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- Copyright: 6/24/2003
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The end of decades of discrimination? Time — and elections — will tell.
The recently announced plans by U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland (once denied a SCOTUS robe), to address “modern day redlining”, is a major news story that will fly under most folks radars. Watch this news clip, featuring AG Merrill Garland & Assistant AG Kristen Clarke.
It’s important because this work is led by people appointed by President Biden’s term. Since his inauguration, he has been busy, in spite of a pandemic, a multitude of global crises and hyper-lie based opposition. He:
- undid the lunacy of the last administration’s 1776 Executive Order (signed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal holiday, 2021)
- On Inauguration Day: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
Soon after, he did much more:
- Establishment of the White House Office of Faith- Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
- Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
- White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
- White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
- Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities
This year, FEMA changed its rules to help people claim & hold their properties, when they might not have had full documentation (called heir’s property). Properties — often Black-owned and held for generations — have been stolen following natural disasters. Many owners have been unable to secure federal & other funds because they didn’t have the “right paperwork”. The Center for Heir’s Property has been fighting for families for years. The administration has moved to fix it.
And much, much more. This is the path towards making America become what it has promised.
These orders shouldn’t be taken lightly, but they aren’t the law of the land, either. They have a purpose, but lack permanency. They can all be undone with the stroke of a new president’s pen and through state actions conjured up by folks happy to take us backwards.
What AG Garland & the DOJ is working to dismantle are laws that legislators, landlords, developers and districts created or permitted. Elected officials created bills. Developers built spaces. Bankers wrote (or denied) checks. Cities & states & lawyers & Americans didn’t stand up, together, to hold them all accountable for the years of unequal access to America.
Most Americans don’t know the history rooted in housing discrimination. Most folks would be shocked to learn that the houses we live in have a foundation built with inequity. Housing access discrimination & residential segregation have created generations of communities, school districts & households that have been inequitable. Some have falsely suggested that bootstrap-pulling alone made the American dream possible . It never has.
In the nation’s capital, for example, “The typical white household in D.C. has a net worth of $284,000, compared with $3,500 for Black households.” (from a 2016 report by The Urban Institute). That has taken generations to occur. No community should be so unequal, but American laws and practices made it possible; including redlining; unevenly applied criminal laws (heavy-handed crack v. powder cocaine; criminalizing the Black addicted); subtle job & education discrimination. American stuff.
Yes, repairs are being made, like a recently passed “baby bonds” law in DC, but years of intentional damage & neglect will require years of non-stop repair and an end to allowing new leadership to break things all over again. But, this policy will take 18 more years to have its story told. Think of what the already exorbitant property values & cost of living will be by then. And, it could be undone by a future city council or mayor. Much more is needed — and it’s needed now.
The searing images of American poverty are forgotten because legislators & educators have helped to erase them, choose to regulate the telling and reject systemic restorative measures. The millions of new people in food lines, during Covid19's initial peaks, should have awakened us all about inequities. How soon we forget.
History will repeat when we don’t tell it & people in power work to abolish the facts. Those facts are told in critical race theory work.
So, now our vote to elect people who could begin to fix decades of discriminatory practices — created by past elected officials — is being threatened by the people who work for us. The seeds of ignoring history that doesn’t feel good have blossomed into the “anti-CRT” movement — which, in fact, is an anti-American history movement. Some folk just want to perpetuate America’s Truman Show — when the world knows better.
Professor Brittany Cooper sums up Ms. Rice’s flawed analysis pretty well, and the summary explains the problem. Worse, the disinformation specialists will use Condoleezza Rice’s comments to strengthen their case to refute America’s myriad criminally racist truths. People, who took oaths to defend this nation, encourage us to just “get over” January 6th and any historic assaults against its people, insult common sense. Our soldiers should never get over attacks against us; nor should the citizenry.
The irony of the death of (former) Republican & first Black Secretary of State, Colin Powell & the death of logic from the second Black Secretary — in the same month — is jarring. Of all people, Ms. Rice knows the pain brought on by discrimination. Her personal accomplishments don’t erase injustices — past or present. The people Ms. Rice align with are attempting to erase history & truths they don’t like. Their “methodology” of censoring stories that make whites “feel bad” could justify burying the “Bombingham” domestic terrot & much of America’s imperfect past. Those same voices want us to not teach kids the story of Ruby Bridges, who needed security with her elementary school, because of American anti-Black racism. Rice’s team included people who have called the Holocaust & Sandy Hook hoaxes. But, in an era where a governor seeks to punish local jurisdictions for protecting residents against a pandemic, nothing is off limits to them — especially partisan driven differences. The truth is not in them. No elected, appointed or educated being should think that is OK.
The old folk used to say, “Tell the truth & shame the devil.” We better start teaching those truths before they become outlawed.
Truth should never be a partisan debate. America’s last AG focused on re-writing laws for one person. AG Garland is working to re-write laws to create the more perfect union that was promised. But, there are several years of restoration that needs to be done to fix the years of discrimination, which was supported by four years of a president who was given authority to undo any past victories (choice; voting; criminal justice; truth; healthcare).
Federal, state & local leadership can push us forward or pull us back. It’s up to us to vote for the direction we want. Fair laws, sound leadership and liberty and justice for all shouldn’t be subject to partisan-driven interpretation. Our history has given us clear paths for good and evil. Accurate histories have shown us the dangers of unfair laws and unsound people.
Freedom comes when we protect voting our voting rights. Democracies will DEFEND its practice. Unless they embrace hipocrisy, NO true defender of democracy would work to dismantle voting rights.
Truth comes when we collectively declare that past racial & religious atrocities cannot be repeated today or tomorrow. Hate must cease in America & the world.
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These majestic animals cross vast distances in huge numbers when migrating to find food and water.
Amazing Facts About the Blue Wildebeest
- Blue Wildebeest got name as their coat has a blue sheen.
- There are around 1.5 million living in the Serengeti alone! They are widespread in many areas of Africa.
- Their main defence from predators is living in a group. Wildebeest stick together and move in herds to be more safe.
- They can run up to 40 mph, which is pretty fast! Although, unfortunately for them, not as fast as lions or cheetahs.
Blue Wildebeest Migration
- They migrate as many as 1000 miles each year – that’s longer than the length of Britain and around the same distance from Minnesota to Louisiana. That distance would take around 20 hours to drive.
- They have a dangerous migratory route, during their migration they cross two rivers – both of which are crocodile infested.
- Type: Mammal
- Size: 58 inches
- Weight: 600lbs
- Life span: 40 years
- Habitat: Savanah, grasslands
- Diet: Herbivore
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You would be wondering, why anyone would like to download MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers Download when there is already a built-in MTP (Media transfer protocol) in Windows computer. Yes, there is no need to have any third-party software in Windows to connect a mobile phone or any other device to the computer. But, sometimes, when you try to do some important stuff that involves changing your mobile OS then you cannot take any risk. Any data connection error while flashing or rooting of a phone can lead to a bricked phone. So, there would be a better idea to create a strong connection before flashing or rooting a phone.
So, in the previous article, we elaborate on the entire process of flashing MediaTek Devices using the SP flash tool. Hope you would have liked it, in that article the part which was incomplete, today is going to complete, in this article.
MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers are the most important part to connect a mobile phone to the SP flash tool or smartphone flash tool. To flash a mobile phone, you always need a strong USB driver which can help you in connecting the phone in a better way. That is the reason; the MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers does have much importance.
So, before flashing the phone via the SP flash tool, you need to take care of every step, like checking the USB drivers.
If you already have installed, MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers on your PC, and still your mobile phone is not connecting to the computer. You should check that driver, check whether it is an old version or new. If that is the old version, you need to update that driver.
You can manually update the driver, just tap the driver by visiting the Device manager in your control panel, and right-click over the MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers, there will be the option of updating the driver, click that option, and select manual update.
When you will click the manual update button, you will see it will browse you to the place where you have already downloaded the driver. Select the driver and open it, within some seconds your driver will be updated. But, before connecting the computer to the MediaTek device for flashing with the custom or stock ROM, restart it once. Because, restarting the computer, enable software modification.
Also Check: MTK SP Flash Tool Latest Version
Now, you are about to connect the MediaTek devices to your computer, and there will be no recognition error for sure. You can freely and without of any disturbance can use your phone and flash it.
I have already written the entire process of flashing a phone with custom and stock ROM. The core point of that process is after connecting the phone, and after downloading the scatter flashing files turn off your mobile phone completely. And then press the combination of keys, power button+ volume down and home button, it will take your phone to a download mode. In this way, the download mode will make you a flash phone.
So, you can download MediaTek USB Vcom Drivers from the link below. We already have given a download link; you can tap the download button to get the file. If the link is not working or showing some errors, you can comment down in the section.
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Download MTK (MediaTek) MT65xx Preloader USB VCOM Driver
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The Ghanaian government risks “shooting down” its efforts to create a less cash-reliant economy by taxing mobile money services, mobile operators told Citi Business News.
Sources from operators, including MTN Ghana, responded to reports the country’s Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful believed a tax on mobile money was “not a bad option”. Although authorities have made no decision on a levy, operators have been quick to criticise any move towards such a fee.
MTN Ghana’s head of mobile money Eli Hini told the business title the government should encourage the use of mobile money services rather than disincentivise through taxes. Hini explained new regulations in the banking sector had a negative impact and said restraint should be shown before imposing new rules on the mobile money market.
Figures released in October 2016 by the Bank of Ghana show mobile money services are gaining strong traction in the country with the number of registered users growing 50 per cent year-on-year. Transaction value during the period grew 122 per cent.
Four operators in the country are registered to provide mobile money services – MTN, Tigo, Airtel and Vodafone. Citi Business News did not specify which operators, aside from MTN, had spoken out against the taxation of services. | <urn:uuid:4f5d8018-54a2-4fe0-b8a6-37850f6b8154> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mobileworldlive.com/money/news-money/ghanaian-operators-hit-out-at-mobile-money-tax/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.951913 | 274 | 1.726563 | 2 |
It’s become almost a truism that the binary choice of the in-out referendum has divided the electorate into two polarised camps. Research suggests that Leave and Remain are becoming “strong and stable” political identities for voters.
But with multiple choices for both sets of voters in the upcoming EU parliament elections, a simple binary Leave/Remain divide will not be enough to explain vote choices. Despite being touted as a soft referendum by some of the pro-Remain camp, the choices voters face are more complex than any new referendum would be.
One way to understand how voters may be positioned in these elections is to look at the core values of voters for each of the parties in previous European elections. These are only indicative, given the relatively low turnout, but they show us how voters are positioned and the space for vote switching and new alliances.
The core values of the electorate align along two key dimensions. The first is an economic value dimension, which closely resembles our common understanding of left and right. The second is a social liberalism dimension, variously referred to as liberal vs authoritarian or open vs closed.
Using data from the British Election Internet Panel Study, we can go back to 2014 and measure the core values of voters for each party in the 2014 European parliament elections. The items used to measure each dimension can be found here.
They include attitudes to redistribution and big business on the economic dimension and attitudes to the death penalty, traditional values and censorship on the social liberalism dimension.
In each case people are asked to choose from five options, ranging from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’. These responses are aggregated and scaled so that each dimension runs from 0 to 10, with low values representing the ‘left’ and ‘liberal’ positions respectively.
Votes in the EU referendum were not related to the economic left-right dimension but were strongly related to the social liberalism dimension.
As with the EU referendum vote patterns, we can see that within each party those who went on to vote Leave or Remain are not very different on the economic left-right dimension. The largest difference here is between 2014 Conservative Leave and Remain supporters. Those who voted Conservative in 2014 and then Leave in the referendum were a little less right-wing on economics than those who went on to vote Remain.
If we consider the vertical social liberalism dimension, those who voted Labour in 2014 and Leave in the referendum are very similar to those who voted Conservative in 2014 and then Leave – and indeed to those who voted UKIP in 2014 and then Leave.
These patterns reveal pathways between parties that voters may take, depending on their priorities and the salient issues of the time. The political landscape has obviously changed since 2014. In the space of one European parliament, the UK electorate has voted in two general elections, local elections and a referendum. This may well have shaken this political space.
The positions of voters at the 2017 general election look remarkably like those of the 2014 European Parliament elections, though you can discern a slight drift of the Remain groups.
Of course, there are far more voters represented here and the proportion of the votes won has changed considerably – most notably for UKIP with 27.5% in 2014 and just 1.8% in 2017. But the basic features of how voters are positioned are the same. In both cases, Conservative voters are to the right of all the other parties on the left-right divide.
For voters on the economic right, for whom economics is the key issue, there are few choices. A cluster of liberal Remain voters spread across Labour, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. These pro-Remain voters may find it relatively easy to move between these parties. The data suggests that around six in ten of those who voted Green in 2014 voted Labour at the 2017 general election, for instance.
Conservative Remain voters stand out here as not being close to any other party on either dimension. These could be a key target group for Change UK, particularly as they position themselves towards the centre of the economic dimension and have attracted MPs who had previously been in the Conservative and Labour parties.
Exactly how other pro-Remain voters will decide between the array of pro-EU parties is unclear. Much may depend on the campaign itself and perceptions of who can win in the unfamiliar PR system of the European elections. However, in terms of their value positions, Remain voters would be equally at home with Labour or the Greens, and perhaps even the Liberal Democrats.
Given the sharp decline in UKIP support, the positions of their voters in 2014 is likely to be more informative than that in 2017. The party was led by Nigel Farage in 2014 and it is likely that his new venture – the Brexit party – will be seeking to gather most of those voters.
On the social liberalism dimension, there is little to differentiate Labour, Conservative and UKIP Leave voters. This may mean that a pathway between either of the main parties and the Brexit party exists where core appeals to voters are made on this social dimension.
As Leave and Remain identities have strengthened since the referendum, it seems likely that these faint pathways between parties have also become more solid. Current polling suggests a very large proportion of Leave voters could well support the Brexit party or UKIP in these elections.
By considering values in two dimensions, we can see something quite clearly. Leave and Remain voters can switch between parties on the basis of the social dimension far more easily than they will on the old economic divides. | <urn:uuid:6c89efd7-428e-42f7-830a-85f5955fb7cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-values-divide-means-voters-can-switch-parties-more-easily/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.963711 | 1,113 | 2.203125 | 2 |
“When this juvenile bonobo expresses joy, is that the same thing as laughing?© Frans Lanting / Corbis
How many times have you caught your dog looking guilty? Or found your cat lounging in the sun, glowing with happiness?
It’s fun to imagine – and easy to assume — that animals share our human emotions. But it’s recently been documented that some animals do indeed share a very human trait: laughter. Research among dogs, rats, chimpanzees and other apes suggests that these species emit a unique sound in response to pleasure.
Pondering if animals can laugh isn’t new; the idea traces as far back at least as 1872 and Charles Darwin’s "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals." He focused on chimpanzees and other apes, which he observed emitting a laughter-like response to tickling or playing [source: Holt]. Decades later, similar research at Germany’s University of Hannover concluded that these sounds are similar to human laughter. The research also revealed that primates have spent the past 10-16 million years evolving this ability [source: Buchen].
More recently, in 2001 animal behaviorist Patricia Simonet isolated a sound that dogs make exclusively during play, which she documented as a "forced, breathy exhalation." Using spectrograph analysis, she compared this sound to others that dogs produce during play: growling, whining, panting and barking. When analyzed on a spectrograph – a device which measures sound waves – the laugh-like sound spiked, while the panting sound – a canine sound most similar to it – remained flat [source: Simonet].
Even other dogs seem to recognize and associate the "laugh" with pleasure. When Simonet played the recording to other dogs, some would seek out toys and others would "play-bow" toward the source. These positive effects were observed in puppies as well as adult dogs [source: Simonet].
Don’t feel bad if you’ve never noticed your own dog – or your own chimpanzee, for that matter – laughing. The sound credited as laughter in these species is much breathier that that of human laughter, and more similar to a panting sound than a full-blown guffaw.
Even rats have their own unique pleasure sound. In the late 1990s, Bowling Green University neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp observed that when he tickled the nape area of baby rats, the rats made a distinct "chirp." Panksepp had also observed this sound in rats at play. On further study, the sound was found to be a high-frequency 50-kilohertz ultrasonic chirp, which Panksepp called distinct from other vocalizations [sources: Morelle, Bates].
With so many species of animals, it’s not yet known if others share a laugh-like sound. But scientist Marina Davila-Ross, from the University of Portsmouth, has been investigating this theory. She and a team of researchers have been systematically studying animal footage on YouTube, and have observed that many animals react noisily to being tickled. They have not concluded that it is laughter as we know it, but Davila-Ross does say the sounds appear to be associated with joy [source: Morelle].
While it’s nice to know our furry friends do have some ability to enjoy a good chuckle, perhaps just who they’re laughing at is better left a mystery.
Originally Published: May 27, 2015
Animals Laugh FAQ
Can animals laugh?
Research among dogs, rats, chimpanzees and other apes suggests that these species emit a sound that resembles laughter when experiencing pleasure.
What animals can laugh?
Dogs, rats, chimpanzees and other apes are a few species that are known to emit a unique sound similar to laughter in response to pleasure.
Can rats giggle?
In the late 1990s, Bowling Green University neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp observed that when he tickled the nape area of baby rats, the rats made a distinct “chirp” similar to the human version of a laugh. Panksepp had also observed this sound in rats at play.
Do dogs laugh?
In 2001 animal behaviorist Patricia Simonet isolated a sound that dogs make exclusively during play, which she documented as a “forced, breathy exhalation.”
Which animal can laugh like a human?
Typically the way animals laugh differs from that of humans; however, it has been observed that dogs, rats, chimpanzees and other apes are a few species that are known to emit a unique sound in response to pleasure.
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- Allen, Carrie. "Quieter Shelter Dogs? It’s a Laughing Matter." Animal Sheltering Magazine. June 1, 2006. (April 8, 2015) http://www.animalsheltering.org/resources/magazine/may_jun_2006/quieter_shelter_dogs_laughing_matter.html
- Bates, Mary. "Tickling Rats for Science." Wired. Sept. 9, 2013. (April 8, 2015) http://www.wired.com/2013/09/tickling-rats-for-science/
- Bering, Jesse. "Rats Laugh, but Not Like Humans." Scientific American. July 1, 2012. (April 8, 2015) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rats-laugh-but-not-like-human/
- Buchen, Lizzie. "Human Laughter Echoes Chimp Chuckles." Wired. June 4, 2009. (April 8, 2015) http://www.wired.com/2009/06/evolutionlaughter/
- Coren, Stanley. "Do Dogs Laugh?" Psychology Today. Nov. 22, 2009. (April 8, 2015) https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/200911/do-dogs-laugh
- Holt, Jim. "Laughter May Outlive Humans." Discover Magazine. June 27, 2008. (April 8, 2015) http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/27-laughter-may-outlive-humans
- Morelle, Rebecca. "Scientists tickle animals to find laughter cues." BBC News. Dec. 30, 2011. (April 8, 2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15880045
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Contrary to popular belief, buying a home isn't always better than renting. It depends on a number of factors, and homes sometimes don't appreciate as much as one may think. Real estate consultant John Burns actually quantified how much more it costs to buy versus rent a home in 21 U.S. cities.
While most of us assume buying a home makes more financial sense, that notion is based on a few unpredictable assumptions. For one, future appreciation is usually calculated into the decision, and Burns explains:
Most indices show that home prices have historically appreciated 1%-2% faster than incomes, but over a 30-year period of falling mortgage rates. Assuming you believe rates will rise or at least stay flat, price appreciation might be an aggressive assumption.
Still, it's true that you do own your home after paying off your mortgage, so even if your home doesn't appreciate, you still have an asset, right? And that's better than nothing, which is what you'd have with renting. However, as we've told you before, you also have to consider the opportunity cost of your mortgage payment. If the difference between your rent and potential mortgage is big, you could invest that money and actually earn more over time than your home appreciates. This isn't always the case, but it rings truer in some markets than others. In San Francisco, for example, rent is expensive, but your monthly mortgage payment will be through the roof.
To get an idea of the difference in monthly premiums between buying and renting, Burns put together a handy map that shows that difference in 21 major markets. He explains:
Below is a chart of major US markets and the premium it costs to own versus rent as seen through the eyes of most first-time buyers. We assume that the decision is between renting an apartment in a large apartment complex and buying a home valued at 80% of the median home price (a reasonable assumption for first-time buyers) with a 95% LTV loan.
Of course, these numbers are based on market averages for each city or metro area. They also assume a down payment of only 5 percent, which is pretty low. Obviously, the more money you put down on your home, the less your monthly payment will be. Still, the data gives you a general idea of what prices look like in those cities. If you want a more personalized idea of whether you should rent or buy, the New York Times as an excellent, detailed calculator that's worth checking out. | <urn:uuid:5c8aee8c-0a69-40d3-aeec-8ed22cba63f3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/residential/how-much-more-it-costs-to-buy-instead-of-rent-a-home-in-21-major-cities/49069576 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.975806 | 509 | 1.71875 | 2 |
This is a fun little project more than a recipe and something I have been bombarded with recently request wise, although those were more for filling the bottle with jelly or sweets but that just seemed a bit too easy. In this video we make a chocolate coca cola bottle using the plastic bottle itself to become the mould and then fill it with an oreo cream cheese mixture – cool!
Ensure the coke bottle is dried and remove the label. Melt the chocolate in a pan over simmering water or in a microwave if you prefer in bursts until smooth.
Pour the chocolate into a jug and let stand for a few minutes, it will still be maneuverable but being cooler it will grip more. Pour this into the coke bottle and then rotate it around ensuring that the chocolate covers all over. Place in the fridge and take out after 15 minutes and give another rotation so that it can cover areas again evenly.
Put it in the fridge for a good 3-4 hours or overnight for a decent set or in the freezer if you are in a hurry.
Just before you are about to remove the bottle make the oreo cream cheese filling. Bash the oreos in a sealable bag or whizz in a food processor, then mix in the cream cheese ensuring it is fully coated. Remove the bottle from the fridge and add the mixture into it through the top. I found a piping bag poking with a bamboo skewer easiest, but using teaspoons would also work. Place back in the fridge once you have reached the top for a further 30 minutes.
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THAMES CENTRE, Ont.–They are miserable-looking creatures. Featherless, off-balance, skittish to the point of terror. Also, incredibly lucky.
These are "rescue" chickens, formerly caged as egg producers in an unidentified industrial hatchery somewhere in southern Ontario. They are more than a year old. This week, they trod on grass and felt the sun for the first time.
The chickens are new arrivals at Cobble Hills Farm Sanctuary, a rescue farm about 20 minutes southwest of Stratford. Rescue farms typically save horses or goats or other large animals. Cobble Hills' proprietor, Christen Shepherd, has a few of those. Now she's trying to save these chickens – which are perhaps the most wretched of all.
Up until now, they have spent their lives in groups of a half-dozen confined to battery cages the size of a microwave oven. When they arrived here two weeks ago, they had never walked. Or roosted. Or flapped their wings.
Most of them have no feathers, their puckered skin rubbed raw against cage bars. The combs on the tops of their heads – the prime spot where a chicken releases body heat – cover their faces like hoods, overdeveloped because of the sweaty conditions inside the hatchery.
Just as they were slated to become the ingredients in soup or dog food, these birds won the chicken lottery. A middleman arranged for 43 of the thousands of over-the-hill hens in the hatchery to be saved.
Hatcheries are a frequent target of animal rights activists. Shepherd had to agree not to ask questions about the provenance of these birds.
She was told they were chosen because they lived in the middle tier of stacked cages – their anonymous saviour didn't have to reach up or bend down to grab them.
At first, they huddled in the corners of Shepherd's coop on shaky legs. They slept piled on top of each other or wedged into cat carriers. The ones who were particularly denuded were fitted up with tiny chicken sweaters, sewn by volunteers. Downy tufts of feathers are already regrowing on most of them.
Now they mill about, irritably kicking off small brawls every once in a while. It's an avian example of the after-effects of prison life.
Everything new is frightening to them, and everything's new. At one point, a cellphone goes off. All the birds freeze in place and begin emitting a high, keening sound that suggests a UFO coming in to land.
These chickens are being used as therapy animals to treat a small group of children living in a nearby group home.
Four boys, aged 8 to 12, visit the chickens once a week. These are kids in dire trouble, Crown wards so imperilled they cannot be identified in any way lest their own families figure out where they are.
Shepherd thought interacting with the chickens might help teach the boys empathy.
"But they were already so gentle with them, right from the start," she says. "They worry if the chickens are afraid or if a sweater is too tight."
Now the kids come because it makes them happy.
"They are their own little pets," says Matt Roser, the social worker who arranged for the boys to visit the farm. "They spend all week looking forward to the next visit."
No wonder. Shepherd's rickety red barn is a bit of a magical menagerie. The mercenary laws of nature and farm commerce are suspended here.
The goats were slated for destruction. So were the hogs. The pot-bellied pigs, the size of terriers when their apartment-dwelling owners bought them, now weigh about 60 kilograms. They were headed for a deserted roadside.
Shepherd took them in, though she can't really afford to. The farm isn't just non-profit – it's operated at a steady loss. It survives on a few donations and the income Shepherd's husband, Trevor, earns as a cancer researcher. Shepherd was raised near Hamilton by a family who works in the music business.
"Everybody I knew wanted to be famous," says Shepherd, a wry, energetic 36-year-old. "I just wanted to be a farmer."
Shepherd has been warned about each of her animals. The goats will die immediately, they told her. The big pigs will kill anything that gets near them, they said. The hens will cannibalize each other, they decided. Wrong in every case.
In fact, this is the Switzerland of Ontario barns, under permanent truce. One of the goats – not the arthritic one – spends his days with a duck. The cats leave all the birds alone. Most of the animals wander about the unfenced property, free to leave. None do.
Tonight, Shepherd plans to release a few of the battery hens into the grassy yard to see how they adjust. First, she has to get them through a wall hatch in the coop.
Shepherd's 16-year-old son, Michael, is the first one to try to coax the chickens out. They scatter. Michael's afraid to handle them too roughly. Shepherd jumps in, grabs hold of one and sticks her beak out the door. The bird plants her claws in the door frame and fights hard. Tough poultry.
Eventually, the chicken pops out the other side of the hatch, blinking and staggering in the fading sunlight. She looks like a drunken hotel guest who's wandered out into the hallway and locked the door behind her. Once there are five chickens in the yard, the group calms.
In time, all but four of these birds will be adopted out. Each of the boys will select one and keep her at Cobble Hills.
"Anybody who wants them will have to take a pair – they're very social animals," says Pierre Bourdeau, a Torontonian who discovered Cobble Hills on the Internet. He works as a marketer in banking. Shepherd provides the home. Bourdeau is trying to figure out the fundraising.
Shepherd, Michael and Bourdeau watch the chickens peck at grass – their first grass ever.
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The fabric of the historic locomotive works will live on at the ELR
4160 original bricks from the Horwich Loco Works will journey to Bury to be used in a planned restoration of the ELR’s Buckley Wells locomotive and carriage works site.
The bricks were salvaged during the dismantling of the Loco Works’ Erecting and Repair Sheds, with local Horwich firm J&M Demolition and Recycled Aggregates carrying out the works.
Bluemantle arranged the donation as part of its pledge to preserve key artefacts and maintain the heritage and history of Horwich Loco Works.
The Loco Works bricks will be used for massive refurbishment plans for the ELR site, if approval is given.
The links between the loco works and the East Lancashire Railway are already strong as the railway still runs the iconic ‘Crab’ locomotive, built for the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Horwich in 1927.
East Lancashire Railway will be reopening its lines to passengers for the first time after the third national lockdown this coming May Bank Holiday weekend.
To find out more about the regular diesel and steam services the heritage railway organisation runs visit: http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
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Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – As Congress gets set to debate the Biden Pandemic relief package, one of the favorite Republican lines is the contention that an economic recovery is already well underway. Pouring more money into an accelerating economy is likely to induce seventies style inflation. It is time, they argue, for a little cautionary austerity. However politically efficacious this line may be, rosy portraits of an expanding economy hide the chronic weakness of the US economy and especially the burdens imposed on poor and minority communities.
Fear of inflation on the part of Republicans is insincere and ill timed. Republicans seldom worry about inflation when the military budget or massive tax cuts for the wealthy are on the line. And if policy makers wish to err on the side of precaution, a little bit of inflation is far preferable to a renewed burst of joblessness or deflation. The former is far easier control via standard monetary and fiscal policy.
What grounds their faith in the future? Though business economists know that the stock market is not the real economy and that the former can boom even as the latter slumps a booming stock market cheers the wealthy and diminishes interest in relief of the burdens imposed by the pandemic on poor and working class citizens.
Media treatment of the unemployed also plays a major role in shaping popular understanding of the course of the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases monthly statistics on unemployment, but because the BLS definition of unemployment construes part-timers looking for full time work as fully employed and disregards so-called discouraged workers, this BLS number is almost always an undercount. Nonetheless, most of the mainstream media discussions of unemployment focus exclusively on the headline number. Such a strategy, whether intended or not, hides the prevalence of corporate practices of increased reliance on part-time, no-benefit, workers.
Reliance on part-timers, erosion of the minimum wage, attacks on unions all have served to depress working class wages. The net result is that more jobs are poverty level and the headline unemployment number provides an ever more rose colored portrait of the overall economy.
Writing in Politico, former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig argues:-“[The picture of the labor market} is completely different if you filter the same BLS data to exclude part-time workers looking for full-time work and those making less than a poverty wage (pegged conservatively at $20,000 per year). Anyone who wants full-time work but can only find part-time work, and those working full-time but earning too little to climb above the poverty line, should be considered functionally unemployed. I’ve begun to calculate this, which I’ve dubbed the True Rate of Unemployment. And the TRU in December wasn’t 6.7 percent — it was an alarming 25.1 percent”
Bad as these numbers are they also need to be taken in the context of the punitive welfare state. Tax shortfalls have been used to justify cuts in already miserly social programs, endorsed by even many so- called centrist Democrats. A center left party that no longer acknowledges the gaping holes and limitations of its domestic agenda leaves its traditional working class base increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian demagogues. In a recent report on American longevity, the Lancet comments:” Trump exploited low and middle-income white people’s anger over their deteriorating life prospects to mobilize racial animus and xenophobia and enlist their support for policies that benefit high-income people and corporations and threaten health. His signature legislative achievement, a trillion-dollar tax cut for corporations and high-income individuals, opened a budget hole that he used to justify cutting food subsidies and health care.”
The Lancet reminds us that William Julius Wilson, a leading African American sociologist,
What we are left with is a nation scarred by levels of excess mortality unequaled in any other G-7 nation. “Most of the U.S. mortality excess is among people younger than 65 years. If U.S. death rates were equivalent to those of other G7 nations, two of five deaths before age 65 years would have been averted. To put this number in context, the number of missing Americans each year is more than the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the USA in all of 2020.”
To do anything about these human tragedies the first task is not to hide behind concepts and narratives that understate the problem. Ask local media how often they present stock market info as compared to any number of labor market indices like occupational injuries And most importantly don’t let media or politicians or friends and neighbors dissuade us from activism in the cause of social justice with misleading assertions that “doesn’t everyone already have a job?” | <urn:uuid:db981e54-3033-42e1-9434-5f952d9c0c9d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/16/yes-we-need-the-1-9-trillion-stimulus-real-unemployment-is-3-times-what-theyre-telling-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.944031 | 981 | 1.773438 | 2 |
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A UN peacekeeping force made up of soldiers from Rwanda and Zambia said it had expelled rebels from the Coalition of Patriots for Change from a town in the war-torn Central African Republic in order to “protect civilians”. The AFP news agency reports that the MINUSCA peacekeepers were deployed to try to negotiate a withdrawal. When this failed, it launched a military operation” on Sunday. A top official with the UN peacekeeping force said two rebels had died of their wounds, while the CPC in its own statement accused MINUSCA of “immoral collusion” with Russian mercenary outfit Wagner and the Centrafrican forces it is alleged to be backing. One of the world’s poorest countries, the Central African Republic has been torn apart by civil wars since 2013 when a Muslim-dominated rebellion overthrew president Francois Bozize, sparking reprisals from predominantly Christian and animist self-defence militias. | <urn:uuid:03a31785-9862-44b2-8125-3558d4566812> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.futuremedia.com.na/un-peacekeepers-drive-rebels-out-of-car-town/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.961757 | 190 | 2.1875 | 2 |
What is Berklee City Music®?
Berklee City Music is a nonprofit organization that leverages the power of contemporary music to empower youth from underserved communities to develop musically, academically, socially, and emotionally. Founded over 20 years ago by Berklee College of Music, the organization provides access to thousands of students annually through a variety of programs, partners, and initiatives including Berklee City Music Network, Berklee City Music Boston, Amp Up NYC, and public school partners, all of whom have access to the innovative Berklee PULSE Music Method. By using culturally relevant music as a vehicle for holistic youth development, Berklee City Music helps young people flourish as students, musicians, and—perhaps most importantly—confident and well-rounded individuals ready to shape the world.
What is Berklee PULSE®?
The Berklee PULSE Music Method is a unique and innovative online music education portal that enables students to study, jam, and practice using interactive modules and an engaging collection of contemporary music and grooves. PULSE gives students the benefits of a Berklee education—no matter where they live.
What's it like working with City Music?
As experts in the field of creative youth development, cultural relevancy, and contemporary music education, City Music offers a variety of professional development opportunities to international programs. Engagement with City Music at any level provides access to PULSE for all educators and students in your program, training for student assessment and program evaluation using Berklee's custom network information system (NIS) database, and access to our global learning network in the fields of creative youth development and music education for youth. As an initial step, City Music will ask you to provide information about your students, teachers, and outcomes as well as your own goals for your organization. Based on that information, City Music will provide a proposal based around one of the following three commitments:
- One-time training: Berklee will identify one–three City Music administrative and educational staff to provide a one-week, on-site training and consultation for your faculty and staff. This on-site visit includes a PULSE master class and setting up assessment and evaluation measures through the NIS. Your organization will have three years of access to PULSE, including technical and educational support, as well as access to City Music’s vast learning network of educators.
- One-year commitment: You will receive all of the above, with three–five City Music administrative and educational staff visiting your organization up to three times in one year to provide tailored professional development in specific areas (e.g., music technology, fundraising, and more) during each visit, according to your organization’s curriculum and goals.
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When engaging with City Music, there is a shared commitment in the development of your youth and local programs. By bringing new cultures and music to the City Music family, we can grow and diversify our impact to students across the globe. New partnerships can be explored to include relationships with local artists to expand the PULSE library, introductions to local education administrators to provide wider access to education for youth, and collaborative fundraising opportunities for scholarships to the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program.
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Keep Your Food Fresh - The Benefits of Plastic Containers for Storing Food
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Palm Beach Public children put St. Patrick’s Day into rhymes
World Poetry Day is Sunday. These fourth-graders at Palm Beach Public School wrote some limericks about St. Patrick’s Day for their class.
LIMERICK: By Morgan Battalin, Grade 4
There was a Leprechaun named Vat
Who cried for a little cat,
So he bought a pet,
And went to the vet,
When he discovered it was a bat.
UNTITLED: By Annie Avitto, Grade 4
One day it was St. Patrick’s Day,
There was a parade at the bay,
So I walked around,
And without a sound,
When it was done I felt it was May.
UNTITLED: By Ashley Boswell, Grade 4
Today I met a Leprechaun,
I noticed him at around dawn,
He was a little grumpy,
Cause his name was clumpy,
So he went away without a yawn.
LIMERICK: By Mark Muchechetere, Grade 4
A Leprechaun had a pet fawn,
Who got lost at the time of dawn,
He searched all night and day,
But til the month of May,
He found his fawn on a front lawn.
WHEN I SEE A LEPRECHAUN: By Prachi Bhavsar, Grade 4
When I see a Leprechaun,
Running through my tended lawn,
as he pinches me,
I jump with joy when he’s gone!
LIMERICK: By Oliver Zenou, Grade 4
I saw some flowers very bright,
They were shining in the sunlight,
I was with my friend Jill,
She got extremely ill,
But I had a good time just in spite.
LIMERICK: by Alexandra Sherman, Grade 4
On a bright sunny St. Patrick’s Day,
There were way too many parades,
Make sure you wear green,
Or people will be mean,
On a bright St. Patrick’s Day.
UNTITLED: By Kai Pulitzer, Grade 4
How I just love St. Patrick’s Day,
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Leprechaun’s pot of gold,
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Learn with CrossCurrents
Multi-Day Fly Fishing School
Just about every aspect of fly fishing is taught in our 3 day schools.
Topics we will delve into include: *Fly Fishing Theory, *Equipment & Gadgets, *Fly Casting (hands-on experience with one-on-one instruction), *Knots to Know, *Entomology as it relates to fly selection (slide-show indoors and on the stream collecting and studying), *Flies & Fly Selection (dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, emergers, streamers and more), *Reading Water, *Trout Behavior, *Fishing Techniques with Dries, Nymphs & Streamers, *Wading and River Safety, *Stream Etiquette, *How to Play, Land & Release your fish!
Our 3-day schools meet for two evening classes from 6pm to 9pm during the week for fly casting, slide show, knots & other classroom work. On Saturday we spend the day on a local river for hands on instruction, putting into practice what you’ve learned. (A Montana fishing license is required.)
All classes start in April and run weekly through August as weather & streamflows allow.
Our classes are generally 5-7 students. The minimum age for participation is 11 years old and those under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Longtime Orvis Endorsed Guide and Lead Instructor, Jim Stein, teaches the course. Jim was an Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing & Bird Hunting Guide for many years. Jim guided and taught at the Orvis Fly Fishing School in Evergreen, Colorado for over 8 years. Jim moved to Helena in 2002 and began offering classes through CrossCurrents in 2006. His extensive knowledge, calm patience, and infectious enthusiasm make for a wonderful learning experience!
How Much do they cost?
$195, which covers all the instruction, hand-outs and demo rods/reels & waders used during the class.
Special Classes: We hold special, “Women’s Only” and “Parent-Child Only” schools and “Private Group Schools.” Stop by either shop, give us a call or e-mail if you are interested in attending one of these classes. These are very popular and since they are offered on a limited basis, they fill up quickly. It’s advised to call in advance to secure a spot.
To Attend: Pre-registration & a 50% deposit are required to reserve your spot in one of our schools. Although we run these schools only in the Spring and Summer, you may contact us at any time of the year to register for a class.
I don’t live in Helena or Montana, can I still attend?
We love to share our knowledge with anyone who is interested. We have special discounts on our lodging for out-of-town students. You’ll receive 15% off of our lodging in Craig. We can even set up a special school for an entire family or corporate group. We also have special packages for our School-Guiding-Lodging. Visit Montana, stay with us, attend our school, and then spend two or three days with one of our guides putting to practice what you learned.
Private Fly Casting Lessons
CrossCurrents’ Private Lessons are only $45/hour for 1 on 1 instruction. There is a $10/hour extra charge for each extra student and we do have special pricing for large groups. We can perform the lessons either in Helena or in Craig. Private Lessons also make a great gift for someone who is just getting started. No equipment is needed as we are happy to provide you with a top quality Orvis rod, reel & line.
Lessons aren’t just for beginners. We have highly qualified instructors that can help take the intermediate fly caster to the next level.
Beginner Fly Tying Class
Class #1 – tba – January, 2022
Class #2 – tba
How long: Once a week for 5 weeks.
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 in the evening at CrossCurrents Helena Shop.
What’s covered: We learn about the tools, materials and techniques for tying most common fly patterns. When a student graduates from our course he or she will have a good understanding of fly tying technique, fly identification and entomology, and fly tying materials. Intro to Fly Tying is a great way to begin a lifetime of enjoyment in tying.
Flies tied in class: Wooly Bugger, Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph, Pheasant Tail Nymph, Prince Nymph, Parachute Adams, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator and Royal Wulff. Check out our tying tutorials on our YouTube page.
Class Size and Instructors: Our schools have a minimum of 5 students to a maximum of 8 students in each class. Our instructors include Jim Stein, Head Fly Tying & Fly Fishing School Instructor and long-time Orvis-Endorsed Guide (retired from Guiding but not from teaching!)
Cost: $85, which covers all the instruction and materials during the class. We provide all the materials for the flies we will tie in the class. We just ask that students have their own tools (If you don’t have tools, or are not sure what you want to get, we will let you demo our tools. That way by trying a couple of different ones you will be able to make a more informed choice.)
The Discount: All students receive a 10% discount on anything tying related (tools, materials, books & videos/DVD’s) for the 5 weeks of class plus one extra week after the class!
Please stop by, call or e-mail us if you are interested in signing up for one of the classes.
Intermediate Fly Tying Class
Start Dates: (Call our Helena Shop For Specific Dates)
How long: Each class meets the same night every week for 5 weeks.
Time: 6:15 to 8:45 in the evening.
What’s covered: Assuming that all the students have a basic knowledge of the use of standard tools and materials we delve into more advanced tying techniques using various specialty tools and materials. We want the students to perfect the basics and learn new concepts and patterns that take their tying “to the next level.” Some take the class to learn new patterns, others grasp new tying concepts to apply to their own flies and still others are there because it’s just plain fun!
The classes are based on tying specific flies, techniques, and or concepts that the students want to learn. For example someone wants to learn to spin deer hair. We would then select patterns that work on those techniques. Other examples include glass beads, mayfly emergers, fly patterns for the MO in July, etc., etc. No two classes are the same, which is why many of our students take this class year after year. Taking a tying class is a great way to get out of the house during our cold winters.
Class Size and Instructors: We allow a maximum of 8 students in the class giving us a low student to instructor ratio. The main instructor is Chris Strainer, Owner/Manager & Orvis-Endorsed Guide. We will also have other highly qualified guest instructors who will demonstrate a specific pattern or a unique technique.
Cost: $85, which covers all the instruction and materials during the class. We provide all the materials for the flies we will tie in the class. We just ask that students have their own tools.
The Discount: All students receive a 10% discount on anything tying related (tools, materials, books & videos) for the 5 weeks of class plus one extra week after the class!
Please stop by, call or e-mail us if you are interested in signing up for one of the classes.
Private Fly Tying Lessons
CrossCurrents’ Private Lessons are $40/hour for 1 on 1 instruction. There is a $10/hour extra charge for each extra student and we do have special pricing for large groups. Private Lessons also make a great gift for someone who is just getting started. No equipment is needed as we are happy to provide you with all top quality equipment needed for the lesson.
Lessons aren’t just for beginners. We have highly qualified instructors that can help take the intermediate fly tier to the next level. Interested in learning to use a dubbing loop? Have a saltwater trip coming up and want some help with your saltwater flies? Or do you just want to tweak your basic technique? Sign up for a private lesson with our professionals and really get going.
Please stop by, call or e-mail us if you are interested in private lessons.
Rod Building Classes
Start Dates: Contact the Helena Shop for more information.
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm on the Monday of the start date. We arrange a time best suited to everyone for the following Sunday or the second Sunday.
How long: We will have a short meeting on the start date and then an all day meeting on a Sunday to build the rods. Generally we meet with students individually to finish the rods.
What’s covered: We teach about the entire process of building a fly rod – from raw blanks and parts to customizing. The students will learn why some rods costs $50 while others cost $500. The instructors will be building rods along with the students so everyone will see first hand what each step of the process entails. We will talk about all the components of a rod and the use of rod building tools. We also show how to do accent thread wraps and inlays to make each rod truly one-of-a-kind. When we finish the class you will have a custom made fly rod!
Class Size and Instructors: We allow a maximum of 6 students in the class. The main instructors are Chris Strainer, Owner/Manager & Orvis-Endorsed Guide of CrossCurrents.
Cost: $85 which covers all the instruction, some of the materials (rod building epoxy and silver or gold metallic accent thread) and tools (burnishing tool, butane lighter/torch, heat gun, Dremmel tool, drill and cork reamer) and the use of CrossCurrents’ rod wrappers and rod turners.
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Spey Casting Clinics
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March, 2022. Location- Craig, Montana. Space is limited, please contact us to sign up!
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After four years of being part of the Unified Sports League, Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy, held its first-ever game on campus. Students and educators at Locke High school, along with Mayfair, Warren, and LA Polytechnic High Schools, came together in the name of sports, inclusion, and teamwork for a series of soccer games.
"It feels amazing to have a Unified Sports game on our campus. This [event] is special because I don't think we've had anything like this in the past. It just feels great having everybody here," said Locke’s Unified Sports coach, Robert Gumbs.
The cheers and excitement of the sports event, staff, students, and administrators are reflective of the connectivity and teamwork that made this partnership possible. "Everything came together at one time. " said Ross Moore, Adaptive Physical Education Specialist at Locke High School.
Minutes before the game, the Unified teams practiced on a field decorated with colorful Unified Sports posters along the bleachers. Each poster encouraged bystanders and players through phrases like: "Go Saints,” “Inclusion,” “Belonging," and “the power of inclusion.”
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2018 Graduate, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies
Holly McDonald is a 41-year-old UTEP Connect student, a wife, a mom of two, and a full-time employee. Besides helping her reach her own career goals, being an online student helped her set an example for her children and show them the value of getting a great education.
When we first reached out to Holly she said, "I am just an average mom trying to reach a goal that I put on hold too many times. My kids are growing, my marriage is strong, and my career needs a kick in the rear-end. My goal of finishing at the end of the Spring 2018 semester was set intentionally, as it will be when my son graduates from high school. I already have a mental image of the picture we will take together in our graduation caps & gowns. It’s my motivation!"
Holly and her son graduated as planned, in Spring 2018; they are pictured here in their graduated caps and gowns.
Why she enrolled in the program:
I had two primary goals: 1) obtain my Bachelor’s degree and 2) use that Bachelor’s degree to advance my career in the clinical research industry. I have worked in Clinical Operations in the pharmaceutical arena for almost 20 years, but found myself to be maxed out as far as career advancement with no degree. I want my career to have more forward momentum and this degree will help propel me in that direction.
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“Operation Underground Railroad is an organization that we feel good about aligning ourselves with. Their cause is one that we can all get behind, no matter what background we come from.
In fact, there may not be a more noble, important cause on the planet right now. Ending child trafficking is an absolute top priority if mankind is ever going to progress as a whole. Freedom in all areas is what is most important in this life. Those targeted by Operation Underground Railroad are in the process of removing liberty and freedom in it’s most basic form from the lives of children.
This is something we are and will always be proud to stand behind.”
“I’ve been familiar with Operation Underground Railroad for some time and I’m actually a fan of Tim Ballard and his books and work in general.
One of the things we did right before we began this was… we went to a Tony Robbins event in Las Vegas… Business Mastery. In a single day I think we were able to raise somewhere around $400,000 or $500,000 and then he matched that. It really was eye-opening. Just the things they talked about… the challenges that so many people face around trafficking… and it just really fell in line.
So as somebody put that on the board as we got together as a team, it was one that a lot of people were drawn to. As a whole, I think you’re dealing with mostly good people in the world. But you have this sliver of outliers. When you can get a big movement behind that, it’s going to make a big difference.
So Operation Underground Railroad is a good option for that… to make a big difference and get a bunch of people behind a great cause. And that’s the biggest reason that we chose it.”
“I would say liberty and freedom. Those two are often intertwined. It’s truly the cause that I care about more than anything in this world. It is something that I want for my family. It’s something that I want for my children and something that I want for society as a whole.
To know that there are hundreds and thousands of people who don’t enjoy that, and even millions in the world, I just get to get involved in that and try to make a difference.”
Operation Underground Railroad
Since being founded in December 2013, we’ve gathered the world’s experts in extraction operations and anti-child trafficking efforts. Furthermore, our mission is to bring an end to child slavery. As a result, O.U.R.’s Ops Team consists of former CIA, past and current law enforcement. In addition, highly-skilled operatives that lead coordinated identification and extraction efforts. These operations are always in conjunction with law enforcement throughout the world.
Once victims are rescued, a comprehensive process involving justice for the perpetrators and recovery and rehabilitation for the survivors begins.
It is time for private citizens and organizations to rise up and help. It is our duty as a free and blessed people.
O.U.R. salutes our nation’s law enforcement officers who protect our country’s children. Law enforcement professionals skillfully investigate, arrest and prosecute those who violate children. Our nation’s police efforts to protect children in the U.S. are light years ahead of many, if not all other countries. Operation Underground Railroad acknowledges the expertise and extraordinary work done by these dedicated men and women who bravely battle the scourge of child sexual exploitation. O.U.R. shares the mission to save children and seek justice for those who victimize them. Therefore, we commit to enhancing law enforcement efforts. We’ll do this by providing resources where budget shortfalls prohibit a CSAM (child sexual abuse material), child exploitation or human trafficking operation from going forward.
In addition, O.U.R. will also provide or facilitate child exploitation investigative training in U.S. jurisdictions where a need exists. Collaborating with law enforcement will reduce duplication, promote best practices and avoid other potential issues which might arise without close coordination. We are privileged and honored to support our nation’s heroes in this important cause to deter, disrupt and dismantle child exploitation and the trafficking of children in our nation’s communities.
To the children who we pray for daily, we say: Your long night is coming to an end. Hold on. We are on our way.
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The issue of intervention
The news that the European Union is going to use intervention to help prop up the skimmed milk powder (SMP) and butter prices in the EU was not greeted with widespread joy everywhere in the dairy industry last week. In fact, the Americas as a group, both South, Central and US processor associations, have together published a letter asking the EU to not to use intervention as a tool to help the bloc’s market.
As we have discovered, the law of unintended consequences strikes regularly with such measures. And it is always a bit alarming to see where one side sees help, the other side does not perceive it as such and instead calls it market distorting. It always just depends on what side of the fence one is on, I suppose.
I found this part from the letter the most poignant: “Farmers and dairy processors in our countries and many others around the globe are already in the fight of their lives. We are all dealing with great enough challenges already in our own markets. If the EU does not commit to avoid distorting global markets by dumping their excess intervention stocks onto the world market just as dairy sectors begin to recover, more farmers and processors outside the EU could be forced to close their doors.”
We have seen the issue of intervention causing imbalances in African markets in the past. Only a couple of years ago, African farmers came to Brussels to protest the EU stocks that were being offloaded into their markets. “The European Union intervened in 2016-17 and held the equivalent of 16% of the global SMP market in government storage. It subsequently released the product on the world market over the next two years, unfairly undercutting international prices and harming the global dairy industry,” the letter notes.
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Wednesday is National Religious Freedom Day. While this has been a holiday celebrated for quite some time, this year it seems to hold more weight. Never have we had more controversy over religious freedom than over the last year. Many religious people have felt their rights have been stomped on as they have had to deal with same-sex marriage being legalized in all 50 states. However, this is one of America's most important freedoms, so it's important to celebrate and realize what it's really about.
As you probably already know, the whole reason the United States of America exists today is because the settlers wanted freedom of religion. In England, many felt persecuted whenever they deviated from the Church of England, and they wanted a place where they could practice their religion in peace. This included people of all different religious backgrounds. There were many challenges for the settlers in the early days. For one thing, the trip to America seemed all but impossible. It was long and dangerous. The first winter in America was very difficult. Illness, cold, and lack of food led to the death of many. Of course, we didn't get our freedom without a fight. Many gave their lives in The Revolutionary War, which ultimately gave us freedom from England. It is amazing to think about all the sacrifice needed to lead to the religious freedom we have today.
Origins of the Holiday
National Religious Freedom Day has been a holiday for almost 25 years. However, its origins go back much further than that. Back in 1786, Thomas Jefferson penned what is called the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. It was adopted by Virginia on January 16, 1786. This statute paved the way for the religious freedom we have today. Every year, the president makes a statement on January 16 talking about the importance of religious freedom.
We Still Have Religious Freedom
Many are worried that religious freedom no longer exists. This is because many who don't believe in same-sex marriage are being forced to issue marriage certificates and serve gay couples. It's important to realize that religious freedom does not mean you can treat anyone the way you want to. Religious freedom cannot trample other people's rights.
Be Thankful for What We Have
This is a time when many reflect on how thankful we are to have our religious freedom. There are many persecuted religions around the world. You can be put in prison for owning a Bible or not being Muslim in many Middle Eastern countries. Sometimes, you will be put to death simply for having a different religion that what is expected in the country. Christians, Jews, and other religions often have to have their meetings in secret so they aren't persecuted. It's a very sad thing, and something we thankfully don't have to worry about in The United States. All religions are protected, whether you are Christian, Muslim, or Hindu. No one can discriminate against you because of your religion, and you are free to worship any god you like. This freedom is part of what makes America great.
How to Celebrate
Most people don't do anything out of the ordinary to celebrate this holiday, and many don't even know it exists. However, there are some things you can do on this holiday to help acknowledge its existence:
Take a few minutes and teach your children about their religious freedom, and explain to them why it is so important. Get together with friends or family of the same religion, and spend time together praying and worshipping. Pray for those who do not get to experience the same freedom, that they will be safe from persecution and that soon everyone can experience religious freedom. | <urn:uuid:eb04f30b-7105-45ca-b0f0-6373040c66ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ulc.org/ulc-blog/national-religious-freedom-day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.981579 | 731 | 3.09375 | 3 |
What is Attic Rain?
What is Attic Rain? Attic rain occurs when moisture accumulates in the attic, then freezes during cold temperatures. Those freezing droplets melt when the weather warms up and that moisture falls to the insulation or decking below, which ultimately causes mold and rot. What are some causes attic rain? 1.Inadequate air sealing techniques: By reducing […] | <urn:uuid:33bdd436-ba13-41e4-9aec-e5828fcd7e4f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.slimandtrimconstruction.com/what-is-attic-rain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.910351 | 80 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Distance between B Block and New Delhi Railway Station is 13 kms or 8.1 miles or 7 nautical miles
|Origin||B Block, Yamuna Vihar, Delhi. Delhi North|
|Destination||New Delhi Railway Station, Pahar Ganj, New Delhi, Delhi, India|
|Driving Distance||13 kms or 8.1 miles or 7 nautical miles|
|Driving Time||15 minutes|
It takes 15 minutes to travel from B Block to New Delhi Railway Station. Approximate driving distance between B Block and New Delhi Railway Station is 13 kms or 8.1 miles or 7 nautical miles . Travel time refers to the time taken if the distance is covered by a car.
On the table above you can see driving distance in various units namely kilo metres, miles and nautical miles.
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By Woodstream Hospital
This is part of the ColdHubs
In March, the temperature of Kano, Nigeria’s largest city, plummeted to 14C – exactly when its residents need to eat. The biggest mass evacuation of food in the city’s history was launched as part of a massive humanitarian mission. The food came from a local government office in Edhi Collection and Thrift, a charity based in Abuja, Nigeria, and arrived at the hospital on 16 March. READ MORE: Global story of human need Global food crisis hits Niger Even when temperatures fall below 0C, people in Nigeria’s north east often survive by eating their land and animals. This often sees people crossing the border with Nigeria, or hiding in bushes on their way out of the country. But now two months after the mass evacuation, there are few signs of a famine. But the challenge of delivering enough food to a population that is barely living on the national minimum is all too clear. Amid rumours that the El Niño effect may be just around the corner, the cold storage in Kaduna is a reminder of the longer-term problem. See the distribution below By now, the hospital’s cold storage was already virtually empty. Patients needing preventative medicine for infectious diseases were not the priority. Instead, officials spent the first days focusing on getting the food to people directly. They spent the rest of the two-week period distributing it, flying 10,000lb (45,540kg) of food to 1,500 people. While the humanitarian response appears to be gaining momentum, the hospital’s refrigerators did not even have enough to store. Too much food was pumped out of them in just one day. Just what is needed? The contribution of the cold storage in Kano was a joint project by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the African Union, which facilitated donors, humanitarian agencies and local farmers to move food from the national capital Abuja to Kano and then on to the north east. Here’s a breakdown of the effort in Nigerian cities There are three major centres of electricity supply in Nigeria. Kano, on the east coast, supplies close to one quarter of the electricity the country needs. The capital Abuja supplies close to the opposite.
Temperatures in Kano are cool enough in winter to reduce the need for outdoor usage of refrigerators, says Clara Anali, of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nigeria.
“When you cannot refrigerate food, it usually gets lost. This has helped reduce the humanitarian situation in Kano,” she says.
But warming the food outside is still a key part of the package. After arriving at Edhi Collection and Thrift in Abuja, a large team of humanitarian workers from several agencies dispersed into nearby villages, spending the night before beginning distribution.
READ MORE: Fresh food for IDPs – food packaging in Nigeria Today, the total food supply to 2,500 families living in Kano is believed to be more than 16 tonnes. That means children are learning and living in a warmer home.
However, local farming families are still unsure if their harvest will be enough to feed the families.
“There are thousands of farmers affected in my own village,” says Muhammad Umar. “People are hungry and they live in this cold house and they don’t know how to tell people.”
The impact of the crisis in Nigeria has been highlighted by concern about the potential impact of the El Niño phenomenon. The harsh weather phenomenon, caused by water changes in the Pacific Ocean, typically means colder weather in northern Africa and the Middle East, putting particular focus on countries such as Iraq, Somalia and Yemen, as well as southern parts of Nigeria, Ethiopia and Sudan.
The Red Cross has sent a team to the north east to look into the impact of the cold on the region.
Facts: Nigeria’s drought The number of people affected by drought in Nigeria has increased to 4.5 million. While the humanitarian response to the drought is underway, the impact of El Niño has already caused some deaths. Those deaths in Nigeria are the highest amount reported in a single country during El Niño.
Live Chat: Should we allow farmers to export food
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Armstrong and Aldrin then activated the lunar landing module (aka. “Eagle”), which provided them with a space vehicle that was capable of landing on the moon’s surface. This important stage of the journey required them to command the lunar module to land in the Sea of Tranquility, which was the first time any human being attempted such a landing: “On July 20, Aldrin and Armstrong entered the Lunar Module, separated the lander from the CSM, and descended toward the surface of the Moon” (Capelotti 33). After successfully landing on the moon, Armstrong was the first to step out on the lunar surface. Which marked the first a human being every stepped onto the moon: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” (Capelotti 35).
The speech was so inspiring that Americans wanted to practically go in space right there and then. The mission to land a man on the moon was called Apollo 11. The soviets got off to a much better start than the Americans did. In 1957 the soviets launched the first ever satellite in space called “Sputnick”. Many American people were shocked and worried that the satellite was spying on America.
His scheduled flight was postponed multiple times and gave Russia the successful chance to send the first man into space. Shepard eventually launched on May 5, 1961. He named his spacecraft, Mercury Spacecraft 7, Freedom 7. Alan Shepard became known as the second person in space and the first American in space.
On July 16 1969 Armstrong and his pilots took off to the moon. About seven hours after they landed, they opened the door and walked down the ladder before he became the first man to walk on the moon, He said “that’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind “. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent more than 2 hours outside the craft. They studied the surface and collected rocks, and after a day, they left and docked with Collins while he was in orbit then all three flew back.
And could we be the first to do so? Had to be answered. During Apollo missions 1 through 10 NASA learned a lot from each mission. The landing of the Apollo 11 mission on the moon
They are ready for their mission to go the moon! John wants to be an astronaut when his older and Bob wants to be a scientist and an astronaut. After 5 minutes they blasted off into space and they went past the atmosphere with their super fast spaceship. The spaceship was made of metal and iron. The spaceship had twenty boosters and it had a massive fuel tank.
It seems common knowledge that in 1961 the United States of America became the first country to put a man on the moon. On the other hand, not everyone fully understands what an enormous accomplishment this was and how it has greatly impacted society today. The Apollo 11 mission not only proved that the United States was the leading super power in the world, but it also helped provide much needed nationalism, increase in support for science, math, and technology, and allowed for the technological advancements that around around today. For this reason, a monument is proposed to memorialize the numerous accomplishments made by the Apollo 11 mission. This monument will not only educate the public about the effects of the moon landing but also the
Apollo was NASA’s three-man space capsule which was unveiled in 1960. It was a dream and the goal of our country in 1961 Pres. Kennedy announced he wanted a man sent to the moon. Plus the Soviet Union was well into the space race after becoming the first in sending a man into space. The United States wanted to hold the title in becoming the first in the world to successfully send a man to the moon.
My topic is about “John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech”. The speech was given by the John F. Kennedy at May 25 1961 after the astronomy landed on the moon and returned to the Earth safely. This event is one of the most important events in the astronomic history. It was the first time that people truly landed and walked on the moon. This landing event did have a great influence in the history and politics.
They landed in the moons ocean of storms. He explored the surface of the moon while doing multiple surface experiments. They also did the amazing feat of putting the first nuclear power generator station on the moon. This mission was to get a power source on the moon. He made the trek of 250,000 miles in order to complete this mission; it was worth it though, I mean look at those pictures taken by fellow astronaut Richard Gordon.
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had an indirect conflict in the space race. The goal of this competition was to advance in space technology more. Each side made big steps and used a lot of resources to try and win. The race officially started on August 2, 1955. The goal shifted to getting the first man on the moon when JFK gave a speech at Rice University, in 1962, saying the United States would get a man on the moon first.
Would you consider Apollo 13 a mission success? On April 13, 1970 three brave astronauts were going to the moon, well thats what they thought. I think that this mission was a success even though they didn't go to the moon. They had to work together to survive and go through the scariest times of there lives.
From the early ages, Space and the concept of Space Exploration has retained a notion of mystique and intrigue ever since the first astrologists gazed up at the stars. With the launch of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever step on the moon. Many years of struggle as well as many lives being lost has only led to greater discoveries but the sacrifices that were made will always be mourned and remembered. And despite the risks, the notion of space travel has led us to many different discoveries and truths about the galaxy. The aims of the space program today should be centered around obtaining the brightest of mankind, to get them involved, provide safety, and continue to fulfill the treaty which “bans the use of placing | <urn:uuid:f0fd5fcb-5abd-4b49-8389-c93c03c22a38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Apollo-Program-Essay-PKPJQEB42DTV | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.975981 | 1,264 | 3.625 | 4 |
OBJECTIVE: Studies directly examining the association between physical activity and NIDDM in African-Americans are rare. Consequently, the strength of this association in this ethnic minority group remains unclear. The current study broadly characterizes the types of physical activity engaged in by a community sample of working-class African-Americans and then quantifies the association between physical activity and NIDDM risk in this population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: During the 1993 reexamination of participants in the Pitt County Study in North Carolina, data on NIDDM history, current use of insulin or oral hypoglycemic drugs, and approximately 12-h overnight fasting blood glucose (FBG) were obtained from 598 women and 318 men, ages 30-55 years. The presence of NIDDM was determined by current insulin or medication use and FBG > or = 140 mg/dl. Study participants were assigned to one of four categories of physical activity: strenuous, moderate, low, or inactive. RESULTS: The weighted prevalence of NIDDM in the sample was 7.1%. After adjustment was made for age, sex, education, BMI, and waist-to-hip ratio, NIDDM risk for moderately active subjects was one-third that for the physically inactive subjects (odds ratio [OR], 0.35; 95% CI, 0.12-0.98). The ORs for low (OR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.20-1.29) and strenuous (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.26-1.63) activity also tended to be lower. A summary OR that contrasted any activity versus no activity was 0.51 (95% CI, 0.23-1.13). CONCLUSIONS: Moderate physical activity was strongly associated with reduced risk for NIDDM in this sample. While replication of these findings is needed, public health interventions designed to increase moderate (leisure-time) physical activity in black adults should be strongly encouraged. | <urn:uuid:ec04b36c-5b4d-4faa-984a-461d9127eef7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.src.isr.umich.edu/keyword/type-2epidemiology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.939075 | 413 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Jesus wants us to become like him. Scripture tell us that we are called to be “conformed to the likeness of his Son” (Romans 8:29). This month we’re talking about taking the next step in cell ministry. What we’re really talking about is maturing the saints by moving them forward and helping them depend on Jesus. In my book Making Disciples in the 21st Century Church I talk about how the cell and the cell system are instrumental in small group discipleship: helping God’s people become more like Jesus. Another way to look at this process of next steps of discipleship is what I call “D1-6.”
A few years ago, Jim Corley and I were talking about how we could practically make disciples through the cell church and God gave wisdom to break down how a disciple could be defined in the cell church paradigm:
1st Four Steps of Small Group Discipleship
D-1 disciple (member of a cell and training track).
The first step is that a person participates in a cell group, using his or her gifts and takes the discipleship equipping. It’s in this process that the person is baptized and taught to obey all the things that Christ has commanded. Key steps in the training process include doctrinal teaching, holiness, baptism, evangelism and preparation to minister to others. The person also begins to attend the celebration service to hear God’s Word and worship with other believers.
D-2 disciple (team member).
The next step is that the disciple lives out in practice what he or she is learning. The term D-2 disciple defines a person who is in a cell, taking the next step in the training track, and actually serving as part of the leadership team. Such a person is playing a significant role in the cell group and getting ready to launch out and participate in a new group.
D-3 disciple (point leader of a team).
The next step is gathering people together and leading a cell group. The disciple has gathered friends and family and is facilitating the cell group, along with a team. He or she has graduated from the training track.
D-4 disciple (coaching someone else).
This is when the disciple has developed another disciple who has multiplied out and is leading his or her own cell group (has gone through the D-1 to D-3 process). I would call a multiplication leader a D-4 disciple.
This process doesn’t stop at D-4.
Some will become part-time staff (D-5) and others will plant new churches (D-6). The D-1 to D-6 understanding of discipleship helps guide a believer through a clearly defined equipping process. The vision of the cell strategy is to help members take the next step in cell ministry. From a practical standpoint, the goal is to make disciples who are maturing, taking the next step in ministry, and ultimately growing more like Jesus.
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The Commission, under the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, has powers to authorise transactions. Under these powers, we may authorise transactions which are otherwise not legally possible for the charity to make themselves.
These powers are contained in sections 46 and 47 of the Charities Act. The Commission has produced guidance Authorising transactions which sets out our powers in relation to authorising transactions and how to apply for an authorisation.
Examples of when you may want to apply for an authorisation include where:
- trustees of a charity wish to make a transaction or payment which is in the best interests of the charity but they do not have the power to do so.
- trustees of a charity wish to make a transaction or payment which is not in the best interests of the charity but which they think they have a moral obligation to make.
The application of these powers will allow charities to make transactions and payments that they may otherwise not have been able to do. This will help charities to respond to changing or challenging circumstances.
For more information on authorising transactions please read the Commission's Authorising transactions guidance, available below:
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Technologies are evolving at an alarming speed, introducing new terms such as the internet of behaviours.
It is undeniable that the internet has radically changed the way of doing marketing, expanding through its own new disciplines.
Do you want to know exactly what all this means? Keep reading until the end.
What is the internet of behaviours?
Super connectivity of devices today implies a great capacity for data collection and processing.
The TV, the washing machine, the mobile… Everything is connected to the internet now.
Internet of behaviours evolves precisely from the old internet of things; the main cause of this connectivity.
The previous term, (IOT), intended that all the devices of everyday life had internet to make our lives easier.
The connection between this two is basically that thanks to those connected devices and the collection of data, you can know exactly the behavior of each individual.
But you don’t need to get paranoid!
It really allows for greater personalization of everything from the most effective route home to Instagram ads.
Although, they probably don’t know what your name is.
Benefits of the internet of behaviours
Apparently knowing your behavior can be alarming, in reality this trend has its benefits.
1. Study of habits
The greatest benefit of the internet of behaviours is the ability to study the habits of buying or consuming services and products.
This can be done thanks to the collection of data such as the time of purchase, the frequency of purchase, among many other things.
Well, that applies to a very massive level, thanks to the connectivity of all devices, and allows extracting specific data from each consumer.
2. Data analysis
All data, collected in bulk, are stored at high speed in the corresponding databases.
Then there are systems that allow analyzing data and establishing relationships between, for example, age groups and attitudes and behaviors about products or services.
This makes it easier to know the positioning of the brand for specific targets!
3. Obtaining specific information
Information can be obtained about the entire purchase process of a user.
Where they have contact for the first time with the product, how long it takes until they decide to go to the purchase page, how long they stay on it, all the steps they take until they complete the purchase…
These things allow us to know what motivates or slows consumers down from performing certain actions, not only buying, but other useful things such as signing up for the newsletter.
4. Do it all in real time
Being constantly connected to the internet, all this information exchange, data collection and storage happens in real time.
The only thing that doesn’t have to happen in real time can be the analysis, because it can be done at any time you decide.
You can get all the data you need anytime you need it.
5. Fast problem solving
This benefit is linked to the previous one, since by obtaining all the data in real time, the pertinent corrections can be made.
For example, if you detect that there are many people who add the products to the cart, but finally do not make the purchase, you will be able to know why it happens, and you can fix it.
The internet of behaviours allows you to act as quickly as possible.
How the Internet of Behaviours Will Change Marketing
After all that we have explained to you… Do you still have doubts?
The internet of behaviours will allow for a lot of things.
This means you will be able to adapt the offer to your customers or consumers in real time, making your brand something unique and personalized for each individual.
You can even automate it!
It will also allow you to detect errors in any aspect of your business, and correct them in record time.
If you want to put ads on the internet, they will always be personalized and will only appear to your specific target, and all automatically.
And this is only the beginning, since, like all technologies, there is still much to evolve and discover.
Enter the internet of behaviours
Now you know what the internet of behaviours is.
If you have doubts, you can always consult us.
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Don't know if there's a more specific group to ask, but I'll start here.
Please direct me elsewhere if it's not.
During the Civil War iron clad ships 'Monitor' & 'Merrimac' battle [which
ended in a draw], did electrical motors [particularly 'heavy duty'
industrial ones] exist yet? If not, roughly how long until they did?
Also, during that same battle, did hydraulic pistons [like for
actuating/moving excavator-type arms] exist yet? If not, roughly how long
until they did? I know steam pistons for trains had been around for quite
awhile by then... but oil/hydraulic ones?
I'm designing a hypothetical unarmed, military salvage and recovery
submarine for an extended CGI assignment [using Softimage XSI] and need a
sense of what electrical and hydraulic technology existed during the Civil
War, so my final efforts don't look *too* fanciful. My sub is going to
purposely have an unglamorous, very utilitarian, decidedly non-Disney look
Electric motor theory was understood since Volta, and I'm sure there were
many examples of functional benchtop electric motors - but my best guess is
heavy industrial electrical motors would have to wait on Edison and the
1880s. He was doing experiments with electric rail travel and that suggests
a heavy motor design.
I think hydraulics came into general use after WWI. They may have had a
application before that as the big artillery guns got heavier and higher
was more desirable - just a guess.
I'm thinking the state of the art in power excavation was being done with
the fellas that developed the canal system of the 1800s. Research that and
you'll get an idea on the technology limitations of the day
WOW! Hard enough to build a CW era sub, but this one's going to be an
vessel too. There are so many things to consider in submersible technology -
I think the best you could hope for is a diving bell type of design that
relies on a surface ship or platform for its power, environmental air,
buoyancy and stability thru umbilicals and tethers.
Not unless you intend to adopt the Miguelito Lovelace startegy of divining
distant future technologies, translated into the brass and gas raw materials
of the day. I think James West had to contend with everything from tanks to
television - in one of the 80s reunion specials he even had to deal with a
nuke! You could almost hear Jules Verne groaning. ;-)
When you finish the project, please post a rendered screen shot in the
I have some photos of heavy construction machinery from the beginning
of the 20th Century (some forty years after the Civil War) and the
steam shovel shown in these photos indicates cables operated by a steam
engine with a primary arm and a secondary (with the shovel attached to
the end) which was counter-balanced sort of like this:
Cables ran through these arms to operate the machinery.
If you'd like, I could scan and e-mail these photos to you. Just send
me your address.
A professor once noted in a seminar I attended that prior to 1875 about the
only structural materials available were stone, wood, brass/bronze, and cast
iron. The range of mechanical materials weren't much broader. That should
give you the context.
Electricity was pretty much out.
Hydraulics, in principle, existed in the form of steam cylinders. There
were also pumps, valves, as so forth.
I'm not sure. But I don't think you can put the words "Civil War &
Technolog" in the same sentence. You'd have to check it.
You certainly had pullies and gears and some of this could at the time
be driven with an system using anintricate aray of overhead of Flat
Belts to transfer motive power from one stationary machine in a line to
another. But it All still had to be feed (Mechanical Power) by a Coal
or Wood fired Steam Engine. This was the "State-of-the-Art" for the
time that was it.
HEY , Just WHAT was so wrong with the Great Miguelito Lovelace , Hmmmm
I seem to remember another show called "Legend" I think with the guy
Q on Star Trek. They had a similar story line with that show, but he
was this Mad Scientist from the around Croatioa.
Somehow I think in the overall scheme of things that Jules Verne would
be sort of pleased with the way they wrote some of the technology into
the "Wild Wild West"
... Carl ..........
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I would say no to electricity, and a qualified yes to hydraulics - which is
older than steam engines. Remember the only submarine of it's time was
human powered (CSS Hunley, gives new meaning to the term crankshaft!). Good
place to start is to check out some sites that detail the design - after all
the Navy just pulled it up a year or so ago.
Try asking in the railroad newsgroups also.
Another possibility is that you could pre-suppose later technologies that
came around the 1880's to 1900 before the first U boats.
Also remember battery technology was experimented with by many in the late
1700's, Ben Franklin included, though I doubt the scientists knew what to do
with the electricity at that time. Perhaps this could be used in your
: Don't know if there's a more specific group to ask, but I'll start here.
: Please direct me elsewhere if it's not.
: During the Civil War iron clad ships 'Monitor' & 'Merrimac' battle [which
: ended in a draw], did electrical motors [particularly 'heavy duty'
: industrial ones] exist yet? If not, roughly how long until they did?
: Also, during that same battle, did hydraulic pistons [like for
: actuating/moving excavator-type arms] exist yet? If not, roughly how long
: until they did? I know steam pistons for trains had been around for quite
: awhile by then... but oil/hydraulic ones?
: I'm designing a hypothetical unarmed, military salvage and recovery
: submarine for an extended CGI assignment [using Softimage XSI] and need a
: sense of what electrical and hydraulic technology existed during the Civil
: War, so my final efforts don't look *too* fanciful. My sub is going to
: purposely have an unglamorous, very utilitarian, decidedly non-Disney look
: to it.
Uh, there never was a Civil War battle between ships called Monitor and
Merrimac. The South never, ever had a ship in its service called Merrimac.
The Merrimac was the USS Merrimac, pride of the American navy. At the
outbreak of war it was in the process of being overhauled and was not in
seaworthy condition. Since the port it was being overhauled in was in
Virginia the port personnel scuttled it to keep it from falling into
The Confederacy salvaged its engines and hull and used them to build a new
ship- the CSS *Virginia*.
The Virginia's first action was attacking the federal blockade at Hampton
roads. The next day the brand new Union ship, the USS Monitor, met it in
battle. Tactically the battle was a draw, since neither ship could do
significant damage to the other. Strategically it was a decisive Union
victory, since the Confederates were stopped cold in their attempt to break
Remember, it was the Monitor vs. the Virginia.
"Shawn Wilson" wrote
You're right, of course. I vaguely remembered one of the ships was refit and
renamed, but not which one. Thanks for the clarification.
Yet oddly, what few websites I briefly looked through, mentioned the name
change towards the end almost in passing. So out of 'popular habit' I and
likely most other people remember the battle as between the 'Monitor and the
Merrimac'. Still, I'll be sure to include that [re]naming tidbit in the
explanatory text at the beginning of my final project... actually my
The saddest thing...is that when "ironclads" is mentioned, most people think
of *only* the Monitor and the Virginia. There were *many* "ironclads"
in use by both sides during the war, of many varied sizes and
About hydraulics.... sorry, but you're out of luck there - hydraulics of any
real pressure and usefulness weren't around until the late '40s, and winch /
cable operated earthmoving equipment was still being produced into the 60's.
And the really big stuff is still cable operated.
And for heavy-duty electric motor stuff, you need to look at some serious DC
motors, or 3-phase AC electrical systems; very common in industry these
days - but only dating from the late 1890's.
Before these dates, it was steam powered or muscle powered....
No, industrial electric motors were an early eighties thing. Electric
motors existed, I believe from about the 1840s, but they were generally
small, and experimental. Batteries were the only practical source then.
The electric motor awaited the advent of the perfected generator and
low (relatively) voltages and parallel distribution systems that came
into existance after edison perfected (not invented) the incandescent
resistance light bulb.
Hydraulics existed, but were not widely used in Civil war. Moving heavy
objects (like turrets)was done by steam. An interesting situation was
on clipper ships, which were solely propelled by wind, but some of the
later ones had small steam winches to set sails and rigging, and to
hoist cargo in port. Hydraulic systems in warships were, I believe, an
Steels were available, but at great expense. The steel revolution was
starting, and Britain would have been using a lot more steel in the 70s
than the US, but even here the steel industry was getting underway in
that period. Steel was still expensive so only the military could
afford wide use of it. I think railroad rails were also one of the main
things converting to steel in that time. In fact, some 'ironclads' were
clad with railroad rail.
In fact, the Hampton roads battle was not the first in the Civil War
using ironclads. The gunboats built by Eads in St. Louis had already
attacked Forts Henry and Donaldson, with the sinking of the U.S.S. Cairo
by a mine in the action, the first ship ever lost to a naval mine
(though they were called torpedos in that era).
And of course the British had used ironclad steam batteries in the
"Greg Heilers" wrote
Anyone know websites with period photos [daguerreotypes, I think] of such
ships or portions of? I remember seeing some way back when: Mathew Brady's
[sp?] work perhaps.
Even though my salvage sub is decidedly ficticious, the more historical
references I have to work from then the more plausible it'll appear.
Disney's still stunningly beautiful 'Nautilus' is all the more so because it
has a believable 'advanced period technology' look to her. While my design
is likewise based on a sea creature [though not a fish], it looks much
different because it serves a fundamentally different purpose: "Form follows
function." But it still wants to look like 'advanced Civil War-era' design
and construction... just not TOO advanced.
And that presumably means no electric lights in my sub either, nor exterior
electric floodlights to illuminate the work/salvage area. OK, glass enclosed
gas lights throughout then, with larger brighter ones for the exterior work.
So then steam operated exterior 'moving equipment' cylinders on my sub it
will be. Since they'll be underwater, I'll have to use the 'particles'
feature of Softimage XSI to simulate the steam venting from those cylinders
flow valves [?]... sort of like steam train 'drive cylinders' [I don't know
the terminology] do as they go back & forth.
Maybe even later. Recently I ean across a yearbook that a local (and
long defunct) newspaper did concerning the Spanish-American War. Among
the photos was one of the USS Texas taking on munitions in Brooklyn Nay
Yard. The big shells were being winched on board by hand with block and
tackle by a ~lot~ of able-bodied seamen.
How about that type of gas light in front of a polished mirror, similar
in scope to the lenses used in lighthouses? Properly focused, it could
give a strong beam of light. I remember reading once that a doctor even
did an emergency surgery by the light of oil lamps who's light was
focused by a large full-length mirror. He stated that he only
considered it because if he had waited until morning (then SOP) the
lady would have died. Her son had proposed the idea and proved that it
would work, so the doctor did it.
Uhh, the son's name, BTW, was Tom Edison.....
Reminds me [off on a tangent] of when my late father was working at Boeing,
Lear Jet or Cessna [I don't remember], and his group had gotten English
translations of Russian tech documents relevant to their project. But the
recurring phrase "water goat" in the translations stumped them. No one could
figure out what it was. 'Water goat'? What was that?
Someone finally realized 'water goat' was a sloppy translation of ...
Those interior gas lamps are going to require oxygen to burn. O2 is a real
commodity on a sub. Piping gas around this ship is going to present a risk I
think few sailors would accept. Oil lamps are probably a better choice, but
all around I think you'll find common wax candles will serve the purpose of
providing basic interior illumination with the least amount of risk. Still
and O2 eater, but at least it's one less thing onboard that can explode.
As for external use as flood lamps - don't think so. Even with the benefit
of modern technology, the degree to which you can 'light it up' underwater
is limited. On top of that, the more holes you poke in your pressure hull
(gas and O2 supply for those flood lights) the more problems you create by a
factor of ten (at least). Internal lamps projected thru port holes with lens
& mirrors - possible, but I think the return on the investment would be
I'm guessing that pre-electric deep sea divers used flares for illumination?
You'll have to place the steam engine inside the sub and transmit useful
power by way of a sealed shaft(s) thru the hull (more holes to seal) to any
exterior mechanical armatures or devices. The crew is going to love that
considering the boiler accidents of the day. Going to get toasty in there at
any rate. Inside the sub, the flame used to heat the boilers will use up any
oxygen faster than you can say dead canary in a mine shaft. Presumably, the
boiler pilot will tap off the gas supply feeding those external gas lamps.
Make sure to position the gas tanks or feed lines as close to the boiler
pilots as you can get them - that will ensure the crew doesn't suffer for
Let's talk design intent for a moment. What is the purpose of having a
recovery submarine as opposed to say a salvage ship with a deep sea diver on
tether to connect the ship's hoisting system with whatever it is below that
needs to be hoisted to the surface? We're talking 100 to 200ft safe
operating depth for this hypothetical sub - and that's carrying a hugely
qualified "safe". A couple hundred feet is within range of a deep sea diver.
Why the need for a sub? And just how much heavy lifting do you propose to
accomplish with a mechanical arm? The straightforward way to bring something
up would be to simply secure the sub to the item and use bouyancy and
ballast to float it to the surface. If the idea is to snatch something into
a retrieval basket and bring it up when the sub ascends than you won't need
much more in the way of a manually powered armature that utilizes leverage -
depending I guess, on how big the retrieval basket is and your degree of
ambition. By any chance, these aren't Rebel sailors looking to retrieve
sunken Yankee gold! ;-)
What you propose is firmly in the realm of science fiction from the POV of
1861-65 naval technology. What would it take, something on the order of 1000
tons of submarine for every foot you intend to descend (and reascend from)?
It will just about name itself - the SS Behemoth?
I can offer you the same advice an old professor was fond of giving whenever
our class backed itself into a corner - "drop back ten yards and punt".
Your best shot is to design a manned submersible that can be suspended and
supported by a surface ship, much the way a DSD operates - operating
semi-independently much the way it's done today. That's within sight of
being feasible if not completely within reach of Civil War era capabilities.
Your main concerns (of the submersible) will be pressure hull integrity,
ballast and attitude control via neutral buoyancy, and a limited
propulsion/control requirement far less demanding than flying the boat
autonomously. It goes without saying that maintaining the integrity of the
contact with the surface ship is of primary importance. ;-)
That's more than enough problems with which to contend. But still, if you're
just playing around with a CGI package for grins - throw caution to the wind
and design a Nemo-class submarine the envy of sci-fiers from here to Verne.
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Gum disease is a serious threat to your dental health. Gum disease is an inflammation of the gum tissues and if left untreated can affect the bone that surrounds and protects the teeth. Gum disease is caused by the formation of plaque. Plaque is a sticky, clean substance that can build up on the surface of teeth. Unchecked gum disease can lead to loose teeth even teeth that fall out.
The three stages of gum disease are gingivitis, periodontitis, and advanced periodontitis. Gingivitis is the earliest stage of gum disease. At the early stage the inflammation of the gums has just begun. The gum tissue is irritated, red and swollen. At the early stage if treatment is started gum disease can be reversed.
The bone and connective tissue that holds the teeth in place are not yet affected by gum disease in this first stage. Besides noticing red, swollen gums, you may also notice that there is blood on your toothbrush while brushing. Periodontitis is the next stage of gum disease and it is at this stage that the supporting bone and gum tissue that is connective in nature and hold the teeth in place are involved in the gum disease.
You may notice pockets of pus just below the gum line. These pockets trap food and plaque. Further damage can usually still be prevented if an immediate improvement is made to dental home-care. Advanced periodontitis is the final stage of gum disease and is where all the connective fibers and bone supporting the teeth are destroyed. Teeth will shift and loosen and perhaps fall out. The bite can be affected and teeth may be lost if treatment is not started soon.
Improving dental health can prevent gum disease. It is vital to remove all plaque and tartar from the teeth’s surface and below the gum line. Brushing your teeth after eating, rinsing your mouth with clean water when you can’t brush, flossing at least once a day and limiting sweets and starches from your diet are all things you can do to help prevent gum disease.
Symptoms of gum disease:
· Red, puffy, tender and swollen gums
· Gums that bleed when brushing or flossing
· You look in the mirror and your teeth look longer because your gums have receded
· Your teeth seem to fit together differently when you bite down
· Pus comes out from between teeth and your gums
· You have bad breath
· You have a bad taste in your mouth
Treating gum disease:
In the early stage gum proper brushing and flossing techniques that are done on a daily basis can usually reverse disease. Improvements in diet can also help prevent gum disease. If you have plaque or tartar build-up have a dentist clean your teeth professionally to remove the plaque and tartar.
If you have severe gum disease, a root planing procedure can be done to smooth irregularities on the roots of the teeth, which makes it more difficult for plaque to stick. Regular checkups are important to reverse early stage gum disease from turning into serious gum disease.
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NEW YORK, October 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pfizer Inc. announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Lyrica(R) (pregabalin) capsules for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain. This follows the recent approval in Japan of Lyrica for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia on April 16, 2010. Lyrica is the first medication approved for peripheral neuropathic pain in Japan where it is co-promoted with Eisai Co., Ltd.
Neuropathic pain remains an under-diagnosed condition in many parts of the world, in large part due to low awareness and understanding of the condition and the fact that there are few proven treatment options available, said Steve Romano, M.D., vice president, Medical Affairs Head, Primary Care Business Unit at Pfizer. This approval reinforces the benefit that Lyrica can bring to appropriate patients suffering from peripheral neuropathic pain.
Peripheral neuropathic pain, or peripheral nerve pain, is a difficult-to-treat chronic pain condition. It is initiated or caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction in the peripheral nervous system. The pain symptoms that patients experience are often described as burning, tingling or shock-like sensations. Peripheral neuropathic pain may be triggered by a variety of medical conditions including nerve injury, sciatica, fibromyalgia, diabetes, infection (herpes zoster), cancer, HIV infection and HIV treatment. Research has shown that patients with neuropathic pain are often prescribed medications that have no demonstrated efficacy in treating this type of pain or have significant side effects.
The Lyrica approval was based on ten Phase 3 double-blind studies including eight Western studies and two studies in Japan. The first study in Japan was previously reviewed by the Japanese regulatory authorities in support of the postherpetic neuralgia indication in April 2010. The second study in Japan was conducted to support the peripheral neuropathic pain indication and was a comparative study of Lyrica and placebo in Japanese patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Results showed that Lyrica reduced symptoms of peripheral neuropathic pain as early as week one of treatment for some patients and maintained those improvements for the duration of the 13-week study. Although the exact mechanism of Lyrica is unknown, it is believed to calm neurons that cause neurologic pain.
This Phase 3 double-blind diabetic peripheral neuropathic study conducted in Japan included a total of 314 patients: 135 on placebo, 134 on Lyrica 300mg per day and 45 on Lyrica 600mg per day. Both Lyrica treatments reduced pain scores during the comparative study from baseline: -1.94 for Lyrica 600mg, -1.82 for Lyrica 300mg and -1.20 for placebo based on an 11-point numeric rating scale.
The most common adverse events in the Japanese peripheral neuropathic study were somnolence (24.5%), dizziness (22.5%), and edema (17.2%).
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There will come a time, where no matter how much you despise it, you will need to speak in front of an audience. Being afraid of public speaking is fairly common and there are resources and programs which may help you overcome this.
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- Write out notes: Write out what you are planning to say clearly. Even though you don’t want to be reading your notes exactly, having them there can alleviate anxiety because if you lose track, you can check your notes and start where you left off.
- Get there early: It helps to be comfortable with the setting you will be presenting in. Get there when no one else is around so you can familiarise yourself with your surroundings.
- Imagine the worst: What is the worst thing that could happen to you? Identify your worst-case scenario and come up with a plan for what you would do if it happened. It isn’t going to happen – but what if it does? Most likely you’ll realise that public speaking won’t have career-ending consequences.
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Small, white fluffy dogs are among the most popular pets in the UK, and a significant amount of breeds share a range of similar traits when it comes to their coats, build and general appearance at a glance. For the uninitiated, it can be difficult to tell some of the various small fluffy white dog breeds apart from each other, as they can appear very similar if you don’t know the differences to look for!
Two of the most commonly confused breeds are the Maltese dog and the Coton de Tulear, and while these two breeds have a lot in common, they are not actually closely related and are also very different! In this article, we will look at the main differences between the two breeds, and how you can tell them apart with a little practice. Read on to learn more!
Starting with the most prominent feature of both dogs first of all- the coat. The Maltese dog is white and white only, and so if the dog you are looking at has a different colour coat or the coat is not pure white, you are not looking at a Maltese! The Coton de Tulear can be found in pure white, white with tan markings, black and white, and tricolour. So if the dog you are looking at is pure white, it may still be either of the two breeds!
As well as the colour variances, the traits of the coats of the two different breeds are markedly different as well. The Maltese dog has a fine, single layered coat that has no curls or kinks in it, and the hair on the top of their heads grows very long, and may be trimmed or tied back to keep it out of the dog’s eyes. The coat of the Coton de Tulear is thicker than that of the Maltese and may have a slight wave to it. It should be very soft in texture, and is rather like unprocessed cotton to the touch. The coat of the puppy also tends to be softer than that of the adult Coton. The fur of the Coton de Tulear is also referred to as hair rather than fur, having a fine texture more akin to straight human hair than it is to true fur.
The Maltese dog has low-set ears with long hair, while the Coton de Tulear’s ears are closer to their cheeks, and high set, on a shorter and more triangular head.
The tail of the Coton de Tulear is low set on the base of the back, and the tail is carried below the level of the hocks. The tip of the tail tends to have a slight upwards curve, and when the dog is on the move, the tail will rest on the dog’s back.
The Maltese dog’s tail is set higher up on the rump, and curls over the back in a distinctive arc, with the very tip of the tail hanging over the hindquarters.
Both breeds of dog have plumed tails with relatively long fur on them, but the fur tends to be slightly more prolific and rather longer on the tail of the adult Maltese dog.
The body of the Maltese dog is compact, and approximately the same length as the height of the dog. This helps to provide the dog with a smooth moving gait that is elegant and flowing, and allows the dog to be fast on their feet and able to make precision turns. The Coton de Tulear is slightly more sturdy, and a touch longer in the body than they are tall, with the length of the back being about a third greater than the dog’s height from the floor to the withers. The Coton de Tulear’s movement should be even, free and flowing.
There is not much difference between the sizes of the Maltese dog versus the Coton de Tulear, particularly when viewed from above while standing up! Both dogs are small and streamlined, and stand close to the ground.
The Coton de Tulear is slightly larger than the Maltese dog, weighing up to 15lb at the top end of the spectrum, while the Maltese cannot weigh more than 7lb maximum. This difference alone should be sufficient for most people to tell the difference between the two breeds!
The Coton de Tulear can stand up to 12” tall at the withers, while the Maltese breed stands up to 10” for males, and 9” for females. Overall, the Maltese dog is smaller in both height and weight, but if you do not have a dog of each breed in front of you to make a comparison, this can be hard to judge! | <urn:uuid:cb4bcc51-eddd-4784-ae6e-4badd64671a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/the-differences-between-the-maltese-dog-and-the-coton-de-tulear.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.955968 | 963 | 2.296875 | 2 |
As mainline Protestant denominations increasingly accept the ordination of gay clergy and publicly affirm same-sex unions, the sociologist in me wishes to understand what this development means for people in those denominations. I’m not talking about subtle linguistic shifts. While the difference between speaking of marriage as a “civil contract between a woman and a man” and as “a unique commitment between two people” is obvious to those who pay attention to church documents, the impact of such changes on congregants’ attitudes and internalized paradigms—their hearts, I suppose—is seldom considered.
What is the sexual and relational morality of Christians who accept the moral legitimacy of same-sex marriages? Some questions naturally arise. Does adultery mean the same thing for both same-sex and opposite-sex unions? Does it make sense to speak of premarital sex in such a context? Historically, the fear of pregnancy was enough to scare many love-struck Christians into taking things slow, but same-sex pregnancies are an accomplishment, not an accident, and most Christians use contraception now anyway.
Integrating homosexual relationships into Christian moral systems is not simple, and the process has ramifications for how heterosexual relationships are understood, too. What exactly do pro-same-sex-marriage Christians think about sex and relationships in general?
I’m not asking what perspectives on sexual behavior people ought to hold. Instead, I’m trying to discover what perspectives churchgoing Christians who disagree over same-sex marriage actually express.
To be sure, the sexual and relational standards of many Christians have already shifted. I’m not so naïve as to think that affirming same-sex marriage is the first significant change to take hold in their sexual and relational norms. More likely, the sexual morality of many churchgoing Christians shifted years ago, and the acceptance of same-sex marriage as licit Christian action follows significant change rather than prompts it. An ideal test would have been to have successfully interviewed congregants in “shifting” denominations (like the Presbyterian Church USA and the Episcopalians) over time, mapping what happens to their personal attitudes and opinions as social change occurred around them. So far as I’m aware, no one has done that. Indeed, it would have been difficult to do, involving the successful anticipation of future changes that were far from certain at the time.
What I do here is far more circumscribed. I assess a set of sexual and relational attitudes of Christians who support—and Christians who oppose—same-sex marriage.
Primarily, this exercise concerns the attitudes of all churchgoing Christians who express support for same-sex marriage. And since the LGBT population remains a small minority (and even smaller in organized religious communities), it’s reasonable to conclude that the sexual morality that “welcoming” congregations or individual Christians profess will have largely been fashioned—and maintained—by sympathetic heterosexuals. These are and will remain the majority (and hence, the norm) in all congregations, save for the Metropolitan Community Church and perhaps scattered congregations of the United Church of Christ.
The Relationships in America Survey
To do this, I rely on the Relationships in America survey, a data collection project I oversaw that interviewed 15,738 Americans, ages 18-60, in early 2014. It’s a population-based sample, meaning that its results are nationally representative. The survey asked respondents to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with these seven statements:
1. Viewing pornographic material is OK.
2. It is a good idea for couples considering marriage to live together in order to decide whether or not they get along well enough to be married to one another.
3. It is OK for two people to get together for sex and not necessarily expect anything further.
4. If a couple has children, they should stay married unless there is physical or emotional abuse.
5. It is sometimes permissible for a married person to have sex with someone other than his/her spouse.
6. It is OK for three or more consenting adults to live together in a sexual/romantic relationship.
7. I support abortion rights.
There is more to sexual and relationship morality than just these seven items, to be sure, but they do offer us a glimpse into how people perceive various practices and relationships. In order to ensure this is not just an exercise in documenting the attitudes of Christians “in name only,” I’ve restricted the analysis to churchgoing Christians—here defined as those who report they attend religious services at least three times a month and who self-identified with some sort of Christian affiliation. And I’ve restricted the analysis to those who report a position either for or against same-sex marriage. (I’ve excluded the one-in-four who reported they are undecided.)
For comparison purposes, however, I report the population average for each measure here, to use as a gauge of where the country is as a whole, as well as the attitudes professed by self-identified gays and lesbians who also report affiliation with a Christian tradition, and gays and lesbians who do not report a Christian affiliation. Because there is no attendance proviso attached to these two groups, the minority of gay and lesbian Christians who are regular churchgoers may also appear in one of the first two columns.
So what do the numbers say? The table above displays the share of each group who either “agree” or “strongly agree” with the seven statements listed above. At a glance, there is a pretty obvious fissure between Christians who do and do not oppose same-sex marriage. More than seven times as many of the latter think pornography is OK. Three times as many back cohabiting as a good idea, six times as many are OK with no-strings-attached sex, five times as many think adultery could be permissible, thirteen times as many have no issue with polyamorous relationships, and six times as many support abortion rights. The closest the two come together is over the wisdom of a married couple staying together at all costs (except in cases of abuse).
Churchgoing Christians who support same-sex marriage look very much like the country as a whole—the population average (visible in the third column). That answers my original question. What would a pro-SSM Christian sexual morality look like? The national average—the norm—that’s what.
While the divisions here are notable, we should maintain some perspective. No more than four in ten Christians who support same-sex marriage agreed with any of the statements above (except the question about children and divorce). The same cannot be said for American Christians who self-identify as gay or lesbian, as the fourth column demonstrates. And that group is clearly distinct from those gay and lesbian Americans who do not affiliate with a Christian tradition (e.g., nonreligious, Jews, spiritual-but-not-religious, Buddhists, etc.).
I’m not suggesting any “slippery slope” sort of argument here, implying that a shift in one attitude will prompt lock-step adjustments in others. In reality, our moral systems concerning sex and sexuality tend rather to resemble personalized “tool kits” reflecting distinctive visions of the purpose of sex and significant relationships (and their proper timing), the meaning of things like marriage and gender roles, and basic ideas about rights, goods, and privacy. Americans construct them in quite distinct combinations, often cafeteria-style. Instead, the results might be better interpreted as a simple story of social learning from quite different reference groups—those sets of people we use as a standard of comparison for ourselves, regardless of whether we identify as a member of that group. Indeed, attitude shifts in this domain are probably far more about reference groups than about any sort of individual “evolution” or rational construction of personal values. And it’s because of reference groups that both sets of Christians tend to perceive themselves as rather embattled, which is an inherently social sensation.
Christians Feel Embattled—Regardless of Their Views on Marriage
Churchgoers who oppose same-sex marriage sense that they are out of step with the rest of the nation about sex and relationships. (The numbers above reinforce that.) And Christians who favor legalizing same-sex marriage often remain embattled with those who oppose it, and yet sense that their own views on sexuality still lag behind those gay and lesbian Christians from whom they’ve have become convinced of the legitimacy of same-sex marriage. That, too, is true. Gay and lesbian Christians, in turn, have much in common with gay and lesbian non-Christians—their social circles often overlap. The sexual norms of the former are not as permissive as those of the latter but are still well above the national average in permissiveness. The latter likely constitutes a reference group for gay and lesbian Christians (together with heterosexual Christians with whom they are in fellowship).
Given the rather massive divide in attitudes about sexual and romantic relationships evidenced in the table above, reference group theory—if employed here—would suggest that the current division between these groups of churchgoing Christians will remain far into the future. Even if a share of American Christians who presently oppose same-sex marriage track in more liberal directions—and it would be shrewd to presume that this will occur—those Christians who already support same-sex marriage are themselves still tracking in that same direction. And, from the looks of it, they have plenty of territory to cover yet. | <urn:uuid:7e265336-b304-4de6-b2a7-075f5b6b9850> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/08/13667/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.958821 | 1,955 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Just like TCP / IP, IRC or HTTP (unencrypted version) connection protocols, FTP (file transfer protocol) is one of the archaic technologies that contributed to the creation of the internet today. But after decades they have become not only useless, being replaced by modern alternatives, but also a danger to the security of the devices that still support them.
In the age of cloud storage solutions, the FTP protocol is only rarely used by some sites created many years ago. So little that Mozilla has decided it’s time to remove it from the Firefox browser, even at the risk of damaging the operation of certain sites or extensions that still use it.
The FTP protocol was designed strictly to facilitate the transfer of files from one computer to another over a network, local or Internet. It is one of those parts of the Internet that preceded the Web and was not designed for today’s needs and dangers. Unlike modern cloud solutions, the FTP protocol does not support more advanced functions such as automatic synchronization of files between devices, optimization of download speeds by automatically selecting a faster server, pre-viewing files, etc.
The announced decision for the Firefox 88 version comes a year after Google took a similar measure for the Chrome browser. However, users who still need the FTP protocol can still enable it manually, but this option will also disappear starting with Firefox 90.
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Often, you hear couples in a relationship having issues with trust saying “trust is earned”. Meaning they don’t trust their partner and they want them to do something to earn their trust. And until that is done, they won’t trust their partner. The hard part of such a statement is that their partner does not know what to do to earn their trust. And that frustrates them even more. As if the success of the relationship solely depends on one person and not the two.
You might be in love with someone, you might be attracted to them and like them so much but when you don’t trust them, there is no peace in such a relationship. You will spend your whole life doubting every action of your partner. Your partner won’t be happy with you, they will be in a perpetual state of worry. And no one deserves a love that makes them worry, a love that gives them depression.
Trust is not an examination one has to pass to earn an achievement, recognition or certificate, on which their partner stands to trust them. Even if there is something like that, nobody writes or sits for the examination and passes successfully without having the proper knowledge of the subject. To those saying they don’t trust their partner and further add that trust is something they must earn, can you be fair and open to your partner?
Give them the right knowledge or information about what trust is to you. What are the things they must do to earn your trust? Can you be specific? Can you list them? And make sure your partner really understands you and you are all on the same page. Can you give them time to learn and sit for your “examination”?
If you cannot do that, please let go of the relationship. Trust is never gained overnight; it is worked out and it gets better with time. You work with your partner to build the trust you want in your relationship. Your relationship sits on trust and without trust, your relationship has no foundation or stability.
Some people personally, have issues with trust. They find it difficult to trust others due to their past experience. such a person needs counseling and time to work on themselves before venturing into any relationship. Any person who has issues with trust is not a candidate for a relationship.
Every relationship needs trust to last, and the basic thing partners can do is to be honest with each other. Live a life of honesty. There is nothing like white lies in a lasting relationship. Telling the truth sometimes comes with hurt but your partner will be grateful to you for being honest with them.
Learn to accept your mistakes, take responsibility and open up to your partner if we want to have a lasting relationship. And when your partner opens to you no their mistakes, it is your duty to help them re-write the wrong. Don’t make them regret telling you the truth or opening up to you. Be your partner’s safe place.
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A legal term for a written declaration, made under oath, of what the individual knows to be factual information. In liability or property insurance, a declaration is the part of the contract that contains basic information
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Each of the four sessions highlights a particular skill to further expand your skill set as an adept communicator in challenging situations representing these challenging times. Join Fran for this practical, immediately applicable, hands on communication skills series designed specifically for experienced leaders.
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Protesters in Bristol have pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th Century slave trader.
The bronze memorial to Edward Colston situated in Bristol city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left College Green as part of a Black Lives Matter demonstration.
It had been the subject of an 11,000-strong petition to have it removed.
Images showed crowds rushing to stamp on the statue, which stood in Colston Avenue, before it was rolled along the road and pushed into the harbour.
Earlier, protester John McAllister, 71, tore down black bin bags used to hide the statue to denounce it in front of fellow protesters.
He told the PA news agency: “It says ‘erected by the citizens of Bristol, as a memorial to one of the most virtuous and wise sons of this city’.
“The man was a slave trader. He was generous to Bristol but it was off the back of slavery and it’s absolutely despicable. It’s an insult to the people of Bristol.”
According to Historic England, the statue was sculpted by John Cassidy, of Manchester, with an inscription that read “erected by citizens of Bristol as a memorial of one of the most virtuous and wise sons of their city AD 1895”.
Colston’s involvement in the slave trade through the British-based Royal African Company was the source of much of the money which he bestowed in Bristol, the website added.
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Welcome to my new blog. A blog about how “One Thing Can Affect Everything”. Do you believe it? Can one thing really affect everything? I bet a dollar to a doughnut that you want me to prove it.
A few big picture things might be a good start.
In the beginning “God” created the heavens and the earth. We do not have to have an exceptionally high IQ to understand that in this case, ONE THING REALLY DID AFFECT EVERYTHING.
It only seems appropriate to mention the story of Easter the week before Easter. In our context, the Resurrection of Jesus changed everything, and I do mean everything. The uniqueness of this “One Thing” cannot be ignored, since it is the only “One Thing” that not only changed everything from that point in time on, but also changed everything from that point in time back into the past.
Just as we look back at that moment in time for our redemption, those that preceded that Easter event looked forward to that moment in time for their redemption. One Thing Changed Everything.
I can already hear some of you saying, it’s one thing to believe one thing can change everything, but it is altogether another thing to believe that believing one thing as opposed to another thing can change everything. Go ahead you naysayers, admit it, that is what you were thinking, and you know it.
It really is not a question of whether you or I are right or wrong, but a question of whether what was said is true or false (I know, sounds like saying the same thing in a different way, but humor me). If it is true, then one thing really did change everything, if it is not, then that one thing changed nothing.
How about we use a property of nature to test the truthfulness of my assertion. There are four fundamental forces in nature, but for the sake of simplicity, let’s use the weakest of these forces, let’s use Gravity for our illustration.
When we talk about gravity, we don’t speak in terms of right or wrong, we speak in terms of true or false. Gravity is objective, thus it is never subjected to right or wrong.
In almost everyone’s reality (there are a few exceptions, like mental illness or retardation) gravity is very real, and when someone says they don’t believe in gravity, we question their mental capacity and/or state of mind.
To deny the existence of gravity has absolutely zero influence on gravity or the implications of gravity. If you climb a tree, proclaim there is no gravity, and step off the tree limb, gravity not being subordinated or subject to your beliefs will prove your assertion as false, and that “one thing”, that one decision will affect “everything” for you. If you reside in this universe, gravity is true, no matter what your thoughts or beliefs on gravity are.
So there you have it, my introduction to OneThingology. One Thing Can Indeed Affect Everything. Just in case you thought this was going to be a religious blog, you need to come back often so I can illustrate that a blog aimed at individuals and small to medium sized business owners can weave faith and logic together to make points that will be beneficial to our personal life and our work life. So stay tuned to find out where I am going with this blog, better yet, subscribe (there will be something somewhere on the right side of this page that will allow you to subscribe by email or RSS Feed). | <urn:uuid:6232ef3b-82b9-438f-bad2-33785c1e3afa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bobbobuckley.com/one-thing-can-affect-everything/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.954858 | 737 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Indonesia is a nation that is incredibly rich where culture is concerned. The country is currently entering an era of newfound prosperity and success and as much as it is beneficial, it has the potential to undermine a nation’s culture amidst all the economic development and influence of globalisation. One place where you can truly experience aspects of Indonesian culture is the Neka Art Musem, which is situated in Ubud. This is a district located in the holiday destination of Bali, with many establishments such as COMO Uma Ubud which is a luxury resort in the heart of Ubud.
The museum was established by Suteja Neka, a Balinese teacher and art aficionado. He eventually left his teaching occupation to pursue a future in dealing and handling artwork. Once he realised that he is selling precious Balinese art to buyers who are taking them out of the country, he decided to invest in a platform to showcase these amazing works within the country itself. His motivations became abundantly clear during a trip abroad with Dutch artist Rudolf Bonnet in which he glimpsed Balinese paintings in foreign museums. He realised these works of fine art were exquisite and could not be seen in their homeland.
The museum itself is built to resemble traditional Balinese architecture, and consists of multiple buildings with each of them having a specific theme. The first gallery is dedicated towards classical paintings exclusively. The Arie Smit section features works from the namesake as well as creations by the Young Artist School who were greatly influenced by Smit.
Probably the most essential exhibit worth experiencing is the Contemporary Indonesian Art Hall which features work from artists all over the nation. There’s even a large collection of ceremonial daggers to be seen upstairs of the lobby.
If you find yourself in Indonesia, or especially Bali, the Neka Art Museum is definitely one of the best places to check out.
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‘Tao’ is a name that cannot be easily defined, indeed it says that
“The Tao that can be named is not The Tao”. But here goes anyway…
The Tao (pronounced Dow) is a term for the way that things are – from the micro to the macro. A Western word could be Nature and the process underlying everything. Taoism became so recognized and established in China that whole dynasties were based upon it, just as others were Buddhist or Confucianist. In today’s language it could be seen as the manifestation and reflection of holographic fractals, or in other words – the part reflects the whole, and ‘as above so below’.
There are two distinct aspects of Tao. One is religious, the other is not.
Religious Taoism has its temples, Gods, monks, rituals… like any other religion. It is long established and there are ancient monasteries and temples on sacred mountains in China and long lineages.
The non-religious aspect of Tao is like Western Science – it looks at, examines and incorporates the basic principles of how everything, organic and inorganic, operates. From this viewpoint, Acupuncture and Qigong are expressions and manifestations of Tao because they function according to the rules of natural processes.
Tao is an ancient and profound knowledge, said to originate with a legendary figure Lao Tzu, who wrote the book Tao Te Ching – The Book of The Way and Its Virtue. This was around 200 BCE.
There are other books from this antiquity, including the I Ching/The Book of Changes, Huang Ti Nei Jing/The Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine, and Can Tong Qi/Seal Of The Unity of Three. The Taoist Canon (collection of books) is said to number 1,400 texts.
There are charts and diagrams such as Nei Jing Tu, Xiu Zhen Tu and Huo Hou Tu which describe Qigong practices.
Yin Yang, Ba Gua, Trigrams, Hexagrams, 5 Elements, The Table of Correspondences… are all expressions of these principles. It has been said that these are the correct operating system of reality.
Collectively, these practices are known as Internal Alchemy, and also Neidan and Neigung. They are said to cultivate the Golden Elixir and the Immortal Pearl.
The name Tao Studies describes this area of special focus, in the sense of academic research and advanced practice. This is an on-going project.
There are no Tao Studies classes at this time.
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A landslide victory handed by Japanese voters to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in mid-December saw power in the country’s Lower House shift back to the nationalist-conservative party that had governed Japan almost continuously since 1955. The LDP had been ousted in a historic defeat only three years earlier. In his first televised interview since taking office, newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who previously served as prime minister from September 2006 to September 2007) called for review of plans to phase out nuclear power in Japan by 2030, endorsing instead the construction of new, safer nuclear power plants.
The announcement comes just months after an advisory panel set up by the previous administration led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the Democratic Party of Japan made the controversial recommendation that Japan should seek to close all 50 of its viable nuclear reactors by 2030 and increase its reliance on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and fossil fuels. The recommendation contained in a document titled “Innovative Energy and Environment Strategy,” and released by then-Minister of State for National Policy Motohisa Furukawa, calls for a ban on new reactors, though it left open the possibility that seven reactors at varying stages of construction in Japan could be completed. The former government also urged that exemptions be granted to its policy so that reactors could be shuttered after their 40-year lifespans, suggesting the deadline to phase out nuclear power was flexible.
Japan’s Cabinet had then refrained from outright endorsing the recommendation that had been crafted after nearly a year of public hearings and deliberation by representatives from the country’s sizeable power sector on what Japan’s energy future should look like. But last December, newly installed Prime Minister Abe (Figure 3) said one of his administration’s first acts would be to revise the phase-out plan, and he wasted little time in flanking himself with pro-nuclear ministry officials. LDP officials, meanwhile, said their election victory showed a change in public opinion. “Rather than a nuclear-free nation, what was supported was a move to decide on the future of nuclear energy after discussing the issue for periods of between three to 10 years,” Shigeru Ishiba, LDP secretary-general, was quoted as saying by the Asahi Shimbun. Meanwhile, newly installed Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at his first news conference that future political decisions would be made about whether to allow construction to start on nine planned reactors.
|3. A return to nuclear. Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in his first televised interview that he would review the previous administration’s plans to phase out nuclear power by 2030. In this photo, Abe (in blue) speaks to workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, which was devastated after an earthquake in March 2011. The plant is now stable, but removing all radiation could take decades. Courtesy: TEPCO|
Before the 9.0-magnitude temblor and ensuing tsunami destroyed Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011, Japan procured about 26% of its power supply from nuclear generation. About 9% came from hydropower, 1% from renewables, and 61% from coal, oil, and liquefied natural gas. The country, which imports 95% of its energy needs, went nuclear-free for a brief period between May, when all reactors were shut down for inspection, and July last year, after restart of Ohi Units 3 and 4, but it has struggled to meet normal year demand peaks. At times, the government has been compelled to force power savings by invoking the Electricity Business Act.
Only the two Ohi reactors are operational to date; the remaining 48 remain shut down as antinuclear protests periodically take place across the country. The Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) and other industry stakeholders foresee economic calamities if nuclear power should be phased out, spurred by an unpredictable electricity supply/demand balance, an outflow of national wealth, rising electricity costs, and increasing carbon emissions. Japan is already at the brink of another recession, many point out, calling attention to the country’s ballooning national debt, falling exports, and unemployment that is so severe that a third of working-age Japanese reportedly are unable to find jobs.
The phase-out strategy “involves too many problems” said the FEPC in a statement in December. “We believe it should be reviewed under the new administration and modified to support a more realistic energy policy.”
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When are heating and cooling loads required?
- Designing HVAC systems
- Testing effects of fabric improvements
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Heating and cooling load calculations are carried out to estimate the required capacity of heating and cooling systems, needed to maintain the required environment in the conditioned space. This is in accordance with CIBSE steady state methodology (CIBSE Guide A 2015).
To estimate the required system capacities, a model is constructed using information on the design, indoor and outdoor conditions, specifications of the building, and utilisation of the conditioned space. The latter can include factors such as the occupancy, activity level, various appliances and equipment used.
For comfort applications, the required indoor conditions are fixed by the criterion of thermal comfort. For the industrial or commercial applications, the required indoor conditions are fixed by the particular processes being performed or whatever is being stored.
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The Department of Justice has streamlined its national security classification activities over the last several years, resulting in the production of a diminishing number of secrets, according to a new report from the Department’s Inspector General.
Specifically, the IG found:
* the Department reduced the number of Original Classification Authorities (i.e. officials who are authorized to generate newly classified information) from 64 in FY 2013 to 46 in FY 2016.
* the Department reduced its original classification decisions (new secrets) from 4,455 in FY 2013 down to zero in FY 2015.
* the number of derivative classification decisions (involving incorporation of previously classified information into new documents) also declined from 8.4 million in FY 2012 down to 7.7 million in FY 2015.
In short, there has been “a marked shift in classification behavior throughout DOJ,” the IG report said.
See Follow-up Audit of the DOJ’s Implementation of and Compliance with Certain Classification Requirements, second audit under the Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2010, September 2016.
(The IG report also identified some areas for improvement, including more appropriate use of the ORCON dissemination marking, and other classification practices, especially at the Drug Enforcement Administration.)
The reduced scope of national security secrecy at the Justice Department has been paralleled throughout much of the executive branch in recent years, such that the production of new secrets in the last two years is at the lowest levels reported in several decades. (“Number of New Secrets in 2015 Near Historic Low,” Secrecy News, July 29, 2016). By this measure, at least, one might even conclude that the Obama Administration is the most transparent ever.
While the systemic reduction of national security secrecy does not resolve all (or any) remaining disputes over secrecy policy, it does help to clarify them and perhaps to render them somewhat more tractable.
“There’s more work to be done here [on revising classification policy],” said Director of National Intelligence James Clapper last week at a forum of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. “And at some point, there will need to be, I believe, a fairly fundamental change in the classification system, not just in the I.C. but across the government.”
“The basic structure [of the classification system] is of course born out of a hard copy paper era and the rules we have today really aren’t compatible with the technology and the way we conduct our business. So at some point, I think there’ll be ‐‐ have to be a fundamental change. In the meantime, I’m kind of [doing], you know, what I can within the confines of the current system,” DNI Clapper said. | <urn:uuid:95f1b28f-6380-4306-a0ae-dc95dbc2a577> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2016/09/doj-secrecy-reduced/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939587 | 568 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Bali of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, made famous by a film adaptation featuring Julia Roberts, may soon be history. The lush Indonesian island of exotic temples and stunning beaches will scare away tourists if Indonesia passes a law that proposes to ban sex outside marriage in the country.
Indonesian parliament is debating a draft revision to the country’s criminal code which proposes jail for up to six months for having sex outside marriage.
The new law will apply to foreigners too which means couples living together in hotels could be charged if they fail to prove they are married.
The news of the revision of the criminal law sent a scare in neighbouring Australia. Nearly a million Australian tourists visit Bali every year.
The Australian government alerted its citizens to the proposed changes in an advisory. “We’ve updated our travel advice to include new information about possible future changes to #Indonesia’s Criminal Code. Changes will only enter into force two years after new legislation is passed,” the government tweeted.
The province of Bali has objected to the revision in the law, fearing a loss in huge revenue that tourism brings. Bali’s official tourism promotion agency has announced its objection to the revision. In 2018, more than six million foreign tourists visited Bali, nearly 40 per cent of all foreign tourists traveling to Indonesia.
The chief of Bali Tourism Board said the revised law might make many travelers uncomfortable when staying at a hotel in Bali or other parts of Indonesia, as they would be required to provide marriage certificates or make other arrangements for their stay. “It will be something that they will take note of, and they will be less inclined to stay in Bali and choose other countries for their holidays,” he said.
Ban on sex outside marriage is not the only revision in criminal code that has worried the provincial tourism agency. Another provision will criminalise those “loitering” on the streets or around public facilities, a charge open to interpretation. A tourism official said this revision would disrupt tourism-related businesses which would have to close early. It can put an end to Bali’s famous nightlife.
The Bali Hotels Association has urged tourists to “stay calm and continue their activities (or planned activities) as usual” amid reports Australians were cancelling their Bali holiday plans.
As concerns and anxiety spread within and outside Bali, President Joko Widodo indefinitely postponed the legislative changes.
But the threat of laws controlling personal lives has not gone away. Increasing Islamic radicalisation in Indonesia, officially a secular country, has led to demands for sharia laws. Though the province of Bali is Hindu-dominated, it will not be exempt from such laws passed by the parliament.
Concerns have been expressed globally over Indonesian blasphemy laws. Though these laws also cover religions other than Islam, most convictions are of those from minority religions.
Two years ago, a top politician Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was jailed for blasphemy. A Christian and former governor of Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ahok was accused of defaming the Quran in a video which was later found to be edited. Ahok had made an appeal to people to not vote along religious lines when he was running for re-election.
Another case that put a spotlight on increasing radicalisation among majority Muslims in Indonesia was of Meiliana, a 44-year-old Chinese Buddhist. She was convicted in 2018 for insulting Islam. She wanted her neighborhood mosque to lower the volume of the call to prayer which she said hurt her ears.
Aceh province already has harsh sharia laws. Sex outside marriage routinely invites caning and flogging and so do gambling, drinking alcohol and homosexuality.
Last week, three couples were publicly caned in Aceh for public display of affection. In front of a mosque in the capital Banda Aceh, as a crowd watched, a masked sharia officer rained down strokes from a rattan cane on the guilty couples who had already served months in prison. One woman winced and fell over from the painful punishment.
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How to Install an Attic Access Door
Except in some of the older homes, attic doors are push-up panels in the ceiling. A few older homes have attic access through a door on an exterior wall. The push-up panels comprise of a square or rectangular piece of ceiling drywall glued to a piece of plywood that rests on trim nailed around the opening, reveals Innovative Building Materials. A "dam" created from plywood panels around the opening keeps the attic insulation from cascading down the opening. A ladder is used to reach the opening.
How to Install an Attic Access Door
1. Locate the Joists
Mark the locations of two adjacent ceiling joists, using a studfinder to locate the inside edges. Mark the top and bottom ends of the access hole, spaced about 3 feet apart.
2. Cut the Drywall
Cut out the ceiling drywall using a drywall saw to create your drywall attic access panel. Pop the rectangular piece out and place aside for use later.
3. Take Your Measurements
Measure the width of a ceiling joist, usually between 6 inches to 10 inches wide. Measure the distance between the two adjacent joists, usually 16 inches or 24 inches. Cut two lengths of lumber "blocking" the same width as the ceiling joist and long enough to span the space between the two joists. Nail joist hangers on the ceiling joists on either side at the top and bottom ends of the opening in the ceiling on the inside edges of the ceiling joists. Fit the lengths of blocking in the joist hangers and nail them to the side joists to create a rectangular opening.
4. Cut Four Lumber Boards
Cut two 3-foot lengths of 2-inch by 4-inch or 2-inch by 6-inch lumber boards (should be of a narrower width than the ceiling joists) and two more lengths of similar lumber boards the width of the blocking. Nail the boards to the inside of the rectangular opening, aligning the lower edges with the lower edges of the ceiling joists and blocking to create a "lip" around the opening.
5. Cut a Piece of Plywood
Cut a piece of 1/4-inch plywood to the same dimensions as the rectangular piece of drywall that you cut from the ceiling. Glue the plywood to the back of the drywall piece. Cut two rectangular pieces of rigid insulation foam and glue them one over the other to the top of the plywood, instructs Old House Web. Insert this access panel into the hole in the ceiling and rest it on the lip of the frame around the opening with the drywall side showing.
6. Nail the Plywood
Cut two 12-inch wide and 3-feet long pieces of 1/4-inch plywood and two more pieces of 12-inch plywood the same length as the width between the joists. Nail the pieces to the outside of the joists and the blocking to create a "dam" that will keep the attic insulation from falling through the opening when the panel is pushed open.
7. Make a Frame
Use window casing trim to make a frame around the access hole for a neater appearance.
8. Add Weatherstripping to Prevent Heat Loss
Weatherstrip the push-up panel to prevent loss of heat by using self-stick foam tape or weatherstripping tape around the lip of the access panel.
Things You Will Need
1 1/2 inch 10d joist hanger nails
2-inch by 4-inch or 2-inch by 6-inch lumber boards
1 1/2 inch screws
Rigid insulation foam
Wear protective clothing, safety glasses and dust mask to avoid inhaling insulating material and dust.
- Weatherstrip the push-up panel to prevent loss of heat by using self-stick foam tape or weatherstripping tape around the lip of the access panel.
- Wear protective clothing, safety glasses and dust mask to avoid inhaling
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The National Science Foundation last week announced that two out of eight large projects it is funding this year under its Information Technology Research program would support life science informatics research.
In one life science project, “Constructing a ‘Family Tree’ for Life on Earth,” Bernard Moret of the University of New Mexico will lead a team of researchers from eleven universities in a project that was awarded $11.6 million over the next five years to create a phylogenetic tree of all living organisms using new analytical and supercomputing techniques.
The second project, “Data Mining for Biomolecular Imagery,” was awarded $9.4 million over five years. Bangalore Manjunath of the University of California, Santa Barbara, will lead a team to develop next-generation systems for studying the function, distribution, and relationships of proteins and complex molecules in living cells and capture the images in a distributed database.
This year, NSF awarded more than $169 million in new awards through the ITR program. In addition to $80.5 million for the eight large projects, more than 175 mid-sized projects were awarded up to $4 million, and 180 smaller projects will each receive up to $500,000, the agency said. | <urn:uuid:de76b27e-38cb-462f-8f0a-65f3de83ee47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/large-bioinformatics-projects-benefit-2003-nsf-itr-awards | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.949611 | 258 | 1.851563 | 2 |
The hexadecimal color code #001316 is a very dark shade of cyan. In the RGB color model #001316 is comprised of 0% red, 7.45% green and 8.63% blue. In the HSL color space #001316 has a hue of 188° (degrees), 100% saturation and 4% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 487.78 nm.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
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To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Hey there! I’m researching rocks because I’m curious about them. I also like rocks because they are so interesting. Enjoy!
Geologists define rocks as aggregate of minerals. Minerals are naturally occurring, not unhealthy substances with specific chemical compositions and structures. A rock can be filled of many crystals of one or more minerals, or combinations of many minerals. Several exceptions, such as coal and obsidian, are not composed of minerals but are thought to be rocks.
People often use rocks for include building materials, roofs, sculpture, jewelry, tombstones, chalk, coal for heat, and more. Oil and natural gas can also be found in rocks. Many metals like a fork are made from rocks known as ores. Even, prehistoric humans used rocks as early as 2,000,000 B.C. Flint and other hard rocks were very important raw materials for crafting arrowheads and other special natural made rocks.
Around 500,000 B.C., rock caves and structures made from stones had become important forms of shelter for early man. During that time, early men had learned to use fire, a development that allowed humans to cook food as needed to survive and greatly expand their geographical range. Eventually, most likely no sooner than 5000 B.C., humans had realized that minerals such as gold and copper could be from rocks. Tons of ancient monuments were crafted from stone, including the pyramids of Egypt, built from limestone about 2500 B.C., and the buildings of Chichen Itza in Mexico, also of limestone, built near A.D. 450.
Since the 1500s, scientists have studied minerals and mining, fundamental aspects of the study of rocks. Georg Bauer published Concerning Metallic Things in 1556. By 1785, the British geologist James Hutton published Theory of the Earth, in which he explained his observations of rocks in Great Britain and his conclusion that Earth is much older than previous scientists before him had guessed. Geologists are scientists who study the earth and rocks, distinguish three main groups of rocks: igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
These distinctions are made on the basis of the types of minerals in the rock, the shapes of individual mineral grains, and the overall texture of the rock, all of which indicate the environment, pressure, and temperature in which the rock was made. Igneous rocks form when magma is below the land of the Earth or lava at the land of the Earth hardens. The minerals in the rock will make crystals or grow together so that the separate crystals make 1 crystal altogether. Igneous rocks and magma make up much of the oceanic and continental crust, as well as most of the rock deeper in the Earth.
Igneous rocks can be identified by the interlocking appearance of the crystals in them. Typical igneous rocks do not have a layered texture, but exceptions exist. For example, in large bodies of igneous rock, relatively thick crystals that are made early can sink to the bottom of the magma, and less thick layers of crystals that are made later can accumulate on top. Igneous rocks can form deep within the Earth or at the surface of the Earth in volcanoes.
In general, igneous rocks that form deep within the Earth have large crystals that indicate a longer period of time during which the magma cools. Igneous rocks that form at or near the surface of the Earth, such as volcanic igneous rocks, cool quickly and contain smaller crystals that are difficult to see without magnification. Obsidian, also called volcanic glass, cools down so fast that no crystals are made. Nevertheless, obsidian is considered to be an igneous rock.
Igneous rocks are classified on the basis of how much minerals there are and the size of the crystals in the rock. Extrusive igneous rocks have small crystals and crystallize at or near the Earth’s surface. Intrusive igneous rocks cool slowly below the Earth’s surface and have larger crystals. Rocks made up of thick, dark-colored minerals like olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and plagioclase are called mafic igneous rocks.
Light-colored, less thick minerals, including quartz, mica, and feldspar are called felsic igneous rocks. Common igneous rocks include the felsic igneous rocks granite and rhyolite, and the mafic igneous rocks gabbro and basalt. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock that includes large crystals of the minerals quartz, feldspar, mica, and amphibole that form deep within the Earth. Rhyolite includes the same minerals, but forms as extrusive igneous rock near the surface of the Earth or in volcanoes and cools quickly from magma or lava, so its crystals are difficult to observe with the naked eye.
Similarly, gabbro is more coarse-grained than basalt and made deeper down in the Earth, but both rocks include the minerals pyroxene, feldspar, and olivine. Fabulous exposures of igneous rocks occur in the volcanoes of Hawaii, volcanic rocks of Yellowstone National Park are located in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, in Lassen Volcanic National Park and Yosemite National Park in California. Sedimentary rocks are those made of grains of preexisting rocks or organic material that, in most cases, have been eroded, deposited, compacted, and cemented together. They typically form at the surface of the Earth as sediment moves as a result of the action of wind, water, ice, gravity, or a combination of these.
Sedimentary rocks also form as chemicals precipitate from seawater, or through accumulation of organic material such as plant debris or animal shells. Common sedimentary rocks include shale, sandstone, limestone, and conglomerate. Sedimentary rocks typically have a layered appearance because most sediments are deposited in horizontal layers and are buried beneath later deposits of sediments over long periods of time. Sediments deposited rapidly, however, tend to be poorly layered if layers are visible at all.
Sedimentary rocks are made in many different environments at the surface of the Earth. Eolian, or wind blown, sediments can accumulate in deserts. Rivers carry sediments and deposit them along their banks or into lakes or oceans. Glaciers make unusual deposits of a wide variety of sediments that they pick up as the glacier expands and moves; glacial deposits are well exposed in the northern United States. Sediments can travel in currents below sea level to the deepest parts of the ocean floor.
Secretion of calcium carbonate shells by reef-building organisms produce large quantities of limestone. Evaporation of seawater has resulted in the formation of widespread layers of salt and gypsum. Swamps rich in plants can produce coal if organic material accumulates and is buried before aerobic bacteria can destroy the dead plants. Sedimentary rocks are classified on the basis of the sizes of the particles in the rock and the composition of the rock.
Clastic sedimentary rocks comprise fragments of preexisting rocks and minerals. Chemical precipitates are sedimentary rocks that are made by precipitation of minerals from seawater, salt lakes, or mineral-rich springs. Organic sedimentary rocks formed from organic matter or organic activity, such as coal and limestone made by reef-building organisms like coral. Grain sizes in sedimentary rocks range from fine clay and silt to sand to boulders.
The sediment in a sedimentary rock reflects its environment of deposition. For example, wind-blown sand grains commonly is evidence of abrasion of their surfaces as a result of colliding with other grains. Sediments transported long distances tend to decrease in size and are more rounded than sediment deposited near their precursor rocks because of wearing against other sediments or rocks. Large or heavy sediments tend to wear out of water or wind if the energy of the water or wind is insufficient to carry the sediments.
Sediments deposited rapidly as a result of slides or slumps tend to include a larger range of sediment sizes, from large boulders to pebbles to sand grains and flakes of clay. Such rocks are called conglomerate. Along beaches, the rhythmic activity of waves moving sediment back and forth produces sandstones in which the grains are well rounded and of similar size. Glaciers pick up and carry a wide variety of sediments and often scratch or scrape the rocks over which they travel.
Sedimentary rocks are the only rocks in which fossils can be preserved because at the elevated temperatures and pressures in which igneous and metamorphic rocks form, fossils and organic remnants are ruined. The presence of fossils and the types of fossil organisms in a rock provide clues about the environment and age of sedimentary rocks. For example, fossils of human beings are not present in rocks older than approximately two million years because humans did not exist before then. Similarly, dinosaur fossils do not occur in rocks younger than about 65 million years because dinosaurs became extinct at that very time.
Fish fossils in sedimentary rock indicate that the sediments that make up the rock were deposited in a lake, river, or marine environment. By establishing the environment of the fossils in a rock, scientists learn more about the conditions under which the rock formed.
Spectacular exposures of sedimentary rocks include the Grand Canyon which is in Arizona, the eolian sandstones of Zion National Park which is in Utah, the limestones of Carlsbad National Park which is in New Mexico, and glacial features of Voyageurs National Park which is in Minnesota. Metamorphic rocks are named for the process of change that affects rocks. The changes that make metamorphic rocks usually include rises in the temperature (generally to 392°F) and the pressure of a precursor rock, which can be igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, to a degree that the minerals in the rock are no longer stable. The rock might change in mineral content or appearance, or even both. Clues to identifying metamorphic rocks include the presence of minerals such as mica, amphibole, staurolite, and garnet, and layers in which minerals are aligned as a result of pressure applied to the rock.
Common metamorphic rocks include slate, schist, and gneiss. Metamorphic rocks commonly are made in mountains such as the Appalachian Mountains, parts of California, and the ancient, eroded metamorphic rocks in the Llano Uplift of central Texas. Metamorphic rocks are classified depending on their constituent minerals and texture. Foliated metamorphic rocks are those that have a layered texture. In foliated metamorphic rocks, elongate or platy minerals such as mica and amphibole become aligned as a result of pressure on the rock. Foliation can range from alternating layers of light and dark minerals typical of gneiss to the seemingly perfect alignment of platy minerals in slate.
Some metamorphic rocks aren’t foliated and have a massive texture devoid of layers. Mineralogy of metamorphic rocks reflects the mineral content of the precursor rock and the pressure and temperature at which metamorphism occurs. As sediments undergo metamorphism, the layers of sediment can be folded or become more pronounced as pressure on the rock increases. Elongate or platy minerals in the rock tend to become aligned in the same direction.
For example, when shale metamorphoses to slate, it becomes easier to split the well-aligned layers of the slate into thin, flat sheets. This property of slate makes it an attractive roofing material. Marble-metamorphosed limestone typically does not have the pronounced layers of slate, but is used for flooring and sculptures.
Metamorphism of igneous rocks can cause the different minerals in the rocks to separate into layers. When granite metamorphoses into gneiss, layers of light-colored minerals and dark-colored minerals form. As with sedimentary rocks, elongate or platy minerals become well-aligned as pressure on the rock increases.
As sediments undergo metamorphism, the layers of sediment can be folded or become more pronounced as pressure on the rock increases. Elongate or platy minerals in the rock tend to become aligned in the same direction. For example, when shale metamorphoses to slate, it becomes easier to split the well-aligned layers of the slate into thin, flat sheets. This property of slate makes it an attractive roofing material.
Marble-metamorphosed limestone-typically does not have the pronounced layers of slate, but is used for flooring and sculptures. Metamorphism of igneous rocks can cause the different minerals in the rocks to separate into layers. When granite metamorphoses into gneiss, layers of light-colored minerals and dark-colored minerals are made. As with sedimentary rocks, elongate or platy minerals become well-aligned as pressure on the rock increases.
It is possible for metamorphic rocks to change into other metamorphic rocks. In some regions, especially areas where mountain building is taking place, it is not unusual for several episodes of change to affect rocks. It can be difficult to unravel the effects of each episode of metamorphism. The word igneous comes from the Latin word ignis which means of fire. Sedimentary rocks make layers at the bottoms of oceans and lakes.
Hi there! I decided to do thunderstorms for my weekly research and I thought that this time of year would be perfect. I’d like to thank my mother Camilla for making this possible.
A thunderstorm is a storm with lightning and thunder. It is produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, usually producing gusty winds, heavy rain and sometimes hail but not always in the Western USA. The basic ingredients used to make a thunderstorm are moisture, unstable air and lift.
The earth needs moisture to form clouds and rain. You need unstable air that is relatively warm and can rise rapidly. Finally, you need lift.
The lift can form from fronts, sea breezes or mountains. Thunderstorms can occur year-round and at all hours. But they are most likely to happen in the spring and summer months and during the afternoon and evening hours.
Some people estimated that there are around 1,800 thunderstorms that occur across our planet every day. All thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning, which kills more people each year than tornadoes.
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. The intense heat from lightning causes the surrounding air to rapidly expand and create a sonic wave that you hear as thunder. The average temperature of lightning is around 20000°C (36000°F).
The sound of thunder can be anything from a loud crack to a low rumble. Light travels faster than sound so we see lightning before we hear thunder. The closer you live, the shorter the gap between the lightning and thunder.
The speed of sound is around 767 miles per hour (1,230 kilometres per hour). The speed of light is around 669600000 miles per hour (1080000000 kilometres per hour). Thunder is difficult to hear at distances over 12 miles (20 kilometres).
Thousands of years ago, philosophers such as Aristotle believed that thunder was caused by the collision of clouds. Astraphobia is the fear of thunder and lightning. The Oklahoma basketball team that play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) are called the Thunder.
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Hi there! Camilla has let me pick my own assignment. I chose a flower. I would have done more flowers but Camilla said to choose only one flower. So I chose carnation.
The single flowers of the Carnations species, Dianthus caryophyllus (that’s the scientific name) has 5 petals and they can vary from white to pink to purple in colors. Border Carnation cultivars may have double flowers with 1 to 40 petals. When they grow in gardens, Carnations grow to between 6 and 8.5 cm in diameter. Petals on Carnations are generally clawed or serrated.
Carnations are bisexual flowers and bloom simply or in a branched or forked cluster. The stamens on Carnations can occur in one or two whorls, in equal number or twice the number of the petals. The Carnation leaves are narrow and stalk less and their color varies from green to grey-blue or purple. Carnations grow big, full blooms on strong, straight stems. The carnation’s history dates back to ancient Greek and Roman times, when it was used in art and decor.
Christians or some spirituals believe that the first carnation bloomed on earth when Mary wept for Jesus as he carried his cross. Carnations in these early times were predominantly found in shades of pale pink and peach, but over the years the palette of available colors has grown to include red, yellow, white, purple, and even green. Throughout so many centuries of change, the popularity of the carnation has remained undiminished. The fact that the carnation continues to endure is a testament to its vast appeal.
The meanings of carnations include fascination, distinction, and love. Like many other flowers, different messages can also be expressed with the flower’s different color varieties. Light red carnations, for example, are often used to convey admiration, whereas the dark red version expresses deeper sentiments of love and affection. White carnations are associated with purity and luck, and pink carnations are often given as a sign of gratitude.
In the early part of the 20th century, carnations became the official flower of Mother’s Day in addition finding particular significance in many other cultures worldwide. To this day, carnations remain a favorite flower choice for many different occasions. They are immediately recognizable flowers, and they possess a charm and allure that continues to captivate people around the globe. In fact, in many parts of the world, the popularity of carnations surpasses that of any other flower including roses.
The powerful sentiments these flowers can express are a perfect complement to their classic beauty and long-lasting freshness. Carnation is a flowering plant that belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae. There are over 300 varieties of carnations that can be found throughout the world. These plants originate from Europe and Asia.
Carnations are cultivated at least 2000 years because of their beautiful flowers and intense fragrance. Carnations require well drained soil, enough moisture and direct sunlight for successful growth. These flowers are symbol of labor movement and mother’s love in the most countries of the world. Some people in France believe that carnations symbolize bad luck, where they are used mostly for the preparation of funeral bouquets. Carnation is a herbaceous plant that can reach 31 inches in height.
Carnation has 6 inches long slender leaves. They are usually grayish or bluish green in color and covered with waxy substance. White carnations will change its color after adding food coloring to the water. The flower will change its color after 24 hours.
Dianthus is Latin which for “flower of the gods”. White carnations are inevitable part of wedding bouquets and bouquets prepared for the first wedding anniversary. Carnations are birth flowers for all people that are born in January. These flowers are often used as decoration for tuxedoes.
Bouquets made of pink carnations are traditionally prepared for Mother’s day. Colombia is the greatest producer of carnations in the world. Carnations are national flowers of countries such as Monaco, Spain, Slovenia and Ohio. They are also used as a symbol of different fraternities and sororities.
Carnations can propagate via seeds and plant cuttings. Carnations are perennial plants, which mean that they can live more than 2 years. Carnations also have long lifespan in the vase – they can remain fresh up to 14 days after removal from the ground.
Hi there! Camilla decided that I write a blogpost on whatever I like once a week. You’re about to enter a princess’s life at her birth.
There once lived Queen Lilliana and King Topaz who yearned to have a child (specifically a daughter). One day later, the Queen had a baby girl and the King and the Queen were very happy. They had a christening/baby shower/ party and everyone in the kingdom came.
Everyone watched the queen name the baby. The queen had selected Melody as her name. When Melody was one year old, she talked like a princess should.
She was 3, when she learned to walk like a princess. She was 5 when she was crowned. She began to study at age 7. She got a new bed at 9 years old.
She started washing her hair at 11 years old. She started brushing her hair at 13 years old. She started getting dressed at age 15. She then started liking young princes at school during her 16th year.
She started getting boyfriends in her 17th year. She started dates with boys in her 18th year. She found the perfect boy to marry in her 19th year. She planned the wedding in her 20th year.
She got married in her 21st year. She had babies in her 22nd year. In the 23rd year, she went to work.
In her 24th year, her husband died. In her 25th year, she became ill. In her 26th year, she died but her parents still remember her.
So to remember her, they built a statue, made a speech, a museum, some art, some pictures and some books. Her parents died shortly after all that was done. Her children took place of the throne.
Nobody forgot her. So when they died, they joined her so she didn’t get lonely.
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Each turning point in history has behind it a story and a set of principal characters whose dilemmas and conflicts form its dramatic core and whose unique personalities influenced the outcome of events. New facts, often from indigenous sources, have emerged to add to our understanding of these crucial events and these, together with the latest historical research and documented first hand accounts, bring each turning point vividly to life. Exclusive dramatizations carried out at the actual sites of the events, History’s Turning Points provides a fascinating and intriguing new perspective on the significant moments that have changed the world. Zulus at War – 1879 AD After diamonds were discovered at Kimberley and gold in the Transvaal, British colonization stepped up. Charged with stopping Zulu attacks, 5000 British soldiers invaded Zululand, setting camp at Isandalwana, they more than 1300 Brits died. | <urn:uuid:4bac31e0-6a87-4d46-bfc5-4dda7d546de3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://documentarylist.net/historys-turning-points-1879-zulus-at-war/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.940604 | 175 | 3.5625 | 4 |
By Tori Curbelo
If you're reading this blog post chances are you most likely support UNICEF's mission of standing up for the world's most marginalized children. Like you, I also consider myself to be an advocate for children. I believe every child deserves food, a home, a safe environment, and a bright future. If you had asked me before World Children's Day this past November, I would not have been able to remember the last time I had asked a child about his or her point of view. Isn't that surprising?
As advocates, educators, and fundraisers, it's important that we seize moments to reflect and hear from those whom we advocate for. How can we support children if we never listen to them? Listening to children requires intentional moments where we ask youth about their thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. We don't always have to assume, or fill in the gaps.
Article 12 of The Convention on the Rights of the Child reads:
States parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
If you ask and listen, we can hear what children need.
World Children's Day on November 20 is a day that reminds us of the power of children. This year, UNICEF encouraged the public to organize a #KidsTakeOver. Which begs the question, what exactly is a kids "take-over"? The UNICEF website states that it is:
A fun day, with a serious message, when kids ‘take over’ high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to shine a light on the most pressing challenges faced by their generation
It was a call to action to uplift the voice of every child, even the child that may not usually have a platform to share.
Here at UNICEF USA, third grade students from a local NYC public school led an ALL STAFF meeting. At first, I was unsure about how the day would go. Would the third graders be nervous to speak in front of adults who may be three, four, five, and six times their age? My colleagues and I had some ideas, but nothing in our agenda was concrete. It would soon be filled with their vision of how they wanted their meeting to look like.
"What are some objectives you have for the meeting?" Was one of our first questions for the students. They provided some goals that we could possibly review with our colleagues. "How would you respond if you were asked this..." The students worked together to formulate answers. After drafting the content with the students, they were ready to speak amongst our colleagues.
Aside from our team and a few others, no one knew before the meeting that the students would takeover. The hour kicked off with our Chief Development Officer & Executive Vice President, Barron Segar. As his role would suggest, Barron covered some of our organization's development updates. He was not in charge for too long before the meeting was interrupted by two of the students.
"Do adults always talk this much?" Asked one of the students as she walked in and interrupted the meeting.
Another student asked Barron, "Do you know what today is? World Children's Day"
"And we're here to take over!"
The rest of the class poured in to abruptly change the agenda from development updates to World Children's Day as they:
- Shared their meeting objectives
- Answered staff questions about their views of the global world and children's rights
- Lead the staff in UNICEF Kid Power Ups!
One of our colleagues asked the students what children need. The student responded that,
Children need food, shelter, and most importantly ice cream
As simple as the answer was, it was spot on. I'll explain why. Currently, it's estimated that 1 in 4 children are chronically malnourished. Additionally, 30 are uprooted, and fleeing conflict and other harmful conditions. Children need food and shelter to fulfill their existence as a happy child who can enjoy simple pleasures such as: an ice cream, or spending time with family.
The children weren't finished taking over. They hopped on a train with UNICEF USA staff and their teacher Chris Pomboyno to NASDAQ. A big sign near 42nd Street Time Square read to the crowds, "NASDAQ Welcomes UNICEF USA November 20, 2017". Quickly following, the children once again took over. Images of the third graders one after the other appeared to remind everyone in Time Square why every child deserves the best.
How do you celebrate World Children's Day? I recommend marking your yearly calendar and checking in with us next year to see what you can do to recognize youth. It goes without saying that we should live everyday as World Children's Day. Find out how you do so by visiting: https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/volunteers. | <urn:uuid:cfd8d42e-f600-425d-8be1-2446064996eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/third-graders-take-over-unicef-usa-meeting-world-childrens-day/33892 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974044 | 1,040 | 2.65625 | 3 |
To borrow my own words, the AWS Storage Gateway is a service that includes a multi-protocol storage appliance that fits in between your existing application and the AWS Cloud. Your applications see the gateway as a file system, a local disk volume, or a Virtual Tape Library, depending on how it was configured.
Today I would like to share a few recent updates to the File Gateway configuration of the Storage Gateway, and also show you how they come together to enable some new processing models. First, the most recent updates:
SMB Support – The File Gateway already supports access from clients that speak NFS (versions 3 and 4.1 are supported). Last month we added support for the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. This allows Windows applications that communicate using v2 or v3 of SMB to store files as objects in S3 through the gateway, enabling hybrid cloud use cases such as backup, content distribution, and processing of machine learning and big data workloads. You can control access to the gateway using your existing on-premises Active Directory (AD) domain or a cloud-based domain hosted in AWS Directory Service, or you can use authenticated guest access. To learn more about this update, read AWS Storage Gateway Adds SMB Support to Store and Access Objects in Amazon S3 Buckets.
Cross-Account Permissions – Some of our customers run their gateways in one AWS account and configure them to upload to an S3 bucket owned by another account. This allows them to track departmental storage and retrieval costs using chargeback and showback models. In order to simplify this important use case, you can configure the gateway to provide the bucket owner with full permissions. This avoids a pain point which could arise if the bucket owner was unable to see the objects. To learn how to set this up, read Using a File Share for Cross-Account Access.
Requester Pays – Bucket owners are responsible for storage costs. Owners pay for data transfer costs by default, but also have the option to have the requester pay. To support this use case, the File Gateway now supports S3’s Requester Pays Buckets. Data collectors and aggregators can use this feature to share data with research organizations such as universities and labs without incurring the costs of access themselves. File Gateway provides file based access to the S3 objects, caches recently accessed data locally, helping requesters reduce latency and costs. To learn more, read about Creating an NFS File Share and Creating an SMB File Share.
File Upload Notification – The gateway caches files locally, and uploads them to a designated S3 bucket in the background. Late last year we gave you the ability to request notification (in the form of a CloudWatch Event) when new files have been uploaded. You can use this to initiate cloud-based processing or to implement advanced logging. To learn more, read Getting File Upload Notification and study the
Cache Refresh Event – You have long had the ability to use the
RefreshCache function to make sure that the gateway is aware of objects that have been added, removed, or replaced in the bucket. The new Storage Gateway Cache Refresh Event lets you know that the cache is now in sync with S3, and can be used as a signal to initiate local processing. To learn more, read Getting Refresh Cache Notification.
Hybrid Processing Using File Gateway
You can use the File Upload Notification and Cache Refresh to automate some of your routine hybrid process tasks!
Let’s say that you run a geographically distributed office or retail business, with locations all over the world. Raw data (metrics, cash register receipts, or time sheets) is collected at each location, and then uploaded to S3 using a File Gateway hosted at each location. As the data arrives, you use the File Upload Notifications to process each S3 object, perhaps using an AWS Lambda function that invokes Amazon Athena to run a stock set of queries against each one. The data arrives over the course of a couple of hours, and results accumulate in another bucket. At the end of the reporting period, the intermediate results are processed, custom reports are generated for each branch location, and then stored in another bucket (this bucket, as it turns out, is also associated with a gateway, and each gateway will have cached copies of the prior versions of the reports). After you generate your reports, you can refresh each of the gateway caches, wait for the corresponding notifications, and then send an email to the branch managers to tell them that their new report is available.
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Lab-grown meat to offer sustainable protein option
The February 2015 FutureFood 2050 series explores alternatives to standard meat proteins, such as lab-grown meat and protein from bugs, which may play an important role in global efforts to sustainably feed a growing population. FutureFood 2050 is an initiative supported by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) that addresses how to feed the world’s expected population of 9+ billion by 2050.
One of this month’s articles highlights the work of Mark Post, physiologist professor at the Netherlands’ Maastricht University, who sees lab-grown products as the ultimate solution to feeding the world’s appetite for healthier, sustainable “real” meat. In the summer of 2013, Post served the first-ever in vitro burger during a media event. While the cultured beef patty was pronounced as a tad dry but not bad, its cost—at more than $330,000—made it evident that this was just a first step towards providing an affordable, sustainable meat option.
It took Post and his co-workers three months to grow the 85 grams of meat required for the patty. First, through biopsy, they obtained myosatellite cells—a type of stem cells responsible for muscle regeneration after injury—from a piece of Belgian beef. Then the cells were placed in a nutrient medium in petri dishes. For seven to eight weeks, the cells proliferated, growing and self-organizing into donut-shaped muscle fibers, each barely 1 mm in diameter. Next, the muscles matured and started producing abundant protein. Three weeks later they were ready for harvest.
Before cultured meat can become easily accessible, however, Post says several challenges will need to be overcome. For starters, he has to find a much cheaper growth medium, one that wouldn’t be made of fetal bovine serum (from unborn cows). He is also working on the fat tissue and the protein composition of cultured meat—myoglobin in particular, which is important for the iron content and the red color of beef. And last but not least, Post is trying to scale up production by developing special tanks for growing the cells.
Even with the challenges, Post believes that by 2050 cultured meat production will have already cut in half the amount of resources needed for producing beef. “It’s ambitious, but achievable,” he says. “After all, it [only] took us about three years to get the technology from zero to something that you can eat.” IFT Weekly Newsletter. 18 Feb. 2015.
Scientists and consumers differ on their views of science in food
A new Pew Research Center survey of citizens and a representative sample of scientists connected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) reveals crosscurrents that both recognize the achievements of scientists and expose stark fissures between scientists and citizens. There are large differences in their views across a host of issues.
One key example is the topic of genetically modified (GM) foods. A majority of the general public (57%) says that GM foods are generally unsafe to eat, while 37% says such foods are safe; by contrast, 88% of AAAS scientists say GM foods are generally safe. The gap between citizens and scientists in seeing GM foods as safe is 51 percentage points. This is the largest opinion difference between the public and scientists. In addition, there is a 40-percentage point gap on the question of whether it is safe to eat foods grown with pesticides—68% of scientists say that it is, compared with 28% of citizens.
IFT Weekly Newsletter: February 4, 2015
EFSA finds no consumer health risk from BPA exposure
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released its re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and toxicity and has concluded that BPA poses no health risk to consumers of any age group at current exposure levels. Exposure from the diet or from a combination of sources (diet, dust, cosmetics, and thermal paper) is considerably under the safe level (the “tolerable daily intake” or TDI).
Although new data and refined methodologies have led EFSA’s experts to considerably reduce the safe level of BPA from 50 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day (µg/kg of bw/day) to 4 µg/kg of bw/day, the highest estimates for dietary exposure and for exposure from a combination of sources (called “aggregated exposure” in EFSA’s opinion) are three to five times lower than the new TDI.
Uncertainties surrounding potential health effects of BPA on the mammary gland, reproductive, metabolic, neurobehavioral and immune systems have been quantified and factored in to the calculation of the TDI. In addition, the TDI is temporary pending the outcome of a long-term study in rats, which will help to reduce these uncertainties.
IFT Weekly Newsletter: February 4, 2015
Mycotoxins: A Food Safety Crisis
While about a billion people in this world are starving, unimaginable amounts of food are unsuitable for consumption because of moulds that produce toxins, such as aflatoxin. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that about a quarter of the world’s agricultural produce is contaminated with mycotoxins, and, in the last 10 years, mycotoxins have accounted for 30–60% of food and feed rejections at European Union borders.
There are ways to reduce the growth of moulds in staple foods, particularly during storage, but also in the field, such as using curved mirrors to direct sunlight to too-moist areas. In India and other countries where the food is grown on small patches of land, solar energy is used on a small scale to reduce losses. Although not perfect, largely because of extraordinary rainfall or monsoons during harvest, these approaches help reduce mould growth, and some companies are developing tailor-made installations for this purpose. Food that is not needed by the grower can be sold to companies that use solar technology for drying. In parallel, however, this problem has also stimulated use (not genetically modified) of varieties that are more resistant to mould and, thus, less risk of mycotoxin contamination. FSM EDIGEST Feb. 3. 2015.
Report Identifies Research Priorities to Sustainably Meet Expected Increase in Global Demand for Animal Protein
WASHINGTON -- Meeting the expected growth in global demand for animal protein in a way that is economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable will require a greater investment in animal science research, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report identifies research priorities and recommends that governments and the private sector increase their support for this research.
Dramatic increases in global demand for food from animal agriculture -- meat, fish, eggs, and dairy – are projected to occur by 2050, due to a predicted increase in world population to between 9 billion and 10 billion and to an expected growth in demand for animal protein as developing countries urbanize and see increases in individual incomes. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that by 2050 there will be a 73 percent increase in meat and egg consumption and a 58 percent increase in dairy consumption over 2011 levels. While models indicate that North America and Europe will see little growth in per capita animal protein consumption, per capita consumption in Asia and Africa will more than double, and it will rise significantly in Latin America and the Caribbean. News from the National Acadamies 7 January 2015.
Indigenous Crops – A market ripe for the picking
Maize, wheat, rice potatoes. The globalisation of the agri-food sector has made us dangerously over-reliant on a handful of food resources. Growing and preserving our knowledge of traditional South African crops is an important step towards preserving food crop biodiversity while enhancing food security and reducing malnutrition. In partnership with institutions such as the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), the Water Research Comission (WRC) has led the way in terms of enhancing knowledge about the agricultural production of indigenous crops. Several studies have been published in the last few years focusing specifically on the water use and nutritional value of indigenous crops, while the Commission also published the country’s first production guide for African leafy vegetables. The Water Wheel. 13. 5. Pg 44. 2014.
Nutrition and Safety - Key to Consumer Acceptance of GM Foods
A new research study conducted by North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of Minnesota (UM) shows that a majority of consumers will accept nanotechnology and/or genetic modification (GM) in foods if the technology enhances the nutrition and/or improves its safety.
The research was conducted in a nationally representative survey of 1,117 U.S. consumers. Participants answered questions that explored their willingness to purchase foods that contained GM and foods that contained nanotech. The questions also explored the price of the various foods and whether participants would buy foods that contained nanotech or GM tech if the foods had enhanced nutrition, improved taste, improved food safety, or if the production of the food had environmental benefits.
The researchers found that the participants could be broken into four groups:
- 18% belonged to a group labeled the "new technology rejecters," which would not buy GM or nanotech foods under any circumstances.
- 19% of participants belonged to a group labeled the "technology averse," which would buy GM or nanotech foods only if those products conveyed food safety benefits.
- 23% of participants were "price oriented," basing their shopping decisions primarily on the cost of the food – regardless of the presence of GM or nanotech.
- 40% of participants were "benefit oriented," meaning they would buy GM or nanotech foods if the foods had enhanced nutrition or food safety.
For more information, read the NCSU news release at: http://news.ncsu.edu/2014/12/kuzma-tech-food-2014/.
Crop Biotech Update 3 Dec. 2014
Body weight heavily influenced by gut microbes: Genes shape body weight by affecting gut microbes
Our genetic makeup influences whether we are fat or thin by shaping which types of microbes thrive in our body, according to a study by researchers at King's College London and Cornell University.
By studying pairs of twins at King's Department of Twin Research, researchers identified a specific, little known bacterial family that is highly heritable and more common in individuals with low body weight. This microbe also protected against weight gain when transplanted into mice.
The type of bacteria whose abundance was most heavily influenced by host genetics was a recently identified family called 'Christensenellaceae'. Members of this health-promoting bacterial family were more abundant in individuals with a low body weight than in obese individuals. Moreover, mice that were treated with this microbe gained less weight than untreated mice, suggesting that increasing the amounts of this microbe may help to prevent or reduce obesity.
Professor Tim Spector, Head of the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London, said: 'Our findings show that specific groups of microbes living in our gut could be protective against obesity -- and that their abundance is influenced by our genes. The human microbiome represents an exciting new target for dietary changes and treatments aimed at combating obesity.
Ruth Ley, Associate Professor at Cornell University in the United States, said: 'Up until now, variation in the abundances of gut microbes has been explained by diet, the environment, lifestyle, and health. This is the first study to firmly establish that certain types of gut microbes are heritable -- that their variation across a population is in part due to host genotype variation, not just environmental influences. These results will also help us find new predictors of disease and aid prevention.' Science Daily 6 Nov. 2014.
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Ethereum Name Service (ENS) was established in 2017 by previous Ethereum designers Nick Johnson and Alex Van de Sandeas as an Ethereum- based task. The objective of the task is to streamline using complicated and long Ethereum addresses by transforming them into text. In this post, we will discover more about it. Let’s start.
What does the Ethereum Name Service do?
ENS makes it simpler to share, utilize and keep in mind addresses and other information. To provide an example, an address that begins with 0xDc45. is extremely tough to bear in mind. Such letters and numbers read by makers and when we move a cryptocurrency, the transfer goes to the owner of these numbers. The Ethereum Name Service, on the other hand, intends to transform these numbers into human-readable options. It is a crucial action that will increase blockchain adoption.
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) isn’t simply restricted to wallet addresses, either. It can likewise be utilized to represent individuals and information that typically trades on cryptocurrencies. We can think about ENS as the telephone directory of the web. It is called Domain Name System (DNS), which is a calling system. DNS takes hard-to-remember IP addresses and includes them to a user friendly URL. Thus, users can get in the site by typing the name of the site they wish to get in rather of going into numbers to get in the website. In other words, we can state that ENS is the DNS of the Ethereum blockchain. If we take a look at the distinction in between ENS and DNS, we can state that ENS is blockchain-based.
Who is on the ENS group?
If we speak about the Ethereum Name Service group, Nick Johnson works as the Creator & &Lead Developer Jeff Lau works as both frontend andSolidity Developer Brantly Millegan leads the operations group. Muhammed Tanr ıkulu, another software application designer of the group, works as a Full Stack Developer.
How does the ENS service work?
An ENS domain is likewise distinct and ERC-721 NFTs are utilized to represent this resemblance. You can trade a domain by offering or moving NFT to somebody else. Wallet addresses and other information can be handled by the owner. The ENS service gets an extension with.eth.
To purchase an Ethereum domain, you can inspect its schedule and lease it every year. Domain names with the “.eth” extension of popular names were at first auctioned. Apart from the domain, a subdomain is likewise offered. First of all, you require to get a domain. When you purchase them,
What can likewise develop other domains for complimentary.
If can you finish with ENS?Just we take a look at what makes ENS important, you’ll comprehend the requirement for ENS when moving cryptocurrencies from one account to another when you’re fretted about confusion with numerous addresses or sending it to the incorrect address. This like you would conserve a pal’s telephone number with his/her name, ENS permits users to transform long numbers into easy-to-remember words.
An produces a extremely beneficial and easy experience with less opportunity of mistakes.It ENS registrant can likewise develop subdomains to which even more information can then be designated. You does not constantly need to be a wallet address, either.
How can utilize it to path to a wise agreement, processing or information.
Getting to get your ENS domain?All an ENS domain is quite easy nowadays. If the domain name you desire is taken, Ethereum you have to do is to go to It and inspect. It the domain you desire is not taken, you can link your wallet to the website and purchase the domain you have an interest in for
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The quirky inspiration of the 642 Series takes flight in this collection of fiction-writing prompts that will make anyone want to grab a pen and write what happens next. The prompts in this journal are craftted to offer fully-fledged story ideas, not simply writing exercises, taking the 642 Things t..
In this book, readers can learn the alphabet while getting "in shape"! Each page shows one or more children using their bodies to make the shape of a different letter of the alphabet, both upper and lower case. The photographs are accompanied by simple printed versions of each upper- and lower-case ..
Develop your English riding technique and bond with your horse as you work your way through this collection of fun and rewarding exercises. Veteran trainer Cherry Hill shows you everything you need to know to master the subtle nuances of balance, transitions, and establishing energetic forward movem..
The role of being best man at a wedding is a huge honour, but the amount of responsibilities it comes with can quickly seem overwhelming. Best Man Best Speech is the answer to any worries a best man has. It covers in detail all the duties of the best man, including before, during and after the weddi..
'The Book Of Words' looks at words in all their glory, from the origins of language and vocabulary, to modern slang, jargon and shorthand. It covers grammatical rules and the zealots determined to protect them, as well as the rule-breakers and the way they develop the use of words, for better and fo..
This new, fully updated edition of The Crime Writer's Guide to Police Practice and Procedure is the essential detective in your pocket - something to reach for when your writing needs that short, sharp shock of modern-day investigating. Every writer has paused at some key point in the development of..
'If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood.' Frank McCourt The international bestseller, reissued and with a new introduction. A witty, entertaining, impassioned guide to perfect punctuation, for everyone who cares about precise writing. When social histories come to be writ..
This book looks at words for different family members in French. Main text on each page is provided only in French, with simple, labeled photographs providing support. A "dictionary" spread at the end of the book features all the vocabulary words in both French and English, and also includes a pronu..
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Art and Film
Last year, the filmmakers behind Apollo 11 were discussing making a documentary to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, when an archivist informed them that extensive, unseen 70mm footage of the mission existed at the National Archives. The footage became the basis for the documentary Apollo 11 and now we’re getting our first look at it with a new trailer.
Books, Writing, and Language
In spring 1845, Douglass published his first book– Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. The memoir stirred fresh hostilities. To avoid physical harm or being forcibly returned (by bounty-hungry “slave-catchers”) to his bondage in Maryland, it was decided that, until things cooled down, he would leave the United States for a while, for a hastily and incompletely planned lecture tour of the British Isles.
The conflict over accommodating a child’s allergy turned into a legal battle that highlights the isolation that people with food allergies often face
Food and Drink
Buddha’s hand—so called because it looks like a hand with (too many fingers)—is a fragrant fruit that’s pretty much all zest and pith, making it good for infusing (and zesting) and not much else.
But it’s wonderful for enhancing gin or vodka, and making your own infusion.
History and Archaeology
The Folkton Drums, a set of 4,000-year-old decorated chalk cylinders discovered more than 100 years ago in a child’s grave in northern England, and a similar carved chalk cylinder recovered more recently near England’s southern coast, may have been replicas of wooden measuring devices employed by Neolithic monument builders, according to a Live Science report.
European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North America, causing large swaths of farmland to be abandoned and reforested, researchers at University College London, or UCL, estimate. The increase in trees and vegetation across an area the size of France resulted in a massive decrease in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, according to the study.
Before this study, some scientists had argued the temperature change in the 1600s, called the Little Ice Age, was caused only by natural forces.
But by combining archaeological evidence, historical data and analysis of carbon found in Antarctic ice, the UCL researchers showed how the reforestation — directly caused by the Europeans’ arrival — was a key component of the global chill, they said.
You can find the study Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492 at Science Direct.
Science and Nature
On December 31st, 2018, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by being the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) named Ultima Thule (2014 MU69). This came roughly two and a half years after New Horizons became the first mission in history to conduct a flyby of Pluto. Much like the encounter with Pluto, the probe’s rendezvous with Ultima Thule led to a truly stunning encounter image.
Reporter Kashmir Hill spent six weeks blocking Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from getting my money, data, and attention, using a custom-built VPN. Here’s what happened.
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The situation stemmed from a dispute after Facebook violated Apple’s rules by publicly distributing a research app that allowed it to snoop on users’ online activity. When Apple discovered the transgression this week, it revoked Facebook’s special access to apps and updates that run on its iPhone software.
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The unlikely leader of this campaign was a wildflower painter named Kathleen McArthur, who led the Caloundra branch of an environmental group the Australian newspaper called “the most militant of conservation cells”.
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Salmon sharks are widely distributed throughout coastal and pelagic environments within the subarctic and temperate North Pacific Ocean, between 10°N and 70°N latitude. Their range includes the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Sea of Japan, and also extends from the Gulf of Alaska to southern Baja California. Salmon sharks generally range from 35°N to 65°N latitude in the western Pacific ocean and from 30°N to 65°N in the eastern Pacific, with highest densities found between 50°N and 60°N. (Goldman and Musick, 2008)
Salmon sharks are primarily pelagic, but are also found in coastal waters of the North Pacific. They generally swim in the surface layer of subarctic water, but also occur in deeper waters of warmer southern regions to at least 150m. This species appears to prefer water temperatures from 2°C to 24°C. (Ganong and Shillinger, 2009; Goldman and Musick, 2008; Roman, 2010)
Populations of salmon sharks show seasonal density fluctuations in the Coastal Alaska Downwelling Region, which is characterized by turbulent mixing and strong seasonality of light and temperature. The summer-autumn usage of this ecoregion by salmon sharks coincides with the return of Pacific salmon (a preferred prey item) to their spawning rivers. (Ganong and Shillinger, 2009)
Adult salmon sharks can weigh at least 220 kg (485 lbs). There are unofficial reports of salmon sharks weighing 450 kg (992 lbs), but it is likely that this specimen was a misidentified white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Sharks in the eastern North Pacific have a greater weight to length ratio than their counterparts in the western North Pacific. (Goldman and Musick, 2008; Roman, 2010; Taylor, 1993)
When reporting shark lengths, precaudal length (PCL) is often used, even though it excludes the tail fin. This allows discussion of a standardized length measure, as different possible orientations of the tail can give different measurements of total length. The PCL is determined by calculating the straight-line-distance between two vertical lines, one projected from the tip of the snout, and the other from the precaudal point. Adult salmon sharks typically range in size from 180 to 210 cm PCL. (Goldman and Musick, 2008)
Most fishes are ectotherms, meaning their body temperature remains identical to the surrounding water. Salmon sharks, however, are endothermic, meaning they maintain a core body temperature higher than the surrounding water (up to 16°C). This is accomplished through retention of heat produced by cell metabolism. However, no information on the basal metabolic rate of (Roman, 2010)was found.
Salmon sharks have a heavy, spindle-shaped body with a short, conical snout. These sharks have relatively long gill slits. The mouth is broadly rounded, with the upper jaw containing 28 to 30 teeth and the lower jaw containing 26 to 27 moderately large, blade-like teeth with cusplets (small bumps or “mini-teeth”) on either side of each tooth. Unpaired fins consist of a large first and much smaller second dorsal fin, a small anal fins and a crescent-shaped caudal fin. The caudal fin is homocercal, meaning the dorsal and ventral lobes are nearly equal in size. Paired fins include large pectoral fins and much smaller pelvic fins, which are modified to form reproductive structures in males. A distinctive keel is present on the caudal peduncle and a short secondary keel is present on the caudal base. Dorsal and lateral areas are dark bluish-gray to black. The belly is white, and often includes various dark paatches in adults. The ventral surface of the snout is also dark-colored. (Goldman and Musick, 2008; Roman, 2010; Taylor, 1993)
Salmon sharks can be distinguished from great white sharks (Carcarodon carcharias) by the presence of a secondary keel on the caudal base, dark coloration on the ventral surface of the snout, and dusky patches on the belly, all of which are lacking in great whites. Salmon sharks are also similar in appearance to porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus), but can easily be distinguished by their distributions (porbeagles are absent from the North Pacific range of salmon sharks). (Francis, et al., 2008; Roman, 2010)
Like other species in the family Lamnidae, only the right ovary of salmon sharks is functional. Fertilization is internal, and development proceeds within the uterus. Salmon sharks are ovoviviparous, but developing embryos maintain no direct connection to the mother to obtain nutrition. Oophagy has been observed in this species, and likely represents the primary source of nutrition for developing embryos. The pregnant female ovulates and the unfertilized eggs are sent to the nidamental gland, where they are filled with yolk. The eggs are then moved to the uterus, where the embryos can feed on them. Litters tend to contain 4 to 5 young, which are approximately 60 to 65 cm PCL at birth. (Roman, 2010)
Little is known about how salmon sharks find and select mates, although seasonal migrations and aggregations of individuals likely facilitates this process. Males hold on to females by biting their pectoral fin during copulation, which consists of the insertion of one of the male's claspers (modified pelvic fins) into the female's cloaca. Couples have no further contact following copulation. (Roman, 2010)
Salmon sharks mate in northern waters during autumn and give birth after a 9 month gestation period, during their southern migration in late spring through early summer. Individuals that populate the central and western North Pacific are thought to breed off the coast of Honshu, Japan. Those that populate the eastern North Pacific breed off the coasts of Oregon and California. Pups are born in nursery grounds in the central North Pacific transition zone or along the coast of United States and Canada. Female salmon sharks in the western North Pacific reproduce annually, and are estimated to bear 70 offspring in their lifetime, while evidence suggests that females in the eastern North Pacific reproduce every two years. (Ganong and Shillinger, 2009; Roman, 2010; Tribuzio, 2004)
Sexual maturity of males in the western North Pacific is estimated to occur at approximately 140 cm PCL (corresponding to an age of 5 years), and between 170 and 180 cm (ages 8 to 10 years) for females. For salmon sharks in the eastern North Pacific, sexual maturity is reached between 125 and 145 cm PCL (ages 3 to 5 years) for males and 160 to 180 cm (ages 6 to 9) for females. Salmon sharks in both regions reach maximum lengths of approximately 215 cm PCL for females and about 190cm PCL for males. (Roman, 2010)
Females provide nutrition to their embryos through unfertilized eggs, which are consumed by the developing young. Protection is provided to embryos through residence within the mother's uterus until they have fully developed and are able to fend for themselves. (Tribuzio, 2004)
The maximum age of salmon sharks has been estimated through vertebral analysis. In both western and eastern North Pacific populations longevity estimates are similar, between 20 and 30 years. Salmon sharks are not currently held in captivity in large oceanaria and there is no published information regarding their lifespan under captive conditions. (Goldman and Musick, 2008)
Like many shark species, salmon sharks segregate by size and sex. In this species, an interesting sex ratio difference has been observed across the North Pacific basin. The western population is dominated by males whereas the eastern population is dominated by females. A north/south segregation has also been noted, with larger sharks ranging farther north than smaller ones. Salmon sharks are known to hunt both alone and in feeding aggregations of several individuals (up to 30 to 40 sharks have been observed in these schools). They are seasonal migrants, and are strongly suspected to follow the movements of preferred prey items. In the case of eastern North Pacific populations, the prey item followed appears to be Pacific salmon species, while distribution of western North Pacific populations appears to be linked to the distribution of herring and sardines. The distributional and migratory patterns of both subpopulations also appears to be influenced by the sex, size, and age of individuals. (Goldman and Musick, 2008; Roman, 2010)
While information on intraspecific communication in salmon sharks is lacking, this species, like other cartilaginous fishes, perceives its environment using visual, olfactory, chemo- and electroreceptive, mechanical, and auditory sensory systems. (Karleskint, et al., 2010)
The diet of salmon sharks consists of pelagic and demersal fish, mainly Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus species). Salmon sharks also consume steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), sardines (Sardinops sagax), pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), lancetfishes (Alepisaurus ferox), daggerteeth (Anotopterus nikparini), Pacific sauries (Cololabis saira), pomfrets (Brama japonica), mackerel (Scombridae), lumpfishes (Cyclopteridae), sculpins (Cottidae), and other fish that they can capture. (Goldman and Musick, 2008; Nagasawa, 1998; Roman, 2010; "Tagging of Pacific Predators, Salmon Shark.", 2010)
Small salmon sharks from 70 to 110 cm PCL are at risk of being preyed upon by larger sharks, including other salmon sharks, blue sharks (Prionace glauca), and great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Once maturity is reached, salmon sharks occupy the highest trophic level in the food web of subarctic waters, alongside marine mammals and seabirds. The only known predators of mature salmon sharks are humans. (Roman, 2010)
Small salmon sharks are found in abundance in waters north of the subarctic boundary, which are thought to be their nursery ground. There they can avoid predation by larger sharks, which inhabit areas that are further north or south. Juveniles also display obliterate countershading, and lack the dark blotches found on the ventral areas of adults. (Roman, 2010)
Shark meat and shark fins have high economic value and salmon sharks are often caught by commercial fisheries, although this is often as bycatch in pursuit of other species. In Japan, their hearts are used for sashimi. They are also caught by sports fishermen for recreation. (Roman, 2010; "Tagging of Pacific Predators, Salmon Shark.", 2010)
Salmon sharks, when caught unintentionally as bycatch, cause problems for commercial salmon fishermen. The sharks cause damage to seines and gillnets, loss of hooked or netted salmon, and damage to trolling gear. (Roman, 2010)
Salmon sharks are potentially dangerous to humans, although there are no positively documented attacks. Unsubstantiated reports of attacks by this species are likely due to misidentification of more aggressive species, such as great whites. (Roman, 2010)
Salmon sharks are currently listed as "Data Deficient" by the IUCN Red List. Its low number of young and slow maturity may make it vulnerable to overfishing, but few fishery statistics exist for the species, and its fishery is unregulated in international waters. However, due to this lack of knowledge and the potential impact of fishing on this species' populations, heavy regulations were imposed on Alaskan sport fishing for this species in 1997. (Roman, 2010)
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living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
body of water between the southern ocean (above 60 degrees south latitude), Australia, Asia, and the western hemisphere. This is the world's largest ocean, covering about 28% of the world's surface.
living in the northern part of the Old World. In otherwords, Europe and Asia and northern Africa.
uses sound to communicate
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
an animal that mainly eats meat
flesh of dead animals.
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
the nearshore aquatic habitats near a coast, or shoreline.
having markings, coloration, shapes, or other features that cause an animal to be camouflaged in its natural environment; being difficult to see or otherwise detect.
animals which must use heat acquired from the environment and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature
uses electric signals to communicate
parental care is carried out by females
union of egg and spermatozoan
A substance that provides both nutrients and energy to a living thing.
having a body temperature that fluctuates with that of the immediate environment; having no mechanism or a poorly developed mechanism for regulating internal body temperature.
fertilization takes place within the female's body
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
makes seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
specialized for swimming
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
reproduction in which eggs develop within the maternal body without additional nourishment from the parent and hatch within the parent or immediately after laying.
An aquatic biome consisting of the open ocean, far from land, does not include sea bottom (benthic zone).
an animal that mainly eats fish
the regions of the earth that surround the north and south poles, from the north pole to 60 degrees north and from the south pole to 60 degrees south.
the kind of polygamy in which a female pairs with several males, each of which also pairs with several different females.
mainly lives in oceans, seas, or other bodies of salt water.
breeding is confined to a particular season
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
uses touch to communicate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
movements of a hard surface that are produced by animals as signals to others
uses sight to communicate
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Ganong, J., G. Shillinger. 2009. Migration of an upper trophic level predator, the salmon shark Lamna ditropis, between distant ecoregions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 372: 253-264. Accessed October 09, 2011 at http://www.seaturtle.org/PDF/WengKC_2008_MarEcolProgSer.pdf.
Goldman, K., J. Musick. 2008. The biology and ecology of the salmon shark, Lamna ditropis. Pp. 95-104 in M Camhi, E Pikitch, E Babcock, eds. Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology Fisheries and Conservation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Karleskint, G., R. Turner, J. Small. 2010. Introduction to Marine Biology. Belmont, Ca: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
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Tribuzio, C. 2004. "An investigation of the reproductive physiology of two North Pacific shark species: Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)" (On-line pdf). School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Accessed November 09, 2011 at http://www.fish.washington.edu/research/publications/ms_phd/Tribuzio_C_MS_Sp04.pdf. | <urn:uuid:03cabb24-305d-4dee-899e-24e6fcffef35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lamna_ditropis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.922495 | 3,862 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Hemorrhoids, also referred to as hemroids, are a common medical condition that can cause sufferers discomfort and even embarrassment. The condition is estimated to affect millions of people worldwide, with the elderly being especially vulnerable to developing hemorrhoids.
Because of the prevalence of hemroids, there are many hemorrhoids treatment methods available, from medications to surgery, depending upon the severity of the hemroids. One less conventional alternative treatment that has gained popularity in recent years as a method of curing hemroids symptoms is acupuncture.
Acupuncture to Treat Hemorrhoids
Acupuncture has actually been around for thousands of years, and has been utilized by the Chinese to treat many different conditions, including hemorrhoids. It is only in more recent years that Western countries have started to look at this form of hemorrhoids treatment. Acupuncture takes a holistic approach to a patient’s health. It works by affecting the central nervous system and considers the patient’s overall health and immune system, not just the specific condition or its symptoms alone.
As a treatment for hemorrhoids, acupuncture first seeks out patterns in the hemroids sufferer’s body. The body points that relate to the patient’s hemroids are identified and treated by inserting needles into these key points.
In hemorrhoids treatment, acupuncture is used to open the nerve pathways to the anus. It can also eliminate the blood stasis that contributes to the hemorrhoids. Since hemroids are caused by swelling of the veins of the anus and rectum, eradicating the stagnation of blood in those tissues can help relieve inflammation and the pain and discomfort that accompany it.
Another method of acupuncture that is used to treat hemorrhoids concentrates treatment in the loin and sacrum bone areas. This method of hemorrhoids treatment seeks out swelling or inflammation in these areas and then uses 7-star acupunctures needles in the area at least once a day over seven days. The result is a reduction in inflammation. Since inflammation is what causes the itching, burning and pain of hemroids, acupuncture’s reducing inflammation helps relieve those symptoms.
Yet another acupuncture approach uses needles in the ear to alleviate hemorrhoids symptoms. This may seem counterintuitive, since hemroids occur in the anal region, but the Chinese have discovered that the nerves in the ear do affect organs in the lower extremities, in this case the large intestine. The ear nerves can also affect the brain and the spleen.
As illustrated above, hemroids treatment methods can vary when using acupuncture. That is true of the duration of treatments also. In some cases, needles may need to be inserted and left in the skin for as long as 20 to 30 minutes to be effective. Some treatment methods may also require that needles be applied every day.
Whatever the exact approach and the duration of treatment, acupuncture has undeniably gained popularity as a treatment for the uncomfortable symptoms of hemroids. It is important to note, however, that if you are considering acupuncture as a treatment for your hemroids, you should make sure you consult a reputable acupuncturist who has experience treating the condition. | <urn:uuid:a19cb648-8448-4568-ab39-233c019aa24d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hemorrhoids.org/hemorrhoids/acupuncture-as-a-treatment-for-hemorrhoids.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.937247 | 644 | 2.40625 | 2 |
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The annual number of passengers using Incheon International Airport, the gateway to Seoul, topped 70 million for the first time last year, its operator said Thursday.
According to Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), a record 71.17 million passengers used Incheon International Airport in 2019, marking an increase of 4.3 percent from the previous year.
It is the first time for the airport, which opened in Incheon, west of Seoul, in 2001, to handle more than 70 million passengers a year.
Notably, the feat was achieved despite unfavorable external factors, including many South Koreans' reluctance to travel to Japan due to diplomatic conflict and a fall in passengers bound to protest-battered Hong Kong, corporation officials said.
The number of flights from and to the Incheon airport also increased 4.3 percent to 404,000 last year, while its transfer passengers jumped 4.6 percent to 8.38 million.
The number of international passengers expanded 4.3 percent to an all-time high of 70.58 million, IIAC said, expecting the airport to rank among the world's top five in international traffic for two consecutive years.
Passengers increased on all international routes, except Japanese ones, which saw a decrease of 11.7 percent from the previous year, it noted.
Passengers on Chinese, Southeast Asian and European routes jumped 11.9 percent, 11.7 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively.
Passengers using low-cost carriers (LCCs) in Incheon increased 5.1 percent to 21.83 million, while the number of flights run by LCCs expanded 9.7 percent to 126,000. As a result, the passenger share of LCCs rose to 31 percent.
Meanwhile, the annual sales of IIAC increased 4.4 percent to 2.77 trillion won last year, though its net profit shrank 20.4 percent to 890.5 billion won.
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On 24 August 2019, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that delegations from Member States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) convened in Buenos Aires on 20 to 23 August to continue their talks on a broad-based free trade agreement. This tenth round allowed the Parties to conclude the negotiations in substance in all areas. Note by the EFTA Secretariat states:
As a comprehensive and broad-based Free Trade Agreement, the EFTA-Mercosur Agreement covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights, government procurement, competition, trade and sustainable development, legal and horizontal issues including dispute settlement.
Mercosur is an important trading partner for EFTA and will allow EFTA companies to benefit from privileged access to a market of over 260 million consumers. Current EFTA bilateral trade in goods with Mercosur totalled €5,8 billion in 2018, with EFTA exports worth €3,7 billion and Mercosur imports for €2,1 billion. Thus, the new Free Trade Agreement will allow EFTA exporters to gain from progressive tariff cuts and ensure a level playing field with its main competitors in this important market.
Negotiations towards the comprehensive Free Trade Agreement were preceded by a Joint Declaration on Cooperation, signed in December 2000, under which an exploratory dialogue with a view to possible future trade negotiations was initiated in March 2015 and concluded in January 2017. This was followed by the launch of negotiations with a first round in June 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since then, 9 rounds of negotiations were held.
For details of the Agreement, please go to https://www.efta.int/sites/default/files/documents/legal-texts/free-trade-relations/mercosur/2019-08-24-EFTA-Mercosur-Chapter-Description-of-FTA.pdf. | <urn:uuid:6a4e5f71-d2cc-4576-bf12-e8226290a82d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.internationaltradecomplianceupdate.com/2019/10/04/efta-states-and-mercosur-negotiations-concluded-in-substance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.936841 | 416 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Last week in our look at Timmins history, we told you about an epic snowfall of over 70 cm in 1938. Museum director-curator Karen Bachmann says at least there were trucks and plows to help the clean-up. Not so in 1917. One snowfall, which wasn’t measured, closed the few roads there were into and out of town.
Trains were stuck on the tracks, including one headed to Timmins that couldn’t get past Englehart “Lots of people on the train there ran out of money. They couldn’t buy food,” she recounts from the archives. “There were ladies with children. There was all kinds of things. It was a really big disaster for that area.”
Members of the Canadian Travellers – the travelling salesmen of the day – were also on that train, and did what they could to help.
Bachmann says it It took five days to be dug out, so the train could go on to Timmins.
“They discovered when they arrived in Timmins that somebody on that train had smallpox,” says the curator. “Everybody had been stuck on that train with this person, so there was a little bit of a kerfuffle and people were panicked and it was kind of a sad kind of scenario.” | <urn:uuid:693c0668-0a39-4893-8afa-f1a043f05dda> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mytimminsnow.com/62051/news/timmins-history-passenger-train-en-route-here-stuck-in-snow-5-days-in-1917/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.994416 | 281 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Modeling Climate Change
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Bringing together insights from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences -- and even some economics -- this course is geared to curious enthusiasts, allowing them to work with real climate data and simulations of the earth’s changing climate.
This eight-week class takes a quantitative approach to the science of global warming and will enable students to understand the greenhouse effect, the planet's carbon cycle, and how burning fossil fuel affects that cycle; and to evaluate the potential severity of humans’ impact on Earth’s climate.
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Intended for non-specialists, this course starts with basic principles and builds to more complicated, realistic models of the Earth's climate. | <urn:uuid:9329d9ad-6746-4ea2-96d6-fca08625b2c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stage.edx.org/es/course/modeling-climate-change | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.781392 | 176 | 3.1875 | 3 |
CertCheck is an optional feature that you can request to be enabled. The main purpose of this feature is to provide validation for any Certificates issued, providing peace of mind to anyone who suspects that the award might not be legitimate.
Enabling CertCheck will activate a publicly accessible page on your site. On this page, you can enter the name of the student and the Certificate Number to bring up the outcomes that they achieved for the units on that Certificate.
You will need to contact the ReadyTech support team and request for this feature to be enabled.
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- Accessing your CertCheck page
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- Changing the settings for your CertCheck page
- Using CertCheck with QR codes
Accessing your CertCheck page
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Experts in animal health and welfare management met for a high-level panel hosted by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) at the occasion of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2018, held in Berlin from 18-20 January, and organised by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). Within the framework of livestock production, this multi-stakeholder group composed of international, regional and national policy makers and government representatives tackled issues linked to policy-making, climate stewardship and societal needs. The panel acknowledged animal health and welfare as two cornerstones for the global transition to sustainable, responsible and efficient livestock production models, and OIE International Standards as key components in achieving a stronger, more resilient livestock production.
During the round-table, ‘Animal Health and Welfare: Two cornerstones for the future of globally diversified livestock production’, hosted by the Director General of the OIE, targeted discussions identified four essential elements required for animal health and welfare to become a base for the management of livestock production worldwide.
In their conclusions, the panellists highlighted:
1. That it is crucial for public decision-makers to commit to encouraging donors and financial institutions to support programmes aimed at improving animal health and welfare.
2. That every effort should be made:
to promote compliance with international standards relating to animal health and welfare, for trade purposes as well as for designing national strategies
to ensure the best possible transparency of epidemiological information on the emergence of animal diseases, by immediately notifying such information via the OIE World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
to contribute to the proper implementation of global strategies for the control of animal diseases, while keeping in mind the need for prudent use of veterinary medicinal products, especially antimicrobials
to encourage a greater respect of animals, as a positive component of sustainable production systems
3. They also noted that the practical fulfilment of these commitments requires a coordinated approach between the partner international organisations, such as the Tripartite collaboration established between WHO, FAO and the OIE.
4. Lastly, the panellists strongly emphasised that the success of any actions in favour of the livestock sector can only be assured if they are accompanied by capacity-building programmes for national Veterinary Authorities aimed at the sustainable resilience and efficiency of these services.
Based on these conclusions and on those of the second high-level panel hosted by the EU, approximately 70 Ministers of Agriculture gathered at the Ministers’ Conference on Saturday, 20 January published a common communiqué on: ‘Shaping the Future of Livestock – sustainably, responsibly, efficiently’.
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A reader writes:
I'm flabbergasted by this comment from Kilgore: "Medicare beneficiaries are the very core of the GOP's political base at present; Medicaid beneficiaries decidedly are not." Certainly, most Medicaid beneficiaries - poor women and children - are not the core Republican constituency. But most Medicaid dollars are spent on the disabled and elderly.
And, if Republicans in Washington are going to gut that portion of Medicaid, which is where they must to save any real money, they'll have another core constituency that's upset - Republican governors, who will be the ones being chased by elderly and disabled constituents denied access to acute and long-term care. Republicans in DC may want to go that route, but it's not likely to be a successful one, either financially or politically.
Medicaid (not Medicare) is by far the largest payer for nursing home care and long term care for the elderly, totaling around $140 billion in 2010.
Medicaid pays 40% of the bills for nursing home services, and over half of the nursing home beds in the US are occupied by Medicaid recipients. See this report (PDF) from the Kaiser Family Foundation for more facts about Medicaid.
Old people benefit about as much the poor, making extensive Medicaid cuts problematical for the party of old people. | <urn:uuid:8ead9c1b-a914-4bff-a204-5c81cf8dc8a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2010/11/what-will-the-gop-cut-ctd/179975/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.953468 | 272 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Terrie Epstein, March 10, 2011: Interpreting National History
22 Feb 2011
In a six year ethnography of a midwestern working class community, the author examined how children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ racial identities and classroom and community pedagogies shaped participants’ interpretations of history and society. Based on research with 100 students, 6 teachers, and 24 parents, the author demonstrates how African American and European American students and adults constructed different perspectives on race relations and individual rights in U.S.history and contemporary society. While teachers had some effects on students’ historical thinking, young people’s racial identities had greater influence on their perspectives on the past. The author concludes with implications for research and practice related to teaching national history in diverse democratic societies.
Terrie Epstein is a Professor of Education at Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is author of Interpreting National History: Race Identity and Pedagogy in Classrooms and Communities and co-editor of Teaching U. S. History: Dialogues between Social Studies Teachers and Historians (both published by Routledge Press in 2009). Her interests include research on teaching and learning history and studies of teaching and learning in urban settings.
Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Foundation, the Department of Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education, and the College of Education and Human Sciences.
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webMethods step by step flow services loop
TASK: Creation of Flow Services - Loop
Platform: webMethods 7.1.2
Now we will create a flow service to process a list of employees using a Loop step in a Flow service.
è Create a Package and folder structure like below and create a flow service loopEx in work folder.
Define a document type in docs folder with the following Document, document list and variables:
è Set the input of the Document Reference to â¦.docs:Department called Dept, and set the output to a string variable called count
è On the input or output tab of your loopEx service expand the Dept variable and find Dept/department/employee and right click to copy
In our service add a loop statement and in the input array property , paste in Dept/department/employee. Press enter to see the input array displayed in the loop.
è Add a MAP statement under the loop step (be sure it is indented under the Loop). Map $iteration to count.
è Add a pub.flow:debugLog below the MAP step(make sure it is NOT indented under the Loop). Map count variable to message variable
Note: When a loop statement is added, a new variable called $iteration appears in the Pipeline. This variable keeps track of the number of iterations of the loop.
è Save and run the service. To run the service, choose Test|Run or click on the Run icon. Expand the input box, and use the Add Row button to add two employees. Type some data for each employee. Click the OK button. You should see a count of 2 in the Server log. | <urn:uuid:4bfd9674-9a75-4d65-94d7-6a12ef0e986d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.webmethods.idn-kxchange.com/blogs/post/72/webMethods-step-by-step-flow-services-loop | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.773883 | 368 | 1.992188 | 2 |
What is it about?
The article discusses various methods of copper and lead recovery from copper slag. The slag was crushed and screened or subjected to min. magnetic separation as well as it was leached with various types of solutions. As a result of the leaching, solutions were obtained from which both copper and lead could be recovered.
Photo by Anton Darius on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The processing methods studied are ecological and have a much less negative impact on the environment.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Behavior of copper and lead during mineralurgical and hydrometallurgical processing of flash smelting slag, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media, DOI: 10.1007/s43452-021-00184-9.
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What is the magnetic effect of electric current class 10?
Also called the oersted’s experiment, found that the direction of flow of electric current determines the magnetic field through the current carrying conductor. If the current is flowing from south to north, then the direction of the magnetic field will be anticlockwise, and vice- versa.
What is the magnetic effects of electric current?
The magnetic effect of electric current is known as electromagnetic effect. It is observed that when a compass is brought near a current carrying conductor the needle of compass gets deflected because of flow of electricity. This shows that electric current produces a magnetic effect.
What is magnetic field Class 10 Ncert?
A magnetic field is represented by a series of lines around a magnet. The path along which north pole moves in a magnetic field is called magnetic lines of force or magnetic field line. The direction of magnetic field is taken to be the direction in which a north pole of compass needle move inside it.
Who gave the law of magnetic effect of electric current?
In 1831, Faraday made an important breakthrough by discovering how a moving magnet can be used to generate electric currents. To observe this effect, let us perform the following activity. Fig. 13.16.
What are the effects of current class 10?
Whenever a current is passing through a conducting wire, it produces a magnetic field around itself. If a constant electric current is passing through a conducting wire, the magnetic field around the wire is given by Biot-Savart law. So, due to current, a magnetic field is produced and hence, the magnetic effect.
What is an electric field Class 10?
An electric field always surrounds an electric charge, and exerts force on other charges in the field, attracting or repelling them. Electric fields are created by electric charges or by time-varying magnetic fields, both are the demonstration of electromotive force (EMF).
What are 3 effects of electric current?
Hence, the three effects of electric current are heating effect, magnetic effect and chemical effect.
Why current has magnetic field?
As Ampere suggested, a magnetic field is produced whenever an electrical charge is in motion. The spinning and orbiting of the nucleus of an atom produces a magnetic field as does electrical current flowing through a wire. The direction of the spin and orbit determine the direction of the magnetic field.
What is SI unit of magnetic field?
The tesla (symbol T) is the derived SI unit of magnetic flux density, which represents the strength of a magnetic field. One tesla represents one weber per square meter.
Which planet has no magnetic field?
No, not all planets have magnetic fields. The four gas giants have extremely strong magnetic fields, Earth has a moderately strong magnetic field, Mercury has an extremely weak field, but Venus and Mars have almost no measurable fields.
How can we check the magnetic effect of current?
It is observed that when a compass is brought near a current carrying conductor the needle of compass gets deflected because of flow of electricity. This shows that electric current produces a magnetic effect.
What is the magnetic effect of electricity?
Electric current produces magnetic force which can also be termed as magnetic effect. The magnetic effect of electric current is known as electromagnetic effect. It is observed that when a compass is brought near a current carrying conductor the needle of compass gets deflected because of flow of electricity.
What is magnetic effect?
Magnetic effect of electric current is one of the major effects which functions as the basic principle in appliances used in various fields of activities. The magnetic field around a current carrying conductor can be depicted by using magnetic field lines which are represented in the form of concentric circles around it.
Is electric current magnetic?
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Cyclobenzaprine as a Potential Means of Pharmacologic Management of Stereotypic Behaviors in Bears
Stereotypic behaviors or repetitive, invariant behaviors with no obvious goal or function are a concern for the management of captive bears.1-5 Fluoxetine is the only drug with published data on treating bear stereotypies.6,9 Recent human studies suggest that cyclobenzaprine may prevent recurrent thinking, a common component of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).7 Stereotypic behavior in animals can be triggered by stimuli similar to PTSD in humans.7,8 It is thought that improved sleep allows natural coping mechanisms to decrease the repetitive thought processes associated with PTSD and stereotypic behaviors.7,8 The subject of this pilot study was a 19-year-old male intact American black bear (Ursus americanus) that showed extensive stereotypic behaviors including pacing, swaying, chomping, head bobbing, restlessness, decreased foraging, and atypical, limited sleep. Continuous video surveillance was utilized to evaluate the incidence of behaviors. Prior to therapy, the bear displayed stereotypic behaviors during 44% of daylight hours. Cyclobenzaprine was administered (0.12 mg/kg [30 mg]) orally once daily with food at 7:00 p.m. Stereotypic behaviors decreased by 70% with therapy. Foraging behaviors occurred only 2% during daylight hours prior to therapy but increased by 767% with therapy. The bear interacted with enrichment items, frequently slept 5–6 h without pacing at night, and was observed taking daytime naps with cyclobenzaprine therapy. These normal behaviors were not observed prior to therapy. Given recent evidence that cyclobenzaprine can alleviate signs of PTSD in humans, this study demonstrated that cyclobenzaprine reduced stereotypic behavior in a black bear and substantially increased natural behaviors, including sleep and foraging.
The authors would like to thank Noah’s Ark, Allison Hedgecoth, and Erin Nipper for their dedication to data collection for this study.
1. Carlstead K, Seidensticker J. Seasonal variation in stereotypic pacing in an American black bear Ursus americanus. Behav Process. 1991;25:155–161.
2. Dantzer R. Stress, stereotypies, and welfare. Behav Process. 1991;25:95–102.
3. Mason GJ. Stereotypies: a critical review. Anim Behav. 1991;41:1015–1037.
4. Montaudouin S, Le Pape G. Comparison of the behavior of European brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) in six different parks, with particular attention to stereotypies. Behav Process. 2004;67:235–244.
5. Montaaudouin S, Le Pape G. Comparison between 28 zoological parks: stereotypical and social behaviours of captive brown bear. Appl Anim Behav Sci. 2005;92:129–141.
6. Poulsen EM, Honeyman V, Valentine PA, Teskey GC. Use of fluoxetine for the treatment of stereotypical pacing behavior in a captive polar bear. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1996;209(8):1470–1474.
7. Tonix Pharmaceuticals [Internet]. Sullivan G, Gendreau J, Gendreau RM, Schaberg A, Daugherty B, Jividen H, Peters A, Peters P, Lederman S. The efficacy and safety of TNX-102 SL, a sublingual formulation of cyclobenzaprine, for the treatment of military-related PTSD; [cited 2017 June 30]. Available from www.tonixpharma.com/pipeline/scientific-presentations. (VIN editor: The original link was modified on 11-15-20.)
8. Van der Kolk BA. The psychobiology and psychopharmacology of PTSD. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2001;S1:S49–S64.
9. Yalcin E, Aytug N. Use of fluoxetine to treat stereotypical pacing behavior in a brown bear. J Vet Behav Clin App Res. 2007;2(3):73–76. | <urn:uuid:211ae45d-9307-4e1f-9bf5-48b110e73693> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vin.com/AppUtil/Project/DefaultAdv1.aspx?pId=26383&meta=generic&catId=155726&id=9948531&ind=8&objTypeID=17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.871317 | 906 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Immigrant Advocates Say Federal Dismantling Of DACA Not A Done Deal
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A Department of Homeland Security memo released Tuesday takes aim at the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, dampening the hopes of some college students. But it's also emboldening the advocates who help these students to carry on with their work.
The memo states that no new DACA applications will be approved, and current DACA recipients must pay nearly $500 to renew their permit yearly instead of every two years. It also lays out reasons to dismantle the program -- a devastating and terrifying message for one Southern California college student.
"I came from the Philippines when I was seven years old," said a 22-year-old college student who asked to be anonymous because of her immigration status.
She's enrolled in the DACA program, which gives her protection from deportation and authorization to work. She plans to transfer from her community college to UCLA in the fall. The DHS memo was tough news for her.
"It makes me scared for what the future holds. I know the Trump administration is just going to keep coming [after DACA]," even though, she said, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month against President Trump's attempt to dismantle the program.
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The administration made clear in the memo that the steps it's taking against longtime U.S. residents are part of its broader approach to stop people from immigrating to the U.S.
In the memo, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf wrote: "I am concerned that retaining the policy creates some risk of communicating the contrary message and encouraging such illegal conduct by suggesting a potential for similar future policies."
The 22-year-old student said, "Everybody thought, you know, [United States Immigration and Citizenship Services] will start taking applications again, so that new students, new people could apply for DACA."
She said last month's Supreme Court ruling gave some of her undocumented friends hope that they could enroll in DACA, but not anymore.
ADVOCATES PRESS ON WITH DACA APPLICATIONS
Immigrant rights advocates, though, are sending the opposite message.
"We are going forward with helping people prepare their paperwork," said Anna Manuel, a staff attorney with the University of California Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
Her office helps undocumented college students at all but one of UC's nine undergraduate campuses. She said last month's Supreme Court ruling led more undocumented students than usual to seek help from her office to apply for DACA. Manuel said there's pent-up demand for the program because applications haven't been approved for several years.
This week's memo is not law, Manuel said, and its directives could be set aside through a legal challenge. "Or there could be an election [result] in November where it's not moot" to send in DACA applications, she said.
So that's leading Manuel and her colleagues to continue organizing webinars and other programs to help students prepare their DACA applications. The process can take months.
By one count there are about 75,000 undocumented students enrolled in California's public colleges and universities. Most campuses have hired staff to help support students who are undocumented with academic, legal, and financial help.
Fullerton College, which enrolls more than 700 students who are undocumented, is undeterred by the DHS memo.
"We still will be providing resources and referrals for [undocumented] students," said Cecilia Arriaza, the director of Fullerton College's Transfer Center. She also oversees Grads To Be, the program that serves students who lack legal immigration status.
"You're coming to an educational institution and we ask you about your goals or where you want to transfer," Arriaza said. "But it's hard for students to get to that point if they're worried that they or their parents will be deported."
Summer break and the pandemic has made it hard for Arriaza and her staff to check in with students. But she's moving forward with plans to offer a video conference check-in next week to answer students' questions.
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How do we respond to natural disasters? What comes to mind? Large relief organizations like the American Red Cross? Or perhaps the Federal Emergency and Management Agency? Well, those images are certainly part of the story — but they’re not the whole story. In our new podcast series, The Response, we aim to share a perspective that isn’t extensively covered in the mainstream media. Specifically, we ask the question: how do communities come together in the aftermath of disasters — often in the face of inadequate official response — to take care of each other?
In the first episode of this series, we answer that question by taking a deep dive into the Rockaways Peninsula in New York City, to explore how, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a grassroots network of activists and volunteers emerged to coordinate one of the most effective relief efforts in the city. The group became known as Occupy Sandy, and in this episode, we tell their story, focusing on the personal narratives of three New Yorkers who were thrown into this spontaneous relief effort. We’ll explore how, in the midst of the unfolding catastrophe, unlikely friendships were formed, deep bonds were cultivated, and a perhaps dormant side of New York City was awakened — one based on collectivity, mutual aid, and solidarity.
- Executive producer and host: Tom Llewellyn
- Senior producer, technical director, and designer: Robert Raymond
- Field producers: Paige Ruane and Jack McDonald
Header illustration by Kane Lynch
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Below is a transcript of the episode, modified for your reading pleasure.
Sal Lopizzo: I’ve lived in the Rockaways now about five years — but the night of the storm I was in Queens. And I was on the phone with one guy that I knew that had stayed, but he’s up on the second floor and he was giving me a minute-by-minute, “Oh my God, there’s a car floating down in the street right into your office.” He says, “The block is on fire.” So I’m trying to imagine this in my head. It was horrific.
But I — I don’t know, I…for some reason, I didn’t — I didn’t despair. I don’t know, even when I think about it now, like, would I have rather not had Hurricane Sandy? Of course. But, look what happened.
Tom Llewellyn: Sometimes there is a gap. A space that opens up. A break in the flow of day to day life that well, it kind of changes everything. It’s like…you know when your deepest pain somehow transforms into your brightest insights? Or when the thing that you feared the most turned out to be your biggest teacher?
It’s something kind of like what the poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen once wrote, “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Well, this is a show about those cracks. And the light that shines into them. It’s a show about rupture… about disaster — actually literally about disasters: like hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes… What can they teach us? What do they reveal?
I’m your host, Tom Llewelyn, and you’re listening to The Response. Today we tell a story about New York City — well, actually, it’s a story about what lies beneath the surface of New York City. On the night of October 29th, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the Rockaways, the borough in which this episode takes place, thousands of people had their reality, well… cracked.
This episode is the story about that crack, and about how the light poured in for those thousands of people throughout the city, including a guy named Sal Lopizzo, whose voice you just heard. It’s a story about unlikely friendships, radical recovery efforts, and, what you might call disaster collectivism.
[Sounds of Sal Lopizzo giving a walking tour of Rockaways]
Sal Lopizzo: Careful, watch out for the pole [laughs].
Tom Llewellyn: It’s a grey and misty day in June, and we’re walking down Beach 113th Street in the Rockaways with Sal.
Sal Lopizzo: So right now, this whole area was totally devastated, right? This place here is a nursing home, and the sad part of it is that everybody on the first floor was not evacuated, so we really don’t know the truth about who drowned and who didn’t.
Tom Llewellyn: When Hurricane Sandy barrelled into New York City, it left a trail of death and destruction in its wake. Fifty-three people died. Thousands lost their homes.
Sal Lopizzo: This was all flooded, cars were floating, the boardwalk was on the street. It was — you know, it was a wooden boardwalk — it was totally blown away. There was nothing left but a skeleton of concrete that was supporting it.
Tom Llewellyn: The Rockaway peninsula is a narrow strip of land lying along the coast south of Brooklyn. It was hit especially hard by the storm, and because it’s so removed from the rest of the city, official rescue efforts were dangerously delayed.
Sal Lopizzo: Yeah, the street was covered with a foot of sand, garbage, everything just floated right down — the boardwalk was destroyed. It really is heartbreaking. You know, some of it you don’t even want to remember.
Tom Llewellyn: Born in the fifties to a working class, immigrant family with ten children, Sal dropped out of school pretty early on. He did construction work at first, but, later, in his twenties, he got caught up in some illegal activities — jewelry store robberies, bank robberies, that kind of thing — which ended up landing him in prison with a fifteen year sentence. But, in an interesting twist, that’s where his life began to transform for the better.
Sal Lopizzo: So because I was in a cell, I turned it into a cell like a monk. When I look back on it, it was like a time for me to really indulge in books, understand politics, understand life, understand myself. Really was a good time for me to understand myself, and where I fit in in the planet and get me ready for when I got out.
Tom Llewellyn: So, fast forward about 30 years to early 2011. It’s a year and a half before Sandy hit, and Sal’s been out of prison for a while now. He’s been working to open a center in Rockaway Park to train residents in trades like solar installation.
Sal Lopizzo: The goal was a workforce development training center, because I felt like this area was an opportunity to teach people that don’t have degrees, teach people that don’t have academic backgrounds, how to get into mainstream. How do you get into mainstream? Very simple. You learn a trade. So that was my goal.
I saw Rockaway as a disaster zone. There’s a lot of disaster zones around New York City — around the whole country for that matter — but I live in New York City. So you can go into certain areas and you actually see a disaster. You see a woman trying to get money so she could buy diapers for her child. So that’s disaster. We’re living in a disaster area. These people are in isolated disaster areas. Whatever the causes that got them to that point — that’s where it’s at. And I saw that here in Rockaway and I felt like I could make a big difference.
Tom Llewellyn: Sal poured all of his time and energy into getting the center up and running. He was paying rent, getting supplies, building walls, all that kind of stuff. It took a lot of work, but after about a year and a half of prep, he finally got the center open. He was even able to run a seminar or two for a couple of weeks. And then Sandy hit.
Sal Lopizzo: Before it hit I wasn’t that concerned. I thought it was just another storm coming and me and a friend of mine went up to the beach and we just started collecting sand, making sandbags — we’re only one block away from the ocean. But then when I saw the storm itself, and felt it, I knew that we had to get out of here. It was just a really dark, dark sound — the wind was like a growl. The ocean was growling. It was, it was devastating.
Tom Llewellyn: All Sal could do was to put up some sandbags, board the place up, and hope for the best. But when he came back the following day, it was obvious that his efforts had been in vain.
Sal Lopizzo: My office was just a total wreck. Totally, totally wrecked. So while I’m sitting here looking at this, I just finished — took me almost two years out of my own pocket, you know, a few dollars here and there to get the place up. I didn’t know what to do. I was — I was, my friend said to me, “Sal, you just got to give it up. You did your best. And that’s it.” And as I’m pondering and praying I was like, “Oh my god, what am I going to do?” And a bunch of young guys come in and they were like, “Listen, we want to use this as a hub.”
And they were from Occupy Wall Street — so we dubbed it Occupy Sandy. And from that moment on people just showed up, gutted the office out, got everything out into the street. We started putting up tables, we started serving breakfast — put a big sign up. Trucks just started showing up with supplies. Any supply you could think of. If you walked into Home Depot or into a Target store, it was in this office.
Tom Llewellyn: Sal was suddenly thrown into something much larger than he could have ever imagined. Almost overnight, his space was transformed into a relief hub and community service center which became known as YANA, which stands for, “You are Never Alone.” Fortunately, this kind of thing wasn’t unique — dozens of similar hubs began to pop up in heavily hit areas, in a spontaneous phenomenon that became known as Occupy Sandy, a community-driven relief effort that filled a vacuum left by the official response, and which grew out of the networks and strategies developed by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Occupy Sandy volunteers worked in partnership with local community organizations and activist networks, and their grassroots efforts focused on empowering poor and working class communities. With nearly 60,000 volunteers at its height, its own online relief registry, a legal team, a medical team, a team of translators, prescription drug deliveries, and serving around 20,000 meals a day, Occupy Sandy is considered one of the most effective relief efforts in the city.
Sal Lopizzo: I didn’t know too much about Occupy. I knew that it was Occupy Wall Street. I mean I grew up in the 60s so I understand protests and activism and all of that. And I just didn’t understand what their — at that time in Manhattan — I didn’t understand what their goal was. But when they came here to Rockaway it was very obvious what the goal was. And I really believed in this slogan that, ‘A better world is possible.’ And I saw that. I saw it in action. It was amazing. It made you want to cry everyday. You wanted to just lay down and cry like, “Holy mackerel.”
Tom Llewellyn: In her book “A Paradise Built in Hell,” author Rebecca Solnit, describes the idea of disaster collectivism, as, quote “the sense of immersion in the moment and solidarity with others caused by the rupture in everyday life, an emotion graver than happiness but deeply positive.” She goes on to say, quote, “…we don’t even have a language for this emotion, in which the wonderful comes wrapped in the terrible, joy in sorrow, courage in fear. We cannot welcome disaster, but we can value the responses, both practical and psychological.”
Sal’s immersion in the community that spontaneously formed after Sandy gave him a new sense of possibility. This is a situation that people often find themselves in during the aftermath of disasters. This falling away of everyday normalcy opens up the space for the creation of unlikely connections.
Terri Bennett: When Hurricane Sandy hit I was living in Fort Greene in Brooklyn.
Tom Llewellyn: This is Terri Bennett.
Terri Bennett: We were out earlier in the evening and we were kind of out in the storm for a little while and then we just kind of went back to my house which is located on top of a hill and [laughs] we played cards, we were drinking, and I think I had gone to the store and gotten some like beans, beer, and toilet paper to stock up in case anything out of the ordinary had happened. Which in retrospect was not really a solid emergency plan but at the time it seemed to me what I should do.
The next day when we woke up, we were looking at the news and the first thing I actually saw — I’m originally from New Jersey — was I saw images of the Jersey Shore and the really iconic image of the roller coaster that was in the ocean. And that was the first indication that something really serious had happened. Slowly I started hearing about different kind of relief efforts — primarily people establishing distribution centers and people starting to get donations together. And at the time we had a fifteen foot cargo van that was empty, and we had a full tank of gas. So we went to one of the distribution points which turned out was operated in part by Occupy Sandy. And so we took the first van load of stuff down to the Rockaways.
Tom Llewellyn: The distribution point in Terri’s neighborhood directed her to a specific relief hub on the Rockaway peninsula.
Terri Bennett: Where that place turned out to be was a place called YANA, which stands for “You are Never Alone,” and which was Sal’s nonprofit that was destroyed after the storm, and so that’s where we went every morning for a long time after the storm and there was kind of a joke that I had like a little traveling office because I had like tote bags with a bunch of different clipboards in it with a list of every house we’d been to, and the people, and how many people lived in the house, and how old the people were who lived in the house.
Tom Llewellyn: Terri already had a background in marshaling relief efforts and she quickly became an important part of the recovery process, creating an organization called Respond and Rebuild, which was one of a handful of projects that formed the Occupy Sandy network. In addition to pumping and gutting flooded homes, Terri specialized in coordination: what volunteers and supplies needed to go where and in what quantity, the kind of thing that’s always changing moment to moment. This was the sort of thing that Occupy Sandy actually excelled at, despite — or perhaps because of — its loosely organized and flexible structure.
Terri’s project alone logged well over 40,000 volunteer work hours and worked on over four hundred homes. She put an incredible amount of time and energy into actually making personal connections with the folks she was helping — and she wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty.
Terri Bennett: When we were first driving around we just had this huge neon yellow van that has a sign that said, “We can pump you out,” I think. And it just had my phone number. And so right across the street from YANA was a couple who was a retired cop and her husband and we’d heard that they had water in their basement and so we kind of pull up with this big yellow van looking like we looked, which was like we hadn’t slept for days or showered or changed our clothes, you know. We show up and we’re like, “We heard you need your basement pumped out?” And we pumped their basement out and it was the first house that we pumped out.
And so this couple turned out to become friends of ours — and kind of unlikely friends of ours. I don’t have a lot of friends who are retired cops. But, I don’t know, yeah. Just — I, we developed a lot of unlikely friendships and we had a situation where we had this kind of unlikely group of friends who were really appreciative of all the volunteers who were coming down and started — you know they’re just — they’re people whose home was just destroyed after a disaster and they decided that they really were invested in having these volunteers well taken care of. And just, I guess the kind of people they are, right? But they started having just a cooler on their front porch that constantly had like sodas, and water, and they had bagels, or they had pizza that they would just leave on their front porch that volunteers could just come and eat, you know? And despite the fact that their home is just been destroyed they’re actually just also taking care of us. And then at one point in time we were hanging out afterward. You know, she said to me, “A month before the storm if I would have seen people looking like you, I wouldn’t have given them directions for the train. But then a month after the storm I’d given you keys to my house.” And I think those kinds of experiences really changed how I experience New York. And like, what my community in New York meant. And it really kind of diversified what my community in New York meant.
Tom Llewellyn: Occupy Sandy wasn’t your average relief effort. Instead of seeing themselves as a charity organization, Occupy volunteers saw themselves as participants in a process of mutual aid, a concept that rejects the savior/victim dichotomy that often exists in relief work, and which instead emphasizes working with communities in a horizontal way, blurring the line between what we traditionally consider to be victims and volunteers.
Terri Bennett: I really felt that it was important that we put the affected people’s experience first. So asking people what they needed and asking people what they wanted and asking people how they wanted that to work. It was really important to me that this huge outpouring of concern and willingness and labor was accountable to the people who needed the help, right? And so I think a lot of the reason we were able to sort of connect with people and have our efforts kind of snowball is that, like, we had these like little clipboards but we weren’t asking you to fill out a form and we weren’t doing something that felt impersonal and we weren’t stopping you from telling us what was going wrong because there’s no box to check off. And we just listened. And so if what you’re going for is mutual aid, some kind of like mutual recognition is the first thing that’s required.
Tom Llewellyn: This kind of approach couldn’t be more different from the relief efforts organized by institutions like the Red Cross or the National Guard. despite having played a key role in supporting many people who were impacted by the storm, these organizations could have been much more effective if they had worked in closer partnership with the groups under the Occupy Sandy banner.
Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of tension between Occupy volunteers and the official relief efforts. This might have had something to do with Occupy’s connection to radical politics and the different interests that are represented among grassroots versus official relief.
In fact, a lot of the time, disaster recovery can be aimed at simply restoring the status quo as quickly as possible, or worse, at taking advantage of shocked communities in order to advance an unpopular agenda.
But in areas like the Rockaways, the status quo wasn’t working for most people. So instead of limiting their efforts to getting the existing social order back into gear, Terri and the folks at Occupy saw the disaster as an opportunity to let the light shine into the cracks that existed in the Rockaways far before Sandy ever hit the peninsula.
They wanted to harness all of the energy created after the disaster in a way that could empower the community and leave them in a better position to not just recover from the hurricane, but to actually start addressing the broader social and economic challenges they experienced on a daily basis. The first step in empowering communities? Well, it might just be getting to know your neighbors.
Dennis Loncke: My name is Dennis Loncke, and I’m the Pastor of the Arverne Pilgrim Church.
Tom Llewellyn: Located in the neighborhood adjacent to YANA, Pastor Loncke’s church was completely flooded when Sandy hit. He lost almost everything. But, just like with Sal’s nonprofit, there was a silver lining.
Dennis Loncke: We met Terri Bennett about the third or fourth day after the storm. They came in and inquire of me, “What is this?” And we explained, “This is the church and the spot was the dining room. And they begin to say what was their purpose here. They come to help with the recovery. And so they made me an offer that I couldn’t refuse. They said, “Can we use your facility? We are not a big organization with money, but if we use your facility we will assist you to rebuild it.” And I says, “Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus.” And they were kind enough to do all and more than I had expected. They were the ones who literally refurbish and did all the work and get it back up and running. It was a hardship that sometimes you wonder why people go through this to help others. It was a sight to see for yourself. To see others who will give up themselves — literally give of themselves to get other people back in their homes.
Terri Bennett: Pastor Dennis Loncke was someone that we worked with a lot in the Arverne section of the Rockaways. And so he’s a really good example of someone who saw his church destroyed — he had two homes that were both destroyed and saw the destruction of lots of his congregation’s homes. And so he also started interacting I think with a lot of people in the community he hadn’t necessarily interacted with before, in part because the Rockaways is a pretty segregated place. And so if you travel down the peninsula you can see that there’s one area of the Rockaways that actually I think may have the highest density of public housing in Queens, and then there are two gated communities on the peninsula, right? And so, people are segregated in a number of ways and maybe haven’t really interacted much before and seeing people transcend that I think was really important. And I think that that’s also not uncommon after a disaster.
Sal Lopizzo: This was — I’m telling, I told him this was look like — when I walked in here it was like Home Depot [laughs].
Tom Llewellyn: We met up with Pastor Loncke and Sal at the Arverne Pilgrim Church. They were hanging out, just talking about the days and weeks after Sandy hit.
Sal Lopizzo: We had a lot of really good meetings here, afterwards, right? Even did a play one night.
Dennis Loncke: Yeah.
Sal Lopizzo: We did a play, right? Some actors came in, they did like a little play.
Dennis Loncke: Right.
Sal Lopizzo: Yeah, it was a — you know what it was? It was really needed. Because people were in a lot of pain, and suffering, and struggling, and frustration, and then they could stop for a minute — you know?
Dennis Loncke: Yeah.
Sal Lopizzo: And just enjoy each other.
Tom Llewellyn: Did you know each other before the storm?
Dennis Loncke: No, we didn’t.
Sal Lopizzo: No, we met each other after — during the storm.
Dennis Loncke: During the storm.
Sal Lopizzo: That’s what brought us together.
Dennis Loncke: The storm really did unite in breaking some of the barriers down. Because most of us was living on opinion.
Sal Lopizzo: Yeah.
Dennis Loncke: We assumed that the other person had the grass greener on the other side, so they had no need for this one, and that had no need for the other one. But when the storm came everybody’s opinion just disappeared with the storm.
Sal Lopizzo: Yeah. Good way to put it.
Dennis Loncke: So, we recognized that there are lots of people that had all different types of issues after the storm, and it was not just only the financial loss, or the the property loss. It was — it awakened the community to what is going on inside the midst of us. What we have as neighbors and stuff like that.
Sal Lopizzo: True.
Tom Llewellyn: We asked Terri if she had any advice to impart after her experience with Occupy Sandy.
Terri Bennett: I do think that there are some things that you can do to make yourself and maybe people closer to you — at least in proximity — more prepared or more capable if you do have some kind of disaster. I think having organized neighborhoods helps. Being civically engaged helps. The best advice I can really give is knowing your neighbors, have people’s phone numbers, be able to get in touch, hopefully have them trust you, so that if you go in their backyard and you’re getting some kind of tool or something you have established those kinds of connections already.
Tom Llewellyn: Right, so, things like preparedness kits and disaster mitigation technology are important parts of keeping communities safe during a crisis, but how effective can they be when resources in society aren’t distributed equitably in the first place?
Without social intervention, the contours of a disaster will probably reflect pre-existing divisions — which are often shaped along race and class lines. So, like Terri suggests, maybe the best technology we can deploy is a kind of social technology: closely knit, organized, and empowered communities that are more resilient during catastrophes and that are better able to demand the resources they need to not only survive those acute disasters, but to thrive on a daily basis.
As terrible as they can be, disasters present an opportunity to expand our social imagination and dream up new possibilities. Perhaps these events can open up a space that is normally closed off, a gap in which we can begin reclaiming community agency and power, an opportunity to tell a different story about who we are and what gives our lives meaning and purpose.
For a few weeks at least, the driving narrative in the Rockaways was marked by altruism, solidarity and cooperation. And that shift in the mainstream story had lasting consequences. One can’t help but think, what if we structured our society along these lines normally? What if a mother begging for money in the streets evoked the same response as a hurricane? Can you imagine the impact?
Sal was never able to get his workforce training center going again after the storm. He ended up handing the space over to a church, and nowadays he makes a living by driving for Lyft. But he’s not bitter. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
Sal Lopizzo: I definitely feel that if on a scale the good outweighs the bad, you know? That’s how I see it. I feel so grateful you know that this whole thing happened for me even though I had a different idea of which way it was going to go. But it still turned out pretty cool. You know, a lot of people got to see their own potential — and the potential of the community. And that’s what tragedies do sometimes. You know? That’s really where it’s at.
Tom Llewellyn: This episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Raymond. Interviews were conducted by field producer Paige Ruane, and recorded by Jack McDonald. A big thanks to Chris Zabriskie, Pele, and Lanterns for the music.
Join us for our next episode where we’ll travel to Puerto Rico to explore how, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a few spare dishes — along with a transformative vision — grew into a community kitchen which, in turn, has now grown into an island-wide movement with the goal of restoring power — both electric and civic — to the people.
This season of The Response is part of the “Stories to Action” project, a collaboration between Shareable, Post Carbon Institute, Transition US, Upstream Podcast, and NewStories, with distribution support from Making Contact. Funding was provided by the Threshold and Shift Foundations.
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You can fine-tune your concrete polishing bid by figuring out before the job begins how the concrete is going to grind, what diamonds you will need and how to prepare. Walk on the slab, pour some water on it, scratch at it and put a diamond on it.
Finally, do a polishing mock-up on the slab. Answers you get from the pre-polish investigation and mock-up will give you the advantage every time.
Does the concrete absorb water? This will tell you whether it is sealed or if it is just unsealed and dirty.
Is the concrete reactive? Place a drop of etching acid on the floor to see if it fizzes and reacts. “Yes ” means the concrete is unsealed. “No ” means that the concrete has sealer or densifier that inhibits absorption, which directly affects densification.
Does the concrete scratch easily? The answer will determine what diamond grit and bond to start with and whether heavier densifier application is needed.
Are cracks visible? Cracks and holes can be invisibly corrected with a silicate-based repair material like Certi-Shine Fusion during grinding.
Put a straightedge down on the slab – how much light is shining through underneath it? Plan more time to cut the floor flat if needed.
Strip it good
Removing coatings from concrete before polishing it demands expertise in removal, and technique depends on the coating chemistry, thickness and condition. Is the coating made of acrylic, enamel, epoxy, urethane, layers of multiple products, or something else? How thick is it? Is the coating worn through or intact?
Trowel-down coatings often contain fillers that are harder to remove. Sometimes the owner knows the details, but if there is no information at all, trial and error and your own experience will ferret out the secret combination to remove that particular coating.
Chemical stripping methods excel in some circumstances. Chemical stripping will not affect the cut of a formerly coated floor, reducing the chance of random scratches. When the owner worries that mechanical methods will increase the risk of aggregate exposure, chemical stripping is ideal. Also, chemical stripping allows a head start on a project when all your equipment is tied up on another job.
During mechanical removal, coatings that cannot tolerate the heat and friction of grinding may melt and gum up the cutting surfaces of tools. Again, chemical strippers may help with these kinds of coatings.
Different strippers are effective with different coatings, so it is important to test samples of various strippers during the mock-up to find the most effective product for each coating.
Most chemical strippers are either oil-based or solvent-based. Oil-based chemical strippers are extracted from soybeans, pine, or citrus (D-limonene) sources. These are often less of a safety concern for workers and can be easier to dispose of. Check with local authorities regarding disposal, and comply with all federal, state and local regulations.
Oil-based strippers require time to work. Scoring the surface of the coating can be helpful. Apply the stripper to the entire surface and allow it to work for 20 to 30 minutes. After the coating has softened, scrub using a floor buffer with a brush like a Nylo-Grit or Strata-Grit brush. Manual pole scrapers and blades are fine for small areas, leftover edges and around drains, but they are impractical for large areas. Scrub until the coating fully releases from the concrete.
Remove the softened coating and stripper waste by shoveling it into concrete dust, sawdust or kitty liter. After stripping, the floor must be cleaned and degreased.
Solvent-based strippers are usually based on xylene, toluene or methylene chloride. Certain coatings will respond better to one type of solvent than another. Acrylic sealers, enamels and many other paints can be removed with aromatic solvent strippers, but industrial coatings such as epoxies and urethanes will often require chlorinated solvents.
Solvent-based strippers require more worker safety gear and ventilation measures but can offer faster working time. Apply the stripper to one small area at a time. Allow the coating to soften, then scrape it up and remove it. Clean up before moving to the next area and repeat the process until the entire coating has been removed. Degrease and clean the floor, then proceed to the initial grind.
Mechanical removal of coatings
If you choose to remove a coating mechanically, it can be accomplished with several different types of equipment, including ride-on floor scrapers, scarifiers, shotblasters and surface shavers. Diamond grinders can be outfitted with coating removal tools, including polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutters, scraper discs and metal bond tooling.
Use an equipment manufacturer or rental company as your resource. Knowledgeable representatives will recommend appropriate equipment. On-site demonstrations can prove equipment effectiveness before renting or purchasing. Figure out ahead of time what surface profile the equipment will leave behind, as some equipment may leave too severe of a profile. Mechanical methods are also effective for removal of floor coverings, which can offer plenty of surprises. Was the carpet installed directly to the concrete or is there VCT under it, and what is underneath that? Most floor coverings are installed after the application of cementitious leveling compounds. In these cases, the floor may not be as flat as it may have first appeared.
Definition of a mock-up
The mock-up will indicate which diamond bond and grit should be used for the first cut and help you estimate diamond consumption. It will give you a plan A and a plan B. All of this information is required before you can tell the owner, “Yes, I can polish your concrete, this is the price and it will take me this many days. ”
A mock-up is defined as a full-sized (typically 10-foot by 10-foot) physical model performed to spec. The mock-up should be done with the same machines, diamonds and chemicals that will be used for the actual job.
Install the mock-up in an area where you and the owner have the lowest expectations – in other words, where there is staining, cracking or discoloration. Create two halves on the mock-up. On one half, fill the cracks, apply a finish coat or use a stain. Finish the other half with densifying and polishing only. The differences between the options will be obvious to the owner when both are viewed side by side.
Make sure that the mock-up is procedurally complete, but do not spend all day doing a flawless mock-up that cannot be reproduced on a real production schedule. A residual grease stain or a trace of a footprint can help condition the owner to not expect miracles on the full project. We all want to get the contract, but realistically we need to be able to afford to duplicate the mock-up when the contract is awarded.
Finally, charge for the mock-up. You are an experienced craftsperson and your time is valuable. When the mock-up is approved and the contract is signed, deduct the mock-up price from the final invoice. This way the owner will not waste your time and will have an investment in the outcome. It is easier to work with committed customers than tire-kickers. | <urn:uuid:1f9c73c7-8aa3-45b3-89de-3a6d061fe62d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.concretedecor.net/departments/grinding-polishing/mock-ups-make-sense/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.939587 | 1,537 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Align Technology, a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign system of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, has announced it will host its annual EMEA Invisalign Scientific Symposium on July 2-3 digitally, providing an opportunity for orthodontists to delve into the science behind the Invisalign system, as well as glean the latest advanced clinical knowledge from luminaries of orthodontic pedagogy.
The 2021 Invisalign Scientific Symposium agenda explores three key themes:
- A review of the efficacy and efficiency of Invisalign aligners vs fixed appliances, especially in relation to predictability, effectiveness and treatment stability.
- The role of orthodontics in oral and mental health for growing patients, focusing on patient satisfaction and quality of life, pain perception and anxiety, and the impact of orthodontic appliances on oral hygiene.
- The possibilities offered by clear aligner therapy, including maxillary expansion, Class III occlusions, inter-disciplinary approaches and auxiliary techniques.
Keynote lectures will be delivered by global clinical speakers, including Professor Juan Carlos Rivero Lesmes from Spain who will be presenting about the ‘Efficiency with biomechanics and clear aligners’, whilst patients’ quality of life is the focus of the lecture by Meiya Gao from China, explaining the ‘Comparison of pain perception, anxiety, and impacts on oral health-related quality of life between patients receiving clear aligners and fixed appliances during the initial stage of orthodontic treatment’.
The renowned American ‘Orthocoach’ Regina Blevins will be discussing ‘Oral hygiene amongst growing patients - fixed braces vs the Invisalign system’. She is joined on the programme by Professor Luca Levrini from Italy whose main area of study is the treatment of younger patients. Professor Levrini will be exploring ‘Maxillary expansion with Invisalign First treatment in the mixed dentition, pre and post treatment predictability’.
Tommaso Castroflorio (Italy) will be one of key speakers at the upcoming Symposium. His talk focuses on aligner deformation and looks at whether orthodontic movement is just a question of attachments and whether aligner deformation in Class II and open bite treatments can be predicted.
Previewing his lecture, he advised that he will be introducing his peers to some features of the latest Invisalign G8 innovations to address aligner deformation, as he explained, “We – as orthodontists – know that when we apply the aligner on teeth, it springs back to its original position and original shape – then, the force is delivered to the teeth producing the orthodontic movement. The greater the deformation, the larger the activation force produced by the aligners. This is the reason why we need to work with a material like Invisalign SmartForce.”
Michael Davidson, director of clinical and professional education EMEA for Align Technology, commented, “Building on the success of the first edition in 2020, Align Technology EMEA is looking forward to welcoming attendees and presenters to the second virtual edition of the EMEA Invisalign Scientific Symposium. From the outset, the event scientific team has endeavoured to showcase the best in global research and clinical content which is both robust and relevant to the orthodontic practitioner. Over the two days, attendees can expect presenters to discuss topics such as: how predictability and efficiency are impacted by latest innovations that form part of the Align digital orthodontic workflow. Delegates can also be assured that sessions will relate to a range of clinical case types, with the ultimate goal of oral and general health improvement for patients. To wrap things up, and as an event first, Align has partnered with European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry to bring a scientific poster presentation session which is focused on the growing patient. We look forward to welcoming all doctors to this truly world class event.”
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To celebrate the launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) — despite its delayed launch — NASA held a Reddit AMA to answer space enthusiasts’ burning extraterrestrial questions.
The AMA took place this afternoon in anticipation of the SpaceX Falcon’s liftoff from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which was originally slated for Monday at 6:32 p.m. Eastern but has since been moved to Wednesday, April 18. As expected, the AMA included questions from Redditors on everything TESS, like what life at Goddard is like and details on TESS’s travel schedule.
User AstroManishKr asked, “What type of research will be done from this mission and how would we benefit from it?” The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center replied comprehensively. “One (of many!) expected result is: Humanity will learn how common terrestrial planets are in the habitable zone,” Diana Dragomir, an astronomer at MIT, said. “By terrestrial I mean similar mass and size as the Earth. With this, we will be one big step closer to understanding how likely it is that life has evolved elsewhere in the Galaxy.”
The question was the closest the AMA came to addressing possible extraterrestrial life detection by TESS. “Great question! Well we have found Earth-sized planets that orbit their star every 8 hours!” replied Elisa V. Quintana, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “We have found rocky planets that are as big as 2x the Earth, so would have incredible gravity. We know of dozens of planets that orbit 2 stars, so those planets wouldn’t have a constant flux from the stars like we do from the Sun, so could life adapt to that environment?” The answer went on to reference the previously launched Kepler mission, stating TESS will “likely” raise similar questions regarding our sky.
The Falcon launch experienced a hiccup on Monday afternoon, just hours ahead of its scheduled evening launch. However, SpaceX assured the public the liftoff is still happening after some more guidance, navigation, and control analysis in the next two days.
The Falcon spacecraft is set to be NASA’s next great exoplanet hunter, continuing what the Kepler mission began. Over the course of two years, TESS will investigate an area of sky that contains about 20 million stars, which could aid astronomers and astrobiologists in finding habitable exoplanets. | <urn:uuid:e82bb4e3-3fa3-48ff-81fe-bbd3b5102729> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.inverse.com/article/43748-nasa-reddit-tess-ama | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.948982 | 524 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Island Postal History
The post was extended from Newport to Ryde in July 1792, the route following the line of the present road via Wootton Bridge and Binstead. Like the Cowes route, this was a daily service, testifying to the rapid growth in the importance of Ryde by this date, but the route was operated by a horse messenger. This became a twice-daily service in 1810.
On 24 July 1820 the steamboat ‘Prince of Coburg’ inaugurated a thrice-daily service between Southampton and Cowes and from the outset held a postal contract. This vessel was employed for six years but only plied across the Solent in the summer months and the traditional method of sailing packets had to be used in the winter. In addition to the caprices of sudden squalls blowing up the Solent was the perennial hazard of fog and it is hardly surprising that the mail packet was often delayed considerably by inclement weather. Just such an incident was minuted by the Post Office in 1821, and six years later the Hampshire Chronicle reported on 1st January 1827: “In consequence of the dead calm sea on Saturday afternoon, Mr Windover was obliged to proceed with the mail from Cowes in an open boat. Fog came on and after rowing till 7 o’clock in the evening and thinking that they were near Southampton, they re-entered Cowes harbour fortunately without meeting any accident.”
Prior to the completion of the pier at Ryde in 1815, a small stone quay served the fishing vessels based at this village. In 1805 a daily service between Ryde and Portsmouth was instituted by sailing vessel and soon this was also being used for the conveyance of mails, supplementing the more favourable route between Cowes and Southampton. In the spring of 1825 steam packets were established on this route too, the necessary capital being subscribed by a number of public-spirited individuals in £25 shares. These steam packets conveyed both horses and carriages across Spithead by means of two-boats and theoretically at least it was possible for gentlemen to enter their carriages in London and never alight from them until they reached Ryde. This service was put on a more regular footing in 1828 when the Post Office invited tenders for a mail contract. Offers were received from a Mr Heather and a Mr Garratt. Two years later the Portsmouth Steam Packet Company was awarded the contract and in 1832 the Ryde-Portsmouth steamship mail service was extended in frequency.
The sailing packets were eventually phased out in 1838 and a new steamer service was introduced, all year round, plying on a triangular route between Southampton, Cowes and Ryde, once a day in winter and twice daily in summer. This service was timed to coincide with an internal coach service, which, over the previous decade, had become more sophisticated and gradually linked up the various towns and villages in the south-east of the island. Details of the internal communications by 1827 are given in Horsey’s ‘Beauties of the Isle of Wight’, published that year: From Newport to Ryde ‘The Bugle’ would run at 7.45 and 10.45 AM, and at 3.30 PM.
In 1838 the Ryde penny post was extended westwards to Wootton Bridge, which a year later also became part of the penny post network based at Newport. In connection with these services the road was considerably repaired and upgraded.
From 5th June 1840 Uniform Penny Postage applied to the entire country and letters under ½ oz were conveyed any distance, prior to introduction rates of Cowes – Newport and Newport – Ryde cost 2d, and Cowes to Portsmouth via Southampton 7d, Southampton to Cowes or Portsmouth to Ryde 2d. The railway from London to Southampton completed and superseded the stagecoach on the Portsmouth Road.
Wootton Bridge was served by penny posts from Ryde (1837) and Newport (1839) in connection with the latter a two-line stamp inscribed ‘Wootten Bridge / Penny Post’ was despatched from London on the 14th December 1838 and has been recorded in reddish brown ink from 1839 onwards. No attempt was made to rectify the spelling error and the stamp was retained after the office ceased to be a penny post receiving house. No namestamp of the double-arc type was issued until July 1856, a stamp with sans-serif lettering inscribed WOTTON-BRIDGE being then supplied. In 1865 Wootton Bridge was allocated the number C55 in the general list, and an obliterator with three bars above and below was issued. At the same a ‘thimble’ datestamp was provided for backstamping mail. This was incorrectly spelled WOOTON BRIDGE and superseded the following December by a ‘thimble’ with the spelling amended. A somewhat larger single datestamp was issued in April 1872. Two skeletons have been recorded from the early years of this century, a large diameter with WOOTTON BRIDGE alone and a smaller type with WOOTTON BRIDGE / I. OF W. The date of this letter is not known, but it may have been used while the single stamp was being converted to take clock time slugs. A combined stamp inscribed WOOTTON BRIDGE / RYDE was in use by 1922, but this was superseded by a stamp with I OF W substituted for the parent office name at the foot, by 1926. Shortly before the Second World War a combined stamp with RYDE. ISLE OF WIGHT at the foot was issued and is still used to this day to cancel local first class mail.
Two counter stamps are currently in use, differing in the spacing of the inscriptions and having numeral or asterisk above the date. The latter was in use by 1957, but the former was introduced in November 1965. It is not known whether Wootton Bridge ever had charge or explanatory marks incorporating its C55 number, but unstamped postcards from the turn of the century are known with a curious handstruck “1”, which looks as if it was produced locally by carving a piece of wood. No parcel datestamps of early pattern have been recorded, but a stamp inscribed WOOTTON BRIDGE / RYDE / ISLE of WIGHT has been in use since the 1960s.
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What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is a celebration of resilience. It marks the day – June 19, 1865 – when communities of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned the Civil War had ended, and they were free –two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Although freedom did not happen overnight, celebrations broke out among newly freed Black people. In 1866, they celebrated with prayer, feasting, song and dance. According to a story in Texas Highways, Freedmen in Anderson County in East Texas created fireworks by drilling holes in trees and filling them with gunpowder. The first gatherings were held in remote rural locations that were not subject to the laws of segregation.
According to Juneteenth: The Joy of Freedom, “public space became a mighty ingredient in the forming of Juneteenth memories.” In many parts of Texas, freedmen purchased land for Juneteenth gatherings: In 1872, Black Texans led by Baptist minister and former slave Rev. Jack Yates raised $800 to buy 10 acres of land in Houston now known as the Emancipation Park, according to reports in the Houston Chronicle.
The enactment of Jim Crow laws dampened the celebration of freedom. The Great Depression forced many farming families away from rural areas and into urban environments to seek work— resulting in the decline of Juneteenth emancipation gatherings, according to History.com. Celebrations were revived during the civil rights movement.
Today, celebrations include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, prayer, singing traditional songs, reading of works by noted Black writers, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments and Miss Juneteenth contests. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday.
On Tuesday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m., join us for “What We Commemorate on Juneteenth,” a presentation by Dr. Richard Bell, a scholar, writer and professor of history at the University of Maryland. For more information and to register, visit here.
“But, if this part of our history could be told in such a way that those chains of the past, those shackles that physically bound us together against our wills could, in the telling, become spiritual links that willingly bind us together now and into the future – then that painful Middle Passage could become, ironically, a positive connecting line to all of us whether living inside or outside the continent of Africa…” Tom Feelings, The Middle Passage | <urn:uuid:bf37f1f1-91e0-482b-b5ed-f51eb55c84ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branch-out/freedom-endures-celebrate-juneteenth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.96638 | 535 | 4 | 4 |
Question: Should there be any restrictions on the supply of antibiotics? Do you believe that overuse and misuse of antibiotics accelerates the development of resistance to antibiotics in pathogens?
My short answer: If by “restrictions,” you mean voluntary ones by medical professionals, I would say “yes.” When antibiotics first came out, they were used — like most new things — more frequently than was optimal. Germ resistance developed, making new antibiotics that worked in different ways necessary.
We are now running out of such options. Physicians and hospitals generally withhold the latest and greatest antibiotics unless the older ones fail. We’ve learned from our mistakes, for the most part.
If by “restrictions,” you mean federal regulations, my answer would be “no.” Regulations in this arena take life and deaths decisions out of the hands of doctors and into the hands of bureaucrats, who are more likely to show poor judgment since their knowledge of both the problems and the individual circumstances are limited.
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There are several ways by which a person might illegally immigrate to Ireland. They might, for example, come here on a temporary work visa that entitles them to be in the country for a period of time, and then stay here long after that visa has expired. They might simply sneak in on the back of a lorry through one of the ports, risking their own lives in the process. They may come on a student visa, and never leave.
All of these things have one thing in common: They are against the law. The whole point of giving people time-limited visas is that the state is seeking to regulate immigration and get people who visit the country to go home again.
For this purpose, for example, we have passport control at our airports. We have a whole Garda National Immigration bureau. We employ a whole raft of civil servants to process visa applications and make decisions about them.
Well, we may as well fire the lot of them and save the money, because none of it matters, per the politicians:
“Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Greens are discussing plans to give up to 17,000 undocumented migrants legal status in Ireland as part of their programme for government talks.
The parties are in talks to establish a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants in Ireland. Under draft plans, the criteria for a such a scheme would be set out, subject to it being compliant with EU and Common Travel Area obligations, within 18 months of the new government taking office.
While there has been no final agreement, a source involved in the talks said a commitment to setting up a scheme would be a “big win” for migrants’ rights campaigners.
Fianna Fáil and the Greens have previously supported calls for a regularisation scheme for the estimated 15,000-17,000 undocumented people in Ireland, including 2,000-3,000 of these who are children.”
“Undocumented”, by the way, is a lefty NGO-invented phrase that sounds nicer than saying “illegally resident”. And like most lefty NGO phrases, it’s been adopted uncritically by the media, who tend to be eager to help out. Similarly, “regularisation scheme” is a fancy way of saying “let them off the hook”.
The 2-3000 children, it must be remembered, are entirely blameless. Many of them will have been born here to parents who broke the law and find themselves now without any right to live in the only country that they have ever known. You’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel some sympathy for their plight, and the fact that most of us don’t have hearts of stone will be eagerly exploited by their law-breaking parents and their parent’s advocates. Many of them are in Irish schools, with Irish friends, and potentially face being packed off to Brazil or Uganda or Nigeria, countries where they may not even speak the language. Packing them off in such a manner is a rough decision for any Government to take.
But equally, this very situation, and its likely consequences, were put to the people in a referendum just eighteen years ago. And “no”, we said, by a huge majority, “you can’t just come here, have a child, and get the right to remain here forever”.
That decision may have been right, or it may have been wrong, but it was, very clearly, a decision – and a decision taken democratically. To the extent that the Irish people have ever expressed a collective view on this question, the answer was “out with you, kids or no kids”.
Ultimately, though, it’s a simple question: The country either has immigration laws, or it doesn’t. There is no other law on the statute books for which Government considers providing regular amnesties to those who break it. You won’t ever find coalition negotiators discussing an amnesty scheme for people who drove drunk, for example, or those who don’t pay their TV licence.
The only one that does come to mind is the tax amnesty of 1988, when the Government told people who’d been evading tax that if they paid up now, there’d be no penalties or prosecutions. But that differs in one important respect: To avail of the amnesty, you had to undo your crime. You couldn’t just say “I haven’t been paying my tax but I’ll start now” – you had to pay every penny you’d avoided paying for years.
In this case, there’s no such cost to the proposed Amnesty. It amounts to simply telling people that it doesn’t matter that they broke the law, which of course amounts to saying that the law doesn’t matter in the first place.
So what about an alternative? Give these people an option: Either they can go back to their country of origin, or they can pay a fine to remain here, to pay the state back for the services they have used while here illegally. If they’re legally here, after “regularisation”, then oblige each of them to pay a fine of €30,000, deductable from their paychecks over the course of their lifetimes, or from their estates when they die. If all 17,000 take that deal, then that’s half a billion in revenue to the state over the course of their lifetimes, in return for which they become legal citizens.
Breaking the law should carry some penalty. If we don’t want to deport children, then we should at least ensure that those who came here and broke the law make some kind of contribution to the country in return. | <urn:uuid:643e29f5-821b-47b7-b25e-fce8caf96fd1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gript.ie/illegal-immigrant-amnesty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.969276 | 1,215 | 1.59375 | 2 |
It’s December now so that means the holiday season is in full swing! Christmas lights glowing, decorations everywhere, and the holiday spirit all around us. This time of year, some of us are a little more cheery than others but that doesn’t mean that we can’t try to make their season a little brighter. If you’re hoping to help those around you feel the holiday spirit, here are a few ideas.
1. Donate your time to a charity in need.
During the holiday season, the need for extra volunteers increase dramatically. More families are in need of hot meals, more animals end up in shelters in need of love and attention, donations need to be sorted, and the list just keeps going. In some cases, many charities need volunteers more than they need physical donations. Donating time can not only show people that you care, but it can also helps you feel the meaning of the season.
2. Donate money or items for those who are less fortunate.If you can't donate your time to a local charity, it doesn't hurt to donate items that are needed or money to help support their cause. It can be anything from clothes that you no longer wear that could keep someone warm this winter to pet food to help out hungry animals to buying gifts off the your local angel tree for children in need. Instead of buying a friend a present, maybe make a donation to a cause they are passionate about in their name. Small acts of kindness like these can brighten anyone’s day.
3. Reach out to an old friend or distant family.
In our day to day lives, we have a tendency to let certain relationships slip. Sometimes we forget to stay in contact with people we once were close to. This is why one way to spread the holiday spirit is to reach out to old friends or distant family members. Remind them of old times, catch up on what has happened since the last time you've talked, show them that regardless of how far apart you've drifted that you will always be there for them, and are still thinking of them during the holiday season.
4. Pay it forward
The best way to spread the holiday cheer is to show strangers the spirit of giving. The whole paying it forward trend is great way to start. When you are buying your coffee or your meal at a restaurant, think about paying for another customer’s items as well. Give your server a nice tip and wish them a happy holiday. You’ll get to see the joy you brought to their day and possibly inspire them and those around you to keep up the trend and pay it forward as well.
5. Create care packages who can’t be home for the holidays.
If you are lucky enough to get to spend your holiday season surrounded by those you love, remember to think about how lucky you are to have them and think about those who aren’t lucky enough to be home with their families. When you are out buying gifts for those close to you, pick up a few items to make a care package for those serving overseas. Have your family help you and write letter expressing how thankful you are for their service and how much you wish they could be home with their families as well. Reaching out and letting them know they are appreciated could change their entire season as well as letting you express all the things you are thankful for this holiday season.
6. Ask religious friends the story behind the season for them.
The reason it’s called the holiday season is because there are so many cultures and so many religions around the world that we aren’t just celebrating one holiday. This time of year means so much to so many people. For some people it’s a time to be around those who hold close, but for others it means so much more. If you have ever wondered about what this season means to others just try asking. As a friend of a different religion why they celebrate and what it means to them personally. Ask them about their religion and why they hold it so close. Reaching out and showing interest in others’ holiday joy is just one way to spread holiday cheer and learn something new.
7. Let those around you know how much you appreciate them
The holidays is not always the happiest time for some people. Sometimes it can be very stressful and very busy. In times like this, it is the kindest thing you can do to let everyone know how much you appreciate them even for the smallest things. While at the store thank the cashier for helping you and being so kind, at work thank your co-workers for helping out in the littlest way, and even thank your mom for her home cooked meals. It may seem cheesy at the time but it can help let them know that everything they do is appreciated.
8. Do kind things for your neighbors.
You can clean their yard, just bake an extra batch of cookies, or invite the to share dinner with your family but the slightest thing can be such a big gift. Having those around you in your thoughts and showing it through your actions can inspire others to give back to other people. Wish them a happy holiday when you see them and let them know that you are happy to have the around. | <urn:uuid:1ce5d269-8eed-47fb-8150-e7ef60990fea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-ways-spread-holiday-cheer-season | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.976449 | 1,081 | 1.570313 | 2 |
A new website is using tweets from Twitter to help turn a person’s frown upside down.
Visitors to Cheerupper.net can reply to tweets of people that are feeling down or just having a bad day. The tweets are randomly selected through a computerized process. Cheerupper.net gathers thousands of tweets using Twitter API and then sifts through them with the MetaMind Sentiment Analysis API to find people who are feeling down, or who have had a rough day.
The clever concept was created by computer science majors at the University of Maryland. One of the creators, Anthony DiMeo talked to SocialNewsDaily about how he and his roommates participated in a “Hackathon” hosted by Twitter. In the timespan of a weekend, cheerupper.net was created.
The project won “best hack” at the competition and is changing the way people use social media. Instead of breaking down, this website helps you build them up.
But what if you are the one having the bad day? DiMeo and his friend thought of that too. Simply add #cheermeup for your tweet to be added to the random selection of tweets.
“Cheerupper.net is a quick and easy way to spread a little happiness, and make someone smile,” DiMeo explains. “We’re not looking for fame or fortune, just to make some days better.”
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This is a message of encouragement for anyone out there who is feeling discouraged, especially teachers, by the hurtful and toxic words of someone else who is bringing you down and causing you to question what you’re doing, and maybe even who you are as a professional educator. We all need to maintain our humility and be open to constructive criticism. We can all get better, no matter “how many years we’ve been in the game” or how much experience / how many degrees and certifications we have. There are times, however, when other people, for reasons we may never completely understand, say things and do things which bring us down and can even encourage us to question ourselves at a basic level. If you find yourself in that place today, or you have recently, then this message is for you.
Never let someone with a toxic voice and destructive message tell you who you are.
As professional educators, many of us recognize and embrace the understanding that our role in the lives of children and in our communities goes far beyond simply transmitting information and helping others develop academic skills. We understand teaching is a “calling” and a mission field, for which some people are more naturally suited but which everyone can learn to thrive in as a leader, as a counselor, as a coach, as a designer of powerful experiences, as a facilitator and a collaborator. Teaching is both an art and a science, it is a profession to which many are called and even more are needed. Teaching is far more than a job: It’s the opportunity to help shape the minds, character, hearts and futures of other human beings who may well be transformed forever by the experiences we have learning, sharing, growing and “doing life together” inside a classroom. As teachers, we know our students are not the only ones being transformed and continually “remade.” We, also, can be continually renewed and transformed by the experiences we have learning and growing alongside others.
Never underestimate the power of your words. Like Harry Potter and the other wizards and “wizard apprentices” at the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we each have opportunities to either bless or curse others with our words every day.
It can be extremely challenging to work closely with someone else, whether they are a colleague, a supervisor, a parent, or family member, who says things which continually attack us, challenge us, and encourage us to question not just what we are doing but also who we are as professional teachers. I am not talking here about positive encouragement to grow, to try new things, to stretch beyond our current, perceived boundaries. No, here I am talking about someone who, for reasons that may remain a mystery for all time, say things which have the direct effect of wounding, hurting, tearing down, and destroying. Words like these are toxic and can have real effects on our lives and the lives of others around us. The words we and others say MATTER, and that is why it’s vital we assertively take control of and direct the “internal dialog” we have with ourselves: The words, phrases, and images we repeat to ourselves which reinforce our identities and senses of self.
Always remember who you are, and what you were born to do and contribute to our world. Identity is not a journey which ends at age 18 or 21, it’s a lifelong adventure which continues to morph into different seasons. As we age, as members in our family move away or even pass away into the shadowlands, we grow and change as does our sense of identity and purpose in life.
As a Christian and follower of Jesus Christ, I understand that we were each created and endowed by God with special gifts and important work which we have the opportunity to do here on earth. If you have been blessed with the spiritual gift of teaching, then it is literally your calling from God to teach: To care for, nurture, and develop the minds, hearts and spirits of others in your care.
No matter what negative or hurtful things other people may say to you, as you journey ever onward and upward in your career as a professional educator and teacher, never forget who you are and who you are called to be. To the degree you are able, surround yourself with positive messages and encouraging colleagues who can lift you up each day as you struggle to meet both challenges and opportunities. The development of a digital professional learning network (PLN) can be a powerful, positive ingredient in our personal recipes for wellness and strong mental health as educators and teachers. Choose to listen to and surround yourself with voices and messages which inspire and edify, rather than tear down or destroy.
I will leave you with a 74 second video of our youngest daughter, Rachel, recorded 9 years ago when she was just seven years old. In this interview she was talking about art and creativity, but she references with remarkable insight and confidence “the voice inside that tells you what to do.” As you continue on in this academic year, I challenge you to get in touch with and listen to your inner voice. If other people are trying to “hijack” your inner voice, cast them out of your mind and assertively take control of your inner, mental dialog. Be strong and confident in knowing who you are, what work you have been called to do, and your sufficiency to meet the challenges you face. You are enough, and you can overcome the obstacles which stand in your way. You were born for this. Go forth, and TEACH.
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- Collaborating on a debate assignment with Google Docs and Social Bookmarks - 2010
- News Literacy and the Basics of Journalism: Be Fair, Accurate and Clear - 2010
- A NO SCREENS Sunday afternoon - 2008
- Beware of Quechup Spam Scam - 2007
- Realize your dreams today, start virtually attending Stanford or MIT - 2007
- K-12 Online Conference Teasers! - 2007
- YALSA: Using social networking tools to encourage reading and literacy - 2007
- Meaningful PD and helping students create media - 2007
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Rochester coupon websites can help people find a wide variety of information that can get them the best shopping deals that the city has to offer. Rochester coupons can help people get the deal of the day to just about anywhere and the coupons Rochester provides can save people hundreds of dollars over time, particularly if they have a tendency to have to buy a lot of stuff.
Rochester coupon websites can greatly enhance the chances that people will be able to find good deals on clothing or other items like paper towels. Coupons go back a long way in American history. Coupons first became prolific to average American households during the 1950s, though they can probably be traced back earlier. For example, their predecessor was the ration card, which was common in World War I and World War II.
Today, Rochester coupon websites can greatly enhance the needs of people who are looking to increase their engagement with their particular communities and learn how to shop and live in the community. Rochester coupon websites are important to people in all kinds of different situations and it is for this reason that people will probably continue to use these websites in the future. Rochester coupon websites include such websites as Groupon, though that is for many different places around the world. But because Rochester has so many great stores, such as Wegmans, it can be a good place to shop. Helpful info also found here. | <urn:uuid:7e149d6f-75bb-4717-82fe-d47b1152498b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hastweb.com/2013/05/a-shoppers-paradise/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977553 | 276 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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