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Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga castle)
Name: Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga castle)
Place: 1-1.Oitemachi, Aizuwakamatsu
Admission JPY 410
Built: 1384 by Ashina Naomori ( called as Kurokawa Castle)
Owner : Ashina Naomori and Ashina clan, Date Masamune, Gamō Ujisato (general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi), Uesugi Kagekatsu, Katō Yoshiaki, Hoshina Masayuki and his successors Matsudaira clan
Overview: Aizu Wakamatsu Castle is located in the center of the Aizu basin, one of the most important palces in north east Japan, at crossroads to Kōriyama to the north and Yonezawa to the east and Murakami on the Sea of Japan coast. The original tenshu, main tower, under the Gamō clan was a massive seven-story structure with black walls and gold roof tiles, similar to Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Osaka Castle. The tenshu rebuilt by the by Katō clan was smaller and was painted white. At the end of Edo era, the last fudal lord, Matsudaira Katamori was one of the Shōgunate’s most loyalist supporter of the Toklugawa shogunate, become one of the leaders in the pro-Tokugawa alliance against the new Meiji government. After long battle to the new gorvernment, the Boshin War, the Castle was besieged in October 1868. The surviving castle buildings were demolished by the new government in 1874. One building survived the destruction by being relocated to a Buddhist temple, Amida-ji, five-kilometers from the castle. | <urn:uuid:2c5ac970-aa00-4557-8277-745aec5b3b99> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://plant-online.org/palace-castle-list/aizu-wakamatsu-castle-tsuruga-castle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.940711 | 386 | 3.125 | 3 |
What do you do when you experience failure in your life or your business? One of our wonderful listeners asked how you get back up and keep going after failure, and Jesse and I had a lively and honest discussion around this in this week’s episode of the The Crystal Paine Show.
Failure is a part of life, but it shouldn’t define who we are. For instance, for a long time, Jesse identified as a lawyer and that title made up his identity in many ways. If he failed or if he perceived a failure, that lack would directly impact his identity.
For many others, they don’t feel like they are good enough. When this is the case, it’s so easy to see failure and setbacks as defining you as a failure personally.
The truth is that true failure only occurs when you stop trying and give up. Until you stop trying, you haven’t failed!
So keep moving and learning and growing from your mistakes. Also, don’t forget to stop and celebrate your wins. It’s so easy to focus on what we’re doing wrong instead of recognizing what we’re doing right.
In This Episode:
[07:36] I’m reading Tasting Grace by Melissa d’Arabian.
[12:25] Jesse shares how he gets up and does the next thing after a big fail?
[16:03] So many people identify as “failures,” how do you separate the act of failure from your overall identity?
[19:01] Everyone fails and each failure is a lesson learned.
[21:51] True failure is when you stop taking action. Just keep moving forward.
Links and Resources:
- Under Armour hoodies
- Sole F80
- Tasting Grace by Melissa d’Arabian
- Crystal’s Favorite Things on Amazon
- Crystal’s Instagram account (I’d love for you to follow me there! I usually hop on at least a few times per day and share behind-the-scenes photos and videos, my grocery store hauls, funny stories, or just anything I’m pondering or would like your advice or feedback on!)
- Have feedback on the show or suggestions for future episodes or topics? Send me an email: email@example.com
How to Listen to The Crystal Paine Show
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Ready to dive in and listen? Hit the player above or search for “The Crystal Paine Show” on your favorite podcast app.
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Should languages related to programming and writing code be on-topic?
I would imagine questions employing pseudocode are okay, as this is a "Proposed Q&A site for those who study the creation and solving of puzzles." Therefore, it would only be natural to describe code you could write to, say, create or solve a Sudoku puzzle, in pseudocode. You could also use pseudocode to describe some sort of algorithm, or puzzle creation/solving technique.
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The South Florida Water Management District selected Erdman Anthony to design and provide engineering during construction for a fully automated, electrically operated two-gate spillway, with a peak capacity of 1,150 cubic feet per second, adjacent to the existing S-333 structure at the intersection of the L-67A and L-29 canals, in Miami-Dade County. The purpose of the new S-333N structure is to provide additional operational flexibility and conveyance of flows to Everglades National Park (ENP).
The new S-333N structure will work in conjunction with the existing S-333 structure to increase hydraulic connectivity between Water Conservation Area-3A (WCA-3A) and ENP. The design flow was established to reach a combined conveyance with the existing S-333 structure (1,350 cubic feet per second) of 2,500 cubic feet per second. The project also included modifications to the L-67A and L-29, Section 3 levees and canals.
The Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) includes a suite of storage, treatment, conveyance, and seepage management measures that will provide the necessary components to deliver additional fresh water south, from Lake Okeechobee to WCA 3, ENP, and Florida Bay. The S-333N structure is the first component of the CEPP to move forward. Once CEPP is fully implemented, the project will restore more natural quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of water flows to the remaining portions of the River of Grass.
The design process included:
- Design calculations, plans, specifications, opinions of probable construction costs, construction schedule, value engineering, and the design for the required submittals (preliminary, final, and corrected final/ RTA), in accordance with Everglades Restoration and Capital Projects Engineering Submittal Requirements.
- Permitting support and coordination with the US Army Corps of Engineers for impacts to the federal facilities.
- Presentations for briefings and meetings with the South Florida Water Management District, Design Review Team, and project stakeholders.
- Review during the construction phase of documents, progress, and work product. | <urn:uuid:c2f0eba8-1c85-40fa-83b8-0c7907323e59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.erdmananthony.com/Projects/Our-Projects/project/475 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.908949 | 449 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Integrative Wellness Approach
My integrative and holistic approach to whole-body health and wellness combines evidenced-based techniques and energetic health principles that are individually personalised that are gentle, nurturing and trauma informed. Refer to the list below for all of the techniques available to you when working with me.
The foundations of this approach are rooted in the concept of treating a person as a whole: body, mind and spirit. This emphasizes the connection between one’s environment and their mind, body and spirit.
This differs from traditional Western medicine that focuses on treating illness, disease or a specific part of the body. And it differs from traditional talk therapy which focuses on past history, discussing mental or emotional issues leading to, analysis of thought, talking about emotions, moods, thoughts and behaviors as well as how to cope with those conditions and situations.
A holistic approach goes beyond this to incorporate a person’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual experiences plus their thoughts, emotions, behaviours and support this integration within both the mind, body and energy field. As the body stores emotions, memories, sensations and the soul.
Research from neuroscientist and pharmacologist Dr Candice Pert realized the unified and integrated level at which physiology, mind, and consciousness access one another to enhance or diminish wellness, resulted in “mind-body” medicine becoming an area of legitimate scientific research in which Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body, was founded.
Combining integrative approaches that focus on the person as a whole, incorporating the mind, body and spirit allows for optimal health and wellbeing to be achieved.
This holistic mind-body approach combines techniques such as Coaching, Energetic Health and Holistic Nutrition, EFT, NLP, CBT, Braining Spotting, Past Life Regression, PNI, Breathwork, Meditation and Yoga. It may also include Energy Health & Healing Methods such as remote Energy Healing, Chakra & Meridance and Energy Balancing, Reiki, Intuitive Insights and Space Clearing. | <urn:uuid:455bd87f-ed2a-4f91-a95f-b6ff34bd8622> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lisagumieniuk.com/integrative-wellness-approach%E2%80%8B/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.930309 | 438 | 1.546875 | 2 |
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The World Air Quality Index AQI is an API that integrates air quality data into applications. It aims to target sensitive populations such as women who are pregnant, children of younger age, adults of older age, and people with asthma. Available with JSONP and XML protocols via API Key.
The following is a list of SDKs from our SDK directory that matched your search term. Though your definition of an SDK may differ, in our world, we define SDKs as platform- specific tools for consuming existing APIs of the sort we list in our API directory. For example, the Ruby SDK for consuming the Twitter Ads API. If you think an SDK, API, or other asset is missing from our directory, be sure to check our guidelines for making contributions to ProgrammableWeb. | <urn:uuid:c3d2eadf-dae6-46a0-a240-365104791948> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.programmableweb.com/api/world-air-deprecated/sdks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.918131 | 177 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Picture book by award winning local author Helen Docherty, who brought us the fantastic Snatchabook and more recently Abracazebra (both illustrated by husband Thomas).
This is a touching, warm and intimate look back over the great achievements of a young child’s life as she struggles to learn something new with her mother encouraging her to remember all the amazing things she’s done before, like smiling, sitting up, and walking. Beautifully illustrated by Mark Beech, Do You Remember? will boost children’s self-esteem and bring a tear to every parent’s eye. This is the ideal gift for mothers. | <urn:uuid:3a5e6d0b-35a3-475d-8d29-7b9b6abfb366> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://cover-to-cover.co.uk/books/do-you-remember/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936205 | 133 | 2 | 2 |
Corporate Tax Lawyers in Bolton
In Bolton, Massachusetts, a "corporation" is an entity that is, under the law, distinct from any of its owners. Basically, this means that the people who own a corporation, and the corporation itself, are distinct "persons."
This concept is referred to as "corporate personhood" in Massachusetts, and it essentially means that, for many purposes under the law, corporations are treated the same as individual people, being subject to many of the same rights and responsibilities.
One of the main legal duties a corporation has is the requirement that it pay taxes on its income, just as a person would.
Corporate Tax Rate in Bolton, Massachusetts
All corporations in America have to pay a federal income tax. Many states also have a corporate income tax, which corporations operating in Bolton, Massachusetts have to pay.
Under the federal tax system, and the tax laws of some states, corporate income is taxed at a different rate from the income of individuals. For example, the top federal income tax rate for corporations is 35%, compared with 33% for individuals. The highest tax rate applies to corporations making more than .3 million per year. The lowest corporate tax rate is 15%, applying to those corporations that make less than ,000 per year.
The corporate tax rate in Massachusetts may also differ from the individual tax rate. However, in many states, the corporate tax rate is lower than the individual income tax rate. This is because many states believe that the best way to attract business (and therefore improve their economies) is to have a low corporate tax rate.
In Bolton, Massachusetts, corporations must pay both the federal and state corporate income tax. Failing to pay these taxes can result in severe punishment, including huge fines which can put a corporation out of business.
How Can a Bolton, Massachusetts Corporate Tax Lawyer Help?
Most very large corporations have tax attorneys and accountants on staff, as full-time employees, who help them stay in compliance with all applicable state and federal income tax laws.
However, if you are the owner of a smaller corporation in Bolton, you probably can't afford a full-time in-house lawyer. For that reason, you should hire an attorney in Bolton, Massachusetts who practices tax law, on an as-needed basis, if you ever encounter a corporate tax issue, such as an audi | <urn:uuid:5a84c879-ed37-4fa3-8ff6-988a59981e5d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taxattorneys.legalmatch.com/MA/Bolton/corporate-tax-lawyers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974294 | 485 | 1.507813 | 2 |
As a business owner and employer, you have a responsibility to your employees to ensure workplace safety. Training and planning for staff and visitor safety is time-consuming, but when seconds count, that investment is invaluable.
Be Proactive When it Comes to Safety
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of 2016 reported that there were 5,190 workplace fatalities in 2016. This was a 7% increase from 2015 and means that each day, approximately 14 workers are killed on the job.
At the same time, workplace violence injuries increased by 23%, making it the second-most common cause of workplace fatality. During the same period, drug overdoses on the job increased by 32 %. These and other workplace trends point to an increased need for reviewing—and if necessary—revising your workplace safety plans.
Appoint a Safety Officer and Update and Train Staff Regularly
The duties of a safety officer may vary in organizations, but a prime responsibility is compliance with the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration, commonly known as OSHA. If your business involves construction, safety officers must have several years of field experience to qualify for this type of job. If your business is small, the person you designate may have other duties within your organization.
Once a policy has been finalized, the safety officer alerts workers about the change and monitors compliance. They may also ask each employee to sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the information.
Seek Appropriate Guidance
If you are a small business owner, the OSHA website offers a variety of publications that should prove helpful. Also helpful is the fact that a confidential OSHA On-Site Consultation Program is available at no-cost to small and mid-size businesses. Annual fire safety inspections are required by law and will be conducted by your local fire department at a low cost to you. For example, The Denver Colorado Fire Department conducts inspections of the city’s 24,000 commercial occupancies (businesses, schools, institutions, apartment buildings, etc.) to ensure conditions at those properties are in compliance with the Denver Fire Code. Once on-site, fire inspectors will check your building’s exits, emergency lighting, exit signs, components of fire-resistive separation, access roadways and fire lanes, and testing and maintenance records of fire-safety systems. They will also make sure there is an emergency evacuation plan in place.
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International Scientific and Production Journal
ISSN 2413-2322 (Online)
ISSN 2221-1055 (Print)
Nechyporenko O.M., Mirzoieva T.V.
Association of producers as a tool of strategic development of medicinal plants in Ukraine
Application of the DEA method to assess the agricultural sector development
Evaluation and analysis of the efficiency of crop production in Ukraine by the DEA method
Zakharchuk O.V., Vyshnevetska O.V.
Oil and oil products market in Ukraine
Bezhenar I.M., Malik L.M., Shvets A.A.
Integrating aspect of economic development in Ukrainian agriculture
Khodakivska O.V., Kononenko O.M.
Evolution of economic theories of sustainable rural development
Sirenko N.M., Lunkina T.I., Burkovska A.V.
Strategic approach to the formation of social responsibility of Ukrainian agrarian economy subjects
Zghurska O.M., Somkina T.V.
The structure of agro-industrial enterprises management in the context of the information technology development
Social capital of the agricultural sphere: theoretical concept of evaluation of formation and functioning
Application of the framework method of transformation audit methodologies for ensuring sustainable deve-lopment of rural areas
Strengthening state influence on ensuring sustainable development of entrepreneurship in agriculture
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INTEC’s Paralegal Short Course Certificates act as building blocks for expanding your knowledge and your employment prospects, one step at a time. This course is divided into two related parts. Criminal Law explores general and specific crimes such as assault, theft and corruption. Criminal Procedure focuses on handling of the crime from the initial police investigation to prosecution and sentencing.
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generative website project / music video
The generative animation is programmed with Three.js library and with two different 3D models of Russian shipwrecks sunken in the Gulf of Finland in the 18th century. The Finnish Maritime Museum generously published those models online for free of use.
The whole album is inspired by the philosopher Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s ‘Futurability’ book and the way it deals with the systematic failure of Neo Liberal Capitalism and the current inability to resist it.
The ‘Chaosmosis’ webpage project is a poetic rendering of the failing structures of current hegemony. The sunken imperialistic war and cargo ships of the Russian empire has of course political connotations of this current moment, but they can also be seen as more abstract remnants of the past. Disappearing and rotten forms.
Chaosmosis is also the second track of the recently released Forces album ‘Inertia’, released on the Mexico City based Infinite Machine. | <urn:uuid:4bdd2884-837f-427a-ad50-b23a10df0a89> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://joonassiren.fi/chaosmosis-web/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929764 | 225 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Previously: Part 1: Inferno
And of that second kingdom will I sing
Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself,
And to ascend to heaven becometh worthy
After enduring the nine circles of Hell, Dante and Virgil finally make it out of the underworld and back to the surface of the earth. Under a starlit sky, they watch as a boat filled with souls and captained by an angel approaches the foot of Mount Purgatory. Dante continues on his own journey as he follows Virgil up the nine levels of the mountain. Together, in a similar vein to their experiences in Inferno, the two travelers observe the different disciplines which souls must endure before they have been “purified” of their remaining sins and made fit to enter Paradiso.
Some readers find the second two books of The Divine Comedy to be less interesting than the first. I actually found Purgatorio to be much more compelling than Inferno, despite my expectations and the fact I don’t personally believe in the doctrine of purgatory. I think this must be for three reasons:
- being glad to have finished Inferno, which was really unpleasant
- the variety and beauty of imagery in Purgatorio: half-celestial, half-earthly
- the element of hope, which is not present in Inferno
As before, Dante meets a number of real-life individuals on the mountain, while commenting upon contemporary issues in Italy. He himself goes through purification of the seven “Ps” (peccatum = sin) as he moves from level to level. Finally, leaving Purgatorio behind, he comes out again into the open air and finds the woman he loves – Beatrice – in a beautiful forest.
After Purgatorio, which was almost enthralling, Paradiso was a great disappointment.
Virgil, one of the condemned spirits, had to leave Dante at the end of Purgatorio, as I somewhat anticipated. Now with his beloved Beatrice as his guide, the young poet completes his journey by ascending the nine levels of Heaven. Along the way, he meets Biblical and Christian figures such as Solomon, St. Peter, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Venerable Bede. The higher he climbs, the more intense become the light and worship, culminating in the dazzling pinnacle of Paradiso, where God is exalted above all.
I’m afraid Dante’s imagining of Heaven is, well, boring. Unlike the other two places of existence, there is little scenic variety here, and the illustrator, Doré, seems to have been of the same impression – there are far fewer illustrations in this book than in the other two. Also, Dante makes what I think is a huge writer’s mistake in inserting his real-life love interest as one of the main characters, then proceeding to portray himself as staring at her adoringly through much of the story, while she grows more and more beautiful. It’s hard to take it seriously.
This may be philistine of me, but I honestly think The Divine Comedy is somewhat overrated. As a work of the early 14th century, it is indisputably impressive, and I sympathize with the author to the extent that he wrote this while banished from his homeland. But with the insertion of personal life, the commentary on Italian affairs and figures, as well as some questionable theology, there was much I could not relate to. For me personally, The Pilgrim’s Progress is a stronger allegory of faith, not to mention more enjoyable. | <urn:uuid:aed5eeff-4fd8-4516-9967-d724882ed632> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://classicsconsidered.com/tag/dante-alighieri/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967062 | 744 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Instagram ROI: Social media like Instagram plays a key role in branding efforts.
Brands usually invest a massive budget in digital marketing these days.
The main reason for that is that the online business is growing exponentially as compared to the brick-and-mortar business.
You need to analyze what you are investing in and what is the actual return.
It can be crucial to use the ROI(Return On Investments), the ROI calculator should be used to find your rate of return on your investments.
The rate of return calculator also enables you which strategy is fruitful and where you need to invest more to capture more and more clients.
The ROI measures all the action you have taken on social media and what you have gathered in return.
The return on investment calculator actually regulates your social media strategies.
For example, you are investing more in the direct marketing strategy. But it is not as fruitful as the compared perception of the brand-related groups.
There are two key metrics to measure your ROI on the Social media and the Instagram:
Metrics for calculating the ROI on Instagram:
There are two main types of matrices for finding the ROI on Instagram to judge the performance of a brand.
- Tangible or measurable metrics
- Intangible metrics or unmeasurable metrics
Tangible metrics for the measurement of Instagram ROI:
KPI ranking is the bread and butter of any digital effort, it provides us with evidence of your performance in the digital marketing environment.
The KPI is a measurement of performance over time for a specific objective or for a brand.
The KPI depends upon the following indicators:
The Audience growth:
Audience growth over a period of time is essential to increase your ROI on Instagram.
The Successful brand always keeps a close eye on the growth of the audience.
You may wonder how to calculate ROI, it is simple if the growth of your audience is growing over a period of time it means your ROI on Instagram is also growing as you can feel more customers are coming to your website.
The Reach and impression – Instagram ROI
Try to increase the reach of your clients by participating in various Instagram groups and chatting groups.
A brand that has a better reach can attract more and more customers towards its brand.
If you are increasing your reach to the new markets and widening your already reached market, then your ROI calculator would show exponential growth in your Return on investments.
You may be considering how to calculate return on investment, it is simple just divide your total investment over the period of time you are getting.
Intangible metrics or unmeasurable metrics
Data and numbers are great for your brand to receive the maximum ROI but there are intangible factors to get the maximum profitability.
These factors are also essential to make your brand competitive in the marketplace.
Brand awareness is the key to getting the maximum portability from your marketing campaigns.
Companies are investing heavily in brand awareness, to tell the clients what they are offering and what is their need and wants.
All the marketing efforts usually focus on that, if a company is able to increase brand awareness and keep a close connection with the clients.
You may wonder how to calculate the rate of return of your investments, it can be easy if you are increasing the brand awareness of your brand.
The ROI calculator is a tool to define your rate of return for a brand.
Customers satisfaction level:
The customer satisfaction level is one of the great attributes of your ROI if you are keeping a better customer satisfaction level.
Then the ROI calculator would indicate you are getting enough return from your investment on social media.
All of your investment returns depend upon your customers’ satisfaction level.
A brand able to satisfy the clients can gather the best ROI and your ROI calculator indicates the best return on your investments.
The ROI is one of the most essential for the brands when they are going to invest in social media campaigns.
Brands can get the best out of their marketing campaign if they are keeping a better eye on the tangible and intangible factors of their marketing campaigns.
The ROI provides you with a better understanding of where your brand is standing.
And this is something we can help you with to develop and expand your business! Get in touch with Yugasa software labs, as we have a team of experts who will help you measure your Brand’s Instagram ROI.
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Dwarf rabbits are the smallest species of domestic rabbits. Dwarf rabbits vary in size from about one and a half pounds to three and a half pounds. They are small and round with short, pointy ears that stick straight up. There are several different breeds of dwarf rabbits including Britannia, Petite and Dwarf Hutot but the most popular breed is the Netherland Dwarf rabbit. These are the most popular because they come in a wide variety of colors and they are the most common type that is sold in the United States.
The dwarf rabbit is thought to have originated in Europe and has become a popular pet for many families across the globe. They have all of the same characteristics as the larger domestic rabbits but they are just smaller in size. Their large head with a tiny furry body make them adorable and great to play with. There are new breeds being developed every year as people try to interbreed these rabbits to create a new type of dwarf rabbit.
Do They Make Good Pets?
Dwarf rabbits do make good pets and are actually the third most popular pet sold in the United States. They are more intelligent than most people believe them to be. They are able to be litter box trained and they are easy to maintain. They are also able to understand their name and can be taught simple commands. They are popular because they are easy to care for, eat very little and they are small in size. They come in a wide variety of colors like orange, tan, chocolate, chestnut and teal.
If you are considering purchasing a dwarf rabbit be very careful to purchase it from a reputable dealer. There are many out there who are selling unhealthy dwarf rabbits that will most likely only die after a short while with you. Ask for references from people they sold to or find a friend or neighbor who recently purchased one and find out where they bought their rabbit from. A healthy, well taken care of rabbit can live to be up to ten years old.
What Do Dwarf Rabbits Eat?
These types of rabbits are very inexpensive to feed because they only eat one half a cup of food a day. They can eat special dry rabbit food that is sold at most stores and this should be enough to keep them healthy. You can also feed your rabbit fresh fruits like bananas and apples because they love to eat them. Rabbits always need to have a fresh water supply readily available to them in order to keep them hydrated and healthy. A water bowl should be kept in their cage or a water bottle attached to the side of the cage is even better because it allows you to keep more water on hand.
Dwarf rabbits have very small stomachs and that can sometimes make them very sensitive to some types of food, so you need to be very careful about what you feed them. They should never be overfed because this will cause severe diarrhea or even death. Rabbits also cannot tolerate nuts of any kind, so they should definitely be kept out of their diet. Most rabbits like lettuce and cabbage but for a dwarf rabbit these foods need to be avoided because they can damage their sensitive stomachs.
What Can You Keep Them In?
A dwarf rabbit can either be kept in a cage outside or they can be kept inside. Since they can be litter trained they do make good indoor pets and many people are choosing to let them run loose inside their home. If you have a cage for your rabbit, they should have plenty of room to roam around. Since these rabbits are very small, it does not take a large cage to give them room but a medium size cage should be good enough. The bottom of the cage should be filled with wood chips to protect their feet from the wires of the cage and to allow the dropping to go in. Their cage should be cleaned out frequently and no less than once a week.
Rabbits also need a lot of exercise, so you will want to be sure to give them a lot of toys to play with. They should have ramps and other things to climb on. You can use empty boxes or empty toilet paper rolls for them to play with. This is an inexpensive way to give them the toys they need to have. If you leave your rabbit free to roam through your home, you should still be sure that there are adequate toys available for them to play with and on. Rabbits are also chewers, so their cage should be full of things that the rabbits can chew on to keeps his teeth healthy.
Can You Breed Dwarf Rabbits?
Some people choose to breed dwarf rabbits but this can be a very difficult thing to do. Some types of rabbits have trouble breeding with each other and they can cause several different types of diseases to happen in the rabbit. These diseases can cause the rabbit to die in just a few short days and there are very little if any remedies available to help keep the rabbit from dying. It is estimated that only about fifty percent of baby dwarf rabbits born survive past the first few weeks. If you are going to begin breeding dwarf rabbits, you will want to do extensive research so they you will be able to effectively breed healthy rabbits.
Dwarf rabbits can begin to start breeding at about five to six months of age and should definitely breed for the first time before they reach the age of one year old. At this time their pelvic bone will fuse together and if they do not have babies before they are one then they will probably not be able to have them at all. A rabbit can continue to breed until she reaches the age of about three years old and then she is usually no longer able to successfully breed. The typical litter size of dwarf rabbits is between two and four babies depending on many different factors.
How Should You Prepare for a Dwarf Rabbit?
If you are considering purchasing a dwarf rabbit for you home, there are several steps that you can take before you buy the rabbits. You will first want to find a reputable dealer who sells healthy and well-bred dwarf rabbits. You will also want to fully educate yourself in how to care for rabbits, be sure to gather information on how to litter train your rabbit if this is something you are interested in doing. You should understand just what is expected from you in order to take care of your rabbit before you purchase one.
You will also want to have the cage ready before you bring the dwarf rabbit home. You should have extra food and wood chippings so that you can properly take care of your rabbit from the time you bring it home. Since exercise is so important to your rabbit, you should have some toys available for it to play with from the day you bring it home. Most large retail stores or pet stores will sell all of the things you need to take care of your dwarf rabbits. | <urn:uuid:21570f66-f252-4693-ba3c-9f02295b47eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.healthguidance.org/entry/15294/1/facts-about-dwarf-rabbits.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97759 | 1,362 | 2.5 | 2 |
Nevada Wild Horse Population Skyrockets To New High
Nevada’s wild horse population has exploded to an all-time high of more than 43,000 horses. That’s 60 percent of all the wild horses roaming the West — and it’s nearly quadruple the 12,800 equids the Bureau of Land Management says that Nevada’s land can sustain. There's long been controversy over just how to manage wild horses in the West, and some would say the result has been no management at all.
In recent years, the problem has escalated so significantly that often-battling groups have come together to support a stringent proposal to drastically reduce wild horse numbers without killing any animals. Written by the Humane Society, the plan involves gathering large numbers of horses in overpopulated herds and applying large-scale fertility control measures. It’s also supported by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Society for Range Management.
For many ranchers, a solution can’t come soon enough.
An upclose perspective on the range
Sitting in her 4Runner overlooking her ranch outside Pioche, Kena Gloeckner points to the checkered valley below, where her family grows crested wheat and hay, and they also graze cattle on about a million acres of public land.
“I think Americans, as a whole, see this beautiful picture of the iconic American Mustang galloping off on the horizon with its mane and tail flowing in the breeze, and it's a beautiful sight,” says Gloeckner.
“People who live here, we understand that that image is very unrealistic.”
Gloeckner’s family has owned this ranch about two hours south of Ely since the 1800's. Gloeckner says she loves horses, but over the past decade, the wild horse population in the “herd management area,” or HMA, where she leases federal land, has ballooned to nearly 2,000. That’s far more than the 200 horses the Bureau of Land Management says that land can sustain. And unlike cattle and sheep, horses graze on the land every day of the year.
“It's impossible to keep the horses out of these areas that are outside the HMAs,” says Gloeckner, adding that wild horses have broken through all her fences.
She says horses have decimated her crested wheat crop: "because those horses never leave, the plant never has a chance to grow tall and regenerate... because these horses will graze it to the ground.”
Gloeckner says it’s cost her ranch thousands of dollars to supplement their cattle’s feed when wild horses overgraze both her private acres and the public lands she leases.
BLM rules dictate which months ranchers may turn out livestock on public lands and what percentage of the forage the livestock can eat. That means if wild horses have already grazed down the forage before a rancher’s permit season begins, the ranchers cannot release their livestock onto the land.
Ben Noyes is a Nevada Wild Horse & Burro Specialist with the BLM’s Ely District. He says he’s seen significant damage, “especially the spring areas, the riparian areas are really getting hit hard. They're getting pounded out. A lot of our winter fat sites are getting destroyed.”
Winter fat is also called white sage brush— and wildlife, livestock and horses all graze it.
Some wild horse advocates have said that the BLM is exaggerating the overpopulation, but Noyes says he’s seen horses starving and thirsting to death, unable to move, all skin and bones.
“And if you haven't seen horses die, to me, you haven't seen the real picture. It's pretty easy to sit at home and think it's just the Lion King show, but the reality of it is it's not that way on the range.”
Too many horses for fertility control alone
But figuring out just how to manage the horses and bring populations to a healthy number is another story altogether.
The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 allows the BLM a variety of management tools, including fertility control, putting horses up for adoption, gathering and relocating them—and euthanisaia.
However, in recent years Congress has put a temporary rider on funding to the BLM wild horse program that explicitly bans sending horses to slaughter, says Mark Amodei, Nevada's Second District Congressman.
“That's a noble thing to say, ‘Hey, we don't want any of them to go to slaughter.’ Okay, I get that. But you still have to manage them on the resource,” says Amodei. “Adoption is a piece of the puzzle, but it doesn't solve the problem. The reproduction rates are much more robust than the 2,500 that are adopted a year.”
Amodei says there’s also fertility control— it requires giving the horses two shots of a vaccine to prevent pregnancy for one year. Inoculating horses in the wild is usually done by a person with a dart gun, who must get within 30 yards to be effective.
“But the problem is the vast majority of that population is not by, you know, someplace that's easily accessible, which means time and money to go find them and treat them,” he explains.
Right now, most of the BLM’s time and money is going toward gathering horses from the range; the technique uses helicopters to herd the horses into a corral. Yet that’s not the most expensive part. Once the horses are removed, they must be cared for.
'Between a rock and a hard place'
Over 60 percent of the BLM’s wild horse and burro annual budget goes toward paying for wild horses to live out the rest of their lives on a pasture somewhere in Nebraska, says Jason Lutterman with the BLM. But even the expensive horse relocations are no longer making a dent in the population.
“We gathered around 11,500 animals from the range last year and our population still grew by several thousand animals and is 7.25 percent above last year's population, herd. So you can see sort of the magnitude of the challenge that we're facing right now.”
Lutterman says the BLM doesn’t have the funds to gather enough horses to bring herd sizes down anywhere close to the appropriate management level. Instead most gathers are reserved for emergencies such as wildfire or concerns for public safety. Last year in Nevada, only half of the gathers were targeted for population reduction.
Since the wild horse population has sky-rocketd over the past decade, gathering horses has become an emergency Band-Aid, but doesn’t make a real dent as the horses continue to procreate.
“We've invested over $11 million since 2015 just trying to develop these other fertility control protocols that could be part of the answer once we get down to the appropriate management level,” says Lutterman.
“That's why we were already starting to increase our gathers. We’re really focused on trying to get those herds under control, but just knowing that BLM is sort of in between a rock and a hard place, we don't really have a place to put those animals once we remove them from the land.”
Celeste Carlisle, a biologist with the wild horse advocacy group Return to Freedom, says to address the problem it's going to take a coordinated plan that uses all the nonlethal tools:
“It does take a little thinking outside of the box. It does take scaling up portions of a program that we haven't scaled up before. That's going to take a lot of courage and it's going to take a lot of money,” says Carlisle.
Carlisle says that could include things like gathering horses to apply fertility control and trying new ways to find homes for horses removed from the range.
“But in the long run–and that's the hard part is the long run is 10, 15 years down the line–then we actually end up saving money.”
The BLM is testing new forms of fertility control that would last longer than one year, and it’s also trying to ramp up adoption programs by creating a new online adoption platform. And the agency is partnering with a TV show in Germany based on the Extreme Mustang makeover. There’s some interest in Europe in adopting these icons of the Wild West.
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Delegation goes to Georgia to broker ceasefire
An international delegation is heading to Tbilisi in an effort to broker a ceasefire in South Ossetia. The group includes representatives from the EU, the OSCE and the US. China is one among a host of countries around the world calling for an end to the v
Speaking in Beijing, where the Olympics are underway, U.S. President George Bush urged a halt to the hostilities and a return to normality. He said the crisis endangers peace in the whole region.
The Russian president has had a phone conversation with his American counterpart.
Dmitry Medvedev said Russia's acting to protect the lives and dignity of its citizens in South Ossetia by carrying out a peace enforcement operation.
French president Nikola Sarkozi has called for an immediate ceasefire.
German chancellor voiced hope that the violence would soon stop so negotiations could resume.
The Spanish foreign minister expressed his regret the Olympic truce was not honoured.
UN fails again
For the third time in as many days, the UN Security Council has failed to reach agreement over the conflict in South Ossetia.
The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said he believed the failure was partly responsible for the escalation of violence in the region.
At the UN meeting, Russia said Georgia has to pull its forces out of South Ossetia and agree to stop the aggression.
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Representatives meet, 19th July, 1775, and elect an Executive Council
Population and state of the Province-Army at Cambridge and Roxbury -Destitute of equipments-Want of cannon, fire-arms, and powderFalmouth burnt by the British-Powder Mills erected— Measures of defence adopted–Forts built--Privations-Courts organized-Public expenses-Invasion of Canada unsuccessful-Death of General Montgomery-Men enlisted for a year-Plan to attack Boston-Dorchester Heights fortified-British leave Boston.
On the nineteenth of July, representatives having been elected, in conformity to the advice of the continental congress, a house of assembly was held at Watertown, consisting of two hundred and six members; the most of whom had been delegates to the provincial congress, which had been in session for some time, till the eighteenth. They proceeded to elect counsellors, who were to act as one branch of the legislature, and also as the executive of the province, or commonwealth. And the following named persons were chosen: James Bowdoin, John Hancock, Benjamin Greenleaf, Joseph Gerrish, Samuel Adams, William Sever, Jedediah Foster, Michael Farley, Joseph Palmer, Jabez Fisher, John Pitts, John Winthrop, John Adams, Thomas Cushing, Benjamin Lincoln, Caleb Cushing, James Prescott, Azor Orne, Walter Spooner, Jarnes Otis, Robert T. Paine, Benjamin Chadbourn, Enoch Freeman, Charles Chauncey, Moses Gill, Samuel Holten, E. Taylor, and J. Taylor. Samuel Adams was chosen secretary; but, as he was a delegate to the continental congress, Perez Morton was appointed deputy secretary.
It was voted, by the representatives, that the council should exercise all the authority formerly in the hands of the governor and council; and that their acts should be observed accordingly. The ordinary civil affairs of the state were conducted with remarkable order and quiet; there were no acts of violence or irregularity committed, and no complaints of injustice or opposition. But the judicial courts were not duly organized till November.
In the month of August, the troops at Cambridge and vicinity were formed into a continental army, under General Washington, whose commission was from the general congress.
His quarters were in Cambridge. General Ward was put in command of the right wing, at Roxbury, and General Lee, of the left wing, at Prospect Hill.
The whole number of American troops, at this time, was estimated at fifteen thousand; of which nine thousand were of Massachusetts,* and most of the remainder from Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. But several companies of riflemen soon after were added, from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
In July, 1775, the continental congress published a statement of the causes of a resort to arms. They gave a view of their rights, and of the late measures of the British parliament and ministry, by which their rights were infringed and violated. They professed a desire that the union with England might be continued, by a change of policy under which they suffered. “The usurpations of power, and the restraints on their liberty, as recently made,” they said, "they could not endure. We have remonstrated and petitioned, but all in vain. The terms proposed by the British ministry were as humiliating as could be dictated by remorseless victors to conquered enemies. In our condition, to accept them would be to deserve them. · We are reduced to the alternative of unconditional submission to tyrannical rulers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom, which we receiyed from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning future generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. * * * Our cause is just; our union is perfect; our internal resources are great ; and we solemnly declare, before God and the world, that, exerting all the means and power which our Creator hath bestowed, we will employ the arms which our implacable enemies have compelled us to use, with unabating perseverance and at every hazard, for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves. But we have not raised an army with the ambitious design of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states. We fight not for glory or conquest. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom which is our birthright, and which we have ever enjoyed till the late violations of it, for the protection of our property, acquired by honest industry, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of our aggressors,
* The population of Massachusetts, at this time, was upwards of four hundred thousand, including Maine, which consisted of about ninety-five thousand. The harbor of Boston, and most of the coast, were exposed
to British armed ships ; and the fishing and coasting business, as well as foreign navigation, were entirely suspended.
and not before."
It required great attention and prudence to introduce the necessary discipline among the troops. They were the yeomanry of the country, and had voluntarily engaged in military services, from purely patriotic motives. Most of them were unused to a military life, and insensible of the necessity of subordination and strict obedience to their officers. The insufficiency of cannon, fire-arms, and powder, was another serious defect, requiring early attention. The towns were called upon by the congress of Massachusetts, at the request of General Washington, to send a portion of their common stock, which which was soon forwarded; but there were very few cannon to be had in the country. Some were brought soon after from Ticonderoga and Crown Point, which had been captured in May, of that year, by volunteers from Connecticut, Vermont, and the county of Berkshire, in Massachusetts. The greater part taken at those places, however, was not transported until the winter following, when the conveyance was comparatively easy. General Washington also called for more of the militia of Massachusetts, as it was apprehended the British would make an attack on the American lines, and the number of the militia assembled was not found to be so great as had been first reported.
A committee of the Massachusetts assembly was sent to Lake Champlain, in June, to see if the cannon and other military articles, lately taken in the forts there, could be removed to Cambridge, or secured for future use: and to take necessary measures for the defence of the northwestern frontiers, from depredations by the British and Indians. The committee continued at the lake several weeks, and ordered on some companies from Berkshire, to keep possession of the forts which had been captured. Some men also were soon after sent on from New York to that quarter. A statement was early made to the continental congress, by Massachusetts, of the importance
of retaining these forts, as well as of taking possession of Canada. And an expedition was prepared, a few months after, under Generals Montgomery and Schuyler, for that purpose. Major Hawley was early in favor of such a measure; for he considered it highly important for the safety of the New England colonies, that an efficient military force should be sent to Lake Champlain, if it did not proceed any farther.
The British army remained quietly in Boston for the residue of the season. Governor Gage went to England in September, and General Howe took the chief command. Generals Bourgoyne and Clinton were then with the British troops in the capital. They arrived a short time before the battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown. The British armed vessels, however, committed depredations in several places on the sea board. A large American ship, with a valuable cargo, going into the harbor of Gloucester, in August, was taken by boats from a frigate at a little distance. But the frigate did not approach very near her, for fear of grounding. The people of Gloucester recaptured the ship with their boats, and carried her into the harbor in safety; and the British marines, who had boarded her from the frigate, were lodged in the county jail. In October, Bristol, in Rhode Island, was bombarded by three British ships-ofwar; a good deal of damage was done, and most of the inhabitants left their homes. About the same time, Falmouth; on Casco Bay, (Maine) was attacked and burnt by the British, who visited the place to obtain spars for the use of the ships in Boston harbor. "The people refused to furnish the spars; and after a few hours notice, and most of the inhabitants had time to depart, the town was bombarded, and most of the houses and stores were burnt.
The Americans were engaged in fortifying Prospect Hill and Lechmere's Point, in Cambridge: and two eminences in Charlestown still nearer to the neck leading to Bunker Hill, where some of the British troops were stationed. Roxbury was also fortified, and other places between that town and Cambridge, near the bay, to check the enemy if they should attempt to land from Boston.
The provincial congress of Massachusetts had been very vigilant and prompt in providing for the public defence; but the general court, formed the latter part of July, had much to perform for the same purpose. It was a difficult task to furnish provisions for so many troops ; and yet more difficult to obtain the military stores which were wanted. Loans were solicited, and large sums were collected in that way; but not sufficient for the calls and expenses of the occasion. The continental congress, at this time, called for three million dollars; and Massachusetts was assessed a sixth part of the sum. A tax of £40,000 was laid, and an emission of paper money voted, to the amount of £100,000. Two powder mills were erected, at the expense of Massachusetts; one at Andover, and one at Stoughton; and afterwards, a third at Sutton. Privateers were also fitted out by consent of the general court, which were very successful in taking British transports on the coast.
The inhabitants of Boston, who remained in the town, were subject to great privations and sufferings, and to harsh and severe treatment from the British. Contributions were made for their relief, by the people in all parts of the colonies, but it was difficult to convey it to them.
The general court made a request to the continental congress, to hold its meetings in Massachusetts, near Boston. This was declined; but a committee of that body was sent to Cambridge to confer with the executive of the state, and the commanderin-chief of the army. Dr. Franklin was one of the committee on the part of congress, and Bowdoin, Sever, Otis, and Spooner, on the part of Massachusetts. It was agreed to raise an army of twenty-four thousand men for the ensuing year, and to call on the several colonies for their respective proportions of money to meet the necessary expenses. . Soon after, congress issued a large amount of paper money : they said, “they could not borrow, and the people were unable to pay great taxes; and that they had no other resources but the worth of this fertile country. That on the credit of such a bank, they had emitted bills, and that the faith of the continent was pledged to redeem them."
În urging the people to enlist, the committee of the general court said, “ Happy will he be who shall be able to boast, that he was one of those who assisted in the arduous but noble work of defending the liberties of his country.” Washington said, “We have taken up arms in defence of the liberties of our country, and we are determined to maintain them, or die in the struggle." About this time, the liberty tree, so called, in Boston, was cut down by the British ; which gave occasion to one of the patriotic citizens to say, " that the American tree of liberty was too firmly rooted to be destroyed by all the power of Britain.”
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Shared parenting is emerging as the better option for co-parenting children with the Courts moving away from the alternate weekend “visitation” schedule.
There are myths and realities to shared parenting and it is important for professionals, parents, scholars and advocates when navigating family law systems and processes to be aware of these myths and realities.
1. Following separation, parents are automatically given the option of shared parenting
The Court requires both parents are able to be amicable and co-operate with each other and make joint decisions. The couple cannot have a history of domestic abuse, disturbance or violence on record and need to be able to demonstrate that the relationship is not acrimonious. Another important consideration is geographical proximity i.e. children need to be able to attend the one school and travel time to and from school from each parent’s place will be considered.
2. Infants and toddlers should spend the majority of time being nurtured by their mothers
If children are well attached to the other carer overnight stays will assist in forming a meaningful basis for parent child relations.
3. In a shared parenting arrangement there is no child support
The amount of child support paid depends on the amount of time a parent spends parenting the children. Disparity in income and the amount of time spent parenting are the two main considerations and child support will be equalised accordingly.
It has been the case that some parents who take no interest in parenting their children and have never formed a meaningful relationship with their child, however, following separation they apply for significant or equal time as a means to evade the financial responsibilities such as child support.
4. Raising children in two separate homes creates instability for the child
A clear, practical parenting plan in addition to both parents willingness to be amicable will quickly get children into a routine. Changeovers can be difficult so it may be appropriate to lean towards a pattern that has minimal changeovers except for infants. What the parents portray as normal will become a regular part of that child’s life and become the norm.
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Long live the Tory revolution!
How the party of Burke became the party of Rousseau
THE CLOSEST thing the Tory party has had to an in-house philosopher is Edmund Burke, and the closest thing it has to an intellectual bête noire is Burke’s French contemporary, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Burke, a liberal conservative, believed fervently that changing societies needed to be anchored by tradition and custom. Rousseau, the patron saint of revolutionaries from Robespierre to Pol Pot and prime enabler of “democratic dictatorship”, was the sworn enemy of the established order.
Yet over the past few years the party of Burke has become the party of Rousseau. Boris Johnson’s bloody cabinet reshuffle completed the purge. Burkeans such as Philip Hammond and Rory Stewart were out; revolutionaries such as Dominic Raab and Priti Patel now hold all the great offices of state. Dominic Cummings, appointed as Mr Johnson’s senior adviser, told staff that the government was committed to delivering Brexit “by any means necessary”—a reference to a speech by Malcolm X on violence in the pursuit of justice. This is the British equivalent of the Chinese Communist Party embracing capitalism.
Rousseau developed the idea of the “general will”: the opinion of the majority, which should prevail, irrespective of the interests of minorities. Burke believed that Parliament should interpret, modify and sometimes ignore the people’s views. The job of an MP was not to channel popular opinion, but to use his judgment.
The Conservative Party is now the party of the general will. It not only made the fatal decision to call for a simple 50-50 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, but has repeatedly used the result to silence MPs who have called for a soft interpretation that would take into account the opinions of the 48% who voted to remain. Now that the general will has been revealed, goes the line which Rousseauan Tories have successfully peddled, those who question it must be crushed like so many French aristocrats.
Attitudes towards institutions are particularly telling. Burke saw them as the embodiment of collective wisdom and the bulwarks of civilisation, standing between decency and anarchy. Rousseau regarded them as fetters on the people’s freedoms. Today’s Tories are with Rousseau. Jacob Rees-Mogg has called the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, “an enemy of Brexit”. James Slack, author of a notorious Daily Mail cover story describing the judges who had ruled that Parliament would need to consent to Brexit as “Enemies of the People”, is now in Downing Street. And the government has made it clear that it will “prorogue”—ie, suspend—Parliament rather than allow it to prevent Britain from leaving the EU without a deal.
Rousseau, an early Eurosceptic who railed against the rise of a pan-European ruling class, denounced intellectuals who claimed to know better than ordinary people as having “reason without wisdom”. His ideal society was Sparta, with its austere military ethos and do-or-die defence of national sovereignty. Burke’s views were far more nuanced. While supporting the established order, he believed that it needed to be able to adapt: “A state without the means of some change is without the means of conservation.” Though he emphasised the importance of social roots, he recognised that urbanisation was progress. His guiding principle was “equipoise”—the need to balance reform with stability.
The modern Tory party’s cultural attitudes have more in common with Rousseau’s anti-metropolitan rage than with Burke’s appeal to balance. Mr Johnson has attacked “the thousands of Davos men and women who have their jaws firmly clamped around the euro-teat”. Michael Gove has pooh-poohed experts. The most hard-core Brexiteers call themselves the Spartans.
How to explain this extraordinary volte face? The obvious answer is the referendum of 2016: once you promise the people that their voice will be final it’s impossible to go back, even if it means self-destruction—a possibility to which Mr Johnson gestured in his “do or die” commitment to leave the EU by October 31st. But why did the Conservatives choose to hold a referendum in the first place? And why did they choose to ignore the opinions of the 48% in crafting Brexit? The referendum was a symptom as much as a cause of the internal revolution: the Rousseauan palsy had already entered the party’s central nervous system.
Social change may have played a role. In 1950 the Conservative Party had almost 3m members and a demanding social round of dinner dances, fetes and charity functions: not so much a Burkean “little platoon” as a “big platoon”. With the decline of political parties as social institutions it has become a much more ideological outfit. Its 160,000 members are believers—above all, in Brexit.
Thatcherism is partly to blame. Margaret Thatcher, who committed the ultimate sin in the Burkean canon of pronouncing that there is “no such thing as society”, injected a revolutionary strain of anti-establishment libertarianism into her party. Euroscepticism bears more responsibility: Tory defenders of British sovereignty are willing to burn down the village in order to save it.
Burke against the berks
The Tory revolution, like all Rousseau-inspired movements, is beginning to consume its own children: Steve Baker, one of the leading Spartans, rejected Mr Johnson’s offer of a job in the Brexit department on the ground that it would leave him “powerless”. But resistance from outside the party of the revolution is also needed.
Burke once wrote that “when bad men combine, the good must associate”, and there are some signs of that. Soft Brexiters are plotting to block a hard Brexit in Parliament. Mr Stewart has drawn up long-term plans for reviving the party in the country. But Mr Johnson has put together one of the most extreme cabinets in modern history, and time is short. The good men and women need to get together not only with fellow Tories but also with people of goodwill from all parties, if the ship of state is not to hit the rocks.■
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Long live the Tory revolution!"
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The effects of vegetation management on northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) activity and damage to lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) seedlings were studied using 2,4-D herbicide to alter the habitat. Treatments were applied to a large (8.1 ha) treatment unit and observed effects were compared with an untreated control unit of the same size. The greatly reduced forb and grass cover on the treated unit was associated with a corresponding decrease in pocket gopher activity that persisted for 6 years after initial treatment. Times until seedlings first incurred gopher damage and overall survival of seedlings were greatly increased on the treated unit.
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Sepsis after Scotland: enough with the averages, show us the effect modifiers
Critical Care volume 17, Article number: 148 (2013)
Cuthbertson and colleagues demonstrate that survivors of severe sepsis face, in general continued ongoing high mortality and quite poor quality of life. This cohort caps the initial, problem-definition stage on long-term outcomes after critical illness. Having compellingly demonstrated the opportunities for improvements in outcomes, epidemiologic and behavioral research must now to turn to understanding the mechanisms by which these outcomes can be improved. Such fundamental research will provide the evidence base to drive informed and successful interventional trials.
In the previous issue of Critical Care, Cuthbertson and colleagues capped a long-standing research agenda by reporting long-term mortality and quality of life among survivors of severe sepsis from a Scottish cohort. These sepsis-specific data from a large population catchment are a nice complement to the previous important work done in a related cohort . The overall story that has emerged is fascinating, congruent, and yet incomplete.
On average, life after critical illness is hard. The average quality of life of patients after sepsis is quite low in Scotland and Scandinavia [1, 2]. It is low on average after acute respiratory distress syndrome in Toronto . Patients with sepsis have increased average mortality for many years in Scotland as they do in the US, both in the Department of Veterans Affairs and in population-based data for the over-65 population . While high pre-sepsis burden of illness certainly sets the stage for these problems [6–8], many of these problems are new with severe sepsis.
Such findings can seem bleak and lead to an easy nihilism about the futility of intensive care unit care. Our patients seem to think otherwise. One hundred percent of the Scottish survivors - the same folks with all those problems - say they would go through intensive care again . This suggests that we are at a critical intellectual turning point in the field. We have clearly defined that there is a litany of adverse outcomes among survivors of critical illness. We have not yet discovered how to make this better.
The need here is not merely for additional clinical trials. New clinical trials are unlikely to succeed until we have additional rigorous epidemiologic and behavioral research to understand the mechanisms by which some patients do better and other patients do worse.
Specifically, we desperately need to understand the effect modifiers of the disablement process as it leads to key long-term outcomes after critical illness. Figure 1 presents the disablement process model , modified to explicitly consider an acute disruption [10–12]. Baseline status - composed of a patient's physiology, activity limitations (difficulty performing standardized tasks in standardized environments such as 6-minute walks), and social disability (difficulty participating in social roles in one's usual environment) - is influenced by an acute insult, such as severe sepsis, sequentially leading to tissue pathology, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. The Scottish group goes even further, extending the process to quality of life.
Clinical practice has long taught us that there is no linear correlation between different steps of the disablement process. Neither ejection fraction nor FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) is sufficient to explain which patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be debilitated; although both play a role, clearly there are other factors that influence the development and magnitude of disability.
Current research to date has defined this new problem space and demonstrated this problem's population impact along the main tissue pathology/activity limitations/disability/quality of life axis of Figure 1. Increasingly, this work has focused on cognitive, psychiatric, and muscular problems as the physiologic basis underlying the long-term problems. Research into first-generation long-term outcomes has defined the frequencies of different sorts of problems among survivors.
The conceptual model of Figure 1 suggests that there are at least two ripe domains for a next generation of research. We should explore variation in patient characteristics and hospitalization characteristics that lead to differences in subsequent outcomes [8, 13]. But we also need to understand those effect modifiers - particularly those external to the patient - which change the conditional probabilities of an outcome: that is, what are those characteristics which explain why patients with the same physiology have different disability? Such data help us explore not only prevention of adverse long-term outcomes but harm mitigation of whatever irreversible physiologic damage may be done.
There is an almost overwhelming variety of potential effect modifiers one might consider in next-generation long-term outcome studies. A few seem particularly promising. The first is to look at the impact of social support on recovery . We know that families play an essential but challenging role in decision-making in the intensive care unit [15, 16]. But we have much less evidence to test the plausible and actionable hypothesis that patients discharged into high-social support environments make a more rapid recovery.
Also, we have not taken patients and families seriously enough as actors and partners in their own care. The social science jargon for this would be that we have neglected the agency of patients and families. Rather than waiting passively for assistance from medical professionals, survivors are experimenting with new ways to heal and adapt. How can we learn from those survivors and facilitate their collective wisdom and resilience? How can we crowd-source recovery?
Cuthbertson and colleagues have confirmed the substantial burdens under which survivors labor and have emphasized the resilience and capacity of those survivors. The authors have set the stage for a next generation of research that moves beyond these average effects - essential though they are in defining the problem - to leverage the variation in patients' recovery to discover new ways to improve it.
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, or the US government.
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This work was supported by grants K08 HL091249 from the National Institutes of Health and IIR 11-109 from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Service.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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What we have here is a dichotomous keys graphic organizer depicting the food-energy pyramid. The diagram is to be read from bottom to top. At the lowest level, primary producers are located. Above them, Primary consumers are located. One level up, Secondary consumers are located. Above them, Third level consumers are located and at the top level Apex Predators are located. The diagram also explains how much energy is transferred from bottom to top level and also how energy is lost as heat at each level. The diagram depicts all the levels of the energy pyramid as Decomposers and the recycled nutrients make their way back into the food pyramid- energy transfer process. The pictorial description of Sun’s energy can be easily understood as well. The diagram utilizes colors and geometric shapes to explain the entire concept of food pyramid-energy transfer. Such diagrams prove effective in making students understand biological concepts easily. | <urn:uuid:ffdd5a9d-9842-4882-8c60-b53bf252a223> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edrawmax.com/templates/1009898/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.963512 | 181 | 3.515625 | 4 |
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The assessment process strives to establish a baseline within four distinct areas of your child's and family’s current situation. These areas are:
Intellectual: The intellectual realm breaks down into academic performance, belief systems, and thought processes. Learning disabilities are considered in the physical category.
Emotional: Emotional well-being breaks down into behavior, environment, and self-esteem or perception of self.
Physical: The physical in terms of sleep patterns, exercise routines, and eating habits are instrumental factors relating to personal performance. Physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental illness are examined.
Relational: The over all culture of your parental community, your child’s peer or lack of peer relationships, the inter relations between all family members and communication skills in general.
This all-inclusive assessment process begins with phone or face-to-face interviews with each family member, establishing perspective on the above four categories. Extended family or friends may be consulted, with permission. During these phone interviews, we will establish goals for the individual and the family.
All professionals, deemed relevant, will be consulted. This includes teachers, counselors, doctors, law enforcement officers, therapists and any others.
All previous testing will be examined and in some cases, further testing may be recommended in order to further understand the child's level of cognitive, learning, emotional, and social functioning.
An assessment of your child's personal safety and emotional well-being is of primary interest in deciding whether your child can participate in the family plan while remaining in the home.
Whenever possible it is my primary goal, as your family consultant, to keep your child successfully moving forward while remaining in the home. If we decide together, through the assessment process, that your child requires out of home placement, I will be there with you at no additional charge to put together a highly qualified group of professionals assuring you the best possible placement. If you choose to contract with me while your child is placed out of home, we will develop a family plan for success that includes out of home care. I will act as an advocate for you and your child in their new placement, making sure that everything goes accordingly. You will receive my support and benefit from my experience every step of the way.
At this point, a family plan for success will be presented to the family for review and modification. This plan will be yours to do with as you please; either accepting it or utilizing it on your own. By utilizing my consulting services, you allow me to do two crucial things, assist you with measurable change and help you modify the plan for success on a weekly basis. The latter allows an organic process to take place where by the family marks their successes and continues to build upon them towards the desired results.
Individualized family plans for success are generated as a result of the assessment process being completed. Typically an individualized family plan is designed to move the family and child from their current situation toward the desired results. Results require actions and actions can be measured. Each plan establishes specific desired results that are measurable, relevant and are time related. Families can decide to follow the plan on their own or contract with me, which assures them a guide, mediator, and consultant who will adapt the plan on a weekly basis. Once the desired results have been met, a family can choose to work on new desired result or discontinue services.
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Surrealism was central among the numerous historical graphic styles appropriated and reinterpreted by the artists at Push Pin Studios. In these posters (and in countless other examples in Push Pin Graphic), they take the typically surrealist device of anatomical synecdoche (the part representing the whole) and draw it through the contemporary visual language of advertising: the foot by itself is rendered as it might appear in an advertisement for shoes or stockings, but altered—often absurdly—to more wryly reflect the owner of said foot.
This print appeared in The Push Pin Style, and here, as there, is difficult to understand through a reproduction: the image is printed on a reflective ground. My (somewhat hastily digitized) version above looks very little like the image in the monograph. (But, I think, conveys in some small way the original’s weirdly-successful color palette.)
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Small airways in the lungs may help explain pulmonary disease in non-smokers
The best-known risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is smoking. Despite that, more than 25% of all cases of the disease are seen in lifetime non-smokers. A new study from the McGill University Health Centre published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that may be because a condition called dysanapsis is another significant risk factor for COPD.
COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada and is associated with obstructed airways, chronic coughing, and shortness of breath that interferes with day-to-day activities. According to the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety, 4% of Canadians are diagnosed with the illness.
Dysanapsis involves a mismatch between airways and lung size, which occurs when airways in the lungs don’t grow to match the size of the lungs over time.
“When people breathe, they move air through their airways, beginning with the windpipe or trachea, which branches out to smaller airways called bronchi and bronchioles,” explains Dr. Benjamin Smith, the lead author of the study and an associate professor in the McGill University’s Department of Medicine. “As people grow, their airways are thought to develop in proportion to their lungs, but in some people, the airways do not get as large as expected.”
Looking over data for 6,500 COPD patients involved in three separate studies in Canada and the United States, researchers found that lifetime non-smokers with COPD tended to have smaller airways in comparison to smokers who had never had COPD but “unusually” large airways.
“With normal aging, lung function declines,” Smith said. “Because of that decline, people with smaller airways—who already have low lung function to begin with—may develop COPD later in life. On the other hand, smokers with larger airways might have some reserve to withstand the harmful effects of smoking.”
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Having recently experienced the UK's hottest day on record, and with more high temperatures to come, we are continuing to share our hot weather advice to pet owners.
Never leave animals in cars, conservatories, outbuildings or caravans on a warm day, even if it's just for a short while. When it's 22°C outside, temperatures can quickly rise to 47°C (117°F) in these environments, which can be deadly.
You can also keep your pets safe by:
Using a pet-safe sun cream on exposed parts of your pet's skin
Making sure they have shade
Giving them constant access to fresh water
Putting ice cubes in their water bowl
Giving them damp towels to lie on
Walking your dog in the morning or evening when it's cooler to reduce the risk of heatstroke and burnt paws
Some of the common signs of heatstroke include:
Heavy panting and difficulty breathing
The animal appears lethargic, drowsy or uncoordinated
The animal collapses or vomits
If you think your pet may be suffering from heatstroke, it's important to act quickly. Move them to a shaded area and call a vet for advice.
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Quantitative trait values for seed oil and protein content or for maturity were measured in recombinant inbred lines (RIL) of soybean derived from a cross between two soybean cultivars: 'Minsoy' PI 27890 and 'Noir 1' PI 290136. Seed oil was found to be inversely correlated to protein content. By analyzing DNA from plants with extreme phenotypes, we were able to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for these traits as being linked to several restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) loci, including R183 for oil and protein content and R79 for maturity. Cumulative distributions of trait values were graphed for those RIL with 'Minsoy' alleles and for those with 'Noir 1' alleles. As already suggested by the alleles found associated with extreme phenotypes, the distributions were consistent with an independent and additive expression of the maturity QTL linked to R79. That is, the cumulative distributions for plants with 'Minsoy' alleles and for plants with 'Noir 1' alleles were similar in shape, but the entire 'Noir 1' curve had been shifted to later maturity dates. In contrast, the trait distributions for a locus affecting oil and protein content linked to R183 were not compatible with an additive model. These results suggest that this approach can be used for rapid identification of QTLs with epistatic expression.
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The drug Tolvaptan has been given the green light in the UK as the first-ever treatment for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. A few months earlier it also received approval in Europe. It's the first ever treatment for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), an incurable genetic condition that can cause heart attacks, stroke and kidney failure. The disease hits 60,000 people in the UK alone, leading to many cysts forming on their kidneys, leading to massive size increases for these vital organs.
The patient takes a tablet twice a day, which slows the rate of cyst development. After getting the go-ahead, it's expected to be available to patients from early 2016. The disease is responsible for one in ten people who end up on dialysis and one in eight who end up having a transplant. Sadly ADPKD is a genetic condition,one out of two children from a parent with ADPKD will have the disease. | <urn:uuid:93b00577-169e-4fe1-a9b5-67d0eaf44c93> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kidneydialysisnews.blogspot.com/2015/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.959155 | 200 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Business, Management and Economics
Assessment of Neurolinguistic Programming Techniques in the Context of Neuromarketing Attributes
Zuzana Birknerova, Robert Stefko, Lucia Zbihlejova, Anna Tomkova and Ivana Ondrijova
The paper aims to verify the existence of statistically significant links between neurolinguistic programming techniques and neuromarketing attributes on a sample of 309 respondents, of which 168 (54.4%) were women and 141 (45.6%) were men aged 18 to 68 years (M = 35.30 years, SD = 13.1 years). Addressed were 148 (47.9%) sellers and 161 (52.1%) customers and two research hypotheses were formulated and verified using the mathematical-statistical methods of Pearson’s correlation coefficient and t-test for two independent samples. The first hypothesis related to the existence of statistically significant correlations between neurolinguistic programming techniques and neuromarketing attributes, the second one to statistically significant differences in the assessment of the attributes of neuromarketing and neurolinguistic programming techniques between sellers and customers. The data obtained by the questionnaires aimed at the attributes of neuromarketing (SSP) and neurolinguistic programming techniques (NLPt) were processed by means of the statistical software IBM SPSS 26. Based on the research results it can be concluded that the formulated hypotheses were supported as statistically significant differences and correlations between the neurolinguistic programming techniques and the neuromarketing attributes were detected.
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Butter? What comes to your mind? Dairy for sure. So, here we brought you the unique butter plant-based. This is a cocoa butter from West Sumatera. Yes, the butter is made out of cocoa beans. Cocoa or called as “Food of the Gods” are studied through research that it contains lots of nutrients, antioxidants, and everything that is needed for your body.
Try to the cocoa butter without any other food; then you will realize its texture and taste is really light that even you feel that you are flying up to the clear sky. Be careful, though. Once you consume the cocoa butter for baking, smoothies, salads, you just do not want to use any butter than the cocoa butter. The foremost one, you can get addicted when you use the cocoa butter as your skincare.
Net Weight : 100g
Box Volume (length x width x height) :
13 cm x 4.5 cm x 18 cm
- Serving size : 1 piece(10g)
- Servings per container : 10 Servings
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‘Transplant surgeons are victims of organ donation abuse’ | Nagpur News
Dr. Kolte, who is also the secretary of the Zonal Transplant Coordinating Committee (ZTCC), talks about the progress of transplants in Nagpur.
Excerpts from an interview…
Q. How are transplants governed?
A. The ZTCC has no role in living organ donation. The Human Organ Transplantation Act (HOTA) governs related donations – involving husband-wife, brother-sister, parents, grandparents and grandchildren. The hospital authorization commission is the decision-making body for tied donations. The law does not say “no” to an unrelated organ transplant, but the matter is referred to the state licensing committee. Thus, there are different governing bodies for deceased and living donations. Under HOTA, the umbrella organization for deceased donation is NOTTO (National Organ Transplant and Tissue Organization), five regional organizations (ROTTO), and SOTTO in each state. ZTCC in Maharashtra predates NOTTO so it has not been dissolved and they actually replace SOTTO in the state. All patients on the waiting list receive a NOTTO ID to decide on priority. ZTCC allocates based on ID.
Q. Who is responsible for verifying relationships?
A. Usually doctors are not involved in any kind of malpractice. Doctors are victims of these embezzlements. Certificates of kinship and supporting documents are issued by relatives. The responsibility lies with the relatives. If at first glance there is no doubt, a doctor will not go into details. Nor do doctors have the powers or means to verify identity documents. Their basic and most important job is to ensure a safe and successful transplant. If there’s a mess in the transplant, you can hold a doctor responsible. The doctor is already stressed to ensure the success of the operation. But they are overwhelmed with the verification task. If someone introduces himself saying that he is a relative and that he wants to donate his organ, a doctor explains the process and sends the file to the committee. If the committee approves, they do it.
Q. What leads to malpractice?
A. When a patient is in dire need or the risk of death is high, they fall prey to middlemen, who have a well-oiled system. In the Ruby Hall Clinic case, a similar alleged incident took place. The doctors were absolutely not involved anyway. All of these events disrupt the transplant campaign.
Q. What impact do these incidents have on hospitals?
A. All related living transplants are bound to have an impact if things are not fixed. HOTA does not attribute any responsibility on the proof of the relationship. It is the authorization committee that approves the request and the doctor executes. Absent this, everyone in the system is reserved when malpractice surfaces. Then the doctor, vehicle of the ultimate journey, finds himself trapped. If doctors are unnecessarily reserved or if time is wasted proving their innocence, they will be discouraged from specializing in transplants. Hospitals, too, would think twice before encouraging living related transplants. And patients would continue to linger on the waiting list, search in remote places, or fall prey to such scams.
Q. What is the solution?
A. Patients need to behave more responsibly. More and more people should promise organs. Commitment is not difficult. Hospitals should proactively start identifying brain-dead patients. Intensive care units should play a role in convincing relatives to donate organs. Relatives should also check if the patient is brain dead and how the organs can be used.
Q. How do you sum up this two-decade-old journey of organ transplantation in Nagpur?
A. Progressive but not ideal. Initially we started with one hospital and slowly other hospitals followed. Every year we have seen an increase in the number of transplants. At the transplant institution should have been a reality now. A place that stood out as the first to do a corpse transplant in 2013 and encouraged other cities to take it over has fallen behind in its completion. After 2013, we also started doing liver transplants. We have also partnered to send heart and lungs to remote places like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. But we still face problems in transplanting these organs in Nagpur.
Q. Why are heart and lungs still not used here?
A. Relatives of the deceased donor are usually unwilling to wait the extra 10-12 hours required for the transplant team to reach Nagpur and retrieve the organs. They are in a hurry to perform the last rites. The region needs to eliminate this backlog.
Q. Will a dedicated institution help?
A. We started Kidney Transplant at GMCH Nagpur in 2016. After that, the medical school should have acquired a comprehensive organ transplant program. Unfortunately, that never happened after six years. Even the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Sawangi, offering specialty and postgraduate courses in all subjects, should have set up a dedicated center.
Q. What is holding them back?
A. A stable workforce is a problem in rural areas. Doctors come here for a year or two, gain experience and leave. Nagpur has a viability problem. Kidney transplant is the cheapest, liver is more expensive and heart is the most expensive among them. Some dedicated centers are being planned, but hopefully GMCH Nagpur will also offer one.
Q. How many patients are on the waiting list?
A. About 400 are waiting for a kidney transplant, more than 150 liver transplants and as many heart and lung transplants. But since people know that these transplants are not done, they do not enlist. So the number may be higher. After Covid, lung failure became common. Successful lung transplantation also occurs in these patients. Patients have therefore started registering in Nagpur. We are waiting for a hospital to provide this facility here.
Q. Why is the deceased donation rate still low?
A. We have performed 89 transplants from brain-dead patients, but not from circulatory-dead patients. Donation by a patient with circulatory death is increasingly recognized. When the heart stops working and the organs are recovered within a specified time, it is called circulatory death. It is also called donation after cardiac death (DCD). Few centers in India perform DCD. Once the law specifies guidelines, this will become more common and acceptable. The consent of relatives is still a big problem. Generally, people don’t pawn their organs. If a person did it in their lifetime, we don’t need anyone’s permission to harvest their organs after they die. In the absence of a pledge, the donation depends on the family. The success rate is high among family members who are aware of organ donation. But if they are not aware, the donation counseling rate is lower. | <urn:uuid:72d5bb42-c479-40dc-a8f4-4867a0c23d18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://donorsnet.net/transplant-surgeons-are-victims-of-organ-donation-abuse-nagpur-news/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951243 | 1,417 | 1.648438 | 2 |
A beginner's guide to writing therapy
Write this way
I've always found notebooks to be undeniably sexy. Specifically battered, handsome leather-bound ones. They always seem to lure one back for more. More to-do lists, half-baked thoughts, quotations, things to remember, ideas, non-sensical doodles that you look back on and try to ascertain WTF you were trying to draw.
I've come to rely on a plethora of notebooks dotted around my house—some sexy-looking, some not so much—even more during lockdown. When human contact is scarce, thoughts are more jumbled than a vintage fair in East London, and when constructing any real sense of order (both world and personal) seems impossibly out of reach, it's a great comforter.
Scrawling notes down on a page is less finite than pure diary-form, whereby a person dutifully records their day, at great length. Beautifully hand-written prose bleeding out onto a page, with a whisper of desire that these words really should be found. And printed somewhere for all to see and "umm, and ahh" over. Notetaking is more of a freestyle endeavour—there's a greater sense of urgency. Only you can really dissect its logic.
Or, as Joan Didion puts it:
"We are not talking here about the kind of notebook that is patently for public consumption, a structural conceit for binding together a series of graceful pensées; we are talking about something private, about bits of the mind's string too short to use, an indiscriminate and erratic assemblage with meaning only for its maker."
That's not to omit writing notes as a container for your thoughts and feelings entirely. For some, it really is more akin to journaling (often written in first-person), and an integral form of self-care.
"I'm an avid collector of stories and thoughts and impressions, and have siphoned my own, along with other people's in the form of quotes or things I've been told onto pages of notebooks for over 20 years now," says writer and podcaster Madeleine Spencer. "I've amassed over 30 and counting."
There's a ritualistic element to her practice, often documenting ideas and ruminations at night when her "mind is whirring." This act, she finds, is "enormously cathartic and forcing order where perhaps there was a bit of chaos. During lockdown, I've been delving back into my archives and was rather amazed at how accurately they captured the sense of my life at various points."
The purpose your notebook serves is your own making. For instance: Marilyn Monroe's hastily written jottings (almost unreadable) contain poetry, recipes and fragmented ideas. In one notebook, she writes a single line, "having a sense of myself"—like a grounded reminder, to go back to, to practice and channel every day.
Or, perhaps your notebook is more a creative pursuit. Grace Coddington, for example, scrawled sketches from the front row of her favourite looks in her beloved Smythson. Grimes is currently selling drawings from her notebooks in an LA exhibition this summer, entitled 'Selling Out.'
And this is why one notebook is not nearly enough for most of us. Our thought-streams are vast and complex, sometimes in conflict with each other.
Journalist and author of The Matchmaker, Catrionna Innes, has four on the go at any one time. "I keep notebooks for everything," she says. "I have a regular diary where I just write about my day and thoughts, one for writing a stream of consciousness when I wake up in the morning—which I read was good for creativity. I also have a 'one line a day' notebook and then a normal notebook I just carry around with me for when I have ideas about books, and I just love looking back on it. It's also quite interesting to see what I was thinking about before lockdown or last year. I think it helps you see how far you've come."
Ultimately, however you want to frame it, putting pen to paper is far more gratifying a habit to cultivate than turning to your iPhone Notes app. Writing something down can help clear the mind, let go of stressful thoughts and enable you to better process your feelings around a particular situation.
"In a way, it's similar to talking a situation through with a friend," says Lily Silverton, mental health and wellbeing coach (you can listen to her new podcast, Priorities, here). "Maybe you are writing something down about how unhelpful something is to you, or even, how ridiculous it seems." Adding that, "it also helps you clarify your goals, priorities and intentions, and so is a powerful way to ensure you to stay on track to the life you want to lead."
Diana Raab, author of Writers and Their Notebooks, lays down the basics for us:
THERE'S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH
"Some use it as a tool for survival or travel, some see it as a muse, and for others it's a habit they may have carried with them since childhood."
TRUST THE PROCESS
"[There are] no rules. Do what feels right. Writing is one way to communicate with yourself. One of the most magical aspects of writing for healing and stress-release is that once you make the decision to put your pen to the page, you have no idea what will emerge from your subconscious mind. It's all a magical process of self-discovery."
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
"Typically, when people refer to note-taking, they're referring to taking notes at a meeting or in a class or workshop situation when someone else is speaking. Notes are usually written in the third person. Journaling, on the other hand, is usually written in first person. There are two types of journaling. One is called automatic writing or stream-of-consciousness or freewriting where you write for 15-20 nonstop and see what emerges. Prompt-directed writing is when you're given a subject or prompt to write about."
REALLY THOUGH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SEMANTICS
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Click here for the previous weeks pond study
Today, week 5 of our pond studies, we concentrated on ecosystems. At least that is what I had planned. All the great plans of mice and men….
It started off well enough with Gary doing a teaching session on ecosystems. There’s something you should know about Gary- he used to be a lecturer many moons ago. He’s good, very good. I’m in the hall way on the computer and all I hear from the living room are sighs of contentment punctuated with the odd, ‘Daddy, your SUCH a good teacher!’ I pop my head around the corner for a photo of this apparent perfection and what do I see but Hangman being played on the white board – essential I am led to believe, in the whole concept of ecology!
I think ponds must have one of the most easily accessible ecosystems, and the children just found the whole thing fascinating (Hangman probably helped!). In addition to Daddy, I let them explore this web site which they seriously loved.
The goals this week were for the children to:
- Understand pond ecology
- Be able to identify any elements of the pond ecosystem in plain sight to them whilst at the pond
- Be able to discuss the elements they were unable to see either because the season or because of their position ie under the water
- Be able to use our water periscope to view under the water
However, once at the pond, we were met by a fairly badly injured duck, and it was this which was to take over our pond study:
It is incredible the difference just one week makes. Last week all was peace and quiet. This week, not so much. The pond was heavily populated with Mallard ducks, with many more than last week. Also, just seven days ago they were all existing happily and peaceably along side each other. There was much love in the air when we went down to the pond this week with many of the ducks having paired up:
However, the contest was on for the remaining female ducks. And what a contest! It was so noisy and ferocious it completely ruined the peace of the previous week:
Which brings me full circle to our little injured Mallard we found on the side of the pond. We believe it had been injured in a fight with another male for a female. My children are not backward in coming forward and soon they had summoned the local vets to the scene with their net, followed by the RSPCA:
They were so kind, sticking around for a good half an hour to chat with the children and explain why, if at all possible, they leave wildlife in the wild rather than bringing them in for treatment. My older children are all passionate about nature (inherited from my mum) and they all felt this was the absolute highlight of their week!
They believed the duck would heal himself, but promised to look in on it the next morning. We stuck around for a bit longer:
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With strong and creative writing skills, your child will have an edge in every academic topic and beyond, starting with primary school.
To bolster your child’s enjoyment in writing and to give him/her the ability to write captivating compositions, here are some creative writing topics for your primary 3 child to try at home.
Creative Writing Topics for Primary 3
1. Overcoming Fear
Write about a character who has to overcome his or her fear of something (e.g. water, big dogs, making new friends in a new school, riding the MRT alone for the first time, etc).
What did he or she do to be brave?
Purpose: For a piece of creative writing to be compelling, it should involve conflict. This topic lets your child practice writing about overcoming a challenge.
2. Oh Rainy Day!
Write a descriptive paragraph about a rainy day. You cannot use the word “rain,” “rained,” or “rainy” in the paragraph.
Purpose: Setting is an important element in compositions. Creative writing for primary 3 students should incorporate descriptions that are creative, compelling and effective.
3. Dealing with Hurt
Write about a time when your friend hurt your feelings.
Why did he or she do that? How did you respond? How did you overcome it?
Purpose: Friendship is a common theme in PSLE composition topics.
While your child does not have to take the PSLE just yet, now is a good time to start preparing. This topic helps your child practice expressiveness.
4. All About Lies
Write about a time when a character lied to his or her mother, and what happened in the end when he or she got caught.
Purpose: To practice constructing a scenario, building a plot, writing a resolution, and expressing emotions.
5. “When I grow up…”
Write about what you want to be when you grow up.
Purpose: To instil a sense of pleasure in creative writing for kids. This is a topic that most youngsters love to think about, so it would be a fun one to write.
6. Resolving Conflicts
Imagine that while queuing up, someone cut in front of you. After you confront this person, he or she still does not move. What would you do? How was this problem resolved?
Purpose: To write convincingly about a conflict. It is even better if your child can incorporate some dialogue.
7. The Truth About Bullies
What does bullying mean? Write about what you think of bullies and why.
Purpose: Not only are bullying and acts of mischief common themes in the PSLE, but they are also situations that many students may encounter or witness in real life, in school. This topic allows your child to practice writing about a moral dilemma.
8. “A Good Friend is…”
Write about what it means to be a good friend. Please provide at least two examples.
Purpose: To consider what it means to have integrity and be a kinder and nicer friend, and then to support his or her ideas by providing convincing examples.
9. Embarrassing Moments
Think of a time when you were embarrassed. Write about what happened. Where were you? Who were there? How did you feel?
Purpose: Whenever possible, creative writing for kids should involve a captivating plot. This topic allows your child to start building those plotting skills by first practising how to build a scenario.
10. Riding a Bike for the First Time
Write about the first time you learned how to ride a bicycle. How much practice did it take? What was hard about it? How did you feel the first time you succeeded riding independently?
Purpose: Your child can draw from his or her own experience and imagination to write about something new he or she learned, and the related struggles (e.g. falling down when practising, feeling panicked, scared or frustrated) and triumph that came with it.
11. Hard Work Pays Off
Write about a character who wanted something very much, and how he or she worked hard to get it.
Purpose: Creative writing for primary 3 students should draw from the child’s imagination to construct an inspiring story.
12. The Surprise Birthday Party
Imagine that your friends threw you a surprise birthday party. Describe every minute detail about the party.
Purpose: This is a fun one because every kid wants to have a surprise birthday party. Here, your child gets to exercise his or her descriptive writing pertaining to the setting, feelings (e.g. happiness and surprise), the senses (sound of singing and laughing, taste of the cake, the touch of birthday hugs, the sight of presents, the smell of chocolate), etc. Let your child’s imagination run wild.
13. Superhero Me
Imagine that you are a superhero. Write about what super powers you have, and how you could use those super powers to help somebody.
Purpose: Creative writing for kids should be fun. This topic does just that. In addition, it takes them beyond imagining their superpowers to describing how they would use those powers for the greater good.
Tips to Help Kids Enjoy Creative Writing
Instill a regular and frequent “creative writing practice time” at home. Having a routine can help. For example, 20 minutes of creative writing time after school every day. Here are some additional ideas for creative writing.
To make their efforts extra special, save the pages of their writing, bind them in a book, and let them illustrate the book covers. Make sure they title the collection too. They will feel like proud authors!
Boost your child’s writing potential now!
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Earlier this month, a collection of activist organizations from across North America published an open letter calling on our political leaders to ‘reject carbon capture and storage as a false solution to the climate crisis’.
The reality however, is that Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is a proven technology supported by billions in investment and has delivered real emissions reductions.
To label CCUS a ‘false solution’ is a blatant mischaracterization that detracts from serious discussions about the future of energy and Canadian climate policy.
Which begs the question as to why these groups raise their voice in opposition to every innovation developed by Canada’s natural gas and oil industry to reduce emissions.
Is it really about reducing emissions or is it about something else?
According to the world’s leading authority on energy issues, the International Energy Agency (IEA), ‘reaching net-zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS’.
That’s why CCUS is backed by parties from across the political spectrum.
It’s a key part of the federal government’s environmental plan. Provincial governments in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Ontario all support further investments and research in carbon capture because the technology works.
“Reaching net-zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS”
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY – CCUS IN CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITIONS, SEPTEMBER 2020
Just four experimental CCUS projects, found in Alberta, Norway, and Saskatchewan, together have cut emissions equivalent to taking 14 million cars off the road.
CCUS technology is used in several industrial applications and the captured carbon is being used to create new products like hand sanitizer, sunglasses and even vodka!
With a rising global population and growing middle class the world’s demand for energy will only continue to grow – this means we need more CCUS, not less.
The over-the-top rhetoric of the anti-everything protest class is hardly surprising. Activists portray the global transition to a lower carbon economy as a simple change that could be swiftly implemented if not for our indifferent political leadership.
The reality is this is an incredibly difficult task, it’s going to take decades, and the world will still need natural gas and oil even after we have achieved our ambitions.
In their crusade to end natural gas and oil development, Canada’s activists never note how there are nearly 1 billion people who live without electricity across the planet. Or how Global demand for energy is surging with electricity set to grow by 5 per cent in 2021 and a further 4 per cent in 2022.
Right now, in developing nations, leaders are turning to coal for the affordable and reliable energy necessary to grow their economies and their citizens’ quality of life.
We can do everything within our power to reduce our emissions domestically but if other countries continue to increase theirs, Canada’s significant efforts will make an insignificant difference in the global effort.
In Canada, we produce what is arguably the world’s cleanest natural gas. In B.C., we are developing an industry that will liquefy (by cooling it to –162 degrees Celsius) our natural gas so it can be safely transported to overseas markets – this is Liquefied Natural Gas or LNG.
In Canada, our liquefication process relies heavily on hydroelectricity which helps it be among the most sustainable processes on the planet. When you combine our world-leading natural gas with a first class liquefication process you get a Canadian industry that will produce the world’s best LNG.
But even though our LNG will be the world’s best – it’s still not good enough for Canada’s anti-everything activists.
When Canadian LNG is used instead of coal-fired power to generate electricity it cuts emissions in half. Canada is the only top-ten producer of natural gas and oil with a methane reduction target and a national carbon price.
Reducing emissions and protecting our environment is a primary goal for industry and government. It is the goal of Canadians. Its why there is such broad support for further investment in innovations like CCUS and Canadian LNG development.
The only opposition to further CCUS and LNG comes from Canada’s anti-everything activists.
When it comes to Canada’s industry, nothing is ever enough.
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Stage four pancreatic cancer remains an incurable disease.
Dr. David Kwon, medical director of Henry Ford Health System surgical oncology and its multi-disciplinary pancreas clinic, said there are many challenges one will face if given that diagnosis.
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced Tuesday that he was diagnosed March 15 and will be receiving chemotherapy treatments while he continues to work.
Treating this type of cancer in its advanced stages is generally not as effective as it would be if found in earlier stages, according to Kwon. It’s currently the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., according to a recent American Association for Cancer Research study.
Kwon said pancreatic cancer is found in its later stages 80 percent of the time while only being found 20 percent of the time for curative intent. He said it’s a form of cancer that spreads rather quickly by getting into the blood stream and rendering a patient stage four.
“The chemotherapy treatments, which are rather toxic, provide the ability to perhaps slow down the tumor’s growth, but not to completely eradicate it,” said Kwon. “It’s considered one of the more aggressive tumors due to the location of the pancreas, which is next to major blood vessels.”
In 2018, there were about 57,000 new diagnoses of pancreatic cancer in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. About 80 of those diagnosed will die from the disease.
Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 3 percent of all cancers in the U.S. and about 7 percent of all cancer deaths.
In Michigan, there were about 2,000 new diagnoses last year, according to Kwon, making it a rare form of cancer that physicians don’t spend a significant amount of time screening for.
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect meaning most are already in the advanced stages once given the diagnosis.
Kwon said research being done on pancreatic cancer is focused mainly on early detection and patient-directed therapy so physicians know specifically what mutations they are targeting.
“As chemotherapy agents get better, we are able to use targeted therapy to attack the tumor itself,” said Kwon. “There is no good early detection test in terms of radiographic studies or blood tests that exist in 2019 that we could routinely use to screen patients to determine if they may be developing pancreatic cancer.”
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are somewhat non-descript because the pancreas is located so deep within the body next to the spine.
- Symptoms typically include:
- Yellowing of the eyes or skin
- Unintentional weight loss
- Abdominal pain
“Many of these signs are rather vague,” said Kwon. “More often times than not, a physician or health care provider may chalk it to being reflex disease or ulcer-like symptoms. A lot of people tend not to think pancreas first when it comes to those types of symptoms. For those reasons, the pancreatic cancer is found too late.”
Life past diagnosis/Advances in treatment
Based on published statistics, Kown said the typical lifespan for someone diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer varies from three to 14 months depending on if the individual decides to seek treatment or not.
The lifespan past diagnosis can also depend on the person’s physical or mental health.
“With the newest treatments available, the survival rate has gone up significantly,” said Kwon. “Anywhere from 10 to 14 months would be the median surival curve.”
According to The University of Michigan, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer hit 9 percent in 2018, which represents a near doubling from 2013.
With continued advances in treatment and surgery, Kwon said a significant amount of pancreatic cancer patients have lived for years, instead of months.
“In the past decade, there have been major advances in the chemotherapy we’re administering,” said Kwon. “For that reason, the lifespan past diagnosis continues to improve and get better.”
When it comes to Patterson, Kwon said he really has his wits about and carries a “fighting spirit.”
“I think he (Patterson) can do quite well,” said Kwon. “It’s about the will to fight and the will to keep going that actually does patients quite well.”
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A team of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), Deakin University and Monash University surveyed more than 1200 Australian teenagers and in-depth interviews with 30 teens.
“The religious exempting is really out of step with what young people are saying,” said Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen from The ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences.
The Australian Research Council funded the $300,000 national survey which quizzed 13-18 year olds across Australia.
Researchers found that most young people interviewed did not support religious exemptions.
“This national survey demonstrates diverse young people's emphatic support for inclusion of sexual and gender diversity at school and their emphatic rejection of religious exemptions,” said Professor Rasmussen.
According to the survey, 84 per cent of Australia’s teens think school students should be allowed to openly express any sexual or gender orientation, while 80 per cent agree sex education in schools should include information relevant to LGBTQI people.
“Many of the young people we spoke to were not aware of the existence of religious exemptions and surprise and shock was a common response to hearing about them,” said Professor Rasmussen.
“Young people strongly supported religious freedom, but not when it impeded their own, and others’, freedoms. They want to learn about religion in schools, and they want schools that are inclusive of sexual and gender diversity,” she added.
During in-depth interviews teens were asked what they thought about religious exemptions, and specifically whether schools should be able to discriminate in relation to what gets taught at school along with hiring and firing staff in line with their religious beliefs.
“Most teens in the study rejected religious exemptions but some participants expressed an understanding for the position faced by religious institutions while still being personally against them,” said Professor Rasmussen.
Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen
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Australian National University
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Over the next two years, 11 organizations will each be granted up to $1 million to improve Algebra outcomes for Black and Latino students, English-language learners, and students experiencing poverty.
These grants are courtesy of the Gates Foundation, through its Grand Challenges platform—an initiative that targets persistent challenges in global health and development.
In this case, the challenge at hand is Algebra 1: a course that students in the United States often have to pass to graduate high school, and one that is the gatekeeper to accessing higher-level math that can set students up for success in the subject in college.
Black and Latino students have less access to Algebra 1, and they often take the course later than their peers. But as Education Week has reported, access isn’t the only barrier: Racial stereotypes influence teachers’ perceptions of students’ math abilities. Many experts also say that students’ sense of belonging and competence in the subject can affect their motivation—and that Black and Latino students, English-language learners, and students experiencing poverty aren’t encouraged to see themselves as “math people.”
These issues are at the core of what the Gates Foundation is attempting to address. The funding is going to organizations that aim to make Algebra more culturally responsive—more “accessible, relevant, and collaborative”—to engage and support students.
The grantees are:
- BetterLesson Inc., a lesson-sharing site;
- The Black Teacher Collaborative, a social entrepreneurship venture focused on supporting Black educators;
- ConnectED, which partners with districts to develop college and career pathways;
- Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science, in partnership with Howard University;
- Mastory, a German-Hungarian ed-tech startup;
- The Rhode Island Department of Education;
- The University of California at Los Angeles Curtis Center for Mathematics and Teaching;
- The University of Florida;
- Village Education Tutors Foundation, a tutoring and mentorship program in Delaware;
- The Young People’s Project, a community organization supporting youth math literacy in Massachusetts;
- Zearn, a nonprofit math program.
Programs aim to support students’ emotional well-being, not just achievement
While these grants weren’t designed as a response to COVID-19, they’ve been awarded in the midst of growing concern over the pandemic’s effect on student learning.
Recent reports have shown, following trends from interim assessment data released over the past year, that students of all backgrounds didn’t make as much academic growth as they would have in a “normal” year. An analysis of state testing data from the Center for Assessment this month found decreases in the percentage of students scoring proficient, from 7 percent to 15 percent drops in math.
As the 2021-22 school year starts, educators and other experts caution that social-emotional concerns have to be part of the plan for academic recovery. Students have to feel comfortable working with peers and that they belong in school for learning to happen, they say.
“The pandemic reinforces what we know about mathematics and how students gain math proficiency,” said Bob Hughes, director of K-12 Education in the United States Program at the Gates Foundation.
Making sure that teachers create supportive environments where students can develop strong math mindsets, “those things need to be part of the new paradigm post-recovery,” he said. The Gates Foundation has commissioned an evaluation by the American Institutes for Research of the work funded through these grants, that will look at the efficacy of the organizations’ programs over the next few years.
Attending to students’ global wellness, not solely their math performance, is the goal for Village Education Tutors Foundation, one of the Gates Foundation’s grantees.
The group, which is based in Wilmington, Del., will use the funding to support its tutoring and mentorship program for African American and Latina 8th grade girls.
Students in the program work virtually in small groups with certified teachers and university student mentors on curriculum-based instruction. And they also participate in wellness coaching, where they can talk about issues like managing the stress of COVID-19, or how to create a peaceful environment in their home for studying. About 120 students from the Colonial School District in New Castle, Del., participate currently.
“All of the program is really centered around making sure that folks feel whole,” said Shawnickque Kent, the founder and executive director of the organization. “How do we tap into children who may be brilliant beings, but they’re just struggling on a social-emotional front?”
Village Education Tutors recruits its university mentors primarily from historically black colleges, so that “students who are mentoring are coming from the communities they’re serving,” Kent said.
Kayla Scott, a mentor with the program and a rising junior at Howard University, said that the mentorship program can provide a protective environment for African American and Latina students, who face a host of stressors at school—from test pressure to discriminatory discipline practices.
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Sapphires come from corundum minerals. The most popular one is blue sapphire, but did you know that they come in many colors such as green, pink, purple, yellow, black and white? It can basically come in every color except red. Red stones that come from corundum minerals are called rubies.
Often associated with royalty and wisdom, this stone only grows in popularity. Most famous sapphire must be Princess Diana’s blue sapphire engagement ring (now it belongs to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge). You can also surprise your loved one with this September birthstone as a gift for 5th and 45th wedding anniversary.
The most known one is royal blue sapphire, but it can also come in a pale light blue color. The most valuable ones come in dark blue, almost purple-blue or green-blue color. But those secondary colors (green and purple) should not come in at more than 15%. Purity and clarity are another important thing we should consider when buying a blue sapphire engagement ring.
Green sapphire is the least known sapphire. But it’s rarity doesn’t have a major impact on the price. When shopping for a green sapphire ring we should consider especially with light green stones, it’s clarity because imperfections show on these beauties more than on the other sapphires. But don’t let this distract you from the fact that green sapphires are cheaper and harder than most of the other green stones.
Like other sapphires, peach sapphires also grow in popularity. So when choosing this piece of jewelry you are not only going to have a gorgeous ring, but you will be ahead of everyone with this trend.
Another lesser known stone but still extremely beautiful especially because it’s shifting blue and green color. Perfect teal sapphire stones have 50-50 green and blue stone colors. It’s considered to be a great investment because of its rarity.
DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE
If you swear by quality and elegance, a diamond and sapphire engagement ring is a ring with your name all over it. Both stones are highly favored among many people, so you simply can’t go wrong with it.
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A colony of Gram-negative bacilli, or rod-shaped Salmonella sp. bacteria. (Photo: CDC/Janice Haney Carr)
Salmonella surveillance data is essential to monitor the burden of disease, follow trends in antibiotic resistance, detect outbreaks and evaluate national policies aimed at reducing the incidence of salmonellosis. Additionally,
Salmonella results from public health laboratories are used to conduct attribution and other special studies.
However, budget cuts limit the ability of state and local public health laboratories to fully characterize all enteric pathogens they receive, including
Salmonella. And with the advent of culture independent diagnostic tests, public health laboratories now receive stool specimens and other clinical materials instead of pure isolates, making the work even more costly, complex and time consuming.
To address these issues, APHL’s
Salmonella Work Group has released a white paper, “Salmonella Serotyping in US Public Health Laboratories,” examining currently acceptable methods for
Salmonella serotyping, including advantages, disadvantages and cost considerations for each. It describes the considerations for implementing new molecular methods versus maintaining traditional serologic techniques. It also discusses ways to incorporate Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoreses into the
Salmonella serotyping workflow. Both traditional and molecular
Salmonella serotyping methods will continue to sustain public health surveillance systems until whole genome sequencing (WGS) methods are well established.
A Model to Sustain National
Given resource limitations, CDC along with state and local public health laboratories and clinical partners must explore ways to sustain a national
Salmonella surveillance system that does not depend on CDC as the primary reference laboratory for routine testing. In collaboration with CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, APHL’s
Salmonella Work Group proposed a model intended to maintain
Salmonella serotyping in public health laboratories. APHL’s
Salmonella Serotyping Sustainability Model outlines roles for CDC’s National
Salmonella Reference Laboratory, state and local public health laboratories and a small number of new
Salmonella serotyping reference laboratories should funding become available. The model has three main goals:
- To encourage state and local public health laboratories to serotype all clinical
Salmonella isolates whether in-house or referred
- To reserve use of CDC’s National
Salmonella Reference Laboratory for atypical or difficult isolates
- To set up a small number of
Salmonella Serotyping Reference Laboratories to conduct serotyping (serovar determination) using WGS
The model is intended to maintain current
Salmonella surveillance practices using accepted methods until WGS has been widely implemented and traditional and molecular serotyping are no longer routinely required.
APHL will continue to work closely with CDC to develop a three to five year plan to transition
Salmonella serotyping to WGS technologies.
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During this period of social isolation, there’s nothing like a good podcast. At once conversational, informative, and sometimes funny, podcasts can make you feel like you’re right there in the room with the speakers. And with these selections, you’re sure to learn a little something at each listen.
New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell examines the way that the passage of time affects how we perceive events of the past. Each week, he takes an event, person, idea from the past and reinterprets them to offer a different perspective on them in his usual captivating way of speaking.
Lore is an award-winning podcast about the true stories behind common myths and legends of all kinds. With its spooky, atmospheric storytelling, you’ll feel like you’re listening to campfire stories, while learning fascinating historical facts.
A chilling and fascinating podcast dedicated to exploring Canadian true crime. If the darker side of our country’s past is something that interests you, you’ll love a taste of Dark Poutine!
It’s hard to describe exactly what This American Life is about; it offers deep dives into a variety of different subjects which impact our culture and daily lives, presented in a riveting storytelling format. The show has been on the air since 1995, so there are over 600 episodes to choose from!
This podcast takes one invention or innovation every episode and explores its origin. It focuses on all the thought that goes into the things that surround us but that we don’t really notice anymore – the architecture, objects, and concepts that make modern life possible.
This one is a little different from the rest of the list, because it’s full of fiction! Each week, the incomparable LeVar Burton, host of the Reading Rainbow, reads a short story… but for grownups, this time! Discover a brand new author to add to your list of favorites through their short fiction!
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At South Port Community Housing Group we give vulnerable people a place to call home. We are a unique and vibrant organisation, proudly community-based, and community-focused.
The issues of prime concern to us are:
- the lack of housing options for many people in the lowest income groups, particularly marginalised single adults and youth, and
- the risk of growing levels of homelessness and social exclusion.
The outcomes we strive for are:
- Secure, long term tenancies for the most disadvantaged
- Connecting marginalised people to local services, facilities and opportunities.
How we achieve those outcomes is through provision of quality housing; sensitive and compassionate tenancy management and support; providing our tenants with opportunities to ‘get involved’; researching and distributing information about local services and opportunities; and developing more housing as every opportunity presents.
We currently manage 285 tenancies for adults, and in 2016 we supported 84 young people who were homeless or facing homelessness.
We have created 71 new units of accommodation locally since 2011.
We see housing as a human right- this value is reflected in everything we do.
We create and manage affordable rental housing options in the City of Port Phillip for single adults and young people who have faced homelessness and social exclusion.
We encourage our tenants to participate in the local community and share in the benefits of inner-city living.
We work with people who are most in need of an affordable, supportive place to live.
“A sense of belonging is incredibly important to an individual’s mental health as it allows people to feel valued, needed and accepted.”
Hagerty, et al, Sense of Belonging: A Vital Mental Health Concept. 1992
What we do
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
We manage 285 tenancies, all located in the City of Port Phillip, most targeted to single people on low income who are experiencing a period of crisis in obtaining or maintaining secure housing.
Reflecting our commitment to helping people make a long term home, our Housing Team includes people with skills in social work and community development as well as tenancy and property administration.
Much of our housing is located in buildings with interesting histories, which have been private hotels and rooming houses in days gone by.
We lease property from the State Government.
We own and develop housing.
We help people to access the support they might need to live independently and do all we can to assist people to sustain their housing.
Our tenants are invited to get involved on committees and working groups, and in local activities and events, including meals, arts and social programs we run ourselves.
We help local people to stay in the local area.
We believe everyone has a right to safe, secure housing and we assist people most in need.
SPECIALIST YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT:
We have three professionally trained and understanding Youth Support Workers providing case managed support to young people aged 15-25 who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness. This support is tailored to an individual’s needs and can include support with housing, living skills, parenting, education, health issues, employment and relationships.
ACCREDITATIONS AND PARTNERS:
- We work closely with the State Government and have the following government accreditations:
- Registered Housing Provider with the Victorian Government Housing Registrar
- Specialist Homelessness Services Provider (youth homelessness) with Department Health and Human Services Victoria
- Registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission and Deductable Gift Recipient
- Registered Not-for-profit Incorporated Association in Victoria
- Long term leasing arrangements with the State Government for State-owned community housing properties
To ensure our work is well linked with current knowledge, we are members of:
- Council to Homeless Persons (CHP)
- Community Housing Federation Victoria (CHFV)
- Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
- Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA)
- VICSERV Peak Body for Mental Health Services
We partner with relevant key agencies to ensure our referrals are from people most in need and to ensure our tenants have access to good specialist health support services:
- Launch Housing
- Sacred Heart Mission St Kilda
- Wintringham (Specialist Aged Care)
- MIND Australia (Community Mental Health)
- Vincentcare – Ozanam House
- Star Health
- Father Bob’s Foundation
South Port Community Housing Group began in 1982 on the initiative of three people: Heather McKee, Social Worker at South Melbourne Council, Beris Campbell, Social worker at Port Melbourne Council, and Jon Watson, Minister at the Uniting Church South Melbourne.
Formation of the South Port Rooming House Committee (as the organisation was then known) happened in response to three factors:
- The numbers of single person households being displaced by rapid gentrification and the sale and conversion of local rooming houses, pubs, bungalows and other forms of affordable singles housing;
- The existence of two State Government owned rooming houses on the Emerald Hill Estate that had been acquired by Government several years earlier;
- Election of the Cain State Government which was committed to social programs and public housing and created a Rooming House Program within the bureaucracy in the early 1980s.
Opportunities grew quickly in the 1980s and early 90s, with the organisation taking on head-leases of 13 State-owned rooming houses with tenancy numbers totaling around 170. In response to growing numbers of homeless young people locally, a Youth Housing Program began in 1985 and received State funding in 1986.
In 2002 South Port won a State Government tender for a new property that resulted in the 41 new one-bedroom flats at 306 Dorcas Street.
Since 2009, in partnership with the State Office of Housing, and out of concern for the high turnover and perceived lack of safety in rooming houses, South Port has successfully achieved eight rooming house conversions. The organisation made this a priority and devoted significant time and resources to making the conversions happen over a six-year period. 106 rooms in those eight rooming houses were reduced to 94 bed-sits to achieve this result. There has been a highly significant change to stability and safety in the accommodation since the conversions.
With the support of the State Government, in 2011 the organisation moved into an exciting new phase, taking on ownership of two properties in 2012 and 2014.
In 2011 a successful submission was made to the Federal Nation Building Program, a grant of $11.5 million was received and, on land leased for 80 years from the Melbourne Roman Catholic Diocese, 40 new one-bedroom flats, owned by South Port, were constructed at 330 Bank Street, South Melbourne.
In 2014 South Port was approached by the G.W.Vowell Foundation wanting to sell their 31 bed-sit flats for the over 55 age group in Emerald Street, South Melbourne. After a long campaign, South Port obtained a State grant, borrowed funds for the first time, and purchased the Emerald Street property.
The City of Phillip in its earlier guise as City of South Melbourne and City of Port Melbourne, helped create our organisation in 1982. It has supported us in many ways since. Our work has benefited from Community Grants towards our meals programs, events tickets and community gardening and, more recently, a grant to assist our joint project with Launch Housing to pilot a Homeshare program in the City.
Father Bob Maguire, the energetic over 80 year old Parish Priest at St Peter and Pauls South Melbourne for 39 years, is, very happily, still in our neighbourhood. The Father Bob Foundation office is in Albert Park and the meals/food depot in South Melbourne. Sharing a passion for social justice, all things community and for the people of the South Port area, we have worked closely with the Foundation since its establishment. We jointly run the annual Community Street Party in South Melbourne.
Organised through Justice Connect, Melbourne, law firm Sparke Hellmore generously donated the time of their Pro Bono and Community Team to help us write a new Constitution to comply with the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012.
Streetsmart Australia develops relationships with many of Melbourne’s amazing restaurants and cafes to raise funds and awareness to bring about change for people experiencing homelessness or at risk. They have generously provided us with small grants over many years now to assist our community programs.
We have worked closely with Launch (previously HomeGround and Hanover) for many years- combining to offer transitional housing to young people facing homelessness and to take referrals to our long term housing for adults.
This year we have a new and exciting partnership with Launch Housing: to conduct a pilot Homeshare program in the City of Port Phillip. Homeshare matches people with spare rooms with people who, in part-exchange for accommodation, can provide some help and companionship.
Sacred Heart is also a long term partner: Sacred Heart clients accesss our housing, and Sacred Heart helps our tenants get support when they need it. This year we are part of a small working group convened by Sacred Heart Mission to develop understanding of, and response to, rough sleeping in the City of Port Phillip.
MAIN REFERRING AGENCIES
Other agencies which refer people to our housing and provide ongoing support include:
Our values guide the way we work, our decision-making & our relationships within the organisation, with tenants, partners & other stakeholders.
Fair, transparent, non-discriminatory access and service provision
We ensure fair, non-discriminatory service provision and access to services.
We are committed to housing the homeless and not rejecting people regarded as “hard to house” or “high risk” tenants.
Warm, respectful, empowering and supportive tenancy management
We work with people in a way that is warm and respectful and encourages them to take responsibility for and control over their own lives.
We provide housing services of a supportive nature, with emphasis on maintaining tenancies of people with complex needs.
Accountable, ethical and high quality
We are accountable to and governed by members of the community including tenants/clients of the organisation.
We maintain high professional standards, accountability, and ethical behaviour in governance, management and service delivery.
Courage to speak up
We have courage to challenge things we see as wrong and stand up for things we strongly believe in.
Respect individual’s privacy and sensitive use of information
We do not collect personal information unless it is directly necessary for our work with tenants and clients and funding organisations.
Engagement with community
We develop “community” that is based on good relationships among staff, committee, tenants, and neighbours.
We encourage the local community and locally based businesses to share in the responsibility for tackling homelessness.
Zero Tolerance of Violence and Abuse
We do not tolerate violence, or other forms of abuse, and will be vigilant in our efforts to prevent and stamp out any violence, abuse or exploitation of vulnerable individuals of all ages.
CEO – CHARLIE BECKLEY
Manager Corporate Services, Steve Timmerman
Manager Housing Operations, Matt Kent
Manager H2H Program, Richard Cook
Finance Coordinator, Manuel Solano Castro
Office Manager, Simone Tracey
Project Consultant, Rob Leslie
Youth Program Team Leader, Rebecca Blight
Community Housing Worker, Elana Kopke
Housing Worker Properties/Maintenance, Ron Hazelwood
Community Housing Worker, Daniel Daly
Community Housing Worker, Lauren Wilson
Youth Housing Support Worker, Claire Lilburne
We are governed by an independent volunteer Board whose commitment to the organisation is vital to our ongoing success. All current members either live or work in the local area and a possess skills and knowledge vital to guiding our work.
The Board members 2020-2021 are:
President, Mary Anne Noone
Mary Anne is a Professor in the Law School at La Trobe University. She has been active in a number of community organisations over 30 years, and is currently a Board member of Carers Victoria. She was a board director with Victoria Legal Aid from 2000 to 2012. Mary Anne has had an active interest in social justice; one of her first committee memberships was with the Tenants Union of Victoria in the early 1980s. She is also a long term resident of South Melbourne. Mary Anne has been on South Port’s board since 2009.
Deputy President, Bill Joyce
Bill trained in social work and public policy. His professional background is with the State Government as a senior public servant in the areas of Children’s Homes in the 1970s, Regional Manager with Community Services Victoria in the 1980s and 90s, and Manager and Assistant Director roles in Housing and Support at DHS Head Office up to 2004. Since retiring Bill has done part time work with Kids Under Cover and The Lighthouse Foundation. Bill is a long term resident of the City of Port Phillip and has been on South Port’s board since 2005.
Rachelle has lived with South Port since 1997 when she lived in a large, mixed rooming house in South Melbourne and then the women’s rooming house in Port Melbourne. She has always taken on a strong supportive role with other residents and has been an active participant in various organised groups such as the Women’s Group and Arts Group. Rachelle joined the board in 2006.
Tom has worked as a magistrate for the last 15 years. He holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and LLB from Monash University and a Diploma of Criminology from Melbourne. He worked as a lawyer for 43 years, including being a partner at Maurice Blackburn and Co for 20 years. He has been involved locally on the committee of the South Melbourne Districts Football Club and, in another volunteer role, was the on the ALP State Foreign Affairs Committee for three years. He has been on South Port’s board since 2009.
Matt Boland has had a long career in the State public service in a range of policy areas including urban and regional planning. He was also Director Corporate Affairs at RMIT University and for a number of years was Chief of Staff for Victorian Ministers for Education, Planning, Arts and Women’s Affairs. He is currently Director of a company, Page Street Services Pty Ltd. He is a resident of the City of Port Phillip and has been on South Port’s board since 2015.
Sheryl has been living with South Port since 2004, living in rooming house, then bed sit unit and finally in one of the new one bedroom apartments.
Sheryl worked is a Women’s refuge, where she drove children to school and aided in safety planning for women’s safety against violent partners. Other work Sheryl has completed includes: taxi driver, telephonist operator, dispatch coordinator and truck driver. She was a on the Lionel Hall Community School Committee as a student representative .
Sheryl joined the committee, so that she can be more heavily involved with the local community and influence decisions made for the organisation to achieve outcomes for tenants and people experiencing homelessness.
Secretary, Andrew Scarlett
Andrew Scarlett works for the City of Port Phillip as Senior Urban Economist. He grew up in the City of Port Phillip. For several years before his Port Phillip role, he worked as an Independent Economic Analyst including for APEC Australian Study Centre, the Australia Institute, and Economists at Large. Andrew also has a strong background in energy and environment issues having been National Marketing Manager for Energy Matters and positions with the Energy and Water Ombudsman and the Environment Protection Authority. He has an Arts Degree in Philosophy and an MBA from Melbourne Business School. Andrew has been on South Port’s board since 2015.
Richard’s professional background is in hotel and bar management. He worked in catering including at Holiday Inn and Flemington Racecourse. As a long term resident of South Port (since 1997) Richard has lived in rooming houses, bed-sit flats and now a one-bedroom flat. Richard first joined the board in 2009 and has a strong understanding of the social housing system and of the needs and issues faced by tenants.
Alex is a Port Melbourne Resident for over 20 years, and has 20 years of professional project management experience working for leading asset management and construction consultancies.
Alex came to know the work of SPCHG as project manager of the design and construction of 330 Bank Street. Alex is able to contribute in the areas of asset and risk management, from his knowledge of feasibility planning, asset strategy, procurement, delivery and management of property development.
Treasurer, Andrew Sattler
Andrew Sattler is an accountant who worked for many years for Ford Motor Company as Treasurer and Financial Controller and more recently for First Urban, and the Australian Council for Private Education and Training. Andrew’s qualifications include ACA (CAANZ), following a Bachelor of Business Studies at Massey University. Andrew has lived in South Melbourne for 13 years and has also worked with Father Bob Maguire and Father Julian at St’s Peter and Paul in South Melbourne.
Norman completed both a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA at Melbourne Uni, is a qualified accountant and held a Real Estate Agents License for more than 30 years. He has worked in the USA as a business consultant with McKinsey and Co. and has been CEO, State Manager and National Marketing Manager of three different Australian companies and CEO of three different industry associations including the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Norman has also volunteered with Indigenous Community Volunteers for 15 years. He was on South Port’s board from 2010 to 2017.
Beris Campbell OAM
Beris Campbell OAM, BA Dip Soc Studs (Melb). Beris is social worker who was awarded an OAM in 2011 for services to older people particularly through the Homeshare Program, and in 2003 an Australian Centenary Medal for service to community services and aged care. For over 20 years Beris managed community services for Port Melbourne Council and, with the advent of Council amalgamations in 1994-5, achieved the amalgamation of the three former Councils’ Community Services Departments for the City of Port Phillip. Beris co-founded South Port Community Housing Group in the early 1980s and has served on its board until 2017 including several terms as Chairperson. She was also a long term board member of the local nursing home, CaSPA Care Ltd, and is currently very involved with Homeshare Australia and New Zealand.
Heather McKee, along with Beris Campbell, is a co-founder of South Port Community Housing Group. A qualified social worker, she was working as the senior social worker at South Melbourne Council when she formed a committee that led to the formation of South Port Community Housing Group. Heather has had a 30-year career in local government community services covering the development and co-ordination of both council and community managed services, in social planning, and senior management. She held senior management roles at Footscray Council, Maribyrnong Council and the City of Port Phillip. She has also served on several not-for-profit boards delivering community health and welfare services and a local school council. Heather is a long term resident of Middle Park and was on South Port’s board from foundation as South Port Rooming House Service in 1983 until 2017. | <urn:uuid:ca5595c8-1708-4754-8357-f12849c1640b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spchg.org.au/about-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.958359 | 4,074 | 1.59375 | 2 |
What does it take to win a sprint stage in the Tour de France?
A picture says a thousand words, so let’s begin the answer with a trip on a professional sprinter’s bicycle. This is John Degenkolb finishing second in Stage 1 of this year’s Tour of California (he’s beaten by Mark Cavendish, who you see first at 0:50 and then catch a glimpse of on his right at the very end).
Fast, frantic, and furious.
But the physiology and the power output that goes into producing that is really interesting too. Not something I’ve covered here much in the past, my focus has normally been on the mountains where the yellow jersey is won and lost. But today, and for this week, it’s about the green jersey, and the fastest men in the Tour.
As luck would have it, I was chairing a session at the recent European College of Sports Sciences meeting in Amsterdam, and up to present comes Paolo Menaspa, who is studying this exact question. We discussed it afterwards, and he agreed to help me put together an explanation of some of the hidden aspects of a professional cycling sprint.
So here is Paolo’s expert viewpoint (indented and dark grey if you want to read uninterrupted!), with some comment and added explanation woven in from me.
Introducing “The sprint”
As background, the sprint is the final maximal acceleration done to reach the finish line in front of other competitors. Sprints only last a few seconds (about 10 to 15 sec) and occur at the end of relatively flat races, finishing at high speeds (>60kph) and with a fairly large number of competitors. Some may consider flat stages (sprint-stages) boring. However for many, the sprint stages display the quintessence of physiological, technical and tactical display in cycling.
Cyclists that specialise in the sprints are often similar to the Usain Bolts of the athletics world.
Ross: This is certainly true within the professional peloton, but I’d just elaborate that a Tour de France sprinter is NOT actually as diametrically opposed to a climber or overall GC contender as say, Usain Bolt would be to Wilson Kipsang or Haile Gebrselassie, who run marathons. The pure “sprinters” of cycling are on the track, or even in BMX competitions, where the total effort is much shorter and the power outputs achieved much higher.
So the noteworthy thing about a Tour de France type sprinter is that they possess the physiology of endurance athletes (you can’t escape 6 hours of cycling over mountains) but also the ability to generate enormous power outputs at the end of it.
Just what kind of power outputs are we talking here?
The scientific literature regarding road cycling sprinters is extremely limited. To date, only a couple of studies reported the peak and average power output in successful sprints, but only from single riders.
One of the reasons for the lack of scientific research is the limited number of successful sprinters. For example, consider that during the 2008 to 2011 grand tours (Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana) 79 stages finished with a sprint, and 54 stage victories were shared between only 5 sprinters. More recently, one very successful sprint cyclist won 30 sprints! (Ross: No surprises for guessing who this was – hint: he sadly won’t add to this collection in 2014, having abandoned due to injury)
The other 25 stages were won by 19 different sprinters (Menaspa 2013). Data indicate that the last decade there were only five reliable successful sprinters in the entire peloton.
During the last 3 years my colleagues and I were able to see and analyse races files from six different professional World Tour sprinters. Their average age, height and weight were 27 yrs, 1.76 m and 72 kg, respectively.
Ross: Just a word from me here – with respects to these numbers, logic dictates that a sprinter would be heavier than an overall tour contender, because the requirement for sustainable power to weight in the mountains decides the yellow jersey, whereas the sprints and green jersey are won (partly) due to absolute power, and the bigger you are, the higher that number (all things being equal).
And sure enough, this is what you find. Six of the favorites for this year’s Tour de France title (Froome, Contador, Nibali, Valverde, Mollema & Talansky) have an average mass of 64.4 ± 4.1 kg, compared to 71.7 ± 1.1 kg for the six sprinters Paolo has analyzed. Height-wise, the GC guys this year are a little taller, but I wouldn’t read too much into that – Froome and Nibali are both tall, pushing the average up.
Back to Paolo:
We decided to include in our study only competitions in which the cyclists finished in the top five (Ross: makes sense – you want to know what success looks like, not the aborted sprints, though this would be of interest separately).
The sprint peak power output was 1248±122 W (range: 989-1443 W), and the average power was 1020±77 W (865-1140 W) for a duration of 13±2 s (9.0-17.0 s). These data fall within the range of previously published data where, for example, a peak power of 1097 W and 1370±51 W were reported for won sprints. The peak speed reached during the sprints was 66.1±3.4 (57.1-70.6), slightly lower than the expected; however, the speed data were in agreement with previously published data (J Martin 2007, Menaspa 2013).
Ross: I took the liberty of creating some visuals of the above data:
So the peak power output measured in these sprints was 1443W, and across the group, the average was 1248 W. That corresponds to between 17 and 18 W/kg, and so that is the short answer to our opening question!
For comparison’s sake, when we hit the mountains, we are expecting to see the GC men win the Tour with sustained efforts of maybe 30 to 40 min in the range of 5.9 to 6.2 W/kg.
For shorter duration sustained efforts, look no further than the power output file of Vincenzo Nibali’s second stage victory in Sheffield, shown below. He produced an average of 495 W (7.6W/kg) over the final 2 minutes (1500m) of the stage, but the break was created with two very big (though short) efforts of over 900W, which you can see in the graph (green line is power).
So, 6W/kg in the mountains wins yellow, 8W/kg with 15 W/kg attacks wins last minute breakaways, and 18 W/kg wins sprints!
Incidentally, I expect Marcel Kittel, who has dominated the two contested sprints in the 2014 Tour, to produce higher absolute numbers than the numbers for sprinters shown above, purely because of his size (82kg on the Tour website profile), and so at 18W/kg, he would be pushing 1476W.
A note also on fatigue effects – these numbers are produced after 150 to 200km of racing, so do not represent a true peak for each rider. Paolo informed me that they would probably be 10 to 15% higher (so 1600 to 1700 W) in a fresh, non-fatigued state, though this has not been documented in this group. Those “pure sprinters” I mentioned earlier, from the track, would probably be touching or even exceeding 2000 W, but as mentioned, a professional road cyclist sprinter is riding 5 hours and then delivering maybe 90% of their peak power output, combining aspects of endurance and explosive power.
It’s not all about the power
However, there’s more to the story than the power, and this is where it gets interesting. The race winner is NOT necessarily the man who produces the highest power output, because the sprint is a complex event, where tactics and aerodynamic factors can play a crucial role.
We know that the highest sprint power is not always the race winner, because there is no correlation at all between the two outcomes, as the graph below shows:
There are several factors that can explain this.
Aerodynamics – getting more for less
Sprinters with different aerodynamics reach different speeds for the same power output. Of course the aerodynamic characteristics depend on the cyclist’s size (height and body mass) and the shape of the moving ensemble: bike, cyclist and equipment.
In aerodynamics there is an element that consider all these factors and summarise them into a single number. It’s called CdA (coefficient of drag area) and, to put it in practical terms, the lower the better.
To give some reference data, Eddy Mercx’s position for the 1972 hour record had an estimated CdA of 0.262. A normal road bike with road helmet and cyclist riding with hands on the drops has a CdA of approximately 0.300. The sprint position is slightly less studied (especially if compared with time trial positions), also because when you sprint out of the saddle the position changes continually.
However, unpublished wind tunnel data demonstrate a reduction in the CdA from ~0.295 for a traditional out of the saddle sprint position to ~0.260 for a more aerodynamic position.
Ross: One of the best proponents of this, and the best way to illustrate it, is Mark Cavendish – see the pictures below. Cavendish in the bottom row, whereas team-mate Mark Renshaw is the top row, with high shoulders.
The “Cavendish” position: low shoulder and head down (David Martin, personal communication) is one of the more aerodynamic positions during a sprint. Because of the extremely high speeds reached by sprint cyclist and the very small winning margins, the aerodynamic shape of the sprint cyclist can be extremely important.
In practical terms, such a reduction in CdA (~10%) can result in more than three metres advantage over a 14 seconds sprint. Based solely on these data, it becomes obvious why there were no correlations between absolute power (Watts) and race results.
Ross: That projection of 3m during a 14 second sprint is powerful, because you won’t often see sprints won by that margin. Typically, you’re looking at half a bike length. Yesterday, Sagan was beaten by a bike length, maybe 2m. This was arguably one of the driving factor’s for Cavendish’s sprint dominance, his ability to extract higher speeds at the same power output (or more likely, to go just fast enough despite lower outputs)
Tactics: Where the sprint is lost
So, aerodynamics is one factor that explains why power output alone doesn’t win sprints. The other is tactics. Well, to put it differently, bad tactical approaches will cost a win, and Paolo explains some data on this:
Tactical variables may be as important as, or even more important than, power alone. A recent case study showed that a good position in the bunch and team support are important factors for road sprint performances (Menaspa 2013).
In particular, video analysis revealed that in successful sprints the sprinter was in 6th (±2) position with one minute to go (i.e. around the last km mark), while he was in 9th (±5) position in sprints in which he ended in the top 10 (but not top 5). With 30 seconds to go (i.e. about 500 m to the finish line) the sprinter was 3rd (±1) when he won, while he was in 8th (±5) when he didn’t win. It’s also interesting to look at the whole range of data (unpublished). In fact not a single victory was obtained when the sprinter was further back than 9th position with one minute to go. Similarly, no sprints were won if the sprinter wasn’t in the top 6 at 30 sec to go.
That’s all summarized in this table, from an upcoming paper by Paolo and his team:
The same research investigated the team support, evaluated by the number of teammates in front of the sprinter. Interestingly, the number of team mates was higher in successful sprints, when compared to sprints in which the sprinter didn’t win.
The ideal scenario seems to be two teammates with one minute to go, and one from the last 30 sec till the start of the sprint (roughly 15s to go). There are some hypotheses that could explain why team support may be significantly helpful. For example, it guarantees a good position without having to fight for it. Also, a good lead-out train seems to facilitate the last kilometres of competition with a smooth ride, compared to a more stochastic ride for sprinters that have to find their way in the bunch alone (Ross: “stochastic” basically means the variable effort that you’d need to jump onto a wheel, sprint to close a gap etc – all of which costs energy that probably reduces the power output in that final 15 s sprint).
Here is a visual representation of the tactical build-up to the successful vs unsuccessful sprint:
So, in this data set anyway, if you aren’t in the Top 9 with a minute of the race left, and then in the Top 6 with 30 seconds left, you aren’t going to win the sprint.
Of course these results and conclusions may not apply to other sprinters, or to all the sprints. Among other things, the number and performance level of the competitors play a major role in the importance of good positioning.
The main limitation of the presented data set, with regard to this specific analysis, is that power data were recorded from different sprinters during different competitions. For future studies it would be interesting to compare files from several sprinters competing against each other in the same sprint. In that case it will be possible to better understand what the determinants of successful sprint performances are. The sprint cyclists are a unique and exciting component of the Tour de France. Not only do the sprinters boast some of the highest peak cycling power outputs in the peloton but they also display tremendous courage and tenacity as they jockey for ideal position leading into the final sprint. The winning sprint appears to be the combination of well executed tactics combined with outstanding physiology and aerodynamics.
So that’s an overview of the power output, aerodynamics and tactics in a professional sprint, which you can expect to see more of in coming weeks. Paolo informs me that there are likely seven stages ideally suited to the sprinters, and we’ve seen two.
I’d like to thank Paolo for taking the time to produce a translation of his research. He is currently studying at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as an Edith Cowan University PhD scholar. If you’d like to know more, then please contact him either at his Edith Cowan University site, or follow him and make contact via Twitter.
Also, I’d like to use this opportunity to invite anyone else who has interesting insights on the Science of Cycling to contact me to submit articles, and I’ll use them like I’ve done with Paolo in this article. So if you have a contribution, don’t hold onto it, let’s carry on the discussion!
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\ˌprō-pə-ˈgan-də, ˌpr-\: ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated […] spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. [Merriam-Webster].
Regardless of the nobility of its aim, propaganda is pernicious since, by its very nature, it attempts to suppress all viewpoints other than the one advanced, reducing the matter of contention to a uni-dimensional falsehood.
Flashback. As soon as the National Socialist German Workers Party rose to power, Joseph Goebbels was appointed Minister of Public Enlightenment & Propaganda. He started to roll out a simple two-fold plan. On the one hand, the Führerprinzip, - Leadership Principle – aimed to picture Hitler as the face, voice, pride and conscience of the nation. He was pictured in posters as a bearer of peace, a messiah. The Party’s artists went so far as to coin Christian symbolism in their drawings, everything was fair game. A 1936 poster held the following quote from the Führer: “I ask the German People to […] lend me its strength so that I will always and everywhere have the strength to fight for its honour and freedom”.
Present. In his address to the nation, on July 24, El Sisi declared: “I ask all honourable and faithful Egyptians to take to the streets […] to mandate me to confront terrorism and violence.” Campaigns, in support of Egypt’s military and the man at its helm, haven’t stopped sprouting since Morsi’s ouster: “Strike, El Sisi, with an iron fist”, “Hit the bull’s eye!” are the phase’s taglines. A nationwide movement is calling for the Commander-in-Chief to “make whole the favour he has done us” and run for president. Just last week, another group went so far as to call for El Sisi’s induction into office for 5 years, without elections. The novelty lies in the fact propaganda is – or, at least, appears to be – instigated by the People, not the State. Yes, it seems Egypt’s future and fate has but one name: El Sisi.
Not only does the “cult of the leader” create a serious imbalance in power between the executive, on the one hand, and legislative and judicial on the other; but it also does so between the military and the civil. It also paves the way towards re-establishing the toxic patriarchal dynamic between president and nation.
Flashback. It is easier for people to come together against a person or idea than to do so in support of it. The second campaign consisted of creating a common enemy, both within and beyond Germany’s borders. The enemy was a race: the Jews; an ideology: Bolshevism; and states: signatories of the WWI Versailles Treaty. The German People rallied behind the Nazi Party’s leaders. The hate movement began on 1 April 1933, with a boycott of Jewish businesses within the country, and escalated into an all-out war against the allies, which has forever changed the face of the world.
Present. The publicized witch hunt of Muslim Brotherhood senior members began as soon as Morsi was forcefully relieved of his presidential duties. Egyptian media have not stopped treating their audiences to a series of scoops and photos highlighting the capture of another MB leading figure; or documents implicating the “International” MB, pointing to the organization’s efforts to execute a regional plan where Egypt’s national security and sovereignty mattered little. The Brotherhood has been rendered illegal by court order, arms stashes are being seized on a regular basis, assets frozen and terrorist activities – esp. in the Sinai Peninsula – are being linked back to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, its supposed Palestinian counterpart. We are at diplomatic war with Turkey, a showdown that has seen the dismissal of the Turkish ambassador and recall of Egypt’s envoy to Turkey. The Cairo-Doha relations are probably at an all-time low and the Cairo-Washington hotline, is not so hot. In fact, Hamas has probably taken Al Qaeda’s place, and the US Israel’s, in Egyptians’ hearts.
Creating a common enemy of nebulous scale and viciousness pushes the People to de-prioritize other issues affecting their livelihood. After all, their very lives seem to be at stake. And when the enemy is from within, when a faction of the population is deemed "terrorist" because it adheres to an organization whose leaders preach violence at times, what that does is to tear at the fabric of society, just like post-1956 with Egypt’s Jews. Both sad and ironic that the same Brotherhood that had taken an active part in Jews’ persecution in support of the military regime, back then, is the one being tyrannized today. But the victimization goes beyond MB affiliates. All proponents of “political Islam” feel personally targeted. Almost overnight, Egypt’s red, white and black flag seems to have shrunk and does not cloak them, any more. And whenever feelings of oppression and injustice mount, the menace of civil unrest looms.
In drawing the comparison above, my purpose is not to associate – or to not associate – today’s self-anointed rulers to the likes of Goebbels and Hitler. I only aim to highlight the similarities in the workings of the propaganda machine between the WWII Reich and twenty-first century Egypt. The similarities are striking. Let me also add that propaganda has gone rampant not only at the hands of those in power. Pictures of Morsi in shining armour astride a white horse, Saladdin-style, have made the rounds of online social networks. If it weren’t for the fact it is haram, Islamists would have probably photo shopped themselves onto crosses, too.
Egyptians are not an uneducated and gullible herd. Neither were Germans in the 1930s-40s. But the masses can be short-sighted. They see what is going on as a war for their own survival. But all it is, in reality, is a war waged by the leadership, on both sides, for their own benefit. Either side is very aware that the existence and continued strength of its own group hinges on the continued existence, yet relative subservience, of the other party. Both sides shout and gesticulate. The sad fact is that when one and the other’s howls grow loud, little space is left for those voices favouring neither, for the people trying to pull us out of the binary political model the country has been stuck in for decades.
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I am trying to make a turret, and i dont feel like using wheels.
I am thinking of something like this: make an object locked to a specific position while still alowing it to rotate. Id place a vector thrustor on the turret whose xyz inputs are wired to a beacon sensors world_xyz, the sensor wired to a target finder. That way the thruster will try to fly away, rotating the other side of the turret towards the target. I put the gun on the exact oposite side of the vector thrustor. This all depends on if i can lock an object to a specific position while alowing it to rotate. How could i do this?
you could weld a small prop to the ground and get the prop you want to be rotate-able you’d put on the spot in the air you’d want. freeze it, and ballsocket it to the prop welded to the ground. unfreeze it and voila! I’m not completely sure if this’ll work though
I did found a way, sort of. I ballsocketed two boxes together and noclipped both. I also disabled gravity. The vector thruster, however, refused to obey. I had the beacon sensor set to output world xyz, connect to target finder, the vector thrusters xyz to beacon sensors xyz output. I dunno what the thruster tried to fly to, but it was not the enemy.
A question: the vector thrustor will try to fly towards the coordinates that it is inputed, right? So if the beacon sensor outputs world_xyz then the vector thrustor will fly to that, right? Or is it coords in relation to its current position, so that if the vector thrustor is inputed 0,0,0 it will fly to where it already is.
Doesnt that restrict rotation? Or do you mean like, attach each rope to the same spot on the prop, but to different spots on the ground?
I just found something. The vector thrustor can apply force against its local as well as global coordinates, with local being default. If you use world xyz for the thruster you wont even need the gps. I just built a working jet with it. You have to be mindfull of its orientation when using local coords, as its rotation affects its behaviour. Use rotation snap and weld to get it straight.
Here’s an E2 that will keep a prop in one location, while allowing it to spin freely:
# We need the chip to remember these values.
@persist Mass:number Base:entity Target:vector
# This block is only executed the first time the chip runs
if(first() | duped())
# We'll set the base prop of the turret as whatever the
# expression chip is placed on:
Base = entity():isWeldedTo()
# We need to find the mass of everything attached
# to the base prop, because we'll be using the total
# contraption mass in our applyForce function
# First, we set variable Mass to the mass of the E2,
# because getConstraints doesn't include the chip itself
Mass = entity():mass()
# We set Props as an array of everything that is attached
# to our base prop, and run a For loop to add up every prop's
Props = entity():getConstraints()
for(Index = 1, Props:count())
Mass += Props[Index,entity]:mass()
# We need to set a Target vector for our base to hover at.
# As written, the target is 100 units above where the base
# starts at. Change this to wherever you need it to be.
Target = Base:pos() + vec(0,0,100)
# That's the end of the first() block. We will use runOnTick to
# cause the chip to continually execute everything from here on.
# We've already set the Target, but we also need the base's
# current position.
CurPos = Base:pos()
# We've got our target, our current position, and the mass of what
# we're moving, so we're ready to applyForce.
# Target - CurPos gives us the difference between where we are and
# where we want to go. -Base:vel() makes the ride much smoother,
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we’re of course thinking about candy.
True, it’s not really a candy holiday (there’s not a lot of talk about “Thanksgiving candy” the way there is about Easter or Halloween candy), but it’s a time to remember what we’re grateful for, and today we’re giving thanks for chocolate.
And it’s not just because chocolate pays the bills around here. We’d like to think we’d be grateful for chocolate even if it wasn’t our livelihood.
In this blog post, we’d like to share some of things that makes our favorite food so great.
1. It’s good for you
Study after study has uncovered different health benefits that come from eating chocolate. Some of these benefits include:
- Researchers at the University of Copenhagen found that dark chocolate fills people up, causing them to eat less, and can even curb cravings for sugary or fatty foods.
- It can reduce the risk of heart disease, according to a study at Cambridge University.
- A study in Germany found that the flavanols found in dark chocolate protects your skin against sun damage and helps it stay hydrated.
- According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the cocoa in dark chocolate has blood thinning properties like you’d find in aspirin.
So the next time you feel guilty about eating chocolate, relax: it might actually help you live longer. And besides…
2. We’re programmed to like chocolate
The sweetness, acidity and aromas in chocolate all join together to create a unique chemical combination that our brains can’t help but enjoy.
Inside chocolate you’ll find chemicals like anandamide, a neurotransmitter that stimulates the brain the way cannabis does. There are also traces of caffeine and theobromine, well-known stimulants.
But it’s not just these chemicals that cause us to enjoy chocolate. When you put a piece of chocolate in your mouth and it begins to melt, the touch receptors in your tongue senses this change, which stimulates the pleasure center in our brain.
3. It’s got a colorful history
We love chocolate not just for its rich taste, but for its rich history. Spend enough time doing research and you’ll uncover interesting facts like these:
The accidental treat
Perhaps the most beloved cookie in creation, the chocolate chip, came about accidentally when a baker named Ruth Wakefield realized she was out of baking chocolate and mixed in a piece of Nestle’s chocolate, thinking that she’d just make chocolate-flavored cookies.
Instead, she invented the chocolate chip cookie and sold the recipe to Nestle’s in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
German chocolate cake…from America
Despite its name, German chocolate cake is an American creation…by a baker named Sam German, who came up with a new style of baking sweet chocolate in 1852.
The Baker’s chocolate company, German’s employer, named the cake after him, but it didn’t become famous until the 1950s, when a newspaper in Texas published the recipe for “German’s Chocolate Cake.” Somewhere along the line, the cake’s name lost its apostrophe.
The Canadian candy strike
In 1947, a group of kids in Canada brought the country’s candy industry to a standstill, with sales dropping by 80 percent in a few days. How? By going on strike.
It all started in the town of Ladysmith, where kids began to protest their local candy shop after it raised its prices on chocolate bars from five cents to eight cents.
When the protest made the news, kids all over Canada joined in. They were planning a march on Toronto when a newspaper accused the kids of being communist dupes, and their parents shut the protest down.
Years later, the kids were interviewed in a documentary and said that their motives weren’t political: they just wanted to spend less on chocolate.
Thanksgiving candy from Skip’s
We said earlier that Thanksgiving isn’t a big candy holiday in the same vein as Easter or Halloween. But that doesn’t mean Thanksgiving candy doesn’t exist. You’ll find a pretty wide selection here at Skip’s Candies, with an assortment of delicious chocolate treats from both the milk and dark families.
And because we’re concerned about customers – or customers’ loved ones – with nut allergies, we sell nut-free chocolate and operate a dedicated nut-free facility.
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Having a healthy company culture could mean success during COVID-19
Creating frequent opportunities for both social and professional remote interactions leads to more engaged, productive workforce, according to new study.
RingCentral Australia has released the findings of its Connected Culture Report, a study that explores how remote work impacts employee productivity and wellbeing, and the importance of remaining connected.
The study defines companies that foster a connected culture as those that blend effective technology that helps teams stay connected with a commitment to supporting work/life balance, while also providing ways for people to interact and engage with one another.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of knowledge workers (defined as those always working on a laptop or computer and collaborating with others at least some of the time) moved from working in an office to working from home.
Across Australia, 78% normally worked in a company office before the pandemic, whereas at the time of the survey 68% were working from home full time.
Positive and negative influences on employees
At a high level, the survey uncovered a number of insights into worker productivity and wellness, and factors that have had both positive and negative influences on the employee experience.
According to the Connected Culture Report, one of the biggest positives from RingCentral's survey was the discovery that remaining connected to employees and having a 'remote champion' helps people be more resilient and productive when working remotely.
Almost one in ten workers (8.6%) reported feeling more productive, physically active, emotionally well, and more connected to colleagues during the shift to remote work.
80% of employees reporting high levels of emotional wellbeing said they are the same or more productive working remotely, while 58% of employees who said their companies are making an attempt to help them connect said they feel physically healthy.
Furthermore, 75% of employees reporting high levels of emotional wellbeing said they feel more connected to their colleagues.
On the whole, when businesses and individuals are thriving this can often be attributed to having a connected culture.
Employees at companies that promote a connected culture cite better physical (58%) and emotional well-being (55%) than employees of companies that do not promote a connected culture (50% and 48%, respectively).
Of those who reported working at companies that foster a connected culture, 34% say they are more productive working remotely.
Meanwhile, of those who reported working at companies that don't foster a connected culture, only 15% said they were more productive working remotely.
Areas for improvement
The survey found that there are a number of aspects Australian organisations can focus on to improve the remote working experience.
The top factors cited by workers that make them feel more connected are talking to people (67%); a sense of productivity (65%); fulfilment from the work they are doing (64%); and collaborating (47%).
The dominant top-ranked feature Australian respondents missed about the physical office culture was face-to-face communication (39%).
When asked what their company was doing to help them feel more connected while working remotely, Australian knowledge workers chose frequent communications (50%); enhanced collaboration tools (28%); and virtual happy hours (25%) as the top three.
Also, 58% were satisfied with the actions of their company to connect employees, with just 15% unsatisfied with their company's efforts.
The impact on women and men
Correlating with other studies conducted into the impact of the pandemic on our global and local workforce, RingCentral's report found that women were more adversely affected than men in switching to remote working arrangements.
Group work (defined as any tasks performed among teams) was the least productive task for women, with 46% saying they struggle with it compared to 37% of men.
Women also reported lower levels of happiness and emotional wellbeing than men while working remotely, with 48% of women compared to 58% of men reporting good or better mental health.
According to the report, one of the factors at play might be their access to a closed office space or a door to a dedicated workspace at home, with 53% of men compared to 39% of women citing this as the reason for higher productivity levels.
Comment from RingCentral
RingCentral regional vice president sales Peter Hughes says, "Overall, mental and physical wellbeing has taken a significant hit during the pandemic.
"Businesses should be assessing and planning for how they will operate post-pandemic, and how they will manage their workforce."
Hughes says, "They need to consider a larger and more permanent remote and hybrid workforce working from anywhere, enabled by the right technology and support.
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Find out how to treat anal warts, also known as perianal condyloma. Anal warts, also called anal condyloma or condyloma acuminata, are a form of anogenital warts caused by HPV virus that occurs inside and around the anus.
It is when they grow larger and multiply that itching and bleeding occur and this is when a patient usually seeks a doctor for a resolution. A physician can diagnose anal warts by observation and palpation of the anal region.
Surgery for anal warts. Removal of warts in the anus, caused by human papilloma virus (HPV). Enquiry online. Anal warts (also called condyloma acuminata) are small growths of skin that appear around the anus. They can be removed and may be cut away using a surgical blade, a laser or a heated instrument, depending on their size Anal warts usually appear as white, raised, irregular lesions at the anal area, often with a "cauliflower-like" appearance. They are visible to the patient on the outside of the anus but are frequently present inside the anus as well, making treatment of the internal warts mandatory if treatment is to be effective Sinecatechins (Veregen). This cream is used for treatment of external genital warts and warts in or around the anal canal. Side effects, such as reddening of the skin, itching or burning, and pain, are often mild. Don't try to treat genital warts with over-the-counter wart removers
Sometimes the physician may inspect the area with the aid of an anoscope. The colorectal surgeon may also decide to perform High-Resolution Anoscopy HRA to better identify further lesions and perform a biopsy for tissue analysis.
The colorectal surgeon will then suggest the most suitable treatment option based on the number and the location of warts.
Anal Warts. Anal warts (condyloma acuminata) are caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD). The warts affect the area around and inside the anus, but may also develop on the skin of the genital area. They first appear as tiny spots or Now he suggested to start a series of treatments where the warts are treated with acid and freezing in a "light" and ongoing way (compared to a single intense treatment such as laser), along with the imiquimod cream Other agents that may be used to treat recalcitrant warts are the chemotherapy drugs fluorouracil (5-FU), applied as a cream, and bleomycin, which is injected into the wart. All these treatments have side effects, and the evidence for their effectiveness is limited. Zapping and cutting
If left untreated, anal warts can resolve spontaneously, remain unchanged, or increase in number or size. If anal warts are small and limited in number, the colorectal surgeon may prescribe topical medications.
Anal wart is diagnosed by visual examination during physical check up of pelvic region. The included surgical treatments are: Electrocautery: The electric current is applied for burning the warts. Laser Treatments: In this technique light rays are applied for removing the warts Anal warts result from the human papillomavirus - HPV. They can cause itching, bleeding, and other symptoms, and various treatments can help. Learn more here This condition is known as anal warts, and it mainly affects the inside and outside parts of the anus, although it may also appear in the genital area. Anal warts start off as small growths, and over time they develop into more significant spots. Symptoms mostly involve pain, irritation, and itchiness. Find out ten symptoms and treatments of
If anal warts are large and spread in different parts of the anal region, the doctor may recommend specific in-office treatments for their removal, such as:. Today, thanks to innovative new equipment, both electrocautery and electrosurgical ablation of anal warts can be easily performed during High-Resolution Anoscopy HRA.
Anal warts can often go unseen for a long time and the patient may not realize that they are infected. Anal warts are diagnosed by a physician in their office.
It is considered a symptom of HPV which is considered a sexually transmitted infection. Due to the fact that anal warts are often asymptomatic they do not cause pain.
It is because of this that anal warts need to be diagnosed early. If anal warts are not treated early enough, they can expand and multiply which leads to worse complications for the patient. Examination is usually done with an anoscope inserted into the rectum.
Anal warts are treated in a variety of different ways. Some of the treatments include:.
There are a few natural remedies to lessen the problem of anal warts. They may offer some comfort if there are symptoms associated with the condition.
They are:. When someone is infected with the HPV infection they can develop anal warts. Because it is caused by a virus it is not something that can be eliminated.
It is worth noting that anal warts may come back despite treatment. Keeping that in mind, a patient could experience relief from any symptoms by using one or more of the natural options listed above until they can have a discussion with their doctor.
Photos of Genital Warts in The Vaginal Area. As you can see from these photos, you might have only a few small flesh-colored bumps in the vaginal area or you might have large clusters of warts. You might also have warts inside the vagina or on the cervix where they cannot easily be seen. Genital warts like these may bleed during sexual Learn about 7 home remedies to treat genital warts. Having genital warts puts a strain on your body. It can be difficult for your body to deal with any other health problems along with the warts Non-Surgical Treatments for Anal Warts. HPV anal cream works best if the warts are tiny or are only located on the skin. Liquid nitrogen may be utilized by your doctor to completely freeze and thereby destroy anal warts. Trichloroacetic acid or Podophyllin may be used by your doctor to burn off warts in a safe manner. Surgical Treatment for Anal Warts. In cases of large warts or internal anal
Anal warts are not a condition that many people think of but it is a common one. Using a combination of physician directed therapy and natural remedies can keep the condition under control.
How to Cure Anal Warts
Apple Cider Vinegar ACV is the most effective natural product for Anal Warts CuresDecoded worldwide community recommends. Apple cider vinegar can be sued to treat anal warts due to its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory benefits. Soak cotton balls in apple cider vinegar apply directly to anal area.
In case of small wart, the surgery procedure comes under minor surgery and conducted under local anesthesia. For this surgery, patient need not to admit in the hospital, this is conducted on a day care or an OPD.
In case of extensive warts, general and spinal anesthesia may be applied.
Apple cider vinegar can be used to treat anal warts due to its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory benefits. Soak cotton balls in apple cider vinegar and apply directly to anal area. Leave cotton balls on for 1 hour. Repeat daily as needed until warts are all removed What treatments are available for anal warts? If warts are very small and are located only on the skin around the anus, they may be treated with a topical medication. They may also be treated using cryotherapy, which involves freezing the warts with liquid nitrogen, or they may be removed using the surgical CO2 Laser The available treatment for anal warts is as follows: Topical medicaments are prescribed for small sized anal warts. The drugs like trichloroacetic acid, podophyllin, podofilox, imiquimod and bichloroacetic acid are commonly available as cream or ointment formulation
The included surgical treatments are:. In This WriteUp 1 What are anal warts?
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In the recent years, pocket survival tools have become a must-have for a lot of people. These multi-tools are used for a variety of different purposes, which makes them quite popular. Leatherman Tool Group is one of the most well-known companies when it comes to delivering efficient and quality multi-tools. So why is the company such a success? Here is a brief look into the company’s profile.
The company was founded in 1983 by Tim Leatherman and Steve Berliner.
Tim Leatherman grew up in Oregon where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. In 1975, he got married and spent ten months in Europe with his wife, which is when the idea for a multi-faceted tool was born. While on tour in Europe, Leatherman thought of developing a useful tool that would fix things like the broken faucets and or faulty car parts. It was all about creating a Boy Scout knife that would be handy in different situations. This tool would come to be known as the Pocket Survival Tool.
The Beginning of Leatherman Tool Group
Leatherman, along with his co-founder Steve, agreed to build upon the Pocket Survival Tool further and see if there was a market for such a tool. After Leatherman returned from Europe, it took them almost three years, to develop the prototype in order to receive their first US patent. The new tool weighed 5 ounces, and it was 4 inches long. It was a stainless steel tool that had big and small screwdrivers, scissors, a file, punch, a can opener, pliers, knife blades, as a well as a ruler. All these popped out when the tool was opened. He tried to sell out his invention to top organization, but they all turned him down.
Later on, Steve Berliner’s father, who owned and managed Simplicity Tool Co, helped the two establish their company. The two were advised to simplify and modify the tool, which was then priced at $20. The Leatherman Tool Group was incorporated in 1983, and that is when the first tools were sold.
The Success and Passing Of The First Tools
The first tool created by Leatherman Tool Group was The Pocket Survival Tool, which was released in 1983. In 1986, the Mini Tool was introduced, and it was the smallest product in the Leatherman multi-tool category. The Mini Tool came with full-size pliers that were as strong as other pliers on the market. It was not until 2004 that the two tools were retired.
The Popularity/Uniqueness of Leatherman Tool Group
When Leatherman first set out to create multi-tools, the main goal was to develop tools that were both extremely efficient and capable, as well as almost unbreakable. It was all about developing a tool that could simplify people’s lives. It’s this strive for a quality product that has made Leatherman the top name when it comes to multi-tools.
In addition to having a quality line of products, The Leatherman Company is also known for the way in which they handle their business. All of their tools usually come with a donation that goes to selected charities around the country. They support several charities, and also support their employees with their charity projects.
Popular Leatherman Tools
There are many tools produced by Leatherman, and the main aim is to devise a tool that will perform various functions at once. The Leatherman tools are grouped into various categories, and here is a look at them.
These are the most common tools, and they usually come with a base of pliers, wrench knife, and wire cutters. Some of the common Leatherman Multi-Tools include the Squirt ES4, which is considered the best small multi-tool from Leatherman. The Squirt ES4 is perfect if you need a convenient tool that is small, lightweight, and can fit comfortably in the pocket. The tool measures 2.5 inches, and it can be secured easily to the keychain.
The Super Tool 300 is the best Multi-Tool for campers. It is almost similar to the initial Pocket Survival Tool. On the other hand, The Mut is considered the best maintenance tool. If you need a quick repair, the Leatherman MUT is the perfect tool to consider. It weighs 15.7 ounces, and also comes with a firearm disassembly.
For the DIY projects, the Rebar Multi-Tool is what you should choose. This one comes with replaceable hard wire cutters, other common tools, along with an electrical crimper.
The Wave is the best tool if you need one that can virtually perform any function. It is loaded with 17 different tools, and it is small enough to fit in the pocket or a backpack. Also, it only weighs 8.5 ounces and measures 4 inches.
2. Pocket Tools
These ranges of tools are ultra-compact, and they can loosen or tighten small nuts and hex sockets. It is best designed for photographers, skateboarders, or anyone that wants a lightweight pocket tool. They also come with clips to hang in the pocket and allow easy access when you need it.
The Leatherman Knives category is also handy, and they don’t function as the regular knives. It is more of a pocket knife that is made with an advanced design. They can be opened easily with one hand, and you can lock the knife safely to avoid unnecessary injuries when you carry them in the pocket.
Leatherman holds a high reputation when it comes to wearable tools. These tools come in the form of a bracelet, and they are made with a classy design. They seem like a thick silver bracelet, but they are multi-tools that can become handy when you need them. The survival bracelet is rated as the best wearable available on the market. They come with 29 different tools that are easy to access. With the Leatherman Bracelet, you will have access to a cutting hook, a SIM card pick tool, a bottle opener, a glass breaker, among others. Even with all the tools included, the bracelet weighs only 1.1 pounds.
The Leatherman tools are highly rated for their excellence in serving multiple purposes. Regardless of what you need the tool for, you can be sure of finding a suitable one from Leatherman. Above all, they all come with a limited warranty that you can enjoy replacement if there is a manufacturer fault. They range in prices to let you get a multi-purpose tool at a friendly cost. | <urn:uuid:e2941f2a-cdb9-4d75-9c35-6b26dac9c280> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://edc.ninja/brands/brand-profile-leatherman/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.978071 | 1,357 | 1.570313 | 2 |
By Zara Zhi
AsAmNews Staff Writer
(AsAmNews extends its condolences to all the families in the recent police shootings. We urge calm during this volatile situation)
The grisly killings of Alton Sterling, Philander Castile and countless other black lives at the hands of police offers have taken a toll on the nation.
Castile’s killer was originally thought to be Asian by his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds. But new information released by authorities may contradict that allegation.
Update: An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune describes the officer, Jeronimo Yanez, as Latino
Castile’s death was live-streamed on Facebook by Reynolds. The disturbing footage shows officers asking for Castile’s license and registration after pulling the couple over for a “broken headlight” in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.
The victim informed the officers he had a firearm with a permit and always kept his wallet in his back pocket, reports the Star Tribune. The cop told him, “Don’t move, don’t move,” and then fired multiple shots at Castile, said Reynolds. All the while, their daughter was in the vehicle as this was taking place.
“How can one man put his hands in the air and reach for identification at the same time?” she told a crowd of supporters.
Reynolds says it took 15 minutes for the ambulance to arrive. “They did not check for a pulse at the scene of the crime,” she said. “They did not make sure that he was breathing.”
But the Asian American community was especially alarmed when Reynold’s described the officer who shot Castile as 5’5, heavyset and “Chinese.”
Some online users even compared the incident to Peter Liang.
One Reddit user wrote:
“Ethnicity would possibly matter in this case because if the police officer is Chinese, and if he is indicted and/or convicted of shooting and killing the black man, then we will probably see more rallies and protests from Chinese Americans to support the Chinese police officer, like those for Peter Liang, to demand the Chinese be freed or given a light sentence.”
However, authorities have finally released the identifications of the officers involved in the murder. Although the officers’ races have not been stated, the Minnesota state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension named Yanez as the shooter.
His partner Joseph Kauser was also present at the time of the incident. Both officers have been on the force for four years and both have been placed on paid administrative leave, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
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Big Island ARRL News, 20 November 2016, 03:25 hrs, UTC, Post #46.
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Now that Hawaii and the coastal areas of the United States have survived a difficult 2016 hurricane season, planning begins for the 2017 hurricane season with the revamping and refinement of emergency system alert codes for emergency management agencies and Amateur Radio supporting groups such as ARES and SATERN (Salvation Army).
Among the new codes are designations for Extreme Wind Warning (EWW) and Storm Surge Watch (SSW).
According to the FCC, current equipment can be used until communications equipment can be updated with the new codes.
More information will be released as the FCC releases the codes and the protocols necessary to implement these new alert codes.
Radio amateurs serving with ARES, CERT, and SATERN teams should be aware of these changes. Please refer to the full story for additional details.
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Furthermore, the preparation of cross-linked materials in higher concentrations has been performed. Gels have been obtained and studied regarding their swelling behavior.Poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymers bearing terpyridine moieties in the polymer side chain were synthesized using a free radical polymerization process. The obtained copolymers were characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeations chromatography (GPC), respectively. Supramolecular cross-linking of the terpyridine-containing copolymers was investigated upon addition of transition metal ions (Fe(II) and Zn(II)) in diluted solutions. The complexation reactions were followed in detail by UVvis and viscosity titration experiments. Addition of iron(II) ions led to a higher viscosity compared to zinc(II) ions, due to the higher stability of the iron(II)- bis-terpyridine complexes. The complex formation could be reversed completely by addition of HEEDTA which is a strong competing ligand. It clearly demonstrates the reversible properties of the investigated materials.
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Ever since we were children, we’ve learned in grade school and from Ranger Rick about the cutting down of the rainforest. We learned that it’s bad—that lots of animals and trees are killed and people’s livelihoods are turned upside down. We’ve been told random facts and figures about how many acres are destroyed every second. We eventually start to become numb to it.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (also known as the World Wildlife Fund) released a new report detailing the new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas from 2009 to 2014. The report counted 211 new species, which comprise 133 plants, 39 invertebrates, 26 fish, 10 amphibians, one reptile, one bird, and one mammal.
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Yesterday, the Australian Academy of Science launched a great new resource for Women in STEM. It was co-developed by the Australian Academy of Science, CSIRO, Science & Technology Australia, and the Australian Science Media Centre, with financial support from the Australian Government to provide careers resource for both experts and seekers. STEM Women offers opportunities for women to progress their career and personal capabilities such as opportunities to collaborate, conference and speaker invitations, committee and board requests and award nominations.
Over the next few weeks, the Chief Information Officer, Ms Karen Hill, will be asking for feedback on AV Services and End-user computing. While we manage most of the End-user experience within our School you may wish to provide general feedback on AV. Martin Conway will be collating our feedback once the process kicks off. Details to follow.
This week’s pics show the inaugural joint ANU MakerSpace and Fifty50 workshop to welcome first year students to MakerSpace. Fifty50 is a student founded and led STEM equity society. This workshop helped students to design and stitch/solder wearable circuits. My thanks go to Saskia Morris for masterminding this event, and running it together with her MakerSpace colleagues Jordan and Afzal (see below).
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It starts at Plei Me...
The Plei Me Siege and Opening of the 1st CAV Pleiku Campaign In the late summer and fall of 1965, the PAVN B-3 Front is established in the Central Highlands of Vietnam under command of Brig Gen Chu Huy Man. Gen Man has tactical and administrative control over both People’s Army (North Vietnamese) and Viet Cong units. The PAVN units are the 320th, 33rd, and 66th Regiments.
Gen Man is charged with the mission of bringing the new high tech 1st CAV Division to battle; learn how it fights with airmobile tactics and new modern gear; and put this into writing for dissemination to all PAVN and Viet Cong units. To record this information as it is gathered in battle, Lt Col Hoang Phuong, a historian, is to debrief PAVN commanders after the battles.
In October, the 33rd Regt attacks Plei Me Special Forces Camp approximately 40 miles south of Pleiku City in the Pleiku Province. Plei Me is garrisoned with a 12 man US Special Forces Team and 350 Montagnard mercenaries under the command of MAJ Charlie Beckwith (creator of the Delta Force). The siege continues for several days. An Army of Vietnam relief force is sent out from Pleiku and is ambushed enroute by the PAVN 32nd Regt. 1st CAV Artillery supports the ARVN column and the ambushers are beaten off, and the siege is lifted. The 1st CAV Division is then committed in late October to find and destroy the defeated enemy. The 1st Brigade pursues the withdrawing enemy force over a very large area south and west of Pleiku City and west of Plei Me. It harasses and hounds the 33rd into the eastern area of the Ia Drang Valley.
The two most significant events are the capture of a PAVN Field Hospital on Nov 1st along with numerous troops, weapons, and enemy documents; and the ambush of a unit of the fresh 66th Regt along the Ia Drang River in the western area of the Valley.
On 10 Nov, the 3rd Brigade relieves the 1st Brigade and moves into the area to the east and west of Plei Me and conducts patrolling actions. No enemy contact. UPI reporter Joe Galloway accompanied 1/7 CAV units on these patrols.
Late in the afternoon of Saturday, 13 Nov, the 3rd Brigade Commander, COL Thomas Brown, gave the 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry commander, Lt. Col Hal Moore orders to move his battalion on 14 Nov into the Ia Drang Valley with the mission: “Find and kill the enemy”. Moore would have 16 Huey helicopters to move his unit. Two 105 mm Howitzer batteries (12 tubes) to render fire support. Three battalions of PAVN were reported to be in the Valley.
Moore put out a warning order to his staff and 5 company commanders, made a map study, formed a tentative plan, arranged for supplies, and set up an air recon for early 14 Nov to select a landing zone to be followed by the operations order to the staff and commanders.
The air recon goes as planned and at 8:50 AM, 14 Nov Moore issued his operations plan of maneuver and plan of fire support. All companies were to land in one clearing dubbed landing zone X-Ray. LZ X-Ray could hold 8-10 Hueys. It is 14.3 miles from the pick-up areas around Plei Me. Moore would land with the assault company after prep fires by 105 mm howitzers and aerial rocket artillery. Moore’s command chopper, overhead with its bank of radios, would carry his operations officer, forward air controller (USAF), fire support coordinator, and helicopter liaison officer.
The fire support was to begin at 10:17 AM with the air assault landing hitting the ground at 10:48. In this enemy base area, Moore would keep his companies within mutual supporting distance of one another. His principal concern is that the lead assault company would get heavily engaged before the rest of his battalion could be shuttled into the battle area – under fire.
Looking west from remains of Plei Me airstrip with Chu Pong Massif in the distance (Hal Moore's handwriting)
Camp under attack Plei Me Special Forces Camp, Oct 65. Looking Southeast. Photo by Jim Lavorell
Overhead view of camp
C-130 lands on dirt strip at Plei Me after siege ends. The strip of hard-packed laterite soil was outside the wire on the southwest side of the triangular fortifications.
1st CAV Hueys on Plei Me Strip After the siege was repulsed, the strip was heavily used for evacuation of casualties, bringing in supplies and replacements. Hal Moore visited the Plei Me site in Nov 1995 and Dec 1997. The camp is overrun by jungle but portions of the hard packed strip are clearly recognizable
Re-supplying a surrounded force by air is a very difficult and sporty enterprise. Anti-aircraft machine guns which reach up several thousand feet are severe handicaps to accuracy. For once, air-dropped supplies land on target, right in the middle of Plei Me Camp | <urn:uuid:902a6fc2-ed0c-4a13-92cb-8193168822d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lzxray.com/plei-me-precursor-ia-drang/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.956816 | 1,094 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Growing up in Lander, Wyoming, a small town just outside the Wind River Indian Reservation, Jenna Whiteplume developed some big dreams of working for the Denver Broncos, the Denver Nuggets or the Colorado Rockies. She knew it would be a long road to the big leagues, but Whiteplume’s aspirations are now more financially within reach, thanks to a new Colorado law.
Colorado passed Senate Bill 29 earlier this year, granting in-state tuition to members of American Indian tribes with historical ties to Colorado, regardless of their state residency. Whiteplume, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe, is the first CU Boulder student to benefit from the new law.
“It feels good to be able to be somewhere where our people used to be,” said Whiteplume.
Whiteplume, who is a first-year student in the pre-business program, credits her father’s love of sports with setting her on her current path.
“My dad always took me to Buffs games when I was little,” she said. “I've always really liked the Denver area, and Boulder is just so beautiful.”
When it came time to decide on colleges, she knew CU Boulder was the right fit.
However, without significant financial aid, students from Whiteplume’s community often find an out-of-state education beyond their means.
“We usually have to rely on scholarships,” Whiteplume said.
The most financially prudent opportunities are frequently close to home, Whiteplume said, and that can feel limiting.
“Hopefully, this law will allow us to go where we want,” she said. “It really does feel like we can branch out.”
The law could save students like Whiteplume thousands of dollars over the course of their studies.
The CU Boulder campus enrolls about 200 students per year who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native. CU Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano said he hopes this law helps that number grow.
“There are 48 contemporary tribal nations tied to lands in Colorado,” said Chancellor DiStefano. “This law is a long-deserved recognition for Indigenous peoples, and we are excited to welcome more to our campus community.”
Whiteplume has been busy adjusting to college and playing club softball, not leaving much time to think about the historical implications. However, she is keeping an eye out for the next generation.
“I have a couple friends in the class behind me, and I told them about the Colorado in-state tuition bill.” she said. “Hopefully, even if they don't come to Boulder, they could branch out and go somewhere in Colorado.” | <urn:uuid:7c782ed4-887a-423b-ab3e-eb87d42e7f30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://colorado.edu/today/2021/10/10/first-student-benefits-colorado-american-indian-tuition-law | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.965696 | 576 | 1.898438 | 2 |
This monograph seeks to determine the geographical provenance of Isaiah 40-55. It reassesses past research pertaining to Babylonian influence and reexamines the claims that all or parts of Isaiah 40-55 reflect the concerns of the exilic community in Babylon. It further challenges the prevalent view that the return of the exiles is of central concern in Isaiah 40-55, and instead proposes that Jerusalem and her imminent restoration is its focal point. It interprets Isaiah 40-55 as a polyvalent text that allows multiple and often contradictory views regarding Jerusalem’s current suffering. The monograph investigates these views, understood to represent the opinons of different segments of the target audience of Isaiah 40-55, with the aim of determining their geographical and theological locations.
|Place of Publication||Leiden, Netherlands|
|Number of pages||414|
|ISBN (Print)||9789004189300, 9004189300|
|Publication status||Published - 2011|
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Technician Registration (New)
Pharmacy Technician Application
All individuals performing the duties of a pharmacy technician in the state of Minnesota must have an active registration.
Minimum Requirements for Registration
The following are the minimum requirements for a Minnesota Board of Pharmacy technician registration (MN Rule 6800.3850 Subp.1).
- Minimum Age Requirement: Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of registration.
- Education Requirements: Before your application can be approved, proof of high school graduation must be submitted to the Board.
Proof of high school graduation must be received either:
1. After you pay online. You may email or fax in your document to the Board’s email.
2. With a mailed in paper application and payment.
We accept the following documents as proof of high school graduation:
If your name has been changed and is not reflected on your high school document, please include the name that you applied under with your submission.
1. High School Diploma
2. High School Transcript with Graduation Date
3. GED Certificate
4. College Transcript
5. College Diploma
- Pharmacy Technician Training Requirement: Training must be completed within 12 months from the date you receive your technician registration number, not from the date you became employed. Prior work experience as a pharmacy technician does not waive or substitute for this requirement. Additional information about technician training can be found here.
- CE Requirements: Pharmacy technicians will need to complete a minimum of 20 hours of approved technician continuing education (CE) every two years. Click here for more information on continuing education.
How do I apply?
You can apply by any one of the options below:
Note: All applications and fees are non-refundable.
- If you do not have an account and you want to apply online: click here.
- If you already have an account: log on here.
- To mail in an application and payment: click here for the application.
- If you have ever been charged with violating any state or federal law related to drugs or alcohol, or if you have ever been disciplined by any health licensing Board: click here for the application.
If you are currently registered as a pharmacy intern, it is not necessary to register as a technician.
Frequently Asked Questions
I have applied to be a technician, but I have not heard anything from the Board.
Before contacting the Board, make sure to check the following:
Where do I send high school and training documents?
- Is the registration number already issued?
Check to see if you have already been provided a registration number by using the pharmacy technician license verification page to search for your registration. Search using your first and last name. If your name is on the listed in search results, you can also log back on to the online licensing system and you should see it under the section titled “Manage your license Information” when you login to your account.
- Have you submitted your payment?
If you log in to your account, there should not be an outstanding balance on your account.
- Have you submitted your proof of completing high school or equivalent?
If you log in to your account, there should not be a high school requirement listed as incomplete.
The Board’s contact information can be found at the bottom of each webpage
. You can email, fax, or mail your documentation to the Board.
Do I have to be registered to work as a pharmacy technician in Minnesota?
Yes. Technician registration is a state mandated program for pharmacy technicians working in Minnesota. You have to apply for a registration number with the state and renew your registration each year. The state also has requirements that you have to meet to maintain your registration. You must complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education every two years and complete a state-approved Technician Training program within 12 months after you are initially registered.
How do I apply for a Pharmacy Technician Intern?
The Board only registers individuals as pharmacy technicians. You will need to apply as a pharmacy technician.
I am a certified pharmacy technician, does this meet the training requirement?
No. A Board-approved pharmacy technician training
program and a pharmacy technician certification
program are not considered equivalent. Pharmacy technician certification programs (e.g., PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) or ExCPT (Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians) do not
fulfill the pharmacy technician training requirement. Furthermore, while some employers do require their technicians to become certified, the Board of Pharmacy does not require pharmacy technicians to be certified.
What if I have previous pharmacy technician training experience, do I still need to complete a training program?
Yes. While previous work experience as a pharmacy technician is helpful, it does not waive or substitute for the completion of a Board-approved training program requirement. Click here for additional information.
Can I transfer my registration from another state?
No, you will need to register as a new technician in the state of Minnesota.
How often do I need to renew my registration?
Pharmacy technicians are required to renew their registration before December 1st of each year. Your registration expires on December 31st of each year.
Does my registration number stay the same with each renewal?
Your registration number stays with you as long as your registration stays current, even if you work at a different pharmacy than when you initially registered.
When can I expect to hear back from the Board/How do I know the Board has my application?
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Yesterday was a big day for little fish. The Pacific Fishery Management Council, the federal body responsible for managing most U.S. West Coast fisheries, took another step toward implementing comprehensive measures to protect the ocean food web. In its first “ecosystem initiative,” the Council is working to prohibit new directed commercial fishing on currently unmanaged, unfished forage species in the federal Pacific Ocean waters (3 to 200 miles) offshore Washington, Oregon, and California. Yesterday, the Council gave its initial approval of a policy pathway that will protect forage species belonging to 17 different taxonomic families, including round and thread herrings, mesopelagic fishes, Pacific sand lance, Pacific saury, silversides, osmerid smelts, and pelagic squids.
You have seen a sardine, you may have tasted calamari, but you likely have not heard of lantern fish, Pacific saury, or neon flying squid. These fish all belong to the same category of small and critically important fish and invertebrates called forage species. Since 2009, Oceana has been calling on the Pacific Fishery Management Council to protect theses currently “unmanaged” forage species because of their important role as prey in the marine ecosystem food web. And soon, these little fish — with some of the most unusual names — may be getting the recognition and protections they deserve.
Forage species are a critical link in the marine food web as they feed everything else larger than them. Not just dolphins, whales, and seabirds, but commercially and recreationally important fish as well. Forage species, via their role as prey for other fish and wildlife, also contribute to jobs and revenue on the West Coast. These small fish indirectly support ocean-based tourism and recreation sectors that provide 400,000 jobs and $18 billion in revenue to California, Oregon, and Washington, according to the National Ocean Economics Program. When forage fish decline, so do the predators dependent on them like rockfish, salmon, and halibut.
Commercial demand for forage fish is increasing as aquaculture and agriculture industries expand worldwide. Most forage fish catch is not consumed directly as human food, but is sold in global markets as ground meal for farmed fish, chickens, and pigs. Expansion of aquaculture and agriculture can increase pressure on wild forage fish populations, and forage fish that are not currently fished may soon become commercially targeted.
Rather than wait for new fisheries to start up on ecologically important forage species, and rush in reactively with conservation and management measures, the Pacific Fishery Management Council is being proactive by first protecting these important forage species before the damage has been done. In its stated purpose for this proposed action, the Council intends to prohibit new directed commercial fisheries on these forage species “until the Council has had an adequate opportunity to both assess the scientific information relating to any proposed directed fishery and consider potential impacts to existing fisheries, fishing communities, and the greater ecosystem.” This forward thinking management prioritizes ocean conservation and existing uses over prospective financial gain.
This Council set a precedent back in 2006 by prohibiting directed fishing for krill throughout the entire U.S. West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone. Krill are a group of small shrimp-like crustaceans that are a major food source for whales, seabirds and fish. A single blue whale, for example, can eat over two tons of krill per day.
The Council will meet again in September to discuss this ecosystem initiative further and it plans to potentially take final action in November 2014. Oceana will be there to help make sure this happens. After all, it is common sense to proactively protect the little fish responsible for fueling the entire marine food web. | <urn:uuid:34c58808-f04b-4a6b-9f96-9ec165aed309> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usa.oceana.org/blog/big-day-little-fish/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.943182 | 778 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Bishops on Covid-19 vaccine offer: Help the poor first
Bishop Honesto Ongtioco of Cubao. PHOTO COURTESY OF ARAH JODELLE JAMANDRA/CUBAO MEDIA
By CBCP News
January 18, 2021
Metro Manila’s Catholic bishops declined a free offer for Covid-19 vaccine to give way for those who need it most– the poor.
Bishop Honesto Ongtioco of Cubao revealed that someone offered to sponsor vaccines for them and their priests but they decided that help must go first to the vulnerable sectors.
“Since we are considered frontliners… someone offered to the NCR (National Capital Region) bishops and priests vaccine and it will be sponsored,” Ongtioco said.
“We are grateful for the offer but we said we would be happy if it will be given to the poor first because they have no means to pay,” he said.
Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Manila echoed Ongtioco’s statement, saying the poor deserve more attention and care.
“Priority should be given to frontliners and the vulnerable instead of priests,” Pabillo said.
And as far as the archdiocese is concerned, the bishop said that Covid-19 vaccination of priests will be voluntary.
“That’s their own decision,” he added.
As of now, the country is in talks with various pharmaceutical firms about Covid-19 vaccine.
Under the vaccination program laid out by the national government, priority is given to medical workers, senior citizens, indigents, and the uniformed personnel.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has earlier asked the government to ensure that the vaccination program is accessible to all.
The bishops also said that vaccines produced must be in line with ethical principles and should be administered respecting each person’s “moral decisions”.
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As I mentioned elsewhere, Shakespeare's main sources for Romeo and Juliet were
There is no evidence that Shakespeare read any of the French or Italian sources for this story, such as Pierre Boaistuau or Matteo Bandello.
An older version of the story that Bandello used was Luigi Da Porto's Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti ("Newly found story of two noble lovers"), published in 1531. In this version, Giulietta's father wants her to marry the Count of Lodrone.
Another version of the story was published in Venice in 1553; this was a poem entitled L'Infelice Amore dei due Fedelissimi Amanti Giulia e Romeo, scritto in Ottava Rima da Clitia, nobile Veronese, ad Ardeo suo. Who Clitia (the author) and her Ardeo were is unknown. In this version of the story, the Count of Lodrone is known as Francesco.
In Bandello's version of the story, published in 1554, the Count of Lodrone / Conte di Lodrone is now for the first time named Paris. (Bandello was also the first author to add Juliet's nurse to the story.) I have not been able to find out why Bandello chose Paris as a name.
Pierre Boaistuau or Boisteau seems to have kept the name of Paris in his French version of Bandello's stories, Histoires Tragiques extraictes des Œuvres de Bandel (1559).
The name Lodrone is no longer present in Arthur Brooke's narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), but it is interesting that the first mention of Paris does not refer to the Count but to the character from Homer's Iliad:
At length he [Romeus] saw a maid, right fair, of perfect shape,
Which Theseus or Paris would have chosen to their rape.
("Rape" here has the older meaning of "to carry off", as in The Rape of the Lock. Theseus was also "a great abductor of women".)
Count Paris is introduced much later:
Among the rest was one inflamed with her desire,
Who County Paris clepéd was; an earl he had to sire.
Of all the suitors him the father liketh best,
In Brooke's poem, Romeus does not encounter Paris at the Capulet tomb; Paris survives until the end.
The connection between Paris of Troy and Count Paris is not a simply a parallel, since a number of things are reversed in Shakespeare's play:
- Paris of Troy has no right to abduct Helen, who is married to Menelaus.
- From a "public" point of view (i.e. what the Capulet household knows), Count Paris is a perfectly suitable match for Juliet.
- However, Juliet has secretly married Romeo, so the private or secret here clashes with the public point of view.
- Whereas Brooke mentions both Paris of Troy and Count Paris, Shakespeare does not mention Paris of Troy. (Helen is mentioned by Mercutio in Act II, scene 4 and a certain "lively Helena" is on the guest list for the Capulet party in Act I, scene 2. However, Helen is a not an unusual name in Shakespeare's plays: there is also a Helen in A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well That Ends Well and obviously in Troilus and Cressida. Helen of Troy is also mentioned in other plays, such as As You Like It, Henry VI Part 3 and Henry IV Part 2.)
- There is indeed a parallel between Paris of Troy and Shakespeare's Count Paris in that both die. I am not aware of evidence that Homer's Iliad gave Shakespeare this idea. Rivalry between men who love the same woman is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays, from the early The Two Gentlemen of Verona to the late The Two Noble Kinsmen. | <urn:uuid:303c4e14-d9fe-428d-99bd-d657c4297c32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/9058/is-there-any-connection-between-paris-of-troy-and-paris-of-verona | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.9603 | 846 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Fungal is a crude vegetable, for example, mushroom and shape. Growths allude to in excess of one Fungal that can taint distinctive territories of the body. Fungal replicates by spreading small spores noticeable all around. On the off chance that you happened to breathe in these fungal spores or it arrives on you, you will be burdened with fungal diseases. Growth diseases regularly begin in the lungs or the skin. On the off chance that you have a powerless safe framework, your body won’t have the capacity to dispose of these outside trespassers and subsequently, you will probably get a fungal disease.
Fungal diseases are normal events in the general public however its recurrence additionally increments with propelling age when the circulatory framework turn out to be less effective and reduce the skin’s capacity to secure itself. The side effects of fungal contaminations incorporate a dry, bothersome, layered rash on the feet bottoms or crevices in the middle of the toes. Fungal disease typically happens amid warm climate when small rankles or pustules have a tendency to show up on your body including the feet and hands. Fungal diseases can be treated with sedated creams that are recommended by the specialist or drug store. Extreme Fungal diseases will expect you to take anti-toxin in fluid shape. A none professionally prescribed pharmaceutical; tolnaftate can likewise be useful in treating fungal diseases. Keeping the skin dry and clean is likewise vital with a specific end goal to recuperate rapidly from the fungal contaminations. In the event that you wear socks, the socks must be changed to other sets to maintain a strategic distance from moist conditions where growth flourishes. Organism diseases are extreme yet it isn’t infectious and can’t be spread in conventional conditions.
Onycosolve who have growth diseases on the toe nail will be harder to treat on the grounds that there are no viable solutions that can be connected to the surface of the nail. Organism disease on the nails can be treated with oral drug, grisofulvin. Grisofulvin will clear up the growth contamination on the finger nails inside three months however it might take up to 2 years for a tainted toe nails and it is defenseless to return. Except if the growth contaminations on the toe nail is agonizing, there is no requirement for some other treatment. Skin that is tainted with growth for the most part has a thickening, and white or yellow staining or disintegrating ceaselessly of the nail. On the off chance that you didn’t look for fitting restorative treatment for an endless tainted toenail, you should keep the toes dry to keep the Fungal from spreading to the encompassing skin. | <urn:uuid:f8a13eae-05b8-4e51-b119-fdad93ee92b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.perigee-restaurant.com/2018/about-fungal-infections-and-skin-fungus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.93668 | 574 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Today many churches celebrate Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Last Supper Jesus shared with His disciples. “Maundy” is a modern adaptation of the Latin “mandatum” meaning “command”. Jesus initiated our practice of Holy Communion during the Passover meal with those closest to Him, teaching them to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19-20).
Our scripture today is John 13:1-17.
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
One of my seminary professors once remarked that if the cross were not the sign of our faith, it should be the towel and basin, representing Christ’s servant love for us and that we are to share that servant spirit in the same way. I also heard that we all want to be servants – right up to the point that someone treats us like a servant! How do you feel about being a servant?
Footwashing was usually performed by the lowest servant in the household. However, Jesus showed in this passage the love and care He felt toward His disciples, and all of God’s children, taking on this task without shame, in the same way He went to the cross for us. Jesus showed that no task is beneath us when it is done out of love for God and each other.
Are we willing to go in Christian love and service to do whatever is needed to care for God’s children? Jesus told us the way would be difficult and we might be ridiculed as He was for our faith. He taught that no one is above serving others and that sharing God’s love everywhere is a blessing, no matter what the setting or circumstance.
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In this code, https://play.golang.org/p/HvHQbUTT6GJ, why does bar (is the following the correct word?) execute before foo?
bar runs first mainly because
main() process is still running and was given instruction to execute
bar() right after
foo() delegation (or in actual term: forking). Remember that
main() itself is still a process.
when a new process is forked, it will take some (edit: unpredictable amount of) times to setup before execution comparing to
main() process which is an already running process.
It does not necessarily need to.
In fact execution order of
bar() in this case is not defined, and in theory could have been interleaved as well.
(On the playground though it will always produce this output, as the environment is prepared in a way that makes scheduling, or randomness in general reproducable)
Good one to bring up that important point. Thanks!
I ran your code in my local systems and they are always consistent:
bar() is before
foo(). However, do notice that in concurrency, they will never end beautifully like the one in the playground. Here is one of the run in my local system (after 20 runs):
OS linux ARCH amd64 CPUs 8 Goroutines 1 bar: 0 bar: 1 bar: 2 bar: 3 bar: 4 bar: 5 bar: 6 bar: 7 bar: 8 bar: 9 CPUs 8 foo: 0 foo: 1 foo: 2 foo: 3 foo: 4 foo: 5 foo: 6 foo: 7 foo: 8 foo: 9 Goroutines 2
Keep in mind that concurrency is not parallelism. That is a totally different beast.
@Noobz, the start order is defined in the code specifically line 18 (delegate) then to line 19 (execute
bar()). However, the way
foo goroutines executes concurrently in a single cpu is not predictable.
So to me it would appear that in the output, foo would come first.
In attempting to use the quote button , some how this reply came befor my reply to NobbZ
This confuses me. What exactly does this mean?
randomness in general reproducable
Are you saying that the execution is random? So that it was possible for foo to run before bar, or for bar to run before foo?
So this sounds like the execution is random.
Or does this…
mean something other than the execution is random.
tell foo to run after bar?
go foo() doesn’t say must run after
bar() but rather, starting another process to run
foo(). That starting has its own meta-processes to initialize before it can run the actual
foo(). That’s why
foo() comes in later comparing to
bar() which is an established process.
Also, keep in mind that by delegating process using goroutine does not guarantees it will start immediately. That’s why
foo() somehow looks like it starts later yet I can’t tell how long it will start executing
The execution is random as in there is no telling what (
foo) is running at one time on that single cpu so the output is chaotic. Notice the difference between the playground output and the one I quoted. The output are not consistent.
As for why, you can refer to this thread: Question on concurrent.
This is an interesting phrase in itself, and when I searched for it on
Google, I got some interesting definitions.
I think I’m good with this for now. You said something on another topic about marking something as solved? How do I do this, and if I do so, will I be able to come back and study it at a later date?
You can review all the replied posts and look out for the most appropriate one. Then notice there is a checkbox. Select on it will mark that reply as the solution to your question.
You can actually bookmark your own question, either via browser bookmark OR the forum bookmark. go to the question and expands the option (3 dots). There is a bookmark symbol there. Click on it.
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Inside: All about purple shampoo and how it affects grey hair
If you’re a member of any of the many gray hair Facebook groups, or if you follow any gray hair influencers on Instagram, you’ve probably heard a lot of chatter about purple shampoo.
But what is purple shampoo, and why is it one of the most talked-about products in the silver hair community?
In this article, I’ll explain what purple shampoo is and why so many women turn to it as part of their gray hair care routine.
What Is Purple Shampoo?
Purple shampoo is a violet-tinted toning shampoo designed specifically to reduce the appearance of brassy yellow tones in blonde or gray hair. It’s a shampoo that is usually infused with the ‘D&C Violet 2’ purple pigment and is designed for occasional use.
What Does It Do To Gray Hair?
You may have heard people talking about how naturally gray hair can appear yellow and ‘brassy’.
This can be due to genetics, the effects of the sun’s UV rays, chlorine or hard water, smoking, overuse of heat when styling, air pollution…and many other reasons.
Any or all of these things can cause the hair to turn yellow.
Related article: Why Gray Hair Turns Yellow and How to Prevent It
Purple shampoo doesn’t remove the yellow color but is designed to tone down the yellow in gray and white hair. It tones the color in your hair from warm tones (yellow) to cool (silver).
Purple shampoo is only a temporary solution for yellows in your gray hair. You can read about a more permanent solution further down this article, as well as here.
The Color Wheel
Purple is the opposite of yellow on the color spectrum, so the violet pigment in purple shampoo neutralizes yellow tones, which brightens your silver hair and makes it sparkle!
How Do You Use Purple Shampoo To Tone Gray Hair?
It’s really simple to use and you can do it yourself at home, which is one of the benefits of purple shampoo. No expensive trips to the salon to get your locks toned and looking fabulous – although you’re always welcome to treat yourself, too!
Each purple shampoo brand’s directions will be slightly different, so make sure you read the instructions on your shampoo bottle first.
Note: When using purple shampoo, it’s a good idea to do a strand test before adding it all over, so you can check on your hair’s porosity and be sure that you won’t end up with a purple tinge depending on the length of time you leave it in.
In general, you will use the purple shampoo on wet hair, wait the recommended amount of time (3-10 minutes, depending on the brand), rinse it out, condition it and style it like usual.
If your purple shampoo doesn’t come with a companion purple conditioner, I highly recommend using a deep conditioner on your hair afterward, so your hair doesn’t become dry and brittle.
If your hair is resistant to color (as mine was), you can try putting it on dry hair and/or leaving it on a little longer.
Experiment a bit to see what works best for you!
How Often Should You Use It?
You only need to use purple shampoo once a week, depending on how strong your hair’s yellow tones are.
It’s not a good idea to use it more often than once a week as it can be very drying and can also leave a purple tone in your hair if you overdo it.
How Long Do You Need To Leave Purple Shampoo In Your Hair?
Be careful how long you leave it on with each use, as leaving it too long can cause changes to your hair’s color.
It only needs to be on for 5-10 minutes at most. Just make sure to read the instructions included with your product (each product is different).
What Should I Do If I Leave It In Too Long?
If you have overused purple shampoo, either by using it too often or leaving it on your hair for too long, hair colorists generally recommend using a clarifying shampoo to clear some of the product from your hair.
If the purple color is significant, just continue clarifying as toning shampoos will wash out after a few shampoos.
Hairprint is more expensive but it has so many benefits: it’s a natural, plant-based chelating shampoo. It is stronger than your typical clarifying shampoo and is especially effective against hard water residue, which can discolor your gray hair.
Hairprint’s products are fragrance-free, gluten-free, sulfate-free, PEG-free, silicone-free and cruelty-free. It’s my new favorite clarifier for all these reasons, and well worth the price!
Neutrogena Anti-Residue clarifying shampoo is also very good, and it can be found in most grocery stores or drugstores. It is extremely drying, however, so make sure to follow up with a deep conditioner
Benefits Of Purple Shampoo
Gray hairs begin to appear as your hair follicles produce less melanin. This means the color gradually (or rapidly for some people!) disappears from your hair as it grows.
Some women find that their hair can also begin to change texture, becoming thicker but more dry and brittle.
Now, that’s not always the case – my hair got thicker, smoother and less dry! It really depends on genetics, I suppose.
A good quality purple shampoo will be free from sulfates, meaning it doesn’t contain surfactants that will strip your hair of moisture but its ingredients will hydrate and nourish your hair, alongside toning down the yellow.
You can find some of my recommendations for the different types of purple shampoo farther down in this post.
One of the key downsides to using purple shampoo is the risk of your hair taking on lilac tones.
This is especially true if you have naturally light hair with no brassy, yellow tones. Purple shampoo is designed to tone down yellow and it can add color to naturally lighter hair if overused or used unnecessarily.
Purple shampoo is also fairly harsh on your hair and can cause it to become dry and brittle if overused.
I’ll be doing a full post about this soon, but in the meantime, the purple shampoos I have found that work the best are:
Bold Uniq Purple Shampoo & Conditioner
Use Code KATIE20 for 20% off
Bold Uniq is fantastic. Their shampoo & conditioner combine beautifully to brighten your silver hair without drying it out!
Bold Uniq’s shampoo is more intense than your average purple shampoo, so make sure you do a strand test first.
Their products are paraben and sulfate-free, cruelty-free, and vegan-friendly.
Kerotin Purple Shampoo & Conditioner –
Use Code KGP15 for 15% off
Kerotin’s Purple Shampoo & Conditioner are also excellent.
They are not as intensely colored as Bold Uniq but also work quite well without drying out your hair.
Kerotin is Made in the USA, and their products are free of silicones, parabens, sulfates and sodium chloride. They are also cruelty-free.
Pantene Pro-V Silver Expressions. – this is one of the best drugstore-brand purple shampoos.
It leaves your hair so soft that you do NOT need to use a deep conditioner afterward, just your usual one.
Read my full review here.
Pantene products are cruelty-free in most countries, but they do allow animal testing in certain countries that require it.
Not everybody will want to use purple shampoo and there are some great alternatives out there!
QuickSilverHair Clay is a fabulous cleansing clay that will remove impurities from your gray hair and restore health to your tresses.
Its main ingredient is kaolin clay, which is absorbent and removes excess oil from your hair and scalp. It also cleanses and strengthens your hair.
I’m not kidding when I say it is my FAVORITE gray hair product, and I use it at least once a month to brighten my silver hair and remove product build-up.
Oribe Silverati uses natural ingredients to repair and restore damage to your hair.
Its key elements are watermelon, lychee, and Edelweiss flower, along with hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
These combine to reduce yellowing and provide a gentle cleanser for your hair and scalp.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Purple shampoo can be a much-needed tool in your routine as you navigate your gray-hair journey. But there are key things to remember as you dive in.
Which one have you tried on your gray or white hair? I’d love to hear about the products you recommend (or don’t!) and what you’ve found that has worked well for you on your silver hair.
Leave me a comment and let me know!
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Issue Date: December 2, 2013
Solar Demand Roars Back
Last month, Kyocera officials unveiled a new utility-scale solar power plant in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan. At 70 MW, the photovoltaic installation is the largest ever constructed in the island nation.
The new solar power plant is a conspicuous sign that generous Japanese incentives for solar power, instituted in the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami and subsequent disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant, are working. Japan is now the second-largest market for solar power after China.
But Japan isn’t the only country seeing an upswing. Government incentives and low prices for photovoltaics are accelerating demand for solar in China and the U.S., too. Even Europe is now contributing to the growth outlook for solar, experts say.
Europe had been heading in the other direction during the past two years, with governments in Spain and Germany rolling back support for solar. Such cuts, plus industry overcapacity, caused prices for the key solar-cell raw material polysilicon to plunge from a high of $79.00 per kg in March 2011 to less than $18.00 per kg last month.
As Japanese, Chinese, and U.S. demand began to turn around earlier this year, installers began buying up the massive inventories that had piled up in the wake of the European cutbacks. Starting in the third quarter, the new demand pulled all the way back in the supply chain to polysilicon, where suppliers are reporting that sales are going from stagnant to surging.
Growth will likely continue in 2014. New solar installations are expected to jump by 25% compared with this year, growing from 33 gigawatts to 41 GW of power capacity, according to Shyam Mehta, solar analyst at market research firm GTM Research. Production of materials that go into photovoltaics can’t increase by nearly that rate, which means “we will see a pretty tight market in 2014 across the board,” he adds.
For polysilicon maker Wacker Chemie, there was an additional factor in the industry turnaround: In late July, the European Union and China reached a compromise in a trade dispute over solar polysilicon exports to China. For now, no tariffs have been imposed.
“Demand picked up noticeably,” says Christof Bachmair, the company’s senior manager of media relations. “Before that, market participants were very unsure and customers were reluctant to place volume orders. They did not want to be caught in the middle of placing large orders and have to pay tariffs.”
But now the U.S. and China are fighting over solar. Starting in July, China tacked a steep tariff on polysilicon imports from the U.S. in retaliation for a U.S. tariff on finished solar panels from China. Each country has accused the other of unfairly subsidizing manufacturing and of selling artificially cheap products in each other’s market.
The trade war has thrown a wet blanket over what should be happy times for U.S.-based manufacturers Hemlock Semiconductor and REC Silicon. For the third quarter, Hemlock reported improved performance “despite pricing and volume pressure.”
Hemlock continues reduced production at its Michigan site and has postponed completion and operation of a new facility in Clarksville, Tenn. The company reported 400 layoffs in January.
Looking to the European example, Hemlock and its majority owner, Dow Corning, are pressing government officials for a settlement of the trade dispute. Hemlock spokesman Jarrod Erpelding says it will “support any efforts to find a mutually acceptable resolution which will enable and foster global cooperation and growth of the industry.”
The tariffs haven’t locked U.S. suppliers out of China, where the bulk of the world’s photovoltaic cells are made, experts point out. The polysilicon duties do not apply to material used in photovoltaics that China exports to other countries. GTM’s Mehta estimates that of 33 GW of modules that will be made in China next year, only 8 GW will be installed domestically.
Norwegian-owned REC Silicon, which makes polysilicon in Washington state, told investors that it saw strong volume growth in the third quarter, despite Chinese antidumping duties of up to 57%. Still, it warned that the dispute may have a significant negative impact on the firm’s results in the future.
Now that demand is moving up, manufacturers will turn their attention to improving profitability by managing output and avoiding another market glut. So far, prices for polysilicon have not noticeably increased, but they are on track to rise by 25% next year, GTM’s Mehta says. “Heading into 2014, we think it will be the most stable and profitable year for suppliers since 2010,” he predicts.
Wacker’s Bachmair hopes for greater stability in the years to come. He says the company expects to open a long-planned facility in Charleston, Tenn., in mid-2015. “Building up a greenfield plant of this size from scratch requires time, and sizable investments—you don’t decide on that on a quarterly basis. You have to make your decision and stick to it.”
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Black bear boom in northern Lower Peninsula creating a nuisance for residents
Black bear populations in the northern Lower Peninsula are booming.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the population has increased almost 50 percent since 2000. Kevin Swanson, a wildlife management specialist for the DNR, says this is creating a nuisance for some Michigan residents.
"We have had a pretty notable increase in complaints in the northern Lower Peninsula, especially in Baldwin, over the last few years and that continues to climb," Swanson said. "We've had more notable complaints like bluff charges on humans and some dogs being killed."
Swanson says the number of complaints is creating a nearly unmanageable situation for DNR employees.
The DNR is proposing a bear harvest of 5,925 bears for the 2017-18 hunting season. That's an increase of 100 bears from last season.
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- Developments within 10km of the Exe Estuary SPA and within 10km of the East Devon Pebbled Heaths SAC and SPA will pay a fee of £1359.51 per residential unit.
The contribution per unit increases annually by indexation and is calculated using the January Retail Price Index with the contribution per unit increasing in April each year.The contribution payable will be the annual figure plus indexation at the time payment is made.
Please note that for applications received from the 1st April 2021 the non-infrastructure habitats mitigation charges will increase by £6.81 per dwelling as per the South East Devon Habitats Regulations Executive Committee.
The contribution has been calculated from the total costs of the projects in the SEDESMS which are divided by the number of houses to be built in the areas impacting upon the protected habitats. This produces a ‘per dwelling’ habitats mitigation financial contribution.
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It’s likely that somewhere on New Year’s Eve, as the lights dim on the dance floor, a Vermont musical icon will be playing. In 1944, a new popular song gave the world an image of Vermont that included falling leaves, ski trails and the evening summer breeze. The 13-line song became a standard that is still sung today.
Energy was a big issue in 2004. Most of the energy matters that Vermont dealt with in the last year cropped up early and stayed in play for months. Today as we continue our weeklong “Year in Review,” VPR’s Steve Delaney looks at nuclear power, hydro-electric dams, wind power and transmission lines.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is involved in a nationwide effort to take stock of country’s wildlife. Officials say when the work is completed it will be the first time that all of the state’s animals, plants and insects have been surveyed.
There was other political news in Vermont this year besides Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. There are some familiar faces back in statewide offices, and others who are leaving their elected positions. Today as we continue this week’s series on “2004, the year in review,” VPR’s Steve Delaney takes us through the politics of the last 12 months. | <urn:uuid:ddfdd648-a788-403d-a12e-129705d685e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archive.vpr.org/2004/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96409 | 276 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Industries That Will Never Go Away
Countless industries exist across the world, each established for a particular purpose. While some multi-task sometimes, others focus on a sole purpose. Times change and as a result, certain industries lose their usefulness and inevitably fold up. Some however, will remain till the end of time, if there’s ever an end. This post highlights 6 industries that can never run down.
The stability of an industry, apart from ensuring profits, also guarantees job security which everyone wants. As a result, many prospective business owners prefer to establish businesses in industries that will always be around.
Most industries are quite stable and have the capacity to grow astronomically. However, something could happen which in turn could threaten the existence of such industries. On the other hand, some industries can never cease to exist simply because they are crucial to human existence. Industries like that focus on basic human needs. So, no matter how bad things get, these industries will survive.
6 Industries that will never go away
1. Water industry
Water is a basic necessity of life. Water is needed everywhere, by everyone and for everything! It’s impossible for any living thing to survive without water. Little wonder 70% of the Earth’s composition is water. From the basic need of quenching thirst to irrigation, water is, without doubt, a much-needed commodity.
If a business is established in the water industry, such business is bound to be profitable. Take the ‘pure water’ business in Nigeria, for instance. Once a standard ‘pure water’ factory is established, and enough awareness is created, people will always come to buy. The owner rakes in profits. Rest assured that the industry wouldn’t collapse the following morning.
2. Food industry
Again, everyone eats food. Quantities may just vary from one person to another. It’s common knowledge that anyone who stays without food over a long period of time will die. So, food can’t be done away with, making the food industry one of the top industries that will never go away.
Establishing a business in the food industry, such as opening a restaurant, is a suitable investment. The number of people who then come for meals depends on certain factors. This includes the standard of the food, the cleanliness of the restaurant’s environs and sometimes, the presentation of the food. Notwithstanding, even a small “buka” by the roadside will be frequented by customers who have no aversion to food prepared and served in such an environment.
3. Healthcare industry
Every human prefers to be in good health and most would do anything for it. If an unhealthy person for some reason, doesn’t get treated, he or she ends up being a liability. Eventually, there’s the possibility of death. No one wants that. So, when a person falls sick, the hospital, pharmacy or even a native healer is sought so that person can be treated. Any well-managed business established in this industry would bloom because sadly, people will always fall sick.
4. Clothing industry
The essence of clothing originally was to cover nakedness. These days, fashion has gone beyond that. As a result, special styles, designs and techniques are required for clothing. This has led to the establishment of several businesses with regard to dressmaking.
5. Transportation industry
Man has been referred to severally as a social animal. This means he interacts with his environment, other animals and especially his fellow man. Due to this interaction, man has to move from one place to another for one thing or another. Inevitably, transportation is part and parcel of man’s life. Anyone establishing a business in this industry has nothing to fear with regards to stability and job security.
6. Education industry
When basic human needs are mentioned, education hardly comes to mind. What most fail to realize is education is part and parcel of human existence too. How? Education is not all about attending a specific formal school in a particular place and getting a certificate at the end of the day.
The little instructions parents give their children in itself is a form of education. Not to talk of other corrections from external but still informal sources. All these are all under the broad scope of education. After all, there’s always something to learn and there’s always someone to teach.
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If you don’t feel like you at your best, and it’s been a long time you’ve been idling in this place, you might need a real immersion in your own self-love.
It takes time, patience and the willingness to put yourself first… no matter the feedback you get.
It’s easy to hear feedback on how “selfish” it is to be so “self-involved” but in my experience, the people who’ve called me selfish also have taken loads of energy and resources from others with no exchange and a big dose of entitlement.
There’s nothing selfish about making your life about your own wellbeing first and foremost, because then you have energy to give! And if you’re not feeling like yourself, this act of self-compassion will do wonders for your life.
Today, I’m excited to share lots of scientific research and hard-won wisdom from my sister Nicole who has lived this life re-boot in profound ways.
We all want the “good” life, and we are taught that in order to attain this, we must work hard, be the best and give 110%. The trappings a good life entails are usually a loving, responsible partner, a nice house, healthy well-behaved children, and a good stable job. If you really think about all these wonderful things, you will realize that it is not only labor intensive to attain them, but each one requires a lot maintenance, expending a great deal of physical and mental energy. Relationships, no matter how good, are subject to the same unpredictability and the same ups and downs as life. They take work. Rearing children…it takes work. Keeping a house clean and in good order….it takes work. And lastly…WORK…takes work. Sometimes, we all need to recharge and reboot ourselves to get our mojo back.
9 Signs That You Need To Recharge Yourself
- Exhaustion: We are all human and have a mental and physical cap. Though this threshold varies in each individual, we are all susceptible to BURNING OUT. You will be easily fatigued, find it difficult to get out of bed, and will find it hard to get through the day without dreaming of resting your head on a pillow.
- Interpersonal Problems: You may notice that you are more quick-tempered and snappy at home, with friends and even co-workers. This can become a cycle of your own downward demise. The more you treat others poorly, they will treat you poorly back. It can perpetuate negativity, in a situation where positivity is integral.
- Negative Feelings About Yourself: Where life used to seem full of promise and opportunity, suddenly you don’t feel capable of achieving or keeping those opportunities. Your perception of your self is veering to the negative spectrum where things seem impossible, instead of possible.
- Apathy: You’ve lost your zest and zing. Nothing seems to excite you. You’ve lost drive and desire. Things that were once important to you, no longer bear any significance and to an apathetic person, it doesn’t matter.
- Declining Performance At Work: When people BURN OUT, they generally find it difficult to concentrate and focus. This could lead to difficulty performing well at work and might be construed by co-workers as a lack of ambition, drive and eagerness.
- High levels of Anxiety: Anxiety creeps up in many forms, but when it rears its ugly head, you will most definitely know it. You may experience a rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, an inability to just sit still, or sometimes a warped feeling…like you are on a far off planet looking in on the world.
- Neglecting Your Health: Have you lost your appetite or your desire to look good? When overwhelm presents itself, we prioritize…everything seems overwhelming, and unfortunately, usually, we neglect the most important thing …ourselves. It is way easier to take care of someone else than it is to confront yourself.
- Loss of Being Able to Enjoy People and Experiences: What used to be fun isn’t and who used to make you feel good, just doesn’t do the trick anymore. You may feel like it’s hard to let your hair down so to speak, due to the overwhelm you feel. There might be guilt attached too…like, how dare I enjoy myself when I have so many serious important things to take care of.
- No Sense of Accomplishment: Accomplishments are personal…people can be proud of themselves for reading a book a week, while others who never thought they could run a mile…accomplish it and feel a sense of pride. Someone who is in serious need of a re-charge can’t find anything to pat themselves on the back for.
Some Holistic Ways To Re-Charge and Re-Boot
Laugh more often: Although laughter is not the absolute cure all, it does have some amazing effects on our stress levels, perception of life, and even our health. In an article on Stress Management by the Mayo Clinic staff, they found that laughter can relive stress and anxiety, help relieve physical pain, ease tension, and even improve your immune system. You can learn more here.
It might be time to figure out what makes you giggle and do it more often.
Keep a journal of things you are thankful for: Gratitude is important. Keep a journal and write down everyday the things in your life that you are thankful for. It can be a simple smile from a stranger or a loving hug…it’s all worthy of appreciation. Reputable gratitude researcher, Robert A. Emmons, PhD, confirms in the Forbes article 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude That Will Motivate you To Give Thanks Year Round that gratitude effectively increases happiness and reduces depression.
Meditate: Breathe, relax, and recharge. There is nothing better than surrendering yourself to the soothing sounds of the ocean or focusing on someone whisper positive messages to you as you relax your mind and body. Sara Lazar, neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School, explains the way in which meditation affects your brain in this article in THIS interview in the Washington Post. You can also find meditation videos for free on YouTube. HERE is one I like to listen to.
Take a detox bath: Baths are not only a great way to be alone a de-stimulate from a tough day, but they can improve your health as well. HERE is an amazingly powerful and easy recipe you can probably find in your cupboard.
Do something for yourself at least twice a week: Remember who you are! Do you like to paint, draw, dance, hike….or have you always been interested in something, but was to afraid to try your hand at it. Go for it…you only live once.
Your own full-tank of energy is vital. Your energy tank stays full with lots of clear space and lots of self-love.
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ACEDS course on Cyberintelligence
You can accumulate credits for your ACEDS certification by taking an online course offered on the ACEDS site. Roy Zur is the CEO of CyberInt, and a retired major with the Israeli security forces, who teaches a course entitled, Cyber Intelligence Tools to Empower All Aspects of Litigation. Here are some brief notes I took while taking the course.
Zur divides Cyber intelligence into 7 groups:
1. Advanced Search Abilities 2. Profiling and Deep Due Diligence 3. Hidden Data Uncover & Recover 4. Digital Evidence and Metadata 5. Geo-Location 6. Trend Analysis and Statistics 7. Dark web and criminal trade
Make a distinction between the World Wide Web, (what you can search in Google); the Deep Web (everything that is not indexed) ; and the Dark Web (site with criminal activity).
Zur described how Facbook LIve can show you the location of all of the people who are watching a particular video. The source page lists the exact location of all viewers. He also highlighted a site called Black Book Online, which leads you to white pages, campaign contribution and corporate records databases where you can find information on an individual. Zur is a big fan of Google reverse image search, see the Tip of the Night for December 13, 2015, and noted that it has recently improved its algorithm.
He noted that Dark Web sites often have a long alphanumeric sequence followed by the extension .onion for the Tor browser, such as http://uxxasdkkxtrzppvv.onion,
One can find who registered a web site on a who is site such as, https://whois.icann.org/en. It will give you information about a registrant's organization, IP addresses, server type, IP location, and so forth Reverse whois lookup search engines, can be used to search for registrant user names and find out if legitimate sites belong to someone who may have more covert sites.
The metadata for photos shows which camera was used, where the photo was taken, and when the photo was taken.
Facebook automatically removes metadata for photos which are uploaded to it.
The Save Page Now option in the Wayback Machine, allows a version to be downloaded that can be edited.
Wikipedia is another unlikely, but useful cyberintelligence tool . Wikipedia archives uploaded data indefinitely even if someone else deletes it. You can tell if a subject edited detailed information about its own entry on Wikipedia.
The Lumen database collects and analyzes user complaints for the removal of online data.
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The White Elephant
Welcome to The White Elephant – the restaurant with no customers. How will they cope when someone finally comes for a meal? In each episode you will learn many sitations connected with restaurants, cooking and food. This is a great drama video series to improve your english speaking skills. The White Elephnat collection includes 30 videos and each of them cover different language associated with life in a restaurant and communication between the staff. This is a fantastic way to improve you vocabulary related to restaurants, food and work relations in general.
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AlphaBio Control has established a research and development programme that is structured to create products that are targeted to meet contemporary
Each product must demonstrate efficacy that is comparable to the relevant market standards; it must be cost-competitive, capable of being positioned for use in conventional crop production systems; and must have a benign impact on the natural environment.
AlphaBio Control’s R&D platform technology has led to the development of a pipeline of additional products within a number of different classifications.
– Plant growth promoter
– Soil sterilant
– Second generation insecticide
– Biological seed treatment
These new products are at varying stages in their development. All have been subject to field testing with promising results and are now entering our development pipeline.
Further announcements will be made in due course.
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The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Pentecostal–Holiness Christian denomination. COGIC is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States.
What religion is Church of God in Christ?
Church of God in Christ, predominantly African American Pentecostal church that originated in the United States as an outgrowth of the Holiness movement. The date and place of the group’s establishment is disputed between two member bodies, but the founding role of a dynamic preacher named Charles H.
Is Church of God and Pentecostal the same?
The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination. The Church of God’s publishing house is Pathway Press.
Is Church of Christ Pentecostal?
Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in North Carolina in 1969 by Johnnie Draft and Wallace Snow. Both these men had been members of the Church of God (Apostolic) prior to establishing this church.
Are all Assembly of God churches Pentecostal?
It is the U.S. branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world’s largest Pentecostal body.
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|Separations||General Assembly of the Apostolic Churches|
|Members||3,233,385 adherents* (2018) 1,856,653 members (2018)|
What does the Church of God teach?
1. The Church of God believes “that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins,” according to ChurchofGod.org, and that “justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.”
What does the Baptist church believe?
Many Baptists belong to the Protestant movement of Christianity. They believe that a person can attain salvation through faith in God and Jesus Christ. Baptists also believe in the sanctity of the Bible. They practice baptism but believe that the person must be wholly immersed in water.
Why do only Pentecostals speak in tongues?
The majority of Pentecostals and Charismatics consider speaking in tongues to primarily be divine, or the “language of angels,” rather than human languages.
Do Pentecostals believe in the Trinity?
The majority of Pentecostal groups believe in the Trinity, and are called Trinitarian. A sizable minority believe in Apostolic or “Oneness” theology. They are known as Oneness or Apostolic Pentecostals.
What does Pentecostal worship look like?
Pentecostal worship is characterized by emotional, lively expressions of worship with great spontaneity. Some examples of Pentecostal denominations and faith groups are Assemblies of God, Church of God, Full-Gospel churches, and Pentecostal Oneness churches.
Which church is the true church?
The Catholic Church teaches that Christ set up only “one true Church”, and that this Church of Christ is and subsists only in the Catholic Church. From this follows that it regards itself as “the universal sacrament of salvation for the human race” and the only true religion.
Which churches do not believe in the Trinity?
The largest nontrinitarian Christian denominations are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oneness Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, La Luz del Mundo and the Iglesia ni Cristo, though there are a number of other smaller groups, including Christadelphians, Church of the Blessed Hope, Christian Scientists, …
What was the first church in history?
Tradition holds that the first Gentile church was founded in Antioch, Acts 11:20–21, where it is recorded that the disciples of Jesus Christ were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). It was from Antioch that St.
What makes a church Pentecostal?
Pentecostalism is a form of Christianity that emphasises the work of the Holy Spirit and the direct experience of the presence of God by the believer. Pentecostals believe that faith must be powerfully experiential, and not something found merely through ritual or thinking. Pentecostalism is energetic and dynamic.
What is the largest Pentecostal denomination?
The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. It is the fourth largest international Christian group of denominations.
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LEP Welcomes Prime Minister’s Pledge on Offshore Wind Energy
The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to make the UK a world leader in the production of offshore wind energy.
In his speech to the virtual Conservative Party conference the Prime Minister said offshore wind will power a green recovery for the UK and aimed to provide every household in the UK with electricity sourced from offshore wind power by 2030.
He promised to increase offshore wind energy production to 40GW by 2030 – a 33% increase on the target set out in the Offshore Wind Sector Deal.
£160 million will be made available to upgrade ports and infrastructure across northern England, Scotland and Wales to hugely increase our offshore wind capacity, which is already the largest in the world and currently meets 10 per cent of our electricity demand.
Pat Doody, Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, said: “Greater Lincolnshire is already at the forefront of the growing offshore wind energy revolution and its supply chain, with thousands of jobs being created.
“Grimsby is home to the UK’s largest cluster of operations and maintenance for the sector and the whole area has real opportunities for a decarbonisation sector, enhanced today by the £75m Zero Carbon Humber proposal to Government by 12 of the largest businesses in the Humber region.
“The Prime Minister’s announcement is a welcome further boost for offshore wind energy production in the Humber estuary region, which is ripe for significant development in terms of freeports, Enterprise Zones and further growth in offshore wind energy, operations and maintenance, and manufacturing.
“Working with the Midlands Engine and the private sector we have significant ambitions to further develop this sector into a globally competitive sector in northern Lincolnshire and beyond. This has been evidenced by our financial support for Able Marine Energy Park, which is set to play an increasingly important role in the offshore wind energy revolution.
“As we navigate a path to a stronger economy post-Covid it’s vital that we support investment, innovation and job creation in new, greener and cleaner technologies and help the Government to achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050.”
Councillor Rob Waltham MBE, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: “The confidence from Government in this region is again clear to see and I welcome this commitment to levelling up across the regions.
“This latest announcement follows quickly from one of the world’s leading steel pipe manufacturers, SeAH, signing a memorandum of understanding with ABLE UK.
“This combination of public and private-sector investment will be critical to renewing and redeveloping the economy as we move forward. High-skilled, sustainable jobs will be created and prosperity will only increase further.”
Councillor Philip Jackson, Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, said:
“We welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to green energy in his speech yesterday. Grimsby is a world leader in the development of operations and maintenance facilities for the offshore windfarms in the southern North Sea with the global giants Orsted and RWE choosing to base themselves here.
“Not only that, but the recent investment by the ORE Catapult in a Centre of Excellence at our port confirms our key credentials. Our access to those offshore sites is unparalleled, and as demand for green energy increases, we know we have the facilities to grow further as part of the Energy Estuary.”
Duncan Clark, Head of UK Region for Ørsted, one of the largest wind energy operators in the North Sea, said: “We welcome today’s announcement from the Government which will unlock huge opportunities for world-class UK supply chain companies, both domestically and overseas, to market the skills and innovative technologies that have been fostered in the UK offshore wind industry.
“Offshore wind is the most cost-effective way to achieve the UK’s net zero ambitions, and delivering 40GW of offshore wind by 2030 is an essential part of this roadmap. This is a challenging target but achievable if Government and the industry continue to work together to accelerate deployment and build out the UK project pipeline as quickly as possible, regenerating coastal communities while expediting our progress to a more sustainable, low-carbon future.”
In his speech yesterday the Prime Minister made a number of commitments, including:
- confirming offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, boosting the government’s previous 30GW target to 40GW.
- creating a new target for floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030, which is over 15 times the current volumes worldwide. Building on the strengths of the North Sea, this new technology allows wind farms to be built further out to sea in deeper waters, boosting capacity even further where winds are strongest and ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront of the next generation of clean energy.
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Federal agencies frequently provide no justification for their analytical time frame when analyzing the costs and benefits of a policy. This is true even when there are costs and benefits that clearly occur beyond the time frame chosen by the agency. In so doing, agencies risk overlooking key long-term impacts that may justify more stringent regulation.
This report argues that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should take steps to improve how agencies consider analytical time frames in their cost-benefit analyses. In particular, the report recommends that OMB include the following guidance to agencies in its upcoming revisions to Circular A-4 to ensure that agencies devote more thorough attention to their choice and explanation of the analytical time frame:
1. Identify and discuss the analytical time frame in a dedicated section of the regulatory impact analysis.
2. Explain in detail any limitations affecting the choice of analytical time frame.
3. Address whether the analysis is sensitive to the choice of analytical time frame.
4. Conduct a temporal break-even analysis when significant costs or benefits occur beyond the analytical time frame.
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Camping has always been a tradition in my family. For the past 30 years, we have been travelling en masse to a small provincial park in northern Ontario. This year, my husband and I decided to be brave (or crazy) and take our twin girls (2 years old), Madeline and Riley, camping for two nights.
Even though we were only going for two nights, my preparation began weeks ago. I started by making lots of lists, and stressing about all the potential disasters that awaited us—bugs, dirt, water, open flame—not to mention how we were going to handle napping and bedtime! Here are a few things I learned on our trip:
- You can never have too many clothes. We went for two days and two nights. When we got home, I did four loads of laundry. Each girl went through two pairs of pants, three pairs of shorts, five T-shirts, two sweatshirts, four pairs of socks, two bathing suits. That’s a lot of clothes, and I was grateful for the extra socks and T-shirts I threw in at the last minute.
- Bring lots of never-before-seen activities. I started checking out my local dollar store a few weeks before our trip to pick up some fun activities the girls had never seen before. I had my little bag of tricks, and every time someone got fussy, or bored, I would pull out a new book, some stickers, or a new colouring book and markers—anything to grab their attention.
- Remember there are new experiences at every turn. Before we left, I was worried about what we were going to do with Maddie and Riley. Once we were there, it became obvious that there were so many new things for them to see and do. The beach held hours of fun, as did collecting pine needles at the camp site. A walk to the store, or around the campground meant we got to talk about what we were seeing. This was their first time in a tent, sleeping outdoors, seeing a frog up close—it was great to see it all through the eyes of a pair of two year-olds.
- Take the change of scenery as an opportunity to make changes to your routine. Ever since the girls were born, our bedtime routine has included a bottle (or sippy cup) of milk. Now that the girls are two, I was anxious to eliminate it from our nightly routine. We took advantage of the fact that everything about camping was new to switch our night time cup of milk to a dinner time cup of milk. Since we made the change while we were away, we were able to keep it up even when we came home and the girls haven’t even really noticed.
- Relax. The most important thing I learned was to just go with it. Our girls didn’t sleep that well, but it was okay. We don’t usually give them a lot of treats, but when their grandma wanted to give them money for the store, we walked there together and bought chocolate and ice cream. We were on vacation and it was a perfect opportunity for us to relax our rules a bit and have fun.
We were all exhausted by the time we got home, but had a great time and I’m already looking forward to next year. Maybe we’ll go for three days…
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This expert is one that makes their living caring for trees suburbs, people, or perhaps manufacturing facilities or firms. Having to utilize a tree service can mean that you have passing away or dead trees that need to be removed before they end up being a hazard, that there is a number of trees on the residential property that require to be trimmed, etc. It is extremely important to keep in mind that not all companies who provide a tree solution run identically so make sure that you are hiring a tree solution business that is able to look after the requirements for the trees you are concerned about. All companies ought to be insured and bonded. As an example, if you have an undesirable or dead tree that you require relocated see to it that when the work is completed that the firm will take away every item of the tree, or trees and that the removal has been done successfully and safe.
If you need to have tree care for your real-time trees you intend to make certain that the firm has the knowledge to care for these trees. They should additionally know how to safely remove any type of dead branches without harming the online tree and also they know just how to do discerning topping as well as trimming. The owner and employees must additionally be an arborist, who is a specialist that knowledge to take care of a selection of trees. If you employ an private or business is not an arborist you could accidentally hire someone that will certainly botch your trees and also create them to perhaps end up being unhealthy, die, or grown unshapely.
A educated tree solution business will certainly also enjoy to offer a prospective client a free estimates to what they are mosting likely to do and the price for every solution in addition to other information significant to the estimate. You must make certain that you access least 2 estimates and also compare them before making your final decision. Something that the house owner must ensure remains in the estimate is that they will certainly do a total tidy up together with the elimination of any type of debris from the work. Several credible tree service companies will likewise put in the time to talk about with the property owner any kind of landscape goals they have. They will have the ability to show the property owner which trees in your backyard that could hinder other grasses or plants developments in the area. If the tree solution business has actually looked your trees over as well as detects any illness they will inform you concerning them so you can have them dealt with so the trees will certainly not die. A lot of will make use of a tree solution when trees are starting to bud or end up being dormant.
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Normal distribution of data
When we say there is normal distribution of data, it has:
- symmetry about the center
- 50% of the values greater than the mean and 50% less than the mean.
Normal distribution, also known as the Gaussian distribution, will appear as a bell curve in graphical form.
Many statistical tests assume normal distribution of data. These tests are also called parametric tests. So before performing any parametric test, we should perform some tests to check the distribution of data. If normality assumption is held, we can go for a parametric test. But if normality assumption is violated, we should either go for non-parametric tests or transform data to achieve normality.
However, according to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution tends to be normal if sample size is large enough (n>30). So we can ignore the distribution of the data and use parametric tests in such cases.
Examine the normal distribution
- a) By statistical tests
There are several statistical tests for normality. The Shapiro-Wilk test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test are the popular ones. The Shapiro–Wilk test is considered a more appropriate method for smaller sample sizes (<50 samples) although it can also handle larger sample size. Kolmogorov–Smirnov test is used for ≥50 samples. For both of these tests, the null hypothesis states that data are taken from a normal distributed population. When p-value is > 0.05, null hypothesis is accepted and data are called as normally distributed. When p-value is < 0.05, normal distribution cannot be assumed.
- b) By graphical method
We can check for normal distribution through different plots such as histogram, density plot, QQ plot and boxplot. For normal data:
- Histogram and density plot should be approximately bell-shaped and symmetric about the mean.
- A QQ plot which is created by plotting observed and expected quantiles against one another should form an approximate straight line.
- A box plot should have a median line approximately at the center of the box and symmetric whiskers.
In the below figures, we can see different types of plots with perfect normal distribution:
A right skewed distribution is the distribution in which the tail is on the right side. It is also called a positively skewed distribution since there will be a long tail in the positive direction on the number line. In the below figures, we can see different types of plots with right (positively) skewed distribution:
A left skewed distribution is the distribution in which the tail is on the left side. It is also called a negatively skewed distribution since there will be a long tail in the negative direction on the number line. In the below figures, we can see different types of plots with left (negatively) skewed distribution:
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For this assignment, conduct research and consider airspace capacity challenges currently facing the aviation industry. You will select one specific topic that is leading to an airspace capacity challenge to address in your paper (e.g. unmanned systems operations, an increase in commercial air traffic, etc.).
Your paper must include:
The impact of capacity on the current structure of the national airspace
An evaluation of the FAA’s National Airspace Systems Plan on current air traffic control systems
An assessment of the impact of equipment capacity on national airspace system availability
A proposed recommendation to increase the capacity of the national airspace
Your paper must be supported by a minimum of three scholarly references, should be grammatically sound, and free of spelling errors. You must include a properly formatted title page, in-text citations where appropriate, and a reference page formatted according to current APA guidelines. If you have any questions regarding APA requirements, please refer to the current APA manual or ask your instructor.
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The reason for this behavior is because each Add Web Reference creates a
The Reference.map file is used to create a proxy source file.
If you do 3 Add Web Reference, 3 Reference.map files are created.
Putting them all together in 1 folder will overwrite another, that's why
they are distributed to different folders.
One way to solve this issue is to create a static discovery file (.disco
file) that references all 3 web services or .asmx
Here is a link that contains a sample .disco file
In Add Web Reference, you can add your .disco file instead of asmx file.
In that case, all 3 web services will be pulled down to your computer at
once with only 1 Reference file.
Hope it helps,
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Development
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"jonnylbluejeans" <john.lep...@arch.com> wrote in message
> I have a development server "http://company" ("//msdev1/drive-
> d/inetpub/rootdev1"). My web services I've created are under a
> namespace "mynamespace". I can access my webservices by
> "http://company/mynamespace/websvc3.asmx", etc.
> The Webservices are under one project called "mynamespace" off the root
> of "http://company".
> They are all defined with '<WebService(Namespace:
> But is it really?
> I create a VB windows forms app, and add web references to these 3
> webservices - here is what I get:
> Solution WindowsFormsApp (1 Project)
> - WindowsFormsApp
> + References
> - WebReferences
> - company
> - company1
> - company2
> Since the webservices are all under the same defined namespace, physical
> directory, and project - why then does VS consider them under different
> Or am I just confused?
This has to do with the way that Visual Studio handles multiple web
references. Each folder (company1, company2, etc.) contains a Reference.map
file; each of these files has to be stored in a separate folde -- hence the
names company1, company2, etc. These folders can be renamed to something
else if you want.
Do you have any specific feedback on the way web references are currently
organized? If so, we can pass that along to our product planning team.
Visual Studio Core Development Team
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This award winning book will appeal to any child between the ages of 7 to 10 learning elementary level math.
Inside, a wizard reveals the magic of 11X math of one-digit, two-digit and three-digit numbers. He reveals some amazing tricks to help kids find the solutions quickly, easily and without the use of a calculator.
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1. General managemer of the provincial broad casting (head of committee)
2. General managemer of Islamic, culture and Guidance (secretary of committee)
3. General managemer of public relations of governary.
4. General managemer of Islamic …
5. effice head of repnesentation office of the ministry of forign affairs.
6. Head of provinecial news paper house.
7. Manager of Islamic republic news agency in privince.
8. Two repnesentatine of news agencies of news site in the provin (with the approval committee).
1. Identify the necessary solutions to expand the scope of information in line with the prognams and the goals of seted.
2. Use the capacity of media, and caltural devices in order creating a culture ground the development pragrams of the province.
3. Prepration 2 production of appropriate can tent of provincil advantages, for public culture and sending to individuals and groups with a tribune such as Friday Emams and Emam jamate managers of NGO and professors and teachers of education and center.
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By: Hillary Delaney
The trees that Boone County’s first pioneers encountered were ancient, enormous in scope and abundant. They provided much-needed building lumber and heating fuel to increasing numbers of settlers in the area. As in much of the world, our area entered a period of de-foresting.
Though today we enjoy a healthy tree canopy, very few of the ancient examples remain. Most trees were put to practical use, but some also succumbed to various forms of blight, frost and wind damage. Today, magnificent examples of grand old trees can be found in protected areas such as: Dinsmore Woods, Middle Creek Park and Boone Cliffs Park.
Our contemporary awareness of nature conservation in the county is not a new concept. One ancient elm tree that had survived both man and Mother Nature was memorialized in the Boone County Recorder in 1905. At the time of the article, the tree providing inspiration had once stood in old Beaverlick. The writer describes its age as ancient, but indeterminate, as no one living “hath the remotest idea.”
This tree had reportedly once shaded the herds of buffalo making their way along the trace to the Big Bone salt lick. It also offered a cool meeting place for Boone County’s earliest settlers, who traded horses and discussed politics beneath the grand branches. According to the writer of the 1905 article, Confederate Brigadier General Kirby Smith and his forces took lunch under this formidable arbor, resting up for the battle to come as they pushed north in 1862.
Clearly it was a favorite spot amongst the citizens, as the article goes on to recount a variety of diversions: bottles of whiskey consumed at the tree, card playing, romance and students ducking out of class. In a nutshell, this tree was sacred. Little surprise that the close of the article bemoans its loss and even lays blame at the feet of one “William Gilpin”, in whose stove the tree met its final end.
If one looks past the emotional and romantic tone of the piece, it has an historical perspective that we modern folks can’t truly relate to. The writer was living at a time of modernization and change that none of us were witness to. Can you imagine having even second-hand accounts of the days of roaming herds of bison on Hathaway Road?
Thankfully, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to appreciate living old-growth trees right here in Boone County. Surely, as the weather begins to warm and leaves begin to grow, the shade of our trees will draw us to them for practical reasons as well as for their beauty. If you visit, imagine the stories those trees could tell. | <urn:uuid:a96ef0e3-c705-4aff-8ad1-a8f37a1453d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cbc.bcplhistory.org/doku.php?id=ancient_trees | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967444 | 552 | 2.984375 | 3 |
China and India have consented to lessen pressures seven days after conflicts on their contested Himalayan fringe left 20 Indian soldiers dead in severe hand-to-hand battling.
The June 15 fight, allegedly battled with clench hands, clubs and shakes, was the first run through soldiers have been slaughtered on their fringe since 1975 and denoted a significant decay in ties between the two Asian monsters.
Chinese remote service representative Zhao Lijian said that after talks between the top provincial military leaders on Monday, the two sides “consented to take important measures to advance a cooling of the circumstance”.
The Press Trust of India said the gathering was between Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, administrator of the 14 Corps, and Major General Liu Lin, authority of the Tibet Military District.
“The holding of this gathering shows that the two sides need to manage their contradiction, deal with the circumstance and de-heighten the circumstance through exchange and discussions,” Zhao told a standard news meeting.
The different sides “traded plain and inside and out perspectives” and “consented to keep up exchange and mutually dedicated to advancing harmony and peacefulness in the outskirt regions”, Zhao included.
There was no official remark from New Delhi yet an Indian armed force source said that after the gathering, apparently enduring right around 11 hours, that there was a “shared accord to withdraw”.
He added that approaches to decrease gratings in the Ladakh area inverse Tibet “were examined and will be taken forward by both the sides”.
The source gave no further subtleties, yet the conflicts followed a prior consent to withdraw struck toward the beginning of June following quite a while of rising strains that incorporated a few fights.
The June 15 viciousness occurred around 4,500 meters (15,000 feet) above ocean level in the Galwan valley, where the two sides blame each other for infringing on their individual region.
China has said it endured setbacks however has not given more subtleties.
Indian media reports proposed there were in excess of 40 setbacks on the Chinese side.
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By mid 1940, Britain’s RAF squadrons had been stretched to almost breaking point with the Luftwaffe’s seemingly non-stop attacks on its southern airfields, personnel, aircraft and infrastructure.
The Germans knew all too well that they only had a small window of opportunity to secure air superiority over Britain if their planned invasion was to have any chance of success.
Outnumbered and losing valuable aircraft and experienced pilots day after day, the RAF were forced to fast track the training and integration into the RAF of the many Polish, French and Czechoslovakian pilots who had miraculously escaped the German onslaught of their home countries and made their perilous journeys to Britain.
In fact, by the close of hostilities in Europe, foreign pilots made up over 20% of the RAF’s operational strength with over 19,200 serving in the 16 British-based Polish Airforce squadrons and across the RAF.
Unfortunately it took a considerable effort on behalf of the exiled Polish pilots to prove their worth in the air and be accepted into those RAF ranks.
The British, much like the French before them had accepted the German propaganda about the amateurish attempts of Poland to resist the German/Soviet invasion and had serious doubts about the flying skills of the Polish pilots.
Flight Lieutenant John A Kent, who was posted to No. 303 (Polish) Fighter Squadron during the Battle of Britain, summed it up in his memoirs: ‘All I knew about the Polish Air Force was that it had only lasted about three days against the Luftwaffe, and I had no reason to suppose that they would shine any more brightly operating from England’.
In June and August of 1940, two Anglo-Polish Agreements were signed, enabling the creation of an independent Polish Air Force with the first, two Polish fighter squadrons, Nos. 302 and 303 being established.
The RAF had the Polish pilots pedaling tricycles around the airfield in flying formation...
One of the first challenges was to get the Polish pilots trained on completely new types of aircraft. Polish aircraft all had fixed landing gear as opposed to the retractable landing gear of the RAF’S Spitfires, Hurricanes, Bolton Paul Defiant and bomber fleets. In the early stages, many pilots landed with wheels up.
Instrumentation and flight controls were also very different to what the Polish pilots had been used to. In British aircraft the throttle was pushed forward rather than backwards to increase speed, with measurement being in miles instead of kilometres and fuel in gallons rather than litres.
With the majority Polish pilots not speaking a word of English, language lessons also became a priority with initial communication between British and Polish officers having to be carried out in French. The RAF were also keen on the ‘newcomers’ learning British tactics and had pilots pedalling tricycles equipped with radio, speed indicators and compasses around airfields in flying formations.
For the combat experienced and eager to fight Polish pilots, pedalling bikes around an airfield was seen as a complete waste of time with one Pilot Officer Jan Zumback writing, The British wasting so much of our time with their childish exercises, when all of us had already won their wings’.
Fortunately, it soon became clear that the Poles were extremely skilled pilots when in July 1940 Polish Flying Officer Antoni Ostowicz and Flight Lieutenant Wilhelm Pankratz were posted to No. 145 Squadron RAF on 16 July. Three days later Flying Officer Ostowicz scored the first Polish kill in the Battle of Britain by shooting down a Heinkel bomber over Brighton. Unfortunately he was also the first Polish pilot to die in the battle, shot down by Messerschmitt Bf 109s south of Swanage on 11 August.
Polish Squadron - No. 302, was the first Polish squadron to be declared operational and entered battle on 15 August 1940. Formed around a core of Polish airmen who had escaped from Poland in 1939 and then France in 1940, the squadron was equipped with Hurricanes, and spent the first part of the Battle of Britain in Yorkshire before moving south to Northolt in mid-October.
For many of those Polish pilots, finally climbing into the cockpit of a Hawker Hurricane marked the end of often long and harrowing journeys across mainland Europe as they struggled to keep one step ahead of the advancing German army and make their way to England.
One of these pilots was Sgt Wilhelm Kosarz.
Originally born in Karvina, Czechoslovakia in 1908, Kosarz moved to Poland in 1926 and prior to the outbreak of war served with the 2nd Air Regiment in Krakow and flew in the famous aerobatic team led by Jerzy Bajan.
Poland's 'Gull-Wing' fighter...
During the German invasion of Poland in September 1, 1939, Kosarz flew a PZL P11 high mounted gull wing fighter from Okecie airfield in defence of Warsaw.
While the all metal framed and covered, open cockpit P11 was regarded as one of the most advanced aircraft of its type in the late 1920s - early 1930s, rapid advances and technological development in aircraft design quickly rendered the design obsolete with a new generation of aircraft featuring enclosed cockpits, high speed cantilever wings and more streamlined fuselages with retractable landing gear such as the British Supermarine Spitfire and the deadly German Messerschmitt BF 109.
On the eve of the German invasion, the Polish airforce had little more than 109 PZL with another 43 in repairs. Less than a third of these were armed with 4 x 7.92 mm machine guns mounted in the fuselage and wings. The remainder had the two mounted in the fuselage firing through the propeller. Even fewer were equiped with a radio.
Underpowered with their ancient Gnome-Rhone 9Krse 560hp radial engines driving a two-bladed wooden propeller, the P11’s found themselves up against the significantly faster and more heavily armed turbo-charged Messerschmitt BF 109s and twin engined fighter/bomber the Bf 110.
Having already undergone years of extensive use before the war, the PZL P11 were barely able to reach their theoretical 375 km/h - far below the speed of the Bf 109s 610 km/h or the Bf 110s 560 km/h. In fact, even the Luftwaffe's lumbering Heinkel He 111 was faster.
Remarkably, despite the Luftwaffe’s air superiority, the Polish airforce were able to shoot down over 285 German aircraft but lost almost 100 of their own.
Barely six days later the Poles were forced to surrender but determined to continue their fight against the Germans, Kosarz managed to escape by the skin of his teeth when, along with his fellow surviving pilots, the last remaining 36 P11’s were flown to Romania and taken over by the Romanian Airforce.
While Romania had been nominally ‘neutral’ leading up to the invasion of Poland, the exiled Polish pilots had no illusion that it would remain so and fearing it would align itself with Nazi Germany (something Romania was to do in early June 1940), they fled Romania making their way to France and Great Britain.
On the 6th August 1940 Kosarz was accepted into the RAF ranks and joined No 3 (Polish) Wing at 3 School of Technical Training in Blackpool before being posted to the new Polish 302 Squadron at Leconfield on 20th August 1940.
Having spent the latter half of the Battle of Britain defending London from the German bomber attacks, 302 Sqn were then moved to RAF Northolt where they patrolled the Sussex coastline as an interceptor group.
Barrage balloon collision...
By August the German raids had lessened considerably with the Luftwaffe realising that they had lost their chance to gain air superiority over Britain and instead of targeting RAF airfields and infrastructure, turned their attention to the industrial cities of Great Britain.
Sgt Wilhelm Kosarz flew a number of interceptor patrols along the South Coast and was to prove his superior flying skills when his Hurricane hit a barrage balloon cable in bad visibility on the 15th October which sheared off over 14 inches of his starboard wingtip. Regaining control of the spinning aircraft, he was able to land the stricken aircraft at Heston airdrome and return to his squadron unscathed.
P3538 was already a battle hardened veteran having shot down a Dornier 17 earlier in September when piloted by Polish Squadron Leader M. Mumler.
On the afternoon of the 8th of November 1940, Kosarz taxied out onto the runaway of RAF Notholt in Hurricane P3538, JW-X when 302 Squadron were scrambled to intercept a large wave of German bombers and fighter escorts approaching the South coast.
Ambushed by Messerschmitt Bf 109s...
Climbing to 20,000, Korsarz and his squadron joined up with 602 Sqn and began their patrol above Croydon but were jumped by a wave of Bf 109s which had been cruising another 5,000 ft higher.
Aircraft scattered across the sky diving and weaving in the mayhem of attack and evasion as each tried to fill their gunsights with the other. Unable to shake a Bf 109 off his tail, Kosarz’s Hurricane was raked by the pursuing Messerschmitt's 20mm nose cannon and its cockpit burst into flame.
Badly burnt and almost blinded by the thick smoke and heat, Kosarz somehow managed to pull the Hurricane’s canopy back and bail out but his parachute was already on fire and he plummeted to his death near Pennybridge Farm in Mayfield Sussex only metres from the wreckage of his aircraft.
Posthumously awarded the Polish KW and interned at Northwood Cemetery Middlesex 32 yr old, Sgt. Wilhelm Kosarz never got to see his beloved Poland again having paid the ultimate sacrifice in his fight for freedom proving once and for all the incredible fighting prowess of the Polish pilots who fought with the RAF. In fact, Polish pilots serving in all RAF squadrons achieving a remarkable score of some 203 German aircraft destroyed, with 35 probables and 36 damaged during the Battle of Britain making them a significant part of Churchill’s immortalised ‘Few’.
Recovery of Hawker Hurricane WX-J P3538…
Hawker Hurricane P3538 WX-J lay buried for over 40 years before an archaeological dig was organised to document the crash site. Little was left of the wooden framed and canvas covered aircraft apart from its Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine debris and fragments of metal cowling and machine guns.
Recovered from the wreckage, this Merlin II Engine Cam Shaft section was cut from the fragmented engine block.
Mounted on a 100yr old mango wood stand with engraved plaque, this original Merlin II Propeller Roller Race Bearing from a Battle of Britain Hurricane comes complete with a large, highly detailed, 1/48 scale hand crafted model of Sgt Koszar's Hawker Hurricane WX-J P3538 atop a magnetic arm plus a detailed printed and laminated Fact Sheet.
This original, one-of-a-kind Hawker Hurricane, Battle of Britain Recovery Curios Aviation Collectable would make an amazing gift for any aviation enthusiast keen on owning an authentic piece of one of the most decisive air struggles of WWII and wanting to remember and celebrate the life, times and ultimate sacrifice of the brave Polish pilot - Sgt. Wilhelm Kosarz.
This Hawker Hurricane Collectable comes complete with a highly detailed 1/48 Scale Model, Mango Wood Stand & Plaque plus Printed Fact Sheet featuring photo of Collectable in aircraft.
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Mel Baggs added to the post “You have so much potential!”:
Any disabled person, especially a cognitively disabled person, with any history at all of being considered gifted, ever in their life, probably has their own, really horrible, relationship with this idea of ‘potential’.
Yes, that too. Phrases associated with that:
- “You’re too smart to waste your potential like this”
- “You must just be bored because the work is too easy”
- “Your gifts aren’t for you; they’re for the whole world” in response to being unable to function in the ways you expected to function
- “The kids who are teasing you today are only on top in high school. Once you get into the working world, you’ll be in charge. They’re just jealous because they know that.”
- “School is hard on smart kids, but college will be much better if you just stick it out so that you can get there.”
- “You’re not applying yourself”
On the topic of degrading things that well-meaning people tend to say to people with disabilities:
- “You have so much potential!”
- “I truly believe in your potential!”
These can seem innocent, and sometimes it can be a benevolent thing to say. But when you hear it all the time, it becomes degrading.
When everyone you encounter is willing to acknowledge your potential, but no one is willing to acknowledge your accomplishments, it’s hard to believe in yourself. When all people see is your potential, it can be as though they are saying “don’t worry, it’s ok that you’ve never done anything worthwhile, you will someday.”
Hearing that year after year from people whose opinion you value is corrosive. It can make it really, really hard to see that you’ve ever done anything or that you have any abilities that count.
But, everyone in this world has accomplished things that are worth noticing. You are not an exception. You have done things, and the things that you have done matter. Even if nothing you do has radically changed the world. Even if you haven’t out-competed anyone. Even if you’re far below grade level, or unemployable, or struggling greatly. Even if you can’t get out of bed most days or at all. You have done things, and you deserve to have them respected.
If you are working with, supporting, or close to someone with a disability, make sure you are acknowledging their accomplishments that they have already made. Don’t just reassure them that they will do things some day. They have already done things, and they deserve to have their accomplishments respected.
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The RGB equivalent of is #00a650 hex color code (0, 166, 80). This means it is composed of 0% red, 166% green and 80% blue.
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Breakfast, it’s the one meal many of us enjoy the most in our days. When it comes to breakfast, there are so many delicious plates that can fit under the scope of this one meal. Though it depends on the mood of the morning for you to pick the breakfast food that will satisfy your hunger, did you know there is one breakfast food that reigns supreme in the state of California? There are even breakfast foods that are favored by the entire country of the United States!
What are these breakfast foods, and can you guess them? Read on to find out the breakfast foods that steal the state (and the country’s) heart the most! You may even be surprised, or see one of your own favorite foods in this extensive list.
California’s Choice of Breakfast
California is a state with a diverse population and a diverse menu! This state has a variety of different cuisines and food options for all foodies, so what item could possibly be the top choice for many California residents when it comes to a hearty and fueling breakfast? You may be surprised! It was discovered that many residents of California choose to go for a delicious and satisfying breakfast burrito to start the morning. The burrito itself is a big part of California cuisine, so it makes sense that many residents choose a delicious breakfast burrito to kick their morning off.
Breakfast burritos can come in many options, with so many distinct filling options. Do you agree with this choice? Are you a breakfast burrito aficionado yourself? If so, what’s your favorite breakfast burrito?
Popular Breakfast Foods in America
Taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, there are a few popular breakfast foods in America that many turn to as a delicious start to their day. Some of these breakfast items include avocado toast, breakfast sandwiches, and french toast. Some surprising foods that the country serves up early in the morning include home fries, chicken and waffles, cereal, breakfast wraps, pancakes, and bacon. It’s safe to say many California citizens go for varied options, but breakfast items are a preferred choice for many people nonetheless! Is breakfast your favorite meal of the day? Did you spot one of your own favorite foods on this list?
Breakfast foods are loved by many, and it shows when looking at the extensive list of state’s favorite breakfast foods, and the favorite breakfast foods of the entire country! If you are looking for a coffee shop that offers delicious breakfast items in San Diego, California, then look no further. Come on down to Intazza Coffee Mug & Grub. We love breakfast and coffee here, so we’re always looking to serve customers with some of the best coffee in San Diego! Browse our extensive all-day breakfast menu for a variety of breakfast options to choose from. Enjoy your meal with a freshly brewed coffee, whether you enjoy hot or iced. We look forward to seeing you! | <urn:uuid:50abef89-b468-4eb7-a20e-f858551d289f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forumsvibe.com/top-breakfast-food-in-california/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.945847 | 608 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Published: Apr 2020
Pages: 183 - 205
Authors: NUSRET NURLU
Abstract: Metamorphic sole rocks at the base of the mantle tectonites of the Meydan ophiolite in South-East Anatolia, Turkey, are directly overlain by sheared serpentinites and cut by unmetamorphosed mafic dikes. They are found in areas close to the forefront of the Tauride thrust and are described as biotite amphibole schist (Bt + Hbl + Act + Plg + Rt ± Zrn), prehnite–pumpellyite–amphibole schist (Prh + Pmp + Act + Plg ± Rt ± Ttn), amphibole schist (Fe2+– Act + Qtz + Plg ± Anl ± Zrn), and amphibolite (Mg–Hbl + Plg ± Zrn ± Rt). They are identified as island arc tholeiites (IATs) based on their major- and trace-element whole-rock chemistry and mineral composition. The mafic dikes intruding into the metamorphic sole rocks and mantle tectonites exhibit tholeiitic affinity (Nb/Y = 0.03–0.13) and are geochemically similar to island-arc basalts. The multiple elements, rare earth element (REE) trends, and related diagrams suggest that the mafic dikes were generated in a supra-subduction zone (SSZ) setting. Geothermobarometric examination based on the chemical compositions of the magnesio-hornblende in the amphibolites indicated that the pressure and temperature during the metamorphism were ~ 2.4 kbar (at depths of roughly 9 km) and ~ 630 °C, respectively. To elucidate the relationship and timing between the formation of the Meydan ophiolite and that of the metamorphic sole rocks, this paper presents new zircon U–Pb geochronological data from two samples of sole rocks, the ages of which are indicated to lie in the range of 81.4 ± 0.69 Ma to 85.4 ± 0.93 Ma (Santonian–Campanian). The precise U–Pb geochronology and the detailed petrographical and geochemical features of the metamorphic sole rocks and the protolith are evaluated to identify the tectonic environments of supra-subduction realms characterizing the South-Eastern Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SAOB). The metamorphic sole rocks were formed as a result of intra-oceanic thrusting during supra-subduction events in the basin throughout the closure of the SAOB in the Late Cretaceous.
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Using Word 2016? Perhaps you’ve watched videos to learn how to set tab stops, create tables, and format a Word document. Maybe you’ve even taken a class where you muddled through the 1,000+ page textbook. You’ve mastered the skills and now you’re ready to apply your knowledge.
But, wait. You’re scratching your head and looking at the beautifully formatted document that’s ready to be distributed to the customer mailing list you’ve so carefully cultivated and now you can’t quite remember the steps for mail merge.
What do you do? Hop on YouTube and hope you hit it lucky with the right video that hopefully won’t require 20 minutes of your time? Or are you going to flip through that doorstopper of a textbook? There is another option… Flip to page 67 of your concise, convenient, 1/4″ thick copy of Microsoft Word 2016 In 90 Pages and follow the quick and easy step-by-step instructions (with helpful screenshots) to achieve your goal with time leftover to get a coffee.
And just in case you are deep into the mail merge process, here’s a tip you may find helpful (it’s also on page 70 of Microsoft Word 2016 In 90 Pages):
Store Your Address in Word
Before you start the steps for printing envelopes or labels, you may want to store your return address in Word so that it can automatically be used during the merge process:
- Click File > Options > Advanced. A dialog box is displayed.
- Scroll to the General options and type your return address in the Mailing address box.
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View from Rednal Hill towards Rubery, with the houses of Rednal in the foreground
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Rednal is a residential suburb on the south western edge of metropolitan Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 9 miles (14 kilometres) southwest of Birmingham city centre and forming part of Longbridge parish and electoral ward.
Rednal is home to approximately 2,000 residents. The suburb is located in a triangle formed by Rubery and the Bristol Road South to the north and north west, the former MG Rover car factory to the south east and the Lickey Hills and Cofton Hackett Park just south. The popular rural Lickey Hills Country Park is 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) south of Rednal, with Rednal Hill being the nearest peak.
The first evidence of people settling in the area dates back to the Stone Age, when a Neolithic hunter lost a flint arrow head on Rednal Hill. The arrow head is leaf-shaped and made of flint and is certainly over 4000 years old. Additionally a 3000-year-old flint javelin point was found lying on the surface by an observant Mr W. H. Laurie when the Lickey's road was being widened in 1925. A flint-scraping tool was found in the area near the Earl of Plymouth monument. The artefacts are on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
The Romans constructed a road over the Lickeys very near to the present Rose Hill gap before it swung north through Rednal and followed the route of the presentgday Bristol Road South. The road would have been used to transport salt and other goods between the Roman encampments at Worcester and Metchley, near where Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital now stands. It would have also been used as a military marching route by Roman soldiers. In 1963, a Roman coin was found near Rednal Hill School by a Janet and Stephen Harris. The coin was a dupondius struck during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled Rome and Britain from 138 to 161. The tiny coin was struck from brass and would have been worth about the price of a loaf of bread.
In Norman times, Rednal and the Lickeys formed part of the royal manor of Bromsgrove and were set aside as a royal hunting forest. As well as stocking the area with deer, the Normans deliberately introduced rabbits to the area that were kept in large enclosures, or 'warrens', hence the road and place names. The word 'forest' means 'place of deer' and did not necessarily mean that the area was totally covered with trees.
Rednal was known by the Anglo-Saxon name, Wreodan Healh, meaning 'thicket nook'. Together with Kings Norton and other sub-manors, Rednal is listed as Weredeshale in the Domesday Book, a berewick of Bromsgrove belonging to the king. A 20th-century housing estate has reinstated the name of Wreodanhale into modern usage. The name was recorded as early as 849 and is mentioned in the Cofton Lease, one of the few surviving Anglo-Saxon charter documents in the West Midlands. The charter designated land around Cofton Hackett and Rednal to be leased by Bishop Ealhun of Worcester to King Berhtwulf in AD 849.
Running along the west side of Lickey Road, between Leach Green Lane and past Edgewood Road, is a medieval hedge estimated to be over 700 years old. The manor was sold by crown charter in 1682 to the Earl of Plymouth, who lived at nearby Tardebigge, and his descendants would own the lands at Rednal, Longbridge, Cofton Hackett and the Lickey Hills for the next 250 years.
In 1888, I the Birmingham Society for the Preservation of Open Spaces purchased Rednal Hill and handed it to the city in trust. It also arranged for Pinfield Wood and Bilberry Hill to be leased on a peppercorn (nominal) rent. Birmingham City Council finally purchased Cofton Hill, Lickey Warren and Pinfield Wood outright in 1920. With the eventual purchase of the Rose Hill Estate from the Cadbury family in 1923, free public access was finally restored to the entire hills.
An early provision for the small rural community was the Rednal Public Library built in 1909 by King's Norton & Northfield Urban District Council on Leach Green Lane. The site was donated by Edward Cadbury and George Cadbury Jnr, and the building costs met by philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie.
In 1917, the Austin Aero Company built an airfield right next to Rednal, just on the other side the Lickey Road and north east of Cofton Hackett Park. The airfield was used for flying aeroplanes out of the Cofton Hackett aircraft factory. Between 1939 and 1945, the factory produced mainly Hawker Hurricane fighters, Short Stirling four-engined bombers that were flown out over Rednal.
In 1924, the Birmingham tram system was extended along the central reservation of the Bristol Road South to the new Rednal Terminus, with a branch to Rubery. The new line drew thousands of visitors from the city and all over the Black Country to Rednal and the Lickeys at weekends and on bank holidays. There are records of crowds as far back as the Rose and Crown up Rose Hill on busy Sundays, as families queued for the trams to take them home. The trams were removed when the trams were replaced by buses in 1953, but the terminus turning circle and its extensive waiting shelter remained in situ until well into the 1960s, and it is believed that they continued to be used by the buses on bank holidays. The original tram station offices are now used as a Chinese restaurant. A small development of retirement homes and a carpark were built on the site of the terminus, but several short lengths of tramlines are still visible on front gardens and pathways.
In preparation for the Second World War, deep shelter tunnels were dug alongside Rednal in 1936 to accommodate up to 15,000 people. The main tunnels were under the South Works and were also driven under the Flying Ground through the sandstone towards the Cofton Hackett aircraft factory, a task undertaken by an army of mining engineers. The tunnels were large enough to admit 3-ton lorries. The tunnels under the South Works were intended to be used mainly ands air raids, but although some machine tools were installed, allowing work to continue. The tunnels under the airfield and the Cofton factory were designed for use during the assembling aero engines and even aircraft but they also contained a St John's Ambulance Station, manned by first aid qualified factory workers. Used in later years for moving partially-completed cars around the site, the tunnels still exist under the demolished factories, and many photographs taken by 'Subterranean Britain' explorers have surfaced on the Internet.
Major housing development in Rednal did not begin until after the war, with the construction of the Rednal Hall council estate, where over 600 houses added.
During the medieval period Rednal formed part of the yields of nearby Kings Norton.
Birmingham City Council
Rednal is part of Rubery and Rednal Ward and is represented on Birmingham City Council by Adrian Delaney of the Conservative party.
The village nestles at the feet of the three hilltops geographically comprising The Lickeys – Rednal Hill, Bilberry Hill and Cofton Hill – are the summits of the Lickey Ridge, a formation of hard quartzite. Panoramic views over the city of Birmingham and surrounding countryside can be seen from the top of these hills.
The Lickey Hills area is of significant geological interest due to the range and age of the rocks. The stratigraphic sequence, which is the basis for the area's diversity of landscape and habitat, comprises:
- Barnt Green rocks – Precambrian tuffs and volcanic grits
- Lickey Quartzite – a Cambrian quartzite
- Keele Clay – a Carboniferous clay
- Clent Breccia – a Permian breccia
- Bunter Pebble Beds – beds of Triassic water-worn pebbles
With the demise of the Longbridge Motor Factory there is little in the way of major employment in the immediate area. Rednal barely existed prior to the factory, coming into being in its current form as a result of four events. Firstly the opening of the Austin motor works at Longbridge in 1905, secondly the extension of the area of the City of Birmingham to the northern boundary of Cofton Hackett in 1911. Thirdly the break-up of the Earl of Plymouth's estate by auction in 1919, and lastly the extension of the Birmingham tramlines to the Rednal terminus in 1924.
These events had carried Rednal very rapidly from the rural age of the horse and cart to that of the motor car and bus, and from a community depending chiefly on farming to a delightful dormitory for people nearly all of whom now travel into central Birmingham to work. Most of the shops are in an area on the southern edge of the village that was administratively transferred from Kings Norton only in 1911.
The previous MG Rover site was purchased by St Modwen and discussions since 2006 have taken place between residents, county, district and parish councils, West Midlands Development Agency and central government officials on suitable development plans for the site. The 2008 downturn in the worldwide economy has slowed the progression of any new development. Situated where the Bristol Road meets Longbridge Lane, the Longbridge Technology Park was completed in late 2007; in 2008 one of the two buildings is occupied but the other is still vacant.
A major development aimed to improve the Longbridge ward was the Great Park development in Rubery by Corporate Land Developments Ltd. The 200-acre (80-hectare) site just off junction 4 on the M5 Motorway has been developed into a community with offices, houses, industrial units, Empire Cinemas, Hollywood Bowl, Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Morrisons, Gala Bingo, Greens Fitness and an area of public open space.
Most primary aged children attend St. Columba's Catholic Primary School, Rednal Hill Infant or Junior Schools, Colmers Farm Infant or Junior Schools or St. James Catholic Primary School.
The Anglican church of St Stephen's on Edgewood Road was built to serve the community of Rednal and dedicated in 1951. It was granted its own parish from parts of Rubery parish in 1957. The original building was designed as both church and parish hall, however, a new church hall was constructed in 1961. The 450 pipe organ was moved from St John's Methodist Church in Selly Oak in 1960 by a group of volunteers led by St Stephen's organist G. A. W. Jeynes. The church has recently constructed a website to boost its outreach into the Rednal area, and also to encourage communication from the community to the church.
The Catholic church, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is on Leach Green Lane.
Longbridge Methodist Church is on Bristol Road South.
This section needs additional citations for verification. (April 2013)
- John Henry, Cardinal Newman was buried in the small Roman Catholic cemetery at Rednal, by the Oratory country house.
- Author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien lived at Fern Cottage in Rednal at the age of 12, when his mother died there in 1904. He wandered widely around the Lickeys and later recalled:
When I think of my mother's death … worn out with persecution, poverty, and, largely consequent, disease, in the effort to hand on to us small boys the faith, and remember the tiny bedroom she shared with us in rented rooms in a postman's cottage at Rednal, where she died alone, too ill for viaticum, I find it very hard and bitter, when my children stray away.
- In his novel The Rotters' Club, author Jonathan Coe uses 1970s southwest Birmingham as a background, including scenes set in and around Rednal, and in particular in Cofton Park; and a major plot line takes place at the Longbridge Motor Works.
- Rick Price, guitarist in The Move and Wizzard, grew up in Rednal.
- Flint artefacts
- Roman road
- Medieval Hedge
- HighBeam Schemes for site studied
- "John Henry Newman's last act of friendship | Mark Vernon". the Guardian. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- Margaret Mabey, A Little History of the Lickey Hills, The Lickey Hills Society, 1993, ISBN 0-9519839-1-1
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