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Whether he’s got feline DNA or did something in a past life to gain unlimited good karma, Frane Selak surely takes the title of the world’s luckiest man.
Or, if you ask others, the world’s unluckiest. Because over his 92 years on this planet Selak has escaped death more times than most superheroes, surviving a long list of accidents that have led him to be crowned ‘the luckiest unluckiest man alive.’
Born in Croatia in 1929, the first half of Selak’s life was by all accounts relatively trouble-free. But by the time he hit his mid-30s, things began going awry, starting in 1962 when Selak was on board a train that derailed and crashed in a river, killing 17 people. Selak was pulled alive from the wreckage, but little did he know his trials and tribulations had only just begun.
As TikToker Oliva Snake explains, over the past 60 years Selak has accumulated almost a dozen tales of near-death experiences, surviving car wrecks, bus crashes and plane disasters. He even managed to emerge alive after his car drove off the edge of a ravine by somehow managing to escape the vehicle and hang onto a tree branch.
And if none of that was enough proof that Selak’s life was being guided by a force greater than himself, in 2002, two days after his 73rd birthday, he won over $1 million in the lottery.
Selak’s story has had a mixed reaction on TikTok, with people unable to agree on whether he was lucky or unlucky.
‘Someone was trying to take him out,’ one person commented, while another wrote ‘his guardian angel works overtime.’
Whatever the reason for his remarkable life story, Selak is now happily living out his life in retirement, after giving away most of his lottery winnings in favour of a frugal lifestyle.
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A star in Sagittarius, known as Sakurai's Object, has undergone a "rebirth" of sorts, as it produced an intense outburst a couple of decades ago. The outburst took place when the star began "burning" a shell of helium surrounding its hot, dead core. Known as a "final flash," it produced a strong wind of gas that has surrounded the star with a glowing ring, as shown in this image from the European Southern Observatory. [ESO]
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A dying star in Sagittarius isn’t going quietly. A couple of decades ago, it was “reborn” with an intense outburst of energy. It’s faded from view since then, but it’s starting to return.
Sakurai’s object long ago used up the hydrogen fuel in its core, triggering a series of changes. Those changes culminated when the star expelled its outer layers of gas into space, forming a glowing bubble. That left only its hot core, made of carbon and oxygen topped by thin shells of hydrogen and helium. The core was cooling off to form a white dwarf — the final phase of life for stars that are similar to the Sun.
In the 1990s, though, Sakurai’s object flared up — it grew more than 10,000 times brighter. That’s because it was going through a phase called a “final flash”: There was enough helium to ignite a new series of nuclear reactions at the star’s surface.
The new reactions produced a strong “wind” of gas. As this material surrounded the star, it cooled and clumped together to form a cloud of dust. That blocked the star’s light, so it vanished from view.
Today, though, the dust is getting thinner. That’s allowed astronomers to start watching it again. In fact, they’ve seen that it seems to be blowing giant bubbles into space from above its poles — a final act for a dying star.
Although we can’t see the star, we can see its location. It’s above the “teapot” formed by the brightest stars of Sagittarius, which is low in the south at nightfall.
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Gilded Gold/Bronze 8" Shakyamuni Nepalese Buddha Statue #st245
Dimensions: 5.5" wide x 4.5" deep x 8" high
Weight: 1350 grams; 2 lbs, 15.6 oz
Shakyamuni,also known as Gautma Buddha, or “the Buddha”, is believed to have formed the ideology of Buddhism.
Shakyamuni veers from extremism, promoting balance and peace, and ending pain.
His right hand lightly touches his seat, representing the Earth Touching Buddha. He is said to have made this pose on the night of his enlightenment.
His left hand holds the alms bowl, a symbol of wandering.
He sits in full lotus, legs crossed with both soles facing upwards.
On the pedestal, in front of his legs, lies a vajra, which represents indestructibility.
Shakyamuni bears a symbol on his forehead known as the “Ushnisha topknot,” representing profound connection with the spirit.
The body of this statue is made of Bronze.
The face of this statue is made of Gilded 24-Karat Gold.
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Today’s video is on reading and understanding your auto insurance policy.
Understanding Your Auto Insurance Policy
People ask me all the time if I hate insurance companies. Of course not! I fight insurance companies. But one thing I don’t like about insurance companies is that their insurance policies don’t make a lot of sense to me, especially don’t make sense to most of my clients. Let’s begin with automobile coverage. Automobile insurance coverage is not usually an issue for you with what your policy says. Most of the time, insurance policy language matters to you regarding the guy who hit you. If you’re interested in understanding what insurance coverage is available for your claim when the injury or property damage was caused by another person, you want to look to their insurance company. When you read the insurance policies, you’re going to find that most things fall into three categories:
- number one, property insurance, property damage, rather.
- number two, bodily injury
- number three, uninsured motorist.
Let’s run through those.
Now this is when someone runs into your car, and they cause massive damage. Coverage will be that component of the insurance policy that will put your car back to the place it was before the accident.
The second piece of it is the bodily injury piece. Now that’s when someone runs into you, and the insurance policy provides coverage of your medical expenses and future problems that you may have as a result of the accident.
The third piece sometimes becomes the most important. This is the uninsured motorist provision. Now this is something you read in your own policy, and it works like this: If I’m driving down the street and someone runs into me, but they don’t have insurance, does that mean I don’t have insurance coverage for the loss? Well, at that point, what you do is you look to the insurance policy that you have, and that provides coverage for you when you’re involved in an accident with someone who doesn’t have insurance policies. You’re going to find that either directly in this insurance policy, or in something called an umbrella policy that we’ll cover in another video. It’s always important for you to get a copy of the insurance policy of someone who causes and accident or to always have a copy of your own insurance policy in the event you run into someone, or someone runs into you, rather, and they don’t have insurance coverage. Reading insurance policies can be very complicated and frustrating. If you need help with your insurance claim, or just understanding your insurance coverage, give us a call. You take care of your family, and we’ll take care of the insurance company.
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Jobs' thought "courage" is boosting the iPhone 7's abolition of the iPhone 7 which discontinued earphone jack
In iPhone 7, the earphone jack was abolished, and the question of this decision centering on existing users is rising. However, there are indications that such a major change causing a lot of confusion is actions based on Apple's policy that Steve Jobs used to describe using the word "courage".
Steve Jobs effectively explains why Apple removed the headphone socket from the iPhone 7 [Video] | 9to5Mac
9to 5Mac brings out the movie that Jobs was talking about to the voice of embarrassment due to the discontinuation of the earphone jack of iPhone 7 and points out that it is a policy unchanged from the era of Jobs with behavior based on Apple's strong belief . Jobs' remarks are recorded after 2 minutes 45 seconds of the interview movie just after Apple decided the policy not to support Adobe's Flash on the iPhone.
Steve Jobs - Courage - YouTube
Jobs is talking about as follows.
Some people who are trying to make a great product for people, and we have a little product. Are going to not like that, they are going to call us names [...] but we're going to take the heat [and] instead focus our energy on these technologies which we think are in their ascendancy and we think are going to They are paying us to make these choices [...] If we succeed, they'll buy them, and if you do not, they will not, and it'll All work itself out. "
(Apple continues to challenge to offer great products so we have a minimum of "courage" based on a strong belief that "This is not suitable for making great products" And I will not adopt "things that are not worthy to make great products." Some people dislike this attitude and at that time they will accuse Apple by name, but making changes does not dominate Customers consider paying for Apple's choice, rather than pouring energy into technologies.The customer will buy the product if Apple did it well, if it fails, The customer will not buy the product and the change itself will not work)
This Jobs 'remarks is something that Apple' s decision to discontinue earphone jack on iPhone 7 is something that is relevant. Certainly,Apple's special eventsPhillip Schiller senior vice president who took over to say "courage" if it expresses the discontinuation of earphone jack in a word is certainly consistent with Apple's policy Jobs told in the movie above is.
It is pointed out that Apple may be putting a message on images of iPhone 7 color variations as if foreseeing criticism of the discontinuation of earphone jack this time. The following iPhone 7's screen shows five colors of crystal, which is the color of the original iMac, which is also a symbol of Apple's return to Apple by Jobs. At the time of the original iMac, at that time, we made a big decision to abolish the popular floppy disks, and many criticisms were received against this. Against this criticism Jobs made the product a great success by penetrating our beliefs, so the item that symbolizes Apple's "courage" is the first iMac, and the discontinuation of the earphone jack on iPhone 7 is also due to this courage That's why a strong message is hidden.
For Jobs without Apple, criticism of the tone of "There would not have been such a thing if there were Jobs" is a criticism of the tone, but due to the existence of movies that Jobs talks about, 9to 5 Mac is said to have at least "if Jobs ......" He points out that criticism will be overturned.
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Humans are naturally curious creatures. Throughout our existence, we have developed diverse languages, societal systems, and wonders of technology. Babies come into this world like sponges, absorbing all that they see and experience, learning to walk, communicate, and developing the ability to function independently, somewhat. Yet, at some point, this inquisitive nature dwindles and is replaced with apathy. What causes this shift in mental alignment? Expectations.
There are minimal expectations for learning as a baby, and the baby doesn’t even know about them. When a child is worried about a grade, living up to their teacher’s or a parent’s expectations, this constricts the more absorbent parts of their minds. Deadlines, grades, and projects put a damper on the fun of learning because they are no longer learning for the sake of learning. They are learning for the sake of jumping through hoops and producing something they may not enjoy or care about producing.
While it is important to get updates on how a child’s education is going, the emphasis on making sure they do well on these updates hiders their overall learning experience.
So what can we do about this? We can realign how we model teaching and learning. Instead of emphasizing getting good grades or regurgitating information, emphasize engaging children in worthwhile, enjoyable, and of course, educational experiences. This shows them that learning is not restricted to the classroom or just to make their parents or teachers happy. Focus on the journey, not the destination. Education can be fun, and we can put the fun back into teaching!
That is why here at Mathnasium of South Beaverton, we use the Mathnasium method, designed to meet the needs of each student and cater to their interests and needs. We make math learning fun!
Our director Chris is excited to learn about your child and help them rekindle their spark with learning. Sign up today for an assessment.
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Following on from this post about blockchain, we’re taking a brief look at how two of our biggest carriers, Fedex and DHL are limbering up to the emerging new technology that has everyone so excited.
The first thing to make note of is the existence of Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), of which Fedex is a founding member and to which many other major carriers have signed up including DHL, and UPS. The purpose of BiTA, to quote from their website, is to:
“create a forum for the development of blockchain standards and education for the freight industry…”
Now, how have DHL and Fedex incorporated blockchain tech? In brief:
DHL recently announced that it had created a blockchain-based prototype in partnership with Accenture to track pharmaceuticals across a supply chain.
“The ledger tracking these medicines may be shared with stakeholders, including manufacturers, warehouses, distributors, pharmacies, hospitals, and doctors. Lab-simulations show how blockchain could handle more than seven billion unique serial numbers and 1,500 transactions per second.”
Given that 1 million lives are lost each year as a result of counterfeit medications, the positive impact this massively increased level of traceability can have due to the transparent and tamper-proof nature of the blockchain can’t be underestimated.
Fedex is working with BiTA to create uniform logistics standards for blockchain applications across the industry and has already set in motion blockchain pilots dealing specifically with dispute resolution. Vice-president of strategic planning and analysis Dale Chrystie said: “We have millions of records a day in our system, and we think of blockchain as a secure chain of custody that could transform the logistics industry. We believe it holds a lot of promise in that space and would streamline all that data exchange in a very secure way.”
From these examples amongst our carriers, it’s clear the blockchain wheel is in motion and so far, with positive outcomes predicted right across the supply chain.
SmartConsign is the first true cloud SaaS parcel delivery solution used by over 300 companies throughout the UK – offering access to 25+ top carriers including Fedex and DHL. Carriers do not pay a fee to be integrated onto the system, providing users with unbiased access to performance data that users can compare and contrast at any time. To learn more get in touch email email@example.com
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In times of crisis, our natural instinct is to help. And now, more than ever, people are looking for ways to volunteer to support their community and the world around them. However, before you volunteer, you should first take these safety tips into consideration to ensure your safety and the safety of those around you:
Stay in the Know
Because things are changing so much on a daily basis, it is important to be aware of the latest COVID-19 news, especially locally. Make sure you pay attention to the social media, emails, texts and latest news coverage from the organization you’re volunteering with and other reputable resources like the CDC, and your local and state health and safety officials.
Are you Healthy Enough to Volunteer?
If you want to volunteer in-person and the following conditions apply to you, you should consult your doctor first or review these considerations provided by the CDC:
- If you currently have a cough, fever, or any respiratory illness
- If you currently have a heart condition, lung disease, diabetes, or any other serious health condition, or are over the age of 65
- If you or anyone in your household have traveled internationally in the past 30 days.
- If you or anyone in your household have been in close contact with anyone who is confirmed to have COVID-19
Do not put yourself at risk. If you are feeling sick or unwell, do not help others. By protecting yourself, you are already supporting your community by reducing the spread of the virus.
Understand The Risks
Before you volunteer, make sure you ask about any risks associated in your volunteer role and what they are doing to mitigate the risk. Also, check to see if there is a volunteer handbook you can reference.
Be clear about what activities you will be doing and what the expectations and boundaries are around the role. Specifically, get details from the nonprofit organization around what practices they are putting in place to safeguard the health and well-being of volunteers and the community. For example, is the nonprofit partner limiting the size of volunteer groups to be able to maintain a safe distance?
Consider Virtual Volunteering
If you are unsure about your health status, are self-quarantining, and/or have travel restrictions in your city or state, the best way to still give back is by virtually volunteering. Reach out to the cause of your choice to see what virtual volunteering roles they have available. See example volunteer roles here and check out All for Good for volunteer opportunities.
Avoid Close Contact
If you are volunteering out in the community, make sure you put distance between yourself and other people. This is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick.
- Avoid carpooling with others to limit the spread of the virus.
- Have a mask on hand at all times.
- Bring your own food and drink, when appropriate.
- Bring your own hand sanitizer.
- Don’t share tools or supplies when appropriate, and make sure to sanitize any and all tools and supplies before using them.
Clean Your Hands Often
It is important that if you volunteer in-person that you:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
- If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Listen and Follow Safety Protocols
Follow the advice and guidance of staff or local team at all times. Staff are working around the clock to ensure their volunteers are in a safe environment, both virtually and in-person. Because of this, it is important that you follow their instructions to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Clean and Disinfect Shared Spaces
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks. If surfaces are dirty, clean them – use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
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It takes only a fraction of a second to hit the retweet button on Twitter. But if thousands of people all retweet at once, a piece of information 140 characters long can go viral almost instantly in today’s Internet landscape.
If that information is incorrect, especially in a crisis, it’s hard for the social media community to gain control and push out accurate information, new research shows.
University of Washington researchers have found that misinformation spread widely on Twitter after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing despite efforts by users to correct rumors that were inaccurate. The researchers presented their findings at iConference 2014 in Berlin March 4-7, where they received a top award for their related publication. (The network graph shows relationships among the 100-most prevalent hashtags used on Twitter after the Boston Marathon bombing. The connecting lines represent hashtags that were in the same tweet. #boston was dropped from the graph because it connected with every other tag.)
On April 15, 2013, two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people. Three days later, the FBI released photos and video surveillance of two suspects, enlisting the public’s help in identifying them. Massive speculation broke out on mainstream media and social media sites, particularly Twitter. After a shooting on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus and a manhunt, one of the suspects was shot dead and the other arrested the evening of April 19.
The entire time, a flurry of tweets was published on Twitter using hashtags such as #boston, #prayforboston, #mit and #manhunt. A number of incorrect rumors surfaced that spread rapidly before corrections started appearing. And when they did, corrective tweets were minimal when compared with the volume of tweets that spread incorrect information.
“We could see very clearly the negative impacts of misinformation in this event,” said Kate Starbird, a UW assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. “Every crisis event is very different in so many ways, but I imagine some of the dynamics we’re seeing around misinformation and organization of information apply to many different contexts. A crisis like this allows us a chance to see it all happen very quickly, with heightened emotions.”
Starbird, whose research looks at the use of social media in crisis events, began recording the stream of tweets about 20 minutes after the finish-line bombing. Her team, with the help of collaborator Bob Mason in the UW’s Information School, later got the complete dataset – 20 million tweets – to fill in gaps when the sheer volume of tweets coming in was too great to capture in real-time.
Researchers from the UW and Northwest University in Kirkland, Wash., analyzed the text, timestamps, hashtags and metadata in 10.6 million tweets to first identify rumors, then code tweets related to the rumors as “misinformation,” “correction” or “other.”
For example, they analyzed the rumor that an 8-year-old girl had died in the bombings. The researchers first identified tweets containing the words “girl” and “running,” then whittled that down to roughly 92,700 that were related to the rumor. They then found that about 90,700 of these tweets were spreading misinformation, while only about 2,000 were corrections. While the Twitter community offered corrections within the same hour the rumor appeared, the misinformation still persisted long after correction tweets had faded away.
“An individual tweet by itself is kind of interesting and can tell you some fascinating things about what was happening, but it becomes really interesting when you understand the larger context of many tweets and can look at patterns over time,” said Jim Maddock, a UW undergraduate student in Human Centered Design & Engineering and history who did most of the computational data analysis for this project.
A previous study analyzing the spread of misinformation on Twitter during the 2010 Chile earthquake found that Twitter users actually crowd-corrected the rumors before they gained traction. But the earlier study excluded all retweets, which the UW team found to be a significant portion of the tweets spreading misinformation.
The UW researchers hope to develop a tool that could let users know when a particular tweet is being questioned as untrue by another tweet. The real-time tool wouldn’t try to glean whether a tweet is true or untrue, but it would track instances where a tweet is contested by another.
“We can’t objectively say a tweet is true or untrue, but we can say, ‘This tweet is being challenged somewhere, why don’t you research it and then you can hit the retweet button if you still think it’s true,’” Maddock said. “It wouldn’t necessarily affect that initial spike of misinformation, but ideally it would get rid of the persisting quality that misinformation seems to have where it keeps going after people try to correct it.”
The team currently is looking at the relationship between various website links within tweets and the quality of information spread during the Boston crisis. They also are conducting interviews with people who were close to the scene in 2013 to see what effect proximity had on information sharing.
Paper co-authors are Mason and Mania Orand of the UW and Peg Achterman of Northwest University.
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.
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On the 10th October 2013 Sir Tony Baldry MP answered a written question from a Mr Kevan Jones concerning the support that the church commissioners will give to the commemorations marking the centenary of the First World War.
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church Commissioners are giving to the centenary commemorations of the outbreak of the first world war.
Sir Tony Baldry: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 620W. The Church of England is intending to play a full part in the commemoration of the centenary of world war one in a number of ways:
The bishops intend to join local commemorations that reflect events significant to the local area’s experience of the war.
The Dean of Salisbury, the Very Reverend June Osborne, is on the Government’s Advisory Group.
The Liturgical Commission of the Church of England is designing resources for use in parish churches for their own local commemorations, including the recognition of the many war memorials which are either in churches or in their churchyards.
The Church of England is also working in partnership with HOPE, an interdenominational organization, to encourage and resource all churches to come together as they facilitate and serve their communities at this important time of national commemoration.
Dioceses will encourage schools to visit the first world war battlefields to promote greater understanding of the war.
All parish churches are being encouraged to join with Westminster Abbey in the vigil on Monday 4th August 2014 designed as a day for prayer, of remembrance and for peace in our own time. This will conclude with a candlelight vigil ending at 11.00 pm 100 years after war was declared which will close with the candles being extinguished; reflecting Sir Edward Grey’s famous remark that “the lamps are going out all over Europe”.
Via: Parliament UK
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UTC General Info
Coordinated Universal Time (abbreviated to UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about 1 second of mean solar timeat Prime meridian, and is not adjusted for Daylight Saving Time. In some countries where English is spoken, the term Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is often used as a synonym for UTC and predates UTC by nearly 300 years.
UTC Time Zones
Time zones are usually defined as differing from UTC by an integer number of hours, although the laws of each jurisdiction would have to be consulted if sub-second accuracy was required. Several jurisdictions have established time zones that differ by an odd integer number of half-hours or quarter-hours from UT1 or UTC.
Current civil time in a particular Time Zone can be determined by adding or subtracting the number of hours and minutes specified by the UTC offset, which ranges from UTC-12 in the west to UTC+14 in the east (see our interactive map for more details).
UTC is used in many Internet and World Wide Web standards. The Network Time Protocol (NTP), designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over the Internet, transmits time information from the UTC system. If only milliseconds precision is needed, clients can obtain the current UTC from a number of official internet UTC servers. For sub-microsecond precision, clients can obtain the time from satellite signals.
UTC is also the time standard used in aviation, e.g. for flight plans and air traffic control clearances. Weather forecasts and maps all use UTC to avoid confusion about time zones and daylight saving time. The International Space Station also uses UTC as a time standard.
Amateur radio operators often schedule their radio contacts in UTC, because transmissions on some frequencies can be picked up in many time zones.
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Thursday October 14 is World Sight Day, and this year’s global campaign is “Love Your Eyes”. The International Association for the Prevention of Blindness encourages us to prevent eye disease with a healthy lifestyle, protect our eyes with small daily actions, preserve vision with regular eye exams, and prioritize eye health. Bilateral Rb Survivor. Abby White, shares 10 ways you can love your eyes every day.
Young children are often overwhelmed by big emotions in the natural process of their development. When they face ongoing stressors like cancer or a pandemic, giving them support, tools and skills to learn about and work through their emotions is critical. Child life specialist Rebekah Reimer provides some practical guidance to help.
As the 6th One Retinoblastoma World Conference fast approaches, this year’s organizers Sandra Staffieri and Marissa Gonzalez, together with Megan Webber, are excited to share an update. They give an overview of the program, highlighting some of the sessions and goals, and the need for global discussion and collaboration involving all stakeholders.
When children may inherit retinoblastoma, deciding how to start a family awakens new feelings in survivors. Every possible option comes with complex questions and emotional costs, and survivors and their partners may experience feelings of isolation as they navigate their decisions. Rb survivor Ruth Greenslade shares her reasons for deciding to have children, and her personal perspective of factors to consider when conceiving with heritable Rb.
How would you access the information in an image if you can’t see it? How would you enjoy it and feel part of the community talking about it? Making images accessible to blind and partially sighted people is vital. Bilateral Rb Survivor. Abby White, explains what alt-text is, how to provide inclusive image description, and why this matters in our retinoblastoma community.
Join World Eye Cancer Hope and local organizers from Australia for the sixth One Retinoblastoma World Conference, taking place virtually from October 1 – 3, 2021. Marissa Gonzalez, WE C Hope USA President, and this year’s Hosting Chair, introduces the conference and what’s in store for this unique collaborative program uniting professionals, families and survivors.
Nearly all children with retinoblastoma have some degree of sight loss arising from the cancer and its treatment. Identifying outdoor activities they can fully engage with may be hard for families. Bilateral Rb Survivor, Abby White, shares 20 classic and creative activities that include blind and visually impaired children and help connect them with the natural world.
Hot weather and changing holiday routines – summer can be unsettling for babies and young children. Add retinoblastoma to the mix, and achieving good sleep at this time of year can be very hard for affected children and siblings. Morgan Livingstone CCLS explains how infant massage can help, offering specific practical ways to improve sleep during sultry summer months, whether or not a child is receiving cancer care.
For individuals living with the retinoblastoma cancer syndrome, childhood eye cancer is only the start of the story. Sharing personal experience and insight from fellow Rb survivors, Abby White explores key challenges encountered along the way, from working with doctors who do not understand the risk to psychological impacts, and the need for more effective care.
For individuals living with the retinoblastoma cancer syndrome, childhood eye cancer is only the start of the story. In the first of this two-part series, Rb survivor Abby White explores what the risk is and who it affects, the challenge of establishing personal risk, provision of lifelong follow up care, and early detection of second cancers. With contributions from fellow survivors.
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Considering how important tires are to the overall appearance and performance of a car, I’m always surprised how neglected they are, even by enthusiasts. Most people just spray on a thick coat of some no-name greasy silicone based “tire shine” and call it good.
Bad. Just bad.
Tires are somewhat of a sacrificial part of your car, truck, or motorcycle. They wear way over time from use and from the elements and even from sitting. Road tar, dirt, salt, brake dust, oils, UV, oxygen, and ozone all degrade your tires over time.
In fact, even if you haven’t worn your tires down it’s recommended to replace them every 5 years to prevent sudden failure from the deteriorated rubber.
Cheap tire dressings, usually silicone based, can actually speed up this break down of your tires due to their chemical makeup. They can also sling onto your paint and begin discoloring and breaking that down too.
The goal in cleaning and detailing tires should be to both improve their appearance (look new) but to also protect the tires so they safely last a long time.
Table of Contents
Tire Browning & Blooming
Tires are manufactured with a chemical called Antiozonant that helps prevent degradation (splitting, cracking, oxidizing, etc..) from the tire’s contact with ozone (a gas that is part of our atmosphere).
Tires are designed to work the antiozonant throughout the rubber to the outside as the tires are rolled across the pavement providing a protective layer against the element.
Unfortunately, antiozonant quickly oxidizes to a brown color once in contact with the air. This is the brown film you see on the outside of your tires after prolonged use without cleaning. It’s often confused with just being a layer of brake dust on the tire.
The correct term for this discoloration is blooming. Look at other cars tires the next time you’re in a parking lot. You’ll see this affect on almost all of them.
Sitting Tires and Dry Rotting
Tires that sit (cars that don’t move much like your garage cream puff) cannot work the antiozonant to the surface and therefor don’t have much protection from the elements (unless you add some).
The tires will quickly break down and begin developing cracks along the side wall known as dry rotting. These cracks can and will lead to premature failure the tire. This is part of the 5-year recommendation to replace tires.
It’s important to treat tires that sit to prolong their life. We’ll get into that in a bit.
First let’s talk about how to clean tires and deal with the browning / blooming.
Before you can apply a tire dressing you need to clean the tires. Cleaning helps remove the blooming, bringing back the black appearance of the tire, and provides a better surface for the dressing to cling to.
On well maintained tires you can simply use your regular car wash soap or an all-purpose cleaner (APC) with a dedicated wash mitt or brush. On more neglected tires you’ll need to use a more specific cleaner meant to remove the blooming.
When looking for a tire cleaner (which you’ve no doubt noticed there are way too many) make sure you purchase one that is safe on your particular wheel finish just in case you get any on them.
Related: Beginner’s Guide to Wheel Cleaning
It’s also important to note that many commercial tire cleaners contain harsh chemicals and detergents that can actually speed up the breakdown of the outer layer of rubber and speed up the blooming. This is why it’s important to try the least aggressive means of cleaning your tires first and use commercial cleaners sparingly. If you have to resort to a tire cleaner, try a cleaner such as McKee’s 37 Tire and Rubber Rejuvenator first which isn’t harsh but still cleans blooming, tar, and brake dust really well.
It’s ok if there is a little of the browning remaining after cleaning. It’s nearly impossible to remove it all. The brown appearance will go away once you add a quality tire dressing.
How to Clean a Tire
The actual cleaning of a tire is very simple:
- Rinse the tire with your hose.
- Using regular automotive shampoo and water, scrub the tire in back and forth motions with a dedicated wash mit, sponge, or brush.
- Rinse the tire with your hose.
- If any grime remains you can pat the tire dry and spray with APC (all-purpose cleaner).
- Scrub back and forth with a sponge or brush.
- Rinse the tire with water again.
- If the tire is still in bad shape, you’ll have to repeat scrubbing with a dedicated tire cleaner.
- Rinse one last time.
Tire Dressings (aka Tire Shine)
Before applying a tire dressing make sure you’ve cleaned the tires. Tire dressings adhere better to clean rubber and will have a more even, black appearance. White walls and raised white lettering will look better as well.
Just like there are a ton of tire and wheel cleaners available, there are a ton of tire dressings (most being terrible).
There are two primary types of tire dressings: water-based and solvent-based. Water-based dressings are a combination of synthetic polymers and natural occurring oils carried in water that usually provide a non-greasy, matte black to satin finish on the tire. This is my personal preference in appearance. It’s that “new tire” look versus the greasy plastic look of cheap solvent cleaners.
Water-based dressings also absorb into and nourish the tires rather than just sitting on top and potentially slinging off onto your paint. Many even contain UV inhibitors adding a layer of UV protection to the tire which helps prevent fading, hardening, and cracking. Plus, water-based dressings are typically eco-friendly.
The only drawback to water-based dressings is their longevity. If your car is driven in the rain the dark, satin black appearance of the dressing will fad in a week or two. If your car is a garage queen that is only driven when it’s nice out you’ll get several weeks of protection and appearance.
Solvent-based dressings, on the other hand, last a much longer time. Solvent-based tire dressings typically use a hydrocarbon silicone to carry the polymers and oils. Unfortunately, this usually imparts a greasy, plastic-like appearance that I’m not fond of. They also have a tendency to sling off of the tires onto surrounding trim and paint.
The solvents in these dressing can also be harsh on the tires over time, especially in cheap no-name dressings, providing a superficial benefit and ultimately wasting your money.
My general recommendation in tire dressings is to start with a quality water-based dressing such as Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing or Optimum Opti-bond Gel. You’ll have to re-apply them more often if you drive in crappy weather but they won’t attract dust like silicone dressings, wont degrade your tires, and sling off onto your paint and surrounding trim.
Tire coatings like Mckee’s 37 Tire Coating are a new product to the detailing market. Different brands use different formula but they are all generally an acrylic or other polymer suspended in a solvent that evaporates and leaves a micro thin, flexible coating on the tire. It’s like a flexible clear-coat for your tires.
The claimed benefit of these coatings is the longevity, lasting up to a year with proper prep and application. Being that it’s a really niche product you’re not going to find a lot of love on the major shopping sites that cater more to the layman.
The downside is they require a perfectly clean tire to work well, which is hard to obtain if your tires have solvent-based silicone tire dressings on them in the past or are just really really neglected. You’ll spend quite a while on each tire scrubbing away the previous dressings, blooming, and other road grime.
At the moment I’m not sold on these coatings and can’t recommend them. I have yet to have a perfectly positive experience with them and can get similar, if not better, results using the more common dressings out there.
How to Apply Tire Shine (Tire Dressings)
Application of a tire dressing depends entirely on what brand and what type you use. For the best way to apply tire dressing consult the directions on the bottle. In general, I prefer to:
- Apply the dressing to a dedicated microfiber towel or sponge.
- Use the towel or sponge to wipe the dressing on the tire in a zig zaging motion up and down motion from the wheel to the outside of the tire around the whole tire. This helps with full coverage from tread to wheel.
- Even out the dressing by wiping around the tire in a circular motion around the wheel. This smoothes out the appearance of the dressing.
- Wait for the dressing to absorb or dry for a few minutes and then follow up with another dedicated microfiber towel around the tire to remove any residue and again smooth out the appearance.
How to Apply a Tire Coating
Tire coatings are very manufacturer specific. I can’t really give any general advice on the application of a coating other than to make sure your tires are extremely clean before putting the coating on. If your tire still repels water after washing and before coating then it’s not clean enough and you need to hit it again with your APC or tire cleaner and more elbow grease.
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A Program Assistant provides instructional support work in providing assistance to teachers in the daily management and instruction of students. The employee is responsible for performing clerical and instructional tasks to relieve teachers of routine activities and to help carry out daily classroom activities. The work involves observing and reporting on the behavior and learning of students and closely monitoring the needs of children including basic personal needs and physical help. These professionals reinforce lessons by tutoring individual students or small groups.
Requires Illinois State Board of Education license. (Visit www.isbe.net and search for Educator Licensure for more information.)
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30 November 2005
Secretary-General Welcomes Start of New Darfur Peace Talks
NEW YORK, 29 November (UN Headquarters) -- The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the commencement today in Abuja, Nigeria, of the seventh round of the African Union-led inter-Sudanese peace talks on Darfur.
The Secretary-General strongly appeals to the parties to the Abuja peace process -- the Government and the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement -- to immediately stop all violence and atrocities on the ground. He calls on the parties to negotiate a just and comprehensive peace agreement. Individual leaders will be judged on their immediate action to stop the bloodshed in Darfur.
The Secretary-General urges the parties to the conflict and all other armed groups in Darfur to cooperate fully with the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and with the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS).
The Secretary-General also appeals to donors to continue supporting both the crucial work of AMIS in this long-suffering region and critical humanitarian assistance for millions of war-affected civilians in Darfur.
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I have never met Prince Harry. In 1999 I did catch a glimpse of the Queen Mum waving from the back of a car whilst on her way to christen a ship. Our personal relationship notwithstanding, I was not invited to witness the Royal nuptials just shy of a week ago.
Despite the snub, I, like millions of people across the globe, have an ongoing interest, fascination, and investment in the lives of these remote, multimillionaires across the Atlantic Ocean. I joined along with those millions, set the alarm for 5 am, poured a cup of tea, donned a fascinator, and tuned in to watch the Duke and Duchess of Sussex exchange their vows on May 19th, 2018.
Could there perhaps be a psychological explanation for our collective oohing and ahhing over all things royal?
Spoiler alert, if you haven’t read any of my pieces prior to this one, there’s always a psychological explanation.
When Bad Things Happen to Good Royals
The Royals help us to maintain a belief that the world is a fair and orderly place. Despite all evidence to the contrary, humans tend to cling to this belief, that good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. In psychological parlance, this is known as the Just World Fallacy.
As is true with thinking errors in general, we have a tendency to seek out and remember the supporting evidence, while ignoring facts to the contrary. Meghan and Harry’s love story has all of the ingredients required to support this belief; Prior to her acting career, Meghan led an average, bordering on mundane, life.
She was raised by a single mother, attended college, and had a marriage and divorce already under her belt. Although Harry’s life is far from average, ever since the world watched and grieved the death of his mother alongside him, we’ve been rooting for him to succeed.
If they can find each other and live out the happily ever after fairytale, then we can feel that much more secure that there is some order or guiding principle to the world. It feels safer, more controllable.
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“You can postpone the responsibility of tomorrow by indulging in a little royal watching today.” – Jana Scrivani
They provide a much-needed respite from the cares of the real world. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum these days, one thing we can all agree on is that, as a society, we are more stressed than ever. We work longer hours, spend less time with our families, our purchasing power has decreased and our expenses have increased. It’s no wonder that sales of alcohol have skyrocketed and opioid addiction is rampant.
People are desperate to escape, and in the grand scheme of things, what could seem more harmless than spending a few hours lost in a world of carriages and castles, queens and tiaras?
All The Lonely People…
Harry, Meghan, William, Kate, (and even Charles and Camilla) fill a void. We are lonely.
Lonelier than ever if you check out this recent study. I was a freshman in college in late August of 1997, just completing orientation, when the news broke that Princess Diana had been killed in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris. We all felt connected to the young Princes, watching them trail behind their mother’s coffin, bedecked in flowers and a card, reading only “Mummy,” in a childish scrawl.
We watched the extended courtship between William and Kate, slowly accepted Camilla, laughed and cried with each new Royal addition. We feel like we know them, we grew up with them. Since we can’t pop down to the local for a pint with them, we must be content with attending their weddings, christenings, and public walkabouts.
It fulfills a need for connectivity that many find lacking in their own lives.
Everything to Everybody
It’s easy to project onto their blank screens. We already know that the British royals are a rarified lot, however, their transcendence of the worldly sets them apart even further. The Queen is not permitted to vote, or to express much of an opinion about politics or world affairs.
For someone who’s lived the entirety of their lives in the public eye, beyond her love of corgis, the world knows little about the Queen’s personality.
Although Charles is often more outspoken than his Mum would care for, in general, the Royal Family holds itself apart from such things. They support socially safe causes like poverty and homelessness. Although I must say this psychologist is thrilled that they’ve begun talking about mental health with their Heads Together campaign. This allows people across the political and ideological spectrum to believe whatever we care about them.
We can mold them to fit our fantasies.
Since I am not a citizen of the Commonwealth, I don’t feel particularly qualified to comment about whether The Royal Family is an anachronism or not, good or bad for the country, a drain on the British taxpayer, and so forth.
What I do believe is that they have become a symbol of hope for many, and represent a brief respite from the cares of our complicated, modern world.
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John Schulz was teaching vocational education when he discovered plants in the early 1970s. He soon became entranced with all aspects of plant care, especially growing and shaping them into interesting specimens. Even though he is no longer a teacher in the public school system, he still considers himself an educator.
John became a landscape artist, designing, planting, and maintaining residential and public gardens. He does not cut grass. His fifty years of experience have revealed to him the meditative qualities of gardening.
John is married to Dekie Hicks and they share a love of pruning and shaping plants. They have collaborated on a new book, “The Basics of Pruning,” which teaches the concepts and techniques used in pruning ornamental plants.
The johntheplantman blog has garnered almost 400,000 views since its inception. There are well over 200 articles about gardening and other interesting subjects.
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Cas Learning Outcome: 6 – Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
On the 25th of September 2017, the SUNDAC service group went on a bus to Bedok to meet our SUNDAC clients at the SUNDAC center for the first time. This was the first interaction I have ever had with people of different mental illnesses or disabilities.
Although we only spoke to a few clients for a short period of time, around 20 minutes, I can say that SUNDAC was nothing like I had expected it to be like. It was honestly quite heartbreaking and I felt really sorry for the clients but it also helped me understand how important service really is. After visiting them and seeing the state they are actually in, I believe that I am more motivated to help them integrate in society and for them to live happier lives. It’s so important for people to get past the social stigma against mental disabilities and help them be avid members of society. This does not only apply to those mentally disabled at SUNDAC or in Singapore, it applies to the world. Mental disabilities are not something to be afraid of, they should be understood and learnt about so the members of the public can help them in times of need and create relationships with them. They are present in every community and are in various different forms. It can be hard to understand and thats why I’m very happy I chose SUNDAC as my service as it will give me a chance to interact with mentally disabled in public which can help open the minds of the public. By seeing some teenagers from an international school interacting with the mentally disabled is a great step towards eradicating the social stigma. Although, completely getting rid of the social stigma is ideal, it will most likely not be reached but a little change can go a long way. Despite only meeting the SUNDAC clients once a week, I believe that I will be able to positively affect their lives for the better and hopefully I will be able to open other people’s minds as well.
A challenge that I think I will face when trying to work with the clients will be communicating with them as they do not always process or understand what I am trying to say. This will be a challenge but will definitely help me enhance my communication skills and make me more comfortable when communicating with different groups of people.
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Frankincense Resin Infused Oil
A slightly unusual addition to the allthatsscents range of oils. As opposed to an attar, this is an oil fusion containing Omani Black Sacra (Boswellia Sacra) frankincense resin extract in fractionated coconut oil.
Black Sacra resin is known for its rich arrangement of facets - juicy orange and lemon candied nuances, pine drops, pine woods and eucalyptus, all forming an ethereal resinous and spiced frankincense.
As for usage, this infusion has a multitude of uses and applications. In addition to being applied topically, the oil can be used in natural perfumery to introducing in skin serums or as an enhanced carrier oil in aromatherapy. Amongst popular choices has been using the blend as beard oil.
allthatsscents are excited to be presenting this as an exclusive batch prepared by US based indie perfumer and incense specialist.
What is Frankincense resin extract?
It is the extraction of ALL chemical compounds present in the resin into an oil base. Fractionated Coconut Oil is used for its extended shelf life.
Resin used in this infusion is the exudate naturally occurring in several trees from the Boswellia family, found in the territory extending from India, Africa and Middle East. It has a long history of use, from Ayurveda to Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Frankincense consists of three main components: the essential oil, the oleoresin, and the gum which is the component that causes the resin to be hard. Many are familiar with Frankincense essential oil, which is only a part of the powerful compounds present in the resin, the very light molecules, light enough to travel in the steam during hydro-distillation process. Some very significant components that are not present in the essential oil but can be found in this infusion are: Boswellic Acid, Incensole, Incensole Acetate and Epilupeol - chemicals that through various studies have been known to be anti inflammatory, anti depressant, analgesic and more.
Resin extraction method followed
PackagingComes in 5ml glass bottle with metal roller ball applicator.
The resin extract is obtained by powdering the resin and placing it in oil in a double boiler, where it gently melts for several hours. The gum (which is not oil soluble) is filtered out. No chemicals are involved in the process of obtaining the resin extract and creating the infused oil. A very high ratio of resin to oil has been used, resulting in a highly aromatic oil, with a scent true to the resin from which it is extracted.
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Since it was founded in 1837, Austin has been a destination for travelers from Texas and beyond. In the early 19th century, the city was being constructed to accommodate the Texas seat of government, and the need to house guests visiting the newly minted Capital City was becoming apparent. While city legend has long given the historic Driskill Hotel, built in 1888, the designation as the first hotel in Austin, it is actually the Bullock House Hotel that can claim that crown.
If you're planning a trip to Capital City, these historic hotels offer a marvelous trip down memory lane, not to mention a terrific road trip from Houston.
The Driskill Hotel
The city of Austin was officially incorporated in 1839 and became the capital of Texas in 1846. In 1886, Colonel Jesse Driskill, a wealthy cattle baron, built the Driskill Hotel on an empty lot he purchased for $7,500. After spending $400,000 on construction, the Driskill was complete, and local newspaper headlines deemed it "one of the finest hotels in the country."
The Driskill, often referred to as "The Grand Dame," was meant to rival luxurious hotels in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Decades later, an annex was added to the original hotel at Brazos and Pecan streets (later renamed Sixth Street), and today it features 189 guest rooms, two restaurants, a popular bar and live music area, and even a bank vault that was part of the original hotel. The Driskill was a favorite date spot for President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, and the hotel has hosted innumerable election night parties for Texas politicians. The Driskill is also the oldest hotel in Austin still operating today and remains a highly popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
Although Hotel Ella is a relative newcomer to the Austin boutique hotel scene, the grand home has been in existence since 1898. Hotel Ella, or the Goodall Wooten home, sits on the southern edge of the University of Texas campus at 1900 Rio Grande St. The home was originally purchased by Dr. Thomas Wooten, one of the original founders of UT, and a few years later, Wooten offered his wife, Ella, the chance to take a trip around the world or have renovations made to their home. Wisely, she chose both.
The home is an exquisite example of a Greek Revival-style mansion, and throughout the decades the home has been a student housing site, a chemical dependency center, a boutique hotel name Mansion at Judges Hill, and finally, after a complete revamp, Hotel Ella opened in 2013. The hotel hosts weddings, university functions, local gatherings, and a number of charitable and social events. There are 47 guest rooms, a courtyard area with a pool, fine dining restaurant, historic bar filled with artwork, and huge wraparound porch for guests to sit on rocking chairs and sip iced tea and mint juleps.
Hotel San Jose, Austin Motel, and Hotel Saint Cecilia
Native Texan and hip hotelier Liz Lambert attended law school at UT, moved to Manhattan to work as a prosecutor, then a few years later returned to Austin — and we are fortunate she did. Lambert was always interested in design, and serendipity struck one night when she was at the Continental Club and spied the seedy San Jose Hotel, originally built in 1936, just across South Congress Avenue. Lambert bought the San Jose and remodeled the hotel to create an urban bungalow vibe.
In 2006, Lambert formed Bunkhouse Group, which now operates Jo's Coffee; Fair Market; Hotel San Jose; Austin Motel (also on South Congress, the motel opened in 1938); and Hotel Saint Cecilia (named after the patron saint of music, the Miller-Crockett house was originally built in 1888 at 112 Academy Dr., just a block off South Congress). In addition to the Austin properties, Lambert and company also have hotels in Mexico, Marfa, San Francisco, and San Antonio.
Along with a few other eager Austinites, Bunkhouse has helped revitalize South Congress from a vice-filled street to a burgeoning strip filled with musicians, tourists, vintage shoppers, and others wanting to experience Austin's unique culture. Lambert's hotels are filled with nostalgic touches like vibrating beds, neon signs, retro swimming pools, vinyl records, music posters, handmade furniture, and kimono bathrobes.
The newly opened Fairmont Hotel, adjacent to the Austin Convention Center, is now the largest hotel in Austin. Not only is it the largest in the city, but the Fairmont Austin is also the largest hotel of the Fairmont brand in the U.S., and the company's second largest hotel in the world. The towering high-rise at 101 Red River St. is 37 floors with 1,048 guest rooms, a spa, multiple restaurant options, two bars, and a huge pool overlooking the city.
From the early hotel days featuring roving pigs to today's modern skyscrapers, Austin has seen a dramatic change. What has not changed, however, is Austin's reputation as a welcoming destination that appeals to a spectrum of visitors.
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Beloved friend and brother,
I have for some time delayed replying to your agreeable letter of the 21st of March, because it is not without reason, that I am afraid of entering upon a more extended correspondence; being besides this, already much engaged, and experiencing at the same time, more and more, that the true and inward Christian life, to which I find myself called by divine mercy, demands a strict attention to what passes within, if we wish, in this mortal state, to get near the end of our calling: which is a real fellowship and union with God in the spirit.
Our Lord Jesus was silent, and kept himself concealed for thirty years, in order that by his example, he might inspire us with a fondness for a truly retired life, and scarcely did he spend four years in a public manner. I often think, if we that are awakened, would endure only four years of probation, in silent mortification and prayer, before we shewed ourselves publicly, our subsequent activity would be a little purer, and less injurious to the kingdom of God, both externally and internally. This is a secret, but common temptation of the enemy, and a subtle device of the flesh, by which the tempter seeks to allure us from the only thing needful, and to weaken our strength, by the multiplicity of the objects in which we engage; but the flesh and its progeny, which finds a life of mortification too strait for it, and too disagreeable, may breathe very easily, and even maintain itself, in every outward spiritual and apparently profitable exercise; whilst in the mean time, the mystery of iniquity at the bottom, remains unperceived and unmortified.
Let us therefore, my dear friend, for the love and honor of God, close the eyes of our minds against minor ways and minor works, in order that we may attend solely, in a meek and quiet spirit, to our holy vocation, which has been so graciously made known to us, and will be still further revealed in our hearts. It is in the heart, and not in the head, that the attracting and collecting love will cause itself to be felt, more and more efficaciously; whose salutary doctrines of the profoundest renunciation of all things, of self-denial, and self-contempt, of attachment to his cross, and of abiding in him with the spirit of children, ought never to seem old to us, and be of greater value to us, than all the ancient and modern sophistry of both orthodox and separatists, put together.
O my God! how much there is to be done, suffered, and experienced inwardly in following thee, and in communion with thee! How is it possible, that we can let anything external decoy us out of ourselves, and that our attention can be occupied with trifles, whilst within, we might see and experience that which is truth and reality! Enable us thoroughly to forsake ourselves and all created things, and fix our affections again upon thee, who art the supreme Good, and the fullness of love! Amen.
My dear friend will not take amiss, the little that has thus flowed without reflection from my pen. Your own experience will teach you all these things in a superior manner: but Christian affection would not permit me to let your letter remain entirely unanswered, and I hope likewise, that our acquaintance in the Lord will not be without a blessing. God be praised for all the mercy he has shown to you, my dear brother! Let us love him; for he hath first loved us!
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Congratulations to this result of their master thesis SolMate. We highly appreciate the competences in sustainability at Phoenix Design.
Winners of the German Sustainability Award Design 2021: Chris Götze and Winfried Werthmann
Stuttgart, 10.12.2020 Phoenix designers win German Sustainability Award Design 2021
Phoenix designers Chris Götze and Winfried Werthmann win the first time awarded German Sustainability Award Design with their master's thesis SolMate - Solar energy for everyone. The work was written as part of the Eco Innovative Design master's program at the Johanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz. Congratulations and we highly appreciate the competences in sustainability at Phoenix Design.
Self-produced solar power lowers electricity costs and significantly reduces the carbon footprint. But not everyone has the opportunity to install their own solar system on the roof. Phoenix designers Chris Götze and Winfried Werthmann are addressing this problem in the product SolMate, that was realized in cooperation with the start-up EET.
That's because the modern SolMate photovoltaic and storage system makes solar power accessible to practically everyone - and so easily that even technical laymen can do it. The solar panels are simply mounted where there is space and sunshine, for example on the balcony railing, and the storage unit is plugged into a standard power socket - that's it! Self-generated, green electricity flows directly into the household's power grid via this socket and is thus available throughout the entire home. Of course, SolMate is also suitable for additional applications, such as the caravan, the garden shed or even as a green emergency power solution. SolMate, unlike most rooftop systems, has an integrated emergency power supply. And the fact that you don't need an official permit or a contract with the electricity provider to operate it makes the product even more appealing.
37 entrepreneurs were chosen as winners of the first German Sustainability Award Design on December 03. Among a total of 9 competitions, the national award was presented in design for the first time. Phoenix designers were honored in the building and furnishings category. Design legend Dieter Rams also expressed his gratitude via video message for being awarded the first DNP Design Honorary Award.
Juror of the jury of design and sustainability experts Tobias Lutz, founder of the Architonic platform, commented on the submissions: "All winners are united by their potential to drive the change towards more sustainability - in very different ways. We hope that the award will support the companies to position themselves in the market thanks to the dynamics of this guiding idea and motivate others to work on innovative projects as well."
About the German Sustainability Award: The German Sustainability Award is the national award for excellence in sustainability. With now nine competitions - including for companies, cities and municipalities, research, start-ups and, this year, a brand new one for design - the award is the largest of its kind in Europe. The award is presented by the Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. (German Sustainability Award Foundation) in cooperation with the German federal government, leading municipal associations, business associations, civil society organizations and research institutions. The German Sustainability Award Design was initiated to honor groundbreaking products. The new award is based on the goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is intended to provide orientation for consumers at a time when sustainable design is more in demand than ever.
About Phoenix Design: Phoenix Design is a design and innovation studio creating smart and substantial brand experiences that make eminent business sense and which touch people – today, for tomorrow. Since 1987, products, interactions, and digital ecosystems have been created based on the fundamental values of Logic, Morals, and Magic. More than 800 design awards (1st place – iF World Design Index, Design Studios) confirm the quality and continuity of the worldwide work, i. a. the award of honour "Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2018". Today, the team comprising 80 international experts at the Stuttgart, Munich, and Shanghai locations – together with its partners – are creating a joint vision of Smart Living. www.phoenixdesign.com/en
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B.C.’s health minister said that the Red Cross will be deployed to assist in long-term care homes in two of the province’s hardest hit health authorities.
Adrian Dix said that the response teams will be made up of non-clinical and administrative staff sent to priority long-term care homes and assisted living facilities, initially in Fraser Health and Vancouver Health.
“It’ll work this way: a Red Cross assessment team visits and performs an epidemic prevention and control assessment to identify areas of need and to familiarize Red Cross staff with the facility,” Dix said during a COVID-19 press conference Monday (Feb. 1).
The health minister said teams of support aides, typically two groups of 10, will cover seven day a week services for a maximum of four weeks per facility.
The Red Cross teams are expected to help out at five sites within Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health.
There are currently 25 long-term care and assisted living facilities dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks in B.C. Nearly half of those (13) are in Fraser Health, while three are in Vancouver Coastal Health, six in Interior Health, two in Northern Health and one in Island Health.
Health officials announced last week that all long-term care residents have been offered at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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With the dazzling advancement of science, the global landscape continues to grow at a blinding speed. With this change, the needs of the relocation of the employees enhance as well. This simply means that the mobility professionals of different companies are required to navigate the shifts of the employee demographic and find out the changing expectations of the mobile workforce of today.
The global mobility specialist course helps the experts to spot the changing requirements of the mobile employees and find unique methods of helping them.
In the following section of this article, the professors of the course have tried to explore a flexible framework that can help the companies to recruit, retain, and develop the brightest and best people. Check it out.
Successfully Adopting the Core/ Flex Policy Framework
The best way to ensure the successful implementation of a core/flex policy framework is an engaging HR department. The help of the important unit stakeholders is also really necessary in this regard. Other essential tips that you need to keep in mind to make this goal successful is,
- Designing your policy to match the goal.
- Being mindful of duty care and compliance.
- Striking the right balance between the need and entitlement.
The workers’ mobility has not only increased due to the change in job types. The willingness of the workers to work abroad has helped this change to take place as well. In the last few years, people who are searching for a job are now willing to move to other countries for a better job.
A recent study indicated that one in every five participants has already had international work experience. About 64 per cent of the job seekers have said that they are willing to travel to another country for work. This eagerness to work elsewhere is the force driving the global mobility of the workforce, the professors of global mobility specialist course pointed out.
The socio-political conditions, as well as the economic health of the country, might also be responsible for that. The study has shown that the job seekers of the developing nations are astounding. However, in some cases, the job seekers of developed countries have also shown the same streak.
The surveyors found that 94 per cent of the job seekers of the Netherlands are okay to move abroad for job opportunities even though the country is not experiencing any political upheaval. The job seekers of France, where the economy has been exhibiting the signs of stagnation, are also willing to move to another country at least temporarily.
Job seekers or the US, UK, Germany are not as willing to move another country for a job. Only 44 percent of the patricians in Germany and the Uk has said that they will try to get a job in another country. While the reason for such decisions varies from person to person, the economic stability and growth and the comfort of home are keeping them away from even thinking about taking up a job abroad.
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When stationary or moving slowly, most vehicles rely on a radiator fan to protect the engine from overheating. The fan comes in many different types, which makes finding the best for your vehicle difficulty. In this article, we make shopping for a car radiator cooling fan easy. The article covers every detail about the fan; how it works, the different types, and more.
Learn everything about automotive Radiator Cooling Fans
What does a Radiator Cooling Fan do?
A radiator fan is the device that moves air through the radiator core to cause a cooling effect. When the engine is running, it produces a lot of heat. The heat can exceed the temperature levels of the engine if unchecked. If that happened, several components would get damaged, most of them permanently. An overheated engine could also ruin the radiator.
To prevent overheating, automotive engines circulate a fluid called coolant in channels running around the engine body. These channels end up in the radiator where they flow in a core and through fine tubes. As you drive along, air enters through the grille, reaching the radiator core and helping to cool the tubes and the coolant inside them.
The airflow when the vehicle is moving at a speed higher than 25 mph is usually enough to cool the engine. At engine idle or below 25 mph, the flow of air drops considerably and the coolant does not lose heat effectively. Running the engine then risks raising its temperature to dangerous levels.
Radiator cooling fans help to increase the rate of cooling by moving more air into the radiator. The fan mounts just behind the grille, in front the radiator or behind it. The radiator can be electric or mechanical, depending on your car’s make or year of manufacture.
Some fans are mounted with a structure called shroud. The shroud helps to increase their efficiency in cooling the radiator and, therefore, the engine. Vehicle radiators are usually installed as a single unit. In demanding applications, two electric fans are often mounted. The setup has its advantages, as we will see later.
Types of Radiator Cooling Fans
Car radiator fans are classified into two main types: Mechanical and electric. The electric radiator cooling fan is the most common today and comes in many different configurations. How do the two fan types differ? Here is a look at each.
Mechanical Radiator Cooling Fan
Mechanical radiator cooling fans run off the engine and use a setup of pulleys and belts to connect to the crankshaft. The mechanical fan must only come on when needed, such as when the engine is idling. To enable that, a clutch mechanism ensures it stops spinning at 25mph or higher.
Most mechanical fans incorporate a thermostatic clutch. The clutch disengages the fan when engine temperature lowers to prevent overcooling. Mechanical radiator fans are a dated technology. As a result, they are rarely used in lately produced vehicles. They are still popular with classic models and available on the auto parts market.
Electric Radiator Cooling Fan
Electric radiator cooling fans run independent of the engine. Instead, the vehicle’s electric system powers them. The fans are equipped with 12-volt motors and a control system comprising sensors and control module. The radiator cooling fan controller contains the electronics to operate the device using signals from the sensors.
Because electric radiator fans use electronic controllers, they can be set to start spinning at specific temperature levels. That ensures they only cool the engine when necessary, such as below 25mph. The control system also often incorporates a thermostat to prevent the fan from overcooling the engine.
There are two versions of the electric radiator cooling fan: push or pull. A push fan is mounted between the grille and radiator core. It works by pushing air through the radiator. Because of its location, the pusher type of radiator fan creates obstruction and does not provide efficient airflow.
The puller type of radiator cooling radiator is mounted in the space between the radiator and the engine. It operates by pulling air through the radiator, unlike the push type, and does not come in the way of the airflow. This masked it more effective than the pusher fan type.
The puller type of fan is the better type, no doubt. However, the decision to have a cooling fan in front or behind radiator assemblies depends on the availability of space. In some vehicles, there’s usually not enough room to install the fan between the engine and radiator.
Electrical Radiator Cooling Fan Vs. Mechanical Fan
Car owners have the choice of either mechanical or electric radiator cooling fan. Mechanical fans, as already indicated, run off the crankshaft while electric types depend on the car battery for power. To help you make a sound decision, here is a comparison of the two types of fans.
Mechanical radiator fans use engine power and may contribute to reduced fuel economy. Because they depend on the engine rpm to run, these fan types may not move enough air when the engine is idling. The mechanical fan takes a lot of space under the hood, compared to the compact electric types that do not connect to belts.
Electric radiator cooling fans are more compact and do not require a lot of space to install. As a result, it’s common to find two fans installed to offer more cooling capabilities. They are also more controllable and can be made to switch on when needed. Electric fans move a constant amount of air, even during engine idle, and cool the engine more efficiently.
Radiator Cooling Fan Design and Specifications
A radiator cooling fan consists of shroud and fan blades. And if electric, an electric motor. The fans are always almost identical, except in the shape and number of blades. More blades mean better airflow. It’s recommended that you ensure four or more. The blades can also be straight or curved.
Straight radiator cooling fan blades are able to move more air than the curved types. However, they produce more noise. Curved blades are quieter, but less powerful when it comes to airflow.
In some applications, the radiator cooling fan making noise is more tolerable than a weak flow of air. Radiator cooling fans come with different specifications. These are what determine how a particular fan performs or even how efficiently it operates. The specs are:
CFM stands for cubic feet per minute and means the amount of air the fan is capable of moving. The higher the CFM rating, the more powerful the fan and the better the cooling performance. The choice of CFM rating depends on the application and engine modifications.
It’s also called the radiator cooling fan and draw rating. It refers to the power rating of the fans motor. Just like the CFM specification, a higher rating means a more powerful fan. The rating should match the vehicle and application, though.
Static pressure means the level of air resistance or the maximum amount of air that the fan is cable of before for a specific CFM. The specification is usually higher at lower CFM and lower at lower amp draw. This spec is not always available as some manufacturers do not indicate it.
How to Choose the Best Radiator Cooling Fan
When looking for a replacement cooling fan for your engine, you want the best type for your vehicle make and application. But finding such a fan can be an uphill task judging by the many types of the device in today’s auto parts market. Here is a look at the considerations to help you find the right fan.
Mechanical or Electric
First, you need to decide whether you need a mechanical or electric fan. Many new cars today use electric radiator fans. They are more controllable since they operate using the component called a module. The radiator cooling fan control module allows the fan to accept the input of sensors, making it more versatile. You can also install the electric fan in tight spaces.
Push or Pull Type
The puller radiator fan is more effective at cooling the radiator core. However, you can only choose it if you have enough space between the radiator and engine to install it. You should never mount a radiator cooling fan where it makes or almost makes contact with other components.
Curved or Straight Blades
Always go for straight blades if your engine produces a lot of heat, especially it uses a turbocharger. Straight blade fans more a larger amount of air and cool the radiator more quickly. In engines that are not likely to overheat, curved blades would suffice.
Shrouded or Without Shroud
Some radiator cooling fans come with an integrated shroud. These are easier to install. They also offer efficient airflow due to the action of the shroud. You can also choose a fan that comes with no shroud and have to install it later.
Small or Large Size
Size matters when it comes to the effectiveness of the radiator cooling fan. We recommend that you choose a fan size that covers the maximum area of the radiator core. You want every part covered so that cooling happens faster.
OEM or Aftermarket
An OEM radiator fan is a perfect fit for your vehicle type and application. However, it offers no options to upgrade, especially if you have modified your engine. They are also more costly compared to aftermarket fans.
Other considerations include the number of blade, CFM rating, and current draw. Choose more blades than fewer for a powerful flow of cooling air. A high CFM rating means more air. Depending on the requirements of your engine, go for the right rating for the specification. The amp draw rating too. A higher value means a more powerful fan.
Radiator Cooling Fan FAQs
Q1. What is a radiator cooling fan shroud?
A. The shroud is the structure that surrounds the fan and holds it in place. It’s usually funnel-shaped and made from plastic. The function of the shroud is to direct air and ensure efficiency. It also prevents air from recirculating and reducing the effectiveness of the cooling fan. Radiator fan shrouds are either one-piece or two-piece components. They may also come integrated with the fan assembly to make a single unit or exist separately.
Q2. What is a radiator cooling fan clutch?
A. It’s the component that engages and disengages the cooling fan so it operates when needed. Radiator fan clutches are two types; thermal and non-thermal. A thermal clutch, as the name suggests, uses the temperature changes to operate. Over time, radiator fan clutches wear down and develop problems, leading to fan issues.
Q3. Why is my radiator cooling fan so loud?
A. One of the most common reasons for a noisy radiator cooling fan is its design. Fans that use a mechanical clutch are generally loud, especially when the clutch is worn. If the fan blades are straight instead of curved, the device will also be loud or noisy. Other reasons include a worn motor or damaged bearings. It’s essential that you have the fan checked if it starts to produce unusual sounds of noise.
Q4. What can cause a radiator fan to stop working?
A. Radiator fans often fail due to the following.
- Damaged blades. They may be cracked, broken, or displaced. Although rare, it does happen and causes reduced cooling rate of the engine.
- Bad wiring. These cause the fan to develop problems and stop working as it should. It could be loose connections, corroded connectors, shorts, and related issues
- Failed sensors. Failing sensors send the wrong signal to the control module. Sensors detect temperature changes, among other conditions that the fan uses to operate.
- Broken bearing. Radiator fan bearings ensure proper rotation of the fan. A problem in the bearing affects the proper function of the fan and may cause it to develop a wobble.
- Bad relay. A bad radiator cooling fan relay causes the motor to fail. This is an electrical problem that can be confirmed by tests.
- Broken clutch or thermostat. It causes problems with starting and stopping of the fan as required. The radiator fan clutch helps to protect the engine from overheating or overcooking.
- Blown fuse. It leads to motor failure and the radiator cooling fan not working at all. The fuse can also fall off. It’s one of the easy to replace.
- Worn or burnt motor. The motor is the heart of the fan. If worn or damaged, it can mean problems with the entire fan assembly
Q5. Can you repair a radiator fan?
A. Radiator cooling fan repair is possible for some firms of damage but not all. A damaged relay or blown fuse, for example, can be replaced. Bad connections or loose connectors are fixable, too. Larger components such as the motor can also be changed. In most cases, the entire assembly consisting of blades, motor, and thermostat or clutch will need replacing.
Q6. What happens when the radiator cooling fan is not working?
A. You will see signs of failure, which are either visible on the fan itself or when the engine is running. The symptoms of bad radiator fan include:
- Increased engine temperature
- Radiator leaking coolant
- Fan making a clicking noise
- Motor not running
- Damaged blades
Q7. What is the cost to buy a new radiator cooling fan?
A. Most fans cost between $300 and $500. The price depends on many factors such as the type of fan, the features it comes with, specifications, and brand. The cost of a mechanical fan is different from the electric type. There’s also the large and small radiator cooling fan, which carry different price tags or fans with higher CFM and amp draw.
Q8. Can you drive with a bad radiator cooling fan?
A. You could. However, you should not attempt to do so. The radiator fan plays an important role in ensuring the engine does not overheat. Without a working fan, you risk ending up with damaged engine parts and expensive repairs or replacements. It’s safer to fix a broken radiator before taking the car out on the road. And if it needs replacing, install a new one.
Q9. How much is the cost to replace a car radiator cooling fan?
A. Most mechanics charge around $100 to change your old fan and install a new one. The amount could be higher depending on your type of vehicle and region. Most radiator fans cost between $300 and $500. Adding that to the labor charges, you can expect the replacement cost to be in the range of $400 to $600.
Q10. Can I replace a radiator fan myself?
A. Radiator cooling fan installation is better done by a mechanic. There are various components to attach and different configurations of the fan. A mechanic will also have the tools and expertise to test components such as radiator cooling fan motor relay, fuse, and electrical connections. If considering taking the DIY route, ensure you have everything that’s needed for the task including knowledge about how to replace the fan.
Your engine is one of the most expensive parts of your car as well as the most important. As such, you want to protect it from damage by any means. The radiator cooling fan does that perfectly by helping to remove heat from the coolant fluid. But that only happens for as losing as the fan is working correctly. This guide aims to help you ensure a functional radiator cooling fan at all times. It will also assist you in the search for a replacement fan from among the many on the market.
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New channels and platforms emerge daily, and Social Media is taking a strong lead.
Social Media Optimisation ( SMO ) in Jalandhar
“Social media is communication and networks, which refers to people interacting with one another to produce, share, and exchange information and ideas.”
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Be a Thought Leader by harnessing innovation and ingenuity.Be social; seek out and engage sociable experts in your industry.Know your social media platforms to optimise your influence in the media.Optimisation – improve technological aspects in order to improve optimisation.Social Media Optimisation ( SMO ) is a sub category of our Digital Marketing Service.It is also one of our quality services just like Graphic Designing and Website Designing and Website Development.So Contact Invincivlepvt Jalandhar to know more.
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What is ABS?
ABS stands for antilock braking system.
The reason for the development of ABS is very simple. Under braking conditions if one or more of the wheels lock then this has a number of consequences:
- Steering control is lost
- Braking distance increases
- Tyre wear is abnormal
- An accident is far more like to occur
Most cars even small cars now come with an ABS safety system fitted.
How does it work?
ABS is usually a central control unit with a number of inputs and outputs.
The most important and prone to failure are the wheel speed sensors. Most of these are simple inductance sensors and work in conjunction with a toothed or magnetic wheel or bearing.
As the toothed wheel rotates this generates a signal, the frequency and voltage or which are proportional to wheel speed. This signal is used by the ECU. Most systems though now use hall effect sensors.
The Electronic contol unit is normally built into the Hydraulic Modulator although they can also be seperate items. These are usually a very expensive item and can be prone to failure also. The ECU records the data from the wheel speed sensors and calculates what action be taken by the Hydraulic Modulator.
The hydraulic modulator has 3 operating positions:
- Pressure build up brake line open to the pump
- Brake line closed/pressure hold
- Release of pressure/brake line closed to resertion. The valves are controlled by solenoids. The motor only runs when ABS is activated.
If a fault in the system occurs the ABS turns itself off and brings on the car’s ABS light.
If this occurs you should have your car checked out by one of our technicians.
Vehicles now also come with an added safety system called ESP. This means electronic stability program.
This works alongside the ABS system by keeping the car stable when loss of traction is detected. It can do this by slowing down any particular wheel to keep the car balanced.
This system is simply used to prevent the wheels from spinning during acceleration.
Common ABS failures:
- Wiring faults
- Faulty sensors
- Faulty brake switch
- Faulty ABS pump
- Mechanical failure, example – broken or damaged ABS ring or bearing
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Call us today to book your vehicle in for repair.
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As Wall Street has been busy laying its latest eggs this week, the reaction from the arts community—at least the reported reaction—has focused on the philanthropic side: how the downturns and bankruptcies will affect corporate donations. But there’s another aspect to the crisis that affects the arts, and it’s more interesting in the way it spotlights an evolution in funding that doesn’t get a whole lot of attention. It’s the spillover effect into the bond market.
Bonds are basically private loans gone public. A municipality or organization sells bonds to investors in order to raise cash; the investors collect interest on the bonds, and can trade them like stocks, or hold on to them until they mature. The value and maturity payout of the bonds are secured against some form of collateral (usually the future revenue stream of the project in question). Arts organizations have been issuing bonds for a little while now, usually in anticipation of a major contruction project. Lincoln Center, for instance, began issuing bonds in 2006 to fund its current renovation. It’s more efficient than old-fashioned fundraising because an organization isn’t stuck waiting to begin construction until sufficient funds have been raised; they can pay the contractors right away, and then devote their development to raising money to pay the interest on the bonds, and eventually pay them off.
Bonds, like any other investment, are risky, and you can measure that risk by looking at the interest rate—the higher the rate, the more chance there is the market thinks that you might not be able to recover the full value of the bond. This is also why rating agencies like Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s exist: they rate the credit of bond-issuing organizations. The highest rating (AAA, in S&P’s grading system) means that the organization can charge a lower interest rate. A lower rating (usually B or lower in S&P’s system) results in “junk bonds,” more a target for short-term speculation than long-term investment (since no one thinks such bonds will actually pay out at maturity, investors make money by gambling on fluctuations in trading value).
So now you know about the bond market. But here’s a question: how do you rate a bond secured against the collateral of possible future philathropic donations? Tricky. Or how does one determine the credit-worthiness of bonds from an organization, like Lincoln Center, that’s never issued them before? Equally tricky. Even rating bonds from cities and states is a little too much guesswork for the market, which is why, back in the 1970s, bond insurance was invented. You buy insurance from a bond insurance company (for example, Lincoln Center originally had its bonds insured by a corporation called ACA Financial Guaranty), and that company will guarantee that the bond will continue to pay its interest and will maintain its value. In rating insured bonds, the rating agencies assign the bonds the same credit grade they give the bond insurer, which is why bond insurers work very hard to maintain good credit.
Hmmm, you might be saying, would that be the same “credit” that figures in this “credit crunch” I keep hearing people on the news mention? Damn straight it is. Bond insurers, who succumbed to the usual temptations of derivatives and collateralized bond obligations, have been gasping for air for some time now. (The crisis that insurer AIG found itself in this week? Bond insurers have been in smaller but similar crisis mode for months.) If your bond insurer goes under, or restructures, or the rating agencies finally get up off the couch long enough to recognize the obvious and downgrade its credit, your cost to issue bonds—in the form of the necessary interest you’d need to offer to get investors to buy—goes up. What’s worse, the interest you’re already paying out can go up, too, if you’ve sold what are called auction-rate bonds. Auction-rate bonds, first offered in the late 1980s by Goldman Sachs, are vaguely like adjustable-rate mortgages: every few weeks, the interest rate on such a bond is determined by a dutch auction among the bondholders. In the current credit-starved market, interest rates on auction-rate bonds have been skyrocketing.
Back in March, the Los Angeles Times reported on how the mortgage crisis was impacting bond-issuing Southern California cultural institutions:
LACMA is the biggest local cultural borrower affected as it plows ahead with new construction and renovations. Its losses are approaching $2 million since Feb. 1, according to Rowland. Interest rates have averaged 8% on LACMA’s debt; it is shelling out about $2.4 million a month to pay its bondholders, double what it had expected. The Natural History Museum, which issued bonds for renovations, has sustained losses of more than $500,000, according to Vice President James Gilson.
What’s an organization to do? Refinance those bonds at a loss—a loss that’s only gotten more significant as the market has continues to falter. The Orange County Performing Arts Center went through similar belt-tightening over the summer, writing off $8.8 million in bond insurance after its insurer was downgraded, and paying out some $4 million more in interest than expected. They’ve refinanced their debt, but it leaves them out a significant chunk of money, and with a less flexible cash flow. Now organizations are getting gun-shy: Lincoln Center was scheduled to issue another $100 million in bonds this week, but like many others (including the cities of Chicago and Boston—and municipal bonds are usually the most credit-worthy), they’ve elected to postpone that offering rather than pay out the higher interest rates that would be needed to move the bonds in this market.
It’s worth watching to see how this crisis affects the use of bonds in the arts. So far, bonds have mostly been used to fund construction, but it’s not hard to imagine an orchestra, say, opting to collect the financial benefit of a major capital campaign up front by issuing bonds. (On the pop music side, the issuance of bonds secured against the rights to an artist’s catalog of songs—pioneered by David Bowie—has been a mixed success.) The current recession will probably put a temporary kibosh on arts bonds, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, in a decade’s time, most major fundraising initiatives are accompanied by a corresponding venture into the bond market. But it puts you at the mercy of people who, fundamentally, don’t really care what it is you do. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends, I suppose, on how cold your blood runs.
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Learn more about GraphQL
# Learn more about GraphQL
You can follow the official GraphQL guide here (opens new window) to learn more about GraphQL, how it works, and how to use it:
- There are libraries to help you implement GraphQL in many different languages (opens new window).
- For an in-depth learning experience with practical tutorials, see How to GraphQL (opens new window).
- Check out the free online course, Exploring GraphQL: A Query Language for APIs (opens new window).
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In this Article, we present an exploratory empirical study of federal workplace racial harassment cases that span a twenty-year period. Multiple analyses found that judges' race significantly affects outcomes in workplace racial harassment cases. African American judges rule' differently than white judges, even when one takes into account their political affiliation or certain characteristics of the case. Our findings further suggest that judges of all races are attentive to the relevant facts of the cases but may reach different conclusions depending on their races. When race, political affiliation, and certain case characteristics are all considered simultaneously, the role that race plays loses some statistical significance (as one might expect given the increasing number of variables). While we cannot predict how an individual judge might act, our empirical analysis suggests that African American judges as a group and white judges as a group perceive racial harassment differently. These findings counter the traditional myth that the race of a judge would not make a difference — a myth premised on a presumption of a formalistic and objective decision-making process. Given the underrepresentation of minority judges, the growing minority population in the U.S., and minority skepticism of judicial fairness, this Article offers empirical support for a more racially diverse judiciary. An increase in the number of judges of color promises to increase diverse perspectives in the judicial system and to help unveil the complex reality of racial dynamics in the workplace. Our experiences instantly become part of the lens through which we view our entire past, present, and future, and like any lens, they shape and distort what we see.
Judges, Discrimination, Judicial process, Race discrimination, Sex discrimination, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Harassment
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This post was first published at ScraperWiki.
Some time ago, in the era before I joined ScraperWiki I had a play with the Science Museums object catalogue. You can see my previous blog post here. It was at a time when I was relatively inexperienced with the Python programming language and had no access to Tableau, the visualisation software. It’s a piece of work I like to talk about when meeting customers since it’s interesting and I don’t need to worry about commercial confidentiality.
The title comes from a quote by J.B.S. Haldane, who was asked what his studies in biology had told him about the Creator. His response was that, if He existed then he was “inordinately fond of beetles”.
The Science Museum catalogue comprises three CSV files containing information on objects, media and events. I’m going to focus on the object catalogue since it’s the biggest one by a large margin – 255,000 objects in a 137MB file. Each object has an ID number which often encodes the year in which the object was added to the collection; a title, some description, it often has an “item name” which is a description of the type of object, there is sometimes information on the date made, the maker, measurements and whether it represents part or all of an object. Finally, the objects are labelled according to which collection they come from and which broad group in that collection, the catalogue contains objects from the Science Museum, Nation Railway Museum and National Media Museum collections.
The problem with most of these fields is that they don’t appear to come from a controlled vocabulary.
Dusting off my 3 year old code I was pleased to discover that the SQL I had written to upload the CSV files into a database worked almost first time, bar a little character encoding. The Python code I’d used to clean the data, do some geocoding, analysis and visualisation was not in such a happy state. Or rather, having looked at it I was not in such a happy state. I appeared to have paid no attention to PEP-8, the Python style guide, no source control, no testing and I was clearly confused as to how to save a dictionary (I pickled it).
In the first iteration I eyeballed the data as a table and identified a whole bunch of stuff I thought I needed to tidy up. This time around I loaded everything into Tableau and visualised everything I could – typically as bar charts. This revealed that my previous clean up efforts were probably not necessary since the things I was tidying impacted a relatively small number of items. I needed to repeat the geocoding I had done. I used geocoding to clean up the place of manufacture field, which was encoded inconsistently. Using the Google API via a Python library I could normalise the place names and get their locations as latitude – longitude pairs to plot on a map. I also made sure I had a link back to the original place name description.
The first time around I was excited to discover the Many Eyes implementation of bubble charts, this time I now realise bubble charts are not so useful. As you can see below in these charts showing the number of items in each subgroup. In a sorted bar chart it is very obvious which subgroup is most common and the relative sizes of the subgroup. I’ve coloured the bars by the major collection to which they belong. Red is the Science Museum, Green is the National Rail Museum and Orange is the National Media Museum.
Less discerning members of ScraperWiki still liked the bubble charts.
We can see what’s in all these collections from the item name field. This is where we discover that the Science Museum is inordinately fond of bottles. The most common items in the collection are posters, mainly from the National Rail Museum but after that there are bottles, specimen bottles, specimen jars, shops rounds (also bottles), bottle, drug jars, and albarellos (also bottles). This is no doubt because bottles are typically made of durable materials like glass and ceramics, and they have been ubiquitous in many milieu, and they may contain many and various interesting things.
Finally I plotted the place made for objects in the collection, this works by grouping objects by location and then finding latitude and longitude for those group location. I then plot a disk sized by the number of items originating at that location. I filtered out items whose place made was simply “England” or “London” since these made enormous blobs that dominated the map.
You can see a live version of these visualisation, and more on Tableau Public.
It’s an interesting pattern that my first action on uploading any data like this to Tableau is to do bar chart frequency plots for each column in the data, this could probably be automated.
In summary, the Science Museum is full of bottles and posters, Tableau wins for initial visualisations of a large and complex dataset.
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Why are you confused about ephedrine?
There is a lot of confusion about the difference between ephedra, ephedrine, and ma huang due to inappropriate and irresponsible marketing by certain companies. So what is the real story? In the United States, ephedrine is usually referred to when talking about prescription and OTC supplements used as decongestants. An example of this type of ephedrine would be the ephedrine sulfate found in bronkaid. This type of ephedrine is only available in pharmacies, and you must show your i.d. to buy it.
But what if you want to lose weight?
Some people still try and use bronkaid as their ephedrine source when they are trying to lose weight. This poses two problems: it’s inconvenient and not how the product was intended to work. Bronkaid is designed as a decongestant, not an ephedrine weight loss product. A friend might have told you they lost weight using ephedrine, but it was probably an ephedra product that they actually used. In the weight loss industry, ephedrine and ephedra are used almost interchangeably. The good news for you is that ephedra is both a stimulant and a thermogenic. This means it can heat up your body and boost your metabolism, which can help you to burn fat at a faster than normal rate.
Is Ephedrine banned?
When most think of ephedrine, they think of products such as Ripped Fuel and Metabolife. These products contained ephedrine alkaloids and were amazing at providing fast weight loss and all-day-long energy. In 2006, the final ban on products containing ephedrine alkaloids came into effect, and since 2006 no supplement containing ephedrine alkaloids has been sold.
Ephedra vs. Ephedrine alkaloids
Ephedrine alkaloids being banned isn’t the end of ephedra. There are now many products available containing ephedra extract or other forms of ephedra, which are a different version of ephedra than the one that contained ephedrine alkaloids. The benefit of this ephedra vs. ephedrine alkaloids is that it is much safer to use than ephedrine alkaloids. Most people agree that ephedra isn’t quite as powerful as ephedrine alkaloids, but also think it’s still a great ingredient that can have many benefits, like losing weight.
Which ephedra product is best?
The best part about EphedraOutlet.com is that we have the best customers on the internet. What does that mean? It means that we have customers that not only care about losing weight, they care about other people losing weight. They leave thoughtful and helpful reviews on all of our products which greatly helps us recommend an ephedrine replacement. One of our best reviewed ephedra products that we recommend as an amazing advanced thermogenic is called Stimamine Black. Stimamine Black contains 50 mg of ephedra (ephedrine replacement), and its benefits include weight loss and energy.
Here are some Stimamine reviews from our recent customers:
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Ephedrine was a great weight loss product for many years but is now banned for use in dietary supplements for weight loss. Try out an amazing ephedrine replacement called Stimamine Black that still contains high-quality ephedra, and you be amazed at the benefits it can provide you. Steady weight loss and long-lasting energy are just a few possibilities.
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History of Walhalla
Hidden away deep in a steep valley in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, Walhalla was once a rich gold mining town with over 3,500 people calling it home. Now it is home to just 20 or so permanent residents.
Gold was first discovered in Walhalla by Ned Stringer in 1862, in a small creek running into the Thomson River. Ned quickly laid his claim and word spread of his find. With the lure of gold to be found the town quickly grew, becoming a thriving community. There were 10 hotels, 3 breweries, 7 churches and over 30 shops. Walhalla was even the first country town outside Melbourne to have electric street lighting, courtesy of the boilers which generated power to run the machinery in the gold mines.
The railway arrived in 1910, just a few short years before the closure of the mines in 1914. Ironically, instead of being used to bring new buildings to Walhalla and grow the town, the railway was used to remove many of the buildings after the mines closed.
For many years Walhalla slept virtually abandoned in its deep valley.
Today many buildings have been meticulously recreated, including the Mechanics Institute, the old Post Office, Fire Station, and the Corner Store/Museum. Take a stroll up the main street past the original stone retaining wall and the fire station straddling Stringers creek, and explore spectacular views of the township from the tramline walking track, once used to transport ore carts.
Hear about the lives of Walhalla personalities like Catherine “Kitty” Cane, a sly grog tavern owner, and Doreen Hannan, the Postmistress who refused to leave her post staffing the town’s communications while a bushfire threatened Walhalla.
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VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. In a virtual private network, you use the Internet on a separate and different type of server. A different and separate server means you are available with a unique virtual server to use the Internet. In other words, you are using a special Internet that is out of the reach of everyone except you, and you are using a website server.
All this process is possible when your location is being changed. Hackers use to track the first IP address to access your information. In your information, all of your data is included like your location, what you are using(device), on which website you are, your previous history, and all other activities. This information is being recorded in an especially Internet Service Provider (ISP) server. After that not only your ISP can access your data, many other third-party hackers using different techniques can access your information or privacy.
In which area can VPNs use?
You can use Virtual Private Network (VPN) online from anywhere. Anywhere in the world, the Internet is available, and people can use VPN for PC. But the problem is which location we are given while using VPN. In many VPNs available on the Internet, there are limited areas available to get their servers. Some offer VPN UAE. And some offer the Internet user India VPN. But one of the best VPN for PC is available as iTop VPN. It does not make you limited in a particular area.
Virtual Servers of different Countries
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Using a Credit Union as Your Primary Banking Source
US credit unions lose “primary” status with many older Millennials, according to a new report from the credit scoring experts at FICO.
FICO surveyed young adults, finding that 20 percent of 18-24 year-olds say they use a credit union as their primary financial.
Data shows 18-24 year olds are attracted to low and transparent fee structures and better interest rates.
FICO said that Millennial respondents aged 25-34 say they are two-to-three times more likely to close all accounts with their primary financial institution than other age groups, creating an opportunity for credit unions to win their business.
However, CUs need to promote their best features: FICO found that only 42 percent of credit union members are using their institution’s mobile app, compared to 64 percentof customers at large national banks.
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Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies : Historical and anthropological perspectives
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- Achieving herd immunity is "not a possibility" with the Delta variant, Sir Andrew Pollard said.
- That is because the variant can be transmitted by vaccinated people, he said.
- "We don't have anything which will stop that transmission," he said.
The Delta variant has changed the equation for achieving herd immunity, the developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has said.
Speaking at a UK parliamentary meeting on Tuesday, Sir Andrew Pollard, a professor of pediatric infection and immunity at the University of Oxford, said that achieving herd immunity is "not a possibility" now that the Delta variant is circulating.
"We know very clearly with coronavirus that this current variant, the Delta variant, will still infect people who have been vaccinated, and that does mean that anyone who's still unvaccinated, at some point, will meet the virus," Pollard said.
He said it was unlikely that herd immunity will ever be reached, saying the next variant of the novel coronavirus will be "perhaps even better at transmitting in vaccinated populations."
Vaccinated people can still get the Delta variant, albeit as a milder case
Some experts had hoped that herd immunity could be reached with COVID-19, as was the case with measles, which is also highly infectious.
Many countries have achieved herd immunity with measles by vaccinating 95% of the population against it, such as the US, where endemic transmission ended in 2000. That is because once a person is vaccinated against measles, they cannot transmit the virus.
With COVID-19, vaccines still fulfill their primary role: protecting against severe disease. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccinated people who catch the Delta variant are 25 times less likely to have a severe case or die. The overwhelming majority who do catch it will have mild or no symptoms.
But growing evidence suggests that, with the Delta variant, fully vaccinated people can still transmit the virus.
"We don't have anything which will stop that transmission to other people," Pollard said.
Israel is a good example of this: COVID-19 cases dropped in the country after it vaccinated about 80% of adults — prompting some to hope that it had reached herd immunity — but the Delta variant has since brought another surge of cases.
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The Electric Walking Bike
An innovative and intelligent way of transport
The Lopifit bike is an innovative and a totally new way of moving and exercising. The bike is propelled by a 350W motor by a 48V 20 Ah Lithium-Ion battery which turns the treadmill while you walk. The battery will generate power for a typical rider to get 30 to 50+ miles per charge making the bike a viable form of local commuter transportation.
The electric assist in combination with the adjustable multi-speed gears boosts the riders walking pace to speeds equal to or greater than a regular bike. The rider chooses the gear/speed they want which allows them to reach speeds of 3 to 20 MPH. Lopifit also provides fantastic low physical impact high cardio high-calorie burn exercise while riding down the bike path with the breeze in your hair and the sun on your face.
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You needn’t worry, nonetheless. Limiting access to desktop PCs enables you to management who sees confidential business information, and the mixture of a desktop LAPTOP and a large display screen implies that parents can monitor what their youngsters are doing online by way of a fast glance throughout the room.
Computer systems small and inexpensive enough to be bought by people for use in their houses first became possible within the Seventies, when large-scale integration made it possible to assemble a sufficiently powerful microprocessor on a single semiconductor chip A small firm named MITS made the first personal computer, the Altair This pc, which used Intel Company ‘s 8080 microprocessor, was developed in 1974.
The Finest Desktop Computer systems of 2017 Packing extra power and flexibility than laptops, and extra stylish designs than prior to now, desktops are nonetheless an interesting choice. At the request of Paul Terrell , proprietor of the Byte Store , Steve Jobs was given his first buy order, for 50 Apple I computer systems, only if the computers were assembled and examined and never a equipment laptop.
Store by worth, brand, and different criteria comparable to desktop computer systems with a specific processor kind (AMD or Intel). Though Microsoft does provide some driver updates for hardware gadgets, it is important to realize that they won’t have all the newest drivers.
PCs are supposed to be operated straight by an end consumer , rather than by a pc knowledgeable or technician. Not everybody buys their PC pre-constructed, there are fans preferring to purchase all their Pc Hardware separately and assemble it themselves.…
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Omega-7 An Overlooked Fatty Acid
By Cynthia Ronen
“Fatty acids” are essential to human life because they are the cell’s primary energy source. Fatty acids also serve as cellular structural components.
Ingesting the proper fatty acids confers significant health and longevity benefits.
The typical American diet contains plenty of omega-6s, but is woefully deficient in omega-3s and monounsaturated fats. This has led to a consensus to eat more foods rich in omega-3s (fish and some nuts) and monounsaturated fats (from olive oil and some nuts), less saturated fats, and no hydrogenated fats.
Scientists at Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic have been investigating a unique fatty acid that has not yet caught on in the mainstream.
This novel fatty acid called omega-7 can help break the cycle of high blood sugar, elevated lipid levels, inflammation, and excess fat gain as well as enhance insulin sensitivity.1-3
Omega-7 has been shown to cause an increase in fat breakdown and an increase in the enzymes involved in fat burning for energy.4 Additionally, omega-7 can reduce new fat synthesis in the body.5
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found that by taking omega-7 for just 30 days, patients had a 44% reduction in C-reactive protein (inflammatory) levels.1
All these findings point to omega-7 as a new chapter in the fight against metabolic disorders that underlie diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and cancer. Omega-7 is a strong complement to the cardiovascular and lipid benefits of omega-3s.
Proper use of omega-7 provides an opportunity to conquer metabolic disturbances that precede the diseases of aging.
Impact of Surplus Fat
In the past two decades, the scientific understanding of body fat has undergone a dramatic change.
Scientists have discovered that body fat is a living organ and that fat tissue produces a vast array of destructive biochemical signaling molecules. Fat cells produce molecules called adipokines, which act on distant tissues to change their metabolic activity and result in higher levels of inflammation.6
Chronic, low-grade inflammation produced by increasing quantities of body fat leads to insulin resistance in tissues.6 With insulin resistance, tissues lose the ability to respond to rising blood insulin levels.
Along with obesity and an excessively fatty diet, insulin resistance leads to further inflammation, even more insulin resistance, and ultimately the emergence of type II diabetes.7,8
Scientists have discovered that omega-7 (palmitoleic acid) has special properties essential to regulation of blood sugar and fat metabolism.2 Its metabolism-regulating properties have earned omega-7 the term lipokine, which are hormone-like molecules that link distant body tissues to ensure optimal energy utilization and storage.6,9,10
In a recent human study, omega-7 produced precisely the kind of effects one might expect from a natural fat-regulating/sugar-regulating compound.
Cleveland Clinic Study
Based on reports regarding the metabolic benefits of omega-7, researchers at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute in Ohio were inspired to perform the first randomized, controlled trial in humans of supplementation with purified omega-7. Their hypothesis was simple: Daily supplementation with this unique fatty acid would improve serum lipid profiles and decrease evidence of inflammation over a relatively short (30-day) period.1
The study was straightforward in design. Subjects were adults who were somewhat overweight or obese and had evidence of low- to moderate-grade inflammation with mildly abnormal blood lipid profiles. In other words, they were people with existing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
In the study, inflammation was defined as blood levels of C-reactive protein between 2 and 5 mg/L.1 The average C-reactive protein at baseline in this group was 4.3 mg/L, which is considered “high risk” for cardiovascular disease.
Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either an omega-7 supplement providing 220 mg palmitoleic acid or a placebo.1 The capsules were taken once daily, with a meal, and blood testing was done at the beginning of the study and again after 30 days.
At 30 days, the supplemented group showed a significant mean lowering in C-reactive protein of 1.9 mg/L, a 44% reduction compared with the control group. This resulted in the supplemented subjects’ C-reactive protein dropping to 2.1 mg/L, which is within the average-risk category for inflammation-induced cardiovascular or metabolic disease.
Omega-7-supplemented subjects also had significant 30 mg/dL and 9 mg/dL (15% and 8%) reductions in triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol, respectively. There was a 2.4 mg/dL (5%) increase in beneficial high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol, compared with the control group.1
This first-ever study demonstrated that supplementation with omega-7 in adults at elevated risk for cardiometabolic disease (cardiovascular disease and diabetes) led to a decrease in inflammation and blood lipids, restoring their risk status to those of normal individuals.1 And these changes took place using less than 250 mg of omega-7 daily, which clearly indicates its function as a compound capable of precise metabolic modulation.
What You Need to Know
Omega-7 Benefits Metabolic Health
The links between obesity, inflammation, and cardiometabolic diseases have never been clearer.
Fat tissue pours out pro-inflammatory signals at a discouraging rate, contributing to insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease while building still larger fat deposits.
Recently, researchers have discovered that omega-7 (palmitoleic acid) has positive health effects.
Omega-7 switches on fundamental energy-regulating systems that create a more metabolically youthful milieu, resulting in greater fat and sugar burning and less storage of these molecules.
A landmark human study now demonstrates that a small daily dose of omega-7 functions as a lipokine, a signaling molecule capable of shutting down inflammation and promoting normalization of lipid profiles, resulting in a net reduction of cardiovascular and diabetes risk.
Omega-7 may soon become a standard part of a supplement regimen aimed at minimizing the risk of early death or disability related to overweight, obesity, or disturbed lipid profiles.
Additional Studies Show Benefit
Interest by the scientific community in omega-7 was just beginning to grow at the time of the Cleveland Clinic study. Human epidemiological research had already shown that blood omega-7 levels correlated significantly and positively with insulin sensitivity, even regardless of age, gender, and degree of body fat.3 In other words, subjects in that study with the highest levels of omega-7 had the greatest sensitivity to insulin action, giving them an advantage in disposing of blood sugar safely.
In another study involving 3,736 adults, subjects with higher omega-7 levels had higher levels of HDL cholesterol (up 1.9%), lower triglyceride levels (down 19%), and a lower ratio of total-to-HDL cholesterol (by 4.7%). As an added benefit, high omega-7 levels were associated with lower levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (by 13.8%), and lower levels of insulin resistance (by 16.7%).11
Perhaps more exciting, those with the highest circulating omega-7 levels were at a 62% lower risk for developing type II diabetes, with those in the second-highest group having a risk reduction of 59% for developing diabetes.11
And, in another study involving 3,630 American men and women,12 researchers found that higher levels of omega-7 were strongly associated with numerous positive health factors. This includes lower LDL and higher HDL cholesterol levels, a lower total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio, and lower levels of the pre-clotting protein fibrinogen.
These studies demonstrated that people with higher levels of omega-7 had lower levels of inflammation and a lower risk of diabetes (as in the Cleveland Clinic study).
Omega-7 was first tested in the animal model and the findings were remarkable.
The initial animal research demonstrated the multiple ways that omega-7 operates at fundamental cellular levels to turn “on” metabolic regulators that favor energy utilization rather than storage as fat and sugar. The result is improved insulin sensitivity and reduced blood lipid levels.
The same basic mechanisms contribute to the reduction in inflammatory responses seen in the human participants in the Cleveland Clinic study.
Taken together, the sum of basic, animal, and human research now suggests that small (250 mg a day or lower) doses of purified omega-7 will be an effective weapon in the fight to prevent, and perhaps even reverse, the inflammatory changes linked to obesity, and ultimately, to a reduction in the cardiovascular and metabolic consequences (heart attacks, strokes, diabetes) of that inflammation.
Dietary fats, long considered the enemy in terms of health, are beginning to show a positive side.
It is well recognized that omega-3 polyunsaturated fats from fish oil have distinct health benefits on inflammation and cardiovascular risk. Now, research into a little-known fat called omega-7 suggests potent new positive health effects.
Omega-7 was recently shown to significantly reduce cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged people with early lipid disturbances. A surprisingly tiny dose, less than 250 mg per day over 30 days, produced these significant effects.
Basic lab studies reveal the potential of omega-7. It functions as a lipokine, transmitting information about fat tissue to muscle and liver tissues. This in turn amplifies these tissues to use fats and glucose to maintain healthy blood levels.
Together, these basic science findings coupled with recent human studies suggest that anyone at risk for heart attack, stroke, insulin resistance, or diabetes should consider a daily dose of omega-7 to lower their levels of chronic inflammation and reduce their risk of an early demise.
If you have any questions on the scientific content of this article, please call a Life Extension® Wellness Specialist at 1-866-864-3027.
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Yang ZH, Miyahara H, Hatanaka A. Chronic administration of palmitoleic acid reduces insulin resistance and hepatic lipid accumulation in KK-Ay Mice with genetic type 2 diabetes. Lipids Health Dis. 2011;10:120.
Stefan N, Kantartzis K, Celebi N, et al. Circulating palmitoleate strongly and independently predicts insulin sensitivity in humans. Diabetes Care. 2010;33(2):405-7.
Bolsoni-Lopes A, Festuccia WT, Farias TS, et al. Palmitoleic acid (n-7) increases white adipocyte lipolysis and lipase content in a PPARalpha-dependent manner. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013;305(9):E1093-102.
Bolsoni-Lopes A, Festuccia WT, Chimin P, et al. Palmitoleic acid (n-7) increases white adipocytes GLUT4 content and glucose uptake in association with AMPK activation. Lipids Health Dis. 2014;13:199.
Queiroz JC, Alonso-Vale MI, Curi R, et al. Control of adipogenesis by fatty acids. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2009;53(5):582-94.
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Cao H, Gerhold K, Mayers JR, et al. Identification of a lipokine, a lipid hormone linking adipose tissue to systemic metabolism. Cell. 2008;134(6):933-44.
Foryst-Ludwig A, Kreissl MC, Benz V, et al. Adipose tissue lipolysis promotes exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy involving the lipokine C16:1n7-palmitoleate. J Biol Chem. 2015;290(39):23603-15.
Mozaffarian D, Cao H, King IB, et al. Trans-palmitoleic acid, metabolic risk factors, and new-onset diabetes in U.S. adults: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153(12):790-9.
Mozaffarian D, Cao H, King IB, et al. Circulating palmitoleic acid and risk of metabolic abnormalities and new-onset diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;92(6):1350-8.
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The westernmost state of India, Gujarat is not only home to some of the most iconic temples and religious places of worship but it is also a Pandora box for explorers and off-beat experiences seekers. From the forests of Sasan Gir to the peaceful islands of Diu and the landmark of Gujarat, a statue of unity, there is so much more to Gujarat than what meets the eyes, and every experience is like se...
Are you planning to visit Gujarat, but have no clue which city would be the better option to start with? If that is your concern, then I would recommend you to visit Ahmedabad which is popular in Gujarat for the monuments and variety of shopping centers that it offers. Besides, it is one of the budget-friendly cities that you can come across where you will find a variety of traditional values and cultures that are highly followed. Let us learn some more things about this city.
It is the 6the largest city in India with a huge population. Though it is not the capital of Gujarat, it is considered the commercial hub of the state and is located 30 km from Gandhinagar. Though it is not much known as a tourist place, you can surely visit the city. Besides, there are few tourist places where you must visit to see the tradition and culture more closely. In this city, Gujarati is the local language that is spoken and is also known as Amdavad in that language. The city is closely related to the father of the nation who is none other than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Besides, it is also popular for its textile mills and is known as Manchester of the East.
The history of this city dates back to the 15th century. King Karandev named this city earlier Karnavati. However, during the medical period when Sultan Ahmed Shah was the ruler, he conquered Gujarat and renamed the city Ahmedabad. The forts and the monuments are some popular destinations here that you must give a visit to. Besides, you will also enjoy the fabric that is sold and festivals like Navratri, which is a key attraction here. Historical adherence is conspired as the major attraction of this city as compared to other places in India.
How to Travel
You can travel to the city by air, rail, and even bus. However, for a more budget-friendly travel option, the bus would be the best option. However, if you are planning to visit here from another country, then you have no option other than air.
The city is located on the banks of the river Sabarmati and is popularly known as a place that offers rich culture and history. The cleanliness and maintenance of old forts and monuments are the key attraction here. It is one such city that gives you an opportunity to explore the great architecture of the proper blend of Islamic and Hindu styles.
As compared to other cities, the climate here is completely humid and hot. The temperature in summer rises to more than 40 degrees Celsius. Besides, there is frequent rainfall in the month of September. If you are planning to go on a trip here, then you are advised to visit in the month of October to March. For the rest of the time, the environment here is wet. In winter it’s quite cold and the temperature sometimes falls down to 5 degrees as well.
Not only monuments but surely, shopping is something else that you can enjoy. The place is considered to be the richest source of folk embroidery where you are advised to look out for ethnic wear. There are many different styles and patterns available in ethnic embroidered fabric like Jhulla that you can purchase. You will not find such style anywhere else other than in Ahmedabad. Besides, other things that you can look for are Handicrafts, furniture, and monument statues. So make your visit worth to Ahmedabad by visiting the popular shopping places. Following are some of the popular places that you can visit here.
You can buy here furniture, antiques, and many other things like mirror studded wall hanging and cowbells. Besides, table cloths are also available in a variety of styles.
It is an old place in Ahmedabad where you can surely buy traditional fabrics and saris at cost-friendly value. Don’t worry about the quality as the shops believe in customer satisfaction. So make your choice and buy the beautiful Bandhani cotton wear or even the sarees that attract you.
It is another shopping center where you can buy gifts and enjoy visiting different boutiques. However, as compared to other places, this shopping center is quite costly. You can buy ethnic fabrics, Patola silks, handicrafts, and furniture. The place is known for the Terracotta toys and a variety of wall hangings.
The Law Garden
Here the market opens only in the evening where you can buy ethnic fabrics and textiles at an affordable value. Besides, Surat saris made with gold silk thread and Zari are another key attraction here.
India is one such country that offers a variety of sightseeing places to enjoy ranging from monuments to amusement parks. If you are planning to visit Ahmedabad, you are requested not to miss the monuments that are made with a combination of Islamic and Hindu styles which are rare to find. The city offers a variety of blends of modern and ethnic styles which has managed to provide us with the perfect balance of a tourist destination.
Right from the education center to monuments, you can enjoy many sightseeing places. The law garden and Victoria Garden are some of the popular parks to visit. Besides, the following are some other destinations that you can visit.
It is one of the masterpieces of India that people all across the world visit here. The place is known for its architectural wonders. Built in 1423 during the period of Sultan Ahmed Shah, the place has still managed to be on the top of tourist destinations.
The Bhadra Fort
This one is another fort that was built by Sultan Ahmed Shah in 1411. It encompasses 189 bastions, 12 gates, and 6000 battlements.
To make this place memorable, don’t forget to visit a variety of luxury and economy hotels that are available. However, if budget is your restriction, ensure that you make a careful research on the hotel that you intend to book. Best of luck and have fun. Happy journey!
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“ ceitful above all things ;" and experience and every hour's commerce with the world confirms the truth of this seeming paradox, “that though man " is the only creature endowed with reflection, and “ consequently qualified to know the most of him« self ;-yet, so it happens, that he generally knows " the least ;-—and with all the power which God has “ "given him of turning his eyes inward upon him.
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thoughts and desires--yet, in fact, is generally so “ inattentive, but always so partial an observer of "what passes, that he is as much, nay often a much
greater stranger to his own disposition and true " character, than all the world besides !"
By what means he is brought under so manifest a delusion, and how he suffers himself to be so grossly imposed upon in a point which he is capable of knowing so much better than others, is not hard to give an account of, nor need we seek farther for it than amongst the causes which are every day perverting his reason and misleading him. We are deceived in judging of ourselves, just as we are in judging of other things, when our passions and inclinations are called in as counsellors, and we suffer ourselves to see and reason just so far and no farther than they give us leave. How hard do we find it to pass an equitable and sound judgment in a matter where our interest is deeply concerned !and even where there is the remotest consideration of self connected with the point before us, what a strange bias does it hang upon our minds, and how difficult is it to disengage our judgments entirely from it! With what reluctance are we brought to think evil of a friend whom we have long loved and
esteemed ! and though there happens to be strong appearances against him, how apt are we to overlook or put favourable constructions upon them, and even sometimes, when our zeal and friendship transport us, to assign the best and kindest motives for the worst and most unjustifiable parts of his conduct!
We are still worse casuists; and the deceit is proportionably stronger with a man, when he is going to judge of himself,—that dearest of all parties, so closely connected with him, so much and so long beloved, of whom he has so early conceived the highest opinion and esteem, and with whose merit he has all along, no doubt, found so much reason to be contented. It is not an easy matter to be severe, where there is such an impulse to be kind, or to efface at once all the tender impressions in favour of so old a friend, which disabled us from thinking of him as he is, and seeing him in the light, may be, in which every one else sees him.
So that, however easy this knowledge of one's self may appear at first sight, it is otherwise when we come to examine; since not only in practice, but even in speculation and theory, we find it one of the hardest and most painful lessons. Some of the earliest instructors of mankind, no doubt, found it so too; and for that reason soon saw the necessity of laying such a stress upon this great precept of selfknowledge, which, for its excellent wisdom and usefulness, many of them supposed to be a divine direction ; that it came down from heaven, and comprehended the whole circle both of the knowedge and the duty of man. And indeed their zı zat: might easily be allowed in so high an encomiyim upon the attainment of a virtue, the want of which
so often baffled their instructions, and rendered their endeavours of reforming the heart vain and useless. For who could think of a reformation of the faults without him, who knew not where they lay, or could set about correcting, till he had first come to a sense of the defects which required it?
But this was a point always much easier recommended by publick instructors than shewn how to be put in practice : and therefore others, who equally sought the reformation of mankind, observing that this direct road which led to it was guarded on all sides by self-love, and consequently very difficult to open access, soon found out that a different and more artful course was requisite ; as they had not strength to remove this flattering passion which stood in their way and blocked up all the passages to the heart, they endeavoured by stratagem to get beyond it, and by a skilful address, if possible, to deceive it. This gave rise to the early manner of conveying their instructions in parables, fables, and such sort of indirect applications; which, though they could not conquer this principle of self-love, yet often laid it asleep, or at least over-reached it for a few moments, till a just judgment could be procured.
The prophet Nathan seems to have been a great master in this way of address.. David had greatly displeased God by two grievous sins which he had committed ; and the prophet's commission was to go and bring him to a convietion of them, and touch his heart with a sense of guilt for what he had done against the honour and life of Uriah.
The holy man knew, that was it any one's case. but David's own, no man would have been so quicksighted in discerning the nature of the injury,
more ready to have redressed it, or who would have felt more compassion for the party who had suffered it, than he himself.
Instead therefore of declaring the real intention of his errand, by a direct accusation and reproof for the crimes he had committed, he comes to him with fictitious complaint of a cruel act of injustice done by another, and accordingly he frames a case, not so parallel to David's as he supposed would awak. en his suspicion, and prevent a patient and candid hearing; and yet not so void of resemblance in the main circumstances, as to fail of striking him when shewn in a proper light.
And Nathan came and said unto him, “ There 6 were two men in one city, the one rich and the 4 other poor ;-the rich man had exceeding many " flocks and herds; but the poor inan had nothing 66 save one little ewe-lamb which he had bought and " nourished up ;-and it grew up together with him 6 and with his children ;-it did eat of his own meat,
and drink of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, « and was unto him as a daughter:-and there came ( a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to « take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress “ for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, « but took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for « the man that was come unto him."
The case was drawn up with great judgment and beauty ;-the several minute circumstances which heightened the injury, truly affecting, and so strongly urged, that it would have been impossible for any man with a previous sense of guilt upon his mind, to have defended himself from some degree of remorse, which it must naturally have excited.
The story, though it spoke only of the injustice and oppressive act of another man,-yet it pointed to what he had lately done himself, with all the cira cumstances of its aggravation ;-and withal, the whole was so tenderly addressed to the heart and passions, as to kindle at once the utmost horror and indignation. And so it did ;—but not against the proper person. In his transport he forgot himself; -his anger greatly kindled against the man ;-and he said unto Nathan, “ As the Lord liveth, the man « that hath done this thing shall surely die, and he 66 shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did " this thing, and because ho had no pity.”
It can scarce be doubted here, but that David's anger was real, and that he was, what he appeared to be, greatly provoked and exasperated against the offender: and, indeed, his sentence against him proves he was so, above measure.
For to punish the man with death, and oblige him to restore fourfold besides, was highly unequitable, and not only disproportioned to the offence, but far above the utmost rigour and severity of the law, which allowed a much softer atonement ; requiring, in such a case, no more than an ample restitution and recom. pense in kind. The judgment, however, seems to have been truly sincere and well-meant, and be. spoke rather the honest rashness of an unsuspicious judge, than the cool determination of a conscious and guilty man, who knew he was going to pass sentence upon himself.
I take notice of this particular, because it places this instance of self-deceit, which is the subject of the discourse, in the strongest light, and fully demonstrates the truth of a fact in this great man,
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Dream Interpretation Interrupt(ions) | Dream Meanings
1. Inability to make oneself heard or understood, especially by a superior or mate.
2. Lack of confidence in completing tasks or handling situations.
3. Fear of saying or doing the “wrong thing.”
What relationship is sustained between the average man and his dreams?
Then why is man not always able to correctly interpret his dreams?
If they relate to the future, why is it we so often dream of the past?
Why is it that present environments often influence our dreams?
What is an apparition?
How does subjectivity deal with time?
If that is so, why can’t you tell us accurately of our future as you do of our past?
Initials for peoples’ names with whom you’ve had recent important
According to ancient dream oracles, a portent of the initials for future friends, lovers, or meaningful acquaintances. Look to the rest of the dream for more clarification on which outcome best applies.
Abbreviations for a well-known, easily recognized organization that has some symbolic import to your current situation.
For example, the AMA (American Medical Association) might relate directly to your health, and possibly the need to seek a physician’s advice.
A series of letters that acronymically relate to a well-known phrase or aphorism. While instances of this experience are less common, the subconscious sometimes reduces information into brief formats, akin to a mental shorthand. Even in this format, however, the dreamer usually recognizes the symbolic phrase quickly. One good example here would be the well-known “TGIF” as an abbreviation of “Thank God It’s Friday,” symbolizing some type of relief or jubilation.... The Language of Dreams
Self-blame or guilt manifesting through the dream. Feeling unjustly accused by others.
A moral conflict. Uncertainty over the true motivations for one’s actions, or those of other people.... The Language of Dreams
If you are the accused, malicious scandal may cause you minor embarrassment.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path.
A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking somethingfrom him and giving it to others.
(Also see Tailor)... Islamic Dream Interpretation
If you were just aware of the flowers you will have an unusual social success.
If your dream involved gathering the blooms you may expect a pleasant sur prise, probably in the form of a valuable gift White carnations predict a gratifying increase in status; bright red ones forecast an exciting love affair; pink ones indicate a happy domestic situation, and dark red or odd colored ones are an omen of prosperity through the help of good friends.
See also Flowers.... The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
If images of Christmas, Easter, New Year or Thanksgiving appear in your dream, your dreaming mind may be prompting you to pay more attention to your spiritual beliefs.
If Christmas is disappointing or forgotten in your dreams, perhaps you need to lower your expectations in waking life.
If you were taking part in a carnival or procession in your dream, who or what was in the procession or carnival? Were you getting involved in the action or missing out on what your waking life has to offer? If your dream festival was celebrating someone or something, who or what was being celebrated may hold the key to the interpretation.
If you dream of a village fete, it is well to recall that these events often involve some rivalry and competition; perhaps this is significant to your interpretation. To dream of any occasion for rejoicing, such as a graduation, birthday party, promotion or investiture is a positive sign of an upbeat mood.
If you are not joining in with the fun, consider whether you need to brighten up your outlook on life. In general, dream celebrations present us with images of what life could be like if you got that promotion, passed that examination or got the partner of your dreams. They are good examples of wish-fulfillment in dreams. Chilled champagne, finger food, piñatas and brightly colored decorations are all symbols of celebration that may emphasize an elated waking mood in dreamland.
real or imagined family arguments, disagreements, tensions and grudges to highlight and bring to your attention those unresolved tensions associated with your family life that are still holding you back in your waking life; for example, sibling rivalry or lack of respect for authority or the parent figure. Alternatively if your family life is healthy and happy, and you still have dreams in which family arguments occur, your dreaming mind may conjure up such images to highlight possible feelings of insecurity; perhaps you feel that you are failing to live up to the standards and expectations of your relatives.... The Element Encyclopedia
If you dream that your partner was okay with you cheating, you may feel be feeling guilty about something. Alternately, this dream can suggest that you are exploring areas of your sexuality, but still wish to remain with your real-life partner.
To dream that you are cheating with your boyfriend’s friend means you are feeling neglected by your boyfriend.
To dream that your sweetie is cheating on you, means you are scared of being abandoned. You may feel some lack of attention in the relationship.... My Dream Interpretation
Unfulfilled instinctual desires provide the energy for manv of our dreams, and the fact that an instinctive desire remains unfulfilled may be connected with a traumatic experience in childhood. That experience has probably been repressed because it was traumatic - causing guilt, anxiety, fear of punishment. (For repression) Your dreams may, therefore, be helping you to uncover the source of these blockages which inhibit the free flow of the natural forces within you.
(2) Recurring dreams may represent some psychic disturbance or problem that originated in childhood. Here are some examples:
Dreams of being naked may sometimes represent recollections of, and perhaps longing for, the paradise of childhood when one w alked
around unclothed without embarrassment. (Sometimes these dreams, as Freud said, express a desire for someone of the opposite sex to present himself / herself in the nude, and stem from sexual frustration.)
Dreams of flying or falling may derive from childhood enjoyment of swings and see-saws. They may express straightforward yearnings for the remembered joy of childhood, but they may also reflect one’s present state of unhappiness and a futile desire to retreat from one’s problematic adult life. A problem is not a thing; rather, it is a relationship - for example, a relationship of conflict either between your external circumstances and your inner wishes (in which case the solution consists in either remov ing yourself from the circumstances or modifying your wishes) or between one part of your psyche and another (in which case the solution is to integrate the part that has been neglected). See also Falling, Flying.
Dreams of failure stem from childhood fears of disapproval from parents. However, die fact that your dreams contain these recollections suggests that you have programmed yourself for anxiety.
If so, begin by loving the child that is still within you: reassure it, tell it that everything is all right and that there is no such thing as failure where there is love. See also Failure.
(3) Dreams which contain recollections of yourself as a free and happy child may indicate a desire to find your true self. The child is then a symbol of the complete and permanent inner freedom and joy which are enjoyed only when you have become acquainted with all the forces within you - both conscious and unconscious - and have established harmonious relationships among them. See also Child, sections (2)-(4).
(4) The child may represent the primitive psyche with which your conscious ego needs to get acquainted if wholeness is to be achieved. This primitive psvche is the mind of humankind in its infancy, before the development of self-consciousness and reasoning. This original awareness is still with us, but buried in unconsciousness.... A Dictionary of Dream Symbols
There is a clear difference between light and dark in the dream, especially if it features an indoor location. Darkness can mean that your situation is unclear or confused; it could also suggest being in unknown or difficult territory, or it may represent a secret part of yourself or a part that you do not know.
Another interpretation suggests depression or the darker aspects of life. Light is the opposite. Light represents clearness, insight and enlightenment, and can signify the light at the end of the tunnel or seeing the light. It also has much to do with confidence. To feel lighter suggests feeling good about yourself.
If the light is very bright, it can suggest the development of intuition or insight.
If your dream took place in the bright daytime sunshine or in the shadow of a dark night, your memory of the dream will be tinged with optimism, associated with the light and brightness, or pessimism, associated with the darkness.
If a gray and faded shade of green appeared in your dream, this may be referring to the dullness of your waking life. On the other hand, if the green was bright and vivid, it may be suggesting a period of new growth. Background colors therefore play an important part in creating the ambience or feel of the dream and in influencing your reaction to it. For example, if you have a favorite or least-favorite color, its appearance in your dream may also reinforce your positive and negative reaction to it.
In some instances, you may find yourself trying to interpret a dream but the details have faded from your memory; that is apart from the glittering dark blue suit your friend was wearing. Why would your unconscious have dressed your friend in this way? The answer may lie in the archetypal symbolic meaning of blue, or your personal association with it. Indeed, any color that was highlighted in your dream may have been sending you a message from your unconscious; your task is to try to make a link between what that color means to you, the context in which it appeared, your real-life circumstances and the symbolic connotations associated with that particular color.... The Element Encyclopedia
To see the gnostics of a land means increase in one’s knowledge.
To see the wise men of a land, means increase in one’s wisdom.
To see the preachers of a town in a dream means spiritual growth and increase in one’s happiness.
To see the righteous dwellers of a land and God’s trustees therein in a dream means increase in one’s devotion. Ifone sees past companions alive in a dream, it means prosperity, justice and economic growth for the inhabitants, coming from a God-fearing leadership.
If one sees himself resurrecting one of the companions, their followers or successors in a dream, it means that he will revive his practices and traditions.
If one sees himself turned into one of the known righteous companion or followers of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace in a dream, it means trials in one’s life to equal the exalted station of such blessed beings, though the end is praiseworthy.
(Also see Righteous people; Scholars)... Islamic Dream Interpretation
2. If given, dreamer will help someone else. ... New American Dream Dictionary
To have important relationships in a dream also cools the divine wrath, as when giving charity in secret. This is true unless one’s connections or circle holds to a group of evil companions, or if he mingles with a band of conspirators.... Islamic Dream Interpretation
The celestial pole in a dream represents a devout worshiper or a high rankingcommander-Pollux means delays-The Ursa Major and Ursa Minor mean pursuit, following, signs of guidance or tracks of moving around-Triangulum means conditions-Vela means confrontation-Viergo means a contraceptive-and Vulpicula means screaming.
(Also see Celestial spheres; Dog; Star)... Islamic Dream Interpretation
A dialogue between the subconscious and conscious, or Higher Self and conscious, either of which should be closely heeded.
Communications from other beings, such as spirits, Devic entities, angels, icons, or divine figures. Again, take careful note of what gets said.
A discussion within your own mind examining various options through the dialogue.... The Language of Dreams
It is a warning against light love affairs.
Seeing cushions portends a successful love affair for the unmarried; and happiness for those who are wedded.
Making a cushion predicts improvement in love affairs or business.... The Complete Dream Book
If there are a lot of dandelions . .. watch out!... Gypsy Dream Dictionary
To be conscious of the time of departure might suggest that we are aware of a time limit within an area of our lives. You may also like to consult the individual entries for airport and departing.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
The exact nature of our objective is often not known to us until after we have confronted the obstacles and challenges along the way.
It is often enough just to have an aim for that particular section of the journey.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
2. Ability to accept criticism.
3. Uncertain of direction in life, disorientation.
4. A sense of purpose. ... New American Dream Dictionary
A direction can also be an answer from God concerning a move in life... Christian Dream Symbols
Right is a beneficial direction (note the term righteous), generally revealing positive actions and motivations.
Movement upward may be a type of ascension dream that shows your personal progress, hopes, and improvement.
Downward movement may show dissension, fatality, or pessimism that leads to feeling literally “down.” Alternatively, this can signify a new focus on your internal nature—an exploration that often proves very useful to personal growth.
When two directions are featured at the same time, this symbolizes harmony and balance between opposites (see Cross). Conversely, this can also indicate an internal tug of war between two facets of your being.
Being shown directions by a compass or a map reveals feelings of being somewhat lost or out of place in your current situation (see Blueprints, Schematics).
Each direction on a compass has slightly different meanings. North is cool, denoting frozen movement and frosty emotions. East is the point of the rising .raw, bringing hope and a new beginning. South is for fire, which can warm, energize, or consume depending on its potency, and West is the water or emotional center where fountains of creativity or floods of feeling may originate.... The Language of Dreams
The meaning depends on what you did afterwards.
If you tried to follow the directions, you are able to see yourself clearly and listen to the opinions of others.
If you didn’t, you have a problem dealing with authority. Perhaps you are overly sensitive.
If you dreamed of giving directions, this refers to your goals and search for purpose in life. You are on a path toward self-realization.... My Dream Interpretation
This tradition was transmitted from the folkloric tales about the arc of God's prophet Noah. In this sense, in dream interpretation, snot came to mean an impudent and insolent child or a newborn. In the same sense, ejaculated fluid and snout came to mean a son. (See Nasal mucus, p. 300.)
Equating slandering with curse, God Almighty says in the Holy Qur'an: "Those who slander chaste women-are cursed." (Qur'an 24:23). The common proverb says, "If you live in a glass house, do not cast stones at others." Here again, the interpreter made an association between one's own faults, weakness, and imperfection, and those of a glass house. Concerning severing relations with one's family, God Almighty says: ''We broke them up into sections on this earth." (Qur'an 7: 168). Equating washing one's hands with hope, people also say, "I washed my hands from it", meaning I have no further interest in it or any hope in it.... Dreampedia
2. Feelings of alienation, social awkwardness, low self-esteem.
3. Extreme fear of rejection (to “dump” someone). ... New American Dream Dictionary
Choices that we all must make, especially those that affect your interaction with the community or those associated with legal matters.
Political game playing at the office or in other circumstances.... The Language of Dreams
2- Occasionally in order to understand a dream it is easier to ignore the symbols and simply work with the moods, feelings and emotions that have surfaced. Doing this will yen,- often give us a clearer interpretation of what is going on inside us, rather than confusing ourselves by trying to interpret myriad symbols.
3- Our emotional requirement, particularly responsiveness, to something which is a more subtle energy permits us to begin the process of development.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
A ‘lifting of the spirits’ is indeed a change in consciousness and perhaps a reaching towards something beyond ourselves.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
Otherwise, we would ultimately explode. Sometimes when we dream, we feel very strong emotions impossible to experience in real life. According to Jung, they come from the less developed part (the shadow) of our psyche.
Some superstitions recommend interpreting dreams by reversing the emotions provoked. If, for example, you dream that you are angry, it means that soon you will receive good news.... The Big Dictionary of Dreams
If we take away the images and events occurring in a dream and simply look to see what feelings or emotions are evident, the dream is often more understandable than if we try to interpret the symbols. Feelings in dreams are nearly always undistoned. We therefore do not need to interpret them, simply to acknowledge them and see if we can recognise where they occur in waking life.
The images in a dream may be the way we unconsciously pictorialise our flux of feelings and the play of internal energy flows.
For instance love or sexual drive can give rise to physical movement—as in sexual intercourse. Repression of sex or love also represses such physical movements, leading to tension and conflict, which might be presented in the drama of a dream.
Example: ‘I was with my wife, walking along a street, on holiday with her. But I felt awful tension. It was the son of stress I feel when I have turned off my sexual flow—as I have at the moment’ (Brian V). Brian can easily see the connection between the dream feelings and his everyday life, although sometimes we need to practise this. But the situation could as easily be expressed as a dream image of a blocked river.
The underlying feelings would then be less easy to grasp.
Example: ‘I was in a very ancient crumbling building, confronted by a large stone door, deeply engraved with many designs and creatures. I began to open the door and felt high feelings of anxiety. I realised this was an initiation and I must calm my feelings in order to pass beyond the door, i.e. if I were controlled by my feelings I would run away’ (Derek F). How we meet the emotions in our dreams illustrates our habitual method of dealing with them.
The feelings of anxiety in Derek’s dream were met and moved beyond, but this is unusual. This is because most of us change our direction as soon as there is a hint of fear.
The amount of nicotine and alcohol human beings consume suggests how poorly we meet anxiety. Going beyond fear or pain is an initiation which opens doors for us. We might now apply for the job, ask for the date, raise the issue, express the creativity, make the journey abroad, which anxiety previously kept us from. We see this in the next example: I had a ring on my marriage finger. It was a thin band of gold. I woke up frightened’ (Angela). Angela is not married and feels anxiety about the commitment.
Dreams give us a safe area to express emotions which might be difficult or dangerous to release socially. Anger in a dream may be expressing what we failed to express in a waking encounter, or it might be our habitual response. It may also be directed against ourself. Dreams also contain many positive emotions. Sometimes they present a new aspect of feeling which is life enhancing.
A person who habitually felt at odds with her father and relatives experienced a dream in which she felt forgiveness for the first time. This was entirely new for her and led to a reconciliation with her family.
Some feeling states in a dream are subtle, and may be more evident in terms of the symbols than the feelings.
A grey drear environment suggests depression and lack of pleasure.
A sunny light environment with flowers and colour shows pleasure and good feelings.
A country landscape depicts quite a different feeling state to a smoky busy city street. We can define these for ourself using the techniques described under dream processing.
Whatever feelings or emotions we meet in our dreams, many of them are bound to be habitual responses we have to life. Where these habits are negative we can begin to change them by working with the dream images as described in the last question under dream processing. See love; hostility. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
• However, dreams deal with emotions and memories and any new relationship exposes you to emotional vulnerability. This will trigger your dreaming mind to conjure up examples of when you felt similarly vulnerable which will tend to involve your exes. Explore issues of insecurity.... The Premier in Dream Dictionary
A particular way of being in the world as represented by the character being executed is no longer necessary.
If it is you who is being executed, then it is your whole sense of identity that is being confronted with drastic change.
If you are doing the executing, then your ego mind is getting ready for some dynamic housecleaning.
If neither of these scenarios is the case, consider what you know about the person being executed. You will find what is currently up for transformation in the character aspect that the individual embodies.... Complete Dictionary of Dreams
If you set out to go somewhere, or to do something, and fail in your purpose, then expect money losses and worry in business.... Mystic Dream Book
2. If long objects, phallic symbols. ... New American Dream Dictionary
If you dream of explosions that destroy buildings and people, you are afraid of firm commitments, especially where love is concerned.... Gypsy Dream Dictionary
For Native Amencans, the four directions bring spiritual power into manifestation on the earth.
(See Compass, and East, North, South, West.)... Ariadne's Book of Dream
Try to be philosophical; they will pass.... The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
Half: A half of a circle in your dream may represent being diametrically opposed to something.
If the image of half features strongly, it may also indicate lack of thoroughness, doing things by halves or something carried out to an excessive degree e.g. being too clever by half. Another interpretation suggests something that is incomplete, imperfect, having vague intention, not being fully committed to something or having half a mind to do it. Sharing expenses or ‘going halves’ is another possible interpretation. It may also symbolize the number two, as a third might symbolize the number three, fourth four, fifth five, sixth six and so on.... The Element Encyclopedia
If we do not argue any particular theory, however, then perhaps we see dreams as having a much wider function.
The most primal drives observable are survival, growth and reproduction. Other urges, such as eating, social position, curiosity, are secondary.
The human animal appears to have survived and reproduced more capably after the development of self awareness, language and reasoning. With or without these, we remain an animal with a psychobiological nature. All animals are known to dream. All animals share a certain situation. They have an internal world out of which arises impulses (to eat, to mate, to avoid danger) and feeling reactions (anger, fear, anticipation). And they have an external world which confronts them with real survival dangers, sources of food, a mate, changes in environmental conditions.
A dream lies somewhere between these two worlds.
We can think of the human personality as being like a special son of cavity into which all these influences are dropped or are thrown. Physical sensations, internal drives and emotions, language, social rules, religious ideas; prompts to make decisions; news of war, massive media and advertising information, are all dropped in.
The cavity has to deal with it, but as it is a mixture of things, many of which are in opposition, some sort of balance has to be kept. But how? And it cannot be simply a matter of throwing out all of one sort or aspect of things. Eradicating the memory of criticism might make us more calm, but it would limit the process of psychological growth, which has survival value.
Dreams can be seen to be connected with our survival and self regulating process. Because this involves all aspects of oneself and one’s experience, one cannot give dreams a single definition. They probably have many secondary functions, such as an interface to balance the internal and external influences, to compensate between the inner needs and outer reality—a baby may miss its feed so, to cope with this primal need, it may dream of being fed. Traumatic or exterior dangerous events, which cannot be processed immediately, can be stored and dealt with (experimented with or abreacted) while asleep. In higher mammals, infant traumas can be stored and dealt with in sleep when, or if, a stronger ego develops.
To meet the loneliness and isolation of consciousness’ or fears of death, the dream can link the waking self with its unconscious sense of unity or God.
To meet survival needs of primitive human beings prior to rational thought, the dream probably acted as a computer, synthesising experience and information, giving rise to creative solutions to hunting or social situations, presented as sleeping or waking imagery. This may explain why many pnmitive people say skills such as farming, weaving, writing, were told them by a vision of a god or goddess.
If we realise that the dream is an end product of a process which produces it, it enables us to see that the process’ (the survival function which regulates, compensates, links, problem solves) can be accessed without meeting the dream. See sleep movements; dream process as computer; Adler; Freud; Jung. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
It is only when we consider the dream afterwards that we realise how odd this may be. During dreams, things can take on qualities of other objects and of other feelings. Dreams can crcate a reality of their own, they do the unexpected - which in normal waking life would be totally illogical and surreal. Within this dream world we need to take a note of what is happening. We do not watch these with amusement, it seems simply that we observe what is going on. Even our own actions can take on an oddness. We may be doing things in a dream which in waking life we would never expect ourselves to do. Freed from the logical quality that mentors our ordinary everyday life, we can be liberated to create a totally different awareness of our own abilities, of our thought patterns and even our own past. We can often dream that we have done things in the past which we have never done, or we can prepare ourselves to do things in the future which again we would never expect to do.
2- Psychologically freeing the mind so it can ‘roam’ under its own speed allows hidden memories, images and thoughts to surface in such a way that we can handle the input when perhaps in real life we may not have been able to do so. We create a reality which suits an action, rather than creating an action which suits the reality.
For instance, an abused child may displace the activity into some kind of response that would be acceptable, not allowing the reality of the abuse to come through until such times as he or she was able to come to terms with it.
3- The hallucination that we experience in dreams can also be direct messages from the unconscious.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
A hallucination can be experienced through any of the senses singly, or all of them together. So one might have a hallucinatory smell or sound.
To understand hallucinations, which are quite common without any use of drugs such as alcohol, LSD or cannabis, one must remember that everyone has the natural ability to produce such images. One of the definitions of a dream according to Freud is its hallucinatory quality. While asleep we can create full sensory, vocal, motor and emotional expenence in our dream. While dreaming we usually accept what we experience as real.
A hallucination is an experience of the function which produces dreams’ occurring while we have our eyes open.
The voices heard, people seen, smells smelt, although appearing to be outside us, are no more exterior than the things and images of our dreams. With this information one can understand that much classed as psychic phenomena and religious experience is an encounter with the dream process. That does not, of course, deny its imponance.
There are probably many reasons why Sue should experience a hallucination and her husband not. One might be that powerful drives and emotions might be pushing for attention in her life. Some of the primary drives are the reproductive drive, urge towards independence, pressure to meet unconscious emotions and past trauma and fears, any of which, in order to achieve their ends, can produce hallucinations.
A hallucination is therefore not an ‘illusion’ but a means of giving information from deeper levels of self. Given such names as mediumship or mystical insight, in some cultures or individuals the ability to hallucinate is often rewarded socially.
Drugs such as LSD, cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, pey- ote and opium can produce hallucinations. This is sometimes because they allow the dream process to break through into consciousness with less intervention.
If this occurs without warning it can be very disturbing.
The very real dangers are that unconscious content, which in ordinary dreaming breaks through a threshold in a regulated way, emerges with little regulation. Fears, paranoid feelings, past traumas, can emerge into the consciousness of an individual who has no skill in handling such dangerous forces. Because the propensity of the unconscious is to create images, an area of emotion might emerge in an image such as the devil. Such images, and the power they contain, not being integrated in a proper therapeutic setting, may haunt the individual, perhaps for years. Even at a much milder level, elements of the unconscious will emerge and disrupt the person’s ability to appraise reality and make judgments. Unacknowledged fears may lead the drug user to rationalise their reasons for avoiding social activity or the world of work. See ESP and dreams; dead lover in husband under family. See also out of body experience.... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Similarly, if you experience inappropriate happiness or elation at a dream funeral or death, this might point to your being in a state of denial in order to protect yourself from the reality of a personal loss.... The Element Encyclopedia
Although the term is now applied to both men and women, at first it only referred to the male version of the complex. In women, the Electra complex was said to exist. In the myth of Electra, she masterminded the murder of her mother to avenge her father’s death. According to Freud, the Oedipus and Electra complexes are universal phenomena, being responsible for much unconscious guilt and for dreams that focus on the death of a parent or lover.
Jung saw the world of dreams and relationships quite differently.
He rejected Freud’s heavy emphasis on sexuality and the Oedipus and Electra complexes as a key to interpretation. For Jung, dreams were not just a way of helping us to understand conflicts and anxieties, but also a way to encourage the creative unfolding and development of a person’s whole potential. Jung developed a theory called the ’soul image’, in relation to the human need to create a sense of wholeness. The soul image tends to be an archetypal image. The symbols that represent the soul image often appear in dreams that involve intimacy with the opposite sex, but they can also be represented in countless other ways. For example, the sea is feminine in dreams as it is associated with waters of the womb and the earth is also feminine.
Symbols of masculinity can appear in dreams as bulls or lions or any other phallic symbol, such as a tall building. Jung felt that dreams can be used to discover and explore soul images to help us become a fuller and more balanced person.... The Element Encyclopedia
To dream that you are giving instructions refers to your goals and search for purpose. You are on a path toward self-realization.... My Dream Interpretation
(*Pillory: a wooden board with holes for the head and hands in which petty offenders were formerly locked and exposed to public scorn).
.... Islamic Dream Interpretation
(*Pillory: a wooden board with holes for the head and hands in which petty offenders were formerly locked and exposed to public scorn).... Islamic Dream Interpretation
2. Lack of confidence in completing tasks or handling situations.
3. Fear of saying or doing the “wrong thing.” ... New American Dream Dictionary
It is possible that the dreamer is going through a repressed period of profound sadness and mourning and the cries he hears are the ones he would like to utter.
If this is not the case, the cause of the cries is a feeling of guilt that manifests in the dream. ... The Big Dictionary of Dreams
To dream that you are attacked by a lion means that you have many problems to solve. Defy negative emotions that will cause your downfall.... Dream Symbols and Analysis
Seeing specific cities, states, or countries in your dream may have some bearing on the overall interpretation.
For example, if the region has a symbolic name like Taylor, MI, this could indicate the need to “tailor” your activities or character to fit a specific situation. Areas that have animal names can be interpreted similarly, like Buffalo, NY, revealing a personality that tends to stampede over everyone standing in her / his way.... The Language of Dreams
Christianity and dreams
According to traditional Christianity, the purpose of dreams is to improve communication with God; this can be shown by the constant references in the Bible to communication through the medium of dreams between man and God, man and the angels, and between man and his higher self. The moral standards of the dreamer may be reflected in the clarity and degree of quality of their dreams.
Hinduism and dreams
Hindu dream interpretation puts great importance on individual dream images, and relates them to gods and demons. This belief that dream symbols may be universal as well as individual is similar to the more modern ideas put forward by Carl Jung in his theory of the ’collective unconscious’.
Islam and dreams
Dreams, according to Muslim scholars, are of three types. The first of these are sound dreams that are indicative of glad tidings. These can include premonitions of the future. A second type of dream is said to be evil and the result of Satanic whisperings or inspirations. A third type of dream can be termed as ’idle dreams’, and they are the result of eating unpalatable foods, the over-exercise of one’s imaginations, or experiences in life which might also be reflected in one’s dreams.
Judaism and dreams
Dreams have long been considered a legitimate form of divine revelation in Jewish mysticism and throughout Jewish history—from Hagar, Joseph and King Solomon to Sigmund Freud and beyond— Jews have honored their dreams and searched for their deeper meanings. Judaism takes dreams very seriously. In the Bible, we read of the dreams of the great people of Israel: Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and many of the prophets. Judaism is of the opinion that all prophecy, except for the prophecy of Moses, was transmitted to the prophets when they were in a dreamlike, almost catatonic, trance. The Talmud places heavy emphasis on the interpretation of the dream as the key to its fulfillment.
If a seemingly bad or frightening dream is interpreted positively, no ill effects from that dream will ever actually occur.
Other traditions and dreams
Oriental traditions concerning dreams are comparative and philosophical; the dreamer’s state of mind is thought to be of more importance than the predictive power of the dreams themselves.
Ancient Chinese philosophy holds that the soul is separated from the body whilst dreaming and that several levels of consciousness exist; the dreamer’s horoscope, time of year, and the individual’s physical condition are all taken into consideration when interpreting dreams.... The Element Encyclopedia
If the mansion was luxuriously furnished, be prepared to accept some changes that will not be to your liking; however, if it was empty or in bad condition, you can expect the change to be for the better, although it may not at first appear that way.... The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
The emotion may be symbolically represented or experienced in the dream or later on in the form of the emotions you experience after awakening. Most dream analysts believe that the emotional atmosphere and feeling of a dream are important clues for its interpretation. This is because when a symbol or dream scenario arouses a particular emotion, your dreaming mind is suggesting to you that this is an emotion that you need to either suppress or, more typically, release in waking life. According to Jung, dreams are a wonderful way of identifying repressed emotions and feelings, and, by so doing, they can encourage emotional and spiritual wholeness and healing.
Negative emotions, such as fear, anger and sadness, tend to occur more often in dreams than pleasant emotions. Fear and anxiety are the most commonly expressed emotions in dreams. Anger ranks next. As the language of dreams is symbolic, you might have trouble identifying what triggered your negative dream in some cases.
If this is the case, consulting CHANGE AND CONFLICT, DISASTERS, NIGHTMARES, LOSS AND FRUSTRATION, SPIRITS AND GHOSTS and STAGES OF LIFE or other dream entries that inspire negative emotions or situations may help. See also POSITIVE EMOTIONS.... The Element Encyclopedia
If you eat them, you will overcome all opposition.
If you see them growing, there will be just enough of rivalry in your affairs, to make things interesting. Cooked onions, denote placidity and small gains in business.
To dream that you are cutting onions and feel the escaping juice in your eyes, denotes that you will be defeated by your rivals. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
2. Facing problems that may make one cry. ... New American Dream Dictionary
To gather onions, joyful news, recovery from illness and a speedy removal (Artemidorus). ... The Fabric of Dream
If you dream of eating onions, some say you will be a receiver of stolen property while others say you will discover some hidden treasure. However, many Gypsies say that eating onions means you will get into a very disagreeable argument, perhaps with your own family.
To throw away onions means you will break up with your spouse or lover.
If you buy onions, you will receive an unexpected bonus.... Gypsy Dream Dictionary
If you are eating them, you. will receive some money, recover some lost or stolen thing, or discover some hidden treasure; your sweetheart will be faithful, but of a cross temper. It also denotes attacks from thieves and a failure of crops.
If you are gathering onions, it betokens the receipt of some unexpected news of a joyful kind, the recovery of some sick person of your family» or a speedy removal from your present situation.... The Complete Dream Book
A dream that you are slicing onions suggests being won over by your enemies.... Dream Symbols and Analysis
If you see the onions growing, there will be just enough of rivalry in your affairs to make things interesting. Dreams of cutting onions and getting tears in your eyes mean that you may be defeated by your rivals.... My Dream Interpretation
To be cutting or peeling onions, a need to work harder to avoid defeat or frustration.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
its ability to induce tears and the many layers that make up its structure.
Dreaming of them may indicate one or both of these inherent meanings. You may be expressing a level of emotional expression that is not quite authentic. On the other hand, onions may symbolize the process one must go through to get to the heart of any matter that can only be done layer by layer in a slow, methodical fashion.... Complete Dictionary of Dreams
Amethyst: Transition to spiritual awareness, higher knowledge, insight.
Apple Green: Powers of healing.
Aquamarine: Communication, expanded awareness.
Avocado Green: New beginnings.
Azure: Honesty, sincerity.
Blue Green: Spiritual healing.
Blue Gray: Fear of new ideas.
Blue Purple: İdealism.
Blue Violet: Honor, spiritual truth, devotion, inspiration.
Brick Red: Selfishness.
Bright Green: Uplifting.
Bright Orange: Health, vitality.
Bright Purple: Spiritual insight.
Bright Red: Courage.
Bright Yellow: Enlightened intellect, sense of fun.
Burgundy: Wealth, success, elegance, prosperity; in dreams, indicative of your potential power, or your desire for power and recognition.
Caramel: Career goals, aspirations.
Charcoal Gray: Depression.
Clear Brown: Avarice.
Clear Red: High energy.
Cloudy Orange: Confusion.
Cloudy Red: Greed, cruelty.
Cobalt Blue: İntuition
Copper: Fertility, career maneuvers, passion, money goals.
Coral: Friendship, friends.
Cranberry Red: Love, passion, energy, enthusiasm, courage.
Cream: Acceptance, tolerance, maturity.
Crimson: Optimistic, reckless, mournful.
Dark Brown: Materialistic approach to life, wistfulness, melancholy, indecision, fatigue.
Dark Green: Jealousy, rivalry, ambition, greed, insecurity, selfishness.
Dark Gray: Energy and guidance for problems to come.
Dark Orange: Distrust, deceit.
Dark Pink: Gentle and unconditional love, thankfulness.
Dark Purple: Deep devotion, deep compassion, vision.
Dark Red: High energy, strong determination, strong passion, anger, aggression.
Dark Turquoise: Heightening of communication, sensitivity and creativity.
Dark Yellow: Caution, jealousy, deceit.
Deep Blue: High spiritual attainment.
Deep Crimson: Shame.
Deep Gold: Prosperity.
Deep Orange: Pride.
Deep Pink: Marriage, mature love, trust, thankfulness.
Deep Red: Unconscious beauty.
Dirty Green: Envy, spite, illness, jealousy.
Dull Gray Brown: Selfishness.
Dull Yellow: False optimism.
Dusty Pink: Sexual desire.
Electric Blue: İndividuality, originality, encourages uniqueness, stimulates the need for behaving with humanity, creating innovation.
Emerald Green: Money, prosperity, peace of mind.
Fuchsia: Connection to spirituality and meditation, readiness to let go of old attitudes, preparedness for change.
Golden Brown: Friendship, illumination, wisdom.
Golden Orange: Self-control.
Golden Yellow: Joy, gladness.
Green Gray: Envy, deceit, fear.
Green Yellow: Jealousy, anger, sickness, discord, cowardice.
Gray Brown: Selfishness.
Hot Pink: Sex, lust.
Imperial Purple: Dreams, aspirations.
Indian Red: Leadership, valor.
Indigo: Spirituality, deceit.
Ivory: Superiority, slightly tainted purity.
Jade: Charitable nature.
Lavender: İntuition, dignity, spiritual growth, equilibrium, daintiness, nostalgia, femininity, soothing, affection and devotion.
Leaden Gray: Meanness, lack of imagination.
Lemon: Stimulates and vitalizes the brain. Cleansing.
Lemon Green: A liar, a cheat.
Lemon Yellow: Strong sense of direction in life.
Light Blue: Hope, faith, harmony, peace, tranquility, forgiveness, fidelity, honesty, patience, devotion.
Light Green: Youth, potential, vitality, health.
Light Gray: Fear.
Light Pink: Sexual love, love, romance, grace, joy.
Light Purple: İncreased psychic power, spiritual prowess, fantasy, romance.
Light Red: Happiness, courage, success.
Light Violet: Enchantment.
Light Yellow: High wisdom, intellect.
Lilac: Acceptance of responsibility, awakening, enchantment.
Lime Green: Abundance.
Magenta: Emotional healing.
Maroon: Sacrifice, courage, bravery, heroism, strength.
Mauve: Cooperation, trust, and self-confidence.
Midnight Blue: Damaged pride, protection.
Mint Green: Financial gain.
Muddy Orange: Pride, vanity.
Muddy Pink: İmmaturity.
Mustard: Difficulty in rationalizing, jealousy,
Navy Blue: Strong emotions, self-pity, wallowing.
Off White: Realism, peace of mind.
Olive: Peace, natural wisdom, uniformity.
Olive Green: Natural wisdom, harmony, need for peace in your environment.
Opaque: Grounded awareness.
Orange Brown: Self-indulgence, sloth, laziness, immorality, perversion, ignorance.
Orange Red: Sexuality, energy.
Orchid: Physical energy, happiness, power, healing.
Pale Blue: Sensitivity.
Pale Green: Empathy, sympathy, weakness.
Pale Peach: Modesty.
Pale Pink: True love.
Pale Primrose: Great intellectual power.
Pale Yellow: Shyness.
Peach: İnnocent love intermixed with wisdom, gentle strength, protection, confidence, communication.
Pearl: Spiritual mediums.
Pink Red: Outrage, imagination, innovation.
Quartz: Protection and purification.
Red Brown: Subdued emotions, deep anger, temperamental.
Rosy Pink: Unselfish love.
Royal Blue: Promoting laughter and joviality, loyalty, confidence, friendship, success.
Ruby Red: Passionate love, passionate anger.
Sable: Constancy, prudence, wisdom, abstinence and sobriety.
Salmon Pink: Job satisfaction.
Sapphire Blue: Broader perception, inner peace, spiritual healing.
Scarlet: Lust, excitement, sexuality, physical vigor, vibrancy, ostentation, manipulation, courage, passion, volatility.
Sea Green: Emotional healing and protection, calming influence, dynamic motivation.
Silver Blue: Deep wisdom, intuition, opportunities.
Silver Gray: Meditation, relaxation.
Sky Blue: İncreased psychic ability, lucid dreaming, hope, restfulness, peace.
Spring Green: Children, fertility.
Sunlight Yellow: Creativity, warmth, optimism.
Teal: Trustworthiness, devotion, healing, spiritual guidance and teaching.
Tomato Red: Pride.
Turquoise: Healing power, natural energy, the sun, fire, prosperity, peace, generosity, growth.
Violet Red: Passion, sex.
Yellow Green: Jealousy, anger, sickness, discord, cowardice.
Yellow Orange: İntellectual.... The Element Encyclopedia
Perhaps you have woken up from a dream with feelings of euphoria or unexplained happiness, or found yourself laughing without knowing why. Every now and again your dreaming mind may give you an emotional and psychological boost by creating images in which you feel deeply secure, happy and loved. It may also conjure up images of freedom, adventure, success and excitement to spur you on. Dreams that leave you with such lingering feelings of joy and exhilaration are less common than those that leave you with feelings of dread and uncertainty. This may be because there are always constant challenges and responsibilities to face in the real world and your dreams tend to reflect your anxieties about meeting these challenges. Even though they are relatively rare, feelings of immense happiness in dreams are just as important to understand as feelings of sadness according to Jung and most other dream analysts. Joyful, uplifting dreams allow you to focus on the real-life experiences and situations that evoked them, as well as the way you feel about yourself and your life.
See also AMBITION AND SUCCESS; NEGATIVE EMOTIONS; RELATIONSHIPS; SEX.... The Element Encyclopedia
The time of year (e.g., income tax season) and other aspects of the dream determine its specific meaning.... Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia
Each profession illustrated in dreams carries specific meaning, commonly the attribute that first comes to mind when you think of that profession.
For example, an astronaut is adventurous and highly trained, bartenders are thought to be good listeners, and secretaries exhibit strong organizational skills. So, dreaming of all three of these individuals together might indicate the need to hone your personal listening skills for greater effectiveness.
Note that if you cannot find the specific profession dreamt of in the main listings, review that professions central goal, location, and / or tools for possible meaning.
For example, look up nurse under healing or women, and construction workers under hammer, nails, or tools.... The Language of Dreams
If you can answer pro- perly all will go well.... Mystic Dream Book
If you think the celebrity represents a quality in yourself you’d like to foster, don’t assume you have to copy them and follow their life path. Remember dreams only depict the essence of something; the way you choose to put that energy to work, and how it appears in your life, is entirely up to you.... The Element Encyclopedia
These dreams frequently relate to real-life scenarios in which the relationships in the dream mirror those from waking hours. If, however, the relationship takes on different dimensions in the dream, this may reflect your hopes or fears for that association.
Building a relationship with strangers in your dream can indicate building similar bridges between your ego and psyche for self-actualization. It can also reveal a more social attitude developing in which you’re not so shy about extending yourself to others.
Antagonistic relationships in dreams usually divulge your own hostility and conflicts with the persons seen. Alternatively, this may be self-hatred. In either case, the source of the anger needs to be detected and reconciled.... The Language of Dreams
2. Different aspects of self.
3. The ability or desired ability to communicate in a relationship. ... New American Dream Dictionary
If you are not in an intimate relationship, then you may be preparing yourself for one, fantasizing about an ideal, or sorting through the challenges that are in your way of having one.... Strangest Dream Explanations
To dream about a relationship with a stranger represents the different sides of your personality. Also see “Crush”, “Friends”, “Love” and “Relatives”.... My Dream Interpretation
Although the following dreams can occur at any stage of your life, you may find that the focus of your relationship dreams shifts during your lifespan. In your teenage years, dream scenarios in which you are suddenly thrown together with someone to whom you are attracted are very common. The goal of the dream is to help you determine if someone is or is not interested in you in waking life. By the mid-twenties, however, relationship dreams move beyond initial attraction and begin to explore who is or is not right for us. This is the time when strangers, celebrities and friends tend to appear as dream lovers and partners. You may find the images shocking but it is important to bear in mind that the images are unlikely to represent the real person and more likely to represent qualities that you are evaluating.
During your thirties and forties, romantic dreams focus on explanations for why relationships may have disappointed in the past and offer dreams that can show you what to go after or avoid in the future. Dreams in which your current partner or lover is unfaithful are extremely common at this time; it is as if your dreaming mind is urging you to pay attention to your relationship, and secure or safeguard what you have.
During your fifties and sixties, dreams shift their focus onto things you have learned to value in your life. Past and present partners become shorthand symbols for the quality or experience you had with them. For example, your first lover represents passion and excitement or the partner who was unfaithful represents someone who cannot be trusted. Although you may dream of people from your past, your dreaming mind is using them as symbols to refer to your current relationships. From your seventies onwards, dreams are more likely to zoom in on the very nature of love itself to help you gain a deeper understanding of love and affairs of the heart.... The Element Encyclopedia
In dreams, hotels, inns or guesthouses are symbols of the short-lived nature of some relationships, although hotels can also suggest that your relationship may be heading towards a new level of intimacy. Pay particular attention to the view from your hotel room. Is it beautiful and bright, or dark and gloomy? A harmonious serene landscape bathed in gentle light is always a comforting image and may suggest nostalgia for a lost friend or lover.
Fire gives both heat and light, and is the symbol of strong emotions such as love and anger and self knowledge. In dreams, the appearance of flames or fire may therefore be suggesting some kind of resolution or compromise with your partner. Bear in mind, though, that flames flicker and can be extinguished, so you need to act quickly before they go out.... The Element Encyclopedia
To have strong relationships in a dream cools the divine wrath, as does giving charity in secret. This is true unless one’s connections or circle gathers a group of evil companions, or if one is mingling with a band of conspirators.... Islamic Dream Interpretation
Patterns in dreams correspond to patterns in your conscious life, or else - occasionally - a dream may present a pattern for you to follow in your life instead of old patterns. For example, a man may relate in dreams to very feminine women. This may represent an established pattern in his waking life, in which case he is being asked to reassess that pattern. Perhaps he is attracted only to very feminine women because he is projecting on to women his own repressed femininity and needs to
integrate his anima. On the other hand, a dream of relating to a woman in a very bold and assertive manner may be the unconscious way of telling a man he needs to display his masculinity’ more. See also Sex.
An antagonistic or belligerent relationship in a dream probablv indicates a need to be reconciled with the other, whether the other is another person or another part of yourself.
In the dream do you control, or want to control, the relationship? Perhaps the dream is a descriptive one, simply describing how, in fact, you do behave; in which case, your unconscious is probably asking you to review your situation. Perhaps you need to learn to let go, and trust people more. On the other hand, the dream may be a prescriptive one, telling you what you ought to be doing: perhaps you have been too weak and unassertive in the past. Do you tend to be, in your dreams, a mere observer, watching other people relate? Well, it is a good thing to observe, whether what you are observing is external relationships or internal relations between parts of yourself. But the process of self- discovery may be accelerated if you resolve to participate more in future dreams. Try it. Relating with your shadow may be much more revealing than just looking at it.
(2) There may be impersonal or spatio-temporal relationships between dream items or between one episode of a dream and the next. For example, an earlier dream episode may symbolize whatever is the cause of what is symbolized in the following dream episode. (But do not assume that this causal relationship always exists between different parts of a dream.)
If a person is taller than you (in a dream), this may mean that you see that person as superior to yourself.
If the person in the dream represents some part of your psyche, the meaning would then be that your conscious ego tends to submit to this other psychic component.... A Dictionary of Dream Symbols
The way in which the people act will tell you much about future events.
If they are friendly, it foretells happy times; if they have bad intentions, you should be cautious because an disaster could occur in your surroundings.... The Big Dictionary of Dreams
The latter may represent the relationship between different aspects of the dreamer’s psyche.... Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia
Dreams with romantic themes are attempts to answer your questions about relationships and the nature of love. As your dreaming mind searches for answers, it will review your past and present relationships, and try out other people or even celebrities as lovers or partners in order to give you a glimpse of how different your life could be. Such dreams are significant because they can reveal things about your relationship of which you may be unaware in waking life. Because of this, they can be extremely enlightening. Some dream analysts will interpret dreams about relationships as examples of wish-fulfillment or as opportunities to get intimate with people you cannot be close to in waking life. Although this may be true in some cases—we all share the universal longing to be loved—it may not apply to all such dreams. The dreaming mind can use relationship symbols for many different associations.
This chapter focuses on dreams with a romantic theme. For dreams that concern relationships with family members, friends, celebrities and other people, see FAMILY; FAMOUS PEOPLE; GATHERINGS; PEOPLE; POSITIVE EMOTIONS. For dreams with an explicit sexual nature or content, see SEX.... The Element Encyclopedia
If the religion depicted is the one you currently practice, this dream reveals your feelings toward that faith, its tenets, and your activities within that organization.
The subconscious or Higher Self expressing a need to reconnect with sacred powers and spiritual ideals.
Different religions appearing in dreams may stem from your exposure to recent articles or documentaries on the subject.
If this is the case, consider this part of the dream situational.
Each faith has a slightly different focus, which may reflect heavily on your current situation.
For example, Buddhism is highly introspective and philosophical, which might reflect too much brooding on your part, or perhaps not enough, depending on the other dream images.... The Language of Dreams
Enmity among relatives and rupture of relations in a dream means straying away from God’s path, heedlessness, paying a penalty, or it could mean suffering from being exiled as a punishment.
(Also see Enmity)... Islamic Dream Interpretation
2. Biblical icon. ... New American Dream Dictionary
Why do I dream of being intimate with people to whom I’m not attracted? There are several reasons for this.
If you honestly don’t find the person attractive in waking life, they may represent a quality or characteristic that is closely linked to a quality you are exploring or discovering within yourself.
If the partner is particularly unsavory, your dreaming mind may be encouraging you to say no to things that are not right for you.
Are dreams of my partner’s infidelity a warning sign? In some cases, yes, but in the majority of cases such dramas are metaphors for some kind of emotional abandonment or neglect; perhaps your loved one is showing more attention to the children—or to their job or hobbies—than to you.
Do repeated dreams of my first love mean I have not got over him or her? Your first love tends to be a symbol of romantic love in dreams but when they appear in your dreams, it is likely that your dreaming mind is using them as an emblem of love to help you work through your current relationship issues. In most cases, your dreaming mind is focused on current issues.
What do dreams of being back with my ex mean? Dreaming about your ex does not mean you want to be with them. Unless you are convinced that your latest ex is the ’one’, your dreaming mind is using them as an actor to represent your love interest. In most cases, such dreams suggest that you are going over old issues or relationship patterns, and that your dreaming mind is using such images to help you heal and move on to a more positive future. When any relationship breaks down, your dreaming mind will delve into memories, fears and hopes to help you unravel mysteries and gain understanding about what makes real love work. Your inner mind is constantly sorting through what works and what doesn’t work in a relationship, and it will refer back to past relationships to compare strengths and weaknesses and try to make sense of things.
If I have a perfect dream romance, does this mean the perfect partner will appear in my life? In you are single and you have a perfect romantic and sexual dream, this could be wish-fulfillment but it could also be your dreaming mind’s way of reminding you that love and passion are still out there and you should open yourself up to the possibility of romance.
If I have a bizarre or distressing dream about sex, does this mean I’m weird? Don’t interpret your dreaming according to how you judge it when you are awake, and try not to feel guilty. Instead, try to understand the dream and remind yourself that your dreaming mind will use sexual images—even graphic or shocking ones—as metaphors or opportunities to learn about yourself.... Common Dreams
On the other hand, such dreams can on occasion represent someone in your life who is currently influencing you in a positive or a negative way.
Jung felt that we could learn a lot about the human psyche through astrology, not only because the stars and planets are an external reflection of our inner selves, but also because the inherently symbolic nature of astrology allows us to consciously correlate symbols with unconscious knowledge. He associated different archetypes with specific planets, and frequently looked at the birth charts of his patients, believing that the symbols in the charts made suggestions to him from the collective unconscious about that person’s psyche. The following summary of specific planets and their astrological as well as some of their universal archetypal associations will help you make sense of dreams in which planets feature.... The Element Encyclopedia
Friday the thirteenth: The Scandinavians believed that the number thirteen was unlucky due to the twelve mythological demigods being joined by a thirteenth, an evil one, who brought misfortune upon humans. It was also said that Christ was crucified on Friday and the number of guests at the party of the Last Supper was thirteen, with the thirteenth guest being Judas, the traitor.
Walking under a ladder: A leaning ladder forms a triangle with the wall and ground. Triangles represent the Holy Trinity, and violating the Trinity by breaking it (walking through it) would put you in league with the Devil himself.
Black cats: Although sometimes thought to be a symbol of good luck (in ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat), during the Middle ages cats were thought to be demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed.
Spilling salt: Salt used to be an expensive commodity used mainly for medicinal purposes. For this reason, spillage was to be avoided at all costs. The idea that it is unlucky to do so probably stems from the belief that Judas spilt salt during the Last Supper.
Other superstitions associated with bad luck and misfortune include: A bat flying into the house. An owl hooting 3 times. 3 butterflies together. Looking at the new moon over your left shoulder. A 5-leaved clover. Breaking a glass whilst proposing a toast. Putting a shirt on inside out. Red and white flowers together. Hearing a rooster crow at night. Cutting your nails on a Friday.
Putting a hat on a bed. Getting out of bed left foot first. Violets blooming out of season. A picture falling. Breaking a mirror. Singing before breakfast. Opening an umbrella indoors. Giving away a wedding present. Stepping on cracks in the sidewalk. An itch inside your nose. Crossed knives. Seeing an owl during daylight. Spilling pepper. Killing a sparrow. Black birds.
Dropping a wedding ring. Breaking a plate, especially if it has not already been cracked. Mending a garment whilst wearing it. Signing contracts in the months of April, July or November. Spilling ink. Breaking a bottle.
Fastening a button into the wrong buttonhole. A candle falling over. Stepping on board a ship with your left foot. Tripping over when you leave your house.... The Element Encyclopedia
If the United Nations features prominently in your dream, you may be connecting to a collective energy around issues that are currently affecting the planet as a whole. This image can also be interpreted on a more personal level as representing the possibility that various ideas and beliefs within you that are ultimately contradictory may be able to be integrated, turning dissonance into harmony within yourself.... Complete Dictionary of Dreams
If a young woman who has been rejected by her significant other in real life dreams of vacations, she will soon get over that person.... The Big Dictionary of Dreams
If persons appear to you in visions, it foretells uprising and strife of families or state.
If your friend is near dissolution and you are warned in a vision, he will appear suddenly before you, usually in white garments. Visions of death and trouble have such close resemblance, that they are sometimes mistaken one for the other.
To see visions of any order in your dreams, you may look for unusual developments in your business, and a different atmosphere and surroundings in private life. Things will be reversed for a while with you. You will have changes in your business and private life seemingly bad, but eventually good for all concerned.
The Supreme Will is always directed toward the ultimate good of the race. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
2- In the half-awake, half-asleep state just before and just after sleep many people experience very strong images which are remembered in a wav that dream images arc not. These could also be called visions.
3- Spiritual manifestations, or rather, manifestations of Spirit, are acccptcd as visions.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
If you dreamed of visiting or living by a volcano—perhaps a famous one such as Mount Saint Helen’s—and then having to run for your life as it suddenly erupted and spewed molten lava into your path, this dream may be referring to a struggle in waking life to suppress your mounting fury. Your unconscious may have used this dramatic image to warn you that you won’t be able to contain your anger for much longer. What is especially telling about the volcano is its unpredictability; it could erupt at any time.
If the lava is prominent in the dream, feelings will run deep, but if the lava has cooled, there has been a deep passion which has now cooled off.
If the explosiveness is more noticeable than the lava, anger may be more prominent. On the other hand, your dream may have reflected the volatile temper of someone you live or work with in waking life, and your fear of being at the receiving end of their anger. Or is a torrent of fiery emotion about to explode in waking life? If it is, or might be, the experience can be devastating and yet also cathartic. To dream of an extinct volcano can indicate that passions have been killed off or a difficult situation has ended.... The Element Encyclopedia
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CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS IN INSOLVENCY: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
AbstractIn Canada and the United States, the constructive trust is a proprietary remedy awarded mainly to prevent unjust enrichment or to deter wrongdoing. The remedy gives the plaintiff an equitable proprietary interest in the disputed asset, as opposed to simply a money claim for the value of the asset. This feature of the constructive trust is particularly important if the defendant is insolvent or, by extension, if there is a substantial risk that the defendant may become insolvent before the judgment is satisfied. A constructive trust in insolvency is analogous to a security interest: it allows the plaintiff to take the disputed asset out of the defendant’s estate, with the result that the plaintiff recovers in full on its claim. This is at the expense of the estate, which is correspondingly depleted, and the claims of the defendant’s unsecured creditors which are, as a result, diminished. The Canadian case law on the availability of constructive trust relief in the defendant’s insolvency is unsettled and there is confusion in both the case law and the literature as to the doctrinal basis of the remedy and the relevant policy considerations. It is commonly argued that a key policy consideration is, or should be, whether the plaintiff voluntarily accepted the risk of the defendant’s insolvency. But while popular in restitution circles, this approach is deeply problematic from a bankruptcy perspective. This article examines the current state of the case law in Canada, identifies and critically analyzes the main theoretical arguments in the literature and suggests the basis on which courts should approach cases of this kind.
Keywords:Constructive Trust, Equity, Remedies, Restitution, Unjust enrichment, Equitable Proprietary Interest, Equitable Lien, Bankruptcy, Garland, BMP Global Distribution Inc v Bank of Nova Scotia, Insolvency, Baltman v Melnitzer, i Trade Finance Inc v Bank of Montreal, pari passu, Rateable Sharing
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- Tynor Insole Heel Cushion Made from high quality, liquid, transparent, aesthetically pleasing, medical grade Silicone, with high shear strength and with high cushioning coefficient, having excellent shock absorption & energy return. It is hypoallergenic, odorless and has a long functional life. Being nonporous and non absorbent, it is easy to clean and maintain.
- Anatomical design ensures better weight distribution, helps correct body alignment, reduce strain on ligaments, muscles and tendons and reduce peak loading. Matte surface ensures good grip to the foot.
- Super soft zones provide focused pain relief, relieves pressure at the base of the calcaneus and enhance comfort at the metatarsal area.
- Ergonomic designing improves compliance. Mesh design further enhance cushioning. Optimal thickness allows effective cushioning on one hand but can be easily be put into shoes on the other.
Size guide for Insole Heel Cushion Pad
Instructions for use: The rear heel cup has a double-layer structure and shock absorption, which provides amazing support and comfort for your feet throughout the day.
This heel cup is hypoallergenic, non-toxic, non-flammable and odor-free.
Double-density soft gel silica absorbs the impact of heel impact and provides a uniform pressure distribution that relieves heel pain and ankle pain, knee pain and back pain.
Performance: Incompressible double-density medical grade silicone, two-stage silicone; soft and sturdy, softer blue area, can relieve buffering in sensitive areas, can be washed and transferred between shoes, anti-allergy, non-toxic, non-flammable ,odorless.
Indications: heel pain, plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, knee and back pain, ankle pain.
Very useful for any long standing or walking activities. Must have physical activity, especially where it is necessary to reduce impact
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President Obama announced a shift in America’s relationship with Cuba during a press conference on Wednesday morning.
“Neither the American nor Cuban people are well-served by a rigid policy that’s rooted in events that took place before most of us were born,” Obama said.
This new U.S.-Cuba relationship is being called a way to “normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba.” The new plan will ease economic restrictions on Cuba.
“I believe we can do more to support the Cuban people, and promote our values, through engagements. After all, these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. It’s time for a new approach.”
The president assured that this movement to create a better relationship with Cuba will be immediately. He shared that Secretary of State, John Kerry, has been instructed to immediately begin talks to build a diplomatic relationship.
While Obama was announcing the news to the American people, Cuban president, Raul Castro was addressing his country as well.
“This expression by President Barack Obama deserves the respect and recognition by all the people and I want to thank and recognize support from the Vatican and especially from Pope Francis for the improvement of relations between Cuba and the United States,” Castro said.
The two countries’ leaders are reported to have talked via telephone on Tuesday. This is first time a presidential level discussion has happened since the Cuban revolution. Both believe this is the best move for both countries.
Both America and Cuba have already shown signs of goodwill by releasing political prisoners. Most notably, Cuba released American, Alan Gross. Held captive for five years, Gross was convicted for dissident after being caught smuggling cell phones to Cuba’s small Jewish population. Cuba also released an anonymous U.S. intelligence source for three Cuban prisoners. As talks continue, Cuba plans to release more U.S. citizens being held captive.
Of course, political opponents are already predicting a negative outcome. Republicans say this move will only make Castro’s regime stronger.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida said, “Appeasing the Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama’s naiveté during his final two years in office. As a result, America will be less safe as a result of the President’s change in policy.”
The regime has been accused of suppressing its’ citizens rights and supporting terroristic actions. Public opinion surveys have shown that many Cuban citizens are unhappy with the government.
So, what does this move mean for the common American? This move will ease travel restrictions, making it easier to visit Cuba. But, don’t plan that Cuban getaway just yet. The looser travel policy will still not permit tourism. Although, it will make business interactions easier. Americans will be able to import certain amounts of Cuban goods. Cuban cigar, anyone?
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South Africa’s economy is driven by small businesses, which are expected to have created around 90% of all new jobs by 2030.
Start-ups will likely create many of these jobs. They are new businesses that grow quickly and provide significant economic value. However, these start-ups have to overcome one hurdle: the difficulty of creating an online presence and access markings.
Online advertising can be costly. About 40% of start-up funding ends up with Google, Facebook and Amazon advertising. costs. This means that a large chunk of Venture Capital investments ends up with big tech firms instead of building start-ups like it’s supposed to.
Adbot uses the majority of its marketing budget for small businesses to get online.
This initiative will lower the costs of online advertising for Pre-Seed or Seed start-ups. They can then use the funds in the areas that are most important to their business.
Adbot gives funding to customers instead of advertising their business online. Michelle Geere is the CEO of Adbot. AdbotThe leading provider of online advertising solutions that are simple, effective, and supportive for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Africa.
Adbot assists start-up founders to advertise on Google Ads. Adbot provides a simple solution to help founders get to new markets and avoid the hassle of navigating Google’s complicated interface. Adbot uses artificial intelligence and machine-learning to optimize keywords, ad copy, and bidding, 24 hours a days, seven days a semaine.
“Start-ups have the opportunity to drive South Africa’s economic growth, but they need support to grow. This initiative will allow them to release funds and focus on scaling in a way which creates high economic value. This is critical in the current economic climate with high unemployment and slow growth.” said Geere.
The initiative will focus on Pre-Seed and Seed start-ups in this round of business support, as these enterprises and entrepreneurs hold the power to change the country’s economic situation. Adbot will support them financially for the first month. After that, they will be able to access Google education and get personal support.
These entrepreneurs will be able to access Primer, Google online training and the opportunity to apply to Google Hustle Academy.
“Online marketing will be made easy by us. Our strong human support team will assist them in translating their statistics each month. Adbot has extensive experience supporting small businesses to access new markets using online advertising. This initiative will allow Adbot to help small businesses grow.” says Geere.
If you’re a Pre-seed or Seed startup looking to take part in this initiative, contact the platform Find out how.
PROMO ALERTAdbot just announced that 100 entrepreneurs will be sponsored by them with free Google Ads up to R1000. This campaign will launch on Friday, 29th April 2022. Find out more.
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Tree Planting Program:
The District Attorney's office started a tree planting program to honor the memory of victims of gun violence and deter others from causing gun violence in 2020. The program gives the family and friends of the deceased the option to pick a tree to plant at a special location selected to honor the memory of their loved one.
The District Attorney's office provides grievance counseling for the families of loved ones lost to gun violence. Victim Assistance Coordinator, Tina Rogers, is trained and certified in grievance counseling and conducts monthly sessions for the family members and friends of the deceased in our district.
Restorative Justice Program:
The District Attorney's office also has a restorative justice program that follows the national trend of viewing crime more through the lens of the harm caused to the individual & to the community and attempting to acknowledge and reconcile that harm in ways that repair the victim and help rehabilitate the person who caused the harm. For more information about restorative justice, please visit: restorativejustice.org
Victim Bill of Rights:
One of the District Attorney’s most important jobs is protecting the rights of victims of crime. The Mississippi Crime Victim Bill of Rights provides several rights, privileges, and notices to crime victims throughout the criminal justice process.
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Towradgi Station Upgrade Flythrough
The purpose of the station’s upgrade is to ultimately provide a station that is accessible to those with a disability, limited mobility, carers/parents with prams, and customers with luggage.
Key features of the upgrade will include:
- a new footbridge and new stairs connecting both platforms
- two lifts with three stops to access the platform level, street level and footbridge level
- new footpaths
- accessible parking spaces and a ‘kiss and ride’ zone
- upgrades to the station’s toilets including a new family accessible toilet
- new platform shelters
- regrading and widening of station platforms
- security and safety upgrades such as CCTV, lighting, handrails, wayfinding, and signage
- construction of a new Station Systems Equipment Room building
The Towradgi Station Upgrade is one of several projects within the Transport Access Program that is applying the ISCA IS V1.2 rating tool and is targeting an ‘Excellent’ rating. This will be achieved through setting targets across key issues such as climate change adaptation and resilience, energy and carbon reduction, waste to landfill reduction, materials selected, supply chain management, community connection, social procurement, and workforce inclusivity.
For more information on Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia’s (ISCA) IS Rating Scheme please visit www.isca.org.au
The Towradgi Station upgrade is being delivered as part of the Transport Access Program (TAP), a program of works by the NSW Government which delivers improved accessibility to the public transport network.
The project is a multi-disciplinary design and construction rail project involving significant upgrades to the existing station to improve its functionality, provide accessible pathways and new customer facilities, as well as upgrades to rail systems to support the new works.
The initial phase involves completing site investigations, detailed design, and procurement with site establishment scheduled for mid-2021. Work is expected to take around 18 months to complete.*
TAP projects ensure a better experience for public transport customers by delivering modern, safe, and accessible infrastructure, especially to those with a disability or limited mobility and carers/parents with prams and customers with luggage.
Our experience and knowledge of brownfield rail delivery will assist guide the design and delivery to ensure a sustainable and beneficial whole of life asset for the community.
* project completion dates are subject to change
Towradgi Station was opened in 1948
Towradgi is derived from a Dharawal word Kow-radgi, meaning guardian of the sacred stones
One of the Towradgi landmarks is the small bridge on Towradgi Road that passes over the train This bridge is affectionately known in the area as the Towradgi Hump due to its short and steep rise* It has been provided entertainment for many young drivers in the area!
Services from Towradgi travel from Waterfall and Thirroul to Port Kembla and during peak hours services also run to Sydney Central, Bondi Junction and Kiama
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KFC’s across Port Elizabeth are the latest in a growing list of businesses joining the solar energy revolution with SolarAfrica.
The solar energy solution provides an alternative to owning a solar system, offering fast-food franchises the opportunity to get cleaner energy without paying for the system. With SolarAfrica’s clean energy solution, companies can go green and start saving from day one.
In early October 2017, after a quick three day installation per site, four of KFC’s Port Elizabeth outlets welcomed solar on their premises. Planning and timing was crucial as three of the sites operated 24/7, but with a dedicated team of installation partners and project managers all sites went live seamlessly with minimal down time and uninterrupted store time for customers.
Together, all four solar systems will produce savings of up to R 410 000 over the five year term with projected savings reaching over R 2 200 000 throughout the full term contract. By embracing solar energy, the KFC outlets will positively impact the environment by saving more than 130 tonnes of CO2 each year.
AKM Foods’ Managing Director, Nishid Dosa, believes that it is every business’s responsibly to lessen their carbon footprint and do their bit for the country, “we looked at solar because of the synergy it has with us and our goal to reduce our carbon footprint. Solar also makes business sense in reducing the energy costs at our stores.”
Kobus Van Tonder, African Programme Manager at SolarAfrica is excited about the latest solar installation at the KFC’s and looks forward to the opportunity of advancing the systems at a later stage, “There is certainly capacity to add more panels and up size the systems in the future, by considering alternative options such as carports or vacant land for the solar panels, we’d be able to increase their savings even more!”.
With no capital investment required and significantly reduced energy bills, SolarAfrica continues to provide financed energy solutions for businesses throughout South Africa.
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Shakespeare's Macbeth: locations in Scotland
It is thought that Macbeth was written between 1604 and 1606, at the time England came under the rule of a new monarch, King James I. The new king, fascinated by themes of the supernatural and prophesy, would have been highly interested in such a play and it was purposefully finished just in time for a special royal performance at Hampton Court Palace in 1606.
Always with his audience in mind, Shakespeare switched from plays flattering the Tudor dynasty during Elizabeth I's reign to the tragedies like Macbeth, with all its Scottish history, for King James who had already been king of Scotland since 1567. Shakespeare drew on family connections and used a combination of fact and fiction to make the story, characters and locations familiar yet engaging for the king.
Image: © Copyright Russel Wills and licensed for reuse under CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Geograph.
The two main locations from the witches' pivotal prophesy (“Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until/ Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill/ Shall come against him.”) can both be found close to Witch's Pool in Perthshire.
Those who know the play will remember branches from Birnam Wood were used as a disguise by the army marching on Macbeth at Dunsinane. Today, all that is left of the great Birnam Wood are two trees; the Birnam Oak and the Birnam Sycamore. The Birnam Oak is thought to be one of the oldest trees in the area, at least 600 years old, and once part of the woodland that inspired Shakespeare during a visit to the area he is thought to have made in 1589. Now the lowest branches of this poor old tree are supported by wooden crutches and the bottom of the trunk is hollow.
Image: © Copyright Gordon Hatton and licensed for reuse under CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Geograph.
Close to the oak is the slightly younger Birnam Sycamore which is around 300 years old and looking a little bit gnarly. Both trees are part of the Forestry Commission's list of Heritage Trees and there are signs indicating which tree is which. The Birnam Oak is located in a little strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay, though the impressive woodland that Shakespeare describes would have occupied both river banks and the land beyond. You can discover the trees for yourself on a walk of the area. From the centre of Birnam follow signs to 'Oak Road' and you'll find yourself on a path that runs parallel to the river. The walk is a pleasant one and there are a number of large, established trees along the route.
In the famous play Dunsinane Hill was the location Macbeth finally met his end. The remains of two hill forts can still be seen atop the hill today and there is a footpath that will lead you to its summit. The best way to access Dunsinane Hill is from the small, nearby village of Collace. You will be approaching the hill from its Northern side and there is a small car park between the village and the quarry that you can walk from. At the top you'll have good views of the surrounding countryside.
Image: © Copyright Lis Burke and licensed for reuse under CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Geograph.
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The Bolton-born president of the International Paralympic Committee has called for the word "disabled" to be dropped from coverage of the London Games. Sir Philip Craven, who has been president of the Bonn-based IPC since 1991, said it was time to re-examine the language used to describe Paralympians.
"This is sport. It's not disability anything. I come from sport," said Craven, who represented Great Britain at wheelchair basketball at five Paralympics between 1972 and 1988. "There's no need for a replacement. Just use the terminology that people use in sport. You know what the word 'disabled' means. It means something that doesn't work, doesn't function. How would you like to be called that? If you want to use it, that's your decision. But try and drop it. It's not easy to begin with. But just drop it."
Craven called for use of the word in connection with the Paralympics, which begins on Wednesday with an opening ceremony titled The Enlightenment, to be phased out. Despite his call, the official ParalympicsGB guide for the media suggests the use of the phrase "disabled person" as being in line with the 2010 Equality Act.
Craven predicted that the London Games, which will feature a record 4,200 athletes representing 165 countries and competing in 20 sports, would take the Paralympics to a "new frontier". The London organising committee, which has repeatedly emphasised its aim to treat the Olympics and Paralympics as an integrated whole, is confident that all 2.5 million tickets for the Paralympics will sell out for the first time.
Even before the success of the Olympic Games sparked a renewed surge of interest, it had shifted more tickets than for any previous Paralympics. It has sold 2.3 million, with around 200,000 more due to come onto the market as final venue configurations are finalised.
"It's the first time we've had such a long and fruitful relationship with an organising committee. It doesn't surprise me, knowing also the British people and their love of true sport, it doesn't worry me about having to live up to something because I just know the 4,200 Paralympians will do that," said Craven.
"What has really thrilled me is the way that the British public has come out this summer and just caught the fever. That's going to continue with the Paralympics, I just know it is."
The Games will feature 16 National Paralympic Committees fielding teams for the first time, including Albania, Antigua, Malawi and Rwanda, the first sub-Saharan country to compete in a Paralympic Games. Other countries, including the Ukraine and Brazil, that have recently invested heavily in Paralympic sport are expected to challenge the British team's aim of matching their Beijing achievement of finishing second in the medal table. Craven said he expected US athletes to challenge strongly, despite a history of under-investment in Paralympic sport. American broadcaster NBC will show just five-and-a-half hours of the Paralympics, none of it live. That compares with more than 150 hours that will be shown by Channel 4.
"It would be a bit boring if they all got it and they were all doing it and there were no new frontiers," said Craven, who added that the IPC had developed its own online broadcasting operation to compensate for the lack of coverage in some territories.
He said it was important to remember how far the Paralympic movement had come since 1988, when the Seoul Games marked the first time that it had been held in parallel with the Olympics in the same host city. "There is this aura about the whole Games. From all over the world, people want to be in London," explained Craven. There are hopes that the London Games will inspire a new wave of commercial attention in the Paralympics and those who compete in it.
Craven said that the renewal of its partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee to co-host the Games would help that process. "It's a good and developing relationship and we've just signed a deal to ensure that continues to 2018 and 2020," he said. "But we've also signed a partnership agreement, which we've never had before. Part of that involves the development of joint sponsorship or the promotion of both Games."
The IPC president also defended the involvement of Atos, the IT giant whose name adorns the lanyards of all accredited Games athletes and staff but has been criticised by disability rights campaigners for its involvement in assessing whether benefit claimants are "fit for work".
Craven said he could understand the Paralympics being used a vehicle to articulate wider concerns but said the IPC's involvement with the company had been "very positive". "All I can say is that we have a record over the last 60 or 65 years of being a fighter for the right causes. That's what we will continue to do. But where they seem to be very upset with this particular part of that company's organisation, our experiences within the Paralympic movement with Atos are very positive," he insisted.
"They have given us incredible help with the development of our new website. That isn't just people putting their expertise in, that's people working night and day and really giving of themselves to make sure the deadline was met."
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|The Jade Plant was outside and it got frozen. Can it still grow back? Can I save the roots? This plant was nice! Joe|
|It may be possible to save your jade plant. Start by taking the plant indoors so it can recover in above-freezing temperatures. Keep it indoors for the rest of the winter. Next, prune away any frost damaged leaves and stems. They'll turn brown and mushy and will fall off anyway, but pruning them off will remove the dead plant parts and keep them from decaying and compromising the health of your plant. Remove the frost damaged plant parts by using pruning shears to make clean cuts just below the damaged stem. Cutting into healthy stem tissue will lower the chance of tearing the plant fibers. Until you see new growth sprouting, don't water your jade plant. Watering can lead to widespread rotting that may damage the remaining healthy trunk, stems and roots of your plant. Next spring you can take it back outdoors. I hope it recovers soon!
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This handbook tells you about the rights and privileges you have if you are receiving services offered through the Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) program.
There are some basic ideas about your rights, including that:
- People have rights. Rights are what you can do and how you are treated based on federal and state constitutions, laws, and rules.
- Rights are not limited without due process. Due process is an opportunity to have a hearing or review to decide if there is a good reason to limit your rights or services.
- People are free from abuse and neglect.
- People have responsibilities. Responsibilities are your duties that you must try to do if you are able. Staff can help you learn about your rights and responsibilities.
All services are provided in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Your rights under Texas law (Texas Health and Safety Code, Title 7, Subtitle D)
If you have intellectual or developmental disabilities and live in Texas, you have the following rights:
- You have the same rights as other citizens of the United States and this state unless your rights have been lawfully restricted. All citizens have, unless it has been restricted lawfully, the right to register to vote, to practice a religion, to keep your own possessions, to contract for something (such as buying a house), and to get married. You cannot be treated differently because of your disability.
- No one has the right to hurt you, take advantage of you, or ignore your needs.
- You have the right to live and receive services where you can make as many of your own decisions as possible. This may be with your family, with your friends, alone, or where there are people trained to help you.
- You have the right to go to public school until age 22.
- Before you receive services, a doctor or a psychologist must determine that you have an intellectual disability and explain to you what that means. If you do not agree with them, you can also ask for a meeting to review your case. You can ask for a second opinion that you would pay for with your own money. You can ask for services from other agencies and organizations.
- For issues that require consent, you should be able to understand what you are agreeing to. If you have a guardian, he or she may make decisions for you.
Your Rights in a TxHmL Program
- Before a guardian is named, you will have a court hearing with a judge. Only a judge can give you a guardian. That guardian may be a parent or another adult. This hearing is considered due process.
- If you are looking for a job and have the necessary skills to do the job, you cannot be denied the job because of your disability. If you have a job, you have the right to be paid fairly like everyone else.
- You have the right to have the treatment and services that are best for you. You can change your mind about any or all of the services you receive.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Health officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe -- the first in California in five years.
El Dorado County officials said Monday the California Department of Public Health notified them of the positive test of a local resident who is under medical care while recovering at home.
Plague bacteria are most often transmitted by fleas that have acquired it from infected squirrels, chipmunks and other wild rodents.
Dogs and cats may also carry plague-infected fleas. Health officials believe the South Lake Tahoe resident may have been bitten by an infected flea while walking a dog along the Truckee River corridor or in the Tahoe Keys area on Tahoe's south shore.
The last reported human cases of plague in California were in 2015 when two people were exposed to infected rodents or their fleas in Yosemite National Park. Both were treated and recovered.
No human cases have been reported since, but authorities did find evidence that a total of 20 ground squirrels or chipmunks around South Lake Tahoe had been exposed to the plague bacterium from 2016-19.
Those rodents were identified near the Tallac Historic Site, Fallen Leaf Campground or Taylor Creek Visitor Center.
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
PURE MATERIA MEDICA
By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.
Presented by Médi-T
A. dracunculus, Willd. Nat order, Araceæ. Preparation, Tincture from the root.
Authority.1, Journ. d. l. Soc. Gal., IV, 114: effects of cutting and pounding the root; Dr. Demeures; 2, Bibliothèque Homopathique, III, 192, effects of tearing up the leaves and stems; Dr. Pitet.
►Styptic and metallic taste, mingled with bitterness at the back of the mouth, . ► Prickings as with thorns in the fingers of the right hand, . ► Feeling as if the hand were plunged among nettles, . ► On rubbing the fingers together, sensation as if a vast number of stings were driven perpendicularly into them, . ► Pain in the right index finger, as if it were forcibly pulled, . ► Pricking, mingled with intolerable itching, in the fingers, .
Copyright © Médi-T ® 2000
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A young farmer used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand the production capacity of his farm and respond to the increasing market demand for his pork products.
Projects & Practice
Organising conferences, workshops and a culinary contest in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas, along with and the personal development of participating rural citizens.
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, a website was set up under Rural Development Programme Technical Assistance to help match agricultural companies with jobseekers
A Technical Assistance project about empowering local and regional actors to work more effectively with rural communities in order to revitalise these areas.
A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.
The knowledge generated in research and innovation projects is hard to access, thus it is vital to create networks for knowledge transfer between production and research.
Using LEADER support to provide information and raise awareness about wild bee protection.
An educational peer-to-peer programme for farmers that are engaged into innovative practices, facilitated through participative techniques and scientific expertise.
An ambitious young farmer used RDP support to create a new niche product and a touristic attraction out of his produce of mushrooms that were not suitable for the market.
EU funding conrtibuted to create and promote a new cultural and culinary brand for the attractive Vistula valley in Poland, helping the region to entice tourists.
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There are a variety of calculators available. Some are really specialized, some rather simple. There are calculators that can just do easy arithmetic, and ones that can locate a single factor on a parabola. Prices boost with complexity, so identifying the right calculator can save cash and also aggravation.
Standard calculators are used for basic functions. Normally less than 10 dollars, fundamental calculators add, deduct, multiply, as well as divide. Some consist of an easy memory feature, larger display, huge sized keys or a see-through layout to use with overhanging projectors. Fundamental calculators are for basic arithmetic. They are powered by either batteries or a small solar cell.
The majority of printing calculators are designed for usage in bookkeeping and also audit. They consist of all the keys of a fundamental calculator, with added tricks that enable quickly locating percent, subtotal, grand total amount, tax obligation rate, as well as a variety of other functions used when amounting to huge amounts. The print capacity enables the user to look for common access errors like shifted or missed digits, use the printout as an invoice or to not publish. Many likewise consist of a rounding function as well as way to select the variety of decimal locations.
A state-of-the-art printing calculator can cost greater than $100, though they can be located for less. Publishing calculators are offered as battery operated mobile designs, though most call for accessibility to an electric outlet.
Scientific calculators are usually made use of by pupils. They are made use of to fix mathematical, physics or chemistry troubles. They are also often accepted for use in standard examinations. These calculators might consist of multifunction switches for a smaller, full included device. They have the ability to determine origin values, with separate switches for square, cube, as well as any origin. They likewise have trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential function secrets.
The majority of have a single line display, however some are readily available with an increased display screen. Intended mainly at trainees, these calculators can cost as little as $10. More pricey clinical calculators typically sustain a lot more features, give bigger memory, or allow problems to be keyed in exactly as they appear in a book.
Service and Financial Calculators
Financial and also company calculators are made to be made use of primarily in determining business-related formulas, for students researching service calculus, and also for monitoring or plotting economic details. Financial calculators can develop amortization tables for financing repayments, establish APR, quote compound interest, overall paid, passion paid as well as various other features of cash gradually.
Business calculators consist of more popular positioning of the most usual functions used in service calculus or mathematics. They often include sophisticated statistical models and also analysis features. More pricey versions consist of bigger memory, more cash flows, as well as much more features.
Graphing calculators are some of one of the most costly calculators. Large memory capacity, programmability, a huge display and also the graphing capacity itself make graphing calculators different from various other selections. Graphing calculators are required in several university level math and physics programs, in addition to in some business courses. They have the ability to execute the majority of the features located in various other specialized calculators, though really few have print capacities. These calculators are made to story and graph features, and streamline addressing formulas.
Apart from the big display, there is much overlap in between the graphing, scientific and also monetary calculators. Individuals who choose the larger screen or the capacity to chart, but do not require the sophisticated economic functions of a company calculator or are able to configure one, may prefer the graphing calculator for its adaptability.
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The Neurobiology of Allostasis
How does the repeated experience of a stimulus alter the brain to regulate future behavior?
"Allostasis focuses on the active process of adaptation to many challenges... and centers around the brain as interpreter and responder to environmental challenges and as a target of those challenges". - Bruce McEwen
Currently, our focus is on the role of specific neural circuits in reward processing and feeding behavior. Abundant epidemiological evidence supports the idea that the availability of calorically-dense, highly palatable foods is a leading cause promoting our nations ongoing obesity epidemic. Difficulty abstaining from unhealthy foods and relapse to poor eating habits are prominent behaviors associated with the development of obesity and suggests the ability to self-regulate may be altered in vulnerable populations. While the neural circuits regulating feeding in response to hunger and satiety are well-studied, less is understood regarding intake in the absence of metabolic need; termed hedonic feeding.
high fat diet
Physiology: in vivo & ex vivo
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MEL Brooks is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker who is known as the creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies.
He has been writing acclaimed content since the 1950s.
How old is Mel Brooks?
Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York, making him 95 years old.
On his special day, fans and close friends of Brooks took to social media to express their birthday wishes to the screen legend.
Actor Rob Reiner, son of the late actor/screenwriter/director Carl Reiner said: "Today is my Dad’s best friend’s birthday. Mel Brooks turns 95 today. I love you Mel. And thank you for loving my Dad."
"Every childhood wound from a kid making fun of my last name was miraculously healed the first time @MelBrooks made fun of my last name. Happy birthday Mel," wrote actor and comedian John Fugelsang.
Most read in Entertainment
"95 today - not me: the one on the left, the genius that is Mel Brooks!" Gyles Brandreth posted.
"I hope @melbrooks really becomes the 2,000 year old man because we need him," a fan penned.
One declared: "Happy 95th birthday, Mel Brooks! Genius. Thespian. Heartthrob."
Another fan of Brooks' work quoted the screen legend, writing: Happy 95th birthday to Mel Brooks! 'Humor is just another defense against the universe.'”
What movies has Mel Brooks been in?
Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York.
He served in WWII, and afterward got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills.
He then worked in a comedy act, in radio, and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to television.
He was a writer for Your Show of Shows (1950) Caesar's Hour (1954), and wrote the Broadway show, Shinbone Alley.
He also worked in the creation of The 2000 Year Old Man (1975) and Get Smart (1965) before embarking on a highly successful film career in writing, acting, producing, and directing.
Of his personal favorite comedy eras, Brooks once said: “Writing comedy for skilled, important comedians in the ’50s and ’60s was heaven,” wrote Variety.
Although Brooks is a director and writer, he has also starred in several of his own movies, including:
- Life Stinks (1991)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving it (1995)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- The Twelve Chairs (1970)
- History of the World: Part One (1981)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- High Anxiety (1977)
- To Be or Not To Be (1987)
- Silent Movie (1976)
- The Producers (1968)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
What is Mel Brooks' History of the World part II?
Brooks will be writing and executive producing part two of the Hulu series History of the World, according to Variety.
The star will also work with Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, and Kevin Salter.
History of the World Part II will be the sequel to the 1981 film.
The film goes over different periods of world history such as the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and the French Revolution.
It will also feature musical numbers, including one about the Spanish Inquisition and “Jews in Space.”
Hulu has ordered eight episodes of the show and production is slated to begin in Spring 2022.
It is unclear when the series will premiere.
Speaking about the project, Brooks said: "I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!”
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Ypsicon and UHPH technology in approved European project
The EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Food division) has approved underPRESSURE project, aimed at scaling-up Ypsicon's patented ultra-high pressure homogenization technology for products like sauces and patisserie products, and in general for high viscosity products, to obtain fat-reduced and clean(er) label products
Pressure for healthier and more natural fat-based foods (underPRESSURE)
Context and problem to be solved: fat-reduced and clean(er) label products
Obesity is a public health problem that increases the risk of chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 50 % of Europeans are overweighed and 10-30 % are obese. Fat intake is directly related to weight problems. Consumers' awareness about fat intake has increased. In food emulsions, such as sauces and creams, fat reduction is achieved by its substitution by fat replacers (e.g. modified starch). Such fat replacers typically do not impart the same sensory properties as fat (40% consumers consider “light” goods to have a poorer taste than full-fat ones). Moreover, most of them are E-numbers and have to be declared on the label. Today, consumers’ expectations thrive for a clean(er) and more natural label.
The EIT Food underPRESSURE project aims at scaling-up a technological solution based on Ypsicon's patented ultra-high pressure homogenization (UHPH) technology to produce sauces and patisserie products with improved microbial shelf-life, addressing the above consumer demands. Safe foods with lower fat content (fat reduction >30 %) and/or reduced use of additives (clean(er) label) will be developed, maintaining or even improving their sensory characteristics and stability compared to conventional counterparts. In order to assure a consumer driven project, consumers will be engaged from the creation to the sensory validation of these food products, ensuring to meet their expectations.
Funding: UE – EIT Food – KAVA – Innovation
Programme Duration: January 2019 – December 2019
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A new report commissioned by The Australia Institute shows gas demand in NSW could halve within a decade and questions the need for a gas network in NSW.
The report, “The Dash from Gas. Could demand in New South Wales fall to half?” by the University of Melbourne’s Energy Institute synthesises recent important research by AGL, the Grattan Institute, Deloitte Access Economics and others, as well as providing new analysis.
The report also points out that if unnecessary gas infrastructure is built on the basis of inflated gas demand projections, then unnecessary network costs will be passed onto NSW households and businesses – as happened with electricity prices in over the past few years.
A gas industry “death spiral” could result as demand for gas falls, gas customers disconnect, and the remaining customers would be left to pay for ongoing gas grid operation and maintenance.
“The future of the gas grid in NSW needs to be addressed”, says report co-author Tim Forcey. “Electrical appliances for space heating, cooking and hot water can provide the same services as gas, and are more efficient, cleaner, and more economic. So whether we can afford having two grids – a gas grid and an electricity grid – needs to be looked at.”
“NSW is facing a gas price shock, not facing a gas shortage”, says Matt Grudnoff, senior economist at The Australia Institute. “As IPART has confirmed, the gas price rises have been locked in by LNG exports. No amount of gas mining in NSW will change that.”
“The solution is for the NSW government to assist households and businesses.to reduce their exposure to gas, by helping the shift to cleaner, cheaper and more efficient electrical alternatives.”
Link to MEI report: Here
Below: Download the TAI submission to the Inquiry into The Supply and Cost of Gas and Liquid Fuels in New South Wales
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Before 1980, everything was electric at best. After that time, electronics began to advance. And electronics, that's cunning stuff. It works or it is broken. And when it breaks, you are sitting with a non-functioning car and you are angrily looking at a solid black box with a set of wires and a few multi-connectors.
If you're lucky then, the malfunction was in the transition resistances of those multi's. But otherwise? My universal meter and I usually do not know how to handle such a box. We have not learned enough for that. Moreover, I am mechanics, not electronics. I understand working on a conventional electrical installation and its components. But electronics? No.
When you then look for replacement news, you have the chance of a cold fair coming home. When electronics ended up in cars around the mid-1980s, the parts were mass-produced for generally impressive numbers of cars.
About ten years later, the recycling of parts was really well underway. Containers of new old stock of ECUs and other electronic wonder parts were transformed into heat and raw materials. And were thus effectively withdrawn from the parts provision.
Therefore the tip: Youngtimer lovers: now score what you can score. Finding board electronics, window motors and such is not always easy anymore, but when you still find things, they are often surprisingly cheap.
Your partner may rightly object to a set of oil-leaking engine blocks in the attic. But a few boxes with electronic things can easily be stored in a cupboard behind the roof boarding.
And if you do not need them: in twenty years they will be worth gold.
Finally: sometimes you can find untraceable components by searching for serial numbers in the manufacturers' catalogs. Electronic car parts actually come from a limited number of global manufacturers. And the customers of those manufacturers regularly use the same things for different models in their own production line.
Once there were De Hollanders Guides for Interchangeble Parts. It is time for something like that to come for electronic components. Because how else would you get the idea that BMW used the same electric motor to operate a sliding roof that was used to adjust the windshield of a BMW motorcycle?
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The EU Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive, the aim of which is to substantially increase the presence of women on corporate boards throughout the EU by setting a minimum objective of 40% by 2020 for women to be non-executive members of the board of listed companies. Where lower than 40% exists, companies will be obliged to consider making appointments on the basis of a comparative analysis of the qualifications of each candidate, by applying pre-established, clear, neutrally formulated and unambiguous criteria, in order to meet the objective. The Commission's proposal will now pass to the European Parliament and Council of the European Union for consideration under the normal legislative procedure. The Government has welcomed the decision not to impose mandatory quotas for women on boards and will work with other Member States to ensure the final Directive supports the creation of diverse and effective boards.
This provides summary information and comment on the subject areas covered. Where employment tribunal and appellate court cases are reported, the information does not set out all of the facts, the legal arguments presented and the judgments made in every aspect of the case. Employment law is subject to constant change either by statute or by interpretation by the courts. While every care has been taken in compiling this information, we cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Specialist legal advice must be taken on any legal issues that may arise before embarking upon any formal course of action.
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How do I fix an import failed in SketchUp?
If you get a failure message, try again with a different Units setting in the Import Options dialog box (Step 6). If that doesn’t work, the file might have been saved in a CAD format that’s newer than the ones that SketchUp Pro can import.
Why cant I import DWG to SketchUp?
Note: Currently, Sketchup cannot read the new 2018 DWG file format. Therefore, if making frequently use of Sketchup with DWG files, be sure that AutoCAD 2018 (and newer) products are set to save as “AutoCAD 2013 drawing” or earlier.
How do I import into SketchUp 2020?
How to Import Items from SketchUp in 2020 Design
- Click the Items tab and then click the SketchUp icon in the ITEMS ribbon.
- In the 2020 SketchUp browser, type an object name or model in the search.
- Click. …
- In the download window, click Download and then choose the SketchUp file you need.
Can you import DWG into SketchUp free?
You can import CAD files into SketchUp Shop, but not our Free web version. This is one of the many features you can get by unlocking a Shop subscription here. Currently, the only available formats for import in SketchUp Free for Web are these: SKP.
Can you export from SketchUp free?
You can try exporting to Collada (. dae) from SketchUp Free or SketchUp Make 2017 (the last free desktop version) and then using the free Autodesk FBX converter to convert it to FBX.
Can SketchUp import STEP files?
there is no native import of the STEP file format containing NURBS-based surfaces/solids, during an import by using the SimLab STEP importer plugin the spline based faces need to be triangulated to a facetted mesh which leads to the mentioned big…
Can I import SketchUp to AutoCAD?
To resolve the issue, download the add-on application for AutoCAD versions 2013 or newer from Autodesk App Store. Once the add-on is added, the ability to import Sketchup (. skp) file into AutoCAD will be available.
What file format does SketchUp use?
Using SketchUp Data with Other Modeling Programs or Tools
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Gloucester (UK), October 2018 - An article on eLearning supplier Engage in Learning's website argues that successful leaders are "business chameleons". In other words, says the article, they should be able to take on the role of directors, facilitators, or motivators depending on the particular challenges that they are facing at the time.
Acknowledging that every leader has a natural style of leadership, the article's author, Kate Carter, says that the key to being able to leading a team or organisation successfully in all situations is for the leader to adapt that natural leadership style to get the best results.
"In a crisis situation - where time factors are critical - taking the directive stance of telling staff what to do may be the quickest way to resolve the problem," Kate says.
"In such situations, business and personal reputations could be at stake. There's no time for group discussion or procrastination. As a leader, it's your role to ensure that any damage is limited and critical operations run smoothly while you're resolving the problem."
In times of change - say, where a company is merging with another - leaders need to be both visionary and confident, Kate believes. It's up to the leader to ask their team to have faith in the vision.
Times of change, even if they represent a huge opportunity for the business, are unsettling and can easily be worrying. At such times, it's the leader's responsibility to enthuse others and nurture team bonding, which enables colleagues to adapt and change as their future becomes clearer and more secure.
"There will also be times when, in terms of experience and expertise, a team will be best placed to solve problems, but the team will still need its leader to empower them to make the choices that will solve the problem effectively and efficiently," adds Kate. "That's the time when the leader needs to play the role of the facilitator - providing the team with the tools and techniques the team members need in order to move forward.
"Personality, experience, and excellent communication skills, coupled with a clear vision, all combine to make leaders successful and admired," Kate concluded.
According to Chris Horseman, Engage in Learning's CEO, "Kate's article, along with articles on other aspects of leadership, are being published on our website to help raise awareness of Engage in Learning's 'Leadership Fundamentals' eLearning materials.
"We believe - and, increasingly, our growing customer list is discovering - that the materials contained within these courses are the building blocks to creating successful leaders and teams."
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TOP REASONS TO VOLUNTEER TODAY
Volunteering feels great. You probably already know that. But have you ever stopped to really consider why? You’re not getting paid. It requires your time. It uses up your energy. It can often be really demanding work. So why do so many do it?
1. Community Impact
Volunteering helps people in need. It helps worthwhile causes and organizations like East and West Parry Sound Victim Services. And it helps your community. It’s good for society and is often the only way some organizations can provide help to those who really, truly need it. This opportunity to give back and make a community impact pays you back, not with money, but with the feel-good rewards of filling a need and helping others.
2. It’s Good For Your Career
By volunteering your time, you’re gaining experience and building meaningful relationships. Unpaid work, like paid work, teaches people important, transferable skills. Often, volunteering opens up a new channel of information for people and can be an effective way make social connections which can lead to career opportunities.
3. Provides a Sense of Purpose
For some, it’s easy to get stuck in the drudgery of what you do for work and feel like you’re not really making a difference. For others, you’ve retired or no longer work and it feels like something is missing. Volunteering allows both types of people to fulfill that need to do something with meaning. Organizations like East and West Parry Sound Victim Services provide people with the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people around them and in their community.
4. Connection With Others
Not only does it provide possible career-related connections, volunteering provides a much more basic connection: with people. You’ll meet like-minded individuals, create friendships, and grow your social circle. Having meaningful connections with people gives individuals an important boost to their well-being and can positively impact your life. Interacting with new or different perspectives, spending time with people, and engaging with others can combat loneliness while boosting those feel-good endorphins and improving your mental well-being.
Each person has their own reasons why they volunteer, but the benefits are shared by all. If you would like to give back to your community, establish meaningful relationships, make advancements with your career, and make a difference, consider volunteering with a local organization today.
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If We Knew Then…
Growing up in a big family we were committed birthday celebrators. On your birthday, you’d get the You Are Special plate for breakfast and your favorite meal for dinner, and usually at least one time over the course of the day, Mom would talk about the day you were born, drag out the photo albums and exclaim about how cute you used to be. “Look at that adorable baby! How could we even imagine the person you would become?,” she would say. Birthdays are a natural time to look back and see where we’ve been, because life has a way of taking us places we’d never imagined.
Today is Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the church, and two years since you and I set out together on the journey of being the church together in this place. Seems like a good time to look back to gather the courage to move forward; the first disciples and all of us can definitely look at each other and say: “Wow, if we only knew the what we know now…!” Because the life of faith is a life that takes courage, confronting the unknown with commitment because, of course, we don’t know now what we will know…then.
This whole Easter season we’ve been thinking about how the gospel message—radical love, new life—can be decidedly threatening because it upends life in the way we know it, life that’s comfortable. As we look together today at the story of Jesus’ first followers and their adventures on the day the church was born, we can certainly feel the threat of discomfort, and I always think of the words of author and naturalist Annie Dillard, worth revisiting every year on this Sunday, from her book Teaching a Stone to Talk.
“On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches are children playing on the floor with their chemistry sets, mixing up a batch of TNT to kill a Sunday morning. It is madness to wear ladies’ straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews. For the sleeping god may wake someday and take offense, or the waking god may draw us out to where we can never return.” (Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk. Harper and Row, 1982)
Yes, Pentecost is the birthday of the church, but it’s not a story about the arrival of a nice, staid institution built to define tradition and maintain it at all costs, as the church is often mistaken. No, Pentecost is the threat of resurrection, lived out in full color and fire!
It’s God, shaking things up, as God always seems to do, and those of us along for the ride holding on for dear life, not completely sure exactly where we’ll end up. All that wind and fire, disruption, should have told the first disciples something, but they didn’t know what was ahead…just like you and I don’t know what’s ahead. I wonder what the first disciples would have done if they knew then what we know now…?
Just to be able to gauge the disciples’ mental and physical well-being during the period when our story from Acts occurs, I went online and completed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which rates stressors and resulting personal vulnerability. You have to choose whether some of the following has happened in your life in the course of the last 12 months: death of a close friend, trouble with the law, change in your family situation, vocational upheaval, among others. I chose everything on the scale that had happened to them just in the 6 weeks since Jesus’s arrest, crucifixion, and resurrection. (The test didn’t have the option, “One of your closest friends is resurrected,” though I would guess that might count as a stressor as well.)
The ratings were as follows: a score of 0-149 indicates a low susceptibility to stress-related illness. 150-299 would indicate a medium susceptibility to stress-related illness, and 300 and over indicates high susceptibility to stress-related illness. Taking the quiz as the disciples might have, the score was, uh, 644. 644.
In other words, after what they’d been through, it’s shocking that the disciples were not…dead.
(You may be interested to know that I declined the opportunity to retake the test as myself. Sometimes it’s better just not to know.)
Jerusalem was filled with people from all over the place that day—the text says “Jews from every nation under heaven.” Many of them were visiting Jerusalem because it was Shavuot, the Jewish Festival of Weeks, and devout Jews were required by Jewish law to come to Jerusalem to celebrate.
But not all of the people in Jerusalem that day were Jews; there were lots of worshippers, merchants, and travelers in Jerusalem for the holiday, the city packed with people from all over.
And then it happened.
The overpowering sound of a rushing wind filled the house where the disciples were, slamming doors, flapping shutters, blowing around so hard that they had to cover their ears it was so loud. And fire…fire came down and rested on each one of them, a flame the text says. And something else happened. They were filled with the Spirit, and everybody started talking in other languages. All of the sudden, everybody there, all of the people visiting the city, all of the foreigners providing services, all of them suddenly understood the disciples, they their very own languages. The Spirit arrived and the gospel was proclaimed, and a whole crowd of people heard it, and it radiated out from that moment, and from right then…everything changed.
The whole world changed.
If only they had known then what was ahead:
- That the nice, comfortable, familiar city of Jerusalem was not their destination; it was just their starting point.
- That their understanding of God through the tradition and structure they had always known was not what their futures held; they might encounter God somewhere outside the Temple they had always known.
- That the upper room filled with familiar faces, even, suddenly became a thing of the past. It couldn’t possibly hold all the people who wanted to hear, who had opinions to offer, who had voices to add to the conversation.
- That being followers of this resurrected God would take them places they could never have imagined. A wind had blown in; fire had alighted; the Spirit of God had arrived.
If they had known then what we know now…
If they had, would they have embraced the crash helmets, life preservers, and signal flares that were indicated by all that wind and fire? You and I can look back over two thousand years of history and tell those disciples: you’ll be martyred, this little community will lose its prophetic edge and be co-opted by empire, the church will become a bastion of corruption, known for things like the Crusades, indulgences, colonization, and slavery. The church will have a hand in excluding women and breeding racism and the thousands of suicides of GLBTQ people who heard and hear again even this week that they are not welcome in the church.
Whew. If they had known then what we know now, I wonder if they would have stepped out in faith that day?
And what about us? Two Pentecosts ago we set out on this journey of being the church together. In these two years, we could not have known all we have experienced together, and if we had known then what we know now, I wonder if we would have had the courage to set out on that journey? It’s been hard; there has been so much change; we have felt the threat of resurrection all around us. We have said goodbye to people we loved. We have welcomed new ways of doing worship, new faces in leadership. Some situations have been decidedly painful; some days we have wanted to throw in the towel; the work and worry and care of this community have seemed overwhelming. How could we have imagined the journey of change and transition and growth that we’ve been on together these two years?
The disciples didn’t know then what we know now, but maybe what gave them the courage was the dream of radical love lived in community that can change the world. That HAS changed the world. See, they didn’t know then…but maybe they suspected…that the church would begin with little communities holding possessions in common and being family to each other, that these communities would empower women as their leaders and welcome folks that others excluded. They didn’t know, but maybe they imagined that the church could birth movements, like abolition and suffrage, workers’ rights and prison reform, religious freedom for all people and civil rights, too. Maybe they suspected that, if they had the courage to follow the lively wind of God’s Spirit to places they couldn’t see, the church would found hospitals and build schools, it would empower minority communities who were excluded from power elsewhere. It would become a platform for speaking up against misogyny and welcoming the stranger and standing arm in arm to say in the face of powerful opposition: we will overcome; love will win. This is the church they hoped for. And in its best moments, this is what the church has been.
And what about us? Maybe we’re here because we did not know then what we know now: that we are part of a community that speaks up often often and compellingly about racism, the destruction of our earth, the rampant escalation of gun violence in our culture, the oppression of women, the value and worth of LGBTQ people and other issues; that we are consistently invited into healing and hope; that we walk this journey with many faithful people who love us and accept us just as we are; that we have the rare invitation to step into the beauty and pain of building diverse community; that we know people will be there when our lives fall apart; that our children…our children…their little lives and minds and hearts and souls are being cherished and nurtured in this place; that new disciples are encountering this community and risking the possibility that they might follow Jesus, too; that our minds are engaged and our hearts challenged to grow in our faith; that we have here the Church of Jesus Christ: a place of hope in a cold, hard world.
This is what this church has been in its best moments. And this is what the church and this church can and must be…next.
Like the disciples, every day you and I stand on the edge of something. And today, Pentecost, is the day that we collectively stand on the edge of all we can do and be as the church in the world. The future is unknown, and if experience teaches anything, it will be painful sometimes. We do not know now what we will know in another two years, or 2000 years, but like the first disciples, be bold we must. The dream of healing, hope, justice, peace, beloved community is too important to shrink back to the familiar.
In the fear of the unknown, be assured: the Spirit of God is alive and well in this place. As she blows through our community today, hear her whisper a challenge: “Bring everybody to the table—everybody.” “Trust each other.” “Don’t be afraid to fail!” “Take a risk!” “View the future with curiosity and hope.” “Step out in faith toward whatever direction God will lead us next.” “Believe in each other; believe in God.”
It’s Pentecost. The wind is blowing; the fire is burning; God is up to something. We can never know now what we’ll know years from now, but let us step out in courage.
Happy birthday, Church! When you were born, we could never have imagined what you would become.
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Deep tissue massage to the forearm is a very effective method of easing tennis elbow and healing it much faster than rest alone. Deep tissue massage will enhance circulation and combining this with friction therapy to the tendons on the elbow joint, positive results are seen.
In this way, how do you treat tennis elbow with Theragun?
Keeping this in consideration, where do you massage your arm for tennis elbow?
First, hold your affected arm in front of your body. Using the opposite hand, grab the upper part of the affected arm. Then, with your fingertips, gently rub the skin around your elbow in a circular motion. Continue the motion along the forearm, from the elbow to the shoulder.
Are compression sleeves good for tennis elbow?
Tennis elbow sleeves—or compression sleeves—are commonly used to help treat arm pain caused by lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and medial epicondylalgia (golfer’s elbow).
Sleeping with tennis elbow
To avoid putting strain on your elbow while recovering from tennis elbow, you should sleep on your back and try to keep your arms in a straighter, more natural relaxed position. It helps to prop up each arm on pillows on either side of you.
XFF massage therapy has shown to be beneficial in recovery of tendinitis or tendinosis, deep-friction treatments are beneficial for both conditions, but for very different reasons. In the case of tendinitis, deep friction serves to reduce adhesions and create functional scar tissue once inflammation has subsided.
The Hg8- Tennis Elbow Brace by Mueller is recommended for any activity involving a strong grip or strain on the forearm and elbow. Made to provide targeted pressure across the extensor muscle, the latex-free brace features an improved shape, liner, soft fabric tab and soft-feel gel pad.
Other Conditions Mistaken for Tennis Elbow
- Medial epicondylitis, or golfer’s elbow, causes pain in the same area as tennis elbow. …
- Osteochondritis is a joint disease. …
- Arthritis can wear down the protective cartilage around the elbow.
Tennis elbow is a condition that causes pain around the outside of the elbow. It’s clinically known as lateral epicondylitis. It often happens after overuse or repeated action of the muscles of the forearm, near the elbow joint.
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From practice for practice: Exhibitors and visitors can look forward to current and future-oriented topics and solutions on the subject of rolling bearing technology.
The Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Wälzlagertechnik will be hosting the first ever Bearing Application World (BAW) from October 26th–28th, 2021 – a digital trade fair for rolling bearing technology. The programme includes both professional lectures by experts and virtual trade booths from a large number of exhibitors. With its practical orientation „Application – Operation – Solution“, BAW primarily addresses companies in the international rolling bearing market as well as employees and researchers. Students, graduates and interested persons are also welcome. For visitors the fair is free of charge.
Due to the current trade fair situation, Bearing Application World is designed as a purely digital event. Thanks to the latest technical possibilities, this combines the advantages of a physical trade fair with those of digitalisation: The live days from October 26th to October 28th will be accessible from anywhere. The trade fair platform will also remain open „on demand“ until November 9th, 2021. It offers space for entrepreneurs, exhibitors and speakers to present their products, solutions and services to reach an international audience. In addition to the virtual trade fair platform, the exhibition booths and the conference rooms, there will be an online networking lounge. In various areas, participants can spontaneously exchange information on a variety of topics via audio, video and chat functions. Exhibitors will also have access to the BAW Community, which offers networking opportunities before the fair even begins.
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The future of the BAW is connected to the city of Schweinfurt: This is where we would like to establish a leading trade fair on the subject of rolling bearing technology and build up a permanent community. On the one hand, this is intended to support small and medium-sized companies in the region, which have grown close to the rolling bearing industry based there. On the other hand, the community offers the opportunity to connect the market internationally.
The University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) is also located there. The FHWS is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Bavaria and educates the engineers of tomorrow. In addition, the university offers a master‘s degree course called Product and System Development with a focus on rolling bearing technology, which is unique in Germany.
In case of queries: [email protected]
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Glass recycling isn't being collected in Wellington from today, public transport will likely be stretched to the limit, and pools have closed early for the summer.
The city is feeling the effect of a shortage of workers due to people either isolating as contacts or testing positive for Covid-19.
Yesterday the Ministry of Health reported there were 24 people in hospital within the Capital & Coast district health board area and1,545 new cases. There are also 837 in the Hutt Valley, and 99 in Wairarapa.
Across the three health boards, the DHBs are now reporting a total of 17,596 active cases.
Across the country there were 696 people in hospital and 17,921 new cases.
Wellington City Council has reported several of its waste collection contractors are unwell with Covid.
"For health and safety reasons, the crew will be prioritising rubbish and recycling collections."
This means from today there will be no glass recycling collections until further notice.
It comes just a few days after the council reported about a quarter of Wellington's co-mingled recycling will be sent to landfill due to the impact of Covid-19 on staff at the Seaview sorting plant.
Meanwhile, more than 100 front-line staff working on the city's transport network have been affected by Omicron.
Metlink general manager Scott Gallacher said he expected this number to increase as the pandemic reached its peak in the region.
"We are absolutely focused on continuing to provide an essential service to our communities, but the reality is that our resources are likely to be stretched to the limit as frontline and support staff become unable to report for work."
Gallacher acknowledged keeping buses, trains and ferries running in a rapidly changing environment will be difficult.
"But we will reconfigure the network as needed, particularly on our key routes. We may have to use a combination of cancellations and timetable changes, but we'll keep as many people travelling on the network as possible."
"We would like to thank our communities for their ongoing patience, kindness and understanding as we continue to navigate a global pandemic".
Across the city, pools have also been closed because there are not enough lifeguards to safely open all of them.
Thorndon Pool closed early for the season on Sunday- it would normally be open for another month.
Khandallah Pool will also be closed due to staff shortages this weekend. The much-loved Dogs in Togs event will not be going ahead.
The council will try to open the outdoor summer pool for an additional two weekends, depending on staff availability.
"Our continuity plan prioritises keeping indoor pool facilities open, based on usage and demand. This requires staff from our summer pools to be redeployed, hence the need for Thorndon's early closure," the council said.
"There is a significant challenge to be weathered over the next few weeks with Omicron and the availability of staff, and we're doing our best to keep as many facilities open as we can."
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From the 1950s to present day, Bob Hall Pier has always been revered as one of the best and most productive fishing piers on the entire US Gulf Coast. It's location, water depth, and abundance of fish species can make for an outstanding fishing experience. There have been three Bob Hall Piers all built at the same site but at different times.
In 1961, Hurricane Carla destroyed the first Bob Hall Pier, which was originally built in the 1950's and was named after a Nueces County Commissioner of that era. It was a wooden structure only 600 feet long. In 1962, Nueces County rebuilt the pier, again out of wood, but this time they made it twice as long. At 1,200 feet it was the longest fishing pier on the Texas Coast. Hurricane Beulah blew through the Coastal Bend in 1967 and trimmed the pier to half its original length. The County decided, that was a bit too short, so in 1968 a new wooden section, 127 feet, was added to the damaged pier. Hurricane Allen hit the Texas coast in August of 1980 and completely destroyed the pier. The current Bob Hall Pier was started in 1982,and finished in 1983. It is 1,240 feet long and 15. 5 feet wide, with the T-Head at the end being 165 feet long and a little over 19 feet wide. The pier is lighted for night fishing, and open 24 hours a day.
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Tennis Elbow is the lay man term for Lateral Epicondylopathy or Common Extensor Tendinopathy. The Tendon starts at the outside of the elbow and inserts onto the fingers. The movement that is created by this muscle and tendon is gripping and extending the wrist.
Golfers Elbow is the lay man term for Medial Epicondylopathy or Common Flexor Tendinopathy. The Tendon starts on the inside of the elbow and inserts onto the fingers. The movement that is created by this muscle and tendon is gripping and extending the wrist.
Tennis/Golfers Elbow Elbow is a degenerative process (What is Tendinopathy?). It happens gradually over time. It is common in raquet sports, painters, carpenters and desk based workers. Typically symptoms include pain around the outside of the elbow, local swelling, pain on moving, in particular, holding a cup, turning a key etc. or at rest.
Avoiding aggravating factors is important to help the tendon to heal. Tendinopathies heal best when they are loaded, but it must be the correct type and amount of load. Too much and the tendon will become painful, too little and the tendon will not respond.
A thorough History and Physical Examination by your Chartered Physiotherapist will determine the likelihood of a Tennis Elbow Injury. If the examination shows an obvious Tendinopathy then a series of exercises and advice will be prescribed. These exercises will be progressive in nature to help the healing process. Shockwave Therapy should be considered in the case of a Tennis Elbow. All loading protocols are research based and proven to be effective in the management of Tendinopathy.
Following your Initial Consultation, a strict set of exercises as per our Tennis Elbow Protocol will help in a full return to sports and pain free daily activities. The protocol consists of progressive loading for the tendon to aid healing.
MyPhysio’s thoughts on Tennis Elbow
As with all injuries, our Chartered Physiotherapists consider strength and mobility throughout the body not just where the pain is. In the case of Tennis Elbow, perhaps poor Shoulder stability will be contributing. All these issues will be addressed at your Initial Consultation. With all Tennis Elbow injuries an elbow support is required to help offload the painful tendon.
Controlling load is key. Load meaning; How much gripping/holding your are doing during the day. Desk based jobs where a mouse is used all day will require some ergonomic advice to take pressure off the tendon. It may sound pedantic but controlling as many variables as possible will ensure you have the best chance to recover.
If you have any queries regarding Tennis Elbow, please ‘Ask the Expert’.
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Ponències/Comunicacions de congressos
Characterization of packaging materials and protection of cultural assets by uFTIR and SEM and chromatographic determination of VOCs in the materials and in spaces intended for the conservation of heritage. (2021)
Open AccessThere is a growing concern in the field of conservation of cultural heritage to prevent and avoid potential damage on cultural property that is part of the collection of a museum. This property can be either directly ...
Sustained release of a pharmacological chaperone that increases the activity of misfolded ß-Glucocerebrosidase (2019)
(Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de publicaciones e imagen institucional, 2019)
Restricted access - publisher's policyTriblock/grafted poly(ether-ester-peptide) copolymers made or PEG, poly(globablide) and poly(L-phenylalanine) were synthesized by sequential ROP starting from diaminated PEG as first initiator. The aromatic functionality ...
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If you’re a keen fisherman or woman, you probably already have a list of fishing essentials. But if you’re new to the game, you might need some guidance on how to prepare for a fishing trip.
Whether you’re going with your friends and family or you plan to have a relaxing time on the water by yourself, fishing is a great experience for everyone. When it comes to having a successful and enjoyable fishing session, preparation is key.
When you’re first starting out, you might not know how to properly prepare. To help you out, here are the essentials you’ll need so that you can relax and enjoy your fishing trip to the max.
When you’re sitting in a boat or standing by the side of the river waiting for something to catch on your fishing rod, your boots might be the last thing on your mind. They probably seem pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
But getting the right kind of boots for your fishing trip is essential. You’ll need a pair of xtratuf boots to keep your grip on the floor as you pull a heavy fish out of the water.
Depending on where you’re fishing, your clothing needs will differ.
If you plan to go fishing on a frosty winter’s day, you’ll need to wrap up warm. Layer up your clothing with a thermal T-shirt, sweater, and fleece.
Wear thick thermal gloves and socks that to keep your peripheries warm and don’t forget a woolly hat!
When you are fishing on a hot and sunny day, it might be a good idea to wear a hat or bandanna over your head to protect yourself from the Sun. Remember to wear sunscreen with a high SPF and stay in the shade as much as possible to avoid sun stroke.
Snacks and Water
Most of the time, fishing sessions last at least a few hours.
During this time, you might get peckish. Packing some easy to eat snacks for your trip will come in handy when you need an energy boost.
Staying hydrated is also essential, especially if you are fishing on a hot day. Pack at least two bottles of water to take with you on your trip to avoid getting dehydrated.
Baits and Lures
You can buy bait from a local fishing store or somewhere online. Either way, make sure you stock up on bait before you head off on your fishing trip, especially if you plan staying by the water for several hours.
Make sure that you store your lures properly if you’re getting raw bait. You don’t want your car to be filled with a foul smell on the way to your destination. If you’re using plastic lures, you won’t need to worry about this problem.
If you need more advice on which baits and lures are the best, and how to store them properly, contact your local fishing shop and ask the experts.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the 2011 Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. This year, the agency is encouraging nominations for the design of safer and more sustainable chemicals, processes, and products that will protect the public, particularly children and other sensitive populations, from exposure to harmful chemicals. The deadline for nominations is December 31.
“EPA’s green chemistry program has long been a catalyst for new approaches and innovation,” said Steve Owens, assistant administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “This year, EPA is encouraging green chemistry award nominations that will help achieve our goal to ensure that chemicals are safe for use in products, homes, schools and workplaces.”
The 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards will mark the 16th year of the program. Throughout the first 15 years, the EPA received more than 1,300 nominations and presented awards to 77 winners. Winning technologies alone are responsible for reducing the use or generation of more than 198 million lbs of hazardous chemicals, saving 21 billion gal of water, and eliminating 57 million lbs of carbon dioxide releases to the air.
This year, nominated technologies should reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances from a chemical product or process. Companies, non-profit organizations, public academic institutions and their representatives may nominate green chemistry technologies for the awards. Self-nominations are welcome. Typically, one award is given each year in five categories: greener synthetic pathways, greener reaction conditions, designing greener chemicals, small business and academic.
For additional details, visitwww.epa.gov/greenchmistry/pubs/pgcc/howto.html.
EPA Seeks Green Chemistry Nominations
December 9, 2010
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The United States Barista Championship (USBC), is an annual American coffee-brewing competition designed to evaluate baristas on their skills in espresso-based drink preparation and service. Competitors prepare and serve three courses of espresso-based beverages consisting of straight espressos, milk beverages, and signature drinks. They are then scored on taste, presentation, and technical proficiency. The winner represents the United States in the World Barista Championship.
All USBC competitors must first qualify at a CoffeeChamps Qualifying Competition, which is an abbreviated version of the USBC. Two Qualifying Competitions are held each year, the top eighteen competitors from each Qualifying Competition move on to USBC. Places 7-18 move into Round One of USBC. The top six from each qualifying competition receive a bye into the semifinal round.
USBC consists of three rounds: Round One, Semi-Finals, and Finals. At the end of the first round, the competitors with the six highest scores advance to the semifinals round and join the twelve competitors who earned a bye from CoffeeChamps. Six competitors qualify for the finals and the champion is determined from this pool. The winner represents the United States in the World Barista Championship.
At the Qualifying Competitions, baristas serve two courses of espresso-based beverages consisting of espressos and signature drinks for two scoring sensory judges, two non-scoring guest judges or judges-in-training, two technical judges, and a head judge. There is a ten-minute time limit.
At the USBC, competitors must make three courses of beverages within a fifteen-minute time limit and are judged by seven different judges. The judging team consists of four sensory judges, two technical judges, and a head judge. The role of the sensory judge is to score the competitor solely on the quality of the beverage served and customer service. The technical judges are not served drinks, but score the competitor on items ranging from cleanliness to consistency of shot times. Judges undergo a certification process before the competition.
The competition started in 2002 and was initially referred to as the North American Barista Competition. The 2021 edition of the competition was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2015, the competition was the subject of a titled Barista, which followed competitors in the 2013 USBC.
^A In its inaugural year the competition was known as the North American Barista Competition. Dismas Smith was the 2002 NABC champion.
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Pressure Screen In Pulping Line
In the application process of pressure screen, due to factors such as process water, calcium and magnesium hardness, PH value, electrical conductivity, total alkalinity, temperature and other factors, the scaling phenomenon occurs, which causes the following hazards.
Some Potential Hazards
1. Increasing the number of unplanned shutdowns, causing production interruptions and affecting the production efficiency of the device. Shutdown cleaning, increase maintenance costs and additional labor load;
2. Causing paper disease, affecting product quality;
3. Increase chemical consumption and pollution load;
4. Cause production accidents and reduce equipment life;
5. Increase energy loss.
Nowadays, advanced maintenance methods are mostly solved by electronic descaler. Compared with traditional maintenance methods, the electronic descaler is more excellent in terms of operation limitation for paper pulping line, prevention of pipe scale formation, rust prevention and bacteria prevention.
Leizhan supply different kinds of pressure screen for paper pulping line, any demand, free to contact us: firstname.lastname@example.org.
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The Indonesian Navy has confirmed it has found and recovered the second piece of the crashed AirAsia plane's flight recorder.
Earlier, divers reported having retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the wreck of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month, killing all 162 people on board.
Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), told the AFP news agency the device was found among wreckage on the seabed near where the flight data recorder, which constitutes the other half of the plane's "black box", was found on Monday.
He said the voice recorder was taken on board an Indonesian navy vessel and was expected to be sent to Jakarta for analysis.
But the claims were not officially confirmed by the NTSC or the National Search and Rescue Agency BASARNAS.
However, Rear Admiral Widodo, who only goes by one name, has now officially confirmed the cockpit voice recorder has been recovered.
He said the navy will keep working to find the main section of the plane.
"We predict that there would [be] some bodies in that part of the plane, so we are doing our best to continue our efforts in searching, finding and retrieving the main body," he said.
Dozens of Indonesian navy divers have been taking advantage of calmer weather as they attempt to find the main body of the aircraft.
Recorder will require 'lengthy' analysis: officials
Analysis of the recorder could provide an explanation as to what happened to the ill-fated flight, which lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore.
Earlier the flight data recorder was brought by helicopter to Pangkalan Bun, the southern Borneo town that has been the base for the search effort, and then flown to Jakarta for analysis.
Officials said it would undergo a lengthy analysis in the capital with the help of a team of experts including from France and manufacturer Airbus.
The head of the transport safety committee Tatang Kurniadi said the flight data recorder looked to be in good condition.
But investigators may need up to a month to get a complete reading of the data.
"The download is easy, probably one day," the NTSC's head investigator, Mardjono Siswosuwarno, said.
"But the reading is more difficult ... could take two weeks to one month."
The committee said a preliminary report on the accident would be produced within a month and a final report after a year.
Forty-eight bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea and brought to Surabaya for identification.
Searchers believe more bodies will be found in the plane's fuselage.
Relatives of the victims have urged authorities to make finding the remains of their loved ones the priority.
Official says plane probably exploded before hitting water
Search and rescue agency operations coordinator SB Supriyadi said the distribution of the wreckage of the plane indicated it probably "experienced an explosion" due to a significant change in air pressure before hitting the water.
He said the left side of the plane seemed to have disintegrated, pointing to a change in pressure that could have caused an explosion.
"It exploded because of the pressure," Mr Supriyadi said.
"The cabin was pressurised and before the pressure of the cabin could be adjusted, it went down - boom."
Mr Supriyadi said the fact that fishermen in the area had reported hearing an explosion and saw smoke above the water supported this theory.
But another official disputed the likelihood of a blast.
"There is no data to support that kind of theory," said the NTSC's Santoso Sayogo.
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Federated Learning is a machine learning technique to train a global model from different clients or devices while keeping the data decentralized. A central server is in charge of coordinating the transfer of the models’ data between the server and the clients. It will update the global model while keeping the data private, since the data will never leave the device.
How is this connected to edge machine learning? The common use case for federated learning tackles the problem of incrementally learning from data directly on the device. An individual model is created for each device that works very accurately for that specific machine. What if we have many devices of the same type, that are operating under different or similar conditions? Is there a way to make each model smarter, more general, without losing its uniqueness, and being private-aware? That is the idea behind federated learning. To keep each model on each device unique for those conditions, while learning from the general characteristics of the other models. All of this, while keeping the data private on the device.
At Ekkono our goal is to always provide the best, most accurate, and most sustainable solution in the IoT market. Our research efforts in Federated Learning encompass building lightweight algorithms that can run on any platform, from industrial machinery to microcontrollers. We can do this without of a robust connection between the device and the cloud. This means that the models are both general and personalized for every device under different conditions.
See all research areas.
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The first place I visited today was the Benh Tanh Market, one of the largest and most famous markets in Ho Chi Minh City. Although I had already visited the market at night once before, this was the first time I have gone during the day (and there are actually differences in the environment between the two times). The first time I visited I had a Vietnamese student with me to help me barter, but I attempted to be more independent today. Although I am happy with the prices I paid for things, I definitely could have brought the price down more had I been more strategic with my bartering. One difficulty I had was not knowing the actual value of some of the things I wanted to purchase, so I had to inquire about this to the Vietnamese students quite often so I could know what price I should have been negotiating around.
In the U.S., bartering is almost never an option. The prices of products are set by market supply and demand, and little can be done to change anything about them; however, in the U.S., the prices are often reasonable and theoretically equal among homogeneous products. In Vietnam, sellers mark extraordinarily high prices for their goods with the assumption that buyers will barter down.
Vietnamese business culture relies on face-to-face communication, and this principle might be seen in the bartering practice. It requires people to have a conversation when making transactions, rather than just seeing a price and paying it. Although some interactions might end with either party having negative attitudes towards the other, the social relationship that constitutes the root of Vietnamese business practices is present in the process.
If I am able to save money with this method of shopping, I prefer it to the method used in the U.S. When making purchases, the largest factor that goes into my decision is the finances. I would be happy to spend a small amount of time negotiating a reasonable price for something, since then I would have some input in the way of what I believe the product is worth.
After my trip to the market, I attended a Theory of Buddhism class at UEF. Buddhism is one of the philosophies that constitutes the “Vietnamese folk religion,” the other two being Confucianism and Taoism. This “folk religion” is the most-practiced religion in Vietnam, and other major religions include strict Buddhism and Catholicism. Vietnam’s government has some rules regarding the practice of religion. Any unrecognized religion that may potentially gain a large following is not allowed to be practiced. After this class, I visited a pagoda and practiced the Buddhist ceremony of offering prayer and incense. There were many local people in the pagoda doing the same.
After my visit to the pagoda, I went to the War Remnants museum and learned more about the U.S.’s involvement in the war from a Vietnamese prospective. While some of the imagery was grotesque, it was also real. In order to have legitimate discussions about international conflicts, we must consider them from a global perspective. The U.S. describes a Vietnam War where the Americans tried to assist with the installation of capitalism and independence in Vietnam. Vietnam describes an American War where the Americans invaded Vietnam and slaughtered many of its people. Both of these sentiments are true, but both states are able to discuss the war in completely different ways. It is important to know both of the perspectives in order to have a strong dialogue about the war and about the future of international policy.
Despite the U.S.’s horrid actions towards the Vietnamese people in the past, relations have obviously improved greatly. The great majority of the Vietnamese like Americans, and most recognize that the actions of the war were committed by the American government and military, rather than by the general population. Since Ho Chi Minh City was the capital of South Vietnam during the war, it makes sense that its inhabitants are more sympathetic towards the U.S. than the Vietnamese government itself is. The people I have met in Vietnam have treated me amazingly, and it is clear that there is no bad blood on a personal level between us.
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I hate to break it to you, but…Black History Month is just not cutting it…
Black History Month 2013 kicked off last Friday, February 1. In elementary school, this was one of my favorite parts of the year and curriculum. Thinking back, I can trace the roots of the work that I am doing/passionate about today to learning about some of the iconic figures of Black History Month: Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, etc. I remember being in the 3rd grade and doing our first project for Black History Month (I’m not going to get into the nuances of how and why this was problematic/cliche/privileged…I am totally aware of them and really want to get to the task at hand); this was the point at which I became particularly intrigued, moved, and troubled by the Civil Rights Movement. I could not comprehend the levels of racism, the violence, the inequality. And at the same time, I remember being so moved by the incredible strength, courage, and sociocultural and political acts set into motion by Black Americans that led to the end of racial segregation and changed the course of American history in many ways. I studied this era throughout elementary school, middle school, high school and into college, at which point I began to move forward in history to the birth of hip-hop, focusing especially on the Golden Era in NYC (late 1980s-early 1990s), making greater connections between the social, cultural, political and economic parallels that could be drawn between the Civil Rights Movement and Manhattan and the Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s. In graduate school, my perspective got rocked and matured when I became aware of my own racial privilege and began accounting for my positionality when thinking about these deeply racialized issues/topics. My interests in and studies of hip-hop have most recently evolved into thinking about hip-hop based education, youth voice, and how the next generation(s) of urban youth [read: youth of color] are breaking new and unprecedented ground in the course of [Black] history. That is where I ‘am’ right now, in my research, at the moment in writing this post. I’ll explain more as I go (slash, as you scroll down). Below you will find a few recent examples (texts, artifacts, etc.) that I feel illustrate the ways in which we, as a society, are reinforcing and perpetuating images and messages that are preventing change at a meta-social level; followed by a few examples of the people and things that we should be focusing our energies on. Thoughts, comments, suggestions are very welcome below. Thank you for taking the time to read, think, reflect.
The faces of Black History Month (photo credit: http://www.iaohra.org)
Below is an except from a piece that Mark Anthony Neal, a Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University, wrote for the HuffPost that was published on the website last night. His explanation of Black History Month is very close to what I was trying to put into words about why I felt a need to write this post. He says it much more eloquently than I was able to and I hope that by echoing his sentiments, I am able to reinforce my commitment to and passion about antiracist education, critical whiteness studies, and being a white ally for issues/topics surrounding race, racism, and social change:
Excerpt from Mark Anthony Neal’s HuffPost article (2/4/13)
HuffPost’s Black History Month ‘Photo of the Day’
The Huffington Post is featuring a photo-of-the-day for Black History Month. Above is a photograph from May 3, 1963. It depicts a “17-year-old civil rights demonstrator, defying an anti-parade ordinance of Birmingham, Ala., who is attacked by a police dog.” I was struck that this was the first photograph featured in the HuffPost’s series. A photograph capturing a victim of police brutality. I’m sure that there could be endless debates about whether this is problematic or not. My main issue with this image (especially because it was the first one featured) is that it wholly represents what Mark Anthony Neal is talking about above: the sensationalism, the commercialization, even the romanticization of such images from eras like the Civil Rights Movement. Why do we feel the need to re-publish these images only in February for Black History Month? Why don’t we throw them in the mix when we are talking about police brutality today? About Stop and Frisk? Another thing to note about the caption for this image: the text goes on to say: “Bill Hudson, an Associated Press [white] photographer whose searing images of the civil rights era documented police brutality and galvanized the public, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Jacksonville, Fla. He was 77.” We get a description of the photographer’s life and death, yet we are not even provided with the name of the victim in the image…
…a quick Google search told me that his name was Walter Gadsden, a student at Parker High School in Birmingham, AL. #justsaying
Django: Unchained Action Figures
Maybe I was out of town when news about these figurines broke. Maybe the story didn’t gain much traction. Maybe people made conscious decisions to not report on the story and not give it undeserved attention. I don’t know. I also did not spend much time trying to dig up the background story of these dolls. To be honest, I really don’t care about the background story. Whether people saw the movie or not, whether they liked it or not, we are all aware of how controversial this film has been in the last few months. I, unfortunately, am not necessarily ‘surprised’ by the fact that these dolls were made, but that also doesn’t change how offended and disappointed I am about them either.
Moving in the right direction…
Above are the covers of a number of children’s books, compiled by the New York Times, that feature youth of color protagonists. The rationale for the list is that the majority of introductory chapter books for 2nd-4th graders, “reflect a suburban milieu with white protagonists.” Ok, yes. I was happy that this was being acknowledged and that here we have a number of books that star youth of color. The reporter, however, goes on to say that “…students of other races and ethnicities seldom encounter characters like themselves in books, and some education experts say that [this] can be an obstacle to literacy” [emphasis added]. I scrolled down past the image to read the rest of the story, thirsty for some interview excerpts from these ‘experts’ or something, but no. That’s where the piece ended. I get that perhaps there wasn’t room for a longer article or that further discussion wasn’t relevant in this section of the paper, but I was disappointed that the books were left to speak (very briefly) for themselves. I will say, however, that this is good. It’s a good starting point. If nothing else, it is important that this bricolage of ‘culturally relevant’ texts be featured in this highly visible and well-respected publication; if these books gain traction and recognition from this piece, then we are taking steps in the right direction.
A friend recently introduced me to this up and coming hip hop/rap artist Joey Bada$$. He’s 18, born and raised in New York City. is rapping about real things and is incredible talented lyrically. Listen to him and what he has to say, especially in this song.
And I have 2 additional ‘texts’ that have surfaced since I originally published this post that I feel are noteworthy and help to further illustrate my argument that we need to remember the people and history of this country, while also taking a step back to see the larger picture of what is happening around us today and how people are working to change our narrative every single day.
Kid President’s Pep Talk
In just about 3 minutes, this 10-year-old boy gives me hope, makes me laugh, makes me cry. This text is an excellent example of the power of youth voice and using a viral video for good.
Eunique Jones’ Black History Month Photo Project
This photographer is doing a photo-a-day project that features black youth as notable historical figures (most of whom are usually present during Black History Month). Perhaps there are some issues with it that I am not seeing/addressing, but I think the campaign makes a pretty excellent case for multimodal projects that involve images, texts, and ‘remixed’ representations of these famous figures, as depicted by young kids. I hope that the kids who did the photo shoot were educated about the people they were portraying, but I’m also thinking about how powerful these texts could be in a classroom–engaging students in conversations about some of the most important people in Black History through images of other youth.
All in all, this post is about two things:
First, that we need to expand and strengthen the ‘list’ of Black Americans who we consider to be greatly contributing to Black History (and American history) today. We need to acknowledge the people in the spotlight as well as those in ‘underground’/less visible (but just as important) circles, young and old, with remarkable voices and visions–I’m talking about Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Imani Perry, Patricia Hill Collins, Gloria Ladson-Billings, The Crunk Feminist Collective, FAAN Mail, Chris Emdin, Ernest Morrell, Marc Lamont Hill, Shaun Harper, –those who are still fighting for equality, rights, space, power, because we do not live in a post-racial/racist society.
Second, given this ground-breaking reality (to some) that we do not live in a post-racial/post-racist world, celebrating ‘Black History’ for 30 days…no, not even…for 28 days (29 every once in a while) IS. NOT. ENOUGH. Don’t get me wrong. I think this month is an incredibly important time to honor the beautiful, groundbreaking moments of our history, as well as to remember the ugly and repulsive acts, moments, attitudes and laws of the same periods of our history. But doing one class project on the Underground Railroad or the Freedom Riders, having one school assembly a year about the ‘token’ figures of the Civil Rights Movement (seen in the first image of this post), or worse, screening Remember the Titans is. not. enough. Educators, parents, people: we do not need to wait until February to talk about these monumental people and times in history. We also should not be afraid to talk about race and racism with our students, children, hell, with each other. Granted, I know that is easier said than done. I’m still working on it, and will be for the rest of my life, but we [white people in particular] need to try. I’ll provide some excellent, seminal resources in my next post, so stay tuned.
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Yesterday, President Obama issued his list of recommendations for Congress and executive actions he plans to take in order to address gun violence in the United States. As anticipated, video games received only a minor mention in the 13-page document, even though Vice President Biden devoted an entire day to meetings with entertainment industry representatives last week. Among the recommendations for concrete actions such as banning high-capacity clips, closing the “gun show loophole” for background checks, and ensuring access to mental health care for all, is a call for yet another study to find out if playing video games leads to violent behavior:
The President is issuing a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control and scientific agencies to conduct research into the causes and prevention of gun violence…. The CDC will start immediately by assessing existing strategies for preventing gun violence and identifying the most pressing research questions, with the greatest potential public health impact. And the Administration is calling on Congress to provide $10 million for the CDC to conduct further research, including investigating the relationship between video games, media images, and violence.
Assuming Congress approves the additional CDC funding, their research will likely find what has already been determined by other studies: there is no clear link between video games and gun violence. At The Washington Post’s Wonkblog, Suzy Khimm has a summary of the existing wisdom on the subject. First, there’s the 2011 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — not exactly known for being a tech-savvy bunch — which struck down a California law restricting sales and rentals of violent video games in Brown v. EMA (in a majority decision that cited CBLDF’s amicus brief):
Psychological studies purporting to show a connection between exposure to violent video games and harmful effects on children do not prove that such exposure causes minors to act aggressively. Any demonstrated effects are both small and indistinguishable from effects produced by other media.
Just last year, Texas A&M University researcher Chris Ferguson and some colleagues released a three-year study of 165 youths that found no link between video games and aggression or dating violence. Rather, the authors found that the best predictors of violent behavior were “‘depression, antisocial personality traits, exposure to family violence and peer influences.’”
Ferguson also cites a 2011 study from the American Psychological Association which conceded that individuals with aggressive tendencies may be particularly drawn to video games (which is quite different from the games causing the aggression, anyway)–but for the competition, not the violence. Of course, a competitive streak can just as easily be stoked by a game of Monopoly or badminton. In the few studies that do purport to show a direct link between video games and violent behavior, the results are highly subjective and have not been replicated outside of laboratory conditions.
In light of the abundance of existing research on this topic, the proposed CDC study would likely be nothing more than a waste of $10 million.
Maren Williams is a reference librarian who enjoys free speech and rescue dogs.
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Editor’s note: This article is republished as it appears in The Conversation, an independent news publisher that works with academics worldwide to disseminate research-based articles and commentary. The University of Oregon partners with The Conversation to bring the expertise and views of its faculty members to a wide audience. For more information, see the note accompanying this story.
Social media has created an entirely new linguistic ecosystem, with new words, phrases and features for expressing ourselves cropping up all the time.
Last year, internet language expert Gretchen McCulloch – whose best-selling book “Because Internet” is its own noteworthy language event of 2019 — identified multiple terms that have become popular among Gen Z users in recent years. They included “finsta” — a social media user’s second account with a more private, selective audience — and the interjection “yeet,” which is meant to convey surprise or approval.
As the year winds down, we’ll walk you through some other recent trends to get you up to speed before you’re inevitably barraged with new ones in 2020.
1. From drag queens to VSCO girls
Two new language features — “sksksk” and “and I oop” — are often talked about together. That’s because VSCO girls – largely white, teenage, middle class girls who promote a certain style and aesthetic on social media – have popularized their use.
The first, “sksksk,” is a popular keysmash, representing someone furiously hitting the “s” and “k” keys back and forth.
It can mean laughter, excitement or nervousness. As Buzzfeed explained, “It’s sort of like saying ‘I can’t even’ as if it were still 2013.”
What helped it catch on? The two keys are spaced fairly far apart on mobile devices with a more crowded keyboard layout, so they’re easier to smash back and forth with each thumb. And it’s more pronounceable than a traditional keysmash — “as;ldfkjls” — so it can be said out loud. However, this out-loud pronunciation is often used for mockery — use it carefully.
The next, “and I oop,” comes from a video that went viral in 2019. In it, drag queen Jasmine Masters — a competitor on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — interjects an “oop!” midsentence, after “and I…” She explained that the interjection occurred because she’d painfully hit her testicles.
The phrase became widely used in a similar fashion: to acknowledge — and lighten the mood after — an embarrassing or jarring situation.
Neither “sksksk” nor “and I oop” was born in 2019. “Sksksk” has been around since at least 2014, while the Masters video clip that “and I oop” originates from first streamed in 2015.
But that’s how language trends proceed. They aren’t widespread and popular immediately.
Like a lot of language innovations, these two can trace their origins to queer people of color and black English. So there’s an element of appropriation. As they become more widely used – and associated with speakers like VSCO girls – their origins are forgotten.
2. A generational eye-roll
“OK Boomer” might be the most discussed and debated 2019 language trend. There’s a lot under the hood of this phrase, which is a signpost for intergeneration sociopolitical tension.
It gained traction through the “OK Boomer” song, recorded by Peter Kuli and Jedwill, that TikTok users started including in their videos. It then spread as a hashtag on social media platforms like Twitter.
Vox does a good job distilling the meaning of the phrase: It’s intended to convey “the perceived irony that while Boomers nitpick and judge younger generations for their specific choices, it’s the boomers’ own choices that created the bleak socioeconomic landscape that millennials and Gen Z currently face.”
It can be deployed simultaneously as a prod — for Boomers to think about the political tension and their role in it — and as a deflection, stopping the conversation to indicate “you already have all the power.”
Other times, it’s simply used derisively to indicate that someone is out of touch with technology, pop culture or current events.
3. yOu’Re TyPiNg AlL wRoNg!
We’ll often see people use all caps for emphasis.
But recently, people have started using alternating capital letters to express a different kind of intonation: mockery or exasperation.
While you might argue, “That’s technically from 2017,” I might just say “ThAt’S tEchNiCaLly FrOm 2017!” back at you.
Yes, this was mainly popularized a couple of years ago in a SpongeBob SquarePants meme. (And it likely originated even earlier, assuming an even snobbier tone.)
But this year, it’s broken from its original meme mold. It doesn’t have to include repetition, nor does it need an accompanying SpongeBob image. But it stills signals mockery, outrage or exasperation.
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One of the oldest hotels in Brisbane, with a history stretching back more than 100 years, has been given a new lease of life and a new name, highlighting the crucial role the hotel and where it stands played in Queensland’s colourful past.
The Pinkenba Hotel was built in 1910 by Scottish immigrant Ellen Bain in the heart of Brisbane’s then thriving port area where, among other things, Australian soldiers began their journeys to three wars.
Recently, known as simply The Pink, the hotel has been renamed Trade Coast Hotel, which refers to the entire region which bursts with history.
Roads connecting greater Brisbane to Pinkenba are in the process of being upgraded to improve accessibility to the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal at nearby Luggage Point.
It is expected that 450,000 travellers will pass through the area in a cruise season, and the Trade Coast Hotel is opening in preparation.
The hotel opens on August 6 after a total refurbishment, and boasts a new bar, bistro, Gaming and TAB facilities, three-star accommodation and Liquor Legends bottle shop. Plans for stage two will include a function centre, micro-brewery and four-star accommodation.
General Manager Chris Sartori said that a lot of thought has gone into the hotel’s new look and name acknowledging the ongoing support from the local region while celebrating the important role Pinkenba played in Queensland’s colonial past, immigration, trade, war departures, war defences, airport services and now, cruising hub.
A unique wall of Pinkenba’s pictorial past in the hotel’s public bar salutes the area’s rich past, including the stirring story of Ellen Bain, who stepped from the immigration ship Durham at the Pinkenba wharves in 1881, aged 22, with her new baby John in her arms.
At the turn of the century she set her sights on building a hotel at Pinkenba and for 10 years was forced to battle the odds to get permission to switch the liquor licence from the Myrtle Hotel in nearby Myrtletown to Pinkenba.
The hotel’s Myrtle’s Bistro has been specially named in keeping with its links to the past when Boggy Creek was renamed Myrtletown in 1928 for the lemon myrtle groves.
A Courier Mail report in 1928, under the headline “Fertile Myrtletown” referred to it as “the home of the cauliflower” as well as producing large quantities of bananas, tomatoes, beans, cabbages and grapes.
Welcoming the Trade Coast Hotel to the ever expanding TradeCoast region is timely, and more importantly, will continue to be the heart of the thriving port area, as it was when it first opened in Pinkenba in 1910.
SheSociety is a site for the women of Australia to share our stories, our experiences, shared learnings and opportunities to connect.
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Dutch Data Protection Authority approves Code of Conduct for Data Processors in the ICT Sector
On August 27, 2020 the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) announced that it approved the first ‘code of conduct’ in the Netherlands, the Data Pro Code. The Data Pro Code was drafted by NL Digital, the Dutch industry association for organizations in the ICT sector in the Netherlands.
What is a ‘Code of Conduct’?
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organizations must implement ‘appropriate measures’ on an organizational, technical, and legal level and be able to demonstrate their compliance with the GDPR. In order to help companies from particular sectors with this obligation, GDPR allows associations and other bodies representing categories of controllers or processors to prepare codes of conduct that specify what data controllers and processors need to do in order to be GDPR compliant.
By means of best practice, such codes of conduct clarify the obligations of controllers and processors, thereby taking into account the risk likely to result from the processing for the rights and freedoms of natural persons. Once drafted, the codes must be approved by the relevant national data protection authority.
Why apply ‘Codes of Conduct’?
Companies that apply codes of conduct may thereby ensure that they conform with the GDPR effectively. In addition, the adherence to codes of conduct means that the company follows GDPR requirements in a manner that is considered as good practice within the sector.
What does the Data Pro Code entail?
The Data Pro Code focuses on the ICT sector in the Netherlands and provides further explanation of data processors’ obligations under the GDPR. In particular, the code offers the relevant Dutch processors practical information about open standards from the GDPR.
An important element is compliance with GDPR information obligations which require a data processor to inform its customer (the data controller) about its security measures. Such information must be provided in a way which allows the customer to assess whether the measures are sufficient, given the intended use of the service or product by the customer.
Data processors which apply the Data Pro Code may comply with this obligation by completing a Data Pro Statement which is then made part of the data processing agreement between the processor and the customer. The data processor thereby informs its customer (i) how it has implemented the GDPR’s security measures, (ii) what certification it holds and (iii) how it is processing the customer’s data (incl. duration, possible ways of deletion and retention period).
Supervision of the Data Pro Code
Compliance with the Data Pro Code is supervised by an independent body, the Data Pro Supervisor. A data processor who wishes to apply the Data Pro Code must accept an independent assessment of its activities. In addition, the processor can be certified as an adherer to the Data Pro Code and be included in a Data Pro Code Register, which is managed by the Data Pro Supervisor. This enables potential customers to view the code membership and ensures that the processor’s compliance with the GDPR is monitored by the Data Pro Supervisor. This monitoring, in turn provides assurance that the code of conduct can be trusted.
Currently, the criteria that the Data Pro Supervisor must meet are submitted to the European Data Protection Board for advice. The Dutch DPA expects a definite answer within the course of this year.
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Flip Your Know-it-All
You Don't Know What You Don't Know, Ya Know?
When you think you KNOW, you have then made your world smaller
Some of the least-wise folks I know are the most knowledgeable. When you and I have knowledge, we sometimes think we “know it all.” And in that state of mind we can easily alienate ourselves to further understanding.
The brainiac of our time, Albert Einstein, said, “I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world…”
We know so much, and yet we know so little. Science is able to put a man on the moon and manipulate DNA, but no one can figure out why deer always face north and south while grazing, or how it’s possible for a field ant to carry five thousand times its own body weight. And can you believe that mighty oak came from a tiny seed? Holy cow!
I figure, my pea-brain can comprehend only so much. This world, and its natural order, is precise and downright ingenious! And so, I marvel.
Here’s what I’m saying. There comes a time when it serves you to stop trying to figure out how the darn airplane can stay up in the air. Just accept that it does, otherwise, you’ll miss the ride.
What you and I don’t know about life is SO much more than what we do know. So keep stoking that special gift God gave you; Curiosity. It’s a factory-installed feature that will take you to magical places if you let it.
Clinch your fist for a second. Now, try and receive a gift. You can’t! Your fist is clinched!
The same holds true if you’ve convinced yourself that you know it all. Don’t miss the gifts God is trying to put into your hands! Stay in marvel and fascination.
Your know-it-all mindset is born of the ego and is rooted in your need to feel in control. Oh, we love to feel in control, don’t we? And we’re always being remind of just how not in control we truly are.
At times I wrestle with why things happen, and why other things don’t happen. Why was that mishap brought into my life? Why was he born like that? Why didn’t I get that raise? Why do bad things happen? Why death? Why diseases? Why me?
The problem starts when you and I insist on having an answer for the above (so we can feel less in the dark and more in control). That’s when we hedge on the side of making up answers, which in turn installs a big fat lid on our curiosity and further discoveries.
So let go of that insistence to know. Put down the gavel and stop requiring conclusions. As much as you and I love knowledge, know that sometimes it’s OK not to know. Relax! Marvel! Appreciate the vast unknown and go “WOW!”
To stir, incite, and inspire, inviting you to live with the vitality and full-color gusto our Maker has uniquely designed for each of us.
I see marriages healed, dreams realized, and families restored. I see an awakening as folks begin to remember who they are and WHOSE they are. Yes! I claim that vision.
My Core Values
Lord open the ears, eyes, and hearts of each visitor here, to catch a glimpse of You and the bodaciously abundant life you have in store for them. Help us to hear your whispers, see your miracles, and feel your nudges. Amen.
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President Donald Trump was met with boos and hissing Tuesday night when he mentioned a new office within the Department of Homeland Security, created to highlight crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
“We must support the victims of crime,” Trump said before introducing his new office, created via executive order in late January.
“I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE – Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement,” he said. “We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests.”
Trump then launched into the stories of guests in attendance whose relatives had been murdered by undocumented immigrants.
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens, the New York Times and several others have reported.
“Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans whose government failed them,” Trump said, before introducing his guests one-by-one.
Watch the reaction to Trump’s new office below, via the ABC News:
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 1, 2017
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Heard in Iran This Week
on Radio Farda
(Washington, DC -- October 25, 2007) Radio Farda reporting covered:
* University protests
* New U.S. sanctions against Iran's armed forces
* The execution of Iranian Kurdish political activists
Radio Farda on New U.S. Financial Sanctions...
* October 25 -- Radio Farda aired several interviews [audio in Persian: https://audio.rferl.org/ch21/2007/10/25/20071025-150000-FRD-program.mp3] with Iran experts on the implications of the U.S. decision to impose unilateral financial sanctions on Iran.
* October 25 -- Radio Farda published an online analysis [text in Persian: http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/10/25/f1_sepah_usa_sanctions.html] which argues that the U.S. targeted the Iranian government as a whole with the new sanctions, because of the influential role of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in executive decisionmaking.
October 22 -- Radio Farda aired an exclusive interview [text in Persian: http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/10/22/f4_Amir-Kabir-protest.html / in English: http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/0D48E3CF-6093-4D5E-A0ED-98E8B5E24605.html] with a participant in student protests at Tehran's Amir Kabir University in which the student said "University officials tried very hard to prevent it from taking place... Students insisted and there were clashes with the university's security forces, who beat up students."
...International Support for Arrested Human Rights Defender...
October 17 -- Radio Farda reported [text in Persian: http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/10/17/f4_Baghi-demand-free-international-human-rights.html / in English: http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/3ef66742-3374-45c6-b07e-391ca350d6ec.html] on protests by human rights organizations worldwide against the October 14 arrest of prominent human rights defender Emadedin Baqi.
...Executions of Kurdistan Political Activists...
October 18 -- Radio Farda covered [text in Persian: http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/10/18/o2_iran_executions.html] the recent execution by hanging of two Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan party members, airing an exclusive interview with the party's deputy secretary general, Hassan Sharafi.
...Resignation of Iran's Nuclear Negotiator.
October 20 -- In an interview with Radio Farda [audio in Persian: mms://realaudio.rferl.org/wma/ch21/2007/10/20/20071020-093000-frd-program.wma / text in English: http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/A75475F1-3C51-4F75-B644-378D1316AC19.html], Tehran University professor Sadegh Zibakalam said the resignation of Ali Larijani as Iran's main nuclear negotiator means the "[Iranian] leadership might tend to take a more hard-line approach." Radio Farda also aired analysis [audio in Persian: mms://realaudio.rferl.org/wma/ch21/2007/10/20/20071020-163000-frd-program.wma] of the resignation by Washington-based political analyst Mohsen Sazegara.
Public-Transport Bill Offers Window on Political Divide
October 23 -- An RFE/RL analysis concludes that debate over a public transportation bill in the Iranian parliament reveals a split between the government and critics who blame it for bungling previous efforts at gasoline rationing.
Military Flaunts New Capabilities as Tensions Rise
October 22 -- An RFE/RL report focuses on how Tehran has flaunted its military capabilities as tensions with the United States rise over Iran's nuclear ambitions and regional security issues.
For more on these and other stories about Iran, please visit:
http://www.radiofarda.com -- Radio Farda's Persian-language website
http://www.rferl.org/reports/iran-report/default.asp -- "RFE/RL Iran Report" weekly analysis
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarchive/country/iran.html -- RFE/RL English-language coverage of Iran
Radio Farda, a joint project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and
Voice of America (VOA), is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news service.
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By Ronald A. Reeves
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, July 17, 2009 – Sewer projects and other capacity-building
projects managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region
Division are positively affecting the environment in Iraq, said the
commander of the corps’ Gulf Region Central District here.
For example, solar-powered street lights installed in Fallujah use the
sun’s renewable energy, balancing the needs of the environment and
communities by providing power, conserving natural resources for other
uses, and improving air quality through reduced air emissions, Army
Col. Ronald N. Light explained.
conservation was not practiced during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Light
said, but he’s seen progress during his yearlong command.
has visited more than 200 project sites throughout Baghdad and Anbar
provinces -- trips that provided him with insight about the Iraqi
situation, he said.
“Many Iraqis with whom I’ve interfaced
have indicated that they were in survival mode,” he said. “When all
you’re worried about is feeding your family and whether they have a
roof over their head, it’s hard to get excited about other issues.
the Iraqi security situation improves and they’re able to focus on
those kinds of things, I fully expect that they will embrace a greater
environmental ethic as time goes on,” he continued. “No one wants to
live in an environment that is strewn with trash, an environment where
children walk in open sewer drainage ditches, or an environment where
you have to question the purity of your water or air.”
end, projects built in partnership with the Iraqi government, the U.S.
government and Gulf Region Division are providing essential services
that many Americans take for granted, such as clean water and sewage
An example of this is the Sadr City water treatment
plant, now providing 200,000 Sadr City residents with clean, potable
water. The three-year, $65-million endeavor supplies water to 27
sectors in Sadr City. The facility provides water at a rate of 4,000
cubic meters per hour.
Also completed is the restoration of the Khark water treatment plant north of Taji, Light said.
“That treatment plant contributes 43 percent of the potable water to Baghdad,” he said.
neighborhoods, or “mahallas,” in southern Baghdad have received about
41 miles of water mains, ranging from 4- to 12-inch pipe. Army Maj.
Robert Nash, who served with the corps when the project was under way,
said Doura residents appreciated the corps’ efforts.
has likewise been a dearth of potable water supply networks in both
Baghdad and elsewhere,” Light said. “The problem has been particularly
acute in Baghdad; we’ve addressed that, and helped double the number of
people on potable water systems throughout Iraq.”
Division sewer projects include a $30 million sewer project in Kamaliya
where about 36 miles of sewer pipe and 10 pump stations were installed.
In partnership with the Iraqi government, the division is
completing other sewer-improvement projects throughout Central District
in Doura, Adhamiyah, Mansour, New Ubaydi and Fallujah.
in 2004 and about 80 percent complete, the Fallujah wastewater
treatment plant’s revised design provides for treatment of 40,000 cubic
meters per day, projected to serve 200,000 residents. The project will
discharge disinfected water into the Euphrates River where residents
downstream take their drinking water. The design allows for future
expansion as the Iraqi government grows its infrastructure.
is a huge, huge undertaking given the age of the cities in Iraq,” Light
said. “We’ve gone into Baghdad and Fallujah and retrofitted, in very
tight quarters, those cities with sewer systems. So, that’s been a
An often-overlooked component, Light said, is
waste management. He said the division’s contributions to that are
landfills, both on forward operating bases and in Baghdad. In Rusafa,
northeast of Baghdad, the division will build a sanitary landfill.
isn’t a sanitary landfill you’d see in the temperate regions of the
U.S.,” Light said. “It is designed for this very arid climate. We’ve
also built incinerators to more effectively deal with solid waste,
medical waste, biological waste and routine waste.”
Light said the Army Corps of Engineers and the Iraqi government are committed to improving conditions throughout Iraq.
everything we’ve done, whether it’s a road project, school project, or
police station, there’s been some environmental component somehow,”
Light said. “As we close out forward operating bases, post camps, and
stations we’ve established, we will certainly leave them as clean as or
cleaner than when we arrived.”
As Iraq continues to grow as a
secure and stable nation, the Gulf Region Division has completed
hundreds of projects in the public works and water sector. Since 2004,
the division has completed 564 water and sewage projects throughout
Iraq, and has 36 ongoing. Division water and sewage projects directly
benefit more than 5 million people.
(Ronald A. Reeves works for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Central.)
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Overview of DGL¶
Deep Graph Library (DGL) is a Python package built for easy implementation of graph neural network model family, on top of existing DL frameworks (e.g. Pytorch, MXNet, Gluon etc.).
DGL reduces the implementation of graph neural networks into declaring a set of functions (or modules in PyTorch terminology). In addition, DGL provides:
- Versatile controls over message passing, ranging from low-level operations such as sending along selected edges and receiving on specific nodes, to high-level control such as graph-wide feature updates.
- Transparent speed optimization with automatic batching of computations and sparse matrix multiplication.
- Seamless integration with existing deep learning frameworks.
- Easy and friendly interfaces for node/edge feature access and graph structure manipulation.
- Good scalability to graphs with tens of millions of vertices.
To begin with, we have prototyped 10 models across various domains: semi-supervised learning on graphs (with potentially billions of nodes/edges), generative models on graphs, (previously) difficult-to-parallelize tree-based models like TreeLSTM, etc. We also implement some conventional models in DGL from a new graphical perspective yielding simplicity.
Relationship of DGL to other frameworks¶
DGL is designed to be compatible and agnostic to the existing tensor frameworks. It provides a backend adapter interface that allows easy porting to other tensor-based, autograd-enabled frameworks. Currently, our prototype works with MXNet/Gluon and PyTorch.
Prototype of DGL started in early Spring, 2018, at NYU Shanghai by Prof. Zheng Zhang and Quan Gan. Serious development began when Minjie, Lingfan and Prof Jinyang Li from NYU’s system group joined, flanked by a team of student volunteers at NYU Shanghai, Fudan and other universities (Yu, Zihao, Murphy, Allen, Qipeng, Qi, Hao), as well as early adopters at the CILVR lab (Jake Zhao). Development accelerated when AWS MXNet Science team joined force, with Da Zheng, Alex Smola, Haibin Lin, Chao Ma and a number of others. For full credit, see here.
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According to a paper published in the journal npj Aging, research on fruit flies shows that chronic daily exposure to blue light from cellphones, computers and other household devices increases the harmful effects as we age. come bigger. The study analyzed the flies’ odds of surviving in the dark, then transferred them to an environment with persistent blue light at 2, 20, 40 and 60 days of age as they got older. To study the effect of blue light on mitochondria in Drosophila cells. Corresponding author Jaga Giebultowicz pointed out that long-term exposure to blue light can damage the way cells produce energy, even those cells that are not good at light sensing. “While we don’t yet know the full impact of blue light exposure on human lifespan, the observed accelerated aging in shorter-lived model organisms should remind us that this stressor may be damaging to cells,” Giebultowicz noted. The study clarified that the damaging effects of blue light on Drosophila were age-related, and that Drosophila retinal cells, brain neurons, and motor abilities were impaired when exposed to blue light.
This article is reprinted from: https://www.solidot.org/story?sid=72292
This site is for inclusion only, and the copyright belongs to the original author.
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Classic French Canadian Yellow Split-Pea Soup
The French Canadians in the province of Quebec survive winters with natural fortitude and yellow split-pea soup. The echoes of a continental French cultural influence can be heard in the recitation of the ingredients. Any homemaker in 16th century France would most likely take the following list of ingredients and assemble them in the same way as a cook in Quebec City today does.
The savory flavor of the ham, and selection of herbs, excite the senses of smell and aromatics. The real soul-satisfying comfort comes from the rich, thick body of the “almost stew.” It fills and warms the body and mind. The yellow color reminds us of the warmth of summer and the leaves of autumn. For rural Quebecois, it is a reminder to keep the pig well fed.
The Tradition Began with the Coureur des Bois
“Soupe aux pois (Jaunes) (yellow pea soup) is a traditional dish in Québec cuisine. Credit for inventing split pea soup, a classic French Canadian food, can be given to the Coureur des Bois. They made a soup from the cured meats, and dried pea intended to last on their long journey. The result is a Canadian dish that has survived centuries and is still thoroughly enjoyed today.
The most authentic version of Quebec’s soupe aux pois uses whole yellow peas, salt pork, and herbs for flavor. After cooking, the pork is usually chopped and returned to the soup, or sometimes removed to slice thinly and served separately.
Outside Francophone areas, pea soup is sometimes served with johnnycake. This is reflected in an old saying: “pea soup and johnnycake makes a Frenchman’s bellyache.”
Canadian-Style Yellow Split-Pea Soup
(with Smoked Beer)
3 bottles – Schlenkerla Wheat Smokebeer
32 oz. Box of Chicken Stock
½ lb. Bacon (chopped)
4 Tbsp. Fresh Parsley (chopped)
2 large White Onions (diced),
2 Cups – Carrots, Celery, Parsnips and Rutabaga (equal amounts of each, chopped),
1 – Smoked Pork Neck Bone (1.77 lb./$4.05),
1 – Smoked Pork Ham Hock(1.51 lb./$3.46),
2 lb. (One Bag) – Yellow Split Peas
The ingredients. Clockwise from 1200: Schlenkerla Wheat Smokebeer (two unopened), 32 oz., one box of chicken stock, one bottle of Schlenkerla Wheat Smokebeer (less 16 ounces for “tasting notes”), one-pint glass of Schlenkerla Wheat Smokebeer (less four ounces for “Tasting Notes”)*, one half pound bacon (chopped), four tablespoons of chopped fresh Parsley, two large white onions (diced), two cups of carrots, celery, parsnips, and rutabaga (equal amounts of each, chopped), smoked pork neck bones (1.77 lb./$4.05), smoked pork ham hock (1.51 lb./$3.46), in the middle is two pounds of yellow split-peas. On the range, the top is an 8-quart stock-pot, and a sizeable stirring spoon.
(*Three pints of any amber or lighter colored smoked beer will do.)
The first thing to do is turn on a medium-high heat under the soup pot and place the bacon in the bottom to cook.
When it is almost crisp, and as much of the fat has been rendered out, it is time to add the onions. Cook the onions and bacon together for about five minutes or until the onions are translucent.
Now turn the heat down to medium and toss in the chopped veggies. Let them cook with the onions and bacon until just tender, about five minutes or so…
When the veggies are just tender, it’s time to toss the meat into the pot and pour the chicken stock and beer in after that. Next, pour the yellow split peas in and finally throw in the chopped fresh Parsley. Stir well and turn the heat down to low… place a lid on the pot and go have a few beers. It’s going to take at least four hours… stirring things up every half hour or so. Don’t rush the process.
After about three hours and a six-pack of sustenance, it’s time to take the lid off the pot of soup, and each stir-up should involve a fair bit of tasting. Did you notice I haven’t mentioned either salt or pepper? Well, now is the time to add those two flavor enhancers… to taste.
Now… If it calls for a few more beers before the split-peas break down into an almost smooth puree, then so be it. No greater sacrifice can be made by a chef in any kitchen than to swipe and swig a beer to ensure the quality of the dish and to ensure that enough time is taken to bring the dish to the epitome of perfection. Take the time to allow the collagens from the bones and tendons to become part of the soup. Allow the salt from the pork and the starches of the split-peas to synthesize into a sweet/salty/pork/onion/smoke flavor that only long, slow simmering can accomplish.
Ladle out a bowl of this thick soup, pour one more beer,
and thank you, Canada!
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DBT Individual Therapy Mode with Skills Training Overview
(Authorized and Adherent Training)
Presenters: Anne Gresham, RN, CNS; and Chris Kvidera, LICSW
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, PhD of the University of Washington. It is a research proven method for treating the most difficult clients; i.e.: borderline personality disorder, co-occurring (dual diagnoses) disorders, and other personality disorders. Current Research is being conducted all over the world with many client populations. The goal of DBT is the achievement of a quality life rather than the prevention of crises. If you would like to stop the “revolving door” pattern of crisis management with your clients, this training will help. As the individual therapist, you ARE the key to your client’s recovery.
Learn the underlying theories of DBT.
Learn the basics of behavioral therapy.
Learn the stages of treatment and priorities in DBT.
Learn the strategies and modes of individual DBT.
Learn the structure of an individual DBT session.
Learn the basics about the DBT Skills and how to teach them in a class format…
Next Workshop: October 20 & 21, 2022
DBT Individual Therapy Mode Registration: 8:30 AM CST
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This training will be live online through Zoom and will be identical, in content, to our previous in-person workshops.
Send in registration form along with payment. Credit Cards are now accepted through PayPal. Cancellations received at least 10 days prior to workshop will receive a full refund if paid by check. Credit Card payments will be refunded after 5% processing fee. Cancellations received after that date will be charged a $25.00 cancellation fee. Students receive a $25.00 discount with student ID.
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