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There are 26 chest bones in the human body.
The chest or the thorax encloses respiratory and cardiovascular organs such as the lungs and heart. It also houses organs from other systems such as the digestive system ( the thymus gland and the oesophagus). In a healthy adult human, there are 26 chest bones, but some individuals have a congenital condition where they possess an extra rib (called cervical ribs).
Bones of the Chest
Following are chest bones
- Ribs – x24
- Hyoid bone – x1
- Sternum – x1
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Students don’t always need teachers to learn. Sometimes they just need each other.
That was definitely true in the case of a group of high schoolers from Texas who saw their classmates struggling to get the tutoring they needed.
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Taking care is the one way to show your love.
Though Fred Rogers was a master at feeling children’s feelings, which was how he could reach them, he also crafted many wise words we adults could learn a thing or two from as well.
Self-care and self-love are paramount to aging gracefully, so that we can live full, healthy lives. I didn’t get that until my mid-adult life, but get it I did—and so will you.
Maybe you learned at a young age that if you cared for yourself you were being selfish — a message that is confusing, often creating guilt within.
Living a full and healthy life requires attention to your self-needs, by you or someone who loves you, if you can’t care for yourself. Living a full and healthy life doesn’t mean you’ll live a long life, but it means you’ll up your chances significantly of living your best life while here.
The Start Of Release Your Obsession With AGING
I’m sitting at my getaway house to get away and work on my book on aging—or the fear of it.
I know, you might think, but wait a second, you just launched your third book only minutes ago. Okay, maybe not minutes but months for sure, so why the heck another book. Well, because I see aging connected to weight, body image, and eating disorders.
Everywhere I turn, someone is attempting to stop the aging process. Can we?
Being young is fast, fun, and exciting—but there is a time and a season for all things. Not that we shouldn’t stay youthful because we should, but not to the point of a gripping obsession.
I’m exploring how we can age gracefully without signing up for every pill, surgery, needle, vitamin and the list goes on and on.
The population I work with (which very well may be you!!) is fearful of the aging process working on the quest to forever stay young. And, I admit, sometimes I too am on this same hunt. I too question if I should get my eyes done or a nip and tuck somewhere. But where does it end?
Or where does it begin?
Fear of Losing Control
I remember this lovely woman who came to see me years back because she was out of control with her food. She was a diet jumper. She always found one fad diet or another to go on. And of course each time she was with a vengeance saying, “This time it’s going to work.” And it didn’t.
She had so many fears; the fear of getting fat; the fear of being alone; the fear of getting old.
Anyway, once we unpacked what was really going on with her, it came to defying aging. At first, I thought she was in her forties, or so—but as she moved, talked, and motioned with her hands, not to mention noting her neck, I realized she was far older than her beautiful face.
Hmm, I pondered on that for quite some time. Is it better to have a youthful face with old body parts, or is it better to be your best with where you are? Hence… the birth of my fourth book on the aging process and how we can muster up the strength and understanding on how do move through life in a healthy body, mind, and spiritual connection.
So, you might wonder what ever happened to this woman. Well, she went on another diet, and then another, and then a surgery, and then some Botox… until she realized none of it was allowing her to be her authentic self. That no matter how many nips and tucks and pounds lost and pounds gained, she couldn’t run away from herself. That she needed to love herself and embrace her gifts.
And gifts she had.
She was kind and giving and selfless when it came to others. She realized how important it was to wake every morning with a purpose—with something to do. She no longer chases the diets, and now lives in a healthy, perfect size for her, and though she loves her creams and primping, she’s less urgent about staying young and more attentive to live healthy.
Feel the Fear—And Do It Anyway
Aging gracefully. Stop and envision what you would feel like being at peace and not plagued by the obsession with aging—knowing that for once you have no urge to lean into the mirror and count every new line—every new sag, wrinkle bump, vein, or newly popped-up something. I promise if you look close enough, you will find something I know I do.
What would you feel like to master and work through what you’re afraid of as you allow yourself to age with dignity and honor? Perhaps you have fears over pending illnesses or seeing others you love aging and becoming frail, or worse, approaching death, and you fear this will happen to you, too.
And it might, but chances are it won’t and certainly not in the same way or as you imagine.
So, spending precious moments focusing on the might ofs and should ofs and could ofs is squandering unrecoverable time.
As we age, we’re entering the unknown—all of us. We don’t know what to expect on any given day, and perhaps others’ misfortunes create obsessions and fears concerning or own forecasts.
When we embed another’s misfortunes as a possibility that they could be ours, we fester the worry—the obsession. If we stay in the now and embrace our good fortune, take care of ourselves with healthful nutrition, moderate exercise, and gaily grooming and hygiene, particularly in relation to our teeth, we are on our way to aging gracefully.
What about you? Are you chasing diets? Are you chasing young? How’s that working for you? If you are not chasing thin and you’re not chasing youth, please tell us your secret—we all want to hear from you.
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Next week stop by to explore another topic on obsession from my obsession series.
Thank you for being a part of the reading blog forum of this blog. YOU are important to me. If you have something you’d like to say, I’d love to hear it. YOU are important and your words need to be heard. If there was something you think I should have added, I’m here and want to hear what you have to say…
To learn more on recovery from food addiction, eating disorders, weight issues, dieting, and aging, please check out my Release Your Obsession Series.
Stay tuned…you never know where my mind will wander…
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Conservation Lakefield is a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve, protect and conserve in perpetuity the natural environments, ecosystems and landscapes of great ecological value in Gore, Mille-Îles and Wentworth.
Conservation Lakefield is made up of volunteers from the municipalities of Gore, Mille-Îles and Wentworth. Our main activities are:
- Conservation of natural environments in Gore, Mille-Îles and Wentworth
- Organization of activities for the discovery of nature
- Connecting with other conservation groups
- Make our organization known to the citizens of the region.
Interested? Contact us today!
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Conservation Lakefield was created in 2016 by a group of citizens from the Township of Gore, who were concerned with preserving in perpetuity the magnificent natural environments and ecosystems of the region. The group established Conservation Lakefield as a non-profit organization (NPO) and obtained charitable status from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Support from the municipality of Gore, the MRC d’Argenteuil, Conservation Manitou and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (CNC) was invaluable. Conservation Lakefield can issue tax receipts for donations, under registered charity number 77786-7292-RR0001.
Did you know? Lakefield is an historic name for this part of the Lower Laurentians and also the name of a specific type of soil that is dominant in Gore, Mille-Îles and Wentworth.
Conservation Lakefield is focused on ecologically valuable areas in the MRC (county) of Argenteuil, particularly in Gore, Mille-Îles and Wentworth. The region has many forests, lakes, wetlands and bogs and is rich in biodiversity. This increasingly rare ecosystem provides a myriad of benefits. The trees and vegetation purify the air, the wetlands filter water, and many pollinating insects contribute to the development of plants, fruits and grains essential to wildlife and human survival. The undeniable economic, environmental and social value of the region’s valuable natural environments justifies efforts to preserve them. Conservation Lakefield favours the protection of natural environments with high ecological value, including those that are home to species at risk or that are part of ecological corridors connecting several natural environments.
In its 2016 report, Strategy for the conservation of natural environments in Argenteuil (in French), the MRC of Argenteuil identified five key issues, including the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas. One goal was the creation of a conservation organization for the region, and thus Conservation Lakefield fills a very real need in the region.
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“God’s plans aren’t always that pragmatic.”
I felt this way before I became a missionary. It seemed that language barriers, paying for language learning, moving expenses, and the like would make it much more cost-effective to pay a national than to send someone like me. But there are some interesting Kingdom principles at work:
1. Jesus told us to go. He commanded his followers to go throughout the world, not just to their own “Jerusalems or Judeas” but also crossing cultural barriers to the “Samarias” and uttermost parts of the earth.
2. Pragmatism is not always God’s plan. In Isaiah 55:8-9 we read, “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
We are often programmed to think as pure pragmatists and overlook the faith aspects. By raising support, a missionary allows many people to cooperate with the Lord in the expansion of his Kingdom beyond the scope of the local area. And he does it in a way that is counter to what culture would say in order to prove to the world that it is his mission and not that of the missionary or of the nationals.
3. Sometimes a missionary has the ability to communicate to people in a way a local cannot. In Chile we were able to communicate the Gospel to upper-class people. There were very few believers in that group, and culturally, they were unwilling and thus unable to hear the Gospel when it was presented by people from a “lower class.” We were given a hearing because, as foreigners, we were not from a set class.
4. Supporting nationals also has its problems. When nationals are selected and paid by a foreign group, the financial support can cause jealousy and forces the sending group to “play God” as they decide who gets and who does not get a subsidy.
Often, the funded person can begin to feel like they are authorized to select all future leaders. It can lead to a rather authoritarian and “western” mentality because the funded person feels a great need to please the funding agency [even when that means not doing what is best] to reach his people.
And the funding can build a greater dependence on outside help, more so than for sending a missionary who trains and facilitates a home-grown and home-funded ministry. Real Kingdom ministry must be reproducible.
So, what on the surface seems to be wise may not be the best method to reach the unreached.
Answer from Ken in Spain, who has served with the Canadian National Baptist Convention and Fellowship International in Chile and Spain for 16 years.
“Only God knows what is really needed; you may have a key contribution to make.”
The decision to go or not to go depends on God’s revealed will, not on logic. Only he knows what is really needed out there. We set up a Christian TV station in both India and the Philippines, which is something the locals did not have the funds or know-how to do.
When they learned from us how to do it all, in six months to a year, they took over and we left. Previously they had no skills in TV or media. Many times God sends a foreigner to do something the locals can’t see, even if they do have the money.
They learned a lot of things from us and we learned from them. That’s why God sends intercultural missionaries. Sometimes they bring the one angle that the locals did not see, or they have the capacity to implement something they cannot do or don’t have the courage to do.
Many times in persecuted areas, the locals have a lot at stake, while a foreigner can go in, do something great and then leave.
Local people may also be encouraged when they see people willing to leave their homeland and comforts to come live in their country. They see your faith and sacrifices and are inspired to do the same, even if it is just going to the next village or town.
Answer from Marilena in Australia who served six years in India, Romania, and the Philippines.
Many times it does make more sense to teach and fund nationals rather than going yourself.
In the work we do, it is often better in every imaginable way to equip and send a national on a literacy campaign or to help them plant a church than it would be for me to do it. Especially since I’m not trained in literacy or church planting! 🙂
When a ministry is nationally run, it is more holistic, more locally driven, the staff aren’t dependent on an expat to keep running, and whatever the ministry is will reflect more of the local culture and less of the missionaries culture.
However, there are many places where people simply do not know who Jesus is and anyone who does know Jesus nearby are either unable to go or unwilling to go to their neighbors to share Jesus with them. This is an excellent time for a cross-cultural worker to step in.
Another reason for sending missionaries rather than simply funding nationals is that, in many places in the world, there may already be Christians there who are willing and able to go but don’t have the training or resources to do the work.
In my field, for example, we train 5-15 nationals to do Bible translation work for every expat translator we send out. But it is still essential that these nationals have access to someone who has literally decades of training and a deep understanding of biblical languages. This person is often coming from the outside.
It may be more affordable to just fund nationals, but there are always circumstances where it will be necessary to send cross-cultural workers.
A final word of caution: take time to pray and meet with other Christians before deciding whether you should go based on the financial viability. As one of the other responses noted, God doesn’t always use the most financially viable solution.
Often, when a missionary moves to a new land and takes time to build language skills and relationships, that can have an immeasurable impact on the nationals they work with. You never know the impact one life lived in a strange context can have.
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As we saw on yesterday’s daf, our Gemara is discussing issues of bribery and the care that a judge must take to ensure that his decision will be free of any prejudice. One the stories related by the Gemara tells of Rav Anan, who refused to accept a basket of fish from someone who asked him to judge his case. Furthermore, Rav Anan informed the man that he could not act as a judge for him, since the offer of the basket of fish might influence any future decisions that he would make. Nevertheless, after listening to the man’s argument that he should be allowed to give the present since giving a present to a Torah scholar is, itself, a mitzva (as a source, the man referred to a present that was given to the prophet Elisha – see II Melakhim 4:42), Rav Anan accepted the present and referred him to Rav Nahman for judgment.
When Rav Nahman received the letter from Rav Anan which explained that Rav Anan could not judge this man’s case and that he was, therefore, referring the case to Rav Nahman, Rav Nahman assumed that the man must have been related to Rav Anan and that it would be appropriate to hear his case before the other cases that were on his docket. When the other party saw the honor that was being given to this man, he lost his train of thought, did not defend himself well, and lost the case.
Although Rav Anan did not mean for this to happen, his response to the man’s offer skewed justice, and as a result the prophet Eliyahu, with whom Rav Anan studied on a regular basis, stopped coming to learn with him. Only after fasting and prayer did Eliyahu return, but Eliyahu’s presence became so frightening that Rav.Anan had to make a box for himself to stay in while learning. Eliyahu’s teachings during that period are known as Seder Eliyahu Zuṭa, while the earlier teachings are known as Seder Eliyahu Rabba.
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Selectins play a central role in leukocyte trafficking by mediating tethering and rolling on vascular surfaces. Here we have reported that T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 1 (TIM-1) is a P-selectin ligand. We have shown that human and murine TIM-1 binds to P-selectin, and that TIM-1 mediates tethering and rolling of T helper 1 (Th1) and Th17, but not Th2 and regulatory T cells on P-selectin. Th1 and Th17 cells lacking the TIM-1 mucin domain showed reduced rolling in thrombin-activated mesenteric venules and inflamed brain microcirculation. Inhibition of TIM-1 had no effect on naive T cell homing, but it reduced T cell recruitment in a skin hypersensitivity model and blocked experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Uniquely, the TIM-1 immunoglobulin variable domain was also required for P-selectin binding. Our data demonstrate that TIM-1 is a major P-selectin ligand with a specialized role in T cell trafficking during inflammatory responses and the induction of autoimmune disease. | <urn:uuid:74c220af-96ad-4985-9b63-2111f50cb93c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://listlabs.com/citations_products/tim-1-glycoprotein-binds-the-adhesion-receptor-p-selectin-and-mediates-t-cell-trafficking-during-inflammation-and-autoimmunity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.904594 | 239 | 1.679688 | 2 |
In fact, 43% of the estimated 162 million workers covered under an employer’s health care plan give themselves a “C” or lower grade on their knowledge of health-care benefits, according to a survey conducted by CIGNA HealthCare.
“A health-care benefits plan is something that many people don’t really think about until they have to use it,” said Andrea Gelzer, a doctor and vice president of health policy at CIGNA HealthCare. “But at a time when costs are increasing, it’s more important than ever for consumers to know the details of their plan ahead of time, know how to use it, and know how to get the best value out of their health plan.”
Faced with a lack of understanding, most people then turn to their pocketbooks to do the talking with 83% saying that a plan’s affordability is a very important consideration. Further illustrating this point was that consumers are beginning to take action to help rein in their health-care costs, with more than four in 10 Americans saying they would use more generic drugs as a way to keep costs down. Other cost saving measures included the 37% who said they would take better care of themselves so they would not have to go to the doctor.
“Ultimately it is the member’s choice, but if the member can save money without sacrificing quality of care, many will choose to save money with generics,” said Jon Maesner, vice president, pharmacy strategy & policy for CIGNA Pharmacy Management.
Combining costs, generic drugs and a desire to see the doctor less, it is not surprising that other considerations workers ranked as important when choosing their health plan included prescription drug coverage (75%), followed by the inclusion of their doctor in the plan’s network (61%). However, CIGNA points to these decisionmaking items to show that few workers know to ask about other services that may vary significantly from plan to plan and ultimately can have a real impact on out-of-pocket health-care expenses.
When some of the other services were laid out, though, most workers polled said such offerings would be an important consideration in their selection of a health plan. Included in that list was 24-hour phone access to nurses, which seven out of 10 said would be important, but more than half (53%) either do not have it or are not sure if this resource is available to them.
Similarly high interest was given by the 71% that said a nurse case manager would be important; almost the same number (70%) that said it is either not available or are not sure if this is available to them. Additionally, 61% were interested in personalized health resources, even if 44% were unclear if these programs were available.
In the interest of saving money through prevention, high levels of interest were also detected for discounts on health, fitness and wellness services (67%) and disease management programs (79%). However, as with other services, similar high levels of uncertainty surrounded their availability (65% and 57%, respectively).
This all paled in comparison to the 94% who said a wide range of health services – such as mental health, substance abuse benefits, dental and vision coverage – available in one place from their health plan would important. Even with such high marks though, 22% were not sure of this programs availability.
“What the survey tells us is clear – many still think their health plans only process bills and pay claims,” said Gelzer. “But many health plans also offer resources to help consumers make more informed health care decisions. If more people knew about the resources available to them that would help them save money, they would be more inclined to use them.”
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Welcome to the binary translator. I've been thinking of making this for a long time, and it makes me very happy to see that it's done. But there are two problems with this program. All text must be entered manually, and if you mess up, you have to go back and edit the binary manually or start over Free online JSON to string converter. Just load your JSON and it will automatically get converted to plain text. There are no ads, popups or nonsense, just an awesome JSON to text converter. Load JSON, get text. Created for developers by developers from team Browserling And that's Binary Code. Go ahead and enter some text into the encoder. The computer will convert those letters into numbers, and then it will convert those numbers into binary! Did you know that to write any letter on the computer, it takes 8 lightbulbs? So a word with 5 letters would take 40 lightbulbs You can convert Binary to ASCII online using this tool. To convert, please enter Binary code in above box, and then click on blue button that says Convert, and you will see results in output box. You can copy or download output
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Maccaferri UK & Ireland subsidiary Linear Composites Ltd will be exhibiting at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas on 2-5 May 2016.
This global event offers the industry’s largest equipment exhibition and is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources.
OTC is sponsored by 13 industry organizations and societies, among which the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), who work cooperatively to develop the technical program. OTC also has endorsing and supporting organizations.
Yorkshire-based Linear Composites will be showcasing its range of high tech synthetic structures which are already proving invaluable within this industry namely:
– Parafil ropes have been used in various marine applications for over 20 years. Unaffected by sea-water, ice or UV rays they are light weight, have high tensile strength and excellent fatigue resistance.
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I started to think this post wasn’t going to be about books at all, but it turns out it is. The idea came to me while I was browsing through my bookcase looking for something I read recently. I realized that I have several shelves of what are labeled “self-help” books. These books are my version of therapy, books that have brought me closer to discovering myself and finding what happiness means to me.
Why do I get the feeling that in many circles these kinds of books are looked down on? Why the wise cracks in movies, tv, and radio shows about the people that read them?
What’s so wrong about attempting to help yourself through difficult times? Why do I feel the compulsion to hide and downplay how many of these books I read?
Hold the phone! Aren’t all books “self-help” books?
When I want to learn more about something, I usually go find a book (or five) to read about the subject. History, economics, religion, science, any book opens a whole new way of thinking, or dives deep into a subject I only had an inkling about. I’m helping myself to learning.
If you scroll through my Autobibilography page, you’ll find many titles labeled “self-help” and I am proud that I read them. I put them there so that someone else might find them, explore my thoughts, and decide whether or not that book might help them.
And it’s not just books that lead us to discovery of the world around us, and ourselves. Movies, documentaries, websites, and articles, all help us keep learning and growing, even when they are fiction.
Instagram has been a wealth of self-discovery for me the past few years. I’ve found writers, mental health professionals, quilters, and even comedians that have changed my life for the better. They inspire me with their posts about what they are reading, writing, and learning. They make me laugh with their observations about the world around us. They give me ideas about what I can create right here in my own home.
Three posts I saw this morning sum up what I’m currently working on in my mind.
Balanced between “I’m scared of change.” And “I’m scared of staying the same.”
Who else feels this way? Years ago, my sons pointed out that I am a special kind of crazy because I really don’t like change AND I get bored quickly. I’ve always struggled with that, but then again, doesn’t everyone? I want to stay where I’m comfortable and capable, the tried and true. I want a challenge too, but that’s scary.
And this one: “Self-Care for Highly Sensitive People Means”
Many of these suggestions sound like a nightmare, especially “spend time alone.” Being alone is something I actively avoid, the reason I keep reading, posting, and asking for input. I call people, attempt to set up dates, send texts in the hopes of starting a conversation, all in order to end the “spending time alone” part of self-care.
My fear is that if I get used to that time alone, everyone will be gone, off on their own adventures, when I finally decide that I’ve had enough and want company again.
I think I’ll print this one out and put it out where I can see it. If these things are hard for me to do, maybe that means I need to practice them. Maybe that’s what will make me feel better.
And then I see this, “What if you told yourself you are worthy just the way you are and you believed it?”
I don’t believe it. Just this morning I found myself journalling negativity to myself. “If you would just…” “If you could only…” “You’re just asking too much.” “Then you’d be happy because you would deserve to be happy.”
Where the hell does THAT come from?
I have one more…a bonus!
A visual representation I would do very well to remember. Somewhere along the line, I’ve learned to believe that self-criticism will make me work harder to be a better person and self-compassion will make me lazy and stuck.
Neither are true.
Every time I’ve practiced self-compassion lately, in the form of some kind words to myself or one of those self-care actions described above, I feel better about myself and I’m happy and content. Happy and content are the better goals in life, the ones you lay on your deathbed smiling and reminiscing about.
When I practice self-criticism, I feel worse and get less done. I’m unhappy and spread that unhappiness to everyone around me. In response, the very people I want so badly to feel connected to begin to pull away from me. The very thing I fear is being caused by the action I have believed would keep it at bay.
See?! Self-help! The critics are right, probably the worst thing in the world for people to do is to attempt to solve their own problems with self-discovery and discussion with others instead of relying on the professionals to coach one on one and charge you obscene amounts of money to do so, making us say things like, “Hey government! I can’t afford what I NEED, so take something from someone else and give it to me so I can!”
But that’s a whole other topic of discussion!
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Whether you work in the banking sector, credit companies, financial investment companies, insurance groups, or the consumer finance industry, Fintech app development has become the most famous success trend of the past years.
Before starting a app development, you may wonder how to create a Fintech App? How Much Does It Cost to Develop? This article will answer these questions and reveal must-have features, the required tech stack, helpful design tips, and the cost of a Fintech app.
How to Estimate Cost to Develop a FinTech App?
Before delving deeper into understanding how to get started with a FinTech app, what features and trends need to be implemented, and how much it will cost to build such an app for your startup in 2022, let’s start with the basics.
1. What are Financial Apps?
Fintech applications are financial technology solutions that refer to companies that provide financial services to end customers with the help of software solutions. Fintech is the result of a digital transformation that continues to serve a variety of industries and reveal new business growth opportunities for companies.
The Fintech ecosystem offers various solutions. That’s why large corporations and startups usually provide numerous financial activities, like:
- Online money transactions
- Internet banking
- Fast billing services
- Tracking and management of personal capital in real-time
- Digital insurance system
- Exchange trading services
- Tracking financial transactions
- Tracking your spending
- Exchange of virtual currencies such as bitcoins, cryptocurrencies, etc.
- Digital mortgage services
- B2B Fintech services
- Auditing, risk management, and compliance software
2. Types of Fintech Applications
Before starting the Fintech app development, you need to define your product and the type of application you want to create.
Let’s see some of the main popular types:
- Insurance apps
- Loan & Lending apps
- Digital Banking apps
- Investment apps
- Robo-advisor apps
- Regtech apps
- Consumer finance apps
- Payment Processing apps
- Personal Finance Management apps
- Tax filling apps
- Money management apps
- Crowdfunding apps
- Blockchain apps
- P2P payment apps
3. Features of Banking and Finance Apps
Each business has different goals and market objectives, so there is no standard list of functions and features to rely on. So, whether you decide to create a basic or modern Fintech application, make sure that it has high performance and provides the latest features to meet the expectations of your customers.
Although every financial institution wants to serve its clients individually, here are some essential features and functions that you need to implement in your banking and finance applications:
- Sign-up and sign-in screen
- Card details
- Transaction History
- Money Installment
- Saving management
- Deposit Machines
- Bank Branch Details
- Accounting Settings
- Push Notifications
- Bank Details
Depending on the features and functionality of your app, you can calculate the price for the development.
4. Cost to Build Fintech App by Types
Since every business operates at a different pace and pursues various goals, there is no Fintech application that meets the needs of all businesses. Hence, there is no standard price for building a Fintech app for your business. Budgeting apps will require a deep understanding of their purpose, features and regulations applied.
However, you will need a rough estimate of the based budget and time to plan the development of your application correctly. Thus, to create a basic application that provides a safe, transparent, efficient, and convenient way to transfer online payments, you will need a minimum budget of $40,000 and a timeline of 3 to 4 months.
A financial application with basic functionality and a simple user interface for a single platform will cost between $30,000 and $50,000.
However, it will cost from $50,000 to $65,000 to create an advanced solution with more functionalities and modern technologies.
|Basic Fintech App||$30,000 and $50,000|
|Average Fintech App||$50,000 and $80,000|
|Complex Fintech App||$80,000 +|
These are rough estimates that can vary greatly depending on various aspects such as platform specifics, functionality, API integration, complexity, development team, hourly developer rate, interaction patterns, and more.
4.1 What is the Cost of Maintenance?
How to develop a financial application that is convenient and easy to use? The chatbot or customer support is critical. Your application will manage users’ finances, and they will have a lot of questions about how everything works and where the money goes. Nobody wants to send an email and wait for hours for a response, so the support team should have an in-app chat, work 24/7 and quickly answer frequently asked questions.
Maintenance and security are essential parts of the banking and financial industry. The Fintech application maintenance should happen regularly so that the users can see the guarantee of the security measures.
For a basic Fintech app, the cost of maintenance will be minimal, but they can change as the banking and financial technologies are constantly improving. It can bring more expenditures for security, user experience, and quality improvements.
4.1.1. Cost Defined by Types of Apps
Let’s compare the average prices depending on the different types of Fintech App.
|Type of App||Development cost|
|Lending App||$30,000 to $50,000|
|Insurance App||$45,000 and $70,000|
|Investment App||$60,000 and $120,000|
|Consumer Finance App||$50,000 to $300,000|
Consider that if you want to enable advanced features of your app type, such as real-time credit score tracking, EMI calculator, data analysis will require more budget than expected.
4.1.2. Cost Defined By Types Of Teams
Your choice of the team greatly influences the price of the development. Let’s see the average banking app development cost for the product if we presume that the local agency is based in the USA and the outsourcing company is located in Eastern Europe.
|Type of team||Development cost|
The trending banking app development cost also depends on the size of the team. If the mobile app development company doesn’t have the required resources, they need to hire employees and fill the skill gaps in the team. The money spent by mobile app developers on resources will be reflected in the total app development price.
4.1.3. Cost Based on Location
The other important aspect that influences the price of the Fintech development is the location of the development company or freelancers. We’ve compared the prices in different regions based on different types of apps and estimated the average cost of the Fintech app development in 2022.
The price is calculated based on the average size, the moderate complexity of the product, and the hourly rate of the team of 4-7 specialists (business analysts, project managers, developers, QA, designers) and the period of 4–9 months of the app development.
|Type of app||Eastern Europe||Central Europe||Western Europe||North America||Latin America|
|Consumer finance app||$290,000||$400,000||$670,000||$840,000||$250,000|
As we can see, if we compare the cost for the app developers in the US with other European countries, we can notice that Fintech mobile app development in Eastern Europe can be available even for startups.
5. Technologies Used in Fintech Development
The choice of the programming languages and frameworks is significant for the Fintech founders, as it determines the work of the application and the whole process of the development. The primary programming language that is leading now and is predicted to still be popular in 2022 for Fintech projects is Java. It is followed by Python, Go, and PHP.
In Blockchain projects, the most used languages are Go, Python, Java, Ruby (Ruby on Rails), Scala (Akka), C ++ (.NET), C # (. NET).
Generally, we can select three types of applications, and each one requires a specific technology stack.
- Native applications
Fintech apps for iOS or Android are developed exclusively for one platform. The technologies to build native iOS apps are Objective C, SWIFT, Apple Xcode, and the iOS SDK. The native Android apps usually use Java, Kotlin, Android Studio, and the Android SDK.
For the development of smart contracts, developers prefer to use the Solidity language (for the Ethereum platform).
- Cross-platform applications
Cross-platform apps support multiple mobile platforms and are developed using Native, C #, and Flutter.
- Hybrid applications
These apps support both web apps for web browsers and native apps to install on specific devices, Android and iOS. To develop hybrid apps, the developers use technology stacks such as HTML 5 or PhoneGap.
6. Stages of Fintech Application Development
When you define your team and choose the app type of development, it’s time to start the process of Fintech app development.
The goal of Fintech apps is to help users with financial matters as efficiently as possible. Once you line up your strategy, you’ll get a more clear vision of your app.
The key aspects that you should consider before developing a FinTech app are:
- Building a secured platform
- Introducing innovation and Artificial Intelligence
- Changing the dynamics of customer experience with immersive technologies
- Re-imaging the future with blockchain services
- Robusting notification system
- Easy yet secure registration process
- Compliance with all Fintech regulations
6.1. Realization of features in your Fintech App
New technologies are the foundation of the Fintech industry. Various technologies that include Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are a requirement of the time, and you simply have to include them in a product. Blockchain can help with record tracking, and Artificial Intelligence can support personalized recommendations, data analysis, customer interactions, etc.
- Data Analytics and Personalization
Big data analytics helps Fintechs create a digital analysis of a user’s banking activity, potentially identify errors, and constant maintenance and support. Based on the user’s expenditures and transaction history, the system can provide recommendations for using the right Fintech services.
- API Integration
The Fintech app usually fulfills different functions like bill tracking and money transfer, so it’s crucial to utilize them with other services. For this, you’ll need smooth APIs and quick access to the website. For API development, choose strong database solutions like MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
- Artificial Intelligence
The growth of industrial data processing, the improvement of machine learning algorithms, the lower cost of process support, high competition, and excessive consumer demands on financial companies – all these factors made artificial intelligence an essential part of financial technology.
7. Possible Challenges in Fintech Product Development Processes
Recently, financial technology innovations have revolutionized finance and changed the way we manage it. Fintech companies are at the forefront of these changes, but there can be possible challenges.
Among the most critical Fintech challenges nowadays are:
1. Digital identities
To improve already existing biometrics technologies, Fintech companies use one-time passwords (OTP), together with risk-based authentication. This adaptive authentication collects and gets information about a user’s geolocation, registered devices, biometric data, OTP, and many more.
2. Data ownership
While providing data ownership in your startup, you have to consider lots of technical and legal processes and their compliance with the standards and regulations in your country.
3. Cloud migration
Especially for the Fintech industry, it is essential to choose tools to manage your cloud solutions in complete integrity.
4. Third-party components
Integrating with third-party components like payment gateways, analytics systems, social network buttons, chatbots can compromise the security of your Fintech product.
Your Fintech startup has to comply with the regulations and standards of the country of its regulations.
The right choice of fintech application development company can guarantee you the use of the best technologies, trends, features, and functionality for your financial solutions. It allows you to efficiently and cost-effectively manage your business operations and be aware of the newest Fintech trends.
Our UppLabs dev team is proficient in using the latest technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to create the best web and mobile solutions for our clients.
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Intervention by Mr Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, on Item 2: The Commonwealth Response to Global Challenges on the occasion of the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Meeting, 14 October 2020
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Developmental Affairs of the United Kingdom, Mr Dominic Raab,
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland,
Foreign Affairs Ministers,
High Commissioners and Distinguished Guests,
Allow me to begin by congratulating the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Chair-in-Office for arranging this first ever virtual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting to deliberate on global challenges facing the Commonwealth.
As we meet here today, we are in the throes of a global crisis – the Coronavirus pandemic. In this crisis, people across the world have extended the hand of solidarity to people in other nations and humanity has been galvanised into action.
We have formed international partnerships to ensure there is equitable access to medical equipment and supplies. Many nations have set up extensive social support systems to protect citizens whose jobs, businesses and livelihoods have been threatened.
Our response to the COVID pandemic has demonstrated the heights that can be attained when we work in the spirit of friendship and solidarity. We, as the Commonwealth family should through our solidarity, build a common and inclusive future in the aftermath of COVID-19.
As the African continent, our response to the Coronavirus has been swift and effective.
We have a continental strategy to fight the pandemic being driven by the regional economic communities. The African Union has established a COVID-19 Response Fund and launched a ground-breaking African Medical Supplies Platform to ensure all countries have access to the necessary equipment and supplies.
South Africa fully supports the Commonwealth Statement on COVID-19. As a country, we are committed to working constructively with the Commonwealth family and our international partners to address COVID-19 and its impact.
In recognition of the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) both at home and globally, South Africa appreciates the efforts of the Commonwealth Secretariat and its partner in establishing the ‘No More Campaign’ initiative and commends the development of the Pan-Commonwealth digital portal. South Africa supports this initiative and will continue to participate in ongoing engagements in this area.
Given that COVID-19 has exacerbated global levels of gender-based violence, it is now more than ever important that member states develop gender-responsive policies and programmes matched with the appropriate budget.
The year 2021 marks the Commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA). It is befitting that as Commonwealth member states, we join, organise and support with high-visibility various initiatives, in particular those to be organised by the United Nations Human Rights Council during its forty-sixth session and the General Assembly during its 76th Session.
This year will be remembered for the massive groundswell to push back the frontiers of racism under the umbrella of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. As a country that has known too well the anguish of institutionalised racism, South Africa supports the demands for swift action against racism, whether committed by individuals, companies, officials or a state. In view of the current situation, South Africa supports the Commonwealth Statement on Anti-Racism.
We need to work together to address the climate change crisis. As we rebuild in the aftermath of this pandemic, we have an opportunity to place the global economy on a low-carbon, climate resilient developmental path.
The global recovery effort must place climate change adaptation, mitigation and support at its centre – in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and other multilateral environmental commitments. In this regard, South Africa welcomes the Commonwealth Climate Change Programme established to focus on strengthening the resilience of Commonwealth countries to the negative impact of climate change.
Though we currently face daunting challenges, we have the solidarity and friendship upon which the Commonwealth family was build.
South Africa reaffirms its commitment to the ideals and the principles of the Commonwealth Charter and will spare no effort to work with the other 53 members of our family to bring about a more just, peaceful and equitable world. May our cooperation deepen and may our solidarity endure.
I thank you.
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was the 7th most common malignancy worldwide in 2018 and despite therapeutic advances, the overall survival rate for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC; ~50%) has remained unchanged for decades. The most common types are OSCC and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC, survival rate ~85%). Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor of HNSCC. In the developed world, the incidence of OSCC is declining as a result of tobacco cessation programs. However, OPSCC, which is also linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, is on the rise and now ranks as the most common HPV-related cancer. The current state of knowledge indicates that HPV-associated disease differs substantially from other types of HNSCC and distinct biological differences between HPV-positive and HPV-negative HNSCC have been identified. Although risk factors have been extensively discussed in the literature, there are multiple clinically relevant questions that remain unanswered and even unexplored. Moreover, existing approaches (e.g., tobacco cessation, vaccination, and chemoprevention) to manage and control this disease remain a challenge. Thus, in this review, we discuss potential future basic research that can assist in a better understanding of disease pathogenesis which may lead to novel and more effective preventive strategies for OSCC and OPSCC.
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Studying for exams can be hard but not when you do it with a game! Ms. Blakely’s AP Government class once again stepped up their learning style by playing an interactive game to review for their exam. Cadets use visual, auditory and kinetic learning styles to give clues to the classmates on their team. Each method and each clue further solidified their learning of the concepts studied during this unit and is just another way experiential learning has entered the classroom.
In Ms. Blakely’s World History Class, cadets completed their first writing assignment. These first drafts were then edited and critiqued by their classmates. The ability for the cadets to learn to receive feedback from fellow peers will be something they carry into any field of work later in life.
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Canada has only ever qualified for one World Cup, but a second appearance looks to be on the horizon. Amidst a golden generation of players like LOSC (Lille Olympique Sporting Club) striker Jonathan David, and Bayern Munich left-back Alphonso Davies, Canada has become one of the strongest teams in North American soccer.
Canada’s sole World Cup appearance came at the 1986 tournament in Mexico. There, Canada finished at the bottom of their group, losing to the U.S.S.R., France, and Hungary, while failing to score a single goal. Despite this poor performance, Canada’s participation in the World Cup sparked interest in soccer across the nation. This has led to a growth in quality for Canadian soccer since 1986, culminating now, on the cusp of qualifying for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
After topping their qualifying group in round one and defeating Haiti in the second round, Canada now sits in the final round of the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football) World Cup Qualifier. This third round sees Canada enter an eight-team group, featuring multiple countries with World Cup experience like the United States and Mexico. In the group, the top three teams gain automatic qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The fourth-placed team will play the winner of the Oceania Football Confederation’s qualifiers in June 2022 for a spot in the World Cup.
Canada has had some significant performances up until now in this qualifying stage. Most notably, their draw against Mexico in Mexico City at the Estadio Azteca—one of the most difficult stadiums to play at in North America. For Canada to qualify, they will need to continue to gain points against these difficult oppositions. This was apparent for Canada heading into their home match against Mexico in Edmonton on November 16.
The stakes were high for Canada and Mexico leading up to this match because of the U.S.A. drawing against Jamaica. As a result, a win would advance either team to first place in the group.
Due to the young, in-form, and fast-paced counter-attacking style of the Canadians, they were favoured to win. The match took place in -11°C weather, as Commonwealth Stadium was covered in a blanket of snow. This game earned the stadium the term ‘Ice Teca.’
For the first 55 minutes, Canada appeared to have better odds. There were two goals from Larin, who thereby became Canada’s joint all-time leading scorer. His first goal was in the 47 minute and the second off a set piece in the 52. After Canada gained the lead, Mexico began to generate chances. Eventually, a powerful header from Atletico Madrid 31-year-old, Héctor Herrera, gave Mexico their first goal. Yet even after several more Mexican chances, Canada held strong. This secured Canada their first win against Mexico in over 20 years.
Currently, Canada sits first in their group with a one-point lead over the U.S.A. With six games remaining between now and March 2022, Canada will have to continue their current run of form in order to qualify for their second ever FIFA World Cup appearance.
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The CNRP will cut all ministry budgets by 20 percent if it wins next year’s national election to free up funds to provide $500,000 annually to each commune, the party’s spokesman said on Monday, a proposal dismissed by the ruling party as empty election season chatter.
Ministries “cause a lot of corruption and inflate the cost of operations,” CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said on Monday, contending the cuts, paired with an anti-corruption campaign, would encourage more efficient operations.
“It is not the United States or Europe, where they make the budget very carefully,” he added. “In this country, corruption is very big.”
The CNRP’s five-pronged commune election campaign platform calls for each commune to receive the $500,000 to skirt a system the party says is plagued by patronage and red tape.
At an election rally in Phnom Penh on Saturday, party president Kem Sokha suggested that amount might in some communes be boosted to $1 million and said the party would eliminate the Rural Development Ministry if it wins next year’s vote.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Koh Kong province on Monday, Mr. Sokha elaborated, saying that 70 percent of the commune funds would go toward infrastructure projects like schools, wells, and hospitals. Commune chiefs who squandered the financing would be removed, he said.
“Some people say, ‘You don’t have money, you just tell a lie,’” Mr. Sokha said. But he remained vague about how the decentralization effort would be financed.
“On behalf of the CNRP I want to say that…currently the National Assembly has approved $5 billion per year to the royal government,” he said of this year’s national budget, suggesting that the $823 million it would cost to contribute $500,000 apiece to the country’s 1,646 communes could easily be managed.
Pressed on how that budgetary space would be created, Mr. Sovann, the spokesman, said that the 20 percent across-the-board cut for ministry budgets would be accompanied by a rewriting of anti-corruption laws and judicial system reform, which he said would encourage whistleblowers, limit fraud and improve operational efficiency.
“If you inject the political will, within one year it will be better,” he said.
But he declined to elaborate on the specifics of the party’s proposed anti-corruption campaign if it was victorious next year, saying that the CNRP had a right to keep its strategies secret. The opposition understood voters’ expectations for reform, he said.
“If we don’t do it, we commit suicide,” Mr. Sovann said.
CPP spokesman Sok Eysan conceded that Mr. Sokha could do as he pleased if his party won next year, but seemed to dismiss that possibility outright.
“He could do whatever he wanted—cut 20 percent or cut 100 percent,” he said. “We won’t pay attention to that.”
The ruling party already met the needs of local constituents, he said.
“The CPP already provides [funding] through national budgets to build roads passing through communes or villages—the question is how many millions,” he said.
He questioned local leaders’ capacity to handle an influx of cash without proper training and wrote off Mr. Sokha’s speeches as “demagoguery.”
“I think it’s just talk,” Mr. Eysan said.
Political analyst Cham Bunthet said the CNRP’s plans to trim ministry budgets was feasible. As an advisor to the fledgling Grassroots Democracy Party, Mr. Bunthet said he had recommended the party run on a platform of eliminating all but 11 ministries.
“There’s a lot of stuff that can be merged together,” he said, citing the Planning Ministry and the Rural Development Ministry as one example.
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There’s a new strategy for scanning exoplanets for biosignatures—signs of life such as oxygen molecules and methane.
These chemicals—which don’t naturally stick around for long because they bind with other chemicals—are abundant on Earth largely thanks to the living creatures that expel them. Finding both of these chemicals around another planet would be a strong indicator of the presence of life.
In two new papers to appear in The Astrophysical Journal and The Astronomical Journal, Caltech researchers demonstrate how this new technique, called high-dispersion coronagraphy, could be used to look for extraterrestrial biosignatures with the planned Thirty Meter Telescope, which, when completed by the late 2020s, will be the world’s largest optical telescope.
“We’ve shown this technique works in theory and in the lab, so our next step is to show it works on the sky.”
This advance comes just after astronomers announced the discovery that seven Earth-size planets orbit a star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of the planets reside in the “habitable zone,” the region around a star where liquid water is most likely to exist on the surface of a rocky planet. Other potentially habitable worlds have also been discovered in recent years, leaving many people wondering: How do we find out if these planets actually host life?
Using theoretical and laboratory models, the researchers show that their new technique could detect biosignatures on Earth-like planets around M-dwarf stars, which are smaller and cooler than our sun and the most common type of star in the galaxy. The strategy could also be used on stars like our own sun, using future space telescopes such as NASA’s proposed Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) and Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR).
“We’ve shown this technique works in theory and in the lab, so our next step is to show it works on the sky,” says Ji Wang, one of the lead authors of the two new papers and a postdoctoral scholar in research leader Dimitri Mawet’s Exoplanet Technology Laboratory. The team will test the instrumentation on the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii this year or next.
The new technique involves three main components: a coronagraph, a set of optical fibers, and a high-resolution spectrometer. Coronagraphs are devices used in telescopes to block or remove starlight so that planets can be imaged. Stars outshine their planets by a few thousand to a few billion times, making the planets difficult to see. Many different types of coronagraphs are in development; for example, Mawet’s group recently installed and took initial images with its new vortex coronagraph on the Keck Observatory.
Once researchers have obtained an image of a planet, the next step is to study the planet’s atmosphere using a spectrometer, an instrument that breaks apart the planet’s light to reveal “fingerprints” of chemicals, such as oxygen and methane. Most coronagraphs work in conjunction with low-resolution spectrometers. Mawet’s new technique incorporates a high-resolution spectrometer, which has several advantages.
One main advantage is in helping to further sift out the unwanted starlight. With high-resolution spectrometers, the spectral features of a planet are more detailed, making it easier to distinguish and separate the planet’s light from the lurking starlight.
What this means is that, in Mawet’s method, the coronagraph does not have to be as good at sifting out starlight as was thought necessary to characterize Earth-like worlds.
“This new technique doesn’t require the coronagraph to work as hard, and that’s important because we can use current technologies that are already available,” says Mawet, associate professor of astronomy at Caltech and a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA. “With a high-resolution spectrometer, we can improve the sensitivity of our system by a factor of 100 to 1,000 over current ground-based methods.”
Another advantage of using high-resolution spectrometers lies in the richness of the data. In addition to providing more detail about the molecular constituents of a planet’s atmosphere, these instruments should be able to reveal a planet’s rotation rate and provide rough maps of surface features and weather patterns. “It’s a long shot, but we might even have the ability to look for continents on candidate Earth-like planets,” says Mawet.
In the team’s design, the coronagraph connects to the high-resolution spectrometer using a set of optical fibers. Surprisingly, laboratory experiments revealed that the fibers also filter out starlight.
“This was completely serendipitous,” says Garreth Ruane, coauthor of the two new papers and a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in Mawet’s group. “It’s icing on the cake.”
Next, the researchers will demonstrate their technique at the Keck Observatory. Although the instrumentation cannot yet study potential Earth-like planets—that will require the larger Thirty Meter Telescope—the system should be able to reveal new details about the atmospheres of larger gas exoplanets, including exotic varieties that are nothing like those in our own solar system.
“This new innovation of combining the coronagraph with a high-res spectrometer gives us a clear pathway to ultimately search for life beyond Earth.”
This text is published here under a Creative Commons License.
Author: Whitney Clavin- Caltech/JPL/NASA
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THE MARINE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT: EFFECT ON THE FREQUENCY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ILLNESS AND INJURY REPORTS FROM U.S. MERCHANT SHIPS
The illness/injury reports filed with the Marine Index Bureau (MIB) for a three-year period (1971, 1972, and 1973) from a matched sample of 20 U.S. flag ships, 10 with Marine Physician's Assistants (MPA) aboard, 10 without, were compared with regard to the nature and severity of reported incidents. The presence of the MPA served to significantly reduce the number of minor illness/injury reports filed with the MIB without markedly changing the number of reports of major incidents. Little evidence was developed about the MPA's medical efficacy or the long-run impact of his presence aboard U.S. flag ships.
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- Zeitlin, L
- Hart, R
- SCHWIMMER, M J
- Publication Date: 1976-3
- Pagination: 34 p.
- TRT Terms: Allied health personnel; Diseases and medical conditions; First aid; Health care; Health care facilities; Injuries; Measures of effectiveness; Medical personnel; Merchant vessels; Occupational safety; Physical distribution; Recommendations; Tables (Data)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Merchant ships
- Old TRIS Terms: Crew safety; Health manpower; Physicians assistants
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;
- Accession Number: 00146286
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: NMRC-KP-159 Tech Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: MA-2-4262
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Gov. Holcomb ends COVID-19 public emergency after nearly 2 years
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order ending the COVID-19 public health emergency Thursday night after nearly two years, days before the emergency was poised to expire.
The House approved a measure Thursday allowing for the continuation of enhanced Medicaid and food assistance benefits, as well as enabling children under age 12 to receive a COVID-19 vaccination outside a doctor's office. Previously those provisions were only allowed because of the public health emergency. Holcomb had requested all three provisions before he would commit to ending the emergency.
Hours later Holcomb signed House Bill 1001.
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That same bill also implemented new restrictions on private COVID-19 vaccines in Indiana. The legislation puts into state law federal requirements that require employees to grant medical or religious exemptions if employees go through the proper steps.
Employers also would have to allow for exemptions for those who test positive for antibodies due to "natural immunity" in the previous three months. Employers would be allowed to require those who qualified for the exemptions to get tested for COVID-19 up to twice per week.
Most health care employees are exempted, as required by federal rules. Professional sports organizations and entertainment venues also are exempted.
The vaccine mandate provision, once opposed by Holcomb himself and the business community, was significantly watered down since it was first introduced. Moderate Republicans and most Democrat supported those changes so the bill had more support in the House than the initial version the chamber voted on.
Thursday's vote was 78-10.
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, said on Thursday that the issue of vaccine mandates has changed since lawmakers started discussing it late last year. After the contagious omicron variant, the exemption for those who have natural immunity is more significant now, he said.
"We feel like we hit the appropriate balance of trying to find the right place, ending the state of emergency, getting those provisions in, and providing protections for individual liberties for Hoosier employees," Huston told reporters Thursday.
House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta, D-Fort Wayne, agreed that "it seemed to strike a better balance between keeping workplaces and communities safe while respecting religious and medical exemptions."
Some lawmakers still had concerns, including on the language dealing with vaccine mandates. Lawrenceburg Republican Sen. Chip Perfect, who owns Perfect North, said Hoosiers are better off without the bill just before the Senate voted on the legislation on March 1 by a 32-18 vote.
"We were dramatically opposed to the federal government imposing mandates upon our employers and employees, and our response to that is to impose a mandate on our employers," Perfect said. "It's completely illogical."
The law goes into effect immediately.
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What is Cumin?
Cumin is a very popular spice made from the dried seeds of a plant that belongs to the parsley family. This spice comes in 2 forms. Either as a whole seed or in a ground, powder form.
There are also 3 varieties of cumin being black, green and white, with the green cumin seeds being the most common type consumed.
What Does Cumin Taste Like?
Flavour: Cumin is incredibly pungent and aromatic with spicy and bitter notes. It has a robust flavour that exudes earthiness and warmth.
Texture: Cumin seeds are light brown. It is a boat-shaped seed and possesses nine raised ridges, and tapers off at the ends. This seed is not eaten on its own but used to flavour oils or ground into a powdered form and used as a spice in a myriad of cuisines.
History of Cumin
Cumin is an ancient spice. Originating from Egypt, they have been found in archaeological sites dating back over 4000 years ago. They have been found in pyramids and understood that the spice was used to help preserve the longevity of mummies.
The Greeks and Romans used cumin in a myriad of ways, too, both cosmetically and medicinally. They were popular for home remedies and even for religious ceremonies.
Over time, cumin made its way to many other parts of the world, the prevalence in North Africa, especially Morocco, the Middle East, China, South America, and the largest consumer of cumin today, India.
Whole or Ground Cumin?
Cumin seeds are more complex and intense in flavour than when they are ground. Grinding the seeds relinquishes its pungency, and if you’re after its flavours in all their glory, seeds are always better.
In Indian cuisine, cumin seeds are always tempered which means it is always fried in hot oil. This is the first step of the cooking process because it means the oil is now infused in those glorious flavours, which subsequently enhances a dish.
Should you wish to use cumin in the grounded form, it is recommended that you lightly toast the cumin seeds to release all their flavours and then grind them in a mortar and pestle.
You can imagine what a difference that would make when compared to buying it in a powdered form when all of its compounds have evaporated.
The shape and size of cumin seeds resemble caraway seeds closely, and as such, they are often confused for one another. Of course, it doesn’t help that the Indian word jeera can sometimes be used interchangeably between cumin and caraway.
Black cumin (kala jeera in Hindi), which is less commonly used, is sometimes referred to as nigella seeds when they are both very different seeds. So do always check to make sure you’re getting the right one.
What Goes with Cumin?
Fruit and Vegetables
Bergamot, capsicum, carrot, cauliflower, celeriac, corn, cucumber, eggplant, fennel, grapefruit, guava, jackfruit, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kumquat, lemon, lemongrass, mandarin, mango, nectarine, parsnip, peach, pomegranate, pumpkin, swiss chard, turnip.
Herbs, Nuts and Spices
Basil, bay leaf, caraway seeds, cardamom, chervil, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, mint, nutmeg, oregano, parsley, pine nut, rosemary, sage, star anise, sumac, tarragon, thyme, turmeric.
Protein and Other
Beans, beef, chicken, chickpea, chocolate, curry, duck, eggs, halibut, honey, lamb, lentils, mustard, pork, salami, sausages, venison, yoghurt.
How to Use Cumin in Salads and Side Dishes?
Cumin plays an important role in many cuisines, and it always helps to enhance a dish. It is often used in conjunction with other spices to make many different types of spice blends, and one can always tell if cumin seems to be missing.
As mentioned above, one of the best ways to use cumin seeds is to use them as a flavouring agent. Fry them in hot oil to make them aromatic, and then make a dish with that oil. Cumin is also a key ingredient in garam masala spice blend, is often used for BBQ rubs when smoking meats and forming part of a marinade for the ever so popular cumin lamb in Sichuan cuisine.
For sides and salads, they are fantastic to add to salad dressings and as a marinade for vegetables when baking or roasting. The flavours seep into the vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, celeriac, pumpkin and cauliflower incredibly well as you let it cook away in the oven.
Salads and Side Dishes with Cumin
Curried Vegan Cauliflower Steak Salad
Imagine infusing a Vegan Cauliflower Steak with some of the most aromatic spices found in curry powder. Then imagine the smells in the kitchen as they roast themselves into delectable pieces of joy. What a salad!
Red Brussels Sprouts with Zhoug Sauce
Let the zhoug sauce do the talking as it forms the luxurious base for these gorgeous roasted red Brussels sprouts. This is the perfect side dish for the cooler months, and let the warm spices and the spiciness give the winter chills the flick!
Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Pearl Couscous
A deliciously colourful salad with roasted heirloom rainbow carrots and red onions layered on top of a bed of chewy pearl couscous, fresh mint and chopped almonds. A salad that satisfies.
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If you’d like to create your own side dish or salad and have an ingredient you’d like to hero, we have some great pairing suggestions to help you work out what flavours go well together!
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Book Talk: “A Woman’s Story of Survival: Franci’s War”
September 22, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmFree
The FHM is pleased to welcome prize-winning 2G journalist and author Helen Epstein for a virtual presentation about her mother’s book: FRANCI’S WAR. Available in paperback, e-book and audio format, it is a powerful and compelling read by a Czech Jew who survived the war as a dressmaker and electrician. This program is held in association with The FHM’s newest exhibition Stitching History from the Holocaust.
Franci Rabinek Epstein wrote her Holocaust memoir in the 1970s but after it was rejected by several publishers, gave it to her daughter. Helen used it as source material. Helen used it in Children of the Holocaust and Where She Came From. In 2018, prompted by #MeToo and inquiries into her mother’s story, Helen revisited the manuscript, annotated it, and sold it to ten publishers around the world.
Late author Franci Rabinek was 19 years old when, in March of 1939, the German Army entered Prague. That day began her six-year journey from Prague to Terezin, to the Czech family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, to slave labor camp in Hamburg, and to Bergen Belsen where she was liberated by the British.
In this memoir, she offers her intense, candid, and sometimes funny account of those dark years, with the women prisoners in her tight-knit circle of friends. Her daughter provides context in a journalistic Afterword and will answer questions about the process of editing and publishing her mother’s work.
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What about deshroud an pull out above for the GPU? Do plan to make tests in this config?
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Social events and political rallies have led to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Tripura capital after the lockdown was withdrawn on August 5, a study conducted by the state government said. The survey, carried out by the administration of West Tripura district of which Agartala is a part, showed that the COVID-19 tally started rising from August 17.
"The lockdown was lifted on August 5. We found that the COVID-19 caseload was increasing from August 17, and a sharp growth was noticed from August 26. "Many social functions, including 3,000 weddings and some pujas, and political rallies took place in the district after the lockdown restrictions were withdrawn," West Tripura District Magistrate Sailesh Kumar Yadav said on Saturday.
People became relaxed and they did not follow the health safety norms, he said. "This is the only reason behind the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the district, mainly in Agartala,"Yadav said.
Currently, 2,400 patients are under home isolation in the district and 1,674 of them are in the state capital. They are being provided free ration, he said. The district administration started the mapping of the coronavirus cases to deal with the situation and identified 10 wards under the Agartala Municipal Corporation to conduct more tests.
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Ann Rumsby was one of 108 convicts transported on the ship ‘Mary Ann’ in November 1822. She was convicted at Norfolk, Norwich Assizes for a term of 7 years on 16 May 1821,
“for stealing from the dwelling house of Thos. Foulsham, of St. Augustine’s, confectioner, 51, in copper, six silver teaspoons and dessert spoon, and some wearing apparel.”
(Source: Bury and Norwich Post 23 May 1821)
The following address was delivered by Mr. Richardson Clark at the Parramatta Historical Society in October 1921:
The story I am about to relate is certainly based upon sordid jealousy and revenge, but I should like you to understand that I do not relate it for this reason: it is because the facts throw a lurid light on the domestic history of Parramatta, and that although it happened 100 years ago Parramatta faults are not now any worse. But if I have an excuse at all in taking up your time, I ask that you will consider it to be a focusing of one quarrel between people of high degree in which one person of low degree grievously suffered. The opposing parties in the Colony during early times were always fighting, and with unhappy results to the pawns. Here we have a faction fight between Sir Thomas Brisbane and his friend Dr. Douglass on one side and Marsden and Macarthur on the other. In this case, Hanibal Macarthur and Marsden sought to blast the reputation of Dr. Douglass. They were unable to do so because Governor Brisbane’s influence was wholly used in favor of Douglass, but whether it was just to do so is another matter. Personally, as one detached from these acts, deeds and jealousies of a century ago, I think Douglass was guilty; as to the others they deserve contempt, and I believe Hall’s motives were equally to be condemned as were Douglass’ actions.
In speaking to you of the people of the old times in this dear old town, it is sometimes difficult to be frank for fear of offending the susceptibilities of those whose opinions differ, and I should therefore request to be understood as not stating my own opinions (diffident as they are), but those of Governors, judges and magistrates and all I now tell you is to be read by anyone interested in these matters in the Commonwealth Records of Australia, edited by that brilliant and able historian, Dr. Watson, to whom posterity will owe much, as his notes on the otherwise sometimes dry dispatches and records are illuminated by other facts, which at once attract the permanent attention of a studious reader and enable one with a little imagination to piece together the romantic stories of the convict days.
Ann Rumsby, convict, aged 19 years, was young and handsome, so said Brisbane, K.C.B., the Governor to whom she was introduced. She had youth, beauty and a lovely figure, said Dr. Hall, R.N., surgeon superintendent of the convict ship “Mary Ann,” which brought Ann and 107 other convict women to Sydney in July, 1822, after a journey of six months. At the age of 17, when doubtless, she was as beautiful as at 19, she was transported to this country for seven years. According to Dr. Hall her life had not been good. The doctor, however, seems to have been a religious hypocrite, in love with her, so it is difficult to accept his statement.
In the good old days of Sydney, where the commencement of Australian history begins, all the convict women on arrival were sent to the dreaded factory (a wall of which still stands) at Parramatta, a place of punishment for females who had transgressed the law. Free labor, and especially that of domestic servants (women for many years did not amount to a fifth of the population) was very scarce, so any women convicts who were at all decent, or young or pretty, or both, soon left the factory on assignment to some settler or official as a servant — very frequently the whole transaction and service were grossly immoral, and we can imagine that in the case of Ann there would be great competition; and it might have been had she not possessed some charm of character and so aroused affection and the sympathy of the Governor, she would never have been known, but such is Fate.
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Her name, her trials, her beauty and her lovers are preserved in our records, for there was a battle between Dr. Henry Grattan Douglass, M.D., the Superintendent of the Factory at Parramatta, Police Magistrate, J.P. and Government Medical Officer at Parramatta on one side and Dr. James Hall, R.N. of the “Mary Ann” and Rev. Samuel Marsden on the other.
Originally, the convict women were in the absolute charge of the Captain of the ship, and the doctor on board had no authority, with the result that there was a great degree of debauchery and licentiousness; so eventually a doctor was given the sole charge, for some reason, which, in the imagination of many, seems to endow doctors with a nature different from other human beings. Dr. Hall must have been so endowed, for he used to talk to the women about religion, God and forgiveness, and give them religious books, and after punishing them for some trifling offence, he kissed them. On one occasion he had several women handcuffed together for days and at midnight released them, when one poor thing fell on her knees, and said her prayers and cried. The doctor kissed her, but he says he did so as a father and a forgiving friend, which was doubtful. Later he gave Ann money and in his endeavour to wrest her from Douglass wrote to Governor Brisbane begging his aid; who replied asking several questions, one of which was: “How much money he gave Ann, and why?” In his reply he said the reasons for his benevolence were to be found in the Scriptures which he was in the daily habit of reading.
Ann, with a number of other convict women, was taken from the convict ship “Mary Ann” to the Factory at Parramatta, where she seems to have aroused the interest of everyone, including the paramount chief, Dr.Douglass, who led her to believe that he had secured her a place as a maid in the house of Judge Barron Field, in Sydney, the Judge who was a poor poet and a worse lawyer. That was what the doctor gave out in the Factory, but he secured an assignment of her to himself, which Hall, with rampant jealously, swore was a pretence, as doubtless it was, as almost directly he told Ann she must marry an old convict named Bragge, who was a wardsman in the Government Hospital at Parramatta, where the doctor was chief. Naturally Bragge stood in awe of him and it is plain that the projected marriage was a blind. The banns were published in Parramatta by the Rev. Samuel Marsden, but Ann did not marry Bragge. She seems to have been much sought after in marriage, as all the doctor’s man-servants wanted her, but the doctor thought they were all too young.
Douglass, who was a man of great influence, arrived in Sydney in about July 1821, with a private letter of introduction to Governor Macquarie from Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who had appointed him a Government surgeon in N.S.W. and warmly recommended him to Macquarie, so that he was allowed to pick his own district, and he chose Parramatta, where Macquarie built him a house and appointed him Police Magistrate — in those days a position of great honor and power, but the strange thing is that Douglass was already a surgeon in the Army and came to Sydney in a secret manner, and some years after, on being recalled to join his Regiment, refused, for which he was practically cashiered and deprived of half pay. It does, therefore, seem peculiar that Bathurst should give him an appointment and such a letter to Macquarie. Later he became the bosom friend, adviser and confidant of Governor Brisbane, who came here in November, 1821, a few months after Douglass, and during most of his government resided at Government House in Parramatta, so, naturally he and Douglass, in the small society of those days, saw a great deal of each other. Brisbane was a perfect gentleman of wealth and scientific attainments, of a kindly nature and the first Governor to bring a breath of real freedom and just treatment to the community. He had not that awful autocratic nature of the earlier Governors.
Ann had been some weeks in the Factory when Dr. Hall, feeling lonely, came from Sydney to visit her and other girls who had been in his care for six months on the journey of the “Mary Ann” to Sydney. The passage had frequently taken only 3½ months. He told Ann he expected that she would have been out of the Factory. She said she was going to Judge Field’s. A few weeks afterwards Dr. Hall made another journey to Parramatta (which in those days by road was arduous, and in July would certainly be wet and uncomfortable) with the main object of seeing Ann, as living in Sydney and mixing there amongst the few officials and having a keen eye, he soon discovered that Ann was not in the Judge’s house.
In Parramatta the doctor met Sir John Jamieson and together they called on Dr. Douglass, who was out. Ann was looking after her sick mistress (Mrs Douglass) but hearing Hall’s voice, immediately, appeared on the scene, when the doctor, pale and agitated, put up his finger and beckoned her saying: “Ann, I want you.” Ann followed him on to the verandah, but she, too, was excited, and the doctor not being in a proper state to talk to her before Sir John, they walked off, parting a little distance on. The doctor, meeting a convict named Scrummy Jack, who had started to walk to Sydney on a message, sent him to Douglass’ house to tell Ann to come to him; she did so without permission. She ran down the road eager and joyous to meet Hall, and they had a long talk; the girl telling Hall of Dr. Douglass’ wicked conduct and of his intention to marry her to Bragge; she said if she stayed with Douglass she would be ruined, which was a rather exaggerated description, unless she wished to impress Hall. Dr. Hall said he would protect her and take her away.
On her return she was questioned by her fellow-servants; she told of a gift by Dr. Hall and that he had been making her all sorts of promises which can well be imagined. The story that Ann told Dr. Hall about Dr. Douglass, was, no doubt, true. Hall says that, when he saw her in Douglass’s house she looked as though she had something on her mind, and of course she had; the fact of Hall, her loving friend, leaving for England, and of her impending marriage to the old convict Bragge, whom she loathed. She spoke in great detail of her unhappiness. Hall naturally would be distressed at the thought of leaving Ann with Douglass, so he sought the aid of Rev. Samuel Marsden, whose true character has not been investigated, though much has been written of him. He was of a very quarrelsome disposition.
If the Governor or anyone in authority did not act as he wished, he wrote specious whining letters to religious people of great influence in England attacking the Governor; as well by means of his wealth he attracted allies in the Colony and so stirred up hostility to the Government. Macquarie said that under the garb of sanctity and pretended zeal for religion, he was a liar and an intriguer, with large tracts of land and great flocks and herds. Foveaux, who was Governor before Macquarie, gave him the same character. Governor Brisbane, after less than a year in Sydney, reported to England that Marsden carried on a trade under the cloak of a surplice and was a continual instigator of litigation, but as senior clergyman, Magistrate and a man of wealth he had considerable power, so it is not to be wondered that Hall enlisted his services, knowing, of course, of his hostility to Brisbane and Douglass.
This story is a picture of an incident in the early days of Australia; it tells what happened then. Indeed most of the stories which could be written about those early days are full of tragedy, but to understand that history, and realise how it has evolved it is necessary that facts should be bared; it is also necessary that the character of those of rank and influence should be known and presented in a true sense, as most of the information relating to the early people of influence has been surrounded with glamour and much untruth, so that a false picture has arisen. Now, with reference to the Rev. Mr Marsden, a clergyman of the Church of England and who arrived in this country in 1794; we must bear in mind that clergy men then and clergymen now are different human beings. Then they were servants of the Government; they were paid by the Government and they were all magistrates, so that a man who preached on Sunday morning to you might, on Monday occupy the seat of Justice and sentence you to receive 100 lashes. It sounds incredible, but it is true.
Governor Macquarie in reporting upon the continual misconduct of Marsden and his misuse of his positions of clergyman and magistrate wrote that he was the most severe magistrates in the Colony. Those were not words, they were facts, and some of those facts are that Marsden used to sentence a man to be flogged until he confessed his crime. Some of his sentences, as a magistrate, were absolutely inhuman, for example he gave a convict, who refused to work two months gaol on bread and water, another for stealing a duck, 95 lashes and three months in gaol, to one absent without leave, two months in yeah gaol and 50 lashes; and to a woman for refusing service he gave two years in gaol. Imagine it from one who professed to be a Christian and who preached salvation from the pulpit; but that is what Marsden did. He was of an over-bearing vindictive nature, but occupied an entrenched position as a clergyman. We know very well if a clergyman be charged with any misdeed we are slow to believe it. We must recollect that all the quarrels in Sydney, Parramatta and other settlements had to be referred to England. When they were stale, and were dealt with by gentlemen who were detached from influences in this country, who knew nothing of it, and whose environment was such that very many things they could not understand and could not by any imagination realise.
A short time after Ann’s story, Hall saw Marsden in Sydney, to whom it was related in such a harrowing manner as to cause tears to come in his eyes and anguish in his heart. He promised to do all in his power to defeat Douglass, but being cunning and scheming, he went to work very cautiously, for, instead of warning Douglass, a brother magistrate, with whom he was on terms of social intimacy, he did nothing until it leaked out that Hall was on the war-path. Douglass, at the Parramatta Court, attacked Marsden on the subject, who merely advised him to remove the girl from his house. Another man with a spite against Douglass, Hannibal Macarthur, a magistrate, came in while the controversy was on, and heard Douglass abuse Marsden. He also advised Douglass to send Ann away and let her complaint be inquired into. Douglass assented and left the Court with him for his house, in George street, where Macarthur says he was introduced to Ann and calls her the “young woman.”
Pause for a moment and consider the positions of Ann and Macarthur. Ann was a convict. Macarthur was a wealthy gentleman, a magistrate and of great importance. He says he was “introduced” to Ann: that surely shows she must have been of an attractive appearance and fascinating character to have induced Macarthur to speak of the incident in those terms. Macarthur saw her in private and ascertained that she had no complaint against Douglass; she admitted that she had told Hall she would be ruined if she stayed in Dougass’ house, but explained what she meant was she would be ruined if she married Bragge (it might have been a good thing if she had, as Bragge afterwards became a chemist in Parramatta). After their conversation the whole thing apparently got on Douglass’ nerves, as he told Ann that she would have to go to the Factory, whereupon she protested, screamed and cried so much and besought Douglass not to send her there, that his feelings got the better of his judgement so he changed his resolution and asked Marsden to receive her. Marsden, however, being hostile and having promised to help Hall, refused, but Douglass feeling secure decided to temporise and did nothing.
Hall relied upon Marsden to take the girl from Douglass, and learning that she was still a maid in his house, wrote a strong letter to Marsden, detailing all she had told him, which was, of course, a moral intictment of Douglass, who hearing of the letter, asked Marsden to show it to him. Marsden refused. At the same time Hall wrote to Ann a most affectionate letter, which ultimately became public and did him a lot of harm. He asked her to repeat in writing her story, but as she could neither read nor write, his appeal fell on on barren ground. Hall’s letter, when read to her by one of the Douglass’ men servants, who wished to marry her, commenced ‘”My dear girl” praised her beauty, applauded her and her reformation said that he was going away and would see her when he came back; he would always be glad to see her, and concluded with a cunning appeal that he would keep secret whatever she wrote about Douglass and that he had made arrangements with Sir John Jamison to give her any money she should need during his absence.
Human nature in 1820, was probably the same as it was in 1920. Ann, however, by force of circumstances, and in her unfortunate position, still remained with Douglass. Marsden, owing to his promise to Hall, felt bound to show him that he had sufficient power to redress his complaint, but, of course, reasonable people will wonder what on earth Marsden could do unless he went to the girl and spoke openly about things, which he did not, and he had refused to have her in his home pending an inquiry. He might have induced her to leave Douglass. Underlying the whole of this romance are feelings clouded with enmity and vindictiveness. Marsden was a Magistrate, so was Macarthur, and they were, as Sir Francis Forbes said: “The Patriots of Parramatta” and jealous of Douglass’ influence.
Douglass was a friend of Brisbane, the Governor, and responsible, to a great extent, for his administration. You must remember that the Governor was Parliament, Government, Judge and Magistrate, all rolled into one. He had the granting of land, powers of patronage and could, advance or retard the progress of any person or anything, so that to have the ear of the Governor placed Douglass upon a pedestal which, however, Marsden, Hall and Macarthur, attacked and they all suffered for it by being struck off the Commission of the Peace.
The next scene is transferred to the Police Court at Parramatta, and echo asks: “Why?” There was no charge against Douglass — there was no charge against the girl, but still it cropped up in the Police Court — that Court of terror and flogging. We have Marsden, Macarthur, the two Palmers and John Blaxland, of Newington on the Bench at Parramatta. Marsden made a statement from the bench before the case came on, which was ridiculous in a Magistrate. It showed no conception of his duty. He spoke of the complaint of Ann to Hall, and that he had told Dr. Douglass it would be inquired into that day. Douglass practically told him to go to the place which is paved with good intentions. Neither Douglass nor Ann appeared before the Bench. The Magistrates then sent Chief Constable Thorn to Douglass’ house with a message that Ann was required at the Court, but she was not at home. The Magistrates considered that they had been treated with contempt, which was absurd, as Magistrates were not empowered of their mere motion to inquire into morals.
Where were Douglass and Ann? Had they eloped? The place was small and the mountains were unsettled; Melbourne was not settled. In New Zealand there were only cannibals. Douglass took Ann to Sydney to his friend Gov. Brisbane, who saw her privately. She told him that Douglass had always behaved as a gentleman; that she was happy in his home and that what Hall said was untrue. Was Ann loyal to Douglass — and was she truthful? Why had she deserted her other friend, Dr. Hall? A little side light upon her character is shown during the voyage in the “Mary Ann.” One of the women convicts at night had gone out of prison where Ann was. Ann became ill and sent for Hall. Fancy a convict sending for the doctor at midnight. However, Hall obeyed the call and then discovered the absence of the woman. He punished her for it. The woman blamed Ann and said she was a sneak, which seems to be true. It proves that Ann was spiteful, and that she would stoop to any act which suited her own interest.
Hall said that her reformation on board the Mary Ann was the most marked amongst all the women. But she knew where her interests lay and under-went a very severe ordeal which she survived with danger to herself and great loyalty to Douglass. It is easy to imagine that Douglass, friend of the Governor, the man of power in Parramatta, was able to defy Marsden. Ann knowing this, and seeing probably that what she had told Hall about Douglass would do her great harm, her interests lay in sticking to the latter, which she did as Hall importuned her in a second letter to expose Douglass, to which she sent a haughty verbal message in reply, refusing, as Dr. Douglass had promised to do something handsome for her. Hall was terribly excited about the disappearance of Ann; he posted to Sydney with all speed, wrote a letter to Judge Advocate Wylde vehemently calling upon him to see justice done, and a long intemperate letter to the Governor detailing the facts and asking him to take the side of truth and justice.
Wylde had no jurisdiction whatever to interfere, but he did, which is an instance of the administration of justice in Sydney before the arrival of Chief Justice Forbes. Wylde bombarded the Governor and his secretary with letters about Ann and Hall, seems to have been writing the whole of the day and night concerning her, when it was discovered that she had been before the Governor, who directed Wylde to be informed, in the most laconic manner, that Ann was with the Chief Constable at Parramatta, and to Hall were addressed a number of very awkward questions to some of which we have referred, framed in the interests of Dr. Douglass, the answer to which was a condition precedent to the Governor enquiring into the charges. Wylde did not go into the matter, but on the following day the Magistrates sat at Parramatta and resumed their enquiry concerning Ann and her complaint to Hall about Douglass, who was invited by Marsden to attend and replied, in terms of contempt, declining. Ann being with the Chief Constable was brought by him to the Court.
This concluded the address of Mr. Richardson Clark at the Parramatta Historical Society in 1921.
How does this story end?
Fortunately for Ann, the Governor stepped in. He had familiarised himself with the full facts. He smelt a domestic row, and with short notice dismissed the five pillars of justice from the Bench. Ann was given her freedom, and on 3 February 1853 she married William Bragge. Ann and William would have eight children. Ann died on 18 March 1850.
As for the worthy Dr. Hall, protector of convict maids, he was severely censured by the Colonial Office for taking part in a “faction fight” and give a position where he was no longer able to supervise the transport or control of female prisoners.
Douglass had the last laugh.
Twelve months later, in 1823, a quarrel arose between Marsden’s gardener at the Parsonage and a convict working there, named James Ring, a good working man, but a low character. Marsden was temporarily absent, so womanlike, and without her husband’s knowledge, Mrs. Marsden referred the dispute to the Bench of magistrates now consisting of Dr McLeod, and her husband’s opponent, Dr. H. G. Douglass.
This was the last thing Marsden would have wished his wife to do. Although the Bench took no action concerning the servant’s dispute, evidence revealed that Marsden, by allowing Ring – his assigned servant – to display his sign as a painter and glazier, and to work for money freely about the town, had broken the law of the land.
The principal chaplain in the colony was fined £10/2/6. To make matter worse, he flatly refused to pay the fine, and resisted the law defiantly. When a warrant of distress was taken out against him, Marsden took his troubles to the Supreme Court. He charged William Lawson, who, with Douglas, heard the case, with breaking and entering the Parsonage, and claimed £250 damages.
At the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Field hinted that Douglas and Lawson had shown malice in their magisterial decision, but ordered Marsden to pay the fine imposed, as well as the full costs of the case
The exposure of the whole scandal, with its background of political intrigue, so seriously undermined the colonial feudal system and helped build up so a strong a case for Dr. Douglass’s friend, William Charles Wentworth, that the affair which commenced with a convict maid, ended, indirectly, in the success of Wentworth’s move for democratic government in place of the feudal colonial system.
- A Pretty Convict Girl (1921, October 12). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 – 1950), p. 5.
- What A Convict Girl Did (1938, October 26). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 – 1950), p. 45.
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Our handbook collates latest research into how the curriculum can address gambling and identifies relevant knowledge, skills and attributes students should develop during primary and secondary education. This work is timely given secondary schools will be required to ‘teach about the risks related to online gambling including the accumulation of debt’ from September 2020, as part of statutory Health Education.
As part of our research, we held focus groups and conducted a survey with teachers to determine their current perceptions and experience of gambling prevention education. The survey revealed that the vast majority (78%) of primary teachers had not addressed gambling as part of PSHE lessons that year, and the same was true for over half of secondary teachers. This is despite 11% of 11 to 16-year olds having gambled during the previous week according to an annual survey published by the Gambling Commission (compared to 5% who had smoked a cigarette and 3% who had used drugs).
We hope this handbook — and additional materials to be published in the New Year — will increase the number of schools addressing this important issue, and give teachers the confidence to cover it to a high standard through their PSHE education curricula.
Jonathan Baggaley, Chief Executive of the PSHE Association has said:
"Teaching about the risks of gambling is a natural fit for the PSHE curriculum, and indeed teaching about the risks of online gambling will be a compulsory aspect from next year. This handbook marks the first product of our partnership with GambleAware and we look forward to launching lesson plans and other materials in the New Year to further support schools"
Dr Jane Rigbye, Director of Education at GambleAware has said:
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Although French, German and Luxembourgish are the official languages of the country, you might also study in Luxembourg in English. In general, tuition at higher education in Luxembourg is conducted in English and any of the official languages of Luxembourg, which affords students the opportunity to become fluent in several languages while earning a university degree. Luxembourg, a founding member of the European Union, hosts some of Europe's most important institutions, such as the European Court of Justice or the European Investment Bank.
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Vanilla: a bitter sweet symphony
Many of you may think it’s the sweetest thing, but it’s actually far from that
If you imagine me telling (almost) everything about vanilla, you’d see me walking happily around in a pastry shop, possibly with ‘Sweets for my sweet’ in the background – wouldn’t you?
Well, sorry for disappointing you, but you’re pretty much out of the way.
In fact, sugary stuff has nothing to do with it.
But let’s meet vanilla – the actual one – in a short botanic lesson.
‘Vanilla planifolia’ is a climbing plant of the orchid family, native to Mexico but soon introduced into Madagascar, Réunion, the Comoro Islands (in these three islands the Bourbon quality is produced) and Tahiti. This plant produces beautiful yellow or whitish-green flowers and, above all, slightly flattened seed pods which secrete a substance similar to honey, with a warm balsamic and just a bit sweet powerful smell. Not so sweet. More balsamic, and with a slightly leathery undertone.
Actually, the one from Madagascar is sweeter than the other varieties: in its different olfactory qualities, vanilla is however one of the most “intoxicating” essences that nature has ever created, so it has become a beloved ingredient in perfumery, thanks to its infinite facets, its characteristic and decidedly sensual, fascinating, warm, woody, oriental and sometimes sweet notes.
The quality of vanilla pods can be understood from their softness, flexibility and a light patina on the surface: this characteristic gives the name to vanilla givrée, which means frosted.
As I mentioned, there are several varieties of vanilla, but the most famous is certainly the Bourbon one, for a simple reason: it contains the highest amount of vanillin (the substance that gives the characteristic smell). And we are talking about only 2% … that’s why it’s so expensive. And this is also the reason brands tend to use synthetic raw materials to keep perfume prices low.
Then there is the Tahitian vanilla, which is more fruity and floral, and differs from the traditional and most widespread fragrance, which has also interesting properties like euphoric and aphrodisiac, in fact a study conducted on vanilla workers revealed the existence of a curious occupational disease, immediately baptized vanillism, which has – among the main symptoms – that of being constantly eager for sex.
Remember this, next time you buy a vanilla fragrance. And sweet dreams…
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Public health doctors created vaccination mandates and vaccine passports. Doctors tabled the ideas. Politicians docilely followed doctors’ advice and turned it into policy.
Ideas shaped the policy and policy formed a protest. Public policy made the truckers’ Freedom Convoy a reality. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s response turned the protest into a global movement.
The historic events of the last four weeks required more than just public health or politics. They needed public health plus politics, doctors plus politicians, authoritarian thinking plus authoritarian political response.
Public health doctors follow their own ethics, which other doctors find unethical. Public health seeks to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people, while other doctors try to do the greatest good for the individual patient in front of them.
Doctors who treat individual patients focus on patient autonomy and informed consent above all other goals. Autonomy and consent define what morality means in medicine; it’s immoral to treat patients for any other reason than their own good and with their full consent.
Public health doctors ‘treat’ populations and ignore patient autonomy and consent by design: these ideas mean nothing if a vaccine mandate might help the majority. According to public health, we must always do what benefits the majority, even if it causes some harm to a few. Not taking action is itself immoral if action might benefit the whole population.
Friction between public and personal health isn’t new. Evidence and open debate have resolved the tension in the past. Well-known riots about smallpox vaccination stand out as a rare failure, not the norm we should expect.
The truckers’ convoy unified political opposition against the protest. Authoritarians from all political camps wanted action to deal with the protest. Mandates animated the authoritarian left. “Law and order” animated the authoritarian right.
Now that police have cleared the protest, political authoritarians can cheer. No doubt, pundits will remind Canadians that clearing the protest is what most Canadians wanted. Now it’s time to focus on something new.
Indeed, Trudeau’s political survival now depends on him changing the topic. This was easier before social media when legacy media represented an institution that could be influenced and shaped. In that sense, social media is everything legacy media is not.
People will never forget some of the videos they have seen: police horses trampling an elderly Indigenous woman out with her walker; police dressed like soldiers, carrying automatic weapons and marching beside enormous military vehicles; and an officer tackling an old veteran off the National War Memorial and into a snowbank.
One moment can define an event.
We can’t erase public memory: police smashing windows of a parked vehicle, dragging a citizen into the street; police firing a canister at close range aimed at a female journalist, then apparently smashing her with a wooden rod.
These images shape our sense of who we are and where we live.
G.K. Chesterton, essayist and political pundit, said that, regardless of what you believe, belief rests on the same three things for all people: one person, one story, one image.
Freedom protesters in America, France, New Zealand and elsewhere now carry Canadian flags. Wilfrid Laurier, a former Liberal prime minister, might be proud. His anachronism, “Canada is free, and freedom is its nationality,” fits the movement and might reflect Canada again if the movement succeeds.
Trudeau set horrendous precedent by invoking Emergencies Act by Michael Taube
An overextension of government powers that shot an arrow through the heart of our democracy, liberty and freedom
The freedom movement asks for less – less interference by government and fewer mandates from the managerial class.
Public health doctors invented the mandates, but Trudeau put them into action for cross-border travel. Trudeau could have doused the convoy before it got going. He has met with other protesters of other issues but refused to respond to the one he created. He dismissed and delegitimized the Freedom Convoy and turned it into a global movement instead.
If Trudeau were smart, he would celebrate his victory and suspend the act. Then he would show how the science has changed and drop his vaccine travel mandates immediately.
The world is watching Canada. Trudeau needs to separate the dangerous blend of public health and authoritarian politics. Let’s hope it’s not too late.
Shawn Whatley is a physician, past president of the Ontario Medical Association, and a Munk senior fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He is the author of When Politics Comes Before Patients – Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing.
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Between social media hype, conspiracy theories, and fake news, it seems like we live in a world filled with misinformation. The stress, anxiety, and apprehension this flood of misleading ideas promotes, lead many people to avoid treatments that would help restore their health and appearance. As a leading oral and maxillofacial surgeon Brevard County residents trust, at Sunrise Facial and Oral Surgery, we work diligently to help our community members make informed decisions based on true facts. That’s why we hope dispelling these common myths about dermal fillers proves useful.
What Are Dermal Fillers?
This gel-like substance is typically injected under the skin to restore or augment facial contours. Additionally, it can be injected after procedures such as bone grafting and dental implants to supplement any mass lost. Dermal fillers have become increasingly popular among people whose facial lines change due to premature aging and surgeries, among others. More than 1 million people reportedly choose dermal filler treatments each year to maintain a youthful and robust appearance. Unfortunately, the following myths sometimes prevent those who would benefit from moving forward.
Myth 1: Dermal Fillers Are Toxic
Perhaps the saddest myth is that the gel-like substance includes toxins that can cause cancer, heart attacks, and strokes, among others. The unreasonable fear generated by this misinformation often makes people shy away from dermal fillers.
The truth is, dermal fillers are usually made from a naturally-occurring agent called hyaluronic acid. This substance can already be found in your skin and acts as a powerful moisturizer. Hyaluronic acid ranks among the common ingredients in a wide range of beauty products. That’s why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves derma fillers for people 22 years of age and older.
Myth 2: Dermal Filler Facial Changes Are Permanent
The misinformation that claims dermal filler procedures are irreversible creates unnecessary fear. People worry that if they are unhappy with the augmentation, they cannot restore their natural beauty. Dermal fillers deliver a youthful glow for up to 6 months in most cases. However, they are not permanent items such as a bone graft or dental implants. Although considered a cost-effective way to maintain the appearance people desire, the process is not lifelong. So, if someone is not happy with the outcome, it will fade in time.
Myth 3: Dermal Fillers Leave You in Pain
While it’s true that dermal fillers are injected under the skin, the vast majority of patients indicate it’s comparable to a mosquito bite. People usually experience a slight pinch as the gel-like substance is injected. Patients who are skittish about needle pain can ask for a local numbing agent such as lidocaine. Most rate the pain level as a 2 out of 10.
Myth 4: Dermal Fillers Leave People Bruised & Swollen
The body reacts to any medical procedure, and dermal fillers are no different. After the gel-like substance is injected, people typically experience minor bruising and swelling. If this happens, it usually lasts for a very short period of time. A cold compress can reduce this reaction relatively quickly. In many cases, people conceal the modest effects with light makeup if needed.
Myth 5: Dermal Fillers Leave You Looking Unnatural
Like anything, moderation remains a key to taking advantage of this safe and FDA-approved procedure. One myth claims that dermal fillers pump up facial appearance to excessive levels. Another claims that facial skin gets stretched out and looks loose after the dermal filler fades. By working with an experienced oral and maxillofacial surgeon, you enjoy expert advice about appropriate treatments. That’s why we offer insightful consultations and provide fact-based information about long-term health, wellness, and dermal filler use.
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Many area school districts are continuing efforts to keep students safe during the pandemic. Among them is West Hancock Community Schools who are working hard on limiting any spread of the virus amongst the student population.
Superintendent Wayne Kronemann believes that the district is taking the right approaches during this time frame.
While these approaches are being taken, the school also continues to separate students in other areas too.
The school continues to monitor both students and staff in order to assure the safety of everyone inside the facilities.
While precautions are being taken, some are being relaxed, such as masking.
From there, the district began to move up the grades and no more cases of COVID-19 developed.
Cases in Hancock County have dropped dramatically and vaccinations are continuing at a strong pace thanks to the hard work of the Hancock County Health Department. Meanwhile students and staff are looking to return back to a strong social and educational environment in the classroom and the school board, along with Kronemann agreed.
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Entry by Haifei Zhang, AP 225, Fall 2009
What is optical tweezers
Optical Tweezers use light to manipulate microscopic objects as small as a single atom. The radiation pressure from a focused laser beam is able to trap small particles. In the biological sciences, these instruments have been used to apply forces in the pN-range and to measure displacements in the nm range of objects ranging in size from 10 nm to over 100 mm. | <urn:uuid:7a2bce83-a8f1-49b7-a6dc-fb6f8f073d96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://soft-matter.seas.harvard.edu/index.php?title=Optical_Tweezers&oldid=8714&printable=yes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.900238 | 100 | 3.171875 | 3 |
WIND-GENERATED WAVES FOR LABORATORY STUDIES
Mechanically generated, regular waves are used in laboratory wave basins and channels for testing engineering designs for the coastal zone. Wind-generated waves in the laboratory display irregularity, suggestive of the irregularity of the open sea. It has been suggested that the validity of laboratory tests would be increased if the laboratory waves were generated by wind. Examination of a simple approach to wave forecasting, based on dimensional analysis, leads to the conclusion that wind-generated waves in the laboratory cannot be expected to have the same form as prototype waves unless they correspond to equivalent scaled fetches. Very low windspeeds must be used to produce waves that are anywhere near fully developed in a laboratory facility of moderate length. The resulting waves are too small to be of much value in testing designs. An examination of the microscale procedures, now believed to be responsible for wave growth and of some secondary flow characteristics of wind tunnels, indicates that the relative importance of the mechanisms for wave generation in wind channels is very different from that in unconfined airspaces.
Coastal Engineering Research CenterVicksburg, MI United States
- Harris, D L
- Publication Date: 1976-8
- Pagination: 46 p.
- TRT Terms: Electromagnetic spectrum; Wind waves
- Uncontrolled Terms: Scale effect
- Old TRIS Terms: Wave generation
- Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;
- Accession Number: 00147770
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: CERC-TP-76-12 Tech Pap.
- Files: TRIS
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It’s been a scorcher of a summer so far, which means your AC has probably been working overtime. Luckily, there are a couple ways to help keep your home cooler to prevent too much strain on the system.
Close the blinds.
No matter the direction the windows are facing, closing the blinds can help keep the home cooler by blocking out the sun. It will be most effective for rooms that get a lot of direct sunlight, and you could even invest in blackout curtains for maximum effect.
Adjust ceiling fans.
During the summer, ceiling fans should be set in a counterclockwise motion. When they’re on high, that direction helps create a downward airflow to push the cool air down towards the floor. The opposite can be said of the wintertime, which is why it’s good practice to make those seasonal switches.
It’s common for homes to have small places where air can get in and out of the home no matter the season. They’re most often found around windows, door frames, and crawl spaces. If you suspect that’s why the cold air hasn’t been sticking around as long as liked, then you could find a company to perform a home energy audit.
Avoid cooking indoors.
On those excessively hot days, try to avoid cooking indoors. Whether you’re cooking on the stovetop or using the oven, turning those appliances on will add unnecessary heat to the home. Instead, try to grill out. Then you can still escape the heat afterwards by eating inside.
Your home’s insulation helps manage the temperature of your home in hot and cold seasons. During the summer, that insulation helps keep the cold air you want inside and the hot air from getting in through the higher points of the home.
Invest in a new system.
An old, struggling HVAC system or one that wasn’t properly sized to your home will work harder and cause the energy bill to go up. If your unit is older than 10 years old, it would benefit your home and budget long-term to look into a replacement. An HVAC company can come inspect your unit and your home to give you options that fit the heating and cooling calculation of your property.
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
'Pinjar' is an unflinching look at the partition of India through the eyes of one woman. Urmila Mantondkar gives an amazing performance as Puro, the daughter of a wealthy landowner whose life is completely changed by a centuries old family feud. It explores the issues of Partition as well as the the status that women occupied in Indian society then and to an extent even today. Manoj Bajpai also turns in a career defining performance as Rasheed and gives incredible depth to a character who has committed a grievous sin but manages to atone for it in the end. It is one of those acting feats that I always marvel at - playing a character who is not entirely good nor entirely bad - a difficult balancing act of portraying someone who walks the fine line between both. I just don't understand why Urmila doesn't appear in more movies - she looks as luminous as the day her career was launched in 'Rangeela' 12 years ago but it is her acting is what gives this movie it's soul.
The partition of India & Pakistan has been a particular passion of mine for many years as the human drama behind it is as fascinating as it is tragic. The consequences of Partition are something neither country has fully recovered from nor properly dealt with to this day. I have recommended this book in a prior post, Freedom At Midnight. It is must reading for anyone of Indian descent or anyone interested in the history of the subcontinent for that matter. The book was written by two French authors and will give you a real understanding of how and why Partition came to be. It explains that both Jinnah & Gandhi (although he bitterly opposed the idea until his death) believed that Partition would serve to solve many of India's problems and were horrified at the carnage that ensued. It also explains how a British lawyer named Cyril Radcliffe (who knew little about India and could thus stay 'unbiased') was given the duty to divide up the country into India & Pakistan just 36 days before August 15, 1947 - the date of independence. It was a date cursed by the stars according to the astrologers and led to horrific atrocities including looting, rape, murder and resulted in the single largest migration in the history of the world. How to divide the libraries of the bisected states of Punjab & Bengal is just one of the fascinating stories in this book, now out of print but easily available at Amazon.
The song from the movie is Charkha Chalati Maa sung by Preeti Uttam. It visits a theme seen previously in films like 'Umraoo Jaan', basically that it is a curse to be born a woman on this earth. Which begs the question, who would all these wonderful sons of our world be marrying if there were no women around? What happens to Puro is tragic and infuriating at the same time, society is coming around and changing but recent events tell us that women's rights in that part of the world still have a long way to go. | <urn:uuid:203247cd-20b3-4254-b954-488621cfe8f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.docbollywood.com/2007/05/pinjar-skeleton.html?showComment=1179752220000 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981291 | 628 | 1.664063 | 2 |
British politics was shaken by a ‘leak’ from a BBC employee this week. Notable BBC bigmouth Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of a television programme about cars, was caught making outrageous (and accurate) comments about a national leader. Clarkson has been touring Australia with a stage version of the BBC driving show Top Gear (the mind boggles – does Stig test drive hot hatchbacks up and down the aisles in a partial recreation of scenes from the Italian Job?). Whilst on stage, the outspoken celebrity had the ill grace to comment about Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister. In an unrehearsed outburst, he openly and unashamedly implied that Rudd was an honest politician. This has caused a furore, though seemingly not in the outback.
Ooops, I got confused there. Nobody is upset about what Clarkson said about Kevin Rudd. At least, I cannot find any newspapers saying people were upset about that. In fact I cannot find any newspapers saying anybody who was actually there was upset about that or anything else. But I can find plenty of British newspapers (The Mirror, The Sun, The Guardian and plenty more) reporting how plenty of British politicians (none of whom were at the event) were very upset with what Clarkson said about the British Prime Minister.
The funny thing is, when you compare two things, if one is treated favourably, the other must come off less well. Put simply, Jeremy Clarkson said that Gordon Brown, British PM, was not as trustworthy as Kevin Rudd, at least when it comes to explaining how bad the world’s economic mess is. And that is what has caused the upset, perhaps…
Part of the job of politics is to communicate. Jeremy Clarkson should know all about that. He is a very effective communicator, and his success depends entirely on his ability to amuse audiences by saying things they think are true, but do not hear other people say. There are a lot of politicians who could learn a valuable lesson from how Clarkson builds empathy with an audience by playing the part of the plain-speaker. Politicians do not talk plainly. They say the word ‘rhubarb’ over and over, as if it has some meaning (say it to yourself a few times without pausing – you will get the idea). As of today, whilst we know that a lot of Gordon Brown’s political supporters are upset, it is not very clear what they are upset about. Brown has steered clear of the topic. Brown’s office wisely decided not to pour fuel on the fire and simply said that Clarkson “is entitled to his own interpretation of the economic circumstances”. Last time I checked, in the British democracy, people were entitled to have negative opinions about politicians, as well as positive ones. Democracy would not work well otherwise. Imagine if Clarkson, and everyone else, was mandated to say: “Gordon Brown is as honest as Kevin Rudd who is as honest as David Cameron who is as honest as Nick Clegg who is as honest as George W. Bush who is as honest Tony Blair who is as honest as Barack Obama who is as honest as Ehud Olmert who is as honest as Vladimir Putin who is honest as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is as honest as Josef Stalin who is as honest as Gandhi who is as honest any other politician or world leader you can think of.” Not everybody is as honest as everybody else. If we cannot voice opinions that say Mr. A is better than Mrs. B at such-and-such, you might as well not bother having a democracy.
For all that, commenting on Brown’s honesty has only been a peripheral cause of complaint. After talking about Kevin Rudd, this is the exact phrase which described Brown and caused all the trouble:
“We’ve got this one-eyed Scottish idiot.”
Why has this upset people? The number one reason, measured by the number of words in each newspaper, is that Clarkson described Gordon Brown as Scottish. The Scottish Labour leader, Iain Gray, responded by saying:
“Most people here are proud that the prime minister is a Scot and believe him to be the right person to get the UK through this global economic crisis.”
Hmmm. I presume Iain Grey is not so silly to believe that Gordon Brown is the right person because he is a Scot, so why he is worked up about the mentioning of something that was, in hindsight, irrelevant?
Coming in a poor second, the next most popular reason for upset was that Clarkson referred to the fact that Gordon Brown has a glass eye, a consequence of an accident whilst playing rugby. The chief executive for the Royal National Institute for Blind, Lesley-Anne Alexander, said:
“Any suggestion that equates disability with incompetence is totally unacceptable.”
Some combined disability and Scottishness into a hybrid cause for fury. Angus Robertson, the Scottish National Party’s leader at Westminster, said the comments were “totally inappropriate” and also said:
“Everyone should be upset about someone making jokes about someone else’s partial blindness and nationality, but knowing Jeremy Clarkson I don’t hold out a lot of hope that he will be apologetic.”
You should re-read that. Everyone should be upset about jokes about disability and nationality. Everyone. What a saint Angus Robertson must be. Perhaps we should follow him around the campaign trail, as he visits the homes of ordinary people, or chats with them in the pub. Because, by his admission, everyone should be upset by jokes about nationality, which includes Scots not making jokes about the English. Do you reckon Angus gets equally upset whenever one of his voters makes an uncouth comment linking their hatred of the English to their reasons for wanting Scottish independence?
The number three reason for alarm, hardly mentioned at all in any of the quotes in any of the newspapers, was that Clarkson implied Brown was not that honest. I could only find one quote that refers to it, and it comes from Lord Foulkes, a former Labour Scottish minister:
“He has insulted Gordon Brown three times over: accusing him of being a liar, having a go at him for having a physical handicap, and for his nationality.
“It is an absolute outrage of the worst kind. Disabled people will be up in arms about it, Scottish people will be angry – and it should concern all of us that the prime minister has been accused of lying.”
How interesting. Of all the multitudes of people who are upset, the vast majority are only worried by the implication that Gordon Brown is a one-eyed Scot. Only one politician spotted that implying he was dishonest was not very nice. Politicians are liars, so here is a quick fact-check in relation to Clarkson’s comment, which once again was:
“We’ve got this one-eyed Scottish idiot.”
1. Does Gordon Brown have only one eye?
Yes. Unless you count his glass eye as an eye, which it is not, then Brown has precisely one eye.
2. Is Gordon Brown Scottish?
Yes. He was born in Glasgow, was brought up in Kirkcaldy, went to University in Edinburgh and has been an MP for a Scottish constituency for over 20 years. I doubt anyone would question his Scottishness.
3. Is Gordon Brown an idiot?
You can decide that for yourselves. But in the reporting of this fuss and nonsense, I can see plenty of other politicians who seem like idiots to me. They could speak more plainly, like Clarkson. For all the fuss and bother about Brown being a one-eyed Scot (which he is) nobody thought to defend him on the really important point of whether he is an idiot. Calling somebody one-eyed is not an insult, if they have one eye. Despite all the clamour over Clarkson saying Brown is Scottish, there is no reason to believe that Clarkson considered that bit to be the insulting part of his comment. The insulting part of Clarkson’s quote was calling Brown an idiot. However, not one of this mob who so desperately leaped aboard the press quote bandwagon felt it necessary to mention whether they thought Brown was an idiot or not.
All in all, it seems the vast majority believe Clarkson’s mistake was to call Brown a one-eyed Scottish idiot. If Clarkson had simply said ‘Brown is an idiot’, presumably nobody would have had any reason to complain.
An interesting update to the story was that Clarkson issued an apology. However, the apology only covers the ‘one-eyed’ bit of the comment. What an absurd world that a man who makes his living from saying provocative things feels compelled to say sorry for calling a one-eyed man a one-eyed man. At least he did not turn his humour in the direction of farce, and rejected any demands that he say sorry for calling Brown Scottish, as if being Scottish was something that cannot be discussed in polite society. Of course, what the rhubarb crowd who (mis-)manage the country want is for him to say sorry for calling Brown an idiot, but they know they will never get that, and nor should they.
Britain is a democracy, at least on the surface. Our Prime Minister is a one-eyed Scot, and thankfully, nobody thinks that should be a state secret. It is a plain fact. There is no reason to deny it or prevent people saying so openly. Clarkson could call Brown a one-eyed Scot ten thousand times over, and it still would not be an insult. Calling him an idiot in an insult, and implying he is liar is an insult. The chief executive of the RNIB gave the game away with her comment about equating disability with incompetence. If Clarkson called Brown a one-eyed Scottish hero you would not get someone from the RNIB moaning that the reference to the partial blindness of a hero, or somebody from the Scottish Parliament crying fowl that the hero’s nationality was referred to. Everyone caught defending Brown’s disability, or Scottishness, should have a hard think about what they want from this world. Is it unfair to call a Scot an idiot, as if there could be no idiots in Scotland? Is it wrong to point out that a man has both one eye and is an idiot, implying that losing an eye guarantees an above average intellect? Calling somebody one-eyed is not an insult, unless you link it to their also being an idiot. For all this nonsense, Clarkson’s only sin is to have called somebody an idiot at the same time as the other things, but in a PC world gone topsy-turvy, nobody asks him to retract the ‘idiot’ comment…
After all the uproar, hardly anyone thought to defend Brown’s competence, or asked Clarkson to focus his apology on those points. Is this a tacit admission, even by Brown’s supporters, that the British PM is a lying idiot? If you are not going to defend Brown as a politician, he needs no defense for being the one-eyed Scot he is. There is plenty of irony that, in aiming to shout down Clarkson, so many are obviously hoping to grab column inches using pretty much the same tactic as Clarkson himself – saying something daft just to get attention. If our politicians were more dignified, they would have done the opposite of Clarkson, and keep their mouths shut. Brown’s being a one-eyed Scot is a matter of fact, not an insult, no matter how stupidly Clarkson put his jibe. It is certainly not a secret and denying people the right to say facts out loud is ludicrous. Whatever next? Is it okay to call Barack Obama an idiot, good to call him a black hero, but outrageous to call him a black idiot? I keep getting fed up with references to Boreama’s blackness, so you can understand why I find it a little confused that some adjectives need to be repeated ad nauseam when conjoined with praise, but can never be said out loud when mixed with criticism. Either being black or Scottish, or one-eyed is irrelevant, or it is not. The problem with PC ethics is that distinctions between people are encouraged, when linked to something positive, but treated as disdainful when associated with a fault. Logically speaking, being a Scot is relevant to Brown’s competence as PM or it is not. It is hypocrisy to say, on one hand, that you are proud that the PM is a Scot, and on the other to complain about mentioning the PM’s nationality whilst implying he is incompetent.
That Brown is an idiot is a matter of opinion, and is an insult. But the good thing about democracies is that they entertain freedom of speech. Even idiot politicians are allowed to have their say, for what little good that does. I saw that the original Pop Idol winner, Will Young, was a novelty addition to the usual rent-a-gob goons (Chakrabarti, Farage etc) to the BBC’s Question Time this week, which says everything you need to know about the standard of political ‘debate’ in the UK. Not only did he appear, but he was crediting with boosting the ratings to a season high! But however poor debate is, people are entitled to say what they like, and that includes people calling politicians idiot liars if they feel like. Even Will Young knows that. It was Young, the amateur amongst the other all-pro gob squad, who had the courage to point out that the obsession with saying the right thing, and avoiding offense, means “everything is becoming a little bit vanilla”.
Calling a politician an idiot or a liar is fine by the average voter, who would only agree. Demanding censorship of such statements is the real disgrace in this story, and gives the game away on how much these politicians really care for the freedom of speech that democracy depends upon. Thankfully, like Rudd, Clarkson, and the audience of his stage show, there will always be plenty of plain-speakers to tell the politicians when they are wrong – though most of the plain speakers will just ignore all this rhubarb and turn the telly to Top Gear.
*** Update ***
Does Jeremy Clarkson read my blog? Probably not, but it seems he had the same insight into what was right, and wrong, about all the complaints over what he said. So, to make his position clear, Clarkson has said sorry for pointing out that Gordon Brown is a one-eyed Scot. Though this is true, Clarkson says he was wrong to point out Brown’s nationality and disability whilst also calling him an idiot. But Clarkson is not sorry for calling the British PM an idiot! Whilst it seems incredible this non-story has run so long already, I eagerly look forward to what the rent-a-quote crowd say now. Will be they complain that saying Brown is an idiot is unfair to idiots everywhere? | <urn:uuid:66800211-00c8-4199-bcd5-8d682f0cc523> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://halfthoughts.com/2009/02/06/top-secret-british-pm-is-a-one-eyed-scot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981256 | 3,098 | 1.820313 | 2 |
It is a bit past the middle of the year. Revisiting New Year’s Resolutions is a great strategy to reinforce what’s working and tweak what is not
If revisiting New Year’s Resolutions in the middle of the year is not your idea of a good time, you may need this conversation more than ever.
- Either you made them and followed them and all is working well, then great, you have no reason to worry.
- If they are getting you some results, tweak and keep going.
- If, however, you feel like you “blew it” and you’ll “try again next January”, then let’s talk.
- Or if you gave up on them a long time ago because you failed too many times, read on.
- And if New Year’s Resolutions just aren’t your thing I hope you have some other benchmark by which you measure your personal progress. If there are things you’d like to achieve and are leaving them on the table or if there are changes you’d like to make, it most certainly IS worth continuing to try until you found a way that gets you what you are after.
In any event, it is very beneficial to check in on how things are going, periodically.
Because the best news is…
No matter where you are at – there is still time to make improvements! And the time to do that and really make a dent for the next New Year’s Resolutions is now.
New Year’s resolutions are notoriously hard to keep. If that is you, who fell off a wagon there, you are not alone. But science and research has uncovered several factors that do indeed help you get the results you are after, be they health-related, personal or bass related!
Some of these are:
- Aim for small doable goals. Expand from there. Check out the Tiny Habits Method, it’s free, it is scientifically validated, and it works. Thousands can attest to that. I am such a fan that I took their training to be certified! Change your habits for free at tinyhabits.com
- Get peer support. A witness for your progress. Someone cheering for you. Check in with them regularly. That’s why WeightWatchers has staying power. That’s why colleges and going to school really works to reach seemingly insurmountable goals. Support! It can be an online board, a teacher. Tweak until it works for you.
- Distraction is your biggest enemy. Tomorrow. Later. Whatever you need to do to keep you focused, do it. These days more than ever before distractions linger at every corner. Set a timer and for those 5, 10, or 30 minutes do the thing you say you want to do. Non-negotiable. You will feel so much better after you did it!
- Be okay with doing something badly, whether it is practicing or working out. I recently had a discussion about this with Victor Wooten, who said the same thing, allow yourself to do something badly, to make mistakes. I could not agree more!
- Cheer for yourself. Celebrate your successes, however small. Our attitude towards us makes or breaks everything. Maybe an adjustment here is helpful. I get that that is hard, as usually negative voices aim to protect us from disappointment. This, too, you may do badly: find some responses to the negative voices that make at least some sense. If these negative things were spoken about someone else, what would you say to them?
- Aim for a run streak. It’s a little game to play with yourself, but it can be very effective. Got me flossing without interruption through January 1st 2018 til today. I have a run streak on my meditation app that is over 1000 days long and I obsess over it. It’s been helpful! Read here about how to apply this to bass.
Interestingly as I am pondering these thoughts this classic Talking Technique Episode happened to be up next for reposting to the blog. It is a post on New Year’s Resolutions and practicing tips and got posted on notreble in January 2018. At the time I was in the process of developing a support system for our Music Theory for the Bass Player course. At the beginning of 2019, we rolled out a version of this new program, calling it our “New Years Cohort“. The Cohort Program comes complete with
- peer support
- a before-after skills assessment
- regular commitments
- regular video submissions
- feedback from peers and teachers in an encouraging improvement-oriented environment
- small defined bite-sized units
- positive attitude
This is what Cohort course participants say:
- “There is something very powerful about making a public commitment and then following it up with a recording of that exercise… and the video you record is incredibly eye-opening! (Fred P)
“Recording myself has made me accountable to the commitment I’ve promised. It has helped me overcome any fear I have about demonstrating progress I’ve made through my practicing of the material I’ve committed to record.”
“Recording myself has enabled me to see the progress I’ve made by the practicing I’ve done. It serves as a record of my progress as I look back over time at the recording to assure me of how far I’ve come in my bass studies.” (Kevin G)
“The cohort has made me accountable so I work steadily towards the goal of completing the course. It adds that extra layer of accountability which serves as motivation during those times when it’s easy to simply put things off for ‘another day’.”
- “I joined the cohort in January and have found recording myself to be invaluable. It lets you spot areas of technique that you should be concentrating on. The Cohort is excellent and I can honestly say I have played for a minimum of 30 minutes each day since 20th Jan when it started. Everyone is so friendly and supportive. I feel like I have improved more in 4 weeks than I did in the last 4 months.” (Chris D)
Cohorts are a big commitment in time for us, so we have to be careful to keep things small. If you are interested in taking part in a small cohort, please email firstname.lastname@example.org
Below is the notreble post. Let me know in the comments, how have you been fairing with your resolutions! What have you found helpful? What are some of your goals around bass playing?
And this article on “Why just keep playing is not working”, referenced in it. I get responses to it to this very day as it has inspired a lot of people.
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Help with timing of captions on screen
I have run into a snag with a course i am working on. It is a systems training piece and to get the slides we did screen recordings and inserted then as step by step. However we decided not to use the timing on the slide but rather to let the learner use a forward and back button to work through the steps. We are also not showing the mouse movement or the actual screen recordings but rather just using the slide images created.
I have removed all the triggers that referred to timeline and made it that all objects are on screen from the beginning to the end of a slide.
However i am finding that the caption is literally only staying on screen for the time duration of the slide. So for example if the slide is 3s on the time line the caption will stay on screen for 3s and then disappear. Only the captions are doing this. The actual slide image and the shapes I added remain on screen until the learner clicks next.
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The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and Clarifications column, Friday May 7 2004
In the article below, we refer to a proposal of Professor Kevin Warwick to implant a locating transmitter in an 11-year-old girl in the wake of the Soham murders in August 2002 (Bad science, Life, page 3, April 29). Joanna Bryson of MIT and Professor Blay Whitby from Sussex University were quoted as dismissing this enterprise when neither of them had been questioned. Their comments were taken from an online newsletter, The Register, published in July 2000, two years before the idea for a tracker chip was mooted. In addition, Blay Whitby has asked us to point out that he is not a professor and that a statement that could possibly be attributed to him - "his experiments fail hilariously" - is a misleading paraphrase of his comments in The Register. We wish to apologise to Ms Bryson and Mr Whitby for any embarrassment caused.
Captain Cyborg is back. Professor Kevin Warwick of Reading University is a legend: this week the Independent ran a piece on his discovery that watching Richard and Judy on television for half an hour was the best thing to improve IQ test performance, and that reading a book was bad for you. Warwick was telling exactly the same story four years ago. I phoned his secretary and his research assistant to find out if he'd published this data in any journals. "Oh yes ... the Daily Mail?" Not quite what I was looking for. "The Independent?"
So are the papers right to trust him? In 1999, several broadsheets covered his warning on cyber drugs. "Law enforcement officials are bracing themselves for the introduction of virtual reality drugs which, because they are transmitted across the internet or using radio waves, can be taken without anyone ever needing to actually possess them." Warwick was quoted as saying: "The question is not whether virtual reality narcotics can be created, but how soon they can be put on the market." Buffoon, says Inman Harvey of the University of Sussex. Irresponsible, says Professor Alan Bundy of Edinburgh.
· Warwick also surgically implanted a trivial chip in his arm, which allowed sensors to detect his presence and do things like turn on lights and open doors, then romped about in the media explaining gravely that he was now a cyborg: "Being a human was OK," he said. "But being a cyborg has a lot more to offer." Bravo. It was never clear why he couldn't just carry the chip in his pocket. Before the century is out, he says, machines will take over the planet. "It's difficult to describe how frustrating it is in the field seeing this man being our spokesman," says Richard Reeve, of the AI department at Edinburgh.
· After the Soham murders he waded into the media again, saying he was going to implant a locating transmitter in an 11-year-old girl, in case she was abducted. The "chip" would cost "£20". Academic experts in mobile phone networks and animal tracking with experience in similar devices thought it was bunk (http://tinyurl.com/2mep6). Children's charities and medical ethicists said the unnecessary surgery was irresponsible. And any fool could see that a kidnapper would chop it out messily. As before, after a flurry of media coverage: nothing. Idiot, says Joanna Bryson of MIT. Unrealistic, says Professor Blay Whitby from Sussex. His experiments fail hilariously (http://tinyurl.com/3xkc2). He's obsessed with media coverage. And we can't get enough of him. | <urn:uuid:28544a86-4a51-4b63-a03d-029b52b9c553> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/apr/29/badscience.science | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.980322 | 746 | 1.75 | 2 |
The Scarlet Letter is the story of Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman who has had an illegitimate child. Despite being publicly humiliated by wearing a large scarlet letter 'A' on her dress, Hester refuses to reveal the identity of her child's father, even as the vindictive newcomer Chillingworth becomes determined to make her confess. This story explores the themes of sexual liberation, sin, and vengeance.
Dimmesdale finishes his sermon and everyone who heard the sermon is in awe. He had spoken about the relationship between God and mankind and the communities of New England. As a result of his eloquence, he is at the height of respect and fame. The procession heads to the town hall, and as Dimmesdale leaves the church, feeble once again despite being at the height of triumph, he pauses at the scaffold where Hester stands. After a moment, he turns toward the scaffold and calls Hester and Pearl to him. Chillingworth tries to stop him, but Dimmesdale resists. He climbs the scaffold with Hester's help and Pearl and Chillingworth join them.
Dimmesdale addresses the amazed and befuddled crowd, confessing everything, laying emphasis to what is hidden on his chest under his hand. He pulls aside his vestment to reveal his chest to the crowd. Everyone is shocked and Dimmesdale collapses. After speaking with Hester, expressing his peace, he dies.
Dimmesdale finishes his sermon and the everyone is filled with amazement at his ability. All who listened are filled with awe and respect for the clergyman. His sermon was about the relation between God and mankind, especially the communities of New England. He emphasized a glorious destiny for the people who wanted to make a new kind of society in the new land. Throughout his sermon had been a tone of sadness, as if he was about to depart for God's own society. As a result of the sermon, Dimmesdale's reputation is at its highest peak and he stands at the pulpit in the utmost triumph.
The procession heads back out, towards the town hall. The musicians lead the way, followed by the military escort, the magistrates and other ministers. The crowd shouts and cheers for them. Dimmesdale is seen leaving the church, looking frail again, even in his triumph. He makes his way slowly forward, but pauses when he reaches the scaffold. After a moment, he turns toward the scaffold and calls Hester and Pearl to him. Chillingworth tries to stop him, but Dimmesdale resists. He climbs the scaffold with Hester's help and Pearl and Chillingworth join them. Chillingworth can do no more and Dimmesdale is pleased he finally outwits Chillingworth.
Everyone present is confused and partly unable or unwilling to make the conclusion which seems obvious. Dimmesdale addresses the crowd, confessing everything, laying emphasis to what is hidden on his chest under his hand. He pulls aside his vestment to reveal his chest to the crowd. Everyone is shocked and Dimmesdale collapses. Chillingworth is devastated and Dimmesdale offers his god's forgiveness to him. Dimmesdale address Pearl and asks for the kiss that she would not give until he stood with them in public. She kisses him and the spell that seems to hold her captive and make her otherworldly is broken; it is certain that she will grow to be normal and good, rather than at odds with everyone who interacts with her.
Dimmesdale says goodbye to Hester, certain that they will remain separated, even in the world beyond their present one. He tells her of his peace with himself and others, and with a final mention of his Heavenly Father, Dimmesdale dies.
After Dimmesdale's death, there is much debate as to what really happened that day. Most people who were present say that on the clergyman's breast was a scarlet letter, almost exactly like Hester's, imprinted on his flesh. Some people, on the other hand, argue that there was nothing on the minister's chest, nor did he admit to any kind of guilt related to Hester's situation. They argue that he meant his death to be like a parable, signifying that everyone is a sinner when one is compared to God's own purity. The narrator discounts this theory as anything other than a story told by Dimmesdale's closest friends who wish his reputation to remain unsullied.
The narrator suggests that the main moral of the story should be to be true to oneself and to the world.
After Dimmesdale's death, Chillingworth loses all the strength he has and almost vanishes entirely. He soon dies, and leaves a large amount of property to Hester and Pearl. They leave the settlement, and nothing is heard of them for a long time. One day, Hester returns to her home on the edge of the settlement, and continues the life she led before Dimmesdale's death, including wearing the letter on her dress. The community comes to esteem her even more; she becomes a kind of advisor, especially for unhappy young women. Hester maintains that relationships between men and women will change at some point in the future but she understands that it is not her place to be the instrument of change. She dies, and is buried in the town's cemetery, next to Dimmesdale.
After Dimmesdale's death, there is much debate as to what really happened that day. Most people who were present say that on the clergyman's breast was a scarlet letter, almost exactly like Hester's, imprinted on his flesh. As to how and when this came to be on his chest is another matter; some say it came to be of its own accord on the same day that Hester first wore hers, others say that it came to be after Chillingworth began his torture, others say that the minister inflicted it on himself as an act of penance. All agree that the letter was present.
Some people, on the other hand, argue that there was nothing on the minister's chest, nor did he admit to any kind of guilt related to Hester's situation. They argue that he meant his death to be like a parable, signifying that everyone is a sinner when one is compared to God's own purity. The narrator discounts this theory as anything other than a story told by Dimmesdale's closest friends who wish his reputation to remain unsullied.
Hawthorne mentions his source, an old manuscript written following the testimony of Hester's contemporaries. He suggests that there are many morals to be taken from the story, the most notable being that one should be true to oneself and to the rest of the world.
The rest of the chapter details what happens to each of the main characters after Dimmesdale's death. When his reason for living is no longer present, Chillingworth loses all the strength he has and almost vanishes entirely. He is proof that love and hatred are very similar in their roots; for each, the connection to something or someone outside of oneself is so powerful that the loss of that object is almost like a deathblow. Indeed, Chillingworth dies within a year of Dimmesdale. In his will, he bequeaths a great deal of property to Hester and Pearl. Pearl becomes the richest heiress in the New World. The two of them disappear, probably back to Europe.
Later, Hester returns to Boston and once again occupies her former home on the deserted coast. She is without Pearl and there is no word of her, but it is thought that she is happy and married and living in Europe. Hester again lives the life she did before, inclusive of the shame which she bore before. She continues to support only a meager existence, though there are more articles of comfort in her cottage than there were before.
Although she still wears the letter, it does not have the same significance or stigma as it did before. She becomes a source of advice and counsel, especially for unhappy young women seeking help in matters of love. In these moments Hester maintains her position that at some point there will be a change in the relations between men and women, but she has accepted that it is not her place to cause the change. She lives on in this manner for many years, and when she dies, is buried, next to Dimmesdale, in the same cemetery as mentioned at the very beginning of the story.
Dimmesdale is at the height of his fame and Hester is at the depths of despair. They could not seem more separate, though their sin is the same. The deception of appearances is clear as the congregation expresses their awe of Dimmesdale's ability and purity. His energy had overwhelmed the congregation, but as he makes his way out of the church, it has left him as he approaches his final obligation of his earthly existence. He calls for Hester and Pearl, and thus finally is true to himself, and to Hester and Pearl. Pearl goes readily, as it is what she has been asking Dimmesdale to do throughout the novel, and Hester joins her because she has no choice to, though at that moment it is what she least desires. Chillingworth recognizes that his chance for revenge has slipped away, and tries to stop Dimmesdale. He resists and confesses his sin to the crowd, urging Hester to climb the scaffold with him.
He is convinced that what he does is far better than any other course of action, but Hester, who is still firmly under the sway of the lost happy ending that they were so close to achieving. Dimmesdale knows he is dying and knows he must confess his sins before all. At one point in his confession he falters, and almost resists the fate that is his, but he eventually overcomes the weakness that has plagued him for the past seven years and reveals his own "A" to the crowd. He is true to himself, and is finally ready to receive Pearl's kiss, which she gladly gives. Now that all has been revealed, Pearl's role is finished, and the kiss shared between Pearl and her father seems to put all the anguish and sorrow experienced by these three people to rest. All three are released from the spell under which they were laboring, the spell which they had cast over themselves as long as the secret was kept.
The debate over the true nature of events on that Election Day demonstrates the way in which interpretation interferes with facts, and how quite often people will see what they wish to see. The narrator suggests that the group of people who claim that Dimmesdale's death was meant to be a parable, rather than a confession of sin, are of a kind who are blind to everything but their own desires and blinkered opinions. Above all, the narrator indicates that the nature of Dimmesdale's letter, and the way it came to be is not important; it is the lessons that the story imparts that is of highest interest. The narrator claims that the most important moral to be taken from the story is, "Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!", which Dimmesdale's experience offers most readily. Hester's return to Boston is the final support for this theme. She comes back to her cottage on the edge of the settlement, and takes up her letter freely, because it her only choice. Her life abroad could not have felt genuine or deserved, because it is only on the soil where she and Dimmesdale walked together that she can find a home. It is not her place to remove the letter. It dictates its own fate, and once she returns, it does not fall off of its own accord, but it is "transformed into something that should speak a different purport," as Hester predicts in her conversation with Chillingworth in chapter 14. She becomes sought after counsel, and the experience that Gov. Bellingham once discounted as a measure of evil, is a source of wisdom for the people of her community. | <urn:uuid:9d48f5d4-0e18-4b0d-b1c6-92fc1607723f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.antistudy.com/study-guide/idsid/1352/2481/thescarletletter/chapter-2324 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.986558 | 2,489 | 3.234375 | 3 |
As Executive Director of University Innovation Alliance (UIA), I'm happy to be part of the Weekly Wisdom podcast series with my co-host Jeff Selingo, author, journalist, and special advisor at Arizona State University. Our second Weekly Wisdom conversation, created in partnership with Inside Higher Ed, brought us an inspiring exchange with Dr. Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. President Sorrell's perspective is unique: he's a man of faith and vision with a pragmatic background in crisis management. All of these skills are essential for a school leader managing a historically Black college in this challenging year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We knew we'd hear great things from somebody listed as one of the 10 most innovative college presidents in the country (Washington Monthly Magazine) and one of the world's top 50 leaders (Fortune Magazine), and we certainly appreciated the wisdom he shared with us.
Being Prepared, Staying Positive, and Leading With Love
As a college administrator during the COVID pandemic, President Sorrell brings the benefits of a previous career in crisis management. He explained to us how he'd started anticipating the disruption by late January, and had already gotten clearance from the Paul Quinn College board to send his students home before high-profile institutions like Harvard (even though Harvard announced first). "And so," he added, "we had the advantage of not having to be so reactive that we could do a little bit of forward thinking." He admitted that, while missing his staff and students and being sensitive to what we're going through as a society, "what’s keeping me positive is that I would not get to spend the amount of time that I have with my kids and wife."
President Sorrell leads Paul Quinn College with what he called a very simple and fundamental principle: "You should never lead people you do not and cannot love." His priority is the wellbeing of his students and staff. As he described his staff meetings, "We’ve created a safe space where people can talk about, 'I am struggling, I am sad, I am scared.' And I want people to know that I will hear them." He understands that, quite simply, people will work better when they feel better.
Minimizing Regret and Maximizing Safety
President Sorrell shared his strategy for addressing the magnitude of COVID. "The first thing to do is just be honest about being overwhelmed, right? It’s a fire hose," he said. "None of us have managed in a global pandemic before, so give yourself permission to be human and to say, 'I'm not going to get everything right.' Just start from there." His second step is minimizing regret. "No one has ever regretted being too cautious in these situations," he told us. "If sending everyone home seems like an extreme act, but that is what maximizes your ability to be cautious, send everyone home." Stressing the importance of honest assessment, he explained, "The conversation we have at Paul Quinn is this: How do you bring people back before you can keep them safe? You don’t. Therefore, what does it look like to maximize keeping people safe? And that’s where we start."
Opportunity and Optimism Meet Strength and Resilience
President Sorrell sees the current crisis as an opportunity to reshape higher education, which he certainly intends to do at his college. As he and the board review areas for possible improvement, they ask themselves, "Why don’t we pour all in, push all the chips to the middle of the table and address those issues?" Elaborating on this, he said, "This is the time where we should put the wellbeing of our students and our staff before the historical traditions of our institutions and go identify the things that make sense, that work, and are best for the people we are in charge of caring for."
He shared his own remarkable history at Paul Quinn College. "I took over a school that people said was 18 months to 24 months away from closing. We had 30 days of cash on hand," he recalled. "A month and a half into my presidency, we were put on probation by the accrediting body. We got kicked out of one of our advocacy groups. So I know what it’s like for people to tell you you’re going to fail." President Sorrell triumphed over that adversity, and he brings that same spirit to this time of pandemic, reminding us, "That’s the opportunity that presents us now. Yes, it’s going to be hard. The hard is what gives you the chance to be great. The hard is what gives your students the opportunity to have a road map for what the rest of their lives will be."
Drawing on the lessons of his faith, he observed, "If we want a society that is resilient and strong and capable, then we should be leaders who are resilient, strong, and capable. We should lead institutions that are resilient, strong, and capable. So, yes, I'm optimistic because I’ve been in the battle, I have led an institution that was supposed to have already been gone. Thirteen years ago, we were given a year and a half to live. But we were a wonderful little institution that took great care of people who were roses that grew out of the concrete, right? That’s who we were."
President Sorrell also offered these bracing words of advice for anyone discouraged by the present circumstances: "Give yourself a moment to acknowledge the challenge. Pray if you're a praying person, and then get up off your knees and start swinging. Believe in the inevitability of your success, and then you will find a way to succeed."
A Fully Informed Board
When asked how a college leader relates to their board during the COVID crisis, President Sorrell was emphatic. "I'm a strong advocate for telling people everything," he said. "I always try and be honest with my board. Many of my board members have been through the struggle, and they understand that there’s a path we’re going to get through, that it will be tough, but we have seen tough, we understand tough, tough is part of our DNA." He went on to explain that Paul Quinn College is an African Methodist Episcopal school, and that over 200 years ago, the AME Church fought and won a lawsuit in federal court for its right to exist. Everyone involved with the college is aware of this history, he said, providing an institutional mindset for overcoming adversity.
Staying Hopeful and Dreaming Big
Recognizing the need for a message of hope among historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), in 2020 President Sorrell created the National HBCU Commencement Celebration. "Focusing on other people’s joy and other people’s moment, I’ve always found to be incredibly helpful for me," he said. To lift his own spirits, in addition to relishing the time he gets to spend at home with his family, he's reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, On Duties by Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education edited by Ben Nelson.
While being hopeful, President Sorrell is still a crisis manager at heart. "There’s the school of thought that says never waste a crisis, right?" he challenges. "I think you have to look at this through a very clear set of eyes and say, 'Where can we improve?' Appreciate the fact that this is a unique opportunity. We will probably never get this chance to do things this way again. So you talk to people about that honestly and earnestly, get them on the same page, and then go forward." This is what dreaming big looks like in a smaller school such as Paul Quinn, where those dreams are personal.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
• Paul Quinn College
• AME Church
• National HBCU Commencement Celebration
• Just Mercy
• On Duties
• Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education
Bios of Guest and Co-Hosts
Guest: Michael Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College
Dr. Michael J. Sorrell is the longest-serving President in the 148-year history of Paul Quinn College. During his 13 years of leadership, Paul Quinn has become a national movement for its efforts to remake higher education in order to serve the needs of under-resourced students and communities. In that time, Paul Quinn won HBCU of the Year among other awards, created the New Urban College Model, and achieved full-accreditation from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). As one of the most decorated college presidents in America, President Sorrell was named Higher Education’s President of the Year by Education Dive, one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine, and one of the “31 People Changing the South” by Time Magazine. President Sorrell B.A. in Government from Oberlin College, his J.D. and M.A. in Public Policy from Duke University, and his Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. While in law school, he was a founding member of the Journal of Gender Law & Policy and served as the Vice President of the Duke Bar Association. A Sloan Foundation Graduate Fellowship funded his studies at both Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Duke University. President Sorrell serves as a trustee or director for Duke University’s School of Law, the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, JP Morgan Chase’s Advancing Black Pathways, Amegy Bank, the Hockaday School, the Dallas Advisory Board of Teach for America, the Dallas Foundation, and EarthX, among others.
Co-Host: Bridget Burns, Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance
Dr. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship at Arizona State University. She held multiple roles within the Oregon University System, including serving as Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, where she won the national award for innovation in higher education government relations. She was a National Associate for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, and has served on several statewide governing boards including ones governing higher education institutions, financial aid policy, and policy areas impacting children and families.
Co-Host: Jeff Selingo, author, journalist, special advisor at Arizona State University
Jeff Selingo is an author, a journalist, and a special advisor at Arizona State University. He has written about higher education for more than two decades and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. His latest book, Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, was published in September 2020 and was named an Editors’ Choice by the New York Times Book Review. A regular contributor to The Atlantic, Jeff is a special advisor for innovation and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He also co-hosts the podcast, FutureU. He lives in Washington, DC with his family.
About Weekly Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom is an event series that happens live on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It also becomes a podcast episode. Every week, we join forces with Inside Higher Ed and talk with a sitting college president or chancellor about how they're specifically navigating the challenges of this moment. These conversations will be filled with practicable things you can do right now by unpacking how and why college leaders are making decisions within higher education. Hopefully, these episodes will also leave you with a sense of optimism and a bit of inspiration.
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Recently, UAS Integration Office Executive Director Jay Merkle announced that the FAA would release its remote ID ruling for UAS in July 2019.
However, everyone will have to wait for the rules until September 2019. The website for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs updated the release of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to September 2019.
Remote ID which is often compared to a license plate for UAS would permit police officers, aviation authorities and other public officials to search for a drone by a unique identifier and find out information about the pilot. Remote ID rules would go hand-in-hand with registration rules to prevent rogue drone flights around airports or other prohibited uses.
UAS industry experts view remote ID as the catalyst to the mass expansion of advanced commercial drone use. Without remote ID, many advanced applications such as flight over people, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and nighttime drone use will be limited. Remote ID will not only ensure safety but will increase public trust. | <urn:uuid:942a0ea3-02cd-45da-8d6e-387d98760a8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.911security.com/news/faa-remote-id-rules-for-drones-delayed-until-september-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951128 | 204 | 1.859375 | 2 |
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Metal stamping is a cold-forming process that makes use of dies and stamping presses to transform sheet metal into different shapes. Pieces of flat sheet metal, typically referred to as blanks, is fed into a sheet metal stamping press that uses a tool and die surface to form the metal into a new shape. Production facilities and metal fabricators offering stamping services will place the material to be stamped between die sections, where the use of pressure will shape and shear the material into the desired final shape for the product or component.
The Basics of Metal Stamping
Metal stamping is a manufacturing process used to convert flat metal sheets into specific shapes. It is a complex process that can include a number of metal forming techniques — blanking, punching, bending and piercing, to name a few.A manufacturer might have to repeatedly change the tool on a single press or occupy a number of presses, each performing one action required for a completed part. Even using multiple presses, secondary machining services were often required to truly complete a part.
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Giuliani nudges toward White House bid
WASHINGTON – Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who guided his city through the September 11 attacks, moved a step closer to running for president in 2008 when he filed an official statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.
Giuliani, who in recent polls led the field of likely candidates for the Republican nomination for the 2008 race, was due to make an announcement later Monday in New York.
Giuliani announced in November he was mulling a possible White House bid by setting up a committee to explore his candidacy. The new step is a technical move that places him on the same footing as his most likely rival for the nomination, Arizona Senator John McCain.
Recent opinion polls have Giuliani leading McCain with Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, in third position, for the Republican presidential nomination.
In 2000, McCain lost the nomination race to George W. Bush, who went on to defeat Democratic candidate Al Gore.
Others mentioned as possible Republican hopefuls in 2008 include Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
Giuliani could face an old foe if he becomes the Republican nominee in 2008, with New York Senator Hillary Clinton currently considered the favorite for the Democratic Party nomination.
The 62-year-old former mayor of the Big Apple ran against former first lady Clinton in the 2000 senate race in New York, but had to drop out when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
A former Democrat with liberal views on gay rights and abortion, Giuliani has long been considered something of a political maverick who has polarized opinion both inside and outside Republican circles.
He was branded “America’s Mayor” after leading New York through the trauma of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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30 EURO SILVER COIN 2019 "BICENTENNIAL OF PRADO MUSEUM"ID32107164
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On the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Prado Museum, a 30 euro silver coin has been issued, in which, colour has been used for the reproduction of a fragment of Velázquez's "Las Meninas" painting.
On the obverse the effigies of His Majesties King Felipe and Queen Letizia are reproduced. On the upper part of the coin is the inscription FELIPE VI Y LETIZIA. In the lower part of the coin, the word SPAIN and the year of minting 2019.
On the back, in the central part of the coin, there is a colour detail of the canvas "Las Meninas", by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, which is housed in the Museo Nacional del Prado, in Madrid. To the right there is a circle containing a QR code, which can be read by a mobile device with a specific reader, which links to a web page with information about the characteristics of the coin. To the left of the coin, the inscription PRADO MUSEUM 200 YEARS.
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SET 30 EURO 2019 BICENTENNIAL OF THE PRADO MUSEUM
The Museo del Prado opened to the public on 19 November 1819 as a Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture. In 2019, we celebrate our Bicentenary a commemoration that will reveal the path covered since 1819 until today. On this special occasion, we wish to reflect on the future and the forthcoming challenges for this and the other great Museums of ancient painting: the need to attract social groups that traditionally are not attracted by the collections, to encourage gender and minority research studies or the challenges caused by overcrowding.
On the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Museo del Prado, a collector silver coin of 30 euros is issued, in which, colour has been used for the reproduction of a fragment of Velázquez's "Las Meninas" painting.
The Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture, which in 1868 became known as the National Museum of Painting and Sculpture and later the National Museo del Prado, opened to the public on November 19, 1819 with 311 paintings from the Royal Collection, all of Spanish authors, hung in its walls. This institution has become one of the main repositories of Western pictorial memory, a fundamental point of reference for Spanish culture and an object of collective pride. It is uniquely rich in paintings by European masters from the 16th to the 19th centuries. main attraction lies in the wide presence of Velázquez, el Greco, Goya (the most widely represented artist in the museum), Tiziano, Rubens and Bosch, of which he has the best and most extensive collections that exist worldwide, to what should be added outstanding works by other important authors such as Murillo, Ribera, Zurbarán, Fra Angelico, Rafael, Veronese, Tintoretto, Patinir, Antonio Moro, Van Dyck or Poussin.
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How to build a Bender
Benders have been a traditional form of woodland workers' dwelling for many centuries because they are low impact, quick and easy to build and are efficient in heating and materials.
You will need:
To build the frame you will need to find some coppice wood that is about 2 inches in diameter at the base. The best wood to use is hazel but willow, ash or even sycamore will do. The number you require depends on the size of your structure, fifteen should do it. It doesn't matter if some are larger than others because they can be used as the main poles.
The diameter of your bender depends on the total size of your tarpaulin(s). As a rule of thumb, if the height in the middle of your bender is to be around half its length, your bender could be upto 2/3 the length of your canvas.
Place the two biggest poles in holes at opposite ends of your choosen site. You may need some help to bend them over in an arch to meet each other overlapping most of their length. If you can, twist them around each other so they stay in place on there own, but it is usual that they are tied to one another with string, however it is possible to build a complete bender without any string. Repeat this with poles for the opposite corners and tie them all together in the middle.
From here there are many ways you can arrange the poles to make a complete frame on which to put your canvas.
They can be placed so they all meet in the middle like a star pattern by keep filling the gaps around the outside in a similar way to that I described above. This is best if constructing a round bender.
Or you can go for a 'rib cage' type design taking the side poles over the main length pole at evenly spaced intervals. More suitable for an oblong design.
As well as poles from the ground and up, poles will need to be tied on horizontally around the frame. This is best done by weaving them in and out of the upright poles. Keep adding poles wherever looks necessary until happy that it's plenty sturdy enough and is a good dome shape with no gaps big enough that water will collect in the canvas. You should be able to hold on and hang your full weight from the center of a good bender frame.
All that's left to do now is to drag your tarpaulin over the frame and secure it at the edges. You may wish to bury it or hold it down with logs or stones. The only danger of this is your canvas rotting in the wet on the ground, some have plastic edges to prevent this. Blankets can be used between the canvas and the poles for insulation.
Windows and doors can be added either by lifting the canvas at one end and building a solid wall with windows and/or doors or by cutting it and fitting them.
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Molecular Mimicry, Realism, and the Collective Memory of Pandemics. Narrative Strategies of COVID-19 Fiction
From Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain (1969) to Jim Shepard’s Phase Six (2021), contemporary pandemic fiction relies largely on narrative strategies of continuity and the familiar, including authenticity or “reality effects” (Roland Barthes), reliable narrators, focalizers with backgrounds in medicine or science, and a structural pattern of what Priscilla Wald has termed the “outbreak narrative.” This paper reads conventional narrative patterns of pandemic fiction figuratively as a form of “molecular mimicry,” akin to the biomedical strategy by which viruses override immune systems and gain access to the interior of cells. Like Trojan horses, I argue, frameworks of narrative reliability and authority tend to be more successful in wheeling in specific normative representations, which stabilize given hierarchies. By contrast, The Decameron Project (2020), a “collective narrative” of twenty-nine short stories written in response to the COVID-19 situation in 2020, exhibits a significant increase in narrative and cognitive uncertainty. My analysis of stories by David Mitchell, Liz Moore, Margaret Atwood, Charles Yu, and others traces various functions of unstable narration through multilayered realities, unreliability, intertextuality, and self-reflexiveness, ultimately uncovering what may be a literary analogy to mRNA vaccines. The Decameron Project, I argue, not only diagnoses a growing unease with discourses of tacit objectivity, but it marks an important contribution to the emerging cultural memory of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The breed is critically endangered of extinction with latest estimated of total population of about 1000 heads (Rege, 1999).
Confined to the Singida region of central Tanzania.
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Line distribution is one of the hottest topics among K-Pop fans, and it’s no surprise why. After all, who wouldn’t be upset when their bias only receives a few seconds of lines in a whole song? Fans have long been wondering how songwriters decide which group members get to sing the most—and now, there’s an answer. K-Pop songwriters Cosmic Sound (Kim Kihyun) and former RaNia member Cosmic Girl (Yoo Jooyi), who work with major acts like MAMAMOO and ONEUS, recently sat down with AYO on YouTube to explain the truth about dividing parts.
When it comes to unfair line distribution, many fans unleash their frustrations on K-Pop agencies themselves. However, according to Cosmic Sound, the amount of lines each group members gets is all down to the songwriters.
The pair went on to explain the process of dividing up song parts. When songwriters create a K-Pop song, Cosmic Sound said, “there’s a big sketch we draw“. Parts in the song are then allocated based on this sketch depending on who suits it most.
‘This member would fit in the part-in verse’… ‘What if this member sings the ‘chorus’…
— Cosmic Girl (Yoo Jooyi)
So, instead of trying to give each member an equal amount of lines, songwriters focus on making sure each line is given to the singer or rapper who suits it the most. Naturally, this will be different for every song.
If a song has a lot of high notes, it’s likely those parts will go to the vocalist with the highest range and skill—usually the main vocalist. In Red Velvet, for example, four-octave main vocalist Wendy sings most of the high notes.
But other times, a song may fit a lead or even sub-vocalist’s tone better. In Red Velvet’s Japanese song “Sayonara”, for example, Joy has the more lines than the other members despite being one of the lead vocalists. So, it’s likely that the songwriters felt her sound was best suited to the jazzy track.
While the AYO viewer Cosmic Sound and Cosmic Girl responded to lamented that “every songwriter has a different preference“, they made sure to clarify that it’s nothing to do with “personal bias“. Instead, it’s all about the music itself.
Since we divide parts considering [which member fits best], we focus more on the musical part rather than personal interest or friendship.
— Cosmic Sound (Kim Kihyun) and Cosmic Girl (Yoo Jooyi)
Cosmic Girl chimed in to say, “we divide [songs] fairly!“—but, of course, many fans would disagree. For example, both songwriters worked on ONEUS’s single “Valkyrie”. In the song, main rapper Leedo has 29.2% of the lines, while main vocalist Seoho ranked 4th in the distribution and sub vocalist Xion has just 7.5%.
However, judging by Cosmic Sound and Cosmic Girls’ comments, it seems the distinction is down to the different ideas of “fairness” between fans and songwriters.
Many K-Pop fans believe a fair line distribution is one where each member gets an adequate proportion of the lines based on their position and ability. In a songwriter’s eyes, on the other hand, a fair line distribution is one where each member gets the lines that fit their voice the best.
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Everyone is looking to lead the good life. However, staying and living in harmony and peace at the peak of health takes a lot of effort. This is especially true in this post-pandemic 2021. The last year was all about the horrible news, masks, social distancing, and sanitizers. According to Brian C Jensen, even though the conditions have improved over the past couple of months, the anxiety is here to stay for a few months more.
It is these advanced stress levels that you need protection from. Keep in mind that stress and anxiety will lead to various health and mental complications. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of the top wellness tips that will allow you to take charge of your life and find peace and harmony from within yourself.
Read on to know more.
Brian C Jensen on redirecting the focus on yourself
Even if you admit it or not, most of us spent hours scouring the news for the entirety of 2020. We were all hooked on to the rising number of infections, pandemic situation, food shortage, and vaccination. This is a tight loop, and you have to make it a point to break out of it this year. Through a set of wellness guidelines, you can get rid of the negative thoughts, the fear, and stress cycles. Allow yourself to redirect the focus to your personal life and needs.
Develop the right sense of balance
It is vital to remember that every human being works within the fluctuating states of flight or fight response. Keep in mind that it is the unresolved stress and anxiety that makes the mind respond this way. It is therefore essential to look for a balance to build inner peace. The best strategy to maintain your wellness is to remove negative thoughts with meditation. Remember, meditation will require a lot of practice, but you can stay relaxed even under duress and develop compassion for your fellow humans with a regular schedule.
Shift to love and gratitude
Wellness guidelines are all about allowing you to express your gratitude and thanks for all the good things that happen to you daily. All you need to do is maintain a simple handwritten journal to make entries regarding feelings of gratitude. This will allow you to shift your focus from the limitations and bottlenecks to the abundance. According to our wellness experts, keep in mind that even a simple expression of gratitude in case you and your family didn’t contract COVID-19 can go a long way to cultivate feelings of love and warmth within you. Maintain a gratitude journal regularly to develop the positive impacts on the body and the mind.
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“The child’s skin is different from the adult”
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School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Africa
Purpose: To clarify sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with mothers’ experiences of psychosocial care and communication by midwives during childbirth in Nairobi, Kenya.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a government national referral hospital. Respondents were 109 systematically sampled mothers who delivered in the study hospital. Mothers’ experiences of intrapartum care were assessed using three subscales from the Experience of Psychosocial Care and Communication during Childbirth Questionnaire (effective communication; emotional support; and respect, care and dignity). Simple and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to assess associations between sociodemographic factors, socioeconomic factors and mothers’ experiences of intrapartum care.
Findings: The majority of respondents were aged 20–24 years (45.9%), married (71.6%), had primary school education (48.6%) and were self-employed (45%). The majority reported positive experiences of communication, respect, dignity and emotional support from their midwives. Being an older mother was significantly associated with a positive experience of intrapartum care (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 7.32; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.17–45.9). The odds of having a positive intrapartum care experience was significantly lower among women with parity of four or more (AOR 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01–0.56) and tertiary education (AOR 0.11; 95% CI: 0.01–0.91).
Conclusion: Attention to the use of respectful language and adherence to clear communication must be an integral part of quality improvement for midwifery care in Kenya.
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
(2019). Sociodemographic factors associated with mothers’ experiences of psychosocial care and communication by midwives during childbirth in Nairobi, Kenya. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 11, 1-5.
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A paper (Fuhr et al., 2022) was published in the journal Frontiers in Climate about olivine weathering in artificial seawater. Amplified by an article in MIT Technology Review, this has generated lots of discussion. People have been asking us about the study almost every day, so we offer some perspectives on its implications here. We have discussed the results with the lead author, Dr. Michael Fuhr, to deepen our understanding.
In summary, the study involved dissolving olivine in small flasks with artificial seawater and measuring changes in water chemistry. This is quite different from the real-world conditions of Coastal Carbon Capture field deployments; for example, the water had a residence time of 130 days, which is up to ~1,000 times longer than is expected in field deployments. The result was a lower efficiency of CO₂ removal than has been found in prior studies. The study has limited applicability to field settings and it would not be prudent to draw significant conclusions about the feasibility of Coastal Carbon Capture from it.
As olivine dissolves, it adds alkalinity to seawater. To remove the maximum amount of CO₂ from the atmosphere, that alkalinity needs to persist in seawater. It is also possible for alkalinity to be rapidly consumed by formation of secondary minerals such as clays and carbonates. Should carbonates form, CO₂ is still removed, but not as efficiently. Clay formation does not result in CO₂ removal. Fuhr et al. (2022) reported that as the olivine dissolved, total alkalinity fell rather than rose as a result of significant secondary precipitation of both clays and carbonates. As such, CO₂ was captured but at efficiencies well below the theoretical maximum for CCC. This has caused some to call into question the extent to which olivine can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Two key points are important to consider before jumping to any conclusions.
First, the press only reported decreasing alkalinity. However, in reality alkalinity initially increased and then subsequently decreased because of over-saturation effects. The study was conducted in a closed system in which the water had a residence time of 130 days. In the field, residence times will be far shorter, in some cases only a few hours, which may significantly reduce these saturation effects. The results from the first few days of the study, which showed an increase in alkalinity, may be most applicable to what we can expect to see in nearshore field deployments. The authors concur:
“Precipitation rates of authigenic Mg-Si-phases may be lower than observed in our experiments, though, when olivine is applied to highly dynamic environments such as the coastal zone (beaches, surf zones), where dissolution products are rapidly removed.” (Fuhr et al., 2022)
Second, other studies have produced very different results. For example, both Montserrat et al (2017) and Ren et al (2022) showed that olivine dissolution results in a significant increase in alkalinity. Given this variation in experimental results, which Fuhr et al also noted, we should avoid drawing firm conclusions from this study alone:
“We found higher rates of alkalinity removal than previous studies with pure olivine that were conducted under comparable experimental conditions.” (Fuhr et al., 2022)
In field deployments of olivine, we’ll be working in open systems with many differences from the laboratory setting. Experiments in small flasks using artificial seawater lack important variables found in the real world such as natural sediment and seawater, organic ligands and microbial communities, and continuous refreshment of seawater. Given these differences, such experiments only go so far. We need field experiments and large-scale mesocosms to understand better what happens in field and field-like conditions. It is likely that we’ll see different results.
To be clear, we believe Fuhr et al. (2022) conducted a sound olivine weathering experiment that explores the potential role of secondary mineral formation under certain, specific conditions. However, as the authors discuss, their results have limitations with regards to predicting the importance of secondary mineral formation under the type of field settings Vesta is exploring:
“Sandy shelf sediments and specifically the surf zone may be appropriate sites for enhanced olivine dissolution since the flushing of surface sediments by ambient bottom waters may mitigate the accumulation of dissolution products and the formation of secondary silicate and carbonate minerals in these permeable and physically dynamic deposits.” (Fuhr et al., 2022)
As the National Academies of Science wrote in reference to Coastal Carbon Capture in A Research Strategy for Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration, published in December 2021, “field trials are urgently needed”. We’re working on launching those and investigating the efficiency of carbon removal in a field setting. We’re open to whatever the results may be. As a global community, it is critically important that we take a balanced view of the potential of Coastal Carbon Capture as this process occurs in complex systems with many variables. Studies in closed systems like Fuhr, Montserrat, Ren, and others are important to understand the fine-scale controls on mineral weathering but need to be built upon by experiments in more complex and realistic environments like mesocosms and field pilots. At Project Vesta our team’s task, in collaboration with the scientific community, is to marshall the resources and expertise to carry out such studies and bring that knowledge to the world. Based on our analysis and that of many others, we believe Coastal Carbon Capture shows significant potential as a scalable, energy-efficient form of nature-based permanent carbon removal and we are doing the work to address the uncertainties.
The other big recent news was, of course, the release of the third and final part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report. What it shows, as expected, is that dramatic cuts in emissions are needed, effectively immediately, if we want to have any real hope of keeping global temperature increases below 2C. This looks extremely challenging to achieve: we need to cut emissions by two-thirds by 2050, starting now, in a period during which the global population is expected to grow by 20%.
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) will surely be needed, as emissions are projected to keep rising and there are over a trillion tonnes of excess CO₂ sitting in the atmosphere, warming the planet and acidifying the oceans. This further emphasizes the point that now is not a time for cold feet on CDR; rather, it is a time to focus on understanding whether solutions like Coastal Carbon Capture could remove significant quantities of CO₂ and help us on the path back to a healthy biosphere. | <urn:uuid:ecb85919-8026-4905-bbfe-7596f1a17988> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vesta.earth/blog/two-recent-developments-in-ocean-alkalinity-enhancement-with-olivine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951901 | 1,432 | 3.453125 | 3 |
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Since 2011 we have turned what started as a hobby into a family business. Like so many small farms, we are part of a renaissance in agriculture that is turning away from the factory farming model and focusing on working with the natural ecosystem. How do we accomplish this?
Animals need to move and grass needs to recover. Rotational grazing is the backbone of our farm.
Because cattle just do not need grain. Better flavor, less fat, proper balance of Omega3 to Omega6.
Because the word “Natural” should mean what it says.
Keeping nutrients on the farm and out of the Chesapeake Bay. Growing stronger soil microbiology.
Not all animals can survive on grass alone. We source from local and most importantly No-Till farms. Tested for zero GMO grains.
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Increased domestic gasoline rates are large information in South Africa, with petrol, diesel and paraffin price ranges rising access new highs.
The root lead to of the price maximize is Intercontinental crude oil costs. Intercontinental crude oil selling prices accelerated connected to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Crude oil selling prices are anticipated to continue to be superior war length.
Internationally, crude oil is priced in bucks for every barrel.The rate lately exceeded $120 for each barrel. This is not the highest degree of crude oil price ranges.Reached best nominal historical amount of $147.02 for each barrel July 11, 2008.
At that time, crude oil costs rose owing to military services tensions against Iran. Adjusted for inflation since 2008, this equates to $200 per greenback at present-day values. For that reason, crude oil selling prices have home to increase more.
The rate of crude oil in US dollars is determined by the forces of worldwide provide and desire.
The stress on international oil prices has led to an boost in the landed value of gas in South Africa.Landed cost conversion in USD to rand at existing trade level. As a result, any weak spot in the rand/dollar exchange rate will direct to higher domestic gasoline prices.
For that reason, political and economic balance that assures exchange charge steadiness (and even appreciation) is important to techniques to include domestic fuel costs.
Once the base price tag of domestic fuel is founded, several levies, taxes and gains Extra Compute the pump selling price paid by customers.
To mitigate the impact of increasing gasoline prices, the federal government has waived part of the gas (tax) tax as a short-term relief measure.
However, specified the government’s precarious economical position, this cannot be performed in perpetuity.
Any permanent reduction in the government’s gasoline tax would involve an increase in other taxes levied by the federal government.
On the other hand, there is an expenditure in the price construction of gas selling prices that could be reconsidered. This is a merchant company charge billed by banking companies for the use of debit and credit rating playing cards.
Granted, any reduction in this fee would have a negative effects on the bank’s overall revenue, but it would also decrease the running expenses of fuel stations.
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The gas tax features transportation to the inside provinces, so make clear the difference Gas price ranges concerning coastal and inland locations. These taxes are set and revised periodically.
This the most vital They are the government’s gasoline tax (about 20% of the retail selling price) and the website traffic accident fund tax (about 11%). These taxes utilize to gasoline and diesel.
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Quantity of this levy about 10% The retail cost of petrol, and in the circumstance of diesel income, is determined by the retail selling price of just about every fuel station. Fuel station operators figure out the gross margin on their diesel profits for the reason that only wholesale prices are regulated.
To soften the blow to shoppers from climbing gasoline price ranges, the South African governing administration has determined give up a section Gasoline tax as a momentary reduction measure.Even so, this measure is unsustainable mainly because federal government revenue eroded.
The petrol retail tax levied by petrol station operators is At present R2.29 per liter. But that’s not revenue for every liter of gasoline offered at the retail level.
Retail tax of R2.29 incorporates 87c for every litre For remuneration of gasoline station attendants and other administrative team. There are around 5,000 petrol stations in South Africa employing somewhere around 60,000 petrol station attendants.
In addition, it is approximated that these gasoline stations hire somewhere around 15,000 to 20,000 administrative employees.
South Africa could reduce as a lot of as 80,000 careers if it deregulates petrol price ranges and removes the pay back gap for these personnel.
See South Africa The official unemployment charge is 34.5% , this increase in unemployment is unbearable. Also, removing this wage tax on gasoline would only lower costs by about 3.6%.
The retail tax also offers for the rental of gasoline stations when they are not owned by the operator.
After deducting a rental allowance of 75 cents for each liter and an employee cost allowance of 87 cents for each liter, area operators are still left with just 67 cents for every liter.
This is their gross revenue to go over other expenditures these types of as municipal products and services, lender charges, other overhead and specialist service fees. All which is remaining is the gas station operator’s web profits.
An critical value merchandise that is not sufficiently included in the gasoline tax framework is the merchant assistance cost for fuel payments by credit score and debit cards in the money services business.
Right until 2009, South Africa did not make it possible for the sale of fuel by dollars or debit card, but this has transformed with the increase in credit rating playing cards as a indicates of payment for gas As a single of the preparatory actions for the place to host the Globe Cup.
Working with debit and credit history playing cards arrives at a price for fuel station operators.
Merchant company costs differ for debit and credit cards, as do banking companies and card company vendors.
On debit playing cards, the service provider services charge exceeds .5% of the transaction benefit, or a lot more than 12c for each litre.
On a credit score card, the charge is up to 1.75% of the transaction value (credit card exchange moreover bank commission), or about 42.3c for every litre at inland petrol stations.
This service provider provider rate is also the only element of the fuel retail value chain that immediately improves as gas charges rise, as has been the case in modern months.
Granted, when gas rates drop, that charge also decreases.
To discover solutions to reducing the retail price tag of gasoline, a single tactic is to revise this “invisible” fuel tax in the form of service provider support prices.
Jannie Rossouw, Visiting Professor, Wits University Business College
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In the past decade, the filmmaking industry has grown from a time when cameras were obsolete until now when they are becoming more complex. It is becoming difficult to choose the camera to use, and each day such a question is asked. There are also many other brands being put in place with features proving they can be ideal to work with also making it difficult to choose.
First of all, knowing exactly the purpose of shooting is important. It will enable an individual to pick the best preferred out of the available cameras. Professionals always have that in mind before purchasing or going for a shoot if at all they have a variety of cameras they work with.
As brands from different cameras are being brought about, most experts have always preferred using the JVC, Panasonic, and Sony cameras. Over the years, these three have been named among the top producers of equipment in professional video. In addition to Canon and Nikon, the producers have also offered other camera types.
The past years have shown how the improvement in digital film-making has improved with photographers shooting with a DSLR and digital single-lens cameras. They have used the two major brands, Nikon and Canon, and developed the lenses and the whole camera to simplify equipment easy to control and use.
Some people would always change their cameras when a new brand is available. According to one of the photo gurus, it could be a waste of resources, particularly when the one available is still in good working condition.
Professionals consider quite a lot before choosing their perfect camera to use for different events. The reasons vary depending on the event and platform to be undertaken. Today, cameras have been incorporated in basically all electronics in use such as smartphones, computers, among others. It would be abnormal, to see a specialist using a smartphone for taking pictures or videos for professional use.
They give imperfect control over photographic parameters as well as provide poor-quality images. Then there are entry-level DSLRs which are slow to be operated by professionals. They are mainly handled by semi-expert models because they lack enough control of the elements and miss some features.
However, individuals who practice photography daily prefer cameras used by semi-professionals because it allows them to have control of the camera and even change the photographic parameters easily and faster.
Reasons for choosing a camera
The primary reasons for camera choice are first on the budget at hand. Depending on the funds available, an individual should not overspend to get an overpriced camera.
Those having a more comprehensive budget would go for an expensive camera while those with a fixed budget will tend to look for a cheap camera with the requirements that they want. Factors to consider would be in line with the licenses, insurance, and tax to be paid.
Secondly, depending on the objective one has to meet, they will ensure they get a camera that will aid them to achieve each goal. The kind of camera a wildlife shooter will use will be different from that used by a fashion photographer.
Concurrently, photographers prefer using DSLRs, especially the professional and semiprofessional Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The two have optimized photography features but are very expensive.
Different shooters will have different preferences for DSLRs. Lastly, knowing the kind of situation an individual will work from is also essential. Based on this, a professional will be able to understand the type of camera they want.
The individual will evaluate the business they are going to venture into using their camera and go on acquiring that specific camera that will deal with that.
Picking cameras based on their advantages
Since the professionals have experience with many cameras, they would look for the lenses in the first place. Based on this, most of them would choose the Rangefinder or Leica type of camera.
It is suitable for photographers who do outdoor photos as it allows them to have a platform in which they can see the surrounding of their shot. For instance, before taking a photo, one can wait for a person to enter their shot.
This type of camera is suitable for reportage and street photography. While some of the professionals would use it, others would claim it is limited to a specific range of focal lengths.
Secondly, some photographers believe that as DSLRs are being improved, they will have a chance of replacing them each time a new one is released. In most cases, they have OVF, and to make work easier, they need the DSLRs more often. An improved DSLR would produce more quality pictures than an already used one.
At times, it is expensive to keep changing the DSLRs, and they would prefer a lens-free camera. A professional would then pick such a camera with a view of avoiding changing the lenses.
The most prominent brands, Nikon and Canon, contain well-improved DSLRs give reasons as to why they are mostly preferred. Such types of cameras are costly. However, those without lenses are more expensive as they do not need regular servicing and replacement of parts.
Currently, digital image quality can only be provided by Nikon and Canon since they have an impressive high-quality lineup of lenses. Based on the size of the camera, photographers would also have their pick.
A sizable camera that is not easily noticed and lacks an attached battery grip would be a pick rather than one that has. Without the grip, the camera becomes less imposing and lighter, making it easier to travel with it.
Photographers would look at different issues before making up their minds on which camera to purchase or to use. First, the place of event matters where a shoot is taking place matters a lot. Secondly, the brand of the camera is an issue.
The more the brand is reviewed, the higher the possibility of getting one. The type of lens also matters as photographers would like to use a lens; they are comfortable with. The variety of features a camera exhibits would also lure a photographer towards owning it.
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Update on Land Administration and Policies in Asia/Pacific
Earlier this month, the Parliament in Timor Leste passed three laws related to property rights. The new measures, which now await signature by the President, are expected to provide a foundation for resolving disputes and registering land; prescribe procedures under which the Government can expropriate land; and create a fund to compensate property owners who lose their property rights. These new laws will have a large impact on economic growth, which stalled when the Indonesian occupation ended and civil war ripped the country apart.
The new legislation is a significant accomplishment that USAID and other bi-lateral donors have supported over the long term. Since 2007, USAID has invested $10 million in supporting the Strengthening Property Rights in Timor Leste (SPRTL) project. This project addressed serious concerns related to land-based conflict raised in a 2006 Conflict Vulnerability Assessment. The project’s main objectives included:
- Promoting public information and awareness of rights related to land and the process of registering claims to land in Timor-Leste;
- Supporting the development of a land policy, laws, and implementing regulations;
- Supporting the development of a national land body in Timor-Leste;
- Supporting improved land administration in Timor-Leste; and,
- Supporting effective dispute resolution, mediation and reconciliation efforts in Timor-Leste.
Given the substantial delay in passing a new Land Law, the project adopted a flexible approach, and also created an alternate process for registering and mediating property claims. This process – known as “Ita Nia Rai” or “Our Land” – operated independently and successfully for several years but now has been adopted by Timor Leste’s Ministry of Finance. As of October 2011, 53,814 land claims had been recorded for 50,101 parcels of land, in a claims process that is free of charge to participants and decentralized. Of the 53,814 claims, only 9.2 percent are disputed.
Additionally, Ita Nia Rai reached over 12,000 Timorese with public awareness activities including community forums, focus group discussions, workshops/seminars, and annual forums to explain the land claims process. The project also developed 16 descriptive videos; nine are available on YouTube. These efforts have helped inform the Timorese public of opportunities that exist under Ita Nia Rai to bring claims to property and thereby strengthen their property rights. | <urn:uuid:e4519071-716f-413c-a179-00cc723dadd6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://land-links.org/2012/03/property-rights-reform-makes-progress-in-timor-leste/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.931907 | 507 | 2.109375 | 2 |
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- On February 4, 2020, the Town of Nantucket was designated as a Massachusetts Green Community! The Green Community Designation and Grant Program provides a road map along with financial and technical support to municipalities that 1) pledge to cut municipal energy use by an ambitious and achievable goal of 20 percent over 5 years and 2) meet four other criteria established in the Green Communities Act. Learn more here...
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We know so much about the human machine, how it works, what the parts do and how they interrelate. But we still don't understand what really makes it go.
It's like being given a car but no fuel. We have the tools to take it apart and reassemble it. We have done this over and over and we have come to understand how every part functions. But without the key, the fuel, we cannot really understand what makes it all go.
So it is with creativity. We, as makers, are all creative in one way or another. We have to be. Even if we are not given to brilliant designs or what is commonly accepted as artistic ability, we still have to solve many problems in our daily routines. The more creative we are, the more likely it is that we will envision (imagine) the solutions. But, unlike the car or the human body, we don't really need to understand what makes it go in order to make use of it. We just need to allow ourselves to imagine.
Sometimes we create more problems for ourselves that we solve. But for me, that is the real fun of creative work. It's really little more than an endless chain of problem solving. An idea has to be fleshed out and manifested on the physical level. That's the time to move on and imagine something new. | <urn:uuid:26ed831d-1686-40e1-a043-6c0dcca9f72f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.woodshopnews.com/columns-blogs/imagine-that-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977488 | 285 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Within 24 hours of its grand opening, a controversial bridge in Bangladesh became a spectacle of chaos.
On Saturday, tens of thousands flocked to the grand opening of the Padma Bridge, which cost the government nearly $4 billion and took seven years to build amid allegations of rampant corruption and corner cutting over quality.
Among commuters over the weekend were some who decided to urinate from the bridge in the capital Dhaka, while a bus driver tore through a brand new toll booth barrier. Officials then beefed up security at the bridge and arrested one person on Sunday after videos of people unscrewing nuts and bolts, allegedly with their bare hands, went viral.
The two viral TikTok videos, which have since been taken down for unknown reasons, show the creators unscrewing the nuts and bolts as they highlight poor construction standards: “This is the Padma Bridge made of billions [of Bangladeshi taka],” he said. “Its unhinged screws are in my hands now.”
In the second video, the creator removed a bolt and put it back. “I did not need a wrench to take it off,” he said.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dhaka confirmed a 10-day remand for 31-year-old Mohammad Bayezid, who posted the first video on Sunday. The second TikTok creator has not been caught.
At a press conference on Monday, a CID official said it wasn’t possible to unscrew bolts using just their hands. “The TikToker arrested for unscrewing the nuts and bolts has used tools,” he said.
The TikTok user has been booked under the Special Powers Act, which criminalises sabotaging or damaging government undertakings, and has previously been used to curb press freedom. CID officials warned that anyone else unscrewing bolts will be arrested. On Monday, another person was fined $10 for stopping his car and shooting a TikTok video on the bridge.
The project director, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, told media during the inauguration that the bridge, the longest in the country at 3.82 miles, can withstand major natural calamities. But on Monday, workers were seen tightening bolts on the bridge.
The Padma Bridge has been applauded for connecting 21 underdeveloped districts in Bangladesh to the capital Dhaka. At Saturday’s inauguration, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called the bridge Bangladesh’s “pride, a symbol of our capacity, our strength and dignity.”
“No compromise was done in regards to the quality of the Padma Bridge construction,” she added. “It was built to the highest standards.”
The bridge is among the biggest infrastructure projects in Bangladesh’s history, financed entirely by the government, but serious allegations of corruption have hounded its construction from the start. In 2012, the World Bank cancelled a $1.2 billion loan meant for the project, alleging high-level fraud involving senior executives from Canadian engineering company SNC-Lavalin. The Asian Development Bank subsequently pulled out as co-financiers of the project.
The government has denied any devious dealings behind the bridge, and in 2014, the government’s Anti-Corruption Commission cleared the project of all charges. In 2017, a Canadian court also cleared the SNC-Lavalin executives.
Rumeen Farhana, an opposition lawmaker, told parliament earlier this month that the Padma Bridge is a “textbook example of corruption” by Hasina’s Awami League party. “The Padma Bridge would be the ‘Golden Bridge’ of Bangladesh like the ‘Golden Toilet’ in Lithuania,” she said.
Lithuania’s Golden Toilet, built at the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 as a tourist attraction in the capital Kaunas, became a symbol of embezzlement and abuse of power.
Hasina is the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Since assuming power in 1996, her regime has been riddled with accusations of authoritarianism, human rights abuses and large-scale corruption. Previous corruption charges against Hasina have either been dismissed, withdrawn by the accuser, or discontinued.
Bangladesh is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but a World Bank report found that the country’s growth rate could increase more than 2 percent if corruption were reduced to the levels of countries like Poland and Hungary.
The construction of Padma Bridge, built over the Padma River—touted as the most turbulent in terms of deadly currents after South America’s Amazon river—was led by China’s state-owned Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group and employed some 1,200 Bangladeshi engineers. It is estimated that it will save nearly 200,000 hours of wait time for ferries every day.
Another dark chapter in the bridge’s history unfolded in 2019, when rumours that children were being sacrificed to build the mega bridge led to a spate of vigilante mob lynchings, killing eight people.
The victims were targeted over false rumours on Facebook that the severed heads of kidnapped children were being used as sacrifices in the construction of the bridge. Among the victims was a mother of two, accused of being a child kidnapper, who was beaten to death in front of a school.
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Effect of Nutrient Starvation under High Irradiance on Lipid and Starch Accumulation in Chlorella fusca (Chlorophyta)
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Jerez, C.G. - Malapascua, José R. - Sergejevová, Magda - Figueroa, Felix L. - Masojídek, Jiří
Effect of Nutrient Starvation under High Irradiance on Lipid and Starch Accumulation in Chlorella fusca (Chlorophyta).
Marine Biotechnology. Roč. 18, č. 1 (2016), s. 24-36. ISSN 1436-2228. E-ISSN 1436-2236
R&D Projects: GA MŠk ED2.1.00/03.0110; GA MŠk EE2.3.30.0059; GA MŠk(CZ) EE2.3.20.0203
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Keywords : Microalgae * Chlorella * Lipid
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 2.748, year: 2016
The effect of nitrogen and sulphur limitation under high irradiance (PAR) was studied in the green microalga Chlorella fusca (Chlorophyta) in order to follow lipid and/or starch accumulation. Growth, biomass composition and the changes in photosynthetic activity (in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence) were followed in the trials. The full nutrient culture showed high biomass production and starch accumulation at Day 1, when photosynthetic activity was high. Gradual deprivation (no nutrients added) became evident when photosynthesis was significantly suppressed (Day 3 onwards), which entailed a decrease of maximum relative electron transport rate (rETR(max)) and increase of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), accompanied by the onset of lipid accumulation and decline in starch content. In N- and S-starved cultures, rETRmax significantly decreased by Day 3, which caused a substantial drop in biomass production, cell number, biovolume and induction of lipid and starch accumulation. High starch content (45-50 % of DW) was found at the initial stage in full nutrient culture and at the stationary phase in nutrient-starved cultures. By the end of the trial, all treatments showed high lipid content (similar to 30 % of DW). The full nutrient culture had higher biomass yield than starved treatments although starch (similar to 0.2 g L-1 day(-1)) and lipid (similar to 0.15 g L-1 day(-1)) productivities were fairly similar in all the cultures. Our results showed that we could enrich biomass of C. fusca (%DW) in lipids using a two-stage strategy (a nutrient replete stage followed by gradual nutrient limitation) while under either procedure, N- or S-starvation, both high lipid and starch contents could be achieved.
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The Pros and Cons of Remote Working As an App Tester
Remote work as an app tester can be a lucrative career. Remote work is a possibility since you can work from home. You will be required to follow a predetermined scenario and provide feedback as well as pictures of any issues that you encounter. You will have to use a computer or a mobile phone for the completion of testing tasks. You will need an internet connection that is reliable. Remote testing jobs can be found online in a wide range of industries.
Communication is a major obstacle when working remotely as an app tester. Remote work can be challenging, regardless of whether it is a language barrier or a religious principle. The same goes for project managers. In addition to addressing the challenges of communication, remote teams must to identify and resolve any challenges or blocks that arise. While working from home could pose some challenges however, it can benefit companies too. These are some strategies to overcome these challenges.
Communication is a challenge. Remote work can make communication difficult and it is often difficult to convey the message you want to convey. Slack and Hangouts are excellent communication tools however text messages lack urgency or tone. Asynchronous communication can be detrimental to the efficiency of a team that is working in different time zones. It’s not easy to share project updates and new information to colleagues as they are not face-to-face.
The essence of remote teams is collaboration. Collaboration is the vitality of a remote group. Remote working tools enable teams to work together. Slack for example, allows two users to be on the same screen simultaneously. Slack also has a powerful team collaboration feature, Screenhero, which lets two people collaborate and share the same screen at the same time. It is essential to have a tool that lets everyone work on the same screen at the same time, especially if your team is spread over multiple locations.
You need to be able to manage projects and work effectively for your remote team to achieve success. Project management involves a lot of moving components. A well-designed tool can assist in improving communication and task assignment. Asana is a tool for managing tasks, can help you collaborate and work more efficiently together. The software allows teams to collaborate and share tasks by putting them in task boards. This allows the testers to determine how they can best collaborate to improve an application.
The advantages of working remotely as an app tester are many. Businesses often struggle to create a dedicated test team or the time to invest in recruiting. Companies are under pressure to bring their products on the market quickly and are often unable to find the right people. Remote testing is an economical alternative for companies who do not want to hire a dedicated team of testers. They also come with the same quality assurance as local teams.
Additionally, remote workers are more energetic and can get more done as they have more days off. Additionally, they are able to work more efficiently since they aren’t subjected to the same strains and strain as a office worker. They also recover quicker from illness. They can also take less time off since they don’t work in an office. This can lead to lower productivity and less motivation. If you’re determined to be more efficient it will pay off.
A bachelor’s degree is required if you want to become a remote app tester. You must also have a proven track record of testing software. Some employers will consider years of experience testing in lieu of a four-year college degree. You must be proficient in web-based programs and have strong communication and interpersonal abilities. You must also be conversant with the development of software and have a clear understanding of data security. Remote testing requires high-speed internet connection and time management expertise and security clearance as well as an understanding of security for data.
Many of the most reputable companies require an undergraduate degree in computer science or other related fields. You must also be proficient using the latest technologies and testing tools. You should also be capable of communicating with others and make connections. You may also be interested in quality assurance or project management. Companies that are hiring remote QA specialists include Salesforce and SAP.
Work at home
You can work from your home as an app tester. This job requires you to follow a pre-defined procedure and record any issues you experience. As part of the testing procedure, you’ll be required to capture screenshots of your screen to give feedback and describe the reasons for what you did not understand. You’ll need a computer or mobile phone, as well as an internet connection. You’ll earn a great living as a result. Here are a few advantages of this type of job.
In the beginning, you’ll require an internet connection. You’ll also require knowledge of how to install apps on different devices. You will need to be independent and follow the steps carefully. This job will require the majority of your time, however, it will pay you between $5 and $90 for each test. You can work from home and set your own hours. Working at home as an app tester can be a great option to supplement your work or begin your own career. | <urn:uuid:736f7054-236c-4941-a06c-7e35592dace8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mahiyuro.net/will-a-ps4-remote-work-for-ps3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.957526 | 1,063 | 1.78125 | 2 |
To give an ultimate definition of cryptocurrency, it is worth to go through
Origin of money.
The invention of money was a revolutionary milestone made by ancient humans that has helped the development of civilization – quite
Money was gradually developed as a result of various different features of early societies, examples of this are ceremonies and feasts, compensation for doing someone a favor and the exchange of goods. This later allowed for the payment of workers and made it easier to buy and sell goods. Later it also helped connect different parts of the world, by granting traders access to travel across continents to buy and sell goods. The first ancient coin discovered originates from ancient China and was made out of cowrie shells. These coins are classified as primitive coins and have been used from 1600 BC in China to the 20th century AD in Africa. In the same period as these coins were used in China, different commodities were used as payment in societies in the Mediterranean and Near East.
Commodity money is a type of money that has an underlying value on its own, independent on any governing body. This means that the money itself will keep its value and is not just a symbol of financial value such as a dollar bill. In other words, when a commodity serves as a medium of exchange it is referred to as commodity money. The most known commodity monies today are gold and silver. Through time many different commodities have acted as “money”. Cowries, coins, cattle, grains, gold, and silver are examples of such commodities. However, these commodities can be divided into two groups based on how they are “valued”. Commodities such as cowries, coins, and cattle have often been counted, while the commodities grains, gold, and silver have been measured. This impacts the convenience of using such commodities as money negatively, and it suggested that it’s more satisfactorily using a common measure of value such as fiat money.
Fiat money is a type of paper or symbol, which by law individuals can use to buy most things. By itself, the fiat money does not hold any intrinsic value, but when used as a medium of exchange it holds value because the public believes that it will – similar to any cryptocurrency. To simplify fiat money holds value only because governments say they do. Subsequently, it allows people to buy products without trading product for product. Fiat money has storage power, which allows a business to use the same “product” to buy new equipment, hire and pay employees and expand into other regions. The value of fiat money depends on supply and demand, which again is dependent on interest rates in the country the money is belonging to. The interest rate is dependent on how a country’s economy is performing and how the country is governing itself. This means that a country that is experiencing political instability is likely to have inflated commodity prices and a weakened currency. Subsequently, the people will no longer believe in the currency. When the public gains enough confidence in the currency’s ability to act as a storage medium for purchasing power it will function well. The most beneficial feature of fiat money is the stability of its value, unlike some commodity money that is volatile to business cycles and periodic recessions. The financial crises that hit in 2008 have proved that the fiat money system could not keep recessions from happening. An argument against the stability of fiat money is that the supply of fiat money is unlimited, while for example the supply of gold is not, making gold a more stable currency.
Like with the origin of traditional money, digital currencies and money are a result of emerging demand in a developing society. Digital currencies are money that does not have a physical equivalent in the real world and exists only in digital form. The payment method is not tangible and exists only in electronic form. It can however, often be used in the same matter as the traditional money, as it is possible to obtain, transfer and exchange it for other currencies. This can however also be restricted to certain online communities. Digital money allows for borderless and instant transactions, subsequently it has no geographical or political borders as it can be sent to and from anywhere in the world at any given time. Digital currencies can eliminate intermediate process steps and cost related to this, such as banks and/or clearing houses. Traditional money and payment methods cannot bypass these. As of currently digital money has a generally under-developed regulatory framework, such as tax treatments as they are still evolving. Some of the advantages of digital money are that it’s simpler to make payments whenever as the transaction are independent of banking hours. It can as well help organizations reduce exposure risks by using them as transport currencies. Many banks do as of now not accept digital currencies and it can therefore not be earned interest on them by individuals or organizations in the traditional sense. Certain risks are associated with digital currencies such as security, currency volatility and payment beneficiary identification. Due to the uncertainty related to customer identification, there has been limited acceptance of digital currencies in the payment industry.
What are Cryptocurrencies?
Cryptocurrencies can be explained as a variety of digital currencies and is an asset used as a means of exchange. Many cryptocurrencies use their blockchain as a decentralized ledger. The result of this is that no supervisory authorities control the transactions. No information is changed or interrupted during the transaction by third parties, as the cryptography’s objective is to make secure communication by creating and
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Humpback Whale: Knowing to Preserve
Article by Katia Silva Whale Watchtin Guide and Marine Biologist at Cabo Trek
Environmental education is a well-established discipline that emphasizes the relationship between humans and the natural environment, ways to conserve it, preserve it, and manage its resources properly. It should be a subject to be inserted in classrooms or even indoors, very early on.
With the world becoming more globalized, with society so violent and with the accelerated growth of cities that replace green spaces with concrete, it has been decreasing the child’s direct contact with all elements of nature. In this paradigm every day that passes children have spaces increasingly restricted to contact with the elements of the environment and then children are being forced to stay locked at home having as a source of leisure the use of technologies, which in most of times, they do not know what the environment is or the problems they face.
A harmonious and ethical relationship between the human being and his environment, having the conservation and improvement of environmental conditions as a theme, can be developed from childhood to adulthood through formal and informal education.
Finally, environmental education in childhood awakens the child’s awareness of preservation and citizenship. The child begins to understand, from an early age, that he must care for, preserve and that the future depends on the balance between human and nature and the rational use of natural resources
In the search to awaken individual and collective concern for the environmental issue, guaranteeing access to information in adequate language, contributing to the development of a critical awareness, stimulating the confrontation of environmental and social issues, Cabo Trek had the initiative of promoting activities of enrionmental education for kids entitled “Humpback Whale: Knowing to preserve” in an interdisciplinary and experienced way and after the presentation, they all had the experience of seeing whales in their natural environment.
The objective of this activity is to sensitize children for the marine conservation and promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge about marine life, with emphasis on humpback whales. In addition to promoting the incentive to a practical change of attitude, the development of new habits towards the use of natural resources promotes reflection on the ethical responsibility of our species and the planet as a whole. As a result, helping society achieve a sustainable environment will ensure life on the planet.
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My sister enjoys walking. I like to bike. She lives in at Granville Island. I live near Cowtown Calgary. So how does this prairie girl get her ocean-loving sister to ride the seawall in Vancouver? You take her on an art ride!
My sister moved to False Creek years ago. When I would visit her at different times of the year, she would often have to work and she would leave me one of her cruisers to ride the seawall. I would return from my trips and tell her about the various sculptures, murals and creative sites on my journeys. Thus began our yearly rides to discover what new inspiring works were on our route.
I would read up on the various art and be quite intrigued and fascinated at the variety of creativity and money invested in these projects. These are my top eight – my favorite number – over the years………
Giants by Os gemeos are the smiling, gigantic, colorfully painted silos at Granville that are apparently the most photographed objects in the Vancouver area. You really can’t miss them! There are six towers reaching 70 feet into the air. Half of them face the water at False Creek and the others look inward toward Granville Market and the concrete plant. These creations are gigantic and the name Osgemeos is Portuguese for the Twins who are Brazilian Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, the artists whose graffiti work spans the globe. Colorful creations!
A maze ing Laughter by Yue Minjun is a replica of a shirtless man laughing in 14 different three-meter-tall bronze statues posing at English Bay. In 2009, the work was installed as part of the Vancouver Biennale. Today it is recognized as a popular outdoor art work for kids and adults alike. The statues swing from the arms, replicating the fun poses and grimaces of the faces. It is worth a modest $1.5 million from its original $5 million. People like getting into the laughter to have their photo taken amidst these characters!
Totem Poles by First Nations Artists
The nine colorful totem poles towering above the trees at Brockton Point in Stanley Park are on traditional Coast Salish land. They are one of Vancouver’s most visited attractions. Even though the poles are replicas of older originals, they are important both artistically and historically. The various animals and birds are important parts of the First Nation myths and culture representing both present and past.
Spinning Chandelier by Rodney Graham
Every day at noon, 4 pm and 9 pm, the giant chandelier lowers, spins and returns to its place under Granville Bridge for a total of about three minutes. This stainless steel piece is 7.7 metres tall and 4.2 meters wide. It has more than 600 “crystals” and weights about 3,400 kilograms! This $4.8 million Spinning Candelier was commissioned by internationally acclaimed artist, Rodney Graham. Apparently buildings over 100,000 square feet in Vancouver require developers to contribute a piece of public art. Thus this spectacular piece hangs under the bridge for all to see as you drive, cycle or walk, compliments of Westbank.
The Birds by Myfanwy McLeod at Olympic Village
The giant sparrow sculptures that are a few hundred times the size of real sparrows, were created for the 2010 Olympics. They have literally been flown across the world to China and the country to Calgary, Alberta to have restorations, reinforcement work done to them in 2017 but they are back at False Creek now. McLeod’s work shows one male and female house sparrow. Each of them are about five metres tall and were inspired by the 1963 film, The Birds, by Alfred Hitchcock. Hopefully they won’t be flying anywhere for some time.
Love Your Beans by Cosimo Cavallaro
The mantra “Love your Bean” was coined by the artist when he created the joyful, colorful, playful smooth, organic shaped beans. The beans now have a new home in Edmonton Arts on the Ave as of November 2020. The collaboration with the Vancouver Biennale brought that love to another city. This series of artwork was used to change the neighborhoods into community arts districts. Human beings can interact with these beans who are dwarfed by their size. A whole new meaning to “Love your Bean” on the vegetable plate!
Murals at Granville Island Parking
In May of 2020, the city made space available to ensure that their goal of repurposing public space was a step in the right direction for the 2040 plan. The 40 parking spaces, both outside and inside are sometimes used for parking or temporary public space. The original, dynamic murals were created in conjunction with the Vancouver Mural Festival and Granville Island. It’s like walking through a concrete art gallery. Space has been revitalized in a colorful and meaningful way. Go for the gallery gander!
The Proud Youth – Chen Wenling
Any other time in history, this Asian exploration of the body, would shock viewers; however, the bright red 18-foot sculpture is based on the popular martial arts hero Wuxia from the novel, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. In Chinese tradition, Wenling’s art is a political allegory signifying a carefree life in a world of strife, which is one of his themes in his art. The three-ton naked hunched-over boy can be found in Yaletown with a smirk on his face. Another piece of art that is not hard to miss along the seawall juxtaposed against the blue ocean and sky, green grass and trees. It’s worth a stop to look.
And thus, my bike adventures continue to evolve as I joyfully pedal my way through the districts each time I head to the coast for a visit. Just as various artists share their work and evolve into what they were created to do, they too have fun doing what they love. I can’t wait until next summer to see what new works are enroute along the seawall in Vancouver! I have my sister convinced that biking is the best and outdoor art is the bonus! | <urn:uuid:3cf35945-3c5e-42bd-a6d8-4e38258870f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.literaryheist.com/articles/an-artistic-ride/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.967595 | 1,273 | 1.59375 | 2 |
When heading out into the wilderness, one must always plan ahead, study the route and weather predictions, carry the correct gear, and have a back-up plan. Perhaps these rules are never more true than when winter backpacking. Knowing your the route, the weather, the abilities of your crew, how to properly use your gear and having some survival skills make a fun time out of a potentially dangerous situation. Continue reading
This weekend my friends and I camped out at Stokes State Forest in New Jersey, and then went for a 9 mile float down the near by Delaware River. The weather was great, and wild-life was plentiful, including several bald eagles.
In this video, I discuss some essentials for remaining safe in the outdoors. These are 10 items that you should always have with you when venturing into the wilderness, no matter how short of a journey you are planning.
Most people who chose to partake in backpacking will eventually need to know a thing or two about backpack repair. Bringing your pack into the local shop for patching up is costly, and isn’t really a practical option while you’re out in the field. Having a few simple items in your repair kit and a few basic skills in your head can go a long way.
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Large numbers of people have arrived on a Kent beach after Channel crossings continued for a fourth consecutive day.
More than 600 migrants have arrived in the UK since Saturday, with more brought to Dungeness beach by lifeboat on Tuesday.
Officers processing the arrivals were seen carrying out security checks on a long queue of men with handheld scanners, while a small number of women and children were also pictured on board the lifeboat.
More crossings are believed to be under way, with other arrivals anticipated later.
Since the start of this year, 8,412 people have reached the UK after navigating busy shipping lanes from France in small boats, according to analysis of Government data by the PA news agency.
There were 19 people who made the crossing in one boat on Monday, after 436 in nine boats on Sunday and 167 in 13 boats on Sunday, according to Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures.
The crossings come as the minister for refugees faced questions over whether he supports the Government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda.
Asked by Matt Chorley during an interview on Times Radio whether he is “comfortable” with the policy, Lord Richard Harrington said: “Well, I’m the minister for Ukrainian refugees and it’s my job to resettle them.
“They come in on legal routes … illegal routes are different and the Government has to do what it thinks (is) right to try and stop these people smugglers from smuggling people in there.”
Asked if the Rwanda deal “sends the right message”, Lord Harrington, who Boris Johnson appointed to take charge of Britain’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, said: “As I say, I’m the minister for Ukrainian refugees. I was given this project to do by this Government … and that’s what I’m doing.”
Mr Chorley added: “It doesn’t sound like you’re that happy about it, Richard”, to which Lord Harrington replied: “I’m doing what I’ve been asked to do by the Prime Minister.”
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The Mark of the King
"Lovers of historical fiction will be transported by this beautifully written novel of the early 18th-century frontier."--Lori Benton, award-winning author of The Wood's Edge and A Flight of Arrows
Life in This New World Requires More Strength Than She Ever Imagined
After the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier is imprisoned and branded, marking her as a criminal beyond redemption. Hoping to reunite with her brother, a soldier, she trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling French colony of Louisiana. The price of her transport, however, is a forced marriage to a fellow convict.
New Orleans is nothing like Julianne expects. The settlement is steeped in mud and mosquitoes, and there is no news of her brother, Benjamin. When tragedy strikes, she turns to military officer Marc-Paul Girard for help, but does he know more about her brother than he will admit?
With her dreams shattered, Julianne must find her way in this dangerous land, where only grace--and love--can overcome the stigma of the king's mark upon her shoulder.
"The Mark of the King grabbed me from the first scene and wouldn't let me go! The setting is vibrant, unique, and full of fascinating true details about the early French settlement in New Orleans. With arranged marriages, forced immigration, and struggles against starvation, the elements, and warring natives, the story is riveting. A must-read!"
Jody Hedlund, Christy Award-winning author
"A page-turner of a tale set against France's early struggles to colonize Louisiana, The Mark of the King bears all the marks of the best historical fiction--rich attention to detail, settings historically accurate and lushly depicted, a complex and layered plot, diverse cultures vividly portrayed, and the ever-present sense of the larger forces of time and place shaping the lives and destinies of characters I came to care about. The unjustly exiled Julianne is a woman to admire and cheer, the soldier Marc-Paul a man of strength and devotion. Lovers of historical fiction will be transported by this beautifully written novel of the early 18th-century frontier."
Lori Benton, award-winning author of The Wood's Edge and A Flight of Arrows
"Exquisitely penned, this look at colonial Louisiana is enhanced by Green's attention to detail, creating memorable characters and vivid scenes. . . . Rich with history and redemption, Green's latest is ideal for fans of Lynn Austin or Laura Frantz."
RT Book Reviews
"This novel of judgment and redemption tells a gripping tale where God's grace prevails."
"Readers will be swept away by the themes of faith and redemption woven throughout the narrative as well as the alluring protagonists and setting. Fans of Beth White's Gulf Coast Chronicles, Lynn Austin, and Susan Meissner will enjoy."
"The 18th-century Old and New Worlds burst off the pages in the latest historical fiction treasure from Green. . . . Readers can only hope for more from this talented, spiritually insightful author."
Publishers Weekly starred review
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What does “sacred” mean? Does the concept have a place in atheist living? There is a common sentiment in atheist circles that no one and nothing deserves our devotion, but I think there’s some truth in the assertion that “we all worship something”. Is awe important and do rituals have a role in atheist life?
About the Author
I am a graphic artist, mom to two girls and wife of an actor. I enjoy dancing, reading, knitting and I might be a little obsessed with podcasts. I spent the first 31 years of my life as a passionate evangelical, Pentecostal Christian (12 years of which were spent as a minister) and am now trying to find my dance outside of religion.
Basically, prayer is talking to God/gods/nature or making appeals/requests. There are almost an infinite number of ways to pray. Prayer can be spontaneous or use the prayers others have written. It can be modern or ancient. But ultimately, the idea behind prayer is that a person is communicating with a divine entity or entities in some way to express something or ask for something. Sounds simple enough right? WRONG!
Kids have a lot to teach us if we’re willing to learn. Their questions reveal much about the lessons they are learning from the adults around them. We need to take the time to hear them and adjust our conversations.
Atheists face tragedy without the protective mechanisms of prayer and a belief in an afterlife. I think, in many ways, this is a gift we can give to our communities in times of grief – offering it gently and with sensitivity, mostly by example. Atheists are just as sensitive, compassionate and empathetic as theists. We are just as capable of holding space for the grieving. In addition, we are able to model practical things that can be done to help, taking action side by side with people of faith.
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Much of the negative discussion around the pope's apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia has focused on his opening the possibility of divorced and remarried Catholics receiving Communion. His critics are quick to cite the words of Jesus in Matthew 19:
"Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate. ... whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery."
Earlier in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, "whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
These statements are clear and definitive and end the discussion in the minds of the critics of Pope Francis. "Jesus said it. Case closed." But is it?
I will not attempt here to do a scholarly analysis of the biblical issues involved in divorce and remarriage, but I think it is worth raising some questions about whether these quotes should end the discussion.
There are at least three reasons that these words from Jesus do not prove that Pope Francis is wrong in opening up the possibility of some divorced and remarried Catholics receiving Communion.
First, Jesus said a lot of things that we do not observe literally without exception.
In fact, in the Sermon on the Mount, right before Jesus' words on divorce, he says, "If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna."
And right after his words about divorce, he says, "Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.' But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King."
No one literally follows the teaching of Jesus on gouging out an eye or cutting off a hand. And only an infinitesimally small group of Christians refuse to take oaths in court because of the teaching of Jesus.
How do we determine which words of Jesus are to be treated as absolutes and which are open to interpretation?
Immediately following Jesus' words on oaths, he says, "Offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow."
If Christians believed and practiced this on a literal level, we would all have to be pacifists.
There are lots of other quotes from Matthew that we do not take literally, or at least don't observe rigorously:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal."
"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear."
"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea."
Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
"Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
"Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven."
If you observe all of these on a literal level, I will send your name to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Since we don't, my question is, why do we insist on enforcing the words of Jesus on divorce literally without any exception, when we find all sorts of wiggle room in many of his other sayings?
Second, Jesus does not list any punishment for divorce and remarriage. He does not say such persons will be consigned to hellfire. He does not say they should be excluded from the Christian community. He does not even say they cannot go to Communion. He does not say they cannot be forgiven.
Yet, he does list punishment for other sins. In Matthew 25, for example, he says:
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.' Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.' And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Any reading of the text would lead a neutral observer to conclude that Jesus was much more upset by people who ignored the needy than he was by divorced and remarried couples, yet the church has made a much bigger deal over divorce than our care of the poor. Why is that?
Elsewhere in Matthew, Jesus says, "Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words — go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
And in another place, Jesus says, “whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.”
When Jesus wants to threaten someone with hell fire, he knows how to do it! But even here, do you really take him literally?
The third point I would make is that it is important to ask why Jesus is making a big deal about divorce. Here the historical context is important. Note that Matthew only speaks of men divorcing women. In Matthew 19, he is responding to a question from the Pharisees, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?"
Where Jesus lived and taught, divorce was only available to men. [Mark, whose gospel was used in Rome made the teaching of Jesus gender neutral because in Rome upper-class wives could divorce their husbands.]
I look upon Jesus' teaching on divorce as the first feminist legislation because a divorced woman was kicked out on the street with no assets or alimony. Her father would not take her back because she was a failure. No man would marry her. She had no education and few marketable skills. She would have to beg on the streets or prostitute herself.
It was not until the 19th Century that divorced women began to get some protection from the civil law. As a result, divorce was clearly a devastating injustice to women for most of human history. Jesus quite rightly condemned it since practically all divorces were done by powerful men to powerless women.
Today we live in a different world. How can we be so certain that Jesus would respond in the same way to divorce today? True, most divorces involve sin, moral failure and great pain. True, in most divorces women get the short end of the stick. Divorce is not something to be shrugged off, but once it has happened and a marriage is dead, can there be a possibility for healing and life in the future?
Francis thinks so. So do I.
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The EPFL Valais “sponge” that extracts gold from water to become a start-upTuesday 25 January 2022
The molecular sponge capable of recovering gold residues from wastewater will become a start-up launched on the Energypolis campus.
Although gold can be found in a number of different sources, such as electronic waste, seawater, freshwater, wastewater and sewage sludge, there is currently no material that can selectively extract gold from such complex environments.
In 2018, Professor Wendy L. Queen's lab at EPFL Valais developed a "sponge" that can extract gold from various complex liquids. The porous material, called Fe-BTC/PpPDA, consists of a "metal-organic framework" (MOF) and polymer building blocks and has a very large internal surface area, allowing it to adsorb up to one gram of gold per gram of material.
At present, research on this innovation is ongoing at the Energypolis campus in Sion (canton of Valais).
"Our goal is to bring this invention to the market, by finding industrial applications that promote the recycling and reutilization of gold," explains Olga Trukhina, a postdoctoral researcher at the Functional Inorganic Materials Laboratory at EPFL Valais. This compound is intended in particular for industries involved in the refining of precious metals. It should enable them to capture the gold contained in their liquid waste streams - particularly in their wastewater - in order to reintegrate it into their production cycle. "Global mining is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions today. Facilitating the extraction of gold from complex waste streams will help reduce emissions from this sector."
A pilot demonstrator and a start-up
The various tests carried out with Swiss and foreign companies have highlighted the fact that during its use, the sponge can sometimes be subjected to very acidic liquid solutions. It must also be able to extract gold from huge quantities of iron, copper, nickel, lead and other heavy metals.
"Our objective is to adapt this compound to these different conditions," explains Olga Trukhina. "The next phase of the project will be to create a pilot demonstrator with industrial partners. We also hope to create a start-up company."
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The HMS Sybille was a tin screw second-class cruiser of 3400 tons and built-in 1890, by R. Stephenson of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
With 9496 horsepower triple expansion engines she could produce a top speed of 20 knots.
She arrived in South Africa on Saturday 12 January at Simon's Town where she was coaled immediately and put back to sea, bound for Lamberts Bay, which served as a military base by Britain during the Anglo Boer War. She was left under the command of first Lieutenant Mr. H. H. Holland and navigating Lieutenant Mr. H. Cayley.
At the beginning of the war in 1899, Delagoa was designated as South Africa's income and export port. The port was immediately closed by the British but in their haste, they forgot about the seaway from Cape Town to Port Nolloth along the west coast. This stretch of sea was a weak link, that during the war was put to good use by the Boer commandos.
Germany and France did not support the war and started, on regular intervals, to supply weapons and ammunition to the fighting Boer commandos, as well as to local weapon dealers - also called "weapon houses" (meaning a house where you could get weapons and ammunition)
One of these weapon houses The Green Dam/ Die Groendam house was situated east from the farm Steenbokfontein, (owned by Dirk Burger) towards the little town of Graafwater and was owned by Sybrand Engelbrecht.
In those years, when children reached the age of sixteen they were supposed to use a firearm efficiently and with accuracy.
The British forces, upon arriving, immediately closed down all weapon houses, to assure that no weapons and ammunition could be supplied towards any Boer commandos.
Because France and Germany helped the Boers with weapons and ammunition, Cybrand Engelbrecht kept close contact with them. A system was developed where a designated large vessel would load the weapons and ammunition in Cape Town harbour and then travel towards Port Nolloth.
Upon reaching the shoreline right opposite the farm Steenbokfontein, they would signal inland to Engelbrecht, who would then row towards them in smaller boats, called "Roeibakkies" to unload the cargo. The ammunition and weapons were then carefully buried in the dunes for later use and to dispense towards the commandos.
Unfortunately the British soon learn about the operations when they respond to rumors about a big commando, under the command of Barry Hertzog in the area. Hertzog, at that stage, was operating in the Calvinia district and thus avoid capturing.
Furthermore, the British soldiers who traveled with the Sybille were also in desperate need of horses to pursue the war inland. It led to the decision to visit every smallholding and farm and confiscate all horses, without any compensation to their owners. That in return led to even more animosity and hate towards the British.
Accompanied the Sybille, another vessel also arrived in Lamberts bay, carrying 50 horses. They were called the Landing Party.
On the faithful night of the 15 of January 1901, a dreadful and extreme storm made its landfall in Lamberts Bay. The weather was extremely bad, with an immense north-west wind and in a short time the wind has worked itself up to a gale.
Commander Hugh Williams, upon realizing that the anchorage at Lamberts Bay will give little protection to a vessel the size of the Sybille gave orders to Lieutenant Holland, his second in command, that if the weather deteriorates any further, the anchor must be lifted, the harbour must be exit and the Sybille must be taken to deeper water for safety. He also mentioned that the harbour at Lamberts Bay was way too shallow to safely accommodate a vessel the size of the Sybille.
After the given of command, Williams left with members of the Landing Party to attend their own party celebrations in town.
The weather just continued to take a turn for the worst, and Holland finally lifted anchor and began the exit out of the bay, right into rough seas and immense swells.
Unfortunately, the Sybille, were no match for the gail force north-western wind and she met her final destiny when the wind and swells pushed her onto the rocks, right opposite the shoreline at the farm Steenbokfontein.
The force with which the Sybille hit the rocks were so powerful that the wheels of one of the cannons that were fitted onboard broke loose, sending the cannon running over the deck, and in the process killing one of her crew members, seaman Jones instantly.
The moment the Sybille hit the rocks, eight flares were set off immediately.
The son of the farmer at Steenbokfontein, Izak Burger, age 23 at that stage, had some friends over for a visit and were woken by the sound of the crash. Upon looking out of the window, he saw the light of the flares and with it the mast of a ship.
He instantly knew what had happened and took it upon himself to immediately saddle up his horse Landau and left in the raging storm for Lamberts Bay to get help. Upon his arrival in town, he informed a local, Hennie Stegman, that one of the big ships had run ashore right next to their farm. Stegman informed Izak that Commander Williams held a big party during the night with the crew of the Landing Party and some local women and that he was sound asleep in the attic. They decided to wake him up and told him what happened.
Williams was extremely distracted upon receiving the news and immediately wanted a rescue party to be put together to help the men on board. Quite a few vessels were available for example - The City of Cambridge but none of the captains wanted to attempt a rescue due to the raging storm. Williams even tried to convince them by turning a firearm on them but to no avail. They argued that their vessels were a lot smaller than the Sybille and if they proceed with the rescue, they will follow right into the Sybille footsteps and risk being stranded as well.
The next day 16 January at 10.30 after the storm had subsided a rescue party left the bay and proceeds to the Sybille. The whole crew was rescued and seaman Jones was put to rest in the Dutch Reformed cemetery.
The Sybille carried a rich and precious cargo. When some of the items started to show up on the beach there was a huge influx of locals and even inland folks to salvage what they could. The battering the ship took against the rocks during the storm had begun to tear her apart and huge amounts of wood started to fill the beach area. It was hastily gathered and for example used to build wagons and closets.
The British did not want the cannons to fall in the Boers hands and a decision was made to send two engineers to help with the salvage of the ship.
Upon arrival, they approach Betjie Burger, wife of Dirk Burger at Steenbokfontein. They asked for board and lodging and the fact the Sybille ran ashore right on the farms' doorstep made the farm an excellent choice. They pushed money into her hands and although Bertjie knew that her husband hated all British, even more so, if they set foot on his farm, she held onto the money and the deal was sealed. Dirk Burger was extremely upset when he heard of the deal but he had to acknowledge the fact that they were able to put the money to good use.
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FINRA recently issued an Investor Alert, “Investing with Borrowed Funds: No ‘Margin’ for Error,” warning investors about risks of trading on margin. When an investor uses margin, he or she is essentially using a loan from the firm to purchase securities. FINRA explained that it was re-issuing the Investor Alert, because investor purchases of securities on margin averaged more than $406 billion for the first nine months of 2013 – a 27 percent increase over the same period last year. FINRA stated that “we are concerned that many investors may underestimate the risks of trading on margin and misunderstand the operation and reason for margin calls. Investors who cannot satisfy margin calls can have large portions of their accounts liquidated under unfavorable market conditions. These liquidations can create substantial losses for investors.”
The Investor Alert urges investors to understand the following risks associated with margin:
- Your firm can force the sale of securities in your accounts to meet a margin call
- Your firm can sell your securities without contacting you
- You are not entitled to choose which securities or other assets in your accounts are sold
- Your firm can increase its margin requirements at any time and is not required to provide you with advance notice
- You are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call
- You can lose more money than you deposit in a margin account
The Investor Alert explains “[w]ith a margin account, you can borrow money from your brokerage firm to purchase securities. The portion of the purchase price that you must deposit is called margin and is your initial equity or value in the account. The loan from the firm is secured by the securities you purchase. If the securities you’re using as collateral go down in price, your firm can issue a margin call, which is a demand that you repay all or part of the loan with cash, a deposit of securities from outside your account, or by selling some of the securities in your account.”
In addition, the Investor Alert cautions that “[b]uying on margin amounts to getting a loan from your firm. When you buy on margin, you must repay both the amount you borrowed and interest, even if you lose money on your investment. Some brokerage firms automatically open margin accounts for investors. Make sure that you understand what type of account you are opening. If you don’t want to trade on margin, choose a cash account for your transactions.”
The Investor Alert also encourages investors to “Do Your Margin Homework” and consider the following:
- Make sure you fully understand how a margin account works. If you don’t, limit your investments to a cash account. Cash accounts are not subject to margin calls. It is important to take time to learn about the risks involved in trading securities on margin. Consult with your broker about any concerns you may have with your margin account.
- Know the margin rules…To learn more, read FINRA Rule 4210 and Regulation T.
- Know your firm’s margin policies. Read your firm’s margin agreement and margin disclosure statement. Be sure to ask whether you will automatically be placed into a margin account and, if so, what the rate of interest will be and what circumstances would trigger a margin loan. Speak with your broker or check your firm’s website for any changes in margin policies. Firms can make changes at their discretion, and are more likely to do so in volatile markets.
- If you use a margin account, you may not want to use all your available money to trade securities in your margin account. For example, you may want to keep some money in a checking or savings account so that you can promptly meet a margin call.
- Manage your margin account. Margin accounts require work. Monitor the price of the securities in your margin account on a daily basis. If you see that the securities in your account are declining in value, you may want to consider depositing additional cash or securities to attempt to avoid a margin call. If you receive a margin call, act promptly to satisfy the margin call. By depositing cash or selling securities that you choose, you may be able to avoid your firm liquidating or selling securities it chooses.
Sonn Law Group specializes in representing investors (not brokerage firms) in securities arbitration and investor fraud cases throughout the country. Sonn Law Group has represented numerous investors in FINRA arbitration claims against the brokerage firms who sold illiquid, high-commissioned, non-traded investments, including TICs, REITS, promissory notes, and more, as well as investors who have been encouraged to use margin or other borrowed money to purchase securities. To learn more, including whether you may have a claim for investments related to the use of margin or other investment losses, please call us at 844-689-5754 or complete our “contact form.” | <urn:uuid:f0dbe1ec-8498-4e21-9ba4-e37b6c93bf91> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sonnlaw.com/news/finra-cautions-investors-on-the-risks-of-purchasing-securities-using-margin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.932535 | 1,013 | 1.609375 | 2 |
People will group together elements that are moving or pointing in the same direction.
Humans group elements when they are connected to each other.
Elements will be perceived as a group if they are enclosed in the same region.
Humans identify if elements are in the foreground (as figures) or in the background (as ground).
Humans are more comfortable with symmetric elements as asymmetry triggers a sense of unbalance.
The attention of the viewer is first captured by whatever element stands out visually.
People tend to group elements that look like each other or follow a similar pattern.
The human brain will fill in any gaps or connect the dots to complete images or shapes that are implied.
Human eye will follow the smoothest path when viewing lines, regardless of how the lines were actually drawn.
The tendency for people to group elements that are near each other.
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Style AG-3630 is an electrically-conductive shielding gasket material that is a 68 durometer (Shore A) nickel-coated aluminum-filled silicone elastomer which protects electronic equipment and produces shielding against radio frequency interference (RFI) and electromagnetic interference (EMI). AG-3630 nickel-coated aluminum-filled silicone has been tested to MIL-G-83528F/MIL-DTL-83528F and has a volume resistivity of .08 ohm/cm with a shielding effectiveness of 110 dB. It also provides resistance against galvanic corrosion.
AG-3630 is similar to our other electrically-conductive nickel-coated aluminum-filled elastomer, AG-3662 (fluorosilicone), as they both contain the same filler. This nickel-coated aluminum-filled fluorosilicone can be converted into die-cut and water jet cut parts or provided as sheets of different sizes. The sheet sizes available for AG-3630 are 15” x 20”, 10” x 20”, and 10” x 10”. It is provided in a dark gray color.
|Shore A (68 +/-10)||68|
|Tensile psi (150 Minimum)||200 psi|
|Elongation (100 Minimum)||320%|
|Tear “B” ppi (40 Min)||50|
|Specific Gravity (1.85 +/-0.25)||2.05|
|Volume Resistivity ohm/cm (0.150 max)||.08 ohm/cm|
|Shielding Effectiveness 20MHZ-10GHZ||110 dB|
|Thermal Stability Range||-76°F to 428°F (-60°C to 220°C)|
We offer AG-3630 nickel-coated aluminum filler in silicone which has a wide temperature range and acts as an environmental sealant. When compared to other fillers such as silver-coated aluminum, silver-coated copper, silver-coated glass, and nickel-coated graphite, nickel-coated aluminum is effectively conductive with a good volume resistivity.
This information is furnished as a guide for selecting materials. Atlantic Gasket Corp. disclaims liability for results or use of this information. It is the customer’s responsibility to obtain and test samples when determining suitability of material for a particular application.
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Once it is related to your organization you are unable to manage to consider chances. Just about every organization will need to accomplish legal thank you’s to get establishment and operation available. In cases where you will be starting your PCD pharma business business, all of us informing you you have made a good decision.
There are a number of ways to deal with missing info based upon the heart and soul of the dataset. They have not really quite because convenient because simply turning the info nourishes. All the data on the globe are worthy of nothing whether it’s difficult to comprehend. By natural means, when it comes to info and a comparatively larger volume of transactionssecurity turns into a problem. By method of example, take a look at Social networks Graph API, that is in a position to help you to get hidden info that is going to be not revealed on Online social networks webpages. Nowadays, our data isn’t missing any ideals. From organization perspective, the information collected through customer engagement may be used to get the additional research by the businesses to locate understanding for their consumers, target market and allows in their marketing and advertising and marketing campaigns.
The Basics of Business
Amazon special discounts pricing sufficient a multi-year contract, roughly the advantage is definitely 46x meant for multi-year agreements. Today you will discover a few of the advantages and disadvantages of the home business world. When you aren’t a little company, you could have the benefit of obtaining invaluable commentary straight from the consumers, which you truly must see the way the style is playing out and if which change in the market which in turn you desire to keep track of.
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A cosmetic dentist can use inlays and onlays in situations where a crown might be undesirable or unnecessary. Inlays strengthen the tooth's existing structure, and onlays cover the cusp of the tooth. Both are bonded on to restore tooth integrity and functionality in a natural-looking way. Inlays and onlays achieve many of the same results…
How Dental Implants Can Be Used in a Full Mouth Reconstruction Procedure
Dental implants are often used during full mouth reconstruction to replace one or more missing teeth. Dental implants offer a lot of advantages that alternative solutions such as removable dentures do not provide. This review discusses how dental implants can be used during full mouth reconstruction.
Dental implants to replace teeth during full mouth reconstruction
Dental implants are tiny surgical posts that are fixed into the patient’s jawbone to serve as the root of a replacement tooth (or replacement teeth). This is often a key part of full mouth reconstruction, particularly among patients that are replacing multiple missing teeth.
What is a full mouth reconstruction procedure?
A full mouth reconstruction procedure is a dental treatment plan that uses multiple treatment solutions to address multiple oral health, cosmetic, and functional concerns. One of the most common issues addressed during full mouth reconstruction is missing teeth.
Why might a dentist recommend dental implants during full mouth reconstruction?
Dental implants are used to replace missing teeth. They can replace a single missing tooth, a section of teeth, or an entire row. Depending on the number of teeth being replaced, the dentist can either recommend an implant-supported crown, bridge, or complete denture. However, dental implants are more invasive than removable dentures and fixed bridges, so dentists typically only recommend dental implants to patients that are willing and able to go through a longer and more extensive treatment process.
How does the dental implant process work?
As mentioned, the process with dental implants is longer and includes an invasive procedure. Some patients also require a bone graft procedure to restore the jawbone density to help ensure a successful procedure. After a bone graft procedure (if necessary), the dentist can place the dental implant(s). After the mouth heals and the implant fuses together with the jaw, the dentist can place the abutment and replacement tooth (or teeth).
What other treatments might be included in full mouth reconstruction?
The difference between dental implants by themselves and as a part of full mouth reconstruction is that a full mouth reconstruction includes other treatments as well. In addition to a bone graft procedure, the patient may also benefit from deep dental cleaning, restoring healthy natural teeth, and more.
How can I get started with full mouth reconstruction?
The first step in full mouth reconstruction (and dental implants) is to schedule a consultation with a licensed dentist. They can answer the patient’s questions, order dental X-rays, and conduct an oral examination. They can also discuss the treatment goals with the patient and put together a full mouth reconstruction treatment plan on the first visit.
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Here at our dental practice, we recommend full mouth reconstruction for patients that want to restore their oral health and smile by addressing several oral health and cosmetic concerns, including missing teeth. If you would like to learn more about dental implants and full mouth reconstruction, then call our dental team today.
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Like the first visit with a family or general dentist, the first visit with a cosmetic dentist is more of a get-to-know-you session. Cosmetic dentistry uses advanced and sometimes complex procedures to transform patients’ smiles. Because such procedures help to restore function and improve the teeth's overall appearance, there is a lot at stake for…
Teeth whitening kits are available for purchase at supermarkets, pharmacies, and online, and many patients assume these kits are equivalent to the teeth whitening provided by a qualified cosmetic dentist. However, as professionals who have completed dental school as well as extensive training in shaping, whitening, and upgrading patients’ entire smiles, cosmetic dentists are able…
When it comes to enhancing a patient's smile, a cosmetic dentist may utilize a variety of treatment options to achieve the desired look. One of the most commonly used procedures in cosmetic dentistry is applying veneers to teeth that are permanently discolored, irregularly sized or shaped, or unevenly spaced in the mouth. While this technique… | <urn:uuid:09c3faba-c60c-4682-9899-a9feb20a405d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lifetimedental.us/blog/how-dental-implants-can-be-used-in-a-full-mouth-reconstruction-procedure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.933141 | 920 | 2.34375 | 2 |
BMW and KIGO
Where is KIGO? In the car? Not yet... We are pleased to have provided an unconventional room conditioning solution for the new BMW garage in Visp.
Real KIGO panels hidden behind a false ceiling. KIGO is also a unique solution to heat and cool rooms with suspended ceilings. A clear difference. Instead of operating a suspended plaster ceiling with a heat exchanger with fins and copper serpentine, KIGO activates the surface in an indirect way. The KIGO panel, with its complete irrigation, generates a uniaxial heat radiation and heats (or cools) rapidly and homogeneously though the suspended ceiling. The specific heating and cooling capacity depends on the material of the ceiling and the supply and return temperature of the water.
The advantages of KIGO for false ceilings are:
- Activation is independent of the metal or plaster ceiling.
- Flexible conception of ceiling: Lights, movement and smoke detectors and ventilation can be practically planned independently of the activation of the suspended ceiling.
- Simple and quick installation.
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Hab-12 is a cancelled, third-person action-adventure game in-development at Ratloop from 1998 to 1999. The company was founded by 5 people, one of which being Lucas Pope, who would go on to make Papers Please and Return of the Obra Dinn. Ratloop started out making the full-conversion Quake mod Malice while under the name Team Epochalypse, then moved on to something much more ambitious.
Hab-12 was to be their next game, a sci-fi adventure about surviving various hostile environments. A documentary about the game was released on Youtube by Massimiliano Camassa discussing many aspects of the game and it’s development. Camassa was given access to many development materials including the design document and 2 demos of the game, one from 1998 and the other from 1999
Hab-12’s gameplay would have been a mix of classic 2D adventure games, like the Monkey Island series, and a more traditional third person shooter. Camassa’s documentary also discusses how media and the public viewed the game:
“Tomb Raider was the game most people thought of upon hearing that Hab-12 was an action adventure game. Yet, Hab-12 is a slower-paced, cinematic, puzzle-based adventure game experience. The demo is highly scripted and after playing the demo and studying the game design document the rest of the game would likely have a similar game structure.”
Like many adventure contemporary to Hab-12, puzzles were a major part of the demos, even starting with one. Miray, the game’s protagonist, would be stuck in a venus flytrap-like plant and would have to swing from side-to-side to escape. Other puzzles in the demos included having to distract monsters to sneak around and maneuvering around a giant slug alien’s breath to survive.
Cassan’s documentary reveals how Ratloop intended to make Hab-12’s plot stand out. To achieve this, the devs intended to focus the game’s story on the ever-changing relationship between the down-to-earth Miray and the outlandish biological A.I PAX. After a cataclysmic event occurs on board The Sentient, a research ship, Miray would have to make his way through all 12 habitats (or Habs) in order to escape. The documentary summarizes the game’s story with a quote:
“Hab-12 is all about man vs. wild, but also a remarkable story about a normal guy and an unhinged bio-computer.”
The games levels were intended to take place across the 12 habitations, with each hab featuring a different ecosystem for Miray to overcome. Revealed in screenshots and demos were an autumn-like red forest, an icy cave system, a swampy area with gigantic trees, a volcanic area, and more. The variety in level design was quite impressive for the era, and Miray was to have several costume changes to reflect the surroundings. These levels were also planned to be intensely detailed and impressive, the documentary even shows how amazed publications were with the red forest level, saying “Every leaf is rendered. Every damned one. That’s how good the graphics engine is.”
Despite the game impressing media outlets with its graphics and gameplay, the project failed to find any publishers. Hab-12’s ambition, along with Ratloop’s relative inexperience at the time, was what ultimately killed the project. The project was planned to have a sequel and a novel adaptation written by a member of the team. Ratloop now exists as 3 companies, Ratloop inc, Ratloop Asia, and Ratloop Games Canada. Ratloop Canada is currently working on the turn-based FPS shooter Lemnis Gate.
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Why use Stainless steel when choosing roof or cladding materials? Its sheer strength, corrosion resistance, and long life cycle pushes it into a class of its own. Stainless steel is environmentally friendly because it is 100% recyclable – making it a popular choice in new architectural designs, with a raw, industrial style finish.
Stainless Steel in roofing and cladding is highly versatile and also easy to maintain. Amazingly, if the material becomes damaged mechanically or chemically then it has a film which is self healing proving oxygen is present.
2. Corrosion Resistance
Stainless Steel offers architects an array of benefits and statement features. One of the most popular reasons is because of the corrosion resistance the steel offers.
It contains at least 10.5% chromium, other alloying elements and less than 1.2% carbon. This content gives the corrosion resistance, and ensures a natural and continual development of a chromium-rich oxide surface layer.
3. Seaside Suitable
SUPADURA™ Stainless steel from Bluescope is the recommended roofing material for coastal areas where there is a constant salty smell and salt spray in the air – within 100 metres from breaking surf – or within close proximity to industrial emissions.
Colorbond Ultra steel is the recommended roofing material for environments where there may still be a smell of salt or salt spray in the air – approximately 100 to 200 metres from breaking surf. Similarly, the effects of industrial emissions (fumes and/or particulate fallout) are typically lessened 100 to 200 metres from the source.
4. Resistance to high and low temperatures – roots and algae
tThe fact that it has such a resistance to high and low temperatures means that this type of steel can be used for a number of applications and throughout a number of industries. Whilst some stainless steel will retain high strength at high temperatures other stainless steels will actually maintain high mechanical properties at cryogenic temperatures.
Stainless steel is resistant to roots and algae, which means it is an excellent underlay for ‘green roofs’. The right choice of stainless grade and an appropriate drainage layer between the stainless and the organic material or other substratum will provide a garden for all seasons.
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In our beloved kitchen and comfortable washroom, we all observe one thing highly, and that is the limescale or water stain. However, after reading this composition, you will be able to take a breath without worrying about those unwanted marks. ‘Does steam cleaning remove limescale?’ The response is yes without any further doubt.
Limescale’s primary elements are calcium and magnesium. The boiling steam is adequate to break the molecule of both and remove it from the surface.
Moreover, it also works great to protect the surface by eliminating germs. However, we need to follow the exact step to remove the limescale from the surface.
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Let Us Know Does Steam Cleaning Remove Limescale
Here is the easy way that I follow to remove the chalky substance from my kitchen and washroom.
Choose The Right Steam Cleaner
Generally, a steam cleaner is a machine that refers to a cleaner that uses a steaming or vaping system. It works similarly to a sauna; it cleans the surfaces and eliminates germs.
Moreover, the tenure of being dry is less than other general cleaners. It applies the high temperature to the tap water and creates a low pressure while exhaling the steam.
There are plenty of steam or vapor cleaners available in the market. While purchasing one, you must choose a robust machine to remove sturdy stains. If you need, you can consult the local agent to find the right steam cleaner according to your task.
Manoeuvering The Steam Cleaner
After choosing the right steam cleaner, you are ready to maneuver it. First, let your room dry and start the steam cleaner. It takes 5 to 10 mins to get ready for exhaling boiling hot vapor.
Consequently, let the cleaner sit to warm up. After that, you can start operating the cleaner by emitting the boiling hot vapor.
Now spread the vapor wherever you need. If the stains have been on your surfaces for years, you must roll the exhaler twice or thrice on the spots.
The hot vapor will loosen the limescale and stains by breaking the molecules of calcium and magnesium. After applying the vapor highly, you will notice the stains are coming out, which indicates that the limescale and stains are ready to vacuum.
Vacuum The Whole Area
After applying the vapor when the stains are loose, it is high time to use a vacuum cleaner. The steaming cleaner may provide you with the facility to vacuum. If it is not, you can use shop VAC to absorb the wetness of the area.
Now start the vacuuming process intensely. The vacuum cleaner will soak all the steamed water dews, limescale, and stains. You may vacuum twice if needed. And you may also apply the vapor or steam to the surface for deep cleaning.
This is the way how you can use a steam cleaner to remove your limescale from the toilet and kitchen.
Alternative Way To Remove Limescale & Stains
If you don’t have the steam cleaner, you can still clean the limescale and water stains from your premises. Though there are plenty of ways to wash out the limescale and stains, we shall disclose the easiest way among all.
The Use Of Liquid Cleaner
In the physical and online stores, you will get plenty of products that are able to remove stains and limescale. The basic working method of those cleaners is to break down the molecules of calcium and magnesium.
It would be best if you chose the concrete and brick cleaner. One more thing you must notice is if the cleaner contains hydrochloric acid or not. You must purchase the cleaner which contains hydrochloric acid and choose the 5-liter gallon for the entire home.
Scrub The Area
The subsequent step is to use a brush to scrub the entire area you want to wash. Prior to the scrubbing, sprinkle the area with water. Then, use some detergent to make the area more accessible.
Now, scrub the area in both vertical and horizontal directions with the brush. You ought to use a brush which is new or hard like spikes.
After scrubbing the area, wash the detergent properly. Otherwise, the cleaner will be less effective for the stains and limescale.
Spray The Cleaner On The Area
After that, sprinkle the cleaner around the stains by using a sprayer. And let the solution sit for a while, like 5 to 10 minutes. Then scrub the areas with the brush. You will notice that the stains are vanishing each time you rub the brush on it.
Why Should We Use Steam Cleaner?
Unlike the other general cleaners, the steam cleaner is versatile equipment. You can use this tool on any surface you want. It runs on electric energy and takes the water from the faucet to serve the vapor.
You can also maintain the directions and angles while using a steam cleaner. The other most vital benefit that we found while using a steam cleaner is, that it can kill almost 99% of germs from the surface without costing on other products like detergent or liquid soaps.
Furthermore, it can also remove the odor from the surfaces like carpets, floor mats, etc. Moreover, in the steam cleaning process, you do not require any kind of chemical product to clean the surface.
How do you remove years of limescale?
There are plenty of ways to remove limescale from any type of surface. Regardless of the list, the best way to remove the limescale is through the steam cleaning process. It will break the molecules of calcium and magnesium, and remove the limescale or stains.
Can steam cleaning remove water stains?
Yes, steam cleaning removes the water stain properly. Generally, the steam cleaning process exhales the water vapor and breaks the molecules of calcium and magnesium. Eventually, it removes the water stains and limescale.
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|Title:||User’s Manual for Armor Stone Evaluation Model (ARMOR) : Great Lakes Armor Stone Study|
|Authors:||Environmental Laboratory (U.S.)|
Monitoring Completed Navigation Projects Program (U.S.)
Zakikhani, Mansour, 1954-
Harrelson, Danny W.
Tillotson, Amber L.
Ables, John D.
Type A Armor Stone
|Publisher:||Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (U.S.)|
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
|Series/Report no.:||ERDC TR ; 15-6.|
Abstract: Protecting entrances to navigation channels or other coastal areas requires evaluating maritime structures that often feature a surface layer of armor stones, such as rubble-mound breakwaters and jetties. Armor rocks are impacted by natural elements such as seasonal weather and repeated cycles of temperature, flowing water, wetting and drying, wave action, and freeze and thaw. The Armor Stone Evaluation (ARMOR) numerical simulation model consists of stone deterioration software developed to integrate field observations with numerical tools, and it provides an assessment of stone performance during the life of the rubble-mound structures. The ARMOR software has several numerical models that predict degradation as rocks are impacted by nature. The software includes a statistical technique (homogeneity index) to characterize rock heterogeneity. Two numerical approaches have been developed to calculate freeze-thaw cycles using long-term site weather data. The software also provides a model to estimate armor weight and thickness, minimum crest width, and number of armor units per unit of area. The calculation uses varying values for the seaward slope and wave height by application of the Hudson formula for rubble-mound structure stability. The degradation model relates laboratory results to modification of mass distribution and reduction at the project site. This report provides instructions for creating input data and running different options of the program. ARMOR software is distributed on CD or DVD and may be obtained from Dr. Mansour Zakikhani, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS, 39180; (firstname.lastname@example.org); phone 601-634-3806.
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Good answer is already posted by @Steven D, yet I think this might clarify it a bit more.
The reason that the process is killed on termination of the terminal is that the process you start is a child process of the terminal. Once you close the terminal, this will kill these child processes as well. You can see the process tree with
pstree, for example when running
kate & in Konsole:
│ │ └─pstree
To make the
kate process detached from
konsole when you terminate
nohup with the command, like this:
nohup kate &
pstree will look like this:
kate will survive. :)
An alternative is using
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When a student participates on a work placement through their education program to gain work skills they are considered a Learner. A Learner could be potentially exposed to the same hazards as any employee.
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If an incident does occur, it must be reported to your local supervisor or preceptor and your education program using both the local process (verified by your preceptor) and the McMaster injury reporting process.
You should report the incident to your supervisor or preceptor because they are required to complete Section 2 and 3 of the Incident Report.
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Critical Injury Reporting
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Jigsaw puzzle design of pluripotent origami
Nature Phys. , Volume 16 - Issue 1 p. 63- 68
Origami is rapidly transforming the design of robots1,2, deployable structures3,4,5,6 and metamaterials7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14. However, as foldability requires a large number of complex compatibility conditions that are difficult to satisfy, the design of crease patterns is limited to heuristics and computer optimization. Here we introduce a systematic strategy that enables intuitive and effective design of complex crease patterns that are guaranteed to fold. First, we exploit symmetries to construct 140 distinct foldable motifs, and represent these as jigsaw puzzle pieces. We then show that when these pieces are fitted together they encode foldable crease patterns. This maps origami design to solving combinatorial problems, which allows us to systematically create, count and classify a vast number of crease patterns. We show that all of these crease patterns are pluripotent—capable of folding into multiple shapes—and solve exactly for the number of possible shapes for each pattern. Finally, we employ our framework to rationally design a crease pattern that folds into two independently defined target shapes, and fabricate such pluripotent origami. Our results provide physicists, mathematicians and engineers with a powerful new design strategy.
|The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)|
Dieleman, P, Vasmel, N, Waitukaitis, S.R, & van Hecke, M. (2020). Jigsaw puzzle design of pluripotent origami. Nature Phys., 16(1), 63–68. doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0677-3 | <urn:uuid:a3851ea2-b40b-49f3-ad74-ec469ea04cab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ir.amolf.nl/pub/10194 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.807071 | 437 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Hugh Grosvenor, the 25-year-old who inherited a £9 billion fortune last week on the death of the Duke of Westminster, will likely not pay any inheritance tax, according to The Guardian. Normally, large inheritances are subject to a 40% tax.
But the vast Grosvenor property portfolio — including 300 acres of Mayfair and Belgravia in central London — will pass in the form of a trust, which is subject to a 6% tax payment every 10 years instead.
To give you an idea of just how much tax the new Duke of Westminster isn’t paying, consider that the entire take of the inheritance tax last year was £4.7 billion. Had Grosvenor been taxed at the 40% rate, it would have put £3.6 billion in the public coffers.
Those of us who pay between 20% and 40% income tax every month have another reason to believe that there is something fundamentally unfair about this. The Grosvenor fortune wasn’t built by the late Duke of Westminster. It has been in the Grosvenor family since 1677, passed down from one lucky generation to the next.
A more “normal” example also hit the headlines last week: The average FTSE 100 CEO earns £5.5 million, about 147 times the salary (£37,400) of the average worker, according to the High Pay Centre.
None of this would be a problem if Britain was a more dynamic society, one which allowed more upward mobility. But it isn’t. Back in 1979 — with the election of Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher — the UK suddenly became a permanently less equal place. Here is a chart from the Office for National Statistics showing the changing level of inequality over time:
The Gini coeffficient is an index measuring how income is distributed in society. If the Gini number is close to zero, then everyone is equal. If it is closer to 100, then society is extremely unequal.
In 1979, the UK ranked at about 27. It is now about 33. What is interesting about the chart is that Thatcher changed Britain into a society where wealth was shared much less equally. That wasn’t surprising — she was a Conservative. But successive Labour administrations, starting with prime minister Tony Blair in 1997, largely kept that inequality in place.
Some people think this is a good thing. Telegraph columnist Charles Moore published a column last week, titled “A duke’s wealth is the natural result of a free society – and should be celebrated.” It says:
Continuity in a nation is generally a benefit. It is encouraging that a man whose family first got rich because his ancestor was the fat huntsman (gros veneur) of William the Conqueror has £9 billion today, 950 years later. It shows that our culture respects private property over government interference. It gives hope to us all.
This “natural result” would indeed give us “hope” if it were the case that we all had a shot at accumulating £9 billion in our lifetimes, or if the Grosvenors paid the same rates of tax as those poorer than them. But as the Gini coefficient shows, there is nothing “natural” about it. It was a political choice.
The poorest 20% of British people lost up to 25% of their net wealth between 2010 and 2012 because of this arrangement, according to the Bank of England. The wealth of dukes and CEOs is kept in place by tax laws that overlook their inherited assets but punish people for earning wages.
There are consequences to this. Britain’s political elite was aghast at the Brexit referendum result, which will take country out of the EU. Polling data show that the Leave vote came from the oldest and poorest sections of society. Viewed through that lens, the referendum looks more like a protest at how unfair society has become. | <urn:uuid:b280350c-a6d5-4a54-bb60-090bb44bb78e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.shirshobindu.com/2016/08/16/a-perfect-example-of-how-uk-tax-law-is-biased-against-ordinary-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.968257 | 820 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Fuel Saving Tips
For years I have understood that using neutral burns fuel to keep the car idling while rolling, and coasting in gear uses no fuel because there is complete fuel cut. I however began using the neutral method again and due to less engine friction I am able to coast much further and many times pick up speed when I would normally be slowing down, which equates to better fuel economy. My actual results when filling up are proof that using neutral does actually work better in most situations. My in-dash fuel econ reading will stay at 99.9(max) while coasting in gear OR neutral, and when in neutral it only decreases once under 10mph.
posted by RieBauer17 on September 6, 2015
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Description: Okay, to finish the day for now, I will be showing you how to draw a bear in a step by step manner and this bear is going to be drawn in a realistic manner. I have drawn many bears in the past, but only a couple are docile looking or calm. The bear in this drawing is too big to be a black bear. You can tell just by looking at the size of the head and body. That leaves just one more bear that I am a fan of and that is the Grizzly. Making sketched drawing on animals is something that I have been doing a lot, but I have not always uploaded them as artwork or as lessons. I have so many drawings in my sketch book that I know people would like to check out, it's just stuff that I want to keep mine. Anyways, drawing a bear shouldn't be too complicated. There are only 6 steps to follow which makes this tutorial even more manageable. Anyways, have fun drawing a bear folks. I will be back later today with some other fun lessons for you to follow. | <urn:uuid:c99f1be4-3c1b-469a-828c-8a5f3a557c0e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dragoart.com/tut/drawing-a-bear-step-by-step-22839 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.98103 | 298 | 2.140625 | 2 |
In this article, we shall talk about the various schools that the people in Beldenville go to. It’s unfortunate really, the unincorporated community of Beldenville, Wisconsin has no schools that are within it, and thus we shall talk about schools near it, in this case, in the neighboring town of Ellsworth, and due to these facts, we shall talk about the schools in that neighboring area only, as it is the closest to Beldenville.
First off, there’s St. Francis School. Kindness, respect, and Catholic Christian values have been their foundation since their opening in 1948. St. Francis School is a Catholic elementary school open to all faiths. The school strives to create a strong child-centered, safe, learning environment which prepares young people for a successful future built upon strong academic instruction and Christian virtues. It offers 4YK* through 5th grade with small class sizes of 20 or less.
The school’s curriculum consists of the core subjects plus Religion, Handwriting/Cursive, Technology, and Music. Hands-on learning is encouraged with field trips, robotics, STEM, and dramatic performances. We meet WI state standards and the standards for the Diocese of La Crosse. Many of our students have graduated as valedictorian, salutatorian, or as honor students, proving that what kids learn at St. Francis serves them well their entire lives.
The school’s teachers, administration, and staff teach academic skills and guide children to learn about faith, virtues, morals, and spirituality through a patient, caring example. Their teachers are highly qualified, state-certified, support a top-level curriculum, and have over 104 years of combined experience. The low turnover of staff is a testament to the dedication and passion these individuals share for teaching students at St. Francis School.
First, through Fifth Grade Classrooms are fully equipped with Chromebooks and Smartboards. As with public school, Google is our technology choice. We’re preparing kids for advancement into 6th grade. Music education is an integral component of the curriculum. The students of this school show great talent performing a school-wide program each Christmas and Spring. The opportunity to learn cohesively as a student body allows older students to become role-models while giving younger children confidence and excitement.
Ellsworth High School is another place that the people of Beldenville send their children to, located on 323 Hillcrest Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011. Ellsworth Community High School is a public school serving grades 9 through 12 in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The school offers a wide range of class selections in subjects including English, Mathematics, Science, History, Social Studies, Music, Physical Education, Agricultural Sciences, Technical Education, Family and Consumer Education, and Business and Marketing. Advanced Placement classes are available. They include AP Literature and Composition, AP United States History, AP Biology, and AP Calculus. Ellsworth, Wisconsin’s athletics participate in the Middle Border Conference. The Middle Border Conference consists of seven other schools in Wisconsin including Amery, Baldwin-Woodville, New Richmond, Osceola, Prescott, Somerset, and St. Croix Central. | <urn:uuid:fee1a945-a6a2-4f84-be4b-0deaa8cb1636> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.helpertech.com/schools-located-in-beldenville-wi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.950905 | 669 | 1.5 | 2 |
A man was rescued by West Kirby RNLI from an island off the Wirral coast last night.
Liverpool Coastguard was called just after 10pm by his worried partner after the 27-year-old had walked out to Middle Eye island and been cut off by the tide.
The RNLI crew searched Little Eye island before finding him on Middle Eye and bringing him back to shore.
West Kirby RNLI volunteers launched shortly after high water to search for a "young adult male who was known to be on the island without adequate clothing possibly in a state of distress".
Crew members scoured the island helped by white parachute flares set off from the lifeboat.
The man was found asleep on the beach in shorts and a tee-shirt after a 40-minute search. When he was woken he was in a disorientated state, thinking he was on a different island.
He was given an on-scene medical check before being brought back to the mainland.
A spokesman for West Kirby RNLI warned: "Had the temperature been some degrees lower this evening; the young man may not have been so fortunate."
The RNLI crew then searched the waterline from Red Rocks, near Stanley Road, down to West Kirby, to try and find another person who was missing.
The police helicopter took part in the search with HM Coastguard and the ambulance service’s Hazardous Area Response Team, but the person was not found.
Afterwards, the RNLI volunteers returned to the station where the lifeboat and launching equipment were cleaned and re-housed ready for service by 3am.
Lifeboat Operations Manager, Dave Henshaw, stated that people should be aware that although they may be familiar with the islands in daylight, it is an entirely different proposition in the hours of darkness, particularly at the moment, when we have large spring tides and sea mist and however warm it appears to be, if you get wet the consequences can become serious."
Coastguard officer Paul Harrison urged people to take care before heading towards the islands by wearing appropriate clothing and checking the tides.
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When founders seek pre-seed, seed, series A, or series B funding, angel investors and venture capitalists want to see a breakthrough product or service that scales and can acquire a significant market share within a sizable market.
What do investors expect going into a funding round? Investors need you to understand the data as you use market size metrics to project the market size and future growth of your company.
To satisfy investor expectations about your estimated market size, include a realistic set of percentages and dollar values in every slide deck you present to prospective funders. While no investor expects accuracy down to the penny, take extra care to present realistic market size metrics based on independent outside studies when possible.
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TAM, SAM, and SOM: the acronyms and real data points of market sizing
When you present your market size data, investors will look for the acronyms TAM, SAM, and SOM. Using them will prove you fully understand what each means and why they’re critical to your product or service.
Even when you’re scaling your business, TAM, SAM, and SOM numbers are critical for P&L projections and goals for the company. Use TAM, SAM, and SOM when you’re selecting which projects and geographical market areas to fund from operating capital, and to benchmark against goals you’ve set for the company.
TAM (total addressable market)
Also referred to as the total available market, TAM is the total revenue possible if a product or service were to achieve 100% market share. TAM answers the question, who theoretically in the world could buy your product or service. It describes the total revenues a company could theoretically make if it had an all-encompassing monopoly or total market share with its product or service. When you calculate TAM, discard any factors that could prevent the company from achieving this total market state. Ignore real-world constraints such as competition, production, and logistical capacity limits, language barriers and geographical distances, and other uncontrollable factors such as climate change.
Using non-alcoholic beverage companies as an example, the TAM for this market takes in the total worldwide non-alcoholic beverage market, looks at all revenues from beverage purchases, imagines sales in all countries in the world, and assumes no competition except tap water.
According to the research site Statista, the global non-alcoholic drinks market was $1.2 trillion in 2021; the TAM for the Non-Carbonated soft drinks segment, which includes the gut health/herbal tea category, was at $334.6 billion in 2021.
SAM (service addressable market or served available market)
SAM is the TAM segment within geographical reach that you can target with your products or services. Many beverage sector companies start out targeting only the U.S. market and have distribution capabilities only for the U.S.
Waku is a beverage in the gut health/herbal tea category, which also includes Kombucha. According to Statista, gut health/herbal tea is considered a non-carbonated soft drink — a category with a 2021 market size of $83 billion in the U.S.
For Waku, the geographic SAM would be the U.S. market in the gut health and herbal tea beverage category, within the larger category of non-carbonated soft drinks. Note that angel investors generally invest when the SAM is $100 million or more, whereas venture capitalists look for an even higher minimum SAM.
SOM (serviceable obtainable market or share of market)
Think of SOM as the portion of SAM you can realistically capture. Waku would need to research and estimate their SOM, this being a realistic percentage and dollar value of the gut health and herbal tea market within the non-alcoholic soft drink category that they will capture.
Spending time understanding and communicating the TAM, SAM, and SOM are critical to attracting investors to the company, scaling the business, and achieving the goals we set. The TAM, SAM, and SOM market sizing data points where operational funds would yield the best results. Using the data, you would be able to consider an array of new products and geographical areas to expand into.
A note of caution: If you ignore the data, you’ll be flying blind instead of strategically deploying resources where they matter most in your business. Use the data, and you’ll set the company on a path to attaining optimal ROI.
Make market size metrics and research your friend
There are a number of publicly available market research sources that will help you understand both existing and future markets. Data in these research reports were essential in setting goals, benchmarking progress, driving business, and seeing future opportunities.
Even free research reports are full of valuable market data. Look around, and you’ll find abstracts rich with information that cost nothing. For a fee, it’s a good idea to tap into market research companies Frost & Sullivan, Nielsen, Statista, and Gartner. For the non-alcoholic beverage example, Statista is a good choice because of their specialized research in the beverage category. You can also retain a market research organization to do custom market research that specializes in the beverage category. You can use this data to plan your product roadmap, scale, and establish distribution.
It’s important to note that with TAM, SAM, and SOM data you can make clear market projections going out multiple years. If you are unfamiliar with creating projections that cover longer timeframes, you may want to consider hiring professional assistance. A custom market researcher can provide critical insights and give you the numbers you need to make the right choices.
You may be wondering how market data works if you’re in a highly specialized industry, or if your technology is new, and you’re not clear on how to pinpoint relevant market trends. It’s a scenario that shows it pays to hire a market research consultant specializing in your market. An expert will be more than worth their weight in gold.
When you envisioned your product or service, your focus was on SAM — the segment within a defined geographic area of your total addressable market. As a business seeking funding and targeted operating capital to grow and scale, set your path forward with a deep understanding of your TAM and SOM — the percentage of the SAM market segment you can realistically capture.
By understanding TAM, SAM, and SOM key market data and market size metrics, you’ll eliminate financial projections’ guesswork, show prospective investors how they stand to gain from investing in your company, and put yourself in the best possible position to achieve your goals.
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Social media usage is on the rise, and in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with it. However, spending too much time on it could cause problems for users. The use of social media has become beneficial for everyone, but nowadays, teens and children used to spend hours and hours on it. Therefore, it has come up with plenty of dangers for kids. Social media has its potential dangers parents and kids need to aware of the fact. On the other side, it causes serious health problems, stress, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. Parents have to realize that how social media could be dangerous for kids and how they can protect them to the fullest. In this post, we will bring light on social media dangers and tips to protect kids.
Social media dangers for kids
There are plenty of potential dangers associated with social media, and its frequent usage can make your kids vulnerable to the following.
According to the PEW research center, 1 out of 5 kids experiences online bullying repeatedly. Therefore, parents should look after cellphone activities of kids connected to the internet. Kids are used to downloading social media apps, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and many more. Social media is the digital space where kids encounter online predators and get abuse verbally via text messages, voice messages, and sexually explicit media sharing.
Stalkers are everywhere on social platforms. So, parents have to keep an eye on the social media interactions of kids. Stalkers online indirectly approach teens via social networks and show their interest in intimacy with them. Most of the tweens got trapped in intimate conversations, and finally, they ask to meet them in real –life. Finally, stalkers play with teens, emotions, and dignity and then move towards the next target.
Sex –offenders don’t need to present in your surrounding neighborhoods. They are everywhere, and social media is the haven for them to target the young victim. Sex offenders could be a pedophile, sexual predator, or anything else. They use to target kids online these days because it can protect their privacy. Therefore, kids and tweens are common victims of sex –offenders. They become friends with the kids online, and after that, they meet them in real –life to abuse them in person.
The frequent use of social messaging apps and other social platforms can cause health issues for kids. Most of the tweens and kids are addicted to social media, and they spend all day long. Social media is fueling bedroom culture in kids, and depression, anxiety, and stress are a common health problem in them.
Blind online dating
There are plenty of social media apps that are also popular for online datings, like Facebook and Snapchat, in particular. 30% of teens use social media for online dating with strangers and then met them in person. Therefore, parents aware of the fact that online dating for minors is dangerous.
Access to adult content
90% of the young boys and 63% of the young girls are addicted to adult or porn content. Nowadays, iPhone has become iporn, and digital phones have become x-rated theaters for kids. So, parents need to protect kids from carnal content and their obsession.
How parents can protect kids from social media dangers?
Parents should follow the top 5 tips mentioned below to make sure kids online safe, particularly on social media.
- Parents should educate children about the use of social media on cellphones.
- You can establish an age limit for children to use social media.
- Parents can get set some ground roles in the use of cellphones installed instant messaging apps.
- Guide your kids about the online dangers and how they use to operate and trap kids.
- Set parental control on kids digital phones
When parents get tired of telling kids about social media dangers, and yet you believe it is not worthy, then you can use cellphone parental control software on their phones. It will enable you to record phone screen, social media logs, voice calls, messages, and media sharing, and about every activity. It would help you out to know about the secret activities of kids to the fullest.
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The 21st century is famous mainly for internet stuff and online things and there is no doubt that the said things have developed really well so far.
Nowadays the online stuff is taking the shape of business and industries and there is a huge demand there.
It also represents a strong economy where there are many opportunities for doing the job as a profession or a part-time.
Undoubtedly the online stuff opens a new way of economy and market, and definitely, it is beneficial.
The popular payment medium
Many people do online jobs and businesses and they have been successful so far. Many people go for the videographer profession.
Above all of that, there is a big demand for bloggers and freelancers online and the profession is quite famous.
Many people started this as an apprentice or a part-time hobby and nowadays they became an expert, earning a good amount of bucks which is the sign that more and more people are getting interested in this line of profession.
In case of receiving the payment online, most employer and employee prefer mediums and PayPal is the medium famous for receiving online payment or sending money to others.
What is PayPal, a brief idea?
The days of transferring money from the bank to bank are gone and PayPal has started a new way of money transferring that changed the process drastically.
PayPal is basically used for money transferring online.
You have to have a PayPal account and a valid PayPal ID and you can send money to another PayPal account and vice versa.
All you have to know is the PayPal ID of the person or organization.
The transferring process is quick and it is really convenient and that is why it is a popular money transfer medium online.
How PayPal works
PayPal is a software application which is encrypted.
This encryption allows making financial transfers between computers to computers, Smartphone to computers and vice versa, Smartphone to Smartphone.
The PayPal account will be linked to the bank account and money transferring will happen directly via this app.
PayPal is basically an online payment service that allows transferring money electronically between individuals and businesses.
It is now one of the primary methods of online payment and currently has 100 million active accounts in 190 markets worldwide.
This statistics is enough to draw the picture of the demand for PayPal among users.
Is it safe?
The development of technology is growing as well as the number of coders, hackers, and developers too.
We live in an uncertain world where anything can be hacked and PayPal has its issues too.
It has a troubled history of some fraud cases, lawsuits, and government regulators.
But no need to worry much because PayPal use rich coders and developers and they update themselves on a certain time basis and the security gets higher with every update.
That is why nowadays PayPal is a secure option for online money transferring and yes it is safe because no frauds or scams have happened for a long time in PayPal.
Considering other options
You are a blogger or a freelancer and you need to have a safe online payment service but you don’t want to compromise the safety and security, and because of some scattered past incidents, you don’t trust PayPal, then you need to consider the other alternatives of PayPal.
Here is the list of PayPal alternatives for bloggers and freelancers.
It is old and considered a global payment service method online and today it is available in most of the countries.
The software is encrypted and allows you to transfer money from the US and the European countries and vice versa.
One of the best parts is that the transaction fee is lower here and that’s why you may be able to save a good amount of bucks after using it.
Signing up here is easy and it is a convenient method for the users.
It is a USA company and considered as one of the best PayPal alternatives that allow accepting the applications from several countries.
You can accept the payment for your online store or other stuff.
You are a person of a different country and the country is not listed on the service then the atlas program of the stripe is here to help you which will solve your problem.
Stripe is tied up with almost the entire web store and e-commerce sites and that is why integrating it to your account is easy.
3. Transfer Wise
Richard Branson and people of Skype created this app and definitely, it is a good option for the PayPal alternatives.
The main reason people choose it because the transaction fees are very low and there are no currency conversion charges, which refers that it is beneficial for you saving a good amount of bucks with no cost currency conversion.
The service is new and available for various countries and with supporting the currencies.
Signing up here is easy and this service accepts payments all over the world and this is the main reason for choosing it as a PayPal alternative.
It is safe and the transaction is quite fast.
The only drawback of this service is the fees that include the transaction, transfer and currency conversion.
It supports currencies of many countries of the world.
It is considered as equivalent as PayPal for the Indian users.
The transaction speed is very fast and convenient in instamojo with the account username.
If you wish you can open your online store and receive payments from it.
It is user-friendly and famous online payment method and considered the best in the segment of currency conversion because it’s affordable and very low.
The transfers are fast and a MasterCard with the prepaid facility is always available for millions of places and shops worldwide.
The service is basically meant for the people of India and the Philippines but if you are from another corner of the world then you can join their worldwide payment service.
The transaction takes around 3 days to complete.
Sometimes the payment service offers a good amount of discount. It is convenient, easy to register, and a good alternative to PayPal.
There are many online payment services available and these are some of the best alternatives to PayPal that are used by the customers and have positive feedback most of the time.
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Dragon fruit grows on the Hylocereus cactus, also known as the Honolulu queen, whose flowers only open at night. The plant is native to southern Mexico and Central America. Today, it is grown all over the world. It goes by many names, including pitaya, pitahaya, and strawberry pear.
- 1 What cactus does the dragon fruit come from?
- 2 What tree does dragon fruit come from?
- 3 Why should we not eat dragon fruit?
- 4 Where does dragon fruit grow naturally?
- 5 How long does it take a dragon fruit cutting to produce fruit?
- 6 How do you eat a Pitaya?
- 7 Why is dragon fruit expensive?
- 8 Is dragon fruit a cactus?
- 9 Is dragon fruit a Superfood?
- 10 What is the side effect of dragon fruit?
- 11 Is dragon fruit a laxative?
- 12 Why does dragon fruit make me poop?
- 13 Does a dragon fruit grow on a tree?
- 14 Is the skin of dragon fruit poisonous?
- 15 Can dragon fruit grow up a tree?
What cactus does the dragon fruit come from?
For most of us who purchase the fruit at a supermarket or a juice bar, the term most often refers to the plump, juicy fruit of Hylocereus undatus, a vining cactus native to Central America. It’s widely cultivated around the world, especially in Southeast Asia, where it acquired the “dragon fruit” moniker.
What tree does dragon fruit come from?
Dragon fruit is a food that grows on a climbing cactus called hylocereus, which you’ll find in tropical regions around the world. The plant’s name comes from the Greek word “hyle,” which means “woody,” and the Latin word “cereus,” which means “waxen.”
Why should we not eat dragon fruit?
Diabetes: Dragon fruit might lower blood sugar levels. If you take dragon fruit, monitor your blood sugar levels closely. Surgery: Dragon fruit might interfere with blood sugar control. Stop taking dragon fruit at least two weeks before a scheduled surgery.
Where does dragon fruit grow naturally?
Dragon fruit are native to Mexico, Central America, and South America (Crane & Balerdi, n.d.). Many species of Hylocereus have been recognized, but there are still issues about correct identification.
How long does it take a dragon fruit cutting to produce fruit?
Leave the treated stem segment to dry for 7-8 days in a dry, shaded area. After that time, dip the cutting into a root hormone and then plant directly in the garden or in a well-draining soil in a container. Cuttings will grow rapidly and may produce fruit 6-9 months from propagation.
How do you eat a Pitaya?
How to Eat It
- Select a ripe fruit with bright red, evenly colored skin that gives slightly when squeezed.
- Use a sharp knife and cut straight through the fruit, slicing it in half.
- You can use a spoon to eat the fruit out of the skin or peel the skin off and slice the pulp into small pieces.
Why is dragon fruit expensive?
The law of supply and demand dictates the cost of nearly every commercial good, and dragon fruit is no different. According to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, the demand for dragon fruit in the United States exceeds the supply available — thus a higher price at your local fruit stand.
Is dragon fruit a cactus?
While you may not initially equate “cactus” with “edible,” the dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is indeed borne on a cactus. When the fruit is cut open, the flesh is revealed to be snow-white and peppered with tiny, edible black seeds throughout — quite a contrast to the exterior.
Is dragon fruit a Superfood?
Dragon fruit can be considered as a superfood, being low in calories but high in fibre, antioxidants, phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals, and containing healthy fatty acids and probiotics. Antioxidants are essential to protect cells from free radical damage, which cause chronic disease and ageing.
What is the side effect of dragon fruit?
Are There Known Side Effects of Dragon Fruit? The good news is that there don’t appear to be any side effects or health risks associated with eating dragon fruit. Even so, if you eat dragon fruit and develop symptoms of an allergic reaction, stop eating the fruit immediately.
Is dragon fruit a laxative?
5) Helps Beat Constipation As Dragon Fruit is high in water and dietary fibre, it’s an excellent natural remedy for child (and adult) constipation. The black seeds are also said to have a mild laxative effect.
Why does dragon fruit make me poop?
High in fiber, which helps in maintaining blood pressure and weight. Packed with prebiotics to promote a healthy gut. Prebiotics enhance digestion and your immune system to lower your risk of intestinal infections and to keep you more regular. Good for your daily poops, too!
Does a dragon fruit grow on a tree?
Dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus), also known as pitahaya, is native to Central and South America and needs year-round heat. Dragon fruit trees are vining, and need something to climb. They are also heavy – a mature plant can reach 25 feet (7.5 m.) and several hundred pounds.
Is the skin of dragon fruit poisonous?
As noted above, the dragon fruit skin is not poisonous and is in fact very healthy. Therefore, you should consider your perception towards the dragon fruit skin. It is not only healthy, but delicious too.
Can dragon fruit grow up a tree?
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The Mexican government followed through on its threat to use force against striking dissident teachers.
Mexican police attacked teachers striking against neoliberal education reforms in the southern state of Oaxaca, killing at least eight people and leaving dozens more injured.
Police were attempting to evict teachers from a road blockade on the Oaxaca-Puebla highway in the municipality of Nochixtlan when gunfire erupted, leading to violent clashes that lasted approximately four hours. teleSUR Mexico correspondent Aissa Garcia reported that as many as 12 people may have been killed by the state violence.
Teachers from the dissident CNTE union, also known as Section 22, had set up the blockade as part of protests over an education reform implemented by President Enrique Peña Nieto and the arrest of several of the unions’ leaders over the past week.
In a press conference from the Mexican capital, a spokesperson for the union said the dead included Andres Aguilar Sanabria, 23, and Santiago Jimenez Aylin, 28, who have been identified as trainee teacher students. The spokesperson said there was a third fatality but did not provide any details.
The union spokesperson blamed the police forces who participated in the eviction for the three deaths, calling it an “attack,” and asked the government to engage in dialogue with the striking teachers.
The death toll of five demonstrators was later confirmed by the public prosecutor’s office in Oaxaca. Meanwhile, Proceso magazine reported six deaths while the CNTE themselves later reported nine.
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