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RAINBOW PARK AND PORTLAND PLANT RIPARIAN RESTORATION PROJECT
The Fremont Conservation District (FCD), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Fremont County Weed Management (FCWM) collaborated on the Rainbow Park and Portland Plant Riparian Restoration Project (Rainbow Park Project) in restoration of the Arkansas River Watershed in the Rainbow Park area of Florence, Colorado to the Holcim cement plant in Portland, Colorado. Over the years, this area has become invaded with Russian olive and Salt Cedar (Tamarisk) along the banks of the Arkansas River. With the removal of these species, landowners along the Arkansas River will see a healthier floodplain ecosystem and be able to better utilize their properties for recreation and agriculture. The project also restores the Cottonwood forest’s naturally open understory which benefits the corridors many wildlife species. This project was funded through Colorado Water Conservation Board’s (CWCB) Invasive Phreatophyte Control Program in the amount of $80,000, which funded 7 private businesses and government agencies and one private landowner properties. Funding was also received through the NRCS Targeted Conservation Proposal (TCP) and Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) for 16 landowners in the amount of $118,492.00. Private landowners also benefitted from the CWCB funds in the chemicals used for spraying; grass seed, trees and shrubs purchased for vegetative restoration; and, streambank stabilization. The project goal is restoration of the riparian corridor through chemical and mechanical removal of invasive Russian olive and Salt Cedar and secondary invasive species. The project included use of chainsaw crews and / or mechanical removal with a Hydro Axe. There are 105 acres in this project area, with 71 acres in the EQIP funded area.
he project work began in late October 2016 with the Mile-High Youth Corp clearing 5 acres of fence lines and removing trees around permanent structures on the Penrose Water District property in preparation for the Hydro Axe. In late January 2017, chainsaw and chipping work began on the first property with chainsaw crews from Fire Shield and the Department of Corrections State Wildfire Inmate Fire Team (DOC S.W.I.F.T.). These crews then worked their way down river corridor between Highways 67 and 115, including all participating landowners. These crews piled the debris for the Hydro Axe to come through and masticate and shred, and then the Hydro Axe continued taking out the larger stands of Russian olive and Tamarisk that were not next to a fence line or building. Broadcast seeding was completed on each property before the chainsaw crews or Hydro Axe went through to ensure a better contact between seed and ground. Cut stump spraying occurred at the same time as the chainsaw crews and Hydro Axe were removing trees. Herbaceous weed control was also done as required for each property. Most of this work was completed by the end of March / middle of April. There were a few properties that had to wait until the water in the river receded enough to continue working in the area. These properties were completed in late summer and early fall of 2017 by chainsaw crews. There are currently three properties that need to be completed by the chainsaw crews this spring, with all work finished by the end of May 2018.
Streambank stabilization was also completed on three properties. The plans for stabilization were checked and approved by the Army Corp of Engineers. This was done to prevent any further erosion of the streambank with the larger Russian olive and Tamarisk trees removed. Pole plantings of cottonwoods and willows were done along the streambanks, as well as gallon pot trees and shrub plantings. In the spring of 2018, additional native shrubs and trees will be planted along the streambank to assist with further stabilization of the area. These plants will also assist the wildlife in the area with food sources and shelter
Landowners were pleased with the work that was accomplished along the river corridor. Most were surprised by how much more land they had to work with now that the invasive species are gone. Follow-up spraying will be done this spring by the FCWM for any sprout regrowth and any invasive weed species located. A second phase to this project has funded through the NRCS TCP / EQIP program for landowners who did not participate in the first phase, from Highway 115 to Ash Street in Canon City, Colorado. All in all, a successful project.
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This article was first published in 2003 as part of the refereed proceedings of the The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference. See credits below.
This paper analyses data from 25 qualitative interviews to explore the relationship between religion, gender and sexuality for Turkish-Australian women aged 18-26. It argues that the hijab (headscarf) symbolises an idealised Muslim femininity be-cause it signifies to the participants a high level of personal religious commitment and it also embodies the Islamic mores of modesty and self-respect regarding their sexuality. Participants in the study explained that ‘a woman is precious like dia-monds, that’s why we have to keep her covered’. While they displayed a sense of agency in perceiving their ‘liberation’ from sexual objectification through the hijab, some ambiguity arose from their conceptualisation of an ideal Muslim femininity. This ambiguity is tied to Islamic and Australian narratives of female sexuality, which position women in a role responsible for regulating sexual expression and sexual attraction in both the private and public spheres.
This paper explores the constructions of Islamic sexuality and femininity of 25 Turkish-Australian women aged 18 to 26. It employs data from in-depth qualitative interviews to analyse the meanings these participants attach to the hijab (headscarf) and how these meanings are used in the expression of their religious, gendered and sexual identities. First, this paper will briefly review the literature regarding the hijab and female sexuality, focusing on Islamist feminist perspectives and then linking this material to the work of Hird and Jackson (2001), who use the concept of ‘heteronormativity’ to explain the role of women as ‘gatekeepers’ of sexual desire in Western societies. Second, this paper will outline a methodological description of the study and the sample interviewed. Third, this paper will describe how the metaphor ‘a woman is precious like diamonds, that’s why we have to keep her covered’ is used by the participants to explain how the hijab facilitates the communication of two Islamic values. The first Islamic value embodied by the hijab regards modesty, which the participants link to gender liberation. The second Islamic value embodied by the hijab regards self respect, and the participants link this to sexual morality. Together these two Islamic values represent an idealised Muslim femininity, although some ambiguity arose from such a construction of femininity related to the regulation of sexuality by women.
This paper will argue that the participants who wear the hijab take on a multiple burden in policing sexual desire in both the private and public spheres, because they perceive their gatekeeping role to be a social (not just a personal) responsibility. This paper further argues that this feminised role of sexual gatekeeper is not merely endemic to a system of patriarchy within Islam, instead it can also be seen as an extension of Australian narratives of female sexuality, in which women are made responsible for regulating sexual expression and sexual attraction.
The hijab and sexuality
Debates about the practice of veiling are linked to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism or ‘Islamism’. Maumoon sees that the hijab is tied to the political activism of the Islamist movement because it
acts as a powerful visual symbol. Islamists feel that Muslims should be immediately identifiable by their appearance. This identification of religious identity is felt to be most important for women since they are assumed to be the most vulnerable to “westoxication”. The issue of the hijab is intimately connected to questions of women’s sexuality and their roles in society (1999: 270-271).
The hijab is passionately criticised and defended around issues of sexuality. El Guindi argues that Islam views inter-gender interaction as potentially ‘sexually charged’ and so activity outside of marriage must be ‘desexualised’. She says, ‘Both body and interactive space need to be regulated and controlled and both men and women must abide by this temporary desexualisation to make public interaction between them possible’ (1999: 136). El Guindi emphasises the long-standing Islamic tradition that requires men to cover in a version of the hijab (1999: 117-128), and yet in non-Islamic states such as Australia, Muslim women are more likely than men to observe Islamic dress codes (see Bouma and Brace-Govan, 2000: 168-170).
Given this discrepancy between men and women’s dress codes, Read and Bartkowski argue that one major area of conflict over the hijab concerns the claim that it is used as a tool of social control of men’s sexuality:
Many expositors of the pro-veiling discourse call attention to the uniquely masculine penchant for untamed sexual activity and construe the veil as a God-ordained solution to the apparent disparities in men’s and women’s sexual appetites. Women are therefore deemed responsible for the management of men’s sexuality (1999: 199).
Islamist theologians reject the notion that the hijab is oppressive to women and recent research on second-generation Muslim women living in Western societies supports this rejection (Deen, 1995: 164-171; Rassol, 2002: 33-46, 65-82; Read and Bartkowski, 2000: 403-407). Instead, Maumoon argues that the hijab sumbolises resistance to Western ideologies regarding sexuality and she argues that Islamists view Western women as sexual deviants:
The hijab and its associated qualities of religious modesty are emphasized by Islamists partly as a rejection of the “immorality” of the West and the Western woman… Whilst Western attire encourages women to be seductive, sexy and sexual, the Islamic dress encourages them to be prudish, conservative and asexual (1999: 271).
The hijab has become an icon of ‘otherness’ of Muslim women in the West and, in the eyes of non-Muslims, acts to reinforce the view that Muslim women are passive and oppressed under Islam (Cooke, 2001: 131). While it might be easy enough – from a Western perspective – to see that Muslim women are given a tremendous responsibility in regulating both female and male sexuality through the hijab, women are also expected to be ‘gatekeepers’ of sexual expression within Western contexts (Hird and Jackson, 2001), although this gatekeeping role occurs within the private realm.
Hird and Jackson’s (2001) combined studies used the concept of ‘heteronormativity’ to describe the taken for granted assumptions regarding heterosexuality operating in Western discourse. Such a discourse presumes that while it is ‘natural’ that men possess high sexual drives, women harbour passive and restrained sexual drives. In their discussion of sexual coercion, Hird and Jackson found that the male and female participants in both their British and Australian studies placed women in
a no-win situation. [Girls] can deny their sexuality in order to conform to expectations of “angelic purity”, or girls can be sexual and risk being labelled “slut”. Consistent with the “angel” identity, girls are the gatekeepers of male sexuality… as “angels” they are expected to apply the brakes to rampant male sexual desire (2001: 34).
The sexual ideology operating within such heteronormative narratives suggest that patriarchal depictions of female sexuality are not only found in Islamist discourses of sexuality regarding the hijab. Instead, they are endemic to constructions of sexuality operating in Australia (and elsewhere).
My own sample is interesting in light of the polarised views presented above regarding the hijab and the role of women in regulating sexuality. From the point of view of the participants in this study the hijab empowered them as Muslims and as women. For example, Pertev, who does not wear the hijab, gave a typical explanation for the symbolism of the hijab:
With the religion, it tells us that women are …precious like diamonds; that’s why we have to keep them covered. Now, the religion also says that women have to be treated like diamonds; they always have to be respected…
This paper argues that the metaphor ‘a woman is precious like diamonds’ functions as the rationalisation of two intersecting ideals. First, the hijab symbolises the struggle for liberation from ‘Western’ cultural ideals about female sexuality permeating within Australian society. Second, the hijab symbolises sexual morality, which is explained as having ‘self respect’. This paper draws these ideals together to highlight that the hijab is symbolic of an ideal Muslim femininity, although this ideal contains some ambiguity as we can see from Islamic and Australian narratives of female sexuality.
This paper is based upon in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 25 heterosexual Australian-Turkish women aged 18-26 years. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed, and the participants were given pseudonyms. Twenty-two of the women were Australian-born, and the other three participants migrated before the age of two. Of the women born overseas, two were born in Turkey and one in Cyprus. Five participants were married (one of these women had a child, and one was pregnant) and a further four women were engaged to be married at the time they were interviewed. This sample was largely derived through snowballing from members of Turkish and Islamic associations in three Melbourne universities and one Islamic school.
For the purposes of this paper, there are two categories of participants. First, there are those women who wore the hijab. All participants referred to this as being ‘closed’ or ‘covered’. For the purposes of consistency, the 14 women in this group are referred to as ‘closed Muslims’. Second, the remaining 11 participants are categorised as ‘open Muslims’; they also spoke of themselves in this way. Out of the eleven open women, one woman was ambivalent about the possibility of closing, and a further two participants were adamant that they would never close. All participants believed that the decision to close is their own choice, and the other eight open participants optimistically looked forward to covering in the future, because they believed that closing signified a deeper commitment of personal religiousness.
Women are precious like diamonds: constructing sexuality and femininity through the hijab
The hijab is an important symbol of identification for these participants. It facilitates the communication of two valued mores of the Islamic religion: modesty and respect. These values will now be looked at in turn. The participants’ discussion shows that their internalisation of these two mores has meant that they necessarily differentiate themselves from the wider Australian majority. This is in spite of the fact that the majority of the participants described that being Australian was important to their identities. Issues of sexuality highlighted the fact that the participants saw the hijab as a boundary marker (Barth, 1969) that distanced them from Western ideologies of sexuality operating within Australia.
The first Islamic value that is embodied by the hijab regards modesty and the participants link this to gender liberation. This study found that in the participants’ experiences, some non-Muslim Australians think that women are oppressed within Islam. Yet the participants argued against this. As Manolya said, ‘We don’t feel oppressed, we feel more liberated. We’re not getting judged for our sexuality, we’re getting judged for our intellectual capabilities, our skills’. Principally they outlined the ‘liberation’ of their gender identities in contrast to the femininity of ‘Western women’.
Sahiba: …I think that physically we’re just different from the Western women. We might seem oppressed because we’re dressed like this, but personally I think that they’re more oppressed than what we are. Exposing yourself doesn’t mean you’re free. …I don’t understand why we’re called oppressed or why we don’t have an identity because we’re covered like this. I’m free because I don’t have to show my body to anyone.
From this comment, it can be seen that the hijab informs a differentiation between themselves as Muslim women and other (Western) women in Australian society.
Further to the idea of liberation, the hijab was also understood as a way in which Islam ensures gender equality. Having a woman ‘cover her beauty’ guarantees that men engage with her as an individual, as their social equal. This stops her from being objectified by men. Leyla describes that wearing hijab signals to all men, ‘“Respect me for who I am not what I look like”, so if they’re going to speak to me they can’t be distracted by anything except by what’s coming out of my mouth’. Wearing the hijab is also a ‘rebellion against society’s expectations’ concerning beauty and sexuality and it liberates them from the images of femininity dictated by Western society.
Huriye: …I’d say it’s sort of like a rebellion against society and their beliefs. Clothes today are more about showing the female form and revealing the female form, I should say. And it’s based on a male society. It’s so a man can actually look at you and sit there and think about you in certain ways, maybe sexually or fantasising. To me covering up is about “listen to what I say rather than what I look like”.
The covert feminist overtones of this rationale for the hijab were striking, yet in spite of the parallel between feminism and the symbolism of the hijab, this link was made explicit only in four interviews. One woman who made this link was Rana. In her teens, Rana had identified herself as a feminist, but later felt that as a consequence of her own studies of Islam that feminism is not as effective in realising its ideals about gender equality:
…A lot of feminists say, “but you wouldn’t have to cover up to show that you’ve got a brain!” But men don’t think of it that way! They look at you and all they see is the one thing. So you’ve got to guard yourself and show that you’ve got a mind! [Laughs]
The second Islamic value that is embodied by the hijab is respect for oneself, as it relates to sexual morality. Most women felt that wearing the hijab fulfils not only religious duty in ‘submitting to the will of Allah’, but that it also fulfils a social duty. The hijab protects themselves and other people from ‘harm’ by ‘putting a limit’ on sexual attraction. In this way, the hijab symbolises sexual morality.
Güldeste: I feel that I’m creating a better environment. I can just imagine that if men were covered properly and if women were covered the way Allah told us to, that there would be less marital breakdowns, there would be less divorces because there would be less men having this dream woman.
The interviewees reflected the assumption that sexual restraint is a woman’s responsibility and they drew from a discourse of heterosexuality outlined in Hird and Jackson’s (2001) work. The participants seemed to believe that sexual drive is all about ‘nature’, despite the disputing sociological evidence that the gendered experience of sexuality is socially shaped (Laumann et al., 1994; McMahon, 1997). Specifically, the participants believed that men have a higher sexual drive, which in many cases they cannot control and so women, who are able to restrain their own sexual appetites, must assume responsibility to remain ‘protected’ from men through wearing the hijab. Effectively, this perpetuates a multiple sexual burden: women are the gatekeepers of sexual expression for both male desire and their own sexuality and in so doing they are responsible for policing desire at the greater societal level.
For these women covering is symbolic of their sexual morality and ‘purity’. The ‘self-respect’ they are protecting by wearing the hijab then is their virginity.
Güldeste: I know that a lot of brothers out there who are now practicing Islam respect covered women so much. …Most of them are all happy at the end because what’s covered is more exciting at the end. I know it sounds like a cliché but it is a fact. … There’s nothing to say that you don’t give credit to a lot of smart women that are open too. But if you take just one little step like this, you’ll be more respected and I think you feel more complete because that’s how I felt because I was open once ago, that’s why I can say this.
Read and Bartkowski, who interviewed 12 ‘veiled’ and 12 ‘unveiled’ women in Texas, also found that their veiled participants contrasted ‘the “precious” diamond-like feminine character to the ostensibly less refined, less distinctive masculine persona… Women’s inherent difference from men, then, is perceived to be a source of esteem rather than denigration’ (2000: 404). Yet their unveiled participants viewed the hijab as a man-made ‘mechanism of patriarchal control’ rather than being divinely mandated. They believed that the veil has been ‘imposed on Muslim women because of Middle Eastern men’s unwillingness to tame their sexual caprice and because of their desire to dominate women’ (2000: 408). The majority of the open participants in the present study did not hold such a view; they were not critical of the sexual ‘morality’ embedded within the hijab, because they saw it as the will of Allah that they should one day close. Therefore the overwhelming majority of my sample, both open and closed, accepted the dichotomised view of ‘normal’ heterosexual behaviour described by Hird and Jackson, which defines male sexuality as ‘active, initiating and constant, [while] female heterosexuality must paradoxically be defined by its absence’ and controlled passivity (2001: 28). The only participant who was critical of the hijab as it relates to sexuality was Destan. Being a married woman, she was troubled by the rationale given for wearing the hijab and she spoke of the religious contradiction it presents:
Well the way I think about it is God wouldn’t have created hair and beauty if it wasn’t to be shown. It’s all in the way you handle yourself too. In this day and age, people look. There are some attractive females in a headscarf and men will still look. It’s not stopping anyone. Their husbands can enjoy them – it’s totally different your husband enjoying you, enjoying your beauty.
Other studies of second-generation migrant youth have found that sexuality is an ambiguous territory where parental and communal codes of ‘morality’ are both resisted and accepted (Baldassar, 1999; Pallotta-Chiarolli and Skrbis, 1994). Pallotta-Chiarolli and Skrbis argue that acceptance of parental and communal sexual moral codes can occur in two ways: ‘passive acceptance’ enforced through coercion, and ‘active acceptance’ adopted through choice (1994: 267-268). My participants fall into the latter category. They display agency in their adoption of the hijab given that they claim that wearing the hijab is their own choice. Therefore they exhibit an active acceptance of Islamic moral codes regarding sexuality. In effect however, covering continues to serve the Islamic/Turkish status quo, where women seem to navigate between the confines of a patriarchal system. And yet their discussions about the hijab reflect their confidence that they are achieving gender equality through observing an Islamic lifestyle. Their talk of agency is not undervalued by the fact that they are working within patriarchal constraints to achieve gender equality (cf. Baldassar, 1999: 13-18).
The participants’ emphasis on the agency achieved through the hijab is a central finding of this paper. Significantly, the participants emphasised that closing is their ‘personal choice’ and that it also ‘liberates’ them from gender inequality. The hijab embodies an ideal Muslim femininity because it helps the open participants to strive towards a ‘higher level of religiousness’ and it helps the closed participants to convey their adherence to Islamic mores of modesty and respect. And yet there is ambiguity within such an idealised Muslim femininity. This ambiguity is located in the hijab’s perpetuation of the gendered experience of sexuality – the double standard – that has been a long-standing norm for women in many Islamic-majority countries such as Turkey and even for Australian women today. That is, the hijab still ultimately places women in the role responsible for observing heteronormative conceptions of sexuality. These women assume a role which makes them responsible for regulating desire, a role that is not generally assumed by Muslim men.
The ambiguity regarding female sexuality embodied through the hijab is not inherent in gender inequalities within Islam, but rather, it points to wider incongruities in the conceptualisation of women’s role as the gatekeepers of heterosexual activity. Other studies have emphasised the ‘double burden’ women experience regarding paid and unpaid labour (Bittman and Pixley, 1997) but this paper argues that the responsibility assumed by these women regarding their sexuality is a multiple burden. At the personal level, wearing the hijab is symbolic of regulating their own sexual expression; at the inter-personal level, it is symbolic of assuming responsibility of men’s sexual urges; and at a wider societal level, it is symbolic of their role in policing desire, which is perceived as a social duty. This was reflected in one participant’s comment that she sees herself ‘creating a better environment’ by wearing the hijab. While women are by no means victims of their own sexuality or of men’s desire (Lumby: 1997), the distinctly feminised role regarding the policing of sexuality continues to be internalised by some women within Australian society. In the case of these closed women, issues of sexuality and femininity seem more confronting because these issues become visible through the hijab and so their gatekeeping role becomes manifest in a more public way.
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October 9, 2009
As offshore havens comply with transparency demands, a growing number of ultra-wealthy Americans are handing back their passports
Private client lawyers and relocation specialists are reporting a surge in wealthy Americans living abroad who are prepared to give up their citizenship to avoid the scrutiny of US tax authorities.
Athough such a move means they have to pay an exit tax, lawyers say this is a price people have become more willing to pay this year, now the fall in asset values has reduced the size of the imposition.
The level of interest is set to increase following the tax disclosure deal between the US Government and UBS of Switzerland, involving the names of 5,000 alleged US tax evaders being handed over to the authorities. The UK concluded a tax deal with Liechtenstein last week.
Because of this, many ultra-wealthy individuals who have chosen to become stateless now cruise outside coastal waters in their mega-yachts in the belief that if they stay on the move, tax authorities will not be able to catch up with them. One analyst who did not want to be named, has estimated the number of stateless tax evaders amounted to a few thousand.
This implies the quantity of money outside the grasp of global tax authorities could be trillions of dollars.
Under US tax laws, the worldwide income of any US citizen or resident is subject to tax. The US is the only country in the world that requires its citizens to stump up, no matter where they live.
Krause said current economic conditions are making it more conducive for Americans to contemplate paying exit tax demands from the US Internal Revenue Service. “The mark-to-market provision in the Exit Tax from the IRS is a big incentive,” he said.
In the final months of the Bush administration, the US Government introduced a package of tax reforms that included an amendment to the exit tax on US citizens and long-term green card holders who expatriate the US.
The tax allows US citizens and permanent residents wanting to renounce citizenship or permanent residency to pay a one-off income tax on gains over $600,000 (€420,000). All assets beyond this amount are valued at mark-to-market.
The exit tax allows a clean break from the US tax system from the date of expatriation without imposing the previous 10-year period after expatriation where tax rules used to apply ~ another big incentive, say lawyers.
One of the other benefits of the amended exit tax is that a former US citizen who has expatriated will be able to travel to the US without his income becoming taxable. Under the previous exit tax this was not possible.
Krause said many people looking to give up US citizenship are accidental Americans. These are either those born in America when their non-citizen parents might have been living there for a short period, or the offspring of an American parent living abroad. Both categories qualify automatically for US citizenship.They may not take up a US passport, but they will still be subject to US taxes unless they expatriate. “More and more accidental Americans are looking at the fall in asset prices in the last year and taking up the option to expatriate,” said Krause.
Official figures on US expatriate cases reported by the IRS every quarter show about 90 people giving up their citizenship in the first half of 2009.
But one prominent lawyer, who did not want to be named, said: “There has been for some time a view that the IRS has been under-reporting these numbers.”
The IRS denies this. Some argue the figures are more or less meaningless. John Gaver, who edits right-leaning website Action America, said in an article published on the site: “What these lists fail to show is the vast and increasing numbers of wealthy US citizens who are just ‘dropping out’ ~ taking all of their wealth and leaving the US without renouncing. They just disappear off the US tax rolls and appear on some other country’s tax rolls.”
Anecdotal evidence also suggests there has been a surge of inquires from Americans looking at taking up citizenship of another country.
Christian Kälin, a partner at residence and citizenship planning consultancy Henley Partners, said his firm has had a big rise in such inquiries.
He said: “Tax reasons might be the biggest reason why US citizens will want to drop their passports, but security issues will also influence their decisions.
“For example, we saw a huge surge in inquires from US citizens contemplating acquiring an alternative passport after the Mumbai killings.”
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai last November targeted Americans among other foreigners.
Kälin said citizenships of the Caribbean Islands and western European countries prove to be the most popular for ex-American passport holders.
He said: “St Kitts and Nevis is the favourite alternative citizenship option for US citizens. Many will also be looking at Austrian citizenship, but it costs the most.”
St Kitts and Nevis is favoured for its perceived security, while Austria is one of the few European countries where it is possible to purchase citizenship.
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2005 Montana Code Annotated - CHAPTER 11 — LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS
- Part 1 — Composition - Powers and Duties - Personnel
- Part 2 — Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings
- Part 3 — Interstate, International, and Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Part 4 — Computer System Planning
- Part 5 and 6 reserved .
- Part 7 — Pacific Northwest Economic Region
- Part 8 through 10 reserved .
- Part 11 — Broadcasting Services
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“Everyone has inside of her/him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is.” (Anne Frank)
We are happy to invite you to our next BASF Toastmasters meeting (12.03.2018) that will be devoted to presentation of a new Toastmasters educational program — the Pathways Learning Experience! Special guest Lars Droege (official PATHWAYS ambassador) will present and answers all your questions concerning the new program. PATHWAYS is designed to develop real-world, transferable skills in many different areas such as communication, leadership, management, strategic planning, service to others, public speaking and more. It will be comprised of 10 paths and teach more than 300 unique competencies.
As you progress through PATHWAYS you will:
- Practice and improve your communication and leadership skills.
- Give speeches in your Toastmasters Club based on assignments in PATHWAYS.
- Challenge yourself to build and refine certain competencies and skills.
- Complete a range of projects that include persuasive speaking, motivating others, creating a podcast and leading a group in a difficult situation.
We will meet at 17:45h for a “Meet and Greet”, the meeting itself starts at 18:00h in Room 149 in the Building J660. | <urn:uuid:f1d558bb-3477-4984-a432-2905c863ba8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://basf-toastmasters.com/introducing-the-new-pathways-learning-experience/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.929454 | 284 | 1.625 | 2 |
Signs of rely upon a romantic relationship could be subtle or perhaps it can arrive quickly. It really is something you need to develop and nurture to be able to apply it fully. Many of us have different methods of developing rely upon a romantic relationship. Here are some examples of what I mean.
You start to trust your partner’s feelings and listen actively to them. You feel emotionally connected to your spouse and comfortable with them. You know your spouse-to-be’s hear and respect your emotions. You realize that you just and your lover listen actively with each other’s requires and concerns.
If your behaviors toward each other modify you may be having signs of trust issues in your relationship. For instance , if you are the type who nags and argues all the time along with your mate leaves you upon it’s own in the house when you argue you could be having trust issues. If your romance is filled with infidelity you may be inadequate trust in the relationship. If the spouse is unfaithful and you don’t see the signs of infidelity you could be having questions. Infidelity frequently goes hidden for a long time, this means you may not even be aware that you have a concern until really too late. The signs of infidelity should slowly commence to show.
In case you are experiencing these problems, you might feel like the relationship is normally slipping apart. You start to adopt your marriage for granted. You start to think that if you just had a little more time away from each other that details might have been numerous. You start to have your romance for granted navigate to this web-site and your partner starts spending you for granted. You both become turned off and you both equally start to feel that your romance can’t probably work.
The first trust problem that most couples face is they don’t have the necessary trust in a relationship. That they start to rely upon their partner too much. Once one partner does well and doing an appropriate things the other spouse thinks they can be doing an incorrect things. You could start to call at your spouse worrying all the time and necessarily taking care of themselves. They may learn to spend more time with close friends and start to have less time along.
When you are in a marriage and somebody hurts you, there are many thoughts that come up. Hurt, anger, fear, and betrayal are natural reactions. If you are lacking the proper feelings and you are not really handling the hurt successfully your relationship could possibly be ruined forever. | <urn:uuid:19c5fc5a-0d40-4348-8282-e293ebc24076> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://melissinos-store.gr/2021/05/12/how-do-you-know-when-your-relationship-is-usually-failing-two-tragedies-that-will-not-be-studied-lightly/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.96787 | 514 | 1.59375 | 2 |
A major motivation for starting Desk Plants was spurred by experiences working in stale office environments. Simply put, working among shades of grey, white and black can weigh on our emotional well being. No matter how much of an outdoors explorer you consider yourself to be, our team at Desk Plants sincerely believes in the human connection to nature and the role it plays in the way we feel. While getting outside frequently is nearly impossible for the majority of those living in urban areas, caring for plants in indoor spaces such as apartments and offices can supplement this connection quite effectively. While apartment jungles are growing to be all the rage these days, unfortunately, most offices don't do a great job at incorporating live plants for the benefit of their employees.
There are a few things both employees and companies can do to improve the productivity, happiness and overall well being of everyone. One of the easiest, most cost-effective options is to utilize plants to help optimize the visual appeal of the workspace. Keeping live plants that can be noticed and incorporated into the scene (ie, something more than a mini succulent) will help everyone feel better about where they work.
According to Dr. Chris Knight, a psychologist at Exeter University who has been studying this issue for the better part of 15 years, employees in indoor work environments are 15% more productive when their workplaces are filled with just a few plants. He concluded that employees who actively engage with their surroundings are better workers. It was found that offices with just one plant per square meter resulted in better employee performance and higher memory retention test scores. One of the excerpts from the study says, "what was important was that everybody could see a plant from their desk...where there's something to get you psychologically engaged you are happier and you work better."
Looking at a separate study conducted by researchers at Texas State University, data showed, "significant differences in workers' perceptions of life quality, job satisfaction, nature of work, supervisors and coworkers among employees who worked in office environments that had plants." The results also showed that employees who worked around plants felt better about the work that they performed. Employees in offices without plants rated their satisfaction much lower. In these studies, there were no statistically significant differences between age, ethnicity, salary, education levels or positions and these results were consistent across the board.
Employee burnout is a very real issue in today's corporate environment. While it is important to figure out a healthy balance between your career and well being, it is just as important to improve the environment where you spend many hours focusing on work. Plants are an amazing way to brighten up the artificial environment of an interior workspace, providing subtle but substantial changes to everyone's state of mind. Do yourself a favor and invest in your connection to nature with a living plant on your desk. | <urn:uuid:e35301ec-9e65-4ea7-920e-150b7ac76fdf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://deskplants.com/pages/happy-mind-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.97445 | 566 | 2.09375 | 2 |
TOFC SHUTTLE TRAINS: A STUDY IN EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
The economics of many types of freight transportation services have been difficult to analyze, since demand for a service will depend on the rates and level of service offered by the carrier while carrier costs for maintaining a given level of service will vary with demand for the service. It is thus difficult to determine whether to offer a service, and what rate and level of service to maintain if the service is offered. This study shows how an equilibrium approach, involving the use of both demand and cost models, may be used to analyze such situations. The equilibrium approach is applied to analyze the feasibility of a T.O.F.C. "Shuttle Train" service between three city pairs. This type of service, using dedicated equipment in run-through trains, could offer shippers improved TOFC service, with a potential cost savings to the carriers. The analysis used a freight demand model developed for this study. The results suggest that such a shuttle service could not be operated profitably on a fully allocated cost basis between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and could be operated profitably on a fully allocated cost basis between Philadelphia and Cleveland or between Chicago and Houston only with the adoption of two-man crews. Several important uncertainties in these results are noted, however.
- Prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation, Program of University Research, Analysis of Freight Markets.
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCenter for Transportation Studies, Room 1121
Cambridge, MA United States 02139
- SAMUELSON, R D
- Roberts, P O
- Publication Date: 1977-6
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 80 p.
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Intermodal services; Marketing; Piggyback transportation; Profitability; Rates; Run through trains; Shuttle service; Traffic forecasting; Train crews; Unit trains; Work rules
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Freight rates
- Old TRIS Terms: Train crew requirements
- Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Railroads;
- Accession Number: 00174358
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Report/Paper Numbers: CTS-77-9
- Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-50112
- Files: TRIS
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The first effect is dehydration, as it actually takes all the fluid out of the skin. If you look at a woman who has been drinking for 20 or 30 years, and a woman the same age who hasn’t at all, we see a massive difference in the skin—more wrinkles from that dehydration damage, which can make you look 10 years older.”
Does alcohol make your skin age faster?
It Can Dry Your Skin
It’s a natural process called intrinsic aging, and it’s something you can’t control. Extrinsic aging is when your skin ages faster than it should because of your environment and how you live. That’s where alcohol comes in — it dehydrates you and dries out your skin.
Does alcohol make your face age?
Alcohol dehydrates the entire body, and that includes your skin. Dehydration and tissue inflammation both take a toll. Wrinkles, puffiness, dryness, red cheeks and purple capillaries – heavy drinking can add years to your face.
How long after you stop drinking does your skin improve?
After 7 days, most drinkers will notice their skin hydration improve. If alcohol was triggering skin conditions, like rosacea, dandruff, or eczema, you could see them begin to improve by the end of the week. Within 3-7 days, withdrawal symptoms will stop for most dependent drinkers.
Will my skin improve if I stop drinking?
A week after your last drink is when your skin really starts to see improvement. After your seven-day stretch of sobriety, Dakar said that your skin will begin to have a dewy, healthier look and a youthful glow due to restored hydration.
Can you reverse aging from alcohol?
Your body is an amazing regenerator and the negative effects of alcohol can be reversed if you act in good time. “The negative effects can be reversed,” says Dr Liakas. “Wrinkles, pores and acne can be improved if you decide to put time and effort into your daily lifestyle and skincare regime.”
What alcohol does to your body after 40?
Drinking too much alcohol over a long time can: Lead to some kinds of cancer, liver damage, immune system disorders, and brain damage. Worsen some health conditions like osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, ulcers, memory loss and mood disorders.
Does alcohol break down collagen?
Alcohol speeds up collagen loss by depleting crucial nutrients, like vitamin A. Repairing collagen is not as simple as consuming collagen supplements, so it’s important to protect the natural tone you have.
How do I fix my skin after drinking?
Exfoliate: Your skin has lost a lot of moisture after consuming too much alcohol so it may feel drier than usual and flaky patches may even appear. Exfoliation acts as a mini facial to remove dry skin.
Which alcohol is good for anti aging?
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Methodology to Develop Energy Baselines for California's Regions PIERS Project-UCLA Subaward Inefficient patterns of travel, building construction, and development have led to high energy use, environmental and human health degradation, and economic inefficiencies at the individual, regional, and state level. Assessments to create more sustainable communities have become increasingly important for regions and cities as they develop and implement land use and transportation policies designed to reduce energy consumption and its negative impacts. There is currently no set of integrated tools and methods to analyze and establish baselines of energy and materials flows for California's metropolitan regions. New methodologies and data are needed to establish baselines of existing energy profiles in order to establish, measure, and track progress toward sustainability goals, to examine the comprehensive impacts of multiple and interacting policies on land use and infrastructure investments, and to guide future land use, infrastructure, fiscal, and other decisions that make explicit trade-offs between energy, environmental, and socio-economic policy goals and regulations. This project"[will develop, and help bring to market] advanced transportation technologies that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions beyond applicable standards, and that benefit electricity and natural gas ratepayers"(Public Resources Code 25620.1.(b)(1)), (Chapter 512, Statues of 2006)); and supports California's goal to establish a strategic planning process with local governments and regional planning organizations to reduce transportation fuel consumption through improved public transportation and land use planning per the Integrated Energy Policy Report 2005 (IEPR). This project will explain and quantify the effect land use has on energy systems and update existing modeling decision-support tools to improve the integration of energy considerations into future planning and development efforts per the 2007 IEPR. This project builds off of the recommendations in the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) research roadmap, Creating Sustainable Energy Systems in California Communities and the PIER white paper Potential Targets and Benefits for Sustainable Communities Research, Development, and Demonstration. Specifically the road map states the need for careful accounting of the materials flows into cities, consumption and waste flows out of cities [which] contain substantial embedded energy. This project will develop accounting methods that enable regions to quantify these flows and will pilot these methods in Los Angeles County. The white paper states the need to identify and publicize transformative tools at the super-regional scale, such as statewide transportation, electricity, conservation, and water projects that promote energy-smart and sustainable policies in constituent regions around the state. This project uses and builds upon the statewide Production, Exchange, and Consumption Allocation System (PECAS) model to inform and promote sustainable community policies and to improve existing tools. O: rg 3/15/11 3 of 15 500-10-033 Exhibit A Scope of Work UCLA This project will also address recommendations from the SB 375 Regional Targets Advisory Committee for research and development of models that can: estimate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions from such things as energy efficiency improvements that result from the various land use and transportation strategies considered throughout the implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 375; and estimate the potential co-benefits of various land use scenarios such as increased mobility, economic savings, reduced air and water pollution, preservation of open space, farm and forest land, and healthier, more equitable and sustainable communities. Assembly Bill (AB) 32 and SB 375 state the importance of local and regional measures in meeting GHG reduction goals and improving the sustainability of California's communities. SB 375 now requires the state's metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) to develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) for their regions. The SCS is intended to achieve GHG reduction goals from vehicle travel and provide additional benefits including increased energy and water efficiency, reduced air pollution, increased taxpayer and household savings, and improved public health. A number of analytical tools and methods are currently being developed to support the objectives of SB 375 and other state energy and GHG policy goals. This project uses three specific emerging tools and methods for sustainable planning and development that go beyond GHGs to address the larger goals of sustainability. These include urban metabolism, PECAS, and life-cycle assessment.
|Effective start/end date||1/1/12 → 10/30/14|
- California Energy Commission: $68,547.00
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Your sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in your body, and pain along that nerve can cause shooting discomfort through your lower back, buttock, and leg. At Johnston Pain Management, P.A., in Jacksonville, New Bern, and Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, board-certified pain management experts provide goals-based care plans for sciatica to help relieve nerve compression. To explore your options for sciatica treatment, call Johnston Pain Management, P.A., or book online today.
Sciatica is a symptom that affects the legs, usually just on one side at a time. More specifically, it involves pain that radiates through one of your buttocks and down the back of the corresponding leg. This pain comes from the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in your body.
While experiencing sciatica, pain may not be the only characteristic. You might also get more neurological symptoms, such as tingling or burning. You might even feel different symptoms in different parts of the leg simultaneously, like pain in one area and numbness in another.
The team at Johnston Pain Management, P.A., evaluates you in order to locate the cause of your sciatic pain. Most cases come from compression of the sciatic nerve, which can develop due to multiple injuries and structural problems in the lumbar spine (low back).
Evaluating sciatica can involve imaging scans such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-rays, and computed tomography (CT) scans.
The team at Johnston Pain Management, P.A., performs a brief physical examination after going over your medical history. They review the results of any imaging scans and form a diagnosis based on their findings.
A few of the most common causes of sciatica are nerve root compression from:
With an accurate diagnosis, the team can create a treatment plan that considers the underlying cause and any contributing factors.
After your evaluation, the team plans your treatment using multiple options, from a list of in-office treatments as well as prescription and nonprescription medications. Most cases of sciatica respond well to these conservative treatments and do not need surgery.
Your personalized sciatica treatment plan might involve:
The team at Johnston Pain Management, P.A., invites you to come in for follow-up visits. They update your care plan and make sure you see results from your current treatments.
To schedule an appointment and explore all of your treatment options for sciatica, call Johnston Pain Management, P.A., or book online today. | <urn:uuid:c7db6dae-38f5-417f-a3bb-50f484f8af9f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johnstonmd.com/services/sciatica | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.929436 | 521 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Finding the right construction company is not always easy because there are many things that need to be carefully considered before one decides to build a building.
Sometimes this is easier said than done, and it is true that there have been many failed attempts to build beautiful buildings. You can visit this website https://weareperformance.ca/ to get more information about the construction of buildings.
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However, if you take the time to learn a little more about buildings and their construction, you will soon find out which construction company is the best for the job.
With all the different buildings you want to build, you have to do your best to make sure that the construction team responsible for it can do the job in the right way.
The first thing you may need to do is approve the project itself, which can take some time. You may want to start a long-term construction project and depending on how long it takes to complete the project, you could end up spending a lot of money.
Your budget is very important in almost any major construction project because it is often difficult to predict how much money will be spent. It is often possible to get a general idea, but it can be very difficult to know exactly how much money is needed to complete one large building unit. | <urn:uuid:5959f219-461e-4bec-b47f-8e8168a1d655> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://f2fapps.com/tag/construction-company/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974871 | 262 | 1.757813 | 2 |
In Turkey, at the intersection of Europe and Asia, lies a remarkable wonder of ancient engineering – the Hagia Sophia of Istanbul. Now archaeologists are using new technology to examine this monument.
Istanbul is a beautiful destination that is one of the oldest cities. It has seen so much of history, and there is so many cultural relics here that you will find yourself lost in a dreamy world. There is nothing quite like visiting a place that lies both in Europe and Asia. Celebrating cultures, stories, lives, cuisines, and more.
Source: Photos of Istanbul’s beauty
What began as an early Christian basilica eventually became a mosque, then a museum, and is now once more a mosque.
World heritage in Turkey: Historical areas of Istanbul with marvelous masterpieces; Irem Yasar; Daily Sabah
Source: 48 HOURS IN ISTANBUL
If you have two or three days in Istanbul, use this itinerary to discover off-the-beaten path things to do—many near top attractions. Here’s what you need to know.
Exploring Istanbul: Here’s what to do on your first visit to Turkey’s cultural capital; Pallavi Pasricha; Financial Express
Once the capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, Istanbul is replete with history and culture that you can explore in its many museums, mosques and palaces.
Walking through the arrival doors of the vast and sparkling new Istanbul (IST) airport, Melanie Haiken was greeted by a colorful backlit photograph of Istanbul’s Bosphorus river with the slogan: “A glittering meeting of two continents.” Having read about Istanbul’s importance in world history as the intersection of Europe and Asia, Melanie was well ready to … | <urn:uuid:0463772e-2e8e-422a-91e5-6e85073687a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://allaboutworldheritage.com/tag/tr-historic-areas-of-istanbul/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.92574 | 371 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Does this horseshoe bring good luck?. Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Grab your boots and gear, today we're heading to Arizona to hike out to Horseshoe Bend. Known as the 'east rim of the Grand Canyon,' it's actually about 140 miles from the other rims and is really more a part of nearby Glen Canyon. Scientifically, the beautiful view exists thanks to something called an 'entrenched meander.' Around 6 million years ago, the area was closer to sea level. The Colorado River, following the path of least resistance, meandered and became trapped when the Colorado Plateau uplifted around 5 million years ago. Over time, the river water cut through exposed sandstone, forming the thousand-foot-deep, 270-degree horseshoe-shaped bend.
Horseshoe Bend used to be a locally loved gem until social media came around to spread photos like this one. Now, nearly 2 million tourists a year visit this natural wonder. It's believed that eventually the Colorado River will cut through the neck of the bend. So, if you want your selfie with the horseshoe, you only have another million years, give or take. | <urn:uuid:99e58191-f252-4887-86f2-976a9205e565> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://peapix.com/bing/38202 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94434 | 259 | 2.25 | 2 |
Andrew Jones – Energy and Resources Group Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dr. Jones’s research uses quantitative Earth system science tools –computer models, uncertainty quantification techniques, etc. – to gain decision-relevant insight into how humans affect the climate and vice versa. Major themes include the “usability” of regional climate projections for adaptation planning, the resilience of energy, water, and food systems to multiple stressors, the role of land use change in efforts to both reduce and adapt to climate change, and the tightly coupled interactions among people, built infrastructure, and environmental processes in urban contexts.
1) Project Hyperion, within which he leads a stakeholder engagement process with water management professionals in four case study basins across the US aimed at evaluating and improving the decision-relevance of high-resolution climate projections for long-range water system planning
2) Efforts to understand urban environmental processes (heat waves, vegetation dynamics, hydrologic flows and their implications for energy and water resources) in the context of changing climate, land use, and demographics.
School: Natural Resources
Contact Information: email@example.com
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Putting the news in context sometimes requires a beat and a pinpoint. In this column, CEFF's editor focuses on how local officials responding to local pressures govern how far and how fast renewable projects can deploy in any economic context.
As New England states progress towards decarbonization goals, the electricity spot market will see offers from solar and wind generators that incur no marginal cost. That can harm reliability and put some operators hastily out of business. To retain existing resources and the stability they bring, we need to set...
On January 25, the New York Times dug into plans by General Motors, Toyota and Ford to build and operate factories for electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States' manufacturing corridor.
In an interview with CEFF, the Connecticut
unveiled its plans to bring to market approximately $15 to 20 million of new $1,000 face value “Green Liberty Bonds” around April 22, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. In a twist, the new bonds will be available...
A growing list of Connecticut towns want to play a bigger role in procuring clean energy, but first they need state lawmakers to give them the authority. Known as community choice aggregation, the model gives local governments the right to buy power on behalf of their residents, enabling them to focus on buying more renewable energy or lowering costs, or both.
Ohio regulators threw up a hurdle for a solar project that's slated to be the state’s largest, rejecting plans from American Electric Power’s Ohio subsidiary to charge ratepayers for costs to build the 300-megawatt project.
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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy is one of the most iconic works in the history of music, situated right on the cusp of Modernism.
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How to open a JAR file using the command line
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East China’s Wenzhou, on the coast of the Pacific, is a breathtaking destination. Natural parks, islands, mountains, and lakes make up some of the world’s most magnificent landscapes.
As a tourist destination, it is located on the Chinese mainland in the eastern area. However, there is definitely a lot more to do.
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The Nanxi River’s picturesque place
The river that flows through it known as the “paradise river” in Chinese mythology and folklore because of its beauty. Trees, plants, and animals from a wide variety of species found in both the area and the valley. Along the river, there are also beautiful and attractive communities, as well as cliff-like features, such as the Dario Cliff and the Water Rock. Near the Dario cliff lies a village dotted with ancient pavilions, temples, and residences. This and other popular tourist destinations are found in this part of the country.
Mountains in the Yangtze River
Yandang Mountain is one of the most prominent mountains on the coast. While investigated by Chinese imperial dynasties, it flourished alongside other cultures and traditions from throughout the globe during the Tang era. A prominent mountain in Chinese culture, mythology, and tourism, and it is situated in China’s vast national tourist region. As a result, it is considered one of the world’s best geological scenic parks.
Island of Jiangxinyu
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The island of Nanji
Nanji Island, despite its coastal position and closeness to the mainland, is considered the first natural sanctuary on all of China’s islands. The water at Dashaao Beach is incredibly clear, and the sand on this beach is a perfect shade of ivory. This is a popular spot for people to sunbathe and go swimming. Coral reefs, islands, and reservoirs provide habitat for a wide variety of marine species and algae. As both a marine reserve and an ecological zone, the area is home to a variety of aquatic species.
Jiangxi Province, China
Located in Wencheng District’s upper and middle portions of Feiyun River. The lake has a long history with Chinese politician and military leader Liu Xiaoping. The Liu Pagoda, which honours the leader, can be found in this area. As well as being a national park and a national historic site, the Mountain Forest National Park also serves as an ecological protection area and a national park. This area is also home to the Baizhai waterfall, which is often referred to be China’s highest.
Wuyanling is a protected area of land in China.
Environmental considerations are of special concern in this green area, which is home to an array of plants/animals of all kinds. The area is home to a variety of endangered animal species, as well as a tropical rainforest reserve. The highest peak in the Wenzhou region, Baiyujinag Peak, is also a well-known landmark in the area.
Zoo of Wenzhou
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Attractions in Wenzhou, China
It is a nearby theme park that resembles Disneyland. And it has a number of roller coasters and other kid-friendly attractions. Inspired by Great America in the United States and Gilroy Park, a park in France, the design of this theme park influenced by both. Besides the rock climbing and Jurassic Park slides, there is Adventure Valley and a Cartoon Zone for youngsters to enjoy.
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A waterfall seen in a stunning natural setting just outside of Wenzhou, China. There’s even a hiking trail up to the falls, and swimming is allowed in the natural pools formed by the falls themselves. The trail to the waterfall also provides some stunning views.
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Stathmonotus hemphilli Bean
Stathmonotus hemphilli Bean, 1885:191 [Key West, Florida; lectotype USNM 37193].
Stathmonotus corallicola Beebe and Tee-Van, 1928:249 [Lamentin Reef, Port au Prince Bay, Haiti; holotype, originally New York Zoological Society 7463, now USNM 170571].
DIAGNOSIS.—Unique among the species of Stathmonotus in having an extremely reduced pectoral fin with four or five weak rays, an elongate pelvis, an ossified dorsal postcleithrum (Figure 5c), high numbers of vertebrae and dorsal-fin spines (Table 3), the maxillary of males short, similar to that of females, and usually no lateral supratemporal (LST) sensory pore (present on one side of only one specimen). Dorsal-fin spines 45–53; segmented anal-fin rays 23–29; segmented caudal-fin rays 10–12; total vertebrae 50–58; precaudal vertebrae 20–25; caudal vertebrae 30–34 (Tables 3, 4); pleural ribs 19–24; epineurals 33–46. Body naked; supraorbital, nasal, nuchal, and preopercular cirri absent.
COLORATION.—Sexually dimorphic and variable in males, with both light and dark morphs present. Some males lack any evident melanophores. Others have the head and abdomen covered with fine, evenly distributed melanophores (e.g., ANSP 147163), or the head covered with fine melanophores except for a network of pale spots and lines on the cheek and interorbit (e.g., ANSP 75231). In the dark morph, the head, body, and fins are completely dark, being covered with uniform, fully expanded melanophores, except for the distal margin of the caudal fin, the distal tips of the dorsal-fin and anal-fin elements posteriorly, the distal half of the pelvic fin, and the nostril tubes, all of which are pale (e.g., ANSP 111920). Some dark morphs have a darker blotch on the cheek, a pale distal margin on the pectoral fin, V-shape pale areas along the distal margin of the dorsal fin posteriorly, and inverted Vs along the anal fin posteriorly (e.g., ANSP 75231). These V-shape markings are especially large in two males from the Bahamas (ANSP 115005, see “Comments,” below). In one male, the dorsal Vs extend ventrally about one-fourth of the body depth but are not continuous with one another along the dorsal-fin base, and the ventral Vs are restricted to the anal fin. In the other male, the dorsal Vs are continuous with one another (such that the entire dorsal fin and the upper body are pale), the ventral Vs extend onto the body but are not continuous, the nape, interorbit, and snout are pale, there is a pale spot on the cheek, and the lateral-line placodes lack pigment.
Table 3.—Occurrence of states of meristic characters in species of Stathmonotus. X in column indicates character occurs commonly; M indicates strong mode (one for each subspecies in S. stahli); U indicates uncommon state; - indicates not present; caudal-fin rays are segmented rays. Geographic variation for certain characters is given in Tables 4 and 5).
Females lack pigment on the body, but they have a network of four to six dark lines extending from the orbit across the jaws, cheek, branchiostegals, and sometimes the nape and interorbit. These bands may be variously interrupted, appearing as spots in some specimens.
COMMENTS.—Stathmonotus hemphilli was described from two specimens, syntypes, from Key West, Florida, and originally cataloged as USNM 37193. Both syntypes are strongly arched and impossible to straighten without causing severe damage; however, both are of about the same size, ~45 mm SL, and both have (or had) 51 dorsal-fin spines and II,27 anal-fin elements. One of the syntypes is now damaged and lacks four of the dorsal-fin spines. We designate the specimen with the total complement of dorsal-fin spines to be the lectotype. The lectotype retains the original catalog number and the paralectotype is now cataloged as USNM 324027. On a radiograph, a cluster of large eggs is evident in the abdominal cavity of the lectotype, but none are evident in the paralectotype.
One collection from the Bahamas (ANSP 115005) exhibits unusually low meristics compared to other collections. The eight specimens from this lot have 45–47 dorsal-fin spines (range for other specimens = 47–53), 24–26 segmented anal-fin rays (23–29), 50–54 total vertebrae (52–58), 20–22 precaudal vertebrae (22–25), and 30–33 caudal vertebrae (31–34). They also exhibit an extreme color variation (see above). They have cephalic sensory pore counts similar to those of specimens from other localities, except that they have only a single posterior infraorbital pore; other specimens usually have two, but only one is present in some other specimens from the Bahamas (e.g., ANSP 147163). Given the amount of localized variation observed in this and other species of Stathmonotus (Table 4), we believe that recognition of a separate taxon for the specimens in ANSP 115005 is unwarranted.
DISTRIBUTION.—Western Atlantic: Primarily northern Caribbean, including the Bahamas and Florida, but also collected at Haiti, St. Croix, Yucatán, Belize, Com Island off Nicaragua, and as far east as Antigua, according to Böhlke and Chaplin (1968:512), but we have seen no specimens from this locality (Figure 14). James C. Tyler informed us that the specimen he collected at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, came from a hole in a coral, Monastrea annularis, at a depth of about six meters.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Bahamas: Sandy Cay, ANSP 75231 (9, 2 cleared and stained), 115005 (8); High Cay, UF 14371 (2); Green Cay, ANSP 147163 (1); Treasure Island, Salt Cay, ANSP 98929 (1); Grand Bahama Island, ANSP 98930 (2); North Bimini, ANSP 98931 (I); Eleuthera, ANSP 111920 (1); Hog Island, USNM 53225 (1). Florida: Long Reef, UMML 899 (1); Ragged Key, UMML 2960 (1), 3522 (1); Margot Fish Shoal, UMML 3394 (1); Soldier Key, UMML 7377 (1); Lower Matecumbe Key, UMML 15402 (1); Content Key, UMML 17118 (3); Looe Key, UF 16195 (1), USNM 261339 (1); Alligator Reef, UMML 18092 (1); Key West, USNM 37193 (lectotype of Stathmonotus hemphilli), 324027 (paralectotype); Crawfish Bay, USNM 62800 (1); Tortugas, USNM 116808 (1), 116809 (1), 116810 (1), 192381 (2). Mexico, Yucatán, Quintana Roo: Ascension Bay, USNM 192381 (2). Belize: Carrie Bow Cay, USNM 325132 (1). Nicaragua: Corn Island, USNM 320775 (2). Virgin Islands: St. Croix, USNM 38775 (6). Haiti: Port au Prince Bay, Lamentin, USNM 170571 (holotype of Stathmonotus corallicola).
Table 4.—Frequency distributions for certain characters in W Atlantic species and subspecies of Stathmonotus from various localities (Venezuela and Belize data in part from Cervigon, 1966, and Greenfield and Johnson, 1981). SCFR = segmented caudal-fin rays.
Auchenistius Evermann and Marsh, 1899:359 [type species by monotypy A. stahli Evermann and Marsh].
Histioclinus Metzelaar, 1919:157 [type species by monotypy H. veliger Metzelaar (= S. stahli)].
Parviclinus Fraser-Brunner, 1932:827 [type species by original designation P. spinosus Fraser-Bruner, 1932:828 (= S. stahli)].
DIAGNOSIS.—Preopercular and nuchal cirri present. Anterior pleural ribs absent such that the anteriormost vertebra with both epineurals and pleural ribs is the fourth to the seventh.
Stathmonotus stahli (Evermann and Marsh)
Auchenistius stahli Evermann and Marsh, 1899:359 [Ponce, Puerto Rico; holotype USNM 49372].
Stathmonotus tekla Nichols. 1910:161 [Sand Key, off Key West harbor, Florida; holotype AMNH 2536].
Histioclinus veliger Metzelaar, 1919:157 [Bonaire; “several specimens” (syntypes), depository not indicated; Wheeler, 1958:255, stated that “co-types” were at BMNH].
Parviclinus spinosus Fraser-Brunner, 1932:828 [mouth of the Conway River, near Tal-y-cafn bridge, North Wales; holotype BMNH 19220.127.116.11].
DIAGNOSIS.—Unique among the species of Stathmonotus in having a fully scaled body. Dorsal-fin spines 39–45; segmented anal-fin rays 21–26; pectoral-fin rays 8 or 9; segmented caudal-fin rays 10–13; total vertebrae 44–49; precaudal vertebrae 16–19; caudal vertebrae 27–31 (Tables 3, 4); pleural ribs 16–19; epineurals 25–33. Supraorbital cirrus rounded and flap-like; nasal, nuchal, and preopercular cirri present. Large males with a swollen, fleshy head, maxillary extending well posterior to the orbit (not extending beyond orbit in females), and pronounced lateral fleshy folds along the jaws.
COLORATION.—Most specimens in preservative have few, if any, melanophores. In some males, there are one or two small, irregular concentrations of melanophores just posterior to the orbit. Others may have the supraorbital cirri and/or the pelvic fins uniformly covered with fine melanophores. Some males (e.g., ANSP 98948) are pale overall, with a border of melanophores along the distal margin of the dorsal fin. One male from Panama (CAS 31638) has a distinct dark border on the distal margins of the median fins, the pectoral fin, and the supraorbital cirrus, and diffuse melanophores on the distal half of the pectoral fin (proximal to the dark border) and nuchal cirrus, but otherwise lacks melanophores. One specimen from Mexico (MPM 19708; Figure 15b) also has the distal margin of the dorsal and anal fins dark, an irregular row of dark spots subdistally on the caudal-fin rays, two rows of dark spots on the posterior one-third of the body, a dark spot on the pectoral fin, and a dark spot on the supraorbital cirrus. Dark morphs, with the entire body covered with dense melanophores, are unknown.
Females may completely lack melanophores or have only faint concentrations of melanophores along the body, faint melanophores and a series of pale spots on the head, especially on the ventral surface (giving the chin a banded appearance), and weakly banded pelvic and pectoral fins (e.g., ANSP 98948). Four color morphs of living specimens are mentioned in Böhlke and Chaplin (1968:513) but how these relate to the patterns described above is unknown.
COMMENTS.—Stathmonotus stahli is represented by two subspecies, S. s. stahli from Puerto Rico (type locality), the Virgin Islands, Leeward and Windward Islands, and Venezuela, and S. s. tekla from the Bahamas, Florida (type locality), Cuba, Haiti, Mona Island (Puerto Rico), Cayman Islands, Yucatan, Providencia Island, Belize, Panama, and Colombia (Figure 16). Springer (1955) distinguished them primarily by the number of segmented caudal-fin rays (12 in stahli versus 11 in tekla). This difference largely holds, although variants occur within the geographic ranges of both forms (Table 4). The forms also tend to differ in modal number of dorsal-fin spines (43 vs. 42) and precaudal vertebrae (17 vs. 18; Table 4). The frequencies of these meristic elements appear to change abruptly between Hispanola to the west and the main island of Puerto Rico to the east. Specimens from Mona Island (ANSP 145875), located between these areas, exhibit counts of both forms (Table 4) and were assigned to S. s. tekla, based on the higher frequency of counts typical of that form.
The synonym Histioclinus veliger Metzelaar (1919) apparently refers to S. s. stahli; the types have 12 segmented caudal-fin rays, and the type locality, Bonaire, is within the range of this subspecies (Springer, 1955). We are unable to assign the synonym Parviclinus spinosus Fraser-Brunner (1932) to a subspecies. The reported type locality. North Wales, is clearly in error, and the caudal fin is abnormal (Wheeler, 1958).
There is an apparent error in the original illustration of the holotype of S. stahli stahli in Evermann and Marsh (1900, fig. 102; our Figure 15a), which also is alluded to by the uncertainty of the fin-ray counts given in their description. They illustrate 42 dorsal-fin spines, whereas we count 41 on a radiograph of the holotype. Also, they illustrate the anal fin with one spine and 25 segmented rays, whereas we count 24 segmented rays on the radiograph; one of the anal-fin spines appears to be broken in the holotype.
DISTRIBUTION.—Western Atlantic: Widespread in the Caribbean; collected from the Bahamas, Florida, Greater and Lesser Antilles, off Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Belize, and Yucatán (Figure 16).
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Stathmonotus stahli stahli: Puerto Rico: Ponce, USNM 49372 (holotype); Puerto Real, USNM 50163 (3); Culebra Island, USNM 126078 (7); Cabo Rojo, UF 13358 (1), USNM 128815 (1); La Parguera, USNM 205219 (1); Mayaguez, USNM 205220 (1). Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, USNM 117440 (2); St. Croix, Buck Island, USNM 120485 (1). Leeward Islands: Anguilla, USNM 191419 (3); St. Christopher, USNM 170315 (8); Barbuda, USNM 291696 (6); Guadeloupe, USNM 170261 (4); Dominica, UMML 29289 (31). Windward Islands: Little St. Vincent Island, ANSP 127032 (17); Grenadines, Carriacou, USNM 170200 (1); Grenadines, Tobago, USNM 170203 (1). Venezuela: Los Roques, USNM 195749 (2).
Stathmonotus stahli tekla: Bahamas: Hog Island, ANSP 72499 (6); Exuma Cays, ANSP 98944 (3); Double Headed Shot Cays (Cay Sal Bank), ANSP 98948 (16); Plana Cays (French Cays), ANSP 147641 (25); Ragged Islands, Nurse Cay, ANSP 148989 (4); Flamingo Cay, UMML 6333 (5); Stocking Island, UMML 6387 (2); Oyster Cay, Exuma chain, UMML 12610 (1). Florida: Key Biscayne, UMML 2624 (1); Elliot Key, UMML 5186 (1); Sand Cay, AMNH 2536 (holotype); Tortugas, UF 3411 (2), USNM 116825 (3), 116827 (1). Cuba: Havana, USNM 192114 (4). Haiti: Port au Prince, USNM 178291 (25). Puerto Rico: Mona Island, ANSP 145875 (10). Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman, ANSP 102238 (1), UF 12386 (1). Mexico, Yucatán, Quintana Roo: Akumal, MPM 19708 (1), 22473 (5), 30219 (1); Chinchorro, UMML 9339 (2); Ascension Bay, USNM 192382 (2). Belize: Carrie Bow Cay, USNM 218258 (2), 274945 (1), 276218 (2); Southwater Cay, USNM 274939 (2). Colombia: Providencia Island, UF 18902 (10, 2 cleared and stained), 19045 (3), 24366 (1), 24545 (1), 25112 (6), 25347 (6), 25403 (6), 25672 (1), 25803 (3), 25824 (1), USNM 107115 (4). Panama: Bahia Limón, Coco Solo, SIO 72–6 (2); Toro Point, SIO 67–45 (1); San Blas, CAS 31638 (1).
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Program and control autonomous vehicles using a remote control handset or circuit conditions and zones. Can be used for base enemy base assault, patrols, friendly base navigation, vehicle-based mining, vehicle-based resource transportation, and more advanced applications. Works with vanilla and modded vehicles.
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Jatwara Kalan village in Sawai Madhopur district, nearly a 150 kms from Jaipur, is making Digital India come alive with its own website.
The village has all the information it needs at jatwarakalan.com. From voters' lists, health centre data, the latest on agriculture, tips for growing crops that are in season and helpful hints for local farmers - a lot is available on the bilingual website, in Hindi and English.
But what the residents say they find most useful about the website is a list of government officials who they can contact for their day to day problems. The district collector, patwari and tehsildar - both lower rung revenue officials, other administrative officials, the Member of Parliament who represents them and the local MLA - are all listed on this website with names and mobile numbers. The list saves the villagers a lot of time from doing the rounds of government offices.
The website is a labour of love for Hari Shankar Meena, 20, who says he left his well-paying job as a web developer at the IT major WIPRO because he wanted to do something for his village. "I wanted the village to develop and progress. That's why I don't want to work for myself but for my village," he says. A diploma holder in computer applications, he's now studying for his degree in computers from Rajasthan University. The villagers can feed information on the website they'd like to share and become stakeholders in the project, he says.
A large number of people from Jatwara Kalan live and work outside. "They find this website especially useful," says Bhogal Chand Meena, the village head. "We have all the information here: the crop output, how many tubewells the village has, what is the status of schools in the village and even a list of meritorious students with their pictures posted on the village website."
The area MLA, Diya Kumari has handpicked the 20-year-old to build websites for all villages in her constituency. "Now, I have actually put him to work by making websites for all our gram panchayats and making my constituency completely online," she added. | <urn:uuid:1cd0a47d-f76d-48cc-8cd4-336030122531> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/meet-hari-shankar-meena-20-who-left-his-job-to-creates-website-for-his-village | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.979016 | 459 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Hello. I have tried a few ways of estimating how much VRAM will be used by inference. Specifically different combinations of using the number of params of the model and number of elements of the image, but nothing really seems to work quite right.
I am wondering if there’s a known accurate way to perform this estimation.
For context, I am trying to prevent the users of my application from getting an out-of-memory error when using a model that is too large for their machine. I currently do this by essentially just try/catching the cuda out-of-memory error and tiling/chunking the image recursively, so it keeps tiling until it is able to infer (this is for super-resolution where the entire information of the image does not matter, so tiling is acceptable). However, for some users, this approach has caused issues, mainly where PyTorch sits right on the edge of usable VRAM and does not cause an out-of-memory error, but is instead just extremely slow. Plus, even though PyTorch causes an out-of-memory error fairly quickly, it still does take extra time to determine how much it needs to tile the image by just catching the errors.
So, I want to switch to an approach where I can just tell beforehand how much VRAM will be used by the model and image combination, and both show the user how much VRAM will be required as well as determine the correct amount for tiling beforehand.
If there is any way to do this accurately, please let me know. This is the formula I’m currently playing around with:
img_bytes = img_tensor.numel() * img_tensor.element_size() model_bytes = sum( p.numel() * p.element_size() for p in model.parameters() ) mem_required_estimation = (model_bytes / (1024 * 52)) * img_bytes
However, it’s a bit arbitrary. The 52 in that formula was chosen just by seeing what number got me closest to accurately determining what would get me out of memory. Surely there must be a better and more accurate way of doing this?
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Not currently commercially available in the US
Dont publish unless it is.
What is CyPass® Stent Surgery?
The CyPass® micro-stent lowers intraocular pressure in patients with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma by draining excess fluid from the eye.
The CyPass® is part of a new class of glaucoma surgeries called MIGS, which is short for micro-invasive, or minimally invasive, glaucoma surgery. The procedure is minimally invasive because the incision is tiny, and the tools used are microscopic. The CyPass® was designed to be implanted during cataract surgery.
How Does It Work?
The CyPass® micro-stent is a tiny tube with drainage holes in it. When inserted into the eye, the stent creates a small channel for excess fluid to flow out from the anterior chamber, thereby reducing eye pressure levels. The CyPass® is unique from many other micro-invasive surgeries because it drains fluid into a different part of the eye called the suprachoroidal space. This area is located between the choroid and the sclera. The eye surgeon uses a special instrument called a CyPass® applier to insert the device. It is placed at the edge of the iris (colored part of the eye) after the new cataract lens has been inserted.
Who Should Have This Procedure?
The CyPass® was approved by the FDA for use in adult patients with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma who are having cataract surgery. In most instances, eye doctors perform this surgery on patients who have not been successful at managing intraocular pressure (IOP) with medications alone.
Your Long Beach eye surgeon will evaluate whether you have any other eye conditions that would prevent you from having the CyPass® procedure. The best way to determine if you’re a candidate for the CyPass® micro-stent is to make an appointment for a comprehensive eye exam.
Is it Successful?
The FDA approved the CyPass® device because a well-respected randomized clinical trial demonstrated clear benefits for a large group of patients. 73% of patients achieved a significant drop in eye pressure levels. Many of the patients who received the stent did not require glaucoma medications after two years. A large majority of patients were also able to avoid more complicated glaucoma surgery when studied a year after receiving the CyPass® micro-stent.
Where is the Procedure Performed?
Long Beach eye surgeons perform the CyPass® procedure at the local eye ambulatory surgical center. It is an outpatient procedure that takes 1-2 hours.
What Should I Expect After Surgery?
Your Long Beach ophthalmologist will prescribe a regimen of eye drops that will be needed after surgery. Your doctor will put a protective patch on your eye and request a post-operative follow-up the next day. Your doctor may also provide specific instructions regarding recovery from the CyPass® procedure, such as reduced activity level and not bending over or lowering the head for a few weeks.
Are There Any Complications?
Although rare, there are some potential complications whenever a patient has eye surgery. These include things like infection, inflammation, and vision changes. Your eye surgeon will explain these to you before your procedure.
There is a small risk that the CyPass® implantation will not be successful in reducing eye pressure. This can be due to the device not being properly positioned in the eye, or if it becomes blocked or moved from its original position. If this happens, you may require a second surgery to reposition, clear the blockage, or remove the device.
Regular eye exams and consistent follow-ups will help reduce your risk of complications.
CyPass® Stent Surgery, Long Beach, CA
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WHO ARE COLLINS AND FLAGLER ANYWAY?
A BRIEF GUIDE TO MIAMI STREET NAMES
Collins Avenue: John Collins was a farmer and land developer who built the first wooden bridge from Miami to Miami Beach in 1913.
Flagler Street: Henry Flager’s East Coast Railway made Miami possible. Before 1896, there was no easy way to move goods and people in and out of Miami. The railroad arrived in April, 1896, and Miami was incorporated in May. Flagler in known as the “Father of Miami” and his name graces many places in South Florida.
Biscayne Blvd: Named for Biscayne Bay.
Brickell Avenue: William and Mary Brickell owned a trading post on the south side of the Miami River in the late 1800’s. Everything south of the river was called Brickell for many years.
Julia Tuttle Causeway: Julia Tuttle is considered by many to be the “mother of Miami.” It was she who persuaded (badgered, some say) Henry Flagler into expanding his rail line 65 miles south from Palm Beach to Miami.
Rickenbacker Causeway: Named after WWI ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker: He later became the president of Eastern Air Lines, which was based in Miami.
Killian Drive: Named for pioneer Dan Killian, who had a country store south of what is now Coral Gables and was responsible for the first schools, streetlights and churches in this area.
Kendall Drive: Named for Henry John Broughton Kendall, a director of the Florida Land and Mortgage Company, who bought the land that is now Kendall (unincorporated Miami-Dade County) from the state of Florida in 1883.
Ives Dairy Road & Milam Dairy Road: At one time, these actually went to dairy farms. Now Ives Dairy Rd, runs out to Dolphin Stadium and becomes Dan Marino Blvd. and Milam family name still graces their chain of local upscale grocery stores, Milam’s.
Don Shula Expressway: Don Shula IS the coach of the Miami Dolphins to many; no matter who else has held the job since his retirement in 1997. Shula holds the coaching record for most wins in the NFL (347), and coached the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only team in NFL history to play a perfect season and win the Super Bowl. | <urn:uuid:18cf0d1b-b462-4db2-a391-dbdd51836af3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://karolitadotcom.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/a-brief-guide-to-miamis-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969072 | 504 | 2.140625 | 2 |
IS PLASTIC-FREE GUILT FREE?
WHY SWITCH TO SUSTAINABILITY?
Who doesn’t like to start their day with a cup of coffee? But this love of yours leads to consumption of an enormous amount of disposable cups, be it plastic or paper.
We all know how harmful plastic is for the environment which takes more than 500 years to decompose. But did you know 6.5 billion trees are cut down and 4 billion gallons of water is used each year to produce disposable paper cups.
But a reusable cup will last you a lifetime.
IS IT A WISE CHOICE?
The Stojo’s collapsible coffee mug is the compact saviour we all have been waiting for. One cup saves 281 gallons of water, 16lbs of solid waste and 23 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions!
They come in four sizes: 8oz, 12oz, 16oz and 24oz, so you can pick out the one that suits your needs the best. The cup comes along with a tab, straw and heat sleeve, which are made out of LFGB certified silicone and is BPA free. As you screw the lid it creates an airtight leak-proof seal, check once before keeping it in the bag. The cup comes apart easily and is dishwasher safe.
When you don’t need the cup, just press the top and it conveniently folds up like an accordion. It takes little to no space in your bag and you can carry it wherever and whenever you want.
HOW TO GO ABOUT IT?
Wash your cup thoroughly after you receive it in the mail. Then just whip up your favourite drink, be it ice tea, a smoothie or hot coffee and put it into your cup. Put on the seal and sip your drink.
If you’re on the go and stumble across a cute coffee shop, just politely refuse the plastic or paper cup they offer and give them your Stojo cup to make your order.
When you’re done with your drink, just press it gently from the top and you can see it collapse. As soon as you reach home, take apart the components of the cup and put it in your dishwasher or hand wash it.
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HOW TO DISPOSE RESPONSIBLY?
Well, this cup is built to last for ages, it’s basically indestructible. But for the worst case scenario, the lid and heat sleeve can be recycled so place it in your curbside recycling bin.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May risks the "total collapse" of her government if she fails to get her battered Brexit deal through parliament, the Sunday Times newspaper says, amid growing speculation that she might call an early election.
Underscoring the tough choices facing May to break the Brexit impasse, the newspaper said at least six pro-European Union senior ministers will resign if she opts for a potentially damaging no-deal departure from the EU.
But at the same time, rival ministers who support Brexit were threatening to quit if May decides to stay close to the EU with a customs union or if she sought a long delay to Brexit, the Sunday Times said.
May's Brexit strategy is in tatters after the exit deal she hammered out with other EU leaders was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons on Friday, the day that Britain was supposed to leave the bloc.
Nearly three years after Britons voted by 52-48 per cent to end the country's EU membership after 46 years, what Brexit will look like or whether it will even happen remains up in the air.
May now has less than two weeks to convince the 27 other EU countries that she can break the deadlock. Otherwise she will have to ask the bloc for a long extension or take Britain out of the EU on April 12 with no deal to soften the economic shock.
May has said she will step down if her Brexit deal gets through parliament, offering her critics the chance of a different prime minister to lead the next round of negotiations with Brussels about Britain's future ties to the bloc.
But that last-gasp offer has failed to break the impasse, leading to talk of an election.
The Mail on Sunday newspaper said May's advisors were divided over whether she should call an early election if she fails to win support for her Brexit deal from parliament in the coming week.
The newspaper said a possible "run-off" vote could take place on Tuesday in parliament between May's deal and whatever alternative emerges as the most popular from voting by lawmakers on Monday.
That meant an election could be called as early as Wednesday, the newspaper said, without citing sources.
An early election would need the support of two thirds of members of parliament, and the Observer newspaper said Conservative MPs were reluctant to let May lead them into another election after she lost their majority in 2017.
The Sunday Telegraph said senior members of the Conservative Party did not want May to lead them into a snap election, fearing the party would be "annihilated" at the polls if she faced down parliament over Brexit in the coming months.
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Hasted, Professor John - Levitation, who and how
Type of Spiritual Experience
A description of the experience
THE METAL-BENDERS” by JOHN B. HASTED
There have been several reported instances of religious mystics levitating themselves slowly off the ground during prayer; the most famous are St. James of Compostella and St. Joseph of Copertino.(59) The nineteenth-century psychic, Daniel Dunglass Home, was reported by responsible investigators and scientists to have floated about the room and, on 13 December 1868, out of a window and back again.(60)
Other reported cases of levitation are those of Sister Maria Vilani, Veronica Giulani St. Bernadino Realino, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Francis of Assisi, Stainton Moses, Florence Cook, Eusapia Palladino, (Not all of these in this list are of equal sanctity, and it will be recalled by students of psychical research that Eusapia Palladino enjoys a particularly poor reputation in the matter of fraudulent phenomena. It appears that what especially disenchanted the British researchers with Eusapia was her conviction of being caught cheating on the croquet field!) Maria Vollhardt, Willi Schneider, Schrenck-Notzing’s 1927 anonymous subject(40) and the Eddy children of Chittenden, Vermont. I have seen an interesting short moving pictures(61) made by a German journalist named Ohlsen portraying the levitation of a West African priest Nana Dwaku above burning coals. Human levitation is one of the ‘siddhis’ or powers supposed to be available to Hindu mystics, and attempts have been made to teach their development in Europe. Photographs of airborne meditators have been widely publicized, but of course still photographs provide much less information than moving pictures. It is believed that in the first stage the subject experiences a violent but slow vibration of the entire body – these are almost muscular twitches; a more advanced subject becomes able to make small leaps from a bodily position in which leaping would normally be impossible – the lotus position, seated cross-legged on the ground. In the final stage, the subject becomes able to levitate his body steadily at will.
Probably the nearest thing to levitation encountered by psychic researchers is the throwing about of human bodies in a poltergeist attack. There are accounts of this in the literature, and in 1977 in England witnesses reported this phenomenon in the Enfield poltergeist case, which is in course of documentation by Maurice Gross and Guy Playfair. There have been instances of sleeping child metal-benders being found on top of wardrobes, etc., complete with bedclothes; climbing would have been just possible, but the presumption, not well proven, is that the bodies were levitated up to their new situation. In 1979 the throwing about was again reported in the Midlands. There is also the possibility of teleportation, and of composite processes of successive teleportations and levitations. One witness at Enfield (Mr B.) claimed that he was lifted out of his chair and that the feeling was as though a cushion of air, not a draught, pushed him upwards. There was also a twisting motion, which rotated him almost half a turn in the process. I can only conjecture at this stage, but I think it at least reasonably likely that in some poltergeist cases bodies have been thrown about.
In British schools ‘levitation games’ are sometimes played by children. A ritual is occasionally followed (e.g. running round and round a seated or lying child and chanting, ‘He is ill; he is dead’ etc.); after the ritual a number of children attempt to raise the body, each placing one or two fingers underneath it. The game starts with many children, who find the task easy, using only normal forces. The number is reduced one by one, and the continuing ease might suggest a paranormal contribution. The unexpected success has sometimes caused worried teachers to forbid the continuance of the game. I have found many children who insist that the body suddenly seems to lose weight.
But occasionally the lifters press their hands downwards before the lift, and the relaxation of this muscular tension makes the lifting seem easier than it would otherwise be. If we are looking for a paranormal rather than a physiological effect, then obviously this pressing of hands should be avoided.
I have been impressed by taking part myself in the lifting of fifteen-year-old Gill Costin by Kim Griffiths and her schoolfriends. Gill makes her body go rigid, and it certainly takes an effort. to get her off the ground. But when she is off the ground she sometimes appears to become lighter. Sometimes her raised body glides forwards or sideways, and the lifters have difficulty in preventing this. Naturally the idea comes to mind that one or more of the lifters are pulling or pushing her horizontally. All the lifters deny this, and changes in arrangement of the lifters make no difference.
This children’s game is sufficiently strange to be worth further investigation with the aid of instruments, the lifters standing on a chart-recording weighing machine. | <urn:uuid:866483ec-94f1-4c0a-b49e-dd4a9e3c4b36> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://allaboutheaven.org/observations/hasted-professor-john-levitation-who-and-how-026906/221 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.966416 | 1,087 | 2.234375 | 2 |
This post is heavily based on Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (Fourth Edition). Please consider to buy the book if you find this post useful.
Each SQL statement is made up of one or more keywords.
A reserved word that is part of the SQL language. Never name a table or column using a keyword.
SELECT to retrieve table data you must, at a minimum, specify two arguments - what you want to select, and from where you want to select it.
Retrieving Individual Columns
The following is using the data provided by the author of the book in the book Webpage. I am keeping a copy at my github page, named as tysql but I do not own it. I am also using Microsoft Access throughout. Download the data, open it with Access, and find a way to get to SQL View before executing SQL statements. There may be some differences brought by different versions of Microsoft Access.
You can type the following statements in the SQL View and Run it.
SELECT prod_name FROM Products;
The above retrieves a single column called prod_name from the Products table in the dataset. The following is how it appears in the Microsoft Access.
Multiple SQL statements must be separated by semicolons (the ; character).
SELECTis the same as
select, which is the same as
Select. The convention is to use UPPERCASE for the KEYWORDS and lowercase for column and table names. While the SQL language is case-insensitive, the names of tables, columns, and values may not be.
In addition, all extra white space within a SQL statement is ignored when that statement is processed. So, the followings are the same:
SELECT prod_name FROM Products; SELECT prod_name FROM Products; SELECT prod_name FROM Products;
Retrieving Multiple Columns
When selecting multiple columns be sure to specify a comma between each column name, but not after the last column name.
SELECT prod_id, prod_name, prod_price FROM Products;
Retrieving All Columns
Use the asterisk (*) wildcard character in lieu of actual column names to retrieve all columns.
SELECT * FROM Products;
As a rule, you are better off not using the * wildcard unless you really do need every column in the table. Retrieving unnecessary columns usually slows down the performance of your retrieval.
Retrieving Distinct Rows
Suppose you want the
DISTINCT vendor ID of all vendors with products in the products table. Doing the following gives everey occurences of the the vendor ID.
SELECT vend_id FROM Products;
DISTINCT keyword instructs the database to only return distinct values. The
DISTINCT keyword must be placed directly in front of the column names.
SELECT DISTINCT vend_id FROM Products;
Can’t Be Partially
DISTINCT keyword applies to all columns, not just the one it precedes. The following returns all rows retrieved because the combination of the specified columns are not distinct.
SELECT DISTINCT vend_id, prod_price FROM Products;
To select top number of entries, use the
TOP keyword. The following uses the
SELECT TOP 5 statement to retrieve just the first five rows. Please note that this applies to Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server but not to other DBMs.
SELECT TOP 5 prod_name FROM Products;
Commenting in not allowed in Access at this point of time. The following is applicable to other DBMs.
A # at the start of a line makes the entire line a comment.
# This is a comment SELECT prod_name FROM Products;
/* */ for multi-lines comments.
/* SELECT prod_name, vend_id FROM Products; */ SELECT prod_name FROM Products;
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The latest report by IMARC Group, titled “Travel Retail Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity, and Forecast 2022-2027”, finds that the global travel retail market size reached US$ 52.50 Billion in 2021. Travel retail refers to the sales of goods and services to international travelers during transit. The trade is generally conducted in travel environments, including seaports or airports, where customers require proof of travel to access the commercial area. It is also conducted in hotels, border ships, international aircraft, cruises, ferries, and other marine vessels on international waters. Travel retail usually requires the purchaser to spend a minimum amount of time outside the country and the retail shops accept payments inclusive of the local and national taxes and excise duties. Some of the commonly available products through travel retail include perfumes, fashion accessories, premium alcohols, food and beverages, beauty personal care products, tobacco, and electronics.
We are regularly tracking the direct effect of COVID-19 on the market, along with the indirect influence of associated industries. These observations will be integrated into the report.
One of the primary factors driving the market is the rapidly expanding travel and tourism industry worldwide. Travel retail generates vital revenues for national aviation, travel and tourism industries and is now the largest contributor to non-aeronautical income. Besides this, the rising preferences of international travelers for premium wines and spirits are catalyzing the market growth. Furthermore, the expanding e-commerce travel retail solutions have enabled retailers to offer their products through websites and smartphone applications, making it convenient for customers to pre-order products and collect them on arrival. Apart from this, constant technological advancements, such as the advent of touch screens and interactive retail kiosks, are strengthening the market growth. Other growth-inducing factors include the implementation of favorable government policies to promote international tourism in developing nations, the rising millennial population, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market value to reach US$ 82.57 Billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 7.60% during the forecast period (2022-2027).
- Based on the product type, the market has been divided into perfume and cosmetics, wine and spirit, electronics, luxury goods, food, confectionery and catering, tobacco, and others.
- On the basis of the sector, the market has been classified into duty-free and duty-paid.
- Based on the distribution channel, the market has been segmented into airports, cruise liners, railway stations, and borders, downtown, and hotel shops.
- Region-wise, the market has been categorized into North America (the United States and Canada), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, and others), Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, and others), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and others), and Middle East and Africa
- The competitive landscape of the market has also been analyzed, with some of the key players being Aer Rianta International, China Duty Free Group Co. Ltd., Dufry AG, Duty Free Americans Inc, Gebr. Heinemann SE& Co. KG, KING POWER International, Lagardere S.A., Lotte Hotels & Resorts (Lotte Corporation), LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and The Shilla Duty Free (Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.)
IMARC Group is a leading market research company that offers management strategy and market research worldwide. We partner with clients in all sectors and regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their businesses.
IMARC’s information products include major market, scientific, economic and technological developments for business leaders in pharmaceutical, industrial, and high technology organizations. Market forecasts and industry analysis for biotechnology, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, travel and tourism, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the top of the company’s expertise.
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Is a rinse good for natural hair?
Color can go a long way in complementing the beauty of natural African-American hair. A rinse, which is also referred to as semi or demi-permanent color, is often the recommended choice for naturalistas.
How long does a rinse last in natural hair?
A color rinse is considered temporary hair color, which means the color coats but does not penetrate the hair and generally lasts only through one to two shampoos. Although there is no chemical reaction, if hair is damaged and porous, the color can penetrate and stain the hair.
Can rinse damage your hair?
Products like Level 1 rinses, washes, stains, and color-depositing shampoos cause virtually no damage to the hair.
How often should you put a rinse in your hair?
You apply it after shampooing your hair and rinse it out after a minute or two. The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommends using rinse-out conditioner after every wash, ideally a few times per week.
How long should you leave a rinse in your hair?
Rinsing hair well after shampooing is important. The average time is 60-90 seconds, but two minutes is probably better and thorough rinsing may take longer if hair is very thick or long. Hair should not feel like it is coated.
Is rinse better than dye?
IS A COLOR RINSE BAD FOR YOUR HAIR? No! In fact, since color rinses don’t contain ammonia, they can be less damaging than their permanent hair dye counterparts. That said, this type of hair color is used with a developer, and over time, if over-used, it can cause damage.
Do you put rinse on wet or dry hair?
Do I wet my hair before applying the rinse? No. It should be applied to dry hair.
Is a rinse and semi-permanent the same?
Like a gloss, it doesn’t penetrate the hair shaft, but it isn’t the same as a semi-permanent hair color, which only coats your strands. Keep in mind, however, that color rinses won’t lighten your strands. Despite their name, a hair color rinse also doesn’t always have to add color to your locks.
Do you apply rinse to wet or dry hair?
Do you shampoo after a rinse?
Rinse Thoroughly Make sure that you rinse your hair thoroughly with water before shampooing. Shampoo lathers better on wet hair and spreads evenly. You’ll also notice requiring lesser shampoo to wash your hair if you wet your hair properly beforehand.
Is semi-permanent and rinse the same?
WHAT IS A HAIR COLOR RINSE? Like these other hair-refreshing options, this type of hair color offers your strands a wash of color, rather than a permanent hair color change. Like a gloss, it doesn’t penetrate the hair shaft, but it isn’t the same as a semi-permanent hair color, which only coats your strands. | <urn:uuid:0b9e56da-20f1-4e48-a015-809edb4234a7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aliciapyne.com/is-a-rinse-good-for-natural-hair/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.926552 | 649 | 1.8125 | 2 |
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<p>This is a great easy recipe that kids love to help make! Each person can customize their own omelet just the way they like it. Fast, easy, fun, and nutritious… what’s not to like?</p>Source: Granny Dee (Entered by Stephen Eichler)
Step by Step Instructions
- Place a large pan of water on the stove and bring to a boil. Put 2 large (3 small) eggs in a zip-lock baggie (sans shells) with salt and pepper and stir with a small whisk or spoon until yolks and whites are somewhat blended.
- Add to the eggs the omelet ingredients of your choice: shredded cheese, diced ham, bell pepper, onion, anchovies, black olives... whatever your heart desires!!! Mix thoroughly and seal the baggie (after removing as much air as possible. Make sure it is well sealed!!!
- Gently place the bags into the boiling water and let them cook for 5-7 minutes. Using tongs, remove the bags from the water. When omelet is done it should slide easily out of the baggie onto your plate. Enjoy!!!
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Adzuki bean vs Green bean - In-Depth Nutrition Comparison
The main differences between Adzuki bean and Green bean
- Adzuki bean has more Copper, Folate, Phosphorus, Fiber, Manganese, Zinc, Iron, Potassium, and Magnesium, however Green bean has more Vitamin C.
- Daily need coverage for Copper from Adzuki bean is 25% higher.
- Green bean has 7 times less Zinc than Adzuki bean. Adzuki bean has 1.77mg of Zinc, while Green bean has 0.24mg.
Food types used in this article are Beans, adzuki, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, snap, green, raw.
Comparison summary table
|Lower in Sodium|
|Lower in glycemic index|
|Lower in price|
|Rich in vitamins|
|Lower in Sugar|
|Lower in Saturated Fat|
|Rich in minerals|
|Lower in Cholesterol||Equal|
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
Which food is preferable for your diet?
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There is a fundamental lack of understanding in how the structure and architecture of a synthetic polymer influences recognition in biological systems. Furthermore, there is a disconnection between the properties of polymers in solution and the solid state with their relationships with biological systems. Understanding how the conformational dynamics of a synthetic polymer can enhance biological recognition will advance fields including targeted drug delivery, antimicrobial agents, and tissue engineering. However, gaining the knowledge required to address this fundamental gap first necessitates the capability to synthesize precision macromolecules and scaffolds through a biocompatible approach. The long-term goal of this project is to establish a modular polymerization technology, using organic photocatalysts, for 3D printing of scaffolds with precisely defined molecular, chemical, mechanical, and geometric properties targeting lung tissue restoration. The central hypothesis of this research program is that the ability to use our biocompatible photo- mediated polymerization technology for 3D printing of scaffolds with defined components over several different length scales will enable tuning the scaffold for nurturing tissue growth. The overall objective of this application is to advance our polymerization technology using organic photocatalysts to mediate a metal free atom transfer radical polymerization en route to realizing a stereospecfic radical polymerization through flow chemistry reaction engineering design. With the capability to synthesize functionally diverse stereoregular polymers, we will determine the effects of polymer tacticity on their antimicrobial activity and selectivity for bacteria and compatibility with mammalian cells. Through catalyst development and expansion of monomer scope, we will establish a photographic photolithography approach to write distinct 2 and 3D polymer patterns in chemical composition through monomer selection. Furthermore, our approach to connect polymers in solution to those in the solid state will investigate molecular brush copolymers as intermediate macromolecules that possess characteristics similar to both forms. We will introduce these molecular brush copolymers into biological systems to explore the differences between them and the discrete polymer chains from our concurrent cell studies. These findings will help resolve the essential structural features of polymers to yield efficient solid state scaffolds for tissue engineering. The innovation of this research is within the methodology built upon our group?s foundational and ongoing work of developing an organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization, which promises to yield new materials for introduction in biomedical applications. The rationale for this research is that it brings forth new materials that are only accessible through the development of our polymerization technology, which will allow the design and synthesis of polymers that more efficiently mimic natural systems for enhanced biological recognition.
Organic Polymerization Catalysis: Precision Macromolecules for Recognition in Biological Systems Garret M. Miyake, University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Science and Engineering Program Project Narrative. The proposed research is relevant to public health because the establishment of new biocompatible polymerization methods ultimately increases the capability to produce designer soft materials and extend application of synthetic macromolecules into biomedical applications, including targeted drug delivery, antimicrobial agents, and tissue engineering. The research proposal will apply this new photopolymerization methodology to produce macromolecules for understanding biological recognition and enable design of advanced scaffolds for lung tissue engineering. The proposed research addresses the mission of the NIGMS for increasing the understanding in which synthetic macromolecules, with precisely defined molecular, chemical, structural, architectural and geometric constraints interact with biological system on a range of levels.
|Buss, Bonnie L; Miyake, Garret M (2018) Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerizations Performed in Flow: Methods, Products, and Opportunities. Chem Mater 30:3931-3942|
|Lim, Chern-Hooi; Kudisch, Max; Liu, Bin et al. (2018) C-N Cross-Coupling via Photoexcitation of Nickel-Amine Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 140:7667-7673|
|McCarthy, Blaine G; Pearson, Ryan M; Lim, Chern-Hooi et al. (2018) Structure-Property Relationships for Tailoring Phenoxazines as Reducing Photoredox Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 140:5088-5101|
|Rao, Heng; Lim, Chern-Hooi; Bonin, Julien et al. (2018) Visible-Light-Driven Conversion of CO2 to CH4 with an Organic Sensitizer and an Iron Porphyrin Catalyst. J Am Chem Soc :|
|Buss, Bonnie L; Beck, Logan R; Miyake, Garret M (2018) Synthesis of Star Polymers using Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Through a Core-first Approach. Polym Chem 9:1658-1665|
|Learsch, Robert; Miyake, Garret M (2018) Arm-First Synthesis of Star Polymers with Polywedge Arms Using Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Bifunctional Crosslinkers. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem 56:732-740|
|Sartor, Steven M; McCarthy, Blaine G; Pearson, Ryan M et al. (2018) Exploiting Charge-Transfer States for Maximizing Intersystem Crossing Yields in Organic Photoredox Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 140:4778-4781|
|Ryan, Matthew D; Theriot, Jordan C; Lim, Chern-Hooi et al. (2017) Solvent Effects on the Intramolecular Charge Transfer Character of N,N-Diaryl Dihydrophenazine Catalysts for Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem 55:3017-3027|
|Ryan, Matthew D; Pearson, Ryan M; French, Tracy A et al. (2017) Impact of Light Intensity on Control in Photoinduced Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules 50:4616-4622|
|Boyle, Bret M; French, Tracy A; Pearson, Ryan M et al. (2017) Structural Color for Additive Manufacturing: 3D-Printed Photonic Crystals from Block Copolymers. ACS Nano 11:3052-3058|
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The first three episodes of Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale all premiered at once on Wednesday. Already the show is being hailed as one of the most gripping, upsetting, and emotional shows in recent memory. The third episode ends with a truly horrific moment involving Alexis Bledel’s character, Ofglen. What happens to Ofglen is monstrous and barbaric — but it isn’t fiction. It happens all over the world.
Spoilers for Season 1, Episode 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale follow.
At the end of the show’s second episode, Ofglen, a Handmaid with a secret rebellious streak who becomes a confidant to Elizabeth Moss’s Offred, is taken away by the secret police, aka the Eyes. Although Offred fears it’s because they found out she was part of the resistance, the real reason is because she’s a lesbian. And, being gay — or a “gender traitor,” as it’s known in the hyper-puritanical Republic of Gilead — is a death sentence.
However, since Ofglen is one of the few women who is still fertile and able to bear children, she’s spared death. Instead, though, she’s forced to undergo an involuntary surgical procedure and wakes up with bloody stitches on her genitals. The scene is horrific.
“You can still have children, of course, but things will be so much easier for you now,” Ann Dowd’s domineering Aunt Lydia tells her. “You can’t want what you cannot have.”
Ofglen has just been subjected to female genital mutilation, which, again, is not Atwood’s invention.
Female genital mutilation, also known as FGM or female circumcision (though that’s a major misnomer), involves cutting off some or all of a woman’s external genitalia, including the clitoris and even labia majora, in some more extreme cases. Sometimes, openings are sewn shut. Typically, this procedure is done when girls are young as part of a ritual. Unlike male circumcision, there are no health benefits — FGM is entirely about controlling women. The goal is to make it so sex isn’t pleasurable for women, thereby curbing their sexuality (which it can’t) and preserving some perverse sense of purity. It’s a painful, dangerous, and degrading procedure.
In 2016, UNICEF estimated that about 200 million women have undergone female genital mutilation, with most of them living in African countries, along with Indonesia, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Yemen. It happens in the United States too, though. Just this month, three people in Detroit were indicted in the first federal female genital mutilation case in the United States.
The average American Hulu viewer probably doesn’t know too much about FGM, or if they do, it’s probably not something that they think of as happening “here.” Watching it happen to a character played by Alexis Bledel (who is amazing in the scene) is an emotionally effective reminder that women around the world face torture. In other words, it’s The Handmaid’s Tale’s central thesis.
If you’re interested in learning more, there’s an episode of the podcast The Heart, which features a gripping, first-person account of FGM. The audio documentary is by Mariya Karimjee, a Pakistani writer who was raised in the United States but was maimed as a child in adherence with her family’s religious sect.
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In mid-July, Canada Post began delivering about 50,000 postcards for CBC News and Radio-Canada to mailboxes in New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula and North Shore areas.
The postcards highlight a potentially deadly mystery illness first reported in 2015 but only publicly revealed by health officials this March. The cards also direct people impacted by the illness, which has infected 48 and killed six, to contact journalists, who hope to learn more about what officials are calling the “New Brunswick Cluster of Neurological Syndrome of Unknown Cause.”
“The suffering is immense … because it’s beyond physical,” Alier Marrero, a Moncton, N.B.-based neurologist working at Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, told the Washington Post earlier this spring. “There’s also the neuropsychiatric and moral suffering of the patients that is only partially relieved by medications.”
Marrero is working with scientists and doctors from Canada and abroad to uncover more about the illness, whose symptoms include rapidly progressing dementia, behaviour changes, muscle spasms, balance issues, difficulty walking, pain in the upper or lower limbs, blurred vision and visual hallucinations.
The first registered case occurred in 2015 with another 11 and 24 cases reported in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The disease has affected all age groups, as well as males and females, equally, according to the initial memo released by New Brunswick’s public health officials in March. Roughly half of the infected individuals are between age 50 and 69.
“The investigation team is exploring all potential causes, including food, environmental and animal exposures,” according to the provincial public health website. “At this time, there are no specific behaviours or foods that have been identified to avoid.”
The national Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) Surveillance System identified a pattern of symptoms among patients in 2020 before human prion diseases – such as CJD – were ruled out. In March, Michael Coulthart, the head of the CJD Surveillance System, raised the possibility of chemical exposures to environmental toxins driving the cluster.
“One toxin that has come under scrutiny is beta-Methylamino-L-alanine, which is produced by cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae blooms,” adds the Post story. “Another is domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin produced by certain types of algae, that was responsible for a deadly contaminated seafood outbreak in Canada in 1987.”
With all of the infected individuals’ CJD tests returning as negative, researchers are also theorizing the mystery illness could be caused by an entirely new prion disorder, according to the Post story.
CBC News describes the postcard project as a “fact-finding mission” and “not a clinical investigation.”
Journalists with CBC News and Radio-Canada in New Brunswick, as well as CBC’s national investigative documentary program The Fifth Estate, are investigating the experiences of people involved in the cluster plus the response from provincial and federal public health officials.
This May, citing concern about health officials’ lack of transparency, several New Brunswick families began speaking out with a message later echoed by BloodWatch, a national non-profit organization in the 1980s, following a tainted blood disaster in which thousands of people were exposed to HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.
In an open letter to New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard and federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, BloodWatch co-founder Kat Lanteigne wrote public health officials’ lack of transparency is “troubling.”
“As Ministers of Health federally and provincially your roles demand a formal duty of care to the public,” added Lanteinge’s open letter.
She later told Global News: “What the governments always say is, ‘We don’t want to scare people.’ Our argument is you’re not scaring people, you’re informing them.” She added the mystery illness should be considered a national public health crisis with a response similar to the one used for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hubertus van Hove
Hubertus (Huib) van Hove (13 May 1814, in The Hague – 14 November 1865? Antwerp) was a Dutch painter, the son of Bartholomeus van Hove (1790–1880) and a teacher of some artists who became members of the Hague School.
Hubertus or Huib van Hove was taught painting not only by his father, but also by Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen. In his father's studio, he worked with Johannes Bosboom and together they worked on the pieces of scenery that Bartholomeus van Hove created for the Royal Theatre in The Hague.
Hubertus started as a landscape painter, but his best work was not in that style. His love of color and bright light was best displayed in his doorkijkjes, or domestic vistas, in the style of Pieter de Hooch. These were views of outdoor light seen through an interior, a room or kitchen situated between the street door and an inner yard. Teyler's Museum possesses an excellent specimen in The Knitter, a picture which is of a lively composition and shows an inclination for a stronger and fresher coloring than prevailed in Van Hove's day.
Among his pupils were Jacob Maris, Christoffel Bisschop, Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel, Maurits Leon (1838–1865) and Hendricus Johannes Scheeres (1823–1864), who continued his master's teaching in his Armourer and Linen-shop and who enjoyed the appreciation of his brother artists.
- Marius, Gerharda Hermina, Dutch Painters of the 19th Century, The Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk
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2021-2022 Camp Project
Camp 2 Camp–Jordan is a special two-year project to raise funds to support the Bible Society of Jordan in creating a mobile camping program in Jordan. Gifts to this Camp 2 Camp project will help build and furnish a traveling storage container filled with the supplies for mobile camp.
2019 Camp Project
Camp Project: Fun at Joy in the Journey Camp, Rain or Shine! Campers at Covenant camps this summer will have the chance to help the Joy in the Journey Camp in East Asia. Gifts to this Camp2Camp project will help add a dry, indoor recreation space; improve site rainwater drainage; update well-used archery equipment; and install a new outdoor climbing wall and zipline.
2018 Camp Project
In 2018, Covenant Camps have the opportunity to support Covenant Mountain Mission Bible Camp (CMMBC) in southwestern Virginia in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Like other Covenant Camps, Covenant Mountain Mission Bible Camp is a safe place for children to have fun, learn about the love of Jesus, and to worship God in the midst of God’s beautiful creation. CMMBC currently has no on site water feature, and this project will help the camp build an on-site splash pad for campers to enjoy.
2017 Camp Project
Akagi Bible Camp in Japan
Akagi Bible Camp is located in a big crater on top of Mount Akagi. With less than 1% of people in Japan who call themselves Christians, making a decision to follow Jesus is not easy. But camp can be a fun place for people to learn about God or strengthen their faith. This summer Camp Akagi seeks to winterize one of their buildings, purchase kayaks in order to have water activities and build a climbing wall.
2016 Camp Project
Covenant Bible Camp in Unalakleet, Alaska
Money raised for Covenant Bible Camp will help to build two new insulated cabins.
2016 Mission Project Sheet – Download now
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The local geography of Los Angeles is, I think, a bit of a mixed bag. While the surrounding mountains mean that it doesn't get as much air circulation as cities in flatter regions, they also provide crackerjack photographic vantage points. This particular one was taken from a lookout just off Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills, looking over the Hollywood Bowl to Hollywood itself with the skyscrapers of downtown LA just visible in the distance.
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Veterinary Internal Medicine
Dogs and cats can develop ongoing health issues due to age, genetics, or other factors. Regardless, our Orlando, Oviedo and Maitland veterinarians understand the frustration you might be feeling in this situation and are prepared to help in any way we can. With constant support and a personal approach to veterinary internal medicine, we can diagnose your pet and explore different treatment options.
Addressing Your Pet’s Condition
If your pet is diagnosed with a chronic disease, you probably have a lot of questions about what to do next. Whichever of our veterinarians you choose, you can expect compassion, clear communication, and ongoing education to help you understand your pet’s condition.
We also partner with specialists to perform advanced diagnostics (ultrasound, echocardiogram, surgery, etc.) in-hospital so you're less likely to need a referral, though we can arrange a referral if necessary. We also explain all possible treatment options to help you make the best decision.
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How Our VIP Program Helps
The thought of having to cover your pet’s medical costs can be overwhelming, but our VIP Program can alleviate that concern. Since pets with chronic issues need to see their veterinarian more often, they need a plan that can reduce the costs of repeat visits.
The VIP Program allows for unlimited office visits to any of our four locations throughout the year. This increases the communication you have with your veterinarian and allows for better evaluation of your pet. If you have further questions about how the VIP Program works, contact any of our locations to learn more.
What Chronic Conditions are Most Common in Pets?
Dogs and cats can suffer from chronic diseases such as:
- Congestive heart failure
- Kidney disease
- Addison’s disease
- Cushing’s disease
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Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning: what can they do for agriculture?
Artificial intelligence and its sub-branches machine learning and deep learning are making their way into agriculture and agribusiness. They're helping make decisions and predictions once never dreamed of.
The eyes don’t have it: Machine vision to improve cotton breeding
It might surprise you that the precise scientific field of cotton breeding also involves a high degree of visual estimation. Can artificial intelligence and machine learning take its place?
How healthy country AI is delivering on-ground benefit
Digital technology can help Indigenous rangers adaptively manage their lands. But it's critical that these tools are co-designed by Traditional Owners to ensure that they deliver benefit back to Indigenous communities. A collaboration called Healthy Country AI is helping to do just that.
Artificial and human intelligence used to tackle illegal fishing
CSIRO is working with Microsoft and fisheries experts to harness robot and human-derived intelligence in the fight against illegal fishing.
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish: Species recognition software for sustainable fisheries
Technology adapted from the security industry is being taken to the oceans to monitor fishing operations, manage the seafood supply chain and ensure the sustainability of our fisheries.
An artificially intelligent answer to threatened species
Conservation practices haven't progressed fast enough to meet the enormity of the environmental challenges. AI could be part of the answer to improve species detection methods and advise on better conservation approaches.
We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas
Every year five million shorebirds migrate between the Arctic and Australia along a bird superhighway known as the East Asian-Australasian flyway. Coastal development is destroying the tidal flats birds depend on, and sea level rise is emerging as an additional threat. A new artificial intelligence technique offers a conservation solution. | <urn:uuid:d87452cc-7064-4b70-99b7-d80808fcc4b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ecos.csiro.au/tag/artificial-intelligence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.932177 | 381 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Exploring the Future of Work
During this stage mentees will have an opportunity to hearing from several mentors on a variety of career paths. During this stage they will be asked to identify one – three areas they would like to explore in greater depth.
Focusing on a Career Path
During this stage, the mentees will have an opportunity to focus on up to 3 career path areas. The mentors will provide past, present, and future projections. Current position research, web sites and current information on the sector will be provided.
Experiential Learning / Work
Mentoring Plus Approaches may lead to an Experiential Learning opportunity, such as a work experience, coop education etc. A group of mentors can be assigned to the mentee for support and additional development.
Further Learning Opportunities
Learning a Living is the way of the future as we move into a Knowledge Economy. As a mentee has a defined career path, there will be a need to create a Learning Plan that may or may not include our traditional learning opportunities. Various models will be explored including Credentials, online learning, webinars etc. leading to a certificate.
Towards a Sustainable Livelihood
Throughout all the various stages listed above, there will be overarching topics that will intersect with all approaches including salary ranges, 21st Century Skills such as, communication, learning how to work as a team, market skills etc., and the role technology plays in the world of work. | <urn:uuid:b2b26ece-0969-4e54-968f-45b1e3315fa6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mentoringplus.ca/knowledge-exchange.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.945308 | 310 | 1.835938 | 2 |
A mural by Banksy at the Paris Bataclan theatre, where Islamist militants killed 90 people three years ago, has been stolen. That's according to the venue.
The artwork showed a veiled female figure in a mournful pose on the fire-exit door.
It was one of a series of paintings last June in the French capital and attributed to the British street artist.
Police say thieves with a van stole the door with the stencil Friday night.
It was during a rock concert when militants stormed the building in November 2015, as part of coordinated attacks.
Three heavily armed gunmen killed 90 people at the show and a further 40 by a suicide bomber at cafes and restaurants.
The Bataclan expressed their "indignation" in a tweet at the time.
The artwork has become popular with tourists and Parisians when it was first discovered in June last year.
One of Banksy's last creations in Wales sold for over 115,000 Euro's. | <urn:uuid:ef5dd6d8-ca5a-4f7b-9736-f909a282e8cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.euronews.com/2019/01/27/paris-banksy-artwork-stolen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.977577 | 199 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Opensourcing the Universal Package Manager
The infrastructure and tools we build to make Repl.it work is often useful on their own. Today we're excited to take the first step to make our tools usable outside our platform.
You know how you can manage packages on Repl.it using the same interface regardless of the language? Well, with
upm you can do that on your computer as well.
Read more here: https://repl.it/site/blog/upm
Help us spread the word on Twitter: https://twitter.com/replit/status/1189937800809865216
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Each year thousands of animals are captured and tortured in transport and captivity as part of a global trade in so-called exotic pets. I became aware of this issue from reports by the Huffington Post and PETA about the raid on facilities operated by USGE (U.S. Global Exotics, Inc) which is one of the biggest importers of exotic pets for resale to pet stores around the world including PETCO and PetSmart. During this raid just some of the types of animals rescued included “kinkajous, wallabies, sloths, ringtail lemurs, coatimundis, agoutis, hedgehogs, chinchillas, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, flying squirrels, guinea pigs, sugar gliders, prairie dogs, ferrets, snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, spiders, crabs, and scorpions.”
An undercover investigator spent months working in the warehouse carefully recording evidence of horrifically cruel conditions. These animals were routinely crammed into bins, feeding troughs, cardboard boxes, bags and even soda bottles. As if the cramped, dark conditions did not cause enough psychological and physical distress, they were deprived of food, water, and medical treatment. Starved, dehydrated and often suffering from injuries that left bone and tissue exposed, these 26,000 were discovered alive in just this one facility in Texas. Bu the investigator found evidence that employees threw animals they believed unsaleable into freezers to die. The animals rescued were taken in by the Detroit Zoo and other prescreened owners. But as the PETA alert stated “even though the animals rescued from USGE are safe, right now countless other animals are being packed into sweltering crates and are beginning the impossibly stressful journey to facilities that are every bit as cruel as USGE's.”
It makes my heart hurt to think about it.
Please, please, PLEASE! Do not buy such animals as pets. PLEASE do not buy ANY animal from a pet store or online. If you feel ready to bring a furry family member into your home, please adopt from a shelter or from other organization or individuals engaged in animal rescue. BUYING animals costs a lot more than your money. It has an incalculable cost in suffering and death.
Please support, with donations, organizations such as PETA that fight this cruelty: https://secure.peta.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3400&3400.donation=form1&set.custom.Campaign_Code=C10CECBLBBG&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=qdktxfiyu5.app334a
Please be an advocate in your own community to fight the sale of such pets at stores near you.
And this week, on Easter, Sunday....when I hope no well meaning parent will give a bunny to their child that came from a pet store....we will purrrrrrrr.
Week 42 of Purrs 4 Peace details are as follows:
- Week forty-two’s appointed time is Sunday, April 4, 2010.
- Participants should purr for three minutes commencing at 12 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) which is 5:00 p.m. (17:00 hrs.) in the U.K..
- The cat’s human staff should assist their cats with the project by stroking and nuzzling the cat at the appointed time.
- Please post your cat name and the country you purr in at www.confuciuscat.blogspot.com as a COMMENT if you are participating in this historic project. (posting a link to your own website-if you have one-is encouraged.) Or let me know by message on twitter or facebook.
- Posting purrs on facebook ( Acolytes of Confucius Cat or as friend to Alley Mason) and twitter (@ConfuciusCat) is encouraged, since it inspires purring in others, but not required. On twitter please use #purrs4peace in your tweets.
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Paracetamol is no better than placebo at speeding recovery from acute episodes of lower back pain or improving pain levels, function, sleep, or quality of life, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Low-back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. National clinical guidelines universally recommend paracetamol as the first choice analgesic for acute low-back pain, despite the fact that no previous studies have provided robust evidence that it is effective in people with low-back pain.
The Paracetamol for Low-Back Pain Study (PACE) randomly assigned 1,652 individuals (mean age, 45 years) with acute low-back pain from 235 primary care centres in Sydney, Australia to receive up to 4 weeks of paracetamol in regular doses (3 times a day; equivalent to 3,990 mg/day), paracetamol as needed (maximum 4,000 mg/day), or placebo. All participants received advice and reassurance and were followed-up for 3 months.
No differences in the number of days to recovery were found between the treatment groups — median time to recovery was 17 days in the regular paracetamol group, 17 days in the as-needed paracetamol group, and 16 days in the placebo group.
Paracetamol also had no effect on short-term pain levels, disability, function, sleep quality, or quality of life. The number of participants reporting adverse events was similar between the groups.
“Simple analgesics such as paracetamol might not be of primary importance in the management of acute lower back pain,” said lead author Christopher Williams, MD, George Institute for Global Health, at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. “The results suggest we need to reconsider the universal recommendation to provide paracetamol as a first-line treatment for low-back pain, although understanding why paracetamol works for other pain states but not low-back pain would help direct future treatments.”
“In view of the quick timeframe in which participants in our trial improved compared with other cohorts, it would be interesting to see whether advice and reassurance (as provided in our trial) might be a more effective than pharmacological strategies for acute episodes of low-back pain,” he added.
In an accompanying commentary, Bart Koes, MD, and Wendy Enthoven, MD, Erasmus Medical Center, and University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, wrote: “Williams and colleagues are to be applauded for tackling this research question on a topic that has been without debate and evidence for such a long time…Although the findings from this high-quality trial are clear, the content of guidelines should not be changed on the basis of a single trial; more robust and consistent evidence, including verification of the results in other populations, is needed…Furthermore, efforts to establish if prescription of other simple analgesics has additional benefit to advice and reassurance of the favourable prognosis for acute low-back pain are | <urn:uuid:e571b507-9308-48e2-bcd5-b646b4354cd2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://anesthesiaexperts.com/uncategorized/paracetamol-placebo-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.947529 | 621 | 2.140625 | 2 |
A commission tasked with figuring out how mobility pricing should work in Metro Vancouver released its first report on Tuesday, outlining two possibilities: “congestion point” charges or distance-based charges.
The Independent Mobility Pricing Commission, set up by the mayors’ council on regional transportation last June and made up of business, union, academic and community leaders, was charged with determining with how the public should pay for much-needed transit and transportation projects in the region.
“Congestion point” charges would hit when a car drives by a specific point. That could mean bridges or tunnels, although commission chair Allan Seckel was quick to point out in a technical briefing with reporters that his group did not have any locations mapped out at this point. The charges would likely only be in place at busy times of day.
Distance-based charges would be per kilometre, based on the location and time of day that people were driving.
The commission said that the funds raised could help fund necessary transportation improvements like the new Massey Bridge and Pattullo replacement.
Varying the distance-based charges by time of day hasn’t been done before, commission executive director Daniel Firth said, at least partially because of technological barriers.
“There is some technology on the horizon that looks like it could be interesting,” Firth said.
Distance-based charges, for example, would require some form of tracking drivers, Seckel acknowledged, and that the issue had come up in public feedback.
A congestion point system could render those privacy complaints less urgent, Firth said, by using similar transponders or licence plate cameras as did the toll bridges in Surrey and Maple Ridge.
The commission is focused, he said, on three key elements for any road pricing scheme: affordability, fairness and enough transportation options available so people can avoid the charges.
Seckel added the charges would remain affordable enough that people could choose to incur them if that route was more convenient to them over a free one.
Congestion point charges not like tolls
When asked how congestion point charges would differ from the bridge tolls taken off last fall, Firth said Metro Vancouver’s spread-out city centres could mean charge points in spots all around the region, not just at crossings.
Seckel said the commission was planning to provide examples near the end of January, saying “the congestion is a little spread out [across Metro Vancouver].”
Firth said they would have to be careful not to use congestion charges to deter people from city centres, though he acknowledged “congestion [itself] is equally like a sign saying, ‘Don’t come here.’”
“It’s about putting a charge at the right point within that congested system in order to be having an impact.”
|Congestion points in Metro Vancouver:
1. Bridges and tunnels crossing the Fraser River
2. Bridges between Richmond, Vancouver International Airport and Vancouver
3. Major arterials in Vancouver and western parts of Burnaby
4. Urban centres – for example New Westminster, Metrotown, Surrey City Centre and Richmond City Centre
5. Various points across the North Shore
6. The northeast part of the region – for example Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and
7. Regional highways – for example Highway 1 and Highway 91
8. Metropolitan core of downtown Vancouver
(Independent Mobility Pricing Commission)
Mayors south of the Fraser River have long criticized the region’s now-defunct bridge tolls, saying they unfairly affected their constituents.
Drivers had avoided the tolled Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges, instead clogging up free alternatives such as the Pattullo Bridge. Transportation Ministry figures show traffic went up nearly 30 per cent on those two crossings once the tolls came off.
Seckel said the province’s old rule of needing to provide one non-tolled crossing per region as an alternative led to gridlock in the areas with the free option.
“If you drove through New Westminster during the times of the tolls,” he said, referring to the north end of non-tolled Pattullo Bridge, “there was a lot of congestion and people going through side streets to try and avoid it.”
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said it was too soon for her to judge if either charging method would be better than tolls.
“It’s really tough to say what the analysis of the two options would produce but I was pleased to see so many people engaged,” said Hepner on Tuesday morning.
“It’s not a surprise to me that they heard a lot of comments around the fairness of the system and that there is access to other options before there was decongestion charging put in place.”
Hepner noted that many of Surrey’s urban cores and main arterial routes were congested but said it was too early for her to say how congestion point charging might affect those.
Hepner did muse on the possibility of distance-based charging by time and place potentially taking truckers off the road during rush hour.
“If you’re travelling the the busiest time of the day as opposed to when you could be travelling to do deliveries at a less important time,” said Hepner.
“I expect that will all be part of the next analysis.
The end of the gas tax?
The commission hasn’t decided if other charges that drivers pay, such as the gas tax, should be phased out yet, but its members are considering it.
The final report is expected to be released in April. Online public consultation on the two options will run from mid-February to mid-March.
Firth said the commission expects, at least initially, some pushback against any new road pricing.
“In cities like London and Stockholm, opposition before it was implemented was maybe 60-70 per cent, and that tends to switch once the system itself is implemented.” | <urn:uuid:a1d618fc-666e-4b3d-b174-e3d702dc3e85> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.peacearchnews.com/news/congestion-points-or-distance-how-metro-vancouver-could-pay-for-its-roads/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.964318 | 1,271 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Routing and Switching Essentials
Rhedir gan School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS
Trefnydd: Dr David Edward Perkins
This module predominantly uses the “Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials” section of the Cisco CCNA course and focuses on switching technologies and router operations that support small-to-medium business networks and includes wireless local area networks (WLAN) and security concepts.
Students learn key switching and routing concepts. They will perform basic network configuration and troubleshooting, identify and mitigate LAN security threats, and configure and secure a basic WLAN. The theoretical content of this module is blended with a substantial number of practical exercises involving configuration of switches and routers. These exercises are carried out either in a networking lab using industry standard hardware or using the Cisco Packet Tracer network simulator which is provided to all students studying the Cisco based modules to facilitate practice at home.
Indicative content includes:
● Switching concepts. Collision domains, broadcast domains, frame forwarding, ● Virtual LANs (VLANs). VLAN trunking, Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), native VLANs, 802.1Q tagging, Voice VLANs, VLAN attacks, inter-VLAN routing ● LAN redundancy. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). First-hop Router Protocols (FHRPs). Etherchannel. ● Address allocation. DHCPv4. SLAAC & DHCPv6. ● LAN security concepts. Configuring switch security. ● Wireless LANs (WLANs). WLAN concepts. WLAN configuration. ● Routing. Packet forwarding, routing decisions, routing table, directly connected routes, static routes, default routes, summary routes, floating static routes, dynamic routing protocols (distance-vector v. link-state), RIPv2
Equivalent to the range 70%+. Assemble critically evaluated, relevent areas of knowledge and theory to constuct professional-level solutions to tasks and questions presented. Is able to cross-link themes and aspects to draw considered conclusions. Presents outputs in a cohesive, accurate, and efficient manner.
Equivalent to 40%. Uses key areas of theory or knowledge to meet the Learning Outcomes of the module. Is able to formulate an appropriate solution to accurately solve tasks and questions. Can identify individual aspects, but lacks an awareness of links between them and the wider contexts. Outputs can be understood, but lack structure and/or coherence.
Equivalent to the range 60%-69%. Is able to analyse a task or problem to decide which aspects of theory and knowledge to apply. Solutions are of a workable quality, demonstrating understanding of underlying principles. Major themes can be linked appropriately but may not be able to extend this to individual aspects. Outputs are readily understood, with an appropriate structure but may lack sophistication.
Explain key technologies to provide network redundancy
Explain how switches can be configured to mitigate LAN attacks
Configure and troubleshoot VLANs and Inter-VLAN routing applying security best practices.
Explain how Wireless LANs (WLANs) are configured
Explain how routers make routing decisions.
Explain how dynamic addressing is implemented in IPv4 and IPv6 networks
Configure and troubleshoot Etherchannel in a switched network
|MGA Online Tests Open and Final Closed Book||40.00|
|Individual Practical Test||30.00|
Strategaeth addysgu a dysgu
The classroom sessions take place in dedicated computer hardware networking rooms and include interactive lectures, group discussions, practical labs using network simulator or real hardware, individual and group work.
Study materials are provided through the Cisco Networking Academy VLE.
Tutor-directed private study, including prepartations and revision.
- Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
- Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
- Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
- Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
- Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
- Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
Sgiliau pwnc penodol
- Knowledge and understanding of facts, concepts, principles & theories
- Problem solving strategies
- Analyse if/how a system meets current and future requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of commercial and economic issues
- Knowledge of management techniques to achieve objectives
- Knowledge of information security issues
- Specify, design or construct computer-based systems
- Evaluate systems in terms of quality and trade-offs
- Recognise risk/safety for safe operation of computing equipment
- Deploy tools effectively
- Development of general transferable skills
- Deploy systems to meet business goals
- System Design
- Knowledge and/or understanding of appropriate scientific and engineering principles
- Knowledge and understanding of computational modelling
- Specify, deploy, verify and maintain computer-based systems
Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/icl-1012.html
Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching – Routing and Switching Essentials (available through Cisco Netspace system) Kurose, J and Ross, K., 2016, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach , Global Edition. 7th ed. Pearson Stallings, W., 2013, Data and Computer Communications. 10th ed, Pearson Sanders, C., 2017, Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems. 3rd ed. San Francisco: No Starch Press. Optional Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching – Routing and Switching Essentials Companion Guide
Cyrsiau sy’n cynnwys y modiwl hwn
Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:
- H115: BSc Applied Cyber Security (Degree Apprenticeship) year 1 (BSC/ACS)
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For a very long time now, Google Maps has been way more than a navigation utility for our automotive, though it maintains and enhances that perform. It has turn out to be one of the crucial used apps to search out locations to go to or eating places to eat at.
Actually, opinions inside retailer and venue profiles are more and more used, with images and movies serving to customers and enterprise house owners. the issue is that some attempt to make the most of that.
Google makes use of synthetic intelligence in remark administration
Because it does in e mail and different providers, Google has a management system for feedback and opinions in Google Maps that goes far past what we would assume.
already in february defined how the publication of a traditional evaluation in a spot went by way of a collection of filters through which each the habits of the place in query and the account that left the evaluation have been studied. That is the place synthetic intelligence got here in, learning patterns in each instances, to find out if there was any suspicious habits. Within the occasion that there was not, the evaluation was revealed.
Eliminating faux opinions
Now The corporate has informed us how in 2021 it has eradicated greater than 95 million makes an attempt to go away false opinions, both to hurt the premises or firm in query or for use by these firms to face out inside the utility.
Lots of these opinions have been associated to restrictions associated to COVID-19, not measures taken by enterprise house owners for enjoyable. Thus, Google has estimated that they weren’t a purpose to break the popularity of a neighborhood.
One thing comparable occurs with the images part within the opinions, the place thousands and thousands have been eliminated for being blurred, duplicates or violating the phrases of use of Google Maps.
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PAT Preparation: Your 6-Month PAT Preparation Timeline
Written by: Matt Amalfitano-Stroud
Welcome to Exams.Ninja’s 6-Month Preparation Timeline for the PAT.
The Physics Aptitude Test (PAT) is the admissions test that you will be taking if you’re applying to Oxford Physics or Oxford Physics and Philosophy. This test is one of the major milestones in your application and the results from it will have a lasting effect on whether the admissions team sees you as a credible candidate. Therefore, you need to make sure you’re well prepared, which is exactly what this guide is here to help you with! Alongside an Oxford Physics Graduate and PAT expert, let’s take a deep dive into how you can use the six months before the test date to boost your chances of success!
Understand the PAT Format
The first thing anyone should do when preparing for an exam is to inform themselves about how the exam actually works. Luckily, the PAT isn’t too complicated. This table explains the basics of how the paper is laid out:
Beyond this, you’re going to need to read through the PAT Syllabus and PAT Past Papers to get a good understanding of what kinds of questions the PAT will be asking. The syllabus hasn’t been altered in a few years, but you should always double-check to make sure no alterations have been made for the year you will be sitting the exam. For more perspective from former applicants, you can find many videos, blogs and websites (like The Student Room) made by people with first-hand experience of the situation you’re in.
Creating a Preparation Plan
This next step is super important. Going into your revision with no clear schedule or goals beyond ‘doing well’ is going to result in much less effective use of your time. But preparing for six full months of revision seems like a lot, doesn’t it?
When you hear ‘six-month revision plan’ you may instantly think that you’re going to have to plan out every last second in order to optimise your time, but that just isn’t possible or necessary. Your plan simply needs to give an idea of what days you want to spend working and how long you want to spend doing it. It’s extremely beneficial to plan smaller things out like breaks, but that’s just a matter of stating how many you want and how long for.
It’s also a good idea to plan out what you’ll be studying and when. This, of course, is going to be tricky to do at this point. You may not know where your strengths and weaknesses lie yet, but this is something you’ll discover as you work through the syllabus. Therefore, your plan at this stage could be more general (for example, saving study time for ‘undefined weak topics‘ and filling in the gaps later on when you have a better idea of what you need to work on).
Through all this, don’t forget about your other responsibilities. You have school work to complete, your UCAS application and personal statement to write and you need to continue living your life outside of all this! So basically, you’re going to be busy! None of these can afford to lag behind, so your schedule needs to account for the time needed to do these things.
Take a look at these two graphs below and think about what they’re depicting:
While extremely simplified, these graphs simply show two separate ways of doing work. These could apply to anything really and there isn’t one that is generally better than the other. Some tasks may need to be done in one go rather than spreading them out over a long period of time. But then many other tasks benefit from taking them in steps. Revision is one of these tasks.
Exam preparation is such a massive undertaking as there are so many things to remember and so many kinds of questions that you have to be comfortable with. It’s impossible for most people to be able to retain all of that knowledge and skill over the course of a single month of work, hence why the first style of working isn’t going to work here. By utilising the full amount of time you have available before the PAT, you’re taking on your preparation one small step at a time, which is so much more manageable and will help you greatly. in the long run!
The Early Stages of Revision
As we said, you’re not going to be able to plan your revision to the last detail yet, but there are still plenty of places where you can start. One of our key recommendations is to study maths and physics separately. Physics does use a lot of mathematics but the equations that you’ll be learning are completely different. Trying to cram two separate sets of equations and principles in your head at once just isn’t going to end well, so dedicate a month to each subject so everything is clearly defined and less confusing.
You’re also going to want to take stock of your resources at this time. Having everything that you’ll be using in front of you early on will help you make the most of what they offer. This can include textbooks, online past papers and any helpful websites you’ve found online. If you’re thinking about going the extra mile and using a preparation service (such as Exams.Ninja’s PAT Preparation Platform), it would be a good idea to make the investment early so you can get the most value for your money!
With the foundations laid, it’s time to truly begin your preparation journey!
As we said before, you’re going to want to separate your initial revision for the two question types of the PAT, mathematics and physics, between the next two months. It’s really down to preference as to which of the two you want to take on first. Once you’re ready to start though, the first steps you should take are pretty similar for each subject.
By now you should be very familiar with the PAT syllabus, so you may already have some idea of where your strengths and weaknesses lie. If this is the case, you can begin to fill in those gaps we mentioned earlier to allow yourself more time to revise the weaker topics. If you really don’t know, then you can just tackle your revision in the order of the syllabus to start off.
So with that, let’s begin the revision! As we said, you could start with either subject this month, but we’ll be starting with mathematics. Let’s look at a few things you can do to perfect your preparation techniques!
PAT Maths Revision
To start off with, let’s acknowledge something about your PAT revision. Your maths and physics revision are probably going to end up being pretty different. While physics is heavily based on content knowledge (facts, context, theories, etc), mathematics is almost purely about the methods you use to answer the questions. Not much can read about maths from a textbook besides how to use different rules and principles to solve problems. Therefore, the vast majority of your maths preparation is going to be spent answering practice questions.
The key here is to take it in steps. Firstly, if you don’t actually know how to use a method, then you’ll want to read about it and check out worked examples to help you get to grips with it. One very helpful thing you can do is to take notes based on what you’ve read, even if it’s just repeating what is written in the book. This is doubly true if you’re still attending classes at this point, the notes you take while listening to your teacher may become some of your best resources!
From there, you can try to answer simpler examples, perhaps those featured within your textbook. At this point, don’t feel the need to time yourself or restrict yourself to PAT specific questions. Just try your best to answer the questions, whether you need help from your resources or not. As you begin to increase your understanding, you’ll find yourself relying less and less on your books or notes until you can confidently find the solution without any help!
From our PAT Expert:
At this stage in my revision, I made one huge mistake that set me back later on; using a calculator. I’m sure it goes without saying that calculators are not allowed in the PAT. I figured that since I was just revising casually at this point, the calculator would just be a handy tool to have when I got stuck. I, unfortunately, got stuck quite a lot, and while the calculator would help me solve the question, I wasn’t learning to solve these issues on my own like you will have to do in the actual exam.
Eventually I realised that this wasn’t helping me prepare, so I went cold turkey and removed the calculator from my work space to avoid temptation. The TLDR here is; Don’t Use a Calculator!!
One advantage you’ll have when revising maths compared to other subjects is that the content is pretty much universal across all exams and specifications. Therefore, you aren’t limited to specific PAT resources, you can use any kind of mathematics guide that you can find! If you find that your PAT resources are running a bit thin, don’t be afraid to explore and see what else is available.
Want to learn more about calculus in the PAT? Then our PAT Calculus Guide is perfect for you!
PAT Physics Revision
With a new month upon you, it’s time to shift your focus to PAT Physics. It’s true that physics is probably the most ‘mathematical’ of the three core sciences, but there’s still a lot more surrounding it that you’re going to need to learn. This month is going to be focused a lot more on reading textbooks and making notes.
Unfortunately, some people just find it difficult to revise in this manner. There are a few things you can do to make it easier such as splitting the work into manageable chunks or taking on questions in between sections. Overall though, it’s all about your concentration and ability to retain information.
For some, the format in which textbooks present information may not be the most effective for their revision for a number of reasons. In cases like this, online resources may be a better way to go. Whether it be articles, videos or dedicated platforms, these less traditional resources seek to make revision easier for those that may not get along with textbooks as much. For example, the PAT Preparation Platform splits the PAT syllabus into over 100 easy to digest chunks, as well as providing convenient access to practice questions to take on when you understand the topic better.
From our PAT Expert:
One thing you need to check is whether your school’s syllabus is covering everything that you need in time for the PAT. As an international student, my school was set to cover a few key physics topics in December and January, which is obviously past the PAT testing date. Therefore, I had to teach myself the subject instead. It wasn’t too much different from revising, but I had to dedicate more time in my revision schedule to make sure I fully understood it. My summer holiday was very busy due to this, but I made sure not to burn out!
Extra PAT Revision Tips
Here are a few extra tips that will help the early stage of your revision be as pain free as possible!
Make sure you monitor how you’re doing. If something’s not working right, then it’s best to catch it in the early stages of your prep while there’s still time to fix it. Even more so, make sure you acknowledge when things are going well and reward yourself when milestones are hit!
You may find yourself hitting roadblocks as your progress. This is frustrating for sure, but seeking help from a teacher, mentor or friend could be just what you need to get back on track!
Don’t fixate on a topic for too long if you’re not getting it straight away. You know that feeling when you repeat a work constantly in your head until it no longer makes any sense? The same can apply here, so don’t be afraid to move on to something else. Sometimes you just aren’t in the right headspace to tackle something tricky.
It’s time to take your PAT revision to the next level!
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PAT Practice Questions
By now, it’s pretty easy to begin getting bored of revision. The good news is that it’s time to start practising our PAT exam techniques!
Before jumping into full PAT past papers and trying to simulate what it will be like to sit the exam, you should start off with individual practice questions. These will help you get to grips with the PAT question format and the types of things you will be asked.
The PAT is entirely multiple-choice, which is one thing that you may not have encountered much so far in your revision. Many textbooks prefer to ask more traditional questions rather than giving options, although this isn’t always the case. Either way, you should stick to multiple choice practice questions from now on, as using the potential answers for problem-solving is essential in some cases.
At this stage, we would also recommend choosing your questions a bit more loosely. The PAT has no set sections, so the questions in the paper are spread somewhat randomly (although the difficulty is taken into account). Therefore, we believe it’s a good idea to embrace the chaos and choose practice questions in a less meticulous fashion! As you do this, you’ll discover topics that you still aren’t as confident with. You should note these down so you can dedicate more time to them in your schedule.
At this stage, you may be thinking about using past papers as a source of practice questions. However, we would say that you should always hold onto the past papers until you’re ready to take serious mock exams. There’s a limited number of these available, so you don’t want to find all the answers to the questions before you have a chance to try them out in exam conditions. Sitting a mock exam with questions you’ve already answered is not going to benefit you very much at all!
If you’re struggling to find other sources of questions, it may be worth looking into online question banks. Our PAT Preparation Platform includes a question bank with over 900 questions to take on. Each one even comes with a worked solution, which is another resource we would recommend when taking on practice questions!
Once you’re more confident in your techniques, it will be time to start timing yourself. This is important because, of course, time is limited in the PAT. Spending too long on one question could cost you points on the questions that follow, so you need to be able to use your time wisely.
The number of PAT questions vary from year to year, but you can typically expect around 24-26. The time limit is always two hours, which means you’ll have about five minutes on average per question. That sounds like plenty of time, especially considering they’re multiple-choice, but the questions themselves are tough and will require a lot of working out in order to determine the correct answer. Also, keep in mind that you’re going to want to keep some time available at the end to check all your answers.
Answering questions in isolation under this time limit may be easy enough but the real challenge comes with sitting an actual mock paper. So let’s look into that.
Taking PAT Past Papers
The PAT thankfully has a lot of official past papers published online, dating all the back to 2006. So you’re going to have a busy couple of months ahead of you! As we’ve already discussed, it’s best to go into these papers fresh, with no prior knowledge of what the questions are. This will give you the most authentic exam experience, alongside the two-hour time limit and removal of aiding resources.
Here are a few key points to consider when taking past papers:
Don’t be disheartened if you’re first few attempts don’t go well, that’s why you’re practising! Try to see where you went wrong and what you can do to improve things. The more you work on it, the more you’ll get used to the limitations that the PAT enforces.
PAT Registration Opens
From September 1st, registration for PAT will begin. This process is not automatic, so there are some steps you’ll need to take.
The PAT is administered by Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing(CAAT), despite being exclusively used for Oxford Physics courses (confusing, we know). To register for the test, however, you will need to speak with your school/college exams officer to get the ball rolling. You can find out more about the process on Oxford’s website.
The key thing to note is that registration closes on October 15th (the same day as the UCAS deadline) while the test is sat at your local test centre in early November.
Here is how you register for the exam via your school:
- First, you will have to find your nearest test centre. This could be your school/college, but you can check for your nearest location here. You can apply for your place of education to become a test centre via the CAAT website.
- Secondly, you will need to talk with your school’s exam officer and provide some personal details. These include your name, date of birth and UCAS number, as well as confirming which course you’re applying for.
- After you’ve been registered, you’ll receive a unique candidate entry number. This will be essential for confirming your place in the PAT so ensure you’ve received one before October 15th.
PAT Registration Closes
Registration for the PAT ends on October 15th officially. However, some test centres may close applications sooner, so you need to start the process as soon as applications open ideally.
And remember, your UCAS application and personal statement are due on the same day. Ideally, these should have been submitted before this deadline, but after this date, your application won’t be considered. If you miss this deadline, or if the application is rushed and of poor quality, then all of this preparation would have been for nothing, so you need to remember to dedicate the time to make it great!
Final Weeks of Revision
With just a few weeks left, you’re probably getting tired and tempted to phone it in. However, these last weeks are crucial to your development. This time is likely going to be spent strengthening your weakest subjects, which is extremely important if you want to avoid needlessly losing points. Here are a few final tips to get you through October:
Don’t limit yourself to PAT papers. Should you need more resources, there are plenty of other physics-based tests around that offer very similar questions. Two to try would be the Physics Olympiad and ENGAA.
If you’ve been highlighting areas that you’ve had difficulty with throughout your practice, then this is the perfect time to take things back to the beginning and revise these topics as you had done at the start. Perhaps try some different techniques that will help you understand things better.
This is a stressful time for many, so the last thing you want to do is burn out. Approach things calmly and avoid getting too worked up over any failure you may encounter. If you feel your stress levels rising, take a step back and return to it later. This is especially true for the other aspects of your life outside of revision. Keep things as stress-free as possible and avoid taking. too much on before the big day!
PAT Testing Day
By November, you should be more than ready to take on the test provided you used your prep time effectively! But revision is one thing, taking on the actual thing is another! To make the process as easy as possible, follow the following tips before you sit the exam:
This isn’t going to make the actual paper easier, but it will get you in the right mindset for PAT success!
A final word from our PAT expert:
I can’t pretend that I wasn’t nervous when I got to the testing centre, but I also went in confident knowing that I did everything I could to ensure my success. In the end, I am so grateful that I went about my preparation the way I did! It was hard at times, but I felt like I knew the PAT inside and out! I hope that the advice given here will help you to achieve the same success that I did, and I wish you all the best of luck!
Starting revision always seems to be the hardest step, especially when you know the process is going to take as long as this does. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to look towards the destination rather than the journey here. It’s going to take a lot of hard work to guarantee yourself PAT success, but the alternative is not putting the work in and giving yourself a much slimmer chance of achieving that success.
Our hope here is that we have given you the tools and ideas that you’ll need to create your own success plan. Everyone learns differently, so the schedule we’ve presented doesn’t need to be followed to the last detail. As long as you’re learning in a way that feels meaningful to you, your chances of success will be growing with each step you take!
There’s no need to stop here though, we have even more resources to help you with the next steps of your plan, starting with our Definitive PAT Guide!
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Beware of those rewriting history:
Armenian Martyrs’ Day
Denialists of all stripes, from US and EU officials who find turkey’s past “annoying”, to the turks themselves who believe such raids were justified to “pick up deserters” (yeah, little old men, deserters. right.) have managed to decrease the general public’s awareness of these atrocities. But they happened. There was no Photoshop in 1915. All of the horrible pictures you see here are real.
Turkey has funded the $750,000 Chair for Ataturk Studies at Princeton University. Two years ago at PU there was a debate on the subject
In FrontPage Mag: Armenia’s Tears
Q. Most readers are not familiar with the historical background, so could you briefly review the Abdul Hamit era, and the triumvirate of the Young Turks or the Ittihad, in other words, the origin of the genocide.
A. The Armenian genocide was the culmination of a decades long process of persecution of the Armenians in the Ottoman empire. That persecution was punctuated in the last two decades of the 19th century during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamit, the so-called Red Sultan.
Q. Red for blood?
A. Yes. In the period of 1894-1896, some quarter of a million Armenians fell victim, directly and indirectly, victim to a series of atrocious massacres, and what is significant about these pogroms was that there was no retribution against the perpetrators. In other words, impunity became the hallmark of the history of the Armenian persecution and it is the dominant feature of the tragedy of the Armenian people. We have yet to appreciate the incredible ramifications of the problem of impunity in international conflicts. In the most recent three volume Encyclopedia of Genocide, I have a separate article analyzing this problem in order to emphasize [its] immense destructive potential.
And what does that have to do with today’s events?
I believe that the greatest danger to Armenia comes from Islamic Turkey. I think the Turkish government that is also essentially Islamic, even though the Turkish government is going through the motions of embracing European values, I call this expedient adaptiveness. That is, to accede to the European Union, and then to use sheer demography, to become a dominant force in the future in Europe. By sheer demography, I mean by rapid population growth, Europe may be inundated by Moslem Turks, who then are bound to change the nature and design of European civilization. It should be noted that the present Turkish government is a reflection of an overwhelming ascendancy of Islam in Turkey, in particular in terms of the Islamic Turkish masses, The proliferation of mosques in Turkey today is a signpost of the ascendancy of Islam; the same proliferation is observable in those European countries with sizable and growing Muslim populations.
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NEW YORK — Political tensions over the upcoming presidential election escalated on New York City’s streets Sunday, as supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with counterprotesters during a day of demonstrations.Eleven people were arrested, police said, during skirmishes between opposing sides
— Read on news.yahoo.com/fights-erupt-during-jews-trump-185458676.html
The coronavirus vaccine could be forced on Americans, says Stanford Law School professor Hank Greely.
— Read on amp.tmz.com/2020/08/13/coronavirus-vaccine-forced-stanford-law-professor-hank-greely/
Center for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield testified in a Buck Institute webinar that suicides and drug overdoses have surpassed the death rate for COVID-19. Redfield argued that lockdowns and
— Read on townhall.com/tipsheet/micaelaburrow/2020/07/28/redfield-says-more-abovebase-suicides-than-covid-deaths-n2573278
New CDC guidelines push hard for opening schools in the wake of coronavirus .
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If you are visiting this page, you are probably facing all the difficulties of writing a summary for your research paper. While everything is quite clear with a research itself, many students ask themselves ‘What is a research summary?’ In this article, we will gladly give an answer!
It is a type of an assignment, which aims to give the reader a brief information about the topic you discuss in your research. The main aim of such a paper is to introduce the potential audience to the topic and make it want to go on reading. That is why most of the students, who lack writing skills, usually find it difficult to complete a summary.
To write an outstanding research summary you need to be able to analyze your paper and distinguish its key parts. Unfortunately, such a task may be more difficult than writing a long essay, as it requires concentration and an ability to be laconic.
If you want to know how to write a research summary, you should start with learning its structure and key elements. They include:
If you want your summary to be flawless, here are the tips, which you will definitely find useful:
Summary of research is a very complicated task, so you will definitely find it useful to learn about the main errors. They include:
Your summary is the face of the whole research paper, so you need to pay attention to its quality in order to attract the reader.
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Planetary Forest Transition
by Claude Garcia, 2 September 2019
Deforestation is as old as civilization. Do you want proof? Look at the Epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest piece of litterature known to us. In these ancient tablets, we learn how the King of Uruk in Mesopotamia and his new friend Enkidu, the savage man, embark on a journey to the Cedar forests to kill the demon Humbaba, the first incarnation of the forest guard, and cut down to cedar trees to make a door for the temple back in their city. The most ancient epic narrative of humanity is a tale of glorified illegal logging.
Today, anybody can picture the evolution of forest cover over the last 20 years. Just go to the FAO website, the World Bank or to the Global Forest Watch, and you will see the trend, or the landscape changes on the map. It virtually takes less than 45 seconds. We've never had it so easy to know what is going on, and this was a prerequisite to being able to change things. But hang on.
About 10,000 years ago, when the last great ice age ended, we estimate forests covered nearly 6 billion hectares, nearly 45 percent of the earth’s land mass. Today we are now at 4 billion (if you follow the FAO and the World Bank's definition of forest). In 10,000 years we have lost one third of the planet's forests. Deforestation is ancient, global, and intimately linked to our civilisation.
Is it thus a necessity? Is it unavoidable?
It seems not. When we look at historical processes, we find countries that have operated the transition. France and Switzerland in the 19th century. China and Vietnam in the 21st. The transition is therefore a possibility at a given scale. What were the reasons for these transitions? There are many, and well described, from the development of coal and the industrial revolution, to the migration out of rural area into the cities, etc. This has even given birth to the Forest Transition Theory. But what I want to draw your attention to here, is not so much the reasons why the curve was bent. I want you to look at the pattern of how it happened.
In France, massive rains created floods and landslides in 1840 and again in 1854, making headlines and creating awareness. Political leaders followed making policy decisions that were often opposed by local communities. Market forces and transformation of society followed and the trend continues today.
In Switerzland, massive rains created floods and landslides in 1868, making headlines and creating awareness. Political leaders followed making strong policy decisions. Reforestation was conducted through active plantations and through natural regeneration. Market forces and transformations of society followed and the trend continues today.
In China, black winds hitting Beijing in 1993, droughts and floods in the following years, making headlines and creating awareness. Political leaders followed making strong political decisions; the Grain for Green program was launched in 1999. Market forces and transformation of society follows, and the trend is well underway.
Do you see the pattern?
In [jurisdiction] at [date], [climatic event] creates [disaster and loss of life and property], making headlines and creating public awareness on the role of forests. [leader] follows making [strong policy decisions], eventually opposed by [local community]. Still, reforestation is conducted through active plantations and natural regeneration. Market forces and transformation of society follows, and the trend continues.
If this pattern is true, it follows it can happen at any given scale. It also sheds new light into the climatic events we are going through, the headlines, the protests. It means market forces and transformation of society respond to strong policy decisions. The bending of the curve will not happen unless we make it happen. Political leaders, hear that.
I have one more point. During the recent economical downturn in Europe, we read reports that greeks were turning back to harvesting forests for charchoal. I have not seen this having an impact on the national statistics of forest cover, but I wonder if it is true. I propose that if policies can halt and reverse deforestation, market forces and laissez-faire policies can make them plunge. The recent developments in Brazil would tend to prove it.
Alexander Mather wrote about this paradigm shift in 2000: "There is a public interest in forests, and [...] they are not, or should not be, simply private property. This public interest is not necessarily reflected in ownership, but is expressed in a combination of regulation and incentive." (p28).
Let me finish with this: On Earth, in 2019, severe heat waves created loss of lives and crops, fires ravaged countrysides, destroying widlife and properties, droughts killed cattle and displaced populations, making headlines and creating public awareness on the role of forests. This part of the sentence is already true.
[leader] followed making [strong policy decisions] and resisted [vested interests], implementing incentives and policies to restore and reforest landscapes. Markets and societies transformed and adapted, and the trend continues.
It's time! Let's call for a global governance of forests that respects livelihoods, biodiversity and the common goods. Let's call for a planetary forest transition.
Williams, M. 2002. Deforesting the earth: from prehistory to global crisis. Chicago, USA, University of Chicago Press.
Küchli, C. 1992. La forêt suisse.
Brönnimann, S., et al. 2018. 1868—das Hochwasser, das die Schweiz veränderte. Ursachen, Folgen und Lehren für die Zukunft.
Vischer, D.L. 2003. Histoire de la protection contre les crues en Suisse. Des origines jusqu’au 19e siècle, Rapports de l’OFEG, Série Eaux, Berne.
Schuler, A. 2002. La fondation de la société forestière suisse en l'an 1843 et son rôle dans la politique et la législation forestière helvétique. In: Annales des ponts et chaussées, vol. 2002, no. 103, pp. 51–57. Elsevier Masson, France.
Xu, Z. et al. 2006. Grain for green versus grain: conflict between food security and conservation set-aside in China. World Development 34, 1: 130–148.
Tsunekawa, A. et al. (eds.) 2014. Restoration and development of the degraded Loess Plateau, China. Springer.
This blog was originally published on Claude's LinkedIn.
Epilogue (which actually is more a sort of prologue)
I wrote this text earlier this summer, before Greta Thunberg was invited to the French Assemblée Nationale. Since then, hatred has piled on the young climate activist, fazendeiros in Brazil have launched the dia do foco, deforestation became a topic of the G7, there are talks of making ecocide a criminal offence and we seem to rediscover the links between our consumption patterns and environmental destruction. Now more than ever, it is time for policy makers to stand up. | <urn:uuid:442d4ef2-0270-498c-879a-a352439a03f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.silvatropica.com/443406042 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.907414 | 1,536 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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Until recently, India’s best and brightest young minds were irresistibly drawn to North America and Western Europe to pursue better opportunities after completing their education in India. The West offered them almost everything they aspired for: world-class training and professional institutions, high-quality infrastructure, improved quality of life, and most importantly, a level playing field. The proverbial American dream probably found some of its most ardent believers inside the classrooms of India’s premier educational institutions, as students toiled their way through piles of books and papers to make sure they had the right credentials to make their move. This trend, popularly referred to as the “brain drain,” took off in the 1970s and reached its peak in the 1990s with the rise in the global IT industry.
Since the start of the new millennium, when the dot-com bubble burst and then the global financial crisis wreaked havoc in developed economies, a new trend emerged. Many NRIs and PIOs began moving back to India to take up leadership roles across various business and non-profit sectors. The rapid growth in the Indian economy and the increasingly pro-development attitude of succeeding governments significantly assisted this move.
Drs. Bimal Chakrabarti and Shreyasi Chatterjee – scientists with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) working at the HIV Vaccine Translational Research (HVTR) Laboratory in Faridabad – are great examples of the rising “reverse brain drain” phenomenon.
Like many Indian emigrants, they find themselves between two opposing poles. While the desire for greater professional success and quality of life motivates them to pursue their dreams in their adopted countries, family ties and a sense of responsibility towards the motherland continue to pull them back.
Bimal, Director and Head of the HVTR Laboratory, grew up in a family with a longstanding tradition of producing highly educated and academically accomplished people. He read biochemistry at the University of Calcutta, and was awarded a doctorate in molecular virology from the same institution. Soon after, he left for the U.S. to pursue post-doctoral research at the Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland where he worked on developing an HIV vaccine. By 2004, Bimal found himself at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where one of his products was selected for clinical trials. Over his years there he gained international recognition as a pioneer contributor to the science behind an HIV vaccine.
On the other hand, Shreyasi, Manager of the HVTR Lab, completed her PhD in Microbiology in 2001 at the Bose Institute in Kolkata, and went to Purdue University as a visiting scholar to conduct research on tuberculosis. Impressed with the quality and rigor of the U.S. academic environment, she enrolled in a post-doctoral research program at UCLA where her focus shifted to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. In 2008, she moved back to India due to a personal emergency—the death of her father— and found work with a biotechnology partnership between India and Finland. Two years later, Shreyasi returned to the U.S. when she secured a grant to work as a research scientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
When IAVI approached Shreyasi to join the HVTR Lab, the opportunity attracted her because it was a global project for building biomedical tools to prevent HIV that could also be expanded to include other diseases. Though based in India, her work would not be restricted just to in-country activities. For Bimal, the appeal was more about the opportunity to establish a global center of excellence and contribute to putting India on the map in biomedical research and innovation. The HIV focus of the lab also appealed to both of them. They recognized that India had the third-largest HIV-positive population in the world and that their efforts in developing a vaccine were critical in the fight against AIDS – a disease that has killed millions of people in India and globally.
Hopping between two cultures has not always been easy. According to Bimal, though he was born and brought up in India, “I find myself continuously adjusting to the cultures and the styles of communication in the two countries, which perhaps has made me a more flexible, tolerant, patient and receptive person.” For Shreyasi, the back and forth has required flexibility and a positive attitude, especially as a career-focused single woman in India today. She reflects on the experience by acknowledging that, “My international career development has enriched my intercultural skills and made me more malleable to changing environments. That said, after life abroad, I strongly believe that humans are ultimately the same everywhere, in spite of their unique cultures and different ways of doing things.” For her, this diversity is something to be celebrated.
Shreyasi also feels that India has a long way to go in reforming social systems and getting rid of hierarchical structures and entitlement. She sees a strong need to better integrate economic and social development. Bimal, though optimistic about India’s future, also recognizes that the vast majority of the country’s population is yet to become a part of its extraordinary growth story. While the possibilities look bright when viewed from those at the top, he too is concerned that India’s success could be short-lived if it does not take active measures to include rural and marginalized communities in its development.
Shreyasi and Bimal have experienced both the ups and downs of life in India and the U.S. Their experience in either country has only deepened their appreciation for what the other has to offer. While Bimal views himself as a global citizen living in India, his kids are decidedly American and he therefore has an important stake in both countries. Shreyasi too feels both American and Indian. Her stint in India only enhances her prospects of returning to the U.S. with more valuable international experience.
Despite having moved back to India for now, both countries are key to Shreyasi and Bimal’s plans and have qualities to cherish. It is hard for both of them to imagine a future that does not involve both India and the U.S. But one thing is clear: their passion to help develop a vaccine to end AIDS knows no boundaries. | <urn:uuid:b1957402-35dc-4ab9-969e-ec7cd0326c98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://indiacurrents.com/india-calling-what-pulled-two-indian-american-scientists-back-to-the-motherland/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.971606 | 1,300 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Smart TV gesture recognition is a system that is used to create an excellent user experience in terms of connectivity and interactive communication between man and machine. Systems built from a standard Smart TV to include gesture and voice control have a bright future. To create a cool feature on the smart-TV that recognizes five different gestures performed by the user and allows users to control the TV without using a remote. The webcam mounted on the TV continuously monitors the gestures. Gesture recognition technology is the ability to communicate with machines by using human bodily motions that typically originate from the face or hand. The gesture recognition technology in the Smart TV allows the user to collaborate with a device to complete specific tasks without having to touch it. The report focuses on the Smart TV gesture recognition market in great detail.
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- Ease of Adoption Because of Low Technical Complexity for End Users
- Increasing Application of Gesture Control Features in Smart TV
- Increasing Digitization across Various Industries
- Increasing Usage of Touchless Sanitary Solutions
- Growing Concern Regarding Integration with Interfaces in Different Devices
- Computationally Expensive
The Gesture Recognition for Smart TV market framework should serve as a basic structure to support the strategic decision-making process for Vendors. For instance, the question of whether a Vendors wants to expand in other areas of the market value chain would fundamentally determine its strategy.
1. What is the current setup of the Gesture Recognition for Smart TV Industry, and what is its growth trajectory through 2027?
2. Trends that might impact the resulting strategic moves of the Vendors
3. How can Vendors take advantage of the changing market dynamics and capture new opportunities lying in the Gesture Recognition for Smart TV market?
The market is seeing moderate market players, by seeing huge growth in this market the key leading vendors are highly focusing on the production technologies, efficiency enhancement, and product life. There is a various growth opportunity in this market which is captured by leading players via tracking the ongoing process enhancement and huge invest in market growth strategies. The key Vendors profiled in the report are Eyesight Tech (Israel), Leap Motion (United States), LG Electronics (South Korea), Panasonic (Japan), Pointgrab (Israel), Samsung Electronics (South Korea), Softkinetic (Belgium), Sony (Japan), Tesna (South korea) and Texas Instruments (United States). Additionally, other players that are part of this comprehensive study are Thalmic Labs Inc. (Canada), Linux Foundation (United States) and Others.
Gesture Recognition for Smart TV Market Scope
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Common Sources of Confusion in the ADA and ABA Standards
Certain provisions in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards are prone to misinterpretation and generate many of the technical assistance inquiries the Access Board receives. This webinar will review and clarify common sources of confusion in the standards, including application of the standards in new construction and alterations, work and dining surfaces, toilet rooms, signs, accessible routes and ground surfaces, and other areas and elements. Session participants are encouraged to share their own areas of confusion and submit questions in advance of the session. This webinar will include video remote interpreting (VRI) and real-time captioning. | <urn:uuid:3e5c294b-c0bd-483a-b7f1-97db419be38e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://adata.org/event/common-sources-confusion-ada-and-aba-standards | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.888763 | 141 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Mechanical ventilation strategies in status asthmaticus
Less than 5 percent of patients hospitalized for acute asthma exacerbation will require mechanical ventilatory support. However, ventilator management in status asthmaticus is unique and the impact of increased airway resistance on ventilation strategies must be understood to avoid life-threatening complications like severe acidosis, barotrauma and hypotension.
Dynamic hyperinflation during mechanical ventilation, also known as auto-PEEP or intrinsic PEEP, is caused by collapse of unstable airways early in expiration or insufficient expiratory time, preventing exhalation of the entire tidal volume. Ventilator waveforms can provide the first clue of worsening airway resistance, dynamic hyperinflation and patient-ventilator asynchrony, enabling clinicians to both diagnose and manage this ventilator emergency. Dynamic hyperinflation is commonly seen in patients with obstructive lung disease and is most readily observed when the expiratory flow waveform fails to return to the zero baseline (i.e. no flow) prior to delivery of the next breath.
Auto-PEEP has many dangerous consequences resulting from an increased resting lung volume and plateau pressure.
Consequences of Auto-PEEP:
- Increased intra-thoracic pressure which ultimately leads to decreased venous return, hypotension, and possible cardiovascular collapse
- Increased inspiratory workload from suboptimal lung function at a higher resting lung volume
- VQ mismatch from regional hyperinflation
- Increased risk of barotrauma, e.g. pneumothorax
- Ventilator asynchrony
- Increased respiratory effort required to trigger ventilator (i.e. trigger asynchrony)
The ventilator is alarming for “high peak inspiratory pressure” in your asthmatic patient and you determine that the patient is experiencing dynamic hyperinflation. Now what?
Mechanical ventilation strategies to prevent and reverse auto-PEEP:
- Decrease the respiratory rate (e.g. 10-12 breaths per minute) to increase the total time for each respiratory cycle, thereby lengthening expiratory time
- Decrease the tidal volume to allow more time for exhalation
- Permissive hypercapnia: reducing minute ventilation with the above strategies will likely cause respiratory acidosis, but this is acceptable. Avoid the urge to correct acidemia or normalize the pH.
- Increase the I:E ratio to lengthen the expiratory time for each respiratory cycle (e.g. 1:2 to 1:3)
- If auto-PEEP is present on an end-expiratory hold maneuver or the patient develops hemodynamic instability, disconnect the patient from the ventilator and apply pressure to the chest wall to augment expiratory flow. If no ventilator changes are made, dynamic hyperinflation is likely to recur.
- Treat the underlying obstructive process: bronchodilators, steroids, magnesium sulfate, frequent suctioning
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You’re familiar with the saying: you learn from your mistakes. I like to take that a step further by saying if you don’t learn from your mistakes then you’re destined to fail. One of the top characteristics of great leaders is their ability to accept responsibility for their actions. I guess that’s why there are so few of these great leaders in politics today – they always seem to be passing the buck and blaming the other guy. A great meeting or event planner is someone who’s able to stand up and take responsibilities for his or her actions. Not blaming it on another team member (“It wasn’t me”).
Think about your career path. And, in particular, remember those moments where you made a terrible decision, or mistake, that you thought would be the end of your career. Only later to realize that it was, in fact, a moment that strengthened your career path.
An Event Planner Needs to Learn from Their Mistakes
Here’s a client situation that happened early on in my event planning career. Coming from an operational and budgeting background in hotels, it wasn’t second nature for me to sell (pitch a particular piece of business). It’s not that I was uncomfortable meeting and talking with people. Rather, I’ve always had a hard time closing the sale as it were. If I had to choose, I’d definitely say that I’m a soft seller. And not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The potential piece of business was a major airline. I’d spoken with my contact on the phone to get an outline of her expectations so that I could prepare a proposal. So I did my research, proposed several options, priced it out and prepared for my presentation. Then came the site visit. I spent the day with my contact and her supervisor showing them the venues that I had listed. Of course, like most potential clients, they were getting quotes from a couple of my competitors. Standard procedure.
They wanted to make a decision before they returned home to Asia. So a day or two later I received a call saying that they wanted to take me to lunch. Well, I remember thinking to myself, “I must have got the business because a client does not take a potential supplier to lunch to say no”.
Well, these guys did.
I remember leaving the lunch with mixed emotions. On one hand, I felt very bad that I didn’t get this rather large piece of business as they would have been one of my first clients. And I really liked them. On the other hand, I actually had a hard time feeling bad because of the way they broke the news to me. I have to say it was the best rejection meeting that I have ever attended. Their reasons? They could sense my lack of experience and, while they genuinely wanted to work with me, at the end of the day they had their company’s program to think about.
How could I argue with that? Especially with the way they “broke” the news to me.
Of course now that I have years of experience under my belt I can come up with 10 ways I would’ve handled that process. But being new to the event planning industry, I obviously was showing my lack of expertise. However, it was my personality, or the way that I interacted with them, which made the decision very difficult for them.
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I did, however, take away a very important lesson from that interaction. There were specifics in my proposal that raised red flags. They were nice enough to explain them to me so that I could learn from that experience and not repeat it in the future. Which I can assure you I did not. I did indeed learn from that experience. So much so that I’m writing about it today. So to all of you new and upcoming professional planners, know that you’re going to make mistakes. But it’s how you learn from those mistakes that will make you stand out in a very crowded meeting and event planner world. | <urn:uuid:55217149-cb00-4a54-907d-ae4d201e30a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mastertheevent.com/how-a-client-made-me-a-better-planner/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.983625 | 892 | 1.625 | 2 |
“Yet God has made everything beautiful in its own time.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11a (NLT)
The wondrous transformation of a grubby caterpillar into a graceful butterfly is one of the most fascinating processes in nature. The last important phase of the complete metamorphosis includes the newly formed butterfly’s struggle to emerge from its gauzy cocoon. As the new creature works to free itself from the cocoon encasing, fluid is pumped into its delicate wings. If someone from the outside tries to “help” the butterfly by ripping open the cocoon, the butterfly’s wings will never be fully developed, nor strong enough, for flight. So the struggle to emerge from its protective covering is perhaps the most critical step in the butterfly’s preparation for its new life of flight. Without the struggle, the butterfly will never be capable of flight.
Compare this process to your own life. Are you struggling through some sort of difficulty right now? At the moment it is impossible to envision any sort of “beauty” that could emerge from the ugliness of your circumstances. Perhaps you long for an easy way out of your problems. You wish that someone would come along and make everything “right” again.
But remind yourself that as you work though your challenges, you are becoming stronger. Your “faith muscles” are being groomed and strengthened. God will use this hardship to transform your development as a believer, and you will emerge from your trials with stronger faith than you ever would have experienced without the struggle.
Remember that you are not alone during this rough time. God promises to be with you through every difficult circumstance. Turn to Him and seek His guidance to help you solve your problems. Ask Him to give you the strength to endure the trial. Trust Him completely and know that you will come out on the other side of the challenge as a well-developed child of God, ready to face a new phase in life.
Most of all, remember that God makes everything beautiful in its own time. Wait patiently to see the beauty that will emerge from your struggles.“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. “ James 1:2-4 MSG | <urn:uuid:08a9d026-0986-4f22-babc-6ebc0ca7710e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://everydayencouragement.org/tag/ecclesiastes-311/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.960278 | 526 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Ukrainian grain shippers have carved out a fresh export route—via the Baltic Sea—to send their crops abroad.
The country has been hunting for alternative paths for its crops as the war with Russia cuts off vital shipments from ports dotting the Black Sea, stoking global food prices and raising worries over hunger. Producers have resorted to sales by land instead, ferrying grain by railway, road and river to European Union neighbors.
An initial Ukrainian corn cargo sent via Romania to Spain—a major buyer—was recorded in April, and Spain now has received its first cargo from Poland, according to Ramon Castro, a spokesman for Puerto A Coruña. The vessel Alppila arrived there Monday carrying 18,000 tons of corn that were hauled by trucks from Ukraine, he said.
The new shipping route may help ease Ukraine’s massive grain backlog and buoy feed supplies for EU livestock farmers, who face surging costs. Still, Ukraine’s sales remain well short of their normal pace, and the country is expected to run out of room to store coming harvests unless temporary facilities are built. | <urn:uuid:b2aacdf9-f39a-430a-ae17-69dc09c6733d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ajot.com/news/ukraine-grain-exporters-carve-out-new-route-via-baltic-sea | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962834 | 228 | 2.0625 | 2 |
3 Bipolar Depression Coping Skills You Need to Have
Bipolar depression coping skills are the keys to your happiness, wellbeing, and quality life even while you’re in the throes of a depressive episode in bipolar disorder. You can create the life you want to live, and you can be the person you want to be. Thanks in large part to bipolar depression coping skills, you don’t have to wait for “someday” but can begin today.
As powerful as they are, coping skills alone, however, can’t help depression symptoms. These skills are part of a bigger plan to treat and manage bipolar depression. Medication and therapy are almost always the top two recommended treatments for bipolar depression. Coping skills are an adjunct to medication and therapy, and they let you do little things every day to build your quality of life.
Bipolar Depression Coping Skills Come First, Before Depression Eases
A crucial note before we dive into the three bipolar depression coping skills you need to have: You don’t have to like them or feel anything positive right away. As you are likely well aware, bipolar depression zaps your energy, motivation, drive, and sense of pleasure and joy. People, places, and activities you once cherished can feel heavy, dull, and difficult.
Coping skills help you deal with the general “lack” that bipolar depression causes. Depression can feel so miserable that people believe they can’t start using coping skills until they start to feel better; however, it’s the opposite that’s true. Taking action and using coping skills are what lead to improvement.
Of course, this means that at first, whatever you’re doing might feel hollow and meaningless. You might not feel anything positive when you begin. Feel the depression and use your coping skills anyway, perhaps recalling a time when you did enjoy certain things and activities. The positive feelings, energy, and motivation will follow.
3 Bipolar Depression Coping Skills You Must Have and Develop
The term “coping skill” is incredibly broad. It encompasses anything you do intentionally to reduce and/or manage the symptoms of bipolar depression. They’re tools that put your life in your own hands rather than keeping it in depression’s stranglehold. Out of the myriad bipolar depression coping skills at your disposal, the following three are instrumental in helping you grow and thrive.
- Develop your perspective. How do you see yourself and your world? Bipolar depression clouds your thoughts and interpretations of your life. Begin to shape what you see and how you see it. Start to appreciate beauty. Even if nothing looks beautiful right now, find and record things that you used to enjoy or might appreciate again. Keep a gratitude journal in which each night before bed you record three good things from your day. They don’t have to be great; just good is helpful. As you change how you interpret your world, your world will begin to change.
- Create a vision. Bipolar depression robs you of a sense of purpose. Take it back by visualizing what you want your life to be like and how you want to be in your life. When living with depression, it can be almost impossible to look far down the road and imagine a bright future. That’s not what creating a vision is about as a coping skill for bipolar depression. Keep it small. Create a notebook, journal, or poster board to collect small ideas, images, and quotations that have the potential to inspire you. Study it daily, add to it at least every other day, and visualize the potential. Make a list of small steps to take to realize your vision. It’s one of the best ways to actively take back your life.
- Enhance your presence. Many people describe feeling invisible, insignificant, or worthless because of bipolar depression. This coping skill helps you change that. You can believe in yourself again, and you can be confident in who you are and what you do. To enhance your presence, allow yourself to simply be. Perhaps sit in meditation or move around mindfully. Let judgmental thoughts go and repeat, “I am simply being. I’m worthy of being.” You can remind yourself, too, that bipolar depression isn’t who you are. It’s only something you’re dealing with.
Perspective, vision, and presence are three coping skills that help bipolar depression on a deep level because they help you broaden your thoughts and fine-tune your actions. These activities are intentional and lead you to action while also respecting the fact that depression is difficult. These bipolar depression coping skills are big-picture skills that inspire and motivate yet don’t pressure or force. Use them on purpose, each day doing at least one thing to develop one of them, and begin to enjoy the feeling of rising up from the depths of bipolar depression.
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The humanitarian convoy from Germany sent to Ukraine
The German authorities sent to Ukraine convoy with humanitarian aid worth around 10 million euros, informs on the first day of the weekend printed illustrated edition Spiegel.
The German government on the initiative of the Minister for economic cooperation and development Germany's Gerd Muller sent to Ukraine about 100 trucks with humanitarian aid from 17 German cities. According to the magazine, German trucks carrying building materials, heating apparatus, blankets and folding beds.
The humanitarian convoy must arrive at the Polish-Ukrainian border in the middle of next week. Goods will be overloaded in the Ukrainian transport that will take them into five zones of Eastern Ukraine. According to the plan, Gerd Muller on October 13 will take under its own supervision procedures for taking humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
According to the magazine, the initiative Muller has criticised the Ministry of defence, As the decision to send humanitarian aid lies in the area of competence of the Ministry of foreign Affairs FRG.
last Friday it was announced that Germany can send 200 soldiers to Ukraine to monitor the observance of the truce in the East. 150 soldiers will observe the situation in the area drop by using unmanned aerial vehicles, more than 50 soldiers will protect workers Special observation mission (SNM) of the OSCE.
Kyiv Authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the UN on 3 October, the victims of the conflict were more than 3, 6 thousands of civilians, almost 8, 5 thousand were injured body. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine | <urn:uuid:a7217a4a-cd86-4592-9162-0d45e353ff3c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://persona.rin.ru/eng/news/64650/f/the-humanitarian-convoy-from-germany-sent-to-ukraine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.950592 | 330 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Why Choose Stem Cell Therapy vs Orthopedic Surgery?
Stem cell therapy is an effective, non-invasive, non-surgical procedure that requires no hospital visit or downtime afterward. It’s much less painful than traditional orthopedic surgery, and you won’t have a large incision. General anesthesia is not used during the procedure, and the recovery is minimal. You may walk out of the procedure room when it is finished, and you can expect to perform your normal everyday activities for the first month with the same mobility as when you arrived for the procedure.
You can be confident that stem cell therapy is an effective alternative to orthopedic surgery. Bone marrow cellular therapy has had well-known and well-documented success in decreasing the symptoms of osteoarthritis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and knee injuries, often dramatically improving mobility and decreasing pain. For example, research published in the International Journal of Cell Biology showed pain and mobility scores for patients who had stem cell therapy were more improved after two years than for patients who had total knee replacements. Dr. Charles Lee at Regenesis Stem Cell Center has been offering stem cell therapy procedures since 2014 with an excellent track record. 90% of his patients are now referred to Regenesis by previous bone marrow stem cell patients.
Aside from effectiveness, stem cell therapy has major advantages over orthopedic surgery with regard to the procedure itself. Many patients who are considering orthopedic surgery for arthritis inflammation, wear and tear damage to a joint, muscle or tendon injuries, or back pain have concerns about the risks, invasiveness, and recovery time of orthopedic surgery. If you are considering surgery, you may be worried about the risks of anesthesia because of previous negative experiences or because of your age. If you are an athlete or lead a busy, demanding lifestyle, maybe you want to avoid a long recovery period following surgery. Age, overall health, or the complications of a secondary illness are other factors that might make you want to avoid surgery as well.
Stem cell therapy carries lower risks than surgical procedures because it is non-invasive, with no large incisions and, therefore, no surgical wound or scars. Since the procedure is performed without general anesthesia, stem cell therapy is safer, especially for patients who have experienced a negative reaction to anesthetics or whose age and coexisting diseases make them more at risk for a negative reaction. For the most active patients, post-treatment rest time is minimal, with normal everyday activity recommended for the first month. At Regenesis, you can expect to return for a follow-up after one month, when we may recommend some physical therapy. However, if you’re feeling really well, you won’t even need physical therapy. Usually, our patients proclaim a successful therapy at their three or six follow-up month visit. We have a patient registry and measure all manner of pain and mobility scores, but the true measure of success is when our patients are satisfied with their results and would do it again given the out-of-pocket expense. Most healing occurs between three to six months after their stem cell therapy, so even the recovery time for stem cell therapy treatments is much quicker than for surgery.
Contact Us To Learn How Stem Cell Therapy Can Help You
Stem cell therapy is an excellent alternative to orthopedic surgery. It is much less invasive and has little to no recovery time. Contact us today to learn how Regenesis can help you.
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Working on collaborations can and should be exciting. You’ve probably made the experiences, that some matches just work – while others seem more complicated or top-heavy. We’ve collected some ideas to help you run a smooth and hassle-free collaboration.
Identify the shared agenda
An incredibly important factor of engaging in a great collaboration is identifying the agenda each participant has.
Whether it’s a certain release schedule, commitment or way of distribution, getting on a shared course early is vital when investing a lot of time and work.
Play into each other’s strengths
Playing into each other’s strengths means knowing and utilizing special abilities.
If you know that your collaborator has a very strong electronic skillset, use that.
If you’re a decent songwriter, but your collaborator is also an even better lyricist – don’t hog that task. Ego-less work mode is the way to go!
Decide on a communicative style
Some people lean towards a predominantly digital form of communication, some love to get together and vibe in the studio (if possible).
Try to identify and decide on how you want to communicate in the course your the project.
Don’t be flustered, if a collaborator isn’t as active as you are. Try to accept it as a different mode of communication, and not lack of interest.
Be curious of varying workmodes
The same applies to workmodes – be open to various forms.
Just like discovering a new sound or creative sphere, try to be open for new workmodes without being judgmental about modes that differ from yours.
Start organizing you early
Start organizing early.
Think about where your collaborator is heading in the near future – physically and release wise – and think about external factors like equipment or musicians.
Also – even if you know your collaborator owns a large collection of instruments or equipment, don’t just assume that they can be used. Taking things for granted is an easy way to antagonize people you want to work with. So be sure to avoid that!
This is probably one of the most important factors when engaging in creative work together.
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Migration to Mauritius
Following is the chart representation of migration statistics data to Mauritius during the year 2010 and 2013. All the data shown here are based on the statistics information gathered from various sources. Also check migrant stocks from Mauritius during the year of 2010 and 2013.
Below are the top 10 source countries from where Mauritius received its migrants during the year of 2013.
From China 23,210 migrants.
From India 9,500 migrants.
From France 2,878 migrants.
From Madagascar 1,631 migrants.
From United Kingdom 1,326 migrants.
From South Africa 890 migrants.
From Germany 360 migrants.
From Italy 307 migrants.
From Seychelles 168 migrants.
From Australia 145 migrants.
2010 - Migration statistics to Mauritius
During 2010, most of the migrants to Mauritius are from countries like China (15,874), India (6,831), France (4,599), United Kingdom (3,082), South Africa (2,421), Germany (1,916), Madagascar (1,174), Italy (1,076), Australia (431), United States (160).
2013 - Migration statistics to Mauritius
During 2013, most of the migrants to Mauritius are from countries like China (23,210), India (9,500), France (2,878), Madagascar (1,631), United Kingdom (1,326), South Africa (890), Germany (360), Italy (307), Seychelles (168), Australia (145).
Migration statistics - more countries
Migration to Greece
Migration to Turkey
Migration to Mexico
Migration to Spain
Migration to Sweden
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Crime statistics on human trafficking are only as solid as the crime data informing them. Recent NIJ-supported research reveals that labor and sex trafficking data appearing in the FBI’s national Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program may significantly understate the extent of human trafficking crimes in the United States.
Before this, there had been no research on the validity of UCR data on human trafficking, the researchers noted. An objective of the study was to advance understanding of how accurately reporting of human trafficking crimes reflects the true incidence of crime in a community.
Researchers discovered a widespread inability of law enforcement officers to identify local trafficking offenses, coupled with inadequate reporting of those offenses that were identified. That insight was the product of extensive record reviews and structured interviews with law enforcement and social service providers. Extrapolating their findings from three study sites to a national scale, the research team led by Amy Farrell, a Northeastern University criminologist, concluded that “the UCR Program undercounts both human trafficking offenses that exist in local communities and human trafficking offenses that are identified by local law enforcement.”
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Preliminary reports have suggested that dilatation using hydrostatic through the scope balloons may be useful for the treatment of Crohn's strictures, A prospective longterm follow up (mean (SD) 33.6 (11.2) months) was carried out in 55 Crohn's patients with 59 ileocolonic strictures submitted to 78 dilatation procedures. Hydrostatic balloons were used (Rigiflator, Microvasive) with a diameter of 18 mm on inflation. As soon as the balloons became available dilatation up to a diameter of 20 and 25 mm was attempted. The dilatations were performed under general anaesthesia using propofol (Diprivan). The patients were kept for one night in the hospital after dilatation. Seventy (90%) procedures were technically successful and passage of the stricture with a 13.6 mm diameter colonoscope was possible after 73% of the dilatations. Complications occurred in six patients (11%; 8% of procedures), including sealed perforations (n = 2), retroperitoneal perforations (n = 2), and intraperitoneal perforations (n = 2). Two of the patients were treated surgically with a one stage resection of the stricture and recovered uneventfully. Four patients were treated conservatively with intravenous fluids and antibiotics. There was no mortality. Dilatation completely relieved obstructive symptoms in 20 patients after one procedure, in another 14 patients after two (n = 13) or three (n = 1) dilatations. Total longterm success rate was 34 of 55 patients (62%). Nineteen patients (38%) were operated on because of persistent obstructive symptoms. The data show that endoscopic dilatation using the through the scope hydrostatic balloon system relieves obstructive symptoms resulting from ileocolonic Crohn's strictures. The procedure, however, carries a definite risk of perforation.
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Are you new to Forex? Thinking about starting Forex Trading? Well, if you are a beginner there are a few things you should understand before stepping into forex trading. On the other hand, if you are someone who is already into it, you can trade better with some of these tips on your side that you will learn further in the article. First off, let us start with getting you familiarized with Forex.
What is Forex?
Forex or Foreign Exchange or Currency exchange, how many ever names you call it, it all refers to one thing, The Foreign Exchange Market. It is a DeFi market where you can buy and sell currencies. There is no central exchange at work here. The buyers and sellers exchange currency directly between both the parties, at an agreed price. If you ever visited a foreign country or bought an item from another country, you more likely would have done a currency exchange. To pay for the items from other countries you have to make payment in their currency, for which you need to exchange your local currency for theirs in order to make payment. This right here is a simpler version of currency exchange.
But a lot of people don’t just exchange currency because they need it, but they do so to make a profit from the exchange. Did you know that the Foreign Exchange Market is bigger than the stock market and it indeed is the largest Financial market in the world? Nearly $6.6 trillion is being traded daily on Forex. The Foreign exchange market contains currencies from all over the world. And the trade here occurs in pairs. The first currency in the forex pair acts as the base currency and the second one in the pair, the quote currency. For example, In the pair USD/GBP, you will be buying USD(US Dollar) and selling GBP(Great British Pound). The Price of the pair depends on the value of the currencies in the pair. If the value of any of the currencies in the pair goes up or down, the price of the pair also changes accordingly.
The forex traders mainly make profits on the fluctuations of prices in the market. And there are a few things that could cause that, like, Central Banks, Economic Data, News reports, Market sentiment, credit ratings etc. If we keep discussing the things that one needs to know about the Forex market the list will go on and on. So let’s put a pause on the discussion here and move ahead to the tips you must know before getting started with Forex Trading.
Tips for Forex trading
Decide which type of trader you are gonna be
Yes, As simple as it might sound, this is the first thing you must do, when you want to be a Forex trader. You must understand your goals, where you want to go with this trading, what it is that you wish to do, or how you trade. All these things play a crucial role in deciding the type of trader you are going to be. Your trading style will have an impact on your risk profile and the attitude you approach the trades with. You can be a day trader or a position trader, as per your trading preferences.
Find yourself a right broker
Even if it is not exactly considered a tip, finding the right broker is very crucial if you want to become a successful trader. When looking for reputable forex brokers, you need to look for a lot of things like commissions spreads, initial deposit, regulation, customer service, the trading platforms that the broker use, ease of withdrawal/deposit, leverage, margin, what currency pairs the broker is offering, and how reliable, transparent and trustworthy, the broker can be. Remember, getting the right broker is a very important step in your forex trading journey and is the one you can’t afford to neglect. Also, the platform that the broker uses is also equally important. The right broker with the right platform could be the undefeatable match that can bring you success in your trading.
Preserve your Trading Capital
It is common that the beginners or newbies in Forex trading get all excited about making profits, that they don’t pay much attention to playing defence. It’s true, most successful Forex traders are the ones that played defence and acted at the right time. As the ones who are very excited about large profits, playing defence might seem a little unexpected for most beginners. But preventing a big loss is more important than earning large profits. The trades that bring huge profits, most of the time are packed with a lot of risks and going after them could lead to you losing most of your trading capital. So, to be a successful trader you need to preserve your capital.
Start Small and stick to your Strategies
Starting small is always a better way to prevent huge losses. When you begin your forex trading, instead of going after different trades at once, start with something you are familiar with, like your local currency, or the pairs that are traded widely. Make small trades and gain exposure. This gives you enough time to understand how the market works and come up with a game plan. People use several strategies in Forex trading. Do some research, find yourself a strategy that lines with your game plan and your goals, you can even make up your own strategy based on your research and your exposure to the forex market. Once you have come up with a strategy, get expert opinions, check if that strategy works and if needed make some changes. Then, finalise your strategy and stick to it and see how it works wonders.
Have control over your Emotions
For a trader, having control over their emotions is as important as any other aspect of their trade. Although emotions are the basic human traits, they could botch up your trades if you get carried away by them. The most common emotions in traders that could lead to their fall are fear and greed. An ample amount of any emotion, helps you make better decisions, but if the limit exceeds, that most likely creates a messed up situation. That applies to trading too. Having the right emotional balance could help you trade better. Knowing the positives and negatives of your trading strategies can help you keep the right emotional balance and might help in preventing panic situations.
Stay Updated and plan your trades
Staying up to date on the market trends and sentiment is crucial if you want to be a successful trader. Keep an ear out for any news that could cause fluctuations in the Forex Market. Analyze everything that could bring you potential profits, financial processes, currency trends, news reports. Keep researching, even though it takes up quite some time, it could bring you profits if you come across the right information. Learn more about spotting the trends and using them to your advantage.
All this research goes to waste if you don’t plan your trade correctly. Make a trading plan, apply your knowledge and strategies, be aware of potential consequences and think of the ways to react to them. Be ready with plan B if plan A doesn’t pan out the way you intended it to.
Foreign Exchange Market is the last financial market out there. With the right broker and platform on your side, you can become the successful forex trader that you wish to be. Along with that the above-mentioned tips, ample research, required amount of attention, your strategies and a few more of the above-mentioned tips here and there could do the trick and pave the way for your successful trading journey on Forex. | <urn:uuid:0680a83a-9315-48c5-954e-6fe02e4b4636> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://myventurepad.com/tips-for-getting-started-in-forex-trading/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.95104 | 1,533 | 2.203125 | 2 |
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- OECD 202: Daphnia sp., Acute Immobilisation Test
- OECD 211: Daphnia magna Reproduction Test
- OECD 235: Chironomus sp., Acute Immobilisation Test
- OECD 218/219: Sediment-Water Chironomid Toxicity Test Using Spiked Sediment/Spiked Water
- OECD 233: Sediment-Water Chironomid Life-Cycle Toxicity Test Using Spiked Water or Spiked Sediment
- OECD 225: Sediment-water Lumbriculus Toxicity Test Using Spiked Sediment
- OECD 242: Potamopyrgus antipodarum Reproduction Test
- OECD 243: Lymnaea stagnalis Reproduction Test
- OECD 203: Fish, Acute Toxicity Test
- OECD 215: Fish Juvenile Growth Study
- OECD 212: Fish, Short-term Toxicity Test on Embryo and Sac-fry Stages
- OECD 231: The Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay
- OECD 236: Fish Embryo Acute Toxicity Test
- OECD 210: Fish, Early-life Stage Toxicity Test
- OECD 229 Fish Short Term Reproduction Assay and OECD 230 21-day Fish Assay
- OECD 240 Medaka Extended One Generation Reproduction Test (MEOGRT)
- OECD 248: Xenopus Eleutheroembryonic Thyroid Assay
- OPPTS 850.1500: Fish Life Cycle Toxicity Test
- OÈCD 234 Fish sexual development test
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- OPPTS 830.6302, OPPTS 830.6303,and OPPTS 830.6304: Physical State, Colour and Odor at 20 °C and at 101.3 kPa
- EU A.1: Melting temperature/range
- EU A.2: Boiling temperature
- EU A.3: Relative density (liquids and solids)
- EU A.4: Vapour pressure
- EU A.5: Surface tension
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- EU A.13: Pyrophoric properties of solids and liquids
- EU A.16: Relative self-ignition temperature for solids
- EU A.17: Oxidising properties
- OECD 114: Viscosity of Liquids
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- Terrestrial Ecotoxicology
- Non-target arthropod testing with the parasitic wasp (Aphidius rhopalosiphi)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the predatory bug (Orius laevigatus)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the predatory mite (Typhlodromus pyri)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the rove beetle (Aleochara bilineata)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the carabid beetle (Poecilus cupreus)
- Non-target arthropod testing with the wolf spider (Pardosa spec.)
- OECD 213/214: Honey bees, Acute Oral and Acute Contact Toxicity Test
- OECD 245: Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.), Chronic Oral Toxicity Test (10-Day Feeding)
- OECD 237: Honey Bee Larval Toxicity Test, Single Exposure
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- EPPO 170: Honey Bee Field Study – do plant protection products effect honey bee colonies?
- Oomen et al. 1992: Honey Bee Brood Feeding Study
- OECD 75: Honey Bee Brood Test under Semi-field Conditions in Tunnels
- OECD 246/247 Acute Oral and Contact Toxicity to the Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris L.
- Solitary Bee Acute Contact Toxicity Study in the Laboratory (Osmia sp.) Solitary Bee Acute Oral Toxicity Study in the Laboratory (Osmia sp.) (protocols for ringtests with solitary bees recommended by the non-Apis working group)
- SANTE/11956/2016 rev.9 Residue trials for MRL setting in honey
- OECD 208: Terrestrial Plant Test - Seedling Emergence and Seedling Growth Test
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- OCSPP 850.4100: Seedling Emergence and Seedling Growth
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EU A.4: Vapour pressure
The vapour pressure gives an indication of the probability of the phase transitions liquid/gas and solid/gas. Vapour pressure data is required as a pre-requisite for animal as well as environmental studies.
The purpose of the study is to determine the vapour pressure of the test item using the isothermal thermogravimetrical effusion method. The evaporation rates of the test item at elevated temperatures and ambient pressure are determined by monitoring the weight loss. This method is suitable for substances with vapour pressures as low as 10-10 Pa (10-12mbar) and with purity as close as possible to 100% to avoid the misinterpretation of measured weight losses.
It is useful to have preliminary information on the melting point/melting range of the substance before performing these tests.
(The study does not need to be conducted if the melting point is above 300 °C. If the melting point is between 200 °C and 300 °C, a limit value based on measurement or a recognised calculation method is sufficient. Vapour pressure testing is also not required for chemicals with a standard boiling point of <30°C, as these substances will have vapour pressures above the limit of measurement (i.e. 105 Pa)).
Course of the test
Apparatus – Q50 thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA)
Test Conditions - The experiments will be performed under a flow of nitrogen and at atmospheric pressure.
The evaporation rates VT of the test item at elevated temperatures and ambient pressure is determined by measuring the weight loss at defined temperatures over a period of time. The vapour pressure pT is calculated from the evaporation rates by using a linear relationship between the logarithm of the vapour pressure and the logarithm of the evaporation rate. The vapour pressure regression curve is established by measuring the evaporation rate of a set of reference compounds with known vapour pressure.
The test item will be applied to the surface of a roughened glass plate in a homogeneous layer. In the case the test item is solid; it will be suspended in appropriate solvent. The plate will be wetted uniformly by a solution of the test item. The temperature programs will be defined in the preliminary tests. The plate will be placed in the TGA instrument. The weight loss of the test item will be measured continuously as a function of time at at least four different temperatures (at least three replicates).
For the evaluation will be used only the values with the weight loss is ≥ 1µg/min and reproducible in all three replicates.
The vapour pressure [Pa] at 20 °C will be reported.
In case of vapour pressure cannot be determined, because of decomposition, the observation of the experiment - will be reported.
Guidelines and Literature
- European Community (EC), EC No. 761/2009, Part A: Methods for the Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties, Guideline A.4: “Vapour Pressure", Official Journal of the European Union No. L220, August 24, 2009
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals No. 104: "Vapour Pressure", March 23, 2006 | <urn:uuid:e08527c8-9686-4efc-838e-405aca12003d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ibacon.com/your-study-type/chemistry/eu-a4-vapour-pressure | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.745476 | 1,949 | 2.703125 | 3 |
This tutorial was designed to guide you through the use of our Community Contributions to the KNIME workflow system. It contains:
- installation instructions,
- a very small introduction to TOPPView in case you want to additionally install the OpenMS binaries for visualisation,
- a basic introduction to KNIME and its graphical user interface
- a guide to construct example workflows for proteomics, metabolomics, quality control …
- a guide to the Python bindings pyOpenMS and DIA with OpenSWATH
- a small “OpenMS in KNIME” Troubleshooting guide with an FAQ
We will release new versions on our GitHub page for Tutorials. Older versions can be found there. It also contains releases for the versions used in different hands-on workshops (if you want to replicate it at home). The repository does not include data. Unless otherwise noted, the tutorials use the same (or a subset) of the tutorial data above.
For use with the binary installers of OpenMS. It describes how to use the OpenMS TOPP tools from the command line and has an extensive tutorial on visualisation with TOPPView. You need your own data to work through it. In case you do not have any, have a look at the data from the User Tutorial above.
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Stick helps science and technology businesses simply explain their products and services. We persuasively demonstrate the value of key ideas, components and enhancements to science and tech companies’ prospective clients.
Stick differs from most public relations or writing service businesses.
This is because explaining science, technology, processes and engineering can be a headache.
But, if telling your customers what you do and how you do it is a key component of your business, these stories need to be told simply, without being dumbed down.
Being good at ‘English’ and writing in general doesn’t cut it when there’s a degree of underlying complexity which needs describing and illustrating.
If a writer has poor knowledge of the chemistry, physics and biology that underpins your product or service, it is unlikely they can be ‘on-message’ for your message.
Stick (science, technology, innovation and commercialisation knowledge) understands the nuts and bolts of how things work.
We write to the science and technical comprehension of your intended audience.
We create purposeful (and sometimes playful) information to persuade, educate and clarify.
We reinforce all your marketing initiatives with messages that matter.
We write for the web, for proposals, presentations and technical documents. We also collaborate with others to make videos – another vehicle to simply tell your story.
So check out some of Stick’s blog posts for a flavour of the subjects we’re capable of explaining. From poles with a hole to apps, science provider brokering to open source programming, we cover many bases.
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This Sea Turtle Stained Glass Window was inspired by my father’s love of the turtles he swam with as a child in the ocean surf of Hawaii. The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle is the only indigenous reptile found in Hawaii, but for Hawaiians, the Honu is a symbol of good luck (pōkole) and wisdom (akamai) in the form of a guardian spirit. My father brought his love of turtles to the mainland, friending small turtles in his home in Sacramento.
The Sea Turtle window is handcrafted using the copper foil (Tiffany) method. Each of the 65 pieces of glass is individually cut and ground to size, and the edges are dressed. The edges of each piece are wrapped in copper foil, which is then burnished. The glass pieces are soldered together, the zinc frame is affixed, and the hangers and chain are affixed. After inspection and cleaning a black patina is applied, and then polished. As the final step, each window is thoroughly cleaned and waxed.
The Sea Turtle window panel measures 22-1/2″ x 11-3/4″ and is ready to hang.
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Inspired by the 1780 English Christmas carol, we have compiled a festive treat showcasing items from our collection
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…a patchwork made on Sunday
This quilt was made at the Sunday School of St Peter and St Paul͛’s Church over a number of years under the supervision of the Reverend G. H. Lightfoot. It is worked in red and white chain stitch on a Turkey red and cream cotton calico background. Church quilts of this type were often made as a way of fundraising for the church. The calico squares would be paid for by individuals who would then pay for names to be embroidered onto them. If a person did not have enough money to have the square done for them, they could buy a plain square and embroider it themselves. One of the names on the quilt is Annie Tomkins. She was maidservant to Reverend Lightfoot. When the Lightfoots died, Annie obtained the quilt. It was passed onto her daughter who donated it to the museum in 1988. The quilt is on display at the museum alongside another quilt made by the St Peter and Paul Sunday School one hundred years later.
Turkey red is the name given to the dying process which originated in the Levant (approximately where Syria is today), and which gave a bright and fast red colour – something the textile industry had been trying to perfect for many years. It was first used in Britain in the 1780’s, in Manchester, and the technique was a closely guarded secret. By the end of the nineteenth century, Turkey red cloth was widely popular and hugely profitable, despite requiring a lengthy process to achieve the colour. The raw material was dyer’s madder, or Rubia tinctorum, a plant root. Bull’s blood was also used in the method but it is unclear what effect, if any, this had.
We have many items in the collection which have been dyed with the Turkey red process, and they are still vibrant today.
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me…two tobacco tins
Branded tobacco tins first appeared in London in 1770 as a convenient way of packaging tobacco. Early tins were prone to rust and had paper labels applied to disguise this. Later tins were hand painted and then printed, first by direct printing and then by transfer and other methods.
These tins bear the names of Godfrey Phillips Ltd (left) and Ogden’s Imperial Tobacco (right). Godfrey Phillips was founded in 1844 in the Barbican in London, and was in existence until 1968, when it was acquired by the tobacco giant Philip Morris. At its height, the firm had factories in Edinburgh, Bombay, Colombia, Melbourne and Wellington – all across the Empire.
Thomas Ogden founded his company in 1860 with a small shop in Park Lane, Liverpool. Soon he had several premises and opened a factory in St James’ Street. By 1890 there there were no fewer than six Ogden’s factories in Liverpool, and all operations moved to a new factory at Boundary Lane in 1899, where up to 2,000 people worked. Ogden’s was bought first by American Tobacco in 1901, and then sold to Imperial Tobacco just a year later. Tobacco production ceased at Boundary Lane in 2007. Sadly, the steam engines that powered the factory were not saved, but the company’s Grade II listed office block has been turned into apartments, and affordable housing has been built on the site of the demolished factory.
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me…three fishing hooks
These three packets of fishing hooks would have been an essential part of a sportsman or woman’s tackle bag. On the left we have hooks with sorrel gut, made by the firm of Albert Smith & Co., who manufactured fishing gear at their Dominion Works in Redditch. ‘Sorrel’ refers to the colour of the gut: different colours were recommended according to the water conditions, and sorrel is best suited to angling when a flood is receding.
Farlow’s is a very famous and top quality name in fishing tackle and still survives today, with a shop in London’s Pall Mall and a Royal Warrant. The company was founded in 1840 by two brothers, Charles and John, and continued as a family run business until being sold to the Drayton Group in 1964 following the retirement of Charles’s granddaughter, Virginia. Farlow’s is currently owned by Vladimir Rybalchenko, and is expanding into Russia.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…four collars starched
Detachable shirt collars were a practical invention: they allowed the collar of a shirt to be removed and washed, and also to be starched and folded into various shapes for different occasions. Some collars were made of cotton-laminated paper or dipped in celluloid (an early plastic), and advertised as being waterproof.
It is a woman, Hannah Montague, who is widely credited with making the first detachable collars in Troy, New York in 1827. Hannah’s husband was a blacksmith and Hannah was tired of washing his shirts every day, so she snipped off the collar and washed it before sewing it back on.
These are just a few of the collars in our collection: one bears the name of Moss Bros, founded by Moses Moss in 1851 and surviving today as a ready made tailor and hire company. The others are made by Radiac, the trade name of McIntyre, Hogg, Marsh & Co, which had its roots in Londonderry and Paisley. They are now part of Tootal, and are mentioned in this interesting article which gives an insight into the Victorian shirt making industry and its working conditions:
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…five gold baubles
These beautiful glass Christmas baubles would not look out of place on a modern tree, but their origin goes all the way back to the late 16th century, when the Greiner family set up a glassware shop in Lauscha, in eastern Germany. Lauscha offered the perfect conditions for glassmaking: it is 2,000 feet above sea level in a forest, and the geology of the area meant fine sand and limestone were readily available. Together with the timber for burning, all the raw materials for glass making were there.
The Greiner’s shop was set up under licence from the Duke of Saxe-Coburg (a relation of Prince Albert, who was himself the younger brother of a later Duke), and the strings of glass baubles they sold for draping across trees proved so popular that the glass bauble industry was born, and Lauscha remains its centre to this day. In the Victorian period baubles took the shape of fruits and nuts, and were silvered with toxic lead or mercury.
Of course, modern glass baubles are no longer made with lead or mercury but many of the techniques have changed little over hundreds of years. A local glassmaker has shared an interesting video of glass blowing here:
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…six soaps for washing
There’s nothing mysterious, glamorous or tragic about a bar of soap – or is there?
The largest bar in this group is the Mother Shipton soap. It’s a well known name in North Yorkshire – but not for soap. According to local legend, Mother Shipton was a fortune teller who lived in a cave at Knaresborough in the 16th century, and who foretold the Great Fire of London among other events. The cave was the earliest paying tourist attraction in England, and is still worth a visit today.
Lifebuoy and Sunlight soaps were both manufactured by Lever Brothers, a firm founded in 1846 by William Lever and his brother. A grocer’s son, William decided to focus on soap production and introduced Sunlight as the world’s first packaged soap in 1884 – before then, soap was cut from a larger block. In 1888, after outgrowing the original site, he built a new factory and a garden village called Port Sunlight for his workers on the Wirral in Merseyside. Lifebuoy was created in 1895 and was originally a carbolic soap, containing a disinfectant compound called phenol which had previously only been available to doctors and hospitals.
Monkey Brand soap was manufactured in Philadelphia, USA, but in 1899 it was bought by Lever Brothers and was made at Port Sunlight. It was a heavy duty scouring soap, designed to remove rust from pots and pans or to scrub tables and floors.
Vinolia soap was a British brand created in the late 19th century, before being bought by Lever Brothers in 1906. In 1912, it was chosen as the soap used in first class accommodation aboard RMS Titanic, and the company took advantage of this honour to feature Titanic in their advertisements. Other suppliers to Titanic decided to wait until the ship had reached New York before advertising their connection, thinking that the successful crossing would create an even bigger impact for their products. Unfortunately, Titanic’s tragic sinking meant they lost that opportunity.
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me…seven spectacles for seeing
How on earth do you date a pair of spectacles? Corrective eyepieces go back to Viking times, when rock crystals were ground into lenses. The exact origin of spectacles is unknown, but they are widely thought to have been created in the 13th century in Italy. It is very hard to pinpoint precisely when and by whom, since many of the historical records are not reliable and, unsurprisingly, many people want to lay claim to the invention. We can say that the first known depiction of spectacles is in Venetian frescoes (wall or ceiling paintings) dated 1352, though the early examples were no more than two lenses balanced on the nose wth a hinged piece of metal.
Spectacles as we know them, with arms (or ‘temples’), cannot be reliably dated to before 1730, when George II’s optician, Edward Scarlett, showed them in an illustration on his trade card. The earliest temples had spiral endings, but these were replaced by ring ends, which (like spirals) gave a large surface area and helped the spectacles grip on to the side of the head – not hook round the ear like modern glasses. The larger the ring ends the earlier the spectacles: large rings indicate an early 18th century pair of glasses. Rings also allowed the spectacles to be held by a finger when not being worn.
Temples then evolved through pivot and hinged sides, before straight sides and then ear curls, which appeared in 1885.
Similarly, the design of the bridge (the part lying over the nose) of spectacles changed over the years. The earliest design was a simple ‘C’ shape, and suggests glasses made before 1750. This was followed by a ‘K’ or ‘X’ shaped bridge from about 1810 to 1900, and various forms of ‘W’ or ‘arch’ bridges through the 18th century.
Have a good look at the spectacles in our photograph, and try to work out their ages. You may wish to reach for your glasses first!
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…eight money boxes for saving
Yorkshire folk are famous for many things – their wit, their work ethic, and their thrift to name but a few. The county has given us many of the biggest names in banks and building societies over the years, and two of them are represented by the money boxes in this photograph.
The Yorkshire Penny Bank (later Yorkshire Bank) was founded in 1859 by Colonel Edward Akroyd, the son of a wealthy textile family from Halifax. The boom in Britain’s textile industry had brought great prosperity but also squalid overcrowding to towns like Halifax, whose population tripled between 1801 and 1861. Halifax’s producers, unlike those of most other mill towns, retained some independence – taking their 30 yard ‘pieces’ of woven cloth to trade at the town’s neoclassical Piece Hall (now restored and well worth a visit) – yet Akroyd recognised the great inequalities in society and set out to create a ‘cloth cap’ bank for ordinary people. Only a penny was needed to make a deposit, and the idea was such a success that by the end of 1860 the bank had deposits of £9,777 13s 1d, or £22.5m in today’s money. Today Yorkshire Bank is part of the Virgin Money group, with total lending of more than £70 billion. Not bad for a penny bank!
Akroyd was not just a banker – like many of the great industrialists of his time he was a philanthropist, and wanted to make the lives of working people better. Just as William Lever would later do at Port Sunlight, he built a model village, Akroydon, with help from another giant of Yorkshire savings, the Halifax Building Society. The Halifax, as it later came to be known, was itself founded in 1852 at a meeting in the town’s Old Cock Inn between a solicitor’s clerk, textile manufacturer and a bank manager. Like the Yorkshire Penny Bank, the aim was to enable working people to save and borrow money. Today the Halifax is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, the UK’s second biggest bank, with 30 million customers.
Look after the pennies, as the saying goes, and the pounds will look after themselves!
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…nine ladies’ hair accessories
Beauty draws us with a single hair
– Alexander Pope
There are surely few things more emblematic of a woman’s beauty and allure than tumbling, lustrous locks, and over time the way that hair has been worn, cut, coloured and styled has reflected not only the fashions of the day, but also social and political change in the wider world. Vidal Sassoon’s revolutionary 1965 five point cut and his introduction of ‘wash and go’ styles freed women from the chore of having their hair set on rollers and sitting under a hairdryer at a salon once a week. At a time when women were gaining more independence, their hair embodied their new found liberation. Hair can signal religion, sexuality, marital status, and wealth. Indeed, it is a valuable commodity in its own right and in the past women sold their hair to wig makers. In 19th century rural France peasant girls could have their locks auctioned to the highest bidder, and were shorn in public as soon as the hammer fell. Today’s fashionable hair extensions are often sourced from girls in poorer countries.
The 19th century saw a range of hairstyles, progressing from centre partings with ringlets at each side which echoed the ideals of Greek classical beauty in fashion at the time and which had influenced so much architecture, through lower buns at the nape of the neck, and then to higher styles at the back of the head which were often adorned with elaborate combs, made from bone, horn or tortoiseshell and decorated with stones or enamel. In 1848 a group of three painters calling themselves the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) rebelled against the establishment’s taste for dark Old Masters in art, and created their own style with revolutionary vivid colouring and a more naturalistic beauty, often with a strong political or moral subtext. Their depiction of long, flowing hair – in stark contrast to the elaborate and formal hairstyles of society – left such a mark that ‘Pre Raphaelite’ hair is a term understood to this day, as illustrated by this piece from Sotheby’s:
If you are lucky enough to be in London soon, there is an exhibition of the work of Edward Burne-Jones at Tate Britain. One of the later Pre Raphaelites, Burne-Jones was mentored by Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, along with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, founded the PRB:
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…ten lords’ spats and gaiters
“Jeeves,” I said, “those spats.”
“You really dislike them?”
“You don’t think time might induce you to change your views?”
“All right, then. Very well. Say no more. You may burn them.”
“Thank you very much, sir. I have already done so. Before breakfast this morning. A quiet grey is far more suitable, sir. Thank you, sir.”
– P G Wodehouse
Spats (or spatterdashes), a short textile or leather piece covering the upper shoe and ankle, developed from 18th century British military dress, when they were used to protect soldiers’ footwear from mud. Gaiters serve a similar purpose, but typically cover the entire lower leg. Spats made their way into the fashionable man’s wardrobe towards the end of the 19th century but the bright white variety were often thought of as brash or distasteful – as Jeeves would seem to agree! By the early twentieth century they were worn by men and women, with some ankle boots even having a built in spat. After 1920 their popularity declined, and they became reserved only for formal morning dress, eventually being replaced by two tone black and white brogues, most memorably seen on American gangsters, Today the only civilians who wear spats are re enactors or Highland pipers, but the UK, Indian, Pakistani and Swedish armies still wear them as part of their ceremonial dress, as does the US Navy Honor Guard.
Gaiters have continued into modern usage and are now widely sold for walking, hiking, shooting and fishing. The original materials of wool, felt and leather have been supplemented by newer, lighter, waterproof textiles , and they offer protection not just from mud, but from thorns and stones. They are usually seen in dark, muted colours – perhaps ‘quiet’ enough even for Jeeves!
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me…eleven pens for writing
He writes so well, he makes me feel like putting my quill back in my goose
– Fred Allen
You may be reading this on a laptop or tablet, or even on your phone, but the chances are you still own – and use – several pens. When man first started writing, about 5,000 years ago, he did so by carving into shells or tablets – made of clay. These were heavy and cumbersome, so the ancient Egyptians began using reeds to write with pigment on papyrus, and later quill pens, made from the hollowed out shaft of a feather from a turkey, swan or goose. The Magna Carta was written with a quill, as was the American Declaration of Independence. Quills were popular right up until the early 19th century, when the first metal dip pens appeared. In 1884 Louis Waterman patented his capillary action fountain pen – unlike its predecessors, Waterman’s pen used gravity and capillary action (like the movement of water up a straw) to reduce leakage.
The pen at the bottom of our photograph is a De La Rue Onoto pen, introduced in 1905. It is a plunge pen, whose reservoir is filled by inserting the nib into a container of ink and pressing down: this creates a vacuum into which the ink flows. Onoto was the first to use this method and their pens were a great success, being chosen by the likes of Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Douglas Haig. Onoto still manufacture pens today (Theresa May owns one), and there is a wonderful video here showing their production process, much of it unchanged over the last century:
If that’s all a bit too modern for you, why not have a go at making your own quill pen? All you need to know is in this tutorial (adult help required):
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…twelve volunteers and visitors (and a few more!)
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The issuer of this certificate is "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5" and this Root CA is valid up to Wed, 16 Jul 2036. This Root CA certificate is trusted by default in ISE for Cisco Services. Trusted for Cisco Services "VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA – G3" is trusted for Cisco Services by default in ISE. Verisign acts as a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA is trusted in that everything that it says should be taken as truth (Running a CA requires major security considerations). Therefore if a CA gives you a certificate saying that it trusts that you are really you, you have a user certificate/client certificate. To some, the mention of PKI or ‘Client Certificates’ may conjure up images of businesses protecting and completing their customers’ online transactions, yet such certificates are found throughout our daily lives, in any number of flavors; when we sign into a VPN; use a bank card at an ATM, or a card to gain access to a building; within Oyster public transport smart cards, for example Generating an SSL Certificate with Verisign. This section explains how to generate an SSL Certificate with Verisign. Ensure OpenSSL is installed, and the location of openssl.exe is added to your PATH variable. See Generating a Certificate Authority (CA) Certificate for Self-Signing. To create the Server Private Key: Create the directory C Click the DONE button when finished to continue with Verisign digital signature feature. SignNow browser solution is essential to increase the effectiveness and output of all working processes. Verisign digital signature is among the capabilities that can help. Utilizing the web-based application today is a necessity, not much of a competing Mar 02, 1998 · And, the client certificate is vouched for by either an external Certification Authority (CA), such as VeriSign, or by you as an internal CA, so you can be assured that the person represented by the certificate is the person you expect. Secure Email with Verisign Digital ID With digitial certificate, we can sign and encrypt emails for authentication and confidetiality purpose. Verisign provide 60 days trials for their Digital IDs for Secure Email. $19.95 per year with $1000 protection aganist economic loss caused by corruption, loss, or misuse of your Digital ID.
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In other words, the CA certificate of the user certificate must be imported into the SonicWall as well as the remote GVC client. If a certificate has already been imported into the SonicWall signed by a 3rd party CA (for example, Versign), this can be selected in the WAN GroupVPN.
As part of the Symantec PKI services move to DigiCert, we are updating certificate profiles that include legacy verisign.com URLs. We are replacing the verisign.com URLs with new digicert.com URLs. When will this change take place? June 4, 2018: The MPKI 7 Pilot system will start generating certificates with the updated certificate profiles. What is the difference between an X.509 "client Verisign acts as a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA is trusted in that everything that it says should be taken as truth (Running a CA requires major security considerations). Therefore if a CA gives you a certificate saying that it trusts that you are really you, you have a user certificate/client certificate. Obtaining a Digital Certificate from VeriSign or Thawte | <urn:uuid:d16e0f91-8aa8-44e1-a7f1-a9a0b0b30586> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://topvpnvabhd.web.app/thomlison41178beba/verisign-client-certificate-447.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.928449 | 753 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Also known as: Zevieh Castle, Ziwiyeh Castle, Zivieh Castle, Izirtu
Zivieh Castle (Ziwiyeh Castle, The castle of Ziwiyeh Hills, Izirtu) is located 42km north east of Saqez in Kurdistan Province, and to the west of the Karaftoo Village and in an ancient region. It was just by chance discovered in 1947. Articles found in this castle, reveal the progressive civilization of this region. One of the most famous discoveries is big gold necklace with mythical animal embossments on it. These remnants are related to the year 900 BC.
In 1946 Ayub Ranbu obtained legal permission for archaeological activities in the vicinity of Zivieh Hills. During these excavations which prolonged over a period of 12 years, in addition to 6 tombs related to the sovereigns and commanders of the Medes, another vestige was discovered.
This was a glorious structure in three floors, beautiful though archaic and a master piece of architecture of its times. The structure with its unique fortifications, was constructed on an elevation and upon the vast cave of Zivieh, which itself is 1,835m above sea level. This was the very first court of justice of ancient Iran, constructed by the Medes for "Diakoo".
The walls of this structure are of special sculptured stone, whilst the foundation was of brick and was constructed according to an exact and accurate measures of geometrical and mathematical scale. This construction had a porch with 12 columns of stone including two doors also of stone.
The township of Saqez (Saghez) is located in the north west of Kurdestan Province (Kurdistan). To the north is the province of west Azarbayjan (Mahabad and Bukan). This township is limited from west to the township of Baneh, from the south to Iraq and Marivan and from the ...
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Sabal-Salicornia (Sturtevant, 1919)
Sabal-Salicornia (Sturtevant, 1919)
Sabal adansoni Guems.
Southern United States. The soft interior of the stem is edible.
Sabal palmetto Lodd.
Coast of North Carolina and southward. In Florida, the cabbage, is eaten and is excellent. The drupes are said to afford nourishing food to the Indians and hunters but are not palatable to whites until they become accustomed to them. In Plaine Description of Barmudas, 1613, it is said: "there is a tree called a Palmito tree, which hath a very sweet berry, upon which the hogs doe most feede; but our men, finding the sweetnesse of them, did willingly share with the hogs for them, they being very pleasant and wholesome, which made them carelesse almost of any bread with their meate." "The head of the Palmito tree is verie good meate either raw or sodden." "Of necessitie, I must needs mention a Palme-tree once againe, I have found it so good; take a hatchet and cut him, or an augur and bore him, and it yields a very pleasant liquor, much like unto your sweete wines."
Saccharum officinarum Linn.
Gramineae. SUGAR CANE.
Tropics. From the elaborate investigation of Ritter, it appears that this species was originally a native of Bengal and of the Indo-Chinese countries, as well as of Borneo, Java, Ball, Celebes and other islands of the Malay Archipelago. There is no evidence that it is now found anywhere in a wild state. The first historical allusion to sugar seems to be by Theophrastus (others say by Strabo), who lived 321 B. C. He speaks of a sort of honey procured from canes or reeds. Varro, 68 B. C., mentions the exceeding sweetness of the Indian reed, but says the juice is derived from the root of the plant. Lucan says of the Indians near the Ganges "they drink the sweet juices of the tender reed." Dioscorides says there is a sort of concreted honey which is called sugar and is found upon canes in India and Arabia Felix and it is as hard as salt and is brittle under the teeth. Pliny adds to this description by saying it comes in fragments as large as a filbert and is used only in medicine. Paulus Aegineta quotes Archigenes as saying, "The Indian salt is like common salt in color and consistence but resembles honey in taste." Sugar is mentioned, however, in the Institutes of Menu, and the Sama Veda.
The Venetians imported sugar cane from India by the Red Sea, prior to 1148, and it is supposed to have been introduced into the islands of Sicily, Crete, Rhodes and Cypress by the Saracens, as an abundance of sugar was made in those islands previous to the discovery of the West Indies. Cane was cultivated afterwards in Spain, in Valentia, Granada and Murcia by the Moors, and sugar is still made in these provinces. Other authorities believe that, in the ninth century, the Arabians obtained sugar from the sugar cane which at that time was cultivated in Susiana. Sugar was brought from Alexandria to Venice in the year 996. In 1087, 10,000 pounds of sugar are said to have been used at the wedding of the Caliph Mostadi Bemvillah. In 1420, Don Henri transported sugar cane from Sicily to Madeira, whence it was carried to the Canary Isles in 1503. Thence it was introduced into Brazil in the beginning of the sixteenth century. Columbus carried sugar canes from Spain to the West Indies before 1494, for at this time he says "the small quantity that we have planted has succeeded very well. Sugar cane was carried to Santo Domingo about 1520. In 1610, the Dutch began to make sugar in the Island of St. Thomas, and, from the cane introduced in 1660, sugar was made in Jamaica in 1664. Sugar cane reached Guadeloupe about 1644 and Martinique about 1650. It was carried to Bourbon at the formation of the colony. In 1646, the Barbados began to export sugar. Plants appear to have been carried to Cuba by Velasquez about 1518 and to Mexico by Cortez about 1524, and, before 1530, we find mention of sugar mills on the estates of Cortez. The plant seems to have been cultivated on the banks of the Mississippi for the first time about 1751, and the first sugar mill was erected in 1758. In 1770, sugar had become one of the staple products of the colony about New Orleans. The first variety cultivated was the Creole. The Ribbon cane, originally from Java, was introduced about 1820 to 1825. The Otaheite cane, brought to the West Indies by Bougainville and Bligh, was introduced far later.
According to Hallam, Gesner, who died in 1564, was the first botanist who mentions sugar cane. Sugar cane, according to various observers, never bears seed in the West Indies, Malaga, India, Cochin China, or the Malay Archipelago, but Lunan speaks of the seed in Jamaica as being oblong, pointed and ripening in the valve of the flower.
The use of sugar is well known. In South America a cane-wine called guarapo is in common use, prepared from the juice of the stalk allowed to run into fermentation. The natives of Easter Island, who suffer great distress from want of fresh water, drink the juice. In southern China, the stalks, cut into six- or ten-inch lengths, raw and boiled, are continually hawked around the streets for eating. The elephant cane of Cochin China is grown for the stalks, which are chewed. The epidermis of the stalk is so brittle, that, instead of crushing in the mills, the stalks break into small fragments. In central Africa, a red-stalked variety is the most frequent and the negroes make no further use of it than eating the cane, and the Uganda may often be seen passing, chewing the end of a long cane that trails behind them. This cane also appears in the markets of Paraguay, where it is eaten. This species is, undoubtedly, says Unger, a plant peculiar to China, and has been cultivated there independently and perhaps still earlier than the Indian sugar cane. This is also the sugar cane of the Malays, according to Ainslie. De Candolle says it was introduced into the gardens of Calcutta in 1796.
Saccharum sara Roxb.
East Indies, Afghanistan and India. In the southern part of the Punjab, the delicate part of the pith in the upper part of the stem is eaten by the poor.
Sageretia brandrethiana Aitch.
Orient and northwestern India. The fruit is sweet and is a great favorite with the Afghans.
Sageretia oppositifolia Brongn.
East Indies and Malay. The sweetish fruit is eaten in India.
Sageretia theezans Brongn.
Northwestern India, Burma and China. The poor in China use the leaves as a tea. The fruit is also eaten in China and the Himalayas. It is globular, the size of a small pea, dark brown when ripe, and is called tia by the Chinese.
Sagittaria chinensis Sims.
China. The Chinese arrow-head is sold in the markets of China and Japan as food, the corns being full of starch. It is extensively cultivated about San Francisco, California, to supply the Chinese markets, and the tubers are commonly to be found on sale.
Sagittaria sagittifolia Linn.
SWAMP POTATO. SWAN POTATO.
Europe, Asia and North America. The bulbs, which dig themselves into the solid earth below the mud, constitute an article of food with the Chinese, and, on that account, the plant is extensively cultivated. This species is enumerated by Thunberg as among the edible plants of Japan. In eastern America, the Indians boil or roast this root which they called katniss. It is called by the Oregon Indians wapstoo and constitutes an important article of diet.
Salacia dulcis Benth.
A shrub of Brazil. The fruit is the size of a crab apple, yellow, sweet, and juicy and is much eaten by the Indians on the Rio Negro, who call it waiatuma.
Salacia pyriformis Steud.
Tropical Africa. This plant produces a sweet-tasted fruit the size of a Bergamot pear. Wight says the fruit is eatable and is said to be of a rich and sweet flavor.
Salacia roxburghii Wall.
East Indies. The plant bears a dull red fruit the size of a crab apple, of which the white pulp is eaten.
Salacia scabra DC.
Guiana. The berries are edible.
Salicornia brachiata Roxb.
East Indies. The shoots are pickled by the natives of India.
Salicornia fruticosa Linn
Europe and Africa. The plant is of a brackish taste but is eaten as a salad by the soldiers and some few others at the Cape of Good Hope.
Salicornia herbacea Linn.
CRAB GRASS. MARSH SAMPHIRE. SALTWORT.
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President Obama said Sunday that the nation should not be fearful of Muslims, but should embrace the community and not feed into discriminatory and racist thoughts toward them.
Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office following the mass shooting last week in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and nearly two dozen wounded. Amid early indications that the husband-and-wife shooters had become radicalized, Obama compared the San Bernardino massacre to earlier incidents of homegrown radicalism at Ft. Hood and in Chattanooga.
Obama said the nation should remember that Muslim Americans are “our friends and our neighbors,” coworkers and sports heroes, and that they are men and women in uniform willing to defend the United States.
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Ever before observe that children that play multiplayer online computer game have actually their very own language? They also have actually their very own in jokes. This special society can be enjoyable for several children. Yet it can likewise be testing for children that fight with social abilities. These children might have actually the very same problems when having fun computer game with various other children as they carry out in real-life social scenarios.
Multiplayer online computer game society
Society is the personalizeds, language, as well as worths that a team shares. As an example, sporting activities followers note the year by sporting activities periods — loss is football, springtime is baseball. They’re faithful to groups as well as might likewise binge-watch on vacations or days with numerous video games. They likewise have actually their very own slang words, like GOAT (best of perpetuity).
In a comparable method, children that play multiplayer online computer game have actually a common society. Summertime is a time for binge-playing. There are seasonal occasions throughout the year that players song into. They likewise utilize special language, with terms like noob (new or negative gamer) or skin (the method a gamer appearances in a video game).
There is a crucial distinction in between these sporting activities as well as computer game societies, nevertheless. Sporting activities followers are typically viewers. While seeing others play computer game is an expanding pattern, a lot of players are individuals that engage. They see what others are doing in the video game as well as exactly how they’re acting. As a result of that, they can bully, slam, as well as leave children out — much like in the real life.
That suggests children that fight with social abilities can locate themselves having actually the very same unfavorable experiences online that they have actually in day-to-day life. As well as their family members typically have no idea it is taking place.
Various kinds of online computer game
Countless children in the Unified Mentions play computer game. Yet unlike with college or sporting activities societies, moms and dads as well as caretakers typically have actually much less or no experience with video pc gaming. Everybody has actually knowledgeable college. Not every moms and dad has actually played a first-person online capturing video game, like Phone telephone call of Task.
Not all computer game include engaging with others. Yet multiplayer online computer game like Minecraft as well as Fortnite, Clash of Clans is several of one of the most preferred video games. Due to the fact that children are engaging online, these video games are where the special components of computer game society emerge.
Most of these video games include role-playing. Children tackle a duty of a personality with details abilities, as well as typically development with a tale line. Some video games are concentrated on experience, yet not all.
Nevertheless, there are video games that do not include role-playing or tale lines. Several of these are what is called sandbox video games. They do not have actually a dealt with tale. Children have actually flexibility to check out the game’s online world.
Multiplayer online video games can have actually one or a blend of these connects:
Action-oriented: Children combat, leap, dancing, or take various other activities with the video game to win or rack up factors. This wide category covers whatever from first-person shooter video games to gallery video games.
Cooperative: Children plays with each other to assist each various other attain an objective.
Affordable: Children play as well as complete versus each various other. Fortnite Fight Royale is a kind of affordable video game where gamers (typically regarding 100) attempt to remove each various other.
The preferred video game Minecraft, as an example, is a sandbox video game with activity as well as cooperative components.
Difficulty places for children with social abilities difficulties
There are several positives of computer game for children with social abilities difficulties. Video games can be a lifeline for children that have actualy difficulty linking in the real world to their peers. Not just can a video gaming rate of passion result in online good close friends, yet it can likewise be the basis for relationship in the real world.
At the very same time, video pc gaming society can be extremely testing for children that fight with social communication. Right below are several of the primary difficulty places as well as exactly how to assist your youngster browse them.
Some gamers will harass or provoke various other gamers for enjoyable. Trolling is typically confidential as well as arbitrary, as well as it takes place without alerting. It can be deeply disturbing to children.
What you can do: If you discover that the youngster has been trolled, it is crucial to place the video game down right now. Trolls grow on focus. If your youngster attempts to eliminate back in the video game, it might welcome more trolling. A lot of video games have actually a system for your youngster to record another gamer who is trolling. Motivate your youngster to build a record.
Unfavorable remarks as well as trash-talking from colleagues as well as challengers are not unusual in multiplayer computer game. Occasionally teasing is safe as well as excellent perky. Various other times it obtains downright awful, also in between good close friends.
What you can do: If your youngster has actually difficulty taking care of sensations, it is crucial to establish a stringent regulation to not have fun with children that trash-talk. Also informal unfavorable statements can have actually a large effect on your youngster.
Being confidential can lead children to claim as well as do points they could not in the real world and increase their net worth. They might be indicate due to the fact that nobody recognizes that they are. That is particularly real if they’re spontaneous.
What you can do: Motivate your youngster to play video games with real-life good close friends, as an online playdate. Another choice is to try to find a team of players committed to family-friendly play.
Intricate social guidelines
Every computer game has actually its very own special establish of social guidelines . Equally as in the real world, social guidelines in video games are typically unwritten. Children might battle to know them. They might temper as well as offend various other gamers.
What you can do: Learn more about the nature of the video game — whether it is cooperative or affordable, as an example. You could possibly also wish to attempt having fun the video game a couple of times on your own. After that, aid your youngster analyze the social guidelines. Attempt to have actually your youngster stay with one video game for some time, to discover what is suitable.
A lot of computer game programmers motivate an affordable scene as an organisation technique to maintain a video game preferred. This can be difficult for children with impulsivity as well as self-regulation problems. If they’re having a hard time in the video game, they might come to be moody as well as psychological.
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Ragi is one such highly regarded millet which has numerous health benefits. More than the conventional millet, organic Ragi is well regarded for its nutrients. It’s rich in fibre, proteins, calcium, and other minerals.
Karnataka is the highest producer of Ragi in India, but this crop is native to the Ethiopian highlands. People in South India used to consume it as their staple diet. Many people consider it above wheat and rice with its high nutritional value. Organic Ragi grains are harvested from the crop cultivated in organic, eco-friendly farm lands. It is cultivated without using pesticides and fertilizers. It doesn’t require polishing and, therefore, can be consumed in its purest form with all its goodness intact.
Also known as Finger Millet, it is not only rich in calcium, iron & protein but also some rare nutrients such as methionine. It easily digests from infancy through old age and thus it is recommended by paediatricians as an ideal first food after an infant attains at least 6 months of age.
Ragi as a daily diet supplement fights malnutrition, degenerative diseases, and premature ageing.
It is a fibrous carbohydrate. Its dietary fibres help in weight loss, bone development, lower blood cholesterol levels and in preventing anaemia. It is also good for patients suffering from diabetes. Regular intake also decreases the dangers of osteoporosis to a major level. It assists in tissue repair, improving metabolism and muscle coordination.
Roasted Ragi acts as a tonic for people suffering from liver ailments, high blood pressure, asthma, weak heart, etc.
As it is a whole grain, it can be used to prepare, porridge, roti & dosa. Healthy and mouth-watering dosa can be prepared with organic Ragi atta alone or mixing with wheat atta or multigrain atta.
Children will love this…
A simple recipe to make Ragi cookies:
- Ragi Flour: 2/3 cup
- Whole Wheat Flour: 2/3 cup
- Butter: ½ cup
- Brown Sugar: ½ cup
- Yogurt: 1 tbsp.
- Baking Powder: ¼ tsp.
- Freshly Ground Cardamom: 1-2 tsp.
- Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp.
- Mix Ragi & Wheat flours. Spread them in a flat baking pan
- Roast the flours in a pre-heated oven (180°C), for about 6-7 minutes
- Beat the butter and sugar until soft & creamy
- Dissolve the baking powder in the yogurt and add the spices
- Once the flour mixture is cooled, mix all the ingredients together to form a ball
- Divide the ball into 4 equal pieces
- From each piece you can make 5 balls
- Place each ball on a greased cookie sheet (baking pan) and using a fork, flatten each ball creating crossed lines on the top
- Bake for about 12 minutes at 180°C
- Let the cookies cool down before removing
- Keep in an airtight tin for a day to let the flavours develop
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Self Study Program 429 – Audi Q5 – Engines and Transmissions 7-speed dual clutch gearbox 0B5 (S tronic)
Self Study Program 429 – Audi Q5 – Engines and Transmissions 7-speed dual clutch gearbox 0B5 (S tronic) PDF. With the introduction of the Audi Q5, Audi is extending its model range to include a compact SUV that sets new standards in its class. In addition to the Audi Q7 and the Audi A6 allroad quattro, Audi is now introducing a third model for the off-road segment.
The Audi Q5 will be manufactured at the Ingolstadt facility. It is a logical choice of location because the Audi Q5 is based on component parts which are used on the Audi A4 ‘08.
The new Audi Q5 combines the dynamism of a sports saloon with highly variable interior and versatile options for leisure-time and family use. Strong and efficient engines, Quattro permanent all-wheel drive and agile running gear have been brought together to create a superior technology package for both on and off road driving.
Highlights such as the innovative S tronic seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and the driving dynamics system Audi drive select are the evidence that substantiates the Q5’s claim t o Vorsprung durch Technik. The sportiest SUV in its class, it is dynamic, multifunctional and comfortable.
The objectives of this Self-Study Programme
This Self-Study Programme describes the design, function and new features of the engines and gearboxes used in the new Audi Q5. Once you have worked your way through this Self-Study Programme, you will be able to answer the following questions:
– Which engines and gearboxes are used?
– Which modifications have been made to the 3.0l V6 TDI engine?
– How are the fuel tanks of the Audi Q5 designed, and what are their distinguishing features?
– Which exhaust system components were adopted from the A4 ´08?
– How is the new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox designed, and how are gearshifts performed?
– What are the points to note regarding the mechatronic system?
- 2.0l turbo FSI
- 3.2l V6 FSI
- 2.0l TDI with common rail injection
- 3.0l V6 TDI with common rail injection
- The volume-flow controlled oil pump of the 3.0l V6 TDI engine
- Exhaust gas recirculation in the 3.0l V6 TDI engine
- Fuel tank and feed
- Exhaust system
- Power transmission
- Drive concept – powertrain – power transmission
- 0B2 gearbox
- Six-speed manual gearbox 0B2
- Self-locking centre differential with asymmetric torque split
- 0B5 gearbox/S tronic
- Seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox 0B5/S tronic
- Sectional view of gearbox – overview of the component parts
- Advantages of the 7 gear ratios
- Design and function of the gearbox mechanism
- Design features of the dual clutch
- Gearshift sequence
- Gearbox oil system
- ATF supply – lubrication
- ATF cooling
- Lubrication of the manual gearbox
- Parking lock
- Gearbox control
- Mechatronics J743
- Gearbox protection functions
- Control unit temperature monitoring
- Clutch protection
- All you need to know
- Gearshift mechanism – ignition key withdrawal lock – Audi drive select
- Limp-home programs
The Self-Study Programme teaches the design and function of new models, new automotive parts or new technologies.
The Self-Study Programme is not a Repair Manual.
The values given are for illustration purposes only and refer
to the software version valid at the time of publication of the SSP.
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Neurophysiology in Speech
Language Pathology Lab
Arabic articles on speech pathology
Cultural and linguistic guidelines for language evaluation of Arab-American
The Neurophysiology in Speech Language Pathology Lab (NSLP Lab ) is located in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, at Adelphi University. It houses a 32 channel electroencephalography system, manufactured by Electrical Geodesics, Inc.
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Introduction to AutoML
This guide covers the low-level details on AutoML. For information about using AutoML as your provider in IntegratedML, see the IntegratedML User Guide.
AutoML is an automated machine learning system developed by InterSystems, housed within InterSystems IRIS® data platform. It is designed to quickly build accurate predictive models using your data, automating several key components of the machine learning process:
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In the movie War Games, the computer asked: “Shall we play a game?” Matthew Broderick was the actor who played the high school student. I'll never forget how his eyes lit up! That look — of curiosity and wonder and excitement — we need to see that on every child's face in every classroom in the world.
Education technology developers have a major challenge. They have two very different target users. First of all, developers have to meet education objectives. Then, they have to engage students. Sometimes happy teachers mean sad students. No matter how much the teachers love it, if it is a battle to get kids to do the activity, we will start looking elsewhere. Even the most robust, rigorous edtech tool will be usurped by an engaging, robust, rigorous edtech tool. Engage or be upstaged.
So how can developers balance teacher and school needs with the needs and wants of the students?
Video Games and Game Mechanics Can Help
Developers may not need to look any further than video games. (Jane McGonigal shares in her TED talk that upon graduation, many heavy gamers will have played more hours of games than they have been in school!)
#1 Learn How to Help Kids Fail and Still Not Quit
Some video games have high failure rates but still manage to engage learners/ gamers…
With “positive failure feedback,” players do not lose their sense of agency, and this is crucial for maintaining optimism that the goal is achievable. (Can Games Help Us Build a Better Reality?)
#2 Learn How to Reach Different Achievement Motivators
For example, game designers have long understood Bartle’s player types. Bartle classified the various types of gamers as achievers, socializers, explorers, and killers. (In schools, we often call the killer player type conquerors because of the negative feel of the term “killers.”)
- Achievers like to achieve something they like to level up. They love an epic quest. They like to earn new titles in new roles. They love status upgrades and leader boards.
- Socializers like to trade. They like to earn currency so that they can earn other things and items. They also enjoy working with others in their gamer interactivity.
- Explorers like to find different things that others aren't able to see. Glitches. hacks. Explorers want to know everything about the game. It's the quest to know something that they love.
- Conquers (Killers). Conquerors don't mind destroying things! While they might fervently defend their guild or group, they want to win!
#3 Learn Game Mechanics
And then there's a game mechanics, which we don't even have time to explore. (Check out this interview with teacher Michael Matera to understand more.) Game mechanics are in the toolkit of good game designers to help engage these different player types.
#4 Great Graphics
Call of Duty looks more like a movie than an animation. Face it, many education technology platforms need a face lift. They look like they were created in the days of Frogger. The graphic design used in video games could amp up many education technology tools.
“Drill and kill” has had too much of a place in education technology. We can be so much more in education than just flash cards! Education technology can be a bridge between teachers and students, but it can also let us do things we couldn't do before! We can personalize the learning for every single student.
#5 Connect Students and Teachers
There's also one other important thing for education technology developers to understand. In the end, learning is about a relationship: the relationship between a teacher and a student. Whether that teacher is online or that teacher is face-to-face. Education technology has to be high-tech while maintaining the high-touch feel of that relationship.
Study Good Gaming, Education Technology Developers
So my recommendation to education technology developers is to study good gaming. Understand what engages students that they would be willing to do it for hundreds of hours in your off time.
Successful education technology that's going to thrive and survive will:
- Have rigorous course content.
- Address the needs of educators for information about what students are learning
- Engage many different types of students, and
- Support and encourage strong one-to-one relationships between teachers and pupils!
How's that for a WishList? I would say it's impossible, but it's already being done online today, often in video games.
It will happen, who will be first? And that my friends, is the million dollar, perhaps even a billion-dollar question. Who can amp up the incredible, close relationship between teacher and student and interject the best of technology into that learning process?
Good luck and game on.
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Talking about the term ‘massage’ itself encompasses a wide array of a variety of massages. You need to go to a massage therapist for the following reasons. Here, we have mentioned the important ones.
To Get Relieved From Anxiety
Are you suffering from anxiety? A massage can truly help in this context to mitigate symptoms. It helps to decrease the sympathetic tone which we go with people with generalized anxiety disorder and it helps increase this sort of parasympathetic response. The importance of massage therapy Chelmsford cannot be ignored indeed. It helps you to get rid of anxiety.
Here, it needs to be mentioned that your body comes up with two major nervous systems called the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. Here, it needs to mention that your sympathy is fight or flight.
To Sleep Quite Soundly
Are you having trouble sleeping? Are you suffering from insomnia? You need to have massage therapy since it can help you to sleep more deeply. Sleep is all associated with how much activity there is in the nervous system. The significance of massage therapy Chelmsford cannot be ignored since it can help you to sleep easily and more peacefully.
When you truly have a massage, your nervous system itself slows down due to the pressure. Moreover, if you are getting deeper and more restorative sleep, it will truly mitigate the level of substance.
To Fight Fatigue
Do you toss and turn all night? Did your work drain you completely? Do you feel like you do not even hold five minutes to have a deep breath? Some people do get fatigued since they are not sleeping enough. Having enough sleep is quite important. Other people are getting fatigued because of particular biological factors.
But it does not matter what could be the cause of your fatigue. Talking about one easy solution is massage therapy. Swedish massages experience a reduction in their fatigue. Do you want to have the best results? It is time to go with massage therapy.
To Increase Focus
Are you having trouble staying present in a meeting for more than 10 minutes or reading a book before bed? Talking about the effects of a massage will truly help to improve your attention as well as your ability to emphasize it. This happens to have ideal pay attention; your heart rate will require to be lowered. If I am not paying attention then it is generally your heart rate elevated.
Massage therapy truly helps to slow down your nervous system. And your heart rate is truly slowed down. Because of massage, your heart rate will truly decrease and your focus will improve too.
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Welcome to Part 4 of the Top-Down RPG Shooter flash game tutorial. So far, we’ve set up the project, and added a player that moves with the arrow keys and rotates to face the mouse. In this part, we’re going to add bullets which the player can shoot by clicking and holding the mouse down.
The very basic concepts relating to shooting have already been covered in-depth in Part 10 and Part 11 of my Sidescrolling Platformer tutorial series, so this tutorial might seem a little faster paced. If you find yourself confused with the basic ideas, it might be a good idea to review those tutorials. (But don’t worry, I’ll still try to explain things clearly in this post, too :-)
Step One: Creating the Bullet MovieClip
Just as we did with the player, before we start programming the bullet with AS3, we need to draw it and link it to a class. I drew mine as a black rectangle, 20px wide by 6px tall — but as always, feel free to customize your own art to fit the mood and theme of your game. Be creative! When the art is finished, select it, Convert to Symbol, and link it to a class named “Bullet”, as outlined in the following screenshot:
Step Two: Create a simple Bullet.as class
Create a blank Actionscript 3.0 file (using File –> New… –> Actionscript File), and save it as “Bullet.as” in the same folder as your other project files. Start out by typing or pasting this block of code into Bullet.as. I included a bunch of comments in there to walk you through it. | <urn:uuid:0a789842-a35b-41f1-abbf-55fc380ccc16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://as3gametuts.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.93509 | 358 | 1.953125 | 2 |
“If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice”
Norman R. Augustine
A quick search of “investing” on Google raises images such as men in suits, bulls, money bags, and high-rise business districts. It is no wonder that the narrative of investing being for the rich is common amongst the general public.
But this is merely one of many myths – the biggest of which insinuates that investing is only reserved for Wall Street. Instead, we’re here to debunk the myths of Wall Street and show you how the main street can participate to democratise capital markets and earn potential returns.
The notion that you need vast vats of money to succeed in investing in stocks is a short-sighted argument. Unlike purchasing a house or a car, purchasing stocks does not require a down-payment or a minimum spend – in short, you do not need a vast sum of money to begin investing.
Instead implementing some financial planning and setting investing objectives are strongly advised to account for expenses when determining our strategies. Truthfully, for a shoestring investor, the three major costs they need to be mindful of are brokerage costs, advisory fees, and portfolio maintenance costs.
The proliferation of online brokerage firms has significantly lowered this barrier to entry with platforms such as Sharesies, Raiz, and Superhero allowing investors to be investing small amounts of money incrementally. Most investing platforms no longer charge a portfolio holding fee nor have minimum thresholds so even sparing that $5 coffee, would be sufficient for starting your investing journey.
And even in the case that you want to invest in an expensive company such as Google, with a stock price exceeding $2,700 USD, the mechanism of fractional investing allows you to purchase a small percentage of Google’s share, at a fraction of its price. Instead of paying that $2,700 USD, fractional investing allows our $5 to be put into investing in Google – demonstrating that we indeed, do not need vast sums to begin investing.
For those convinced that perhaps a higher amount is better, an element of budgeting should be introduced when assessing personal finances. Briefly, one’s budget should be divided into three areas:
“Don’t save on what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving”
Advice has also become increasingly available and affordable. However, this is perhaps an area where it is worth paying a premium as the quality of advice varies greatly. We also need to be cautious as to what advice is being given, if an advisor is recommending a buy and has held a large portion of its stock in their portfolio – then naturally you buying the stock is likely to increase the value of his portfolio. Instead, reputable sources should be sourced and even though it is recommended, the advisory is not essential to begin investing.
Whilst the prospect of consistently making excellent returns is certainly difficult, beginning to invest, and even making returns is not necessarily as complex as it seems. There are no fancy valuation models at play, nor are we using technical analysis to predict patterns; instead a little creativity and unorthodox thinking can go a long way.
Perhaps we feel that we do not have an adequate sum to begin a diversified portfolio? Again, fractional investing could be leveraged where we split our initial sum between 10 different companies to construct a diversified portfolio. Or we could get a little creative and investigate alternative investment vehicles.
Mutual funds combine stocks, bonds (and sometimes other securities) into a single portfolio and are available for investors to purchase shares in the combined portfolio. Mutual funds may list Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) where different portfolios of different objectives and compositions can be utilised and tailored to the needs of an investor. The 5 ETF types on the ASX are:
ETFs are an affordable and simple way to introduce diversification to our portfolio without having to conduct excessive research or formulate complex risk hedging strategies.
Similarly, for investors wanting real estate in their portfolios, Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs) allow for investors to own property without going out to buy a house. Again, the are over 20 REITs on the ASX with different exposure to different property types as well as different risk prospects. In any case, they are an inexpensive means of introducing alternative assets into our portfolio.
Finally, an investor on a budget should never underestimate the power of compounding interest. Let’s use an example here. Say we start with $100 and put it into an account with a savings rate of 5% per year for 10 years.
With simple interest, that $100 becomes $150.
With compound interest, that $100 becomes $162.89.
That is not to say we should put our money into a savings account. The ASX200 has averaged a compounded return rate of 7.7% over the past 10 years, meaning our $100, would now be $210 today. It can be easy to dismiss the power of such a simple mechanism but compounding is indeed an intelligent, inexpensive, and feasible way to increase our yields.
Admittedly, there is an element of truth to this. Timing is an important factor in deducing when to buy or sell but it is arbitrary in the scope of deciding when to start investing.
As mentioned before, investing is not just about making that single transaction; it can be about firstly doing some budgeting, perhaps some research, or speaking to advisors. Once we feel ready, then we can begin putting our money into acquiring some assets.
We can even set the period on when we want to increase our money invested. Our contributions can be made on any basis ranging from weekly, monthly, or even quarterly and we even have the freedom to set the amount for these contributions. Of course, this does mean we may not always be buying in dips (or selling in peaks) but does not prohibit our investments from making gains, whilst also freeing us from the task of constantly monitoring markets.
This is not a call for us to be reckless with our timing. But it is instead, asking us to evaluate whether our contributions are suitable for our circumstances. For example, you may revise your super contributions to adjust for your spending needs or income changes.
With regards to timing, patience is a critical element even for a shoestring investor. Warren Buffet and other famous investors did not amass their fortunes overnight, or in a year; they were patient in their pursuit and strong in their conviction, allowing them to amass knowledge and consistently improve their returns. It is tempting to hastily react to market activity but we should caution against letting short-term events dictate our long-term strategies.
To conclude, whilst the notion of “right timing” is heavily disputed; what is not, is the notion of getting started early.
Whilst the research, analysis, discussion, and monitoring of performance may seem like a taxing and tedious process, we do not need to fall victim to this fallacy.
Indeed, it is wise to check on the performance of your portfolio but checking it every single day may be a futile task. Instead, it might be useful to keep up to date with the news, read more about investing strategies, and listening to what advisors have to say about certain stocks, industries, and economic events.
There are multiple free resources for us to stay up to date on activity in the market. Likewise, we do not need to construct complex valuation models for us to identify attractive opportunities. Whether or not we make a gain or a loss, it is important to realize that there is a lesson to be learned – in understanding the market, understanding the stock, or even understanding ourselves.
We do not need the complex range of financial instruments endowed to institutions nor do we need the complex algorithms or valuation models. With a little bit of creative thinking, commentary from advisors, and a willingness to improve our business acumen, we can gradually build our knowledge and confidence in investing- even if we start on a small budget.
So there you have it. Investing does not need to be an expensive endeavour; nor is it a difficult task shrouded in mystery. Investing is not always about the timing and it indeed does not require substantial amounts of work. Even on a small budget, we can begin learning more about investing, strategising our purchases, and constructing our portfolio.
Investing is no longer reserved for the men in suits or the executives in shiny new offices. The main street can raise its hands and utilise the proliferation of knowledge, financing options, and investing strategies to gain potential returns.
Not sure where to start? We’ve got great guides on how to invest, what are dividend stocks, and portfolio construction here on our blog to help you get started with investing.
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We all uses plastic all day, every day. Yet we increasingly hear news reports about the growing problem of ‘plastic soup’. Almost daily, we see photos of beaches strewn with plastic bottles, and birds that have more plastic in their stomachs than food. But if plastic is so bad for the environment, why do we still use it? And why has all of that plastic only ‘now’ become a problem? | <urn:uuid:c1b435d3-1211-4fda-9f76-5b839eec2cfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://plasticsoep.sites.uu.nl/en/plastic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.953539 | 93 | 1.875 | 2 |
The Leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees
1The Pharisees and Sadducees approached,16:1–12 Mt 12:38–39; Mk 8:11–21; Lk 12:54–56 and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.16:1 Lk 11:16; 1Co 1:22
2He replied, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’
3And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You16:3 Other mss read Hypocrites! You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.16:2–3 Other mss omit When (v. 2) through end of v. 3
5The disciples reached the other shore,16:5 Lit disciples went to the other side and they had forgotten to take bread.
7They were discussing among themselves, “We didn’t bring any bread.”
8Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith,16:8 Mt 6:30; 8:26; 14:31; Lk 12:28 why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?
9Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you collected?
10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you collected?16:9–10 Mt 14:17–21; 15:34–38
11Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?” 16:11 Mt 3:7; 16:6; Mk 8:15; Lk 12:1
Peter’s Confession of the Messiah
15 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”
17Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,16:17 Or son of John16:17 Jn 1:42; 21:15–17 because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.16:17 1Co 15:50; Gl 1:16; Eph 6:12; Heb 2:14
18And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,16:18 Mt 18:17; Ac 5:11; 7:38; 8:1,3; 9:31; 11:22,26 and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,16:19 Is 22:22; Mt 18:18; Jn 20:23; Rv 1:18; 3:7 and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound16:19 Or earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed16:19 Or earth will be loosed in heaven.”
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
21From16:21–28 Mk 8:31–9:1; Lk 9:22–27 then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.16:21 Mt 17:9; 20:18; 27:63; Lk 24:7; Jn 2:19
22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “Oh no,16:22 Lit “Mercy to you = “May God have mercy on you Lord! This will never happen to you!”
Take Up Your Cross
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.16:24 Mt 10:38; Lk 14:27
25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.16:25 Mt 10:39; Jn 12:25
26For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?16:26 Ps 49:7–8; Lk 12:20
27For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father,16:27 Mt 26:64; Mk 8:38; Ac 1:11; 1Th 1:10; 4:16; Rv 1:7 and then he will reward each according to what he has done.
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Tom Roeser: Those who wonder how a supposed Catholic can go through life supporting abortion have ignored the logical answer: it’s a misapplication of a theological doctrine called “the Fundamental Option.” It sprouted in the 1940s at the university I attended…Saint John’s of Collegeville, Minnesota. The first day of school we were separated into two groups for theology: the first group composed of the supposedly bright-brights were directed to study theology under Fr. Godfrey Diekmann OSB who was the campus’ leading theological light…and the dumber ones (into which I thankfully was included) were sent to study theology under Fr. Ernest Kilzer OSB of the traditionalist school. That lucky break for me made all the difference. A good number of those who matriculated under Godfrey became relativist Catholics…as Godfrey himself proved to be-signing a dissent to Humanae Vitae and becoming an implacable enemy of John Paul II.
Godfrey gave them lessons in misapplication of the Fundamental Option while Ernie gave us the Fundamental Option straight. Here’s what the F-O is all about. Fundamental Option is a theory of morals that says each person gradually develops a basic orientation in his life of being either for or against God-the difference being this: You are for God if you’re life is fundamentally devoted to the service of others and against God if your life is essentially devoted to self-love and self-service. So far so good. It was reflected in Augustine’s theory that the human race is ultimately composed of two cities: the City of God and the City of Man (whose members love themselves even to the contempt of God).
Both Godfrey and Ernie agreed thus far. Where it gets into heresy is involving mortal sin. While I never took a class from Godfrey, I knew many of my classmates were spinning out from his class with a relativistic view of mortal sin which is all too prevalent today in the theories of Richard McBrien of Notre Dame and, to a popular mode, those of Andrew Greeley. Those of you who are authenticist Catholics like me remember that to qualify for having committed a mortal sin there are three conditions: grievous matter…sufficient reflection…and full consent of the will.
In 1975…long after we graduated…the Vatican issued a formal declaration, “Persona Humana” in which certain theories involving the Fundamental Option were condemned. “There are those,” the document stated, “who go so far as to affirm that mortal sin, which causes separation from God, only exists in the formal refusal directly opposed to God’s call or in that selfishness which completely and deliberately closes itself to the love of neighbor. They say that it is only then that there comes into play the `fundamental option,’ that is to say, the decision which totally commits the person and which is necessary if mortal sin is to exist.” In other words, implicit in the theory is that there can be serious sins such as murder or adultery because the actions are gravely wrong-but which do not constitute mortal sin which produces loss of sanctifying grace because…why? Because for mortal sin to be committed one must subjectively reject God.
This new, lax version of mortal sin is a heresy, the Vatican determined, because it frees one from the onus of mortal sin by simply attesting that he is not rejecting God.
You can see now how that concept is a fundamental sop of conscience to those in Congress and the legislatures who support abortion rights. They can evade responsibility by merely saying they love God. Whereas authenticists believe that by straight-out actions, sin is committed that deprives the sinner of the friendship of God. This explains the detour taken by so many of my friends from the circa `40s and beyond who maintain they are good Catholics but support programs and candidates who work the opposite side of the street.
Small wonder, then, that so many of my Saint John’s colleagues came back to our rooms after sessions with Godfrey whistling and in an “up” mood. They felt they could do whatever they wanted…in morality and sexual promiscuity…confident that they still love God.
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In Orihuela, the Local Police together with the Department of Education have launched a campaign to eradicate school absenteeism in the municipality. They gave information on the interventions carried out by the police over the last year to avoid or reduce the number of cases of young people of school age who were absent without reason.
The Councillor for Education Antonio Sánchez explained that there have been 186 interventions in young people in the past year, which represents an increase of 40 percent compared to the 2019/2020 school year.
Of these 186 cases detected, 90 were minors who received records of school absenteeism being made available to parents or institutes; in another 25 cases they were minors at social risk or unprotected; and 69 young people required continuous follow-up as they were repetitive in their absences from their school – these 69 minors alone required up to 400 interventions by officers.
The Orihuela Local Police officer, Daniel Méndez, said that the 40 percent rise in absenteeism cases is due to the Coronavirus. There were numerous cases of parents who did not take their children to schools or institutes out of fear that they would catch the virus whilst there. Officer Méndez added that in the end around 80-100 minors returned to class who had not attended during the first waves of the Covid pandemic.
“In class you educate yourself, you learn, you train… Don’t miss it”, reads the slogan of the new awareness campaign and Antonio Sánchez added that “where one begins to form is in class and not in the parks.”
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Read more on this subject: WAR: About that War
Opinion Column by Stephen Lendman
Peace Not an Option for Washington
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
For Republican and Democrat administrations alike, peace is abhorrent – notably since the neoliberal 90s, especially post-9/11.
Enemies don't exist so they're invented, Washington's geopolitical strategy to justify unjustifiable naked aggression – unaccountable high crimes against peace in all instances.
When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Muslims replaced communists as America's enemy of choice. Except for Bill and Hillary Clinton's Balkan wars and rape of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, all US wars were and continue to be waged against predominantly Muslim countries.
Endless wars are waged against one country after another, sovereign independent ones – either directly, through proxies or both ways like now against multiple countries.
Nothing in prospect suggests Trump changing longstanding US policy, America's latest
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Presentation: Strategic Planning . Strategic Management and Leadership
ASDA was originally formed in the 1920s as Hindell’s Dairies. ASDA was established by a group of Yorkshire farmers who processed and sold meat and milk products through Hindell’s Dairies. In 1949, the company changed its name to Associated Dairies and Farm Stores Ltd. The grocer merged with Queen’s Supermarkets to form ASDA Stores Ltd in 1965 (www.asda.com).
ASDA aims to be a value retailer that surpasses the customer’s expectations in terms of product price. To this end, the supermarket chain says that it will provide customers with goods as a lower price than its competitors do. At its more than 300 stores across the United Kingdom, ASDA sells food and groceries, as well as other products for the home (Koch, 2006).
A mission statement sets out the long-term direction of the organisation. ASDA’s mission is: ‘to be Britain’s best-value retailer exceeding customer needs always‘ (www.asda.com).
SWOT analysis entails a distillation of the findings of an internal and external audit which draws attention, from a strategic perspective, to the critical organisational strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats facing the organisation. Whereas PESTLE analysis is an audit of an organisation’s environmental influences with the purpose of using this information to guide strategic decision-making. The assumption is that if the organisation is able to audit its current environment and assess potential changes, it will be better placed than its competitors to respond to changes (Ronald, 2013).
This study will analyse the impact of political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors on Asda. It will also identify the key forces that represent both opportunities and threats to its profit. Data is supplemented with details on the company’s history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available company statement (Thomas, 2007).
SWOT analysis is the study undertaken by an organization to identify its internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as its external opportunities and threats (Julie, 2009).
A tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization. Specifically, SWOT is a basic, straightforward model that assesses what an organization can and cannot do as well as its potential opportunities and threats (Albert, 2008). The method of SWOT analysis is to take the information from an environmental analysis and separate it into internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external issues (opportunities and threats). Once this is completed, SWOT analysis determines what may assist the firm in accomplishing its objectives, and what obstacles must be overcome or minimized to achieve desired results (Jean and Glen, 2010)
Strengths 1.Wide range of product offerings and service offerings include financial services 2.Known for its amazing marketing campaigns 3.In constant touch with its customers via social networking, asks feedback, conducts competitions, etc. 4.Socially responsible through CSR initiatives 5.ASDA has over 140,000 employees working at over 500 stores (Menon, 2010).
1. Limited global presence as compared to few other competitors
2. Their ability to sell prices have restricted their entrance is few countries as the country fear a competition with local vendors (Hill & Westbrook, 2007).
1. Expanding in new areas of pharmacies, opticians, jewelry and photo department.
2. Venturing into markets that are growing like India, China etc
1.Price war with other retail chains brands
2.Pressure of maintaining low prices.
3. Ever changing policies of various central governments
External environment factors such as down turns in the economy, and a lack of investment in innovation can have a significant impact on a firm’s strategic options (Koch, 2006). To obtain a better glance of how these factors will affect the planning process, analysts can utilize the STEEP analysis tool. When used correctly, the tool will furnish decision makers with information which should be used to improve existing strategic plans (Ronald, 2013).
1.Government policy on taxation, Employment laws including wages, rates etc.
2.Political unrest: due to influx of large number of foreign nationals in the country (Thomas, 2007).
3.Unstable Government: due to govt inability to stabilise the economy (Julie, 2009).
4.Government education policy: efforts to encourage more people to stay on high education
5.Stage of business cycle
6.Assisting people entering and re-entering the job market
7. Maximize the contribution of local and regional economies
8. Disposable income
1.Large influx of EU citizen in the country leading to a high demand for accommodation, welfare, healthcare and education (Jean and Glen, 2010).
2.Changes in social trends
3.Ageing population could lead to an increase to ASDA’s pension payment for their employees. It could also lead to another source of labour pool for ASDA to tap into.
4.An ageing population could also lead to unwillingness to work and an increase in pension .
5.Lifestyle changes: Longer opening hours in supermarkets means that people are working longer and / or flexible hours (Albert, 2008).
6.In areas of high concentration of ethnic groups, goods and services are targeted towards that ethnic group e.g. Slough / Southall Lifestyle
7.Charity: benefits to the community
11.Health and welfare
1.New ways of shopping: online shopping
2.New product types i.e. mobile phones, MP3 players etc. 3.Improved efficiency in stock control due to bar coding
4.Cost reduction due to introduction of new technology i.e. lower cost of labour
5.Self scanning of products
6.Chip and Pin
1.Increased demand could lead to increased
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Research shows that money troubles are responsible for almost half of all divorces, with stress caused by financial woes overwhelming even the strongest relationship. However, it’s not always a shortage of money that causes relationship tension. Disparate attitudes towards money, spending, bank accounts and property ownership can lead to unnecessary tension in a marriage.
Before tying the knot, take time to sit down with your fiancé and ask each other the hard questions.
- Your upbringing
- Financial success
- Money management
- Financial obligations
- Fun money
Some questions to ask: How much debt do you have? Have you ever been insolvent? What is your attitude towards debt? What is your credit rating?
Advice: If your partner has debt, encourage him to put a debt reduction plan in place and map a timeline to paying off the debt. Get him to commit to stop spending until the debt is paid off in full. Starting married life together while drowning in debt is never ideal. Be sure to unpack everything relating to debt so that you can start your marriage free from worry. In addition, avoid going into any further debt by borrowing money to pay for an elaborate wedding. Consider a small, intimate wedding with close friends and family.
Some questions to ask: How did your upbringing shape your attitude to and feelings toward money? What are your current attitudes towards money?
Advice: If you are a spendthrift while your partner loves a bit of ‘retail therapy’, you are bound to lock horns at some stage. A common technique employed by married couples is to set a spending limit that each partner adheres to. Any purchase over the agreed spending limit should be discussed and agreed upon first. Before getting married, discuss your differing money personalities, your different attitudes towards money, and how you intend to manage these personalities in the context of your marriage.
Some questions to ask: What does financial success look like to you? How much is enough? Do you measure your success in terms of income?
Advice: It is great to have an ambitious and hard-working partner, but not one who makes money their god. Having a spouse in relentless pursuit of money can put emotional strain on your relationship. Talk to each other about your morals and values, how you feel about material wealth and how each of you measures success. Most importantly, draw up a list of joint financial goals that you can work towards as a couple. This will provide you with a blueprint to measure your success as a couple.
Some questions to ask: How do you think we should manage our money? Jointly or separately? Who pays for what? How do we make decisions? Should we merge bank accounts? What if one spouse earns more than the other?
Advice: When it comes to money management in a marriage, the only correct way is the one that you agree upon together. Whichever way you choose to structure your bank accounts and payments in your relationship, what’s more important is that you both stick to the plan. If you agree to operate a joint bank account, then do so with mutual respect and consideration for each other. If you decide to pool your incomes and share all expenses, then commit to doing it entirely, without holding money back or hiding money from your spouse. If your decision is to keep your finances completely separate, then be sure to understand the consequences of having two separate financial lives.
Some questions to ask: Do you have financial obligations to anyone else, for example an ex-spouse or children? What financial baggage are you bringing into the relationship? Do your parents have enough money for their retirement?
Advice: As families and family structures become more diverse, the likelihood of financial baggage being brought into a marriage increases. Whether it is children from a previous relationship, an ex-spouse or a dependent sibling, marrying someone who has financial obligations outside of your marriage can be cause enormous tension. Seek to fully understand these financial commitments in terms of quantum, time period, future escalations and unforeseeable costs. It is important that, going into the marriage, you fully understand these obligations and make peace with them.
Some questions to ask: What are your financial stresses? What are your money fears? What keeps you awake at night?
Over and above debt, find out what else stresses your partner out when it comes to money. Does he worry about his parents’ retirement funding? Has he got concerns about possible retrenchment or job loss? Has he taken a risky investment gamble? Is he worried he hasn’t started saving for retirement? Be open with each other about your financial fears and find ways to shoulder these worries together.
Some questions to ask: How would you like to spend your ‘fun’ money? What are your interests and how often would you like to pursue them?
Advice: Find out how she likes to spend her ‘fun’ money and whether her leisure interests are aligned with yours. Some hobbies can be particularly expensive and it is best to know upfront what her plans are when it comes to spending money on interests, hobbies and sports. Make sure you are both on the same page when it comes to how you intend spending your fun money or spoiling yourselves.
Some questions to ask: Do you want to own property? How do you feel about renting? How do you feel about investment property?
Advice: Buying a property is one of the biggest investments you will make in your lifetime and it helps if you are both on the same page. Your partner may have strong feelings about not wanting to own property, or he may wish to buy a smaller property in order to afford a holiday home. Be sure to discuss the topic of property before you get married. Buying and selling property comes with enormous costs, so it will help if you share the same views on the matter.
Some questions to ask: What are your plans for retirement? Do you want to retire? What do you want to do in retirement? Where would you like to live?
Advice: Retirement might be the furthest thing from your mind, but it’s a discussion that needs to take place. We often find that a couple has widely disparate views on retirement, with one partner dreaming of retiring to a small fishing village while the other is keen on a retirement village in a leafy suburb. It’s difficult to develop a joint retirement plan if your retirement objectives are not aligned in any way. While retirement may seem far off, start talking in general terms about how, when and where you envisage your retirement.
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- San Diego employers will create more than 50,000 new jobs by 2030 due to the proliferation of 5G technology, according to a new study.
The study, from trade association CTIA, says 5G will lead to more jobs directly via new infrastructure and engineering, as well as the growth of fields that will benefit from the faster connectivity. Those include retail, finance, manufacturing and travel.
"By delivering faster speeds, lower latency, and higher reliability, 5G will spur additional activity across consumer, industrial, and public domains," the study says.
Heather Ace, Qualcomm's chief human resources officer, said upwards of 80 percent of the positions the company is adding are related to 5G. She said the technology would spur a wide range of growth.
"If you think about it, that's things like connected cars, which we read a lot about in the news. It's things like the Internet of Things," she said. "You think about even the pandemic and how much we have had to the tele-medicine, and remote patient monitoring. 5G is really the technology that fuels all those changes and certainly lots of industry change that we're not even contemplating."
The study predicts 52,700 new jobs in San Diego County by 2030, with $20.2 billion in GDP growth.
Stephanie Cragg, an Oceanside resident, enrolled at San Diego Code School to seek a career change after 10 years working in a dental office.
"At that time, I was coding on my own, just kind of doing little things on the side," she said. "I decided, hey, if I had to wake up to go anywhere to do anything every day i don't mind what I get paid as long as it's solving hard problems."
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* 1401, † 0011
Nicholas of Cusa was born 1401 in Kues, Trier (now Germany). Nicholas of Cusa was a German philosopher and bishop. He was interested in geometry and logic as well as in philosophy and astronomy. Nicholas of Cusa died on 11 August 1464 in Todi, Papal States (now Italy).
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RHYTHMS OF GRACE
We are far more subject to being influenced than we often think. The environment we live in, what we read and watch, the relationships we engage in, where we go and what we do, are always shaping our desires, our beliefs, and our habits. The things we repeatedly do, again and again, begin to affect what we desire and long for. We are always being formed, whether we realize it or not. For followers of Jesus, God has given us rhythms of grace, spiritual habits that keep our hearts focused on him.
But how can we practice these rhythms when we are already busy and tired? Over the next few weeks, we will look at several different rhythms and how we find God’s grace in them. From prayer and fasting, to community and rest, we will look at these spiritual practices and how we can engage them with our whole hearts. And as we do, we hope to build ourselves up and set our sights once again on Jesus. | <urn:uuid:216c6a40-4a8d-477b-9c38-deca6c905005> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://south.frontlinechurch.com/sermons/series/rhythms-of-grace | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.954777 | 205 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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