pretty well on their behalf.
three straight ways BuzzFeed Informs & Entertains popular Daters
From dating tips to relationship fails, BuzzFeed’s articles are wealthy with information and activity dedicated to romance.
BuzzFeed is an exhaustive reference for singles and couples. The site’s Dating Information consistently contributes fresh articles and brand-new insights. Whether you are looking for pithy union information or an outlet for the internet dating frustrations, this site truly has an inventory, quiz, or video to help you become laugh.
No matter whether you are a newlywed or a depressed single â absolutely lots of content customized to you personally. Especially, we have laid out 3 ways that BuzzFeed can folks date better and live happier.
1. Providing Dating Hacks in a Relatable, Humorous Tone
BuzzFeed writes about internet dating internet sites, internet dating milestones, and matchmaking strategies from a light-hearted viewpoint. The communications differ, but the basic motif is empowering, down-to-earth, and laugh-out-loud amusing. In an easily digested structure, this content delivers both important methods and funny punchlines.
A few of one particular salient matchmaking guidance originates from the BuzzFeed community it self, which submits suggestions or articles on social networking about their encounters. The employees crowdsources the greatest ideas to developed “21 Life-Changing Dating techniques Every College Student should understand” or “23 Genius Dating recommendations from Tumblr.” These tidbits do not result from on-high but from ordinary daters like you.
Many advice is tongue-in-cheek, like adorable young ones telling singles what things to state on their online dating sites pages. But at the least you receive a refreshing perspective and cathartic giggle out of it.
The next time you feel run-down by modern dating culture, look through BuzzFeed for a simple pick-me-up. You will find an endless stream of discourse on the problems and triumphs of internet dating.
2. Distributing Awareness About Safety Issues when you look at the Dating Scene
BuzzFeed actually all nonsense with no material. Nowadays, the website happens to be concentrating on becoming a fast-paced development source for internet surfers. With respect to online dating, what this means is covering problems that are sometimes unpleasant or debatable.
Tackling subjects like STDs, day rape, an internet-based online dating cons, this web site is a winner and recommend together with cat-video purveyor.
It absolutely was BuzzFeed that published, in-full, the statement created by Brock Turner’s rape victim in court (and Joe Biden’s open-letter back into her). This website is not nervous to host difficult discussions, employing their huge get to to raise awareness. There is even a Rape label where article after article addresses intimate assault, applauding heroes and decrying criminal activities.
Whether it is discussing poignant tales or giving necessary warnings, BuzzFeed may be an essential educational source for anybody placing on their own out in to the dating world.
3. Keeping Singles Sane With Humor & Solidarity
Many younger Us americans bother about keeping single permanently, and based on a Pew analysis document, 25per cent of millennials may legit never get married. This gradual shift from the connections and matrimony isn’t really entirely by option. Psychology These days points to a hookup society, online dating sites, high expectations, or even offer and need because causal elements maintaining teenagers unmarried.
No matter what cause, singles need to find out they are not by yourself. BuzzFeed can there be for every lonely romantics having its Single News part. From witty to intolerable, these posts present the battle, liberty, and frustrations experienced by singles nowadays.
Occasionally offering a pep chat, sometimes advocating recipes to get your blues away, BuzzFeed is a sympathetic place to look to whenever all friends have sick and tired of you moaning about perishing alone.
Whenever your fantastic love tale is on pause or using the nice time for you to arrive at you, spend time with BuzzFeed for most inspiration or comfort. They are going to show you it’s okay: there is at the least “13 Reasons getting Single is the greatest option to Be.”
And, hey, almost always there is chocolate pretzel poke meal to remind you precisely why every day life is amazing. I’m only stating, you create that for the day and just how perform they maybe not fall in love with you?
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For all you could singles available thinking the reason why no one ever before posts photographs for the filthy dishes their “hubby” kept inside the drain or the destroyed boots their own “fur infant” chewed to oblivion â BuzzFeed breaks within the monotony of completely posed lives with a funny dosage of reality.
BuzzFeed’s 7 billion global views is a testament towards quality of their unique content material. With videos, articles, and exams, the site capitalizes from the social facet of the web and gives people collectively.
This distinctive means of linking can be extremely beneficial in hooking singles up with a night out together.
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(A) and (C) Estimated probability of MINS were from the univariable moving-window with the width of 10% data; (B) and (D) were from multivariable logistic regression smoothed by restricted cubic spline with three degrees and knots at 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles of given exposure variable. Multivariable models adjusted for covariates in table 1. The interaction P values between the lowest mean arterial pressure (MAP) and baseline were < 0.001 and 0.84 between the lowest % MAP decrease and baseline, respectively. However, (A) and (B) plots show that there were no strong interaction effects as long as MAP is less than 65 mmHg.
Using various other absolute or relative thresholds don’t raise discriminative element, while the confirmed because of the comparable C-figure beliefs. An entire multivariable model to possess Minutes (table A2), and additionally the standard and you can intraoperative covariables stated in desk step one, has actually a-c statistic out of 0.86. Conversely, hypertension by yourself got a-c fact anywhere between 0.55 and you may 0.66. Whether or not hypotension exposure is actually discussed by collective moments of your own reasonable Map (0.62 to 0.65) or duration lower than individuals thresholds (0.55 so you can 0.62), brand new C figure beliefs was basically the same getting sheer and relative exposures. You will find ergo zero advantage to using cousin thresholds to possess myocardial burns.
To have AKI, an entire multivariable model, along with the standard and you may intraoperative covariables mentioned in dining table step one, had a-c figure of 0.81 (dining table A3). In contrast, hypertension by yourself got a-c fact anywhere between 0.54 and you will 0.59. If hypotension visibility is actually defined by the cumulative moments from reduced Map or course less than certain thresholds, the brand new C statistic are nearly the same for absolute and cousin thresholds. There was therefore zero benefit to having fun with cousin thresholds having AKI both.
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Day invested underneath the natural tolerance of Chart less than 65 mmHg got increased probability of Mins, with a probabilities ratio (OR; % CI) of 1.34 (1.06 to just one.68) into third quartile and you may step 1.60 (step one.28 so you’re able to 2.01) into fourth quartile (table cuatro). Performance was basically equivalent when hypotension coverage try described as town (instead of times) below absolute thresholds. However, there were no tall associations anywhere between minutes or urban area according to the relative threshold away from 20% less than standard and you may Mins. Hypotension coverage has also been characterized by certain hypertension selections and you may coverage menstruation inside for every single assortment. Such as, Map lower than fifty mmHg for at least 1 min or a great fifty% fall off out of standard for at least step 1 minute improved the odds away from Minutes immediately after Bonferroni correction.
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As we celebrate World Water Day, we consider the lack of access to safe and affordable water – a dangerous reality for billions across the world. It has a damaging effect on not only the health of billions of people but also on many aspects of their lives. With climate change comes droughts, floods and scarcity of water, bringing with it social and economic devastation. For example, clean water and sanitation is an important factor in reaching equity amongst gender.
By 2030, the UN aims to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene for all. To reach these targets, it is vital that businesses create and achieve their own targets for water consumption to help make a positive change. Unfortunately, many of these targets are not being met.
Using the power of data to make a positive change
In data-driven world, data science allows us to harness the power of data to make positive change. It can be used in several ways to improve water quality and water consumption around the world:
- The innovation of machine learning can be used to improve the way in which water is collected and transported to reduce CO2 emissions. Moreover, it can be used to improve the treatment and utilization of water.
- Real-time monitoring gives communities the power to ensure water is safe to drink while saving on resources.
- Data analysis allows predictions to be made about the quality of water given a number of factors like weather and pollution. This allows for better planning when it comes to supplying clean drinking water to those in need.
- Identification of water supply issues can be significant in preventing the spread of diseases through water supplies.
Mango realises the importance of using data to help other businesses bring positive change to the world. Data science can be used to inform businesses on their water targets and make steps towards reaching them. As well as harnessing data, it is equally important to involve stakeholders in decision making to identify, understand and overcome water challenges.
Reducing water waste
Water waste is a problem that many businesses face, with more than 25% of water wasted being due to leaks. This can be significantly reduced through the use of data science and in turn help businesses reduce their water consumption.
One company, i20, provides smart network solutions designed to help water companies reduce their leaks and bursts, energy use and CO2 emissions. The company recognised that it was collecting a large amount of data but were not harnessing it. Mango were able to not only help i20 realise their data capabilities but develop a solution that greatly improved the performance of their smart network solutions, leading them into the world of AI and data analytics. This has enabled water companies to shift to conditional based maintenance and reduce the number of water leaks. One client reduced leakage by 15% in the north of their city within 2 weeks of using the solution.
Data science is a powerful tool which can be used to inform businesses and improve their water consumption as well as having world-wide applications in reaching the UN targets of providing clean, accessible water to all.
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Body Language: Learning How to Read People’s Body Signals and Nonverbal Cues
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These themes from the 18 books in here are included in this bundle:
Theme 1: Socializing can be a real challenge. You may not think of it as such, but if you take into account all the subtle body language, what different meanings the words imply, and tone of voice, it can be tricky for those who get nervous or don’t possess the skills to see all those references.
Theme 2: When it comes to reading others’ thoughts, it matters to make eye contact. The eyes are the windows of the soul, they say. In this guide, this is just one of many topics that will be addressed.
Theme 3: There are several topics included in this book that relate to influencing others. Some of these can help you master your own emotions and qualities. Others can improve your leadership skills or help you communicate with people more effectively.
Theme 4: Persuasion can be used for good and evil. Some people know exactly what moves others to act a certain way, and they know how to guide them in certain directions.
But the knowledge of how to do this, does not have to be limited to a select few. It simply requires someone like you to take initiative and to read or listen to a book like this.
Theme 5: These are common questions. But although they are often asked, they aren’t always clearly answered. Today, this book can change all that. It can give you precise guidelines on how to read people’s signs and nonverbal cues.
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SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) is the nation’s largest nonprofit agency working to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource for those touched by suicide. One of the founding members of the National Council for Suicide Prevention, over the last 27 years SAVE has created, developed and studied numerous public awareness campaigns designed to help raise awareness of suicide and mental health issues. SAVE has developed many best practice endorsed suicide prevention and grief materials as well as one of only three evidence-based programs for suicide prevention in high schools. They annually hold the longest running suicide memorial each spring and they house the world’s only suicide prevention memorial wall. SAVE is run by Dr. Dan Reidenberg, an internationally recognized expert in the field, 5 staff and hundreds of volunteers across the country, as well as an all volunteer Board of Directors.
SAVE partners with many organizations and businesses in achieving their mission. Whether schools or hospitals, law enforcement agencies, Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, SAVE is there to help prevent suicide and respond when a suicide tragedy has occurred in any community. We are proud to partner with Pura Vida throughout the year in promoting their efforts to help raise awareness about suicide prevention through the sale of their bracelets. September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day, yes, there really is such a day. While many would not know that, for some of us who live with or care for someone living with a mental illness, or that you lost to suicide, WSPD is an important day each year. Most people do not realize that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. It is the 2nd leading cause of death for young people and we lose someone to suicide every 12 minutes. Research shows that 90% of those who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death. Sometimes undiagnosed, other times misdiagnosed, either way mental health issues play a significant role in nearly all suicides. SAVE runs the annual www.Take5ToSaveLives.org campaign for WSPD and we encourage everyone to take 5 minutes to learn about suicide.
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September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day, yes, there really is such a day. While many would not know that, for some of us who live with or care for someone living with a mental illness, or that you lost to suicide, WSPD is an important day each year. Most people do not realize that suicide is the 10 the leading cause of death in the US. It is the 2nd leading cause of death for young people and we lose someone to suicide every 12 minutes. Research shows that 90% of those who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death. Sometimes undiagnosed, other times misdiagnosed, either way, mental health issues play a significant role in nearly all suicides. In recognition of WSPD, I want to share my story with you and how SAVE has played a crucial part in my life.
Mental health and suicide prevention is an issue close to my heart. I have had multiple members of my family struggle with their mental health, and am making mental health a career for myself after having worked my way out of a relationship with my mother who was mentally abusive. I am currently a therapist at a partial hospital program for eating disorders, working toward licensure as a LMHC in New York. Unfortunately, people tend not to seek counseling when things seem to be going right in their lives, and many times, my clients and patients find me when they are a very dark place. It is my job as their therapist to do safety assessments when necessary, to help them identify protective factors and personal traits of strength and resilience in order to keep them safe, to help them heal, and to enhance their mental wellbeing. It is sometimes difficult to encounter so many people who are dealing with mental illness and suicidal thoughts, unhealthy relationships, and who are battling their own thoughts on a daily basis, wishing I could just “make it all better” for them. However, it is extremely inspiring to be a witness to people who decide to have faith that things can improve (even when they can’t feel it), and to continue to fight for their lives.
In an even more personal way, I was touched by suicide when a classmate and friend of mine, named Brent died in July of 2012. He was always one of those people who had a smile on his face and was making others laughed. He had a beautiful little girl named Alice, and anyone who knew anything about Brent knew how much he loved her. He had just graduated from the undergraduate program I was in, and was about to begin the mental health counseling graduate program I ended up going to. He was going to have a concentration in play therapy, and we all know he would’ve touched so many lives clinically, because he had already done that just by being himself. I knew that he had been having somewhat of a rough summer in 2012, as one day he told me of his many stressors (all while smiling), but I (and I’m assuming mostly everyone else) didn’t know the severity of his struggles. After a night of drinking, Brent had taken his life one night, shocking everybody who knew him to their core. His family, friends, professors, co-workers, and even strangers who had merely heard of Brent were completely distraught. We all wished that we could’ve “done something” to prevent it, or knew “why” this had happened. We still do, and sadly we will never get the answers, and we will never again be graced by his physical presence.
For Brent, the story did not end the way any of us had hoped. Today, I live still trying to figure out and understand why this happened- something so common for those of us, who have lost someone to suicide, and to try and take the tragedy and make it positive. Though the pain of losing someone I care for never goes away, it made such a difference knowing an organization like SAVE existed; an organization of compassionate and knowledgeable people who are truly dedicated to educating and supporting at a local, national, and global level. They have incredible literature and resources for those grieving or personally struggling, initiatives and programming (Take 5 to Save Lives, SMART Schools), as well as partnerships with other organizations and companies like Pura Vida to serve people of all walks of life. One of my favorite things is the new development with Facebook; users who see a post made by somebody who seems to be in distress or danger can help them by “reporting” the post and getting the individual help. It’s amazing to think about how many lives that alone could save.
SAVE has also recently extended and created charters all around the United States. The charters carry out SAVE’s mission in their own geographic areas, and respond to the unique needs of each community. I am so proud to be a member of SAVE’s first National Outreach Network charter, SAVE Central NY. I work with a passionate group of individuals who tirelessly devote their energy and put their hearts into educating and supporting the community, as well as working to save lives. One of our current focuses is getting into the schools to help connect with students through prevention, intervention, and postvention work- we are hoping to help implement Peer Leader programs in the schools in Central NY to help increase mental wellness and decrease suicide. I am so excited to see how the dialogue surrounding mental health continues to advance, as well as how magnificent organizations such as SAVE continue to influence millions of people, and work to SAVE lives.
To learn more visit:
www.SAVE.org and www.Take5ToSaveLives.org
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Joe Vitale as part of his ‘attraction factor’ message cites an interesting way to look at how we conduct ourselves during the day. I have experienced this personally and enhanced it with my own observations and the teachings of several other learned teachers.
Let us say we wake up in the morning with a $1000 worth of mental/spiritual energy. This means that in every action we engage, we either dispense a part of this energy or add to this energy. If we have hatred, negative thoughts that we keep carrying around then we have to pay rent every single minute/day for these thoughts to stay in our body and mind. Let us say the rent for these hatred feelings and negative thoughts is $200. Now, you are left with only $800 worth of energy. You just woke up and you already depleted the energy reserves!
You have a choice to make, do you enhance the energy reserves of $800 or deplete it even further.
The label ‘depression’ or ‘depressed’ will soon be put on you when the cumulative rent you pay for the hatred feelings or the negative actions you take during the day, deplete the energy reserves so much that not only does it consume the remaining $800 worth of reserves but goes in the deficit. That is when we resort to all sorts of medication to overcome the depression and ‘try’ to get into a more serene sense in our thinking and hope that we come out from a deficit by our actions.
On the other hand if your focus is towards self development of body, mind and actions then the first thing you would do in the morning is to wake up, thank the lord for allowing to us wake up to another beautiful day, forgive and adopt kindness towards all our negative and hatred thoughts. Immediately, you regain back the $200 worth of energy!
Now, as you go through your day, pay closer attention to every action of yours.
Do you complain that the weather is lousy? Negative/Depletes energy reserves
Instead be thankful that you have your body senses alert to detect a change in weather. +ve increase in energy reserves
Do you complain that you have to go to work? Negative/Depletes energy reserves
Instead be thankful that you have the ability to ‘get to work’. +ve increase in energy reserves
Do you complain that you have a long commute? Negative/Depletes energy reserves
Instead be thankful that you have the ability to commute. +ve increase in energy reserves
A shift in our thought process and focusing on every activity will have an immediate impact on our energy reserves. You will find that with this change in your belief pattern, you have a lot more to give on anything you do. Like this massive universe, we live and can surmount ourselves internally with an abundance of energy. The change in our belief pattern is the way to amass and acquire this massive infinite amount of energy reserves unintentionally.
A closing comment – the next time you have to attempt to accomplish a task or activity, do so with the complete energy it requires. If you cannot give it the right amount of energy, just do not attempt to do it. You will be better off. What do I mean by that? Let us say you have to make a phone call to a customer. Put on a smile, clear up your brain, put on a positive belief and then pick up the phone and call the customer. If you are not ready for that, do not call the customer! Wait till you can prepare yourself.
Here is the trick on why it is critical that you follow this. The subconscious brain treats unintentional beliefs and intentional beliefs the same way. You can trick it to think and increase the energy by staging your thought, feeling and behavior and it perceives it as an natural action. In the process, it starts vibrating your body with the right amount of energy and there you are feeling at your best!
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Bees are flying insects, close relatives of wasps and ants. They are found on every continent on earth except for Antarctica. In the United States, there are over 4,000 species of native bees. Familiar bees visiting garden flowers are the colorful, fuzzy, yellow-and-black striped bumblebees, metallic-green sweat bees, squash bees, and imported honeybees. Bees of all varieties live on nectar and pollen. Bees have a long, straw-like tongue called a proboscis that allows them to drink the nectar from deep within blossoms. Without bees, pollination would be difficult and time-consuming. It is estimated that one-third of the human food supply depends on insect pollination, and bees play a significant role in this process.
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Maryland’s state election board explains why this primary will be ‘a little different’
Maryland’s primary election, delayed because of lawsuits over redistricting, finally arrives Tuesday and state elections officials said they’re ready for just about anything.
The state has already supplied about half million mail-in ballots to voters, said Nikki Charlson, deputy administrator of the state board of elections, adding it's a number “we don’t typically see.”
In addition, they had a good turnout in early voting, about 175,000 cast ballots, she added.
But that's lower turnout than the last gubernatorial primary in 2018 when 222,100 individuals cast ballots during early voting.
Out of 498,444 mail-in ballots sent to voters, 190,955 had been returned as of July 17.
There are 3.7 million eligible active voters on the rolls, of which 2.2 million are Democrats and 987,476 are Republicans.
“So, we're prepared for however many people show up tomorrow. But typically we see less than 30% turnout in this type of election,” she said.
And because they can’t start counting those ballots until Thursday, it will take another 10 days before we know for sure who won and by how many votes.
“We just ask everyone to be patient,” Charlson said. “We will be releasing results as they are shared and completed. And we will be telling how many ballots are left to count but it is a process and it's going to take at least 10 days to finish counting all of those ballots.”
There’s one other complication; a shortage of election judges. Charlson said recruiting election judges is one of the hardest things local elections boards have to do.
“And it's certainly been a bigger challenge than normal this election,” she added. “We understand that some of them are having some last minute cancellations.”
Anyone who’s interested in being an election judge should contact their local Board of Elections and offer their services, Charlson said. They’ll figure out a way to train you.
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Proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Business, Management and Economics
Green Human Resource Management: The Path To Corporate Environmental Performance
Dr. Prasad Siba Borah (Ph.D.), Benard Korankye
As an emerging phenomenon, green human resource management (Green HRM or GHRM) means human resource management practices that enhance favorable environmental outcomes. Green HRM has become a widely accepted concept in today’s business world. The growing concern for the environment worldwide and the determination of international standards and protocols for the management of the environment have established the need for companies to adopt environmental policies and programs. The organizational setting is shifting its sight from a traditional structure to a modern capacity-based system that is expected to explore green facets of business as the corporate world is going global. With this emerging concept, it has been observed that the extant literature has to be extended further from the HRM functions perspective. The objective of this review is to explore the association between GHRM and corporate environmental performance, highlight some GHRM practices, and the relevance of GHRM to organizations. The research followed the archival approach of the literature review. The contribution of this research lies in drawing together the extant literature in this regard; highlighting the different GHRM practices; suggesting some GHRM practices and in the end attempting to highlight some importance to organizations.
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The late, great Senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was asked back in 1993, when Congress was debating an earlier federal budget deal, if there “would be a fight until death” over taxes.
Moynihan, intellect and wit in full flower, came back at NBC’s Tim Russert: “Fight until death over taxes? Oh no. Women, country, God, things like that. Taxes? No.”
We may see a grand deal struck this weekend in the long running Washington drama over taxes, spending and debt and it is a safe bet no one will fight until death, even if the rhetoric makes all of what has been going on in the nation’s capitol sound like Armageddon. A deal must be struck. The only Armageddon here would be the shape of national and world economy should the United States of America default on its debt, even for a little while.
No death, just some taxes.
The “big deal” in Washington has never been easy. Our tight system of checks and balances is designed to make it hard, messy and slow. In 1937, Franklin Roosevelt proposed enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court. The morning he rolled out his plan, and FDR was at the very zenith of his popularity at the time, many fellow Democrats declared the plan DOA. It took months of hearings, speeches, efforts at compromise, fights and feuds before Roosevelt’s blunder was disposed of by the Congress. These things take time.
I’m going to guess that the final features of the deal now being hammered out will strike most of the participants as vaguely surreal when the deal is done. They may well ask themselves and each other: how was this possible?
The Oregonian’s Steve Duin talked over a year ago to former Sen. Bob Packwood who had a major role in engineering the historic 1986 tax reform deal. Ronald Reagan was in the White House then, Republicans ran the Senate and the House was Democratic. It’s worth reading the piece to see how a deal got done back then, admittedly when the Senate was a decidedly more civil place, but also to appreciate that the Washington deal always involves a lot of sausage making.
As Duin wrote: “While those [Finance] committee meetings were high theater, the true wheeling and dealing occurred behind closed doors. The standard deduction was increased, preferential treatment for capital gains eliminated. The deduction for state and local taxes ended, the corporate tax rate lowered.
“All of this,” Packwood reminds Duin, “we’re doing in the back room. We’re not doing this in the daylight at all.
“People are willing to give things up for the good of the country if they’re not going to be hauled over the rack right away.”
The Washington deal, as the late Pat Moynihan knew, as Bob Packwood knows, takes time and doesn’t involve threats of death. It does involve at least a few good people willing to give things up for the good of the country.
I think – I fervently hope – the Congress and the President get a deal done that really is good for the country. I have a sneaking hunch the great majority of Americans will embrace such a deal. They want our leaders to lead the country forward not into a fight until death. | <urn:uuid:93384039-cae1-4973-b5f0-e52193548e28> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marccjohnson.com/post/pat-moynihan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.970096 | 715 | 1.882813 | 2 |
That’s a big part of what tonight’s Respect Network launch here in London is about. I’ll be speaking briefly tonight at the event and giving the opening keynote at the Immersion Day that will follow tomorrow. Here is a draft of what I’ll say tonight:
This launch is personal.
It’s about privacy.
It’s about control.
It’s about taking back what we lost when Industry won the Industrial Revolution.
It’s about fixing a marketplace that has been ruled by giant companies for a hundred and fifty years — even on the Internet, which was designed — literally — to support our independence, our autonomy, our freedom, our liberty, our agency in the world.
Mass marketing required subordinating the individual to the group, to treat human beings as templates, demographics, typicalities.
The promise of the Internet was to give each of us scale, reach and power.
But the commercial Internet was built on the old model. On the industrial model. What we have now is what the security guru Bruce Schneier calls a feudal system. We are serfs in the Kingdom of Google, the Duchy of Facebook, the Principality of Amazon.
Still, it’s early. The Internet as we know it today — with browsers, ISPs, search engines and social media — is just eighteen years old. In the history of business, and of civilization, this is nothing. We’ve barely started.
But the Internet does something new that nothing else in human history ever did, and we’re only beginning to wrap our heads around the possibilities: It puts everybody and everything at zero functional distance from everybody and everything else — and at costs that want to be zero as well.
This is profound and huge. The fact that we have the Net means we can zero-base new solutions that work for each of us, and not just for our feudal overlords.
Archimedes said “Give me a place to stand and I can move the world.”
That’s why we are here today. Respect Network has been working to give each of us a place to stand, to take back control: of our identities, our data, our lives, our relationships… of everything we do on the Net as free and independent human beings.
And what’s extra cool about this is that Respect Network isn’t just one company. It’s dozens of them, all standing behind the same promise, the same principles, the same commitment to build markets upward from you and me, and not just downward like eyes atop pyramids of control.
I’ll have a lot more to say about this tomorrow at Immersion Day, but for now I invite you to savor participating in a historic occasion.
I’m sure I’ll say something different, because I’ll speak extemporaneously and without the crutchware of slides. But I want to get this up because I can’t print where I am at the moment, and it seems like a fun and useful thing to do in any case.
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YouTube turns ten years old. The site was created by three Paypal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who registered the domain name on February 14, 2005. The first video ever uploaded on YouTube on April 23, 2005 was made by Karim’s friend Yakov Lapitsky and titled “Me at the Zoo”. It has since been viewed more than 17 million times.
Lapitsky comments on his moment in internet history:
It’s neat, but I don’t think that much of it.
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The new measuring frame from Aesub brings components into position in just a few steps. The modular fixture set is used to create reference frames with a diameter of either 200 or 300mm. Articulated arms with clamps hold the components within the black frame so that they can be scanned from all perspectives. With a diameter of 200mm, the frame weighs only 500g. Therefore, the fixture can be held in one hand and measured freely with a hand-held scanner in the other hand. Since the material used is already black, there is no need for post-processing by coloring such as or anodizing. In addition to the standardized frame sizes, frames of up to 900mm are optionally available. All elements are housed in a case.
Chromasens has introduced a 3D inspection system designed for detecting imperfections on the surface of metal cylinder heads requiring large field of views. | <urn:uuid:d8fe7b0c-9769-4ec7-948d-f10e5667ad26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://invision-news.com/optische-messtechnik/fast-measurement-of-small-component-series/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931913 | 181 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Palonegro airport or as it is officially called in spanish Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro is located about 30 km west of Bucaramanga. The name of the airport comes from the region Palonegro where the1000 days war took place. In 1969 started the construction of the airport and it was finished in 1974. When it was ready it replaced the old airport called "Gómez Niño".
The airport itself is about 1200 meters above sea level. The runway is 2250 meters long and 40 meters wide. IATA has the airport in the books as a BGA. | <urn:uuid:22c69752-676f-4dfa-8c53-069aa176fab5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.colombiainfo.org/Cities/Bucaramanga/AirportPalonegro/tabid/370/Article/127/language/en-US/Default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.971161 | 130 | 1.8125 | 2 |
After the fall of long-time ruler Qaddafi in 2011, Libya became a land divided by civil war between different factions. Radical Islamists such as ISIS and smaller local groups took advantage of the chaos to seize control of some towns. Meanwhile, external powers supported the different factions, and foreign countries, "defence suppliers" and smugglers profited by arming the various combatants. Libya's people suffered greatly during this time, with many thousands of casualties and 60% of the population malnourished. Praise God for the signing of a permanent ceasefire in 2020. But elections planned for 2021 have been indefinitely postponed, so Libya remains in political and development limbo. May God have mercy upon this land and its people! Pray for a resolution to the issue of governance, for the rebuilding of infrastructure that enables communities to thrive, and most of all, for an opening of these lands and people to the gospel.
The Christian community is growing, but is mostly foreign. Catholic and Orthodox groups dominate numerically, but Protestants and Independent groups are more active in faith and practice. The need for pastoral care is felt across almost all denominations. Pray for renewal in the churches; the opportunity is great for nominals to meet Christ, and for believers to impact others with the gospel.
Broadcasting. Radio and satellite television provide two of the very few ways to evangelize Libyans. Three different shortwave-radio stations broadcast programmes to Libya: IBRA (over Radio Moscow), HCJB and Adventist World Radio, but only 4.5 hours/week are in Arabic. The widespread use of satellite dishes (in the majority of households) enables SAT-7 and other Christian satellite-television broadcasts to reach into homes. Pray for creative and effective programmes with the means to disciple responsive listeners, and pray for protection for those who respond.
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JCHR examines historic treatment of unmarried mothers in adoption inquiry
14 December 2021
The Joint Committee on Human Rights holds the opening session of its new inquiry into the adoption of children of unmarried women between 1949 and 1976 on Wednesday 15 December when it takes evidence from academics specialising in issues related to historic adoption.
- Parliament TV: Watch the session live
- Inquiry: The right to family life: adoption of children of unmarried women 1949-1976
- Joint Committee on Human Rights
Purpose of the session
Between 1949 and 1976, a range of historic practices led to unmarried mothers feeling forced to give their children up for adoption. While parental consent was a legal requirement for an adoption to take place, there may have been other factors that led to women feeling they had little choice. This could include societal stigma around single mothers with an illegitimate child, inadequate levels of welfare support and a lack of information about where to get help. Direct pressure from family, peer groups, medical practitioners, and other social or religious institutions may also have unduly influenced decisions on adoption.
In this opening session of the inquiry, the Committee will examine the adoption practices, and wider societal or familial influences, that led to unmarried mothers putting their child up for adoption. It will also investigate what support is available to those affected by historic adoptions.
Wednesday 15 December 2021
- Professor Gordon Harold, Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Rudd Programme for Adoption Research and Practice
- Dr Michael Lambert, Fellow in Social Inequalities, Lancaster University
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Some areas of England have given thousands more second Covid jabs than others - the disparity examined
Some areas of England have administered large numbers of full Covid vaccines (two doses), while others have only given one jab, according to new figures.
Recent NHS England data by the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) shows that some parts of the country have fully vaccinated over 20 per cent of their over-80s population, but in some areas the figure is as low as 0.1 per cent.
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Northamptonshire has vaccinated 22.8 per cent of its population aged over 80 (7,469 people) with a second Covid vaccination dose, with 87.2 per cent overall having received their first jab so far.
Following closely behind this is Birmingham and Solihull, with 18.7 per cent of over-80s already fully vaccinated with their second coronavirus vaccine.
Hertfordshire and West Essex have also vaccinated 18.3 per cent of over-80s with two doses, while North London reports 17.7 per cent and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 16.3 per cent.
However, this is not the case across the country, as some areas have only vaccinated a very small number of over-80s with a second Covid dose.
Some parts of England only vaccinated a small number of over-80s with second jab.
Nottingham has only vaccinated 0.1 per cent of its over-80s population with a second Covid dose, which equates to 29 people.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire have also only vaccinated a small percentage of people with a second dose, reporting 1.8 per cent of over 80s vaccinated with their second jab to date.
Elsewhere, Norfolk and Waveney have vaccinated just 2.4 per of over 80s with a second dose, Cheshire and Merseyside 3.4 per cent and Gloucestershire 3.6 per cent.
Why is this the case?
Currently, there is no clear reason as to why some areas have vaccinated more of their over-80s with a second dose.
Northamptonshire, which is top of the list for areas that have fully vaccinated over-80s with a second jab, ranks third overall in terms of how many single doses it has administered to over-80s, at 87.2 per cent.
However, although the region is making quick progress in its vaccination rollout, which could be one of the reasons why it has begun to administer the second dose, this isn’t the same pattern for other areas of the country.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire has administered the second highest amount of first doses of the vaccine to the over-80s so far (89.4 per cent) but is second from bottom when it comes to administering the second dose, which stands at 1.8 per cent.
Currently, those who have received one of the approved vaccinations are required to wait up to 12 weeks until they can receive their second dos
This is due to a Government decision made at the end of December, to push back the time period of when people will be administered their second jab, in order to allow more people to receive their first dose of a Covid vaccine.
The Pfizer vaccine first began being administered in the UK on 8 December 2020, with the first dose of the AstraZeneca given on 4 January 2021.
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In order to optimise their district heating, and therefore save energy, SEV uses the measure of return flow temperature optimisation. This is a tariff incentive for consumers to use energy outside peak consumption. By optimising its installation, the cooperative is improving the efficiency ratio of the district heating plants.
The regional regulation is encouraging Municipalities to optimise their district heating system and heating system in public building. Therefore, the cooperative is allowed to secured inexpensive funding for the deployment of the necessary hardware.
Sound business model
The margin of optimisation for the district heating plants can drop from 85% to 40% without the smoothing of the consumption curve. On top of this, the load-shifting procedure can allow for the opening of other collective demand management business models.
Nicole is one of our newest members and works in the service department of SEV (South Tyrolean Energy Union). SEV represents about 300 members including district heating plants, hydropower plants and photovoltaic installations. The members range from cooperatives, municipalities to enterprises and consortiums. Nicole is responsible for member services including administrative management as well as general assistance. Nicole holds a degree in Economics and Management from the Free University of Bolzano and spent one year studying International Management at Groupe Sup de Co in France.
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It is impossible not to fall in love with Alsace. Once you see it for the first time, resistance is futile. Once you taste and drink its many delights, stroll its cobblestone streets and walk amongst the candy-colored, half-timbered houses, you might as well resign yourself to a life-long love affair with Franco-German France. Alsace is a region, but it is also a culture; a battle-born civilization of freedoms hard won, peoples cross-pollinated and gastronomic traditions firmly entrenched. It also happens to be one of the most delicious places to eat and drink on the planet.
Alsace is also a place of contradictions, and more than a little schizophrenia. Wars have been fought for centuries over this fertile farmland. Germany — never a bashful sort when it comes to staking a claim — has always considered the Vosges Mountains to be the natural border between it and France. The French — by nature more accommodating — have always maintained that the Rhine river is nature’s way of separating the two countries, and besides, they say, we like our white wines fuller, more aromatic and alcoholic than you do. So, to each his own choucroute. (These differences in taste — which are taken very seriously in these parts — have thus been the basis for those little dust-ups known as the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, WWI and WWII, or at least that’s the way I like to think about it.)
As a result of changing hands — between two countries of very different personalities, not to mention sauerkraut — five times in eighty years, there is a certain split personality in Alsace that I find just glorious. Call it Teutonic efficiency mixed with Frenc joie de vivre, if you will, but never, ever make the mistake of calling anyone there German, even though they all have names like Klein, Becker or Weinbach. “We are French!” they will say — proudly, in French, with a German accent — and they will scowl (in that friendly/bemused French way) if you dare suggest that a spätlese Riesling from the Mosel is even in the same league as a Grand Cru Tokay Pinot Gris. And don’t even think about comparing the charcuterie of the two countries in polite company.
I like to think of Alsace as very very French with a few German accents, and from the gingerbread architecture to the love of white wine to the gingerbread itself, you can revel in the similarities while enjoying the differences. All of which you can drink in when you are strolling the streets of Strasbourg.
You begin in Strasbourg, of course, because it is both the capital of Alsace and the gateway to the wine country. But this international city is also a gastronomic gem in its own right. The best place to start your Alsatian education is in the Petite France section of the old city, and the best place to stay when doing so in Le Bouclier d’Or — a 4-star hotel perched right on the edge of all sorts of gastronomic delights. Turn to your right as you exit and you will find yourself right in the heart of the most picturesque part of the city; turn a gauche and you’ll be on a street filled with shops featuring all sorts of local delights, from the great cheeses of Alsace (Tomme, Cantal and Munster) to the local pain d-epice or nougat, baked into giant loaves weighing as much as a cinder block:
(The Food Gal® tried to eat the whole thing.)
Cross the canal that circles the old part of the city, and walk a few blocks, and you’ll find yourself smack dab in front Au Pont Corbeau: a locals’ favorite for its cuisine Alsacienne and wine list chock full of small, local producers at gentle prices. Just like Alsatians, we eschew the avant garde when we’re here, opting for choucroute garni and tripes a la mode, both of which were as soul-satisfying and of-their-place as food can get.
(Contrary to what you might think, tripes a la mode does not come with ice cream.)
After lunch, it’s best to do walk around, do some shopping, take in a museum, and visit the Strasbourg Cathedral — with its single spire (the tallest in the world until 1874) and the technological marvel that is its astronomical clock. The clock is really more of a primitive calculating machine than a clock, but it’s 18 meter height, intricate beauty and advanced, 19th Century technology make it a wonder of artistry and engineering.
If all that sightseeing doesn’t make you hungry, I guarantee that stroll down the rue de Orfevres will. Here you will find the upscale Frick-Lutz, and various other traiteurs, confectioners and sellers of Alsace specialties. The regional delight not to be missed is foie d’oie (fwa-dwa): silky, delicate, almost pink-hued goose liver, more refined than the earthier, amber-colored duck livers you find in America, and to our taste, more compelling. If gazing upon a black truffle-studded loaf of this food for the gods doesn’t make you hungry, then I suggest you retire to the ascetic monastery from whence you came.
By now it should be getting close to dinnertime. You can pop into almost any restaurant in the Petite France quartier and be assured of having a good meal of local specialties (there’s even a few newer places popping up with menus that hint of young chefs spreading their wings, e.g., 1741, Umami), but traveling to Strasbourg in search of the cutting-edge is like going to the Royal Philharmonic for some Philip Glass. Where we like to get a healthy dose of old Alsacienne is at L’Ancienne Douane, whose name literally translates to “Restaurant at the Old Customs,” located as it is in an ancient structure that dates to 1401. Located directly on the canal, L’Ancienne is the perfect place to while away a summer’s day watching the boats go by as you tuck into hearty platters of Jarret Gratiné — a knuckle of ham with grated Munster cheese that’s the size of a small football — or a Tête de Veau Sauce Ravigote (veal head):
(One could lose their head over this dish.)
Speaking of football, the choucroute here — garnished as it is with six separate meats including two types of bacon and 3 different sausages — could defeat an NFL linebacker. In chillier seasons, the cozy, wood-paneled dining rooms are the perfect places drink in the local atmosphere, and sip on the local wines, all of which are served in those gorgeous, green-stemmed glasses that I’m an absolute sucker for.
But man does not live by choucroute alone, and a couple of days in Strasbourg means a chance to revisit the gastronomic institution that is Au Crocodile — a restaurant that hasn’t lost its fastball, no matter what the Michelin Guide says.
This venerable establishment, which held three Michelin starts between 1989-2002, no longer holds any, much to the chagrin of its former chef/owner Emile Jung, who compared the loss of a star to “…a pain that eats at our hearts and that has killed our spirits,” when he was demoted to a two-star establishment in 2002. He sold the place to chef Phillipe Bohrer in 2010, and all we can decipher from a Google translation of this article is that Bohrer, like Alain Senderens at Lucas-Carton in Paris and others, has decided not to play the Michelin game anymore, preferring instead to cook food his way, without constant fretting over Frette linens or other frippery — details that must be fussed over if the coveted stars are to be maintained.
Michelin inspectors are famous for their fussiness, and more recently, their trendiness, so Au Crocodile’s decidedly old-school charm might cost it a few points, but there’s nothing overtly stuffy about the food or the service. The service was warm and welcoming, and the food was a point and all you could hope for in a fine French meal: gorgeous foie d’oie, roasted lobster with coral butter served with a fricasse of vegetables, and a Pigeon de la ferme “Théo Kieffer” that was La Cuisine Français in all of its subtle-yet-intense glory.
Being no stranger to Michelin starred establishments, we left our meal here scratching our head. If this place doesn’t merit at least a star, then something is amiss in the world’s most respected food guide. Regardless, if this is what no-star cuisine tastes like in France, then we could die happy eating nothing but. Bully for you, Monsieur Bohrer. Stay the course and keep on cooking, and we’ll keep on coming to Strasbourg.
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A 2020 report in Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, suggests that whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, the pandemic has likely changed your brain. The Coronavirus can cause several significant neurological disorders, but aside from that, pandemic isolation and worry can alter brain chemistry and cause mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts.
Researchers studying the impact of the Coronavirus report that damage goes beyond respiratory problems, causing serious neurological problems. The virus can gain access to the brain via the forebrain’s olfactory bulb which shows up as a loss of smell in some patients with COVID-19. The scientists contend that other brain changes, such as delirium, fatigue, headache, memory loss, inattention, brain damage, and even stroke are caused by inflammation and disruption of blood and oxygen supply to the brain. The authors of the report speculate that the virus alters dopamine and serotonin levels in the olfactory bulb—the chemicals responsible for pleasure, motivation, and action. According to lead author Deniz Vatansever, these changes are probably responsible for mood, fatigue, and cognitive changes reported by patients. And these symptoms underlie the presence of stress, anxiety, and depression that many experience.
Aside from the physiological symptoms, another layer of increased anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation has emerged. Grief (and in some cases postponed grief) for the loss of loved ones, helplessness, and excessive worry over contracting or spreading the virus to other family members or colleagues are all stressors that may collectively contribute to an imminent rise in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
Social distancing measures for combating the viral outbreak also may have unintended consequences, such as social isolation, loneliness, abrupt changes to daily habits, and unemployment or financial insecurity, which have all been characterized as risk factors for major depressive and post-traumatic stress disorders with potentially long-lasting effects on brain physiology and function. Neuroimaging techniques show that chronic worries and fears diminish prefrontal cortex activity and damage neurons, shrink areas of the brain, and impair thinking. In addition, neurological and psychiatric symptoms, including psychosis and neurocognitive dementia-like symptoms, have been observed in some COVID-19 patients
How to Buffer Pandemic Brain Changes
The good news is that neuroscientists have shown through fMRIs (functional magnetic resonance imaging) the human brain is plastic. And each of us has the agency to override our brain’s hard-wired, automatic fear reactions. An innate ability called neuroplasticity allows you to use your “thinking mind” to rewire the structure and functioning of your brain. Neuroplasticity guarantees that the architecture of your mind is never set in stone. You don’t have to stay trapped by the pandemic storms of your body such as frustration, anxiety, and worry. It’s possible for you to re-engineer your brain and self-calm the knee-jerk worries and fears because your brain has the ability to change its own structure.
Here are a few tips to bring your mind into the present moment, instead of worrying about “what if’s,” and improve your brain health.
1. Do Something Different. Take a different action in response to circumstances in the heat of the moment. For example, if I consistently calm myself when I’m listening to horrific pandemic news reports (when I might ordinarily freak out), this calming practice can rewire my neural pathways, widen my resilient zone, and eventually I’ll be able to listen without automatically freaking out. Better yet, it’s important to limit how often we listen to constant negative news but to listen only enough so we get the facts. Or if a loved one catches the virus, focus on what you can control and fix it, no matter how insignificant, instead of ruminating about something you can’t control—the pandemic itself.
2. Stay in the Present Moment. Introduce new calming practices that help you to stay in the present moment. Practices such as mindful meditation, yoga, deep breathing, tai chi, and massage activate your parasympathetic nervous system (your rest and digest response) which offsets your sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight response) with the potential to reshape nerve cells and change the way your brain works. Brain scans from Harvard and UCLA show that regular practice of mindfulness meditation minimizes brain shrinkage and cognitive decline and builds thicker neural tissue in the prefrontal cortex. Once beefed up, your gray matter sharpens attention, amps up your immune system, neutralizes the pandemic hotheaded reaction, and heightens compassion, automatically shifting you into calm, clarity, and centeredness. The more mindfully you can stay in the present moment, the more automatic balance you bring between your sympathetic nervous and parasympathetic nervous systems.
3. Call Upon Your “Thinking Brain.” In addition to mindful relaxing techniques, when you’re frazzled and start to sizzle, it’s possible to develop the habit of calling on the executive function of your prefrontal cortex to cool down hotheaded pandemic fears and make better decisions. The prefrontal cortex helps you realize that things are usually not as bad as your survival brain registers them to be, so you can take a breath, step back from the worry, and calm down. You don’t have to look through rose-colored glasses, but by intentionally bringing your prefrontal cortex back online when hijacked by Coronavirus worry and fear, you have the capacity to take an impartial, bird’s-eye perspective on the threatening situation.
4. Talk to Your Worry. Worry and fear are nature’s protectors, but they overestimate threats and underestimate our ability to handle them—all in an effort to keep us out of harm’s way. The pattern gets grooved into the brain. But as you start to notice the worry, take a few deep breaths and even talk to it with something like, “Okay, worry, I see you’re here trying to protect me. Thank you, but I’m okay right now,” the worry will usually calm down. With these relaxing practices, you introduce a new neural pathway and can change the whole pattern of anxious pandemic thinking to one in which you have a larger perspective and much more stillness, calm, and positivity. | <urn:uuid:21422ed7-ec57-4ec5-9e53-3597a9db754d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yourpaf.com/the-pandemic-changes-your-brain-even-if-you-dont-have-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.925544 | 1,337 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Year 3 have created wonderful works of art that are filled to bursting with a myriad of skills and techniques. They used their newly acquired blending oil pastel skills to create skies that reflect the weather.
Whether it be a purple sunset, orange sunrise, turbulent clouds or swirling heat, they applied their blending and mark-making skills with energy and enthusiasm. Extending their general knowledge, they familiarised themselves with the Wonders of the World and included their favourite one in their composition.
After a discussion about hot air balloons and how they are able to float wondrously in the sky, Year 3 drew their own hot air balloons. Skilfully, they decorated, using contour lines to enhance the 3D form and added their own personalised artistic touches. Cutting skills were also given a chance to fly high and the children were challenged by towers, temples, walls, pyramids and spheres. Wonderfully, their artistic skills and expertise are soaring to new heights! | <urn:uuid:65d77585-f8ff-409f-971e-53d23e4a0860> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.svs.org.uk/news-article/soaring-to-new-heights-/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96895 | 193 | 2.5 | 2 |
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