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Streptococcus agalactiae in adults at chiang mai university hospital: a retrospective study
BMC Infectious Diseases volume 11, Article number: 149 (2011)
Infection caused by Streptococcus agalactiae, a Group B streptococcus, is an emerging disease in non-pregnant adults. This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological characteristics of S. agalactiae infection in adult patients in northern Thailand.
A retrospective study was conducted between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2009 at Chiang Mai University Hospital among patients aged ≥15 years, whose clinical specimens obtained from normally sterile sites grew S. agalactiae.
One-hundred and eighty-six patients and 197 specimens were identified during the 4-year period. Among 186 patients, 82 were documented as having invasive infection; 42 patients were male (51.2%) with the mean age of 48.5 ± 19.4 years (range 17, 83). Fifty-three patients (64.6%) had underlying medical conditions; 17 patients (20.7%), 10 (12.2%), 8 (9.7%) had diabetes, chronic renal diseases, and malignancy, respectively. Among 40 patients (48.8%) with bloodstream infection, no other site of infection was determined in 29 (35.4%) patients. In the remaining 11 patients, 5 patients (6.1%), 5 (6.1%), and 1 (1.2%) had meningitis, arthritis, and meningitis with arthritis, respectively. Forty-two patients (51.2%) presented with localized infection, i.e., subcutaneous abscess (19 patients, 23.2%), chorioamnionitis (10 patients, 12.2%), urinary tract infection (5 patients, 6.1%), arthritis (3 patients, 3.7%), meningitis (2 patients, 2.4%), and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, uveitis, and tracheobronchitis (1 patient each, 1.2%). The overall mortality was 14.6% (12 patients).
S. agalactiae infection is a growing problem in non-pregnant patients, particularly in those with underlying medical conditions. Physicians should add S. agalactiae infection in the list of differential diagnoses in patients with meningitis and/or septicemia.
Streptococcus agalactiae, a group B, β-hemolytic streptococcus, is a well-known cause of postpartum infection and neonatal sepsis[1, 2]. It colonizes in the gastrointestinal and urinary tract in healthy adults as well as the genital tract in healthy women[1, 2]. Recently, the number of cases of invasive infection caused by S. agalactiae in non-pregnant adults is increasing; [2–10] the majority of patients had underlying medical conditions including diabetes, malignancy, genitourinary abnormalities, neurologic deficits, cirrhosis, renal dysfunction, steroid uses, and AIDS[2, 3, 6–8, 11]. Clinical manifestations of invasive S. agalactiae infection vary widely depending on the sites of infection. Primary bacteremia without any obvious source is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults[2, 3, 6, 7, 10]. Endocarditis and meningitis have also been observed[3, 6–9]. A myriad of virulence factors are crucial for its ability to cause invasive disease; these include but are not limited to the pore-forming toxins and the sialic acid-rich capsular polysaccharide[12, 13]. The mortality rate ranges from 3-47% and is highest in elderly patients with underlying medical conditions[2, 3, 5, 6, 8–10]. This study aimed to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological data of invasive S. agalactiae infection in adult patients admitted to Chiang Mai University Hospital, a tertiary care center in Northern Thailand.
Study design and population
A retrospective study was conducted among patients aged ≥15 years whose clinical specimens obtained from sterile sites grew S. agalactiae. The study was conducted between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2009 at Chiang Mai University Hospital, an 1800-bed, tertiary-care hospital in Northern Thailand. Clinical data were retrospectively collected using a preprinted data collection form.
Colonization was defined as the isolation of microorganisms from clinical specimens other than blood without clinical signs or symptoms.
Infection was defined as the isolation of microorganisms from sterile sites accompanying clinical signs and symptoms.
Specimens from sterile sites included blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and body fluid or pus taken from normally sterile sites such as joint, chorioamniotic fluid, urine, and peritoneal fluid.
The blood agar subcultures from clinical specimen after 24-hour incubation at 35 to 37°C in 5% CO2 atmosphere were determined for group B streptococci (S. agalactiae). Agar plates with visible microorganism growth were observed for large, gray, translucent colonies with a narrow or no zone of beta-hemolysis, gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains. The biochemical method was used to identify the species of group B streptococci[15–17].
Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by agar disk diffusion method according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Susceptibility testing for penicillin, ampicillin, levofloxacin, tetracycline, and vancomycin was routinely performed; susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefotaxime was done upon request by attending physicians. All the identification and susceptibility procedures were performed at the central diagnostic laboratory, Chiang Mai University hospital. These methods were not changed during the study period.
The study was approved by the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University Ethical Committee.
Clinical data were presented in numbers (%); mean and standard deviation (SD); and median and interquartile range (IQR) as appropriate. Comparisons of demographic data and clinical characteristics between groups of patients who survived vs. those who died were performed using Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test as appropriate. Univariate analysis was performed to determine predicting factors for fatal outcome. Variables with p-value < 0.10 from the univariable analysis were then tested in multivariable models. A two-sided test at a p-value of < 0.05 was used to indicate statistical significance. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata statistical software version 10.0 (Stata Statistical Software: Release 10.0, Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, 2007).
One hundred and eighty-six patients and 197 specimens were identified during the 4-year period; the numbers of cases each year were 24, 56, 45, and 61, respectively. There were considerably more cases in September as shown in Figure 1. Among the 186 patients, 82 were determined as having invasive S. agalactiae infection whereas 104 patients having S. agalactiae colonization.
From the total of 186 patients, 84 were males (45.2%) and the median age was 52 years (IQR 41, 66). One hundred and twenty-three patients (66.1%) had underlying diseases including diabetes (38 patients, 20.4%), non-hematologic malignancy (27 patients, 14.5%), hematologic malignancy (8 patients, 4.3%), chronic kidney diseases (21 patients, 9.1%), cirrhosis (2 patients, 1.1%), thalassemia (2 patients, 1.1%), and neurogenic bladder (1 patient, 0.5%). There were 12 pregnant women (6.5%); 4 patients (2.2%), 1 (1.1%), and 7 (3.8%) were in the first, second, and third trimester, respectively.
The types of clinical isolates were urine (79 patients), pus from sterile sites (41), blood (40), chorioamniotic fluid (10), sputum (9), CSF (8), joint fluid (8), peritoneal fluid (1), and vitreous (1). Isolation of S. agalactiae from multiple sites was observed in some patients, i.e., from blood and CSF (5 patients), from blood and joint fluid (5 patients), and from blood, CSF, and joint fluid (1 patient).
Among the 82 patients with invasive S. agalactiae infection, the numbers of cases were 6, 23, 20, and 33 in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively. Forty-two patients (51.2%) were male and the median age was 50 years (IQR 29, 63).
Among 82 patients who had invasive S. agalactiae infection, 40 patients (48.8%) presented with bloodstream infection. No other site of infection was determined in 29 (35.4%) of these 40 patients. In the remaining 11 patients, 5 patients (6.1%), 5 (6.1%), and 1 (1.2%) had meningitis, arthritis, and meningitis with arthritis, respectively. Forty-two patients (51.2%) presented with localized infection, i.e., subcutaneous abscess (19 patients, 23.2%), chorioamnionitis (10 patients, 12.2%), urinary tract infection (5 patients, 6.1%), arthritis (3 patients, 3.7%), meningitis (2 patients, 2.4%), and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, uveitis, and tracheobronchitis (1 patient each, 1.2%).
Of the 8 patients who had meningitis, all had fever, 5 had headache, and 4 had altered mentation. The mean open pressure and close pressure when lumbar puncture was performed were 27.8 ± 6.4 and 22.8 ± 6.1 cm, respectively. The mean CSF protein was 538.1 ± 419.9 mg/dL and the mean CSF glucose was 26.1 ± 24.2 mg/dL.
Of the 8 patients who had arthritis, 6 had fever. All patients had monoarthritis including knee (2 patients), ankle (2 patients), hip (2 patients), shoulder (1 patient), and distal interphalangeal joint (1 patient). Joint fluid analysis was not done in 5 patients. The white blood cell counts in joint fluid from 3 patients were 17,800 (neutrophil 83%), 30,800 (neutrophil 100%), and 98,000 cells/mm3 (neutrophil 96%).
All 5 patients with urinary tract infection had fever and pyuria. The white blood cells in urine were 50-100 cells/high power field (HPF). Chorioamnionitis was diagnosed in 10 pregnant women; 2 were in first trimester, 1 was in second trimester, and 7 were in third trimester of pregnancy. Six patients presented with premature rupture of membranes, 2 patients had abdominal pain after non-medical abortion, and 1 patient presented with fetal death in utero.
The demographic data and clinical characteristics were shown in Table 1.
All clinical isolates were sensitive to penicillin, ampicillin, levofloxacin, and vancomycin. All isolates were resistant to tetracycline. All patients who had infection received antimicrobial therapy; 40, 12, 6, and 6 patients received ceftriaxone, ampicillin, vancomycin, and clindamycin, respectively (Table 2).
Predicting factors of fatal outcome
Seventy of 82 patients (85.4%) fully recovered from invasive S. agalactiae infection. The overall mortality was 14.6% (12 patients). The patients who died had bloodstream infection (n = 5), bloodstream infection with meningitis (n = 3), arthritis (n = 2), urinary tract infection (n = 1), and subcutaneous infection (n = 1), respectively. The demographic data and clinical characteristics of those 12 patients who died were shown in Table 3.
Table 4 shows the comparison of demographic data and clinical characteristics between patients who survived vs. those who died. Univariate analysis revealed that none of these variables was associated with mortality.
Streptococcus agalactiae is generally known to cause invasive infection in pregnant women and neonates since it commonly colonizes the vaginal and gastrointestinal tracts of healthy women. However, infection in non-pregnant adults has been increasingly reported worldwide[5–8, 10]. The incidence of invasive group B streptococcal diseases in the United States significantly increased from 3.4/100 000 population in 1999 to 5.0/100 000 population in 2005. The same trend was observed in Asia[6, 8]. In our study, although the number of cases increased significantly from 2006 to 2007 (p = 0.017, data not shown), the difference was not observed from 2007 to 2009. However, we at least demonstrated that there were 5 times more cases within 4 years given the similar diagnostic method and data collection. This study also supports the evidence of increasing number of patients who were not pregnant. In addition, infections in non-pregnant adults occurred in similar proportion in male and female that corresponded to the previous studies [3, 6, 8, 9]
Other reports have not noted seasonal variation. However, our study revealed that the number was higher in September. We may need to further observe this phenomenon and explore the explanation for this finding.
Sixty percent of infected patients had underlying medical conditions including diabetes, chronic renal disease, and malignancy. Diabetes was the most common underlying medical disease in previous reports [2, 7, 10] which might be explained by the defect of bacterial engulfment by the neutrophils.
Isolation of S. agalactiae from urine were mostly from colonization; in our study, only 6.3% (5/79) of patients with positive urine culture were determined as true infection. This finding was similar to the report from the United States that specimens from urine and vaginal secretions were more likely to be colonization than infection.
The most common site of S. agalactiae infection was bloodstream infection which was also similar to other reports [2, 3, 6, 7, 10]. However, a study from Greece found that the most common site of infection was urinary tract. In that study, the authors stated that there were two times more females than males, and it might be possible that faecal contamination during urine collection might have occurred. Although echocardiogram was performed in all cases of bacteremia, no endocarditis was found in our study.
Clinical data comparing to other studies is shown in Table 5. Interestingly, in our study, meningitis was found in higher proportion than in other reports[3, 6–8, 10, 11]. Seventy-five percent (6/8) of our patients with meningitis had concurrent bloodstream infection. The variation in infection sites among various reports might be attributed to the serotype of S. agalactiae. S. agalactiae is classified into serotype Ia/c, Ia/b, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII. Bolanos M, et al found that meningitis was correlated with infection with serotype Ia, whereas bloodstream infection, skin and soft tissue infections, urinary tract infection, and respiratory tract infections were correlated with infection with serotype III, V, III and V, and IV, respectively. In addition, serotypes vary by geographic regions, e.g., serotype Ia, Ib, II, III, and V were accounted for 88% of adult cases in the United States and the most common serotype was serotype V. In Japan, serotype Ia-V accounted for 69% of adult cases, and the most common serotype was serotype III. This report also showed the virulence of serotype VI, VII, and VIII, which were not common in the United States[8, 10]. However, serotyping was not performed in our study.
The mortality rate in our study was 15% while those in other reports varied from 3 to over 30%[5, 7–9, 11]. Other reports found that mortality was associated with bloodstream infection, hypotension, thrombocytopenia, other concurrent bacterial infections, infection with serotype Ia, and old age[2, 3, 7–10]. Although we found that 83.3% (10/12) of death occurred in patients who had severe diseases, i.e., bloodstream infection and/or meningitis, we failed to demonstrate this association in the univariate analysis. In addition, we could not identify other factors associated with mortality, which is probably due to the small sample size.
All isolates in our study were susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, and vancomycin, which was similar to other reports[5, 22, 23]. In general, group B streptococci remain uniformly susceptible to penicillins and cephalosporins in vitro, and penicillin G is still the drug of choice once the diagnosis is established. However, ceftriaxone was frequently used in our study due to the fact that it could be administered once daily. Vancomycin, an alternative choice in patients who are allergic to β-lactams, was less frequently prescribed in our study.
S. agalactiae infection is a growing problem in non-pregnant patients, particularly in patients who had underlying medical conditions. Physicians should consider infection with S. agalactiae in the differential diagnosis of patients with meningitis or septicemia. It is noticeable from our study that no pregnant women with S. agalactiae chorioamnionitis had life-threatening conditions including bloodstream infection and meningitis, whereas non-pregnant patients had more serious infections; this might be explained by the fact that pregnant women are younger and have less comorbidities.
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The authors would like to thank the central diagnostic laboratory, Chiang Mai University hospital, for providing the culture result records.
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RC participated in the design of the study, performed the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript. WJ participated in data collection and performed the statistical analysis. MB participated in data collection. NN participated in data collection. KS and TS revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Academy Series #14: A Guide on How to Build A Crypto Tribe
3. WAGMI (Adoption)
A narrative is all about the story, or “mythos” of your brand and company, why it exists, its special sauce, vision, and where it is going. It is the tagline, the one-liner that describes the project in a nutshell, while also encapsulating its unique value proposition. For example, Bitcoin is “Digital Gold”, Ethereum is “World Computer”. The narrative is also the ultimate goal, as we’ll see in the end.
How can you identify your own narrative?
During the early days of Bepro, we were known as BetProtocol, and our mythos narrative was to be the Shopify for Betting Apps. That was cool, and during that time, blockchain gaming and Esports were just taking off, so we were riding that wave.
Turns out that that model didn’t scale, so we had to pivot towards Bepro Network. The narrative with that pivot and rebrand changed, of course, to something else: Codebase for Web3.
But what does that mean, specifically? Unlike “digital gold” or “world computer”, defining a narrative around being a codebase for web3 (two of those three words are more or less industry-specific jargon) is quite difficult. You have to get over the education barrier for these esoteric terms and get right to the point of what it actually is.
I think it’s a good time to, as Nietzsche once said, “revalue all values” — in the sense that we have to question the basics and the fundamentals of our long-held assumptions. We have assumed that since we are in the industry, others also understand our terms.
The reality is that they may not. We have assumed that when we say “codebase for web3”, people actually understand what we are saying.
But do they really?
Since the merger with TAIKAI will bring significant web2 players into Bepro Network’s suite of technologies, it is imperative that we redefine the narrative around Bepro to avoid jargon and to avoid the results of our own assumptions.
We have to start from the basic axioms that:
- Non-crypto people and new entrants probably don’t understand crypto-jargon
- There’s a very high learning curve to getting into the industry and understanding the jargon
- People are often drawn to crypto/blockchain for financial reasons
- Projects need to deeply understand Axioms 1–3 and their implications if they are to have any sort of success building a community
- The amount of capital in the entire crypto-market for investment & speculation grows slower than the growth of old and new projects competing for that capital, leading to crypto-tribalism and a hunter-gatherer mindset.
With these 5 axioms, you will find the goalposts of building the proper and successful narrative for your own project.
Am I being too cynical?
Perhaps. But it does lead me to my next point about a very real and persistent phenomenon in crypto, which is Crypto-Tribalism.
Crypto-Tribalism is the phenomenon of “us vs. them” mentalities that crypto-communities create, given a project’s community’s place among the other competitors and non-competitors in the market.
Truth be told, there are no “non-competitors” in the crypto market. Every project is vying for a larger slice of the market. There is a fixed amount of capital in the crypto community at any given time, and this pool of capital only grows when new entrants with new capital buy-in.
This rate of new capital growth is always smaller than the rate that new projects launch plus the rate at which old projects want to grow. Hence, Axiom 5.
Crypto-Tribalism is a necessary result of Axiom 5 and the zero-sum attitude that it creates. Smart projects in crypto understand this tribalism and learn how to harness it. They do this through various incentivisation programs, gamification schemes, memes, and specific missions.
Actually, thinking of your crypto community as a tribe of hunter-gatherers out in the wilderness, hunting for an ever-smaller flock of prey in an ever-increasingly hostile environment, does in fact help to crystallize the situation we are dealing with here.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain are very, very recent. It can be described as being in the hunter-gatherer phase of its life cycle. There is still not an adequate amount of capital, stability, or infrastructure to enable crypto to get to the Agricultural era.
Early yield-farming and staking incentives are gaining a foothold, but vast swaths of the crypto-world are still the untamed wilderness, where the great monster Volatility and the darkness of FUD reign supreme.
Who shall be like Prometheus, and light a fire unto these dark realms?
The leaders of the crypto-tribe, the founders, the executive team, most visible community managers, need to assure their tribe of several things:
- The tribe is growing.
- There’s enough food for everyone.
- We are better than other tribes (whoever they may be).
- There is a clear hierarchy in the tribe and clear ways to distinguish oneself as a good tribesperson by doing supporting actions to Points 1–3, and by adhering to the Tribal Laws.
These actions are publicly rewarded/punished for all the rest of the tribe to see.
- WAGMI — We All Gonna Make It (Adoption)
Specifically, crypto-tribe leaders should:
The tribe is growing:
- Focus on outreach, marketing efforts, PR stunts (within reason) partnerships, word of mouth.
- Prove to the tribe that these things are happening through cyclical reports and blog posts.
- Get older members of the tribe to help newcomers to the tribe through incentives and outreach programs — this is super, super important!
There’s enough food for everyone:
- The project team achieves roadmap objectives.
- There are regular and relevant updates and communication from the team to the community.
- Community rewards, gamification, outreach opportunities, memes, and generally feel-good vibes are to be had by one and all.
We are better than other tribes:
- Clearly state competitors and your advantages, use this as part of your narrative.
- Have a clear value proposition and prove that it is working through sales numbers or TVL.
- Use competitors as a way to define your tribe as well. We are not X so we are Y.
I don’t mean this section to be a sort of excuse or license for trolling other projects or hating on any certain crypto-tribe. I simply mean it as a form of self-definition of your tribe in order to see how your unique selling proposition is highlighted against the greater market. This helps to define the narrative and spread it.
Hierarchy and Distinction in the Tribe:
- Incentivised outreach programs
- Ambassador programs
- User-generated content
- NFT rewards
- Staking, prizes
This brings me to my final point, WAGMI, which stands for “We All Gonna Make It”.
WAGMI is an important concept for intra-tribe cohesion, and for preventing attrition and tribal member loss. Remember the importance of Point 1 in Crypto-Tribalism: The Tribe & Adoption is Growing.
Crypto-tribe members that join a tribe need to feel that:
- They belong, and are cared for and cared about. They are valuable and wanted.
- They are “early”, hence need to see others join after them, the more the better.
- Because they were “early”, they have some sort of privileged status and this is cultivated by incentivising them to help newcomers.
- The Tribal Leaders listen to them and care about them.
- There is a clear tribal hierarchy (Crypto-Tribalism Point 4) and a set of Tribal Laws that members are rewarded for following and punished (or ultimately banished) for breaking them. These tribal laws are clear and made to be understood by the Tribal Leaders.
And most importantly, as tribal members, if they see that Points 1–4 are satisfied and they abide by Point 5, they feel they are all going to “make it”.
What is then, “making it” and growing adoption?
That goes back to your Narrative!
The narrative that you create is not only the definition of the story that you tell to your tribe, but it is also the ostensible metric by which the success of your tribe is measured.
For example, the Bitcoin Tribe will know that they have made it when Bitcoin is truly accepted globally as “digital gold”; the Ethereum Tribe will know that they have made it when Ethereum is truly used as the World Computer.
That’s why picking your narrative and thinking about it deeply, in the light of what has been discussed, is so critical to success in crypto.
Knowing the psychology of crypto-tribes and how to build a narrative to leverage it won’t automatically grant you success in this industry, (you still have to actually know how to build technology) but it will take you a long way.
If you have the means and the know-how to pair good technology with actual use-case, along with strong tribe psychology building and reinforcement mechanisms, the sky’s the limit.
Step by step, you’ll start building your own narrative and your own crypto tribe. Just like us.
This document represents the view of TAIKAI on developing a community around the concept of understanding the product, the value proposition as well as its total decentralization of not only the technology but the community, with the motto on why to do it in a sustainable and long term vision of adoption and self-growth.
TAIKAI is a talent marketplace that connects creators and organizations through crowdsourcing solutions to their challenges. The tools developed by the company for hackathons and hiring challenges enable global testing and validation of new ideas, products, and talent.
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When I first became interested in photography there were only several ways to learn about how to do it and who was doing it well, or had done it well in the past. You could look at books about photography or you could read magazines. If you were inclined to do photography for a living you could go to school or attempt to find a good photographer to assist. Since gear turned over much less frequently pretty much by the third or fourth year that a Nikon F2 was on the market we all were pretty familiar with the concept and the various methods of use. For us, the real discussions were about famous photographers, how famous photographers lit, and why famous photographers chose to photograph something in the style or in the conceptual approach they used. Since all the cameras of the time were focused by hand, metered by match needle and possessed of the same three controls there sure wasn't much to say about the differences between them. It was big news if a new finder had a new kind of metering cell that allowed accurate center weighted metering at one EV less light level that is predecessor. And most of us could read the light anyway and didn't really need the meter.
While magazines dutifully reviewed camera body after camera body they saved the big guns for reviews of the new lenses. Which also were released much less frequently. A good review could cause a run on a spectacular lens. Maybe the maker would sell a couple hundred more in a year than they had predicted. Nothing like the insane backorders we are seeing today for mid brow cameras and lenses.
It's been said many times before that the real focus, in addition to the long and detailed photographer profiles that graced nearly every photography magazine, was on new films and new ways to use the films, along with interesting articles about how people lit. Not what they lit with. Just how they lit.
Now, for the most part, we've lost those wonderful, long form profiles of those who would be our current "famous photographers." Instead we reward mediocre hacks who recycle techniques that have been around for years but who have mastered social media and the art of being famous in their fields for doing pretty much nothing great. There is a side industry in photography of worshipping the Paris Hilton's of our business for their fame and NOT for their work.
I think Petapixel has it all wrong. The average digital camera user is no longer an informed liberal arts graduate who can overlay ideas and concepts popular in the realm of fine art to photography, they are people trained in linear, literal technical skill sets that are trained for no other reason than to be useful and profitable for big corporations. That demographic seems only interested in the gear. Petapixel and DP Review, and many others have built a reader market for people who are serial equipment review readers, technical review consumers and ardent members of forums where the discussions are never about allusions to action painting or conceptual art, or the resonance of J. Koudelka in modern street photography but are always about shutter shock or the moronic explanations of equivalency, or about the mushiness of control buttons. Nobody gives a rat's ass about the art of photography or the motivations of artistically inclined photography practitioners.
Except that's not really true. There are pockets of people who are interested and do care. There are niche blogsites like theonlinephotographer.com who try hard to be intellectually relevant and engage in spirited discussions about the art instead of the constant tool chatter. But if people really cared to learn anything at all about the art of creating work instead of chattering about equipment then these niche sites would be exploding with readers while sites like Ken Rockwell and DP Review would suffer the web equivalent of tumbleweeds and lone coyote howls.
I'm sad when I remember the 1978 issue American Photographer which profiled Richard Avedon. Page after beautiful page of his work with thoughtful and chewy captions. Lengthy interviews about purpose and vision --- and a one third of one page sidebar about the tools that he used to do the work. A throw away set of paragraphs about shooting with an 8x10 view camera. No sales potential for Deardorf; the average photographer would never embrace a tool that was so costly to produce with or which demanded so much discipline and knowledge. I'm sad that the journalism and literature of photography has become so diminished. The last refuge seems to be Photo District News. And that's quickly slimming down and now rushing to save subscriptions by beefing up the technical (gear review) sections.
While the writer at Petapixel was probably just responding to writer's block, or maybe incrementally improved equipment boredom, and needs a break, the great band of photo "enthusiasts" vote with their page views. As do I, and as do our VSL readers. Some suffer through rants like this to get to the equipment reviews that they know are coming, just like the third quarter door buster sales at major department stores. I don't have an excuse for any gear reviews I write. I rarely monetize them anymore and my turn over of gear has slowed down to a viscous trickle. I have just started to write about how I use the stuff instead of obsessing over newly added gimmicks.
I'd write more about the art of photography if I were an artist but, essentially, I am just a tradesman and all I can write about with any accuracy and passion is how I handle the work I do to keep bread on the table and electrons running through the wiring to power my various toys.
No, I think the writer was writing his retirement article. Petapixel was publishing his time out. We're addicted now to the endless flow of decent writers pumping out glowing or critical-but-compelling reviews of cameras that really don't amount to much in terms of breaking news. And I have to stop for a moment and say that money is the driving force for the content on almost every photo blog and web site. If there was a way to monetize the sites without having to help sell gear I am certain that discussions would change direction and assume a broader perspective. But it seems as though the only way the photo sites large and small make enough money to keep the doors open is by including ads for dealers, ads for gear and links for the latest products. I applaud sites that try to make money by selling prints from well known and respected photographers. I cheer when sites have book sales. I used to click through the (non-gear) ads to read about workshops and learning opportunities but those kinds of promotions have become limited to just a handful of the more elite sites.
If DPReview talked only about the art and use of the tools on the site I predict that Barney and his gang would be out of work in a matter of weeks. Trapped as they are into the paradigm they have helped create.
I'll admit I was a bit chagrined at Michael Johnston over at theonlinephotographer.com. He recently claimed to have committed to pre-ordering the Sony a6500 camera, emotionally claiming that it was everything he ever hoped for in a camera. I think he'll find his enthusiasm misplaced after a bit of use. The a6x00 line from Sony is quite decent, nothing to slag, but there is room for improvement in any camera that was not named Leica M3. Only a month of so ago MJ was in love with the Fuji products. Somehow I think we've switched universes; I haven't been interested in any new cameras since my purchases (and extensive use of) the Sony RX10iii and the A7Rii. I'm content just to shoot with them. But I'm using them for commercial work so I keep running out of cogent stuff to write about anyway. Other than how I use it.
No, the Petapixel writer's angst showed through but he blamed all the photographers who obsessed about the gear instead of pointing back to the site that trained them and addicted them to love the technical aspects of photography over photography itself. Petapixel can aggregate artful content if they really want to try and drive the market that way...
Here's what I think an interesting challenge to other bloggers and blog sites might be: Can we all go through the month of November writing our usual prodigious output without any unnecessary mention of gear. We could talk about the kind of gear we used to create images or the kind of gear we used on a job, if the type of gear we used was germane, but in doing so we'd all make a pact to disregard the brand names or specific models. What an interesting way that would be to ascertain what people really want from we writers instead of just what they say they want from the sources they follow. And imagine the chaos that would confront camera users who are used to getting so many miles of free and nearly free marketing hype type for their products; especially right after Photo Expo. Wouldn't it be like armageddon for them if the source of "previews", "hands-on assessments", "first looks", etc. of the newly announced gear just......stopped. Gone on vacation for the month of November? We might then understand our cumulative power as writers and market makers while manufacturer might come to a new appreciation of the marketing "free ride" they've gotten for a decade or so. I'm game to give it a try. I wonder if anyone else would come aboard. Can we go a month without gushing about the latest Sony or Fuji? Can we give the "game changer" narrative a 30 day rest? Probably not. We might all end up with readers and followers in the single digits....
on another note:
One other thing that's bothering me lately is the endless repetition of the idea that the best camera is the one you have with you. What a bunch of phony baloney bullshit meant to rationalize dumbing down our vision and cramming it into a wide angle cell phone camera. If you are an artist with a point of view and a style, and you are out doing more than just gratuitous social media documentation, you need to use the tools that create your style without compromise. You don't need to worry over the exact brand of camera but if your style is wonderful portraits with optical compression and narrow depth of field and that's what you want to see in the final images you work to create then stop making puerile excuses and just put your damn camera over one shoulder when you go out to shoot. The pull of laziness and the disheartening effects of entropy will have you heading down that slippery slope to mediocrity in a heartbeat if you don't. A little discipline and forethought means that the best camera is the one you selected, practiced with, developed a style with and had the fortitude to bring with you.... just in case you saw something you wanted to shoot without compromise. It's only a couple extra pounds at most, right?
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Its international development is a priority for INSA Strasbourg. The institution organizes international projects through a series of networks at regional, national, cross-border and international level. Large-scale projects are mainly backed by the INSA Group.
Since 2003 one form this strong international orientation has taken has been a mandatory period abroad for all engineering and architecture students. In 2016-2017 over 350 students gained some practical experience in a company or university laboratory abroad and almost 150 students spent an academic semester at one of our partner universities abroad or a part of a double diploma course. The number of these courses and the number of students taking them is constantly growing. Thus, almost one INSA Strasbourg student in three spends some time abroad each year.
In Europe and in particular under the auspices of the new European Erasmus+ programme, INSA Strasbourg is looking to maintain its core network of already established and geographically widespread partners, whilst also striving to enrich and adapt the pool of partners to keep up with changing needs.
For reasons of geographical proximity, particular attention is aid to the German-speaking countries. INSA Strasbourg is in the process of developing its French-German DeutschINSA undergraduate course into a Franco-German diploma for all the engineering courses. Learning German is strongly encouraged.
The recently formed TriRhenaTech alliance between 14 major higher education institutions specializing in the applied sciences in the Upper Rhine, three German higher education institutions and one Swiss institution, will enable INSA Strasbourg to reinforce cooperation in applied research in the Upper Rhine Valley Trinational Metropolitan Region.
Outside Europe, INSA Strasbourg has developed cooperative bonds through the INSA Group mainly with countries in Latin America (Fitec programmes) and with North Africa, with its active participation in the development of INSA Euro-Méditerranée, an establishment dependent on the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez (UEMF) and the first multicultural, multilingual Euro-Mediterranean engineer training institute.
With a view to maintaining and developing a varied geographical offer and taking into account the educational relevance of potential partnerships, other cooperation schemes are being set up. In the architecture and building field, there are already cooperation schemes with institutions in Canada, Egypt, Vietnam and Ukraine.
A certain number cooperation projects in the research field have recently led to training partnerships, with partners in South Korea and Taiwan in particular. Bilateral agreements have also been signed in India for the first time, for the architecture department and engineering courses.
A solid, long-standing partnership with the University of Syracuse in the United States has seen a growing number of exchange students crossing the Atlantic. This recently reinforced cooperation ties in fully with the institution’s official aim of developing partnerships with English-speaking institutions.
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Herself a victim of online abuse, Boldrini said in an interview with Buzzfeed that the “most worrying aspect is that fake news, whether it’s driven by profit or a political propaganda, is all too often an antechamber to hate”.
She referred to the murder of Jo Cox, an MP with the UK’s Labour party, a week before last June's referendum on the EU, saying that “in some cases…the line between online and offline violence becomes very thin”.
The number of Italian fake news sites has grown significantly since 2015, Michelangelo Coltelli, founder of Butac.it, a fact-checking website which highlights cases of fake news, told The Local.
“And the number of times these stories are then shared on social media has been phenomenal,” he said.
“In Italy there are sites used for political purposes, for disinformation, and those that make money through clickbait. Sadly I don’t think there’s a solution to this apart from education – it needs to start with schools teaching children the difference between fake news and real news.”
“Fake news isn’t a college prank, it causes real harm to people.”
— laura boldrini (@lauraboldrini) February 9, 2017
Gianni Riotta, an author and journalist at the Italian daily, La Stampa, told The Local: “It’s an old problem that has been made more pervasive by social media and while we’re approaching the fight against it, there is no magical solution.
Party leader Beppe Grillo denied the accusations, writing on his blog: “The M5S has its official social media accounts, its official site and blog. Other sites or social media accounts are not attributable to the M5S.”
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Following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on 24th February 2022, the wearing of masks is no longer compulsory on the school site. The rules for isolating have also been amended and the school is continuing to follow the most up-to-date guidance from the Department for Education.
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If your child is exhibiting symptoms please do not bring them into school without carrying out a lateral flow test. Please ensure that your child's lateral flow test is negative before bringing them into school.
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Please telephone school to inform us of your child's positive test. Your child must then isolate at home for at least 5 days as soon as they test positive. The day of the positive test is counted as 'day 1'. There is no requirement to test again until the morning of day 5. If your child's test is negative on the morning of day 5 and then negative again on the morning of day 6 they can return to school that day. Alternatively, continue to test until your child gets a negative test on two consecutive mornings. On the day of their second consecutive test after at least 5 days isolating they can return to school.
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Author Country :Tanzania Genre Type :True Story Location :Shinyanga, Tanzania Year of Publication :NULL/ Publication :“Missioner Tales” (Maryknoll, July-August, 2000) Sub Theme :Courage/Bravery/Fear, Cultural Values, Interreligious Dialogue, Spirituality/ Author Name :Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M./ Author City :Shinyanga
morning, a young man of the mostly non-Christian, semi-nomadic Watatulu Ethnic
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pointed to a 10 shilling (the value of one cent) coin on the sand. I replied,
"The little girl who brings us milk probably dropped it. Pick it up. We’ll
give it back." He replied hastily, "No, Padri, look there!" We found nine
coins carefully placed in a semicircle around my tent. Again I said, "She
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The witchdoctor told someone to put them there." The young man would not touch
the coins. I picked them up, saying, "Look! If you find out who it was, tell
them to use 100 shilling (the value of 10 cents) coins next time." He didn’t
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A dedicated training was organised in Bangkok, Thailand, on 'Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work within the existing EU operations'. The training was developed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, Sector on Employment and Social Inclusion in collaboration with the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITC ILO) and the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. EU officials from across Asia and the Pacific attended.
The Asia and Pacific region has some of the highest growth rates in the world, with over one billion people in the region having emerged from extreme poverty since 1990. It is a region undergoing rapid transformation, and technology is affecting the future of work in profound ways across multiple sectors and is reshaping the industrial structure and labour market. The translation of economic growth into better working and social conditions remains a major challenge, with informality, low wages, job insecurity, low education and skills, unequal opportunities, lack of social protection and poor public health systems are some of the obstacles
Given this context, the training came at a timely moment, for the region and for the EU. It is part of a wider EU project to strengthen capacities to promote inclusive and decent employment and enhance the EU’s ability to deliver more and better interventions on employment, decent work and international labour standards. As a result of the training, EU staff that attended are better equipped to develop projects and carry out policy dialogue related to employment.
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Infused with innovative leadership perspective, the TIME MBE's rigorous general economic and management curriculum teaches you to become a leader who can harness new ideas to create value for your firm. You acquire skills and qualities that enable you to drive growth to ensure your organization thrives. TIME MBE courses are organized into three Academic Modules covering a wide spectrum of Business Economics, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.
Our basic modules in business economics and managment help you grow beyond your functional area and develop into a well-rounded manager with leadership strenghts and entrpreneurial spirit across all aspects of modern business organizations. At the same time, our core module on technology innovations invite a deep dive into innovation management topics that support your professional goals while connecting academic theory with real-world practice.
A. Business Economics and Quantitative Methods:
The shortest of the three modules, introducing students to the quantitative and economic skills that managers need to perform effectivelly. At the same time provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of business economics and economic behavior.
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Six courses designed to offer an in depth analysis and a global perspective of financial and accounting tools, logistics, marketing and management, with a special emphasis on corporate financial management and internal business evaluation.
C. Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship for R&D Intensive Firms:
This is TIME’s core module, which is taught by outside experts. Its objectives are simple. To nurture leaders with a good understanding of the entrepreneurial and strategic skills needed to manage innovation, knowledge and R&D programs. To cultivate the skills required for good risk management involving intellectual property and tech-transfer, with an emphasis on small and medium business development. | <urn:uuid:0e5bcf9e-0570-4256-ba1b-f9c109cb7ba2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.timembe.eu/en/about/experience/coursesforleaders | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.910244 | 354 | 2.125 | 2 |
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We know what you want: healthy, glowing skin. In addition to eating the right food, putting the right food on your skin is important, too. Wait, what? Yes, don't miss out on the benefits of superfoods on your face. Your facial skin is porous and absorbs actives, vitamins, and nutrients from these superfoods. Check out our list of the most powerful superfoods to wear as a DIY skincare mask.
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Add papaya to your skincare superfood routine and reap the benefits of a fruit brimming with healthy enzymes. Papayas contain beta-carotene, papain, and alpha-hydroxy acids that act as a strong exfoliator to your skin, dissolving dead skin cells. The result is lighter, brighter, and softer skin, which sounds like a win win to us.
You might be used to using turmeric when you’re cooking, but you should also be adding some to your skincare routine. Turmeric is rich in curcumin, an antioxidant that fights against free radicals that could be dulling your skin. While it’s battling those free radicals, it’s also helping to promote the synthesis of collagen. When you topically apply turmeric to your skin, the increased collagen production can help to renew skin elasticity - which means less fine lines and wrinkles. Yes please to this all natural skincare superfood.
Before you bake that banana into your banana bread, think about saving a little bit for a face mask, first. Bananas are chock-full of vitamin B-6, vitamin C, potassium, and even contain some vitamin A. It’s a seriously hydrating face mask that can help with your dry skin, and may even reduce hyperpigmentation and brighten up the skin.
When you use avocado for skin care, it might be hard not to just snack on some for yourself - but your skin needs the superfood as much as you want to eat it. It’s hydrating for the skin and the healthy fats found in avocados promote the regeneration of your skin. It can also help to calm the look of inflammation, and nutrients like lecithin help speed up the body’s healing process. High in vitamins A, B, D, and E, avocados are the superfood that can’t be beat. When you have an avocado that’s gotten too ripe, don’t throw it away - put some on your face.
Alright, it might be a little messy, but honey is a great superfood for your face. Not only is it also a hydrating face mask, its antimicrobial properties really give your skin a boost. It’s a natural humectant, which means that it helps to both absorb moisture and lock it in. It’s long been known to help support acne-prone skin, because it’s all natural skincare that helps ward off bacteria.
You might like eating pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, but you’re also going to want to add it to your face mask. The bioflavonoids in pumpkin hydrate your skin and give it a plumping boost, along with infusing it with beta carotene and amino acids. This superfood also nourishes the skin by promoting collagen production. Like with many of the foods listed here, you can blend pumpkin with other superfoods, like honey, for a powerful superfood mask.
Why Not Combine Superfoods with Cryotherapy?
A cryotherapy facial involves using cold air or having liquid nitrogen pumped all over your face for 2 to 3 minutes. The goal is to give the skin a healthy and radiant complexion.
Using cold air or ice for skincare is a traditional method that provides a large list of benefits, including:
- Reducing the appearance of wrinkles
- Taking the pain away from sunburns
- Helping to ease acne
- Eliminating puffiness in the skin, especially eye bags
- Refining pores
- Boosting circulation
- Toning the skin
Cryotherapy not only helps with all of the benefits listed above, but also can enhance the effects of the superfood ingredients in the skincare you’re using. For example, if you apply a serum to your skin and then use ice afterward, the capillaries in the skin restrict and help to pull the good ingredients in.
Beauty Pops give you the best of both worlds, infusing superfoods into an ice pop that you apply right onto your face for a boost of healthy radiance. The ice helps boost the superfood ingredients, and lock them in for long-lasting benefits. A great option if you want an easier DIY project or want to give this experience as a gift!
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A number of OpenStreetMap (OSM) contributors have already done some amazing work, in particular importing Urbis data, but there is still a great deal to be done! Hospitals, museums, works of art, shops … all data that are often missing and that would be well worth adding!
Updating OSM does not just mean adding a little icon on a map or correcting a spelling mistake. The data in this tool are used by thousands of websites and applications throughout the world, so the slightest addition to places in Brussels on the map makes the city more visible and provides us with valuable services.
How could Schaerbeek hope to keep a list of the pharmacies in the commune up to date on its website? By consulting the OSM database! And by encouraging those who find errors to correct them directly in OSM... which would automatically correct the same information on dozens of other websites, applications and digital maps that use it. The same goes for crèches, clinics, schools, etc.
How can the hundreds of works of art scattered around public areas in the capital, from Calder’s Whiling Ear at Mont des Arts to the frescoes along the strip cartoon route, be listed? Simply by including them in OSM... And how can residents be told about the Little Senne park or Vanderschrick park, funded by the Brussels Region Districts contracts, if they are not shown on digital maps?
Hundreds of websites of the Brussels Region, the 19 communes, and Public Interest Organisations in Brussels are brimming with lists of infrastructures, in FR and NL, which cannot stay up to date for long because there are not enough people to take care of such a huge task. As much as possible, they should submit requests to the OSM database and encourage their users to carry out the necessary updates! Or at least, they should ensure that the infrastructures they have funded are integrated.
It is better to have one source kept up to date than hundreds of obsolete or incomplete sources... What’s more, finding precise data on OSM will enable a great many developers to devise tools to make life easier for us all!
The smart city is oriented to its citizens and businesses… and listens to their ideas.Get involved
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This is Diego Rivera’s mural The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City. Completed in a month in May 1931, it is in the San Francisco Art Institute. You can just walk in off the (very steep – this is San Francisco) street to see it (800 Chestnut Street, 9am to 7pm). That makes it probably the most accessible of Rivera’s murals for this project’s readership – most of whom, I guess, are more likely to make it to San Francisco than to Mexico City or Detroit.
Art history hasn’t been entirely fair to Rivera. When the story of modern art was seen as the shining path to abstract expressionism, Rivera together with Jose Clemente Orozco and David A Siqueiros, the other ‘big three’ great Mexican muralists, were often conveniently left out as being ‘social realists’ and too concerned with politics. More recently he is often assigned (probably unjustly) an inglorious bit-part as Frida Kahlo’s feckless other half.
Rivera is also not well served by art museums, though you can find plenty of his works there. Before his murals he spent more than a decade in Europe (1907 to 1921) and became an accomplished modernist (particularly cubist), but also missed the Mexican Revolution (1910-20) he later did so much to celebrate. During his international glory days in the 1930s he did some great portraits (including one of Edsel Ford, who also commissioned magnificent Rivera murals in Detroit). And he painted numerous pictures of Mexican popular life, most famously flower sellers (personally I find these a bit on the sentimental side). The problem is that easel paintings, however good, don’t do justice to Rivera’s extraordinary talents. To really experience them you have to see the murals – and walls, by and large, don’t travel.
Making of a Fresco isn’t by any means the biggest of them – Rivera complained that the wall offered to him was ‘a small one of only 36 square metres’ (in fact the total area of the finished mural is 43.2 square metres) ‘not at all suitable to my purpose, which was to present a dynamic concerto of construction – technicians, planners and artists working together to create a modern edifice’.
But it is easily big enough to see what makes Rivera so good. First there is the way he fills the space – not a square centimetre wasted – with absorbing and utterly comprehensible interlocking narratives. Then there is the way he deals so easily with modern life – socially but always preserving individuality. The big bum on the trestle in the middle obviously belongs to Rivera himself, but the other painters with their backs to us are his assistants – Matthew Barnes on his right; John Hastings next floor of scaffolding down on his left; and in the lower panel on the right, hard at work at the trestle table, the trio of designer Michael Goodman, Art Institute lecturer Geraldine Colby Fricke and engineer Alfred Barrows. Rivera’s hugely distinctive work applies all sorts of techniques and ideas from the Renaissance, from his use of fresco (paint applied to wet plaster) to the prominently featured ‘donors’ reminiscent of so many fifteenth and sixteenth century European religious paintings – in this case the hatted and suited trio examining plans, Timothy Pflueger, the architect who invited Rivera to San Francisco to paint a mural in the stock exchange, William Gerstle the chairman of the San Francisco Art Commission who commissioned the Art Institute mural, and Arthur Brown architect of the Institute.
And finally, there is Rivera’s ability to master a commission, while still maintaining his own, social and political concerns. This is a mural for an art school, so it is a fresco about making a fresco. It is a mural in a dynamic North American city of the 1930s, so it is about design and construction in such a city. But alongside that it celebrates the dignity of workers by hand and by brain.
Generally, Rivera got away with it – with satisfied patrons including Edsel Ford and the Mexican government. Once, famously, he didn’t, when Nelson Rockefeller discovered that Rivera’s Man at the Crossroads for the new Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan included a portrait of Lenin. Rockefeller promptly paid Rivera off and – to the eternal loss of New Yorkers – a year later destroyed the not-quite completed fresco. When Rivera re-created the work the following year at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Lenin was firmly there, this time alongside Trotsky and his call to create a Fourth International.
If Making of a Fresco whets your appetite, and I am sure it will, then half an hour’s drive away and a bit off the tourist track at City College of San Francisco (50 Phelan Avenue, check opening times but probably 10am to 4pm Mon to Sat in term time), is another, bigger and altogether wilder Rivera mural. Pan American Unity: The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and South of the Continent was painted for the 1939-1940 International Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. Across ten panels and covering a total of 175 square metres every aspect of the title, and more, is explored: from the recently constructed Bay Bridge to pre-Conquest Aztec craftsmen and women; Simon Bolivar alongside Abraham Lincoln; Charlie Chaplin and Frank Lloyd Wright; the murderous trio of Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini; and a statuesque Frida Kahlo ( who remarried Rivera in 1940 in San Francisco) rather curiously standing right in front of Rivera himself, who has his back to her and is holding hands with the Hollywood star Paulette Godard.
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Echoing the title of the Coen brothers’ film, No Country for Old Men, Tasmania can be no country for the lazy birdwatcher. At least as far as the Tasmanian thornbill is concerned.
The thornbill not only falls into the category of difficult to identify, LBBs (little brown birds), but its identification is compounded by a remarkably similar mainland species also found in Tasmania, the brown thornbill.
To separate them requires time and patience, although if the birder heads for wet forest – especially to the west and south-west of the island – this is a head start.
As a simple rule of thumb, the Tasmanian endemic species prefers rainforest and wet sclerophyll, usually on higher ground, and the brown thornbill the dry woodlands of the Midlands and east.
The two species can be found together, however, and this is where the confusion, and frustration, begins.
Although birds in the hand show clear differences, their fast, nervous and erratic movements in the bush present problems. Tasmanian birders have a simple way of separating them. They immediately look for what they term the Tasmanian thornbill’s white “trousers’’, an area of white, fluffy feathers under the tail. In my experience, though, this is not always a reliable guide, especially in younger birds. The same can also be said for the difference in the two species’ songs. The Tasmanian thornbills is said to be more melodic, with a distinctive “wop wop wop” at the end of phrases. The brown thornbill’s song, however, is extremely variable, containing many warbling notes.
The longer length of the endemic thornbill’s tail is a good guide, especially if the two species are seen together. The local species also has less streaking on the breast and weaker cream scalloping on the rufous-brown forehead found in both species. The Tasmanian thornbill also has rufous-brown edges to its primaries whereas in the mainland species these are off-white. The bill is also shorter in the endemic bird but this is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to pick in the field.
When I first arrived in Tasmania I quickly identified brown thornbills as the only LBBs that at that time inhabited my garden and, looking further afield, I was never confident to call a Tasmanian one. One day in the Cradle Mountain national park, though, a thornbill attracted my attention, primarily by its “jizz”, its behavioural quirks and characteristics. It seemed to be more acrobatic as it went in search of insects on the foliage of a king billy pine, hanging upside down, letting go and righting itself in mid-air before flying on to another tree.
Perhaps this was the behaviour of just one individual but I now term the Tasmanian birds the circus performers of the forest, throwing in their “wop, wop, wop” as they go.
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Writing letters was not the work Robert Lowell thought himself born to do, but what with one thing and another – good friends, a lively mind, deep troubles – he wrote a great many of them, demonstrating at considerable length ‘the excitement of his intelligence and the liveliness of his prose’. These are the words of Saskia Hamilton, the poet who has undertaken the arduous and complicated task of editing this selection. She remarks in her introduction that the letters differ from the poetry in that they ‘are not reshaped, dismantled and made again in the daylight of his attention’: they ‘have the immediacy of the first rhythm and the first thought that occurred to him – the very thing he revised away in his poems’. Lowell has a claim to be the most hectically persistent and repetitive reviser in the history of anglophone poetry; and the older he got the more compulsively he revised; but his letters he neither drafted nor amended. His more formal autobiographical writings show that he took prose seriously, and for all their unpremeditated air the letters are often excellent examples of vivid informal prose. A master of language, he was, whether or not he sought to be, expert in what Dryden called ‘the other harmony’.
In addition to the routine work of editing – the labour of correction, description, identification – Hamilton inevitably had to deal with some intimate details of a famous, tormented and tormenting life. She passes on basic information about Lowell’s medical history, crowded as it is with all manner of emergencies: hospitals around the world, the quest for drugs that bring or keep you down like Thorazine, or the more effective though not infallible lithium. From her commentary a reader can get some idea of the exhausting rhythms of Lowell’s life: his depression on coming down from a manic episode, his shame at the memory of the follies committed when high, of the pain he had caused others; and he must have been aware that he would almost certainly ‘speed up’ and do it all again.
But few poets are more obstinately autobiographical than Lowell, and occasionally one feels like asking for more. There are lots of notes but they are very economical. No doubt any thought of enlarging them would have been snuffed out by the prospect of an even vaster book than the one we have, which itself contains only a fraction of the material available to the editor. Readers may find it useful to have at hand Ian Hamilton’s masterly biography, first published in 1983, if only to provide more continuity, close some of the gaps in the story. He is thorough, lucid and just (admiring and condemning), and it is a bonus that his comments on the poetry – after all, our main reason for being interested in the poet – are so acute and sensitive. Of course Saskia Hamilton must have an eye to the life rather than the work, in so far as they can, in this case, be kept apart.
She ventures to provide a pathological context for some letters by heading the appropriate note with the words ‘probably’ – or ‘possibly’ – ‘written while mildly manic’. Or the warning may be stronger: ‘acute manic episode’. The evidence for these diagnostic conjectures is mostly external, since the letters to which they apply by no means always show signs of what Lowell called ‘enthusiasm’. And occasionally these annotations are puzzling: on Palm Sunday, 10 April 1949, Lowell wrote a brief note to Elizabeth Bishop, a sympathetic message to his first wife, Jean Stafford, a weird word or two to a former lover, Gertrude Buckman, a sentence to George Santayana and two sentences to William Carlos Williams. Of these communications, those to Bishop, Buckman and Williams are certified as ‘written during an acute manic episode’, but the others are not. A few days later everything again becomes manic for a while. How likely is it that the poet was manic only part of the time on that Palm Sunday? Or that anybody could know this? Of a letter to Santayana in the spring of 1948 we are told that the first part was ‘possibly written when mildly manic’. The letter is dated ‘May 20 [–June 20?]’; the second part is headed ‘A Month Later’, with an explanation of the delay, but there is no real indication that the first part, in which Lowell talks about Robert Bridges, Trumbull Stickney, Propertius, Baudelaire, Webster, Shakespeare and a poem of his own, is even slightly crazier than the second: in fact the whole thing is, as it ought to be, a model of sober discussion, recognising the eminence of the recipient and the young man’s respect for him. In the end these annotations, which cannot avoid seeming portentous when they punctuate the flow of more trivial information, are probably of doubtful value.
In her introduction Hamilton says that Lowell’s illness took the form of ‘mixed mania’ – ‘mania and depression arise together, making a patient feel simultaneously elated and lethargic’ – and Lowell himself described his state in much the same way. Of course it is elation that is the more likely to be conveyed in letters to friends. He had a great many distinguished correspondents. The first letter in this collection, written when Lowell was 19, is to Ezra Pound. He describes himself as eccentric, subject to violent passions, keen to learn to be a poet – to ‘work under you and forge my way into reality’. Pound replied, and Lowell soon wrote again, reaffirming his intention to study with the poet, on whom depended such hope as we moderns have of rediscovering the great art of poetry. The friendship that began with these letters lasted through Pound’s postwar tribulations, and Lowell never changed his view about the old man’s greatness, though feeling free to criticise some later Cantos, and to differ on certain issues: on the Jews, of course, but also on Milton.
Later he consulted other great men of an earlier generation: Ford Madox Ford, T.S. Eliot, of whom Lowell was extremely fond, Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams, much admired despite Lowell’s worries about the impossibility, for him, of Williams’s kind of free verse, and his stubborn anti-Europeanism. John Crowe Ransom and Allen Tate had special claims on him. As a young man Lowell had fled Harvard to seek instruction from Ransom and Tate in Tennessee and at Kenyon College, Ohio. Tate, the stronger influence, saw himself as a sort of poetic father, assuming an authority Lowell many years later resisted. Their disagreements must have some importance in any account of Lowell’s technical development, but their friendship survived until Lowell’s death, which preceded the older poet’s by some two years.
Of at least equal importance are the poets of his own generation: Randall Jarrell, John Berryman, Theodore Roethke, Adrienne Rich, Elizabeth Bishop. There are more letters to Bishop than to anybody else. For thirty years Lowell and Bishop admired and influenced one another’s poetry and took unusual trouble over their letters. Lowell often spoke of his admiration for her as a letter writer, odd and observant, poetic but domestic, personal without intrusion. A collection of her correspondence, with the title One Art (less formal and scholarly than Saskia Hamilton’s), was published in 1994. You can see by reading it why Lowell tried so hard to please her. Here he is describing Marianne Moore – a close friend of Bishop’s – at a reading ‘before thousands’ in the Boston Public Garden:
She entered with a black coat and black jacket and a diamondy green dress. The cloak came off, then after slight hesitation the jacket, then another pause and the cloak went on again. She had her audience. Each obstruction fell into her hands: a whistle from the amplifier (‘I see I have a rival’), trucks rumbling down Boylston Street, a mute bean-shaven young man, who kept pushing her back to the speaker, an unexquisite mass of red flowers, received with a disgruntled, admiring ‘gorgeous’. Each epigram was cheered. Jack Sweeney’s Irish wife said in amazement: ‘Why this is the only real American.’
Blake said there was no competition between great poets, and the mutual admiration of Bishop and Lowell was untouched by it. But with other contemporaries – Jarrell, Berryman, Roethke, as ambitious for fame as he was – the case was different. The opinions of these friends and rivals were important to him, and so, more puzzlingly, were those of the reviewers, even when, at the peak of his fame, he could have simply ignored them. The poets strove to outdo one another in the generation of powerful language. As Lowell told Roethke in 1963, ‘there’s a strange fact about the poets of roughly our age . . . It’s this, that to write we seem to have to go at it with such single-minded intensity that we are always on the point of drowning . . . There must be a kind of glory to it all that people coming later will wonder at.’ Jarrell he admired most, welcoming his criticism; Berryman he also admired, but with a keener edge of rivalry. (Berryman’s widow, Eileen Simpson, best catches the manner of their encounters and rivalries, in her memoir, Poets in Their Youth.) Delmore Schwartz, Roethke, Jarrell and Berryman were all self-consciously poètes maudits, and they all died before Lowell. So did his pupils Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Dying at 60, Lowell, for all his self-destructive ways, was a survivor.
Speaking of life in Boston during one of his spells there, Lowell tells Bishop that ‘in some groups we’ – he and his wife – ‘seem unspeakably strange and bohemian, in others we seem very grand and social.’ He could play both these parts, a generous and courteous old-Boston host, and an antic, irresponsible drinker. In contrast to the affectionate civility of his usual style, his family letters are cold and rather mean; but then he was capable of knocking his father down to avenge an insult. He sometimes had to apologise for his violent behaviour when manic, but whereas the assault on his father seems consistent with the violence of some poems, the letters as a whole are notable for their lack of hostility, their affectionate, even loving tone.
The quarrel with his father involved a girl. One of the signs that he was ‘speeding up’ was that he would find a new girl; but far from treating this as a casual affair he would talk excitedly of divorce and marriage so that by the time it was all over everybody concerned got hurt. Of course his illness explained everything, but the survivors, conscious that one disaster would soon be followed by another, may have felt that explanations were hardly enough.
The extremity of his manic behaviour was an exaggerated expression of a violence integral to this charming man. The extraordinary roughness of such early poems as ‘The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket’ reflects a relation between violence and achievement:
Sailor, will your sword
Whistle and fall and sink into the fat? . . .
The death-lance churns into the sanctuary, tears
The gun-blue swingle, heaving like a flail,
And hacks the coiling life out
(A swingle is a kind of scourge or flail.) In the thousand pages of poetry that follow these lines in the Collected Poems there are comparable intensities but nothing that sounds quite like this. At the other, gentler end of the scale of violence are many exercises in what Helen Vendler calls ‘minimalist colloquiality’. Poems, unlike manic episodes, were subject to control.
Such was Lowell’s strong conviction when, as an undergraduate, he chose to study with Ransom and Tate. His unflagging concern with verse technique is evident in these letters, especially in letters to poets. But he was more willing than most poets to discuss his work with non-poets, with critics and interpreters, and we have here some letters doing that. In youth an advocate of the constraints imposed by metre and rhyme, he aspired, he claimed, to ‘solid craftsmanship’: ‘One likes to have the hammer in one’s hands.’ He worried about Williams and his free verse, though was convinced that he too could be free if he wanted to, or if the muse insisted:
To my surprise I have mostly written in very strict metre, even sonnets, not at all my intention, and a fact that I find disturbing to my theories of how poetry should be written. I have always thought one should be able to shift from free to counted verse and mix the two, but I am surprised to find myself shifted despite my desires.
He felt that under these voluntary or involuntary metrical variations there must persist a style, a self, that does not change. And although for many years he wrote a great many unrhymed sonnets and little else, he really did not change radically.
The critical moment in the history of his technique was probably the publication of Life Studies in 1959. This volume opened with a poem about Ford Madox Ford in something like free verse that nevertheless has strong iambic reminiscences and also some rhymes. Lowell seems to have thought it important, perhaps as a manifesto for freedom of choice and movement. But the famous sequence of autobiographical sketches with the subtitle ‘Life Studies’ is metrically far more relaxed. Tate, who had been the most powerful influence on his earlier work, deplored what he saw as the laxity of this new technique. He felt strongly about what he regarded as a wanton defection, the abandonment of the prosodic rigour he had tried to teach Lowell. At that time I happened to be in touch with Tate, and I have to say I agreed with him, and said so in a review.
Life Studies was published first in England, by Faber, and their edition omits the long prose childhood narrative called ‘91 Revere Street’. When the second Faber edition appeared it included that 15,000-word item. Partly because this addition made a difference to the whole book, and partly because in the meantime I had been persuaded that I’d been wrong, I wrote a short notice of the second edition and said I’d been wrong about the first.
Lowell wrote thanking me for my change of mind. It still seems extraordinary that he should have remembered both reviews and cared about them enough to be glad of my recantation, but this vigilance is consistent with his fear of reviewers. In The Dolphin he speaks of ‘the reviewer sent by God to humble me’. Others who could humiliate one were the people who awarded prizes. But there was no longer much likelihood of disappointment there, and Life Studies won the National Book Award. Lowell refused to quarrel with Tate, by now a fading influence; Tate did admire, could hardly not have admired, ‘For the Union Dead’, which, Lowell told him, took a whole winter of work and was ‘the most composed poem’ he’d ever written, ‘a sort of combination of Life Studies and the more metrical style of my earlier stuff’. He had asserted his right to do as he wished, to make his own technical decisions. The last poem in ‘Life Studies’ is the wholly original ‘Skunk Hour’, recognised as a great poem, even by me, though in 1959 I didn’t even know what a ‘Tudor Ford’ was.
Lowell achieved some eminence as a public figure. In a mildly manic youthful episode he wrote to President Roosevelt politely rejecting his invitation to join the army, and much later he published his letter to Lyndon Johnson, explaining why he wouldn’t be turning up for some cultural occasion at the White House. He also played his part, recorded for admiring posterity by Norman Mailer, in the March on Washington, and was active in other anti-war demonstrations. He exerted himself for Eugene McCarthy in his presidential campaign, and enjoyed it without expecting to have much effect on the result. His poems are strongly affected by contemporary history as well as by a sense that his inheritance was a privileged view of the lost and lamented past.
It’s hardly necessary to say that Lowell was a man of great intelligence, some vanity, and a good deal of stubborn courage. He went to prison for his views, but a greater ordeal was recovery from his manic episodes, the crazy behaviour and dangerous delusions. On the whole his autobiographical writing did not increase the troubles of his family and friends, at least until the publication of The Dolphin in 1973. He was by this time married to Caroline Blackwood and living in England. The task of sorting out a large number of poems into appropriate volumes had been undertaken with the help of Frank Bidart, and those that went into The Dolphin were personal, including not only references to Elizabeth Hardwick, but embarrassing quotations from her letters and phone calls. Lowell made no attempt to get her permission to use this material – it would surely have been refused – and he was fully aware that publication would hurt her: indeed, she had unambiguously let him know that it would, but he remained persuaded that the book must be published.
Among those who begged him not to do it was Elizabeth Bishop: ‘Aren’t you violating a trust? . . . But art just isn’t worth that much.’ Much fiercer was the response of his old friend Adrienne Rich, which he dismissed as a feminist outburst. Another old friend, Stanley Kunitz, though admiring the poetry, called it ‘intimately cruel’. Lowell told Kunitz that his valued friend Peter Taylor ‘couldn’t imagine any moral objection to Dolphin. Not that the poem, alas, from its donnée, can fail to wound’ (this letter is not included in the book under review). The poet Anthony Hecht, in a Library of Congress Lecture in 1983, commented: ‘Lowell appears wonderfully unaware that a poem that cannot fail to wound must have at least some moral objection to it.’ Others made an aesthetic defence against the humane objections of Bishop and Kunitz. The argument is probably barren, though Bishop’s words seem to have special authority. It does seem that Lowell was virtually a detached personality, responsible for the deeds of a poet of the same name. The last poem in The Dolphin sums it up:
I have sat and listened to too many
words of the collaborating muse,
and plotted perhaps too freely with my life,
not avoiding injury to others,
not avoiding injury to myself –
to ask compassion . . . this book, half fiction,
an eelnet made by man for the eel fighting –
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More and more people are turning to natural supplements to address their joint and muscle pains. The reason for this is clear; pharmaceutical companies offer a plethora of drugs designed to dull pain, but none that actually gets at fixing the underlying problems that cause your joints to ache. Moreover, many pharmaceutical drugs have unpleasant, if not dangerous side effects. People suffering from arthritis are, as a result, left with the hopeless message that there’s nothing they can do that will treat the underlying disease giving them discomfort. But is that actually the case? Perhaps not–thousands of people have reported reducing and even eliminating their pain by taking MSM, and there is real science out there to back up their claims. MSM does not cure arthritis, but may be a safe and effective approach to dealing with it. For background on where MSM comes from, please read our previous blog post.
What is Arthritis?
Arthritis isn’t actually a single disorder. It’s an umbrella term that is used for informally referring to any one of over a hundred different diseases that cause pain in your joints. Some of these diseases are the result of mechanical damage to the joint itself, perhaps resulting from surgery or an accident. Some types of arthritis result from wear and tear on joints over a lifetime of use, and commonly strike aging athletes or people who have spent decades working with their hands for a living. While most types of arthritis begin in people once they approach middle age and grow gradually more severe over decades, some types of arthritis can strike with severity at a young age, usually as a result of a hereditary or biological abnormality, or due to extreme joint usage associated with some types of high impact sports.
Despite the great variety in causes of arthritis, most doctors use a one-size-fits-all approach to treating joint pain by prescribing pharmaceutical painkillers and NSAIDs. While these generally work to numb pain receptors in the short term or temporarily reduce inflammation, they do nothing for long term cartilage recovery. However, for most forms of arthritis, there may be other options.
The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. This is a degenerative form of arthritis which results when cartilage between the bones wears away, causing the bones to painfully rub against each other. This causes pain, swelling, and stiffness. Cartilage is a firm, whitish connective tissue that cushions and lubricates between bones. Your outer ears are formed by elastic cartilage, but the type of cartilage between your bones is actually more similar to the piece of firm, only slightly flexible cartilage that separates your two nostrils, known as hyaline cartilage. When hyaline cartilage separates two bones at a joint, it is referred to as articular cartilage. There are actually two pieces of articular cartilage in each joint, one attached to each bone. Between these two pieces of cartilage is a white, viscous substance called synovial fluid, which has a consistency similar to egg whites and plays a role not unlike bearing grease in a wheel, moving in and out of the joint as it flexes, all while lubricating the whole system. Finishing out the structure is the synovial membrane, which acts like an inner tube to seal the synovial fluid in place around the joint. The synovial fluid, in addition to its mechanical role in joint lubrication, also plays an important role in nourishing cartilage. Cartilage is unlike other tissues in the body in that it does not have its own blood supply. Instead, the synovial fluid delivers nutrients to the articular cartilage and keeps it clean and healthy.
Supplements that boost synovial fluid health also benefit cartilage protection and regeneration. One such supplement is methylsulfonylmethane, commonly known as MSM or “organic sulfur”. Sulfur is a core chemical element necessary for biochemical functioning and an elemental macronutrient for all organisms. It is a vital building block of amino acids and the connective tissue in joints and cartilage. MSM also provides methyl groups, which support many essential metabolic processes in the body. Taking MSM boosts synovial fluid health, and also magnifies the efficacy of glucosamine when the two are taken together since it ensures that glucosamine is effectively transported into the articular cartilage. Glucosamine is a natural supplement that triggers the production of hyaluronic acid in synovial fluid and may actually help regrow damaged cartilage. Producing cartilage requires lots of sulfur, so MSM is also a crucial supplement for cartilage growth. There are dozens of double-blind, placebo controlled scientific studies that demonstrate measurable improvements in the joints of people and animals who take MSM. This science backs up the claims of the thousands of people who have successfully used MSM to treat their debilitating arthritis or watched MSM breathe new life into their aging pets. To browse a selection of these studies, go here. Just as importantly, each of these studies has also demonstrated that MSM is entirely safe. Unlike many of the drugs commonly prescribed for joint pain, MSM has no harmful side effects and will cause no lasting damage. The only unintended consequences you’re likely to notice when you start taking MSM are healthier skin and nails and a stronger immune system, since MSM has shown significant benefits to these body systems as well.
Now that you know about the potential benefits of MSM, and about the lack of harmful side effects, you’re likely eager to go ahead and give it a try. Before you go online and start comparing prices, however, you should be aware that with MSM, you get what you pay for. Read more on Good vs. Bad MSM. The difference in quality between MSM distilled and packaged in the United States vs. MSM made overseas (frequently in China) is considerable. If you take a generic brand MSM, you risk inadvertently absorbing heavy metals and other pollutants, and could even do yourself more harm than good. Though many Chinese made MSM products will say that they are “100% pure,” it’s important, as with any supplement, to always do your research and make sure that what you’re taking is what it says it is, and to buy from brands with a reputation for quality, like Kala Health. Kala Health sells OptiMSM, which is, without exception, the highest quality MSM supplement available for sale.
The Kala Health Pledge for Quality
Here at Kala Health, we make it our business to offer the purest and best supplements available. There will always be cheaper, lower quality products on the market, but our customers keep coming back to us because they know that quality costs. For over twenty years, we have carefully cultivated our reputation for delivering only the highest quality dietary supplements made from the finest ingredients. Our entire business model rests on this reputation. That’s why all of our MSM products contain ingredients made by Bergstrom Nutrition. OptiMSM and its animal equivalent, PurforMSM, are the purest and only GRAS-certified MSM products in the world, and they are made exclusively in the USA. When it comes to choosing a supplement for your health, we at Kala know that there are no shortcuts. We wouldn’t give a lesser MSM supplement to our families, and neither would we sell a lesser supplement to you. | <urn:uuid:50563ca1-aadd-40d7-8c05-813ea942e27d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kalahealth.com/msm-joint-health-need-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953418 | 1,505 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Fuell cell applications
Fuel hose lines for gaseous hydrogen
Silicone charged air hose
Cooling water line
Fuel cell vehicles use a fuel cell to generate electrical energy from hydrogen or methanol energy carriers; that electrical energy is then converted directly into movement via the electric drive or temporarily stored in a traction battery.
Continental offers lines for thermal management, fuel supply and air intake for fuel cell drives.
Due to their specific operating conditions, the lines must be flame retardant and must demonstrate low electrical surface resistance. Media resistance in high-purity cooling water is especially important to ensure that the functional capacity of the fuel cells is not jeopardized.
A special material has been developed to meet the particular demands of cooling circuits for fuel cell applications.
Charge air hoses for fuel cell applications.
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- Open a new thread and answer the question posted below. Your answer should be in the form of a mini-essay between 150-300 words.
- Read and respond to at least one of the your other classmates’ posts.
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CNSC Andrea Rosales professor co-authored “Auditory and haptic feedback to train basic mathematical skills of children with visual impairments” on Behaviour & Information Technology journal.
Physical manipulatives, such as rods or tiles, are widely used for mathematics learning, as they support embodied cognition, enable the execution of epistemic actions, and foster conceptual metaphors. Counting them, children explore, rearrange, and reinterpret the environment through the haptic channel. Vision generally complements physical actions, which makes using traditional manipulatives limited for children with visual impairments (VIs). Digitally augmenting manipulatives with feedback through alternative modalities might improve them. We specifically discuss conveying number representations to children with VIs using haptic and auditory channels within an environment encouraging exploration and supporting active touch counting strategies while promoting reflection. This paper presents LETSMath, a tangible system for training basic mathematical skills of children with VIs, developed through Design-Based Research with three iterations in which we involved 19 children with VIs and their educators. We discuss how the system may support training skills in the composition of numbers and the impact that the different system features have on slowing down the interaction pace to trigger reflection, on understanding, and on incorporation.
How to cite
Sebastián Marichal, Andrea Rosales, Fernando González Perilli, Ana Cristina Pires & Josep Blat (2022) Auditory and haptic feedback to train basic mathematical skills of children with visual impairments, Behaviour & Information Technology, DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2022.2060860 | <urn:uuid:5eb343f4-b89b-4bf3-afa4-3d29dca8ea47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.communicationchange.net/en/new-research-article-auditory-and-haptic-feedback-to-train-basic-mathematical-skills-of-children-with-visual-impairments/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.887475 | 339 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The above is a snapshot of USA Gymnastics’ mission statement in their Women’s Program Rules and Policies through the end of 2017. For many years, the first two words of their mission statement were “Win Medals.”
Five years ago when my husband, Marc, and I opened our gymnastics club in Tucson, AZ, we were not planning on competing immediately. We wanted to attract recreational kids and teach them sound progressions, and bring them up to compete, eventually, when they were ready. But even though we weren’t planning on competing yet, we found it a necessary component of our business to be a member of the governing body for gymnastics clubs in this country.
The only option we had in Arizona was USA Gymnastics. I hesitated to be a part of it, as from my experience, it was difficult for my philosophy and coaching style to thrive within USAG’s parameters. There was another association, available in other parts of the country, that sounded like it fit my philosophy better, but it did not exist in Arizona.
Even though it was USAG’s top priority, our goal was not to “win medals.” Our philosophy was, and it continues to be, to provide kids of all levels of ability sound gymnastics instruction and all the positive life lessons that participation in a great sport like gymnastics can provide. I had a positive gymnastics career. I had positive club coaches, and I had a positive experience in college gymnastics. I wanted to pass that on to as many kids as possible.
We teach sound progressions and technique in our gym. Some kids take longer to understand and apply these techniques and progressions, so their gymnastics is not perfect. And as coaches, we believe that it is okay and perfectly acceptable to have children who are imperfect. A child is learning. A child should not be expected to be perfect. Perfection is a topic inherent in gymnastics training, especially when dealing with elite athletes. I’ll reference this topic in future posts.
On the surface, and in reading USAG’s past and current Rules and Policies, it would seem like our sport’s National Governing Body provides logical and reasonable parameters for entry-level gymnasts in its Jr. Olympic Program:
A. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, fairness to all athletes and competitive balance, the mobility system within the Jr. Olympic Program should be followed in the manner that it was intended:
Before moving up a level, every athlete should show proficiency at her current level.
Once a high level of proficiency is achieved at the athlete’s current level, she should strive to move up to the next level, as long as it is done safely.
For athletes to repeat a level with the intent to gain an advantage over other competitors or teams IS NOT in the spirit of the Jr. Olympic Program or youth sports in general.
(2013-2020 USAG Women’s Program Rules and Policies, Chapter 8)
What happens if the “mobility system within the Jr. Olympic Program” is NOT “followed in the manner that it was intended”? My competition experience has proven that this is more often the case than not.
In Parts II-IV, I will call attention to USAG’s negligence in enforcing their own rules and policies, how they look the other way when gymnasts and entire teams outscore others by competing perfect routines at the beginning levels of competition, and how this contradicts their supposed adherence to good sportsmanship and the spirit of youth sports. I will demonstrate how the organization is detrimental to the “unknown gymnast,” the young gymnast who is not destined to be an elite athlete, the gymnast who goes to the gym three or four days a week because she loves the sport, loves her teammates, and wants to learn more. These are the little girls who aren’t highlighted in the newspaper or the best-selling books, who don’t have a voice, and who are affected everyday by the policies that USAG makes up and then chooses to ignore.
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Nestled in the heart of the Upper South, Kentucky is famous for its rolling hills of bluegrass, vibrant culture, and fabulous food – just to name a few of the state’s highlights. Kentucky has something to offer everybody and is home to a thriving population that has been steadily growing since the beginning of its statehood.
Whether you’re considering relocating to Kentucky or simply planning a visit, you’ll find no shortage of amazing things to do, see, and experience. From breathtaking scenery and notable historic sites to sports, arts and culture, and dining, the Bluegrass State truly has it all.
For first-time visitors and longtime locals alike, we’ve put together a list of the best things to do in Kentucky – so get ready to explore!
What to Do in Kentucky
It’s nearly impossible to capture the best of Kentucky in a single list, but we’ll do our best. Here are some of the top Kentucky attractions you won’t want to miss, including natural parks, historical highlights, and so much more.
Even if you aren’t a devoted baseball fan, odds are good that you’ve heard of the iconic Louisville Slugger. So, it should come as no surprise to hear that Kentucky has a rich baseball history – one that you can experience at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory.
Snap a photo with the 120-foot-tall replica of Babe Ruth’s trusty Louisville Slugger bat, then head inside to browse dozens of fascinating exhibits detailing many of baseball’s biggest moments. You can even visit the factory where the world-famous bats are made and try out your swing in the on-site batting cages.
Churchill Downs is the site of one of Kentucky’s most prestigious events, the Kentucky Derby. If you’re lucky enough to be in the area on the first Sunday of May, you could experience the Kentucky Derby for yourself! If not, you can still tour the legendary grounds during the off-season.
On-site, you’ll also find the Kentucky Derby Museum. The museum takes you on a journey back to 1875, when the Kentucky Derby first started. You can learn all about how racing horses are bred and trained and see a wide variety of interesting artifacts.
With more than 1,650 acres, 50 campsites, a riverside restaurant, and a lodge, Cumberland Falls State Park is a natural wonder that’s sure to impress. Tucked in the Daniel Boone National Forest, the state park features two of Kentucky’s most famous waterfalls: Cumberland Falls and Eagle Falls.
Enjoy a leisurely hike through the scenic surroundings, explore the area on horseback, or experience the thrill of white-water rafting. The park is also host to a number of major Kentucky events, including the Kentucky Hills Craft Festival.
When you think of fried chicken, it’s nearly impossible not to think about Kentucky. Kentucky Fried Chicken, better known as KFC, has achieved worldwide fame. And, of course, most of us are familiar with Colonel Sanders, the man behind the delicious and secret recipe that’s earned so many fans.
At the Harland Sanders Café and Museum, you can visit the first restaurant that Colonel Sanders ever opened. Inside, there’s a replica of the 1940s kitchen where Sanders worked and a number of exhibits that are sure to inspire a hearty appetite.
Not many people know Kentucky has the world’s longest cave system, but there’s a good reason that a portion of the state is often called the “Land of 10,000 Sinks.” Mammoth Cave National Park is located in Kentucky’s Caveland Corridor and has been a U.S. national park since the 1940s.
Boasting over 420 miles of surveyed passageways, Mammoth Cave is a wondrous sight to see. You can take your pick from several cave tours, ranging from a short, one-hour tour to a six-hour tour that’s far more in-depth (no pun intended!). Can’t-miss sites include Mammoth Dome, Crystal Lake, Frozen Niagara, and the Ruins of Karnak.
The Big Four Bridge is one of the most popular things to do at night in Kentucky, largely because it is the site of an awe-inspiring light show set against the beautiful Ohio River. The bridge is open to pedestrians and bicyclists and lets you visit Kentucky and Indiana with just a short walk.
Just off the bridge is the Louisville Waterfront Park, spanning 85 acres of waterfront land and providing the perfect place for picnics, walking, and cycling. There’s a children’s play area at the amphitheater, and you can often find various concerts, events, and fairs taking place throughout the year.
Often named one of the most beautiful capitols in the U.S., the Kentucky State Capitol is located in Frankfort. Designed by architect Frank Mills Andrews, the grand structure will command your attention from first glance.
One of the most famous features of the Capitol building is its massive marble staircase, which is a great spot for a photo opp. Guided tours are offered, and a fantastic way to discover all of the wonderous design elements inside and out.
The Red River Gorge is the second location on our list in the Daniel Boone National Forest and one of the best scenic locations in the entire state. Unusual rock formations and sandstone cliffs attract tourists and rock-climbing enthusiasts, and you’ll have the opportunity to see stone arches that will take your breath away.
Hiking, canoeing, and picnicking are popular activities in the Red River Gorge. Hunting and trapping are also permitted, as long as you follow state regulations.
Mary Todd Lincoln is among the most beloved and famous First Ladies, and you can witness a piece of history when you visit her former residence in Lexington, Kentucky. The historic home was originally a tavern and inn bought by the Todd family in 1832.
Now, the property is open to visitors, with tours available from April to November. Stroll through the home’s 14 rooms and see period furniture, décor, and many personal belongings owned by the Lincoln and Todd families.
In Bardstown, KY, you’ll find a whiskey lover’s dream: the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. The museum is located in a city that is often called the bourbon capital of the world.
It chronicles the history of American whiskey, spanning from the Colonial Era into the 1960s. The museum is considered a notable spot on the American Whiskey Trail and displays an expansive collection of historic artifacts and memorabilia.
Admission is free of charge, making this museum one of the best free things to do in Kentucky.
Discover the Best Places to Live in Kentucky
Searching for homes for sale in Kentucky? Or, perhaps you’re on the hunt for a fabulous rental in one of the state’s big cities or suburban communities. No matter what you’re looking for, Anderson Communities can help you find homes in Louisville, Frankfort, and countless other Kentucky communities.
With the help of Anderson Communities, you can find new family neighborhoods in Kentucky, great options for young professionals, and communities that are perfect for retirees. Our team is here to support you in your search for rentals and homes for sale, and we can work together to help you find a wonderful place to call your own.
Learn more about what you can look forward to as a resident of Kentucky and browse currently-available properties when you contact Anderson Communities today!
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Transformed: Washing Syrian refugees’ feet in a Lebanon Church
In his book Following Jesus in Turbulent Times (published under Langham Global Library), graduated Langham Scholar Hikmat Kashouh shares how his church in the Lebanon follows Jesus by serving Syrian refugees. His book will inspire believers around the world to love, serve and disciple displaced people from Muslim backgrounds.
Hikmat spoke to Langham Partnership UKI about the extraordinary work Resurrection Church Beirut has done amongst refugees.
He explained that the influx of 1.5 million Syrian refugees into Lebanon, which has a population of four million, was “tough on the whole country”.
‘Totally in despair’
“As a Church we had Syrians come to us and they were totally hopeless. They had lost their homes, lost their land, lost their properties.
“The people are traumatised, they’ve seen their loved ones being killed, hurt, tortured, sexually abused, and they have come broken, totally in despair.
“They have no food, they have no place to stay, no clothes except the ones they are wearing, they don’t have mattresses, they don’t have pillows, they have no place to sleep. We had to join hands with a number of churches to be able to serve them.”
Opportunity to transform
The particular challenges Hikmat and his church faces in serving these refugees are “huge”:
“They are spiritually hurt, they are angry with God, they are emotionally broken, traumatised by what they’ve seen. They carry the history with them and some of them are sick physically in addition to spiritually and emotionally.
“So the challenge is how as a church you can serve holistically those who are in great need, in an efficient and sustainable way. We saw this challenge as an opportunity to grow to serve to be like our master, to love, an opportunity to transform others.”
God at work
Hikmat said Church members initially complained when the refugees started attending:
“There’s a long history and memories come back to mind. People said ‘I don’t want my kids to play with these kids’, or ‘I don’t want to go to the toilets where they go’. They were a little bit suspicious, some of them were concerned.
“And I understand why: some of them are mothers, they care for their children. It took them some time to see the big picture. But through teaching, through listening, we helped some of our members to understand that now it’s God at work. We needed to help one another to be able to work efficiently and effectively and serve those God is bringing into our lives.
“It was a huge transformation in their lives, when they saw us as leaders bowing down and washing the feet of those who were once our enemies.
Journey with Christ
“Doing these acts of love and servanthood made a huge difference in the heart of our congregation and community.”
Hikmat offered advice on how to reach Muslims with the good news of Jesus:
“Become vulnerable. It’s always costly to love, so when you act with love there is something you might lose, and it’s sometimes challenging. Some people hate what we’re doing; I’ve even been threatened.
“But love is greater than life. It’s a decision, it’s a journey with Christ who is teaching us to love unconditionally and it’s really by doing it, not just saying it.”
Hikmat realised that it was only when the Syrians came to his Church that the members could live out ‘unconditional love’, which they knew about in their heads.
“It’s costly, so we had to learn how to love them although they’re different.
“Sharing Christ without love doesn’t help. The best way to reach out to Muslims is by really being loving, and at the same time bold, faithful, say the truth as it is, with no compromise, after you have built a relationship of love and care.
“I get asked by Westerners ‘How can we serve our Muslim families around us?’ I ask them: ‘Have you ever visited their homes?’ and the answer everywhere is ‘No, they have never invited us!’
Privilege to host
“When in the Muslim/Arab world, you invite yourself to other people’s homes. When you enter their home, you are giving them the privilege to become the host in a foreign land. They can sit in the high place and be the leader.
“You are there willing to sit anywhere they ask you to, to listen, to learn their culture. This is so honouring and gives you the opportunity to share, to love and to witness.”
Once the war in Syria ends, Hikmat’s prayer is that the Syrian and Iraqi people who are now Christians and are being discipled will return home:
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Let's imagine you've got a set of smart power-points (that have a type Smart Point) that know how much power is being used (the Power Usage property) and what device is connected (the Connected Device property).
You want to find the current power usage of machine PN2-47, but you don't know which power-point it's plugged into right now.
First, we need to find that power-point...
'Smart Point' OFTYPE 'Connected Device' PROPERTY VALUES 'PN2-47' EQUAL
RESULT: [DATA POINT: Smart Point #293 Connected Device = 'PN2-47']
This returns a data point for the power point that has a Connected Device value of PN2-47. But how do we read the power usage from here? This is where P2A comes in.
'Smart Point' OFTYPE 'Connected Device' PROPERTY VALUES 'PN2-47' EQUAL P2A 'Power Usage' PROPERTY VALUES
RESULT: [DATA POINT: Smart Point #293 Power Usage = 2.75A]
P2A converts that point back into an asset - the power point itself. You can then use any functions that take an asset as a parameter, such as VALUES to read more information. In this case, we read the Power Usage of the power point. | <urn:uuid:975e5d85-9e89-4c3b-8d64-fea0d269072b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://help.optrix.com.au/portal/en/kb/articles/new-aql-function-p2a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.917265 | 296 | 2.515625 | 3 |
There are many important skills for careers advisers to master – here's how to develop in three key areas: knowledge, listening and communication.
With 370 higher education providers and around 37,000 courses in the UK, how can advisers keep up-to-date? As these numbers prove, knowing every course requirement is impossible.
Your role is about helping students identify the right sources of information and ensuring they can understand, process and prioritise it in order to reach decisions.
- Advisers' section of ucas.com: an obvious place to start. Know what it offers, how to navigate it and keep abreast of new elements.
- Sign up for UCAS' adviser updates: are you on the mailing list? It carries crucial information to keep you up-to-date. For example, every May UCAS will update advisers on details of how Confirmation and Clearing will work at results time in August.
- Media: BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph websites all have education sections covering new developments and topical issues. The Times Higher Education (THE) should also be on your regular reading list.
Networking is also essential to ensure you keep up-to-date. Attending events allows you to you have face-to-face contact with admissions staff and network with colleagues from other schools. Making good use of LinkedIn or Facebook is a good idea too.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- UCAS: bespoke topic events plus an annual national conference.
- CRAC (Careers Research and Advisory Centre): holds an annual ‘Decisions at 18’ event with a wide range of speakers on current key issues affecting students, whether they are planning to go to university or to follow another post-18 route.
- University conferences for teachers and advisers: you can't attend them all but ensure either you or colleagues go to a couple per year.
Beware: until you have high levels of knowledge about courses and careers you may not even realise that you are being directive and judgemental in your guidance. For example, you might be telling a student they are unable to do a particular course when in fact they can.
Andy Gardner - Careers Adviser
Top tip: Make sure whoever attends any conference or training feeds back to all relevant colleagues.
Students will only take on board advice if you have listened to them and demonstrated genuine empathy. This skill doesn't always come naturally, but luckily it can be developed.
Ask a student if you can record a one-to-one session to enable you to reflect on your guidance. Listen to it, and even ask colleagues to listen and feedback, too. Did you exhibit the following characteristics?
- Listening (lots!)
- Questioning/asking for clarifications
- Occasional summarising
- Challenging ideas if they are wrong or inconsistent
- Giving information based on what the student has said
- Agreeing actions to be taken.
Be patient and flexible — it can be frustrating when a student has no idea what they want to do. Don't be tempted to direct them based on your own experience or prejudices.
Be sensitive to cultural or other issues too — for example, some students applying for a university far from home is not feasible.
Try and attend events, seminars or workshops with your students. The questions they ask when there reveals the information that you need to know. They're also great for networking.
Jackie Silverstone, Careers Adviser
Take every opportunity to listen to what your students have to say – even when they are talking to others…
From students and parents to university admissions staff, there is a wide range of people you need to communicate with. Here's some ways to do this to best effect.
Communicating with colleagues, students, and governors:
- Send a regular careers 'newsletter' featuring UCAS issues, university and apprenticeship news, upcoming deadlines, and events.
- Plan into the calendar training to renew/refresh skills – on topics like UCAS reference writing or personal statement support.
- Keep governors informed of progression information and your analysis of student destination data.
- Besides 'traditional' formats such as assemblies, social media is an excellent means of ensuring everyone knows about deadlines, visits and events.
- Communicating with parents and guardians:
- A key audience which needs to be engaged and informed – think school website, newsletters, parents' events.
Nearby or partner schools:
- Network with neighbouring or partner schools through organising shared events. For example, few schools have many medicine applicants so a medical school's outreach or widening participation team is more likely to come to speak if you have 20 from the wider area. Find out who has the same role as you and get in touch with them.
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Mission Delhi – Khalil Ahmed, Matia Mahal
One of the one percent in 13 million.
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]
Thanks to the invention of chairs, many of us have forgotten how to sit cross-legged. Or sit with our legs properly postured.
Unless, of course, you’re a yoga practitioner and well-rehearsed in beneficial sitting positions.
Khalil Ahmed professes ignorance of yoga exercises. Even so, the 60-year-old cook is sitting atop a bench at a chai stall in Old Delhi’s Matia Mahal bazar, plopped rather like Gomukhasana—the so-called Cow Face pose in yoga.
The posture relaxes this gentleman, he insists, especially his legs. “I’m a roti cook in an eatery,” he reveals as explanation. Mr Ahmad has been in this profession for a good part of his life and “I have to daily stand for seven-eight hours straight slapping the roti on the tawa.” Such long durations of standing on one position stiffen his legs and “whenever opportunity permits I fold my legs this way–ek ke upar ek (one leg upon the other)–and feel the stiffness escaping rapidly.”
In fact, he may well have learned the trick from a yoga practitioner. “Some 25 years ago I had to break a bad drug habit and was admitted to a rehabilitation centre. There the instructor taught us to sit like this.”
The only addiction he still has is the special way of sitting. At home as well. “When I sit in a chair I never dangle my legs, but always sit in this position.”
Now Mr Ahmed demonstrates another sitting posture, his legs suddenly entwined in a new arrangement. “This too gives my legs aaram (rest).”
[This is the 258th portrait of Mission Delhi project]
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Linssen Compartment Controlled Heating (CCH)
One of the first requirements of a comfortable yacht is an effective heating system. If there is one item in the yacht-building sector that exists in many versions, it is the heating system. Perhaps this is the influence of the housing sector in which many systems have also been used over the years.
A guiding principle for Linssen Yachts is learning from our customers and their and our own experiences. After listening to what they said, the following experiences and requirements emerged:
• Operation via the batteries in order to be independent, together with efficient electricity consumption
• Efficient in diesel consumption to generate heat
• Quiet both as regards exhaust and heat generation
• Short warming-up time, but also rapid additional heat if a door or hatch is open
• Simple and therefore user-friendly, precise temperature adjustment
• Reliable, low susceptibility to failure, low service intervals
• Easy to service and low maintenance costs, sufficient service possibilities
• Heat available everywhere, in every compartment but preferably also in the open cockpit or on the aft deck
• Demoisturising characteristics to reduce condensation
• Individual adjustment possibilities per compartment
When we studied this requirements package, we concluded that such a system was not yet available on the market. No sector innovations had been made in the heating system for quite some time. Systems from the housing market had been slavishly copied in miniature and used in yacht building, with all resulting consequences. Air heating systems have limited adjustment possibilities and require a limited number of air blowers, central heating systems take up a great deal of cupboard space and consume a lot of energy, floor heating systems are complex, sensitive and slow to respond, and systems based on air conditioning are noisy and require 230V.
After careful research, Linssen is now launching a revolutionary system: the Linssen CCH, or Linssen Compartment-Controlled Heating system. This system meets all the above requirements and may rightly be called ‘innovative’. The system is available starting from our 12-metre yachts and consists of 2 heating sources, 7 heat distributors, 2 digitally adjustable thermostats and operates independent of external sources on a combination of energy from the service battery set and diesel from the main fuel tank.
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It is also possible to programme set heating periods, so that in the case of a longer stay, the transition from the day to the night system and vice versa is more pleasant. This has the advantage that the spaces are heated only if there is a need for such, without any energy inefficiency.
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Mushroom Cultivation Workshop with Tangled Roots
When: April 27, 2019, 11am to 3pm
Where: Coast Salish Territory | Fraser Commons Farm (Parking will be in the field at 1322 256th Street, Aldergrove, BC)
Cost: $60 for the day, participants will take home their own inoculated log (see cost note below**)
Register: Pre-registration is required by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org
About the Workshop
This event takes place on unceded and occupied Coast Salish territory.
Interested in growing your own mushrooms? In this workshop we will dive in the wonderful world of mushroom cultivation using simple DIY methods that you can do at home. This workshop is suitable for beginners, but all levels will learn something new. We will cover tissue cloning, liquid culture, bulking up your spawn and log inoculation. Along with mushroom cultivation techniques, we will also discuss the lifecycle of the mushroom, a growers timeline, uses for mushrooms (including bioremediation), and how to incorporate them into your gardens.
Participants will be able to take home their own inoculated log. Liquid culture and spawn are also available for purchase.
** This course is free for all Indigenous people. I am strongly committed to keeping the work accessible to people of diverse backgrounds and variable means while also supporting this organization. If you need financial assistance to be able to join, please reach out to email@example.com **
Bo Del Valle Garcia is the founder of Tangled Roots Nature Connection, a school for permaculture and wild skills. Bo is a neurodivergent, queer, gender non-conforming, white settler, with a chronic illness. After seeking more formal education and finishing a Bsc in environmental sciences they dove deeper into all that the natural world had to teach them. They now focus on creating spaces where others can also connect to the natural world and learn a bunch of skills while doing so. They take enormous pleasure in weaving together a dynamic curriculum that includes science, spirituality, and politics while creating an inclusive and heart centered space. You can learn more about Tangled Roots by visiting their website: tangledrootsnature.com | <urn:uuid:c949e1f6-d3f6-499a-aef5-f9d7859495fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://youngagrarians.org/mushroom-cultivation-workshop-2019/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.924579 | 465 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Sign of the Promise
From Genesis to Revelation, there is a succession of covenants. There are basically two covenants in the Bible: the covenant of works and the covenant of grace. God made the covenant of works in the garden with Adam and, in Adam, with all his ordinary descendants. This covenant was conditioned upon Adam’s obedience. When our representative Adam disobeyed God, he plunged himself and all of us into sin and misery. The way to eschatological or eternal life by our obedience was forever closed off.
Soon after Adam’s fall into sin, God introduced a second covenant into history, the covenant of grace. This covenant was conditioned upon the obedience of the second and last Adam, Jesus Christ. He pledged to obey where we failed to obey. Part of his obedience involved bearing the penalty due to us for our sin. On the basis of his obedience, those who trust in him are brought from covenant curse to covenant blessing. God instituted this covenant in history in Genesis 3:15. By a series of covenantal administrations, progressively revealed in redemptive history, God expanded and extended the gospel promises that the covenant of grace administers to sinners.1Whatever differences there are among these administrations (and there are differences), underlying those differences is a fundamental unity—the salvation of sinners in and by the work of Jesus Christ.
As a help to the faith of his people, God has appointed signs within his covenants with human beings. These signs are a standing feature of the various administrations of the covenant of grace. Having the sign is no guarantee or assurance of salvation. Nor does having the sign mean that one has faith. But it is a great blessing to have the sign insofar as it directs us to the promise signified and confirms to us the truth of God’s promise.
The Supper invites us to remember the Lord Jesus Christ, on whose body we feed and whose blood we drink, through faith in him.
The Tree of Life
The Bible begins and ends with the tree of life. The tree of life first functioned as a covenantal sign or pledge in the covenant of works. It represents to new covenant believers the consummation of our salvation. Significantly, the tree of life is something that people eat or consume. Throughout redemptive history, God has appointed covenant meals for his people. While these meals are necessarily physical and tangible, they point beyond themselves to the spiritual realities that God pledges to his people in covenant with him. Specifically, they point to the greatest blessing of all—God himself in communion with his people. The Prophets, in particular, direct the people of God to a great banquet or feast in which God abundantly provides for all the spiritual needs of his people. The New Testament tells us that Christ has come to do just that. What the Law and the Prophets pointed to and anticipated in these feasts, Christ in his life, death, and resurrection has accomplished. God’s new covenant people have begun to enjoy life and blessing in Christ, but the fullness of these awaits his return at the end of the age.
As we await that fullness, we enjoy the new covenant meal that Christ has set for us, the Lord’s Supper. The Supper is both sign and meal. It displaces the old covenant Passover feast. What Passover anticipated, the Lord’s Supper declares as accomplished. The realities to which Passover looked forward are the realities to which the Lord’s Supper looks back.
The Supper invites us to remember the Lord Jesus Christ, on whose body we feed and whose blood we drink, through faith in him. The Lord’s Supper represents to the senses of God’s people the death of Christ for sinners. It reinforces one of the most basic lessons of Jesus’s teaching, that salvation is by the grace of God alone for the undeserving. In the Supper, Christ invites his needy people to come to him to be filled with spiritual nourishment. This happens when, in this meal, God’s people commune with their living Savior by faith, in the power of the Spirit, who works by and with the Word of Christ. For these reasons, the Supper is not fundamentally something we do for Christ. It represents, in the first instance, what Christ has done for us.
Whenever You Do This
The ongoing repetition of the Lord’s Supper in the life of the church and our continuing need for the grace that Christ supplies to faith in the Supper underscores another basic message of this meal. The Lord’s Supper not only points us back to Christ’s first appearing but also points us forward to Christ’s second appearing, his glorious return at the end of the age. When Christ returns, he will gather his people and bring them to the eschatological banquet that he has prepared for them. The Lord’s Supper anticipates that glorious feast. In this way, the new covenant meal stirs our hope for Christ’s return.
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The Lord’s Supper carries with it important social or horizontal dimensions. The Supper is a powerful display of the unity of God’s people and their identity as the family of God and the covenant community. The Supper, in this fashion, distinguishes the church from the world. It confirms to God’s people their commitment to the exclusive claims of the lordship of Christ and calls them to separate from ungodly participation in the world around them. For these reasons, worldly disunity and other ungodly behavior palpably affect the church’s experience of the Lord’s Supper. Paul, in particular, points to a necessary subjective preparation for the Lord’s Supper—we must examine ourselves and discern the body and blood of Christ. In a severe mercy, God is prepared to chasten his people who profane and otherwise misuse the Supper. Those who persist in so doing will find nothing but curse waiting for them. As a covenant sign, the Supper is, in Christ’s hands, an occasion of blessing and curse. Paul instructs and urges the church to ensure that it is an occasion of blessing.
- These administrations are the Adamic (after the fall), Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and new covenants. Each is a covenantal administration of the one covenant of grace.
This article is adapted from The Lord’s Supper as the Sign and Meal of the New Covenant by Guy Prentiss Waters.
The Lord’ Supper is an ordinance of remembrance, and recipients must turn their minds to the cross as they approach the Table.
The Gospels tell us that the Lord’s Supper occupies a significant place within redemptive history.
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The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has called on government to subsidise boarding fees following an outcry from parents who are struggling to pay tuition fees.
Boarding schools normally charge exorbitant tuition fees as they cater for accommodation, food and other logistical needs for learners.
ARTUZ said their call for subsidies comes against the growing economic hardships and dwindling learning conditions that are experienced by learners in boarding schools.
The union`s spokesperson, Choose Kasongo, told CITE that some of the government owned boarding schools were in a deplorable state.
“Expecting more fees from them is akin to squeezing water from a rock. The term is moving towards closure and government should chip in to relieve the overburdened schools and parents,” he noted.
Kasongo said ARTUZ was imploring all schools heads and School Development Committees (SDCs) to forward such challenges to the government for immediate relief.
“As a Union we maintain our noble stance of fighting for a pro-poor education. The government authored the obtaining economic crisis and must swiftly provide remedy. The boarding fees crisis is synonymous with the drug shortage in hospitals. Government should clean its mess,” said the spokesperson.
According to Kasongo, Provincial Education Director for Manicaland, Edward Shumba, already confirmed requests from five boarding school of which two of them are Marange High and Mutare Girls High.
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Those following this series had to know I would reach this topic eventually. Researching for a novel is one of what I call the half-truth myths. Yet I have known writer after writer that have had entire careers stopped cold by this myth. It takes a writer a certain time and distance to find the right half-way-point with research in novels.
So let me see if I can make some sense out of this.
Fact: Nonfiction writing requires you get it right, that you have your research done correctly in all ways and even documented correctly. No discussion on that at all. If you are writing nonfiction, research is not only a part of the process, it might be the most important part.
But this chapter, and all the chapters in this book, talk about fiction writing, and that’s where research jumps into the problem area. In fact, I was teaching a workshop with young professionals just this last week and this topic came up as a pretty solid roadblock for one of the writers. Of course, that writer was a full-time nonfiction writer and was carrying over the belief system into the fiction.
So let me repeat here clearly what I told that writer. If you have this myth issue, print this out as a big sign and put it over your computer.
Yup, I shouted that. Fiction, by its very definition is made up. Duh.
So now comes the really ugly word that I had to look up to spell right: Verisimilitude: An appearance of being true.
That’s the exact definition from my dear old Oxford American Dictionary.
So, in fiction, we writers make stuff up. I give my job description as a person who sits alone in a room and makes stuff up. But what I make up needs to have the appearance of being true, if not in detail, in character action and emotions. There is where the myth is true and not true.
In every story we need enough detail to make it feel right. That does not mean it has to be right, it just has to feel right.
Now details are easy when dealing with alien cultures in a science fiction novel, really hard when writing a period historical. No reader cares that you make up some gun or some uniform in space, as long as you make it seem logical to the society you are writing about. But historical readers who love certain historical time periods will care when you bring matches in a few decades too soon. Or heaven forbid have the wrong gun.
So why am I calling this a myth? For the simple reason that I have heard over and over and over young writers use this research myth as an excuse to not write. The statement goes something like this: “I can’t get to that story. I just have too much research to do.”
Of course, that writer never writes because every story that writer picks has too much research to do. That writer clearly isn’t a writer, but a researcher, and should realize that and go get a job doing what they love: researching.
Or, more likely, the person is afraid for one of many reasons to actually write, practice writing, and fail a number of times by finishing a story. And doing research sounds like such a noble excuse to tell your family and workshop. It’s safer than actually writing.
But if your dream is to be a fiction writer, sit down and make stuff up. Follow Heinlein’s Rules. It really is that simple.
Or, let it put it as bluntly as I can: Writers with the problem of never writing because of research have chosen to not write.
HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU RESEARCH?
As with many things in writing, the answer is “It depends on the story you are writing.”
But I can safely say this after listening to other writers for decades on this topic and knowing my own patterns with research: You will almost always do too much.
Again, you just have to do enough to make it feel right to the large majority of your readers. And trust me, putting in all your research is mostly just dull. In fact, if you are getting feedback on stories that go “You have too many information dumps,” then you might want to try writing a story without any research. It might not be the problem, but often it is. We are all human. Once we do all that work on research and spend all that time, we want it in the book.
Truth: Most research you do does not belong in your story.
A general rule is to do just enough research to feel comfortable writing about the topic in a fiction story.
SOME HINTS AND THOUGHTS TO GET YOU PAST THIS MYTH:
1…Write for the majority or readers, not a small faction. For example, when using a medical procedure, make it feel right, but don’t try to write for a MD who does the practice. That way lies madness, and you won’t get it right anyway. Write just enough so that it feels correct.
Another example is the CSI programs on television. Anyone who knows anything about lab techs in crime labs know they are not front-line detectives, but for the sake of fiction, the authors combined crime lab techs and detectives into one person to make interesting FICTION. They use cool machines that no city can afford in real life, and everything is done in minutes instead of months. But again, IT’S FICTION! And pretty good fiction, as far as story goes.
So stop writing for the minority and write for the majority of us who just like a good story told well.
2…If you need to do research to get it to feel right, do that while writing another story. I am often researching a project ahead of writing it, as I should if the story needs it. But does that mean I don’t write? Nope. I research one project while finishing up another. Therefore, research never gets in the way of writing.
3…You run across a detail you don’t know when writing. And say you can’t find it quickly, just leave a white space where the detail is needed and make a note to add it in when you run through with your detail draft. Then research it after you are done with the story.
4…Make it up and move on. Yup, I said that. It’s fiction, so if you don’t know something, pretend like you do, pretend like your character knows exactly what they are talking about, write it so it feels real (verisimilitude), and move on. 99% of your readers won’t notice and those that do notice aren’t really your readers.
5…Pick story ideas that don’t need research. Let me simply say, “Duh.” I am a master at this art. My wife has a degree in history. I have a degree in Architecture. Which one of us loves research would you assume? She is always doing research and often helps me when I need something quickly. She loves it. I try to pick stories that need no research for the most part. She likes doing research to feel comfortable in writing. I don’t need that comfort factor to the same degree as an historian would.
Back to what I have said in every chapter: Every writer is different.
I just recently finished a wonderful project set in Milwaukee, WI and the city and areas in the city were critical to the book. The editor on board lived there and offered to help with anything I needed about the city and I was constantly back and forth with him getting details on his wonderful city. In fact, a couple of times he had to go look at a neighborhood for me. So getting help is another clue, but I was writing and working on the book at the same time.
But again, try to find projects that don’t need research if research stops you from writing. It really is that simple.
Just to be clear, I am saying that some projects in fiction require some research and it needs to be done, but not all projects require research, so you should never, ever, let research stop your writing.
If you hear yourself say, “I can’t write this book until I do the research.” And you are not writing something, anything else, then this belief system of needing to do research is slowing you down or stopping you. And that’s when research in fiction turns into an ugly sacred cow. And why this chapter needed to be in this book.
When all else fails, just remember, IT’S FICTION!
Copyright 2010 Dean Wesley Smith
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Every now and then we come across black neo-racism being defended in the open. The other day I got images from a pan-Africanist Instagram profile that ordered blacks not to have children with whites, as they are a race of rapists. He ordered blacks not to have relations or friendships with whites. It’s no surprise to me, as I’m looking for this sort of thing. This kind of thing is also on the great ex-journalism portals, which sometimes decide to explain to the reader the racist concepts of “palmitagem” and “Afrocentric love”. If the mainstream media does that, what’s the surprise with an obscure account on the corner of the internet?
That’s abject. That’s why Brazil has a law against racism. And if some neo-Nazi did the same thing on an obscure corner of the internet, the Federal Police would knock on his door. For my part, I find it very good that it is so. And that’s why I find it revolting that neo-racism is not only cultivated with impunity in obscure corners of the internet, but also reigns over the common press.
At these times, there are always those who say that censorship is innocuous, so it’s better to let the people say the worst things in the world, showing their ugly face. Mere social sanction would do the trick, and the ugly would be ostracized. Is it?
Maybe yes, maybe not. It depends on the culture of the country, and it depends – this is the reason for my concern – on the social stratum from which it springs. In Brazil, neo-racism is clearly an elite phenomenon, and a top-down imposition. It is often said that the landmark of the collapse of our Constitution is the maintenance of Dilma’s political rights after her impeachment. I disagree. The milestone is the liberation of State racism, which took place in 2012.
We in Brazil
O Racism has always been frowned upon among us. So much so that, when they wanted to defame our country, they drew statistics that showed that almost every Brazilian denied being prejudiced about color, but a lot of Brazilians knew prejudiced people. That would be hypocrisy, and Brazilians should assume at once that they are racist. Now, if we replaced “prejudiced people” with “doctor”, the result would be even more contradictory: only a tiny percentage of the population is a doctor, but it is possible to guess that less than 1% of Brazilians do not know any doctor. It does not follow, however, that deep down, deep down, every Brazilian is a doctor. Besides, the most important thing to know the morality of a society is precisely its public aspect. Certainly more English men than Brazilians would be reluctant to admit, in a census, that they have a male lover or even a male lover. Would it be correct to consider, at least back in the years 60, that the English have a stricter sexual morality than the Brazilians – who are traditionally used to figure of the “teúda and manteúda”, as well as the idea that males can penetrate whatever they want – women, men, goats, sows – without ceasing to be males. And anyone who assumes that public morality influences private practices is not being bold at all.
Likewise, if anyone, back in the years 60, if North Americans and Brazilians were consulted to find out if they considered blacks inferior to whites, few Brazilians would have the courage to assume that they think such barbarity. No wonder Americans were racially segregated, and we weren’t. No wonder the proponents of the new racial discrimination want us to declare ourselves racist.
They there in the USA
The USA is probably a unique case in human history of unrestricted freedom of expression. The First Amendment, created in 1619, stands firm and strong. The institutional stability of the US is the envy of the Old World. I believe that only Switzerland and England can boast of such enduring institutions; even so, the youth of the American country makes the current institutionality practically coincide with the existence of national identity. We understand that the history of Brazil begins in 60; them, that US history begins with Independence. That’s why progressives are committed to messing with US history, anticipating it to the 17th century, and putting the slavery practiced by the English on American soil to their account. The USA would be founded on 1776 by slavery, and no longer on 1776 by freedom.
The US undoubtedly has an enviable Constitution. However, the fact that progressives managed to thwart the First Amendment is seldom paid attention to. The subject is seldom discussed and I have already dealt with it here. Under Woodrow Wilson, the US already had a secret police and already criminalized all criticism of the government.
Apart from that, progressivism managed to push, via the Supreme Court, two of its great agendas: racial segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896) and abortion indefinitely as a human right (Roe v. Wade, 1896). In both cases, the equipped court dealt with the ball: equality became equality between separate races and the right to privacy became the right to abortion at any time of pregnancy. Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court this year, but Plessy v. Ferguson never was.
Unrestricted abortion has never been, nor is, a common desire of the US population. It can be said that it was even an intellectual elite movement. It is not for nothing, therefore, that the name of the decision is on the tip of the tongue of those interested in the topic. On the other hand, racial segregation has always been supported by the US population. This country was divided, in civil war, between those who wanted racial segregation to keep blacks as slaves and the abolitionists, who thought of sending blacks “back” to Africa. The hypersegregationist project of sending blacks “back” to Africa was an abolitionist enterprise. Failed Liberia, one of the poorest countries in Africa, was created with blacks deported by abolitionists. Citizenship there is conditional on race.
As far as race is concerned, public morality in the US is and has always been inferior to that of Brazil. Still, US public morality for years has not been able to hold back progressive elites. Does the First Amendment survive because of its clarity and the strength of institutions, or because progressives can balloon it? That balloon is cancellations and ESG; that is, in a country with a high level of private business activity, the end of freedom of expression could be achieved by private means. But if the First Amendment survives by force of institutions, then I have no doubt that the US Constitution would be better off without it, or with an unequivocal criminalization of racism, equal to Brazilian law.
They over in Germany
Real liberals, not the modest ones, like to point out that Weimar had laws against hate crime. Evidently, it did not work – and not only did it not work, but German state censorship was instrumentalized by the progressive elite to treat the people as criminals.
However, if we are to condemn every law because of its bad application, we would no doubt end the punishment for men who beat or rape women, as progressive misrepresentation makes the “victim’s word” serve for abuse against the accused. If we take the misrepresentations of “brothers’ rights”, then… There’s no law left. We will have to release torture, rape and spousal beating, at the very least. In addition to the crime of racism itself, since today anything that displeases an identity activist can be racism.
Furthermore, the ultimate ineffectiveness of hate crime laws in Weimar does not point to their absolute ineffectiveness. . Maybe it was bad with her and worse without her. Today with drug trafficking we have a civil war, but we can say, regarding the criminalization of homicides, that it is bad with it, but it would be worse without it.
The fact is that the Germans of Weimar only felt the need to create such a law because German public morality was in a bad way. It doesn’t seem sensible to me to compare the turbulent Weimar Republic, with restrictions on free speech, to the peaceful US population with its First Amendment. A warlike and ethnocentric people, bellicose against the West, has a very different culture from that of the USA, founded by very religious and hardworking Protestants. It’s like saying there’s no use having 190 because a brutal husband killed his wife despite that, and a peaceful husband lives very well with his wife despite the lack of a telephone line in your city.
Proof of the past effectiveness of censorship
As a scientific theory, racism appeared and spread through Protestant countries . Racism was based on the secular version of the pre-Adamitism heresy. God would not have created just Adam and Eve, but different couples across the globe. It was a widespread theory in modernity, impacted by the great navigations. If there is only Adam and Eve – as the Church maintained – all humanity is sister, despite their physical differences. But if God has created several couples, there is no longer that universal bond. There is the hypothesis of human polygyny, which gave rise to racism itself.
It is no wonder that Catholic-educated countries are much less likely to adhere to racism. It remains to be inferred that the fact that the Church burned the most recalcitrant Pre-Adamites in her domain had an impact on the public morality of Catholics. Beneficial impact, by the way. And it is worth pointing out that the Church enjoyed moral authority vis-à-vis the population of Catholic regions, so that we cannot summarize the effectiveness of censorship in a threat of a stake.
It is very easy to speak against all kinds of censorship when we are sitting on a cultural legacy formed with it. We now see ethics and bioethics courses across the West embracing the ideas of a philosopher who advocates the lawfulness of killing babies in and out of the womb (I mean Singer). In the middle of the last century, a Protestant theologian who taught ethics classes became a best seller when he defended abortion in the light of Christian love, even claiming that in the case of rape the embryo was “guilty” (I am referring to Joseph Fletcher with his Situational Ethics: The New Morality, by 1966). Shortly after, Roe appeared. If infanticide is decriminalized, I won’t be surprised. Nor will I be surprised by the lowering of public morality among physicians. | <urn:uuid:5a7b67f3-4fe8-4d94-b67d-c4ab762843a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newsrelease.in/its-easy-to-speak-out-against-censorship-when-were-standing-on-a-cultural-legacy-formed-with-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972266 | 2,223 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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In this on-demand CLE, Erica Lyman, Clinical Professor and Director of our Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment, and Senior Staff Attorney Nick Fromherz assess the Lacey Act's potential to serve as a model national approach in the global fight against wildlife trafficking. By criminalizing almost all market dealings in wildlife tainted with illegality—and by acknowledging that much of the predicate illegality may occur in a foreign country—Lacey maximizes the U.S.’s contribution to the global effort to curb illegal wildlife trafficking. This CLE unpacks this and other unique features of the Lacey Act in the context of NGO calls for a proposed wildlife crime protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
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Professor Erica Lyman boasts over fifteen years of experience in international environmental law, with a strong focus on wildlife protection issues. She is the Director of the Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment (the Global Law Alliance)—a collaboration launched in the fall of 2020 between the Center for Animal Law Studies and the Environmental Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School. The Global Law Alliance is a champion for wild animals and wild spaces across the globe, working to protect animals and the environment through the development, implementation, and enforcement of international law. Law students (JD and LLM) actively participate in the work through two clinics within the Alliance.
Professor Lyman has a rich history of practicing and teaching international environmental law, with a focus on international wildlife issues. In 2005, she joined the International Environmental Law Project (IELP) at Lewis & Clark Law School as its first staff attorney. Professor Lyman has gained a reputation for identifying creative strategies that also promote the integrity of treaty regimes. Professor Lyman’s international wildlife law practice focuses on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Convention on Migratory Species, the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling, and other international institutions that impact wildlife conservation. In recent years, Professor Lyman has expanded her work to include a focus on implementation of international commitments, supporting the revision and development of national legislation and addressing enforcement challenges. In this capacity, Professor Lyman works directly with governments and other stakeholders to strengthen national frameworks for combating wildlife trafficking. Professor Lyman has worked in Malawi, Angola, Kenya, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Gambia, and Guinea.
Although a significant focus of Professor Lyman’s work is in the field of international wildlife law, she also works on broader issues, such as habitat conservation, climate change, human rights, and trade and the environment. Professor Lyman’s work on climate change included legal support to the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in the lead-up to the Paris Agreement.
Professor Lyman teaches two clinic courses. She teaches an International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic for JD students who are interested in developing the practical skills and substantive knowledge required to tackle contemporary wildlife and other international environmental challenges. Professor Lyman also teaches the International Wildlife Law Clinic for Animal Law LLM students who are interested in wildlife issues and desire to enhance their skill set in order to work in wildlife conservation and international animal protection after receiving their degrees.
In addition to her clinic courses, Professor Lyman teaches an innovative course in international wildlife law that brings the complex politics of international law-making to the classroom through in-class exercises that draw on the “hot” topics of international wildlife law, including trophy hunting, Japanese whaling, polar bear conservation in light of climate change, and other contemporary issues. The design of the class promotes creative problem-solving and complex critical thinking and digs into the underlying politics and policy choices reflected in international wildlife law.
Nick Fromherz serves as a senior attorney for the Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment (the Global Law Alliance), a collaboration launched in the fall of 2020 between the Center for Animal Law Studies and the Environmental Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School. The Global Law Alliance is a champion for wild animals and wild spaces across the globe, working to protect animals and the environment through the development, implementation, and enforcement of international law. Law students (JD and LLM) actively participate in the work through two clinics within the Alliance.
Prior to joining the Global Law Alliance, Nick worked as an attorney for a public-interest law firm dedicated to conserving marine wildlife around the world. Combining this experience with his considerable time living and working in Latin America, Nick expands the Global Law Alliance’s footprint in the Americas while building on its existing fisheries program and international wildlife practice.
Previously, Nick served as a Visiting Assistant Professor, teaching courses within Lewis & Clark’s Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law program. Since 2015, Nick has taught Administrative Law at Lewis & Clark Law School during several summer sessions as an Adjunct Professor.
Nick’s scholarship has appeared in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal, the Washington University Global Studies Law Review, the Ecology Law Quarterly, the West Virginia Law Review, Administrative Law Review, and Animal Law Review. In addition, he has written a number of shorter opinion pieces – with a particular focus on Latin American political and environmental issues – in outlets like Foreign Affairs and the International Policy Digest.
Before transitioning to environmental work, Nick served as a litigation attorney for a law firm in California and spent three years clerking for federal judges (Judge Lawson of E.D. Mich. and Judge Terence Evans of the Seventh Circuit). Nick graduated as the valedictorian of his law-school class. Nick is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Away from work, Nick enjoys spending time with his family, reading, watching college sports, and exploring Bolivia’s wild spaces. Nick works for the Global Law Alliance primarily from his home office in Bolivia.
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The word ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑΣ ("daimonas") is the word demon. It is a Greek word and is pronounced "demonas". The Greeks of antiquity worshiped not only the gods of the heavens but also disembodied deifications of abstractions, what we today might call "spirits". "Right" and "Wrong", were no mere abstract concepts but δαίμονες daimones, demons; spirits, with divine power. Christianity condemned the religion of the Greeks as an unholy evil pursuit...[ read COMPLETE INTRODUCTION]
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The Koran, Old Testament and New Testament were quoted, as was Mein Kampf. The genocide committed by Hitler was shown to have been undertaken because Hitler followed the actions called for in Dueteronomy, the Bible (as I have written about in the past). The owner of that gallery proclaimed that it is "racist" to criticise Islam, and sued for defamation because I (and co-exhibitor) Lee-Anne Raymond, wrote about it. The matter went to court in March 2014 and in June 2014 the judge, Greek-born Emilios Kyrou, found that it could indeed be described as "racist" to critically quote the Koran because Muslims are "oppressed by Jews".
Kyrou went further, proclaiming that an "association" with Hitler constitutes an "egregious defamation". I do not accept that it was "serendipitous" that the ruling, which finds that the "association" with Hitler constitues an "egregious defamation", was unrelated to the exhibition which had condemned Christianity for Hitler's genocide.
Emilios Kyrou has in the past condemned those who he calls "racists" who criticised his own religion which he claims caused him humiliation and embarrassment; that it is "unfair" to be criticised over religion; and that such criticism can scar for life.
sleep of reason breeds theism.
Kyrou's finding is assessed by Israeli author Dov Ivry. His book can be bought from Amazon: Injustice Hits Rock Bottom Down Under: The Vakras Case
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kansas state university associate professor gupreet singh has patented a liquid polymer composed of silicon, boron, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen that turns into a ceramic when heated and has thermal, optical, and electronic properties, according to an article on the school’s website.
the new material turns from liquid to solid when heated. (kansas state university)
the article explained, “the engineers developed the clear polymer that looks like water and has the same density and viscosity as water, unlike some other silicon- and boron-containing polymers.”
it stays a liquid at room temperature, but transforms into a black, glass-like ceramic when heated. among its beneficial qualities, the polymer is low density and can be used to create lightweight ceramics; it is scalable and cane be produced in grams or kilograms; it can withstand temperatures as high as 1,700°c; when heated to 50-100°c, it becomes a gel that can be pulled into strings to create ceramic mesh; it can be poured into molds for complex shapes; and can be sprayed in liquid form and heated to create ceramic coatings.
the article also noted that the polymer can be combined with carbon nanotubes to form a material that absorbs all light without being damages and can withstand thermal levels of as much as 15,000 w/cm2.
the polymer can be tuned to be either an insulator or semiconductor and the presence of silicon and graphene-like carbon in the ceramic can improve electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.
“the ceramic derived from this polymer has a random structure that is generally not observed in traditional ceramics,” the article added. “the silicon in the ceramic bonds to nitrogen and carbon but not boron; boron bonds to nitrogen but not carbon; and carbon bonds to another carbon to form graphene-like strings. this unique structure provides stability at high temperature by delaying reaction with oxygen.”
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This cube makes it easier for people to prove themselves very fast at solving a challenge. For those who want to be told how to get theirs in place, Rubik’s Cube it is. The gadget itself isn’t new, but it is a novel item to people who use it for the first time.
Description of Rubik’s Connected Cube
Connected Cub has 2.25-inch width, depth, and height. That’s what it takes to be a standard Rubik’s Connected Cube. The stickers on each side remain the same, though the manufacturer made tweaks to the design because of its high usage level.
The middle row, column, and centre of each side come with rounded internal edges, making it easier to perform a repeated twist after a first attempt. You could try the connected version in an offline operation without the app.
What’s the Rubik’s Connected Cube About?
It is about solving puzzles. Challenges are a part of life, and this cube is one big fascination when it comes to connecting puzzles. It’s been around since the 1970s, and people still enjoy it today.
Because it is so difficult to decipher that it became TV shorthand for any highly intelligent or geeky character over the years. From the old ways, this cube has come a long way in incorporating apps for solving the cubes, and there are now computer robots that can solve the cube within seconds.
Rubik’s Connected Cube is a speed cube that uses Rubik’s traditional styling, colourful stickers on black plastic. These days, it comes with some tweaks.
Use Rubik’s Connected Cube with Your Phone
You can connect the cube with your iPhone or iPad. That’s interesting, for when paired, the app can guess or determine the position of the pieces of the cube, mirroring them on the Apple device.
Curved Inner Corners of the Cube
The corners serve a very important purpose. They make it easier to twist the cube. When the sides are rotated, the app version of the cube updates to match. Connecting to the app presents a number of benefits. But more than that, it presents opportunities and education on how to solve the puzzles. Timing is also key here, and the app can also tell users how long it will take to solve and what moves will really help in quickly accomplishing that purpose.
Rubik’s Connected Cube Charging Point
The X on the centre of the yellow square is the charging point. Use it as a mounting point for a clip-on charger. There’s a battery inside which can power the electronics. It is easy for one to forget that because the Rubik’s Connected Cube is extremely lightweight.
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Aston is an outer metropolitan division of some 96 square kilometres. It covers the area from Bayswater in the north to Lysterfield in the south, from Ferntree Gully in the east to Wantirna South in the west.
The suburbs of Bayswater, Boronia, The Basin, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Mountain Gate, Rowville, Scoresby, Studfield, Wantirna and Wantirna South are in this division.
The main industries are retail, light industry, food manufacturing and chemical production and market gardens and orchards.
The electorate of Aston is named after Tilly Aston (1873-1947), a blind writer and teacher who helped found the library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894. Read more about Tilly Aston below.
Aston was first proclaimed and held its first election in 1984.
Click here to see current Aston boundaries.
Present / Former Members of Parliament in Aston
|Alan Tudge (LP)
|Chris Pearce (LP)
|Peter Nugent (LP)
|John Saunderson (ALP)
The electorate of Aston is named after Tilly Aston, Tilly was the youngest of eight children. She became totally blind just before her seventh birthday and a number of months later, she was introduced to Braille and the following year became a student boarder a the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind in St Kilda Road.
Tilly matriculated at the age of sixteen and began an Arts course at Melbourne University. Unfortunately, she was forced to abandon her studies during the second year because the material she needed was not available in Braille.
Spurred on by her own difficulties and determined to help other people who were blind or vision impaired, Tilly Aston established the Victorian Association of Braille Writers (now Vision Australia) to provide Braille for all in 1894.
In the 1880’s, people who were blind or vision impaired generally faced a life of dependence, isolation and poverty. Many of them were forced to beg for a living.
Through her involvement Australians who were blind or vision impaired achieved improved rights, many of which were at the forefront of world change. An early achievement occurred in 1901 through the abolishment of a mandatory discriminatory bond of 400 pounds imposed on people who were blind or vision impaired for travelling interstate.
In 1902 Australia’s first voting rights for the blindness community were granted and the world’s free postage was introduced for embossed material. 1910 saw the introduction of Australia’s blind pension was granted and the introduction of free transport for people who were blind or vision impaired when accompanied by a guide.
In 1913, Tilly Aston applied for the Education Department post of head of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind school (now part of Vision Australia), the first woman who was blind to hold this position.
Tilly Aston was awarded a Commonwealth grant in 1935 and twice received the Kings Medal for distinguished citizen service. She was a published writer and poet and also corresponded with fellow linguists all over the world.
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Even being the fourth most polluting country in the world, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI), Germany never tires of raising the green flag when it comes to sustainability in other countries. In recent years, the European country has suspended investments and threatened to impose other sanctions on Brazil due to deforestation in the Amazon.
However, there is a lot of internal work for Germany to adjust to its own ecological parameters. In 2019, the European country created a climate protection law, which provides for a reduction of greenhouse gases in 50 % up to 2030 and carbon neutrality up to 2050 in the country.
Despite this ecological movement, the growth in world demand for energy, stemming from the war in Ukraine, means that German plants need to burn more coal and this could delay the transition to green energy.
Green bet gone wrong
When Germany decided to change the energy matrix to less polluting options than coal plants, it invested in energy wind and solar in the first place, and gas as a second option.
The transition cost more than 1 trillion dollars, but some flaws in the process compromised energy production in the country.
“It was a fiasco. Germany installed a giant capacity where the insolation area was very low and with little wind. In addition, these facilities competed with agricultural areas”, explains Ricardo Fernandes, risk analyst and internationalist.
Another problem in this energy transition was the dependence that the country created on imports of foreign gas, especially Russian. About 50% of the fuel present in Germany comes from Russia.
At the end of June, due to the cut-off of Russian gas from Gazprom, as a way for Vladimir Putin to put pressure on the Europeans, the German Economy Ministry announced that the way out would be coal plants. The country decided to reactivate 15 them for energy production.
“It is bad to say this, but it is essential for reduce gas consumption”, informed minister Robert Habeck, who is part of the country’s green party.
Given that it is summer in Europe at the moment, Habeck warned of the energy crisis that must devastate the country next winter: “it will probably be worse than the coronavirus crisis”.
Unlike neighboring countries like France, which invest in nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuels, Germany , when it was under the leadership of Angela Merkel, decided to deactivate nuclear plants, due to the possible risks of leakage. An apparently sustainable option, but, in practice, it is not at all ecological and has even harmed the country’s economy, with the most expensive energy on the continent.
Dependence on fossil fuels
Even before the war in Ukraine, faced with the fall of 22% in wind production, Germany last year increased the production of coal-fired power plants by 22%.
Gas, oil and coal represent 2019% of German energy consumption. Furthermore, about 50% of the electricity produced in the country in 2021 came from fossil fuels. “The German economy is totally dependent on polluting fossils and is especially vulnerable in the face of the war in Ukraine,” Fabien Bouglé, an energy policy expert, told the French newspaper Le Figaro.
In view of the strong heat waves in Europe this summer, which have already resulted in more than a thousand deaths on the continent , the discussion on global warming has returned with force to the European agenda. In this context, the production of German energy is becoming a major villain.
In addition to the deforestation of villages for the construction of mines, coal-fired power plants generate a pollution of 1.000 g of CO2 / kWh. Nuclear power plants, which were an alternative rejected by German ecologists, produce much less: around 6 g of CO2 / kWh.
“Germany will be one of the main actors in the degradation of the climate and will continue to be the ugly duckling of the European Union and the world. It is the so-called ecologists who support this disastrous model for the planet”, concluded Bouglé. | <urn:uuid:877f3bef-c8bf-46b3-ac0f-1421eaf43a35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newsrelease.in/while-pointing-the-finger-at-the-amazon-how-are-coal-plants-in-germany-doing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.946535 | 833 | 2.75 | 3 |
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of erythropoietin in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), by using a randomized, prospective study design.
METHODS: A total of 167 term infants with moderate/severe HIE were assigned randomly to receive either erythropoietin (N = 83) or conventional treatment (N = 84). Recombinant human erythropoietin, at either 300 U/kg (N = 52) or 500 U/kg (N = 31), was administered every other day for 2 weeks, starting <48 hours after birth. The primary outcome was death or disability. Neurodevelopmental outcomes were assessed at 18 months of age.
RESULTS: Complete outcome data were available for 153 infants. Nine patients dropped out during treatment, and 5 patients were lost to follow-up monitoring. Death or moderate/severe disability occurred for 35 (43.8%) of 80 infants in the control group and 18 (24.6%) of 73 infants in the erythropoietin group (P = .017) at 18 months. The primary outcomes were not different between the 2 erythropoietin doses. Subgroup analyses indicated that erythropoietin improved long-term outcomes only for infants with moderate HIE (P = .001) and not those with severe HIE (P = .227). No negative hematopoietic side effects were observed.
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If it is your first time growing marijuana, the drying process will be something you want to get right. The drying process, and subsequent ‘curing’, is often the most integral and fundamental practice to get good quality marijuana.
In other words, the drying and curing process is pivotal to getting the most out of your grow. This drying and curing will ultimately decide the THC content of your marijuana, its pungency, strength, and overall quality.
This practice is often one that matures as the grower gains more experience with growing, but in this article we will lay out the science and motivation behind optimizing your drying, as well as curing, process.
An Overview Of Drying And Curing
When you first harvest your buds from the plant they will have been fed water from the plant as you water it.
As a result the buds will be ‘wet’ to a degree, and in order to be smoked and used in general they need to reach a certain level of dryness.
Moreover, when your buds come straight off the plant they aren’t necessarily ready for consumption just yet. Often, the buds will not have developed the crystals of THC that we all know and love on our marijuana.
In order to achieve this high crystallization, the curing and drying process must be refined.
Drying your buds for too long will mean they lose potency, curing them for too long will result in marijuana that still isn’t dry.
The best practice is to find a medium between the two to achieve the highest level of THC crystallization and thus THC potency.
Benefits of Proper Drying And Curing Process
Many growers fall short of high quality buds because they often neglect this part of the growing process, or don’t do it properly.
Correctly cured and dried marijuana will result in marijuana that is higher potency, more pronounced flavors, less vegetal flavors, higher pungency, better aesthetics, and better color.
When you see the top shelf bud at your local head shop the amber hairs, frosty buds, pungent smell, and pronounced flavors, are all a result of a quality curing and drying process.
If you want to achieve marijuana that is this level of quality, then the drying and curing process is pivotal.
How To Dry Marijuana
Once your buds have reached your desired size and maturity, it will be time to harvest them.
Once you have harvested you will realize they will be quite ‘wet’ and ‘squishy’ which is natural because the plant system has been feeding them water. The next step is to harvest and dry.
The first step in the drying process is to trim plants of their external leaves and stems, where necessary. You can do what’s called a ‘wet trim’, or a ‘dry trim’.
Remember, your marijuana bud will lose about 75% of its whole weight throughout the drying, curing, and trimming process.
A wet trim is simply trimming the plant while still wet, the idea is that in the drying process the buds won’t be misshapen by leaves or stems that are in their way and it makes the shape of the bud better, although different growers may dispute this.
A dry trim is waiting for the buds to dry before you trim them, this is a little less work and can be a good idea if you want to dry and cure the ‘shake’ (superfluous plant parts that aren’t the bud, but still contain some THC) so you can use them for edibles or consumption.
A wet trim will mean the buds dry more quickly as there is less plant material to dry, the inverse is true of a dry trim. It all depends on how you want to use your marijuana in the long run.
You want to initially dry your bud until most of their moisture has evaporated, this can take anywhere from 2-7 days depending on your climate.
A common practice is to hang the marijuana upside down from a length of string, like you are drying them on a washing line.
This means the buds won’t get misshapen due to gravity or other ailments. Keep multiple buds on one branch for ease.
One way to tell when your buds have reached a good level of ‘dryness’ is to attempt to snap a piece of the stem. If the stem bends and doesn’t have a snap when force is applied, it will need longer.
When you get this snap as you pull stems off, your bud should be dry.
Although, be careful not to take this too far. Buds that are too dry won’t cure properly, although they can be rehydrated with humidity packs, while not ideal.
Buds should still be a little wet on the inside so they rehydrate on a small scale, from the inside out, while curing.
How To Cure Your Buds
Curing for marijuana is similar to curing meats or fruit, but for different purposes. Curing meat is for preservation, but curing marijuana helps bring out the pungent elements that are actually desirable.
The curing process is often overlooked as it can be lengthy, potentially taking 2-4 weeks.
Curing is a tough process to get perfect, but any level of curing will result in better quality buds, period.
Essentially, you will be moving your buds from air tight containers into the air, and then back into airtight containers.
As mentioned, the main goal is to crystallize the THC, making the marijuana more potent, but also results in great flavor and smell as well as other features. Well cured flowers could potentially last up to two years in airtight containers.
You essentially want to pack your bud up and leave it in an area that is not too humid or damp, but somewhere that maintains a decent temperature without much temperature loss.
Moreover, light can also affect the terpenes in your marijuana, which give it its smell and flavors, so a dark place is recommended.
Once dry, split up your yield into airtight containers, the most preferred vessel is the quart mason jar. You should need around four jars per quarter ounce of marijuana.
Try not to pack the bud too tight, they will need some air.
This is basically a job done, all you need to do is to maintain your buds like any other cure.
This means burping your jars every now and again. Burping allows new oxygen in and releases any potential moisture build up that could lead to mold.
During the first week try and leave the airtight container closed for up to four days before burping. After the first week start reducing this until you eventually do it every day in the final weeks.
This will also help you keep an eye, and nose, on how the buds are doing.
Hopefully by the fourth week, although many growers look to take it further to see how far they can cure, you should be greeted with an eye watering pungent smell as you open the jar – this is an indicator of success.
Yet, a smell that is of ammonia, or just doesn’t smell like weed, is most likely mold.
The longer and more optimized your curing process, the higher quality bud. Those frosty, amber haired, buds on the top shelf will have been cured for a long time to develop that level of crystallization and pungency.
As you can see, curing and drying cannabis is a seriously important part of the growing process. No matter how well you grow your marijuana, or the strain, if you don’t cure or dry it properly you can ruin a whole yield.
With the right cure, a basic Blue Dream grow can be better quality and higher THC content than someone who has cured Stardawg incorrectly.
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Popular around the world, Yoga is a universal health movement. But what is the real purpose of yoga? Well there are 10 big benefits of yoga. Let’s look at the physical and mental benefits that yoga can provide.
While you can select from many forms of yoga, there’s no question that yoga provides a number of benefits to your lifestyle and health.
Do you ever wonder about the real reason for yoga? Yoga is more popular than ever. So many celebrities support yoga, there must see some significant benefits of the practice. Is Yoga at the core of their success?
Today we’ll explore ten big physical and mental benefits that yoga can provide to you if you put some effort into it. There are even apps to help you sign up for a class.
1. Build Strength
Even if you’re a beginner, you’ve probably noticed that some of the harder yoga poses are quite intimidating.
While yoga at the highest level requires tremendous strength. There’s nowhere else to start but at the beginning, continued yoga practice builds body strength — without lifting weights. Everyone starts at the first step.
Increased strength is just one of the top ten benefits of yoga
If you have tried yoga and didn’t go back, don’t give up too soon! Do what you can at the start and stick with it. You’ll soon feel stronger while holding your poses.
2. Finding Balance
As your strength improves, your balance improves, too. Standing on one leg or inverting certain poses builds your core strength. Core strength builds your overall balance.
As you focus, you’ll find it’s easier to hold your balance while posing on one leg. This isn’t paddle boarding, this is real balance building.
If you struggle with balance issues, yoga could be a way to help improve your physical balance.
3. Your Back Pain Relieved
Yoga poses and stretches might appear to be harmful to your back. However, many people who practice yoga and suffer from back pain find that they experience less pain while practicing yoga.
Sitting at a desk or in an office at a computer for hours during the day compresses your spine. You might have low back pain from driving, too.
The effects of sitting too long can be reversed with a steady yoga practice. Starting with the basics you should feel better and relaxed after just a few sessions. As your body responds to consistent stretching in yoga, you’ll feel less tension and pain in your low back.
4. Your Flexibility Is Improved
You don’t need to be flexible to start yoga, yoga helps you become flexible.
The reality is that yoga is one of the best ways to improve overall flexibility. Most yogis or people who have practiced yoga for a long time didn’t start as flexible as you might think.
With age (sorry we have to be real here) or inactivity, your body can experience a loss of flexibility. Bending over or to the side can become more difficult when your flexibility becomes limited.
No matter what your level of flexibility is now, regular yoga practice can improve your everyday flexibility. Improved flexibility helps prevent injury — even when you’re just bending over to grab something off of the floor.
5. Enhance Your Weight Loss, yoga can help you lose weight.
Eating right is always the first place to start with weight loss. After that yoga is a great way to help speed up the process. Hot yoga isn’t the only way to use yoga for weight loss either. Any type of yoga can help strengthen your body and help you lose weight.
Daily yoga practice helps speed up your metabolism regardless of your current fitness level. When your metabolism speeds up, it’s one of the factors to help you burn more calories.
6. Reduce Your Anxiety
Yoga is often chided as a “hippie” practice — love, peace, and yoga.
Yoga isn’t just for hippie chicks or men with man buns. But is there something wrong with love, peace and yoga? Do you enjoy your anxiety more? We didn’t think so.
People who practice yoga are all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. Reducing anxiety is one of the greatest benefits or regular yoga for many people. In todays busy world, anxiety is the enemy, crush it with yoga.
Daily yoga can help you sleep better. When you sleep better, you feel less anxious. No drugs, no pain killers, just relief naturally.
Controlling your breathing and stretching are both powerful ways to release tension in the body–and mind.
Even in it’s simplest form, a good five-minute session in child’s pose to stretch the low back and breathe slowly can have big benefits to reduce stress and anxiety.
7. Muscle Tone Step Up
Building strength without lifting weights is just one of the benefits of yoga.
Naturally, as you gain strength, your muscles should begin to show more tone and definition. Eating right will play into this though.
Lifting weights isn’t the only way to build the body you want. Holding your muscles in prolonged yoga poses can increase muscle mass and improve definition.
Deadlifts and biceps curls are not the only way to achieve the body you see on TV in those gym commercials. Monica Carroll of HARD yoga started out in fitness and found her stride in yoga.
Yoga is a serious strength and bodybuilding tool without the extra stress on your body. Don’t let the laying on the floor and playing with your feet fool you.
8. Joint Support
Yoga is a low-impact activity. Joints are damaged from high impact activities like running, golf and heavy weightlifting. Yoga is the perfect way to improve joint strength and flexibility.
Aging and poor diet causes joints to lose flexibility. Stiff joints are prone to injury when they lose flexibility. For instance when your knee’s movements become restricted, you increase the possibility of injury during normal daily activity.
Stretching the muscles around your joints through yoga increases flexibility. When your muscles are more flexible, the load on your joints is reduced. Your muscles work harder to carry your weight and move freely.
If you suffer from arthritis or other joint discomforts, try yoga as part of your health plan.
9. Breathe Deeper Naturally
Part of yoga is the study and practice of deep, rhythmic breathing. Deep breathing is beneficial to your body and brining oxygen to your mind.
Controlling your breathing in stressful situations helps you conquer the stress. Yoga can help you to develop a practice of deep breaths for maximum oxygen intake.
10. Your Overall Fitness Upgraded
Overall fitness includes strength, flexibility and spirituality. When you practice yoga, you get a number of benefits. You’ll see an improvement in your overall level of fitness, flexibility and spirituality..
Yoga includes elements of strength training, cardio development, while it also speeds up your metabolism, and helps you think clearer. These benefits are all positive improvements in your fitness — no matter your starting level of fitness.
While there aren’t many single things you can do at the gym, you can practice yoga to achieve as many benefits as you can with consistent yoga practice.
The Real Purpose of Yoga is Your Well-Being
The real reason to start and continue a yoga practice is your well-being. At the end of the day, your well being is the most important thing you have. Helping you be the best you can be is the purpose of yoga.
In order to take advantage of the benefits of yoga you need to start today. Whether you practice at home using an on-demand program, or you schedule time in the studio, it’s always a good time to let yoga work for you.
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On September 6th, 2021, The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has published the “Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) First Amendment Regulations, 2021”
The scope of the scientific document indicates the following:
- The regulations shall not be applicable to infants up to the age of 24 months;
- Foods intended for infants up to the age 24 months are specified under the Food Safety and Standards (Food for infant nutrition) Regulations, 2020;
- The products covered under these regulations intended for children of 2 to 5 years shall only be given under medical advice by any physician or certified dietician or nutritionist;
- Flavors for products covered under these regulations may be used in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3.3.1 of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011;
- Values for vitamins, minerals, and trace elements allowed to be used in Food for special medical purposes (other than those intended for use in infant formula).
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BAR Technologies joins 28 strong industry cohort as founding signatory of ‘Operation Zero’
Industry declaration commits to the development of zero emission vessels for the offshore wind support sector by 2025
Glasgow, 10th November 2021 – BAR Technologies, an innovative simulation-driven marine engineering consultancy, joins a cohort of nearly 30 maritime and energy companies in signing a jointly developed zero carbon declaration, “Operation Zero”, yesterday evening at COP26.
Operation Zero is a collective statement of intent for the deployment of zero emission vessels (ZEVs) across the North Sea’s offshore wind farms by 2025, along with the development of supporting shoreside infrastructure to scale up and maintain this advanced, environmentally sustainable fleet.
The Getting to Zero Coalition Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonisation, driving the adoption of ZEVs on international deep-sea trade lanes by 2030, unlocks the potential for shoreside infrastructure and zero-carbon bunker fuel development to be powered by renewable electricity from the growing offshore wind sector. For this strategy to be truly viable as a vehicle for zero emissions shipping, the coalition recognises that a more concerted effort is needed to address emissions performance within the offshore wind supply chain.
Operation Zero aims to demonstrate shipping’s leadership in climate action in the offshore wind sector, utilising ambitions, expertise and leadership from the coalition of signatories to reduce the carbon footprint of the offshore wind sector, and by extension the energy supply chain to the decarbonisation of international shipping. This work begins in the North Sea Basin which houses wind farms from Europe’s top five countries by wind capacity – United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark – who together account for almost 98% of all grid-connected offshore wind turbines in Europe.
BAR Technologies contributes its unique blend of industry expertise across maritime, Americas Cup yacht racing, F1 racing, aerospace engineering, and beyond to advance the efficiency of offshore energy support vessels (OESV). Commercially the company is already introducing hydrofoil technology to the CTV space with its Foil Optimised Stability System (FOSS), as well as developing an entirely new vessel design in the BARTech 30, developed in partnership with naval architect Chartwell Marine, which forecasts energy efficiency improvements of 30% against current vessels.
John Cooper, CEO, BAR Technologies, said: “We are very proud to have been part of the consortium that developed and signed Operation Zero. We all know there is no single silver bullet in the ambition to reduce emissions from shipping and that success will depend on a combination of solutions, so this kind of collaboration is hugely important to generating a foundation of knowledge and expertise on which technologies can build.
“We have already seen the kind of progress that can be achieved through collaboration in our commercial partnerships, and we look forward to promoting this same spirit within the offshore wind space to cut down carbon emissions and facilitate the provision of truly renewable energy for shipping.”
The signing ceremony took place this evening and opened with a speech from the Director of Maritime for the UK’s Department of Transport, Petra Wilkinson, followed by statements from guest speakers Andrew Jamieson, CEO of ORE Catapult, and Kenneth Coughlan, Naval Architect – Offshore Service Logistics at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. | <urn:uuid:2767643e-7bc9-4ec7-96e6-58b3c48e83df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bartechnologies.uk/insights/bar-tech-launch-partner-of-cop26-pledge/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.927797 | 674 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Child support in California is based on the income of the parties. The Family Code broadly defines income so that many sources are properly considered as income available for support. The income for each party, along with the estimated time share is used in the guideline calculation for support, which is presumed to be the correct amount of support payable for support of each child. Dissomaster is the computer program the courts use in San Diego to compute support.
Child support is paid until a child reaches the age of 18 and has graduated from high school. For adult disabled children, support will continue beyond the age of 18. There are considerations raised by timeshare each parent has as the court will not make timeshare orders after the child is 18.
Once an order for support is made, it is subject to change if there has been a significant change in circumstances. The order can also be changed if the initial order was reached by stipulation of the parties and/or the initial order was below the guideline number.
When making an order or agreement, there may be occasion to deviate from guideline or order a below- or above-guideline amount of support. The court will take into consideration each parent’s station in life as a child is entitled to share in that station.
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Vice President Leni Robredo believes Andres Bonifacio remains an inspiration, now more than ever, in seeking justice for the aggrieved and holding accountable people in power.
“On this day, we remember and honor Andres Bonifacio – his leadership that led to the unity of the Filipino people wanting for a change, his courage emanating from the love of his fellow Filipino, and his heroism,” said Robredo, an independent presidential aspirant, during the celebration for the 158th birth anniversary of Bonifacio, who was called the Supremo of the Katipunan that fought against Spanish rule.
“Bonifacio stood up, and that served as an inspiration to many people. He is an inspiration until now. We remember his example every time we need to lay down everything in the name of justice and humane society,” she added.
His heroism, Robredo said, remains a reality today among everyday Filipino heroes.
“Bonifacio signified the spirit of those wanting to protest against abuses of those in power. His words are still our guide,” she said.
“This is love that is willing to sacrifice and give all. Let us continue to live that way every day. Through this way, we can shape the nation our heroes dreamt of.”
Meanwhile, Robredo, in her keynote address at the 63rd Ramon Magsaysay Awards Tuesday, said the pandemic has taught people and governments to espouse “radical solidarity” as nations begin to rebuild and pursue a better normal after the pandemic upturned the world.
“When poverty strips people of their ability to take hold of their own destiny; when disease threatens those who have already lost so much to prejudice and inequality; when conflict tears people from their homes, their culture, their hope and memory; when silence and lies shrink the space for important stories to be told; when even the seas cry out for reprieve from the insatiable drive to extract and consume—we look to people such as the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay awardees and their fellows from across the decades as examples of how humanity ought to respond,” Robredo said.
This year’s awardees are fisherman and community environmentalist, Robert “Ka Dodoy” Ballon (Philippines); humanitarian and peacebuilder, Steven Muncy (Southeast Asia); affordable medicine champion, Firdausi Qadri (Bangladesh); poverty alleviation visionary, Muhammad Amjad Saqib (Pakistan); and media truth crusader, Watchdoc (Indonesia). | <urn:uuid:fcc38dcc-4ed1-4f03-a432-a4041094d7a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.manilastandard.net/news/national/371262/be-like-supremo-heroism-still-alive-leni-tells-filipinos.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.952823 | 539 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Introduction: Case studies are widely used in medical education. They help students recognise and interpret important data coming from the patient's problem thereby enabling students to arrive at a correct diagnosis and best treatment course. We have used the case vignette method, a variant of the case study method, for teaching family medicine residents, and here we assess their perceptions of its advantages and limitations.
Methods: In the case vignette method, residents studied a particular case of interest from the community. Before presenting it to peers, they prepared and circulated a brief case vignette outlining the salient features of the case, the preferred line of management and suggested discussion probes. Structured notes were taken by programme faculty during the presentations, and feedback was obtained from residents.
Results: Major advantages perceived by residents were that the case vignette method demanded their active participation in the preparation and presentation of the case. The need to prepare a vignette helped them better organise their thinking and experience peer teaching. However, some felt that the exercise was time consuming and the discussion sometimes wandered from the intended course.
Conclusions: The case vignette method helps meet specific learning objectives in teaching sessions. Residents feel that it improves their skills as physicians and teachers. This study finds that case vignettes are a promising complement to existing methods of teaching medicine. Further research is required to more firmly establish this method's value. | <urn:uuid:7d6d389d-28a7-40d6-8456-6d46b723174d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23823669/?access_num=23823669&link_type=MED&dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.947959 | 281 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Perception and Self-Stigmatization
I certainly don’t need to convince any of my readers that mental health stigma is a living, breathing entity that can exist in all walks of life. But ask yourself just how much of that stigma is created in our own minds due to our distorted perceptions of the world around us?
Although not my favorite doctor to quote, Dr. Phil has in fact said it best. “You wouldn’t care about what people think about you if you knew how little they did.’
This quote speaks volumes when it comes to people suffering from mental health and addictions issues. We have a tendency, not just as people with mental illness but as people in general, to believe that the rest of the world sees us the same way we see ourselves. Thankfully, that is not the case.
People Don't View You the Same Way That You View Yourself
As a sufferer of major depression, in remission for quite some time, I can certainly attest to the fact that I used to believe that everyone else viewed me in the same light that I viewed myself. I felt as though my failures and issues were displayed quite broadly on my forehead and that everyone who crossed my path would immediately be able to tell just how mentally unbalanced and unsure of myself I was.
As someone who has also had more than his fair share of anxiety related concerns, I also used to believe that when I entered a room, everyone was looking at me and judging me. Of course, that may be true in certain situations, but for the most part, people are far more concerned about how they are acting and looking and couldn’t care less about how you look or act. No matter how depressed and anxious you may be on the inside.
Bringing Perceptions in Line With Reality
That is why perception is truly the key when it comes to stigma. If we perceive the rest of the world to be treating us differently, seeing only our illness and not taking us for the person underneath, we will subconsciously start behaving in a way that turns those perceptions into realities.
Since I came out with my own story of drug-induced psychosis, major depression, mania and anxiety in my memoir ‘Completely in Blue: Dispatches from the Edge of Insanity’ I have realized that a lot of the perceived stigma is directly related to how I present my story to others. If I relay it in a way that shows that ‘yes, I have gone to Hell and back but I’m a living example of how someone can overcome mental illness’ people respect me and are intrigued and want to understand instead of judge. I can imagine that if I relayed my story in a different manner, wrought with self-pity and defeat, it may lead to being much more heavily stigmatized.
Stand Tall, Stand Loud and Stand Proud
People only have the information you give them in order to create an opinion. Be aware of the information you are providing. People, in general, don’t want to stereotype mental illness, but if you give them no new information that goes against their beliefs, they will have no other choice.
The key to breaking down the barriers of stigma lies in us; no one else.
When you talk about it, don’t be ashamed. Be proud that you are a survivor. And hold your head up high.
Curry, C. (2012, June 18). Perception and Self-Stigmatization, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2022, August 18 from https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/survivingmentalhealthstigma/2012/06/perception-and-self-stigmatization
Author: Chris Curry
Thank you for sharing this, as we, the Client Empowerment Council (CEC) at The Royal are hosting a Public Lecture with regards to Stigma, mainly Self-stigma (Our Failures and Successes) on the 28th of February, 2013. This information has benefited me as a person as well as helping me as the Chair of the CEC, to enhance our lecture.
Thank you so much for your comment. I am very happy to hear of this lecture and I hope to attend.
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In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been increased concern over American views of free speech from both right and left-leaning groups. This concern was most recently underscored by the release of a survey on the First Amendment produced by the left-leaning Brookings Institution.
According to the survey’s author, senior fellow John Villasenor, the actions of violence, anger, and suppression of free speech which have played out on campus in the last several months are simply the outgrowth of ideas simmering in the minds of students. Villasenor discovered this by surveying over 1,500 students in late August 2017, and found to his horror that large portions of them hold views contrary to the freedom of speech which the First Amendment offers. Evidence of this can be found in the following charts:
As Villasenor notes, these numbers matter because:
“Today’s college students are tomorrow’s attorneys, teachers, professors, policymakers, legislators, and judges. If, for example, a large fraction of college students believe, however incorrectly, that offensive speech is unprotected by the First Amendment, that view will inform the decisions they make as they move into positions of increasing authority later in their careers.”
The question is, how did we arrive at this point? Three things come to mind.
The first relates to the seeming eagerness to squelch any form of speech that is not agreeable to a certain viewpoint. Basic human nature demonstrates a tendency to suppress anything that causes fear or discomfort.
Does opposition to free speech stem from uncertainty of how to handle it?
It seems possible, particularly since instruction in logic and rational argument has declined sharply in recent years. As a result, students have lost the tools with which to engage and think about opposing viewpoints in a calm, reasonable manner. The only weapons they have left are emotional outbursts and angry rampages.
A decline in historical knowledge may be a second reason why students have so little regard for free speech. The Nation’s Report Card records that only 12 percent of high school seniors are proficient in U.S. history. Clearly the American Founders and their ideas are being shortchanged, perhaps even replaced by modern ideas of social justice activism. If students aren’t learning the time-tested principles of the Founders while in school, then how can we expect them to uphold them when they get into the real world?
Finally, as Villasenor’s survey makes clear, today’s college students simply “prefer an environment in which their institution is expected to create an environment that shelters them from offensive views.” It is this same group of students that has grown up in an era of “stranger danger,” or an environment in which every child is bubble-wrapped to ward off any potential problems.
It’s certainly praiseworthy to protect our children, but is the current desire for a “safe” environment that precludes free speech a sign we’ve gone too far?
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Integrated planning of production, inventory and ship loading at refineries
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Refinery operation planning is a complex task since refinery processes and inventories are tightly interconnected. We study deterministic refinery planning when ships are loaded with a blend of components. Any delay in ship arrival may result in overfull component tanks which results in less efficient blending alternatives, reduced process operations or even shut downs. In this paper we formulate a planning model and in order to analyze the performance of the model ship arrivals are simulated over a period of 28 days. From numerical results, we can show that the model indeed can model the integrated problem. The practical problem also include uncertainties, and in particular for ship arrival times. Safety stock and blending flexibility are utilized in order to deal with uncertainty. The impact of uncertainty is also studied in the numerical experiments. | <urn:uuid:3c5ac9de-d860-485c-97f6-03c4f4ca27b0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/handle/11250/165327 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932326 | 194 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Playdough is an important facet of the early childhood environment. Playdough exploration provides important opportunities for the development of fine motor skills (such as pushing, squishing, squeezing, and pinching). And, as many early childhood teachers know, it provides an excellent outlet for releasing tension and stress. It is calming to children!
The Discovery Stage: Ages 3-4
- “piled” and stacked shapes and clumps
- very little detail
- squishing, pinching and poking
- pounding and hitting of playdough pieces with hands and tools
This stage is characterized by the pure sensory experience of the playdough. Attention is on the manipulation and exploration of the playdough for the sheer pleasure of it.
The language of this play at this stage is push, poke, squish, pinch, pound, and so forth. “Watch this!”
The Shape and Form Stage: Ages 4-5
- simple, recognizable forms
- more detail such as mouth and eyes
- beginning of “rolling” coiled, snake-like forms
- begins to make balls
- rolling out and cutting out of forms from cookie cutters and “pretending”
This stage is characterized by having a purpose in using the playdough. Children are engaged in how they can create something out of the playdough. “Things” are made and destroyed.
The language of this play is the narrative of the imagination.
Schematic: Ages 6-7-years-old
- Standing forms and objects
- attention to the details
- making balls and three dimensional shapes
- designs that have patterns and repetitions
- Using basic forms to create people and things in vertical position
This stage is characterized by the child's impulse to create. The playdough becomes more clay-like as children build and create people, dogs, and other things from not only their imagination but their daily lives.
The language of this stage is creativity.
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When New Technologies are Still New: Windows of Opportunity for Privacy Protection
28 Pages Posted: 31 Aug 2006
Early intervention in the regulation of new technologies is highly controversial. In this Article, I seek to depolarize the early intervention debate and examine where timing becomes of the essence in the shaping of new technologies. At the outset, I reframe the debate in terms of social shaping in lieu of intervention.
I focus the social shaping inquiry on the development of non-privacy norms among the Internet's commercial users in order to shed light on the timing quandary. Currently, over a decade after commercial entities started collecting personal information on the Internet, the law has not restricted these collection practices. Efforts at self-regulation have failed and Internet users overall have not adopted technological measures to protect their privacy. Empirical data shows an increase in the use of privacy threatening devices, such as cookies and spyware. The data shows that commercial non-privacy norms on the Internet have become entrenched among the Internet's commercial users.
Three technological characteristics of the Internet appear to be at the crux of the fast diffusion of commercial non-privacy norms. These characteristics are: the Internet's critical mass point quality (and related network effects); its decentralized diffusion process; and the enablement of concealed monitoring.
I suggest that where a technology's characteristics are likely to cause fast entrenchment, timing may become of the essence. Insights from several fields support this conclusion. The theory of path dependence shows that where costs are sunk into one option, an alternative option even if preferable is less likely to be adopted. Further, the theory of closure demonstrates that after an initial period where a technology's design and function evolves it tends to stabilize, reaching closure - from that moment onwards change is less likely. Finally, law and social norms theory shows that laws are less effective where they contradict social norms.
Finally, I posit that the lessons learnt from the case of Internet privacy could be instrumental to the resolution of other technological controversies. Specifically, I propose that where a technology's qualities show that timing may be of the essence for privacy protection, both legal and technological modes of social shaping should be adjusted to reflect sensitivity to timing. Technological shaping is more likely to be effective through proactive concerted design at the outset. For legal decision-makers the technology's sensitivity to timing points to the need to consider timing as an important factor in the decision-making process, accounting for potentially more limited options at a later stage.
Keywords: Privacy, Technology, Internet
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Three-phase EMI-RFI filter’s nanocrystalline metal core improves efficiency
Claimed to be the industry’s most volumetric-efficient EMI-RFI three-phase filter, the GTX series has been designed with a nanocrystalline metal core by Kemet. This series supports the industry’s trend for increased EMC requirements, with a volumetrically efficient, compact and lightweight EMI-RFI three-phase filter. Many comparable models use ferrite materials, which have a larger footprint and are heavier in weight, said Kemet.
The metal box three-phase filter’s high density mechanical structure is compact and lightweight, making it suitable for EMC noise suppression in general purpose inverters and medical power supplies. The nanocrystalline metal core results in rated currents of 30 to 60A and contributes to damping and attenuation characteristics, coupled with a broad frequency range.
Six combinations of Y capacitors can be selected to support various equipment topologies.
The GTX series is rated to 500V AC (50 / 60Hz), 500V DC (250V AC, 353.3V DC for c-UL). The filters can operate in a temperature range from -25 to +55 degrees C. The GTX is safety-certified by UL, c-UL, TüV and is RoHS as well as REACH-compliant. The filters comply with EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU and (EU)2015/863.
In addition to medical equipment, diagnostic instruments and industrial robots, the GTX filter can be used for suppressing noise in electronic equipment with superior attention characteristics, such as power storage systems, wind-power generation and machine tools.
The GTX series is available immediately via Kemet distributors.
Kemet is a subsidiary of Yageo and offers a broad selection of passive components, including capacitors, resistors, magnetics, circuit protection, sensors and actuators.
Yageo Group includes Yageo, Kemet and Pulse brands, the world’s top three passive component suppliers, claimed the company. It offers worldwide production and sales capabilities a complete offering of chip resistors, polymer, tantalum, MLCC, film, aluminium electrolytic capacitors, circuit protection devices, magnetics, antennas, sensors, and actuators. | <urn:uuid:0bd4bfd9-2d46-49a3-aeab-f6636bec0670> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://softei.com/three-phase-emi-rfi-filters-nanocrystalline-metal-core-improves-efficiency/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.89634 | 484 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Welcome to the TECNICA world
TECNICA is innovation and efficiency at the service of Indoor Air Quality. Over twenty-five years of experience and know-how with the aim of upgrading the quality of life with good air distribution in workplaces and shops, and the application of industrial manufacturing solutions where the need exists to introduce or extract air. A universe today extremely topical which has to address regulations and which involves customers, designers, manufacturers and plant engineers in an integrated way. We are talking about Distribution, Diffusion and Filtration.
Research and development
TECNICA dedicates resources to researching and developing innovative products and to sustainability in new-generation buildings. Indoor Air Quality efficiency means attention for the well-being of human beings in confined spaces.
- Raw and semi-finished materials made using synthesis processes which assist human beings and the environment along a virtuous and sustainable path (friendly chemistry)
- Constant quest for the very best quality of materials in conformity with standards and without any negative impact on the environment and its resources (sustainability)
- Recyclable raw materials and semi-finished products, designed for a life cycle which pollutes to an increasingly less extent (recyclability)
- Patented materials able to reduce bacterial, microbial and fungal loads in the ducts of air-conditioning plants (sanitization)
- Non-toxic patented mixes which in combustion conditions do not emit lethal substances into the air (no toxicity)
- Solutions to improve performance and help reduce energy consumption (energy efficiency).
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Solar Cow is a solar-powered charging station installed in schools in off-grid areas in Africa. It charges portable batteries, namely Solar Milks, throughout the school day and when school finishes, each child is given a Solar Milk to take home. Families can use the Solar Milk battery to charge cell phones and other electronic devices, while also lighting up the house using the lamp attached to the battery. This creates an immediate benefit for parents to send children to school, solving not only the issue of school attendance in rural communities but also providing power to these groups.
YOLK came up with the idea that by rewarding parents with electricity that saves them time and money, parents would send their children to school. This thought was proven right as YOLK saw real impact and change in the lives of the children. In the case of one school in Tanzania, not only did the attendance rate increase by 11.4% in the first year, but there was also an increase in studying hours at home and self-efficacy, as children felt proud of bringing power to their homes. So far, the direct student beneficiaries are around 5,000 children and 25,000 people including family members.
In 2020, when confronted with the reality of school closure due to COVID19, the YOLK team equipped the Solar Cow device with new functions including radio and MP3 so that children could take classes at home. This has become increasingly important in areas such as refugee camps where power is not always available, and radio becomes an important means of communication and education.
Through looking at multiple issues through a single lens, it becomes clear that development challenges can be met with innovation. By combining the issue of education with that of off-grid power in rural Africa, the YOLK team have designed a solution that is both scalable and beneficial to different groups in underprivileged communities.
The Solar Cow project has received worldwide attention for its innovative solution. It was selected by TIMES as one of the 100 best innovations of 2019, the winner of the Aid Innovation Challenge 2018, the top 3 position at the Green Awards, and two-time winner of the CES innovation awards. YOLK was also the only Korean company to win a partnership project at the 2021 P4G summit.
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Title: The Art Boy Who Won't Share (Shani and Friends Book 1)
Author: Shani T Night
Genre: Children’s Fiction, Children’s Picture Books
This is a book about sharing and becoming friends. From meeting at school to becoming friends, and learning how to share. Shani and Reggie show how asking nicely can go a long way!
Learn the valuable lesson of sharing with Shani and Reggie. At school, Shani wonders why Reggie draws such wonderful drawings but doesn’t share them. It isn’t until she asks him that she discovers the true meaning of sharing and friendship. Invite the whole family to read along as you enter Shani’s world.
The Art Boy Who Won’t Share is a delightful children’s book with a good message. This picture book has simple wording preschool and early readers will understand in an easy-to-read font. The illustrations appear to be hand-drawn with soft textures while using primary colors. This book is perfect for children to listen to during storytime, naptime, or before bedtime. This book can also teach children to read. The message on sharing is one any child can relate to and comprehend. Highly recommend!
My Rating: 5 stars
Buy it Now:
Shani T. Night is a self-proclaimed freelance author who has been writing on and off for the love of writing for over 13 years. Born in Washington DC, Shani now lives in Maryland with her husband and three children.
Since childhood, the author has expressed an artistic side which she would eventually share with others. Whether it was in the form of performing arts or visual arts, she has always explored and expressed her imaginary gift of thoughts, and emotions while simply just being herself; at the same time not having her light dimmed.
During the last 12 years, there has been a growing need for her to put her thoughts and written words on paper where they can come alive in the form of characters. Her desire is to share her life's inspiration and to inspire the younger audience.
Her love of food and fellowship is expressed in her books as she has always expressed throughout her life.
Shani writes children's books from inspiration which is aimed to inspire the younger generation. Her hope is that we all will continue to let our light shine, and not allow it to be dimmed. Shani's desire is for all readers to learn the power of words.
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Improving natural fertility
By improving your natural fertility you not only increase your chances of conceiving naturally, but you also increase your chances of success with IVF if it’s still required.
A healthy lifestyle can improve your fertility success. Both men and women can make lifestyle changes that may increase their chances of conceiving:
A balanced diet will help ensure your body is healthy enough to become pregnant and nourish a developing baby. A healthy diet can also help to keep sperm production at optimum levels. Being under- or overweight can make you less likely to become pregnant, so making changes to your diet can help to improve your chances. It is also good to limit your caffeine consumption.
Regular, moderate exercise of around 30 minutes a day helps to maximize your fitness and keep your weight in a normal body mass index range (BMI of 18.5 – 25). It also boosts levels of endorphins, the body’s own ‘happy hormones’, which may help to reduce stress.
It is recommended to take appropriate preconception supplements. All women trying for a baby should take 400 mcg of supplemental folic acid (folate) a day to ensure the best chance of a healthy pregnancy and to help prevent conditions such as spina bifida in your child. Many women are also deficient in vitamin D and iodine.
Women who are trying to become pregnant should drink no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice per week. Men should stick within the recommended daily limit of three to four units. Drinking too much can have a negative impact on semen quality and can harm a developing fetus.
Smoking has been linked to infertility and early menopause in women, and to sperm problems in men. It is also a factor in premature or low birth-weight babies. Quitting smoking may help to improve your chances of conceiving and having a healthy baby.
Medication and drugs
Some prescription medication/drugs can lessen your changes of conceiving, so if you are taking regular medication and trying for a baby, talk to your doctor about suitable alternatives that might be more appropriate. All recreational drugs should be completely avoided.
The testes should be a couple of degrees cooler than the rest of your body for maximum sperm production. It’s not clear whether wearing loose-fitting underwear and trousers, and avoiding activities such as saunas and hot showers will help, but some studies seem to suggest that it might be beneficial.
Obsessing about conception can be counterproductive and leave you so stressed that it affects your ovulation. Consider any strategies that reduce anxiety and help you remain positive. Some people find relaxation techniques or complementary therapies also help them relax.
Live a normal and happy life. There is no evidence that you need to reduce normal levels of exercise or somehow wrap yourself in cotton wool while you are trying to conceive.
Know your cycle
The ovulation time and slightly earlier is the best time to have unprotected sex.
Most women typically ovulate 14 days before their next period starts. If you have a regular menstrual cycle length of 28 days, you will ovulate mid-cycle or 14 days after day one of your previous period (midway between your menses). If your cycle is usually longer, say 34 days, ovulation occurs around 20 days after day one of a period – not mid-cycle.
Some women know when they are ovulating from changes in their body and the way they feel. Some typical signs are breast soreness, heavier and more opaque vaginal discharge and a feeling of tightness in your abdomen. However, many women experience no noticeable symptoms.
Get reliable advice
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eCommerce is one of the fastest growing sectors, and as with any other business there are a certain set of practices that can mean the difference between standing out and flopping. There is a big list of the number of features that can be incorporated into a website, but the primary target should be the focus on expanding the business. We shall discuss the best practices for web design that can take your eCommerce site to an altogether new level, thereby increasing the brand image and goodwill of an organization and at the same time increase your conversions.
Below are just a few of the practices that you can adopt for your website.
Don’t Be Afraid to Tell Your Story
It does not have to be a multiple pages long biography, but a brief background on what makes your business unique and why your customer should care about your company. Photographs of you or your staff engaging in the process of making your goods or service if its unique is a good idea.
Beautifying the Products and Services
An eCommerce website having appealing and conversational images is one of the best practices sought after by the companies. Such web design practices will result in higher traffic and eventually more followers. A close and wide range of shots of the product can make the image look more consistent and presentable.
Easy Website Navigation
The best practice and also the most basic of all web design solutions is easy navigation of the eCommerce site. A simpler sitemap will make it easy for the user to navigate to various tools, tabs, and pages. The visitor should not be so lost in web-pages that he has no option but to close the window. The layout should be neat, precise and concrete.
Delivering the Best Customer Service
This is probably the most important and deciding factor falling under the guideline of best practices for web design in eCommerce. Thinking out of the box and delivering consistent and satisfying service helps in developing a loyal customer base. Quick solutions for 24/7 chat and web support give a sense of calmness to the client with the feeling that the brand is watchfully looking after them.
Optimizing Website for Search Engines
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a procedure of driving maximum traffic towards the website. Considering the importance of best practices for web design in an eCommerce industry, optimization of websites is the foremost thing to be focused on. This can be done by creating exciting and fruitful content for the audience. Proper titles, descriptions and accuracy in keywords can be helpful in achieving the desired traffic on the site.
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A beautiful red sunset, the colors warm and glowing, is one of the loveliest sights we can imagine. And sometimes, when we look at it we might say, “See how red the sun is!”
But, of course, we know that the sun itself hasn’t become red or changed in any way. It merely looks that way to us at that particular time of day. In fact, at that very moment, people are looking at that same sun thousand of miles to the west and it doesn’t look red to them at all.
What produces the colors of a sunset is the distance that the sunlight must travel through our atmosphere. The lower it is, the more of our earth’s atmosphere does that light travel through.
But first, let’s remind ourselves that sunlight is a mixture of light of all colors. Normally, this mixture of light appears as white to our eyes. But the atmosphere has molecules of air, dust, water vapor, and other impurities present in it.
As the light passes through them, different colors are scattered by these particles. Now, it so happens our atmosphere scatters out violet, blue, and green light more than it does the reds and yellows.
So when the sun is low, this scattering leaves more reds and yellows for us to see and we have a reddish sunset. By the way, this scattering of light also explains why the sky looks blue.
Violet and blue light have short waves and are scattered about 10 times more than red light waves by our atmosphere. This means that the red rays go straight through our atmosphere, while the blue waves don’t come through directly but are scattered by the air, water, and dust particles. It is this scattered light that we see as the blue sky when we look up. | <urn:uuid:fd66f062-143f-4c67-92b8-0e2f67082d09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kinuba.com/why-do-sunsets-look-red/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.955524 | 379 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Causes of Devitrification
is part two of a multi-part tip on the causes of devitrification.
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5. Higher temperatures are more likely
to devitrify. In general, glass can devitrify at or above
1300F/700C, but it is much more likely to occur at temperatures
6. Longer time spent at higher
temperatures is also more likely to lead to devitrification.
Minimize the soak time at your top temperature to help reduce the
risk of devitrification.
7. Devitrification is also less likely
to occur if you use faster firing rates above 1300F/700C, and cool
faster from your top rate to below 1300F. This minimizes the
time spent in the temperature range above 1300F where
8. The edges of a piece of glass
(especially a large item like a bowl) are more likely to devitrify
if they're too close to the side elements of the kiln. This is
because the edges will remain hotter for longer than other sections
of the glass. This additional time means that devit is more
occur because the edges spend more time above 1300F/700C.
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The acid in stools and urine will be neutralized with baking soda. While the diaper rash is improving, giving the infant a bath every day might be helpful. Just remember to moisturize the baby’s skin afterwards. When there is a rash, stay away from using diaper wipes. Instead, rinse the area with warm water and a little soap before patting (not rubbing) it dry.
Similarly, What do I do if my baby has a raw bottom?
Treatment for raw skin: Soak for ten minutes in warm water if the bottom is really raw. The tub of heated water should now contain 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of baking soda. 3 times daily, repeat this. After that, apply an anti-yeast cream on the rash (such Lotrimin).
Also, it is asked, Why is my babies bum red raw?
Overview. A patchwork of bright red skin on your baby’s bottom indicates the presence of diaper rash, a frequent kind of irritated skin (dermatitis). Wet or seldom changed diapers, skin irritation, and chafing are usually associated with diaper rash.
Secondly, Why do babies go red when they poop?
Red. Dark red foods and beverages your kid has taken, such as tomato juice or beets, may sometimes cause their excrement to become crimson as well. A physician should be seen if your infant has red feces since it might also indicate that there is blood in their bowel movements due to an intestinal infection or another problem.
Also, How do I stop my toddler’s poop acidic?
Air exposure will aid in the rash’s recovery. Your baby’s bath should include a few teaspoons of baking soda. The acid in stools and urine will be neutralized with baking soda. While the diaper rash is improving, giving the infant a bath every day might be helpful. Just remember to moisturize the baby’s skin afterwards.
People also ask, Do baths help with diaper rash?
everyday bathing. Give your infant a bath every day until the rash goes away. Use mild, fragrance-free soap and warm water.
Related Questions and Answers
When should I worry about baby poop?
anomalies in poop Watery or extremely hard consistency (normal stool is semi-solid). Color: A mucous-free or mucous-containing blackish, greenish, or reddish feces (normal stool is yellowish). Too much or not enough of a quantity. foamy stools, the presence of a foreign body in the feces, the presence of worms, etc.
When should I worry about blood in my baby’s stool?
Blood in a baby’s feces might be a sign of a transient problem, such constipation. A potentially fatal medical disease, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, might also be indicated by it. Getting a professional diagnosis is essential since it might be difficult for caregivers to determine the reason at home.
Can hard poop cause bleeding in babies?
The most typical cause of blood in toddler feces is anal fissures, which are microscopic rips in the anus often brought on by hard stools. When a toddler is constipated, this may happen. Stool may change color and seem red due to certain meals, beverages, and prescription drugs.
What foods make baby poop acidic?
Eat less acidic food juices and citrus fruits. Tomatoes and goods made with tomatoes (this includes foods like spaghetti sauce) Strawberries. Pineapple. Grapes. Raisins.
Why is my baby’s poop so acidic?
According to studies, measuring pH may be a simple method to determine if an infant’s digestive tract has enough Bifidobacterium, a kind of helpful bacteria. These bacteria make acids from the breakdown of milk, and the baby’s feces reflects this acidity.
Does teething make poop acidic?
Weak stools When a baby is teething, the saliva is more acidic to aid in the emergence of the new teeth through the gums, but this acidity may also impact the stomach and result in looser stools.
What cures diaper rash fast?
The best way to prevent diaper rash on your infant is to keep their skin as dry and clean as you can. Your doctor may advise the following if your baby’s diaper rash doesn’t go away after using home remedies: a light cream that contains hydrocortisone. If your infant develops a fungal infection, use an antifungal cream.
What home remedy is good for diaper rash?
Use your fingers to apply a little aloe vera gel to the troublesome regions. Aloe vera has antibacterial, soothing, and hydrating properties. Its antioxidant content also encourages very quick healing. Baking soda: The baking soda’s extremely alkaline salts assist in balancing the germs and acidity that cause diaper rash.
What is the fastest way to get rid of a rash?
Here are several pain-relief strategies to try, along with details on why they could be effective. ice compress. Applying ice is one of the quickest and simplest methods to relieve the itching and agony of a rash. Almond bath. a. l. v. (fresh) Coconut nut oil Oil of tea tree. soda bread. Natural indigo. acetic acid from apple cider
How can I prevent diaper rash naturally?
7 natural treatments for diaper rash Make your own cream for diaper rash. Create your own natural diaper lotion by following the instructions for the Mommypotamus blog’s barrier protection balm. Employ breast milk. Put apple cider vinegar to use. Pick up some olive oil. put cornstarch on. Think about coconut oil. Try using brown flour.
Is it OK to use diaper cream every change?
Diaper rash may be avoided altogether by using rash cream after each diaper change. Many parents choose to apply a baby rash cream every time as a preventive strategy, particularly if their baby’s skin is sensitive and prone to rashes often.
How long does it take for diaper rash to go away?
Even while it might linger longer, diaper rash often goes away with home treatment in 2 to 3 days.
What does baby’s poop look like when teething?
When a baby is teething, many parents claim that their child’s poop is a little runnier, or even frothy-looking (Cherney and Gill 2018). Even if you’re certain that your baby’s runny poop is due to teething, it’s still advisable to treat her as you would for any case of diarrhoea since diarrhoea shouldn’t be caused by teething.
How do you know a baby is dehydrated?
When a baby or toddler loses so much bodily fluid that they are unable to sustain normal function, dehydration sets in. Rapid breathing, dry skin, lips, and tongue, less wet diapers, and tearless wailing are some of the warning symptoms.
What does healthy baby poop look like?
When it has a mustard yellow, green, or brown hue, breastfed infant feces is regarded as normal. It usually has a seedy, pasty feel and might be sufficiently watery to simulate diarrhea. Stools from breastfed babies will have a nice fragrance (unlike regular bowel-movement odor)
Is it normal for babies to have blood in their poop?
A small anal tear (fissure) from the baby straining during bowel movement is a frequent source of blood in an infant’s stool. A crimson streak may be seen on the exterior of the stool when there is a little quantity of blood from an anal fissure. Food allergies are another typical reason why babies pass blood in their feces.
Is red blood in stool serious?
Bright red blood or feces that are maroon in color often point to an issue with the lower digestive system, such as diverticulitis or hemorrhoids. The health care practitioner may prescribe tests to ascertain the source of bleeding after obtaining a medical history and doing a physical examination.
What foods cause red poop?
Red Jell-O, red or grape Kool-Aid, red candies, red licorice, red cereals, red frosting, crimson food coloring, beets, cranberries, and fire Cheetos are examples of foods that might cause red stools.
Is bright red blood after bowel movement?
Common benign (non-serious) reasons – Hemorrhoids or an anal fissure may be to blame if you see a little quantity of bright red blood on the toilet paper after wiping, on the outside of your stool, or in the bowl. Both of these ailments are treatable, and they are both benign.
What foods cause severe diaper rash?
Diaper RashCitruses and Solid Foods. If your kid has diaper rash, acidic foods may be a big factor. Tomatoes. Avoid tomatoes and tomato-based sauces since they are acidic even if they don’t taste as acidic as citrus fruits. Strawberries. Plums and prunes. dairy goods. Proteins.
What drinks cause diaper rash?
Citrus fruits and juices are particularly acidic, which may be difficult for Baby’s digestive system. Here are the top four meals that cause diaper rash: Oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and juices manufactured from any citrus fruit should be avoided.
How do you treat acidic stool?
The signs of bile acid diarrhoea are lessened by a low-fat diet. The majority of the time, medications that bind to bile acids in your gut (bowel) are quite successful. Colestyramine, Colestipol, and Colesevelam are a few examples of medications that bind bile acids. The drug that is taken the most often and is typically quite successful is colestyramine.
What can I put on an acidic diaper rash?
Treatment for Acidic Diaper Rash You may use medicated diaper rash cream to treat the acidic diaper rash as you strive to eliminate the items that are upsetting your baby’s stomach. Parents all around the globe like medicated diaper rash lotion because it relieves diaper rash symptoms rapidly.
What does a diaper rash look like?
Red pimples and bigger reddish regions of skin in the diaper area or in the creases of your baby’s upper thighs are typical diaper rash symptoms. rough, flaky, or peeling skin. The afflicted region may feel warm to the touch and seem swollen and painful.
When your baby is red from sitting in poop, you have to do something. The best thing to do is wipe them off and keep them warm.
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I want to talk about space. Outer space. Planets and stars and comets and all that. What is the unspoken bond that LGBTQ people have with space? Always loving the moon (rightfully so), commonly dabbling in astrology. Have you noticed this? Papi, what is so gay about space?
Hi there, SG!
You know, this question takes me back. Not to anything in my past, but to the very foundations of ye olde advice column. Did you know people used to write in to ask things like “What is time?” and “Where does the wind come from?”
That must have been nice. All I get is “Did Adderall turn me straight?” and “My boyfriend is pretending to be Latino. Problematic?”
I enjoy the opportunity to answer a question like this. It’s refreshing to get to use my scientific expertise for once. I too have often asked myself: Fellas, is it gay to cast your gaze upon the night sky and contemplate your place in the vast universe? I mean, you’re basically thinking about a dude.
My answer? Yeah, space is gay. Not gay as in homosexual, but gay in the elemental sense. In the … well, in the cosmic sense. It’s about vibes, you know?
I think to understand why things like space or astrology or the supernatural or, I don’t know, “the ocean” are so appealing to queers, you have to look at it from the angle of the arcane. The mysterious. The unknowable. The things that exist beyond the province of human understanding. Not only the ooky-spooky stuff, though that’s certainly included, but also all the things that make you pause and go, “Huh.”
And why might one want to smuggle themselves out of the realm of human understanding and into the unknown? Well, SG, we queers tend to know a lot about the ordeal of being perceived and then being negotiated into rigid taxonomies that weren’t built with us in mind. There’s a flattening out that happens there. You might feel like you lose some of yourself.
From outside this little box comes the siren call of the arcane, the supernatural, and the unclassified. For better or worse (it really depends), I think people who’ve been failed by the powers that be are more susceptible to its song. This can lead you down all sorts of unlit paths; some good, some bad, all interesting.
I’m not saying I’m personally a huge investor in mysticism or astrology or what have you. I think those things can have problems of their own. But I’m a big fan of challenges to binaries and human constructs. I like the idea of the edge of human wisdom, where our biases tumble over the cliff and where our imagination has to take over.
If you ask me, space is the ultimate reminder that we don’t know much about anything. Space tells us there are colors, shapes, and life forms out there that by their very nature defy human comprehension. Were they to literally enter our orbit, they would not be folded into our preexisting perceptions, but instead rewrite them.
That’s a powerful thing, isn’t it? To acknowledge that possibilities might exist out there beyond what we can even imagine, that there are futures we can’t predict and that hold the power to rearrange everything we know. Will we ever inhabit them? I don’t know. But it’s a kind of freedom all its own, a privilege in life, to look up wherever we stand, take a breath, and dream up tomorrows.
Con mucho amor,
Originally published on May 28, 2020.
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COVID-19 variant of interest vs. variant of concern: What does it mean?
Published Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:23PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, April 22, 2021 6:50PM EDT
A variant that appears to be wreaking havoc in India has been detected in Canada and sparked a temporary ban on direct passenger flights from India and Pakistan on Thursday. But experts say it's too early to know how concerning this new version of the COVID-19 virus is.
The variant -- named B.1.617 -- has so far been classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization, rather than a "variant of concern," the term attached to the variants first detected in the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa.
Raywat Deonandan, an epidemiologist with the University of Ottawa, said Thursday that a variant of interest is one that is "suspected" to either be more contagious than the initial strain, cause more severe disease, or escape the protection offered by vaccines.
A variant of interest can become a variant of concern if more evidence emerges that it does one or more of those things, he added.
Here's what we know about the new variant:
HOW TRANSMISSIBLE IS IT?
India is dealing with massive surges in COVID-19 activity -- there were 300,000 new cases reported Wednesday with 2,000 deaths linked to the virus -- but the Indian government has not confirmed the new variant is fueling the current wave.
Deonandan said the variant appears to be responsible for about 60 per cent of cases in India's most populated region, which would suggest a higher transmissibility.
He said it's "probably around 20 to 30 per cent," more contagious, but added that experts still don't know if the variant causes more severe disease.
"It may be a little less bad than B.1.1.7 (the variant first detected in the U.K.)," Deonandan said. "But our biggest concern is: If it becomes common here, are we then fighting off essentially another B.1.1.7?"
Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease expert with McMaster University, said it's important to flag this variant as one of interest because it does seem account for more and more of India's caseload.
But, he added, other factors -- including the country's densely populated urban centres and mutligenerational homes with poorly ventilated spaces -- may be contributing to how quickly it's spreading there.
"Is it because of situations that lead to high levels of transmission and super spreading, or is there something biologically different about this variant?" Chagla said. "Or is it some combination of the two?"
Alain Lamarre, an immunology and virology professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique in Quebec, doesn't think the new variant of interest is more concerning than the variants first detected in South Africa and Brazil.
He said he's more concerned about the variant first discovered in the U.K., which is "clearly more transmissible and more virulent."
WILL CURRENT VACCINES WORK AGAINST THE NEW VARIANT?
The variant first detected in India has a double mutation on the spike protein gene, which our current COVID-19 vaccines target. But experts say there's no evidence right now that the approved vaccines won't work against it.
Deonandan said the variant may diminish vaccine efficacy, "at least a little bit," because that's what we've seen with the variants of concern so far.
But, he added, that doesn't mean efficacy will drop from 95 per cent to zero, for example.
Deonandan likened the coronavirus's spike protein to the license plate on a car, with vaccines giving our cells that plate number so they know to keep it out when they see it.
"But if the license plate has changed, will the cell still recognize the car?" he said. "So the question is: Has an entire digit on the plate changed, or is it just a smudge on the corner?"
Deonandan added that the mRNA vaccines seem to be adept at catching different versions of the virus by targeting many aspects of the spike protein.
"So, they may say: 'Look out for all license plates beginning with the letter B,' rather than this specific license plate," he said.
Lamarre said adapting mRNA vaccines like those by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to new variants would be faster and easier than altering other types of inoculations.
"The approval process will be quicker as well because the proof of concept has been done and we know that the mRNA vaccines are safe and efficient," he said.
WHERE HAS THE VARIANT APPEARED IN CANADA?
The B.C. Ministry of Health said Thursday there had been 39 cases of the B.1.617 lineage in the province on April 4, before it was identified as a variant of interest.
Quebec confirmed Wednesday what's believed to be the province's first case of the new variant, causing Premier Francois Legault to urge the federal government to tighten restrictions on air travel.
Legault said the premiers of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia were among those behind a letter sent to the federal government expressing concerns about new variants coming into the country.
Deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Thursday that Canada will be making adjustments at the border for incoming flights "very soon."
B.C.'s top doctor Bonnie Henry said some of the 39 cases of the variant in that province were directly related to travel from India, but others had no travel link.
The cases were seen "at different times over the last month-and-a-half to two months," Henry added.
CAN WE CALL THE VARIANT A "DOUBLE MUTANT?"
While some have dubbed the variant a "double mutant," Chagla said that's a misnomer that conjures up false images of a super virus.
The earlier variants of concern don't have a single mutation, Chagla said, but instead a set of them that change the virus in certain ways.
Having two mutations on the spike protein doesn't necessarily mean the variant is more dangerous than one that has a single mutation on that gene, Chagla added.
"That's a terrible term," he said of the double-mutant label. "When you see double mutations as compared to single mutations people get freaked out, but in reality many of these are combinations of mutations."
-- With files from Jacob Serebrin in Montreal
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Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has made another foray into Indigenous affairs. He spoke to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare recently about the difficulties faced by remote communities. And the health minister’s prescription? A new paternalism.
I tracked down a transcript of the speech assuming it would begin with something along the lines of “A funny thing happened to me on the way here today”.
From there I thought he could warm up the crowd with a few mother-in-law gags and a couple of “two blokes in a bar” scenarios.
Then maybe a longer one about an unlikely collection of people stranded together in a damaged aeroplane working out how to allocate an insufficient number of parachutes.
One could be an Irishman called Paddy, allowing the jokester to bung on the faux-Irish brogue for cheap laughs.
As the evening drew towards its climax, he could slay the punters with the “new paternalism” material and storm off the stage while they were still rolling in the aisles.
After sides were split and thighs were slapped, he could make a triumphant return to the stage to take his encore bows.
But, it seems, the minister was seeking to be taken seriously.
His “back to the future” proposals are truly staggering. The sad and shocking revelations aired on two ABC Lateline programs in recent times shouted to the world a fact already well known by anyone who takes a genuine interest in Aboriginal Australia: some remote Indigenous communities have very serious problems.
Instead of prompting a search for answers, the media circus that ensued became an undeclared “open season” on remote communities. Anyone with a tale to tell or a half-baked idea to expound was given a soapbox.
“Bring in the troops,” some cried, as though economically troubled Australian townships were failing nation states. “Pack them all up,” shouted others, without describing how this wondrous relocation would occur or just where “they” might be subsequently deposited.
Politicians and commentators vied with one another to scale new heights of hyperbole in ever more hysterical attempts to demonstrate their level of outrage. Most laid the blame in the usual place ... at the feet of the victims.
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When a preschool student experiences a story read aloud, they have the opportunity to learn many essential skills and enjoy the story at the same time. Reading comprehension may not seem like something to tackle at this age level, but it is very important. From a child’s first exposure to books that they begin to learn comprehension skills. As a child’s first teacher, parents have the power to be a great reading model. Choosing books, showing interest and attention, believing each book holds a wonderful journey inside–these are all things that your preschooler can observe from you to inspire their own love of reading.
In this article we focus on what comes after the reading. There are lots and lots of ways to extend thinking about a text after you have finished it. For this age group some of the most impactful ways to work on reading comprehension skills are simple and practical. Remember, you are building foundational skills now to set your child up for a having solid reading and response skills in the grades to come. Keeping things concrete and seemingly effortless now will ready them for what comes in Kindergarten. Once you close the book, talk with your child about whether they liked it , and what they liked most. Encourage them to describe why they feel that way.
A good lesson model for children of this age is retelling the story mentioning characters, setting, problem, and solution. Allow the child to refresh their memory by looking back through the text to find answers rather than expecting them to recall everything without looking. With the book in their hand, ask them who the character(s) are in the story and to tell you a couple of things about them such as what they look like or how they treat others. Talk about how if the characters are talking animals (as they often can be at this level) then they know this is a made up story that is not real.
To get more specific about the setting of the story, examine the beginning pages, middle pages, and ending pages of the book. Many people make the mistake of assuming that a book only has one setting in time and place. For so many books in children’s literature, that is untrue. As a student matures and reads to learn rather than learns to read, they may experience more texts with a broader setting to identify. For example, a 5th grader may identify the setting of a novel as during the winter of the Revolutionary War, but then there are smaller more intimate settings throughout the book. Younger children however might have 2-3 settings or even more to identify in a picture book read aloud. Each setting contributes to the story’s progress and therefore should be understood. After reading a story, ask children questions while looking again at the book such as:
“Where did this part of the story happen?’
“What time of day does it seem like?”
“Are they inside or outside? Where?”
“What season of the year is it? How do you know?”
“Are there other places the characters go? Show me in the book where else they go.”
Identifying problems and solutions with picture books intended for reading aloud (many in fact, are) should come quite easily to the parent who’s done the reading. Therefore, if this piece seems tricky for the preschool-aged child, you can help to guide their understanding through revisiting the pages that illustrate it best. Turn back to the parts that clearly show or describe character feelings and problems they would like to overcome. Sometimes the problem is laid out right from the beginning, and sometimes it becomes clear a few pages into reading. Talk about any steps the characters took to solve the problem and whether they had any help along the way. Discuss how the problem became solved and how character emotions changed from the beginning of the conflict to the resolution.
After talking through the elements of the plot for the text, consider having your preschooler draw a picture to show each part. This will help them to show their artistic side and communicate with pictures rather than written words how they understand the story. Also, it sets them up for success in activities which show pictures and require children to place them in sequential order to demonstrate comprehension in Kindergarten. To extend the experience even further, the child could tell you (or draw) what they think happens next after the ending of the story. This is especially helpful for laying the ground work of written responses to text later on in their literacy journey.
The routine of reading, hearing fluent reading, and practicing the art of conversation are early literacy skills that make a large impact. Don’t forget these few tips to make your reading routine most effective:
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The European Commission revealed today that it plans to open proceedings against Microsoft to investigate whether the software giant has failed to comply with a 2009 browser choice commitment. Microsoft was forced to implement a browser ballot box in its Windows operating system to ensure users were presented with a choice of web browsers. The ruling followed the result of a European Union competition case that found Microsoft had abused its dominance in the market with Internet Explorer.
The Commission believes Microsoft may have failed to implement the browser choice screen correctly with Windows 7 Service Pack 1, released in February 2011. "We take compliance with our decisions very seriously," says Joaquín Almunia, a member of the European Commission. "I trusted the company's reports were accurate. But it seems that was not the case, so we have immediately taken action. If following our investigation, the infringement is confirmed, Microsoft should expect sanctions."
Other browser makers have complained at the lack of Metro browser choice in the company's upcoming Windows 8 software. If Microsoft is found guilty of breaching its legally binding commitments, it may be fined up to 10 percent of its total annual turnover. We have reached out to Microsoft for comment on the Commission's announcement and we'll update you accordingly.
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Cancer Research Update!
The Boo Radley Foundation is a first of its kind 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit corporation established to promote medical research for diseases that are common to humans and our companion animals.
The Boo Radley Foundation supports cancer research in dogs which also benefits human cancer research. Donations are used to support clinical trials, individual cases of dog cancer victims, and other organizations that forward the understanding and treatment of canine cancer.
Unfortunately, a review of National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute databases reveals that individuals from underserved or disadvantaged elements of our society have higher incidence rates of cancers and other diseases. While the Boo Radley Foundation goal of delivering new treatments to market more rapidly and economically will benefit all elements of society, underserved and disadvantaged elements, due to their increased risks, will benefit greatly. Furthermore, in an effort to better serve these groups, the Boo Radley Foundation will give priority support to persons from these groups in assisting them in enrolling their animals in clinical trials. It should be noted that as a member of the Benevity Causes Portal, the Boo Radley Foundation is certified as a 501 (c)(3) that does not discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity or on any other grounds.
The Boo Radley Foundation is a first of its kind 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit corporation established to promote medical research for diseases that are common to humans and our companion animals. Unfortunately, our companion animals develop and die from many of the same diseases that afflict humans. These diseases include numerous forms of cancer, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, influenza, metabolic storage diseases, such as lysosomal storage disorders, and many, many others.
Scientists have discovered that many of these diseases respond to treatment in animals in the same way that these diseases respond to treatment in humans. Because these diseases spontaneously occur in companion animals in the same manner that they occur in humans, studying and treating the diseases in a companion animal offers researchers a faster and more reliable path to new treatments for humans than the traditional murine (mouse) model where diseases are "cultivated" in mice. Studying and treating these diseases in companion animals as a way to find new treatments for humans is referred to as translational or comparative medicine and is a part of the One Health and One Medicine philosophies of medicine.
Ken Johnson, Founder of The Boo Radley Foundation
Cancer is now the number one cause of human deaths globally and the number one cause of death in dogs in the U.S. Researchers estimate that 50% of all dogs in the U.S. that live to be ten years or older will develop cancer. Sadly, most will not survive. Combined with the large number of non-cancerous diseases we share with our pets, researchers in the 21st Century have tremendous opportunities to develop new therapies that may save or prolong, not only human lives, but also the lives of our pets.
The Boo Radley Foundation is named for a black Labrador Retriever who developed a glioblastoma brain tumor. Boo was a pioneer in the first brain tumor clinical trials studying brain tumors in dogs as an accelerated path to new treatments for humans with malignant brain tumors.
RESOURCES FOR VETERINARIANS
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Dr. John H. Rossmeisl, Jr., DVM, MS, DACVIM (Chairman)
Associate Professor, Neurology/Neurosurgery
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Mail Code 0442
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Dr. John L. Robertson, VMD, Ph.D
Director, Center for Comparative Oncology
Professor of Pathology
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Dr. Simon R. Platt, BVM_t, DACVIM, DECVN
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
501 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602
Dr. Rebecca Windsor, DVM, DACVIM
Sage Centers for Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Care
7121 Amador Plaza Rd.
Dublin, CA 94568
Dr. William Bush, DVM, DACVIM
Bush Veterinary Neurology Service
165 Fort Evans Road, N
Leesburg, VA 20176
Dr. Waldemar Debinski, MD, Ph.D
Professor of Neurosurgery and Director, Brain Tumor Center of Excellence
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Baptist Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston Salem, NC 27157
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
HEALING MAN AND MAN"S BEST FRIEND
Everyone who donates money to a charity deserves and needs to know how their hard earned money is spent by that charity. At the Boo Radley Foundation, we want everyone to understand how we will invest their contributions towards finding a cure for brain cancer, as well as other diseases common to humans and canines.
or mail checks to:
The Boo Radley Foundation
2701 Prosperity Avenue
Fairfax, VA 22031
The following list is presented for reference only. The Boo Radley Foundation does not necessarily endorse or support the organizations listed, and the information below is not guaranteed by the Foundation to be current, accurate or complete. The links on this page lead to remote sites not affiliated with the The Boo Radley Foundation.
OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Office of Veterinary Clinical Trials
Please check our listing for current clinical trial recruitment opportunities PDF File or contact us at: Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine (765) 496-9715 or email@example.com
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Canine Brain Tumor Research
G. Elizabeth Pluhar, DVM, PhD
Eligible cases: Dogs with meningiomas and glioma
Contact Info: Clinical Investigation Center, 612-624-2485 or firstname.lastname@example.org
The goal of the Canine Brain Tumor Clinical Trial Program is to offer cutting edge therapy to dogs intended to preserve quality of life and improve long-term survival rates. Additionally, we will use the information gained from treating dogs to design similar treatments for people with brain tumors.
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Veterinarians at Texas A&M University have entered into collaboration with medical doctors and scientists at University of Texas at Houston Medical School to improve our understanding of brain tumors. As a first step, the two institutions have partnered to develop a tissue bank and provide funding for canine brain tumor surgeries at Texas A&M University.
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COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Center for Comparative Oncology
Dr. John Rossmeisl, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, is undertaking two studies of canine brain tumors.
Canine Meningioma Study
Purpose: To determine a safe and effective dose of a modified anti-cancer virus (Newcastle Disease Virus) for the treatment of meningiomas in the canine brain.
Canine Glioma Study
Purpose: To determine the safety and effectiveness of a new chemotherapy drug and drug delivery method in the treatment of gliomas in dogs.
The Boo Radley Foundation has no salaried positions. Everyone donates their time and talent to the mission of the Foundation. Also, we do not pay rent for our office space due to the generous in kind contribution of one of our sponsors. Here is how we have invested the funds we have received thus far:
Funded the start of a new clinical trial.
Provided funds for brain tumor surgery for five dogs in the new clinical trial.
Provided post surgical hospitalization for dogs.
Paid for post surgical MRIs to track the efficacy of the brain tumor treatment.
Flew a family from out of state to a clinical trial location, provided them with a rental car and paid for their lodging and meals while at the clinical trial site.
Provided lodging, meals and reimbursement for other families who chose to drive to various clinical trial sites.
Provided information about the Foundation's mission to approximately 100 veterinary neurologists.
We are just getting started at the Boo Radley Foundation, but we can assure you that any money you contribute to the Foundation accelerate the effort to finding a cure for brain cancer and other diseases common to canines and humans. We sincerely hope that you will join us in this fight.
To make a donation online via PayPal, click on the Donate button or mail checks to The Boo Radley Foundation.
or mail checks to:
The Boo Radley Foundation
2701 Prosperity Avenue
Fairfax, VA 22031
BRAIN TUMOR SURGERY
POST SURGERY HOSPITALIZATION
According to the American Cancer Society, about 13,000 Americans will die from brain tumors this year. Primary brain tumors are now the second leading cause of cancer deaths for males under the age of 40 and females under the age of 20. This is not due to a large spike in brain tumor incidence rates. It is because we have developed better treatment for a number of other forms of cancer.
The most common form of brain tumor in humans is the glioblastoma, which accounts for more than 75% of the total. The mortality rate for this type tumor is about 50% within 15 months and 75% within 24 months. The following chart illustrates the changes in the five year survival rates for cancer of the breast, prostate and lung compared to glioblastoma over the past 40 years.
The change in five year survival rates for glioblastoma is very small, but there is hope for improvement thanks to man's best friend. A dog's genetic makeup has strong similarities to that of a human. Dogs develop many of the naturally occurring diseases that strike humans. The Wall Street Journal lists the following types of cancer that are common in dogs as well as humans: glioma (brain cancer) osteosarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, mammary carcinoma, lung carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, soft tissue carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, melanoma, and head and neck carcinoma. The ways dogs respond to treatment is also similar to the response in humans for the same diseases, which makes dogs ideal "pre-clinical models" for testing new therapies.
The National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute administer a program known as the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium, which is a network of 20 comparative oncology centers that design and test new therapies for dogs with the goal of developing new therapies for humans. Both species benefit from this approach.
In the case of brain tumor research, however, the cost for a confirmed diagnosis of a glioma is often far too high for most families. Analysis done by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine indicates that the median cost for such a diagnosis is about $6,000.00 in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. It often runs to more than $10,000.00. One of the missions of the Boo Radley Foundation, depending upon available resources, is to help defray these high costs for dog owners and to encourage more dog owners to enroll their dogs in brain tumor clinical trials.
Over the next 20 years, the U.S. will see a dramatic increase in the number of these deadly brain tumors. The portion of the population most susceptible to brain tumors is that group of people between the ages of 65 and 85. Due to the aging of the Baby Boomers, the over 65 population in the U.S. will double over the next 20 years. With that increase in people over 65, we will see a large increase in the numbers of brain tumors. The time to act is now! If we accelerate existing brain tumor clinical trials for dogs and begin new ones, we will have more new therapies to help meet the coming increase in brain tumor cases among humans. The good news is that both humans and our best friends will benefit from our efforts.
NEWS AND BLOG
Charleston Veterinary Referral Center Announces Exclusive Partnership with The Boo Radley Foundation
Partnership will help local pet owners with dogs diagnosed with cancer and could lead to human cancer treatments
Charleston, SC (April 2012) -- Baseball great Gary Carter. Former Senator Ted Kennedy. Jazz Bandleader Buddy Rich. All these men died of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of cancer. In support of research and trials in canines to find a cure for humans, the Charleston Veterinary Referral Center is proud to announce it is the exclusive local supporting partner with the esteemed Boo Radley Foundation.
Happy Birthday to our mascot, Scout.
Today (4/23/2019) is her first birthday.
Hoping to get a swimming pool.
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WHY DOGS NOW PLAY A BIG ROLE IN HUMAN CANCER RESEARCH
There’s a strong chance your aging dog will get cancer—but your puppy could also help humans survive it.
The Cancer Moonshot initiative, launched under the Obama administration, was audacious by design: Supercharge cancer research to encourage innovation, with the mission “to end to cancer as we know it.”
Cancer researchers avoid using the word “cure.” From studying cancer at the molecular level, they know that tumors are complex—even personalized. There’s no simple cancer and no single cure. So, no single destination for a “moonshot.”
But the Moonshot initiative is promoting new ways to study cancer, particularly in the promising area of immunotherapy. And it specifically gave a boost to collaborative work between animal and human medicine, the realm of comparative oncology. Dogs get some cancers that are very similar to those in humans, and now with a new infusion of funding, researchers are exploring treatments that could save the lives of both dogs and people.
The potential for mutual benefit is huge. In the past decade, at least 10 cancer drugs have been developed with input from canine studies. Most recently, on July 3 the Food and Drug Administration approved selinexor (Xpovio) for people with multiple myeloma who have failed at least five other treatment regimens. Verdinexor, the veterinary version, is being developed to treat lymphoma in dogs while also being tested as an antiviral therapy in humans.
Five Moonshot-related canine studies are using immunotherapy to prime the immune system to kill off tumors. They include clinical trials in both humans and dogs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham using a genetically engineered virus that infects tumor cells and stimulates the immune system to destroy them. At Tufts University, researchers are testing different combinations of immunotherapy agents to treat canine B-cell lymphoma.
“We understand there’s a window of opportunity for the immune system to do something in tumor spread, but we don’t quite know when that is,” says Cheryl London, a veterinary oncologist at Tufts. Finding that answer can bring new power to immunotherapy in humans and animals.
The Moonshot initiative also is funding unprecedented genomic sequencing of dogs, which will lead to a better understanding of cancer mutations and how they compare to the human version.
These projects all involve pets who acquired cancer naturally and who receive treatment through the studies, as humans often do. About half of dogs over the age of 10 will get cancer. “We are developing very critical, biologically rich information in patients who happen to be dogs,” says Amy LeBlanc, a veterinarian and director of the National Cancer Institute’s Comparative Oncology Program.
The cancer connection between dogs and humans goes beyond biology. “Dogs share all aspects of our environment,” says veterinarian Diane Brown, who is CEO of the AKC Canine Health Foundation. “They drink the same water. They’re on our same carpets, they’re on our same grass. Of all pets, they are the ones who share our lives most fully.”
The most audacious—and largest-ever—canine clinical trial is designed to prevent, not cure cancer. While it isn’t funded by the Moonshot initiative, it carries a similar goal of leaping forward in cancer research. Stephen Johnston, director of the Center for Innovations in Medicine at Arizona State University, received $6.4 million from the Open Philanthropy Project to test a universal cancer vaccine in an 800-dog trial, which launched in June. (Half of them will receive a placebo.) No one has ever created a vaccine that targets tumor cells to stop them from developing into a cancerous growth. But Johnston came up with a plan that he believes could work.
To develop the vaccine, Johnston screened 800 dogs that had eight different types of cancer and looked for neoantigens, or essentially junk proteins created by RNA splicing errors. He selected those proteins that would be shared by human tumors and came up with 30. He tested the vaccine first in mice—but because mice don’t develop cancer naturally, as dogs and humans do, they aren’t the ideal cancer model. In fact, about 92 percent of cancer trials fail to move successfully from animals (mostly mice) to humans. Nonetheless, the mice showed B-cell and T-cell immune response.
He then tested it for safety in healthy dogs—and he injected himself. “The healthy dogs we vaccinated got a good T-cell response—and so did I,” he says.
Johnston’s goal is to prevent cancer in at least 30 percent of the dogs by triggering an earlier immune response, before a tumor has taken hold. “We’re treating cancer as an infection,” he says. “We’re pre-arming the immune system against things we’re fairly certain the tumor will produce.”
Many people have told Johnston that it is impossible to create a vaccine that will prevent cancer—in dogs or humans. But his idea intrigued Doug Thamm, director of clinical research at Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University. Because the average dog lifespan is about 12 years, and dogs get cancer at age 8 or 9, it wouldn’t take long to detect success, Thamm says. “We might have a vaccine that could prevent or delay cancer in dogs,” he says. “It would really provide as close to unassailable evidence that this could work in people as you could get.”
Such a large trial is sure to produce some interesting results, even if the vaccine doesn’t work overall, says London, who is not involved in that research. “It may be that there are certain tumor types where there’s a benefit and others where there isn’t,” she says. “Eight hundred is a very large number, much larger than most of the studies we do. You’re able to do better subset analyses.”
The Vaccination Against Canine Cancer Study is currently enrolling dogs between 6 and 10 years of age who weigh at least 12 pounds and do not have a history of cancer or autoimmune disease. To enroll your dog, you must live within 150 miles of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, or the University of California Davis.
This study might sound more like a shot in the dark than a Moonshot, but it provides real benefits to owners and their dogs. Beyond the possibility of protecting their dogs from cancer, owners get free vet checks for their dogs two to three times a year for five years—and financial support for diagnosis and treatment of any cancer that develops.
Perhaps it also will prove that dogs are our best companions in our continuing search for better ways to prevent or treat cancer.
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Politics JFK's Grandson Jack Schlossberg Endorses Hillary Clinton: 'She Is Our Candidate' The 23-year-old said it is every young American's responsibility to vote for Hillary Clinton By Blake Bakkila Published on November 5, 2016 03:03 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Amy Sussman/Invision for The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation, Inc./AP Images; Gene J. Puskar/AP Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, is with her. Schlossberg, 23, who graduated from Yale in 2015, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on Friday and shared his thoughts about the upcoming election. “Voters in 1960 elected the first Catholic president. In 2012, I voted to reelect the first African American president,” he wrote, referring to his grandfather and President Barack Obama, respectively. “Each was a vote for a man of principle and character, for a man who had proved himself capable and courageous and who would lead our country with a combination of dignity, compassion and toughness along a path of progress.” He then connected the potential of the country electing the first woman president to the aforementioned president, endorsing the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. “This year, it will be with hope and pride that I cast my vote for a woman who fits that description,” wrote Schlossberg, who has hosted his family’s Profiles in Courage Award ceremony for the past three years. Clinton, Schlossberg argued, is the only choice for young voters in particular. “Every young person, in age or at heart, should realize that Hillary Clinton is our candidate and that we have a responsibility to each other to turn out and vote,” he wrote. “Too much is wrong with our country, our world and our planet for any of us to stay home.” His op-ed left readers with a final message about turning out to vote on Tuesday. “The choice is ours, it’s an important one and it couldn’t be clearer.” This was certainly not the first time the Kennedy heir has spoken out about politics. Taking after his relatives, Schlossberg has provided op-eds and political commentary over the years. In May, he addressed the crowd while he hosted the 2016 Profile in Courage Awards, and talked about his idea of the United States’ international role. “America, as President Kennedy once described it ‘has always been a lantern in the dark for those who love freedom but are persecuted, in misery, or in need,’ ” he said. | <urn:uuid:2efe10e0-f5b0-4226-8b78-d9cb2ebcdf05> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://people.com/politics/kennedys-grandson-jack-schlossberg-endorses-hillary-clinton/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.966906 | 543 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Six of one, half a dozen of another? It’s easy to mistakenly see mutual funds and ETFs that way – as two slightly different routes to achieving the same investing goals.
Actually, these two investing tools are more different than you might think. While mutual funds have long been a popular way to efficiently invest in multiple stocks or bonds, ETFs have been gaining in popularity since 1993. That was the year the first ETF, the S&P Depository Receipt – now the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) – was introduced as a security that would mimic the performance of the S&P 500.
Today, just as you can buy mutual funds covering a broad spectrum of investment sectors, you can buy all sorts of ETFs representing a variety of stock sectors, as well as other asset classes such as bonds, real estate and commodities.
Like mutual funds, ETFs offer a simpler way to diversify your portfolio and invest in a sector that you’re interested in.
So how are the two tools different? Here’s what interested investors need to know about mutual funds vs. ETFs.
Active vs. Passive Management
When you buy an actively managed mutual fund, you are to a large degree paying for the expertise of a fund manager, who will actively oversee the fund and buy and sell shares based on broad economic and fiscal trends, as well as individual company data. With an ETF, on the other hand, you’re basically committed to owning what you pay for up front.
Take the SPDR S&P 500 ETF as an example. If you buy a fund that owns all the S&P 500 stocks, or some representative sample, then that is what you will own for as long as you own the fund, plain and simple. It certainly looks like a diversified blend, but if you enter a broad-based bear market, even your diversified mix will likely run into trouble.
Fund managers will also be challenged to generate returns in a steep bear market, but their job is to respond to market conditions and make the most appropriate investments under the circumstances.
Note that while some ETFs are actively managed, the majority are not.
You pay a price to have your investments managed and will typically pay more for an actively managed mutual fund. Be sure to review the fund’s performance history to see if you’re getting your money’s worth.
Liquidity and Pricing
This is a key difference. Despite the fact that ETF stands for exchange traded fund, it actually trades more like a stock. While mutual fund prices are determined once a day at the end of market trading, ETF prices change throughout the day.
Depending on your own investing style, this can be good or bad. The intraday pricing of ETFs may offer better windows for buying low and selling high, but unless you’re investing with a day trader mentality, this may not work to your advantage.
Also, depending on the focus of the ETF you’re buying, low liquidity may result in large gaps between bid and ask prices, which may make it difficult to take profits at a given time. This is not necessarily a factor if you plan to buy and hold for the long haul, but it could present problems for near-term investors.
While all investments are subject to risk, first-time ETF investors should know about the particular risks associated with inverse and leveraged ETFs.
Inverse ETFs are designed to deliver returns in the opposite direction of the index’s returns, and will in theory gain value in a bear market. Leveraged ETFs promise twice the return of the index. If it rises 5%, you see a 10% gain.
It may look simple and reasonable on paper, but in the same way that these tools can multiply gains, they can also multiply the risk. For example, if you hold a leveraged ETF when the index is growing, you’ll see double the growth. But if the index reverses course, you can see double the losses just as quickly.
There may be some scenarios where sophisticated investors can use these tools to their advantage, but in general, the term, “Do not try this at home,” should apply. While both mutual funds and ETFs can be effective ways to maintain a diverse portfolio, it’s rarely a good idea to be too weighted in any single sector or any single tool. Use either, or both, of these tools as part of a broader portfolio.
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SpaceX Starlink launch spawns spectacular glowing cloud in predawn sky – Space.com
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By Elizabeth Howell published 7 May 22
The Space Coast got treated to a sky glow known as a “space jellyfish.”
Space coast residents got a treat early Friday (May 6) when SpaceX’s the latest Starlink satellite fleet launch spawned an eerie glowing cloud that shined like some medieval fantasy monster in the predawn sky.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 53 of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet satellites successfully lifted off at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Professional photos from SpaceX captured the spectacular predawn launch as it streaked over the Atlantic Ocean, lighting up the clouds. This was the 12th launch for this particular Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage, tying a company reuse record, and the first stage once again landed at sea on top of one of SpaceX’s drone ships.
Related: SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation launches in photos
Floridians and visitors to the coast also caught views of the glowing rocket as it made its way high into the atmosphere. This type of effect is called a “space jellyfish (opens in new tab)“, which is produced due to a combination of the Falcon 9’s exhaust and the timing of the launch, as our sister website LiveScience pointed out.
SPACE JELLYFISHFrom today’s SpaceX launch. Beautiful pic.twitter.com/98mzIGHDOmMay 6, 2022
The exhaust exiting the nozzle was “under-expanded,” meaning the gas was at a higher pressure than the surrounding air. The rising sun, very close to the horizon, then illuminated the exhaust plume and caused the bright glow, Chris Combs, a professor of aerodynamics and mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio explained on Twitter (opens in new tab).
The pretty physical phenomenon showed up in videos, pictures and even in a pool’s reflection as local social media users captured their views of the sky.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast at first light Friday with 53 Starlink internet satellites, capping an all-nighter of operations five hours after returning four astronauts to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.📷: @mdcainjr https://t.co/DbXKnvEoDf pic.twitter.com/ozaqKEjNnhMay 7, 2022
B1058 completing its 12th launch putting on a show over the Atlantic Ocean just before sunrise! Another batch of Starlink satellites are now in orbit as #SpaceX continues their rapid launch cadence! #Falcon9 📸 for @Teslarati pic.twitter.com/CxKROMmKz7May 6, 2022
Beautiful pre-dawn launch from Cape Canaveral of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and 53 Starlink satellites this morning pic.twitter.com/8cFjS210ZKMay 6, 2022
Very beautiful view from Jacksonville Florida. #SpaceX #Falcon9 pic.twitter.com/lmpAxmaW3aMay 6, 2022
As the sun comes up over #backyardswamp, the remnants of SpaceX launch are reflected in the pool. pic.twitter.com/EbzAUTZcpXMay 6, 2022
Watched an awe inspiring rocket launch this morning. Found out this phenomenon is called a “space jellyfish.” Pretty incredible stuff. #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/sZKW27cOpNMay 7, 2022
Great launch! pic.twitter.com/w39khFSdJpMay 6, 2022
Nothing like a early morning launch!! 🤯🚀 #SpaceX #Starlink pic.twitter.com/VbNYDPcmilMay 6, 2022
Hey SpaceX do more of these pre dawn launches please and thank you pic.twitter.com/R26rqYCQGIMay 6, 2022
🚀 Wow, this was an interesting view from the predawn launch of the #SpaceX Falcon 9 today, you can clearly see the first stage entry burn and the second stage continuing to orbit. @elonmusk 📷:me for @SuperclusterHQ pic.twitter.com/tLp9Qj7EiZMay 6, 2022
Such a cool thing to watch from my front yard 🤍 #nativefloridian #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/AeSKTd1d7eMay 6, 2022
This morning when Dad and I were outside just before sunrise, we got to see the Spacex booster re-entry. Pretty cool! Hope something pawsome happens in your life today! Happy Fri-YAY😘🐾🐾🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/Khfu6BAu98May 6, 2022
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Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022. She was contributing writer for Space.com (opens in new tab) for 10 years before that, since 2012. As a proud Trekkie and Canadian, she also tackles topics like diversity, science fiction, astronomy and gaming to help others explore the universe. Elizabeth’s on-site reporting includes two human spaceflight launches from Kazakhstan, three space shuttle missions in Florida, and embedded reporting from a simulated Mars mission in Utah. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada’s Carleton University. Elizabeth is also a post-secondary instructor in communications and science since 2015. Her latest book, Leadership Moments from NASA, is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams. Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday.
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The Postpartum Period
The Postpartum Period
In this section, you will learn about PMADS and the afterbirth changes in a new mother.
Definitions from Postpartum Support International
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Women of every culture, age, income level, and race can develop perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Symptoms can appear any time during pregnancy and the first 12 months after childbirth. There are effective and well-researched treatment options to help you recover. Although the term "postpartum depression" is most often used, there are several forms of illness that women may experience.
Postpartum Depression: Depression during and after pregnancy occurs more often than most people realize. Depression during pregnancy is also called antepartum or prenatal depression, and depression after pregnancy is called postpartum depression.
Approximately 15% of women experience significant depression following childbirth. The percentages are even higher for women dealing with poverty and can be twice as high for teen parents. Ten percent of women experience depression in pregnancy. Perinatal depression is the most common complication of childbirth.
Postpartum Anxiety: Approximately 6% of pregnant women and 10% of postpartum women develop anxiety. Sometimes they experience anxiety alone, and sometimes they experience it in addition to depression.
Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed of perinatal disorders. You do not have to be diagnosed with OCD to experience these common symptoms of perinatal anxiety. It is estimated that as many as 3-5% of new mothers and some new fathers experience these symptoms. The repetitive, intrusive images and thoughts are very frightening and can feel like they come "out of the blue." Research has shown that these images are anxious, not delusional, and have a very low risk of being acted upon. It is far more likely that the parent with this symptom takes steps to avoid triggers and avoid what they fear is potential harm to the baby.
Postpartum Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Approximately 9% of women experience postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth. Most often, this illness is caused by a real or perceived trauma during delivery or postpartum.
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|Title:||Transitions in Childhood from Birth to 14 Years eBook|
|Categories:||General Waldorf Curriculum, Child Development, Evaluation/Assessment, Inner Life of the Teacher, Research, About Rudolf Steiner, Early Childhood, Health, About Anthroposophy, Birth to PreSchool, PreSchool, Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, eBooks|
Susan Howard, Editor
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Significance, Challenges and Consequences –The Tasks for Educators and Teachers
From May 30 to April 3, 2015, 550 people from 46 countries came together at the Goetheanum to work on the theme, "Transitions in Childhood from Birth to
Claus-Peter Röh summarized the mood at the end of the conference as follows:
"During this conference we have tried, with great intensity and candor, to create a community of awareness around various areas of education. The desire to always keep the idea of “a whole” in mind while discerning the individual was clearly apparent as well as the attempt to see the holistic aspect of events in time in connection with tangible developments. Now we stand before the challenge of further developing our collective work and newly gained insights into the future."
The lectures given at the conference are included here in this publication. We hope that these texts can serve as a basis for further study activity and can contribute to a greater collaborative activity in the Waldorf kindergarten and school movement.
Originally published by the Pedagogocal Section at the Goetheanum and IASWECE
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There are some obvious financial dangers you could face during this pandemic, like the danger of losing your job and being unable to afford the basics. We think there are also some other less obvious financial pitfalls you could experience during the pandemic. Whether or not you’ve lost your job or are severely impacted by the pandemic, make sure to avoid these pandemic pitfalls.
Payday lenders are targeting consumers financially hurting from coronavirus. Americans that recently lost their job or are experiencing a loss of income are more likely to need the type of quick cash that a payday lender can provide. If you are in need of financial assistance, explore other avenues before you consider borrowing money. You may be able to make money in other ways, like picking up a side hustle or selling some of your stuff, or cut back on expenses to make ends meet. Some payday loans are hard to spot and masquerade as legitimate financial aid; some payday lenders offer assistance with rent, for example, but charge exorbitant interest rates.
Not saving for retirement.
Dire financial circumstances may force you to decrease your savings rate, but it’s important to keep contributing to your retirement accounts, even if you are forced to cut back some. When the stock market is down, invested dollars become that much more powerful. One of the last things you want to do is stop investing in your future. As we often say on the show, the younger you are, the more powerful your dollars. If you have the discipline to consistently save and invest even when the market is experiencing volatility, your future self will thank you.
Racking up debt.
If you aren’t making the same amount of money you were a year ago or even a few months ago, it’s easy to fall into the trap of high-interest debt. If you are having trouble paying the bills every month, look for ways you can cut back and stay afloat instead of going into debt; it may be time to downsize your life. Going into debt, especially high-interest debt like credit card debt, can happen in an instant and take years to pay off. At a minimum, you need to make sure you have enough saved to cover your deductibles. If your car breaks down or you have unexpected medical expenses, you don’t have to go into credit card debt to pay for it. Appropriate cash reserves are there to protect you from life’s unexpected events, like job loss, auto accidents, and medical emergencies. An adequate emergency fund is designed to keep you out of debt.
Prioritizing your kids’ education.
Paying for your kids’ college or private school education is a worthy and noble goal, but you need to make sure you have your Financial Order of Operations right before thinking about paying for school. Your child may be eligible for scholarships, federal aid, or other financial aid to pay for college. If they do need to take out loans to pay for college, they’ll still have decades of compounding growth ahead of them by the time their loans are paid off. There are no retiree loans if you don’t save enough for retirement. Make sure you have your own financial future in order before worrying about the financial future of your children.
Paying off your mortgage.
How can paying off debt be a mistake? Although shedding debt is a good thing, it may not be financially optimal to pay off your mortgage early. Make sure your dollars aren’t best deployed elsewhere, like in an emergency fund or in a retirement account, and follow the Financial Order of Operations. If you are younger with decades of compounding growth ahead of you, it may not make sense to prioritize paying off your house over other financial goals like saving for retirement. On the other hand, if you’re older and nearing retirement, you might want to make sure your house is paid off before you retire.
Not implementing appropriate risk management.
If you haven’t reviewed your insurance policies in a few years, it’s always a good idea to review your coverages and see if anything is missing. Review your life insurance need; not everyone needs coverage, and if no one is financially dependent on you or you are self-insured, you may not need life insurance. It’s important to make sure your estate plan accurately reflects your wishes, and if it hasn’t been updated in a few years you may need to make some changes if you’ve experienced any major life events.
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The Executive Team of SET includes distinct but co-operating roles. The Executive Team is charged with the overall responsibility of ensuring that as trustees we exercise the functions and powers as obliged under the 1998 Education Act. The roles include, Education, Spiritan Identity, Faith and Mission Office (Ethos), Finance and Property Office and Administrative Officer.
The three main areas in which, as trustees, we have rights and responsibilities are:
The Education Act places a legal responsibility on the trustees to
The trustees have a supervisory role to ensure that the best financial practices are in place in all the schools and that the accounts are maintained in a manner which facilitates transparency and accountability.
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Concrete Rebound Hammer
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We hire and supply the Original Schmidt Hammer.
The original Schmidt® Hammer, Type N, is a spring loaded rebound device which provides rebound valves on a mechanical sliding scale. These values can then be correlated to compressive strength by using the conversation table affixed to the hammer.
The compressive strength of concrete is directly related to its quality which affects its durability and load bearing capability. Surface hardness of large areas of concrete may be surveyed systematically and quickly.
A rebound hammer adapts the principle that a mass impacts the concrete surface with a standardised energy and causes local indent. The amount of rebound of the mass is measured and expressed as a resultant indicator of the strength of the concrete. The original Schmidt rebound hammer is the world’s first and most widely recognised test hammer for analysing the compressive strength properties of concrete.
- Non destructive measurement of concrete compressive strength characteristics
- Control of uniform concrete quality
- Quickly identifies suspect concrete
- other available models include The Silver Schmidt, Digi Schmidt and Pendulum Hammer
The original Schmidt Hammer for concrete non destructive testing with a N/mm2 scale includes a grinding stone, carry case and instruction booklet with conversion charts.
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An acquisition of $7 million worth of farmland by the Nashville-based closed-end private equity firm LandFund is a stark recent example of why those concerned with responsible stewardship of the land need to act soon to preserve our agricultural lands.
An article in The Tennessean breaks down the reasons why investing in farmland is so profitable. Like any other real estate, farmland has become a way to make money, but not for the farmer.
The article relays the farmland grab from the side of big business, with excerpts like this:
“(A broker) recalled having a client two years ago paying $6 million for 2,000 acres in Arkansas and then sold it within a year for 20 percent more to investors from Argentina. “It’s an attractive investment — people always need food,” (he) added. “So farmland is always going to be in demand.” | <urn:uuid:2a347deb-e047-4ed8-be92-e7bc30a30070> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.agrariantrust.org/blog/landfund-what-theyre-doing-with-7-million/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936055 | 186 | 1.953125 | 2 |
EXCLUSIVE: Tips to make your home ready for welcoming a new baby during the covid pandemic
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has transformed a whole lot of things including parenting especially for first-time parents. Bringing a newborn home from the hospital is another major concern during the times of Covid.
It is completely understandable that many new parents are feeling more remote than ever during these uncertain and unprecedented times of social distancing and self-isolation. However, certain preparedness before bringing the baby home will provide the new parents with some relief from anxiety.
Family members to get vaccinated without any hesitation
Ensure that the people from whom you are planning to take support don’t have any risks of COVID exposure. If possible, wear masks and sanitise your hands at regular intervals when you are in close proximity to the child. Any family and friends who’ll be in your inner circle should also consider getting their booster vaccine of Tdap and flu shot.
Attend your postpartum appointments diligently
After the birth of the baby, it’s quite normal to feel guilty when you are stepping out of the home without the child. But, it’s essential to remain in touch with your obstetrical provider when the incidences of postpartum depression are on the rise. In the postpartum appointments, the doctor examines whether you’re healing well from delivery, guides you in lifting any restrictions as time progresses postpartum and discusses contraceptive options and family planning.
Sick people should stay away from baby
If the house help or nanny isn’t feeling well, immediately ask them to go for leave. Ensure that they shouldn’t come in contact with any sick people in the house because their tender organs make them prone to many infections. Even the parents of the newborn should stay away from such people. The newborn should be kept in a well-ventilated room with sunlight coming through the window.
Do see friends and family virtually
It is essential to stay connected in the unprecedented and isolated times of COVID. You have so many online mediums that enable you to stay in touch in the times of COVID. The audio and video chats with your near and dear ones will help you to ease out your stress and make you feel positive about the whole new situation of parenthood. You can also host a virtual game night, where you can share some fun new parenting stories.
Utilise this time to bond with the newborn
This is the time of you and the child. Take this quiet time, to know your baby well and strengthen the bond. Count their fingers and toes, cuddle together on the couch and catch their first smiles and giggles. Besides the baby, you also get ample time to get close to your spouse and rekindle the romance which came to a halt during the pregnancy.
Subscribe to grocery delivery
If you’re new parents, going out grocery shopping could be cumbersome because your child can get up from his/her nap at any point of the time. There are so many grocery store chains, restaurants and even pharmacies that provide free of cost home delivery and pick-up options. Being a new parent (whether the first, second or fourth time) is exhausting especially when you have COVID in the environment. Besides taking care of the baby’s nutritional needs, even parents need to eat a well-balanced and healthy diet. They should do some regular exercise to boost their immunity.
Emphasis on exclusive breastfeeds
Breastfeeding is an elixir against any infectious diseases and it helps in strengthening the immune system by directly transferring antibodies from the mother. As with all confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases, mothers with any symptoms who are breastfeeding or practising skin-to-skin contact should take precautions.
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Mango may play the king of fruits, but when it comes to making up the health, banana owns the crown. Banana, is a common fruit and can be seen in almost every part of India. Be it sheera, malpua or payasam (kheer), a sweet and sour twist of banana adds a delicious flavour summing up to its taste. The crispy and salty chips made by slicing down the bananas are famous too. Apart from being one of the tasty fruit, it is also considered as a source of nutrition and a healthy snack.
Banana Health Benefits (you must know)
Contrary to popular belief, bananas actually help you in losing weight. If you are looking out to get healthy and fit, then there are reasons enough for you to include this humble fruit in your daily diet. Here are the 8 beneficial reasons why you must eat a banana-
Bananas are rich in and dietary fibre, which are vital elements in removing the toxins from the body. It also contains fructooligosaccharides, which is prebiotic in nature. What this fructooligosaccharides or FOS does is, it feeds the good bacteria within the digestive tract. This helps us to absorb the necessary nutrients systematically.
Bananas provide an ease in digesting food. Even if you’re going through a constipation case, banana comes to the rescue, thereby smoothening the bowel movements. Bananas ultimately aid in minimizing the unhealthy digestive situations keeping your gut fit and light.
Aids in Boosting Energy
Neither an energy bar nor any flavoured energy drink can provide enough of nutrients which a single banana can- it is considered as an energy-boosting snack by health experts. A dose of vitamin and mineral is must to give a power packed performance, and bananas surely come up with what’s required. Professional athletes and other sports personalities make sure to have bananas in their diet plan, which helps them in their strenuous workout.
Serves as a Great source of Potassium
Potassium plays a major role in proper functioning of a heart. It helps in regulating blood pressure and aids in smooth flow of blood throughout the body. Banana, being rich in potassium, benefits you by reducing the risk of high blood pressure. According to research, eating bananas everyday can lower down the risk of stroke by 20%. It is also considered as a superfood (super fruit).
Fights Various Skin Conditions
Being rich in nutrients, banana also has a major role in keeping your skin healthy. A well-mashed banana, when applied on face, helps in moisturizing the skin, making it smooth. It also controls the oil on the skin, when applied along with honey and a bit of lemon juice.
Not just the fruit, but also its peel has its own potential. The fatty acids present in the banana skin makes it good enough for fighting psoriasis, acne and other skin conditions.
Helps Fight Anaemia
Banana can help fight Anaemia, a condition in which there occurs a deficiency in the total number of RBCs or haemoglobin in the blood.
Iron and copper are essential elements which make up the haemoglobin, and bananas are a great source of both, iron and copper. Banana, with its active elements, iron and copper, plays a vital role in enhancing the ability of blood to carry oxygen.
Assists in Strengthening Bones
As you already know, strong bones are essential to staying fit and healthy. Banana is a great source of nutrients: Vitamin K, calcium, magnesium, and potassium which are much needed to keep up the strength within your bones. Also as said earlier, the prebiotic component called fructooligosaccharides present in it helps the good bacteria produce the necessary digestive enzymes and vitamins, which ultimately help in bone-strengthening.
Banana is a natural stress buster, it helps to fight depression. It contains high levels of tryptophan which gets converted by the body into serotonin, which helps to relax and improve your mood. It also contains other elements like dopamine and Vitamin B6 which play a vital role in boosting one’s mood.
You must have heard people saying carrot and beet-roots can benefit in improving your vision (and surely they do). Meanwhile, according to the new studies, bananas also help in enhancing the eye-sight. Banana has all the necessary contents like antioxidants and carotenoids along with required minerals which keeps your eyes healthy. Even a normal intake of banana can suppress cataracts, glaucoma, and night blindness.
And you wondered why those minions are so crazy for this simple looking fruit. Now you must have got an idea. An apple a day may surely keep the doctor away, so does the banana. So make sure to add this delicious fruit to your daily diet to stay healthy and fit. Start munching now!
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Sustainability is in Our Nature
At Atlantic, we recognize the monumental impact that packaging and materials have on the global environment. For this reason, we strive every day to provide packaging solutions that meet our customer’s performance expectations, while helping them reach and exceed their sustainability objectives.
Our approach to sustainability goes beyond the environmentally friendly products we provide; it’s ingrained in our culture of continuous improvement and our commitment to market-leading innovation that drives sustainability forward. Take a look at the many ways Atlantic Packaging contributes to Sustainability.
Atlantic is synonymous with sustainability as we have built a name, reputation, and trust with our partners and customers who know and value our commitment to the environment. We build long-term relationships with our customers and partners who value our drive for sustainability and preservation. Sustainability for us is not an ad-hoc idea that is implemented from time to time. Our business is built and thrives on sustainable solutions. It is systematic, formal, and fully integrated into our activities. Our practices are eco-efficient that aim to reduce waste products as we encourage our partners to adopt a more eco-conscious thought process through our solutions.
We have partnered up with food chains, restaurants, and grocery outlets with huge packaging requirements and we aim to meet these challenges purely through sustainable initiatives and ideologies. We help reduce the carbon footprint of our clients as well. Our solutions always aim towards environmental preservation. We minimize any activity that has a negative environmental impact. Our sustainable manufacturing allows us to leave a positive impact socially, environmentally, and economically. This is what drives us forward!
Atlantic’s 100% recycled corrugated packaging products offer customers a truly sustainable packaging option. Compared to paper packaging products made from virgin fibers, choosing to use recycled packaging not only saves trees, but also saves water, energy, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
As part of our commitment to the environment, Atlantic’s paper mills only manufacture 100% recycled paper used to manufacture corrugated packaging products. We do not use the virgin pulp as all our raw materials are obtained by recycling discarded boxes. We follow a fully integrated protocol.
Saviour of 14 Million
Trees Every Year
How Sustainable is Your Packaging?
The packaging choices you make have a significant impact on the environment. When you choose 100% recycled corrugated packaging products, you’re making a choice to reduce your overall environmental footprint. Choosing recycled corrugated vs Virgin paper products reduces the number of mature trees that are harvested and in turn positively affects key environmental factors like water and energy usage and diverts packaging waste from landfills.
Sustainability Through Innovation
If you’re not innovating, you’re not moving forward. That’s why innovation is a cornerstone at Atlantic. Our team is constantly looking for ways to innovate and improve our processes, our designs, our systems, and of course, our products.
Through innovation, we’ve been able to significantly impact our corporate sustainability and help our customers achieve their environmental objectives. Our SmartCorr high-performance lightweight recycled paper is a great example of Atlantic innovation driving sustainability.
All new ideas and innovations that we brainstorm need to be powered by Sustainability. We always implement ideas that are high on the sustainability index. We ensure our activities and actions leave behind a greener planet. We are market leaders when it comes to delivering sustainable solutions. We aim to increase our operational efficiency all the while reducing our carbon footprint and waste.
Corrugated packaging is versatile and allows each package to be specifically engineered to maximize performance and merchandising throughout its supply chain while minimizing material and its carbon footprint.
Our experienced structural design team is skilled at designing packaging that is efficient while meeting our customers’ performance specifications. We work with our customers early in the design process, developing ideas that make sense, designing reusable packaging whenever possible.
Reduce Carbon Footprints
100% RECYCLABLE Packaging
Renewable Energy & Resources
As recycled paper manufacturers, it is critical we manage and minimize our use of precious resources like water and energy.
Reducing Green House Gas Emissions (GHG)
Choosing to use 100% recycled corrugated packaging products releases fewer emissions than virgin fiber products. The total Green House Gas emissions eliminated through Atlantic’s use and production of recycled packaging is approximately 324,900 tons per year, which equates to keeping 108,300 cars off the road.
Energy efficiency plays a big role in reducing Atlantic’s GHG emissions, but we don’t stop there. Transportation is a large part of our business, and to reduce the number of emissions associated with transportation, we’ve aimed to make sure that over 90% of our paper fiber comes from domestic sources, minimizing the distance our trucks travel. For the 5 years starting 2010, we have tracked our GHG intensity reduction to be 11%.
Recycling plays an important role in Atlantic’s sustainability initiatives. As a manufacturer of 100% recycled paper, we process the equivalent of 50% of what is collected in Ontario’s blue box program. The fiber we process keeps more than 22,800 trucks worth of material out of landfills.
Atlantic is proud to have FSC® certification at all of our box plants and paper mills.
First-Ever Canadian Green Loan
Atlantic Packaging and BMO have come together to build a more sustainable future. Atlantic Packaging is Canada’s first-ever recipient of a labelled Green Loan. BMO acted as Co-Lead, Joint Bookrunner, and Co-Green Structuring Agent on the Green Loan. This innovative product will see loan proceeds used to support projects with environmental benefits. Through this partnership, Atlantic and BMO aim to redefine sustainability. In order to make a positive impact on the environment, the proceeds will be used to finance Atlantic’s construction of a new 100% recycled containerboard facility. BMO and Atlantic are proud to be partners at a time when sustainability is no longer a choice but a need of the hour. Together, we pave the way for a greener future!
Our mission to be a sustainable company goes beyond the walls of Atlantic. We pride ourselves on working with vendors and suppliers that have sustainable objectives and practices entrenched into their organizations.
We also work with sustainability-focused organizations and associations like PPEC, FSC, Fibre Box Association, the Carbon Farmer, and the AICC, helping to drive industry and social sustainability initiatives.
A Culture of Sustainability
To succeed in our sustainability initiatives, we strive to have every Atlantic team member involved in and work towards minimizing our environmental footprint. Sustainability is a never-ending commitment, and we infuse sustainable practices into every facet of our organization. We take pride in educating our employees on sustainable practices, so they can make a difference both at work and in their personal lives. | <urn:uuid:7081aa4f-f5f2-4dad-8dbb-b3c9ded0d5c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://atlantic.ca/sustainability/sustainability-through-innovation/?utm_source=blog&utm_content=what_benefits_of_corrugated_boxes_make_it_an_excellent_packaging_choice_? | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.928501 | 1,450 | 2 | 2 |
Mary Seacole, the ‘black Florence Nightingale’, may be removed from the national curriculum raising the question, whose history are we teaching?
With a revealing use of pronouns, Michael Gove, Minister for Education told the Conservative Party conference in 2010: “Children are growing up ignorant of one of the most inspiring stories I know – the history of our United Kingdom.”
As any good History graduate knows, the human past is a useful thing: a tabula rasa on which to inscribe ideological tales. By answering questions of individual and collective identity, history can bind a group of potentially very different people. Ofsted sees school history as ‘useful’ and ‘relevant’ for exactly this reason, it empowers children to: “reach an informed understanding of, and respect for, their own and each other’s identities”.
Until recently ‘the history of great men’, had been set aside in favour of the in-depth study of individual moments. Gove, apparently seething that Churchill was not on the syllabus, has turned back the clock on that, with plans for a national narrative of 200 great Britons. The Sunday Times giddily announced ‘School history puts back 1066 and all that’.
But if you teach British history through historical figures, it will be the history of men. White men. “Mary Woolstencroft is a prime example,” says Dr Lucy Robinson, lecturer of History at Sussex University. “She’s not the only woman in history to think about politics, but at points down the line, people have gone, ‘We need another woman in here.’” If Seacole’s place isn’t saved, Elizabeth and Victoria may well be the only female names on the syllabus.
Like much about this very Victorian government, their proposed version of history is, ironically, backward looking. Historians have spent the last forty years resisting grand narratives, which tend only to have space for the structures, experiences and institutions of the dominant hierarchies.
The passing of Eric Hobsbawm, the pillar of history in the Left’s academic pantheon, just previous to Gove’s onslaught seems significant. For him, history was about agency: collective stories could empower communities and inspire individuals. One teacher recently told the story of a boy in her class, having been taught about Seacole, asking: ‘She looks like me – did she really do all that?’
Writing for ELL, it is impossible to ignore the long shadow of the riots of 2011. Croydon, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney are some of the most diverse, and deprived, boroughs in the country. They also played host to some of the saddest scenes from the unrest, predominantly acted out by a younger generation.
Unlike the early-80’s ‘race riots’ of Brixton and further afield, the summer of 2011 didn’t see violent reactions to an oppressive or non-representative social structure. Oh no, this was about kids after a new pair of trainers. But history is a convenient place to bury your sins. We don’t have race riots any more, the Tories tell us. We learnt from our mistakes. While at the time, Thatcher attacked weed and gang culture as the root of the unrest.
By offering a patchwork of figures, experiences, and events that schoolchildren, with their own diverse backgrounds, can navigate as they choose, history can aid social inclusion. Conversely, by offering a sole you’re-in-or-you’re-out narrative, the recent social unrest may well repeat itself. And when you consider that the majority of London’s schoolchildren are now non-white, you can’t help but think the posh white boys must have got this one wrong.
But pull back a little, take a look at the speed and depth with which this government has already punished those that don’t fit their bill – the demonisation of the poor and the withdrawal of their benefits, the social cleansing of inner-cities set to commence with the universal benefit cap, and the swinging immigration limits – and you get a pretty worrying sense of a masterplan. | <urn:uuid:69b2121c-ae6d-4dde-a045-0dfe1cee3c18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2013/01/new-curriculum-may-see-famous-women-forgotten/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951649 | 904 | 2.75 | 3 |
Under the title “Identification and management of communal grasslands in the Basque mountains”, Hazi, the Spanish member on which Euromontana’s president, Juan Andrés Gutiérrez is working, organised a course on the 27th and 28th May 2015. The main objective of this course was to identify in the field the different grassland habitats, recognize the most relevant and typical species that are characteristic in these lands and get to understand the implications of the fact that these grasslands are included in the 92/43/ Directive (Habitats Directive).
On the 27th May, the course was held indoor and on the 28th May a technical visit took place. The places visited were: Sierra de Entzia, Sierra de Aldaia, Sierra de Elgea and a meadow close to Marieta.
The speakers were Javi Sesma, from Hazi, who made a presentation on communal grasslands in the Basque mountains and Itziar García Mijangos, from the University of the Basque Country, who made a presentation on natural and semi-natural grassy formations. (Natural pastures/ Mesophilic meadows, dry formations and scrubland facies and high grass semi-natural wet pastures)(Please note that all the related documents are only available in Spanish)12 June 2015 | <urn:uuid:847fc4a4-9dfb-4151-b6c4-5b80eba5e196> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.euromontana.org/en/hazi-organized-a-course-on-identification-and-management-of-communal-grasslands-in-the-basque-mountains/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936703 | 282 | 2.1875 | 2 |
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For a person in loco parentis, the soldier must sign a statement verifying loco parentis. But when it comes to financial and legal terms, the people who may be considered to be close family and extended family …. It normally includes a person’s parents, siblings, spouses, children, or an individual related by blood whose close association is an equivalent of a …. May 06, 2013 · To me immediate family is mom, dad, sisters, brothers and their kids plus their spouses.fh or husband and our kids as well. Dec 05, 2016 · The easiest way to decide if someone is a part of your immediate family or not is to follow this list: They are either: a spouse, your parents, grandparents, children (including adopted, half, and step children), grandchildren, siblings, and in-laws (including father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, and son). A travel insurance policy which covers curtailment due to the death or illness of a member of the policy-holder’s “immediate family” has a wide range of definitions but includes residential requirements like: “Immediate Family is your Partner, and: parents, children, stepchildren, fostered or adopted children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, or grandparents, of either you …. He was a first degree relative, so it was a lot harder to say bye to him because I …. For your great grandparents, considering them immediate or not lies in your relationship with them. When we think of “family”, we think parents, children, spouses, and grandparents, and the vice versa relationships between them. Definition of immediate family: Someone’s spouse, parents and grandparents, children and grand children, brothers and sisters, mother in law and father in law, brothers in law and sisters in law, daughters in law and sons in law.
Immediate Relative. An individual with any of the following relationships to the employee: Spouse, and parents thereof; Sons and daughters, and …. The definition of immediate family includes parents, step-parents, spouses, children, step-children, siblings, in-laws, sibling in-laws, grandparents, great-grandparents, step-great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and grandchildren. In regards to funeral etiquette, the immediate family should receive notification first, preferably in-person or by telephone, followed by the closest relatives and friends. I want to sponsor my 17 year old step daughter. Usually step children and adopted children and their spouses are included under the purview of immediate family. Your immediate family is another way of describing your nuclear family. Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. Immediately family is usually considered to be your spouse, children, and parents, but sometimes includes parents only if. Mar 10, 2009 · For purposes of the bereavement leave policy only, an immediate family member is defined as mother, father, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparents, mother-in-law or father-in-law. If not, then it is up to your ….
Definition. Immediate family members, according to the law, include one’s spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, as well as one’s in-laws. It also includes adopted children and stepchildren also are usually included in the definition. In some states, partners from same-sex marriages or civil unions also are considered immediate family. According to the Business Dictionary, your immediate family includes the following members: Spouse. Parents. Grandparents. Children (adopted, half and step children are usually included in the definition) Grandchildren. Siblings. In-laws (mother, father, brother, sister, daughter and son). Immediate family refers to a person’s smallest family unit, consisting of the closest relatives, such as parents, siblings and children. An immediate family may contain both biological relatives and those related through marriage, such as a brother-in-law. Immediate family refers to a person’s parents, spouse, children, and siblings and will also include the parent’s spouse. What is Considered to be an Immediate Family. Under the policies for federal employees, immediate family is considered a spouse, spouse’s parent, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, spouse of a parent, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, spouse of a grandparent, spouse of a grandchild, domestic partner, parent of a domestic partner, or any individual related by blood with a relationship equivalent to any of …. The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person’s family are affected by those rules. Definition of immediate family.: a person’s parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children. Hospital visits are limited to immediate family. In the case of death of another relative or friend, Employees may request unpaid time to attend the funeral or memorial service. The immediate family members are the ones that you are being influenced by and who influence you daily. Another question is one about a developmental stage immediate family members, which would be better clearly differentiate and ask: who are your nuclear family members. Grandparents are considered a part of an immediate family. Immediate family is usually defined as one’s spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings and immediate in-laws (mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law). Immediate family is usually considered to include the members of your nuclear family and perhaps someone else closely related like a parent or a child who no longer lives with you. May 15, 2014 · The people in your immediate family (persons within the second step of kinship) are thus: siblings, step-siblings, parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren, spouse, parents-in-law, siblings-in-law, step-siblings-in-law, aunts & uncles by blood (but not by marriage), nieces and nephews by blood (but not by marriage). A spouse, parent, sibling, or child. Use ‘first degree relative’ in a Sentence. Parent: Parent means a biological, adoptive, step or foster father or mother, or any other individual who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a son or daughter. This allowance does not include parents “in law.” Son or Daughter: A son or daughter is a biological. If another relative served as a parent or guardian (“in loco parentis”) the military will consider them immediate family. Immediate family is defined by our Bereavement Policy as “the employee’s spouse, domestic partner, legal guardian, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandparents, aunt, uncle, niece and nephew, and in-laws of the same categories.”. The Act does not define the scope of “immediate family.” Whether an individual other than a parent, spouse or child will be considered as a member of the employer’s immediate family, for purposes of sections 3(e)(1) and 13(a)(6)(b), does not depend on the fact that he is related by blood or marriage. I also include 1 cousin and 1 aunt because I grew up with them and consider my cousin to be like a sister and I’m very close to my aunt. Mar 10, 2009 · I felt bad about doing so, but I believe our policy, which vaguely refers to “family members,” means immediate family—spouses, children, brothers, sisters and …. Be sure to provide the name and address of the funeral home for the delivery of funeral flowers. The funeral or memorial services details can be relayed later when available. Immediate family refers to a person or employee’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and anyone with a blood-relation to the individual who has a close or immediate relationship with the family. Immediate family could also refer to adopted children, grandparents, grand-children, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, civil partners and co-habitants. Does a step child count as an immediate family member. Does she count as my immediate family member. You must file I-130 and if your child was admitted and is present in the US, the child may also file I-485. Another definition is “Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another and reside usually in the same dwelling.”. This definition encompasses the vast majority of modern family units; for the purposes of …. Sep 25, 2009 · d. 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Last month, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) published a report entitled, “Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission.”
Recommendations to consume 50% less animal foods in favor of plant-based foods and protein will go a long way to easing the burden on the world’s already strained resources.
The report takes aim at exposing the root causes of pandemics like COVID-19 to draw attention to the necessary steps we need to take to prevent pandemics in the future.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have many reports about the link between wildlife markets where wild animals are bought, sold, and killed for food, in the transmission of novel viruses. Animals in these markets are kept in cramped quarters and dirty conditions – the opportune environment for viruses to mutate, jump species, and spread.
Another important risk factor for the emergence and spread of zoonotic is unsustainable, intensive animal production – also called "factory farming." Sadly, across the globe, intensive animal agriculture is the most common way of raising animals for food. The report identifies seven drivers behind the increasing threat of zoonotic diseases, and two of these are related to animal agriculture.
First is the intensification of animal agriculture where animals are genetically uniform, bred for high production, and kept in close, cramped quarters. The other is the increasing demand and consumption of animal protein. This fuels the intensification as it's the only way to meet the growing demand for meat. A third driver identified in the report is climate change, of which animal agriculture is a major contributor.
How does this contribute to zoonotic diseases?
Increasing demand for animal-source foods stimulates the intensification and industrialization of animal production. Animals have been bred for high production, which means they are genetically similar. Such genetically homogenous host populations are more vulnerable to infection than genetically diverse populations because the latter are more likely to include some individuals that better resist disease. Animals are also kept in crowded conditions; lack of physical distancing between the animals means diseases can easily jump from one animal to another.
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Background: Despite intervention efforts to date, the prevalence of risky drinking among adolescents and emerging adults remains high, increasing the risk for health consequences and the development of alcohol use disorders. Peer influences are particularly salient among this age group, including via social media. Thus, the development of efficacious early interventions for youth, delivered with a broad reach via trained peers on social media, could have an important role in addressing risky drinking and concomitant drug use.
Objective: This paper describes the protocol of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of a social media intervention among adolescents and emerging adults who meet the criteria for risky drinking (using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption [AUDIT-C]), delivered with and without financial incentives for participation, compared with an attention placebo control condition (ie, entertaining social media content), on alcohol consumption and consequences.
Methods: This RCT involved recruiting 955 youths (aged 16-24 years) via advertisements on Facebook and Instagram to self-administer a brief web-based screening survey. Those screening positive for past 3-month risky drinking (AUDIT-C positive: ages 16-17 years: ≥3 females and ≥4 males; and ages 18-24 years: ≥4 females and ≥5 males) were eligible for the RCT. After providing consent (a waiver of parental consent was obtained for minors), participants completed a web-based baseline survey and several verification procedures, including a selfie photo matched to Facebook profile photos. Participants were then randomized to join invitation-only secret Facebook groups, which were not searchable or viewable by parents, friends, or anyone not recruited by the study. The 3 conditions were social media intervention with incentives, social media intervention without incentives (SMI), and attention placebo control. Each condition lasted 8 weeks and consisted of bachelor’s-level and master’s-level therapist electronic coaches posting relevant content and responding to participants’ posts in a manner consistent with Motivational Interviewing. Participants in the control condition and SMI condition did not receive payments but were blind to condition assignment between these 2 conditions. Follow-ups are ongoing and occur at 3, 6, and 12 months poststart of the groups.
Results: We enrolled 955 participants over 10 waves of recruitment who screened positive for risky drinking into the RCT.
Conclusions: The findings of this study will provide the critical next step in delivering early alcohol interventions to the youth, capitalizing on social media platforms, which could have significant public health impact by altering alcohol use trajectories of adolescents and emerging adults engaged in risky drinking.
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02809586; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02809586.
International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/16688
Despite numerous intervention and policy efforts, risky drinking (ie, hazardous levels of consumption resulting in increased risk for consequences) among youth in the United States remains a major public health issue. Although only 1.8% of youths aged 12 to 17 years and 10.0% of those aged 18 to 25 years met criteria for an alcohol use disorder in 2017 in the United States , risky drinking is common. For example, as one indicator of risky drinking, past-month binge (eg, ≥4 drinks for females and ≥5 drinks for males) drinking rates are 10.2% for ages 16 to 17 years, 26.2% for ages 18 to 20 years, and 45.4% for ages 21 to 25 years [ ], although these may be underestimates because of possible underreporting in national surveys (eg, average past-year quantity or frequency questions) [ ]. In fact, risky drinking among young people is associated with increased risk for other drug use, adverse health consequences (eg, injury and overdose), and development of substance use disorders [ - ]. Accordingly, late adolescence and emerging adulthood is a critical developmental juncture, distinct from childhood and adulthood, during which rates of alcohol and other drug use peak [ - ]. For example, 6.5% of adolescents and 22.1% of emerging adults report past-month cannabis use [ ]. Thus, scalable, early interventions are urgently needed to address risky drinking and concomitant health risk behaviors (eg, other drug use and driving under the influence) among adolescents and emerging adults to disrupt risk trajectories. Here, we present the theoretical rationale and protocol for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of social media–delivered interventions for risky drinking among adolescents aged 16 to 24 years recruited nationally.
The conceptual model guiding our intervention is rooted in social cognitive (eg, theory of planned behavior and social learning [ ]) and social ecological [ ] theories, emphasizing the role of individual and social influences on alcohol use by adolescents and emerging adults. Furthermore, our intervention is implicitly grounded in a resiliency framework [ , ]. Across development, evolving interactions between individual and social risk and protective factors during the establishment of new roles (eg, relationships and employment) [ ] can decrease or accelerate alcohol use trajectories [ - ]. Individual risk factors associated with alcohol use include low perceived risk of use, perceived norms, and mental health issues (ie, depression and anxiety), whereas disapproval of use, parenting practices, and protective behavioral strategies are protective [ , - ]. Although parents are important during younger ages [ ], peers comprise the most robust social influences on substance use among adolescents and emerging adults [ , - ].
Over the past decade, social media has become increasingly prevalent in the day-to-day lives of young people, creating additional opportunities for exposure to positive and negative peer influences [, ]. Social media content is user generated and constantly changing, providing frequent exposure to web-based peer influences, potentially resulting in reinforcing spirals of increasing exposure and involvement with alcohol use behaviors over time [ , ]. Although it is well known that offline peers can exert tremendous influence on alcohol use among youth [ , - ], recent data suggest that online peers also influence alcohol use [ - ]. Emerging adults who consume more alcohol, for example, have more Facebook friends [ ] and post more references to parties on Facebook than those who use less alcohol [ ]. Among high school students, higher alcohol use is related to reports of friends posting alcohol content on social media [ ], and in a laboratory study, researchers found that teens viewing Facebook profiles that contained positive references to alcohol had more positive attitudes and willingness to drink alcohol than teens who did not view these profiles [ ]. As offline peer disapproval of risky substance use can be a protective factor [ , ], online peer disapproval of alcohol use may function similarly. Research shows that posting positive portrayals of alcohol use on social media is related to consumption among the youth [ , ]. Thus, social media provides an appealing platform for the delivery of alcohol interventions, wherein peer influences could be harnessed instead to promote harm reduction or reduced consumption. As described earlier, alcohol use is associated with other drug use; thus, social media interventions could be useful for targeting concomitant drug use, particularly because mentions of other drug use are also prevalent on social media [ , ]. For example, one study showed that more than one-third of a college student sample had seen a picture of a friend smoking cannabis posted on social media [ ].
Social Media as an Intervention Platform
A common feature of social media use among adolescents and emerging adults is the frequent use of more than one platform, which reflects increased smartphone ownership and Wi-Fi access. As of 2018, 95% of teens reported having a smartphone or access to one, of which 45% reported they are on the Web almost constantly . Among emerging adults (aged 18-25 years), 88% use Facebook, compared with 68% for Snapchat, 59% for Instagram, and 36% for Twitter [ ]. In addition, engagement is more frequent for Facebook, with 74% of all users checking it daily, compared with 61% for Snapchat, 63% for Instagram, and 42% for Twitter [ ], and 51% of Facebook users log in several times per day [ ]. In contrast, among adolescents (aged 13-17 years), 51% use Facebook (which has declined in recent years) [ ], compared with 69% for Snapchat, 72% for Instagram, and 32% for Twitter [ ]. It may be that adolescents and emerging adults who use Facebook regularly differ from those who do not, which could affect the utility of interventions. For example, data suggest that a larger proportion of teens from lower income households use Facebook than those from higher income households [ ]. Thus, when choosing a social media intervention platform to reach both adolescents and emerging adults, there is no clear single best choice. Furthermore, as trends in social media use shift over time and/or within demographic groups, there may be unique opportunities to leverage content for delivery across various emerging platforms with shared features (eg, ability to post personal content, videos, articles, etc) to reach certain at-risk groups.
To date, there a very few social media interventions to reduce risky drinking (and/or other illicit or prescription drug misuse) among young people , with a recent publication describing the development of a tobacco and binge drinking intervention [ ]. Most prior research testing early interventions for alcohol (and other drug use) has examined interventions delivered by therapists and/or static computer programs, with demonstrated efficacy in medical and university settings [ - ]. Overall, effect sizes are modest [ ], with newer studies in the substance use field and other health fields testing technology-driven methods to extend delivery [ - ]. An advantage of social media interventions is that they can be designed to blend therapist and computerized interventions to deliver dynamic, evolving content; harness online peer influences; and provide access to electronic coaches (e-coaches), which can increase exposure to content at the time the person chooses to engage. Social media interventions (typically delivered over 8-12 weeks), addressing other health outcomes (eg, exercise/weight, HIV risk reduction/sexual health, and smoking cessation) among varied samples (eg, postpartum women, college students, and general community), have demonstrated promising effects [ - ], supporting the potential of this approach to address alcohol and other drug use.
Prior social media interventions have used Facebook for delivery, likely because it remains the most popular social media site among emerging adults and it has unique features that support intervention delivery. For example, Facebook allows private, secret groups to address privacy and confidentiality concerns (which are not searchable or viewable by others and can be joined by invitation only). In addition, the content is sorted into threads, promoting group interaction, with active conversations bumped to the top of the group or one’s newsfeed. Moreover, Facebook content does not disappear (eg, as in Snapchat), so it can be viewed an unlimited number of times and discussions can be revisited, as group members post new comments. Finally, Facebook does not restrict the character count of posts, which is a limitation of other platforms.
Critical issues related to designing social media interventions are exposure, dose (engagement or response showing the degree to which content may be processed), and diffusion (reach or interaction among online peers via shares, comments, etc) . Exposure can be measured using metrics of reactions (eg, likes), comments, replies, and posts to Facebook groups. For instance, researchers found more than half (approximately 63%) of participants in a physical activity intervention condition reported visiting the Facebook group 2 to 3 times per month during a 12-week intervention period; among those who posted in the Facebook group more than once, they averaged 8 interactions each over 12 weeks [ ]. Thus, an important methodological question is related to how to encourage engagement, increasing dose and diffusion [ ]. Our study sought to accomplish this in 2 ways. First, content was informed by social marketing research tips regarding characteristics of posts that increase interaction: (1) give (eg, photo/video contests), (2) advise (useful tip for concerns, eg, coping strategies), (3) warn (dangers could affect anyone, eg, overdose and impaired driving), (4) amuse (amusing photos/videos), (5) inspire (moving quotes or stories), (6) amaze (amazing pictures or facts, eg, norms), and (7) unite (brag about group membership and social support) [ ]. Second, to our knowledge, no researchers have compared intervention conditions that vary incentives for engagement. Increased interaction via incentives among peers could theoretically reinforce group interactions, increasing dose, which is thought to result in behavior change. Thus, we sought to compare an intervention condition that provided modest financial incentives for engagement as measured by daily interactions (ie, posts with status updates or comments to another’s post) with a condition that did not provide incentives. Thus, in addition to comparing the interventions to an attention control condition to determine efficacy, our goal was to examine whether externally incentivized interaction produced greater engagement, and if so, whether that enhances intervention efficacy, relative to the nonincentivized intervention condition containing organic, individually motivated interactions.
Finally, sentiment analysis (eg, examining the relative positive or negative valence [tone] and arousal [activation] in text) [, ] is a potentially useful tool to understand characteristics of engagement in social media interventions [ ]. Using state-of-the-art software, natural language processing can evaluate slang and common misspellings, with 85% accuracy [ , ]. To date, sentiment analysis has been applied to smoking cessation interventions but has not been applied to alcohol interventions, although researchers are coding content of social media related to alcohol use [ , ]. Thus, because our interventions sought to encourage interaction within secret groups, sentiment analysis is an innovative approach to understanding the characteristics of engagement (eg, valence and arousal) and alcohol use outcomes.
Goal of This Study
We recruited adolescents and emerging adults using Facebook and Instagram advertisements and conducted web-based screening to enroll risky drinkers in an RCT comparing 3 conditions: (1) social media intervention (SMI) with incentives (SMI+I), (2) SMI only, and (3) attention control condition, with follow-up assessments at 3, 6, and 12 months. Interventions comprised access for 8 weeks to unique, private secret Facebook groups facilitated by e-coaches (supervised by licensed therapists), with dynamic content addressing motives for risky drinking and reducing consumption as well as concomitant risk behaviors (other drug use). The attention control condition included access for 8 weeks to entertaining content (eg, sports, lifestyle, fun, etc). As described earlier, we used 2 intervention approaches, with and without financial incentives for participation, and we will measure engagement within the intervention groups. By providing incentives for participation in one condition, we attempted to harness participants to provide group support, thereby delivering intervention content, facilitated by e-coaches.
The specific aims are to (1) test the efficacy of the 2 intervention conditions compared with the control, in reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups; (2) compare the intervention conditions in participant engagement and efficacy in reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups; and (3) examine how level of engagement in intervention conditions (eg, engagement metrics) and characteristics of intervention engagement (sentiment analysis) relate to alcohol use outcomes in the 2 intervention conditions. The secondary aims include examining the efficacy of the interventions on other drug use, moderators of outcome, and conducting cost analyses. This paper describes the study protocol in relation to the primary aims.
Trial Registration, Ethics, Consent, and Institutional Board Approval
The study procedures were approved by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board (IRB), and the study was registered in Clinicaltrials.gov (#AA024175). We received a waiver of parental consent for all aspects of the study for youths aged 16 to 20 years (the age of majority varied based on state residence). The rationale for this waiver was based on (1) the determination of teenage participants as mature minors (ie, they can understand the study risks), with decisional capacity to promote health-seeking behavior including substance use treatment ; (2) the fact that disclosure of high-risk behaviors may increase the risk of adverse effects on participants’ well-being because of potential reactions from parents (eg, rejection and abuse); and (3) the study could not practicably be carried out without this waiver, given potential bias in participation because of fear of disclosure of risky drinking to parents [ ]. Furthermore, our study involved a two-phase consent process, with separate web-based consent obtained for the screening and RCT phases. Confidentiality and privacy were also enhanced by requiring participants to agree to abide by our own User Safety Agreement (see the Interventions section). We obtained a Certificate of Confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health.
Using recruitment via social media advertisements, we enrolled and randomized 955 adolescents and emerging adults (aged 16-24 years) in an RCT comprising the 2 intervention conditions and the control condition. Participants were assigned their conditions for a period of 8 weeks and were prompted to self-administer follow-up assessments at 3, 6, and 12 months postinitiation of groups. All assessments and interventions occurred on the Web, with surveys administered through Qualtrics .
Potential participants were recruited in 10 waves, separated by age (16-20 and 21-24 years) via paid advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. Each wave contained an average of 95.5 participants, which helped ensure that the 3 groups in each wave contained approximately 30 participants (mean=31.8 participants per group) to allow for sufficient online group interaction.
On the basis of prior work , Facebook/Instagram advertisements were initially placed by setting the audience location to include users in the United States. Advertisements were also specified to be displayed to users with certain demographic characteristics (ie, age groups 16-17, 18-20, 21-22, and 23-24 years and English-speaking users) and detailed targeting displayed advertisements to users who liked Facebook pages related to alcohol (eg, popular brands, drinking games, etc). Starting in wave 5, we added user characteristics to increase the recruitment of racial and ethnic minorities using affinity targeting within Facebook Ads Manager. After wave 6, ethnic affinity targeting was temporarily removed from the Facebook Ads Manager but was available again and used for waves 9 and 10. Each advertisement featured headlines to encourage potential participants to take the survey (eg, “Drink alcohol? Participate in a research study; earn $$$ for your time.”). We used 3 images (from Facebook Ads Manager and stock photos) of alcohol/individuals with alcohol and one image of the study logo. To encourage minority representation in the sample, advertisements pictured individuals of varying races/ethnicities. Also starting in wave 5, white individuals and females were informally excluded after preset quotas were filled. Advertisements initially directed participants to the study website, but starting in wave 2, advertisements led participants directly to the consent page and screening survey. The study’s website URL was provided to participants throughout the study (eg, in Facebook secret groups and texting/email communications).
Among screening-eligible participants, the 21-item web-based screening survey was used to determine RCT eligibility using a past 3-month version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C [- ]; where binge drinking was defined at ≥4 drinks for women and ≥5 drinks for men) embedded among other standard items querying demographics and other substance use. To ensure real people completed the survey (as opposed to bots), the web-based screening consent page included a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Participants who reported risky drinking the past 3 months (AUDIT-C score: ages 16-17 years: ≥3 females and ≥4 males and ages 18-24 years: ≥4 females and ≥5 males [ , ]) were eligible for the study.
Participant Identity Verification Procedures and Baseline Enrollment
Before enrolling eligible participants, we reviewed their screening data as a second step to ensure data integrity and to deter fraudulent participation. Procedures included checking data for duplicate internet protocol addresses, survey completion times >60 seconds, and the existence and legitimacy of the participant’s Facebook profile based on published recommendations [, ]. Once initial identity verification procedures were passed, eligible youths were sent an email invitation to participate in the study, with a link that automatically directed them to the RCT consent form followed by a web-based baseline survey and a contact information form. Participants were informed in the consent form that “the purpose of the study is to develop and test social media interventions to help young people reduce risky behaviors, such as alcohol use.” To help ensure identity and age, as part of the baseline procedures, participants were required to upload a selfie containing a handwritten sign with the date and time that included their head and shoulders. Study staff compared the selfie with the participant’s Facebook profile for verification before randomization and group assignment. In rare cases where a participant’s Facebook profile did not already contain a photo of themselves, we asked them to temporarily upload a second photo (different than the selfie) for real-time, immediate verification against their time- and date-stamped photo.
Following the web-based baseline assessment and selfie verification, participants were randomized to 1 of the 3 conditions. Given differences in severity of drinking by age and sex, which could affect response to the intervention , computerized, stratified random assignment by sex and age group (16-20 and 21-24 years) took place within condition, in blocks of 20 within cells to equalize randomization over time. Randomization occurred by a computer algorithm generated with supervision by the data manager; thus, research staff were not able to manipulate condition assignment. Given e-coach interaction in groups, it was not possible to blind staff to condition assignment; regarding participant blinding, although participants were not told whether they were assigned to an intervention or control group, the control group did not receive alcohol content; thus, as with most behavioral trials, it is possible that participants discerned their condition assignment. Specifically, the consent form described the 2 intervention conditions, “You will have access to the secret Facebook page that will deliver health information focused on reducing risky behaviors, including alcohol use.” The consent form described the control condition as, “You will have access to the secret Facebook page that will share news information about things like entertainment, sports, weather and world news.” In addition, for the SMI+I group, participants were informed that they would earn points for interacting on the group page and be paid for the points earned, so participants were not blinded to being assigned to the payment condition. After randomization, participants were sent a friend request from an e-coach; once participants accepted the request, they were added to their corresponding secret group where the 8-week condition was delivered.
Consecutive web-based assessments, mirroring the baseline survey measures, were distributed by a research assistant using a generic study email address at 3, 6, and 12 months after group initiation. Participants were assured that e-coaches would not view their individual outcomes on their self-administered follow-up surveys.
Each participant received a US $30 Amazon gift card code for completing the web-based baseline survey and providing a selfie, which took approximately 30 min. Compensation for follow-up assessments was US $35 for the 3-month assessment, US $45 for the 6-month assessment, and US $55 for the 12-month assessment. Participants in the SMI+I condition received incentives to encourage interaction, earning US $1.00 for each day they posted text and/or images in the secret group (ie, status update, comment, reply, or share) for a maximum of US $56 per participant over 8 weeks. Note that likes or reactions (eg, heart and sad face) were not incentivized. Incentives were paid weekly via an electronic Amazon gift card by study staff (student research assistants, e-coaches, and/or supervisors) who reviewed posting data to confirm the number of days on which participants posted.
The interventions consisted of interactions among participants and e-coaches within the secret Facebook group pages (separated by age group: 16-20 and 21-24 years) over 8 weeks, among approximately 30 participants per group. After 8 weeks, participation in the group ended; the ability to share new posts was turned off, but participants could still view archived content. At RCT consent, participants were required to agree to our User Safety Agreement, which provided rules of engagement for the group. These rules included prohibition of posting opportunities to engage in alcohol or other drug use (eg, parties and selling drugs) or obscene or offensive material, advertisements for making money or a business, maintaining participants’ confidentiality, and treating each other with respect. Participants were informed that a single violation of the agreement would result in a reminder of these rules and that repeated violations could result in removal from the group page with redirection to an individual page so that content would still be viewable. Participants were allowed to friend each other and send messages to one another at their own discretion; we did not provide specific User Safety Agreement guidelines for these private interactions.
Electronic Coach Training and Supervision
E-coaches were trained in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) skills and posted and responded to participants in a manner consistent with MI, supervised by licensed clinical supervisors in weekly individual and group supervision . E-coach training included participation in a large group (not study specific), 2-day interactive introductory training in MI led by the first author and other members of the MI Network of Trainers (MINT), one day of small group study-specific MI training with a MINT trainer, one day of small group study-specific MI training with the study coordinator, and completion of 4 web-based MI modules. Supervision included review of groups and collaborative responding to participants’ comments, replies, statuses, or shares. During each 8-week intervention period, group supervision lasted 1 to 2 hours per week, and individual supervision lasted 1 to 2 hours (based on e-coach experience and/or amount of interaction occurring in the groups at a given time). In addition, depending on e-coach skills and the volume and clinical complexity of each wave, a supervisor would post with the e-coach for 1 to 2 hours weekly.
Strategies from CBT were structured in 3 phases: Explore, Guide, and Choose [ , ]. Self-determination theory (SDT) [ ] is conceptualized to explain how MI works [ ]; as applied to alcohol interventions, SDT would suggest that to increase intrinsic motivation to reduce alcohol use, the provider must assist the participant in increasing confidence, relatedness, and autonomy. Within each weekly topic, as part of Explore, e-coaches explored risk perceptions, concerns, motives, and current alcohol use along with personal goals and strengths. As part of Guide, e-coaches used an Elicit-Provide-Elicit framework, posting open-ended questions and responding to posts by participants, with the goal of eliciting change talk to reduce risky drinking. As part of Choose, CBT skills and protective behavioral strategies were elicited (eg, anticipating the consequences of use, finding alternative strategies to address motives for use) and reinforced. When the need arose, e-coaches provided community resources within the group and in private messages. A list of national resources was also available along with a copy of the consent form and User Safety Agreement within the group in a downloadable files section. Finally, a crisis text line and a reminder to call 911 for immediate emergencies were shown in the group cover photo pinned to the top of the secret Facebook page, along with a message that groups were not monitored 24/7 (although they were monitored multiples times per day).
Initially, we developed a prototype of the 8-week intervention based on theory, prior work , and feedback from youth advisors, who reviewed initial content in a focus group. To increase our library of content, we used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to crowdsource content appealing to the youth. Then, we refined the content and focus tested it with another group of youth advisors, who participated in a mock intervention group, followed by content editing. Although the content topics were consistent across waves (see ), the intervention was flexible to address current events (eg, overdose death of a celebrity) and topics initiated by group members, which included topics such as personal struggles or celebrations. Consistent with expectations on social media, posts included links to engaging content (eg, memes, GIF images, Buzzfeed articles, YouTube videos, quizzes/polls, and other web-based articles) paired with evocative statements and questions to encourage participants to interact.
|Week||Topic||Goal of weekly topic|
|1||Dealing with stress||Establish rapport, enhance coping to manage stress, affirm personal strengths, and elicit long-term goals|
|2||What young people do||Explore peer norms, elicit benefits of avoiding/reducing drinking, and enhance self-efficacy for harm reduction|
|3||Staying out of trouble||Elicit negative consequences of alcohol use and protective behavioral strategies|
|4||Handling tricky situations||Elicit motives for drinking and reinforce strategies to address motives in healthier ways|
|5||Free time activities||Elicit free time activities that promote healthy and valued activities while avoiding/reducing drinking|
|6||Friends and parents||Elicit strategies for managing relationships and situations with others|
|7||Staying healthy||Elicit skills to prevent life-threatening outcomes of drinking (overdose and drinking/drugged driving)|
|8||Getting support||Engage participants in identifying resources and promote healthy social support|
Multiple times per day for 56 days, e-coaches posted new, dynamic content during morning, afternoon, and evening shifts. The same content was posted by e-coaches across both SMI and SMI+I conditions, at the same daily intervals, with some content tailored by age group. For example, posts in the younger group tended to reference school and parents, whereas posts in older groups tended to mention employment and partner relationships. During daily shifts, e-coaches used MI to respond to participants’ posts and comments. In addition, e-coaches used Facebook tagging and/or sent messages to participants via text, email, or private message if they did not engage for 7 days, sharing trending topics being discussed on the intervention page with the goal of increasing participation. After initial icebreaker posts (eg, How would you describe yourself in 5 words?), the intervention primarily addressed upstream motives for alcohol use (eg, stress, negative affect, positive affect, social influences). Given our secondary aims and in recognition of the harmful health effects of combined alcohol and other drug use, other drug use was also addressed (eg, risk of overdose, drugged driving). As cannabis (followed by misuse of prescription drugs) is the most commonly reported illicit substance used by adolescents and emerging adults , we also addressed these other substances throughout the intervention, given the likelihood that many participants could be co-using and experience heightened risks (eg, greening out, overdose). Finally, e-coaches posted weekly polls to assess participants’ content preferences while also monitoring the ongoing popularity of posts for tailoring in future weeks and waves.
Attention Placebo Control Condition
Similar to prior work , participants in the control group were given access to an 8-week attention placebo entertainment condition using private secret Facebook groups. Weekly topics included posts related to nonalcohol or drug-related topics that involved entertaining content (eg, sports, lifestyle, fun, etc). E-coaches posted content within the groups daily, at the same intervals as the intervention group posts. As in the intervention groups, the User Safety Agreement was enforced, the crisis line information was displayed in the group cover photo 24/7, and the downloadable files section included national resources (eg, suicide hotlines, mental health, and substance use treatment), the User Safety Agreement, and a copy of the consent form.
Our primary outcome of changes in alcohol consumption (eg, quantity, frequency, binge drinking) in the past 30 days is based on a self-administered, web-based, Timeline Follow-Back (TLFB) assessment [- ]. We programmed this self-administered measure to embed within our Qualtrics baseline and follow-up surveys, with data housed on our secure internal servers.
Alcohol consequences were measured via the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (BYAACQ) , which asked participants about experiences with 24 specific alcohol-related problems (eg, blackouts, hangovers) over the last 3 months (responses: 0=none to 3=more than 5 times). Note that we modified the BYAACQ by removing 2 items that are not frequently endorsed (ie, “My physical appearance has been harmed by my drinking” and “I have felt like I needed a drink after I’d gotten up [that is, before breakfast]”); we substituted 2 additional questions adapted from the original Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (ie, “I have damaged or lost property after drinking” and “I have gotten into physical fights because of drinking”) [ , ].
Condition Engagement and Sentiment Analysis
Measures of intervention engagement include counts of engagement data (eg, posts, status, comments to others’ posts, likes/shares). We expect that engagement level will mediate drinking outcomes, in that those who were more engaged in the intervention may respond more positively to the intervention. To examine characteristics of engagement, we will conduct sentiment analysis using software to code valance and arousal (eg, Dictionary of Affect in Language, Affective Norms for English Words) [, ]. When initially starting the study, we considered using third-party applications to collect these data; however, our IRB did not allow for storing participant identities on third-party servers. Thus, we developed our own automated software application housed on our internal servers to count each user’s likes/reactions, status updates, shares, replies, and comments to monitor engagement (and to assist in calculating incentive payments in the SMI+I condition) and to code sentiment within secret groups. However, midway through the study, Facebook restricted access to our program and all other third-party applications to secret groups. Therefore, study staff hand coded engagement to provide weekly incentives to participants in the SMI+I condition. To complete sentiment analyses (eg, code valence and arousal) and calculate engagement totals, we are currently revising our automated software application to code group conversations.
Intervention Acceptability and Perceived Helpfulness
At the 3-month follow-up, as done in prior work , participants were asked to rate perceived helpfulness of interactions with Facebook groups and e-coaches and the 8 weekly intervention topics. Example items include, “How helpful was it to interact with other peers in the group?” and “I felt the e-coaches understood me,” with response options ranging from not at all to extremely. The SMI+I condition received additional questions to assess the perception of incentives for engagement. Finally, the 12-month survey asked participants how many friends they made from the group that they still keep in touch with, with response options ranging from none to 21 or more.
Secondary Outcomes of Other Drug Use
Several measures were collected at baseline and follow-ups, which may be used to explore the impact of the interventions on other drug use as a secondary outcome. First, the TLFB described earlier also assessed past 30-day daily cannabis use. In addition, we made minor modifications to items from the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications, and other Substance tool to query other substances used in the past 3 months .
Statistical Analyses for Primary Aims
We will use generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to examine treatment effects and changes in the dependent measures (for both primary and secondary outcomes). We chose GLMMs for 2 primary reasons: (1) GLMMs adjust for correlations between data points (eg, repeated measurements on individuals); and (2) within GLMMs, one can retain participants who do not complete all follow-up assessments in analyses. As the primary outcome variable, alcohol consumption, is unlikely to have normally distributed errors and is effectively integer valued, the Poisson distribution, allowing for overdispersion , is a natural choice. This assumption will be scrutinized, and, as needed, modifications (eg, zero inflation) [ ] and alternative families of distributions (eg, negative binomial) will be considered. For models treating level of interaction, quantified by engagement metrics, as the dependent variable (aim 2), we do not have any a priori judgments about the appropriate distributional family, and this will be assessed based on the observed distribution. Our initial choice will be the Gaussian (normal) distribution. In all cases, we will implement an intent-to-treat analysis [ ]. Analyses pertaining to secondary outcomes of other drug use will be conducted in parallel manner to the primary outcomes analysis.
Aim 1: Develop and Test the Efficacy of Intervention Conditions (Social Media Intervention With Incentives and Social Media Intervention Only) Compared With Control, in Reducing Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Consequences
Compared with the control group, the intervention conditions will have significantly less alcohol use and consequences.
We will assess intervention effects at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups using the bivariate analyses comparing the 2 intervention conditions to the control condition. We will then examine treatment effects using a Poisson GLMM to account for correlations between repeated measurements. If preliminary bivariate analyses suggest that the effect of the intervention may vary over time, we will model an interaction of intervention by time.
Aim 2: Compare the Intervention Conditions (Social Media Intervention With Incentives and Social Media Intervention Only) in Participant Engagement and Efficacy in Reducing Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Consequences at Follow-Up
Compared with participants in the SMI condition, participants in the SMI+I condition will have (1) greater levels of involvement and (2) have significantly less alcohol use and consequences.
As mentioned earlier, we will assess intervention effects at 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-ups using bivariate analyses and also examine the distribution of outcome variables. We will then examine intervention effects over the study using a Poisson GLMM to account for correlations between repeated measurements and an indicator for the intervention group (SMI+I and SMI). As mentioned earlier, we will examine interaction effects as appropriate, including intervention by time.
Aim 3: Examine How the Level of Engagement in Intervention Conditions and Characteristics of Engagement Relate to Alcohol Use Outcomes in the 2 Intervention Conditions
Participants in the intervention who have more frequent engagement and more positive valence and arousal will have significantly less alcohol consumption and consequences over 12 months of follow-up than participants with less interaction.
We will examine the level of intervention involvement (eg, number of posts) and valence/arousal from the 8-week intervention period as predictors of alcohol outcomes at 3, 6, and 12 months using GLMMs. We will conduct sensitivity analyses by stratifying models by intervention condition. We will create graphs of the outcomes by treatment group to inform how potential variation in the effect of the intervention conditions on the outcome over time is examined in GLMMs (eg, consider interaction terms of condition with time that test for linear or quadratic increases or decreases in effect size over time).
Sample Size for Primary Aims
Power was estimated based on an N value of 900 and approximately 75% follow-up rate (conservatively based on our team’s prior alcohol brief intervention, which had >80% compliance with interventions and follow-ups over 12 months) , which does not take into account imputations and other strategies for handling missing data without reducing sample size. All power analyses were conducted using G*Power 3.1.7. software and assumed a two-sided test with an alpha of .05. Although we conservatively estimated effect sizes based on the brief intervention literature, we hope that the 8-week intervention period will enhance effect sizes. Although we were not able to locate software for calculating power for GLMMs, we estimated power assuming one follow-up and using traditional statistical tests and anticipate that the greater number of observations will be partially offset by correlation of observations within participant, resulting in similar power. For aim 1, we estimated that we will have >80% power to detect an 11.1% difference between intervention and control groups on alcohol consumption and a 12.5% in alcohol consequences. For aim 2, we estimated we will have >80% power to detect alcohol consumption that is 11.3% lower in the SMI+I group than the SMI group. For aim 3, we estimated we will have >80% power to detect intervention engagement as a continuous variable predicting a reduction in alcohol consumption and consequences.
Recruitment for the RCT began on January 5, 2017, and was completed on April 20, 2019, with 10 waves of recruitment to enroll the final sample. Across all waves, 11,914 individuals self-administered the web-based screening survey, and we sent baseline invitations to 1541 participants who screened positive on the AUDIT-C and passed initial verification processes. There were 1015 participants who completed the baseline survey; however, 46 individuals did not send a selfie for verification, 8 did not pass selfie verification procedures, 4 indicated they were too busy to join the study, and 2 timed out (did not complete all baseline procedures by group start). Thus, a total of 955 completed all baseline procedures (survey and selfie verification) and were randomized to one of 3 conditions: SMI+I (N=321), SMI (N=321), and attention control (N=313). The 8-week groups were completed in June 2019, and follow-up assessments are ongoing.
There were a total of 5 User Safety Agreement violations during the course of the groups, which resulted in removing a post and reminding participants of this agreement (eg, a public post to the group and/or private message). These violations included 1 individual posting an advertisement for a business, 1 individual posting a personal fundraising page, 1 individual posting a disturbing image, 1 individual using derogatory language regarding mental health, and 2 individuals arguing about politics that included swearing and name calling.
Although social media has been used to deliver interventions addressing other health behaviors [- , ], this RCT is one of the first to examine the efficacy of SMIs to reduce risky drinking among adolescents and emerging adults. Given the popularity and daily use of social media among young people [ , ], our intervention capitalizes on a highly used medium that is already routinely a part of their daily lives, unlike prior computerized interventions or alcohol-specific smartphone apps. Furthermore, addressing limitations of prior expensive computer applications that use software that quickly becomes out of date, these SMIs allow for ease of integration into common Web applications by nontechnical staff to facilitate sustainability.
The study protocol described here creates a recipe for future SMIs, as applied to early interventions for substance use. Similar to studies of HIV risk reduction , our interventions harness the Facebook feature of secret groups that preserve privacy and facilitate group interaction with other participants in real time, catalyzed by e-coaches who post dynamic content daily. The incentive condition harnesses participants to engage with other participants, which will provide interesting comparison with the nonincentivized intervention condition. In addition, unlike many prior alcohol interventions, which ignore concomitant other drug use, our intervention primarily addresses alcohol while also addressing the use of other drugs and associated health consequences (eg, injury, impaired driving, overdose prevention). Future papers will examine the efficacy of these innovative SMIs, which could have a significant public health impact by altering the alcohol use trajectories of adolescents and emerging adults.
The funding for this study was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01 (#024175). During her work on this study, EB was supported by a National Institute on Drug Abuse Career Development Award (#036008). The funding sources had no role in the design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation of results. Research reported herein was also supported by a grant to the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Award Number R49-CE-002099. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
EB and MW and DS wrote the initial drafts of this paper; however, all authors have contributed to the writing and editing of this manuscript and approve the final manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors do not have any personal financial interests related to the subject matters discussed in this manuscript, with 2 exceptions. MW is a minor shareholder in Facebook and has a conflict of interest plan approved by the University of Michigan. SY has received an unrestricted gift from Facebook, on file with the University of California, Los Angeles (his prior academic appointment).
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|AUDIT-C: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption|
|BYAACQ: Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire|
|CBT: cognitive behavioral therapy|
|e-coach: electronic coach|
|GLMM: generalized linear mixed model|
|IRB: institutional review board|
|MI: Motivational Interviewing|
|MINT: MI Network of Trainers|
|RCT: randomized controlled trial|
|SDT: self-determination theory|
|SMI: social media intervention|
|SMI+I: social media intervention with incentives|
|TLFB: Timeline Follow-Back|
Edited by G Eysenbach; submitted 15.10.19; peer-reviewed by D Litt, K Tassiopoulos, T Filipowicz; comments to author 12.12.19; revised version received 30.01.20; accepted 16.02.20; published 13.05.20Copyright
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Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a technology that aims to study the expression profiles of individual cells, in contrast with the typical bulk RNA sequencing that analyses the expression of large populations of cells together. scRNA-seq allows the identification of different cell types within the same sample, so it is possible to study tissues with more detail.
One of the most common and usually the first step in scRNA-seq analysis is the clustering of cells. This step aims to find groups of cells with similar expression patterns, which may correspond to similar cell types. There is a wide variety of algorithms to perform the clustering, being Seurat package one of the most widely used by the scientific community.
How to run Seurat Clustering from within Omicsbox
- The input is a Count Table, that is, a table with cells in columns, genes in rows, and expression level as values. It can be a .txt file or an OmicsBox project generated with the Create Count Table tool in the Transcriptomics module. The last option is suited for full-length technologies such as SMART-seq, SMARTer, etc.
- This analysis consists of several steps, which can be configured in the wizard:
- Filtering of low-quality cells and lowly expressed genes.
- Integration of datasets coming from multiple samples, that is, different conditions, time spans, batches, etc.
- Preprocessing of data in order to prepare it for the clustering step. This includes normalization, dimensional reduction, and optional data correction.
- Clustering of cells into groups that have similar expression patterns.
- The output is a Count Table with clusters instead of cells in columns, and genes in rows. The values are the average gene expression across all the cells belonging to each cluster. It also generates a Summary Report, a Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) visualization, and an Elbow Plot to evaluate the clustering parameters. In addition, it is possible to generate additional charts to manually annotate clusters using reference gene markers.
Note: It is good practice to run the Clustering several times with different parameters and explore the results. For example, check if there’s too few or too many clusters: in the first case, clusters could be composed of many different cell types, and the second case could be indicative of spurious clusters generated by noisy data.
Note: One of the parameters that most affect the Clustering is the Number of Dimensions, that is, the number of Principal Components used for the Clustering Algorithm. Keeping too few dimensions could miss important information to distinguish between similar cell types. However, keeping too many dimensions could introduce noisy signals and produce spurious clusters. The Elbow Plot helps to decide the number of dimensions to use.
Note: Data correction depends on the dataset and the aim of the study. For example, correcting cell cycle genes signal could prevent clustering cells that are in the same developmental stage, whether they come from the same cell type or not. However, in some cases these differences in cell cycle may be informative since they could be treated as an indicative of proliferating cell populations which can be different across treatment conditions, for example.
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EEG is the main type of instrumental diagnostics in modern psychiatry
In 1929, Hans Berger was the first to record the electrical potentials of the brain from the surface of the human head as non-invasive, i.e. bloodless electrodes – this is how a new scientific and practical diagnostic direction appeared – electroencephalography.
Interestingly, both G. Berger and his followers immediately tried to use the EEG of the brain to search for the causes of various mental disorders – for this they registered the EEG in mentally ill and tried to find a particular mental illness in the features of the EEG “pattern”. The search for EEG signatures of schizophrenia, depression and many other diseases continues to this day, but back in 2013, the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the main grant holder of scientific research in psychiatry in the world, recognized such a “frontal” approach as inadequate from a scientific point of view view and announced the termination of funding for this kind of research.
In 2017, depression was recognized as a major factor in mental illness and disability – according to WHO estimates, up to 500 million people worldwide suffer from this disorder. Statistical reports cite colossal losses associated with disability due to depression. However, the problems with diagnosing and treating depression are not only not improving, but in general they are becoming more complex and confusing. These difficulties begin already in the diagnostic manuals and textbooks themselves (DSM-5, ICD-10), in which depression is present both in the form of an independent disorder, and in the form of “other, indefinite, comorbid, etc.” types of depression. One of the reasons for this state of affairs is the lack of clear objective diagnostic criteria. And this applies not only to depression, but to almost any mental disorder.
Despite the emergence of more and more powerful diagnostic methods, such as positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear magnetic tomography (MRI), functional MRI, torsion tomography, etc., interest in traditional electroencephalography (EEG) is not fading away, but more and more, and thanks to such properties as non-invasiveness, relative cheapness, high temporal resolution and “hybridization” with computer technologies, as a result of which a modern computer modification of the EEG has emerged, has become a leader in wide everyday practice. This was also facilitated by numerous scientific fundamental studies, as a result of which the modern understanding of abnormal patterns of electrical activity of the brain in various mental diseases – endophenotypes or EEG phenotypes – was formed.
What is a computer EEG technique, what procedures does it involve and how does it differ from the traditional paper EEG, with which it all began?
In a fundamental sense, an EEG is a recording of fluctuations in electrical potential from the surface of the head that a huge number of nerve cells in the brain generate during their work. These potentials are very weak; therefore, special equipment is required to register them. We are talking about special amplifiers of electrical signals, which are the main link of the so-called electroencephalographs. Electrodes are connected to the inputs of these amplifiers, which are installed on the scalp – it is they that capture the weak electrical signals that cortical neurons generate.
From the electrodes, the neural signal enters the amplifier, amplifies, and then its fate is different depending on the generation of encephalographs. In the pre-computer era, this signal was simply recorded on paper in the form of an ordinary EEG, and this was practically the end of it – the clinician simply looked through kilometers of such paper tapes from the recorded EEG and, based on his knowledge, made conclusions and formulated clinical conclusions.
With the advent of computers, the fate of the neural EEG signal has changed a lot – in order to enter it into a computer, it is first converted from analog to digital form (ADC or analog-to-digital converter), and then, in the form of a sequence of zeroes and ones, is entered into the computer for further processing. The types of subsequent computer processing of the digitized EEG are constantly developing and improving, and today, among them, one can distinguish several types of hierarchically built on top of each other techniques that ensure the completeness and depth of analysis.
First of all, these are the most basic computer techniques that essentially duplicate some of the important functions of analog electroencephalographs – for example, the output and drawing of an EEG curve on a computer monitor screen. But even in this case, the use of a computer significantly enhanced the capabilities of this stage – it became possible to measure various EEG parameters (amplitude, latency, etc.) almost instantly for any set of channels.
Further, due to the fact that, in fact, a digital EEG recording is, in the mathematical sense, a time series, it became possible to apply a large number of different algorithms of mathematical analysis to the processing of this series. Firstly, this is an interpolation procedure, the application of which made it possible to obtain a more compact representation of the information contained in the EEG – these are the so-called topographic maps. Its essence is as follows – the program, using a movable cursor, measures the potential amplitudes synchronously across all EEG channels at a certain point in time, enters the measured values into the “nodes” of the map corresponding to the electrode overlap points, then, using interpolation algorithms, calculates the theoretical values of the potential amplitude for all others map points, then applies black-and-white or color coding to the resulting array of values, and we get topographic maps of the distribution of the amplitude of the electric potential over the surface of the head – top, side, bottom, whatever.
Topographic maps of the EEG amplitude 200 ms and further after the cursor positioned in the edit window.
The next improvement in computer analysis of EEG is associated with the use of the so-called. spectral analysis using fast Fourier transform – the EEG time series is fed to the input of this algorithm, and at the output we obtain the spectral density function for all frequencies of the EEG spectrum – usually from 1 to 100 Hz. Summing up the spectral density values in the standard ranges of EEG rhythms (1-4 Hz – delta, 4-8 Hz – theta, 8-12 Hz – alpha, 12-36 Hz – beta, 38-42 Hz – gamma) or in any individual, we can represent the severity of various EEG rhythms in the form of the same topographic map as in the case described above with the potential amplitude.
Power spectra for each of the 19 EEG derivations from 0 to 50 Hz.
In addition to spectral analysis, we can apply a large number of other algorithms to the initial EEG time series and obtain, for example, a topographic map of the coherence or synchronicity of potential fluctuations in different areas of the cerebral cortex for different EEG rhythms – on the basis of this indicator, it became possible to talk about the functional connections of various structures of the brain and areas of the cortex. In general, the types of processing of the initial time series are constantly being improved both in qualitative and quantitative aspects.
Topographic maps of the distribution of the spectrum amplitude indicator over the head surface for delta, theta, alpha and beta rhythms. Dots on the maps show the places where the EEG electrodes are applied.
The next stage in the development of computer analysis of EEG is associated with the creation of computer EEG databases both for the norm and for various forms of mental pathology. Key in this area are the names of Bob Thatcher, who developed one of the few currently recognized regulatory frameworks, i.e. an EEG database for almost all ages, and Roy John, who developed the neurometric method and a number of clinical EEG databases.
The essence of this stage is that carefully selected healthy individuals in the age range from 3 months to 83 years without a history of mental and neurological diseases, whose relatives also do not have such a history of diseases, record EEG according to a standardized protocol (leads, rhythms, parameters, functional tests, etc.), individual EEGs are “run” through all processing algorithms, the individual parameters obtained are summed up, averaged and a huge array of various statistical metrics is obtained, which allow statistically comparing the EEG of a single person with this base of norms and obtaining norms for this person topographic map of the statistical indicator of the reliability of the deviation from the norm of any EEG rhythm and any of its parameters. We can say that this is one of the most recent achievements of computer analysis of EEG and reliable programs in this area have been developed relatively recently.
Topographic maps of Z-ratios for absolute and relative powers of delta, theta, alpha, beta and high-frequency beta EEG of a patient with generalized anxiety disorder. The color shows the degree of statistical deviation from the norm (red – above the norm, blue – below the norm).
Currently, we are witnessing an even more complex stage in the development of computer analysis of EEG associated with the development of expert systems using artificial intelligence algorithms to automate the process of describing and diagnosing clinical EEG. However, this stage is still far from complete and requires joint action by a large number of scientific and clinical teams. One of the tasks of this stage is to identify stable abnormal patterns of brain electrical activity in various mental diseases – endophenotypes or EEG phenotypes.
It is the position on endophenotypes and biomarkers that underlies the future objective classification of mental disorders, the foundations of which are being actively developed at the present time. To date, 14 different EEG phenotypic patterns have been described in the literature, which occur in various mental illnesses and reflect disorders of certain brain systems. It is the endophenotypes, according to modern concepts, that are an intermediary link between the genotype and a specific mental illness. However, we will postpone a more detailed consideration of this issue until a future publication on the website of our Center. | <urn:uuid:207e4fdf-2802-44e6-9c60-ff0acc3353a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://no-mood-problems.com/blog/computer-electroencephalogram/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936992 | 2,053 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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Recently, The Royal Society announced that it would require all authors submitting to their journals to have an ORCID iD. Additionally, seven other publishers – including PLOS and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers – join The Royal Society, requiring author to have ORCID iDs starting in 2016.
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- 1 Can a beginner crochet a sweater?
- 2 How do you make a baby sweater by hand?
- 3 Can you crochet a cardigan?
- 4 Is knitting or crocheting easier?
- 5 How many hours does it take to crochet a sweater?
- 6 What do you need to crochet a baby?
- 7 How many chains do you need to crochet a blanket?
- 8 What size crochet hook is best for beginners?
- 9 How long does it take to learn crochet?
Can a beginner crochet a sweater?
The easiest option for making your first crochet sweater is to find a crochet pattern that suggests a yarn that you can get your hands on. The crochet pattern should be withing skill level beginner or at the highest easy. It shouldn’t contain any fancy stitches, but easy basic stitches, which makes it easier to follow.
How do you make a baby sweater by hand?
Loop the yarn over the left-hand needle and then insert the right-hand needle through this loop. Yarn over the right-hand needle and pull this yarn through the loop to create a cast on stitch. You should now have 2 stitches on your right-hand needle. Continue casting on until you have a total of 33 stitches.
Can you crochet a cardigan?
Cozy up in a comfy cardigan you can crochet yourself. The soft yarn and draped design feel like being wrapped in a blanket, making it perfect for cold winter days. Even if you’ve never made a crocheted garment before, you can make this one.
Is knitting or crocheting easier?
Once you’ve learned the basics, many people find crocheting easier than knitting because you don’t have to move the stitches back and forth between needles. Crocheting is less likely to unravel by mistake than knitting is. This is a major benefit of crocheting when first learning how to crochet vs knit.
How many hours does it take to crochet a sweater?
Estimated Knitting Time The Back usually takes about 4-6 hours and the two Fronts will take 3 hours each. Next you’ll knit the sleeves probably another 4 hours each and lets set aside some time for finishing, approximately 2 hours.
What do you need to crochet a baby?
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How many chains do you need to crochet a blanket?
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What size crochet hook is best for beginners?
Most beginners start out in the middle with a worsted-weight yarn and a size H-8 (5mm) hook. This is a good middle-of-the-road size that will help you get used to the rhythm of your crochet stitches. When you’re more experienced, you can try smaller hooks with lighter yarns as well as larger hooks with heavier yarns.
How long does it take to learn crochet?
Generally speaking, a beginner will take up to three months to learn how to crochet. The basics, such as single crochet, turning, and chain, could only take a few hours to learn. But it could be up to a year if you want to master and get comfortable doing most crochet types and patterns. | <urn:uuid:5a8a3eef-af96-42f1-9a7c-1de6184dad28> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://worldsbestmatrix.com/sweater/faq-how-to-crochet-a-baby-sweater-for-beginners.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.896797 | 812 | 1.796875 | 2 |
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The fans had reason to question the wisdom of manager Bucky Harris back in February when the team spent $5,000 for a 22-year-old 6-foot-4 right-handed minor leaguer. He won 24 while losing only 4 but that was for Sanford in the Class D Florida State League. That kid, Sid Hudson, was anything but a sure thing. After a good spring training, manager Harris praised Hudson, calling him “the best looking young pitcher since Schoolboy Rowe broke in with Detroit.”1 The results that followed were uninspiring. Hudson’s low point may have been his part in an 18-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians on May 23. He was driven from the mound in the first. His record sank to two wins against three losses. But Bucky retained his faith in Hudson.2
It was justified. By August 15, The Sporting News referred to Hudson as Cinderella Sid the boy wonder.3 Hudson had pitched two one-hitters, against the Browns on June 21 (no-hitter broken up in the ninth) and against the Athletics on August 6 (no-hitter broken up in the seventh). In between the one-hitters, he had a string of six straight victories.
An excited crowd of 23,000 filled Griffith Stadium on Labor Day, September 2, when Cinderella Sid was scheduled to pitch the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox.
Hudson’s opponent, the venerable Robert Moses Grove, came as a surprise. Grove, the legendary lefty who led the great Athletics teams of 1929-1931, was pitching in his 16th major-league season. He had eight 20-win seasons to his credit, including a most impressive 31-4 record for the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics. Entering the game he stood at 292 career victories. The last time Grove faced the Senators, he drove a foul ball off his foot and suffered a broken bone that the Red Sox said had probably finished him for the season.4 In that August 11 game, Hudson had bested Grove, 2-1, thanks to the ninth-inning heroics of Buddy Lewis, who threw out pinch-runner Tom Carey carrying the tying run.5 That Grove was making this start with the injured foot was attributed to the slide of the Red Sox in the standings. They had been leading the American League as late as June 19 with a 31-18 record. Their slide had brought them to fourth place by Labor Day, seven games out of first with a 69-58 record. The Senators had spent their season firmly entrenched in the American League’s second division and at game time were in sixth place with a 52-73 record.
In the top of the first inning, Doc Cramer tripled to the center-field corner with one out. Hudson pounced on a slow roller by Jimmie Foxx and ran at Foxx for a tag out. Cramer held at third. Hudson then fanned Ted Williams. In the fourth inning, Williams tripled to the center-field corner with two out but Hudson struck out Joe Cronin. In the fifth, George Case misjudged and then failed to catch a long drive by Bobby Doerr, allowing Doerr to reach second with no outs. Doerr moved to third on Lou Finney’s groundout. Shortstop Jimmy Pofahl grabbed a ball that third baseman Cecil Travis had muffed, preventing Doerr from scoring. Grove attempted to squeeze the run in with a bunt but Hudson jumped on the ball and Doerr was tagged out in a rundown. Dom DiMaggio made the third out by grounding back to the box. In the seventh, Doerr doubled to left with one out but Hudson easily disposed of Finney on a fly ball to George Case and then whiffed Charlie Gelbert. Catcher Rick Ferrell short-circuited a potential Red Sox rally in the ninth. The 11th inning brought more drama for Hudson. Doc Cramer led off the inning with a single to center. Jimmie Foxx followed with another single to center, sending Cramer to third with no outs. At this point second baseman Jimmy Bloodworth took his turn in the heroics spotlight. After a great play on a grounder by Williams, Bloodworth tagged out Foxx going from first to second, held Cramer on third, and threw out Williams at first for the double play. Cronin then flied harmlessly to Gee Walker for the third out. In the 13th inning, Cramer doubled to center with two out. Harris ordered a walk to Foxx, and Ted Williams grounded into a force play to end the top of what was to be the final inning.
Meanwhile, while Hudson was showing incredible poise for a pitcher with so little experience, Robert Moses Grove was showing what experience could do. No longer the fireballer of old, the 40-year-old veteran used a baffling curve and guile to dominate the Senators. It was not until the ninth inning that the Nats got their first baserunner to third. Through seven innings Grove had allowed only two hits. In the eighth, Ferrell and Case singled with one out but Grove was up to the challenge. In the ninth, Cronin’s wild throw put Cecil Travis on base with one out but Travis died on third. The 12th was nearly the end for Lefty. A single by Jack Sanford, a walk to Pofahl, and an infield single by Ferrell loaded the bases with one out. Hudson struck out. Case lifted a fly ball deep to the center-field corner but Dom DiMaggio raced back and made a game-saving catch.
After three hours of great baseball, the climax arrived in the bottom of the 13th. Buddy Lewis led off the inning with a double to right field. The managerial wheels began to turn. Trying to set up a double play, manager Cronin ordered Gee Walker intentionally passed. The strategy was thwarted when Bucky Harris called for Cecil Travis to sacrifice Lewis and Walker to third and second. With the perfect execution of the sacrifice accomplished, Cronin intentionally passed Bloodworth to restore the double play. With the outfielders playing shallow to avoid a score on a fly ball, rookie Jack Sanford, who was hitting only .114 at the time, lined a single over the head of Ted Williams to drive in Lewis with the winning run, ending the marathon matchup between the rookie and the great veteran.
Lefty Grove would start three more games in the 1940 season, winning one and losing two. Two of his starts were complete games. His victory came in another 13-inning complete game in Detroit, on September 10. The 1941 season was Grove’s last. He started 21 games and pitched 10 complete games finishing with a 7-7 record. His final win was his career 300th at Cleveland on July 25, 1941. Grove officially retired as an active player on December 9, 1941. Sid Hudson finished his rookie year with three more wins and two losses for a 17-16 record. He followed that up in 1941 with a 13-14 record (an ERA more than a full run lower than his rookie year, 3.46) and an All-Star Game appearance. In 1942, his record slipped to 10-17. Like most players his age, Hudson lost the next three seasons to military service. He never quite regained his pitching effectiveness and finished a 12-year career in 1954 with a won-lost record of 104-152. Hudson finished his career with the Red Sox after being traded in 1952 for Walt Masterson, a teammate on the 1940 Senators.
Jack Sanford’s game-winning single was his fifth career hit and his first career run batted in. His career would be limited to parts of three seasons (1941, 1942, 1946), during which he collected 32 hits in 153 at-bats with only 11 RBIs.
In addition to the sources cited in the Notes, the author also accessed Retrosheet.org, Baseball-Reference.com, SABR.org, and the following:
Povich, Shirley. “Boston Drops Brief Second Game, 5-4,” Washington Post,
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(HealthDay)—Several health care-related organizations have filed an amicus brief in support of veterans seeking a rule change that would amend or repeal the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy of not covering sex-reassignment surgery (SRS) for veterans with gender dysphoria, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
The AMA has joined the brief, which notes that the VA covers all medically necessary care for transgender veterans except SRS. The brief argues that gender dysphoria can result in clinically significant psychological distress, depression, self-mutilation, and thoughts of and attempts at suicide.
AMA policy supports health insurance coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria as recommended by patients' physicians, noting that the financial cost of transgender individuals in the military is a rounding error in the defense budget and should not be used as an excuse to deny these Americans an opportunity to serve their country. AMA policy also affirms that transgender service members should be provided with care according to the same medical standards that apply to nontransgender personnel.
"Blanket bans on SRS—such as the VA's ban—disrupt continuity of patient care," the brief states. "This disruption of continuity of care runs contrary to the health care needs of transgender veterans, which the VA well understands."
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An excerpt from “Why We Pray" by William Philip
In Acts 9, when we read of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, the Lord tells Ananias where to find Saul and says, “Behold, he is praying” (v. 11). Why is that so significant? Saul of Tarsus had said his prayers all the days of his life as a pious Pharisee. But for all his prayers, he had never really prayed before, because as yet he had never truly answered God’s call. But when he met God personally, in Jesus Christ the risen Lord, he truly prayed. He communicated with God.
You can’t respond until God has called out to you to respond. You can’t say, “I do,” until somebody has asked, “Will you marry me?” But in Jesus, God has broken that heavenly silence. He has called out. He has said, “I do want you back. Will you have me?” And he wants you to say yes. Saying yes to that call of Jesus is the essence, and the beginning, of all real prayer.
So let me ask you this: Are you a praying person?
I’m not asking whether you say your prayers—anybody can fool himself into thinking he’s praying because he’s saying his prayers. But are you a praying person? Are you responding from the very bottom of your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ, to God’s call to you in the gospel of Christ? Are you answering audibly and visibly the God who has called out to you in Jesus his Son? Are you doing that?
If you are doing that, you are praying.
But until you do that, well, you can say all the prayers you like, but you have never really prayed at all. Because praying is answering that wonderful call of God.
It’s never too late to start really praying, and you can pray, because God is a speaking God. He has called out to us, wonderfully, in the message of his Son, the Lord Jesus. He wants us to be answering people.
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SCC additionally presents the bottom tuition within the area, skilled instruction, profession counseling, and flexible schedules with night and online courses. Our degree packages are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. From manufacturing, to service providing companies, computers are part of nearly every side of our day. Computers may help us increase production and turn into more effective.
The program consists of studies in the main operating methods, diagnostics, plus configuration of computer systems and their associated peripheral units. The Computer Information Technology, Associate in Science (A.S.) Degree prepares students to succeed and thrive in the data technologies workforce. College credit score certificates permit students to concentrate on particular information technology roles corresponding to assist desk, IT analysis, and cybersecurity. A degree in utilized computing technology supplies opportunities for graduates in numerous careers as well as getting ready college students for a post-graduate degree. Most of the careers available for ACT majors are in IT fields that require specialised data of computer science and coaching in actual-world systems functions. Companies often hire exterior ACT specialists to provide network and methods assist for clients or inner departments. The Associate of Applied Science degree in Electronics and Computer Technology will give you the information and abilities for profession entry or development in a current job.
Required Core (Thirteen Hours For All Ms College Students)
Information on monetary institutions such as banks, credit score unions, and savings and mortgage organizations may even be coated. Students finishing affiliate levels are required to complete one Wellness course. Students within the utilized computer technology program are required to finish a cooperative training work experience previous to graduation. You may schedule your co-op after completing your second-year educational necessities. Cooperative schooling, or co-op for brief, is full-time, paid work expertise in your area of research.
What is computer technology used for?
Computer technology has helped the world to grow and evolve quickly. By performing tasks quickly, computers make daily activities more convenient. They give people access to a wide array of information and can reach even the most remote locations on the planet.
Here, we offer an overview of the degree and skilled options out there in Computer Science and Technology, from what kinds of levels exist and what to focus on, to work environment and job outlook. The pioneer days of computer science are behind us – computer technology is regular. Yet far too many Americans, particularly these born earlier than the Millennials, nonetheless do not know the place they fit on this new financial system. The two-12 months program consists of an Associate in Applied Science degree Technology with a number of specializations. Students are uncovered to quite a lot of computer techniques that are prevalent and present in today’s workforce. The Maricopa County Community College District is an EEO/AA institution and an equal alternative employer of protected veterans and people with disabilities. All qualified candidates will obtain consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, or nationwide origin.
Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Professionals
These embody software program engineering, robotics engineering, Cloud development, information science, Android engineering, and UI/UX architecture. And students who are extra analytical can strive a area like information science. Data science is all about using giant Computer sets of data to answers specific questions to assist corporate determination making or forward scientific progress. If you’re more artistically minded, then contemplate pursuing a career in online game design.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides 7 Computer Technology degree programs. In 2019, 904 Computer Technology college students Computer & Technology graduated with college students earning 437 Master’s degrees, 408 Bachelor’s levels, and fifty nine Doctoral degrees.
The associate diploma program prepares students for all times outside of school. Together with industry partners, our college update curriculum, equipment, tools, and software to ensure college students are studying what the IT subject wants now and sooner or later.
Understand and show tips on how to be knowledgeable in an info technology work setting. Create and implement a plan to install, configure and troubleshoot multiple computer operating methods. Design, code and develop functions for multiple operating methods to regulate operations inside and outdoors a computer system. This project-based mostly course focuses on computer basics and multi-platform purposes. | <urn:uuid:64f5c53f-d657-4cbd-9c0c-3702f9aa1bac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iqmm.xyz/computer-technology-program.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.922207 | 873 | 2.25 | 2 |
Cafe Scientifique: Choosing Wisely: Why More Medical Tests Are Not Always Better
It was standing room only at McNally Robinson Booksellers where the University of Manitoba Café Scientifique featured a thought-provoking topic called Choosing Wisely: Why More Medical Tests Are Not Always Better.
A crowd of approximately 80 people filled event space lined with bookcases on the evening of September 13.
Dr. Eric Bohm, Professor, Surgery, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Director, Health Systems Performance, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation; Hip & Knee Reconstruction Surgeon, Concordia Joint Replacement Group, Concordia Hospital and Executive Co-Sponsor, Choosing Wisely Manitoba, moderated the discussion with the panel, which was made up of three medical care experts:
- Dr. Roger Süss, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Family Physician, Northern Connection Medical Centre.
- Dr. Alex Singer, Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Family Physician, Family Medical Centre, Inpatient Family Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital and Director, Manitoba Primary Care Research Network
- Dr. Michelle Driedger, Professor, Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; former Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication
Dr. Süss spoke first, offering insight into how doctors think and what goes into their decision process when they are deciding whether or not to order tests for patients.
Next, Dr. Alex Singer, one of Choosing Wisely Manitoba’s Clinical Champions, shared how some screening tests, such as Vitamin D tests and Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) tests, can actually cause more harm than good and how he is working with Choosing Wisely Manitoba to reduce the number of unnecessary and potentially harmful tests.
Dr. Michelle Driedger followed and discussed the importance of trust in a patient/physician relationship. She explained that interactions between health care providers and patients that are conducted thoughtfully and with sensitivity lead to better outcomes for both parties.
Dr. Bohm then opened the floor for questions from the audience, and an engaged discussion followed over the next hour. Audience members asked thoughtful questions, such as how technology and digitalization will affect health care, when getting a second opinion is appropriate, and how to determine what is considered too much or not enough testing.
“I think it’s important to talk about issues related to unnecessary testing and the role that both the physician and the patient play in achieving optimal medical care,” said, Dr. Bohm, “This event is a great way to engage the public and raise awareness about these topics.” Thank you to all panelists and participants who attended the event and to the University of Manitoba and McNally Robinson Booksellers for organizing a thought-provoking and educational seminar on why more medical tests are not always better. | <urn:uuid:c8728f4d-e1fb-4d02-b6d1-4c1dee609527> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://choosingwiselymanitoba.ca/cafe-scientifique-choosing-wisely-why-more-medical-tests-are-not-always-better-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.925404 | 625 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Most Unmissable Attractions In Montreal To Include In Your 2021 Bucket Listby Jhon Smith Aircanadaairfly
Montreal the second-most populous city in Canada was founded in 1642 as Ville MARIE OR CITY OF Mary. It was originally named after Mount Royal Montreal, today it is one of the largest French-speaking regions and also one of the most bilingual cities in all of Canada. Montreal is also an important hub when we talk about tourism, science, finance, art, culture, history, food, fashion, and many more. In fact, Montreal has been designated as a UNESCO City of Design in 2006 and ranked in the 12th when it comes to the liveliest cities in the world.
If you are dedicated to exploring Montreal in the future then start planning your holiday trips without burning a hole in your pocket with Air Canada Flights.
Below are some of the most unmissable attractions in Montreal
Old Montreal: Old Montreal is a popular tourist spot, one of the oldest regions where the French colonized. It is home to 17th-century buildings, souvenir shops, museums, art galleries, restaurants, boutiques, etc. A popular the attraction here includes Place d’ Armes, Place Jacques Cartier, Chateau Ramezay Residence, Governors Garden, etc.
Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History: Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History was established in 1992. This museum exhibits about the history of Montreal’s indigenous people. The museum also holds multimedia shows and international events annually.
Botanica Garden: Montreal’s Botanical Garden was established in 1931 and it is home to the Alpine Garden, the Japanese Garden, and the First Nations Garden. A total of 10 greenhouses are present inside with more than 22000 unique plant species.
Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal: Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal is one of the best museums in Montreal. It is a 19th-century museum that showcases digital artworks, paintings, sculptures from famous artists and painters.
If you are interested in booking cheap flight tickets, cheap last-minute deals, and other travel information you can visit the Air Canada Official Site.
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Abstract: Tourism is often seen as a panacea for the ills of declining rural communities. The paper argues that there is an element of blind optimism in this view although a shift of focus from production to consumption within advanced economies like Australia's will undoubtedly provide opportunities for the development of the leisure, recreation and tourism industries, both in metropolitan and rural areas. The paper suggests that an increased focus on lifestyle will come to characterise Australia. Some rural communities will be able to capitalise on this, both for temporary visitors and for in-migration, but many will not. The well-established concepts of threshold and range, when coupled with the idea of specialisation, will have a large influence on which places 'win' and which 'lose' in any lifestyle-led and leisure-oriented society. 'Place marketing' will become increasingly important for towns competing against each other for the 'leisure and lifestyle dollar'. | <urn:uuid:f722ff30-2928-43a3-a4a8-a03287508fe6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nintione.com.au/resources/rao/rural-tourism-a-case-of-lifestyle-led-opportunities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950743 | 185 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Whole-Family Approach to Whole Family Success
“Our family was out of control. My youngest two boys had developmental and behavioral needs. My oldest two were fighting and screaming constantly. My relationship with my husband was ending. That’s when we got help.”
– Ilse, Any Baby Can client
It’s an intimate experience to welcome someone into your home. In this closeness, you begin to understand where someone is coming from and what the family may be facing. This was true when Megan Dreyer, an Early Childhood Intervention Case Manager and Early Intervention Specialist, walked into this particular home.
Megan had been called to do an evaluation of the family’s youngest son, who at the time was experiencing delays in his gross motor development. When she came to the home, it became apparent that there were other issues at play.
“Out of control” are the words that Any Baby Can client Ilse used to describe the home that she shares with her husband and their four boys, ages 2 to 10 years old. Stressors were creating a difficult family environment. The kids’ fighting had a ripple effect, with one mimicking the other. Tension between Ilse and her husband was at a breaking point. Finances were tight and unstable.
The two oldest sons were fighting and having issues with discipline. Ilse and her husband’s relationship was broken. They weren’t communicating and there was a lot of anger toward each other and toward the children.
“We need to nip this in the bud,” said Megan. In addition to working on the youngest son’s developmental delays, his brother began receiving behavioral and speech therapies. To address underlying family dynamics, the two oldest boys, Ilse and her husband all received in-home counseling services through Any Baby Can’s No Estás Solo program.
When Ilse’s husband lost his job and Ilse couldn’t pick up more shifts at her work to cover their expenses, Any Baby Can was able to secure utility assistance and stabilize their housing through our Family Support Services program. Any Baby Can was there to support the entire family every step of the way.
Motivated to Provide a Childhood Different Than Their Own
Ilse gets emotional when she talks about her own upbringing and the tattered relationship with her mother. Her husband had a troubled childhood as well. He was hit by a car and hospitalized several times, undergoing multiple surgeries. His father was incarcerated and his mother passed away when he was still young. By all statistics, this family should be in shambles. But instead, these wonderful parents wanted something different for their children.
Ilse and her husband are eager to support their kids’ developmental, behavioral and emotional needs. They are motivated to learn, adapt, and do better. “They’re the type of parents where if you gave them a suggestion, they follow through. They did the work,” adds Megan.
In addition to all of the support they received through Any Baby Can’s in-home services, Ilse attended a parenting class offered through Any Baby Can’s Family Education Program. “I was really thinking maybe I didn’t need this, but I went and he [Mr. D, one of Any Baby Can’s teachers] said every single thing I needed hear.”
“My sons’ development improved. All our relationships improved. We had to put in a lot of work ourselves, but we saw a huge change in our family. I feel like we have what we need for the future.”
Empowering All Parents
Over the course of one year, Any Baby Can supported Ilse and her family through incredibly difficult circumstances. We worked together to turn around a family’s trajectory.
“It’s really amazing what you can do if you try. As parents, we have to put in work if we want things to change.”
This is one family’s story. More than 3,000 clients receive Any Baby Can’s services each year. And we believe every single parent should feel supported, valued and empowered to give their children the best chance at a bright future.
Any Baby Can empowers parents by giving them skills, confidence and resources when they need it most, including comprehensive services that range from healthcare and education to emotional support and basic needs.
Make a difference in the future of a child and family by donating to Any Baby Can.
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This is when the spermatic cord (contains the vas deferens, lymphatic vessels, testicular artery, cremasteric artery, panpiniform plexus (veins), nerve to cremaster, testicular nerves) to a testicle twists therefore cutting off the blood supply to the testicle. This is due to a mechanical twisting process which can lead to testicular death. It is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Can occur at any age but most frequently among neonates and adolescents. It is rare >30 years of age. It occurs in about 1 in 160 males per year.
- Bell-clapper deformity (this is where the testicle has formed with no attachment to its surrounding scrotal walls and so is free floating within the tunica vaginalis – the serous sac surrounding the testicle)
- Large size – either normal variation or the presence of a tumour
- Sudden change in temperature from hot to cold causing sudden scrotal contraction which can trap the testicle in a rotated position
- An undescended testis
- Previous testicular pain
- Epididymitis (main differential)
- Scrotal oedema
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Acute onset of diffuse pain – can be in the scrotum, groin, lower abdomen or the inguinal region.
- Swollen testis
- Testicular tenderness
- Doppler Ultrasound Scan can be done to look at the flow of testicular blood – this helps to rule out epididymitis where the flow will be present. In torsion, there will be absent blood flow.
- Cremasteric reflexshould be absent in true torsion but may only be diminished so this is not an accurate investigation.
- Surgical exploration is mandatory unless torsion can be excluded.
- Surgical emergency– immediate intervention required to detort the testis.
- If treated within 6 hours – 90% chance of survival of the testicle surviving; 12 hours – 50%; 24 hours – 10%; >24 hours – 0%.
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